JP6541261B2 - Banknote processing machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a bill processing machine that handles bills such as a bill depositing and dispensing machine.

  In a bill processing machine that handles bills such as a bill depositing and dispensing machine, access from the opening for connection of the bill storing cassette to the processing machine body as a security measure for the bill storage cassette removed from the processing machine body There is a technique of regulating the shutter with a shutter (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Patent No. 4743981

  In the above technology, the bill storage cassette can not be taken out unless the opening is closed. However, the shutter of the opening must be closed manually, which is troublesome. In addition, when the bill storage cassette is attached to the processing machine main body, the shutter needs to be opened manually, and the operation is troublesome.

  Therefore, this invention aims at provision of the banknote processing machine which can improve security, without being accompanied by troublesome operation.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claims 1 to 3 is characterized in that the processing machine main body, a bill storage cassette detachably mounted on the processing machine main body, and the bill storage cassette in the mounted state are processed In the bill processing machine provided with a lock mechanism for locking to the machine body, the bill storage cassette stores an opening portion into which the bill is fed from the processing machine body in the mounted state, and a bill fed into the opening portion. A storage portion; and an opening / closing member movable between an opening position where the banknotes fed into the opening can be stored in the storage portion and a closed position interposed between the opening and the storage portion; A restricting member movable between a restricting position for positioning the opening / closing member at the closing position and a restriction releasing position for positioning the opening / closing member at the opening position, and biasing the restriction member toward the restriction position An urging member, and the processing machine main body includes a restriction releasing portion engaged with the restriction member of the bill storage cassette in the mounted state to position the restriction member at the restriction release position; It is characterized by

The invention according to claim 1, the pre-Symbol housing section includes a primary housing part for storing bills fed into the opening, and a secondary housing section adjacent to the primary storage unit, wherein the closing member is It is characterized by being a pusher which pushes out the bill of the primary storage part to the secondary storage part.

The invention according to claim 2, before SL and the moving direction of the restricting member and the mounting direction to the processor body of the media cassette is matched, the regulating member in said restricting position to the restriction release position It is characterized in that it is located on the front side in the mounting direction of the bill storage cassette with respect to the processing machine main body than a certain restriction member.
The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the opening / closing member has a plate shape along a bill stored in the storage section, and moves in a stacking direction of bills in the storage section within the bill storage cassette. Do.

According to the invention of claims 1 to 3, when the bill storage cassette is removed from the processing machine main body, the regulating member is positioned at the regulating position by the biasing force of the biasing member, and as a result, the opening and closing member is the opening It is located in a closed position interposed between the housing and the storage part, making it difficult to view and access the storage part from the opening. In addition, when the bill storage cassette is attached to the processing machine main body, the restriction releasing portion of the processing main body moves the restriction member against the biasing force of the biasing member in interlocking with the mounting operation. As a result, the opening and closing member is located at the opening position where the banknotes fed into the opening can be stored in the storage unit, and the banknotes can be stored in the storage unit from the processing machine main body. Therefore, when the bill storage cassette is removed from the processing machine main body, the access from the opening to the storage part is automatically restricted, and when the bill storage cassette is mounted on the processing machine main body, the opening automatically. Access restriction to the storage unit is released. Therefore, it is possible to dispense with the operation for restricting the access from the opening portion to the storage portion and releasing the restriction. Therefore, the security can be improved without troublesome work.

According to the invention of claim 1 , since the opening and closing member is a pusher for pushing the banknotes of the primary storage unit to the secondary storage unit, the number of parts necessary only for the access restriction from the opening to the storage unit It can be reduced. Therefore, cost increase can be suppressed.

According to the invention of claim 2 , the mounting direction of the bill storage cassette to the processing machine main body coincides with the moving direction of the regulating member, and the regulating member at the regulating position is more than the regulating member at the regulating release position. Since the bill storage cassette is positioned on the front side in the mounting direction of the processing machine body, the restriction member is moved to the restriction release position against the biasing force of the biasing member by the operation of mounting the bill storage cassette to the processing machine body. And the opening and closing member can be positioned at the opening position. Also, when the lock mechanism unlocks the bill storage cassette from the processing machine main body, the biasing member moves the regulating member toward the regulating position, and the opening / closing member is located at the closing position and stored from the opening While being in the state which regulates access to the part, the biasing member moves the bill storage cassette with respect to the processing machine main body with the biasing force via the regulating member in the removal direction. By moving the bill storage cassette in the removal direction with respect to the processor main body, it is possible to make the operator recognize that the bill storage cassette is in a removable state.

It is a perspective view showing a bill processing machine concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a top view which shows roughly the internal structure of the banknote processing machine which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of a control system of a POS cash register system including a bill processing machine concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a fragmentary perspective view which shows the state from which the drawer body was pulled out from the housing | casing of the banknote processing machine which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a fragmentary perspective view showing the state where the drawer was pulled out from the case of the bill processing machine concerning one embodiment of the present invention, and the lock of the cassette was canceled. It is a side view which shows the 1st lock part and the 2nd lock part in which all show the principal part of the bill processing machine concerning one embodiment of the present invention in the lock side state. It is a side view which shows the 1st lock part in the cancellation | release side state which shows the principal part of the banknote processing machine which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, and the 2nd lock part in a lock side state. It is a side view which shows the 1st lock part and the 2nd lock part which are all in the cancellation | release side state which shows the principal part of the banknote processing machine which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the forced lock release part in the normal state of the banknote processing machine which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the forced lock release part in the forced lock release state of the banknote processing machine which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the perspective view which looked at the cassette of the banknote processing machine which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention from back. It is the perspective view which looked at the cassette of the banknote processing machine which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention from the front. It is a perspective view showing a cassette of a bill processing machine concerning one embodiment of the present invention, and (a) shows a state where a pusher is in a closing position, (b) shows a state where a pusher is in an opening position. is there. It is a plane sectional view showing the wearing state to the processing machine main part of the cassette of the bill processing machine concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view showing a back wall part of a cassette of a bill processing machine concerning an embodiment of the present invention, a pusher, a pusher link, etc. It is a perspective cross-sectional view which shows the mounting state to the processing machine main body of the cassette of the banknote processing machine which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a side view showing roughly a cassette of a bill processing machine concerning one embodiment of the present invention, and (a) is a state where a pusher is in an opening position, and (b) is a state where bills were stored in a primary storage part. (C) shows a state in which the pusher pushes the bill into the secondary storage unit, and (d) shows a state in which the bill is stored in the secondary storage unit. It is the figure which looked at the cassette of the banknote processing machine concerning one embodiment of the present invention from the back, and (a) is a state where a control member is in a control position, (b) is a state where a control member is in a control release position. Are shown respectively. It is a plane sectional view which shows the state in which the pusher which shows the cassette of the banknote processing machine which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention exists in a closed position.

  One embodiment of a banknote handling machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  The bill processing machine 11 of this embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is a bill depositing and dispensing machine for depositing and debiting a bill B. The bill processing machine may be a bill depositing machine that only deposits money without dispensing bills. The banknote handling machine 11 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped external shape. The bill processing machine 11 arranges the shortest side in the height direction, arranges the side with the next shorter intermediate length in the width direction (left and right direction), and the longest side in the depth direction (longitudinal direction) It is placed and used in Note that the depth direction of the banknote handling machine 11 is taken as the machine longitudinal direction, the operator side is taken as the machine front side, and the side opposite to the operator is taken as the machine rear side. Also, the left and right direction is the left and right direction of the machine as viewed from the operator, the left side as viewed from the operator as the left side of the machine, and the right side as viewed from the operator as the right side of the machine.

  The bill processing machine 11 is provided with a depositing unit 15 near the front surface 12 on the front side of the machine. In the depositing unit 15, one bill or stacked bills B are inserted from the outside of the machine through the upper end opening 15a. Further, adjacent to the rear side of the depositing unit 15, a dispensing unit 16 is provided, which enables the bill B to be fed out from the inside of the machine and to be taken out from the upper end opening 16a.

  Inside the bill processing machine 11, as shown in FIG. 2, the deposit unit 15, the dispensing unit 16, the removable cassette 18 (bill storage cassette) capable of storing the bill B in order from the front side of the machine, and the component arrangement space 19, storing banknotes B and having the banknotes B stored therein to be dispensed to the dispensing unit 16. Specifically, three non-removable reflux containers 20, reflux containers 21, reflux containers 22, and withdrawal rejection banknotes are stored. A non-removable withdrawal / reject storage 23 is provided. The cassette 18 can store the bills B from the reflux storages 20 to 22.

  Depositing unit 15, dispensing unit 16, cassette 18, reflux container 20, reflux container 21, reflux container 22 and withdrawal and reject container 23 all have a horizontally long shape in the left-right direction of the machine, and all have long sides. Is adapted to receive the bill B in a posture along the left-right direction of the machine at the upper end and the lower end. In other words, the depositing unit 15, the dispensing unit 16, the cassette 18, the reflux storages 20 to 22, and the withdrawals rejection storage 23 keep the thickness direction of the received bills B in the same direction (the airframe Parallel to the front-rear direction).

