JPH05186126A - Storage equipment of paper sheet and the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To hold plural number of paper sheets and the like temporarily in a lined-up state without disturbing them even if they have been received as a whole, and to line up the received paper sheets by pushing them into a storage chamber. CONSTITUTION:A pair of rotary holding belts 7 and 7, which carry plural number of paper sheets P by gripping both ends in the carrying direction, is supported by bearings in the inside of an elevatable moving frame body 5. The belts 7 and 7 are driven so as to rotate so as to receive the paper sheets P by bringing a driven rotary roller 15 into frictional contact with a rotary part 1 of a carrying passage 1a in receiving them P from the carrying passage 1a.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】Detailed Description of the Invention

【０００１】[0001]

【産業上の利用分野】本発明は自動販売機等において機
器内部に挿入された紙幣等を堆積保留する装置に関し、
特に複数枚の紙幣を一括して搬送し且つ堆積しうる紙葉
類の収納装置に関する。BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for depositing and holding banknotes etc.
In particular, the present invention relates to a paper sheet storage device capable of collectively transporting and accumulating a plurality of banknotes.

【０００２】[0002]

【従来技術】自動販売機、両替機、現金払出機、券売機
等のように紙幣、券等々の紙葉類を自動的に受入れた
り、払出したりする機構を有した従来の堆積収納装置と
して例えば図６(a),(b) に示したような装置がある。2. Description of the Related Art For example, as a conventional stacking and storing device having a mechanism for automatically accepting and dispensing paper sheets such as banknotes and tickets such as vending machines, money changers, cash dispensers, ticket vending machines, etc. There is a device as shown in FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b).

【０００３】この収納装置は、紙幣Ｐを納納する固定的
な収納室１０１と、紙幣Ｐを収納室１０１内へ搬送する
搬送ベルト１０３、１０３の接触走行領域に形成した搬
送路１０３ａから紙幣Ｐを受入れて一時的に保持する保
持部１０７を内面に有し且つ搬送路１０３ａと整合する
上昇位置と受入れた紙幣Ｐを収納室１０１に収納させる
下降位置との間を昇降可能な中空枠体状の可動ガイド１
０９と、可動ガイド１０９とは独立して昇降移動可能で
あって可動ガイド１０９が保持した紙幣Ｐの上面中央部
を押圧する押込み部材１１１と、収納室１０１内に配設
され該収納室１０１に堆積した紙幣Ｐの両端部を上から
押える為下方に付勢した昇降移動可能な押え板１１３と
を備える。受入れ時には、前記上昇位置にある可動ガイ
ド１０９内に搬送路１０３ａより紙幣Ｐを送り込み、当
該紙幣Ｐを保持した可動ガイド１０９の下面が収納室１
０１下部に既に堆積している紙幣Ｐ’の上面に接するま
で可動ガイド１０９を下降させると共に、可動ガイド１
０９内の紙幣Ｐの中央部下面が堆積紙幣Ｐ’の上面に当
接するまで押込み部材１１１を下降した後、押え板１１
３及び可動ガイド１０９だけを上昇せしめることにより
紙幣Ｐを堆積紙幣Ｐ’の最上面に移動し、更に押え板１
１３を堆積紙幣Ｐ’の上面に下降させ、最後に押込み部
材１１１を図示の初期位置まで上昇させることにより新
たな紙幣Ｐを堆積収納するものである。In this storage device, a fixed storage chamber 101 for storing banknotes P and a transport path 103a formed in a contact traveling area of transport belts 103, 103 for transporting the banknote P into the storage chamber 101 are connected to the banknote P. A hollow frame-like body which has a holding portion 107 for receiving and temporarily holding the banknotes and which can be moved up and down between a raised position aligned with the transport path 103a and a lowered position for storing the received banknotes P in the storage chamber 101. Movable guide 1
09, and a pushing member 111 that can move up and down independently of the movable guide 109 and presses the central portion of the upper surface of the banknote P held by the movable guide 109; It is provided with a holding plate 113 which is urged downward to move both ends of the accumulated banknotes P and which is urged downward. At the time of receiving, the banknote P is sent from the conveyance path 103a into the movable guide 109 in the raised position, and the lower surface of the movable guide 109 holding the banknote P is in the storage chamber 1
01 The movable guide 109 is lowered until it comes in contact with the upper surface of the banknotes P ′ already accumulated in the lower part, and the movable guide 1
After lowering the pressing member 111 until the lower surface of the central portion of the banknote P in 09 contacts the upper surface of the stacked banknote P ′, the pressing plate 11 is pressed.
By raising only 3 and the movable guide 109, the banknote P is moved to the uppermost surface of the piled banknote P ′, and the pressing plate 1 is further moved.
The new bills P are piled up and stored by lowering 13 onto the upper surface of the piled bills P ′ and finally raising the pushing member 111 to the illustrated initial position.

