KR100901680B1 - Medium processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

assignment

In the medium entry / exit mechanism which clamps a medium and rotates, the element which detects a medium is formed in the said mechanism, and the wiring code of the element becomes the obstacle of the operation | movement of this mechanism, and there exists a limit in the integrated space of a medium, It is difficult to increase the amount.

Resolution

In a medium entry / extraction mechanism for pinching a medium, a medium detecting means for detecting the presence of the medium is provided in the part of the apparatus outside the rotational movement range of the medium entry / extraction mechanism. Further, a roller having a medium discharge port for discharging and collecting the medium into the medium take-out mechanism and a blade for feeding the medium formed in the vicinity of the medium discharge port was formed, and the medium detecting means was formed within a rotation radius of the wing. .

Media entry mechanism, media outlet, rotary motion, floodlight

Description

Media processing unit {MEDIUM PROCESSING APPARATUS}

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a media processing apparatus having a media entry / exit mechanism for entering and exiting a medium into the apparatus.

In a cash dispenser, which is a typical media processing apparatus, a customer deposits and withdraws a bill from a customer service port formed in the front of the apparatus. The bills are sent out to the conveying path in the apparatus by the operation of the bill acceptor mechanism formed inside the port, and after the bills are temporarily accumulated in the bill acceptor, the bill is opened to the customer.

In the above-described banknote entry / exit mechanism, the banknote received by a plurality of plate members installed in a standing state at the time of depositing the money is sandwiched, the plate member and the banknote are united, and are rotated by a predetermined angle to rotate the banknote. After placing the tip of the cell at the receiving port facing the conveying path, the rollers are rotated to send the bills one by one to the conveying path.

At the time of withdrawal, a plurality of plate-like members are rotated to face an ejection opening in the apparatus, and an integrated space is formed between the plate-shaped members, and then the banknote is discharged into the integrated space by the rotation of the integrated roller. do. The accumulated banknote is sandwiched by the plate member, the banknote is integrated with the plate member to be rotated and maintained in a standing state, and the plate member is opened so that the customer can take out the banknote.

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application No. 2006-016232

In the said mechanism, determination of whether a banknote exists between plate members is performed by the detection signal of the light receiving element attached to the plate member. In this method, however, the wiring to the element is present within the range of the rotational movement and movement of the plate member, and the wiring member may be stretched and disconnected or an obstacle may be entangled in the plate-like member during the rotational movement and movement of the plate-shaped member. There was this.

Moreover, since the rotation angle, the moving width, etc. of a plate-shaped member are restrict | limited by wiring cord length, the quantity which can accumulate and pinch a banknote is restrict | limited, and it was difficult to increase the capacity of a banknote.

MEANS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM In order to solve the said subject, the media processing apparatus which has a rotary motion extraction mechanism which receives a media by the rotational motion by pinching a medium, The light-emitting element and the light receiving element which detect the presence of the said medium are rotated of the said extraction mechanism. It was intended to form on the part of the device outside the range of motion.

By the above structure, the wiring cord is disconnected with the rotational movement of the plate member, or the obstacle which the wiring cord is entangled with the plate member does not occur, and the rotation angle, the moving width, etc. of the plate member is determined by the wiring cord length. It is not restricted by this, which increases the amount of banknotes that can be accumulated and pinched.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Below, the best form for implementing this invention is demonstrated along the figure which consists of FIGS. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the element common to each figure. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure which shows the structure of the banknote taking-out mechanism of the best form for implementing this invention, and has shown the state which looked at the said mechanism from the side.

In Fig. 1, A is a banknote put through a customer service port on the front side of an automatic teller machine. The banknote A is integrated in a standing state in contact with the bottom of the pull portion 3, which is described later in the longitudinal direction.

1 is a plate member which presses a banknote A as a bill press. 2 is a stage which is formed between the bill press 1 and the pull part 3 described later, and is made of a plate member movable in parallel to the bill press 1 and the pull part 3. 3 is a plate-shaped member in which the side surface is L-shape as a pull part, and the bottom face which is thrown in and supports the edge part of banknote A is formed. The bill press 1, the stage 2, and the pull part 3 comprise the rotary motion part 4 which sends a banknote into an apparatus by holding the banknote A and rotating it about the rotational axis which is not shown in figure. In the figure, the inside of the circle | round | yen shown by the dashed-dotted line is the rotational motion range of the rotational motion part 4. As shown in FIG.

5 is a feeding roller which feeds the banknote A in the rotary motion part 4 into an apparatus. 6 is a gate roller which opposes the feeding roller 5 and shifted axially in order to isolate | separate a banknote A one by one. 7 is a feed roller which rotates synchronously with the feed roller 5 and conveys a banknote A. FIG. 8 is an integration roller for accumulating the banknote comprised by the roller part 8a and the radial blade wing | blade part 8b rotatable by the same axis 8c. The wing | blade part 8b prevents lifting by touching the edge part of the banknote A at the time of drawing out banknote A. FIG. 9 is a gate roller which feeds out the banknote A into the rotary motion part 4 facing the integration roller 8.

10a-14a are light emitting elements. In addition, 10b-14b is a light receiving element. The light emitting element 10a is arrange | positioned in the front direction of FIG. 1 in the longitudinal direction of banknote A, and the light emitting element 11a is similarly provided in the inner direction of FIG. Moreover, the light receiving element 10b is arrange | positioned in the longitudinal direction of a banknote, ie, the front direction of FIG. 1, and the light receiving element 11b is similarly provided in the inner direction of FIG. The light emitting elements 12a-14a are provided in order from the front of FIG. 1 to an inward direction. Similarly, the light receiving elements 12b-14b are provided in order from the front of FIG. 1 to an inward direction. The light emitting element and the light receiving element are arranged outside the rotational movement range of the rotary motion portion 4, that is, outside the area indicated by the dashed-dotted line in FIG. 1, and are connected to a control circuit (not shown) by a wiring cord. The signal detected by the group can be detected by the control unit.

In addition, the light emitting element 10a and the light receiving element 10b, the light emitting element 11a and the light receiving element 11b, the light emitting element 12a and the light receiving element 12b, the light emitting element 13a and the light receiving element 13b, The light emitting element 14a and the light receiving element 14b are respectively opposed to each other with the rotational motion portion 4 therebetween. These corresponding pairs of elements are provided on the apparatus side as a positional relationship in which light between the light emitting element and the light receiving element passes through the light transmitting portion described later formed in the bill press 1, the stage 2 and the pull portion 3. .

Moreover, especially the light emitting elements 10a and 11a are provided in the apparatus side within the rotation radius of the blade part 8b of the integrated roller 8 outside the rotational motion range of the rotational motion part 4, as shown in FIG. have. 2 is the figure which looked at the arrow B shown in FIG. 1 at the direction orthogonal to the rotation axis of the integration roller 8 at the installation position of the light emitting elements 10a and 11a.

3 shows an overview of the bill press 1 and the stage 2. The stage 2 is different from the bill press 1 in that the shielding part 2a which protrudes in the center of the rear part of a plate-shaped member is formed. On the bill press 1 and the stage 2, the light transmission parts T1a-T5a and T1b-T5b are formed in the position which mutually opposes based on the arrangement | positioning method demonstrated below. In addition, although not shown here, also about the pull part 3, the light transmission parts T1c-T5c are formed in the same position as the bill press 1 and the stage 2. As shown in FIG. In addition, although the retreat part exists in the position corresponding to the feed roller 7 and the pull part 3 in the stage 2, it abbreviate | omits in the figure.

Hereinafter, the method of arranging the light transmitting portion will be described using the bill press 1 as an example. As shown in FIG. 4, the light transmission parts T1a-T5a which consist of the hole etc. which were opened so that the light from each light emitting element mentioned above may permeate | transmit in the plane of the bill press 1 are formed. The light transmitting portion T1a is a point at which the optical axes of the light emitting element 10a and the light receiving element 10b intersect with the bill press 1 in a standing state, and are approximately in the width direction of the banknote A, that is, the up and down direction of FIG. 1. It is arrange | positioned at the position which becomes a half.

The light transmitting portion T2a has the optical axis of the light emitting element 11a and the light receiving element 11b intersecting with the bill press 1 in a standing state, with respect to the width direction of the banknote A, that is, the up and down direction of FIG. 1. It is arrange | positioned and formed in the position which becomes about 1/2. The light transmitting portion T3a is a point at which the optical axes of the light emitting element 12a and the light receiving element 12b intersect with the standing bill press 1, and are disposed on the left side in the longitudinal direction of the bill press 1, and the width direction is standing up. It is provided in the lower part of the bill press 1 so that the vicinity of the lower end of the printed banknote A can be detected. The light transmitting part T4a is a point where the optical axis of the light emitting element 13a and the light receiving element 13b intersect with the bill press 1 on which the light axis stands, and is disposed at the center in the longitudinal direction of the bill press 1, and the width direction is It is provided in the lower part of the bill press so that the vicinity of the lower end of the standing banknote A can be detected. The light transmitting portion T5a is a point where the optical axes of the light emitting element 14a and the light receiving element 14b intersect with the standing bill press 1, and are disposed on the right side in the longitudinal direction of the bill press 1, and the width direction is standing up. It is arrange | positioned in the lower part of the bill press 1 so that the vicinity of the lower end of the banknote A of a state can be detected.

The dimension of the arrangement | positioning space | interval of the translucent part T1a-T5a in the longitudinal direction is set to the width equal to or less than the average width E of the banknote A folded 4 times. Thereby, even if it is input in the folded state 4 times, without spreading a banknote A, it can detect by either light receiving element.

When the rotary motion part 4 is standing up like FIG. 1, the light emitted from the light emitting element 10a permeate | transmits the light transmission parts T1a, T1b, and T1c, and reaches the light receiving element 10b. The light emitted from the light emitting element 11a passes through the light transmitting parts T2a, T2b and T2c to reach the light receiving element 11b. The light emitted from the light emitting element 12a passes through the light transmitting parts T3a, T3b, and T3c to reach the light receiving element 12b. The light emitted from the light emitting element 13a passes through the light transmitting parts T4a, T4b, and T4c to reach the light receiving element 13b. The light emitted from the light emitting element 14a passes through the light transmitting parts T5a, T5b, and T5c to reach the light receiving element 14b. With the above structure, light can be detected between the light emitting elements 10a to 14a and the light receiving elements 10b to 14b in the rotary motion portion 4.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be described. At the time of deposit, as shown in FIG. 1, the position of the rotary motion part 4 is initialized, and it will be standing up with respect to the customer port 15. As shown in FIG. Subsequently, when the shutter 16 is opened and the banknote A is put in the integrated space, the light emitting elements 10a to 14a are controlled by the control unit based on the detection signal of the sensor near the shutter 16 (not shown). It emits light. The light passes through the light transmitting parts T1a to T5a, T1b to T5b, and T1c to T5c of the bill press 1, the stage 2, and the pull portion 3, respectively, and then to each of the light receiving elements 10b to 14b. Is detected.

When the detection signal of any one of the light receiving elements 10b to 14b is detected, that is, when the light receiving element receives light from the light emitting element, an unacceptable bill, such as a banknote folded four times, is inserted. It is determined that the customer is notified with the shutter 16 opened, and the bill is returned. In addition, when the detection signal of any of the light receiving elements 10b to 14b is not detected, it is determined that the bill A has been put in a normal state, and the bill press 1 is pulled out of the pull portion 3 and the stage 2. After the banknote A is clamped by moving in the direction, the rotary motion unit 4 is rotated about the rotary axis of motion, and stopped at the feeding position inclined approximately 90 degrees in the counterclockwise direction in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 5, a part of the feed roller 7 protrudes from the stage 2 and abuts on the banknote A in a state where the rotary motion part 4 is stopped at the feeding position. When the feed roller 7 is rotated, banknotes A are sent out one by one in the direction of the feeding roller 5 and are received into the apparatus by the feeding roller 5 and the gate roller 6. When the receipt of the banknote A is completed, the rotary motion part 4 is rotated approximately 90 degrees clockwise to return to the standing state of FIG. 1 and the bill press 1 is retracted to complete the deposit.

The operation at the time of withdrawal will be described with reference to Figs. 6 (a) to 6 (f) and Fig. 7. After the rotational motion part 4 rotates about a rotational motion axis from a standing state by the instruction | indication of a control part, as shown in FIG.6 (a), the rotational motion part 4 turns to a feeding position, and becomes in substantially horizontal state, From the initial position close to the stage 2 and the pull section 3, the bill press 1 is raised in the direction of the arrow X1 and then in the direction X2 to become a wall regulating the upper side of the integrated space of the rotary motion section 4. Stop in position. Subsequently, the stage 2 is raised following the stop of the bill press 1. The stage 2 is in the initial position of the state of P1 of FIG. 7, ie, almost in contact with the pull portion 3, just before the stage 2 ascends. When the stage 2 rises from the position of the said P1, it immediately crosses the optical axis of the light emitting element 12a-14a and the light receiving element 12b-14b, but at this time, the shielding part 2a of the stage 2 is performed first. As a result, the optical axes of the light emitting element 13a and the light receiving element 13b are blocked. By further raising, the optical axis between the light emitting elements 12a-14a and the light receiving elements 12b-14b is interrupted | blocked by the whole plate-shaped member of the stage 2 continuously. It goes without saying that the detection of the light emitting element or the light receiving element may be ignored under the control of the control unit.

In the present invention, the light emission of the light emitting element or the detection of the light receiving element is not necessarily essential under the control of the controller, but based on the detected signal, for example, the detection timing of the light receiving element 13b and the light receiving element 12b and If the time lag of the detection timing of 14b) is equal to or more than the predetermined time, the stage (2) is judged not to be accumulated on the stage (2) which is currently rising. It is possible to detect the present situation of the banknote A on). The data concerning the presence or absence of the banknote A thus obtained can be fed back to various controls such as banknote preparation and drawing operation in the apparatus.

