JP5795877B2 - Banknote handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote handling apparatus that handles banknotes.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a banknote handling apparatus in which a drawer body that is detachably equipped with a cassette for storing banknotes can be pulled out of a main body (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-259084 (FIGS. 10 and 11)

  In the banknote handling apparatus described above, a plurality of cassettes are set at a set position along the pulling-out direction of the drawer. At that time, the cassette is surely set, and the drawer and the cassette are damaged. For the purpose of avoiding this, a slight gap is formed between adjacent cassettes.

  For this reason, when a drawer body is pulled out and maintenance work is performed in a state where a plurality of cassettes are set on the drawer body, there is a possibility that banknotes may fall into a gap between adjacent cassettes. Thus, if a banknote falls in the clearance gap between adjacent cassettes, a banknote may not be taken out unless a cassette is removed, and there existed a problem in the point of workability | operativity.

  An object of this invention is to provide the banknote processing apparatus which can prevent a banknote falling in the clearance gap between adjacent cassettes in view of the said problem.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 has a main body and a drawer body that can be pulled out from the main body, and the drawer body has a plurality of cassettes for storing banknotes in a horizontal linear cassette arrangement direction. The plurality of cassettes are arranged in the cassette arrangement direction in the storage state in which the cassettes are stored in the storage unit. Are opposed to each other with a gap when they face each other, and on the outer surfaces in the arrangement direction on both sides of all the cassettes, horizontal cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal positions perpendicular to the cassette arrangement direction on one side and the opposite side shifting the first protrusion more are provided only on the arrangement direction outer surface facing each other in the storage state, the first projection of the plurality respectively provided in the front And shifting the cassette sequence orthogonal horizontal position will be superimposed the position of the cassette arrangement direction, the accommodating portion includes a first wall surface of the two locations facing the arrangement direction outer surface at the accommodated state, the housing And two second wall surfaces facing the side surfaces of the plurality of cassettes positioned in the horizontal direction orthogonal to the cassette arrangement, and facing each of the two first wall surfaces in the stored state. A first wall recess that overlaps the first convex portion of the outer surface in the arrangement direction and the position in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction and overlaps the position in the cassette arrangement direction is provided, each of the two second wall surfaces the second wall surface recesses are provided, to each of the side surfaces of both sides of the plurality of cassettes, the second projecting portion entering the second wall recess is provided in said accommodated state And features.

The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1 , wherein the drawer body is provided with a transport unit that is provided above the storage unit and transports banknotes to the plurality of cassettes. And

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, even if a bill is about to fall into the gap between adjacent cassettes, the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal position is shifted and the cassette arrangement direction horizontal position is shifted to the arrangement direction outer surfaces facing each other forming the gap. Since the convex portions are provided by overlapping the positions, the gap is not straight, and the falling of the banknote is restricted. Therefore, it can prevent that a banknote falls in the clearance gap between adjacent cassettes.

In addition, a plurality of convex portions are provided on one outer surface in the arrangement direction so as to be arranged in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the cassette arrangement, and an outer surface concave portion between two adjacent convex portions on one outer surface in the arrangement direction, Since one convex part overlaps the position of a cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction, a clearance gap becomes a zigzag shape and it can further control fall of a bill. Therefore, it is possible to further prevent the banknote from falling into the gap between the adjacent cassettes.

Further, even when a bill is about to fall into the gap between the wall surface of the storage unit and the cassette adjacent thereto, the wall surface overlaps the convex portion of the outer surface in the arrangement direction and the position in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction, and the cassette arrangement direction Since the wall surface concave portion that overlaps the positions is provided, the gap does not become a straight line, and the falling of the banknote is regulated. Therefore, it can prevent that a banknote falls in the clearance gap between the wall surface of a storage part and the cassette adjacent to this.

In addition, since all the cassettes are provided with convex portions on the outer surfaces in the arrangement direction on both sides so that the positions in the horizontal direction perpendicular to the cassette arrangement are shifted on one side and the opposite side, all the gaps between adjacent cassettes It will regulate the falling of banknotes without becoming a shape. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the bills from falling into all the gaps between adjacent ones of all the cassettes stored in the storage unit.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the jam or the like generated in the transport unit is eliminated, the drawer body provided with the transport unit and the storage unit is pulled out from the main body. Since the banknote is removed from the transport unit, it is highly possible that the banknote falls to the lower storage unit side. Therefore, the effect by preventing a banknote from falling into the clearance gap between adjacent cassettes increases.

It is a perspective view which shows the teller machine containing the banknote processing apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a sectional side view which shows roughly the banknote processing apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: A money_receiving | payment process route is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: A storage process route is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: A return process route is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: A rose payment processing route is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: A bundle payment processing route is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: The outward route of a self-examination process is shown with a thick line. It is a sectional side view of the banknote processing apparatus, and shows the return route of the self-scrutiny processing by a bold line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: The outward route of a local organization process is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: The return route of a local organization process is shown with a thick line. It is a perspective view which shows the drawer body of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: (a) shows the state in which a conveyance part exists in a conveyance position, (b) shows the state in which a conveyance part exists in an open position. It is a perspective view which shows the drawer body and various cassettes of the banknote processing apparatus, (a) shows the state in which a conveyance part exists in a conveyance position, (b) shows the state in which a conveyance part exists in an open position. It is a perspective view which shows the cassette of the banknote processing apparatus. It is a top view which shows the cassette of the banknote processing apparatus. It is a side view which shows the cassette of the banknote processing apparatus. The state which accommodated the cassette in the accommodating part of the banknote processing apparatus is shown, (a) is a plan view and (b) is a side view. It is an enlarged plan view of the principal part which shows the state which accommodated the cassette in the accommodating part of the banknote processing apparatus. It is an expanded side view of the principal part which shows the state which accommodated the cassette in the accommodating part of the banknote processing apparatus. It is an enlarged plan view of the principal part which shows the state which accommodated the cassette in the accommodating part of the banknote processing apparatus. It is an enlarged plan view of the principal part which shows the state which accommodated the cassette in the accommodating part of the banknote processing apparatus.

