JPH0613181Y2 - Banknote storage device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] "Industrial Application Field" The present invention relates to a bill storage device used in a money changer, an automatic teller machine, or the like.

"Prior Art" Conventionally, there is known a money changer equipped with a bill storage device disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 55-159290. As shown in FIG. 12, in this money changer, when the banknotes A are sequentially inserted one by one from the banknote insertion slot 2 on the front surface of the money changer main body 1, the authenticity, denomination and damage of the banknote A in the banknote discrimination device 3 The presence or absence of the banknote A is discriminated, the correct banknote A is temporarily stored in the storage device 4, and then the banknote A stored therein is stored in the collecting safe 5.

The storage device 4 is configured as shown in FIG. That is, the correct banknote A whose denomination, authenticity, etc. are discriminated is taken into the storage device 4 by the take-in rollers 6 and 6,
It is placed between the placing plates 7 and 7 and the pressing member 8 and on the pressers 9 and 9. Then, the supporting column 10 is pushed down by a driving device (not shown), and the pressing member 8 holds the bill A on the mounting plate 7,
Press on 7. Then, the sliding member 11 is moved upward by the driving device (not shown), and the pressers 9 and 9 are pushed to the banknote A.
And then the sliding member 11 is lowered and the pressers 9 and 9 are lowered accordingly.
The banknote A is pressed and held between and. Then, the support column 10 is pulled up by a drive device (not shown), the pressing member 8 is raised above the banknote A, and the banknote A is stored on the placing plates 7 and 7 by repeating the above operation.

Then, after that, the pressing member 8 is again lowered by the driving device, and the placing plates 7, 7 are pushed down by the pressing member 8, the placing plates 7, 7 resist the coil springs 12, 12, and the shafts 13, It rotates downward about 13 and separates, and the mounting plates 7 and 7 are opened. Then, the ratchet wheels 14 and 14 are locked by the pawls 15 and 15, and the mounting plates 7 and 7 are held in an open state. Next, when the pressing member 8 is further lowered, the banknotes A are stored in the collecting safe 5 in a state of being collected.

"Problems to be solved by the invention" However, in the banknote storage device as described above, the placing plates 7 and 7 are opened and closed in order to store the temporarily stored banknote group in the collection safe 5 below the storage device 4. Pressing member 8
The mounting plates 7, 7 are pressed by the mounting plates 7, 7.
Is rotated downward about the shafts 13 and 13, and then the pawl 15 locked to the pawl wheel 14 is removed from the pawl wheel 14, and the mounting plates 7 and 7 are rotated upward by the restoring force of the coil springs 12 and 12. Since the mounting plates 7 and 7 have to be closed by moving them, there is a problem that the structure becomes complicated, the number of parts and the number of assembling steps increase, and it is difficult to adjust the operation timing of each part and maintain it. .

It is an object of the present invention to simplify a mechanism for opening and closing a placing plate provided in a conventional banknote storage device.

"Means for Solving Problems" The present invention has the following configuration in order to achieve the above object. That is, in a banknote storage device provided with a storage device for temporarily storing the banknotes that have been sequentially taken in one by one, they are arranged on the same horizontal plane in the vicinity of the banknote take-in section with the edges bent in an arc shape facing each other. A pair of mounting plates made of an elastic member capable of being displaced from the closed state to the open state between the end edges, and a pair of tapered plates arranged such that a lower end interval thereof is smaller than an upper end interval thereof. A tilt plate is provided at a lower portion, and the tilt plate is provided above the mounting plate so as to be movable up and down. When the mounting plate descends, the mounting plate is pressed downward to bend, and the inclined plate circles the pair of mounting plates. A pressing member that separates the arc-shaped edges and closes the arc-shaped edges of the mounting plate by the elasticity of the mounting plate when the mounting plate rises; and a drive mechanism that is connected to the pressing member and operates the pressing member. It has.

