JPH07149463A - Bill receiving/delivering device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reliably smooth the folds of bills which are seen from the direction of the short side of a bill by a method wherein by pressing bills contained in a currency-sorted bill containing part, bank notes are contained in a stable state. CONSTITUTION:When received bills 121a are accumulated on a currency-sorted bill temporary storage plate 42, an auxiliary press 221 is rotated in a 90 deg. arc in the direction of an arrow mark P and is caused to stand upright. A gear 217 is rotated in the direction of an arrow mark N, and a stud 220 is separated away from a link 215. When a link 215 is brought into a rotatable state, a claw opening closing member is lowered and a bank press claw 201 and the claw opening closing member are simultaneously lowered. Resultantly, the claw part 202 of the paper press claw 201 is caused to press bills 121a accumulated on a currency-sorted temporary storage plate 42. Since the claw part 202 is extended along the direction of the short side of a bank note, the folding curl and the curl of a bank note are prevented from occurring. When the currency- classified bill temporary storage plate 42 is moved and brought into an opening state the bills 121a on the currency-sorted bill temporary storage plate 42 are dropped on a bank note 121 on a stage 36.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill depositing / dispensing device used in a financial institution such as a bank, and a mechanism for pressing and storing bills in a bill type storing unit.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 10 is an external perspective view showing a conventional automatic teller machine. In the figure, 1 is an automated teller machine, 2 is a banknote deposit / withdrawal device for depositing / withdrawing banknotes in accordance with deposit / payment transactions, 3 is identification of a card inserted by a customer, printing of deposit / payment transaction contents, etc. A card reader / writer unit for processing, 4 is a passbook entry machine unit for performing processing such as identification of a passbook inserted by a customer, printing of deposit / payment transaction contents, and 5 is an illustration and characters for deposit / payment amount and operation guidance. A customer operation unit including a display unit for displaying 6
Displays the operation keys for inputting items and data corresponding to each transaction, the input data from the operation keys and the processing results, and guides the operation of the clerk, because the clerk performs processing such as loading, replenishment, and collection. An internal operation unit constituted by a display unit, and 7 is a control unit for controlling the operation of each of the above devices and performing various arithmetic processes.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a connection form of each device in the above-described conventional automatic teller machine 1.
A customer operation unit 5, an internal operation unit 6, a bill depositing / dispensing device 2, a card reader / writer unit 3, and a passbook entry machine unit 4 are connected to the control unit 7. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of a conventional banknote deposit / withdrawal device mounted on the above-described automatic teller machine.

In the figure, reference numeral 8 is a customer service port provided at the upper front part of the bill depositing / dispensing device 2 for a customer to deposit and withdraw bills. FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration and operation of the customer service port 8. The customer service port 8 has a rotating body structure composed of a banknote guide 9 and a separating mechanism 10 for separating the banknotes one by one, and the customer service shutter 11 is opened to wait for the customer to insert the banknote. (A), after the banknotes have been inserted, the customer service port shutter 11 is closed, and the banknotes that have been collectively inserted are separated one by one and taken into the device (b). 4 of the receiving position (c) for receiving the banknotes and the withdrawal position (2) for collectively discharging the banknotes of the customer after opening the customer service shutter 11 after collectively receiving the banknotes from the front and back collecting mechanism. Stop in one position.

The movement to each position is performed by receiving the driving force of a motor (not shown), and an optical sensor is provided corresponding to each position to detect the position of each position. Returning to FIG. 12, reference numeral 12 is a discriminating unit for discriminating and detecting the authenticity, damage, front / back, denomination, running state, etc. of the fed bill.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a front and back collecting mechanism that operates the blade 13a to switch the conveyance path of the bills and arranges the front and back of the accumulated bills. Reference numeral 15 is a collective cassette arranged on the back side of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 2, and 16 is a reject cassette arranged on the lower side of the collective cassette 15. FIG. 14 is an explanatory view showing the structure and operation of the batch cassette 15, 17 is a replenishment / recovery banknote storage section for storing replenishment banknotes or recovered banknotes, and 18 is a replenishment banknote for replenishment at the time of banknote replenishment. 14 is a partition plate for accumulating and storing the banknotes, 19 is a partition plate for accumulating and storing the recovered banknotes, and FIG.
It is possible to move to five positions E, F, G, H, and I shown in (b) by receiving a driving force of a motor (not shown), and an optical sensor is arranged to detect the stage at each position. .

Reference numeral 20 is a clamp lever for clamping the collected bills. The clamp lever 20 can be rotated and moved up and down by driving a motor (not shown) at four positions A, B, C and D shown in FIG. An optical sensor is arranged to detect the stage at each position.
Reference numeral 21 denotes a collected bill stacking mechanism that sends bills onto the partition plate 19 when collecting bills.

Reference numeral 22 denotes a replenishment bill separating / feeding mechanism which is provided above the batch cassette 15 and takes out the bills placed on the stage 18 one by one from the upper side when replenishing the bills. Reference numeral 23 denotes a first-type reject banknote storage unit that stores a refill reject banknote determined by the discriminating unit 12 as being overrun or skewed among the banknotes delivered by the supplement banknote separating and delivering mechanism 22 during the replenishment and loading process. ,
Reference numeral 24 denotes a first-type reject banknote stacking mechanism for feeding supplementary reject banknotes into the first-type reject banknote storage unit 23.

Reference numeral 25a is an end detector of the replenishment / recovery bill storage unit 17, 25b is a near-end detector, 25c is a full detector, and 26 is a full detector of the type 1 reject bill storage unit 23. These detectors are a pair. It is composed of a light emitting / receiving element. Returning to FIG. 12, the reject cassette 16 determines that the second-type reject banknote storage unit 27 that stores the banknotes forgotten by the customer and the discrimination unit 12 that can deposit money at the time of deposit processing, but cannot be reused for dispensing. It is composed of a circulation reject banknote and a third-type reject banknote storage unit 28 that stores a withdrawal reject banknote that is determined to be dispensable by the discriminating unit 12 during the dispensing process.

Reference numeral 29 denotes the second-type reject bill storage unit 2
Second-class reject banknote stacking mechanism for sending uncollected banknotes to 7, and third for sending circulation reject banknotes and withdrawal reject banknotes to the third-class reject banknote storage unit 30
It is a seed reject banknote stacking mechanism. Reference numeral 31 is a full detector of the second type reject bill storage unit 27, 32 is a full detector of the third type reject bill storage unit 28, and these detectors are composed of a pair of light emitting and receiving elements, and bills in each storage unit. It is a means to manage the storage amount.

33, 34, and 35 are denomination-based banknote storage units provided in plural for storing denomination-based banknotes for withdrawal. Here, a 33-yen note and a 34-35-thousand-yen note are provided. It is stored. Reference numerals 36, 37 and 38 denote stages in the denomination-based banknote storage units 33, 34 and 35, which are moved up and down by a moving means (not shown) to show the topmost banknotes deposited and stored on the stages 33, 34 and 35. Control the position.

Denoted 39, 40, 41 are banknote storing units 3 for each denomination.
3, 34, and 35, 35, and 35 are bill accumulation mechanisms for feeding bills and 42, 43, 44 are bill temporary holding plates for temporarily holding the bills before storing the bills in the storage units. The banknote temporary holding plates 42, 43, 44 can be retracted in the direction of arrow j by a driving means (not shown).
Reference numerals 45, 46 and 47 are denomination-type bill separating / feeding-out mechanisms for separating the bills on the stages 36, 37, 38 or the denomination-type bill temporary holding plates 42, 43, and 44 from the top one by one and feeding them.

Reference numerals 48a, 49a and 50a are end detectors of the bill-type bill storing portions 33, 34 and 35, and 48b, 49b, and 48b.
50b is a near-end detector, and 48c, 49c, 50c are full detectors. These detectors are composed of a pair of light emitting and receiving elements and serve as means for managing the amount of bills by detecting the position of the stage in each storage unit. There is. Reference numeral 51 is a traveling path for transporting bills, and 14b to 14j are blades for switching the transport direction of bills.

A door 52 is provided on the rear surface of the bill depositing / dispensing apparatus 2 having the above-mentioned structure. By opening the door 52,
The batch cassette 15 in the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 2 can be pulled out without pulling out the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 2 from the automatic teller machine 1. Further, the reject cassette 16 can be pulled out by the bill deposit / withdrawal device 2 without pulling out the bill deposit / withdrawal device 2 from the automatic teller machine or opening the door 52.

Further, 53 is a pay-in / pay-out unit, and the pay-in / pay-out unit 53 is a bill-type bill stacking mechanism 39, 40, 4
1 and denomination-based bill temporary holding plates 42, 43, 44, denomination-based bill separating / feeding mechanisms 45, 46, 47, and running path 51.
Of the switching blades 14i to 14j, and the above components can be collectively attached to and detached from the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 2.

The batch cassette 15 and the reject cassette 16 are provided with a common lock, and by using an inspection key, the door of the cassette can be opened and bills can be loaded and withdrawn. In addition, the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 2 has independent motors (not shown) mounted as power sources for separating, stacking, and transporting banknotes, and a power transmission mechanism is arranged accordingly.

Here, the batch cassette 15 includes the above-mentioned various detectors and a driving motor for the replenishment bill separating / feeding mechanism 22. The operation of the batch cassette 15 is controlled by the main body of the bill depositing / dispensing device 2. Electrical connection required. 15 to 18 are explanatory diagrams showing the flow of bills at each processing in the above-described conventional bill depositing / dispensing apparatus, and the conventional operation will be described below. Note that FIG. 15 shows a deposit transaction, FIG. 16 shows a withdrawal transaction, FIG. 17 shows a replenishment / loading operation, and FIG.
Indicates the time of collection operation. <Deposit Transaction> First, the deposit transaction will be described. When the customer depresses the deposit transaction key and inserts the card into the card insertion slot or the passbook insertion slot, the automated teller machine 1
When communication is performed with a center (not shown) and it is confirmed that there is no problem, the control unit 7 transmits a command to start the deposit process to the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 2.

When the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 2 receives the command for starting the deposit processing, it switches the internal state to the deposit mode,
Wait for the customer to set the bill. When it is detected that the customer has set the bill, the customer service shutter 11 is closed, and the information indicating that the deposit bill is set is added to the status sense command that is periodically transmitted from the control unit 7 (hereinafter, referred to as a response message). , Called a response).

Next, the control section 7 transmits a deposit counting command to instruct counting of the bills set in the deposit / withdrawal port. Hereinafter, the deposit processing procedure in the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 2 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 13, after the banknotes are set in the service port 8, the service port shutter 11 is closed and the service port 8 is brought to the separation position shown in FIG. Then, the set bills are separated one by one by the separating mechanism 19 and taken into the inside of the apparatus, and sent to the discrimination section 12 through the traveling path.

