JPH09278262A - Paper sheet collector and transaction processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stably align, collect and deliver paper sheets by providing a press holding means for pressing paper sheets taken out of a wheel by a taking-out means from the inside of the wheel to a collecting wheel side based on the rotation of the collecting wheel receiving the paper sheets in a helical groove and rotated. SOLUTION: In a swirl type collecting wheel 26, a helical holding groove 26a for taking in and holding a bill A one by and one is formed equally in a peripheral direction, the wheel is rotated by 180 deg. while the introduced bill A are sequentially held, and when a position corresponding to a money dispensing and temporary holding part 17 is reached, the bill A are taken out to the outside in upright postures by the helical holding groove 26a following rotation thereof, and the paper money sheets are sequentially collected in horizontally long and upright postures in an erect condition receiving plate 17c in a corresponding position in its taking-out side. The aligned and collected bills A are pressed and held by the tip part of the collecting wheel 12 as if the collected and upright bills are pressed to a lower bottom plate 17a. Thus, the paper money sheets are aligned and collected, and falling thereof is completely prevented.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper sheet stacking apparatus that is internally configured in an automatic transaction machine, and more particularly to a paper sheet that efficiently and simply simplifies a stacking structure for stacking paper sheets such as banknotes. The present invention relates to a leaf collecting device and a transaction processing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A banknote stacking apparatus will be described below as an example. In this banknote stacking apparatus, a banknote collecting stacking roller and a counter roller are provided at the top of a storage box for stacking and collecting the collected banknotes one by one. Then, the banknotes guided from the previous stage are forcibly pushed one by one by the impeller arranged at the take-in position to avoid the collision with the next carried-in banknotes and accumulate them in a horizontal state or a vertical state.

In this case, since the leading edge of the banknotes loaded into the stacking box is brought into contact with the opposing wall surface to stop the loading, and the rear end of the banknotes stopped to be loaded is driven by the impeller in the stacking direction, the loading is carried in. When the bill is short, the bill is separated from the contact area of the impeller and is not subjected to the forced stacking action of the impeller, so that the bill collides with the next carry-in bill and induces a jam.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 9, the bill 93 guided from the previous stage is taken into the spiral groove 92 of the spiral impeller 91, and the bill 93 in the spiral groove 92 is rotated during the rotation operation of the impeller 91. Abut the stopper plate 94 and take out one by one,
The banknotes 93 thus taken out are vertically stacked in the vertical stacking unit 95 in a horizontal state. Thus, the spiral impeller 91
In the case of using, the rotary take-in action of the spiral impeller works effectively, and it is possible to stack long and short banknotes without any trouble.

However, in this vertical stacking unit, the banknotes are stacked in different drop positions depending on the banknotes until they are separated from the impeller and reach the lower stacking position. When paying out banknotes from an unbalanced stack, the banknotes may be caught or jammed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 10, a horizontal stacking unit 103 in which bills 102 are stacked vertically from the horizontal direction using a spiral impeller 101 is also conceivable, but in this case, the bills are placed on a bottom plate 104. Since the banknotes are vertically aligned along the bottom edges of the banknotes, the banknotes are tilted with the bottom edges of the banknotes as tilting fulcrums.

In addition, when paying out the accumulated banknotes, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, when the feeding mechanism 112 is made to correspond to the feeding position of the banknote stacking unit 111, it is necessary to make the feeding mechanism 112 correspond to a position where it does not interfere with the spiral impeller 113. Therefore, at the time of feeding, the spiral impeller 113 is retracted from the bill stacking unit 111, and the feeding mechanism 11
The integrated device becomes complicated by requiring a movement switching structure in which the two are associated.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 12, the feeding mechanism 121 is made to correspond to the banknote stacking section 122, and the feeding mechanism 12 is considered in consideration of the position where it does not interfere with the spiral impeller 123.
It is also worth considering that 1 is provided, but in this case, a sandwiching mechanism 125 that sandwiches the banknotes 124 stacked in the banknote stacking unit 122 for feeding out is required, and there is a problem that this interferes with the spiral impeller. Was.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, according to the present invention, a sheet stacking apparatus, which has a simplified stacking structure, is capable of stably aligning and stacking sheets, and delivering a sheet, and a highly reliable batch discharging operation. The purpose is to provide a transaction processing device.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A paper sheet stacking device for picking up and stacking paper sheets one by one, the stacking wheel receiving and rotating the paper sheets in a spiral groove, and a stacking wheel in the wheel based on the rotating operation of the stacking wheel. It is characterized in that it is provided with a take-out means for taking out the paper sheets to the outside of the wheel, and a pressing and holding means for pressing and holding the paper sheets taken out by the take-out means on the stacking wheel side.

