JPH10302120A - Money reception/payment machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a money reception/payment machine which can be miniaturized. SOLUTION: With respect to a coin reception/payment unit 13, a main part 15 where individual parts classify coins by denominations to perform the processing is arranged in the lower side of a machine body so that individual parts are arranged in the transverse direction in parallel by denominations, and a received money carrying part 16 is arranged on the main part 15 so as to project upward from the main part 15 along the side end part of the machine body because this part is narrower than the main part 15 to carry coins, which are not selected by denominations, and selects coins by dropping. A paper money reception/payment unit 14 is arranged in a side of the received money carrying part 16, namely, an idle part on the main part 15 of the coin reception/payment unit formed like L in this manner.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a money receiving and dispensing machine connected to, for example, a POS register for processing coins and bills.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No.
It is known that a coin pay-in / pay-out device and a banknote pay-in / pay-out device as disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 274740 are individually configured and used in combination. The coin depositing and dispensing machine includes a rotating disk that separates and feeds coins inserted into a coin receiving port one by one, a deposit transport unit that transports deposited coins dispensed from the rotating disk one by one, and a deposit transport unit. A sorting passage for dropping coins conveyed by a unit from a sorting hole of a denomination, a sorting hopper for storing the sorted coins by denomination, and feeding out the stored coins as dispensing coins; and a recirculating hopper. And a coin dispensing port for dispensing coins dispensed from. Further, the banknote pay-in / pay-out device includes a banknote transport path that transports the deposited banknotes inserted into the banknote depositing port, and a discriminating unit that is provided in the middle of the banknote transport path and that discriminates the denomination, authenticity, and the like of the deposited banknotes. A recirculation stacker for storing the deposited banknotes and sending the stored deposited banknotes as dispensed banknotes to the banknote transport path in accordance with the discrimination result of the discriminating unit, a dispensing determination unit for determining double feeding of the dispensed banknotes, And a bill dispensing port for paying out gold bills. Then, the coin depositing and dispensing machine and the bill dispensing and dispensing machine are both P
Based on a command from the OS cash register, payment processing or payment processing is performed.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A coin depositing and dispensing machine and a bill depositing and dispensing machine that are used by being connected to a cash register are often installed in a limited space around a POS cash register, and it is desired to reduce the size as much as possible. However, conventionally, since the coin depositing and dispensing machine and the banknote depositing and dispensing machine are individually configured, there is a limit to the size reduction. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a money receiving and dispensing machine that can be downsized.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, a money receiving and dispensing machine according to the present invention is provided with a deposit transfer section for transferring coins inserted into a coin receiving slot and separated one by one, and the deposit transfer section. A sorting unit that drops coins conveyed in the denomination sorting hole and sorts them, and a main unit that stores the sorted coins by denomination and withdraws the stored coins as coins from the coin outlet. And a banknote pay-in / pay-out unit having a banknote pay-in / pay-out unit having a banknote pay-in / pay-out unit which is inserted into a banknote pay-in port, stores therein the deposited banknotes to be conveyed one by one, and dispenses the stored banknotes as pay-out banknotes from the banknote pay-out port. The coin depositing and dispensing unit arranges the main part below the fuselage, and moves the deposit transfer unit upward from the main part along a side end of the fuselage. To the banknote The unit, a top side of the main portion of the coin receiving and dispensing unit is characterized by comprising by arranged on the side of the deposit transport unit. In the coin depositing and dispensing unit, the main part, in which each part performs processing by dividing coins by denomination, is arranged on the lower side of the aircraft by, for example, horizontally arranging each part by denomination, and is sorted by denomination. In order to transport coins that are not necessary, the width of the main unit is smaller than that of the main unit.Also, it is preferable to arrange the deposit transfer unit above the main unit because the coins are dropped and sorted, from the main unit along the side end of the machine Protrude upward. Then, the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit is arranged above the main portion of the coin-shaped pay-in / pay-out unit having such an L-shape and on the side of the pay-in / pay-out unit, that is, in an empty portion.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the money receiving and dispensing machine of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The front, rear, left and right in the following description are viewed from the user side during use. Currency depositing and dispensing machine 1 whose overall configuration is shown in FIG.
Reference numeral 1 is connected to a higher-level device such as a POS register, and is mainly controlled and operated by the higher-level device. This money receiving and dispensing machine 1
Reference numeral 1 denotes a housing 12 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape and an opening on the front side, and a coin receiving and dispensing unit which is provided in the housing 12 so as to be able to be pulled out and inserted from the opening side in the front-rear direction and to process coins. It has a money unit 13 and a bill receiving / dispensing unit 14 which is provided so as to be able to be pulled out and inserted in the front-rear direction from the opening side with respect to the housing 12 and which performs a bill receiving / dispensing process.

Here, the coin depositing and dispensing unit 13 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped main portion 15 arranged so as to occupy the entire lower side of the body, a width in the left-right direction smaller than the main portion 15 and a length in the front-rear direction. Are substantially the same, and have a substantially L-shape as viewed from the front having a deposit transfer section 16 (details described later) projecting upward from the main section 15 along the right end of the machine body. The banknote depositing / dispensing unit 14 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape which is disposed above the main portion 15 of the coin depositing / dispensing unit 13 and occupies a vacant portion on the lateral side of the depositing / conveying section 16. As a result, the entire coin depositing and dispensing unit 13 and the bill depositing and dispensing unit 14 have a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape when inserted into the housing 12.

The coin depositing and dispensing unit 13 is provided with a coin depositing port 17 which is recessed inward from the front surface to the upper surface in order to receive a coin to be deposited, at a position on the front side of the depositing and conveying section 16. Further, a coin dispensing port 18 having a shape recessed rearward from a front surface for dispensing coins is provided at a substantially central front position of the main portion 15. In addition, a lower end portion of the main portion 15 is a projection portion 19 protruding to the front side, and a display for displaying operation guidance, a processing state of money, a processing result, an abnormality, etc. to the user is provided on an upper surface thereof. A section 20 and an operation section 21 for issuing various instructions at the time of various settings or operation start are provided. Further, a concave portion 22 is formed in the protruding portion 19 so as to be recessed from the front surface to the rear side. The concave portion 22 is provided with a power switch (not shown).

The bill receiving / dispensing unit 14 has a bill receiving port 23 which is recessed inward from the front surface to the upper surface in order to receive a bill to be deposited, on the upper and front sides thereof. In addition, a bill dispensing port 24 having a shape recessed rearward from the front surface for dispensing bills is provided below the bill dispensing port 23, and the bill dispensing port 24 is an openable and closable outer door. 25 are attached. Further, immediately below the banknote dispensing port 24, a banknote safe 26 for collecting banknotes and the like deposited and stored is withdrawn in the front-rear direction as necessary.
It is provided for insertion.

Next, regarding the coin depositing and dispensing unit 13,
Further explanation will be given. As shown in FIG. 2, the coin depositing and dispensing unit 13 includes the coin depositing port 17 described above and the coin depositing port 1.
A coin separation unit 28 for separating the loose coins inserted into the tray 7 one by one and feeding them back; a coin counting and sorting unit 29 for classifying coins fed by the coin separation unit 28 into denominations; A sorted coin transport unit 30 that transports the coins sorted by the coin counting and sorting unit 29 to a position corresponding to each denomination, and loose coins including the coins transported by the sorted coin transport unit 30 by denomination The coin dispensing unit 31 includes a coin dispensing and dispensing unit 31 that can be stored in the coin dispensing unit 18 and can be dispensed to the coin dispensing port 18 as needed.

[0010] The coin separating section 28 is provided on the rear side of the coin receiving port 17, and as shown in FIG.
, Rollers 46 and 47 whose axes are horizontally arranged in the left-right direction and are separated in the front-rear direction, respectively, and these rollers 46 and 47.
It has a belt conveyor 34 for receiving money, which is hung in the middle and is inclined and extended so that the rear side is located slightly above, and the front side portion is disposed immediately below the guide body 33. Here, the guide body 33 reliably guides the coin inserted into the coin receiving port 17 onto the receiving belt conveyor 34 to prevent the coin from dropping.

The coin separating section 28 includes a support shaft 35 horizontally arranged in the left-right direction on the rear side of the guide body 33 and above the deposit belt conveyor 34, and is fixed to the support shaft 35 and has an outer peripheral surface for receiving the coin. Depositing roller 36 arranged so as to allow only one coin to pass therethrough with the belt conveyor 34, and the depositing roller 36 on the support shaft 35.
A pulley 37 coaxially fixed to rotate integrally with the belt, a belt 38 having one side hung on the pulley 37, and a belt 3
8, a pulley 39 fixedly supporting the pulley 39, a pulley 41 fixedly supported on the pulley 39, a belt 42 on one side of the pulley 41, a belt 42 Pulley 43 on which the other side is hung
A support shaft 44 for supporting the pulley 43;
4 for driving the motor 4. The support shaft 40 also coaxially fixes a roller 47 to which the rear side of the receiving belt conveyor 34 is hung. The motor drives the upper surface of the deposit belt conveyor 34 to move from the front to the rear, and also moves the deposit separation roller 36 so that the lower part thereof facing the deposit belt conveyor 34 is the upper surface of the deposit belt conveyor 34. It is driven to move in the opposite direction, that is, in the forward direction.

Thus, the coins on the deposit belt conveyor 34 are overlapped by a plurality of coins when the deposit belt conveyor 34 is conveyed, and the deposit separation roller 36 and the deposit belt conveyor 34
When the coins are to be fed in between the coins, the movement of the coins above the overlapped coins is regulated by the depositing separation roller 36, or the coins are flipped forward, so that only the lowermost coin is surely received. And between the deposit belt conveyor 34 and move backward.

The coin counting and sorting section 29 is provided on the rear side of the coin separating section 28. As shown in FIG. 2, one step higher guide sections 49 and 50 are provided on both outer sides, and the coin separating section 28 receives money. Coin passage 5 extending substantially linearly in the front-rear direction so as to be substantially continuous from the rear end of the belt conveyor 34 for use
1 and the above-described deposit transfer section 16 which is provided above the coin path 51 and moves the coin separated by the coin separation section 28 backward on the upper surface of the coin path 51 between the guide sections 49 and 50; A discriminating unit 52 provided at a front position of the coin passage 51 and discriminating a denomination of the coin fed out by the coin separating unit 28, and a discriminating unit 52 behind the discriminating unit 52 of the coin passage 51. It has a reject part 53 provided to reject coins as necessary according to the result, and a sorting part 54 provided to sort coins by denomination behind the reject part 53 of the coin passage 51. ing.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the receiving and conveying section 16 includes pulleys 56 and 57, whose axes are horizontally arranged substantially horizontally in the front-rear direction and shifted above the coin passage 51. A transport belt 58 that is hung on the pulleys 56 and 57 and extends in the front-rear direction, and a pulley whose axis is horizontally arranged substantially horizontally in a position further rearward than the rear pulley 57 and rearward from the coin passage 51. 59, a conveyor belt 60 hung on the pulleys 57, 59 and extending in the front-rear direction, a pulley 61 coaxially fixed to the rearmost pulley 59, and an axis thereof is horizontally arranged horizontally below the pulley 61. The pulley 62 includes a pulley 62, a belt 63 that extends around the pulleys 61 and 62, and a motor (not shown) that drives the lower pulley 62.

