JP2000259891A - Paper sheet carrying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paper sheet carrying device capable of orderly positioning paper sheets inside a receiving part even when the paper sheets are carried at high speed and dissolving the bending and clogging of the paper sheets. SOLUTION: This device is provided with a feed blade 20 for transferring the rear end of a carried paper sheet in a horizontal direction toward the side of the receiving part 6 of the paper sheet, the receiving part 6 for supporting the paper sheet transferred by the feed blade 20 and a stopper 6a provided on the back part of the receiving part 6 for positioning the paper sheet transferred from the feed blade. The feed blade 20 is constituted of a bendable material provided with elasticity. A control part 21 for bending the feed blade 20 so as to position the paper sheet on the entrance side of the receiving part 6 by the feed blade 20 which feeds the paper sheet into the receiving part 6 is provided. The feed blade 20 which feeds the paper sheet into the receiving part 6 is bent by the control part 21 and the paper sheet sprung back by the stopper 6a is prevented from jumping out of the receiving part 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper sheet transporting device used for storing banknotes in a banknote processing device such as a ticket issuing machine, and more particularly, to folding a paper sheet such as a banknote. The present invention relates to a device that can be aligned and accommodated accurately without any trouble.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Banknote handling machines, such as ticketing machines, vending machines, and ATMs, which sell meal tickets and other tickets, sort and store bills inserted into the machines according to their types. In a banknote handling machine, for example, a bill is taken out of a storage unit such as a 1,000-yen bill or a 5,000-yen bill and paid out as change, or simply stored as a 10,000-yen bill until collected from the device. Then, different processing is performed on the stored banknotes according to their types.

FIG. 3 shows an example of such a bill processing apparatus, which is described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 8-225181. The bill processing device 30 includes an identification unit 31, a reject unit 32, a temporary holding / discharging unit 33, a 1,000-yen bill storage unit 34, a 1,000-yen bill and a 5,000-yen bill dispensing unit 3 from top to bottom.
A 5,000-yen bill storage section 36 and a 10,000-yen bill storage section 37 are provided.

[0004] The identification unit 31 performs the authenticity determination and the denomination of the bill inserted through the bill insertion unit 38. The reject unit 32 receives a banknote that has caused an error in the determination of two sheets by switching by the switching unit 40 and stores the banknote.

[0005] The temporary holding / discharging section 33 inputs bills as change from a 1,000-yen bill / 5,000-yen bill paying-out section 35 and holds the bills. Then, after all the bills as change have been collected, all the reserved bills are output from the fishing bill exit 39 at the same time.

The 1,000-yen bill storage section 34 stores a 1,000-yen bill, the 5,000-yen bill storage section 36 stores a 5,000-yen bill, and the 10,000-yen bill storage section 37 stores a 10,000-yen bill. The 5,000-yen bill storage section 36 and the 10,000-yen bill storage section 37 are provided with springs for giving elasticity so as to push up the stored bills upward.

[0007] The 1,000 yen bill / 5,000 yen bill payout unit 35 is
The 1000-yen bill input by the switching operation of 2 is stored in the 1000-yen bill storage unit 34, and the 5,000-yen bill input by the switching operation of the switching unit 43 is stored in the 5,000-yen bill storage unit 36. The 1,000-yen bill / 5,000-yen bill dispensing section 35 switches the 1,000-yen bill and the 5,000-yen bill stored in the 1,000-yen bill storage section 34 and the 5,000-yen bill storage section 36 to the switching sections 41, 42, 43. , And selectively output to the temporary holding / discharging unit 33.

