KR101396190B1 - Stack guide - Google Patents

Abstract

A stack guide for guiding the movement of paper moneys brought into the stack space of the paper currency storage device is introduced.
The stack guide protrudes from the guide surface of the main body so as to be spaced apart in a line perpendicular to the carrying direction of the banknotes, and a main body which is rotatably installed in the banknote storing device and provides a guide surface for guiding the stack of banknotes. And at least one guide unit disposed on both sides of the main body in the width direction.

Description

Stack Guide {STACK GUIDE}

The present invention relates to a stack guide, and more particularly, to a stack guide capable of aligning paper moneys deposited at an oblique angle so as to maintain a balance, and capable of sufficiently securing a stack space between the main body and the paper moneys stacked on the push plate Stack guide.

In the automated teller machine, a recycle box and a reject box for storing bills are installed. Generally, recycle boxes store and store the same size of banknotes, and reject boxes store different sizes of banknotes.

As a related art related to this, "Recycle Box (Patent Document 10-2006-00134622)" is referred to.

As shown in FIG. 6, the conventional recycle box includes a deposit and withdrawal unit provided with a deposit means 10 including a plurality of rollers or the like and a deposit means 20 including a plurality of rollers or the like on the other side of the upper portion, When the banknotes are deposited by the banknote storage unit 20, the banknote is lowered so as to secure the deposit space, and when the banknotes are withdrawn by the withdrawal means 10, the push-up roller 40 is raised And a stack unit 50 including the stack unit 50.

Here, the dispensing means 10 includes a pick-up roller 11 for separating the paper currency on the upper surface of the push plate 40, a withdrawal roller 12 and a gate roller 13 for discharging the separated paper currency to the outside, A plurality of pinch rollers 14 for adhering paper money to the rollers 12, and a paper money guide 15 for guiding paper money to be withdrawn.

The depositing means 20 includes a depositing roller 21 for inserting banknotes into the inside thereof, a pinch roller 24 for closely contacting the depositing roller 21 with the banknotes so as to generate a transfer force, A stacking roller 22 for striking the rear end of the banknotes to be deposited and preventing the banknotes from being overlapped with the leading end of the banknotes to be subsequently introduced, When the banknotes are to be deposited, the banknotes are rotated downward to guide the leading end of the banknotes. In order to return the banknotes to the banknotes by the banknote means 10, And the stack guide 30 is formed of a metal plate.

That is, in the recycle box, when the push plate 40 is lowered to secure the space for depositing the paper money when the paper money depositing operation is performed, the deposited paper money is put into the space secured by the depositing roller 21, 40, the stack guide 30 and the stack roller 22 assist in loading and unloading the banknotes, and when the banknote dispensing operation is performed, the push plate 40 is lifted and the banknotes The paper money being stacked is cut and separated by a single sheet.

However, in such a conventional technique, the bill inserted after the depositing of the banknotes is caught by the motion band portion of the banknote to which the banknote is inserted, and there is a possibility that the stack defect and the separation failure are caused, The paper money can be crumpled and a new bill inserted into the stack space can not be smoothly stacked in the stack space due to interference with the paper currency

Patent Publication No. 10-2006-0134622 (December 28, 2006)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a stack guide capable of aligning banknotes deposited at an oblique angle in a balanced manner.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a stack guide for guiding the movement of bills transported into a stack space of a bills storage device, the stack guide being rotatably installed in the bills storage device, And a pair of guide projections projecting from the guide surfaces of the main body so as to be spaced apart in the same line perpendicular to the carrying direction of the banknotes, And at least one guide unit disposed on the guide member.

The guide unit may include a pair of guide pieces protruding from the main body toward the stack space, and guide rollers rotatably installed between the pair of guide pieces.

The guide unit may be disposed symmetrically with respect to a widthwise center of the main body.

The guide units may be symmetrically arranged.

The distance a1 between the pair of guide units disposed adjacent to each other among the plurality of guide units is smaller than half the width w of the paper money to be carried, The separation distance a2 between the side walls may be smaller than half the width w of the paper money to be carried.

The body may be provided with a plurality of spacing holes spaced apart from each other along a feeding direction of the paper money, and the guide unit may be fixed to one of the spacing holes selected from the plurality of spacing holes .

The guide unit is fixed at an inclined position at a specific position of the slot by the fixing member so that the entire length of the stack guide and the rotation angle of the guide unit can be adjusted have.

According to the stack guide according to the embodiment of the present invention, the left and right sides of the bank notes can be aligned in a balanced manner through the pair of guide units, and the alignment of the bank notes can be well maintained.

