CN110832555A - Medium processing apparatus and automatic transaction apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The distance between the side guide and the outer impeller is set shorter than the height-direction length between the discharge port and the upper surface of the uppermost bill placed on the table. In this way, even if one end portion in the width direction of the bill located between the side guide and the outer impeller is deformed so as to be bent toward the ejection port, the one end of the bill can be prevented from reaching the height of the ejection port, and as a result, a situation in which the one end of the bill collides with a succeeding bill ejected from the ejection port to cause a jam of the bill can be avoided.

Description

Medium processing apparatus and automatic transaction apparatus

Technical Field

The present application claims priority of japanese application laid-open application No. 2017-170432, which was filed on 9/5/2017, and the entirety thereof is taken into the present specification by reference.

The present disclosure relates to a medium processing apparatus and an automatic transaction apparatus, and can be applied to, for example, a medium processing apparatus in which accumulation is performed by hitting a medium with an impeller and an automatic transaction apparatus having such a medium processing apparatus.

Background

Conventionally, a medium processing apparatus includes, for example, a paper feed roller, a door roller disposed opposite to the paper feed roller, a plurality of impellers disposed on the same axis as the central axis of the door roller, a storage space for storing a medium, and a table movable in the storage space. The medium processing apparatus discharges the medium, which is conveyed, one by one into the storage space while sandwiching the medium between the paper feed roller and the gate roller, and accumulates the medium discharged into the storage space on a table in the storage space by hitting a tongue piece of the impeller (see, for example, japanese patent laid-open publication No. 2016).

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

However, in the conventional medium processing apparatus, when the medium is accumulated by, for example, hitting the tongue piece of the impeller, if deformation such as folding occurs in the medium, the medium may not be accumulated normally.

In view of the above, the present disclosure provides a medium processing apparatus and an automatic transaction apparatus capable of accumulating a medium more reliably than before.

Means for solving the problems

One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a medium processing apparatus having a housing space for housing a medium, the medium processing apparatus including: a conveying roller that conveys the medium to the storage space; a counter roller disposed to face the transport roller, and forming a discharge port for discharging the medium to the storage space between the counter roller and the transport roller; a plurality of impellers that hit the medium discharged from the discharge port to the housing space; a shaft supporting the impeller; a table that is movable in the housing space and on which the medium is accumulated; and a side guide that restricts a position in a width direction of the medium orthogonal to a discharge direction in parallel in the housing space, wherein an outer impeller located on an outermost side in an axial direction of the shaft among the plurality of impellers is disposed at a position that: in this position, the interval from the outer impeller to the side guide is smaller than the length in the height direction from the uppermost surface of the medium accumulated on the stage to the discharge port, and the outer impeller does not contact the side guide.

In this way, when the medium discharged into the storage space is hit by the plurality of impellers and accumulated on the table, even if, for example, the end portion in the width direction of the medium located between the outer impeller and the side guide is deformed so as to bend toward the discharge port side, the end portion is prevented from reaching the height of the discharge port. Thus, the end of the preceding medium can be prevented from colliding with the succeeding medium, and the medium can be normally accumulated.

Effects of the invention

The present disclosure can realize a medium processing apparatus and an automatic transaction apparatus capable of accumulating a medium more reliably than before.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an external perspective view showing the configuration of an automatic cash teller machine according to embodiment 1.

Fig. 2 is a side view showing an internal structure of the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine according to embodiment 1.

Fig. 3 is a side view showing the structure of the accumulating and feeding device of embodiment 1.

Fig. 4 is a front view showing the structure of the accumulating and feeding device of embodiment 1.

Fig. 5 is a side view showing the height of the discharge port of embodiment 1, i.e., the position of the discharge line.

Fig. 6 is a front view showing a movable range of the side guide of embodiment 1.

Fig. 7 is a diagram showing a case where banknotes of embodiment 1 are accumulated near one side guide.

Fig. 8 is a diagram showing a case where banknotes are accumulated in the remote side guide of embodiment 1.

Fig. 9 is a diagram showing a state in which an end portion of a banknote is deformed and collides with a succeeding banknote.

Fig. 10 is a diagram showing a state in which the end portion of the banknote is deformed in the case where the banknote is accumulated near the one side guide side in embodiment 1.

Fig. 11 is a view showing a state in which the end portion of the bill is deformed in the case where the bill remote side guide of embodiment 1 is accumulated.

Fig. 12 is a diagram showing a state in which the discharged banknotes of embodiment 1 are deformed in an inverted V shape.

Fig. 13A is a view showing a state between an end portion of a bill entering side guide and an accumulated bill when the bill deformed in an inverted V shape is hit by an impeller for accumulation.

Fig. 13B is a view showing a state between the end portion of the bill entering side guide and the accumulated bills when the bills deformed in the inverted V shape are hit by the impeller for accumulation.

Fig. 13C is a view showing a state between the end portion of the bill entering side guide and the accumulated bills when the bills deformed in the inverted V shape are hit by the impeller for accumulation.

Fig. 14A is a diagram showing a state in which bills deformed in an inverted V shape are hit with an impeller and accumulated in embodiment 1.

Fig. 14B is a diagram showing a state in which bills deformed in an inverted V shape are hit by an impeller and accumulated in embodiment 1.

Fig. 15 is a diagram showing an example of arrangement of an impeller according to embodiment 2.

Fig. 16 is a diagram showing an example of the arrangement of impellers according to another embodiment.

Fig. 17 is a diagram showing an example of arrangement of impellers according to another embodiment.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, a mode for carrying out the disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[ 1] embodiment 1]

[1-1. Structure of Cash automated Teller machine ]

First, embodiment 1 will be explained. As shown in fig. 1, the cash automated teller machine 1 is configured mainly with a box-shaped housing 2, and is installed in, for example, a financial institution or the like, and performs cash-related transactions such as deposit transactions and withdrawal transactions with a user (i.e., a customer of the financial institution or the like).

The housing 2 is provided with a customer service portion 3 at a position where a customer can easily insert bills or operate a touch panel in a state of facing the front side. The customer service unit 3 is provided with a card gate 4, a deposit/withdrawal port 5, an operation display unit 6, a numeric keypad 7, and a bill issuing port 8, and notifies a customer of information relating to a transaction or accepts an operation instruction while directly exchanging cash, a bankbook, and the like with the customer.

The card inlet/outlet 4 is a portion into which various cards such as cash cards are inserted or discharged. A card processing unit (not shown) for reading an account number or the like magnetically recorded in each card is provided inside the housing of the card inlet/outlet 4. The input/output port 5 is a portion into which banknotes to be input by a customer are inserted and from which banknotes to be output are discharged to the customer. The inlet/outlet 5 is opened or closed by driving a shutter.

The operation Display unit 6 is a touch panel in which an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) for displaying an operation screen at the time of transaction and a touch sensor for inputting selection of a transaction type, a password, a transaction amount, and the like are integrated. The numeric keys 7 are physical keys for receiving input of numbers such as "0" to "9", and are used for input operations such as a password and a transaction amount. The ticket issuing port 8 is a part that issues a ticket printed with transaction contents and the like at the end of transaction processing. Further, a receipt processing unit (not shown) for printing transaction contents and the like on the receipt is provided on the back side of the receipt issuing opening 8.

In the following description, the front side is defined as the side facing the customer in the cash automated teller machine 1, and the rear side is defined as the opposite side, and the upper side, the lower side, the left side, and the right side are defined as the upper side, the lower side, the left side, and the right side, respectively, as viewed from the customer facing the front side.

A main control unit 9 that generally controls the entire cash automated teller machine 1, a banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10 that performs various processes related to banknotes, and the like are provided inside the housing 2. The main control unit 9 is configured mainly with a cpu (central processing unit), not shown, and performs various processes related to deposit transaction, withdrawal transaction, and the like by reading a predetermined program from a rom (read Only memory), a flash memory, or the like, not shown, and executing the program. The main control unit 9 includes a storage unit including a ram (random Access memory), a hard disk drive, a flash memory, or the like, and stores various information in the storage unit.

The banknote deposit and withdrawal device 10 is a so-called reverse flow type in which deposited banknotes are recycled to be dispensed, and as shown in a side view in fig. 2, a deposit and withdrawal unit 20 that transfers banknotes to and from a customer is provided in an upper portion thereof; an identification section 21 for identifying authenticity, degree of damage, denomination, transport state, and the like; a temporary storage unit 22 for temporarily storing banknotes and the like that have been deposited; and a reject box 23 for storing the banknotes judged to be abnormal by the discriminating section 21 or the banknotes other than the recycling object.

The banknote deposit and withdrawal device 10 is provided with a box-shaped lower frame 24 at the lower portion thereof, and a plurality of storage containers 25(25A to 25E) and a reject container 26 capable of storing and delivering banknotes for each denomination are mounted in parallel in the lower frame 24 in the front-rear direction. The storage container 25(25A to 25E) and the reject container 26 may be fixed to the lower frame 24 or may be detachable from the lower frame 24. The banknote deposit and withdrawal device 10 further includes a banknote control unit 27 for overall control of the entire device, a conveyance path 28 shown by a thick line in the drawing connecting the respective units, and a conveyance unit 29 for conveying banknotes along the conveyance path 28.

The depositing and dispensing unit 20 includes a stacking and dispensing device 20A, and the stacking and dispensing device 20A separates the banknotes stored therein one by one and dispenses them to the transport path 28, and internally stacks the banknotes fed along the transport path 28. The deposit and withdrawal unit 20 further includes a shutter (not shown) that is interlocked with a shutter (not shown) provided in the deposit and withdrawal port 5 (fig. 1) of the housing 2.

The discriminating unit 21 is provided at a predetermined position on the conveying path 28, reads various information from each banknote by various sensors incorporated therein, and discriminates the authenticity, the degree of damage, the denomination, the conveying state, and the like of the banknote based on the obtained information.

The temporary storage unit 22 temporarily stores the banknotes fed along the transport path 28 by winding the banknotes around the circumferential surface of the cylindrical drum together with the tape, and feeds the banknotes to the transport path 28 by peeling the banknotes around the circumferential surface together with the tape, for example, by a tape escrow method.

Each of the storage boxes 25(25A to 25E) has the same structure and is formed in a vertically long rectangular parallelepiped shape. Each of the storage boxes 25(25A to 25E) has a stacking and feeding device 30(30A to 30E) which stacks banknotes inside and feeds out the internally stacked banknotes to the outside. Each storage box 25(25A to 25E) is preset with the denomination of the banknotes to be stored, and when the banknotes judged to be normal by the differentiating section 21 are transported along the transport path 28 according to the denomination, the banknotes are accumulated inside and stored. Further, each of the storage boxes 25(25A to 25E) receives an instruction to feed out the banknotes from the banknote control unit 27, and then separates the stacked banknotes one by one and feeds out the separated banknotes to the transport path 28.

The reject bins 23 and 26 are formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and have accumulating devices 23A and 26A for accumulating banknotes therein. When the banknotes discriminated as abnormal by the discriminating section 21 or the banknotes other than the recycling object are conveyed along the conveying path 28, the reject containers 23 and 26 store the banknotes accumulated therein. In the example shown in fig. 2, the reject container 26 is larger than the reject container 23, and the number of sheets that can be accumulated is also large.

The transport unit 29 transports the banknotes to each unit along the transport path 28 by transport rollers, transport belts, or the like. The transport unit 29 transports the banknotes in a direction in which, for example, the short side direction of the banknotes is set as the transport direction.

As described above, the banknote deposit and withdrawal device 10 is configured such that the banknote control unit 27 controls each unit based on the result of discrimination of the banknote by the discrimination unit 21 and the like, thereby performing the banknote deposit process and the banknote withdrawal process.

That is, in the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10, a cash card or the like is inserted into the cash automated teller machine 1 by a customer at the time of a deposit transaction, and after the deposit transaction is selected via the operation and display unit 6, the shutter of the deposit and withdrawal unit 20 is opened.

Then, after the banknotes are inserted into the deposit and withdrawal unit 20 by the customer, the banknote deposit and withdrawal device 10 closes the shutter and conveys the inserted banknotes one by one to the differentiating unit 21. Here, when the banknotes transported from the deposit and withdrawal unit 20 are judged to be normal by the differentiating unit 21, the banknotes are transported to the temporary holding unit 22 and stored. On the other hand, the banknotes judged to be abnormal by the differentiating section 21, which are the rejected banknotes for deposit unsuitable for deposit, are returned to the deposit and withdrawal section 20, and the shutter is opened, thereby being returned to the customer.

Then, the banknote deposit and withdrawal device 10 determines the deposit amount by the operation of the customer, and then conveys the banknotes stored in the temporary holding section 22 to the discriminating section 21 to discriminate the denomination. Then, the banknote deposit and withdrawal device 10 conveys the banknotes of the identified denomination to the storage box 25 corresponding to the denomination thereof for storage.

On the other hand, in the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 10, at the time of a withdrawal transaction, a cash card or the like is inserted into the cash automated teller machine 1 by a customer, the withdrawal transaction is selected via the operation display unit 6, and further, after a password, a withdrawal amount, and the like are input, the number of banknotes of each denomination required is identified based on the requested amount. Then, the banknotes of each denomination required in accordance with the requested amount of money by the customer are fed out one by one from each of the storage boxes 25(25A to 25E) and conveyed to the differentiating section 21.

Here, the banknote deposit and withdrawal device 10 conveys banknotes discriminated to be normal by the discriminating unit 21 to the deposit and withdrawal unit 20, and conveys banknotes for which the dispensing is not suitable, that is, banknotes discriminated to be abnormal by the discriminating unit 21 to the temporary holding unit 22 for storage.

Then, the banknote deposit and withdrawal device 10 accumulates banknotes of the withdrawal amount in the deposit and withdrawal unit 20, and then opens the shutter. This allows the banknotes stacked in the depositing and dispensing unit 20 to be accepted, and the customer accepts the banknotes. The banknote deposit and withdrawal device 10 then transports the rejected banknotes for withdrawal stored in the temporary holding section 22 to the reject container 23 or the reject container 26 for storage. In this way, the banknote deposit and withdrawal device 10 performs a banknote deposit process and a banknote withdrawal process.

[1-2. Structure of accumulating/feeding device ]

Next, the structure of the accumulating and feeding device 30(30A to 30E) provided in each storage box 25(25A to 25E) will be described. Note that since the accumulating and feeding devices 30A to 30E having the same configuration are provided in the storage boxes 25A to 25E, the configuration of the accumulating and feeding device 30A provided in the storage box 25A will be described here as an example.

Fig. 3 shows a side view of the accumulating and feeding device 30A as viewed from the left side, and fig. 4 shows a front view of the accumulating and feeding device 30A as viewed from the front side. Fig. 3 and 4 show the main part of the accumulating and feeding device 30A.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the accumulating and feeding device 30A is provided at an upper portion of the storage space 40 for accumulating and storing the banknotes BL in the vertical direction. The accumulating and feeding device 30A includes an in-storage transport path 41 connected to the transport path 28 (fig. 2), a bill detection sensor 42 for detecting bills BL passing through the in-storage transport path 41, a feed roller 43 and a reverse roller 44 for discharging the bills BL to the storage space 40, a bill stopper 45 for contacting the bills BL discharged to the storage space 40 to absorb the impact thereof, an impeller 46 for striking the rear end of the bills BL discharged to the storage space 40, a table 47 capable of moving vertically in the storage space 40 on which the bills BL discharged to the storage space 40 are placed, an upper surface sensor 48 for detecting the position of the uppermost surface of the bills BL accumulated on the table 47, a front guide 49 and a rear guide 50 for regulating the position of the accumulated bills BL in the short side direction, and a side guide 51(51A, b) for regulating the position of the accumulated bills BL in the longitudinal direction (i.e., the width direction of the bills BL orthogonal to the discharge direction in parallel thereto), 51B) (refer to fig. 4).

Further, the accumulating and feeding device 30A has a pickup roller 52 that feeds out the banknotes BL placed on the stage 47 to the feeding roller 43, a pickup arm 53 that holds the pickup roller 52, and a drive belt 54 that drives the pickup roller 52.

