JPS6132717B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a banknote storage box, particularly a safe for storing banknotes inserted into a vending machine, or a cassette for storing banknotes stored in the safe by sorting them by type. The invention relates to a cassette or the like in which banknotes stored therein are used as change.

Generally, such a banknote storage box includes a storage frame provided with a banknote inlet/outlet at the top for putting in and taking out banknotes, a press plate reciprocably provided within the storage frame, and a press plate placed on the side of the banknote inlet/outlet of the storage frame. It consists of a spring that biases the

However, the conventional banknote storage box uses a compression spring as a spring, and this compression spring is disposed within the storage frame, which has the disadvantage that the volume of banknotes that can be stored is small. Furthermore, since the spring is disposed within a predetermined volume, the spring strength can be adjusted very delicately. Furthermore, since the spring cannot be made long, the difference in spring force between the extended state and the contracted state becomes very large. In other words, if the spring strength is increased,
A large pushing force is required to push the banknotes into the banknote storage box using a pushing device, and when the banknotes are taken out from the banknote storage box, the banknotes may fly out with great force.
On the other hand, if the spring force is weakened, when the bill storage box is used for change, the bills may not be sufficiently pushed up into the bill slot of the bill storage box when there are few left in the bill storage box. This may result in the banknotes not being able to be removed from the banknote storage box using a suction head or rotating roller. The same thing can be said when bills are taken out manually.

An object of the present invention is to provide a banknote storage box that eliminates the drawbacks of the prior art described above.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained with reference to illustrated embodiments.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a banknote processing apparatus. Reference numeral 10 denotes a vending machine, and the front side thereof is provided with a bill insertion slot 11 for inserting bills and a change receiving slot 12. The banknotes inserted through the banknote insertion slot 11 are passed through the banknote discriminator 1
Authenticity is determined by 3, and genuine bills are sent above the safe 14 and stored in the safe 14 by a pusher 15 that moves up and down. On the other hand, fake banknotes are at the change receiving slot 1.
2 will be returned. 20, the bills stored in the safe 14 in the vending machine 10 are 10,000 yen bills, 5,000 yen bills,
This is a sorting device that sorts thousand yen bills, etc., and the bills taken out by the takeout mechanism 21 are sorted by the type determining device 22 and placed in respective cassettes 23, 24, 25.
are housed by pushers 26, 27, and 28 that move up and down, respectively, provided above. Further, a cassette 23 containing low denomination bills, such as 1,000 yen bills, sorted by the sorting device 20 is set in the vending machine 10 for use as change. The banknotes in the cassette 23 set for change are discharged from the change receiving slot 12 by the take-out mechanism 16 in response to the change command.

Next, the safe 14 and cassettes 23 to 2 according to the present invention
An example of No. 5 will be described. Here, safe 1
4 and cassettes 23 to 25 have the same structure.
Hereinafter, the safe 14 and the cassettes 23 to 25 will be collectively referred to as a banknote storage box.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the banknote storage box according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 3-3 in FIG.
Figure 4 is a sectional view taken along the line 4-4 in Figure 2, and Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of Figure 3.
It is a sectional view taken along line 5-5 in the figure. Reference numeral 30 denotes a storage frame for storing banknotes one on top of the other, a banknote entrance 31 for taking in and taking out banknotes is formed above, and two side frames 32 are provided at intervals on the inside of the long side of this storage frame 30. Two rows of grooves 33 are provided in each side frame 32 in a direction perpendicular to the bill slot 31. In addition, two rollers 3 are provided on the outer walls of both side frames 32 on the side of the bill slot 31 between the two rows of grooves 33.
Similarly, 2 is placed on the side opposite to the bill slot 31.
Each of the rollers 35 is rotatably provided. 40 is a press plate that reciprocates within the storage frame 30;
Both sides have pins 41 inserted into the respective grooves 33 and projecting outward from the side frame 32. 4
Reference numeral 2 denotes a tension spring, whose both ends are attached to pins 41 inserted into two rows of grooves 33, and which urges a pressing plate 40, which is wound around rollers 34 and 35, toward the bill slot 31, and presses Plate 40 has groove 33
It stops when pressed against the upper end 36 of.

Reference numeral 50 denotes a shutter for opening and closing the bill slot 31, and an engaging plate 53 having downwardly bent bent portions 51 and 52 is fixed to the lower surface of one end thereof. Numeral 54 is a key for locking the shutter 50, and the lock portion 54a protrudes between the bent portions 51 and 52 to lock the shutter 50. Reference numeral 55 denotes two banknote prevention rods used when storing banknotes in the storage frame 30, which are inserted from one side of the storage frame 30 in parallel to the shutter 50 directly below the banknote entrance/exit 31 and penetrate to the other side. It is arranged. 5
Reference numeral 6 denotes guide plates for guiding the banknote fly-out prevention slots 55, which are fixed to the outer sides of the short sides of the storage frame 30, respectively.

Next, the operation of the banknote storage box having such a configuration will be explained.

First, the safe 14 is set in the vending machine 10, the cassette 23 is set in the sorting device 20,
The case where it is used as 24 and 25 will be explained. Vending machine 10 with bill storage box as safe 14
After setting the key in the specified position, insert the key into the key hole of the key 54, turn the key to lower the lock part 54a, and then open the shutter 50 and use it with the bill fly-out prevention rod 55 inserted. Bills inserted through the bill insertion slot 11 on the customer side of the vending machine are discriminated by a bill discriminating device 13, and genuine bills are sent between a safe 14 and a pusher 15. When the pusher 15 descends, the banknote is inserted into the safe 14 in a U-shape between the banknote fly-out prevention slots 55 while resisting the pressure plate 40. After the banknotes are fully inserted into the safe, the pusher 15 rises, and the banknotes are stopped by the banknote fly-out prevention rod 55 in a spread state due to the rise of the press plate 40. In this way, each time a banknote is sent above the safe 14, the pusher 15 moves up and down to store the banknote.

