JP2010039905A - Ballot paper delivery machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ballot paper delivery machine for facilitating work for counting ballot paper remaining inside. <P>SOLUTION: The ballot paper delivery machine includes: a feeding and conveying part 14 for conveying ballot paper P loaded in a loading part 13; a detecting part 15 for detecting the currently conveyed ballot paper; an outside machine feeding part 38 for feeding ballot paper P ejectably, the single conveyance of which is detected; a reject storing part 39 for storing ballot paper P, the double conveyance of which is detected; and a distributing part 40 for distributing the ballot paper P into the outside machine feeding part 38 and the reject storing part 39. When a collection operation is inputted, the feeding and conveying part 14 divides and conveys ballot paper P remaining in the loading part 13, and the distributing part 40 distributes the ballot paper P, the double conveyance of which is detected by the detecting part 15 to the reject storing part 39, while the detecting part 15 detects and counts the ballot paper P, the single conveyance of which is detected, the distributing part 40 distributes the ballot paper P to the outside machine feeding part 38, and a counting result of the detecting part 15 is displayed on a display means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an election ballot issuing machine.

In some cases, voting paper issue machines are used to separate and issue election ballots one by one. In this balloting machine, a ballot is sent out one by one by operating the sex button for each gender of the voter, and the number of votes by gender is counted (for example, see Patent Document 1), The ballot paper by gender and the total gender grant rate (voting rate), the number of votes issued by time zone (number of votes), the time zone grant rate (voting rate), etc. can be aggregated and output. (See, for example, Patent Document 2).
Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-25428 Japanese Patent No. 3265376

  By the way, since strict management is required for voting paper, after the voting is finished, the remaining number of voting paper that has not been used is checked. The above ballot paper issue machine also needs to count the ballot paper remaining inside, and usually the ballot paper is taken out from the ballot paper issue machine and counted manually. However, manual counting requires more labor as the number of sheets increases.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a voting paper issue machine capable of facilitating the counting work of voting paper remaining inside.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 includes a loading unit in which voting sheets are loaded in a stacked state, a feeding conveyance unit that separates and conveys the voting sheets loaded in the loading unit, A detecting unit for detecting the voting paper being conveyed by the feeding / conveying unit, an out-of-machine feeding unit for feeding out the voting paper for which single feeding is detected by the detecting unit, and double detection by the detecting unit. Voting having a reject storage unit that stores voting paper, and a distribution unit that distributes the voting paper transported by the feeding transport unit to the out-of-machine feeding unit and the reject storage unit based on the detection result of the detection unit A paper delivery machine having a collection instruction means, a display means, and a collection section. When a collection operation is input to the collection instruction means, the voting paper remaining in the loading section is separated by the feeding and conveying section. Detected double feed at the detection unit While allocating the voting paper to the reject storage unit by the allocating unit, the voting paper for which single detection is detected by the detecting unit is counted and distributed to the collecting unit by the allocating unit, and the counting result of the detecting unit is displayed. It displays on the said display means, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the collecting unit is the outside feeding unit configured to be capable of holding a plurality of voting sheets, and a collecting operation is input to the collecting instruction unit. Then, the voting paper remaining in the loading unit is separated and transported by the feeding and transporting unit, and the voting paper for which single detection is detected by the detecting unit is counted and distributed to the collecting unit by the sorting unit and a predetermined number of sheets When the voting paper is fed to the collecting unit, a predetermined number of feeding operations are performed to temporarily stop the feeding and conveying unit. When it is detected that the voting paper has been taken out from the collecting unit, the predetermined number of feedings is performed again. It is characterized by.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the second aspect, the collecting unit is integrally supported by a roller pair that feeds the voting paper upward and one rotating shaft of the roller pair. It has the impeller which moves the lower end part of the voting paper sent out from the side to the side, and the support part which supports the lower end part of the voting paper approached by this impeller.

  The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that, in the invention according to claim 1, the recovery part is a recovery storage part provided separately from the out-of-machine feeding part and the reject storage part.

  According to a fifth aspect of the invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, when a collection operation is input to the collection instructing means, a ballot that has been detected by the detection unit until then is sent. The voting paper whose single feeding is detected by the detection unit is counted by a collection counter different from the counting counter that has been counted.

  The invention according to claim 6 is characterized in that, in the invention according to claim 5, each count data of the delivery counter and the collection counter can be output to a built-in or externally connected printer.

