JP2007217144A - Paper sheet taking-out mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paper sheet taking-out mechanism capable of reliably taking out bills accumulated in an accumulation part to the outside of the accumulation part irrespective of length in the transverse direction of the bill. <P>SOLUTION: This paper sheet taking-out mechanism allowing a hand arm 34 to enter the temporary accumulation part 6a for accumulating bills and receive the bill to take out the bill to the outside is provided with a main control part for deciding a position where the hand arm 34 entering the temporary accumulation part 6a stops its entering operation in accordance with an accumulation position of bills based on size of bill and stopping the entering operation of the hand arm 34 at the decided position. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a paper sheet take-out mechanism in which a take-out member enters a stacking unit in which paper sheets are stacked, receives the paper sheets, and takes out the paper sheets to the outside.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in banking institutions such as banks, banknote organizing apparatuses have been introduced that bundle and organize banknotes collected at the time of scrutiny and the like. A conventional banknote sorting apparatus sets a large number of banknotes mixed in denominations in an input section, conveys them one by one to a discrimination section, and performs discrimination such as denomination and damage, Based on the designation of damage, etc., it is accumulated in the temporary accumulating unit. When the number of accumulated items becomes constant, it is received by the bill clamp unit, taken out of the temporary accumulating unit and transferred to the sealing unit, and a binding material such as paper tape Are bundled and discharged.

  When the banknote clamp unit receives a banknote from the temporary stacking unit, the hand arm constituting the banknote clamp unit enters the temporary stacking unit by a predetermined amount from a direction parallel to the short side direction of the banknote and stops the entering operation. To do. At that position, the hand arm sandwiches the banknote, takes out the banknote from the temporary stacking unit to the outside of the temporary stacking unit, retracts from the inside of the temporary stacking unit to perform the banknote takeout operation, and further seals in a state where the banknote is pinched Move to the department.

Also, a paper sheet stacking apparatus that allows stacking of a plurality of types of paper sheets having different outer dimensions, wherein the position of the stacking guide member that guides stacking is changed according to the outer dimensions of the paper sheets. There is a paper stacking device provided with a position regulating means for aligning the stacking position (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 7-257805 A

  In the conventional banknote organizing apparatus, the amount of the hand arm that enters the temporary stacking unit from the direction parallel to the short direction of the banknote for taking out banknotes is constant, and the banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking unit Is urged toward the entrance side of the bill to be aligned. Since the banknotes distributed in Japan have a uniform length in the short direction of 76 mm, the handarm can reliably receive banknotes even if the amount of the handarm entering the temporary stacking unit is constant. did it.

  On the other hand, in recent years, banknote arrangement devices targeting overseas banknotes are desired as globalization, but the above-mentioned conventional banknotes are in countries where banknotes with different lengths in the short direction are distributed according to denominations etc. When the organizing device is used, if the length of the banknote of a denomination accumulated in the temporary stacking unit is shorter than the standard denomination banknote that the device supports, the hand unit is temporarily Even if it has entered the stacking unit, the entry operation of the hand unit is stopped before entering the length necessary for taking out the banknote, and the banknote may not be sandwiched. In such a case, banknotes could not be taken out from the temporary stacking unit.

  Conventionally, there is a device that changes the position of the stacking guide member that stacks and guides according to the outer dimensions of the paper sheets, but the amount of entry of the hand arm into the temporary stacking unit that sandwiches and removes the bill from the temporary stacking unit is changed. There was nothing.

  Therefore, in countries in which banknotes having different lengths in the short direction according to denominations and the like are distributed, there is a problem that the denominations of banknotes that can be processed by the banknote arranging device are limited.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the solution means provided in the present invention is such that the take-out member enters the stacking section where the paper sheets are stacked, receives the paper sheets, and takes out the paper sheets to the outside. In the paper sheet take-out mechanism, the position at which the take-out member that has entered the stacking unit stops the entry operation is determined according to the stacking position of the paper sheets based on the size of the paper sheets, and the determined Control means for performing control to stop the entry operation of the take-out member at a position is provided.

  According to the present invention, the control means determines the position at which the take-out member that has entered the stacking unit stops the entry operation according to the stacking position of the paper sheets based on the size of the paper sheets, and the determined position By performing the control to stop the entry operation of the take-out member, the take-out member can be made to enter the stacking unit by a length necessary for taking out the paper sheets from the stacking unit. As a result, the take-out member can reliably pinch the paper sheets regardless of the length in the short direction, and the paper sheets can be taken out from the stacking portion.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the element common to each drawing.

