JPS5922184A - Paper money storage unit for currency casher - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a banknote storage device for feeding banknotes temporarily stored in a money deposit machine into a storage safe.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, money deposit machines have been used for the purpose of saving labor in deposit operations at bank counters and the like. This coin deposit machine has, for example, a discriminating and conveying function that loads and conveys all banknotes in a stacked state, an unacceptable note return function that returns banknotes determined to be unacceptable, and a function that distinguishes all banknotes that are determined to be acceptable. It has a temporary storage function that temporarily stores the banknotes until the banknotes have been distinguished, and a storage function that stores the banknotes after all the banknotes have been distinguished.

By the way, in order to effectively utilize the space inside a bank or other store, it is desirable that the money deposit machine be installed inside the counter of a teller.
From the viewpoint of operability, it is necessary to concentrate functions such as accepting and returning banknotes or taking out stored banknotes on the front of the machine (the side that faces the operator inside the counter when it is fitted into the counter). There is. In addition, from the viewpoint of customer service, it is desirable to reduce the height of the deposit machine so that customers can observe the deposit process from behind the counter.

This invention was proposed in consideration of the above-mentioned circumstances, and includes a push plate provided on the outside of a temporary storage section for temporarily storing banknotes in a money deposit machine, and vertical rotation and elevation of the push plate to temporarily store banknotes. The object of this invention is to improve the operability of the coin deposit machine and to reduce its size by pushing the banknotes stored in the deposit box into a storage safe provided below.

The present invention will be described below based on embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a money deposit machine using the banknote storage device of the present application. This money deposit machine 1 is fitted into a counter 2 of a bank teller or the like, and is installed with the front surface 3a of the machine body 3 facing inside the counter 2. The next banknote S input into the unit 4 is sent one by one to the discriminating conveyance unit 6 by the separating and sending unit 5, and the banknotes S that have been determined to be acceptable by the discriminating conveyance unit 6 are sent to the gate. The banknotes S are fed into the stacking car 8 one by one between the blades 8a, 8a, . . . After the banknotes S are stacked on the shutter plate 11 and temporarily stored, and all banknotes S have been distinguished, the banknotes S on the shutter plate 11 are returned from the return slot 12 according to the customer's wishes, or the banknotes S on the shutter plate 11 are returned. It is designed to be stored in a storage safe 13 provided below. Then, banknotes S in the temporary storage section 10
The storage device of the present invention is used to store the items in the storage safe 13. ,-! , the discrimination conveyance section 6
is composed of a first conveyor belt 6b that is driven by a conveyor motor 6a and runs horizontally, and second and third conveyor belts 6c and 6d that sandwich banknotes S between this first conveyor belt 6b. There is.

Note that in the money deposit machine 1, the banknotes S that are determined by the 5 discrimination conveyance section 6 to be unacceptable are transferred to the gate 7.
The transport direction is changed by the reject box 14.
The products are then sent to the customer and returned to the customer. Reference numeral 15 in FIG. 1 designates a coin receiving section, and a coin 1d inserted into the coin receiving section 15 is conveyed while being discriminated by a coin sorting conveyance path (path shown), and is transferred through a temporary storage section to a coin storage section. (path shown).

Next, details of the banknote storage device will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

The shutter plate 11 of the temporary storage section 10 is integrated with the shutter plate 11 on shutter guide shafts 18, 18 provided horizontally in the machine body 3, as shown in FIGS. 3(A) and (C:I). It is supported horizontally by sliding connecting plates 19, 19. The shutter plate 11 has ranks 20 and 20 fixed to the lower surface of both side edges thereof.
is horizontally moved by operating the shutter motor 22 via pinion gears 21, 21, . . . In addition, the shutter guide shafts 18, 18
A shutter lock device 23 is provided above to fix the shutter plate 11 in a closed state. Spring 2
3c in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 3 to bring the tip of the lock piece 23b into contact with the connecting plate 19 to restrict the movement of the shutter plate 11 to the right in FIG. 23b is operated by a solenoid 23d to turn clockwise to release the restriction.

At the upper part of the storage safe 13 below the shutter plate 11, banknotes S that have fallen due to the horizontal movement of the shutter plate 11 are stored.
Opening/closing plates 24, 24 on which are placed are provided.
(See Figure 1) These opening/closing plates 24, 24 are connected to the bins 24a, 2.
It is supported so that it can rotate vertically around 4a, and
It is urged upward by a spring (as shown) and stopped in a horizontal state by a regulating device (as shown).

Further, a gap is provided between these opening/closing plates 24, 24 for allowing a pushing plate, which will be described later, to pass therethrough.