The in-storage transport path 41 is a transport path extending rearward from the rear side of the upper portion of the storage space 40 (i.e., the upper portion of the rear guide 50), and the in-storage transport path 41 is provided with a banknote detection sensor 42 for detecting banknotes passing through the in-storage transport path 41. Further, an upper surface sensor 48 that detects the upper surface position of the uppermost (i.e., uppermost) bill BL placed on the table 47 is provided above the storage space 40. These bill detecting sensor 42 and upper surface sensor 48 are, for example, optical sensors that optically detect the bills BL.

The paper feed roller 43 and the reverse roller 44 are provided at a connecting portion between the conveying path 41 in the storage and the upper portion of the storage space 40. The paper feed roller 43 and the reverse roller 44 are disposed opposite to each other with the paper feed roller 43 on the upper side and the reverse roller 44 on the lower side across the transport path 41 in the storage, and a discharge port 60 for discharging banknotes into the storage space 40 is formed between the paper feed roller 43 and the reverse roller 44. The paper feed roller 43 and the reverse roller 44 are supported by shafts 61 and 62 extending in the left-right direction, respectively, and rotate together with the shafts 61 and 62 in the directions indicated by arrows R1 and R2 (see fig. 3), whereby the banknotes BL conveyed along the in-storage conveying path 41 are fed from the discharge port 60 to the storage space 40 with the banknotes BL therebetween. The paper feed roller 43 rotates in the direction opposite to the discharge direction, and conveys the banknotes BL discharged from the storage space 40 by the pickup roller 52 to the storage transport path 41 between the paper feed roller and the reverse roller 44.

As shown in fig. 4, on the shaft 61, at the center portion in the rotation axis direction, 2 paper feed rollers 43A and 43B are disposed at intervals in the rotation axis direction, and on the shaft 62, reversing rollers 44A and 44B are disposed below the respective 2 paper feed rollers 43A and 43B. That is, the reversing rollers 44A and 44B are opposed to the 2 paper feed rollers 43A and 43B fixed to the shaft 61, respectively, and are disposed at intervals in the rotation axis direction at the center portion of the shaft 62 in the rotation axis direction. Further, 2 grooves are provided around the outer circumference of the paper feed roller 43(43A, 43B) at intervals in the rotation axis direction, and 1 groove is provided around the outer circumference of one reverse roller 44(44A, 44B). The paper feed roller 43(43A, 43B) and the reverse roller 44(44A, 44B) are disposed in a nested state facing each other so that the positions of the grooves are shifted in the rotation axis direction.

As shown in fig. 3, the rear end of the pickup arm 53 is attached to a shaft 61 that is a rotation shaft of the paper feed roller 43 so as not to receive the rotation of the shaft 61. The pickup roller 52 is fixed to a shaft 63 extending in the left-right direction, and the shaft 63 is rotatably supported by the tip of the pickup arm 53. The drive belt 54 is an endless belt that is bridged between a toothed pulley (not shown) provided on a shaft 61 that is a rotating shaft of the sheet feed roller 43 and a toothed pulley (not shown) provided on a shaft 63 that is a rotating shaft of the pickup roller 52, and transmits the rotation of the sheet feed roller 43 to the pickup roller 52. The pickup roller 52 is positioned at the upper end of the storage space 40, and when the bills are fed out, the table 47 moves upward, and the uppermost bill BL placed on the table 47 is pressed and then rotates together with the paper feed roller 43, thereby feeding out the bills BL to the paper feed roller 43.

The bill stopper 45 is provided on the front side of the upper portion of the storage space 40 (i.e., on the upper portion of the front guide 49) so as to face the ejection port 60. The bill stopper 45 receives the bills BL discharged to the storage space 40 by the paper feed roller 43 and the reverse roller 44, and absorbs the impact.

The impeller 46 is supported by a shaft 62 serving as a rotation shaft of the reverse roller 44, and has a plurality of tongues 64 (see fig. 3) extending radially from the outer peripheral surface thereof. Further, a groove or a hole (not shown) for inserting the tongue piece 64 of the impeller 46 into the housing space 40 is provided in the upper portion of the rear guide 50. When the bills are accumulated, the impeller 46 strikes the rear end of the bill BL discharged to the storage space 40 through the paper feed roller 43 and the reverse roller 44 from above by the tongue piece, and thereby presses the discharged bill BL onto the table 47 to accumulate the bills. Although the detailed description is omitted, the accumulating and feeding device 30A further includes a tongue piece retracting mechanism for retracting the tongue piece 64 of the impeller 46 to a position not interfering with the fed bill BL when the bill is fed.

As shown in fig. 4, 3 impellers 46(46A to 46F) in total are arranged on the shaft 62, outside the respective rotation axis directions of the 2 inversion rollers 44A and 44B, that is, on one end side (left side) in the rotation axis direction of the inversion roller 44A closer to one end side (left side) in the rotation axis direction of the shaft 62 and on the other end side (right side) in the rotation axis direction of the inversion roller 44B closer to the other end side (right side) of the shaft 62.

Here, the impellers 46A to 46C located outside the reversing roller 44A are provided as the impellers 46A to 46C on the reversing roller 44A side, and the impellers 46D to 46F located outside the reversing roller 44B are provided as the impellers 46D to 46F on the reversing roller 44B side. Of the 3 impellers 46A to 46C on the inversion roller 44A side (left side), the impeller 46A disposed on the outermost side closest to one end of the shaft 62 (i.e., disposed at the position farthest from the inversion roller 44A) is referred to as an outer impeller 46A, the impeller 46C disposed on the innermost side farthest from the one end of the shaft 62 (i.e., disposed at the position closest to the inversion roller 44A) is referred to as an inner impeller 46C, and the impeller 46B disposed between the outer impeller 46A and the inner impeller 46C is referred to as a center impeller 46B.

Similarly, of the 3 impellers 46D to 46F on the reverse roller 44B side (right side), the impeller 46F disposed on the outermost side closest to the other end portion of the shaft 62 (i.e., disposed at the position farthest from the reverse roller 44B) is referred to as an outer impeller 46F, the impeller 46D disposed on the innermost side farthest from the other end portion of the shaft 62 (i.e., disposed at the position closest to the reverse roller 44B) is referred to as an inner impeller 46D, and the impeller 46E disposed between the outer impeller 46F and the inner impeller 46D is referred to as a center impeller 46E.

The movement of the table 47 is controlled by the bill control section 27. Specifically, the banknote control unit 27 detects the upper surface position of the uppermost banknote BL placed on the table 47 by the upper surface sensor 48, and controls the movement of the table 47 so that the upper surface position of the uppermost banknote BL (the upper surface position of the table 47 in the case where no banknote BL is present on the table 47) is always constant regardless of the number of banknotes BL placed on the table 47. Here, as shown in fig. 5, an imaginary line extending from the ejection port 60 in the ejection direction (forward) of the banknote BL is defined as an ejection line L1, and a length from the ejection line L1 to the upper surface of the uppermost banknote BL placed on the table 47, that is, a length in the height direction (vertical direction) between the ejection port 60 and the upper surface of the uppermost banknote BL placed on the table 47 is defined as a length a. That is, the bill control section 27 controls the movement of the table 47 so that the length a is constant. In addition, unlike the banknote control unit 27, a storage control unit (not shown) that controls the operation of the storage 25 may be provided in the storage 25, and the storage control unit may control the movement of the table 47.

As shown in fig. 4, the side guides 51(51A, 51B) are plate-like members having guide surfaces perpendicular to the shaft 62 that is the rotation shaft of the impeller 46, and are movable in the rotation shaft direction (left-right direction) of the shaft 62, and the distance between the facing guide surfaces of the side guides 51A, 51B can be adjusted by the movement. Specifically, as shown in fig. 6 in which the shaft 61 and the sheet feeding roller 43 are omitted, the side guide 51A disposed on one end side of the shaft 62 is disposed outside the outermost outer impeller 46A disposed on one end side of the shaft 62 and is movable between a separation position separated by the gap B from the outer impeller 46A and an approach position closest to the outer impeller 46A. In the close position, the side guide 51A is disposed so as not to contact the outer impeller 46A. Similarly, the side guide 51B located on the other end side of the shaft 62 is also movable between a spaced position separated by a distance B from the outermost outer impeller 46F disposed on the other end side of the shaft 62 and an approaching position closest to the outer impeller 46F. The side guide 51B is disposed at the close position so as not to contact the outer impeller 46F.

