JP5041928B2 - Banknote handling machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote handling machine, and in particular, to an improvement in its storage structure.

In a banknote processing machine, a storage cassette for storing banknotes is configured to be detachable from the processing machine body, and banknotes are transported using this storage cassette as a safe, but the storage cassette has a bellows structure. There is a technique for improving handleability and storage efficiency in an empty state by changing the storage capacity according to the storage amount of banknotes (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2000-149088 A

  However, since the above-mentioned storage cassette adopts the bellows structure, the deformation in the expansion / contraction direction is easy, but the deformation in the other direction is not easy, and even the most contracted state is sufficient. I couldn't say it could be downsized.

  Therefore, an object of this invention is to provide the banknote processing machine which can improve the handleability and storage efficiency in the empty state of a storage cassette further.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is a cloth body that is easily deformable in any direction, a frame body that is attached to an opening of the bag body, and an introduction inside the frame body. A bill-type storage cassette that has a slide-type shutter that opens and closes the mouth, and that can store bills in the bag body through the introduction port of the frame body in a state in which the shutter is opened; A processing unit main body having supporting means for supporting the frame body of the cassette, and elevator means capable of moving up and down to narrow the middle portion of the bag body of the banknote storage cassette supported by the supporting means. The elevator means includes a rotatable roller that presses against the intermediate portion of the bag body from one side to close the intermediate portion of the bag body.

  The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in the invention according to claim 1, the roller is a rotatable free roller.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a cloth body that is easily deformable in any direction, a frame body that is attached to the opening of the bag body, and a slide-type shutter that opens and closes the introduction port inside the frame body In the frame body, the banknote storage cassette is supported by the support means of the processor main body, and the middle portion of the bag body is constricted by the elevator means of the processor main body. Then, the narrowed portion of the bag body becomes the bottom of the storage space, and the banknote introduced from the introduction port is stored on the upper side. For example, when the storage amount increases, the elevator means descends to lower the position where the bag body is narrowed, that is, the bottom of the storage space, and the storage space can be expanded. Thus, since the magnitude | size of storage space can be set according to the storage amount of a banknote, it can accommodate favorably, without the accommodation state of a banknote becoming messy. The empty bill storage cassette is made of cloth and can be easily deformed in any direction. Therefore, the bill storage cassette has a high degree of freedom in deformation and excellent handleability, and can be folded even smaller. The storage efficiency will be excellent.
In addition, when the bottom portion of the bag storage space constricted by the roller of the elevator means is raised and lowered, the frictional force with the bag body is reduced by the rotation of the roller, and the bag body can be raised and lowered smoothly.
Furthermore, since the roller of an elevator means should just be pressed from one side with respect to a cloth-made bag body, the mounting | wearing operation | work of the banknote storage cassette to a processing machine main body can be performed easily.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the bottom of the storage space of the bag that is constricted by the roller of the elevator means is lowered, the roller that is a free roller reduces the frictional force by friction with the bag. Therefore, the frictional force with the bag body is reduced, and the bag can be lowered smoothly.

A banknote storage cassette according to an embodiment of the present invention and a banknote handling machine using the same will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a banknote processing machine 1. This banknote processing machine 1 performs a depositing and storing process for counting rose banknotes S and depositing and storing them, and a counting process for counting and returning rose banknotes S. It is possible to do that.

  As shown schematically in FIG. 1, the banknote handling machine 1 includes a processing machine body 2 and a banknote storage cassette 3 that is detachably loaded into the processing machine body 2.

  The processing machine main body 2 is provided with a loading unit 12 into which loose banknotes S are inserted at the upper part on the front surface 2A side of the machine body, and a rejection unit 13 through which rejected banknotes are fed out from the machine body. ing.

  The loading unit 12 has a platform 15 that is inclined slightly backward and downward relative to the horizontal and forms the bottom thereof, and the bills S are loaded on the platform 15 while being stacked in the vertical direction. In addition, you may arrange | position the base part 15 horizontally.

  In addition, the loading unit 12 has a rotating shaft 16 disposed along the left-right direction of the machine body on the upper side of the machine unit on the back side of the machine unit 15, and is rotatably supported by the rotation shaft 16. A bill press 17 that can swing up and down on the upper side and holds the bill S loaded on the table 15 with the table 15 is provided.

