JPH075208B2 - Banknote storage device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote storage device provided in a banknote processing machine or the like, and more specifically, to a banknote inside the device from a banknote receiving port communicating the inside and outside of the device. The present invention relates to a bill storage device that stacks bills vertically inserted into an insertion position in a direction orthogonal to the bills.

[Prior Art] As a bill storage device used for accumulating and storing bills, the one described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 60-54216 is conventionally known.

This banknote storage device is attached to, for example, an automatic teller machine,
As shown in FIG. 10, the banknotes inserted for deposit are stored and faced to each other with a banknote insertion position P1 immediately below the banknote receiving slot 2 communicating between the inside and outside of the apparatus main body 1 interposed therebetween. The banknote B vertically inserted from the banknote receiving slot 2 is moved between the pressing plate 3 and the vertical stoppers 4 and 5 arranged in the banknote direction in the right direction (the arrow Y1 direction in the drawing) and the vertical stopper Pushing the bills B to the right of the vertical stoppers 4 and 5 by moving the bills 4 and 5 in the vertical direction (arrows Y2 and Y3 directions), and then pushing the pushed bills B into the passages of the bills B. Push plate 3 as well as return
By returning to the left of the banknote insertion position P1,
The receiving plate 6 which is always urged to the left (in the direction of the arrow Y4 in the drawing) by a spring and the upper and lower stoppers 4 and 5 which are returned to the inside of the passage of the bills are sandwiched and accumulated. There is.

And in such a banknote storage device, a lockable opening / closing lid (not shown) is provided on the side of the device main body 1, and when the banknote storage device is detached from the automatic teller machine, The banknotes B accumulated inside are taken out by unlocking and opening the open / close lid.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, the above-mentioned conventional banknote storage device in which banknotes are stored is irrespective of whether or not it is mounted in a banknote handling machine such as an automatic teller machine. Since it takes on the property of one independent safe, it is required that the banknote B can never be taken out from other than the lockable lid. However, in the banknote storage device described above, only the upper and lower ends of one side of the stacked banknotes B are engaged with the vertical stoppers 4 and 5, and most of them are inserted into the banknote receiving slot 2 through the gap between the vertical stoppers 4 and 5. Since it is exposed toward the banknote B from the banknote receiving slot 2
It is not impossible to pull out. Therefore, it is necessary to provide a shutter that opens and closes the bill receiving opening 2, and further to provide an opening and closing mechanism that opens and closes the shutter in association with the attachment and detachment of the bill storage device to and from the bill processing machine. However, there is a drawback in that it is inevitable that the device becomes complicated and the entire device becomes large.

Further, since only the upper and lower ends of one side of the accumulated banknotes B are engaged with the upper and lower stoppers 4 and 5, the edge part of the banknote B may be damaged depending on the paper quality, or the banknote storage device itself may be damaged. It has been pointed out that there is a risk that the bill B may be scattered due to vibration during carrying.

The present invention has been made under such a background, and does not require a shutter for opening and closing a bill receiving port, and also has a bill storing device that does not cause damage to bill end portions or loosen bills. The purpose is to provide.