【０００４】しかしながら、このような従来の紙幣の収
納装置にあっては、紙幣Ｐの搬送路１０３ａから複数枚
の紙幣束を受け入れる際に、可動ガイド１０９内の保持
部１０７を構成する底板１０７ａや天井板１０７ｂが紙
幣束に干渉して紙幣束の整列状態を乱すため、保持部１
０７の底板１０７ａ上に保持された時には整列した積層
状態とはならない。このような紙幣の整列不良は、特
に、折れ癖やカールを有する紙幣Ｐや腰の弱い古紙幣Ｐ
が紙幣束の最上部或は最下部に位置する場合に生じ易
い。可動ガイド１０９上の整列不良紙幣を押込み部材１
１１にて無理に押込むと収納室１０１下部に収納した紙
幣Ｐ’の収納状態の悪化を惹起し、後続の紙幣処理に支
障を来すこととなる。例えば、堆積紙幣Ｐ’のうち最下
部に位置する紙幣から順次収納室外に取り出して釣り銭
として還流する場合に、堆積紙幣Ｐ’が整列不良状態に
ある繰出しに際して重送やスキュ−等の搬送異常を起
し、ジャムの原因となる。However, in such a conventional banknote storage device, when a plurality of banknote bundles are received from the banknote P conveyance path 103a, a bottom plate 107a which constitutes a holding portion 107 in the movable guide 109, and the like. Since the ceiling plate 107b interferes with the banknote bundle to disturb the aligned state of the banknote bundle, the holder 1
When it is held on the bottom plate 107a of No. 07, it does not become an aligned laminated state. Such misalignment of banknotes is particularly caused by a banknote P having a crease or curl or an old banknote P having a weak stiffness.
Is likely to occur when is located at the top or bottom of the banknote bundle. A member 1 for pushing misaligned banknotes on the movable guide 109
If it is forcibly pushed in at 11, the stored state of the banknotes P ′ stored in the lower part of the storage chamber 101 will be deteriorated and the subsequent banknote processing will be hindered. For example, when the banknotes located at the bottom of the piled banknotes P ′ are sequentially taken out of the storage chamber and returned as change, when the piled banknotes P ′ are misaligned, a conveyance error such as a double feed or a skew may occur. And cause jams.

【０００５】このような収納不良や還流紙幣の搬送異常
を防止する為には、搬送路１０３ａより可動ガイド１０
９の保持部１０７に受入れる紙幣Ｐの枚数を１枚に限定
する必要があったが、その結果紙幣の収納に長時間を要
し、収納装置を組込んだ紙幣取扱装置の利用効率が低下
するという問題があった。In order to prevent such defective storage and abnormal conveyance of the returned bills, the movable guide 10 is introduced from the conveyance path 103a.
It was necessary to limit the number of banknotes P that can be received in the holding unit 107 of 9 to one, but as a result, it takes a long time to store the banknotes, and the utilization efficiency of the banknote handling apparatus incorporating the storage device decreases. There was a problem.

【０００６】[0006]

【発明の目的】本発明は上記に鑑みてなされたものであ
り、複数枚の紙葉類を一括して受入れても当該紙幣束の
整列状態を乱すことなく一時的に保持することができ、
整列した紙葉類を収納室に押込むことにより収納紙葉類
を整列することができる紙葉類の収納装置の提供を目的
とする。SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above, and it is possible to temporarily hold a plurality of paper sheets without disturbing the aligned state of the banknotes even if they are collectively received.
An object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet storage device capable of arranging stored paper sheets by pushing the aligned paper sheets into a storage chamber.

【０００７】[0007]

【発明の概要】本発明は上記目的を達成するため、本発
明は以下の如き構成をとる。即ち、昇降可能な可動枠体
の内方には複数枚の紙葉類の搬送方向両端部を挟持して
該紙葉類を所定位置に搬送する一対の回転保持ベルトを
枢支し、回転保持ベルトは、搬送路より紙葉類を受入れ
る際に搬送路の回転部に摩擦接触する従動回転ロ−ラと
摩擦接触することにより紙葉類の受入れ方向に従動回転
するよう構成する。SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has the following constitution. That is, a pair of rotation holding belts for nipting both ends of a plurality of paper sheets in the conveyance direction are conveyed to a predetermined position inside a movable frame that can be raised and lowered, and are rotationally held. The belt is configured to rotate following the paper receiving direction by frictionally contacting a driven rotating roller that frictionally contacts the rotating portion of the transport path when receiving the paper from the conveying path.

