JPS63315442A - Device for storing paper sheet or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To store paper sheets or the like of even different sizes orderly at a high speed by sending the paper sheets into a storing position, stopping the front end side of the paper sheets with a stop member capable of varying its stopping positions, and hitting the tail part of the paper sheets down with a vane of an impeller. CONSTITUTION:When a paper sheet or the like A is sent into a storing position 10, the front end side of the paper sheet is stopped with a stop member 16, and the tail part of the paper sheet is hit and dropped with an impeller 23. As a result, the paper sheet or the like A is stored at a high speed in the storing position 10. When a predetermined amount of paper sheets A are stored, the stop member 16 is retracted from the storing position 10 to send out the paper sheets A to a next stage. When the sizes of the paper sheets or the like A are different, the stop member 16 is changed to stop positions corresponding to the sizes of the paper sheets or the like A. Since the paper sheets or the like A receive the action of the impeller 23 under a same condition regardless of the sizes of the paper sheets or the like A, the paper sheets are stored securely at a high speed in the storing position 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (a) Field of the Invention The present invention is directed to, for example, an automatic teller machine, an automatic teller machine, etc. used in financial services, in which banknotes are dispensed one by one from a cartridge stored inside the machine. The present invention relates to a storage device for paper sheets, in which banknotes are sequentially stacked and stored in a storage section, and when a predetermined number m of banknotes are stored in the storage section, the stacked banknotes are sent out to a discharge port.

(B) Background of the Invention In the case of the above-mentioned banknote storage device, in order to stack the banknotes fed in at high speed one after another and cover the store, the banknotes sent in and flying through the air are quickly grounded at the storage position, and the banknotes linger in the air. I need to spend less time.

This can be achieved by providing an impeller at the feeding end of the banknotes that knocks the rear end of the banknotes downward, and knocking off the short end of the banknotes with this impeller.

This method allows good high-speed storage when the banknote is of a certain size, but as the banknote becomes smaller, the blades of the aforementioned impeller no longer hang over the trailing edge of the banknote, which causes the banknote to hit. If the banknotes cannot be dropped, the time they spend flying in the air becomes longer, and the preceding banknotes and the following banknotes collide in the air and are thrown into disarray, causing a problem in which the banknotes are not stored in an aligned state.

However, banknotes of multiple denominations with different sizes]・
Foreign banknotes, in particular, have a problem in that they cannot be used as foreign banknotes, as the difference in size between banknotes is significant.

(c) Purpose of the invention This invention has a size of 51i! Even if it is a paper leaf,
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a storage device for paper sheets that can store paper sheets efficiently and at high speed.

(D) Structure of the Invention This invention provides an impeller in the paper sheet feeding section that knocks the trailing edge of the paper sheets toward the store position, and feeds the paper sheets fed from the previous stage to the store position. At the same time, the trailing edge of the paper sheets is struck with an impeller to forcibly store them one after another in the storage position, and when the set amount of paper sheets is stored at the storage position, they are stacked and stored. A storage device for sending out heavy paper sheets is provided at the next stage, and a regulating member is provided for regulating the position of the leading end of the paper sheets sent to the storage position for the heavy paper sheets (), and this regulating member is The paper sheet storage device is characterized in that the regulating position is variable in the delivery direction in accordance with the size of the paper sheets, and the paper sheet storing device is provided so as to be movable in and out of the regulating position.

(E) Effect of the Invention The paper sheet storage device of the present invention sets the regulating member at a regulating position corresponding to the size of the paper sheet when storing the paper sheet.

When paper sheets are sent to the store position in this state, the leading edge of the paper sheets is regulated by this regulating member, and the rear end of the paper sheets is knocked off by the impeller, so that the paper sheets are Stored at the store location at high speed.

When a set amount of paper sheets is stored, the regulating member is retracted from the store position, so that the paper sheets at the store position can be delivered to the next stage.

Note that the storage and delivery of paper sheets is based on the set number of sheets for one type of paper sheet, and when the paper sheets have different thicknesses, the regulating member is placed at the regulating position corresponding to the size of the paper sheets. This is done by varying the .

By varying the regulating position of the regulating member in accordance with the size of paper sheets in this way, the impeller can work well under the same optimal conditions for paper sheets of any size. do.

(F) Effects of the Invention As a result of the above, according to the present invention, both large and small papers and leaves are affected by the impeller under the same conditions, so paper sheets of different sizes can be reliably processed at high speeds. Can be stored at the store location.

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

The drawings show a banknote storage device, with J3 shown in Figures 1 and 2.
The banknote storage position 10 is formed by a flat part of a plurality of storage belts 11 arranged in parallel and stretched around pulleys 12, 13 and 14.

The banknote A is placed in the above-mentioned store position feff10 with the transverse direction facing forward, but a stopper 15 is provided on the east side of this store position 10 (right side in FIG. 1), and this stopper 15 Its lower end extends downward through gaps between the plurality of belts 11 to prevent banknotes from being stored further back.

On the delivery side of the above-mentioned store position 10, there is a space for storing banknotes.
A regulating member 16 is provided to regulate the position of the banknote, and the regulating member 16 is provided so that its regulating position can be varied in accordance with the size of the banknote.

M- That is, there are three types of banknotes A: small, medium, and large Δ1゜A2
, A3, and the regulating member 1 corresponds to the front end position of the position where these banknotes AI, △2゜A3 are respectively stored.
6 is variable in positions a, b, and c, and is also variable in position d, which is below the belt surface of the belt 11 and is free from positional restrictions on banknotes.

The base of the above-mentioned regulating member 16 is fixed to a rotation shaft 17, and a lever 18 is fixedly connected to one end of the rotation shaft 17. A cam 19 is located at a position facing this lever 18, and this cam 19 is fixed to a drive shaft 20, and this drive shaft 20 is driven and controlled to a predetermined position by a motor 21 via an appropriate transmission system.

The above-mentioned regulating member 1 is provided on the circumferential surface of the above-mentioned cam 19.
Contact point a corresponding to each position of regulation position a, b, c, d of 6
', b', c', and d' are set, and the cam 19 is moved so that these contacts a' to d' contact the lever 18 mentioned above.
The rotational position of is controlled by a motor 21.

Note that the lever 18 mentioned above is urged by a suitable spring so as to be in constant contact with the circumferential surface of the cam 19.

A rotating shaft 22 is installed above the stopper 15 at the store position 10, and this rotating shaft 22 is equipped with a plurality of impellers 23 having a plurality of blades formed of a soft thin rubber ring on the circumferential surface. The impeller 23 knocks down the trailing edge of the bill to be sent to the store position 10 from this part downwards (toward the store position 10 side). The lower side 25 of the belt 25 is stretched around a pulley 26, and the upper belt 24 is stretched over the upper part of the store position 10 and stretched over a boot 927 on the delivery side.

A plurality of the above-mentioned feeding belts 24 and 25 are installed side by side in the width direction, and each banknote AI is placed on the upper side of the feeding belt.

A banknote feeding unit (not shown) is connected to each of A2 and A3.

4. In the path of the feeding belts 24 and 25, there is provided a wheel deflection detector 29 that is in contact with the roller 28, and this overlap detector 29 detects the overlapping of two bills A.

Further, a delivery belt 30.31 is stretched on the delivery side of the storage position 71.10, and this belt 30.3
A plurality of belts 1 are arranged in parallel, a gap is formed between the lower belt 31 and the store position 10, and a collection path is formed.
For sorting, the plate 32 is driven by an appropriate solenoid or the like to sort the bills A into the sending side and the collecting path side. Contact J
A collection box 34 is provided below the roller 33.

Note that, for example, a banknote discharge port or a tray is connected to the rear stage of the delivery belt 30, 31.

To explain the operation of the storage device configured as described above, the banknotes A are stored in order from the small banknote A1 to the large banknote Δ3.

