JP2001126111A - Money receiving and dispensing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] Even if the number of stored banknotes is small or the stored banknotes are bent, the banknotes stored in the storage box are taken out favorably, and the banknote storage box is stored. When the number of sheets stored in the storage is large, or even after the circulation of the banknotes, the storage in the storage is performed well. SOLUTION: A holding plate 5 is attached to a movable flap 4a to provide a distance between the holding plate 5 and an overlap roller 2, and when a bill 20 is stored, the movable flap 4a is provided.
Is rotated upward about the rotation shaft 4b, and a new banknote 20 is inserted in a state where the pressure on the stored banknotes 20 by the pressing plate 5 is weakened.
When the feed roller 7 idles, the movable flap 4
a is rotated downward about the rotation shaft 4b to reinforce the pressing of the stored bills 20 by the pressing plate 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic cash register installed in a supermarket, a convenience store, a gas station, or the like, and a cash depositing / dispensing machine which can be used by being connected to a POS register. The present invention relates to a circulation type money receiving / dispensing machine that reuses carried-in bills for payment of fishing bills and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in a supermarket, a convenience store, and the like, a change dispenser has been increasingly used together with a POS (Point of Sale Information System) register. This change dispenser is PO
It operates in conjunction with the S register, and automatically pays out the difference (change) between the inserted amount and the product purchase amount by inputting the money paid by the purchaser of the product.

[0003] In such a change dispenser, the inserted bill is generally reused for dispensing change. In a conventional change dispenser, the inserted bills are classified according to their types. And stored it and paid it out as needed. However, in such a change dispenser, it is necessary to provide a storage for each bill type,
In addition, there is a problem that the occupied area is inevitably increased if the transport path of the bills to the storages and the payout path of the bills from the storages are included.

As means for solving such a problem, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10-40437 discloses a method in which inserted banknotes are sequentially stacked and stored irrespective of their types, and the stored banknotes are taken out one by one and the type is determined. A money receiving and dispensing machine that discriminates and pays change is disclosed. JP-A-10-
In the money receiving and dispensing machine disclosed in 40437, the inserted bills are stored in one storage regardless of the type, so that it is not necessary to provide a storage for the banknotes for each type of the banknotes. It is possible to reduce the number of storages, the transport route of bills and the like related thereto, and it is possible to reduce the occupied area as a whole.

[0005]

However, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
In the money receiving and dispensing machine disclosed in 40437, there is a problem that bills stored in the storage may not be taken out properly.

In this money receiving and dispensing machine, the bills stacked in the storage are pressed against the bottom of the storage by the elastic force of a leaf spring arranged on the upper part thereof, and the bills are removed from the bottom of the storage. This is performed by rotating the arranged feed roller and pulling out the lowermost bill by frictional force between the feed roller and the lowermost bill stored in the storage. The elastic force of the leaf spring here increases as the relative position of the upper surface of the bill with respect to the leaf spring increases, and decreases as the distance increases. Therefore, when the number of stacked banknotes is small, the relative position of the upper surface of the banknote with respect to the leaf spring becomes far, and the pressure on the banknote becomes weak. When the pressure on the bill is weakened, the frictional force between the feed roller and the bill decreases, and a case may occur in which it is not possible to obtain a sufficient frictional force to pull out the bill. Such a problem is still more remarkable when the stored bills are bent.

Further, when the elastic force of the leaf spring itself is increased, there is a problem that banknotes cannot be stored in the storage well. The storage of the banknotes in the storage is performed by the banknotes taken up in the storage pushing up the above leaf spring and digging under it, but if the elasticity of the leaf spring itself is too strong, it is taken in. The bill cannot push up the leaf spring and the bill cannot go under the leaf spring. This problem is particularly remarkable when the number of stored sheets increases and the relative position of the upper surface of the bill with respect to the leaf spring approaches.

