JPS6236230A - Banknote accommodating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To stack banknotes, which are to be returned necessary by equipping a reciprocating mechanism in its upper part with a banknote pressure member having a width smaller than the space in said part. CONSTITUTION:When banknotes A are entirely on the transport path 3, a banknote pressure member 7 moves backward to push the banknotes A to behind a rib 51, and then returns to the standby position (i) to stop. The member 7 also moves backward from this standby position (i), and stops in another standby position (ii) for stacking banknotes B in an accommodation chamber 41, where the member 7 waits for banknotes B to be fed. If the banknotes A in said accommodation chamber 41 must be returned, the pressure member 7 shifts to the money return position so that its rear surface lies just under the return port 401, and in this state, one banknote A in contact is sent to the return port 401 through rotation of a roller in a return transport mechanism. Return of the banknotes B in accommodation chamber 42 is performed through rotation of roller in the return transport mechanism, when the pressure member 7 shall be shifted to another money return position in which the face of the pressure member 7 lies just under a return port 40.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Technical Field The present invention relates to a banknote storage device for a banknote device used in a vending machine, money changer, etc.

BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, various banknote storage devices have been proposed, and refundable banknote storage devices are also known. Devices that stack two types of banknotes separately are also known.

However, there is no one that is compact enough to allow two types of stacked banknotes to be returned as needed and to be stored in a single changer in a vending machine.

<Purpose of the Invention> The present invention provides a small device that can stack banknotes and return them as needed when necessary, and that can be stored in a vending machine, money changer, etc. purpose.

<Summary of the Invention> The banknote storage device according to the present invention is a device that separately and refundably stores two types of banknotes that have been determined by the banknote discriminator X as genuine or false and have been determined to be accepted. It is composed of a casing L, and has a banknote inlet 2 in the middle of the upper part that communicates with the conveyance path of the banknote validating device A longer banknote transport path 3 is provided, and this banknote transport path 3
The front and rear spaces divided into three sides by the banknotes are used as bill storage chambers 4, and return ports 40. ．． 40□ each. In addition, a space 5 narrower than the width of the banknote is formed by ribs 51 and 52 at the front and rear of the banknote transport path 3, and a reciprocating mechanism 6 that reciprocates in the front and back direction is provided at the lower part of the casing 1. A banknote pressing member 7 having a width narrower than the space 5 is fixed to the upper part of the reciprocating mechanism 6, and as the reciprocating mechanism 6 operates, the banknote pressing member 7 passes through the space 50 and the banknote transport path 3. It reciprocates while reaching the middle of the front and rear banknote storage chambers 41 and 42. A banknote storage chamber 4 is provided in this banknote pressing member 7.
1.42, return the banknotes stored in the return slot 40, . A banknote return conveyance mechanism 8 for sending the banknotes to 402 is built-in. During standby, this bill pressing member 7 is used to hold frequently used first bills stored in one bill storage chamber 41, such as t, oo, etc.
The receptacle for o yen banknotes (hereinafter referred to as banknotes A) is in a waiting state, that is, in a state where it is stopped in the other banknote storage chamber 42 (a), and after banknotes A have completely entered the banknote transport path 3, After pressing the banknote A to the rear of the rib 51, it moves to the standby position (
Return to (a) and stop. Also, the banknote validating device
When there is a contact, the bill pressing member 7 moves backward from the standby position (a) and stacks the bill B in the first paper chamber 41.
It stops at the standby position (b) to wait for the bill B to be fed. After the banknote B has completely entered the banknote transport path 3 in this state, it moves forward and presses the banknote B to the rear of the rib 52 of the second banknote storage chamber 42, and then stops at the standby position (a).

If you want to return the banknote A in the banknote storage room 4I of the collection,
The back side of the bill pressing member 7 is the return opening 40. The banknote pressing member 7 moves to the refund position (c) directly below the banknote pressing member 7, and in this state, the banknote pressing member 7 is brought into contact with the banknote pressing member 7 and fed.

