JP5342530B2 - Automatic cash transaction equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic cash transaction apparatus having an accumulation mechanism for accumulating banknotes sent out from a conveyance path and a deposit / withdrawal port for a user to perform a transaction.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, regarding automatic teller machines, downsizing of mechanisms for the purpose of diversifying installation locations and improving maintainability and increasing the number of bills that can be stored are progressing. In addition, simplification of the mechanism for size reduction and cost reduction is one of the important development items.

  On the other hand, it is also necessary to handle banknotes from around the world. Banknotes around the world vary from small to large in size for each denomination. In addition, among banknotes around the world, there are banknotes in which the number of circulations increases, resulting in an increase in the folding and wrinkling of banknotes and an increase in the thickness direction of the banknote bundle. Collecting and storing banknotes with different dimensions and banknotes whose height in the thickness direction has increased in an orderly manner is also an important development item for an automatic teller machine.

  In the automatic teller machine, there is a unit called a deposit / withdrawal port where a user trades bills. This unit has a separation mechanism for sending banknotes deposited by the user one by one into the automated teller machine, and a stacking mechanism for storing banknotes sent one by one from the safe for withdrawal. Have.

  By the way, in the stacking mechanism, there is a mechanism (hereinafter referred to as a standing stacking mechanism) that stacks bills handled for the purpose of miniaturization and simplification of the mechanism in a standing state.

  This standing stacking mechanism has an advantage that the alignment can be improved by abutting the lower end of the bill against the floor surface by its own weight. Furthermore, since the banknotes accumulated in the standing state, which is easy for the user to take, can be delivered to the user as they are, there is a great merit in using it at the deposit / withdrawal port that delivers the user.

JP 2000-185860 A JP 2000-187752 A

  For example, Patent Document 1 discloses an accumulation mechanism at a deposit / withdrawal port of an automatic teller machine. This is because the banknotes that have been sent are pushed into the back with elastic blades (hereinafter referred to as sheets) of an impeller (hereinafter referred to as sheet rollers) to secure a stacking space, and the banknotes can be stacked in an orderly manner. It is a possible mechanism. A plurality of sheets are radially attached to the outer periphery of the sheet roller, and the banknote is pushed in by hitting the lower side of the banknote by the rotation of the sheet roller.

  However, especially in the case of overseas banknotes as described above, since there are various banknote sizes for each denomination, when the sheet strikes the bottom of the banknote with the smallest dimension, only the bottom of the banknote is pushed in, The upper part may fall in the direction of the accumulation port. If the banknotes block the stacking port, the subsequent banknotes are obstructed.

  On the other hand, there is also a stacking mechanism that solves the above problem by hitting the upper part of the bill as in Patent Document 2. This configuration is shown in FIG. In this mechanism, the upper end and the lower end of the bill are hit with separate sheet rollers 51 to prevent the above-described collapse.

  However, when this method is applied to a stacking mechanism of a deposit / withdrawal port, it is necessary to handle various dimensions (from small sized banknotes to large sized banknotes) at the same time. (For example, the inventors' experience requires a roller with a diameter of 40 mm or more). When such a sheet roller is used, there is a problem that the mechanism becomes complicated, for example, it is necessary to provide an independent drive source. Further, in this structure, it is necessary to provide a notch in the side wall 13 in order to mount the impeller 51 that taps the upper end.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 22, when the upper plate 23 opens, the notch is exposed to the outside. In such a state, there is a possibility that the user misunderstands the insertion position of the banknote (such as inserting the banknote into the notch), or there is a possibility that a foreign substance is mixed in the apparatus.

  An object of the present invention is to have a deposit / withdrawal port that can store banknotes in an orderly state while preventing the banknotes from falling down, and that does not become a hindrance at the time of user transactions and is not mixed with foreign matters. It is to provide an automatic teller machine.

  The object is to provide a banknote outlet from which a user takes out a banknote, a storage space for storing the banknotes one by one in the banknote outlet, and the withdrawal when the banknote is stored in the storage space. In the automatic teller machine having a guide member for guiding banknotes and a side wall constituting the storage space, the guide member protrudes from the side wall when stacking the withdrawal banknotes in the storage space, and This is achieved by storing the gold bill in the side wall.