In such a banknote handling apparatus, a paper sheet transporting apparatus is used to store inputted banknotes by type. In this case, the configuration of the banknote transport device to be employed differs depending on whether the stored banknotes are paid out of the storage unit as change or simply stored in the storage unit. For example, in the apparatus shown in FIG. 3, a 1,000-yen bill and a 5,000-yen bill are used as change, and a transporting apparatus for this purpose has a configuration capable of paying out bills taken into a storage unit. Since the bill is not used as change, a device that can be simply stored in the storage unit without paying out is adopted.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show an example of a conventionally known sheet conveying apparatus which does not require such dispensing. In the figure, reference numerals 1 and 2 denote two belts for sandwiching and transporting the bill S inserted into the bill processing apparatus, and these belts 1 and 2 are provided with guide rollers 3a to 3a.
The banknote S guided by d, 4a to 4d and conveyed downward from above is inverted, further vertically conveyed from below upward, and then horizontally sent out toward the 10,000-yen bill storage unit 37 side. Are arranged as follows. This belt 1,
Numeral 2 is narrower than the width of the paper sheet (card) to be conveyed, and the paper money S is conveyed with both sides protruding from the side edge of the belt. The guide roller 3a on the upper part of the belt 1 stretched in the vertical direction has six sheet feeding blades 5 coaxial therewith.
Has been fixed. The feed blade 5 is made of a bendable synthetic resin, and is provided integrally with a side portion of the guide roller 3 a so as to be inside the width of the bill S protruding from the belt 1. Further, the length of the blade is longer than the outer circumference of the guide roller 3 a so that the tip of the blade enters the storage portion 37.

The 10,000-yen bill storage section 37 passes from above through a hollow box-shaped member having the bill receiving section 6, the stopper section 7 and the stacking section 8, and passes through the bill receiving section 6 and the stopper section 7. It is constituted by a holding arm 9 that moves up and down. The bill receiving portion 6 is arranged to face the exit portions of the two belts 1 and 2 and holds the bills S sent from the belts 1 and 2 one by one. Therefore, the banknote S has a width and thickness slightly wider than the banknote S, and a positioning stopper 6a is provided at the leading end side of the fed banknote S. An opening through which the presser arm 9 passes is provided above and below, and both edges of the bill S are supported by the edge of the lower opening (the upper surface of the stopper portion).
The stopper portion 7 locks both sides of the banknotes S stacked in the stacking portion 8 therebelow. A bottom plate 11 urged upward by a spring 10 is provided at the bottom of the stacking unit 8, and the bills S stacked on the bottom plate are
And in the state of being held down by the edge of the stopper portion 7,
It is stored in the storage section 37. Further, a cutout portion serving as a relief portion 8a of the feed blade 5 that has entered the storage portion 37 is provided in a portion of the stacking portion 8 that faces the feed blade 5.

In the prior art having such a configuration, when the bill S conveyed while being sandwiched between the two belts 1 and 2 reaches the guide roller 3a, the tip of the bill S is rotated by the rotating feed blade 5. Between the bills and the bill S
While passing through a, the feed blade 5 located at a position facing the bill S is bent by being pushed by the bill S. When the bill S passes through the guide roller 3a, the feed blade 5 located behind the bill S has no bill S to press it, so that it protrudes radially with its elasticity and comes into contact with the rear end of the bill S. Then, after the bill S is separated from the belts 1 and 2 and the driving force from the belt is lost, the feed blade 5 pushes the rear end of the bill S to feed the bill S into the receiving unit 6. At this time, since the leading end of the feed blade 5 is long, the feed blade 5 can enter the receiving portion 6 and feed the bill S until it hits the stopper 6a. FIG. 4 shows a state in which the feed blade 5 presses the rear end of the bill S, and the next bill S has not reached the feed blade 5.

After being sent into the receiving portion 6, the stopper 6a
As shown in FIG. 6, the banknote S positioned by
It is pressed downward by the holding arm 9 descending from above, and is fed into the lower stacking section 8 through the stopper section 7 having a reduced width. The holding arm 9 moves up after stacking the bill S on the top of another bill already stored. Then, the bottom plate 11 is raised by the spring 10, and the banknotes S stacked on the bottom plate are sandwiched between the bottom plate 11 and the stopper portion 7.