  The processing machine main body 2 separates the separate bills S loaded on the platform 15 in this way from the lower side, one by one from the lower side, and feeds them into the machine body on the back side of the loading unit 12. have. The separation feeding portion 20 includes a kick roller 21 provided on the base portion 15 of the loading portion 12 so as to be rotatable about an axis along the left-right direction of the machine body with a part of the upper portion protruding from the base portion 15, and a stand A feeding roller 22 provided on the back side of the machine body so as to be rotatable about an axis parallel to the kicking roller 21, and provided on the upper side of the feeding roller 22 so as to be rotatable about an axis parallel to the feeding roller 22. And a separation roller 23. The separation roller 23 is restricted from rotating in the direction in which the feeding roller 22 moves the banknote S toward the back of the machine body by a one-way clutch (not shown), that is, in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 1, and only reverse rotation is allowed.

  Such a separating / feeding unit 20 kicks out the lowest one of the rose banknotes S loaded on the base unit 15 between the feeding roller 22 and the separating roller 23 by the kicking roller 21, The banknote S moved between the feeding roller 22 and the separation roller 23 by being dragged by the lower banknote S is stopped by the separation roller 23 and only the lowest banknote S kicked out is fed out by the feeding roller 22 toward the inside of the machine body. .

  The processor main body 2 is connected to the machine body rear side of the separation / feeding unit 20 and has a transport unit 25 that transports the banknote S fed from the separation / feeding unit 20. The transport unit 25 is composed of a plurality of guide plates for guiding the banknotes S, a transport roller, a sorting member, and the like, and extends downward from the separating and feeding unit 20 to the rear side of the machine body. And a conveyance path 26 extending substantially in the horizontal direction and connected to the reject unit 13, and a conveyance path 27 branched from the middle of the conveyance path 26 and extending forwardly downward. The transport path 26 is provided with an identification unit 28 for identifying and counting the denomination, authenticity, correctness, and conveyance abnormality of the bill S being conveyed.

  The processing machine main body 2 is connected to the terminal position of the transport path 27 of the transport unit 25 by a temporary storage unit 30 that temporarily stores the banknote S, which has been identified as a normal banknote and a normal banknote by the identification unit 28, as normal transport by denomination mixing. Has been. The temporary storage unit 30 includes a return door 31 that can be opened and closed from the front side of the machine body, a wall part 32 that forms a frame shape in plan view with the return door 31, and a return door 31 and a wall that slide horizontally in the longitudinal direction of the machine body. The temporary storage part shutter 34 which opens and closes the lower part of the temporary storage space 33 enclosed by the part 32, and the pushing part 35 which can be raised / lowered which pushes the banknote S down are provided. The processing machine main body 2 is provided with a control unit 36 that controls each unit, an operation unit 37 that performs an operation input by the operator, and a display unit 38 that performs display to the operator. In addition, the return door 31 is provided with a return door lock unit 39 that is controlled to be locked and unlocked by the control unit 36.

  Note that the loading unit 12 is loaded with the banknotes S in a posture in which the short direction is aligned with the separating and feeding direction of the separating and feeding unit 20, and the transport unit 25 has the short direction in the transport direction. It conveys with the attitude | position along which it was along, and makes it discharge | release to either the temporary storage part 30 and the rejection part 13 with the attitude | position which followed the transversal direction to the discharge | release direction. Of course, you may make it convey the banknote S in the attitude | position which followed the longitudinal direction in the conveyance direction.

  And the banknote storage cassette 3 will be withdrawn / inserted with respect to the processing machine main body 2 with respect to the processing machine main body 2 in the state which opened the door body 40 which can be opened and closed provided in the front surface 2A of the processing machine main body 2. 2 in a state of being loaded in the vertical storage unit 30. Hereinafter, the bill storage cassette 3 will be described with the processor 2 loaded.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the banknote storage cassette 3 has a bag body 42 made of a slippery cloth and sewn in a substantially bottomed rectangular tube shape having an opening 41 on one side in the length direction. Although the bag body 42 is made of cloth as a whole, it can be easily deformed in any of the three-dimensional directions. However, when it is not subjected to external force, the bottomed rectangular tube shape can be substantially maintained by sewing. ing.

  The banknote storage cassette 3 has a frame 43 made of metal or synthetic resin that is attached to the peripheral edge of the bag body 42 on the opening 41 side. The frame body 43 has a rectangular frame shape in plan view, and is attached to the entire periphery of the peripheral edge portion of the bag body 42 on the opening 41 side, and is hinged to the lower structure body 44 so as to be openable and closable. The upper structure 46 has a rectangular frame shape in plan view. The upper structure 46 can be locked to the lower structure 44 in a closed state (contact state). Locking protrusions 47 are formed in the lower structure 44 at equal intervals in the circumferential direction, and the peripheral edge of the bag body 42 on the opening 41 side is locked to the locking protrusions 47. Then, the upward movement of the bag body 42 locked to the locking projection 47 is restricted by the square ring-shaped holding member 48 fitted and fixed inside the lower structure 44, and the Regulate detachment.

