JP2003327340A - Sheet discharging device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sheet discharging device equipped with a means to continue its operation without stopping even in the event of jamming. <P>SOLUTION: The sheet discharging device is equipped with a housing chamber to house the sheets of paper, etc., and a separating mechanism installed in the chamber for feeding the sheets separately one by one, wherein the housing chamber is furnished with a jamming sheet removing device fitted with removing rollers to remove the sheet(s) having caused a jam inside the separating mechanism. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper sheet discharging device for feeding and discharging stored paper sheets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An example of a conventional paper sheet discharging device will be described below by taking a bill dispensing machine as an example. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a conventional banknote dispensing machine, FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing its storage box, and FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing its transport path. In FIG. 6, 1 is a banknote dispensing machine.

Reference numeral 2 designates a storage box, which is provided in a plurality in a detachable manner, and paper money P as paper sheets is a denomination such as a 1,000 yen ticket, a 2,000 yen ticket, a 5,000 yen ticket, or a 10,000 yen ticket. Each storage 2
It is stored in. Reference numeral 3 denotes a separating mechanism, which is provided at the delivery port of the storage case 2 and has a function of separating and delivering the banknote P one by one.

Reference numeral 4 is a discriminating section, which is a counterfeit, genuine, and defective of the banknote P fed from the storage 2 and conveyed by the conveying path 5a.
The denomination, the conveyance abnormality, and the like are discriminated, and the discriminated bills P are counted. Reference numeral 6 denotes a dispensing port, which stacks the banknotes P that are discriminated from genuine bills by the discriminating unit 4 and conveyed by the conveying path 5b and deliver them to a customer or the like. Reference numeral 7 denotes a reject storage, which accumulates reject banknotes that are discriminated by the discrimination unit 4 as forgery bills, damaged bills, conveyance abnormalities, and the like and cannot be used for withdrawal conveyed by the conveying path 5c. The banknotes P that the customer has forgotten to pick up after being collected in are transported by the transport path 5d and collected.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a switching blade, which is provided with an actuator (not shown), and determines the conveyance direction of the bill P conveyed from the discrimination section 4 based on the discrimination result in the discrimination section 4 to the conveyance path 5b or the conveyance path 5c. Switch to the direction. In FIG. 7, reference numeral 11 denotes a pickup roller, which is provided in the vicinity of the delivery port of the storage case 2 and is provided with a stage 12 of the storage case 2 having a pressing means such as a spring (not shown), and the uppermost banknote P of the banknotes P is always stored. The bill P is pressed.

Further, the pickup roller 11 is provided with a friction member 13 made of rubber or the like on a part of the outer periphery thereof, and the shaft 11a.
It is supported by and is configured to be able to rotate forward and backward. 1
Reference numeral 4 denotes a feed roller, which is provided at the delivery port of the storage case 2 and is supported by the shaft 14a so as to be rotatable in the forward and reverse directions. In addition, on a part of the outer circumference of the feed roller 14,
A friction member 13 similar to the pickup roller 11 may be provided.

A reverse roller 15 is provided so as to face the feed roller 14, is supported by a shaft 15a, and is configured to be rotatable only in the direction of pushing the bill P back to the storage 2. The above-mentioned pickup roller 11, feed roller 14, and reverse roller 15 constitute the separating mechanism 3.

In FIG. 8, reference numeral 21 is a conveying roller,
The carrier shaft 22 is rotatably supported in the forward and reverse directions. Two
Reference numeral 3 denotes a conveyor belt, which is stretched around a pair of conveyor rollers 21 arranged at positions facing each other. The conveyor belt 23 hung around the pair of conveyor rollers 21 and the conveyor belt 23 hung around the other pair of conveyor rollers 21 are shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), the conveyance paths 5a are arranged so as to face each other, and a conveyance path 5a for nipping and conveying the banknote P is formed on the conveyance surface formed at the opposed portion.

The other transport paths 5b, 5c and 5d have the same structure. Reference numeral 24 denotes a conveyance monitoring sensor, which is an optical sensor or the like that is provided in the space between the conveyance belts 23 so that the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit face each other and detects passage of the banknote P by blocking the received light. In addition, the control unit of the banknote dispensing machine 1 (not shown) detects an unpassed banknote by monitoring the arrival time from the predetermined portion upstream in the transport direction to the passing signal of the transport monitoring sensor 24 by the transport monitoring sensor 24. Transport monitoring control is performed.

The operation of the conventional paper money dispenser having such a structure for separating and carrying the paper money P will be described with reference to FIG. At the time of standby, the bill P is pressed by the pickup roller 11 as shown in FIG. Banknote P
When feeding the paper to the transport path 5a, the pickup roller 11
And the feed roller 14 are rotated in the direction shown in FIG. 9B, and the uppermost banknote P pressed by the pickup roller 11 is carried in the direction of the feed roller 14 by the frictional force of the friction member 13 of the pickup roller 11, The sheet is nipped between the feed roller 14 and the reverse roller 15 facing the feed roller 14 and fed out to the transport path 5a.

