JPS61277523A - Paper sheets housing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To find out a setting miss in a cassette so early and accurately, by installing a guide part, which makes its position vary according to the type of paper sheets, in a cassette housing part and a cassette, respectively. CONSTITUTION:Each of safe cassettes 20-30, in a state of being taken out of a device body, opens an on-off cover of the cassette body and performs what with taking out the required bills and what with charging them classified by note value, at need. A guide pin 210 as a guide part is projectingly installed in an outer surface of one side wall of the cassette body, while in each of cassette housing parts 16-19 inside the device body corresponding to this pin, there is provided with one guide plate 211 as a guide part. With this constitution, even if a wrong safe cassette in bill type tries to be inserted into these cassette housing parts 16-19, a notch guide part of the guide plate 211 and a position of the guide pin 210 are not accorded with each other, whereby the insertion of this wrong safe cassette is checked in the midway, thus complete setting is made unperformable.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a paper sheet storage device that is applied to an automatic banknote circulation depositing and dispensing device such as an automatic cash deposit system that handles banknotes as m-sheets. Regarding.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

Conventionally, automatic banknote circulation type deposit/withdrawal devices have multiple cassette storage sections in the main body of the device, and safe cassettes, which are paper sheet storage cassettes that store banknotes, are removably set in each of these storage sections. It is designed to prepare for withdrawals and deposits to customers.

By the way, in such a deposit/withdrawal device, bills of 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen are stored in different safe cassettes for each denomination of banknotes, and each safe cassette containing these different denominations is stored in the main body of the device. Each cassette must be set in a separate, predetermined cassette storage section within the cassette. However, since all safe cassettes are manufactured to have the same configuration and are standardized, it is difficult to know which safe cassette is for which denomination, and furthermore, in which cassette storage part of the main body of the device it should be placed. Indistinguishable. For this purpose, stickers such as "-10,000 yen" and "1,000 yen" are usually affixed to each safe cassette and each cassette storage section of the main body of the device, and the staff member looks at these stickers when entering each safe cassette. The banknotes were stored and the cassette was inserted into and removed from the main body of the device. However, with this method, due to a mistake such as the clerk misreading the sticker, the safe cassette for "-10,000 yen" was placed in the cassette compartment on the main body for "1,000 yen", and the safe cassette for "1,000 yen" was also placed in the cassette compartment for "-". 10,000,000 Yen" may be set in the cassette storage section of the main unit. If such a setting error occurs, in response to a customer's withdrawal request, a banknote of a different denomination is taken out of a certain safe cassette, and when it passes through the inspection department, it is determined to be inappropriate for withdrawal, and all of the bills are rejected and withdrawn. A problem arises that makes money impossible.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention has been made based on the above-mentioned circumstances, and when an attendant inserts and sets a paper sheet storage cassette into the cassette storage section in the main body of the device, he or she may insert a paper sheet storage cassette into the cassette storage section of the device body, and insert a paper sheet storage cassette into the cassette storage section of the device. In contrast, different types of paper sheet storage cassettes are obstructed from being inserted and cannot be set properly, and the staff can quickly and reliably discover mistakes in setting cassettes and always maintain the correct cassette setting. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet storage device that enables the following.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the paper sheet storage device of the present invention provides a cassette storage portion of the device main body with a guide portion whose position differs depending on the type of cassette to be stored in the cassette storage portion of the device body. A paper sheet storage cassette that is removably set in the cassette storage section is provided with a guide section whose position differs depending on the type of paper sheets to be stored inside, and the guide section of the cassette storage section and the guide section of the cassette are provided. The cassette can be inserted and set into the cassette storage part only when the cassettes are in a corresponding positional relationship, thereby surely preventing setting errors due to incorrect insertion of paper sheet storage cassettes of different types.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

For convenience of explanation, an outline of the overall configuration will be explained first. First, FIG. 1 shows an automatic banknote circulation depositing and dispensing device 1 which is an automatic teller machine to which the paper sheet storage device of the present invention is applied. This deposit/withdrawal device 1 has an operation panel 3 on the customer service side of the device body 2.
A bankbook insertion slot 4, a card insertion slot 5, and a slip issuing slot 6 are provided in the vertical panel section 3a, and a deposit/withdrawal port that serves as a deposit and withdrawal port is provided in the horizontal operation panel section 3b. (Currency handling port) 7 and an operation section 9 having a plurality of operation buttons 8
A CR7 display section 10, which is a guide display section, is also provided.

A passbook reading/printing device (not shown) that reads and records transaction information and prints transaction details, handles magnetic cards inserted through the card insertion slot 5, issues slips to the slip issuing slot 6, and creates a copy journal. A card/slip processing unit device 11 is provided. Furthermore, within the device main body 2, there is provided a deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 which functions as a paper sheet storage device and has various functions such as deposit processing, deposit return, withdrawal, collection of forgotten deposits, loading, and inspection.
An internal monitor device 13 and the like are provided.

FIG. 2 explains the configuration of the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12.
The entire unit is housed within one unit body 14. That is, a banknote loading/discharging device 15 is provided at the upper front side (customer service side) of the unit main body 14, located in the vicinity directly below the deposit/withdrawal lower described above. In addition, the unit main body 14
On the rear side (the side opposite to the customer service side) of the interior, there are tiered paper sheet storage sections from the bottom. Second. Third. A safe cassette, which is a paper sheet storage cassette, is provided with fourth cassette storage sections 16, 17, 18, 19, and can be inserted into and removed from each of these cassette storage sections 16 to 19 by opening the rear side 112a of the device main body 2. 20, 21, 22, and 23 are set respectively. The safe cassette 20 of the first cassette storage section 16 is for storing 5,000 yen banknotes and rejected banknotes as non-compliant banknotes, the safe cassette 21 of the second cassette storage section 17 is for storing 1,000 yen banknotes, and the third The safe cassette 22 of the cassette storage section 18 is for storing ten thousand yen banknotes, and the safe cassette 19 of the fourth cassette storage section 23 is for storing collected and loaded banknotes.

