JPH0818713B2 - Banknote loading container - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention loads a banknote into a banknote cassette that stores the banknote in a cash dispenser or the like and sends out the banknote in response to a request from a control unit. Banknote loading container (container) for

[Prior art]

A bill cassette is, for example, an automatic teller machine in which a customer sets an identification card on a machine and inputs predetermined data (for example, customer code, payment amount, type of transaction, etc.) from a keyboard connected to the machine. (ATM) and so on. Once the predetermined data is entered, the machine will process the transaction, update the customer's account based on the outcome of the transaction, pay the bill and return the card to the user. Currently used ATMs store at least two types of banknotes in separate cassettes.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

In order for the cash payment mechanism of the ATM to operate properly, it is important that the ends of the bills stored in each bill cassette are neatly aligned and properly arranged in the cassette. Therefore, it is necessary to accurately insert the bill into the bill cassette, which is a time-consuming and tedious task.
In order to make the ATM downtime as short as possible, it is desirable to prepare a cassette containing bills in advance and replace it with an empty cassette.

However, it is not always possible to prepare a spare cassette in advance, and if there is no spare cassette, it takes a lot of time to insert a bill.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a device for correctly storing bills by quickly and accurately loading the bills into the bill cassette.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention is a container used for loading and storing banknotes in a currency cassette having a banknote storage part and an openable / closable lid, the base part having an opening and the currency of the currency rising from the base part. A wall portion that is provided in a shape that conforms to the inner shape of the cassette and that has a vertical groove portion on at least the front wall and the rear wall, and has a flat shape, and is detachably disposed above the base portion. At least 1 that is provided so as to contact the long side end portions of a plurality of banknotes and support the banknotes, and that engages with the longitudinal groove provided on the wall at each of both ends of the flat shape. The above object is achieved by a bill loading container configured to remove the flat member from the container through the opening provided in the base portion, the flat member having two protruding portions. Shi .

[Action]

By using the container of the present invention as follows,
Banknotes can be stored in a currency cassette.

First, a banknote bundle is placed on the flat member of the container. Next, the currency cassette with the lid opened is turned upside down, and the currency cassette is placed over the container holding the banknotes, and then the whole is inverted to return the currency cassette to the normal position.

After that, the container is removed from the currency cassette to leave a banknote bundle in the currency cassette.

As a result, it is possible to store the bundle of bills in the currency cassette in a state in which the bills are accurately aligned and the ends thereof are neatly aligned. Since it is easy to insert banknotes into the container, it does not take long to load the banknotes into the currency cassette.
The downtime of can be shortened.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 shows a tray means or container (also referred to as a container) 10 of the present invention for temporarily holding a bundle of banknotes. Container 10
Is a rectangular base member 12 and wall members 14, 14- that stand up from the base member.
It is an upper open type having 1,16,16-1. The side wall portions 14 and 14-1 are fixed or integrally formed along the longitudinal direction of the base member 12. Both end wall portions 16 and 16-1 are also fixed or integrally formed along the short side of the base member 12. The base member has a rectangular opening 18 (FIG. 3) provided at the center thereof.

The end wall portions 16 and 16-1 have central protrusions 20 and 20-1 that extend upward from the side wall portions 14 and 14-1 at their central portions. The upper ends 21 of the central protrusions 20 and 20-1 are horizontal and on the same plane. Two longitudinal grooves 22 are provided on the inner surfaces of the end wall portions 16 and 16-1, respectively. Two horizontal grooves 24 are formed on the inner surfaces of the end wall portions 16 and 16-1, respectively. Each groove 24 extends inwardly from the respective side wall portion 14, 14-1 and reaches the vertical groove.

The container 10 (FIG. 1) includes two side plates 26,26-1 extending between the two end walls 16,16-1 and extending slightly parallel to the side walls 14,14-1. The upper ends of the plates 26 and 26-1 are aligned with the upper ends of the side wall portions 14 and 14-1, and projections 27 (Fig. 1) are provided at both ends of the plates 26 and 26-1, respectively. Is inserted into a groove 24 extending inwardly from. The side plates 26,26-1 are adjustably spaced apart by two spacers 28 (FIG. 4). The spacer 28 can be replaced with another one having a different size, and the distance between the side plates 26, 26-1 can be adjusted as required. The container 10 includes a generally rectangular removable flat plate or base plate 30 spaced apart from and mounted on the base member 12 by a plurality of spacers 32 (FIGS. 3 and 4) secured to the base member 12. The spacer 32 can be replaced with another size, and the flat plate 30 and the upper ends 21 of the protrusions 20 and 20-1 can be replaced.
The distance between and can be adjusted. The edges of the flat plate 30 are engaged with the end walls 16 and 16-1. That is, two protrusions 34 are provided at both ends of the flat plate 30 and slidably fit in the grooves 22 formed in the end walls 16 and 16-1. It is configured such that the flat plate 30 can be removed from the container 10 by sliding the projection 34 along the groove 22 in the direction in which the flat plate 30 moves away from the base member 12.