By driving the motors so that the lower surfaces of the conveyor belts 58 and 60 move rearward, the coins separated and fed out one by one in the coin separation unit 28 are pressed one by one into the coin passage 51. While holding it with its own frictional force, it moves backward. Each of the conveyor belts 58, 60
Is slightly inclined such that the rear side is located on the right side in a plan view, whereby the coin can be guided to the guide portion 50 serving as a reference on the right side.
The coin is moved rearward while always in contact with the reference guide surface 50a on the coin passage 51 side.

The discriminating section 52 provided in the coin passage 51 includes:
It has a magnetic sensor 65 for detecting different magnetic properties for each coin denomination, and a line sensor 66 provided behind the magnetic sensor 65 for detecting a different outer diameter for each coin denomination. The discrimination unit 52 discriminates the authenticity and denomination of the coin from the detected magnetic properties and the outer diameter.

A reject portion 53 provided behind the discriminating portion 52 of the coin passage 51 has a reject hole 6 formed from the coin passage 51 to the right side of the reference guide surface 50a.
7, a guide piece 68 provided at a position below the guide portion 50 in the reject hole 67, and the guide piece 68
A solenoid 6 that can be switched between a state in which the reference guide surface 50a protrudes toward the coin passage 51 and a state in which the coin is retracted.
9. The solenoid 69 causes the guide piece 68 to protrude from the reference guide surface 50a toward the coin passage 51 in a non-driven state. At this time, all coins are guided by the reference guide surface 50a and the guide piece 6
By moving while being supported by 8, it passes through the reject hole 67 without being dropped. On the other hand, the solenoid 69
At the time of driving, the guide piece 68 is retracted. At this time, the coin is dropped into the reject hole 67 as a reject coin because the guide piece 68 is no longer supported.

The sorting portions 54 provided behind the reject portion 53 of the coin passage 51 are arranged in series in the front-rear direction, and all pass through the coin passage 51 at a slight interval from the reference guide surface 50a. It has formed sorting holes 71A to 71F having a width of a denomination. Here, the foremost sorting hole 71A has a width that allows only the one-diameter coin having the smallest diameter to drop in a state guided by the reference guide surface 50a, and similarly, the immediately following sorting hole 71B has the next smaller 50-yen coin. Only the coin, the sorting hole 71C immediately after it, only the next smallest 5-yen coin, the sorting hole 71D immediately after it, only the next smaller 100-yen coin, and the sorting hole 71E immediately after it, only the next smaller 10-yen coin The final sorting hole 71F has a width that allows the largest 500-yen coin to fall in a state where it is guided by the reference guide surface 50a.

In addition, at the positions immediately before each of the sorting holes 71A to 71F, there are provided counting sensors 72A to 72F comprising light emitting / receiving elements for detecting the passage of coins. Each of the sorting holes 71A to 71 is determined based on the detection state of adjacent ones before and after.
Check the coins dropped on each of F. Here, the control unit (not shown) drops the coin whose denomination is determined by the determination unit 52 from the detection results of the counting sensors 72A to 72F to the corresponding denomination of the sorting holes 71A to 71F. When it is confirmed that the coin has been counted, the count value of the coin type is added to the coin. On the other hand, the control unit
The coins whose denominations have been discriminated by the discriminating unit 52 are sorted by the sorting holes 71A to 71F from the detection results of the counting sensors 72A to 72F.
As soon as it is confirmed that it has not fallen to the corresponding denomination, but has fallen to another denomination, or has passed the corresponding denomination, the coin separation unit 28,
By stopping the driving of the coin counting and sorting unit 29 and the sorted coin transporting unit 30, it is easy to remove coins that have been incorrectly sorted.

The sorting coin transport section 30 is provided below the coin passage 51 and has a cylindrical reject chute 74 provided below the reject hole 67 along the vertical direction. Below the reject chute 74, a detachable reject box 75 for storing reject coins dropped from the reject hole 67 and guided through the reject chute 74 is provided.

The sorting coin transport unit 30 is a cylindrical sorting coin provided below the sorting holes 71A to 71F for each denomination so as to be inclined downward to the left and to extend and guide the falling coins. It has chutes 76A to 76F, and extends in the left-right direction at the same height and below the sorted coin chutes 76A to 76E except for the rearmost 500-yen coins. 76A-76
E has a belt conveyor for sorted coins 77A to 77E in which an intermediate position is opposed to the opening at the lower end of E.

These sorted coin belt conveyors 77A-77
77E, as shown in FIG. 4 as an example of a sorted coin belt conveyor 77D, an integral roller 78 that winds and supports all of these one side is located below the sorted coin chutes 76A to 76E and from the lower end opening. At the right side position, it is fixed to the drive shaft 79a of the common motor 79, so that all of them are driven and stopped at the same time. Further, the rollers 85 for winding and supporting the other sides are provided with the sorted coin chute 7.
6A to 76E are provided at individual predetermined positions at positions on the left side of the lower end openings. The motor 79 is
It is located below the sorting coin chute 76F and to the right of the lower end opening.

Then, a belt conveyor 77 for each sorted coin is provided.
A to 77E are horizontally extending conveying surfaces 8 for coins dropped via the sorted coin chutes 76A to 76E.
0 and is transported to the left by moving the transport surface 80. Here, when the transport surface 80 is horizontally extended, a roller 81 that pushes the roller 78 side of the sorted coin belt conveyors 77A to 77E from the upper side to the lower side is provided. The sorting coin chutes 71A to 76F can be arranged on the lower space side caused by the inclination.

In addition, below the sorting hole 71F for 500-yen coins on the rearmost side, only a sorting coin chute 76F that extends to the lower left and guides coins that fall is provided, and a sorting coin belt conveyor is provided. Is not provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, the sorting coin transport section 30 includes sorting coin partition plates 82 between adjacent ones of the sorting coin belt conveyors 77A to 77E and the sorting coin chute 76F and on both outer sides of the whole. Thus, the coins dropped from the sorting holes 71A to 71F of each denomination are separated by a belt conveyor 77A for sorted coins of another denomination.
To 77E or the sorted coin chute 76F without being moved or the like.

Sorted coin belt conveyors 77A to 77E
5, a top plate 83 shown in FIG. 5 is horizontally arranged. As shown in FIG. 2, the top plate 83 is provided with a plurality of storage holes 84A to 84E shifted in front, rear, left and right. I have. Then, the foremost one-coin sorting conveyor belt for one-yen coins is provided with a coin to be horizontally conveyed laterally and discharged from the left end position thereof through the leftmost one-yen coin storage hole 84A of the top plate 83. It is extended so as to be dropped on the coin type coin storing and feeding section 31. Similarly, the sorted-coin belt conveyor 77B for 50-yen coins passes through the storage hole 84B for 50-yen coins on the right side of the 1-yen coin, and the sorted-belt conveyor 77C for 5-yen coins has 50 belts. 100 yen for the yen coin through the storage hole 84C for the 5 yen coin on the right side.
The belt conveyor 77D for sorted coins for yen coins passes through the storage hole 84D for 100 yen coins on the right side for 5 yen coins, and the belt conveyor 77E for sorted coins for 10 yen coins moves toward 100 yen coins. Storage hole 84 for 10 yen coin on the right
Through E, coins to be discharged from the respective left end positions are extended so as to drop into the denomination coin storing and feeding section 31. The rearmost sorting hole 7 for the 500-yen coin
The top plate 83 is not provided below the lower end of the sorting coin chute 76F provided on the lower side of 1F, and the sorting coin chute 76F can be moved into the coin-type coin storing and feeding section 31 without passing through the storage hole. The coins are to be dropped.

The coin-type coin storage / feed-out sections 31 provided immediately below the top plate 83 have the same position and the same length in the front-rear direction, and are inclined at the same angle so that the front side is on the upper side and the rear side is on the lower side. In this state, a plurality of stored coin belt conveyors 86A to 86F arranged in parallel in the left and right direction are provided between adjacent ones of the stored coin belt conveyors 86A to 86F and on both outer sides of the entirety. A storage coin partition plate 87 for partitioning to prevent it from being moved to another, and a belt conveyor 87 for each storage coin
And a guide member 88 erected on the rear side.

Then, each of the stored coin belt conveyors 86
A-86F upper surface and storage coin partition plates 87 on both sides thereof,
The top plate 8 is provided in a storage space defined by the guide member 87 and the guide member 88.
The storage holes 84A to 84E of the respective denominations 3 are open.
Specifically, the leftmost storage hole 84A for 1-yen coin is
Belt conveyor 86 for stored coins for the leftmost 1-yen coin
Opened in the storage space on the upper surface of A, coins to be dropped are stored in the storage space. Similarly, a storage hole 84B for a 50-yen coin is provided in a storage space on the upper surface of a belt conveyer 86B for a storage coin for a 50-yen coin immediately to the right of a 1-yen coin. A storage hole 84D for 100-yen coins is provided in the storage space on the upper surface of the belt conveyer 86C for storage of 5-yen coins to the right of 50-yen coins. In the storage space on the upper surface of the stored coin belt conveyor 86D, the storage hole 84E for the 10-yen coin is provided on the upper surface of the storage coin belt conveyor 86E for the 10-yen coin adjacent to the right for the 100-yen coin. , Respectively.

The top plate 83 and the storage holes are not provided on the upper surface of the storage coin belt conveyor 86F for the rightmost 500-yen coin. The coin discharged from the lower end position of the sorted coin chute 76F provided on the lower side is directly dropped.

The coin dispensing port 18 for dispensing coins is provided in front of the coin-type coin storing and dispensing section 31. The denomination-type coin storing and feeding unit 31 is provided with the axis horizontally arranged in the left-right direction above the front position of all the stored coin belt conveyors 86A to 86F and the outer peripheral surface thereof is provided for each of the stored coin belt conveyors 86A to 86F. 86F
, A dispensing separation roller 90 integrated with only one coin passing therethrough, a support shaft 91 for fixedly supporting the dispensing separation roller 90, A roller 92 fixedly supported on a support shaft 91 at a side of the separation roller 90, a belt 93 on which one side is hung on the roller 92, and a roller 94 on which the other side of the belt 93 is hung
A support shaft 95 fixedly supporting the roller 94 and having an axis horizontally arranged in the left-right direction; a roller 96 fixedly supported on the support shaft 95; a belt 97 having one side hung on the roller 96; 5, and a support shaft 95 fixedly supports a roller 98 on which the front sides of all the stored coin belt conveyors 86A to 86F are hung, as shown in FIG. I have. Therefore, the motor is driven by all the stored coin belt conveyors 86A-8A.
When the upper surface of 6F is driven to move forward from behind,
The dispensing separation roller 90 is provided for the stored coin belt conveyor 8.
The lower portions facing 6A to 86F are driven so as to move in the direction opposite to the upper surfaces, that is, in the backward direction.

