JPH11157638A - Small-bundle processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To smoothly deliver small bundles without trouble by providing a small-bundle storage means below a conveyance path conveying the small bundles bundled with a prescribed number of bills, and providing a guide mechanism guiding the small bundles conveyed in the conveyance path retractably from the small-bundle storage means. SOLUTION: A cash management system sorts and accumulates the inserted individual bills in different species, binds and bundles a prescribed number of bills with sealing bands to form small bundles, and stores the small bundles in a small-bundle safe 83. When the small bundles are to be delivered from the small-bundle safe 83, conveyance shutter mechanisms 82a, 82b are fully opened by a control device, and a pusher mechanism 80 is lowered, When the pusher mechanism 80 is moved upward from this position, a backup mechanism 85 receiving a group of small bundles is lifted by the exciting force of a spring, and small bundles are sent to a specified conveyance path 79b while a pinch roller is pushed up by the uppermost small bundle. Small bundles are pinched between drive rollers 207 and guide rollers 118 and carried out.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a small bundle processing apparatus used for a cash management system for a bank office, for example.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, a cash management system or the like uses a sealed / small bundle payment machine (small bundle processing device) that bundles various accumulated bills into small bundles and stores them in a small bundle safe for each denomination. However, when small bundles stored in the small bundle safe are taken out, jams are likely to occur, and thus improvements are desired.

[0003] Conventional banding / small bundle payment machines include a driving roller,
A transport path for a small bundle composed of a belt and a guide plate, a transport shutter mechanism provided on this transport path that opens and closes, and a pusher mechanism that opens the transport shutter mechanism and pushes in from above when the small bundle falls. A small bundle safe for storing the small bundles pushed by the pusher mechanism, an elevating mechanism provided in the small bundle safe, and a small bundle when the lifting mechanism lifts the small bundle stored in the small bundle safe. And a picker mechanism that feeds out one after another. The transport shutter mechanism includes a set of belt-driven transport mechanisms and an opening / closing mechanism that opens and closes these transport mechanisms in a double door manner.

In the case of this banding / small bundle payment machine, a small bundle is conveyed to a center portion of a conveyance shutter mechanism through a conveyance path, and the small bundle is pressed by a pusher mechanism while the conveyance shutter mechanism is opened halfway downward. The small bundle is pushed into the small bundle safe and stored.

When a small bundle stored in the small bundle safe is taken out, when a small bundle group is sandwiched and lifted by the pusher mechanism and the backup mechanism, a picker mechanism is provided on the back of the uppermost small bundle. The picker unit is applied, and the small bundle is moved in the horizontal direction together with the picker mechanism to send out the small bundle from the transport shutter mechanism to the transport path.

[0006]

However, in the conventional small bundle processing apparatus, the position of the uppermost small bundle is determined by the biasing force of a spring or the like that the backup mechanism lifts the small bundle stacked on itself. Because the pinch roller and guide plate supported by the pusher mechanism depend on the balance with the force to guide the small bundle, the vertical balance can easily change depending on the accumulation state of the small bundle, and it is specified as a transport path. In such a case, it is difficult to always stably lift the small bundle to the position where the small bundle is displaced up and down, and there is a problem that the small bundle sent out by the picker mechanism is caught in the transport path and causes a jam or the like.

Further, when the backup mechanism raises the small bundle group to the transport path when dispensing the small bundle group accumulated in the small bundle safe, the small bundle group receives the pressing force of the pinch roller from above. The biasing force of the guide plate is applied, and the backup mechanism always applies a lifting force from below, so extra frictional force acts on the small bundles in the stacked state, and due to the effect of this frictional force, the picker mechanism is limited to only the topmost small bundle. There is a problem that jams may occur due to poor feeding.

[0008] Further, if there are broken bills or curled bills in one small bundle, the thickness etc. of each small bundle also changes, so that the delivery surface of the picker mechanism and the small bundle are small. There has been a problem that the amount of contact with the end face of the bundle is not constant, and the small bundle may not be able to be delivered well as described above.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a small bundle processing apparatus capable of taking out small bundles without any trouble.

[0010]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a small bundle processing apparatus provided below a transport path for transporting a small bundle of banknotes bundled in predetermined numbers. A small bundle storage unit that stores the small bundle, a guide mechanism that is provided on the transport path above the small bundle storage unit, and guides the small bundle that is transported in the transport path; And a guide avoiding mechanism for switching the operation of the guide mechanism so as not to guide the small bundles taken out of the small bundle storage means into the transport path.

