JPH0699072B2 - Banknote storage device - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a bill storage device capable of forming a receiving space for bills fed therein.

"Prior Art" Conventionally, as shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 60-54216 as an example of this type of device, there is provided a sheet stacking device capable of surely stacking sheets in an aligned state without damaging the sheets. Are known.

As shown in FIG. 23, this one urges and collects a group of sheets 1 on the front surface side, and the upper edge of the lower stopper 3 of the pair of upper and lower stoppers 2 and 3 that can be retracted to the outside of the passage of the sheet 1. Is formed in a concave-convex shape, and a movable receiving plate 4 that presses the collected sheet 1 group against the front side of the stoppers 2 and 3 is provided so as to face the stoppers 2 and 3, and the rear side of the stoppers 2 and 3 is provided. Is provided with a push-in plate 5 that allows the sheet 1 to be received between the stoppers 2 and 3 and the rear side thereof, and pushes the sheet 1 to the front side of the stoppers 2 and 3 by linear movement. When pushing the front side of stoppers 2 and 3 with plate 5, each stopper
A drive device (not shown) for the stoppers 2 and 3 and the pushing plate 5 for temporarily retracting the sheets 2 and 3 out of the passage of the seat 1 and then returning to the inside of the passage of the seat 1 are provided, and the pushing plate 5 is retracted. The lower step 3 which passes through the lower stopper 3 located in the passage of the seat 1 and engages and slips through the lower stopper 3 in order to bring the sheet 1 into contact with the stoppers 2 and 3 corresponds to the uneven portion of the lower stopper 3. It is formed on the edge.

Further, an opening 6 is provided above the device, and the opening 6 is opened when the device is loaded in the main body (depositing machine etc.) and closed when the device is removed from the main body. An appropriate shutter (not shown) is provided.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, when the shutter is provided in an independent state as described above, a mechanism for opening and closing the shutter, that is, a lock for maintaining the closed state of the opening 6 on the shutter side. A mechanism has to be provided, and a cam for engaging with a part of the shutter lock mechanism to release the locked state must be provided on the main body side.

The present invention makes the mechanism in the apparatus complicated and large in size by interlocking a shutter with a slide side plate that is driven to form a bill receiving space at the time of receiving bills and causing the shutter to open and close the opening. It is an object of the present invention to provide a bill storage device capable of suppressing the above.

"Means for Solving the Problem" The present invention has the following configuration in order to achieve the above object. That is, a bill storing device that is loaded in a bill depositing machine, receives bills from an upper opening and stores the bills, and is fixed in the fuselage by fixing means when loaded in the fuselage. A standing plate which is erected on one side of the opening, a pressing plate which is provided facing the standing plate so as to be able to approach and separate from each other, and a standing plate near the opening in the frame. A pair of slide side plates provided to face each other so as to be close to and away from each other, and an upper end of the pair of slide side plates, one end of each of which is rotatably supported in a vertical plane. A horizontally mounted banknote retainer bar, a banknote locking plate positioned below the pressing plate and having one end rotatably supported in a vertical plane below the pair of slide side plates, Bill locking plate and In a state where the pressing plate is connected to the bill locking plate and the moving arm so as to be interlockable with the moving arm and the pressing plate moves away from the standing plate, the other end of the pair of moving arms and the other end of the bill locking plate are narrowed, A swinging member that widens between the other end of the pair of moving arms and the other end of the bill locking plate when the pressing plate approaches the standing plate, and is connected to the pair of slide side plates and interlocks with the slide side plates. A shutter that opens and closes the opening of the frame, a drive mechanism that is connected to the swing member and drives the slide side plate through the swing member, and an operation button that is detachably attached to the outer wall of the banknote storage device. In the retracted state into the banknote storage device, while releasing the regulation of the banknote storage device by the fixing means, restricting the movement of the slide side plate, in the protruding state of the operation button to the outside of the banknote storage device, Thereby permitting regulation of the bill storage apparatus according to means, has a structure comprising a locking mechanism for releasing the movement regulation of the slide plate.

[Operation] The shutters are interlocked with the bills stored between the upright plate and the pressing plate to move the bill pressing rod and the bill locking plate toward the pressing plate to form the bill receiving space under the opening. Moves through the slide side plate to open the opening.

Next, when the banknotes stored in the banknote storage device are sent into the banknote receiving space, the banknote pressing rod and the banknote locking plate move to the standing plate side, and the sent banknotes stand up together with the stored banknotes up to the previous time. Interlocked with being pinched between the plate and the pressing plate,
The shutter moves through the slide side plate to close the opening.

Further, the lock mechanism makes the slide side plate and the shutter movable when the bill storage device is loaded into the bill depositing machine,
When the bill storage device is removed from the bill depositing machine, the movement of the slide side plate and the shutter is restricted.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 22.

The banknote stacking and storing and returning device 1 of the present invention includes a banknote stacking and storing and returning unit 2 and a banknote storing device 110 provided below it.

First, the banknote stacking and storing and returning unit 2 is shown in FIGS.
It will be described with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1a is a machine body of the banknote stacking and storing and returning apparatus 1, and a banknote stacking and storing and returning section 2 is provided in the machine body 1a.
In this embodiment, the left side in FIG. 1 is the airframe.
The front surface of 1a and the right side in FIG. 1 are the rear surfaces of the machine body 1a. A banknote storage device 110 is provided under the banknote stacking storage return unit 2.
Is provided. Fixed side plates 3a and 3b are fixedly provided on the frame 111 of the bill storage device 110. The fixed side plates 3a and 3b are provided so as to be spaced apart and opposed to each other when viewed from the front side of the machine body 1a.

Shafts 4a, 4b are rotatably attached to the front portions (left side in FIG. 1) of the fixed side plates 3a, 3b so as to be vertically separated from each other.
The upper fixed pool roller 5a is fitted and fixed to the shaft 4a,
The lower fixed pool roller 5b is fitted and fixed to the shaft 4b.

Further, long holes 6a, 6b and long holes 7a, 7b are formed in the central portions of the fixed side plates 3a, 3b, respectively, and recesses 8a, 8b are formed in the lower portions of the fixed side plates 3a, 3b, respectively.

