JPS5813457B2 - Paper storage device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention provides a paper sheet handling device such as an automatic teller machine.
This invention relates to a device for storing paper sheets in a storage box in an orderly manner.

In an automatic teller machine that uses this type of paper sheet storage device according to the present invention, the paper sheets inserted by the depositor are checked by a paper fault identification machine, and then stacked and temporarily stored. ,
In response to a deposit termination instruction from a depositor, the stacked paper group is stored in the safe without disturbing its stacked state.

As a conventional storage device of this type, the device shown in FIG. 1 has already been proposed.

Figure 1 shows a schematic diagram of an automatic teller machine;
20 is a conveying section, which includes a driving roller 21 and a driven roller 22.
A belt 23 is wound around the drive roller 21, and a roller 24 is arranged opposite to the drive roller 21.

Reference numeral 30 denotes a stacking storage section, which includes a primary suppressing member 32 that moves linearly back and forth via a crank mechanism 31, which is used to temporarily store the inserted paper waste, and a safe 40 serving as a storage section to store the temporarily retained paper waste. Chain 3 wrapped around driving sprocket 33 and driven sprocket 34 for storage
5, the secondary pressing member 3 is connected to the chain 35 via the arm 36.
7, a support plate 38 for supporting the inserted paper sheets, and a receiving plate 39 for stacking and holding the paper sheets.

Reference numeral 60 denotes a return section, which is shown by a roller 62 provided at the tip of a support rod 61 that can swing around the axis of the driven roller 22 of the conveying section 20, and a chain line wrapped around this roller 62 and the driven roller 22. It consists of a belt 63.

The primary suppressing member 32 of the stacking storage section 30 performs reciprocating linear movement up and down by a crank mechanism 31.

On the other hand, the secondary pressing member 37 is formed to perform reciprocating linear movement up and down along a line connecting the axes of the driving sprocket 33 and the driven sprocket 34 due to the rotational movement of the chain 35.

Such a wrap transmission device can be replaced by a crank mechanism, but in this case, unless a crank mechanism is used that makes the reciprocating linear movement stroke of the secondary pressing member 37 longer than that of the primary pressing member 32. No.

That is, the reciprocating linear movement stroke of the secondary suppressing member 37 is made longer than the reciprocating linear movement stroke of the primary suppressing member 32.

The stacking storage section 30 is located in the second section shown in the Y-Y cross section of FIG.
This is shown in detail in the figure.

That is, in FIG. 2, the primary pressing member 32 has a hole 321 on its banknote pressing surface, and the hole 321 is formed in a size that allows the secondary pressing member 37 to pass through.

When these primary and secondary pressing members 32 and 37 are in a standby state (position shown), a hole 381 is smaller than the width of the banknote in the supporting plate 38 that is fixedly supported at the lower position of these pressing members. , and is formed larger than the width of the pressing surface of the primary pressing member 32.

The receiving plate 39 located at the lower part of the supporting plate 38 has one end thereof fixed to a guide pusher 392 supported by a shaft 101 implanted in the base plate 100.

This guide push 392 can slide up and down with respect to the shaft 101, and the guide push 392
1 is constantly pressed in a direction away from the substrate 100 by a coil spring 393 inserted into the substrate 100.

A receiving plate 39 whose one end is supported by a guide pusher 392
has a hole 391 at a position facing the hole 381 of the support plate 38 and each pressing member, especially the secondary pressing member 31;
The size of 91 is larger than the width of the secondary suppressing member 37, but smaller than the width of the banknote.

A hole 102, which is narrower than the width of the banknote, is formed in the substrate 100 at a position facing the hole 391 of the receiving plate 39.

The safe 40 disposed at the bottom of this board 100 has a receiving plate 41
and a spring 42, and this safe 40 is detachably attached.

Next, the operation of the stacking storage section 30 will be explained.

A banknote that has been authenticated by the banknote validator 10 shown in FIG. Assume that the bill is fed into the flat portion of the support plate 38 while being held.

