JPH0718660Y2 - Banknote conveyor - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a transport device, and more particularly to a bill transport device for transporting bills from a discrimination device to a storage device.

Conventional technology vending machine, ticket vending machine or automatic cash handling machine, has a discriminating device and a storage device, the discriminating device discriminates the authenticity of the bills inserted from the entrance, and determines that the bills are true bills , Sends the bills to the storage device, and accumulates the bills in the storage device. When the discrimination device does not determine the bill to be a true bill, the bill is returned to the entrance.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention As shown in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 60-77288, in a conventional banknote handling apparatus, a series of banknote transport mechanisms from a discriminating apparatus to a storing apparatus are unitized and stored from the discriminating apparatus. There must be a complex structure of bill transporting equipment that connects to the equipment. Moreover, it is virtually impossible to connect the conventional bill transporting device to the discriminating device and the storage device without changing the design, and the conventional bill transporting device is low in versatility and complicated, and the maintenance cost is low. Has the drawback of increasing. The structure of the banknote transfer device disclosed in the above publication is very complicated, and old banknotes having a soft waist cause jamming or clogging in the middle of the transfer path. On the other hand, the warped new banknote having a stiff waist has a problem that it is deviated from the conveyance path formed by the feed roller. Therefore, it is necessary to connect the discriminating device and the storing device by the bill transporting device without changing the design.

An object of the present invention is to provide a bill transporting device having a simple structure capable of smoothly transporting bills from a discriminating device to a storage device.

Means for Solving the Problems A bill transporting device according to the present invention comprises a discriminating device (I) and a storage device (II arranged in parallel to the discriminating device (I) in a vertical direction.
The bill (1) discharged from the discriminating device (I) is connected to the storage device (III) by connecting the bill to the storage device (III). The banknote transport device (II) has a substantially U-shaped guide member (F) that has a notch (31c) (32c) in the center and forms a transport path (34) through which the banknote (1) passes. A support shaft (36a) and a rotating shaft (36b) arranged outside the passage (34),
The support shaft (36) is arranged in the notches (31c) (32c) of the guide member (F) along substantially the center of the transfer passage (34).
a) and the pulley (35) provided on the rotary shaft (36b)
a, 35b) wound around a conveyor belt (33), a first pressing roller (37a) arranged to face the conveyor belt (33) and changing the conveying direction of the bill (1), and a second It has a pressure roller (37b). The first pinching roller (37a) is close to the discriminating device (I) and has a conveying passage (3
Conveyor belt (33) at the first bent portion (34b) of 4)
Contact with. The second pinching roller (37b) is a storage device (II
It comes into contact with the conveyor belt (33) at the second bent portion (34c) of the conveyor passage (34) which is close to I) and forms an angle of approximately 90 degrees. The banknote (1) discharged from the discriminating and conveying device (12, 13) of the discriminating device (I) is pulled by the first pinching roller (37a) and the conveying belt (33), and further the first pinching roller ( 37
The paper money (1) sent by a) is transferred to the second pressure roller (37).
The paper money (1) is conveyed to the storage device (III) by pulling it with b) and the conveyor belt (33) to change the conveyance direction of the paper money (1) by approximately 180 degrees.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first pinching roller (37a) is a pair of feed rollers (12, 1) provided in the discriminating device (I).
Pull the banknote (1) sandwiched between 3). The rotary shaft (36b) is rotationally driven by the motor (38). The roller (73) provided in the storage device (III) is a banknote transport device (I
The motor (38) of (I) is detachably connected and driven and rotated.

Action The bill (1) discharged from the discriminating device (I) is moved along the conveying passage (34) of the bill conveying device (II), and the tip of the bill (1) is separated from the conveying belt (33) and the first. It is held between the pressure roller (37a). At this time, the banknotes (1) sent out from the discriminating and conveying device (12, 13) are conveyed by the conveyor belt (3
It is forcibly stretched by 3) and the first pinching roller (37a). Thereafter, the bill (1) is clamped between the second pressure roller (37b) and the conveyor belt (33) by the rotation of the conveyor belt (33), and is forcibly stretched again. Especially, old and soft banknotes are
It may be bent into a letter shape, but the S-shaped tip of the banknote is forced by the cooperative pulling action of the conveyor belt (33), the first pressure roller (37a) and the second pressure roller (37b). Be protracted. Therefore, unlike the conventional case, the banknote (1) is not bent or clogging in the middle of the transport passage (34) while being bent in an S shape. Thereafter, the bill (1) is sent to the storage device (III) by driving the conveyor belt (33).