The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the paper sheet feeding member of the feeding means for feeding the accumulated paper sheets one by one also serves as the take-out means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a nipping means for nipping the paper sheets accumulated by the take-out means and the pressing and holding means, and a transfer means for allowing the nipping means to be moved in the paper nipping state. Is characterized by.

The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that a transaction processing device provided with a paper sheet stacking device performs transaction processing.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a transaction processing device having transfer means for allowing the holding mechanism to be transferred to the discharge ports on the left and right sides of the apparatus main body.

[0015]

According to the present invention, when picking up and accumulating paper sheets one by one, the taken paper sheets are received one by one while rotating in the spiral groove of the accumulating wheel, and the received paper sheets are received. The paper is taken out from inside the wheel to the outside of the wheel by the take-out means based on the rotation operation of the collecting wheel, and the taken-out paper sheets are pressed and held by the collecting wheel and the pressing and holding means.

Further, when the accumulated paper sheets are fed out one by one by the feeding means, the feeding means is also used as a part of the paper feeding portion of the feeding means.

Further, when collectively transferring the accumulated paper sheets to the discharge port or the like, the accumulated paper sheets are collectively collected by the take-out means on one side and the pressure holding means on the other side which constitute the holding means. The sheet is sandwiched by the transport means and transported by the transport means in the transport direction in the sandwiched state.

When transaction processing is carried out by a transaction processing apparatus equipped with such a paper sheet stacking apparatus, and when discharge outlets are provided on both the left and right sides of the main body of the apparatus, one of the discharge outlets on the left and right is selected and the paper sheet is selected. And the like are collectively discharged by the transfer means.

[0019]

As a result, the paper sheets are aligned and stacked by guiding the paper sheets one by one to the stacking wheel and performing a rotary stacking operation, and the stacking wheel and the pressure holding means are provided on both sides of the stacked paper sheets. Since it is pressed and held by and, the inclination of the paper sheets accumulated here can be completely eliminated. further,
Not only can this stacking wheel be used as a paper sheet receiving member at the time of stacking, it can also be used as a pressing and holding member for stacked paper sheets to reduce the number of parts. If it is also used as a leaf feeding means, the number of parts of the feeding mechanism can be reduced, and at the same time, the internal space can be reduced.

Furthermore, if the accumulated paper sheets are collectively clamped and transferred, the accumulated paper sheets can be efficiently transferred. For example, when the discharge ports are provided on the left and right sides of the main body of the apparatus, one of the discharge ports can be selected to discharge the paper sheets in a batch, and the time for taking out the paper sheets can be shortened.

If such a paper sheet stacking device is incorporated into a transaction processing device, a highly reliable and stable transaction process of paper sheets can be performed and the number of parts inside the device can be reduced, so that the transaction processing device can be made compact. And cost reduction can be achieved.

[0022]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a banknote depositing / dispensing machine 11 installed at a staff of a financial institution and used by the staff.
Is provided with a staff operation key 13 for setting deposit / withdrawal data and a display 14 on both sides of the upper surface of the device body 12 having a rectangular shape, and from the inclined upper surface formed on the front side of the device body 12 to the inclined upper surface at the back. , The deposit port 15, the return port 16 and the withdrawal port / temporary holding unit 17 are formed to process the bills A ...

FIG. 2 shows a banknote processing device 21 which is internally provided in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 11. The banknote processing device 21 has a deposit port 15 and a dispense port temporary holding section 17 at one upper side (upper right in the figure). Are provided side by side, and a return port tray 22 also serving as a withdrawal port shutter is provided above the temporary withdrawal unit 17 also serving as a withdrawal port, and opened and closed. Is provided in the return port 16, the lower surface concave side is provided in the withdrawing port / temporary holding section 17, and the same position as this withdrawing port / temporary holding section 17 is also used for the temporary holding section processing.
Temporarily hold ... for return / uptake.

In addition, these deposit and withdrawal ports 15, which are arranged in parallel,
Inside the communication with 17, an identification unit 23 for identifying the authenticity and denomination of deposit and withdrawal banknotes, first to fourth cassettes C1 to C4 for storing banknotes by denomination, and banknotes determined to be defective. And a reject cassette C5 for collecting unfit banknotes,
These are recycling type loop-shaped transfer lines L1 and L
Connected with 2.

In this case, the upper side of the banknote processing device 21 is provided in the banknote transfer processing group 24 and the lower side is provided in the banknote storage processing group 25, and the upper and lower parts are separated into a transfer system and a storage system. are doing.

