JPH0229058Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a banknote dispensing mechanism in an automatic teller machine.

Automated teller machines have traditionally been widely used to streamline bank counter operations. As shown in Fig. 2, the structure of this automatic teller machine is as shown in FIG _{. 1} to 6 _-3 and conveyors 7 and 8 for conveying banknotes to each section are provided. In the deposit operation, the banknotes inserted into the deposit/withdrawal port 1 are transferred one by one to the counter 2 by the conveyor 7.
The paper is sent to the front and back aligning section 3 for counting and identification of front and back. The front and back alignment unit 3 drives the gate 3a based on the information from the counting unit 2 to align the front and back sides. Next, the fitness identification section 4 identifies whether the bills are fit or not, and the unfit bills are stored in the unfit bill storage box 5, and the good bills are stored in the cash storage boxes 6 _-1 to 6 _-3, respectively. In the withdrawal operation, money is taken out from the cash storage boxes 6 _-1 to 6 _-3 according to a withdrawal instruction, passed through the fitness identification section 4 by the conveyor 8 (indicated by a dotted line), and then sent to the deposit/withdrawal port 1.

Since automatic teller machines such as those described above handle cash, their operation must be particularly reliable. However, problems may occur in the part where the banknotes are fed out from the front and back aligning section 3.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a bill dispensing mechanism of a front and back aligning section in a conventional automatic teller machine. In the figure, 10 is an upper guide, 11 is a lower guide, 12 and 13 are lever arms thereof, 14 is a rotation center of the lever arm, 15 is a front guide, 16 is a feeding roller, and 17 is a feeding roller. This is done by locking the upper guide 10 and lower guide 11 in the position shown by the solid line in the figure, and then
The banknotes coming from the direction B and the banknotes coming from the direction B below are pooled temporarily, and when all the banknotes have accumulated, lower the upper guide 10 and sandwich them between the lower guide 11, and then move both guides along the dotted line. Lower it to the position shown and lock it, and in that state pay out the banknote 18 using the roller 16.
, and feed the sheets one by one into the gap between the front guide 15 and the constantly rotating feed roller 17.
The banknotes are sent out by the feed roller 17.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

For those with the above configuration, upper and lower guides 1
When the banknotes 0 and 11 descend while holding the banknotes, the lower guide 11 tilts toward the front guide 15 and descends to prevent the banknotes from falling to the rear.
When returning to the bill pool position after bill feeding is completed, the front guide 15 and the top and bottom guides 1 are arranged so that the top and bottom guides 10 and 11 do not come into contact with the front guide 15 because the rotation radius becomes large at the tip of the bottom guide 11.
0 and 11 were kept large. Therefore, when the banknotes are fed out, the banknotes 18 may ride up on the front guide 15 in the direction shown by the arrow 19, which may cause problems such as failure to feed out the banknotes.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention provides a bill dispensing mechanism that solves the above-mentioned problems, and the mechanism includes an upper guide and a lower guide, each of which is pivotally attached to a lever arm and can be lowered while holding the bill by the movement of the lever arm. , a bill feeding mechanism that has a front guide that guides the front side of the bill, and a feeding means provided at a position where the upper guide and the lower guide are lowered, and feeds out the lowered bills one by one by the feeding means, A plurality of protrusions are provided on the front edge of the upper guide, and a groove is provided in the front guide through which the protrusion of the upper guide can pass, and the protrusion always slides within the groove. This is done by a banknote feeding mechanism.

[Effect]

The bill feeding mechanism described above has protrusions at multiple locations on the front edge of the upper guide, and also has a nested structure in which the front guide has a groove through which the protrusions of the upper guide can pass, thereby reducing the gap between the upper guide and the front guide. It can be made substantially zero, and it prevents banknotes from entering and enables smooth delivery.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a main part of an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, as shown in the figure, the upper guide 20
Projections 21 _-1 to 21 _-3 are formed at a plurality of locations on the front edge of the front guide 22, and grooves 23 _-1 to 23 _-3 are formed in the front guide 22 through which the projections of the upper guide can pass. _-1 to 23 _-3 and the protrusion 21 of the upper guide 20 _-1
~ _21-3 are combined to form a nested structure. Note that the other structure is the same as the conventional example explained in FIG.

In this embodiment configured as described above, the gap between the upper guide 20 and the front guide 22 is substantially zero.

[Effect of idea]

As explained above, according to the present invention, the upper guide and the front guide have a nested structure, so that the gap between them becomes substantially zero, so that when the bill is fed out by the feeding roller, the leading edge of the bill meets the upper guide. The conventional problem of getting into the gap with the front guide and making it impossible to feed out is eliminated.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of essential parts showing an embodiment of the banknote dispensing mechanism of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a diagram for explaining the structure of a conventional automatic teller machine, and Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the conventional banknote dispensing mechanism. It is a figure for explaining. In the figure, 20 is an upper guide, 21 _-1 to 21 _-3 are protrusions, 22 is a front guide, and 23 _-1 to 23 _-3 are grooves.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] an upper guide and a lower guide that are each pivotally attached to a lever arm and can be lowered while holding the banknote by the movement of the lever arm; a front guide that guides the front side of the banknote; In the banknote feeding mechanism that feeds out the lowered banknotes one by one by the feeding means, the upper guide is provided with protrusions at a plurality of locations on the front edge of the upper guide, and the upper guide is provided on the front guide. A banknote feeding mechanism characterized in that a groove is provided through which a protrusion can pass, and the protrusion always slides within the groove.