Moving side plates 9a and 9b are provided outside the fixed side plates 3a and 3b, respectively. These moving side plates 9a, 9b are fixed member 10, connecting shaft.
Connected by 11. The fixing member 10 is movably inserted into the long holes 7a, 7b, and the connecting shaft 11 is loosely fitted in the recesses 8a, 8b.

Further, shafts 12a and 12b are rotatably attached to the moving side plates 9a and 9b so as to be vertically separated from each other. The shaft 12a is slidably fitted in the long holes 6a, 6b, and the shaft 12b is loosely fitted in the recesses 8a, 8b. An upper moving pool roller 13a is fitted and fixed on the shaft 12a, and a lower moving pool roller 13b is supported on the shaft 12b via a one-way clutch 14b.

Guide plates 15a and 15b are fixed to the fixing member 10, and a pulley 16 is rotatably supported on the upper end of the guide plate 15b.

A pulley 17 is provided at the center of the shaft 12a, that is, between two guide plates 15b shown in FIG. 5, and both guide plates 15b of the shaft 12a.
Pulleys 18 are fixed in the vicinity of each. Further, a pulley 19 is supported via a one-way clutch 14a between the central portion of the shaft 12b, that is, between the two guide plates 15b, and a pulley 20 is provided near the guide plates 15b of the shaft 12b.
Are supported via a one-way clutch 14b and integrally with the moving pool roller 13b.

A timing belt 21 for interlocking the upper and lower shafts 12a, 12b is wound around the pulleys 17, 19, and a timing belt 22 is wound around the pulleys 16, 18, 20.

Further, pulleys 23, 23 located inside the upper fixed pool roller 5a are fitted and fixed to the shaft 4a, and pulleys 24, 24 located inside the lower fixed pool roller 5b are mounted on the shaft 4b. Are fitted and fixed. A timing belt 25 is wound around each of the pulleys 23 and 24.

Next, the guide mechanism of the moving side plate 9a on the right side when viewed from the front surface (left side in FIG. 4) of the machine body 1a will be described based on FIG.

A guide shaft 27 is attached to the fixed side plate 3a through brackets 26a and 26b.
Is fixedly attached. A moving block 28 is slidably attached to the guide shaft 27, and the moving side plate 9a is fixed to the moving block 28. The movable side plate 9a includes a pin 29 and a fixed side plate fixed to the movable side plate 9a.
A spring 32 stretched between a pin 30 fixed to 3a via a pulley 31 is urged to the fixed pool roller 5a, 5b side (left side in FIG. 2). The pulley 31 is fixed to a shaft 33 rotatably provided on the fixed side plates 3a and 3b.

Next, the guide mechanism of the moving side plate 9b on the left side when viewed from the front surface (left side in FIG. 4) of the machine body 1a will be described based on FIG.

Guide rollers 34, 34 are rotatably provided on the moving side plate 9b, and these guide rollers 34, 34 are slidably fitted in a guide rail 36 fixed on the fixed side plate 3b.

The movable side plate 9b is fixed by the spring 40 stretched via a pulley 39 between the pin 37 fixed to the movable side plate 9b and the pin 38 fixed to the guide rail 36.
It is biased to a, 5b (right side in Fig. 3).

The movement of the movable pool rollers 13a, 13b toward the fixed pool rollers 5a, 5b is regulated by a regulation roller shown in FIG. 6 described later.
The restriction roller 41 contacts the restriction piece 42b fixed to the moving side plate 9b.

Next, the bill holding plate 43 shown in FIGS. 1 and 4 will be described. The bill holding plate 43 moves only in the machine front-rear direction (left and right in FIG. 4) and is restricted so that it cannot move other than this direction. ing. That is, the bill pressing plate 43 has brackets 43a, 43a, and the guide rollers 44a, 44b are rotatably provided on the bill pressing plate 43 via the bracket 43a so as to contact the inner side surfaces of both fixed side plates 3a, 3b. Has been. In addition, the bill pressing plate 43 is provided with guide rollers 45a and 45b so as to come into contact with the outer surfaces of the fixed side plates 3a and 3b via the bracket 43a.
Are connected. In addition, the bill holding plate 43 has a bracket.
Guide rollers 46a, 43b are attached via 43a, and these guide rollers 46a, 46b are slidably fitted in elongated holes 7a, 7b provided in both fixed side plates 3a, 3b. The bill holding plate 43 is prevented from moving in the machine width (vertical direction in FIG. 4) by the guide rollers 44a, 44b, 45a, 45b,
The movement of the machine body 1a in the vertical direction (direction penetrating the plane of the paper in FIG. 4) is blocked by 46a and 46b.

Also, arm members 47a, 47b are fixed to the rear ends of both fixed side plates 3a, 3b, and pins 48 are attached to the tips of these arm members 47a, 47b.
a and 48b are provided respectively, and pins 49a and 49 shown in FIG. 4 are provided integrally with these pins 48a and 48b and the bill holding plate 43.
Springs 50a and 50b are respectively stretched between b and b. Therefore, the bill pressing plate 43 is biased toward the moving pool rollers 13a, 13b by the elastic force of the springs 50a, 50b.

The moving side plates 9a, 9b are provided with stopper members 51a, 51b, and these stopper members 51a, 51b are the bill pressing plates 43.
By abutting on the guide rollers 45a, 45b provided in the, a slight gap is formed between the moving pool rollers 13a, 13b and the bill pressing plate 43.

When the bill pressing plate 43 moves to the fixed pool rollers 5a, 5b side, the bill pressing plate 43 is locked. In other words, the pins are parallel to and separated from the machine body 1a in the horizontal state.
52a and 52a are provided, and a slide member 53 is slidably fitted to these pins 52a and 52b. Also, fixed side plate
A lever 55 is attached to one end of a shaft 54 rotatably mounted on 3a and 3b.
Is fixedly attached. Further, lock members 56a and 56b are fixedly attached to both end portions of the shaft 54. A spring 57 is provided between the fixed side plate 3b and the lock member 56b so as to bias the lever 55 in the counterclockwise direction in FIG.