In addition, the embodiment of the present invention can sufficiently prevent the interference between the paper money to be input into the stack space and the paper currency stacked by ensuring the stack space between the main body and the uppermost end of the paper currency stacked on the push plate, There is an advantage that the frictional load can be minimized when stacking paper money.

1A is a configuration diagram showing a stack guide according to an embodiment of the present invention when depositing bills.
1B is an enlarged perspective view of a stack guide according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 2A and 2B are diagrams illustrating a process of aligning banknotes by a guide unit of a stack guide according to an embodiment of the present invention when banknotes are inclined from the left side.
FIGS. 3A to 3B are views illustrating a process of aligning banknotes by a guide unit of a stack guide according to an embodiment of the present invention when banknotes are inclined rightward.
FIGS. 4A and 4B are views showing the assembled state of the guide unit installed in the main body of the stack guide according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 5A and 5B are views showing a structure in which a main body and a guide unit are assembled such that the overall length of the stack guide is shortened according to a modification of the embodiment.
FIGS. 5C to 5D are views showing a structure in which a body and a guide unit are assembled such that the entire length of the stack guide becomes longer, according to a modification of the embodiment.
6 is a configuration diagram showing a conventional recycle box;

In the drawings, the same reference numerals are used to designate the same or similar components throughout the drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

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

1A is a view showing a stack guide according to an embodiment of the present invention when depositing bills.

1A, a stack guide 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 110 for guiding a banknote 500 to be carried, a conveyor belt 110 for conveying the banknotes 500 in a vertical direction The banknotes 500 that are inclined and brought in can be horizontally aligned with respect to the banknote 500 in the carrying direction of the banknote 500, And the push plate 40 can be ensured.

Specifically, the main body 110 is rotatably rotatable in the recycle box. When the banknotes 500 are deposited, the main body 110 is rotated downward to guide the banknotes 500 to the stack space, The banknote 500 is rotated upward so that it can be pressed by the roller performing the dispensing operation.

The body 110 may be formed entirely in the form of a plate and the paper money 500 may be guided along the lower surface of the body 110 to the stack position, i.e., the upper portion of the push plate 40. Here, the lower surface of the main body 110 guides the paper money 500 to the stack position, and thus can be referred to as a guide surface.

In the present embodiment, the stack guide is provided in a paper currency storage device such as a recycle box storing paper money of the same size. However, the concept of the present invention is not limited to this, Such as a reject box, for storing a bill.

A plurality of guide units 120, which are guided by the stopper 200 in the vertical direction, are mounted on the end side far from the rotation center of the main body 110, for example, on the rotation end side of the main body 110.

1 (a), reference numerals which are not described in the drawing include the depositing roller 21, the stack roller 22, the blade piece 22a, the pinch roller 24, the deposit guide 25, the push plate 40, The stacking roller 22, the blade piece 22a, the pinch roller 24, the deposit guide 25, the push plate 40, and the conveying member 50 described in the prior art. And has the same configuration as that of the stack unit 50. [

1B is an enlarged view of a perspective view of a stack guide according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1B, the plurality of guide units 120 protrude from the guide surfaces of the main body 110 and are positioned on the same line perpendicular to the carrying direction of the banknotes 500.

For example, since the plurality of guide units 120 are arranged on the same line perpendicular to the carrying direction of the paper currency 500, even if the paper currency 500 is carried in a slanted state, It is possible to arrange the front edge side bevels perpendicularly to the carrying direction.

The plurality of guide units 120 are spaced a predetermined distance from the uppermost end of the banknote 500 mounted on the push plate 40 so that the banknote charged into the stack space along the main body 110 It is possible to prevent the problem of interfering with the paper currency that has been loaded.

Specifically, since the guide unit 120 protrudes downward from the main body 110 and the guide unit 120 presses the uppermost banknote 500 of the banknote 500 stacked on the push plate 40, The main body 110 can be separated from the stacked paper money 500. Since the paper currency 500 is newly carried along the guide surface of the main body 110 in the spacing space provided by the guide unit 120 as described above, the paper currency 500 newly loaded is loaded on the push plate 40 It is not interfered with the motion band of the uppermost banknote 500.

The guide unit 120 may include a guide piece 121 and a guide roller 122. The guide piece 121 is configured to protrude downward from the guide surface of the main body 110 toward the stack space and includes a first guide piece 121a for rotatably supporting both ends of the rotation axis of the guide roller 122, (121b). The guide roller 122 is positioned between the first guide piece 121a and the second guide piece 121b and is rotatably connected to the guide piece 121 via a rotation shaft.