[0013]

By the way, in the prior art having the above-mentioned structure, bills are not stored neatly in the storage section 37 for the following reasons, and a paper jam (clogging of bills) occurs. There was a fear. That is, this type of device is required to process bills at a speed as high as possible, and it is also desired to improve the speed at which bills are transported. However, when the banknotes are conveyed at a high speed, the banknotes S sent to the receiving unit 6 rebound to the guide rollers due to the impact hitting the stopper 6a. As shown in FIG. 7, the repelled bill S is pressed downward by the force of the feed blade 5 and further moves in an arc shape.
At the end of the guide roller. When the bills S are drawn to the guide roller side, the bills S cannot be stored in the stacking unit 8, and the bills S may be bent. As shown in FIG. 8, the folded bill S protrudes from the opening of the stopper portion 7 to prevent the next bill S from being transported,
This was the cause of paper jams.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible for a sheet to rebound to a guide roller even when a sheet such as a bill is conveyed at a high speed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a paper sheet transporting apparatus which is appropriately positioned in a receiving section and can eliminate jamming of paper sheets.

[0015]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 transfers a rear end of a conveyed paper sheet in a horizontal direction toward a paper receiving section side. A feed blade, a receiving portion for supporting the paper sheet transferred by the feed blade, and a stopper provided at the back of the receiving portion for positioning the paper sheet transferred from the feed blade, the feed blade comprising: A restricting portion that bends the feed blade is provided so that the feed blade, which is made of a material having bendable elasticity and feeds the sheet into the receiving portion, positions the sheet at the entrance side of the receiving portion. It is characterized by being.

According to the first aspect of the present invention having the above-described structure, the feed blade that has fed the paper sheet into the receiving section is bent by the restricting section, and the paper sheet rebounded by the stopper is prevented from jumping out of the receiving section. Therefore, even if the sheet is conveyed at a high speed, the sheet can be positioned neatly in the receiving section, and the bent or jammed sheet is eliminated.

Further, according to the present invention, a box-shaped stacking section for storing paper sheets in an overlapped state under the paper sheet receiving section, and an upper portion of the paper sheets stored in the stacking section. Is provided, and the regulating portion of the feed blade is provided using a part of the side wall facing the feed blade of the stacking portion.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since a part of the side wall of the stacking portion, for example, the upper edge portion, provided near the feed blade, can be used as it is as the regulating portion. There is no need to provide a regulating unit, and the configuration of the device is simplified.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a side view of a paper sheet transporting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the paper transporting apparatus. I do.

(1) Configuration of Embodiment As shown in the figure, in this embodiment, three feed blades 20 are provided radially coaxially with the guide roller 3a. The feed blade 20 is longer than the conventional feed blade so that the bill S can be prevented from jumping out of the receiving portion 6 when bent. Further, in the present embodiment, when the feed blade 20 is bent, each of the feed blades 2 does not come into contact with the next adjacent feed blade.
The interval of 0 is widened, so that the number of the feed blades 20 is smaller than that of the prior art six.

In the vicinity of the feed blade 20, the feed blade 2
When the rotation of the banknote 0 further from the position at which the banknote is fed into the receiving section 6, a regulating section 21 is provided which abuts against the root portion of the sending blade 20 and bends the sending blade 20 in a direction to close the entrance of the receiving section. ing. In the present embodiment, the restricting portion 21 is provided using a part of the side wall of the box-shaped stacking portion 8 facing the feed blade, specifically, the upper edge of the side wall as it is.

(2) Operation of the Embodiment In the sheet transporting apparatus of the present embodiment having such a configuration, when the bill S sent to the belts 1 and 2 reaches the feed blade 20, the trailing end of the bill S Feed blade 20 located in the section
And the bill S is sent into the receiving section 6. When the feed blade 20 that has sent the bill continues to rotate further,
The root portion of the blade comes into contact with the restricting portion 21, and the feed blade 20 is bent by the rotational force so that the tip is directed upward, and the bent portion closes the entrance portion of the receiving portion 6.
As a result, even if the bill S sent into the receiving unit 6 hits the stopper 6a at the back and rebounds, the bill S is received by the feed blade 20 closing the entrance and does not jump out of the receiving unit 6.

In this manner, the pressing arm 9 descending from above the bill S in a state where the front and rear positioning is performed by the rear stopper 6a and the feed blade 20 on the entrance side.
, And is fed into the lower stacking section 8 through the stopper section 7 having a reduced width. The holding arm 9 moves up after stacking the bill S on the top of another bill already stored. Then, the bottom plate 11 is raised by the spring 10, and the banknotes S stacked on the bottom plate are sandwiched between the bottom plate 11 and the stopper portion 7.

