JP3027865B2 - Open / close door lock structure of the temporary holding unit of the banknote handling machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention has a temporary holding section for temporarily storing deposited banknotes, such as an automatic teller machine or automatic teller machine. The present invention relates to an opening / closing door lock structure such as a case where an opening / closing door is formed on one side of the temporary holding section so that the door can be taken out.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a bill processing apparatus capable of performing each processing of deposit and withdrawal as shown in FIG.

That is, the deposit and withdrawal port 1 of the bill processing apparatus 10
Numeral 1 is configured to be rotatable between a position at which a customer inserts and removes bills, and a position at which bills are taken in or accepted from the inside.

[0004] The above-mentioned depositing / dispensing port 11 is connected via a transport line a to a discriminating section 12 for discriminating authenticity, denomination and front / back, and the discriminating section 12 is connected via transport lines b and c. , And a temporary storage unit 14 for temporarily storing banknotes.

The above-mentioned transport line b is connected to the simulated banknote storage unit 13 and the batch holding unit 15 via the transport line d, and the simulated banknote storage unit 13 feeds out and collects the simulated banknotes for a test run. The storage unit 15 has a function of discharging the stored banknotes in a lump and a function of passing the transported banknotes, and is connected to the deposit / withdrawal port 11 via the transport line e.

The above-mentioned transport line e is connected to the above-described transport line a via the transport line f, and the above-mentioned temporary holding section 14 is connected to the transport line d by reversing the transport line c. .

[0007] The transport line b from the discriminating section 12 is connected to a denomination storage section 16 provided for each denomination via a depositing transport line g. The transfer line a is connected to the transfer line a via a transfer line h for gold, and the transfer lines a, b, g, and h form a loop.

The transfer line i, which branches from the transfer line h, is connected to the transfer line e so that the deposit and withdrawal port 11
And a collection box 17 is connected via a transfer line j branched from the transfer line g.
Reference numeral 7 collects a dispensing error at the time of dispensing and a banknote that has been forgotten. The above-mentioned transport lines a to j are configured by appropriately combining transport belts, guide rollers, guide plates, distribution plates, and the like.

An operation cartridge 1 having a bill replenishing function and a collecting function is provided on the bottom side of the above-mentioned temporary holding section 14.
8 is detachably mounted. A separator 19 for accumulating banknotes is provided inside the temporary holding unit 14, and the separator 19 is provided so as to be able to move in the vertical direction and to go out and out of the outside. It is driven in the backward direction.

Further, when the banknotes stored in the operation cartridge 18 are fed out to the banknote processing apparatus 10 or when the banknotes of the apparatus 10 are stored in the operation cartridge 18, the upper temporary holding unit 14 is used. It is executed using the take-out / delivery mechanism. At this time, the temporary storage section 14 at the top
Is pulled out to the outside and retracted.

The bill processing apparatus 10 constructed as described above determines the denomination of the bill from the operation cartridge 18 in the discriminating section 12 through the temporary holding section 14 and the transport lines c, d, f, a as the reserve money. Then, the banknotes are stored and stored in the corresponding denomination storage sections 16 via the transport line g, and the banknotes stored in the denomination storage sections 16 are used for dispensing.

The bills received from the deposit / withdrawal port 11 are checked for authenticity or denomination by a discriminating unit 12 via a transfer line a, and are temporarily held by a temporary holding unit 14 via transfer lines b and c. Is temporarily suspended until the next user operates. Then, when the next user operates, the separator 19 is pulled out at the initial stage of the operation, and the held banknotes are stored in the operation cartridge 18. When the banknotes in the denomination storage sections 16 are exhausted by the withdrawal process, the operation cartridge 18
The banknotes stored in each of the denomination storage units 16 as replenishment banknotes
, And the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 14 for each payment processing are not stored in the respective denomination storage units 16.

[0013] This is to speed up the depositing process and to minimize the transport distance of bills to prevent jamming of bills.

In the above-described deposit processing, the transfer lines a,
When the paper money jams in b and c and the processing is down, it is necessary to take out the paper money held in the temporary holding unit 14 and return it to the customer.