By being driven in this manner, a plurality of coins on the stored coin belt conveyors 86A to 86F are overlapped by the conveyance of the stored coin belt conveyors 86A to 86F, and the dispensing separation roller 90 and the stored coin belt are stacked. Conveyor 86A
~ 86F, the movement of the overlapped coins is regulated or returned by the dispensing separation roller 90, and only the lowermost coin is surely connected to the dispensing separation roller 90. It moves forward by passing between the stored coin belt conveyors 86A to 86F.

The denomination-type coin storing and feeding section 31 is located above each of the stored coin belt conveyors 86A to 86F and in front of the dispensing separation roller 90, and separates the stored coin belt conveyors 86A to 86F and the dispensing separation. A coin-counting unit 100 that counts coins passing between the rollers 90 and that can switch between permitted and restricted movements.
A to 100F.

The dispensed coin counting units 100A to 100F
As shown in FIG. 6, each of the stored coin belt conveyors 8
6A-86F, a transport guide plate 1 for guiding coins C to be transported to respective central positions in the left-right direction of the belt conveyors 86A-86F for stored coins.
01 and counting sensors 102A to 102F for each denomination for detecting and counting coins guided by the transport guide plate 101.
And a stop pin 103 which is provided on the front side of the counting sensors 102A to 102F and is capable of projecting and retracting toward the upper surfaces of the stored coin belt conveyors 86A to 86F, restricting the movement of coins when projecting, and allowing the coins to be retracted. Solenoids 104A to 104F for each denomination whose driving is controlled
And In addition, the solenoids 104A to 104A
4F is designed to project the stop pin 103 when not driven and to retract when driven.

The transport guide plate 101 is provided on the belt conveyors 86A to 86F for stored coins, respectively, and has counting paths 105A to 105F each having a width substantially equal to the outer diameter of coins of the denomination to be transported.
Is formed, and coins are guided to the counting paths 105A to 105F and moved linearly in the counting paths 105A to 105F.

The counting sensors 102A to 102F are arranged opposite to the counting paths 105A to 105F so as to irradiate light to the counting paths 105A to 105F and receive the reflected light thereof, respectively. 105
This is a reflection type of light-emitting / light-receiving element that detects a coin based on the difference in the amount of light received between the reflected light on F and the reflected light of the conveyed coin, eliminating the effects of the hole in the coin and passing the coin (coin and coin) Is located close to one side (in this case, the right side) of the transport guide plate 101 so that it can be detected. Here, all of the stored coin belt conveyors 86A to 86F are black, and thus, the reflected light of the light that has been irradiated toward the counting paths 105A to 105F, that is, the stored coin belt conveyors 86A to 86F, is received. There is a large difference between the amount of light received by the element and the amount of light received by the light receiving element of the reflected light of the light applied to the coin, so that the presence or absence of the coin can be clearly confirmed.

Each of the counting sensors 102A to 102F detects the presence or absence of a coin from the detection result of the light receiving element and counts the number of the detected coins. Then, when the last coin of the required number of payouts is detected and the count value reaches the required number of payouts, the control unit detects the last coin of the required number of payouts, and thereafter the coin exceeds the stop pin 103, and At the timing immediately before the coins detected by the counting sensors 102A to 102F cross the stop pin 103 (determined from the transport speed of the stored coin belt conveyors 86A to 86F), the solenoids 104A to 104F are driven and stopped. Stop pin 10 which was retracted up to
For each denomination, control is performed to protrude the coin 3 in the coin passing range on the counting paths 105A to 105F and restrict the dispensing of coins exceeding the required dispensing number.

The coins fed from all the stored coin belt conveyors 86A to 86F of the coin type coin storing and feeding section 31 beyond the output coin counting sections 100A to 100F are fed from the ends of the stored coin belt conveyors 86A to 86F. The coin is dispensed to the dispensing tray 106 which forms the lower end of the coin dispensing port 18.

The above-described coin depositing and dispensing unit 1
In FIG. 3, a coin-type coin storage and dispensing unit 31 which is arranged in the horizontal direction and performs processing for each denomination, and a coin sorting and transporting unit 30 which extends in the horizontal direction to sort and transport coins to these coins.
And a top plate 83 interposed therebetween constitute the main portion 15.

Next, the deposit processing of the coin depositing and dispensing unit 13 will be described. When a coin is inserted into the coin receiving slot 17 and a deposit start operation is performed on the operation unit 21 or a higher-level machine, a control unit (not shown) drives the coin separating unit 28, the deposit transport unit 16, and the sorted coin transport unit 30. . Then
The coins are separated one by one in the coin separation unit 28 and the coin passage 5
1 is moved by the driving force of the transport belts 58 and 60 of the deposit transport section 16.

The control unit causes the discrimination unit 52 to discriminate the denomination of the coins conveyed one by one from the material and the outer diameter. For coins whose denomination cannot be discriminated, the coin is detected by the discrimination unit 52. The solenoid 69 is driven at a predetermined timing to reach the rejection
The coin is dropped from the reject hole 67 and stored in the reject box 75 via the reject chute 74. On the other hand, the coin whose denomination is determined is moved further downstream without dropping in the reject hole 67. Then, the coin is placed in the sorting hole 71A ~
The coins are dropped from the corresponding denomination of 71F and passed through the corresponding denominations of the sorted coin chutes 76A to 76E.
Sorted coin conveyors 77A to 77E correspond to the corresponding denominations, are sent by this, and stored coin belt conveyor 8
The coins are stored on the corresponding denominations of 6A to 86E, or are stored directly from the sorting coin chute 76F onto the belt conveyor 86F for the coins of the corresponding denomination.

At this time, the control unit controls each of the sorting holes 71A to 71A.
Counting sensor 72 provided at the position immediately before each of 1F
A to 72F are used to confirm the coins dropped in each of the sorting holes 71A to 71F from the detection state of those adjacent to each other before and after, and for the coins whose denominations have been discriminated by the discriminating unit 52, these counting sensors 72A When it is confirmed from the detection results of .about.72F that the coin has fallen into the corresponding denomination of the sorting holes 71A to 71F, the count value of the denomination is added to the coin.

On the other hand, the control unit determines that the coin whose denomination has been discriminated by the discriminating unit 52 does not fall to the corresponding denomination of the sorting holes 71A to 71F from the detection results of the counting sensors 72A to 72F. As soon as it is confirmed that the coin has been dropped by or passed by another denomination, the coin separating section 28, the deposit transport section 16 and the sorted coin transport section 3
The drive of 0 is stopped. Then, except for the coins having a sorting error except those falling into the sorting hole 71F for 500 yen, the coins do not reach the conveyors 86A to 86E for the stored coins, and are on the sorting conveyor belt conveyors 77A to 77E or the sorting passage 51. Because it is above, its collection is easy.

Here, as a matter of course, by providing the sorted coin belt conveyor 86F extending to the stored coin belt conveyor 86F below the sorted coin chute 76F for the 500 yen coin, as described above. Collection at the time of misselection can be facilitated. However, sorting holes 71A-7
In the 1F, since there is a lot of misselection on the upstream side where a large number of sheets pass, the possibility that coins drop by misselection on the most downstream 500 yen coin selection coin chute 71F is extremely low. As described above, if the coins dropped from the sorting hole 71F on the most downstream side are directly guided to the stored coin belt conveyor 86F by the coin sorting chute 76F, the cost can be reduced.

Then, finally, the control section includes the determination section 52
When a predetermined time elapses in a state where no coin is detected, the driving of the coin separating section 28, the deposit transport section 16 and the sorted coin transport section 30 is stopped, and the deposit processing is terminated. In the depositing process, the coin storing and feeding unit 3 according to the denomination is performed.
1 is not driven.

Next, the dispensing process of the coin depositing and dispensing unit 13 will be described. When a withdrawal start operation is performed on the operation unit 21 or a higher-level machine, the control unit controls the stored coin belt conveyors 86A to 86F and the withdrawal separation roller 90.
Is started, the number of coins to be paid out for each denomination in accordance with the set withdrawal amount is calculated, and the solenoids 104A to 104A-1 are paid out so as to pay out the coins for the number of payouts for each denomination.
Stop pin 1 by driving the denomination of 04F
03 is set in the retracted state. Then, the coins conveyed forward by the stored coin belt conveyors 86A to 86F are separated one by one by the withdrawal separation roller 90 only for the denominations in which the stop pins 103 are in the retracted state, and coins are dispensed. 18 is discharged to the dispensing tray 106. Then, the control unit controls the number of coins to be paid out among the solenoids 104A to 104F,
As for the denominations counted by the corresponding denominations of the counting sensors 102A to 102F, the driving thereof is stopped at a predetermined timing from the counting, and the discharge of coins exceeding that is regulated. In this way, when the number of payouts for all denominations is counted, all the solenoids 104A to 104A are counted.
By stopping the driving of F, only the number of coins to be paid out is paid out to the coin payout slot 18 for each denomination. When the number of coins to be paid out is counted by the counting sensors 102A to 102F for all the denominations, the control unit ensures that the coins are dispensed from the coin dispensing port 18.
After the elapse of a predetermined time period, the drive of the stored coin belt conveyors 86A to 86F and the dispensing separation roller 90 is stopped, and the dispensing process ends.

Next, the bill receiving / dispensing unit 14 will be described. As shown in FIG. 7, the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 14 is provided at the front upper portion thereof to receive the deposited banknote, and the banknote depositing port 23 described above is provided at the rear of the banknote depositing port 23. A bill separating unit 110 for separating and feeding out the deposited bills one by one;
In the unit 14, the bills separated by 10 are transported in the unit 14 along the upper surface, the rear surface, and the lower surface of the unit 14, and in the middle of the upper portion of the bill transporting path 111 behind the bill separating unit 110. Provided, the payment discriminating unit 112 for discriminating the denomination from the external shape, magnetic properties, and the like of the bill to be conveyed, and a bill provided according to the denomination determined by the deposit discriminating unit 112, provided behind the deposit discriminating unit 112. A first sorting unit 113 and a second sorting unit 114 for sorting,
The banknotes of a specific denomination, which are provided below each of the sorting unit 113 and the second sorting unit 114 and are sorted by these, are stacked in a state where the front and back surfaces of the banknotes are arranged vertically, and the bottom of the banknotes as necessary. Banknote transport path 111 one by one from
The first banknote storage and feeding unit 115 and the second banknote storage and feeding unit 116 that can be fed to the lower portion of the banknote, and the first banknote storage and feeding unit 115 and the second banknote storage and feeding provided in the lower portion of the banknote transport path 111 And a withdrawal determination unit 117 that detects double feed of bills fed from the unit 116.

