JPH0812710B2 - Banknote deposit / withdrawal mechanism - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a mechanical section of a banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus used in a financial institution such as a bank, and more specifically, a loading / unloading section for loading and discharging banknotes. And a separating and feeding unit that separates the bills one by one and feeds them to the next process.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 3 is a schematic side view showing an example of the internal structure of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus including the conventional banknote storage / separation mechanism.

In the figure, 1 is a housing of the apparatus, 2 is a deposit / withdrawal port for a customer to insert and receive banknotes, and 3 is a shutter provided in this deposit / withdrawal port 3.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a banknote deposit / withdrawal port mechanism provided inside the shutter 3, and the banknote deposit / withdrawal port mechanism 4 includes a take-out / discharge unit 5 and a separation / feed unit 6. Here, the temporary storage unit 5 can take in and eject banknotes from the deposit / withdrawal port 3, and can temporarily store counterfeit banknotes that are separated from genuine notes at the time of deposit transaction, and take in the banknotes. The banknotes can be collectively delivered to the separating and feeding section 6, and the separating and feeding section 6 separates and supplies the banknotes fed from the temporary storage section 5 one by one. It is like this.

Reference numeral 7 is a discriminating unit for discriminating and counting the authenticity, damage, denomination and the like of banknotes required for transactions.

8 is a banknote safe for storing banknotes, which are genuine notes at the time of deposit transaction but are unsuitable for reuse for withdrawal, regardless of denomination, 9 and 10 are banknote types It is a denomination-type safe for storing in, here, 9 is a safe for 1,000 yen, 10
Is a safe for 10,000 yen.

Reference numeral 11 is a reject safe for storing bills that have been discriminated as different denominations, conveyance abnormalities, etc. at the time of withdrawal.

12, 13 and 14 are temporary stacking units for temporarily stacking deposited banknotes, which are provided on the banknote inlet / outlet side of the respective safes 8, 9 and 10;
5, 16 and 17 are storage means respectively arranged at one end of these temporary stacking sections 12, 13 and 14, so that the bills can be stored in the temporary stacking sections 12 to 14 by these storage means 15 to 17. It has become.

In addition, the temporary accumulation unit 12 to 14 is used for each cash box 8 at the time of deposit transaction.
It is formed by a movable plate that advances into 10 and withdraws from each safe 8-10 during withdrawal transactions.

Reference numeral 18 is a storage means for storing banknotes in the reject safe 11.

Reference numeral 19 is a feeding means for separating and feeding out the banknotes one by one from the temporary stacking section 12 of the unfit note safe 8, and 20 and 21 are the temporary stacking section.
It is a payout means for separating and paying out bills one by one from the 13 and 14 or the 1,000-yen safe 9 and the 10,000-yen safe 10.

22 to 25 are conveying paths constituted by a conveying roller for conveying a paper money by sandwiching it, a conveying belt, a gate for changing the conveying direction, etc., and the conveying paths 22 to 25 connect the above-mentioned constituent elements. There is. That is, the separating / feeding unit 5 and the discriminating unit 7 are connected by the conveying path 22, and the discriminating unit 7 and the take-in / discharging unit 5 are connected by the conveying path 23. And the transport path
24 is branched from the midway of the transport path 23, and each storage means 17, 16, 15
The transfer path 25 is provided so as to join in the middle of the transfer path 22 via the feeding means 21, 20, and 19, and the transfer path 25 is provided so as to branch from the middle of the transfer path 24 to reach the storage means 18. .

Next, the operation of the banknote automatic depositing / dispensing apparatus having the above-described configuration during the deposit transaction will be described.

In the case of a deposit transaction, first, the shutter 3 is opened, and when the customer collectively inserts the banknotes from the deposit / withdrawal port 2, the banknotes are captured by the capturing / discharging unit 5 of the banknote deposit / withdrawal port mechanism 4, and the shutter 3 is closed. The bills are sent to the separating / feeding unit 6 by the taking-out and discharging unit 5.

