JP6028398B2 - Medium separation apparatus and medium handling apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a medium separation device and a medium handling device, and is suitable for application to, for example, a small bundle payment machine for sealing and storing and dispensing banknotes in units of a predetermined number.

  Conventionally, a cashier system has been installed in a financial institution or the like, for example, various types of banknote and coin transactions such as a banknote depositing and dispensing machine for depositing and unloading banknotes, a sealed bundle payment machine for sealing banknotes every predetermined number, etc. It is configured by a combination of a plurality of types of apparatuses that perform the above process.

  The sealed small bundle payment machine seals banknotes in units of a predetermined number (for example, 100 sheets) with a paper band, and can store them in a small bundle safe as a small banknote bundle or withdraw money. Yes.

  As such a sealed small bundle payment machine, there is one that horizontally conveys the uppermost banknote bundle pushed up from the small bundle safe by raising the elevating stage by a conveying means (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  As shown in FIG. 3, the banknote bundle T is sealed by winding a paper band S around a predetermined portion near one end in the longitudinal direction in parallel with the short direction.

  As shown in the enlarged view of the upper part of the small bundle safe of the sealed small bundle payment machine in FIG. 17, the picker unit 144 provided in the small bundle hand unit (not shown) was stacked and deposited on the small bundle safe 26. There is one in which one banknote bundle T is slid and separated from a plurality of banknote bundles T.

  The sealed small bundle payer is provided with one picker of the highest banknote bundle (hereinafter also referred to as the uppermost banknote bundle) Tt by the picker arm 173 provided in the picker unit 144 and slightly shorter than the thickness of the banknote bundle T. It is hooked and slid forward, and is gripped and transported by a small bundle hand unit.

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  In this sealed small bundle payment machine, when the uppermost banknote bundle Tt is moved in the horizontal direction by the picker unit 144, as shown in FIG. 18, the paper band S in the longitudinal direction of the uppermost banknote bundle Tt is wound. On one end side (right side) not rotated, the upper small bundle upper layer portion Tu pressed by the picker arm 173 and the lower small bundle lower layer portion Tl not pressed by the picker arm 173 are shifted like a fault. As a result, the shape may collapse.

  In this case, since the banknote bundle T whose shape has collapsed is transported through the sealed small bundle payment machine, there is a possibility that the reliability may be lowered.

  In consideration of the above points, the present invention intends to propose a medium separating apparatus and a medium handling apparatus that can remarkably improve reliability.

In order to solve such a problem, in the medium separating apparatus of the present invention, a predetermined number of media are slid on the contact side surface of the uppermost small bundle among the plurality of small bundles sealed with the belt. When the uppermost small bundle is pushed down in the feeding direction, the uppermost small bundle and the next-stage small bundle are moved by contacting the upper surface of the next-stage small bundle located below the uppermost small bundle and moving in the feeding direction. And a separation part for separating them .

  This medium separating apparatus can separate and feed out a small bundle while maintaining its shape from a plurality of stacked small bundles.

In the medium handling device of the present invention, when the small bundle is unwound from the small bundle safe storing the small bundle in which a predetermined number of media are sealed with a band, the smallest bundle among the small bundles stored in the small bundle safe is stored. press contact is not the uppermost small bundles to the feeding direction along the substantially lower from the upper end of the side surface of the corresponding to the thickness of the uppermost small bundles lowers the slide picker arm the uppermost small bundles at an upper level The uppermost small bundle moved and moved by the slide picker arm is held in the small bundle hand unit for conveying the uppermost small bundle by holding the uppermost small bundle by the clamp arm and the small bundle safe when the small bundle is fed out. A small bundle pusher is provided to push the small bundle upward and grip it by the small bundle hand. The small bundle hand is integrated with the small bundle pusher when separating the small bundle while being separated from the small bundle pusher. Small bundles stored in small bundle safe It was to carry away the grip to.

  This medium handling apparatus can separate and feed out a small bundle from a plurality of stacked small bundles while maintaining the shape.

  According to the present invention, a small bundle can be separated and fed out from a plurality of stacked small bundles while maintaining the shape. Thus, the present invention can realize a medium separating apparatus and a medium handling apparatus that can remarkably improve the reliability.

It is a basic diagram which shows the whole structure of the cashier system by this invention. It is a basic diagram which shows the internal structure of a sealing small bundle payment machine. It is a basic diagram which shows the banknote bunch in the sealed state. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the accommodation delivery part in a isolation | separation state. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the accommodation delivery part in a combined state. It is a decomposition | disassembly outline diagram which shows the structure (1) of a picker part. The structure (2) of a picker part is shown, (A) is a schematic diagram of the picker part, and (B) is an enlarged view showing a bent part of a slide picker arm. It is a basic diagram which shows the motion (1) of the picker part at the time of feeding of a banknote bundle. It is a basic diagram which shows the motion (2) of the picker part at the time of delivery of a banknote bundle. It is a basic diagram which shows the motion (3) of the picker part at the time of delivery of a banknote bundle. It is a basic diagram which shows the mode (1) at the time of delivery of a banknote bundle. It is a basic diagram which shows the mode (2) at the time of feeding of a banknote bundle. It is a basic diagram which shows the mode (3) at the time of delivery of a banknote bundle. It is a basic diagram which shows the mode (4) at the time of delivery of a banknote bundle. It is an enlarged view which shows the structure (1) of the slide picker arm by other embodiment. It is an enlarged view which shows the structure (2) of the slide picker arm by other embodiment. The mode (1) at the time of feeding of the banknote bundle in the conventional picker part is shown, (A) is a right side view, and (B) is a rear view. The mode (2) at the time of feeding of the banknote small bundle in the conventional picker part is shown, (A) is a right side view, and (B) is a plan view of the banknote small bundle.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[1. Embodiment]
[1-1. Banking system configuration]
In FIG. 1, a cashier system 1 is installed behind a customer service counter (not shown) at a financial institution, for example, and comprehensively executes various processes such as money deposit and withdrawal.

