WO2019049496A1 - Medium processing device and automatic transaction device - Google Patents

Abstract

In the present invention, the interval between a side guide and an outer impeller is shorter than the length in the height direction between a discharge opening and the top surface of an uppermost banknote placed on a stage. Due to this configuration, one end in the width direction of a banknote positioned between the side guide and the outer impeller can be prevented from reaching the height of the discharge opening even if the one end is deformed so as to be folded toward the discharge opening side. As a result, a situation in which the one end of the banknote collides with a subsequent banknote to be discharged from the discharge opening causing a banknote jam can be avoided.

Description

Medium processing apparatus and automatic transaction apparatus

Priority is claimed on Japanese Patent Application No. 2017-170432, filed on September 5, 2017, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure relates to a medium processing apparatus and an automatic transaction apparatus, and can be applied to, for example, a medium processing apparatus that strikes and accumulates media with an impeller and an automatic transaction apparatus provided with such a medium processing apparatus.

Conventionally, the medium processing apparatus includes, for example, a feed roller, a gate roller disposed opposite to the feed roller, a plurality of impellers disposed coaxially with the central axis of the gate roller, and a storage space for storing the medium. , And a stage movable in the storage space. Then, the medium processing device holds the conveyed medium between the feed roller and the gate roller and discharges it one by one into the storage space, and taps the medium discharged into the storage space with the tongue of the impeller. It accumulates on the stage in storage space (for example, refer to JP, 2016-224869, A).

However, in the conventional media processing apparatus, for example, when media are hit by the tongue of an impeller and accumulated, there is a case where the medium can not be normally accumulated if deformation such as breakage occurs in the medium.

The present disclosure takes the above points into consideration, and aims to propose a media processing device and an automatic transaction device capable of accumulating media more reliably than in the past.

One aspect of the present disclosure is a medium processing device including a storage space for storing a medium, and a transport roller configured to transport the medium to the storage space, and disposed so as to face the transport roller. An opposite roller forming a discharge port for discharging the medium into the storage space, a plurality of impellers striking the medium discharged into the storage space from the discharge port, and the impeller A shaft, a stage movable in the storage space, the stage for accumulating the medium, and a side guide for regulating the position in the storage space in the width direction orthogonal to the discharge direction of the medium; Among the plurality of impellers, the axially outermost outer impeller on the shaft is a medium in which the distance from the outer impeller to the side guide is accumulated on the stage. Smaller than the length in the height direction from the top surface to said outlet of, and were arranged at a position not in contact with the side guide.

In this way, when the medium discharged into the storage space is hit with a plurality of impellers and accumulated on the stage, for example, the end in the width direction of the medium located between the outer impeller and the side guide Prevents the end from reaching the height of the outlet even if it is deformed to bend toward the outlet. This can prevent the end of the preceding medium from colliding with the subsequent medium, and the medium can be properly accumulated.

The present disclosure can realize a medium processing device and an automatic transaction device that can collect media more reliably than in the past.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the structure of the cash dispenser by 1st Embodiment. It is a side view showing an internal configuration of a bill cash-receipt-and-disbursement machine by a 1st embodiment. It is a side view showing composition of an accumulation delivery device by a 1st embodiment. It is a front view showing composition of an accumulation delivery device by a 1st embodiment. It is a side view which shows the position of the discharge line used as the height of the discharge port by 1st embodiment. It is a front view showing the movable range of the side guide by a 1st embodiment. It is a figure which shows the case where the banknote by 1st Embodiment is approached and accumulated on one side guide side. It is a figure which shows the case where the banknote by 1st embodiment is accumulated away from a side guide. It is a figure which shows a mode that the edge part of a banknote deform | transforms and it collides with the following banknote. It is a figure which shows a mode that the edge part of a banknote deform | transforms, when the banknote by 1st Embodiment is accumulated near one side guide side. It is a figure which shows a mode that the edge part of a banknote deform | transforms, when the banknote by 1st Embodiment leaves | separates from a side guide and is accumulated. It is a figure which shows a mode that the discharge | released banknote by 1st Embodiment deform | transforms into reverse V shape. It is a figure which shows a mode that the edge part of a banknote entraps between a side guide and the accumulated banknote, when striking and accumulating the banknote which changed into reverse V shape with an impeller. It is a figure which shows a mode that the edge part of a banknote entraps between a side guide and the accumulated banknote, when striking and accumulating the banknote which changed into reverse V shape with an impeller. It is a figure which shows a mode that the edge part of a banknote entraps between a side guide and the accumulated banknote, when striking and accumulating the banknote which changed into reverse V shape with an impeller. It is a figure which shows a mode that the banknote which changed into reverse V shape by 1st Embodiment is struck with an impeller, and is accumulate | stored. It is a figure which shows a mode that the banknote which changed into reverse V shape by 1st Embodiment is struck with an impeller, and is accumulate | stored. It is a figure which shows the example of arrangement | positioning of the impeller by 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of arrangement | positioning of the impeller by other embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of arrangement | positioning of the impeller by other embodiment.

Hereinafter, modes for carrying out the disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[1. First embodiment]
[1-1. Configuration of cash dispenser]
First, the first embodiment will be described. As the external appearance is shown in FIG. 1, the automated teller machine 1 is mainly configured of a box-shaped case 2 and is installed, for example, in a financial institution etc., for example with a user (ie, a customer such as a financial institution). Transactions regarding cash such as deposit transactions and withdrawal transactions are conducted between the parties.

The case 2 is provided with a customer handling unit 3 at a position where it is easy to insert a bill, operate the touch panel, etc. in a state where the customer faces the front side. The customer service unit 3 is provided with a card slot 4, a cash slot 5, an operation display unit 6, a ten key 7, and a receipt issue port 8, and directly exchanges cash, passbook, etc. with the customer. Notification of information on transactions and acceptance of operation instructions are performed.

The card slot 4 is a portion into which various cards such as cash cards are inserted or ejected. A card processing unit (not shown) for reading an account number and the like magnetically recorded on various cards is provided inside the housing of the card entry / exit 4. The deposit / withdrawal port 5 is a portion into which a bill to be deposited by a customer is inserted and a bill to be dispensed to the customer is discharged. The deposit / withdrawal port 5 is opened or closed by driving a shutter.

The operation display unit 6 is a touch panel in which an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) for displaying an operation screen at the time of transaction, a touch sensor for selecting a type of transaction, and inputting a personal identification number, transaction amount and the like are integrated. The ten key 7 is a physical key that receives input of numbers "0" to "9" and the like, and is used when inputting a PIN number, a transaction amount, and the like. The receipt issue port 8 is a part that issues a receipt on which the contents of the transaction and the like are printed at the end of the transaction process. Incidentally, on the back side of the receipt issue port 8, a receipt processing unit (not shown) for printing the contents of the transaction on the receipt is provided.

In the following, the side of the cash dispenser 1 facing the customer is the front side, the opposite is the back side, and the upper, lower, left, and right sides are defined as upper side, lower side, left side and right side when viewed from the customer facing the front side. Explain.

Inside the housing 2 are provided a main control unit 9 for overall control of the entire cash dispenser 1 and a bill depositing / dispensing machine 10 for performing various processes regarding bills. The main control unit 9 is mainly composed of a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown), and reads out and executes a predetermined program from a ROM (Read Only Memory) or a flash memory (not shown) to execute deposit transactions and Perform various processes related to gold trading etc. Further, the main control unit 9 internally includes a storage unit made up of a random access memory (RAM), a hard disk drive, a flash memory or the like, and stores various information in the storage unit.

The bill depositing / dispensing machine 10 is a so-called reflux type that recycles deposited bills to be dispensed, and as shown in the side view in FIG. , A discrimination unit 21 for discriminating authenticity, correctness, denomination, transport state, etc., a temporary storage unit 22 for temporarily storing deposited bills, etc., a banknote for which an abnormality has been discriminated by the discrimination unit 21, recycle or the like A reject storage 23 for storing non-target banknotes is provided.