That is, the side guides 51A and 51B have the narrowest spacing between the guide surfaces when they are located at the closest positions to the outer impellers 46A and 46F, respectively, and have the widest spacing between the guide surfaces when they are located at the separated positions separated from (i.e., farthest from) the outer impellers 46A and 46F, respectively.

The accumulating and feeding device 30A is configured as described above, and when accumulating banknotes, for example, as shown in fig. 3, the table 47 is made to wait at a position where the uppermost banknote BL is detected by the upper surface sensor 48 (that is, as shown in fig. 5, the table 47 is made to wait at a position where the upper surface of the uppermost banknote BL is separated by a length a from the pay-out line L1), and the sheet feeding roller 43 is rotated in a direction shown by an arrow R1 in fig. 3. At this time, the accumulating and feeding device 30A rotates the impeller 46 and the reverse roller 44 in the direction indicated by the arrow R2 in fig. 3.

In this state, when the banknotes BL are conveyed along the in-storage conveying path 41, the accumulating and feeding device 30A sandwiches the conveyed banknotes BL between the paper feed roller 43 and the reverse roller 44 and feeds the banknotes BL from the discharge port 60 to the storage space 40. The leading end of the bill BL discharged into the storage space 40 collides with the bill stopper 45 and falls. At this time, the bill BL is pressed against the table 47 to be accumulated by hitting the rear end of the bill BL with the tongue piece 64 of the impeller 46.

When the bill is fed, the accumulating and feeding device 30A raises the table 47 in a state where the tongue piece 64 of the impeller 46 is retracted, and brings the uppermost bill BL into contact with the pickup roller 52. Here, the accumulating and feeding device 30A rotates the paper feed roller 43 in the direction opposite to the direction of accumulating the banknotes (the direction opposite to the arrow R1). Then, the rotation of the sheet feeding roller 43 is transmitted to the pickup roller 52 via the driving belt 54, and the pickup roller 52 also rotates in the same direction. Thereby, the uppermost bill BL on the table 47 is fed to the paper feed roller 43 side.

At this time, the shaft 62 is not rotated by a mechanism (not shown) such as a one-way clutch, and the impeller 46 and the reverse roller 44 are not rotated. Therefore, the banknotes BL fed to the paper feed roller 43 side pass between the paper feed roller 43 and the reverse roller 44 one by the rotation of the paper feed roller 43, and are fed to the transport path 41 in the storage.

[1-3. configuration of impeller ]

Next, the arrangement of the impellers 46(46A to 46F) in the accumulating and feeding device 30A will be described in more detail. First, as shown in fig. 7, the distance between the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46A when the side guide 51A is at the separation position is set to be the distance B. Specifically, the interval B is an interval between the facing surfaces of the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46A at the separated position. Similarly, the distance between the side guide 51B and the outer impeller 46F when the side guide 51B is at the separation position is also referred to as a distance B. Here, the interval B is selected to be shorter than the length a between the dispensing line L1 indicating the position in the height direction of the dispensing opening 60 and the upper surface of the uppermost banknote BL placed on the table 47. That is, the distance B between the outer impellers 46A, 46F and the side guides 51A, 51B at the separation position is set shorter than the height direction length a between the discharge port 60 and the position of the upper surface of the uppermost bill BL placed on the table 47.

The interval between the center impeller 46B and the inner impeller 46C and the interval between the center impeller 46E and the inner impeller 46D are set to be the interval C. Further, a distance between the outer impeller 46A and the center impeller 46B and a distance between the outer impeller 46F and the center impeller 46E are defined as a distance D. These intervals C, D are also selected to be shorter than the length a. That is, the outer impeller 46A, the center impeller 46B, and the inner impeller 46C are disposed such that the interval C and the interval D between the impellers 46 are shorter than the length a, and similarly, the inner impeller 46D, the center impeller 46E, and the outer impeller 46F are also disposed such that the interval C and the interval D between the impellers 46 are shorter than the length a.

However, in the accumulating and feeding device 30A, the length in the width direction (i.e., the length in the left-right direction) of the conveying path 41 and the ejection opening 60 in the storage and the length between the side guides 51A and 51B located at the separating position (i.e., the length in the left-right direction) are larger than the width of the banknote BL having the longest width (i.e., the length of the long side) of the banknotes BL handled by the automatic teller machine 1. Therefore, for example, when the transported banknotes BL are positioned at one end in the width direction of the storage transport path 41, the accumulating and feeding device 30A accumulates the banknotes BL on the table 47 in a state where the banknotes BL are positioned at the side guide 51A positioned at one end in the width direction of the storage space 40, as shown in fig. 7. Further, for example, when the transported banknotes are positioned at the center in the width direction of the transport path 41 in the storage, the accumulating and feeding device 30A accumulates the banknotes BL on the table 47 in a state where the banknotes BL are positioned at the center in the width direction of the storage space 40 (i.e., at a position away from the side guides 51A and 51B), as shown in fig. 8.

For example, as shown in fig. 7, when the banknotes BL are accumulated on the table 47 in a state of being brought close to the side guide 51A, the banknotes BL discharged from the discharge port 60 are hit by the impeller 46 and pressed against the table 47 in a state where one end in the width direction (i.e., the longitudinal direction) is positioned between the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46A. At this time, one end in the width direction of the bill BL positioned between the outer impeller 46A and the side guide 51A becomes a portion where the pressing of the impeller 46 is ineffective.

Therefore, when the bill BL is pressed against the table 47 by the impeller 46, one end portion in the width direction of the bill BL may be deformed so as to be bent toward the ejection opening 60 (i.e., upward). Specifically, the banknote BL is deformed so that one end in the width direction of the banknote BL is bent toward the ejection port 60 by being folded with a fold line in which the one end in the width direction of the banknote BL is bent toward the ejection port 60, or by being pressed by the impeller 46 at a portion inside the one end in the width direction of the banknote BL and floating the one end in the width direction of the banknote BL.

Here, as shown in fig. 9, if the distance B between the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46A at the separation position is made longer than the length a in the height direction between the discharge port 60 and the upper surface of the uppermost banknote BL placed on the table 47, when one end portion in the width direction of the banknote BL positioned between the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46A is deformed so as to be folded toward the discharge port 60 (upward), one end of the banknote BL may reach the discharge line L1 (i.e., the height of the discharge port 60), and as a result, the one end of the banknote BL collides with the succeeding banknote BL discharged from the discharge port 60, possibly causing a banknote jam (banknote jam).

Therefore, in the accumulating and feeding device 30A of the present embodiment, as described above, the distance B between the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46A at the separation position is set shorter than the length a in the height direction between the discharge port 60 and the upper surface of the uppermost bill BL placed on the table 47. In this way, in the accumulating and feeding device 30A, as shown in fig. 10, even if one end portion in the width direction of the bill BL positioned between the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46A is deformed so as to be bent toward the discharge port 60, the one end of the bill BL can be prevented from reaching the discharge line L1, and as a result, a situation in which the one end of the bill BL collides with the succeeding bill BL discharged from the discharge port 60 and causes a jam (congestion) of the bill can be avoided.

In addition, in the accumulating and feeding device 30A, when the banknotes BL are accumulated on the table 37 in a state of being close to the side guide 51B on the opposite side of the side guide 51A, the interval B between the side guide 51B and the outer impeller 46F is shorter than the length a, and thus, the banknote jam (banknote jam) can be prevented from occurring.

