JP3781847B2

JP3781847B2 - Banknote storage device

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Publication number: JP3781847B2
Application number: JP32846096A
Authority: JP
Inventors: 田学山; 見豊史岩
Original assignee: グローリー工業株式会社
Priority date: 1996-12-09
Filing date: 1996-12-09
Publication date: 2006-05-31
Anticipated expiration: 2016-12-09
Also published as: JPH10172022A

Description

【０００１】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、銀行等の金融機関において使用される紙幣入金機、紙幣入出金機などの紙幣を処理する紙幣処理機の紙幣収納装置に関する。
【０００２】
【従来の技術】
上記のような紙幣処理機では、機体内に紙幣収納部を備えており、一般には紙幣収納部の上方位置で収納すべき紙幣を受取り、収納部内を下降してその下端に設けられる繰出し手段上または既に収納されている紙幣上に前記の受取った紙幣を集積させる移送手段を有する紙幣収納装置が用いられている。
【０００３】
従来の上記紙幣収納装置は、図１２に平面図を、図１３（Ａ）〜（Ｃ）に作動状態を示すように、紙幣収納部ａの相対向する２側面を構成している側板ｂ，ｂの外側位置にあって該側板ｂ，ｂにそって昇降する一対の揺動軸ｃ，ｃが設けられ、これら揺動軸ｃ，ｃに平面視略Ｅ字状を有する載置板ｄ，ｄの基部がそれぞれ固着され、各載置板ｄ，ｄの載置面部ｅ，ｅ…は前記側板ｂ，ｂに上下方向に切設されたスリットｆ，ｆ…から紙幣収納部ａ内に進退自在とされており、進入時には図１３（Ａ）のように水平姿勢となって各載置板ｄ，ｄの載置面部ｅ，ｅ…上で紙幣Ｐを支持し、紙幣Ｐを受取った載置板ｄ，ｄが揺動軸ｃ，ｃの下降によってそのまま下降し、既収納紙幣Ｐの上方位置で停止して揺動軸ｃ，ｃが回動し、各載置板ｄ，ｄが図１３（Ｂ）に矢印で示すように下方に観音開き式に開いて最終的に図１３（Ｃ）のように載置板ｄ，ｄが紙幣収納部ａ外に退避し、載置板ｄ，ｄ上に載っていた紙幣Ｐが既収納紙幣Ｐ上に落下集積されるようになっている。
【０００４】
上記載置板ｄ，ｄの下降停止位置は、載置板ｄ，ｄが下方に観音開き式に開いた際にその先端が既収納紙幣Ｐに接触しないだけの距離Ｌａをおいてなるべく既収納紙幣Ｐの上面に接近した位置で停止させるようになされている。
【０００５】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
しかるに上記従来の装置では、載置板ｄ，ｄ上の紙幣Ｐを紙幣収納部ａ内に集積させるとき、載置板ｄ，ｄを既収納紙幣Ｐの上面から距離Ｌａだけ離間した位置で停止させてその位置から紙幣Ｐを落下させなければならないので、落下時に紙幣の集積状態が崩れやすく、そのため正常に集積させることができないという問題があった。特に集積すべき紙幣Ｐが１枚〜２枚という非常に少ない枚数であると、紙幣に重みがなく、落下姿勢が不安定となって集積状態が乱れ、後の繰出しに重大な支障をきたすという問題点があった。
【０００６】
一方、載置板ｄの載置面部ｅ，ｅ…の長さＬｂと落下距離Ｌａとの関係がＬｂ＜Ｌａでなければならない関係上、落下距離Ｌａを極力小さくしようとすると前記載置面部ｅ，ｅ…の長さＬｂがそれだけ小さくなり、したがって載置板ｄ，ｄが水平姿勢となって紙幣Ｐを支持するとき互いの載置板ｄ，ｄの対向部間の間隔が大きく空いてしまい、紙幣収納部ａの上方位置で紙幣Ｐを受取る際に紙幣が載置板ｄ，ｄ上に確実に受取られずに下方に落下してしまうという問題が発生し、それ故前記の落下距離Ｌａを短くすることができなかった。
【０００７】
【課題を解決するための手段】
本発明は、紙幣収納部の上方位置で紙幣を受取る際には確実に載置板上に受取ることができ、紙幣収納部内へ集積させる際には集積状態を乱すことなく整然と収納集積することを可能とする紙幣収納装置を提供することを課題としてなされたものである。
【０００８】
上記課題を解決する手段として本発明は、紙幣を重積状態に収納する紙幣収納部と、この紙幣収納部の下端に設けられ該収納部内の紙幣を１枚ずつ繰出す繰出し手段と、前記紙幣収納部の上方位置において紙幣を受取って下降し前記繰出し手段上または既収納紙幣上に前記受取った紙幣を集積させる紙幣移送手段とを具備する紙幣収納装置において、該移送手段は、前記紙幣収納部の相対向する２側面の外側位置に軸支された揺動軸に取付けられ前記紙幣収納部内に進入して紙幣を載置可能とする水平姿勢と該収納部外に退避する垂直姿勢とにわたり観音開き状に揺動し得る一対の載置板と、この載置板を揺動させて水平姿勢に保持するとともにその保持を解除して載置板の垂直姿勢への揺動を可能とする載置板揺動手段と、前記載置板の揺動軸および載置板揺動手段を前記紙幣収納部にそって昇降させる昇降手段と、紙幣集積時に前記昇降手段により前記載置板を既収納紙幣の上面よりやや高い位置に位置させ、前記載置板揺動手段により載置板の水平姿勢の姿勢保持を解除したのち前記載置板の揺動軸を上昇させるべく制御する収納制御手段とを具備してなり、収納部内への紙幣集積時に、前記載置板揺動手段、前記昇降手段および前記収納制御手段により、前記載置板は、先端が既収納紙幣の上面に倣って移動しながら紙幣間から外側方へ抜き取られるようにしたことにある。
【０００９】
前記載置板揺動手段は、前記各揺動軸の端部に互いに向き合う方向に突設された一対の作動レバーと、各作動レバーの先端位置が載置され、昇降動により前記載置板を揺動させるとともに昇降用カムフォロワを有する昇降部材と、この昇降部材のカムフォロワに係合して該昇降部材を所定位置に保持することにより載置板を水平姿勢に保持する水平状態保持部、および前記昇降部材を下降させて載置板の垂直姿勢への揺動を可能とする水平状態解除部を有するカム部材と、このカム部材を回動させる駆動モータとで構成することが好ましい。
【００１０】
また、前記載置板が水平姿勢から上方へ揺動したことを検知する検知手段を設け、紙幣集積時に前記載置板を既収納紙幣の上面よりも僅かに高い位置に位置させるために前記検知手段が載置板の上方への揺動を検知することによって前記昇降手段の下降を停止させたのちに僅かに上昇させるよう制御する下降停止制御手段を設ける態様とすることができる。
【００１１】
【発明の実施の態様】
以下、本発明を図面に示す実施の形態を参照して説明する。
図１は本発明に係る紙幣収納装置の適用対象例として紙幣入出金機を示す略示断面図で、その構成の概要を簡単に説明すると、機体１の上部には入金すべき紙幣Ｐを立位姿勢でセットする入金口２が設けられ、この入金口２には最前位の紙幣Ｐを１枚ずつ繰込むためのキッカローラ３、フイードローラ４、ゲートローラ５等からなる繰込み手段６が設けられており、紙幣Ｐの背後を押圧する押圧部材７により最前位の紙幣Ｐが繰込み手段６に所定の押付け力により当接されるようになっている。
【００１２】
前記繰込み手段６により繰込まれた紙幣を搬送する搬送路には、紙幣Ｐの真偽、金種、正損等を判別する識別部８が設けられ、この識別部８の下流には前記入金口２の背後位置に設けられているリジェクト口９へリジェクト紙幣と識別された紙幣を繰込むための搬送路１０が分岐され、またその分岐点より下流側には表裏反転部１１が設けられている。
【００１３】
