JP2019204219A - Medium processing device and medium transaction device - Google Patents

Abstract

To improve usability for users.SOLUTION: A banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10 of an automatic teller machine 1 includes: a reception part 3 for accepting transactions related to banknotes; an insertion guide 24 formed with an insertion guide surface 24S directed toward a banknote accommodating part 31 for accommodating banknotes; a bill abutment surface 44S1 that abuts against the banknotes when the banknotes are accumulated in the banknote accommodating part 31; and a pool guide 44 formed with a guide surface 44S2 formed from the insertion guide surface 24S side toward the banknote accommodating part 31 between the bill abutment surface 44S1 and the insertion guide surface 24S so as not to protrude above a guide surface extension line L1, which is an extension line along the insertion guide surface 24S.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

Description

  The present invention relates to a medium processing apparatus and a medium transaction apparatus, and is suitable for application to, for example, an automatic teller machine (ATM) that performs a desired transaction by inserting a paper-like medium such as banknotes. is there.

  Conventionally, in an automatic teller machine used in a financial institution or the like, depending on the transaction content with a user (customer of a financial institution or the like), for example, a deposit transaction that allows the user to deposit cash such as banknotes or coins, , Various transactions such as withdrawal transactions that withdraw cash to users. Also, as a type of automatic teller machine, there is a so-called recycle type (or recirculation type) in which banknotes deposited from a user in a certain transaction are reused in subsequent transactions and withdrawn to other users. is there.

  As such a recycle type automatic teller machine, there is one equipped with a banknote depositing / dispensing machine that performs processing related to depositing / withdrawing of banknotes (see, for example, Patent Document 1). This banknote depositing / dispensing machine includes, for example, a customer service section that exchanges banknotes with a user, a transport section that transports banknotes, a discrimination section that discriminates the denomination and authenticity of the inserted banknotes, and the like And a temporary storage unit for temporarily storing the bills. Moreover, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine has a banknote storage that stores reusable banknotes for each denomination and a reject storage that stores banknotes that should not be reused.

  In the customer service part of such an automatic teller machine, a reciprocating movement is performed between a separating and feeding part that feeds banknotes inserted into a container into a transport path and a stacking part that accumulates banknotes delivered to a user in the container. Some have a pool guide that supports banknotes and a bill press that is disposed opposite to the pool guide and reciprocates between the separating and feeding part and the stacking part on the stacking part side of the pool guide to press the banknotes. At the time of depositing, the pool guide and the bill press sandwich the banknote deposited by the user from the deposit / withdrawal port and carry it to the separation / feeding part. On the other hand, the pool guide and the bill press hold the banknote to be withdrawn to the user and carry it to the deposit / withdrawal port at the time of withdrawal.

  FIG. 10 shows a conventional customer service section 112 and FIG. 11 shows a conventional pool guide 144. In the pool guide 144, a bill contact surface 44 </ b> S <b> 1 is formed on the rear end surface of the rib 164 so as to contact the bill released from the stacking portion 48 to the bill storage portion 31 of the container 30 during the stacking operation. Has been.

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  Such a pool guide 144 has a problem that when the user inserts the banknote, the rear end of the rib 164 protrudes upward, so that the banknote BL comes into contact with the rib 164 and is difficult to insert. .

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and intends to propose a media processing device and a media transaction device that can improve the user-friendliness.

  In order to solve this problem, in the medium processing apparatus of the present invention, the input guide formed with the input guide surface toward the medium accommodating portion for accommodating the medium, and abuts on the medium when the medium is accumulated in the medium accommodating portion. The medium contact surface, and a guide surface formed from the input guide surface side toward the medium accommodating portion so as not to protrude above the extension line along the input guide surface between the medium contact surface and the input guide surface. And a stage on which the and are formed.

  Further, in the medium transaction apparatus of the present invention, a user reception unit that receives a transaction relating to a paper-like medium, an input guide formed with an input guide surface toward the medium storage unit that stores the medium, and the medium in the medium storage unit Medium storage from the loading guide surface side so as not to protrude above the extension line along the loading guide surface between the medium contacting surface that contacts the medium when stacked, and between the medium contact surface and the loading guide surface And a stage on which a guide surface formed toward the portion is formed.

  The present invention can prevent the guide surface of the stage from being positioned above the extension line of the input guide surface, and prevents the medium from coming into contact with the guide surface when the user inputs the medium. it can.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the medium processing apparatus and medium transaction apparatus which can improve a user's usability are realizable.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance structure of an automatic teller machine. It is a left view which shows the structure of a banknote depositing / withdrawing machine. It is a left view which shows the structure of a customer service part. It is a left view which shows the structure of the customer service part in an insertion position. It is a left view which shows the structure of the customer service part in a delivery position. It is a left view which shows the structure of the customer service part in an accumulation position. It is a perspective view which shows the structure (1) of a pool guide. It is a rear view which shows the structure (2) of a pool guide. It is a left view which shows the structure (3) of a pool guide. It is a left view which shows the structure of the conventional customer service part. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the conventional pool guide.

  Hereinafter, modes for carrying out the invention (hereinafter referred to as embodiments) will be described with reference to the drawings.

[1. Embodiment]
[1-1. Automatic teller machine configuration]
As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic teller machine 1 is configured around a box-shaped housing 2, and is installed in, for example, a financial institution or various commercial facilities, and is used by a user (that is, a financial institution or commercial facility). Other customers) for cash transactions such as deposit processing and withdrawal processing.

