JP5266458B2 - Banknote storage device - Google Patents

Description

  Each time the bill is fed into the bill feeding path facing the entrance of the storage space such as a safe in the horizontally long vertical state from the end of the transport path, the bill is pushed over the entrance with the push plate into the storage space. The present invention relates to a banknote storage apparatus that stores the paper in a state of being pushed in and sequentially stacked.

  Each time a banknote transported in a horizontally long vertical state to the end of the transport path is fed into the banknote feeding path facing the entrance of the storage space, the banknote is stored in the banknote feeding path. Push the upper and lower guides that form the upper and lower sides of the entrance of the storage space with the push plate that has been retracted to the opposite side, and push the pushed banknote into the storage space toward the entrance Some of them are received by a receiving plate provided, the push plate is returned to a retracted position, and a bill received by the receiving plate is held between the receiving plate and an upper guide and a lower guide.

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. 4A, 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 feeding path 5. It was done. More specifically, the upper guide 3 has a downwardly inclined surface whose lower end exists on the storage space side from the upper end, and the lower guide 4 has an inclined surface whose upper end exists on the storage space side from the lower end. The upper end of the upper guide 3 and the lower end of the lower guide 4 are present on a common first vertical plane, and the lower end of the upper guide 3 and the upper end of the lower guide 4 are present on a common second vertical plane. A second vertical surface is present on the storage space 2 side with respect to the vertical surface.

  Due to the positional relationship between the upper guide 3 and the lower guide 4, the banknote N fed into the banknote feeding path 5 from the end of the banknote transport path (not shown) is moved from the retracted position toward the storage space 2. The behavior when pushed into the storage space 2 by the push plate 6 is as follows. That is, the upper side and the lower side of the bill N that is pushed and moved 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 that is further bent, finally gets over the ends 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 gets over the ends of the upper and lower guides 3, 4, the banknote N is received by the receiving plate 8 urged from the back toward the entrance by the urging 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 bills stored and subjected to the urging 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 feeding path 5). It is held in the state.

  By the way, as for the banknote which arrives at the banknote inflow path 5 from the conveyance path end, not all banknotes are necessarily necessarily sent in a normal attitude | position by various factors. That is, if there is a banknote to be sent in a state where the lower side is in contact with the bottom surface of the banknote feeding path 5, the lower side is not in contact with the bottom surface of the banknote feeding path 5, and is about 2, 3 to 5 mm from the bottom surface. There are many cases where the height positions of the banknotes are uneven, such as some banknotes being sent in a floating state. And when it is pushed in by the push plate 6, 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, a substantially vertical movement force is applied to the bill. Since the upper and lower guides 3 and 4 are moved over without being given, even when moved to the storage space 2 side and received by the receiving plate 8, the push plate 5 moves back to the retracted position so that the receiving plate 8 and the upper and lower guides are moved upward and downward. Even in the state of being sandwiched between the guides 3 and 4, the unevenness of the banknote height when being fed into the banknote feeding path 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 For this reason, as illustrated in FIG. 4B, the bulge from the storage space 2 side to the banknote feeding path 5 side increases due to the accumulation of the curved or bent postures of all stored banknotes N, There is a possibility that a banknote that is subsequently fed into the entrance path 5 collides with the rear end of the banknote that is stored first, and the banknote jams in the banknote delivery path 5.

  In order to solve the above problem, the applicant of the present application specification (Japanese Patent Application No. 2007-294590), as shown in FIG. Of the upper guide 3 and the lower guide 4 that form the entrance of the storage space 2, the upper guide 3 of the banknotes fed into the banknote feeding path is pushed by the push plate 6 so as not to collide with the stored banknotes. The banknote is lower than the lower guide 4 so that the upper side of the banknote is pushed against the upper guide 3 and gets over when pushed into the storage space 2 and then the lower side of the banknote is pushed against the lower guide 4 and gets over. The banknote storage apparatus characterized by providing in the position which approached the inflow path side was proposed.