In the discrimination section 12, the conveyed bills are sequentially discriminated between true and false, discrimination of correctness and traveling state, and sent backward. Those discriminated by the discriminating unit 12 as fake bills or conveyance abnormal bills are conveyed to the front and back sorting mechanism 13 and accumulated one by one. Then, after all the banknotes set in the service opening 8 have been paid out, the service opening 8 is set to the receiving position shown in FIG. The bill sent to the customer service port 8 is a so-called deposit reject bill.

The bills judged as genuine by the discriminating section 12 are sent to the deposit / withdrawal unit 53 by operating the switching blade 14c. The 1,000-yen bills are operated by the switching blade 14h to be sent to the denomination-based bill stacking mechanism 39 and accumulated on the denomination-based bill temporary storage plate 42. Is operated to send the bill-denominated bill stacking mechanism 40 to the bill-denominated bill temporary holding plate 43.
Collect on top.

Since the banknotes judged to be unfit banknotes or 5,000 yen banknotes of non-recycling denomination cannot be reused for withdrawal, they are sent to the banknote stacking mechanism 41 by operating the switching blade 14j as circulation reject banknotes. , Banknotes according to denomination are accumulated on the temporary holding plate 44. When the deposit counting processing of the bill set by the customer in the customer service port 8 is completed by the above operation, the bill depositing / withdrawing apparatus 2 returns a response of the deposit counting end to the control unit 7, and as a data thereof, for each denomination. The counted number of bills is divided into the rebate banknotes and the banknotes not to be rebated and added.

Upon receipt of this data, the control unit 7 calculates the amount of money and the total amount of money, displays it on a display for customer operation (not shown), and counts and stores this data as a deposit count. . When the customer confirms the amount of money displayed on the display (not shown) and presses the confirmation button (not shown), the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 2 receives the command, and first, the banknote temporary holding plates 42, 43 of the denominations are moved in the arrow j direction. The deposited banknotes that have been evacuated and accumulated are stored in the banknote storage units 33 and 34 for each type of money.

Next, the denomination-type bill separating / feeding mechanism 47 is driven to separate the circulation reject bills accumulated on the denomination-type bill temporary holding plate 44 one by one and send them to the discriminating section 12, and the switching blades 14c, 14g. To operate the third type reject banknote stacking mechanism 3 of the reject cassette 16.
It is sent to 0 and accumulated in the third-type reject bill storage unit 28.

This completes the processing of the deposit transaction. <Withdrawal Transaction> Next, withdrawal transaction will be described. The customer presses the withdrawal transaction key, inserts the card into the card insertion slot, and inputs the personal identification number.

The control unit 7 sends a command to start the withdrawal process to the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 2. When the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 2 receives the command to start dispensing, it switches the internal state to the dispensing mode, and waits for an instruction of the denomination and the number of bills to be discharged. When the customer inputs an amount of money of, for example, m ten thousand, first, the end detector 49 of the bill-type bill storage units 34 and 35
c, 50c and the end detector 48 of the denomination-based bill storage unit 33
It is determined whether c has not detected the end. When the bill end is detected in either one of them, the non-withdrawal data is added and the response is returned.

When the end of the bill is not detected and the instruction of the number of dispensed coins is m-thousands of bills and n-thousands of bills is n, the denomination-specific bill separation feed-out mechanism 46 or the denomination-dependent bills separation feed-out mechanism 47 is operated. , M-denomination bills are paid out from the bill-type bill storage unit 34 or 35. The paid-out banknotes are shown in FIG.
The vehicle travels along the route indicated by the arrow and is sent to the discrimination unit 12 through the traveling road 51.

The discriminating section 12 discriminates whether the bills are the designated bills or not, and whether the bills are normal or not. If the bills are designated, the switching blade 14c is operated to send the bills to the front and back collecting mechanism 13.
At this time, the switching blade 14a is operated according to the front / back determination result of the discriminating unit 12, and the front / back is collected one by one and accumulated in the front / back arrangement mechanism 13. In addition, the banknotes discriminated as abnormal conveyance bills by the discriminating unit 12 are sent to the third-type reject banknote stacking mechanism 30 of the reject cassette 16 by operating the switching blades 14c and 14g as the withdrawal reject banknotes to store the third-type reject banknotes. Collected in the unit 28.

In this way, the payout, discrimination, and stacking of 10,000-yen tickets are repeated until the required number of stacks are collected in the front and back collecting mechanism 13. When the payout of the 10,000-yen bills is completed, next, the payout of the n-thousand-yen bills from the denomination-based bill storage unit 33 is similarly performed. In this way, when the specified number of bills and the number of bills are accumulated in the front and back collecting mechanism 13, the customer service port 8 is set to the receiving position shown in FIG. 13C, and the bills accumulated in the front and back collecting mechanism 13 are stored in the service port 8. Send in.

Next, the customer service port 8 is set to the dispensing position shown in FIG. 13D, the customer service port shutter 11 is opened to hand over the bill to the customer, and then the customer service port shutter 11 is closed. When the withdrawal of the designated number of sheets from the control unit 7 is completed, a completion response is returned, and the released denomination and its number are added as the data. The control unit 7 receives this and counts it as the number of withdrawal money, whereby the withdrawal transaction processing ends.

If the customer forgets to take the banknotes in the service opening 8, the separating mechanism 10 re-separates the banknotes and sends them one by one to the traveling path 51 to operate the switching blades 14c, 14d, 14g. Then, it is sent to the second-type reject banknote stacking mechanism 29 of the reject cassette 16 and stacked in the second-class reject banknote storage unit 27. <Replenishment Processing> Next, the replenishment operation will be described.

When the bank clerk presses the replenishment key with the operation key of the internal operation section 6, the control section 7 receives this input and sends a command to the bill depositing / dispensing apparatus 2 to instruct a replenishment start operation. When receiving the command to start the replenishment operation, the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 2 switches the internal state to the replenishment mode,
It is confirmed that the end detector 25a of the replenishment / recovery bill storage unit 17 does not detect the bill end, that is, the bill to be replenished is set in advance.

Here, when the bill end is detected, the response of the response is returned by adding the inoperable data, the processing is stopped, and when it is confirmed that the bill end is not detected, the replenishment operation is started. The operation of the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 2 during the refilling operation will be described below with reference to FIG. The replenishment bill separating and feeding mechanism 22 is operated to take out the bills set on the stage 18 one by one from the upper side, and the bills are made to travel along the route shown by the arrow in FIG. The discriminating unit 12 sequentially detects the bills sent in, discriminates whether the bills are true or false, determines whether the bills are normal or not, and sends the processed bills backward.

When it is determined that the bill sent to the discriminating section 12 is a 1,000-yen bill that can be loaded as a withdrawal bill, the switching blade 14h is actuated to operate the bill-denomination bill stacking mechanism 39. Send to the banknote storing unit 33 according to denomination
Directly accumulated on the stage 36. When it is determined that the bill sent to the discriminating unit 12 is a 100,000-yen bill that can be loaded as a withdrawal bill, the switching blade 14i or 14j is actuated, and the bill is accumulated in the denomination bill accumulation mechanism 40 or It is sent to 41 and the banknote storing section 34 or 35 according to denomination
Directly on the stage 37 or 38 of.

This operation is repeated until the bills set on the stage 18 are exhausted and the end detector 25a detects it. For example 100
When the number of bills is reached, the replenishment bill separating / feeding mechanism 22
Then, the operation is interrupted, and the stage of the storage unit which has reached the hold allowance value is lowered by a motor not shown by an amount corresponding to the hold allowance value. When the stage goes down, the replenishment bill separating and feeding mechanism 22
, And replenish operation is repeated.

When the bills on the stage 18 are exhausted and the end detector 25a detects the end, the replenishment bill separating / feeding mechanism 22 is stopped, and when the last bill arrives at the stage of the predetermined denomination-specific bill storing section, the traveling route is changed. The banknote transport operation is also stopped. Finally, denomination-based banknote storage units 33, 34,
The stages 36, 37, and 38 of 35 are lowered all at once, and the bills accumulated on the stages 36, 37, and 38 are stored in the bill-type bill storage units 33, 34, and 35, and the replenishment operation ends.

The bills discriminated as non-withdrawable bills by the discriminating unit 12 are operated by the switching blades 14e, 14f to be sent to the first-type reject bill accumulating mechanism 24 and accumulated in the first-type reject bill storage unit 23. To do. When the full detectors 49c and 50c of the denomination-based banknote storage units 34 and 35 or the full detector 48c of the denomination-based banknote storage unit 33 detect full during the replenishment operation, the switching blade 14e is operated to collect the collected banknotes. It is sent to the mechanism 21 and accumulated on the partition plate 19.

When the end detector 25a detects the end, the replenishment bill separating and feeding mechanism 22 is stopped, and the conveying operation on the traveling path 51 is also stopped. The banknote deposit / withdrawal device 2 returns a response indicating the end of replenishment to the control unit 7, and adds the counted number of sheets loaded for each denomination as the data, whereby the processing of the replenishment operation ends.

Here, the operation of the batch cassette 15 when the denomination-based bill storage portion 33, 34 or 35 becomes full as described above will be described with reference to FIG. Full detectors 48c, 4 of the bill-type bill storage units 33, 34, 35
When 9c and 50c detect full, the switching blade 14e is operated and the bills fed by the supplement bill separating / feeding mechanism 22 are sent to the collected bill stacking mechanism 21 and stacked on the partition plate 19.

At this time, the discriminating section 12 counts the number of sheets stacked on the partition plate 19, and the stacking allowable value (for example, 100 sheets).
When it reaches, the replenishment bill separating and feeding mechanism 22 is once stopped. Next, the clamp lever 20 is rotated by a motor (not shown) from the position A to the position B to clamp the banknotes accumulated on the partition plate 19.

Next, the clamp lever 20 is moved from the B position to the C position to lift the bill from the partition plate 19. As a result, the bills can be fed again onto the partition plate 19. Then, the stopped supplementary bill separating and feeding mechanism 22 is driven again, and the stacking on the partition plate 19 is continued again to the stacking allowable value.

When the stacking allowable value is reached, the replenishing bill separating / feeding mechanism 22 is stopped, and the clamp lever 20 in the C position is rotated to the D position, so that the bills previously clamped and lifted are moved to the next position. Then, it is dropped on the banknotes accumulated on the partition plate 19. Then, the clamp lever 20 in the D position is returned to the A position, and further the rotary operation is performed from the A position to the B position to clamp the banknotes accumulated on the partition plate 19.

Next, the clamp lever 20 is moved again from the B position to the C position to lift the bill from the partition plate 19. Then, the replenished bill separating / feeding mechanism 22 which is stopped is driven again. The above operation is repeated until the end detector 25a of the replenishment / collection banknote storage unit 17 detects the end.

