JPS6230138Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the idea] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a banknote ejection mechanism.

[Conventional technology]

For example, the payout bill dispensing section of an automatic teller machine or the return bill dispensing section of an automatic teller machine temporarily collects the bills sent by a conveyance means to be delivered to a customer inside the dispensing port, and then When the shutter is opened, the banknotes are sent out of the machine all at once. In this case, if the banknotes fed out of the machine are in a free state without any binding force, they may be blown away by the wind or fall if a customer accidentally touches them, causing inconveniences. For this reason, in the bill discharging section, the bill is fed out to the extent that the edge of the bill protrudes outside the machine, and some pressing force is applied to other parts of the bill.
It is necessary to devise a method so that the banknotes cannot be removed unless the customer consciously pulls them out by pinching them with their fingertips.

A conventional banknote ejecting mechanism with such a device is shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 and Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 51-151686. This will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. FIG. 1 is a state diagram of the ejection mechanism when banknotes are stacked, in which 1 is a banknote ejection port provided in the case of an automatic teller machine or an automatic teller machine; 1 is a shutter for opening and closing the banknote discharge port 1, and 10 is a banknote. The shutter 2 is pivotally supported by a pin 5 so as to be movable up and down, and has a plurality of bill stoppers 3 on the back side as shown in FIG. ing. These protrusions 4 are located at positions corresponding to holes (or grooves) 7 provided in the banknote stacking board 6, and when the discharge port is closed, the protrusions 10 fit into the holes 7 to prevent the banknotes 10 from coming out. ing.

FIG. 3 is a state diagram of the ejection port mechanism when discharging banknotes. When the accumulation of banknotes to be ejected is completed, the rear end of the shutter 2 is pulled in the direction of arrow A by a drive device (not shown), and the ejection port 1 is opened. In the opened state, the bill pushing fork 8 moves in the direction of arrow B, and the leading end of the bill 10 is sent out of the machine. When the banknote feeding operation is completed, the shutter 2 returns to the closed position, and the banknotes are held between the banknote stopper protrusion 4 and the stacking plate 6.

The device shown in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 51-151686 has a roller 21 as a member that presses down the banknote P, and this roller 21 absorbs the weight of the shutter plate 18, that is, the shutter plate 18 itself and the member 2 attached to it.
It presses the banknote with a weight of 2.24 mm.

[The problem that the invention is trying to solve]

However, according to each of the conventional banknote ejecting mechanisms described above, since the banknotes are pressed by the dead weight of the banknote stopper or the shutter plate, there is no risk of the banknotes being blown away by the wind, but the dead weight of the shutter is pressed by the dead weight of the banknote 4 or the roller 21. Since the paper money concentrates on the paper money, there is a risk that the paper money may be damaged when the paper money is removed, especially when the number of paper money is small. Even if the banknotes are not damaged, the force with which the banknotes are removed in this case does not change whether the number of banknotes is large or small, so the response to the human fingertip is better when the number of banknotes is small (for example, when there is only one banknote). This was felt strongly, and there was a fear that it might cause customers to worry that their banknotes would be torn.

In addition, as a way to reduce the weight of the shutter that holds down the banknotes, it is possible to add a counterbalancing weight or a spring, but in the case of this method, the shutter is dropped and closed using the shutter's own weight. It becomes uncertain and difficult.

Furthermore, in the device disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application No. 51-151686, the lower surface of the roller 21 and the shutter plate 18 are
Since the inner surface of the opening 19 is close to the banknote, if the stack of banknotes is thick and the roller 21 sinks into the banknote to some extent, the inner surface of the opening 19 also touches the banknote, which may cause the banknote to get caught when the banknote is removed. .

It is an object of the present invention to provide a bill discharging mechanism that eliminates the drawbacks of the conventional mechanism described above, reduces the risk of bill damage even when there are few bills, and allows bills to be taken out with a light force.

[Means for solving problems]

The above purpose is to provide a banknote ejection port provided in the housing,
a vertically movable shutter for opening and closing the discharge port; a stacking board for temporarily stacking banknotes to be discharged inside the housing; and when the shutter rises, it pushes out the banknotes on the stacking board toward the discharge port. The shutter comprises a movable bill stopper whose lower end is biased so as to come into elastic contact with the stacking plate, and a movable bill stopper which is pushed out in the direction of the discharge port while descending from the raised position. a shutter stopper that engages with the means to hold the shutter at an intermediate position; the banknotes pushed out on the stacking plate are held at the intermediate position by the movable banknote stopper that protrudes from the shutter; This is achieved by pressing with elastic force.