On the other hand, as shown in fig. 8, when the banknotes BL are accumulated in a state in which the banknotes BL are positioned at the center in the width direction of the storage space 40, the banknotes BL discharged from the discharge port 60 are, for example, struck by the impeller 46 and pressed against the table 47 in a state in which one end in the width direction (i.e., the longitudinal direction) is positioned between the outer impeller 46A and the center impeller 46B, and the other end in the width direction is positioned between the inner impeller 46D and the center impeller 46E. At this time, one end portion in the width direction of the bill BL positioned between the outer impeller 46A and the center impeller 46B and the other end portion in the width direction of the bill BL positioned between the inner impeller 46D and the center impeller 46E become portions where the pressing of the impellers 46 is ineffective. Therefore, when the bill BL is pressed against the table 47 by the impeller 46, one end portion and the other end portion in the width direction of the bill BL may be deformed so as to be folded toward the discharge port 60 (i.e., upward).

Therefore, in the accumulating and feeding device 30A of the present embodiment, as described above, the distance D between the outer impeller 46A and the center impeller 46B and the distance C between the inner impeller 46D and the center impeller 46E are also shorter than the length a in the height direction between the discharge port 60 and the upper surface of the uppermost bill BL placed on the table 47. In this way, in the accumulating and feeding device 30A, as shown in fig. 11, even if one end portion in the width direction of the bill BL positioned between the outer impeller 46A and the center impeller 46B and the other end portion in the width direction of the bill BL positioned between the inner impeller 46D and the center impeller 46E are deformed so as to be bent toward the discharge port 60 side, one end and the other end of the bill BL can be prevented from reaching the discharge line L1, and the occurrence of bill jam (bill jam) can be prevented.

In this way, in the accumulating and feeding device 30A, regardless of the position of the end in the width direction of the bill BL between the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46A, between the outer impeller 46A and the center impeller 46B, between the center impeller 46B and the inner impeller 46C, between the inner impeller 46D and the center impeller 46E, between the center impeller 46E and the outer impeller 46F, or between the outer impeller 46F and the side guide 51B, the end in the width direction of the bill BL can be prevented from being bent to reach the height of the discharge port 60, and the occurrence of bill jam (bill jam) can be prevented.

However, the banknotes BL may be folded in half at the center in the longitudinal direction and stored in a wallet or the like. Therefore, in the accumulating and feeding device 30A, the banknotes BL in a state of being folded at the center in the longitudinal direction may be conveyed. In this case, for example, as shown in fig. 12, the bill BL discharged from the discharge port 60 may be deformed in an inverted V shape such that the center portion in the width direction (i.e., the longitudinal direction) is projected toward the discharge port 60 (i.e., the upper side).

In this case, the accumulating and feeding device 30A crushes the deformed bills BL by the impeller 46 and presses them against the table 47 to accumulate them. Here, as shown in fig. 13A, if the bill BL is located on the outer side of the inner impeller 46C (i.e., on one end side of the shaft 62, on the side of the side guide 51A) with respect to the crest (i.e., the apex) P of the deformed bill BL which is closer to the side guide 51A, when the bill BL is pressed against the table 47 by the impeller 46, one end portion in the width direction of the bill BL may enter between the side guide 51A and the bill BL stacked on the table 47.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 13A to 13C, when the bill BL deformed in the inverted V shape is crushed by the impeller 46, one end of the bill BL comes into contact with the side guide 51A, and the mountain top P of the bill BL moves toward the side guide 51B (i.e., inward in the rotational axis direction of the shaft 62). However, the inner impeller 46C presses the inclined surface on the side of the side guide 51B with respect to the peak P of the bill BL, so that the peak P of the bill BL cannot move toward the side guide 51B, and the one end of the bill BL is further pushed outward and enters between the side guide 51A and the bill BL stacked on the table 47.

When one end of the bill BL enters between the side guide 51A and the bill BL stacked on the table 47 in this way, the bill BL is stacked in the stacking and feeding device 30A in a state of being deformed so as to be bent at one end. In this case, when the banknotes BL stacked in the deformed state are to be fed out in the stacking and feeding device 30A, one end portion of the banknote BL is sandwiched between the side guide 51A and the other banknotes BL stacked on the table 47, and thus the banknote BL may not be fed out normally.

Therefore, in the accumulating and feeding device 30A of the present embodiment, the position of the inner impeller 46C is selected so that the inner impeller 46C is always located outside the rotation axis direction of the shaft 62 (i.e., on one end side of the shaft 62, the side guide 51A side) from the crest P of the bill BL deformed in the inverted V shape, so that the bill BL can be normally accumulated even when the bill BL with a fold line at the center in the longitudinal direction is conveyed.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 12, the banknotes BL having the shortest width (i.e., the length of the long side) of the banknotes BL handled by the automatic teller machine 1 are discharged from the discharge port 60 with a fold line at the center in the longitudinal direction, and are placed above the banknotes BL stacked on the table 47 in a state of being deformed in an inverted V shape.

Here, assuming that the degree of folding of the bill BL is maximized when the crest P of the deformed bill BL reaches the payout line L1, when the length from one end of the bill BL in the width direction to the crest P (i.e., the length 1/2 of the width of the bill BL) is set as the length E, the passing length G √ (the length E) is according to the pythagorean theorem²Length A²) The length G in the direction of the rotation axis of the shaft 62 from one end of the bill BL to the mountain top P is obtained.

When one end of the bill BL is brought into contact with the side guide 51A located at the separated position, the mountain top P of the bill BL is located at a position separated by a length G in the rotation axis direction of the shaft 62 from the side guide 51A.

In this way, in a state where the banknote BL having the shortest width is deformed in an inverted V shape at the maximum folding degree, the mountain top P is closest to one end of the shaft 62 when approaching the side guide 51A located at the separation position.

Therefore, in the accumulating and feeding device 30A, the inner impeller 46C is disposed outside (on the side of the side guide 51A) of a position separated by a length G in the rotation axis direction of the shaft 62 from the side guide 51A located at the separation position, that is, outside of a position on the crest P closest to the one end of the shaft 62. Specifically, the inner impeller 46C is disposed at a position separated by a length F shorter than the length G from the side guide 51A at the separation position. The length F is a length from the guide surface of the side guide 51A located at the separation position to the surface of the inner impeller 46C on the side opposite to the side guide 51A.

In this way, in the accumulating and feeding device 30A, the inner impeller 46C is always disposed at a position outside the crest P of the bill BL regardless of the width of the bill BL. As shown in fig. 12, 14A, and 14B, when the bills BL deformed in the inverted V shape are crushed by the impeller 46, the accumulating and feeding device 30A can prevent one end portion of the bills BL from entering between the side guide 51A and the bills BL accumulated on the table 47 because the mountain tops P of the bills BL can move toward the side guide 51B.

In the accumulating and feeding device 30A, similarly to the inner impeller 46C on the side guide 51A side, the inner impeller 46D on the side guide 51B side is also disposed at a position separated by a length F shorter than the length G from the side guide 51B at the separated position. Thus, even when the banknotes BL are stacked on the table 47 in a state where the banknotes BL are positioned on the side of the side guide 51B opposite to the side guide 51A, the other end portions of the banknotes BL can be prevented from entering between the side guide 51B and the banknotes BL stacked on the table 47.

When the bill BL is folded in two, a fold may be formed at a position slightly shifted from the center in the width direction. Therefore, it is preferable that the length F indicating the position of the inner impellers 46C and 46D be shorter than the length G by a margin in consideration of the fold deviation.

The impeller 46(46A to 46E) in the accumulating and feeding device 30A is arranged as described above. The impellers 46(46A to 46E) in the accumulating and feeding devices 30B to 30E are also arranged in the same manner as the accumulating and feeding device 30A.

Although the accumulating and feeding device 30A provided in the storage 25A is described here, the accumulating and feeding device 20A provided in the deposit and withdrawal unit 20 is configured similarly to the accumulating and feeding device 30A described above, with only a different installation angle. The accumulating devices 23A and 26A provided in the reject storages 23 and 26 are configured to remove the feeding mechanism (the pickup roller 52, the pickup arm 53, and the drive belt 54) from the accumulating and feeding device 30A.

[1-4. summary and Effect ]

As described above, in the accumulating and feeding device 30A, the distance B between the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46A at the separating position is set shorter than the height-direction length a between the discharge port 60 and the upper surface of the uppermost bill BL placed on the table 47. In this way, in the accumulating and feeding device 30A, even if one end portion in the width direction of the bill BL positioned between the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46A is deformed so as to be bent toward the ejection port 60, the one end of the bill BL can be prevented from reaching the height of the ejection port 60, and as a result, a situation in which the one end of the bill BL collides with the succeeding bill BL ejected from the ejection port 60 and causes a jam of the bill can be avoided.

In the accumulating and feeding device 30A, the distance D between the outer impeller 46A and the center impeller 46B and the distance C between the inner impeller 46D and the center impeller 46E are also shorter than the length a in the height direction between the discharge port 60 and the upper surface of the uppermost bill BL placed on the table 47. In this way, in the accumulating and feeding device 30A, even if one end portion in the width direction of the bill BL positioned between the outer impeller 46A and the center impeller 46B and the other end portion in the width direction of the bill BL positioned between the inner impeller 46D and the center impeller 46E are deformed so as to be bent toward the discharge port 60, the one end and the other end of the bill BL can be prevented from reaching the height of the discharge port 60, and the occurrence of bill jam can be prevented.

It is preferable that the interval C and the interval D are shorter than the length a, but in the case where it is difficult to make both the interval C and the interval D shorter than the length a due to the reduction of the length between the side guides 51A and 51B located at the separated positions, for example, either one of the interval C and the interval D may be shorter than the length a.

Further, in the accumulating and feeding device 30A, the inner impeller 46C is disposed at a position always outside the mountain top P of the bill BL deformed so as to be bent in an inverted V shape. In this way, when the bills deformed in the inverted V shape are crushed by the impeller 46, the accumulating/feeding device 30A can prevent the bills BL from being accumulated in a deformed state in which one end portion thereof enters between the side guide 51A and the bills BL accumulated on the table 47.

In this way, the accumulating and feeding device 30A can prevent the occurrence of the bill jam when accumulating the bills BL, and can prevent the accumulation of the bills BL in a deformed state, thereby accumulating the bills BL more reliably than in the related art. Further, the accumulating and feeding devices 30B to 30E, the accumulating and feeding device 20A, and the accumulating devices 23A and 26A having the same accumulating mechanism as the accumulating and feeding device 30A can accumulate bills more reliably than ever.

[ 2] embodiment 2]

Next, embodiment 2 will be explained. In embodiment 2, a part of the configuration of the accumulating and feeding device 30(30A to 30E) (the number and arrangement of impellers 46) is different from that of embodiment 1, and the other parts are the same as those of embodiment 1, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted.

[2-1. Structure of accumulating/feeding device ]

Fig. 15 is a front view of the accumulating and feeding device 100A according to embodiment 2 corresponding to the accumulating and feeding device 30A according to embodiment 1, as viewed from the front side. Fig. 15 is a view corresponding to fig. 7, and the shaft 61 and the paper feed roller 43 are omitted.

As shown in fig. 15, the accumulating and feeding device 100A has different number and arrangement of impellers 46 as compared with the accumulating and feeding device 30A. That is, 2 impellers are disposed on the shaft 62 of the accumulating and feeding device 100A outside each of the 2 inversion rollers 44A and 44B provided in the central portion, 1 impeller is disposed between the inversion roller 44A and the inversion roller 44B, and 5 impellers 46(46G to 46K) are disposed in total.

Of the 2 impellers 46G and 46H on the reverse roller 44A side, the impeller 46G closer to one end of the shaft 62 (i.e., farther from the reverse roller 44A) is referred to as an outer impeller 46G, and the impeller 46H farther from one end of the shaft 62 (i.e., closer to the reverse roller 44A) is referred to as a center impeller 46H. Similarly, of the 2 impellers 46J and 46K on the inversion roller 44B side, the impeller 46K closer to the other end portion of the shaft 62 (i.e., farther from the inversion roller 44B) is referred to as an outer impeller 46K, and the impeller 46J farther from the other end portion of the shaft 62 (i.e., closer to the inversion roller 44B) is referred to as a center impeller 46J. The impeller 46I disposed between the reversing rollers 44A and 44B is referred to as an inner impeller 46I.

As described above, the accumulating and feeding device 100A differs from the accumulating and feeding device 30A in that the number of the inner impellers 46I is 1, and the inner impellers are arranged between the reversing rollers 44A and the reversing rollers 44B.

Here, the distance between the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46G at the separation position is set to be the interval H. Similarly, the distance between the side guide 51B located at the separation position and the outer impeller 46K is also set to be the distance H. As in embodiment 1, the distance H is selected to be shorter than the length a between the discharge line L1 indicating the position in the height direction of the discharge port 60 and the upper surface of the uppermost banknote BL placed on the table 47.

In this way, in the accumulating and feeding device 100A, similarly to the accumulating and feeding device 30A, even if the one end portion in the width direction of the bill BL positioned between the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46G is deformed so as to be bent toward the payout port 60, for example, the one end of the bill BL can be prevented from reaching the payout line L1, and as a result, a situation in which the one end of the bill BL collides with the succeeding bill BL paid out from the payout port 60 and causes a jam (congestion) of the bill can be avoided.

The interval between the center impeller 46H and the inner impeller 46I and the interval between the center impeller 46J and the inner impeller 46I are set to be the interval I, respectively. Further, the interval between the outer impeller 46G and the center impeller 46H and the interval between the outer impeller 46K and the center impeller 46J are set to be the interval J, respectively. It is preferable that the interval I and the interval J are also shorter than the length a, but in the case where it is difficult to make both the interval I and the interval J shorter than the length a due to the reduction of the length between the side guides 51A and 51B located at the spaced positions, for example, either one of the interval I and the interval J may be shorter than the length a.

If the interval I or the interval J is made shorter than the length a, even if the end in the width direction of the bill BL is positioned between the outer impeller 46G and the center impeller 46H, between the center impeller 46H and the inner impeller 46I, between the inner impeller 46I and the center impeller 46J, or between the center impeller 46J and the outer impeller 46K, the end in the width direction of the bill BL can be prevented from being bent to reach the height of the discharge port 60, and the bill BL can be prevented from being jammed.

Further, if the length between the side guides 51A and 51B positioned at the separated position can be shortened and the intervals H, I, J can be made shorter than the length a, in the accumulating and feeding device 100A, regardless of where the end portion of the banknote BL is positioned between the side guides 51A and 51B, the folded end portion of the banknote BL can be prevented from reaching the height of the discharge port 60, and the occurrence of banknote jam can be more reliably prevented.

Further, the center impeller 46H positioned on the innermost side of the reversing roller 44A is preferably always disposed at a position outside the crest P of the bill BL (i.e., one end side of the shaft 62, the side guide 51A side) regardless of the width of the bill BL, similarly to the inner impeller 46C positioned on the innermost side of the reversing roller 44A in the accumulating and feeding device 30A. Specifically, the center impeller 46H is preferably disposed at a position separated from the side guide 51A at the separation position by a length K shorter than a length G (see fig. 12) up to the peak P of the bill BL deformed in an inverted V shape. The length K is a length from the guide surface of the side guide 51A located at the separation position to the surface of the center impeller 46H on the side opposite to the side guide 51A. Similarly, the center impeller 46J located innermost on the side of the side guide 51B is also preferably disposed at a position separated by a length K shorter than the length G from the side guide 51B located at the separated position.

In this way, similarly to the accumulating and feeding device 30A, when the bills deformed in the inverted V shape are crushed by the impeller 46, the accumulating and feeding device 100A can prevent, for example, one end portion of the bill BL from entering between the side guide 51A or the side guide 51B and the bills BL accumulated on the table 47.

Although the accumulating and feeding device 100A corresponding to the accumulating and feeding device 30A provided in the storage 25A is described here, the accumulating and feeding devices 30B to 30E provided in the storage 25B to 25E and the accumulating and feeding device 20A provided in the deposit and withdrawal unit 20 may have the same configuration as the accumulating and feeding device 100A. The accumulating devices 23A and 26A provided in the reject storages 23 and 26 may be configured to remove the feeding mechanism (the pickup roller 52, the pickup arm 53, and the drive belt 54) from the accumulating and feeding device 100A.