When the end detector 25a detects the end, the supplement bill separating / feeding mechanism 22 is stopped, the clamp lever 20 clamps and lifts the bill to the C position, and the stage 18 moves from the E position to the F position by the motor (not shown). It rotates to the position and then descends from the F position to the G position. Next, the stage 18 rotates from the G position to the H position. Here, the clamp lever 20 performs a rotating operation from the C position to the D position, and the bills clamped and lifted by the clamp lever 20 are placed on the stage 18.

Then, the stage 18 is raised from the H position to the I position to lift the bill.
By the above operation, the bills in the replenishment / recovery bill storage unit 17 can be stored in the replenishment / recovery bill storage unit 17 again through the discrimination unit 12. <Loading Process> Next, the loading operation will be described.

Prior to the start of business, the bank clerk stores the banknotes set from the original on the stage 18 of the replenishment / collection banknote storage unit 17 and presses the loading key with the operation key of the internal operation unit 6 to control the control unit. In response to this input, 7 sends a command for instructing the bill depositing / dispensing apparatus 2 to start the loading operation. Upon receipt of the loading operation start command, the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 2 switches the internal state in the same manner as in the replenishment mode, and thereafter performs the loading operation in the same procedure as the above-described replenishment operation. <Recovery Process> Next, the recovery operation will be described.

When the bank clerk presses the recovery key with the operation key of the internal operation unit 6, the control unit 7 receives this input and transmits a command for instructing the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 2 to start the recovery operation. When the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 2 receives the command to start the collecting operation, it switches the internal state to the collecting mode,
It is confirmed that none of the bill-type bill storage units 33, 34, and 35 have detected the bill end, that is, that the bills to be collected are present in any of the bill-type bill storage units 33, 34, and 35.

Here, the bill-type bill storage units 33, 34, 3
When all of the banknotes 5 detect the bill end, the inoperable data is added and the response is returned, and this processing is stopped. Then, when it is confirmed that the bill end is not detected in any one of the bill-type bill storage units, the collecting operation is started.

The operation of the bill depositing / dispensing device during the collecting operation will be described below with reference to FIG. First, the denomination-based bill separating / feeding-out mechanism 47 is operated, and the bills stored in the denomination-based bill storage unit 35 are sequentially fed out one by one from the upper side, as shown in FIG.
8 is made to run on the route shown by the arrow and sent to the discrimination unit 12. The discriminating unit 12 sequentially discriminates the sent bills and discriminates the authenticity of the bills and detects the traveling state, and then sends the bills backward.

As a result of the discrimination by the discriminating section 12, the bill for which a traveling abnormality such as overrun or skew is detected is sent to the reject cassette 16 by operating the switching blade 14e. In addition, normal banknotes as a result of discrimination are sent to the collected banknote stacking mechanism 21 and sequentially stacked on the partition plate 19.

This operation is repeated until the banknotes stored in the banknote storing unit 35 for the banknotes by denomination run out. Interrupt the operation of the mechanism 47,
By the operation described in FIG. 14 during the above-described replenishing operation, the banknotes on the partition plate 19 are reloaded on the stage 18 so that the banknotes can be stacked on the partition plate 19.

End detector 50 of the bill-type bill storing portion 35
When a detects the end, the stored bills are fed out from the bill-type bill storage unit 34 in the same manner as described above, and the bill in which the running abnormality such as overrun or skew is detected as a result of the discrimination in the discrimination unit 12 is switched. The blade 14e is operated to send it to the reject cassette 16, and the normal banknotes as a result of discrimination are sent to the collected banknote stacking mechanism 21 and are sequentially stacked on the partition plate 19.

When the denomination-based bill storage unit 34 detects the end, the denomination-based bill storage unit 33 then dispenses the stored bills in the same manner as described above. In this way, the denomination-based bill storage unit 33,
Partition plate 19 for 34, 35 banknotes
Collect while counting on top. During the above-described collection operation, the discrimination section 13 constantly counts the bills sent to the supplement collection banknote storage section 17, and when the storage amount is reached, the collection operation is interrupted and the information is returned to the control section 7. The control unit 7 displays this fact on a display unit (not shown), and gives an instruction to collect the banknotes stored in the batch cassette 15.

Here, the allowable storage amount of the recovered banknotes in the replenished and recovered banknote storage unit 17 differs depending on the amount of the banknotes accumulated on the stage 18. Therefore, prior to the banknote collecting process, the amount of accumulated banknotes on the stage 18 is calculated by a detection unit (not shown), and the storage allowable amount of the recovered banknotes is calculated by subtracting the amount from the storage amount of the supplementary recovery banknote storage unit 17. . When the replenishment / collection banknote storage unit 17 is full, the bank clerk opens the door 52 on the back side of the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 2, pulls out the batch cassette 15, and opens the batch cassette door using the inspection key. Take out all the banknotes in 17.

Then, the empty batch cassette 15 is set in the bill depositing / dispensing apparatus 2 and the collecting operation is performed again.
As described above, the denomination-based bill storage units 33, 34, 35
All collect the banknotes until the banknote end is detected, and when the last banknote reaches the replenished and collected banknote storage unit 17, the transport operation by the traveling path 51 is also stopped.

The banknote deposit / withdrawal device 2 which has completed the above processing
Returns a response indicating the end of collection and adds the number of collected sheets for each denomination as the data. In response to this, the control unit 7 counts and stores this as the number of collected sheets, and the processing of the collecting operation is completed. Each processing described above is performed in the following processing procedure in actual operation.

Prior to the start of business, the banknotes set in the replenishment / collection banknote storage section 17 of the batch cassette 15 at once are loaded into each banknote storage section by denomination. After entering the business, deposit and withdrawal transactions are performed at any time, and when the bill-type bill storage unit is near end or end, the batch cassette 15 is taken out from the bill deposit / withdrawal device 2, and the insufficient bills are bundled together. Cassette 15
, The batch cassette 15 is set in the bill depositing / dispensing device 2, and the dispensing transaction can be continued by the supplement process.

Even if the collective cassette 15 is taken out from the bill depositing / dispensing apparatus 2, depositing / dispensing transactions are possible, and it is not necessary to stop the operation. Also, reject cassette 1
When the full detectors 31 and 32 of the second type reject banknote storage unit 27 and the third type reject banknote storage unit 28 of No. 6 detect full, the reject cassette 16 is set to the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 2
It can be taken out and replaced with an empty reject cassette 16.

If the reject cassette 16 is exchanged between the depositing and dispensing transactions, it is not necessary to stop the operation of the automatic teller machine 1. Here, since the banknotes stored in the banknote storage units 33, 34, and 35 of each denomination are deposited by the customer from the wallet, pocket, etc., the banknotes have a strong crease, Since it passes through a complicated transport path, it may have a curl tendency.

FIG. 19 is a side view showing a storage state of banknotes in the banknote storing section for each denomination. In addition, the banknote storing unit 3 for each denomination
Since 3, 34, and 35 have exactly the same structure, only the denomination-based banknote storage unit 33 will be described below, and the description of the denomination-based banknote storage units 34 and 35 will be omitted. In the figure, 33 is a bill-type bill storage unit, 36 is a stage, 121
Indicates a banknote to be stored, and the upper banknote 121 is folded and stored in a dogleg shape so as to open downward as shown in FIG. 19A, or the upper banknote is upward as shown in FIG. 19B. Sometimes it is folded in a dogleg shape so that it can be stored, and the storage state is unstable.

When the banknotes are stored in this manner, when they are separated and paid out by the denomination-based banknote separating / feeding mechanisms 45, 46, 47, the banknotes may be folded or skewed to cause a conveyance failure. However, since the stored bills 121 are bent, the bulk increases, and the storage capacity of the bill-type bill storage unit 33 decreases substantially.

Therefore, there has been invented a method of pressing the bills in the bill-denominated bill storage unit and storing them. Figure 2
0 is a side view showing a conventional banknote holding mechanism, and 122
Is a deposit position sensor that detects the upper surface of the stored bills 121 in the denomination-specific bill storage unit 33, and 123 is vertically movable in the denomination-based bill storage unit 33 and
It is a roller-shaped bill holder having a length sufficient to hold 1 in the longitudinal direction.

Reference numeral 124 designates a dogleg-shaped bill holding arm which rotatably supports one end of the bill holding member 123 from both ends and is rotatably supported at the other end about a shaft 124a. A force that rotates downward is applied by a spring (not shown). 12
Reference numeral 5 is a component of the denomination-based bill separating / feeding mechanism 45 shown in FIG. 12, which is a feed roller for conveying the stored bills 121.
A separating roller 126 is provided so as to face the feed roller 125, and rotates in the same direction as the feed roller 125 to separate the stored bills 121 one by one.

127 is a bill 121 stored on the stage 36.
The stored bill 121 is fed by rotating in contact with the upper surface of the feed roller 125 and the separating roller 1 described above.
The pickup roller 128 to be sent to 26 has one end on both ends of the shaft of the pickup roller 127 (the front side in the drawing is not shown), rotatably supports the pickup roller 127, and the other end to the shaft of the feed roller 125. A pickup roller bracket rotatably supported with respect to the pickup roller 127 allows the pickup roller 127 to move up and down about the axis of the feed roller 125 as a fulcrum.

Reference numeral 129 is a picker link that rotates about a shaft 129a as a fulcrum upon receiving a driving force of a driving means described later, and a picker link locking portion 129b provided on the picker link 129 engages with the pickup roller bracket 128. However, the position of the pickup roller bracket 128 is regulated. Reference numeral 130 denotes a motor lever that is fixed to a shaft of a motor (not shown) that drives the picker link 129 and performs a rotational movement. 131 has one end rotatably fixed to the motor lever 130 and the other end rotatably fixed to the picker link 129. The motor lever 130 is converted into reciprocating motion to rotate the picker link 129 about the shaft 129a as a fulcrum.

Denoted at 132 are bill stoppers which are provided at both ends of the separating roller 126 and rotate about a shaft 132a as a fulcrum. In the upright state, the bill stoppers are placed on the bill-type bill temporary holding plate 42 at the time of deposit transaction. The banknotes to be stacked are prevented from entering the feed roller 125 side. Similar to the bill stopper 132, 133 is a bill stopper lever that rotates in conjunction with the bill stopper 132 about a shaft 132a as a fulcrum, and 133b is a bill stopper lever 13.
3 is a bill pressing and locking unit that engages with the bill pressing arm 124 and the bill stopper lever 133 rotates about the shaft 132a as a fulcrum to rotate the bill pressing arm 124 about the shaft 124a as a fulcrum.