With the above configuration, the banknote pushed by the push plate 6 toward the storage space 2 has a force that moves the banknote downward in the process in which the upper side is first pressed against the upper guide 3 and gets over the lower end of the upper guide. In order to act, the banknote sent in the state where it floated from the bottom surface of the banknote feeding path 5 has its lower side in contact with the bottom surface of the banknote feeding path 5 and the height is corrected, and the upper side of the banknote is the upper guide 3. Since the banknote is pressed against the receiving plate 8 or the banknote supported by the receiving plate at the same time, the banknote maintains the corrected height, and at the same time, the lower side of the banknote is pressed against the lower guide 4 and It climbs over the upper end of the lower guide 3 and is pressed against the receiving plate 8 or the bill supported by the receiving plate. Thereafter, as the push plate 6 retracts to the retracted position, the receiving plate 8 biased toward the entrance of the storage space 2 holds the stored banknotes between the upper and lower guides 3 and 4. Accordingly, all the stored banknotes are pressed against the upper and lower guides by the receiving plate 8 in a state where the bottom side is in contact with the bottom surface 1b of the safe and the heights are aligned, so that the vertical state is maintained. As a result, the stored banknotes do not swell into the banknote feeding path 5 or, if any, are negligible.

  However, according to the banknote storage device according to the above proposal, various effects can be obtained, although the effect that the heights of the banknotes stored in the storage space are arranged in an orderly manner is obtained, but the effect of preventing bulging is still not sufficient. Was found out.

  Therefore, the present invention is further improved to reliably prevent a banknote to be fed later from colliding with a banknote previously stored, even if the banknote stored in the storage space is somewhat swollen. It aims at providing the bill storage device made to do.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is configured to retract a bill fed into a bill feeding path facing an entrance of a storage space such as a safe at a position opposite to the bill feeding path. A receiving plate provided by pushing the upper and lower guides forming the upper and lower sides of the entrance of the storage space by a push plate to a position over the upper guide and urging the pushed banknote in the storage space toward the entrance In the banknote storage device that holds the banknote received by the receiving plate and sandwiches it between the receiving plate and the upper guide and the lower guide, and returns the push plate to the retracted position. (a) in all the time, said to occupy a slightly offset toward said receiving space inside than an extension on or its extension of the upper guide of the inlet side end portion near a position of the banknote feeding entrance road of the upper guide Provided pins extending downward from the upper end of the paid space exceeds push plate that is moving the pin in the moving direction opposite to the direction of the push plate when the (b) the push plate is moved to the pushed-in position location And (c) the push plate is moved to the pushed-in position and returned to the retracted position, and the push plate is returned to the initial position when the push plate is restored to the retracted position. In this case, the rear end of the bill pushed in by the push plate is displaced to the inside of the storage space from the bill feeding path.

  With the above configuration, a bill that is fed into the bill feeding path and pushed toward the storage space by the push plate is moved into the storage space over the upper guide and the lower guide, and is supported by the receiving plate or the receiving plate. It is pressed against the banknotes. As the push plate is retracted, the bill is sandwiched between the upper guide and the lower guide and the receiving plate. In this process, when the push plate is moved to a predetermined pushing position in the storage space beyond the surface connecting the upper guide and the lower guide, the bill is moved to a position where the rear end abuts or approaches the pin. And accommodated in the accommodating space. When the push plate reaches the push-in position, the pin is moved to a position on the opposite side of the storage space from the end of the push plate. At this moment, the pin bends the trailing edge of the banknote and moves to a position where the trailing edge of the banknote is elastically restored. Immediately thereafter, the push plate returns to the retracted position, and the pin returns to the initial position. Is done. Therefore, the rear end of the bill is held in a state of being displaced from the bill feeding path to the storage space side by the pin. Therefore, it is reliably prevented that a bill that is subsequently fed into the bill feeding path collides with the rear end of the bill that has been previously stored.