  Moreover, the said objective drives the said side wall so that the stand-by position of the said side wall differs when the said withdrawal banknote is integrated | stacked in the said storage space, and when the said withdrawal banknote is discharge | released, The said guide member It is preferable that the protrusion and the storage are performed.

  Further, it is preferable that the guide member is supported by a spring member, and the protrusion and storage are performed by a spring force of the spring member.

Further, the object is to convey the banknotes one by one, a storage space for storing banknotes carried from the transport path in a standing position on the bottom plate, and the transport for storing the banknotes in the storage space. In an automatic teller machine having a bill processing mechanism having an impeller with a blade for applying a pushing force in a direction from the road toward the storage space, the pushing force received from the impeller when the bill is stored It has a support member that supports the banknotes stored in the storage space in the direction of action, and this support member is the direction of supporting the banknotes during storage of the banknotes by the compressive force of the stored banknotes. Ri can der be retracted in the opposite direction, and the support member is supported is a spring member
This is achieved by the action of a spring when the support member is retracted .

  The object is preferably provided with a plurality of impellers, and the support member is disposed between the impellers in the axial direction of the impeller.

  The object is stored in the height direction of the banknotes stored in the standing position, and is stored at a position lower than the height of the target banknote and higher than the center of gravity of the target banknote. It is preferable that the support member is provided so as to come into contact with a bill that has already been made.

  The above object is the height direction of the banknotes stored in the standing position, the impeller is configured to strike the lower end of the banknotes, and the support member is positioned at the upper part of the impeller. Is preferred.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to store banknotes in an orderly manner while preventing the banknotes from falling down, and has a deposit / withdrawal port in which foreign matter is not mixed without causing an obstacle during user transactions. Automatic cash transaction equipment can be provided.

It is a side view of the deposit / withdrawal port by one Example of this invention. It is a side view of the accumulation | storage mechanism in the deposit or withdrawal port by one Example of this invention. It is a top view of the accumulation | storage mechanism in the deposit or withdrawal port by one Example of this invention. It is a side view explaining the operation | movement during stack | stacking a banknote by one Example of this invention. It is a side view explaining the operation | movement during stack | stacking a banknote by one Example of this invention. It is a side view explaining the operation | movement during stack | stacking a banknote by one Example of this invention. It is a side view explaining the operation | movement during stack | stacking a banknote by one Example of this invention. It is a side view explaining the operation | movement during stack | stacking a banknote by one Example of this invention. It is a side view explaining the operation | movement after stack | stacking a banknote by one Example of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the state of the contact of the accumulated banknote Ps and the banknote P which rushes. 3 is a graph showing the relationship between a contact angle θ and a contact force F. FIG. It is a figure showing the deformation | transformation state of the banknote P at the time of rushing into a stacking mechanism. FIG. 3 is a front view of an accumulation mechanism for illustrating the arrangement of accumulation ribs 11. It is a side view of a stacking mechanism when the banknote P rushes. It is the side view which showed the mode in the case of handling the banknote which thickness increased. It is a side view showing the state at the time of the deposit transaction of the deposit or withdrawal port by one Example of this invention. It is a side view showing the banknote separation operation | movement of the deposit or withdrawal port by one Example of this invention. It is a side view showing the banknote accumulation operation | movement of the deposit or withdrawal port by one Example of this invention. It is a side view showing the state at the time of the withdrawal transaction of the deposit or withdrawal port by one Example of this invention. It is a side view showing the state at the time of the collection | recovery operation | movement of the deposit or withdrawal port by one Example of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of a common cash automatic transaction apparatus. It is sectional drawing which showed the structure of the general banknote handling mechanism. It is the schematic showing the conventional banknote stacking mechanism. It is the schematic showing the subject of the conventional banknote stacking mechanism. It is the schematic showing the banknote accumulation mechanism of the conventional system which taps a banknote upper part. It is the schematic showing the subject of the banknote stacking mechanism of the conventional system which taps a banknote upper part.