  The above-described depositing unit 15, dispensing unit 16, cassette 18, reflux container 20 to 22, and dispensing reject container 23 move toward one side (specifically, the right side of the machine) in the left-right direction of the machine inside the banknote handling machine 11. A space is formed on the inside of the bill processing machine 11 on the side opposite to the machine direction (specifically, on the left side of the machine). In this space, the transport unit 27 that exchanges bills B by connecting the depositing unit 15, the dispensing unit 16, the cassette 18, the reflux storages 20 to 22, and the dispensing reject storage 23 is disposed. In addition, this conveyance part 27 also conveys the banknote B in the attitude | position in which a long side becomes an upper end and a lower end always.

  The transport unit 27 branches from the main transport path 28 connecting the deposit section 15 on the front surface 12 side and the withdrawal / reject storage 23 on the opposite side to the front surface 12, and branches from the vicinity of the dispensing section 16 of the main transport path 28. The branch conveyance path 29 connected to the dispensing unit 16, the branch conveyance path 30 branched from the vicinity of the cassette 18 of the main conveyance path 28 and connected to the cassette 18, and the vicinity of the reflux storage 20 of the main conveyance path 28 And a branch conveying path 33 which branches from the vicinity of the reflux storage 21 of the main conveyance path 28 and is connected to the reflux storage 21; and a return flow of the main conveyance path 28. And a branch conveyance path 34 branched from the vicinity of the storage 22 and connected to the reflux storage 22.

  The main conveyance path 28 is connected to the front surface 12 side of the depositing unit 15 and the front surface 12 side of the withdrawal and reject storage 23. The branch conveyance path 29 is a branch conveyance path on the front surface 12 side of the dispensing unit 16, the branch conveyance path 30 is a side opposite to the front surface 12 of the cassette 18, and the branch conveyance path 32 is a branch conveyance on the side opposite to the front surface 12 of the reflux container 20. The path 33 is connected to the side opposite to the front surface 12 of the reflux storage 21, and the branch transport path 34 is connected to the side opposite to the front surface 12 of the reflux storage 22.

  Further, the transport unit 27 guides the bill B transported from the side of the reflux storage 20 through 22 through the main transport path 28 to the branch transport path 29 in a driven state and transports it to the dispensing section 16, while In the driven state, the distribution unit 29 </ b> G which is conveyed by the main conveyance path 28 as it is and the bill detection sensor 29 </ b> S which detects the bill B of the branch conveyance path 29 are provided. The branch conveyance path 29 has a roller pair 29R that rotates toward the dispensing unit 16 and feeds the banknote B to the dispensing unit 16.

  Further, the transport unit 27 guides the bill B transported from the reflux storage 20 to 22 side through the main transport path 28 to the branch transport path 30 in a driven state and transports it to the cassette 18 while it is not driven. In this case, the sorting unit 30G which is conveyed by the main conveyance path 28 as it is and the bill detection sensor 30S which detects the bill B of the branch conveyance path 30 are provided. The branch conveyance path 30 has a roller pair 30R that rotates toward the cassette 18 and feeds the banknote B to the cassette 18.

  Further, the transport unit 27 guides the bill B transported from the depositing unit 15 side via the main transport path 28 to the branch transport path 32 in the driven state and transports it to the reflux storage 20 while in the non-driven state. It has distribution part 32G which is conveyed by main conveyance way 28 as it is, and bill detection sensor 32S which detects bill B of branching conveyance way 32. The branch conveyance path 32 includes rollers 32Ra and 32Rb that rotate toward the reflux storage 20 and send the banknote B to the reflux storage 20. The reflux storage 20 is provided with a kicking roller 20R that kicks the bill B toward the rollers 32Ra and 32Rb. One roller 32Ra rotates when delivering the banknote B from the reflux storage 20, and the other roller 32Rb stops when delivering the banknote B from the reflux storage 20 and separates the banknotes B one by one.

  Further, the transport unit 27 guides the bill B transported from the depositing unit 15 side via the main transport path 28 to the branch transport path 33 in a driven state and transports it to the reflux storage 21 while in the non-driven state It has distribution part 33G which is conveyed by main conveyance way 28 as it is, and bill detection sensor 33S which detects bill B of branching conveyance way 33. The branch conveyance path 33 includes rollers 33Ra and 33Rb that rotate toward the reflux storage 21 and send the banknote B to the reflux storage 21. The reflux storage 21 is provided with a kicking roller 21R that kicks the bill B toward the rollers 33Ra and 33Rb. One roller 33Ra rotates when delivering the banknote B from the reflux storage 21, and the other roller 33Rb stops when delivering the banknote B from the reflux storage 21 and separates the banknotes B one by one.

  Further, the transport unit 27 guides the bill B transported from the depositing unit 15 side via the main transport path 28 to the branch transport path 34 in the driven state and transports it to the reflux storage 22, while in the non-driven state It has distribution part 34G which is conveyed by main conveyance way 28 as it is, and bill detection sensor 34S which detects bill B of branching conveyance way 34. The branch conveyance path 34 includes rollers 34Ra and 34Rb that rotate toward the reflux storage 22 and send the banknote B to the reflux storage 22. The reflux storage 22 is provided with a kicking roller 22R that kicks the bill B toward the rollers 34Ra and 34Rb. One roller 34Ra rotates when delivering the banknote B from the reflux storage 22, and the other roller 34Rb stops when delivering the banknote B from the reflux storage 22, and separates the banknotes B one by one.

  The depositing unit 15 includes a kicking roller 15Ra that kicks the bill B toward the main conveyance path 28, a feeding roller 15Rb that feeds the bill B kicked out by the kicking roller 15Ra to the main conveyance path 28, and a feeding roller 15Rb. It has the separation roller 15Rc which separates the banknotes B being fed out one by one by stopping. In the depositing unit 15, a bill detection sensor 15S for detecting the inserted bill B is provided. The kicking roller 15Ra, the feeding roller 15Rb and the separation roller 15Rc feed the feeding mechanism 38 for feeding the bill B inserted in the depositing unit 15 toward the main conveyance path 28 located on the side of one side (left side) of the machine. Configured.

  In the main conveyance path 28, an identification unit 40 for identifying the bill B is provided between the branch conveyance paths 29 and 30. In the main conveyance path 28, a conveyance roller pair R1 is provided between the delivery roller 15Rb and separation roller 15Rc of the depositing unit 15 and the branch conveyance path 29, and a conveyance roller pair R2 is provided between the branch conveyance path 29 and the identification unit 40. A transport roller pair R3 is disposed between the identification unit 40 and the branch transport path 30, and a transport roller pair R4, a transport roller pair R5 and a transport roller pair R6 are disposed between the branch transport paths 30 and 32, and the branch transport paths 32 and 33. Between the branch conveyance paths 33 and 34, the conveyance roller pair R7 is provided, and between the branch conveyance path 34 and the withdrawal / reject storage 23, the conveyance roller pair R9 and the conveyance roller pair R10 are provided. ing. The transport roller pair R <b> 10 sends the bill B to the withdrawal / reject storage 23.

  In the main conveyance path 28, a bill detection sensor S1 for detecting a bill B is provided between the feed roller pair R9 and the conveyance roller pair R10 between the delivery roller 15Rb and separation roller 15Rc of the depositing unit 15 and the conveyance roller pair R1 A bill detection sensor S2 for detecting the bill B is provided between them.

  In the conveyance unit 27, a double feed detection sensor S3 that detects the bill B and detects double feeding of the bill B is disposed between the conveyance roller pair R5 and the conveyance roller pair R6 of the main conveyance path 28 in the main conveyance path 28. A similar double feed detection sensor S4 is between the branch transport path 32 and the transport roller pair R7, and a similar double feed detection sensor S5 is between the branch transport path 33 of the main transport path 28 and the transport roller pair R8. , Are provided respectively.

  The distribution units 29G, 30G, 32G, 33G, and 34G described above are normally in a non-driven state, and are electrically driven and switched as necessary.

  A transport main motor or the like for driving the transport unit 27 is disposed in the component disposition space 19 between the cassette 18 and the reflux storage 20.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the bill processing machine 11 is provided on the rear side of the dispensing unit 16 with a display unit 41 for displaying toward the operator and an operation unit 42 through which an operation input by the operator is performed. It is done. Further, in the banknote handling machine 11, a display lamp 43 is provided on the left side of the machine of the depositing unit 15, and a display lamp 44 is also provided on the left side of the machine of the dispensing unit 16.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the bill processing machine 11 is connected to a POS cash register 50 as a high-end machine together with the coin depositing and dispensing apparatus 51 to deposit sales money and dispense change. Although illustration is omitted, the bill processing machine 11 and the coin depositing and dispensing apparatus 51 are arranged in the left-right direction, and the POS cash register 50 is installed on these.