Further, the bill depositing and dispensing machine 10 is provided at its lower portion with a box-shaped lower frame 24. In the lower frame 24, a plurality of storages 25 (25A to 25E) capable of storing and feeding banknotes for each denomination. And the reject storage 26 are loaded side by side in the front-rear direction. The storage case 25 (25A to 25E) and the reject case 26 may be fixed to the lower frame 24 or may be removable from the lower frame 24. Further, the bill depositing / dispensing machine 10 has a bill control unit 27 for overall control of the whole, a conveyance path 28 shown by thick lines connecting the respective parts, and a conveyance unit 29 for conveying bills along the conveyance path 28. doing.

The deposit / withdrawal unit 20 includes an accumulation feeding device 20A that separates the banknotes accommodated in the inside one by one and feeds it out to the transport path 28 and accumulates the banknotes sent along the transport path 28 inside. The deposit and withdrawal unit 20 also includes a shutter (not shown) interlocked with the shutter (not shown) of the deposit and withdrawal opening 5 (FIG. 1) provided in the housing 2.

The discrimination unit 21 is provided at a predetermined place on the transport path 28. Various sensors incorporated in the inside read various information from each bill, and based on the obtained information, authenticity of the bill, Determine the fitness, denomination, transport status, etc.

The temporary storage unit 22 adopts, for example, a tape escrow system, temporarily stores the banknotes sent along the transport path 28 along with the tape around the circumferential side surface of the cylindrical drum, and The banknote wound around the side surface is peeled off together with the tape and fed to the transport path 28.

The respective storages 25 (25A to 25E) have the same configuration, and are formed in a rectangular shape long in the vertical direction. Further, each storage 25 (25A to 25E) is provided with an accumulation feeding device 30 (30A to 30E) for accumulating the bills inside and feeding the bills accumulated inside to the outside. In each storage 25 (25A to 25E), the denomination of the banknote to be stored is set in advance, and the banknote whose normality is determined by the discrimination unit 21 is conveyed along the transport path 28 according to the denomination. When it is done, it is accumulated and stored inside. Further, each of the storages 25 (25A to 25E) separates the accumulated bills one by one and feeds out to the transport path 28 when an instruction to feed the bills is received from the bill control unit 27.

Each of the reject storages 23 and 26 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and includes stacking devices 23A and 26A for stacking bills therein. When the banknotes determined as abnormal by the discrimination unit 21 and the banknotes not to be recycled are transported along the transport path 28, the reject storages 23 and 26 accumulate and store the banknotes inside. In the example shown in FIG. 2, the reject storage 26 is larger than the reject storage 23, and the number of stackable sheets is also large.

The transport unit 29 transports the banknote to each part along the transport path 28 by a transport roller, a transport belt, and the like. In addition, the conveyance part 29 conveys a banknote, for example in the direction which makes the short direction of a banknote a conveyance direction.

The configuration of the bill depositing / dispensing machine 10 is as described above, and the bill control unit 27 controls the respective units based on the discrimination result of the bill by the discrimination unit 21 so that the bill deposit processing and withdrawal It is supposed to do processing.

That is, when a cash card or the like is inserted into the cash dispenser 1 by the customer at the time of deposit transaction, and the deposit transaction is selected through the operation display unit 6, the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 10 receives the shutter of the deposit / withdrawal unit 20. Open.

Thereafter, when the customer inserts a bill into the deposit / withdrawal unit 20, the bill depositing / dispensing machine 10 closes the shutter and conveys the inserted bill to the discrimination unit 21 one by one. Here, when the banknotes conveyed from the deposit / withdrawal unit 20 are judged as normal by the discrimination unit 21, the banknotes are conveyed to the temporary storage unit 22 and stored. On the other hand, the banknote judged to be abnormal as a deposit reject banknote not suitable for deposit by the discrimination unit 21 is returned to the deposit and withdrawal unit 20 and is returned to the customer by opening the shutter.

Thereafter, when the amount of money deposited is determined by the operation of the customer, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 conveys the banknote stored in the temporary storage unit 22 to the discrimination unit 21 to determine the denomination. And bill cash-receipt-and-disbursement machine 10 conveys the bill judged as a denomination to storage 25 corresponding to the denomination, and stores it.

On the other hand, at the time of the withdrawal transaction, the customer inserts the cash card into the cash dispenser 1 by the customer, the withdrawal transaction is selected through the operation display unit 6, and the PIN code and withdrawal When the amount of money, etc. is input, the number of bills required for each denomination is recognized according to the required amount of money. Then, the banknotes are drawn out one by one from each storage 25 (25A to 25E) according to the number of banknotes for each denomination required for the customer's requested amount, and the banknotes are conveyed to the discrimination unit 21.

Here, the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10 conveys to the depositing and dispensing unit 20 the banknotes of which the normality is discriminated by the discriminating unit 21, while the discrimination unit 21 determines that the banknotes are improperly rejected as not suitable for dispensing. The stored banknotes are transported to the temporary storage unit 22 and stored.

Then, when the bills corresponding to the amount of money to be dispensed are accumulated on the deposit / withdrawal unit 20, the bill depositing / dispensing machine 10 opens the shutter. As a result, the banknotes accumulated in the deposit and withdrawal unit 20 can be received, and the customer receives the banknotes. Thereafter, the bill depositing / dispensing machine 10 transports the deposited / rejected bill stored in the temporary storage unit 22 to the reject storage 23 or the reject storage 26 for storage. In this way, the bill depositing and dispensing machine 10 is adapted to perform deposit processing and withdrawal processing of bills.

[1-2. Configuration of accumulation delivery device]
Next, the configuration of the stacking and feeding apparatus 30 (30A to 30E) included in each storage case 25 (25A to 25E) will be described. Since the storages 25A to 25E are respectively provided with the stacking and feeding devices 30A to 30E having the same configuration, the configuration of the stacking and feeding devices 30A provided in the storage 25A will be described as an example.

FIG. 3 shows a side view of the stacking and feeding device 30A as viewed from the left side, and FIG. 4 shows a front view of the stacking and feeding device 30A as viewed from the front side. 3 and 4 show the main part of the stacking and feeding device 30A.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the stacking and feeding device 30 </ b> A is provided at an upper portion of a storage space 40 in which the bills BL are stacked and stored in the vertical direction. The stack feeding device 30A includes an in-storage conveyance path 41 connected to the conveyance path 28 (FIG. 2), a bill detection sensor 42 for detecting bills BL passing on the in-storage conveyance path 41, and a storage space 40. The feed roller 43 and the reverse roller 44 that discharge the bill BL, the bill stopper 45 that contacts the bill BL discharged into the storage space 40 to absorb the impact, and the rear end of the bill BL discharged into the storage space 40 And the bill BL discharged into the storage space 40 is placed, and the stage 47, which can move up and down in the storage space 40, and the position of the uppermost surface of the bill BL accumulated on the stage 47 Of the accumulated bill BL, the front guide 49 and the rear guide 50 for restricting the position of the accumulated bill BL in the short direction, and the longitudinal direction of the accumulated bill BL (ie, the bill BL That the side guide 51 (51A to regulate the position of the emission direction and the width direction parallel to perpendicular), 51B) (and a see Figure 4).

Further, the stacking and feeding device 30A has a picker roller 52 for feeding the bill BL placed on the stage 47 to the feed roller 43, a picker arm 53 for holding the picker roller 52, and a drive belt 54 for driving the picker roller 52. doing.

The in-storage conveyance path 41 is a conveyance path extending rearward from the rear side of the upper portion of the storage space 40 (that is, the upper portion of the rear guide 50), and on the in-storage conveyance path 41 A bill detection sensor 42 is provided which detects a passing bill. In the upper part of the storage space 40, an upper surface sensor 48 for detecting the upper surface position of the uppermost (i.e., the first) banknote BL placed on the stage 47 is provided. The bill detection sensor 42 and the upper surface sensor 48 are, for example, optical sensors that optically detect the bill BL.

