WO2015040901A1 - Medium dispensing device and medium transaction device - Google Patents

Abstract

A banknote teller machine (10) is provided with: a separating/dispensing mechanism (32) that separates one sheet at a time of banknotes housed in a banknote housing unit (38) and dispenses same; a dispensing/conveyance unit (51) that is provided at the downstream side in the dispensing direction of banknotes with respect to the separating/dispensing mechanism (32), contacts the banknotes, and imparts to the banknotes a conveyance force (Fμ1) for conveying the banknotes in the dispensing direction and set higher than the friction force (Fμ3) of the plurality of banknotes to each other; and a friction unit (55) that is provided opposing a separating/conveyance mechanism (34) sandwiching the dispensing conveyance pathway (62) through which the banknotes are conveyed, contacts the banknotes, and imparts to the banknotes a resistance force (Fμ2) for retaining the position of the banknotes and set lower than the conveyance force (Fμ1) and higher than the friction force (Fμ3) of the plurality of banknotes to each other. As a result, it is possible to increase reliability.

Description

Medium feeding apparatus and medium transaction apparatus

The present invention relates to a medium feeding apparatus and a medium transaction apparatus, and is suitable for application to an automatic cash transaction apparatus (ATM: Automatic Teller Machine) that inserts a medium such as banknotes and performs a desired transaction.

Conventionally, in an automatic cash transaction apparatus or the like used in a financial institution or the like, for example, the customer deposits cash such as banknotes or coins according to the transaction contents with the customer, and also withdraws cash to the customer.

As an automated teller machine, for example, a banknote deposit / withdrawal unit that exchanges banknotes with customers, a discrimination unit that discriminates the denomination and authenticity of inserted banknotes, and temporarily holds inserted banknotes There is one having a temporary holding section, a transport section that transports banknotes, and a storage cassette that stores banknotes for each denomination.

Such a banknote deposit / withdrawal unit is provided with a separating / feeding unit configured by a pickup roller, a feed roller, and a gate roller, and the banknotes are fed out one by one by a pickup roller from a plurality of inserted banknotes. There is one in which banknotes are separated from a plurality of banknotes one by one and fed to a transport unit by feeding the preceding banknotes with a feed roller while contacting the banknotes with a resistance gate roller that holds the subsequent banknotes ( For example, see JP-A-10-154255.

However, in such an automatic teller machine, for example, in the case of a banknote with high friction between banknotes such as a plastic banknote, the force required to peel off the preceding banknote and the subsequent banknote increases. There is a possibility that the subsequent banknote cannot be retained by the resistance force of the gate roller, and the banknote may be fed out while being double-fed, and the reliability may not be maintained.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and intends to propose a medium feeding apparatus and a medium transaction apparatus that can improve reliability.

In order to solve such a problem, in the medium feeding device of the present invention, a sheet feeding medium separated in the medium accommodating section is separated one by one, and a separation feeding section that is downstream from the separation feeding section in the medium feeding direction. A feeding / conveying section provided on the side and contacting the medium, and a friction section provided facing the feeding / conveying section across the medium conveyance path through which the medium is conveyed are provided.

This medium feeding device separates the media one by one by the feeding and conveying section and the friction section even when the separating and feeding section fails to separate the medium one by one and the medium is fed in an overlapping state. , It can be fed out in a state where the double feeding of the medium is eliminated.

In the medium transaction apparatus of the present invention, the customer service unit that receives transactions relating to the paper-like medium, the medium storage unit that stores the medium received by the customer service unit, and one sheet-like medium stored in the medium storage unit Separating and feeding unit that separates and feeds, a feeding and feeding unit that is provided on the downstream side of the separating and feeding unit in the feeding direction of the medium, and abuts on the medium, and that faces the feeding and feeding unit across the medium feeding path for carrying the medium And a friction part that comes in contact with the medium.

This medium transaction apparatus separates the media one by one by the feeding / conveying section and the friction section even when the separation / feeding section fails to separate the media one by one and the medium is fed in the overlapped state. , It can be fed out in a state where the double feeding of the medium is eliminated.

According to the present invention, even if the separation and feeding unit fails to separate the media one by one and the media is fed in an overlapped state, the medium is separated one by one by the feeding and conveying unit and the friction unit. , It can be fed out in a state where the double feeding of the medium is eliminated. Thus, the present invention can realize a medium feeding apparatus and a medium transaction apparatus that can improve reliability.

It is a perspective view which shows the front surface, left side surface, and upper surface in a structure of an automatic teller machine. It is a left view which shows the structure of a banknote depositing / withdrawing machine. The structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part by 1st Embodiment is shown, and a customer position is shown especially. The structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part by 1st Embodiment is shown, and especially a separation integration position is shown. It is a left view which shows the structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part by 1st Embodiment. It is a top view which shows the structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part by 1st Embodiment. It is a rear view which shows the structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part by 1st Embodiment. It is a rear view which shows the structure of the separation conveyance mechanism by 1st Embodiment. FIG. 8 is a rear enlarged view of a region A in FIG. 7, showing the configuration of the separation transport mechanism according to the first embodiment. FIG. 8 is a rear enlarged view of a region A in FIG. 7, showing the configuration of the separation transport mechanism according to the first embodiment. It is a left view which shows the structure of the separation conveyance mechanism by 1st Embodiment. It is a left view which shows the path | route of the banknote in a money_receiving | payment process. It is a left view which shows the path | route of the banknote in a storage process. It is a left view which shows the path | route of the banknote in a payment process. It is a left view which shows the structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part by 2nd Embodiment. It is a left view which shows the structure of the separation conveyance mechanism by 2nd Embodiment. It is a left view which shows the structure of the separation conveyance mechanism by 2nd Embodiment. It is a left view which shows the structure of the separation conveyance mechanism by 2nd Embodiment. It is a left view which shows the structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part by 3rd Embodiment. It is a rear view which shows the structure of the separation conveyance mechanism by 3rd Embodiment. It is a rear view which shows the structure of the separation conveyance mechanism by 3rd Embodiment. It is a left view which shows the structure of the separation conveyance mechanism by 3rd Embodiment. It is a left view which shows the structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part by other embodiment. It is a left view which shows the structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part by other embodiment.

Hereinafter, modes for carrying out the invention (hereinafter referred to as embodiments) will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[1. First Embodiment]
[1-1. Overall configuration of automatic teller machine]
As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic teller machine 1 is configured around a box-shaped housing 2, and is installed in a financial institution, for example, for a deposit transaction or a withdrawal transaction with a customer. Transactions related to cash.

The case 2 has a shape in which a portion where it is easy to insert a bill or operate with a touch panel while the customer faces the front side, that is, a portion extending from the upper part of the front surface to the upper surface is obliquely cut off, The customer service part 3 is provided in this part.

The customer service section 3 is provided with a card entry / exit port 4, a deposit / withdrawal port 5, an operation display unit 6, a numeric keypad 7 and a receipt issuance port 8. Receives information and accepts operation instructions.

Card entry / exit 4 is a portion where various cards such as cash cards are inserted or ejected. A card processing unit (not shown) for reading account numbers and the like magnetically recorded on various cards is provided on the back side of the card slot 4.

The deposit / withdrawal port 5 is a portion where banknotes to be deposited by the customer are inserted and banknotes to be dispensed to the customer are discharged. The deposit / withdrawal port 5 is opened or closed by driving a shutter. Incidentally, the banknote is comprised, for example with the rectangular paper.