To this end, the side of the temporary holding unit 14 includes
An opening / closing door 20 for opening and closing the unit 14 is provided, and a key 21 for locking the opening / closing door 20 is provided on the opening / closing door 20. That is, the operation cartridge 18 is provided below the temporary storage unit 14, and when the separator 19 of the upper temporary storage unit 14 is pulled out, the operation storage cartridge 18 can easily take out the stored banknotes inside. Therefore, the key 21 is provided for the purpose of preventing this fraud.

[0016]

However, if the key 21 is provided on the opening and closing door 20 as described above, this opening and closing door 20 can be opened only by a manager having a key piece for unlocking the door. If the apparatus 10 goes down during the depositing process as described above, a staff member who does not have a key piece cannot perform the down process, and a staff member who executes this process is specified, and a quick down process is performed. There is a problem that can not be.

Accordingly, the present invention enables the opening and closing of the opening and closing door of the escrow unit without requiring a specific staff member, and at the same time, the structure of the escrow unit of the banknote handling apparatus which can reliably prevent improper use of the operating cartridge. The purpose is to provide.

[0018]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a temporary holding portion for temporarily holding taken-in banknotes, and an opening / closing door for opening and closing the portion is formed on a side surface of the temporary holding portion. Then, a cartridge containing bills is attached to the lower part of the temporary holding part, a shutter is formed at a connection portion between the cartridge and the temporary holding part, and the bills stored in the cartridge are put on the upper temporary holding part. A paper money processing device provided so as to be loadable, provided with a regulating lever movable by opening and closing the shutter of the cartridge, a lock lever for regulating opening and closing of the opening and closing door, and the regulating lever and the lock lever are connected to each other by the shutter. It is a lock structure of a temporary holding unit of the banknote handling machine connected by an operation lever that locks the open / close door when opened and unlocks the open / close door when the shutter is closed. And butterflies.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above first aspect, an opening / closing door lock structure of a temporary holding unit of a banknote processing apparatus provided with a key on the opening / closing door for unlocking a lock lever. It is characterized by being.

[0020]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the shutter of the cartridge is open, the regulating lever moves the operation lever to lock the opening / closing door with the lock lever, and when the shutter of the cartridge is closed. The restricting lever is in the inoperative position and the lock lever is moved to the unlocked position. Therefore, when the shutter is closed, the opening / closing door of the temporary holding section can be opened and closed without key.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the lock of the opening / closing door of the lock lever can be released by releasing the key, and even if the shutter of the cartridge is open, the person in charge of the key can hold the key piece. The opening / closing door of the temporary holding section can be opened.

[0022]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when the shutter of the cartridge is closed,
Since the door is not locked, an unspecified person can open and close the door of the temporary holding unit during the down processing of the apparatus, take out the temporarily stored bills inside, and quickly execute the down processing. At the same time, the banknotes stored in the cartridge can be prevented from being illegally taken out by closing the shutter.

Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, even if the shutter of the cartridge is opened and the opening / closing door of the temporary holding section is locked, if the specific manager in possession of the key holds the key, The internal bill can be taken out by unlocking the door and the inconvenience of the operation due to the locking of the door can be eliminated.

[0024]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

The drawing shows a lock structure of an opening / closing door of a temporary holding section of the bill processing apparatus. In FIGS. 1 and 2, the bill processing apparatus in this embodiment corresponds to the prior-art bill processing apparatus 10 shown in FIG. Then, similarly, the temporary holding unit 3
0 corresponds to the temporary storage unit 14, and the cartridge 31
The opening 32 corresponds to the operation cartridge 18, the separator 32 corresponds to the separator 19, and the opening / closing door 33 corresponds to the opening / closing door 20.

The opening / closing door 33 of the temporary holding section 30 is opened and closed laterally by a pivot 34, and a key 35 for unlocking is provided.
It has. Further, feed rollers 36 and 37 are erected around the upper central portion of the temporary holding section 30 and one side thereof, and the feed rollers 36 and 37 are controlled in the forward and reverse directions to take in the banknotes for the temporary holding. And the banknotes held are sent out.
Is moved to the lower position to form a holding space, and at the time of feeding, the separator 32 is moved to the upper position to press and urge the holding bills to the feed rollers 36 and 37.

