JPH0319016Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (a) Industrial application field This invention relates to a banknote processing device that has a common banknote input port and banknote discharge port.

(b) Prior Art Conventionally, in banknote processing devices for ATMs, BTRs, and vending machines, a banknote processing device that has a common banknote input port and banknote discharge port is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 57-106995.
It is disclosed in the publication no.

Sharing the input port and the discharge port in this way has a great effect in terms of ease of operation for customers.

(c) Problems to be solved by the invention By the way, when performing processes such as determining the denomination of input banknotes and sorting them by denomination, the less misalignment of the input banknotes in the width direction, the more reliable the processing becomes. On the other hand, in the process of returning payments, if the return port is formed with a wide width to allow for skew and deviation in the width direction during the transfer of bills to the return port, the return process can be performed smoothly.

However, the above-mentioned conventional device does not take the above consideration at all.

The object of this invention is to provide a banknote processing apparatus which has a common banknote input port and banknote discharge port, and which can perform both the banknote input process and the banknote discharge process satisfactorily.

(d) Means for solving the problem This invention is based on a banknote processing device that has a common banknote inlet and outlet, which is movably provided on both sides of the inlet and outlet, and the interval between the two is variable. a width direction regulation guide, a drive means for changing the interval between the width direction regulation guides, and a drive means for changing the interval between the width direction regulation guides, and a width direction regulation guide for narrowing the interval between the width direction regulation guides so as to press both widthwise ends of the banknotes inserted into the input/output port. and a control means for controlling the driving means so that the interval between the width direction regulation guides is widened to move away from both ends of the banknotes in the width direction with respect to the banknotes discharged to the input/output port. It is characterized by

(e) Function According to the banknote processing device of this invention, when a banknote is inserted, the distance between the width direction regulating guides is narrowed by the driving means so as to press both ends of the banknote in the width direction, so that the width direction of the banknote is When the banknote is discharged, the interval between the width direction regulating guides is widened by a driving means so as to be apart from both ends of the banknote in the width direction, thereby allowing the banknote to skew or shift in the width direction.

(f) Effects of the invention As a result of the above, according to this invention, when the inlet and the outlet are made common, by narrowing them to match the banknote width during input money processing, it is possible to take in and transport the input banknotes at a fixed position. It is regulated to ensure subsequent processing such as denomination discrimination and denomination sorting, and
When processing payments, by making the width larger than the width of the banknote, even if the banknote skews or shifts in the width direction during ejection and transportation, it can be reliably ejected.
To reliably prevent banknotes from jamming at a discharge port and to discharge the banknotes in a good manner.

Therefore, although there is only one input/discharge port, banknotes for different processing purposes can be input and discharged easily, and the operability for customers can be improved.

(G) Embodiment An embodiment of this invention will be described below in detail based on the drawings.

The drawings show a bill processing device, and in FIGS. 1 and 2, 1 is an input money processing unit that determines the denomination, sorts, and stores the bills to be conveyed, and 2 is a payment processing unit that feeds out and conveys payment bills. Department.

A press plate 5 is provided at the front of each of the above-mentioned processing units 1 and 2 to form an input/discharge port that also serves as an input/discharge port. A roller 18 for feeding bills into the input money processing section 1, a pair of accumulation rollers 19, 20 for carrying out bills from the payment processing section 2, and a conveyance belt 21 are arranged, and furthermore, a pair of width direction regulating guides 13 are arranged on both sides. In addition, there is a gate 9 in the back that supports the tip of the inserted banknote.
and a collection stand 12 are arranged respectively.

The aforementioned pressing plate 5 is formed integrally with the guide bar 4 guided by the guide 3, and is always biased toward each roller by the pressure of a spring 7 arranged around the guide bar 4. The pressure is set to a pressure suitable for taking in input banknotes and accumulating paid banknotes.

Each of the aforementioned rollers 18, 19, and 20 is connected to a motor M via a drive belt 23, and rotates in the direction of the arrow.

A friction plate 24 is closely attached to the outer periphery of the roller 18 to prevent double feeding of banknotes. Generally, the feed roller 18 is made of rubber with a high friction coefficient, and the friction plate 24 is also made of rubber with a lower friction coefficient than the roller 18 and higher than that of the banknote. This prevents the transmission of

Further, a pressing roller 26 pressed by a spring 25 is brought into contact with the roller 19, thereby feeding the banknotes to be carried into the stacking table 12.

