JPS58121493A - Sheet paper housing mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (1) Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cash handling device such as an automatic teller machine, and more particularly to an improvement in a banknote storage mechanism suitable for preventing banknotes from being misaligned.

(2) Background of the technology In recent years, as part of the combiator banking system, automated teller machines, which are cash handling devices, are used at counters of financial institutions.
Machines such as ATMs are widely used. These devices are equipped with a banknote storage box and store banknotes in a stacked arrangement in the order in which they were deposited.

(3) Prior Art and Problems The conventional method will now be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, taking an automatic teller machine as an example.

FIG. 1 is a side view illustrating an overview of a bulk-loading automatic teller machine to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a side view illustrating a conventional method of the bill storage mechanism of FIG. 1, and FIG. It is a side view which shows the time of operation of a figure. In the figure, 1 is an enlarged bill slot, 2 is an input section, 3 is a discrimination section, 3a is a sensor, 3b is a magnetic head, 4 is a pool section, 5 is a bottom layer, 5a is a spindle, 6 is a storage box, 6a
is a storage opening, 7 is a return section, 8 is a control section, 10 is a return opening, 1
2.13 is a feed roller, 14 is a switching gate, 15a is a counter, 15b is an accumulation counter, and 20 is a banknote.

In FIG. 1, the banknotes 20 that have been input into the banknote input slot 1 and into the banknote input unit 2 are fed out one by one by a big roller 24, etc., and are sequentially sent to the validation unit 3. The size of the banknote 20 is determined by the sensor 3a, and if the size is not normal, an NG signal is sent to the control unit 8, and the banknote 20 is returned to the return unit 7. If the banknote 20 is a regular banknote, the denomination is determined based on the size, and then the magnetic head 3b performs authenticity and denomination discrimination.0 When the gold plate determination by the sensor 3a and the denomination determination by the magnetic head 3b match. That is, in the case of a genuine banknote, an OK signal is sent to the control unit 8, and in the case of mismatch, that is, in the case of a fake banknote, an NG signal is sent to the control unit 8. The control unit 8 causes the switching game 14 to perform a switching operation based on the sent discrimination information. The switching gate 14 is normally in an OFF state, and the banknotes 20 passing between the feed rollers 12 and 13 are sent to the pool section 4. The genuine banknotes 20 are sent to the pool part 4 while maintaining the condition. When one transaction of the banknotes 20 that has reached the pool section 4 is completed, the bottom layer 21 opens and the banknotes 20 fall and are stored in the storage box 6.

The counter 15a displays the amount of regular banknotes 20 deposited and withdrawn. Further, the total sum of the counter 15a for that day is displayed on the integration counter 15b. If counterfeit banknotes are mixed in the banknotes 20 that have been inserted all at once, the control unit 8 that has received the NG signal issues a command to operate the gate 14 and switch the banknote conveyance path. The counterfeit banknotes are then sent to the return section 7 and returned to the return slot 10.

In this banknote storage mechanism? To explain in more detail, the second
As shown in the figure, the bottom □
A door 21 is provided. The bottom part J% 21 is composed of two parts, which are rotatably mounted on both sides of the pool part 4 by supporting shafts 22, and which are attached upward by a spring of a lever mechanism (not shown). The bottom of the pool portion 4 is constituted by the pressure applied thereto. When the lever mechanism is activated,
As shown in FIG. 3, the bottom layer 21 is shaped like a trap so that it opens downward in both directions as shown by the arrows. The storage box 6 is arranged directly below the pool part 4 with the storage opening 6 facing the bottom layer 21. With this configuration, the banknotes 20 are stored at the bottom of the pool part 4! After being stored on the I21, the lever mechanism is activated to rotate the bottom layer 21 around the support shaft 22 and open the banknotes 20, and the banknotes 20 fall together and are stored in the storage box 6 through the storage opening 6a. .

