JPS6243793A - Inlet/outlet unit for sheet paper - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (a) Field of the Invention This invention relates to an automatic teller machine used in banking, for example, which has an inlet for depositing banknotes and a deposit slot for depositing banknotes, and A paper sheet entrance/exit device is provided with a paper sheet ejection port for ejecting banknotes at the time of payment).

(B) Background of the Invention Conventionally, the entrance/exit device of the above example has, for example, an inlet for inserting banknotes and an outlet for discharging banknotes, which are formed parallel to each other, and the input and outlet ports are opened and closed separately. There are devices that have a total of two movable shutters to operate.

However, in the above-mentioned entrance/exit device, since the inlet and outlet are formed parallel to each other, a large frontage space is required in the cabinet on the customer panel surface, making it difficult to save space in the device. There was a problem.

In addition, the structure of the illumination means for separately opening and closing the two movable shutters described above has the problem of complicating the WI.

(c) Purpose of the Invention This invention makes it possible to reduce the opening space of the cabinet on the customer service panel surface by making the arrangement of the input port and the discharge port unique, thereby saving space in the device. In addition, by selectively opening and closing the above-mentioned entrance/exit with a single rotating shutter, the structure of the control means for opening and closing the shutter can be simplified. By interlocking with the pressure plate inside the mouth,
The object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet entrance/exit device that can control both of these using the same driving source.

(d) Summary of the Invention This invention provides an inlet and an outlet that are arranged in an inverted V-shape with the upper ends of each outlet being close to each other, and each of these inlets and outlets are selectively placed at the center of the upper part of the inlet and the outlet. A rotary shutter that is opened and closed is provided on one side of the input slot F, and a paper sheet taking-in means is provided on one side of the inside of the input slot F, and a pressing plate that presses paper sheets toward the above-mentioned taking-in means is provided on the other side of the inside. The press plate and the rotary shutter have two positions: a paper sheet receiving state where the rotary shutter closes the discharge port, a paper sheet receiving state where the press plate is pressed when taking in the paper sheets, and a paper sheet receiving state where the press plate is pressed when taking in the paper sheets. The paper sheet inlet/outlet device is characterized in that it is provided with an interlocking mechanism that operates to a discharge state in which a rotary shutter closes the input port when paper sheets are discharged.

(E) Effects of the Invention According to this invention, the above-mentioned inlet and outlet are arranged in an inverted V-shape with the upper ends of each inlet and outlet being close to each other.
The paper sheet input space and the paper sheet discharge space overlap each other, and as a result, the opening space of the cabinet on the customer service panel surface can be reduced, and the space of the apparatus can be saved.

In addition, since the input port and the discharge port are selectively opened and closed using the single rotary shutter described above, the structure of the control means for opening and closing the shutter is simplified compared to the conventional device that requires two shutters. It can be simplified.

In addition, since the above-mentioned rotary shutter and pressing plate can be operated in conjunction with each other by an interlocking mechanism, both of them can be controlled by the same drive source, for example, the motor of (1), which reduces the manufacturing cost of the device. This has the effect of reducing the

(f) Examples of the invention An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below based on the drawings.

The drawing shows a banknote entrance/exit device, and in FIG. 1, below the opening 2 in the cabinet 1 of the customer service panel, there are:
The first lower guide 3 and the first upper guide 4 provide an inlet 5 for inserting banknotes, and the second lower guide 6 and the second upper guide 7 provide an outlet 8 for discharging banknotes. ing.

Then, the above-mentioned input port 5 and discharge port 8 are connected to each of the entrances and exits 8 and 5.
They are arranged in an inverted V-shape with their upper ends close to each other, and a single rotary shutter 9 is provided at the center of the upper part of these input ports 5 and discharge ports 8 to selectively open and close each of these ports 8.5. It is set up.

This rotating shutter 9 is fitted onto a shutter shaft 10.

On the other hand, a sub-feed roller 11 as a means for taking in paper sheets is provided on one side of the input port 5, and a pressing plate 12 for pressing banknotes against the roller 11 is provided on the other side of the input port 5. A narrow banknote taking-in passage 13 communicating with the opening 5 is formed, and a taking-in roller 14 and a fixed friction roller 15 for preventing two-bill-feeding are opposed within this passage 13.

Here, the above-mentioned pressing plate 12 is a substantially dogleg-shaped pressing arm 1.
The above-mentioned suppression arm 16 is pivotally attached to the free end bin 17 of No. 6 via an L-shaped bracket 18, and the base end of the above-mentioned suppression arm 16 is fitted into an arm shaft 19.

A banknote accumulation box 20 is disposed inside the above-mentioned discharge port 8, and a slider 21 is integrally formed on the outer surface of this box 20.
is slidably attached to the guide shaft 22, and the inner end 7a of the upper guide 7 forming the above-mentioned discharge port 8 and the bent rear end 20a of the above-mentioned box 20 are brought close to each other.
A narrow banknote discharging passage 23 is formed, and a pair of upper and lower feed rollers 24 and 25 are opposed to each other within this passage 23.