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the configuration of a temporary stacking unit and a bill removing mechanism according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the configuration of the banknote arranging device according to the first embodiment.

  In FIG. 2, a feeding part 13 for receiving a paper money as a bill into the banknote sorting apparatus 1 is formed in the upper part of the front of the banknote sorting apparatus 1. Is provided. In addition, a receiving roller pair 14 is provided in the banknote sorting apparatus 1 and in the vicinity of the input unit 13. The banknotes are set in the insertion unit 13 so that the short side is in the transport direction, and the banknotes set by rotating the feeding roller and the receiving roller 14 are sequentially fed from the lower side to the inside of the banknote sorting apparatus 1. And carry. In addition, about 500 banknotes can be set in the insertion unit 13.

  The banknote arranging device 1 is formed with a pre-recognition conveyance path 3a that sandwiches and conveys a banknote by a belt (not shown) following the input unit 13, and along the pre-recognition conveyance path 3a, the authenticity of the banknote, There is provided a discrimination unit 2 which is a recognition unit that performs discrimination and counting of seeds, damage, front and back, size, etc., detects conveyance abnormality, and transmits a discrimination result to a main control unit described later. In addition, the recognition back conveyance path 3b is formed in the back | latter stage of this discrimination part 2, and the front / back inversion part 4 which reverses the front and back of a banknote along this recognition back conveyance path 3b is provided. The front / back reversing unit 4 conveys the front and back banknotes as they are, and converts the front and back banknotes using the switchback method.

  On the upper surface of the banknote sorting apparatus 1, an open pocket 5 for stacking banknotes of denominations not to be bound is formed, and the banknotes stacked in the open pocket 5 can be directly accessed by an operator. The open pocket 5 is connected to an open pocket conveyance path 3c connected to the recognized rear conveyance path 3b.

  A reject pocket 8 for collecting reject banknotes that have been identified as having an unknown denomination by the discriminating section 2 or detected to have a conveyance abnormality is provided above the input section 13, and the banknotes stacked in the reject pocket 8 are also provided. The operator can directly access it. The reject pocket 8 is connected to a reject pocket conveyance path 3e connected to the pre-recognition conveyance path 3a. The pre-recognition conveyance path 3a and the recognition rear conveyance path 3b are connected by an upper horizontal conveyance path 3d.

  A lower horizontal conveyance path 3f connected to the recognition rear conveyance path 3b is formed in the lower part of the banknote sorting apparatus 1, and the lower horizontal conveyance path 3f is further connected to the lower vertical conveyance path 3g. A temporary stacking unit 6 as a stacking unit is provided in the lower vertical transport path 3g.

  In the present embodiment, the temporary stacking unit 6 is configured by arranging four temporary stacking units 6a to 6d in one vertical column according to denomination, and each temporary stacking unit 6a to 6d has a predetermined number of pieces, for example, In this embodiment, 100 banknotes can be stacked. Note that the number of temporary stacking units is not limited to four. Further, a sealing unit 10 for sealing the banknote is provided at a lower part of the temporary stacking unit 6. The sealing unit 10 includes a conveying unit composed of a roller and a belt, a binding tape using a paper tape, a printing unit, a supply unit that supplies the tape, and a cutter that cuts the tape into a predetermined length. And bundling means. In addition, the banknote arranging device 1 is provided downstream of the temporary stacking unit 6 so as to be movable between the temporary stacking unit 6 and the sealing unit 10, receives banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking unit 6, and receives the temporary stacking unit 6. A bill clamp portion 30 is provided that is taken out and transferred to the sealing portion 10.

  Moreover, the discharge port 11 which discharge | releases a banknote bundle to the apparatus exterior is formed in the front lower part of the banknote arrangement apparatus 1, and is connected by the sealing part 10 and the banknote bundle discharge | emission conveyance path 3h. A door (not shown) is provided on the front of the banknote sorting apparatus 1 and the operator can access the temporary stacking unit 6 by opening the door. Note that an operation display unit (not shown) is further provided at the upper front portion of the banknote sorting apparatus 1 so as to be positioned behind the open pocket 5. This operation display part is comprised by LCD and the touchscreen arrange | positioned on the surface, and an operator operates this operation display part, specification of a mode, the denomination of the banknote accumulate | stored in temporary stacking parts 6a-6d, stacking | stacking The order is set. The operation display unit also displays the denomination, correctness, and counting result of the banknotes identified by the discrimination unit 2.