Reference numeral 134 denotes the picker link 12 at one end side.
9 is rotatably fixed, and the other end side is rotatably fixed to the bill stopper lever 133.
This is a joint link that transmits the rotational movement of the 29 shaft 129a as a fulcrum to the bill stopper lever 133 and rotates the bill stopper lever 133 with the shaft 132a as a fulcrum.

The operation of the above-described conventional banknote pressing mechanism will be described below. The above-mentioned FIG. 20 shows a normal state in which no transaction is made in the bill depositing / dispensing device,
With the denomination-based bill temporary holding plate 42 open, the bill holding arm 124 has a shaft 124a by a spring (not shown).
The bill holder 123 is rotated downward with the
Pushes the stored bill 121 on the stage 36 downward.

In this state, the upper end of the stored bill 121 is pressed by the bill holder 123 and is held at a position slightly lower than the detection position of the deposit position sensor 122 by controlling the position of the stage 36. The position of the banknote holder 123 at this time is the reference position for pressing the stored banknotes 121. FIG. 21 is a side view showing the preparation state of the deposit transaction. When the deposit transaction is instructed,
The motor lever 130 is driven by a drive motor not shown in FIG.
Rotate 180 ° from the 0 position. The rotation angle of the motor lever 130 is managed by a position detection sensor (not shown).

The rotation operation of the motor lever 130 is performed through the motor link 131 via the shaft 129a of the picker link 129.
Is converted into a rotation about the fulcrum, and the picker link locking portion 129b provided on the picker link 129 pushes up the tip of the pickup roller bracket 128 to move the pickup roller bracket 128 to the feed roller 1.
The pickup roller 1 is rotated by using the axis of 25 as a fulcrum.
Support 27 upwards.

Further, the rotation of the picker link 129 is rotated by the bill stopper lever 133 via the joint link 134.
Are rotated so that the bill stopper 132 fixed coaxially with the shaft 132a as a fulcrum is in an upright state.

When the bill stopper lever 133 is rotated to the above-mentioned position, the bill pressing lock portion 133b rotates the bill pressing arm 124 upward with the shaft 124a as a fulcrum against the force of the spring (not shown), and the bill pressing 1
23 is retracted and held upward. By closing the denomination-based bill temporary holding plate 42 in this state, the bills can be stacked on the denomination-based bill temporary holding plate 42.

FIG. 22 is a side view showing the time when the banknotes are temporarily accumulated on the denomination-specific banknote temporary holding plate, and the banknotes are temporarily accumulated on the stage 36 of the denomination-specific banknote storing section 33 when the denomination-specific banknote temporary holding plate 42 is closed. A partition is formed between the stored bills 121 and the bills that have been discriminated as genuine bills from the deposited bills as described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 23 is a side view showing a preparatory step for accumulating the banknotes accumulated on the denomination-specific banknote temporary holding plate 42 in the denomination-specific banknote storing section 33.
When the banknotes have been collected on the
Rotate 180 ° again from the position shown in. Motor lever 1
The rotation operation of 30 is converted into rotation of the picker link 129 via the motor link 131, and the picker link locking portion 129b provided on the picker link 129 moves downward. By this movement, the restraint of the picker link engaging portion 129b to the pickup roller bracket 128 is released, the pickup roller 127 rotates downward with the shaft of the feed roller 125 as a fulcrum, and the pickup roller 127 descends.

Further, the rotation of the picker link 129 is transmitted to the bill stopper lever 133 via the joint link 134, and the bill stopper lever 133 is coaxially fixed to the bill stopper lever 133 about the shaft 132a as a retracted state. Rotate until. As a result, the bill pressing lock portion 133b provided on the bill stopper lever 133 moves downward, and the restraint on the bill pressing arm 124 is released. Then, the bill pressing arm 124 receives a force of a spring (not shown) and rotates downward with the shaft 124a as a fulcrum, and the bill pressing member 123 moves downward and is accumulated on the bill-type bill temporary storage plate 42. The bill 121b is pressed down.

Next, the banknotes 1 stored in the banknote storing unit 33 according to denomination
The stage 36 is raised so that the upper surface of 21 is located in the vicinity of the denomination-based bill temporary holding plate 42. FIG. 24 is a side view showing a state in which the accumulated bills 121b on the denomination-based bill temporary storage plate 42 are stored in the denomination-based bill storage unit 33, the denomination-based bill temporary storage plate 42 is opened, and the accumulated bills 121b are banknotes. While being pressed by the presser 123, it falls on the stored banknotes 121 in the banknote storing unit 33 of the denomination.

FIG. 25 is a side view showing a state in which the bills are completely stored, and the stored bills 121 stacked on the stage 36.
The stage 36 is lowered so that the upper surface of the banknote is slightly lower than the detection position of the deposit / withdrawal position sensor 122, and the bill storing operation is completed. Here, FIG.
Is a perspective view showing details of the denomination-based bill temporary holding plate 42.
Reference numeral 12a denotes a plurality of grooves that are recessed from the banknote stacking surface of the denomination-based bill temporary holding plate 42 and that extend in the moving direction of the denomination-based bill temporary holding plate 42.

Reference numeral 135 is a component of the deposit / withdrawal unit 53, which is a guide member for preventing unnecessary movement of the stored bills 121 in the bill-type bill storage unit 33 when separating and feeding out the stored bills 121. When the banknotes are accumulated on the banknote temporary storage plate 42, a withdrawal guide forming a guide member for storing the banknotes on the banknote temporary storage plate 42 of the denomination, 135a protrudes from the lower end side of the withdrawal guide 135, and the temporary banknotes of the denomination It is a convex portion that enters the groove 42a of the holding plate 42, and a gap is formed between the denomination-based bill temporary holding plate 42 and the lower end side of the withdrawal guide 135 so that the denomination-based bill temporary holding plate 42 can smoothly move. ing.

Reference numeral 136 denotes a storage guide, which is paired with the withdrawal guide 135 with the denomination-type banknote temporary holding plate 42 interposed therebetween, and like the withdrawal guide 135, prevents unnecessary movement of the stored banknotes and the banknotes during banknote accumulation. I'm a guide. Reference numeral 137 is a component of the denomination-based banknote storage unit 33. An open guide 138 is a guide structure between the denomination-based banknote storage unit 33 and the deposit / withdrawal unit 53 when a banknote is stored, and 138 is orthogonal to the withdrawal guide 135 and the storage guide 136. Is a storage side guide which is on both side surfaces (one side is not shown) so as to sandwich the bill-type bill temporary holding plate 42 in the direction of the arrow, and which forms guide members similar to the dispensing guide 135 and the storage guide 136.

As described above, the bill-type bill temporary holding plate 4
The banknotes stacked on the denomination-based banknote temporary holding plate 42 by closing 2 are stored in the denomination-based banknote storage unit 33 by opening the denomination-based banknote temporary holding plate 42. Although it tries to move in the direction of the dispensing guide 135 in conjunction with the movement of the bill-type bill temporary holding plate 42, the convex portion 135
Since “a” is inserted into the groove 42 a of the bill-type bill temporary holding plate 42, the withdrawal guide 135 and the bill-type bill temporary holding plate 4 are provided.
The banknote does not appear outside the denomination-based banknote storage unit 33 through the gap 2 and can be stably stored in the denomination-based banknote storage unit 33.

[0081]

However, according to the above-mentioned conventional technique, when the denomination-based banknote temporary holding plate is closed, the banknote holder is retracted upward and is stored in the denomination-based banknote storage unit. The stored bills are stored without being pressed. Therefore, in the state where the denomination-based bill temporary holding plate is closed, the bills with creases and the like stored in the denomination-based bill storage unit become unstable, and the denomination-based bill temporary holding plate is opened. When the banknotes thus accumulated are stored in the denomination-based banknote temporary holding unit and pressed by the banknote holder, there is a problem that storage failure occurs.

FIG. 27 is a side view showing a conventional problem. The banknote holder 123 of the banknote holder arm 124 is a banknote holder 12.
For the folding tendency of the longitudinal direction of 1, it is possible to obtain the effect of surely pressing this folding and fixing it, but it is not so effective for the folding tendency of the short side direction, and especially, the edge portion of the bill in the short side direction. When the bill is raised, as shown in FIG. 27, even if the bill is held by the bill retainer 123, the end portion of the bill is still raised, causing a storage failure when storing the next bill, or a jam when separating and feeding. There's a problem.

The present invention solves the problem that a storage failure occurs after storing in the banknote storing unit for each denomination due to the banknotes having the creases and the like, and the problem that a jam occurs at the time of separating and feeding out. This is done in order to hold down the bills that are always stored in the bill-type bill storage unit, and to store the bills in a stable state. At this time, the folding tendency seen from the short side direction of the bills The purpose is to make sure that it can be fixed.

[0084]

In order to achieve this object, the present invention has a stage in which banknotes are mounted in a stacked state and can be moved up and down, and the banknotes are fed from above the opening to be placed on the stage. A banknote storage unit for stacking and paying out banknotes on a stage, and a banknote storage unit that is openably and closably provided above the banknote storage unit and is closed to form a partition between the banknote storage unit and the banknote storage unit. The banknotes stored in the bank are temporarily stacked, and the banknotes that are temporarily stacked by opening the banknotes are temporarily dropped to be stored in the banknote storage part, and a temporary storage plate is provided above the temporary storage plate and is in a closed state. A stacking and stacking mechanism that stacks the banknotes on the temporary storage plate, and that dispenses the banknotes on the temporary storage plate or on the stage of the banknote storage unit, and temporarily holds the banknotes on the stage of the banknote storage unit or in the closed state. In a banknote depositing / dispensing device including a pressing member that presses an upper banknote, the pressing member extends in a lateral direction of the banknote and can press an end portion in the lateral direction of the banknote, and a longitudinal direction of the banknote. Of the banknote pressing unit capable of pressing at least both ends of the banknote pressing unit, and the banknote pressing unit moves the pressing member in the banknote stacking direction on the stage so as to reciprocate between the upper part of the payout stacking mechanism and the inside of the banknote storage unit. Along the stage or the temporary storage plate so that the banknote pressing unit can press the banknote on the stage or the closed temporary storage plate. From the above position, the temporary holding plate in the closed state is retracted so that the pressing member can move up and down.
It is characterized in that an auxiliary presser for pressing an area that cannot be pressed by the bill pressing part of the pressing member is provided below the temporary holding plate so as to be opened and closed.

