JPH08138112A - Paper money pay-out device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To enable a paper money pay-out device to continuously operate even if a mechanism itself is a stopped, by automatically sending paper money which was miscounted, into an exclusive storage chamber when miscounting occurs when paper money is carried onto a tray for discharge. CONSTITUTION: When the miscount signal of paper money is inputted to a solenoid, a pin protrudes, and the energizing force of a coil spring 19 acts to operate a rack 11 forward. A pinion 9 rotates by the movement of the rack 11, and a rotary shaft 7 rotates. Thus, a pawl part rises from a notch part 5, the paper money is stopped so that it does not protrude from a discharge port, a direction is changed and the paper money is guided to be carried to the storage room 27. Thus, a paper money pay-out device is made compact and the smooth operation of the mechanism is obtained. Then, work can be continued without delay even if a miscount occurs, and paper money can aculately be sent into the exclusive storage room 27.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is incorporated in a bill dispenser, particularly a vending machine, a lending machine, a money changer, etc., and is mainly used for dispensing a necessary number of 1,000-yen bills as change or money exchange. Regarding the payout device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the above-mentioned vending machines and the like that can use high-value banknotes also pay out banknotes as change, and in the money changer, the same amount of banknotes as the inserted high-value banknotes are paid out. It has to be paid out. Then, this payout system counts the banknotes in the stacker one by one, sends them to a payout tray using a mechanism such as rollers, and operates the tray to eject the banknotes from the payout port.

[0003]

However, in this conventional bill dispensing device, when a miscount such as stack feeding occurs, the mechanism stops and repair work by an attendant is required, which is very troublesome. In addition, even if the miscounted bills are sent to a dedicated storage room,
Jam was often generated at that stage, and the device was complicated and large.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the present invention has been made by paying attention to the actual situation and problems of the above-mentioned conventional techniques, and it is possible to eliminate such problems and make a mistake when a bill is sent to a payout tray. When a count occurs, the miscounted banknotes are automatically sent to a dedicated storage room to enable continuous operation without stopping the mechanism itself.
In addition, it is assumed that the feeding to the storage chamber is performed in an orderly and accurate manner, and moreover, the elements for obtaining those operations are simple, and the overall size can be a compact size close to a bill, An object of the present invention is to provide a bill dispensing device which is less restricted by the installation space of equipment incorporating the device of the present invention.

[0005]

In order to achieve this object, a bill dispensing apparatus according to the present invention counts and feeds a required number of bills from a stacker provided in close proximity, and feeds the fed bills. In a bill payout device for transferring a bill to a payout opening by a slide mechanism, a miscount bill accommodating chamber in which a claw member activated by a miscount signal is provided near the back of the payout opening, and the claw member is formed below And a feed roller provided in the storage chamber for the miscounted bills is provided with a blade piece for sorting.

[0006]

With such a structure, the device can be made compact, and the smooth operation of the mechanism can be obtained. Even if a miscount occurs, the work can be continued without delay, and the device can be installed in the dedicated storage chamber. It will also be possible to send bills in a sophisticated manner.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bill dispensing device embodying the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a slide mechanism of a slide member. 3 is a side view showing a mechanism for driving the claw member, FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the same, and FIG. 5 is a side view showing a feeding mechanism into the accommodation chamber.

In these figures, reference numeral 1 shows a casing of the present apparatus, on which a stacker / feeder for 1,000-yen bills for recycling is placed, and a bill insertion slot is provided on the stacker / feeder. A bill delivery / conveyance device is mounted. That is, in the case where the genuine banknote inserted from the banknote insertion slot is a high-value banknote, it is transferred to a high-value banknote stacker provided above the carrying path in the sorting conveyance device by rotation of a pair of guide bars whose cross sections are substantially S-shaped. In the case of a 1,000-yen bill, the 1,000-yen bill is recycled and used for change, and is dropped and stored in the stacker / feeding device of the 1,000-yen bill by rotating the pair of guide bars. Then, while counting the required number of sheets, the roller mechanism feeds the bills into the bill mounting portion 2 formed on the upper surface of the casing 1 from the side (the left side in FIG. 1). .

In addition, the bill mounting portion 2 has a narrow rear portion 2a extending substantially in the rear half, and the slide member 3 is located at the rear end in the initial state. At one side edge of the slide member 3 and the bill mounting portion 2, receiving walls 3a and 2b for contacting and receiving bills sent thereto are integrally formed. The push wall 3b for sending out the bills thus formed is integrally formed.

In the slide member 3, the push wall 3b has a narrow portion 2
It is configured to straddle a, and is provided below the banknote placing section 2 and vertically extending on the two guide rails 4 and 4 provided up to the rear end of the apparatus.
It is slidable in the front-rear direction by penetrating through holes formed in c and 3c, and the flat portion of the slide member 3 enters below the banknote placing section 2 when the banknote is delivered. There is.

Further, the front end edge of the above-mentioned bill loading section 2 is a taper surface which is slightly inclined downward, and a plurality of (four in this embodiment) notches 5 are formed at this front end edge with an appropriate pitch. 5 are formed, and a receiving plate 6 of a claw member described later is provided below the front end edge.