[Means for Solving the Problem] The present invention, when receiving a bill, inserts a bill vertically inserted from a bill receiving port communicating the inside and outside of the device to a bill insertion position in the device from the bill receiving port. The bills are accumulated in a passage of bills on the inner side of the device in a direction orthogonal to the bills, and can be reciprocated between a pushing position on the inner side of the device and a standby position on the opposite side with the bill insertion position sandwiched therebetween. Is provided,
A push plate that pushes the bill inserted into the bill insertion position by moving from the standby position to the push position toward the inner side of the device by abutting substantially the entire surface from a direction orthogonal to the surface of the bill, rather than the push position. Further, in the passage of the bill on the inner side of the device, the bill is arranged so as to face the push plate, and it is possible to contact substantially the entire face of the bill from a direction orthogonal to the surface of the bill, and further to the standby position. A receiving plate urged toward, a partition plate provided between the bill insertion position and the pushing position, and capable of protruding and retracting in the passage of bills, and a pushing plate for reciprocating the pushing plate. In a banknote storage device comprising a drive mechanism and a partition plate drive mechanism for projecting and retracting the partition plate, the partition plate is located between the banknote insertion position and the pushing position in the projecting state. The passage of the bill is capable of being closed in cooperation with the pushing plate in the pushing position, and the pushing plate drive mechanism is in a state where the pushing plate is in the pushing position at a normal time other than bill receiving, When receiving a bill, the push plate is moved to the standby position, and when the bill is then inserted into the bill insertion position, the push plate is moved back to the push position, and the partition plate drive mechanism is configured to The bill storage device is characterized in that the partition plate is retracted only while moving from the standby position to the pushing position to solve the above problems, and further, the push plate driving mechanism and The partition plate drive mechanism is one drive mechanism, and the partition plate is provided so as to be retracted from the passage of the banknote in association with the movement of the pushing plate from the standby position to the pushing position. Than it is.

[Operation] In the above configuration, when the bill is received, the push plate drive mechanism moves the push plate from the pushing position to the standby position, and when the bill is inserted at the bill insertion position, the push plate is pushed. The drive mechanism causes the push plate to move and return toward the push position, and the bill is pushed to the push position of the push plate. During the movement of the push plate to the pushing position, the partition plate drive mechanism retracts the partition plate to allow passage of bills moved by the push plate. And, in a normal time other than such a bill receiving time, the push plate is located at the push-in position, and the partition plate is in the projecting state, in cooperation with the push plate at the push-in position, and the bill insert position. The passage of the bill between the pushing position and the pushing position is closed. At this time, the bill is sandwiched and held while the push plate and the receiving plate are in contact with substantially the entire surface.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9.

As shown in FIG. 9, the banknote storage device 10 of the present embodiment is used by being mounted on a banknote depositing machine 11 that stores and returns the banknotes to be discriminated and counted, accumulated, and returned. Prior to explaining, the banknote deposit machine 11
Will be briefly described.

On the upper part of the banknote deposit storage machine 11, a banknote placing table 12 on which the banknotes are deposited is arranged, and subsequently, a separating and delivering mechanism 13 for separating and delivering the banknotes one by one is provided. . Then, the banknotes discriminated and counted by the discriminating unit 14 are sent to the reject port 15 by the fork P in the case of being unacceptable according to the discrimination result of the discriminating unit 14, and are otherwise accumulated on the pool drum 16. It has become. When storing the banknotes accumulated in the pool drum 16, the pool drum 16 is rotated in the clockwise direction (arrow Y5 direction in the figure), and the banknotes of the banknote storage device 10 mounted below the pool drum 16 are rotated. It is sent out to the bill receiving slot 17. Further, when returning the bill, the pool drum 16 is rotated counterclockwise (direction of arrow Y6 in the figure), and the bill is sent out to the transaction opening 18 provided below the reject opening 15.

1 to 8 are diagrams showing a schematic configuration of the bill storage device 10 of the present embodiment, and in each of the drawings, reference numeral 19 is a device main body. The apparatus main body 19 is formed by bending an iron plate into a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a bill receiving opening 17 is formed in the upper portion thereof and a bottom plate is formed inside thereof. Twenty are arranged horizontally. The width of the bill receiving slot 17 is set to be slightly larger than that of the bill, and a pair of bill guiding plates 17a and 17b are provided around the lower portion thereof. As shown in FIG. The device main body 19 is oriented in a direction orthogonal to the front-back direction (directions Y7 and Y8 in the figure).
Inserted inside. On the other hand, as shown in FIG.
Is the left-right direction of the banknote storage device 10 (arrow Y in the figure).
(9, Y10 direction) and is fixed to the apparatus main body 19 through the holding plate 21 and is inserted into the banknote insertion position P2 (see FIG. 1) from the banknote receiving port 17 is horizontally long. It is supposed to be placed in the state. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, side plates 22 and 23 are arranged on the left and right sides of the bottom plate 20, and the distance between the lateral guide plates 24 and 25 attached to the side plates 22 and 23 is the bill receiving slot. It is set to be substantially the same as 17 and regulates the movement of the bills placed on the bottom plate 20 in the left-right direction.