  The depositing / dispensing system 1 stores a banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 that deposits / withdraws banknotes in units of one unit, and stores banknotes of a denomination in predetermined bundles (for example, 100 sheets) in small bundles. It has a sealed small bundle payment machine 3 for dispensing a small bundle.

  The cashier system 1 can be attached to and detached from an automated teller machine (ATM: Automatic Teller Machine, not shown) installed in, for example, a financial institution's sales office, retail store, or public facility. A bill replenishing and collecting machine 4 for replenishing bills in a replenishing and collecting cassette for storing bills for transaction and collecting bills from the replenishing and collecting cassette is also provided.

  Further, the cashier system 1 withdraws the coins (so-called bar metal) that are wrapped in a bar shape for each predetermined number of denominations, a new ticket dispenser 5 for dispensing new denominations (new bills) of each denomination. There are also a bar paying machine 6 and a coin depositing and dispensing machine 7 for depositing and dispensing coins in units of one.

  Furthermore, the depositing / dispensing system 1 includes deposit / withdrawal performed by a banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2, a sealed bundle payment machine 3, a banknote replenishing / collecting machine 4, a new ticket payment machine 5, a bar payment machine 6, and a coin depositing / withdrawing machine 7. An authentication printer 8 that authenticates the processing contents such as, prints on a predetermined form, etc. and discharges, and a post-cash post 9 that takes in securities such as checks other than cash and time deposit certificates and deposits them.

  Furthermore, the depositing / dispensing system 1 includes a display 10 for displaying various information relating to various processes such as deposit and withdrawal, a keyboard 11 for inputting various information and instructions relating to various processes such as depositing and dispensing, and a depositing / dispensing system. It also has a control device 12 for overall control of one.

  The depositing / dispensing system 1 can be arranged relatively freely with respect to at least some of these various apparatuses. For example, the bar payment machine 6, the sealed small bundle payment machine 3, the banknote replenishment collection machine 4, the banknote deposit and withdrawal The machine 2, the control device 12, and the coin depositing / dispensing machine 7 are arranged in a horizontal row so that the respective front faces in the same direction and are adjacent to each other.

  Incidentally, in the following description, the front of each of the bar payment machine 6, the sealed bundle payment machine 3, the banknote replenishment collection machine 4, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2, the control device 12, and the coin depositing / dispensing machine 7 in the cashier system 1 is directed. The direction is defined as the forward direction, the opposite is defined as the rear direction, and the left and right directions and the up and down direction when viewed facing the front side of the accounting system 1 are defined.

  In addition, the depositing / dispensing system 1 includes, for example, a new bill payment machine 5 incorporated and integrated on the front upper side of the banknote replenishment collection machine 4, and an authentication printer 8 is mounted on the banknote replenishment collection machine 4.

  Further, in the depositing / dispensing system 1, the display 10 is placed on the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 with the front facing forward, and the keyboard 11 is placed in front of the display 10. Further, in the cashier system 1, a post-cash post 9 is placed on a coin depositing and dispensing machine 7.

  And in the depositing / dispensing system 1, the sealing small bundle payment machine 3, the banknote replenishment collection | recovery machine 4, and the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 2 arrange | positioned so that it may adjoin sequentially along the right direction may make a banknote into the left direction and the right direction. They are connected by an inter-device transport unit (not shown) for transport.

  As a result, the depositing / dispensing system 1 appropriately transfers banknotes used for various processes such as sealing, replenishment, and collection between the sealed small bundle payment machine 3, the banknote replenishing and collecting machine 4 and the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 2. It is made to be able to be conveyed and passed through.

[1-2. Internal configuration of sealed bundle payment machine]
As shown in FIG. 2, the sealed small bundle payer 3 mainly includes a control unit 20, a sealing unit 21, an inter-device transport unit 22, an elevator unit 23, a storage and feeding unit 19 (a small bundle hand unit 24 and a small bundle). The pusher unit 25), the small bundle safe 26 (26a to 26d), and the overflow box 27 are configured.

  The elevator unit 23 can move in the vertical direction in a hoistway 28 extending in the vertical direction provided at the front end in the sealed small bundle payment machine 3.

  In addition, a withdrawal port 29 is provided on the upper end side of the hoistway 28, an overflow box 27 is provided on the lower end side of the hoistway 28, and a small bundle chute is provided in the central portion between the withdrawal port 29 and the overflow box 27. A mouth 30 is provided.

  Further, a sealing part 21 is arranged on the upper rear side of the hoistway 28, and an inter-device transport part 22 is arranged behind the sealing part 21.

  Further, a plurality of (for example, four) small bundle safes 26 (26a to 26d) are arranged in the front-rear direction so as to be spaced apart from the sealing unit 21 and the inter-device transport unit 22 at the lower rear side of the hoistway 28. They are arranged side by side. The small bundle safe 26 (26a to 26d) is prepared for each denomination, for example, and stores a small bundle of banknotes of each designated denomination.