Further, a pressing lever 27 fitted to the lever shaft 26 is provided above the above-mentioned upper guide 7, and a pressing roller 28 is pivotally attached to the free end of this lever 27, so that when the bill accumulating box 20 is used, which will be described later, This pressing roller 28 is configured to press the bills discharged from the box 20.

Between the above-mentioned pressing plate 12 and the rotary shutter 9, there are two states: a bill receiving state (see FIG. 1) in which the rotary shutter 9 closes the discharge port 8, and a receiving state in which the pressing plate 12 is pressed when taking in bills. An interlocking mechanism 30 is provided for operating the banknotes into a discharging state (see FIG. 3) and a discharging state (see FIG. 3) in which the input slot 5 is closed by the rotary shutter 9 when discharging banknotes.

This interlocking mechanism 30 consists of the above-mentioned pressing arm 16 whose base end is fitted into the arm shaft 19 and whose distal end is connected to the L-shaped bracket 18 via the pin 17;
A third lever 31 with a protruding shaft 29 integrally formed at the TI end.
Then, the upper base end is fitted to the support shaft 32, and the cam roller 33 is attached to the middle part.
By inserting the above-mentioned protruding shaft 29 into the left end elongated hole 35 and pivoting the right end to the free end of the second lever 34 with a pin 36, the second lever 31 and the second lever are 34, and a cam roller 39 at the lower TI end, which is pivotally connected to the support shaft 38 in the middle.
a third lever 40 which is pivotally supported; a cam 42 fitted to the drive shaft 41; a triangular plate 43 fitted to the aforementioned shirt shaft 10; an upper corner of this triangular plate 43 and the free end of the third lever 40 mentioned above. and a second link 46 connecting the two via pins 44, 45, and each of the first, second, and third springs 47 is connected to each of the first, second, and third levers 31.34°40. .48, 49 are connected, and the cam rollers 33, 39 of the second and third levers 34, 40 are constantly pressed against the surface of the cam 42 by the above-mentioned springs 48 and 49.

In addition, the spring force of the first spring 47 is set smaller than the spring force of the second spring 48, and in the normal state (banknote receiving state) shown in FIG. The link 37 is stopped at the right end of the elongated hole 35, and the arm shaft 19, the pressing arm 16, and the pressing plate 12 are kept in the state shown in FIG. 1 in which their movements are prevented.

Further, the cam roller 533 on the second lever 34 side mentioned above is set at a position 120 degrees counterclockwise with respect to the cam nose of the cam 42, and the cam roller 39 on the third lever 40 side is set clockwise with respect to the cam nose of the cam 42. The above-mentioned two cam rollers 3
The shape of the cam 42 is set so that the base circle portion of the cam 42 is located within the 120 degree range between 3.39 and 39 degrees.

By the way, a traction arm 52 is stretched between the bin 50 provided at the lower corner of the triangular plate 43 and the bin 51 protruding from the slider 21.

Further, a third link 53 is provided at the upper corner of the triangular plate 43 and extends leftward through the pin 44, and a protruding shaft 55 is loosely fitted into an elongated hole 54 at the left end of the third link 53.

This protruding shaft 55 is a shaft protruding from a fourth lever 56 that is fitted to the lever shaft 26 described above, and this fourth lever 56 is equipped with a fourth spring that constantly biases the lever 56 in a counterclockwise direction. 57 are connected.

The illustrated embodiment is constructed as described above, and its operation will be explained below.

When the customer inserts banknotes from the opening 2 and the input slot 5 during the deposit operation under the banknote acceptance condition shown in FIG. The bill comes to rest between the lower guide 3 and the pressing plate 12.

After the customer completes the deposit operation, all the banknotes in the slot 5 are ¥
To take the cam 42 into the interior, first, the cam 42 is moved counterclockwise by a motor (not shown) as a drive source via the drive shaft 41.
Rotate 20 degrees.

When the above-mentioned cam 42 is rotated counterclockwise, the second lever 34 swings counterclockwise along with the support shaft 32 due to the cam nose of the cam 42, as shown in FIG. 2, and is connected to the end of the second lever 34Ti. Since the first link 37 is pulled to the right, the protruding shaft 29 is allowed to move within the elongated hole 35.
The second lever 34 is rotated clockwise along with the arm shaft 19 by the first spring 47.

As the arm shaft 19 rotates clockwise, the pressing arm 16 swings in the same direction, and the pressing plate 12 connected to the tip of the arm 16 via a pin 17 and a [shaped bracket 18] is attached to the lower guide 3 side. The pressing plate 12 pushes a plurality of banknotes onto the sub-feed roller 11.

Next, under the taking-in state shown in FIG. 2, the taking-in roller 14
When the banknotes are rotated counterclockwise, the row 514 and the sub-feed roller 11 are synchronously rotated in the same direction by a timing belt (not shown). The banknotes are taken in one by one starting from the guide 3 side.

In other words, the above-mentioned banknote has a friction roller 1 for preventing two bills from being taken in.
5 The banknote intake passage 1
3, the sheets are taken into the apparatus one by one.

On the other hand, when discharging banknotes from the device when a customer performs a withdrawal operation, first, under the condition shown in FIG. , the banknotes in the device are stacked into the banknote stacking box 20 via the discharge passage 23 .

