KR20160110640A - Apparatus and Method for stacking paper money equipped in paper money counting module - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a device and a method to accumulate notes in a note counting module, capable of stably accumulating notes by guiding a note to move the note hit by a stopper and the floor surface of a note accumulation space, to a position getting away from an entrance route of the following note, when stacking the notes in the note accumulation space. To this end, the device comprises: a stack roller installed in the side of the note accumulation space, and transferring the note into the note accumulation space by hitting the rear end of the note entering along a transfer path; a damper reducing the movement speed of the note by touching the front end of the note, transferred into the note accumulation space, while guiding the note so that the note moves downwardly; a stopper installed in the other side of the note accumulation space, and guiding the note to arrange the note in the note accumulation space by making a collision with the front end of the note; and a guide part formed on the floor surface of the note accumulation space near the bottom of the stopper, and inducing the front end of the note to face the side of the stopper when touching the front end of the note, moved downwardly by the damper, in order to induce the note colliding with the stopper, to be moved to a position downwardly separated from the entrance path of the following note, and then to be accumulated.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a paper currency accumulation device and a paper currency accumulation method for a paper currency count module,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper currency accumulation device and a paper currency accumulation method of the paper currency module, and more particularly, to a paper currency accumulation device and a paper currency accumulation method of a paper currency accumulation module, ≪ / RTI >

Generally, a bill counter counts the number of bills of a banknote, the total amount of money, etc., by counting the type and authenticity of the bill, and putting a plurality of bills into a hopper in a stacked state. .

In the prior art relating to such a paper currency counter, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 10-1322374 and 10-1156990 disclose a paper currency counter in which, during the separation and transportation of paper currency stacked on a hopper, Discloses a configuration of a bill counter in which the normal bill bills are accumulated in the normal bill accumulating portion, and the ideal bill bills are separated and accumulated in the abnormal bill accumulating portion.

FIG. 1 is a view for explaining a problem that occurs when paper money is accumulated in a paper currency accumulating apparatus (abnormal paper money accumulating unit) provided in the conventional paper currency counter.

Referring to FIG. 1, a stack roller 12 and a conveying roller 13 are provided at the entrance 11 side of the conventional paper currency accumulator 10 for conveying incoming paper currency into the paper currency accumulation space 17. The stack roller 12 is composed of a body 12 and a plurality of sheets 12a which are equidistantly arranged on the outer circumferential surface of the body 12 and strike the rear end portion of the incoming banknote. The conveying roller 13 is constituted by a pair of upper and lower outsides, and the paper money is conveyed to the paper money accumulating space 17 by sandwiching both sides of the incoming paper money.

An upper plate 14 and a lower plate 15 are provided on the upper and lower sides of the paper money accumulating space 17 and a stopper 16 is provided on the other side of the paper money accumulating space 17 opposed to the stack roller 12 do. The stopper 16 serves to guide the paper money to be aligned on the bottom surface of the paper money accumulating space 17, that is, on the upper surface of the lower plate 15, due to the collision of the tips of the paper money.

In the conventional paper currency accumulating apparatus 10 constructed as described above, paper currency bills struck at the rear end of the stack 12 by the stacking roller 12 are first struck on the inner surface of the stopper 16, The paper money P1 is transferred from the bottom surface of the paper currency accumulation space 17 to the stopper (not shown) 16, and is bounced out in the opposite direction to collide with the bill P2 that enters in succession to cause a jam of bank notes.