  A banknote handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a teller machine that handles banknotes and coins. This teller machine is installed in a store of a financial institution such as a bank and manages the monetary processing of the entire store. For example, the cashier can handle transactions such as deposits and withdrawals by large-scale customers, withdrawal processing of withdrawals to the outside party by the staff, deposit processing of take-out money from outside parties, and after the end of business It will manage the closing of deposits and withdrawals at all financial institution stores.

  The depositing / dispensing machine includes a banknote processing apparatus 11 according to the present embodiment that performs a deposit / withdrawal process on banknotes, a new ticket processing apparatus 12 that performs a withdrawal process on banknotes, particularly a new ticket, and a deposit / withdrawal process for coins. The coin processing device 13 that performs the above and the like is configured to be arranged in parallel on the left and right, and the operation unit 14 on which an operation input is performed by the operator on the upper portion of the coin processing device 13 and the display that displays to the operator A portion 15 is provided.

  Next, the whole structure of the banknote processing apparatus 11 which concerns on this embodiment is demonstrated with reference to FIG. The banknote handling apparatus 11 is provided with a deposit / withdrawal unit 21 at the upper part on the front side thereof, in which loose banknotes are inserted from the outside of the machine and from which the loose banknotes for withdrawal are paid out. The depositing / dispensing portion 21 is provided so that the placing plate 22 constituting the bottom portion thereof can be raised and lowered with the posture inclined downward and downward, and the support surface 23 on the back side is raised so as to be orthogonal to the placing plate 22. It is provided with an inclination. In the deposit / withdrawal unit 21, banknotes are accumulated on the mounting plate 22 in a posture in which the length direction is aligned in the left-right direction, and the trailing edge of the banknote is supported by the support surface 23 due to the inclination of the mounting plate 22. Abut. On the rear side of the upper part of the deposit / withdrawal unit 21, the separated banknotes stacked on the placing plate 22 are separated one by one from the one at the upper end and fed out into the machine at a predetermined interval, and the banknotes from the machine are entered / exited. A feeding portion 21 a that feeds out to the gold portion 21 is provided.

  Below the deposit / withdrawal unit 21, a deposit / reject unit 26 is provided at the front surface position of the bill processing apparatus 11 for depositing rejected banknotes determined to be unacceptable. On the rear side of the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 and the deposit / rejection rejection unit 26, a withdrawal / rejection unit 27 for storing withdrawal / rejection banknotes determined to be unacceptable is provided. Is provided with an identification unit 28 for identifying a bill.

  Further, an alignment unit 30 for aligning banknotes and accumulating a predetermined number of bundles is provided at the upper rear part of the withdrawal reject unit 27, and the bundles accumulated by the alignment unit 30 are provided above the alignment unit 30. A bundling section 31 is provided in which a bundling tape is wound around a number of banknotes to form a small bundle of banknotes. On the front side of the binding unit 31 is provided a bundle dispensing unit 32 that feeds out a small bundle of bills created by the binding unit 31 to the outside of the machine.

  In addition, in the lower part of the banknote processing apparatus 11, a denomination cassette 35 for storing rose bills of a predetermined single denomination after depositing in a stacked state in order from the back side, a similar denomination cassette 36. , A similar denomination cassette 37, a mixing cassette 38 for storing rose bills after deposit confirmation in a state of being stacked up and down, and a pool that temporarily stores rose bills that have been deposited prior to deposit confirmation in a stack state The cassettes 39 are arranged in the horizontal linear cassette arrangement direction with the vertical and horizontal positions aligned. This cassette arrangement direction is along the front-rear direction of the banknote handling apparatus 11.

  The upper part of the denomination cassette 35 is provided with a feeding part 35a that feeds banknotes into the inside and separates the banknotes one by one from the top one, and the upper part of the denomination cassette 36 has the same function. The same feeding section 37a is provided on the upper part of the denomination cassette 37, the same feeding part 38a is provided on the upper part of the mixing cassette 38, and the same feeding part 39a is also provided on the upper part of the pool cassette 39. It has been.

  Inside the banknote handling apparatus 11, a banknote transport path 41 for transporting banknotes is provided so as to connect the respective parts appropriately. The banknote conveyance path 41 extends backward from the feeding portion 21a, then extends downward, further extends vertically downward, and then extends one end to the front side, and then folds back to the rear side. A conveyance path 41A that extends rearward, bends upward in the middle and extends slightly downward through the identification portion 28, and extends forward slightly after continuing to the conveyance path 41A and slightly extending downward. A conveyance path 41B that extends slightly downward from the front end and a conveyance path 41C provided in the pool cassette 39 so as to be continuous with the conveyance path 41B are provided.

  The banknote transport path 41 includes a transport path 41D that branches from the middle of the transport path 41B, a transport path 41E that is provided in the denomination cassette 35 so as to be continuous with the transport path 41D, and a transport path 41D of the transport path 41B. Also, the transfer path 41F branches from the pool cassette 39 side, the transfer path 41G provided in the denomination cassette 36 so as to be continuous with the transfer path 41F, and the transfer path 41F of the transfer path 41B branches from the pool cassette 39 side. A transport path 41H, a transport path 41I provided in the denomination cassette 37 so as to be continuous with the transport path 41H, a transport path 41J branched from the pool cassette 39 side of the transport path 41H of the transport path 41B, and a transport path 41J And the transfer path 41K provided in the mixing cassette 38 so as to be continuous with the transfer cassette 41B and the transfer path 41B of the transfer path 41B branch off from the pool cassette 39 side. A conveying path 41L extending, and a transport path 41M connected between the depositing and dispensing unit 21 and the identification section 28 of the extending therefrom in the transport path 41A rearwardly bent led to the conveyance path 41L.

