JPS6343297B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a storage device for paper sheets such as banknotes, and particularly to a banknote storage device installed in a vending machine or the like together with a banknote validator.

The banknote validator and genuine banknote storage device installed in a vending machine, etc. are required to be incorporated into the door structure on the customer service side where banknotes are inserted to facilitate the return or collection of banknotes. Ru. In particular, in vending machines where it is desired to store as much product as possible, other mechanisms necessary for the vending machine also require space, so the thickness of the door structure itself should be made as thin as possible. It is desirable that
Therefore, it is desired to reduce the thickness of the bill storage device as well as the bill validator. However, on the other hand, it is also desirable that the number of banknotes that can be stored in such a thin banknote storage device be as large as possible.

FIGS. 1A and 1B show an example of the configuration of a conventional vending machine and its front door, where 1 is the vending machine. Reference numeral 2 denotes a case-like door provided on the customer service side of the vending machine 1, and inside this door 2, a bill validator 3 and a bill storage box 4 are arranged. 5 is a bill insertion slot attached to the bill validator 3.

FIGS. 2A and 2B show an example of the configuration of such a conventional banknote storage device for storing genuine banknotes. Second
In Figure A, 3 is a banknote validator, and 4 is a banknote storage box. Further, 5 is a bill insertion slot, and bills are inserted into this bill insertion slot 5 and placed in the bill validator 3.
The banknotes are transferred to the banknote storage box 4 through the banknote transport path 6. When the banknotes pass through the conveyance path 6, their authenticity and denomination are verified, and the banknotes 7 that are determined to be genuine banknotes are inserted between banknote guide plates 8 provided in the banknote storage box 4. . 9 is a pusher for pushing the banknotes 7 toward the banknote receiving plate 10. Pushsia 9
has a pusher surface 9A parallel to the banknote 7, and is normally resting above the guide plate 8 on the opposite side of the banknote receiving plate 10, and when the banknote 7 is inserted into the guide plate 8, Move downward after a predetermined period of time. Reference numeral 11 denotes a receiving plate support spring installed between the receiving plate 10 and the wall of the banknote storage box 4, and the spring force always directs the group of banknotes 7A accumulated on the receiving plate 10 toward the guide plate 8. I'm forcing it. Here, as shown in FIG. 2B, the banknote guide plate 8 is constructed by arranging a pair of symmetrical guide members 12 and 13 facing each other and spaced apart from each other. , groove members 12A and 1 for guiding the banknotes 7
3A, guide walls 12B and 13B that guide both ends of the banknote that curve when the banknote 7 is pushed toward the guide plate 8 by the pusher 9, and this guide wall 1.
The spring 11 supports the banknote group 7A that has passed between the banknotes 2B and 13B and is pushed toward the receiving plate 10 and stored.
It is formed of holding members 12C and 13C that are held between the support plate 10 and the receiving plate 10 by the spring force of the holding members 12C and 13C. Note that the interval between the guide walls 12B and 13B is set to be narrower than the width of the banknote 7. Banknotes 7 transferred between guide members 12 and 13 of paper guide plate 8
is pushed toward the receiving plate 10 by the waiting face 9A of the pusher 9 from here, and the guide wall 12B
and 13B, and is pressed toward the banknote group 7A accumulated on the receiving plate 10, and as the pusher 9 retreats, the banknote receiving plate 10 and the holding members 12C and 13
C by the spring force of the spring 11.

Figures 3A, B and C show a conventional example in which the pusher type storage device as shown in Figures 2A and B and its storage box are installed on the front door as shown in Figure 1. In the drawings below, Figures 1A, B and 2
The same parts as shown in FIGS. A and B are given the same reference numerals, and detailed explanation thereof will be omitted.

In this example, the interlocking mechanism of the pusher 9 that force-feeds the banknotes 7 toward the banknote receiving plate 10 will be explained in more detail.

Here, 14 is a motor, and 15 is a motor 1
4 is the drive gear coupled to the drive gear. 16 and 17
are interlocking gears of the same diameter that mesh with each other and interlock, and the drive gear 15 meshes with the gear 16 and the gear 1
6 and then 17. Interlocking gears 16 and 17 have sliding pins 16A and 17A, respectively.
is installed. These sliding pins 16A and 17A are for moving the pusher support plate 18 to which the pusher 9 is attached in parallel when the interlocking gears 16 and 17 mesh and simultaneously rotate in the directions of the arrows. For this purpose, the pusher support plate 18
Two sliding grooves 19 and 20 parallel to the pusher 9 are formed in the longitudinal direction thereof, and sliding pins 16A and 17A are loosely fitted into the sliding grooves 19 and 20, respectively. Note that the pins 16A and 17A are both attached to the same radius from the rotation center of the gears 16 and 17, and
These two pins 16A and 17A are gear 1
No matter what rotational position of gears 6 and 17, the positions are always symmetrical with respect to the bisector between the center points of gears 16 and 17. Reference numeral 21 denotes a guide rail that slidably guides the pusher support plate 18 when the pusher support plate 18 moves in parallel due to the rotation of the gears 16 and 17. Also,
22 is a control circuit which drives the motor 14 in response to a storage command from a signal from a sensor (not shown), and moves the pusher 9 to the third position by the pusher support plate 18.
The pusher 9 is moved in parallel from the position shown in Figure C, and the gears 16 and 17 each make one rotation to cause the pusher 9 to reciprocate, and when it returns to its original position, it receives a signal from the position detector 23 and stops the motor 14. let

Moreover, FIG. 4A shows the banknote storage device shown in FIG. 3A in a cross section taken along the line A-A, and here, in the standby state shown in FIG. When the pusher 9 enters, the pusher 9 moves toward the receiving plate 10. The pusher 9 is connected to the groove members 12A and 13A of the banknote guide plate 8 that held the banknote 7 between them.
Push the banknote 7 into the holder 10 through the space between the banknotes 10 and the guide wall 12B and 13B.
As shown in the figure, the banknotes 7 are pressed onto the banknote group 7A accumulated on the receiving plate 10. FIG. 4B shows that in this way both ends of the banknote 7 are exactly connected to the guide walls 12B and 1.
3B shows the state when it is released from the end. Here, in the pusher 9, the ends of the banknotes 7 are connected to the ends 12D and 13D of the banknote guide walls 12B and 13B.
You need to push it in until it releases. Moreover, at this time, it is necessary to press down the banknote 7 with a sufficient margin in consideration of variations in the position of the banknote 7. Next, when the pusher 9 returns to the standby position, the banknotes 7 are guided by the receiving plate 10 and the coil spring 11 so that the stacked banknote group 7A does not fall apart or go over the banknote guide plate 8. It is necessary to press it against the plate 8 side. Note that L indicates the guide walls 12B and 13.
This is the depth dimension of B, and this dimension L is due to the inherent folds and deflections of the stacked banknotes 7A.
As shown by the solid line in FIG. 4A, the group of banknotes 7A becomes an obstacle to the newly conveyed paper 7, and the banknotes 7 are no longer held between the guide members 12A and 13A of the guide plate 8. This is the margin dimension required to prevent this. Further, L' is pressed by the pusher 9 in order to release both ends of the banknote 7 from the ends of the guide walls 12B and 13B while the pusher 9 is pushing the paper stack 7 toward the top of the banknote group 7A. Holding member 1 for upper surface of banknote group 7A and guide plate 8
This is the depth dimension of the space that needs to be provided between 2C and 13C.

In the conventional banknote storage device having such a configuration, even if an attempt is made to store as many banknotes 7A as possible in the banknote storage box 4 whose depth is limited, the banknotes 7 are not placed on the banknote receiving plate 10 as described above. The final stroke position of the pusher 9 to be pushed towards is the guide plate 8.
It is necessary to configure the holding members 12C and 13C so that the dimension is at least L' from the bottom surface of the holding members 12C and 13C. The space was warm. In addition, in order to push the banknotes 7 onto the accumulated banknote group 7A, regardless of the amount, the pusher 9, which performs the pushing movement against the spring force of the spring 11, must be provided with that much driving force. In addition, it was necessary to make the necessary power and structure of a certain size.

An object of the present invention is to provide a banknote storage device that eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks and allows banknotes to be accumulated even in the space corresponding to the above-mentioned L.

In order to achieve such an object, the present invention includes a guide member that guides both ends of the paper sheets to be transported along the transport direction and has an opening in the center. In a paper sheet storage device in which a pusher is reciprocated in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the paper sheet to push the paper sheet into an opening and the guide member is cumulatively stored between the paper sheet and the receiving plate, the guide member is The pusher has a standby position that guides the paper sheets that are stored, and is configured to be movable in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the accumulated paper sheets and in a direction where there are no accumulated paper sheets from the standby position, and the pusher does not move back and forth. When waiting,
The guide member and the receiving plate at the standby position hold the accumulated paper sheets, and when the pusher moves back and forth, the guide member moves back and forth from the standby position in the opposite direction to the pusher. .

The present invention will be explained in detail below based on the drawings.

5A and 5B show an embodiment of the present invention, where 30 is an outer case of the bill storage device according to the present invention. 31 and 32 are guide plates having a symmetrical shape, and have guide members 31A and 32A having a U-shaped cross section, which are arranged opposite to each other with an interval that allows the banknotes 7 to be placed thereon;
Both ends of the genuine banknote 7 transferred from the banknote validator 3 are held by these guide members 31A and 32A. 31B and 32B are guide walls with an L-shaped cross section attached to the guide members 31A and 32A.
These guide walls 31B and 32B guide the banknotes 7 pushed by the pusher 9 toward the receiving plate 10, and the ends 31C and 32C of the guide walls 31B and 32B on the receiving plate 10 side guide the banknote group 7A to the receiving plate. 10. Guide wall 31B
The lateral extending portions 31D and 32D of the guide plates 31 and 32B function as lever members for the guide plates 31 and 32, and support these lever members 31D and 32D by the rotation shafts 33 and 34, so that the guide plates 31 and 32 are supported by the shafts 33 and 32. 34 so that they can each rotate. 35 and 36 are solenoids having movable iron cores 35A and 36A, respectively, and these iron cores 35A and 36A and lever members 31D and 32D are connected via pins 37 and 38, respectively, at the outer portions of the respective rotation shafts 33 and 34. do. Guide plate holding springs 39 and 40 are installed between the upper wall of storage device outer casing 30 and the vicinity of the portions of lever members 31D and 32D to which pins 37 and 38 are attached, respectively. Reference numerals 41 and 42 are wall plates provided on both sides of the receiving plate 10 to face each other with an interval that can accommodate the banknote group 7A. Figure 5A is shown in 42A.
As shown in FIG. 3, while the pusher 9 is at rest, the lever members 31D and 32D are always locked by the spring forces of the springs 39 and 40.

FIG. 6 shows the shape of the banknote receiving plate 10 used here. In this example, the receiving plate 10 is not provided with a support spring 11, and the receiving plate 10 is placed in advance in a pre-use state in which no banknotes 7 are inserted. The plate 10 is set in accordance with the position where the pusher 9 is pushed out to the maximum extent, so that the receiving plate 10 retreats downward by that amount each time a banknote 7 is pushed. With this configuration, the supporting ends 31C, 3 of the receiving plate 10 and the guide wall
Since the distance between the banknotes and the banknotes 2C automatically changes according to the thickness of the banknotes stored, the banknotes stored therein will not be bent or bent.

In the banknote storage device 30 configured in this way, the banknotes 7 that have been verified by the banknote validator 3 are transferred to the fifth banknote
When the guide members 31A and 32A are moved between the guide members 31A and 32A as shown in FIG. operate. As a result, the pusher 9 pushes the bill 7 toward the receiving plate 10, but in this pushing process, the pusher 9
Just before the solenoid 3 approaches the receiving plate 10 side,
5 and 36 are energized and excited, and the iron core 3
5A and 36A are attracted against the spring force of springs 39 and 40. Therefore, the guide plates 31 and 32
As shown in FIG. 5B, the rotation axes 33 and 3
In the final stroke in which the pusher 9 pushes the banknotes 7 toward the group of banknotes 7A accumulated on the pedestal 10, the banknotes 7 that have been pushed in are Holding parts 31C and 32C of guide plates 31 and 32 at both ends
In this state, the banknote 7 is returned with its both ends folded in the direction of the arrow. From this position, the pusher 9 enters the return stroke to the original standby position (see FIG. 5A), but before that, the solenoids 35 and 36
The current flowing through the iron cores 35A and 3 is disconnected, and the solenoids 35 and 36 are demagnetized.
Release 6A. The guide plates 31 and 32 rotate clockwise and counterclockwise around the rotation shafts 33 and 34, respectively, by the spring force of the springs 39 and 40, and the lever members 31D and 32D engage the locking portions 41A and 42A. The supporting parts 31C and 32C of the receiving plate 10 and the guide plates 31 and 32
The smoothed banknotes 7 are held together with the banknote group 7A between them.

As explained above, according to the present invention, the present invention is provided to temporarily hold the banknotes transferred from the banknote validating machine to the banknote storage box and to guide the banknotes when they are sent by a pusher toward the banknote receiving plate. The pair of guide plates that are folded are retracted from both ends of the bill just before the final stroke of the pusher pushing the bill toward the receiving plate. the length required to release the part from the guide plate set in place
The travel distance of the pusher's reciprocating motion can be reduced by L', and banknotes can be stored in the storage box with a thickness corresponding to L' more than before.

Furthermore, since the stroke of the pusher is shortened by an amount corresponding to L' as described above, the pusher interlocking mechanism can be made smaller accordingly.

In the above explanation, a case was described in which a solenoid was used to drive the guide plate, but a link mechanism could be used instead of a solenoid, and the link mechanism could be actuated via a camshaft by a motor that drives a pusher, for example. , of course, can drive the guide plate. In addition, in the above example, the guide plate was retracted by rotating the lever part of the guide plate around the rotation axis, but the same effect can be obtained by retracting the guide plate in the direction of the pusher's rest position instead. Needless to say, it is effective.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIGS. 1A and 1B are a front view and a side view showing an example of a conventional vending machine, and FIG. 2A is a front view showing an example of the configuration of a banknote validator and its banknote storage device.
FIG. 2B is a side view of the bill storage device, and FIGS. 3A, B, and C are a side view, partial front view, and The sectional view taken along the line B-B in Figure 3B, and Figures 4A and B show the banknote storage device in the third
5A is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A in FIG. FIG. 5B is a plan view showing a state in which the guide plate releases banknotes, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an example of the receiving plate. 1... Vending machine, 2... Door, 3... Bill validating machine, 4... Bill storage box, 5... Bill insertion slot, 6...
...Conveyance path, 7...Banknote, 7A...Banknote group, 8...
Information board, 9...Pushya, 9A...Pushya side,
10...Banknote receiving plate, 11...Support spring, 12,1
3...Guide member, 12A, 13A...Groove member, 1
2B, 13B... Guide wall, 12C, 13C... Holding member, 12D, 13D... End, 14... Motor, 15... Drive gear, 16, 17... Gear, 1
6A, 17A...sliding pin, 18... pusher support plate, 19, 20... sliding groove, 21... guide rail, 22... control circuit, 23... position detector,
30... Bill storage device outer case, 31, 32... Guide plate, 31A, 32A... Guide member, 31B, 32
B... Guide wall, 31C, 32C... Holding part, 31
D, 32D... extension part, 33, 34... rotation axis,
35, 36... Solenoid, 35A, 36A...
Iron core, 37, 38... Pin, 39, 40... Holding spring, 41, 42... Wall plate, 41A, 42A...
Locking part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A guide member is provided which guides both ends of the paper sheet to be transported along the transport direction and has an opening in the center, so that the transported paper sheet is In the paper sheet storage device, the paper sheet is pushed into the opening by reciprocating a pusher in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the paper sheet, and the paper sheet is accumulated and stored between the guide member and the receiving plate. The pusher has a standby position for guiding conveyed paper sheets, and is configured to be movable in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the accumulated paper sheets and from the standby position in a direction in which there are no accumulated paper sheets; During standby when reciprocating motion is not performed, the accumulated paper sheets are held by the guide member at the standby position and the receiving plate, and when the pusher is reciprocating, the guide member is moved from the standby position to the pusher. A paper sheet storage device characterized by reciprocating movement in opposite directions.