A receiving plate 26 and a storage block (pushing plate) 27 are arranged on the bottom plate 20 as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, and the orientations of the respective surfaces are parallel to the bills placed on the bottom plate 20. Has been defined.

The receiving plate 26 is defined so that its height is slightly higher than the bills placed on the bottom plate 20, and its width is almost the same as that of the bills, as shown in detail in FIG. A slight gap is formed between the both ends and the lateral guide plates 24, 25 attached to the side plates 22, 23. Further, receiving plate rollers 28 are rotatably attached to both lower ends of the receiving plate 26, and these receiving plate rollers 28 are in contact with the bottom plate 20 to support the receiving plate 26. In addition, a receiving plate supporting member (hereinafter, simply referred to as a supporting member) 29 is provided in the lower center of the receiving plate 26.
Is attached. The support member 29 extends downward from between the left and right divided bottom plates 20, and is slidably mounted on a support shaft 30 arranged along a direction orthogonal to the bills placed on the bottom plate 20, and The receiving plate 26 is movable along the upper surface of the bottom plate 20 in the front-back direction, that is, in the direction (arrows Y7, Y8 directions) orthogonal to the banknotes placed on the bottom plate 20. As shown in more detail in FIG. 3, one end of a spring 31 is attached to one side of the lower end of the support member 29. The spring 31 is wound around a pulley 32 (see FIG. 2) rotatably attached to the lower surface of the device body 19, and the other end is locked to a pin 33 formed on the lower surface of the device body 19. Therefore, the receiving plate 26 is biased toward the bill insertion position P2.

On the other hand, the storage block 27 is determined so that its height is lower than the upper end of the bills placed on the bottom plate 20,
The width of the bill is almost the same as the width of the bills placed on the bottom plate 20. A storage block support member (hereinafter abbreviated as a support member) 34 is connected to the center of the lower portion of the storage block 27, and the support member 34 is further divided into left and right bottom plates 20 as shown in more detail in FIG. It is extended downward from the space and is slidably installed on the support shaft 30.
27 is movable in the same direction as the receiving plate 26.

Further, the support member 34 is further extended toward the side plate 22 and is bent in parallel with the side plate 22, and a storage block roller 35 is rotatably attached to the tip of the bent portion. The storage block roller 35 is fitted in a roller movement groove 36 (see FIG. 6) formed along the axial direction of the support shaft 30 so as to movably support the storage block 27 together with the support shaft 30. Has become.

The support member 34 is connected to the base end of the power transmission shaft 37 arranged below the bottom plate 20. This power transmission shaft 37
Is a storage block drive unit 39 that is a push plate moving mechanism that forms a part of a drive mechanism 38 that drives the storage block 27 and the upper and lower banknote stoppers described below. The configuration of the storage block drive unit 39 will be described below. To do.