  First, the outline | summary of the banknote stacking mechanism used with the automatic teller machine of this invention is demonstrated using FIG. 19, FIG.

  FIG. 19 is a schematic configuration diagram of a conventional banknote stacking mechanism.

  FIG. 20 is a diagram for explaining the problems of the conventional banknote stacking mechanism.

  In FIG. 19, this figure shows the example of the banknote accumulation | stacking mechanism which can handle simultaneously a banknote from which a dimension differs greatly like an euro banknote. This is because the loop sheet roller 16 is stopped at a rotational phase that overlaps the stacking guide 17, and the bill P that has entered the storage space 1 in the direction A in the figure is stopped by the contact resistance force of the overlap portion, and thereafter This is a mechanism for stacking banknotes by rotating the stopped banknotes by a predetermined amount by the loop sheet roller 16 to release the contact resistance force and tapping and moving the bottom edge of the banknotes. This mechanism can be said to be a simple mechanism because the loop of the banknote that has entered and the movement of the banknote after the stop are performed by one loop sheet roller 16 necessary for the stacking operation.

  However, as shown in FIG. 20, this mechanism has a configuration in which the loop sheet roller 16 strikes the lower end of the banknote, so that the stacked banknote Ps may fall in the direction of the stacking slot. If the accumulated banknotes Ps fall down in the direction of the stacking port, there is a possibility that the stacking of subsequent banknotes entering in the direction A in the figure may become an obstacle.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Before explaining the embodiments, an outline of a general automatic teller machine and a configuration of a banknote handling mechanism provided therein are shown in FIGS. 18 will be described.

FIG. 17 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a general automatic teller machine.
In FIG. 17, a card / detail slip processing mechanism for processing a user's card in communication with a card slot 1002a on a top front plate 1001a of a main body casing 1001 that forms the outer shell of the apparatus, and printing and releasing a transaction statement slip. 1002 and a passbook processing mechanism 1003 that communicates with the passbook slot 1003a and processes the passbook of the user.

  A bill handling mechanism 1006 for processing bills is provided at the lower part of the housing 1001, and although not shown, a cassette for storing bills in denominations, a cassette for storing denominations, or bills determined to be indistinguishable A reject cassette or the like is provided for storing damaged banknotes or banknotes forgotten. A middle portion of the housing 1001 is provided with a customer operation / display unit 1005 for displaying and inputting the contents of the transaction. Moreover, the banknote depositing / withdrawing port 1004 which deposits / withdraws a banknote is provided, and these mechanisms are controlled by the control part 1007.

FIG. 18 shows the configuration of the bill handling mechanism.
In FIG. 18, the banknote handling mechanism includes a deposit / withdrawal port 2001, a temporary storage box 2002, a banknote discriminator 2003, a loading / collecting box 2004, a deposit box 2005, and a banknote storage / release box 2006.

Next, the operation of the bill handling mechanism will be described. At the time of deposit transaction, banknotes inserted into the deposit / withdrawal port 2001 are separated one by one, and the banknote discriminator 2003 determines the denomination and authenticity of the banknotes and temporarily stores them in the temporary storage box 2002. At this time, banknotes that could not be discriminated by the banknote discriminator 2003 or banknotes having an abnormal inclination or interval are directly conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal port 2001 and returned to the user. After the deposit transaction is established, the banknotes are taken out from the temporary storage box 2002, and the state of the banknotes is confirmed again by the banknote discriminator 2003, and then stored in the corresponding banknote storage / release box 2006.

At the time of a withdrawal transaction, a predetermined number of withdrawal banknotes are paid out from the corresponding banknote storage / release box 2006, discriminated by the banknote discriminating unit discriminator 2003, and the deposit / withdrawal port 2001 is conveyed to pay the user. When an unusable banknote is found during the withdrawal operation, the banknote is temporarily stored in the temporary storage box 2002, and a new banknote is fed out from the banknote storage / release box 2006. Thereafter, unusable banknotes are taken out from the temporary storage box 2002, and are transported and stored in a safe box 2005 that stores unusable banknotes.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a specific automatic teller machine of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a side view of a deposit / withdrawal port according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, the operation of the deposit / withdrawal port includes a banknote separating operation for taking a plurality of banknotes inserted by a user at the time of deposit transaction into the mechanism one by one, and one by one from the banknote storage / release box at the time of deposit transaction. There is a bill accumulation operation for storing bills that have been sent.

