JP2512151B2 - Shutter mechanism of bill outlet - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a banknote dispensing machine or a shutter mechanism of a banknote dispensing machine shared by two tellers.

"Prior Art" Conventionally, as a banknote dispensing machine of this type, the one disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-1672 is known.

In this bill dispensing machine, an openable and closable shutter that prevents the bills from popping out is provided at a bill discharge port where the dispensed bills are accumulated, and a magnetic member is provided inside the shutter. When the shutter is in the closed state, the bill is prevented from popping out of the bill from the bill outlet, and when the shutter is in the open state, the bill is conveyed to the bill outlet. The bills are taken out by the teller.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, the banknote dispensing machine configured as described above is of a type that is occupied by one teller, but the shutter of the mechanism for preventing such banknotes from popping out. Can also be applied to a banknote dispensing machine of a type shared by two tellers, that is, a banknote dispensing machine of a type in which each teller has an operation panel and a banknote outlet is shared.

And in this case, like the occupant for one person, it is possible to prevent the banknotes from popping out from the banknote outlet, but on the other hand, the banknotes paid out to this banknote outlet indicate which teller. It was not immediately known if the bill had been paid out, which could lead to the wrong receipt of bills.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is provided in a banknote dispenser of a banknote dispensing machine or a banknote depositing / dispensing machine of a system shared by two tellers, and (1) prevents banknotes from popping out. The purpose is to provide a shutter mechanism for a banknote discharge port that allows (2) a banknote to be smoothly transferred to one of the tellers and (3) which banknote has been dispensed by which teller.

[Means for Solving the Problem] In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, two horizontal shutters are provided at left and right intervals of a bill outlet (1) shared by two tellers on the left and right. Rotation axis (5A
6A) has a pair of shutters (5, 6) fixed to each of them, and a bill discharge mechanism for locking the shutters and unlocking the shutters to open the shutters. The outlet mechanism is fixed to the two shutter rotation shafts, respectively, and a pair of regulation plates (10) that rotate integrally with the shutter, and each regulation plate in the direction of closing the bill outlet. A pair of shutter urging means (12) for urging each, and one connecting shaft (13A) along the horizontal direction in the left-right direction, respectively, are fixed, and engage with the regulation plate at the standby position, and through the regulation plate. A pair of lock levers (13) for restricting rotation of the shutter in the opening direction and a pair of left and right solenoids (18) are provided so as to rotate about a lever support shaft (16A), respectively.
When the solenoid is not operating, the lock lever is held at the standby position, and when the solenoid is operating, the lock lever is pressed at the standby position to rotate the lock lever together with the connecting shaft. A pair of release levers (16) for releasing the engagement of the regulation plate and for pressing the regulation plate in the shutter opening direction against the biasing force of the shutter biasing means to rotate the regulation plate. Is characterized by.

"Operation" The shutter mechanism of the present invention has the following operations.

(1) Action when the solenoid operates.

When the solenoid (18) is activated, the release lever (16) connected to the solenoid is the lever support shaft (16A).
Rotate around the lock lever (1
3) Press.

When the lock lever is pressed by the release lever, the lock lever causes the connecting shaft (13
Rotate together with (A), and the regulating plate (1
0) is disengaged, and further, the regulation plate is pressed and rotated in the shutter opening direction against the urging force of the shutter urging means (12). This allows one shutter (5 or 6)
Is opened, and the banknote removal by the teller on the shutter side is instructed and allowed.

Such opening of the shutter is performed by selectively operating two solenoids, but one solenoid is operated and one lock lever is operated via the opening lever together with its connecting shaft. When rotated, the other lock lever also rotates in the same direction via the connecting shaft, whereby the engagement of the restriction plate by the other lock lever is released, and the lock plate is integrated with the restriction plate. The shutter is allowed to rotate in the opening direction.

That is, when one solenoid is operated, one shutter is opened and the teller instructs the same side to take out bills, and at the same time, the other shutter is closed and its lock is released. The other shutter restricts the bills from popping out,
In addition, when the bill is taken out through the shutter, the shutter rotates in the opening direction, and the bill can be taken out without any trouble.

(2) Action when the solenoid is not operating.

When the solenoid is not operating, the lock lever is held at the standby position, and at this standby position, the lock lever is engaged with the regulation plate, and the rotation of the shutter in the opening direction is regulated through the regulation plate. To be done. That is, when the solenoid is not operating, even if the shutter is in the closed state and an opening force is applied to the shutter from the outside, the shutter does not engage with the regulating plate and the lock lever. The rotation in the opening direction is restricted depending on the situation, and when a banknote is erroneously dispensed at the banknote outlet, the shutter in this closed state restricts its removal, causing unnecessary trouble. Can be prevented in advance.

[Example] An example of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. In these figures, FIG. 1 is an external view of a banknote depositing / dispensing machine of a system shared by two tellers, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are shutter lock mechanisms and shutters described in claims. FIG. 4 is a side view of the vicinity of the bill outlet, showing the mechanism of the opening mechanism.