As the length of the sheet 12b of the stack roller 12 is shortened for noise reduction, the sheet 12b is struck at an edge portion between the bottom surface of the paper bag accumulating space 17 and the lower end of the stopper 16, If the length of the banknote is short, the advancing-side front end of the banknote which is thrown out does not touch the sheet 12b of the stacking roller 12, so that the banknote can not be guided downward and collides with the banknote P2 There is a problem that the quality of the bill is lowered.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been conceived to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method for stacking banknotes in a banknote collecting space, the banknote collecting space having a bottom surface and a banknote hitting the stopper, The present invention provides a bill collecting device and a bill collecting method of a bill counting module capable of stably accumulating bills by guiding them to move.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for accumulating paper currency in a banknote collecting space, the apparatus comprising: a banknote collecting device for collecting banknotes in a banknote collecting space, Stack roller; A damper for decelerating a moving speed of the banknote and guiding the banknote to move in a downward oblique direction, the leading end of the banknote being conveyed into the banknote collecting space; A stopper provided on the other side of the paper money accumulating space and guiding the front end of the paper money to collide to guide the paper money to be aligned in the paper money accumulating space; And a stopper formed on a bottom surface of the paper currency accumulation space near the lower end of the stopper to guide the leading end of the paper currency to the side of the stopper when the stopper contacts the tip of the paper currency moved in the downward inclination direction by the damper, And a guiding part for guiding the collided banknotes to be moved to a position spaced downward from the inflow path of the incoming banknotes to be accumulated.

The guide portion may be curved upwardly from the bottom surface of the paper bag accumulating space toward the lower end of the stopper.

A plurality of ribs having a sawtooth shape are formed on the inner side surface of the stopper in which the leading end of the bill collides with each other in a horizontal direction so that slippage of the bill upon collision with the leading end of the bill can be prevented.

The stoppers may be spaced apart from each other in a pair, and a region between the pair of stoppers may be provided with a downwardly sloping bill outflow opening at a predetermined angle with the bottom surface of the bill collecting space.

The banknote collecting method of the banknote counting module of the present invention is characterized in that the banknote is conveyed into the banknote collecting space by striking the rear end of the banknote entering along the conveying section with the sheet of the stacking roller provided at one side of the banknote collecting space; The leading end of the paper money being conveyed into the paper money accumulation space is contacted with the damper and decelerated, and at the same time, the paper money is guided to be inclined downward; The leading end of the paper currency guided by the damper is brought into contact with the guide portion formed on the bottom surface of the paper currency accumulation space close to the lower end of the stopper and guided to the side surface of the stopper provided on the other side of the paper currency accumulation space; And a banknote having a tip struck on the stopper is moved to a position spaced downward from an entry path of a banknote to be subsequently entered and accumulated.

In the step of accumulating the banknotes, the banknotes which are struck by the stopper and moved in the opposite direction by the recoil may be struck downward by the sheet of the stacking roller to prevent the banknotes from being rolled up and integrated.

According to the present invention, by forming a guide portion having a convexly curved shape on the bottom surface of the paper money accumulating space close to the lower end of the stopper, the paper money moved in the downward oblique direction by the damper is guided toward the side surface of the stopper, The banknotes collided with the banknotes can be moved to a position spaced downward from the entry path of the incoming banknotes and can be stably integrated.

Further, when the banknotes stacked through the banknote exit opening formed in the area between the pair of stoppers are drawn out by forming the guide portion, a clearance is formed between the bottom face of the banknote collecting space and the upper face of the banknote exit opening by a greater thickness than the guide portion, Can be easily drawn out.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a view for explaining a problem that occurs in the accumulation of bills in a bill accumulating apparatus provided in a conventional bill counter,
FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of a bill counting module to which the present invention is applied,
3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a bill counting module to which the present invention is applied;
FIG. 4 is a side view showing an internal configuration of a bill accumulating apparatus (abnormal bill accumulating section) provided in the bill counting module according to the present invention,
FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating the configuration of main parts of a bill accumulating apparatus according to the present invention,
6 is an operational state view showing a state in which a banknote enters into a banknote collection space of the banknote accumulation apparatus,
7 is an operational state showing a state in which a leading end of a banknote which has entered the banknote collecting space of the banknote accumulation apparatus is in contact with the damper,
8 is an operational state showing a state in which a leading end of a banknote is brought into contact with a guide portion formed on a bottom surface of a banknote collecting space and is guided toward the side of the stopper,
Fig. 9 is an operational state view showing a state in which bills whose leading ends are collided with stoppers are stacked in a state of being aligned in the banknote collecting space; Fig.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 and 3, the bill counting module 100 to which the present invention is applied includes a main body 110, a hopper 120 in which bill counts are stacked, An operation display section 130 for displaying various function keys, a processing status of bills, an abnormal paper currency accumulation section 140 for accumulating ideal paper currency notes, a normal paper currency accumulation section 150 for accumulating normal currency notes, A conveying path 160 for conveying the paper money separated from the hopper 120 to the inside of the main body 110 and a discrimination and counting of bills conveyed to the inside of the main body 110 separated from the hopper part 120 A banknote discriminating unit 170 for discriminating banknotes discriminated by the banknote discriminating unit 170 and a discriminating unit 170 for discriminating the banknote based on the discrimination results of the banknote accumulating unit 140 and the normal banknote accumulating unit 150 to selectively transport the conveying path And a branching unit 180 for switching.