  The invention according to claim 7 is the invention according to claim 5 or 6, further comprising a loaded number data input means, and a loaded number storage means for storing the loaded number data input to the loaded number data input means, Reject number data obtained by subtracting the count data of the delivery counter and the count data of the collection counter from the loaded number data stored in the loaded number storage means can be calculated and output.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when a collection operation is input to the collection instruction unit, the voting sheet remaining in the loading unit is separated and conveyed by the feeding and conveying unit, and the voting sheet is detected by the detection unit. Is distributed to the reject storage unit by the distribution unit, while the ballot sheets detected by the detection unit are counted and distributed to the collection unit by the distribution unit, and the count result of the detection unit is displayed on the display means. Therefore, it is possible to automatically count and display the number of voting sheets sent to the collection unit among the voting sheets remaining inside. Therefore, by adding the count data obtained by manually counting the ballots stored in the reject storage unit to the count data, the number of ballots remaining inside can be counted. Therefore, it is possible to facilitate the counting operation of the ballot sheets remaining inside.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, when a collection operation is input to the collection instruction unit, the voting sheet remaining in the loading unit is separated and conveyed by the feeding and conveying unit, and the voting sheet detected by the detection unit is detected. Counting and sorting by the sorting unit to the out-of-machine feeding unit that is the collecting unit, and when a predetermined number of voting sheets are fed to the out-of-machine feeding unit that is the collecting unit, a predetermined number of feeding operations are performed to temporarily stop the feeding and conveying unit, and the collection is performed. When it is detected that the voting paper has been taken out from the outside feeding unit, which is a unit, the predetermined number of feeding operations are performed again. By repeating the predetermined number of sheet feeding operations as described above, the number of voting sheets remaining inside is counted. In this way, by repeating feeding out a predetermined plurality of voting sheets that can be held to the outside feeding unit that feeds one ballot paper at the time of delivery, the outside feeding unit can be used for counting the remaining number of voting sheets. It can be used as a collection unit. Therefore, an increase in cost can be suppressed.

  According to the invention according to claim 3, when the out-of-machine feeding unit that is the collecting unit sends out the voting paper upward, the impeller that is integrally supported by one rotating shaft of the roller pair, The lower end portion of the voting paper sent out from the roller pair is moved sideways, and this is supported by the support portion. In this way, it is possible to cope with both feeding out one ballot paper at the time of delivery and holding a predetermined plurality of ballot papers at the time of counting the remaining number. Can be prevented.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the collection unit is a collection storage unit provided separately from the out-of-machine feeding unit and the reject storage unit, the collection operation is further facilitated.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when a collection operation is input to the collection instruction means, the collection counter is separate from the delivery counter that has counted the voting paper that has been detected by the detection unit until then. Thus, since the ballots for which single detection is detected by the detection unit are counted, erroneous counting can be prevented.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to leave a record as print data by outputting each count data of the delivery counter and the collection counter to the printer.

  According to the seventh aspect of the invention, the reject number data obtained by subtracting the count data of the delivery counter and the count data of the collection counter from the loaded number data input to the loaded number data input means and stored in the loaded number storage means. Since it is calculated and output, it is possible to easily collate with the count data by manual work of the ballot paper in the reject storage unit.

  A ballot issuing machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the balloting machine 11 according to the first embodiment includes a loading unit 13 provided in a lower part of the machine body and loaded with ballots P stacked vertically, and loaded in the loading unit 13. The fed voting paper P separated from the uppermost one by one and fed out and conveyed, a feeding detection unit (detection unit) 15 for detecting the voting paper P being conveyed by the feeding and conveying unit 14, and an operation 2 is a touch panel type display operation unit (collection instruction means, display means, loaded number data input means) 12 shown in FIG. 2, which receives an operation input by an operator, a control unit 16, and a storage unit ( Loading number storage means) 17.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the loading unit 13 includes a mounting table 20 that can be moved up and down on which voting sheets P are stacked in a vertical direction, and a spring (not shown) that biases the mounting table 20 upward. The mounting table 20 moves up and down according to the amount of the voting paper P. The loading unit 13 is provided with a loaded paper remaining detection unit 21 including a transmissive optical sensor having a light emitting element 21a and a light receiving element 21b. The loaded paper remaining detection unit 21 detects that the voting paper P is not in the loading unit 13 when the light receiving level of the light receiving element 21b is high, while the light received by the light receiving element 21b is blocked by the voting paper P and the light receiving level is lowered. Thus, it is detected that the voting paper P is in the loading unit 13. The loading unit 13 is opened with an opening / closing unit 22 provided at the front of the machine body, and the voting paper P is loaded from outside the machine.

  The feeding / conveying unit 14 is placed on the mounting table 20 and is pushed upward by a spring (not shown). The feeding roller 14 abuts the middle part of the upper end of the voting paper P, and the voting paper by the kicking roller 25. A feeding roller 26 that further feeds the voting paper P that has been kicked out by being provided forward in the kicking direction of the P, and a voting paper P that has been kicked out by the kicking roller 25 that is provided below the feeding roller 26. 26 and a separation roller 27 that separates them one by one. Note that a part of the outer periphery of the kicking roller 25 is a high friction part 25A and the remaining part is a low friction part 25B, and the high friction part 25A kicks the voting paper between the feeding roller 26 and the separation roller 27. Thereafter, the low friction portion 25B comes into contact with the voting paper P and does not apply a conveying force to the voting paper P, and the voting paper P between the feeding roller 26 and the separation roller 27 is pulled out with these. At this time, when the separation roller 27 is stopped and there are a plurality of kicked voting papers P, the lower voting paper P is stopped. Basically, only the uppermost voting paper P is fed out. The roller 26 is fed out.

  The feeding and conveying unit 14 includes a first path 31 that guides the voting paper P that has been fed laterally from the loading unit 13 by the kicking roller 25, the feeding roller 26, and the separation roller 27 in a curved shape upward, and the first path 31. A second path 32 that guides the voting paper P further upward from the terminal position of 31, and a third path 33 that guides the voting paper P in a curved shape from the terminal position of the first path 31 toward the upper side of the loading unit 13; In the first path 31, transport rollers 34 and 35 for transporting the voting paper P are provided.

  The feeding detection unit 15 is a transmissive optical sensor including a light emitting element 15 a and a light receiving element 15 b that are opposed to each other via the first path 31 of the feeding conveyance unit 14. The feeding detection unit 15 receives light emitted from the light emitting element 15a by the light receiving element 15b, and the light receiving level of the light receiving element 15b is blocked by the voting paper P moving on the first path 31 and decreases. In addition to detecting the presence of the voting paper P, whether the voting paper P is sent by one sheet from the magnitude of the light receiving level of the light receiving element 15b (in other words, the light shielding level by the voting paper P), or voting It is determined whether or not the paper P is a multi-feed that is sent with a plurality of sheets overlapped.

  In addition, the voting paper issue machine 11 is provided at the terminal position of the second path 32 of the feeding and conveying unit 14 and feeds out the voting paper P guided by the second path 32 so that the voting paper P can be taken out (collecting unit). ), A reject storage unit 39 for storing the voting paper P, which is provided at the terminal position of the third path 33 of the feeding and conveying unit 14 and guided by the third path 33, at a position above the loading unit 13, and a feeding and conveying unit The voting paper P conveyed by the 14th 1st path | route 31 has the distribution part 40 which selectively distributes to the 2nd path | route 32 and the 3rd path | route 33 based on the detection result of the delivery detection part 15. FIG.

  The distribution unit 40 is of a swing guide type driven by a solenoid, and guides the voting paper P detected by the feeding detection unit 15 to the second path 32 and distributes it to the outside feeding unit 38. The voting paper P, for which double feeding is detected by the feeding detection unit 15, is guided to the third path 33 and distributed to the reject storage unit 39. The allocating unit 40 is normally in a state of guiding the voting paper P to the second path 32, and when driven, it is in a state of guiding the voting paper P to the third path 33.

  The reject storage unit 39 includes a roller 43 and a roller 44 that are provided at the terminal position of the third path 33 and feed the voting paper P toward the inside of the reject storage unit 39. The reject storage unit 39 stores the voting paper P conveyed by the third path 33 of the feeding and conveying unit 14, that is, the voting paper P for which double feeding is detected by the feeding detection unit 15 without being delivered. The voting paper P discharged from the path 33 is collected from the bottom to the top and stored. The reject storage unit 39 is provided with a reject paper remaining detection unit 41 including a transmissive optical sensor having a light emitting element 41a and a light receiving element 41b. The reject paper remaining detection unit 41 detects that the voting paper P is not in the reject storage unit 39 when the light receiving level of the light receiving element 41b is high, while the light receiving level of the light receiving element 41b is blocked by the voting paper P. By lowering, it is detected that the voting paper P is in the reject storage unit 39. The voting paper P stored in the reject storage unit 39 is taken out of the machine by opening the opening / closing unit 42 at the upper part of the machine body.

  The out-of-machine feeding unit 38 is provided at a terminal position of the second path 32 and has a roller pair 47 having a roller 45 and a roller 46 for feeding the voting paper P upward, and one of the rollers 45 constituting the roller pair 47. An impeller 48 that is integrally supported by the rotation shaft 45 a and moves the lower end portion of the voting paper P sent out from the roller pair 47 to the side opposite to the other roller 46 is provided. The outside feeding unit 38 is provided with a guide wall 50 that feeds in the vertical direction on the other roller 46 side, and a lower end portion of the voting paper P brought together by the impeller 48 is provided on one roller 45 side. A lower end support portion 51 that is horizontally supported, an inclined portion 52 that is inclined and extends so as to be closer to the guide wall portion 50 from the end opposite to the roller pair 47 of the lower end support portion 51, An accommodation wall portion 54 having a vertical portion 53 extending upward in parallel with the guide wall portion 50 from the upper end of the portion 52 is provided.

  A space formed by the lower end support portion 51 and the inclined portion 52 of the housing wall portion 54 is separated from the roller pair 47 by a plurality of lower end portions of the voting paper P fed from the roller pair 47 and brought together by the impeller 48. The accommodation space 55 is accommodated in the state of being made to stay. Here, between the guide wall portion 50 and the vertical portion 53 of the accommodating wall portion 54 closest to the guide wall portion 50 is an outlet 56 for projecting the upper end of the voting paper P supported by the lower end support portion 51. The take-out port 56 is formed in a size that can hold a single ballot sheet P in a standing state and can hold a plurality of predetermined ballot sheets P in a standing state. As described above, the out-of-machine feeding unit 38 is configured to hold a plurality of voting sheets P. The out-of-machine feeding unit 38 is provided with a feeding paper remaining detection unit 57 including a transmissive optical sensor having a light emitting element 57a and a light receiving element 57b. The feeding paper remaining detection unit 57 detects that the voting paper P is not in the out-of-machine feeding unit 38 when the light receiving level of the light receiving element 57b is high, while the light receiving level of the light receiving element 57b is blocked by the voting paper P. Is lowered, it is detected that the voting paper P is in the outside feeding unit 38.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the voting paper issue machine 11 is provided with a male issue button 60 and a female issue button 61 in addition to the display operation unit 12, and a printer 62 capable of printing on paper. Is built-in.

Next, the operation of the voting paper issue machine 11 will be described.
In the initial state immediately after the power is turned on, the control unit 16 detects the voting paper P in any of the feeding detection unit 15, the loaded paper residual detection unit 21, the reject paper residual detection unit 41, and the feeding paper residual detection unit 57. If any of them is in the state of detecting the voting paper P, the display operation unit 12 displays a display prompting the user to remove the voting paper P and waits. The control unit 16 has a plurality of counters for counting, and all the counters are reset to 0 when the power is turned on.

  When none of the feeding detection unit 15, the loaded paper remaining detection unit 21, the reject paper remaining detection unit 41, and the feeding paper remaining detection unit 57 is in the state of detecting the voting paper P, the control unit 16 displays the display operation unit 12. Then, a display prompting the user to input the number of voting sheets P is displayed. When the operator inputs the data for the number of sheets to be loaded with the voting paper P in view of this, the control unit 16 stores this in the storage unit 17 and displays a display for prompting the loading unit 13 to load the voting paper P. . In view of this, the operator opens the opening / closing unit 22 to lower the loading table 20 of the loading unit 13, loads the voting paper P in a stacked state between the loading table 20 and the kick roller 25, and opens / closes the opening / closing unit 22. Close.

  When the loaded paper remaining detector 21 detects the voting paper P, the control unit 16 causes the display operation unit 12 to display a display indicating that the voting paper P can be delivered, and enters a standby state.

  For example, when the male delivery button 60 is operated after entering the standby state, the control unit 16 drives the feeding conveyance unit 14. Then, the kick roller 25 kicks out the uppermost ballot paper P of the loading section 13 between the feed roller 26 and the separation roller 27 with the high friction portion 25A, and the feed roller 26 and the separation roller 27 are kicked out. P is separated, pulled out and sent out. Then, the feeding detection unit 15 detects the voting paper P and detects whether it is a single feed or a double feed. In the case of single feeding, the control unit 16 adds 1 to the male delivery counter and adds 1 to the total delivery counter, and feeds this single-feed ballot paper P to the transport rollers 34 and 35 and the sorting unit 40. Is conveyed to the out-of-machine feeding section 38 via the second path 32. Then, the voting paper P is discharged upward from the roller pair 47 of the out-of-machine feeding portion 38, the upper end portion protrudes from the take-out port 56, and the lower end portion is moved sideways by the impeller 48, and the lower end support portion. 51 is supported.

  When the control unit 16 determines that the kicking roller 25, the feeding roller 26, and the separation roller 27 have sent one sheet of voting paper P to the downstream side at the timing based on the detection of the voting paper P by the feeding detection unit 15. , Stop these. When the control unit 16 determines that the voting paper P has been fed out to the out-of-machine feeding unit 38 at a timing based on the detection of the voting paper P by the feeding detection unit 15, the transport rollers 34 and 35, the rollers 43, 44, 45, 46 is stopped. When the feeding paper remaining detection unit 57 detects the removal of the voting paper P from the out-of-machine feeding unit 38, the control unit 16 issues a single voting paper P based on the operation of the present male delivery button 60. It is determined that the process has been completed and returns to the standby state.

  Here, in the above, when the feeding detection unit 15 detects double feeding of the voting paper P, the control unit 16 drives and switches the distribution unit 40 without adding the male delivery counter and the total delivery counter. . Then, the voting paper P fed from the feeding roller 26 and the separation roller 27 is conveyed to the reject storage unit 39 via the third path 33 by the conveying rollers 34 and 35 and the sorting unit 40, and rejected by the rollers 43 and 44. It is discharged into the storage unit 39. At this time, the control unit 16 feeds the next voting paper P without stopping the kick roller 25, the feeding roller 26, and the separation roller 27, and rejects the voting paper P as long as double feeding is detected. It is conveyed to the storage unit 39. On the other hand, when single feed is detected, the control unit 16 stops and switches the driving of the distribution unit 40, adds 1 to the male delivery counter, and adds 1 to the total delivery counter. Thereafter, in the same manner as described above, the single-feed voting paper P fed from the feeding roller 26 and the separation roller 27 is fed by the conveying rollers 34 and 35 and the sorting unit 40 via the second path 32 to the outside feeding unit 38. To go out.

  When the female delivery button 61 is operated from the standby state, the control unit 16 adds 1 to the female delivery counter when the voting paper P fed out from the loading unit 13 is a single feed, and is used for total delivery. A vote sheet P is issued in the same manner as described above except that the counter is incremented by one.

  The total number of voting sheets P fed out to the out-of-machine feeding section 38 by the delivery of the voting paper P becomes the count data of the total delivery counter, and the male delivery button 60 is operated to feed out to the out-of-machine feeding section 38. The total number of voting papers P becomes the counting data of the male delivery counter, and the total number of voting papers P fed to the external feeding unit 38 by operating the female delivery button 61 is counted by the female delivery counter. It becomes data.

  Here, when in the standby state, the display operation unit 12 can select a collecting operation for collecting the voting paper P in the apparatus, and when a collecting operation for selecting the collecting operation is input, the control unit 16. First, the male delivery counter, the female delivery counter, and the general delivery counter are locked in a non-rewritable manner, and the collection counter different from these is unlocked. Then, a predetermined number of feeding operations for feeding the voting paper P remaining in the loading unit 13 to the outside feeding unit 38 by a predetermined number are repeated as appropriate.

  That is, the control unit 16 drives the feeding / conveying unit 14 at the start of a predetermined number of sheet feeding operation, and removes the ballot sheet P at the uppermost position of the ballot sheet P remaining in the loading unit 13 from the kick roller 25, the feeding roller 26, and It is sent out by the separation roller 27. Then, the feeding detection unit 15 detects the voting paper P and detects whether it is single feeding or double feeding. If it is single feeding, the control unit 16 adds 1 to the collection counter (that is, feeding detection). And counting the voting paper P detected as being single-fed by the unit 15), and the single-feed voting paper P to the outside feeding unit 38 via the second path 32 by the conveying rollers 34 and 35 and the sorting unit 40. Transport. Then, the voting paper P is discharged upward from the roller pair 47 of the out-of-machine feeding portion 38, the upper end portion protrudes from the take-out port 56, and the lower end portion is moved sideways by the impeller 48, and the lower end support portion. 51 is supported. On the other hand, when the feeding detection unit 15 detects double feeding of the voting paper P, the control unit 16 drives and switches the sorting unit 40 without adding the collection counter, so that the feeding detection unit 15 performs double feeding. This voting paper P that has been detected is conveyed to the reject storage unit 39 via the third path 33 by the conveyance rollers 34 and 35 and the distribution unit 40.

  In the predetermined number of sheet feeding operation, the control unit 16 does not stop the kicking roller 25, the feeding roller 26, the separation roller 27, the conveying rollers 34 and 35, and the rollers 43 to 46, and the voting paper remaining in the loading unit 13 is stopped. P is separated and sequentially transported at intervals, and single-feed voting paper P is sequentially discharged upward from the roller pair 47 of the out-of-machine feeding section 38, and the lower end is laterally moved by the impeller 48. And gather in this direction. Then, when the control unit 16 detects the last one of a plurality of (for example, 30) single-feed ballots P preset by the feeding detection unit 15, the control unit 16 kicks out at a timing based on this detection. When the roller 25, the feeding roller 26, and the separation roller 27 determine that the last single-feed voting paper P has been sent to the downstream side, the rollers 25, the feeding roller 26, and the separation roller 27 are temporarily stopped. If it is determined at the timing based on the detection that the voting paper P has been fed to the outside feeding unit 38, the conveying rollers 34 and 35 and the rollers 43, 44, 45, and 46 are temporarily stopped, and the display operation unit 12 is caused to make a voting paper P A display prompting the user to take out is displayed. Thus, the predetermined number feeding operation for feeding the predetermined number of voting papers P to the outside feeding unit 38 is completed. As a result, as shown in FIG. 3, a predetermined plurality of voting sheets P are supported by the lower end support portion 51 of the out-of-machine feeding portion 38 and are stacked in the lateral direction.

  When the feeding paper remaining detection unit 57 detects that the voting paper P has been taken out from the out-of-machine feeding unit 38, the control unit 16 starts driving the feeding conveyance unit 14 and performs the above-described predetermined number of feeding operations again. Do.

  Then, by repeating the predetermined number of sheet feeding operations as appropriate, when the remaining voting paper P remaining in the loading unit 13 is not detected by the loaded paper remaining detection unit 21, the control unit 16 performs the entire last voting paper P by the feeding detection unit 15. When it is determined that the kick roller 25, the feed roller 26, and the separation roller 27 have sent the entire last ballot P to the downstream side at a timing based on the detection of the If it is determined at the timing based on the detection of the voting paper P that this last final voting paper P has been fed out to the corresponding ones in the out-of-machine feeding section 38 and the reject storage section 39, the conveying rollers 34 and 35 and the rollers 43, 44 and 45 are used. 46 are stopped. Then, the control unit 16 causes the display operation unit 12 to display the count data of the male delivery counter, the count data of the female delivery counter, the count data of the total delivery counter, and the count data of the collection counter. In addition, the control unit 16 subtracts the count data of the total delivery counter and the count data of the collection counter from the loaded number data stored in the storage unit 17 to calculate reject number data, and displays the reject number data. It is displayed on the operation unit 12.

  Thereafter, the operator opens the opening / closing unit 42 and manually counts the voting paper P rejected in the reject storage unit 39, and whether or not the counted data matches the reject number data described above. Is matched.

  Further, the display operation unit 12 displays a print button for printing these data on a sheet of paper together with the display of each data described above. When the print button is pressed, the control unit 16 The count data of the delivery counter, the count data of the female delivery counter, the count data of the total delivery counter, the count data of the collection counter and the reject number data are sent to the printer 62 together with the date and the individual identification number of the voting paper issue machine 11 The data is output and the printer 62 prints these data on paper. The printer 62 is not necessarily built in the voting paper issue machine 11, and may be externally connected.

  According to the voting paper issue machine 11 of the first embodiment described above, when the collection operation is input to the display operation unit 12, the voting paper P remaining in the loading unit 13 is separated and conveyed by the feeding conveyance unit 14. Then, the voting paper P detected by the feeding detection unit 15 is distributed to the reject storage unit 39 by the distribution unit 40, while the voting paper P detected by the feeding detection unit 15 is counted and distributed. Therefore, the counting result of the feeding detection unit 15 is displayed on the display operation unit 12, so that the voting sent to the out-of-machine feeding unit 38 among the voting paper P remaining inside. The number of sheets P can be automatically counted and displayed. Therefore, if the count data obtained by manually counting the voting paper P stored in the reject storage unit 39 is added to the count data, the number of voting paper P remaining inside can be counted. Therefore, it is possible to facilitate the counting work of the voting paper P remaining inside.

  When a collection operation is input to the display operation unit 12, the voting paper P remaining in the loading unit 13 is separated and conveyed by the feeding conveyance unit 14, and the voting paper P whose single feeding is detected by the feeding detection unit 15 is counted. Then, when the allocating unit 40 distributes the sheet to the out-of-machine feeding unit 38 and feeds a predetermined number of voting papers P to the out-of-machine feeding unit 38, a predetermined number of feeding operation is performed to temporarily stop the feeding and conveying unit 14 and the out-of-machine feeding unit 38. When it is detected that the voting paper P has been removed from the camera, the predetermined number of sheets are fed out again. By repeating the predetermined number of sheet feeding operations as described above, the voting sheets P remaining inside are counted. In this way, by repeating the feeding of a predetermined plurality of voting sheets P that can be held to the out-of-machine feeding unit 38 that feeds out one voting sheet P at the time of delivery, the out-of-machine feeding unit 38 is counted when the remaining number is counted. Can be used as a collection unit for the voting paper P. Therefore, an increase in cost can be suppressed.

  Further, when the outside feeding unit 38 feeds the voting paper P upward by the roller pair 47, the impeller 48 integrally supported by one rotating shaft 45 a of the roller pair 47 is sent out from the roller pair 47. The lower end portion of the voting paper P is moved to the side, and this is supported by the lower end support portion 51. In this way, it is possible to cope with both feeding out one voting sheet P at the time of delivery and holding a predetermined plurality of voting sheets P at the time of counting the remaining number. Jam that occurs can be prevented.

  Further, when a collection operation is input to the display operation unit 12, a male delivery counter, a female delivery counter, and a general delivery counter that have counted the voting paper P that has been detected by the feeding detection unit 15 until then, In another collecting counter, the counting sheet P for which the feeding detection unit 15 detects the single feed is counted, so that erroneous counting can be prevented.

  Further, by outputting the count data of the delivery counter and the collection counter to the printer 62, it is possible to leave a record as print data.

  The display operation unit 12 calculates and outputs reject number data obtained by subtracting the count data of the total delivery counter and the count data of the collection counter from the loading number data input to the display operation unit 12 and stored in the storage unit 17. And printed by the printer 62 if necessary, it can be easily collated with the count data by hand of the voting paper P in the reject storage unit 39.

  A voting paper issue machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. 4 focusing on the differences from the first embodiment. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the part similar to 1st Embodiment, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  In the voting paper issue machine 11 of the second embodiment, the delivery path 14 branches the fourth path 64 from upstream (or downstream) of the sorting section 40 of the first path 31 and swings to this branch position. A dividing portion 65 is provided, and rollers 67 and 68 at the terminal of the fourth path 64 and a dedicated removable collection container (collection unit, collection storage unit) 66 for collecting the voting paper P remaining in the loading unit 13 are provided. And may be provided. Here, the distribution unit 65 is normally in a state of guiding the voting paper P as it is through the first path 31, and when driven, it is in a state of guiding the voting paper P to the fourth path 64. The rotating shaft 67 a of one roller 67 is provided with an impeller 69 that brings the upper end of the voting paper P toward the side opposite to the other roller 68.

  In such a configuration, when a collection operation is input to the display operation unit 12, the control unit 16 drives the feeding and conveying unit 14 to remove the uppermost ballot sheet P of the ballot sheet P remaining in the loading unit 13. The kick roller 25, the feed roller 26, and the separation roller 27 are fed out. Then, the feeding detection unit 15 detects the voting paper P and detects whether it is single-feed or double-feed. If it is single-feed, the control unit 16 adds 1 to the collection counter, and this single-feed The voting paper P is conveyed to the collection box 66 through the fourth path 64 by the distribution unit 65, the conveyance rollers 34 and 35, and the rollers 67 and 68. The voting paper P discharged to the collection box 66 is brought sideways by the impeller 69. On the other hand, when the feeding detection unit 15 detects the double feeding of the voting paper P, the control unit 16 adds the voting paper P, which has detected the double feeding, to the transport rollers 34 and 35 and the distribution without adding the collection counter. It is conveyed by the unit 40 to the reject storage unit 39 via the third path 33.

  The above-described operation corresponding to the detection result of the feeding detection unit 15 is performed on each of the voting papers P sequentially fed from the loading unit 13. As a result, the single-feed voting paper P is sequentially discharged downward from the rollers 67 and 68, and the upper end portion is moved sideways by the impeller 69 and accumulated in the lateral direction. When the remaining voting paper P remaining in the loading unit 13 is no longer detected by the loaded paper remaining detection unit 21, the control unit 16 starts the kick roller at a timing based on the detection of the entire final voting paper P by the feeding detection unit 15. 25, when it is determined that the feeding roller 26 and the separation roller 27 have sent the entire last voting sheet P downstream, they are stopped and at a timing based on the detection of the entire last voting sheet P by the feeding detection unit 15. If it is determined that the last ballot sheet P is fed to the corresponding one in the collection box 66 and the reject storage unit 39, the transport rollers 34 and 35 and the rollers 43, 44, 67 and 68 are stopped. Then, similarly to the above, the control unit 16 displays the count data of the male delivery counter, the count data of the female delivery counter, the count data of the total delivery counter, the count data of the collection counter, and the reject number data. 12 is displayed.

  In this way, since the voting paper P is collected in the dedicated collection box 66 provided separately from the out-of-machine feeding unit 38 and the reject storage unit 39, the collection work can be performed without stopping the voting paper issue machine 11 in the middle. The collection work becomes even easier.

It is a sectional side view showing roughly the ballot paper grant machine of a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the voting paper issue machine of 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is an expanded sectional view showing the outside delivery part in the ballot paper grant machine of a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a sectional side view which shows roughly the ballot paper issuing machine of 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

11 Voting paper issue machine 12 Display operation section (collection instruction means, display means, loading number data input means)
13 Loading unit 14 Feeding conveyance unit 15 Feeding detection unit (detection unit)
17 Storage unit (loading number storage means)
38 Out-of-machine delivery section (collection section)
39 Reject storage part 40, 65 Distributing part 45, 46 Roller 45a Rotating shaft 47 Roller pair 48 Impeller 51 Lower end support part (support part)
62 Printer 66 Collection box (collection unit, collection storage unit)
P ballot

Claims (7)

A loading section in which ballots are loaded in an accumulated state;
A feeding and conveying unit for separating and feeding the voting paper loaded in the loading unit;
A detection unit for detecting the voting paper being conveyed by the feeding conveyance unit;
An out-of-machine feeding section that feeds out the voting paper whose single-feed is detected by the detection section;
A reject storage unit for storing voting paper in which double feeding is detected by the detection unit;
A voting paper issue machine having a allocating unit that distributes the voting paper conveyed by the feeding and conveying unit to the external feeding unit and the reject storage unit based on the detection result of the detection unit,
A collection instruction means, a display means, and a collection section;
When a collection operation is input to the collection instruction unit, the voting paper remaining in the loading unit is separated and conveyed by the feeding and conveying unit, and the voting sheet detected by the detection unit is detected by the distribution unit. While allocating to the reject storage unit, counting the voting paper detected by the detection unit and distributing it to the collection unit by the distribution unit, and displaying the counting result of the detection unit on the display means Characteristic voting paper issue machine. The collection unit is the out-of-machine feeding unit configured to hold a plurality of voting sheets,
When a collection operation is input to the collection instruction unit, the voting paper remaining in the loading unit is separated and conveyed by the feeding and conveying unit, and the number of voting sheets detected by the detection unit is counted and the distribution is performed. When a predetermined number of voting sheets are fed to the collecting unit and a predetermined number of sheets are fed to the collecting unit, the feeding and conveying unit is temporarily stopped, and it is detected that the voting paper has been taken out from the collecting unit. 2. The voting paper issue machine according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined number of sheets are fed out again.   The collection unit includes a roller pair that sends the voting paper upward, and an impeller that is integrally supported by one of the rotation shafts of the roller pair and moves the lower end of the voting paper sent from the roller pair to the side. 3. A ballot paper issuing machine according to claim 2, further comprising a support portion for supporting a lower end portion of the ballot paper gathered by the impeller.   2. The voting paper issue machine according to claim 1, wherein the collecting unit is a collecting and storing unit provided separately from the out-of-machine feeding unit and the reject storing unit.   When a collection operation is input to the collection instruction unit, the detection unit performs a single feed with a collection counter that is different from the delivery counter that has previously counted the ballot sheets for which single detection has been detected by the detection unit. 5. The ballot issuing machine according to claim 1, wherein the detected ballots are counted.   6. The ballot paper issuing machine according to claim 5, wherein the counting data of the delivery counter and the collection counter can be output to a built-in or externally connected printer.   Loading number data input means and loading number storage means for storing the loading number data input to the loading number data input means, and from the loading number data stored in the loading number storage means, the delivery counter 7. A ballot paper issuing machine according to claim 5, wherein reject sheet number data obtained by subtracting the count data and the count data of the collection counter can be calculated and output.

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