When the restriction piece 42a fixed to the moving block 28 moves along with the movement of the moving block 28, the restriction piece 42a comes into contact with the slide member 53 and the slide member 53
Is moved to the front side (left side in FIG. 2) of the machine body 1a, the lever 55 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 2 by the slide member 53, and the lever 55 is rotated so as to be coaxially fixed with the lever 55. Locking member 56a provided as
56b is rotated in the clockwise direction in FIG. 2 against the urging force of the spring 57, and the pin 49 shown in FIG. 4 integrated with the bill holding plate 43 pushed by the moving pool rollers 13a, 13b.
The hooks 58a, 58b of the lock members 56a, 56b lock the a, 49b to restrict the movement of the bill holding plate 43 toward the moving pool rollers 13a, 13b.

Next, a mechanism for moving the moving pool rollers 13a, 13b will be described with reference to FIG. This mechanism is fixed side plate 3b
It is provided only on the side.

A bracket (not shown) is provided inside the machine body 1a between the wall body of the machine body 1a and the fixed side plate 3b, and a cam 62 is rotated above the bracket via a shaft 61. It is provided freely. The shaft 61 is connected to the shaft 61 and rotated by a drive motor (not shown) provided in the machine body 1a. The cam surface of the cam 62 is adapted to be displaced toward the shaft 61 within the range between the virtual lines 62a and 62b shown in FIG.

On the other hand, a shaft 63 is provided at the bottom of the bracket on which the shaft 61 is provided.
Is fixedly provided. A base end of a link 64 is rotatably attached to the shaft 63. The regulation roller 41 is rotatably attached to the tip of the link 64. One end of a connecting arm 65 is attached to an intermediate portion of the link 64.

On the other hand, a shaft 66 is rotatably provided on the bracket on which the shaft 61 is provided, and one end of a link 67 is fixedly attached to the shaft 66. The other end of the link 67 is rotatably connected to the opposite end of the connecting arm 65. One end of a link 68 is fitted and fixed to the shaft 66, and a roller 69 is rotatably attached to the other end of the link 68. The roller 69 is biased by a spring 73 stretched via a pulley 72 between a pin 70 fixed to a link 67 and a pin 71 fixed to the bracket so as to always come into contact with the cam 62. The pulley 72 is rotatably attached to the bracket. 74 is a stopper pin of the link 68.

Next, the movable pool rollers 13a and 13b and the fixed pool roller 5
The drive transmission mechanism of a and 5b will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. A support member 75 is fixed to the fixed side plate 3b on the left side of the front of the machine body 1a, and a guide member is attached to the support member 75.
76 is fixed. The guide member 76 has an arc-shaped guide groove 77.
a, 77b are formed. Guide shafts 78a and 78b are provided between the shaft 12b of the lower movable pool roller 13b and the shaft 4b of the lower fixed pool roller 5b. Guide rollers 79a, 79b mounted on one end sides of the guide shafts 78a, 78b are movably fitted in the guide grooves 77a, 77b.

The guide shafts 78a, 78b are connected by links 80a, 80b, and one ends of the links 81a, 81b are attached to the intermediate portions of the guide shafts 78a, 78b, respectively, and the other ends of these links 81a, 81b are movable pool rollers 13a and Support shafts 12a, 4 of fixed pool roller 5b
It is attached to b. Therefore, the distance between the axes 12b, 78a, 78b, 4b is always constant. Also these axes
Gears 82a, 82b, 82c, 82d are provided on 12b, 78a, 78b, 4b, respectively, and a pulley 83a is further provided at the end of the shaft 4b.

On the other hand, a pulley 83b is fixedly provided on a drive shaft 84 connected to a drive motor (not shown) provided in the machine body 1a. A transmission belt 85 is wound and stretched between the pulley 83b and the pulley 83a. Therefore, regardless of the distance between the movable pool rollers 13a and 13b and the fixed pool rollers 5a and 5b, the driving force of the drive motor is the same as that of the transmission belt 85.
It is transmitted to the fixed pool roller 5b side via the gears and is also transmitted to the moving pool roller 13b side via the gears 82a, 82b, 82c, 82d. In addition, the cam 62, the link 64, the connecting arm 65, the link 6
7,68, roller 69, pulley 72,83a, 83b electric belt 85, gear 82
The a, 82b, 82c, 82d, the links 80a, 80b, 81a, 81b, etc. are provided between the body wall and the fixed side plate 3b.

Next, the lock mechanism of the return cover 86 will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9. A shaft 87 is rotatably provided on the upper side of the fixed side plates 3a, 3b, which is located on the front side of the machine body 1a. One end of this shaft 87 projects from the fixed side plate 3a, and one end of a spring hooking piece 88 is fixed to this projecting end. A space is provided between the fixed side plate 3a and the spring hook 88, and a spring 89 is fitted between the fixed side plate 3a and the spring hook 88 and fitted to the shaft 87. One end of the spring 89 has a pin 90 provided on the spring hook 88 and the other end has a pin 91 provided on the fixed side plate 3a.
Is attached to.

The base end of a plate-shaped return cover 86 is fixed to the shaft 87, and the return cover 86 is in a direction to open the banknote temporary storage section 92 shown in FIG. 1 by a spring 89 (counterclockwise rotation in FIG. 10). Direction).

Also, the fixed side plates 3a, 3b are provided at the front of the fixed side plates 3a, 3b.
And a bracket (not shown) is provided. This bracket is provided with a shaft 93 parallel to the fixed side plates 3a and 3b, and this shaft 93 has an L-shaped lock lever 94.
The intermediate part of is rotatably supported. Further, on the fixed side plate 3a side of the outer periphery of the shaft 93, a cutout portion 87a into which a protrusion 94a provided at one end of the lock lever 94 can be fitted is formed.

On the other hand, the bracket between the fixed side plates 3a and 3b has a solenoid 95
Is mounted in a recumbent state, this solenoid 95 mover
The other end of the lock lever 94 is attached to the end of 95a.

The lock lever 94 has one end attached to the bracket between the fixed side plates 3a and 3b and the other end attached to the shaft 93 of the lock lever 94 by a spring 96 attached as shown in FIG. It is urged in a direction (counterclockwise direction in FIG. 8) into which the notch 87a of the 93 is inserted.