The tip of the bill holding portion of the pressing member has a comb-like shape in which teeth and grooves are alternately formed, and in order to lower the bill holding portion into the bill storing portion, It is preferable that the groove formed on the one side surface has a comb-like shape in which a groove into which the tooth portion of the bill holding portion is inserted and a tooth portion into which the tooth portion of the bill holding portion is formed. Further, the present invention has a stage in which banknotes are mounted in a stacked state and can be moved up and down, banknotes are fed from above the opening and stacked on the stage, and banknotes on the stage are fed out. The storage unit is provided so as to be openable and closable above the banknote storage unit and serves as a partition between the storage unit and the banknote storage unit in a closed state, and the banknotes stored in the banknote storage unit are temporarily accumulated and opened. A temporary holding plate for dropping and storing the temporarily accumulated banknotes in the banknote storage portion, and a banknote provided on the temporary holding plate and stacked on the temporary holding plate in the closed state. A bill input / output unit including a feeding and collecting mechanism for feeding bills on the holding plate or on the stage of the bill storage unit, and a pressing member for pushing the bill on the stage of the bill storage unit or the bill on the temporary holding plate in the closed state. In the device, the pressing member is a first pressing member, and the first pressing member extends in the short side direction of the banknote and can press an end portion in the short side direction of the banknote, and also in the longitudinal direction of the banknote. At least both ends of the banknote pressing unit are provided, and the banknote pressing unit reciprocates between the upper part of the feeding and accumulating mechanism and the inside of the banknote storage unit so that the first pressing member is operated to transfer the banknotes on the stage. A second pressing member that can move up and down along the stacking direction and that can be opened and closed below the temporary holding plate between the bill storage unit and the payout stacking mechanism without interfering with the first pressing member. To provide the members,
The second pressing member is in a horizontal position with respect to the banknotes on the stage in the closed state, presses the banknotes on the stage, and in the open state, is perpendicular to the stacking direction of the banknotes on the stage. It is characterized in that it is positioned and constitutes a guide between the bill storage unit and the payout stacking mechanism.

[0086]

In the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, when the bills are stored in the bill storing portion, the auxiliary presser is opened and the temporary holding plate is closed, and the bills are stacked on the temporary holding plate. At this time, when the pressing member is pressing the banknotes on the stage and the stacking of the banknotes on the temporary holding plate is completed, the banknote pressing portion of the pressing member is opened to a vertical position, and the temporary holding plate in the closed state. Try not to interfere with. Then, the pressing member is raised so that the banknote pressing part is located above the temporary holding plate, the banknote pressing part is closed to a horizontal position, and the pressing member is lowered to press the banknote on the temporary holding plate. . Here, since the bill pressing portion extends along the lateral direction of the bill, even if the bill has a curl tendency or a wrinkle tendency, it can be surely pressed.

After pressing the banknotes on the temporary holding plate with the banknote pressing portion, the temporary holding plate is opened and the banknotes are dropped. At this time, the pressing member descends following the fall of the banknotes, and the banknotes on the temporary holding plate drop on the banknotes accumulated on the stage while being pressed by the banknote pressing portion. Then, by closing the auxiliary presser, the banknotes accumulated on the stage are pressed by the banknote pressing portion of the pressing member and the auxiliary presser.

Further, when the bills are fed out from the bill storage portion, the auxiliary presser is opened and the pressing member is raised so that the bill holder is retracted to a position where it does not interfere with the feeding by the feeding and stacking mechanism. Then, the stage is raised and the bills can be taken out by the take-out stacking mechanism, and the bills on the stage are taken out one by one from the top.

Further, in the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, when the banknotes are stored in the banknote storage section, the banknotes are stacked on the temporary storage plate with the temporary storage plate closed. At this time, the first pressing member is retracted above the payout stacking mechanism and is in a position where it does not hinder the banknote stacking operation by the payout stacking mechanism, and the second pressing member presses the banknotes on the stage. is there.

When the stacking of the bills on the temporary holding plate is completed, the first pressing member is lowered to press the bills on the temporary holding plate. Here, since the bill pressing portion of the first pressing member extends along the lateral direction of the bill, even if the bill has a curl tendency or a folding tendency, it can be surely pressed. Then, after opening the second pressing member to open the upper side of the banknote on the stage, the temporary holding plate is opened to drop the banknote.

At this time, the first pressing member descends following the falling of the banknotes, and the banknotes on the temporary holding plate remain on the stage while being pressed by the banknote pressing portion by the first pressing member. It falls on the banknotes accumulated in. Next, the second pressing member is closed to press the banknotes on the stage, and then the first pressing member is lifted up above the stacking and stacking mechanism.

Here, since the second pressing member can be opened and closed without interfering with the bill pressing portion of the first pressing member,
The banknotes on the stage are pressed by the second pressing member while being pressed by the banknote pressing portion of the first pressing member, and are always kept pressed. Further, when paying out a bill from the bill storage unit, the first pressing member is lowered to press the bill on the stage, and then the second pressing member is opened to raise the stage.

At this time, the first pressing member rises as the stage rises, and the bill is kept pressed. Then, after the bills can be taken out by the feeding and accumulating mechanism, the first pressing member is retracted above the separating and accumulating mechanism to take out the bills on the stage one by one from the top.

[0094]

Embodiments Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view of the banknote holding mechanism in the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG. Here, the same numbers are given to those having the same configuration as the conventional one, and the description thereof is omitted. In addition, the bill holding mechanism of this embodiment is shown in FIG.
Each banknote storage unit 3 of each banknote type of the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 2 described in 2.
3, 34, and 35 have the same configuration, and the bill-type bill storage unit 33 will be described as an example here.

Reference numeral 201 denotes a banknote pressing claw for pressing the banknotes 121 accumulated on the stage 36 from above. The banknote pressing claw 201 extends horizontally along the lateral direction of the banknote 121 and A vertical direction extends along a claw portion 202 that holds 121 and a storage guide 136 located on the rear end side of the denomination-based bill storage portion 33, and the claw portion 202 is rotatable about the shaft 203 at the upper end thereof. And a main body 204 supported by, and has an inverted L-shape when viewed from the side,
The main body portion 204 is pulled downward by a spring (not shown).

A plurality of claws 202 are provided in one denomination-based bill storage unit so as to be aligned in the longitudinal direction of the bill 121. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, two claws are provided. The parts 202 are arranged side by side in the longitudinal direction of the bill 121. 205 is a torsion spring, and this torsion spring 205 is a claw portion 202 of the bill pressing claw 201.
Is applied to the claw portion 202 so as to rotate the shaft 203 in the arrow K direction around the shaft 203. Thereby, the claw portion 202
Can rotate around the shaft 203 in the direction of arrow K, and can be retracted to the outside of the storage guide 136, that is, to the outside of the denomination-based banknote storage unit 33.

Reference numeral 206 denotes a claw opening / closing member, which is a claw opening / closing member 2
An elongated hole 207 extending in the vertical direction is formed on the back surface of the bank 06, and the elongated hole 207 has a body portion 2 of the bill holding claw 201.
A shoulder rivet 208 provided on the back surface of 04 is inserted, and the claw opening / closing member 206 and the bill pressing claw 201 can slide relative to each other. Reference numeral 209 denotes a claw pressing portion formed on the upper end of the claw opening / closing member 206. The claw opening / closing member 206 moves up and down with respect to the banknote pressing claw 201, so that the claw pressing section 209 and the claw part 202 of the banknote pressing claw 201. The claw portion 202 is opened and closed by contacting with or away from the pressure receiving portion 210 formed on the rear end side.

That is, when the claw opening / closing member 206 moves upward with respect to the bill pressing claw 201, the claw pressing portion 2
09 contacts and presses the pressure receiving portion 210, whereby
The claw portion 202 rotates about the shaft 202 in the direction of the arrow L against the torsion spring 205 and becomes horizontal as shown in FIG. Further, when the claw opening / closing member 206 moves downward with respect to the bill pressing claw 201, the claw pressing portion 209 does not come into contact with the pressure receiving portion 210, whereby the claw portion 202 is rotated about the shaft 202 as a torsion spring. The spring force of 205 rotates in the direction of arrow K to bring it into a vertical state and retracts it to the outside of the storage guide 136.

The tip of the claw pressing portion 209 is bent outward so that the contact and pressing can be smoothly performed when the pressing portion 210 is pressed against the pressing receiving portion 210. 211a and 211b are studs formed on both side surfaces of the claw opening / closing member 206 so as to project.
11a and 211b are provided so as to be vertically aligned,
A rotatable bush 212 is attached to each of the studs 211a and 211b.

Reference numeral 213 denotes an intermediate frame arranged on both sides of the pawl opening / closing member 206. Although not shown, an elongated hole extending in the vertical direction is formed in the intermediate frame 213, and the studs 211a and 211b have the bushes 212 in the elongated hole. The intermediary of opening and closing the claw opening / closing member 206 is the intermediate frame 2
It is supported by 12 so as to be vertically slidable.

Reference numeral 214 denotes a roller rotatably attached to the tip of the upper stud 211a. Reference numeral 215 is a link, and one end of the link 215 has an elongated hole 21.
6 is opened, and the stud 211a is inserted in the long hole 216.
The roller 214 at the tip of is inserted.

Reference numeral 217 is a gear, and 218 is a side frame for supporting the gear 217.
The gear 217 is rotatably supported by the stud 219 formed to protrude. The other end of the link 215 is rotatably supported by the stud 219, and the link 215 rotates about the stud 219,
The claw opening / closing member 206 attached to the tip end side of the link 215 via the stud 211a moves up and down.

Reference numeral 220 denotes a stud projectingly formed on the gear 217. When the gear 217 rotates about the stud 219 in response to a driving force from a motor (not shown), the stud 220 on the gear 217 forms a link 215. In contact, the link 215 is rotated about the stud 219. That is, when the gear 217 is rotated in the direction of arrow M, the stud 220 comes into contact with the link 215 from below,
The link 215 rotates in the direction of the arrow M, whereby the pawl opening / closing member 206 attached to the tip end side of the link 215 via the stud 211a moves upward.

When the gear 217 is rotated in the direction of arrow N, the stud 220 comes into contact with the link 215 from above and the link 215 rotates in the direction of arrow N, whereby the pawl opening / closing member 206 moves downward. . 221 is an auxiliary presser that is located on the tip side of the denomination-based banknote storage unit 33 and presses a part of the banknote 121 that cannot be pressed by the banknote pressing claw 201. The auxiliary presser 221 is a shaft 222.
It is rotatably supported around. This auxiliary press 221
Is driven by an actuator (not shown) and the shaft 2
By rotating around 22 and rotating in the direction of arrow O, as shown in FIG.
The horizontal state as shown in FIG. 6 holds the banknote 121, and the banknote 121 is rotated in the direction of the arrow P to be vertical and retracted to the outside of the denomination-based banknote storage unit 33.

