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

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

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]

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).

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.

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.

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]

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]

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]

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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]

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.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 (a) and 1 (b) are a structural view and an I-I sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

2A and 2B are a configuration diagram and a cross-sectional view taken along line II-II thereof when receiving a bill.

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.

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.

5 (a) and 5 (b) are a structural view and a sectional view taken along line V-V when the pressing plate is lowered.

6 (a) and (b) are configuration diagrams showing a conventional example and its VI.
It is a VI sectional view.

[Explanation of symbols]

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)

[Claims] 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. 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. 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.