JPS6331163Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention is an automatic teller machine, etc., in which paper sheets such as banknotes are temporarily accumulated (pooled) in the device, and then the banknotes are stored in accordance with a predetermined instruction. The present invention relates to a paper sheet storage device equipped with a mechanism that allows the user to select at any time either to store paper sheets in a box or to return them to a return slot.

Automatic deposit machines, etc., temporarily pool paper sheets (banknotes) sent one by one by a feed roller during a depositor's transaction on a temporary accumulation member, and store the pooled paper sheets in a storage box when the transaction is completed. It is accommodated.

In this case, since the paper sheets are fed at high speed by the feed roller, they are likely to be stacked on the stacking member with misalignment, making it difficult to store them in the storage box at the end of the transaction. Therefore, there is a need for a paper sheet storage device that does not cause stacking misalignment on the stacking member.

[Conventional technology]

As an example of an automatic deposit machine, there is a one-time deposit type deposit machine as shown in FIG.

In the figure, when several bills are inserted into bill slot 1 (up to 50 bills can be placed at once), sensor 3
1 works, the stopper 2 protrudes, and the banknote stops.

When the sensor 32 detects the bill, the upper belt 3 descends and the stopper 2 sinks at the same time. The upper and lower belts 34 rotate while sandwiching the bill, and advance the bill to just before the peeling roller 5.
When switch 1 is turned off, the upper and lower belts 3 and 4 stop rotating, and at the same time, a cam (not shown) raises the upper belt 3. The paper feed roller and the peeling roller 5 which engages with it are rotated counterclockwise to feed out the banknotes one by one. The transport rollers 8 are constantly rotating, and the authenticity is discriminated by the discrimination sensor 9. Depending on the discrimination result, the switching gate 10 is switched, and the genuine banknote A is fed at high speed by the feed rollers 17, hits the stopper 13, stops on the guide plate 14, and is pushed by the pusher 15 (the pusher 15 has a push plate b which is inserted into the insertion opening of the storage box 16).
The counterfeit bills are fed to a collecting member (transport belt) 11 of the store section by the conveyor 12 and temporarily pooled therein.

In addition, as the pusher 15 is pressed down, the guide plate 14
It has a mechanism that opens from side to side. In addition, genuine notes A that were temporarily pooled on the store section 11 during the transaction termination operation
is stored in the storage box 16 by a larger stroke of depression of the pusher 15. The insertion opening of the storage box 16 is formed to be narrower than the width of the paper sheets, and is configured so that the inserted paper sheets cannot be taken out. Reference numeral 16a indicates a receiving plate in the storage box, and 16b indicates a spring that supports the receiving plate 16a.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

In the conventional stacking process in the store section 11, the genuine bills A that are fed one by one hit the stopper 13 at high speed, and the stop 1 on the return guide plate 14 is not constant due to the reaction. Furthermore, some genuine notes A may have creases during the distribution stage, and in this case, when stacked on the store section 11, stacking shifts are likely to occur as shown in FIG. Since the insertion opening of the storage box 16 is formed to be narrower than the width of paper sheets, there is a drawback that genuine bills A that have been piled up and shifted onto the storage section 11 cannot be properly stored into the storage box 16 by the pusher 15. It was hot.

In addition, a guide for dropping is provided opposite the stopper 13, and when the stacking section is transferred for return, the guide is evacuated by electrical control so as not to interfere with the conveyance of the stacked paper sheets. However, it is difficult to add a guide drive mechanism etc. to a part with a complicated configuration, and the return control requires dual control of the guide evacuation control and the return control of the accumulation mechanism. It becomes necessary.

The purpose of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks by providing a paper sheet storage mechanism that has a simple configuration, can reliably guide paper sheets in opposition to the stopper, and does not require any additional control during return control as it is electrically controlled. Our goal is to provide the following.

[Means for solving problems]

FIG. 3 is a front view of the structure of the paper sheet storage device of the present invention excluding the storage box.

The above problem is that the first stopper 13
A second stopper 19 is provided opposite to the feed roller 17, one end of which is supported coaxially with the feed roller 17 during rotation, and which safely guides the rear end of the paper sheets being fed. This problem can be solved by using a toothed belt with teeth on the protrusion, as shown in a cross section of the main part in FIG. 5, and configuring the end of the second stopper 19 to engage with the teeth.

[Effect]

That is, the front end of the used items (genuine notes A), which are fed one by one at high speed by the feed roller 17, hits the first stopper 13 in the store section 11, the rear end is regulated by the second stopper 19, and the second end hits the guide plate 14. Then, the guide plate 14 is opened by pressing down the pusher with a small stroke, and the genuine bill A is moved to the first stopper 1.
3 and the second stopper 19, and are deposited uniformly without causing any misalignment.

In addition, the second stopper 19 is configured to be rotatable, and the free end engages with the side surface of the teeth of the toothed belt 18 to guide its use, so the stopper 19 does not move while the toothed belt is stopped. In addition, when a return command is received from the control system and the toothed belt rotates in the return direction, the engagement of the second stopper 19 is released and the paper sheet is returned to the second stopper 19.
Pass under the stopper.