The storage block drive unit 39 reciprocates the power transmission shaft 37 in its axial direction to reciprocate the storage block 27 between the pushing position P3 and the standby position P4 as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the power transmission shaft 37 is supported by bearings 40 and 41 attached to the lower surface of the device body 19 and is slidable in the same direction as the moving direction of the storage block 27. And a pin 42 and a bearing formed in the power transmission shaft 37.
A spring 43 stretched between 41 and 41 always urges the front end 19a of the main body 19 of the apparatus, whereby the storage block 2
The support member 34 that supports 7 is engaged with the bearing 41, and the storage block 27 is held at the pushing position P3. On the other hand, the device body
The tip of the power transmission shaft 37 extended to a position of reaching the power transmission hole 19b of 19 is engageable with a rod of an actuator (not shown) provided outside the apparatus main body 19 with the power transmission hole 19b interposed therebetween. Then, the rod of the actuator is drawn out from the power transmission hole 19b into the inside of the apparatus main body 19 and pushes in the power transmission shaft 37 based on the drive signal sent from the control unit (not shown), whereby the support member 34 is provided. Is pushed in and storage block 27 is in standby position P4
Can be moved to. Further, when the rod of the actuator is retracted to the outside of the apparatus main body 19, the power transmission shaft 37 is repulsed by the spring 43 and the storage block 27 is pushed in at the position P3.
Will be returned to.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, upper and lower banknote stoppers (partition plates) 44, 45 are arranged at positions on the banknote guide plate 17a side directly below the banknote insertion slot 17 so as to face the receiving plate 26. ing. The upper bill stopper 44 has the bill guide plate above it.
A guide piece 44a inclined along 17a is provided, and its width is set to be slightly smaller than the bill receiving slot 17 as shown in more detail in FIG. The lower portion of the upper bill stopper 44 has a width defined so as to fill the space between the side plates 22 and 23, and upper stopper holding plates 46 and 47 are connected to both ends thereof. By these upper stopper holding plates 46 and 47, the upper bill stopper 44 has its lower end at a position where there is a slight gap with the upper end of the storage block 27, in other words, at a position somewhat lower than the upper end of the bills placed on the bottom plate 20. While being held, it can be moved appropriately toward the bill receiving opening 17, the details of which will be described later.

Further, the lower bill stopper 45 is provided with a comb-teeth-shaped stopper piece 45a on the upper portion thereof as shown in detail in FIG. 2, and the stopper piece 45a extends from below the bottom plate 20 divided into left and right to the bottom plate 20. It is projected into the inside of the storage block 27 at the push-in position P3 through the notch formed (not shown), and therefore, the storage block 27 described above does not interfere with the stopper piece 45a when the storage block 27 moves. A stopper port 48 for preventing is formed. Also, lower bill stopper
The lower portion of 45 is bent in a direction orthogonal to the stopper piece 45a, and the tip thereof is attached to a lower stopper rotation shaft 49 that is bridged between the side plates 22 and 23.

The upper stopper holding plates 46 and 47 and the lower stopper rotating shaft 49
Is a part of a stopper drive unit 50 which is a partition plate drive mechanism for moving the upper and lower banknote stoppers 44, 45 up and down as the storage block 27 moves. The drive mechanism 38 is configured by the stopper drive unit 50 and the storage block drive unit 39 described above, and the configuration of the stopper drive unit 50 will be described in detail below.

As shown in more detail in FIG. 1, the upper stopper holding plate 46 disposed on the side plate 23 side is rotatably supported by an upper stopper rotation shaft 51 provided on the side plate 23, and the tip thereof is at the side plate 23.
It is projected to the opposite side of the side plate 23 through the notch 23a formed in the and is connected to the upper bill stopper 44. Therefore, the upper bill stopper 44 can move upward as the upper stopper holding plate 46 rotates counterclockwise (arrow Y11 direction). And the pin provided on the upper bill stopper holding plate 46
A spring 54 is stretched between 52 and a pin 53 provided on the side plate 23 so as to urge the upper stopper holding plate 46 in the clockwise direction (arrow Y12). The holding plate 46 is engaged with the notch 23a so that the upper bill stopper 44
Are held on the side approaching the bill storage block 27. Also,
A lower stopper drive pin 55 is provided at the other end of the upper stopper holding plate 46 extending downward of the upper stopper rotation shaft 51, and a groove 56a formed at the upper end of the lower stopper drive lever 56.
Is engaged with. Further, the lower end of the lower stopper drive lever 56 is fixed to a lower stopper rotating shaft 49 to which the lower banknote stopper 45 is attached, and the lower stopper rotating shaft 49 is rotatable around the shaft. Therefore, the movement of the lower bill stopper 45 fixed to the lower stopper rotation shaft 49 is restrained by the upper stopper holding plate 46, and at the same time, the upper stopper holding plate 46
It can move downward with the rotation of 46 in the counterclockwise direction.

