Banknote Pay-in Pay-out Device Temporary Retention Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing banknote pay-in/pay-out devices have a complex mechanism due to the use of a slidable partitioning plate in the pay-in/pay-out port section, which complicates the process of returning pay-in reject banknotes to users.
Innovation Solution
A banknote pay-in/pay-out device with a pay-in/pay-out port section that includes a classification section and a temporary retention section, where pay-in reject banknotes are temporarily stored before being returned to the pay-in/pay-out port section without the need for a slidable partitioning plate, allowing for a simpler mechanism.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a slidable partitioning plate is provided in the pay-in/pay-out port section to return pay-in reject banknotes, then the function of returning reject banknotes is achieved, but the mechanism complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the function of temporarily holding pay-in reject banknotes from the pay-in/pay-out port section by providing a separate temporary holding section. This separation eliminates the need for the slidable partitioning plate mechanism within the port section, thereby reducing mechanism complexity while maintaining the ability to return reject banknotes to users.
Solution Approach 2:
The temporary holding section acts as an intermediary between the classification section and the pay-in/pay-out port section. Reject banknotes are first conveyed to the temporary holding section, then subsequently returned to the port section via the conveyance path. This intermediary approach simplifies the port section mechanism by removing the need for direct manipulation of reject banknotes within the port section itself.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a slidable partitioning plate is used to enlarge the pay-out space, then pay-in reject banknotes can be returned to users, but the mechanism becomes more complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the slidable partitioning plate mechanism from the pay-in/pay-out port section entirely. Instead, the temporary holding section provides the necessary space for storing reject banknotes, and the conveyance path enables their return to users. This extraction of the partitioning plate function simplifies the overall mechanism while maintaining adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The conveyance path serves multiple functions: it conveys normal banknotes to the banknote storage box, conveys reject banknotes to the temporary holding section, and subsequently conveys reject banknotes back to the pay-in/pay-out port section for return to users. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for specialized mechanisms like the slidable partitioning plate.
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AI summary
A banknote pay-in/pay-out device and a banknote processing machine having a simpler pay-in/pay-out port section mechanism than hitherto. During paying in, out of banknotes inserted into a pay-in/pay-out port section, a pay-in reject banknote that has been determined to be unsuitable for paying in is conveyed to a sorting conveyance path, and temporarily retained in the sorting conveyance path. So doing enables, for example, the pay-in reject banknote to be temporarily retained in the sorting conveyance path until, for example, pay-in counting processing has been completed, with the pay-in reject banknote being replaced in the pay-in/pay-out port section to be returned to a user after the pay-in counting processing has been completed, without providing a partitioning plate to the pay-in/pay-out port section as hitherto.