  The POS register 50 has an input operation unit 60 through which an operator performs an operation input, an input display unit 61 for displaying to the operator, a bar code reading unit 62 for reading a bar code of a product, and an ID card It has a card reading unit 63 for reading ID information, a charge display unit 64 for displaying the charge of goods, and a receipt printing unit 65 for printing on paper and issuing a receipt. The POS cash register 50 has a control unit 66 that controls the banknote handling machine 11 and the coin depositing and dispensing apparatus 51.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a key cylinder 71 is provided on the front surface 12 of the bill processing machine 11. When a separate key 72 is inserted into the key cylinder 71 and rotated, as shown in FIG. As shown, the drawer 76 can be pulled out of the housing 75. That is, the key cylinder 71 unlocks the housing lock mechanism (not shown) for locking the drawer body 76 in a state of being pushed into the housing 75 to the housing 75. The front surface 12 of the banknote handling machine 11 is provided with a handle 77 held by the operator when the drawer 76 is pulled out of the housing 75. Further, the bill processing machine 11 is provided with a drawing detection sensor (not shown) that detects the drawer body 76 when it is pulled out from the housing 75 to a predetermined position.

  Here, in the drawer 76, the depositing unit 15, the dispensing unit 16, the cassette 18, the display unit 41 and the operating unit 42, the reflux storage 20, the reflux storage 21, the reflux storage 22, and the withdrawal rejection storage 23 shown in FIG. And a transport unit 27 and the like. As shown in FIG. 1, the depositing unit 15, the dispensing unit 16, the display unit 41 and the operation unit 42 are in a state where the drawer 76 is pushed into the housing 75 and locked by the housing lock mechanism (not shown). The cassette 18, the reflux container 20, the reflux container 21, the reflux container 22 and the withdrawal / reject storage 23 shown in FIG. It is provided in the position covered by the housing | casing 75, when it exists in the pushing state locked by the housing | casing lock mechanism of illustration abbreviation | omission. At least the cassette 18 of the cassette 18, the reflux container 20, the reflux container 21, the reflux container 22, and the withdrawal / reject storage device 23 is in the drawn state in which the drawer 76 is pulled out of the housing 75 as shown in FIG. Exposed to the outside.

  The cassette 18 is detachable from the cassette mounting portion 82 of the drawer main body 80 which is a portion of the drawer 76 excluding the cassette 18 in a state of being exposed to the outside. In other words, the cassette 18 is detachably mounted to the processor main body 81 including the drawer main body portion 80 and the housing 75 of the banknote handling machine 11 in a state of being exposed to the outside. The cassette 18 is slidable horizontally and horizontally with respect to the cassette mounting portion 82 of the drawer main body 80, as shown in FIGS. The cassette 18 is pulled out from the cassette mounting portion 82 of the drawer main body 80 to the right in the horizontal direction and removed, and the cassette 18 is horizontally inserted from the right into the cassette mounting portion 82 of the drawer main body 80 and attached. .

  The cassette 18 is locked to the drawer main body 80 when the cassette 18 is pushed into the cassette mounting portion 82 to be in a predetermined mounting state in the drawer main body 80, and a predetermined operation is input to this lock. A lock mechanism 84 for releasing is provided adjacent to the rear side of the machine than the cassette 18. The lock mechanism 84 is provided in the component placement space 19 shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the lock mechanism 84 has a first lock portion 85 and a second lock portion 86. The first lock portion 85 is electrically driven to switch from the lock side state to the release side state, and the second lock portion 86 switches from the lock side state to the release side state when the manual operation input is performed. It is.

  The first lock portion 85 includes a solenoid main body 91 provided at a fixed position on the drawer main body 80, and a plunger 92 which protrudes from the solenoid main body 91 to the front side of the machine and slides in the longitudinal direction of the machine relative to the solenoid main body 91. 93, a support shaft 95 provided at a fixed position on the drawer main body 80, a restrictor 96 whose upper end is rotatably supported by the support shaft 95, and a lower portion of the restrictor 96 are rotated by a plunger 92 And a connecting shaft 97 which is connected in a movable manner.

  When the solenoid 93 is not electrically driven, the plunger 92 is biased by an internal spring (not shown) in the solenoid main body 91 and protrudes from the solenoid main body 91. When the plunger 92 is in the most projecting state from the solenoid main body 91 by the biasing force of the internal spring, the lower portion of the restricting body 96 is positioned to the most front side as shown in FIG. This state is the lock side state of the first lock portion 85.

  Further, when the solenoid 93 is electrically driven, the first lock portion 85 pulls the plunger 92 into the solenoid main body 91 against the biasing force of the internal spring, whereby the restricting body 96 is supported. The lower part is positioned on the rear side of the machine by pivoting about the shaft 95. As shown in FIG. 7, the state in which the plunger 92 is drawn most into the solenoid main body 91 is the release side state of the first lock portion 85. Thereby, the first lock portion 85 is electrically driven to switch from the lock side state to the release side state. As shown in FIG. 6, the rear portion of the first lock portion 85 on the rear side of the restrictor 96 is in the lock side, as described later, from the lock side to the release side of the second lock 86. A restricting piece portion 98 for restricting the switching is formed in the vicinity of the connecting shaft 97 between the support shaft 95 and the connecting shaft 97.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the second lock portion 86 has an engagement member 101 provided movably in the longitudinal direction of the machine in the drawer body main portion 80. In the engaging member 101, a long hole 102 elongated in the longitudinal direction of the machine is formed at the front of the body. The second lock portion 86 is a support shaft 103 fixed between the support shaft 95 of the restricting body 96 and the connection shaft 97 and inserted into the elongated hole 102, and a support provided at a fixed position on the lead body portion 80. The shaft 104, a crank-shaped support member 105 rotatably supported by the support shaft 104, and a connecting shaft 106 for rotatably connecting the middle portion of the engagement member 101 to the lower end of the support member 105 are provided. doing.

  The engaging member 101 is supported by the support shaft 103 inserted into the elongated hole 102 and the connecting shaft 106 of the support member 105 so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction of the machine body in the drawer body main portion 80. The engaging member 101 has a projecting portion 110 which is formed in a triangular shape and protrudes upward at a front portion on the front side of the machine body, and the projecting portion 110 is formed with a sloped upper surface 111 which is downwardly lowered. In the engaging member 101, the engaging portion 112 at the front end portion on the front side of the machine engages with the recess 114 provided on the rear surface of the cassette 18 to lock the cassette 18 to the cassette mounting portion 82 of the drawer body main portion 80. . As shown in FIG. 6, the second lock portion 86 has an engagement spring 115 that biases the engagement member 101 to the front side of the machine to maintain the engagement of the engagement portion 112 with the recess 114.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the second lock portion 86 has an engagement release member 121 provided on the drawer main body 80 so as to be movable in the vertical direction. The engagement release member 121 is formed at its upper end portion with an operation button portion 122 to which a pressing operation is input, and an elongated hole 123 elongated in the vertical direction is formed in the lower portion thereof. The support shaft 95 and the lower support shaft 103 are inserted in the long hole 123, and the long hole 123 is guided by the support shafts 95 and 103 to move the engagement release member 121 up and down. The engagement release member 121 has a triangular protrusion 125 that protrudes to the right of the processing machine, and the protrusion 125 is formed with a sloped lower surface 126 that is lowered forward.

  In the engagement release member 121, as shown in FIG. 6, when the first lock portion 85 is in the lock side state, there is a regulation abutment portion 128 which overlaps the position in the horizontal direction with the regulation piece portion 98 of the regulation body 96. It is formed at the lower end on the rear side of the machine. The restriction piece portion 98 of the first lock portion 85 in the lock state is vertically below the restriction contact portion 128. Therefore, the engagement release member 121 is restricted when the operation button portion 122 is pressed downward. The abutting portion 128 abuts against the restricting piece portion 98 of the first lock portion 85 in the lock side state. Thereby, the downward movement of the engagement release member 121 is restricted. A state in which the engagement release member 121 positions the restriction contact portion 128 above the restriction piece portion 98 is the lock side state of the second lock portion 86.

  When the solenoid 93 is electrically driven and the first lock portion 85 is in the release side state, as shown in FIG. 7, the control piece portion 98 of the control body 96 is moved to the rear side of the machine. As a result, the restricting piece portion 98 is displaced in the horizontal direction from the vertically lower side of the restricting contact portion 128 of the engagement releasing member 121 of the second lock portion 86. In this state, when the operation button portion 122 is pressed downward, the restricting contact portion 128 does not abut on the restricting piece portion 98, whereby the engagement release member 121 is lowered as shown in FIG. That is, the solenoid 93 of the first lock portion 85 is electrically driven to release the movement restriction of the engagement release member 121 by the restriction body 96.

  With the first lock portion 85 in the release side state, when the operation button portion 122 is pressed downward and the engagement release member 121 is moved downward, the sloped lower surface 126 of the protrusion 125 protrudes from the engagement member 101 It abuts on the inclined upper surface 111 of the portion 110 and presses it downward. Then, due to the inclination of the inclined lower surface 126 and the inclined upper surface 111, the engagement member 101 moves to the rear side with respect to the cassette 18, and the engagement portion 112 comes out of the recess 114 of the cassette 18. Thereby, the lock mechanism 84 releases the lock of the cassette 18 with respect to the drawer main body 80.