Then, when the solenoid 95 operates, the lock lever 94 rotates around the shaft 93, and the protrusion 94a of the lock lever 94 is cut into the cutout portion 87a of the shaft 87.
It is designed to be more separated. Therefore, normally, the rotation of the shaft 87 is regulated by the protrusion 94a of the lock lever 94 to close the banknote temporary storage section 92 by the return cover 86, and the solenoid 95 is operated only when the return instruction is issued. Then, the protrusion 94a of the lock lever 94 is separated from the notch 87a of the shaft 87, and the return cover 86 is opened by the force of the spring 89.

At the time of stacking, the bills sent to the moving pool roller and the bill holding plate are hit by the impeller at the rear end and largely deflected toward the fixed pool roller side, so that the leading ends of the succeeding bills can smoothly enter the moving pool roller side. I have to.

The movable pool roller has a stacking position at a position farthest from the fixed pool roller (the position shown in FIG. 1), moves to the fixed pool roller side, and holds a bill between the fixed pool roller and the storage pool return position. I am trying. At the stacking position, the moving pool roller is driven at the same high speed as the transporting unit that sequentially feeds the bills to the moving pool roller side, and at the storage / return position is driven at a low speed.

Next, the movable pool rollers 13a and 13b and the fixed pool roller 5
Drive transmission mechanism of a and 5b Fig. 10 (a) Fig. 10 (b)
It will be described based on.

When the moving pool rollers 13a, 13b are located at the banknote stacking position (see FIG. 10 (a)), the upper moving pool rollers 13a
The transmission rollers 97a and 97b fixed to the shaft 12a of the
Abutting rollers 99a and 99b fixed to a shaft 98 rotatably supported between a and 3b are brought into contact with each other. This contact roller 99
The a and 99b are designed to rotate at a high speed like the bill transport unit.

Therefore, the rotation of the contact rollers 99a, 99b can be prevented by the transmission rollers 97a, 9b.
7b, the pulley 17 mounted on the shaft 12a, the timing belt 21, the pulley 19, the one-way clutch 14a, the pulley 18 mounted on the shaft 12a, the timing belt 22, the pulley 20, the one-way clutch 14b It is adapted to be transmitted to the shaft 12b of the moving pool roller 13b.

The gear 82a is fixed to the end of the shaft 12b that supports the moving pool roller 13b, and the gear 82a is a gear 82b, 82c, 82.
Drive shaft 84 via d, pulley 83a, transmission belt 85, and pulley 83b
Is connected to the moving pool roller 13 in the stacking position.
When the a and 13b rotate at high speed, the moving pool roller 13b and the pulley 1 mounted on the shaft 12b via the clutches 14a and 14b.
Since the one-way clutches 14a and 14b are in the rotation non-transmitting state, the gears 9 and 20 are idling with respect to the shaft 12b. Therefore, in this case, the moving pool rollers 13a, 13b rotate regardless of the gear 82a side.

When the moving pool rollers 13a, 13b are located at the storage return position (see FIG. 10 (b)), in this case, the transmission rollers 97a,
97b is separated from the contact rollers 99a and 99b, and the shaft 84 is rotated at a low speed. The constant speed rotation of the shaft 84 is the transmission belt 85 and the gear.
It is transmitted to the shaft 12b via 82a, 82b, 82c, 82d and the like. Axis 12b
When it rotates, the moving pool roller 13b and the pulleys 19 and 20 attached to the shaft 12b also rotate at a constant speed via the one-way clutches 14a and 14b, and the rotation is transmitted to the shaft 12a side via the timing belts 21 and 22. Is also transmitted. Therefore, the upper and lower moving pool rollers 13a and 13b both rotate at a constant speed. When a bill is stored, the drive motor connected to the drive shaft 84 is normally rotated, and when returned, the drive motor is reversely rotated. Since the transmission rollers 97a, 97b and the contact rollers 99a, 99b are separated from each other at the storage return position, the relationship between the transport unit side and the moving pool rollers 13a, 13b is broken.

Next, the bill storage device will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 to 22.

In FIG. 13, 110 is a bill storage device, and this bill storage device 1
A bill holding rod (moving rod) 112 is provided in the frame body 111 of 10. This moving rod 112 has moving arms 122a,
The moving arms 122a and 122b are supported by 122b, and are fixed to shafts 121a and 121b that are rotatably supported by slide side plates 120a and 120b, which will be described later.

Below the moving rod 112, bill locking plates (moving claws) 117a and 117b are provided. The moving claws 117a, 117b are supported by a support rod 123 having shafts 124a, 124b at both ends shown in FIG. 12, and the support rod 123 is mounted on the slide side plate 12 via the shafts 124a, 124b.
It is rotatably supported by 0a and 120b.

Upper swinging members 125a, 125b are fixed to the other ends of the shafts 121a that sandwich the slide side plates 120a, 120b, respectively, and also the other ends of the shafts 124a, 124b that sandwich the slide side plates 120a, 120b. The lower rocking members 126a and 126b are fixed to the respective lower members. Part of the upper swing members 125a, 125b and the lower swing members 126a, 126b are engaged as shown in FIG. That is, the lower swinging member 126 is inserted into the recesses 125a ′ and 125b ′ of the upper swinging members 125a and 125b.
The tips of a and 126b are engaged. Thus, when the upper swing members 125a, 125b rotate about the shafts 121a, 121b, the lower swing members 126a, 126b also rotate about the shafts 124a, 124b. When the upper rocking members 125a and 125b rotate, the moving arms 122a and 122b supporting the moving rod 112 also move.
When the lower rocking members 126a, 126b rotate around 121a, 121b as a center and the lower swing members 126a, 126b rotate, the moving claws 117a, 117b also move through the support rods 123 to the shafts 124a, 124b.
It is designed to rotate around b. Upper swing member 125
Since the a and 125b and the lower swinging members 126a and 126b are engaged as described above, the moving rod 112 and the moving claws 117a and 11a.
The 7b rotate in synchronization with each other and rotate in opposite directions.

