JPS6226067B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION "Field of Industrial Application" The present invention relates to a banknote storage device used in money exchange machines, automatic deposit machines, and the like.

``Prior Art'' Conventionally, a currency exchange machine such as that shown in FIG. By operating the operation button of the operation unit 2 in such a manner, the desired denomination and desired amount can be obtained in the banknote takeout unit 3, packaged banknote takeout unit 4, and loose banknote takeout unit 5, respectively.

By the way, the above-mentioned money exchange machine is equipped with a banknote storage device as shown in FIG. This banknote storage device is configured such that banknotes A inserted through the banknote insertion slot 1 are temporarily stored in a storage device 6 and then stored in a storage box 7. That is, the storage device has four rotating plates 9 attached to a pair of rotating shafts 8, 8, respectively,
When the banknotes A are placed one after another on the rotary plates 9, 9 to reach the desired number, the rotary shafts 8, 8 rotate,
the rotary plates 9, 9 are rotated downwardly apart from each other;
As a result, the banknotes A fall from above the rotating plates 9, 9 into the storage box 7 below.

"Problems to be Solved by the Invention" However, since the above-described banknote storage device is designed to drop and store banknotes A from the storage device 6 into the storage box 7, banknotes A may fall. Not only do the banknotes fall apart on the way, making it impossible to obtain the desired orderly storage condition, but also the number of banknotes that can be stored in the storage box 7 decreases because the banknotes stored in a loose state are bulky. There was a drawback that the storage rate of the storage box 7 was poor. Further, if the banknotes A are stored in a separate state, when the clerk takes out the banknotes A from the storage box 7, the task of taking them out is very troublesome and troublesome.

Furthermore, the banknote A inserted from the banknote insertion slot 1 is
While being conveyed toward the storage device 6, the authenticity and denomination of the banknotes are determined by a discrimination device, and if the banknotes are normal, they are fed into the storage device 6 as they are.
In the case of an abnormal banknote, it is designed to be returned to the banknote insertion slot 1, but in the conventional storage device 6, the banknote A that is temporarily stored is only placed on the rotary plates 9, so it is difficult to identify the banknote. As a result, when the banknotes deemed to be abnormal banknotes are returned to the banknote insertion slot 1, the rotary plate 9,
If the banknotes temporarily stored on the storage device 6 come into contact with the banknotes temporarily stored on the storage device 6, there is a risk that the banknotes temporarily stored in the storage device 6 will be sent out to the banknote insertion slot 1 along with the abnormal banknotes. , so that the tip of the banknote does not protrude into the storage device 6.
Another drawback is that the banknote transport path of the discriminator must be made longer than necessary.

This invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to stack banknotes in an aligned state in a storage device, securely hold them,
To provide a banknote storage device that can store a large number of banknotes in the storage box and easily take out the banknotes from the storage box by arranging and storing the stacked banknotes in an aligned state in the storage box. It is to be.

"Means for Solving the Problems" In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a storage device in which banknotes are sequentially taken in one by one from a banknote discrimination mechanism and temporarily stored, and a banknote discharged from the storage device. In a banknote storage device comprising a storage box for receiving and storing banknotes at a lower side, the storage device is provided rotatably around a horizontal axis, and the upper surface thereof is arranged so that the banknotes are placed thereon. a pair of mounting plates provided to be movable between a closed position where the banknotes are horizontal and an open position where the upper surfaces thereof are spaced downward from each other so as to allow the banknotes placed thereon to fall;
A regulating means provided on the shaft of the mounting plate to prevent the mounting plate from reversing when rotated from the closed position to the open position, and urging the mounting plate from the open position to the closed position. A biasing means and a releasing means for releasing the prevention of reverse rotation of the placing plate by the regulating means are provided so as to be able to reciprocate in the vertical direction, and when the placing plate is in the closed position, the banknotes placed on the upper surface are removed from above. support,
a pressing member that rotates the pair of placement plates from a closed position to an open position by pressing downwardly the banknotes placed on the placement plates;
A press member is provided on both sides of the pressing member so as to be movable up and down between a lowered position approaching the placing plate and a raised position away from the placing plate, and supports the banknotes on the placing plate from above. The presser rod is provided between the presser rod and the pressing member, and the presser rod and the drive motor, and when the pressing member is positioned above the mounting plate, the presser rod is placed in a lowered position close to the mounting plate. and a drive transmission mechanism that positions the presser rod at a raised position away from the placement plate when the pressing member is placed in a position to support banknotes on the placement plate from above. There is.