Next, the drive shaft 4 is driven by a motor (not shown) as a drive source.
1, the cam 42 is rotated 120 degrees clockwise from the state shown in FIG. 1 as shown in FIG.

When the above-mentioned knob 42 is rotated clockwise, the cam nose of the cam 42 causes the third lever 40 to move 1 degree clockwise about the support shaft 38 as shown in FIG. 3, and this third lever 40T! A second link 4 connected to the end via a pin 45
6 is pulled to the right, the triangular plate 43 rotates clockwise together with the shirt shaft 10.

This clockwise rotation of the shutter shaft 10 causes the rotary shutter 9 to rotate in the same direction, opening the discharge port 8 and closing the input port 5.

Furthermore, since the third link 53 is pulled to the right by displacing the pin 44 of the triangular plate 43 mentioned above, the protrusion @55 is allowed to move within the long hole 54 at the free end of this link 53, and the fourth lever 56 is It rotates counterclockwise along with the lever shaft 26 by the spring force of the fourth spring 57.

As the lever shaft 26 is rotated counterclockwise, the pressing lever 27 fitted on the same shaft 26 is rotated in the same direction, and the pressing roller 28 at the end of the lever 27T1 presses the upper part of the stacked banknotes.

Furthermore, since the towing arm 52 is pulled upward by the displacement of the pin 50 of the triangular plate 43, this arm 52
The slider 21 connected to the box 2 through a pin 51 moves upward along the guide shaft 22, and the slider 21 moves upward along the guide shaft 22, and the box 2
Since the banknotes 0 are raised upward from the outlet 8, the customer can receive the banknotes in the box 20 from the opening 2 of the cabinet 1 of the customer service panel.

In this way, the above-described link mechanism 30 allows the banknote receiving state (see FIG. 1) in which the discharge port 8 is closed by the turn U shutter 9 and the receiving state (see FIG. ) and a discharge shape R (see FIG. 3) in which the input slot 5 is closed by the rotary shutter 9 when bills are discharged.

In short, the above-mentioned input port 5 and discharge port 8 are arranged in an inverted V-shape in which the upper ends of the respective ports 8.5 are close to each other, so that the bill input space and the bill discharge space overlap each other. As a result, it is possible to reduce the opening space of the cabinet 1 on the customer service panel surface, thereby making it possible to save space.

Furthermore, only one rotary shutter 9 is required, and this single shutter 9 provides a total of two input ports 5 and two discharge ports 8.
When the input port 5 is open, the discharge port 8 is closed, and when the discharge port 8 is open, the input port 5 is closed.・Compared to the conventional device (with a conventional structure), the shutter is 9.
The structure of the control means for opening and closing can be simplified.

Furthermore, one of the two entrances and exits 8 and 5 will always be closed due to the opening and closing operation of the rotary scissor 9. This is particularly effective in preventing erroneous operations, such as when 72 people do the same thing.

In addition, since the first shutter 9 and the press plate 12 can be operated in conjunction with each other by the interlocking mechanism 30, both M9.12 can be driven by the same driving source, e.g.
This can be controlled by the motor connected to the drive shaft R1, which has the effect of reducing the manufacturing cost of the device.

In the correspondence between the structure of this invention and the embodiment of -hiho, the paper sheet taking-in means of this invention is 61 rolls in contrast to the sub-feed roller 11 and taking-in roller 14 of the embodiment, and this invention has the above-mentioned The structure of the example is not limited to the structure of the example. t) Of course it's a good thing.

In addition, as shown in the embodiment, in terms of the configuration, the motor in A-1 includes a rotating shaft X/vine 9, a pusher If & 12, a suppression lever 27 equipped with a presser roller 28, and a banknote accumulation box. 20 [4 actuators are connected to the interlocking side 11]
11, it is possible to further reduce the manufacturing cost and wiring work of the device.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a side view showing the receiving state of the banknote inlet/output device, FIG. 2 is a side view showing the banknote taking in/out device, and FIG. It is a side view showing the discharging state of the banknote inlet/outlet 1 device. 5... Input port 8... Discharge port 9... Rotating scissetter 11... Sub-feed roller 12...
Pressing plate 14... Take-in roller 30...'
&8 Mechanism

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A paper sheet inlet/outlet device comprising an input port for inputting paper sheets and a discharge port for discharging the paper sheets, wherein the input port and the discharge port are connected to respective entrances. They are arranged in an inverted V-shape with their upper ends close to each other, and a rotary shutter for selectively opening and closing each of these entrances and exits is arranged at the center of the upper part of the inlet and outlet, and on one side of the inside of the inlet. is provided with a paper sheet take-in means, and a press plate is provided on the other side of the interior for pressing the paper sheets toward the above-mentioned take-in means. Between this press plate and the rotary shutter, there is a Interlocking operation that operates in a paper acceptance state in which a shutter closes the ejection port, a take-in state in which the press plate is pressed when taking in paper sheets, and a discharge state in which a rotary shutter closes the input port in ejecting paper sheets. A paper sheet entrance/exit device equipped with a mechanism.