〔Example〕

FIG. 3 is a front view of the configuration of the paper sheet storage device of the present invention excluding the storage box, FIG. 4 is a side view of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is the relationship between the second stopper of the present invention and the teeth of the transfer belt. shows a state diagram.

In the figure, 11 is a store section, 13 is a first stopper 14 is a guide plate, 17 is a roller, 18 is a transfer belt, 18a is a pulley, 19 is a second stopper,
20 is a shaft, 21 is a stopper tip, and 22 is a side plate. A first stopper 13 is provided at the front of the store section 11 (on the left in the figure) as before, and a shaft 20 (on the right in the figure) supporting the feed roller 17 is provided at the rear of the store section 11 (on the right in the figure). A second stopper 19 is provided which is attached to a shaft 20) and is rotatable about the shaft 20 as a fulcrum.

Further, the transfer belt 18 is a toothed belt such as a timing belt, which is reversed from the normal use so that the teeth C are on the front side (the top side in the figure), and the tip 21 of the stopper 19 is placed on the transfer belt 18. 4 and 5 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.

When the above-mentioned paper sheet storage device is applied to an automatic teller machine (see Fig. 1), the authenticity of the banknotes inserted in bulk is determined, and the genuine banknotes A are transferred to the feeding roller 17 by the switching gate as shown in Fig. 3. Store part 1 at high speed with
1. At this time, the first stopper 13 and the second stopper
A stopping position on the guide plate 14 is determined by the stopper 19, and the positioned genuine note A is pushed onto the transfer belt 18 by the pusher 15. Thereby, the genuine bills A are accumulated on the transfer belt 18 between the first stopper 13 and the second stopper 19, so that uniform accumulation can be achieved.

Next, by pressing the approval key on the operation panel (not shown), the genuine bills A deposited in the store section 11 are smoothly stored in the storage box 16 by pressing the pusher 15 with a larger stroke.

When the cancel key on the operation panel (not shown) is pressed, the transfer belt 18 rotates clockwise, and the tip 21 of the second stopper 19 comes off the teeth C of the transfer belt 18 and becomes free. The second stopper 19 is opened by the genuine notes A deposited on top, creating a return path. Therefore, the genuine note A is returned to the return slot 12 by the return means without any problem.

When the return operation described above is completed, the rotation of the transfer belt 18 stops, but by rotating the transfer belt 18 slightly counterclockwise at this time, the tip 21 of the second stopper 19 is securely attached to the teeth C of the transfer belt 18. In addition, the second stopper 1
9 can be placed in the normal position.

By providing the first stopper 13 and the second stopper 19 before and after the depositing area of the transfer belt 18 of the store section 11 as described above, banknotes can be deposited uniformly on the store 11 without shifting.

Further, one end of the second stopper 19 is rotatably attached to the shaft 20 of the feed roller 17, and the other end is engaged with the teeth of the transfer belt 18, thereby blocking the return passage for the banknotes temporarily pooled in the store section 11. It is also possible to perform a return operation without any problems.

[Effect of idea]

As explained above, according to the present invention, the second stopper is rotatably provided coaxially with the feed roller, and the side surface of the free end engages and abuts the toothed belt for transfer, so that temporary accumulation can be prevented. At the time of supplying the paper sheets, the paper sheets can be deposited reliably without causing any misalignment, and when returning the paper sheets, the toothed belt disengages the stopper during the return operation itself, so there is no electrical need for evacuation. No drive mechanism is required, and no additional electrical control is required.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a diagram for explaining the general operation of a conventional bulk-loading automatic teller machine, Figure 2 is a diagram for explaining the accumulation of circulation tickets in a conventional store section, and Figure 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation of a conventional automatic teller machine. FIG. 4 is a front view of the configuration excluding the paper sheet storage box, FIG. 4 is a side view of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a diagram of the state of engagement of the second stopper of the present invention with the teeth of the transfer belt. In the figure, 11 is a store section, 13 is a first stopper, 14 is a guide plate, 17 is a feed roller,
18 is a transfer belt, 18a is a pulley, 19 is a second
The stopper, 20 is a shaft, 21 is the tip of the second stopper, and 22 is a side plate.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] A feed roller 17 and a stacking member 1 in which paper sheets fed one by one by the feed roller 17 are temporarily stacked in a horizontal state.
8, and a first stopper 13 that is provided in a stacking area of the stacking member 18 facing the feed roller 17 and guides the leading end of the paper sheet being fed onto the stacking member 18, the stacking member 18 The paper sheets temporarily accumulated on the top are pushed into the storage box 16 by the pusher 15 and held all at once, and the stacking member 18 is moved to transfer the paper sheets placed on the stacking member 18 to the return slot. This is a paper sheet storage device for returning, and the accumulating member 18 is constituted by a toothed belt having a toothed portion on a protrusion on the side where the paper sheets are placed, and the above-mentioned on the accumulating area of the accumulating member 18 facing the first stopper 13 and the feed roller 17
A paper sheet, characterized in that one end is rotatably held coaxially with the toothed belt, and the other end is provided with a second stopper for guiding the rear end of the sheet that comes into contact with the side surface of the teeth of the toothed belt. Storage device.