JP2621771B2 - Paper sheet stacking device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mail processing apparatus such as a postal code automatic reading / sorting machine, and more particularly to a stacking apparatus applied to a stacking box in which mails are sorted and stacked.
The present invention relates to a technique for facilitating the removal of paper sheets sorted and stored in a storage box.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a mail sorting machine (a mail processing apparatus), usually, mails supplied collectively to a supply unit are taken out one by one by a take-out unit.
After the section information is read by the reading section, a large number of the sections are arranged and sorted and accumulated in an accumulation box (section box) according to the section information.

Conventionally, as a stacking device applied to such a stacking box of such a mail sorting machine (mail processing apparatus), FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, a plurality of pairs of transport rollers 1X and 2X are provided along the transport belt 7X, and a plurality of pairs of transport rollers 1X and 2X are provided along the transport path formed by the pair of transport rollers 1X and 2X and the transport belt 7X. Are arranged, and a stacking box (sorting box) 5X is provided below each of the sorting gates (tentacles) 3X. Since the paper sheets 6X stacked in the stacking box 5X maintain the stacked state, the holding guide 4X is moved to the stacking box 5X.
It is provided in.

[0004] A mail as a paper sheet 6X is conveyed in the direction of arrow B by the conveyance path, is sorted by the sorting gate 3X, and is received in the stacking box 5X. When the accumulation amount of the paper sheets 6X reaches a predetermined amount, a hand is inserted into a gap (see FIG. 6) between the paper sheets 6X and an adjacent accumulation box, and the paper sheets 6X are taken out of the accumulation box 5X. Send to the next processing step.

[0005] As another conventional example, a bottom plate for stacking paper sheets, a spacer provided on the bottom plate, and a space provided at the center of the spacer and into which fingers can be inserted are provided. There is a stacking device that stacks received paper sheets on the spacer (Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-1162).
No. 9).

[0006]

In the above-described stacking apparatus shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, although the conveyed paper sheets are stacked in the stacking box, the stacking capacity in the stacking box is increased. In addition, there is no gap in taking out the paper sheets, and the inside of the stacking box cannot be accessed. Further, even if a hand enters the stacking box, the holding guide in the stacking box is grasped or the holding guide touches a hand, which has been an obstacle in taking out paper sheets.

The stacking device disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-1629 has a space, but has a problem that it is difficult to take out the sheets because the fingers are inserted into the stacking device.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a stacking apparatus which can easily take out paper sheets from the stacking box even when the stacking capacity in the stacking box is large.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a stacking apparatus capable of sequentially receiving and stacking paper sheets in a stacking box and then taking them out at once. A sliding member provided at the bottom of the stacking box so as to be movable in the unloading direction, for moving the stacked sheets in the unloading direction in the stacked state, and for moving the slide member in the unloading direction. Moving means , wherein the moving means is provided with the collecting box.
Push plate movably provided in the extension direction
And rotatably fixed to the stacking box on the take-out direction side
Pulley and both ends are the slide member and
Fixed to the push plate and stretched over the pulley
And a wire rope.
By pushing the sheet in the direction opposite to the removal direction.
The slide member is taken out together with the paper sheets.
It is characterized by moving in the direction .

[0010]

[0011]

According to the present invention constructed as described above, in a mail processing apparatus for transporting paper sheets sandwiched between belts and rollers and stacking them in a fixed stacking box, the paper sheets stacked in the stacking box When removing the class, the operator pushes the plate
Push in the direction opposite to the removal direction, and
The provided slide member is moved in the take-out direction.
Thereby, the paper sheets accumulated together with the slide member
Comes out to the worker side and a part of it appears outside the stacking box
Thus, the paper sheets can be easily taken out.

[0012]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the stacking box of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. 1, and FIGS. 3 and 4 show the operation of this embodiment viewed from the direction of arrow A in FIG. It is a figure for explaining. FIG. 3 shows a state in which the paper sheet is being conveyed, and FIG. 4 shows a state in which the paper sheet is being taken out.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a plurality of pairs of conveying rollers 1 and 2 are provided along the conveying belt 7.
A plurality of sorting gates (tentacles) 3 are arranged on the way of the carrying path constituted by the pair of carrying rollers 1 and 2 and the carrying belt 7, and a stacking box (partitioning) is provided below each sorting gate (tentacle) 3. (Box) 5 is provided. 1 and 2 show one unit of the accumulation box of the accumulation device. A holding guide 4 is provided in the stacking box 5 in order to maintain the state of the sheets 6 stacked in the stacking box 5. Paper sheet 6 conveyed as indicated by arrow B between conveyance belt 7 and rollers 1 and 2
Is moved to the collecting box 5 with the sorting gate 3 opened, and the presser guide 4 for preventing it from jumping to the near side (see FIG. 3).
The paper sheets 6 are accumulated in the accumulation box 5 while being held down. Therefore, in order to make it easy to take out a large number of stacked paper sheets 6, a collecting mechanism described later is provided in the collecting box 5.