At this time, the reverse roller 15 is stopped because it cannot rotate in the feeding direction, and when a plurality of bills P are carried by the pickup roller 11, the bill P on the reverse roller 15 side is conveyed. By the frictional force of the reverse roller 15, all the bills P other than the bill P contacting the feed roller 14 are stopped, and only the uppermost bill P is delivered to the transport path 5a.

The banknote P delivered to the transport path 5a is shown in FIG.
As shown in (c), it is transported by the transport path 5a. At this time, the bill P conveyed is confirmed to pass by the conveyance monitoring sensor 24 shown in FIG. Banknote P in succession
When it is necessary to pay out, the next banknote P is paid out as in the case of FIG. 9 (b) as shown in FIG. 9 (d).

In this way, the required number of sheets are separated from the storage case 2 by the separating mechanism 3 and fed out, and conveyed by the conveying path 5a. When a trouble such as a jam occurs during the separation, feeding, and conveyance of the banknote P, for example, when a jam occurs during the separation of the banknote P, the banknote P is caught by the feed roller 14 or the like as shown in FIG. Therefore, the control unit (not shown) detects the unpassed banknotes by the conveyance monitoring control, determines that a jam has occurred, and performs the operation stop process of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine.

Further, when a banknote P accumulated due to a jam occurs in the middle of the transport path 5a or the like, the control section detects the unpassed banknote by the transport monitoring control similarly to the above, and judges that a jam occurs and the banknote is determined. Perform processing to stop the operation of the deposit / withdrawal machine. Note that bills that are conveyed at an angle, bills that are bent by jam, bills that are broken, bills that are folded, etc. can be conveyed, but bills that will cause jams after that (hereinafter, jams will be generated). The defective banknotes including the defective banknotes) are detected by the discriminating unit 4 to switch the switching blades 8, transported in the direction of the transport path 5c, and accumulated in the reject box 7.

[0015]

However, in the conventional technique described above, when a jam occurs,
Immediately after that, since the operation stop processing of the banknote dispensing machine is performed,
There is a problem that the operating efficiency of the device is reduced. The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides a means for continuing the operation of a paper sheet discharging device without stopping the operation of the paper sheet discharging device due to a jam. With the goal.

[0016]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a storage box for storing paper sheets and a paper sheet provided in the storage box for separating and feeding out the paper sheets one by one. In the paper sheet discharging device including a mechanism, a removing roller that removes a paper sheet that has caused an obstacle in the separating mechanism is provided in the storage box.

Further, in a paper sheet discharging device provided with a storage box for storing paper sheets and a transport path for transporting the paper sheets delivered from the storage box, the removal for recovering the removed paper sheets. A paper sheet collection box is provided, and a forward direction conveyance path, a removal conveyance path that branches from the forward direction conveyance path and connects to the removed paper sheets collection box, and the branch section are provided in the middle of the conveyance path. A removal guide is provided so that its leading end is retracted from the transport surface of the forward transport path, and a removal guide for guiding the paper sheets to the removal transport path is provided.

[0018]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of a paper sheet discharging apparatus having an obstacle paper sheet removing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In addition, each embodiment described below will be described by taking a bill dispensing machine as a paper sheet discharging device as an example.

First Embodiment Example FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a first embodiment of the present invention. The same parts as those in the above-mentioned conventional example are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. Reference numeral 31 is a removed banknote collection box as a removed paper sheet collection box, which is provided adjacent to the storage box 2 and collects and stacks the jammed banknotes P by the separating mechanism 3.

Reference numeral 32 denotes a removing roller which is provided near the pick-up roller 11 on the side of the removed banknote collection box 31 and whose eccentric center of rotation is supported by the shaft 32a so that the banknote P is delivered to the removed banknote collection box 31. It is configured to be rotatable only. Further, the removal roller 32 is provided with a friction member 33 similar to the pickup roller 11 on a part of its outer periphery, and is installed so as to maintain a predetermined distance from the uppermost banknote P of the storage case 2 when the rotation is stopped. There is.

Reference numeral 34 denotes an insertion detection sensor, which is provided in the vicinity of the insertion opening of the removed bill collecting box 31 with a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion opposed to each other, and is an optical type for detecting the insertion of the bill P by blocking the received light. Etc. sensors. The operation of the above configuration will be described. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of removing obstructed banknotes at the time of separation.

