JPS62171830A - Cartridge - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To keep a housing state suitable for the delivery of paper sheets all the time and aim at preventing a delivery error from occurring, by installing a vertically movable paper sheets position regulating member on the top of a cartridge's storage part. CONSTITUTION:When a cartridge 11 is installed in a body, a claw being integral with a first interlocking link L1 corresponds to a projection at the body side whereby this link L1 is tilted, this interlocking operations of links L2-L5 and 26 are carried out. And, through these operations, a position regulating plate 23 comes into a state of the position regulation release moved upward, so that delivery of bills 12 is performable. On the other hand, when the cartridge 11 is removed from the body and carried, a corresponding claw of the cartridge 11 comes off the projection of the body so that a position regulation mechanism 28 works via these links L1-L5 and 26, and the position regulating plate moves downward. With this constitution, an upper end edge of the bills 12 is regulated as pressed down, and since the bills 12 are positionally regulated in the longitudinal direction and between up and down, disarrangement due to movements of the cartridge 11 is not caused there, thus the bills is kept in a housing state suitable for the delivery all the time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (A) Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cartridge configured to dispense and take in banknotes in, for example, automatic teller machines and automatic money changers used in banking operations. More specifically, the present invention relates to a cartridge that stably maintains the storage state of paper sheets.

(b) Contrary to the Invention Taking banknotes among paper sheets such as banknotes, slips, securities, and regular paper as an example, the storage section formed inside the cartridge usually has a receiving section that is biased toward the feeding side. A large number of banknotes are stacked and stored in an upright position on a board, and the banknotes are fed out one by one from a feeding part on the front end side.

However, when this type of cartridge is carried, the stored state of the banknotes stored in the cartridge may be disturbed due to external vibrations during transportation or being transported upside down.
This causes the paper to be unsuitable for feeding, and when it is attached to the main body, it causes problems such as skewing, jamming, and errors such as blank feeding and double feeding.

(C) Purpose of the Invention Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a cartridge that has a storage structure that is not affected by external influences during transportation and can stably store and hold paper sheets in a fixed position. .

(D) Summary of the Invention This invention provides a paper sheet position regulating member that is movable up and down parallel to the inner surface of the top plate on the top surface of the storage section of a cartridge for storing paper sheets, and the cartridge is attached to the main body of the cartridge. The cartridge is characterized by being equipped with a paper sheet position regulating mechanism that moves the above-mentioned position regulating member upward in conjunction with the removal operation, and moves the position regulating member downward in conjunction with the detachment operation.

(E) Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, there is provided a paper sheet position regulating mechanism that moves the position regulating member disposed on the top surface of the cartridge storage section up and down in conjunction with the cartridge attachment/detachment operation. When the cartridge is removed from the main body, the position regulating member is moved downward via the position regulating mechanism associated with the removal operation to push down the upper edge of the paper sheet, and this pushing action causes the paper sheet to The position of the object is regulated by restricting its movement.

For this reason, even if the cartridge is carried, the paper sheets stored in the press-down-controlled manner will not be unintentionally disturbed, and the stored state suitable for feeding is maintained.

In addition, when the knife is attached to the main body, the position regulating mechanism that is linked to this mounting operation operates, and the position regulating member moves upward, releasing the push-down regulating effect on paper sheets, which prevents the paper sheets from being fed out. The paper sheets are attached to the main body in their initial storage state, and the sheets can be fed out stably at all times.

Therefore, the paper sheets are always maintained in a storage state suitable for feeding, and it is possible to achieve smooth feeding that reliably prevents paper sheets from collapsing, jamming, blank feeding, double feeding, etc.

Kube) Examples of the invention An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below based on the drawings.

The drawings show a cartridge that can be attached to and removed from an automatic teller machine, and in FIGS. 1 to 4, this cartridge 11
is provided in the shape of a rectangular box, and a storage section 13 for storing a large number of banknotes 12 is formed inside, and a receiving plate 1/I that is allowed to slide in the longitudinal direction is installed inside this storage section 13. Then, the banknotes 12 are placed on the receiving plate 14 in a horizontally long stacked state and placed on the upper surface of the placing conveyance belt 15, and the conveyance action of the belt 15 conveys the banknotes 12 to the dispensing side. do.

The above-described loading and conveying belt 15 carries the banknotes 12 in the feeding direction.
They are arranged parallel to each other in a pair of left and right sides corresponding to the horizontal length of the drive pulley P1 on the front stage side and the driven booby 122 on the rear stage side.