  The banknote transport path 41 branches from a position between the branch position of the transport path 41J of the transport path 41B and the branch position of the transport path 41L, and extends upward, and is connected to the transport path 41N. The conveyance path 41O that extends to the intermediate position of the conveyance path 41M, and the conveyance path that branches from the position between the connection position of the conveyance path 41O and the connection position to the conveyance path 41A in the conveyance path 41M and leads to the deposit reject unit 26 41P, a conveyance path 41Q that branches from a position between the connection position of the conveyance path 41M in the conveyance path 41A and the deposit / withdrawal unit 21, extends forward, and is connected to a middle position of the conveyance path 41P, and a conveyance path 41Q in the conveyance path 41P A transfer path 41R that branches upward from a position between the connection position and the deposit reject part 26 and extends upward and is connected to the withdrawal reject part 27.

  The banknote transport path 41 includes a transport path 41S that connects a position between the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 and the branch position of the transport path 41Q in the transport path 41A, and a position between the connection position of the transport path 41M and the identification unit 28. The transfer path 41 </ b> A includes a transfer path 41 </ b> T that branches backward from the position between the connection position of the transfer path 41 </ b> S and the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 and connects to the alignment unit 30. The transport path 41 </ b> S is provided with a front / back reversing unit 43 that reverses the front and back of the banknote.

  Here, the above-described transport paths 41A to 41M can transport banknotes in both forward and reverse directions, and the transport paths 41N to 41T can transport banknotes only in one direction.

  The thick line in FIG. 3 shows the deposit processing route for identifying and counting the rose bills inserted into the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 from outside the machine. That is, when a bill is placed on the placement plate 22 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 and an input operation for performing the deposit process is performed on the operation unit 14, the delivery unit 21 a is placed on the placement plate of the deposit / withdrawal unit 21. The banknotes on 22 are separated one by one in order from the top one and fed out at a predetermined interval, and the fed banknotes are transported by the transport path 41A. The identification unit 28 identifies and counts the banknotes during conveyance on the conveyance path 41A, and the banknotes (deposits that can be handled) determined to be acceptable by the identification unit 28 are shown by thick solid lines in FIG. On the other hand, the banknotes determined to be unacceptable by the identification unit 28 while being transported to the pool cassette 39 by the transport paths 41B and 41C are transferred from the transport path 41B to the transport paths 41N, 41O, 41M, as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. It is conveyed to the deposit reject unit 26 by 41P. Thereby, the banknote which can be received is temporarily stored in the pool cassette 39, and the banknote which cannot be received is discharged | emitted to the deposit | rejection rejection part 26. FIG.

  The thick lines in FIG. 4 confirm the banknotes temporarily stored in the pool cassette 39 in the deposit process on the condition that the approval operation to the operation unit 14 is input, and denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38. The route of the storing process stored in the corresponding item is shown. That is, the banknote 39 of the pool cassette 39 is fed out from the top one, and the fed banknote is identified by the transport paths 41C, 41B, 41L, 41M, and 41A as shown by the thick solid lines in FIG. 28 to the corresponding ones of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 by the corresponding ones of the transport paths 41B and 41D to 41K based on the identification result of the identification unit 28. Thereby, banknotes are stored in the corresponding ones of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38. Note that the banknotes identified by the identifying unit 28 in the storage process as being double-fed or the like are transferred to the withdrawal / rejection rejecting unit 27 by the transport paths 41B, 41N, 41O, 41M, 41P, and 41R as shown by thick broken lines in FIG. It is conveyed and stored in the withdrawal reject unit 27.

  The thick line in FIG. 5 shows the route of the return process for feeding the banknote temporarily stored in the pool cassette 39 in the deposit process to the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 on the condition that the cancel operation to the operation unit 14 is input. . That is, the payout part 39a pays out the banknotes of the pool cassette 39 from the upper end, and the payable banknotes are conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal part 21 by the conveyance paths 41C, 41B, 41A. As a result, the banknote is returned to the deposit / withdrawal unit 21.

  A thick line in FIG. 6 indicates a rose for withdrawing banknotes from designated denominations of the denomination cassette 35, denomination cassette 36, and denomination cassette 37 based on the individual withdrawal operation input to the operation unit 14. The route of banknote withdrawal processing is shown. That is, in the bulk withdrawal process, as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. 6, the banknotes stored in the designated denominations of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 are handled by the feeding units 35a to 37a from the top. The banknotes that have been fed out are conveyed to the identification unit 28 through the corresponding ones of the conveyance paths 41D to 41I and the conveyance paths 41B and 41A, and the front and back are reversed based on the identification result of the identification unit 28. Is required to be turned into the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 on the transport path 41A, and the one that needs to be turned upside down is turned upside down at the front / back turnover unit 43 through the feed path 41S, and then turned to the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 on the feed path 41A. Transport. Thereby, the banknotes based on the withdrawal operation are fed out to the depositing / dispensing unit 21. Note that the banknotes identified by the identification unit 28 in the withdrawal process as double feed, etc., are conveyed to the withdrawal reject unit 27 by the conveyance paths 41A, 41Q, 41P, 41R as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. It is stored in the withdrawal reject unit 27.

  The thick line in FIG. 7 binds banknotes from the designated denominations of the denomination cassette 35, denomination cassette 36, and denomination cassette 37 based on the bundling operation input to the operation unit 14. It shows the route of the bundle withdrawal process for withdrawal. That is, in the bundle dispensing process, as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. 7, the banknotes stored in the designated denominations of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 are fed from the top end of the feeding units 35 a to 37 a. Corresponding ones are paid out, and the fed banknotes are conveyed to the identification unit 28 through the corresponding ones of the conveyance paths 41D to 41I and the conveyance paths 41B and 41A, and based on the identification result of the identification unit 28, the front and back Those that do not require reversal are conveyed to the alignment unit 30 by the conveyance paths 41A and 41T, and those that require reversal of the front and back are reversed by the front and back reversing unit 43 via the conveyance path 41S, and are then aligned by the conveyance paths 41A and 41T. Respectively. Thereby, the banknote of the designated single denomination is fed out to the aligning unit 30 by the unit number of unity. Then, bundling is performed at the bundling unit 31 and the bundling unit 32 is fed out. Such processing is performed for the designated number of bundles for each designated denomination. Note that the banknotes identified by the identifying unit 28 in the bundle dispensing process as being double-fed are conveyed to the withdrawal rejecting unit 27 via the conveying paths 41A, 41Q, 41P, 41R, as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. The money is stored in the withdrawal reject unit 27.