Then, the bills are separated one by one by the separating / feeding unit 6 and sent to the conveying path 22 and sequentially conveyed to the discriminating section 7 by the conveying path 23, and the discriminating section 7 discriminates authenticity, denomination and the like. Is done. As a result, the banknotes that have been discriminated as counterfeit or unreadable are sequentially accumulated in the take-in / out section 5 of the banknote pay-in / pay-out mechanism 4 via the conveyance path 23.

On the other hand, bills that are genuine and discriminated as genuine bills that can be reused for withdrawal are counted and then sent to the storage means 16 and 17 by denomination via the transport paths 23 and 24, and the storage means 16 and 17 for each temporary depositing unit 13 of 1,000 yen safe 9 and 10,000 yen safe
And 14 are sequentially accumulated.

In addition, bills that are genuine but are not suitable for reuse as withdrawals are billed after being counted,
It is sent to the storing means 15 via 23 and 24 regardless of the denomination, and is sequentially accumulated by the storing means 15 in the temporary accumulation section 12 of the unfit note bank 8. In this way, after all the inserted banknotes have been discriminated and accumulated, if there are banknotes in the loading / ejecting unit 5, the shutter 3 opens and the banknotes are ejected from the loading / ejecting unit 5 and returned to the customer. Then, the shutter 3 is closed.

After that, when the customer approves the establishment of the transaction, the banknotes accumulated in the respective temporary accumulating units 12 to 14 are taken in and stored in the unfit note safe 8, the 1,000 yen safe 9, and the 10,000 yen safe 10, respectively. However, if the customer does not approve the establishment of the transaction, that is, if the customer wishes to cancel the transaction, each temporary collection unit
The banknotes accumulated in 12 to 14 are delivered from the delivering means 19 to 21, and are accumulated in the taking-in and discharging section 5 via the conveying paths 22 and 24, the discrimination section 7, and the conveying path 23, and after the accumulation, the same as above. Returned to the customer.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing the details of a conventional banknote deposit / withdrawal port mechanism 4 including the intake / exhaust section 5 and the separation / feed section 6.
As shown in this figure, the take-in and discharge unit 5 has a pair of clamp rollers 26, and the separating and feeding unit 6 has a banknote stopper 27 and a banknote feeding side of the banknote stopper 27 with a predetermined gap therebetween. Suction drum 2 with suction holes 28a arranged
8 and the center guide 29 located on the suction drum 28 side
And the bill A on the bill stopper 27 with the load F on the suction drum 28
It is provided with a pressing plate 30 which is pressed to the side, and a reverse belt 31 which is arranged in contact with the suction drum 28.

The banknote pay-in / pay-out port mechanism 4 having such a configuration operates as follows.

That is, at the time of the above-mentioned deposit transaction, the banknote A that is taken in by the customer from the deposit / withdrawal port 2 and put into the discharge unit 5 is sandwiched and taken in by the clamp roller 26, and is separated and fed by the clamp roller 26 and a conveying means (not shown). It is fed onto the bill stopper 27 of 6.

Then, the bill A is sucked by the pressing plate 30 with a load F.
By being pressed against the 28 side, it becomes easy to obtain good contact between the suction drum 28 and the bill A. Therefore, in this state, the suction drum 28 is rotated and at the same time the frontmost bill A is sucked by the suction hole 28a. The sheet is fed to the transport path 22. At this time, if the reverse belt 31 tries to feed two or more banknotes A due to friction between banknotes, the second banknote A
Of the banknotes A, whereby the bills A can be separated and fed one by one.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

Although the conventional banknote deposit / withdrawal port mechanism 4 has been described above,
The banknote pay-in / pay-out port mechanism 4 has the following problems.

That is, FIG. 5 is a front view of the separating / feeding unit 6 for explaining the problem, and FIG. 5 (I) shows a state in which the bill A is bent in a concave shape with respect to the center guide 29. FIG. (II) shows a state in which the bill A is bent in a convex shape with respect to the center guide 29.

In this type of device, the bills A inserted by the customer are not always flat, but rather have wrinkles or creases.

In this case, if the folding direction of the bill A is concave with respect to the center guide 29 as shown in FIG. 1 (I), both ends of the bill A are sucked by the pressing force of the pressing plate 30.
Since it closely contacts 28, the bill A can be separated and fed smoothly.

