JPS60242142A - Banknote processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To store banknotes in order and to surely pull out banknotes one by one, by providing such an arrangement that a resilient sheet at the front end of a receiprocating rod is bent together with banknotes in the inlet section of a banknote processing device when the banknotes are pushed thereinto, and the banknotes are stretched by the recovery force of the sheet after passing through the inlet section. CONSTITUTION:A bendable resilient sheet 73 having a lengthwise width approximately equal to that of banknotes is attached to a face plate 72 at the front end of a reciprocating rod 71, and is always stretched in the direction of the surface of the face plate 72. Upon storing banknotes 8 on a transfer path 53, the sheet 73 and the banknotes 8 are bent together at an inlet section 21, but after passing through the inlet section the sheet 73 is returned into its original stretching condition to stretch the banknotes so that the banknotes are stored in order in front of stacked banknotes 8A. When the banknotes 8A in the storage section are taken out, the face plate 72 including the sheet 73 is positioned in the storage section and a vacuum source is operated to absorb one of the banknotes 8A which confronts the face plate 72, by means of several suction holes 75 in the face plate 72 so that the banknote is led out through the inlet 21 while it is bent.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote processing device that is applied to various article vending machines, automatic teller machines, currency exchange machines, and the like.

<Background of the Invention> Conventionally, this type of banknote processing apparatus has a banknote storage safe installed in a banknote conveyance path communicating with a banknote transfer path and an exit, and a pusher mechanism is installed in front of the entrance of the safe to push the transported banknotes into the safe. The banknotes can be pushed in and stored, or the stored banknotes can be sucked and taken out onto the conveyance surface. However, the face plate of the pusher mechanism, which pushes and attracts banknotes, is set to be narrower than the banknote width in relation to the conveyance mechanism, and the entrance of the safe is designed to prevent the pushed banknotes from escaping. The opening area is set to such an extent that the face plate of the pusher mechanism can easily pass through, so that when the pusher mechanism pushes the bill into the safe, the bill is bent at the entrance of the safe and stored in the bent state. This happens often. In this way, when bills are bent or have many wrinkles, folds, or lines, they do not adhere well to the face plate of the pusher mechanism when taken out from the safe, resulting in failure to take out or ejection errors such as over-taking. These factors are a major cause of lowering the operating rate of the device.

<Object of the Invention> The present invention provides a simple means on the face plate of the pusher mechanism, so that when bills are pushed in, bent bills are restored and neatly stored in the safe, and when taken out, the stored bills are addressed one by one. To provide a banknote processing device that reliably attracts and draws banknotes and eliminates ejection errors.

=<Configuration and Effects of the Invention> In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, in the pusher mechanism, a bendable elastic sheet is attached to the face plate disposed at the tip of the reciprocating rod.

According to the present invention, when a banknote is taken out or put into a safe, the elastic sheet is bent together with the banknote at the entrance part when the banknote is pushed in, but once the banknote passes through the entrance, the banknote is stretched by the elastic restoring force of the sheet. When the banknotes are stored in an orderly manner and taken out, the elastic sheet improves the suction performance for the stored banknotes and reliably suctions each banknote, thereby achieving a practical effect of completely eliminating troubles.

<Description of Embodiments> FIG. 1 shows the internal mechanism of a banknote processing apparatus according to the present invention, which is incorporated into an automatic ticket vending machine or the like.

The device shown in the figure is provided with a banknote holder, an outlet (hereinafter referred to as a blank space) 11 and a banknote storage safe 2 in the front of the container body 1, and a transport path 3, a pool drum 4,
They communicate via a conveyance path 5.

The conveyance path 3 is composed of a belt 31 and rollers 32 that can be switched forward and reverse, and a banknote discrimination section 6 called a pill checker is provided near the input and exit 11 to determine the denomination and authenticity of the inserted banknote. do. The pool drum 4 is provided with a holding section 4A for 1,000 yen bills that can be used as a fishing ticket on one side circumference, and a holding section 4B for 5,000 yen and 10,000 yen bills on the opposite circumferential surface. , a brake 42, and a clutch 43, and are connected to a forward/reverse rotating motor 45 via a belt 44, and the V ram 4 intermittently repeats forward or reverse rotation depending on the denomination of the inserted bill, 1,000 yen banknotes are stacked in the section 4A, and 5,000 yen and 10,000 yen banknotes are stacked in the storage section 4B, respectively, and are temporarily stored. Flappers 46 and 48 are provided on the carry-in side and the carry-out side of the pool drum 4, respectively. Holding section 4
The banknotes A and 4B are transferred to the safe-side conveyance path 5, or the changed banknotes from the conveyance path 5 are transferred to the holding section 4A. The conveyance path 5
In this example, a belt 52 is stretched between the boos 1J51 arranged corresponding to the pool drum 4, and conveyor belts 53 and 54 branched from the pulley 51 in the vertical and horizontal directions are arranged in series, and at the branching part. A flapper 55 is provided to transport 1,000 yen bills to the conveyor belt 53 side, and 5,000 yen and 10,000 yen bills to the conveyor belt 54 side.
The safe 2 is connected to both transport bells 53 and 54.