A rotary shaft 7 whose both ends are supported by the wall of the casing 1 is provided at a position slightly forward of the front edge of the bill loading unit 2, and the rotary shaft 7 has an appropriate pitch, that is, The claw members 8, 8 ... Are provided in an arrangement corresponding to the cutouts 5, 5 ,. The claw members 8, 8 ... Normally enter the notches 5, 5, ..., And the bills are sent out to the payout opening along the upper edge of the claw members 8, 8.

The casing 1 is provided at one end of the rotary shaft 7 described above.
A pinion 9 is mounted on the outer surface of the pinion 9, and the pinion 9 is meshed with a rack 11 whose front end is guided by a slide guide 10. The rack 11 is formed with a long hole 13 engaged with the pin 12 in the middle, and a tooth portion is partially missing so that the rack 11 can be slid and positioned by straddling a part of the casing 1. Positioning is done with screws 14 inserted into the rack 11 from the front end of the casing 1.
Can be adjusted by. That is, the claw members 8, 8 ...
It is supposed to enter 5 ...

A supporting piece 15 whose lower end is bent into an L-shape is fixed to the rear end of the rack 11. This supporting piece 1
A pin 17a of a solenoid 17 attached to the casing 1 with screws 16 and 16 is connected to the bent portion of 5, and the other end of the support piece 15 is hooked on a support screw 18 in the middle of the support piece 15. Coil spring 1 urging forward
One end of 9 is hung.

By this mechanism, when a bill miscount signal is input to the solenoid 17, the pin 17a is projected, and at the same time, the biasing force of the coil spring 19 also acts to move the rack 11 forward. The pinion 9 is rotated by the movement of the rack 11, and at the same time, the rotation shaft 7 is rotated, so that the claw members 8, 8 ... Stand up from the cutouts 5, 5 ,. It is used as a guide for feeding into a storage chamber, which will be described later, by stopping and changing the direction.

On the other hand, below the front edge of the above-mentioned bill mounting portion 2, miscount bill feeding rollers 20 and 20 are attached to a shaft 21 installed between side walls of the casing 1. , Screws 22 on both ends of this shaft 21
Is attached, and position adjustment by the long hole 23 is possible.

The feed rollers 20, 20 are slidably contacted with the outer surfaces of the conveyor belts 26, 26 wound around the rotary shaft 7, the tension rollers 24, 24 and the guide roller bar 25, and by sandwiching them, miscounted bills are collected. The bills are sent to a storage chamber 27 formed below the bill loading unit 2.

Different diameter parts 25a are formed on the guide roller bar 25 at an appropriate pitch, and the different diameter parts 25a are provided with rubber blades 28, 28 ... ing. This blade 28,2
The miscounted bills sent by 8 ... are dealt with one by one, so that the occurrence of a failure state such as a jam is prevented in advance. In the figure, M indicates a motor.

The bill dispensing device according to the present embodiment is constructed as described above. In the normal case where there is no miscount, the banknotes sent to the banknote placing section 2 are sent to the payout opening along the upper end surfaces of the claw members 8, 8 ... If there is, the claw members 8, 8 ... Are activated to stop the delivery to the payout port and guide the miscounted bills to the storage chamber 27. At that time, different diameter part 2 of the guide roller bar 25
The rubber blades 28, 28 ... In 5a prevent the occurrence of troubles such as jamming the bills.

[0020]

The bill dispenser according to the present invention is constructed and operates as described above. Therefore, the mechanism can be simple, the overall size can be made compact close to the size of a banknote, and there is no trouble such as operation stop at the time of miscount, and the miscounted banknote storage chamber can be stored. With regard to the feeding of paper, the occurrence of jams and the like is to be prevented in advance.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bill dispensing device embodying the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a slide mechanism of a slide member.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a mechanism for driving a claw member.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a mechanism for driving a claw member.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a feeding mechanism into a storage chamber.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Casing 2 Banknote loading part 3 Slide member 4 Guide rail 5 Notch part 6 Support plate 7 Rotating shaft 8 Claw member 9 Pinion 10 Slide guide 11 Rack 14 Screw 15 Support piece 17 Solenoid 19 Coil spring 20 Feed roller 24 Tension roller 25 Guide roll bar 26 Conveyor belt 27 Storage chamber 28 Blade piece

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A bill dispenser for feeding a required number of bills while counting the required number of bills from a stacker provided close to each other, and transferring the fed bills to a payout port by a slide mechanism. A bill dispensing device, characterized in that a claw member activated by a miscount signal is provided near the back and the claw member is used as a guide to a storage chamber for miscount bills formed below. 2. A bill dispensing device, wherein a blade for sorting is attached to a feed roller provided in a storage chamber for miscounted bills. 3. The claw member is operated by a solenoid operated by the input of a miscount signal and a rack and pinion mechanism interlocking with a pin of the solenoid,
The bill dispensing device according to claim 1, wherein the rack member in the rack and pinion mechanism is capable of fine adjustment of the position by an adjusting screw. 4. The bill dispensing device according to claim 2, wherein four blade pieces are attached to one roller as a rubber material at a 90-degree pitch.