  That is, in the lock mechanism 84, the first lock portion 85 is electrically driven to be in the release side state, the operation button portion 122 is pressed downward, and the second lock portion 86 is switched from the lock side state to the release side state The lock of the cassette 18 with respect to the processor main body 81 is released. The lock mechanism 84 regulates the switching of the second lock portion 86 from the lock side state to the release side state when the first lock portion 85 is in the lock side state, while the first lock portion 85 is in the release side state When the second lock portion 86 is switched from the lock side state to the release side state, it is permitted.

  As described above, the second lock portion 86 is movable for engaging the cassette 18 to lock the cassette 18 to the main body 80 of the processing machine main body 81, and a pressing operation which is a manual operation input. And the engagement release member 121 is moved to release the engagement of the engagement member 101 with the cassette 18 and release the lock of the cassette 18 with respect to the drawer main body 80. ing. The first lock portion 85 has a restricting body 96 which restricts the movement of the engagement releasing member 121, and a solenoid 93 which is electrically driven to release the movement restriction of the engagement releasing member 121 by the restricting body 96. ing.

  When the removed cassette 18 is pushed into the cassette mounting portion 82 of the drawer main body 80, the cassette 18 abuts on the engaging portion 112 and the engaging member 101 resists the biasing force of the engaging spring 115 toward the rear side of the machine When the cassette 18 is in a mounted state in which the position of the recess 114 is aligned with the engaging portion 112 of the engaging member 101, the engaging member 101 is moved by the biasing force of the engaging spring 115 to engage the engaging portion. 112 is introduced into the recess 114. As a result, the engagement member 101 locks the cassette 18 to the cassette mounting portion 82 immovably. That is, the lock mechanism 84 locks the cassette 18 in the mounted state to the cassette mounting portion 82 of the drawer main body portion 80 in a non-removable manner. The lock mechanism 84 is thus provided with a cassette attachment detection sensor (not shown) that detects the cassette 18 when the cassette 18 is pushed to the attachment position where it is locked to the cassette attachment portion 82 of the drawer main body 80. .

  As shown in FIG. 9, the lock mechanism 84 includes a key 131, and a forced unlocking portion 132 which can release the lock of the cassette 18 with respect to the drawer main body 80 of the processing machine main body 81 when the key 131 is engaged. have. The forced unlocking portion 132 is rotatable when the key 131 is engaged as shown in FIG. 10, and is a key cylinder that rotates the lower pressing piece portion 133 as shown in FIG. 9 to FIG. And the support member 105 described above that is pressed by the pressing piece portion 133. The pressing piece portion 133 is located on the machine rear side of the pressing contact portion 135 at the upper end of the support member 105, and contacts the pressing contact portion 135 of the support member 105 when the key 131 is engaged and rotated. Move this to the front side of the machine. Then, the support member 105 pivots about the support shaft 104 to move the lower connecting shaft 106 to the rear side of the machine body, and the engaging member 101 connected to the connecting shaft 106 to the rear side of the machine body The engagement portion 112 is moved out of the recess 114 of the cassette 18 by moving. Thereby, the lock mechanism 84 releases the lock of the cassette 18 with respect to the drawer main body 80. That is, when the key 131 is engaged and rotated, the forcible unlocking portion 132 moves the engagement member 101 to release the engagement of the engagement member 101 with the cassette 18. A handle 137 is provided on the top of the cassette 18 as shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 11 and FIG. 12, the cassette 18 has a box 151 that constitutes the outer part thereof. The box 151 has a rectangular ceiling portion 152 horizontally disposed at the upper portion, and a rectangular bottom portion 153 shown in FIG. 13 parallel to the ceiling portion 152 and disposed at the lower portion. The portion 152 is provided with a handle 137.

  In addition, the box body 151 is vertically disposed by connecting the ceiling portion 152 and the bottom portion 153, and is parallel to the introduction side wall portion 155 and the introduction side wall portion 155 shown in FIG. A rectangular wall portion 156 shown in FIG. 12 is provided which connects the ceiling portion 152 and the bottom portion 153. As shown in FIG. 13, the opening 154 extends in the vertical direction so as to connect the ceiling portion 152 and the bottom portion 153, and is formed at the rear portion of the introduction side wall portion 155.

  In addition, the box 151 connects the ceiling 152 and the bottom 153 and connects the introduction side wall 155 and the wall 156 at the side far from the opening 154, and is vertically disposed, the front wall 157 shown in FIG. It has a rear wall portion 158 disposed parallel to the front wall portion 157 and connecting the ceiling portion 152 and the bottom portion 153 on the side close to the opening portion 154 shown in FIG. 11 and connecting the introduction side wall portion 155 and the wall portion 156 There is. The ceiling portion 152 is hinged to the upper edge portion of the rear wall portion 158, and when the key cylinder 159 provided on the front wall portion 157 shown in FIG. It becomes swingable and can take out the banknote stored in the box 151.

  The cassette 18 is pushed into the cassette mounting portion 82 of the drawer main body 80 with the introduction side wall portion 155 at the top as shown in FIG. The cassette 18 is mounted on the cassette mounting portion 82 as shown in FIG. 14 and when the main body 80 of the drawer is in a pushed-in state with respect to the housing 75 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 14, the opening 154 approaches and opposes the roller pair 30 </ b> R at the end of the branch conveyance path 30 on the 81 side. In this state, bills are fed to the cassette 18 from the branch conveyance path 30 to the opening 154 by the roller pair 30R.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the box body 151 is an upper locking portion projecting parallel to the rear wall portion 158 and projecting from the ceiling portion 152 toward the bottom portion 153 at a position opposite to the rear wall portion 158 than the opening 154. A plate portion 161 and a lower locking plate portion 162 which is parallel to the rear wall portion 158 and protrudes from the bottom portion 153 toward the ceiling portion 152 are provided. The upper locking plate portion 161 and the lower locking plate portion 162 are disposed on the same plane.

  The cassette 18 is provided between the upper locking plate portion 161 and the rear wall portion 158 with an upper holding spring 164 consisting of a plate spring for holding the bill fed into the opening portion 154 with the upper locking plate portion 161. It is done. Further, in the cassette 18, a lower holding spring 165 consisting of a plate spring for holding the bill fed into the opening 154 between the lower locking plate portion 162 and the rear wall portion 158 with the lower locking plate portion 162. Is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 14, in the cassette 18, a support shaft 171 is provided on the inner side of the rear wall portion 158 so as to be fixed in position relative to the box 151 close to the opening 154 side. The end of the link arm 172 is rotatably supported. At the other end of the link arm 172, an engagement shaft 173 is fixed in position with respect to the link arm 172, and the engagement shaft 173 is long in the left-right direction provided on a plate-like pusher 174 (opening and closing member). It is movably engaged with the long hole 175.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the pusher 174 is provided with a support shaft 181 fixed in position with respect to the pusher 174, and the support shaft 181 rotatably supports one end of the link arm 182. At the other end of the link arm 182, an engagement shaft 183 is fixed in position with respect to the link arm 182, and the engagement shaft 183 moves to a laterally long elongated hole 185 provided in the rear wall portion 158 It is possible to be engaged.

  The link arms 172 and 182 are rotatably connected by a connecting shaft 188 at their respective intermediate positions. An X-shaped pusher link 189 including a connecting shaft 188 and link arms 172 and 182 brings the pusher 174 close to and away from the rear wall 158 while remaining parallel to the rear wall 158. The pusher 174 is biased in the direction approaching the rear wall portion 158 by a pusher biasing spring (not shown).

  As shown in FIG. 11, an insertion hole 195 is formed in the vicinity of the center of the rear wall portion 158, and a contact member 196 is provided at the position of the insertion hole 195. The abutting member 196 is connected to the connecting shaft 188 as shown in FIG. 14 and is pressed by a pressing mechanism 197 provided on the processing machine main body 81 which advances and retracts through the insertion hole 195. When the connecting shaft 188 is pressed by the pressing mechanism 197 via the contact member 196, the pusher link 189 moves the pusher 174 away from the rear wall 158 against the biasing force of the pusher biasing spring (not shown). Move to

  As shown in FIG. 11, a recess 114 is formed on the outer surface side of the rear wall portion 158. The recess 114 engages the engagement portion 112 of the engagement member 101 of the lock mechanism 84 shown in FIG. Further, as shown in FIG. 11, a guide groove 190 extending in the direction connecting the introduction side wall portion 155 and the wall portion 156 is formed on the outer surface side in the rear wall portion 158. As shown in FIG. 16, the guide groove 190 allows a plurality of guide projections 191 provided in the cassette mounting portion 82 of the drawer main body 80 to enter. The plurality of guide protrusions 191 restrict attachment and detachment of the cassette 18 with respect to the cassette attachment portion 82 except for horizontal slide in the horizontal direction.