The safe 2 has an entrance 21 facing the conveyor belt 53 and has a storage section 2 for storing 1,000 yen bills that can be used as fishing bills.
A, and a storage section 2B for 5,000 yen and 10,000 yen banknotes arranged below the roller 57 at the end of the conveyor belt 54. An entrance 21 is opened, and a movable unit 22 is provided inside to support stacked banknotes 8A vertically, and presses the banknotes toward the inside of the entrance 21. A pusher mechanism 7 according to the present invention is provided opposite the inlet 21.

The pusher mechanism 7 pushes and stores the banknotes 8 that have been conveyed to the front of the entrance 21 into the storage section 2A, or pulls out the banknotes 8A from the storage section 2A and supplies them as fishing bills. A hollow face plate 72 having a width that can be inserted into and removed from the entrance 21 with enough room is attached to the face plate 72, and a bendable elastic sheet 73 made of rubber or synthetic resin is attached to the face plate 72. Its width is approximately equal to that of a banknote, and it always extends in the direction of the surface of the face plate 72. The hollow part of the face plate 72 is connected to an intake air source (
(not shown), and a large number of intake holes 75 are formed in the face plate 72 to form a suction surface. For the reciprocating rod 71, an eccentric cam 77 is attached to the drive shaft of the motor 76.
, a swinging rod 78 that reciprocates the reciprocating rod 71 in conjunction with the eccentric cam 77, and a return spring 79 on the rod axis of the reciprocating rod 71, and by the operation of the reciprocating rod 71, the face plate 72 is moved. It appears in the bill storage/detail 2A across the conveyance path 53, and when storing the banknotes 8 on the conveyance path 53, it is necessary to
), the elastic sheet 73 and banknotes 8 are inserted into the entrance 21.
Both parts are bent, but when passing through the entrance 21, the elastic sheet 73 is stretched to its original state by the restoring force of the material, stretches the banknote 8, and neatly stores it in the front side of the stacked banknote 8A. When the reciprocating rod 71 retreats (Fig. 2 (DJ)), the elastic sheet 73 is guided inside the entrance 21, bends, and escapes from the entrance 21 (Fig. 2 (E)). banknote 8
When taking out A as a fishing tag, after the face plate 72 including the elastic sheet 73 is located in the storage section 2A, as shown in FIG.
The sheet 73 and the bonded banknote 8A are adsorbed together, and by maintaining this state and retracting the reciprocating rod 71, the sheet 73 and the bonded banknote 8A are both guided inside the entrance 21 and bent, realizing smooth extraction. It is.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the circuit configuration of the banknote processing device, and shows the judgment output of the banknote validator 6 and the sensor 91, 92°93Q ON/
The off output is introduced into the main control section 9, and the main control section 9 controls the motor 45, 76, clutch 43, brake 42,
By controlling the on/off operation of solenoids 47.degree. 49.56, received banknotes are accepted and change bills are released. A timer 94 monitors control timing during each processing operation.

The main control unit 9 has a change bill number storage unit that stores the number of change bills determined from the denomination of the deposited banknotes, and a change bill storage unit 2A and a pooled change bill storage unit 2A and a 5,000 yen and 10,000 yen bill storage unit 2B. It has a pool number storage unit that stores the number of banknotes.

Hereinafter, the specific operation of banknote processing by the banknote processing apparatus will be described with reference to FIGS. 4(f) to 0 and FIG.

The specific operation of the bill receiving process will be explained with reference to the flowcharts in FIGS. The banknote number is stored in the pool number storage unit as the pool number.When a banknote is inserted into the banknote exit 11, the motor 45 is turned on in step 100.When the deposited banknote is conveyed to the banknote discrimination unit 6, step 101 , check the authenticity of the banknote, and if it is a genuine banknote, proceed to step 10.
Step 2, and for counterfeit bills and other unauthentic bills, proceed to step 10.
3, the conveyor belt 31 is driven in the opposite direction to return the banknotes from the exit 11.

