KR20130140420A

KR20130140420A - Stack guide

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Publication number: KR20130140420A
Application number: KR1020120063808A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 윤수현
Original assignee: 노틸러스효성 주식회사
Priority date: 2012-06-14
Filing date: 2012-06-14
Publication date: 2013-12-24

Abstract

A stack guide is introduced to guide the movement of bills for stacking and ejecting bills to and from the stack space.
The stack guide has a main body that is rotatably installed in the recycling box so as to be rotated downward toward the stack space, a stopper disposed opposite the tip of the banknote, and a push force of the banknote by elastically connecting the main body and the stopper. It comprises a connecting means for moving the stopper to the tip side of the main body when acting.

Description

Stack Guide {STACK GUIDE}

The present invention relates to a stack guide, and more particularly, to a stack guide that can align the bills well regardless of the size of the bills.

In the automated teller machine, a recycle box and a reject box for storing bills are installed. Generally, recycle boxes store and store the same size of banknotes, and reject boxes store different sizes of banknotes.

As a related art related to this, "Recycle Box (Patent Document 10-2006-00134622)" is referred to.

As shown in FIG. 6, the conventional recycle box includes a deposit and withdrawal unit provided with a deposit means 10 including a plurality of rollers or the like and a deposit means 20 including a plurality of rollers or the like on the other side of the upper portion, When the banknotes are deposited by the banknote storage unit 20, the banknote is lowered so as to secure the deposit space, and when the banknotes are withdrawn by the withdrawal means 10, the push-up roller 40 is raised And a stack unit 50 including the stack unit 50.

Here, the withdrawal means 10 is a pick-up roller 11 for separating the banknotes of the upper surface of the push plate 40, withdrawal roller 12 and the gate roller 13 for carrying out the separated banknotes to the outside, withdrawal It consists of a plurality of pinch rollers 14 for sticking the bills to the roller 12, withdrawal guide 15 for guiding the bills withdrawn.

And the deposit means 20 is a deposit roller 21 for introducing bills into the inside, a pinch roller 24 to closely adhere the bills to the deposit roller 21 so that the transfer force is generated, the deposit to guide the bills to be deposited When the guide 25 and the banknotes are deposited, the stacking roller 22 and the depositing means 20 may strike the rear end of the banknotes into which the blade pieces 22a are deposited so as not to overlap with the front end of the banknotes subsequently introduced. When the banknotes are deposited, they are rotated downward to guide the tip of the banknotes, and when the banknotes are taken out by the withdrawal means 10, the banknotes are rotated upward so as to be pressurized with a roller that performs the withdrawal operation of the withdrawal means 10. Consisting of a stack guide 30.

That is, in the recycle box, when the push plate 40 is lowered to secure the space for depositing the paper money when the paper money depositing operation is performed, the deposited paper money is put into the space secured by the depositing roller 21, 40, the stack guide 30 and the stack roller 22 assist in loading and unloading the banknotes, and when the banknote dispensing operation is performed, the push plate 40 is lifted and the banknotes The paper money being stacked is cut and separated by a single sheet.

Although the prior art disclosed in the above patent document is described as being applied to a recycling box, the technology of separating banknotes and stacking them in a stack space may be applied to reject boxes for storing banknotes of different sizes.

By the way, in the prior art, a stack space is designed to stack multi-note banknotes, and when a small size banknote is deposited in the stack space, there is no overlap between the rear end of the banknotes and the stack roller. Since the wings of the stack rollers do not strike the rear end of the bills, in order to solve this problem, a method of increasing the size of the stack rollers to increase the overlap with the bills has been proposed.

However, when the size of the stack roller is increased, interference between the stack roller and the surrounding structure is generated, thereby reducing the life of the stack roller, increasing the driving load of the stack roller, and misaligning the bills. Was generated.

Patent Publication No. 10-2006-00134622 (December 28, 2006)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a stack guide for efficiently stacking banknotes of different sizes deposited into a stack space, thereby maintaining good alignment of bills. It is done.