  The support shaft 171 shown in FIG. 15 rotatably supports the upper guide member 193 and the lower guide member 194. As shown in FIG. 13, the upper guide member 193 is above the pusher 174, and guides the bill fed into the opening 154 between the upper sandwiching spring 164 and the upper locking plate 161. The lower guide member 194 is located below the pusher 174 and guides the bill fed into the opening 154 between the lower holding spring 165 and the lower locking plate 162. The upper guide member 193 is biased in a direction to abut the upper locking plate portion 161 by a guide biasing spring (not shown), and the lower guide member 194 is a lower locking plate by a guide biasing spring (not shown) It is biased in the direction to abut on 162.

  As shown in FIG. 14, in the cassette 18, a support shaft 201 is fixedly provided with respect to the box 151 on the opposite side to the opening 154 on the inner side of the front wall portion 157. One end of the link arm 202 is rotatably supported. At the other end of the link arm 202, an engagement shaft 203 is fixed in position with respect to the link arm 202, and the engagement shaft 203 is provided on the opening 154 side of the plate-like bill press 204 in the left-right direction. Are movably engaged with the long slot 205.

  A support shaft 211 is fixed on the side opposite to the opening 154 of the bill press 204 with respect to the bill press 204, and the support shaft 211 rotatably supports one end of the link arm 212. At the other end of the link arm 212, an engagement shaft 213 is provided in a fixed position with respect to the link arm 212, and the engagement shaft 213 is provided in the opening 154 side inside the front wall portion 157 in the left-right direction. Movably engaged with the long slot 215.

  The link arms 202 and 212 are rotatably connected by the connecting shaft 218 at their respective intermediate positions. The building press 204 approaches and is separated from the front wall 157 while being parallel to the front wall 157 by the X-shaped bill press link 219 including the connecting shaft 218 and the link arms 202 and 212. The bill press 204 is biased in the direction approaching the upper locking plate portion 161 and the lower locking plate portion 162 shown in FIG. 17 by a bill press biasing spring (not shown). The bill press 204 clamps the bill B between the upper locking plate portion 161 and the lower locking plate portion 162 as shown in FIG. 17A by the biasing force of a bill press biasing spring (not shown).

  As shown in FIG. 17B, the bill B is stored between the upper locking plate portion 161 and the lower locking plate portion 162 and the upper clamping spring 164 and the lower clamping spring 165 on the side closer to the opening 154. And a secondary storage section 226 for storing the bill B on the side farther from the opening section 154 between the upper locking plate portion 161 and the lower locking plate portion 162 and the bill press 204. It has become. In other words, the upper locking plate portion 161 and the lower locking plate portion 162 are configured such that the primary storage portion 225 on the rear side of the upper locking plate portion 161 and the lower locking plate portion 162 inside the box 151 and the upper portion The locking plate portion 161 and the lower locking plate portion 162 are divided into a secondary storage portion 226 on the front side of the machine body. The primary storage portion 225 and the secondary storage portion 226 are adjacent to each other, and these constitute a storage portion 227 for storing the banknote B fed into the opening portion 154.

  The pusher 174 is positioned closer to the rear wall portion 158 than the opening portion 154 in a state closest to the rear wall portion 158 as shown in FIG. 14, and this position is a storage portion for bills fed into the opening portion 154. It is an open position that can be stored in 227.

  With the pusher 174 positioned at the opening position as shown in FIG. 17 (a), the bill fed into the opening 154 has an upper holding spring 164 and a lower holding spring 165, as shown in FIG. 17 (b), It is held by the upper locking plate portion 161 and the lower locking plate portion 162, and is first stored in the primary storage portion 225. After that, when the pusher 174 is pressed by the pressing mechanism 197 shown in FIG. 14 and moved to the secondary storage portion 226 side as shown in FIG. 17C, the bill B in the primary storage portion 225 is locked at the top The sheet is pushed out to the secondary storage portion 226 so as to go over the plate portion 161 and the lower locking plate portion 162, and is superimposed on the bill B which is already held between the upper locking plate portion 161 and the lower locking plate portion 162 and the bill press 204. At the same time, the bill B is pinched by the bill press 204.

  Then, when the pressing mechanism 197 shown in FIG. 14 retracts, as shown in FIG. 17D, the pusher 174 returns to the open position by the biasing force of the pusher biasing spring, and the bill press 204 is attached with the bill press biasing spring. The bill B of the secondary storage section 226 is held between the upper locking plate section 161 and the lower locking plate section 162 by force, and the bill B is stored only in the secondary storage section 226.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the cassette 18 is provided with a restriction member 231 movable in the direction connecting the introduction side wall 155 and the wall 156 inside the rear wall 158. As shown in FIG. 18A, in the restricting member 231, the tip end portion 232 on the introduction side wall portion 155 side is exposed to the outside from an opening groove 233 provided on the introduction side wall portion 155 side of the rear wall portion 158. The restriction member 231 is, as shown in FIG. 18 (a), a restriction position where the length disposed in the opening groove 233 is maximum, and a length disposed in the opening groove 233 as shown in FIG. 18 (b). Move to and from the deregulation position to minimize the

  As shown in FIG. 19, between the regulating member 231 and the rear wall portion 158, a regulating member biasing spring 235 (an extension coil spring for biasing the regulating member 231 in the direction of the regulating position shown in FIG. A biasing member). In a state in which only the urging force of the restriction member urging spring 235 is received, the restriction member 231 is located at the restriction position shown in FIG. 19 and abuts on a stopper (not shown).

  The restricting member 231 is provided with a projecting piece 237 projecting on the opposite side to the rear wall 158. As shown in FIG. 14, in the mounted state where the cassette 18 is mounted to the cassette mounting portion 82, the restricting member 231 is pressed by the control releasing portion 241 provided to the cassette mounting portion 82 and is in the regulatory release position. The projecting piece 237 is spaced apart from the connecting shaft 188 of the pusher link 189 on the opposite side of the opening 154. In this state, when the pressing mechanism 197 is retracted, the pusher 174 is positioned at the above-mentioned opening position by the biasing force of the pusher biasing spring.

  From this state, when the pressing force of the regulating release portion 241 is released and the regulating member 231 moves to the regulating position on the opening 154 side by the biasing force of the regulating member biasing spring 235, the projecting piece 237 moves Abuts the connecting shaft 188 of the pusher link 189 with an inclined surface 238 which inclines away from the rear wall 158 toward the rear side of the direction, and the rear shaft 158 against the biasing force of the pusher biasing spring. When the restricting member 231 is located at the restricting position as shown in FIG. 19, the projection piece 237 is on the top surface 239 parallel to the rear wall 158 opposite to the rear wall 158. Support the connecting shaft 218 in a state of being separated from the rear wall portion 158. At this time, the pusher 174 is positioned by the pusher link 189 in a closed position interposed between the opening 154 and the primary storage 225 of the storage 227.

  That is, the pusher 174 can store the bill B fed into the opening portion 154 in the primary storage portion 225 of the storage portion 227. The opening position shown in FIGS. 13B, 14 and 16 and the opening portion 154 It is movable between the closed position shown in FIGS. 13A and 19 as a baffle plate for visual and access from the opening 154 to the storage part 227 by being interposed between the storage part 227 and the storage part 227. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 17C, the pusher 174 is movable to the secondary storage portion 226 side of the storage portion 227. The regulation member 231 is movable between a regulation position where the pusher 174 is positioned at the closed position as shown in FIG. 19 and a regulation release position where the pusher 174 is positioned at the open position as shown in FIG. .

  As described above, the cassette 18 is pushed horizontally into the cassette mounting portion 82 of the drawer main body 80 with the introduction side wall portion 155 at the top, and as a result, mounting of the cassette 18 on the cassette mounting portion 82 The direction matches the movement direction of the restriction member 231. Further, the restricting member 231 in the restricting position shown in FIG. 19 is positioned closer to the introduction side wall portion 155 than the restricting member 231 in the restricting release position shown in FIG. The cassette 18 is positioned further to the cassette mounting portion 82 in the mounting direction than the restriction member 231 at the restriction release position.

  As shown in FIG. 14, when the cassette 18 is pushed horizontally from the right side of the processing machine to the left side of the processing machine with the introduction side wall portion 155 at the top, the cassette mounting portion 82 of the drawer body main body 80 The above-described restriction release portion 241 is provided in contact with the tip end portion 232 of the restriction member 231 to move the restriction member 231 against the urging force of the restriction member urging spring 235 and to position the restriction member 231 at the restriction release position. As shown in FIG. 14, when the cassette 18 is pushed into the cassette mounting portion 82 until the restricting portion 241 positions the restricting member 231 in the restricting position, as shown in FIGS. The engagement portion 112 of 101 engages with the recess 114 to lock the cassette 18 in the mounting position.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the restriction releasing portion 241 engages with the restriction member 231 of the cassette 18 in the mounted state to position the restriction member 231 in the restriction releasing position, and the movement of the cassette 18 to the mounting state The relative movement of the cassette 18 with respect to the box 151 of the cassette 18 is caused, and the box 151 moving relative to it is brought into contact with the regulating member 231 to stop it relatively. In this manner, the restriction release unit 241 moves the restriction member 231 relative to the box 151 by using the movement of the cassette 18 to the mounted state.

