JPS62201737A - Storing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent paper sheets from entering a partition means by partitioning an accumulating portion by an opening and closing member fixed to a mover capable of freely reciprocating to form a temporary accumulating portion, and moving the mover in the normal and reverse directions to vary the accumulating space of the temporary accumulating portion. CONSTITUTION:At the time of receiving money, bills A are accumulated in a temporary accumulating portion 32 by an accumulating and taking out device 24. At that time, a mover 131 is moved in the direction of an arrow (a) at a designated distance, for example, 40mm. Accordingly, a separator mechanism 28 is moved to the right at the distance of 40mm. In this case, claws of upper and lower flappers 132, 133 press the bills A. Thus, the temporary accumulating portion 32 having a wide space of 40mm is formed. Secondly, a turning body 108 is turned to the left, a turning body 122 is turned to the right, and an impeller 100 is rotated to accumulate the first bill A at the accumulating portion 32. Subsequently, the mover 131 is moved at the distance of 30mm in the direction of an arrow (b), so that the temporary accumulating portion 32 is reduced to a narrow space of 10mm. The second and following bills A are registered and accumulated to stop the impeller, the flappers are opened, the mover is moved in the direction of the arrow (b) for the number of accumulated bills, and the flappers are closed. Thus, the bills at the accumulating portion are stored in an accommodating portion 20.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Objective of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention is used for a deposit/withdrawal device that is installed in, for example, a mechanized corner of a bank and automatically deposits and withdraws banknotes. The present invention relates to a storage device as a safe.

(Prior art) In recent years, deposit and withdrawal devices (Tellers Machines)
:ATM) is installed in the mechanized corner of a bank and automatically dispenses cash (ATM) using a transaction medium such as a card or passbook.
The system allows customers to withdraw banknotes (withdrawals) or make deposits (deposits) using their own operations, and the opening hours are extended even after bank counters close, and unmanned systems are installed inside department stores, supermarkets, etc. It is predicted that the number of installed units will increase in the future, as they can be used for various purposes such as operational purposes.

Against this background, improving the efficiency of operating funds for deposit and withdrawal devices, as well as improving the efficiency and rationalization of personnel, has become an important issue for financial institutions such as banks. In order to improve the efficiency of operating funds, which is one of the issues, a banknote circulation type deposit and withdrawal device that allocates deposited banknotes to disbursed banknotes has been developed and put into practical use.

In the above-described deposit/withdrawal device, a stacking section for stacking banknotes as a safe, a temporary stacking section for temporarily stacking the banknotes, a partitioning means constituted by an opening/closing member forming the temporary stacking section, and a partitioning means for separating the banknotes. A movable body that moves in the stacking direction,
It is comprised of an alignment guide plate that guides the longitudinal alignment of banknotes in the temporary stacking section. At the time of deposit, banknotes supplied from the stacking/retrieving device are sequentially stacked in the temporary stacking section, and the banknotes stacked in the stacking section are sequentially taken out. For example, this is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 58-18535 or Japanese Patent Application No. 58-85247.

However, in a safe serving as a storage device in a deposit/withdrawal device as described above, a movable body (carriage) is moved a predetermined distance when depositing money, thereby forming temporary accumulation portions at regular intervals. Then, banknotes are sequentially stacked in this temporary stacking section. Therefore, regardless of the number of accumulated banknotes,
Temporary accumulation parts are formed at regular intervals (accumulation spaces).

For this reason, when banknotes are stacked in the temporary stacking section, there is a problem in that the banknotes get stuck between the partition means, that is, the flapper, and the stacked banknotes, causing stacking failures such as damage to the banknotes.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> As mentioned above, the present invention eliminates the disadvantages of paper sheets getting into the partition means and causing poor stacking such as damage to the paper sheets. To provide a storage device capable of preventing paper sheets from entering a partitioning means and orderly stacking paper sheets in a temporary stacking part.