A pair of banknote spacing regulating plates 121 are provided at both ends of the hopper unit 120 to adjust the intervals corresponding to widths of banknotes to be stacked. And when the banknotes of the denomination are mixed, they are arranged at intervals corresponding to the denomination of the banknotes having the largest width among the counted banknotes.

The hopper part 120 is provided with separating parts 122, 123 and 124 for separating stacked banknotes and conveying them to the inside of the main body 110. The separating units 122, 123 and 124 include a pick-up roller 122 for separating the banknotes among the banknotes stacked on the hopper unit 120 one by one and banknotes separated by the pickup roller 122, A feed roller 123 that feeds the paper to the inside of the feed roller 123 and a guide roller 124 that is disposed to face the feed roller 123 to prevent separation of the paper money.

In the operation display unit 130, the processing status of bills by the banknote counting module 100 is displayed. For example, the number of counts of banknotes, the total amount of money, and the like are displayed.

The discrimination unit 170 is configured to perform discrimination and counting of banknotes. The discrimination unit 170 detects the arrival of the banknote to the discrimination unit 170, detects the length of the banknote based on the conveying speed of the banknote and the passage time And detects the presence or absence of the overlapped paper money or folded portion by detecting the thickness of the paper money, and detects various kinds of magnetic sensors that detect magnetic force generated from magnetic components included in ink or the like of the paper money to discriminate the denomination of the paper money, Is counted.

The branching unit 180 is provided at a position branched to the abnormal paper money accumulating unit 140 and the normal paper money accumulating unit 150 at the middle of the conveying path 160 and includes a branching member for switching the conveying path, . 3, when the branching unit 180 is switched in the counterclockwise direction, the banknotes along the conveying path 160 are conveyed to and accumulated in the abnormal paper money accumulating unit 140, and the branching unit 180 is rotated clockwise The bill received along the conveying path 160 is conveyed to the normal bill accumulating unit 150 and accumulated.

The normal bill accumulating unit 150 includes a stack wheel 151 for collecting bills entering through the branching unit 180 and accumulating the bill into the bill accumulating space in the normal bill accumulating unit 150. The stack wheel 151 is rotated in the clockwise direction with reference to FIG. 3, and a plurality of blades 151a extending outward in the direction opposite to the rotating direction are provided on the outer circumferential surface at regular intervals. Bills passing through the branching unit 180 and entering the sheet unit are inserted into the space between the two blades 151a and inserted between the two blades 151a by the clockwise rotation of the stack wheel 151 The bill is accumulated in the bill collecting space in the normal bill accumulating portion 150. [ An open mouth is formed on the front surface of the normal bank note accumulating part 150, and the opening is opened and closed by the shutter 152. [

4 and 5, the configuration and operation of the abnormal paper currency accumulation unit 140 (hereinafter referred to as a "paper money accumulation device" in the present invention) will be described.

The bill accumulating device 140 of the present invention is a space in which ideal bill bills such as counterfeit bills and damaged bills (old bills, torn bills and folded bills) are accumulated and the bill 141 entering the bill accumulating space 147 A stacking roller 142 and a conveying roller 143 are provided.