Further, at a position slightly backward from the center in the front-rear direction in the unit body 14, a first cassette is provided with an impeller, a rotating body, etc., which will be described later, corresponding to the inner depths of each of the cassette storage sections 16 to 19, respectively. Second. Third. Fourth accumulation/retrieval device 24.25.
26 and 27 are arranged, and the rear side of each of these stacking/retrieving devices 24 to 27 (each of the cassette storage sections 16 to 19
A separating moving body, ie, a separator mechanism 28, 29, 30, 31, as a partitioning means for separating and dividing the transaction banknotes and the previous transaction banknotes is provided adjacent to the side), and the stacking/retrieval devices 124- Temporary storage sections 32, 33, 34, and 35 are constructed between each of the terminals 27 and 27.

In addition, approximately at the center of the unit main body 14, there are functions such as determining the authenticity of banknotes, denomination, determining whether the banknotes are good or bad such as tears or stains, determining whether the banknotes are overlapping or passing through, determining whether the front and back are reversed, determining whether the banknotes are old or new, determining whether the banknotes are skewed, etc., and counting. An inspection section 36 for carrying out the inspection is provided, a front-back reversing section 37 is provided below the inspection section 36, and a temporary accumulation section 38 is further provided in front of the inspection section 36.

Further, inside the unit main body 14, banknote conveyance paths R1 to R7 are provided in which conveyance belts are respectively hung around a large number of roller groups including drive rollers in order to convey banknotes to each of the above-mentioned parts. For distribution, gates 39a to 39h are provided at each branch of the transport paths R1 to R7 so as to be switched and operated by a drive source such as a rotary solenoid. Further, there are bill passage detectors 408 to 40u in the middle of each bill conveyance path R1=R7, and a bill presence/absence detector (residual tick sensor) 418 at each bill accumulation location.
~411 are arranged. These bill passing detectors 40
8 to 40u and banknote presence/absence detectors 418 to 41i are each composed of a light emitting element and a light receiving element. Further, the first to fourth cassette storage sections 16 to 19 are each provided with a banknote full detector 42 and a full reserve detector 43 each consisting of a reed switch, and a banknote passage detector or empty detector 44, respectively. It is provided.

In addition, numeral 49 in the figure is a rejected bill accumulation section provided below the cassette storage section 16 for the above-mentioned 5,000 yen and rejected banknotes. Further, numeral 50 in the figure is a lid body that opens and closes the above-mentioned deposit/withdrawal lower.

The main processing operations of such a deposit/withdrawal bag [1 will be explained. First, the customer (customer) inserts a card, inputs a personal identification number using the operation buttons 8, and selects a transaction type according to instructions displayed on the CRT display section 10.

For example, when a deposit button is pressed, the control device (not shown) enters the deposit mode, a deposit command is issued to the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12, the lid 50 of the deposit/withdrawal 07 opens, and the customer receives banknotes A from there. When the lid body 50 is closed after being loaded in a stacked bundle state, the detector 41a is detected.

41b, the take-in roller of the bill take-in/discharge device 15 rotates, takes in the bills A one by one, detects them one after another with the detector 40a, and transfers them to the transport path R2 while counting the number of bills taken in by the control device. From there, the inspection department 36
Pass it through. The inspection section 36 performs inspections on each banknote A, such as determining the denomination, determining authenticity, determining whether the banknotes are good or bad, determining whether they are front or back, stacking, or determining skew.

This inspection result is input to the control device, and ``Banknotes A that are determined to be ``fake'' and banknotes A that cannot be confirmed as correct due to stacking, skewing, or damage determination, etc. are rejected as banknotes and are sorted out to the conveyance path by the gate 39a. It is sent to the temporary accumulation section 38 via R3.

On the other hand, banknotes A that have been determined to be "genuine bills" and "regular bills" as well as "backs" are sorted through gates 39a and 39b and sent to the front-back reversing unit 37, where they are reversed and transferred to the transport path R4. send to In addition, banknotes A that are determined to be "genuine bills" and "regular bills" and "faces" are sorted out at gate 3.
9a and 39b, it is sent to the transfer furnace R4 in a detour manner without passing through the front/back reversing section 37. At this time, both the banknotes A that have passed through the front-back reversal unit 37 and the banknotes A that have detoured are on the transport path R.
4, but the sending order and pitch will not be disrupted.

The banknotes A that have been sent one after another to the transport path R4 in this way are sorted out based on the denomination determination by the inspection section 38.

That is, the 5,000 yen banknote A is sorted by the gate 39d and sent to the first stacking/retrieval device 24 via the conveyance path R5, and is stacked in the temporary storage section 32 between the separator mechanism 28 and the separator mechanism 28 by an impeller to be described later. The 1,000 yen banknotes A are then sorted by the gate 39e and sent to the second stacking/retrieval device 25 via the conveyance path R5, and are also transferred to the temporary storage section 33 between the separator mechanism 29 and the separator mechanism 29.
Further, the 10,000 yen banknotes A are sorted by the gate 39f and sent to the third stacking/retrieving device 26 via the conveyance path R5, and are similarly transferred to the temporary storage section 34 between the separator mechanism 30
Accumulate in At this time, banknotes A of each denomination pass through a 40m detector.
, 4Qn.

Based on the detection signal of 40o, the control device counts the number of accumulated coins for each denomination.

