JPH1179515A - Stacker - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stably stack bills by a stacker incorporated in a device for conveying bills in a longitudinal direction. SOLUTION: A stacker comprises a bill stopping part 6 for storing a single bill, above bills on a stage 22, temporarily retaining parts 14a, 14b for stacking a plurality of bills below the bill stopping part 6, and a bill pressure 8 for pressing sheets on the bill stopping part in a longitudinally entire range so as to drop the same onto the retaining parts 14a, 14b.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a stacker for stacking and separating bills, and more particularly to a stacker incorporated in a device for transporting bills in a longitudinal direction.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a banknote pay-in / pay-out device conveys banknotes in a short direction, whereas a ticket vending machine or the like often conveys banknotes in a long direction. Therefore, a ticket vending machine or the like is provided with a stacker for accumulating and storing and separating and feeding bills conveyed in the longitudinal direction.

[0003]

Generally, bills are easily curled or creased in the longitudinal direction. Therefore, in the stacker that accumulates and stores and separates and feeds out the banknotes transported in the longitudinal direction, the banknotes lean on curls or folds during stacking, or the next banknotes are caught on the banknotes stacked in such a bad state, and jams occur. There is a problem that occurs.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention relates to a stage capable of moving up and down banknotes, and a single banknote at the top of the banknotes stacked and stored on the stage. And a temporary holding unit under the banknote stopping unit that can accumulate a plurality of banknotes, and against the banknotes on the banknote stopping unit, press the entire longitudinal direction of the banknote. A stacker provided with a plate to be dropped on the temporary holding section.

[0005] In the above construction, there is provided first transport means for feeding bills to the bill stopping portion, and second transport means for feeding out bills on the stage or bills on the temporary holding section, wherein the first transport means is provided. When one banknote is sent to the banknote stop unit, the plate drops the banknote into the temporary storage unit, and repeats this operation for each banknote to be conveyed. Control means is provided for dropping bills on the stage at once.

[0006] The control means performs control for feeding out the banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding unit by the second transport means when a transaction is not established. As a structure of the temporary storage unit, the temporary storage unit is divided into two in the bill transport direction, and one temporary storage unit is located immediately below the second transport unit, and the one temporary storage unit is configured to transport the banknote. The control means moves the banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding section by the second transport means, and positions the one temporary holding section immediately below the second transport means, and controls the stage. When performing the control of feeding out the upper bill by the second transport means, the one temporary holding unit is moved to the second
It is evacuated from immediately below the transport means.

[0007] Alternatively, there is provided means for retracting the temporary holding section to a position where bills are not accumulated, and the control means includes:
The temporary storage unit is retracted when all the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit are collected on the stage and when the banknotes on the stage are fed out by the second transport unit. In addition,
As the stage elevating mechanism, a spring for urging the stage in the ascending direction and a stopper for regulating the position of the stage by the spring are provided.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIGS. 1 to 3 are diagrams showing the configuration of a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a view of the inside of the apparatus from the side in the bill conveying direction, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a view of the inside of the apparatus from the back in the transport direction, and FIG. 3 is a view of the inside of the apparatus from the front in the transport direction of the bill. In the drawing, reference numeral 1 denotes a sheet guide, which guides bills sent from a transport path (not shown). A sensor 2 has a role of monitoring the running of the bill and triggering the motor 11 to be turned on. A pressure roller 3 is pressed against the feed roller 4 by a spring (not shown).
The feed roller 4 is rotated in a direction indicated by an arrow by a driving source (not shown). A tongue roller 5 has a urethane rubber arm on the roller in a radial manner. Here, as shown in FIG.
The pressure roller 3 and the feed roller 4 are located on both left and right sides in the direction in which the banknote is conveyed.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a bill stopping portion. As shown in FIG. 2, the bill stopping portion 6 is formed by fixing a member having an L-shaped cross section to a frame 7 located on the left and right in the bill conveying direction. It is possible to place bills while holding both left and right ends in the direction. Reference numeral 8 denotes a building pressure, as shown in FIG.
It is provided between the left and right banknote stoppers 6 and is connected to a fulcrum 9b of a pantograph-like link row 9 as shown in FIG. The fulcrum 9a of the link row 9 is fixed to a frame (not shown). The fulcrums 9a, 9b and 9c are all free to rotate.
Further, a torsion spring 10 is provided at the fulcrum 9c so as to exert a force in a direction of lowering the bill pressure 8 via the link row 9.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a motor that raises and lowers the bill pressure 8 via the link row 9. FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of the elevating mechanism of the bill pressure, and shows details of the vicinity of the motor 11 and the link row 9. The cam 11a is attached to the shaft of the motor 11, and the torsion spring 10 applies a force in the direction to open the pantograph-like link row 9.
When 1 rotates in the direction of the arrow, depending on the shape of the cam 11a,
The link row 9 opens and closes.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a sensor for detecting the position of the link row 9 when the building pressure 8 is at the home position, that is, the position shown in FIG. A sensor 13 also detects that the cam 11a is at the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 14a and 14b are temporary holding units. FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of the temporary holding unit, and is a diagram when the outside of the apparatus is viewed from the side in the transport direction of the bill.

