JPH08249519A - Method and device for paper money storage processing - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a method and device for paper money storage processing with which the configuration is simplified, secure operations can be provided and the workability is improved. CONSTITUTION: This device is provided with a stacker unit 83, etc., for laminating and storing notes of small denomination, which are fed in upright state, in the upright state while using a paper money moving mechanism 64 for moving the paper moneys to a paper money stock chamber, changing device 7 for feeding the notes of small denomination as many as the number corresponding to inserted notes of large denomination from the most preferential stored paper money and driving motor 66, the paper money moving mechanism 64 is composed of a belt 69 for conveyance and a belt 87 for stacker or the like, and the stacker unit 83 moves toward the laminated paper moneys while being hung so as to be parallelly moved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote storing method and apparatus for storing banknotes in an upright state transported by a transporting means, and more particularly to storing by a turning force in a transporting direction by a transporting means (endless belt). The present invention relates to a banknote storage processing method and apparatus having a storage unit that presses and stacks on a section.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the technological development of the gaming industry, including pachinko games, has been spectacular, and recently, a lending machine for lending machines, which can be used not only for 500 yen coins but also for bills, has been provided. Sales at amusement stores that install bill-bending machines are also increasing rapidly. Therefore, the frequency of preparation and use of 1,000-yen bills has been increasing at pachinko game shops that have installed bill-bending machines. At a pachinko gaming shop where a bill-bill inter-ball lending machine that uses 1,000-yen bills is installed on a gaming island, the island management where the 1,000-yen bills inserted into the bill-bill inter-ball lending machine are installed at the end of the game island. There is one that is configured to be stored in a bill storage device called a "stacker" in a box. On the other hand, high-value banknotes such as 5,000-yen and 10,000-yen bills are currently used after being converted into 1,000-yen bills by a money changer. If this currency changer cancels the change (insufficient bills), the clerk takes out the 1,000-yen bills stored in the stacker and carries the removed 1,000-yen bills to the money changer to replenish it, or install the currency changer in the stacker. The 1,000-yen bills collected from the bill-bill inter-ball lending machine are reused by mechanically transferring them inside. A clerk was working to reuse the collected and stored banknotes. Further, recently, an island management box having a currency exchange function (banknote processing apparatus) has also been provided.

[0003]

However, it is a troublesome task for a clerk to transfer the bills from the stacker to the money changer. Also, a device in which an island management box and a money changer are installed side by side has already been developed, but this conventional device had a complicated structure. Then, in the conventional device, when the thickness of the stacked banknotes changes, the urging force of the pressing means that presses the banknotes fluctuates, so the operation is not stable and the reliability is poor. Further, when the stacked banknotes are taken out, the pressing means interferes with the operation, making it difficult. Furthermore, since the structure is complicated, it is difficult to repair when trouble occurs,
Increasing the size of the device is inevitable. The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and an object thereof is to provide a banknote storage processing method and a banknote storage processing device having a simple configuration, a reliable operation, and good workability.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention described in claim 1 conveys bills inserted by a user by a conveying device or the like and stacks them in a bill storing chamber of a bill processing device. In the banknote storage processing method of storing the banknotes, the banknote transfer means is formed by stretching the transfer belt endlessly between pulleys arranged at three or more places and providing a drive source for rotating the transfer belt to form a banknote transfer means. The inserted banknotes are transferred to the banknote storage chamber in the upright state by the banknote transfer means, and the stacker unit provided with the banknote pushing mechanism in the banknote storage chamber aligns and stacks the transferred banknotes in the upright state, The stacker unit is advanced by the turning force of the transfer belt toward the aligned and stacked banknotes, and the stacker for the banknotes is stacked by the advancing stacker unit. Subsequent banknotes while maintaining a state is a banknote storage processing method characterized in that accommodated in addition to the end of the bill to the stacked. The invention described in claim 2 is arranged in three or more places in the banknote storage processing method in which banknotes inserted by a user are transported by a transport device or the like and stacked and stored in a banknote storage chamber of the banknote processing device. The transfer belt is stretched endlessly between the pulleys, and a drive source for rotating the transfer belt is provided to form a banknote transfer means, and the banknote inserted in the upright state is a banknote in the upright state by the banknote transfer means. Transfer to the storage chamber, by the stacker unit provided with a banknote pushing mechanism in the banknote storage chamber, the transferred banknotes are aligned and stacked in an upright state, and the stacker unit is directed to the aligned and stacked banknotes of the transfer belt. The stacker unit is moved forward by the turning force, and this forward stacker unit maintains the stacking state of the above banknotes and the succeeding banknotes are stacked at the end of the stacked banknotes. In addition to the above, the bills, which are stored and aligned and stacked in an upright state in the bill storage chamber, are fed by the bill feeding means from the first stored bills as currency exchange bills to the lower bill payout outlet. It is a storage processing method. According to the invention described in claim 3, in a banknote storage processing device for stacking and storing banknotes inserted by a user in a banknote storage chamber, a transfer belt is endlessly stretched between pulleys arranged at three or more places. In addition, a drive source for rotating the transfer belt is provided, and a banknote transfer unit configured to transfer a banknote inserted in an upright state to the banknote storage chamber in an upright state, and the banknote storage unit has been transferred in the banknote storage chamber. The stacker unit is equipped with a banknote push-out mechanism that stacks and stacks the banknotes in the upright state, and is configured to advance toward the banknotes that are aligned and stacked by the turning force of the transfer belt, and the exchange of the number of sheets corresponding to the inserted high-value banknotes. A low-value banknote for use, and a money exchanging means for paying out from a banknote stored first in the banknotes aligned and stacked in the banknote storage chamber to a lower banknote payout outlet through a banknote payout means. Driving means for driving the control means and the respective means for controlling the above means, a banknote storage processing apparatus comprising a. According to the invention described in claim 4, when the pulley of the banknote transfer means and the transfer belt are configured to be slidable and an external force equal to or greater than the turning force of the transfer belt is applied to the stacker unit, the stacker unit is moved forward. It is a bill storage processing device configured to be stopped. According to the invention described in claim 5, the pulleys arranged at three or more places to form the bill transfer means are formed in upper and lower two stages set at intervals slightly narrower than the vertical width of the bill, and transferred to each of these pulleys. It is a banknote storage processing device configured such that a belt is stretched and banknotes are transferred by upper and lower transfer belts. According to the invention described in claim 6, the stacker unit is suspended in parallel so as to be aligned and stacked in the standing state of the banknote storage chamber so as to face the banknotes to be stored therein, and the transfer belt is provided inside the stacker unit. By inserting the stacker unit, the stacker unit is advanced toward the aligned and stacked banknotes to maintain the banknote stacking state. According to the invention described in claim 7, the interval between both the devices can be adjusted at the joint portion between the transport means for transporting the banknotes inserted in the upright state to the banknote storage processing device in the upright state and the banknote storage processing device. It is a bill storage processing device provided with an elastic member.