3 to 6 are explanatory views showing the operation of the first embodiment, and the operation of the bill holding mechanism according to the first embodiment will be described below. The operation other than the operation of the bill pressing mechanism is the same as that described in the related art FIGS. 20 to 25, and therefore the description thereof is omitted here. FIG. 3A shows a normal state in which transactions are not performed in the bill depositing / dispensing device, and the bill-type bill temporary holding plates 42 are stored and opened, and are stacked on the stage 36. Banknote 12
The position of the stage 36 is adjusted so that 1 is a position slightly lower than the detection position of the deposit / withdrawal position sensor 122.

At this time, the main body portion 204 of the bill pressing claw 201 is pulled downward by a spring (not shown), and the claw opening / closing member 206 is moved upward with respect to the bill pressing claw 201. The claw pressing portion 209 of the claw opening / closing member 206 is the pressure receiving portion 21 of the banknote pressing claw 201.
When the bill 121 on the stage 36 is in a horizontal state, the bill 121 on the stage 36 is pulled by the spring force of the spring that pulls the main body portion 204 of the bill pressing claw 201 downward. Is pressed by.

Further, the auxiliary presser 221 is also in the horizontal position and regulates the tendency of the bill 121 to be folded. The position of the bill pressing claw 201 described with reference to FIG. 3A is called a home position. Next, the operation of the bill holding mechanism in the above-described first embodiment when a depositing or dispensing transaction is being performed in the bill depositing / dispensing device will be described.

First, during a deposit transaction, the denomination-based bill temporary holding plate 42 is moved in the direction of the arrow Q so that the deposited bills can be stacked on the denomination-based bill temporary holding plate 42. At this time, the bill 121 on the stage 36 still has the claw portion 20 of the bill pressing claw 201 as described in FIG.
2 and the auxiliary presser 221 press and regulate.

As shown in FIG. 3 (b), when the accumulation of the deposited bills 121a on the bill-type bill temporary holding plate 42 is completed,
The auxiliary presser 221 is driven by an actuator (not shown) to rotate 90 ° in the direction of arrow P and rise vertically. Next, the stage 36 is lowered. When the stage 36 is lowered, the bill holding claw 201 is moved downward following the lowering of the stage 36 because the main body 204 of the bill pressing claw 201 is pulled downward by a spring (not shown).

Then, the main body portion 20 of the bill holding claw 201
4 contacts a stopper (not shown),
The stage 36 is lowered until the descent stops. In addition,
The position of the bill pressing claw 201 shown in FIG. 3B is called a bottom position. Note that when the stage 36 is lowered, the bill pressing claw 201 is lowered, but when the bill pressing claw 201 is lowered, the shoulder rivet 208 provided on the back surface of the bill pressing claw 201 causes the claw opening / closing member 206.
Pushing the lower end of the long hole 207 of the claw opening / closing member 2
06 also descends, and when the pawl opening / closing member 206 descends, the stud 211a formed to project on the pawl opening / closing member 206.
The link 215 connected to the shaft rotates in the direction of arrow B. At this time, the stud 220 on the gear 217 is in a position where it does not hinder the rotation of the link 215.

When the sensor (not shown) detects that the bill holding claw 201 has reached the bottom position, the stage 36 is stopped from descending, and the motor (not shown) is rotated to rotate the gear 217 in the direction of arrow N. Gear 217
Is rotated in the direction of the arrow N, the stud 220 on the gear 217 comes into contact with the link 215 from above, whereby the link 215 also rotates in the direction of the arrow N.

When the link 215 rotates in the direction of arrow N,
By inserting the roller 214 of the stud 211a into the elongated hole 216 at one end of the link 215, the pawl opening / closing member 206 connected thereto descends. At this time, the bill pressing claw 201 comes into contact with a stopper (not shown) and cannot descend,
The banknote pressing claw 201 and the claw opening / closing member 206 are the shoulder rivets 20 provided on the back surface of the banknote pressing claw 201.
8 is inserted into and connected to the long hole 207 of the claw opening / closing member 206 and can be moved separately within the range of the long hole 207, only the claw opening / closing member 206 is provided.
It goes down with respect to 01.

Then, as the claw opening / closing member 206 moves downward with respect to the bill pressing claw 201, the claw pressing portion 209 does not come into contact with the pressure receiving portion 210 as shown in FIG. , The claw portion 202 is the shaft 20
By the spring force of the torsion spring 205 about 2 as a center, the torsion spring 205 rotates in the direction of arrow K to be in a vertical state. A motor (not shown) is rotated to rotate the gear 217 in the direction of arrow M.

When the gear 217 is rotated in the direction of arrow M,
The stud 220 on the gear 217 comes into contact with the link 215 from below, whereby the link 215 also rotates in the direction of arrow M. When the link 215 rotates in the direction of arrow M, the pawl opening / closing member 206 connected to one end of the link 215 ascends. At this time, the spring force of the torsion spring 205 is the force of the pawl pressing portion 20 of the pawl opening / closing member 206.
9 is a pressure receiving portion 21 of the claw portion 202 of the bill holding claw 201.
Since it is set to be stronger than the force to push 0 up,
As shown in (b), the claw opening / closing member 206 pushes up the bill pressing claw 201 without closing the claw portion 202.

When the banknote pressing claw 201 is raised by a predetermined amount so that the claw portion 202 of the banknote pressing claw 201 comes out above the accumulated banknotes 121a on the money type banknote temporary holding plate 42, the banknote pressing claw 201 is placed on a stopper (not shown). It touches and stops its rise. If the gear 217 is further continued to rotate in the direction of the arrow M from this state, since the bill pressing claw 201 is stopped from rising, only the claw opening / closing member 206 moves up.

When the claw opening / closing member 206 moves upward with respect to the bill pressing claw 201, the claw pressing portion 209 contacts and presses the pressure receiving portion 210, whereby the claw portion 202.
Is a torsion spring 205 centered on the shaft 202
It rotates in the direction of the arrow L against, and becomes a horizontal state as shown in FIG. Here, the position where the claw portion 202 is closed is
Above the denomination-based bill separating / feeding mechanism 45 shown in FIG.
The height is such that banknotes do not pass and are not accumulated. Therefore, the operation of closing the claw portion 202 is pressed by the banknotes without being obstructed by the banknotes and without fail from above the accumulated banknotes 121a on the denomination-based banknote temporary holding plate 42.

Next, the gear 217 is rotated in the direction of arrow N. When the gear 217 rotates in the direction of arrow N, the gear 21
The stud 220 on the 7 is separated from the link 215, and the link 215 can freely rotate. Here, the banknote pressing claw 201 is constantly subjected to a force pulled downward by a spring (not shown), but the shoulder rivet 208 provided on the back surface of the banknote pressing claw 201 is attached to the lower end of the long hole 207 of the claw opening / closing member 206. When the link 215 is in contact with the stud 220 and is in contact with the stud 220, the link 215 cannot rotate, and thus the claw opening / closing member 206 cannot descend, so that the bill holding claw 201 does not descend.

This is because the gear 217 rotates in the direction of the arrow N as described above, so that the stud 220 moves the link 21.
5, when the link 215 becomes rotatable, the shoulder rivet 2 provided on the back surface of the bill holding claw 201 is pulled by the force of the spring that pulls the bill holding claw 201 downward.
08 pushes the lower end of the long hole 207 of the claw opening / closing member 206,
The claw opening / closing member 206 can be lowered, and the bill holding claw 201 and the claw opening / closing member 206 are lowered together, and as a result, as shown in FIG. 5B, the claw portion 202 of the bill holding claw 201. Presses the accumulated banknotes 121a on the banknote temporary holding plate 42 of the denomination.

Here, the claw portion 202 of the bill pressing claw 201
Is extended along the lateral direction of the bill, so that FIG.
Even if banknotes having a crease or a curl in the short-side direction are accumulated as shown by a dashed line in (a), the claw portion 2
By pressing with 02 from above, the bending tendency and curling tendency can be suppressed as shown in FIG. Also,
Since a plurality of the claw portions 202 are arranged along the longitudinal direction of the bill, it is possible to suppress the folding tendency and the curling tendency of the bill in the longitudinal direction.

Then, the claw portion 202 of the bill pressing claw 201
After pressing the banknotes 121a on the denomination-based banknote temporary storage plate 42 by moving the denomination-based banknotes temporary storage plate 42 in the arrow j direction to open the banknotes on the denomination-based banknote temporary storage plate 42. 121a is a banknote 121 on the stage 36
Fall on. At this time, since the banknote pressing claw 201 is pulled downward by a spring (not shown), the banknote pressing claw 201 moves down together with the banknote 121a while pressing the banknote 121a with the claw portion 202.

Next, the banknote pressing claw 201 is moved to the stage 3 so as to descend to the bottom position described with reference to FIG.
6, the auxiliary presser 221 is rotated 90 ° in the direction of the arrow O by an actuator (not shown) to a horizontal position, and the bill 121 on the stage 36 is slightly lowered from the detection position of the deposit / withdrawal position sensor 122. The position of the stage 36 is adjusted so that the bill holding claw 201 comes to the home position described with reference to FIG.

With the above, a series of operations of the bill holding mechanism at the time of deposit transaction is completed. Next, the operation of the bill holding mechanism during withdrawal transaction will be described. From the state where the bill pressing claw 201 is located at the home position described with reference to FIG. 3A, first, as shown in FIG. 6A, the auxiliary pressing 221 is rotated by 90 ° in the arrow P direction by an unillustrated actuator. The vertical position is set so that it does not hinder the ascent of the stage 36.

Then, the banknote 121 on the stage 36 contacts the pickup roller 127 and raises the stage 36 to a position where it can be fed out. Next, the gear 217 is rotated in the direction of arrow M, and the stud 22 on the gear 217 is rotated.
By 0, the link 215 is pushed up in the direction of the arrow M, and the pawl opening / closing member 206 is raised. At this time, the claw opening / closing member 20
The shoulder rivet 208 of the bill pressing claw 201 is pushed up by the lower end of the elongated hole 207 of No. 6, so that the bill pressing claw 201 also rises as the claw opening / closing member 206 rises.

Then, as shown in FIG. 6B, the bill pressing claw 201 is raised to a position where the bill pressing claw 201 comes into contact with a stopper (not shown) to stop the rising thereof. Here, the position at which the bill pressing claw 201 can be stopped from rising by the stopper (not shown) is the claw portion 202.
Is a position where the banknotes 121 on the stage 36 are not pressed, and by rotating the pickup roller 27 in this state, the banknotes 121 are fed out one by one from the stage 36. At this time, since the claw portion 202 is raised to the position where the bill 121 is not pressed, the claw portion 202 does not hinder the feeding of the bill.