Although the guide unit 120 in which the guide roller 122 is rotatably mounted has been described in the present embodiment, various types of structures other than the guide piece 121 and the guide roller 122 may be selected and applied will be. For example, by forming a low friction surface (not shown) made of a low friction material (a material such as a smooth plastic surface) on the lower end surface of the guide piece 121, the paper money 500 by the guide piece 121, The frictional resistance between the banknote 500 and the guide piece 121 can be minimized.

The plurality of guide units 120 are symmetrically arranged with respect to the center of the main body 110. The plurality of guide units 120 may include a pair of guide units 120 , The pair of guide units 120 are inclined to uniformly align the paper money 500 to be transported.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are views illustrating a process of aligning banknotes by a guide unit of a stack guide according to an embodiment of the present invention when the banknotes are inclined from the left side. FIGS. 3A to 3B are cross- The guide unit of the stack guide according to the embodiment of the present invention aligns the banknotes when the guide unit is inclined from the right side.

2A, when the banknotes 500 are carried in a state tilted to the left along the guide surface of the main body 110, the leading left side portion of the inclined banknotes 500 is guided by a pair of guide units 120 while being held in contact with the guide unit 120 located on the left side. At this time, when the banknotes 500 are continuously carried, a moment is generated to rotate the banknotes 500 in the clockwise direction around the contact portion with the guide unit 120 located on the left side. As a result, The banknote 500 is rotated in the clockwise direction in the figure so that the front end of the banknote 500 is in contact with the guide unit 120 located on the right side of the main body 110, 500 may be vertically aligned with respect to the carrying direction.

3A, when the banknotes 500 are carried in a state of being tilted rightward along the guide surface of the main body 110, the tip right portion of the inclined banknote 500 is guided by the pair of guide units 120, And is held in contact with the guide unit 120 positioned at the right side. At this time, when the banknotes 500 are continuously conveyed, a moment for rotating the banknote 500 in the counterclockwise direction in the figure is generated around the contact portion with the guide unit 120 located on the right side, and as a result The banknote 500 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction as shown in FIG. 3B so that the left end of the banknote 500 is in contact with the guide unit 120 located on the left side of the main body 110, The leading end side of the flow 500 may be vertically aligned with respect to the carrying-in direction.

In order to prevent the paper money 500 from being inserted into the spacing space between the plurality of guide units 120 or inserted into the spacing space between the guide unit 120 and the side walls, The distance a1 between the pair of guide units 120 arranged to be arranged is designed to be smaller than half the width w of the paper money 500 to be carried in, And the side wall a2 can be designed to be smaller than half the width w of the paper money 500 to be carried.

The guide unit 120 may be mounted on the main body 110 so as to adjust the length of the paper money 500 in the loading direction so that the entire length of the stack guide 100 can be adjusted.

4A and 4B are views showing an assembled state of a guide unit installed in a main body of a stack guide according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4A to 4B, the main body 110 is formed with a plurality of spacing holes 111 spaced at regular intervals along the length thereof, and the guide unit 120 includes a plurality of spacing holes (Not shown) may be fixed to any one of the gap adjusting holes 111 selected from among the plurality of spacing adjusting holes 111, as shown in FIG.

Since the base end of the guide unit 120 can be fixed to the gap adjusting hole 111 of the main body 110 by adjusting the angle of rotation, The size of the space between the first and second electrodes 40 and 40 can be adjusted.

The coupling structure of the main body 110 and the guide unit 120 can be modified as shown in the drawing. For example, a plurality of spacing holes 111 may be formed in the main body 110, The entire length of the main body 110 can be adjusted by varying the length of the main body 110 along the interval adjusting holes 111. In addition, It may be modified so that it can be used correspondingly.

It is also possible to vary the size of the space A by adjusting the angle of the guide unit 120 by rotating the guide unit 120 with respect to the gap adjusting hole 104

FIGS. 5A and 5B are views showing a body and a guide unit assembled such that the overall length of the stack guide is shortened according to a modification of the embodiment. FIGS. 5C to 5D are views showing an entire length In which the main body and the guide unit are assembled.

5A to 5D, as a modified example of the first embodiment, a slot 112 is formed in the main body 110 along the longitudinal direction, and the guide unit 120 is mounted on the slot 112 . One end of the guide unit 120 may be in contact with the uppermost end of the banknote 500 loaded on the push plate 40 and the other side of the guide unit 120 may be in contact with the slot of the main body 110. [ Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > 112 < / RTI >

That is, the slot 112 of the main body 110 extends in the longitudinal direction at the rotation end of the main body 110, and the guide unit 120 is slidably moved in the slot 112 via the fixing member 123 It can be fixed at an angle. The fixing member 123 may be a conventional screw bolt, and the guide unit 120 may be formed with a screw groove into which a screw bolt is screwed.