  The bill storage cassette 3 has its frame 43 guided by a guide rail 50 that is fixed to the processor main body 2 in a horizontal state along the front-and-rear direction of the main body, and is arranged in the processor main body 2. It is mounted on the upper surface of 50 and supported in a horizontal state.

  The upper structure 46 is provided with a slide-type cassette shutter (shutter) 53 that opens and closes an introduction port 52 formed in the upper portion of the frame body 43. The cassette shutter 53 includes a flat slide body 55 that slides the introduction port 52 in a horizontal state from one to the other in the longitudinal direction of the machine body along a guide groove 54 formed in the upper structure 46, and the slide body 55. An oscillating body 57 that is hinge-coupled via a rotating shaft 56 is provided.

  The upper structure 46 is provided with a pair of flappers 60 on the lower side of the cassette shutter 53 in a closed state so as to be rotatable about a rotation shaft 61. These flappers 60 extend in directions close to each other from the rotation shafts 61 that are supported by the flappers 60, and rotate downward about the rotation shaft 61 in a closed state in which the flappers 60 project from both sides into the introduction port 52 in plan view. Then, it can be rotated between the open state retracted from the introduction port 52 in a plan view, and is biased by a torsion spring (not shown) so as to be in the closed state.

  A vertically movable position 63 is provided in a vertically lower position of the temporary storage unit 30, that is, in a loading space in which the bill storage cassette 3 is loaded. As shown in FIG. 3, the movable stage 63 includes guide rollers 71 that are guided by guide rails 62 and 62 extending in the vertical direction on both sides of the main body 70 extending in the left-right direction. Yes. In addition, a guide plate 74 having parallel protrusions 73 extending in the vertical direction is disposed on the back side of the main body 70, while a recess corresponding to the protrusion 73 of the guide plate 74 is provided on the back surface of the main body 70. 75 is formed. The recess 75 is guided by the ridge 73 and the guide roller 71 is guided by the guide rail 62, so that the ridge 73 of the guide rail 62 and the guide plate 74 is maintained while the main body 70 of the movable stage 63 is maintained in a fixed posture. Can be moved up and down. In FIG. 2, the guide plate 74 is omitted for convenience of illustration.

  A rotating shaft 78 is rotatably supported by a pair of left and right support portions 77 in front of the main body 70 of the movable stage 63. The rotation shaft 78 is disposed at substantially the same height as the upper edge of the main body 70, and a pair of support rollers 64 are attached around the rotation shaft 78 at predetermined intervals. Since the rotation axis of the support roller 64 is disposed at substantially the same height as the upper edge of the main body 70, the upper part of the support roller 64 constitutes the uppermost part of the movable stage 63. The movable stage 63 is urged in the upward direction by a spring (not shown), and abuts against a stopper (not shown) at an upper limit position where the movable stage 63 can be raised and lowered.

  In the banknote handling machine 1 described above, an empty banknote storage cassette 3 in which the cassette shutter 53 is closed in a state where the door body 40 on the front surface of the processing machine body 2 is opened is loaded into the processing machine body 2 in a predetermined manner. Load into position. That is, the frame body 43 of the bill storage cassette 3 is slid on the guide rail 50 and moved to a predetermined position on the back side. Then, the cassette shutter 53 is unlocked and the frame 43 is locked to the processor main body 2.

  When the unlocked cassette shutter 53 is pulled out to the front surface 2A side of the processor main body 2, the pulled-out cassette shutter 53 is located at a position where the slide body 55 is retracted from the introduction port 52, and the swinging body 57 as a whole is framed. It is located on the outer side of the body 43, and can be rotated via a rotation shaft 56 and folded in a posture extending downward.

  FIG. 4 shows the banknote storage cassette 3 before being loaded into the processor main body 2. When the banknote storage cassette 3 in this state is loaded into the processor main body 2 as shown in FIG. The bag body 42 is pressed from the rear by the support roller 64 of the movable stage 63 positioned at the upper standby position, and a part of the bag body 42 is placed on the upper side of the support roller 64. Is in a state where the middle part is constricted. At this time, the upper side of the narrowed portion 67 of the bag body 42 becomes the storage space 68 for storing the banknotes S, and the narrowed portion 67 of the bag body 42 becomes the bottom of the storage space 68.