【０００８】[0008]

【発明の実施例】以下、本発明を図面に示した好適な実
施例に基づいて詳細に説明する。図１(a) 及び(b) は本
発明の紙葉類の収納装置の一実施例であり、自動販売機
等に投入された紙幣を複数枚同時に収納することを可能
とした収納装置の一例の正面図及び断面を示している。
収納装置Ａは、図示しない紙幣識別装置を通過した紙幣
を一時的に堆積保留する保留部Ｂの下流側に配置され、
保留部Ｂから上下一対の無終端搬送ベルト（紙葉類送り
込み手段）１、１によって１枚或は複数枚の紙幣を受入
れて堆積収納するものである。なお、無終端搬送ベルト
１、１の接触走行領域に紙幣の搬送路３を形成してい
る。BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings. FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b) show an embodiment of a storage device for paper sheets according to the present invention, which is an example of a storage device capable of storing a plurality of banknotes thrown into an automatic vending machine at the same time. The front view and sectional drawing of are shown.
The storage device A is arranged on the downstream side of a storage unit B that temporarily stores and stores banknotes that have passed through a banknote identification device (not shown).
One or a plurality of banknotes are received from the holding section B by a pair of upper and lower endless conveyor belts (paper sheet feeding means) 1 and 1 to be stacked and stored. Note that a banknote transport path 3 is formed in the contact traveling area of the endless transport belts 1, 1.

【０００９】収納装置Ａは、紙幣を収納する固定的な収
納室５と、搬送路３の排出端と整合して搬送ベルト１、
１から紙幣を受入れる上昇位置と受入れた紙幣Ｐを収納
室下部に収納させる下降位置との間を昇降可能であり下
方が開口した中空の可動枠体７と、可動枠体７内壁によ
って回転自在に軸支された複数の上下ローラ８ａ，８ｂ
と、該上下ローラ８ａ，８ｂによって無終端状に張設さ
れ且つ可動枠体７に形成した紙幣受入用の開口７ａを介
して搬送路３から受入れた１枚或は複数枚の紙幣の両端
部を保持して可動枠体７内に案内する上下一対の保持ベ
ルト９、９、１１、１１（上下ベルト間で保持空所１３
を形成している）と、上下ベルト８ａ，８ｂ間に形成さ
れる上下方向へ延びる空所内を昇降し保持空所１３内に
位置する紙幣の中央部を下方へ押込むことにより紙幣を
一括して収納室５下方に収納する平板状の押込み部材１
７と、収納室５下方に堆積した紙幣Ｐ’の両端部上面を
押える為下方に付勢した昇降移動可能な押え板１９とを
備える。The storage device A has a fixed storage chamber 5 for storing banknotes and a conveyor belt 1 aligned with the discharge end of the conveyor path 3.
The movable frame 7 which is hollow and can be moved up and down between an ascending position for receiving banknotes from 1 and a descending position for accommodating the received banknotes P in the lower part of the storage chamber, and the movable frame 7 inner wall rotatably A plurality of vertically supported upper and lower rollers 8a, 8b
And both ends of one or a plurality of banknotes received from the conveying path 3 through the banknote receiving opening 7a formed in the movable frame 7 and stretched endlessly by the upper and lower rollers 8a and 8b. And a pair of upper and lower holding belts 9, 9, 11, 11 (holding space 13 between the upper and lower belts) for holding and guiding the inside of the movable frame 7.
Is formed), and the central portion of the banknotes located in the holding space 13 is pushed up and down in the vertically extending space formed between the upper and lower belts 8a and 8b, and the banknotes are collectively collected. Flat plate-shaped pushing member 1 to be stored below the storage chamber 5
7 and a holding plate 19 capable of moving up and down and urged downward to hold the upper surfaces of both ends of the banknotes P ′ accumulated in the lower portion of the storage chamber 5.