On the other hand, the upper stopper holding plate 47 arranged on the side plate 22 side is rotatably supported by an upper stopper rotating shaft 57 provided on the side plate 22 as shown in detail in FIG.
It is connected to the upper bill stopper 44 by being projected to the opposite side of the side plate 22 via the notch 22a formed in the. And
A lower stopper drive pin 58 is provided at the other end of the upper stopper holding plate 47 extending downward of the upper stopper rotation shaft 57, and the lower stopper drive pin 58 is fixed to the lower stopper rotation shaft 49. Lower stopper drive lever 59 Upper end groove
It is engaged with 59a to restrain the rotation of the lower stopper rotation shaft 49.

A lock pin 60 is provided on the tip side of the upper stopper holding plate 47, and the lock pin 60 is engaged with a lock lever 61 rotatably attached to the side plate 22. The lock lever 61 is constantly urged in the counterclockwise direction (arrow Y13 direction) by a spring 62 attached to the side plate 22, and restricts the upward movement of the upper bill stopper 44.

An upper stopper drive pin 63 is provided between the lock pin 60 and the upper stopper rotation shaft 57, and the upper stopper drive pin 63 is provided.
Is in contact with an upper stopper drive lever 64 arranged below the upper stopper holding plate 47. Upper stopper drive lever 64
Is slidably mounted on a guide plate 65 attached to the side plate 22 and is rotatably attached to a drive lever support plate 66 disposed below the guide plate 65 about a drive lever shaft 64a. Further, a notch 64b is formed in the upper part of the upper stopper drive lever 64 and a lock release pin 67 is attached, and a space between the lock release pin 67 and the device main body 19 is also shown in FIG. A spring 68 is stretched on the upper stopper drive lever 64, which biases the upper stopper drive lever 64 clockwise around the drive lever shaft 64a (in the direction of arrow Y14 in the drawing) and engages the upper stopper drive pin 63 with the upper stopper drive pin 63. Let Further, the lower portion of the upper stopper drive lever 64 is extended along the roller moving groove 36 of the side plate 22 described above, and at the tip thereof, when the storage block 27 described above is located at the push-in position P3 (see FIG. 1). A roller engagement piece 64c protruding toward the block roller 35 is provided.

The drive lever support plate 66 is rotatably attached to the side plate 22 about a rotation shaft 69, and its tip is extended along the roller movement groove 36 to the storage block roller 35 fitted in the roller movement groove 36. The drive lever support plate 66 is held horizontally by this contact. A roller engaging groove 66a is formed in the lower part of the middle of the drive lever support plate 66, and the storage block driving unit 39 moves the storage block 27 between the standby position P4 (see FIG. 4). At this time, as shown in FIG. 7, the drive lever support plate 66 is rotated clockwise (arrow Y15 direction). Then, from this state, the storage block 27 is again pushed into the pushing position P3 (see FIG. 5).
When the drive lever support plate 66 is returned to the original horizontal position, this operation causes the drive lever support plate 66 to return to the original horizontal position.
44 and 45 can be reciprocated up and down.

That is, when the storage block 27 is moved to the standby position P4 and the drive lever support plate 66 is rotated clockwise from the horizontal state as shown in FIG. 7, the drive lever support plate 66 is rotated.
The upper stopper drive lever 64 supported by 66 is also moved downward, and in this state, the lock release pin 67 is drawn below the lock lever 61 and the lock lever 61.
, And the upper stopper drive pin 63 is engaged with the notch 64b of the upper stopper drive lever 64.