  The housing 2 is provided with a response portion 3 at a position where it is easy to insert a bill or operate with a touch panel while the user is facing the front side. The response unit 3 is provided with a card entry / exit 4, a deposit / withdrawal port 5, an operation display unit 6, a numeric keypad 7 and a receipt issuance port 8, and directly exchanges, for example, cash or a card with a user, Notification of transaction information and operation instructions are accepted.

  The card entry / exit 4 is a portion into which various cards such as a cash card are inserted or ejected. A card processing unit (not shown) for reading account numbers and the like magnetically recorded on various cards is provided on the back side of the card slot 4. The deposit / withdrawal port 5 is a portion where a bill to be deposited by the user is inserted and a bill to be dispensed to the user is discharged. The deposit / withdrawal port 5 is opened or closed by driving a shutter 32 (FIG. 3).

  The operation display unit 6 is a touch panel in which an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) that displays an operation screen at the time of a transaction and a touch sensor for inputting a transaction type, a password, a transaction amount, and the like are integrated. The numeric keypad 7 is a physical key that accepts input of numbers such as “0” to “9”, and is used when an input operation such as a password or transaction amount is performed. The receipt issuing port 8 is a part that issues a receipt on which transaction details are printed at the end of transaction processing. Incidentally, a receipt processing unit (not shown) for printing transaction contents and the like on the receipt is provided on the back side of the receipt issuing port 8.

  In the following, the side of the automated teller machine 1 facing the user is the front side, the opposite is the rear side, the left and right are the left side and the right side as viewed from the user facing the front side, respectively, and the upper side and The lower side is defined and described.

  Inside the housing 2 are provided a main control unit 9 that performs overall control of the automatic teller machine 1, a banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 that performs various processes related to banknotes, and the like. The main control unit 9 is mainly configured by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown), and reads and executes a predetermined program from a ROM (Read Only Memory), a flash memory, etc. (not shown), thereby performing deposit processing and output. Various processing such as gold processing is performed. The main control unit 9 has a storage unit including a RAM (Random Access Memory), a hard disk drive, a flash memory, and the like, and stores various information in the storage unit.

[1-2. Configuration of banknote deposit and withdrawal machine]
As shown in FIG. 2, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 incorporates therein a plurality of portions for performing various processes relating to a banknote as a medium. The banknote is formed in a thin rectangular paper sheet shape using a material such as paper or resin. Below, the direction in which a banknote is conveyed in the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 is also called a conveyance direction, and the left-right direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction and the thickness direction of a banknote is also called a conveyance width direction.

  The banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10 includes a banknote control unit 11, a customer service unit 12, an upper front transport unit 13, a discrimination unit 14, an upper rear transport unit 15, a temporary storage unit 16, a reject box 17, a lower transport unit 18, and a plurality of banknotes. A storage 19 is provided.

  The banknote control unit 11 is configured around a CPU (not shown), like the main control unit 9, and reads and executes a predetermined program from a ROM, a flash memory, etc. (not shown) to perform a deposit transaction, a withdrawal transaction, etc. The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 is comprehensively controlled. Moreover, the banknote control part 11 has a memory | storage part which consists of RAM, flash memory, etc. inside, and memorize | stores various information in this memory | storage part.

  The customer service section 12 is located at the upper front side in the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10. As shown in FIG. 3, the customer service unit 12 has a container 30 for storing bills deposited by the user and bills to be withdrawn to the user, and a shutter 32 opens and closes the container 30. It has come to be able to do. A plurality of banknotes are accommodated in the container 30 in a state in which the paper sheets are stacked with the paper surface directed in the front-rear direction, that is, in a state of being aligned along the front-rear direction. Further, below the container 30, an intake port 34, an intake conveyance path 36, a discharge conveyance path 38, and an emission port 40 are provided. The intake port 34 is disposed on the front side of the lower end of the container 30, and the discharge port 40 is disposed on the rear side of the lower end of the container 30.

  The upper front transport unit 13 (FIG. 2) has three transport paths that are connected to the upper customer service unit 12, the rear discrimination unit 14, and the lower lower transport unit 18, respectively. A switch is provided in the part. Based on the control of the banknote control unit 11, the upper front transport unit 13 switches the transport path to a transport path that connects the customer service unit 12 and the discrimination unit 14 and a transport path that connects the discrimination unit 14 and the lower transport unit 18. .

  The discrimination unit 14 is located below the customer service unit 12 and behind the upper front transport unit 13. The discrimination unit 14 has a conveyance path along the front-rear direction formed therein, and a plurality of sensors such as a magnetic sensor, an image sensor, and a thickness sensor are arranged along the conveyance path. This discrimination part 14 sends out the various detection results obtained by each sensor from the banknote conveyed along a conveyance path to the banknote control part 11 as a discrimination result. In response to this, the banknote control unit 11 determines the denomination, authenticity, correctness (whether it is damaged), etc. of the banknote based on the discrimination result, recognizes the transport state, and obtains the obtained result. Based on this, the transport route and transport destination of the banknote are determined.

  The upper rear conveyance unit 15 is located on the rear side of the customer service unit 12 and the discrimination unit 14. The upper rear transport section 15 is formed with a plurality of transport paths that are connected to the customer service section 12, the discrimination section 14, the temporary storage section 16, the reject storage 17, and the lower transport section 18, respectively. A switch is provided at each location.

  Based on the control of the banknote control unit 11, the upper and rear transport unit 15 includes a transport path that connects the discrimination unit 14 and the customer service unit 12, a transport path that connects the discrimination unit 14 and the temporary storage unit 16, and the discrimination unit 14 and The conveyance path is switched to the conveyance path connecting the lower conveyance unit 18. In addition, the upper rear transport unit 15 switches the transport path to a transport path that connects the temporary storage unit 16 and the customer service unit 12 and a transport path that connects the lower transport unit 18 and the reject box 17.

  The temporary storage unit 16 employs a so-called tape escrow method, a drum that is formed in a cylindrical shape and rotates, a tape having one end fixed to the peripheral side surface of the drum, a reel that winds the tape from the other end side, And a pulley or the like that causes the tape to travel along a predetermined traveling path. When the temporary storage unit 16 receives a banknote from the upper and rear transport unit 15, the temporary storage unit 16 rotates the drum in a predetermined winding direction and winds and stores the banknote around the peripheral side surface together with the tape. When the drum is rotated in the rewinding direction opposite to the winding direction, the temporary storage unit 16 peels the banknote together with the tape from the peripheral side surface of the drum, feeds it out, and sequentially delivers it to the upper and rear transport unit 15.

  The reject box 17 has a storage space for storing banknotes therein, and a discharge mechanism for discharging banknotes into the storage space. When the reject box 17 receives a banknote from the upper and rear transport unit 15, the banknote is released into the storage space by the release mechanism and stored in an accumulated state. Incidentally, for example, a banknote (hereinafter referred to as a reject banknote) determined to have a large degree of damage and not to be withdrawn is conveyed and stored in the reject box 17.

  The lower transport unit 18 is located below the upper front transport unit 13, the discrimination unit 14, the upper rear transport unit 15 and the reject box 17, and the upper front transport unit 13, the upper rear transport unit 15 and the four banknotes. A transport path connected to the storage case 19 is formed, and a switch is provided at a connection point of each transport path. The lower transport unit 18 is based on the control of the banknote control unit 11, and includes a transport path that connects the upper front transport unit 13 and each banknote storage 19, and a transport path that connects the upper rear transport unit 15 and each banknote storage 19. And switch the transport path.

  The banknote storage box 19 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape that is long in the vertical direction, a storage space for storing and storing banknotes therein, and a separation / release process that is arranged above the storage space and performs a banknote separation process and a discharge process. Etc. are provided. Each banknote storage 19 has a preset denomination of banknotes to be stored. When the banknote storage 19 performs storage processing for storing banknotes, when the banknotes are received from the upper lower conveyance unit 18, the banknotes are conveyed to the separation and discharge unit by the storage conveyance unit and discharged into the storage space. It is stored in a state of being accumulated in the storage space. Moreover, the banknote storage 19 isolate | separates the banknote integrated | stacked in storage space one sheet at a time by the separation discharge | release part, and conveys this upward by a storage conveyance part, when performing the drawing | feeding-out process which pays out a banknote. It is fed out by handing it over to the lower transport unit 18.

[1-3. Structure of customer service department]
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the customer service unit 12 is configured with a box-shaped customer service unit housing 22 as the center, and a container 30, a bill press 42, and a pool guide are provided in the customer service unit housing 22. 44, a separation / feeding unit 46 and a stacking unit 48. The customer service section housing 22 is located in the front of the container 30, that is, when the user faces the automatic teller machine 1, on the upper side of the user side with respect to the pool guide 44, in a substantially triangular shape in a side view. A guide 24 is formed. The insertion guide 24 is inserted into the banknote accommodating part 31 by forming an insertion guide surface 24 </ b> S that is a plane inclined downward toward the rear in the horizontal direction so as to go from the front toward the banknote accommodating part 31. The banknotes to be used and the user's hand are being guided. Hereinafter, the extension line along the insertion guide surface 24S is also referred to as a guide surface extension line L1 (FIG. 4). In the following, the upward direction, which is the original direction in which the bills BL are inserted, is also referred to as the insertion source direction.

  The container 30 has a space for storing the bills BL, and has a bill press 42, a pool guide 44, a floor guide (not shown), and a side guide (not shown) inside. The banknote storage unit 31 is a space for storing banknotes in a standing position, and is surrounded by a bill press 42, a pool guide 44, a floor guide (not shown), and a side guide (not shown). The banknote storage unit 31 is opened to the outside through the deposit / withdrawal port 5 when the shutter 32 moves rearward, and is closed from the outside by moving the shutter 32 forward.

  The separating and feeding unit 46 includes a pickup roller 50, a feed roller 51, and a gate roller 52. The pick-up roller 50 is provided above the bottom plate on the front side of the container 30, and a high friction member such as rubber having a large friction coefficient is attached to a part of the outer peripheral surface thereof. ), The banknote in a standing position is taken in on the bottom plate and sent out to the conveying path 36 side. The feed roller 51 is provided on the lower side, which is the downstream side in the bill feeding direction, with respect to the pickup roller 50, and a high friction member having a large friction coefficient such as rubber is attached to a part of its outer peripheral surface. By rotating in the counterclockwise direction (feeding direction), the bills fed by the pickup roller 50 are fed out to the take-in conveyance path 36 via the take-in port 34. The gate roller 52 is disposed opposite to the rear side of the feed roller 51 and separates banknotes fed out from the container 30 one by one by not rotating when the banknotes are fed.

  The pool guide 44 is a member having a trapezoidal shape in a side view, and the bill contact surface 44S1 is in a range of about 2/3 of the lower side on the rear side, and the guide surface 44S2 is in a range of about 1/3 of the upper side. Is formed. The pool guide 44 is configured to be capable of reciprocating in the direction orthogonal to the bill feeding direction (that is, the front-rear direction) on the front side of the container 30. The pool guide 44 has a hole (not shown) formed in a part of the banknote contact surface 44S1. When the banknote is fed out, the pool guide 44 moves from the hole to a position where the outer periphery of the pickup roller 50 protrudes into the banknote storage part 31. To do.

  The banknote contact surface 44S1 is a plane substantially parallel to the paper surface of the banknote BL stacked in a standing state in the container 30, and the banknote BL stands upright by contacting the paper surface of the stacked banknote BL. Keep in a state of. Further, the banknote contact surface 44S1 guides the banknote by contacting the banknote released from the stacking section 48 to the banknote storage section 31 during the stacking operation in which banknotes are stacked from the discharge conveyance path 38 to the banknote storage section 31. It also functions as a banknote transport path. The guide surface 44S2 is a flat surface that is inclined upward as it goes forward from the upper end of the bill contact surface 44S1, and is above the extension line of the discharge path of the bills discharged from the stacking unit 48 to the bill storage unit 31. It is formed in, and the banknote thrown into the banknote accommodating part 31 and a user's hand are guided. The guide surface 44S2 is formed substantially parallel to the making guide surface 24S, and is located on the guide surface extension line L1 at the making position (FIG. 4). It can be said that this guide surface 44S2 is a plane which inclines below toward the back with respect to a horizontal direction so that it may go to the banknote accommodating part 31 from the front in the banknote accommodating part 31 side rather than the insertion guide surface 24S.

  The stacking unit 48 includes a stacking roller 54 provided on the lower side on the rear side of the container 30, and a pressure roller 55 disposed to face the rear side of the stacking roller 54. The accumulating unit 48 pays out to the user in the dispensing process by rotating the accumulating roller 54 clockwise (accumulating direction) in FIG. 3 and the pressure roller 55 counterclockwise (accumulating direction) in FIG. When the banknotes and the deposit reject banknotes in the deposit process are transported to the customer service section 12 by the discharge transport path 38, the banknotes are accumulated in the container 30 through the discharge port 40. A plurality of tongue pieces 56 formed of an elastic member such as rubber are provided on the accumulation roller shaft, which is the rotation shaft of the accumulation roller 54, at predetermined intervals in the left-right direction. The tongue piece 56 rotates in the clockwise direction in FIG. 3 together with the accumulation roller 54, thereby hitting the lower end portion of the banknote sent to the banknote storage unit 31 and moving the banknote along the pool guide 44 side.

  The bill press 42 is a trapezoidal member in a side view, and is provided opposite to the pool guide 44 in the front-rear direction near the rear of the container 30, and reciprocates in a direction orthogonal to the bill feeding direction (that is, the front-rear direction). It is configured to be movable. The bill press 42 moves toward the pickup roller 50 together with the pool guide 44 when the bill is fed from the container 30 to the take-in conveyance path 36, and presses the bill against the pickup roller 50. The bill press 42 is formed with a planar support surface 42S1 formed from a substantially central portion in the vertical direction to a lower end portion, and a planar inclined surface 42S2 that is inclined rearward from the upper end of the support surface 42S1.

  The bill press 42 and the pool guide 44 are configured to be movable back and forth independently of each other. Hereinafter, the bill press 42 and the pool guide 44 are collectively referred to as a stage 29.

[1-4. Input position]
As shown in FIG. 4, the customer service unit 12 places the pool guide 44 and the bill press 42 at the deposit / withdrawal port below the deposit / withdrawal port 5 when the banknote is inserted when performing a deposit transaction with the user. The banknote accommodating part 31 is arranged so as to be narrower than the opening 5 and with a front-rear width that allows a user's hand to enter, and is disposed at a predetermined interval to form an insertion position. Subsequently, the customer service unit 12 opens the shutter 32 and opens the deposit / withdrawal port 5 to allow the user to insert the bill BL from the deposit / withdrawal port 5. The customer service unit 12 closes the shutter 32 after elapse of a predetermined time after the sensor (not shown) detects the user's hand that finally inserts the bill BL.

[1-5. Feeding position]
When the bill BL is inserted, the customer service unit 12 holds the bill press 42 and the pool guide 44 as shown in FIG. 5 while holding the bill BL in a standing position by the pool guide 44 and the bill press 42 during the feeding operation. By moving it to the pickup roller 50 side, the feeding position is set. In this feeding position, the pickup roller 50 protrudes from the hole of the pool guide 44 into the banknote storage unit 31 and comes into contact with the banknote BL stored in a standing position. Subsequently, the customer service unit 12 rotates the pickup roller 50 and the feed roller 51 in the feeding direction, thereby feeding the banknotes in contact with the pickup roller 50 between the feed roller 51 and the gate roller 52. The banknotes are separated one by one from the gate roller 52 and fed to the take-in conveyance path 36. The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 conveys the banknote BL to the discrimination unit 14 for discrimination, stores the banknote in each banknote storage 19 according to the discrimination result, and performs a depositing process.

[1-6. Accumulated position]
During the stacking operation when stacking reject banknotes or banknotes to be dispensed into the banknote storage unit 31 via the discharge conveyance path 38, the customer service unit 12 stacks the pool guide 44 and the bill press 42 as shown in FIG. While moving to the roller 54 side, the bill press 42 is rotated clockwise in FIG. At this time, the bill press 42 rotates in the clockwise direction in FIG. 6 from the insertion position, so that the support surface 42S1 is inclined from the state parallel to the banknote contact surface 44S1 of the pool guide 44 to the stacking roller 54 side. It becomes a state. For this reason, the lower end portion of the support surface 42S1 of the bill press 42 is positioned behind the discharge port 40.

  The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 rotates the stacking roller 54 and the pressure roller 55 in the stacking direction, and transports the banknotes from the temporary storage unit 16 or the banknote storage 19 to the banknote storage unit 31 through the discharge transport path 38. The customer service unit 12 causes the bill BL to enter the bill storage unit 31 along the release bill path L2 along the support surface 42S1 of the bill press 42, and hits the pool guide 44 side by the tongue piece 56 toward the pool guide 44 side. It accumulates along the bill contact surface 44S1.

[1-7. Pool Guide Configuration]
As shown in FIGS. 7, 8, and 9, the pool guide 44 is formed symmetrically with respect to the conveyance width direction, that is, the central portion in the left-right direction as the center of symmetry. In the pool guide 44, a lower contact surface 61 that is a part of the lower side of the bill contact surface 44S1 and that is substantially flat in the vertical and horizontal directions is formed in the lower half of the rear end surface. The lower contact surface 61 is a plane substantially parallel to the paper surface of the banknotes stacked in a standing state in the container 30, and the banknotes are in a standing state by contacting the paper surface of the stacked banknotes. Keep on. Hereinafter, the direction along which the banknote contact surface 44S1 extends is also referred to as a contact surface extending direction D1 (FIG. 9). The contact surface extending direction D1 is slightly inclined upward in the vertical direction.

  An upper flat surface 67 that is a plane substantially along the front / rear / right / left direction so as to be orthogonal to the bill contact surface 44S1 (lower contact surface 61) is formed at the front end portion in the vicinity of the upper end portion at the center portion in the left / right direction of the pool guide 44. Is formed. Hereinafter, the direction along the upper plane 67 is also referred to as an upper plane extending direction D2 (FIG. 9). The upper plane extending direction D2 is orthogonal to the contact surface extending direction D1, and the rear side is slightly inclined upward with respect to the horizontal direction.

  The bill abutment surface 44S1 and the upper plane are formed in a substantially semicircular shape that curves in the rear view toward the front end of the pool guide 44 from the vicinity of the upper end of the central portion in the left-right direction on the bill abutment surface 44S1 of the pool guide 44. A fingertip guide recess 62 that is recessed downward from 67 is formed. The fingertip guide recess 62 is formed between inner ribs 64i described later, has a lateral width of about one third of the pool guide 44 in the lateral direction, and the bottom surface is the front in the left side view. The shape of the pool guide 44 is formed so that the meat of the pool guide 44 is cut away. The fingertip guide dent 62 has a width between inner walls in the left and right direction at the upper end, that is, a dent shaving width Wc1 that is a shaving width of about 40 [mm] to 50 [mm]. The depth of the direction, that is, the depth of the deepest portion in the fingertip guide recess 62 is approximately 10 [mm] to 20 [mm], and the recess curvature radius Rc1 is 10 [mm]. mm] to 20 [mm].

  From the left and right outer sides of the fingertip guide recess 62, a pair of left and right ribs 64 as projecting portions are provided upright above the upper plane 67. The rib 64 includes an inner rib 64i and an outer rib 64o.

  The inner rib 64 i is a plate-like member having a thin width in the left-right direction, and is formed substantially along the front-rear direction from the rear end to the front end of the pool guide 44. Each of the inner ribs 64i has an inner rib rear end surface 64ibs on the rear end surface and an inner rib upper end surface 64ius on the upper end surface. The inner rib rear end face 64ibs forms a part of the upper half of the bill contact surface 44S1. The inner rib upper end surface 64ius forms a part of the guide surface 44S2. The inner rib upper end surface 64ius is a flat surface that is inclined upward from the upper end portion of the bill contact surface 44S1 to the front, and is formed above the discharge bill path L2 (FIG. 6). Guides the bills to be inserted and the user's hand. The inner rib upper end surface 64ius is formed substantially parallel to the guide surface extension line L1 (FIG. 4), and is located on the guide surface extension line L1 at the closing position (FIG. 4). The inner rib 64i is formed such that a rib inclination angle Ar1 that is an inclination angle of the inner rib upper end face 64ius with respect to the upper plane 67 is about 30 to 60 degrees. In other words, the inner rib 64i has an inclination angle with respect to the bill contact surface 44S1 (lower contact surface 61) of about 60 to 30 degrees. Further, the interval between the inner ribs 64i in the left-right direction is such that even if the bills discharged from the stacking portion 48 to the bill storage portion 31 are skewed (skewed), the inner ribs 64i can be surely brought into contact with the bills to correct the skew. It is an interval. Specifically, the interval between the inner ribs 64 i in the left-right direction is substantially the same as the interval in the left-right direction of the transport roller in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10.

  The outer rib 64o is a member whose width in the left-right direction at the upper end is as thin as that of the inner rib 64i, and front and rear across the groove 66 from the rear end to the front end of the pool guide 44 on the left and right outer sides of the inner rib 64i. It is formed along the direction. The outer rib 64o has a rear end surface on which the outer rib rear end surface 64obs has a height similar to that of the inner rib 64i on the upper half of the bill contact surface 44S1 side (rear side). The end face 64 OUBS is lower than the inner rib 64 i on the half (front side) of the upper end face away from the banknote contact surface 44 S 1, and has the same height as the upper plane 67 and parallel outer ribs. An upper front end face 64 ufs is formed. The outer rib rear end face 64 obs forms a part of the upper third of the bill contact surface 44S1. The outer rib upper rear end surface 64 oubs forms a part of the guide surface 44S2.

  As described above, the bill contact surface 44S1 includes the lower contact surface 61, the inner rib rear end surface 64ibs, and the outer rib rear end surface 64obs. The guide surface 44S2 includes an inner rib upper end surface 64ius and an outer rib upper rear end surface 64oubs.

  A groove 66 is formed between the inner rib 64i and the outer rib 64o. The groove 66 has the same width in the left-right direction as the inner rib 64i and the outer rib 64o, and is recessed downward from the inner rib upper end surface 64ius and the outer rib upper rear end surface 64oubs from the rear end to the front end of the pool guide 44. Thus, it is formed along the front-rear direction.

  On the left and right outer sides of the outer rib 64o, an inclined portion 68 is formed so as to be inclined downward from the upper end portion of the outer rib 64o toward the left and right end portions of the pool guide 44. The inclined portion 68 includes a built-up portion 70 and an inclined cut portion 72.

  The built-up portion 70 is formed along the front-rear direction from the front end to the rear end of the pool guide 44 on the left and right outer sides of the outer rib 64o. Compared with the conventional pool guide 144 (FIG. 11), the build-up portion 70 has a shape in which meat is piled up on the left and right outer sides of the outer rib 64o. Further, the build-up portion 70 is formed with a build-up portion surface 70S that is a flat surface that inclines downward from the upper end of the outer rib 64o toward the left and right outer sides. The build-up portion 70 has a build-up portion inclination angle Ac3, which is an inclination angle of the build-up portion surface 70S with respect to the horizontal direction, about 30 degrees to 60 degrees, and the left and right outer sides of the build-up portion surface 70S from the upper end portion of the outer rib 64o. The build-up part depth Dc3 which is the depth of the up-down direction to an edge part is formed in 10 [mm] or more.

  The inclined cut portion 72 is formed from the left and right outer sides of the build-up portion 70 to the left and right ends of the pool guide 44. The inclined cut portion 72 is formed with an inclined cut portion surface 72 </ b> S that is inclined downward from the lower end portion of the build-up portion 70 toward the left and right end portions of the pool guide 44. The inclined cut portion 72 is inclined from the upper end portion of the outer rib 64o so that an inclined cut width Wc2 that is a cut width from the left and right outer end portions of the build-up portion 70 to the left and right end portions of the pool guide 44 is about 50 [mm]. The inclined cut portion depth Dc2 that is the depth in the vertical direction to the left and right outer end portions of the cut portion surface 72S is formed to be about 10 [mm] to 20 [mm].

  Here, the outer rib 64o is formed with an outer rib front front end face 64oufs that is inclined downwardly from an extension line of the outer rib upper rear end face 64oubs toward the front in front of the outer rib upper rear end face 64oubs. Yes. For this reason, the inclined portion 68 has a ridgeline portion 80 connecting the rear end portion of the outer rib 64o and the front end portion of the left and right end portions of the pool guide 44 as a boundary, and the inclined cut portion surface 72S is inclined forward and forward, respectively. A surface 74 is formed. The front inclined surface 74 is a flat surface that is inclined downward from the front end portion of the outer rib 64o toward the rear.

[1-8. Effect]
As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, in the conventional customer service portion 112, the rib 164 protrudes above the guide surface extension line L <b> 1, so when the user inserts the bill BL, There was a problem that it was difficult to insert the bills BL. In the conventional pool guide 144, the upper surface of the rib 164 is substantially in the horizontal direction, so that the bill BL may be placed on the upper surface of the rib 164 when the bill is inserted.

  On the other hand, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 of the automatic teller machine 1 forms the guide surface 44S2 of the pool guide 44 substantially parallel to the insertion guide surface 24S of the insertion guide 24 and extends the guide surface 44S2 at the insertion position. It was made to position on line L1. For this reason, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 can prevent the insertion guide surface 24S of the pool guide 44 from being positioned above the guide surface extension line L1, and the insertion guide surface 24S and the insertion guide surface 24S of the pool guide 44. Can be connected smoothly so that the angle does not change suddenly at locations close to each other. Thereby, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 can prevent the banknote from being caught by the rib 64 when the banknote is inserted into the banknote accommodating part 31, and the inserted banknote smoothly on the guide surface 44S2. It can be made to slide down.

  Thus, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 makes it difficult for the banknotes to hit the ribs 64 forming the banknote traveling path in the pool guide 44 when the user inserts banknotes, and allows the banknotes to slide smoothly without being caught. Compared with the conventional pool guide 144 (FIG. 11), it is possible to facilitate the insertion of banknotes.

  Moreover, the pool guide 44 arrange | positions the contact part of banknote contact surface 44S1 and guide surface 44S2 above discharge banknote path | route L2, ie, forms banknote contact surface 44S1 above discharge banknote path | route L2. In other words, the lower end of the guide surface 44S2 on the side of the banknote accommodating part 31 is arranged above the discharge banknote path L2. For this reason, the pool guide 44 can collide the banknote discharged | emitted from the stacking part 48 with banknote contact surface 44S1, and can accumulate | store a banknote normally.

  Further, in the conventional pool guide 144 (FIG. 11), since the rib 164 stands up like a wall, when the user puts a finger on the left and right outside of the rib 164, the finger is caught on the rib 164. Since the rib 164 has a sharp shape, there is a risk that when the user inserts the banknote, the user may feel a sense of incongruity such as being scared and scared.

  On the other hand, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 forms the outside portion by forming the built-up portion 70 so that the meat is piled up over the entire range from the rear end to the front end of the outer side rib 64o of the pool guide 44 on the left and right sides. The ribs 64o are sharply sharpened so as not to be sharply sharpened. For this reason, compared with the conventional pool guide 144 (FIG. 11), the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 can prevent the outer rib 64o from being thinly sharpened in the left-right direction and can prevent the upper portion of the pool guide 44 from being sharpened. Thereby, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 is configured such that when the user inserts the banknote, the user inserts his / her finger outside the lateral rib 64o in the left-right direction as compared with the conventional pool guide 144 (FIG. 11). It is possible to prevent the outer rib 64o from being stepped and hitting a finger, and to prevent the rib 64 from being visually injured and scared from being visually inconvenient.

  Moreover, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 forms an inclined shaving portion 72 that smoothly inclines downward from the laterally outer side of the overlaying portion 70 of the pool guide 44 toward the left and right ends of the pool guide 44. did. For this reason, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 allows the user to insert the banknotes as compared with the case where the pool guides 44 are formed to the left and right ends at the same height as the left and right ends of the built-up portion 70. You can make it easier to see.

  Further, the bill depositing / dispensing machine 10 cuts the middle meat in the left-right direction of the pool guide 44 to form the fingertip guide recess 62. For this reason, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 is used at the time of depositing by allowing the user's fingertip to be inserted into the fingertip guide recess 62 of the pool guide 44 when the user inserts the banknote into the banknote accommodating unit 31 while picking the banknote. Makes it easier for a person to insert banknotes.

  According to the above configuration, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 of the automatic teller machine 1 is directed to the reception unit 3 that receives transactions relating to banknotes as a paper-like medium, and the banknote storage unit 31 as a medium storage unit that stores banknotes. An insertion guide 24 on which an insertion guide surface 24S is formed, a banknote contact surface 44S1 as a medium contact surface that contacts the banknote when the banknotes are stacked in the banknote storage unit 31, a banknote contact surface 44S1, and an insertion guide. A guide surface 44S2 formed from the insertion guide surface 24S toward the banknote accommodating portion 31 so as not to protrude above the guide surface extension line L1 that is an extension line along the insertion guide surface 24S. And a pool guide 44 formed with the.

  Thereby, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 can prevent the guide surface 44S2 of the pool guide 44 from being positioned above the guide surface extension line L1, and when the user inserts the banknote, the guide surface 44S2 It can suppress that a bill contacts an edge.

[2. Other Embodiments]
In the above-described embodiment, the case has been described in which the guide surface 44S2 (the inner rib upper end surface 64ius and the outer rib upper rear end surface 64ubs) is disposed on the guide surface extension line L1 in the closing position (FIG. 4). The present invention is not limited to this, and the guide surface 44S2 (the inner rib upper end surface 64ius and the outer rib upper rear end surface 64oubs) may be disposed below the guide surface extension line L1 in the closing position (FIG. 4). In that case, the user can be prevented from further contact with the rib 64.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the guide surface 44S2 is formed substantially parallel to the closing guide surface 24S has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and the guide surface 44S2 may not be formed in parallel with the closing guide surface 24S. In short, it is only necessary that the guide surface 44S2 does not protrude up to the upper side, which is the direction of the insertion source, from the guide surface extension line L1 at the insertion position (FIG. 4).

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case has been described in which the fingertip guide recess 62 is formed in a substantially semicircular shape in the rear view. The present invention is not limited to this, and other various shapes may be used as long as it is a recess into which the user's fingertip enters, such as a square shape in a rear view.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the built-up portion surface 70S and the inclined cut portion surface 72S are planar shapes has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and the built-up portion surface 70S and the inclined cut portion surface 72S may have various other shapes such as a curved shape. In short, any surface may be used as long as it is inclined downward toward the left and right outer sides.

  Furthermore, the recess width Wc1, the recess depth Dc1, the recess curvature radius Rc1, the rib inclination angle Ar1, the left and right inclined surface cutting width Wc2, the left and right inclined surface depth Dc2, the built-up portion inclination angle Ac3 and the overlay in the above-described embodiment. The part depth Dc3 may be other various numerical values as long as a similar function can be exhibited.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case has been described in which the guide surface 44S2 of the pool guide 44 is along the guide surface extension line L1 along the insertion guide surface 24S of the insertion guide 24 in the customer service section housing 22. The present invention is not limited to this, and the guide surface 44S2 of the pool guide 44 is along extension lines along the surfaces of various mechanisms arranged in the vicinity of the upper end portion of the pool guide 44 between the banknote storage unit 31 and the user. You may do it.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the bill press 42 moves in the front-rear direction has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and the bill press 42 may be fixed without moving.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the customer service section 12 has been described. This invention is not restricted to this, You may apply this invention to other various places into which a banknote is thrown in from the outside, such as the banknote storage 19.

  Furthermore, in embodiment mentioned above, the case where this invention was applied to the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 of the automatic teller machine 1 which performs transaction processing regarding the banknote as a medium between users was described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the present invention may be applied to various apparatuses that handle various paper-like media such as various kinds of money vouchers and securities, or admission tickets and boarding tickets.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the cash dispenser 1 as a medium transaction apparatus is configured by the response unit 3 as a user response unit, the input guide 24 as an input guide, and the stage 29 as a stage. Said. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the medium transaction apparatus may be configured by a user reception unit having various configurations, a loading guide, and a stage.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used in, for example, a banknote depositing / dispensing machine incorporated in an automatic teller machine that performs depositing and dispensing transactions related to banknotes with a user.

  1 …… Automatic teller machine, 2 …… Case, 3 …… Responding part, 4 …… Card entry / exit, 5 ··· Payment / withdrawal port, 6 ··· Operation display, 7 ··· Numpad, 8 ··· Receipt Issuing port, 9 ... main control unit, 10 ... banknote depositing / dispensing machine, 11 ... banknote control unit, 12, 112 ... customer service unit, 13 ... upper front conveyance unit, 14 ... discrimination unit, 15 ... Upper rear transfer section, 16 …… Temporary storage section, 17 …… Reject storage, 18 …… Lower transfer section, 19 …… Banknote storage, 22 …… Service department housing, 24 …… Input guide, 24S …… Input Guide surface, 29... Stage, 30... Container, 31 .. banknote accommodating part, 32 .. shutter, 34 .. intake port, 36 .. intake conveyance path, 38. ... discharge port, 42 ... bill press, 42S1 ... support surface, 42S2 ... inclined surface, 44, 144 ... pool guide, 44S1 ... Bill contact surface, 44S2 ... guide surface, 46 ... separating and feeding portion, 48 ... stacking portion, 50 ... pickup roller, 51 ... feed roller, 52 ... gate roller, 54 ... stacking roller, 55 ... ... pressure roller, 56 ... tongue, 61 ... lower contact surface, 62 ... fingertip guide recess, 64, 164 ... rib, 64i ... inner rib, 64ius ... inner rib upper end face, 64ibs ... Inner rib rear end face, 64o ...... outer rib, 64 oubs .... outer rib upper rear end face, 64 woos .... outer rib upper front end face, 64 obs ... outer rib rear end face, 66 .... groove, 67 .... upper plane, 68 ... ... Inclined part, 70 ... Overlaying part, 70S ... Overlaying part surface, 72 ... Inclined shaving part, 72S ... Inclined shaving part surface, 74 ... Front inclined surface, 80 ... Ridge line part, L1 ... Guide surface extension line, L2 ... Banknote path, D1... Contact surface extending direction, D2... Upper plane extending direction, Wc1... Recessed depth, Dc1 .. recessed depth, Rc1 .. curvature radius, Ar1 .. rib inclination angle , Wc2... Sloped part cut width, Dc2... Sloped part depth, Ac3.

Claims (16)

An input guide formed with an input guide surface toward the medium accommodating portion for accommodating the medium;
Above the medium abutting surface that abuts against the medium when the medium is accumulated in the medium accommodating portion, and between the medium abutting surface and the feeding guide surface above the extension line along the feeding guide surface And a stage formed with a guide surface formed from the input guide surface side toward the medium accommodating portion so as not to protrude into the medium. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the guide surface is substantially along an extension line along the input guide surface. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the guide surface is formed substantially parallel to the input guide surface. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an end of the guide surface on the medium storage unit side is located above a moving path of the medium discharged from the stacking unit to the medium storage unit. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the guide surface is in a state in which the guide surface does not protrude upward from an extension line along the input guide surface when the medium is input to the medium storage unit. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the input guide surface is inclined with respect to a horizontal direction. The stage is
A pool guide that reciprocally moves between a separating and feeding unit that feeds the medium input to the medium storage unit to a conveyance path and a stacking unit that collects the medium delivered to a user in the medium storage unit and supports the medium. When,
The bill press which is arranged facing the pool guide, reciprocates between the separation feeding part and the accumulation part on the accumulation part side of the pool guide, and presses the medium. Media processing device. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an inclination angle of the guide surface with respect to the medium contact surface is 30 degrees to 60 degrees. The medium container is loaded with the medium from above,
The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the stage has a protruding portion erected upward so as to form at least a part of the guide surface at an upper end portion. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the stage includes a built-up portion formed on the left and right outer sides of the projecting portion, with a built-up portion surface inclined downward from the upper end of the projecting portion toward the left and right outer sides. The build-up part satisfies at least one of an inclination angle of the build-up part surface with respect to a horizontal direction being 30 degrees to 60 degrees or a width in the left-right direction being 10 [mm] or more. Item 11. The medium processing device according to Item 10.
The medium processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the stage includes an inclined scraping portion formed with an inclined scraping portion surface that is inclined downward toward the left and right outer sides on the outer side in the left and right direction than the protrusion. The inclined cutting portion satisfies at least one of a width in the left-right direction of approximately 50 [mm] and a depth of 10 [mm] to 20 [mm]. Media processing device. A pair of left and right protrusions are provided,
The medium processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the stage is formed with a fingertip guide recess recessed from the medium contact surface between the protrusions. The fingertip guide recess has a lateral width of 40 [mm] to 50 [mm], a depth of 10 [mm] to 20 [mm], or a curvature radius of 10 [mm] to 20 [mm]. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein at least one of [mm] is satisfied. A user reception department that accepts transactions related to paper-like media;
An input guide formed with an input guide surface toward the medium accommodating portion for accommodating the medium;
Above the medium abutting surface that abuts against the medium when the medium is accumulated in the medium accommodating portion, and between the medium abutting surface and the feeding guide surface above the extension line along the feeding guide surface And a stage on which a guide surface formed from the input guide surface toward the medium accommodating portion is formed so as not to protrude.

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