When the feeding of the predetermined number of bills is completed,
The gear 217 is rotated in the direction of the arrow N, the stud 220 on the gear 217 is separated from the link 215, and the link 21
5 is freely rotatable. As a result, the shoulder rivet 208 of the bill pressing claw 201 moves the claw opening / closing member 2 by the force of the spring that pulls the bill pressing claw 201 downward.
06 by pushing the lower end of the long hole 207,
It is possible to lower the bill holding claw 201 and the claw opening / closing member 206 together, and the bill holding claw 20
The first claw portion 202 presses the accumulated banknotes 121 on the stage 36.

When the stage 36 is lowered from this state, the bill pressing claw 201 is also lowered while pressing the bill 131 on the stage 36 with the claw portion 202 by the force of the spring (not shown). Then, the stage 36 is lowered until the bill pressing claw 201 is located at the bottom position described with reference to FIG. 3B, and the auxiliary pressing 221 is rotated by 90 ° in the direction of arrow O by an actuator (not shown) to a horizontal position. The position of the banknote 121 on the stage 36 is adjusted so that the banknote 121 is slightly lower than the detection position of the deposit / withdrawal position sensor 122, and the banknote pressing claw 201 is at the home position described in FIG. 3A. To come to

With the above, a series of operations of the bill holding mechanism at the time of dispensing transaction is completed. FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing another embodiment of the above-mentioned banknote pressing claw 223 is a claw part of the banknote pressing claw 201, and this claw part 223 has a tooth part 223 at its tip.
It has a comb-like shape in which a and the groove portion 223b are alternately formed. Further, since the claw portion 223 of the bill pressing claw 201 descends into the denomination-based bill storage portion 33, the storage guide 136 forming one side surface of the denomination-based bill storage portion 33 is provided with a groove portion into which the claw portion 223 enters. However, the storage guide 13 is formed by forming the claw portion 223 into a comb tooth shape as described above.
The groove formed in 6 is the tooth portion 223a of the claw portion 223.
Groove portion 136a into which the claw enters and the groove portion 223b of the claw portion 223.
It has a comb-like shape in which a tooth portion 136b that enters is formed.

By adopting such a configuration, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), the claw portion 202 of the bill pressing claw 201.
Is a plate, the storage guide 136 has the claw portion 20.
Since it is necessary to provide a groove having a width that allows 2 to enter, bills may enter the groove.
As shown in (c), the claw portion 223 of the bill pressing claw 201.
Since the groove portion 136a provided in the storage guide 136 has a width that allows the tooth portion 223a of the claw portion 223 to enter, the width is narrow because the toothed portion has a comb tooth shape.
It is possible to prevent the bills from entering that interfere with the vertical movement of the bill pressing claw 201.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing a bill pressing mechanism according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

In a bill depositing / dispensing device (not shown), 301 is a bill storing section for storing bills to be dispensed to a customer and bills deposited by the customer, and 302 is a stack of the bills in the bill storing section 301. The stage 302 is vertically movable, and the stage 302 receives a driving force from a motor (not shown). Reference numeral 303 denotes a feeding and accumulating mechanism for separating and feeding the bills stored in the bill storing unit 301 one by one and feeding bills from other processing units, and is composed of a pickup roller, a feed roller, a separating roller and the like. ing.

Reference numeral 304 is provided so as to be openable and closable between the bill storage unit 301 and the feeding and stacking mechanism 303, and the bill storage unit 3
01 is closed to form a partition between the banknote storage unit 301 and the payout stacking mechanism 303 to temporarily store and open the banknotes stored in the banknote storage unit 301 by the payout stacking mechanism 303. It is a temporary holding plate that stores the temporarily stored banknotes in the banknote storage unit 301.

The above-mentioned mechanisms are usually provided in the bill depositing / dispensing apparatus described in the prior art. Reference numeral 305 denotes a bill pressing surface 305a which is vertically movable in the stacking direction of the banknotes 306 stacked on the stage 302 and has a surface capable of sufficiently pressing the banknotes 306 in both the lateral and longitudinal directions. A pressing plate serving as a first pressing member, and 307 is a guide shaft that restricts the pressing plate 305 only in the vertical movement and serves as a guide for the vertical movement of the pressing plate.

Reference numeral 308 denotes a pressing arm rotatably supported by sandwiching the pressing plate 305 from one end side to the other end side, and the other end side is a pressing arm rotatably supported about a shaft 309 as a fulcrum. Is rotated about a shaft 309 by a motor (not shown), and this rotation causes the pressing plate 3 to rotate.
05 moves up and down. Reference numeral 310 denotes a pair of open guides provided at the upper end of the bill storage unit 301 and located on both sides in the lateral direction of the bill 306. The open guides 310 are rotatably supported by a shaft 311 as a fulcrum and are vertically arranged. In the open position, the bill storage unit 3
01 and the payout stacking mechanism 303 constitute a banknote guide, and when in the horizontal position and closed, the banknote storage unit 3
A second pressing member for sandwiching the banknote 306 in 01 with the stage 302 and pressing the banknote 306 is configured.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing the constitution and operation of the above-mentioned open guide 310, and 312 is a first link fixed to the open guide 310, and this first link 312 is a shaft together with the open guide 310. It can be rotated around 311. 313 is this first link 31
A second link 314 rotatably attached to each tip of the second link 314 is a third link rotatably attached to the second link 313, and the third link 314 is not shown. It can be rotated about a shaft 315 as a fulcrum by receiving a driving force from a motor, and second links 313 are attached to both sides sandwiching the shaft 315.

The open guide 3 having such a configuration
As shown in FIG. 9A, when the third link 314 rotates in the direction of arrow R by receiving a driving force from a motor (not shown), the rotating force causes the second link 313 to move to the first link 313. By pressing the link 312, the open guide 310 is rotated about the shaft 311 in the arrow S direction to a horizontal position, and the bill storage unit 301 is closed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9B, when the third link 314 rotates in the direction of the arrow T in response to a driving force from a motor (not shown), this rotational force causes the second link 313 to move to the first direction. The link 312 of No. 1 is pulled, whereby the open guide 310 rotates about the shaft 311 in the direction of the arrow U to a vertical position, and the banknote storage unit 301 is opened.

Next, the operation of the bill holding mechanism of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8A shows a home position state when the bill depositing / dispensing device is not performing depositing / dispensing transaction, replenishment, or collection processing. At this time, the open guide 310 is in the horizontal position in the closed state, and the bill 302 306 on the stage 302 is lifted by raising the stage 302.
Pressing with.

The pressing plate 305 moves upward and is on the side of the feeding and collecting mechanism 303.
3 is retracted to a position that does not hinder the operation of separating and feeding out the bills from the bill storage unit 301 or the feeding action for stacking. When storing banknotes in the banknote storage unit 301 for deposit transactions, banknote replenishment, loading processing, etc., from the home position shown in FIG.
The temporary storage plate 304 is closed to partition the bill storage unit 301 and the payout stacking mechanism 303. In this state, the bills are fed by the feeding and accumulating mechanism 303, so that FIG.
As shown in (b), banknotes are accumulated on the temporary holding plate 304.

At this time, the pressing plate 305 is at the home position and does not hinder the bill feeding operation by the feeding and stacking mechanism 303. Temporary holding plate 304
When the stacking of the banknotes on the top is completed, as shown in FIG.
The pressure plate 305 is lowered by rotating it around arrow 9 in the direction of arrow V.

As a result, the pressing plate 305 becomes the temporary holding plate 3
The banknotes 306a accumulated on 04 are pressed. At this time, as shown in FIG. 8B, even if the banknotes stacked on the temporary holding plate 304 are curled in the lateral direction,
The banknote pressing surface 305a of the pressing plate 305 has a shape capable of pressing a wide range of banknotes, for example, extends along the lateral direction of the banknote and can press both ends in the lateral direction of the banknote, The shape is such that both ends can be pressed at least in the longitudinal direction, and a rib protruding downward is provided at a position corresponding to one end of the banknote in the lateral direction. As shown in (c), curled bills can be rolled flat.

Next, the open guide 310 is opened to the vertical position, the stage 302 is raised so that the upper surface of the banknote on the stage 302 is located near the temporary holding plate 304, and then the temporary holding plate 304 is opened. To do. When the temporary storage plate 304 is opened, the banknotes accumulated on the temporary storage plate 304 fall on the banknotes accumulated on the stage 302. At this time, the pressing plate 305 descends following the fall of the bill, and the bill on the temporary holding plate 304 falls while being pressed by the pressing plate 305.

Next, the stage 302 is lowered to the position shown in FIG.
As shown in (d), the bill 306 on the stage 302
The upper surface of the open guide 310 is slightly lower than the closed position of the open guide 310. At this time as well, the pressing plate 305 descends following the descending of the stage 302, and the banknotes on the stage 302 descend while being pressed by the pressing plate 305.

Then, after closing the open guide 310 to the horizontal position, the stage 302 is raised and the bill 306 on the stage 302 is pressed against the open guide 310. Since the open guide 310 and the pressing plate 305 are arranged at positions where they do not interfere with each other, the open guide 310 is closed while the pressing plate 305 is pressing the banknote 306 on the stage 302. A bill can be pressed by the open guide 310. As a result, even if the fed bill has a curl tendency, the bill can always be pressed by the pressing plate 305 or the open guide 310 to suppress it.

Next, the pressing arm 308 is rotated in the direction of arrow W about the shaft 309 by a motor (not shown) to raise the pressing plate 305, and the operation of separating and delivering the banknotes from the banknote storage unit 301 by the delivery and stacking mechanism 303 or It is retracted to a position that does not interfere with the feeding operation for stacking, and the home position described with reference to FIG. As described above, since the open guide 310 and the pressing plate 305 are arranged at positions where they do not interfere with each other, the open guide 310 does not open the open guide 310 to press the banknote 306 on the stage 302. The pressing plate 305 can be raised and retracted in the state of being kept. With this, even when the pressing plate 305 separates from the bill, the open guide 310 pushes the bill, and even if the fed bill has a curl tendency, the open guide 310 always pushes the bill to suppress it. You can

Further, as shown in FIG. 8 (c) or (d), when the pressing plate 305 is pressing the bill, the guide shaft 307 restricts the operation of the pressing plate 305 only in the vertical direction. Therefore, the bills do not shift horizontally. When paying out the banknotes from the banknote storage unit 301, such as withdrawal transactions or banknote collection processing,
From the home position shown in (a), the open guide 310 is opened to a vertical position, the stage 302 is raised, and the upper surface of the bill 306 on the stage 302 is
The pickup roller of the feeding and accumulating mechanism 303 is pressed.

Then, by rotating the pickup roller, the bills are fed one by one from the top. At this time, since the pressing plate 305 is retracted to a position that does not interfere with the operation of separating and delivering the banknotes from the banknote storage unit 301 by the delivery and stacking mechanism 303, this operation does not interfere with the operation of separating and delivering. When the operation of separating and feeding out the bills is completed, the stage 302 is lowered and the stage 302
The upper surface of the upper banknote 306 is positioned slightly lower than the position where the open guide 310 is closed.