The feed roller 43 and the reverse roller 44 are provided at the connection point between the in-storage conveyance path 41 and the upper portion of the storage space 40. The feed roller 43 and the reverse roller 44 are disposed facing each other with the feed roller 43 on the upper side and the reverse roller 44 on the lower side with the in-storage conveyance path 41 interposed therebetween, and a bill is inserted between the feed roller 43 and the reverse roller 44 Form a discharge port 60 for discharging the gas into the storage space 40. The feed roller 43 and the reverse roller 44 are respectively supported by shafts 61 and 62 extending in the left-right direction, and are accommodated together with the shafts 61 and 62 by rotating in the directions indicated by arrows R1 and R2 (see FIG. 3). The paper money BL transported along the storage transport path 41 is discharged from the discharge port 60 to the storage space 40 with the bill BL being transported therebetween. Further, the feed roller 43 rotates in the opposite direction to that at the time of discharge so that the bill BL delivered from the storage space 40 by the picker roller 52 is sandwiched between the reverse roller 44 and the inward storage conveyance path 41. It is also supposed to be transported.

As shown in FIG. 4, two feed rollers 43A and 43B are disposed on the shaft 61 at a central portion in the rotational axis direction and spaced in the rotational axis direction, and the shaft 62 is provided with two feeds. Reverse rollers 44A and 44B are disposed below the rollers 43A and 43B, respectively. That is, the reverse rollers 44A and 44B are spaced in the rotational axis direction at the central portion in the rotational axis direction of the shaft 62 so as to face each of the two feed rollers 43A and 43B fixed to the shaft 61. Are arranged. Further, on the outer periphery of the feed roller 43 (43A, 43B), there are provided two grooves around the outer periphery at intervals in the rotational axis direction, and on the outer periphery of one reverse roller 44 (44A, 44B) One groove is provided around the outer periphery. The feed rollers 43 (43A, 43B) and the reverse rollers 44 (44A, 44B) are arranged in a nested manner so that the positions of the grooves are offset in the rotational axis direction.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the rear end of the picker arm 53 is attached to the shaft 61 serving as the rotation shaft of the feed roller 43 so as not to receive the rotation of the shaft 61. The picker roller 52 is fixed to a shaft 63 extending in the left-right direction, and the shaft 63 is rotatably supported at the front end of the picker arm 53. The drive belt 54 includes a toothed pulley (not shown) provided on a shaft 61 serving as a rotation shaft of the feed roller 43 and a toothed pulley provided on a shaft 63 serving as a rotation shaft of the picker roller 52 (not shown). ), And the rotation of the feed roller 43 is transmitted to the picker roller 52. The picker roller 52 is located at the upper end of the storage space 40, and rotates along with the feed roller 43 when the stage 47 moves upward and the uppermost bill BL placed on the stage 47 is pressed during bill delivery. By doing this, the bill BL is fed to the feed roller 43.

The bill stopper 45 is provided on the front side of the upper portion of the storage space 40 (that is, the upper portion of the front guide 49) so as to face the discharge port 60. The bill stopper 45 receives the bill BL discharged to the storage space 40 by the feed roller 43 and the reverse roller 44 and absorbs the impact.

The impeller 46 is pivotally supported by a shaft 62 serving as a rotation shaft of the reverse roller 44, and has a plurality of tongues 64 (see FIG. 3) extending radially from the outer peripheral surface. A groove or a hole (not shown) is provided on the upper portion of the rear guide 50 for inserting the tongue 64 of the impeller 46 into the storage space 40. The impeller 46 strikes the rear end of the bill BL discharged to the storage space 40 by the feed roller 43 and the reverse roller 44 from above with the tongue piece when the bills are stacked, thereby placing the discharged bill BL on the stage 47. It is made to accumulate by holding down. Further, although detailed description will be omitted, the stacking and feeding device 30A also includes a tongue piece retraction mechanism for retracting the tongue piece 64 of the impeller 46 to a position not disturbing the bill BL to be fed out at the time of bill feeding.

As shown in FIG. 4, the shaft 62 has the outer side in the rotational axis direction of each of the two reverse rollers 44A and 44B, that is, one end side of the reverse roller 44A and 44B in the rotational axis direction of the shaft 62 ( One end side (left side) in the rotation axis direction further than the reverse roller 44A closer to the left side, and the other end side (rotational axis direction) than the reverse roller 44B closer to the other end side (right side) of the shaft 62 A total of six impellers 46 (46A to 46F) are arranged three by three on the right side.

Here, the impellers 46A to 46C located on the outer side of the reverse roller 44A are the impellers 46A to 46C on the reverse roller 44A side, and the impellers 46D to 46F located on the outer side of the reverse roller 44B are on the reverse roller 44B side. The impellers 46D to 46F are used. Furthermore, among the three impellers 46A to 46C on the reverse roller 44A side (left side), it is disposed on the outermost side closest to one end of the shaft 62 (that is, disposed at the farthest position from the reverse roller 44A) The impeller 46A is referred to as the outer impeller 46A, and the impeller 46C located the farthest from the one end of the shaft 62 and located the innermost (that is, disposed closest to the reverse roller 44A) The impeller 46B is called 46C, and the impeller 46B disposed between the outer impeller 46A and the inner impeller 46C is called a central impeller 46B.

Similarly, among the three impellers 46D to 46F on the reverse roller 44B side (right side), it is disposed on the outermost side closest to the other end of the shaft 62 (that is, disposed at the farthest position from the reverse roller 44B). The impeller 46F is referred to as the outer impeller 46F, and is the furthest from the other end of the shaft 62 and disposed the innermost (that is, disposed closest to the reverse roller 44B). The impeller 46E called the inner impeller 46D and disposed between the outer impeller 46F and the inner impeller 46D is called the central impeller 46E.

Movement of the stage 47 is controlled by the bill control unit 27. Specifically, the bill control unit 27 detects the top surface position of the uppermost bill BL placed on the stage 47 by the top sensor 48, and the number of bills BL placed on the stage 47 The movement of the stage 47 is controlled so that the upper surface position of the uppermost bill BL (the upper surface position of the stage 47 when the banknote BL is not present on the stage 47) is always constant regardless of the above. It has become. Here, as shown in FIG. 5, a virtual line extending from the discharge port 60 in the discharge direction (forward) of the bill BL is taken as a discharge line L1, and from this discharge line L1, the uppermost line placed on the stage 47. The length that is the distance to the upper surface of the bill BL, that is, the length in the height direction (vertical direction) between the discharge port 60 and the upper surface of the uppermost bill BL placed on the stage 47 A. That is, the bill control unit 27 controls the movement of the stage 47 so that the length A becomes constant. In addition to the bill control unit 27, a storage control unit (not shown) for controlling the operation of the storage 25 is provided in the storage 25, and the storage control unit controls the movement of the stage 47. May be

The side guide 51 (51A, 51B) is a plate-like member having a guide surface orthogonal to the shaft 62, which is the rotation axis of the impeller 46, as shown in FIG. , And by moving, it is possible to adjust the distance between the facing guide surfaces of the side guides 51A and 51B. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6 where the shaft 61 and the feed roller 43 are omitted, the side guide 51A disposed on one end side of the shaft 62 is the outermost impeller disposed on the outermost side on one end side of the shaft 62 It is disposed further outside of 46A and is movable between a separated position separated by a distance B from the outer impeller 46A and a closest position closest to the outer impeller 46A. In the proximity position, the side guide 51A is disposed so as not to contact the outer impeller 46A. Similarly, the side guide 51B located on the other end side of the shaft 62 is also separated from the outermost impeller 46F located on the other end side of the shaft 62 by the distance B and the outer impeller 46F most It is movable between close proximity positions. The side guides 51B are also arranged so as not to contact the outer impeller 46F at the close position.