  The thick line in FIG. 8 indicates the forward route of the self-scrubbing process for self-scrubbing the corresponding banknotes of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 based on the self-scrutiny processing operation input to the operation unit 14. . That is, in the self-examination process, as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. 8, the banknotes stored in one of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 are fed from the top one to the feeding sections 35 a to 35 a. The corresponding one of 38a will be paid out, and the fed banknotes are conveyed to the identification unit 28 by the corresponding ones of the conveyance paths 41D to 41K and the conveyance paths 41B and 41A, and are identified and counted by the identification unit 28. It is conveyed to the pool cassette 39 via the conveyance paths 41M, 41L, 41B, and 41C. And all the banknotes accommodated in the set one of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 are fed out. Note that, during this transport, banknotes identified by the identifying unit 28 as being double-fed or the like are transported to the withdrawal reject unit 27 by transport paths 41A, 41Q, 41P, 41R as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. The gold is rejected 27.

  The thick line in FIG. 9 indicates the return route of the self-examination process described above. The banknotes once transferred to the pool cassette 39 as described above are conveyed to the identification unit 28 by the conveyance paths 41C, 41B, 41L, 41M, and 41A as shown by thick solid lines in FIG. At the same time, the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 are stored in the corresponding denominations via the corresponding ones of the transport paths 41B and 41D to 41K based on the identification result of the identification unit 28. Note that, during the conveyance, the banknotes identified by the identification unit 28 as being double fed or the like are sent to the withdrawal reject unit 27 by the conveyance paths 41B, 41N, 41O, 41M, 41P, 41R as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. It is conveyed and stored in the withdrawal reject unit 27.

  As described above, the counting result of the identification unit 28 coincides with the number of banknotes stored in the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 subjected to the self-scrutiny processing. Are performed individually for the set ones of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38. If the total number of banknotes stored in the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 is equal to or less than the maximum storage number of the pool cassette 39, it is not necessary to perform the above-described self-scrutiny processing individually. , You can do it all at once.

  The thick line in FIG. 10 indicates the forward route of the local organization process for identifying and counting rose bills inserted into the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 from outside the machine. That is, when a loose banknote is placed on the placement plate 22 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 and the input operation for performing the local organization process is performed on the operation unit 14 together with the denomination designation, the dispensing unit 21a becomes the deposit / withdrawal unit. The bills on the loading plate 22 are separated one by one in order from the top one and fed out at a predetermined interval, and the fed bills are transported 41A as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. It will be transported by. The identification unit 28 identifies and counts the banknotes during conveyance on the conveyance path 41A, and the banknotes determined by the identification unit 28 as the designated denomination are conveyed to the pool cassette 39 via the conveyance paths 41B and 41C, while the identification unit The banknote determined to be other than the designated denomination at 28 is transported from the transport path 41B to the deposit rejection unit 26 through the transport paths 41N, 41O, 41M, and 41P, as shown by a thick broken line in FIG. Thereby, banknotes of the designated denomination are temporarily stored in the pool cassette 39, and banknotes other than the designated denomination are discharged to the deposit reject unit 26.

  A thick line in FIG. 11 indicates a return route of the local organization process. As described above, the banknotes once stored in the pool cassette 39 are fed out from the top one by the feeding unit 39a. Based on the identification result of the identification unit 28, those that do not need to be turned upside down are conveyed to the alignment unit 30 on the conveying paths 41A and 41T, and those that need to be turned upside down are turned through the conveying path 41S. After reversing the front and back at 43, the paper is transported to the alignment unit 30 through the transport paths 41A and 41T. In this way, banknotes of a designated single denomination are fed out to the aligning unit 30 by the number of unity bundles. Then, bundling is performed at the bundling unit 31 and the bundling unit 32 is fed out. Such processing is repeated as long as the unit number of binding units is accumulated in the alignment unit 30. In addition, even when fractional banknotes less than the unit number of bundles are accumulated in the alignment unit 30, they are bound and fed to the bundle dispensing unit 32 with identification indicating that they are fractional banknotes. Note that the banknotes identified by the identification unit 28 as being double-feeded in the local organization process are transported to the deposit reject unit 26 by the transport paths 41A, 41Q, 41P as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. 11, and the deposit reject unit. To 26.

  The banknote processing apparatus 11 according to the present embodiment includes a deposit / withdrawal unit 21, a deposit / rejection unit 26, a withdrawal / rejection unit 27, an identification unit 28, an alignment unit 30, a binding unit 31, a bundled dispensing unit 32, The front / back reversing part 43 and the conveyance paths 41A, 41M, 41O to 41T are arranged in the main body 45, and the conveyance paths 41B, 41D, 41F, 41H, 41J, 41L, and 41N at the lower part are transferred from the main body 45 to the banknotes. It arrange | positions in the drawer body 46 shown in FIG. 12 which can be pulled out to the front side along the front-back direction of the processing apparatus 11. As shown in FIG. Further, the transport path 41E is in the denomination cassette 35 that can be attached to and removed from the drawer 46, the transport path 41G is in the same denomination cassette 36, and the transport path 41I is in the same denomination cassette 37. 41K is arranged in the same mixing cassette 38, and the conveyance path 41C is arranged in the same pool cassette 39, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the drawer 46 includes a storage portion 47 and a transport portion 48 provided above the storage portion 47 so as to be openable and closable. As shown in FIG. 13, a plurality of denomination cassettes 35 to 37, a mixing cassette 38, and a pool cassette 39 are stored in the storage portion 47 in a line in a horizontal linear cassette arrangement direction X. Will be. This cassette arrangement direction X coincides with the drawing / loading direction of the drawer body 46 with respect to the main body 45. The transport unit 48 above the storage unit 47 transports banknotes to the denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38 and the pool cassette 39. The transport section 48 is provided with the above-described transport paths 41B, 41D, 41F, 41H, 41J, 41L, and 41N shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the storage portion 47 includes a front wall portion 51, a base wall portion 52 extending rearward from substantially the entire height range on the left end side of the front wall portion 51, and a right end side of the front wall portion 51. A detachable wall 53 extending rearward from the lower part, a rear wall 54 parallel to the front wall 51 and connected to the base wall 52 and the detachable wall 53, the front wall 51, and the base wall 52, a bottom plate portion (not shown) that closes a lower portion of a space surrounded by the detachable wall portion 53 and the rear wall portion 54. Here, the front wall part 51 comprises the front surface of the banknote processing apparatus 11. FIG.