[Operation] When storing the banknote group stored on the plate in the closed state in the collection safe, while pressing the banknote group with the pressing member to lower the banknote group, the pair of platen plates is inserted through the banknote group. Also press and bend the pair of placing plates downward to separate them, leave the pair of placing plates in the open state by the inclined plate of the pressing member, and insert the banknote group into the collecting safe by the pressing member. Then, when the collection of banknotes in the collection safe is completed and the pressing members are moved up to the original position, the pair of mounting plates move up along with the pressing members due to the elasticity of the mounting plates themselves. While the respective arcuate end edges of the mounting plate come into contact with the inclined plate, the smooth return to the original position and the closed state is achieved.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 11.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the configuration of the banknote storage device from the front, in which a frame 22 is erected on a base 21. The frame 22 has a pair of upper and lower take-up rollers 23, 23 indicated by broken lines.
Is rotatably supported by a drive device (not shown).

Below the take-in roller 23, a pair of placing plates 24, 24 made of an elastic material for placing the bills are bent in an arc shape so that one edges thereof face each other on one horizontal plane. It is arranged.

The other end of the mounting plate 24 passes through the openings 25, 25 provided on the left and right side surfaces of the frame body 22, respectively, and
Mounting plate mounting member 2 provided on a base 21 that supports 2
It is attached to 6.

In addition, a pressing member 27 that presses the banknote onto the mounting plate 24 is disposed above the pair of mounting plates 24,
Inclined plates 28 are provided on both sides of the pressing member 27.

A supporting member 29 is erected on the pressing member 27, and a sliding member 30 arranged in parallel with the supporting member 29 is attached to the supporting member 29.

The sliding member 30 is vertically slidably attached to a support block 31 fixed to the frame body 22.

Next, FIG. 2 shows a schematic configuration from the left side of the same banknote storage device. One end of a spring 32 for pulling the support member 29 upward is attached to the upper end portion of the support member 29. 32 is wound around a plurality of pulleys 33 that are rotatably supported inside the frame body 22, and the other end of the spring 32 is attached to a predetermined position of the frame body 22.

Further, at the lower part of the support member 29, the lower protruding member 3 is provided.
4, a rotatable roller 36 pivotally supported by one end of a lower rotating member 35 is in contact with the lower protruding member 34.

The lower rotation member 35 is rotatably supported by a shaft 37 fixed to the frame body 22.

A spring 38 is attached to the lower rotating member 35, and a roller 39 provided on the lower rotating member 35 is brought into contact with the stacking cam 40 by the spring 38.

The stacking cam 40, a pressing cam 41, which will be described later, and a ratchet wheel 42 are rotatably supported by a lower rotary shaft 43 so as to be integrally rotatable. The stacking cam 40 is the second rotation member of the lower rotation member 35.
It is slidable with respect to the counterclockwise rotation in the drawing, and the lower rotation member 35 is rotated with the rotation of the stacking cam 40, and according to the rotation of the lower rotation member 35. The pressing member 27 can be reciprocated in the vertical direction from a position above the placing plate 24 to a position where the bill is pressed against the placing plate 24.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, on the outer circumference of the ratchet wheel 42, there is provided a locking piece 44 that engages with a groove formed on the outer circumference of the ratchet wheel 42 to lock the rotation of the ratchet wheel 42. It is rotatably supported about a shaft 45 provided on the frame body 22.

Further, a spring 46 is provided between the locking piece 44 and the frame 22 so as to lock the rotation of the ratchet wheel 42 by constantly biasing and engaging the locking piece 44 in the groove of the ratchet wheel 42. It is installed.

In addition, an upper projecting member 47 is provided on the supporting member 29.
Is provided. (See FIG. 2) A roller 49 provided at one end of the upper rotating member 48 is in contact with the upper protruding member 47. The upper turning member 48 is rotatably supported by a shaft 50 provided on the frame body 22.

Further, a spring 51 is attached to the roller 52 on the upper turning member 48.
The roller 53 provided on the upper rotating member 48 is brought into contact with the storage cam 54 by the spring 51.