That is, when the side guides 51A and 51B are in the closest position closest to the outer impellers 46A and 46F, respectively, the distance between the guide surfaces is the narrowest and each separated from the outer impellers 46A and 46F by the distance B ( That is, the distance between the guide surfaces is maximized when in the farthest apart position.

The stacking and feeding device 30A has the above-described configuration, and stands by at the position where the uppermost bill BL is detected by the upper surface sensor 48 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the stage 47 is kept at a position where the top surface of the uppermost bill BL is separated from the discharge line L1 by the length A), and the feed roller 43 is rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow R1 in FIG. Further, at this time, the stacking and feeding device 30A rotates the impeller 46 and the reverse roller 44 in the direction indicated by the arrow R2 in FIG.

In this state, when the bills BL are conveyed along the storage conveyance path 41, the stacking and feeding device 30A holds the conveyed bills BL between the feed roller 43 and the reverse roller 44 and discharges the bills. It is discharged from the outlet 60 into the storage space 40. The bill BL discharged to the storage space 40 falls with the front end colliding with the bill stopper 45. At this time, the bill BL is beaten by the tongues 64 of the impeller 46 at its rear end and accumulated on the stage 47 so as to be pressed.

Further, the stacking and feeding device 30A raises the stage 47 and brings the uppermost bill BL into contact with the picker roller 52 in a state in which the tongue piece 64 of the impeller 46 is retracted at the time of bill feeding. Here, the stacking and feeding device 30 </ b> A rotates the feed roller 43 in the reverse direction (the reverse direction to the arrow R <b> 1) to that at the time of banknote stacking. Then, the rotation of the feed roller 43 is transmitted to the picker roller 52 via the drive belt 54, and the picker roller 52 also rotates in the same direction. As a result, the uppermost bill BL on the stage 47 is fed to the feed roller 43 side.

At this time, the shaft 62 is not rotated by a mechanism (not shown) such as a one-way clutch, and the impeller 46 and the reverse roller 44 are also not rotated. Therefore, the bills BL fed to the feed roller 43 side are fed out to the in-storage conveyance path 41 so as to pass between the feed roller 43 and the reverse roller 44 one by one by the rotation of the feed roller 43. .

[1-3. Arrangement of impeller]
Next, the arrangement of the impellers 46 (46A to 46F) in the stacking and feeding device 30A will be described in more detail. First, as shown in FIG. 7, the distance between the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46A when the side guide 51A is at the separated position is taken as a distance B. Specifically, the distance B is a distance between the facing surfaces of the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46A in the separated position. Similarly, the distance between the side guide 51B and the outer impeller 46F when the side guide 51B is in the separated position is also the distance B. Here, the distance B is shorter than the length A between the discharge line L1 indicating the position of the discharge port 60 in the height direction and the upper surface of the uppermost bill BL placed on the stage 47. Selected. That is, in the outer impellers 46A and 46F, the distance B between the side guides 51A and 51B at the separated position is between the outlet 60 and the position of the upper surface of the uppermost bill BL placed on the stage 47. It is arrange | positioned so that it may become shorter than length A of the height direction.

Further, the distance between the central impeller 46B and the inner impeller 46C and the distance between the central impeller 46E and the inner impeller 46D are respectively referred to as a distance C. Further, the distance between the outer impeller 46A and the central impeller 46B and the distance between the outer impeller 46F and the central impeller 46E are respectively referred to as a distance D. The intervals C and D are also selected to be shorter than the length A. That is, the outer impeller 46A, the central impeller 46B, and the inner impeller 46C are disposed such that the distance C between the impellers 46 and the distance D is shorter than the length A, and similarly, the inner impeller 46D, the center The impeller 46E and the outer impeller 46F are also arranged such that the distance C between the impellers 46 and the distance D is shorter than the length A.

By the way, in the stacking and feeding device 30A, the length in the width direction of the in-storage conveyance path 41 and the discharge port 60 (that is, the length in the horizontal direction) and the length between the side guides 51A and 51B in the separated position (that is, the left The length of the direction) is larger than the width of the longest bill (that is, the length of the long side) of the bills BL handled by the automated teller machine 1. Therefore, for example, when the bill BL being conveyed is close to one end in the width direction of the in-storage conveyance path 41, the stacking and feeding device 30A has a width of the storage space 40 as illustrated in FIG. It will collect on the stage 47 in the state which approached the side guide 51A located in the one end side of the direction. In addition, when, for example, the banknote being conveyed is positioned at the center in the width direction of the intra-storage conveyance path 41, the stacking and feeding device 30A, as shown in FIG. In the state of being positioned at (i.e., a position away from the side guides 51A and 51B), the light is accumulated on the stage 47.

For example, as shown in FIG. 7, when the bills BL are stacked on the stage 47 with the bills BL brought close to the side guide 51A, the bills discharged from the discharge port 60 have one end in the width direction (that is, the longitudinal direction) being a side The impeller 46 is hit by the impeller 46 and pressed onto the stage 47 in a state of being positioned between the guide 51A and the outer impeller 46A. At this time, one end in the width direction of the bill BL located between the outer impeller 46A and the side guide 51A is a portion where the pressing by the impeller 46 is not effective.

Therefore, when the bill BL is pressed onto the stage 47 by the impeller 46, one end in the width direction of the bill BL may be deformed so as to be bent toward the discharge port 60 (that is, the upper side). Specifically, a crease is attached to the bill such that one end in the width direction of the bill BL is bent toward the discharge port 60, or a portion inside the one end in the width direction of the bill BL is pressed by the impeller 46 Thus, one end in the width direction of the bill BL floats up, so that one end in the width direction of the bill BL is deformed so as to be bent toward the discharge port 60 side.

Here, as shown in FIG. 9, temporarily, the space B between the side guide 51A at the separated position and the outer impeller 46A is the upper surface of the uppermost bill BL placed on the discharge port 60 and the stage 47. And one end in the width direction of the bill BL located between the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46A is bent to the discharge port 60 side (upper side). At that time, one end of the bill BL may reach the discharge line L1 (that is, up to the height of the discharge port 60), and as a result, one end of the bill BL is discharged from the discharge port 60 to the following bill BL And may cause banknote jams (banknote jams).

Therefore, in the accumulated feeding device 30A according to the present embodiment, as described above, the distance B between the side guide 51A at the separated position and the outer impeller 46A is the highest placed on the discharge port 60 and the stage 47. It was shorter than the length A in the height direction between the upper bill BL and the upper face. By doing this, in the stacking and feeding device 30A, as shown in FIG. 10, one end in the width direction of the bill BL located between the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46A is deformed to be bent toward the discharge port 60. Even if it does, one end of the bill BL can be prevented from reaching the discharge line L1, and as a result, one end of the bill BL collides with the following bill BL discharged from the discharge port 60 to cause a bill jam It is possible to avoid a situation that causes (banknote jamming).

In the case where the bills BL are stacked on the stage 37 in a state where the bills BL are brought close to the side guide 51B opposite to the side guide 51A, the gap B between the side guide 51B and the outer impeller 46F is long. By making the length smaller than A, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a banknote jam (a banknote jam).

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 8, when the banknotes BL are stacked in the center of the storage space 40 in the width direction, the banknotes BL discharged from the discharge port 60 are, for example, in the width direction Strikes against the impeller 46 with one end of the direction) located between the outer impeller 46A and the central impeller 46B and the other end in the width direction located between the inner impeller 46D and the central impeller 46E. And is held down on the stage 47. At this time, one end in the width direction of the bill BL located between the outer impeller 46A and the central impeller 46B, and the other in the width direction of the bill BL located between the inner impeller 46D and the central impeller 46E. The end is a portion where pressing by the impeller 46 is not effective. Therefore, when the bill BL is pressed onto the stage 47 by the impeller 46, one end and the other end in the width direction of the bill BL may be deformed to be bent toward the discharge port 60 (that is, the upper side) .