The operation display unit 6 is integrated with an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) for displaying an operation screen at the time of transaction and a touch panel for selecting a transaction type, inputting a personal identification number, transaction amount, and the like.

The numeric keypad 7 is a physical key that accepts input of numbers such as “0” to “9”, and is used when inputting a password or transaction amount.

The receipt issuing port 8 is a part for issuing a receipt on which transaction details are printed at the end of transaction processing. Incidentally, a receipt processing unit (not shown) for printing transaction contents and the like on the receipt is provided on the back side of the receipt issuing port 8.

In the following, the side of the automated teller machine 1 facing the customer is the front side, the opposite is the rear side, the left and right sides are the left side and the right side as viewed from the customer facing the front side, and the upper side and the lower side. Is defined and explained.

Incidentally, the housing 2 is configured such that a front door that covers the front surface and a rear door (not shown) that covers the rear surface can be opened and closed. That is, the housing | casing 2 protects the banknote, coin, etc. which are hold | maintained by obstruct | occluding a front door etc. at the time of the transaction operation | movement which performs the transaction regarding cash with a customer. On the other hand, the housing 2 is easy to work on each part by opening the front door etc. as necessary when a financial institution staff or worker performs maintenance work or banknote replenishment / collection work. Can be done.

In the housing 2, there are provided a main control unit 9 that performs overall control of the entire automatic teller machine 1, a banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10 that performs various processes related to banknotes, and the like.

The main control unit 9 is mainly configured by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown), and reads and executes a predetermined program from a ROM (Read Only Memory), a flash memory, etc. (not shown), thereby performing a deposit transaction and a withdrawal. Various processes such as gold transactions are performed.

The main control unit 9 has a storage unit (not shown) including a RAM (Random Access Memory), a hard disk drive, a flash memory, and the like, and stores various information in the storage unit.

[1-2. Configuration of banknote deposit and withdrawal machine]
As shown in the schematic side view of FIG. 2, the bill depositing / dispensing machine 10 is provided with various mechanisms related to bill depositing and dispensing processes inside the bill depositing / dispensing machine housing 11. Each part of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 is controlled by the control unit 12 (FIG. 1).

Similar to the main control unit 9, the control unit 12 is configured around a CPU (not shown), reads and executes a predetermined program from a ROM or flash memory (not shown), and performs other controls such as the main control unit 9. By cooperating with the unit, various processes relating to banknotes such as banknote depositing and dispensing processes are controlled.

The control unit 12 has a storage unit (not shown) made up of a RAM, a flash memory, and the like, and stores various information in the storage unit.

For example, when a customer performs a deposit transaction for depositing banknotes with the automatic teller machine 1, the control unit 12 accepts a predetermined operation input via the operation display unit 6 in cooperation with the main control unit 9 or the like. After that, the shutter of the deposit / withdrawal port 5 is opened, and the bill is inserted into the bill deposit / withdrawal unit 13.

When the banknote is inserted, the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 13 closes the shutter of the depositing / dispensing port 5 and then takes out the banknotes one by one and delivers them to the transport unit 14. The conveyance unit 14 advances the banknote along the short side direction and conveys the bill to the discrimination unit 15.

The discriminating unit 15 discriminates the denomination, authenticity and damage level of the banknote while conveying the banknote therein, and notifies the control unit 12 of the discrimination result, as well as double feeding of banknotes, chaining, skewing, etc. The travel state is detected and the detection result is notified to the control unit 12. In response to this, the control unit 12 determines the transport destination of the banknote based on the acquired discrimination result and measurement result.

At this time, the transport unit 14 temporarily holds the banknotes (so-called correct bills) identified as normal in the discrimination unit 15 by transporting them to the temporary storage unit 16 and the banknotes identified as not to be traded ( A so-called non-conformity ticket or counterfeit ticket) is conveyed to the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 13 and returned to the customer.

After that, the control unit 12 allows the customer to confirm the deposit amount via the operation display unit 6 (FIG. 1), causes the banknotes held in the temporary holding unit 16 to be conveyed to the discrimination unit 15, and the denomination and degree of damage. And the front and back direction etc. are discriminated and the discrimination result is acquired.

And if the degree of damage of a banknote is large, the control part 12 will convey this to the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 17 as a banknote which should not be reused, and if this is small, it will convey this as a banknote which should be reused. It is conveyed to the banknote storage unit 18 via the unit 14.

The banknote storage unit 18 is provided with a plurality of storage cassettes 19 (19a, 19b, 19c and 19d). The storage cassette 19 has a predetermined denomination corresponding thereto. For this reason, the banknote storage unit 18 sorts and stores the conveyed banknotes in the storage cassette 19 according to the denomination.

For example, when a customer performs a withdrawal transaction in which a banknote is dispensed with the automatic teller machine 1, the control unit 12 is linked with the main control unit 9 and the like via the operation display unit 6. After accepting the operation input, the banknote corresponding to the amount to be withdrawn is fed out from the storage cassette 19 of the banknote storage unit 18 and is transported to the discrimination section 15 by the transport section 14 for discrimination.

And the control part 12 conveys the banknote determined to be unqualified as a withdrawal banknote to the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 17, and conveys the banknote which can be withdrawn to the banknote depositing / withdrawing part 13, The shutter of the deposit or withdrawal port 5 Open and let the customer pick up this bill.

[1-3. Banknote deposit / withdrawal unit]
Next, the structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part 13 is demonstrated using FIG. 3 thru | or FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 13 mainly includes a pool unit 30, a separation / feeding mechanism 32, a separation / conveying mechanism 34, and a stacking mechanism 36. In FIG. 4, the stacking mechanism 36 is not shown and is omitted. In order to simplify the drawing, in FIG. 4, the feeding conveyance path 62 of the separation conveyance mechanism 34 is schematically illustrated so as to extend in the front-rear direction.

The pool section 30 is formed of a member having a substantially U-shaped side section, and has three side surfaces of the banknote storage section 38 that is a space for temporarily storing banknotes BL to be deposited or withdrawn into or from the banknote deposit / withdrawal section 13. The opening 40 that allows the bill BL to be inserted and removed is formed.

The pool section 30 is configured to be rotatable clockwise and counterclockwise in the figure by a shaft (not shown), a drive section and a drive transmission section with the shaft as a fulcrum.

The bill housing part 38 is provided with a plate-shaped bill press 42, and the bill is pressed against the pickup roller 46 by being biased toward a later-described pickup roller 46 by a spring (not shown).

When the banknote BL is exchanged with a customer, the pool section 30 is provided with a deposit / withdrawal port 5 formed in the vertical direction so as to exchange the banknote BL and an opening of the banknote storage section 38 as shown in FIG. 3A. It rotates to a position (this position is also called a customer position) facing 40.

Further, when separating the bills BL inserted into the bill storage unit 38 one by one and feeding them to the transport unit 14, or collecting abnormal banknotes BL or banknotes BL to be withdrawn into the bill storage unit 38 via the transport unit 14. 3B, the pool unit 30 has a position where the opening 40 of the banknote storage unit 38 faces the stacking mechanism 36, the separating and transporting mechanism 34, and the separating and feeding mechanism 32 (this position is also referred to as a separating and stacking position). To turn.