The storage cam 54 is attached to the upper rotation shaft 55 provided on the frame body 22, and the upper rotation member 48 is rotated in accordance with the rotation of the storage cam 54, so that the sliding member 30 and the support member. The pressing member 27 is reciprocally moved in the vertical direction by a stroke thereof via 29.

That is, the storage cam 54 moves the pressing member 27 downward, presses and separates the pair of mounting plates 24, and further moves the pressing member 27 below the mounting plate 24, and the banknote storage device main body. The banknote storage safe 56, which will be described later, arranged below the
It is shaped to be inserted into.

Further, on the left and right upper sides in FIG. 1 of the pair of placing plates 24, there are arranged pressers 57 which press both side portions of the bill A to hold the bill between the placing plates 24.

The retainer 57 is attached to a sliding member 59 via an attaching member 58 shown in FIG. 3, and the sliding member 59 is attached to a support block 60 attached to the frame body 22 so as to be vertically movable. .

Further, a flat plate 61 is attached to the upper end of the sliding member 59, and a roller 63 provided at one end of a rotating member 62 is in contact with the lower surface of the flat plate 61.

The rotating member 62 is rotatably attached to the outer side surface of the frame body 22 by a shaft 64 fixed to the frame body 22. (See FIG. 3) At the other end of the rotating member 62, a roller 67 is provided via a shaft 66 inserted into the frame body 22 from a through hole 65 on the side surface of the frame body 22. The pressing cam 41 is in contact with 67.

As described above, the pressing cam 41 is attached to the lower rotary shaft 43 integrally with the stacking cam 40 and the ratchet wheel 42, and the rotating member 62 is rotated by the counterclockwise rotation of the pressing cam 41 in FIG. The presser 57 is rotated to reciprocate in the vertical direction via the sliding member 59.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a transmission pulley 43a is attached to the outermost end of the lower rotary shaft 43 located outside the frame body 22, and the transmission pulley 43a and a reversible drive source. A transmission belt 72 is stretched around a pulley 69 attached to a drive shaft 68 a of the drive shaft 68 and an idle pulley 71 pivotally supported by a shaft 70 provided outside the frame body 22. (See FIG. 2) A transmission pulley 73 is also attached to the end of the upper rotary shaft 55 located outside the frame 22.

The transmission pulley 73 and the transmission pulley 4 of the lower rotary shaft 43
One-way transmission pulley 74 that is axially supported between 3a and the frame body 22 and is mounted to rotate only by the driving force that is transmitted counterclockwise in FIG. 2 by the lower rotation shaft 43.
A transmission belt 77 is stretched around an idle pulley 76 pivotally supported by a shaft 75 provided outside the frame body 22.

In addition, below the banknote storage device, FIG.
Banknote storage safe (not shown in the lower part) 56 as shown in FIG.
The banknote storage safe 56 is provided with an insertion opening 78 which is located immediately below the placing plate 24 and into which banknote groups are inserted.

Further, inside the banknote storage safe 56, a holding table 79 for holding the banknotes A is arranged so as to be vertically movable along a guide member 80. In the holding table 80, a spring 81 is stretched via a roller 82. Because it is installed, it is always pulled up.

Next, the operation of the banknote storage device configured as described above will be described.

First, when the banknotes A are inserted one by one from a banknote insertion slot of a money changer, an automatic teller machine, etc., the inserted banknotes A pass through a banknote discriminating device adjacent to the banknote slot and then are sent to a banknote storage device. To be

From the discrimination result of the bill discriminating device, a bill having no abnormality is taken into the frame 22 by the pair of upper and lower take-in rollers 23 of the bill storing device and is inserted between the pressing member 27 and the presser 57 so that the presser 57 is pressed. It is placed on (at the state shown in FIG. 4).

Then, the clockwise driving force of the drive source 68 in FIG. 2 is applied to the drive shaft 68a, the drive pulley 69, and the transmission belt 7.
2. It is transmitted to the lower rotary shaft 43 via the transmission pulley 43a, and the lower rotary shaft 43 is rotated clockwise in FIG.