When the push plate is moved to the push-in position, the pin is moved in a direction opposite to the moving direction of the push plate to a position exceeding the moved push plate, and when the push plate is returned to the retracted position, the pin is initially moved. means for returning to the position, and transmission means for moving to a position above its movement has been the push plate to the pin in a direction opposite the direction of movement of the push plate when the push plate is moved push up position, the push plate is retracted positions It is desirable to comprise return means for returning the pin to the initial position when it is returned to the initial position.

The transmission means includes a guide shaft that guides the movement to the retracted position and the pushed-in position of the push plate, a pin that supports the pin, and a pin support member that is provided so as to be movable in a direction parallel to the moving direction of the push plate, A lever that is rotatably mounted around a shaft, one end of which is pivotally supported by the pin support member, and the other end of the guide shaft that has been moved to the pushing position hits the tip of the guide shaft and rotates around the shaft; It is desirable to consist of.
With the above configuration, when the guide shaft moves to the push-in position in conjunction with the reciprocating movement of the push plate, the tip of the guide shaft rotates the lever, and the lever moves the pin to the predetermined position via the pin support member.

It is desirable that the pin has a length from the upper end portion of the storage space to a position lower than half the height of the storage space.
When the pin has such a length, the lower part of the banknote displaced by the pin does not protrude into the banknote feeding path and does not hinder the feeding of the subsequent banknote.
Further, the pin support member has a connecting member extending in the vertical direction, and is slidably inserted through parallel shafts fixed to the bill storage device body into sleeves provided at the upper end portion and the lower end portion of the connecting member. It is desirable.
With the above configuration, when the pin support member is moved by the transmission unit and the return unit, the pin support member slides while being guided by parallel shafts at both upper and lower ends.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the push plate reaches the push-in position and then returns to the retracted position, the rear end of the bill fed into the bill feeding path is stored in the storage space from the bill feeding path by the pin. Since it is hold | maintained in the state displaced to the side, it is prevented reliably that the banknote sent in to a banknote feeding path after that collides with the rear end of the banknote accommodated previously.

  According to the invention of claim 2, the mechanism for moving the push plate can be utilized for pin movement, and the cost can be reduced.

According to invention of Claim 3, when it moves to the pushing position of a press plate, the transmission means for moving a pin to the accommodation space side can be implement | achieved by a simple structure.

According to invention of Claim 4, the lower part of the banknote displaced by a pin does not protrude into a banknote inflow path, and does not prevent inflow of a subsequent banknote.
According to the invention of claim 5, the pin can be moved with high stability by the upper and lower parallel axes.

  Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a plan view in which a part of the banknote storage device according to the present invention is omitted, FIG. 2 is a front view in which a part is omitted, and FIG. The same reference numerals are used for the same components as those of the conventional apparatus shown in FIGS.

  The storage space 2 of the safe 1 has an entrance formed by an upper guide 3 and a lower guide 4, and a banknote inflow path 5 desired for the entrance is provided on the left side of the entrance in the drawing. Is configured so that the bills are fed in a horizontally long vertical state from the end of the bill conveyance path (not shown), from the bottom to the top in FIG. 1, and from the top to the bottom in FIG. ing.

The pressing plate 6 held at the retracted position on the opposite side of the storage space 2 of the banknote feeding path 5 during normal standby is not shown that one banknote has been fed into the banknote feeding path 5. Each time it is detected by the banknote sensor, the banknote present in the banknote feeding path 5 is moved to the storage space 2 side, that is, to a predetermined pushing position beyond the upper and lower guides 3 and 4 by a push plate moving mechanism 60 described later. It is configured to move while maintaining the vertical state, and return to the retracted position after reaching the push-in position . 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. The receiving plate 8 is received by the upper and lower guides 3 and 4.