Embodiment An embodiment of the bill transporting device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a bill transporting device II according to the present invention is provided between a discriminating device I and a storage device III which is vertically aligned with the discriminating device I. The banknote transport device II and the storage device III are organically driven by an electronic control device including a microcomputer (not shown). The discriminating apparatus I discriminates the authenticity of the banknote 1 which is inserted and moved from the entrance 11 provided at one end of the housing 10 by a known method, and when the banknote 1 is determined to be a true banknote, the discriminating apparatus I moves toward the banknote transporting apparatus II. When the bill 1 is discharged and the bill 1 is not judged to be a true bill, the bill 1 is returned to the entrance 11. A detailed description of the identification device I used in a wide range of fields including an automatic deposit handling device, a vending machine, and a ticket vending machine will be omitted.

The discriminating apparatus I uses the bill 1 determined to be a true bill to be a bill transporting device.
A feed roller 12 as a discriminating and conveying device for sending to II,
13 and an outlet 14 for the bill 1 provided at the other end of the housing 10.
It has and. The banknote transport device II arranged adjacent to the outlet 14 stores the banknote 1 discharged from the discrimination device I in the storage device II.
Transport to I. The storage device III stacks and stores the conveyed banknotes 1.

The banknote transport device II includes a pair of frames 30 fixed at a fixed distance in the width direction, and a guide member F formed of a pair of guide frames 31 and 32 fixed to the frame 30 and having a substantially U-shaped cross section. Is equipped with. A pair of guide frames
31 and 32 form a transfer passage 34 and are arranged substantially in parallel at a certain distance. Bent portions 31a, 32a forming a carry-in port 34a for receiving the banknote 1 discharged from the outlet 14 of the discrimination device I
Is formed at one end of the guide frames 31, 32, and the storage device II
Ends 31b, 3 forming an outlet 34d facing the intake 72 of I
2b is formed on the other ends of the guide frames 31, 32. Also,
Notch portions 31c and 32c extending in the length direction to the carry-out port 34d are formed in the central portions of the guide frames 31 and 32. The transport passage 34 directs the bill 1 horizontally fed from the discriminating device I to the first folding part 34b for deflecting the bill 1 downward and the bill 1 vertically descending from the first folding part 34b toward the storage device III. And a second bent portion 34c that is further deflected horizontally. The first bent portion 34b and the second bent portion 34c are formed at an angle of approximately 90 degrees. Support shaft arranged outside the transport passage 34
36a and the rotating shaft 36b are supported by the frame 30 while being separated from each other by a certain distance, a driven pulley 35a is rotatably attached to the supporting shaft 36a, and a drive pulley 35b is attached to the rotating shaft 36b. The support shaft 36a and the rotary shaft 36b are provided adjacent to the first bent portion 34b and the second bent portion 34c, respectively. Upper driven pulley 35a
The conveyor belt 33 wound between the lower drive pulley 35b and the lower drive pulley 35b is arranged substantially along the center of the conveyor passage 34, and a part thereof is
It is arranged across the U-shaped transfer passage 34 inside the notches 31c and 32c with a slight inclination in the vertical direction. A first pinching roller 37 that contacts the conveyor belt 33 and changes the conveying direction of the banknote 1.
a is disposed adjacent to the driven pulley 35a and the first bent portion 34b.

A second pinching roller 37b that presses the conveyor belt 33 and changes the conveying direction of the banknote 1 is provided adjacent to the drive pulley 35b and the second bending portion 34c. First pinching roller 37a
The contact portion between the second roller 37b and the conveyor belt 33 is located substantially on the center line of the conveyor passage 34. That is, the first
Clamping roller 37a contacts the conveyor belt 33 at the first bent portion 34b of the conveyor passage 34 which is close to the discrimination device I and forms an angle of about 90 degrees, and the second clamping roller 37b is closer to the storage device III. The second bent portion 34 of the transport passage 34 forming an angle of approximately 90 degrees
Contact the conveyor belt 33 at c. Output shaft 3 of motor 38
The rotation of 8a is transmitted to the rotation shaft 36b via the transmission belt 39. The conveyor belt 33 pulls the bill 1 guided by the guide frames 31 and 32 downward, and therefore is rotated counterclockwise in FIG.

An arm 50 is swingably supported on one end of the rotary shaft 36b outside the driving gear 40 fixed to one end of the rotary shaft 36b. One end 50a of the arm 50 is locked to one end of the spring 60, the other end of the spring 60 is locked to a pin 61 fixed to the frame 30, and the one end 50a of the arm 50 is constantly urged downward by the spring 60. . The arm 50 is swingably attached around the rotary shaft 36b, and the other end 50b of the arm 50 rotatably carries a planetary gear 41. The arm 50 is biased clockwise by the spring 60 about the rotary shaft 36b, and the planetary gear 41, which is always screwed into the driving gear 40, is rotatable around the rotary shaft 36b.