The cartridge 31 attached to and detached from the lower part of the temporary holding unit 30 has a shutter 38 on its upper surface.
The shutter 38 opens and closes by sliding a connection port with the temporary storage section 30 at the top, and is driven by an appropriate motor (not shown).
It is performed by using power.

A closing detection switch 39 for detecting the closing position of the shutter 38 is provided at the sliding position of the shutter 38.
Open detection switch 4 for detecting the open position of shutter 38
0, and an operating lever 41 that moves when the shutter 38 is closed, facing the closed position of the shutter 38.
Is pivoted by a pin 42, and the operating lever 41 is urged toward the open side of the shutter 38 by a spring 43.

A lock lever 44 locks the opening and closing of the door 33 and is provided at a lower position of the door 33.
The lock lever 44 is provided with a bent 45
Thus, it is pivotally attached to the main body-side fixed panel 49 of the bill processing apparatus, and is urged by a spring 46 in the locking direction. In addition, a roller 48 is pivotally attached to the lock piece 47 at the end extending below the opening / closing door 33, and the locking piece 47 locks and unlocks the opening / closing door 33.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the above-mentioned lock piece 47 goes out of the upper surface of the fixed panel 49 and engages with and disengages from the locking port 50 on the lower edge of the door 33. The kicker 51 of the key 35 provided on the opening / closing door 33 is rotated by the key piece 52 so that the upper part of the locked lock piece 47 is pushed into the fixed panel 49 and the locked state can be released. Note that the roller 48 of the lock piece 47 closes the door 33 when the lock piece 47 is protruding.
The contact with the door 33 is made smooth.

1 and 2, an operation lever 53 is disposed at a lower position of the lock lever 44, and an intermediate portion of the operation lever 53 is pivotally attached to a fixed panel 49 by a pin 54. A solenoid 64 is urged in the unlocking direction, and further has a solenoid 64 at its lower end, which is operated to suck in the locking direction.
Are linked. A locking piece 57 is bent at a portion of the operation lever 53 facing the lower end engaging piece 56 of the lock lever 44, and the engaging piece 57 is engaged with the engaging piece 56 of the lock lever 4. The lock lever 44 is operated in the lock release direction.

A regulating lever 58 is disposed at the upper end of the operating lever 53, and one lower end of the regulating lever 58 is pivotally attached to the fixed panel 49 by a pin 59, and a spring 60
Is biased toward the free position. A locking piece 61 is bent at the other end of the regulating lever 58, and the engaging piece 62 set on the upper end of the operation lever 53 is engaged with the locking piece 61, whereby the operating lever 53 is formed. Can be restricted to the lock operation position.

The regulating lever 58 is provided with a continuous portion extending upward from an intermediate portion thereof, and the continuous portion is formed by the operating lever 4 formed at the edge of the cartridge 31 described above.
A contact piece 63 is formed opposite to the first member 1 and in contact therewith.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the shutter 38 of the cartridge 31 is in the closed state and the operating lever 41 is in a horizontal position, the contact piece 63 of the regulating lever 58 is moved by the action of the spring 60. Contact.
Therefore, since the locking piece 61 of the regulating lever 58 is pulled up, it does not come into contact with the engaging piece 62 of the operating lever 53, and the operating lever 53 can be moved in the unlocking direction.

However, as shown in FIG. 6, when the shutter 38 of the cartridge 31 is opened and the operating lever 41 is inclined by the spring 43, the contact piece 63 of the regulating lever 58 is pressed down against the spring 60. As shown in FIG. 5, the locking piece 61 of the regulating lever 58 moves down to engage the engaging piece 62 of the operating lever 53, and the operation of the operating lever 53 in the unlocking direction is disabled. The position is substantially restricted to the lock operation.

FIG. 7 is a control circuit block diagram of an opening / closing door lock structure for driving and controlling the above-mentioned solenoid 64 and the opening / closing drive motor of the shutter 38.
The control operation is performed according to the program stored in M66, and the RAM 67 stores and reads necessary data such as a switch signal. The shutter drive motor 68 is a forward / reverse rotation motor,
8 is opened and closed.