Then, after closing the open guide 310 to the horizontal position, the stage 302 is raised and the bill 306 on the stage 302 is pressed against the open guide 310. When paying out the bills from the bill storage unit 301, in addition to the above-mentioned actions, it is also possible to perform the following operation procedure.

That is, when paying out a bill from the bill storage unit 301, the pressing plate 306 is lowered from the home position shown in FIG. 8A, and the bill 306 on the stage 302 is pressed. At this time, open guide 31
Although 0 is in the closed state, since the open guide 310 and the pressing plate 305 do not interfere with each other, the open guide 31
The banknote 306 on the stage 302 can be pressed by the pressing plate 305 without opening 0.

Next, the open guide 310 is opened to a vertical position, and the stage 302 is raised to move the stage 3
The upper surface of the banknote 306 on 02 is fed out and accumulated mechanism 303
Press on the pickup roller. At this time, the pressing plate 3
05 follows the ascent of the stage 302
The bill on the stage 5 is pushed up, and the bill on the stage 302 rises while being pressed by the pressing plate 305.

Then, the pressing plate 305 is retracted to a position where it does not interfere with the operation of separating and feeding the bills from the bill storage unit 301 by the feeding and stacking mechanism 303, and then the pickup roller is rotated, so that one bill from the top is picked up. One by one. When the operation of separating and feeding out the bills is completed, the pressing plate 305 is lowered to press the bills on the stage 302. Next, the stage 302 is lowered so that the upper surface of the banknote 306 on the stage 302 has the open guide 310.
The position should be slightly lower than the closed position. At this time, the pressing plate 305 descends following the descending of the stage 302, and the banknotes on the stage 302 descend while being pressed by the pressing plate 305.

Then, after closing the open guide 310 to the horizontal position, the stage 302 is raised and the bill 306 on the stage 302 is pressed against the open guide 310. Here, since the open guide 310 and the pressing plate 305 are arranged at positions that do not interfere with each other, the open guide 310 is closed while the pressing plate 305 is pressing the banknote 306 on the stage 302. The open guide 310 can press the banknote.

Next, the pressing arm 308 is rotated in the direction of arrow P about the shaft 309 by a motor (not shown) to raise the pressing plate 305, and the payout stacking mechanism 303 separates and pays out the paper money from the paper money storage unit 301. It is retracted to a position that does not interfere with the feeding operation for stacking, and the home position described with reference to FIG.

As described above, the open guide 3
Since the 10 and the pressing plate 305 are arranged at positions where they do not interfere with each other, the pressing plate 305 is kept in a state in which the open guide 310 is pressing the banknote 306 on the stage 302 without opening the open guide 310. Can be raised and retracted. By doing so, even when the bills are separated and fed out, the bills on the stage 302 are pushed by the pressing plate 305 or the open guide during the vertical movement of the stage 302 except when the feeding and accumulating mechanism 303 is performing the feeding operation. Since it is pressed to either 310, curl or crease of bills can be suppressed.

[0154]

As described above, in the present invention,
The pressing member for pressing the banknote includes a banknote pressing portion extending in the short-side direction of the banknote, and an auxiliary presser for pressing a range that cannot be pressed by the banknote pressing portion is provided. It has an effect that the curl and curl can be surely suppressed.

Further, when the pressing member presses the bills fed from the feeding and accumulating mechanism and accumulated on the temporary holding plate, the pressing member moves to a position above the feeding and accumulating mechanism where the bills are not accumulated and then descends. Since the banknotes are pressed by pressing the banknotes, the banknotes stacked on the temporary holding plate can be pressed without fail, and the banknotes can be surely pressed to suppress the crease and curl.

Further, while the banknotes are accumulated on the temporary holding plate, the pressing member presses the banknotes on the stage,
Since the banknotes on the stage are pressed until just before the banknotes on the temporary storage plate are accumulated on the banknotes on the stage, there is an effect that storage failure does not occur due to the folding tendency or curling tendency of the banknotes on the stage. This has an effect that a stable banknote storage state can be realized and a highly reliable device can be provided. Further, there is an effect that one pressing member can press the banknotes on the stage and the banknotes on the temporary holding plate.

Further, in order for the bill holding portion to descend into the bill storing portion, a groove into which the bill holding portion is inserted is required on one side surface of the bill storing portion, but the tip of the bill holding portion has a comb-like shape. As a result, the width of the groove provided on the side surface of the banknote storage unit is narrow, and it is possible to prevent the banknote from entering the groove, which hinders the vertical movement of the pressing member.

Further, in the present invention, since the first pressing member is provided with the bill pressing portion extending in the short side direction of the bill, it is possible to surely suppress the folding tendency and the curling tendency of the bill in the short side direction. With the effect that it is possible, the banknotes on the stage are pressed by the second pressing member with the second pressing member closed while the banknotes are accumulated on the temporary holding plate. Since the banknotes on the stage are pressed until just before the banknotes on the banknotes are stacked on the banknotes, there is an effect that a storage failure does not occur due to a folding tendency or a curl tendency of the banknotes on the stage, Further, since the second pressing member can be opened and closed without interfering with the first pressing member, the second pressing member can be opened and closed while the banknote is being pressed by the first pressing member, and the stage is always operated. Can press the upper banknote , Ensure to press the bill has the effect that it is possible to suppress the break habit or curling habit.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a bill pressing mechanism according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing another embodiment of the banknote pressing claw of the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing the configuration and operation of the bill pressing mechanism according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration and a function of a main part of an open guide according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an external perspective view showing an automatic teller machine.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram of an automated teller machine.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a conventional banknote deposit / withdrawal device.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing the structure of a customer service port and its operation.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a batch cassette and its action.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of banknotes in a conventional deposit transaction.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of banknotes in a conventional dispensing transaction.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of banknotes at the time of a conventional replenishment / loading operation.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of banknotes during a conventional collecting operation.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing a storage state of banknotes in a banknote storing unit according to denomination.

FIG. 20 is a side view showing a conventional bill pressing mechanism.

FIG. 21 is a side view showing the operation of the conventional banknote holding mechanism.

FIG. 22 is a side view showing the operation of the conventional banknote holding mechanism.

FIG. 23 is a side view showing the operation of the conventional banknote pressing mechanism.

FIG. 24 is a side view showing the operation of the conventional banknote holding mechanism.

FIG. 25 is a side view showing the operation of the conventional banknote pressing mechanism.

FIG. 26 is a perspective view showing details of a denomination-based bill temporary holding plate.

FIG. 27 is an explanatory diagram showing a conventional problem.

[Explanation of symbols]

 201 banknote pressing claw 202 claw part 206 claw opening / closing member 209 claw pressing part 210 pressing receiving part 215 link 217 gear 221 auxiliary pressing 305 pressing plate 305a banknote pressing surface 308 pressing arm 310 open guide

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A bill storage in which bills are mounted in a stacked state and have a vertically movable stage, and bills are fed from above the opening to be piled on the stage and the bills are fed out on the stage. Section and a banknote storage section that is openable and closable above the banknote storage section, and is a partition between the banknote storage section and the banknote storage section in a closed state, and temporarily stacks and opens the banknotes stored in the banknote storage section. A temporary holding plate for dropping and storing the banknotes that have been temporarily accumulated in the banknote storage unit, and stacking the banknotes on the temporary holding plate in a closed state provided above the temporary holding plate, and temporarily holding the banknotes. A banknote deposit / withdrawal mechanism including a payout stacking mechanism for paying out banknotes on a plate or a stage of a banknote storage unit, and a pressing member for pressing a banknote on the stage of the banknote storage unit or a banknote on a temporary holding plate in a closed state In the device, the pressing member includes a banknote pressing portion that extends in the lateral direction of the banknote and can press the lateral ends of the banknote and that can press at least both ends in the longitudinal direction of the banknote. The pressing unit allows the pressing member to move up and down along the stacking direction of the banknotes on the stage so that the pressing unit reciprocates between the upper part of the payout stacking mechanism and the inside of the banknote storage unit. The closed temporary holding plate is retracted from a position horizontal to the banknote on the stage or the temporary holding plate so that the upper banknote or the banknote on the closed temporary holding plate can be pressed. In order to allow the pressing member to move up and down, it can be opened and closed to a position perpendicular to the temporary holding plate, and an auxiliary presser for pressing a range that cannot be pressed by the bill pressing part of the pressing member is provided. A bill depositing / dispensing device, which is provided below the hour storage plate so that it can be opened and closed. 2. The banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the tip of the banknote pressing portion of the pressing member has a comb-like shape in which teeth and grooves are alternately formed, and the banknote pressing portion is used to store banknotes. The groove portion formed on one side surface of the bill storage portion for descending into the inside of the bill storage portion has a comb tooth shape in which a groove portion into which a tooth portion of the bill holding portion and a tooth portion into which the bill holding portion is formed are formed. A bill depositing / withdrawing device. 3. A bill storage in which bills are loaded in a stacked state and have a stage that can move up and down, bills are fed from above the opening and stacked on the stage, and bills are fed on the stage. Section and a banknote storage section that is openable and closable above the banknote storage section, and is a partition between the banknote storage section and the banknote storage section in a closed state, and temporarily stacks and opens the banknotes stored in the banknote storage section. A temporary holding plate for dropping and storing the banknotes that have been temporarily accumulated in the banknote storage unit, and stacking the banknotes on the temporary holding plate in a closed state provided above the temporary holding plate, and temporarily holding the banknotes. A banknote deposit / withdrawal mechanism including a payout stacking mechanism for paying out banknotes on a plate or a stage of a banknote storage unit, and a pressing member for pressing a banknote on the stage of the banknote storage unit or a banknote on a temporary holding plate in a closed state. In the device, the pressing member is a first pressing member, and the first pressing member extends in the lateral direction of the banknote and can press an end portion in the lateral direction of the banknote, and in the longitudinal direction of the banknote. At least both ends of the banknote holder are provided, and the banknote holder is configured to move the first pressing member of the banknote on the stage so as to reciprocate between the upper part of the payout stacking mechanism and the inside of the banknote storage part. It can move up and down along the stacking direction, is located at both ends in the lateral direction of the banknote, below the temporary storage plate between the banknote storage section and the payout stacking mechanism, and
Is provided with a second pressing member that can be opened and closed without interfering with the pressing member, and the second pressing member is in a horizontal position with respect to the banknotes on the stage when the second pressing member is closed. A bill depositing / dispensing device characterized in that, when the bills are pressed and opened, they are in a vertical position parallel to the stacking direction of the bills and constitute a guide between the bill storage unit and the payout stacking mechanism.