[Configuration of the Invention (Means for Solving Problems) The storage device of the present invention includes a stacking section for stacking paper sheets, a partition that partitions the stacking section by closing an opening/closing member and forms a temporary stacking section. means, a movable body to which the opening/closing member is attached and capable of reciprocating along the stacking direction of the stacked paper sheets;
a first moving means for forming a temporary stacking section with a wide stacking space by moving the movable body a predetermined distance when stacking the first paper sheet in the temporary stacking section; a second moving means that forms a temporary stacking section with a narrow stacking space by moving the movable body a predetermined distance in a direction opposite to the first moving means when stacking paper sheets in the temporary stacking section; It consists of

(Function) This invention stacks paper sheets in a stacking section, partitions the stacking section by closing an opening/closing member to form a temporary stacking section, and when stacking the first paper sheet in the temporary stacking section, The stacking space of the temporary stacking section is widened, and when the second and subsequent sheets are stacked in the temporary stacking section, the stacking space of the temporary stacking section is narrowed.

(Actual 17I! Example) Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 shows a banknote circulation type depositing and dispensing device according to the present invention. That is, in this deposit/withdrawal device 1, a character-shaped operation section 3 is formed on the customer service side of the main body 2. The vertical panel section 3a has a bankbook insertion slot 4, a card insertion slot 5, and a slip issuing slot 6. ) 7, an operation section 9 having a plurality of operation buttons 8, and a guide display section, that is, a CRT display section 10.

In addition, a passbook reading/printing device (not shown) that accepts a passbook inserted through the above-mentioned passbook insertion slot 4, reads and records its magnetic information, and prints transaction details, is also provided in the main body 2, and a passbook reading/printing device (not shown) that accepts a passbook inserted through the above-mentioned passbook insertion slot 4, reads and records the magnetic information, and prints transaction details. A card and slip processing unit [1f11
is provided. Further, the main body 2 houses a deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 having functions for depositing and returning forgotten banknotes, collecting forgotten banknotes, loading and inspecting them, and an internal monitor device 13.

Next, the configuration of the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 will be explained with reference to FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 14 denotes a unit main body of the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12, and in the upper part of the front side (towards the customer service side) of the unit main body 14, there is a bill loading/unloading device 15 corresponding to the deposit/withdrawal 07.
is provided.

In addition, the rear side of the unit main body 14 (the direction opposite to the customer service side)
The first, second, third, and fourth safe cassettes 16, 17, 18, and 19 are arranged from the bottom to the top, and the 5,000 yen/rejected banknote storage unit 20 serves as a non-conforming banknote storage unit. , a thousand yen banknote storage section 21, a ten thousand yen banknote storage section 22, and a collection/loading banknote storage section 23. Further, the first to fourth safe cassettes 16, 17, 18, 19 can be pulled out to the rear of the main body 2 by opening the cover 12a of the main body 2 of the cash withdrawal device R1.

Further, in the central part of the front and rear (horizontal direction in the figure) inside the unit main body 14, there are first, second, third, and fourth stacking and retrieving devices facing the banknote storage section 20, 21, 22, and 23. 24
．． 25, 26, 27 are arranged, and each banknote storage section 20, 21, 22, 23 is provided with a separator mechanism 28, 29, 30, 31 as a partition means for separating the transaction and previous transactions. is provided, and a temporary accumulation section 3 is provided between each accumulation and extraction device 24, 25, 26, 27.
2.33.34.35.

Further, an inspection section 36 is disposed approximately at the center in the front vertical direction within the unit body 14, and a front-back reversing section 37 is provided below this, and a temporary accumulation section 38 is provided at the front.

In addition, a paper and banknote transport path R is formed in the unit main body 14 so that paper sheets, such as banknotes A, can be transported to various parts, and a rotary solenoid (not shown) is used as a drive source at the branching part. Sorting gates 39a to 39h
is installed. Furthermore, bill passage detectors 40a to 40u are installed at various locations along the bill conveyance path R,
Bill presence/absence detectors (residual check sensors) 418 to 41i are arranged at each stacking location where the banknotes are stacked. The banknote passage detectors 40a to 40u and the banknote presence/absence detectors 418 to 41i have a well-known structure consisting of a light emitting element and a light receiving element.

Note that each banknote storage section 20, 21, 22, and 23 is equipped with a full detector 44, a preliminary full detector 45, and a detector 4, respectively.
2 and an empty reserve detector 43 are provided. Each of the above-mentioned detectors 42, 43, 44, 45 is composed of, for example, a microswitch, and is turned on and off by a movable body 99 fixed to a push plate 98.