First, a mechanism necessary for the separation operation will be described.
A feeding roller 32 for feeding a plurality of banknotes inserted by a user one by one from the top for separation operation, and a resistance roller for preventing the feeding of the plurality of banknotes facing the feeding roller 32 30, a feeding roller 31 for feeding a bill into a bill feeding portion composed of a feeding roller 32 and a resistance roller 30, an operation plate 14 for supporting and pressing the bill against the feeding roller 31, and movement in the bill conveyance direction. A bottom plate 15 for regulation is provided. With this mechanism, banknotes existing in the deposit space 3 can be taken into the mechanism along the direction B in the figure.

Next, a mechanism necessary for the accumulation operation will be described.
FIG. 2 is a side view of the accumulation mechanism in the deposit / withdrawal port according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a top view of the accumulation mechanism in the deposit / withdrawal port according to the embodiment of the present invention.
In the standing and stacking mechanism shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the bill is conveyed in the direction A in the figure and stored in the storage space 1. The stacking mechanism includes a driving unit (not shown) for transporting banknotes. There is a drive roller 19 that is always rotated by this drive means, and a driven roller 18 that is driven to rotate in contact with the drive roller 19 is provided. The passage sensor 22 is provided in the transport path 21 and detects that a bill passes through the transport path 21. A plurality of loop sheet rollers 16 that are independently driven by a driving means (not shown) are provided coaxially with the driven roller 18. An accumulation guide 17 is provided so as to face the loop sheet roller 16 and overlap each other.

  The bill passes through the transport path 21 and is guided to the stacking guide 17 and is stacked in the storage space 1. The storage space 1 is formed by a side wall 13, an operation plate 14 and an upper plate 23. The storage space 1 can be expanded by moving the operation plate 14 by a driving means (not shown) according to the number of stacked banknotes. The bottom plate 15 of the storage space 1 supports the end portion of the bill. The upper plate 23 covers the upper part of the storage space 1.

  The loop sheet roller 16 is preferably formed of an elastic member (for example, rubber or plastic material). In addition, the loop sheet roller 16 includes a loop portion 161 that plays a role of applying a braking force to an incoming bill and stopping it, and a sheet portion 162 that moves the bill to a storage space. In this embodiment, a total of three combinations (hereinafter referred to as loop sheets) of the loop portion 161 and the sheet portion 162 are provided at intervals of 120 °.

  Here, the amount of overlap (in the figure, δ) between the loop sheet roller 16 and the accumulation guide 17 is managed by a phase plate (not shown) provided on the loop sheet roller shaft 16p. Therefore, the loop sheet roller 16 always stops at a predetermined position when a bill enters the stacking mechanism (hereinafter, the stop position of the loop sheet roller 16 is referred to as a stack standby position). In this embodiment, every time a bill enters the stacking mechanism, it is rotated by 120 °, and one of the three loop sheets is present at the stacking standby position.

  Further, the side wall 13 is provided with an accumulation rib 11 that can be independently rotated about the rotation fulcrum 11p. The stacking rib 11 has a function as a guide member that guides banknotes being stacked and a support member that supports the banknotes after stacking.

  The accumulation rib 11 is in contact with the retracting mechanism 12 through the contact portion 11c. The retracting mechanism 12 is connected to a pressing spring 12s and can move in the X direction in the figure. Further, the accumulation rib 11 has a torsion spring 11s for applying a rotational force around the rotation fulcrum 11p, and a counterclockwise force is generated in the Y direction in the figure. Due to the force of the torsion spring 11s, the integrated rib 11 is pressed against the retracting mechanism through the contact portion 11c. Therefore, the accumulation rib 11 can move in conjunction with the retracting mechanism 12. Therefore, the collecting rib 11 can swing in the Y direction in the drawing in synchronization with the retreat mechanism 12 moving in the X direction in the drawing.