[0005]

In the bill transport device in the game island, the bills are transported in an upright state, and at the end of the transport, the bills are transferred to the bill storage chamber in the bill storage processing device in the upright state, and in the upright state. Since the banknotes are aligned and stored, the attitude of the banknotes is not changed and the attitudes of the banknotes are not disturbed. Therefore, the edges of the stored banknotes are neatly aligned, and a counting error or the like is unlikely to occur when the banknotes are reused as currency exchange banknotes. In addition, the banknotes are transferred without changing their posture, and the banknotes are aligned and stacked, and the holding force for holding the stacked state can be obtained from the banknote transfer means, which makes the structure extremely simple and downsized. It is possible.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to an illustrated embodiment. In addition, the bill storage processing method and the apparatus thereof in a pachinko parlor having the pachinko machine 2 will be described as an example of the gaming machine, but the same applies to the case of applying to a gaming machine having another gaming machine such as a slot machine. Yes, it can be easily applied to financial institutions and other places handling bills.

The gaming island 1 in which the pachinko machines 2 are lined up is shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), the banknote inter-ball lending machine 3 is arranged between the pachinko machines 2, and a plurality of banknote transporting devices 4 connected as transporting means are housed inside the island. Inside the game island 1, there are provided a pachinko ball supply gutter, a collection gutter, a coin collection device, etc., which are hidden by the curtain plate 11 and the waist plate 12. Also,
FIG. 1 shows a pumping device 13 for pumping the balls collected by the collecting gutter to a supply gutter while polishing the balls.

At the end of the gaming island 1 as described above, there is provided a bill storage processing device 5 according to the present invention used for storing and exchanging bills.

The bill inter-lens ball lending machine 3 pays out the ball lending in the number of balls commensurate with the amount of inserted bills and coins. For this reason, although not shown, the banknote stand ball lending machine 3 is provided with a bill validator and a coin validator that identify the authenticity or denomination of the deposited bill and the amount according to the deposit amount. It is equipped with a ball rental counting mechanism that counts minute pachinko balls. Moreover, in order to effectively utilize the space between the pachinko machines 2 arranged in a row, the inter-banknote stand ball lending machine 3 is vertically opened so that the banknotes can be inserted in a standing state, that is, in a vertical position. A bill insertion slot 31 is provided, and the bill validator is connected to the bill insertion slot 31 and is configured to identify the authenticity of the bill in the vertical position.

The gaming island 1 having the above-structured banknote stand ball lending machine 3 is usually constituted by arranging two rows of pachinko machines 2 back to back. The machine 3 is also arranged back to back (see FIG. 2). Then, the banknotes inserted into the interbank bill lending machines 3 on both sides are transported toward the banknote storage processing device 5 provided at the island end by the banknote transporting device 4 arranged in a row inside the game island 1. .

The banknotes inserted into the banknote inter-ball lending machine 3 in the vertical position as described above are transferred by the banknote transfer device 4 to the banknote storage processing device 5 in the vertical position, that is, in the upright state. The banknote transport device 4 is configured to sandwich and transport the banknote in the longitudinal direction by, for example, an endless belt and a pulley or a roller. Then, the end portion of the banknote transport device 4 is connected to the banknote storage processing device 5 by the expansion / contraction mechanism 61 described later.

The banknote storage device 5 installed at the end of the gaming island 1 has, as shown in FIG. 3, for example, an outer case 51 that is a vertically long rectangular parallelepiped, and has a banknote storage device 6 and a currency exchange described later inside. An inner case 56 provided with the dispenser 7 and the like is provided. The outer case 51 has a front door 52 that can be opened and closed, and the front door 52 is provided with a high-value banknote insertion slot 71 and a low-value banknote payout slot 72. A mounting portion 53 capable of accommodating a ball box or the like is formed below the front door 52.
Further, an indicator lamp 54 is provided on the top plate of the outer case 51 to display not only the decoration but also a call for a clerk in case of trouble.

The inner case 56 housed inside the outer case 51 is a box-shaped member of substantially the same shape formed in upper and lower two layers. The banknote storage device 6 is formed on the upper layer side and the lower layer side. An exchange dispensing machine 7 is formed in the. Then, the upper surface of the banknote storage device 6 on the upper layer side is formed to be openable and closable so that the banknotes stored therein can be taken out or a reserve for exchange can be filled. According to this embodiment, a relatively large opening is provided on the upper surface of the inner case 56, and a center folding lid 57 having a hinge is provided in this opening. Therefore, when the middle folding lid 57 is opened, the banknotes stored in the banknote storage device 6 can be taken out or a reserve for exchange can be filled. In addition, in the unlikely event that the banknote storage device 6 fails, the center folding lid 57 can be opened for recovery work, and daily maintenance can be performed.

On the other hand, on the lower layer side of the inner case 56, there is provided a currency exchange dispenser 7 with a bill feeding mechanism configured in a drawer form. A detailed description of the currency exchange dispenser 7 will be omitted,
A slide receiving portion 58 is provided inside the inner case 56, and a slide rail 59 is provided on a side plate portion of the exchange dispensing machine 7, and the slide dispensing portion 7 is slidable in the front-rear direction by allowing both to play together. is there. Therefore, the internal maintenance work or the like can be easily performed by pulling out the exchange dispensing machine 7 to the front.

In addition, a low-value banknote payout opening 72 is opened on the panel 73 of the currency change dispensing machine 7. This low-value bill payout exit 7
According to the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, a predetermined number of banknotes are dispensed onto the tray portion 72a by the banknote feeding mechanism, and the folded pieces 72b of the tray portion 72a prevent the banknotes from popping out. Therefore, the user may receive the low-value banknotes on the tray 72a after exchange. In addition, the tray portion 7
Below the 2a is formed a bill holding unit 74 for storing miscounted bills, which will be described later. The bills stored in the bill holding unit 74 can be taken out by opening the locking device 75.

