JPS633818B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a paper sheet storage device for a paper sheet receiving machine, and more particularly to a paper sheet storage device that is most suitable for application to a paper sheet receiving machine that handles banknotes.

Paper sheets such as banknote deposit machines, banknote exchange machines, and counter-type banknote acceptance machines that are used inside banks to receive banknotes from customers, automatically read the denomination, amount, etc., and automatically receive the banknotes after confirmation. Conventional paper sheet storage devices of this kind used in receiving machines use the natural falling of banknotes to accumulate and store them in the paper sheet storage section when receiving banknotes, etc., so there is no chance of air intervening during the stacking process. Due to the elasticity of paper sheets and banknotes, they cannot be stored precisely, and require a large volume relative to the number of sheets stored.In order to increase the number of sheets stored, the volume of the paper sheet storage section must be increased. Ta.

In view of this, it is an object of the present invention to provide a paper sheet storage device that can increase the number of sheets stored compared to the storage capacity of the paper sheet storage section and can store a large number of sheets in an aligned state even at the same time. It has been done.

The present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.

The embodiment shown in the figure shows a case where the paper sheet storage device according to the present invention is applied to a banknote storage box.
Fig. 1 shows a cutaway perspective view of the main part, and Fig.
As shown in plan view in the figure, the storage box 1 has a banknote receiving device 2 at its rear end portion, and has a bottom plate 3 in an area other than the receiving device 2 for storing banknotes P horizontally and vertically. A bill storage section 4 is provided in which a pressing member 5 is slidably biased in the direction of the front and rear receiving device 2 by a spring (not shown) using slits etc. provided in the front and rear directions of the bottom plate 3 as a guide. ing. Furthermore, guide members 6, 6 for guiding both ends of the banknotes P are provided on both sides, which may be fixed or whose position can be adjusted in the width direction of the storage box 1.

The banknote accepting device 2 has a pair of left and right disks 8, 8' which are rotatably provided in a horizontal plane by shafts 7, 7 in the storage box 1 at the end of the bottom plate 3,
The upper surfaces of these disks 8, 8' are arranged to be flush with the upper surface of the bottom plate 3.

Gears 9,
9' are formed and mesh with each other, and a gear 10 pivotally supported by the storage box 1 is always meshed with the gear 9 of one of the disks 8.

An arm 12 supported by the shaft 11 of the gear 10
An intermediate gear 13 that is always in mesh with the gear 10 is pivotally supported, and a spring 14 is applied to the arm 12 so that it is constantly biased in a direction in which it comes into contact with a stopper 15. When set at a predetermined location, the intermediate gear 13 meshes with the drive gear 16 on the receiver side, thereby forming a driving force transmission system for transmitting rotation.

On the upper surfaces of the disks 8, 8', there are rollers 17 ₁ , 17 ₂ in the form of rods located close to the outer periphery.
17 ₃ , 17 ₁ ′, 17 ₂ ′, and 17 ₃ ′ are planted symmetrically. In the illustrated embodiment, one disk has three
Book rollers 17 ₁ , 17 ₂ , 17 ₃ and 17 ₁ ', 1
7 ₂ ', 17 ₃ ' are arranged in a ring at equal intervals of 120 degrees, and each roller is symmetrical with the left and right disks 8, 8'.

The configuration of the above rollers is one of them 17 _{and 1} and the third
As shown in the enlarged cross section in the figure, the lower end small diameter portion 18a of the central shaft 18 is inserted into the disk 8,
It is fastened and fixed from the lower surface with a nut 19, a cylinder 20 is fitted onto its central shaft 18, and its upper and lower ends are rotatably supported by bearings 21, 21.