  Further, the storage and feeding unit 19 including the small bundle hand unit 24 and the small bundle pusher unit 25 can move in the front-rear direction in the passage 31 between the sealing unit 21 and the inter-unit transport unit 22 and the small bundle safe 26. Has been made.

  The storing and feeding unit 19 is configured to move in the passage 31 while maintaining a positional relationship in which the small bundle hand unit 24 is in front and the small bundle pusher unit 25 is in the rear.

  Furthermore, the control part 20 is arrange | positioned in the vacant space (for example, back of the conveyance part 22 between apparatuses).

  In the sealed small bundle payment machine 3, the control unit 20 controls each of the above-described units so that the banknote bundle bundle is sealed, the banknote bundle bundle is stored, the banknote bundle bundle is dispensed, and the banknote bundle is normally sealed. It is made to determine whether or not it has been performed.

  In practice, when a banknote bundle is sealed, first, a predetermined number of banknotes conveyed from the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 (FIG. 2) via the banknote replenishment collection machine 4 via the inter-unit transport unit 22 (for example, 100 sheets) are sent to the sealing unit 21 one by one. The sealing unit 21 seals a bundle of a predetermined number of sent banknotes as a banknote bundle T with a paper band.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the sealing unit 21 winds a paper band S around a predetermined position near one end in the longitudinal direction of the banknote bundle T (that is, to the left when the banknote is viewed from the front) in parallel with the lateral direction. By turning it, the banknote bundle T is sealed.

  Specifically, in the case of a government sealed ticket, the banknote bundle T has a vertical thickness of about 10 mm, a longitudinal length of 150 mm to 160 mm, a length from the left end to the paper band S of about 30 mm, and the paper band S. The width in the left-right direction is about 20 mm.

  Further, when the banknote bundle T is stored in the small bundle safe 26, first, the elevator section in which the banknote bundle T sealed by the sealing section 21 has risen in the hoistway 28 to the front of the sealing section 21. 23.

  When the elevator unit 23 receives the banknote bundle T, the elevator unit 23 descends the hoistway 28 to the front of the passage 31 of the small bundle hand unit 24 and the small bundle pusher unit 25.

  When the elevator unit 23 comes to the front of the passage 31, the banknote bundle T carried by the elevator unit 23 is passed to the small bundle hand unit 24 that has moved to the front end of the passage 31.

  The small bundle hand unit 24 moves on the small bundle safe 26 (26a to 26d) corresponding to the designated denomination in the passage 31 while holding the small banknote bundle T received from the elevator unit 23.

  At this time, the small bundle pusher unit 25 is positioned above the small bundle safe 26 corresponding to the designated denomination, and the small bundle hand unit 24 corresponds to the designated denomination. When reaching the top, the small bundle hand portion 24 and the small bundle pusher portion 25 are integrated. The state where the small bundle hand unit 24 and the small bundle pusher unit 25 are integrated is also referred to as a combined state.

  Then, the small bundle pusher unit 25 pushes the banknote small bundle T held between the small bundle hand units 24 to the small bundle safe 26 below.

  As a result, the banknote bundle T is stored so as to be stacked on an elevating stage (not shown) in the small bundle safe 26.

  The elevating stage of the small bundle safe 26 is urged upward by an urging member such as a spring. The elevating stage and the stopper provided near the entrance / exit of the upper end of the small bundle safe 26 The banknote bundles T stacked on each other are sandwiched and held in the vertical direction.

  In this way, the sealed small bundle payer 3 is adapted to store the sealed banknote bundle T.

  When the small bundle safe 26 corresponding to the designated denomination is full, for example, the elevator unit 23 carries the banknote bundle T to the overflow box 27 provided on the lower end side of the hoistway 28, and this overflow box 27. A small bundle of banknotes T is accommodated.

  Incidentally, a rotating shaft extending in the left-right direction is provided in the vicinity of the small bundle chute 30 on the front side wall surface 28a of the hoistway 28, and one end of a plate-like chute plate 32 is pivotally supported on this rotating shaft. .

  The chute plate 32 is rotated and held to a position parallel to the front side wall surface 28a of the hoistway 28 so that the movement of the elevator unit 23 is not hindered, for example, when the banknote bundle T is stored in the small bundle safe 26. It is made to be done.

  On the other hand, the chute plate 32 has a slope of about 30 to 45 degrees with respect to the horizontal plane so that when the banknote bundle T is withdrawn from the small bundle chute 30, the chute plate 32 becomes a downward slope leading to the small bundle chute 30. It is made to hold | maintain by rotating to the position which becomes.

  At this time, the small bundle chute port 30 and the other bundle side of the chute plate 32 (side on the slope) are positioned at least below the passage 31 of the small bundle hand portion 24 and the small bundle pusher portion 25. The position of the chute plate 32 is determined.

  In practice, when the banknote bundle T is withdrawn from the small bundle chute 30, first, the elevator unit 23 descends in the hoistway 28 to a predetermined position below the small bundle chute 30.

  The chute plate 32 is structured to be linked to the movement of the elevator unit 23. When the elevator unit 23 is lowered to a predetermined position, the chute plate 32 is linked to this movement and becomes a downhill that continues to the small bundle chute opening 30. Thus, it rotates to the position which becomes a 30-45 degree slope with respect to a horizontal surface.

  Here, the small bundle hand unit 24 and the small bundle pusher unit 25 move over the designated small bundle safe 26 (26a to 26d). At this time, the small bundle pusher unit 25 is integrated with the small bundle hand unit 24.