On the other hand, a stacker 55 for high-value bills is provided adjacent to the inner case 56 (see FIG. 5). The stacker 55 for high-value banknotes communicates with the high-value banknote insertion slot 71 provided on the front door 52 for inserting high-value banknotes to be exchanged, that is, 10,000-yen and 5,000-yen notes. In addition, stack units 55a and 55b are provided for vertically storing the high-value banknotes that have passed through the banknote validator 551 (not shown) in the vertical direction. In the illustrated embodiment, the stack portions 55a and 55b are configured to be rotatable so that the stored high-value banknotes can be easily taken out.

Therefore, the banknote storage device 5 including the banknote storage device 6 and the currency exchange dispenser 7 constituted by the outer case 51 and the inner case 56 as described above, and the stacker 55 of high-value banknotes is used for the banknote removal operation. And replenishment work,
Alternatively, the maintenance work is extremely easy, and the security of security such as theft is high.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram for explaining the flow of bills according to the bill processing method of the present invention. That is, the low-value banknotes (thousand-yen banknotes) that the player has thrown into the banknote stand ball lending machine 3 to receive the ball rental are temporarily stored in the banknote storage chamber of the currency exchange machine with stacker (banknote storage device 6), and the high-value banknotes (10,000 yen bill or 5,000 yen bill) is reused to exchange to 1,000 yen bill. Then, the player exchanges a 5000-yen bill or a 10,000-yen bill into a 1000-yen bill with the bill storage processing device 5, puts the exchanged bill into the bill inter-mountain lending machine 3, and receives a ball rental, The bill returns to the bill storage device 5 again. In other words, 1,000-yen bills are being returned to the game shop.

In the flow of the banknotes returned, the banknotes inserted by the player into the interbank bill lending machine 3 move in an upright state. For this reason, the posture of the banknotes is not disturbed, and the edges of the banknotes are neatly aligned even when they are stacked for storage. Therefore, it is difficult for a counting error or the like to occur when it is reused as a currency exchange bill.

Next, details of the bill storage processing device 5 capable of executing the above-mentioned processing will be described. First, an expansion / contraction mechanism 61 is provided in a bill receiving portion, that is, a connecting portion between the inner case 56 and the end portion of the bill conveying device 4. The expansion / contraction mechanism 61 is for absorbing the length deviation of the bill transporting device 4 which varies depending on the length of the island of the gaming island 1. For this reason,
In the illustrated embodiment, for example, as shown in FIG. 7 and subsequent figures, a telescopic member 61 slidable with respect to the inner case 56.
1 is provided.

The expansion / contraction member 611 is a generally box-shaped member having a vertically long passage space 612 through which a bill conveyed by the bill conveying device 4 in an upright state can pass. A stretch guide is formed on the. On the other hand, a guide receiver is formed on the inner case 56 corresponding to the expansion guide. Further, a screw rod 613 for restricting the front-back position of the elastic member 611 is provided on the upper surface of the elastic member 611. Therefore, by rotating the screw rod 613, the protrusion amount of the elastic member 611 protruding from the inner case 56 is displaced. Therefore, the elastic member 611
The amount of protrusion is adjusted so that the front end portion of the abutting portion abuts on the end portion of the bill transporting device 4. A guide member formed in a curved shape is provided at the entrance of the passage space 612 to smoothly guide the bill.

With the elastic member 611 as described above, it is possible to perform fine adjustment at the final end of the bill transporting device 4,
There is no fear that a gap will be created between the bill transport device 4 and the bill storage device 5 and the bill will fall out. When a trouble occurs in either the banknote storage device 6 or the currency exchange dispenser 7, both devices are slid out through the slide rails and pulled out to perform a repair work, and then both devices are pushed in as they are, and the banknotes are removed. Since the connection with the transfer device 4 is performed,
The work time at the time of repair by the store clerk is significantly reduced.

A banknote pull-in mechanism 62 fed by the banknote transport device 4 is located downstream of the elastic member 611. This bill drawing mechanism 62 operates by using a drawing motor 621 as a drive source as shown in FIG.
21 through a gear mechanism 622, a pull-in driving roller 623, a pull-in driven roller 624, and a pull-in nip roller 6
25a and 625b and a retracting belt 626 stretched between the rollers are mainly configured. And
The banknote pull-in mechanism 62 is configured to pull the banknotes fed from the banknote transport device 4 into the banknote storage processing device 5 by sandwiching the banknotes fed from the banknote transport device 4 by a pair of sandwiching rollers provided in the slot 627. That is, as shown in FIG. 11, the pull-in drive roller 62 located on the downstream side of the elastic member 611.
3, the pull-in driven roller 624, and the driving side sandwiching roller 625a
And a driven-side clamping roller 625 corresponding to the driving-side clamping roller 625a.
b is provided. Therefore, when the pull-in drive roller 623 is rotationally driven by the pull-in motor 621 via the gear mechanism 622, the pull-in belt 626 that is in pressure contact with the pull-in drive roller 623 advances and the drive side nip roller 625a.
Also rotates. The leading edge of the bill fed from the bill transporting device 4 in the upright state has both leading ends of the bill holding roller 625.
It is sandwiched between a and 625b and drawn into a bill passage 63 described later.

The bill passage 63 is provided with the pull-in belt 626,
Further, the guide belt 631 is formed by a guide wall 631 facing the retractable belt 626 with an appropriate interval. Then, the bill passage 63 communicates with a bill transfer passage 641 formed by a transfer belt or the like described later. The bill passage 63
Has a height that allows the banknotes in the upright state to pass through, and has a width that prevents the upright banknotes from falling. And
In the illustrated embodiment, the pull-in belt 626 and the rollers 623, 624, 625a, 62 forming the pull-in mechanism 62 are illustrated.
5b is configured to be located in the middle stage of the bill passage 63, in other words, approximately at the center of the bill in the height direction. However, the pull-in belt 626, the rollers 623, and the like may be configured in two upper and lower stages so as to clamp the vicinity of the upper edge and the lower edge of the bill, or the middle stage of the bill is also clamped. As described above, it is possible to appropriately change the configuration, such as a three-stage configuration.

In the illustrated embodiment, the guide wall 631 for forming the bill passage 63 is curved so as to change the traveling direction of bills. Further, in front of the bill passage 63, a switching gate 642 that is normally closed so as to guide bills to a bill transfer passage 641 described later is provided. Then, when some trouble occurs on the downstream side, the switching gate 642 opens the switching gate 642 using a gate solenoid or the like as a drive source, and the banknotes drawn in as described above to the banknote transfer path 641. It is configured to discharge sideways without sending.