In the case of the first aspect of the present invention, the guide avoiding mechanism guides the small bundle when the small bundle is transported in the normal transport path, and takes out the small bundle from the small bundle storage means into the transport path. When the small bundle is removed from the small bundle storage means into the transport path, the pressing force of the guide mechanism is not applied to the small bundle, so that the small bundle is only urged from below. The position is determined. Therefore, the small bundle can be lifted to the specified position on the transport path, and the small bundle can be smoothly removed without causing a jam or the like.

A small bundle processing apparatus according to the present invention is provided below a transport path for transporting small bundles in which a predetermined number of banknotes are bundled, and a small bundle storage means for storing the small bundles; A small bundle take-out unit for taking out a small bundle from inside the small bundle storage unit into the transport path, a guide mechanism for guiding an upper surface of the small bundle transported in the transport path, and the small bundle A guide avoiding mechanism for lifting the guide mechanism so that the small bundle taken out of the storage means into the transport path does not contact the guide mechanism.

In the case of the second aspect of the present invention, the guide avoiding mechanism raises the guide mechanism so that the small bundle taken out of the small bundle storage means into the transport path by the small bundle extracting means does not come into contact with the guide mechanism. The pressing force of the guide mechanism is not applied to the small bundle, the small bundle can be lifted to the specified position in the transport path, and the small bundle can be smoothly removed without causing a jam or the like.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a small bundle processing apparatus according to any one of the first and second aspects, wherein the guide avoiding mechanism is configured to determine whether the small bundle storage means has a small bundle. It is characterized in that the guide mechanism is switched in accordance with the above.

In the case of the third aspect of the present invention, when there is a small bundle in the small bundle storage means, the guide mechanism is lifted so that the small bundle does not contact the guide mechanism, and the small bundle storage means has no small bundle. If you do not lift the guide mechanism,
The guide mechanism can function without trouble in both the normal conveyance and the removal.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a small bundle processing apparatus provided with conveying means for conveying a small bundle of banknotes bundled by a predetermined number of sheets through a predetermined conveying path, below the conveying path,
Small bundle storage means for storing small bundles, moving up and down between the small bundle storage means and the transport path, and pushing the small bundles at least when storing the small bundles in the small bundle storage means from the transport path A pusher mechanism, a backup mechanism that moves down by the amount that the small bundle is pushed in by the pusher mechanism, and pushes up the small bundle with the rise of the pusher mechanism; and a guide that guides the small bundle that is transported in the transport path by the transport unit. A mechanism and a position where the guide mechanism does not abut on the small bundle in the transport path when the small bundle in the small bundle storage unit is pushed up into the transport path by the backup mechanism by raising the pusher mechanism. A guide avoiding mechanism for lifting the guide mechanism.

In this case, when the small bundle in the small bundle storage means is pushed up into the transport path by the backup mechanism due to the rise of the pusher mechanism, the guide mechanism contacts the small bundle in the transport path. Since the guide mechanism is lifted to a position where it does not move, the pressing force of the guide mechanism is not applied to the small bundle when the small bundle is fed out, and the small bundle can be lifted to the specified position on the transport path. Can be taken out smoothly.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a small bundle processing apparatus according to the fourth aspect, wherein the guide avoiding mechanism does not contact the small bundle pushed up by the backup mechanism. Thus, the invention is characterized in that a locking mechanism for locking the guide mechanism to the pusher mechanism is provided.

In the fifth aspect of the present invention, the locking mechanism locks the guide mechanism to the pusher mechanism so that the guide mechanism does not contact the small bundle pushed up by the backup mechanism. Since the mechanism is lifted, the pressing force of the guide mechanism is not applied to the small bundle.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the small bundle processing apparatus according to the fourth aspect, the guide avoiding mechanism includes a cam-shaped plate rotatably supported by the pusher mechanism; A pinch roller that is pushed up by the small bundle raised into the conveyance path by the backup mechanism to displace the plate to a switching position, and locks the plate displaced to the switching position by the pinch roller with the guide mechanism; And a locking mechanism.

