JPH0829843B2 - Banknote storage device - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a banknote storing device for aligning and storing thrown banknotes.

"Prior Art" Figs. 4 to 25 are Japanese Patent Application Nos.
It is a schematic diagram showing the example of composition of the bill accumulation storage return device described in No. 63-180001, bill accumulation storage return device 1, bill accumulation storage return part 2, and bill storage device 110 provided under it. It consists of

First, FIG. 4 through FIG.
It will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 1a denotes a machine body of the banknote stacking and storing and returning device 1, and a banknote stacking and storing and returning unit 2 is provided in the machine body 1a. In this conventional example, the left side in FIG. 4 is the front surface of the machine body 1a, and the right side in FIG. 4 is the rear surface of the machine body 1a. A banknote storage device is provided under the banknote accumulation / return unit 2.
110 is provided. The frame 111 of this bill storage device 110
Fixed side plates 3a and 3b are fixedly provided on the upper part of the. 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 and 4b are rotatably attached to the front portions (left side in FIG. 4) of the fixed side plates 3a and 3b so as to be vertically separated from each other. The upper fixed pool roller 5a is fitted and fixed to the shaft 4a, and the lower fixed pool roller 5b is fitted and fixed to the shaft 4b.

In addition, elongated holes 6a and 6b are formed in the central portions of the fixed side plates 3a and 3b, respectively.
And elongated holes 7a, 7b are formed, 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 connected by a fixed member 10 and a connecting shaft 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. The upper moving pool roller 13a is fitted and fixed to the shaft 12a, and the 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.
Pulleys 18 are fixed in the vicinity of b.
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 in the vicinity of both 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. 7) of the machine body 1a will be described based on FIG.

The guide shaft 2 is attached to the fixed side plate 3a via the brackets 26a and 26b.
7 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 is fixed to the fixed pool rollers 5a, 5b side (fifth by a spring 32 stretched via a pulley 31 between a pin 29 fixed to the movable side plate 9a and a pin 30 fixed to the fixed side plate 3a).
(Left side in the figure). 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. 7) 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 moving side plate 9b is fixed to the pool roller side by a spring 40 stretched via a pulley 39 between a pin 37 fixed to the moving side plate 9b and a pin 38 fixed to the guide rail 36.
It is biased to 5a, 5b (right side in FIG. 6).

The movement of the moving pool rollers 13a, 13b toward the fixed pool rollers 5a, 5b is regulated by a regulating roller 41 shown in FIG. 9 which will be described later. The regulating roller 41 is a regulating piece fixed to the movable side plate 9b. It is designed to abut 42b.

Next, the bill holding plate 43 shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 7 will be described.
(Left and right in the figure) only, and it is restricted so that it cannot move other than this direction. 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.
Further, the bill pressing plate 43 is provided with guide rollers 45a, 4 so as to abut the outer surfaces of the fixed side plates 3a, 3b via the bracket 43a.
5b is connected. Further, guide rollers 46a, 46b are attached to the bill pressing plate 43 via brackets 43a, and these guide rollers 46a, 46b are slidable in the long holes 7a, 7b provided in both fixed side plates 3a, 3b. It is inset. The bill pressing plate 43 is prevented from moving in the machine width (vertical direction in FIG. 7) by the guide rollers 44a, 44b, 45a, 45b, and the guide roller 46a, 46b moves in the vertical direction of the machine body 1a (in the plane of FIG. 7). Movement in the direction of penetration) is blocked.

Also, arm members 47a, 47b are provided at the rear ends of both fixed side plates 3a, 3b.
Is fixed, and pins 4 are attached to the tips of these arm members 47a, 47b.
8a and 48b are provided respectively, and these pins 48a and 48b and the pin 49a shown in FIG.
Springs 50a and 50b are stretched between 49b. Therefore, the bill pressing plate 43 is biased toward the moving pool rollers 13a, 13b by the elastic force of the springs 50a, 50b.

Stopper members 51a, 51b are provided on the moving side plates 9a, 9b, and the stopper members 51a, 51b contact guide rollers 45a, 45b provided on the bill holding plate 43 to move the pool roller 13a. A slight gap is formed between the 13 and 13b and the bill holding 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 that is rotatably bridged over 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.