However, as shown in Fig. (II), the center guide 29
On the other hand, when the banknotes A are bent in a convex shape and the number of the banknotes is large, even when the pressing force of the pressing plate 30 is received, the pressing force is buffered by the bundle of the banknotes A and the most advanced banknote A is sucked. drum
There is a problem in that the operation of the device must be stopped as a result of the situation where the device is not closely attached to the device 28, which makes it impossible to separate and feed the device, which inconveniences the customer and reduces the operational efficiency of the device.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and it is an object of the present invention to realize a banknote deposit / withdrawal port mechanism capable of avoiding a situation in which separation / feeding cannot be performed in a separation / feeding unit due to a folding tendency of banknotes. It is intended.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is provided with a first bidirectional conveying means capable of sandwiching a bill in a take-out and discharge part and feeding it to a separating and feeding part in a feeding direction and a receiving direction. The entire discharging unit is rotatable, and the separating / feeding unit is provided with a second bidirectional transfer means capable of sandwiching and transporting bills in the feeding direction and the receiving direction with respect to the fetching and discharging unit, and the separating unit. It is provided with a detection unit for detecting bills separated and fed from the feeding unit, and a control unit for controlling the fetching and discharging unit and the separating and feeding unit.

[Work]

According to the present invention having the above-described configuration, the bill inserted by the customer at the time of the deposit transaction is taken into the taking-out and discharging section by the first two-way conveying means and further fed to the separating and feeding section, and the bill is sucked by the pressing plate. After pressing the separating and feeding means such as the above, the separating and feeding means separates and feeds the bills one by one to the next step.

At this time, the bill is bent in a convex shape with respect to the center guide due to creases and the like and does not come into close contact with the separating / feeding means. The control means, when the detecting means does not detect the banknotes for a certain period of time after the separation / feeding of the separation / feeding unit is started,
The banknotes in the separating / feeding unit are once sent back to the take-out / discharge unit by the second bidirectional conveying means to be sandwiched by the first bidirectional conveying means, and the take-out / discharging unit is rotated 180 degrees, and then the banknotes are separated and fed again. Send it to the sending section.

As a result, the banknotes are turned over and bent in a convex shape with respect to the center guide, and the pressing force of the pressing plate causes them to come into close contact with the separating / feeding means. You can

Therefore, according to this, it is not necessary to stop the operation of the device as in the conventional case, and it is possible to avoid inconvenience to the customer and decrease the operation efficiency of the device.

〔Example〕

 Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing one embodiment of a bill depositing / dispensing mechanism according to the present invention.

In the figure, 32 is a take-in / out section, 33 is a separating / feeding section arranged below the take-in / out section 32, wherein the take-in / out section 32 is a pair of banknote guides 34, 35 facing each other with a certain interval, It is provided with a pair of clamp rollers 36, 37 forming a first bidirectional conveying means for sandwiching the bill A between both bill guides 34, 35 and rotating in both forward and reverse directions, and the separating and feeding section 33 is the fourth. A bill stopper 27, a suction drum 28 having a suction hole 28a, a center guide 29, a pressing plate 30, and a reverse belt 31, which are similar to those of the conventional separating / feeding unit 6 shown in the figure, are provided. It is provided with a pair of clamp rollers 38, 39 which form a second bidirectional conveying means for sandwiching the banknote A between the pressing plate 30 and rotating in both forward and reverse directions.

40 is a motor as a drive source for rotating the intake / exhaust section 32, 41 is a motor as a drive source for rotating the clamp rollers 36, 37 forming the first bidirectional transport means, and 42 is a second Is a motor as a drive source for rotating the clamp rollers 38, 39 forming the bidirectional transport means.

Reference numeral 43 denotes a detecting means for detecting whether or not the bill A is separated and fed from the separating / feeding section 33.
For this purpose, a monitoring sensor (not shown) provided in the transport path 22 or the discrimination section 7 in FIG. 3 can be used.