The transfer processing group 24 on the upper side includes the deposit / withdrawal port 1
An upper transfer line L1 for connecting from 5, 17 to the withdrawal port / temporary holding section 17 via the identifying section 23 in a loop,
Upper and lower transfer lines L1 and L with respect to the lower transfer line L2 that connects the identification section 23 and the cassettes C1 to C5 in a loop.
2 are connected and configured, and the upper and lower transport lines L
1, L2 and the lower part of the cassettes C1 to C5 are provided with a passage detection sensor S ... Which detects and confirms passage of the bill A, and detects and confirms the processing state at the time of depositing and withdrawing bills. There is.

Further, a spiral stacking wheel 26 is provided in front of the temporary withdrawal section 17 which also serves as a dispensing port to promote the aligned stacking of the banknotes A, and on the basis of this aligned stacking, a stable feeding operation is achieved. The feeding operation is promoted.

The storage processing group 25 on the lower side includes first to fourth cassettes for storing 1,000-yen bills, 5,000-yen bills, 10,000-yen bills, spare bills and mixed bills from the front side to the rear side of the banknote handling apparatus 21. C
1 to C4 and a reject cassette C5 are provided, and banknotes are put in and taken out from these cassettes C1 to C5 to allow deposit and withdrawal transactions.

For example, the banknotes A inserted into the deposit port 15 at the time of depositing are also used as the dispensing port through the depositing route in which the deposit process is carried out in the order of the deposit port 15 → identification unit 23 → dispensing port / temporary holding unit 17. The banknotes are temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 17, and the held banknotes are put on standby in preparation for the deposit confirmation process or the deposit cancellation process of the next process.

When the deposit is confirmed, the banknotes are fed from the withdrawal opening / cumulative temporary holding section 17 → identification section 23 → cassette C1.
.. to C5 are transferred to the respective cassettes C1 to C5 through the storage path for carrying processing, and then stored. Further, in the case of canceling the deposit, the return route for conveying the banknotes retained in the temporary withdrawal section 17 also serving as the withdrawal outlet to the return port 16 via the return transport line L3 branched and connected to the upper transport line L1. I will guide you to the return processing.

In addition, at the time of withdrawal, the first to fourth corresponding to the denomination
The cassettes C1 to C4 are guided to the temporary withdrawal / cumulative holding section 17 via the lower transfer line L2 and the upper transfer line L1, and when the withdrawal transaction is confirmed, the return port tray 22 which also serves as the withdrawal port shutter is opened and withdrawn. The withdrawal banknotes reserved from the mouth-cum-temporary reservation unit 17 are taken out and allowed. On the other hand, when the withdrawal is cancelled, the cassettes C1 to C4 corresponding to the original denominations are sent from the identification unit 23 via the lower conveyance line L2 to store the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 17 which also serves as the output port. Store in the reject cassette C5.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a bill depositing / withdrawing structure of a deposit opening 15, a return opening 16 and a dispensing opening 17 through which a staff member handles and operates bills. In the spiral accumulation wheel 26, the spiral holding grooves 26a for spirally taking in and holding the banknotes A one by one from the outer peripheral surface side to the axial center portion side are equally formed in the circumferential direction, and guided to the spiral holding grooves 26a. The banknote A is intermittently rotated in the state where it is sequentially held,
When it reaches a position corresponding to the withdrawal opening / cumulative temporary holding section 17 by rotating by °, the bill A intervening at the inner end portion of the spiral holding groove 26a is inserted into the bottom plate 17a and the tilting plate 17b opposite to the lower corresponding position. The tip end hits, the bill A is taken out from the spiral holding groove 26a in a standing state in accordance with the rotation operation, and the standing plate 17c is provided opposite to the taken-out side corresponding position. The banknotes are sequentially stacked on the receiving plate 17c in a horizontally long standing state and temporarily held, and the banknotes A introduced therein are stably aligned and stacked with their leading ends aligned.

In this case, the banknotes A ... Aligned and stacked have the receiving plates 17c on one side facing each other on both sides and the stacking wheel 26 on the other side.
The banknotes A are clamped by being urged to the side, and in this clamped state, the banknotes in the standing shape in which the leading ends of the stacking wheels 12 are stacked are pressed and held against the bottom plate 17a side below, so that the banknotes are not tilted. The bills A, which have been completely eliminated and accumulated, have their lower ends uniformly aligned along the upper surface of the bottom plate 17a.