Then, from the standby position P4 of the storage block 27, the push-in position
When the return operation to P3 is started, the arrow Y16 shown in FIG.
In order to move the storage block roller 35 in the direction,
The drive lever support plate 66 is rotated counterclockwise (arrow Y17 direction), and along with this, the upper stopper drive lever 64 is also moved upward. At this time, since the lock release pin 67 is engaged with the lower portion of the lock lever 61 as described above, the lock lever 61 is rotated clockwise (direction of arrow Y18), which causes the lock lever 61 to move. Separated from 60, the upper stopper holding plate 47 is rotated counterclockwise (arrow Y1
The restriction on the rotation in one direction) is released. When the drive lever support plate 66 continues to rotate counterclockwise, the lower portion of the notch 64b of the upper stopper drive lever 64 and the upper stopper drive pin 63 are engaged as shown in FIG. The upper stopper holding plate 47 is lifted so as to rotate in the counterclockwise direction (the direction of the arrow Y11), which causes the upper bill stopper.
44 is moved upward. Also, the upper stopper holding plate 47
, The lower stopper drive lever 59 engaged with the lower stopper drive pin 58 moves in the clockwise direction (direction of arrow Y19).
The lower stopper rotating shaft 49 is rotated by this, and the lower bill stopper 45 is moved downward as shown in FIG.

Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the storage block roller 35 is further moved in the direction of the arrow Y16, and the storage block 27
Is almost moved to the pushing position P3, the roller engaging piece 64 formed at the lower end of the upper stopper drive lever 64 is
c is engaged with the storage block roller 35, the upper stopper drive lever 64 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction (arrow Y20 direction) around the drive lever shaft 64a, and the upper stopper drive lever 6
The four notches 64b are separated from the lock pin 63. Here, as described above, the upper bill stopper 44 is always urged downward by the spring 54 (see FIG. 2) arranged on the side plate 23 side, and therefore, the upper stopper drive lever 64 is provided.
The upper bill stopper 44 is returned downward at the moment when the notch 64b is separated from the lock pin 63, and accordingly, the upper stopper holding plate 47 is rotated in the clockwise direction (arrow Y12 direction) to move downward. The banknote stopper 45 (see FIG. 1) is returned to its original position, and the lock pin 60 and the lock lever 61 are re-engaged to regulate the vertical movement of the vertical banknote stoppers 44, 45. As described above, each component of the stopper drive unit 50 is returned to the original state shown in FIG. 6, and the next storage block
It is made to stand by in preparation for the action of 27.

As shown in FIG. 3, an opening / closing lid 70 having substantially the same width as the receiving plate 26 is provided on the upper surface of the apparatus main body 19 and above the receiving plate 26. The opening / closing lid 70 is connected to a locking portion 71 attached to the side surface of the apparatus main body 19 and can be opened / closed only by unlocking the locking portion 71. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the rear end of the device main body 19
19c is provided with a handle 72, and the bill storage device 1
Care is taken to improve workability when the 0 is attached to the above-described banknote depositing storage device 11 (see FIG. 9) and taken out.

Thus, in the banknote storage device 10 configured as described above, banknotes are accumulated inside as follows.

After the banknotes are accumulated in the pool drum 16 (see FIG. 9) of the above-described banknote depositing / accommodating machine 11, when a banknote storage instruction is issued from the control unit (not shown), the banknotes are accumulated as shown in FIG. B is sent toward the bill receiving slot 17. Then, the rod of the actuator (not shown) provided in the storage block drive section 39 of the drive mechanism 38 pushes the power transmission shaft 37 fed out into the apparatus main body 19 from the power transmission hole 19b, and thereby the storage block 27 is pushed. It is moved from the position P3 to the standby position P4. At this time, stopper drive unit
Although 50 is also activated, in this state, the upper and lower bill stoppers 44 and 45 are not driven as described above, and therefore the spring 31
The receiving plate 26 urged toward the bill insertion position P2 by (see FIG. 1) is an upper bill stopper 44 and a lower bill stopper.
It is locked by the stopper piece 45a of 45 and is held at the pushing position P3 of the storage block 27.

When the storage block 27 is moved to the standby position P4, the banknote B is inserted from the banknote receiving opening 17 toward the banknote insertion position P2 and placed on the bottom plate 20. Then, the storage block drive unit 39
The actuator rod is retracted, the storage block 27 is moved toward the push-in position P3 as shown in FIG. 5, and the bill inserted in the bill insertion position P2 receives the receiving plate 26.
Is pushed toward. At this time, the upper and lower banknote stoppers 44 and 45 that regulate the movement of the receiving plate 26 are not
The banknotes pushed into the storage block 27 are moved up and down outside the passage, so that the banknotes are clamped between the storage block 27 and the receiving plate 26.