44 is a control unit, which controls the motors 40, 41, and
The rotation of the intake / exhaust unit 32, the clamp rollers 36, 37, and the clamp rollers 38, 39 is controlled via 42, and the intake / exhaust unit 32 and the separating / feeding unit including a mechanism (not shown) are included.
33 Control the whole.

The shutter 3 and the transport paths 22 and 23 in the figure correspond to those in FIG.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing the operation steps of the above-mentioned structure, and the operation will be described with reference to FIG. 1 together with FIG.

At the time of deposit transaction, the shutter 3 of the deposit / withdrawal port is opened as shown in FIG.
When inserted between the banknote guides 34 and 35, the clamp rollers 36 and 37, which have been waiting in the pre-opened state, are closed to clamp the banknote A. Then, the control unit 44 causes the clamp rollers 36, 37 to rotate in a predetermined direction via the motor 41, thereby completely taking in the bill A between the bill guides 34, 35, and then closing the shutter 3.

Subsequently, the control unit 44 further rotates the clamp rollers 36 and 37 to separate the bill A from the center guide 29 of the feeding unit 33 and the pressing plate.
Transfer between 30 and.

At this time, the clamp rollers 38, 39 of the separating / feeding unit 36 are on standby in an open state, and when the banknote A is conveyed between the center guide 29 and the pressing plate 30, the banknote A is closed and the banknote A is nipped. . Here, the control unit 44 controls the clamp roller via the motor 42.
38 and 39 are rotated in a predetermined direction, whereby the bill A is conveyed until it strikes the bill stopper 27 as shown in FIG. 2 (II).

After that, the control unit 44 controls the clamp rollers 36, 37 and 38, 39.
Rotation of the clamp rollers 36, 37
38, 39 are opened and retracted outside the bill guides 34, 35, and the center guide 29 and the pressing plate 30, respectively.

Then, the bill A is sucked by the pressing plate 30 with a load F.
It is pressed against the 28 side, and in this state the suction drum 28
And the reverse belt 31 cooperate with each other to separate the bills A one by one and feed them to the conveyance path 22. At this time, the bill stopper 27
If the upper bill A is bent in a convex shape with respect to the center guide 29 and the number of bills is large (see FIG. 5 (II)),
Even if the pressing force of the pressing plate 30 is received, the pressing force is buffered by the bundle of banknotes A, and the leading edge of the banknote A does not adhere to the suction drum 28, which causes a situation in which separation and feeding are impossible.

Therefore, in such a case, the following operation is subsequently performed.

First, the control unit 44 must detect the conveyance of the banknote A for a predetermined period of time, even though the suction drum 28 and the reverse belt 31 of the separation feeding unit 33 have started the separation feeding operation. When it is determined that the separation and feeding cannot be performed, the pressing force by the pressing plate 30 is released, the clamp rollers 38, 39 are closed to hold the banknote A, and the clamp rollers 38, 39 are driven by the motor 42. And rotate in the opposite direction.

As a result, the banknote A is pushed up toward the space between the banknote guides 34, 35 of the take-in / out section 32 as shown in FIG. 2 (III), and when the upper part of the banknote A enters between the banknote guides 34, 35, the control section 44. Closes the clamp rollers 36, 37 to clamp the banknote A, and further, through the motor 41, the clamp rollers 36, 3
Rotate 7 in the direction opposite to the above to insert banknote A into banknote guide 3
Completely capture between 4,35.

When the bill A is taken in between the bill guides 34, 35 in this way, the control unit 44 stops the rotation of the clamp rollers 36, 37 and 38, 39 and opens the clamp rollers 38, 39 to open the center guide 2.
9 and the pressing plate 30 are retracted, but the clamp rollers 36 and 37 are closed so that the bill A is held in a sandwiched state, and in this state, the control unit 44 causes the motor 40 to take in the ejection unit 32.
Rotate 0 degrees.

After that, the control unit 44 again rotates the clamp rollers 36 and 37 via the motor 41 to convey the banknote A between the center guide 29 of the separating / feeding unit 33 and the pressing plate 30.