The safe 14 in which banknotes are stored in this manner is set in the sorting device 20. When storing banknotes from this safe 14 into the respective cassettes 23, 24, 25, the same operation as above is used, that is, by vertically moving the respective pushers 26, 27, 28, the banknotes are removed from between the banknote fly-out prevention rods 55. It is housed in cassettes 23, 24, and 25.

Next, the case where banknotes in the safe 14 set in the sorting device 20 are taken out and distributed to the cassettes 23 to 25, and the case where the banknotes in the cassette 23 set in the vending machine 10 are taken out and discharged as change will be explained. . In this case, shutter 50
It is used with the banknotes opened and the banknote fly-out prevention rod 55 pulled out. When the banknote popping-out prevention rod 55 is pulled out after being set, the banknote may become wrinkled by the rod 55. To prevent this, a groove (not shown) similar to the groove 33 provided in the side frame 32 is provided in the outer frame in a portion facing the groove 33, and the pin 41 provided in the pressing plate 40 is It is preferable to form it long so that it protrudes from the groove to the outside of the outer frame. Therefore, when the pushing plate 40 is lowered by manually pushing down the part of the pin that protrudes outward from the outer frame, the urging force of the tension spring 42 is not applied to the banknotes on the pushing plate 40, so when the rod 55 is pulled out, Banknotes are prevented from becoming wrinkled. As shown in FIG. 3, the take-out mechanisms 16 and 21 are provided with a suction head 61 for vacuum suctioning banknotes and a unidirectional rotating roller 62 for pressing banknotes in the storage box from above at the position where the storage box is set. ing. Therefore, when the banknote ejection rod 55 is pulled out as described above, the banknote comes into contact with the one-way rotating roller 62 and is prevented from flying out. Use in this condition. Therefore,
When it is necessary to take out a banknote, the suction head 61 descends to pick up the first banknote, and then the one-way rotating roller 62 rotates slightly to separate the first banknote from the second banknote and take it out. Make it easy, then attach the suction head 6
1 rises, rotates and takes out banknotes. The taken out banknotes are transferred to the safe 14 set in the sorting device 20.
In the case of
~25. Similarly, in the case of the cassette 23 set in the vending machine 10, the change receiving slot 1
2 will be discharged as change.

FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of the key lock mechanism.
In this embodiment, a hole 57 is provided in the shutter 50, and the lock portion 54a of the key 54 is engaged with this hole 57. Even with this configuration, the key cannot be inserted into the key hole of the key 54. By turning the key,
Shutter 50 can be locked or unlocked.

FIGS. 7 and 8 show an improved example of the vertically movable portion of the press plate. This embodiment has the following configuration added to those shown in FIGS. 2 to 5. The press plate 40 has two upper and lower plates so as to come into contact with the inner surfaces of the storage frames 30 and 32.
A holding plate 4 on which rollers 43 are rotatably attached in rows.
4 is fixed. Therefore, in the case of this embodiment, since the rollers 43 roll on the inner surface of the storage frame 30 and move up and down, there is no risk of the pressing plate 40 tilting or getting caught on the storage frame 30, and it operates smoothly. As a result, bills can be taken in and out smoothly, and the bill slot can be oriented either horizontally or vertically.

Although two rollers 35 are provided in the above embodiment, since the rollers 35 are used to change the direction of the spring 42, only one roller 35 may be used.

As is clear from the above description, according to the bill storage box of the present invention, the tension spring that biases the pressing plate is provided outside the storage frame, so that the bill storage capacity can be increased. Further, since the length of the tension spring is not limited and can be sufficiently long, a uniform spring force is always maintained, and banknotes can be inserted and removed in a stable state.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a banknote handling device, Fig. 2 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the banknote storage box according to the present invention, Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a 2, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line 5-5 in FIG. 3, FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing another embodiment of the key lock mechanism, and FIGS. The figures show an improved example of the vertically movable portion of the press plate, FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a portion corresponding to FIG. 3, and FIG. 8 is a sectional view of a portion corresponding to FIG. 5. 10...Vending machine, 11...Banknote insertion slot, 1
4...Safe, 20...Distribution device, 23-25...
...cassette.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A storage frame having a banknote inlet/outlet for inserting and removing banknotes in the upper part, a press plate reciprocably provided within the storage frame, and a spring that urges the press plate toward the banknote inlet/outlet side of the storage frame. In the banknote storage box, a banknote popping-out prevention rod is provided below the banknote entrance/exit of the storage frame so as to be freely inserted in the longitudinal direction of the storage frame, and an interval is provided on the inside of the long side of the storage frame.
two rows of grooves are provided in each side frame in a direction perpendicular to the banknote inlet/outlet, and two rollers are provided on the outer walls of the both side frames on the side of the banknote inlet/outlet between the grooves. At least one roller is rotatably provided on each side facing the entrance and exit, and on both sides of the pressing plate, pins are inserted into two rows of grooves provided in each side frame and protrude outward. , the springs are tension springs, and are disposed on the outsides of the both side frames on the side where the rollers are provided, and both ends of the springs are provided with the pressing force so as to urge the pressing plate toward the banknote entrance side. A banknote storage box that is attached to a pin on a board and hung around a roller.