Even after the banknotes are clamped between the receiving plate 26 and the storage block 27, the storage block 27 is moved to the pushing position P3 against the pressure of the receiving plate 26. Then, when the storage block 27 is returned to the push-in position P3, the stopper drive unit 50
The upper and lower banknote stoppers 44 and 45 are returned to their original positions by the above, and the passages of the banknotes pushed into the storage block 27 are shown in FIG. 2 and include the storage block 27, the upper banknote stopper 44, and the lower banknote stopper 45. It is almost completely closed by the stopper piece 45a. With the above, a series of banknote storage operations are completed, and the banknotes are stored inside the apparatus main body 2, that is, between the storage block 27 that has been returned to the pushing position P3 and the receiving plate 26.

When the banknote storage command is issued again while the banknotes are stored, the storage block 27 is moved again to the standby position P4 as shown in FIG. At this time, the banknotes stored between the receiving plate 26 and the storage block 27 are stored in the upper and lower banknote stoppers 4
The upper and lower ends are restrained by 4, 45, and the upper bill stopper 4
4. It is sandwiched between the stopper piece 45a of the lower bill stopper 45 and the receiving plate 26. Then, the newly inserted banknote is pushed toward the push-in position P3 by the storage block 27, and the banknote previously stored and the newly inserted banknote are received by the vertical movement of the upper and lower banknote stoppers 44 and 45. Board 26
And the storage block 27 are integrated. After this, the accumulated banknotes are further pushed by the storage block 27,
It is stored on the front end 19a side of the device main body 19 from the push-in position P3.

The bills are repeatedly stored as described above, and the receiving plate 26
Reaches the movement limit position on the front end 19a side of the device body 19,
The bill storage device 10 is taken out from the bill deposit storage device 11,
The banknotes stored inside are taken out of the apparatus main body 19 by unlocking the locking unit 71 and opening the opening / closing lid 70 (see FIG. 3).

As described above, in the banknote storage device 10 of the present embodiment, after the banknotes are pushed and stored by the storage block 27, the passage of the banknotes is a stopper block of the storage block 27, the upper banknote stopper 44, and the lower banknote stopper 45. Since it is almost completely closed by 45a, it is completely impossible to take out the bills stored inside from the bill receiving port 17. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide a shutter for opening / closing the bill receiving opening 17 or an opening / closing mechanism for opening / closing the shutter by interlocking with the attachment / detachment of the bill depositing machine 11, and therefore the mechanism is simplified and the size of the entire apparatus is reduced. To be done.

Further, the banknotes stored in the main body of the apparatus are sandwiched between the receiving plate 26 and the storage block 27 over almost the entire surface. There is no problem such as separation.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the banknote storage device that is particularly attached to and detached from the banknote depositing storage device has been described, but the banknote storage device of the present invention is not limited to this, and other uses as long as it is a banknote storage device that stores a banknote inside Naturally, even the form is applied.

Further, it is not always necessary to drive the upper and lower bill stoppers 44, 45 by the drive mechanism 38. For example, the stopper pieces 45a of the upper banknote stopper 44 and the lower banknote stopper 45 are rotatably supported at the upper and lower ends thereof, respectively, and are biased by a spring or the like toward the side closing the passage of the banknote. Conceivable. When such a configuration is adopted, the upper bill stopper 44
And the stopper piece 45a of the lower bill stopper 45 is pushed into the bill itself by the passage of the bill and retracted outside the passage of the bill, and after passing the bill, is urged by the spring etc. and returned to the passage of the bill again. Therefore, it is possible to expect the same effect as the embodiment.