  When the cassette 18 is in the mounted state shown in FIG. 14, the regulating member urging spring 235 is extended to increase the elastic energy. In this mounted state, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 10, when the engaging portion 112 of the engaging member 101 of the locking mechanism 84 comes out of the recess 114, the regulating member biasing spring is in the extended state as shown in FIG. The elastic energy causes the elastic member 235 to contract and move the restricting member 231 toward the restricting position on the opening 154 side. As a result, the restricting member 231 pushes the pusher link 189 to position the pusher 174 in the closing position and pushes the restricting release portion 241 to process the cassette 18 from the cassette mounting portion 82 as shown in FIG. Push out to the right of the aircraft.

The operation | movement by each process of the banknote processing machine 11 of this embodiment of a structure described above is demonstrated.
"Payment processing"
At the time of the deposit process, based on a command from the control unit 66 of the POS cash register 50, the banknote processing machine 11 is in the deposit operation mode for performing the deposit process, and indicates that the banknote B can be inserted into the deposit unit 15. The display lamp 43 is turned on or blinks. In this state, the bill B is inserted into the depositing unit 15 from the upper end opening 15a in a posture in which the long side is the upper end and the lower end. When there are a plurality of banknotes B, they are inserted into the depositing unit 15 from the upper end opening 15 a in a state in which the thickness direction and the stacking direction are stacked in the longitudinal direction of the machine. Then, when the bill detection sensor 15S detects that the bill B is inserted into the depositing unit 15 from the upper end opening 15a, the control unit 66 separates the bills B one by one from the depositing unit 15 and displays the side view shown in FIG. To the main conveyance path 28 shown in FIG. The control unit 66 determines the completion of the delivery of each bill B from the depositing unit 15 to the main conveyance path 28 from the detection result of the bill detection sensor S1.

  The bill B delivered to the main transport path 28 is transported on the main transport path 28 from the depositing unit 15 toward the reflux storages 20 to 22 by forward rotation of the transport roller pairs R1 to R10, and in the middle, the branch transport path At a position beyond 29 (in front of the reflux storage 20 to 22), the recognition unit 40 recognizes the acceptability and the denomination of the deposit. The banknotes B identified as depositable by the identification unit 40 are driven by the control unit 66 for the corresponding denomination among the distribution units 32G to 34G for the reflux units 20 to 22, and the reflux units of the denominations are stored. Store in the appropriate denomination of 20-22.

  Specifically, when the bill B is a thousand-yen note bill that can receive money, the control unit 66 drives the sorting unit 32G based on the timing at which the bill B is detected by the double feed detection sensor S3. The bill B is fed to the branch conveyance path 32 by the driving of the conveyance roller pair R6, and is stored in the reflux storage 20 by the driving of the rollers 32Ra and 32Rb. The control unit 66 determines the completion of storage of each bill B in the reflux storage 20 from the detection result of the bill detection sensor 32S.

  In addition, when the bill B is a 5,000 yen note bill that can receive money, the control unit 66 drives the distribution unit 33G based on the timing at which the bill B is detected by the double feed detection sensor S4, The bill B is fed to the branch conveyance path 33 by driving of the conveyance roller pair R7, and is stored in the reflux storage 21 by driving of the rollers 33Ra and 33Rb. The control unit 66 determines the completion of the storage of each bill B in the reflux storage 21 from the detection result of the bill detection sensor 33S.

  In addition, when the bill B is a 10,000 yen bill that can be deposited, the control unit 66 drives the distribution unit 34G based on the timing at which the bill B is detected by the double feed detection sensor S5, and this bill is B is fed to the branch conveyance path 34 by driving of the conveyance roller pair R8, and is stored in the reflux storage 22 by driving of the rollers 34Ra and 34Rb. The control unit 66 determines the completion of storage of each bill B in the reflux storage 22 from the detection result of the bill detection sensor 34S.

  On the other hand, the bill B which has been identified as being not depositable by the identification unit 40 is conveyed on the main conveyance path 28 in the opposite direction to the above by reverse driving of the conveyance roller pairs R1 to R10. The control unit 66 drives the distribution unit 29G at the timing based on the detection of the identification unit 40, sends the bill B to the branch conveyance path 29 by the driving of the conveyance roller pair R2, and the dispensing unit 16 by the driving of the roller pair 29R. Transport to The control unit 66 determines the completion of the feeding of each bill B to the dispensing unit 16 from the detection result of the bill detection sensor 29S.

  When all the banknotes B of the depositing unit 15 are transported to either of the reflux storage 20 to 22 and the dispensing unit 16, the control unit 66 determines that the dispensing unit 16 receives the banknotes B in the dispensing unit 16. Thus, the bill B is projected from the upper end opening 16a so as to be able to be taken out of the machine.

"Payment processing"
At the time of dispensing processing, based on a command from the control unit 66 of the POS cash register 50, the banknote processing machine 11 is in a dispensing operation mode for performing dispensing processing, and reverse circulation driving of the transport roller pair R1 to R10 enables reflux storage. The banknote B is conveyed from any one of 20 to 22 toward the dispensing unit 16 through the corresponding one of the branch conveyance paths 32 to 34 and the main conveyance path 28. When the bill B is fed out from the reflux storage 20, the kick-out roller 20R kicks out the bill B toward the rollers 32Ra and 32Rb, and the roller 32Ra feeds the branch conveyance path 32 while separating into one sheet by the roller 32Rb. When the banknote B is fed out from the reflux storage 21, the kick-out roller 21R kicks the banknote B toward the rollers 33Ra and 33Rb, and the roller 33Ra feeds the branched conveyance path 33 while separating into one sheet by the roller 33Rb. When the bill B is fed from the reflux storage 22, the kicking roller 22R kicks the bill B toward the rollers 34Ra and 34Rb, and the roller 34Ra feeds the branch conveyance path 34 while being separated into one sheet by the roller 34Rb.

  Then, the banknotes B pass through among the double feed detection sensors S3 to S5 while being conveyed on the main conveyance path 28, and the presence or absence of double feed is detected. The control unit 66 feeds the non-double-fed banknotes B to the dispensing unit 16 via the branch conveyance path 29 by driving the distribution unit 29G at the timing based on the detection of the identification unit 40. The control unit 66 determines the completion of the feeding of each bill B to the dispensing unit 16 from the detection result of the bill detection sensor 29S.

  On the other hand, the control unit 66 transports the double-fed banknote B in the direction of the withdrawal / reject storage 23 on the main transport path 28 by forward driving of the transport roller pairs R1 to R10 and stores the banknotes B in the withdrawal / reject storage 23. The control unit 66 determines the completion of the storage of each bill B in the withdrawal reject box 23 from the detection result of the bill detection sensor S2.

  When the bills B of all the denominations to be dispensed are fed into the dispensing unit 16 by appropriately repeating conveyance of the banknotes B from the reflux storage 20 to 22 to the dispensing unit 16, the control unit 66 The bill B is made to project from the upper end opening 16a by the gold part 16 and can be taken out of the machine. Then, the display lamp 44 is lighted or blinked to indicate that the bill B can be taken out from the dispensing unit 16.

"Collection process"
At the time of the collection process, an operation input for selecting the collection process to be performed is made to the input operation unit 60 of the POS register 50. Then, based on a command from the control unit 66 of the POS cash register 50, the banknote handling machine 11 enters a recovery processing mode for performing recovery processing. In the recovery processing mode, the control unit 66 feeds the banknotes B from the recovery target storage of any one of the reflux storages 20 to 22 to the main transport path 28 in the same manner as the dispensing process, and the cassette 18 via the main transport path 28. Transport toward the side. Of the double feed detection sensors S3 to S5, the one through which the bill B passes is detected during double conveyance of the main conveyance path 28 to detect double conveyance of the bills B, and the control unit 66 The sheet is sent to the branch conveyance path 30 by the pair R4 and the distribution unit 30G, and stored in the cassette 18 by the roller pair 30R. The control unit 66 determines the completion of storage of each bill B in the cassette 18 from the detection result of the bill detection sensor 30S.

  On the other hand, the control unit 66 transports the double-fed banknote B toward the withdrawal / reject storage 23 on the main transport path 28 by forward driving of the transport roller pairs R1 to R10 and stores the banknotes B in the withdrawal / reject storage 23. The control unit 66 determines the completion of the storage of each bill B in the withdrawal reject box 23 from the detection result of the bill detection sensor S2.