上記搬送路の末端位置の上方部には出金口１２が設けられており、この出金口１２の下部には出金リジェクト紙幣Ｐ′を収納する出金リジェクトボックス１３が設けられている。上記出金口１２へは周知のように搬送路１４により出金紙幣が送り込まれ、その出金紙幣は図示しない押動手段により紙面に対し手前側に押し出されるようになっており、また出金リジェクトの場合は出金口１２の底部を構成している左右一対の底板１５，１５が下方に開いて出金リジェクトボックス１３内に取込むようになっている。
【００１４】
上記各部は機体１の上部領域内に配設され、この上部領域の下部の中間領域には紙幣を一時保留するための一時保留部が、その下方の下部領域には本発明に係わる紙幣収納装置が配設され、この下部領域は機体１に対し一括引出し可能な構成とされる。
【００１５】
前記下部領域には、固定金庫としての万円紙幣用、千円紙幣用、５千円紙幣用の各収納部１６，１６，１６が配設されるほか、機体１内の紙幣を回収して精算等の処理時に他所へ運搬するための回収カセット１７が着脱可能に収蔵されている。
【００１６】
また上記各収納部１６，１６，１６および回収カセット１７の直上位置の中間領域内には各一時保留部１８，１８，１８，１９が配設され、これら収納部１６，１６…の一時保留部１８，１８…の上部位置には前記識別部８による識別結果に基づいて各収納部に対応する金種の紙幣を送り込むため分岐路２０を経て搬送する搬送路２１および送込み手段２２，２２…が配設されており、一時保留部１８，１８…内には一時保留紙幣Ｐを収納部１６，１６…内に一括して収納する際に開く昇降自在な一対の底板２３，２３があって入金承認時に収納するようになっている。一時保留紙幣Ｐの収納不承認による返却は、機体１の前面の扉を解錠して開け、そこから手で取出すようになっている。また回収カセット１７の一時保留部１９は、送込み手段２４のほか繰出し手段２５を備え、回収カセット１７内の収納紙幣をも繰出すことができるようになっており、またそのとき底板２６，２６は左右にスライドして開閉されるようになっている。
【００１７】
前記収納部１６，１６…の底部は若干傾斜されており、その傾斜の下端位置に繰出し口２７があって、下底部に設けられたキッカローラ２８、フイードローラ２９、ゲートローラ３０等からなる繰出し手段３１，３１…により紙幣を１枚ずつ繰出すようになっており、繰出された紙幣は搬送路３２，３３を通じて前記出金口１２への搬送路１４に連なり、搬送路３１の途中には出金識別部３４が設けられている。
【００１８】
本発明による紙幣収納装置は、図２に平面図を、図３に図２の一部を破断した正面図を示すように、上面が開放され平面視において横長矩形状を有する縦長箱状の収納部１６を有し、その外側は所要範囲にわたり外殻３５，３５によりカバーされている。
【００１９】
次に本発明における紙幣移送手段の構成について説明する。
【００２０】
前記収納部１６の相対向する長手方向の２側面を構成している側板１６ａ，１６ａの外側部には一対の揺動軸３６，３６が設けられている。一方の揺動軸３６には図４にみられるように平面視略Ｅ字状の載置板３７の基部が固着され、他方の揺動軸３６には前記載置板３７の各載置面部３７ａ，３７ａ，３７ａ間に位置しかつ先端同士が長さＭ（図２示）だけ若干ラップするように２枚の載置板３８，３８の基部が固着されている。これら載置板３７，３８は水平状態におかれたとき揺動軸３６，３６の下面側に固着されており、垂直姿勢となって収納部１６外に退避する際の回転中心がなるべく側板１６ａ，１６ａから離れた位置となるように考慮されている。
【００２１】
前記揺動軸３６，３６の一端側は断面が下向きコ字状の支持部材４０の両側壁に貫通して回転自在に支持され、この支持部材４０から突出した揺動軸３６，３６の端部には作動レバー４１，４１の一端が固着されているとともに戻りバネ４２，４２が嵌挿されていて、この戻りバネ４２，４２により前記載置板３７，３８が下方に揺動して開く方向に付勢が与えられている。また上記支持部材４０にはこれと一体的なガイドブロック４３が設けられており、このガイドブロック４３は外殻３５の一側に立設支持されたガイドロッド４４にスライド自在に嵌挿され、昇降がガイドされるようになっている。
【００２２】
前記側板１６ａ，１６ａには、前記載置板３７の各載置面部３７ａ，３７ａ…および載置板３８，３８を外方へ退避させるためのスリット４５，４６が側板１６ａ，１６ａの上端から下端近くにわたって形成されている。
【００２３】
前記載置板３７，３８を水平姿勢（図２、図４示の位置）と前記スリット４５，４６から側板１６ａ，１６ａ外に出て垂直姿勢となる範囲にわたり揺動させて開閉させる載置板揺動手段５０は、前記支持部材４０に固設された平面視コ字状の機枠５１に支持される揺動用モータ５２と、このモータ５２の軸５２ａに固着されたカム部材５３と、中央位置に前記カム部材５３の周面に当接するカムフォロワ５４が軸着された昇降部材５５とを有し、この昇降部材５５は前記カムフォロワ５４とは反対面の中央位置にガイド部５６が突設され、このガイド部５６のピン５７が前記支持部材４０に固設の部材に穿設された上下方向の長孔５８に嵌合されている。
【００２４】
前記昇降部材５５の両端位置には、Ｌ形状に屈曲した水平な受部５９，５９を有し、この受部５９，５９上には前記揺動軸３６，３６の作動レバー４１，４１の先端に軸着されたローラ６０，６０が当接され、この昇降部材５５の上下動に応じ揺動軸３６，３６が回動して前記載置板３７，３８が水平姿勢と垂直姿勢とにわたり変換されるようになっている。
【００２５】
前記カム部材５３は、図５に示すように全体として略楕円形状を有し、その短軸上の偏った位置で前記揺動用モータ５２の軸５２ａに固着され、この軸５２ａの偏りとは反対側の周面の所要範囲が低段とされてこの範囲が載置板３７，３８の水平状態保持部５３Ａとされ、他の範囲が水平状態解除部５３Ｂとされている。
【００２６】
前記外殻３５の一側には前記載置板３７，３８およびその揺動手段５０を昇降させるための昇降手段６１が設けられている。すなわち外殻３５の一側下方位置に支持具６２を介して昇降用モータ６３が取付けられ、このモータ６３の軸上のプーリー６４と前記外殻３５の一側上方部に軸着されたプーリー６５との間にタイミングベルト６６が巻回され、このタイミングベルト６６と前記支持部材４０の固定用部材６７とが固着されていて、該ベルト６６の回動により支持部材４０およびこれに付随する揺動用モータ５２、カム部材５３、昇降部材５５等が共に昇降するように構成されている。
【００２７】
図２、図８においてＳ₁〜Ｓ₄はセンサを示し、センサＳ₁は前記作動レバー４１の姿勢を検知して載置板３８の下降限を知るためのもので、収納部１６の底部上に繰出し口２７側に向け下り傾斜状に集積される紙幣Ｐの反繰出し口側の高い側に当る載置板３８がその紙幣Ｐに当接して上方に押上げられるように回動変位したときこの載置板３８側の作動レバー４１の検知部４１ａ（図８示）を検知して載置板３８の下降限を検出する。またセンサＳ₂，Ｓ₃は、昇降部材５５の上限、下限を検知するものであり、センサＳ₄はカム部材５３の検知板５３ａにより作動カム５３の定位置を検知するものである。
【００２８】
なお図示の実施形態においては、載置板３７，３８上に紙幣を受入れる際に紙幣が安定して載置されるようにするとともに側板１６ａ，１６ａに形成されている載置板出入用のスリット４５，４６から紙幣が飛び出したり引掛かるようなことを回避するための載置板３８，３８の構造、および収納部１６の上部開口部の長手方向両端位置での紙幣の落下を防ぐための構造、さらには紙幣の繰出し時に紙幣を繰出し手段３１に押付け、収納部１６内の紙幣の残量が少くても確実に繰出しが行われるようにするための構造を備えた場合を示している。
【００２９】
すなわち一側の載置板３８，３８は、隣り合う載置板とは反対側にこれと一体的に補助載置部６８，６８が張出して設けられ、この補助載置部６８，６８にゴム板、軟質合成樹脂板等からなる弾性板６９，６９の基部が固着され、この弾性板６９，６９は水平姿勢時に他側の載置板３７の両端位置の載置面部３７ａ，３７ａの先端を越えて延び、かつ先端に可及的近接した位置をとるように形成されている。
【００３０】
一方、側板１６ａに形成されるスリット４６，４６は、図６に示すように載置板３８と補助載置部６８とを合わせた幅Ｌ₀よりやや広い幅Ｌ₁とされ、弾性板６９を加えた幅Ｌ₂よりは小とされている。また前記補助載置部６８と対応する位置のスリット４６の範囲内には、該部のスリットを閉鎖するように上下方向にベルト７０が上下のローラ７１，７２間に回転自由に巻回して設けられ、載置板３８の垂直姿勢への開放時に補助載置部６８がベルト７０に当り、図７（Ａ）から（Ｂ），（Ｃ）のようにこれを押しのけるようになっている。
【００３１】
次に紙幣受入れ時に特に紙幣の先端が下向きにカールしているような紙幣が送入されたとき載置板３７，３８と収納部１６の端部との間から収納部１６に落下することを防ぐための紙幣落下防止手段８０は、収納部１６の端部と外殻３５との間に位置して外殻３５の側壁間に軸８１，８１が回転自在に支持され、この軸８１，８１に平面視略Ｅ字状の紙幣ガイド８２，８２の基部が固着されており、この軸８１，８１の一端に固着されたレバー８３，８３に前記揺動軸３６の上昇時（紙幣受入れ時）に該揺動軸３６に設けられた当接部８４，８４が当って水平姿勢に押し上げたとき紙幣ガイド８２が図３に点線で示すように収納部１６内に略４５°の傾斜姿勢をもって位置し、揺動軸３６の下降に伴い紙幣ガイド８２，８２は同図左側のものとして一点鎖線で示すように収納部１６外に垂直姿勢となっておかれるようになっている。
【００３２】
次に繰出し時に紙幣を押圧する紙幣押圧手段８５は、外殻３５にそって立設されたガイド軸８６に軸８７の一端のブロック８８が上下動自在に嵌挿されて片持ち支持され、この軸８７の他端は外殻３５に固定のガイド板８９に上下方向に形成された長孔９０に挿通されており、この軸８７に札押え９１，９１，９１の基部が固着され、軸８７が回動したとき収納部１６内に進入する押え部９１ａは図１０に作動図として示しているように繰出し口２７に近い位置で紙幣Ｐの上面に当るようになっている。
【００３３】
前記軸８７の端部には捩りバネ９２が嵌合されて軸８７に対し札押え９１の押え部９１ａが収納部１６内に進入する方向に付勢している。また札押え９１の最上昇位置（図１０（Ａ））にあるとき札押え９１を収納部１６から脱出させるための突部９３が収納部１６の外面に突設されている。さらに前記ブロック８８は、外殻３５の側部の前記支持具６２に支持された札押え用モータ９４のプーリー９５と外殻３５の上方側部に軸支されたプーリー９６とに巻回されたタイミングベルト９７に固定されている。
【００３４】
制御部１００は、図１１に示すようにＲＯＭ１０１、ＲＡＭ１０２、収納制御手段１０３、下降停止制御手段１０４を持ち、この制御部１００には前記センサＳ₁〜Ｓ₄および図示しない紙幣収納量検知用センサＳ_n…からの信号が入力され、これらの信号に基づき各モータ５２，６３，９４が制御されて所期の動作を行わせる。
【００３５】
上記の下降停止制御手段１０４は、収納部１６内への紙幣集積時に前記載置板３７，３８を既収納紙幣の上面よりも僅かに高い位置に位置させるために前記センサＳ₁が載置板３８の上方への揺動を検知することによって前記昇降手段６１の下降を停止させたのちに僅かに上昇させるよう制御するものである。
【００３６】
さらに収納制御手段１０３は、前記載置板３７，３８が既収納紙幣の上面よりやや高い位置に停止したのち載置板の水平姿勢を解いて揺動軸３６，３６を上昇させ、載置板３７，３８を紙幣間から収納部外方へスライドさせて抜きとる制御を行うものである。
【００３７】
次に上記実施の形態の作用を説明する。
入金時の紙幣の流れは、図１において入金口２に入金すべき紙幣Ｐを立位姿勢にセットし、繰込み手段６の駆動により１枚ずつ繰込まれ、識別部８を通る際に金種、正損、表裏等が判別され、表裏の反転を要する紙幣は表裏反転部１１を通って各金種別の一時保留部１８，１８…へ送り込まれ、損券は回収カセット１７の上方の一時保留部１９へ送り込まれる。またリジェクト紙幣はリジェクト口９へ戻される。
【００３８】
一時保留部１８，１８…，１９に集積された紙幣は、収納承認により収納部１６および回収カセット１７内に収納される。
【００３９】
収納部１６への収納時には、図８（Ａ）のように載置板３７，３８を含む載置板揺動手段５０は最上昇位置にあってそのカムフォロワ５４はカム部材５３の水平状態保持部５３Ａに位置しており、これにより昇降部材５５は上昇位置におかれてその受部５９，５９が作動レバー４１，４１のローラ６０，６０を押し上げ、揺動軸３６，３６が捩りバネ４２，４２に抗して回動して各載置板３７，３８を水平状態に保持している。なお図８においては受入れた紙幣の図示は錯綜するため省略してあり、載置板揺動手段５０の動作のみを示している。
【００４０】
この状態下において前記一時保留部１８の底板２３，２３が開いて落下する紙幣は上記載置板３７，３８上に受入れられる。このとき載置板３８，３８は他側の載置板３７の載置面部３７ａ，３７ａ…間に位置しかつ紙幣の長手方向に対しては補助載置部６８，６８および弾性板６９，６９が存在していることにより隙間から落下することがなく、また両端には紙幣ガイド８２，８２が傾斜しておかれているので、紙幣の長手方向端部が下向きにカールしていたとしてもこの紙幣ガイド８２，８２に当って収納部１６内に落ち込むことがなく、整然と載置板３７，３８上に受止められる。
【００４１】
上記のようにして紙幣を受入れると、昇降手段６１の昇降用モータ６３が駆動してタイミングベルト６６を回動させ、これに固着されている支持部材４０をガイドロッド４４にそって下降させる。
【００４２】
上記の下降により、一方の載置板３８，３８は収納部１６内の既収納紙幣Ｐの傾斜状態の上端側の上面に当るので、図８（Ｂ）のように当該載置板３８，３８はやや上方に回動し、これにより揺動軸３６が若干図において時計方向に回されるのでこれと一体の作動レバー４１の検知部４１ａがセンサＳ₁の位置に移動して該センサＳ₁を作動させる。
【００４３】
上記センサＳ₁が作動レバー４１の変位を検知すると、その信号が制御部１００へ入力され、その制御部１００により前記昇降用モータ６３が所定量逆転駆動して前記載置板３８，３８が水平姿勢になる高さ位置まで上昇させる（図８（Ｃ）示の状態）。
【００４４】
上記の状態となったのち載置板揺動手段５０の揺動用モータ５２が回動してカム部材５３が図において時計方向に回転し（図８（Ｄ）示）、これにより昇降部材５５のカムフォロワ５４はカム部材５３の水平状態解除部５３Ｂにより徐々に下降し、これに伴って昇降部材５５の受部５９，５９の下降により作動レバー４１，４１が捩りバネ４２，４２の付勢により追従下降し、揺動軸３６，３６が回転する。
【００４５】
上記図８（Ｄ）の載置板３７，３８の下方への揺動開始から紙幣の収納完了時の図８（Ｅ）の状態に至る間の載置板３７，３８の動きは、図９（Ａ）〜（Ｃ）に紙幣との関係についてのみ示しているように、揺動軸３６，３６の回転と上昇とに伴い載置板３７，３８の先端は既収納紙幣Ｐの上面に倣って移動しながら次第に載置板３７，３８上の紙幣Ｐの下から側方へ抜けて行き（図９（Ａ）→（Ｂ））、載置板３７の方が先に紙幣間から抜け出て収納部１６外に退避し、垂直状態となる。それに若干遅れて他側の載置板３８も紙幣間から斜め上方へ抜けて行く（図９（Ｃ））。この場合、各載置板３７，３８の基部が揺動軸３６，３６の下面側に固着されていることにより大きな弧を描いて抜けて行く。
【００４６】
なお上記載置板３８，３８が収納部１６から抜ける際には、前述の図７（Ａ）〜（Ｃ）のように載置板３８の補助載置部６８がベルト７０に当ってこのベルト７０に摩擦接触し、このベルト７０を回動させながら上昇し、さらに弾性板６９は自己が撓みながらスリット４６から抜け出る。
【００４７】
