JPH0540048Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a banknote counting and dispensing machine that is applied to currency exchange machines, vending machines, automatic deposit withdrawal machines, and the like.

[Prior art]

Conventionally, in this type of banknote counting and dispensing machine, the edges of the banknotes fed out earlier often hit the edges of the banknotes to be fed out later, and the banknotes could not be fed out smoothly.

In order to solve this problem, as shown in FIG. 2, a dispensing machine using an impeller-shaped bill receiver 2 having a plurality of bill receivers 1 was developed. The dispensing machine inserts banknotes P one by one into the banknote receiving part 1 of the rotating banknote receiver 2, and uses the centrifugal force of rotation to remove the banknotes P from the banknote receiving part 1.
From the banknote receiving and conveying belt or directly from the banknote retrieval port 3
It has a structure that pays out.

[The problem that the idea aims to solve]

However, a dispensing machine that uses this impeller-shaped bill receiver 2 has a complicated structure, is large in weight and size, requires a large amount of labor cost to manufacture, and produces operating noise such as the bill receiver 2 during use. is large, and the banknote P is placed in the banknote receiving section 1.
The bill receptacle 2 requires approximately one rotation from the time the bill is received to the time it is dispensed to the bill receiving outlet 3, which makes counting time consuming and inefficient. There was a risk that the bills P would be overlapped due to static electricity or the like and the bills P would be incorrectly counted.

The present invention was developed in view of these circumstances, and it has a simplified structure, which makes it possible to make it smaller and lighter, which is easier to manufacture and manage, which reduces noise during use, and increases the counting speed. To provide a banknote dispensing machine that eliminates double sticking of banknotes due to static electricity.

[Means for Solving the Problem] For this purpose, the bill dispensing machine of the present invention feeds out a plurality of bills stored in a supply section one by one onto a lower conveyance line, counts the bills on the conveyance line, and picks up the bills. In a banknote counting and dispensing machine configured to deliver a predetermined number of banknotes to an exit, the transport line is a substantially linear transport line along the vertical direction, and the transport line is configured to rapidly increase the transport speed of the fed banknotes. a conveyance roller and a press roller, an impeller that strikes the banknotes sent out from the conveyance roller and the press roller in a diagonal downward direction, and a diagonally vertical banknote receiver and banknote that receives the banknotes struck by the impeller. A conveyor belt presses against the lower part of the banknote receiving and conveying belt, and cooperates with the banknote receiving and conveying belt to hold a plurality of banknotes, and when the banknotes reach a predetermined number, the banknotes are removed all at once from the banknote ejection port. It was constructed by providing a roller for sending out the material.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, a bill dispensing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. In FIG. 1, A generally indicates a banknote dispensing machine, 5 is a banknote supply section formed in the upper part of the banknote dispensing machine A, and banknotes P are stacked and stored in the supply section 5, It is pressed toward the receiving plate 7 by the pressing plate 6. 8 is a spring that applies a pressing force to the pressing plate 6. At the lower end of the receiving plate 7 is a banknote outlet 9.
is formed, and the banknotes P are fed out one by one from the banknote feedout opening 9.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a banknote feeding roller provided at the position of the receiving plate 7, and is disposed in a protruding state from a window formed in the receiving plate 7 so as to contact the banknotes P located on the receiving plate 7 side. 11 is a first conveyance roller; 12 is a reverse conveyance roller placed in contact with the conveyance roller 11; and 13 is a first press roller that presses the conveyance roller 11.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a second conveyance roller which is disposed below the conveyance roller 11 and is rotatable at high speed. Reference numeral 15 denotes a presser roller that presses the conveyance roller 14.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a banknote conveyance guide, the upper end of which is placed in the contact area between the conveyance roller 11 and the reverse feed roller 12, the lower end is placed in the contact area between the high speed conveyance roller 11 and the presser roller 15, and a banknote receiving opening is provided at the upper end. 16a is disposed to face the banknote feedout port 9, and a banknote feedout port 16b at the lower end thereof is disposed to face an impeller 17 disposed below the conveyance roller 14, respectively.

The impeller 17 is made of a flexible material such as rubber, and has a large number of thin blades 19 integrally arranged radially around the bearing portion 18 at appropriate intervals.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a bill dispensing mechanism disposed below the impeller 17, and is disposed at a position where it contacts the bill receiving and conveying belt 21, which is disposed slightly obliquely from the vertical direction, and the lower end of the belt 21. It is composed of a presser roller 22. 23 and 24 are a pair of rollers for wrapping around the belt 21 and holding it rotatably.

Reference numeral 25 denotes a line switching guide, to which a base 25b is pivotally attached, a tip 25a swings between the rollers 22 and 24, and the tip 25a is set on either side of the guide to change the banknote conveyance line. It is a device that converts

Reference numeral 26 denotes a banknote takeout section provided at the lower part of the dispensing machine A, which includes a banknote receiving plate 27 disposed so as to be continuous with the line switching guide 25, and a taking out port 28 through which the tip of the receiving plate 27 projects to the outside. It is formed from.

Note that 29 is a control box integrated into the front side of the dispensing machine A, and 30 is an opening/closing lid provided on the back side of the dispensing machine A at the position of the bill dispensing mechanism 20. The banknote counting and dispensing machine of this embodiment is constructed as described above.