  Each of the transport paths 3 includes a roller and a belt wound around the roller.

  Next, the configuration of the temporary accumulation unit 6 will be described. In FIG. 2, the temporary stacking unit 6 has the four temporary stacking units 6a to 6d arranged in the vertical direction as described above, and the lower vertical transport path 3g in the vicinity of each temporary stacking unit 6a to 6d A switching blade (not shown) that switches the bill conveyance direction is provided for each of the temporary stacking units 6a to 6d. Then, the banknotes are distributed to the respective temporary stacking units 6a to 6d by denomination by switching the switching blade. Since the temporary stacking units 6a to 6c have the same structure, the temporary stacking unit 6a will be described below as an example.

  1 and 2, the temporary stacking unit 6a is provided with a stacking plate 22 on which banknotes are stacked, and a stacking roller pair 41 (41a, 41b) is disposed between the stacking plate 22 and the switching blade (not shown). ) Is provided. And the banknote conveyed by switching of the switching blade from the lower vertical conveyance path 3g by the rotation of the accumulation roller pair 41 is stored in the temporary accumulation unit 6a.

  An accumulation short lever (not shown) is mounted coaxially with the accumulation roller 41a on the driving side of the accumulation roller pair 41. The center of rotation of the integrated short lever is eccentric, and the eccentric arm 29 is coupled to the integrated short lever by a rotatable link (not shown). Thereby, the eccentric arm portion 29 swings in the direction of the arrow AB according to the eccentric state of the integrated short lever.

  On the banknote entrance side of the temporary stacking unit 6a, that is, on the side opposite to the side on which the stacking roller pair 41 is provided, a shutter 25 that is a butting member is provided in a state of being rotatably supported by the shutter support member. ing. The shutter 25 serves to abut the stacked banknotes in the short direction, and opens and closes when the banknotes are transferred from the temporary stacking unit 6 to a banknote clamping unit described later.

  When the eccentric arm portion 29 is positioned most in the direction of arrow A and the gap between the eccentric arm portion 29 and the shutter 25 becomes the shortest, the gap is a short of the denomination banknotes accumulated in the temporary accumulation portion 6. The length in the hand direction is substantially the same. Therefore, the banknotes accumulated by the eccentric arm portion 29 and the shutter 25 can be sandwiched, and the short direction of the banknotes can be aligned.

  A slider 26 is provided below the shutter 25 to move the shutter 25 in the direction of arrow CD. A shutter detection sensor 27 that detects the shutter 25 when positioned at the initial position is provided above the shutter 25. That is, when the shutter 25 is positioned at the initial position, a signal transmitted from the shutter detection sensor 27 to a main control unit to be described later changes, whereby the main control unit recognizes that the shutter 25 is positioned at the initial position. The initial position is a position where the shutter 25 is positioned when the banknotes stacked in the stacking plate 22 have the maximum length in the short direction. The shutter 25 is further provided with a shutter opening / closing mechanism (not shown). When this shutter opening / closing mechanism operates, the shutter is opened and closed.

  A height sensor (not shown) that changes the output when a bill is detected is provided in the vicinity of the stacking plate 22. When the banknotes are stacked on the stacking plate 22, the banknotes reach the height sensor, and the signal transmitted from the height sensor to the main control unit changes, the main control unit uses the stacking height of the banknotes as a reference. Recognize that the value has been exceeded. Then, the main control unit lowers the stacking plate 22 to widen the space of the temporary stacking unit 6a. Note that this operation enables stable stacking even if the stacking height differs depending on the state of banknotes caused by wrinkles, creases, and the like.

  A presser plate 24 is provided above the stacking plate 22 so as to face the presser plate 24. The presser plate 24 stands by at the upper end of the temporary stacking unit 6 a during stacking of banknotes on the stacking plate 22 and is sequentially taken in. It doesn't get in the way of banknote entry. When a predetermined number of banknotes, for example, 100 banknotes, are stacked on the stacking plate 22 of the temporary stacking unit 6a, the main control unit operates a switching blade (not shown) to a posture that does not take in banknotes, and 101 sheets The banknotes after the first are controlled so as to be stacked in any one of the temporary stacking units 6b to 6d.

  In the temporary stacking unit 6a where the banknotes have stopped entering, the stacking plate 22 is raised and the presser plate 24 is lowered to hold the banknotes. With this operation, the thicknesses of banknotes having different stacking heights are made constant according to the state of banknotes such as a bag, so that delivery to a banknote clamping unit described later is facilitated.