  For example, when depositing and storing the banknote S, the operator lifts the bill press 17 of the loading unit 12 and puts the banknote S between this and the base unit 15, and the short direction is the longitudinal direction of the body. Load the battery along the line. At this time, loading of denomination mixing and loading of a single denomination are possible. When the operator inputs a deposit start operation to the operation unit 37, the control unit 36 drives the separation / feeding unit 20 and the transport unit 25. Then, the bills S loaded in the loading unit 12 are fed out one by one from the bottom one and are conveyed by the conveying unit 25. On the way, the banknote S identified as acceptable by the identifying unit 28 is discharged from the transport path 27 into the temporary storage unit 30, and the other banknotes S are discharged to the reject unit 13. Note that the banknote S released to the reject unit 13 can be taken out of the machine as it is.

  As described above, when all the banknotes S loaded in the loading unit 12 are discharged to either the reject unit 13 or the temporary storage unit 30, the control unit 36 separates the separation feeding unit 20 and the transport unit. 25 is stopped, and the identification result of the banknote S temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 30 based on the identification result of the identification unit 28 is displayed on the display unit 38. When the operator inputs a cancel operation to the operation unit 37 by looking at this display, the control unit 36 unlocks the return door 31 with the return door lock unit 39 so that the return door 31 can be opened, and the operator opens the return door 31. The banknote S of the temporary storage part 30 is taken out directly.

  On the other hand, when the operator sees the display and inputs an approval operation to the operation unit 37, the control unit 36 opens the temporary storage unit shutter 34, and the banknote S falls downward from the temporary storage space 33. The cassette shutter 53 is placed on the pair of flappers 60 in the closed state through the introduction port 52 of the banknote storage cassette 3 with the cassette shutter 53 opened. Subsequently, the control unit 36 lowers the pushing unit 35 and pushes in the banknotes S on the pair of flappers 60 while rotating the flappers 60 downward. Then, the bill S passes through the pair of flappers 60 and is placed on the bottom of the storage space 68 of the bag body 42 where the bottom is formed by the narrowed portion 67 constricted by the movable stage 63 or on the bill S already stored. Stored. The pair of flappers 60 returns to the horizontal state by the biasing force of a torsion spring (not shown) when the bill S is separated. At this time, the banknote S does not enter below the constricted portion 67 constricted by the movable stage 63 of the bag body 42.

  At this time, the movable stage 63 and the bottom portion of the storage space 68 formed by being narrowed by the support roller 64 by the pressing through the bill S due to the lowering of the pushing portion 35 are shown in FIG. As shown, it will descend according to the amount of banknotes to be pushed. At this time, the rotatable support roller 64 rotates so as to move upward on the side in contact with the bag body 42 so as to reduce the frictional force due to the friction with the bag body 42 relatively rising. Thereby, the frictional force between the support roller 64 and the bag body 42 rising relative thereto is reduced.

  Thereafter, when the push-in portion 35 is raised while passing between the flappers 60 in the closed state, the movable stage 63 and the bottom portion of the storage space 68 formed by being constricted by the supporting roller are raised by the biasing force of the spring. However, even at the time of the ascent, the rotatable support roller 64 is moved downward on the mutually close side in contact with the bag body 42 so as to reduce the frictional force by the friction with the bag body 42 that descends relatively. Rotate. Thereby, the frictional force between the support roller 64 and the bag body 42 descending relative thereto is reduced.

  In addition, when performing the counting process of the banknote S with the above banknote processing machine 1, if all the banknotes S loaded in the loading part 12 are conveyed to the rejection part 13 and the temporary storage part 30, it will be temporarily. Without storing the banknote S in the banknote storage cassette 3 from the storage section 30, the return door 31 is opened and the banknote S in the temporary storage section 30 is returned to the operator.

  When the banknote storage cassette 3 storing the banknotes S is taken out from the processor main body 2 as described above, first, the operator opens the door body 40, lifts the swinging body 57 horizontally, and pushes it into the frame body 43. As a result, the cassette shutter 53 is closed. Then, the cassette shutter 53 is locked in the closed state, and the lock of the frame body 43 with respect to the processor main body 2 is released, so that the banknote storage cassette 3 can be taken out from the processor main body 2. When the banknotes are taken out from the banknote storage cassette 3 taken out from the processor main body 2 in this way, the operator releases the lock of the upper constituent body 46 with respect to the lower constituent body 44 and moves the upper constituent body 46 to the cassette shutter 53. And the bill is taken out from the bag body 42.