こうして載置板３７，３８が収納部１６から抜け出るときはカム部材５３は１８０°回転した位置にあり（図８（Ｅ））、さらにカム部材５３が１８０°回転することにより載置板３７，３８は水平位置に戻り、そのカム部材５３の１回転をその検知板５３ａをセンサＳ₄が検知して揺動用モータ５２が停止し（図８（Ｆ））、１回の収納を終る。上記昇降部材５５の上昇限、下降限はセンサＳ₂，Ｓ₃により検知される。
【００４８】
収納部１６内の紙幣Ｐを繰出すときは、収納部１６内の紙幣量を図示しないセンサＳ_nが検知し、所定量以下であると検知されたときには押え用モータ９４を駆動してブロック８８を下降させると、これと一体の軸８７が下降して札押え９１が突部９３から外れ、捩りバネ９２の付勢を受けて札押え９１の押え部９１ａが収納部１６内に進入し（図１０（Ｂ））、収納部１６内の紙幣Ｐの繰出し口２７に近い位置の上面を押え、繰出し手段３１に所定の押付力により押しつけ、確実な繰出しをなさしめる。
【００４９】
【発明の効果】
以上説明したように本発明によれば、収納部の上方位置で受入れた紙幣を収納部内に収納するとき載置板は、先端が既収納紙幣の上面に倣って移動しながら紙幣間から側方へ抜け出るので紙幣を高い位置で放出することがなく、既収納紙幣上（または繰出し手段上）に静かに置き去りにするように集積させることができ、これにより収納しようとする紙幣の枚数が少い場合であっても姿勢を乱すことなく整然とした集積状態に収納することができる。
【００５０】
また載置板は収納部内で垂直姿勢に変換させる必要がないので、その載置板の長さを十分大きくとることができ、したがって紙幣を受入れる際に載置板間の隙間から脱落してしまうようなことを防ぐことができ、確実な受入れができる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図１】本発明を適用する紙幣処理機の一例を示す略示断面図。
【図２】本発明による紙幣収納装置の一実施形態を示す平面図。
【図３】同、一部を破断して示す正面図。
【図４】同、載置板の部分を示す一部の斜視図。
【図５】図２、図３におけるカム部材の正面図。
【図６】一側の載置板と収納部の側板のスリットとの関係を示す部分正面図。
【図７】（Ａ）〜（Ｃ）は図６の載置板の作動状態を示す説明図。
【図８】（Ａ）〜（Ｆ）は載置板揺動手段の作動状態を示す説明図。
【図９】（Ａ）〜（Ｃ）は載置板の作動状態を示す説明図。
【図１０】（Ａ）〜（Ｃ）は紙幣押圧手段の作動状態を示す説明図。
【図１１】制御部のブロック図。
【図１２】従来の技術を示す平面図。
【図１３】（Ａ）〜（Ｃ）は従来の技術の作動状態を示す説明図。
【符号の説明】
１機体
２入金口
６繰込み手段
８識別部
９リジェクト口
１２出金口
１３リジェクトボックス
１６収納部
１７回収カセット
１８，１９一時保留部
２７繰出し口
３１繰出し手段
３４出金識別部
３５外殻
３６揺動軸
３７，３８載置板
４０支持部材
４１作動レバー
４４ガイドロッド
４５，４６スリット
５０載置板揺動手段
５２載置板揺動用モータ
５３カム部材
５５昇降部材
５９受部
６１昇降手段
６３昇降用モータ
６８補助載置部
６９弾性板
８０落下防止手段
８２紙幣ガイド
８５紙幣押圧手段
９１札押え[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a banknote storage device of a banknote processing machine that processes banknotes such as banknote depositing machines and banknote depositing and dispensing machines used in financial institutions such as banks.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In the banknote handling machine as described above, a banknote storage section is provided in the machine body. Generally, a banknote to be stored at a position above the banknote storage section is received, and the feeding means provided at the lower end of the banknote is lowered. Or the banknote storage apparatus which has the transfer means which accumulates the said received banknote on the banknote already accommodated is used.
[0003]
The above-mentioned conventional banknote storage device has side plates b constituting two opposite side surfaces of the banknote storage part a, as shown in a plan view in FIG. 12, and in an operating state in FIGS. a pair of oscillating shafts c, c that are located at the outer side of b and move up and down along the side plates b, b, and the oscillating shafts c, c have a substantially E-shape in plan view. The bases of d are respectively fixed, and the placement surface portions e, e... of the placement plates d, d are advanced and retracted into the banknote storage portion a from the slits f, f. 13B. When entering, the banknote P is supported in a horizontal posture as shown in FIG. 13A, and the banknotes P are supported on the mounting surface portions e, e... The placing plates d and d are lowered as the swinging shafts c and c are lowered, stopped at the upper position of the stored bills P, the swinging shafts c and c are rotated, and the placing plates d and d are moved. As shown by the arrow in FIG. 13 (B), it opens downward in a double-spreading manner, and finally the placing plates d and d are retracted out of the bill storage part a as shown in FIG. 13 (C), and the placing plates d and d The bills P placed on the top are dropped and accumulated on the stored bills P.
[0004]
The lowering stop position of the mounting plates d, d is as long as possible when the mounting plates d, d are spaced apart by a distance La so that the tip of the mounting plates d, d does not come into contact with the stored banknote P. It is made to stop at a position close to the upper surface of P.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the above-described conventional apparatus, when the bills P on the placement plates d and d are accumulated in the bill storage part a, the placement plates d and d are stopped at a position separated from the upper surface of the stored bills P by a distance La. Since the banknote P has to be dropped from that position, there is a problem that the stacking state of the banknotes tends to collapse at the time of dropping, and therefore cannot be normally stacked. In particular, if the number of banknotes P to be stacked is very small, such as 1 to 2, the banknotes are not weighted, the falling posture becomes unstable, the stacking state is disturbed, and serious troubles are caused in later feeding. There was a problem.
[0006]
On the other hand, since the relationship between the length Lb of the mounting surface portions e, e... Of the mounting plate d and the drop distance La must be Lb <La, if the drop distance La is to be made as small as possible, the above-described mounting surface portion e. , E..., The length Lb is reduced accordingly, so that when the placement plates d and d are in a horizontal posture to support the bills P, the distance between the opposing portions of the placement plates d and d is greatly increased. When the banknote P is received at the upper position of the banknote storage part a, there is a problem that the banknote is not received on the placing plates d and d and falls down, and thus the above-mentioned drop distance La Could not be shortened.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In the present invention, when a banknote is received at the upper position of the banknote storage unit, it can be reliably received on the mounting plate, and when it is stacked in the banknote storage unit, it is stored and stacked orderly without disturbing the stacking state. An object of the present invention is to provide a banknote storage device that can be used.
[0008]
As means for solving the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a banknote storage part for storing banknotes in a stacked state, a feeding means provided at the lower end of the banknote storage part for feeding out banknotes one by one, and the banknotes. A banknote storage device comprising banknote transporting means for receiving and lowering banknotes at an upper position of the storage unit, and stacking the received banknotes on the feeding means or the already stored banknotes, wherein the transporting means includes the banknote storage part. The door is spread over a horizontal posture that is attached to a swinging shaft that is pivotally supported on the outer side positions of two opposite sides of the paper and that allows the bill to be placed by being inserted into the bill storage portion and a vertical posture that retreats outside the storage portion. A pair of mounting plates that can swing in a shape, and a mounting that swings the mounting plate in a horizontal posture and releases the holding to allow the mounting plate to swing to a vertical posture The plate swinging means and the swinging plate Lifting means for lifting and lowering the shaft and the placing plate swinging means along the bill storage unit, and the raising and lowering means when the bills are stacked, the placing plate is positioned at a position slightly higher than the upper surface of the already stored bills. And a storage control means for controlling to raise the swing axis of the mounting plate after releasing the holding of the horizontal position of the mounting plate by the plate swinging means. The placement plate swinging means, the elevating means, and the storage control means enable the placement plate to be pulled outward from between the bills while the tip moves following the top surface of the already-stored bill. is there.
[0009]
The mounting plate swinging means includes a pair of operating levers protruding in directions facing each other at the ends of the respective swinging shafts, and tip positions of the respective operating levers. An elevating member having an elevating cam follower, a horizontal state holding unit that holds the elevating member in a horizontal position by engaging the cam follower of the elevating member and holding the elevating member in a predetermined position; It is preferable that the cam member includes a cam member having a horizontal state release portion that lowers the elevating member to allow the mounting plate to swing to a vertical posture, and a drive motor that rotates the cam member.
[0010]
Further, a detecting means for detecting that the placing plate swings upward from the horizontal posture is provided, and the detection is performed in order to position the placing plate at a position slightly higher than the upper surface of the stored banknotes when stacking banknotes. It is possible to provide a descending stop control means for controlling the means to slightly lift after stopping the descent of the elevating means by detecting the upward swing of the mounting plate.
[0011]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
The present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a banknote depositing / dispensing machine as an example of application of the banknote storage apparatus according to the present invention. The outline of the configuration will be briefly described. A deposit slot 2 is provided to be set in a posture, and the deposit slot 2 is provided with a feeding means 6 comprising a kicker roller 3, a feed roller 4, a gate roller 5 and the like for feeding the foremost banknote P one by one. The foremost banknote P is brought into contact with the feeding means 6 with a predetermined pressing force by a pressing member 7 that presses the back of the banknote P.
[0012]
The conveyance path for conveying the banknotes fed by the feeding means 6 is provided with an identification unit 8 for discriminating the authenticity, denomination, correctness, etc. of the banknotes P. A conveyance path 10 for feeding a banknote identified as a reject banknote is branched into a reject port 9 provided behind the deposit port 2, and a front / back reversing unit 11 is provided downstream of the branch point. ing.
[0013]
A withdrawal port 12 is provided at an upper portion of the end position of the transport path, and a withdrawal reject box 13 for accommodating a withdrawal reject banknote P ′ is provided below the withdrawal port 12. As is well known, a withdrawal bill is fed into the withdrawal opening 12 by a conveyance path 14, and the withdrawal bill is pushed forward with respect to the paper surface by a pushing means (not shown). In the case of rejection, a pair of left and right bottom plates 15, 15 constituting the bottom portion of the withdrawal port 12 are opened downward and taken into the withdrawal reject box 13.
[0014]
Each of the above parts is disposed in the upper region of the machine body 1, a temporary storage unit for temporarily storing banknotes in an intermediate region below the upper region, and a banknote storage device according to the present invention in the lower region below the upper region. The lower region is configured to be able to be pulled out with respect to the body 1 in a lump.
[0015]
In the lower area, storage units 16, 16, and 16 for 10,000 yen bills, thousand yen bills, and 5,000 yen bills as fixed safes are arranged, and the bills in the body 1 are collected. A collection cassette 17 for transporting to another place at the time of processing such as settlement is detachably stored.
[0016]
Further, temporary holding units 18, 18, 18, 19 are disposed in an intermediate area immediately above the storage units 16, 16, 16 and the collection cassette 17, and the temporary storage units of the storage units 16, 16,. .., 18,... Are transported via a branch path 20 and feeding means 22, 22... Are disposed in the temporary storage units 18, 18... And a pair of bottom plates 23 and 23 that can be moved up and down when the temporary storage banknotes P are stored in the storage units 16, 16. It is designed to be stored when payment is approved. To return the temporarily held banknote P due to non-approval of storage, the door on the front surface of the machine body 1 is unlocked and opened, and is manually removed therefrom. The temporary holding unit 19 of the collection cassette 17 is provided with a feeding unit 25 in addition to the feeding unit 24 so that the stored banknotes in the collection cassette 17 can be fed out. Can be opened and closed by sliding left and right.
[0017]
The bottom portions of the storage portions 16, 16... Are slightly inclined, and there is a supply port 27 at the lower end of the inclination, and a supply means comprising a kicker roller 28, a feed roller 29, a gate roller 30 and the like provided on the lower bottom portion. The banknotes are fed out one by one by 31, 31..., And the fed banknotes are connected to the transport path 14 to the withdrawal port 12 through the transport paths 32 and 33. A gold identification unit 34 is provided.
[0018]
2 is a plan view, and FIG. 3 is a front view with a part cut away from FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. It has a portion 16 and its outer side is covered by outer shells 35, 35 over the required range.
[0019]
Next, the structure of the banknote transfer means in this invention is demonstrated.
[0020]
A pair of oscillating shafts 36 are provided on the outer side portions of the side plates 16a, 16a constituting the two opposing longitudinal side surfaces of the storage portion 16. As shown in FIG. 4, a base portion of a mounting plate 37 having a substantially E shape in plan view is fixed to one swinging shaft 36, and each mounting surface portion of the mounting plate 37 is fixed to the other swinging shaft 36. The bases of the two mounting plates 38 and 38 are fixed so that the distal ends are slightly overlapped by a length M (shown in FIG. 2) between 37a, 37a and 37a. The mounting plates 37 and 38 are fixed to the lower surface side of the swing shafts 36 and 36 when placed in a horizontal state, and the side plate 16a has a center of rotation when retracting out of the storage unit 16 in a vertical posture as much as possible. , 16a is taken into consideration.
[0021]
One end side of the swing shafts 36, 36 is rotatably supported by penetrating through both side walls of a support member 40 having a U-shaped cross section downward, and ends of the swing shafts 36, 36 protruding from the support member 40. One end of the operating levers 41 and 41 is fixed and return springs 42 and 42 are fitted, and the return plates 42 and 42 swing the opening plates 37 and 38 downward to open them. Is energized. The support member 40 is provided with a guide block 43 integrated therewith. The guide block 43 is slidably fitted into a guide rod 44 which is erected and supported on one side of the outer shell 35, and is moved up and down. Is to be guided.
[0022]
In the side plates 16a, 16a, the mounting surface portions 37a, 37a,... Of the mounting plate 37 and slits 45, 46 for retracting the mounting plates 38, 38 outward are provided from the upper end to the lower end of the side plates 16a, 16a. It is formed over the vicinity.
[0023]
The mounting plates 37 and 38 are opened and closed by swinging the mounting plates 37 and 38 in a horizontal posture (positions shown in FIGS. 2 and 4) and out of the side plates 16a and 16a from the slits 45 and 46 to a vertical posture. The swing means 50 includes a swing motor 52 supported by a U-shaped machine frame 51 fixed to the support member 40, a cam member 53 fixed to a shaft 52a of the motor 52, a center The cam follower 54 abutting on the circumferential surface of the cam member 53 is pivotally mounted at a position, and the lift member 55 is provided with a guide portion 56 projecting at a central position opposite to the cam follower 54. The pin 57 of the guide portion 56 is fitted in a vertically elongated hole 58 formed in a member fixed to the support member 40.
[0024]
At both end positions of the elevating member 55, there are horizontal receiving portions 59, 59 bent in an L shape, and on the receiving portions 59, 59, the tips of the operating levers 41, 41 of the swing shafts 36, 36 are provided. The rollers 60, 60 attached to the shaft are brought into contact with each other, and the swinging shafts 36, 36 are rotated in accordance with the vertical movement of the elevating member 55 so that the mounting plates 37, 38 are converted between the horizontal posture and the vertical posture. It has come to be.
[0025]
As shown in FIG. 5, the cam member 53 has a substantially oval shape as a whole, and is fixed to the shaft 52a of the swinging motor 52 at a biased position on the minor axis, which is opposite to the bias of the shaft 52a. The required range of the peripheral surface on the side is low, and this range is the horizontal state holding portion 53A of the mounting plates 37 and 38, and the other range is the horizontal state releasing portion 53B.
[0026]
On one side of the outer shell 35, there are provided lifting means 61 for raising and lowering the mounting plates 37 and 38 and the swinging means 50 thereof. That is, a lifting / lowering motor 63 is attached to a position below one side of the outer shell 35 via a support tool 62, and a pulley 64 on the shaft of the motor 63 and a pulley 65 mounted on one side upper portion of the outer shell 35. A timing belt 66 is wound between the timing belt 66 and the timing belt 66 and the fixing member 67 of the support member 40 are fixed. The rotation of the belt 66 causes the support member 40 and the associated swinging member to swing. The motor 52, the cam member 53, the elevating member 55, etc. are configured to move up and down.
[0027]
2 and 8, S ₁ ~ S _Four Indicates a sensor, sensor S ₁ Is for detecting the attitude of the operating lever 41 and knowing the lowering limit of the loading plate 38. The counter-feeding of the banknotes P stacked on the bottom of the storage unit 16 in a downwardly inclined manner toward the feeding port 27 side. When the placing plate 38 that hits the higher side of the mouth side is rotated and displaced so as to abut against the bill P and pushed upward, the detecting portion 41a of the operating lever 41 on the placing plate 38 side (shown in FIG. 8). Is detected, and the lowering limit of the mounting plate 38 is detected. Sensor S ₂ , S _Three Detects the upper and lower limits of the elevating member 55, and sensor S _Four Is for detecting the fixed position of the operating cam 53 by the detection plate 53 a of the cam member 53.
[0028]
In the illustrated embodiment, the bills are stably placed when the bills are received on the placement plates 37 and 38, and the placement plate loading / unloading slits are formed on the side plates 16a and 16a. The structure of the mounting plates 38 and 38 for avoiding the banknotes from jumping out and being caught from 45 and 46, and the structure for preventing the banknotes from dropping at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the upper opening of the storage unit 16 Furthermore, a case is shown in which a bill is pressed against the feeding means 31 when the bill is fed, and the bill is reliably fed even if the remaining amount of the bill in the storage unit 16 is small.
[0029]
That is, the first mounting plates 38, 38 are provided with auxiliary mounting portions 68, 68 extending integrally on the opposite side of the adjacent mounting plates, and the auxiliary mounting portions 68, 68 are provided with rubber. The bases of elastic plates 69, 69 made of a plate, a soft synthetic resin plate, etc. are fixed, and the elastic plates 69, 69 are positioned at the tips of the mounting surface portions 37a, 37a at the both ends of the mounting plate 37 on the other side in a horizontal posture. It is formed so as to extend beyond and take a position as close as possible to the tip.
[0030]
On the other hand, the slits 46 and 46 formed in the side plate 16a have a width L that combines the placement plate 38 and the auxiliary placement portion 68 as shown in FIG. ₀ Slightly wider width L ₁ The width L with the elastic plate 69 added ₂ It is said to be smaller. Further, within the range of the slit 46 at a position corresponding to the auxiliary placement portion 68, a belt 70 is provided so as to be freely wound around the upper and lower rollers 71 and 72 so as to close the slit of the portion. When the mounting plate 38 is released to the vertical posture, the auxiliary mounting portion 68 hits the belt 70 and pushes it away as shown in FIGS. 7 (A) to 7 (C).
[0031]
Next, when a bill having a leading edge curled downward is received at the time of receipt of the bill, it falls to the storage portion 16 from between the placement plates 37 and 38 and the end portion of the storage portion 16. The banknote fall prevention means 80 for preventing is positioned between the end portion of the storage portion 16 and the outer shell 35, and shafts 81, 81 are rotatably supported between the side walls of the outer shell 35. The base portions of the E-shaped bill guides 82 and 82 are fixed to each other, and the levers 83 and 83 fixed to one end of the shafts 81 and 81 are raised to the swing shaft 36 (when the bill is received). When the abutting portions 84, 84 provided on the swing shaft 36 are brought into contact with each other and pushed up to a horizontal posture, the bill guide 82 is positioned with an inclined posture of approximately 45 ° in the storage portion 16 as indicated by a dotted line in FIG. As the swinging shaft 36 is lowered, the banknote guides 82 and 82 are on the left side of the figure. It adapted to be placed in a vertical position on the outer housing portion 16, as indicated by a one-dot chain line in.
[0032]
Next, the banknote pressing means 85 that presses the banknote at the time of feeding is cantilevered by inserting a block 88 at one end of a shaft 87 into a guide shaft 86 erected along the outer shell 35 so as to be movable up and down. The other end of the shaft 87 is inserted into a long hole 90 formed in a vertical direction in a guide plate 89 fixed to the outer shell 35, and the base portions of the bill holders 91, 91, 91 are fixed to the shaft 87. As shown in FIG. 10, the presser portion 91 a that enters the storage portion 16 contacts the upper surface of the bill P at a position close to the feeding port 27 as shown in FIG. 10.
[0033]
A torsion spring 92 is fitted to the end portion of the shaft 87 and urges the shaft 87 in a direction in which the presser portion 91 a of the bill presser 91 enters the storage portion 16. Further, a protrusion 93 is provided on the outer surface of the storage portion 16 so as to allow the tag presser 91 to escape from the storage portion 16 when it is at the highest position (FIG. 10A). Further, the block 88 is wound around a pulley 95 of a tag presser motor 94 supported by the support 62 on the side of the outer shell 35 and a pulley 96 pivotally supported on the upper side of the outer shell 35. It is fixed to the timing belt 97.
[0034]
As shown in FIG. 11, the control unit 100 includes a ROM 101, a RAM 102, a storage control unit 103, and a descending stop control unit 104. The control unit 100 includes the sensor S. ₁ ~ S _Four And a bill storage amount detection sensor S (not shown) _n .. Are input, and based on these signals, the motors 52, 63, 94 are controlled to perform the intended operation.
[0035]
The descending stop control means 104 is configured to use the sensor S to position the mounting plates 37 and 38 at a position slightly higher than the upper surface of the already stored banknotes when the banknotes are accumulated in the storage section 16. ₁ However, by detecting the upward swing of the mounting plate 38, the lifting and lowering means 61 are controlled to be lifted slightly after being stopped.
[0036]
Further, the storage control means 103 lifts the swinging shafts 36 and 36 by releasing the horizontal posture of the mounting plate after the mounting plates 37 and 38 are stopped at a position slightly higher than the upper surface of the stored banknotes. 37 and 38 are slid out from between the bills to the outside of the storage unit to perform control.
[0037]
Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.
The banknote flow at the time of depositing is as follows. The banknote P to be deposited in the deposit slot 2 in FIG. The type, correctness, front and back, etc. are discriminated, and banknotes that require reversal of the front and back are sent to the temporary holding sections 18, 18... It is sent to the holding unit 19. The reject banknote is returned to the reject port 9.
[0038]
The banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage units 18, 18,..., 19 are stored in the storage unit 16 and the recovery cassette 17 by storage approval.
[0039]
At the time of storage in the storage unit 16, the mounting plate swinging means 50 including the mounting plates 37 and 38 is at the highest position as shown in FIG. 8A, and the cam follower 54 is the horizontal state holding unit of the cam member 53. 53A, whereby the elevating member 55 is placed in the raised position, and its receiving portions 59, 59 push up the rollers 60, 60 of the operating levers 41, 41, and the swing shafts 36, 36 are twisted springs 42, It rotates against 42 and each mounting plate 37 and 38 is hold | maintained in a horizontal state. In FIG. 8, the illustration of the accepted banknote is omitted for the sake of complexity, and only the operation of the placing plate swinging means 50 is shown.
[0040]
In this state, the bills that fall when the bottom plates 23 and 23 of the temporary storage unit 18 open are received on the placement plates 37 and 38 described above. At this time, the placement plates 38 are positioned between the placement surface portions 37a of the other placement plate 37, and the auxiliary placement portions 68 and 68 and the elastic plates 69 and 69 in the longitudinal direction of the bill. The banknote guides 82 and 82 are inclined at both ends, so even if the longitudinal end of the banknote is curled downward, The banknote guides 82 and 82 do not fall into the storage unit 16 and are received on the placing plates 37 and 38 in an orderly manner.
[0041]
When the bill is received as described above, the elevating motor 63 of the elevating means 61 is driven to rotate the timing belt 66, and the support member 40 fixed thereto is lowered along the guide rod 44.
[0042]
Due to the above-described lowering, one of the placement plates 38, 38 comes into contact with the upper surface on the upper end side of the banknote P that has already been stored, and the placement plates 38, 38 as shown in FIG. Since the pivoting shaft 36 is slightly rotated in the clockwise direction in the drawing, the detecting portion 41a of the operating lever 41 integrated therewith is detected by the sensor S. ₁ To the position of the sensor S ₁ Is activated.
[0043]
Sensor S above ₁ When the displacement of the actuating lever 41 is detected, the signal is input to the control unit 100, and the control unit 100 drives the lifting / lowering motor 63 reversely by a predetermined amount so that the mounting plates 38 and 38 are in a horizontal posture. It is raised to the vertical position (the state shown in FIG. 8C).
[0044]
After the above state is reached, the swinging motor 52 of the mounting plate swinging means 50 rotates and the cam member 53 rotates in the clockwise direction in the figure (shown in FIG. 8D). The cam follower 54 is gradually lowered by the horizontal state releasing portion 53B of the cam member 53, and accordingly, the operating levers 41, 41 follow by the urging of the torsion springs 42, 42 as the receiving portions 59, 59 of the elevating member 55 are lowered. The swing shafts 36 and 36 are rotated.
[0045]
The movement of the placement plates 37 and 38 from the start of the downward swinging of the placement plates 37 and 38 in FIG. 8D to the state of FIG. As shown only in relation to the bills in (A) to (C), the tips of the placement plates 37 and 38 follow the upper surface of the stored bills P as the swinging shafts 36 and 36 rotate and rise. Gradually moving from the bottom of the bills P on the placement plates 37 and 38 to the side (FIG. 9 (A) → (B)), the placement plate 37 comes out first from between the bills. It retracts to the outside of the storage unit 16 and is in a vertical state. Slightly after that, the other side loading plate 38 also slips obliquely upward from between the bills (FIG. 9C). In this case, the base portions of the mounting plates 37 and 38 are fixed to the lower surface side of the swing shafts 36 and 36, so that the mounting plates 37 and 38 come out in a large arc.
[0046]
When the placement plates 38, 38 are removed from the storage portion 16, the auxiliary placement portion 68 of the placement plate 38 hits the belt 70 as shown in FIGS. The belt 70 is brought into frictional contact and raised while rotating the belt 70, and the elastic plate 69 comes out of the slit 46 while being bent.
[0047]
Thus, when the mounting plates 37 and 38 come out of the storage portion 16, the cam member 53 is in a position rotated by 180 ° (FIG. 8E), and when the cam member 53 is further rotated by 180 °, the mounting plate 37, 38 returns to the horizontal position, and the rotation of the cam member 53 is detected by the sensor plate 53a. _Four Is detected and the swing motor 52 is stopped (FIG. 8F), and one storage is completed. The ascending limit and descending limit of the elevating member 55 are the sensor S ₂ , S _Three Is detected.
[0048]
When paying out the banknote P in the storage unit 16, the sensor S (not shown) indicates the amount of banknotes in the storage unit 16. _n When the block 88 is lowered by driving the presser motor 94 when it is detected that the amount is less than the predetermined amount, the shaft 87 integrated therewith is lowered to disengage the bill presser 91 from the projection 93 and twist it. Under the bias of the spring 92, the presser part 91a of the bill holder 91 enters the storage part 16 (FIG. 10B) and presses the upper surface of the storage part 16 at a position close to the feeding port 27 of the bill P, It is pressed against the feeding means 31 with a predetermined pressing force to ensure reliable feeding.
[0049]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, when the banknote received at the upper position of the storage unit is stored in the storage unit, the mounting plate moves laterally from between the banknotes while the tip moves following the upper surface of the stored banknote. The banknotes are not discharged at a high position, and can be accumulated so as to be silently left on the already stored banknotes (or on the feeding means), thereby reducing the number of banknotes to be stored. Even if it is a case, it can be stored in an orderly integrated state without disturbing the posture.
[0050]
Moreover, since it is not necessary to change a mounting board into a perpendicular | vertical attitude | position in a storage part, the length of the mounting board can be taken large enough, therefore, when accepting a banknote, it will fall out from the clearance gap between mounting boards. This can be prevented and reliable acceptance can be achieved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an example of a banknote handling machine to which the present invention is applied.
FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a bill storage device according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a front view showing a part thereof broken away.
FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view showing a portion of the mounting plate.
5 is a front view of the cam member in FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG.
FIG. 6 is a partial front view showing the relationship between the placement plate on one side and the slits on the side plate of the storage unit.
7A to 7C are explanatory views showing an operating state of the mounting plate in FIG. 6;
FIGS. 8A to 8F are explanatory views showing an operating state of the mounting plate swinging means.
FIGS. 9A to 9C are explanatory views showing the operating state of the mounting plate. FIGS.
FIGS. 10A to 10C are explanatory views showing an operating state of the bill pressing means.
FIG. 11 is a block diagram of a control unit.
FIG. 12 is a plan view showing a conventional technique.
FIGS. 13A to 13C are explanatory diagrams showing the operating state of the prior art.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Airframe
2 Deposit port
6 Transfer means
8 Identification part
9 Reject mouth
12 Withdrawal outlet
13 Reject box
16 Storage section
17 Collection cassette
18, 19 Temporary holding section
27 Feeding outlet
31 Feeding means
34 Withdrawal identification part
35 outer shell
36 Oscillating shaft
37, 38 mounting plate
40 Support member
41 Actuating lever
44 Guide rod
45, 46 slit
50 Mounting plate swinging means
52 Mounting plate swing motor
53 Cam member
55 Lifting member
59 Reception
61 Lifting means
63 Lifting motor
68 Auxiliary placement part
69 Elastic plate
80 Fall prevention means
82 Banknote Guide
85 bill pressing means
91 bill holder

Claims

紙幣を重積状態に収納する紙幣収納部と、
この紙幣収納部の下端に設けられ該収納部内の紙幣を１枚ずつ繰出す繰出し手段と、
前記紙幣収納部の上方位置において紙幣を受取って下降し前記繰出し手段上または既収納紙幣上に前記受取った紙幣を集積させる紙幣移送手段と
を具備する紙幣収納装置において、
該移送手段は、
前記紙幣収納部の相対向する２側面の外側位置に軸支された揺動軸に取付けられ前記紙幣収納部内に進入して紙幣を載置可能とする水平姿勢と該収納部外に退避する垂直姿勢とにわたり観音開き状に揺動し得る一対の載置板と、
この載置板を揺動させて水平姿勢に保持するとともにその保持を解除して載置板の垂直姿勢への揺動を可能とする載置板揺動手段と、
前記載置板の揺動軸および載置板揺動手段を前記紙幣収納部にそって昇降させる昇降手段と、
紙幣集積時に前記昇降手段により前記載置板を既収納紙幣の上面よりやや高い位置に位置させ、前記載置板揺動手段により載置板の水平姿勢の姿勢保持を解除したのち前記載置板の揺動軸を上昇させるべく制御する収納制御手段と
を具備してなり、
収納部内への紙幣集積時に、前記載置板揺動手段、前記昇降手段および前記収納制御手段により、前記載置板は、先端が既収納紙幣の上面に倣って移動しながら紙幣間から外側方へ抜き取られるようにしたことを特徴とする紙幣収納装置。A bill storage section for storing bills in a stacked state;
A feeding means provided at the lower end of the banknote storage section for feeding out banknotes in the storage section one by one;
In a banknote storage device comprising banknote transport means for receiving and lowering banknotes at an upper position of the banknote storage section and stacking the received banknotes on the feeding means or already stored banknotes,
The transfer means includes
A horizontal posture that is attached to a rocking shaft that is pivotally supported on the outer side positions of two opposite sides of the banknote storage section and that allows the banknotes to be placed by being inserted into the banknote storage section and a vertical position that retreats outside the storage section. A pair of mounting plates that can swing in a double-spread manner over the posture;
A mounting plate swinging means for swinging the mounting plate to hold it in a horizontal position and releasing the holding to swing the mounting plate to a vertical position;
Elevating means for elevating and lowering the swinging shaft of the mounting plate and the mounting plate swinging means along the bill storage part,
When the banknotes are stacked, the mounting plate is positioned at a position slightly higher than the upper surface of the stored banknotes, and the mounting board swinging unit releases the horizontal posture of the mounting board before the mounting board. Storage control means for controlling to raise the swing axis of the
When stacking banknotes in the storage unit, the mounting plate swinging means, the lifting / lowering means, and the storage control means cause the mounting plate to move outward from between the bills while the tip moves following the top surface of the stored banknotes. A bill storage device characterized in that it can be pulled out.

前記載置板揺動手段は、前記各揺動軸の端部に互いに向き合う方向に突設された一対の作動レバーと、各作動レバーの先端位置が載置され、昇降動により前記載置板を揺動させるとともに昇降用カムフォロワを有する昇降部材と、この昇降部材のカムフォロワに係合して該昇降部材を所定位置に保持することにより載置板を水平姿勢に保持する水平状態保持部、および前記昇降部材を下降させて載置板の垂直姿勢への揺動を可能とする水平状態解除部を有するカム部材と、このカム部材を回動させる駆動モータとで構成されている請求項１記載の紙幣収納装置。The mounting plate swinging means includes a pair of operating levers protruding in directions facing each other at the ends of the respective swinging shafts, and tip positions of the respective operating levers. An elevating member having an elevating cam follower, a horizontal state holding unit that holds the elevating member in a horizontal position by engaging the cam follower of the elevating member and holding the elevating member in a predetermined position; 2. A cam member having a horizontal state releasing portion that lowers the elevating member to allow the mounting plate to swing to a vertical posture, and a drive motor that rotates the cam member. Banknote storage device.

前記載置板が水平姿勢から上方へ揺動したことを検知する検知手段を有し、紙幣集積時に前記載置板を既収納紙幣の上面よりも僅かに高い位置に位置させるために前記検知手段が載置板の上方への揺動を検知することによって前記昇降手段の下降を停止させたのちに僅かに上昇させるよう制御する下降停止制御手段を有している請求項１記載の紙幣収納装置。The detecting means has a detecting means for detecting that the placing plate swings upward from a horizontal posture, and the detecting means is used for positioning the placing plate at a position slightly higher than the upper surface of the stored banknotes when banknotes are stacked. 2. A bill storage device according to claim 1, further comprising a descent stop control means for controlling the descent means to rise slightly after the descent of the elevating means is stopped by detecting the upward swing of the loading plate. .