That is, when the number of bills A1 to A3 to be dispensed is set and the number of bills to be dispensed is executed, first, the smallest bill Δ
It is done from 1.

Normally, the lever 18 is in contact with the contact point a' of the cam 19, so the regulating member 16 is located at the regulating position ila and plays the role of a shutter.

The banknotes A1 fed out from the feeding section in the previous stage are conveyed while being held by the feeding bells 1 to 24.25, and on the way, the overlap detector 29 checks whether two sheets overlap, and the banknotes A1 are transferred to the store position 1.
sent to 0.

At the time of this feeding, the leading end of the banknote A1 is placed at the point I11 at position a.
υj is defined by the member 16, and the rear end edge is defined by the impeller 2.
It is knocked down by 3 and stored at store position 10 at high speed.

Such operations are sequentially performed on the banknotes A1, and a set number of banknotes are stored on the storage position 10.

When the set number of small banknotes A1 has been stored and the next medium-sized banknote A2 is to be stored, the cam 19 is rotationally controlled to bring its contact point b' into contact with the lever 1B. As a result, the regulating member 16 moves to the )11 position.

The banknote Δ2 in the above is also stored at the store position 1 in the same manner as described above.
0, and its tip is at the regulation position, 11
It is regulated by the member 16, and the rear end edge is knocked off by the impeller 23.

In this case, since the leading end of the banknote A2 is in the regulation position that has been moved to the delivery side, the impeller 23 is moved to the small banknote A1.
The trailing edge of the banknote Δ2 inside is knocked off with the same action position.

In this way, when the medium banknotes A2 are stored one after another and a predetermined number of banknotes are stored in the storage position 10, the large banknote A3 is stored at the end, and this store also includes the above-mentioned small and medium banknotes AI, △2 and f. It is done in the same way.

When the storage of banknotes A of each denomination is completed, and at the end of the storage, if it is necessary to collect the stored banknotes due to transaction cancellation, for example, the distribution is performed by rotating the plate 32 to open a collection path.
Further, when the stored banknotes A may be discharged, the discharge path is kept open without moving the plate 32 for sorting.

Then, the cam 19 is moved simultaneously to connect the contact point d' to the lever 18.
Since the regulating member 16 is retracted below the store position 10, by driving the store belt 11 and the delivery belts 30, 31 in the delivery direction, the banknotes are stored (stored in the device 10). into the collection box 34 or the receiving box 1
Can be released to the side.

According to the embodiment described above, by varying the regulating positions a, b, and c of the regulating member 16 in accordance with the size of the banknote A, the knocking action of the impeller 23 can be applied to any size of banknote A. It also works well on banknotes AI, A2, and A3 under the same optimal conditions.

As a result of the above, any banknotes A of different sizes can be reliably stored in the storage position 1110 at high speed.

In addition, although the above-mentioned embodiment described banknotes, the present invention can be used as a storage device for other paper sheets, and is not limited to the configuration of the above-mentioned embodiment.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a store device, and FIG. 2 is a partial plan view of the store device. 10... Store position 11... Store belt 16... Regulating member 18... Lever 19...
・Cam 23... Impeller A... Banknote

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An impeller is provided in the paper sheet feeding section to hit the trailing edge of the paper sheets toward the store position, and the paper sheets fed from the previous stage are fed to the store position and , the trailing edge of the paper sheets is struck with an impeller to force them to be stacked and stored one after another at the storage position, and when the set amount of paper sheets is stored at the storage position, the paper sheets are stacked one after the other and then stored. This is a storage device for paper sheets that are sent to a stack, and includes a regulating member that regulates the leading end position of the paper sheets that are fed into the paper sheet storage position, and the regulating member is used to control the size of the paper sheets. A storage device for paper sheets, which is provided so that its regulation position can be changed in the delivery direction in response to the situation, and the paper sheet storage device is provided so that the regulation position can be moved in and out of the regulation position.