The above-mentioned receiving plate 14 is disposed on the downstream side of this loading and conveying belt 15.
is disposed, and the receiving plate 14 is provided in a backward-inclined state in which the F section side is slightly inclined backwards, so that the banknotes 12...
It is also loaded tilted backwards, making it tilted backwards suitable for feeding out the front stage side.

On the feeding side of the storage section 13 described above, there is an auxiliary roller 1 that faces the central part of the front end surface of the banknotes 12 that are aligned and stored in a backward-inclined state.
6 and a feed-out roller 17 that faces the lower front end surface of the banknote 1'2 that is tilted back. The receiving plate 14 and the belt 15 are biased into contact with each other.

The above-mentioned feeding roller 17 is made of a material having a high coefficient of friction such as a rubber material on a part of the circumferential surface of the roller.
It is provided so that one bill 12 can be dispensed with one rotation of the machine. In the figure, 19 is a friction pad for regulating two-sheet delivery, 20 is an auxiliary mounting plate, and 21 is a feeding guide plate.

By the way, the cartridge 11 is stored in the storage section 13 mentioned above.
A position regulating plate 23 is placed between the inner legs to prevent the stored state of the banknotes 12 from being disturbed when the banknotes 12 are transported.

This position regulating plate 23 extends longitudinally along the inner surface of the top plate 22 of the cartridge 11, and the front end side is located on the top plate 22.
It is pivotally connected to the first hanging piece 24 vertically installed through the first suspension link 25, and the rear end side is connected via the second suspension link 26.
Similarly, it is pivotally connected to a second hanging piece 27 that is vertically installed on the top plate 22.

This position regulating plate 23 is connected to a position regulating mechanism 2 which will be described later.
8, the position is regulated into an upward movement position and a downward movement position.

The above-mentioned position regulating mechanism 28 moves the cartridge 11 into the main body 2.
9, it is operated in conjunction with the attachment/detachment operation, and the first
It is composed of ~fifth interlocking links 1-1~L5 and a link corresponding protrusion 30 disposed at the cartridge mounting position on the main body 29 side.

The above-mentioned first interlocking link L1 is provided in an L shape, and its intermediate portion is pivotally supported by the first fulcrum pin 31, and a corresponding mold 46 that is bent and extends from one end is attached to the lower side surface on the front side of the cartridge. It is provided protrudingly through the open window 32, and the other end is the first
connected to the second interlocking link L2 via the connecting pin 33;
It is installed so as to be tiltable about the first fulcrum pin 31 as a fulcrum.

The second interlocking link L2 has a straight line shape that extends horizontally from the front side to the rear side, and its front end is connected to the second interlocking link L2, and the rear end is connected to the second interlocking link L2. It is connected to the third interlocking link L3 via the second connecting pin 34.

The third interlocking link L3 is provided in an L shape, the middle part thereof is pivotally supported by the second fulcrum pin 35, one end is connected to the above-mentioned second interlocking link L2, and the upper surface of the horizontal part of the other end is connected to the fourth The other end of the link L3 is provided in contact with the interlocking link L4 and is tiltable about the second fulcrum pin 35, and is normally connected to the other end of the link L3 via a link return spring 47 wound around the second fulcrum pin 35. is set in the lowered position.

The fourth interlocking link L4 is provided in a step-like manner, and its lower end is in contact with the upper surface of the horizontal part of the third interlocking link L3, its upper end is in contact with the fifth interlocking link L5, and the middle part has two upper and lower stages. It has elongated holes 36 and 37 formed in the vertical direction, and guide pins 38 and 39 protruding from the side surface J of the cartridge are engaged with these elongated holes 36 and 37, so that the fourth movement link L4
It is set to move up and down in a stable manner.

The fifth interlocking link L5 is installed in an L shape, and its negative side is pivotally connected to the third fulcrum pin 41, which is vertically installed on the top plate 22, and the negative side is pivotally connected to the third fulcrum pin 41, The elongated hole 42 is pivotally connected to the second suspension link 26 via a slide pin 43, and is provided to be tiltable about the third fulcrum pin 41 as a fulcrum.

The upper end of the fourth interlocking link L4 is brought into contact with the lower surface of the intermediate portion, and as the fourth interlocking link L4 moves upward, the fifth interlocking link L5 tilts about the third fulcrum pin 41, Similarly, the second suspension link 26 is connected via the slide pin 43.
The position regulating plate 23 is also tilted, and the above-mentioned position regulating plate 23 is tilted accordingly.
In parallel with this, it moves from the lower position to the upper position.

Further, by the downward movement of the fourth interlocking link L4, the position regulating plate 23 moves from the upward movement position to the downward movement position.