[2-2. summary and Effect ]

As described above, in the accumulating and feeding device 100A, the distance H between the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46G at the separation position is set shorter than the height-direction length a between the discharge port 60 and the upper surface of the uppermost bill BL placed on the table 47. In this way, in the accumulating and feeding device 100A, even if one end portion in the width direction of the bill BL positioned between the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46G is deformed so as to be bent toward the ejection port 60, the one end of the bill BL can be prevented from reaching the ejection line L1, and as a result, a situation in which the one end of the bill BL collides with the succeeding bill BL ejected from the ejection port 60 and causes a jam can be avoided. Thus, the accumulating and feeding device 100A can accumulate the banknotes BL more reliably than the conventional one, as in the accumulating and feeding device 30A.

In the accumulating and feeding device 100A, the number of impellers 46 is reduced by 1 from that of the accumulating and feeding device 30A, and 1 inner impeller 46I is disposed between the reversing roller 44A and the reversing roller 44B. Thus, the accumulating and feeding device 100A can reduce the manufacturing cost by reducing the number of impellers 46 by 1, and can simplify the replacement work of the impellers 46, compared to the accumulating and feeding device 30A.

Further, in the accumulating and feeding device 100A, the inner impeller 46I is disposed between the reversing rollers 44A and 44B, so that the portion between the reversing rollers 44A and 44B of the entire portion of the bill BL discharged into the storage space 40 can be struck by the inner impeller 46I and pressed against the table 47. Thus, the accumulating and feeding device 100A can avoid a situation in which the banknotes BL are accumulated in a state in which, for example, the portion between the reversing roller 44A and the reversing roller 44B in the entire portion of the banknotes BL discharged into the storage space 40 is deformed so as to float to the discharge port 60 side.

[ 3] other embodiments ]

[3-1 ] other embodiment 1]

In addition, although the example in which 6 impellers 46 are disposed on the shaft 62 has been described in the above embodiment 1 and the example in which 5 impellers 46 are disposed on the shaft 62 has been described in the above embodiment 2, the present invention is not limited to this, and 4 or less or 7 or more impellers 46 may be disposed on the shaft 62.

For example, as in the accumulating and feeding device 200A shown in fig. 16, 4 impellers 46 may be arranged on the shaft 62. In the accumulating and feeding device 200A, the maximum width (i.e., the length of the long side) of the bills that can be accumulated is shorter than the accumulating and feeding device 30A, and the length between the side guides 51A and 51B at the separated position is shorter than the accumulating and feeding device 30A. In the accumulating and feeding device 200A, a total of 4 impellers 46(46L to 46O) of 2 impellers are arranged outside each of the 2 reversing rollers 44A and 44B provided in the central portion of the shaft 62.

Here, of the 2 impellers 46L, 46M on the reverse roller 44A side, the impeller 46L near one end of the shaft 62 is referred to as an outer impeller 46L, and the impeller 46M far from the one end of the shaft 62 is referred to as an inner impeller 46M. Similarly, of the 2 impellers 46N and 46O on the reverse roller 44B side, the impeller 46O near the other end of the shaft 62 is referred to as an outer impeller 46O, and the impeller 46N far from the other end of the shaft 62 is referred to as an inner impeller 46N.

In the accumulating and feeding device 200A, the distance L between the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46L at the separating position and the distance L between the side guide 51B and the outer impeller 46O at the separating position are also selected to be shorter than the height direction length a between the discharge line L1 indicating the height direction position of the discharge port 60 and the upper surface of the uppermost banknote BL placed on the table 47. The interval M between the outer impeller 46L and the inner impeller 46M and the interval M between the outer impeller 46O and the inner impeller 46N are also selected to be shorter than the length a.

Further, the position of the inner impeller 46M is preferably arranged at a position separated from the side guide 51A at the separation position by a length N shorter than a length G (see fig. 12) up to a peak P of the bill BL deformed in an inverted V shape. Similarly, the inner impeller 46N on the side of the side guide 51B is also preferably disposed at a position separated by a length N shorter than the length G from the side guide 51B at the separated position.

In this way, the accumulating and feeding device 200A can accumulate the medium more reliably than in the conventional case, similarly to the accumulating and feeding device 30A, by using the impeller 46 less than the accumulating and feeding device 30A.

Further, for example, as in the accumulating and feeding device 300A shown in fig. 17, 7 impellers 46 may be arranged on the shaft 62. In addition, the accumulating and feeding device 300A is configured by adding 1 impeller 46P to the accumulating and feeding device 30A having 6 impellers 46A to 46E. Specifically, 1 impeller 46P is added between the reverse roller 44A and the reverse roller 44B. This impeller 46P is referred to as a middle impeller 46P.

In this case, for example, the distance O between the inner impeller 46C and the intermediate impeller 46P on the reverse roller 44A side and the distance O between the inner impeller 46D and the intermediate impeller 46P on the reverse roller 44B side are preferably shorter than the height-direction length a between the discharge line L1 indicating the height-direction position of the discharge port 60 and the upper surface of the uppermost banknote BL placed on the table 47.

As described above, if the intervals B, C, D, O can all be made shorter than the length a, in the accumulating and feeding device 300A, regardless of where the end of the banknote BL is located between the side guides 51A and 51B, the folded end of the banknote BL can be prevented from reaching the height of the discharge port 60, and the occurrence of banknote jam can be more reliably prevented.

[3-2 ] other embodiment 2]

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the position of the uppermost upper surface of the banknotes BL stacked on the table 47 is detected by the upper surface sensor 48, and the vertical movement of the table 47 is controlled so that the length a in the height direction between the dispensing line L1 and the uppermost upper surface of the banknotes BL stacked on the table 47 is constant. Here, the set value of the length a may be changeable. In this case, the banknote control unit 27 counts the number of banknotes BL stacked on the table 47, for example, estimates the position of the uppermost upper surface of the banknotes BL stacked on the table 47 based on the number of banknotes BL stacked on the table 47, the thickness of 1 banknote BL, and the position of the table 47, and controls the vertical movement of the table 47 such that the length a between the discharge line L1 and the upper surface of the uppermost banknote BL mounted on the table 47 is constant at a set value.

Further, if the set value of the length a is extended, the distance between the discharge line L1 and the upper surface of the uppermost banknote BL mounted on the table 47 becomes wider, and if the set value of the length a is shortened, the distance between the discharge line L1 and the upper surface of the uppermost banknote BL mounted on the table 47 becomes narrower. For example, the length a may be changed on the cash automated teller machine 1 side.

In the case where the length a can be changed in this way, in the accumulating and feeding device 30A, the distance B between the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46A at the separation position may be made shorter than the minimum length a within the changeable range. Similarly, in the accumulating and feeding devices 100A and 200A, the distance H, L between the side guide 51A and the outer impellers 46G and 46L may be made shorter than the minimum length a in the changeable range.

[3-3 ] other embodiment 3

Further, in embodiment 1 described above, a plurality of impellers 46 are provided on the shaft 62 of the accumulating and feeding device 30A. The impeller 46 is provided with the plurality of tongues 64 extending radially from the outer peripheral surface, but specifically, a full-circumference tongue type in which the plurality of tongues 64 extend radially over the entire circumference of the outer peripheral surface, or a partial tongue type in which the plurality of tongues 64 extend radially over a part (for example, half circumference) of the outer peripheral surface may be used. In the same manner as in embodiment 2 and the other embodiments, the impeller 46 having the full-circumference tongue type or the partial tongue type may be used.

[3-4 ] other embodiment 4]

Further, in embodiment 1 described above, the side guides 51A and 51B are movable in the direction of the rotation axis of the shaft 62, and the distance between the guide surfaces can be adjusted, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the side guides 51A and 51B may be fixed at, for example, separate positions, and the distance between the guide surfaces may be fixed. That is, the movable side guides 51A and 51B may be used, or the fixed side guides 51A and 51B may be used.

