JPH11167657A - Bill accumulator - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] The present invention prevents excessive hitting of a banknote at the time of banknote alignment, and quickly sets the longitudinal alignment unit to an initial position by the urging force of the urging unit after the banknote is aligned. It is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote stacking device that is capable of being returned and stored without disturbing the stacking state during a storing operation of the stacked banknotes in the storage unit. The present invention relates to a temporary storage 41a to 41d for introducing and accumulating banknotes, and the temporary storages 41a to 41d.
(d) a longitudinal alignment arm 81 that aligns by hitting the end of the bill introduced into d and pushing in the longitudinal direction, and pushing the bill by the longitudinal alignment arm 81 to an amount corresponding to the denomination. The regulating position adjusting rubber 82a (to 82)
d) and a stopper 87 for stopping the alignment position adjusting rubber 82a (up to 82d) in contact with the rubber.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote stacking apparatus provided in a banknote processing apparatus arranged, for example, for a bank office.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A banknote handling apparatus of this kind is provided with a take-in means for taking in banknotes. After the banknotes taken in by the take-in means are inspected by an inspection section, the banknotes are conveyed to a denomination safe by a conveying means. ing.

[0003] The safe comprises an accumulating section for temporarily accumulating bills conveyed by the conveying means, and a storage section for accommodating the bills accumulated in this accumulating section. In order to stably store bills in the storage unit, the stacking unit is provided with a positioning mechanism that aligns the longitudinal direction of the bills. When the bills enter the stacking unit, the banknotes are aligned by the alignment mechanism. Alignment is achieved by hitting and pushing in the end in the longitudinal direction.

[0004]

However, in the prior art, the positioning mechanism is driven by a pulse motor, and the movement amount corresponding to the rotation angle of one pulse of the pulse motor is the positioning amount. Due to the fact that the bills are fixed, overbeating has occurred due to the difference in the denomination of the bills, that is, the difference in the longitudinal dimension of the bills.

[0005] For this reason, there have been inconveniences such as buckling of the banknote, accumulation failure, and excessive damage to a portion hit in alignment. In addition, since both the hitting operation and the return operation of the positioning mechanism are performed by the forward and reverse rotation of the pulse motor, the transport speed of the bill is restricted by the performance of the motor, and the processing on the return side is delayed due to the inconvenience of the motor and the control system. Therefore, there is an inconvenience that an accumulation failure occurs.

Further, the alignment operation by the alignment mechanism is performed only when the banknotes are accumulated, and the alignment operation is canceled when the paper money is stored in the storage section. there were.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances,
At the time of banknote alignment, prevent excessive tapping of the banknotes, and after alignment of the banknotes, the longitudinal alignment means is quickly returned to the initial position by the urging force of the urging means, and further to the storage section of the stacked banknotes. It is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote stacking device that can store a banknote during a storing operation without breaking its stacking state.

[0008]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, there is provided a stacking means for introducing and stacking bills, and an end portion of the bills introduced into the stacking means. And a regulating means for regulating a pushing amount of the bill by the longitudinal regulating means to an amount corresponding to the denomination.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an accumulating means for introducing and accumulating bills, and movably provided between a first position and a second position apart from the first position. Moving the end of the bill introduced into the first position from the first position to the second position to push the banknote in the longitudinal direction to position the banknote; Biasing means for biasing and returning the longitudinal alignment means from the second position to the first position by the biasing force.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a stacking means for introducing and stacking bills, and a longitudinal aligning means for aligning by hitting an end portion of the bills introduced into the stacking means and pushing it in the longitudinal direction. Opening and closing means for opening and closing the inner bottom portion of the stacking means, and a storage section for storing the stacked bills dropped from the stacking means by opening of the opening and closing means, and at the time of the storing operation of the stacked banknotes in the storage section Control means for operating the longitudinal alignment means to press and hold the stacked banknotes until the storage thereof is completed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a stacking means for introducing and stacking bills, and a longitudinal aligning means for aligning by hitting an end portion of the bills introduced into the stacking means and pushing it in the longitudinal direction. Regulating means for regulating the pushing amount of the bill by the longitudinal alignment means to an amount corresponding to the denomination, and movably between a first position and a second position separated from the first position. Longitudinal alignment means provided to move the end of the bills introduced into the stacking means from the first position to the second position to strike and push in the longitudinal direction to align the paper money; Biasing means for elastically biasing the positioning means and returning the longitudinal positioning means from the second position to the first position by the biasing force.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an accumulating means for introducing and accumulating bills, and a longitudinal aligning means for arranging by hitting an end portion of the bills introduced into the accumulating means and pushing the bill in a longitudinal direction. Regulating means for regulating the amount of the bills pushed by the longitudinal alignment means to an amount corresponding to the denomination; opening and closing means for opening and closing the inner bottom of the accumulation means; A storage unit for storing the stacked banknotes dropped from the unit, and a control unit for operating the longitudinal alignment unit during the storing operation of the stacked banknotes in the storage unit to press and hold the stacked banknotes until the storage is completed. And