In this way, the loading of banknotes into the deposit/withdrawal 07 is completed. At this time, if there are any rejected tickets in the temporary stacking section 38, they are collected in a bundle by the discharging mechanism there and sent to the transport path R1.
The coins are then returned to the loading and unloading device 15 through the denominations 15, where they are once again taken in and conveyed one by one in the same manner as described above, subjected to deposit processing such as a check, and then accumulated in the temporary storage units 32 to 34 by denomination.

When all the deposited banknotes A thus inserted are accumulated in the temporary storage units 32 to 33 by denomination, a count comparison is performed, and when the customer presses the confirmation button, it becomes "deposit possible" after online communication, and each temporary storage As will be described later, the banknotes in the sections 32-34 are taken into the respective safe cassettes 20-22 by the operation of the separator mechanisms 28-30, and the deposit transaction operation is completed.

In addition, if it becomes "Unable to deposit" when making the above deposit, that is, if the cancel button is pressed when the customer confirms the deposit amount, or if the deposit is not accepted after online communication (due to exceeding the limit, etc.), The deposited banknote return mode is entered, and the banknotes A in each of the temporary storage units 32 to 34 described above are separated one by one from 10,000 yen banknotes to 1,000 yen banknotes by the rotating operation of the retrieval rotary body described later in the stacking/retrieving devices 24 to 26.・Take out the 5,000 yen bills in order to conveyance path R6, and from there take them to conveyance path R
4 and passes through the inspection section 36 and are all accumulated in the temporary accumulation section 38. Note that the inspection section 36 does not perform any discrimination at this time of return. The banknotes accumulated in the temporary stacking section 38 in this way are collectively sent to the take-in/discharge 11ef15 via the conveyance path R1 by the operation of the discharge mechanism there, where the lid 50 of the deposit/withdrawal lower is opened, and the bill is sent to the take-in/discharge device 11ef15. The discharging mechanism (pop-up mechanism) @15 causes all the deposited banknotes to be projected upward through the deposit/withdrawal 07, and the customer is allowed to take them out, thereby completing the deposit return processing operation.

Next, if you select and press the withdrawal button for the transaction type,
The instruction display on the CRT display section 10 changes to prompt the customer to insert the card, press the PIN/request amount button, denomination button, confirmation button, etc.

With this, the control device starts online communication and issues a withdrawal command to the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12. With this, the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 collects banknotes (10,000 yen or 1,000 yen) of the requested denomination in the safe cassette 1-21. Take out the sheets one by one by
Passage detector 40Q.

Convey path R6 while counting the number of sheets to be taken out by detection of 40r.
The banknotes A are distributed to gates 39d and 39.
e, to the conveyance path R4, pass through the inspection section 36, and further accumulate in the temporary accumulation section 38 from the conveyance path R3.

At this time, the inspection department 36 found that the withdrawal was inappropriate (passed multiple times).

Banknotes A that are determined to be unfit (damaged notes, etc.) are sorted out by the gate 39a and placed in the first 5,000 yen and the stack for storing rejected banknotes.
Either send it to the takeout device 24 and store it in the safe cassette 20, or
Or store it in the exclusion ticket storage section 49 below. At the same time, the inspection unit 36 discriminates the denomination and reconfirms that the banknote is taken out from the safe cassette 21, 22, which is a banknote storage unit corresponding to the requested denomination. This reconfirmation of the denomination type at the time of withdrawal is normally not necessary, but each safe cassette 2
There are cases where the staff directly sets the shortfall within 1.22, and in this case, this is to ensure that there will be no problem with withdrawals even if there is a mistake in setting the wrong denomination car set.

When the number of banknotes A corresponding to the amount and denomination requested by the customer is thus accumulated in the temporary stacking section 38, the banknotes A are sent into the take-in/discharge device 15 from the conveyance path R1 by the operation of the carry-out mechanism there. In such a situation, “transaction
When permission is obtained from KJ, the lid 50 of the deposit/withdrawal lower is opened, and the dispensing banknote A is taken in and pushed up by the operation of the discharge mechanism of the discharging device 15 to protrude upward from the deposit/withdrawal lower. The withdrawal operation ends.

Further, when the banknote A protrudes from the depositing/dispensing lower and is not taken out by the customer and is forgotten for a certain period of time such as time monitoring, a banknote recovery operation is performed. In other words, in this case, the above-mentioned intake/discharge device 15
The discharging mechanism is reversely driven to pull the forgotten bill A downward from the deposit/withdrawal lower, and close the lid body 50. In this way, as in the above-described deposit processing mode, the sheets are taken in one by one, and distributed from the conveyance path R2 to the fourth stacking section through the gate 39q.
The banknotes are sent to the take-out device 27 and accumulated in the temporary storage section 35 therein, and then stored in the safe cassette 23 of the fourth cassette storage section 19 for storing collected and loaded banknotes.

In addition, the banknote loading processing operation is performed by the staff member opening the rear door 2a of the device main body 2 and inserting the fourth banknote loading safe cassette 2 into the safe cassette 2.
3. First thing in the morning, for example, I store a mixture of 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen bills that I think will be needed for that day's transactions.
In this state, the cassette 23 is inserted and set into the original cassette storage section 19.

The staff member then presses the loading button on the internal monitor. With this, the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 enters the banknote loading mode, and the banknotes A in the fourth cassette 23 are taken out one by one by the stacking/retrieval device 27 from the temporary storage section 35 and inspected in the same manner as in the above-described payment process. Based on the inspection result, the rejected banknotes A are sent to the temporary storage section 36 in the same way as in the above-mentioned deposit processing.
8, 10,000 yen banknotes A are distributed to the temporary storage unit 34 via the third stacking/retrieving device 26, and 1,000 yen banknotes A are distributed to the temporary storage unit 33 via the second stacking/retrieving device 25. accumulates. After that, the rejected banknotes A that have been accumulated in the temporary accumulation section 38 are sent all at once into the take-in/discharge device 15,
From there, the bills are taken in one by one in the same manner as the above-mentioned collection operation and collected in the fourth safe cassette 23 for storing collected and loaded banknotes, and also in the third and second temporary storage sections 34 and 33.
The 10,000 yen banknotes and the 1,000 yen banknotes A, which are stacked by denomination, are finally stored in the safe cassettes 22 and 21, respectively, and the loading operation is completed.

