JPS6161154B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a banknote stacking device that sequentially shifts and stacks banknotes fed one by one.

Conventional banknote polymerization devices are known, for example, from Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1987-
As shown in Publication No. 131598, each time the drum rotates, bills are sequentially wound around the drum and held, and bill shifting is determined by the feeding speed of the belt and drum of the delivery device and the arrangement in the delivery device section. It is determined by the set positions of the detector installed in the drum section and the detector installed in the drum section.

As described above, since the amount of deviation is determined depending on various conditions, adjusting the amount of deviation requires a large amount of time. Also, each time the drum rotates, the banknotes are rotated and stacked one on top of the other while being held between the drum and the belt, so while the drum is rotating, the top and bottom of the stacked banknotes are separated. slip,
There were problems such as the amount of deviation becoming uneven, or in extreme cases, the amount of deviation disappearing.

Such problems can be solved, for example, by
This problem is solved by the structure shown in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 52-154299. These structures support the sent banknotes on a support plate, and the push-down plate moves up and down to place the banknotes supported by the support plate on the banknote conveying device. When it is necessary to shift the belts, the belts are moved by the amount of shift after the push-down plate is moved up, so that the belts are stacked one on top of the other. Therefore, it is easy to set the amount of deviation of banknotes, the amount of deviation is always constant, and the deviation of banknotes that have already been stacked with deviations does not change.

However, in these structures, the banknotes supported by the support plate are transferred to the banknote conveyance device by lowering the push-down plate and then raising the support plate.

In this way, the support plate is also moved up and down, so a special support plate vertical movement mechanism is required to move the support plate up and down, and a timing mechanism is also required to move the support plate up and down in synchronization with the timing of the vertical movement of the push-down plate. The problem is that the structure is complicated and expensive due to the necessity of Further, after lowering the push-down plate, the support plate must be raised, and then the push-down plate must be raised, so there is a problem that quick transfer is not possible.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a banknote stacking device that has a simple structure and can quickly transfer banknotes.

The problems of the above-mentioned conventional technology are that there is a support plate that positions and supports one end of the sent banknote, a roller disposed below this support plate, a bill shifter disposed below this roller, and a support plate that positions and supports one end of the sent banknote. a banknote shifting and conveying device that performs conveyance; and a push-down plate that is disposed above the support plate and that passes between the support plate and the rollers and transfers the banknotes supported by the support plate onto the banknote shift and conveyance device. In a banknote polymerization device comprising:
The support plate and the roller are provided in an immovable vertical position,
The banknote shifting and conveying device is supported by a channel member, and the channel member is biased by a spring so that the banknote shifting and conveying device comes into pressure contact with the rollers, and the banknotes are shifted by vertical movement of the push-down plate. This problem is solved by configuring the conveying device to move up and down together with the channel member.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
Reference numeral 1 denotes a bill insertion slot provided on the customer service surface 2 of the vending machine; 3 a bill authentication device that determines the authenticity of bills inserted from the bill insertion slot 1; if the bill is a fake bill, the bill is inserted into the bill insertion slot 1; If the banknote is a genuine banknote, the banknote is taken into the bank. 4 is the banknote validation device 3
This is a banknote stacking pool device that stacks and pools banknotes sent through an intermediate conveying device 5 one by one while shifting them little by little. The banknotes are pushed down into the pool part 9 through rollers 8 pivotally attached to the side of the side plate of the banknote stacking pool device 4, and are stacked one after another. Further, the bill sent to the support plate 6 is stopped by a stop plate so that the insertion tip is always constant, detected by a detector, and supported by the support plate 6. Reference numeral 10 denotes a bill shifting and conveying device for shifting and conveying bills, and when stacking bills, the bills pooled in the pool portion 9 are slightly moved toward the side opposite to the bill receiving slot 11 side, that is, the bill insertion tip side. Intermittent drive and bill receiving slot 11 or safe 1 to feed bills one by one and stack them one on top of the other by shifting them little by little.
It is designed to be able to freely rotate in forward and reverse directions for conveyance to the second stage.
13 and 14 are the bill shifting and conveying device 1, respectively.
This is a banknote conveying device that receives banknotes from 0 and conveys them to a banknote receiving slot 11 or a safe 12.The banknotes guided from one banknote conveyance device 13 can be counted by a viewing window 15 provided on the customer service side. It's getting old. Reference numeral 16 denotes a channel member that supports the banknote shifting and conveying device 10, which is urged upward by a spring 17, and one end of which is rotatably supported around a support shaft 19 via a crank lever 18.