Further, the above-mentioned money receiving and dispensing machine has a problem that it is not possible to store circulating banknotes satisfactorily. A banknote is bent by the circulation inside the money receiving and dispensing machine. Since the leaf spring of this money depositing and dispensing machine is disposed near the bill insertion section, the leading end of the bill inserted from the bill insertion section must push up the leaf spring immediately after the insertion. However, it is difficult to make the leading end portion of the bill slightly led out from the bill insertion slot have enough strength to overcome the bending habit caused by circulation. For this reason, such bills cannot push up the leaf spring, and are stored in a curled state inside the storage box without being held by the leaf spring.

The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and even when the number of stored banknotes is small or the stored banknotes are bent, the banknotes stored in the storage can be stored. It is an object of the present invention to provide a money receiving and dispensing machine capable of taking out well.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a money receiving and dispensing machine which can store bills in a storage well even when the number of bills stored is large. further,
It is another object of the present invention to provide a money receiving and dispensing machine which can store a banknote even after circulation in a storage box.

[0011]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in a circulation type money receiving and dispensing machine for reusing a carried-in bill for paying a fishing bill or the like, the bills are stacked on a bottom surface. The bill storage unit to be stored and stored, a bill carrying mechanism for carrying the bill into the bill storage unit, a pressing mechanism that presses the bills stored in the bill storage unit from above, and the pressing mechanism are attached. There is provided a money receiving and dispensing machine having a bill holding and adjusting mechanism for adjusting the pressing strength of the holding mechanism against the bill by driving.

[0012] Here, in the bill storage section, the bills are stacked and stored on the bottom surface, the bill carry-in mechanism carries the bills into the bill storage section, and the holding mechanism moves the bills stored in the bill storage section from above. Pressing, the bill holding adjustment mechanism adjusts the strength of pressing of the bill by the holding mechanism.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 are cross-sectional views showing the configuration of the money receiving and dispensing machine 1 in the present embodiment.

The money receiving and dispensing machine 1 includes a bill storage 6, which is a bill storage unit in which the bills 20 are stacked and stored on the bottom surface.
It has an overlap roller 2 which is a bill carry-in mechanism for carrying the bill 20 into the bill storage 6, and a roller which is disposed in pressure contact with the overlap roller 2, and performs a rotation coaxial with the roller, thereby providing an overlap roller. The impeller 3 on which a plurality of wings 3 a for knocking down the bill 20 carried by the bill 2 into the bill storage 6, and the bill 20 stored in the bill storage 6
Plate 5, which is a pressing mechanism for pressing the paper from above, and a paper pressing control mechanism 4 for adjusting the pressing force of the pressing plate 5 against the paper money 20 to an appropriate strength by mounting and driving the pressing plate 5. A feed roller 7 serving as a banknote take-out mechanism for taking out the lowermost banknote 20 stored in the banknote storage 6 by a frictional force with the banknote 20, and a kick roller 8 for feeding the banknote 20 taken out by the feed roller 7 to a transport route. A feed roller 10 for taking the bills 20 sent out by the kick roller 8 into the transport route, a blocking roller 9 for preventing two or more bills 20 from being taken out from the bill storage 6, and a discrimination for identifying the kind of the bill 20 A sensor 11, a gate 12 for switching the destination of the bills 20,
13, a collection box 14 for collecting bills 20, and a bill 20
Has a dispensing port 15 for dispensing.