A suppression plate 25 is provided horizontally below the opening/closing plate 24 and holds the banknotes S between it and the opening/closing plate 24. 26, it is supported in a vertically movable □ manner. Also,
This pressing plate 25 is urged upward by a spring (as shown).

On the other hand, as mentioned above, on both sides of the temporary storage [10] and the storage safe 13 arranged above and below, slide shafts 27, 27 are fixed to the main body 3 of the machine and supported by support blocks 28 so as to be vertically movable. Shi, this slide shaft 27, 27
, the ranks 30, 30 connected to the slide shafts 27, 27 via the connecting plates 29, 29 are connected to the pinion gear 31.
- It can be moved up and down by operating it with a push motor 32 via 31 and 31.

The ranks 30, 30 are provided with swivel plates 34A, 34B that are vertically rotatable about the bin 33, respectively.
are provided, and these pushing plates 34A (34B
) is biased by the spring 35 in the clockwise direction (counterclockwise direction) in FIG. The push-in plate 34A (34B) is configured to pivot perpendicularly to the opening/closing plate 24.
As shown in FIGS. 2(A) and 3(A), in the state of being raised together with the slide shaft 27, the upper surface of the base end 34a is rotatably attached to the support block 28. 5, the pushing plate 34A (34B) is supported in a vertical state by being pressed by a fixed retraction roller 36. As shown, in the state of being lowered together with the slide shaft 27 - this pushing plate 34A (34B)
It is fixed in a horizontal state by a locking device 37 that moves up and down together with it.

This lock device @37 is attached to the rack 30 with a bin 37a.
A push lock piece 37b is provided so as to be able to rotate vertically around
3 (a) in the clockwise direction, and this rotation is caused by the support block 28,! It is regulated by two integrated lock release pieces 37d, and the push plate 34A (
34B), the lock release piece 37d releases the push-in lock piece 37b, and as shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), the push-in plate 34A (34B) (7) base end 34a is locked to the push-in lock piece 37d to fix the first push-in plate 34A (34B) in a horizontal state.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, a side portion of the storage safe 13 is partially cut out to allow the first push plates 34A and 34B to protrude, and this cutout portion 13a is , supported by the guide shaft 13b to be able to rise and fall freely
(at the time of illustration) is closed by the slide side plate 13cK which is urged upward by the slide side plate 13cK.

In addition, in FIGS. 2 and 3, the reference numeral 38 is a guide member, and this guide member 3B is the guide member 3B.
This works to prevent lateral vibration when the 0 moves up and down.

Next, the operation of this banknote storage device will be explained according to each step shown in Section 4 (a) to 4).

Step 1 (Refer to Figure 4 (A)) The receiver of the money deposit machine 1 transports the banknotes S inserted into the insertion section 4 while being discriminated by the discrimination and conveyance section 6. It is accumulated on the shutter plate 11 of the temporary storage section 10. At this time.

The pushing plates 34A and 34B are retracted to the raised position as shown in FIG. 2 (A) and FIG. The banknotes S falling from the car 8 are not obstructed by the banknotes S. Then, the banknotes S that can be placed in the receiver are accumulated on the shutter plate 11.

After the amount has been confirmed, the shutter lock device @23 that restricts the horizontal movement of the shutter plate 11 is unlocked, provided that the return port 11 is closed. That is, when operated by the solenoid 23d,
By turning the lock piece 23b clockwise in FIG. 3(A), horizontal movement of the shutter plate 11 becomes possible.

Step 2 (see Figure 4 (B)) When the shutter motor 22 is driven to horizontally move the shutter plate 11 to the right (from Figure 3 (A) to (B)), The banknotes S on the shutter plate 11 fall downward in FIG. 4(b) and are placed on the opening/closing plates 24. At this time, the opening/closing plate 24 is pressed from below by the pressing plate 25 and is biased by a spring (path shown) to support the bill S.

Step 3 (See FIG. 4(c)) The pushing motor 32 is driven to move the pushing plate 34A34A (34B) integrally with the slide shaft 27 and the rank 30 while sliding its base end 34a on the retracting roller 36. ,
It is biased by the spring 35 and turns vertically, becomes horizontal as shown by the chain line in FIG. ) Turn vertically clockwise and press the push plate 34A (3
4B), and engages with the base end 34a of the push plate 34A.
(34B) is locked in the horizontal position. (It is made so that it cannot move upward in the horizontal state.) Then, when the pushing plate 34A (34B1 is lowered from the position of the chain line in FIG. 4(C) to the position of the solid line in the horizontal state, these pushing plates 34A (34B) contacts the banknote S on the opening/closing plate 24 and pushes the opening/closing plate 24 downward while pushing the two banknotes S into the storage safe 13. At this time, the pushing plate 34A (34B1) contacts the banknote S on the storage safe 13. It moves inside the storage safe 13 while pushing down the slide side plate 13c of the slide plate 13c.Furthermore, as the pushing plate 34A (34B) descends, the pushing plate 25 is pushed down.