The stack roller 142 is composed of a body 142 and a plurality of sheets 142a that are equidistantly spaced from each other on the outer circumferential surface of the body 142 and strike the rear end portion of the entering banknote, .

The conveying roller 143 is composed of an upper conveying roller 143a and a lower conveying roller 143b which is in contact with the lower conveying roller 143a to convey the banknote to the banknote collecting space 147 by holding both sides of the incoming banknote . The conveying roller 143 may be provided between a plurality of stacking rollers 142 and the lower conveying roller 143b may be coupled to the same axis of rotation as the stacking roller 142.

An upper plate 144 and a lower plate 145 are provided on the upper and lower sides of the paper money accumulating space 147 and a stopper 146 is provided on the other side of the paper money accumulating space 147 opposed to the stack roller 142 And side plates 147a are provided on both sides of the paper money accumulating space 147. [

The stopper 146 functions to guide the banknotes to be aligned with the bottom surface 147a of the banknote collecting space 147, that is, the upper surface of the lower plate 145 by colliding with the leading end of the banknote, A plurality of ribs 146a having a sawtooth shape are formed in the inner surface of the stopper 146 so as to be parallel to each other in the horizontal direction so that slippage of the banknote during the collision with the leading end of the banknote can be prevented.

The upper plate 144 is provided with a damper 148 that guides the banknote to move in a downward oblique direction while reducing the moving speed of the banknote by contacting the tip of the banknote hit by the stack roller 142. The damper 148 may be resiliently supported at a predetermined angle in the upward direction about the hinge axis so that the advancing direction of the banknote may be guided in a downward slanting direction at the time of collision with the front end of the banknote.

The front end of the banknote is brought into contact with the front end of the banknote when the stopper 146 comes into contact with the front end of the banknote moved in the downward oblique direction by the damper 148. The bottom surface 147a of the banknote collecting space 147, The guiding portion 149 is guided to guide the banknotes collided against the stopper 146 to be guided to the side and to be moved to a position spaced downward from the entrance path of the banknote to be entered next.

The guide portion 149 may be curved upward from the bottom surface 147a of the paper bag accumulating space 147 toward the lower end of the stopper 146. The shape of the guide portion 149 is not limited thereto, As shown in FIG.

1, the front end of a banknote hitting by the stacking roller 12 is struck at an edge portion between the lower plate 15 and the stopper 16 and is thrown out toward the entering path of the banknote which is subsequently entered There is a problem that the bill collides with the succeeding bill.

The guide 149 is formed on the bottom surface 147a of the paper money accumulating space 147 as described above so that the stopper 146 of the paper money guided in the downward inclination direction by the damper 148, The front end of the banknote moves at an angle close to the direction perpendicular to the direction of the side surface of the stopper 146, that is, the side surface of the stopper 146, even if the banknote is struck first, The bills can be stably accumulated without collision between the bills because the bills are struck on the side of the banknote 146 so that they are moved in the downward direction in the inflow direction of the incoming banknotes.

5, the stopper 146 is provided at a distance from the bottom surface 147a of the paper money accumulating space 147 to a space between the pair of stoppers 146 at a predetermined angle And a downwardly inclined bills take-out port 145a. Therefore, when the banknotes are accumulated in the banknote collection space 147, a gap is formed between the banknotes in the lowest layer and the upper surface of the banknote exit 145a by the height of the guide 149, The paper money accumulated in the paper currency accumulation space 147 can be easily gripped and taken out.

Hereinafter, referring to Figs. 6 to 9, a banknote collection method of the banknote counting module of the present invention will be described. 6, the banknotes which are conveyed along the conveying path and enter the entrance 141 are conveyed toward the banknote collecting space 147 by the stacking roller 142 and the conveying roller 143, The banknote which has entered the space 147 is struck by the sheet 142b of the stacking roller 142 and guided in the direction toward the damper 148 at the rear end thereof.

7, the banknote struck by the sheet 142b of the stacking roller 142 contacts the damper 148 at its tip, decelerates the moving speed, and at the same time, do.