Then, the restriction piece 42a fixed to the moving block 28
When the moving block 28 moves along with the moving block 28, the restricting piece 42a comes into contact with the slide member 53 and the slide member 5
3 is moved to the front side (left side in FIG. 5) of the machine body 1a, the lever 55 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 5 by this slide member 53, and is fixed coaxially with the lever 55 by the rotation of the lever 55. Locking member 56
Pins shown in FIG. 7 which are integrated with the bill holding plate 43 pushed by the moving pool rollers 13a, 13b by rotating a and 56b against the urging force of the spring 57 in the clockwise direction in FIG.
49a, 49b are locked by the hook portions 58a, 58b of the lock members 56a, 56b to move the pool roller 13a, 13b of the bill holding plate 43.
It is designed to regulate the movement to the side.

Next, a mechanism for moving the moving pool rollers 13a, 13b will be described with reference to FIG. This mechanism is a fixed side plate
It is provided only on the 3b 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
It 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, at the bottom of the bracket where the shaft 61 is provided,
63 is fixedly provided. A base end of a link 64 is rotatably attached to the shaft 63. This link 64
The regulation roller 41 is rotatably attached to the tip of the. 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 other 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 drive transmission mechanism for the movable pool rollers 13a, 13b and the fixed pool rollers 5a, 5b will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. Fixed side plate on the left side of the aircraft 1a when viewed from the front
A support member 75 is fixed to 3b, and a guide member 76 is fixed to this support member 75. The guide member 76 is formed with arc-shaped guide grooves 77a and 77b. Lower moving pool roller 1
Guide shafts 78a, 78b are provided between the shaft 12b of 3b 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 13b and Support shaft 12 for fixed pool roller 5b
It is attached to b and 4b. Therefore, axes 12b, 78a, 78b, 4b
The distance between each axis of is always constant. Gears 82a, 82b, 82c, 82d are provided on the shafts 12b, 78a, 78b, 4b, respectively, and a pulley 83a is further provided at the end of the shaft 4b.

On the other hand, a drive motor (not shown) provided inside the machine body 1a
A pulley 83b is fixedly provided on a drive shaft 84 connected to the. 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, 13b and the fixed pool rollers 5a, 5b, the driving force of the drive motor is equal to that of the transmission belt.
It is transmitted to the fixed pool roller 5b side via 85,
It 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 links 67, 68, the roller 69, the pulleys 72, 83a, 83b electric belt 85, the gears
82a, 82b, 82c, 82d, links 80a, 80b, 81a, 81b, etc.
It is provided between the fixed side plates 3b.

Next, the lock mechanism of the return cover 86 will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12. 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,
One end of a spring hooking piece 88 is fixed to this protruding 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 is a pin 90 provided on the spring hook 88 and the other end is a pin provided on the fixed side plate 3a.
It is attached to 91.

The base end of a plate-like return cover 86 is fixed to the shaft 87, and the return cover 86 is opened by a spring 89 in the direction in which the banknote temporary storage section 92 shown in FIG. 4 is opened (counterclockwise in FIG. 13). Direction).

Further, the fixed side plates 3a, 3b are provided at their front portions with these fixed side plates 3a, 3b.
A bracket (not shown) is provided so as to be connected to 3b. 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 solenoid 9 is attached to the bracket between the fixed side plates 3a and 3b.
5 is attached in a recumbent state, and the other end of the lock lever 94 is attached to the end of the mover 95a of the solenoid 95.

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 vicinity of the shaft 93 of the lock lever 94 by a spring 96 attached as shown in FIG.
The direction in which the protrusion 94a enters into the notch 87a of the shaft 93 (11th
It is biased in the counterclockwise direction in the figure).

Then, when the solenoid 95 operates, the lock lever 94 rotates around the shaft 93, and the protrusion 94a of the lock lever 94 rotates so that the cutout portion 8 of the shaft 87 is formed.
It is separated from 7a. Therefore, normally the axis 87
By restricting the rotation of the lock lever 94 by the protrusion 94a of the lock lever 94, the banknote temporary storage unit 92 is closed by the return cover 86, and the solenoid 95 is operated only when a return command is issued, and the lock lever 94 of the lock lever 94 is operated. The protrusion 94a 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 bill fed between the moving pool roller and the bill pressing plate is hit by the impeller at the rear end and largely deflected to the fixed pool roller side, and the leading edge of the succeeding bill can smoothly enter the moving pool roller side. I am trying.