In the case of the present invention, the pinch roller is pushed up by the small bundle raised into the transport path by the backup mechanism to displace the plate to the switching position, and the locking mechanism is moved at this displaced position. Since the plate is locked to the guide mechanism, if there is no small bundle in the small bundle storage means, the pinch roller does not displace the plate to the switching position, and the locking mechanism does not guide the plate. Therefore, the guide mechanism can function without trouble in both the normal conveyance and the removal.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the small bundle processing apparatus according to the sixth aspect, the locking mechanism comprises:
A pin protruding from the plate; and a locking portion protruding from the guide mechanism and locking the pin.

In the case of the invention described in claim 7, the above function can be realized with a simple configuration by forming the locking mechanism with the pin locking portion.

In the small bundle processing apparatus according to the present invention, the distance from the lower end of the guide mechanism to the lower end of the picker mechanism protruding into the transport path may be different from that of the small bundle processing apparatus. It is characterized in that the thickness is set smaller than the thickness of one small bundle.

In the case of the present invention, the distance between the lower end of the guide mechanism and the lower end of the picker mechanism protruding from above into the transport path is set to be smaller than the thickness of one small bundle. Therefore, the picker mechanism does not kick out the second small bundle that has risen into the transport path, and the small bundles can be taken out one by one without causing a jam. That is,
The small bundle can be taken out without any trouble.

[0026]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a cash management system according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a cash management system for a bank office. As shown in the figure, this cash management system has two teller's machines 1a for operating the entire system and processing data,
1b. In addition, the cash management system includes a banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 for depositing / dispensing loose banknotes, and surplus cash of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 sealed and stored in the machine, and dispensing bills in small bundles. It is provided with a wrapping / small bundle payment machine 3. The cash management system further includes a coin depositing machine 4 for depositing loose coins and a coin dispensing machine 5 for dispensing loose coins. The cash management system also includes a coin-rolling machine 6 for dispensing coins (coins) wrapped every 50 sheets and a trays machine holder 7.

The banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2 has a banknote insertion slot 11 and a banknote reject box 12 for accumulating banknotes rejected at the time of banknote payment. Further, the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2 includes a pay-out reject box 13 for collecting rejected bills at the time of payment, and a pay-out port 14 for storing bills to be dispensed. The input port 11, the deposit reject box 12, the dispensing reject box 13, and the dispensing port 14 are arranged in a vertical line on the front of the machine body. Further, a journal printer 15 as printing means for printing the contents of each transaction is arranged on the upper surface of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2. Input port 11 and cash outlet 1
4 and the vicinity of the journal printer 15, respectively, of the two Terrasse machines 1a and 1b described above.
Occupation lamps 16, 17, and 18 indicating which of the teller's machines 1a and 1b are occupied are provided.
In addition, a remaining amount display unit 19 for displaying the remaining amount of bills in a bill storage box, which will be described later, inside the machine body is provided on the front surface of the bill receiving / dispensing machine 2.
Are arranged. Further, on the upper surface of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, a sealing temporary storage return door 20 for returning a sealing fraction to be described later.
There is a mechanism that hops up to the upper part of the machine when returning banknotes. On the front face of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, a payment transfer path withdrawal door 21 from above, a temporary accumulation door 22 for returning banknotes at the time of payment, and a storage door 23 for pulling out a banknote storage.
And so on. The banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2 automatically turns the banknotes to the banding / bundling small bundle machine 3 when the number of deposited banknotes is large and the number of banknotes in the storages 48a to 48d is large.

On the other hand, the above-mentioned banding / small bundle length payment machine 3 has a dispensing door 24 for small bundle payment at the upper part.
Is opened, the dispensed small bundle can be taken out. An occupation lamp 25 similar to the occupation lamp of the bill receiving / dispensing section is arranged near the dispensing door 24. A band set door 26 for replacing a band is provided above the dispensing door 24, and the band is replaced by opening the band set door 26. Below the dispensing door 24, a safe box take-out door 27 is arranged so that a safe box described later can be taken out. The detailed description of the coin depositing machine 4, the coin dispensing machine 5, the coin payer 6, and the like will be omitted. Next, the sealing / small bundle payment machine 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a side view of the banding / small-sheet payment machine 3, FIG. 3 is a view showing a state of the vertical carrier lowered into the transport path, and FIG. It is a figure showing a mechanism part. As shown in FIG. 2, the banding / small bundle payment machine 3 is provided with a small bundle hand unit 71 that receives bills sent from the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2.
The small bundle hand unit 71 has a two-stage configuration of an upper hand unit 71a and a lower hand unit 71b, and can hold bills even when bills are supplied from either upper or lower side. These small bundle hand units 71a and 71b are configured on the same base, and are moved up and down together. The small bundle hand units 71a and 71b can detect three positions of a bill clamp position, a bill release position, and a standby position by a hand position detection sensor (not shown).