Stack guide according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the stack guide for guiding the movement of bills carried into the stack space of the bill storage device, providing a guide surface for guiding the stack of bills A stopper which is located on the main body, a stopper which is located on the movement path of the banknotes guided by the main body, and which is mounted on the main body so as to be movable to the front and rear ends of the main body, and the stopper when the push force of the banknotes is applied. In order to move to the front end side of the main body, it comprises a connecting means for elastically connecting between the main body and the stopper.

In addition, the connecting means may include a fixing piece fixed to the main body, and a spring elastically connected between the fixing piece and the stopper.

In addition, the main body may be formed in the guide rail groove for guiding the movement of the stopper extending in the traveling direction of the bills.

The stopper may include a first stopper piece connected to the main body via a spring, and a second stopper having a lower portion hinged to the first stopper piece and an upper portion elastically supported by the first stopper piece through a spring. May include a section.

In addition, the stopper includes a locking portion protruding laterally to be caught by the guide rail groove of the main body, a contact portion disposed to face the tip of the bill, and a connecting portion connecting the contact portion and the locking portion, The lower surface of the locking portion is made of a horizontal moving surface that is moved to the front end side of the main body while contacting the guide rail groove when the push force of the banknote is made, and the rear portion of the locking portion is in contact with the guide rail groove when the push force of the banknote is released The curved moving surface may be formed to move to the rear end side of the.

In addition, the guide rail groove may be formed to be inclined to the inside of the main body so as to enter the inside of the main body when the push force of the bills.

In addition, the elastic force of the spring may be designed to be smaller than the push force of the bills on the stopper.

In addition, the opposing surface of the stopper to which the tip side of the bill is in contact, may include an uneven portion in which a plurality of wrinkle lines are formed side by side in the vertical direction.

In addition, the rotation end of the main body may be provided with a spacer for securing a spaced distance of a predetermined distance with respect to the push plate for stacking bills.

In addition, the spacer member may include a support piece protruding from the rotating end of the main body, and a support roller rotatably mounted to the support piece.

According to the stack guide according to the embodiment of the present invention as described above, First, since the embodiment of the present invention maintains the overlap between the bills and the stack roller, it is possible to effectively integrate the bills of different sizes in the stack space, Furthermore, there is an advantage that the alignment of bills can be maintained satisfactorily.

Second, there is an advantage that the stopper installed in the main body implements the damper role of the banknotes, thereby preventing the phenomena of the tip of the banknotes in advance.

Figure 1a to 1b is a state diagram showing a stack guide according to the first embodiment of the present invention when depositing bills.
2 is a perspective view showing a stack guide according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
3a to 3b is a state diagram showing a stack guide according to a second embodiment of the present invention when depositing bills.
Figure 4 is a perspective view of the stopper in the stack guide according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
Figures 5a to 5b is a state diagram showing a stack guide according to a third embodiment of the present invention when depositing bills.
6 is a configuration diagram showing a conventional recycle box;

In the drawings, the same reference numerals are used to designate the same or similar components throughout the drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The stack guide according to the present invention utilizes the rigidity and the bending of the banknote end, so that the banknotes can be effectively aligned in the stack space regardless of the size.

1a to 1b is a view showing a stack guide according to the first embodiment of the present invention when depositing bills, Figure 2 is a perspective view of the stack guide according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 1a to 2, the stack guide according to the first embodiment of the present invention, may be installed in the reject box for storing bills of different sizes, the main body 100, the stopper ( 200 and the connecting means 300 is made.

Specifically, the main body 100 is installed in a rotational structure rotatable in the recycling box, is rotated downward when depositing the bills 500 to guide the bills 500 to the stack space, take out the bills 500 City bills 500 are rotated upward so as to be pressed on the roller for performing the withdrawal operation.

The main body 100 may be formed in a plate shape as a whole, and the bills 500 may be guided along a lower surface of the main body 100 to a stack position, that is, the upper portion of the push plate 40. Here, the lower surface of the main body 100 may be referred to as a guide surface because it guides the bills 500 to the stack position.

In the present embodiment, the stack guide is installed in a reject box for storing banknotes of different sizes, for example, but the spirit of the present invention is not limited thereto, and the stack guide stores banknotes of the same size. It may be provided in a bill storage device such as a cycle box.

The main body 100 has guide rail grooves 110 extending in the traveling direction of the bills 500. The guide rail groove 110 is provided with a rail for guiding the movement of the stopper 200, and the sliding movement distance of the stopper 200 with respect to the guide rail groove 110 according to the length of the insertion direction into the bills 500 is Can be determined.

In this embodiment, the guide rail groove 110 is shown as extending in the longitudinal direction inside the main body 100, the guide rail groove 110 may be formed to extend to be inclined in the main body 100. . In this case, the stopper 200 may move upward of the main body 100 when the push force of the banknotes 500 is applied.

In addition, in the present embodiment, it has been described that the guide rail groove 110 for guiding the stopper 200 is formed in the main body 100, but this is only an example and the spirit of the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the main body 100 may be formed with a slot, a groove, etc. in which the stopper 200 may be mounted to be movable. Here, the guide rail groove 110, the slot, the groove and the like may be referred to as a guide unit to guide the movement of the stopper 200.

And the end member far from the center of rotation of the main body 100, a spacer 400 may be provided.

Here, the spacer 400 is to space the main body 100 by a predetermined distance from the uppermost end of the banknotes loaded on the push plate 40, the banknotes are introduced into the stack space along the main body 100 Problems that interfere with bills can be prevented.

In the present embodiment, the spacer 400 is composed of a support piece 410 and a support roller 420. The support piece 410 is formed to protrude to the rotating end of the main body 100, the support roller 420 is rotatably mounted to the support piece 410. Of course, as the configuration of the spacer member 400 for securing a spaced distance of a certain distance, in addition to the above-described support piece 410 and the support roller 420, various types of structures may be selected and applied. In addition, a plurality of spacer members 400 may be installed.

The stopper 200 is slidably moved along the guide rail groove 110 of the main body 100 via the connecting means 300. At this time, when the push force of the banknotes 500 is moved to the front end side of the main body 100, regardless of the size of the banknotes 500, the banknotes 500 are stacked in a state aligned with the wall surface (10a). .

Specifically, the stopper 200 is formed to be caught by the rail of the guide rail groove 110 and the engaging portion 201 elastically connected to the spring 320 of the connecting means 300 to be described later, and the banknote flowing into the stack space It consists of the contact part 202 arrange | positioned facing the front-end | tip of the stream 500, and the connection part 203 which connects these latching part 201 and the contact part 202 mutually.

That is, when a push force is applied to the bills 500 in the stack space direction by the rotation of the deposit roller 21 and the stack roller 22, the tip of the bills 500 is the contact portion 202 of the stopper 200. ) Is pushed, and the locking portion 201 of the stopper 200 may be moved to the front end side of the main body 100 along the guide rail groove 110 by the push force of the banknotes 500.

The connecting means 300 is elastically connected between the main body 100 and the stopper 200, according to whether or not the push force action of the bills 500, the rear end of the main body 100 (paper wastes) to the stopper 200 And a restoring force in the direction opposite to the traveling direction of 500. Here, the left direction of the drawing is defined as the front end direction of the main body 100, and the right direction of the drawing is defined as the rear end direction of the main body.

The connecting means 300 is composed of a fixing piece 310 fixed to the front end side of the main body 100, and the spring 320 is elastically connected between the fixing piece 310 and the stopper 200. The connection means 300 moves the stopper 200 to the front end side of the main body 100 when the push force of the bills 500 is applied, and releases the stopper 200 when the push force of the bills 500 is released. Can be returned to

Of course, in addition to the above structure in which the stopper 200 is moved through the fixing piece 310 and the spring 320, the connection means 300 includes the stopper 200 by the push force of the bills 500. It may include all of the structure moved in 100).

Referring to the operation of the embodiment of the present invention having such a configuration as follows.

When depositing banknotes, if the space (stack space) for depositing banknotes is secured by the lowering of the push plate 40, the banknotes 500, the depositing rollers 21 and the stacking rollers 22 overlap. In this state, the tip of the banknote 500 pushes the contact portion 202 of the stopper 200, and the engaging portion 201 of the stopper 200 is along the guide rail groove 110 of the main body 100. The front side of the main body 100 is moved, and at this time, the spring 320 is tensioned between the engaging portion 201 of the stopper 200 and the fixing piece 310 of the main body 100.