The stacking mechanism 36 is provided on the upper rear side of the banknote accommodating portion 38 in the separation and stacking position. The stacking roller 44 (44a and 44b) provided in the stacking mechanism 36 at a position facing the upper part of the banknote storage unit 38 is transported by being rotated counterclockwise and clockwise in the drawing by a driving unit (not shown). The banknote BL conveyed by the section 14 is sandwiched and sent out to the banknote storage section 38.

On the other hand, the separating and feeding mechanism 32 includes a pickup roller 46, a feed roller 48, and a gate roller 50, and is provided on the lower rear side of the banknote accommodating portion 38 in the separating and accumulating position.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the pick-up rollers 46 are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance by two picker shafts 45 along the left-right direction slightly below the bottom plate of the pool portion 30 at the separation and accumulation position. It is rotatably supported. A part of the outer peripheral portion of the pickup roller 46 is formed with a friction member 46a made of rubber or the like which is a material having a high coefficient of friction against bills.

The pool section 30 has a hole (not shown) formed in a part of the bottom plate at the separation and accumulation position, and a part of the pickup roller 46 is exposed upward from the hole.

The pickup roller 46 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 4 by a drive unit (not shown), and separates and feeds out the lowermost banknotes BL among the banknote bundles stacked in the banknote storage part 38 one by one.

The feed roller 48 is supported by a feed shaft 47 along the left-right direction behind the pickup roller 46 so as to be rotatable at a predetermined interval from side to side. A part of the outer peripheral portion of the feed roller 48 is formed with a friction member 48a made of rubber or the like, which is a material having a high coefficient of friction against bills. As shown in FIG. 6, two grooves 48s along the circumferential direction are formed on the peripheral side surface of the feed roller 48, and the remaining portions are three ridges 48b.

The feed roller 48 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 4 by a drive unit (not shown), thereby feeding the bills BL fed out by the pickup roller 46 one by one to the transport unit 14.

The gate roller 50 is supported above the feed roller 48 by a gate shaft 49 extending in the left-right direction so as to face the feed roller 48 so as not to rotate in the feeding direction for feeding out the bills BL. The entire circumference of the gate roller 50 is formed of a rubber member, and the rubber member is configured such that the friction coefficient with respect to the banknote BL is lower than that of the friction member 48 a of the feed roller 48. On the peripheral side surface of the gate roller 50, one groove portion 50s is formed along the circumferential direction, and the remaining portion is two ridge portions 50b.

The gate roller 50 has the two ridges 50b opposed to the two grooves 48s in the feed roller 48, and the tip of the ridge 50b slightly enters the groove 48s. Along with this, the center ridge 48 b of the feed roller 48 has its tip slightly inserted into the groove 50 s of the gate roller 50. That is, the separating and feeding mechanism 32 partially overlaps the outer peripheral surface of the feed roller 48 and the outer peripheral surface of the gate roller 50.

Thus, a gap is formed between the feed roller 48 and the gate roller 50 so as to meander alternately on the feed roller 48 side and the gate roller 50 side along the left-right direction. Hereinafter, the peripheral portion of the gap between the feed roller 48 and the gate roller 50 is also referred to as a first gate portion 52. In this gap, only one bill BL can pass, and two or more bills BL are set to dimensions that are difficult to pass.

[1-4. Configuration of separation transport mechanism]
As shown in FIGS. 4, 7, and 8, the separation and conveyance mechanism 34 includes a feeding and conveying unit 51 including a conveying roller 54 (54 </ b> F and 54 </ b> B) and a conveying belt 56, and a friction unit 55 including a guide 58. Yes.

The transport roller 54F is fixed to the left and right by a transport roller shaft 53F along the left-right direction on the lower side (front side in FIG. 2) of the transport path 62 through which the bill BL fed from the first gate portion 52 is transported. It is actively supported so as to be spaced apart.

The transport roller 54B is supported by a transport roller shaft 53B along the left-right direction downstream of the transport roller 54F in the payout direction of the banknote BL so as to be rotatable at a predetermined interval from side to side.

The conveyance belt 56 is stretched by conveyance rollers 54F and 54B, and is rotated counterclockwise (belt rotation direction) in FIG. 4 by the rotational drive of the conveyance roller 54B on the pickup roller 46 and feed roller 48 side with respect to the feeding conveyance path 62. Rotate. The entire circumference of the transport belt 56 is formed of a rubber member, and a belt friction coefficient μ1 that is a friction coefficient with respect to the bill BL handled in the automatic teller machine 1 is a friction coefficient of a rib 60b (described later) with respect to the bill BL. It is configured to be higher than a certain rib friction coefficient μ2 and a banknote friction coefficient μ3 which is a friction coefficient between the banknotes BL.

The transport belt 56 transports the bills BL fed from the first gate unit 52 toward the transport unit 14 by rotating in the belt rotation direction.

A flat plate-shaped guide 58 is provided at a location facing the conveying belt 56 with the feeding conveyance path 62 interposed therebetween. From this guide 58, the rib 60 (60s and 60b (FIG. 7)) protrudes toward the delivery conveyance path 62 between the conveyance roller 54F and the conveyance roller 54B. The rib 60 has a lower end surface formed in parallel along the feeding conveyance path 62 and guides the bill BL to be conveyed. The rib 60b is formed of a rubber member, and has a rib friction coefficient μ2 higher than the banknote friction coefficient μ3 and lower than the belt friction coefficient μ1.

That is, the belt friction coefficient μ1, the rib friction coefficient μ2, and the banknote friction coefficient μ3 are set such that the banknote friction coefficient μ3 <rib friction coefficient μ2 <belt friction coefficient μ1.

As shown in FIG. 7, the ribs 60 b located on the left and right sides of the transport belt 56 are formed longer than the ribs 60 s and protrude beyond the ribs 60 s toward the transport belt 56.

The rib 60 b faces the left and right sides of the conveyor belt 56 on the conveyor shaft 53, and projects a lower end portion (tip) slightly below the outer peripheral surface of the conveyor belt 56. In connection with this, the outer peripheral surface of the conveyor belt 56 slightly enters the adjacent rib 60b. That is, the separating and conveying mechanism 34 partially overlaps the outer peripheral surface of the conveying belt 56 and the lower end surface of the rib 60b by an overlap amount g.

Thus, a gap is formed between the conveyor belt 56 and the rib 60b so as to meander alternately on the conveyor belt 56 side and the rib 60b side along the left-right direction. Below, the peripheral part of this clearance gap among the conveyance belt 56 and the rib 60b is also called the 2nd gate part 61. FIG. In this gap, only one bill BL can pass, and two or more bills BL are set to dimensions that are difficult to pass.

Further, in a side view, the length from the location where the front end of the rib 60b intersects with the conveyor belt 56 to the location where the rear end of the rib 60b intersects with the conveyor belt 56 (that is, the length of the second gate portion 61). A certain conveyance area length L1 is set to be equal to or longer than the length along the feeding direction of the bills BL.

[1-5. Separate feeding operation]
In such a configuration, when the banknote BL is inserted into the banknote storage unit 38, the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 13 sets the pool unit 30 to the separation and accumulation position and presses the banknote BL against the pickup roller 46 by the bill press 42.

Subsequently, the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 13 rotates the pickup roller 46 and the feed roller 48 counterclockwise to feed the lowest banknote BL out of the banknote bundle and move it to the first gate unit 52. The bill BL that has reached the first gate portion 52 is transferred to the separation and transport mechanism 34 by the transport force between the friction member 46a of the pickup roller 46 and the friction member 48a of the feed roller 48. On the other hand, since the second and subsequent banknotes BL remain in the first gate portion 52 due to the frictional resistance of the non-rotating gate roller 50, the banknotes BL are transferred to the separation transport mechanism 34 one by one when separated normally. It goes out sequentially.