Therefore, in the accumulated feeding device 30A of the present embodiment, as described above, the distance D between the outer impeller 46A and the central impeller 46B and the distance C between the inner impeller 46D and the central impeller 46E are also discharge openings. The length A is shorter than the height A between 60 and the top surface of the uppermost bill BL placed on the stage 47. By doing this, as shown in FIG. 11, one end portion in the width direction of the bill BL located between the outer impeller 46A and the central impeller 46B, the inner impeller 46D, and the central vane as shown in FIG. Even if the other end in the width direction of the bill BL located between the car 46E and the bill 46 is deformed to bend toward the discharge port 60, one end or the other end of the bill BL may reach the discharge line L1. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a banknote jam (a banknote jam).

In this manner, the end of the bill BL in the width direction is between the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46A, between the outer impeller 46A and the central impeller 46B, and with the central impeller 46B. Located between the inner impeller 46C, the inner impeller 46D and the central impeller 46E, the central impeller 46E and the outer impeller 46F, and the outer impeller 46F and the side guide 51B. Even if this is the case, it is possible to prevent the end in the width direction of the bill BL from bending and reaching the height of the discharge port 60, and to prevent the occurrence of a bill jam.

By the way, the bill BL may be folded in half at the center in the longitudinal direction and stored in a wallet or the like. For this reason, the bill BL in a state in which the center of the longitudinal direction has a crease may be transported to the stacking and feeding device 30A. In this case, for example, as shown in FIG. 12, the reverse V is made so that the bill BL discharged from the discharge port 60 is raised on the discharge port 60 side (that is, upper side) with the central part in the width direction (that is, the longitudinal direction) as the apex. It may be deformed into a letter shape.

In this case, the stacking and feeding device 30A squeezes the deformed bills BL by the impeller 46 and presses them on the stage 47 to stack them. Here, as shown in FIG. 13A, temporarily, the bill BL is close to the side guide 51A and the peak (ie, vertex) P of the mountain of the deformed bill BL is outside the inner impeller 46C (that is, one end side of the shaft 62). When the bill BL is pressed on the stage 47 by the impeller 46, one end in the width direction of the bill BL is placed on the side guide 51A and the stage 47. In some cases, it may get in between the accumulated bills BL.

Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 13A to 13C, when the bill BL deformed in the reverse V-shape is crushed by the impeller 46, one end of the bill BL contacts the side guide 51A, The mountain top P of the bill BL tries to move to the side guide 51B side (that is, inside of the rotation axis direction of the shaft 62). However, since the inner impeller 46C holds down the inclined surface on the side guide 51B side from the mountain top P of the bill BL, the mountain top P of the bank note BL can not move to the side guide 51B side. One end of the bill BL is further pushed outward, and enters between the side guide 51A and the bill BL accumulated on the stage 47.

As described above, when one end of the bill BL gets in between the side guide 51A and the bill BL accumulated on the stage 47, in the stacking and feeding device 30A, the one end of the bill BL is bent. It will be accumulated in the deformed state. Further, in this case, in the stacking and feeding device 30A, when it is attempted to feed out the bills accumulated in such a deformed state, one end of the bill BL is accumulated on the side guide 51A and the stage 47. There is also a possibility that it can not be normally delivered because it is caught between the bill BL and the bill.

Therefore, in the stacking and feeding device 30A according to the present embodiment, the inner impeller 46C can properly accumulate the bills BL even if the bills BL in a state in which a crease is attached at the center in the longitudinal direction are transported, The position of the inner impeller 46C is always on the outer side of the rotation shaft direction of the shaft 62 (that is, one end side of the shaft 62 and the side guide 51A side) from the top P of the mountain of the bill BL deformed in reverse V shape. It is selected.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 12, among the bills BL handled by the cash dispenser 1, the bill BL having the shortest width (that is, the length of the long side) has a crease at the center in the longitudinal direction. Then, it is assumed that the sheet is discharged from the discharge port 60 and placed on the bill BL accumulated on the stage 47 in a state of being deformed into an inverted V shape.

Here, assuming that the bending degree of the bill BL is maximum when the mountain top P of the deformed bill BL reaches the discharge line L1, the peak P of the mountain from the one end in the width direction of the bill BL Assuming that the length up to (that is, a half of the width of the bill BL) is the length E, according to the three-square theorem, from the one end of the bill BL to the peak P of the mountain, The length G is determined by the length G = √ (length E ² -length A ² ).

Furthermore, assuming that one end of the bill BL is in contact with the side guide 51A at the separated position, the mountain top P of the bill BL is at a position separated from the side guide 51A by the length G in the rotational axis direction of the shaft 62. Will be located.

Thus, the peak P of the mountain is the most end of the shaft 62 when the narrowest bill BL is deformed in the reverse V-shape with the greatest degree of bending and is close to the side guide 51A at the separated position. It will be closer to

Therefore, in the stacking and feeding device 30A, it has come closer to the outer side (side guide 51A side) than the position separated by the length G in the rotational axis direction of the shaft 62 from the side guide 51A at the separated position, that is The inner impeller 46C is disposed outside the position of the mountain top P. Specifically, the inner impeller 46C is disposed at a position separated by a length F which is shorter than the length G from the side guide 51A in the separated position. The length F is a length from the guide surface of the side guide 51A in the separated position to the surface of the inner impeller 46C opposite to the side guide 51A.

As described above, in the stacking and feeding device 30A, the inner impeller 46C is always disposed at the position outside the mountain top P of the bill BL regardless of the width of the bill BL. By doing this, as shown in FIG. 12, FIG. 14A, and FIG. 14B, the stacking and feeding device 30A squeezes the bill BL, which is being deformed in the reverse V shape, with the impeller 46. Since the top P of the mountain can be moved to the side guide 51B, it is possible to prevent one end of the bill BL from entering between the side guide 51A and the bill BL accumulated on the stage 47. ing.

Further, the accumulation and delivery device 30A separates the inner impeller 46D on the side guide 51B side by a length F shorter than the length G from the side guide 51B at the separated position as well as the inner impeller 46C on the side guide 51A side. It is designed to be placed in the Thus, even when the bills BL are stacked on the stage 47 in a state in which the bills BL are moved to the side guide 51B opposite to the side guide 51A, the other end of the bills BL is stacked on the side guides 51B and the stage 47. Can be prevented from entering between the bill and the bill.

Note that when the banknote BL is folded in half, a crease may be formed at a position slightly offset from the center in the width direction. For this reason, about length F which shows the position of inner side impeller 46C, 46D, it is desirable to shorten by the margin which considered the shift | offset | difference of a fold rather than the length G.

The arrangement of the impellers 46 (46A to 46E) in the accumulation and delivery device 30A is as described above. The arrangement of the impellers 46 (46A to 46E) in the accumulation and delivery devices 30B to 30E is the same as that of the accumulation and delivery device 30A.

In addition, although the stacking and feeding device 30A provided in the storage case 25A has been described here, the stacking and feeding device 30A described above is different from the stacking and feeding device 30A described above only with different attachment angles. It has the same configuration. The stacking devices 23A and 26A provided in the reject storages 23 and 26 have a configuration in which the feeding mechanism (the picker roller 52, the picker arm 53, the driving belt 54) is removed from the stacking and feeding device 30A.

[1-4. Summary and effect]
As described above, in the stacking and feeding device 30A, the distance B between the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46A at the separated position is set to the uppermost bill BL placed on the discharge port 60 and the stage 47. It was shorter than the length A in the height direction between the upper surface and the upper surface. By doing this, in the stacking and feeding device 30A, even if one end in the width direction of the bill BL located between the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46A is deformed to bend toward the discharge port 60, the bill BL Can be prevented from reaching the height of the discharge port 60, and as a result, one end of the bill BL collides with the subsequent bill BL discharged from the discharge port 60 to cause a bill jam Can be avoided.