In the figure, 22 is a reed switch that detects the fixed position of the disk 8' as a fixed position stopping means, and stops the rotation when it detects the position of three magnets 23 provided at equal intervals of 120 degrees on the disk 8' side. and the rollers 17 ₁ to 17 ₃ and 17 ₁ ′ to 1
The stopping position of 7 ₃ ' is maintained in the state shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

A bill receiving port 24 is opened in the upper part of the bill receiving device 2, and this receiving port 24 can be opened and closed by a shutter plate 25, which receives and receives the storage box 1, although not shown. When it is loaded into a machine, a part of it engages with the receiver and is automatically opened, and when it is removed from the machine, it is automatically closed.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a receiving machine to which the storage box 1 according to the paper sheet storage device of the present invention is applied. In the figure, the authenticity of banknotes P is discriminated, the number of banknotes is counted, and only genuine banknotes are placed in a designated place. After stocking the number of sheets, storage box 1
into the banknote accepting device 2, and accept bills of different denominations and
Banknotes sent in stacks and counterfeit banknotes are shown in a configuration that will be rejected.

That is, there is a storage box insertion part 27 in the lower part of the body 26 into which the storage box 1 is inserted, and the insertion part 27
A receiving device 28 is provided on the top, and a placing section 30 for placing banknotes to be processed is provided on the operation section 29 side of the hand side, and a delivery roller 31 and a gate roller of this placing section 30 are provided. 32, the banknotes P are sent out one by one, and by the cooperation of other rollers 33 and 34, they are fed through a guide 35 and between a pulley 37 and a guide roller 38 at the starting end of a conveyor belt 36 installed in the horizontal direction. , this conveyor belt 3
6, the counting mechanism 39 and discrimination mechanism 40 check the number, denomination, and authenticity of the banknotes, and only genuine banknotes enter one by one and are conveyed vertically from the end of the conveyor belt 36. It is fed between the beds 41 and 42 and stored in a collecting section 43 in an upright position.

A reject belt 44 is disposed along the lower surface side of the conveyor belt 36, and
It is adapted to be rejected to a return section 45 below. A switching member 46 is swingably provided between the end of the conveyor belt 36 and one of the conveyor belts 41, and the path of the banknote P is changed according to the double-bill detection signal, a different denomination denomination signal, and a counterfeit banknote signal. It is designed so that it can be switched to the reject belt 44 side.

The pulleys 47 and 48 constituting the vertical running surface 42a of the other conveyor belt 42 and the intermediate pressing roller 49 can be moved in parallel and separated from the previous conveyor belt 41 without giving slack to the belt 42. 4 is moved from the position shown by the solid line in FIG. The rollers (17 ₂ , 17 ₃ , 17 ₂ ′, 17 ₃ ′ in the figure) can be moved slightly backward.

The collecting section 43 is provided at a position facing substantially the upper half of the vertical running surface 42a of the conveyor belt 42.
A pedestal 50 having a horizontal upper surface, and a carrying belt 4 provided perpendicularly to the upper surface of this pedestal 50.
The rollers 52 have a pressing plate 51 that faces the upper half of the vertical running surface 42a of No. 2 and is biased by a spring in that direction. It is set up like this.

A return port 53 is provided above the collection unit 43 for when it is necessary to take out stock banknotes directly from the receiving device 28.
Closed by.

In the figure, reference numeral 55 denotes a lock release key insertion portion when the storage box 1 is loaded.

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

First, an empty storage box 1 is inserted into the storage box insertion section 27 from the receiving device 2 side, and stored in a predetermined position. The insertion operation causes the receiving opening 24 of the storage box 1 to
The shutter plate 25 is opened and set in the state shown in FIG. At this time, it is locked so that it cannot be pulled out by a locking mechanism (not shown), and the intermediate gear 13 of the receiving device 2 is moved to the drive gear 1 of the receiving device 28.
6, it is placed in an engaged state.

In this way, banknotes P are placed on the placing section 30 of the receiving device 28.
When the receiving device 28 is started by pressing the start button, the delivery roller 31 and gate roller 32
Bills P are fed in one by one, and counted and discriminated by a counting mechanism 39 and a discrimination mechanism 40 as they are fed on the conveyor belt 36. If the bills are genuine, they are taken out from the end of the conveyor belt 36. The recovery unit 43 sequentially passes between 41 and 42.
While pushing back the pressing part 51 onto the pedestal 50, the patient is placed in a standing position.