[3-5 ] other embodiment 5

Further, in the above-described embodiment 1, the distance B between the side guide 51A and the outer impeller 46A is set to be a distance from the guide surface of the side guide 51A to the surface of the outer impeller 46A on the side of the side guide 51A, but this is because the position closest to the side guide 51A in the portion of the outer impeller 46A that contacts the bill BL is the position of the surface of the outer impeller 46A on the side of the side guide 51A. That is, the interval B is an interval from the guide surface of the side guide 51A to a position closest to the side guide 51A in a portion of the outer impeller 46A that contacts the bill BL.

The same applies to interval C, D, H, I, J, L, M other than interval B. For example, the interval D shown in fig. 7 is an interval between the position closest to the central impeller 46B in the portion of the outer impeller 46A in contact with the bill BL and the position closest to the outer impeller 46A in the portion of the central impeller 46B in contact with the bill BL.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment 1, the length F from the side guide 51A to the inner impeller 46C is set to be the length from the guide surface of the side guide 51A to the surface of the inner impeller 46C on the side opposite to the side guide 51A, but this is because the position closest to the mountain top P in the portion of the inner impeller 46C that contacts the bill BL becomes the position of the surface of the inner impeller 46C on the side opposite to the side guide 51A. That is, the length F is a distance from the guide surface of the side guide 51A to a position closest to the peak top P in a portion of the inner impeller 46C that contacts the bill BL. The same applies to interval K, N.

[3-6 ] other embodiment 6]

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the present disclosure is applied to the accumulating and feeding devices 30A, 100A, 200A, and 300A, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and may be applied to any medium accumulating device that has a side guide and accumulates a medium by hitting the medium with a plurality of impellers provided on a shaft, and may be applied to a medium accumulating device other than the accumulating and feeding devices 30A, 100A, 200A, and 300A. Further, in each of the above embodiments, the present disclosure is applied to the medium processing apparatus and the storage bins 25(25A to 25E), the deposit and withdrawal unit 20, and the reject bins 23 and 26 as the medium storage unit, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and may be applied to a medium processing apparatus and a medium storage unit which have a side guide and a medium accumulating mechanism for accumulating a medium by hitting the medium with a plurality of impellers, and may be applied to a medium processing apparatus and a medium storage unit which are different from the storage bins 25(25A to 25E), the deposit and withdrawal unit 20, and the reject bins 23 and 26. For example, the present invention can be applied to a medium processing apparatus and a medium storage unit that process a medium (paper sheets such as a small stamp, an entrance ticket, and a ticket) other than banknotes. Further, in each of the above embodiments, the present disclosure is applied to the cash automated teller machine 1 as the automated transaction apparatus, but is not limited thereto, and may be applied to an automated transaction apparatus having a side guide and a medium accumulating mechanism for accumulating a medium by hitting the medium with a plurality of impellers, and may be applied to an automated transaction apparatus different from the cash automated teller machine 1. For example, the present invention can also be applied to an automatic transaction apparatus that processes media other than banknotes (e.g., small stamps, tickets, and the like).

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Further, in each of the above embodiments, as a specific example of the transport roller for transporting the medium to the storage space, 2 paper feed rollers 43 provided at the central portion of the shaft 61 are used, but the shape, number, and arrangement of the paper feed rollers 43 are only an example, and may be different from each of the above embodiments. Further, in each of the above embodiments, as a specific example of the opposed roller arranged to face the conveyance roller, 2 reverse rollers 44 provided at the central portion of the shaft 62 are used, but the shape, number, and arrangement of the reverse rollers 44 are merely examples, and may be different from each of the above embodiments.

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Further, the present disclosure is not limited to the above embodiments. That is, the scope of application of the present disclosure relates to an embodiment obtained by arbitrarily combining a part or all of the above-described embodiment and other embodiments, and an embodiment obtained by extracting a part of them.

Industrial applicability

The present disclosure can be used, for example, for various devices having side guides and having a medium accumulating mechanism that accumulates by hitting a medium with a plurality of impellers.

Claims (11)

1. A medium processing apparatus having a housing space in which a medium is housed, the medium processing apparatus comprising:

a conveying roller that conveys the medium to the storage space;

a counter roller disposed to face the transport roller, and forming a discharge port for discharging the medium to the storage space between the counter roller and the transport roller;

a plurality of impellers that hit the medium discharged from the discharge port to the housing space;

a shaft supporting the impeller;

a table that is movable in the housing space and on which the medium is accumulated; and

a side guide that restricts a position of the medium in a width direction orthogonal to a discharge direction in parallel in the housing space,

an outer impeller located on an outermost side in an axial direction of the shaft among the plurality of impellers is disposed at: in this position, the interval from the outer impeller to the side guide is smaller than the length in the height direction from the uppermost surface of the medium accumulated on the stage to the discharge port, and the outer impeller does not contact the side guide.

2. The media processing device of claim 1,

the side guide is movable between an approaching position closest to the outer impeller and a separating position farthest from the outer impeller on an outer side of the outer impeller in an axial direction of the shaft,

the interval from the outer impeller to the side guide at the separation position is smaller than the length in the height direction from the uppermost surface of the medium accumulated on the table to the discharge port.

3. The medium processing device according to claim 1 or 2,

the plurality of impellers further includes an inner impeller located on an inner side in an axial direction of the shaft than the outer impeller, and a center impeller located between the outer impeller and the inner impeller,

at least one of a distance from the outer impeller to the center impeller and a distance from the center impeller to the inner impeller is smaller than a height-wise length from an uppermost surface of the medium accumulated on the table to the discharge port.

4. The media processing device of claim 3,

the inner impeller is disposed at the following positions: in this position, when the medium discharged from the discharge port is deformed so that a center portion in the width direction of the medium bulges toward the discharge port side with a vertex in a state of being closer to the side guide, the inner impeller is located further outward in the axial direction of the shaft than the vertex.

5. The media processing device of claim 3,

the shaft is provided with the outer impeller, the center impeller, and the inner impeller on both one end side and the other end side in the axial direction, and the opposed roller is provided between the inner impeller provided on the one end side in the axial direction of the shaft and the inner impeller provided on the other end side in the axial direction.

6. The media processing device of claim 3,

the shaft is provided with the outer impeller and the central impeller on both one end side and the other end side in the axial direction, the inner impeller is provided between the central impeller provided on one end side in the axial direction of the shaft and the central impeller provided on the other end side in the axial direction, and the opposed rollers are provided between the central impeller provided on one end side in the axial direction of the shaft and the inner impeller, and between the central impeller provided on the other end side in the axial direction and the inner impeller, respectively.

7. The media processing device of claim 6,

the center impeller provided on one end side in the axial direction of the shaft is disposed at the following positions: in this position, when the medium discharged from the discharge port is deformed so that a center portion in the width direction of the medium bulges toward the discharge port side with a vertex in a state of being closer to the side guide at one end side in the axial direction of the shaft, the center impeller provided at one end side in the axial direction of the shaft is closer to the one end side in the axial direction of the shaft than the vertex.

8. The medium processing device according to claim 1 or 2,

the plurality of impellers includes an inner impeller located on an inner side in an axial direction of the shaft than the outer impeller,

the distance from the outer impeller to the inner impeller is smaller than the height-wise length from the uppermost surface of the medium accumulated on the table to the discharge port.

9. The media processing device of claim 3,

the shaft is provided with the outer impeller, the center impeller, and the inner impeller on both one axial end side and the other axial end side, and further provided with an intermediate impeller between the inner impeller provided on the one axial end side of the shaft and the inner impeller provided on the other axial end side, and further provided with the opposed rollers between the center impeller provided on the one axial end side of the shaft and the intermediate impeller, and between the center impeller provided on the other axial end side of the shaft and the intermediate impeller.

10. The media processing device of claim 9,

the distance between the center impeller and the intermediate impeller provided on one end side in the axial direction of the shaft and the distance between the center impeller and the intermediate impeller provided on the other end side in the axial direction are smaller than the length in the height direction from the uppermost surface of the medium accumulated on the stage to the discharge port.

11. An automatic transaction apparatus, comprising:

a conveying unit that conveys a medium; and

a medium housing unit configured from the medium processing apparatus according to claim 1.

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