【００１０】押込み部材１７には可動枠体７の天井部中
央に形成した***１５を介して、第１のモ−タ２１の回
転軸に連結した第１の梃クランク機構２３の遊端部を枢
支し、所定のタイミングで第１のモ−タ２１を駆動する
ことにより第１の梃クランク機構２３を介して押込み部
材１７が所定のストロ−クをもって昇降移動するよう構
成する。可動枠体７は***１５周縁を介して押込み部材
１７によって支持されており、押し込み部材１７によっ
て昇降動作させられる。又、押え板１９には第２のモ−
タ２５の出力軸に連結した第２の梃クランク機構２７の
遊端部を枢支し、所定のタイミングで第２のモ−タ２５
を駆動することにより梃クランク機構２７を介して押え
板１９が所定のストロ−クをもって昇降移動するよう構
成する。第１及び第２のモ−タ２１、２５は、夫々の回
転軸を３６０度回転する毎に押込み部材１７、押え板１
９を１ストローク分昇降させることは図から明らかであ
ろう。更に、上下保持ベルト９、９、１１、１１は、可
動枠体７の側板７ｂ、７ｂに回転自在に枢支した上下の
シャフト２９、２９、３１、３１に軸心を固着したロー
ラ８ａ，８ａ，８ｂ，８ｂに夫々巻掛けると共に、上下
シャフト２９、３１の一端を可動枠体７の側壁７ｂ、７
ｂより外方に突出して両者に固着したギヤ３２、３４を
互いに噛み合わせて連動連結する。このような保持ベル
ト９、１１間の距離は、例えば１０枚程度の紙幣Ｐを崩
壊せぬよう一括して挟持搬送可能に設定する。The pushing member 17 is provided with a free end portion of a first lever crank mechanism 23 connected to a rotary shaft of a first motor 21 through a small hole 15 formed at the center of the ceiling portion of the movable frame 7. The pushing member 17 is pivotally supported and driven by the first motor 21 at a predetermined timing so that the pushing member 17 moves up and down with a predetermined stroke via the first lever crank mechanism 23. The movable frame 7 is supported by the pushing member 17 via the peripheral edge of the small hole 15 and is moved up and down by the pushing member 17. In addition, the presser plate 19 has a second mode.
The free end of the second lever crank mechanism 27 connected to the output shaft of the motor 25 is pivotally supported, and the second motor 25 is driven at a predetermined timing.
The holding plate 19 is moved up and down through a lever crank mechanism 27 with a predetermined stroke by driving. The first and second motors 21 and 25 are provided with the pressing member 17 and the pressing plate 1 each time the respective rotary shafts are rotated 360 degrees.
It will be clear from the figure that the 9 is raised and lowered by one stroke. Further, the upper and lower holding belts 9, 9, 11 and 11 are rollers 8a and 8a whose axial centers are fixed to upper and lower shafts 29, 29, 31 and 31 which are rotatably supported by the side plates 7b and 7b of the movable frame body 7. , 8b, 8b, respectively, and one end of the upper and lower shafts 29, 31 is attached to the side walls 7b, 7 of the movable frame 7.
Gears 32 and 34 protruding outward from b and fixed to both are meshed with each other and interlocked. The distance between the holding belts 9 and 11 is set so that, for example, about 10 banknotes P can be collectively nipped and conveyed so as not to be collapsed.

【００１１】可動枠体７は、降下した時に押え板１９の
中央部に形成した押し込み開口１９ａ内に嵌入可能とな
るようにその平面形状及び取付け位置を設定する。The movable frame 7 has its plane shape and its mounting position set so that it can be fitted into the pushing opening 19a formed in the central portion of the holding plate 19 when it is lowered.

【００１２】搬送路３の下流側上方には、装置本体（図
示しない）の固定部に対し圧縮スプリング３３によって
下方に向けて弾性付勢した従動回転ロ−ラ３５を設け、
従動回転ロ−ラ３５の外周面の一部を上方の搬送ベルト
１、１の端部外周面に摺接することにより搬送ベルト
１、１が矢印で示す紙幣Ｐの搬送方向に回転すると従動
回転ロ−ラ３５がこれと連動して矢印図示方向に回転す
るよう構成する。そして、保持ベルト９、１１は、可動
枠体７が上昇位置にあるときに該保持ベルト９、１１の
端部外周面の一部が従動回転ロ−ラ３５の外周面と接触
することにより搬送ベルト１からの駆動力を受けて紙幣
Ｐの受入れ方向に従動回転し、可動枠体７が下降位置で
あるときに保持ベルト９、１１が従動回転ロ−ラ３５と
離間することにより従動回転を停止するよう両者の位置
関係を設定する。A driven rotary roller 35, which is elastically biased downward by a compression spring 33 to a fixed portion of the apparatus main body (not shown), is provided above the downstream side of the conveying path 3.
When a part of the outer peripheral surface of the driven rotation roller 35 is brought into sliding contact with the outer peripheral surfaces of the end portions of the upper conveyor belts 1 and 1, when the conveyor belts 1 and 1 rotate in the conveyance direction of the banknote P indicated by the arrow, the driven rotation roller 35 rotates. -The la 35 is configured to rotate in the direction of the arrow shown in conjunction with this. The holding belts 9 and 11 are conveyed by contacting a part of the outer peripheral surface of the end portions of the holding belts 9 and 11 with the outer peripheral surface of the driven rotary roller 35 when the movable frame body 7 is in the raised position. Driven by the driving force from the belt 1, the driven belt rotates in the receiving direction of the bill P, and when the movable frame 7 is in the lowered position, the holding belts 9 and 11 are separated from the driven rotation roller 35 to perform the driven rotation. Set the positional relationship between the two so that they stop.