In FIG. 2A, as in the case shown in FIG. 10, a jam occurs when the banknote P is separated, and the obstructed banknote is separated by the separating mechanism 3.
It shows a state in which the feed roller 14 and the like are clogged.
At this time, the removing roller 32 is stopped at a predetermined position.
When the jam is determined by the conveyance monitoring control, the controller moves the feed roller 14, the reverse roller 15, and the pickup roller 11 in the direction shown in FIG. Rotate.

Further, the removing roller 32 is used for the removed bill collecting box 3
1 is rotated in the direction in which the obstructed banknote is fed out, and in cooperation with each roller of the separation mechanism 3, the obstructed banknote is put into the removed banknote collection box 31 as shown in FIG. 2C. At this time, the closing detection sensor 3
When 4 detects that obstructed banknotes have been collected, the removal roller 32 stops at a predetermined position, the operation of the banknote dispensing machine 1 is restarted as shown in FIG. Are separated and delivered to the transport path 5a, and the normal operation is performed.

As described above, in the present embodiment,
When a jam occurs in the separating mechanism when ejecting the banknotes in the storage, the removing roller cooperates with each roller of the separating mechanism to immediately and automatically recover the defective banknotes to the removed banknote collecting box. The operation of the banknote dispensing machine can be continued by preventing the operation from being stopped due to a jam. In addition to this, the removal roller has an eccentric center of rotation and is positioned with a gap from the uppermost banknote, which enables smooth separation operation without disturbing the separation operation of the separation mechanism during normal operation. The circumferential speed when the friction member of the roller rubs the obstructed bill becomes faster than the circumferential speed of the pickup roller, and wrinkles of the obstructed bill can be corrected to smoothly collect the obstructed bill.

Further, since the insertion detection sensor for detecting the insertion of the defective bill into the removed bill collecting box is provided, the reliability of the collection of the defective bill can be guaranteed. It should be noted that the insertion detection sensor may be omitted, and the removal roller may be rotated for a predetermined time during removal of the obstructed banknote to ensure recovery of the obstructed banknote. As a result, it is possible to simplify the banknote dispensing machine having the obstruction banknote removing device.

Second Embodiment Example FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a branch portion thereof. The same parts as those in the above-mentioned conventional example are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 41 denotes a removal conveyance path, which connects a branching part 42 provided in the middle of the conveyance path 5a and a reject storage 7 as a storage banknote storage.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 51 denotes a forward-direction transport path, which is a transport path provided for transporting the banknote P in the original transport direction, and to the transport rollers 53a and 53b provided on the transport shafts 52a and 52b. The two conveyor belts 54a and 54b that are suspended are arranged at intervals so as to sandwich only both ends of the banknote P. The removal conveyance path 41 is arranged such that a wide conveyance belt 44a is stretched over a pair of conveyance rollers 43, and is opposed to a conveyance belt 44b stretched over another pair of conveyance rollers 43. The extension section 41a extending to the conveyance surface of the forward direction conveyance path 51 is provided on the upstream side in the obstruction banknote conveyance direction, and the conveyance roller 43 of the extension section 41a includes the forward direction conveyance path 51. Is provided on the transport shaft 52a on the side of the removal transport path 41.

Reference numeral 55 denotes a removal guide, which is provided at the branch portion 42 of the forward transport path 51 and the removal transport path 41, and the tip 55a of the removal guide 4 is removed from the transport surface of the forward transport path 51.
It is located on the first side, that is, at a position retracted from the transport surface of the forward transport path 51, and the leading end portion is provided to be inclined in the transport direction of the banknote P shown in FIG. It has a function.

The operation of the above configuration will be described. Figure 5
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of removing obstructed banknotes during transportation. The banknote P shown in FIG. 5 (a) is folded and shortened in the lengthwise direction of the banknote P due to a jam or other causes at the time of separation or transportation, but the banknote P is transported by the transportation path 5a without being jammed. It shows the state of being.

When the obstructed bill reaches the branching section 42 by the conveyance path 5a, the friction of the conveyance belt 44a of the removal conveyance path 41 is caused between the conveyance belts 54a and 54b which are arranged so as to sandwich only both ends of the bill P. Collapsed by force,
The obstructed bill is not delivered to the forward transport path 51 but is guided to the transport belt 44a of the removal transport path 41, as shown in FIG.
The state shown in (b) is reached, and the extended portion 41a of the removal conveyance path 41 is further guided in the direction of the removal guide 55 by the frictional force between the extension section 41a and the conveyance belt 44a. It is pinched.

It should be noted that one end of the obstructed bill has a conveyor belt 54
Even if it is sandwiched by either a or 54b, the width of the conveyor belt 44a is much wider than the width of the conveyor belts 54a or 54b, so that the frictional force forcibly guides it toward the removal guide 55. And the transport belt 44a,
It is sandwiched between 44b. After that, the obstructed bill is conveyed by the removal conveyance path 41, is thrown into the reject store 7 through the input port of the reject store 7, and is collected.