On the front side of the stacking wheel 26, a pair of upper and lower nipping rollers 27, 28 are provided at the banknote carry-in position from the front stage.
The bills are allowed to be accepted one by one, and the tilting plate 17b is tilted at the same height as the bottom plate 17b which is operated by bringing the leading ends of the bills into contact with each other as shown in FIG. After completion of stacking the banknotes, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, banknotes A stacked from both sides by driving the sandwiching mechanism 29 that causes the tilting plate 17b to be in parallel with the receiving plate 17c in a plane.
.. is clamped, and either the feeding operation or the lift-up operation is allowed from this clamped state.

The above-mentioned holding mechanism 29 is provided with the tilting plate 17 on one side.
Two L-shaped tilting link plates 30 and 31 supporting b
And two straight plate-shaped receiving plate link plates 32 and 33 supporting the receiving plate 17c on the other side constitute parallel links, and the parallel links are driven to carry out the holding operation of the bill. The tilting plate 17b is pressed by the tilting plate drive motor M1 that drives the rotating shaft 34 mounted on the base end of one tilting link plate 31 in the forward and reverse directions to generate a pressing force in the receiving plate direction. Is transmitted. Also, this tilting plate 17b
The pressing stroke is for the stacking-corresponding position P1 (see FIG. 4) for picking up bills, which is inclinedly arranged at substantially the same height as the bottom plate 17a, and for the lift-up corresponding to the nipping at the intermediate portion above the bottom plate rising from this position. Withdrawal port of position P2 (see FIG. 6) and withdrawal corresponding position P3 (see FIG. 5) that moves the tilting plate 17b to the bill feeding position on the receiving plate 17c side to urge the bills to the last one. Movement between the stacking units in the dual-purpose temporary holding unit 17 is permitted.

Further, the receiving plate 17c is supported on the bottom plate 17a in an upright state by both receiving plate link plates 32 and 33 forming a parallel link, and the rotary shaft 35 attached to the base end portion of the receiving plate 17c is attached thereto. The pressing force in the direction of the tilting plate is transmitted by the pressing force that accompanies the rotational output of the receiving plate drive motor M2 that is driven in the forward and reverse directions, and the plate moves in parallel along the bottom plate 17a while maintaining this pressing force. As a result, the holding plate 17c and the tilting plate 17b have a sandwiching action for sandwiching the accumulated banknotes A ... Further, the receiving plate 17c and the tilting plate 17b are attached by setting the supporting positions of the links 30 to 33 so as to move in parallel along the bottom plate 17a. Further, with respect to the tilting plate 17b, a tilting position guide plate 36 for specifying the tilting position so that the stacking corresponding position P1 becomes a tilting position suitable for taking out bills.
Is arranged.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the banknotes are paid out from the accumulated withdrawal port / temporary holding section 17, as shown in FIG. 5, a pickup roller R1, a feed roller R2, and a gate roller R3.
, Feeding auxiliary rollers R4, R5, feeding guide plate 3
7, the feeding mechanism 38 configured by arranging the receiving plate 17c and the tilting plate 17b is driven to feed the banknotes A ...

FIG. 7 shows a lift-up mechanism 39. The lift-up mechanism 39 is a bottom plate 17a with the bills being clamped.
Along with this, it is lifted up and pinched and transferred to a position suitable for taking out the upper banknote, and the slide shaft 40 is provided along the banknote taking direction above the withdrawal port / temporary holding section 17.
Is installed, and a slider 41 slidably mounted on the slide shaft 40 is integrally fixed to the bottom plate 17a to fix the bottom plate 1
The entire 7a is supported by allowing it to slide vertically. Further, the upper surface of the withdrawal opening / cumulative temporary holding section 17 is opened only during withdrawal, and when not normally used, this upper surface is closed with the return opening tray 22 also serving as the withdrawal opening shutter.

When the lift-up mechanism 39 is driven, a timing belt 44 is stretched between the lower drive pulley 42 connected to the lift-up drive motor M3 and the upper driven pulley 43 above it.
4 is set in the same direction as the slide shaft 40, the connecting piece 45 of the slider 41 is connected to the belt 44, and the bottom plate 17a integrated with the slider 41 and the holding mechanism are formed based on the vertical movement of the timing belt 44. The lift-up frame 46 holding 29 is slid vertically. Based on this sliding operation, the dispensed banknotes that are aligned and accumulated on the bottom plate 17a are lifted up from the internal position of the dispense port / temporary holding section 17 to the external banknote take-out position. Further, at this time, the banknotes A ... Lifted up to the outside banknote take-out position can be easily discharged collectively because they are always held between the tilting plate 17b and the receiving plate 17c.