  Here, at the time of the recovery process, as shown in FIG. 14, the cassette 18 is in a mounted state on the cassette mounting portion 82 of the drawer main body 80, and the drawer main body 80 is as shown in FIG. It is in the loading state. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 14, in the cassette 18, the regulating member 231 is located at the regulating release position. Therefore, the pusher 174 is positioned at an opening position where the bill fed into the opening 154 can be stored in the primary storage 225 of the storage 227 when the pusher 197 is not pressed by the pressing mechanism 197. Therefore, in this state, as shown in FIG. 17B, the bill fed into the opening 154 by the roller pair 30R includes the upper locking plate portion 161 and the lower locking plate portion 162, the upper clamping spring 164, and the like. It is held by the lower holding spring 165 and stored in the primary storage portion 225.

  Thereafter, the pusher 174 is pressed by the pressing mechanism 197 via the pusher link 189 shown in FIG. 14 at an appropriate timing, and as a result, as shown in FIG. Move to the side. Then, the pusher 174 pushes the bill B stored in the primary storage section 225 to the secondary storage section 226 so as to exceed the upper locking plate section 161 and the lower locking plate section 162, and the upper locking plate section 161 and The bill B is sandwiched between the lower locking plate portion 162 and the bill press 204, and the bill B is pinched by the bill press 204. Then, when the pressing mechanism 197 retracts, as shown in FIG. 17D, the pusher 174 returns to the opening position by the biasing force of the pusher biasing spring, and the bill press 204 is secondary by the biasing force of the bill press biasing spring. The bill B in the storage portion 226 is held by the upper locking plate portion 161 and the lower locking plate portion 162, and the bill B is stored only in the secondary storage portion 226.

  When all the banknotes B of one collection target storage among the return storages 20 to 22 are sent to the cassette 18 or the withdrawal and rejection storage 23, the collection processing for the collection target storage is ended. Thereby, the banknotes of the denomination of collection object storage are sent into the cassette 18 by the number counted by the banknote detection sensor 30S.

  When the collection process for the collection target storage is completed, the control unit 66 of the POS cash register 50 displays a message prompting the user to unlock the drawer body 76 by the key 72 with respect to the housing 75. Is displayed on the display unit 41 of

  Thereby, the operator unlocks the drawer 76 with respect to the housing 75 by the key 72 shown in FIG. 1 and holds the handle 77 to pull the drawer 76 out of the housing 75 toward the front of the apparatus. When the drawer body 76 is pulled out of the housing 75 to a position where the cassette 18 can be removed from the cassette mounting portion 82 of the drawer body main portion 80 as shown in FIG. Then, the control section 66 of the POS register 50 electrically drives the solenoid 93 of the first lock section 85 which has been in the lock side state shown in FIG. 6 until that time and releases the first lock section 85 shown in FIG. Switch to the side state.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 6, in the lock side state where the solenoid 93 is not electrically driven, the plunger 92 protrudes most from the solenoid main body 91, whereby the restriction piece 98 of the restriction body 96 is on the lock side. Switching of the second lock portion 86 in the state to the release side state is restricted. That is, the restricting piece portion 98 of the restricting body 96 abuts on the restricting contact portion 128 of the engagement release member 121 of the second lock portion 86 to restrict the downward movement of the engagement release member 121. As a result, before the drawer body 76 is pulled out of the housing 75 to a position where the cassette 18 can be removed from the cassette mounting portion 82, the engagement release member 121 is pressed and the lock mechanism 84 is unlocked. regulate.

  When the solenoid 93 of the first lock portion 85 is electrically driven, as shown in FIG. 7, the plunger 92 is pulled most into the solenoid main body 91, whereby the restricting body 96 is centered on the support shaft 95. The control piece portion 98 is moved from vertically below the restriction contact portion 128 of the engagement release member 121 to the rear side of the machine. As a result, the downward movement of the engagement release member 121, that is, the switching of the second lock portion 86 from the lock side state to the release side state is permitted. Even in this state, the cassette 18 is maintained in the mounted state locked to the drawer main body 80 by the engagement member 101.

  When the control unit 66 drives the solenoid 93 of the first lock unit 85 to set the first lock unit 85 in the release side state as described above, the cassette 18 is removed from the display unit 41 shown in FIG. While displaying a text display indicating that pressing operation of the operation button section 122 which is an operation is possible, the display lamp 43 on the side of the depositing section 15 and the display lamp 44 on the side of the dispensing section 16 are blinked. , Notify the operator. In other words, when the first lock portion 85 is in the release side state, the display unit 41 and the display lamps 43 and 44 notify that switching from the lock side state to the release side state of the second lock portion 86 is possible. .

  In this state, as shown in FIG. 7 to FIG. 8, when the operator presses the operation button portion 122 of the engagement release member 121 of the second lock portion 86 downward, the engagement release member 121 moves downward. The inclined lower surface 126 of the projection 125 of the engagement release member 121 abuts on the inclined upper surface 111 of the projection 110 of the engagement member 101 to press the same downward. Then, due to the inclination of the inclined lower surface 126 and the inclined upper surface 111, the engagement member 101 moves to the rear side with respect to the cassette 18, and the engagement portion 112 comes out of the recess 114 of the cassette 18. Thereby, the lock mechanism 84 releases the lock of the cassette 18 with respect to the drawer main body 80.

  Then, in the cassette 18, the regulating member urging spring 235 moves the regulating member 231 toward the regulating release position, and as a result, the regulating member 231 presses the regulating release portion 241 and the cassette 18 is pulled out. As shown in FIG. As a result, the cassette 18 partially protrudes rightward from the drawer main body 80 by a predetermined amount. As a result, the recess 114 of the cassette 18 shown in FIG. 8 is also displaced from the engaging portion 112 of the engaging member 101 to the right of the processing machine. Here, the restricting member biasing spring 235 and the restricting member 231 cause the cassette 18 to partially pop out to such an extent that it can not be visually attached to the cassette mounting portion 82 of the drawer main body 80. There is no possibility that the entire cassette 18 pops out of the main body 80 of the drawer.

  When the cassette 18 protrudes from the drawer main body 80 by the urging force of the restricting member urging spring 235, in this position, the cassette 18 escapes from the engaging portion 112 of the engaging member 101 moving to the front of the device. Therefore, in this state, when the operator stops pressing the operation button portion 122 of the engagement release member 121, the engagement member 101 is moved to the front side of the machine by the biasing force of the engagement spring 115. At this time, the inclined upper surface 111 of the projection 110 of the engagement member 101 abuts on the inclined lower surface 126 of the projection 125 of the engagement release member 121 to press it upward to raise the engagement release member 121.

  Further, as described above, when the cassette 18 protrudes from the drawer main body 80 by the biasing force of the regulating member biasing spring 235, the cassette attachment detection sensor (not shown) detects this. Then, the control unit 66 stops the electrical drive to the solenoid 93 of the first lock unit 85 and ends the notification by the display unit 41 and the display lamps 43 and 44. As a result, the solenoid 93 causes the plunger 92 to protrude from the solenoid main body 91 by the biasing force of an internal spring (not shown) provided in the solenoid main body 91, and rotates the restricting body 96 about the support shaft 95. . At this time, if the operator does not stop the pressing operation of the operation button portion 122 of the engagement releasing member 121 (see FIG. 8), the restricting body 96 engages the restricting portion 98 by the biasing force of the internal spring of the solenoid main body 91. The control contact portion 128 of the engagement release member 121 is abutted from the rear side of the machine to stop.

  From this state, the operator stops pressing the operation button portion 122 of the engagement release member 121 and raises the engagement release member 121 by the urging force of the engagement spring 115 as described above, or the operation button portion has already been made When stopping the pressing operation of 122 and raising the engagement release member 121, the restricting body 96 is rotated about the support shaft 95 by the biasing force of the internal spring of the solenoid main body 91 to release the engagement of the restricting piece 98. It arrange | positions in the perpendicular downward direction of the control contact part 128 of the member 121 (refer the movement to FIGS. 7-6). As a result, the first lock portion 85 is in the lock state, and the downward movement of the engagement release member 121, that is, the switching of the second lock portion 86 from the lock side state to the release side state is restricted.

  The operator further pulls out the cassette 18 with a portion thereof protruding from the drawer body main portion 80 with the handle 137 shown in FIG. Then, the restricting member 231 is separated from the restricting release portion 241 of the drawer main body 80, and is positioned at the restricting position by the urging force of the restricting member urging spring 235. As a result, in the restricting member 231, the protruding piece 237 moves the connecting shaft 188 of the pusher link 189 in the direction away from the rear wall portion 158 against the urging force of the pusher urging spring, and the pusher 174 is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 19, it is positioned at a closed position interposed between the opening 154 and the primary storage 225 of the storage 227. Therefore, the visual observation and access of the storage part 227 from the opening part 154 will be disturbed. When the bills in the cassette 18 are taken out, the key cylinder 159 shown in FIG. 12 is unlocked by a key (not shown), the ceiling portion 152 is opened, and the bills in the box 151 are taken out.