The container 10 (Fig. 2) has a long end of banknotes on a flat plate 30,
The bill 36 is held so that both sides of the bill come into contact with the end walls 16 and 16-1. Choose spacers 28, 32 of appropriate size (Fig. 4), the short side of the banknote faces the side plates 26, 26-1, and the upper end of the banknote bundle is approximately flush with the upper end 21 of the protruding parts 20, 20-1. The base member 30 and the side plates 26, 26-1 are arranged so that Base plate 30 is vertical groove 2
Since it is inserted in 2, the endmost bill 3 of the bill bundle 36
6'does not slide down between the flat plate 30 and the end walls 16, 16-1. Further, since the protrusion 27 (FIG. 1) of the side plate 26 is fitted in the horizontal groove 24, the endmost bill 36 'of the bill bundle 36 is the end wall 1
It does not protrude from the gap between 6, 16-1 and the side plates 26, 26-1.

In FIGS. 5 and 6, the container 10 is designed in this embodiment to be usable for inserting banknotes into the banknote cassette 40. The cassette 40 is, for example, NCR5070 manufactured by NCR,
Can be used for 5081,5084 ATM. The cassette 40 comprises a rectangular storage container 42 for storing banknotes and a lid 44. Lid 44
Is attached to one end of the container 42 by a hinge 46, and is rotatable between an open position as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 and a closed position where the upper part of the container 42 is closed. A lock (not shown) is also provided to lock the lid 44 in the closed position.

Two banknote support members 50 extending along the longitudinal direction of the container 42 near the base 48 of the container 42 and each having a support surface 52.
(FIG. 5) is provided. Two lower banknote guide members 54 are adjustably provided with respect to the support member 50 and the distance between the two vertical guide portions 56 forming part of the guide member 54 is the cassette 40.
It can be adjusted according to the length of the bills to be stored in. According to a method similar to that of the container 10, the container 42 of the cassette 40 can extend between the vertical guides 56 and hold the banknote bundle 36 on the support surface 52. When the banknote bundle 36 is housed in the container 42, it is arranged between the front banknote holding member 58 (with the lid 44 attached) at the front end of the container 42 and the spring pressing plate 60. The pressing plate 60 presses the banknote bundle so that the frontmost banknote of the banknote bundle is pressed toward the holding member 58. The push plate 60 can be latched by a latch member (not shown) at a position sufficiently separated from the holding member 58 as shown in FIG. The lid 44 is replaced by a replaceable spacer 64.
Two upper bill holders 62 (Figs. 5 and 6) are attached so that the distance from the inner surface of the bill can be adjusted. The size of the spacer 64 is selected according to the height of the banknote bundle stored in the container 42, and the banknote holder 62 is attached to the selected position of the lid so as to lightly contact the banknote bundle.

When the lid 44 is closed, the end 66 of the bill retainer 62 (Fig. 5)
Is inserted into the hole 68 of the holding member 58. Cassette 40 is a container
Bills can be dispensed through an opening at the front end of 42, which is normally closed by a slat shutter 70. In addition, the groove 72 formed at the front end of the side wall 74 of the container 42.
A shutter 76 (on one of the walls 74, partially cut away in FIG. 5) is normally mounted rotatably on the inner surface of the side wall 74.
Is closed by. Each shutter 76 cooperates with a side guide member 78 mounted on the inner surface of the side wall 74. The shape of the container 10 is such that the end portions 21 of the protrusions 20 and 20-1 are in contact with the support surface 52 and the side wall 1
4,14-1 are slidably fitted between the side guide members 78, and end walls 16,16
-1 is a push plate 60 in a position where it is fully pulled back from the holding member 58.
The container 10 is formed so as to be fitted inside the container 42 so as to be slidably fitted between them.

The cassette 40 is stored in the cassette storage chamber of the cash payment unit of the ATM (not shown) when the banknote bundle is stored and the lid 44 is closed. The insertion direction is the direction shown by the arrow 79 in FIG. The cassette 40 has a horizontal guide member 80 mounted on the side wall 74 so as to contact a guide means provided in the cassette storage chamber. During insertion of the cassette 40 into the cassette storage chamber, the slat shutter 70 is moved to a retracted position along the base 48 of the storage container 42, and the side shutter 76 is rotated to a position away from the groove 72. ing. As is well known in the operation of ATMs, banknotes can be swung onto a shaft that moves through groove 72 when cassette 40 is fully inserted into the ATM's storage chamber (shown in the figure). Not by) cassette
It is extracted from 40 one by one. Before the bill is taken out of the cassette 40 by the take-out member, the lower ends of the bill are attached to the support member 50 and the guide member 54, respectively.
It is held in that position by (FIG. 5).