"Function" According to the present invention, the pressing member is disposed above the mounting plate, and the presser rod is disposed at a lowered position close to the mounting plate, so that the pressing member is placed above the mounting plate first. The placed banknotes are supported from above by the presser rod, and the banknotes fed by the banknote discrimination mechanism are placed on the placement plate with the presser rod in between.

Further, by disposing the pressing member at a position to support the banknotes on the placing plate from above and by placing the presser rod at a raised position away from the placing plate, the pressing member banknotes are supported from above, and as a result, even if the presser rod is moved to the raised position, the banknotes that have been placed on the placement plate with the presser rod in between will not move forward. The accumulated state of banknotes is maintained without detaching from the banknotes placed on the banknotes.

Furthermore, when a predetermined number of banknotes are stacked on the placing plate, by moving the pressing member further downward and pressing the banknotes on the placing plate downward,
The position of the mounting plate shifts from the closed position to the open position. That is, when the pressing member presses the placing plate from above through the banknote, the placing plate is rotated around a horizontal axis, and the upper surfaces thereof are spaced downward from each other. , the stacked banknotes are dropped toward the storage box while sliding on the upper surface of the placement plate.

At this time, the placing plate that has been rotated from the closed position to the open position is prevented from reversing by the regulating means, so that the pressing member presses the bill and causes the bill to fall toward the storage box. It never closes when it is in use. Moreover, the mounting plate in the open position is moved from the open position to the closed position by releasing the prevention of reverse rotation by the regulating means. In other words, the mounting plate whose reverse rotation prevention is released by the regulating means is rotated by the urging of the urging means and moved to the closed position.

"Embodiment" Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail based on FIGS. 3 to 9. FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of the banknote storage device, which includes:
A bill insertion slot 10 into which a bill A is inserted, and the bill A
A discriminating device 11 that discriminates the denomination (10,000 yen bill, 5000 yen bill, 1000 yen bill, 500 yen bill) and authenticity, and a storage device 12 that temporarily stores the discriminated banknotes A together.
and a storage box 13 that stores the stored banknotes A.
It is composed of:

The discrimination device 11 is provided with a pair of upper and lower belt conveyors 14, 14 for conveying the banknotes A inserted into the banknote insertion slot 10 to the storage device 12, and also distinguishes the denomination and type of the banknotes A sent in. Discriminators 15, 15 for determining authenticity are arranged and configured.

Further, the storage device 12 includes the discrimination device 11
It is arranged on the side from which banknotes A are sent out.
This storage device 12 will be explained below based on FIGS. 3 to 6. In the figure, reference numeral 16 denotes a bill guide member for guiding the bill A conveyed from the discrimination device 11, and these bill guide members 16, 16 are attached to the storage device case 17. Near the banknote guide members 16, 16 (side where banknotes A are sent out)
, a take-in roller 1 takes in the banknote A.
8 and 18 are attached to shafts 19 and 19.
The shafts 19, 19 are rotatably supported by the case 17, and are rotated by a drive device (not shown). Near the take-in rollers 18, 18 (side where banknotes A are sent out)
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, banknotes A
A pair of mounting plates 20, 20 on which the objects are placed are arranged facing each other in the same horizontal plane. The mounting plates 20, 20 are provided with a pair of shafts 2 rotatably arranged.
1, 21, and this shaft 21, 2
1, the mounting plates 20, 20 are rotated downward and separated (opened). Ratchet wheels 22, 22 are attached to the shafts 21, 21, respectively, and the ratchet wheels 22, 22 are attached to the shafts 21, 21, respectively.
Pawls 23, 23, which engage with the grooves of the ratchet wheels 22, 22, are rotatably mounted around shafts 24, 24 near the outer peripheries of the ratchet wheels 22, 22. This claw 2
3 and 23 are attached with springs 25 and 25 which act so that the pawls 23 and 23 are always engaged with the grooves of the ratchet wheels 22 and 22. Furthermore, the claw 2
3, 23, the pawls 23, 23 are rotated against the springs 25, 25, and the pawl wheel 2
Release plates 26 and 26 are attached to the shaft 27 to release the locking of the shafts 2 and 22. This shaft 27 is configured to be rotated by a solenoid 27a. Further, the shafts 21, 21 are provided with the mounting plates 20, 20 after the mounting plates 20, 20 are opened.
Coil springs 28, 2 for returning 20 to the original state
8 is installed. As a result, the mounting plates 20, 20 are rotated downwardly away from each other (opening operation).
After that, when the release plates 26, 26 are rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 4 by the solenoid 27a to separate the pawls 23, 23 from the pawl wheels 22, 22, the coil springs 28, 28 close the pawls 23, 23. Then, it is returned to its original state (the state in which banknotes A are placed).