When it is determined in step 101 that the deposited banknote is a genuine thousand yen banknote, steps 102, 104, 105 and 11
Process 0 and pool the 1,000 yen bills in the 1,000 yen bill storage section '2A. That is, in step 104, the clutch 43 is turned on, the brake 42 is turned off, the pool drum 4 is rotated, and a thousand yen bill is taken into the outer peripheral surface of the drum. Then, as the pool drum 4 is rotated, the tip of the 1,000 yen bill on the outer peripheral surface of the drum moves to the position of the sensor 91 in step 105, and when the sensor 91 is turned on, the process proceeds to step 110, and the clutch 43 is turned off. Then, the brake 42 is turned on to stop the pool drum 4.

When the deposited bill is determined to be a genuine 5,000 yen or 10,000 yen bill, steps 106 to 110 are performed, and the 5,000 yen or 10,000 yen bill is pooled in the holding section 4B. As aforementioned,
The starting point for taking in the 5,000 yen and 10,000 yen banknotes in the banknote storage section 4B is closer to the top of the tram compared to the starting point a in the 1,000 yen banknote holding section 4A. Without rotating, the pool drum 4 is started to rotate after waiting for the banknotes to be slightly transported to the pool drum 4 side by the transport belt 31 even after the check is completed. In step 106, a timer 94 monitors the time for delaying the start of rotation of the drum. timer 94
When the time has expired, the clutch 43 is turned on and the brake 42 is turned off to start the rotation of the pool drum 4 (step 07). And 5,000 yen or 1
Even after the tip of the ten thousand yen bill reaches the position of the sensor 91 and turns on the sensor, the pool drum 4 continues to rotate, and when a certain period of time has elapsed after passing the sensor 91, the pool drum 4 is stopped. That is, the timer 94 monitors the rotation time from the time when the banknote passes the sensor 91, and the leading edge of the banknote moves until it reaches the rotation start point (steps 108 to 110).

As described above, 1,000 yen banknotes are pooled in the holding section 4A, and 5,000 yen and 10,000 yen banknotes are pooled in the holding section 4B, but this pool continues until the initially set number of pooled banknotes are pooled. Repeat the operation (steps 101 to 111)
). When the pooling is completed for the number of pooled bills, if there is no return request (step 112), the process moves to step 113 and subsequent bill storage processing. On the other hand, when the return switch is pressed when the pool is completed (step 112), step 12
4 to 129 are returned.

When there is no return request and the banknotes pooled in the pool drum 4 are to be stored in the safe 2, the brake 42 is turned off and the clutch 43 is turned on again (step 113). Then, the solenoid 49 is turned on to open the conveyance path from the pool drum 4 to the safe 2 (step 114). The processing for storing thousand yen bills is performed in steps 115 to 119.

When storing 1,000 yen bills, the solenoid 56 is turned off and the flapper 55 is directed to the conveyance path that conveys them to the entrance side of the bill storage section 2A, so the 1,000 yen bills pooled in the holding section 4A are transferred to the conveyor belt 52°53. is transported to its entrance by That is, when a thousand yen bill passes the sensor 58e and turns off the sensor, the clutch 43 is turned off and the motor 45 is turned off (steps 116 and 117).

Subsequently, the solenoid 49 is turned off, the flapper 48 closes the conveyance path from the pool drum 4 to the safe 2 side, and the motor 76 is turned on to swing the swing lever 78 (step 118).

The swing of this swing lever 78 moves the face plate 72 into the banknote storage section 2A.
Push in the 1,000 yen bill that was moved to the side. Face plate 7
2 moves a predetermined distance, it is returned to its original position by a return spring 79. When the reciprocating movement of the face plate 72 completes the storage of the 1,000 yen bill, the motor 76 is turned off to end the process of storing the 1,000 yen banknote (step 119).

On the other hand, when storing 5,000 yen and 10,000 yen bills in the storage section 2B, the process proceeds from step 115 to step 120, turns on the solenoid 56, switches the flapper 55, and stores the 5,000 yen and 10,000 yen bills in the storage section 4B. The pooled banknotes are led to the conveyor belt 54 side through the conveyor belt 52. The 5,000 yen and 10,000 yen banknotes are discharged into the banknote storage section 2B by a carry-out roller 57 via conveyor bells 52 and 54 and stored therein. At this time, when the rear end of the banknote passes the sensor 59e and the sensor is turned off, it is determined that the banknote storage in the banknote storage section 2B is completed (step 121). When the 5,000 yen and 10,000 yen bills have been stored in the storage section 2B as described above, the solenoid 56 is turned off, and the clutch 42 and
The solenoid 49 and motor 45 are turned off and the process ends (steps 122 and 123).

Next, if there is a return request when the pooling of deposited banknotes by the pool drum 4 is completed (step 112)
, the process moves to step 112→124. In step 124, the solenoid 47 is turned on to direct the flapper 46 toward the return side.

Then, the brake 42 is turned off, the clutch 43 is turned on, and the motor 45 is driven to rotate in the opposite direction (steps 125 and 126). The reverse rotation of the motor 45 causes the pool drum 4 to rotate in the opposite direction to that during pooling, and sends out the banknotes pooled on the outer peripheral surface of the drum to the conveyor belt 31 side. When the pooled banknotes have been returned by the reverse operation of the pool drum 4, the solenoid 47 is turned off, and the clutch 43 is turned off.
and the motor 45 is turned off (step 127).
~129).

Through the above operation, the deposited banknotes are separated into banknotes that are used as change bills and banknotes that are not used as change bills, and are kept in the same safe 2.
can be stored in.

Further, since the deposited banknotes are temporarily pooled in the pool drum 4 before being stored in the safe 2, the deposited banknotes can be returned immediately and reliably when a return request is made.

Furthermore, the specific operation of the ticket release process will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, when the vacuum exhaust system is activated, the motor 76
is turned on (step 140). When the motor 76 is turned on, the swing lever 78 swings to push the face plate 72 into the bill storage section 2A, as in the case of bill storage described above. and,
When the front surface of the face plate 72 is joined to the stored banknotes, the banknotes are brought into close contact with the face plate by suction. After sucking the bill, the face plate 72 is pulled back outward from the storage section 2A by the action of the return spring 79 while keeping the bill sucked on the front surface of the face plate 72. When one bill is fed out by the adsorption action of the face plate 72 in this manner, the suction operation is stopped and the motor 45 is driven to rotate in the opposite direction to that during pooling (steps 141...142).

Subsequently, the solenoid 49 is turned on and the flapper 48 is moved to transfer the bill from the conveyor belt 52 side to the pool drum 4 (step 143).

Further, the clutch 43 is turned on and the brake 42 is turned off to rotate the pool drum 4 in the return direction (step 143). The banknotes are conveyed to the pool drum 4 by the conveyor belts 53, 52, and further pooled on the outer circumferential surface of the drum through the pool ribs ζ by the pool drum 4. In this case, when the rear end of the change bill passes the sensor 91 and turns off the sensor, it is determined that the bill has been pooled, and the clutch 43 is turned off, the brake 42 is turned on, and the solenoid 49 is turned off ( Steps 144, 145). As described above, the dispensed banknotes are sequentially pooled in the thousand yen banknote holding section 4A of the pool drum 4. This action of feeding out and pooling the fishing tags is repeated until the number of fishing tags stored in the number storage unit is pooled (steps 140 to 1).
46). When a predetermined number of bills have been pooled on the pool drum 4, the solenoid 47 is turned on, the clutch 43 is turned on, the pool drum 4 is rotated in the return direction again, and the pooled bills are transferred to the outer circumferential surface of the drum onto the conveyor belt. 31 side (step 147). When the banknotes are completely discharged from the exit 11, the clutch 43, solenoid 47, and motor 45 are turned off to end the operation (steps 148 and 1).
4.9).

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a structural explanatory diagram showing the banknote section mechanism of the banknote processing apparatus according to the present invention, FIGS. The figure is a block diagram showing an example of the circuit configuration of a banknote processing device, and Fig. 4 (
A) ~ (q and Figure 5 is a flowchart showing the device's residence J('t:. ... Entrance 3 ... Conveyance path 4 ...
... Pool drum 5 ... Conveyance path 7 ...
・・Butsusha mechanism 71・・Reciprocating cowhide 72・
...Face plate 73...Elastic sea!・75・・
...Intake hole patent applicant Tateishi Electric Co., Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) Bill transport path 53 communicating with exit 11
A banknote storage unit 2A having an entrance 21 whose vertical width is smaller than the banknote vertical width is provided opposite to the banknote storage unit 2A, and in front of the storage unit 2A is a pusher that stores the transported banknotes or adsorbs the stored banknotes and takes them out onto the transport path. In the banknote processing apparatus provided with the mechanism 7, the pusher mechanism 7 includes a face plate 72 at the tip of the reciprocating rod 71 that appears and retracts from the storage entrance 21, and an elastic sheet 73 extending around the outer periphery is attached to the face plate 72. Banknote processing equipment consisting of: (2) The bill processing device according to claim 1, wherein the vertical width of the elastic sheet 73 is larger than the opening width of the storage section entrance 21 and approximately the same width as the bill. (3) The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an air intake hole 75 is provided on the front surface of the face plate 72, and the air intake hole 75 is connected to an air intake source via a ventilation pipe.