JP7357335B2 - Circulating banknote storage device - Google Patents

Description

Application of Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Act On July 5, 2018, we sold a banknote processing unit equipped with a banknote storage device to NEC Platforms Corporation.

The present invention relates to an improvement in a recycling-type banknote storage device having a depositing and dispensing function for accepting and storing inserted banknotes and dispensing the banknotes as change or payout money.

Recirculating banknote storage devices with deposit and withdrawal functions are installed in various banknote handling devices such as vending machines, deposit and withdrawal devices, and money changers. It is structured so that the money is stored by denomination and dispensed as change when necessary.

Regarding a recirculating banknote storage device, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses that the device includes a banknote guide member that guides the banknotes to the back of the banknote storage unit, and a sweeper that knocks off the rear end of the banknotes sent into the banknote storage unit. A method for reliably stacking and storing banknotes fed into a banknote storage section is described.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2013-235502

However, if the banknotes are electrically charged, the banknotes fed into the banknote storage unit may stick to the guide surface of the banknote guide member, and the banknotes may not be correctly stacked and stored in the banknote storage unit. The sweeper can promote stacking and storage of banknotes by hitting the rear end of the banknote, but if the banknote is strongly stuck to the banknote guide member, the banknote will not fall even if the banknote is hit at the rear end. Or, the tip of the sweeper may not reach the banknotes.

Deposit failures due to charging of banknotes are noticeable when a large number of banknotes are continuously conveyed at high speed. For example, in a situation where several dozen banknotes are deposited in succession, the accumulation of static electricity generated by friction exceeds the discharge, and the banknotes become extremely stuck to the guide member. If a subsequent banknote is fed into the banknote storage section while the banknote is stuck to the banknote guide member in this manner, the subsequent banknote collides with the preceding banknote, resulting in a deposit failure.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a recirculation banknote storage device that can prevent deposit failures due to banknotes sticking to the banknote guide member.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a recirculation banknote storage device according to the present invention includes a banknote storage unit that stores banknotes fed from a conveyance path, and a banknote storage unit that stores banknotes in a dispensing direction and between the banknote storage unit and the conveyance path. and a paper feed roller group that moves in both directions in the depositing direction, and the banknote storage unit is configured to abut on the top surface of the banknotes fed from the conveyance path and guide the banknotes to the back of the banknote storage unit. The peeling lever includes a guide member and a peeling lever rotatably supported in the vicinity of the entrance/exit of the banknote storage, and the tip of the peeling lever is pushed and lifted by the tip of the banknote entering the banknote storage. After the banknote is pressed, the top surface of the banknote is pressed downward.

According to the present invention, the banknotes stuck to the banknote guide member can be reliably peeled off. Therefore, banknotes can be reliably accumulated and stored in the banknote storage section while preventing deposit failures.

Preferably, the recirculation banknote storage device according to the present invention further includes a spring member that biases the tip of the peeling lever downward. According to this configuration, the pressing force of the peeling lever against the banknotes can be increased, and the banknotes stuck to the banknote guide member can be reliably peeled off.

In the present invention, the banknote storage section includes a backup plate on which the banknotes are deposited and is biased upward, and a pair of elongated members provided above the backup plate so as to be able to rise and fall freely, The banknote guide member further includes a pushing member that pushes in both ends in the width direction of the upper surface of the banknotes stacked and stored on the plate, and the rear end of the banknote guide member located on the entrance/exit side of the banknote storage section is connected to a first rotating shaft. It is preferable that the peeling lever is pivotally supported by the first rotating shaft. In this case, during the pushing operation by the pushing member, the bill guide member passes through the opening between the pair of elongated members and moves above the pushing member, and is released from the biasing force of the backup plate. Then, the tip of the banknote guide member rotates around the first rotating shaft and descends, so that the bottom surface of the banknote guide member becomes an inclined surface, and when the push-in operation by the push-in member is released, the The bill guide member passes through the opening between the pair of elongated members and moves below the pushing member, and is urged by the backup plate to rotate the tip of the bill guide member about the first rotation axis. It is preferable that the banknote guide member is raised so that the bottom surface of the banknote guide member becomes a substantially horizontal surface. In this way, the number of parts can be reduced by making the rotation axis of the peeling lever and the rotation axis of the banknote guide member common.

In the present invention, it is preferable that the peeling lever has a vertically elongated elongated hole, and the first rotating shaft is inserted through the elongated hole. According to this configuration, when the backup plate rises during the withdrawal operation, the peeling lever is also pushed upward and lifted, so the peeling lever does not interfere with the withdrawal operation.