【００１３】又、収納室５の底部には、収納紙幣Ｐ’の
うちの最下部に位置する紙幣から順に繰出すフィ−ドロ
−ラ３７と、繰出した紙幣の重送を防止する為の分離ロ
−ラ３９とを設けることにより、収納紙幣Ｐ’（特に、
千円札等の低額紙幣）のうち最下部に位置する紙幣を順
に繰出すことにより繰出し紙幣を釣り銭として還流する
よう構成する。Further, at the bottom of the storage chamber 5, a feeder 37 for feeding the bills located at the bottom of the stored bills P'in order and a separation for preventing the double feeding of the bills fed out. By providing the roller 39 with the storage bill P ′ (in particular,
Among the low-price bills (thousand-yen bills, etc.), the bills located at the bottom of the bill are sequentially fed out so that the fed-out bills are returned as change.

【００１４】上記の如く構成した収納装置Ａは以下の如
く動作する。即ち、図１(a) (b) に示す待機状態では可
動枠体７が上昇姿勢となっており、搬送ベルト１、１間
に形成した搬送路３と保持ベルト９、１１間に形成した
保持空所１３とが同一延長線上に整合していると共に、
上方の保持ベルト９の端部外周面が従動回転ロ−ラ３５
に摩擦接触している。このとき、搬送ベルト１、１は回
転しておらず、従って従動回転ロ−ラ３５及び保持ベル
ト９、１１も停止している。The storage device A constructed as described above operates as follows. That is, in the standby state shown in FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b), the movable frame body 7 is in a raised posture, and the conveyance path 3 formed between the conveyance belts 1 and 1 and the holding path formed between the holding belts 9 and 11. While the void 13 and the void 13 are aligned on the same extension line,
The outer peripheral surface of the end portion of the upper holding belt 9 is a driven rotary roller 35.
Is in frictional contact with. At this time, the conveyor belts 1 and 1 are not rotating, so that the driven rotation roller 35 and the holding belts 9 and 11 are also stopped.

【００１５】紙幣識別装置を通過した後、紙幣保留装置
Ｂ内で所定枚数となるまで堆積保留された紙幣Ｐは、図
２(a) ，(b) に示すように搬送ベルト１、１を矢印方向
に回転させることによって一括して収納装置Ａに向けて
搬送される。搬送ベルト１、１が矢印方向に回転する
と、従動回転ロ−ラ３５を介して可動枠体７内の保持ベ
ルト９、１１が矢印方向に従動回転することによって、
堆積紙幣Ｐを搬送路３から保持ベルト９、１１間の保持
空所１３の所定位置に受入れる。紙幣Ｐの先端が保持空
所１３の所定位置に達すると、搬送ベルト１、１の回転
が停止し、従動回転ロ−ラ３５を介して保持ベルト９、
１１の回転も停止する。After passing through the bill discriminating device, the bills P which have been piled up and held in the bill holding device B until a predetermined number of sheets are piled up are conveyed on the conveyor belts 1 and 1 as shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b). By being rotated in the direction, they are collectively conveyed toward the storage device A. When the conveyor belts 1 and 1 rotate in the arrow direction, the holding belts 9 and 11 in the movable frame body 7 are driven to rotate in the arrow direction via the driven rotation roller 35.
The accumulated banknotes P are received from the transport path 3 to a predetermined position in the holding space 13 between the holding belts 9 and 11. When the leading edge of the bill P reaches a predetermined position in the holding space 13, the rotation of the conveyor belts 1 and 1 is stopped, and the holding belt 9 is passed through the driven rotation roller 35.
The rotation of 11 also stops.