Moreover, above the said placing plates 20, 20, the press member 29 which presses the banknote A onto the said placing plates 20, 20 is arrange|positioned. A support column 30 is erected on the pressing member 29, and a sliding member 31 arranged parallel to the support column 30 is attached to the support column 30. This sliding member 31 is attached to a support block 32 fixed to the case 17 so as to be slidable in the vertical direction. Further, a spring 33 is attached to the upper end of the support column 30 via rollers 34 for pulling it upward. Furthermore, a lower protruding plate 35 is provided at the lower part of the support column 30. This protruding plate 3
A roller 37 provided at one end of a lower rotating member 36 is in contact with the top of the roller 5 . The lower rotating member 3
6 is rotatably supported by a shaft 38 fixed to the case 17. A spring 39 is attached to this lower rotating member 36, and this spring 39
The rollers 4 provided on the lower rotating member 36 are
0 comes into contact with the stacking cam 41. The stacking cam 41 is attached to a rotating shaft 42, and as the stacking cam 41 rotates, the lower rotating member 36 is rotated to reciprocate the pressing member 29 by a stroke a in the vertical direction. It is done like this. Rotation of a drive shaft 45 in one direction (in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 4) is transmitted to the rotating shaft 42 through a gear 43 and a gear 44 with a one-way clutch. Further, an upper protruding plate 46 is provided on the upper part of the support column 30 . This upper protruding plate 46 has an upper rotating member 4
7 is in contact with a roller 48 provided at one end. The upper rotating member 47 is fixed to the case 17 and rotatably supported by a shaft 49.
Further, a spring 50 is attached to the upper rotating member 47 via a roller 51.
0, the rollers 52 provided on the upper rotating member 47 are brought into contact with the storage cam 53. The storage cam 53 is attached to a rotation shaft 54, and as the leader cam 53 rotates, the upper rotation member 47 rotates, and the storage cam 53 is attached to the rotation shaft 54. The pressing member 29 is reciprocated by a stroke b in the vertical direction. That is, the storage cam 5
3, the pressing member 29 is moved downward to open the pair of placing plates 20, 20, and the pressing member 29 is further moved below the placing plates 20, 20 to open the storage box 13. It is shaped so that it can be inserted inside. Furthermore, the rotating shaft 54 is a pulley 55,
On the other hand, rotation of the drive shaft 45 in one direction (direction of arrow Y in FIG. 4) is transmitted through a transmission means consisting of a pulley 56 with a clutch and a belt 57.

Moreover, above both sides of the mounting plates 20, 20,
Presser rods 58, 58 are arranged to press both sides of the bill A and clamp it onto the placement plates 20, 20. The presser rods 58, 58 are attached to a mounting member 59, and this mounting member 59 is attached to a sliding member 60. This sliding member 60 is attached to the support block 6 attached to the case 17.
1 so that it can move up and down. Further, a flat plate 62 is attached to the upper end of the sliding member 60, and a rotating member 63 is attached to the lower surface of the flat plate 62.
A roller 64 provided at one end is in contact with the roller 64 . This rotating member 63 is rotatably attached to a shaft 65 fixed to the case 17.
Further, a roller 66 is provided at the other end of the rotating member 63, and a pressing cam 67 is in contact with this roller 66. This pressing cam 67 is attached to the rotating shaft 42, and when the rotating shaft 42 rotates, the pressing cam 67 also rotates, and the rotating member 63 is accordingly rotated, thereby causing the sliding member to rotate. The presser rods 58, 58 are caused to reciprocate in the vertical direction via the levers 60.