[Effect]

The movable bill stopper attached to the shutter is
It can be elastically moved toward the stacking plate. When bills are pushed out on the stacking board, the shutter is held at an intermediate position and the movable bill stopper is elastically pressed against the bills, so the pressing force can be easily adjusted by simply adjusting the elastic force. If a customer pulls out a banknote under such pressure that the final banknote will not be blown away by the wind, the stopper will elastically move according to the movement of the banknote at the time of withdrawal, and the stopper will not damage the banknote. It can be set to a small pressure such that it is extracted.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the main parts of the present invention, and parts equivalent to those shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 are designated by the same reference numerals. The U-shaped shutter 2 is provided with a fixed bill stopper 3 and a movable bill stopper 11 on the back side of the front surface. The movable banknote stopper 11 is made of plastic, for example, and is pivotally supported on the front surface of the shutter by a pin 12. A force is applied by a spring 13 so that its lower end protrudes downward, and its elastic force can be easily adjusted. Further, a shutter stopper 15 is attached to the side surface of the shutter 2, and when the bill pushing fork 8 moves forward to eject bills, the shutter stopper 15 is attached to the upper surface of the fork 8 when the shutter is lowered. engages to hold the shutter in an intermediate position.

FIG. 5 shows the shutter position during the stacking operation of banknotes 10. At this time, the shutter 2 is in a closed state, and the lower end of the movable banknote stopper 11 is fitted into the hole (or groove) 7 of the stacking plate 6, so there is no fear that the fed banknotes 10 will fly out.

FIG. 6 shows the state of the shutter when the banknotes are ejected.
When the accumulation of banknotes to be released is completed, the shutter 2 is raised as shown by arrow A by a drive mechanism (not shown), and the fork 8 moves forward in the direction of arrow B to release the banknotes 1.
0 out of the machine from the discharge port (not shown). Shutter 2 while the fork is in the forward position
is lowered as shown by arrow C, but at this time, the fork stopper 15 engages with the upper surface of the fork 8, so that the shutter 2 is held in a position where the front part is lifted from the position of the stacking plate 6. In this position, the movable bill stopper 11 rotates about the pin 12 as a fulcrum due to the spring force, and the tip end can come into elastic contact with the stacking board 6, so the bill 10 is pressed with a force corresponding to the spring force. Ru. When a detector (not shown) detects that a banknote has been removed, the fork 8 moves back in the direction of the arrow and the stopper 15 disengages from the fork 8, so the shutter 2 moves to the fifth position.
Return to the position shown and close the outlet completely.

In the above embodiment, since the stopper is made of synthetic resin plastic, the contact friction with the banknote can be reduced.

[Effect of idea]

In this invention, the pressed banknotes are pressed by the stopper using elasticity, so the pressing force can be easily adjusted by simply adjusting the elastic pressure, and the pressure is such that the banknotes do not fly away due to the wind. When a banknote is withdrawn by a customer, the stopper moves elastically in accordance with the movement of the banknote at the time of withdrawal, and can be set to a small pressure such that the banknote can be withdrawn without being damaged.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 to 3 are diagrams for explaining a conventional bill discharge mechanism, Figure 4 is a perspective view of essential parts showing an embodiment of the banknote discharge mechanism according to the present invention, and Figures 5 and 6 are views for explaining a conventional bill discharge mechanism. FIG. 4 is a state diagram of the mechanism of the present invention when banknotes are stacked and when banknotes are discharged, respectively. 1: Bill ejection port, 2: Shutter, 6: Accumulating board,
8: Pushing out means, 11: Movable banknote stopper, 1
5: Shyatsuta Stotsupa.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] 1. A banknote ejection port provided in a housing, a vertically movable shutter for opening and closing said ejection port,
It consists of a stacking board for temporarily stacking banknotes to be discharged inside the housing, and a means for pushing out the banknotes on the stacking board towards the discharge port when the shutter rises, and the lower end of the shutter is attached to the stacking plate. A shutter that holds the shutter at an intermediate position by engaging the movable bill stopper which is biased so as to be elastically in contact with the movable bill stopper and the extrusion means which is pushed out in the direction of the discharge port on the way down from the raised position. and a stopper, in which the banknotes pushed out on the stacking plate are pressed by the elastic force of the movable banknote stopper protruding from the shutter held at the intermediate position. 2. The bill dispensing mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the movable bill stopper is made of a synthetic resin material.