After the stage 2 reaches the position P2 in FIG. 7, the light passes through the light emitting element 10a and the light receiving element 10b and the light emitting element 11a and the light receiving element 11b as shown in FIG. 6B. The detection signals by these elements are simultaneously turned OFF. The control unit judges that the stage 2 has reached the feeding position of the banknote A by the signal from the light receiving element, and stops the stage 2. At this time, since the light emitting elements 10a and 11a are disposed in the vicinity of the wing 8b, the stage 2 is exactly positioned at the height near the tip of the wing 8b.

Thereafter, as shown in Fig. 6C, the controller lowers the stage 2 in the direction of the arrow Y by a predetermined amount to form a space in which the banknote A is loaded. And the integration roller 8 and the gate roller 9 are rotated, and the banknote A is drawn out one by one on the stage 2. Thereby, the back end part touches with the blade part 8b, falls on the stage 2, and is integrated. When the customer accumulates the billing operation for the number of sheets specified by the customer, the height of the stacked bills A gradually increases, and the light emitting elements 10a and 11a and the light receiving elements are formed by the bills A accumulated as shown in Fig. 6 (d). The optical axis between 10b and 11b is blocked. Thereby, the detection signal of the light receiving elements 10b and 11b turns OFF, receives the OFF signal, and the control unit determines that there is not enough space for accumulating the banknote A. FIG. Subsequently, as indicated by Fig. 6E by the instruction of the controller, the stage 2 is lowered by a predetermined amount in the arrow Z direction to form an integrated space. By this control, the position of the discharge port of the banknote A is always kept at a constant height with respect to the top surface of the banknote.

Repeating the above-described integration operation, as shown in Fig. 6 (f), when the bill A is integrated until it reaches a predetermined maximum capacity, all the optical axes of the light emitting elements 10a-14a and the light receiving elements 10b-14b. The shield is shielded to turn off the detection signal. The control unit receives the OFF signal, determines that the accumulation amount is the maximum, and ends the accumulation of banknotes. When the banknote accumulation is completed, the bill press 1 is lowered on the stage 2, the bill press A is lowered on the pull section 3 while pressing the banknote A, and the banknote A is clamped. It rotates to the front of a banknote machine and makes it stand up. Furthermore, after the bill press 1 is evacuated, the shutter 16 is opened to a state in which the customer can receive the bill A from the customer service port 15.

In addition, although this invention makes it possible to detect presence of the banknote A in the rotary motion part 4 by each light emitting element 10a-14a and the light receiving element 10b-14b in the above-mentioned embodiment, Therefore, you may control these elements so that a customer may always monitor during a transaction, and may detect abnormal extraction of banknote A. As shown in FIG.

1 is a block diagram of a banknote depositing mechanism of the present invention

Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the arrangement relationship between the light emitting element and the vane roller of the present invention.

3 is an overview of the bill press and stage of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the positional relationship between the arrangement of the light transmitting portion and the optical axis of the bill press of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating a feeding operation of banknotes of a rotary motion unit at the time of deposit of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a diagram showing the operation of banknote accumulation at the time of withdrawal of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a diagram showing the position detection of the stage by the light receiving and light emitting element of the present invention.

Explanation of the sign

1 bill press 2 stage

3 Pulled Parts 8 Integrated Rollers

8a roller section 8b wing section

8c roller shaft

10a, 11a, 12a, 13a, 14a light emitting element

10b, 11b, 12b, 13b, 14b light receiving element

T1a to T5a, T1b to T5b, T1c to T5c light transmitting portion

Claims (6)

A media processing apparatus having a media take-out mechanism that receives a medium into a device by rotationally clamping the media, And a medium detecting means for detecting the presence of the medium in the portion of the apparatus outside the range of rotational movement of the medium entry / exit mechanism. The method of claim 1, A medium discharge port configured to discharge and collect the medium into the medium extraction mechanism; A medium processing device, characterized in that formed in the vicinity of the medium discharge port, forming a roller with a blade for feeding the medium, so as to form the medium detecting means within the rotation radius of the blade. The method of claim 2, And the medium detecting means is formed of a light emitting element and a light receiving element. The method of claim 3, wherein Forming first and second plate-like members sandwiching the medium, And said first and second plate-like members are provided with a light transmitting portion, and transmits light from said light emitting element to said light transmitting portion to receive said light receiving element. The method of claim 4, wherein And the light-transmitting portion is formed of a plurality of holes, and is disposed on the first and second plate-like members at intervals equal to or less than the width of folding the medium four times. A media processing apparatus having a media take-out mechanism for receiving an integrated medium into a device by pinching and rotating motion thereof, A medium detecting means for detecting the presence of the medium is formed in the part of the apparatus outside the rotational movement range of the medium extraction mechanism, A medium discharge port configured to discharge and collect the medium into the medium extraction mechanism; A roller with a blade for feeding out the medium formed near the medium discharge port; The medium detecting means is formed within a radius of rotation of the blade; And when the medium detecting means detects the medium, the space for accumulating the medium of the medium entry / exit mechanism is enlarged.

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