Further, in the stacking and feeding device 30A, the distance D between the outer impeller 46A and the central impeller 46B and the distance C between the inner impeller 46D and the central impeller 46E are also mounted on the discharge port 60 and the stage 47. It is shorter than the length A in the height direction between the top surface of the uppermost bill BL. In this way, in the stacking and feeding device 30A, one end in the width direction of the bill BL located between the outer impeller 46A and the central impeller 46B, or between the inner impeller 46D and the central impeller 46E. Even if the other end in the width direction of the bill BL being deformed is bent to the discharge port 60 side, the one end and the other end of the bill BL are prevented from reaching the height of the discharge port 60, It can prevent the occurrence.

Although it is desirable to make the distance C and the distance D shorter than the length A, both the distance C and the distance D may be longer due to the restriction of the length between the side guides 51A and 51B in the separated position. If it is difficult to make the length shorter than A, for example, either one may be shorter than the length A.

Furthermore, in the stacking and feeding device 30A, the inner impeller 46C is disposed at a position that is always outside the top P of the pile of bills BL deformed so as to be bent in an inverted V shape. By doing this, when stacking and feeding device 30A squeezes a bill that is being deformed in an inverted V shape with impeller 46, one end of bill BL is collected on side guide 51A and stage 47. It can prevent accumulating in the state which penetrated between the banknotes BL and was deformed.

As described above, the stacking and feeding device 30A can prevent the occurrence of a banknote jam and the stacking of the banknote BL in a deformed state when the banknote BL is stacked, and thus, it is more reliable than in the related art. The banknotes BL can be stacked on one another. In addition, the bills can be more reliably stacked in the stack and delivery devices 30B to 30E, the stack and delivery devices 20A, and the stackers 23A and 26A, which have the same stacking mechanism as the stacking and feeding device 30A, as compared with the prior art.

[2. Second embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment will be described. This second embodiment is an embodiment in which a part (the number and arrangement of the impellers 46) of the configuration of the stacking and feeding device 30 (30A to 30E) is different from that of the first embodiment. The other parts are the same as in the first embodiment, and thus detailed description will be omitted.

[2-1. Configuration of accumulation delivery device]
FIG. 15 shows a front view of a second embodiment of the integrated feeding device 100A corresponding to the first embodiment of the integrated feeding device 30A, as viewed from the front side. FIG. 15 is a view corresponding to FIG. 7 and the shaft 61 and the feed roller 43 are omitted.

As shown in FIG. 15, the stacking and feeding device 100A is different from the stacking and feeding device 30A in the number and arrangement of the impellers 46. That is, on the shaft 62 of the stacking and feeding device 100A, two each of the two reverse rollers 44A and 44B provided at the central portion are provided outside each, and one total between the reverse roller 44A and the reverse roller 44B. Five impellers 46 (46G to 46K) are disposed.

Here, among the two impellers 46G and 46H on the reverse roller 44A side, the impeller 46G closer to one end of the shaft 62 (that is, the one farther from the reverse roller 44A) is referred to as an outer impeller 46G. The impeller 46H which is farther from one end of the 62 (that is, closer to the reverse roller 44A) is referred to as a central impeller 46H. Similarly, of the two impellers 46J and 46K on the reverse roller 44B side, the impeller 46K closer to the other end of the shaft 62 (that is, farther from the reverse roller 44B) is referred to as an outer impeller 46K, The impeller 46J farther from the other end of the shaft 62 (that is, closer to the reverse roller 44B) is referred to as a central impeller 46J. The impeller 46I disposed in the middle between the reverse roller 44A and the reverse roller 44B is called an inner impeller 46I.

As described above, the stacking and feeding device 100A is different from the stacking and feeding device 30A in that the number of the inner impeller 46I is one and it is disposed between the reverse roller 44A and the reverse roller 44B.

Here, the distance between the side guide 51A at the separated position and the outer impeller 46G is taken as a distance H. Similarly, the distance between the side guide 51B in the separated position and the outer impeller 46K is also the distance H. As in the first embodiment, this interval H is the length between the discharge line L1 indicating the position of the discharge port 60 in the height direction and the upper surface of the uppermost bill BL placed on the stage 47. It is selected so as to be shorter than A.

By doing this, in the stacking and feeding device 100A, as in the stacking and feeding device 30A, for example, one end in the width direction of the bill BL positioned between the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46G is bent toward the discharge port 60 Even if the bill is deformed, it is possible to prevent one end of the bill BL from reaching the discharge line L1, and as a result, one end of the bill BL collides with the following bill BL discharged from the discharge port 60. It is possible to avoid a situation where a bill jam (bill jam) is caused.

Further, an interval between the central impeller 46H and the inner impeller 46I and an interval between the central impeller 46J and the inner impeller 46I are respectively referred to as an interval I. Further, the distance between the outer impeller 46G and the central impeller 46H and the distance between the outer impeller 46K and the central impeller 46J are respectively referred to as a distance J. Although it is desirable to make the intervals I and J shorter than the length A, both the intervals I and J may be longer than the length A due to the restriction of the length between the side guides 51A and 51B in the separated position. If it is difficult to shorten the length, one of the lengths may be made shorter than the length A, for example.

If the intervals I and J are shorter than the length A, the end in the width direction of the bill BL is between the outer impeller 46G and the central impeller 46H, or between the central impeller 46H and the inner impeller 46I. Even if the bill is located between the inner impeller 46I and the central impeller 46J and between the central impeller 46J and the outer impeller 46K, the end in the width direction of the bill BL is bent to the height of the outlet 60 It can be prevented from reaching and the occurrence of banknote jam can be prevented.

In addition, if it is possible to shorten the length between the side guides 51A and 51B at the separated position and make all the intervals H, I and J shorter than the length A, in the stacking and feeding device 100A, the end of the bill BL No matter where the section is located between the side guides 51A and 51B, the bent end of the bill BL can be prevented from reaching the height of the discharge port 60, and the occurrence of bill jam can be more reliably prevented. .

Furthermore, as for the central impeller 46H located on the innermost side on the reverse roller 44A side, as with the inner impeller 46C located on the innermost side on the reverse roller 44A side in the accumulation and delivery device 30A, it always uses the bill regardless of the width of the bill BL. It is desirable to arrange in the position used as the outer side (namely, it is one end side of shaft 62 and the side guide 51A side) of the mountain top P of BL. Specifically, the central impeller is located at a distance K which is shorter than the length G (see FIG. 12) from the side guide 51A in the separated position to the top P of the pile of bills BL deformed in an inverted V shape. It is desirable to arrange 46H. The length K is a length from the guide surface of the side guide 51A in the separated position to the surface on the opposite side to the side guide 51A of the central impeller 46H. Similarly, it is desirable that the innermost central impeller 46J located on the side guide 51B side be disposed at a distance K which is shorter than the length G from the side guide 51B located at the separated position.

By doing this, the stacking and feeding device 100A, like the stacking and feeding device 30A, when crushing a bill that is being deformed in an inverted V shape by the impeller 46, for example, one end of the bill BL is a side guide It can prevent entering between the side guides 51A and the side guides 51B and the bills BL accumulated on the stage 47.

Here, although the stacking and feeding device 100A corresponding to the stacking and feeding device 30A provided in the storage 25A has been described, the stacking and feeding devices 30B to 30E and the deposit and withdrawal unit 20 provided in the storage 25B to 25E are described. The provided stacking and feeding device 20A may have the same configuration as the stacking and feeding device 100A. The stacking devices 23A and 26A provided in the reject storages 23 and 26 may have a configuration in which the feeding mechanism (picker roller 52, picker arm 53, driving belt 54) is removed from the stacking and feeding device 100A.