In the present invention, the paper feed roller group includes a friction roller disposed on the conveyance path near the banknote storage section, a stop roller disposed opposite to the friction roller across the conveyance path, and a stop roller disposed on the conveyance path near the banknote storage section; The stop roller includes a feed-out roller provided on the back side of the banknote storage section relative to the roller, and at least one sweeper pivotally supported by a second rotating shaft that pivotally supports the stop roller. The sweeper rotates in the depositing direction together with the friction roller to feed the banknote into the banknote storage section, and stops at the time of withdrawal or rotates in the opposite direction to the friction roller to suppress double feeding of the banknote. It is preferable that the stop roller rotates together with the stop roller and hits the upper surface of the banknote in the banknote storage section to suppress floating of the banknote. According to this configuration, the banknotes peeled from the banknote guide member by the peeling lever can be reliably deposited in the banknote storage section.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a circulating banknote storage device that can prevent deposit failures due to banknotes sticking to the banknote guide member.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing the configuration of the main parts of a recirculating banknote storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic side view showing the configuration of the recirculating banknote storage device 1. As shown in FIG. 3(a) to (c) are schematic side views showing the configuration and operation of the peeling lever 21. FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic side view for explaining the depositing operation of the recirculation banknote storage device 1. FIG. 5 is a schematic side view for explaining the depositing operation of the recirculation banknote storage device 1. FIG. 6 is a schematic side view for explaining the depositing operation of the recirculating banknote storage device 1. FIG. 7 is a schematic side view for explaining the depositing operation of the recirculation banknote storage device 1. FIG. 8 is a schematic side view for explaining the depositing operation of the recirculation banknote storage device 1. FIG. 9 is a schematic side view for explaining the depositing operation of the recirculation banknote storage device 1. FIG. 10 is a schematic side view for explaining the depositing operation of the recirculation banknote storage device 1. FIG. 11 is a schematic side view for explaining the depositing operation of the recirculation banknote storage device 1. FIG. 12 is a schematic side view for explaining the deposit operation of the recirculation banknote storage device 1. FIG. 13 is a schematic side view for explaining the withdrawal operation of the recirculation banknote storage device 1. FIG. 14 is a schematic side view for explaining the withdrawal operation of the recirculation banknote storage device 1.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing the configuration of the main parts of a recirculating banknote storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Moreover, FIG. 2 is a schematic side view showing the configuration of the recirculating banknote storage device 1 of FIG. 1. As shown in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the circulation-type banknote storage device 1 includes a banknote storage section 2 that stores banknotes conveyed through a conveyance path 5, and a banknote storage section 2 between the banknote storage section 2 and the conveyance path 5. It is equipped with a paper feed roller group 30 that moves banknotes in both the dispensing direction and the depositing direction. The movable parts of the banknote storage section 2 and the paper feed roller group 30 are driven by a drive mechanism (not shown) such as a motor, a group of gears, etc., and the drive mechanism is controlled by a control section (not shown).

Usually, a plurality of banknote storage units 2 are prepared for each denomination in a banknote handling device such as a vending machine. After the banknotes inserted into the banknote handling device are sorted by denomination, they are stored in the corresponding banknote storage section 2. When realizing such a configuration, the recirculating banknote storage device 1 according to this embodiment is prepared for each denomination. In this embodiment, the banknotes inserted into the banknote depositing section of the banknote handling device are conveyed in a vertical state with their longitudinal direction facing the conveyance direction, and are stored (deposited) in the banknote storage section 2, and change is The banknotes are sent out vertically from the banknote storage section 2 as money or payouts.

The bill storage section 2 is configured to be movable up and down, and includes a backup plate 3 on the upper surface of which bills P are accumulated and stored, a spring member (not shown) that biases the backup plate 3 upward, and a spring member (not shown) for pushing the backup plate 3 downward. It is located above the backup plate 3 and moves up and down relative to the pushing member 10 by passing through the opening 10a of the pushing member 10. A banknote guide member 20 that guides the conveyance of the banknote, a peeling lever 21 rotatably supported near the entrance/exit of the banknote storage section 2, and a peeling lever 21 provided on the rear end side (the entrance/exit side) of the banknote storage section 2 in the depositing direction. It has a banknote guide plate 60 and two support plates (not shown) that are arranged to face each other so as to sandwich these components therebetween.

The pushing member 10 is comprised of a pair of elongated plate-like members arranged in parallel across the opening 10 a for bill passage, and is arranged along the longitudinal direction of the bill storage section 2 . Since the interval between the two plate-like members (the width of the opening 10a) is narrower than the width of the banknotes, it is possible to press both widthwise ends of the banknotes stacked on the backup plate 3, and the pushing member 10 Bills can be placed on top. 1 and 2 show an empty state in which no banknotes are stacked and stored in the banknote storage section 2, and a state in which the pushing member 10 descends and directly pushes the top surface of the backup plate 3. ing.

The bill guide member 20 also has an elongated shape along the longitudinal direction of the bill storage section 2, and the width of the bill guide member 20 is narrower than the width of the opening 10a of the pushing member 10, and as the pushing member 10 moves up and down. The bill guide member 20 can pass through the opening 10a, thereby allowing the bill guide member 20 to move up and down relative to the pushing member 10. As can be seen from FIG. 1, the bill guide member 20 is a member having a substantially U-shaped cross section in the width direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (bill conveyance direction), and the lower end surfaces of the pair of side plates face the bill. It forms the guide surface.

The paper feed roller group 30 includes a feeding roller 31 which is disposed above near the entrance of the banknote storage section 2 and is capable of forward and reverse rotation, and a pair of separation rollers 32 which is provided closer to the entrance and exit of the banknote storage section 2 than the feeding roller 31. , and a conveyance roller 36 provided upstream of the separation roller pair 32 in the conveyance path 5. The separation roller pair 32 consists of a combination of a friction roller 33 that can rotate in forward and reverse directions, and a stop roller 34 (double feeding prevention roller) that can rotate in forward and reverse directions and is disposed opposite to the friction roller 33 with the conveyance path 5 in between. The stop roller 34 is arranged below the friction roller 33. The paper feed roller group 30 also includes a pair of sweepers 35 provided on both sides of the stop roller 34 in the axial direction.

A paper passing sensor (not shown) is arranged at the entrance/exit of the banknote storage section 2, and the paper passing sensor detects whether or not the feeding of the banknotes is completed when feeding the banknotes. The control unit controls the operations of the paper feed roller group 30, the backup plate 3, the pushing member 10, etc. at predetermined timing based on the detection signal from the paper sensor.

The pushing member 10 is provided above the backup plate 3 so as to be movable up and down, and is configured to be movable in the vertical direction by a drive mechanism such as a motor. By stopping the pushing member 10 at an appropriate position in the vertical direction, banknote depositing and dispensing operations can be performed. The vertical position of the pushing member 10 can be known, for example, from the output of an unillustrated photosensor (position sensor) that detects the height position of the pushing member 10 or the backup plate 3.

The rear end portion of the bill guide member 20 located on the entrance/exit side of the bill storage section 2 is pivotally supported by a rotation shaft 20a (first rotation shaft), and the rear end portion of the bill guide member 20 located on the back side of the bill storage section 2 is supported by a rotating shaft 20a (first rotation shaft). The distal end portion of 20 can swing vertically about the rotating shaft 20a. Therefore, when depositing money, the bottom surface of the banknote guide member 20 becomes a downward slope toward the back of the banknote storage section 2 as shown in the figure, and the banknotes can be smoothly fed into the banknote storage section 2. Further, as will be described later, the tip of the banknote guide member 20 is raised and the bottom surface becomes substantially horizontal, so that the entire top surface of the banknote can be pressed uniformly.

The bill guide plate 60 is a substantially L-shaped plate that continuously extends from the bottom of the conveyance path 5 near the nip portion, which is the pressure contact point between the friction roller 33 and the stop roller 34, to the front end surface of the bill storage section 2. The positions of the rear ends of the banknotes stacked and stored in the banknote storage section 2 are aligned by coming into contact with the front end surface of the banknote guide plate 60.

The feeding roller 31 rotates when dispensing money and feeds out the banknotes in the banknote storage section 2 onto the conveyance path 5. The friction roller 33 rotates together with the stop roller 34 when depositing money to feed the bill into the bill storage section 2, and when dispensing money, it rotates in the dispensing direction to feed the bill onto the conveyance path 5. The stop roller 34 rotates at high speed in the depositing direction when depositing banknotes, but stops when dispensing banknotes, or rotates at low speed in the return direction (depositing direction) to prevent double feeding of banknotes. Note that depositing refers to storing bills in the bill storage section 2, and depositing direction refers to the direction in which bills are sent from the conveyance path 5 to the bill storage section 2. Moreover, dispensing refers to taking out a bill from the bill storage section 2, and the dispensing direction refers to the direction in which the bill is sent from the bill storage section 2 to the conveyance path 5.

The pair of sweepers 35 are pivotally supported by a rotation shaft 34a (second rotation shaft) of the stop roller 34, and each sweeper 35 consists of four sheets protruding approximately radially from a central member fixed to the rotation shaft 34a. It has a blade portion 35a. The blade portion 35a is made of a thin elastic member such as a plastic film or a rubber sheet, and when it rotates, its tip hits the top surface of the banknote sent into the banknote storage unit 2, thereby removing the banknotes in the banknote storage unit 2. Deposits caused by floating can be prevented.

It is preferable that the four blade portions 35a of the sweeper 35 are arranged at equal intervals (every 90 degrees). Of the two sweepers 35 arranged on both sides of the stop roller 34, it is preferable that the arrangement period of the blade portions 35a of one sweeper 35 and the arrangement period of the blade portions 35a of the other sweeper 35 are shifted by half a period. Specifically, when the four blade portions 35a of one sweeper 35 are provided at positions of 0°, 90°, 180°, and 270° of the rotating shaft 34a, the four blade portions of the other sweeper 35 35a are preferably provided at positions of 45°, 135°, 225°, and 315° of the rotating shaft 34a. By doing so, the two sweepers 35 can alternately hit the banknote bundles, and the effect of the sweepers 35 can be enhanced by shortening the period of hitting the banknote bundles as much as possible.

3(a) to (c) are schematic side views showing the configuration and operation of the peeling lever 21. FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 3(a) to 3(c), the peeling lever 21 is a substantially flat member that is elongated in the banknote conveyance direction, and is pivotably pivoted relative to the rotation axis 20a of the banknote guide member 20. supported. In particular, the hole 21c provided for inserting the rotating shaft 20a into the peeling lever 21 is a long and narrow hole in the vertical direction, and since the peeling lever 21 has play in vertical movement, the peeling lever 21 It is movable in the vertical direction. The distal end portion 21a of the peeling lever 21 extends to the back side of the bill storage section 2, and is arranged at a position where it can come into contact with the upper surface of the bill fed into the bill storage section 2.

The rear end 21b of the peeling lever 21 is connected to a fixed member via a spring member 22, and the tip 21a of the peeling lever 21 is biased downward. The spring material 22 according to this embodiment is a tension coil spring, and in a steady state where no force is applied from the outside, the tip portion 21a of the peeling lever 21 is moved by the biasing force of the spring material 22 as shown in FIG. 3(a). The peeling lever 21 is lowered below the bottom surface of the banknote guide member 20 (see FIG. 2), and the rear end 21b of the peeling lever 21 is raised. At this time, the lower end surface of the peeling lever 21 forms a downward slope toward the back side of the banknote storage section 2, and the slope angle thereof is larger than the slope angle of the banknote guide member 20. When a banknote enters the banknote storage section 2, the peeling lever 21 rotates around the rotating shaft 20a as shown in FIG. 3(b), so that the tip 21a of the peeling lever 21 is lifted It is configured. Further, as shown in FIG. 3(c), when a force is applied to push up the entire peeling lever 21, the entire peeling lever 21 is lifted up by the length of the elongated hole.

4 to 12 are schematic side views for explaining the depositing operation of the recirculating banknote storage device 1.

As shown in FIG. 4, when depositing banknotes, the pushing member 10 is first lowered to push down the banknote bundle P1 stacked and stored on the backup plate 3, thereby forming a banknote storage space 2a above the banknote bundle P1. . Since the backup plate 3 is configured to be vertically movable and is biased upward, the banknote bundle P1 can be lowered by pushing the backup plate 3 downward.

Next, by rotating the friction roller 33 and the stop roller 34 in the depositing direction shown by the arrow, the banknote P is sent into the banknote storage space 2a. At this time, the leading end of the banknote P collides with the lower end surface of the peeling lever 21, and the leading end 21a of the peeling lever 21 is pushed up, so the entry of the banknote P is not blocked by the peeling lever 21.

As shown in FIG. 5, the peeling lever 21 continues to press the top surface of the banknote P while the banknote P is fed into the back of the banknote storage space 2a, so that the banknote is not attached to the bottom surface of the banknote guide member 20 due to the influence of static electricity. Sticking of P can be suppressed.

As shown in FIG. 6, when the banknote P is sent to the back of the banknote storage space 2a and released from the nip state by the separation roller pair 32, the force with which the banknote P lifts the tip 21a of the peeling lever 21 is weakened, and the banknote P is peeled off. The force with which the lever 21 pushes down the bill P becomes relatively strong. Therefore, the banknote P sticking to the guide surface of the banknote guide member 20 can be pushed down, and the banknote P can be peeled off from the guide surface.

The banknote P separated from the banknote guide member 20 falls onto the pushing member 10, but the rear end of the banknote P may be raised due to static electricity or folding. However, since the sweeper 35 that rotates at high speed together with the stop roller 34 hits the top surface of the rear end of the banknotes P inserted into the banknote storage section 2 at high speed, floating of the banknotes P is suppressed and defective deposits are prevented. I can do it. In this way, the banknotes P sent into the banknote storage section 2 are stacked on the pushing member 10 that is pushing the backup plate 3 as shown in FIG. It is temporarily stored in the space 2a.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, when a plurality of banknotes P are continuously inserted, they are sequentially fed into the banknote storage space 2a by the pair of separation rollers 32 and stacked and stored on the pushing member 10. Also at this time, since the peeling lever 21 presses the top surface of the banknote P that is sent into the back of the banknote storage space 2a, it is possible to suppress the banknote P from sticking to the bottom surface of the banknote guide member 20. Furthermore, the sweeper 35 rotating at high speed together with the stop roller 34 hits the upper surface of the rear end of the banknote P inserted into the banknote storage section 2 at high speed, so that the banknote P input into the banknote storage section 2 floats up. It is possible to prevent defective deposits by reducing the

In this way, as shown in FIG. 10, temporary storage of one or more banknotes P is completed.

Next, as shown in FIG. 11, the pushing member 10 is raised. As a result, the backup plate 3 released from the pressing force of the pushing member 10 also rises due to the biasing force of a spring member (not shown). At this time, even if the sweeper 35 is stopped with the blades 35a protruding toward the banknote storage section 2, the blades 35a of the sweeper 35 are made of a thin elastic member, so the blades 35a are bent. This does not prevent the banknote bundle P1 and the backup plate 3 from rising. When the pushing member 10 rises and reaches the vicinity of the bottom surface of the banknote guide member 20, the top surface of the banknote bundle P1 first contacts the tip of the banknote guide member 20, and the banknote bundle P1 is sandwiched between the banknote guide member 20 and the pusher member 10. It will be in a closed state.

As illustrated, when the pushing member 10 moves further above the bottom surface of the bill guide member 20, the bill P passes through the bill passing opening 10a provided in the pushing member 10 together with the bill guide member 20. and move below the pushing member 10. That is, the banknote bundle P1 on the pushing member 10 falls down from the opening 10a and is further stacked on top of the banknote bundle P1 on the backup plate 3.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 12, the pushing member 10 is lowered again to press the upper surface of the banknote bundle P1 on the backup plate 3. With the above steps, the operation of depositing one or more banknotes P is completed.

13 and 14 are schematic side views for explaining the withdrawal operation of the recirculation banknote storage device 1.

As shown in FIG. 13, when dispensing banknotes, the pushing member 10 is first raised. As a result, the banknote bundle P1 on the backup plate 3 also rises, the top surface of the banknote bundle P1 comes into contact with the banknote guide member 20, and as the tip of the banknote guide member 20 lifts up, the bottom surface of the banknote guide member 20 gradually Approach the horizontal surface.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 14, as the pushing member 10 moves above the lower end of the feeding roller 31, the tip of the banknote guide member 20 is lifted by the pushing member 10 via an engaging member (not shown). The bottom surface of the banknote guide member 20 is an upwardly sloped surface toward the back side of the banknote storage section 2, and the lower end of the feeding roller 31 is in a state of protruding downward from the bottom surface of the banknote guide member 20. The uppermost surface of the banknote bundle P1 on the backup plate 3 is pressed against the delivery roller 31 under appropriate pressure from a spring member that urges the backup plate 3 upward.

At this time, the peeling lever 21 is also pushed to the uppermost surface of the banknote bundle P1, but not only the tip 21a of the peeling lever 21 but the whole is lifted upward. As described above, the peeling lever 21 has an elongated hole through which the rotating shaft 20a is inserted, and the entire peeling lever 21 is movable in the vertical direction with respect to the rotating shaft 20a. Normally, the peeling lever 21 is located downward due to its own weight, but when pushed upward, it moves upward, so the peeling lever 21 does not interfere with the withdrawal operation, and the peeling lever 21 is placed at the bottom of the banknote bundle P1. The upper surface can be reliably brought into contact with the feeding roller 31.

Thereafter, by rotating the feeding roller 31 and the friction roller 33 in the feeding direction (dispensing direction) shown by the arrow, the uppermost bill P is fed out from the bill storage section 2 onto the conveyance path 5. At this time, if the rotation of the stop roller 34 is stopped or if it rotates at low speed in the deposit direction (return direction) shown by the arrow in FIG. banknotes can be prevented from being fed out onto the conveyance path 5.

As explained above, in the recirculating banknote storage device 1 according to the present embodiment, the peeling lever 21 is provided in the banknote storage unit 2, and the banknotes fed into the banknote storage unit 2 are prevented from sticking to the banknote guide member 20. Since this is suppressed by the peeling lever 21, it is possible to prevent a deposit failure of banknotes P.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. Needless to say, it is included within the scope.

For example, in the embodiment described above, the peeling lever 21 is rotatably supported by a rotating shaft 20a (first rotating shaft) that is common to the banknote guide member 20, but a dedicated It may be supported on a rotating shaft. Moreover, although the peeling lever 21 is biased by a spring member 22, it is also possible to omit the spring member 22 and press the upper surface of the banknote P downward by the weight of the peeling lever 21. Furthermore, if the uppermost surface of the banknote bundle P1 can be brought into pressure contact with the payout roller 31 during the dispensing operation, it is not necessarily necessary to provide vertical play in the movement of the peeling lever 21 with respect to the rotating shaft 20a.

1 Recycling type banknote storage device 2 Banknote storage section 2a Banknote storage space 3 Backup plate 5 Conveyance path 10 Pushing member 10a Opening 20 of the pushing member Banknote guide member 20a Rotating shaft of the banknote guide member (first rotating shaft)
21 Peeling lever 21a Peeling lever tip 22 Spring material 30 Paper feed roller group 31 Feeding roller 32 Separation roller pair 33 Friction roller 34 Stop roller 34a Stop roller rotation axis (second rotation axis)
35 Sweeper 35a Sweeper blade portion 36 Conveyance roller 60 Banknote guide plate P Banknote P1 Banknote bundle (accumulated banknotes)

Claims (3)

a banknote storage unit that stores banknotes fed from the conveyance path;
a group of paper feed rollers that move the banknotes in both directions, i.e., a withdrawal direction and a deposit direction, between the banknote storage section and the conveyance path;
The banknote storage section is
a bill guide member that comes into contact with the top surface of the bill sent from the conveyance path and guides the bill to the back of the bill storage section;
a peeling lever rotatably supported near the entrance/exit of the banknote storage section;
The banknote storage section is
a backup plate on which the banknotes are stacked and stored and is biased upward;
It further includes a pushing member configured by a pair of elongated members provided above the backup plate so as to be movable up and down, and pushing into both ends in the width direction of the upper surface of the banknotes stacked and stored on the backup plate,
A rear end portion of the bill guide member located on the entrance/exit side of the bill storage section is pivotally supported by a first rotating shaft,
The peeling lever is pivotally supported by the first rotating shaft,
The peeling lever has a vertically elongated elongated hole, and the first rotating shaft is inserted into the elongated hole,
The recirculation banknote storage device is characterized in that the tip of the peeling lever is pushed and lifted by the tip of the banknote entering the banknote storage, and then presses the top surface of the banknote downward. The recirculation banknote storage device according to claim 1, further comprising a spring member that biases the tip of the peeling lever downward. The paper feed roller group is
a friction roller disposed on the conveyance path near the banknote storage section;
a stop roller disposed opposite to the friction roller across the conveyance path;
a feeding roller provided on a deeper side of the banknote storage section than the friction roller;
at least one sweeper pivotally supported by a second rotating shaft pivotally supporting the stop roller,
The stop roller rotates together with the friction roller in the depositing direction when depositing money to feed the bill into the bill storage section, and stops or rotates in the opposite direction to the friction roller when dispensing money to suppress double feeding of the bills. death,
3. The recirculation banknote storage device according to claim 1, wherein the sweeper rotates together with the stop roller when depositing money and hits the top surface of the banknotes in the banknote storage section, thereby suppressing floating of the banknotes.

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