Pin 1 is located on the rear side of the upper swing members 125a and 125b (right side in FIG. 11).
28a and 128b are fixed, and the pins 128a and 128b and the pins 129a and 129b fixed to the lower rear side of the slide side plates 120a and 120b.
Springs 130a and 130b are stretched between and. The spring 1
The upper swinging members 125a and 125b are driven by the shafts 121a and 12a by the forces of 30a and 130b.
It is urged to the front side (clockwise direction in Fig. 11) around 1b,
Accordingly, the lower swing members 126a, 126b are also urged forward (counterclockwise in FIG. 12) about the shafts 124a, 124b. Therefore, the moving rod 112 and the moving claws 117a and 117b are urged in the directions in which they are separated from each other, and both of them stand by at a position apart from the banknotes to be stored.

The slide side plates 120a, 120b near the lower swinging members 126a, 126b are provided to restrict the front swinging movement of the lower swinging members 126a, 126b.
The regulation blocks 131a and 131b are fixed on the top. By restricting the rotation of the lower swing members 126a, 126b, the forward swing of the upper swing members 125a, 125b and the swing of the moving rod 112 and the moving claws 117a, 117b in the directions away from each other are also regulated. It is supposed to be done (state of Figure 15).

When the upper rocking members 125a and 125b are turned rearward (counterclockwise in FIG. 12), the moving rod 112 is also turned to the moving claws 117a and 117b. As the upper swing members 125a, 125b are rotated rearward, the lower swing members 126a, 126b are also rotated rearward (clockwise in FIG. 12), which causes the movable claws 117a, 1b.
17b is also adapted to rotate toward the moving rod 112. The rearward rotation of the upper swing members 125a and 125b is performed by the upper swing members 125a and 125b.
Pins 132a and 132b provided at one end of 5b are
This is done by pulling the slide pieces 133a and 133b attached to 132b to the rear side (right side in FIG. 12). Further, the rearward rotation of the upper swing members 125a and 125b is performed by the slide side plate 120 near the upper swing members 126a and 126b.
It is designed to be restricted by the restriction pins 134a and 134b fixed to the a and 120b. By restricting the rotation of the upper rocking members 125a and 125b, the lower rocking members 126a and 126b can be rotated rearward and the moving rod 112 and the moving claws 117a and 117b can be rotated toward each other. It is regulated (state of Fig. 14).

On the other hand, a regulation plate 176 is provided on the bottom of the frame body 111 shown in FIG. 13 so as to be rotatable and urged toward the mounting plate 167 by a spring 177. The first side is on the rotation center side of the regulation plate 176.
2 Pins fixed to the moving claws 117a and 117b as shown in FIG.
A cutout 179 is formed so that 178a and 178b can pass through.

When the slide side plates 120a and 120b move rearward, the moving claws 117a and 117b rotate toward the moving rod 112, so that the moving claws 11a and 117b move.
The pins 178a and 178b fixed to the 7a and 117b pass between the restriction plate 176 and the mounting plate 167 fixed to the lower part of the frame 111. Therefore, in this case, the movable rod 112 and the movable claws 117a and 117b are configured to move rearward while keeping close to each other (state of FIG. 14). In addition,
When the pins 178a and 178b pass between the regulation plate 176 and the mounting plate 167,
The regulation plate 176 is adapted to rotate around a shaft 180 shown in FIG. 14 and escape.

When the slide side plates 120a and 120b return from the rear to the front, the moving rod 112 and the moving claws 117a and 1a reach the front of the regulating plate 176.
Pins 178a and 178b move to the position of the regulating plate 176 and then move to pin 17b.
8a and 178b ride on the inclined surface 176a of the regulation plate 176, and the moving rod 112 and the moving claws 117a and 117b are separated from each other (state of FIG. 15).

Therefore, the moving rod 112 and the moving claws 117a and 117b are not connected to the opening 11
Since the stored banknotes are held between the pressing plate (movable holding plate) 118 until just before the banknotes fed from 0a, the stacked state of the banknotes is not destroyed.

Both slide side plates 120a, 120b are integrally connected at their lower rear ends by a connecting member 127. Also, guide rollers 136a, 13a are provided at the lower ends of the slide side plates 120a, 120b.
6b is provided, and its guide rollers 136a, 136b are slidably fitted in the long holes 137a, 137b at the lower ends of the left and right partition plates 135a, 135b. As a result, the slide side plates 120a and 120b are configured to move only in the front-rear direction of the device (left-right direction in FIGS. 11 and 12).

Further, the pins 138a,
138b is provided, and a spring 141a, 138b is provided between the pin 138a, 138b and a spring hooking member 140a, 140b fixed to the bottom of the frame 111.
141b is stretched over. The left and right slide side plates 120a, 120b are biased toward the front of the device by the springs 141a, 141b.

Long holes 147a, 147b are formed in the lower portions of the left and right partition plates 135a, 135b, and the upper swinging member 125a, 147a, 147b through the long holes 147a, 147b.
Slide pieces 133a, 133b engaging with pins 132a, 132b of 125b are fixed to belts 142a, 142b by attachment members 143a, 143b, and the belts 142a, 142b are wound between pulleys 144a, 144a; pulleys 144b, 144b. Has been done. In the vicinity of the rear end pulley 144a, a gear 145 is coaxially fixed to the rear end pulleys 144a and 144b as shown in FIG. 19, and the gear 145 and the gear 146 shown in FIG. The belts 142a and 142b can be driven when and are meshed with each other, that is, when the bill storage device 110 is loaded in the machine body 1a. The rotation of the gear 145 causes the slide pieces 133a and 133b to slide, and the slide side plates 120a and 120b as a whole move accordingly. A drive motor (not shown) for the shaft 146a of the gear 146 is connected.

Protrusions 1 are provided on the upper ends of the left and right slide side plates 120a and 120b, respectively.
48a and 148b are provided, and the protrusions 148a and 148b are adapted to engage with holes 149a and 149b provided on the left and right of the slide shutter 119. As a result, the slide shutter 119
Is adapted to slide in conjunction with the left and right slide side plates 120a, 120b.

The slide shutter 119 slides only in the front-rear direction (left and right direction in FIG. 11) by the left and right guide shafts 150a and 150b, and is attached to the front side (left direction in FIG. 11) by the force of springs 151a and 151b. It is energized.

