Banknote storing/feeding unit

Abstract

An object of the invention is to provide a banknote storing/feeding unit which is capable of effectively utilizing winding spaces of a drum and a reel, to increase the number of banknotes to be stored. The banknote storing/feeding unit includes the drum which winds and rewinds a banknote together with a tape, and the reel which winds and rewinds the tape on and from the drum. A guide body swinging according to winding and rewinding of the tape and the banknote on and from the drum is provided between the drum and the reel. The guide body has a guide passage that guides the tape and the banknote to be wound and rewound on the drum. The guide body swings centering on a supporting point located within a region parallel to a virtual line connecting a rotational center of the drum and a rotational center of the reel.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A banknote storing/feeding unit which stores a banknote transported from the outside, and feeds the stored banknote to the outside, comprising:
 a tape;   a drum which one end of the tape is attached to, and which winds and unwinds the banknote together with the tape;   a guide body which has a contact roller that contacts the banknote wound on the drum, which guides the tape to be wound on and unwound from the drum, and, which swings according to winding and unwinding of the tape and the banknote.   
     
     
         2 . The banknote storing/feeding unit according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the contact rollers contact the downstream side in the winding direction from the contact point of the tape wound on the drum.   
     
     
         3 . The banknote storing/feeding unit according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the tapes are two, which are wound with a space in the axial direction of the drum, and the contact rollers contact the banknote between the two tapes.   
     
     
         4 . The banknote storing/feeding unit according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the tapes are two, which are wound with a space in the axial direction of the drum, and the contact rollers contact the banknote at the positions outward of the two tapes.   
     
     
         5 . The banknote storing/feeding unit according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 the contact rollers have a first contact roller which is brought into contact with the banknote wound on the drum when the outer diameter in a wound state in which a wound amount of the tapes and the banknotes on the drum is less than a predetermined amount is smaller than a predetermined outer diameter, and a second contact roller which is brought into contact with the banknote wound on the drum when the outer diameter in a wound state in which a wound amount of the tapes and the banknotes on the drum is greater than a predetermined amount is larger than the predetermined outer diameter.   
     
     
         6 . The banknote storing/feeding unit according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the contact roller is brought into contact with the banknote wound on the drum when the outer diameter in a wound state in which a wound amount of the tapes and the banknotes on the drum is less than a predetermined amount is smaller than a predetermined outer diameter, and   the guide body has a contact member which is brought into contact with the banknote wound on the drum when the outer diameter in a wound state in which a wound amount of the tapes and the banknotes on the drum is greater than a predetermined amount is larger than the predetermined outer diameter.   
     
     
         7 . The banknote storing/feeding unit according to  claim 1 , comprising:
 a reel which another end of the tape is attached to, and winds and rewinds the tape on and from the drum, wherein the guide body swings between the drum and the reel.   
     
     
         8 . The banknote storing/feeding unit according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the guide body comprises a guide passage that guides the banknote to be wound and rewound together with the tape on and from the drum.