The overlap roller 2 rotates in a state of being pressed against the roller of the impeller 3, and a paper money 20 is
Is fed, thereby transporting the banknote 20. Here, the overlap roller 2 and the roller of the impeller 3 are configured to bend the banknote 20 in one of the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction, and to make the banknote 20 have a waist, while allowing the banknote 20 to be perpendicular to the bending direction. , And carried into the banknote storage 6.
Here, the term “curved” means an arc, an S-shape, a bent shape, and a shape including at least any one of these connections. The transport of the banknote 20 while bending it is, for example,
The rollers of the overlap roller 2 and the impeller 3 whose rotation radii are not uniform for each rotation axis coordinate are combined so that the irregularities for each rotation axis coordinate generated due to the difference in the rotation radius engage with each other. It is done by throwing. In this case, only a part of the overlap roller 2 and the roller of the impeller 3 sandwiches the bill 20 by pressing. This is because when two rollers having non-uniform rotation radii are combined so that the irregularities of each rotation axis coordinate with each other, it is impossible to make the surface velocities of the rollers coincide at all combination positions. Also,
The two or more overlap rollers 2 and the rollers of the impeller 3 each having an independent rotating shaft are respectively pressed against and combined with each other, and the pressed position of each combination is shifted in the pressed direction for each combination. Is also good. Thereby, the bill 20 is conveyed by rotation of the overlap roller 2 and the roller of the impeller 3, while the bill 20 is held by the two or more press contact portions shifted in the press contact direction, and the bill 20 is in a curved state. In the direction perpendicular to the bending direction.

A plurality of wings 3a are mounted in a direction outward from the rotation axis of the impeller 3, and the rotation of the wings 3a accompanying the rotation of the impeller 3 stores the bills 20 carried in from the overlap roller 2 into bill storage. Knock down into warehouse 6.

The bill holding adjustment mechanism 4 has a movable flap 4a that makes a rotary motion about a rotary shaft 4b, and the holding plate 5 moves the rotary shaft 4c so that it can make a rotary motion about the rotary shaft 4c. Is attached to the movable flap 4a as a contact. Here, the rotational movement of the movable flap 4a is performed by driving a motor described later, and the rotation adjusts the strength of pressing of the pressing plate 5 against the banknote 20. Further, the pressing plate 5 presses the upper surface of the banknote 20 by applying an elastic force of an elastic body described later in a rotation direction about the rotation axis 4c.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the movable flap 4a rotates around the rotation shaft 4b, the relative distance of the holding plate 5 attached thereto to the bill 20 changes. Pressing the upper surface of the bill 20 of the holding plate 5
Since the pressing plate 5 to which the elastic force of the elastic body is applied performs the change, the change in the relative distance of the pressing plate 5 to the bill 20 changes the strength of the pressure applied to the bill 20.

The feed roller 7 is disposed below the bill storage 6 and rotates eccentrically by driving a motor (not shown). A high friction coefficient material 7a having a large friction coefficient is provided on a part of the surface of the feed roller 7, and this eccentric rotation is performed when the installation portion of the high friction coefficient material 7a reaches the upper portion by the rotation. Is projected from the surface of the bill storage unit 6.

The kick roller 8 is disposed below the bill take-out portion 6a from which the bill 20 is taken out, and performs eccentric rotation by driving a motor (not shown). Similarly to the feed roller 7, a part of the surface of the kick roller 8 is also provided with a high friction coefficient material 8a having a large friction coefficient, and the eccentric rotation causes the installation portion of the high friction coefficient material 8a to reach the upper portion due to the rotation. In this case, the kick roller 8 is most protruded from the surface.

The blocking roller 9 is arranged above the portion where the bill take-out section 6a is connected to the transport path of the bill 20, and the feed roller 10 is arranged below the lower portion thereof while being pressed against each other. The surface of the blocking roller 9 is formed of a material having a high coefficient of friction and does not rotate. A part of the surface of the feed roller 10 is provided with a high coefficient of friction material 10a having a large coefficient of friction, and performs a rotary motion about a rotation axis.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a detailed configuration of the bill holding adjustment mechanism 4. Here, FIG. 3A shows a side view of the bill holding adjustment mechanism 4, and FIG.
Shows a front view of the bill holding adjustment mechanism 4. FIG. 4 is an enlarged view showing a state of connection between the movable flap 4a and the pressing plate 5 in FIG.

The bill holding adjustment mechanism 4 includes a movable flap 4
a, a rotating shaft 4b, 4c, a motor 4d for driving the movable flap 4a, a gear 4e for transmitting the power of the motor 4d to the movable flap 4a, a belt 4f and a pulley 4g, and coil springs 4h, 4i, and 4j as elastic bodies. have. Further, as described above, the holding plate 5 is attached to the movable flap 4a with the rotating shaft 4c serving as a contact point.