Then, the storage device 12 configured as described above
As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a storage box 13 is detachably mounted below the mounting plates 20, 20. An insertion slot 70 into which banknotes A are inserted is formed in the upper part of the storage box 13. Guide grooves 71, 71 are provided on both side edges of the insertion opening 70, and a substantially flat upper cover 72 is inserted into the guide grooves 71, 71 so as to be inserted therethrough. A locking plate 74 is attached to one end of the upper lid 72 (the left end in FIG. 7) via a long sleeve 73. This locking plate 74 is designed to prevent the upper lid 72 from being pulled out from the inner grooves 71, 71 when the upper lid 72 is pulled out, and a locking hole 75 is formed in the locking plate 74. the guide groove 71,
71, a lock piece 76 provided at the lower part of the insertion opening 70 is inserted into the lock height 75. Further, locking pieces 77, 77 are provided on one side of the upper lid 72, and these locking pieces 77, 77 are attached to a side lid 78, which will be described later.
It is adapted to be inserted into a locking groove 79 provided in the. Furthermore, a take-out port 80 for taking out the stored banknotes A is formed on one side of the storage box 13, and the side lid 78 is attached to the take-out port 80 so as to be openable and closable. Furthermore, in the storage box 13, there is a holding stand 81 for holding banknotes A.
are arranged so as to be movable up and down along guide members 82, 82, as shown in FIG. This holding stand 81
On both sides of the springs 83, 83 are connected to rollers 84, 84.
The holding base 81 is always pulled upward by the springs 83, 83. In the figure, reference numerals 85 and 85 are rollers on which the storage box 13 rolls along a guide rail (not shown), and reference numerals 86 and 86 are gripping portions for carrying the storage box 13.