The storage device III is a banknote 1 sent from the banknote transport device II.
It has a main body 70 having a slit-shaped intake 72 through which the. A pair of tension rollers 73 are provided near the intake 72 of the main body 70.
Also, the driving roller 74 is arranged in parallel vertically and in contact with each other. The banknote 1 transported by the transport belt 33 of the banknote transporting device II is stored in the main body 70 from the intake 72 by the tension roller 73 and the drive roller 74. An intermediate gear 75 mounted on the shaft of the drive roller 74 is arranged outside the main body 70. When the storage device III is inserted into the device frame from one direction, the intermediate gear 75 is arranged so that the intermediate gear 75 automatically meshes with the planetary gear 41 of the banknote transport device II. Therefore, when the bill transporting device II is operated, the drive roller 74 rotates via the planetary gear 41, and the tension roller 73 correspondingly rotates.

Further, the bill 77 is screwed to the intermediate gear 75, and the bill 1 is attached to the main body.
A reverse rotation preventing device (not shown) that allows rotation only in the moving direction inside 70 is provided, and the tension roller 73 and the drive roller 74 prevent reverse rotation of the intermediate gear 75 that rotates in the direction of taking the bill 1 into the main body 70. To be done. Therefore, the bill 1 once stored inside the main body 70 cannot be taken out from the inlet 72.

Pull the handle 71 provided on the storage device III to remove the intermediate gear 75.
Is separated from the planetary gear 41, and the main body 7 of the storage device III is collected at the time of collecting money.
0 can be pulled out. After that, the main body of the storage device III
When 70 is inserted, the elasticity of the spring 60 causes the planetary gear 41
Automatically meshes with the intermediate gear 75, and the intermediate gear 75 can be rotated by the motor 38 via the planetary gear 41. The banknotes 1 accumulated in the storage device III are automatically counted by the electronic control device of the discrimination device I, and an alarm is issued when the number of banknotes 1 accumulated in the storage device III reaches a predetermined number.

When the banknote 1 is inserted from the entrance 11 of the discriminating apparatus I during use, the banknote 1 that has passed through the discriminating apparatus I is fed by the feed roller 12,
The bill is sent from the outlet 14 to the bill transporting device II by the unit 13.
The detection signal generated when the bill 1 passes a predetermined position starts driving the motor 38 of the bill transporting device II, the drive pulley 35b rotates integrally with the rotating shaft 36b, and the transport belt 33 rotates counterclockwise. Move.

The leading end of the bill 1 discharged from the discriminating apparatus I has a transport passage 34.
Through the carry-in port 34a to reach the contact portion between the first pinching roller 37a and the belt 33. The first pinching roller 37a is a discrimination device I.
The banknote 1 sandwiched between the pair of feed rollers 12 and 13 provided in the. The bill 1 is forcibly stretched by the pulling action of the first pressing roller 37a and the belt 33. The discriminating device I judges the authenticity of the bill in a state where the rear end of the bill 1 is sandwiched between the feed rollers 12 and 13 of the discriminating device I. At this time, when the discriminating apparatus I determines that the bill 1 is not a true bill, the feed rollers 12 and 13 are reversed and the bill 1 is returned to the entrance 11. On the contrary, when the discriminating apparatus I determines that the bill 1 is a true bill, the fid rollers 12, 13 further send the bill 1 to the outside of the discriminating apparatus I. First pinching roller 37a and belt 33
Thus, the bill 1 further conveyed reaches the contact portion between the drive pulley 35b and the second pinching roller 37b. The length of the bill 1 is shorter than the transport distance from the outlet 14 of the discriminating apparatus I to the contact portion between the second pressure roller 37b and the belt 33. Therefore, when the leading edge of the bill 1 reaches the contact portion between the second pinching roller 37b and the belt 33, the vicinity of the rear end of the bill 1 is sent out from the outlet 14. The tip of the bill 1 reaches the contact portion between the second pinching roller 37b and the belt 33, and the bill 1 is further fed to the second pinching roller 37b and the belt 3.
Further pull by 3 and. In this way, the banknote 1 discharged from the discriminating device is transferred to the first pinching roller 37a and the conveyor belt 3
3, the banknote 1 sent by the first pinching roller 37a is pulled by the second pinching roller 37b and the conveyor belt 33, and the conveying direction of the banknote 1 is changed by approximately 180 degrees to store the bill. The banknote 1 can be conveyed to. The banknote 1 conveyed along the conveying passage 34 is conveyed while being forcibly stretched by the pulling action of the conveying belt 33, the first pressing roller 37a, and the second pressing roller 37b. . Therefore, the bill that is bent in the S shape does not jam or jam during the passage 34.