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an accumulating means for introducing and accumulating bills, and movably provided between a first position and a second position separated from the first position. Moving the end of the bill to be introduced into the first position from the first position to the second position, and hitting and pushing in the longitudinal direction; Urging means for urging the longitudinal positioning means to return from the second position to the first position by the urging force; opening / closing means for opening / closing an inner bottom of the accumulating means; By opening the storage section, the storage section for storing the stacked banknotes dropped from the stacking section, and operating the longitudinal alignment means at the time of storing the stacked banknotes in the storage section, the storage of the stacked banknotes is completed. Control means for pressing and holding To Bei.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a stacking means for introducing and stacking bills, and a longitudinal aligning means for aligning by hitting an end of the bills introduced into the stacking means and pushing it in the longitudinal direction. Regulating means for regulating the pushing amount of the bill by the longitudinal alignment means to an amount corresponding to the denomination, and movably between a first position and a second position separated from the first position. Longitudinal alignment means provided for aligning by moving the end of the bill introduced into the stacking means from the first position to the second position and hitting and pushing in the longitudinal direction; Elastically bias the alignment means,
An urging means for returning the longitudinal positioning means from the second position to the first position by the urging force, an opening / closing means for opening / closing an inner bottom of the stacking means, and an opening of the opening / closing means, A storage unit for storing the stacked banknotes dropped from the stacking unit, and a control for operating the longitudinal alignment unit during the storing operation of the stacked banknotes in the storage unit to press and hold the stacked banknotes until the storage is completed. Means.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a cash management system for a bank office. This system includes two teller's machines 1a and 1b for operating the entire system and processing data, a bill depositing and dispensing machine 2 as a first unit for depositing and dispensing loose bills, and surplus cash of the bill depositing and dispensing machine 2. And a small bundle payment machine 3 as a second unit for paying out bills in small bundles, a coin depositing machine 4 for depositing loose coins, and a loose coin And a coin dispensing machine 6 for dispensing coins (coins) wrapped every 50 sheets and a tillers machine table 7.

The banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2 has an input port 11 for banknote payment.
And a deposit reject box 12 for accumulating reject bills upon deposit, a dispensing reject box 13 for accumulating reject bills upon dispensing, and a dispensing port 14 for accumulating bills to be dispensed. . Slot 11, deposit reject box 12, withdrawal reject box 13,
The dispensing port 14 is arranged in a vertical line on the front of the machine.

Further, a journal printer 15 for printing the contents of each transaction is arranged on the upper surface of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2. In the vicinity of the input port 11, the dispensing port 14, and the journal printer 15, which of the two teller's machines 1a and 1b described above is used.
occupancy lamps 16 and 1 indicating whether or not occupancy is
7, 18 are arranged.

On the front of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, a remaining amount display 19 for displaying the remaining amount of banknotes in a later-described banknote storage provided inside the body.
Are arranged. On the upper surface of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, there is a banding temporary storage return door 20 for returning a banding number to be described later, and a mechanism for hopping up to an upper portion of the machine body for banknote return or the like. On the front face of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, a payment transfer path withdrawal door 21, a temporary stacking door 22 for returning banknotes at the time of payment, and a storage door 23 for pulling out a banknote storage are provided from above.

On the other hand, the banding / small bundle payment machine 3 has a small bundle payment outlet 24 at the upper portion, and when the door is opened, it is possible to take out the discharged small bundle. An occupation lamp 25 similar to the occupation lamp of the bill receiving / dispensing section is arranged near the dispensing door 24. Above the dispensing door 24, there is a band set door 26 for banding band replacement. The banding band is replaced by opening the door 26. Below the dispensing door 24, a safe box take-out door 27 is arranged so that a safe box described later can be taken out.