Next, the operation of the banknote storage device configured as described above will be explained. First, when bills A are inserted one by one into the bill insertion slot 10, the discriminating device 11
Storage device 1 by belt conveyors 14, 14
When the banknote A is transported to the second side, the denomination and authenticity of the banknote A are determined during this transport process. The banknote A discriminated in this manner is transferred to the banknote guide member 1.
6, 16 and the uptake roller 1
8 and 18 into the storage device 12. The bills A taken in in this manner are placed between the placing plates 20, 20 and the pressing member 29 and on the presser rods 58, 58 as shown in FIG. 9A. When the bill A is placed on the presser rods 58, 58 in this way, the drive shaft 4 is moved by a drive device (not shown).
5 is rotated in the direction of arrow X, and the rotating shaft 42 is rotated via the gear 44 with clutch and the gear 43. When the rotating shaft 42 rotates in this way, the stacking cam 41 and the pressing cam 67 start rotating at the same time, but first the stacking cam 4
1, the lower rotating member 36 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 3, and the support column 30 is pushed down by a stroke a against the spring 33. As a result, the pressing member 29 pushes the bill A in the direction shown in FIG. Press it onto the mounting plates 20, 20 as shown in FIG. When the pressing member 29 presses the bill A onto the placement plates 20, 20 in this manner, the pressing cam 67 rotates the rotating member 63 in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. As a result, the presser rods 58, 58 are moved above the banknote A as shown in FIG. 9C.
After this, as the pressing cam 67 further rotates,
The rotating member 63 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 4, thereby the sliding member 60 is moved downward, and the presser rods 58, 58 are lowered as shown in FIG. 9 D. As a result, Banknote A is pressed against the presser rods 58, 5
8 and is pressed onto and clamped onto the mounting plates 20, 20. In this way, the banknote A is
0,20, the stacking cam 4
1, the lower rotating member 36 is rotated by the spring 3.
9 in the counterclockwise direction in FIGS. 3 and 4, the support column 30 is pulled up by the spring 33, and the pressing member 29 is rotated upward from the banknote A as shown in FIG. 9E. is moved and returned to its original state. In this way, the storage device 12
, the customer inserts banknote A from the banknote insertion slot 10,
After the discriminating device 11 discriminates the banknote A as a normal banknote, the above-described taking operation is repeated every time the banknote A is fed between the pressing member 29 and the presser rods 58, 58.
The inserted bill A is placed between the placing plates 20, 20 and the presser rod 5.
8 and 58, they are held in an aligned state as shown in FIG. 9 and temporarily stored. When the customer performs a predetermined operation using the operation unit and the exchange with the desired currency is successfully completed, the drive shaft 45 is rotated in the direction of the arrow Y, and the pulley 5 with the clutch is rotated.
6. The rotating shaft 54 is rotated via the pulley 55 and belt 57. As a result, the storage cam 53 is rotated, and the rotating member 47 is rotated as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.
Rotate clockwise in the figure to push down the support column 30 against the spring 33. In this way, the pressing member 2
9 is pushed down, as shown in FIG. The placement plates 20, 20 are opened. When the placement plates 20, 20 are opened in this manner, the ratchet wheels 22, 22 are locked by the pawls 23, 23, and the placement plates 20, 20 are held in the open state. After this, when the pressing member 29 is further moved downward, the banknotes A are arranged in the storage box 13 attached below the storage device 12 as shown in FIG. inserted. That is, the holding stand 81 provided in the storage box 13 is pushed down against the springs 83, 83. In this way, the storage cam 53
When is further rotated, the upper rotating member 47 is rotated counterclockwise in FIGS. 3 and 4 by the spring 50, whereby the support column 30 is
It is pulled up by the handler and becomes the state shown in FIG. Incidentally, as the pressing member 29 rises, the holding base 81 in the storage box 13 releases the spring 83,
83, and when the banknotes A are aligned, the holding table 81 and the insertion opening 70 of the storage box 13 are raised.
and the lower surface of the periphery. After that, the solenoid 27a operates and the release plate 26,
When 26 is rotated, the pawls 23 and 23 are
5, 25 and away from the ratchet wheels 22, 22,
As a result, the above-mentioned mounting plates 20, 20 are connected to the coil spring 2.
8 and 28, it is returned to its original state as shown in FIG. Thus, the banknotes A are stored in the storage box 13 in an aligned state. Furthermore, if for some reason the currency exchange with the customer's desired currency is not completed normally, the banknotes A temporarily stored in the storage device 12 are not stored in the storage box 13 and are placed on the placement plate 20. ,20 and presser rod 58,5
It remains held between 8 and 8. At this time, if necessary, this temporarily stored banknote A
When taking out from the storage device 12, the third
4, a flat plate 62 provided at the upper end of a sliding member 60 for moving the presser rods 58, 58
Holding the handle 87 fixed on the top, manually press the presser rod 5.
8, 58 upward, the mounting plate 2
0 and 20 can be easily taken out from inside the storage device 12.

"Effects of the Invention" As explained in detail above, the present invention is rotatable around a horizontal axis, and
A pair of stacks provided to be movable between a closed position where the top surfaces thereof are both horizontal so that banknotes are placed thereon, and an open position where the top surfaces are spaced downward from each other so as to allow the banknotes placed thereon to fall. a placing plate, a pressing member that is provided to be able to reciprocate in the vertical direction and support the banknotes fed onto the placing plate from above, and a pressing member that is provided on both sides of the pressing member to approach the placing plate. The presser lever is equipped with a presser lever that can be moved up and down between a lowered position where the banknote is placed and a raised position where the banknote is separated from the placement plate. By moving the pressing member downward, the banknotes are accumulated on the placement plate, and the banknotes on the placement plate are further moved between the presser rod and the placement plate that have been lowered to place the banknotes. It is held in an accumulated state by being held between the two. That is, with the placing plate held in a fixed position, the bill is fed from the banknote discrimination mechanism onto the placing plate, and the presser rod and the pressing member are moved up and down, respectively, at a position above the placing plate. In particular, since the banknotes are accumulated on the placement plate, the strokes of the presser rod and the pressing member can be made smaller compared to conventional devices, thereby reducing the height of the device. It is possible to reduce the dimensions.