The movable holding plate 118 has guide rollers 152a, 152b on its side surface.
Is provided, and the guide rollers 152a and 152b are the partition side plates 1
It is slidably fitted in long holes 153a, 153b provided in 35a, 135b. The support shafts 154a, 154b of the guide rollers 152a, 152b on the front side protrude laterally, and these shafts 154a, 154b
Springs 150a and 157b are stretched between the pins 155a and 155b fixed to the partition side plates 135a and 135b via pulleys 156a and 156b. The movable holding plate 118 is biased toward the standing plate (fixed holding plate) 116 by springs 157a and 157b.

The fixed holding plate 116 is fixed to a mounting plate 158 fixed to the bottom portion of the frame body 111 shown in FIG. 13, and holds a bill with the movable holding plate 118. Fixed holding plate
A swing plate 160 is attached to the front side of 116 (left side in FIG. 14) via a hinge 159 with a spring.

Next, the fixing means will be described.

An engaging rod 161 shown in FIGS. 18 to 21 is fixed between the left and right partition side plates 135a and 135b at the rear end of the frame body 111. The engagement rod 161 is used when the bill storage device 110 is loaded into the machine body 1a.
By engaging with the hook portion 162a of the lock member 162 on the 1a side, the entire bill storage device 110 is locked to the machine body 1a. As a result, in this locked state (state of FIG. 20), the bill storage device 110 cannot be pulled out from the machine body 1a. Lock member
162 is fixed to a shaft 163 provided on the bracket 1b shown in FIG. 21 of the machine body 1a, and the swing member 16 is separately attached to this shaft 163.
4 is also fixed. When the swinging member 164 rotates downward (counterclockwise in FIG. 20), the lock member 162 is moved through the shaft 163.
Also, the hook 162a of the lock member 162 is separated from the frame 111 by also rotating. The lock member 162 and the rocking member 164 are moved upward (clockwise in FIG. 20) by a spring 165 provided between the rocking member 164 and the bracket 1b.
Is urged by. Further, as shown in FIG. 21, a notch 166 is provided at the rear end of the frame 111 so that the lock member 162 and the swing member 164 can be inserted therein.

Next, the lock mechanism will be described.

Below the bill placement plate 167 fixed to the lower part of the frame 111, a slide long plate 168 is slidably fitted and supported by a stepped pin 169 shown in FIG. 12 fixed to the bottom of the frame 111. Has been done. One end of the long slide plate 168 extends to the vicinity of the swing member 164, and the other end extends to the front end side of the frame 111. A connecting rod 170 shown in FIG.
The lower end of the connecting rod 170 is fixed, and the upper end of the connecting rod 170 is fixed to one end of an operation button (protruding member) 171 fitted in the frame 111 so as to be retractable and slidable. Frame 1
11 The bracket 111a provided at the bottom has a lock member 172
Is rotatably supported via a shaft 173, and is biased counterclockwise in FIG. 18 by a spring 174 shown in FIG.

The locking member 172 has a pressing portion 172a that abuts one end of the protruding member 171, and a connecting member 127 of the slide side plates 120a and 120b.
The hook portion 172b that engages with the hole 175a (FIG. 12) of the engaging piece 175 fixed to is integrally formed. The protruding member
When a part of the 171 projects from the frame 139, the hook portion 172b of the lock member 172 is separated from the hole 175a of the engagement piece 175, so the slide side plate 120a via the connecting member 127,
120b is supposed to be movable. When the protruding member 171 is pushed into the frame body 139, the lock member 172 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 18 via the pressing portion 172a, and the hook portion 172b is inserted into the hole of the engaging piece 175. Since it engages with 175a,
The slide side plates 120a and 120b are locked via the connecting member 127.

When the banknote storage device 110 is loaded into the machine body 1a, the slide long plate 168
The one end of the is blocked by the swinging member 164 from moving toward the rear end. That is, the swinging member 164 is biased by the spring 165 so as not to swing unless it is pressed with a strong force to some extent. Therefore, when the bill storage device 110 is loaded into the machine body 1a, a part of the projecting member 171 protrudes from the frame body 139, so that the slide side plates 120a and 120b are movable, and the bill storage device 110 has the machine body 1a. It is designed to be fixed to. Further, by pushing the projecting member 171 into the frame 111, the movement of the slide side plates 120a and 120b is restricted, and the bill storage device 110 can be removed from the machine body 1a.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

When stacking banknotes to store banknotes in the banknote storage device 110, the movable pool rollers 13a, 13b are fixed pool rollers 5a, 5b.
The farthest position (the position shown in FIG. 1) is set as a banknote stacking position (hereinafter, simply referred to as a stacking position), and the moving pool rollers 13a, 13b move to the fixed pool rollers 5a, 5b side to go to the fixed pool roller 5a. The position where the banknote is held between 5 and 5b is referred to as a banknote storage return position (hereinafter simply referred to as a storage return position).

The moving pool rollers 13a and 13b are driven at the same high speed at the stacking position and at the same low speed at the storage and return position.

The banknote stacking and storing / returning unit 2 and the banknote storing device are arranged at the stacking position (the first position where the slide shutter 119 of the banknote storing device 110 is closed).
10 (see FIG. 10B), the transport roller 102, the contact rollers 99a and 99b, and the impeller 104 rotate at high speed. At this time, the transmission rollers 97a and 97b shown in FIG.
It abuts against 9b and rotates together with the shaft 12a at high speed in the direction of arrow A in FIG.

The drive shaft 84 includes pulleys 83a, 83b, a transmission belt 85, gears 82d, 8
The shaft 12b is connected via 2c, 82b and 82a, but the moving pool roller 13b and the pulleys 19 and 20 attached to the shaft 12b.
In the stacking position, the one-way clutch is in the non-rotational transmission state, and thus is in the idling state. Therefore, at this stacking position, the moving pool rollers 13a, 13b rotate at a high speed in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 1 regardless of the gear train.

Further, in this stacking position, the solenoid 95 is in a non-operating state, so that the protruding piece 94a of the lock lever 94 is fitted into the notch portion 87a of the shaft 87 and the upper portion of the bill temporary storage portion 92 is returned to the return cover 8
The return cover 86 is locked at the position shown in FIG.