When it is detected by, for example, a photoelectric detector that a banknote is fed into the flat part of the support plate 38, the primary suppression member 32
begins to descend by the crank mechanism 31.

By lowering the primary pressing member 32, the banknotes supported by the support plate 38 are pushed down through the holes 381 of the support plate 38, which are shown in detail in FIG.

The primary pressing member 32 presses down the bill 9 and also pushes down the receiving plate 39 when it comes into contact with the receiving plate 39.

At this time, since the receiving plate 39 is supported by the guide pusher 392, it can be easily pushed down.

When the banknote 9 passes through the hole 381 of the support plate 38, the banknote is curved.

However, this banknote 9 has holes 381 at both curved ends.
Once it passes through, it will restore itself and return to its original state, that is, its flat state.

When the primary suppressing member 32 descends by a predetermined stroke determined by the crank mechanism 31, it stops descending at a position as shown in FIG. 3, for example, and then begins a rising process.

As the primary pressing member 32 rises, the receiving plate 39 rises because the guide pusher 392 is pressed by the coil spring 393.

During the upward movement of the primary pressing member 32, when the receiving plate 39 comes into contact with the roller 111 rotatably supported by the support plate 38, etc., the upward movement of the receiving plate 39 is stopped and the receiving plate 39
is held between rollers 111 so as to be pressed.

The primary pressing member 32 rises to the standby position as shown in FIG. 2, and one banknote temporary holding operation is completed.

As is clear from the above, the banknotes pressed down by the primary pressing member 32 are pressed down by the pressing member 32 during the temporary holding operation.
and the receiving plate 39, and while it is temporarily held, the receiving plate 39 and the roller 111 press and sandwich it.

In this manner, each time a banknote is fed to the flat portion of the support plate 38, the primary pressing member 32 repeats the reciprocating linear movement to achieve temporary retention.

Next, for example, if the depositor presses a deposit termination button (not shown), the temporarily held banknotes will be transferred to the secondary pressing member 37.
is pushed into the safe 40.

When the deposit end button is pressed by the depositor, the primary pressing member 32 and the secondary pressing member 37 simultaneously start a downward movement.

When the primary and secondary pressing members simultaneously start descending, the banknotes 9 stacked and temporarily held on the receiving plate 39 are first pushed down together with the receiving plate 39 by the primary pressing member 32 .

When the primary pressing member 32 has descended to the position shown in FIG. In contrast, since the secondary pressing member 37 is made longer, the secondary pressing member 37 continues to descend.

As the secondary suppression member 37 continues to descend, the receiving plate 39
The banknotes 9 stacked on top are pushed into the holes 391 of the receiving plate 39.

At this time, the receiving plate 39 is stopped because the guide bush 392 is prevented from sliding downward by the coil spring 393.

The banknote 9 passing through the hole 391 of the receiving plate 39 is curved and passes through the hole 391.
91 and then the banknote 9 passes through the hole 10 of the substrate 100.
2 and is pushed into the safe 40 as shown in FIG.

The banknote 9 that has been completely pushed into the safe 40 by the secondary pressing member 37 returns to its original flat state due to its own restoring force, and the receiving plate 4 supported by the coil spring 42
It is stacked on top of 1.

After this, the secondary suppressing member 37 stops descending and enters the upward process, passing through the hole 102 of the substrate 100, the hole 391 of the receiving plate 39, and the hole 381 of the support plate 38, and enters the hole 321 of the primary pressing member 32. and return to standby mode.

At this time, as the primary pressing member 32 rises, the guide bush 392 is pushed up by the pressing force of the coil spring 393, and the receiving plate 39 rises from the position shown in FIG. 4 and waits with the primary pressing member 32. Return to state.

The banknotes 9 temporarily reserved in this way are stored in the safe 40.