Note that there is also a scrutiny function as other operational processing.

This is done by sequentially taking out the banknotes in each safe cassette and
6 and collect the coins into the collection safe cassette 23, which is useful for managing the number of coins for each denomination.

Next, the first to fourth stacking/retrieving devices 24 to 27, the separator mechanisms 28 to 31, and the cassette storage section, which respectively constitute the paper sheet storage section in the depositing and dispensing mechanism 12 of the depositing and dispensing device 1, are explained. The safe cassettes 20 to 23 of Nos. 16 to 19 will be explained in detail below in FIG. Since these first to fourth devices all have the same configuration, only the first stacking/retrieving device 24, separator mechanism 28, and safe cassette 20 of the cassette storage section 16 will be described as representative.

First, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the accumulation/take-out device 24 includes a pair of left and right accumulation impellers 1'OO, and
The impeller 100 has a structure mainly consisting of a total of three banknote retrieval rotating bodies 101 on the left, right, and middle, which are arranged with their outer peripheries partially overlapping at the lower part of the banknote 00 slightly toward the rear side. They are supported between each other via a shaft 103 and are rotatably driven in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 3 by a patented transmission system 104 featuring a pulse motor (not shown). is a roller made of a high-friction material, which is supported by the shaft 105 and is provided so as to be rotationally driven in the same direction as the impeller 100 by a drive system (not shown).

Further, a movable plate 106 is provided to be able to swing around the shaft 105 of the rotating body 101 as a fulcrum as shown in FIG. A feed roller 108 for auxiliary bill extraction is provided which rotates intermittently via an idle roller 107.

There is a temporary storage section 32 on the rear side of the stacking/retrieval unit R24, and a pedestal 109 forming the bottom wall thereof is provided on the rear side of the rotary body 104 with a bill ejection port 110 having a small gap. ing. Then, the impeller 100 rotates to draw in the banknotes sent in one after another from the upper conveyance path R5 so as to sandwich them between the blades one by one. At this time, the movable plate 106 is held in the inclined state shown by the imaginary line in FIG. Then, the banknotes drawn into the impeller 100 can be removed from the impeller and accumulated one after another in the temporary storage section 32 on the rear side.

Further, the movable plate 106 stands up vertically to bring the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage section 32 into a standing position, and in this state, the rotating body 1
01 rotates, the feed roller 108 also rotates intermittently in synchronization with this, and due to the rotational frictional force between the two, the accumulated banknotes in the temporary storage section 32 are transferred one by one from the front through the lower ejection port 110. It can be taken out, conveyed, and sent out to the lower conveyance path R6.

Further, below the ejection opening 110 of the stacking and ejecting device 24, double-removal prevention rows 5111 are respectively pivotally supported in correspondence with the banknote ejecting rotating bodies 101. The double-sheet prevention roller 111 has a surface made of a high-friction material, and is driven to rotate in the opposite direction to the rotating body 101 to accompany the first banknote taken out to the takeout port 110. It is designed to prevent the second and subsequent banknotes from advancing. Further, a stopper 113 is provided so as to be able to swing about a shaft 112 located slightly above the shaft 105 of the rotating body 101, and this stopper 113 is driven by a drive means (not shown) to move the impeller 10
When the banknote stacking operation is performed by 0, it is rotated to the position shown by the imaginary line in FIG. It is designed to move and retreat from the outlet 110. Further, on the rear side of the impeller 100, there is provided a guide plate 114 for aligning banknotes in the temporary storage section 32, and above it, a guide belt 115 with a low coefficient of friction and a guide plate spring 116 are provided. The impeller 100 and the movable plate 106 help accumulate banknotes in the temporary storage section 32.

Next, the separator mechanism 28, which is a moving body for separating the accumulated banknotes in the temporary storage 532, is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 and 6.
With the configuration as shown in Figures to Figure 8, there is a movable body 130 in the shape of a rectangular quadrilateral frame that is open at the front and back so as to surround the group of accumulated banknotes in the temporary storage section 32, and a movable body 130 in the shape of a rectangular quadrilateral frame that is open at the front and back, and a movable body 130 in the upper and lower parts of the movable body 130, respectively. Upper and lower flappers arranged in pairs 131.132
It is mainly composed of.

The movable body 130 has guide rods 133 at both ends of its lower part.
It is guided and supported so as to be movable back and forth in the front-back direction (banknote stacking direction) via a bearing (not shown).

As this reciprocating drive means, a VR type pulse motor 134 is provided near the front end of the guide rod 133 as shown in FIGS. 4 and M6. A timing belt 137 is provided to extend around a driven pulley 136 that is pivotally supported at an end portion, and an intermediate portion of this timing belt 137 is connected to a movable body 130 to drive the pulse motor 1.
34 causes the movable body 130 to reciprocate and stop at a predetermined position via the timing belt 137, and the excitation of the pulse motor 134 is cut off, allowing the movable body 130 to move freely. There is.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, one end of each is pivotally connected to Il 12a of the device main body 2 via a pin 138, and the first end is pivotally connected to Il 12a of the main body 2 of the device. A second link 139.140 is provided, the first link 1
39 is slidably engaged with a pin 141 protruding from the main body frame through an elongated hole 139a at the other end, and a second link 140 is protruded from the driven pulley 136 through an elongated hole 140a at the other end. The eccentric pin 136a is slidably engaged with the eccentric pin 136a. The first link 139 has a permanent magnet 143 corresponding to a sleep open/close detector 142 such as a reed switch provided on the main body side, and when the rear 112a is closed, the detector 1
42 is turned ON and the rear 12a is opened, the rear 112a is moved to the position indicated by the imaginary line and the detector 142 is turned OFF. The pulse motor 134 that stops the body 130 at a predetermined position is de-energized and brought into a free state. Further, the second link 140 is connected to the pulse motor 134 of the driven pulley 136 when the second link 2a is closed. Allows for reciprocating rotation within a certain angle, and after! 2a opens, the pulse motor 134 becomes free and simultaneously moves to the position shown by the imaginary line, rotates the driven pulley 136 by a certain angle in the direction of the arrow, and moves the movable body 130 from the fixed position shown by the solid line via the timing belt 137. It is designed to move backward to the position of the imaginary line.

For such a movable body 130, upper and lower flappers 131.
132 are each shaped like an L-shaped claw, and the upper base flapper 131 is connected to the upper plate 13 of the movable body 130.
The upper base flappers 132 are rotatably attached via pins 147 to brackets 144 that hang down from the lower plate 130b of the movable body 130, respectively, via pins 145. ing. These upper and lower flappers 131 and 132 are rotated via link mechanisms 149 and 150 by the drive of a VR type pulse motor 148, respectively, as shown in FIG. 8(a).
), (t)), and (C), they can be opened and closed.

In other words, the pulse motor 148 is provided with a grooved cam (not shown) on the shaft, and rotation of this grooved cam at a certain angle causes the eighth
As shown in Figure (b), one link mechanism 149 is attached to the shaft 149.
When the lower flapper 132 is opened by rotating about the shaft 150a as a fulcrum, and when the grooved cam rotates a certain amount due to the rotational drive of the pulse motor 148, the other link mechanism 150 rotates about the shaft 150a as shown in No. 8 Ig(c). Move the upper flapper 13
1 is opened. The link mechanisms 149 and 150 are configured to mechanically lock the upper and lower flappers 131 and 132 so that they do not open unnecessarily even if an external force is applied when the flappers 131 and 132 are closed.

Next, the cassette storage section 16 and the safe cassette 20, which is a banknote storage cassette, will be explained. First, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 13, the cassette storage section 16 has a space in which a safe cassette 20, which is a banknote storage cassette, can be inserted and removed by opening the rear 12a of the main body 2. In addition to the separator mechanism 28 described above, various other members necessary for setting the safe cassette 20 are provided as will be described later.

As shown in FIGS. 9 to 13, the safe cassette 20 has a cassette main body 170 which has a rectangular hollow box shape as a whole.
An opening/closing lid 171 is provided on the upper surface of this cassette body 170 so as to be openable/closable about a pivot (not shown) at the front end, and the opening/closing lid 171 is opened to the position shown in the imaginary line in FIG. This allows the banknote A to be inserted into and removed from the cassette main body 170. As an opening locking means for the opening/closing lid 171, a locking plate 1 is provided on the inner surface of the opening/closing lid 171 near the rear end.
72 is attached, and the corresponding cassette body 170
An auto-lock mechanism 173 is provided at the rear end of the interior, and this auto-lock mechanism 173 is configured such that a lock plate 173b with a square hole 173a can be rotated about a fulcrum 173C and is always kept in an upright position by a spring (not shown). By rotating and pressing the opening/closing lid 170 in the opening direction with the biased configuration,
The lock plate 172 is the lock plate 17 of the auto-lock mechanism 173
3b is once pushed away and locked in the square hole 173a, the closed state of the opening/closing lid 171 can be automatically locked,
In the open state, a predetermined l() is inserted into the keyhole 174 shown in FIG.
(not shown) and turn the locking plate 172.
is rotated clockwise and disengaged from the square hole 173a of the lock plate 173b of the auto-lock mechanism 173, so that the opening/closing lid 171 can be unlocked from the open state.

Further, a shutter 175 is provided on the front end surface of the cassette main body 170 to open and close it.

This is attached via a hinge 176a to the front end of a draw bar 176 slidably arranged inside the upper opening/closing lid 171 so as to be able to rotate up and down as shown in FIG. Storage section 16
When inserted into the housing section 16, the shutter 175 hits the pusher (push rod) 177 provided in the storage section 16 and is pushed backward, and the shutter 175 opens and closes the lid 171 together with the retraction bar 176.
The cassette body 1 is pulled horizontally into the guide path inside the cassette body.
When the front end surface of the safe cassette 70 is fully opened and the safe cassette 20 is pulled backward from the cassette storage section 16, the return spring 1
When the retraction bar 176 selects #J by 78, the shutter 175 comes forward from inside the opening/closing lid 171 and hangs down to be in the open state.

As a locking means for locking the open state of the shutter 175, a locking rod 179 is horizontally suspended from a plate 175a protruding from the back surface of the shutter 175, as shown in FIG. Lock mechanism 18
0 is set. This shutter lock mechanism 180
The lock plate 180b is provided with a substantially T-shaped lock plate 180b that is rotatable about a shaft 180a as a fulcrum.
As the safe cassette 20 is inserted into the cassette storage section 16, it comes into contact with a pushing body (push rod) 181 provided in the storage section 16 and is pushed backward while rotating as shown in the imaginary line in the figure. , the shutter 175 can be released from the open state by detaching from the locking rod 179, and conversely, when the safe cassette 20 is pulled out backward from the cassette storage section 16, the lock plate 180b is automatically moved to the position shown by the solid line by a spring (not shown). After returning, the locking rod 179 can be locked for automatic locking. Note that when the safe cassette 20 is inserted into the cassette storage section 16, the shutter lock mechanism 180 is unlocked by the lock plate 180b hitting the pressing body 181 before the pulling bar 176 hits the pressing body 177. When the safe cassette 20 is pulled out, the shutter 175 hangs down by the return spring 178 and enters the closed state, and then the lock plate 180b separates from the pressing body 181 and rotates back to lock the shutter 175.

Further, a shutter 175 at the front end of the cassette main body 170
An upper stopper 182 and a lower stopper 183 each having a claw shape are provided near the inside of the bank as a stopper mechanism to prevent the internal banknotes from falling if handled improperly. This upper stopper 182 is attached to be rotatable up and down via a shaft 182a provided at the front end inside the opening/closing cover 171, and normally its upper end is attached to the opening/closing cover 171.
It is held in the closed (hanging) state by being pushed from the rear by a pressing body (O-rad) 185 that is movably provided with a spring 184 as a return means interposed in the front end portion of the opening. At the same time, when the safe cassette 20 is inserted into the cassette storage part 16, the pressing body (pushing body) 186 provided in the cassette storage part 16 is pressed just before the insertion and setting is completed, as shown in FIG. When pushed, it opens automatically, as if it jumps upwards. Also, the lower stopper 18
3 is the inner bottom plate (safe floor) 17 of the cassette body 170;
The inner bottom plate 170a of the cassette body 170 is integrally erected at the tip of a long support bar 188 which is pivotally connected to the lower side of the cassette body 170 via a shaft 187. It is now possible to appear above. As a means for vertically moving the support bar 188, a slide plate 189 is provided below the inner bottom plate 170a of the cassette body 170 and is movable in the front and rear direction via a guide (not shown). Hook-shaped inner cam 1 at the end
89a is formed, and a response pin 188a protruding from the rear portion of the shaft 187 of the support bar 188 is slidably fitted into the inner cam 189a. Under normal conditions, the slide plate 189 is moved to the first position by the tension spring 190 as a return means.
1, the response pin 188a in the inner cam 189a is pushed down, the support bar 188 is rotated upward, and the lower stopper 183 is moved onto the inner bottom plate 170a of the cassette body 170. When inserting and setting the safe cassette 20 into the cassette storage portion 16, the pusher (push rod) provided in the cassette storage portion 16 is held in the open state in which the safe cassette 20 is protruded. ) 191 to move the slide plate 189 backward, the inner cam 189a causes the response pin 188a to move backward.
is pushed up, the support bar 188 rotates downward, and the lower stopper 183 is pressed against the inner bottom plate 170a of the cassette body 170.
It is configured to move further downward and become open.

Furthermore, the banknotes A stored inside the cassette main body 170 are
A backup device 19 serves as a pressing means for pressing forward.
2 is provided. As shown in FIGS. 10 to 13, this includes a slide body 194 that is slidably fitted onto a single guide shaft 193 attached to the lower side of the inner bottom plate 170a of the cassette body 170 and is movable back and forth. , a fall prevention roller 195 that is pivotally supported on the left and right sides of the slide body 194 and rolls into contact with the upper surface of the inner bottom plate 170a to maintain the standing posture of the slide body 194; a support frame 196 that stands up from the slide body 194; On the front side of the support frame 196, there is a swing frame 199 that is swingable via upper left and right horizontal axis pins 197a and an upper center vertical axis pin 197b and is held neutrally by a spring 198, and a front side of this swing frame 199. The banknote pressing plate 2 is mounted on the side and supported.
00 and the banknotes AIE in the cassette body 170 by this pressing plate 200. It is composed of a spring 201 and the like that always urges the slide body 194 forward. Note that this spring 201 is caused by the large movement stroke of the slide body 194, so that the inner bottom plate 170 of the cassette body 170
A long coil spring is used that is hung around the front and rear pulleys 202 and 203 on the lower side.

Further, the backup device 192 is connected to the cassette main body 170.
A handle 204 is attached to the rear side of the support frame 196 via a cover 205 for retracting the entire banknote A toward the rear end so that the banknote A can be easily inserted and removed. An arm lock 206a as a locking mechanism is attached to the rear end of the slide body 194 and the inner surface of the rear end mold of the cassette body 170 so as to be locked at the rearward limit.

206b is attached. This arm lock 206
a and 206b are commercially available backup devices 192.
When the two are moved backward once, they engage with each other and become locked, and the lock can be released by moving the two backwards further.

In the backup device 192 equipped with such a locking mechanism, the arm lock 20 at the backward limit of the backup device 192 after loading banknotes A into the cassette main body 170
I forgot to release the locks 6a and 206b and opened/closed lid 1.
When the banknote 71 is closed and inserted into the cassette storage section 16 in the main body 2 of the apparatus, the internal banknote A cannot be pressed, and therefore the banknote A cannot be sent to or taken into the temporary storage section 32. Therefore, as a means to prevent such forgetting to release the lock, an obstacle 207 made of an elastic material is provided protruding from the lower surface of the opening/closing lid 171 near the rear end.
When this obstacle 207 is in the locked state of the backup device f1192 at the backward limit as shown in FIG.
05, making it impossible to close the opening/closing lid 171 correctly.

Note that the slide body 194 of the backup device 192
A permanent magnet 208 is provided on the lower surface, and when the permanent magnet 208 moves together with the slide body 194 as shown in FIG. A permanent magnet 209 is also attached to the upper end of the support frame 196, so that the cassette storage section 1 can be turned on and off.
A banknote full detector or an empty banknote detector 44 provided near the front end of the upper side of the banknote 6 can be turned on and off.

In order to prevent the safe cassettes 20 to 23 from being set in the cassette storage sections 16 to 19, respectively, a cassette main body 170 is provided as shown in FIGS. 14 and 16.
A guide pin 210 as a guide portion is protruded from the outer surface of one side wall, and each cassette storage portion 1 in the apparatus main body 2 corresponds to the guide pin 210.
6 to 19 are provided with one guide plate 211 as a guide section.

The guide pin 210 is vertically attached to the side wall of the cassette body 170.
A plurality of mounting holes 212a to 2 are formed at equal intervals in a row.
12d is selected and removably screwed onto it like a screw. For example, the first
In the first safe cassette 20 for 5,000 yen shown in FIG. The guide pin 210 is attached to the attachment hole 212b of each safe cassette 20 to 23 at a different position depending on the type of money stored inside. On the other hand, the above guide plate 211
Forms notches 211a and 211b in one corner of a vertical rectangular plate and in the middle of the opposite edge,
It is configured by forming mounting holes 211C at four locations on both the upper and lower sides. The guide plates 211 are attached one by one to each of the cassette storage sections 16 to 19 with two screws 213, with the front and back as well as top and bottom orientations selected. For example, in the first cassette storage section 16 shown in FIG.
13, and in the second cassette storage section shown in FIG. 16, the vertical direction is reversed and the notch 211b serves as a guide part in the middle of one side corresponding to the guide pin 210 of the second safe cassette 21. The safe cassette 20 to be stored is secured by the screw 213.
A guide plate 211 is attached to each of the cassette storage sections 16 to 19 depending on the type of the cassette storage sections 16 to 23, with the guide portions formed by notches having different positions. Note that 214 is a plurality of mounting holes formed on each cassette storage section 16 to 19 side.
The screws 213 of the guide plate 211 can be selectively tightened.

With this, even if an attempt is made to insert a safe cassette of the wrong denomination into the cassette storage sections 16 to 19, the positions of the notch guide part of the guide plate 211 and the guide pin 210 do not correspond, so that the incorrect safe cassette is inserted. is blocked in the middle and cannot be completely set, and only when each safe cassette 20 to 23 is inserted into a predetermined cassette storage part 16 to one, the guide parts correspond to each other and a complete insertion set is completed. It is designed to be able to do this. In addition, the guide pin 210 is also connected to the guide plate 21.
1 are all removable and the position of the guide part can be changed as described above, so each cassette storage part 16 to 19 and each safe cassette 20 to 23 can be easily changed to one for a different denomination.

To explain the operation of the above-mentioned paper sheet storage section, first, each safe cassette 20 to 23 is taken out of the device main body 2, and the cassette main body 170 is opened and closed! 171 and take out or load the required banknotes by denomination as necessary. At this time, the internal backup device 19
2 is kept locked at the reverse limit. After loading the banknotes, the backup device 192 is unlocked and the internal banknotes A are pushed forward as shown in FIG. Close and lock. At this time, if you forget to unlock the backup device 192, an obstacle 207 protruding from the opening/closing lid 171 will hit the upper end of the opening/closing lid 171 as shown in FIG. 10, making it impossible to open the opening/closing lid 171. Then, the backup device 192 is reliably unlocked, and then the opening/closing lid 171 is closed.

This will prevent you from forgetting to unlock your backup [@192].

In this way, each safe cassette 20 to 23 with the opening/closing lid 171 completely closed after loading banknotes is opened at the rear of the device main body and stored in the first to fourth cassettes corresponding to the denomination of the banknote A stored inside. Insert and set in sections 16-19.

At this time, if the staff member inserts any of the safe cassettes 20 to 23 into the cassette storage section in the wrong position, the position of the guide pin 210 on the incorrect safe cassette and the notch in the guide plate 211 of the cassette storage section, Due to misalignment,
That is, since the correct correspondence state shown in FIGS. 14 and 16 cannot be obtained, insertion of an incorrect safe cassette is prevented midway, and complete setting cannot be achieved. This allows the staff to quickly notice the incorrect insertion and reinsert it in the correct position.
Each safe cassette 20-23 can always be correctly inserted and set into a predetermined cassette storage part 16-19 without any setting error.

On the other hand, when the rear 1fi2a is opened when inserting and setting the safe cassettes 20 to 23, as shown in FIG.
The door opening/closing detector 14 is activated by the first link 139 linked to a.
2 is 0FFL, the excitation of the pulse motor 134 fixing the movable body 130 of the separator mechanism 28 is cut off and becomes free, and the driven pulley 1 is moved by the second link 140.
36. The movable body 130 moves backward by a constant stroke via the timing belt 137. In this state, the safe cassettes 20 to 23 are inserted into each of the cassette storage sections 16 to 19.

Hereinafter, since all the stages are the same, only the operational relationship between the first cassette storage section 16 and the safe cassette 2o will be explained. First, as shown in FIG. is unlocked, and then the retracting bar 176 is pushed by the pressing body 177, and at the same time, the shutter 175 opens upward and is drawn into the opening/closing lid 171 in a horizontal state. When the safe cassette 20 is inserted further deeper, the front end of the internally stored banknotes A held by the upper stopper 182 and lower stopper 183 of the stopper mechanism hits the upper and lower flappers 131 and 132 of the separator mechanism 28 and is held. At this point, the upper stopper 182 hits the pressing body 186 and opens upward as if jumping up, and the slide plate 189 hits the pressing body 191 and is pushed backward, so that the response pin 188a slides into the inner cam 189a. is pushed up, the support bar 188 rotates, and the lower stopper 183 retracts downward and opens. This completes the insertion and setting of the safe cassette 16, and the internal banknotes A are inserted into the upper and lower flappers 131, 132 and the backup device 192.
It is in a state where it is held between the press plate 200 and the press plate 200 .

When the rear 12a is closed in this state, the driven pulley 136 becomes rotatable by a certain angle, and the movable body 130 of the separator mechanism 28 moves forward together with the upper and lower flappers 131 and 132 through the banknote A under the pressure of the backup device 192, and the safe The loading process operation of the cassette 20 is completed.

In this state, the above-described deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 operates to feed deposited banknotes into the safe cassette or to take them out as withdrawal banknotes.

In other words, when the deposited banknotes are fed one by one by the operation of the impeller 100 of the stacking/retrieving device i24 shown in FIG. When the banknotes have been deposited and the number and amount have been checked, the separator mechanism 28 is moved back and the upper and lower flappers 131 and 132 are moved by the pulse smoke 148 to the link mechanism 149. 150, move forward in that state, combine the deposited banknotes in the temporary storage section 32 with the banknotes A in the safe cassette 20, and then close the upper and lower flappers 131 and 132 again.
Close the bank, move back, and take all the banknotes into the safe cassette 20. Also, when withdrawing money, the upper and lower flappers 131 and 132 open and move forward, and the stacking and taking out device 24 moves bills one by one starting from the frontmost one.
The banknotes are taken out as withdrawal banknotes by rotation of the takeout rotating body 101 and the idle roller 10'7.

Next, when taking out the safe cassette 20 from the main body of the device, first open the rear 12a, and the movable body 130 of the separator mechanism 28 moves from the upper and lower flappers 13 in the same way as when inserting the safe cassette 20.
1. Retract to the home position with 132 closed. When the safe cassette 20 is pulled out rearward, the upper stopper 182 first separates from the pressing body 186, and the upper stopper 182 rotates downward under the pressure of the spring 184 of the pressing body (rod) 185 as a return means. At the same time, the slide plate 189, which is the return means for the lower stopper 183, separates from the pressing body 191 and moves forward by the spring 190, which causes the response pin slidably fitted on the inner cam 189a to move forward. 188a is pulled down to the state shown in FIG. 10, the support bar 183 rotates, and the lower stopper 183
will rise and automatically return to the closed state. With this, the banknote A that had been held by the upper and lower flappers 132 and 133 of the separator mechanism 28 is now moved to the upper and lower stoppers 182.1.
The front end is held down by 83, and even if the safe cassette 20 is further pulled out, the internal banknotes A are prevented from falling or falling out. When the safe cassette 20 is further pulled out in this state, the retracting part 176 separates from the pressing body 177 and moves forward by the spring 178, pushing the shutter 175 forward and hanging down to close it. It separates from the pressing body 181 and returns to rotation due to the spring force, and is locked to the locking rod 179, thereby automatically locking the shutter 175 in the closed state. In this way, the safe cassette 20 can be pulled out in a completely closed state.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and may be applied to, for example, banknote processing devices other than deposit/withdrawal devices, processing devices for handling various paper sheets other than banknotes, etc. Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, when a staff member stores and sets a paper sheet storage cassette in the cassette storage section in the main body of the device, a cassette other than the correct cassette, that is, a cassette storage section for a certain type, is stored and set. Insertion of different types of paper sheet storage cassettes is obstructed by the guide section and cannot be set properly. This allows staff to quickly and reliably discover mistakes in setting cassettes, and to always ensure that the cassettes are correctly set. It becomes a paper sheet storage device that can be obtained.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 1 is a partially cutaway external perspective view of a deposit/withdrawal device to which the paper sheet storage device of the present invention is applied; 3 is a side view showing the accumulation/retrieval device, separator mechanism, and cassette storage section of the depositing and dispensing mechanism, FIG. 4 is a plan view of the same, and FIG. 6 is a side view showing the relationship between the separator mechanism and the rear legs, FIG. 7 is a front view of the separator mechanism, and FIGS. 8(a) to <C> are A side view showing various operating states of the upper and lower flappers of the separator mechanism, Fig. 9 is a side view showing the state when the safe cassette is inserted into the cassette storage section, and Fig. 10 is a part showing the state where the lid of the safe cassette cannot be closed. 11 is a sectional view of the safe cassette in an open state, FIG. 12 is a partially sectional plan view of the safe cassette, and FIG. 13 is a side view showing the operation of the backup device of the safe cassette. FIG. 14 is a side view showing the guide between the safe cassette and the cassette storage section, FIG. 15 is a rear view of the same, and FIG. . 2...Device main body, 16-19...Cassette storage section,
20-23...Paper storage cassette (safe cassette)
, 210... Guide portion (guide pin), 211... Guide portion (guide plate), 211a, 211b... Notch, A... Paper sheet (banknote). Applicant's Representative Patent Attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 1 Figure 5 Figure 14 Figure 16

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A device main body having a cassette storage section, and a paper sheet storage cassette that stores paper sheets therein and is removably set in the cassette storage section of the device main body; The cassette storage section is provided with a guide section whose position differs depending on the type of cassette to be stored, and the paper sheet storage cassette is also provided with a guide section whose position differs depending on the type of paper sheet stored inside. A paper sheet storage device, characterized in that the cassette can be inserted into the cassette storage section only when the guide section of the cassette storage section and the guide section of the cassette are in a corresponding positional relationship. (2) The paper sheet storage device according to claim 1, wherein the cassette storage section and the guide section for the cassette are each removable and the mounting position can be changed individually. (3) One of the guide parts between the cassette storage part and the cassette is a guide pin that can change the mounting position, and the other has multiple notches that can be mounted in the same location by selecting the front, back, and top and bottom directions. The paper sheet storage device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it is constructed of a single guide plate whose position can be changed.