  Since the temporary stacking units 6b to 6d have the same structure as that of the temporary stacking unit 6a, banknotes can be aligned, stacked, and sandwiched similarly to the temporary stacking unit 6a.

  Next, the structure of the banknote clamp part 30 is demonstrated. The banknote clamp part 30 includes a hand arm 34 that is a take-out member, a hand arm moving mechanism 31, and a vertical movement means (not shown). The hand arm 34 has clamp claws 33a and 33b that open and close in the vertical direction. is doing. The hand arm 34 is mounted on the hand arm moving mechanism 31. When the banknotes are clamped and pulled out from the temporary stacking units 6a to 6b by the clamp claws 33a and 33b, the hand arm moving mechanism temporarily stacks the hand arm 34. It extrudes with respect to the parts 6a-6b, and is moved to the position which can clamp 100 banknotes.

  The hand arm 34 and the hand arm moving mechanism 31 are moved up and down integrally between the temporary accumulating units 6a to 6d and between the temporary accumulating unit 6 and the sealing unit 10 by vertical movement means. Since the hand arm moving mechanism 31 needs to be fixed at this position while the hand arm 34 pulls out the banknote from the temporary stacking unit 6a, a rotatable stopper cam (not shown) is locked to the hand arm moving mechanism 31 and dropped. Is to prevent.

  In the path along which the hand arm 34 moves in the direction of the temporary accumulating unit 6, a hand arm detection sensor 36 that is a detecting means for detecting the sensor detecting unit 34 a of the hand arm 34 is provided in each of the temporary accumulating units 6 a, 6 b, 6 c, 6 d. It has been. That is, when the hand arm 34 moves in the direction of the temporary accumulating unit 6 and the sensor detection unit 34a of the hand arm 34 passes through the place where the hand arm detection sensor 36 is provided, the hand arm detection sensor 36 moves to the main control unit. And the transmitted signal changes.

  Note that the shutter 25 and the hand arm 34 constitute a paper money takeout mechanism 17 that is a paper takeout mechanism.

  Next, the control system of the banknote arranging apparatus 1 will be described. In addition, the control system of the location relevant to the operation | movement which collects a banknote on the temporary stacking part 6, and takes out a banknote from the temporary stacking part 6 with the banknote clamp mechanism 30 after that is demonstrated here. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a control system of the banknote arranging apparatus according to the first embodiment.

  In FIG. 3, the banknote sorting apparatus 1 is provided with a main control unit 35 which is a control means for controlling the banknote sorting apparatus 1 as a whole. The main control unit 35 includes a shutter detection sensor 27 and hand arm detection. The sensor 36, the first motor drive circuit unit 37, the second motor drive circuit unit 38, the third motor drive circuit unit 41, the fourth motor drive circuit unit 45, and the discrimination unit 2 are connected. ing. Further, the first motor drive circuit unit 37 is connected to the first motor 40 connected to the shutter opening / closing mechanism, and the second motor drive circuit unit 38 is connected to the second motor 47 connected to the slider 26. It is connected. The third motor drive mechanism 41 is connected to the third motor 42 connected to the hand arm moving mechanism, and the fourth motor drive circuit unit 45 is connected to the fourth motor 39 connected to the vertical movement mechanism. It is connected.

  When the first motor drive circuit unit 37 receives an instruction from the main control unit 35, the first motor 40 is driven to operate the shutter opening / closing mechanism, and the shutter 25 is opened or closed. Further, upon receiving an instruction from the main control unit 35, the second motor drive circuit unit 38 drives the second motor 47 to move the slider 26 in the direction of arrow CD. Further, upon receiving an instruction from the main control unit 35, the third motor drive circuit unit 41 drives the third motor 42 to move the hand arm moving mechanism 31 in the direction of arrow CD shown in FIG. Upon receiving an instruction from the main control unit 35, the fourth motor drive circuit unit 45 drives the fourth motor 39 to move the vertical movement mechanism in the direction of arrows EF shown in FIG. The arm 34 and the hand arm moving mechanism 31 are integrally moved in the direction of the arrow EF between the temporary stacking units 6a to 6d and between the temporary stacking unit 6 and the sealing unit 10.