[2-2. Summary and effect]
As described above, in the stacking and feeding device 100A, the distance H between the side guide 51A at the separated position and the outer impeller 46G is the height of the uppermost bill BL placed on the discharge port 60 and the stage 47. It was shorter than the length A in the height direction between the upper surface and the upper surface. By doing this, in the stacking and feeding device 100A, even if one end in the width direction of the bill BL located between the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46G is deformed to be bent toward the discharge port 60, the bill BL Can be prevented from reaching the discharge line L1, and as a result, a situation in which one end of the bill BL collides with the following bill BL discharged from the discharge port 60 to cause a bill jam can be avoided can do. Thus, like the stacking and feeding device 30A, the stacking and feeding device 100A can stack the bills BL more reliably than in the conventional case.

Further, in the stacking and feeding device 100A, the number of the impellers 46 is reduced by one from the stacking and feeding device 30A, and one inner impeller 46I is disposed between the reverse roller 44A and the reverse roller 44B. By doing this, the number of the impellers 46 is reduced by one in comparison with the accumulation and delivery device 30A, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost and simplifying the replacement work of the impellers 46. Can.

Furthermore, in the stacking and feeding device 100A, by arranging the inner impeller 46I between the reverse roller 44A and the reverse roller 44B, the reverse roller 44A and the reverse roller 44B among all portions of the bill BL discharged into the storage space 40. The inner impeller 46I can be pressed on the stage 47 and pressed on the portion positioned between them. Thus, for example, of the entire portion of the bill BL discharged into the storage space 40, the stacking and feeding device 100A is deformed such that the portion positioned between the reverse roller 44A and the reverse roller 44B is lifted to the discharge port 60 side. It is also possible to avoid a situation in which the bills BL are accumulated.

[3. Other embodiments]
3-1. Other Embodiment 1]
In the first embodiment described above, an example in which six impellers 46 are disposed on the shaft 62 and in the second embodiment, five impellers 46 are disposed on the shaft 62 has been described. Alternatively, four or less or seven or more impellers 46 may be disposed on the shaft 62.

For example, four impellers 46 may be arranged on the shaft 62 as in an integrated delivery device 200A shown in FIG. In this stacking and feeding device 200A, the maximum width (that is, the length of the long side) of the stackable bills is shorter than the stacking and feeding device 30A, and the length between the side guides 51A and 51B at the separated position is the stacking and feeding device 30A. It is shorter. In this collecting and feeding device 200A, a total of four impellers 46 (46L to 46O), two each, are disposed outside each of the two reverse rollers 44A and 44B provided at the central portion of the shaft 62. .

Here, of the two impellers 46L and 46M on the reverse roller 44A side, the impeller 46L closer to one end of the shaft 62 is called the outer impeller 46L, and the impeller 46L farther from the one end of the shaft 62 The 46M is called an inner impeller 46M. Similarly, of the two impellers 46N and 46O on the reverse roller 44B side, the impeller 46O closer to the other end of the shaft 62 is called the outer impeller 46O, and the one farther from the other end of the shaft 62 The impeller 46N of is referred to as an inner impeller 46N.

Also in the collecting and feeding device 200A, the distance L between the side guide 51A at the separated position and the outer impeller 46L and the distance L between the side guide 51B at the separated position and the outer impeller 46O It is selected to be shorter than the length A in the height direction between the discharge line L1 indicating the position of the direction and the upper surface of the uppermost bill BL placed on the stage 47. Further, the distance M between the outer impeller 46L and the inner impeller 46M and the distance M between the outer impeller 46O and the inner impeller 46N are also selected to be shorter than the length A.

Further, the position of the inner impeller 46M is separated by a length N which is shorter than the length G (see FIG. 12) from the side guide 51A at the separated position to the top P of the mountain of the bill BL deformed in an inverted V shape. It is desirable to place them in Similarly, it is desirable that the inner impeller 46N on the side guide 51B side be disposed at a position separated by a length N shorter than the length G from the side guide 51B in the separated position.

By doing this, the accumulation and delivery device 200A can accumulate the medium more reliably than in the conventional case, as in the case of the accumulation and delivery device 30A, with the impeller 46 smaller than the accumulation and delivery device 30A.

Further, for example, seven impellers 46 may be arranged on the shaft 62 as in an integrated feeding device 300A shown in FIG. The integrated delivery device 300A has a configuration in which one impeller 46P is added to the integrated delivery device 30A having six impellers 46A to 46E. Specifically, one impeller 46P is added between the reverse roller 44A and the reverse roller 44B. This impeller 46P is called an intermediate impeller 46P.

Also in this case, for example, for the interval O between the inner impeller 46C on the reverse roller 44A side and the intermediate impeller 46P and the interval O between the inner impeller 46D on the reverse roller 44B side and the intermediate impeller 46P, the outlet 60 is It is desirable that the length A be shorter than the height A between the discharge line L1 indicating the position in the height direction and the top surface of the uppermost bill BL placed on the stage 47.

In this manner, if all of the intervals B, C, D, and O can be made shorter than the length A, in the stacking and feeding device 300A, the end of the bill BL may be located between the side guides 51A and 51B. Also, the bent end of the bill BL can be prevented from reaching the height of the discharge port 60, and the occurrence of the bill jam can be more reliably prevented.

[3-2. Other Embodiment 2]
Furthermore, in each of the embodiments described above, the position of the top surface of the uppermost bill of the banknotes BL collected on the stage 47 is detected by the top surface sensor 48, and the topmost position placed on the discharge line L1 and the stage 47 The movement of the stage 47 in the vertical direction is controlled so that the length A in the height direction between the bill BL and the upper surface of the bill BL is constant. Here, the set value of the length A may be changed. In this case, for example, the bill control unit 27 counts the number of bills BL accumulated on the stage 47, and the number of bills BL accumulated on the stage 47, the thickness of one bill BL, and the thickness of the stage 47. Based on the position, the position of the top surface of the uppermost bill of the bill BL accumulated on the stage 47 is estimated, and between the discharge line L1 and the upper surface of the uppermost bill BL placed on the stage 47 The movement of the stage 47 in the vertical direction may be controlled so that the length A of the stage 47 becomes constant at the set value.

Incidentally, if the set value of the length A is increased, the distance between the discharge line L1 and the upper surface of the uppermost bill BL placed on the stage 47 is increased, and if the set value of the length A is shortened. The distance between the discharge line L1 and the top surface of the uppermost bill BL placed on the stage 47 becomes narrow. Such change of the set value of the length A may be performed on the side of the cash dispenser 1, for example.

Further, when the length A can be changed as described above, in the stacking and feeding device 30A, the distance B between the side guide 51A at the separated position and the outer impeller 46A is minimized in the changeable range. It may be made shorter than A. Similarly, in the stacking and feeding devices 100A and 200A, the distances H and L between the side guides 51A and the outer impellers 46G and 46L may be made shorter than the length A which is the smallest in the changeable range.

[3-3. Another Embodiment 3]
Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, the plurality of impellers 46 are provided on the shaft 62 of the accumulation and delivery device 30A. Although the impeller 46 has the plurality of tongues 64 radially extending from the outer peripheral surface, specifically, the tongue 46 extends radially over the entire outer peripheral surface. Alternatively, a partial tongue type may be used, in which a plurality of tongues 64 extend radially over a portion of the outer peripheral surface (for example, a half circumference). Similarly, in the second embodiment and the other embodiments described above, it is sufficient to use the full tongue tongue type or partial tongue tongue type impeller 46.

[3-4. Other Embodiment 4]
Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, the side guides 51A, 51B are movable in the rotational axis direction of the shaft 62, and the distance between the guide surfaces can be adjusted. For example, the side guides 51A and 51B may be fixed at, for example, a separated position, and the distance between the guide surfaces may be fixed. That is, movable side guides 51A and 51B may be used, or fixed side guides 51A and 51B may be used.