Further, in the above invention, when a predetermined number of banknotes are stacked on the placement plate, the pressing member is moved downward to press the banknotes on the placement plate from above, thereby increasing the number of banknotes on the placement plate. The position changes from the closed position to the open position. That is, when the pressing member presses the placing plate from above through the banknote, the placing plate is rotated around a horizontal axis, and the placing plates are arranged so that their upper surfaces are spaced downward from each other. As a result, the stacked banknotes are dropped toward the storage box while sliding on the upper surface of the placement plate.

Therefore, when the placing plate is in the open position, the top surface of the placing plate is inclined toward the storage box, so the stacked state can be prevented by sliding the banknotes along the top surface of the placing plate. This has the effect that the banknotes can be fed into the storage box while being reliably maintained.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an external perspective view of the money exchange machine, Fig. 2 is a schematic side view showing a conventional banknote storage device, Fig. 3 is a schematic sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 4 is a schematic side view of the banknote storage device. 5 is a perspective view showing the main part of FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway side view of FIG. 4, FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the storage box, and FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the main part of FIG. Perspective view showing main parts, Figure 9 A, B, C, D, H, H, G,
1, 2 and 3 are schematic diagrams showing the operating states of the storage device and the storage box. 11...discrimination device (banknote discrimination means), 12...
Storage device, 13... Storage box, 20... Placement plate, 2
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Shaft of mounting plate, 28... Coil spring (biasing means), 29... Pressing member, 58... Presser rod, regulating means... (22... Pawl wheel, 23... Pawl, 24
... shaft, 25 ... spring), release means ... (26 ...
...Release plate, 27...Shaft, 27a...Solenoid), Drive transmission mechanism...(30...Support column, 31
...Sliding member, 32...Support block, 33...
Spring, 34...Roller, 35...Lower protruding plate, 3
6... Rotating member, 37... Roller, 38... Shaft,
39...spring, 40...roller, 41...cam, 4
2... Rotating shaft, 43... Gear, 44... Gear, 4
5... Drive shaft, 46... Upper protruding plate, 47... Upper rotating member, 48... Roller, 48... Shaft, 50
... Spring, 51 ... Roller, 52 ... Roll, 53
... Storage cam, 54 ... Rotating shaft, 55 ... Pulley, 56 ... Pulley, 57 ... Belt, 59 ...
Mounting member, 60... Sliding member, 61... Support block, 62... Flat plate, 63... Rotating member, 64...
...Roller, 65...Shaft, 66...Cam, 67...
pressure cam).

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A storage device that receives and temporarily stores banknotes one by one from a banknote discrimination mechanism, and a storage box that receives and stores banknotes discharged from the storage device below. In the banknote storage device, the storage device is rotatably provided around a horizontal axis, and has two positions: a closed position where the top surfaces are both horizontal so that the banknotes are placed thereon, and a closed position where the top surfaces thereof are horizontal so that the banknotes are placed thereon. A pair of mounting plates provided to be movable between an open position where the upper surfaces are spaced downward from each other in order to be dropped, and a pair of mounting plates provided on the axis of the mounting plate to rotate from the closed position to the open position. a regulating means for preventing the moving mounting plate from reversing; a biasing means for urging the mounting plate from an open position toward a closed position; and a release means for releasing the prevention of the mounting plate from reversing by the regulating means. and is provided to be able to freely reciprocate in the vertical direction, and supports the banknotes placed on the upper surface from above in the closed position of the placement plate, and also supports the banknotes placed on the placement plate downward. a pressing member that rotates the pair of mounting plates from a closed position to an open position by pressing; a presser rod that is provided to be movable up and down between a raised position and a raised position and that supports the banknotes on the placement plate from above; When the member is located above the placement plate, the presser rod is placed in a lowered position close to the placement plate, and the pressing member is placed in a position to support the banknotes on the placement plate from above. sometimes,
1. A bill storage device comprising: a drive transmission mechanism for arranging a presser rod at a raised position spaced apart from a mounting plate.