JP5114740B2 - Banknote storage device - Google Patents

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  In the present invention, each time a bill is inserted from the end of the transport path into a bill insertion area facing the entrance of a storage space such as a safe, the bill is pushed into the storage space with the push plate over the entrance and sequentially stacked. It is related with the bill storage device stored in a state.

  In the banknote storage device, whenever a banknote transported to the end of the transport path is inserted into a banknote insertion area facing the entrance of the storage space, the banknote is retracted to the opposite side of the banknote insertion area. Push the upper and lower guides that form the upper and lower sides of the entrance of the storage space with the push plate until it reaches the position where it is pushed, and the received bill is urged toward the entrance into the storage space and received by the support plate. In some cases, the push plate is returned to the retracted position, and the banknote received by the receiving plate is held between the receiving plate and the upper and lower guides.

Such a banknote storage device has an advantage that it can efficiently store banknotes transported in the transport path in a predetermined safe or storage box (hereinafter referred to as a safe). It is widely used for transporting banknotes taken by Tajima ball lending machines on amusement islands, where a large number of machines are arranged, to the edge of the amusement island and storing them in a safe.
Japanese Patent No. 3511983

  However, in the conventional banknote storage device, as shown in FIG. 3A, the upper guide 3 and the lower guide 4 that form the entrance of the storage space 2 of the safe 1 are provided at equal positions from the banknote insertion area 5. It was. More precisely, the upper guide 3 has a downwardly inclined surface whose lower end is closer to the storage space than the upper end, and the lower guide 4 has an inclined surface whose upper end is closer to the storage space than the lower end. The upper end of the upper guide 3 and the lower end of the lower guide 4 are on a common first vertical plane, the lower end of the upper guide 3 and the upper end of the lower guide 4 are on a common second vertical plane, The second vertical surface is present on the storage space side with respect to the first vertical surface.

  Due to the positional relationship between the upper guide 3 and the lower guide 4, a push plate in which the banknote N inserted into the banknote insertion area 5 from the end of the banknote conveyance path (not shown) is moved from the retracted position toward the storage space 2. The behavior when being pushed into the storage space 2 by 6 is as follows. That is, the upper side and the lower side of the banknote N that is moved by being pushed by the push plate 6 that moves in the storage space direction from the retracted position are pressed against the inclined surfaces of the upper guide 3 and the lower guide 4 almost simultaneously. Is pushed by the push plate 6 which is bent further along, finally over the end portions of the upper and lower guides 3 and 4 (the lower end of the upper guide and the upper end of the lower guide), and the bill N enters the storage space 2 It is pushed in (stored). And, at the same time as it climbs over the ends of the upper and lower guides 3, 4, the banknote N is received by the receiving plate 8 that is biased from the back toward the entrance by the biasing means 7 such as a coil spring in the storage space 2, It is sandwiched between the pressing plate 6 and the receiving plate 8 or the banknotes previously stored and supported by the receiving plate 8. Thereafter, since the push plate 6 is returned to the retracted position, the banknotes stored and receiving the biasing force of the receiving plate 8 are pressed against the back surfaces of the upper guide 3 and the lower guide 4 (relative to the bill insertion area 5). Held in a state.

  By the way, the banknote which arrives at the banknote insertion area 5 from the conveyance path end does not necessarily insert all banknotes with a normal attitude | position by various factors. That is, if there is a banknote inserted with the lower side in contact with the bottom surface of the banknote insertion area 5, the lower side does not contact the bottom surface of the banknote insertion area 5, but floats from the bottom surface by about 2, 3 to 5 mm, for example. There are many cases where the height positions of the banknotes are uneven, such as some banknotes inserted in And when it is pushed in with the push plate, the upper side and the lower side of the bill are moved while simultaneously contacting the inclined surfaces of the upper and lower guides 3 and 4, that is, the bill is given almost a vertical movement force. Since the upper and lower guides 3 and 4 are overcome without being moved, the push plate 5 is moved back to the retracted position even when it is moved to the storage space 2 and received by the receiving plate 8, so that the upper and lower guide plates 8 and Even in the state of being sandwiched between the guides 3 and 4, the unevenness of the height of the banknotes when inserted into the banknote insertion area 5 is maintained as it is.

  Because the banknotes held by the upper and lower guides 3 and 4 are uneven in height, each banknote will not maintain a perfect vertical posture, but will restore its inherent curved or bent posture by residual stress. And Therefore, as illustrated in FIG. 3 (b), the bulge from the storage space 2 side to the banknote insertion area 5 side increases due to the accumulation of the curved or bent postures of all stored banknotes N, and the banknote insertion area Since the banknote inserted later into the banknote 5 collides with the banknote previously stored and the banknote may jam in the banknote insertion area 5, a countermeasure for this has been desired.

  This invention is made | formed in view of said point, and a subject is to prevent the banknote inserted in a banknote insertion area from colliding with the banknote previously accommodated in the safe.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is configured such that when the banknote inserted into the banknote insertion area is pushed toward the storage space by the push plate, the upper guide of the upper guide and the lower guide forming the entrance of the storage space. After the upper side of the banknote is pressed against the upper guide and climbed over, the lower side of the banknote is pressed against the lower guide and placed at a position closer to the banknote insertion area than the lower guide. It is a feature.