  A receiving plate 55 is attached to the rear wall portion 54 at an intermediate position in the vertical direction so as to swing between a state along the vertical direction and a state in which the rear wall is inclined to extend upward. . As shown in FIG. 12B, the transport section 48 is swingably connected to the upper portion of the base wall section 52 through two hinges 57 having support shafts 57a along the front-rear direction.

  In addition, the denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38, and the pool cassette 39 shown in FIG. 13 are individually loaded in the storage portion 47, and a plurality of partition wall portions 59 that partition the plurality of loading spaces 58 shown in FIG. However, it is provided between the front wall 51 and the rear wall 54 in parallel therewith. The loading spaces 58 are all set to have the same length in the cassette arrangement direction X, and all the lengths in the horizontal cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y orthogonal to the cassette arrangement direction X are also set to be the same. Further, the loading spaces 58 have the same position in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y, and are formed at equal intervals in the cassette arrangement direction X. Each loading space 58 is set such that the length in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y is larger than the length in the cassette arrangement direction X.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 12B, the height of the detachable wall 53 opposite to the support shaft 57a is higher than the height of the base wall 52 where the support shaft 57a of the hinge 57 is to be provided on the upper side. As described above, the height is lower, so that the plurality of loading spaces 58 are largely open laterally on the upper side of the detachable wall portion 53.

  The partition wall portion 59 has a joint side to the detachable wall portion 53 at the same height as the detachable wall portion 53, and a joint side to the base wall portion 52 is higher than the detachable wall portion 53 and slightly lower than the base wall portion 52. It has become. Thereby, the partition wall part 59 has a shape in which the upper part on the side of the detachable wall part 53 is obliquely cut out so as to connect the upper part of the base wall part 52 and the upper part of the detachable wall part 53. In other words, the upper edge of the partition wall portion 59 is formed in the vicinity of a line connecting the upper end portion of the base wall portion 52 on the side that supports the transport portion 48 and the upper end portion of the removable wall portion 53 that is open on the upper side. Has been. In such a storage portion 47, a caster 60 that rolls on the floor surface when being pulled out from the main body 45 is provided at the lower portion on the front wall portion 51 side.

  The above-described hinges 57 are attached to the top and bottom of the base wall portion 52 that is one edge of the storage portion 47, and the above-described transport portion 48 is attached to these hinges 57. In other words, the transport unit 48 is supported on the support shaft 57 a of the hinge 57 along the cassette arrangement direction X of the plurality of denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38 and the pool cassette 39 at the edge of the storage unit 47. Thus, it can swing with respect to the storage portion 47.

  The transport unit 48 is horizontally disposed at an upper position between the base wall portion 52 and the detachable wall portion 53 and has a posture extending above the base wall portion 52 as shown in FIG. Thus, it can be swung between an open position shown in FIG. When in the transport position, the transport section 48 can cover the top of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38 and the pool cassette 39 shown in FIG. When in the open position, the upper part of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38 and the pool cassette 39 is opened as shown in FIG. In addition, the conveyance part 48 is between the conveyance position arrange | positioned horizontally as shown to Fig.12 (a) and FIG.13 (a), and the open position shown in FIG.12 (b) and FIG.13 (b). The swing angle is greater than 90 degrees. The drawer body 46 and the main body 45 can be loaded without colliding with the main body 45 when the transport section 48 is in the transport position. When the transport section 48 is in the open position, the drawer 45 and the main body 45 can be loaded with the main body 45. The conveyance portion 48 has a shape relationship that collides with the main body 45.

  The denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38, and the pool cassette 39 shown in FIG. 13 have the same external shape including the size, and these common shapes of the cassettes 35 to 39 correspond to those shown in FIG. By being loaded in the loading space 58, as shown in FIG. 13, the cassette arrangement direction X, the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y, and the vertical direction are positioned in all directions. In this state of positioning, all the cassettes 35 to 39 are aligned in the vertical direction, are aligned in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y, and the cassette arrangement direction of the gaps between all adjacent ones The length of X is made equal. In these cassettes 35 to 39, the length in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y is longer than the length in the cassette arrangement direction X.

  As shown in FIG. 14, a bill insertion / exit 65 is provided on one side of the upper cassette arrangement direction X in all the cassettes 35 to 39 having a common shape. On the side, an accommodation recess 66 that is recessed downward is provided. The housing recess 66 is provided with a U-shaped handle 67 with the center of rotation disposed on the center side in the cassette arrangement direction X. The handle 67 is used in a standing position extending upward from the center of rotation. When not in use, the handle 67 is tilted to the opposite side to the bill insertion / exit 65 as shown in FIG. Be contained. The corresponding ones of the conveyance paths 41C, 41E, 41G, 41I, and 41K shown in FIG. 2 are arranged inside the banknote entrance / exit 65. This is done via the bill entry / exit 65.

  As shown in FIG. 13B, all the cassettes 35 to 39 have the banknote inlet / outlet 65 on the front side in the drawing direction of the drawer 46, that is, on the front wall portion 51 side, and the accommodating recess 65 in the drawing direction of the drawer 46. It is stored in the storage portion 47 in a direction toward the rear side, that is, the rear wall portion 54 side. In the cassette storage state in which the cassettes 35 to 39 are stored in the storage portion 47 in this way, among the outer surfaces located on both sides of the cassette arrangement direction X of each cassette 35 to 39, the outer surface on the front side in the pulling direction of the drawer body 46 is 14 to 16 is an arrangement direction front surface (an arrangement direction outer surface) 70, and an outer surface on the rear side in the pulling direction of the drawer body 46 is an arrangement direction rear surface (an arrangement direction outer surface) 71 shown in FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the front surface 70 in the arrangement direction has a shorter distance from the banknote inlet / outlet 65 than the rear surface 71 in the arrangement direction.