【００１６】この状態で第１のモ−タ２１を駆動して第
１の梃クランク機構２３を介して押込み部材１７を下降
させると、押し込み部材１７上に載置されている可動枠
体７も降下し、可動枠体７の下方の開口縁が押え板１９
の上面に当接した時点で可動枠体７の降下は停止する。
可動枠体７の降下が停止した後も押し込み部材１７は小
穴１５周縁から離間して降下を続け、保持空所１３に保
持した紙幣束Ｐの上面に当接してこれを下方へ押下げ
る。保持空所１３によって中央部を押圧された紙幣束Ｐ
の中央部下面は強制的に押え板１９の押し込み開口１９
ａを介して収納室５下部に積層されている紙幣Ｐ’の最
上面Ｐａに当接させられる（図３(a),(b)参照）。この
とき既に紙幣Ｐを挟圧保持した上方の保持ベルト９、１
１は従動回転ロ−ラ３５と離間している。When the first motor 21 is driven in this state to lower the pushing member 17 via the first lever crank mechanism 23, the movable frame body 7 mounted on the pushing member 17 is also lowered. The lower edge of the movable frame 7 is lowered and the holding plate 19 is lowered.
The movable frame 7 stops descending when the movable frame 7 comes into contact with the upper surface of the movable frame 7.
Even after the lowering of the movable frame 7 is stopped, the pushing member 17 separates from the peripheral edge of the small hole 15 and continues to descend, and comes into contact with the upper surface of the banknote bundle P held in the holding space 13 and pushes it downward. Banknote bundle P whose central portion is pressed by the holding space 13
The lower surface of the central part of the
It is brought into contact with the uppermost surface Pa of the banknotes P ′ stacked under the storage chamber 5 via a (see FIGS. 3A and 3B). At this time, the upper holding belts 9 and 1 that have already held the banknote P under pressure.
1 is separated from the driven rotation roller 35.

【００１７】その後、第２のモ−タ２５を駆動して第２
の梃クランク機構２７により押え板１９を所定位置まで
上昇することにより、押え板１９によって可動枠体７を
図４(a) (b) に示す初期位置まで上昇せしめて紙幣束Ｐ
の両端部を保持ベルト１１から完全に離脱せしめ、紙幣
束Ｐ下面全面を先に収納した収納紙幣Ｐ’の最上面Ｐａ
に接面させる。更に図５(a) 、(b) に示すように押込み
部材１７を初期位置まで上昇させて可動枠体７を支持さ
せた上で、下面が紙幣Ｐの最上面Ｐａに当接するまで押
え板１９を下降することにより新たな紙幣Ｐの堆積収納
を完了し、図１(a),(b) の状態に戻る。After that, the second motor 25 is driven to drive the second motor 25.
The lever crank mechanism 27 raises the holding plate 19 to a predetermined position to raise the movable frame body 7 to the initial position shown in FIGS.
The uppermost surface Pa of the stored banknote P ′ in which both ends of the banknote P ′ are completely removed from the holding belt 11 and the entire lower surface of the banknote bundle P is stored first.
To contact. Further, as shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b), the pressing member 17 is raised to the initial position to support the movable frame body 7, and then the pressing plate 19 is pressed until the lower surface contacts the uppermost surface Pa of the banknote P. By lowering, the accumulation and storage of new banknotes P are completed, and the state returns to the state of FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b).

【００１８】このように、保持空所１３内で紙幣束Ｐを
整列状態で保持し、しかも整列した紙幣束Ｐをそのまま
収納室５下部に整列状態で堆積することができるので、
フィ−ドロ−ラ３７及び分離ロ−ラ３９によって繰出す
際に重送やスキュ−等の搬送異常を防止することがで
き、ジャムの発生を防止することができる。In this way, the banknote bundle P can be held in the holding space 13 in an aligned state, and the aligned banknote bundle P can be directly deposited in the lower portion of the storage chamber 5 in an aligned state.
When the paper is fed by the feeder roller 37 and the separating roller 39, it is possible to prevent abnormal conveyance such as double feeding and skew, and to prevent jamming.

【００１９】このような動作をする可動枠体７、押込み
部材１７及び押え板１９は、第１及び第２のモ−タ２
１、２５によって駆動したが、夫々を関係付けて一つの
駆動源に連結してもよいし、搬送ベルト１、１の回転機
構に連結してもよい。The movable frame 7, the pressing member 17 and the pressing plate 19 which operate in this way are composed of the first and second motors 2.
Although they are driven by Nos. 1 and 25, they may be related to each other and connected to one drive source, or may be connected to the rotation mechanism of the conveyor belts 1 and 1.