Thereafter, when the push force applied to the bills 500 is lost, the bills 500 fall freely and fall to the push plate 40 by the action of the blade piece 22a of the stack roller 22. do. Specifically, when the paper 500 is out of a section overlapping with the deposit roller 21 and the stack roller 22, the rear end of the bill 500 is located in the stack space while the wing piece 22a The bills 500 fall to the push plate 40 due to the impact applied by them.

At this time, since the bills 500 are moved only by their length by the stopper 200, when falling to the push plate 40, one side end always falls in a state in which it is in close contact with the wall surface 10a of the stack space. . As a result, the bills 500 may be loaded on the push plate 40 with one end thereof aligned with the wall surface 10a of the stack space.

On the other hand, with the falling of the bills 500, the stopper 200 returns to its original position, and waits for the next bills 500 to be inserted.

In this way, the main body 100 is provided with a stopper 200 to determine the moving distance of moving the main body 100 according to the size of the bills 500 stacked in the stack space, the different size introduced into the stack space Banknotes 500 can be aligned to one side of the stack space.

In addition, the banknote 500 can also be prevented from being caught by the impact of the wing piece 22a to the front end side of the main body 100 to hit the fixed stopper (not shown) or the wall surface.

3a to 3b is a view showing a stack guide state according to a second embodiment of the present invention when depositing bills.

As shown in FIGS. 3A to 3B, the stack guide according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes a stopper 200 including a main body 100, a first stopper piece 210a, and a second stopper piece 210b. And a connecting means 300. Here, since the configuration of the main body 100 and the connecting means 300 is similar to the configuration of the main body 100 and the connecting means 300 described in the first embodiment, the description will be mainly focused on differences, and the same parts will be described and described in the first embodiment. Use the sign.

At this time, since the first stopper piece 210a is formed in an “L” shape, the upper part of the second stopper piece 210b provides a rotation space that can be rotated in the counterclockwise direction of the drawing, and the bills 500 The opposing surface of the stopper 200 to which the front end side of the contact portion may include an uneven portion in which a plurality of wrinkle lines are formed side by side in the vertical direction.

In particular, the second stopper piece 210b may be provided such that the opposing surface and the upper surface of the push plate 40 form an acute angle (a) in a state where the push force is not applied.

The operation of the stack guide according to the present embodiment having the above configuration is as follows.

When the bills 500, the depositing rollers 21 and the stacking rollers 22 overlap and the tip of the bills 500 pushes the upper part of the second stopper piece 210b, the depositing roller 21 and Until the push force of the banknotes 500 by the stack roller 22 is maintained, the second stopper piece 210b is rotated counterclockwise in the drawing on the basis of the hinge axis of the lower part, and at this time, the banknotes 500 ) Becomes a form that is pinched into the space between the second stopper piece (210b) and the main body 100, so that the tip of the bill (500) does not deviate from the second stopper piece (210b) stably the stopper 200 Can push

On the other hand, when the overlap between the bills 500, the deposit roller 21 and the stack roller 22 is released, the tip push force of the bills 500 with respect to the second stopper piece 210b is released. The second stopper piece 210b is rotated in the clockwise direction on the basis of the hinge axis of the lower part, and at this time, the angle between the bills 500 and the second stopper piece 210b is increased, and the tip of the bills 500 is increased. Can be pushed down by the second stopper piece 210b to fall downward. At this time, the rear end 500 of the bill 500 is also guided into the stack space by the wing piece 22a.

In particular, when the second stopper piece 210b is pushed back by the push force and then returned to the original state, the second stopper piece 210b returns to the state forming an acute angle a with the upper surface of the push plate 40, Since the effect of pushing the flow 500 upward from below can be seen, the bills 500 can be smoothly dropped to the upper portion of the push place 40.

4 is a view showing a stopper in the stack guide according to the third embodiment of the present invention, Figures 5a to 5b is a view showing a stack guide state according to the third embodiment of the present invention when depositing bills.