According to the conventional device described above, temporarily held banknotes can be held in such a way as to be pressed at all times, and when the temporarily held banknotes are stored in the storage section (safe), the banknotes can also be held in place. It is possible to hold it in such a way that it is always pressed down.

As a result, even if a banknote with worn-out folds is used, or even if vibration occurs while the banknote is temporarily held, the stacked banknotes will not collapse.

However, when storing the banknotes stacked on the receiving plate 39 in the safe 40, the receiving plate 39 is in a state where it can move freely.
Therefore, when the primary pressing member 32 starts rising after descending to the position shown in FIG. 4, the receiving plate 39 also rises due to the force of the coil spring 393.

As a result, both ends of the banknote may be pinched between the surface of the receiving plate 39 and the pressing surface of the primary pressing member 32.

This happens more clearly as the number of banknotes deposited is smaller.

When a banknote is caught between the primary pressing member 32 and the receiving plate 39, the banknote will be forcibly pulled out by the pressing force of the secondary pressing member 37 toward the safe, resulting in damage to the banknote. There is.

Furthermore, when storing banknotes by the secondary pressing member 37, it is sufficient if both ends of the banknote held between the primary pressing member 32 and the receiving plate 39 are pulled out at the same time, but if they are not pulled out at the same time, the banknote can no longer be stored. , banknotes are scattered inside the device and cannot be collected.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to improve the conventional device described above and provide a device that can reliably store banknotes in a safe and improve reliability.

Next, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

FIG. 6 shows a main part configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and in the figure, parts that are the same as those of the conventional device are given the same reference numerals.

The difference from the conventional device in FIG. 6 is that a push type solenoid 50 is added.

When a voltage is applied to the solenoid 50, an iron core 51 projects in the direction of the arrow, and this iron core 51 engages with the end of the receiving plate 39.

The excitation signal of the solenoid 50 is a deposit completion signal generated when the depositor presses a deposit completion button (not shown);
The signal from the position detector of the receiving plate 39, that is, the receiving plate 39
A position detector is disposed at a position where the receiving plate 39 reaches the lowest point when pressed down by the primary pressing member 32, and an excitation signal is generated by logical product of this position detector and a detection signal when the receiving plate 39 is detected. is formed.

As for the position of the solenoid 50, it is preferable that its iron core 51 is in the next position.

That is, when the first bill inserted by the depositor is transferred onto the receiving plate 39 by the primary pressing member 32,
When the primary pressing member 32 descends and reaches the lowest point, the receiving plate 3
The solenoid 50 may be arranged so that the iron core 51 of the solenoid 50 is located above the solenoid 9.

In this case, when the number of banknotes stacked on the receiving plate 39 increases, when the solenoid 50 is energized by the lowering of the receiving plate 39 and the iron core 51 protrudes, there is a gap between the iron core 51 and the receiving plate 39 due to the thickness of the banknotes. A gap of the same amount is created.

As a result, as the primary pressing member 32 rises, the receiving plate 39
However, a finite amount of time is required until the banknote is pressed by the secondary pressing member 37 and the banknote is bent into a U-shape due to the banknote's resistance to bending.

Therefore, when the number of banknotes increases, the receiving plate 39 does not rise at the same time as the primary pressing member 32 rises, and the banknotes are no longer sandwiched between the receiving plate 39 and the primary pressing member 32.

Furthermore, in order to completely eliminate banknotes from being caught between the receiving plate 39 and the primary pressing member 32, the primary pressing member 32 must be
The lowering speed of the secondary pressing member 37 may be made different from the lowering speed of the primary suppressing member 32, so that the lowering speed of the secondary pressing member 37 is slower than the lowering speed of the primary suppressing member 32.

In addition, the descending speed of the primary pressing member 32 and the secondary pressing member 37 is made the same, and the timing at which the primary pressing member 32 and the secondary pressing member 37 start descending is staggered. The pressing member 37 may be moved downward.

Next, the operation of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be explained.