By the second pinching roller 37b and the belt 33, from the discharge port 34d of the transport passage 34 of the banknote transport device II to the inlet 72 of the storage device III.
Sent to. The leading end of the bill 1 has a driving roller 74 and a tension roller to which the rotational force is transmitted from the motor 38 of the bill transporting device II.
It is gripped between 73 and and moved inward of the main body 70. Body
The number of banknotes 1 accumulated inside 70 is automatically counted by the electronic control unit, and when a predetermined number is reached, an alarm is automatically issued.

The storage device III in which the full banknotes 1 are accumulated is a banknote transport device II.
Separated and taken out and transported for collection. In this case, even if a third party attempts to illegally take out the bill 1 inside from the entrance 72 of the storage device III, the tension roller 73 and the drive roller 74 are prevented from rotating in the reverse direction, and therefore cannot be taken out.

Therefore, the following advantages are obtained in this embodiment.

Since the bill transporting device of the present invention can be attached between the existing discriminating device and the storing device, it is not necessary to change the design of the discriminating device and the storing device.

Since the bill can be held in the bill conveying device until the authenticity judgment of the bill by the discriminating device is completed, it can be used for bills having various shapes with different denominations.

Since the feed roller of the discriminating device may be reversed to return the non-genuine bill to the entrance, it is not necessary to provide the reversing mechanism in the bill conveying device itself, and the structure of the bill conveying device is extremely simplified.

By arranging the identification device and the storage device in the vertical direction,
The bills can be inserted and the storage device can be taken out from the front.

In this respect, in the past, since the storage device was arranged in the back of the discrimination device, it was inconvenient to take out the storage device at the time of collecting money, and an opening for inserting and removing the storage device had to be further formed in the rear part of the bill transport device. .

Effect of the Invention As described above, the banknote transport device according to the present invention can smoothly transport banknotes without jamming or clogging in the middle of the transport path. Also,
It can also be used in existing bill validating units and storage devices.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a bill transport device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the bill transport device according to the present invention. I ... Discrimination device, II ... Banknote transport device, III ... Storage device, 1 ... Banknote, F ... Guide member, 31b, 32b ... Notch part, 33 ... Conveyor belt, 35a, 35b ... Pulley , 36a ……
1st pinching roller, 36b ... 2nd pinching roller.

Claims (4)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A bill (1) discharged from the discriminating device (I) by connecting between the discriminating device (I) and a storage device (III) arranged in parallel with the discriminating device (I) in a vertical direction. ) Is supplied to the storage device (III), the banknote transport device (II) has a notch (31c) (32c) at the center thereof.
And a substantially U-shaped guide member (F) that forms a transport passage (34) through which the bill (1) passes, a support shaft (36a) and a rotary shaft (which are disposed outside the transport passage (34). 36b) and a pulley arranged in the notches (31c) (32c) of the guide member (F) along substantially the center of the transfer passage (34) and provided on the support shaft (36a) and the rotary shaft (36b). Conveyor belt (33) wound around (35a, 35b)
And a first pinching roller (37a) and a second pinching roller (37b) which are arranged so as to face the conveyor belt (33) and change the conveyance direction of the banknote (1). The pressure roller (37a) is close to the discriminating device (I) and is almost 9
The first bent portion (34) of the transport passageway (34) forming an angle of 0 degree.
In b), it comes into contact with the conveyor belt (33), and the second pressure roller (37b) is close to the storage device (III).
The second bent portion (34) of the transport passage (34) forming an angle of 90 degrees.
In c), the banknote (1) that comes into contact with the conveyor belt (33) and is discharged from the discrimination and conveyance device (12, 13) of the discrimination device (I) receives the first clamping roller (37a) and the conveyance belt (33). And then the banknote (1) sent by the first pinching roller (37a) is pulled by the second pinching roller (37b) and the conveyor belt (33) so that the banknote (1) is conveyed in the conveying direction. A paper sheet conveying device characterized in that the bill (1) is conveyed to the storage device (III) after being changed by approximately 180 degrees. 2. The claim (1) according to claim 1, wherein the first pinching roller (37a) pulls the banknote (1) nipped by a pair of feed rollers (12, 13) provided in the discrimination device (I). The described banknote transport device. 3. The bill transport apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the rotary shaft (36b) is rotationally driven by a motor (38). 4. A roller (7) provided in a storage device (III).
The bill transport device according to claim 1, wherein 3) is detachably connected to a motor (38) of the bill transport device (II) and is driven and rotated.