【００２０】上記のように本発明によれば、紙幣Ｐの保
持空所１３を一対の保持ベルト９、１１の接触走行領域
に形成し、該保持ベルト９、１１を搬送ベルト１、１と
の間に摩擦接触する従動回転ロ−ラ３５を介して紙幣Ｐ
の搬送方向に従動回転するよう構成した為、搬送路３よ
り受入れた紙幣Ｐが多数枚であってもその積層状態を乱
すことなく整列した状態で搬送することができる。これ
により、保持空所１３中において積層整列した多数枚の
紙幣Ｐを押込み部材１７によって押込んで収納室５に堆
積しても収納紙幣Ｐを整列することができ収納不良を起
こすことを防止することができる。従って、複数枚の紙
幣Ｐを一括して搬送・収納することができるから短時間
に大量の紙幣Ｐを収納することができ、本発明の収納装
置Ａを組込んだ紙幣取扱い装置の利用効率を向上するこ
とができる。また、従動回転ロ−ラ３５を用いたことに
より、モータ数を低減して小型化、低コスト化を図るこ
とができる。As described above, according to the present invention, the holding space 13 for the banknote P is formed in the contact traveling area of the pair of holding belts 9 and 11, and the holding belts 9 and 11 are connected to the conveyor belts 1 and 1. Banknotes P through a driven rotary roller 35 that makes frictional contact between them.
Since it is configured to be driven to rotate in the transport direction of 3, the banknotes P can be transported in an aligned state without disturbing the stacked state even if a large number of banknotes P are received from the transport path 3. Accordingly, even if a large number of banknotes P stacked and arranged in the holding space 13 are pushed by the pushing member 17 and accumulated in the storage chamber 5, the stored banknotes P can be aligned and a storage failure is prevented. You can Therefore, since a plurality of banknotes P can be collectively conveyed and stored, a large number of banknotes P can be stored in a short time, and the efficiency of use of the banknote handling apparatus incorporating the storage device A of the present invention can be improved. Can be improved. Further, since the driven rotary roller 35 is used, the number of motors can be reduced, and the size and cost can be reduced.

【００２１】なお、上記実施例では紙幣Ｐを垂直方向へ
堆積する構成を示したが、水平方向その他の方向に堆積
させることも可能であり、この場合には可動枠体７、押
込み部材１７及び押え板１９を夫々水平方向その他の方
向へ付勢するようにする。従って、特許請求の範囲には
垂直、水平方向その他の方向に堆積する場合を含むもの
である。Although the banknotes P are vertically stacked in the above embodiment, they can be stacked horizontally or in any other direction. In this case, the movable frame 7, the pushing member 17 and The pressing plates 19 are biased in the horizontal direction and other directions, respectively. Therefore, the scope of the claims includes the case of depositing vertically, horizontally or in other directions.

【００２２】また、請求の範囲において収納室底部とは
収納室自体の底部は勿論、収納室下部に収納された紙葉
類Ｐ’の最上面の紙葉も含む概念である。また、上記実
施例では紙幣Ｐを収納する場合を説明したが、紙幣以外
の紙葉類一般に適用できること勿論である。In the claims, the bottom of the storage chamber is a concept including not only the bottom of the storage chamber itself but also the uppermost paper sheet of the paper sheet P'stored in the lower portion of the storage chamber. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the banknote P is stored has been described, but it goes without saying that it can be applied to paper sheets other than banknotes in general.

【００２３】[0023]

【発明の効果】本発明は以上のように構成し且つ動作す
るから、複数枚の紙葉類を一括して受入れても積層状態
を乱さずに整列して一時的に保持することができ、整列
した紙葉類を収納室に押込むことにより収納紙葉類を整
列不良を防止することができるから大量の紙葉類を短時
間で収納することができ、本発明を適用した紙葉類取扱
い装置の利用効率を向上することができる。Since the present invention is configured and operates as described above, even if a plurality of sheets are received at a time, they can be aligned and temporarily held without disturbing the stacked state, By pushing the aligned paper sheets into the storage chamber, misalignment of the stored paper sheets can be prevented, so that a large amount of paper sheets can be stored in a short time, and the paper sheets to which the present invention is applied. The utilization efficiency of the handling device can be improved.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of drawings]

【図１】(a) 及び(b) は本発明の実施例を示す構成図及
びその I−I 断面図である。1 (a) and 1 (b) are a structural view and an I-I sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

【図２】(a) 及び(b) は紙幣受入れ時における構成図及
びそのII−II断面図である。2A and 2B are a configuration diagram and a cross-sectional view taken along line II-II thereof when receiving a bill.

【図３】(a) 及び(b) は押込み部材による紙幣押込時の
構成図及びその III−III 断面図である。3 (a) and 3 (b) are a configuration diagram and a sectional view taken along line III-III when a bill is pushed by a pushing member.

【図４】(a) 及び(b) は可動枠体及び押え板を上昇した
ときの構成図及びそのIV−IV断面図である。4 (a) and 4 (b) are a structural view and a cross-sectional view taken along the line IV-IV of the movable frame body and the holding plate when they are raised.

【図５】(a) 及び(b) は押え板を下降したときの構成図
及びその V−V 断面図である。5 (a) and 5 (b) are a structural view and a sectional view taken along line V-V when the pressing plate is lowered.

【図６】(a) 及び(b) は従来例を示す構成図及びそのVI
−VI断面図である。6 (a) and (b) are configuration diagrams showing a conventional example and its VI.
It is a VI sectional view.

【符号の説明】[Explanation of symbols]

Ｐ 紙葉類、Ｐ’ 堆積紙葉類、Ａ 収納装置、Ｂ 保
留部、１ 無終端搬送ベルト、３ 搬送路、５ 収納
室、７ 可動枠体、７ａ 開口、８ａ，８ｂ 上下ロー
ラ、９、１１ 保持ベルト、１３ 保持空所、１５ 小
穴、１７ 押込み部材、１９ 押え板、２１ 第１のモ
−タ、２３ 第１の梃クランク機構、２５ 第２のモ−
タ、２７ 第２の梃クランク機構、３３ 圧縮スプリン
グ、３５ 従動回転ロ−ラ、P paper sheets, P'deposited paper sheets, A storage device, B storage unit, 1 endless transport belt, 3 transport paths, 5 storage chambers, 7 movable frame members, 7a openings, 8a, 8b vertical rollers, 9, 11 holding belt, 13 holding space, 15 small hole, 17 pushing member, 19 holding plate, 21 first motor, 23 first lever crank mechanism, 25 second motor
, 27 second lever crank mechanism, 33 compression spring, 35 driven rotation roller,

Claims (3)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項１】 底部に紙葉類を体積収納する収納室と、
該収納室内を昇降自在な下方が開放した可動枠体と、該
可動枠体内において無終端状且つ回転可能に張設され所
定間隔をおいて平行配置された一対の上方の保持ベルト
と、該各上方の保持ベルトとの間に夫々所定の保持空所
を形成するために各上方の保持ベルトの下方に平行に配
置され該保持空所内に送り込まれた紙葉類の両端部を支
持する無終端状の一対の下方の保持ベルトと、該保持空
所の上方の位置から該一対の上方の保持ベルト間及び該
一対の下方の保持ベルト間に夫々形成される空所を貫通
して下方へ移動可能でありしかも該可動枠体を昇降移動
する押し込み部材と、該収納室の底面から上方へ昇降自
在であるとともに該押し込み部材を挿通可能な押し込み
開口を有した押え板と、上昇位置にある該可動枠体の側
壁に形成した開口を介して一枚又は束状の紙葉類を該保
持空所内に送り込む紙葉類送り込み手段とを備えたこと
を特徴とする紙葉類の収納装置。1. A storage chamber for storing paper sheets by volume at the bottom,
A movable frame body that is openable in the storage chamber and has an open lower side; a pair of upper holding belts that are endlessly and rotatably stretched in the movable frame body and are arranged in parallel at predetermined intervals; An endless structure which is arranged in parallel below each upper holding belt so as to form a predetermined holding space between the upper holding belt and each end of a sheet fed into the holding space. A pair of lower holding belts, and moves downward from a position above the holding space through a space formed between the pair of upper holding belts and between the pair of lower holding belts. A push-in member that is capable of moving up and down the movable frame, a presser plate that can move up and down from the bottom of the storage chamber and that has a push-in opening through which the push-in member can be inserted, Opening formed on the side wall of the movable frame Storage device of the paper sheet, wherein a single or a bundle of paper sheets and a sheet feeding means for feeding to said holding cavity through. 【請求項２】 前記押し込み部材によって前記可動枠体
が前記上昇位置に保持されている時に前記紙葉類送り込
み手段から前記保持空所内に送り込まれ前記下方の保持
ベルト対によって両端を支持されている紙葉類を前記収
納室下方に堆積する際に、該押し込み部材を降下させて
該可動枠体を降下位置にある前記押え板上に降下させて
から、更に該押し込み部材だけを降下させて該保持空所
内の紙葉類の中央部を押下げて前記押し込み開口を介し
て収納室底部に接触せしめた状態で前記押え板のみを上
昇させることにより、該保持空所内の紙葉類を収納室底
部に移動せしめることを特徴とする請求項１記載の紙葉
類の収納装置。2. When the movable frame is held at the raised position by the pushing member, the paper is fed into the holding space from the paper feeding means and both ends thereof are supported by the lower holding belt pair. When stacking paper sheets under the storage chamber, the pushing member is lowered to lower the movable frame body onto the holding plate in the lowered position, and then only the pushing member is further lowered. By pressing down the central portion of the paper sheets in the holding cavity and raising only the holding plate in a state of being brought into contact with the bottom of the storage chamber through the pushing opening, the paper sheets in the holding cavity are stored. The paper sheet storage device according to claim 1, wherein the paper sheet storage device is moved to the bottom. 【請求項３】 前記収納室の下部には、収納した紙葉類
のうち最下部に位置する紙葉類を順に繰出すフィ−ド機
構を配設したことを特徴とする請求項１又は請求項２記
載の紙葉類の収納装置。3. A feed mechanism for arranging a lowermost paper sheet among the stored paper sheets in order at the lower portion of the storage chamber. Item 2. A paper sheet storage device according to item 2.