Therefore, the banknotes drawn into the banknote passage 63 when the switching gate 642 is in the normal state are guided to the switching gate 642 and sent to the banknote transfer path 641. On the other hand, when the switching gate 642 is open,
The banknotes drawn into the banknote passage 63 are discharged from the switching gate 642, which goes straight through the banknote passage 63 and opens, to a temporary storage portion formed outside the inner case 56 and inside the outer case 51.

Further, a retract sensor 628 composed of, for example, a pair of photosensors faces the bill passage 63 to detect and confirm passage or retention of bills. Further, the open / closed state of the switching gate 642 is monitored by the gate sensor 643.

Next, the bill transfer path 641 communicating with the bill passage 63 is formed by the bill transfer mechanism 64. The bill transfer mechanism 64 uses a drive motor 66 provided in a drive mechanism storage portion 65 formed on the side of the bill drawing mechanism 62 of the inner case 56 as a drive source. Further, it is configured by a transfer belt which is connected to the drive motor 66 via a drive mechanism. Further, in the illustrated embodiment, the transfer belt is formed by the transfer belt 69 and the stacker belt 87. In the embodiment, a flat belt is used as the transfer belt 69 and a round belt is used as the stacker belt 87. However, both belts may be flat belts or round belts, or other belts may be used. It may be a combination.

The drive mechanism accommodating portion 65 has an inner case 56.
Is parted by a partition wall 651. still,
The partition wall 651 forms a reference surface 821 of the banknote storage mechanism 8 described later. That is, it forms the back wall of the bill storage chamber. Then, the output shaft of the drive motor 66 is
A first transfer drive gear 662 having a first transfer drive pulley 661 is provided. In addition, the first transfer drive gear 66
A driven gear is meshed with the gear 2. The drive gear and the driven gear have the same number of teeth, and both gears rotate at a constant speed. The driven gear serves as the storage drive gear 81 of the banknote storage mechanism 8.

A transfer rotary shaft 67 is provided near the downstream end of the bill passage 63, that is, near the switching gate 642, and the transfer rotary shaft 67 is provided with a first transfer driven pulley 671. Then, the first transfer drive pulley 661 of the first transfer drive gear 662 and the first transfer driven pulley 671.
Driving force transmission belt 6 consisting of a timing belt between and
63 is stretched. A second transfer drive pulley 672 is provided on the transfer rotation shaft 67.

On the other hand, a transfer driven shaft 68 corresponding to the transfer rotation shaft 67 is provided at an appropriate interval at a position forming a banknote transfer path 641 along the side edge of the inner case 56.
The transfer driven shaft 68 has a second transfer driven pulley 681.
To provide. A transfer belt 69 is stretched between the second transfer drive pulley 672 of the transfer rotation shaft 67 and the second transfer driven pulley 681 of the transfer driven shaft 68.
Although the transfer belt 69 is formed of a timing belt, it may be formed of a round belt or the like.

According to the illustrated embodiment, the second transfer driving pulley 672, the second transfer driven pulley 681, and the transfer belt 69 are located near the upper edge and the lower edge of the banknote in the upright state. As described above, the respective pulleys are formed in upper and lower two stages which are set at intervals slightly narrower than the vertical width of the bill, and the transfer belt is stretched over these respective pulleys to form the upper and lower two stages.

The second transfer drive pulley 672 and the second
A transfer tension roller 561 is provided in cooperation with the transfer driven pulley 681 or the transfer belt 69 to transfer the bill in the driving direction of the transfer belt 69. The transfer tension roller 561 is provided on a side door 562 that is provided on the side surface of the inner case 56 so as to be openable and closable via a hinge (see FIG. 8). Therefore, when the side door 562 is closed, the banknote is sandwiched between the transfer belt 69 and the transfer tension roller 561, and the banknote is transferred in the traveling direction of the transfer belt 69. On the other hand, when the side door 562 is opened, the banknotes cannot be transferred because the transfer belt 69 and the transfer tension roller 561 are unpinched. A door open / close sensor 563 for detecting the open / closed state of the side door 562 is provided. The door open / close sensor 563 is composed of, for example, a limit switch. The opening / closing mechanism of the side door 562 allows the banknotes to be easily removed even if a problem occurs when the banknotes turn around in the vicinity of the banknote turning guide 564 described later.

A banknote turning guide 564 is provided around the second transfer driven pulley 681 to make a U-turn of the banknote to be transferred. That is, the bill transfer path 641 is formed in a U shape. The banknote turning guide 564 for this purpose is formed in a substantially semicircular shape on the side of the second transfer driven pulley 681 with an interval allowing the banknotes to pass therethrough. In the embodiment, the bill turning guide 564 is divided and one half of the side door 5 is described above.
62, and the other half is formed on the inner case 56 side.

In the banknote transfer mechanism 64 having the above-described structure, the banknotes taken in through the draw-in port 627 are kept in the upright state while the second transfer drive pulley 672, the draw-in driven roller 624 of the draw-in mechanism 62, and the transfer-purpose paper money are transferred. It is nipped by the action of the belt 69 and the transfer tension roller 561 and is transferred in the direction of the second transfer driven pulley 681. When the bill reaches the position of the second transfer driven pulley 681, the bill is guided by the bill turning guide 564 so as to make a U-turn in the traveling direction and lead to the bill storage chamber.

Inner case 5 for housing the bill storage processing device 5
6 is provided with a bill storage mechanism 8 together with the bill transfer mechanism 64. The banknote storage mechanism 8 shares a drive source with the above-described banknote transfer mechanism 64, and also has an advancing force for advancing a stacker unit 83 for aligning and stacking banknotes described later to maintain the stacked state.

The inner case 56 is provided with a banknote storage section 82 and a stacker unit 83 formed to have a size slightly larger than a banknote. According to the illustrated embodiment, the banknote storage section 82 includes the partition wall 651 that partitions the drive mechanism storage section 65 described above.
Of the reference surface 821, that is, an upright surface for starting banknote storage. The banknote storage section 82 is located on the side of the banknote transfer mechanism 64 described above. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 13, the stacker unit 83 is configured such that it can be gradually moved in parallel and slippery according to the storage amount of the banknotes stored in the reference surface 821. It is configured so that it can be moved forward by the turning force of the transfer belt toward the front of the bill.