  According to the banknote handling machine 1 of the present embodiment described above, the bag body 42 made of cloth and easily deformable in any direction, the metal frame body 43 attached to the opening 41 of the bag body 42, the frame The storage cassette 3 having a slide-type cassette shutter 53 that opens and closes the inlet 61 inside the body 43 is supported by the guide rail 50 of the processor main body 2 in the frame 43, and the processor main body 2 is movable. The stage 63 is in a state where the middle portion of the bag body 42 is constricted. Then, the narrowed portion 67 of the bag body 42 becomes the bottom of the storage space 68, and the banknote S introduced from the introduction port 61 is stored on the upper side. For example, when the storage amount increases, the pushing portion 35 lowers the movable stage 63 via the banknote S, whereby the narrowed portion 67 of the bag body 42, that is, the bottom of the storage space 68 can be lowered, and the storage space 68 is expanded. be able to. Thus, since the magnitude | size of the storage space 68 can be set according to the accommodation amount of the banknote S, it can accommodate favorably, without the accommodation state of the banknote S becoming messy. Since the empty storage cassette 3 is made of cloth and easily deformable in any direction, it has a high degree of freedom in deformation and excellent handleability, and can be folded even smaller. Therefore, the storage efficiency is also excellent.

  Moreover, when the push-in portion 35 lowers the movable stage 63 and the bottom portion of the storage space 68 formed by being narrowed by the support roller 64 via the banknote S, the support roller 64 is connected to the bag body 42. By this friction, the side contacting the bag body 42 is rotated so as to move upward, which is the relative movement direction of the bag body 42, and the frictional force with the bag body 42 is reduced. As a result, it descends smoothly. Further, when the pushing portion 35 is raised, the support roller 64 is also used when the movable stage 63 and the bottom portion of the storage space 68 formed by being narrowed by the support roller 64 are raised by the biasing force of the spring. The friction with the bag body 42 is reduced by the friction with the bag body 42, so that the mutually close sides in contact with the bag body 42 are rotated so as to move downward, which is the relative movement direction of the bag body 42. As a result, it will rise smoothly.

  Furthermore, when the banknote storage cassette 3 is loaded by opening the door 40 of the processing machine body 2, the frame body 43 of the banknote storage cassette 3 is moved along the guide rail 50 from the front to the rear of the processing machine body 2. Since the support roller 64 of the movable stage 63 can be pressed behind the cloth bag 42 of the bill storage cassette 3 simply by loading, the loading operation of the bill storage cassette 3 can be easily performed. Moreover, when taking out the banknote storage cassette 3 from the processor main body 2, it is only necessary to pull it forward along the guide rail 50 to the front of the processor main body 2.

In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the case where the support roller is a so-called free roller that is rotatably provided has been described. For example, the support roller actively rotates in conjunction with the elevation of the movable stage 63. You may make it the structure to carry out.
Moreover, although the case where the support roller 64 is pressed from the back of the bag body 42 in a state of being loaded in the machine body has been described, if the structure is pressed from one direction, for example, from the side of the bag body 42 in the state of being loaded in the machine body You may comprise so that it may press.

It is a schematic block diagram of the banknote processing machine in embodiment of this invention. It is a fragmentary sectional view inside a processor main part in an embodiment of the invention. It is a perspective view of the movable stage in embodiment of this invention. It is a side view of the bill storage cassette before the loading in the embodiment of the present invention and its loading space. It is a side view of the loading space in embodiment of this invention, (a) shows the case where a movable stage is located in a standby position, (b) has shown the case where a movable stage descend | falls from the standby position.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Banknote processing machine 2 Processing machine main body 3 Banknote storage cassette 42 Bag body 43 Frame body 50 Guide rail (support means)
52 Inlet 53 Cassette shutter (shutter)
63 Movable stage (elevator means)
64 Support roller (roller)

Claims (2)

A cloth body that is easily deformable in any direction, a frame body that is attached to the opening of the bag body, and a slide-type shutter that opens and closes an introduction port inside the frame body, the shutter A banknote storage cassette capable of storing banknotes in the bag body through the introduction port of the frame body in an opened state;
Support means for supporting the frame body of the loaded banknote storage cassette, and elevator means capable of raising and lowering the intermediate portion of the bag body of the banknote storage cassette supported by the support means. A bill processing machine comprising a processing machine body,
The banknote processing machine, wherein the elevator means includes a rotatable roller that presses against an intermediate portion of the bag body from one side to close the intermediate portion.   2. The banknote handling machine according to claim 1, wherein the roller is a rotatable free roller.

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