The temporary holding sections 14a and 14b are provided at two places before and after the banknote transport direction. The temporary holding section 14a is located at the front of the banknote transport direction, and the temporary storage section 14b is located at the back of the banknote transport direction. I do. As shown in FIG. 5, the temporary holding section 14 a is attached to a bracket 16 fixed to the frame 7.
It is attached via two shafts 17. As shown in FIG. 3, the position of the bracket 16 supporting the shaft 17 is a vertically long hole 16 a, so that the temporary holding unit 14 a pushes the bills 23 on the stage 22 by raising and lowering the stage 22. Being moved up and down.

The temporary holding portion 14b is attached to a slider 18 via two shafts 17, and the slider 18
A stud 19 fixed to the frame 7 is attached so as to be free in the front and rear direction of the bill. Reference numeral 15 denotes a solenoid, and reference numeral 20 denotes a link. When the solenoid 15 is sucked, the temporary holding unit 14b moves to the near side in the bill conveying direction via the link 20. The home position of the escrow unit 14b is at the position shown in FIG. 1, that is, below the picker roller 21, but when the solenoid 15 is sucked, it moves from below the picker roller 21 to the near side in the bill conveying direction. At the position where the shaft 17 of the slider 18 is supported, an elongated hole in the vertical direction is formed similarly to the bracket 16, and the temporary holding portion 14 b also moves the bills 23 on the stage 22 by raising and lowering the stage 22. Pressed to move up and down.

The bill pressure 8 is provided in the temporary holding section 1.
Predetermined cutouts are provided at positions corresponding to the temporary holding portions 14a and 14b so that they can be moved up and down beyond 4a and 14b. The picker roller 21 has a structure that moves up and down in conjunction with the elevation of the bill pressure 8.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a separating roller, and reference numeral 25 denotes a separated bill running monitoring sensor. After the bill is turned on the sensor 5, the bill is conveyed for several hundred milliseconds, and then the bill is sent to another conveying system (not shown). . 26 is a guide for separated bills, 27
Is the stage 2 that has moved up the picker roller 21 that has gone down
Reference numeral 2 denotes a sensor that detects the separation position of the bill 23 by pushing up. 28 is a motor for raising and lowering the stage, 29 is a motor 2
A belt for transmitting the driving force of the motor 8 to the stage 22; a sensor 30 for detecting that the building pressure 8 has been completely lowered;
Reference numeral 1 denotes a sensor for detecting that the upper surface of the stage 22 has reached the home position when the banknote 23 is on the banknote 23, and 32 a sensor for detecting that the stage 22 has been completely lowered. Note that the stage 22 has a bill 23
Is placed, the home position on the upper surface of the bill 23 is the position shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 34 denotes a sensor for detecting the remaining banknotes on the temporary holding units 14a and 14b. The picker roller 21 rotates in the direction of the arrow with the separation roller 24 by a driving source (not shown) for driving the separation roller 24.
1 sets the speed about 30% lower than the peripheral speed of the separation roller 24. Although not shown, a clutch is provided between the picker roller 21 and the driving source. For example, picker roller 21
A one-way clutch (not shown) is provided between the shaft and the shaft so that when the shaft is fixed, the picker roller 21 can freely rotate in the direction of the arrow. Note that a clutch is similarly provided on the separation roller 24.

The operation of the first embodiment will be described below. <Payment Preparation Operation> FIG. 1 shows the home position of each component, which is the same state as the completion of the payment preparation operation. Hereinafter, the deposit preparation operation will be described. First, if both the sensor 31 and the sensor 32 are OFF, the stage 22 is lowered until the sensor 32 is turned ON. If either the sensor 31 or the sensor 32 is ON, the lowering operation of the stage 22 is not performed. Next, if the solenoid 15 is in the suction state, it is released. Here, if the sensor 32 is ON, the stage 22 is raised until the sensor 31 is turned ON. Thereby, the upper surface of the bill 23 on the stage 22 is
The longitudinal direction and the front and rear ends in the transport direction are pressed by the temporary holding portions 14a and 14b. Finally, the sensor 12 is turned on
Then, the bill pressure 8 is raised until the payment preparation operation is completed. As described above, this state is the state shown in FIG. 1, and the state between the bill pressure 8 and the first holding unit 6 is
An interval in which bills can be inserted is formed. <Payment Operation> FIGS. 6 and 7 are explanatory views showing the operation of each component at the time of the deposit operation in the first embodiment. FIG. 6 shows a state during the deposit operation, FIG. FIG. 3 is a view of the inside of the apparatus from the side in the transport direction of FIG.