[3-5. Another Embodiment 5]
Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, the distance B between the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46A is the distance from the guide surface of the side guide 51A to the surface on the side guide 51A side of the outer impeller 46A. However, this is because the position closest to the side guide 51A in the portion in contact with the bill BL in the outer impeller 46A is the position of the surface on the side guide 51A side in the outer impeller 46A. That is, the distance B is a distance from the guide surface of the side guide 51A to a position closest to the side guide 51A at a portion in contact with the bill BL in the outer impeller 46A.

The same applies to the intervals C, D, H, I, J, L, M other than the interval B. For example, the interval D shown in FIG. 7 is the outermost impeller 46A at a position closest to the central impeller 46B in the portion in contact with the bill BL in the outer impeller 46A and in the portion in contact with the bill BL in the central impeller 46B. It is an interval with a position close to the

In the first embodiment described above, the length F from the side guide 51A to the inner impeller 46C is from the guide surface of the side guide 51A to the surface of the inner impeller 46C opposite to the side guide 51A. In the inner impeller 46C, the position closest to the mountain top P at the portion in contact with the bill BL is the position of the surface of the inner impeller 46C opposite to the side guide 51A. It is for. That is, the length F is the distance from the guide surface of the side guide 51A to the position closest to the mountain top P at the portion of the inner impeller 46C in contact with the bill BL. The same applies to the intervals K and N.

[3-6. Another embodiment 6]
Furthermore, in each embodiment mentioned above, although this indication was applied to accumulation delivery device 30A, 100A, 200A, 300A, it is not restricted to this, it has a side guide and a medium is provided with a plurality of impellers provided in the shaft. The present invention can be applied to media storage devices other than the stacking and feeding devices 30A, 100A, 200A, and 300A, as long as the media storage device stacks by tapping. Furthermore, in the above-described embodiments, the present disclosure is applied to the storage 25 (25A to 25E) as the medium processing device and the medium storage unit, the deposit / withdrawal unit 20, and the reject storages 23 and 26. In the case of a medium processing apparatus and medium storage unit having a medium stacking mechanism including a side guide and a medium accumulation mechanism that accumulates the medium with a plurality of impellers, storage 25 (25A to 25E), deposit / withdrawal unit 20, reject storage The present invention can also be applied to media processing devices and media storage units other than 23 and 26. For example, the present invention can also be applied to a medium processing device and a medium storage unit that handle mediums other than banknotes (sheets such as checks, tickets, tickets, etc.). Furthermore, although the present disclosure is applied to the automated teller machine 1 as an automatic transaction apparatus in each of the embodiments described above, the present invention is not limited to this, and a side guide is provided, and a plurality of impellers knock and collect media. The present invention can be applied to an automatic transaction apparatus different from the cash dispenser 1, as long as the automatic transaction apparatus has a medium accumulation mechanism. For example, the present invention can be applied to an automatic transaction apparatus that handles media other than banknotes (checks, tickets, tickets, etc.).

[3-7. Another Embodiment 7]
Furthermore, in each of the above-described embodiments, two feed rollers 43 provided at the central portion of the shaft 61 are used as a specific example of the transport roller for transporting the medium to the storage space. The number and arrangement are only an example, and may be different from the embodiments described above. Furthermore, in each of the above-described embodiments, two reverse rollers 44 provided at the central portion of the shaft 62 are used as a specific example of the facing roller disposed facing the transport roller. The shape, the number, and the arrangement are also examples, and may be different from the above-described embodiments.

[3-8. Another Embodiment 8]
Furthermore, the present disclosure is not limited to the above-described embodiments. That is, the present disclosure is applicable to an embodiment in which a part or all of the above-described embodiment and other embodiments are arbitrarily combined or an embodiment in which a part is extracted.

The present disclosure can be used, for example, in a variety of devices that include media guides that include side guides and that strike and accumulate media with multiple impellers.

Claims (11)

1. A media processing apparatus having a storage space for storing a medium, the medium processing apparatus comprising:
   A conveyance roller for conveying the medium to the storage space;
   An opposing roller disposed opposite to the conveying roller and forming a discharge port for discharging the medium to the storage space with the conveying roller;
   A plurality of impellers striking the medium discharged from the discharge port into the storage space;
   A shaft pivotally supporting the impeller;
   A stage movable in the storage space and accumulating the medium thereon;
   A side guide that regulates the position in the width direction orthogonal to the discharge direction of the medium in the storage space;
   Among the plurality of impellers, the axially outermost outer impeller in the shaft has a distance from the outer impeller to the side guide from the uppermost surface of the medium accumulated on the stage. A media processing device, which is disposed at a position smaller than the length in the height direction to the discharge port and not in contact with the side guide.
2. The side guide is
   Movable on the axially outer side of the shaft with respect to the outer impeller, between an adjacent position closest to the outer impeller and a separated position most distant from the outer impeller;
   The medium processing according to claim 1, wherein a distance from the outer impeller to the side guide at the separated position is smaller than a length in the height direction from the top surface of the medium accumulated on the stage to the discharge port. apparatus.
3. The plurality of impellers further include an inner impeller located axially inward of the shaft with respect to the outer impeller, and a central impeller located between the outer impeller and the inner impeller. ,
   At least one of a distance from the outer impeller to the central impeller and a distance from the central impeller to the inner impeller is the discharge from the top surface of the medium accumulated on the stage. The media processing device according to claim 1, wherein the media processing device is smaller than the length in the height direction to the outlet.
4. The inner impeller is
   When the medium discharged from the discharge port is deformed so as to bulge toward the discharge port side with the central portion in the width direction of the medium in a state of being close to the side guide, the shaft is more than the position of the vertex The media processing device according to claim 3, wherein the media processing device is disposed at a position that is located outside in the axial direction in.
5. In the shaft, the outer impeller, the central impeller and the inner impeller are provided respectively on one end side and the other end side in the axial direction, and further provided on one end side in the axial direction of the shaft The medium processing device according to claim 3, wherein the opposing roller is provided between an inner impeller and an inner impeller provided on the other end side in the axial direction.
6. The shaft is provided with the outer impeller and the central impeller respectively on one end side and the other end side in the axial direction, and further the central impeller provided on the axial one end side of the shaft The inner impeller is provided between the central impeller provided on the other end side in the axial direction, and the central impeller and the inner impeller provided on the axial end side of the shaft The medium processing device according to claim 3, wherein the opposing roller is provided between the central impeller and the inner impeller provided on the other end side in the axial direction.
7. The central impeller provided at one axial end of the shaft is:
   When the medium discharged from the discharge port is deformed so as to bulge toward the discharge port with the central portion in the width direction of the medium as a vertex while being close to the side guide on one end side in the axial direction of the shaft The media processing device according to claim 6, wherein the media processing device is disposed at a position closer to one end side in the axial direction of the shaft than the position of the vertex.
8. The plurality of impellers includes an inner impeller located axially inward of the shaft with respect to the outer impeller.
   The medium processing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a distance from the outer impeller to the inner impeller is smaller than a length in the height direction from the top surface of the medium accumulated on the stage to the discharge port. .
9. In the shaft, the outer impeller, the central impeller and the inner impeller are provided respectively on one end side and the other end side in the axial direction, and further provided on one end side in the axial direction of the shaft An intermediate impeller is provided between the inner impeller and the inner impeller provided on the other end side in the axial direction, and the central impeller provided on one end side in the axial direction of the shaft The medium processing device according to claim 3, wherein the opposing roller is provided between the intermediate impeller and the central impeller provided on the other end side in the axial direction between the intermediate impeller and the intermediate impeller. apparatus.
10. The distance between the central impeller provided on one end side in the axial direction of the shaft and the intermediate impeller, and the distance between the central impeller provided on the other end side in the axial direction and the intermediate impeller, The medium processing device according to claim 9, wherein the medium processing device is smaller than the height in the height direction from the top surface of the medium accumulated on the stage to the discharge port.
11. A transport unit that transports the medium;
    A media storage unit comprising the media processing device according to claim 1;
    Automatic trading device.

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