The banding / small bundle payment machine 3 is provided with a backup mechanism 72 for clamping and receiving bills from the small bundle hand unit 71. The backup mechanism 72 has a bill receiving base 74 in its own mechanism and a backup clamp mechanism 73 above it. The backup mechanism 72 can detect three positions of an upper banknote receiving position, a lower banknote receiving position, and a carrier transfer position by a sensor group (not shown).

Further, the banding / small bundle payment machine 3 is provided with a horizontal carrier 75, a banding shutter 76, a vertical carrier 77, a holding mechanism 91 and the like. Horizontal carrier 75
Is for pushing out the bill on the backup mechanism 72 with its own back plate and extracting it. The sealing shutter 76 is provided on a path on the way of the movement of the horizontal carrier 75. The banding shutter 76 is configured to be pushed by the small bundle on the horizontal carrier 75 and rotate in the carrier moving direction to pass the small bundle. In other words, this sealing shutter 7
Numeral 6 is used to scrape the small bundles on the horizontal carrier 75. The vertical carrier 77 is disposed immediately below the sealing shutter 76, receives a small bundle, descends through the transport path 79a, and transports the small bundle to the transport path 79b.

The holding mechanism 91 is provided with a supply section 9 for the band
3. A feed roller 94 for feeding the band 92 supplied from the supply unit 93, a winding mechanism 95 for winding the band 92 around the banknote, and cutting the band 92 after winding the band 92 around the banknote. The cutter 96 is provided. The small bundle is sealed by the bundle mechanism 91 from the backup mechanism 72 to be a small bundle, and is transferred to the lower conveyance path 79b via the horizontal carrier 75, the sealing shutter 76, and the vertical carrier 77.

As shown in FIG. 3, the conveying path 79b is provided with a driving roller 113 as a conveying means in the lateral direction,
14, a transport surface including transport shutter mechanisms 82a and 82b described below.

As shown in FIG. 4, a pair of transport shutter mechanisms as distribution means for guiding the small bundle in the transport path 79a into the small bundle safe 83 below the transport surface on the path of the transport path 79b. 82a and 82b are provided.

Below the transport shutter mechanisms 82a and 82b, there is provided a small bundle safe 83 as a small bundle storage means. A small bundle is stored in the small bundle safe 83 for each denomination. Inside the small bundle safe 83, a stopper mechanism 84 and a backup mechanism 85 are provided. The backup mechanism 85 is a mechanism for urging the small bundle upward, and the small bundle stored in the small bundle safe 83 can be returned into the transport path 79b by releasing the stopper mechanism 84.

On the other hand, a guide plate 205, a pusher mechanism 80 for pressing a small bundle when the small bundle is introduced into the small bundle safe 83, and a small bundle taken out of the small bundle safe 83 are provided above the transport path 79b. A picker mechanism 81 for sending out, a guide avoiding mechanism 200 attached to the pusher mechanism 80, and the like are provided. The guide avoiding mechanism 200 is a mechanism for preventing a load (pressing force) applied to the small bundle by the guide plate 205 as a guide during normal conveyance from being applied to the small bundle raised at the time of dispensing. The picker mechanism 81 has a drive section 81a and a picker section 81b. The drive unit 81a is provided with the picker mechanism 8
1 to reciprocate itself in the horizontal direction, and to rotate and drive the picker portion 81b to project into the transport path 79b.
It performs two operations.

Further, the banding / small bundle payment machine 3 is provided with a drive unit and a control unit (not shown), and controls the internal parts.