The take-out mechanism will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, a sliding plate 14 having a small friction coefficient is fixed to the bottom of the collecting box 5, and a slide plate 9 described later is mounted on the sliding plate 14. A slide plate 9 as a slide member is provided at the bottom of the stacking box 5 so as to be movable in a take-out direction indicated by an arrow, and is for moving the stacked sheets 6 in the stacking state in the take-out direction. In addition, a push plate 8 is provided movably on the takeout direction side of the accumulation box 5,
A rotatable pulley 1 is provided on the side of the collecting box 5 in the take-out direction.
0 is fixed. Both ends of the wire rope 11 are fixed to one end of the slide plate 9 and the rear end of the push plate 8, respectively, and are stretched over the pulley 10.

A coil spring 12 is provided between the projecting piece 16 provided at the bottom of the stacking box 5 and the lower end of the slide plate 9, and the slide plate 9 is moved to the stacking position shown in FIG. Being energized. As shown in FIG. 4, by pushing the push plate 8 in the direction opposite to the take-out direction (the direction of arrow C), the slide plate 9 faces the elastic force of the coil spring 12 and
And move in the removal direction. With the above-described push plate 8, pulley 10, and wire rope 11,
The moving means of the slide plate 9 is constituted. Then, when the push plate 8 is released, as shown in FIG.
The slide plate 9 returns to the accumulation position by the coil spring 12. The switch 13 is provided on the substrate 15 as the main body of the integrated device. As shown in FIG. 3, when the switch piece 13a is pressed at the lower end of the slide plate 9, the switch 13 is turned on, and the sorting gate is turned on. 3 is operated to accumulate the paper sheets 6. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, when the switch piece 13a is not pressed, the sorting gate 3 does not operate, and the sheets 6 are not stacked.

In the above description, one unit of the stacking box has been described, but the other stacking boxes have the same configuration.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

A postal matter as a paper sheet 6 is conveyed by a conveying path, sorted by the sorting gate 3 and received in the collecting box 5. When the accumulation amount of the paper sheets 6 reaches a predetermined amount, it is necessary to remove the paper sheets 6 from the accumulation box 5 and move to the next processing step. At this time, when the push plate 8 is pushed in the direction of arrow C (see FIG. 4), the slide plate 9 slides on the slide plate 14 and puts out the paper sheet 6 to the front side (operator side). In this state, the takeout direction side of the paper sheets 6 appears to the outside world, and an operator (not shown) easily takes out the paper sheets 6 from the stacking box 5. While the push plate 8 is pushed and the slide plate 9 comes to the front, the sorting gate 3 is disabled by the switch 13 and the accumulation of the paper sheets 6 in the accumulation box 5 is stopped. When the push plate 8 is released after the paper sheets 6 are taken out of the stacking box 5, the slide plate 9 returns to the original position by the elastic force of the coil spring 12, and the sorting gate 3 operates again.
The accumulation operation is restarted.

In the above operation, one integrated unit has been described. Similar operations are performed for other integrated units.

[0021]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, even if the stacking capacity in the stacking box is increased, it is easy to take out the sheets by taking out the sheets to the worker side. effective.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of an accumulation box of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the present embodiment, and shows a state in which paper sheets are being conveyed.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the present embodiment, and shows a state in which paper sheets are being taken out.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional paper sheet stacking device.

FIG. 6 is a side view of FIG. 5;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Conveying roller 2 Conveying roller 3 Sorting gate (tenting) 4 Holding guide 5 Stacking box 6 Paper sheet 7 Conveying belt 8 Push plate 9 Slide plate 10 Pulley 11 Wire rope 12 Coil spring 13 Switch 13a Switch piece 14 Sliding plate 15 Substrate 16 Projection

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A stacking device capable of sequentially receiving and stacking paper sheets in a stacking box and then collectively picking them up, wherein the stacking apparatus is provided at the bottom of the stacking box so as to be movable in the unloading direction. A slide member for moving the stacked paper sheets in the collecting direction in the collecting state; and a moving unit for moving the slide member in the removing direction . Before
Push press movably provided in the recording / removing direction
Rotatable to the take-out direction side of the stacking box.
A fixed pulley and both ends of the slide member
And to the push plate and to the pulley
Stretched wire rope and said push
Pushing the plate in the direction opposite to the removal direction
The slide member is taken out together with the paper sheets.
A paper sheet stacking device characterized by moving in a direction .