JPH09124209A - Storage mechanism for bill and the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To distinguish a bill or the like carried in from one incorporation port and to store it by providing a storage room in one end of a feeding passage and operating a division plate which distinguishes the stored bills and stores them in a plurality of places in the storage room. SOLUTION: A bill A is supplied by pulleys 27 through a feeding passage 1 to a detachable storage room 2. A division plate 3 divides the inside of the storage room 2 into a lost article collection room 4 and a operation reject room 5, and can rotate to the X and W direction around a supporting point 6. The supporting point 6 which fixes the division plate 3 projects from a side face of the storage room 2 to secure an arm 26. When a cam 28 at the top dead center rotates in the direction of Z, the arm 26 rotates in the direction of F around the supporting point 6, and the division plate 3 rotates to the direction of X to store the bill A into the lost article collection room 4 upper side of the division plate 3. When the cam 28 rotates to the direction of Z from the bottom dead center to the top dead center, the arm 26 rotates to the direction of B around the supporting point 6, and the division plate 3 rotates to the direction of W around the supporting point 6 to store the bill A into the operation reject room 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper sheet handling apparatus such as an automatic teller machine used by financial institutions, and more particularly to a paper sheet handling apparatus having a storage box capable of storing paper sheets at a plurality of locations. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An outline of a banknote handling apparatus used in a conventional financial institution will be described with reference to FIG.

In deposit transactions, a user inserts money into the deposit / withdrawal port 12. The inserted bills are separated one by one by a separating mechanism (not shown) in the deposit / withdrawal port 12, and the transport mechanism 1
3 is conveyed to the discrimination section 14. The discriminating unit 14 determines the state of denomination, authenticity, damage, the number of sheets, and the like, and the transport mechanism 15
Are further conveyed by and are accumulated in the temporary accumulation mechanism 16. When the transaction specified by the user is completed, the bill is separated again by a separating mechanism (not shown), conveyed by the conveying mechanism 17 to the discriminating section 14 for discrimination, and as a result of discrimination, it is possible to withdraw money. The determined banknotes are the transport mechanisms 18 and 1.
3, the bills of each denomination are conveyed to the denomination boxes 19, 20, and 21 which are storage units for bills, and as a result of discrimination, the unsuitable bills pass through the transport mechanisms 22 and 23, and the operation reject storage 5
And then collect and store each.

In the withdrawal transaction, each denomination box 19 and 2
Banknotes 1 from 0 and 21 by separating mechanism not shown
The banknotes that have been separated and that have been determined by the transport mechanism 13 to be transported to the discrimination unit 14 for discrimination and to be able to dispense again are accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal port 12 through the transport mechanism 18. As a result of the discrimination, if there is a banknote that is not suitable, the banknote passes through the transport mechanisms 22 and 23, and the operation reject storage 5
The collected and accumulated sheets are separated from the denomination boxes 19, 20, and 21. After the number of bills required by the user is accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal port 12, the bill is paid out to the user. When the banknotes accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal port 12 have not been taken out for a predetermined time or more, it is determined that the banknotes have been forgotten, and the banknotes are passed through the transport mechanisms 13, 22, 24 and stored in the forgotten collection box 4.

The banknotes in the denomination boxes 19, 20, and 21 are set in a removable banknote cassette 25, and the banknotes in the cassette 25 are unwound by a separating mechanism (not shown) and passed through the transport mechanism 17. Send to the discrimination section 14,
After performing denomination discrimination and counting, the denominations can be stored in the denomination boxes 19, 20, and 21 for each denomination through the transport mechanisms 18 and 13. Further, after bills are fed from the denomination boxes 19, 20, 21 and the discrimination unit 14 performs denomination discrimination and counting, the bills can be stored in the bill cassette 25 and collected.

The outline of the basic functions of the banknote handling apparatus has been described above. In order to accurately manage banknotes in such a banknote handling apparatus, reject banknotes rejected as unsuitable during withdrawal, and It is necessary to store the banknotes that have been forgotten when they are forgotten.

Conventionally, in a storage box capable of separately storing paper sheets at a plurality of locations, when storing the paper sheets at each location, as shown in FIG. A paper sheet is sorted by providing the tray 11, and after sorting, the sheets are transported by the separate transport paths 23 and 24 and stored respectively. For example, when the banknotes are stored in the operation reject box 5, the gate 11 is in the normal position shown in the figure, and the banknotes conveyed by the conveying path 22 are guided by the lower surface of the gate 11 and conveyed to the conveying path 23. It enters and is stored in the operation reject store 5. When the banknotes are stored in the forgotten collection box 4, the gate 11 is rotated to the position shown by the chain double-dashed line by exciting a gate magnet (not shown). The banknotes transported by the transport path 22 are guided by the upper surface of the gate 11 and enter the transport path 24, and are stored in the forgotten collection box 4.
Note that, as a related sorting mechanism of this type, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 62-150455 can be cited.