As described above, according to the paper sheet transporting apparatus of the present embodiment, it is possible to prevent the bill from jumping out by using the feed blade for transporting the bill as it is, and even if the bill is transported at a high speed. The banknotes S can be positioned neatly in the receiving section 6. As a result, even when the bill is pressed by the pressing arm 9 from above, the disadvantage that the bill is bent or protrudes from the stacking unit 8 to cause a paper jam is eliminated.

In particular, in order to prevent bills from jumping out of the entrance of the receiving section, it is necessary to close the entrance of the receiving section immediately after the bill enters the receiving section in the conventional technique. If a member for closing the door is separately provided, not only does the structure of the apparatus become complicated, but also it becomes extremely difficult to open and close the inlet at high speed and with high reliability. However, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to perform positioning on the inlet side by using the feed blade that has sent the bills to the receiving unit as it is, and furthermore, the operation for causing the feed blade to perform positioning is also performed in the vicinity of the regulating unit. Can be realized by a simple means of merely bending the blade.

(3) Other Embodiments The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but also includes the following other embodiments. (1) The restricting portion is provided at a position other than the upper edge of the side wall of the collecting portion, for example, a protruding restricting portion is provided on a part of the side wall, or a bracket or the like is provided near the guide roller separately from the collecting portion. A regulation part is provided in the part. (2) The number of feed blades can be changed within a range in which the number of feed blades, such as two or four, is bent so that the feed blades do not come into contact with other adjacent feed blades. (3) Instead of disposing the feed blade below the bill to be transported in the horizontal direction, it may be provided above the bill, in the embodiment of FIG. 1, coaxially with the upper guide roller 4a. In this case, the regulating portion is provided above the receiving portion, and closes the entrance of the receiving portion with the tip of the feed spring facing downward. (4) The configuration of the storage unit is not limited to the one shown in the drawing, and may be of a type in which bills are lifted and stacked above the receiving unit, or may be further separated from the receiving unit using a roller or the like without using a holding arm. The sheet may be transported to a stacking unit at another location. (5) In addition to the banknote storage device, it can be incorporated in other paper sheet processing devices such as labels and tickets.

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention, the paper sheet is prevented from jumping out of the receiving portion despite the simple structure of providing the restricting portion for bending the feed blade near the receiving portion. In addition, it is possible to provide a paper sheet transport device that is free from bent paper sheets and paper jams due to the bending.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of a paper sheet transport device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the paper sheet transport device of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating an example of a bill processing device incorporating the paper sheet transport device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a conventional paper sheet transport device.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a conventional paper sheet transport device.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a sheet stacking operation in a conventional sheet transport device.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing a state in which bills are rebounded in the conventional paper sheet transport device.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a state in which a banknote is bent in a conventional paper sheet transport device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 2 ... Belt 3a-3d, 4a-4d ... Guide roller 5 ... Feed blade 6a ... Stopper 6 ... Banknote receiving part 7 ... Stopper part 8 ... Stacking part 8a ... Escape part 9 ... Pressing arm 10 ... Spring 11 ... Bottom plate 20 … Feeding blade 21… Regulator

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A feed blade for transferring a rear end of a conveyed paper sheet in a horizontal direction toward a receiving section side of the paper sheet, a receiving section for supporting the paper sheet transferred by the feed blade, and this receiving section A stopper provided at the back of the section for positioning the sheet transferred from the feed blade, wherein the feed blade is made of a material having elasticity that can be bent, and the sheet fed into the receiving section. A sheet transport device, characterized in that a regulating portion for bending the feed blade is provided so that the blade positions the sheet at the entrance side of the receiving section. 2. A box-shaped stacking unit for storing paper sheets in an overlapped state and a stopper unit for holding an upper part of the paper sheets stored in the stacking unit are provided below the paper sheet receiving unit. ,
The sheet conveying device according to claim 1, wherein the regulating portion of the feed blade is provided using a part of a side wall of the stacking portion facing the feed blade.