Next, the operation when a plurality of banknotes are continuously stacked with the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. In the following description, P ₁ , P ₂ , P ₃ .

4 (a) to 4 (e) are diagrams for explaining the operation while stacking a predetermined number of banknotes (here, N sheets) according to one embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating a more predetermined number (N sheets) of banknotes operation after the integrated with one embodiment of the present invention.

  In the state shown in FIG. 4A, the loop sheet roller 16 is stopped at the stacking standby position in the initial state. In the example shown here, one of the three loop sheets that overlaps with the stacking guide 17 in the initial state is defined as a loop sheet a, and the loop sheet b, Let it be a loop sheet c.

First, as shown in FIG. 4 (a), the banknotes P ₁ of the first sheet passes through the conveying path 21, it enters into an integrated mechanism. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 4 (b), the by the conveying force of the drive roller 19, the banknote _{P 1} of the first sheet is between the loop portion 161a and the stacking guide 17 by bending the loop portion 161a of the loop sheet a Rush into. Here, the loop portion 161a has a sufficiently low coefficient of friction, and the banknote does not buckle. Then, when the lower end has passed through the nipping point of the drive roller 19 and the driven roller 18, the first sheet of banknote P ₁ is stopped by the conveyance resistance force received from the loop portion 161a that is stopped collecting guide 17. At this time, the leading end portion of the _first banknote P1 comes into contact with and is guided by the stacking rib 11. In the present embodiment, the integrated rib 11 is not required but is placed in contact with the banknotes P ₁ to always contact.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 4 (c), the banknotes P ₂ of the second sheet passes through the conveying path 21, enters the integrated mechanism. At this time, the leading end of the _second banknote P2 is detected by the passage sensor 22. At the moment when the leading edge of the bill is detected, the loop sheet roller 16 rotates in the ω direction in the figure and stops when the loop sheet b reaches the stacking standby position. At that time, the seat portion 162b of the loop sheet b is in contact with the first sheet of the lower end of the bill P _1, 1-th bill P ₁ is moved to figure Z direction.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 4 (d), 2 th bill _{P 2} are entered between the loop portion 161b and stacking guide 17 is integrated guides 17 sandwiching the loop section 161b to stop. At that time, at the point of contact with the integrated already 1 th bill P ₁ and the integrated rib 11, the second sheet of banknote P ₂ tip in contact with the banknotes P ₁ of the first sheet. The integrated already 1 th bill P ₁ is by fine movement of the second sheet of banknote P ₂ tip enters between the integrated rib 11 and the banknote P ₁ of the integrated already the first sheet.

Subsequently, as in FIG. 4 (e), 3-th bill P ₃ enters the conveying path 21 and into the accumulation mechanism. At this time, the leading edge of the third banknote P ₃ is detected by the passage sensor 22. At the moment of detection, the loop sheet roller 16 rotates in the ω direction in the figure. At that time, the seat portion 162c of the loop sheet c contacts the second sheet of the lower end of the bill P _2, the second sheet of banknote P ₂ is moved to figure Z direction. Thereafter, the above-described operation in which the _third banknote P ₃ is stacked in the same procedure as P ₁ and P ₂ is repeated until N sheets are stored.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a state after a predetermined number (N) of banknotes are stacked.
In FIG. 5, in order to secure the accumulation space, the operation plate 14 moves by a predetermined amount in the direction of expanding the accumulation space (direction α in the figure). By this operation, it is possible to secure an appropriate stacking space according to the number of stacked banknotes. This operation is performed every time a predetermined number of banknotes are accumulated, and operates a certain amount each time. After an appropriate accumulation space is secured, the above-described accumulation operation is resumed.

  By the above operation, a necessary number of banknotes are accumulated. In the meantime, the falling force Fl due to the accumulated banknotes acts on the stacking rib 11, but the spring force by the pressing spring 12 s provided in the retracting mechanism 12 is larger than the falling force Fl. The rib 11 does not move from the initial position. Therefore, the upper part of the banknotes that are being stacked does not fall in the direction of the stacking port, and the problem that the banknotes block the stacking port is avoided.

Next, the effect of the integrated rib 11 will be described.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a contact state between the accumulated banknote Ps and the banknote P that enters.
Here, the contact angle between the stacked banknote Ps and the banknote P that enters is θ, and the contact angle when there is no stacking rib 11 is θ1. In addition, the entry angle (an elevation angle from the bottom plate 15) of the banknote P that enters is ψ.

  In FIG. 6, the entry angle ψ is determined by the inclination angle of the accumulation guide 17 and has a constant value regardless of the presence or absence of the accumulation rib 11. On the other hand, the contact angle θ varies depending on the presence of the accumulation rib 11 and is smaller than the case where the accumulation rib 11 is not present. Further, the contact force generated between the accumulated banknote Ps and the banknote P that enters is F, and in particular the contact force when there is no stacking rib 11 is F1. Since the contact force F generated between the bills deteriorates the posture of the accumulated bills or causes the entering bills to buckle, the smaller the value, the better.

FIG. 7 is a graph showing the relationship between the contact angle θ and the contact force F investigated by the inventors.
In FIG. 7, from this result, it was found that the contact force generated between the banknotes can be reduced by reducing the contact angle θ between the banknotes Ps that have been stacked and the banknotes P that have entered by the stacking ribs 11. .

Next, the structure of the integrated rib 11 suitable for obtaining the above effect will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a deformed state of the banknote P when entering the stacking mechanism, and FIG. 9 is a front view of the stacking mechanism for indicating the position of the stacking rib 11.
As shown in FIG. 8, the banknote P is wave-shaped deformed so as to be convex at the position of the loop sheet roller 16 in the longitudinal direction (lateral direction in the figure). It is desirable that the accumulation rib 11 does not become a resistance when the banknote P enters during accumulation. In order not to be resistance to the entry of the banknote P, the stacking rib 11 needs to be in a position where the corrugated deformation of the banknote P is not broken as much as possible. Therefore, it is desirable that the stacking ribs 11 exist not between the vertices of the convex portions but between the vertices of the convex portions when the banknote is deformed. In other words, it is desirable that the accumulation ribs 11 exist in the region B between the loop sheet rollers 16 indicated by the hatched portion in FIG.

FIG. 10 shows a side view of the stacking mechanism when the banknote P enters during stacking of banknotes.
10, hr indicates the height from the bottom plate 15 to the contact point between the stacked bills Ps and the stacking ribs 11 (here, the apex of the stacking ribs 11), and the tilting angle of the bills allowed during stacking is φ. To do. If the length in the standing direction (short direction) of the smallest banknote among the target banknotes is L, the value of hr is Lcosφ>hr> Lcosφ / 2.
It is desirable that

If the height hr of the contact point is in the above range, the accumulated banknote Ps can be supported without fail. Further, since the contact position is higher than the height of the center of gravity of the accumulated banknote Ps (Lcosφ / 2), the accumulated banknote Ps has a contact force F between the incoming banknote P and its own weight W. In FIG. 10 , a rotational moment in the M direction is generated. For this reason, the tip of the banknote Ps that has been collected slightly moves, so that the tip of the incoming banknote P can easily enter between the stacking rib 11 and the banknote Ps that has been stacked.

  By the way, the state of bills varies greatly depending on the environment and the number of circulations. For example, banknotes and the like with a large number of circulations increase in thickness and occupy a large accumulation space. When handling such bills, the number of bills that can be handled is reduced. In particular, if the accumulation rib 11 is present, the accumulation space is reduced by the amount of protrusion of the accumulation rib 11, so that a countermeasure is required.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a state in which a bill with such an increased thickness is handled.
In FIG. 11, when the bill is stored in the stacking mechanism, it is compressed and stored in the thickness direction. Therefore, the accumulation rib 11 receives the compressive force Fc from the accumulated banknote Ps. Here, the collecting rib 11 can swing in the Y direction in the drawing through the retracting mechanism 12 as described above. Therefore, the accumulation rib 11 can be retracted by the compressive force Fc of the accumulated banknote Ps. As a result, the accumulation space can be increased by the amount by which the accumulation ribs 11 are retracted, and the number of bills that can be handled can be increased.

  Further, the accumulation rib 11 moves only at a position (Yc in the drawing) where the retraction limit stopper 20 contacts during retraction, but it is preferable that the accumulation rib 11 is not completely hidden by the side wall 13 and is maintained in a state where it protrudes by an appropriate amount. This is to reduce the frictional resistance received from the side wall 13 when the banknote P enters.

  Next, the force generated by the pressing spring 12s of the retracting mechanism 12 acting on the accumulation rib 11 will be described. The force generated at the tip of the stacking rib 11 by the pressing spring 12s is preferably stronger than the falling force Fl of the stacked banknotes and weaker than the compressive force FP generated by the banknote having an increased thickness. This is for preventing the collapse of the accumulated banknotes Ps and for handling banknotes with increased thickness.

  With the banknote handling mechanism having the banknote stacking mechanism described above, it is possible to prevent the banknotes from collapsing and to reduce the number of sheets that can be handled even if the banknote bundle has increased in thickness in the thickness direction. It is possible to store the banknotes in an orderly manner without any problem.

Next, the operation of the deposit / withdrawal port will be described.
FIG. 12 shows the state of the deposit / withdrawal port at the time of deposit transaction according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 12, when a user deposits money, it is better not to expose each roller. Therefore, the front plate 33 is rotated in the γ direction in FIG. 12 by a rotation spring (not shown) around the front plate rotation shaft 33p and stopped at a position where it contacts the bottom plate 15, whereby the feeding roller 31 and the delivery roller 32 The resistance roller 30 is covered and hidden.

  Similarly, the side wall 13 moves in the β direction in the drawing from the standby position during the stacking operation, and waits at a predetermined position (this position is referred to as a bill insertion position). The loop sheet roller 16 is covered and hidden. At this time, the integrated rib 11 is retracted and accommodated in the side wall 13 to the position where it contacts the retraction limit stopper 20 by the force of the torsion spring 11s. By storing the accumulation rib 11 in the side wall 13, the accumulation rib 11 does not become an obstacle when the user inserts the banknote Ps.

  Further, the operation plate 14 is in contact with the side wall 13 with no gap, and the user can insert a bill into the deposit space 3 without making a mistake.

FIG. 13 is a view showing the bill separating operation of the deposit / withdrawal port according to the embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 13, after confirming that the user has inserted the banknote, the upper plate 23 is closed. Thereafter, the feeding plate 31, the feeding roller 32, and the resistance roller 30 are exposed by the front plate 33 retracting in the γ direction in FIG. Then, the operation plate 14 presses the inserted bill Ps against the feeding roller 31, and the separation operation is started.

Next, the operation during the withdrawal transaction will be described.
FIG. 14 shows the banknote stacking operation of the deposit / withdrawal port according to one embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 14, at this time, the stacking rib 11 waits at a position (this position is referred to as a banknote stacking position) in contact with the retracting mechanism 12 having the pressing spring 12 s via the contact portion 11 c, and therefore the stacking rib 11 is retracted. Extruded by 12 and protruded from the side wall 13. In this state, the integration operation as described above is possible.

FIG. 15 shows a state of a deposit / withdrawal port according to an embodiment of the present invention during a withdrawal transaction.
In FIG. 15, after the necessary number of banknotes are stacked, the side wall 13 moves in the direction β in FIG. 15 and waits at a predetermined position (this position is referred to as a banknote discharge position), thereby stacking banknotes Ps. Is extruded and compressed. By opening the upper plate 23 in this state, the user can take out the banknote. At this time, the retracting mechanism 12 does not follow the operation of the side wall 13 and stays there. Therefore, the force of the pressing spring 12 s of the retracting mechanism 12 does not act on the accumulation rib 11. Then, the accumulation rib 11 is retracted into the side wall 13 to the position where the retraction limit stopper 20 contacts by the force of the torsion spring 11s. Since the accumulation rib 11 is stored in the side wall 13 as described above, the accumulation rib 11 does not become an obstacle when the user takes out the banknote Ps.