  With the above configuration, the banknote pushed by the push plate toward the storage space has its upper side pressed against the upper guide first, and in the process of getting over the lower end of the upper guide, a force to move the banknote acts downward. The bill inserted in a state of floating from the bottom surface of the bill insertion area has its lower side in contact with the bottom surface of the bill insertion region, and the height is corrected. Since the upper side of the banknote gets over the upper guide and is pressed against the receiving plate or the banknote supported by the receiving plate, the banknote maintains its corrected height, and at the same time, the lower side of the banknote is pressed against the lower guide. It is applied and gets over its upper end and pressed against the backing plate or the banknote supported by the backing plate. Thereafter, as the push plate moves backward to the retracted position, the receiving plate biased toward the entrance of the storage space holds the stored banknotes between the upper and lower guides. Therefore, since all the stored banknotes are pressed against the upper and lower guides with their lower sides in contact with the bottom surface of the safe and aligned in height, an attempt is made to maintain a vertical state. As a result, the stored banknotes do not swell to the banknote insertion area side or very little, if any.

In the above configuration, the upper guide has an inclined surface inclined downward in the storage space direction from the upper end to the lower end, and the lower guide has an inclined surface inclined upward in the storage space direction from the lower end to the upper end, It is desirable that the lower end of the guide be present at a position closer to the bill insertion area than the upper end of the lower guide.
With the above configuration, when the upper side of the bill pushed in the storage space direction by the push plate comes into contact with the upper guide, the downward movement is promoted, and the upper side of the bill is already held by the push plate and the receiving plate or the receiving plate. Since the lower side of the banknote climbs over the lower guide after being sandwiched between the banknote and the banknote, the upward movement of the banknote during the climbing is suppressed, so that the height of the corrected banknote is maintained.

Further, in the above configuration, the banknotes that are stored in the storage space, are inclined downward toward the entrance side of the storage space, above the storage space side surface (back surface) of the upper guide, and are pushed by the receiving plate after the push plate is retracted. It is desirable to provide a guide member with which the upper side abuts.
With the above configuration, when the banknote after being stored in the storage space is moved in the vertical guide direction by the receiving plate, the upper side of the banknote receives a downward force by the inclined surface of the guide member, so that all the stored banknotes are stored. Are stored in an orderly manner with the lower side in contact with the bottom of the safe.

  According to the invention of claim 1, since it is reduced that the banknote stored in the storage space swells toward the banknote insertion area, the banknote that is subsequently inserted into the banknote insertion area is stored first. It is prevented from colliding with. Therefore, bills can be stored safely without jamming.

  According to the invention of claim 2, the posture correction of the banknote inserted into the banknote insertion area is promoted, and the post-correction posture is maintained.

According to invention of Claim 3, all the banknotes accommodated are accommodated orderly in the state which made the lower side contact the bottom face of a safe. When the banknotes arranged in an orderly manner are sandwiched between the back surfaces of the upper and lower guides by the receiving plate, the banknotes strengthen each other's strength, thereby further reducing the bulge of the stored banknotes toward the banknote insertion area.
Therefore, according to the present invention, since the number of stored safes is stabilized, it can be easily detected by the sensor that the safe is full, and the controllability is greatly improved.

  Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described based on FIG. 1 and FIG. FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of an essential part of a banknote storage apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. The same reference numerals are used for the same components as those of the conventional apparatus shown in FIG.

  A storage space 2 formed by the safe 1 has an entrance formed by an upper guide 3 and a lower guide 4, and a bill insertion area 5 desired for the entrance is provided on the left side of the entrance in the drawing. Is configured such that a banknote is inserted in a direction perpendicular to the drawing from the end of a banknote conveyance path (not shown). Each time the push plate 6 evacuated to the opposite side to the storage space of the banknote insertion area 5 is detected by a banknote sensor (not shown) that one banknote has been inserted into the banknote insertion area 5, the banknote insertion area 5. The bill is moved to the storage space 2 side, that is, moved to the storage position beyond the upper and lower guides 3 and 4 while maintaining the vertical state, and after reaching the storage position, is returned to the retracted position. Has been. In the storage space 2, there is provided a receiving plate 8 that is constantly urged toward the entrance of the storage space by a biasing means 7 such as a coil spring.

  And in the banknote storage apparatus in this invention, the upper guide 3 has a downward inclined surface so that a lower end exists in the storage space side rather than the upper end, and the lower guide 4 has an upper end in the storage space side from the lower end. The upper guide 3 is provided at a position closer to the banknote insertion area 5 side than the lower guide 4, although the point having an upward inclined surface so as to exist is the same as the conventional technique. More specifically, the upper side of the banknote moved in the storage space direction is first pressed against the inclined surface of the upper guide by the pressing plate 6 that is moved when the banknote is inserted into the banknote insertion area 5, and the upper side of the banknote is the pressing plate. 6 is pressed against the receiving plate 8 and the upper side of the banknote climbs over the lower end of the upper guide 3, and then the lower side of the banknote is pressed against the inclined surface of the lower guide 4 and continues to climb over the upper end of the lower guide 4. The positional relationship is set.