However, according to this conventional method, when the bottom layer 21 is opened, the banknote 20 that was in contact with the bottom layer 21 is removed from the bottom layer 21.
1, and since the adsorption forces of the left and right bottom layers 21 are different, the banknotes 20 are biased to one side, and the banknotes 20 fall with their postures not horizontal. In addition, some bills 20 from the bottom that are not in direct contact with the bottom #=21 also lose their posture, so there is a drawback that the bills 20 that have fallen into the storage box 6 are not stored in a flat manner. be. This is bottom layer 2
This phenomenon is caused by a change in air pressure when the bottom layer 21 and the banknotes 20 and the banknotes 20 come out of contact when the banknotes 1 are opened. Therefore, a method of opening the bottom #+21 slowly to avoid adsorption may be considered, but in this case, the banknotes 20 will slide to one side and will not fall horizontally, so there is still a drawback that the storage will be disordered.

(4) Object of the Invention The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks and to provide a banknote storage mechanism that prevents banknotes from being misaligned and stores them properly.

(5) Structure of the Invention The present invention feeds out the input paper sheets one by one, performs a predetermined discrimination, sends only the regular paper sheets to the pool section, and when the discrimination of all the paper sheets is completed, the pool section In a paper handling device that encloses the bottom layer of the pool part and causes all the banknotes stored in the pool part to fall into a paper sheet storage box and store the banknotes, the bottom layer of the pool part and the paper banknotes This paper sheet storage mechanism is characterized by reducing the number of parts that come into contact with paper sheets. In this way, the objective can be achieved.

(6) Example of invention #I An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing an embodiment according to the invention, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the bottom layer of FIG. In the figure, 4' is the pool part, 22 is the bottom layer, 22a is the spindle, 23 is the hole, 24Fi
The protrusion is shown. Also, the same 1φ locations as in FIGS. 2 and 3 are indicated by the same reference numerals.

As shown in FIG. 6, the bottom layer 22 has a hole 23 and a protrusion 24 which are cut and formed by press working so that the banknote 20 is flat. A plurality of them are provided in different positions. As shown in FIG. 5, the protrusion 24 is formed in the inner direction of the pool portion 4', that is, in the direction of contact with the banknote 20.

With this configuration, the banknotes 20 stored in the pool part 4' are placed flat on the tips of the protrusions 24 of the bottom door 22, so that there are few contact parts and the bottom layer 22 is placed downward. Even if the proboscis is opened, the banknotes 20 are not attracted to the bottom layer 22 due to air circulation through the holes 23 and the projections 24, so they fall horizontally.

Therefore, it can be properly stored in the storage box 6.

In the above example, the hole 23 and the protrusion 24 are provided in the bottom layer 22 of the pool portion 4', but it is also effective to apply each separately.

In another embodiment, as shown in FIG.
The sono-like effect can also be achieved by forming the waveform 26 in the waveform 26. Although not shown in V at ψ, it is also effective to form the bottom layer with a wire-like member.

(7) As described in detail, according to the present invention, when the banknotes stored in the pool part are opened and dropped into the storage box, the contact area between the banknotes and the bottom layer is small. A side view illustrating the outline of a water dispenser that falls without adsorption and is uneven;
2 is a side view illustrating the conventional method of the banknote storage mechanism shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a side view illustrating the operation shown in FIG. 2; FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the bottom layer of FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is a side view showing a different embodiment.

In the figure, 4.4' is the pool part, 5.22.25 is the bottom layer, 5a, 22a are the support shafts, 6 is the storage box, 6 is the storage opening,
20 is a banknote, 23 is a hole, 24 is a protrusion, and 26 is a waveform.

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Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) The input papers are fed out one by one and subjected to predetermined discrimination, and only the regular paper sheets are sent to the pool. When all the paper sheets have been distinguished, the bottom layer of the mosquito pool section is opened and the In a paper sheet handling device that drops and stores all the banknotes stacked in a pool part into a paper sheet storage box, the bottom layer of the pool part is configured to have an uneven shape, and a scissors bottom part is provided. A paper sheet storage mechanism characterized by reducing the contact area between the door and the paper sheets. (2) Paper sheet storage mechanism 0 according to claim 1, characterized in that a protruding member is provided on the contact surface of the bottom layer with the paper T11 type. (3) The paper sheet storage mechanism according to claim 1, wherein at least one hole is provided in the bottom layer.