The rotation power of the motor 4d is transmitted to a gear 4e, and the rotation power transmitted to the gear 4e is transmitted to a pulley 4g via a belt 4f. The pulley 4g is coaxially fixed to the rotation shaft 4b, and the rotation power transmitted to the pulley 4g is transmitted to the rotation shaft 4b. The rotating shaft 4b to which the rotating power has been transmitted thereby moves, as shown in FIG.
Rotate in the direction A or B shown in FIG. The rotating shaft 4b is provided with pins 4ba, 4bb.
When rotated in the direction, the power is transmitted to one end of the coil spring 4i via the pin 4bb. The power transmitted to one end of the coil spring 4i acts in a direction to narrow down the coil spring 4i, and the coil spring 4i narrowed down by this power.
The other end is movable flap 4a by its elastic force.
Is pressed in the A direction. As a result, the movable flap 4a rotates in the direction C shown in FIG. On the other hand, the rotating shaft 4
When b rotates in the B direction, the power is transmitted to one end of the coil spring 4h via the pin 4ba. The power transmitted to one end of the coil spring 4h acts in a direction to narrow down the coil spring 4h, and the coil spring 4h narrowed down by this power presses the movable flap 4a in the direction B at the other end by its elastic force. As a result, the movable flap 4a rotates in the direction D shown in FIG. Thus, by transmitting the power from the rotating shaft 4b to the movable flap 4a via the coil springs 4h and 4i, the rotation control error of the movable flap 4a can be corrected by the elastic force of the coil springs 4h and 4i.

As shown in FIG. 4, the holding plate 5 is attached to the middle of the movable flap 4a by the rotating shaft 4c. The rotating shaft 4c is provided with a coil spring 4 coaxially with the rotating shaft 4c.
j is disposed, and one end of the coil spring 4j is
The other end is held by the holding portion 4aa of the movable flap 4a. Due to the elastic force of the coil spring 4j, the pressing plate 5 is pressed so as to perform a rotational movement in the E direction about the rotating shaft 4c. This coil spring 4
The pressing plate 5 is rotated by the rotational motion to which the elastic force of j is applied.
Presses the bill 20.

Next, the operation of the money receiving and dispensing machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. The bill 20 is inserted from the overlap roller 2. When the bill 20 is inserted from the overlap roller 2, the movable flap 4a
As shown in FIG. 2, it is in a state of being lifted by an upward rotating motion about the rotating shaft 4b. Thereby, the bill 2 stored in the bill storage 6 by the holding plate 5
A new bill 20 can be inserted in a state where the pressure on 0 is reduced.

As described above, the bills 20 fed into the overlap roller 2 are fed in the direction of the bill storage 6 while holding the waist. First, the sent banknote 20
Reaches the inside of the movable flap 4a, and the banknote 20 reaching the inside of the movable flap 4a is thereafter fed along the inner surface of the movable flap 4a. Then, when the leading end portion of the bill 20 reaches the inside of the holding plate 5a, the bill 20 is
The pressing plate 5a is pushed up from the inside against the elastic force of the coil spring 4j. Here, the bill 20 is held at one end by the overlap roller 2 and is provided with a stiffness, so that the holding plate 5a can be pushed up against the elastic force of the coil spring 4j.

The bills 20 that have pushed up the holding plate 5 are fed as they are under the holding plate 5. When the overlap roller 2 completes the feeding of the bill 20, the last part of the feeding of the bill 20 is beaten downward by the wings 3a of the impeller 3. As a result, the banknotes 20 can be stored smoothly, and the banknotes 2 to be inserted next are stored.
Contact trouble with 0 can be avoided. When the banknote storage in the banknote storage 6 is completed, the movable flap 4a rotates downward about the rotation shaft 4b, and as shown in FIG. 1, presses the upper part of the banknote 20 in which the holding plate 5 is stored. Becomes

When the banknotes 20 stored in the banknote storage 6 are taken out by payment of change or the like, the feed roller 7 is eccentrically rotated by driving a motor (not shown). Due to this eccentric rotation, a frictional force acts between the high coefficient of friction material 7a and the lowermost banknote 20 stored in the banknote storage 6, whereby the lowermost banknote 20 is
Sent to. Here, when the number of stored banknotes 20 decreases and the relative position of the holding plate 5 with respect to the upper surface of the stored banknotes 20 increases, the pressure on the banknotes 20 decreases,
The frictional force between the high coefficient of friction material 7a and the banknote 20 is not sufficiently obtained, and the feed roller 7 idles. A similar phenomenon occurs when the stored bills are bent.
It is still remarkable. Such idling of the feed roller 7 is detected by a sensor (not shown). As a detection method, for example, a sensor for detecting the bill 20 is provided in the vicinity of the bill extracting unit 6a, and when the sensor does not detect the bill 20, even if a certain time has elapsed since the rotation of the feed roller 7 has started, A method of determining that the roller 7 is running idle is used. When such a sensor detects idling of the feed roller 7, the bill holding adjustment mechanism 4 rotates the movable flap 4a downward about the rotation shaft 4b. Thereby, the relative position of the holding plate 5 to the upper surface of the stored bills 20 becomes closer, and the pressure on the bills 20 is strengthened. Thereby, it is possible to sufficiently obtain the frictional force between the high friction coefficient material 7a and the bill 20, and it is possible to satisfactorily feed the bill 20.

The kick roller 8 into which the bill 20 has been fed in this way performs eccentric rotation by a motor (not shown), and the fed bill 20 is blocked by the feed roller 10 by the frictional force with the high friction material 8a. It is sent to the roller 9.

The feed roller 10 is similarly rotated by the drive of a motor (not shown), and the fed bill 20 is rotated by the frictional force with the high friction material 10a.
In this case, the guide rollers 9 serve to prevent the bills 20 from being repeatedly introduced into the transport path. When the bills 20 are overlapped and fed into the feed roller 10 and the blocking roller 9, the bill 20 located at the lowest position among the fed bills 20 is introduced into the transport path by the rotation of the feed roller 10 as described above. Is done. However, the bills 20 that are superimposed on the bills 20 and sent to the feed roller 10 and the blocking roller 9
Is prevented from proceeding by the frictional force with the blocking roller 20. That is, since the blocking roller 9 does not rotate, the frictional force between the blocking roller 9 and the bill 20 increases
Will be stopped. As a result, the bills 20 are introduced one by one into the bill transport path.

The bill 20 introduced into the bill transport path reaches the discrimination sensor 11, and the discrimination sensor 11 discriminates the reached bill 20. The operation of the gates 12 and 13 is determined based on the determination result and the change payment amount.
For example, if the banknote 20 determined by the discrimination sensor 11 is a 10,000-yen bill, the 10,000-yen bill cannot be used as change, so the gates 12 and 13 transport the bill 20 to the collection box 14. Is set. As a result, the 1
The 10,000-yen bill is collected in the collection storage 14. Also, the discrimination sensor 1
The banknote 20 judged by 1 is a 1,000-yen bill or a 5,000-yen bill,
In the case where the amount is to be paid as change, the gates 12 and 13 are set so as to carry the banknote 20 to the outlet 15. Thereby, the bill 20 as change is paid out from the outlet 15. Further, when the bill 20 determined by the discrimination sensor 11 is a 1,000-yen bill or a 5,000-yen bill, but is an amount that should not be paid as change,
The gates 12 and 13 are set to transport the bill 20 to the bill storage 6. Thereby, the bill 20 can be stored for change payment.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when the bills 20 are stored, the movable flap 4a is rotated upward about the rotation shaft 4b, and the pressing force on the stored bills 20 by the pressing plate 5 is reduced. Since new banknotes 20 are inserted, even when the number of stored banknotes 20 in the banknote storage 6 is large, the banknotes 20 can be stored in the banknote storage 6 satisfactorily.