Further, the arrangement of the upper and lower bill stoppers 44, 45 does not necessarily have to sandwich the bill passage vertically, it is also possible to sandwich it from the side of the bill passage, and it is also possible to consider it as a single unit, in short, storage It suffices that the banknotes accumulated on the surface of the receiving plate 26 can be pressed when the block 27 is moved, and that the banknote passage can be closed in cooperation with the storage block 27 when the storage block 27 is returned. further,
The storage block 27 does not necessarily have to be formed in a block shape as in this embodiment, and a single plate having an appropriate plate thickness is sufficient.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the push plate is located at the push-in position in the normal state other than the bill receiving time, and the partition plate is in the projecting state and at the push-in position. It cooperates with a certain push plate to close the passage of the bill between the bill insertion position and the pushing position. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the bill from being withdrawn from the bill receiving opening. Moreover, it is not necessary to separately provide a shutter for opening and closing the bill receiving opening and an opening and closing mechanism for opening and closing the shutter, which simplifies the mechanism and reduces the size of the entire apparatus.

Further, since the banknotes stored in the device are held by being substantially sandwiched between the push plate and the receiving plate, there is no problem that the banknote ends are damaged and the banknotes are scattered during transportation of the device. Of.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 9 are views showing a banknote storage device of the present embodiment, FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a schematic configuration of the banknote storage device, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3 and 4 are cross-sectional views taken along the line BB in FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a view showing the storage block moved to the standby position, and FIG. 5 is a storage that can be returned from the standby position to the pushing position. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a block, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of a stopper drive unit for driving the upper and lower bill stoppers, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the stopper drive unit when the storage block is moved to a standby position, and FIG. Is a diagram showing the stopper drive unit when the storage block is returned to the push-in position again, FIG. 9 is a schematic configuration diagram of a banknote depositing machine to which the banknote storing device of the present embodiment is attached, and FIG. 10 is It is a figure which shows the structure of the conventional banknote storage apparatus. 10: Banknote storage device, 17 ... Banknote receiving port, 26 ... Receiving plate, 27 ... Storage block (pushing plate), 38 ... Drive mechanism,
44 …… Upper bill stopper (divider), 45 …… Lower bill stopper (divider), B …… Bill, P2 …… Bill insertion position,
P3: Push-in position, P4: Standby position.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. At the time of receiving a bill, a bill inserted vertically from a bill receiving port communicating between the inside and outside of the device to a bill insertion position in the device is a passage of the bill on the inner side of the device from the bill receiving port. Is to be stacked in a direction orthogonal to the bills, and is provided so as to be capable of reciprocating between a pushing position on the inner side of the apparatus and a standby position on the opposite side with the bill insertion position sandwiched therebetween, and is pushed from the standby position. A push plate that pushes the bill inserted into the bill insertion position by moving to the position to the inner side of the device by abutting substantially the entire surface from a direction orthogonal to the surface of the bill, and the inner side of the device further than the pushing position. In the passage of the banknote, it is arranged so as to face the push plate, and can contact almost the entire surface of the banknote from a direction orthogonal to the surface of the banknote, and is further urged toward the standby position. With a back plate A partition plate that is provided between the bill insertion position and the pushing position and that can project and retract in the passage of the bill, a push plate drive mechanism that reciprocates the push plate, and a partition plate that projects and retracts. In the banknote storage device including a partition plate drive mechanism for causing the partition plate to project, when the partition plate is in a protruding state, the partition plate cooperates with the push plate in the push position, the passage of the bill between the bill insertion position and the push position. The push plate drive mechanism is in a state in which the push plate is in the pushing position at a normal time other than the time of receiving a bill, and moves the push plate to the standby position when receiving a bill. After that, when a bill is inserted into the bill insertion position, the push plate is moved back to the push position, and the partition plate drive mechanism moves from the standby position of the push plate to the push position. Bill storage apparatus characterized by retracting the the partition plate only during the movement of the. 2. The push plate drive mechanism and the partition plate drive mechanism are one drive mechanism, and the partition plate is
The banknote storage device according to claim 1, wherein the banknote storage device is provided so as to be withdrawn from the passage of the banknote in association with the movement of the push plate from the standby position to the push-in position.