Next, referring to FIG. 5, the accumulation/retrieval device 24 (
, 25, 26, 27) and the separator mechanism 28 (, 29, 30° 31) as the partitioning means will be explained. In the figure, reference numeral 100 denotes an accumulation impeller, and this accumulation impeller 100 has a shaft 103 that is rotatably suspended horizontally via a bearing 102 attached to a frame (not shown).
installed on. The shaft 103 is rotated in a predetermined direction (clockwise in the state shown in FIG. 5) by a pulse motor (not shown).

A pair of rotary bodies 10 as a take-out mechanism are disposed outside and partially overlapping with the outer periphery of the accumulating impeller 100.
6 is provided. This rotating body 106 is driven in the forward direction via a drive system (not shown).

Further, a rotating body 108 is provided nested with the rotating body 106 and the impeller 100 as the above-described extraction mechanism. This rotating body 108 is configured to be able to rotate by being driven in the forward or reverse direction by a pulse motor (not shown) about the shaft 107.

Furthermore, a stopper rotating body 122 is provided at the bottom of the impeller 100 in a nested manner with the rotating body 106 . This rotating body 122 is configured to be able to rotate around a shaft 123 as a support shaft.

Further, at the takeout port 112, a double-bill prevention roller 11 is provided to separate second and subsequent banknotes A to be taken out along with the endmost banknote A to be taken out by the rotating body 106.
3 is provided.

Further, the terminal end of a carry-in section R5 branched from the vertical conveyance section R4 faces the upper part of the arrangement section of the impeller 100.100, and the banknotes A sorted through the sorting gate 39d are transferred to the impeller 100.100. It is designed to lead to. Further, a discharge portion R6 whose terminal end merges with the vertical conveyance portion R4 is formed at a lower portion of the arrangement portion of the impeller 100.100,
The banknotes A taken out are fed into the conveyance path R6 via the rotary body 106 serving as the above-mentioned taking out mechanism. Banknote passage detector 40m installed in the middle of the above loading section R5
The passage of the accumulated banknotes to the temporary stacking section 32 is detected by the banknote passage detector 4 provided in the middle of the carrying out section R6.
The presence or absence of remaining banknotes is detected by 0p.

Further, the banknote A guided by the impeller 100 is moved by the guide 143, the belt 146 with a low friction coefficient, and the leaf spring 147.
Then, the movable body 108 is used to accumulate them in the temporary accumulation section 32.

Next, the configuration of the separator mechanism 28 as the partitioning means will be explained using FIG. 6. That is, a rectangular frame-shaped movable body 131 is provided to surround the banknote group A... stacked on the pedestal 130.

The movable body 131 is supported by guide rods 128 and 129 via linear bearings (not shown) so as to be able to reciprocate along the stacking direction of the banknotes A. This movable body 131 has upper and lower horizontal frame portions 13-18, 131b, and a plurality of claws 132a-.

Flappers (opening/closing members) 132, 133 having 133a, . . . are mounted rotatably around support shafts 134, 135.

In addition, the driving force of a VR type pulse motor 136 is connected to these seven levers 132 and 133 by a link mechanism 137a,
137b, and the above molds 132a..., 1
33a... are configured to be able to be inserted into and removed from the accumulation area of banknotes A....

Further, a drive pulley 139 attached to the drive shaft of a VR type pulse motor 138 is disposed near one end of one guide rod 129, and a driven pulley 140 is disposed near the other end. The movable body 131 has a timing belt 141 which is stretched around these pulleys 139 and 140.
The middle part of is connected. In the normal state, this movable body 1
In order to maintain the movable body 131 in a normal position, an initial position detector and a forward position detector (not shown) are provided, and the movable body 131 is stopped at this position.

Note that even if the movable body 131 advances to the forward position, each
This prevents the flaps 132 and 133 from coming into contact with the stacking/retrieval device 124.

Reference numerals 144 and 144 in the figure are alignment guide plates that are movably disposed on both end faces of the temporary stacking section 32 by means not shown, and align the banknotes A in the longitudinal direction.

The banknote group A on the pedestal 30 has a pressing spring 9
A push plate 97 and a moving body 9 to which a pressing force is applied by 9
It is pressed by a back-up body consisting of 8.

FIG. 7 is for explaining the main parts of the electric circuit.

That is, the control unit 150 controls the entire system.