The guide unit 120 is slidably fixed at a specific position of the slot 112 through the screw bolt while being slidable along the slot 112 of the main body 110. However, The unit 120 may be variously modified and applied within a range satisfying a technical idea capable of being inclined at a predetermined angle while being moved in the carrying direction of the paper money 500. [

Hereinafter, the operation of the stack guide according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The main body 110 is rotated downward at the center of rotation and the banknotes 500, the depositing roller 21 and the stacking roller 22 are overlapped with each other to deposit banknotes 500 500 are brought into the push plate 40 located in the stack space along the guide surfaces of the main body 110.

As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, when the banknote 500 is conveyed to the push plate 40 located in the stack space with the banknote 500 tilted to the left, the tip left portion of the banknote 500 tilts toward the main body 110 When the pushing force by the depositing roller 21 and the stacking roller 22 is applied to the paper money 500 in this state, the paper money 500 is held in contact with the guide unit 120 located on the left side of the paper money 500, The right end of the leading end contacts the guide unit 120 positioned on the right side of the main body 110 while generating a moment to rotate the main body 110 in the clockwise direction of the drawing and balanced alignment with respect to the leading end side of the paper money 500 can be achieved.

3A and 3B, when the banknote 500 is conveyed to the push plate 40 located in the stack space with the banknote 500 tilted to the right, the other end of the leading end of the banknote 500 tilts toward the main body When the pushing force by the depositing roller 21 and the stacking roller 22 is continuously applied to the paper money 500, the paper money 500 Is brought into contact with the guide unit 120 located on the left side of the main body 110 while a moment for rotating the counterclockwise direction of the drawing is generated and the overall alignment of the leading end side of the paper money 500 is balanced .

When the guide unit 120 presses the uppermost banknote 500 of the banknote 500 stacked on the push plate 40, the guide unit 120 is stacked on the push plate 40, The banknotes 500 are inserted into the uppermost banknotes 500 which are stacked on the push plate 40. The banknotes 500 are stacked on the uppermost banknote 500, So that it is not interfered with the motion band of FIG.

As described above, according to the present invention, the left and right sides of the paper money flows are aligned in a balanced manner through the pair of guide units, the alignment of the paper moneys can be maintained well, It is possible to sufficiently secure the stack space between the stacked space and the paper currency stacked in the stack space and to prevent the interference between the paper currency stacked in the stack space and the frictional load during stacking of banknotes.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the scope of the present invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. It will also be appreciated that many modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the present invention.

21: Deposit roller 22: Stack roller
22a: Day reorganization 24: Pinch roller
25: Deposit guide 40: Push plate
50: stack unit 100: stack guide
110: main body 111: interval adjusting hole
112: Slot 120: Guide unit
200: Stopper

Claims (7)

A stack guide for guiding the movement of banknotes to be carried into a stack space of a paper currency storage device,
A body rotatably installed in the paper money storage device and providing a guide surface for guiding a stack of paper money; And
And at least one guide unit protruding from a guide surface of the main body so as to be spaced apart in the same line perpendicular to the carrying direction of the banknotes and disposed on both sides of the main body,
Wherein the main body is provided with a plurality of spacing holes spaced apart from each other at regular intervals along a carrying direction of paper moneys, and the guide unit is fixed to one of the spacing holes selected from the plurality of spacing holes.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the guide unit includes a pair of guide pieces protruding from the main body toward the stack space, and a guide roller rotatably installed between the pair of guide pieces.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the guide unit is disposed symmetrically with respect to a widthwise center of the main body.
The method of claim 3,
Wherein the guide unit is symmetrically disposed.
The method according to claim 1,
The distance a1 between the pair of guide units disposed adjacent to each other among the plurality of guide units is smaller than half the width w of the paper money to be carried, Is smaller than half the width (w) of the paper money to be carried.
delete A stack guide for guiding the movement of banknotes to be carried into a stack space of a paper currency storage device,
A body rotatably installed in the paper money storage device and providing a guide surface for guiding a stack of paper money; And
And at least one guide unit protruding from a guide surface of the main body so as to be spaced apart in the same line perpendicular to the carrying direction of the banknotes and disposed on both sides of the main body,
Wherein a slot is formed in the main body so as to extend along a carrying direction of paper money and the guide unit is fixed at an inclined position at a specific position of the slot by a fixing member so that the entire length of the stack guide and the rotation angle of the guide unit are adjusted.

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