When counting and discrimination are completed as described above, the amount of the counting result is displayed on the display section, and when the displayed amount matches the scheduled amount, pressing the import button causes the vertical running surface 42a of the conveyor belt 42 to Pulleys 47, 48 and rollers 49 that make up
moves backward to the position shown by the chain line in FIG. They are lowered all at once and fed into the receiving device 2 through the receiving opening 24 of the storage box 1.

In the above, if the scheduled amount and the displayed amount do not match, the user presses the return button to open the return door 54, grabs the top end of the bill P, pulls it out upwards, and counts the bill again. in this case,
Paper sheets P stored in the storage section 4 in a standing position
is held between rollers 17, 17' and pressing member 5.

The banknotes P that have entered the receiving device 2 are placed on the upper surfaces of the disks 8, 8' so as to be sandwiched between rollers located in front and behind the disks, as shown by chain lines in FIG.

Thereafter, by driving the drive gear 16 in the direction of the arrow, the disk 8 is rotated 120 degrees in the direction of the arrow in FIG. The rollers 17 ₂ , 1 rotate and are located on the back side of the receiving device 2.
The banknote P is pushed by 7 ₂ ', and the roller 1 on the front side
7 ₁ , 17 ₁ ' move in the direction of separating left and right to transfer the banknote P onto the bottom plate 3 in the storage box 1, and push it into the storage part 4 with the left and right guide members 6, 6 and the pressing member 5. Stored in a standing position. After storage, the roller 1 that pushed the banknote P in the above action is
7 ₂ and 17 ₂ ' press and support the banknote P, and the arrangement of the rollers at this time is the same as the state before feeding, and the banknote is ready to be accepted next time.

This stopping position is determined by a detector 22 and a magnet 23.

In the illustrated embodiment, the case where the paper sheets to be handled are banknotes has been explained, but it is of course applicable to other paper sheets. Although a case is described in which rollers are provided for each book, this is not limited to three rollers, and the receiving device 28 is shown as an example for the purpose of explanation, and it is not limited to any configuration. The present invention can also be applied to any device that sends processed paper sheets to the receiving device 2.

Further, other configurations are not limited to the illustrated embodiments, and design changes may be made arbitrarily without departing from the technical concept of the present invention.

As explained above, the present invention allows the processed paper sheets to be received all at once when the paper sheets are stored in the paper sheet storage section after performing predetermined processing such as counting. Since the rollers on the disk rotate the disk and force it to be stored, the number of sheets that can be stored in the storage box increases significantly.
Moreover, there are various effects such as always maintaining an aligned posture.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing the main parts of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same, FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing an example of how the disk and roller are attached in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of a paper sheet receiving machine using the present invention. It is. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Storage box, 2... Receiving device, 4... Storage part, 5... Pressing member, 8, 8'... Disk, 1
7 ₁ to 17 ₃ , 17 ₁ ′ to 17 ₃ ′...Roller, 24...
... Reception port, 25 ... Shutter plate, 26 ... Airframe, 28 ... Receiving device, 30 ... Placing section, 36 ...
...Conveyance belt, 39...Counting mechanism, 40...Identification mechanism, 41, 42...Export belt, 43...Recovery section, 44...Reject belt, 46...Switching member, 53...Return port, P ……bill.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A paper sheet storage section capable of storing paper sheets in an array in an upright position, and a paper sheet storage section that is arranged at one end of the storage section in the paper sheet alignment direction so as to be rotatable in a plane perpendicular to the paper sheet surface. a pair of left and right disks, and the left and right disks are erected at symmetrical positions on these disks, and are located on the side of the storage unit with respect to paper sheets to be fed into the one end of the storage unit in an upright position. A rod-like body that supports the aligned paper sheets in the storage section, and a rod-shaped body that is located on the opposite side of the paper sheet storage section with respect to the fed paper sheets, and rotates the disk to move the fed paper sheets into the paper sheet storage section. a group of rod-like bodies that are pushed in and stored; a pressing member that presses the paper sheets stored in alignment against a pair of rod-like bodies that are inside the paper sheet storage section and are located on the side of the storage section; A paper sheet storage device for a paper sheet receiving machine, comprising a drive means for rotationally driving the disk, and a fixed position stopping means for stopping the disk at a fixed position.