The control unit 150 controls the counter 1 to calculate the number of accumulated bills for each predetermined number of bills in accordance with the detection signal from the bill passage detector 40m.
It is counted by 51. Further, the control unit 150 determines whether a banknote is jammed when taking out a banknote (withdrawal) according to a detection signal from the banknote presence/absence detector 40o. Drino (152, 154, 155 are pulse motors 156, 13, respectively, in response to control signals from the control section 150)
6.138.

The drivers 153 and 158 respectively excite the solenoids 57 and 159 in response to control signals from the control section 150. In addition, the control unit 150 controls the drivers 152, 154, 155 and drives the pulse motors 156, 136, 138 depending on the status of deposits, withdrawals, etc., thereby controlling the impeller 100, the rotating body 108, and the like, respectively.
The rotating body 106 and the movable body 131 are operated. Further, the control section 150 controls the drivers 153 and 158 according to the status of deposits, withdrawals, etc., and excites the relenoids 157 and 159, thereby rotating the rotating bodies 108 and 122, respectively. There is.

That is, when stacking the first banknote such as when depositing, the control unit 150 controls the driver 155 and drives the pulse motor 138 to move the movable body 131 in the direction a, that is, move the flappers 132 and 133 a predetermined distance. (about 40m
m) It is designed to move backwards. In addition, the control unit 150 controls the driver 155 and drives the pulse motor 138 to move the movable body 1
31 in direction b, that is, flapper 132.
133 by a predetermined distance (approximately 30 mm). Further, the control unit 150 controls the driver 155 to control the pulse motor 138 every time the count value of the counter 151 reaches a predetermined number when collecting the second and subsequent banknotes such as when depositing.
By driving the movable body 131 in the direction a, that is, the flappers 132 and 133 are moved a predetermined distance (2,
2mm).

Next, the operation in such a configuration will be explained.

For example, when depositing money, banknotes A are transported via the vertical transport section R4 and the carry-in section R5, and are stacked in the temporary stacking section 32 by the stacking/removal device 24.

At this time, first, the control unit 150 controls the driver 155 and drives the pulse motor 138 to move the movable body 131 a predetermined distance, for example, 40 mm in the a direction. As a result, the separator mechanism 28 is moved from the standby state (STI) shown in FIG. 2(a) by a certain distance (b).
) (in this case, moved approximately 40 mm to the right). In this case, both upper and lower flappers 1
The claws 132a..., 133a... of 32.133 are in a state of holding down the bill A (see the fifth factor). As a result, a temporary stacking section 32 with a wide space of 4 Qmm is formed in front of each stacking/unloading device [24]. Next, by controlling the drivers 153 and 158, the control unit 150 causes the solenoid 157 to rotate the rotating body 108 to the left, and the solenoid 159 to rotate the rotating body 122 to the right, that is, as shown in FIG. The state shown in C) is reached (Sr3)
. Then, the impeller 100 is rotated to enter a state in which the banknote A is started to be taken in (Sr4).

Then, the first stack of banknotes is transported by the carry-in section R5, and the banknotes A guided by the impeller 100 collide with the rotating body 108 and come off the impeller 100. The first banknote A that has come off the impeller 100 is stacked in the lower temporary stacking section 32 (Sr5).

Moreover, the first stacked banknote is conveyed by the carry-in section R5, and 0.4
Seconds later, the control unit 150 controls the driver 155 to drive the pulse motor 138 to move the movable body 131 to b.
(Sr6
). As a result, the separator mechanism 28 is moved approximately 30 mm to the left to the position shown in FIG. 2(d) at the same time as the first banknote A is stacked in the temporary stacking section 32. As a result, a temporary accumulation section 32 having a narrow space of 10 mm is formed in front of each accumulation/retrieval device @24.

Then, the second and subsequent banknotes A are carried in by the carry-in section R5, and the banknotes A guided to the impeller 100 are transferred to the rotating body 108.
It comes off from the impeller 100 by colliding with the impeller 100. At this time, by rotating the rotary body 10.6, which has a hole in it and a part of its circumference is made of a high-friction material, in a clockwise direction, the rotary body 122 blocks the banknote outlet 112. The banknotes A that have come off from the impeller 100 are stacked one by one in the lower temporary stacking section 24 (Sr7).

Further, the longitudinal direction of the banknotes A is aligned by an alignment guide plate 147 that moves by means not shown.
It is carried out at a time when it is accumulated outside of the country.