Next, the deposit operation will be described. One banknote that has been conveyed in the longitudinal direction after passing through a banknote discriminating unit (not shown) is sent through the sheet guide 1 in the direction of the arrow in FIG. When the trailing end of the bill passes the sensor 2 and a few hundred milliseconds elapse, that is, the trailing end of the bill passes through the pressure roller 3, the feed roller 4 and the tongue roller 5, and the arm of the tongue roller 5 When the bill is pushed, the whole bill is
, The motor 11 is rotated until the sensor 12 is turned on again. At this time, as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 6, the bill pressure 8 is lowered to the temporary holding portions 14a and 14b by the spring force of the torsion spring 10, and as a result, the bill is moved from the bill stopping portion 6 to the temporary holding portion 14a. , 1
4b. That is, the bill stopping portion 6 has a structure for holding bills at both left and right ends in the transport direction, and the bill pressure 8 can be moved up and down between the left and right bill stopping portions 6. Is lowered from the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 6 to the position shown by the two-dot chain line, the bill on the bill stopping portion 6 is dropped from the bill stopping portion 6 and pressed by the bill pressure 8 onto the temporary holding portions 14a and 14b. Here, the bill pressing surface of the bill pressure 8 has substantially the same length as the length of the bill in the longitudinal direction, and drops the bill on the temporary holding units 14a and 14b while pressing the entire surface of the bill.

Since the motor 11 rotates until the sensor 12 is turned on again, the bill pressure 8 drops the bills on the bill stopping section 6 onto the temporary holding sections 14a and 14b.
It rises again and returns to the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 6, that is, the home position at the time of the deposit operation. Then, the above operation is repeated for the number of bills being conveyed. When the transaction of the conveyed bill is established, the motor 11 rotates until the sensor 13 is turned on. As a result, the bill pressure 8 descends on the banknotes accumulated on the temporary holding units 14a and 14b. Next, when the stage 22 is lowered, the temporary storage sections 14a and 14b are also pushed down by the bill pressure 8 within the range of the elongated hole, and a gap is formed between the temporary storage section 14b and the picker roller 21. When the pressure 8 is lowered, the bills on the temporary holding units 14a and 14b are
On the bill 23 in a state pressed by the bill pressure 8. When the sensor 32 is turned on and detects that the stage 22 has been completely lowered, the lowering of the stage 22 is stopped.
As a result, as shown in FIG. 7, the conveyed banknotes are stacked on the stage 22 while being pressed by the bill pressure 8.

Thus, the deposit operation is completed. <Payment Return Operation> In the payment operation, the banknotes conveyed as described above are temporarily accumulated on the temporary holding units 14a and 14b. Next, an operation of returning a banknote received due to a transaction failure will be described.

First, the motor 11 is rotated until the sensor 13 is turned on. Thereby, the bill pressure 8 descends on the banknotes accumulated on the temporary holding units 14a and 14b. At the same time, the picker roller 21 also descends. Next, by raising the stage 22, the bills 23 on the stage 22 push up the escrow units 14 a and 14 b, and press the bills on the escrow units 14 a and 14 b against the picker roller 21. When the sensor 27 is turned on and detects that the bill has risen to the separation position, the rise of the stage 22 is stopped. Then, the picker roller 21 and the separation roller 24 start rotating in the direction of the arrow by a drive source (not shown), and pay out the bills on the temporary holding units 14a and 14b while separating them one by one, and convey the bills to a cash outlet (not shown). I do.

Here, the escrow unit 14b presses the bill against the picker roller 21 immediately below the picker roller 21. Therefore, when all the banknotes on the temporary holding units 14a and 14b are paid out, the picker roller 21 cannot come into contact with the banknotes 23 on the stage 22 by the temporary holding unit 14b, so that only banknotes for deposit return can be paid out. ing. <Payment preparation operation> When a control unit (not shown) issues a payment command, the controller executes a payment preparation operation. First, the solenoid 15
To move the escrow unit 14b forward in the transport direction of the banknote. As a result, the temporary holding section 14b retracts to a position where it is not pressed by the picker roller 21 even if it rises.
Next, the motor 11 is rotated until the sensor 13 is turned on. As a result, the bill pressure 8 moves down onto the bills 23 on the stage 22. At the same time, the picker roller 21 also descends. Next, the stage 22 is raised, and the bill 23 is pressed against the picker roller 21. When the sensor 27 is turned on and detects that the bill has risen to the separation position, the rise of the stage 22 is stopped. <Payment Operation> When the above-described payment preparation operation is completed, the picker roller 21 and the separation roller 24 start rotating in the direction of the arrow by a drive source (not shown) to separate the banknotes 23 on the stage 22 one by one. Start feeding.