The movable pool roller has a position farthest from the fixed pool roller (the position shown in FIG. 4) as a stacking position, and moves to the fixed pool roller side to hold the banknotes with the fixed pool roller and returns the stored pool 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 drive transmission mechanism of the movable pool rollers 13a, 13b and the fixed pool rollers 5a, 5b will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 (a) and 13 (b).

When the moving pool rollers 13a, 13b are located at the banknote stacking position (see FIG. 13 (a)), the upper moving pool rollers 13
The transmission rollers 97a and 97b fixed to the shaft 12a of
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 and 99b is prevented by the transmission roller 97.
a, 97b, 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 two shafts 12a, the timing belt 22, the pulley 20, the one-way clutch 14b Axis 12 of lower moving pool roller 13b
It is designed to be transmitted to b.

The gear 82a is fixed to the end of the shaft 12b that supports the moving pool roller 13b, and the gear 82a includes gears 82b, 82c,
Drive shaft via 82d, pulley 83a, transmission belt 85, and pulley 83b
Moving pool roller connected to 84, but in stacking position
At the time of high-speed rotation of 13a, 13b, the moving pool roller 13b and the pulleys 19, 20 attached to the shaft 12b via the clutches 14a, 14b, the one-way clutches 14a, 14b are in the non-rotation state. It becomes idle around 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 and 13b are located at the storage / return position (see FIG. 13 (b)), the transmission roller 97 is used in this case.
The a and 97b are separated from the contact rollers 99a and 99b, and the shaft 84 is rotated at a low speed. The low speed rotation of the shaft 84 is transmitted to the shaft 12b via the transmission belt 85 and the gears 82a, 82b, 82c, 82d and the like. Axis 12
When b rotates, the moving pool roller 13b and pulleys 19 and 20 attached to this shaft 12b also rotate at a constant speed via the one-way clutches 14a and 14b, and the rotation is via the timing belts 21 and 22 to the shaft 12a side. Can also be told. Therefore, the upper and lower moving pool rollers 13a and 13b both rotate at a constant speed. When the bill is stored, the drive motor connected to the drive shaft 84 may be rotated in the normal direction, and when returned, the drive motor may be rotated in the reverse direction. 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. 15 to 25.

In FIG. 16, reference numeral 110 denotes a bill storage device, and a bill holding rod (moving rod) 112 is provided in a frame 111 of the bill storage device 110. This moving rod 112 has a moving arm 1 at its both ends.
The moving arms 122a, 122b are supported by 22a, 122b, and are fixed to shafts 121a, 121b rotatably supported by slide side plates 120a, 120b provided as described later.

Below the moving rod 112, bill locking plates (moving claws) 117a and 117b are provided.
Is provided. The moving claws 117a, 117b are supported by support rods 123 having shafts 124a, 124b at both ends shown in FIG.
The support rod 123 is a slide side plate via the shafts 124a and 124b.
It is rotatably supported by 120a 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 12 is inserted into the recesses 125a ′ and 125b ′ of the upper swinging members 125a and 125b.
The tips of 6a and 126b are engaged. As a result, when the upper swing members 125a and 125b rotate about the shafts 121a and 121b,
The lower swing members 126a and 126b are also configured to rotate about the shafts 124a and 124b. Further, when the upper swing members 125a and 125b rotate, the moving arms 122a and 122b supporting the moving rod 112 also rotate around the shafts 121a and 121b, and when the lower swing members 126a and 126b rotate, they are supported. The claws 117a, 117b that move via the rod 123 also have shafts 124a, 1
It is designed to rotate around 24b. Upper swing member 1
Since the 25a, 125b and the lower swing members 126a, 126b are engaged as described above, the moving rod 112 and the moving claw 117a,
The 117b rotate in synchronization with each other and rotate in opposite directions.

Pins 128a, 128b are fixed to the rear side (the right side in FIG. 14) of the upper swing members 125a, 125b, and the pins 128a, 128b and the pins 129a, 12 fixed to the lower rear side of the slide side plates 120a, 120b.
Springs 130a and 130b are stretched between 9b. The upper swinging members 125a and 125b move the shaft 121 by the force of the springs 130a and 130b.
The lower swinging members 126a, 126b are also urged toward the front side (clockwise direction in FIG. 14) around a, 121b, and the lower swinging members 126a, 126b are also associated with the shafts 124a, 12b.
It is urged forward (counterclockwise in Fig. 15) around 4b. 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 18).