Therefore, the banknotes that have been subjected to deposit processing (discrimination, counting, etc.) are conveyed on the conveyance guide plate 103 along the conveyance guide plate 103.
It is transferred to the 102 side, passes between the blade (not shown) of the impeller 104 and the transport roller 102, and is accumulated between the moving pool rollers 13a and 13b and the bill pressing plate 43.

At the time of this stacking, the bills fed between the movable pool rollers 13a, 13b and the bill holding plate 43 are struck by the blades of the impeller 104 at the rear end thereof and largely deflected toward the fixed pool rollers 5a, 5b, The leading edge of the succeeding bill smoothly enters the moving pool rollers 13a and 13b.

When the banknotes are sequentially fed between the moving pool rollers 13a, 13b and the banknote pressing plate 43, the banknotes gradually move the paper pressing plate 43 to the fixed pool rollers 5a, 5b side against the force of the spring 50a. The bill holding plate 43 and the moving pool rollers 13a, 13
Hold a bill between b (see FIG. 22 (a)).

After this, the cam 62 is rotated to rotate the shaft 66 in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. This causes the link 64 to rotate clockwise in the figure, and the force of the spring 40 causes the movable side plates 9a and 9b to move.
At the same time, the moving pool rollers 13a, 13b move forward to the storage return position.

Since the transmission rollers 97a, 97b and the contact rollers 99a, 99b are separated from each other at the storage return position, the high speed rotation of the contact rollers is not transmitted to the moving pool rollers 13a, 13b.

As a result of the depositing process (discrimination, counting) at the time of transporting the bill, if the deposit is not approved, the return cover 86 is opened and the deposit banknote to the apparatus of the present embodiment is rejected at this storage and return position. That is, the solenoid 95 is operated only when the return command is issued, and the protrusion 94a of the lock lever 94 is moved to the notch 87a of the shaft 87.
The return cover 86 is opened further by the force of the spring 89. In this case, the front of the banknote temporary storage section 92 is open.

After that, the drive motor 84 is rotated in the reverse direction. Then, the movable pool rollers 13a and 13b rotate clockwise in FIG. 1, and the fixed pool rollers 5a and 5b rotate counterclockwise, respectively, and the fixed pool rollers 5a and 5b and the movable pool rollers 13a and 13b are rotated.
The banknotes rise from between and the upper parts of them are ejected out of the machine. At this time, the lower part of the banknote is held between the fixed pool rollers 5a, 5b and the movable pool rollers 13a, 13b and waits for the operator to remove it. (See FIG. 22 (b)).

In the deposit process, if the deposit is approved, the gear 14
Drives a drive motor connected to the 6th axis. Then, the gear 145 in the banknote storage device 110 rotates, and the pulleys 144a and 144a
b, moving rod 112, moving claw 117 via slide side plates 120a, 120b, etc.
a and 117b move to the rear of the frame 111, and the moving rod 112 and the moving claw 117
a and 117b move the bills stored up to the previous time to the movable holding plate 118 side to form a receiving space below the slide shutter 119 in the closed state. At this time, the opening of the bill storage device
The slide shutter 119 closing the 110a is the moving rod 1
The opening 110a is opened in association with 12 and the moving claws 117a, 117b (see FIG. 22 (c)).

Next, the drive shaft 84 is normally rotated at a low speed. Then, the one-way clutches 14a, 14b enter the rotation transmission state, and the low speed rotation of the drive shaft 84 is transmitted to the shafts 4b, 12b via the transmission belt 85, the gears 82d, 82c, 82b, 82a and the like. Then, in FIG. 22 (d), the shaft 4b rotates in the arrow C direction and the shaft 12b rotates in the arrow D direction at a low speed, and when the shaft 12b rotates, the movable pool roller 13b and the pulleys 19 and 20 attached to the shaft 12b. Also a one-way clutch
It rotates at a low speed via 14b and 14a, and the timing belts 22 and 21
The shaft 12a also rotates via. As a result, the upper and lower fixed pool rollers 5a, 5b and the upper and lower moving pool rollers 13a, 13b both rotate at a low speed. As a result, the accumulated banknotes between the fixed pool rollers 5a, 5b and the movable pool rollers 13a, 13b are sent to the receiving space in the frame 111 from the opening 110a of the banknote storage device 110 below the banknotes (see FIG. 22 (d)). ).

When the deposited banknotes are sent into the receiving space, the rotational drive source of the gear 146 is reversed, whereby the moving rod 112 and the moving claws 117a and 117b move to the fixed holding plate 116 side. Then, the bills sent are held between the movable holding plate 118 and the fixed holding plate 116 together with the deposited bills up to the previous time. At this time, the slide shutter 119 moves to the front side of the machine body 1a in conjunction with the moving rod 112 and the moving claws 117a and 117b, and closes the opening 110a again (see FIG. 22 (e)).

When the storage process of the deposited banknote is completed, the cam 62 rotates, and the link 64 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 6 via the links 68, 67 and the connecting arm 65 to move in preparation for the next deposit process. The pool rollers 13a, 13b are separated from the fixed pool rollers 5a, 5b and stand by. At this time, the bill pressing plate 43 also moves the pool roller 13a,
It moves together with 13b (see FIG. 22 (f)).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the front portion of the bill storage device, that is, the front side of the fixed holding plate 116 is not provided with a mechanism for moving the bill to the rear end side, the storage amount of the bill by that amount. Can be increased.

The banknote stacking and storing and returning unit 2 provided above the banknote storing device is not particularly limited to the above-described embodiment, but stacks the banknotes in an upright state and sends the stacked banknotes into the banknote storing device. If it is good.

"Effect of the invention" A bill storage device that is loaded into a bill depositing machine, receives bills from an upper opening and stores the bills, and is fixed in the fuselage by fixing means when loaded in the fuselage,
A standing plate that is erected on one side of the opening below the opening, a pressing plate that is provided facing the standing plate so as to be able to approach and separate from each other, and at a position near the opening in the frame body, A pair of slide side plates provided so as to face each other so as to be close to and away from the standing plate, and a pair of moving arms whose one ends are rotatably supported in a vertical plane on the upper portions of the pair of slide side plates. Horizontally provided banknote pressing rods with both ends attached to the ends, and banknote locks that are positioned below the pressing plates and have one end rotatably supported in the vertical plane below the pair of slide side plates. Plate, and the bill locking plate and the moving arm so as to be interlockable with the bill locking plate and the moving arm, and when the pressing plate moves away from the standing plate, the other end of the pair of moving arms locks the bill. Between the other end of the board Therefore, when the pressing plate approaches the standing plate, a swing member that widens between the other end of the pair of moving arms and the other end of the bill locking plate, and the slide side plate connected to the pair of slide side plates. A shutter that opens and closes the opening of the frame body in conjunction with the drive mechanism, and a drive mechanism that is connected to the swing member and drives the slide side plate via the swing member.
In a retracted state of the operation button attached to the outer wall of the banknote storage device so that the operation button can be retracted and retracted, the restriction of the banknote storage device by the fixing means is released and the movement of the slide side plate is restricted, and the operation button is operated. In the protruding state of the banknote storage device, the shutter is interlocked with the slide side plate because the lock mechanism allows the regulation of the banknote storage device by the fixing unit and releases the movement restriction of the slide side plate. The opening of the banknote storage device can be surely opened when receiving the banknotes, and when the banknote storage device is removed from the banknote deposit machine, the lock mechanism restricts the movement of the slide side plate, so that the slide A shutter that interlocks with the side plate can reliably close the opening of the banknote storage device, so a device that independently regulates the opening and closing of the shutter. There becomes unnecessary. Therefore, the mechanism of the banknote storage device can be simplified and downsized, and the weight of the banknote storage device itself can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 22 show an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a partially omitted side sectional view of the banknote stacking and storing and returning device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partially omitted right side view of the banknote stacking and storing and returning device, and FIG. Left side view, FIG. 4 is a partially omitted plan view of the banknote stacking and storing and returning device,
5 is a side view of the moving mechanism and drive mechanism of the moving pool roller, and FIG. 7 is a view taken along the line VII-VII in FIG. 6. , FIG. 8 is a front view of the return cover closed position locking mechanism, FIG. 9 is a side view of FIG. 8, and FIGS. 10 (a) and 10 (b) are operation explanations of the moving pool roller drive mechanism. FIG. 11, FIG. 11 is a partially omitted side view of the banknote storage device, FIG. 12 is a partially omitted plan view of the banknote storage device,
FIG. 13 is a side sectional view of the bill storage device, FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating the movement of the moving rod and the moving claw, FIG. 16 is a view showing the front of the slide side plate, and FIG. 17 is a slide side plate locking mechanism. Front view, FIG. 18 is a side view of an essential part, FIG. 19 is a rear view of a drive mechanism, FIG. 20 is a side view of an essential part showing a lock mechanism of a banknote storage device, and FIG. 21 is a banknote storage device. 22A to 22F are operation explanatory views of the banknote stacking and storing / returning device, and FIG. 23 is a side cross-sectional view showing an example of the conventional banknote storing device. It is a figure. 2 ... Banknote stacking and returning unit, 3a, 3b ... Fixed side plates, 5a, 5b
...... Fixed pool rollers, 9a, 9b …… Movement side plates, 13a, 13b…
… Movable pool rollers, 14a, 14b …… One-way clutch, 15
a, 15b …… Guide plate, 21,22,25 …… Timing belt, 2
8 …… Movement block, 41 …… Regulation roller, 42a, 42b …… Regulation piece, 43 …… Bill holding plate, 53 …… Slide member, 56a, 56
b …… Lock member, 62 …… Cam, 64,67,68 …… Link, 6
5 ... Connecting arm, 82a, 82b, 82c, 82d ... Gear, 84 ... Drive shaft, 86 ... Return cover, 94 ... Lock lever, 95 ... Solenoid, 97a, 97b ... Transmission roller, 99a , 99b …… contact roller, 102 …… conveying roller, 104 …… impeller, 105 ……
Bill guide, 110 …… Bill storage device, 111 …… Frame, 112
...... Banknote holding rod (moving rod), 116 ...... Standing plate (fixed holding plate), 117a, 117b ...... Banknote locking plate (moving claw), 118 ...... Pressing plate (movable holding plate), 119 ...... Slide Shutter, 120a,
120b …… Slide side plates, 122a, 122b …… Movement arm, 125
a, 125b …… upper swing member, 126a, 126b …… lower swing member, 167
…… Placing plate, 171 …… Operation button (projecting member), 172 …… Locking member, 176 …… Regulating plate.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A bill storage device which is loaded into a bill depositing machine, receives bills from an opening in an upper portion thereof and stores the bills, and is fixed in the fuselage by fixing means when the bills are loaded in the fuselage. A standing plate that is erected at one side of the opening below the opening, a pressing plate that is provided to face the standing plate so as to be close to and away from each other, and at a position near the opening in the frame body,
A pair of slide side plates provided so as to face each other so as to be close to and away from the standing plate, and a pair of moving arms whose one ends are rotatably supported in a vertical plane on the upper portions of the pair of slide side plates. Horizontally provided banknote pressing rods with both ends attached to the ends, and banknote locks that are positioned below the pressing plates and have one end rotatably supported in the vertical plane below the pair of slide side plates. Plate, and the bill locking plate and the moving arm so as to be interlockable with the bill locking plate and the moving arm, and when the pressing plate moves away from the standing plate, the other end of the pair of moving arms locks the bill. A swinging member that narrows the space between the other end of the plate and expands the space between the other end of the pair of moving arms and the other end of the bill locking plate when the pressing plate approaches the standing plate, On the slide side plate A shutter which is connected to the slide side plate to open and close the opening of the frame body, a drive mechanism which is connected to the swing member and drives the slide side plate through the swing member, and an outer wall of the banknote storage device. When the operation button that can be freely retracted is inserted into the banknote storage device,
In addition to releasing the regulation of the bill storage device by the fixing means, regulating the movement of the slide side plate and allowing the regulation of the bill storage device by the fixing means in the protruding state of the operation button to the outside of the bill storage device. And a lock mechanism that releases the movement restriction of the slide side plate.