When returning the banknotes B in the second banknote storage chamber 42, the surface of the banknote pressing member 7 is the return opening 40. Do this so that it is directly below the .

In addition, the color difference (a) and (b) of the banknote pressing member 7 when the banknote A and banknote B are waiting for reception, the refund position (hap), (/% /
) may be a plurality of position/difference detection switches that detect that the reciprocating mechanism 6 has reached its respective position, or one switch that detects the reference position of the reciprocating mechanism 6 and the 9N of this switch. , may be controlled by a plurality of timers that are started by turning OFF.

<Embodiment> FIGS. 1 to 3 are side sectional views showing one embodiment of the banknote storage device according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line A-A in FIG. 1.

This banknote storage device is disposed in the lower half of a banknote device main body l, which is provided with a banknote validating device X in the upper half.

As for the bill validating device X, please refer to, for example, the bill validating means in Japanese Patent Application No. 184847/1984 entitled ``Banknote Apparatus'' previously filed by the applicant of the present application.

The banknote validator X determines the authenticity and type of banknotes, and conveys the banknotes to the banknote inlet 2 of the banknote storage device of the present invention in response to a banknote retrieval signal based on the execution of the sales operation of a vending machine or money exchange machine. do.

A switch SW1 for optically detecting the presence or absence of banknotes is provided near the banknote entrance 2.
1 sends out an output while the bill sent from the bill validating device X blocks the optical path.

The banknote conveyance path 3 includes a pair of left and right drive pulleys 31 driven by a motor M1, a pair of left and right driven pulleys 32, and a pair of conveyor belts 33 suspended between the drive pulley and the driven pulley. A conveyance driving means 301, a pair of ribs 35 which are movable back and forth and have rollers 34 freely disposed at a plurality of locations facing the left and right conveyance belts 33, and a pair of ribs 35 for moving the ribs 35 back and forth. Banknote clamping means 30 consisting of a solenoid SQL. The total length of the conveyance path 3 is longer than the longitudinal dimension of the banknote.

This banknote conveyance path 3 is connected to a conveyor belt 33 and rollers 34 on both sides of the inserted banknote by the excitation of the motor MO activated by turning on the switch SWl and the solenoid SOL.
The bill is held between the switch SW and the rear end of the bill, and after a predetermined period of time after the bill is removed from the switch SW, the bill is transferred to the motor MO.
, stops feeding at 0FFL. In this state, the banknote remains held within the banknote transport path 3. Incidentally, the motor MO may be stopped by a banknote tip detection switch SW, which will be described later.

The bill pressing member 7 is a motor M provided at the bottom of the housing l.
A motor M has a pin 62 implanted in a rotary plate 61 rotated by O2, and a horizontally long slit 63 that engages with the pin 62, and the left and right sides are installed on the left and right sides of the lower part of the casing l.
When Ot rotates, it reciprocates appropriately between the position shown in FIG. 1 (a) and the position shown in FIG. S W 2 and S W 3 are position detection switches for the banknote pressing member 7, and S W t indicates that the banknote pressing member 7 is in the standby position (a) for stacking banknotes A.
Further, S W 3 is for detecting that the banknote pressing member 7 is in a standby position (b) for stacking banknotes B, respectively.

A banknote return and conveyance mechanism 8 is built into the banknote pressing member 7 and consists of a motor M3, a deceleration mechanism 81, and a roller 82 that rotates through the deceleration mechanism 81 by the operation of the motor M3. There is a bill feeding image 83 made of a material with a large friction coefficient such as rubber around the periphery, and this bill feeding image 83 is exposed from the front and rear surfaces of the bill pressing member 7. The space 5 is formed by ribs 51 and 52 provided along the conveyance belt before and after the banknote conveyance path 3, and the distance between the left and right ribs 51 and 52 is narrower than the width of the banknote.

Reference numerals 91 and 92 denote presser plates that press inward the coupons stored in the coupon storage chambers 41 and 42 by means of springs 9.

Reference numeral 10 denotes bill receiving plates I provided on both sides of the bottom of the bill storage chambers 41 and 42.