  When the small bundle hand unit 24 and the small bundle pusher unit 25 come over the small bundle safe 26 corresponding to the designated denomination, the small bundle pusher unit 25 extends a pushing plate, which will be described later, downward, The banknote bundles T stacked on the lifting stage of the bundle safe 26 are pushed down.

  The small bundle safe 26 is configured such that when the small banknote bundle T is pushed downward by the small bundle pusher unit 25, a stopper provided near the entrance / exit is removed.

  When the stopper is removed, the banknote bundles T stacked on the lifting stage are lifted together with the lifting stage while being held between the lifting stage and the pushing plate of the small bundle pusher unit 25.

  When the first banknote bundle T (topmost banknote bundle Tt) among the banknote bundles T stacked on the lifting stage rises to the outside of the entrance / exit of the small bundle safe 26, the small bundle hand unit 24. Is held after the uppermost banknote bundle Tt is moved to slide forward.

  Then, the small bundle hand unit 24 moves in the passage 31 to the hoistway 28 of the elevator unit 23 while holding the small banknote bundle T received from the small bundle safe 26. At this time, the small bundle hand unit 24 is separated from the small bundle pusher unit 25.

  When the small bundle hand portion 24 reaches the hoistway 28, the small bundle hand T is released at this time. Then, at this time, the small bundle is dropped on the chute plate 32 positioned just below the small bundle hand portion 24 and is sent down to the small bundle chute port 30 as it is.

  In this way, the sealed small bundle payer 3 is configured to withdraw the banknote small bundle T from the small bundle chute 30.

  Further, in the sealed small bundle payment machine 3, the small banknote bundle T can be withdrawn from the withdrawal port 29. In this case, the elevator unit 23 moves to the front side of the passage 31 of the small bundle hand unit 24 and the small bundle pusher unit 25.

  At this time, the small bundle hand unit 24 receives the small bundle bank T from the small bundle safe 26 (26a to 26d) corresponding to the designated denomination in the same manner as when the small bundle bill T is withdrawn from the small bundle chute 30. While holding the banknote bundle T, the inside of the passage 31 is moved to the hoistway 28 of the elevator unit 23.

  Then, the banknote bundle T held between and carried by the small bundle hand section 24 is delivered to the elevator section 23 that has moved to the front of the passage 31.

  When the elevator unit 23 receives the banknote bundle T, it rises in the hoistway 28 and carries the banknote bundle T to the withdrawal port 29.

  In this way, the sealed small bundle payer 3 can withdraw the small banknote bundle T from the withdrawal port 29.

  Also in this case, if the control unit 20 determines that the banknote bundle T to be withdrawn is not a designated bundle of denominations, the banknote bundle T is transferred from the small bundle hand section 24 to the elevator section. 23, and is transported to the overflow store 27 by the elevator unit 23.

  Further, in the sealed small bundle payer 3, inter-safety movement for moving the small banknote bundle T between the small bundle safes 26 (26a to 26d) is also possible.

  In this case, similarly to the case where the banknote bundle T is withdrawn from the small bundle chute 30 or the withdrawal opening 29, the small bundle hand unit 24 has a small bundle safe 26 (26a to 26a corresponding to the designated denomination. 26d) is sandwiched.

  Subsequently, when the small bundle hand unit 24 comes over the small bundle safe 26 (26a to 26d) to which the bill small bundle T is moved, the small bundle hand unit 24 is integrated with the small bundle pusher unit 25.

  The small bundle pusher unit 25 moves between safes by pushing out the banknote small bundle T held by the small bundle hand unit 24 to the small bundle safe 26 below.

[1-3. Configuration of storage and feeding unit]
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the storage and feeding unit 19 includes a small bundle hand unit 24 and a small bundle pusher unit 25 that are separable and connectable to each other.

  The small bundle hand portion 24 has a substantially U-shaped hand portion housing 40. The hand unit housing 40 is formed with a notch 42 that is cut from the center of the lower end to the rear end in accordance with the size of the banknote bundle T, and the banknote bundle T is accommodated in the notch 42. It is made like that.

  On the upper side of the notch portion 42, a picker portion 44 and a sandwiching portion 46 that are in contact with the vicinity of both end portions in the longitudinal direction of the upper surface of the banknote bundle T are spaced slightly shorter than the longitudinal length of the banknote bundle T. Are provided opposite to each other in the left-right direction.

  Further, in the hand housing 40, an L-shaped clamp arm 50 that can be rotated around a rotation shaft 48 by a drive mechanism (not shown) is slightly longer than the interval between the picker portion 44 and the clamping portion 46. And facing each other in the left-right direction.

  Furthermore, a small bundle pusher section storage area 52 that can store a part of the small bundle pusher section 25 is provided inside the hand section housing 40 above the notch section 42. The small bundle pusher portion storage area 52 is connected to the lower cutout portion 42.

  The small bundle hand unit 24 slides and moves the banknote small bundle T that has risen to the outside of the entrance / exit of the small bundle safe 26 (FIG. 2) by the picker unit 44.

  Further, the small bundle hand unit 24 holds the small banknote bundle T between the picker unit 44 and the sandwiching unit 46 and the clamp arm 50 so that the small banknote bundle T is accommodated in the notch 42, whereby the small banknote bundle T Are picked up by the picker portion 44 and the holding portion 46 and the clamp arm 50.

  On the other hand, the small bundle pusher section 25 has a pusher section housing 54 that partially fits in the small bundle pusher section storage area 52 of the small bundle hand section 24.

  A push plate 56 that is driven by a drive mechanism (not shown) and presses the banknote bundle T is provided on the rear side of the lower end portion of the pusher housing 54.

  The small bundle pusher portion 25 is formed in the small bundle pusher portion storage area 52 from the rear side of the small bundle hand portion 24 so as to be detachable.

  Further, when the small bundle pusher unit 25 is integrated with the small bundle hand unit 24 in a state where the small banknote bundle T is held, the small bundle pusher unit 25 is pushed above the small banknote bundle T held by the small bundle hand unit 24 at this time. The plate 56 will be located.

  In this state, the small bundle pusher unit 25 can press the upper surface of the banknote bundle T by the pushing plate 56, thereby pushing the banknote bundle T downward. At this time, the clamp arm 50 of the small bundle hand portion 24 is retracted so as not to obstruct the pushing plate 56.

  Further, the pinching portion 46 and the picker portion 44 of the small bundle hand portion 24 are located on the outer side in the left-right direction of the push plate 56, so that the push plate 56 is not hindered when the bill small bundle T is fed out from the small bundle safe 26. Are arranged as follows.

  From the front end of the arm 58 extending forward from the small bundle pusher portion 25, when the small bundle hand portion 24 moves the uppermost banknote bundle Tt in the coupled state, it moves forward in the second banknote bundle T. A stopper 60 is provided to suppress the movement. Hereinafter, the second banknote bundle T from the top is also referred to as the next banknote bundle Ts. The stopper 60 is provided so as to be movable in the vertical direction by a drive mechanism (not shown).

  Further, the small bundle pusher portion 25 is provided with a cam plate 64 toward the front, which is loosely inserted into the cam plate hole 62 formed in the picker portion 44 of the small bundle hand portion 24 in a coupled state.

  The cam plate 64 has a plate shape extending in the vertical direction, and its upper end extends linearly along the front-rear direction from the rear to the front, and the front end portion inclines linearly downward toward the front. An inclined portion 66 formed in a tapered shape is provided.

[1-4. Picker configuration]
As shown in FIGS. 6, 7, and 8, the picker portion 44 includes an abutting member 70 and a slide picker arm 72. In FIG. 6 and FIG. 8, the coil spring 90 is not shown and is omitted.

  The contact member 70 has a shape in which a metal plate having a predetermined thickness is processed by sheet metal processing, and the left end of the pressing plate 74 which is a metal plate extending in the horizontal direction is bent at a right angle upward to form a mounting plate 76. ing. The contact member 70 is fixed to the small bundle hand portion 24 (FIGS. 4 and 5).

  At the rear end of the mounting plate 76, a cylindrical sliding post 78 protrudes toward the right side with a predetermined interval in the vertical direction. A flat washer is attached to the base of the left end of the sliding post 78.

  The slide picker arm 72 has a shape in which a metal plate having a predetermined thickness is processed by sheet metal processing, and the left end of the picker plate 80 extending in the vertical direction is bent at a right angle toward the front to form a slide plate 82.

  A sliding groove 84 having a width in the front-rear direction slightly larger than the outer diameter of the sliding post 78 in the contact member 70 is formed in the sliding plate 82 so as to extend in the vertical direction. The sliding post 78 is slidably fitted.

  Thereby, the slide picker arm 72 is configured to be movable in the vertical direction with respect to the contact member 70.

  An upper end and a lower end of a coil spring 90 made of a tension spring are latched with a lower spring hole 86 formed in the contact member 70 and an upper spring hole 88 formed in the slide picker arm 72, respectively. ing.

  Therefore, the slide picker arm 72 is urged downward by the coil spring 90 with respect to the contact member 70.

  A cam plate hole 62 into which a cam plate 64 provided in the small bundle pusher portion 25 can be inserted and removed is formed at a substantially central portion of the picker plate 80.

  The upper portion of the right end of the picker plate 80 is bent at a right angle toward the rear, and a cylindrical cam post 92 projects so as to cross the vicinity of the upper end of the cam plate hole 62 in the left-right direction when viewed from the rear.

  The lower side of the cam plate hole 62 in the picker plate 80 is a plate-like feeding portion 93 that comes into contact with the rear side surface of the top banknote bundle Tt when taking out the banknote bundle T from the small bundle safe 26. Further, the lower end of the picker plate 80 is bent at a right angle toward the rear, and a plate-like contact portion 94 is formed.

  As shown in FIG. 7B, the bending portion 96, which is a portion where the picker plate 80 bends backward, has a curved surface shape, and the front surface (when the banknote bundle T is fed out, the uppermost banknote bundle Tt. The radius of curvature R of the surface opposite to the rear side surface is 1 mm to 2 mm (1.6 mm in this embodiment).

  In such a configuration, when the small bundle hand portion 24 and the small bundle pusher portion 25 are coupled (FIG. 5), as shown in FIG. 8, the cam plate 64 provided on the small bundle pusher portion 25 is the cam plate. It enters the hole 62.

  At this time, the cam plate 64 is in a state where the slide picker arm 72 is lifted upward against the downward biasing force of the coil spring 90. Further, the slide post 78 of the contact member 70 is located at substantially the lower end of the slide groove 84 of the slide picker arm 72.

  In this coupled state, since the slide picker arm 72 is urged downward by the coil spring 90, a force that is pressed against the upper surface of the cam plate 64 is generated in the cam post 92.

  When the small bundle hand unit 24 shifts from the coupled state to the separated state in which the small bundle hand unit 24 is separated from the small bundle pusher unit 25, the contact member 70 of the small bundle hand unit 24 moves forward with respect to the cam plate 64 of the small bundle pusher unit 25. Move.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 9, the cam post 92 biased downward gradually moves downward along the upper side surface of the inclined portion 66 of the cam plate 64. For this reason, the slide picker arm 72 gradually moves downward with respect to the contact member 70.

  When the small bundle hand portion 24 further moves forward from the small bundle pusher portion 25, the cam post 92 is separated from the inclined portion 66 of the cam plate 64 as shown in FIG. At this time, the picker unit 44 is in a limiter state in which the downward movement of the slide picker arm 72 is stopped.

[1-5. Operation and effect]
In the above configuration, when taking out the small banknote bundle T from the small bundle safe 26, the sealed small bundle payment machine 3 moves the small bundle hand section 24, and as shown in FIG. 11, the slide picker arm of the picker section 44 is moved. The feeding portion 93 at 72 is brought into contact with the rear side surface of the top banknote bundle Tt.

  In this state, when the stopper 60 of the small bundle pusher portion 25 (FIG. 4) abuts on the front side surface of the next banknote bundle Ts, the forward movement of the next banknote bundle Ts is suppressed.

  Subsequently, the sealed small bundle payer 3 moves the small bundle hand portion 24 (that is, the slide picker arm 72) forward, thereby pushing and moving the uppermost banknote bundle Tt forward as shown in FIG.

  At this time, the cam post 92 (FIG. 9) gradually moves forward on the inclined portion 66 of the cam plate 64, so that the slide picker arm 72 descends while touching the rear side surface of the top banknote bundle Tt, and the next banknote small It approaches the bundle Ts.

  The sealing small bundle payer 3 temporarily stops the small bundle hand portion 24 when the lower surface of the abutment portion 94 moves to a position separated by about 2 mm from the upper surface of the next-stage banknote bundle Ts, thereby sliding the picker. The lowering of the arm 72 is stopped. In this state, the cam post 92 is in contact with the inclined portion 66 of the cam plate 64.

  Subsequently, the small bundle payment machine 3 moves the slide picker arm 72 forward again. At this time, the cam post 92 is disengaged from the cam plate 64, the slide picker arm 72 is further moved downward, and the lower surface of the contact portion 94 contacts the upper surface of the next banknote bundle Ts as shown in FIG. The downward movement of the picker arm 72 stops.

  In practice, the picker unit 44 takes into account the variation in the thickness of the banknote bundles T in various states handled by the sealed small bundle payment machine 3, and then hits the upper surface of the next banknote bundle Ts before entering the limiter state. Designed to touch.

  Subsequently, the sealing small bundle payer 3 moves the picker portion 44 forward by moving the picker portion 44 further forward while keeping the contact portion 94 in contact with the upper surface of the next banknote small bundle Ts. Move to.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 14, the small bundle hand unit 24 holds the pinching unit 46 (see FIG. 14) in a state in which about half of the length in the short direction of the banknote bundle T protrudes forward from the next banknote bundle Ts. The uppermost banknote bundle Tt is held between the picker 44 and the clamp arm 50 and moved in the forward direction, and the uppermost banknote bundle Tt is taken out from the small bundle safe 26.

  Thus, the sealing small bundle payer 3 lowers the slide picker arm 72 to the upper surface of the next-stage banknote bundle Ts in accordance with the thickness of the uppermost banknote bundle Tt, and the rear side surface of the uppermost banknote bundle Tt. The feeding part 93 is continuously pushed out from the upper end to the lower end while being pushed out.

  Accordingly, when the small bundle hand unit 24 pushes and separates the uppermost banknote bundle Tt from the small bundle safe 26, the small bundle hand unit 24 does not cause a step and does not collapse the shape. it can.

  By the way, when the banknote bundle T is taken out from the small bundle safe 26 when moving between the safes, if the shape of the banknote bundle T collapses as in the conventional case, the banknote bundle T whose shape has collapsed. Is stored in the small bundle safe 26 of the moving destination.

  If the banknote bundle T whose shape is collapsed is then taken out from the small bundle safe 26, the banknote bundle T comes into contact with the small bundle safe 26, and the load when moving up and down increases. Therefore, there is a possibility that the elevating stage cannot normally push up the banknote bundle T.

  On the other hand, in this Embodiment, since the shape of the banknote small bundle T can be maintained, the sealing small bundle payment machine 3 can perform the movement between safes stably.

  Moreover, since the banknote small bundle T is comprised by laminating | stacking several banknotes, the side surface of the said banknote small bundle T is not a perfect flat shape, but has a certain uneven | corrugated shape.

  For this reason, if the bending part 96 is not a curved surface shape but a rounded corner part shape, when the slide picker arm 72 moves downward while contacting the rear side surface of the top banknote bundle Tt, The corner-shaped portion may be caught on the rear side surface of the top banknote bundle Tt, and the slide picker arm 72 may not normally contact the next banknote bundle Ts.

  On the other hand, the slide picker arm 72 in the present embodiment is provided with a bent portion 96 having a curved surface shape.

  Therefore, the slide picker arm 72 can move while sliding downward on the rear side without being caught on the rear side of the top banknote bundle Tt.

  If the bent portion 96 has a corner shape, the contact portion 94 can contact the upper surface of the next banknote bundle Ts without the corner shape being caught on the rear side surface of the top banknote bundle Tt. Even then, when the picker portion 44 moves forward, the corner portion shape may rub the upper surface of the next-stage banknote bundle Ts, and may be damaged.

  On the other hand, the slide picker arm 72 in the present embodiment is provided with a bent portion 96 having a curved surface shape. For this reason, the picker part 44 can move forward without hooking the front end of the contact part 94 on the upper surface of the next-stage banknote bundle Ts.

  Further, the picker portion 44 has a curvature radius R of the bent portion 96 of 2 mm or less. Here, if the radius of curvature R of the bending portion 96 is large, the slide picker arm 72 is not easily caught on the rear side surface of the uppermost banknote bundle Tt.

  However, in that case, when the picker portion 44 moves forward, the lower side of the uppermost banknote bundle Tt may gradually shift backward along the shape of the bent portion 96.

  On the other hand, if the radius of curvature R of the bending portion 96 is reduced, the shape of the uppermost banknote bundle Tt can be made difficult to collapse, but the slide picker arm 72 is easily caught on the rear side of the uppermost banknote bundle Tt. End up.

  For this reason, in the present embodiment, by setting the curvature radius R to 1 mm or more and 2 mm or less, the slide picker arm 72 is in contact with the rear side surface of the top banknote bundle Tt and is not caught and smoothly moved to the next stage. While reaching the upper surface of the banknote bundle Ts, when the slide picker arm 72 pushes the uppermost banknote bundle Tt forward, the shape of the uppermost banknote bundle Tt can be kept from collapsing.

  Further, in the present embodiment, in the coupled state, the cam plate 64 provided in the small bundle pusher portion 25 is inserted into the cam plate hole 62 provided in the slide picker arm 72 in the picker portion 44 of the small bundle hand portion 24. The slide picker arm 72 is moved downward by moving the cam post 92 along the inclined portion 66 of the cam plate 64 as the state shifts to the separated state.

  For this reason, the small bundle hand payer 3 is used when the small bundle hand portion 24 takes out the small bundle banknote T from the small bundle safe 26 without providing a complicated mechanism for lowering the slide picker arm 72 separately. The slide picker arm 72 can be lowered along the uppermost banknote bundle Tt using the operation of separating from the portion 25.

  By the way, the official seal has a constant thickness almost as specified, but the thickness of a small bundle of circulating banknotes distributed in the market tends to be thicker than the official seal. The picker unit 44 in the present embodiment corresponds to the thickness of such a small bundle of circulation banknotes, the vertical length of the slide picker arm 72, and the vertical movement amount of the slide picker arm 72 with respect to the contact member 70. Is set.

  Moreover, the sealing small bundle payment machine 3 changes the inclination angle of the inclined portion 66 of the cam plate 64 and the length in the front-rear direction, thereby separating the top banknote bundle Tt from the next banknote bundle Ts. The lowered position of the slide picker arm 72 can be adjusted.

  According to the above configuration, when picking up the banknote bundle T from the small bundle safe 26, the picker unit 44 slides on the rear side surface of the uppermost banknote bundle Tt and adjusts the thickness of the uppermost banknote bundle Tt. Correspondingly, it descends until it abuts on the upper surface of the next banknote bundle Ts, and abuts along the substantially lower end from the upper side of the rear side surface of the uppermost banknote bundle Tt and pushes forward, whereby the top banknote small A slide picker arm 72 for separating the bundle Tt and the next-stage banknote bundle Ts is provided.

  Thus, the sealed small bundle payer 3 can separate and feed out the banknote bundle T while maintaining the shape from the plurality of stacked banknote bundles T.

[2. Other Embodiments]
In the above-described embodiment, the case where the bending portion 96 has a curved surface shape has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the feeding portion 93 and the contact portion, such as the slide picker arm 172 shown in FIG. A bent portion 196 having a planar shape with an angle of 45 degrees with respect to each of the portions 94 may be used.

  Even in this case, when the slide picker arm is lowered, it can be prevented from being caught on the rear side surface of the top banknote bundle Tt, but the curved portion can form the feeding portion 93 to the lower side than the planar shape. Since the shape of the uppermost banknote bundle Tt can be maintained, it is desirable that the shape is a curved surface.

  Further, the abutment portion 94 may be omitted from the slide picker arm 72 as in the slide picker arm 272 shown in FIG.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the bent portion 96 is formed by bending a metal plate into a curved shape by sheet metal processing has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the bent portion is formed by a molded part. Also good.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the small bundle hand portion 24 is used as the small bundle hand portion 24 is separated from the small bundle pusher portion 25 using the inclined portion 66 of the cam plate 64 provided in the small bundle pusher portion 25. The slide picker arm 72 is lowered.

  The present invention is not limited to this, and the slide picker arm 72 may be lowered by various other methods.

  For example, a boundary position between the top banknote bundle Tt and the next banknote bundle Ts is detected from an image obtained by photographing the rear side of the banknote bundle T stacked and accumulated in the small bundle safe 26, and the boundary is detected. The lower surface of the contact portion 94 of the slide picker arm 72 may be lowered to the position.

  Furthermore, in embodiment mentioned above, the case where the banknote small bundle as a small bundle was taken out from the small bundle safe 26 in the sealing small bundle payment machine 3 of the depositing / dispensing system 1 which handles a banknote in a financial institution etc. was described.

  The present invention is not limited to this, for example various gifts, gold vouchers, checks, tickets, admission tickets, cards, lottery tickets, certificates, securities, etc. You may make it apply to an apparatus, or you may apply when taking out and isolate | separating a banknote small bundle from the storage in which the banknote small bundle was accommodated in the other apparatuses which handle banknotes, such as an automatic teller machine. .

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the slide picker arm 72 as the medium separating device is configured by the slide picker arm 72 as the separation unit has been described.

  The present invention is not limited to this, and the medium separation device may be configured by separation units having various other configurations.

  Furthermore, in embodiment mentioned above, the case where the sealed small bundle payment machine 3 as a medium handling apparatus was comprised by the small bundle hand part 24 as a small bundle hand part was described.

  The present invention is not limited to this, and the medium handling device may be configured by a small bundle hand unit having various other configurations.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be widely used in a medium processing apparatus that is incorporated in a cashier system or the like and can store and withdraw a small bundle.

1 ... cashier system, 2 ... banknote depositing and dispensing machine, 3 ... sealed small bundle payment machine, 4 ... banknote replenishment collection machine, 5 ... new ticket payment machine, 6 ... bar payment machine, 7 ... Coin depositing and dispensing machine, 8 ... Authentication printer, 9 ... Non-cash post, 10 ... Display, 11 ... Keyboard, 12 ... Control device, 19 ... Storage feeding unit, 20 ... Control unit, 21 ... ... Sealing part, 22 ... Inter-device transport part, 23 ... Elevator part, 24 ... Small bundle hand part, 25 ... Small bundle pusher part, 26 ... Small bundle safe, 27 ... Overflow storage, 28 ... ... hoistway, 29 ... withdrawal port, 30 ... small bundle chute, 31 ... passage, 32 ... chute plate, 40 ... hand part housing, 42 ... notch part, 44, 144 ... picker 46, clamping part, 48 ... rotating shaft, 50 ... clamp arm, 52 ... small bundle pusher part storage area 54 …… Pusher housing, 56 …… Pushing plate, 58 …… Arm, 60 …… Stopper, 62 …… Cam plate hole, 64 …… Cam plate, 66 …… Inclined portion, 70 …… Abutting member 72, 172, 272 ... Slide picker arm, 173 ... Picker arm, 74 ... Pushing plate, 76 ... Mounting plate, 78 ... Slide post, 80 ... Picker plate, 82 ... Slide plate, 84 …… Sliding groove, 86 …… Lower spring hole, 88 …… Upper spring hole, 90 …… Coil spring, 92 …… Cam post, 93 …… Feeding part, 94 …… Abutting part, 96, 196 …… Bending portion, T ... small bundle of banknotes , Tt ... topmost banknote small bundle, Ts ... next banknote small bundle, Tu ... small bundle upper layer portion, Tl ... small bundle lower layer portion, S ... paper band.

Claims (8)

When the predetermined number of media are lowered while sliding on the contact side surface of the uppermost small bundle among the plurality of small bundles sealed with the belt, the uppermost small bundle is pushed in the feeding direction, A medium separating apparatus having a separation unit that separates the uppermost small bundle from the next-stage small bundle by moving in a feeding direction by contacting an upper surface of the next-stage small bundle located below the uppermost small bundle . The medium separator according to claim 1.
A medium handling device. A bending portion that bends in a direction away from the abutting side surface is provided at the lower end facing the abutting side surface of the uppermost small bundle of the plurality of small bundles in which a predetermined number of media are sealed with a belt. A separating portion that is formed, descends corresponding to the thickness of the uppermost small bundle, and makes contact along the substantially lower end from the upper end of the contact side surface of the uppermost small bundle and pushes it in the feeding direction
A medium separating apparatus. The medium separating apparatus according to claim 3.
A medium handling device. The medium separating apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the bending portion has a curved shape. The separation part is
A feeding portion that is plate-shaped and moves in contact with the abutting side surface of the uppermost small bundle;
It has a plate shape, and the lower end of the feeding portion is formed in the bending portion so as to be bent away from the uppermost small bundle, and the lower surface abuts on the upper surface of the next-stage small bundle located under the uppermost small bundle. The medium separating apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising a contact portion. When the small bundle is fed out from the small bundle safe storing the small bundle in which a predetermined number of media are sealed with a belt, the uppermost small bundle located at the top of the small bundles stored in the small bundle safe The slide picker arm is lowered in accordance with the thickness, abutted along the substantially lower end from the upper end of the side surface of the uppermost small bundle, moved by pushing the uppermost small bundle in the feeding direction, and moved by the slide picker arm. by gripping the uppermost small flux in the clamp arm, and the small bundle hand unit for conveying the uppermost small bundles,
A small bundle pusher that pushes the small bundle stored in the small bundle safe upward and grips the small bundle hand when the small bundle is fed out;
Have
When the small bundle hand is fed out, the small bundle hand unit is integrated with the small bundle pusher unit and grasps and carries out the small bundle stored in the small bundle safe while being separated from the small bundle pusher unit.
Medium handling device. The small bundle pusher portion is provided with a cam plate having an inclined portion whose upper end is inclined downward in the feeding direction.
The small bundle hand portion is provided with a cam post that is in contact with the upper side of the cam plate and biased downward,
When the small bundle hand portion is separated from the small bundle pusher portion, the small bundle hand portion is lowered by the cam post sliding on the upper side surface of the inclined portion.
The medium handling device according to claim 7.

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