[0008]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention
In order to store the paper sheets in a plurality of locations in the storage box, a gate for separating the paper sheets is provided in the transport path upstream of the storage box,
Further, it is necessary to separately provide a transport path for transporting the sorted paper sheets to the storage box. For this reason, in the device for storing paper sheets in a plurality of locations in the storage, the above method has a limitation in downsizing the device and reducing the cost.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and to downsize the device and improve the cost.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, the paper sheet storage mechanism of the present invention has a paper sheet to be stored at one end of a conveyance path (1 in FIG. 1) for conveying paper sheets. By providing a storage case (2 in FIG. 1) having a cut-off plate for separately storing leaves at a plurality of locations, and operating the cut-off plate by a mechanism (FIG. 4) for operating the cut-off plate in the storage case. 1
It is designed to be able to separately store the paper sheets fed from the three inlets.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 1, 4, and 5.

FIG. 1 shows a bill storing mechanism which is an embodiment of the present invention. The banknote A is conveyed by the three sets of belts 10 or the pulleys 27 which oppose each other, through the conveyance path 1 to the detachable storage 2. In the normal state, the divider plate 3 is at the position shown in the figure, and the inside of the storage 2 is forgotten, and the collection storage 4 and the operation reject storage 5 are closed, and can rotate in the X and W directions at the fulcrum 6.

4 and 5 show an example of a mechanism for operating the dividing plate 3. The side wall of the storage case 2 has a divider plate 3
The fulcrum 6 to which is fixed is protruding, and the arm 26 as shown is fixed. A spring 29 is attached to one end of the arm 26, and a bearing attached to the other end ... 3
It is attached so that 0 is pressed against the cam 28 attached to the bill handling apparatus main body. When the cam 28 at the top dead center in the normal state (FIG. 4A) is rotated in the Z direction, the cam 28
With the rotation of the arm 26, the arm 26 rotates in the F direction at the fulcrum 6,
The divider plate 3 rotates in the X direction.

When the cam 28 is rotated in the Z direction from the bottom dead center to the top dead center, the bearing 30 is pushed up in accordance with the rotation of the cam 28, and the arm 26 is rotated in the B direction at the fulcrum 6 and the threshold plate 3 is rotated. Rotates in the W direction at the fulcrum 6. The power source for rotating the cam 28 is controlled by a control device (not shown) and can be stopped in the states of FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b).

With such a structure, when the bill A conveyed by the conveying path 1 in the direction of the arrow is stored in the operation reject storage 5, the limit plate 3 is in the normal position (see FIG. 4).
In (a), the banknote A is guided by the lower surface of the cut-off plate 3 and enters the operation reject box 5 to be stored.

When the banknote A is forgotten to be stored in the collection box 4, the cam 28 is rotated to the bottom dead center (see FIG. 4).
(B)), The end plate 3 rotates to the position shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. Therefore, the banknote A enters the forgotten collection box 4 formed on the upper side of the divider plate 3 and is stored therein. When the cam 28 is rotated to the top dead center again, the cutting board 3 returns to the normal position with the banknotes left unloaded, and can be prepared for storage in the operation reject box 5.

As described in detail above, a link mechanism composed of an arm 26 and a bearing 30 is provided at the rotation fulcrum 6 of the threshold plate 3 for discriminatingly storing the bills in the storing box, and the link mechanism between the cam 28 and the cam 28. By adopting a structure in which the power and the mechanism are separated and joined, the storage case 2 can be made detachable, the gate and the transport path downstream of the gate can be omitted, and the size and cost can be reduced. .

[0018]

As described above, since the apparatus is constructed as described above, the apparatus can be downsized, the number of parts can be reduced, and the production cost can be reduced.

[0019]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a conventional example.

[FIG. 3] ... Schematic diagram of the bill handling device

FIG. 4 is a side view of a drive mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Conveyance path, 2 ... Storage box, 3 ... Cutting board, 4 ... Forgotten collection box, 5 ... Operation reject box, 6 ... Support point, 7, 8 ... Transfer guide, 9 ... Guide, 10 ... Belt, 11 ... -G
12 ... deposit / withdrawal port, 13, 15, 17, 18, 22, 2
3, 24 ... Conveying mechanism, 19, 20, 21 ... Money box, 25 ... Banknote cassette, 26 ... Arm, 27 ...
28, cam, 29 ... spring, 30 ... bearing. A ... Banknotes, a ... Tip of cutting board, B, F, W, X,
Z ... Direction of rotation.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A paper sheet storage mechanism having a storage port which is installed at one end of a transport path to take in paper sheets and which stores paper sheets sent from the transport path. The storage has a sill plate for separately storing the sheets to be stored in a plurality of places, an arm formed by engaging with the sill plate, and a cam that is rotationally driven, and the sill plate is
A paper sheet storage mechanism, wherein the paper sheet storage mechanism is movable by a rotation fulcrum of the divider plate when the cam rotates.