This application is a national stage entry under 35 U.S.C. §371 of International Application No. PCT/CN2013/088497, filed Dec. 4, 2013, which claims the benefit of CN Application 201210524559.5, filed Dec. 7, 2012. The entire contents of International Application No. PCT/CN2013/088497 and CN Application 201210524559.5 are incorporated herein by reference.
The invention relates to a bill recycling mechanism.
Self-service terminal equipment is generally provided with a bill outlet and a bill recycling mechanism. For example, an automatic teller machine is provided with a banknote outlet and a banknote recycling mechanism, a banknote is conveyed to the banknote outlet for a user to take, and if the user does not take the banknote after a preset time, the banknote recycling mechanism recovers the banknote into a recycling box for storage; an automatic ticket vending machine is provided with a ticket outlet and a ticket recycling mechanism, a ticket is conveyed to the ticket outlet for the user to take, and if the user does not take the ticket after a preset time, the ticket recycling mechanism recovers the ticket into a recycling box for storage; and self-service check processing equipment arranged in a bank hall is provided with a check outlet, a check is conveyed to a check outlet for the user to take after being processed, and if the user does not take the check after a preset time, a check recycling mechanism recovers the check into a recycling box for storage.
Chinese patent CN200420094380.1 discloses a banknote recycling mechanism, and as shown in
When the motor 5′ drives the worm gear-worm set 3′ to drive the rocker 4′ to rotate to a first set position, the roller 41′ of the rocker 4′ supports the base 7′, the base 7′ lifts the bracket 2′, and then banknotes can be received on the banknote stacking plate 6′; and when the motor 5′ drives the worm gear-worm set 3′ to drive the rocker 4′ to rotate to a second set position, the roller 41′ of the rocker 4′ is separated from the base 7′, the bracket 2′ rotates to a position communicated with a recycling box (not shown in
During the recycling of the banknote recycling mechanism, the banknotes can be conveyed into the recycling box by lifting the base 7′ and driving the conveying belt to move, which causes the problems of multiple operation steps and low recycling speed.
The invention is intended to provide a bill recycling mechanism capable of rapidly recovering bills.
To this end, the invention provides a bill recycling mechanism, which comprises: a box body, provided with a bill outlet; a bill tray, comprising a first door and a second door, which are oppositely arranged, and used for receiving and guiding bills to the bill outlet; and a double door driving assembly, used for driving the first door and the second door to be opened or closed, wherein the first door and the second door are pivotally opened and pivoted into a bill storage space below the first door and the second door.
Furthermore, the double door driving assembly comprises a transmission shaft, and a first worm and a second worm, which are axially arranged on the transmission shaft, wherein a first worm gear which forms a first worm gear-worm set with the first worm is arranged on a hinge of the first door, a second worm gear which forms a second worm gear-worm set with the second worm is arranged on a hinge of the second door, and a turning direction of the first worm is opposite to a turning direction of the second worm.
Furthermore, the double door driving assembly further comprises a gear fixedly connected with the transmission shaft and a motor in transmission connection with the gear.
Furthermore, the bill tray is obliquely arranged, the double door driving assembly is positioned on an upper end side of the bill tray, and a lower end side of the bill tray is communicated with the bill outlet.
Furthermore, the bill tray is provided with a first stopping side plate arranged on the first door and a second stopping side plate arranged on the second door.
Furthermore, the box body further comprises a baffle plate on the side, close to the bill outlet, of the bill tray, wherein a gate sliding way is formed between the baffle plate and the bill outlet, and a gate which opens and closes the bill outlet is arranged along the gate sliding way.
Furthermore, the gate sliding way is a curved sliding way, the gate is a curved gate, and the bill outlet includes an outer opening formed in a panel of the box body, a passage wall extending inwards from four sides of the outer opening and an inner opening formed in the tail end of the passage wall and closed by the curved gate.