  The pressing plate moving mechanism 60 includes a motor 61 fixed to the upper surface plate 11 of the safe 1 (or an upper surface plate of a storage box (not shown) for detachably storing the safe; the same applies hereinafter), and one end of the pressing plate moving mechanism 60 is a pressing plate. 6 and an operating rod 63 provided with a cam 62 having a longitudinally slotted cam hole at the other end, one end fixed to the rotating shaft of the motor, and the other end directly or via a roller. And a crank 64 that is loosely inserted into the cylinder.

  One end of a horizontal guide shaft 65 is fixed to the push plate 6 in the vicinity of the front end portion and the rear end portion of the bill feeding path 5, and each guide shaft 65 is completely attached to a bearing 66 fixed to the upper surface plate of the safe 1. It is slidably supported while maintaining a horizontal state.

Accordingly, the motor 61 is rotated once each time the bill feeding into the bill feeding path 5 is detected, so that the push plate 6 is moved from the retracted position to the pushed-in position and then returned to the retracted position. It has become.

1 and 2, P is a pin newly provided according to the present invention. The pin P is supported by a pin support member 9 attached so as to be reciprocally movable in a direction perpendicular to the bill feeding direction to the bill feeding path 5. The pin support member 9 is provided at substantially the same height as the top plate of the safe, and is fixed to the upper end of a connecting member 92 having sleeves 91a and 91b at the upper end and the lower end, and the upper end and lower end of the safe are attached to the sleeve 91. Support shafts 93a and 93b provided in the vicinity of the portion are slidably inserted, and are attached so that the pins P can be moved stably in the horizontal direction while maintaining the vertical state. The length of the pin P is a little over half of the average height of the bills fed into the bill feeding path 5. The pin support member 9 is coupled with the other end of a coil spring 94 having one end fixed to a safe as an example of a return means.

  The pin P is always at a predetermined position, that is, on the extension line of the upper guide 3 near the entrance side end of the bill feeding path of the upper guide 3 or at a position slightly closer to the inside of the storage space 2 than the extension line. , Extending vertically downward from the upper end of the storage space 2.

The pin support member 9 is provided with a shaft 95 in the vicinity of the end opposite to the bill feeding path 5, and the shaft is attached to the upper surface plate 11 of the safe so as to be rotatable around the shaft 96 at the intermediate position in the longitudinal direction. The lever 97 is inserted into a long hole 97 a formed at one end. An upright piece 97b is provided at the other end of the lever 97, and the upright piece exists on the movement line of the guide shaft 65 on the banknote transport path end side when the pin support member 9 is in the steady position, and is pushed. When the plate 6 is moved to a predetermined push-in position, the guide shaft 65 hits the upright piece 97b so that the lever 97 is rotated about the shaft 96. The guide shaft 65, the lever 97, and the pin support member 9 constitute transmission means for reciprocating the pin P within a predetermined range in conjunction with the movement of the push plate 6.

Next, the consistent operation of the present invention with the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3A, when it is detected that the bill is fed into the bill feeding path 5 and the motor 61 is driven to rotate, the push plate 6 is interposed via the crank 64, the cam 62 and the operating rod 63. 3 is moved beyond the plane connecting the upper guide 3 and the lower guide 4 to a predetermined pushing position in the storage space 2, the rear end of the banknote N comes into contact with the pin P as shown in FIG. Or it moves to the position close | similar and is accommodated in the accommodation space 2. FIG.
Then, as shown in FIG. 3C, when the push plate 6 reaches the push-in position, the pin P is moved to a position opposite to the storage space 2 from the end of the push plate 6 by the transmission means. At this moment, the pin P bends the trailing edge of the bill N and moves to a position where the trailing end of the bill returns elastically. Immediately thereafter, as shown in FIG. 3 (d), the push plate 6 is returned to the retracted position by the transmission means, and at the same time, the pin P is returned to the initial position by the return means 94. Therefore, the rear end of the bill N is held in a state of being displaced from the bill feeding path 5 to the storage space 2 side by the pin P.