Step 4 (See FIG. 4)) When the banknotes S on the opening/closing plate 24 are stored in the storage safe 13 together with the banknotes S on the pressing plate 25, the opening/closing plate 24 is moved by the spring (path shown). Step 5: When the pushing plate 34A (34B) is raised, the sliding side plate 13c is moved by the spring. (path shown) and rises, and further raises the push plate 34A (34B),
The push-in lock piece 37b comes into contact with the unlocking piece 37d and turns counterclockwise (see Figure 3, middle) to unlock the push-in plate 34A (34Bl) as shown in Figure 3 (a). 34A (34B) While the base end 34a is brought into contact with the Fib retraction roller 36, it is vertically turned to be in a vertical state and is retracted from the temporary storage section 10.The pressing plate 25 is also moved by a spring (path shown). The banknotes S are biased to rise and the banknotes S are sandwiched between the opening and closing plate 24.

Step 6 (see Fig. 4 (b)) When the shutter plate 11 is moved horizontally to close the upper part of the storage safe 13, it becomes ready for the first deposit operation. 2 shows a second embodiment of the present invention, in which the flat push-in plate 34A of the first embodiment is
34B, a pushing member 39 having a substantially U-shaped cross section is used, and a special pushing plate 40 is provided at the tip of the pushing member 39 to push the bill S into the storage safe 13. . By using the pushing member 39 having such a shape, the storage safe 13
By forming the notch portion 13a, it becomes unnecessary to provide the bear slide side plate 13c.

As is clear from the above description, the present invention provides a pushing plate vertically rotatable on the outside of the temporary storage part of a money deposit machine, and when the pushing plate is retracted to the outside of the temporary storage part, After the banknotes are accumulated in the temporary storage section and the discrimination of each banknote is completed.

The pushing plate is vertically rotated to project into the temporary storage section and lowered to push the bill into a storage safe below the temporary storage section, and the temporary storage section is placed above the temporary storage section. The bill receiver can be provided with a slot or the like in the vicinity of the bill receiving section, and the height of the coin deposit machine can be reduced, especially when various functions are concentrated on the front of the coin deposit machine. have an effect.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 4 show a first embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a schematic structural explanatory diagram of a money deposit machine, and FIGS. 2 (a) and (cff) are front views of a banknote storage device. , FIGS. 3(a) and 3(b) are arrow views taken along the - marked line in FIGS. 2(a) and (b). Figure 4 (a) to 9) is an explanatory diagram of the operation, and Figure 5 (a)
, (b) are explanatory diagrams of a pushing plate in a second embodiment of the present invention. 1...Money deposit machine, 2...Counter, 3a...Front, 4...Receiver part,
6... Discrimination conveyance unit, 8... Accumulation vehicle, 9
...Scraping board, 10...Temporary storage section hll...Shutter board, 12...Return port. 13...Storage safe, 13a...Notch, 13C...Slide side plate, 18...
-Shutter guide shaft, 23...Shutter lock device, 24...Opening/closing plate, 25...Press plate, 26-Old...Guide shaft, 27...・Slide shaft, 2 old...Support block, 29...Connecting plate, 34A...Pushing plate, 34B...
Push-in plate, 34a... Base end portion, 36...
...Evacuation roller, 37...a-tuck device, 3tb
・Gun・Push lock piece. 37c...Tension spring, 37d...Lock release piece, 39...Pushing member, 40...
Group/push board %S...Banknotes.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] After the banknotes received in the banknote receiving unit are conveyed while being discriminated by the discriminating conveyance unit, and the banknotes determined to be acceptable are sent from the discriminating conveyance unit to the temporary storage unit and accumulated, this temporary In a banknote storage device for a money deposit machine, which feeds banknotes into a storage safe below a storage bank, the banknotes are provided between the temporary storage section and the storage safe to support banknotes from below. A shutter plate that moves in the horizontal direction and causes the banknotes to fall downward; and 1. A shutter plate that is provided below the shutter plate so as to be able to rotate vertically and is biased upward by a spring, and as the shutter plate moves, the banknotes fall into the storage safe. an opening/closing plate that supports the banknotes to be stored from below; and a closing plate that is provided on the side of the temporary storage section, rotates vertically perpendicular to the opening/closing plate, and projects into the temporary storage section to hold the banknotes on the opening/closing plate. A bill storage device for a money deposit machine, characterized in that the device is equipped with a pushing plate that descends while pressing downward to pivot the opening/closing plate downward and push the banknotes on the opening/closing plate into the storage safe.