First, the schematic structure of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine will be described with reference to FIG. 1. In the figure, the reference numeral 1 indicates a banknote discharge opening from which a bill of the amount requested by the teller is paid out, and the reference numeral 2 indicates , A bill insertion slot into which a bill is inserted by a teller, indicated by reference numeral 3, is a case where an abnormal bill such as an unsatisfied bill or an unidentifiable bill exists in the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot 2, It is a reject port for returning these abnormal tickets to the teller who deposited the money.

In addition, the withdrawal of the banknotes from the banknote outlet 1 or the deposit of the banknotes into the banknote inlet 2 is arranged such that the banknote outlet 1 and the banknote inlet 2 are sandwiched between the left teller and the right side. The operation panel (not shown) operated by each teller is operated by each teller. In addition, through the operation panel, when the banknotes are dispensed from the banknote outlet 1 or the banknotes are deposited into the banknote inlet 2, the inserted teller,
Occupancy lamps 4A and 4B, which indicate whether the teller who issued the withdrawal is on the left or right, are turned on appropriately.

Further, reference numerals 5 and 6 are shutters provided in the bill outlet 1. These shutters 5 and 6 are arranged at a constant interval in the left-right direction (that is, the horizontal direction),
Also, the lower end is fixed to the horizontally arranged rotary shafts 5A and 6A, and with the rotation of these rotary shafts 5A and 6A,
The bill outlet 1 is opened or closed.

Hereinafter, the structure of the shutter mechanism (banknote discharge mechanism) for rotating the shutters 5 and 6 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

These shutter mechanisms are provided for each of the shutters 5 or 6 and operate independently. Further, these shutter mechanisms have the same configuration, but have a common configuration only for the rotation shaft (13A) (described later), and perform related operations via this rotation shaft (13A). It is like this.

The configuration will be described below by taking the shutter mechanism operated by the left teller as an example.

(1) The rotating shaft 5A in FIG. 2 is rotatably supported by the machine body, and the lower end of the shutter 5 is fixed and the regulating plate 10 is fixed to the end thereof. ing.

A lock lever (13) (described later) is provided on the regulation plate 10.
A lock pin 10A that comes into contact with the open lever and a release pin 10B that comes into contact with an open lever (16) (described later) are provided. Further, the shutter 5 is urged in the counterclockwise direction (a) between the regulation plate 10 and the spring hooking plate 11 fixed to the machine body, that is, the shutter 5 is closed in the banknote outlet 1. A biasing panel 12 is provided.

(2) A reference numeral 13 is a lock lever having a base end portion fixed to a rotation shaft 13A rotatably supported by the machine body, and a lock pin 10 is provided at a tip end portion of the lock lever 13.
A lock portion 13B that is locked to A is formed, and the lock lever 13
A contact portion 13C that contacts a release pin (16C) (described later) is formed in the intermediate portion of the.

Also, a pin 13D fixed to the lock lever 13,
Between the pin 14 fixed to the fuselage, the lock lever
A spring 15 for urging 13 in the clockwise direction (b) is provided.

A lock lever (not shown) of the right shutter mechanism is also fixed to the rotary shaft 13A to which the lock lever 13 is fixed. The common rotary shaft 13A allows the left and right lock levers 13 to be the same. Make a move.

(3) Reference numeral 16 indicates a rotating shaft supported by the machine body.
16A is a release lever that rotates around 16A, and a step portion 16B that contacts the release pin 10B is formed at the tip of the release lever 16, and the contact portion 1 of the lock lever 13 is also formed.
The release pin 16C that is in contact with 3C is fixed. Also,
Between the hole 16D formed in the opening lever 16 and the pin 14 fixed to the machine body, a spring 17 for urging the opening lever 16 in the clockwise direction (C) is provided.

(4) The reference numeral 18 is connected to the base end portion of the opening lever 16 via a link 19, and the tip end portion of the opening lever 16 is rotated counterclockwise (d) about the rotary shaft 16A. The solenoid for turning on, and the reference numeral 20 is a stopper for restricting the tip end portion of the opening lever 16 from rotating in the clockwise direction (C) over a certain range.

It should be noted that the solenoid 18 is turned on when a predetermined amount of banknotes is conveyed to the banknote outlet 1 based on a withdrawal request from the right operation panel operated by a teller.

(5) In FIG. 4, the reference numerals 22 and 22 indicate that the bills (denoted by M) conveyed to the bill discharge port 1 in accordance with the withdrawal request from the operation panel It is a photo sensor that detects that the card is pulled out. In addition, when the photo sensor 22 detects that the bill is removed, the solenoid 18 which is ON is turned OFF.

The operation of the shutter mechanism configured as described above will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4.

During standby (standby position), the solenoid 18 is OF
The shutter 5 does not operate because it is F, and the engagement of the locking portion 13B of the lock lever 13 and the lock pin 10A of the regulation plate 10 causes the shutter 5 to move.
Is locked in the closed position (state shown in FIG. 2).
At this time, the shutter 6 on the other side is also locked at the closed position.