The stacker unit 83 is constructed so as to move forward in the direction of the reference plane 821 with an appropriate pressing force so that the stacked banknotes will not be collapsed, and to be able to move in parallel in the banknote storing section 82 in the front-rear direction. Therefore, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 9, the slide support plate 8 is provided on one side of the stacker unit 83.
31 is provided, and a guide roller 832 is provided on the slide support plate 831.

On the other hand, a slide base 833 is fixedly formed on one side of the inner case 56.
3 is provided with a slide center shaft 834. Then, the slide center shaft 834 is held by the guide roller 832. Therefore, one side of the stacker unit 83 is movably supported by the slide center shaft 834 without resistance.

The other side of the stacker unit 83 is a bearing rail 84 provided above the bill transfer mechanism 64.
The support roller 842 that rolls on 1 supports the support roller 842 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. Therefore, the stacker unit 83
Can move smoothly while maintaining parallelism with respect to the reference surface 821 when an external force is applied. Therefore, for example, when the banknote storage chamber is full and the banknotes are taken out, the stacker unit 83 is slipped by pulling the stacker unit 83 lightly to the front, and after taking out the banknotes, if the hand is released, the stacker unit 83 advances to the original position. Is driven to come back.

As described above, in the banknote storage section 82, the banknote pushing-out mechanism 85 for pushing out banknotes described later is housed inside the stacker unit 83 in a so-called floating state. Further, the stacker unit 83 is configured to be capable of advancing in order to maintain an appropriate pressing force against the stacked banknotes as the amount of banknotes stored increases or decreases.

First, the stacker unit 83 will be described. The front surface side of the stacker unit 83, that is, the side on which the banknotes are stacked has a slightly larger area than the banknotes, but has an opening inside which is slightly smaller than the banknotes except for the edges. Then, a bill pushing plate 851 of a bill pushing mechanism 85 described later faces this opening. Further, a bill standby groove formed in a groove shape is provided at the upper and lower edges of the opening, and the upper edge and the lower edge of the bill are locked.

The bill pushing mechanism 85 inside the stacker unit 83 will be described. The stacker unit 83 includes, for example, as shown in FIGS. 11, 12, and 13, the banknote push-out plate 851 and an extrusion drive source for driving the banknote push-out plate 851. The bill pushing plate 851 is
One end of the stacker unit 83 is slidably pivotally mounted on the rear substrate 836 of the stacker unit 83, and the center point is supported by a cross arm 852 pivotally mounted. The cross arm 8
The other end of 52 is also slidably pivotally attached to the bill pushing plate 851. In addition, the cross arm 852 is used for the bill pushing plate 8
It is provided on the upper edge side and the lower edge side of 51.

The bill pushing plate 851 has a long hole 8
A cam plate 853 having 53a is provided. On the other hand, the bill push motor 854 as the push drive source has a drive pin 855a.
Is provided at an eccentric position, and the elongated hole 85 is provided.
The drive pin 855a is loosely engaged with 3a. Therefore, when the bill pushing motor 854 is rotated once, the bill pushing plate 851 reciprocates once. It should be noted that whether the bill pushing plate 851 has correctly returned to a predetermined position, in other words, whether the bills transferred can be received in the bill waiting groove is determined by the bill pushing plate 851.
Is detected by the stack confirmation sensor 856.

Therefore, when the bill pushing motor 854 is driven while the bills are locked in the bill standby groove, the bill pushing plate 851 moves forward so that the bills are unlocked and stacked at the rearmost position. It is pushed to the back of the bill.

Next, the function of maintaining the state of stacked banknotes will be described. This action is performed by the action of the stacker belt 87 in the banknote storage mechanism 8 that works in cooperation with the banknote transfer mechanism 64, and the banknote transfer mechanism 64 and the banknote storage mechanism 8 are driven by a common drive source.

The banknote transfer mechanism 64 and the banknote storage mechanism 8 are provided in an upright state by endlessly stretching the transfer belt between pulleys arranged at three or more places and providing a drive source for rotating the transfer belt. The banknote transfer means is configured to transfer the banknotes thrown into the banknote to the banknote storage chamber in the upright state. Therefore, the banknote storage mechanism 8 has a first storage fixed shaft 8 that is erected on one of the four corners of the inner case 56 with a space, the base end side of the slide center shaft 834.
61, a second storage fixed shaft 862 erected on the tip side of the slide center shaft 834 which is another corner, and a third storage fixed shaft erected near the banknote turning guide 564 of the banknote transfer device. And 863. Further, on each of the storage fixed shafts 861, 862, 863, a first stacker driven pulley 871, a second stacker driven pulley 872, and a third stacker driven pulley 873 that change the direction of a stacker belt 87 described later. Are provided respectively. Further, a storage drive belt including a timing belt between a driven gear meshing with the drive gear of the drive mechanism, that is, the bill storage drive gear 81 and the storage drive pulley provided on the first storage fixed shaft 861. 88 is stretched. In addition, each driven pulley is
Corresponding to each pulley and belt of the bill transfer mechanism 64, they are provided in upper and lower two stages.

On the other hand, on one side of the stacker unit 83, that is, on the side where the support roller 842 is provided, the first moving pulley 89
1 is provided. Also, the other side of the stacker unit 83, that is, the slide support plate 831 provided with the guide roller 832.
A second moving pulley 892 is provided in the. Then, the driven pulleys 871, 872, 873 and the movable pulleys 89 described above.
A stacker belt 87 is stretched between 1,892.
In the illustrated embodiment, the stacker belt 87 is a round belt. The second moving pulley 892 is located slightly inside the line connecting the outlines of the first stacker driven pulley 871 and the second stacker driven pulley 872, and makes it easy to apply tension to the stacker belt 87. There is.

Stacker belt 8 stretched as described above
7 contacts the banknote transfer belt 69 of the banknote transfer mechanism 64 between the first moving pulley 891 and the third stacker driven pulley 873. Then, the bill can be held at the contact portion.

In the vicinity of the first moving pulley 891, a guiding piece 835 for guiding the bill to the front side of the stacker unit 83.
To provide. The leading end of the guide piece 835 slightly extends to the inner position of the transfer belt 69. Therefore, the front end of the banknotes that are nipped and transferred between the stacker belt 87 and the banknote transfer belt 69 is attached to the stacker unit 83.
Can be guided to the front side of. In the illustrated embodiment, the bill guiding piece 835 is replaced with a bill pushing plate 85 described later.
The outer guide piece 835a having a front end face that is substantially aligned with the position when 1 is advanced, and a side end face that can align the rear end of the banknote, and the leading end of the banknote are in sliding contact with each other to change the traveling direction of the banknote. It is configured by combining with an inner guide piece 835b having a guide surface.

A kick pulley 893 is provided at a position facing the first moving pulley 891, and the bill guiding piece 83 is provided.
The banknote whose course is changed by 5 can be held. The rotary shaft of the kick pulley 893 is located between the outer guide piece 835 and the inner guide piece 835.

By the way, generally, the banknote storage device needs a pressing means for maintaining the posture of the stacked banknotes, and conventionally, a spring, a weight or the like is used as the pressing means. For this reason, the conventional banknote storage device is large in size and heavy in weight due to its complicated structure, and it has been necessary to resist the above pressing force when taking out the stacked banknotes. Therefore, the work of taking out the bills is a troublesome work, and extra work is required at the time of restoration. Further, when the pressing force fluctuates, the bills are disturbed and the ends of the bills are not neatly arranged. Therefore, it causes a miscount when it is reused as a currency exchange bill.

Therefore, in the present invention, the posture of the stacked banknotes is maintained by utilizing the turning force of the transfer belt in the banknote transfer mechanism 64 provided for transferring the banknotes without providing any special pressing means. You have the power to move forward. That is, when the above-mentioned two upper and lower banknote transfer belts 69 and the stacker belt 87 that circulates the upper and lower two banknotes are driven in a predetermined direction by the rotation of the drive motor 66 that is a common drive source, the banknotes are transferred to the banknote passage 63 and The stacker unit 8 can be transferred through the banknote transfer path 641.
3 advances toward the stacked banknotes. This is because the stacker unit 83 is suspended so as to be able to move horizontally, and the stacker belt 87 is inserted into the stacker unit 83, so that the stacker unit 83 itself is driven by the stacker belt 87. It is thought to be because. Further, in the present invention, since the stacked banknotes can be pressed by the stacker unit 83 which is movable in parallel, the structure becomes extremely simple.

In the above embodiment, the bill transfer belt 6 is used.
9 and the stacker belt 87 are arranged at almost the same height position, and the banknote transfer belt 69 and the stacker belt 8 are disposed.
7 and the belts 69 and 87 are brought into contact with each other and the banknotes are sandwiched between the belts 69 and 87 to be transferred, but the heights of the banknote transfer belt 69 and the stacker belt 87 are made different. The bills can be transferred even if the two belts 69 and 87 are not in direct contact with each other. Also, the stacker unit 8
Since the stacking unit 3 has a force to move the stacker unit 83 forward toward the stacked banknotes by driving the stacker belt 87, the stacked state of the banknotes can be maintained.

Next, the operation of the banknote storage processing device 5 having the above-described structure (the flow of banknotes until it is stored) will be described.
First, the banknotes (thousand-yen bills) inserted by the player into the banknote stand ball lending machine 3 are transferred to the end of the game island 1 by the banknote transfer device 4 inside the game island 1. An escrow function for controlling the timing of merging is provided near the merging point so that the banknotes being conveyed from the upstream side do not overlap with the banknotes merging from the interbank bill lending machine 3 on the downstream side.

The banknote transported to the most downstream end by the banknote transporting device 4 is taken into the device from the drawing-in port 627 of the banknote storage processing device 5 and detected by the drawing-in sensor 628. Next, the bill is guided to the bill transfer path 641 by the guide wall 631. It should be noted that at the transfer destination of the banknote, there is some abnormality, for example, the center folding lid 57 or the side door 56.
When 2 is open or the bill is jammed midway, the switching gate 642 is opened and the bill is discharged to the side. The opening / closing of the middle folding lid 57 is configured to be detected by a lid position sensor 571 including, for example, a limit switch.

Further, as the bill advances in the bill passage 63, the bill turning guide 56 near the end of the transfer belt 69.
It is made a U-turn by 4, and is sandwiched between the transfer belt 69 and the stacker belt 87 to reach the position of the bill guiding piece 835 of the stacker unit 83. This bill guide piece 835
The bill that has reached the position is changed in its traveling direction by approximately 90 degrees by the action of the bill guiding piece 835, and advances to a predetermined position where the leading end contacts the side plate 823 of the bill storage section 82 along the bill standby groove. . The fact that the bill has reached the predetermined position means that the end of the bill is detected by the end detection sensor 10 in this embodiment.
It is confirmed by detecting by 1.

When the bill reaches the predetermined standby position, the bill pushing motor 854 is driven to drive the bill pushing plate 851.
To move forward. Then, the banknote and the banknote standby groove are released from each other, and the latest banknote is added to the rear side of the banknote that is finally stacked.
At this time, there is a reaction due to the bill pushing plate 851, but this reaction is absorbed by the stacker unit 83 retracting slightly. Therefore, the stacked state of banknotes is not disturbed.

When the newly transferred bills are sequentially added to the rear side of the already stacked bills by repeating the above operation, the thickness of the stacked bills increases. However, in the stacker unit 83, as described above, the forward force associated with the turning direction of the stacker belt 87 is obtained while the bill storage device 5 is operating. Therefore, the position of the bill guiding piece 835 varies depending on the amount of bills stored, but the pressing force against the bill does not vary. That is, the stacked state of the banknotes can always be maintained with the same pressing force.

When the number of stacked banknotes increases and the stacker unit 83 gradually retracts due to the increase in the thickness of the stored banknotes, the banknote storage unit 82 becomes unable to store any more. Therefore, in the present invention, the full sensor 102 is provided, and the retracted position of the stacker unit 83 is detected by the full sensor 102. Then, by the operation of the full sensor 102, it is displayed or notified to remove the stacked banknotes, and the banknote storage processing device 5 concerned.
Pause to remove the full bill.
At this time, if the stacker unit 83 is pulled toward you, the stacker unit 83 slips with respect to the stacker belt 87, so that the stacker unit 83 is once retracted. Then, the banknotes can be easily taken out when the stacker unit 83 is retracted, and after taking out the banknotes, the stacker unit 83 returns to the original state when the hand is released.

On the other hand, in the banknote storage processing device 5 of the present invention, a currency exchange dispensing machine 7 having a banknote payout mechanism is arranged in parallel below.
Therefore, it is always necessary to stock a certain amount of 1,000-yen bills during the business hours of the game arcade. Therefore, a reserve sensor 103 that operates when the number of stacked banknotes decreases is provided, and when the number of stored banknotes decreases below a predetermined amount, a signal is issued to prompt the replenishment of banknotes.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the series of operations described above. That is, step (hereinafter, S
In step S2, the banknote is transferred from the banknote transport device 4, the banknote is drawn in by the operation of the banknote drawing mechanism 62 in S2, and in S3, the drawing sensor 628 monitors whether or not the drawn-in banknote has passed. , If not, branch to error processing.

The bills that have passed are bill transfer mechanism 64 in S4.
Is transferred to the stacker unit 83. In the stacker unit 83, the trailing edge of the banknote is detected by the edge detection sensor 101. If the trailing edge of the bill cannot be detected in S5, the bill has not been correctly sent to the bill standby groove, and the process branches to error processing. In S6, the bill fed into the bill standby groove is made to stand by, and in S7, a predetermined time, for example, a wait time of 1 second is provided after the rear end of the bill is detected. After the lapse of this predetermined time, the bill pushing motor 854 of the bill pushing mechanism 85 is turned on in S8.

When the bill pushing motor 854 is turned on, the bill pushing plate 851 moves forward, bills in the bill waiting groove are added to the rear side of the bills already stacked, and the storing of bills is completed in S9. Then, in step S10, the bill pushing motor 854 is turned off, and a series of operations ends.

The above-described series of operations are controlled by the control unit of the banknote storage processing device 5 including a CPU as shown in the block diagrams of FIGS. Centered around.

Further, the banknote storage processing device 5 of the present invention can exchange high-value banknotes for low-value banknotes. That is, the 10,000-yen bill and the 5,000-yen bill can be exchanged for a 1,000-yen bill, and the 1,000-yen bill for this exchange can be covered by the 1,000-yen bill inserted in the bill pallet lending machine 3. This exchange is performed by the exchange dispenser 7 provided below the banknote storage device 6.

As shown in FIG. 16, this currency exchange dispenser 7 is provided with a stacker 5 for high-value bills via a bill storage processing device 5.
5 exchange information with each other. Further, as shown in FIG. 17, the stacker 55 for high-value banknotes includes a high-value stacker bill burr (identifier), and stores a 5,000 yen stack motor for storing 5,000 yen bills and a 10,000 yen bill. Equipped with a 10,000 yen stack motor, the stacker 55
It is controlled by a control device centered on the CPU included in the. Further, the identification signal of each bill and the drive signal of the stack motor are transmitted to the control device of the bill storage processing device,
Exchange various information.

Then, the exchange dispensing machine 7 temporarily collects a predetermined number of bills while counting the bills sent from the bill feeding roller 111 connected to the bill dispensing motor of the bill dispensing mechanism from the passage communicating with the bill storing section 82. , The tray unit 72 drives the pushing motor to drive the banknotes having the predetermined number.
It is pushed to a and supplied to the user. In other words, if you want to exchange 10,000 yen bills for 1,000 yen bills, you will get 10
The money is temporarily stored in a preparation position formed inside the currency change dispensing machine 7. The number of sheets at this time is detected by the sensor. If the number is insufficient, the branching unit is switched to guide the banknotes to the banknote storing unit 74 so that the banknotes that are still insufficient do not come out. In this embodiment, by switching the cam, the banknotes that do not reach the predetermined number are retained inside.

Further, a bill feeding motor for feeding bills from the bill storing device 6 to the exchange dispensing machine 7 is connected with a feed roller 111 facing a passage opening provided on the reference surface 821 of the bill storing portion 82. Then, by the rotation of the feed roller 111, the first bill, that is, the oldest bill stored first is fed downward. For this reason,
The same banknote does not remain in the banknote storage unit 82 forever, and the banknote can always be circulated.

Further, the banknote storage processing device 5 of the present invention can exchange high-value banknotes for low-value banknotes. That is, the 10,000-yen bill and the 5,000-yen bill can be exchanged for a 1,000-yen bill, and the 1,000-yen bill for this exchange can be covered by the 1,000-yen bill inserted in the bill pallet lending machine 3. This exchange is performed by the exchange dispenser 7 provided below the banknote storage device 6.

The currency exchange dispenser 7 has a bill feeding roller 111 of the bill feeding mechanism from a passage opening communicating with the bill storing section 82.
Tray section 7 while counting the bills sent by
Store a predetermined number in 2a. That is, 10 coins are exchanged for 1,000 yen bills, and 5 coins are accumulated for 5,000 yen bills. The number of sheets at this time is detected by the sensor.
The banknotes are guided to the banknote holding section 74 by switching the branching means so that the branching means of the tray portion 72a is switched so that the insufficient banknotes do not come out. In this embodiment, by switching the cam, the banknotes that do not reach the predetermined number are retained inside.

In order to send the bills from the bill storage device 6 to the exchange dispensing machine 7, the feed roller 111 is provided at the passage opening provided on the reference surface 821 of the bill storage portion 82.
The first bill is fed downward by the rotation of 1.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, but can be appropriately implemented without changing the configurations described in the claims. For example, in the illustrated embodiment, each pulley is mounted on the fixed shaft, but it may be a tension pulley.

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In summary, according to the bill storing and processing method of the first aspect, the bills can be transferred and stored in an upright state and the posture of the bills is not changed. The edges of the stored banknotes are lined up neatly. Further, according to the bill storage processing method of the second aspect, the stored bills can be reused as currency exchange bills.
Moreover, since the edges of the stored banknotes are neatly aligned, a miscount or the like is unlikely to occur when the banknotes are reused as currency exchange banknotes, and can be suitably processed as currency exchange banknotes. According to the banknote storage processing device described in claim 3, the posture of the banknotes is not changed during transfer and storage, and the pressing force for holding the banknotes in the stacked state can be obtained from the banknote transfer means. It is possible to provide a bill storage device that is simple and stable in operation. According to the bill storing apparatus of claim 4, since the pulley of the bill transferring means and the transfer belt can be slipped, the stacker unit can be easily put on the stacker unit when taking out the stored bills. The stacker unit can be retracted, and bills can be taken out easily. Also, after taking out the bills, if the hand is released, the stacker unit automatically advances and returns to the state where the original bills can be stored. According to the banknote storage processing device of the fifth aspect, the pulley and the transfer belt forming the banknote transfer means are formed in upper and lower two stages set at intervals slightly narrower than the vertical width of the banknote, so that the banknote is in a stable state. Can be transferred at. According to the bill storage apparatus of claim 6, since the stacker unit is suspended in parallel and the transfer belt is inserted inside the stacker unit, resistance when the stacker unit moves is extremely small, It is possible to move forward by the turning force of the transfer belt and stably maintain the stacked state of the banknotes. According to the banknote storage processing device described in claim 7, a stretchable member capable of adjusting a distance between both devices is provided at a joint portion between the banknote storage processing device and a conveying unit that transfers the banknote to the banknote storage processing device. Therefore, it is possible to perform fine adjustment at the final end of the conveying means, there is no possibility that a bill will be spilled due to a gap between the conveying means and the bill storing processing device, and there is no trouble in the bill storing processing device. If it occurs, slide the device out and
After carrying out the repair work, if the above-mentioned device is pushed in as it is, the working time can be remarkably shortened because the device is connected to the carrying means.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view of a gaming island provided with a bill storage processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a game island.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the banknote storage processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a flow of banknotes in the banknote storage processing device.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a flow of banknotes in an exchange dispensing machine.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a flow of banknotes between the banknote storage processing device and the interbank bill lending machine.

FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view in which a part of the bill storage processing device is cut away.

FIG. 8 is a schematic perspective view in which a side door is opened and a part of the banknote storage processing device showing the pull-out position of the currency change dispenser is cut away.

FIG. 9 is a front view of the bill storage processing device.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a main part of the banknote storage device.

FIG. 11 is a plan view showing a main part of the bill storage device,
The state where the banknote push-out plate of the stacker unit is retracted to the normal position is shown.

FIG. 12 is a plan view showing a main part of the banknote storage device,
The state where the banknote push-out plate of the stacker unit has advanced to push out the banknotes is shown.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a bill pushing mechanism.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart for storing banknotes.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram of a control system in the bill storage processing device.

FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing the relationship between the banknote storage processing device, a stacker for high-value banknotes, and an exchange dispensing machine.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing the relationship between the banknote storage processing device and a stacker for high-value banknotes.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Game Island 2 Pachinko Machine 3 Banknote Stand Ball Lending Machine 31 Banknote Inserting Port 4 Banknote Transfer Device 5 Banknote Storage Processing Device 6 Banknote Storage Device 611 Expansion / contraction Member 64 Banknote Transfer Mechanism 66 Drive Motor 69 Transfer Belt 7 Currency Exchange Machine 8 Banknotes Storage mechanism 82 Banknote storage section 83 Stacker unit 832 Guide roller 834 Slide center shaft 841 Support rail 842 Support roller 85 Banknote push-out mechanism 87 Stacker belt

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[Submission date] April 14, 1995

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A banknote storage processing method in which banknotes input by a user are transported by a transport device or the like and stacked and stored in a banknote storage chamber of a banknote processing device, and the banknotes are transferred between pulleys arranged at three or more locations. An endless belt is stretched and a drive source for rotating the transfer belt is provided to form a banknote transfer means, and the banknotes inserted in the upright state are transferred to the banknote storage chamber by the banknote transfer means in the upright state. Then, in the banknote storage chamber, a stacker unit equipped with a banknote pushing mechanism aligns and stacks the transferred banknotes in a standing state, and advances the stacker unit toward the aligned and stacked banknotes by the rotational force of the transfer belt. The stacker unit that moves forward adds the succeeding banknotes to the tail of the stacked banknotes while maintaining the stacked status of the banknotes. Banknote storage processing method characterized by pay. 2. A banknote storage processing method in which banknotes input by a user are transferred by a transfer device or the like, and stacked and stored in a banknote storage chamber of the banknote processing device, and the banknotes are transferred between pulleys arranged at three or more locations. An endless belt is stretched and a drive source for rotating the transfer belt is provided to form a banknote transfer means, and the banknotes inserted in the upright state are transferred to the banknote storage chamber by the banknote transfer means in the upright state. Then, in the banknote storage chamber, a stacker unit equipped with a banknote pushing mechanism aligns and stacks the transferred banknotes in a standing state, and advances the stacker unit toward the aligned and stacked banknotes by the rotational force of the transfer belt. The stacker unit that moves forward adds the succeeding banknotes to the tail of the stacked banknotes while maintaining the stacked status of the banknotes. A bill storage processing method characterized in that the bills, which have been stored and aligned and stacked in an upright state in the bill storage chamber, are fed by a bill feeding means from a banknote stored first as an exchange bill to a lower bill payout outlet. . 3. A banknote storage processing device for stacking and storing banknotes inserted by a user in a banknote storage chamber, wherein a transfer belt is stretched endlessly between pulleys arranged at three or more places, and the transfer is performed. A drive source for rotating the belt is provided, and the banknote transfer means configured to transfer the banknotes inserted in the upright state to the banknote storage chamber in the upright state, and the banknotes transferred in the banknote storage chamber in the upright state. The stacker unit is equipped with a banknote push-out mechanism that stacks and stacks in line with each other, and is configured to advance toward the banknotes that are stacked and stacked by the turning force of the transfer belt, and the number of low-value banknotes for exchange that corresponds to the input high-value banknotes. , A currency exchanging means for feeding the banknotes, which are aligned and stacked in the banknote storage chamber, from the earliest banknote to a lower banknote payout opening via the banknote payout means, Bill storage apparatus and a control means and drive means for driving the respective means for controlling. 4. The stack of the bill transfer means is configured so as to be able to slip between the pulley and the transfer belt, and when the external force equal to or greater than the turning force of the transfer belt is applied to the stacker unit, the forward movement of the stacker unit can be stopped. The banknote storage processing device according to claim 3, which is configured. 5. The pulleys arranged at three or more places to form the bill transfer means are formed in upper and lower two stages set at intervals slightly narrower than the vertical width of the bill, and a transfer belt is stretched over each of these pulleys. The banknote storage processing device according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the banknote storage processing device is provided so that banknotes are transferred by two upper and lower transfer belts. 6. The stacker unit is movably suspended in parallel while being aligned and stacked in a standing state of a banknote storage chamber so as to face a banknote to be stored, and the transfer belt is inserted into the inside of the stacker unit. The bill storage processing device according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein the stacker unit is configured to be advanced toward the aligned and stacked bills to maintain the stacked bills. 7. An expansion / contraction member capable of adjusting a distance between both devices is provided at a joint portion between a conveyance unit that conveys a bill inserted in an upright state to the bill storage processing device in the upright state and a bill storage processing device. The banknote storage processing device according to any one of claims 3 to 6.