The above-mentioned banding / small bundle payment machine 3, coin deposit machine 4,
The detailed description of the coin dispensing machine 5 and the coin-roll dispenser 6 is omitted here. FIG. 2 shows the internal structure of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2.

A discriminating section 34 for discriminating the denomination, shape, front and back, authenticity, correctness and the like of the banknote is provided on the upper side of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2. The inspection unit 34 and the input port 11 are connected via a pre-inspection transport path 101 as a transport unit.
The banknotes inspected by the inspection unit 34 are sorted gate groups 3 as sorting means installed in the transport path based on the results of the identification.
5a to 35k are used for distribution to each stacking unit.

The carry-out side of the inspection unit 34 is selectively connected to the deposit reject box 12 and the front and back gates 35b via the deposit reject gate 35a. The bills are sorted into front and back notes by the front and back gates 35b, and the back-facing ones are reversed on the switchback transport path so that the front and back can be sorted.

The switchback transport path is arranged at the sorting gate 35c.
Are selectively connected to the distribution transport path 40 and the dispensing transport path. As will be described later, when guided to the dispensing transfer path, in a general depositing operation, the transfer is performed to the lower storage section.

On the lower side of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, a lower storage section is provided below the sorting / conveying path 40. The lower storage unit is provided with a plurality of temporary stackers 41a to 41d for stacking banknotes by denomination and fitness, and a lower portion of these temporary stackers 41a to 41d, and stores 48a to 48d for storing stacked banknotes. Become. A temporary storage gate 35 for sorting banknotes according to denomination and damage in the sorting transport path 40.
e to 35 g are provided.

In the temporary stackers 41a to 41d, flapper groups 45a to 45d for stacking bills are arranged, and a stacking full sensor (not shown) for detecting whether or not the stacking of bills is full. Is provided.

Upon detection of the full stack sensor, the flappers 45a and 45b rotate downward by about 90 °, and the stacked banknotes are supported by the lower flappers 45c and 45d. A shutter 47 as an opening / closing means is provided at the bottom of the temporary storage bins 41a to 41d. The shutter 47 opens right and left when a full stack sensor detects the storage, and stores the stacked banknotes as storage bins 48a.
To 48d.

In the upper part of the temporary storages 41a to 41d,
It operates when the shutter 47 is opened, and the temporary storage 41a-
All bills remaining in 41d are stored in storages 48a-48.
A pusher mechanism 52 for moving the inside of d is provided to be vertically movable.

Separators (separator means) 4 for receiving falling bills are provided on the upper side of the storages 48a to 48d.
9, 49 are provided. A take-out roller 56 as a take-out means for taking out bills is provided below the storages 48a to 48d.
Are arranged. A take-out counting sensor 57 for counting the number of taken-out bills is provided on the bill sending side of the take-out roller 56.
Is disposed, and the drive of the take-out roller 56 is stopped when the count reaches the number of payouts. Storage 48
A storage lower conveyance path 58 that conveys the extracted banknotes is provided at the lower side of a to 48d. Transfer path under storage 5
On the carry-out side of No. 8, there is provided a withdrawal inspection unit 59 for taking out two bills and checking the denomination. The delivery side of the withdrawal inspection unit 59 is the inspection gate 35h, the upper withdrawal transport path, and the sealing gate 3.
5i and the dispensing port 14 via a dispensing reject gate 35j.

The withdrawal reject gate 35j transfers the ticket determined to have a problem in the withdrawal inspection to the withdrawal reject box 13.
The ticket to be dispensed is guided to the dispensing port 14, respectively. In the drawing, reference numeral 60 denotes a pressing mechanism, which can push the bills in the storages 48a to 48d from above when the remaining amount of the bills in the storages 48a to 48d is reduced.

When depositing banknotes with the above-described banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2, the banknotes are placed in the slot 11 and the teller's machine 1 a
A payment start command is sent from (1b). Thereby, bills are taken in one by one from the insertion slot 11. Input port 1
The banknote taken in from 1 passes through the pre-inspection transport path 101 as a transport means, and is guided to the inspection unit 34. The banknotes taken into the inspection unit 34 are discriminated in terms of denomination, shape, front and back, authenticity, correctness, and the like. Based on the discrimination result, a control unit (not shown) sorts bills to the respective stacking units using sorting gate groups 35a to 35k as sorting means installed in the transport path.

The bills output from the inspection unit 34 are sorted and accumulated in the deposit reject box 12 by the first deposit reject gate 35a in the case of an undecidable ticket. The undeterminable ticket is set in the slot 11 again and taken in again, or is manually entered into the count data.