The bills fed by the picker roller 21 are separated into one by a separation roller 24. When the separation roller 24 is conveying a bill, the picker roller 21
Has a lower peripheral speed than the separation roller 24,
1 runs idle due to the action of a clutch (not shown). When the leading end of the fed banknote is conveyed for several hundred milliseconds after turning on the sensor 25, it is sent to another conveying system (not shown). At this time, the driving sources of the picker roller 21 and the separation roller 24 are stopped. .

The trailing end of the separated banknote is still in contact with the picker roller 21 and the separation roller 24, but the picker roller 21 and the picker roller 21 are moved by another clutch (not shown) by the force of a clutch (not shown) due to the force of conveying the banknote. Separation roller 24
Idles, and the bill is transported by another transport system (not shown). When the trailing end of the bill passes the sensor 25, the picker roller 21 and the separation roller 24 are rotated again,
Resume the bill feeding. The above operation is repeated for the number of payments, and the payment operation is completed.

As described above, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, when banknotes are stacked, one
Since the banknotes are stacked while being pressed over the entire area in the longitudinal direction for each sheet, there is no problem such as the leaning of the banknotes or the subsequent transfer of the banknotes to the previously stacked banknotes, thereby improving reliability. I do. In addition, since the banknotes on the temporary holding section can be directly paid out, it is possible to completely return the actual banknotes.

Further, since the temporary holding section is divided into two parts and only the picker roller side is moved, it is possible to provide a small and inexpensive structure capable of recycling stored bills.
It can be applied to a wide range of uses. 8 and 9 are configuration diagrams showing a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a view of the inside of the apparatus from the side in the transport direction of bills, and FIG. FIG.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a sheet guide for guiding bills sent from a transport path (not shown). A sensor 2 has a role of monitoring the running of the bill and triggering the motor 11 to be turned on. A pressure roller 3 is pressed against the feed roller 4 by a spring (not shown). The feed roller 4 is rotated in a direction indicated by an arrow by a driving source (not shown). A tongue roller 5 has a urethane rubber arm on the roller in a radial manner. Here, as shown in FIG. 9, the pressure roller 3 and the feed roller 4 are located on both left and right sides in the bill conveying direction, and a tongue piece roller 5 is coaxial with the feed roller 4 outside each of the left and right feed rollers 4. Provided.

Numeral 6 denotes a bill stopping portion. As shown in FIG. 9, the bill stopping portion 6 is a member in which a member having an L-shaped cross section is fixed to a frame 7 located on the left and right in the bill conveying direction. It is possible to place bills while holding both left and right ends in the direction. Reference numeral 8 denotes a building pressure, which is connected to a fulcrum 9b of a pantograph-like link row 9. The fulcrum 9a of the link row 9
Is fixed to a frame (not shown). The fulcrums 9a, 9b and 9c are all free to rotate. Also, at the fulcrum 9c,
A torsion spring 10 is provided so as to exert a force in a direction for lowering the bill pressure 8 via the link row 9.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a motor that moves the bill pressure 8 up and down via the link row 9. In addition, building pressure 8
The details of the lifting mechanism are the same as those described with reference to FIG. A sensor 12 detects the position of the link row 9 when the bill pressure 8 is at the home position, that is, the position shown in FIG. A sensor 13 detects that the bill pressure 8 has been released in the downward direction by the cam described in FIG.

Reference numeral 44 denotes a temporary storage unit. Temporary holding unit 44
Are provided on the left and right sides in the transport direction of the banknote when viewed from the insertion side, and rotate about the fulcrum 44a. The spring 45 applies a force to rotate the temporary holding section 44 in the closing direction. 46 is a limiter which moves up and down,
It has a function of preventing the rotation of the temporary holding section 44 by the spring 45.

Reference numeral 21 denotes a picker roller for separating and feeding bills. The picker roller 21 is configured to move up and down in conjunction with the elevation of the bill pressure 8 by a mechanism such as a link row (not shown). When the bill pressure 8 is lowered, the picker roller 21 is also lowered. 24 is a separation roller,
Reference numeral 27 denotes a sensor for detecting the separation position of the bills 23 by pushing up the stage 22 which has moved up the picker roller 21 which has moved down.