  Each of the shutter detection sensor 27 and the hand arm detection sensor 36 includes a light emitting element and a light receiving element, and the light receiving element transmits a value corresponding to the amount of received light to the main control unit 35. The main control unit 35 compares the numerical value received as the amount of light received from the light receiving element with a predetermined value determined in advance. If the numerical value received as the amount of received light is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, the main control unit 35 is in the “bright” state. , And that the shutter 25 or the hand arm 34 does not exist at a position facing the hand arm detection sensor 36, while the main control unit 35 determines a numerical value received as the amount of light received from the light receiving element as a predetermined specified value. If the numerical value received as the amount of received light is less than the specified value, the light from the light emitting element is blocked by the shutter 25 or the hand arm 34, that is, in the “dark” state, that is, the shutter detection sensor 27 and the hand arm detection sensor 36, it is determined that the shutter 25 or the hand arm 34 exists. .

  Next, the operation | movement which binds the banknote of the banknote arrangement apparatus 1 in the said structure is demonstrated. 4, FIG. 5, FIG. 6, FIG. 7, and FIG. 8 are explanatory views showing the operation of the temporary stacking unit and the bill removing mechanism of the first embodiment. In this embodiment, the banknotes to be inserted are banknotes having different lengths in the short direction for each denomination, and the designated denomination binding mode for binding banknotes of the specified denomination is selected and the money to be bound is selected. It is assumed that the first denomination banknote and the second denomination banknote are specified as seeds. Further, it is assumed that the shutter 25 is positioned at the initial position, and the hand arm 34 is positioned at a position facing the sealing portion 10.

  In FIG. 2, the operator first sets a bill in which a plurality of denominations are mixed in the insertion unit 13 so that the short direction is the transport direction, and the count (not shown) arranged on the operation display unit (not shown). When the start button is pressed, the bills are taken in. As a result, the bills set on the bottom surface of the loading unit 13 and the receiving rollers 14 provided in the vicinity of the loading unit 13 are rotated and separated one by one from the lower side, and the bills are sequentially fed out. Transport to the inside of the apparatus 1. The banknotes taken into the inside are transported to the discrimination unit 2 by the pre-recognition transport path 3a, and the discrimination unit 2 performs discrimination of the authenticity, denomination, correctness, front / back, size, etc. of the banknotes and counts. Then, a conveyance abnormality is detected.

  As a result, banknotes that are not bundled are distinguished from banknotes of the first denomination and banknotes of the third denomination other than the banknote of the second denomination and banknotes of the fourth denomination. Abnormal transport such as bills that are transported and accumulated in the open pocket 5 by the upper horizontal transport path 3d, the recognition rear transport path 3b, and the open pocket transport path 3c, and are identified as counterfeit bills or denominations, and double feed Is detected and conveyed to the reject pocket 8 by the reject pocket conveying path 3e and accumulated. Banknotes discriminated from the first denomination banknote or the second denomination banknote with a genuine note are transferred to the front / back reversing unit 4 by the upper horizontal conveyance path 3d and the recognized rear conveyance path 3b regardless of the result of the discrimination of the damage. After being transported and aligned front and back by the front / back reversing unit 4, it is transported to the temporary stacking unit 6 by the lower horizontal transport path 3f and the lower vertical transport path 3g, and is one of the temporary stacking units 6a to 6d as described below. Is accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit.

  First, among banknotes of the first denomination or banknote of the second denomination, banknotes that are first conveyed to the discrimination unit 2 and whose denominations are determined are accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit 6a, and later the discrimination unit 2 The banknotes of the denominations thus conveyed are accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit 6b. That is, since the denomination of the banknote previously conveyed to the discrimination unit 2 is determined as the denomination accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit 6a, the denomination of the banknote accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit 6b is also uniquely determined. If the denomination of the banknote previously conveyed to the discrimination unit 2 is the first denomination, the banknote of the first denomination is accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit 6a, and the second denomination is accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit 6b. Will be accumulated.

  However, the operation display unit specifies in advance that the first denomination banknotes are stacked on one of the temporary stacking unit 6a and the temporary stacking unit 6b, and the second denomination banknotes are stacked on the other. In this case, banknotes are collected according to the designation.

  Therefore, the main control unit 35 uses the bill information transmitted from the discrimination unit 2 to stack the first denomination bill on the temporary stacking unit 6a, so that the gap between the eccentric arm unit 29 and the shutter 25 is Control is performed to move the shutter 25 so that the stacked banknotes are sandwiched and the distance between the banknotes is appropriate to align the short direction of the banknotes. That is, the main control unit 35 performs control to move the shutter 25 to a position that is determined based on the size of the banknote and that corresponds to the banknote stacking position.