Further, the determined banknote is sent to the front and back gate 3 next.
By 5b, the front and back tickets are sorted, and the back-facing ones are reversed on the switchback transport path and the front and back are sorted.

Next, the banknotes having the front and back are selected by the sorting gate 35c to be transported to the lower storage section or guided to the dispensing transport path. In the case of being led to the dispensing transfer path, as will be described later, in general, in the depositing operation, it is transferred to the lower storage section.

The bills conveyed to the lower stage are in the safe gate 35d.
And enters the sorting transport path 40. The banknotes entering the sorting transport path 40 are denominated by the temporary storage gates 35e to 35g,
Temporary stackers 41a to 41d as stackers due to damage
And is accumulated on the flapper groups 45a to 45d in the temporary accumulation boxes 41a to 41d. The storages 48a to 4
Separators 49, 49 are waiting at the upper end in 8d, and the dropped bills fall on the separators 49, 49.

When the shutter 47 is opened, the temporary stacking sections 41a to 41a
The pusher mechanism 52 waiting at the upper part of 41d is driven to move all the banknotes remaining in the temporary stacking units 41a to 41d into the storages 48a to 48d. When this movement is completed, the pusher mechanism 52 moves up, and the shutter 47 is closed. In this state, a state of receiving the next deposit is completed.

On the other hand, at the time of dispensing, the bills accumulated in the storages 48 a to 48 d are sent to the dispensing port 14. When the withdrawal start command is transmitted from the teller's machine 1a (1b) to the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, the control unit of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2 operates as a take-out means of the storages 48a to 48d in which the payout banknotes are accumulated. The take-out roller 56 is driven. The banknotes are taken out one by one by the rotation of the takeout roller 56, and the number of the taken out banknotes is counted by a takeout counting sensor 57 installed immediately after the takeout port. When the count reaches the number of payments, the take-out roller 56 stops driving, and the take-out ends. The taken-out banknote passes through the storage-under-conveyance path 58, and the dispensed money is conveyed to the inspection unit 59. The dispensing inspection unit 59 takes out two bills, confirms the denomination, and sends them to the upper dispensing conveyance path if there is no problem. If there is a problem with the bill at this time,
The removal roller 56 is instructed to perform additional removal. The banknote that has passed through the withdrawal inspection section 59 is a close inspection gate 35h.
After passing through the upper-stage dispensing conveyance path,
By i, it is conveyed to a dispensing port.

The tickets conveyed to the opposite sides at the gates 35h and 35i will be described later. The bill conveyed to the dispensing port side at the sealing gate 35i is dispensed by the dispensing reject gate 35j to the dispensing reject box 13 for the ticket determined to have a problem in the dispensing inspection and dispensing the ticket to be dispensed. It accumulates in the mouth 14, respectively. When the designated banknotes have been accumulated in the outlet 14, the electromagnetic lock (not shown) is released, the outlet is opened, and the banknotes can be taken out. This completes the dispensing process.

FIG. 3 shows the structure of the temporary storages 41a to 41d. One end of the banknotes entering the temporary storage bins 41a to 41d is pushed longitudinally one end at a time, and pushed into the rear of the temporary bins 41a to 41d to align and accumulate the banknotes. Longitudinal alignment mechanisms 42a-4
2d is installed.

On the left side of the temporary storage bins 41a to 41d, one short side of the banknote is struck in the short side direction and pressed against the wall on the opposite side of the temporary storage bins 41a to 41d to align the banknotes. Position mechanisms 43a to 43d are provided. The short positioning mechanisms 43a to 43d include a cone roller 44 disposed at the entrance.
Are mounted eccentrically on the axis of the shaft, and the lever moves forward and backward when the cone roller 44 rotates.

Flaps 45a to 45d for accumulating bills are provided in the temporary accumulators 41a to 41d. The flappers 45a to 45d are linked with flapper driving solenoids 46a to 46d for rotating the flappers 45a to 45d downward by about 90 °.

An accumulation full sensor (not shown) for detecting the fullness of the accumulated bills is provided in the temporary accumulation bins 41a to 41d. When the accumulation fullness sensor (not shown) detects the fullness, the flapper driving solenoid 46a is provided. ~ 46d
Is excited, and the flappers 45a to 45d are opened. Openable and closable shutters 47 for receiving bills dropped by opening the flappers 45c to 45d are provided at the bottoms of the temporary stackers 41a to 41d. On the other end side in the temporary storage boxes 41a to 41d, there is provided a longitudinal pushing mechanism 50 for moving the accumulated bills by 5 mm in the longitudinal direction. The longitudinal pushing mechanism 50 includes a longitudinal positioning mechanism 42a-
It is installed on the side opposite to the surface on which 42d is attached, and a guide-shaped plate protrudes into the temporary storage bins 41a to 41d from the back wall by the pushing drive solenoid 51 to press the stacked banknotes. Has become.

In the above configuration, when the bill enters the temporary storage bins 41a to 41d, the bill is moved to the longitudinal alignment mechanism 42.
While being aligned by the short positioning mechanisms 43a to 43d and the short positioning mechanisms 43a to 43d, they are accumulated on the flappers 45a and 45b in the temporary accumulation boxes 41a to 41d. When the number of stacked banknotes increases and the upper surface thereof is detected by a full stack sensor (not shown), the flappers 45a and 45b rotate downward by about 90 °, and the stacked banknotes are transferred onto the lower flappers 45c and 45d. Is done. When the accumulation of the banknotes is continued as it is, the upper surface of the banknotes is detected again by the accumulation full sensor. When this detection is made, the flappers 45c and 45d also rotate downward by about 90 °. Thus, the banknotes are stored in the storage bins 41a to 41a.
It is integrated on a shutter 47 at the bottom of 41d. further,
When the accumulation of bills is continued, the upper surface of the bill is detected again by the full sensor, but here, the control unit notifies the teller machine 1a (1b) of the fullness of the accumulation section for the first time.

When the accumulation of bills is completed, the longitudinal pushing mechanism 5
0 is operated, and the stacked banknotes in the temporary stackers 41a to 41d are pressed and moved by 5 mm in the longitudinal direction. By this movement, the bill is returned from the position on the back side to the position at the time of removing the bill. Thereby, when taking out the banknotes from the storages 48a to 48d, the banknotes can be taken out at the same position as the state where the banknotes are inserted through the insertion port 11, and a large transport margin can be taken on the transport path.

The pushed stacked banknotes are stored on the shutter 47 at a position suitable for taking out, and the shutter 47 is opened right and left by a driving function (not shown), so that the storage 4
8a to 48d.

FIG. 4 is a detailed view showing the longitudinal alignment mechanisms 42a to 42d. In the figure, reference numeral 80 denotes a base. A pulse motor 86 as a drive motor is attached to the base 80. The base end of a longitudinal alignment arm 81 is supported by the pulse motor 86. At the distal end of the longitudinal alignment arm 81, a hitting rod 81a for hitting an end of a bill entering the temporary storage bins 41a to 41d is attached vertically.

A position adjusting rubber 82a (to 82d) is attached to the base end side of the longitudinal positioning arm 81. The position adjusting rubber 82a (up to 82d) has a different size and shape, for example, a temporary stacker 41 for stacking ten thousand notes.
The position adjusting rubber 82a attached to the longitudinal positioning arm 81a is small in size and shape, and is mounted so as to protrude slightly from the longitudinal positioning arm 81 in the direction of its rotation, and temporarily accumulates a 1,000-yen bill. The position adjustment rubber 82b attached to the longitudinal positioning arm 81b of 41b has a large size and shape, and is attached so as to protrude greatly from the longitudinal positioning arm 81 in the rotation direction.

The base 80 has a longitudinal alignment arm 81.
Is provided with a detection sensor 84 for detecting the initial position (first position). The detection sensor 84 is a longitudinal alignment arm 81
The initial position of the longitudinal alignment arm 81 is detected by optically detecting the standing piece 81b bent at the approximate center of the arm.

The base 80 has a longitudinal alignment arm 81.
The first stopper 85 for setting the initial position of the first and second stoppers 87 for setting the alignment position by abutting the position adjusting rubber 82a (up to 82d) of the longitudinal alignment arm 81 is fixedly provided. I have. Position adjustment rubber 82a (up to 82
d) and the second stopper 87 constitute a regulating means for regulating the amount of rotation of the longitudinal alignment arm 81, that is, the amount of hitting and pushing in the end of the bill at the time of bill alignment according to the denomination. .

Further, a spring 83 for returning the arm is connected to the longitudinal positioning arm 81 as biasing means for elastically biasing the longitudinal positioning arm 81.
The longitudinal positioning arm 81 is rotated by the biasing force of
The stopper 85 is returned to the initial position by making contact with the stopper 85.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a control system of the longitudinal positioning mechanisms 42a to 42d. In the figure, reference numeral 70a (-70d) is a counting sensor provided in the temporary storage 41a (-41) and detecting an incoming bill.
(-70d) and the detection sensor 84 for detecting the initial position of the longitudinal positioning arm 81 are controlled by the control means 65 via a signal path.
It is connected to the.

The control means 65 includes a counting sensor 70a (up to 70
d) and when a detection signal is sent from the detection sensor 84, the pulse motor 86 is driven to drive the longitudinal alignment mechanism 42a.
To 42d are operated.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the operation of the longitudinal alignment mechanisms 42a to 42d. In the initial state, the longitudinal positioning arm 81 is urged by the tension of the arm return spring 83, abuts on the first stopper 85 for setting the arm initial position, and is fixed and held at the initial position. Whether or not the longitudinal positioning arm 81 is held at the initial position is detected and determined by a detection sensor 84 for detecting the arm initial position.

When the counting process is started and the bill P is detected by the entry counting sensor 70a (to 70d), the control means 65
Thereby, the pulse motor 86 is driven. By this driving, the longitudinal positioning arm 81 is rotated by a prescribed pulse, and the hitting rod 81a strikes and pushes the end of the bill to abut on the wall surface 90 to position the bill. At this time, the longitudinal positioning arm 81 is moved by its position adjusting rubber 82a (to 82d).
Is stopped by contacting the second stopper 87, and the amount of rotation is regulated to an amount corresponding to the denomination of the bill.

After the longitudinal positioning arm 81 rotates to the positioning position and comes into contact with the position adjusting rubber 82a (to 82d), the driving of the pulse motor 86 is stopped. As a result, the longitudinal positioning arm 81 is biased by the tension of the arm return spring 83 and is forcibly returned to the initial position promptly.

When the accumulation of banknotes is completed, the pulse motor 8
6 is driven again, and the longitudinal alignment arm 81 is rotated to the alignment position to press and hold the stacked banknotes. From this state, the shutter 47 is opened and the accumulated bills are stored in the storages 48a to 48d.
The banknotes are continuously pressed and held by the longitudinal alignment arm 81 during the storing operation. When the storing operation of the stacked banknotes is completed, the longitudinal alignment arm 81 returns to the initial position by the tension of the arm return spring 83 again.

As described above, the temporary storage 41a (to 4)
1) are provided with position adjusting rubbers 82a (up to 82d) having different sizes and shapes, respectively, and the position adjusting rubbers 82 are provided when the longitudinal adjusting arms 81 rotate.
a (~ 82d) is brought into contact with the stopper 87 to regulate the amount of rotation of the longitudinal alignment arms 81 to an amount corresponding to the denomination of the banknote. The amount of hits can be optimized.

Therefore, there is no possibility that the banknotes are beaten excessively by the longitudinal positioning arms 81..., The banknotes can be stably stacked, and the banknotes are not damaged. Also,
After the longitudinal alignment arm 81 has been rotated to the alignment position, the driving of the pulse motor 86 is stopped, and the arm is returned to the initial position by the tension of the spring 83 for returning the arm. Return operation to pulse motor 8
6 can be performed without relying on the driving of the motor.

Therefore, it is possible to stably align the longitudinal direction during stacking of banknotes without causing a stacking fault due to a control malfunction, a breakage of the pulse motor 86, and a return operation fault due to the malfunction.

Further, when the stacking of the banknotes is completed and the operation shifts to the storing operation, the longitudinal alignment arm 81 is rotated to the alignment position to hold the stacked banknotes, and this holding is continued during the storing operation of the stacked banknotes. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the stacked banknotes from being misaligned due to an impact at the time of storage, and to stably store the banknotes.

[0060]

As described above, the present invention is provided with the regulating means for regulating the amount of bills pushed by the longitudinal alignment means according to the denomination of the bills. Defectiveness and excessive damage to bills can be prevented.

Further, since the longitudinal positioning means is returned to the initial position by the urging force of the urging means, it can be returned to the initial position quickly and reliably compared to the operation of the drive motor alone.
A stable positioning operation can be performed without being restricted by a control malfunction, a motor malfunction, and a rotation speed.

Further, when the bills are stored, the longitudinal alignment means is moved to the alignment position and the accumulated bills are continuously pressed and held during the accommodating operation.
A stable storing operation becomes possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a bill processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram showing a banknote pay-in / pay-out device.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a driving mechanism of a temporary storage.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a driving mechanism of a longitudinal positioning mechanism.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a drive control system of the longitudinal positioning mechanism.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing the alignment operation of the longitudinal alignment mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

 41a-41d: temporary storage (collecting means) 47: shutter (opening / closing means) 48a-48d: storage (storage part) 42a-42d: longitudinal alignment mechanism 81: longitudinal alignment arm 82a-82d: alignment position adjustment Rubber (restriction means) 83 ... arm return spring (biasing means) 86 ... pulse motor 87 ... second stopper (restriction means)

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. Stacking means for introducing and stacking bills, longitudinal aligning means for aligning by hitting and pushing in the longitudinal direction of an end of a bill introduced into the stacking means; And a regulating means for regulating a pushing amount of the bill by the position means to an amount corresponding to the denomination. 2. A stacking means for introducing and stacking bills, and a bill which is movably provided between a first position and a second position separated from the first position, and which is introduced into the stacking means. Moving the end of the first position from the first position to the second position to strike and push in the longitudinal direction to adjust the position; And a biasing means for returning the longitudinal positioning means from the second position to the first position by a force. 3. A stacking means for introducing and stacking bills, a longitudinal aligning means for aligning by hitting an end of the bills introduced into the stacking means and pushing the bills in a longitudinal direction; Opening and closing means for opening and closing the inner bottom portion; a storage portion for storing the stacked banknotes dropped from the stacking device by opening of the opening and closing means; and a longitudinal positioning means for storing the stacked banknotes in the storage portion. Control means for operating the stacked bills so as to press and hold the stacked bills until the storage thereof is completed. 4. Stacking means for introducing and stacking bills, longitudinal aligning means for aligning by hitting and pushing longitudinally the end of the bills introduced into the stacking means, and longitudinal aligning means. Regulating means for regulating the amount of the bills pushed by the means to an amount corresponding to the denomination; and a stacking means movably provided between a first position and a second position separated from the first position. Moving the end of the bill to be introduced into the first position from the first position to the second position, hitting and pushing in the longitudinal direction, and aligning the longitudinally aligning means elastically. A bill accumulating device, comprising: urging means for urging and returning the longitudinal alignment means from the second position to the first position by the urging force. 5. Stacking means for introducing and stacking bills, longitudinal aligning means for aligning by hitting the end of the bills introduced into the stacking means and pushing it in the longitudinal direction; Regulating means for regulating the amount of pushing of the bill by means according to the denomination; opening / closing means for opening / closing an inner bottom portion of the accumulating means; A storage unit for storing banknotes, and a control unit for operating the longitudinal alignment unit when storing the stacked banknotes in the storage unit to press and hold the stacked banknotes until the storage is completed. A bill accumulation device characterized by the above-mentioned. 6. A stacking means for introducing and stacking bills, and a bill which is movably provided between a first position and a second position separated from the first position, and which is introduced into the stacking means. Moving the end of the first position from the first position to the second position to strike and push in the longitudinal direction, and longitudinally aligning means. An urging means for returning the longitudinal positioning means from the second position to the first position by an urging force; an opening / closing means for opening and closing an inner bottom of the accumulating means; A storage unit for storing the stacked banknotes dropped from the unit, and a control unit for operating the longitudinal alignment unit during the storing operation of the stacked banknotes in the storage unit to press and hold the stacked banknotes until the storage is completed. And And the bill stacking device. 7. A stacking means for introducing and stacking bills, a longitudinal aligning means for aligning by hitting an end of the bills introduced into the stacking means and pushing it in a longitudinal direction; Regulating means for regulating the amount of the bills pushed by the means to an amount corresponding to the denomination; and a stacking means movably provided between a first position and a second position separated from the first position. Moving the end of the bill to be introduced into the first position from the first position to the second position, and hitting and pushing in the longitudinal direction; Urging means for urging the longitudinal positioning means to return to the first position from the second position by the urging force; opening and closing means for opening and closing an inner bottom portion of the accumulating means; Is dropped from the collecting means by opening A storage unit for storing stacked banknotes, and a control unit for operating the longitudinal alignment unit during storage operation of the stacked banknotes in the storage unit to press and hold the stacked banknotes until the storage is completed. A bill accumulation device characterized by the above-mentioned.