  Moreover, in preferable embodiment, the guide member 9 which has the inclined surface which inclines downward toward the lower end of an upper guide is provided in the back surface of the upper guide.

  The operation at the time of storing bills with the above configuration is shown and described in FIG. 2 in time series. FIG. 2A shows a state in which a bill N is inserted into the bill insertion area 5 while the push plate 6 is maintained at the retracted position. When a bill sensor (not shown) detects that a bill has been inserted, a bill pushing operation by the push plate 6 is started. That is, as shown in FIG. 2 (b), it is moved in the storage space direction (left direction in FIG. 2). Since the upper guide 3 is present in front of the lower guide 4, the upper side of the banknote is pressed against the downwardly inclined surface of the upper guide and gets over the lower end of the upper guide. At this time, since a downward force is applied to the banknote from the upper guide on the upper side, when the banknote N inserted in the banknote insertion area 5 floats from the bottom surface of the banknote insertion area 5, it is moved downward. The lower side of the bill N is brought into contact with the bottom surface of the bill insertion area 5. That is, the bill posture is corrected. As shown in FIG. 2 (c), at the same time as the upper side of the banknote climbs over the upper guide, the banknote is pressed against the receiving plate 8 or the banknote stored and held on the receiving plate, At the same time, the lower side of the bill moves along the inclined surface of the lower guide and gets over the upper end of the lower guide. At this time, since the banknote is pressed against the receiving plate 8 or the previous banknote held by the receiving plate 6 by the push plate 6, it does not move upward. That is, while the corrected posture is maintained, the push plate 6 is moved to a predetermined storage position and the bill is stored in the storage space 2 as shown in FIG. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 2 (e), the push plate 6 is returned to the initial retracted position, and accordingly, the upper portion of the banknote in which the receiving plate 8 biased in the entrance direction is stored. And the lower part is pressed against the upper guide 3 and the lower guide 4, respectively, and held.

  When the bill is pushed toward the upper guide 3 and the lower guide 4 by the biasing force of the receiving plate 8 accompanying the retreat of the push plate, the guide member in which the upper side of the bill on the bill insertion area 5 side is provided on the back surface of the upper guide 3. Since the banknotes whose heights are uneven because they are pressed along the inclined surface 9 are guided downward, the lower ends of the banknotes come into contact with the bottom surface of the storage space. Therefore, all stored banknotes are aligned at the same height. Accordingly, since the banknotes sandwiched between the backing plate and the upper and lower guides are arranged in order and strengthen each other's strength, deformation due to the residual stress of the banknotes is suppressed and the banknotes are held in an upright state. As a result, the stored banknote does not bulge into the banknote insertion area, or is minimal even if it occurs. Therefore, it is prevented that the banknote inserted subsequent to a banknote insertion area collides with the banknote previously accommodated. Accordingly, since there is no occurrence of banknote jamming, banknote storage can be performed safely and efficiently.

It is sectional drawing which shows the principal part of the banknote storage apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the effect | action of the apparatus in time series. It is principal part sectional drawing which shows the structure and effect | action in the conventional banknote storage apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

1 Safe (safe box, storage box, etc.)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 2 Storage space 3 Upper guide 4 Lower guide 5 Banknote insertion area 6 Push plate 7 Energizing means 8 Receiving plate 9 Guide member

Claims (3)

The conveyed banknote is inserted into the banknote insertion area facing the entrance of the storage space, and the banknotes are retracted to the retreat position opposite to the storage space of the banknote insertion area, and the upper and lower sides of the entrance of the storage space are pushed by push plates. The banknotes are pushed in to the position over the upper and lower guides forming the sides, and the pushed banknotes are received by the receiving plate provided in the storage space by being urged toward the entrance, and the pushing plate is moved to the retracting position. In the banknote storage device for returning to the position and holding the banknote received by the receiving plate between the receiving plate and the upper guide and the lower guide,
When the banknote inserted into the banknote insertion area is pushed toward the storage space by the push plate, the upper side of the banknote is pressed against the upper guide and gets over the upper guide. The banknote storage device is provided at a position closer to the banknote insertion area than the lower guide so as to be pressed against the lower guide.   The upper guide has an inclined surface that inclines downward from the upper end to the lower end in the storage space direction, the lower guide has an inclined surface that inclines in the storage space direction from the lower end to the upper end, and the lower end of the upper guide is The banknote storage device according to claim 1, wherein the banknote storage device is present at a position closer to a banknote insertion area than an upper end of the lower guide.   A guide member that has an inclined surface that slopes down to the entrance side of the storage space, which is stored in the storage space and is in contact with the upper side of the banknote pressed by the receiving plate after the push plate is retracted, on the upper side of the surface on the storage space side of the upper guide The bill storage device according to claim 1, wherein the bill storage device is provided.

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