Furthermore, the bill recycling mechanism further comprises a detection component which is arranged on the bill tray and used for detecting the bills.
Furthermore, the bill recycling mechanism further comprises a rotating shaft arranged above the bill tray, a impeller arranged on the rotating shaft and used for stirring the bills, and a impeller driving assembly in transmission connection with the rotating shaft.
Furthermore, the bill storage space is formed by a box body with an opening, and the first door and second door of the bill tray are used for closing the opening of the box body.
According to the bill recycling mechanism provided by the invention, the bills directly fall into the bill storage space below the double doors when the double doors are opened, so that a bill recycling speed is increased; and furthermore, the first door and the second door are driven by the worm gear-worm sets, and can be self-locked, and an illegal person cannot press the first door or the second door to open the double doors to take the bills recovered in the box body, so that the bill recycling mechanism provided by the invention is high in safety.
Besides the purpose, characteristics and advantages described above, the invention has other purposes, characteristics and advantages, which are further described with the drawings in detail.
The drawings forming a part of the specification and used for further understanding the invention show preferred embodiments of the invention, and are adopted to describe the principle of the invention together with the specification. In the drawings:
1. bill tray; 2. double door driving assembly;
3. detection component; 4. impeller assembly;
81. front wall;
82. left wall; 83. right wall;
84. rear wall; 85. bottom plate;
811. panel; 812. baffle plate;
812
a. paper retaining part; 842. perpendicular part;
841. inclined part; 11. first door;
12. second door; 113. first stopping side plate;
111. first hinge; 112. second hinge;
121. third hinge; 122. fourth hinge;
123. second stopping side plate; 21. motor;
22. gear; 23. transmission shaft;
24. first worm gear-worm set; 25. second worm gear-worm set;
211. motor gear; 241. first worm;
242. first worm gear; 251. second worm;
252. second worm gear; 41. impeller;
42. rotating shaft; 43. driving gear;
5. gate assembly; 811a. left sidewall;
811
b. upper sidewall; 811c. lower sidewall;
51. gate; 52. pivoting shaft; and
53. gate driving assembly.
The embodiment of the invention is described below with reference to the drawings in detail, but the invention can be implemented by various modes defined and covered by claims.
The box body comprises a front wall 81, a left wall 82, a right wall 83, a rear wall 84 and a bottom plate 85, wherein the left wall 82 and the right wall 83 are oppositely arranged in parallel and at a preset distance along a width direction of the box body; the front wall 81 and the rear wall 84 are oppositely arranged at a preset distance along a length direction of the box body; the bottom plate 85 is positioned below the front wall 81, the left wall 82, the right wall 83 and the rear wall 84, and is perpendicularly and fixedly connected with the front wall 81, the left wall 82, the right wall 83 and the rear wall 84; the front wall 81, the left wall 82, the right wall 83, the rear wall 84 and the bottom plate 85 form a storage space with an upper opening together; and bills enter the storage space in a direction (as shown by arrows in
The bill tray 1 is positioned between the inclined part 841 of the rear wall 84 and the paper retaining part 812a of the baffle plate 812, and is used for receiving and guiding the bills to the bill outlet A. The bill tray 1 includes a first door 11 and a second door 12, which are oppositely arranged to form side-by-side doors, wherein the first door 11 and the second door 12 are arranged in parallel between the left wall 82 and the right wall 83 along the width direction of the box body, both extend along a direction perpendicular to the paper retaining part 812a of the box body, and are arranged between the paper retaining part 812a of the box body and the inclined part 841 of the rear wall 84 in a way that front parts are lower and rear parts are higher.