Next, for example, if a teller on the left side issues a withdrawal command through the operation panel and a predetermined amount of banknotes are conveyed to the banknote outlet 1, the solenoid 18 on the left side is turned on and the opening lever 16 moves counterclockwise. Rotate in the direction (d).

When the release lever 16 rotates counterclockwise (d), first, the release pin 16C of the release lever 16 pushes the contact portion 13C of the lock lever 13 upward to move the lock lever 13 counterclockwise (e.g. ), So that the lock lever 13
The lock pin 10A is disengaged by the locking portion 13B, and the locked state of the shutter 5 is released.

At this time, as the lock lever 13 rotates counterclockwise (d), the lock lever provided on the right shutter mechanism also rotates counterclockwise (e) through the rotating shaft 13A.
Similarly, the shutter 6 located on the right side is unlocked.

When the opening lever 16 further rotates counterclockwise (d), the step 16B at the tip of the opening lever 16 contacts the opening pin 10B of the regulation plate 10, and the shutter 5 is released via the opening pin 10B. Rotate clockwise (f) to open (3rd
See figure).

At this time, the shutter 5 rotates so as to open the bill discharge port 1, but the shutter 6 on the right side does not perform the opening operation only because the lock is released. Further, at this time, the right shutter 6 can be easily opened by a hand which is closed and biased in the counterclockwise direction (a) by the spring 12 or by the pulling force of the bill M. Therefore, the shutter 6 on the right side, which is closed when the bill is taken out, does not interfere with the operation.

When the photosensors 22 and 22 detect the taking out of the bills from the bill ejection opening 1 through the shutters 5 and 6, the solenoid 18 is turned off, whereby the shutter 5 is rotated counterclockwise (a) by the spring 12. Lock lever
13 is rotated clockwise (b) by the spring 15, and the opening lever 16 is rotated clockwise (c) by the spring 17 to return the lock lever 13 and the regulating plate 10 to the state shown in FIG. The shutter 5 is locked again. Similarly, the shutter 6 on the right side is also locked.

According to the shutter mechanism of the banknote ejection port as described above, when the banknote of a predetermined amount is conveyed to the banknote ejection port 1 based on the withdrawal command of the teller, the solenoid on the side for which the withdrawal command is issued. When 18 is turned on, both the shutter 5 and the shutter 6 are unlocked, and in this state, only the shutter 5 on the side (left side in the above example) to which the withdrawal command is issued is opened. As a result, (1) the shutter 6 on the one side that is closed prevents the banknotes from jumping out of the banknote discharge port 1. (2) The shutters 5 and 6 that are both unlocked The bills dispensed at the outlet 1 are smoothly taken out to the outside. (3) Even if any of the tellers dispenses the bills conveyed to the bill outlet 1 by the shutter 5 on the other side that is open. It is possible to obtain the effect of clearly distinguishing the bills and preventing the bill from being mistakenly received by the teller.

"Effects of the Invention" As described in detail above, according to the shutter mechanism of the present invention, either one of the pair of shutters provided at the bill outlet is selectively opened and the other shutter is opened. While the two shutters are unlocked, the one shutter that is open clearly distinguishes which bill is dispensed by which teller. , It is possible to prevent the bill from being mistakenly received by the teller, prevent the bill from popping out by the other shutter that is closed, and take out the bill smoothly through the other shutter that is closed. To be

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a bill depositing / dispensing machine having a shutter mechanism attached, FIG. 2 is a side view showing a closed state of a left shutter mechanism, and FIG. 3 is a side view showing an opened state of a left shutter mechanism. FIG. 4 is a central sectional view of the discharge port. 1 ... Banknote outlet, 5 ... Shutter, 5A ... Shutter rotation axis, 6 ... Shutter, 6A ... Shutter rotation axis, 10 ...
Restriction plate, 12 ... Spring (shutter biasing means), 13 ... Lock lever, 16 ... Release lever, 16A ... Rotation shaft (lever support shaft), 18 ... Solenoid.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pair of bill outlets (1) shared by two left and right tellers with a left and right spacing and fixed to two horizontal shutter rotation shafts (5A and 6A), respectively. Shutters (5, 6); and a banknote outlet mechanism that locks the shutters and unlocks the shutters to open the shutters. A pair of restriction plates (10) fixed to the shutter rotation shaft and rotating integrally with the shutter, and a pair of shutters for urging each of the restriction plates toward the direction of closing the bill outlet. The shutter is fixed to the biasing means (12) and a single connecting shaft (13A) along the horizontal direction, engages with the regulation plate at the standby position, and rotates the shutter in the opening direction through the regulation plate. A pair of lock levers (13) A pair of left and right solenoids (18) are provided so as to rotate around the lever support shaft (16A), hold the lock lever at the standby position when the solenoid is not operating, and stand by when the solenoid is operating. The lock lever at the position is pressed to rotate the lock lever together with the connecting shaft, and the engagement of the regulation plate by the lock lever is released. Further, the regulation plate is applied to the urging force of the shutter urging means. A shutter mechanism for a banknote ejection opening, comprising: a pair of opening levers (16) that are pressed against the shutter opening direction to rotate.