Each time the banknote 9 is fed into the flat part of the support plate 38, the primary suppressing member 32 repeats a reciprocating linear movement and pushes the banknote 9 onto the receiving plate 3.
9 and the support plate 38, and the bill 9 is held between the receiving plate 39 and the roller 111.

This operation is the same as that of the conventional device, and at this time the secondary pressing member 37 is in a stopped state.

When the receiving plate 39 descends with the movement of the primary pressing member 32, the receiving plate 39 is detected at its lowering limit position by a position detector (not shown).

However, the solenoid 50 is energized when there is a deposit completion command from the depositor and a detection signal from the position detector is received, so the solenoid 50 is not energized only by the detection signal from the position detector.

Next, in response to a deposit completion command from the depositor, the primary and secondary pressing members 32 and 37 simultaneously begin to descend.

When the receiving plate 39 descends as the primary pressing member 32 descends and a detection signal is transmitted from the position detector, the solenoid 5
0 is energized.

As a result, the iron core 51 of the solenoid 50 comes into engagement with the receiving plate 39, thereby preventing the receiving plate 39 from rising as shown in FIG.

Next, even when the primary suppressing member 32 enters the rising process, the secondary pressing member 37 has a longer movement stroke than the primary suppressing member 32.
continues to descend.

As a result, the banknotes 9 on the receiving plate 39 are pushed into the safe 40 through the hole 391 of the receiving plate 39 and the hole 102 of the base plate 100 as the secondary suppressing member 37 descends.

When the secondary pressing member 37 pushes the bill 9 into the safe, the solenoid 50 is released and the receiving plate 39 is unlocked, so that the coil spring 393 returns it to the standby position.

The release of the solenoid 50 may be performed, for example, by the secondary pressing member 31.
This is done when a detection element having an optical characteristic detects that the light passes through the hole 102 of the substrate 100.

The secondary pressing member 37 stores the banknotes 9 in the safe 40, rises, and returns to the standby position, thereby completing storage of the banknotes.

Although the solenoid 50 has been described as a push type, it is also possible to use a pull type to achieve the purpose by using a lever or the like.

Further, the solenoid 50 may be released after the banknotes are completely stored in the safe by the secondary pressing member 37, but before the secondary pressing member 37 returns to its original position.

From the above explanation, according to the present invention, in a device that is capable of transporting banknotes in a state where they are always clamped, it is possible to transport banknotes in a free state when storing the banknotes in a safe, It has the advantage of improving reliability because banknotes can be reliably stored.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a conventional device, FIGS. 2 to 5 are diagrams each explaining the operation, FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a main part showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a diagram explaining the operation. . 32: Primary pressing member, 37: Secondary pressing member, 38: Support plate, 39: Receiving plate, 393: Coil spring, 50: Solenoid.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A primary suppressing member that performs a reciprocating linear motion with a predetermined stroke, and each time a paper sheet is fed to a support plate, the primary suppressing member performs one reciprocating linear movement to suppress the paper on the supporting plate. A primary suppressing means for transporting the paper sheet through a hole having a width narrower than the width of the leaf, and a receiving plate movable in the direction of reciprocating linear movement of the primary suppressing member and constantly pressed toward the support plate. , means for sequentially stacking and temporarily holding paper sheets transferred through the holes in the support plate; a secondary pressing member that performs reciprocating linear motion with a stroke longer than the movement stroke of the primary pressing member; In an apparatus comprising a secondary pressing means for pushing paper sheets stacked on a receiving plate into a storage section through a hole having a width narrower than the width of the paper sheets on the receiving plate, the secondary pressing member pushes the receiving plate When pushing the paper sheets on top into the storage section, the receiving plate pressed down is locked by the primary pressing member to prevent the receiving plate from returning, and the paper sheets on the receiving plate are pushed down by the secondary pressing member. A storage device for paper sheets, comprising a locking device that unlocks the receiving plate after being transferred. 2. A paper sheet storage device according to claim 1, wherein the locking device is a push solenoid.