Here, the guide avoiding mechanism 200 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG.
The pusher mechanism 80 is provided with a support shaft 80a. A swing member, for example, a cam-shaped plate 204 is rotatably supported on the support shaft 80a.
On each plate 204, four pinch rollers 201 are rotatably attached to the support shaft 80a. Each pinch roller 201 has a pin 206 projecting coaxially. The plate 204 is provided with a locking pin 209 protruding therefrom. When the pinch roller 201 is pushed up into a small bundle and the plate 204 swings to a predetermined position around the support shaft 80a, the pin 209 is provided on the lower surface of the locking portion 210 of the guide plates 205a and 205b on the upper surface of the transport path 79b. It is arranged so as to abut. Guide plates 205a, 2
A shape 05b guides the upper surface of the small bundle above the transport shutter mechanisms 82a and 82b.

With the picker portion 81b descending from above in the transport path 79b, the width (distance) from the lower end of the guide plate 205a to the tip of the picker portion 81b is larger than the thickness of a normal small bundle. Is also set small.

The guide plates 205a and 205b are supported by a rotation shaft of the drive roller 207, and perform a seesaw operation (swing) about the rotation shaft. One outer end of each of the guide plates 205a and 205b is urged upward by a spring 208, and
The other end of 5b, that is, the inside, is urged downward about the rotation axis.

Next, the operation of the cash management system will be described.

In this cash management system, loose banknotes and loose coins are deposited in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2. For example, when loose banknotes are deposited in the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, the deposited bulk banknotes are sorted into denominations by the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, and are accumulated in a predetermined number, for example, 100 sheets.

Then, when 100 bills are accumulated in the bill depositing / dispensing machine 2, the signal of OK and the signal of the upper stage or the lower stage are transmitted from the banknote dispensing / dispensing machine 2 to the sealing / small bundle payment machine 3. Can be When these signals are received by the banding and small bundle payment machine 3,
The banding / small bundle payment machine 3 sets the backup mechanism 72 to the upper stage or the lower stage according to these signals.

Thereafter, the small bundle hand units 71a and 71b of the hand unit 71 waiting at the standby position move to the bill clamp position, and clamp the bill by a bill clamp mechanism (not shown). When the clamping is completed, the small bundle hand mechanisms 71a and 71b move the bill along the longitudinal direction to the bill release position while pulling the bill, and wait for the backup mechanism 72 to clamp the bill.

When the backup mechanism 72 clamps the bill, the small bundle hand mechanisms 71a and 71b release the bill and return to the standby position. With the above operation, one cycle of the small bundle hand mechanism is completed, and the bill is pulled in.

On the other hand, after the small bundle hand mechanism 71 returns to the standby position, the backup mechanism 72 starts moving the small bundle from the upper banknote receiving position or the lower banknote receiving position, and moves to the carrier transfer position.

At this time, the backup clamp mechanism 73
Is in a state where the small bundle is clamped, and presses the bill above the backup mechanism 72 so as not to fall.

The backup mechanism 72 is set so that the banknotes are at the same height as the horizontal carrier 75 when the banknotes are moved to the carrier transfer position. , Is pushed by the back plate of the horizontal carrier 75 and is pulled out from the backup mechanism 72. With the above operation, the transfer from the backup mechanism 72 to the horizontal carrier 75 is completed. When the horizontal carrier 75 starts moving forward, the banknotes are clamped by a carrier clamp (not shown) so as not to fall from above the horizontal carrier 75. The bills placed on the horizontal carrier 75 are moved to the holding mechanism 91 by the horizontal carrier 75. In the bundling mechanism 91, a banknote is wound around a bandage, and bundled by thermal bonding to form a small bundle.

The small bundle created by the holding mechanism 91 is placed on the horizontal carrier 75. Then, the horizontal carrier 75 is retracted while holding the small bundle, and after moving the small bundle from the bundle position to the vertical carrier delivery position,
Stop on the spot. At this time, the small bundle is
6 and stops at a fixed position on the outer surface. Since the vertical carrier 77 is waiting immediately below the small bundle, the small bundle is moved to the horizontal carrier 75 at the position of the sealing shutter 76.
Is moved onto the vertical carrier 77. Then, the small bundle moved to the vertical carrier 77 is clamped by the vertical carrier 77. The vertical carrier 77 is lowered downward by a transfer means, for example, an elevator mechanism, which forms the transport path 79a while clamping the small bundle.

When the vertical carrier 77 approaches the transport path 79b, an opening / closing mechanism (not shown) opens a carrier introduction port by a drive motor or the like. Then, the vertical carrier 77 is introduced into the transport path 79a from the carrier introduction port.