Further, a triangular presser stopper 44 is pivotally attached to the third fulcrum pin 41, and is biased downward by a presser spring 45 wound around the third fulcrum pin 41, so that the second suspension link 26
The upper end of the link 26 is in contact with the upper end of the link 26 to prevent the position regulating plate 23 in the normal state from swinging unexpectedly.

In this case, the position regulation plate 23 is set in the position regulation release state in which it does not come into contact with the banknotes 12 in the storage section 13 in the upward movement position, and in the position regulation state in which it presses down the upper edge of the banknote 12 to regulate the position in the downward movement position. It is set.

Further, the above-mentioned link corresponding protrusion 30 is disposed at a corresponding position on the main body 29 side corresponding to the corresponding mold 46 protruding through the frontage window 32 of the above-described first interlocking link L1.

In the figure, reference numeral 48 denotes a stopper, which restricts the swinging of the position regulating plate 23 in the fixed position.

A cartridge configured in this way usually has a main body 29.
When the corresponding mold 46 is attached to the main body, the corresponding mold 46 is pushed up in correspondence with the link corresponding protrusions 30 on the two sides of the main body, and due to this pushing up action, the first
The interlocking link 1 is tilted, and through the interlocking operation of the links L3 to L5.26 below the second interlocking link L2, the position restriction plate 23 is in a position restriction released state in which it is moved upward.

When the banknotes 12 are fed out, the banknotes 12 are fed out in the feeding direction at a backward tilt angle suitable for feeding by the rotational driving action of the auxiliary roller 16 and the feeding roller 17 from the front side of the storage section 13.

By the way, when this cartridge 11 is removed from the main body and transported, the corresponding type 46 of the cartridge 11 is removed from the main body 29 at the same time as the cartridge 11 is pulled out from the main body 29.
The position regulating mechanism 2 is disengaged from the link corresponding protrusion 30 on the side, and is connected to each link L2 to L5.26 below the first interlocking link 11.
8 acts, the position regulating plate 23 moves downward, and as a result, the position regulating plate 23 presses down and regulates the upper edge of the stored banknote 12. Due to this pressing action, the banknote 12 is moved not only in the front and back directions but also in the top and bottom directions. Even in the middle of the day, the position is restricted and there is no room to move.
Even if the cartridge 11 is turned upside down or adversely affected by external vibrations during transportation, it is not disturbed and is always maintained in a stored state suitable for feeding.

Further, when the cartridge 11 is installed in the main body 29 after transportation, the position regulating device 4! is linked to this installation operation! ! 2
8 operates, the position regulating plate 23 moves upward, releases the push-down regulating action on the banknote 12, and allows the banknote 12 to be mounted on the main body 29 while remaining in the initial storage state.

In this way, the banknotes 12 are stored in the storage section 13 of the cartridge 11.
By equipping and covering the position regulating plate 23, the banknotes 12 can always be maintained in a stored state suitable for feeding, and smooth feeding can be performed while reliably preventing feeding errors such as jams.

Although the position regulating plate 23 in the above-mentioned embodiment is made of a flat plate material, it is not limited to this, and may be made of any shape suitable for the press-down regulating action, or may be made of an elastic material that is easy to fit into banknotes. It is suitable to form it on the pressing surface of.

In the correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment, the cartridge of the present invention is the cartridge 11 of the embodiment.
Similarly, the paper sheet corresponds to the banknote 12, the storage section corresponds to the storage section 13, the top plate corresponds to the top plate 22, and the position regulation member corresponds to the position regulation plate 23. , the position regulating mechanism corresponds to the position regulating mechanism 28, and the main body corresponds to the main body 29. However, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a longitudinal side view showing the state in which the cartridge is used; FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the position regulating mechanism; FIG. 3 is a side view showing the position regulating mechanism; FIG. 4 is a side view of the main parts showing the cartridge in the removed state. 11... Cartridge 12... Paper money 13...
・Storage part 22...Top plate 23...Position regulation plate 28...Position regulation mechanism 29...Body '＃'li
Cup diagram 11...〃-F.he7shi29...wooden b32

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A cartridge that can be attached to and removed from a main body, the cartridge having a storage section for storing paper sheets stacked in an upright position, wherein a top surface of the storage section of the cartridge is parallel to an inner surface of a top plate. A paper leaf position regulating member is provided that moves up and down, the position regulating member is moved upward in conjunction with an operation of attaching the cartridge to a main body, and the position regulating member is moved downward in conjunction with an operation of detaching the cartridge. Cartridge with position regulation mechanism.