  When mounting the cassette 18 in the cassette mounting portion 82 of the drawer main body 80, the operator pushes the cassette 18 into the cassette mounting portion 82 horizontally from the right of the processing machine to the left. Then, the cassette 18 abuts against the engaging portion 112 of the engaging member 101 to move the engaging member 101 against the biasing force of the engaging spring 115 to the rear side of the machine, and the engaging member 101 is temporarily engaged. To the rear of the aircraft. At this time, since the lowering of the engagement release member 121 is restricted by the restriction piece 98 of the restriction body 96, it does not fall (see FIG. 6). Then, when the position of the recess 114 of the cassette 18 matches with the engagement portion 112 of the engagement member 101, the engagement member 101 is moved by the biasing force of the engagement spring 115 to cause the engagement portion 112 to enter the recess 114; As shown in FIG. 6, the cassette 18 is non-removably locked to the drawer main body 80. As a result, the cassette 18 is in a mounted state locked by the engagement member 101. At that time, as shown in FIG. 14, the restriction releasing portion 241 of the drawer body main portion 80 abuts on the restriction member 231, and moves it against the urging force of the restriction member urging spring 235. Position in the restriction release position. As a result, the pusher 174 is positioned at an opening position where the banknotes fed into the opening 154 can be stored in the primary storage 225 of the storage 227.

  Here, when the controller 66 can not electrically drive the solenoid 93 due to a power failure or device failure, the operator inserts the key 131 shown in FIG. 9 into the key cylinder 134 as shown in FIG. And turn it to the open side. Then, the pressing piece portion 133 of the key cylinder 134 abuts on the pressing contact portion 135 of the support member 105 and moves it to the front side of the machine. Thus, the support member 105 pivots about the support shaft 104 to move the lower connection shaft 106 to the rear side of the machine. That is, the support member 105 moves the engagement member 101 connected via the connection shaft 106 to the rear side of the machine against the biasing force of the engagement spring 115, and the engagement portion 112 of the cassette 18 is moved. The recess 114 is removed. Thereby, the lock mechanism 84 releases the lock of the cassette 18 with respect to the drawer main body 80. Then, in the same manner as described above, the cassette 18 partially protrudes rightward from the drawer main body 80 by a predetermined amount by the biasing force of the regulating member biasing spring 235.

  When the key 131 is inserted into the key cylinder 134 and rotationally operated to the closing side, the pressing piece portion 133 of the key cylinder 134 moves in the direction away from the pressing contact portion 135 of the support member 105. Then, the biasing force of the engagement spring 115 causes the engagement member 101 to move to the front side of the machine while rotating the support member 105 about the support shaft 104. Thereafter, when the cassette 18 is attached to the drawer main body 80, the same operation as described above is performed.

"Mounting process"
When there is a total recovery for collecting the banknotes B from all the reflux storages 20 to 22 or when the banknotes B in the reflux storages 20 to 22 run short, a mounting process for mounting change funds is performed, but this mounting process Is performed in substantially the same manner as the above-described deposit process. At the time of the mounting process, an operation input for selecting the mounting process to the operation unit (not shown) is performed, whereby the banknote processing machine 11 enters a mounting operation mode for performing the mounting process.

  According to the bill processing machine 11 of the present embodiment described above, when the cassette 18 is removed from the processing machine main body 81, the regulating member 231 of the cassette 18 is positioned at the regulating position by the biasing force of the regulating member biasing spring 235. As a result, the pusher 174 is located at the closed position interposed between the opening 154 and the primary storage 225 of the storage 227. As a result, the pushers 174 become baffles, making it difficult to view and access the storage portion 227 from the opening 154. In addition, when the cassette 18 is attached to the processing machine main body 81, the restriction releasing portion 241 of the processing machine main body 81 places the restriction member 231 at the restriction cancellation position against the urging force of the restriction member urging spring 235. As a result, the pusher 174 is positioned at an opening position where the bill fed to the opening 154 can be stored in the primary storage 225 of the storage 227, and storing the banknote from the processing machine main body 81 to the storage 227 Make it possible. Therefore, when the cassette 18 is removed from the processing machine main body 81, the access from the opening 154 to the storage portion 227 is automatically restricted, and automatically performed when the cassette 18 is mounted to the processing machine main body 81. The access restriction from the opening 154 to the storage unit 227 is released. Therefore, it is possible to dispense with the operation for restricting access to the storage portion 227 from the opening portion 154 and releasing the restriction. Therefore, the security can be improved without troublesome work.

  Further, an opening position where the banknotes fed into the opening 154 can be stored in the primary storage 225 of the storage 227, and a closed position interposed between the opening 154 and the primary storage 225 of the storage 227 Since the opening / closing member movable between is the pusher 174 that pushes the banknotes of the primary storage section 225 to the secondary storage section 226, the number of parts necessary only for restricting access from the opening section 154 to the storage section 227 It can be reduced. Therefore, cost increase can be suppressed.

  Further, the mounting direction of the cassette 18 to the processing machine main body 81 coincides with the moving direction of the regulating member 231, and the regulating member 231 at the regulating position is a processor for the cassette 18 than the regulating member 231 at the regulating release position. In order to position the cassette 18 on the front side in the mounting direction to the main body 81, the restriction member 231 is moved to the restriction release position against the urging force of the restriction member urging spring 235 by the operation of attaching the cassette 18 to the processing machine main body 81. And the pusher 174 can be positioned in the open position. Further, when the lock mechanism 84 unlocks the cassette 18 to the processor main body 81, the restricting member urging spring 235 moves the restricting member 231 toward the restricting position, and the pusher 174 is positioned at the closing position. And restricting the access from the opening portion 154 to the storage portion 227, and moving the cassette 18 in the removal direction with respect to the processing machine main body 81 via the restriction member 231 with the urging force of the restriction member urging spring 235. become. By moving the cassette 18 relative to the processor main body 81 in the removal direction, the operator can be made aware that the cassette 18 is in a removable state.

11 banknote handling machine 18 cassette (banknote storage cassette)
81 processor main body 154 opening 174 pusher (opening and closing member)
227 storage part 225 primary storage part 226 secondary storage part 231 regulating member 235 regulating member biasing spring (biasing member)
241 Deregulation section B banknote

Claims (3)

Processing machine body,
A bill storage cassette detachably mounted on the processing machine main body;
A lock mechanism for locking the banknote storage cassette in the mounted state to the processor main body;
In the bill processing machine provided with
The bill storage cassette is
An opening through which bills are fed from the processor body in the mounted state;
A storage unit for storing a bill fed into the opening;
An opening / closing member movable between an open position where the banknotes fed into the opening can be stored in the storage unit and a closed position interposed between the opening and the storage unit;
A restricting member movable between a restricting position for positioning the opening and closing member at the closing position and a restriction releasing position for positioning the opening and closing member at the opening position;
An urging member for urging the restriction member in the direction of the restriction position;
Equipped with
The processor body is
And a restriction release unit that engages with the restriction member of the bill storage cassette in the mounted state to position the restriction member at the restriction release position .
The storage unit includes a primary storage unit for storing bills fed into the opening, and a secondary storage unit adjacent to the primary storage unit.
The bill processing machine according to claim 1, wherein the opening / closing member is a pusher that pushes the bills of the primary storage unit to the secondary storage unit . Processing machine body,
A bill storage cassette detachably mounted on the processing machine main body;
A lock mechanism for locking the banknote storage cassette in the mounted state to the processor main body;
In the bill processing machine provided with
The bill storage cassette is
An opening through which bills are fed from the processor body in the mounted state;
A storage unit for storing a bill fed into the opening;
An opening / closing member movable between an open position where the banknotes fed into the opening can be stored in the storage unit and a closed position interposed between the opening and the storage unit;
A restricting member movable between a restricting position for positioning the opening and closing member at the closing position and a restriction releasing position for positioning the opening and closing member at the opening position;
An urging member for urging the restriction member in the direction of the restriction position;
Equipped with
The processor body is
And a restriction release unit that engages with the restriction member of the bill storage cassette in the mounted state to position the restriction member at the restriction release position .
The mounting direction of the bill storage cassette to the processor main body coincides with the movement direction of the regulating member,
The banknote handling machine according to claim 1, wherein the regulating member at the regulating position is located further to the mounting direction of the bill storage cassette to the processing machine body than the regulating member at the regulation releasing position . Processing machine body,
A bill storage cassette detachably mounted on the processing machine main body;
A lock mechanism for locking the banknote storage cassette in the mounted state to the processor main body;
In the bill processing machine provided with
The bill storage cassette is
An opening through which bills are fed from the processor body in the mounted state;
A storage unit for storing a bill fed into the opening;
An opening / closing member movable between an open position where the banknotes fed into the opening can be stored in the storage unit and a closed position interposed between the opening and the storage unit;
A restricting member movable between a restricting position for positioning the opening and closing member at the closing position and a restriction releasing position for positioning the opening and closing member at the opening position;
An urging member for urging the restriction member in the direction of the restriction position;
Equipped with
The processor body is
And a restriction release unit that engages with the restriction member of the bill storage cassette in the mounted state to position the restriction member at the restriction release position .
The bill processing machine according to claim 1, wherein the opening / closing member has a plate shape along a bill stored in the storage section, and moves in a stacking direction of bills in the storage section in the bill storage cassette .

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