At this time, the clamp rollers 38, 39 of the separating / feeding unit 36 are waiting in the open state, and when the banknote A is conveyed between the center guide 29 and the pressing plate 30, the control unit 44 causes the clamp rollers 38, 39 to move. , 39 are closed and the banknote A is pinched. Here the control unit 4
4 rotates the clamp rollers 38, 39 in a predetermined direction via the motor 42, whereby the bill A is conveyed until it strikes the bill stopper 27 again.

After that, the control unit 44 controls the clamp rollers 36, 37 and 38, 39.
Rotation of the clamp rollers 36, 37
38, 39 are opened and retracted outside the bill guides 34, 35, and the center guide 29 and the pressing plate 30, respectively.

Then, the bill A is sucked by the pressing plate 30 with a load F.
The bill A is pressed against the 28 side, and in this state, the bill A is separated one by one by the cooperation of the suction drum 28 and the reverse belt 31, and the conveyance path.
Send to 22.

At this time, the banknote A on the banknote stopper 27 is in an inverted state from when it was first conveyed on the banknote stopper 27, that is, because it is bent in a concave shape with respect to the center guide 29 (see FIG. )), By receiving the pressing force of the pressing plate 30, the leading edge of the bill A is brought into close contact with the suction drum 28 satisfactorily, so that reliable separation and feeding can be sent.

Although the suction drum 28 and the reverse belt 31 are used as the separating / feeding means of the separating / feeding unit 33 in the above-described embodiment, a pickup roller having a friction member on the outer peripheral surface may be used instead of the suction drum 28. Is.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, when the detecting unit does not detect the banknotes for a certain period of time after the separation feeding unit starts the separation feeding, the banknotes of the separation feeding unit are taken in by the second bidirectional conveying unit and once in the discharging unit. After sending it back and holding it between the first two-way conveying means and rotating the take-in and discharge part by 180 degrees, the bill is sent again to the separating and feeding part, and the bill is bent in a convex shape with respect to the center guide. Since the state in which the bills are bent can be reversed to the state in which the bills are bent in a concave shape, the bills can be reliably separated and fed one by one by the separating and feeding means to the next process.

Therefore, according to this, it is possible to avoid the conventional problem that the separation and feeding cannot be performed in the separation and feeding unit, and it is not necessary to stop the operation of the apparatus, which may cause trouble to the customer,
It is expected that the operation efficiency of the device will not be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a bill depositing / withdrawing port mechanism according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view showing an operation process of the embodiment of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a conventional bill storing / separating mechanism. 4 is a schematic side view showing an example of the internal structure of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus including
FIG. 5 is a side view showing details of a conventional banknote deposit / withdrawal mechanism,
The figure is a front view of the separating / feeding unit 6 for explaining the problems of the conventional banknote pay-in / pay-out mechanism. 28: Suction drum, 29: Center guide 30: Press plate, 31: Reverse belt 32: Take-in / exhaust section, 33: Separation and feeding section 36-39: Clamp roller 40-42: Motor, 43: Detection means 44: Control section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A take-in / out unit for taking in and ejecting banknotes, a separating / feeding unit for separating and feeding the banknotes collectively fed from the take-in / out unit to the next step, and the separating / feeding unit. In a banknote deposit / withdrawal port mechanism including a separating / feeding unit having a pressing plate that presses the banknote to the feeding unit, the banknote is sandwiched between the taking-in / discharging unit and is conveyed in a direction to be sent to and received from the separating / feeding unit. In addition to the provision of the first bidirectional conveying means capable of carrying out, the whole of the taking-out and discharging section is made rotatable, and the bill is nipped by the separating and feeding section and conveyed in the feeding direction and the receiving direction. And a detection means for detecting a bill to be separated and fed from the separating and feeding section, and a bill for a certain period of time after the separation feeding of the separating and feeding section is started by the detecting means. Inspect If not, the bills of the separating and feeding section are once fed back to the ejecting section by the second bidirectional conveying means to be sandwiched by the first bidirectional conveying means, and the bill ejecting section is rotated 180 degrees, and then the bills are A bill depositing / withdrawing mechanism comprising control means for controlling so that the bill is again fed to the separating / feeding unit.