20 is a motor that drives the conveyance device 5 via a belt 21; 22 is the banknote shifting conveyance device 1;
0, a motor that drives the bill conveying devices 13 and 14, the bill shifting conveying device 10, the bill conveying device 13
The bill shifting and conveying device 10 is connected to the bill conveying device 13 via belts 23, 24, and 25 so that the devices 14 and 14 are driven separately at required timings.
and 14 are driven via belts 26 and 27, respectively.

Reference numeral 30 denotes a banknote storage box in which banknotes to be dispensed as change are stacked and stored, and 31 a banknote extractor which uses a suction cup to suck the banknotes that are exposed at the opening of the banknote storage box 30 and takes them out one by one and guides them to a drive roller 32. 33 is a conveyance device that sends the banknotes sent by the drive roller 32 to the banknote stacking pool device 4 via the conveyance device 5; 34 and 35 are banknote overlap devices that inspect whether the banknotes being conveyed overlap each other; With inspection equipment,
One inspection device 34 inspects the thickness, and the other inspection device 35 inspects the length and performs a double check, so that two or more sheets are sent overlapping or shifted. I'm starting to work when I do. Reference numeral 36 denotes a banknote feed direction conversion lever. When the inspection devices 34 and 35 determine that there are two or more banknotes, a solenoid 37 operates as shown in the figure to rotate the conversion lever 36 to convert the banknotes being fed. The banknotes are stored in the collected banknote box 38.

Next, the operation of the banknote processing apparatus having such a configuration will be explained. The authenticity of the banknote inserted through the banknote insertion slot 1 is determined by the banknote verification device 3,
The banknote determined to be "false" is returned to the banknote insertion slot 1, and when determined to be "true", the banknote is taken into the interior by the conveyance device 5. The banknotes sent via the conveyance device 5 are stopped within the support plate 6 so that the leading edge of the banknote is always at a constant position, and is detected and supported by a detector. After that, the push-down plate 7 descends and presses the banknotes supported by the support plate 6 onto the top surface of the banknote shifting and conveying device 10 through the notch provided in the center of the support plate 6 and the rollers 8, and the banknotes and banknotes are The channel member 16 together with the shifting conveyance device 10
Push down against the spring 17. As a result, both ends of the banknote are connected to the lower side of the rollers 8 and the banknote shifting conveyance device 10.
Enter the upper pool section 9. Thereafter, the push-down plate 7 is raised, the channel member 16 is pushed back by the spring 17, and the banknote is lifted away from the banknote while being sandwiched between the upper surface of the banknote shifting and conveying device 10 and the rollers 8.

The banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion slot 1 in this manner are successively held between the rollers 8 and the banknote shifting and conveying device 10. Here, the banknotes are stacked one on top of the other, shifting them little by little. That is, the banknote shifting and conveying device 10 is connected to the motor 2.
2, it is intermittently driven by a certain amount toward the safe 12 via the belts 23, 24, and 25, and is shifted toward the banknote insertion side.

As mentioned above, the tips of the bills supported within the support plate 6 are always positioned at a constant position, so if the tips on the insertion side are shifted, the amount of shift is constant regardless of the length of the bills, and the bills are stacked one on top of the other. . In this way, since the sheets are sent to the rear of the apparatus and are shifted and overlapped, the staff member can easily check from the rear A of the apparatus whether the sheets are reliably shifted and overlapped.