At this time, the paper currency passed through the damper 148 may be directly contacted with the inner surface of the stopper 146 according to its length or condition, or may be formed on the bottom surface 147a of the paper money accumulating space 147 as shown in FIG. 8 The leading end of the banknote can be guided in the direction toward the side surface of the stopper 146 after the guide portion 149 is first contacted.

9, the banknote P1 having the leading end struck on the stopper 146 is repelled by the recoil in the opposite direction and is moved in the opposite direction by forming the guide portion 149 as described above. The bounced bills are moved to a position spaced downward from the entry path of the incoming banknotes P2 so that stable accumulation is possible without collision between bills.

When the bills are relatively long in the bills moving in the opposite direction after being struck by the stopper 146 at the step of accumulating the bills, The sheet 142b can be struck in the downward direction, so that the bill can be prevented from being blown and can be more stably integrated.

In this specification, the banknote counting module is a module mounted on a banking automation equipment used by a banker, and can be used as a counting function or a deposit / withdrawal bank, and can be widely applied to general banking automation equipment and counters in addition to banking automation equipment .

100: banknote counting module 110: main body
120: hopper section 121: banknote interval control plate
122: pickup roller 123: feed roller
124: guide roller 130: operation indicator
140: Banknote accumulation unit (more than one banknote accumulation unit)
141: inlet 142: stack roller
142a: body 142b: sheet
143: Feed roller 144: Top plate
145: Lower plate 145a: Bank draft outlet
146: stopper 146a: rib
147: paper currency accumulation space 147a: side plate
148: damper 149: guide portion
150: Normal paper currency accumulation part 151: Stack wheel
151a: wing 152: shutter
160: conveying path 170: discrimination unit
180:

Claims (6)

A stack roller provided at one side of the paper currency accumulation space and for transporting the paper money into the paper money accumulation space by hitting the rear end portion of the paper money entering along the conveyance path;
A damper for decelerating a moving speed of the banknote and guiding the banknote to move in a downward oblique direction, the leading end of the banknote being conveyed into the banknote collecting space;
A stopper provided on the other side of the paper money accumulating space and guiding the front end of the paper money to collide to guide the paper money to be aligned in the paper money accumulating space; And
A stopper formed on a bottom surface of the paper currency accumulation space near the lower end of the stopper to guide the front end of the banknote to the side of the stopper when the stopper contacts the front end of the banknote moved in the downward oblique direction, And a guiding portion for guiding the banknotes to be collected and moved to a position spaced downwardly from the entrance path of the banknotes to be introduced next.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the guide portion has a shape curved upward convexly toward the lower end of the stopper from a bottom surface of the paper currency accumulation space.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein a plurality of ribs having a sawtooth shape are formed in the horizontal direction on the inner side surface of the stopper against which the leading end of the banknote collides, thereby preventing slippage of the banknote during the collision with the leading end of the banknote. Device.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the stoppers are spaced apart from each other and provided in pairs,
Wherein the banknote collecting space is provided with a banknote draw-out opening formed at a predetermined angle with the bottom face of the banknote collecting space and inclined downward in an area between the pair of stoppers.
The rear end of the banknote entering along the carry section is struck by the sheet of the stacking roller provided on one side of the banknote collecting space to transfer the banknote into the banknote collecting space;
The leading end of the paper money being conveyed into the paper money accumulation space is contacted with the damper and decelerated, and at the same time, the paper money is guided to be inclined downward;
The leading end of the paper currency guided by the damper is brought into contact with the guide portion formed on the bottom surface of the paper currency accumulation space close to the lower end of the stopper and guided to the side surface of the stopper provided on the other side of the paper currency accumulation space; And
And a banknote having a tip struck on the stopper is moved to a position spaced downward from an entry path of a banknote to be subsequently inserted and accumulated.
6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the banknotes which are struck by the stopper and moved in the opposite direction by the recoil are struck in the downward direction by the sheets of the stacking roller so that the banknotes are prevented from being skewed and accumulated. Of banknotes.

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