The banknote depositing / dispensing unit 14 is provided on the downstream side in the transport direction of the dispensing discriminating section 117 in the banknote transporting path 111, and detects double feed or the like at the time of dispensing, thereby discriminating that it is not suitable for dispensing. The banknote that has been discarded, the banknote that has been determined to be unfit for use in dispensing by recirculating by detecting dirt / tear etc. at the time of depositing, and the first banknote if necessary. Bill storage and delivery unit 115
And a third sorting unit 119 that sorts bills fed out when collected from the second bill storage / feeding unit 116 (hereinafter collectively referred to as all collected bills), and the third sorting unit 1.
The banknote safe 26 described above, which stores the collected banknotes sorted by the banknote 19 and is detachable from the unit 14, and the banknote outlet 24 described above having an outer door 25.
Is provided so as to be able to protrude and withdraw from the bill dispensing port 24 and is made normal by the dispensing determination unit 117,
And a bill dispensing tray 120 for placing the bills conveyed from No. 1 thereon, projecting the bills out of the machine, and opening the outer door 25 at the time of protruding to enable removal.

Here, the entire deposit processing of the banknote deposit and withdrawal unit 14 will be described. When a deposit start operation is performed on the operation unit 21 or a higher-level machine in a state where a bill is set in the bill deposit port 23, the control unit (not shown) causes the bill deposit port 2
In the bill separating unit 110 provided immediately after the third bill, the bills in the stacked state are separated and fed out one by one from the lower one, transported by the bill transporting unit 111, and authenticated / corrected by the deposit determining unit 112. The loss and the denomination are determined.

The first banknote storing and feeding unit 115 stores any one of two denominations (thousands and 5,000s) recirculated as bills for dispensing among the denominations to be handled. The second banknote storage / delivery unit 116 is set to store one of the other single denominations, and the banknotes determined to be true by the deposit determination unit 112 are stored in the first banknote storage / delivery unit 115. If the denomination is a denomination, the control unit places the bill in the first
When the denomination is a denomination to be transported from the banknote transporting section 111 to the first banknote storing and feeding section 115 by the sorting section 113 and stored in the second banknote storing and feeding section 116, the banknote is transferred to the second sorting section 114.
To transport the paper money from the paper money transport unit 111 to the second paper money storage and delivery unit 116. Further, other bills are stored in the bill transport unit 11.
At 1, the bills are conveyed further downstream than the second bill storage / feeding unit 116, and are sorted by the third sorting unit 119, and among them, genuine bills (10,000 bills) of denominations that are not used for recycle and impaired bills of all denominations While stored in the banknote safe 26, counterfeit bills or indistinguishable banknotes determined to be indistinguishable (double feed) are placed on the bill dispensing tray 120 of the bill dispensing port 24 at the lowest position as reject bills. The paper money dispensing tray 120 is returned by being protruded outside the machine.

Next, the entire dispensing process of the bill receiving / dispensing unit 14 will be described. When a withdrawal start operation is performed on the operation unit 21 or the host machine, the control unit calculates the number of payouts of each denomination (in this case, 1,000 and 5,000 tickets) according to the withdrawal amount, and The bills corresponding to the number of payouts are fed out one by one from the first banknote storage and feeding unit 115 and the second banknote storage and feeding unit 116 for each seed. The control unit outputs the fed bill,
First banknote storage and feeding unit 115 and second banknote storage and feeding unit 1
16 is counted by a sensor (not shown) provided in each of the banknotes, and fed into the banknote conveyance path 111, and the withdrawal discrimination unit 117 detects double feed and the like. The bill is fed to the bill dispensing tray 120 at the lowermost stream. On the other hand, the banknote for which double feed or the like has been detected is excluded from the count value of the sensor and stored in the banknote safe 26 by the third sorting unit 119.

As described above, when all the banknotes corresponding to the payout amount are fed from the first banknote storing and feeding section 115 and the second banknote storing and feeding section 116, the control section controls the first banknote storing and feeding section 115 and the banknote storing and feeding section 115. The second banknote storage / feeding unit 116 is stopped when the payout is completed individually, and finally the payout from both is completed, and the banknote finally paid out is sent to the banknote payout tray 120. At the same time, the banknote conveying path 111 is stopped, and the banknote dispensing tray 120 is protruded out of the machine.
5 is opened so that all dispensed banknotes can be taken out at once.

Next, the entire collection processing of the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 14 will be described. The case where all the bills in the bill depositing / dispensing unit 14 are collected at the end of business or the like,
Bill storage and delivery unit 115 or second bill storage and delivery unit 11
In the case where the fullness of the banknotes stored in the banknote 6 is detected by a full sensor (not shown), the operation unit 21 is provided on the condition that the payment processing and the payment processing are not performed.
Alternatively, when the collection start operation is performed on the upper machine, the control unit, when collecting all the banknotes in the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 14, is stored in the first banknote storing and feeding unit 115 and the second banknote storing and feeding unit 116. The banknotes are separated one by one and fed out to the banknote transport path 111.
And stored in the banknote safe 26 at the third sorting unit 119.

When the banknotes stored in the first banknote storage / feeding unit 115 or the second banknote storage / feeding unit 116 are full, only one of the banknotes which is full is collected out of the stored banknotes. The sheets are separated one by one and fed out to the banknote transport path 111, conveyed through the banknote transport path 111, and stored in the banknote safe 26 by the third sorting unit 119. During the depositing process, when the banknotes stored in the first banknote storage / feeding unit 115 or the second banknote storage / feeding unit 116 are full, the control unit determines that all banknotes of the corresponding denomination after the banknote are full. The third sorting unit 11 is transported in the bill transport path 111 and stored in the corresponding denomination of the first bill storage and delivery unit 115 and the second bill storage and delivery unit 116.
At 9, it is stored in the banknote safe 26.

Next, the configuration of each part of the bill receiving / dispensing unit 14 will be further described. First, the bill separator 110 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the bills deposited in the bill receiving port 23 are horizontally extended from the bill receiving port 23 to the bill separating section 110.
The bill stacking section 110 is placed in a state of being vertically abutted with its front and back sides up and down and vertically lengthwise oriented in a horizontal direction, and substantially abutted against a later-described feeding roller 123 and separation roller 124 of the banknote separation section 110. Is done.

Below the bottom plate 122, kick-out shafts 127 rotatably supported at both ends by unit frames 125 and 126 arranged on both sides of the bottom plate 122 are provided in a horizontally arranged state in the left-right direction. At the position between the unit frames 125 and 126 of the ejection shaft 127, three ejection rollers 128 whose entire outer peripheral surfaces are made of friction members are fixed in parallel. All the ejection rollers 128 are provided on the bottom plate 1.
The lowermost banknotes in the above described state are placed on all of the ejection rollers 128 so as to protrude from the opening (not shown) of FIG.

At a lower position of the bottom plate 122 behind the kick roller 128, a feeding shaft 130 rotatably supported at both ends by the unit frames 125 and 126 is provided in a state horizontally arranged in the left-right direction. At the position between the unit frames 125 and 126 of the feed shaft 130, two feed rollers 123 each having a part of the outer peripheral surface made of a friction member 131 are fixed in parallel. Each of the feed rollers 123 has two annular grooves 132 formed therein. These feeding rollers 123 are protruded from an opening (not shown) of the bottom plate 122 to the same height above the bottom plate 122.

A transport roller shaft 134 rotatably supported at both ends by unit frames 125 and 126 is provided horizontally below in the left and right direction at a position below the bottom plate 122 behind the feed roller 123. At the position between the unit frames 125 and 126 of the transport roller shaft 134, two transport rollers 135 each having an outer peripheral surface made of a friction member are fixed in parallel. These transport rollers 135
Are protruded from the opening (not shown) of the bottom plate 122 at the same height above the bottom plate 122.

Each of the unit frames 125 and 126 is provided with a support shaft 136 fixed to both ends thereof at a position rearward of the transport roller shaft 134 in a state where the support shaft 136 is horizontally arranged in the horizontal direction. A support member 137 is fixed to the outside of 136. Then, the support member 137
On the opposite side to the support shaft 136, a separation shaft 138 is provided in a state where the separation shaft 138 is horizontally arranged in the left-right direction and both ends thereof are supported. Are separated and fixed in parallel. These separation rollers 124 have annular groove portions 1.
40 are formed one by one, so that both side portions of each groove 140 can be inserted into each of the two grooves 132 of each feed roller 123.

Here, the separation member 138 is supported by the support member 13.
7, a one-way clutch 141 is interposed therebetween. With this one-way clutch 141, only rotation in the direction of moving the lower portion of the separation roller 124 forward (clockwise direction in FIG. 9) is allowed, and The rotation in the direction is regulated. Further, support members 142 are fixed at positions outside the support members 137 of the support shafts 136, respectively. A feed roller 143 whose outer peripheral surface is made of a friction member is
Each is rotatably supported. The feed rollers 143 are mounted on the transport roller 135 and rotate with the rotation of the transport roller 135. Note that the support member 142 includes a feed roller 143.
The plate is shaped like a leaf spring so as to urge and push in the direction of the transport roller 135.

Here, the portion of the transport roller shaft 134 projecting outward from the unit frame 126 is provided with the pulley 14.
5 is fixed, and the driving force of a motor (not shown) is transmitted through a drive transmission belt 146 having one side hung on the pulley 145. A pulley 147 is fixed to a portion of the transport roller shaft 134 that protrudes outward from the unit frame 125 on the other side, and a portion of the feed shaft 130 that protrudes outside the same unit frame 125 is A pulley 149 is supported via a clutch 148 that can be disconnected from the pulley 149.
A belt 150 is wound between 7,149. Further, a pulley 151 is fixed to a portion of the feeding shaft 130 projecting outside the unit frame 126, and a pulley 152 is also fixed to a portion of the ejection shaft 127 projecting outside the same unit frame 126. A belt 155 is wound between the pulleys 151 and 152. In addition, the unit frame 125 of the ejection shaft 127
The portion protruding further outward includes the unit frame 125
Brake 1 that can stop the rotation of the ejection shaft 127 between
53 are interposed.

As described above, the clutch 148 is connected (O
N), when the brake 153 is released (OFF), the driving force input via the drive transmission belt 146 is applied to the pulley 145, the transport roller shaft 134, and the pulley 14.
7, belt 150, pulley 149, feeding shaft 130, pulley 151, belt 155, pulley 152, and kick shaft 1.
27, and the conveying roller 135, the feeding roller 123, and the kicking roller 128 are integrally rotated so that their respective upper portions move from front to rear. On the other hand, the clutch 148 is disengaged (OFF) and the brake 153 is operated (O
N), the driving force input via the drive transmission belt 146 is applied to the pulley 145, the conveying roller shaft 134, the pulley 147, the belt 150, and the pulley 14.
9 is not transmitted to the feed shaft 130 and thereafter, and the feed roller 123 and the kicking roller 128 are stopped by the brake 153 although the transport roller 135 rotates in the same direction as described above.