  For this purpose, the main control unit 35 receives from the initial position of the shutter 25 determined in advance, “the banknotes accumulated in the temporary stacking unit 6 (this time, the first denomination banknote) in the short direction. And the difference between the banknote of the denomination having the longest length in the short direction and the length in the short direction "is calculated, and the value obtained from this calculation is moved from the initial position. Judge the amount.

  When the amount to move the shutter 25 is determined, the main control unit 35 transmits an instruction to move the shutter 25 by the calculated amount to the second motor drive circuit unit 38. In response to this instruction, as shown in FIG. 4, the second motor drive circuit unit 38 drives the second motor 47 to drive the slider 26, and the shutter 25 positioned at the initial position is moved to the main control unit 35. Is moved in the direction of the arrow C by the amount instructed from, whereupon the movement of the slider 26 is stopped and the movement of the shutter 25 is stopped. Further, the main control unit 35 stores the calculated movement amount of the shutter 25 in a storage unit (not shown).

  By moving the shutter 25 in this way, the bills inserted into the temporary stacking portion 6a can be sandwiched between the eccentric arm portion 29 and the shutter 25, and the short direction of the bills can be aligned. In this state, as shown in FIG. 5, the banknotes 16 start to be stacked in the temporary stacking unit 6 a, and the number of banknotes 16 stacked in the temporary stacking unit 6 a is a first counter (not shown) connected to the main control unit 35. It is counted with.

  Similarly, in the temporary stacking unit 6b, the amount by which the shutter 25 is moved from the initial position is calculated, and the movement operation of the shutter 25 is executed. Then, the accumulation of the bills 16 is started, and the number of the second denomination bills 16 accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit 6b is the second counter (not shown) connected to the main control unit 35 in the same manner as the temporary accumulation unit 6a. It is counted with.

  That is, every time one banknote is stacked in the temporary stacking units 6a and 6b, the main control unit 35 increments the values of the first counter and the second counter by “1”. When taking in of the banknotes 16 proceeds and the banknotes 16 stacked in the temporary stacking unit 6a reach 100 sheets, the stacking place of the denominated banknotes 16 is moved to the temporary stacking unit 6c, and the temporary stacking unit 6c from the 101st sheet. Is accumulated.

  Similarly, when the banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking unit 6b reach 100, they are stacked in the temporary stacking unit 6d from the 101st sheet. Needless to say, the number of bills stored in the temporary stacking units 6c and 6d is counted by a third counter (not shown) and a fourth counter (not shown) connected to the main control unit 35.

  And the banknote 16 of the temporary stacking part 6a which reached 100 sheets is clamped by the hand arm 34, is pulled out from the temporary stacking part 6a, and is sent to the sealing part 10. FIG.

  As a result, the temporary stacking unit 6a is in an empty state, so that when the number of stacked banknotes in the temporary stacking unit 6c or 6d newly reaches 100, the temporary stacking unit 6a can be switched to the empty stacking unit 6a. . At this time, the value of the first counter is cleared (the values of the second counter to the fourth counter are cleared even when the banknotes of the temporary stacking units 6b to 6d are extracted).

  Next, the operation of pulling out the banknote 16 of the temporary stacking unit 6a having reached 100 sheets from the temporary stacking unit 6a by the banknote clamp unit 30 and sending it to the sealing unit 10 will be described.

  In the temporary stacking unit 6a in which the banknote 16 has stopped entering, the main control unit 35 raises the stacking plate 22 and lowers the holding plate 24 to hold the banknote 16 of the first denomination as shown in FIG. . By this operation, the thickness of banknotes with different stacking heights is made constant according to the state of banknotes such as bags, and delivery to the hand arm 34 is facilitated.

  Since the shutter 25 is moved according to the length of the banknote in the short direction, it is necessary to change the stop position of the hand arm 34 accordingly. Accordingly, the main control unit 35 calculates the amount by which the hand arm 34 is further moved from the position where the hand arm detection sensor 36 has detected the hand arm 34 when the hand arm 34 is moved, that is, the position at which the entry operation is stopped. For this reason, the main control unit 35 determines in advance from the position where the hand arm detection sensor 36 detects the hand arm 34, “in order to sandwich the banknote having the longest length in the short direction among the stacked banknotes. The hand arm 34 is moved in the direction of the arrow C by the value obtained by adding “the amount that the hand arm 34 should move further according to the position at which the shutter 25 is stopped” to “the amount by which the hand arm 34 moves”. Stop operation.