As shown in Figure 4, in the stack guide according to the third embodiment of the present invention, the stopper 200 and the engaging portion 201 protruding laterally to allow the sliding movement along the guide rail groove 110; , The contact portion 202 disposed to face the tip of the banknote 500 and the connecting portion 203 connecting the contact portion 202 and the locking portion 201 to each other, in particular, the locking portion 201 A horizontal moving surface 201a is formed on the lower surface, and a curved moving surface 201b is formed on the rear surface of the locking portion 201.

That is, as shown in Figure 5a, when the push force of the bills 500, the horizontal moving surface 201a of the locking portion 201 moves to the front end side of the main body 100 while being in contact with the guide rail groove 110 Therefore, since the angle between the banknotes 500 and the stopper 200 becomes small, the tip of the banknotes 500 may not be released from the stopper 200.

And as shown in Figure 5b, when releasing the push force of the banknotes 500, the bending movement surface 201b of the locking portion 201 is inclined while contacting the guide rail groove 110 to the rear end side of the main body 100 Since it is moved, the tip of the bill 500 may be naturally positioned in the stack space while leaving the stopper 200.

As described above, the embodiment according to the present invention maintains the overlap between the bills and the stack rollers, so that even if the stack space is large, the bills of a small size can be effectively accumulated, and the alignment of the bills is maintained well. And, because the stopper implements the damper role of banknotes, it has an excellent advantage, such as to prevent the phenomena of the tip of the banknotes in advance.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the scope of the present invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. It will also be appreciated that many modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the present invention.

10: withdrawal means 11: pick-up roller
12: withdrawal roller 13: gate roller
14: pinch roller 15: withdrawal guide
20: deposit means 21: deposit roller
22: stack roller 22a: wing piece
24: Pinch Roller 25: Deposit Guide
40: push plate 50: stack part
100: main body 110: guide rail groove
200: stopper 201: locking part
202: contact portion 203: connection portion
210a: first stopper piece 210b: second stopper piece
230: spring 300: connection means
310: fixed piece 320: spring
400: spacer 410: spacer
420: spaced roller 500: paper waste

Claims

A stack guide for guiding the movement of banknotes to be carried into a stack space of a paper currency storage device,
A main body providing a guide surface for guiding the stack of bills;
A stopper positioned on the movement path of the bills guided by the main body and mounted to the main body so as to be movable to the line and the rear end side of the main body; And
Stacking guide including a connecting means for elastically connecting between the main body and the stopper to move the stopper to the front end side of the main body when the billing force acts.

The method of claim 1,
The stopper is pushed by the banknotes carried along the guide surface, the stack guide is moved in the carrying direction of the banknotes.

The method of claim 1,
The guide body is provided with a guide portion for guiding the movement of the stopper.

The method of claim 1,
The stopper includes a first stopper piece connected to the main body via a spring, and a second stopper piece hinged to a lower part of the first stopper piece and elastically supported on the first stopper piece through a spring. Stack guide structure comprising a.

The method of claim 1,
The stopper includes a locking portion projecting laterally to be caught by the guide rail groove of the main body, a contact portion disposed to face the tip of the bill, and a connection portion connecting the contact portion and the locking portion,
On the lower surface of the locking portion is made a horizontal movement surface which is moved to the front end side of the main body while contacting the guide rail groove when the banknotes push action, and the rear of the locking portion contact the guide rail groove when the push force of the banknotes is released Stack guide, characterized in that the bending movement surface is moved to the rear end side of the main body is formed.

The method of claim 1,
The connecting means includes a fixing piece fixedly installed on the main body, and a spring elastically connected between the fixing piece and the stopper.

5. The method of claim 4,
Stack spring, characterized in that the elastic force of the spring is designed to be smaller than the push force of the bills on the stopper.

The method of claim 1,
The opposing surface of the stopper to which the tip side of the bill is in contact, the stack guide comprises a concave-convex portion in which a plurality of wrinkle lines are formed side by side in the vertical direction.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
Stacking guide is characterized in that the rotary end of the main body is provided with a separation member for securing a predetermined distance spaced with respect to the push plate for stacking bills.

The method of claim 9,
The spacer member includes a support piece protruding from the rotating end of the main body, and a support roller rotatably mounted to the support piece.