JPS6128578B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Objective of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention is directed to a paper sheet for storing banknotes and other paper sheets in an array when performing processing such as counting and discrimination. related to storage devices.

(Prior art) A storage box for paper sheets to be processed, such as a paper sheet counter, in which paper sheets are taken out one by one by a take-out mechanism from a paper sheet storage box and counted, and a bill validating machine is used to distinguish the paper sheets. In the case of a storage box that stores banknotes one by one in an aligned state, the paper sheets that are arranged and stored in the storage box are used for taking out paper sheets or inserting paper sheets through which the paper sheets pass. It is necessary to maintain the aligned state by pressing the opening side with a predetermined pressing force.

However, as for the above-mentioned conventional pressing means, as shown in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 49-70998 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 54-40695, there is a pressing method that comes into contact with the back of a group of paper sheets in a paper sheet storage box. The moving direction of the pressing body is guided by a guide means in the direction of pressing paper sheets, and the pressing body is biased in the moving direction by an index or pressing spring, and the pressing body is moved in response to the removal or insertion of paper sheets. It is designed to follow.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the conventional biasing means described above, the spring for biasing must be installed in the storage box along the moving direction of the pressing body, so the installation space is limited. Moreover, there is a problem that the pressing force tends to vary depending on the number of paper sheets in the storage box.

[Structure of the invention]

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the present invention provides an opening through which paper sheets pass, and a spring biasing the stored paper sheets toward the opening. In a paper sheet storage device comprising a pressing body that presses, and a guide means that guides a moving direction of the pressing body moved by a spring bias toward a paper sheet pressing direction, the pressing body is guided by the guide means. a guide member having an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to the sheet pressing direction and moves the pressing body in the sheet pressing direction; The guide roller includes a guide roller that rolls in contact with the slope of the guide member, and a spring member that is suspended on the pressing body and presses the guide roller against the slope, and the spring force of the spring member is applied to the guide roller. The present invention is characterized in that the pressing force of the pressing body is converted into a pressing force in the sheet pressing direction by the inclined surface that the roller presses against.

(Function) With the above configuration, it is necessary to install a spring member and a guide roller as a pressing force generating means on the side of the pressing body inserted into the paper sheet storage box, and to provide a spring member on the side of the paper sheet storage box. While the pressure disappears, a guide member having an inclined surface to which a guide roller is pressed is provided, and the spring force of the spring member is converted into a pressing force of the pressing body in the sheet pressing direction by the inclined surface which is pressed by the guide roller. You can force it.

(Example) The present invention will be described below with reference to an example shown in the drawings.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is a case where the present invention is applied to a storage box used in a banknote validating machine or the like, in which validated banknotes are arranged and stored one by one.

The storage box 1 has an opening 2 at the top, and guide plates 3 and 4 are provided on both sides of the opening 2 at a required vertical interval.

A pushing member 5 can freely enter the opening 2 from above, and the verified banknotes P that have been verified in a verification section (not shown) are fed between the upper and lower guide plates 3 and 4. .

Inside the storage box 1, a pressing body 6 for receiving banknotes P in a stacked arrangement is housed so as to be movable up and down, and a guide member 7 is vertically provided on one side of the storage box.

In the first illustrated embodiment, this guide member 7 has one side as a vertical guide surface 7A, and the other side as an inclined surface 7B inclined toward the opening 2,
Furthermore, the lower end of this inclined surface 7B is the guide surface 7A.
It is assumed that the parallel plane 7C is parallel to the plane 7C.

A bracket 8 is vertically fixed to the pressing body 6, and a guide roller 9, which rotates in contact with the guide surface 7A of the guide member 7, is attached to the bracket 8.
9, and a guide roller 10 that rotates in contact with the inclined surface 7B.

The guide rollers 9, 9 in contact with the vertical guide surface 7A are fixed in position, and the guide roller 10 in contact with the inclined surface 7B is supported at the tip of a swinging arm 12 whose base is pivoted to the bracket 8 by a pin 11. A tension spring 13 is tensioned between the tip of the swinging arm 12 and the bracket 8 to press the guide roller 10 against the inclined surface 7B, and the guide member 7 is held between the guide rollers 9, 9 and 10. I'm starting to do that.

In this embodiment, the guide surface 7A and the guide rollers 9, 9 constitute a guide means for the movement of the press body 6 in the sheet pressing direction, but this can be done using a well-known guide means, such as a press A guide rod through which the body 6 or the bracket 8 is inserted and extends in the paper sheet pressing direction may be used.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

When the bill P that has been discriminated by the discrimination machine is inserted between the upper and lower guide plates 3 and 4, the pushing member 5 descends and the bill P between the guide plates 3 and 4 is pushed into the storage box 1 through the opening 2. and stacked on the pressing body 6.

By sequentially pushing the banknotes P in this way, the pressing body 6 is moved by its guide rollers 9 and 10.
The guide roller 10 rotates and descends, but since the guide roller 10 is urged by the spring 13 and is in pressure contact with the inclined surface 7B of the guide member 7, the guide roller 10 rolls on the inclined surface 7B and ascends. With this force, both ends of the group of banknotes P pushed onto the pressing body 6 are pressed against the lower surface of the guide plate 4, and the banknotes P are arranged and housed in a compressed state.