  And in each cassette 35-39, as shown in FIG. 16, the front surface convex part (convex part) 73 which protrudes in the cassette arrangement direction X is formed in the upper part of the arrangement direction front surface 70, as shown in FIG. A plurality, specifically five, are formed in the horizontal direction Y at equal intervals. These front projections 73 are all in the shape of an isosceles trapezoid in which the width becomes narrower toward the protruding tip side, all have the same protruding amount, and the maximum width in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y is all the same. All the minimum widths in the orthogonal horizontal direction Y are the same. These front convex portions 73 are formed at positions that divide the front surface 70 in the arrangement direction into approximately six equal parts in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y.

  In addition, the front surface recesses (outer surface recesses) 74 that are recessed from the front end surfaces are formed between the front surface convex portions 73 adjacent to each other in the cassette array orthogonal horizontal direction Y on the front surface 70 in the array direction. A plurality of such front recesses 74 are formed at equal intervals in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y, specifically, at four locations. Further, the front surface notch 75 having a shape that is cut out lower than the front end surface of the front surface convex portion 73 by the front surface convex portion 73 at one end in the cassette array orthogonal horizontal direction Y is formed on the front surface 70 in the arrangement direction. Is formed.

  Further, in each of the cassettes 35 to 39, as shown in FIG. 16, a rear surface convex portion (convex portion) 78 projecting along the cassette arrangement direction X is also formed on the upper portion of the rear surface 71 in the arrangement direction, as shown in FIG. A plurality, specifically five, are formed side by side at equal intervals in the array orthogonal horizontal direction Y. These rear surface convex portions 78 are all in the shape of an isosceles trapezoid in a plan view in which the width becomes narrower toward the protruding tip side, and all have the same protruding amount. Further, these rear-surface convex portions 78 have the same maximum width in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y and are narrower than the maximum width of the front recess 74, and all the minimum widths in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y are also the same, and the front recess It is narrower than the minimum width of 74. The inclination angles of the legs of the rear surface protrusions 78 are equal to the inclination angles of the legs of the front surface protrusions 73. Among these convex portions 78 on the rear surface, four consecutive locations in the center of the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y match the positions of the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y with the respective center positions of the front recesses 74 of the arrangement direction front surface 70, In the remaining one position, the position in the horizontal direction Y in the cassette arrangement orthogonal direction is made to substantially coincide with the center position of the front notch 75 of the front face 70 in the arrangement direction. These rear surface protrusions 78 have the same amount of protrusion as the front surface protrusions 73.

  In addition, in each of the cassettes 35 to 39, an upper portion of the rear surface 71 in the arrangement direction has an interval equivalent to the interval between adjacent ones of the rear surface projections 78, and the rear surface projection 78 on one end side in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y. A rear projection 79 is formed at one location so as to be provided between the two. The rear surface convex portion 79 has an isosceles trapezoidal shape in a plan view in which the width on the protruding front end side is narrower, and the protrusion amount is smaller and the width in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y is wider than the other rear surface convex portions 78. It has become.

  The rear surface convex portions 78 adjacent to each other in the cassette array orthogonal horizontal direction Y have rear surface recesses (outer surface concave portions) 81 that are recessed from the front end surfaces of the rear surface 71 in the array direction. A plurality of, specifically, four such rear recesses 81 are formed in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y so as to be arranged at equal intervals. Further, the rear surface concave portion (outer surface concave portion) 82 is formed between the rear surface convex portions 78 and 79 adjacent to the cassette array orthogonal horizontal direction Y on the rear surface 71 in the arrangement direction. The rear recesses 81 and 82 have a maximum width in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y larger than the maximum width of the front projection 73, and the minimum width in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y is also smaller than the minimum width of the front projection 73. Is also getting wider.

  All the front surface convex portions 73, all the rear surface convex portions 78, and the rear surface convex portions 79 are aligned in the vertical direction, and these front surface convex portions 73, the rear surface convex portions 78, and the rear surface convex portions are arranged from the upper surface of the cassettes 35 to 39. The length in the vertical direction up to the portion 79 is shorter than the short side length of the bill to be handled. Further, the total length of the protruding length of the front convex portion 73 and the protruding length of the rear convex portion 78 is the length of the gap between the adjacent cassettes 35 to 39 in the storage state stored in the storage portion 47. It is longer than that.

  As described above, all the cassettes 35 to 39 arranged in a line on the drawer body 46 are arranged on the arrangement direction front surface 70 and the arrangement direction rear surface 71 on both sides, respectively, on the arrangement direction rear surface on the opposite side to the one arrangement direction front surface 70 side. 71, a plurality of front surface convex portions 73, and a plurality of rear surface convex portions 78 and a rear surface convex portion 79 are provided by shifting the position in the cassette array orthogonal horizontal direction Y.

  Therefore, as illustrated in FIG. 17 with the cassettes 35, 38, 39, when the cassettes 35 to 39 are stored in the storage portions 47 loaded in the corresponding loading spaces 58, the cassettes 38, 38, FIG. 39, in the arrangement direction front surface 70 and the arrangement direction rear surface 71 facing each other, all the front surface convex portions 73 and all the rear surface convex portions 78 are offset in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y and are arranged in the cassette arrangement. The position in the direction X is overlapped and the position in the vertical direction is overlapped. At this time, the space | interval of the adjacent front surface convex part 73 and the rear surface convex part 78 is narrower than the short side length of a banknote. Thereby, the front surface convex part 73 and the rear surface convex part 78 regulate the fall beyond the front surface convex part 73 and the rear surface convex part 78 of the banknote to the clearance gap between the adjacent ones of the cassettes 35 to 39.

  In other words, in other words, all the cassettes 35 to 39 have their respective arrangement direction front surfaces 70 and arrangement direction rear surfaces 71 positioned in the cassette arrangement direction X in the storage state in which these cassettes 35 to 39 are stored in the storage portion 47. Further, when facing each other in the storage state, a front convex portion 73 and a rear convex portion 78 are provided to shift the position in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y and to superimpose the cassette arrangement direction X position.