  Therefore, it is reliably prevented that the banknotes subsequently fed into the banknote feeding path 5 collide with the rear end of the banknotes previously stored.

  The means for moving the pin can also be configured to move the pin support member 9 just before the end of one rotation of the motor 61. However, when the push plate guide shaft 65 is used, a simple structure for pivotally supporting the lever 97 is sufficient. The mechanism for moving the push plate 6 is not limited to the illustrated motor 61 and crank mechanism, and a combination of a motor and a ball screw, a combination of a solenoid and a plunger, and other known drive mechanisms can be used. Further, as the upper guide 3 and the lower guide 4, any of those shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 may be used.

The top view which abbreviate | omitted a part of banknote storage apparatus which concerns on this invention. The front view which abbreviate | omitted one part. Explanatory drawing explaining an effect | action time-sequentially. The principal part sectional drawing which shows the structure and effect | action in the conventional banknote storage apparatus. Sectional drawing which shows the banknote storage apparatus proposed in the previous application.

1 Safe (or storage box)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 2 Storage space 3 Upper guide 4 Lower guide 5 Bill feeding path 6 Push plate 7 Energizing means 8 Receiving plate 60 Transmission means 61 Motor 62 Cam 63 Actuating rod 64 Crank 65 Guide shaft 66 Bearing P pin 9 Pin support member 91a, 91b Sleeve 92 Connecting member 94 Return means (coil spring)
97 Lever 97b Standing piece

Claims (5)

Upper and lower sides of the entrance of the storage space by a push plate which is fed into a bill feeding path facing the entrance of a storage space such as a safe and the banknote is retracted to a position opposite to the storage space of the bill feeding path. Is pushed to a position over the upper guide and the lower guide, and the pushed banknote is urged in the storage space by a receiving plate provided in the entrance direction, and the pushing plate is moved to the retracted position. In the banknote storage device that holds and holds the banknote received by the receiving plate between the receiving plate and the upper guide and the lower guide,
In all times, the upper guide of the bill feeding of the inlet side end portion near a position of entrance road the upper guide extension or on the storage space so as to occupy slightly offset toward the housing space inside than the extension of A pin extending downward from the upper end is provided,
When the push plate is moved to the push-in position, the pin is moved to a position exceeding the moved push plate in a direction opposite to the moving direction of the push plate, and the push plate is returned to the retracted position. Sometimes comprises means for returning the pin to its initial position,
When the push plate is moved to the push-in position and returned to the retracted position, the rear end of the bill that has been pushed last by the push plate is displaced to the inside of the storage space from the bill feeding path. What I did,
A bill storage device. The push plate so that moving the pin when it is moved to the pushed-in position to a position beyond the Moved push plate in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the push plate and the push plate has returned to the retracted position When the push plate is moved to the push-in position , the means for moving the pin back to the initial position moves the pin in a direction opposite to the movement direction of the push plate to a position beyond the moved push plate. The bill storage device according to claim 1, comprising: means and return means for returning the pin to the initial position when the push plate returns to the retracted position. The transmission means includes a guide shaft that guides the movement to the retracted position and the pushed-in position of the push plate, a pin support member that supports the pin and is movable in a direction parallel to the moving direction of the push plate, and a shaft And a lever that is pivotally mounted about the shaft, has one end pivotally supported by the pin support member, and the other end is moved to the pushing position so that the tip of the guide shaft hits and rotates about the shaft. The bill storage device according to claim 2, wherein   The bill storage device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the pin has a length from an upper end portion of the storage space to a position lower than half of the height of the storage space.   The pin support member has a connecting member extending in the vertical direction, and is slidably inserted through parallel shafts fixed to the bill storage device body through sleeves provided at the upper end and the lower end of the connecting member. The bill storage device according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4.

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