Note that the normally conveyed bill P is delivered from the conveying path 5a to the forward conveying path 51, and its both ends are sandwiched by the forward conveying path 51 as shown in FIG. Be transported. As described above, in the present embodiment, the jammed banknotes that have caused an abnormality that causes a jam during transportation are automatically collected by the removal guide and the removal transportation path to the removed banknote collection box, and thus jammed. It is possible to continue the operation of the banknote dispensing machine without stopping the operation and stopping the operation.

Further, by simplifying the banknote dispensing machine having the banknote removing device, the banknotes can be automatically branched and conveyed without using a switching blade having a drive mechanism such as an actuator. Can be achieved. Furthermore, by locating the removal guide at a position retracted from the transport surface of the forward transport path, it is possible to obtain the effect that the normal transport operation is not hindered.

Further, since the reject bank for collecting rejected banknotes is also used as the removed banknote storage box, it is not necessary to newly provide a removed banknote storage box, and the banknote dispensing machine having the obstacle banknote removing device can be simplified. be able to. It should be noted that an insertion detection sensor similar to that of the first embodiment may be provided in the vicinity of the insertion slot of the banknote P of the reject box 7 as the removed banknote storage box. As a result, it is possible to guarantee the certainty of collecting the obstructed banknotes.

The transport roller 43 of the extension section 41a is
The branch portion 42 may be configured by providing another transport shaft at a position adjacent to the transport shaft 52a between the transport shafts 52a and 52b of the forward transport path 51. Furthermore,
A plurality of branch portions may be provided not only in the middle of the transport path 5a but also in the middle of other transport paths.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the case where the present invention is applied to the banknote dispensing machine has been described. However, a depositing portion may be additionally provided to this to function as a banknote dispensing machine. . In this case, the obstruction paper sheet removing device of the present invention may be provided also in the separating mechanism of the bill deposit opening and the conveying path. The paper sheets to which the present invention is applied include tickets such as train tickets and commuter tickets, airline tickets, ship boarding tickets, event admission tickets and lottery tickets, sports promotion lottery tickets, betting tickets, car tickets, and ship tickets. Tickets and other lottery items, gift certificates, checks and other cash vouchers, etc. are included, and the paper sheet ejection device includes an ejection device for feeding and ejecting each of the paper sheets.

[0037]

As described above, the present invention automatically removes obstructed banknotes such as jams, thereby preventing the operation stop due to the obstructed banknotes and continuously operating the sheet ejecting apparatus. The effect that it can be achieved is obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of removing obstructed banknotes during separation according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a branching portion of the second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of removing obstructed banknotes during transportation according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a conventional banknote dispensing machine.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a conventional storage case.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing a conventional conveyance path.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a conventional separating / conveying operation.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a conventional jammed state at the time of separation.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 banknote dispensing machine 2 storage 3 Separation mechanism 4 Discrimination Department 5a-5d transport path 6 Withdrawal port 7 reject warehouse 8 switching blades 11 Pickup roller 11a, 14a, 15a, 32a axes 12 stages 13, 33 Friction member 14 Feed roller 15 Reverse roller 21 Conveyor roller 22 Transport shaft 23 Conveyor belt 24 Transport monitoring sensor 31 removed bill collection 32 removal roller 34 Input detection sensor 41 Removal transport path 41a extension part 42 Branch 43, 53a, 53b Conveying rollers Transport belts 44a, 44b, 54a, 54b 51 Forward transport path 52a, 52b Transport shaft 55 Removal Guide 55a tip

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A paper sheet discharging device comprising a storage box for storing paper sheets, and a separating mechanism provided in the storage box for separating and feeding out the paper sheets one by one. A paper sheet discharging device comprising a removing roller for removing a paper sheet that has failed in the separating mechanism. 2. The removal paper sheet collection container for collecting the removed paper sheets is provided on the opposite side of the delivery port of the storage container, and the removal roller collects the removal paper sheets. A paper sheet discharging device, which is rotatable only in a direction in which the paper sheet is delivered to the storage. 3. The removing roller according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the removing roller has an eccentric center of rotation and is arranged in the vicinity of a pickup roller of the separating mechanism. A paper sheet discharging device characterized by being installed at intervals. 4. A paper sheet discharging device comprising a storage box for storing paper sheets and a transport path for transporting paper sheets fed from the storage box, for removing the removed paper sheets. A paper sheet collection box is provided, and in the middle of the conveyance path, a forward direction conveyance path, a removal conveyance path that branches from the forward direction conveyance path and connects to the removed paper sheet collection box, and the branch section are provided. And a removal guide for leading the paper sheet to the removal transportation path, the leading end of which is positioned so as to be retracted from the transportation surface of the forward transportation path. 5. The paper sheet discharging device according to claim 1, further comprising a loading detection sensor provided near an entrance of the removed paper sheet collecting box.