In this embodiment, the feeding roller 1
The pulley ratio, the roller diameter, and the like are set such that the transport speed of the banknotes by the transport roller 135 is higher than the feeding speed of the banknotes by the banknote 23. As shown in FIG. 9, on the rear side (downstream side in the transport direction) of the transport roller 135 and the feed roller 143, a light emitting element that detects the banknote by detecting the banknote by interrupting the optical path by the banknote sent out from the roller and the feed roller 143. Timing sensor 15 composed of elements
4 are provided.

Next, the operation of the above-described bill separator 110 will be described. When a payment start operation is performed on the operation unit 21 or a higher-level machine, a control unit (not shown)
53 turns on the clutch 148 in the OFF state and drives a motor (not shown). Then, the ejection roller 12
8, the feeding roller 123 and the conveying roller 135 rotate clockwise in FIG.
43 goes around.

As a result, the lowermost one of the stacked banknotes S is kicked in the direction of the feeding roller 123 by the frictional force between the lower surface thereof and the kicking roller 128 whose entire circumference is formed of a friction member. It comes into contact with the feeding roller 123. Then, the friction member 131 of the ejection roller 128 and the delivery roller 123 is provided.
The bill S is moved until it comes into contact with the separation roller 124 due to the frictional force between the bill S. Here, since the rotation of the separation roller 124 is restricted by the one-way clutch 141 in the moving direction of the banknote S and the banknote S is in a stopped state, a plurality of banknotes S may be sent between the feeding roller 123 and the separation roller 124. The frictional force is generated between the upper surface of the bill S and the separation roller 124, and the movement of the upper bill S is regulated.
Only the lower banknote S in which a frictional force is generated between the feeding roller 123 and the friction member 131 is separated and fed. In this way, the bills S are separated and fed one by one.

Here, the friction member 13 of the feeding roller 123
1 in the bill feeding direction is the feeding roller 12
3 and the distance from the banknote holding position of the separation roller 124 to the downstream side of the transport roller 135 and the feed roller 143 between the banknote holding position. At the time when the paper money S reaches the clamping position from the state where the paper money S is not at the clamping position, the paper money S is transported by being clamped.
And the feed roller 143, the banknote S fed by the friction member 131 by the feed roller 123 can be reliably fed between the transport roller 135 and the feed roller 143.

The transport speed of the banknote S on the transport roller 135 side is set higher than the transport speed on the feed roller 123 side.
The frictional member 131 of the feed roller 123 is separated from the holding position of the bill S when the bill S is reached between the bill S and the feed roller 143, so that the bill S is pulled by the transport roller 135 and the feed roller 143. However, an unreasonable load is not applied to the bill S. In addition, it goes without saying that the outer peripheral surface portion other than the friction member 131 of the feeding roller 123 is
The friction coefficient is set to be much lower than that of the friction member 131, and the bill S cannot be fed out in this portion.

Here, in this embodiment, the feeding roller 123 is made compact. That is,
The diameter of the feeding roller 123 is such that one bill S
The outer peripheral length of the friction member 131 for reliably feeding the paper money from the roller 23 to the transport roller 135 and the frictional member for the next paper money S so as to provide a predetermined space between the paper money S and the next paper money S after being fed out. Since the outer peripheral length of the non-frictional member portion is required to prevent the 131 from coming into contact, there is a limit in reducing the size of the non-frictional member portion, and the outer peripheral length of the non-frictional member portion is forcibly shortened to achieve compactness. The billing interval between the bill and the bill is not sufficient.
Distribution unit 113, second distribution unit 114, and third distribution unit 11
This causes a transport failure such as a sorting error in No. 9. For this reason, in this embodiment, the feeding roller 123
Of the non-frictional member of the
Friction member 13 for holding and transporting bill S by rotation of 3
The friction member 1 is located at a position away from the holding position of the bill S.
Until the position of the bill 31 starts to clamp the next bill S (hereinafter, referred to as a standby position), the control unit operates the clutch 1 for a predetermined time to obtain a sufficient bill S feeding interval.
By turning off the switch 48 and applying the brake 153, the feeding roller 123 and the ejection roller 128 are stopped while the transport roller 135 is rotated.

Here, the above-described timing sensor 154 is used to detect that the feeding roller 123 is at the standby position. That is, as described above, when the leading end of the bill S is fed between the transport roller 135 and the feed roller 143, the friction member 131 of the feed roller 123
Is separated from the bill S, as shown in FIG. 10, a timing sensor 154 is provided near the rear side of the transport roller 135 and the feed roller 143 so that the leading end of the fed bill S is And feed roller 143
Is detected by the timing sensor 154 immediately after the time has passed.

When the timing sensor 154 switches from a state in which the leading end of the bill S is not detected to a state in which the leading end of the bill S is detected, the control unit releases the clutch 148 and applies the brake 153, as shown in FIG. To stop the feeding roller 123. At this point, the length of the non-friction member portion of the feeding roller 123 is set to such an extent that the non-friction member portion contacts the next bill S.
In this stop state, as shown in FIG. 11, from the time when the timing sensor 154 switches from the passage of the bill S, that is, the state in which the bill S has been detected to the state in which the bill S is not detected, the next bill S is fed out. Banknote S
When a predetermined standby time for providing a predetermined interval has elapsed, the control unit connects the clutch 148, releases the brake 153, and rotates the feeding roller 123. As described above, even if the feeding roller 123 is made compact, a predetermined feeding interval can be reliably provided between the bills S.

The standby time is determined by the interval between the bills S, the positional relationship between the timing sensor 154, the feed roller 123 and the transport roller 135, the shape, the rotation speed and the feed speed of the feed roller 123, and the transport roller. It is determined from the transport speed after 135. In addition, in the above, since the timing at which the passage of the bill, that is, the rear end is detected by the timing sensor 154, the timing at which the clutch 148 is engaged and the brake 153 is released is measured. Although a predetermined interval can be provided accurately, the timing at which the clutch 148 is engaged and the brake 153 is released may be measured from the time when the front end of the bill is detected by the timing sensor 154. In this case, in order to increase the distance between the front end of the bill S and the front end of the next bill S, the interval between the bills S is slightly different depending on the denomination, but the control is simplified. can do.

Further, the position of the timing sensor 154 is not limited to the above, and can be provided at various positions. The interval between the bills S and the timing sensor 154 can be set according to the position of the timing sensor 154. The timing of disengaging the clutch 148 and applying the brake 153, the connection of the clutch 148 and the brake 153 are determined based on the positional relationship between the feeding roller 123 and the conveying roller 135, the shape and speed of the feeding roller 123, and the speed after the conveying roller 135. By controlling the timing at which the bill is released, a predetermined payout interval can be reliably provided between the bills S.

In addition, as means for detecting that the vehicle is at the standby position, the above-described timing sensor 15 is used.
Alternatively, a position detection sensor that directly detects the rotation position of the feeding roller 123 may be used. In this case, at the time when the position detection sensor detects that the vehicle is at the standby position, the control unit disengages the clutch 148 and applies the brake 153. At a point in time when a predetermined time required for providing the feeding interval has elapsed, the clutch 148 is engaged and the brake 153 is released. As such a position detection sensor, for example,
A detecting piece is fixed to a feeding shaft 130 to which the feeding roller 123 is fixed, and a light emitting element and a light receiving element for detecting that the feeding roller 123 is at a standby position by interrupting an optical path by the detecting piece and the detecting piece. And the like can be adopted.

Further, the timing sensor 154 is used in combination with a position detection sensor for directly detecting the rotation position of the feed roller 123, and for example, the timing of disengaging the clutch 148 and applying the brake 153 is determined by the detection of the position detection sensor. The timing at which the clutch 148 is engaged and the brake 153 is released may be measured by detecting a timing sensor.

Next, the bill conveying path 111 and the first sorting section 11
The third and second distribution units 114 will be described. The banknote transport path 111 transports the banknotes sent out by the transport roller 135 and the feed roller 143 of the banknote separation unit 110 at the same speed as these. As shown in FIG. A first transport unit 156 provided behind the banknote separation unit 110 and provided to pass the banknote sent from the banknote separation unit 110 through the deposit determination unit 112, and a first transfer unit 156 on the upper surface side of the unit 14. A second transport unit 157 provided behind the first transport unit 156 and provided to pass the bill through the first sorting unit 113 or the second sorting unit 114, and a second transport unit 157 provided on the lower surface side of the unit 14, A third transport unit 158 that transports the banknotes that have passed through the first sorting unit 113 and the second sorting unit 114 and the banknotes that have been fed from the first banknote storing and feeding unit 115 and the second banknote storing and feeding unit 116. It has and the like.

The second transport unit 157 will be described as an example of the bill transport path 111. The second transport unit 157 includes a movable-side transport unit 160 detachably provided outside the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 14, a fixed-side transport unit 161 fixed inside the mounting position of the movable-side transport unit 160, The fixed-side transport unit 161 is provided with a first distribution unit 113 and a second distribution unit 114.

The movable transfer unit 160 will be described with reference to the state of attachment to the fixed transfer unit 161. The movable transfer unit 160 is a vertically arranged state, and has a pair of left and right plate-shaped unit frames 162 and 163 whose longitudinal direction is along the front-rear direction, and connects these between the unit frames 162 and 163. A plurality of plate-like support members 164 horizontally arranged as described above, and a rotatable rotation shaft 165 and a drive shaft 166 horizontally arranged along the left-right direction before and after these support members 164, are separated from each other in the left-right direction. Two pulleys 1 fixed to a rotating shaft 165
67, and two pulleys 16 fixed to the drive shaft 166 in the same horizontal position as the two pulleys 167.
8 and the front and rear pulleys 167 and 16 that are aligned in the left-right direction.
8, and a plurality of leaf spring-like support members 170 provided in a state supported by the support members 164 at positions inside the respective transport belts 169. And each conveyor belt 1
It has an urging roller 171 rotatably supported by a support member 170 at a position inside 69. The drive shaft 166 is driven by a driving force from a motor (not shown).

The fixed-side transport unit 161 is a pair of left and right plate-shaped unit frames 173 and 174 extending in the front-rear direction in a vertically arranged state, and is connected between the unit frames 173 and 174. The two guide plates 17 are arranged substantially horizontally with an interval in front and rear.
5,176. These guide plates 17
5 and 176 are unit frames 173 and 174, respectively.
Is detachably attached by a screw member 177 (only the rear guide plate 176 shows the screw member 177).
A shaft hole 178 is formed in the unit frame 173 at the rear end position in the transport direction.
A notch 179 that extends upward is formed at the bottom.