The vertical carrier 7 introduced into the transport path 79a
7 is a fixed position of the transport path 79b, that is, a small bundle safe 83.
a, the drive roller 113 which descends to the transport surface in the transport path 79b at the upper portion between the small bundle safes 83b and protrudes from the transport surface.
Then, the sheet is transported in the lateral direction by the driving roller 113 and the opening and closing door 86 is closed. Then, when the door 86 is closed, the vertical carrier 77 drives its own clamp mechanism 78 to release the clamp of the small bundle.

Subsequently, the small bundle is moved in the transport path 79a by the rotation of the driving roller 113, and the small bundle safe 8 in which the small bundle is to be stored.
3, the sheet is conveyed to the position of the conveying shutter mechanisms 82a and 82b.

When the small bundle is conveyed into the conveying shutter mechanisms 82a and 82b to be stored, the guide plate 205a guides the small bundle by the urging of the spring 208, and further proceeds, the pinch roller of the pusher mechanism 80 moves. 201 comes into contact with the small bundle and rides on the small bundle, and the pinch roller 2
The small bundle is guided by the urging force of 01. Then, when the small bundle is transported to a substantially central position of the transport shutter mechanisms 82a and 82b, the transport of the small bundle is stopped by the driving device and the control device.

Thereafter, the driving device and the control device release the closed lock state of the left and right transport shutter mechanisms 82a and 82b.

Since the transport shutter mechanisms 82a and 82b are urged in the closing direction by springs (not shown) attached to the respective shutter mechanisms 82a and 82b, when the closed lock state is released, the weight of the transport shutter mechanisms 82a and 82b slightly balances with the weight of the springs. The small bundle is opened (half-opened) by the amount, and the small bundle falls by the opening amount. Thereafter, the driving device and the control device lower the pusher mechanism 80 to press the small bundle from above, and push the small bundle into the small bundle safe 83 while pushing and opening the half-open transport shutter mechanisms 82a and 82b thereunder. .

The pushed small bundle is first placed on the left and right stopper mechanisms 84, and further pushed into the small bundle safe 83 by the pusher mechanism 80. Then, the stopper mechanism 84 is pushed so as to rotate into the small bundle safe 83 together with the small bundle, and when the uppermost small bundle passes the position of the stopper mechanism 84, the stopper mechanism 84 is urged by a spring. It returns to its original position on its own. When the stopper mechanism 84 returns to the original position, the pusher mechanism 80 ends the pushing, switches to the ascending operation, and returns to the original fixed position. When the stopper mechanism 84 returns to the original position, the small bundle is constantly urged upward by the backup mechanism 85 receiving the small bundle below, so that the small bundle is pressed by the stopper mechanism 84. The housed state is maintained. Thereafter, the transport shutter mechanisms 82a and 82b are closed, and the operation of storing the small bundle in the small bundle safe 83 is completed.

Next, the dispensing operation of the small bundle will be described.
When dispensing a small bundle, the driving device and the control device fully open the transport shutter mechanisms 82a and 82b of the designated small bundle safe 83 and lower the pusher mechanism 80.

The descending pusher mechanism 80 is used for the small bundle safe 8.
3, the small bundle group in the small bundle safe 83 is pushed downward, and the stopper mechanism 84 can rotate. The rotatable stopper mechanism 84 is rotated by a driving mechanism (not shown), and is accommodated and fixed on the side of the small bundle safe 83.

Then, the driving device and the control device turn the pusher mechanism 80, which had been moved down until then, into ascending.

When the pusher mechanism 80 starts moving upward from this position, the backup mechanism 85 that has received the small bundle group rises by the urging force of a spring (not shown), and the uppermost small bundle in the small bundle group is moved. The plate hits the pinch roller 201 of the plate 204 supported by the pusher mechanism 80 and lifts the pinch roller 201 upward.

The lifting of the pinch roller 201 causes the plate 204 to rotate (displace) about the support shaft 80a.
Then, the pins 209 of the individual plates 204 are located immediately below the locking portions 210 of the respective guide plates 205a and 205b. As shown in FIG. 6, for example, the pin 209 of the plate 204 is located immediately below the locking portion 210 of the guide plate 205b. The same applies to the guide plate 205a.