Next, in order to store the banknote bundle 36 in the cassette 40, the container 10
A method of using (FIG. 3) will be described. First, the first side plate
Whether the length between 26 and 26-1 fits the stored bills,
It is checked whether the distance from the upper ends 21 of the protrusions 20 and 20-1 to the flat plate 30 matches the width of the stored bill.
If their lengths are incorrect, use the appropriate spacers 28,32
To replace. When the positions of the side plates 26, 26-1 and the flat plate 30 are adjusted, the bill bundle is stored in the container 10 so that the long side of the bill is placed on the flat plate 30. The banknotes are stored until they are filled in the container 10 as shown in FIG. 2, and both ends of each banknote have side plates 26, 26-.
1, the bills on both ends of the bill bundle come into contact with the end walls 16 and 16-1. The edge of the bill hitting the flat plate 30 is
It should be known that when properly stored in the container 42 of the cassette 40, it will be the top of the bill.

When inserting banknotes into the cassette 40, the lid 44 is opened, and the push plate 60 is fully opened and latched as shown in FIG. next,
In the cassette 40, the upper ends 21 of the projecting portions 20 and 20-1 contact the supporting surface 52, and the walls 14, 14-1, 16 and 16-1 of the container are fitted between the guide members 78 (FIG. 5). As described above, the container 10 (the second container) is turned upside down so as to be fitted between the holding member 58 and the push plate 60.
(Fig.). Therefore, the end portions 21 of the projecting portions 20 and 20-1 are located between the guide members 54, the upper ends of the banknotes 36 are fitted between the vertical guide portions 56 of the guide members 54, and the side wall 1 of the side plate 26.
It can be seen that the upper end of 4,14-1 is located below the guide member 54.

Next, the combination of the container 10 and the cassette 40 is turned upside down as shown in FIG. 6 with the bundle of banknotes kept therein, and the base member 12 of the container 10 slightly comes out on the storage container 42, Raise the cassette 40 to its operating position. Then, the flat plate 30 is pushed through the opening 18 and at the same time, the container 10 is pulled up from the cassette 40. By doing so, the banknote bundle 36 is stored in the storage container 42.
Placed in the correct position, the plate 30 remains on the banknote stack.
The flat plate 30 is removed from the top of the banknote bundle 36, and the pressing plate 60 is removed to hold the banknote bundle toward the holding member 58. Finally, the lid
Close and lock 44. The cassette 40 is now ready to be inserted into the cassette storage chamber.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, by using the container 10 according to the present invention, bills can be inserted into the currency cassette easily, quickly and accurately.

Further, since the banknotes can be stored in the container 10 easily and the banknotes can be set at a place different from the ATM installation place, the mounting of the banknotes in the currency cassette can be completed in a short time as a whole. Therefore, the ATM downtime can be shortened.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a container according to the present invention for storing a banknote bundle in a banknote cassette, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a container storing a banknote bundle, and FIG. 3 is a partially cutout removable plate. FIG. 4 is a plan view of the container, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional side view of the container seen from the line IV-IV in FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a rear perspective view of an empty cassette seen from behind with the lid open, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a container which is inverted and put in a cassette, showing a combination of a banknote cassette and a container. In the figure, 10 ... container, 12 ... stand member, 14, 14-1; 16, 16-1
...... Side wall and end wall, 18 ...... Opening, 20, 20-1 ...... Central protruding part, 26, 26-1 ...... Side plate, 30 ...... Base plate, 40 ...... Cassette, 42 ...... Storage container, 44 ...... Lid, 60 ...... Push plate.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A container used for loading banknotes into the banknote storage part of a banknote cassette having a banknote storage part and an openable / closable lid, the base part having an opening, and the base part. Standing up as a bottom surface, having a shape adapted to the internal shape of the banknote storage section so that it can be stored in the banknote storage section of the banknote cassette, and a wall section having vertical groove sections on at least opposing walls, and a flat shape. It is provided so as to be detachably disposed above the base part and to contact the long side end portions of a plurality of banknotes to support the banknotes, and the flat shape-shaped both ends of the banknote A flat member having at least one projecting portion that engages with the vertical groove portion provided in the wall portion, and the opening of the base portion extends upward from the bottom surface direction through the opening. Press An opening configured so that the banknote is held on the flat member by inserting a container into the banknote storage portion of the banknote cassette, and pressing the flat member through the opening while holding the container. A bill loading container for loading bills into a bill cassette, which is capable of transferring the bills into the bill storage unit by separating the flat member and the bills from.