Then, by the clockwise rotation of the lower rotary shaft 43,
The stacking cam 40, the pressing cam 41, and the ratchet wheel 42 that are integrally attached to the lower rotary shaft 43 rotate in the same direction as the lower rotary shaft 43.

Then, the stacking cam 40 rotates the lower rotation member 35 around the shaft 37 counterclockwise in FIG. 2 via the roller 39, so that the roller 36 at the end of the lower rotation member 35 causes the lower rotation member 35 to rotate. The supporting member 29 is lowered against the force of the spring 32 via the lower projecting member 34 that comes into contact with the roller 36, and is placed on the presser 57 by the pressing member 27 provided below the supporting member 29. The banknote A that had been held is pressed onto the placing plate 24 (state in FIG. 5).

Subsequently, the pressing cam 41 rotates the rotating member 62, which abuts via the roller 67, in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 3 about the shaft 64, and the roller 63 at one end of the rotating member 62 causes this roller to rotate. The sliding member 59 is pushed up via the flat plate 61 that abuts on the 63, and the presser 57 is raised (state in FIG. 6).

Further, with the rotation of the pressing cam 41, the rotating member 62 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 3, the sliding member 59 is lowered by its own weight, and the bill A is pressed by the presser 57 and the pressing member 2.
It is pressed and clamped on the mounting plate 24 by 7 (state of FIG. 7).

Further, with the rotation of the stacking cam 40, the lower rotation member 35 is rotated clockwise in FIG.
Is pulled up by the spring 32, whereby the pressing member 27 is raised, and as a result, the bill A is temporarily stored while being pressed and held on the placing plate 24 by the presser 57 (state in FIG. 11).

Then, when the banknote group B that has been collected and stored between the presser 57 and the placing plate 24 by repeating the above operation is completely stored in the money changer or the automatic teller machine, the banknote storage device. The money is stored in the banknote storage safe 56 arranged below (in the state of FIG. 9). That is,
When the drive source 68 is rotated in the reverse direction, the counterclockwise drive force of the drive source 68 in FIG. 2 causes the drive shaft 68a and the drive pulley 6 to rotate.
It is transmitted to the lower rotation shaft 43 via the transmission belt 72, the transmission belt 72, and the transmission pulley 43a, and rotates the lower rotation shaft 43 counterclockwise in FIG.

Then, by the one-way transmission pulley 74 attached to the lower rotation shaft 43, the transmission belt 77, the transmission pulley 7
The upper rotary shaft 55 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. Then, the storage cam 54 attached to the upper rotation shaft 55 causes the upper rotation member 48 to pass through the roller 53.
2 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 2 about the shaft 50, and the roller 49 at one end of the upper rotating member 48 causes the support member 29 to move the force of the spring 32 through the upper projecting member 47 that is in contact with the roller 49. Lower against. Thereby, the pressing member 27 provided below the support member 29.
Then, the banknote group B that has been pressed and held between the presser 57 and the placing plate 24 is pressed, and the paper sheet group B is sandwiched between the pressing plate 27 and the placing plate 24 and the banknote group B is inserted. The pair of mounting plates 24, 24 are indirectly bent downward and pushed downward respectively. Then, the pressing member 27 pushes and opens the placing plate 24, moves downward while pressing the banknote group B from the space formed between the end edges of the placing plates 24, 24 that are bent into an arc shape, and moves the roller 82. The holding table 79, which is pulled up by the spring 81 stretched through the above, is pushed down from the insertion opening 78 of the banknote storage safe 56, and the banknote group B is transferred to the banknote storage safe 74.
Insert inside. At this time, the pair of mounting plates 24 are pressed by the pressing member 2
The open state is maintained by the inclined plates 28 provided on both sides of 7 (state of FIG. 10).