An opening 180 is formed in the front guide plate 175 at the same position in the center in the front-rear direction and is spaced apart from side to side. The two feed rollers 181 that are rotatably supported by each have an upper part protruding from the opening 180. Further, at the rear end position of the guide plate 175, a cutout portion 182 is formed to be separated to the left and right, and is rotatably supported between the unit frames 173 and 174 while being horizontally arranged in the left and right direction. Transport rollers 184 fixed coaxially to the driven shaft 183
However, the upper front side protrudes from these notches 182. The drive shaft 183 is driven by a driving force from a motor (not shown).

The substantially plate-shaped distribution member 1 of the first distribution section 113 is located between the guide plate 175 and the guide plate 176 behind the guide plate 175.
86 are provided between the transport rollers 184 and on both outer sides thereof. The distribution member 186 is rotatably supported between the unit frames 173 and 174 while being horizontally disposed in the left-right direction. Is fixed to the drive shaft 187. The distribution member 186 includes guide plates 175 and 176.
And a swing state in which the front end side is positioned upward by the rotation of the drive shaft 187. The drive shaft 187 is independently driven by a driving force from a motor (not shown).

Openings 188 are formed in the rear guide plate 176 at the same position in the center in the front-rear direction and are separated from each other in the left and right directions. I have. And the guide plate 176
The two feed rollers 190, which are rotatably supported in a state where the axis is horizontally arranged in the left-right direction below the upper side, project from the opening 188, and similarly, the other two feed rollers 191 are provided. Has an opening 18
9. Further, a cutout portion 192 which is formed at the rear end position of the guide plate 176 is formed to be separated to the left and right, and is rotatably supported in a state of being horizontally arranged in the left and right direction between the unit frames 173 and 174. Two conveyance rollers 194 coaxially fixed to the drive shaft 193 protrude from the notch 192 toward the upper front side. The drive shaft 193 is driven by a driving force from a motor (not shown).

At the rear side of the guide plate 176, a substantially plate-shaped distributing member 196 of the second distributing unit 114 is provided.
It is provided in a state arranged between and on both outer sides,
The distribution member 196 includes the unit frames 173 and 174.
It is fixed to a drive shaft 197 that is rotatably supported while being horizontally arranged in the left-right direction. The distribution member 196
Can be switched between a closed state, which is substantially flush with the guide plates 175, 176, and an open state, in which the drive shaft 197 rotates to swing the front end side upward. The drive shaft 197 is independently driven by a driving force from a motor (not shown). Distributing member 196
On the rear side, a support shaft 198 rotatably supported in a state horizontally disposed in the horizontal direction between the unit frames 173 and 174, and two support rollers 199 fixed coaxially to the support shaft 198. Is provided.

Then, the movable side transport unit 160
Is arranged horizontally by inserting one end of the drive shaft 166 into the shaft hole 178 from the side and inserting the other end into the notch 179 from above. In this state, the whole is fixed. It is placed on the side transfer unit 161. In this state, each transport belt 169 of the movable transport unit 160
Is a feed roller 1 aligned in the left and right directions.
81, transport rollers 184, feed rollers 190 and 191,
It is placed on the transport roller 194 and the support roller 199. In this state, the urging roller 171 of the movable-side transport unit 160 is located above the transport roller 184, the feed rollers 190 and 191 and the transport roller 194, and the transport roller 184, the feed roller 190,
191 and the conveying roller 194 to the conveying belt 169
Is pressed by the urging force of the support member 170 to increase the clamping force of the bills conveyed between them.

When the banknotes are to be transported without being sorted, the control unit rotates the drive shaft 166 of the movable side transport unit 160 by a motor (not shown) to move the lower surface of the transport belt 169 from front to rear. In addition, the drive shafts 183 and 193 of the fixed-side transport unit 161 are rotated by a motor (not shown) to rotate the transport rollers 184 and 185 so that the upper portions thereof move from front to rear. At this time, the feed rollers 181, 190, 1
91 also rotates with the driving force of the conveyor belt 169. The transport belt 169 and the transport rollers 184 and 194 are set to obtain the same transport speed. When bills are conveyed from the upstream side in this state, for example, when the bills are not rubbed, the conveying belt 169 is guided while guiding the lower side by the guide plates 175 and 176 and the sorting members 186 and 196 in the closed state. , Feed roller 181, transport roller 18
4. The bill is transported between the feed rollers 190 and 191, the transport roller 194, and the support roller 199.

On the other hand, for example, in the case where the first sorting unit 113 sorts, after the bills that should not be sorted have passed through the sorting member 186, the bills to be sorted are located in front of the sorting member 186. At a predetermined timing, the drive shaft 187 to which the distributing member 186 is fixed is driven, and the distributing member 186 is swung to open. Thereby, the movement of the bill is guided downward by the sorting member 186,
The sheet is conveyed downward by the driving force of the conveying roller 184 and is guided to the first banknote storage and feeding unit 115. Then, after the bills to be sorted are sorted, the drive shaft 187 to which the sorting member 186 is fixed is driven at a predetermined timing at which the next bill to be sorted is located in front of the sorting member 186, and 186 is closed.

In order to sort bills that are continuously conveyed, after the last bill to be sorted is sorted, the next bill to be sorted is moved to the front sorting member 1.
The distribution member 186 is kept open until a predetermined timing located in front of the distribution member 86. Also in the case where sorting is performed by the second sorting unit 114, the rear sorting member 196 and the drive shaft 197 are operated instead of the sorting member 186 and the drive shaft 187, and the second banknote is transferred via the transport roller 194. It is the same as the above except that it is guided to the storage and delivery section 116.

According to the second transport section 157 as described above,
The movable transfer unit 160 is fixed to the fixed transfer unit 161.
Is movable about the drive shaft 166, so that when the banknotes conveyed between them are jammed or the like, the movable side transport unit 160 is swung to thereby fix the fixed side transport unit 161. Can be easily opened, so that operations such as collecting jam banknotes can be easily performed. Also, with respect to the fixed-side transport unit 161, one end of the drive shaft 166 is removed upward from the notch 179, and then the other end is removed from the shaft hole 178, whereby the movable-side transport unit 160 is removed from the fixed-side transport unit 161. The movable movable unit 1 on the outer side, which can be easily removed as described above,
60 is provided with a transport belt 169, and the fixed-side transport unit 160, which is difficult to remove, is provided with feed rollers 181, 190, 191 and transport rollers 18 without providing a transport belt.
Since only the rollers such as 4,194 are used, even when the transport belt is relatively easily damaged, the transport belt can be easily replaced, and the recovery operation can be performed more efficiently.

In addition, since the guide plates 175 and 176 are also attached to the unit frames 173 and 174 with the screw members 177 in the fixed-side transport unit 161, even if the feed rollers 181, 190 and 191 are damaged, , The screw member 177 is removed, and the guide plates 175, 1
76, and new feed rollers 181, 190, 1
By attaching new guide plates 175 and 176 to which the 91 is attached to the unit frames 173 and 174 with the screw members 177, it is possible to cope with the situation and to improve the efficiency of the recovery work.

In the above description, the second transport section 157 has been described as an example, but the first transport section 157 and the third transport section 158 have the same configuration. That is, as shown in FIG. 7, in the first transport unit 156, the urging roller 201 is disposed inside the movable transport unit (not shown) on the upper side, and the transport belt 202 is provided on the upper side. In the fixed-side transport unit, only a roller such as the feed roller 203 is provided without providing a transport belt as a configuration related to transport. Similarly, in the third transport unit 158, the urging roller 204 is disposed inside the lower movable side transport unit (not shown), and the transport belt 205 is provided. As a configuration related to conveyance, only a roller such as the feed roller 206 is provided without providing a conveyance belt.

Next, the first bill storing and feeding section 115 and the second bill storing and feeding section 116 will be described. The first banknote storing and feeding section 115 and the second banknote storing and feeding section 116 are respectively provided with the upright plate sections 20 arranged in the left-right direction in a vertical state.
And a bottom plate portion 209 extending horizontally from the lower end of the standing plate portion 208 to the rear.
9 and a separate plate portion 211 arranged in the left-right direction in a substantially vertical state above the extension tip side of the extension member 9, and the first sorting portion 113 and the second sorting portion 114 correspond to each other and are sorted from the bill conveyance path 111. It has an introduction roller 212 and a feed roller 213 for discharging the bills fed and conveyed in a substantially horizontal state in the storage housing 210 in the forward direction. An impeller 214 for hitting the rear end of the abutted bill downward is provided.

Further, below the first bill storing and feeding section 115 and the second bill storing and feeding section 116, a bill separating and feeding section 215 similar to the above-mentioned bill separating section 110 is provided. That is, on the lower side of the bottom plate portion 209, three kick-out rollers 128 whose entire outer peripheral surfaces are made of a friction member are provided in parallel with the axis line horizontally arranged in the left-right direction (only one is illustrated). ). All of the ejection rollers 128 protrude from the opening (not shown) of the bottom plate portion 209 to the same height above the bottom plate portion 209, and are the lowest one of the bills stored in the storage housing 210. Is mounted on all the ejection rollers 128.

At the lower position of the bottom plate portion 209 behind the kick-out roller 128, there are provided two feed-out rollers 123 each having a friction member 131, part of the outer peripheral surface of which is horizontally arranged in the horizontal direction. They are provided in parallel (only one is shown). Although not shown, two annular grooves are formed in each of the feed rollers 123. These feeding rollers 123 are protruded at the same height above the bottom plate portion 209.

At the lower position of the bottom plate portion 209 on the rear side of the feed roller 123, two conveying rollers 135 having a friction member on the entire outer peripheral surface are provided in parallel with the axis line horizontally arranged in the left-right direction. (Only one is shown). These transport rollers 135 project above the bottom plate 209 at the same height. In the upper position of the feeding roller 123,
In a state where the axis is horizontally arranged in the left-right direction, two separation rollers 124 whose entire outer peripheral surfaces are formed of friction members are provided in parallel (only one is shown). These separation rollers 124
Is formed with a single annular groove (not shown).
3 can be inserted into each of the two grooves.

Here, the one-way clutch (not shown) allows the separation roller 124 to rotate only in the direction in which the lower portion moves forward (clockwise direction in FIG. 7), and restricts rotation in the reverse direction. It has become. On the transport roller 135, a feed roller 143 having a friction member on the entire outer peripheral surface is provided in a state in which the axis is horizontally arranged in the left-right direction and is urged toward the transport roller 135. The kicking roller 128 and the feeding roller 123 are configured to rotate integrally with each other, and the rotation can be stopped by a brake (not shown). In addition, the transport roller 135 is connected to these via a clutch (not shown). The transmission and cutoff of the driving force can be switched, and
A driving force from a motor (not shown) is transmitted to 35.