Further, during the above-mentioned stacking, the control unit 150 detects the number of stacked bills A on the counter 15 based on the detection signal from the bill passage detector 40m.
Count by 1. Then, the control unit 150 controls the driver 15 every time the counter 151 counts a predetermined number of sheets.
5 and drives the pulse motor 138 to move the movable body 131 a predetermined distance in the direction a, for example 2.2 mm (
10 banknotes) (Sr1). This results in
The stacking pressure on the banknotes A stacked in the temporary stacking section 32 can be relieved, and good stacking can always be performed.

Then, when the control unit 150 determines that the accumulation of banknotes A is completed (ST9), the control unit 150 controls the driver 155 to 11 Ill L, .
By driving the pulse motor 138, the movable body 131
is moved 10 mm in the direction a (ST10). This moves the separator mechanism 28 approximately 10 mm to the right.

Next, the control unit 150 stops the impeller 1oO and ends the intake process (ST11). Then, the control unit 150
are the claws 132a and 132 of both the upper and lower flappers 132 and 133.
..., 133a... is opened, and the movable body 131 is moved in the b direction (1 mm for 10 banknotes) by driving the pulse motor 138 corresponding to the number of sheets accumulated in the temporary stacking section 28 counted by the counter 151. Make it move. Then, when the corresponding accumulated number valve and movable body 131 move, the control unit 150 controls the claw 1 of both the upper and lower flappers 132 and 133.
32a...

133a... is closed. As a result, the banknotes A accumulated in the temporary stacking section 32 on the front side of the stacking/retrieving device 28 are stored in the bill storage section 20 (ST12).

Incidentally, a flowchart for explaining the main part of the above operation is shown in FIG.

In addition, the temporary accumulation section 3 of the other banknote storage sections 21, 22, and 23
When banknotes are stacked at 3.34.35, the operation is similar to that when banknotes are stacked in the temporary stacking section 32 of the banknote storage section 20.

In the above embodiment, the accumulation/take-out device uses an impeller, but the invention is not limited to this, and direct accumulation may be used.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, the present invention provides a storage device that can prevent paper sheets from entering the partitioning means and that can stack paper sheets in a temporary stacking section in an orderly manner. can.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a flowchart for explaining the main part of the operation, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the stacking state of banknotes and the movement state of the separator mechanism at the time of deposit. Figure 3 is an external perspective view of the automatic transaction device, the fourth factor is a schematic longitudinal side view of the deposit/withdrawal mechanism, Figure 5 is a schematic side view of the banknote storage section and the stacking/retrieving device, and Figure 6 is FIG. 7 is a schematic plan view of the separator mechanism and the accumulation/takeout device, and a block diagram showing the configuration of the main parts of the electric circuit. 20.21.22.23...Banknote storage section (accumulation section)
, 24.25.26.27... Accumulation/retrieval device, 2
8.29.30.31...Separator mechanism (partition means), 32.33.34.35...Temporary accumulation section, 40m
...Banknote passing detector, 40p...Discarded banknote presence detector,
100... Integrating impeller, 106... Rotating body, 10
8...Rotating body, 131...Movable body, 132.133
...Flapper (opening/closing member), 132a~, 1338~...Claw, 136.138.1
56.157...Pulse motor, 15o...Control unit, 151...Counter, 152.153.154゜1
55...Driver, A...Banknotes (paper sheets), R4.
...Vertical conveyance section, R5... Carrying-in section, R6... Carrying-out section. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue (a) (c) Figure 2 Figure 3

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A storage device for storing paper sheets, comprising: a stacking section for stacking the paper sheets; partitioning means for partitioning the stacking section by closing an opening/closing member to form a temporary stacking section; a movable body that is attached and can reciprocate along the stacking direction of the stacked paper sheets; and a stacking space by moving the movable body a predetermined distance when stacking the first paper sheet in the temporary stacking section. a first moving means forming a wide temporary stacking section; when stacking the second and subsequent paper sheets in the temporary stacking section;
a storage device comprising: second moving means for forming a temporary accumulation section with a narrow accumulation space by moving the movable body a predetermined distance in a direction opposite to the first moving means; . (2) The first moving means moves the movable body every predetermined number of sheets when stacking paper sheets in the temporary stacking section. Storage device.