When the pusher mechanism 80 is lifted as it is, when the uppermost small bundle reaches the specified position in the transport path 79b, as shown in FIG.
09 comes into contact with the bottom surface of the locking portion 210 of the guide plates 205a and 205b, and thereafter the guide plates 205a and 205b are lifted up by the pusher mechanism 80, and the load of the guide plates 205a and 205b is reduced as a pinch force. Will not join the bunch. Therefore, the lifting of the small bundle by the backup mechanism 85 does not become unstable near this position, and the uppermost small bundle is brought to a specified position in the transport path 79b under the control of the driving device and the control device. Can be.

When the pusher mechanism 80 moves up with no small bundle in the small bundle safe 83, the small bundle does not hit the pinch roller 201. In this state, the plate 204 is not displaced in the initial position and the pins 209 of the plate 204 are guided by the guide plates 205a and 205b.
Without coming into contact with the locking portion 210. FIG.
As shown in FIG.
The pin 209 of the plate 204 is located at a position away from the
Just goes up. The same applies to the guide plate 205a.

When the pusher mechanism 80 is further moved upward, the pusher mechanism 8 is
The guide plates 205a and 205b locked to 0 are further pushed up, and lifted to the uppermost position where the pusher mechanism 80 can rise. As shown in FIG. 9, at this position, the small bundle can be raised above the space of the specified transport path 79b, and the rising range of the small bundle can be given a margin. The positioning of the small bundle is also facilitated.

As described above, the small bundle is formed by the guide plates 205a,
Transport path 79b without receiving a pinch force including a load of 205b.
When the drive device and the control device are lifted to a regular position in the
1b is lowered, and the picker portion 81b abuts on the rear end portion (back surface) of the uppermost small bundle projecting from below into the transport path 79b so as to be hooked from above.

Subsequently, the driving device and the control device move the entire picker mechanism 81 in the transport direction (rightward in the drawing), and feed out a small bundle by the picker portion 81b.

The small bundle thus fed out is sandwiched between the drive roller 207 provided above the outlet on the side of the transport shutter mechanism 82b and the drive belt wound around the drive roller 118 of the transport shutter mechanism 82b on the side of the outlet. While being pulled out by each rotation.

When the withdrawal of the small bundle, that is, the dispensing of the desired amount is completed, the driving device and the control device lower the pusher mechanism 80 as in the case of depositing, and push the remaining small bundle into the small bundle safe 83. The dispensing process is completed after the storage.

The small bundle transferred from the small bundle safe 83 into the transport path 79b by the dispensing process moves rightward in FIG. 2 in the transport path 79a and drops into the elevator 87 from the exit of the transport path. I do. When all the small bundles to be dispensed enter the elevator 87, the elevator 87 rises and moves to the dispensing position.
When the elevator 87 stops at the dispensing position, the small bundle dispensing door 2
4 opens and a small bundle can be taken out. Elevator 8
When the small bundle is taken out from the inside 7, the absence of the small bundle is detected by a sensor (not shown), the small bundle dispensing door 24 is closed, and a series of payment processing is completed.

As described above, according to the cash management system of this embodiment, when the pusher mechanism 80 moves upward from the small bundle safe 83 and the backup mechanism 85 raises the small bundle, the pinch roller 201 is moved by the small bundle. When pushed up, the plate 204 is displaced,
9 is brought into contact with the locking portion 210 of the guide plates 205a and 205b and locked, and the pusher mechanism 80 lifts the guide plates 205a and 205b by the upward moving force. The pinch force including the load of 205b is not applied, and the small bundle can be stably lifted to the position defined as the transport path.

Further, since the pusher mechanism 80 lifts the guide plates 205a and 205b at the time of dispensing,
Since the uppermost small bundle raised in the transport path 79b can be raised to a specified position without fail, the picker mechanism 8
When the small bundle 1 is fed out, the small bundle can always be fed out with an appropriate force without receiving the load of the guide plates 205a and 205b and without catching the second bundle. The small bundle can be dispensed stably.

[0071]

As described above, according to the present invention, when taking out a small bundle, the pinch force is not applied to the small bundle raised to the transport path, so that the position of the uppermost small bundle is determined. That is, it can be stably lifted to the position defined as the transport path.