The aforementioned gate 9 is guided by a guide rod 8, and its rear end is linked to a solenoid 10 and a return spring 11 that competes with the solenoid 10, and the solenoid 10 is driven to move from position A to position B to open the gate. , and is returned to the A position by the spring 11 to close the gate opening.

The width direction regulation guide 13 is connected to a width regulation solenoid 16 and a return spring 17 via a shaft 15 supported by a bearing 14, and is brought into the narrow state shown by the solid line by the biasing pressure of the spring 17 during deposit processing, which will be described later. It is expanded to an imaginary line position by a solenoid 16 during payment processing, which will be described later.

In the figure, reference numeral 29 is a fixed guide that faces the tip of the pressing plate 5 and constitutes an input/output port; 6 is a photoelectric sensor for detecting inserted banknotes;
8 is a photoelectric sensor for detecting bills to be discharged.

The banknote processing device configured as described above is an ATM
It is installed in the banknote handling section of , BTR, and vending machines, and is controlled by the control circuit of these devices as follows.

a. Inserting money processing When the main body of the device is in a processing mode for accepting the insertion of banknotes, the user pushes open the press plate 5 and inserts the bundle of bills aligned with the imaginary line in the figure.

This inserted banknote is detected by a photoelectric sensor 6, and voice processing guidance is performed based on the detection output.

Based on this, when the customer releases his/her hand, the press plate 5
returns and pinches the inserted banknote.

Next, the solenoid 10 is driven to open the gate 9, the motor is driven, the roller 18 rotates, and the banknotes are fed into the input money processing section 1 one by one.

When feeding the banknotes described above, the width regulation solenoid 16 that drives the width direction regulation guide 13 is turned OFF.
Therefore, the guide 13 presses both ends of the banknote in the width direction by the spring pressure, and prevents the input banknote from shifting in width.

When the front banknote is fed in this way, the photoelectric sensor 6 detects this, and based on this detection output, the motor M and solenoid 10 are turned off, the rotation of the roller 18 is stopped, and then the solenoid 10 is turned off.
Turn off and close gate 9.

b Payment processing When the device is in the processing mode for dispensing banknotes,
Controlled to this processing mode, the solenoid 16 is driven to open the width direction regulation guide.

Next, the motor M rotates, and as the rollers 19 and 20 rotate, bills are fed out one by one from the payment processing section 2 and stacked facing the press plate 5.

Note that at this time, since the width direction regulation guide 13 is open, obstacles to carrying the banknotes into the stacking table 12 due to skew or width deviation of the banknotes being carried out from the payment processing section 2 are prevented.

Further, the conveyance path constituted by the rollers 19, 20 and the belt 21 is positioned diagonally opposite to the press plate 5, and a delta-shaped gap is provided between the conveyance path and the press plate 5. This prevents the already stacked banknotes from returning to their flat shape due to the elasticity of the water and colliding with the leading edge of the next banknote.

When all the banknotes are fed out in this way, the photoelectric sensor 28 detects this, and based on this detection signal, the motor M stops to stop the conveyance, and the customer is informed by voice guidance etc. to take out the banknotes. , and ends when the customer takes it out.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the width direction regulation guide 13
Although it is of a swing type via the shaft 15, it goes without saying that it may be of a parallel displacement type.

In the correspondence between this invention and the above-mentioned embodiment, the commonality of the input and output ports of this invention corresponds to the input and output ports configured by the pressing plate 5 and the fixed guide 29 of the embodiment, Similarly, the drive means corresponds to a solenoid, and the control means corresponds to a control circuit of the main body of the device such as an ATM, BTR, or vending machine, but this invention is not limited to the configuration of the embodiment. .

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of this invention, with FIG. 1 being a front view of a banknote processing device, and FIG. 2 being a side view of its main parts. 5...Press plate, 13...Width direction regulation guide, 1
6... Width regulation solenoid, 29... Fixed guide.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] A banknote processing device that has a common banknote inlet and outlet, which is provided with a widthwise regulating guide that is movably provided on both sides of the inlet and outlet and whose spacing is variable; a drive means for changing the interval between the width direction regulation guides; and a driving means for changing the interval between the widthwise regulation guides; and a drive means for reducing the interval between the widthwise regulation guides so as to press both ends of the banknotes in the width direction with respect to the bills inserted into the inputting and discharging port, and discharging the banknotes into the inputting and discharging port. and a control means for controlling the driving means so that the interval between the width direction regulating guides is widened so as to move away from both ends of the banknote in the width direction.