Now, banknotes are paid out as follows. First, turn on the power (not shown) to put the device into operation. Then, when a motor (not shown) is driven by a signal from the control box 29 and the feed roller 10, first conveyance roller 11, reverse feed roller 12, etc. rotate, the banknotes P stored in the banknote supply section 5 are Among them, the banknotes P that are in contact with the banknote payout roller 10 are fed out from the banknote payout opening 9.

The paid-out bill P is sandwiched between the first conveyance roller 11 and the conveyance roller 12 and conveyed.
At this time, if two or more banknotes P are fed out in a stacked state, the reverse feed roller 12 stops the conveyance of the overlapping banknotes P on the reverse feed roller 12 side. Therefore, the banknotes P passing through this location are always controlled one by one and delivered to the banknote receiving opening 16a of the banknote conveyance guide 16.

In the banknote conveyance guide 16, the banknotes P are conveyed while being sandwiched between the pressing roller 13 and the conveyance roller 11, and while passing through the area, the banknotes P are checked and counted by a sensor (not shown), and then transferred to the second conveyance roller. It advances between 14 and 15 with a presser roller. Since the second conveyance roller 14 is rotating at a high speed, the speed of the banknotes P conveyed to this section is rapidly increased, and the gap between the following banknotes P is suddenly widened and the banknotes P are sent to the banknote delivery port. It is sent out from 16b to the impeller 17 which is being rotated.

The banknotes P sent out to the impeller 17 are struck by the blades 19 and received by the banknote receiving and conveying belt 21 which is in a stopped state. Subsequent banknotes P are also conveyed in the same manner and stacked on the preceding banknote P received by the banknote receiving and conveying belt 21.

When a predetermined number of banknotes P are stacked on the banknote receiving and conveying belt 21, the tip 25a of the line switching guide 25 is moved to the roller 24 side, and the belt 21 and roller 22 are rotated. The banknote P on the banknote receiving and conveying belt 21 is moved to the banknote receiving plate 27.
sent to.

In this case, the banknote P on the banknote receiving and conveying belt 21
When the number of sheets does not reach the predetermined number (excess, shortage), the tip 25a of the line switching guide 25 moves to the roller 22.
By the rotation of the belt 21 and the roller 22, the banknotes P are sent out to the collection line R side, and are not sent out to the banknote removal section 26 side.

Note that if the banknotes P become jammed in the banknote sending mechanism 20, the banknotes P can be removed by opening the opening/closing lid 30.
Work such as taking out can be done easily.

[Effect of idea]

From the above, according to the present invention, the transport line for transporting banknotes is a substantially straight transport line along the vertical direction, and does not have a reversing part. Since the banknotes are conveyed while maintaining the same orientation (vertical orientation) from the exit to the exit, the occurrence of banknote jams is reduced.
Not only can post-processing in the event of a blockage be facilitated, but the conveyance structure is simplified, making it smaller and lighter, increasing the counting speed, reducing operating noise, and reducing manufacturing costs.

Furthermore, since the impeller is provided at the next stage (lower side) of the conveyance roller that rapidly increases the conveyance speed, the impeller can reliably strike each bill. With this impeller, if two or more sheets are struck in a misaligned manner, there is a risk that they will be stacked on the banknote receiving/conveying belt in a misaligned manner, but this configuration can reliably prevent this.

Furthermore, since the banknote receiving and conveying belt that receives the banknotes struck by the impeller is oriented diagonally vertically,
It can temporarily hold multiple banknotes almost vertically. For this reason, the width in the lateral direction can be reduced compared to when stacked in the horizontal direction, and temporary retention is more reliable compared to when stacked in the vertical direction.

Furthermore, since the banknote batch delivery is carried out using the banknote receiving and conveying belt and the rollers, the batch delivery of a plurality of temporarily held banknotes can be extremely easily performed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a mock diagram of a bill counting and dispensing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of the bill receiving side of a conventional bill counting and dispensing machine. A...Banknote dispensing machine, 5...Banknote supply section, 6...
Pressing plate, 7... Receiving plate, 8... Spring, 9... Bill payout port, 10... Bill feeding roller, 11... First conveyance roller, 12... Reverse feed roller, 13... First
Presser roller, 14...Second conveyance roller, 15
...Press roller, 16...Banknote conveyance guide, 16
a...Banknote receiving port, 16b...Banknote sending port, 17
... Impeller, 18 ... Bearing section, 19 ... Vane, 2
0... Bill sending mechanism, 21... Bill receiving and conveying belt, 22... Pressing roller, 23, 24... Roller, 25... Line switching guide, 25a... Tip, 25b... Base, 26 ...Banknote removal section, 27
...Banknote receiving plate, 28...Takeout port, 29...Control box, 30...Opening/closing lid.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] Bills in which a plurality of bills stored in a supply unit are fed out one by one onto a lower conveyance line, counted on the conveyance line, and sent out to a bill outlet in predetermined number of bills. In the counting and dispensing machine, the conveyance line is a substantially linear conveyance line along the vertical direction, and the conveyance line includes a conveyance roller and a press roller that rapidly increase the conveyance speed of the fed banknotes; An impeller that strikes the banknotes sent out from the presser roller diagonally downward; a diagonally vertical banknote receiving/conveying belt that receives the banknotes struck by the impeller; A banknote counting and dispensing device comprising a roller which is pressed against the lower part of the banknote, holds a plurality of banknotes in cooperation with the banknote receiving/conveying belt, and sends out the banknotes all at once to the banknote output port when a predetermined number of banknotes is reached. Machine.