Further, since the load on the guide plate is no longer suspended on the small bundle, the frictional force between the small bundles is reduced when the picker mechanism raises the small bundle to the specified position and feeds out the uppermost small bundle. And it will not catch the second bundle,
The small bundle can be stably taken out without causing a jam when the small bundle is taken out.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a cash management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing the banding / bundling small bundle machine of the cash management system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a conveyance path of a small bundle of the banding / small bundle payment machine of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a configuration of an upper portion of a small bundle safe of the sealed / small bundle payment machine of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a configuration of a main part of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing a state in which a small bundle is lifted from a small bundle safe to a transport path.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which a locking portion of the right guide plate abuts a pin of the plate when a small bundle is present.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the vicinity of the right guide plate when there is no small bundle.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing a state in which the pusher mechanism has risen to the top.

[Explanation of symbols]

80 pusher mechanism, 80a support shaft, 81 picker mechanism, 82a, 82b transport shutter, 83 small bundle safe, 85 backup mechanism, 200 guide avoidance mechanism, 201 pinch roller, 204 plate, 205
a, 205b: guide plate, 206: pin, 207: drive roller, 208: spring, 209: pin of plate, 21
0: locking portion of the guide plate.

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A small bundle storage means provided below a transport path for transporting a small bundle of banknotes bundled by a predetermined number of sheets, and storing the small bundles, and on the transport path above the small bundle storage means. A guide mechanism for guiding a small bundle conveyed in the conveyance path; and a small bundle for guiding the small bundle conveyed in the conveyance path and taking out the small bundle from the small bundle storage unit into the conveyance path. A small bundle processing apparatus comprising: a guide avoiding mechanism that switches the operation of the guide mechanism so as not to guide. 2. A small bundle storage means provided below a transport path for transporting a small bundle of banknotes bundled by a predetermined number of sheets, and storing said small bundles; and from said small bundle storage means to said transport path. A small bundle taking-out means for taking out a small bundle; a guide mechanism for guiding the upper surface of the small bundle carried in the transport path; and a small bundle taken out of the small bundle storage means into the transport path by the small bundle take-out means. And a guide avoiding mechanism for lifting the guide mechanism so as not to contact the guide mechanism. 3. The small bundle processing device according to claim 1, wherein the guide avoiding mechanism switches the guide mechanism according to whether a small bundle is present in the small bundle storage unit. A small bundle processing device. 4. A transport means for transporting a small bundle of banknotes bundled by a predetermined number of sheets through a predetermined transport path; a small bundle storage means provided below the transport path for storing the small bundles; A pusher mechanism that moves up and down between the bundle storage means and the transport path and pushes the small bundle at least when the small bundle is stored in the small bundle storage means from the transport path; and the small bundle is pushed by the pusher mechanism. A backup mechanism that lowers and pushes up a small bundle with the rise of the pusher mechanism, a guide mechanism that guides a small bundle that is transported in the transport path by the transport unit, and a backup mechanism that is raised by the pusher mechanism. When the small bundle in the small bundle storage means is pushed up into the transport path, the guide mechanism does not contact the small bundle in the transport path. A guide avoiding mechanism for lifting the guide mechanism; and the guide mechanism is lifted by the guide avoiding mechanism, and when the small bundle is pushed up into the transport path, the small bundle protrudes from above into the transport path to transport the small bundle in the transport direction. A small bundle processing device, comprising: 5. The small bundle processing device according to claim 4, wherein the guide avoiding mechanism locks the guide mechanism to the pusher mechanism so that the guide mechanism does not contact the small bundle pushed up by the backup mechanism. A small bundle processing apparatus, comprising: 6. The small bundle processing device according to claim 4, wherein the guide avoiding mechanism is lifted into the transport path by the cam-shaped plate rotatably supported by the pusher mechanism, and the backup mechanism. A pinch roller pushed up by a small bundle to displace the plate to a switching position, and a locking mechanism for locking the plate displaced to the switching position by the pinch roller to the guide mechanism. Small bundle processing equipment. 7. The small bundle processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the locking mechanism includes: a pin protruding from the plate; and a locking portion protruding from the guide mechanism and locking the pin. A small bundle processing device, comprising: 8. The small bundle processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein an interval from a lower end of the guide mechanism to a lower end of the picker mechanism protruding into the transport path is set to be smaller than a thickness of one small bundle. A small bundle processing apparatus characterized in that: