JPH0720667U - Banknote handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To prevent unauthorized removal of banknotes from the banknote handling machine. [Structure] A resin guide plate 32 that forms a banknote transport passage 27 of a transport device 26, and a guide portion 29 that is integrally formed with the guide plate 32 and projects from the guide plate 32 are provided. The guide unit 29 is the transport device 2
At least one pair is formed on the right and left sides of the banknote 6, and the guide portion 29 guides the side edges 23b of the banknote 23 which are parallel to each other along the substantially central part 23a of the banknote 23 at a height different from the central part 23a of the banknote 23. And a block edge 31 provided at an end of the guide portion 29 and extending to a different position with respect to the bill transport passage 27. After passing through the inclined surface 30 of the guide portion 29 in a deformed state, the bill 23 that has returned to the initial flat shape by its elasticity is a block edge 31.
Form a plane that intersects with. Even if the fishing line or the like fixed to the banknote 23 is pulled after the banknote 23 is placed in the stacker device 25, the banknote 23 cannot return to the banknote transport passage 27, and the illegal removal of the banknote 23 is prevented.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a bill handling device, and more particularly to a bill handling device capable of preventing unauthorized removal of bills stored in a stacker device.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 For example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. Sho 63-89181 discloses a bill withdrawal prevention device for a bill validator. As shown in FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, this withdrawal prevention device conveys the banknotes inserted from the insertion slot 7 between the upright portions 2 and 3 of the frame 1 by the belt 11 and the roller 12, and further installs the banknotes on the frame 1. It passes between the tongue 9 and the tongue 10 provided on the plate 5. When passing through the tongues 9 and 10, the bill is slightly bent, but does not hinder the transfer. After the banknotes passed through the outlet 8, when the banknotes were fraudulently attempted to pull out the banknotes from the insertion slot 7 by pulling the fishing line or the like connected to the banknotes, the banknotes were engaged with the tongues 9 and 10. Unauthorized withdrawal is prevented.

Further, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 4-36677 discloses a paper money withdrawal prevention device which is provided with a stopper projecting into a bill passage of a bill discriminating device and is rotated outside the bill passage based on a discrimination signal of the bill discriminating device. It is disclosed. With this bill removal prevention device, the stopper is not rotated out of the bill passage unless a true bill passes, so an excellent removal prevention effect is obtained.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the banknote withdrawal prevention device shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, when the protrusion amount of the tongues 9 and 10 is increased, the banknotes are locked to the tongues 9 or 10 during the conveyance of the banknote by the belt 11 and the Since it becomes difficult to convey the tongues 9 and 10, a large protrusion amount cannot be secured. Therefore, if the fishing line attached to the bill is strongly pulled, or if the fishing line attached to the bill is inserted after inserting a thin flexible plate, the bill can be illegally pulled out.

[0007] Furthermore, even in the extraction prevention device disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 4-36677, it is possible to illegally extract a bill by continuously inserting two bills into the bill discriminating device.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a bill handling apparatus having a simple structure and in which it is extremely difficult to illegally pull out bills.

[0007]

[Means for achieving the object]

 A bill handling apparatus according to the present invention includes a case having an entrance, a bill validator for determining the authenticity of bills thrown from the entrance of the case, and a stacker device for accommodating bills determined by the bill validator as true bills. , And a transport device that transports bills inserted from the entrance of the case to the stacker device through the bill validator. This bill handling device is provided with a resin guide plate that forms a bill transport passage of the transport device, and a guide portion that is integrally formed with the guide plate and projects from the guide plate. At least one pair of guide parts are formed on the left and right sides of the transport device, and the guide parts are inclined to guide the side edges of the banknotes parallel to each other along the substantially central part of the banknote to a height different from the central part of the banknotes. And a block edge provided at an end of the guide portion and extending to a different position with respect to the bill transport passage. After passing through the slanted surface of the guide part in a deformed state, the banknotes that have returned to the initial flat shape due to their elasticity form a surface that intersects the block edge. Provide at least one notch on the inclined surface of the guide or the block edge. A plurality of guide parts are formed in steps on the left and right sides of the central guide device.

[0008]

[Action]

 When the bill passed through the bill validator by the transport device passes through the inclined surface of the guide portion and is transported to the stacker device, the bill is largely deformed by the guide portion with respect to the bill transport passage and discharged into the stacker device. After that, the bill returns to its original flat shape due to its elasticity. For this reason, even if the banknotes are placed in the stacker device and then the banknotes are pulled out using a fishing line fixed to the banknotes, the banknotes come into contact with the block edges and cannot return to the banknote transport passage. Unauthorized removal of banknotes is prevented.

[0009]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the bill handling apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 1, the bill handling apparatus 20 includes a case 21 having an inlet 22, a bill validator 24 for determining the authenticity of a bill 23 inserted from the inlet 22 of the case 21, and a bill validator. A stacker device 25 for accommodating the bills 23 determined to be true bills by the device 24, and a transport device 26 for transporting the bills 23 inserted from the inlet 22 of the case 21 to the stacker device 25 through the bill validator 24. There is. The bill validator 24 includes a magnetic detector, an optical detector, and an optical size detector, but these devices are not shown. The conveyor 26 is provided with three belt conveyor pulleys 33 to 35 and pressing rollers 36 to 38 arranged corresponding to the respective pulleys 33 to 35 by using a belt-pulley drive device (not shown). A conveyor belt 42 is suspended from 33 to 35, 40, 41. As shown in FIG. 2, the pulley 35 is supported by a shaft 51 attached to a frame 50 fixed to the case 21. The paper bill 23 is conveyed along the bill conveyance passage 27 by sandwiching the substantially central portion 23a in the length direction between the belt 42 and the pressing rollers 36 to 38.

Between the bill validator 24 and the stacker device 25, a withdrawal prevention device 28 is provided at an end of the transport device 26. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the removal prevention device 28 has a substantially triangular guide portion 29 that is integrally formed with the guide plate 32 that forms the banknote transport passage 27 of the transport device 26 and that projects from the guide plate 32. A pair of guide portions 29 are formed on the left and right sides of the transport device 26. The guide plate 32 is made of a resin such as polyacetal, ABS, nylon, or polycarbonate so as to be integrated with the extraction prevention device 28, and constitutes an upper wall of the banknote transport passage 27 of the transport device 26. The guide plate 32 is bent upward at the front and rear portions, and openings 46 to 48 in which the pressing rollers 36 to 38 are arranged are provided. The guide portion 29 has a sloped surface 30 that guides the side edge 23b of the banknote 23 parallel to the central portion 23a of the banknote 23 in the longitudinal direction at a height different from that of the central portion 23a of the banknote 23, that is, in a curved state. And a block edge 31 provided at an end of the guide portion 29 and extending downward with respect to the banknote transport passage 27. The slope 30 that guides the side edge 23b of the banknote 23 is preferably inclined at an angle of 10 to 45 degrees so that the banknote 23 is largely deformed with respect to the banknote transport passage 27 as the banknote 23 is transported by the transport device 26. However, the block edge 31 extends downward from the upper surface of the pulley 35. A bend lever 43 is provided in parallel with the extraction prevention device 28, and when the bill 23 passes, the bend lever 43 rotates to send a bill reception signal from a bend sensor (not shown).

The box-shaped stacker device 25 is arranged adjacent to the rear part of the bill validator 24, and the transport device 26 projects from the case 21 toward the stacker device 25 so that the bills 23 discharged from the bill validator 24 are It falls into the stacker device 25 under its own weight. After that, the banknote 23 which has returned to the initial flat shape by its elasticity forms a surface intersecting with the block edge 31.

With the above configuration, when the bill 23 passed through the bill validator 24 by the transport device 26 is transported to the stacker device 25 through the removal prevention device 28, the guide portion 29 guides the bill 23 to the bill transport passage 27. It is greatly deformed and discharged into the stacker device 25. Then, the banknote 23 returns to the initial flat shape by its elasticity. Therefore, even if the fishing line fixed to the banknote 23 is pulled after the banknote 23 is placed in the stacker device 25, the banknote 23 cannot contact the block edge 31 and return to the banknote transport passage 27. Therefore, illegal removal of the bill 23 is prevented. Further, since the guide portion 29 is formed integrally with the resin guide plate 32, the removal prevention device 28 can be easily formed, the number of parts can be reduced, and the cost and weight can be reduced.

The embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and can be modified. For example, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a plurality of guide portions 29 may be formed on the left and right sides of the transport device 26 in a stepwise manner. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, by providing the cutout portion 45 in the inclined surface 30 of the guide portion 29, it is possible to prevent the bills 23 from being illegally taken out after being arranged in the stacker device 25 and to prevent the bills 23 from passing through the withdrawal prevention device 28. It is possible to prevent the removal of bills. The cutout portion 45 may be provided on the block edge 31. Alternatively, the guide portion 29 may not be provided with the cutout portion 45, and the positions of the plurality of guide portions 29 may be shifted in the conveyance direction of the banknote 23, as shown in FIG. 7. The transport device 26 may be composed of a plurality of pulleys or a plurality of belts.

Although the example in which the upper wall of the banknote transport passage 27 of the transport device 26 is formed by the guide plate 32 has been shown, the lower wall of the banknote transport passage 27 may be formed.

[0016]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, it is impossible to illegally extract a bill from the bill handling device, and it is possible to reliably prevent the bill handling device from being illegally used.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a bill handling device according to the present invention applied to a bill validator.

2 is a rear view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of FIG. 1 showing a state in which a case is removed.

FIG. 4 is a rear view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a perspective view of FIG. 4 with the case removed.

FIG. 6 is a side view of a guide portion showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a side view of a guide portion showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a conventional bill validator.

FIG. 9 is a side view of a conventional bill validator 20 ... Bill handling device, 21 ... Case, 22 ... Entrance, 23 ... Bill, 23a ... Central part, 23b ... Side edge, 24 ... Bill Identification device, 25 ... Stacker device, 2
6 ・ ・ Conveying device, 27 ・ ・ Banknote conveying passage, 28 ・ ・ Withdrawal prevention device, 29 ・ ・ Guide part, 30 ・ ・ Inclined surface, 31 ・
.Block edges, 32 ... Guide plates, 45 ... Notches

Claims (4)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A case having an entrance, a bill validator for determining the authenticity of bills inserted from the entrance of the case, a stacker device for accommodating bills determined to be true bills by the bill validator, and an entrance to the case. In a banknote handling device equipped with a transfer device that transfers banknotes inserted from a banknote to a stacker device through a banknote discrimination device, a resin guide plate forming a banknote transfer passage of the transfer device and a guide plate are integrally formed. In addition, a guide portion projecting from the guide plate is provided, and at least one pair of guide portions are formed on the left and right sides of the conveying device. It is provided with an inclined surface for guiding to a height different from that of the central portion, and a block edge provided at an end portion of the guide portion and extending to a different position with respect to the bill transport passage. Bill handling apparatus according to symptoms. 2. The bill, which has passed through the inclined surface of the guide portion in a deformed state and then returned to the initial flat shape by its elasticity, forms a surface intersecting the block edge. Banknote handling device. 3. The bill handling device according to claim 1, wherein at least one notch is provided on the inclined surface of the guide portion or the block edge. 4. The bill handling device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of guide portions are formed in a stepwise manner on each of the left and right sides of the central guiding device.