In the banknote stacking structure thus configured, banknotes are aligned and stacked by rotating and stacking the banknotes using the stacking wheel, and both sides of the stacked banknotes are pressed and held by the stacking wheel and the receiving plate. , It is possible to completely eliminate the tilt of the banknotes accumulated here, and not only to use the stacking wheel as a banknote receiving member at the time of stacking, but also as a pressing holding member for stacked banknotes, so that the number of parts can be reduced, Further, since the tilting plate for taking out the bill is also used as the bill pushing member, the number of parts of the feeding mechanism can be reduced and the internal space can be reduced. Further, by sandwiching the accumulated banknotes and transporting them as they are to the outside of the apparatus, the accumulated banknotes can be collectively transferred to the outside take-out portion, and the banknotes can be efficiently ejected.

FIG. 8 shows a banknote depositing / dispensing machine 81 according to another embodiment of the present invention. This banknote depositing / dispensing machine 81 is provided in the main body 82 of the apparatus and is used as a banknote accumulating device and also serves as a dispensing port / temporary holding section. The withdrawal ports 83, 84 are provided on both left and right sides of the main body 82 of the device that communicates with the temporary withdrawal section that also serves as the withdrawal port. It is configured so that it can be released all at once and handled easily. With such a configuration, the bills can be taken out efficiently from any direction, and a highly reliable and stable bill transaction process can be performed.

In the correspondence between the present invention and the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the paper sheet stacking device of the present invention corresponds to the withdrawal outlet / cumulative temporary holding section 17 of the embodiment, and the same applies to the transaction processing device. Corresponds to the banknote deposit / withdrawal machines 11 and 81, and the paper sheets are
Corresponding to the bill A, the spiral groove corresponds to the spiral holding groove 26a, the take-out means corresponds to the bottom plate 17a and the tilting plate 17b, the pressure holding means corresponds to the receiving plate 17c, and the take-out means takes out. Corresponding to the mechanism 38, the clamping means is the clamping mechanism 2
9, the transfer means corresponds to the lift-up mechanism 39, and the discharge ports on the left and right sides are the dispensing ports 83, 84 on the left and right sides.
However, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a bill depositing / dispensing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of a banknote processing device internally configured in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic side view showing a banknote stacking state of the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a banknote stacking state in the dispensing port / temporary holding unit of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a bill payout state in the temporary withdrawal section that also serves as a dispensing port according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing a state in which a bill is held in the temporary withdrawal section that also serves as a dispensing port according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing a state in which the bill is lifted up in the temporary withdrawal section that also serves as a dispensing port according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an external perspective view showing a bill depositing / dispensing machine according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing a stacking state of a vertical stacking unit of a conventional banknote stacking apparatus.

FIG. 10 is a side view showing a stacking state of a horizontal stacking unit of a conventional banknote stacking apparatus.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a setting change state of the conventional banknote stacking apparatus when it corresponds to feeding.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory view showing a feeding state of another feeding mechanism of the conventional banknote stacking apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 ... Banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 12, 82 ... Device body 17 ... Withdrawal port / temporary holding section 17a ... Bottom plate 17b ... Tilt plate 17c ... Receiving plate A ... Paper money 21 ... Banknote processing device 26 ... Stacking wheel 26a ... Spiral holding Groove 29 ... Clamping mechanism P1 ... Stacking corresponding position P2 ... Lift up corresponding position P3 ... Feeding corresponding position 38 ... Feeding mechanism 39 ... Lift up mechanism 81 ... Banknote depositing / dispensing machine 83, 84 ... Dispensing ports on both left and right sides

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A paper sheet stacking device for picking up and stacking paper sheets one by one, the stacking wheel receiving and rotating the paper sheets in a spiral groove, and the rotating operation of the stacking wheel. A paper sheet stacking device comprising: a take-out means for taking out paper sheets inside the wheel to the outside of the wheel based on the basis; and a press holding means for pressing and holding the paper sheets taken out by the take-out means on the stacking wheel side. 2. The paper sheet stacking device according to claim 1, wherein the take-out means is also used as a paper sheet feeding member of the feeding means for feeding out the accumulated paper sheets one by one. 3. A sandwiching means for sandwiching the accumulated paper sheets by a removing means and a pressing and holding means, and a transfer means for permitting the sandwiching means to be transported in a paper sheet sandwiching state. The paper sheet stacking device described. 4. A transaction processing device comprising the paper sheet stacking device according to claim 1, 2 or 3. 5. A transaction processing apparatus provided with a paper sheet stacking apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the transfer means allows the transfer direction to be transferred to the discharge ports on both the left and right sides of the apparatus main body.