Here, when only one banknote BL normally separated by the separating and feeding mechanism 32 is transported to the separating and transporting mechanism 34, the banknote BL is deformed into a curved shape along the left-right direction as shown in FIG. To do. Since the bill BL attempts to return to a flat shape, a reaction force F1 is generated toward the conveyor belt 56 and a reaction force F1 (that is, (reaction force F1 / 2) × 2) is generated toward the rib 60b. As a result, the reaction force F1 × belt friction coefficient μ1 becomes the resistance of the conveyance force Fμ1 as the conveyance force Fμ1 for conveying the bill BL in the feeding direction, and the reaction force F1 × rib friction as the resistance force Fμ2 that holds the bill BL in place. Each coefficient μ2 is generated.

At this time, since the rib friction coefficient μ2 <the belt friction coefficient μ1 is set, the resistance force Fμ2 <the conveyance force Fμ1. As a result, the bills BL are transported in the feeding direction by the feeding and conveying unit 51 and discharged to the conveying unit 14.

On the other hand, when the bills BL are not normally separated by the separation / feeding mechanism 32 and the two bills BL1 and BL2 are overlapped and conveyed to the separation / conveying mechanism 34, as shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. The reaction force F1 × belt friction coefficient μ1 as the conveyance force Fμ1 for conveying the bill BL1 in the feeding direction becomes the resistance of the conveyance force Fμ1, and the reaction force F1 × rib as the resistance force Fμ2 that holds the bill BL2 on the rib 60 side in place. A friction coefficient μ2 is generated as a reaction force F1 × a banknote friction coefficient μ3 as a frictional force Fμ3 between the banknotes BL1 and BL2.

At this time, since the bill friction coefficient μ3 <rib friction coefficient μ2 <belt friction coefficient μ1 is set, the friction force Fμ3 <resistance force Fμ2 <conveying force Fμ1. Accordingly, the bill BL1 is transported in the feeding direction by the separation transport mechanism 34, and a slip occurs between the bills BL1 and BL2, so that the bill BL2 remains at the second gate portion 61.

Thereafter, when the bill BL1 is transported from the feeding transport path 62 to the transport portion 14, the bill BL2 remaining in the second gate portion 61 is the same as when the single bill BL is transported to the separation transport mechanism 34 described above. , Transported to the transport unit 14.

Thus, the separating and conveying mechanism 34 separates the two stacked bills BL1 and BL2 one by one and feeds them to the conveying unit 14 in the order of the bill BL1 and the bill BL2.

[1-6. Banknote flow]
[1-6-1. Banknote flow during deposit processing]
Next, the operation | movement of the money_receiving | payment process in the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 is demonstrated using FIG.

The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 moves the pool unit 30 to the customer position when a cash card or the like is inserted into the automatic teller machine 1 by the customer, a deposit transaction is selected via the operation display unit 6 and a password is entered. A bill is inserted from the user by opening the shutter of the deposit / withdrawal port 5.

When the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 detects that a banknote has been inserted by a sensor (not shown), the shutter of the deposit / withdrawal port 5 is closed, and the size and insertion state of the banknote are detected by a sensor (not shown). When it is determined that the inserted state is abnormal or that there is a banknote with an abnormal size, the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10 returns the banknote to the customer. On the other hand, when it determines with the inserted banknote being normal, the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 rotates the pool part 30 to a separation | stacking accumulation position, isolate | separates a banknote from the banknote depositing / withdrawing part 13 one by one, and pays out discrimination part. 15 to transport.

When the banknote is determined as a banknote that can be received and accepted by the discrimination unit 15 (that is, a normal banknote), the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 conveys the normal banknote from the discrimination unit 15 to the temporary storage unit 16 and stores it. At this time, the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10 counts the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 16 based on the denominations of the banknotes identified by the discrimination unit 15.

On the other hand, when the discrimination unit 15 determines that the banknote is a banknote that cannot be accepted / received (that is, a deposit reject banknote), the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 conveys the deposit reject banknote from the discrimination unit 15 to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 13. And accumulate. Subsequently, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 rotates the pool unit 30 to the customer position to open the shutter of the depositing / dispensing port 5 so that the customer can receive the deposit rejected banknote.

Thereafter, when the deposit reject banknote is extracted from the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 13 by the customer, the receipt of the banknote is detected by the sensor, and the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 10 closes the shutter of the deposit / withdrawal port 5. And the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 opens the shutter of the depositing / dispensing port 5 again to make it possible to insert the banknotes.

Here, when a banknote is again inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 13 by the customer, the insertion of the banknote is detected by the sensor, and the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 10 closes the shutter of the deposit / withdrawal port 5. The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 performs counting of banknotes inserted again according to the procedure described above.

When this depositing process is completed, the automatic teller machine 1 displays the deposit counting result on the operation display unit 6 and confirms the deposit counting result for the customer. Here, when the customer inputs an instruction to confirm the deposit transaction via the operation display unit 6, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 performs a storage process described later.

[1-6-2. Flow of banknotes during storage processing]
Next, the operation | movement of the storage process in the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 is demonstrated using FIG. This storage process is performed after the customer inputs an instruction to confirm the payment transaction.

The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 separates the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 16 one by one by the above-described depositing process and conveys them to the paying-out discrimination unit 15.

When the discrimination unit 15 determines that the banknote can be stored (that is, a normal banknote), the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 conveys the normal banknote from the discrimination unit 15 to the storage cassette 19 corresponding to the denomination and accumulates it. To do.

On the other hand, when the discriminating unit 15 determines that the banknote is an incompatible storage banknote (that is, a storage reject banknote), the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 conveys the storage reject banknote from the discrimination unit 15 to the reject box 17 and accumulates it.

[1-6-3. Flow of banknotes during withdrawal process]
Next, the operation | movement of the payment processing in the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 is demonstrated using FIG.

The banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 10 is configured such that when a cash card or the like is inserted into the automatic teller machine 1 by a customer, a withdrawal transaction is selected via the operation display unit 6 and a PIN number, withdrawal amount, etc. are input. The unit 30 is rotated to the separating and accumulating position, and the necessary number of banknotes for each denomination is recognized according to the required amount of money, and one banknote is loaded from the storage cassette 19 (19a to 19d) according to the number of banknotes for each denomination. Each sheet is fed out and conveyed to the discrimination unit 15.

When it is determined that the banknote can be withdrawn by the discrimination unit 15 (that is, a normal banknote), the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 conveys the normal banknote from the discrimination unit 15 to the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 13 and accumulates it. Subsequently, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 rotates the pool unit 30 to the customer position, opens the shutter of the depositing / dispensing port 5, and dispenses the banknotes to the customer.

On the other hand, when the discrimination unit 15 determines that the banknote cannot be withdrawn (that is, the withdrawal reject banknote), the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 conveys the withdrawal reject banknote from the discrimination unit 15 to the reject box 17. Accumulate.

[1-7. Operation and effect]
In the above configuration, the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 13 has a belt friction coefficient μ1 on the downstream side in the feeding direction of the banknotes BL from the separation feeding mechanism 32 that separates and feeds the banknotes BL one by one. A conveyor belt 56 that is conveyed along the belt is provided, and the belt friction coefficient μ1 of the conveyor belt 56 is low and higher than the banknote friction coefficient μ3 between the plurality of banknotes BL at a position facing the conveyor belt 56 with the feeding conveyance path 62 interposed therebetween. A rib 60 having a rib friction coefficient μ2 is provided.

Thereby, even if the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 fails to separate the banknotes BL one by one in the separation / feeding mechanism 32 and is fed out in a state where the banknotes BL overlap, the banknote BL is fed by the separation transport mechanism 34. The sheets can be separated one by one and fed out to the transport unit 14 in a state where the double feeding of the bills BL is eliminated.

Here, when the banknotes BL are fed to the transport unit 14 in a state where two or more banknotes BL are overlapped, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 cannot correctly discriminate the banknotes BL in the discrimination unit 15 and needs to handle them as deposit reject banknotes. In addition, it is necessary to have the customer re-insert the banknote BL at the time of deposit processing, and the customer is forced to perform complicated work. At the time of storage processing and at the time of withdrawal processing, respectively, Since the banknote BL is stored in the reject box 17 as a gold reject banknote, the banknote BL becomes a non-reusable banknote.

On the other hand, since the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 reliably separates the banknotes one by one by the separation and transport mechanism 34 and transports the banknotes to the discrimination unit 15, the discrimination unit 15 can normally perform the discrimination. On the other hand, the banknote can be effectively used without forcing a complicated operation and without making the banknote a dead banknote.

Further, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 has a transport belt 56 that is stretched around a transport roller 54 that is actively rotated and transports banknotes under the lowermost banknote BL fed out from a banknote bundle stored in the banknote storage unit 38. The rib 60 that does not have a conveying force is brought into contact with the upper side of the bill BL.

Thereby, when the banknotes overlap and are fed out from the separation / feeding mechanism 32 to the separation / conveying mechanism 34, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 converts the banknote BL1 and the banknote BL2 into the banknote BL1 without reversing the order of the banknotes BL1 and BL2. The banknote BL2 positioned on the upper side of BL1 can be surely preceded and fed out.

By the way, the separating and conveying mechanism 34 actually separates the bill BL1 from the bill BL2 while taking out the bill BL2 with respect to the bill BL1 to some extent while sliding the bill BL2 with respect to the bill BL1. On the other hand, since the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 sets the conveyance area length L1, which is the length that the conveyance belt 56 overlaps the rib 60b, to be longer than the length along the feeding direction of the banknote BL, the banknote BL1. At the same time, the bill BL1 can be reliably separated from the bill BL2 and fed out while sliding the bill BL1 from the bill BL2 slightly moving in the feeding direction.

According to the above configuration, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 separates and feeds the banknotes BL as the paper-sheet-like medium stored in the banknote storage unit 38 as the medium storage unit one by one, and the separation The bill BL is provided with a conveying force Fμ1 which is provided downstream of the feeding mechanism 32 in the feeding direction of the banknote BL and is in contact with the banknote BL and is set higher than the frictional force Fμ3 between the plurality of banknotes BL and transports the banknote BL in the feeding direction. Is provided opposite to the separation conveyance mechanism 34 across the feeding conveyance section 51 to which the banknote BL is conveyed and is in contact with the banknote BL, and is higher than the frictional force Fμ3 between the plurality of banknotes BL and A friction portion 55 is provided which applies a resistance force Fμ2 which is set lower than the conveyance force Fμ1 and holds the position of the bill BL to the bill BL.

Thereby, even if the automatic teller machine 1 fails to separate the banknotes BL one by one in the separating and feeding mechanism 32 and is fed out in a state where the banknotes BL are overlapped, the feeding / conveying section 51 and the friction section 55. Thus, the banknotes BL can be separated one by one and fed out to the transport unit 14 in a state in which the multi-feeding of the banknotes BL is eliminated.

[2. Second Embodiment]
Compared with the automatic teller machine 1 according to the first embodiment, the automatic teller machine 101 according to the second embodiment shown in FIG. 1 includes a bill depositing / withdrawing unit 113 in the bill depositing / dispensing machine 110 shown in FIG. Although it differs from the banknote depositing / withdrawing part 13 in the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10, other than that is comprised similarly.

Further, in the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 113 according to the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 14 in which parts corresponding to those in FIG. It is different from 55.

[2-1. Configuration of separation transport mechanism]
The separation / conveying mechanism 134 includes a feeding / conveying unit 51 including a conveying roller 54 (54F and 54B) and a conveying belt 56, and a friction unit 155 including a pinch roller 68 (68F and 68B) and a spring 70 (70F and 70B). Has been.

A flat plate-shaped upper conveyance guide 64 is provided on the upper side (gate roller 50 side) of the feeding conveyance path 62, and a flat plate-shaped lower conveyance guide 62 is provided on the lower side (feed roller 48 and pickup roller 46 side) of the feeding conveyance path 62. A side conveyance guide 66 is provided.

The upper conveyance guide 64 and the lower conveyance guide 66 each have a flat upper guide surface 64A and a lower guide surface 66A that face the paper surface of the bill BL, and the feeding conveyance path 62 is between the conveyance surfaces. Is forming.

Conveying roller shafts 53F and 53B are attached to the lower conveying guide 66 along the left-right direction at intervals of the conveying region length L11 along the feeding direction, and the conveying roller shafts 53F and 53B include The transport rollers 54F and 54B are supported so as to be actively rotatable at predetermined intervals on the left and right, respectively. This conveyance area | region length L11 is set more than the length along the feeding direction of the banknote BL.

The transport belt 56 is stretched by transport rollers 54F and 54B, and rotates along the belt rotation direction by the rotational drive of the transport roller 54B. The entire circumference of the transport belt 56 is formed of a rubber member, and has a belt friction coefficient μ1 as a friction coefficient with respect to the bill BL handled in the automatic teller machine 101.

Further, the conveyance rollers 54F and 54B and the conveyance belt 56 expose a part of their peripheral side surfaces from the hole formed in the lower guide surface 66A with respect to the lower conveyance guide 66 to the feeding conveyance path 62 side. .

On the other hand, pinch roller shafts 67F and 67B are attached along the left-right direction at locations facing the transport roller shafts 53F and 53B in the upper transport guide 64, and the transport roller 54F is attached to the pinch roller shafts 67F and 67B. And the pinch rollers 68F and 68B are rotatably supported by the location facing 54B.

The pinch roller shaft 67F is provided with a torque limiter (not shown). When a slip torque Fr of a predetermined value or more is applied to the outer periphery of the pinch roller 68F, the pinch roller 68F rotates by sliding the torque limiter. ing. Incidentally, the sliding torque Fr varies depending on the radius r of the pinch roller, and the sliding torque Fr decreases as the radius r increases.

The entire circumference of the pinch rollers 68F and 68B is formed of a rubber member, and has a pinch roller friction coefficient μ12 as a friction coefficient with respect to the banknote BL.

Further, the pinch rollers 68F and 68B expose a part of their peripheral side surfaces from the hole formed in the upper guide surface 64A with respect to the upper conveyance guide 64 to the feeding conveyance path 62 side.

The pinch rollers 68F and 68B are pressed against the conveying rollers 54F and 54B by springs 70F and 70B, which are compression springs, respectively. In particular, the pinch roller 68F is applied with a pressing force P toward the conveying roller 54F by a spring 70F. For this reason, the pinch rollers 68F and 68B press the bill BL against the transport rollers 54F and 54B, respectively, when the bill BL is transported along the feeding transport path 62. The conveyance rollers 54F and 54B convey the banknotes BL along the feeding conveyance path 62 while rotating the pinch rollers 68F and 68B by transmitting the rotational force to the banknotes BL.