When the upper rocking members 125a and 125b are turned rearward (counterclockwise in FIG. 15), the moving rod 112 is also turned to the moving claws 117a and 117b. As the upper swing members 125a, 125b rotate rearward, the lower swing members 126a, 126b also rotate rearward (clockwise in FIG. 15), which causes the moving 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.
The slide pieces 133a, 133b attached to the pins 132a, 132b provided at one end of the 5b are pulled backward (to the right in FIG. 15). Further, the rearward rotation of the upper swing members 125a and 125b is performed by the upper swing member 1
It is adapted to be regulated by regulating pins 134a, 134b fixed to the slide side plates 120a, 120b near 26a, 126b. By restricting the rotation of the upper swing members 125a and 125b, the lower swing members 126a and 126b are rotated rearward and the moving rod 1 is moved.
The rotation of the 12 and the moving claws 117a and 117b in the directions approaching each other is also restricted (state of FIG. 17).

On the other hand, a regulating plate 176 is provided on the bottom of the frame body 111 shown in FIG. 16 so as to be rotatable and urged toward the mounting plate 167 by a spring 177. As shown in FIG. 15, a cutout portion 179 is formed on the rotation center side of the regulation plate 176 so that the pins 178a and 178b fixed to the moving claws 117a and 117b can pass through.

When the slide side plates 120a, 120b move to the rear side,
Since the moving claws 117a and 117b rotate toward the moving rod 112,
The pins 178a and 178b fixed to 117a and 117b are the restriction plates 176.
And a mounting plate 167 fixed to the lower part of the frame body 111. Therefore, in this case, the moving rod 112 and the moving claws 117a and 117b are moved backward while keeping close to each other (state of FIG. 17). When the pins 178a and 178b pass between the regulation plate 176 and the mounting plate 167, the regulation plate 176 rotates around a shaft 180 shown in FIG. 17 and escapes.

When the slide side plates 120a and 120b are returned from the rear to the front, the moving rod 112 and the moving claw 117 are located up to the front of the regulating plate 176.
If a and 117b move while keeping close to each other, and then pins 178a and 178b reach the position of regulating plate 176, pin
178a, 178b ride on the inclined surface 176a of the regulation plate 176,
The moving rod 112 and the moving claws 117a and 117b are separated from each other (state of FIG. 18).

Therefore, the movable rod 112 and the movable claws 117a and 117b are not
Since the stored banknotes are held between the pressing plate (movable holding plate) 118 until just before the stacked banknotes sent from 110a, the banknote stacking state is not destroyed.

Both slide side plates 120a, 120b are integrally connected at their lower rear ends by a connecting member 127. At the lower end of each slide side plate 120a, 120b, a guide roller 136a,
136b is provided, and the 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 20a and 120b are configured to move only in the front-rear direction of the device (left-right direction in FIGS. 14 and 15).

In addition, a pin 138 is provided in front of the lower ends of the slide side plates 120a and 120b.
a, 138b are provided, and a spring 141 is provided between these pins 138a, 138b and spring hooking members 140a, 140b fixed to the bottom of the frame 111.
a, 141b are 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 and 147b are formed in the lower portions of the left and right partition plates 135a and 135b, and the upper rocking member 125 is formed through these long holes 147a and 147b.
Slide pieces 133a, 133b that engage with pins 132a, 132b of a, 125b
Is fixed to the belts 142a, 142b by mounting members 143a, 143b, the belts 142a, 142b being between the pulleys 144a, 144a;
It is wound between pulleys 144b and 144b. In the vicinity of the rear end side pulley 144a, a gear 145 is coaxially fixed to the rear end side pulleys 144a and 144b as shown in FIG. 22, 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) is connected to the shaft 146a of the gear 146.

Protrusions 148a and 148b are provided at the upper ends of the left and right slide side plates 120a and 120b, respectively, 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 11
9 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. 14) by the left and right guide shafts 150a and 150b, and is attached to the front side (left direction in FIG. 14) by the force of springs 151a and 151b. It is energized.

The movable holding plate 118 has guide rollers 152a, 15
2b is provided, and the guide rollers 152a, 152b are provided on the partition side plate 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 157a, 157b are stretched between the pins 155a, 155b fixed to the partition side plates 135a, 135b via pulleys 156a, 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 of the frame body 111 shown in FIG.
It is designed to hold money between and. A swing plate 160 is attached to the front side (left side in FIG. 17) of the fixed holding plate 116 via a spring-loaded hinge 159.

 Next, the fixing means will be described.

An engaging rod 161 shown in FIGS. 21 to 24 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 engaged with the hook portion 162a of the lock member 162 on the side of the machine body 1a when the banknote storage apparatus 110 is loaded into the machine body 1a, so that the whole banknote storage apparatus 110 is locked in the machine body 1a. Has been done. As a result, in this locked state (state of FIG. 23), 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 a bracket 1b shown in FIG. 24 of the machine body 1a, and another swing member 16 is attached to this shaft 163.
4 is also fixed. When the swinging member 164 rotates downward (counterclockwise in FIG. 23), 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 swing member 164 are moved upward (clockwise in FIG. 23) by a spring 165 provided between the swing member 164 and the bracket 1b.
Is urged by. Further, as shown in FIG. 24, a cutout portion 166 is provided at the rear end portion of the frame body 111 so that the lock member 162 and the swinging member 164 can be inserted therein.

 Next, the lock mechanism will be described.

Below the bill mounting plate 167 fixed to the lower part of the frame 111, a slide long plate 168 is slidably fitted to a stepped pin 169 shown in FIG. 15 fixed to the bottom of the frame 111. It is supported. 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. The other end of the slide long plate 168 is provided with 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 side of an operation button (projecting member) 171 which is fitted in the frame body 111 so as to be main 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. 21 by a spring 174 shown in FIG.

The lock member 172 has a pressing portion 172a that comes into contact with one end of the protruding member 171, and a connecting member 1 for connecting the slide side plates 120a and 120b.
The hook portion 172b that engages with the hole 175a (FIG. 15) of the engaging piece 175 fixed to the 27 is integrally formed. When a part of the protrusion member 171 protrudes from the frame body 139, the hook portion 172b of the lock member 172 is separated from the hole 175a of the engagement piece 175, and thus the slide side plate 120 is connected via the connecting member 127.
The a and 120b are supposed to be movable. In addition, the protruding member 171
When is pushed into the frame 139, the lock member 172 is rotated in the clockwise direction in FIG. 21 via the pressing portion 172a,
Since the hook portion 172b engages with the hole 175a of the engaging piece 175, the slide side plates 120a, 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 1
One end of 68 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 projects from the frame body 139, so that the slide side plates 120a and 120b are movable.
The bill storage device 110 is adapted to be fixed to the machine body 1a. 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 conventional example will be described.

When banknotes are stacked to store banknotes in the banknote storage device 110, the movable pool rollers 13a, 13b are fixed pool rollers 5a,
When the banknote is farthest from 5b (the position shown in FIG. 4) is set as a banknote stacking position (hereinafter, simply referred to as a stacking position), the movable pool rollers 13a, 13b move to the fixed pool rollers 5a, 5b side to move to the fixed pool roller. The position where the banknote is held between 5a 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.

When the banknote stacking and storing / returning unit 2 and the banknote storing device are operated at the stacking position (see FIG. 13B) where the slide shutter 119 of the banknote storing device 110 is closed, the transport rollers 102,
The contact rollers 99a, 99b and the impeller 104 rotate at high speed. At this time, the transmission rollers 97a and 97b shown in FIG.
It abuts 9a and 99b and rotates together with the shaft 12a at high speed in the direction of arrow A in the figure.

The drive shaft 84 includes pulleys 83a and 83b, a transmission belt 85, and a gear 82.
Shaft 12b is connected via d, 82c, 82b, 82a, but shaft 12
Moving pool roller 13b and pulley 1 attached to b
At 9,20, the one-way clutch is in the non-rotational transmission state at the stacking position, so that it becomes idle. Therefore, at this stacking position, the moving pool rollers 13a, 13b rotate at a high speed in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 4 regardless of the gear train.

Further, in this stacking position, the solenoid 95 is in a non-operating state, and therefore the protrusion 94a of the lock lever 94 is fitted into the cutout portion 87a of the shaft 87 and the upper portion of the bill temporary storage portion 92 is closed by the return cover 86. In this state, the return cover 86 is locked at the position shown in FIG.

Therefore, the banknotes that have undergone deposit processing (discrimination, counting, etc.) are transferred onto the transfer guide plate 103 along the transfer guide plate 103 to the transfer roller 102 side, and the blades (not shown) of the impeller 104 and the transfer roller 102. Between the movable pool rollers 13a and 13b and the bill pressing plate 43.

At the time of this stacking, the banknotes sent between the movable pool rollers 13a, 13b and the banknote pressing plate 43 are hit at their rear ends by the blades of the impeller 104 and fixed pool rollers 5a,
It is largely deflected to the 5b side, and the leading edge of the succeeding bill smoothly enters the moving pool rollers 13a, 13b side.

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 roller 13a,
Hold a banknote with 13b (see FIG. 25 (a)).

After that, the cam 62 is rotated to rotate the shaft 66 in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. This causes the link 64 to rotate in the clockwise direction in the figure, and the force of the spring 40 causes the movable side plates 9a and 9a to move.
The moving pool rollers 13a and 13b move forward along with b 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, only when the return command is issued, the solenoid 95
The lock lever 94 and insert the protrusion 94a of the lock lever 94 into the notch 8 of the shaft 87.
The return cover 86 is separated from 7a and opened by the force of the spring 89. In this case, the front of the banknote temporary storage section 92 is open.

After this, the drive shaft 84 is reversed. Then, the movable pool rollers 13a, 13b rotate clockwise and the fixed pool rollers 5a, 5b rotate counterclockwise in FIG. 4, respectively, and the fixed pool rollers 5a, 5b and the movable pool rollers 13a, 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 bill 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. 25 (b)).

In deposit processing, if the deposit is approved, the gear
It drives a drive motor connected to the shaft of 146. Then
The gear 145 in the banknote storage device 110 rotates, and the pulleys 144a, 1
Moving rod 112, moving claw 1 via 44b, slide side plates 120a, 120b, etc.
17a and 117b move to the rear of the frame 111, and move rod 112 and move claw 11
7a 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 by communicating with 12 and the moving claws 117a, 117b (see FIG. 25 (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. 25 (d), the shaft 4b rotates in the direction of arrow C and the shaft 12b rotates in the direction of arrow D 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 rotates at low speed via the one-way clutches 14b, 14a, and the timing belt 22,
The shaft 12a also rotates via 21. As a result, the upper and lower fixed pool rollers 5a, 5a and the upper and lower moving pool rollers 13a, 13b both rotate at a low speed. As a result, the fixed pool rollers 5a, 5b,
The accumulated banknotes between the moving pool rollers 13a, 13b are sent into the receiving space in the frame 111 through the opening 110a of the banknote storage device 110 below the banknotes (see FIG. 25 (d)).

When the deposited banknote is sent into the receiving space, the rotation 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 side of the machine body 1a in association with the moving rod 112 and the moving claws 117a and 117b,
The opening 110a is closed again (see FIG. 25 (e)).

When the storage process of the deposited banknote is completed, the cam 62 rotates,
The link 64 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 9 via the links 68, 67 and the connecting arm 65, and the movable pool rollers 13a, 13b are separated from the fixed pool rollers 5a, 5b in preparation for the next deposit process. And wait. At this time, the bill holding plate 43 also moves the pool roller 13
It moves with a and 13b (see FIG. 25 (f)).

"Problem to be Solved by the Invention" In the above-described conventional banknote storage device 110, when the deposited banknotes are fed into the receiving space in the frame 111 through the opening 110a, when the number of banknotes is large, As shown in FIG. 26 (a), bills may curl and come apart. In this case, if you carry out the holding motion,
As shown in FIG. 26 (b), the bill on the path of the moving rod 112 has a drawback that it moves together with the moving rod 112 and rises near the opening 110a on the side of the fixed holding plate 116.

Due to this, the bills sent in are disturbed by the rising bills and are not held by the moving claws 117a, 117b and the moving claws 117a, 117b and the movable holding plate 118 (see FIG. 26 (c)).
Therefore, when the moving claws 117a, 117b and the movable holding plate 118 move, the banknotes that are not held remain in the receiving space as shown in FIG. 26 (d). Therefore, if the next deposit banknote is thrown into the receiving space in this state, there is a problem that a jam failure occurs.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a banknote storage device that can reliably store deposited banknotes without causing a jamming failure.

"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 one end of each of the pair of moving arms rotatably supported in the vertical plane at one end on an upper portion of the pair of slide side plates. A horizontally attached banknote retainer bar, and a banknote locking plate that is positioned below the pressing plate and has one end rotatably supported in the vertical plane below the pair of slide side plates, The bill locking plate and In the state where the bill locking plate and the moving arm are linked to the moving arm and the pressing plate moves away from the standing plate, the distance between the other end of the pair of moving arms and the other end of the bill locking plate is narrowed. A swinging member that widens between the other end of the pair of moving arms and the other end of the banknote locking plate when the pressing plate approaches the standing plate;
A shutter that is connected to the pair of slide side plates and that opens and closes the opening of the frame in conjunction with the slide side plates; and a drive mechanism that is connected to the swing member and drives the slide side plate through the swing member. A holding means position detection part for detecting the position of the holding means composed of the pressing plate, the bill holding rod and the bill locking plate, and an output signal of the holding means position detection part are inputted, and the bill is fed from the opening. Then, the holding means is moved to the standing plate side to bring the banknotes into an aligned state, the holding means is temporarily retracted, and then the banknote is held by the standing plate and the pressing plate. It is configured to include a drive control unit that controls the drive mechanism.

[Operation] According to the present invention, when a bill stored in the bill storage device is fed into the bill receiving space, the drive control unit
First, the holding means is moved to the standing plate side so that the banknotes are aligned. Next, after the holding means is temporarily retracted, the banknote is held by the standing plate and the pressing plate.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 24. First, the structure of the mechanism is the same as the conventional technique. In addition, the moving rod 112 and the moving claw 117 described above.
The a and 117b and the movable holding plate 118 are collectively referred to as a holding means 181. Then, a holding means position detection unit 182 for detecting the position of the holding means 181 is newly provided in the bill storage device 110, and a drive motor connected to the shaft of the gear 146 by using an output signal of the holding means 182 (this Drive motor 183) is newly provided. Here, FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a configuration of a main part of the bill storage device 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2 and the operation explanatory diagram of FIG.

First, the position shown in FIG. 17, that is, the position before the pins 178a and 178b ride on the inclined surface 176a of the regulation plate 176 is set as the holding means alignment position (hereinafter, simply referred to as the alignment position), and the movable holding plate 118 holds the fixed holding device. The position farthest from the plate 116 (the position shown in FIG. 3 (c)) is set as the holding means fully open position (hereinafter, simply referred to as the fully open position), and the fixed holding plate 116 and the movable holding plate 118 hold the banknote. The position (the position shown in FIG. 3 (d)) is defined as the holding means holding position (hereinafter, simply referred to as the holding position).

As shown in FIG. 3 (a), when the deposited banknote is fed into the receiving space in the frame 111 through the opening 110a, the drive controller 184 proceeds to the process of step S1 and drives the drive motor 183.
Drive. Thereby, the moving rod 112 and the moving claw 117a,
117b moves to the fixed holding plate 116 side. Then, the fed bills are aligned by the movable holding plate 118 and the fixed holding plate 116. Then, the process proceeds to step S2.

In step S2, the holding means 181 is aligned with the output signal of the holding means position detection section 182 (see FIG. 3 (b)).
To determine whether or not. If the result of this determination is "NO", the same determination is repeated until it becomes "YES". Next, when the determination result of step S2 is "YES",
Go to step S3. In step S3, after stopping the drive motor 183, the process proceeds to step S4. In step S4, the drive motor 183 is driven in reverse. As a result, the moving rod 112 and the moving claws 117a and 117b are retracted. Then, the process proceeds to step S5.

In step S5, the holding means 181 detects the output signal of the holding means position detecting section 182 and the holding means 181 is in the fully open position (see FIG. 3 (c)).
To determine whether or not. If the result of this determination is "NO", the same determination is repeated until it becomes "YES". Next, when the determination result of step S5 is "YES",
Proceed to step S6. In step S6, after stopping the drive motor 183, the process proceeds to step S7. In step S7, the drive motor 183 is driven. As a result, the moving rod 112 and the moving claws 117a and 117b move to the fixed holding plate 116 side. Then, the sent bills are held in an aligned state 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. Then, the process proceeds to step S8.

In step S8, the holding means 181 receives the output signal from the holding means position detection section 182, and the holding means 181 holds the holding position (see FIG. 3 (d)).
To determine whether or not. If the result of this determination is "NO", the same determination is repeated until it becomes "YES". Next, when the determination result of step S8 is "YES",
Proceed to step S9. In step S9, the drive motor 183 is stopped, and then a series of operations is ended. Also at this time,
The cam 62 rotates and links via the links 68, 67 and the connecting arm 65.
64 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 9, and the movable pool rollers 13a and 13b are fixed pool roller 5 in preparation for the next deposit process.
Stands apart from a and 5b. At this time, the bill pressing plate 43 also moves together with the moving pool rollers 13a and 13b.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the banknotes are always aligned is shown, but a button for performing the alignment is provided and the alignment is performed only when the operator presses this button. You may do it.

Further, a sensor for detecting the thickness of the bill is provided in the receiving space in the bill storage device 110, and the thickness of the bill is larger than the number of bills using the number of bills already counted and the output signal of this sensor. In this case, it may be determined that curl has occurred, and in this case, the above-described alignment operation may be performed.

"Effects of the Invention" As described above, according to the present invention, there is an effect that the deposited banknote can be reliably stored without causing a jamming failure.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of a bill storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of a drive control unit 184, and FIG. , FIG. 4 to FIG. 26 show a conventional example,
FIG. 4 is a partially omitted side sectional view of a conventional banknote stacking and storing and returning device, FIG. 5 is a right side view of the banknote stacking and storing and returning device, and a left side view of the banknote stacking and storing and returning device. The front view and FIG. 7 are partially omitted plan views of the banknote stacking and storing and returning device,
8 is a view taken along the line V-V in FIG. 7, FIG. 9 is a side view of the moving mechanism and the drive mechanism of the moving pool roller, and FIG. 10 is a view taken along the line VII-VII in FIG. , FIG. 11 is a front view of the closed position locking mechanism of the return cover, FIG. 12 is a side view of FIG. 11, and FIGS. 13 (a) and 13 (b) are operation explanations of the drive mechanism of the moving pool roller. Figure, Figure 14 is a partially omitted side view of the banknote storage device, Figure 15 is a partially omitted plan view of the banknote storage device,
FIG. 16 is a side sectional view of the bill storage device, FIGS. 17 and 18 are operation explanatory views of the moving rod and the moving claw, FIG. 19 is a view showing the front of the slide side plate, and FIG. 20 is a slide side plate locking mechanism. FIG. 21 is a side view of the main part, FIG. 22 is a rear view of the drive mechanism, FIG. 23 is a side view of the main part showing the lock mechanism of the banknote storage device, and FIG. 24 is the banknote storage. 25 (a) to 25 (f) are operation plan views of the banknote stacking and storing / returning device, and FIGS. 26 (a) to 26 (d) are plan views of a main part showing a lock mechanism of the device. It is an operation explanatory view of a bill accumulation storage return device. 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 …… Coupling 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 ... Banknote guide, 110 ... Banknote 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 …… Sliding shutter , 120a,
120b …… Slide side plates, 122a, 122b …… Movement arm, 125
a, 125b …… upper swing member, 126a, 126b …… lower swing member, 167
…… Mounting plate, 171 …… Operation button (projecting member), 172 …… Locking member, 176 …… Regulating plate, 182 …… Clamping means position detection unit,
183: drive motor, 184: drive control unit.

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 on the standing plate so as to be close to and away from each other so as to be spaced apart from each other, and a pair of moving arms each having one end rotatably supported in a vertical plane on an upper portion of the pair of slide side plates. A bill holding rod horizontally attached with both ends attached to the other end, and a bill holder whose one end is rotatably supported in a vertical plane below the pair of slide side plates positioned below the pressing plate. The stop plate and the bill locking plate and the moving arm are linked to the bill locking plate and the moving arm so that the pressing plate moves away from the standing plate and the other end of the pair of moving arms and the bill holder. A swinging member that narrows the gap between the other end of the stop plate and 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, On the slide side plate of A shutter that is connected to the slide side plate to open and close the opening of the frame body, a drive mechanism that is connected to the swing member and drives the slide side plate through the swing member, the pressing plate, and the banknote. When a banknote is fed from the opening by inputting an output signal of the holding means position detection section for detecting the position of the holding means composed of the holding bar and the bill locking plate, and the holding means, To the standing plate side to bring the banknotes into an aligned state, and then temporarily retract the holding means, and then control the drive mechanism to hold the banknotes by the standing plate and the pressing plate. A bill storage device comprising a drive control unit.