The operation of the lock structure of the door 33 constructed as described above will be described below. With reference to the flowchart of the opening operation of the shutter 38 in FIG. 8, the operation of switching the open / close door 33 from the open / closed free state to the locked state will be described. First, the lock lever 44 when the door 33 is not locked,
The operation lever 53 and the regulating lever 58 are in the state shown in FIG. 1, and the door 33 is in a state where it can be freely opened and closed.

For example, when the banknotes stored in the temporary storage section 30 are stored in the lower cartridge 31, or the banknotes stored in the lower cartridge 31 are inserted into the apparatus via the upper temporary storage section 30. When replenishing, it is necessary to open the shutter 38 of the cartridge 31.

For this purpose, it is necessary to lock the opening and closing door 33 so that it cannot be opened.
U65 drives the solenoid 64 (step n1).
By the ON operation of the solenoid 64, as shown in FIG. 5, the upper locking piece 57 of the operation lever 53 is pushed out to the front locking operation position, and the engagement of the engagement piece 56 of the lock lever 44 is loosened. The lever 44 moves the lock piece 47 upward by the action of the spring 46, and inserts the lock piece 47 into the locking opening 50 of the door 33 as shown in FIG.
Lock 3

Next, the CPU 65 drives the shutter drive motor 68 to release the shutter 38 from the state of FIG. 1 to the state of FIG. 5 (step n2). When the shutter 38 is opened, as shown in FIG.
Accordingly, the contact piece 63 of the regulating lever 58 is pressed down against the spring 60.

For this purpose, the locking piece 61 of the regulating lever 58
Moves downward to engage the engagement piece 62 of the lower operation lever 53 to restrict the position of the operation lever 53 to the lock operation position and prevent the operation lever 53 from moving to the unlock position.

When the shutter 38 is opened and the opening is detected by the opening detection switch 40 (step n3),
The CPU 65 stops driving the shutter drive motor 68,
The driving of the solenoid 64 is also stopped (step n4).

As described above, even when the solenoid 64 is turned off, the position of the operation lever 53 is restricted to the lock operation position by the restriction lever 58 as shown in FIG. 5, so that the locked state of the door 33 is maintained. You.

Therefore, in this state, the cartridge 31
The banknotes are stored in, and the banknotes are sent out. Further, even if the shutter 38 of the cartridge 31 is open, the door 33 is locked, so that it is impossible to remove the bills in the cartridge 31 and the safety of the cartridge 31 can be ensured.

In order to open the door 33 while the door 33 is locked as described above, a key piece 52 is inserted into the key 35 of the door 33 and opened, as shown in FIG. As described above, the kicker 51 depresses the lock piece 47 to release the engagement with the locking opening 50 of the door 33, and the lock is released. When the lock piece 47 is depressed, the lock lever 44 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 2, and in this rotation, the direction of engagement of the engagement piece 56 with the engagement piece 57 of the operation lever 53 is reversed. Thus, the rotation of the lock lever 44 is allowed.

Therefore, even when the shutter 38 of the cartridge 31 is open and the door 33 is locked, the key piece 52 allows the door 33 to be opened.
Can be allowed to be opened and closed, so that the key piece 52 is held by a specific staff member such as a management staff member, so that the inconvenience due to the locking of the door 33 can be avoided.

Next, referring to a flowchart of the closing operation of the shutter 38 in FIG. 9, the operation of the door 33 from the locked state to the open / closed free state will be described. First, the door 33
When the is locked, the lock lever 44, the operation lever 53, and the restricting lever 58 are in the state shown in FIG. 5, and the opening and closing door 33 cannot be opened and closed.

When the state of use of the cartridge 31 is changed to a state in which only the temporary holding section 30 is used, the opening / closing door 33 is opened.
Is unlocked so that the door 33 can be freely opened and closed. The CPU 65 drives the shutter drive motor 68 to release the shutter 38 from the state of FIG. 5 to the state of FIG. 1 (step n11). When the shutter 38 is closed,
As shown in FIG. 6, since the operating lever 41 is brought into a horizontal state by the shutter 38, the pressing of the contact piece 63 is released, and the regulating lever 58 is moved to an upper position that is not regulated by the action of the spring 60.