Hereinafter, the contact peripheral portion between the conveyance belt 56 and the pinch roller 68F is also referred to as a second gate portion 161. The pressing force P is set to such a strength that only one bill BL can pass between the conveyor belt 56 and the pinch roller 68F, and two or more bills BL are difficult to pass.

Here, if the friction coefficient between the conveyor belt 56 and the pinch roller 68F is a belt roller friction coefficient μ4 as shown in FIGS. 15 to 17, the friction of the conveyor belt 56 against the bill BL handled in the automatic teller machine 101. The belt friction coefficient μ11 which is a coefficient, the pinch roller friction coefficient μ12 of the pinch roller 68F, the banknote friction coefficient μ3 which is a friction coefficient between the banknotes BL, and the belt roller friction coefficient μ4 are a banknote friction coefficient μ3 <belt friction coefficient μ11 <belt. The roller friction coefficient μ4 and the bill friction coefficient μ3 <pinch roller friction coefficient μ12 <belt roller friction coefficient μ4 are set.

Further, the conveyance force Pμ11 for conveying the bill BL in the feeding direction is set as a pressing force P × belt friction coefficient μ11, and the resistance Pμ12 which becomes the resistance of the conveyance force Pμ11 and holds the bill BL in place is the pressing force P × pinch roller friction. The driving force Pμ4 that causes the conveyor belt 56 to rotate the pinch roller 68F is a pressing force P × belt roller friction coefficient μ4, and the frictional force Pμ3 between the bills BL1 and BL2 is a pressing force P × banknote friction coefficient μ3. The slip torque Fr, the transport force Pμ11, the resistance force Pμ12, the drive force Pμ4, and the friction force Pμ3 satisfy the slip torque Fr <the transport force Pμ11, the slip torque Fr <the resistance force Pμ12, and the slip torque Fr <drive. The force Pμ4 and the relationship of slip torque Fr <friction force Pμ3 are set.

[2-2. Separate feeding operation]
In such a configuration, when the banknote BL is inserted into the banknote storage unit 38, the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 113 sets the pool unit 30 to the separation and accumulation position and presses the banknote BL against the pickup roller 46 by the bill press 42.

Subsequently, the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 113 rotates the pickup roller 46 and the feed roller 48 counterclockwise to feed out the lowermost banknote BL from the banknote bundle and move it to the first gate section 52. The bill BL that has reached the first gate portion 52 is transferred to the separation and transport mechanism 234 by the transport force between the friction member 46a of the pickup roller 46 and the friction member 48a of the feed roller 48. On the other hand, since the second and subsequent banknotes BL remain in the first gate portion 52 due to the frictional resistance of the non-rotating gate roller 50, the banknotes BL are transferred to the separating and transporting mechanism 134 one by one when separated normally. It goes out sequentially.

Here, when only one bill BL normally separated by the separation feeding mechanism 32 is transported to the separation transport mechanism 134, the bill BL is sandwiched between the transport belt 56 and the pinch roller 68F as shown in FIG. Is done. At this time, since slip torque Fr <conveying force Pμ11 and slip torque Fr <resistance force Pμ12 are set, slip occurs in the torque limiter of the pinch roller shaft 67F, and the pinch roller 68F rotates with the conveyor belt 56. . As a result, the bills BL are transported in the feeding direction by the feeding and conveying unit 51 and discharged to the conveying unit 14.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 17, when the bill BL is not normally separated by the separation and feeding mechanism 32 and the two bills BL1 and BL2 are overlapped and conveyed to the separation and conveyance mechanism 134, the bill friction coefficient μ3 <belt friction coefficient. Since μ11 and banknote friction coefficient μ3 <pinch roller friction coefficient μ12 are set, frictional force Pμ3 <conveying force Pμ11 and frictional force Pμ3 <resistance force Pμ12. Further, as described above, the sliding torque Fr <the frictional force Pμ3 is set.

As a result, slip does not occur in the torque limiter of the pinch roller shaft 67F, and the bill BL1 is conveyed in the feeding direction by the feeding and conveying unit 51, and slipping occurs between the bills BL1 and BL2, and the bill BL2 is the second one. It remains in the two-gate portion 161.

Thereafter, when the bill BL1 is transported from the feeding transport path 62 to the transport portion 14, the bill BL2 remaining in the second gate portion 161 is the same as when the single bill BL is transported to the separation transport mechanism 134 described above. , Transported to the transport unit 14.

In this way, the separating and transporting mechanism 134 separates the two stacked bills BL1 and BL2 one by one and feeds them to the transport unit 14 in the order of the bill BL1 and the bill BL2.

Thereafter, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 110 performs a depositing process, a storing process, and a dispensing process according to the same procedure as that of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 shown in FIGS.

[2-3. Operation and effect]
The banknote depositing / dispensing unit 13 according to the first embodiment uses the reaction force F1 that the banknote BL is bent by the transport belt 56 and the rib 60b to return to the original shape, and therefore guides one side of the feeding transport path 62. However, it is difficult to control the conveyance force Fμ1, the resistance force Fμ2, and the friction force Fμ3. On the other hand, since the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 113 uses the pressing force P applied from the spring 70F to the pinch roller 68F, it is easy to control the conveying force Pμ11, the resistance force Pμ12, and the frictional force Pμ3, and the banknote BL 1 is more reliably added. Can be separated one by one.

Moreover, the banknote depositing / withdrawing part 113 sets the conveyance area length L11 from the contact point of the pinch roller 68B and the conveyance belt 56 to the 2nd gate part 161 more than the length along the delivery direction of the banknote BL. .

Thereby, even if the banknote depositing / withdrawing part 113 is transported to the feeding direction side of the second banknote 161 in the feeding direction of the second banknote BL2, the banknote BL2 is transported to the transport belt 56 and the pinch roller 68B. And being fed out together with the first banknote BL1.

Others The banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 113 according to the second embodiment can exhibit substantially the same effects as the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 13 according to the first embodiment.

[3. Third Embodiment]
Compared with the automatic teller machine 1 according to the first embodiment, the automatic teller machine 201 according to the third embodiment shown in FIG. 1 has a bill depositing / withdrawing unit 213 in the bill depositing / dispensing machine 210 shown in FIG. Although it differs from the banknote depositing / withdrawing part 13 in the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10, other than that is comprised similarly.

Further, in the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 213 according to the third embodiment, the separation / conveying mechanism 234 is different from the separation / conveying mechanism 134, as shown in FIG.

[3-1. Configuration of separation transport mechanism]
The separation / conveyance mechanism 234 includes a feeding / conveying unit 251 including a feed roller 72 and a friction unit 255 including a gate roller 74. Further, the feed roller 72 and the gate roller 74 of the separation transport mechanism 234 are configured in the same manner as the feed roller 48 and the gate roller 50 of the separation feeding mechanism 32.

The feed roller 72 is supported by a feed shaft 71 along the left-right direction downstream of the feed roller 48 in the bill feeding direction so as to be rotatable at a predetermined interval from side to side. A part of the outer peripheral portion of the feed roller 72 is formed with a friction member 72a made of rubber or the like, which is a material having a high coefficient of friction against bills. As shown in FIG. 19, the circumferential surface of the feed roller 72 is formed with two groove portions 72s along the circumferential direction, and the remaining portions are three ridge portions 72b.

The feed roller 72 exposes a part of its peripheral side surface to the feeding and conveying path 62 side from a hole formed in the lower guide surface 66A with respect to the lower conveyance guide 66.

The gate roller 74 is supported so as not to rotate against the feed roller 72 by a gate shaft 73 facing the feed shaft 71 along the left-right direction across the feeding conveyance path 62. On the peripheral side surface of the gate roller 74, one groove portion 74s is formed along the circumferential direction, and the remaining portion is two ridge portions 74b.

The gate roller 74 exposes a part of its peripheral side surface from the hole formed in the upper guide surface 64 </ b> A with respect to the upper conveyance guide 64 to the feed conveyance path 62 side.

The entire circumference of the gate roller 74 is formed of a rubber member, and the rubber member feeds the bill BL with a gate roller friction coefficient μ22 which is a friction coefficient of the gate roller 74 with respect to the bill BL as shown in FIGS. 19 and 20. It is configured to be lower than the feed roller friction coefficient μ21 which is the friction coefficient of the friction member 72a of the roller 72. Further, the gate roller friction coefficient μ22 is configured to be higher than the banknote friction coefficient μ3 and lower than the feed roller friction coefficient μ21. That is, the feed roller friction coefficient μ21, the gate roller friction coefficient μ22, and the banknote friction coefficient μ3 are set so that the banknote friction coefficient μ3 <gate roller friction coefficient μ22 <feed roller friction coefficient μ21. Incidentally, the gate roller friction coefficient μ22 is set slightly lower than the friction coefficient of the gate roller 50.

A gap is formed between the feed roller 72 and the gate roller 74 so as to meander alternately on the feed roller 72 side and the gate roller 74 side along the left-right direction. Hereinafter, the peripheral portion of the gap between the feed roller 72 and the gate roller 74 is also referred to as a second gate portion 261. Only one banknote BL can pass through this gap, and two or more banknotes BL are set to dimensions that are difficult to pass through. Moreover, the conveyance area length L21 from the contact point of the pinch roller 68B and the conveyance roller 54B to the 2nd gate part 261 is set more than the length along the delivery direction of the banknote BL.

[3-2. Separate feeding operation]
In such a configuration, when the banknote BL is inserted into the banknote storage unit 38, the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 213 sets the pool unit 30 to the separation and accumulation position and presses the banknote BL against the pickup roller 46 by the bill press 42.

Subsequently, the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 213 rotates the pickup roller 46 and the feed roller 48 counterclockwise to feed out the lowest banknote BL of the banknote bundle and move it to the first gate unit 52. The bill BL that has reached the first gate portion 52 is transferred to the separation and transport mechanism 34 by the transport force between the friction member 46a of the pickup roller 46 and the friction member 48a of the feed roller 48. On the other hand, since the second and subsequent banknotes BL remain in the first gate portion 52 due to the frictional resistance of the non-rotating gate roller 50, the banknotes BL are transferred to the separation transport mechanism 34 one by one when separated normally. It goes out sequentially.

Here, when only one bill BL normally separated by the separation and feeding mechanism 32 is transported to the separation transport mechanism 234, the bill BL is deformed into a curved shape along the left-right direction as shown in FIG. To do. Since the bill BL tries to return to a flat shape that is not deformed, the reaction force F21 (that is, (reaction force F21 / 3) × 3) toward the feed roller 72 and the reaction force F21 ( That is, (reaction force F21 / 2) × 2) is generated. As a result, the reaction force F21 × feed roller friction coefficient μ21 becomes the resistance of the conveyance force Fμ21 as the conveyance force Fμ21 for conveying the banknote BL in the feeding direction, and the reaction force F21 × gate as the resistance force Fμ22 that holds the bill BL in place. A roller friction coefficient μ22 is generated.

At this time, since the gate roller friction coefficient μ22 <the feed roller friction coefficient μ21 is set, the resistance force Fμ22 <the conveyance force Fμ21. Thereby, the bills BL are transported in the feeding direction by the feeding and conveying unit 251 and discharged to the conveying unit 14.

On the other hand, when the banknote BL is not normally separated by the separating and feeding mechanism 32 and the two banknotes BL1 and BL2 are overlapped and conveyed to the separating and conveying mechanism 234, as shown in FIGS. The reaction force F21 × feed roller friction coefficient μ21 becomes the resistance of the conveyance force Fμ21 as the conveyance force Fμ21 for conveying the bill BL1 in the feeding direction, and the reaction force F21 as the resistance force Fμ22 that holds the bill BL2 on the gate roller 74 side in place. X A gate roller friction coefficient μ22 is generated as a reaction force F21 × bill friction coefficient μ3 as a friction force Fμ3 between the bills BL1 and BL2.

At this time, since the bill friction coefficient μ3 <gate roller friction coefficient μ22 <feed roller friction coefficient μ21 is set, the friction force Fμ3 <resistance force Fμ22 <conveying force Fμ21. As a result, the bill BL1 is conveyed in the feeding direction by the feeding conveyance unit 251, and slipping occurs between the bills BL1 and BL2, and the bill BL2 remains at the second gate unit 261.

Thereafter, when the bill BL1 is transported from the feeding transport path 62 to the transport portion 14, the bill BL1 remaining in the second gate portion 261 is the same as when the single bill BL is transported to the separation transport mechanism 234 described above. , Transported to the transport unit 14.

Thus, the separating and conveying mechanism 34 separates the two stacked bills BL1 and BL2 one by one and feeds them to the conveying unit 14 in the order of the bill BL1 and the bill BL2.

Thereafter, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 210 performs a depositing process, a storing process, and a dispensing process according to the same procedure as that of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 shown in FIGS.

[3-3. Operation and effect]
As described above, the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 213 is configured to form the separation / conveyance mechanism 234 by the feed roller 72 and the gate roller 74. Thereby, the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 213 only needs to provide the feed roller 72 and the gate roller 74 having the same configuration as the feed roller 48 and the gate roller 50 of the separation / feeding mechanism 32 on the downstream side in the feeding direction of the separation / feeding mechanism 32. Therefore, compared with the banknote depositing / withdrawing units 13 and 113, the configuration can be simplified and the cost can be reduced.

Moreover, the banknote depositing / withdrawing part 213 was made to set the conveyance area length L21 from the contact point of the pinch roller 68B and the conveyance roller 54B to the 2nd gate part 261 more than the length along the delivery direction of a banknote.

Thereby, even if the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 213 transports the leading edge portion of the second banknote BL2 in the feeding direction side of the second gate section 261, the banknote BL2 is transported by the transport belt 56 and the transport roller 54B. And being fed out together with the first banknote BL1.

In the separating and feeding mechanism 32, the bill BL is fed out by the pickup roller 46 and the feed roller 48, but in the separating and transporting mechanism 234, the bill BL is fed out only by the feed roller 72. The transport force Fμ21 in the separation transport mechanism 234 is smaller.

On the other hand, the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 213 can set the gate roller friction coefficient μ22 slightly lower than the friction coefficient of the gate roller 50, so that the banknote BL can be reliably fed out by the separation / conveyance mechanism 234.

Others The banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 213 according to the third embodiment can exhibit substantially the same effects as the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 13 according to the first embodiment.

[4. Other Embodiments]
In the above-described second embodiment, the case where the conveyor belt 56 is stretched around the conveyor rollers 54F and 54B has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and may be omitted without providing the conveyor belt 56 as in the banknote depositing and dispensing unit 313 shown in FIG.

