JPH11232525A - Paper money storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paper money storage device which can securely separate paper moneys one by one. SOLUTION: A gate part 7 which has claw members 7A and 7B on the payoff side of a separation roller 6 is provided to pass only one paper money carried out of a paper money storage box 2 and also receive a paper money 1 which is carried overlapping with a paper money 1 passing by the separation roller 6 from halfway. This device has a paper money guide means which receives the paper money at a specific distance from paper moneys stacked in a paper money storage part and guides and stack paper moneys along the thickness of the paper moneys stacked and stored in the paper money storage part, so that the paper money which is carried in is not obstructed by the stored paper moneys and can smoothly be carried in.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill accommodating apparatus used in a vending machine or a ticket vending machine, and more particularly, to a bill accommodating apparatus capable of reliably separating one bill stacked and carried out from a bill accommodating section. About.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, there has been known a bill accommodating apparatus for laminating bills in a thickness direction and accommodating them in a bill accommodating portion.

FIG. 6 shows a conventional bill accommodating apparatus, which has a bill insertion slot 11 for inserting bills into a main body 10 and a bill dispensing port 12 for dispensing bills. The bill is accommodated in a bill accommodating section provided inside the main body 10.

FIG. 7 shows a bill accommodating portion of a conventional bill accommodating device, and includes a bill accommodating box 2 for accommodating the bills 1 stacked in the thickness direction and a bill accommodating inside the bill accommodating box 2. A bill receiving plate 3 stacked in the thickness direction, a spring 4 for urging the bill receiving plate 3 in a rising direction with a predetermined urging force, and a bill discharging roller for discharging the bill 1 on the uppermost layer of the bill storing box 2. 5, a rotating shaft 5 a that transmits a rotational torque to the bill output roller 5, a separation roller 6 that rotates in a predetermined direction when the bill 1 is stored and unloaded, and the bill 1 stored in the bill storage box 2.
Member 13 for applying a frictional force to the base member, and a connecting member 15 for connecting the base portion 14 fixed to the main body and the friction member 13
And a spring 16 for urging the coupling member 15 to press the friction member 13 against the bill 1 with a predetermined load.

The bill receiving plate 3 presses the bills 1 on the uppermost layer of the bill storage box 2 against the bill carry-out roller 5 by the urging force of the spring 4. The separation roller 6 has a pair of rollers 6A and 6B, and is provided with a rotating shaft 6 from a motor (not shown).
The rotation is performed by the rotation torque transmitted to a and 6b.

In the above-described bill storage device, when the bill is paid out, the bill discharging roller 5 is rotated counterclockwise (A).
Direction) and a pair of rollers 6A, 6 of a separation roller 6 that rotates the banknote 1 on the uppermost layer of the banknote storage box 2 in the A direction.
Send between B. At this time, the friction member 13 restricts and separates the second-layer banknote in contact with the topmost banknote 1 so as not to be sent to the separation roller 6.

[0007]

However, according to the conventional bill accommodating apparatus, one bill is separated based on the frictional force, so that the frictional member is subject to uncertain factors such as aging, wear, temperature and humidity. When the frictional force changes, one sheet is not normally separated, and there is a problem that a plurality of bills are carried out at the same time. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a bill storage device capable of reliably separating one bill.

[0008]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, bills are stacked in a thickness direction and accommodated in a bill accommodating section, and the bills are unloaded from the bill accommodating section in response to a demand for dispensing. In the bill storage device, a carry-out roller for carrying out the bill from the bill storage unit, a separation roller for separating and carrying out only one bill from the bills multi-fed by the carry-out roller, and a carry-out from the separation roller A bill accommodating device having stopper means for receiving unseparated bills multi-fed from the separation roller slightly behind the bill to be fed.

In the above-mentioned bill storage device, it is preferable that the stopper means has an opening for projecting to the bill carry-out path by a rotational movement to receive unseparated bills. Further, it is preferable that the carry-out roller and the separation roller return the unseparated bills received by the stopper means to the bill accommodating portion by rotating in reverse after the carry-out of the bills.

[0010]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bill storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 1 shows a bill storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention from the side, and has a gate 7 on the paying-out side of a separation roller 6. The gate portion 7 has claw members 7A and 7B formed of long and short claws, and rotating shafts 7a and 7b for rotating the claw members 7A and 7B. In addition, parts having the same configuration and function as those of the related art are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description will be omitted.

FIG. 2 is a top view of the bill storage device shown in FIG. 1. The separation roller 6 has a roller 6A located at the center in the width direction of the bill 1 and rollers 6B located on both sides of the roller 6A. . The gate portion 7 is configured by arranging two sets of gates each including one claw member 7A and two claw members 7B in the width direction of the banknote 1.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the banknote receiving apparatus shown in FIG.
The cross section is shown, and the separation roller 6 sandwiches a bill (not shown) between the roller 6A and two sets of rollers 6B. Roller 6
The A and the roller 6B separate one sheet of the overlapped banknotes by rotating in the same direction at different speeds.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the banknote storage device shown in FIG.
The cross section is shown, and the rotating shaft 7a to which the claw member 7A is fixed and the rotating shaft 7b to which the claw member 7B is fixed are rotated by a motor (not shown), so that the claw members 7A and 7B The tip protrudes.

The operation of the bill storage device of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 5A shows a state at the time of starting to carry out the bill.
When the banknote transport roller 5 rotates in the direction A, the uppermost banknote 1 pressed against the banknote transport roller 5 is fed between the rollers 6A and 6B of the separation roller 6.
The rollers 6A and 6B rotate at different speeds in the direction A, and the roller 6A rotates at a higher speed than the roller 6B. The banknote 1 that has passed through the separation roller 6 is sent to the gate unit 7.

FIG. 5B shows the claw members 7A of the gate portion 7,
7B shows the state in which the transport path is narrowed by rotation,
Reaches the gate portion 7, the claw members 7A and 7B become a and a '.
Rotate in the direction. As a result, the tips of the claws protrude into the transport path, and are arranged so as to have a distance that allows only one bill 1 to pass. The timing of rotating the claw members 7A and 7B may be determined based on the detection signal of the arrival of the banknote 1 to the gate 7 by a sensor, and may be determined based on the detection signal. After a lapse of time, the claw members 7A and 7B may be rotated.

FIG. 5C shows the bill 1A overlapping the bill 1.
Shows that the banknote 1 has been carried out, and the banknote 1A of the second layer from the middle of the carrying out of the banknote 1 of the uppermost layer is carried out in an overlapping manner. When the bill 1A is not separated by the separation roller 6, the bill 1A is received by the claw member 7B of the gate portion 7.

FIG. 5D shows a return state of the banknote 1A held by the claw member 7B. After the banknote 1 has passed through the gate 7, the rollers 6A of the banknote transport roller 5 and the separation roller 6 are shown.
Is reversed in the direction B, the bill 1A received by the claw member 7B is returned to the bill storage box 2. Thus, the separation of one banknote 1 is completed.

According to the above-described structure, by providing the gate portion for passing only one banknote carried out of the banknote storage box, the banknotes carried out in a stacked manner even when one sheet is not normally separated by the separation roller. Can be received. The long and short claw members provided in the gate part separate and receive the banknotes conveyed in an overlapped manner, so that the reliability of the separating operation is excellent. Further, by returning the bills received by the gate portion to the bill storage box based on the reverse rotation of the bill transport roller and the separation roller, the manual removal and storage of the bills can be made unnecessary.

The bill storage device described in the present embodiment is
In addition to vending machines and ticket vending machines, it can also be used for currency exchange machines and the like. Further, in addition to the banknotes, paper sheets such as postcards, gift certificates, and the like, or prepaid cards may be used as accommodation targets.

[0022]

As described above, according to the bill accommodating apparatus of the present invention, the unseparated bills multi-fed from the separation roller are received by the stopper means slightly after the bill carried out from the separation roller. Can be reliably separated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a bill storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a top view showing the bill storage device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along a line BB in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5A is an explanatory diagram of an operation (at the start of unloading) of the bill storage device according to the embodiment of the present invention. (B) shows the operation (during unloading) of the bill storage device in the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. (C) is an explanatory view of operation (during carrying out) of the bill storage device in an embodiment of the invention. (D) is explanatory drawing of operation | movement (at the time of banknote return) of the banknote accommodation apparatus in embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a conventional bill storage device.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing a configuration of a conventional bill storage device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, banknote 1A, banknote 2, banknote storage box 3, banknote receiving plate 4, spring 5, banknote transport roller 5a, rotary shaft 5A, roller 5B, roller 5a, rotary shaft 6, separating roller 6A, roller 6B, roller 6a, Rotating shaft 6b, rotating shaft 7, gate 7A, claw member 7B, claw member 7a, rotating shaft 7b, rotating shaft 10, main body 11, bill insertion slot 12, bill dispensing slot 13, friction member 14, base 15, Coupling member 16, Spring

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A bill storage device for stacking bills in a thickness direction to accommodate the bills in a bill accommodating section and carrying out the bills from the bill accommodating section in response to a request for dispensing, wherein the bills are transferred from the bill accommodating section. A carry-out roller to carry out, a separation roller to separate and carry out only one banknote from the bills multi-fed by the carry-out roller, and a double feed from the separation roller with a slight delay to the bill carried out from the separation roller. And a stopper means for receiving unseparated bills. 2. The bill storage device according to claim 1, wherein said stopper means has an opening for projecting into a bill carry-out path by a rotational movement and receiving said unseparated bill. 3. A structure in which the carry-out roller and the separation roller return the unseparated bills received by the stopper means to the bill accommodating portion by reversely rotating after the carry-out of the bills. A bill storage device as described in the above.