For this purpose, the locking piece 61 of the regulating lever 58
Is moved upward to release the engagement of the lower operation lever 53 with the engagement piece 62, and the operation lever 53 is moved to the unlocked position by the spring 55.
4 is moved to the unlocked position via the mutual locking piece 57 and the engaging piece 56, and the locking piece 47 is moved down to release from the locking opening 50 of the opening and closing door 33, and the locking of the opening and closing door 33 is performed. To release. When the shutter 38 is closed and the close is detected by the close detection switch 39 (step n12), the CP
U65 stops the drive of the shutter drive motor 68.

By releasing the lock of the opening / closing door 33 in this manner, it is possible to take out the banknotes temporarily held therein.

Next, the operation of locking and unlocking the door 33 will be described with reference to the flowchart of the opening and closing operation of the shutter 38 when the bill processing is down in FIG. First, C
The PU 65 detects the output of the close detection switch 39 and the output of the open detection switch 40, and detects whether or not the shutter 38 of the cartridge 31 is closed (step n3).
1).

When the closing detection switch 39 detects the closing of the shutter 39, each lever 44,
Since there are 53 and 58 and the door 33 is unlocked, the door 33 can be freely opened and closed.
The banknotes in the escrow unit 30 can be taken out, and the banknote processing down can be dealt with.

However, when the opening detection switch 40 detects the opening of the shutter 38, the levers 44, 53 and 58 are in the state shown in FIG. 5, and the opening and closing door 33 is locked. 33 cannot be freely opened and closed. Therefore, the CPU 65 controls the shutter drive motor 6
8, the shutter 38 of the cartridge 31 is closed, and when the close detection switch 39 detects the close of the shutter 38, the drive of the shutter drive motor 68 is stopped.

When the above-mentioned shutter 38 is closed, FIG.
Since the levers 44, 53 and 58 are movable in the state shown in FIG. 7, the lock piece 47 unlocks the opening and closing door 33, and the opening and closing door 33 can be freely opened and closed, and the banknote in the temporary holding section 30 can be taken out. It is possible to cope with bill processing down.

As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, when the shutter 38 of the cartridge 31 is closed,
Since the opening / closing door 33 is not locked, an unspecified clerk operates the opening / closing door 33 of the temporary holding unit 30 during the down processing of the apparatus, takes out the temporarily stored banknotes therein, and executes the quick down processing. At the same time, the banknotes stored in the cartridge 31 can be prevented from being illegally removed by closing the shutter 38.

Even if the shutter 38 of the cartridge 31 is opened and the opening / closing door 33 of the temporary holding unit 30 is locked, if a specific manager in possession of the key piece 52 locks the opening / closing door 33, Can be released and the internal banknotes can be taken out, and the inconvenience of the operation due to the locking of the door 33 can be eliminated. Note that the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an opening / closing door lock structure of a temporary holding unit.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the upper surface of the cartridge.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional side view of a key portion of the door.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional side view showing unlocking of the door by a key.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a locked state of the door lock structure.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a shutter open state of the cartridge.

FIG. 7 is a control circuit block diagram of a door lock structure.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a shutter opening operation.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a shutter closing operation.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a shutter opening / closing operation.

FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram of a banknote processing apparatus of the prior art.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 30 ... Temporary holding part 31 ... Cartridge 33 ... Opening / closing door 35 ... Key 38 ... Shutter 44 ... Lock lever 47 ... Lock piece 53 ... Operation lever 58 ... Restriction lever

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A temporary holding section for temporarily holding taken-in banknotes is provided, and an opening / closing door for opening and closing the section is formed on a side surface of the temporary holding section, and the banknotes are stored in a lower portion of the temporary holding section. A banknote handling device, wherein the cartridge is mounted, a shutter is formed at a connection opening portion between the cartridge and the temporary holding section, and the banknotes stored in the cartridge are provided so as to be able to be loaded into an upper temporary holding section. A regulating lever that is movable by opening and closing the shutter of the cartridge is provided, and a lock lever that regulates the opening and closing of the opening and closing door is provided. When the shutter is opened, the opening and closing door is locked, and the shutter is closed. Open / close door lock structure of the temporary holding unit of the banknote handling device connected by the operation lever that releases the lock of the open / close door at the time of. 2. A lock structure for an opening / closing door of a temporary holding section of a banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a key for unlocking a lock lever is provided on said opening / closing door.