  In other words, in the storage state in which the cassettes 35 to 39 are stored in the storage portion 47, the arrangement direction front surface 70 and the arrangement direction rear surface 71 facing each other between the adjacent ones of the cassettes 35 to 39 are one arrangement direction front surface 70. One rear surface convex portion 78 of the rear surface 71 in the other arrangement direction overlaps the front surface concave portion 74 formed between the two front surface convex portions 73 adjacent to each other, and the position in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y is overlapped. One rear surface convex portion 73 of one front surface 70 in the arrangement direction overlaps the position of the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y on the rear surface concave portion 81 formed between two rear surface convex portions 78 adjacent to each other in the rear surface 71 in the arrangement direction. It will be.

  As shown in FIG. 20, the inner wall surface 85 of the front wall portion 51 has the pool cassette 39 in the storage state in which the pool cassette 39 is loaded in the loading space 58 closest to the front wall portion 51 and stored in the storage portion 47. It faces the front surface 70 in the arrangement direction. On the upper surface of this wall surface 85, all front surface convex portions 73 and cassettes except for the front surface convex portion 73 on the most base wall portion 52 side (upper side in FIG. 20) of the front surface 70 in the arrangement direction of the pool cassette 39 facing each other in the stored state. A plurality of wall surface recesses 86 are formed, specifically, at four positions that overlap the positions in the array orthogonal horizontal direction Y, overlap the positions in the cassette array direction X, and overlap the positions in the vertical direction.

  These wall surface concave portions 86 allow the front convex portion 73 of the front surface 70 in the arrangement direction of the pool cassette 39 in the housed state to enter, and have a trapezoidal shape in plan view in which the width becomes narrower toward the back side in the concave direction. These wall surface recesses 86 have the same maximum width in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y and are wider than the maximum width of the front projection 73, and all the minimum widths in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y are the same and the front projection 73. It is wider than the minimum width. Here, these wall surface concave portions 86 are formed from the upper surface of the front wall portion 51 to a height position lower than the front surface convex portion 73 of the pool cassette 39 in the housed state.

  As described above, when the pool cassette 39 is stored in the storage portion 47, the base wall portion 52 of the front surface 70 in the arrangement direction is the front surface 70 and the wall surface 85 of the front wall portion 51 of the pool cassette 39 facing each other. All the front surface convex portions 73 except for the front surface convex portion 73 on the side (upper side in FIG. 20) and all the wall surface concave portions 86 of the wall surface 85 overlap each other in the cassette array orthogonal horizontal direction Y and in the cassette array direction X. The positions are overlapped and the positions in the vertical direction are overlapped. Thereby, the front convex part 73 and the wall surface recessed part 86 will restrict | drop the banknote 39 over the front convex part 73 to the clearance gap between the pool cassette 39 and the front wall part 51. FIG.

  In other words, on the wall surface 85, the positions of the front surface convex portion 73 of the front surface 70 in the arrangement direction of the pool cassette 39 and the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y that face each other in the storage state of the pool cassette 39 in the storage portion 47. A wall surface recess 86 for overlapping and overlapping the positions in the cassette arrangement direction X is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 21, the inner wall surface 88 of the rear wall portion 54 has a denomination in the storage state in which the denomination cassette 35 is loaded in the loading space 58 closest to the rear wall portion 54 and stored in the storage portion 47. It faces the rear surface 71 of the cassette 35 in the arrangement direction. On the upper portion of the wall surface 88, the positions of all the rear surface convex portions 78 except for the rear surface convex portions 78, 79 on both ends of the rear surface 71 in the arrangement direction of the denomination cassette 35 facing each other in the stored state and the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y. A plurality of, specifically, four wall surface recesses 89 are formed to overlap and overlap the positions in the cassette arrangement direction X and overlap the positions in the vertical direction.

  These wall surface concave portions 89 allow the rear surface convex portion 78 of the rear surface 71 in the arrangement direction of the denomination cassette 35 in the housed state to enter, and form an isosceles trapezoidal shape in which the width becomes narrower toward the back in the concave direction. . These wall surface recesses 89 all have the same maximum width in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y and are wider than the maximum width of the rear projection 78, and all the minimum widths in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y also have the same and the rear projection 78. It is wider than the minimum width. These wall surface concave portions 89 are formed from the upper surface of the rear wall portion 54 to a height position lower than the rear surface convex portion 78 of the denomination cassette 35 in the housed state.

  As described above, in the storage state of the denomination cassette 35 in the storage portion 47, both ends of the rear surface 71 in the arrangement direction are excluded from the rear surface 71 in the arrangement direction of the denomination cassette 35 and the wall surface 88 of the rear wall portion 54 facing each other. All the rear surface convex portions 78 and all the wall surface concave portions 89 of the wall surface 88 overlap the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y position, overlap the cassette arrangement direction X position, and overlap the vertical position. . Thereby, the rear surface convex portion 78 and the wall surface concave portion 89 restrict the drop beyond the rear surface convex portion 78 of the bill into the gap between the denomination cassette 35 and the rear wall portion 54.

  In other words, the rear surface convex portion 78 of the rear surface 71 in the arrangement direction of the denomination cassette 35 and the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y are opposed to the wall surface 88 in the storage state of the denomination cassette 35 in the storage portion 47. A wall surface recess 89 that overlaps the positions and overlaps the positions in the cassette arrangement direction X is provided.

  Here, when a jam occurs in the transport unit 48, the operator pulls out the drawer body 46 from the main body 45, and in some cases, the transport unit that has been horizontal on the storage unit 47 until then. As shown in FIG. 13 (b), the 48 is swung to be opened, and thereafter, jammed bills and bills in the middle of conveyance are removed from the conveyance unit 48. At that time, even if the operator drops the banknote, the gap between adjacent cassettes 35 to 39 in the storage state in the storage unit 47, the front wall of the pool cassette 39 and the storage unit 47 It does not fall into the gap between the portion 51 and the gap between the denomination cassette 35 and the rear wall portion 54.

  According to the banknote handling apparatus 11 of the present embodiment described above, even if a banknote is about to fall into the gap between adjacent ones of the cassettes 35 to 39, the arrangement direction front surface 70 and the arrangement direction rear face that face each other form a gap. 71 is provided with a front surface convex portion 73 and a rear surface convex portion 78 by shifting the position in the cassette array orthogonal horizontal direction Y and superimposing the position in the cassette array direction X. It will regulate the fall. Therefore, it can prevent that a banknote falls in the clearance gap between the adjacent things of the cassettes 35-39.

  Further, a plurality of front surface convex portions 73 are provided on one front surface 70 in the arrangement direction so as to be arranged in the cassette array orthogonal horizontal direction Y, and a front surface concave portion 74 between two adjacent front surface convex portions 73 of one front surface 70 in the arrangement direction. In addition, one rear surface projection 78 of the other arrangement direction rear surface 71 overlaps the position in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y, and in the rear surface recess 81 between two rear surface projections 78 adjacent to each other in the arrangement direction rear surface 71, Since one front surface convex part 73 of one arrangement direction front surface 70 overlaps the position in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y, the gap becomes a zigzag shape, and it is possible to further restrict the falling of banknotes. Therefore, it is possible to further prevent the banknote from falling into the gap between adjacent ones of the cassettes 35 to 39.

  Further, even if a bill is about to fall into the gap between the wall surface 85 of the storage portion 47 and the pool cassette 39 adjacent thereto, the front surface convex portion 73 of the front surface 70 in the arrangement direction and the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y are opposed to the wall surface 85. Since the wall surface concave portion 86 is provided to overlap the positions of the two and overlap the positions in the cassette arrangement direction X, the gap does not become a straight line but restricts the falling of the banknotes. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the banknote from falling into the gap between the wall surface 85 of the storage portion 47 and the pool cassette 39 adjacent thereto.

  Further, even when a bill is about to fall into the gap between the wall surface 88 of the storage unit 47 and the denomination cassette 35 adjacent thereto, the rear surface convex portion 78 of the opposing arrangement direction rear surface 71 and the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction are arranged on the wall surface 88. Since the wall surface concave portion 89 that overlaps the positions of Y and overlaps the positions of the cassette arrangement direction X is provided, the gap is not made straight, and the falling of the banknote is restricted. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the banknote from falling into the gap between the wall surface 88 of the storage unit 47 and the denomination cassette 35 adjacent thereto.

  Further, all the cassettes 35 to 39 accommodated in the accommodating portion 47 of the drawer body 46 are placed in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y on one side and the opposite side on the arrangement direction front face 70 and the arrangement direction rear face 71 on both sides. Since the front surface convex portion 73 and the rear surface convex portion 79 are provided so as to be shifted, all the gaps between the adjacent ones of all the cassettes 35 to 39 are not in a straight line but regulate the falling of the banknote. . Therefore, it is possible to prevent the banknotes from dropping into all the gaps between adjacent cassettes 35 to 39 stored in the storage unit 47.

  Further, when removing a jam or the like generated in the transport unit 48, the drawer 46 provided with the transport unit 48 and the storage unit 47 is pulled out from the main body 45, and in this state, the transport unit on the upper side of the storage unit 47 Since the bill is removed from 48, there is a high possibility that the bill will fall to the lower storage portion 47 side. Therefore, it is possible to prevent banknotes from falling into the gap between adjacent ones of the cassettes 35 to 39, to prevent banknotes from falling into the gap between the cassette 39 and the front wall 51, and to the cassette 35 and the rear. The effect by preventing that a banknote falls in the clearance gap with the wall part 54 increases.

  The base wall 52 and the detachable wall 53 on both sides of the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction Y are provided with wall recesses similar to the above, and the storage housed in the storage section 47 on both side surfaces of the cassettes 35 to 39 facing these. You may form the convex part which enters into the wall surface recessed part of the base wall part 52 and the detachable wall part 53 in a state.

11 Banknote processing equipment 35-37 Denomination cassette (cassette)
38 Mixing cassette (cassette)
39 Pool cassette (cassette)
45 Main body 46 Drawer 47 Storage unit 48 Transport unit 70 Front in the arrangement direction (outer surface in the arrangement direction)
71 Rear surface in the arrangement direction (outer surface in the arrangement direction)
73 Front convex part (convex part) 73
74 Front recess (outer recess)
78 Rear convex part (convex part)
81 Rear recess (outer recess)
85,88 Wall surface 86,89 Wall surface recess

Claims (2)

A main body and a drawer that can be pulled out from the main body;
The drawer is a banknote handling apparatus including a storage unit that stores and stores a plurality of cassettes storing banknotes in a horizontal linear cassette arrangement direction,
The plurality of cassettes are opposed to each other with a gap when the outer surfaces in the arrangement direction positioned in the cassette arrangement direction face each other in the accommodated state in which these cassettes are accommodated in the accommodating portion.
A plurality of first convex portions are arranged on the outer surfaces in the arrangement direction on both sides of all the cassettes by shifting the horizontal cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction perpendicular to the cassette arrangement direction between one side and the opposite side. Only provided,
Wherein the arrangement direction outer surface facing each other in the stored state, the first convex portion of the plurality provided in each particular superimposing and position of the cassette arrangement direction shifting the position of the cassette arranged perpendicular horizontal direction Become
The storage section is
Two first wall surfaces facing the outer surface in the arrangement direction in the storage state;
Two second wall surfaces opposed to side surfaces of the plurality of cassettes that are positioned in the horizontal direction perpendicular to the cassette arrangement in the storage state;
On each of the two first wall surfaces, the first convex portions on the outer surface in the arrangement direction facing each other in the storage state are overlapped with the positions in the cassette arrangement orthogonal horizontal direction, and the positions in the cassette arrangement direction are overlapped. A first wall recess is provided;
A second wall surface recess is provided in each of the two second wall surfaces,
The banknote processing apparatus , wherein a second convex portion that enters the concave portion of the second wall surface in the stored state is provided on each of the side surfaces on both sides of the plurality of cassettes . The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the drawer includes a transport unit that is provided above the storage unit and transports banknotes to the plurality of cassettes.

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