When the banknote is fed to the banknote transport path 111, similarly to the above-mentioned banknote separation unit 110,
The control unit turns on the clutch while the brake is off.
Then, by driving a motor (not shown), the lowermost one of the stacked banknotes is kicked out by a kicking-out roller 128, and one by one by the friction member 131 of the feeding roller 123 and the separating roller 124. Separately let out. Then, the fed banknotes are conveyed by being sandwiched between the conveyance roller 135 and the feed roller 143 on the downstream side, and the friction member 131
When the paper is separated from the bill, the clutch is turned off and the brake is turned on to stop the kicking roller 128 and the feeding roller 123 for a predetermined time in order to make a space between the bill and the next bill, and then the brake is turned off and the clutch is turned on. Then, the next bill is fed by the friction member 131.

The first bill storing and feeding section 115 and the second bill storing and feeding section 116 further include a bill press section 217,
218 are provided. These bill press sections 217 and 218 are used to eject the bills when the bills are fed.
8, the stored bills are pressed from above to press the bills, and when the bills are received, the bills released from the introduction roller 212 are guided.

As shown in FIG. 13, the front building press section 217 is horizontally arranged in the left-right direction at the front position of the corresponding storage housing 210, and
A drive shaft 220 rotatably supported by the drive shaft 19, and fixed to the drive shaft 220, and extends into a bill storage space inside the storage housing 210 and the separate plate portion 211 (not shown in FIG. 13). A support arm 221;
And a bill press 223 swingably supported about a swing shaft 222 horizontally arranged in the left-right direction at the extending end of the bill press 223. Here, the bill press 223 has a substantially plate shape, and is supported so as to be suspended by the swing shaft 222 at a predetermined intermediate position in the front-rear direction in a substantially horizontally extended state. When a bill is pressed, it can be pressed in a substantially horizontal state. The drive shaft 220 is provided with a spring member 224 for urging the bill press 223 to move downward, between the drive shaft 220 and the unit frame 219. An arm member 226 is fixed to the drive shaft 220. On the opposite side of the arm member 226 from the drive shaft 220, a roller 227 is rotatable with its axis horizontally arranged in the left-right direction. Installed.

Roller 227 in Bill Press 217
A cam 228 capable of contacting the roller 227 is provided on the front side thereof with its axis lined horizontally in the left-right direction, and the cam 228 contacts the roller 227 with a cam surface 229 having the maximum diameter. Then, the roller 227 is pressed rearward to swing the arm member 226, and the drive shaft 220 fixed to the arm member 226 is rotated to swing the support arm 221 fixed to the drive shaft 220. Press 22
3 will be raised.

Here, the cam 228 has a cam surface 22 having a shape in which a portion at a constant distance from the rotation center is formed in a predetermined range.
When the roller 227 is placed on the cam surface 229, as shown in FIG. 13, the bill press 223 is positioned at a certain ascending limit position. The bill press 223 is provided with a spring member 230 that urges the rear side of the bill press 223 downward.
Is in a state where the front side abuts on the support arm 221 by the urging force of the spring member 230. The spring member 230 is to keep the bill press 223 in contact with the support arm 221 in a state where the bill press 223 does not receive another external force, thereby preventing unnecessary swing.

The bill press 223 is slightly inclined with respect to the horizontal so that the rear side thereof is located upward when the bill press 223 is in the above-described ascending limit position and is in contact with the support arm 221 by the urging force of the spring member 230. The height of the rear end portion is located near the bill introduction position of the introduction roller 212 and the feed roller 213 and slightly above the bill introduction position. In a portion of the cam 228 which is off the cam surface 229, as shown in FIG.
28, and in this state, the bill press 223 is lowered as much as possible by its own weight and the urging force of the spring member 224.

In the above description, the front building press section 217 has been described.
A drive shaft 232, a support arm 233, a swing shaft 234, a bill press 235, a spring member 236, an arm member 237, a roller 238, a cam 240 having a cam surface 239, and a spring member 241 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 14, the cam 228 for the front bill press section 217 is fixed to the unit frame 219 via a fixed shaft 243 fixed horizontally and horizontally at the front position of the drive shaft 220. A gear 244 and a pulley 245 are coaxially fixed to the cam 228. Rear building press section 2
18 is rotatably supported by a fixed shaft 247 horizontally arranged in the left-right direction at a position in front of the drive shaft 232. The fixed shaft 247 is connected to the unit frame 2.
It is fixed to a support member 246 fixed to 19. A pulley 248 is coaxially fixed to the cam 240. The pulley 245 and the pulley 248 are aligned in the left-right direction by the support member 246, and a belt 249 is hung between the pulleys 245 and 248 in a state where the front and rear cams 228 and 240 are in phase. ing.
A motor 251 is attached to the unit frame 219 via a support member (not shown), and the gear 253 fixed to the drive shaft 252 of the motor 251
4 so that the motor 251
The front and rear cams 228 and 240 are integrally rotated by the same driving force in the same phase.

That is, at the time of the deposit processing, the control unit drives the motor 251 to rotate the front and rear cams 228 and 240 so that the rollers 227 and 238 corresponding to the respective cam surfaces 229 and 239 are lifted. The presses 223 and 235 are positioned at the above-described ascending limit position. Then, both the bill presses 223 and 235 are slightly inclined with respect to the horizontal by the urging force of the spring members 230 and 241 so that the rear side thereof is positioned upward, and the height of the rear end portion is changed to the bill of the introduction roller 212 and the feed roller 213. It is located near the introduction position and slightly above it. Therefore, the introduction roller 212 and the feed roller 213
The upward movement of the bill to be ejected from the paperboard is regulated, and the bill is guided so as to come into good contact with the upright plate portion 208.

On the other hand, during the dispensing process and the collection process, the control unit drives the motor 251 to rotate the cams 22 before and after.
8, 224 to rotate the respective cam surfaces 229, 23
The rollers 227 and 238 are separated from the roller 9. Then, both the building presses 223 and 235 both have their own weight and the spring member 22.
4,236 due to the urging force, abuts the bills stacked in the vertical direction from above and presses the bills downward, and provides sufficient friction between the lowest bill and the ejection roller 128. Generate force. Here, Bill Press 223, 235
Is provided with one elevating sensor 255 for detecting the elevating state. When the roller 227 is mounted on the cam surface 229 of the cam 228 in the vicinity of the front cam 228, the elevation detection sensor 225 interrupts the optical path on the cam surface 229 side of the cam 228, that is, on the maximum diameter side.
The light emitting element and the light receiving element are provided at positions where the optical path is not interrupted by the cam 228 when the roller 227 is separated from the cam surface 229 of the cam 228.

The control section controls the driving of the motor 251 based on the detection result of the elevation detection sensor 225 to move the bill presses 223 and 235 up and down. That is, when raising the bill presses 223 and 235 in the descending state, the motor 251 is driven from the state where the optical path of the elevation detection sensor 225 is not interrupted, and the predetermined time has elapsed since the optical path of the elevation detection sensor 225 was interrupted. The motor 251 is stopped after a lapse of time (the time during which the rollers 227 and 238 are surely placed on the cam surfaces 229 and 239 and the cams 228 and 240 rotate until the bill presses 223 and 235 are located at the ascending limit positions). Conversely, when lowering the building presses 223 and 235 in the ascending state, the motor 251 is driven from the state where the optical path of the elevation detection sensor 255 is interrupted, and the optical path of the elevation detection sensor 255 is not interrupted. The predetermined time (even if the bill is empty, the roller 2
When the time during which the cams 228 and 240 rotate until the positions of the cams 228 and 240 can be separated from the cams 228 and 240 has elapsed, the motor 251 is stopped.

As shown in FIG. 7, the bill conveyed forward in the third conveying path 158 of the bill conveying path 111 is controlled by the control unit by the distributing member 257 of the third distributing unit 119 to the bill discharging destination. The banknotes which are sorted out by being swung in accordance with the banknotes to be collected or stored among the banknotes received or stored are transferred to the banknote safe 26 arranged on the lower side of the front of the unit, and the dispensed banknotes or rejected banknotes are transferred to the banknote safe 26. The bills are discharged to the bill dispensing trays 120 arranged on the upper side of the bills. Here, the banknotes distributed from the banknote transport path 111 by the third sorting unit 119 are substantially horizontally located at the banknote discharge positions of the banknote safe 26 and the banknote dispensing tray 120 from the banknote transport path 111, respectively. It has an introduction roller 258 and a feed roller 259 for discharging in the forward direction in the state, and an impeller 260 is attached to the introduction roller 258. The impeller 260 is released by the introduction roller 258 and the feed roller 259 in the banknote safe 26,
The trailing end of the bill that has contacted the front plate 261 arranged in the left-right direction in the vertical state will be knocked down, and similarly,
In the bill dispensing tray 120, the introduction roller 258 is used.
And the discharge by the feed roller 259 causes the rear end of the bill abutted on the inner door 263 arranged vertically in the left-right direction to be knocked down.

Next, the bill dispensing port 24 will be described.
Inside the bill dispensing port 24, a bottom plate portion 264 that is horizontally arranged,
A bill dispensing tray 120 is provided which has both side plates 265 and 266 extending vertically back and forth from both sides of the bottom plate 264 and a rear plate 267 vertically extending left and right from the rear of the bottom plate 264. . A support block 269 is fixed to the outer side of the left side plate portion 265 of the bill dispensing tray 120, and the support block 269 has a sliding block 27 at its rear end so as to extend leftward.
0 is fixed. On the other hand, a roller 271 is rotatably supported on the right side plate 266 of the bill dispensing tray 120 with its axis horizontally arranged in the left-right direction.

The sliding block 270 has a sliding shaft 274 slidably fitted therein. The sliding shaft 274 is horizontally arranged in the unit frame 273 arranged vertically in the front-rear direction. Fixed in state. On the other hand, the roller 271 is supported by a rail member 276 having a U-shaped cross section so that it can move only in the front-rear direction. Fixed horizontally. As described above, the bill dispensing tray 1
Reference numeral 20 indicates that it can be moved back and forth.

On the left side surface of the sliding block 270, a roller 278 is rotatably supported with its axis lined horizontally in the left-right direction. At the lower position of the sliding block 270, the fixed shaft 279 is disposed horizontally in the horizontal direction.
Is fixed to the unit frame 273, and one end of a rotating member 280 is rotatably supported at the tip of the fixed shaft 279. The rotating member 280 has the other end extending upward, and the roller 278 is movably fitted in an elongated hole 281 formed in the other end along the extending direction. A motor 283 is attached to the unit frame 273 via a support member (not shown) at a position rearward of the rotating member 280. The support member 285 is fixed so as to protrude. The support member 285
A roller 286 is rotatably supported at its extending end with its axis lined horizontally in the left-right direction. At the upper position of the motor 283, a fixed shaft 287 is fixed to the unit frame 273 in a state where the fixed shaft 287 is horizontally disposed in the left-right direction. ing. This rotating member 28
Reference numeral 8 extends the other end downward, and the roller 286 is movably fitted in an elongated hole 289 formed at the intermediate predetermined position along the extending direction.

The other end of the rotating member 288 has a rotating shaft 2
A rotatable member 91 is rotatably supported in a state where its axis is horizontally arranged in the left-right direction.
The rotation shaft 292 is also rotatably supported at a predetermined position in the middle with the axis thereof horizontally arranged in the left-right direction.
Each end side of the link member 293 is rotatably supported by the rotating shafts 291 and 292, respectively.

As a result, when the motor 283 is driven and the supporting member 285 rotates, the roller 286 is turned. The turning of the roller 286 causes the rotating member 288 to swing about the fixed shaft 287 in the front-rear direction at the lower end. Let it. Then, the link member 293 connected to the lower end moves in the front-rear direction and swings the front rotating member 280 forward and backward about the fixed shaft 279, and the roller 2 fitted to the rotating member 280 is rotated.
78 is moved back and forth. Thereby, the roller 2
The slide block 270 supporting the slide 78 and the bill dispensing tray 120 integrated with the slide block 270 are moved forward and backward within a predetermined range by the guide of the slide block 270 by the slide shaft 274 and the guide of the roller 271 by the rail member 276. To reciprocate horizontally. The bill dispensing tray 120 is the same as that shown in FIG.
When the bill is in the forward movement limit position shown in FIG.
4 is partially protruded out of the machine, and when it is at the rearward movement limit position shown in FIG.

A support member 295 is provided above the bill dispensing tray 120 and fixed to a unit frame (not shown). The front end of the support member 295 is horizontally arranged in the left-right direction. Support shaft 296 extending to both sides
The support shaft 296 has a rectangular inner door 263 rotatably supported on one edge side thereof. The inner door 263, when lowered, covers the front side of the banknote dispensing tray 120 at the rearward movement limit position, and extends to the left on the left side. A protrusion 298 is formed. This extension 2
A roller 299 is rotatably supported inside 98 in a state where its axis is horizontally arranged in the left-right direction. On the other hand, in this state, a concave portion 300 for accommodating the roller 299 is formed at the front end position of the support block 269, and the concave portion 300 has a shape that can be pulled out upward. In addition, in front of the support shaft 296 of the inner door 263, the support shaft 3 is disposed horizontally on a unit frame (not shown) in a horizontal direction.
A rectangular outer door 25 is rotatably supported on the support shaft 302 at one end side thereof. The outer door 25 closes the opening of the bill dispensing port 24 when it is lowered downward.

From the state shown in FIG. 17, the bill dispensing tray 1
When the roller 20 moves forward, the roller 299 is pressed forward by the concave portion 300 to swing the inner door 263 so that the lower side moves forward around the support shaft 296, and the front side of the banknote dispensing tray 120 is opened. Let it. Then, when the inner door 263 swings by a predetermined angle, the inner door 263 comes into contact with the outer door 25, and further swinging of the inner door 263 causes the outer door 25 to swing forward about the support shaft 302 on the lower side to move forward. The opening of the dispensing port 24 is opened. Finally, the roller 299 is
The inner door 263 rotates approximately 90 ° and extends horizontally to completely open the front side of the banknote dispensing tray 120 by lifting up the upper end surface of the support block 269, thereby completely opening the front side of the bill dispensing tray 120.゜ Rotate and extend horizontally to completely open the opening of the bill dispensing port 24. Then, from this state, the bill dispensing tray 120 moves further forward, and as shown in FIG. 18, partially protrudes from the bill dispensing port 24 and is located at the forward movement limit position. In this state, the bills placed on the bill dispensing tray 120 can be collectively taken out from the open front.

Further, from this state, the bill dispensing tray 12
When 0 moves rearward, the inner door 263 swings by its own weight so as to move the lower side rearward around the support shaft 296 by the roller 299 entering the concave portion 300, and the inner door 263 swings, The door 25 swings by its own weight so as to move the lower side rearward about the support shaft 302, so that the outer door 25 closes the opening of the bill dispensing port 24, and then the inner door 263 is used for dispensing bills. The front side of the tray 120 is closed. Then, finally, when the bill dispensing tray 120 is located at the rear movement limit position, the inner door 263 extends vertically by the rollers 299 entering the concave portion 300, and completely extends the front side of the bill dispensing tray 120. Close. In this state, the roller 29
Since the escape of the recess 9 from the recess 300 is restricted, the inner door 263 is locked in the closed state. In addition,
The inner door 263 is vertically installed on the front side of the bill dispensing tray 120 at the rear movement limit position, and thus the introduction roller 2 is attached to the bill dispensing tray 120 in this state.
58 and the leading edge of the bills discharged by the feed roller 259 are brought into contact with each other and aligned.

Here, the bill dispensing tray 120 is provided with a detection piece (not shown) that moves integrally with the bill dispensing tray 120 on the side, and the bill dispensing tray 120 is moved forward and backward respectively. A tray position detection sensor (not shown) that detects the detection piece when it is located at the position is provided. Also,
The banknote dispensing tray 120 is provided with a residual sensor 303 for detecting the presence / absence of a banknote placed on the bottom plate portion 264 at least in a state where the banknote is at the forward movement limit position.
The residual sensor 303 is composed of a reflection type light emitting element and a light receiving element for detecting the remaining of the bill from the difference in the amount of received light between the reflected light when there is no bill and the reflected light of the bill.

Accordingly, the control section controls the driving of the motor 283 based on the detection results of the tray position detection sensor and the residual sensor 303. Specifically, after the bill dispensing tray 120 is at the rear movement limit position and all bills to be dispensed or rejected are placed, by receiving a take-out signal from the upper machine or the operation unit 21,
The control unit drives the motor 283 to drive the bill dispensing tray 12
0 is moved forward, and the motor 283 is stopped when the tray position detection sensor detects that the bill dispensing tray 120 is located at the forward movement limit position. Then, the apparatus waits in that state until the removal of the bill is detected by the residual sensor 303, and when it is detected, the drive of the motor 283 is restarted (the rotation direction is constant) and the bill dispensing tray 120 is moved backward. When the tray position detecting sensor detects that the bill dispensing tray 120 is located at the backward movement limit position, the motor 283 is stopped.

According to the money receiving and dispensing machine 11 of this embodiment described above, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the coin receiving and dispensing unit 13 performs processing for each denomination in the coin unit 13. The coin storage and dispensing section 31 of the denomination type is arranged side by side in the lateral direction for the denomination, and is arranged on the lower side of the body, and is smaller in width than the main part 15 to transport coins not sorted by the denomination. The depositing / transporting unit 16, which is preferably arranged above the main part 15 because it is dropped and sorted, is projected upward from the main part 15 along the side end of the body. The banknote pay-in / pay-out unit 14 is arranged above the main portion 15 of the coin-pay-in / pay-out unit 13 having such an L-shape as viewed from the front and on the side of the pay-in / pay-out section 16, that is, in an empty portion. By efficiently arranging in this manner, downsizing can be achieved.

[0117]

As described in detail above, according to the money receiving and dispensing machine of the present invention, in the coin receiving and dispensing unit, the main part, in which each part performs processing by separating coins by denomination, is classified by denomination. Each part is placed below the fuselage, for example, side by side, and is smaller than the main part to transport coins that have not been sorted by denomination, and the upper part of the main part because coins are dropped and sorted. A payment transfer unit that is preferably arranged in
Along the side edge of the fuselage, it protrudes upward from the main part. Then, the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit is arranged above the main portion of the coin-shaped pay-in / pay-out unit having such an L-shape and on the side of the pay-in / pay-out unit, that is, in an empty portion. By efficiently arranging in this manner, downsizing can be achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a money receiving and dispensing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the entire configuration of a coin depositing and dispensing unit according to one embodiment of the currency depositing and dispensing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view schematically showing a coin separating section, a deposit transport section, and a coin counting and sorting section of a coin depositing and dispensing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front cross-sectional view showing a sorting passage, a stored coin transport unit, and a coin-type coin storing and feeding unit of one embodiment of the money receiving and dispensing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view showing a coin-type coin storage and dispensing unit and a coin dispensing slot of one embodiment of the money receiving and dispensing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a partial plan view showing a coin dispensing state of a coin type coin storing and dispensing section of one embodiment of the money receiving and dispensing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a side sectional view showing an entire configuration of a banknote pay-in / pay-out unit according to an embodiment of the money receiving / paying machine of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a bill separating unit of the bill depositing and dispensing unit according to one embodiment of the currency depositing and dispensing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing one state of the bill separating unit of the bill depositing and dispensing unit according to one embodiment of the present invention when the bill is separated.

FIG. 10 is a side view showing a state after FIG. 9 at the time of separating bills in a bill separating unit of the bill depositing / dispensing unit of one embodiment of the money receiving / dispensing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a bill receiving / dispensing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention when a bill is separated from a bill separating unit of a bill receiving / dispensing unit.
It is a side view which shows the state after.

FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view showing a part of a bill conveyance path of a bill depositing and dispensing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a side view showing a state of the bill receiving / dispensing unit of the bill receiving / dispensing unit according to one embodiment of the present invention when bills are stored in a bill press unit.

FIG. 14 is a plan view showing a bill press unit of a banknote pay-in / pay-out unit according to an embodiment of the money receiving / paying machine of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a side view showing a state in which a bill press and dispensing unit of the bill depositing and dispensing unit according to one embodiment of the present invention is on standby and in dispensing processing.

FIG. 16 is a plan view showing a bill dispensing tray and the like of a bill depositing and dispensing unit according to one embodiment of the currency dispensing and dispensing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a side view showing a state where the bill dispensing tray of the bill depositing and dispensing unit according to one embodiment of the present invention is positioned at a rearward movement limit position.

FIG. 18 is a side view showing a state in which a bill dispensing tray of the bill depositing and dispensing unit according to one embodiment of the present invention is located at a forward movement limit position.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS 11 Money receiving / dispensing machine 13 Coin receiving / dispensing unit 14 Banknote receiving / dispensing unit 15 Main part 16 Receiving / conveying unit 17 Coin receiving port 18 Coin receiving port 23 Banknote receiving port 24 Bill receiving port 26 Bank safe 54 Sorting unit 71A to 71F Sorting hole

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A depositing unit for transferring coins inserted into a coin receiving port and separated one by one, and a sorting unit for dropping coins conveyed by the depositing unit from a sorting hole for each denomination and sorting the coins. A coin depositing and dispensing unit having a main part for storing the sorted coins by denomination and dispensing the stored coins as dispensing coins from a coin dispensing port; and A bill depositing and dispensing unit for storing the deposited bills to be conveyed and dispensing the stored deposited bills as dispensing bills from the bill dispensing port is provided in one body, and the coin depositing and dispensing unit is provided in the body. Along with disposing the main part on the lower side, the deposit transfer section is made to protrude upward from the main part along a side end of the machine body, and the bill depositing and dispensing unit is a main part of the coin dispensing unit. On the upper side, A money dispensing and dispensing machine characterized by being arranged on a lateral side of a deposit transport section.