In the present embodiment, when the feed roller 7 idles at the time of taking out the banknote 20, the movable flap 4a is rotated downward about the rotary shaft 4b, so that the holding plate 5 Since the pressurization is strengthened, even when the number of stored banknotes 20 is small, or even when the stored banknotes 20 are bent, it is possible to satisfactorily take out the banknotes 20 from the banknote storage 6. It becomes possible.

Further, since the pressing plate 5 is attached to the movable flap 4a and the distance between the pressing plate 5 and the overlap roller 2 is provided, the money receiving and dispensing machine 1 is circulated.
Even for the banknote 20 having a bending habit, a sufficient space for giving the banknote 20 a stiffness can be secured by the overlap roller 2, and the banknote 20 after circulation can be stored well.

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a bill is stored, the strength of the pressure applied to the stored bill by the holding mechanism is adjusted by the bill holding adjustment mechanism, and a new bill is inserted. Even when the number of banknotes stored in the banknote storage unit is large, the banknotes can be stored well in the banknote storage unit. Therefore, it is possible to increase the number of sheets stored while sufficiently maintaining the pressurization in the standby state.

Further, according to the present invention, when taking out a bill,
Since the strength of pressurization of the stored bills of the holding mechanism is adjusted by the bill holding adjustment mechanism, even if the number of stored bills is small or the stored bills are bent, the bills can be adjusted. It is possible to satisfactorily take out bills from the storage section.

Further, since the holding mechanism is attached to the bill holding adjusting mechanism to provide a distance between the holding mechanism and the bill inserting section, even if the bill has a bending habit due to circulation, the bill does not stick to the bill after being inserted. And a sufficient space for providing the banknotes can be secured, and the banknotes after circulation can be stored satisfactorily.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a configuration of a money receiving and dispensing machine according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of the money receiving and dispensing machine in the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a detailed configuration of a bill holding adjustment mechanism.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view showing a state of connection between a movable flap and a pressing plate in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Money acquisition machine 2 Overlap roller 4 Bill holding adjustment mechanism 4a Movable flap 4b, 4c Rotating shaft 4j Coil spring 5 Holding plate 6 Bill storage 7 Feeding roller 20 Bill

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A circulation type money receiving and dispensing machine that reuses carried-in bills for payment of fishing bills and the like, a bill storing section in which the bills are stacked and stored on a bottom surface, and the bills are stored in the bill storing section. A bill carrying mechanism for carrying the bill into the unit, a pressing mechanism for pressing the bill stored in the bill storing unit from above, and the pressing mechanism is attached and driven,
A bill receiving / dispensing machine, comprising: a bill holding adjustment mechanism that adjusts the strength of pressing of the holding mechanism against the bill. 2. A bill holding mechanism disposed at a lower portion of the bill storage unit and configured to take out the lowermost bill stored in the bill storage unit by frictional force with the bill, wherein the bill holding adjustment is performed. The money receiving and dispensing machine according to claim 1, wherein the mechanism increases the pressure when the bill removing mechanism fails to remove the bill. 3. The money receiving and dispensing machine according to claim 1, wherein the bill pressing and adjusting mechanism weakens the pressure when the bill is stored in the bill storing unit. 4. The bill carrying mechanism moves the bill in a direction perpendicular to the bending direction while curving the bill in one of a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, and carries the bill into the bill storage unit. The money receiving and dispensing machine according to claim 1, wherein: 5. The press mechanism presses the bill by performing a rotational movement about a rotation axis arranged in the bill press adjusting mechanism in a state where an elastic force of an elastic body is applied in a rotating direction. Pressing, the bill holding adjustment mechanism changes the relative distance of the holding mechanism to the bill by a rotational drive motion about a rotation axis arranged at the top of the bill storage unit,
The money receiving and dispensing machine according to claim 1, wherein the intensity of the pressurization is adjusted. 6. The money receiving and dispensing machine according to claim 5, wherein the bill pressing and adjusting mechanism performs the rotational drive motion by power transmitted through an elastic body.