Finally, with the rotation of the storage cam 54, the upper rotation member 48 is rotated clockwise in FIG.
Is pulled up by the spring 32, and the pressing member 27,
Each inclined plate 28 that rises with the pressing member 27
The arcuate end edges of the respective mounting plates 24 are brought into contact with the mounting plates 24, so that the mounting plates 24 are smoothly returned to their original solid line positions.

Further, the paper sheet group B is held by the peripheral portion of the insertion port 78 and the holding table 79 pulled up by the spring 81 stretched via the roller 82 (state shown in FIG. 11).

In addition, in the present embodiment, since the cross sections of the opposite sides of the pair of mounting plates 24 are bent in an arc shape,
The edges A are brought into contact with each other, and the bill A is placed on the placing plate 24.
Can be more reliably prevented from falling.

In addition, as another embodiment, when the opposite side edges of the pair of mounting plates 24 that are bent in an arcuate shape are alternately formed into a comb-like shape, the end sides are engaged with each other. It is possible to more reliably prevent the banknote A from falling from above.

[Advantage of the Invention] According to the present invention, the pair of placing plates made of the elastic member interposes the banknote group while pressing the banknote group with the pressing member and lowering it when the banknote group is stored in the banknote safe. When it is pressed downwards, it flexes and separates into an open state, allowing the banknote group to pass through, and conversely, when the pressing member is raised, the elasticity of the material itself of the mounting plate causes it to return to the closed state at the original position. Because of the effect, the conventional mounting plate opening / closing mechanism can be simplified, the number of parts and the number of assembling steps can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced.

Then, the inclined plate of the pressing member keeps the placing plate pushed open as the pressing member descends, and the inclined plate regulates the deformation of the banknote group to the pressing member side.
This has the effect of further reducing the possibility of folding bills and disturbing the alignment.

Further, each arcuate edge of the mounting plate is returned from the open state to the closed state while smoothly contacting the inclined plate due to the elasticity of the mounting plate itself as the inclined plate of the pressing member rises. There is.

In addition, a pair of placing plates at least partially adhere arc-shaped edges facing each other in the same horizontal plane, or at least a part of the bills on the placing plate by engaging in a comb-like shape, The effect of more reliably preventing the plates from falling between the mounting plates facing each other is obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 11 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a schematic front view, FIG. 2 is a schematic left side view, and FIG.
The figure is a schematic right side view, FIGS. 4 to 8 are diagrams for explaining a bill storing operation in the bill storing device, and FIGS. 9 to 11 are bills from the bill storing device to the bill storing safe. FIG. 12 is a schematic perspective view showing an arrangement state of a bill discriminating / storing mechanism of a conventional money changer, FIG.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a bill storage mechanism in a conventional bill storage device. 24: mounting plate, 27: pressing member, 28: inclined plate,
29 ... Support member, 30, 59 ... Sliding member, 56 ...
Banknote storage safe, 57 ... Presser foot, 67 ... Drive source, 68
...... Drive shaft.

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A banknote storage device comprising a storage device for temporarily storing banknotes sequentially taken in one by one, in which the edges bent in an arc shape are opposed to each other on the same horizontal plane in the vicinity of the banknote intake section. A pair of mounting plates, each of which is provided and is made of an elastic member and is displaceable from the closed state to the open state between the end edges, and is tapered so that the lower end interval is smaller than the upper end interval. Has a pair of inclined plates at the bottom,
It is provided above the mounting plate so as to be movable up and down, and when it descends, presses the mounting plate downward to bend it, and separates the arc-shaped edges of the pair of mounting plates by the inclined plate and raises it. And a drive mechanism that is connected to the pressing member and operates the pressing member, the pressing member closing the space between the arcuate edges of the mounting plate by the elasticity of the mounting plate. apparatus. 2. The banknote storage device according to claim 1, wherein the pair of mounting plates are in close contact with at least part of arc-shaped edges facing each other on the same horizontal plane. . 3. The utility model registration claim according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of arcuate end edges of the pair of mounting plates facing each other on the same horizontal surface are engaged with each other in a comb-like shape. The bill storage device according to item.