Wherein, the sum of a width of the first door 11 and a width of the second door 12 is adapted to a width of the storage space (i.e. a distance between the left wall 82 and the right wall 83). Preferably, each of the width of the first door 11 and the width of the second door 12 is adapted to a half of the width of the storage space. A first hinge 111 (see
When the first door 11 and the second door 12 are both at the closed positions, the first door 11 and the second door 12 are jointed in parallel and positioned above the bottom plate 85, and form a closed storage space for bill recycling together with the left wall 82, the right wall 83, the baffle plate 812 of the front wall 81, the rear wall 84 and the bottom plate 85; and when the first door 11 and the second door 12 are both at the open positions, the first door 11 and the second door 12 are deflected into the storage space for bill recycling, a top of the storage space for bill recycling is open, and the bills can enter the storage space. Preferably, the first door 11 and the second door 12 are both L-shaped, wherein a first stopping side plate 113 is arranged on the first door 11, a second stopping side plate 123 is arranged on the second door 12, and the first stopping side plate 113 and the second stopping side plate 123 are oppositely arranged, and form a box body with an upper opening and capable of receiving the bills together with the baffle plate 812 of the front wall 81 and the inclined part 841 of the rear wall 84.
The double door driving assembly 2 comprises a motor 21, a gear 22, a transmission shaft 23, a first worm gear-worm set 24 and a second worm gear-worm set 25. Wherein, the motor 21 is fixedly arranged on the box body, and a motor gear 211 is fixedly arranged on an output shaft of the motor 21; the transmission shaft 23 is supported by the left wall 82 and right wall 83 of the box body, and can freely rotate around its own axis; and the gear 22 is fixed on the transmission shaft 23, is meshed with the motor gear 211, and can drive the transmission shaft 23 to rotate around its axis through the motor gear 211 and the gear 22 when the output shaft of the motor 21 rotates.
The first worm gear-worm set 24 is used for driving the first door 11 to rotate between the open position and the closed position, and includes a first worm 241 and a first worm gear 242, wherein the first worm 241 is fixedly arranged at the end, close to the first door 11, of the transmission shaft 23, the first worm gear 242 is fixedly arranged on the first hinge 111 of the first door 11, and the first worm 241 is meshed with the first worm gear 242; and the second worm gear-worm set 25 is used for driving the second door 12 to rotate between the open position and the closed position, and includes a second worm 251 and a second worm gear 252, wherein the second worm 251 is fixedly arranged at the end, close to the second door 12, of the transmission shaft 23, a turning direction of a helix of the second worm 251 is opposite to a turning direction of a helix of the first worm 241, the second worm gear 252 is fixedly arranged on the third hinge 121 of the second door 12, and the second worm 251 is meshed with the second worm gear 252.
When the motor 21 drives the transmission shaft 23 to rotate around its own axis along a set direction, the first worm 241 and the second worm 251, which are fixedly arranged on the transmission shaft 23, synchronously rotate along with the transmission shaft 23, the first worm 241 drives the first worm gear 242 meshed with the first worm 241 and the first hinge 111 to rotate around an axis of the first hinge 111 along the set direction to make the first door 11 synchronously rotate along the set direction along with the first hinge 111, and the second worm 251 drives the second worm gear 252 meshed with the second worm 251 and the third hinge 121 to rotate around an axis of the third hinge 121 along a direction opposite to the set direction to make the second door 12 synchronously rotate along the direction opposite to the set direction along with the third hinge 121, that is, the second door 12 synchronously rotates in an opposite direction relative to the first door 11, and is at the open position or the closed position synchronously with the first door 11.
The detection component 3 is arranged on the bill tray 1, and is used for detecting whether there are bills on the bill tray 1 or not. Preferably, the detection component 3 is positioned at the end, close to the bill outlet A, of the bill tray 1. The detection component 3 may be a photoelectric sensor as well as a mechanical sensor, and in the embodiment, the detection component 3 is a photoelectric sensor, is arranged on the side, close to the second door 12, of the first door 11, outputs a first detection signal such as a low level when there are bills on the bill tray 1, and outputs a second detection signal such as a high level when there are no bills on the bill tray 1.
A working process of the bill recycling mechanism provided by the invention is introduced below.
In an initial state, the first door 11 and the second door 12 are all at the closed positions, the bills fall on the bill tray 1 when the bills are conveyed into the storage space from a part above the rear part of the bill recycling mechanism, and under the action of gravity, front ends of the bills contact with the paper retaining part 812a of the baffle plate 812 for a user to take away from the bill outlet A.
A controller (not shown in the figures) of the bill recycling mechanism detects an output signal of the detection component 3 after a preset time, if the detection component 3 outputs the first detection signal, it is indicated that there are bills on the bill tray 1, that is, the bills stored on the first door 11 and the second door 12 have not been taken, as shown in
Then, the controller controls the motor 21 to rotate along the direction opposite to the set direction to drive the first door 11 and the second door 12 to synchronously rotate to the closed positions in opposite directions along a direction for withdrawal from the storage space to close the recovered bill storage space through the motor gear 211, the gear 22, the transmission shaft 23, the first worm gear-worm set 24 and the second worm gear-worm set 25.
The double doors of the bill recycling mechanism provided by the invention are driven by the worm gears and the worms to rotate to the open positions, and then the bills fall into the box body under the action its own gravity. Compared with the prior art, the bill recycling mechanism provided by the invention has the advantages that the bills directly fall into the box body when the double doors are opened, so that the bill recycling speed is increased; in addition, a bill recycling function can be realized by only one motor, so that the cost of the bill recycling mechanism is lowered; and furthermore, the first door and the second door are both connected with the worm gears, worm gear-worm transmission has a self-locking property, and an illegal person cannot press the first door or the second door to open the double doors to take the bills recovered in the box body, so that the bill recycling mechanism provided by the invention is high in safety.
The impeller assembly 4 comprises at least one impeller 41, a rotating shaft 42 and a impeller driving assembly, wherein the rotating shaft 42 is supported by the left wall 82 and right wall 83 of the box body, is positioned above the bill tray 1, is arranged in the centre along a length direction of the bill tray 1, and can freely rotate around its own axis; the impeller driving assembly comprises a driving gear 43 and a motor (not shown in
According to the embodiment, the impellers are arranged, and when bills falling in the bill recycling mechanism are different in length, the impellers rotate to drive the bills to move and align front ends of the bills, and the front ends of the bills can also be aligned when the bills fall in the recovered bill storage space, so that the bills can be orderly recovered.
Specifically, an outer opening A1 is formed in the panel 811, and a left sidewall 811a, a right sidewall (not shown in
The gate assembly 5 comprises a gate 51, a pivoting shaft 52 and a gate driving assembly 53, wherein the gate 51 is shaped into a circular surface, the shape of the circular surface is matched with the shape of the inner opening B of the panel 811, the gate 51 is pivoted to the left wall 82 and right wall 83 of the box body through the pivoting shaft 52, and can rotate around the pivoting shaft 52 to open or close the inner opening B; and the gate driving assembly 53 is used for driving the gate 51 to rotate around the pivoting shaft 52, and contents of this part are less associated with the invention, and will not be repeated here.
A working process of the bill recycling mechanism provided by the embodiment is introduced below.
In an initial state, the first door 11 and the second door 12 are all at the closed positions, and the inner opening B is closed by the gate 51.
When the bills are conveyed into the storage space from the part above the rear part of the bill recycling mechanism one by one, the bills are stacked on the first door 11 and the second door 12, and after the bills are stacked, the controller controls the gate driving assembly 53 to drive the gate 51 to open the inner opening B for the user to take the stacked bills through the bill outlet. The controller (not shown in
According to the embodiment, the gate is arranged at the opening of the bill recycling mechanism, multiple bills can be taken or recovered at one time after being stacked.
The above is only the preferred embodiment of the invention and not intended to limit the invention, and for those skilled in the art, the invention can have various modifications and variations. Any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements and the like within the spirit and principle of the invention shall fall within the scope of protection of the invention.
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