When the banknotes P are pushed into the storage box 1 almost to its full capacity, the guide roller 10 moves from the inclined surface 7B to the parallel surface 7C, so that the upward force exerted by the spring 13 is weakened and the weight of the group of banknotes P weakens the guide roller 10. It falls under its own weight.
Therefore, if the downward movement is used to operate a micro switch or the like, it is possible to automatically detect that the storage box 1 is full.

FIGS. 2 and 3 show how banknotes P are stored in a line in advance in a banknote dispensing machine, a banknote counting machine, etc., and the banknotes P are taken out one by one from the opening 2 at one end and counted or thrown out after counting. This shows an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a banknote storage box for storing banknotes, and its configuration corresponds to the storage box 1 in the embodiment shown in FIG. Common parts will be described with the same reference numerals.

In the case of this embodiment, the storage box 1 is horizontal, and an opening 2 is formed at its front end for sucking and separating bills P one by one using, for example, suction heads 14, 14 and taking them out in the direction of the arrow. A pressing body 6 is disposed in the front-rear direction of the bottom upper surface of the storage box 1, and is placed movably forward and backward on rails 15, 15, which serve as guide means for guiding the pressing body 6 in the sheet pressing direction.

The guide member 7 is provided in the front-rear direction at an intermediate position between the rails 15, 15, and the inclined surface 7B is inclined in the direction of the opening 2.

A guide roller 9 that engages with this guide member 7,
The configurations related to 9 and 10 are the same as in the previous embodiment, so their explanation will be omitted.

In the figure, 16 is a lid that opens and closes the upper part of the storage box 1, and 17
is a handbag handle.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

When storing banknotes P in the storage box 1, the pressing body 6
When moved to the rear of the storage box 1, the guide roller 10 is positioned on the parallel surface 7C of the guide member 7, so that it is not subjected to the rolling action by the spring 13, and the pressing body 6 remains in that position.

In this state, when a banknote P is loaded between the ejection opening 2 and the pressing body 6 in an upright position and the pressing body 6 is then moved toward the banknote P, the guide roller 10 approaches the inclined surface 7B, so that the spring 13 Due to slope 7B
, and presses the back of the group of banknotes P.

In this way, when the lid 16 of the storage box 1 is closed and the machine is set at the loading position, the take-out opening 2 faces the take-out device, and the banknotes P are ready to be taken out one by one.

As the banknotes P are taken out one after another, the pressing body 6 moves its guide roller 10 onto the inclined surface 7B due to the action of the spring 13.
It follows the banknotes P by rolling them, and always presses the back of the banknotes P in the storage box 1.

In each of the embodiments described above, the guide member 7 has the function of a guide means for guiding the pressing body 6 in the sheet pressing direction, and the pressing body 6
In order to move smoothly, one side of the guide member 7 is made parallel to the moving direction of the pressing body 6, and the other side is an inclined surface 7B.
The guide member 7 has a structure in which it is held between guide rollers 9, 9 and 10, but this guide member 7 is provided with a pair of guide members 7, 7 as schematically shown in FIG. The guide rollers 9 and 10 may be spring-biased and brought into contact with the guide rollers 9 and 10, and the inclined surface 7B is not necessarily straight, but may have a damping curve. Furthermore,
As in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, when rails 15, 15 are provided separately as guide means, the guide surfaces may be the same inclined surface on both sides, and both the left and right guide rollers may be movable. They may be supported and pulled together by tension springs.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, the present invention provides a paper sheet storage device in which a guide roller attached to a pressing body is urged by a spring to be brought into pressure contact with an inclined surface of a guide member, and the inclination of the inclined surface causes a spring to be applied. The spring force of the member is used as a component force to change the direction, and that component force is used as the force for pressing paper sheets by the pressing body, so the conventional structure in which a tension spring is stretched inside the storage device is eliminated. The space within the storage device can be effectively used for storing paper sheets, and the entire storage device can be made extremely compact. Furthermore, if a portion is provided at the base of the inclined surface of the guide member parallel to the sheet pressing direction of the pressing body as in the illustrated embodiment, the pressing body can be held in that position or dropped by its own weight. , the usage effect can be increased.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing one embodiment of the paper sheet storage box device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing another embodiment, FIG. 3 is a plan view of the same, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view showing another modification of the guide member. 1... Storage box, 2... Opening, 3, 4... Guide plate,
5... Pushing member, 6... Pressing body, 7... Guide member,
7A...Guide surface, 7B...Slanted surface, 7C...Parallel surface,
9, 10... Guide roller, 12... Swinging arm, 1
3...Tension spring, 14...Suction head, 15...Rail, P...Banknote.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An opening through which paper sheets pass, a pressing body that presses the stored paper sheets toward the opening side with a spring bias, and a moving direction in which the paper sheets are moved by the spring bias of the pressing body. In a sheet storage device having a guide means for guiding in a pressing direction, the pressing body guided by the guide means is inclined with respect to the sheet pressing direction, and the pressing body is moved in the sheet pressing direction. a guide member having an inclined surface; a guide roller that is supported by the pressing body so as to be movable in a direction intersecting the direction of movement thereof and rolls in contact with the inclined surface of the guide member; and a guide roller suspended on the pressing body; a spring member that presses the guide roller of the lever against the inclined surface, and the spring force of the spring member is
A paper sheet storage device, characterized in that an inclined surface with which the guide roller comes into pressure contact converts the pressing force into a pressing force in a direction in which the pressing body presses the paper sheets.