11 is a wheel for feeding and sending out banknotes.゛Hereinafter, the operation will be explained along the flow of banknotes with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 5 to 10.゛When a banknote is inserted into the banknote validator X, it is inspected optically and magnetically to determine whether the banknote is genuine or false. If the bill is found to be a counterfeit, the feeding mechanism of the bill validator X is reversed and the bill is returned to the insertion slot.

When the banknote validating device X determines that the banknote is a genuine banknote A or a genuine banknote B,
This determination signal does not immediately result in a stack operation. The inserted banknotes are temporarily held in the banknote validating device X in a returnable state until a vending machine or money exchanger executes a sale or money exchange (hereinafter referred to as a sales start signal).

When the sales start signal is turned off in this temporarily held state, a banknote take-in signal is sent out, and the stacking operation is started only by this banknote take-in signal.

(Standby state of signal storage device) A state in which the banknote pressing member 7 is in the position (A) for stacking frequently used banknotes A is defined as a standby state of the banknote storage device of the present invention.

(When the determination result is a banknote A) FIG. 5 When there is a signal to take in a banknote A, the banknote A is fed into the banknote entrance 2 by the feeding mechanism of the banknote validator X. In front of the banknote entrance 2, there is a switch SW that detects the passage of banknotes.
, detects the banknotes fed in, and this switch S
Motor MO and solenoid S are activated by the output signal of Wr.
QL is activated, banknote A is sent downward by feeding device 3, and when the rear end of banknote A passes SW1, timer T starts.

The set time of the timer TI is the time for the bill A to reach a predetermined position by the feeding device 3.

After timer T1, motor M OI, solenoid S
QL is 0FFI, and banknote A stops within the feeding device 3.

The motors MO and solenoid SQL may be turned off by a detection signal from a banknote detection switch S W s provided below the feeding device 3, in addition to the output from the timer T.

In this embodiment, the OR condition of the timer T, the specific force, and the output of the switch S W s is used. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and only one of them may be provided and the motor MO0 and the solenoid SQL may be turned off depending on the output thereof.

Timer T starts when switch SW is turned on.
o is set to the normal time of a stack cycle, and is a timer that monitors whether the stack operation is activated within this time.

Go back and stop.

This l-cycle control is controlled by the outputs of a switch SW2 that detects the leading end of the reciprocating mechanism 6 and a switch SW3 that detects the rear end. That is, motor M O2
, the switch SW turns OFF, and the switch SW turns OFF.
The stacking operation of the banknotes A is completed by turning on the switch SW 3 and turning on the switch SW 2 again.

(When the determination result is banknote B) When the banknote discriminator X in FIG. 6 determines that banknote B is inserted, the motor MO2 of the reciprocating mechanism 6 rotates based on this determination signal, and the reciprocating mechanism 6 is moved rearward, and when the switch SW3 is turned on, the motor MO2 is stopped and the banknote pressing member 7 is placed in the position (b) for storing 8 yen banknotes. When a take-in signal is received in this state, the banknote feeder 3 sends the banknote B downward in the same manner as the banknote A feeding operation and releases the banknote B at a predetermined position.

Next, the reciprocating mechanism 6 is activated, and the banknote pressing member 7 moves forward to a position where the switch SW is turned on, stacks the banknotes B, and stops.

(Return operation of banknote A) Fig. 7 When there is a return signal, motor MO□ rotates forward and paper W3 is returned to O
NL, Once the banknotes have been pressed in the same manner as when stacking them, the motor MO2 stops after the timer T4 starts when the switch SW3 is turned off, and the banknote pressing member 7 stops at the banknote A return position (c).

In this state, the motor M03 of the banknote return and conveyance mechanism 8 is activated, the roller 82 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 1, and the banknote A in contact with the banknote transparent surface 83 of the 10-roller 82 is sent upward.