Reference numeral 28 denotes a motor for moving up and down the stage, 29 denotes a belt for transmitting the driving force of the motor 28 to the stage 22, 30
Is a sensor for detecting that the bill pressure 8 has been completely lowered, 31 is a sensor for detecting that the upper surface of the bill 23 is at the home position when the bill 23 is placed, and 32 is a sensor for detecting that the upper surface of the bill 23 is at the home position. It is a sensor that detects that it has completely descended. When the bill 23 is placed on the stage 22, the home position on the upper surface of the bill 23 is the position shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 34 denotes a sensor for detecting the remaining bills on the temporary holding unit 14. The picker roller 21 is a separation roller 2
4 rotates in the direction of the arrow together with the separation roller 24 by a drive source (not shown) for driving the drive roller 4. The operation of the second embodiment will be described below. <Payment Preparation Operation> FIG. 8 shows the home position of each component, which is the same state as the completion of the payment preparation operation. Hereinafter, the deposit preparation operation will be described. First, if both the sensor 31 and the sensor 32 are OFF, the stage 22 is lowered until the sensor 32 is turned ON. If either the sensor 31 or the sensor 32 is ON, the lowering operation of the stage 22 is not performed. Next, the limiter 46 is raised to open the temporary holding section 44 in a horizontal state as shown in FIG. Here, if the sensor 32 is ON, the stage 22 is raised until the sensor 31 is turned ON. This allows
The upper surface of the bill 23 on the stage 22 is pressed by the temporary holding unit 44. Finally, the bill pressure 8 is raised until the sensor 12 is turned on, and the deposit preparation operation is completed.
As described above, this state is the state illustrated in FIG. 8, and an interval in which bills can be inserted is formed between the bill pressure 8 and the bill stopping unit 6. <Payment Operation> FIGS. 10 and 11 are explanatory views showing the operation of each component at the time of the deposit operation in the second embodiment. FIG. 10 shows a state during the deposit operation, FIG.
10A is a view of the inside of the apparatus from the back side in the bill conveying direction, and FIG. 10B is a view of the inside of the apparatus from the side in the bill conveying direction.

Next, the deposit operation will be described. One banknote that has been conveyed in the longitudinal direction after passing through a banknote discriminating unit (not shown) is sent through the sheet guide 1 in the direction of the arrow in FIG. When the trailing end of the bill passes the sensor 2 and a few hundred milliseconds elapse, that is, the trailing end of the bill passes through the pressure roller 3, the feed roller 4, and the tongue roller 5, and the entire bill is moved to the bill stopping portion. At the time of step 6, the motor 11 is rotated until the sensor 12 is turned on again. At this time, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 0, the bill pressure 8 descends to the temporary holding section 44 by the spring force of the torsion spring 10, and as a result, the bill is transferred from the bill stopping section 6 to the temporary holding section 44. That is, the bill stopping portion 6 has a structure for holding the bill at both left and right ends in the transport direction, and the bill pressure 8
Can be moved up and down through the space between the left and right bill stops 6, so that when the bill pressure 8 is lowered from the position shown in FIG. 8 to the position shown in FIG. The bill pressure drop 8 is dropped from the bill stopping portion 6.
Is pressed onto the temporary holding section 44. Here, the bill pressing surface of the bill pressure 8 has substantially the same length as the length of the bill in the longitudinal direction, and drops the bill to the temporary holding unit 44 while pressing the entire surface of the bill.

Since the motor 11 rotates until the sensor 12 is turned on again, the bill pressure 8 drops the banknotes on the banknote stopping section 6 onto the temporary holding section 44 and then rises again to the position shown in FIG. And return to the home position at the time of deposit operation. Then, the above operation is repeated for the number of bills being conveyed. When the transaction of the conveyed bill is established, the motor 11 rotates until the sensor 13 is turned on. Thereby, the bill pressure 8 descends on the banknotes accumulated on the temporary holding section 44. Next, the limiter 46 is lowered. Finally, the stage 22 is lowered until the sensor 32 is turned on. When the stage 22 is lowered, the bills 23 on the stage 22 are also lowered, and furthermore, the bills on the temporary holding unit 44 are pushed down by the bill pressure 8 and also fall with the bills 23.
At this time, since the temporary storage unit 44 is released from the limiter 46, the temporary storage unit 44 is closed to the vertical state by the force of the spring 45 as the bill descends, and as shown in FIG.
The bills on 4 are stacked on the bills 23 on the stage 22 while being pressed by the bill pressure 8.

Thus, the deposit operation is completed. <Payment Return Operation> In the payment operation, the banknotes conveyed as described above are temporarily accumulated on the temporary holding unit 44. Next, an operation of returning a banknote received due to a transaction failure will be described. First, the motor 11 is rotated until the sensor 13 is turned on. As a result, the bill pressure 8 descends on the banknotes accumulated on the temporary holding section 44. In conjunction with the lowering of the bill pressure 8, the picker roller 21 also lowers and presses the banknotes accumulated on the temporary holding unit 44. Then, the picker roller 21 and the separation roller 24 start rotating in the direction of the arrow by a drive source (not shown) to feed out the banknotes on the temporary holding section 44 while separating them one by one, and convey them to a payout port (not shown). The sensor 34 is temporarily held
When detecting that there is no bill above, the picker roller 21 and the separation roller 44 are stopped. <Payment preparation operation> When a control unit (not shown) issues a payment command, the controller executes a payment preparation operation. First, the limiter 46 is lowered. Next, the motor 11 is rotated until the sensor 13 is turned on. As a result, the bill pressure 8 moves down onto the bills 23 on the stage 22. Next, the sensor 30
The stage 23 is lowered until N is detected, and the state shown in FIG. 11 is set. By this operation, the temporary holding section 44 is surely vertically closed. The stage 22 starts to move up with the temporary holding unit 44 closed vertically, and the sensor 27
N and detecting that the bill has risen to the separation position,
The ascent of the stage 22 is stopped. <Payment Operation> When the above-described payment preparation operation is completed, the picker roller 21 and the separation roller 24 start rotating in the direction of the arrow by a drive source (not shown) to separate the banknotes 23 on the stage 22 one by one. The specified number of sheets is fed out while performing the above operation.

As described above, in the second embodiment of the present invention, when banknotes are stacked, one
Since the banknotes are stacked while being pressed over the entire area in the longitudinal direction for each sheet, there is no problem such as the leaning of the banknotes or the subsequent transfer of the banknotes to the previously stacked banknotes, thereby improving reliability. I do. In addition, since the banknotes on the temporary holding section can be directly paid out, it is possible to completely return the actual banknotes.

Further, since a mechanism for retracting the temporary storage section is provided, a structure capable of recycling stored banknotes can be provided, and when storing the banknotes on the temporary storage section on the stage, the banknotes can be stored smoothly. It is. FIG. 12 is a configuration diagram showing the third embodiment of the present invention, and is a diagram when the inside of the device is viewed from the side in the bill conveying direction.

In the drawing, reference numeral 1 denotes a sheet guide for guiding bills sent from a transport path (not shown). A sensor 2 has a role of monitoring the running of the bill and triggering the motor 11 to be turned on. A pressure roller 3 is pressed against the feed roller 4 by a spring (not shown). The feed roller 4 is rotated in a direction indicated by an arrow by a driving source (not shown). A tongue roller 5 has a urethane rubber arm on the roller in a radial manner.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a bill stopping portion, in which a member having an L-shaped cross section is fixed to a frame located on the left and right sides in the bill conveying direction. Has become. Reference numeral 8 denotes a building pressure, which is connected to a fulcrum 9b of a pantograph-like link row 9. The fulcrum 9a of the link row 9 is fixed to a frame (not shown). The fulcrums 9a, 9b and 9c are all free to rotate. Also,
At the fulcrum 9c, a torsion spring 10 is
Is provided so as to exert a force in the direction of lowering the bill pressure 8 via the.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a motor for raising and lowering the bill pressure 8 via the link row 9. Reference numeral 12 denotes a sensor, in which the building pressure 8 is at the home position, that is, FIG.
The position of the link row 9 at the position of 2 is detected. 13
The sensor also detects that the bill pressure 8 has been released in the downward direction. 44 is a temporary storage unit. The temporary holding unit 44 is provided at the back of the bill in the transport direction as viewed from the insertion side, and on both the left and right sides in the transport direction. Note that the temporary holding unit 44
Is the same as the structure described in FIG. 8 and FIG.

Reference numeral 21 denotes a picker roller for separating and feeding bills. The picker roller 21 is configured to move up and down in conjunction with the elevation of the bill pressure 8 by a mechanism such as a link row (not shown). When the bill pressure 8 is lowered, the picker roller 21 is also lowered. 24 is a separation roller. Reference numeral 50 denotes a link, and a fulcrum 50a is rotatably attached to a frame (not shown). The fulcrum 50c is attached to the frame so that it is freely rotatable and has a degree of freedom in the direction in which bills are conveyed. The fulcrum 50d is rotatably attached to the stage 22. The fulcrum 50e is attached to the stage 22 so as to be freely rotatable and to have a degree of freedom in the bill conveying direction. 52 is a rack provided with claws in a direction for preventing the stage 22 from lowering. A driving source (not shown) enables horizontal movement in the front and rear directions of the bill. Reference numeral 53a denotes a claw provided on the stage 22.
Engage with 2.

Reference numeral 51 denotes a torsion spring, and the link 5
The stage 22 is attached to the link 50 so that a force is applied in a direction to move up the stage 22. The spring force of the torsion spring 51 exerts a sufficient force to push up the bill 23, but is set to be weaker than the torsion spring 10 for lowering the bill pressure 8.

The operation of the third embodiment will be described below. <Payment Preparation Operation> The rack 52 slides to the position 52a indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 12, and the motor 11 rotates until the sensor 13 detects ON. As described above, since the torsion spring 10 that lowers the bill pressure 8 has a stronger spring force than the torsion spring 51 that pushes up the stage 22, the bill pressure 8 pushes down the stage 22. The position of the bill pressure at this time is as shown in FIG.

Next, the limiter 46 described with reference to FIGS.
Is raised, and the temporary holding section 44 is opened horizontally. Next, the motor 11 is rotated until the sensor 12 is turned on, and the bill pressure 8 is raised to the position shown in FIG. When the building pressure 8 rises, the stage 22
Is released, the stage 22 rises by the spring force of the torsion spring 51, and the bills 23 on the stage 22 abut against the temporary holding portion 44, and the stage 22
Stops rising. Finally, the rack 52 is moved and the claws 5
The payment preparation operation is completed by engaging with 3a. <Payment Operation> Next, the payment operation will be described.

One banknote, which is conveyed in the longitudinal direction through a banknote discriminating section (not shown), is moved by the sheet guide 1 in FIG.
It is sent in the direction of arrow 2. When the trailing end of the bill passes the sensor 2 and a few hundred milliseconds elapse, that is, the trailing end of the bill passes through the pressure roller 3, the feed roller 4, and the tongue roller 5, and the entire bill is moved to the bill stopping portion. At the time of step 6, the motor 11 is rotated until the sensor 12 is turned on again. At this time, the bill pressure 8 descends to the temporary holding portion 44 by the spring force of the torsion spring 10, and
As a result, the bill is transferred from the bill stopping unit 6 to the temporary holding unit 44. That is, the bill stopping portion 6 has a structure for holding bills at both left and right ends in the transport direction, and the bill pressure 8 can be moved up and down between the left and right bill stopping portions 6. Is lowered, the banknotes on the banknote stopping unit 6 are dropped from the banknote stopping unit 6, and are pressed onto the temporary holding unit 44 by the bill pressure 8. Here, the bill pressing surface of the bill pressure 8 has substantially the same length as the length of the bill in the longitudinal direction, and drops the bill to the temporary holding unit 44 while pressing the entire surface of the bill.

Since the motor 11 rotates until the sensor 12 is turned on again, the bill pressure 8 drops the banknotes on the banknote stopping section 6 onto the temporary holding section 44 and then rises again to the position shown in FIG. And return to the home position at the time of deposit operation. Then, the above operation is repeated for the number of bills being conveyed. When the transaction of the conveyed bills is completed, the limiter 46 is lowered and the temporary holding unit 44 is released. Next, the rack 52 is slid to the position shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 12, and the stage 22 is released. Finally, the motor 11 rotates until the sensor 13 turns on. As a result, the bill pressure 8 descends on the banknotes accumulated on the temporary holding section 44, and both the temporary holding section 44 and the stage 22 are released, so that the bill pressure 8 further presses the banknote, and the stage 22 moves down. Then, the temporary holding unit 44 is vertically closed, and the bills on the temporary holding unit 44 are pressed against the bill pressure 8 on the stage 22.
It is accumulated on the upper bill 23.

Thus, the deposit operation is completed. <Payment Return Operation> In the payment operation, the banknotes conveyed as described above are temporarily accumulated on the temporary holding unit 44. Next, an operation of returning a banknote received due to a transaction failure will be described. First, the motor 11 is rotated until the sensor 13 is turned on. As a result, the bill pressure 8 descends on the banknotes accumulated on the temporary holding section 44. In conjunction with the lowering of the bill pressure 8, the picker roller 21 also lowers and presses the banknotes accumulated on the temporary holding unit 44. Then, the picker roller 21 and the separation roller 24 start rotating in the direction of the arrow by a drive source (not shown) to feed out the banknotes on the temporary holding section 44 while separating them one by one, and convey them to a payout port (not shown). <Payment preparation operation> When a control unit (not shown) issues a payment command, the controller executes a payment preparation operation. First, the limiter 46 is lowered to release the temporary holding section 44. Next, the rack 52 is slid to the position shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 12, and the stage 22 is released. Next, the motor 11 rotates until the sensor 13 turns on. As a result, the bill pressure 8 lowers the stage 22 so that the temporary holding section 44 is closed vertically. Next, the motor 11 is rotated until the sensor 12 is turned on, and the bill pressure 8 is turned on in FIG.
Raise to the position shown in. Since the pressure on the stage 22 is eliminated by raising the bill pressure 8, the stage 22 rises by the spring force of the torsion spring 51, and the bills 23 on the stage 22 hit the bill stopping portion 6 and the rise of the stage 22 stops. I do. Next, rack 5
2 is moved and engaged with the nail 53a. Finally, by lowering the bill pressure 8, the picker roller 21 is lowered and pressed against the bill 23, and the dispensing preparation operation is completed. <Payment Operation> When the above-described withdrawal preparation operation is completed, the picker roller 21 and the separation roller 24 start rotating in the direction of the arrow by a drive source (not shown) to separate the bills 23 on the stage 22 one by one. The specified number of sheets is fed out while performing the above operation.

As described above, in the third embodiment of the present invention, a motor for moving the stage up and down is not required, so that it can be realized at low cost, and the control relating to the stage up and down can be simplified. is there. Further, as in the second embodiment, when stacking the bills, the bills are stacked while being pressed over the entire area in the longitudinal direction for each sheet in the temporary holding unit, so that the bills lean or lean earlier. Problems such as the bills conveyed later on the bills are not trapped and the reliability is improved.

Further, since the bills on the temporary holding section can be directly fed out, it is possible to completely return the actual bills. Further, since a mechanism for retracting the temporary storage section is provided, a structure capable of recycling stored banknotes can be provided, and when storing the banknotes on the temporary storage section on the stage, the banknotes can be stored smoothly.

It should be noted that the stage elevating mechanism described in the third embodiment can be applied to the first embodiment, whereby the structure of the first embodiment can be further reduced. Costs can be reduced.

[0052]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a stage for raising and lowering banknotes that can be stacked and stored, and a bank stop that can store one banknote above the banknotes that are stacked and stored on the stage. Unit, a temporary storage unit under the banknote stop unit, which can accumulate a plurality of banknotes, and a banknote on the banknote stop unit, which presses the entire area in the longitudinal direction and drops the banknote to the temporary storage unit. When one bill is sent to the bill stopping portion, the plate drops the bill to a temporary holding portion, and repeats this operation for each bill conveyed to temporarily hold the required number of bills. When the banknotes are aligned, all the banknotes are dropped on the stage at once.
Each sheet is pressed over its entire length in the longitudinal direction, curls and folds are held down, and bills lean upon stacking,
Problems such as the bills conveyed later being caught on the previously accumulated bills do not occur, and the reliability is improved.

Further, since the bills on the temporary holding section can be directly paid out, it is possible to completely return the actual bills. Further, since the bills on the stage below the temporary holding section can be fed, the stored bills can be recycled.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a lifting / lowering mechanism of a bill pressure;

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a temporary holding unit;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of each component at the time of a deposit operation in the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of each component at the time of a deposit operation in the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of each component at the time of a deposit operation in the second embodiment.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of each component at the time of a deposit operation in the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a configuration diagram showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 6 Bill stop unit 8 Bill pressure 14a, 14b Temporary holding unit 22 Stage

Claims (6)

[Claims] A stage capable of moving up and down for storing bills; and
A banknote stop unit capable of storing a number of banknotes, a temporary storage unit under the banknote stop unit and capable of accumulating a plurality of banknotes, and a banknote on the banknote stop unit. A stacker comprising: a plate that is pressed to drop into the temporary holding section. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: first transport means for feeding bills to the bill stopping portion; and second transport means for feeding bills on the stage or bills on a temporary holding section. When the transport means sends one bill to the bill stop,
The plate drops this bill to the temporary holding section, and repeats this operation for each bill conveyed. When the required number of bills are aligned in the temporary holding section, a control means for collectively dropping all bills onto the stage is provided. A stacker characterized by comprising: 3. The stacker according to claim 2, wherein the control unit performs control to feed out the banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding unit by the second transport unit. 4. The temporary storage unit according to claim 2, wherein the temporary storage unit is divided into two in the direction in which the banknotes are transported, and one of the temporary storage units is located immediately below the second transport unit.
The one temporary storage unit is movable along the direction in which the banknotes are transported, and the control unit controls the one temporary storage unit when performing the control of feeding out the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit by the second transport unit. A stacker, wherein the one temporary holding unit is retracted from immediately below the second transport unit when the banknotes are positioned just below the second transport unit and the banknotes on the stage are fed out by the second transport unit. 5. The apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: means for retreating the temporary holding unit to a position where the banknotes are not stacked, wherein the control unit is configured to collect all the banknotes stacked in the temporary holding unit on a stage. A stacker that retracts the temporary holding unit when the banknotes on the stage are fed by the second transport unit. 6. The stacker according to claim 1, further comprising a spring for urging the stage in a rising direction, and a stopper for regulating a position of the stage by the spring.