  The amount of movement of the hand arm 34 from the hand arm detection sensor 36 in accordance with the position where the shutter 25 is stopped this time is based on the amount of movement of the shutter 25 stored in the storage unit from the initial position. calculate.

  When the amount by which the hand arm 34 is moved from the hand arm detection sensor 36 is determined, the main control unit 35 instructs the fourth motor drive circuit unit 45 to move the hand arm 34 to a position corresponding to the temporary stacking unit 6a. Send. In response to this instruction, the fourth motor drive circuit unit 45 drives the vertical movement means via the fourth motor 39, and the vertical movement means supports the hand arm 34 together with the hand arm moving mechanism 31 to the temporary accumulating unit 6a. When the hand arm 34 is raised to a predetermined position, the raising operation is stopped, and at the same time, the stopper cam is rotated and locked to the hand arm transfer mechanism 31.

  As a result, the hand arm moving mechanism 31 is fixed at a position corresponding to the temporary stacking unit 6a. In this state, the hand arm moving mechanism 31 opens the clamp claws 33a and 33b of the hand arm 34 in the vertical direction to clamp 100 bills. Prepare to do. Here, the main control unit 35 transmits an instruction to move the hand arm 34 to the third motor drive circuit unit 41. In response to this instruction, the third motor drive circuit unit 41 moves the hand arm moving mechanism 31 in the direction of arrow C via the third motor 42. As a result of this movement, the hand arm 34 also moves in the direction of arrow C, the sensor detection unit 34a of the hand arm 34 reaches the hand arm detection sensor 36, and the output transmitted from the hand arm detection sensor 36 to the main control unit 35. Is changed, the main control unit 35 further transmits an instruction to move the hand arm 34 from the position by the calculated value to the third motor drive circuit unit 41. In response to this instruction, the third motor drive circuit unit 41 moves the hand arm moving mechanism in the direction of arrow C by the instructed amount via the third motor 42.

  By moving the hand arm 34 in this way, as shown in FIG. 7, the hand arm 34 enters the temporary stacking unit 6a through the gap formed in the shutter 25 and the opening of the temporary stacking unit 6a.

  The clamp claws 33a and 33b of the hand arm 34 thus pushed out are inserted into the opening of the temporary accumulating portion 6a and stop moving when moved by the indicated amount. In this way, the main control unit 35 performs control to stop the hand arm 34 that has entered the temporary stacking unit 6a at a position that is determined based on the size of the banknote and that corresponds to the banknote stacking position.

  At this position, the banknote 16 sandwiched between the stacking plate 22 and the pressing plate 24 is sandwiched and held from above and below. Next, when the stacking plate 22 and the holding plate 24 are opened by the instruction of the main control unit 35 to release the holding of the banknotes by both, 100 banknotes are thus handed over to the hand arm 34.

  Subsequently, the main control unit 35 transmits an instruction to open the shutter 25 to the first motor drive circuit unit 37 in order to open the shutter 25. In response to this instruction, the first motor drive circuit unit 37 drives the first motor 40 connected to the shutter opening / closing mechanism to operate the shutter opening / closing mechanism, and is supported by the shutter support member 46 as shown in FIG. The shutter 25 being turned is turned to the open state.

  Subsequently, the main control unit 35 transmits an instruction to return the hand arm 34 to the initial position to the third motor drive circuit unit 41. In response to this instruction, the third motor drive circuit unit 41 drives the third motor 42 in the reverse direction to move the hand arm moving mechanism 31 in the direction of arrow D, and clamps the bill 16 with the clamp claws 33a and 33b. The hand arm 34 in the state is pulled back.

  When the hand arm 34 is pulled back to the initial position, a stopper cam (not shown) that is locked to the hand arm moving mechanism 31 is rotated to release the lock, and the main controller 35 is connected to the fourth motor drive circuit. An instruction to move the hand arm 34 to the sealing unit 10 is transmitted to the unit 45. In response to this instruction, the fourth motor drive circuit unit 45 drives the fourth motor 39 to drive the vertical movement means, and the hand arm moving mechanism 31 is moved to the lowest end of the moving path together with the hand arm 34 holding the bill 16. It moves to the sealing part 10 located in. Then, the hand arm 34 delivers the banknote held by the clamp claws 33 a and 33 b to the sealing unit 10.

  In the sealing unit 10, a transport unit (not shown) receives 100 banknotes 16 from the hand arm 34 and transports them to the binding position. Then, the tape supply means supplies the tape to the bundling means, and at that time, the printing means prints the denominations of banknotes to be bound to the tape via the ink ribbon. The printed tape is cut to a predetermined length with a cutter, and the cut tape is wrapped around 100 bills conveyed to the bundling position by the bundling means to form a bundle of bills. The banknote bundle made in this way is further transported by the transport means, sent to the discharge port 11, and discharged out of the banknote organizing apparatus 1.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, the main control unit 35 determines the position at which the hand arm 34 that has entered the temporary stacking unit 6 stops the entry operation according to the stacking position of the bills 16 based on the size of the bills 16. Then, by performing control to stop the entry operation of the hand arm 34 at the determined position, the hand arm 34 is caused to enter the temporary stacking unit 6 by a length necessary for taking out the banknote 16 from the temporary stacking unit 6. Can do. As a result, the hand arm 34 can reliably pinch the banknote 16 regardless of the length in the short direction, and the banknote 16 can be taken out from the temporary stacking unit 6. Therefore, even in countries where banknotes with different lengths in the short direction are distributed, the banknote organizing apparatus 1 can process banknotes of all denominations.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The banknote sorting apparatus according to the second embodiment is different from the banknote sorting apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment in that a hand arm detection sensor 36 is provided in the shutter 25, and the hand arm detection sensor 36 moves in conjunction with the movement of the shutter 25. This is the point. Since the hand arm detection sensor 36 is provided in the shutter 25, the hand arm detection sensor 36 moves together with the shutter 25 that moves according to the length of the banknote in the short direction, and thus is accumulated in the temporary stacking unit 6. The position at which the hand arm 34 stops the entry operation in order to hold the banknote being held is constant from the position where the hand arm detection sensor 36 detects the hand arm 34 regardless of the length of the banknote in the short direction. Accordingly, the main control unit 35 only needs to calculate the distance for moving the shutter 25 from the initial position in order to know the position at which the hand arm 34 stops the entry operation.

  Since the configuration and operation other than those described above are the same as those in the first embodiment, description thereof will be omitted.

  As described above, in the second embodiment of the present invention, when the hand arm 34 entering the temporary stacking unit 6 is detected by the shutter 25 and the hand arm 34 is detected, the main control unit 35 is informed of the main control unit 35. By providing the hand arm detection sensor 35 that transmits information used to stop the entry operation of the hand arm 34, the same effect as in the first embodiment is obtained, and only the distance that the shutter 25 moves from the initial position is provided. If it calculates, since the calculation for calculating the position which moves the hand arm 34 becomes unnecessary, a program can be simplified compared with the banknote arrangement device 1 of Example 1.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the temporary stacking part of Example 1, and a banknote taking-out mechanism. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the banknote arrangement apparatus of Example 1. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the control system of the banknote arrangement apparatus of Example 1. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of the temporary stacking part and banknote taking-out mechanism of Example 1. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of the temporary stacking part and banknote taking-out mechanism of Example 1. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of the temporary stacking part and banknote taking-out mechanism of Example 1. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of the temporary stacking part and banknote taking-out mechanism of Example 1. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of the temporary stacking part and banknote taking-out mechanism of Example 1. FIG.

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6 Temporary Accumulation Unit 16 Banknote 17 Bill Removal Mechanism 25 Shutter 34 Hand Arm 35 Main Control Unit 36 Hand Arm Detection Sensor

Claims (3)

In the paper sheet take-out mechanism, the take-out member enters the stacking unit where the paper sheets are stacked, receives the paper sheets, and takes out the paper sheets to the outside.
The position at which the take-out member that has entered the stacking unit stops the entry operation is determined according to the stacking position of the paper sheets based on the size of the paper sheets, and the pick-up member enters at the determined position. A paper sheet take-out mechanism comprising a control means for performing control to stop the operation.   Abutting members for paper sheets to be loaded into the stacking unit are movably provided, and the control means determines a position at which the butting members are disposed according to a stacking position of the paper sheets, The paper sheet takeout mechanism according to claim 1, wherein control is performed to move the abutting member to the determined position.   When the abutting member detects the take-out member entering the inside of the stacking unit and detects the take-out member, the control means causes the control means to stop the entry operation of the take-out member. The paper sheet takeout mechanism according to claim 2, further comprising a detection unit that transmits information to be used.

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