Now, when the customer presses the return button without operating the selection button on the customer service surface 2, the bill shifting and conveying device 10 and the bill conveying device 13 guide the bill to the viewing window 15 and stop it, and the customer is informed that there is an error in the bill. Check if there are any. In this case, since all the banknotes are stacked one on top of the other with a certain amount of deviation, confirmation becomes very easy. and,
If there is an abnormality, a staff member is called and the subsequent processing is carried out, and if there is no error, the confirmation button is pressed and the bill is sent to the bill receiving slot 11 and received.

On the other hand, when the selection button is operated, the bill shifting and conveying device 10 is rotated toward the safe 12 and the pool portion 9 is rotated.
banknotes are stored in the safe 12 by the banknote transport device 14. If change is required and the change is small, it will be paid out in coins. When change of 1,000 yen or more is required, the banknote takeout device 31 and the conveyance devices 33 and 5 are activated. As a result, one thousand yen bill is taken out from the banknote storage box 30 by the suction cup of the banknote takeout device 31,
The leading edge of the banknote is guided to the drive roller 32. The banknotes are sent to a conveying device 33 by drive rollers 32 .
During this conveyance, the banknotes are inspected by banknote overlap inspection devices 34 and 35 to see if two bills overlap.
If it is determined that there is only one bill, it is sent as is and passes through the conveyance device 5 to the pool section 9 of the bill stacking pool device 4.
accepted. In this way, the required number of 1,000 yen bills as change are pooled in the pool section 9 while being shifted little by little as described above. After the last banknote is received in the pool section 9, those banknotes are transferred to the banknote shifting and conveying device 10 and the banknote conveying device 1.
3 toward the viewing window 15 side, and stop when the overlapping portion can be seen through the viewing window 15. When the customer confirms the number of banknotes and operates a confirmation button, the banknotes are led to a banknote receiving slot 11. At the same time, the remaining small amount of change is paid in coins.

Furthermore, if the banknote overlap inspection devices 34 and 35 detect that two or more banknotes overlap,
The conversion lever 36 is rotated by the solenoid 37, the bills are collected into the collected bill box 38, and the bills are taken out from the bill storage box 30 again. In this way, an accurate number of change bills are dispensed. Note that in the above, only 1,000 yen bills are used as change, but of course, 5,000 yen bills can also be used.

As is clear from the above description, according to the banknote stacking device of the present invention, the support plate and the rollers are provided in an immovable vertical position, the banknote shifting and conveying device is supported by a channel member, and the banknote shifting and conveying device is pressed against the rollers. Since the channel member is supported by a spring so that the push-down plate moves up and down, the bill shifting and conveying device is automatically moved up and down together with the channel member, and the bill is transferred from the support plate to the bill shifting and conveying device. Can be replaced. In this way, since the transfer is performed only by the up and down movement of the push-down plate, processing can be carried out quickly. Furthermore, since the bill shifting and conveying device is supported by a channel member, and the channel member is supported by a spring, it has a very simple structure, so a device can be obtained at a significantly lower cost.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figure is a schematic side view showing one embodiment of a banknote processing device equipped with a banknote stacking device according to the present invention. 6: Support plate, 7: Press down plate, 8: Roller, 10:
Banknote shifting conveyance device, 16: Channel member, 1
7: Spring.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A support plate that positions and supports one end of the sent banknotes, a roller disposed below the support plate, and a banknote shifting and conveying device disposed below the rollers that shifts and conveys the banknotes. and a push-down plate that is disposed above the support plate and passes between the support plate and the rollers and transfers the banknotes supported by the support plate onto the banknote shifting and conveying device. The support plate and the rollers are provided in an immovable vertical position, the banknote shifting and conveying device is supported by a channel member, and the channel member is biased by a spring so that the banknote shifting and conveying device comes into pressure contact with the rollers. The bill stacking device is characterized in that the bill shifting and conveying device is configured to move up and down together with the channel member by the up and down movement of the push-down plate.