In this case, the conveyance roller 54F is formed of a rubber member over the entire circumference, and the conveyance roller friction coefficient μ31, which is the friction coefficient of the conveyance roller 54F with respect to the banknote, the pinch roller friction coefficient μ12, and the banknote friction coefficient μ3 are included in the banknote. If friction coefficient μ3 <pinch roller friction coefficient μ12 <conveying roller friction coefficient μ31, banknotes BL separated one by one by conveying roller 54F and pinch roller 68F are guided by upper conveying guide 64 and lower conveying guide 66. Then transported.

In the above-described first embodiment, the case where the lower end surface of the rib 60 is formed in parallel along the feeding direction of the banknote BL has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a rib 460 may be protruded with a central portion between the transport roller 54F and the transport roller 54B protruding from the lower end surface of the rib 460 as in the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 413 shown in FIG. good.

As shown in FIG. 23, since the conveyor belt 56 is generally bent, the shape of the lower end surface of the rib 460 is matched to the bent shape of the conveyor belt 56, and the conveyor belt 56 and the rib 60 are stretched from the front end to the rear end of the rib 460. If the lower end surface of the rib 460 is kept parallel, the relationship among the conveying force Fμ1, the resistance force Fμ2, and the frictional force Fμ3 can be reliably maintained from the front end to the rear end of the rib 460.

Furthermore, in the first and second embodiments described above, the case where the conveyance belt 56 is stretched by the two conveyance rollers 54F and 54B has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and the conveyor belt 56 may be stretched by three or more conveyor rollers. In this case, the bending of the conveyance belt 56 can be reduced.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where one separation transport mechanism 34, 134, 234, 334, or 434 is provided on the downstream side in the feeding direction from the separation feeding mechanism 32 has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and two or more separation transport mechanisms 34, 134, 234, 334 or 434 may be provided on the downstream side in the feeding direction from the separation feeding mechanism 32.

Furthermore, in the above-described second embodiment, the case where the pressing force P is applied only to the pinch roller 68F has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and the pressing force P may be applied to the pinch roller 68B in addition to the pinch roller 68F.

Furthermore, in the second embodiment described above, the outer peripheral surface of the pinch roller 68F and the outer peripheral surface of the transport roller 54F may overlap. The same applies to FIG.

Furthermore, in the above-described first embodiment, the case where the rib 60 is formed of a rubber member has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and the rib friction coefficient μ2 is made higher than the banknote friction coefficient μ3 by forming the rib 60 with, for example, a resin and providing surface irregularities or performing a surface treatment to increase the friction coefficient. Anyway. In short, it is only necessary to maintain the relationship of bill friction coefficient μ3 <rib friction coefficient μ2 <belt friction coefficient μ1. The same applies to the second and third embodiments.

Furthermore, in embodiment mentioned above, the case where conveyance area length L1, L11, and L21 was set more than the length along the payout direction of a banknote was described. The present invention is not limited to this, and the conveyance region lengths L1, L11, and L21 may be set to be equal to or shorter than the length along the bill feeding direction. In short, the banknote BL2 that moves together with the banknote BL1 is fastened to the second gate portions 61, 161, and 261, and the banknote BL1 can be separated from the banknote BL2.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where two banknotes BL are fed and fed out has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention can also be applied to the case where three or more bills BL are fed and fed out. In this case, if the conveyance area length is set to a length sufficient to separate three or more banknotes BL and the conveyance force and the resistance force are set in consideration of the friction coefficient between the three or more banknotes BL. good.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the gate rollers 50 and 74 are provided so as not to rotate in the feeding direction for feeding out the bills BL is described, but the gate rollers 50 and 74 may be provided so as to rotate in the direction opposite to the feeding direction.

Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the first to third embodiments described above and the other embodiments described above. That is, the present invention is also applicable to an embodiment in which a part or all of the first to third embodiments described above and the other embodiments described above are arbitrarily combined, or an embodiment in which a part is extracted. The scope of application extends.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the bill is described as the medium. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be a thin paper medium such as a gift certificate, a cash voucher, an admission ticket or the like.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the separation / feeding mechanism 32 as the separation / feeding unit, the feeding / conveying units 51, 251, 351, or 451 as the feeding / conveying units, and the friction units 55, 155, 255, and 355 as the friction units. Or, the case where the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 13, 113, 213, 313, or 413 as the medium feeding device is configured by 455.

The present invention is not limited to this, and a medium feeding device may be configured by a separating and feeding unit, a feeding and conveying unit, and a friction unit having various other configurations.

Furthermore, in embodiment mentioned above, the customer service part 3 as a customer service part, the banknote accommodating part 38 as a medium accommodating part, the separation delivery mechanism 32 as a separation delivery part, and the delivery conveyance part 51 as a delivery conveyance part, The case where the automatic cash transaction apparatus 1, 101, or 201 as the medium transaction apparatus is configured by 251, 351, or 451 and the friction part 55, 155, 255, 355, or 455 as the friction part has been described.

The present invention is not limited to this, and a medium transaction apparatus may be configured by a customer service section, a medium storage section, a separation and feeding section, a feeding and conveying section, and a friction section having various other configurations.

The present invention can also be used in various apparatuses for conveying paper sheets such as banknotes.

The entire disclosure of Japanese Patent Application No. 2013-192011 filed on September 17, 2013 is incorporated herein by reference.

Claims (8)

1. A separation feeding unit that separates and feeds the sheet-shaped medium stored in the medium storage unit one by one;
   A feeding and conveying unit that is provided on the downstream side in the feeding direction of the medium with respect to the separating and feeding unit;
   A medium feeding device comprising: a friction unit provided opposite to the feeding and conveying unit across a medium conveyance path through which the medium is conveyed.
2. The feeding and conveying unit has a friction coefficient higher than the friction coefficient between the media of the plurality of media,
   The medium feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the friction unit has a friction coefficient that is higher than a friction coefficient between the media of the plurality of media and lower than the friction coefficient of the feeding / conveying unit with respect to the medium.
3. The medium feeding device according to claim 2, wherein the friction portion is a rib protruding toward the medium conveyance path.
4. The medium feeding device according to claim 3, wherein a leading end of the rib overlaps the feeding and conveying unit.
5. The medium feeding device according to claim 4, wherein the feeding and conveying unit is configured by a rotating belt, and a length of the belt overlapping with the rib is equal to or longer than a length in a feeding direction of the medium.
6. The feeding and conveying unit is a rotating roller,
   The medium feeding device according to claim 2, wherein the friction portion is a gate roller that does not rotate in a feeding direction.
7. The friction part is constituted by a roller with a built-in torque limiter, and the slip torque of the torque limiter is higher than the friction force between the media of the plurality of media, and transports the media in the feeding direction. The medium feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the medium feeding device is set to be lower than a conveyance force of the feeding conveyance unit and a resistance force of the friction unit that holds the position of the medium.
8. A customer service department that accepts transactions relating to paper-like media;
   A medium storage unit for storing the medium received by the customer service unit;
   A separating and feeding unit that separates and feeds the sheet-like media stored in the medium storing unit one by one;
   A feeding and conveying unit that is provided on the downstream side in the feeding direction of the medium with respect to the separating and feeding unit;
   A medium transaction apparatus comprising: a friction unit that is provided opposite to the feeding conveyance unit across a medium conveyance path through which the medium is conveyed, and abutting against the medium.

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