FIG. 16 shows a state during the collecting operation of the deposit / withdrawal port according to one embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 16, the collection operation is performed when the user forgets to remove the banknote at the time of withdrawal. At this time, the operation plate 14 is retracted, the side wall 13 presses the bill Ps against the feeding roller 31, and the billing roller 31 is rotated in this state so that the bill is fed and stored in the apparatus. At this time, the integrated rib 11 is in a state of being retracted in the side wall 13 to a position where the retract limit stopper 20 contacts by the force of the torsion spring 11s. Therefore, there is no obstacle to the separation operation of the banknote Ps.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to realize an automatic teller machine having a deposit / withdrawal port in which foreign matter or the like is not mixed without hindering a user's transaction.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Accumulation space, 11 ... Accumulation rib, 11p ... Rotation fulcrum, 11s ... Torsion spring, 11c ... Contact part, 12 ... Retraction mechanism, 12s ... Pressing spring, 13 ... Side wall, 14 ... Operating plate, 15 ... Bottom plate, 16 ... Loop sheet roller, 161 ... Loop part, 162 ... Sheet part, 17 ... Stacking guide, 18 ... · Followed roller, 19 ··· Driving roller, 20 ··· Retraction limit stopper, 21 ··· Conveyance path, 22 ··· Passing sensor, 23 · · · Upper plate, 24 · · · Retraction restriction member, 1001 ..Case, 1002... Card / detail slip processing mechanism, 1003 .. passbook processing mechanism, 1004 .. banknote deposit / withdrawal port, 1005 .. customer operation / display unit, 1006. , 1007 ... Control unit, 2001 ... Deposit / withdrawal port, 20 2 ... the temporary storage bin, 2003 ... bill validator, 2004 ... the loading and recovering bin, 2005 ... deposit box, 2006 ... banknote storage release box.

Claims (7)

A banknote outlet from which a user takes out a withdrawal banknote, a storage space for storing the withdrawal banknotes one by one in the banknote discharge country, and guides the withdrawal banknote when stored in the storage space. In an automatic teller machine having a guide member and a side wall constituting the storage space,
The automatic teller machine according to claim 1, wherein the guide member protrudes from the side wall when the withdrawal banknote is accumulated in the storage space, and is accommodated in the side wall when the withdrawal banknote is discharged. . In the automatic teller machine according to claim 1,
By driving the side wall so that the standby position of the side wall is different between when the withdrawal banknote is accumulated in the storage space and when the withdrawal banknote is discharged, the protrusion and storage of the guide member are performed. An automatic teller machine characterized by being performed. In the automatic teller machine according to claim 1,
The automatic teller machine according to claim 1, wherein the guide member is supported by a spring member, and is protruded and stored by a spring of the spring member. A transport path for transporting banknotes one by one, a storage space for storing banknotes carried from the transport path in a standing position on a bottom plate, and a storage space from the transport path for storing the banknotes in the storage space. In an automatic teller machine equipped with a banknote processing mechanism having an impeller with a blade for applying a pushing force in the direction of
In the action direction of the pushing force received from the impeller when the banknote is stored, it has a support member that supports the banknote stored in the storage space, and this support member is based on the compressive force of the stored banknote, Ri can der that the direction for supporting the bill during storage of the banknotes withdrawn in the opposite direction, and the support member is supported by a spring member, Baneka acts upon retraction of said support member An automatic teller machine characterized by that. In the automatic teller machine provided with the bill processing mechanism according to claim 4,
A plurality of the impellers are provided, and the supporting member is disposed between the impellers with respect to the axial direction of the impeller. In the automatic teller machine provided with the bill processing mechanism according to claim 4,
The support member and the stored banknotes are in a height direction of banknotes stored in a standing position, which is lower than the height of the target banknote and higher than the center of gravity of the target banknote. The automatic cash transaction apparatus, wherein the support member is provided so as to come into contact. In the automatic teller machine provided with the bill processing mechanism according to claim 4,
Automatic cash transaction characterized in that it is in the height direction of banknotes stored in a standing position, wherein the impeller is configured to strike the lower end of the banknotes, and the support member is located at the top of the impeller apparatus.

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