When the tip of the bill A sent upward reaches the double-bill stack detection switch SW (in this embodiment, the bill holder is shared with the switch SW1 that detects insertion), the motor MO is activated.
3 rotates intermittently in order to shake off the bills that are not in contact with the roller 82 when there are two stacked bills. While this intermittent conveyance by intermittent rotation is being carried out, the output of the switch SW4 is analyzed to determine whether one banknote is being fed out or whether two banknotes are being fed out in a stack. This determination is performed using a well-known light amount level discriminator or the like.

(When there is no double stack detection) The rear end of banknote A in Figures 7 and 10 passes through switch SW4, and switch SW is turned OFF.
The motor M O3 rotates until the switch SW
Stops at 2OF. 'The circuit is connected so that when there is a return signal and the switch SW4 is turned on, the feeding mechanism of the banknote validating device X is also reversed to perform a return feeding operation.

(Continuous return) Fig. 7, Fig. 9, Fig. 10, Fig. 12 After that, if there is a continuous return signal, the bill pressing member 7 returns to the standby position and stops again at the bill return position as described above, and the bill pressing member 7 returns to the bill return position as described above. Activate motor M03 for.

This repeated operation of releasing and pressing during continuous returns is an operation to prevent double returns, which occurs when bills are returned continuously while being pressed.

If there is no continuous return signal, the motor MOt is rotated in the normal direction until the switch actuating piece lO leaves the switch SW3 and turns on the switch SWt, and then the banknote pressing member 7 is inserted and returned to the standby position to complete the operation. do.

(Returning operation of banknote B) FIG. 10 The operation of returning banknote B is performed by stopping the banknote pressing member 7 at the banknote B return position (d) and performing the same operation as desired for returning banknote A.

(When double stacking is detected) Figures 8 and 11 When double stacking is detected when returning both banknotes A and B, the motor M03 is reversed and the tip of the banknote is released from switch SW4. Rear timer T3 hours later motor MO, is 0FFL
Then, the bill pressing member 7 is pressed by the operation of the motor M Ot.
The banknote is pushed back to the same position as when it was stored, and the banknote pressing member 7 releases the banknote clamp and returns to the banknote return standby position (c) or (d) and stops again, in the same way as when there is a return signal. Perform the return operation again. This operation is repeated until the two-sheet detection is resolved or until a set number of times is reached and a failure is considered.

<Effects of the Invention> Since the present invention is configured as described in the description, two types of banknotes can be stored, and when return is required, the requested banknote is stored in the banknote pressing member as necessary. Since the return is carried out using a return transport mechanism, it is small enough to be used in vending machines and
The device can be made compact enough to be stored inside a currency exchange machine.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show embodiments of the present invention, and FIGS. 1 to 3 are side sectional views of the device of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line A-A in FIG. 1, and FIGS. It is a flowchart of the operation of the present application device. In the figure, l is a housing, 2 is a banknote entrance, 3 is a banknote transport path, 41.
42 is a bill storage room; 40. ．． 402 is a return opening, 5 is a space, 6 is a reciprocating mechanism, 7 is a bill pressing member, 8 is a bill return conveyance mechanism, A is a first bill, and B is a second bill.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A banknote inlet communicating with the conveyance path of the banknote validating device is provided in the middle of the upper part, and a banknote conveyance path slightly longer than the longitudinal dimension of the banknote is provided below the banknote inlet for sandwiching both sides of the banknote and conveying the banknote downward; The front and rear space divided into two by this banknote conveyance path constitutes a banknote storage chamber, and a space narrower than the width of the banknote is formed by ribs at the front and rear of the banknote conveyance path, and is inserted into the lower part of the casing. A reciprocating mechanism that reciprocates appropriately in the front and rear directions depending on the type of banknote is provided, a banknote pressing member having a width narrower than the space is fixed to the upper part of the reciprocating mechanism, and the banknote pressing member moves back and forth by the reciprocating mechanism. The banknotes fed into the banknote transport path are stacked by type in the front and rear banknote storage chambers, and
A return port is provided above the banknote storage chamber, and a banknote return conveyance mechanism is built in the banknote pressing member to send out the banknotes stored in the banknote storage chamber to the return port, and the banknotes requested by a refund signal are returned from the banknote storage chamber. A banknote storage device characterized by: