JP2702632B2 - Paper processing machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing machine for performing processing such as discriminating the authenticity and correctness of paper sheets such as banknotes and securities inserted from outside.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a paper sheet processing machine for performing processing such as discriminating the authenticity and correctness of paper sheets such as bills and securities input from the outside, the applicant of the present invention has disclosed Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-219721.
Has proposed a configuration disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. H11-260, 1988. This is for the purpose of improving workability such as maintenance of a complicated and large-sized sheet processing machine, so that the entire sheet processing machine is divided into a plurality of units to form a unit, and each unit is individually processed as a paper sheet. It is configured so that it can be pulled out in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction and along the paper sheet.

[0003]

Incidentally, the paper sheet processing machine sometimes stops in a state where the paper sheets remain in the paper sheet transport section due to a jam or the like during the transport of the paper sheets. In the paper sheet processing machine having the above configuration, the corresponding unit is pulled out and the paper sheets remaining in the paper sheet transport unit are taken out. Here, if one of the units is to be pulled out while the paper sheets remain between the units, the paper sheets are torn up and down due to the force of sandwiching the paper sheets of each unit, There has been a problem that scratches such as unnecessary wrinkles are formed.

[0004] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a method in which a sheet is torn up or down regardless of which unit is pulled out while the sheet remains between the units.
An object of the present invention is to provide a sheet processing machine excellent in maintainability without causing unnecessary wrinkles or other scratches.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sheet processing machine according to the present invention, wherein at least one pair of units having a sheet conveying section for feeding a sheet while sandwiching the sheet. Each of the units is provided so as to be connected to each of the paper sheet transport units so as to enable delivery of the paper sheets. The sheet conveying portion of one of the pair of units is always applied with a force for pinching the sheet, and the sheet conveying portion of the one of the pair of units is constantly pulled out. in deriving one of the other unit or the one unit of the units, though provided with a release mechanism for releasing the force for sandwiching the paper sheet conveying portion of the sheet of the other units , The opening mechanism is
A cam follower and the one unit or the other
Release the cam follower by pulling out one of the units.
The other unit is moved relative to the other unit.
Release the force for sandwiching the paper sheets of the paper sheet transport unit of
And a cam portion .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the sheet processing machine according to the first aspect, the pair of units are arranged vertically. Is arranged on the upper side, and the other unit is arranged on the lower side.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the sheet processing machine according to the first or second aspect, the pair of units further includes the sheet transporter. It has a sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a sheet near the boundary between the sets, and is provided with an alarm unit for issuing an alarm when there is a remaining sheet according to information from the sensor. .

[0008]

According to the sheet processing machine of the first aspect of the present invention, one of the units or the other in a state where the sheets are straddling and remaining between the respective sheet conveying sections of the pair of units. When pulling out any one of the units, the force for pinching the sheets is always applied, and the sheet is conveyed by the sheet conveying section of one unit. The force for pinching the paper sheets of the class transport unit is released by the release mechanism. Therefore, at the time of pulling out, the paper sheets do not fall into the paper sheet processing machine, and the paper sheets are not torn up and down and unnecessary wrinkles and the like are not damaged. In addition, the opening mechanism
Follower and one unit or the other
Move the cam follower relative to the direction of
The papers in the paper transport section of the other unit
And a cam part for releasing the force for sandwiching
Withdrawal of one unit or the other
Mechanically opening the other unit in conjunction with
Open the other unit regardless of the power supply status.
You can let go.

According to the sheet processing machine of the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the operation of the sheet processing apparatus of the first aspect, a force for always sandwiching the paper sheet is provided. One unit acting on the sheet transport unit is arranged on the upper side, and the other unit, which is released by a release mechanism for holding the sheets of the sheet transport unit when the unit is pulled out, is arranged on the lower side. Therefore, the sheet sandwiched between the sheet transport units of one unit is straightened downward by its own weight when the force for sandwiching the sheets of the sheet transport unit of the other unit is released. Since it hangs down, the other unit is not unnecessarily touched, and the other unit is not more likely to be caught when pulled out.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sheet processing machine according to the first or second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the operation of the sheet processing machine according to the first or second aspect. A sensor provided near the boundary detects the presence or absence of a sheet, and an alarm means issues an alarm when there is a remaining sheet according to the information from the sensor. Therefore, it is not necessary to reload the drawn-out unit into the sheet processing machine without removing the remaining sheet in one unit.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A paper sheet processing machine according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing a paper sheet processing machine according to the present embodiment. This paper sheet processing machine handles bills (sheets), and is largely used for discriminating and storing bills. The banknote processing unit 1 includes a banknote processing unit 1 for performing banknote processing and a bundle processing unit 2 for bundling banknotes. The banknote processing unit 1 includes a deposit / withdrawal unit 3, a temporary storage unit 4, and a storage unit 5. , Binding unit 7 and bundle storage unit 8
It is mainly composed of The depositing and dispensing unit 3, the temporary storage unit 4, the storage unit 5, the stacking unit 6, the binding unit 7, and the bundle storage unit 8 are respectively attached to the sheet processing machine main body 9 for maintenance as shown in FIG. It can be pulled out in the direction that penetrates.

The deposit / withdrawal unit 3 of the bill processing unit 1 is provided at a position facing the outside of the sheet processing machine, receives bills, separates them one by one, and carries them out to the main transport path 10. Receiving part 11, which is provided on the rear side (lower side in FIG. 1) of the receiving part 11 in the bill conveying direction, is connected to the receiving part 11 via the main transport path 10, and is the authenticity and correctness of the sent bill. A payment discriminating section 12 for discriminating the transfer path 1 is provided on the rear side (the left side in FIG. 1) of the payment discriminating section 12 in the transport direction.
0 and a banknote discriminating unit 14 which is connected to the banknote discriminating unit 12 via the first branch conveying path 13 branched from the banknote discriminating unit 12 and temporarily stores the banknote discriminated by the banknote discriminating unit 12 when the banknote is a banknote. 1 is connected to the lower side in FIG. 1 of the unfit-note temporary storage unit 14. For example, when a storage instruction is input after a series of payment counting processing is completed, etc., the unfit-note storage unit 15, When the banknote provided in the second branch transport path 16 branched from the rear side (upper side in FIG. 1) in the transport direction from the first branch transport path 13 of the main transport path 10 and identified by the deposit identification unit 12 is a fake bill, or Double feed occurs,
A deposit rejecting unit 17 that unloads a banknote to a position facing the outside of the sheet processing machine when it is impossible to discriminate a banknote, and a main transport on the rear side (left side in FIG. 1) in the transport direction from the second branch transport path 16. A front and back arranging unit 18 provided on the path 10 for collecting the front and back of the banknotes, and a branch from the main conveyance path 10 that is returned from the front and back arranging unit 18 in the conveyance direction and returned around the temporary storage unit 4 and the storage unit 5. A predetermined dispensing of banknotes provided in the third branch transport path 19 and conveyed from the front and back arranging unit 18 via a fourth branch transport path 22 to be described later or the storage unit 5 via the main transport path 10. And a dispensing unit 20 that faces the outside of the sheet processing machine. The dispensing unit 20 has a shutter 2 that opens and closes as necessary.
1 is provided.

Here, the main transport path 10 of the deposit and withdrawal unit 3
Is temporarily directed from the front / back procurement unit 18 to the temporary storage unit 4 provided below in FIG. 1 and returned from the storage unit 5 via the temporary storage unit 4 as described above. The stacking unit 6 of the bundle processor 2 on the left side in FIG.
It is suitable for Here, a fourth branch transport path 22 is provided between the main transport path 10 between the front and back arranging unit 18 and the temporary storage unit 4 and the main transport path 10 between the storage unit 5 and the third branch transport path 19. Is provided. The fourth branch transport path 22 is used, for example, when the deposited and accepted bills are carried out to the bundle processing unit 2 without being stored.

As described above, the temporary storage unit 4 is provided with the main transport path 10 on the rear side in the transport direction from the front / back arranging section 18 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 3.
Are divided into a plurality in the temporary storage unit 4 according to the denomination and the like. That is, in the present embodiment, the divided conveyance paths 23 to 26 are divided into four divided conveyance paths 23 to 26.
Each of the banknotes 26 to 26 is provided with a denominated genuine bill temporary storage unit 27 to 30 in which, for example, banknotes of the same denomination are temporarily stored. Each of the divided transport paths 23 to 26 is further connected to a denomination deposit / withdrawal storage section 31 to 34 of a storage section unit 5 provided on the rear side (the lower side in FIG. 1) in the transport direction. Here, the above-mentioned denomination temporary storage unit 2
Nos. 7 to 30 temporarily store the corresponding banknotes of the same type, and collectively store the temporarily stored banknotes to the storage unit 5 side as needed.

The divided transport paths 23 to 26 of the storage unit 5
Are merged on the rear side (lower side in FIG. 1) in the transport direction from the above-mentioned denomination deposit / withdrawal storage sections 31 to 34 to form one main transport path 10 again. Here, deposit / withdrawal storage unit 3 for each denomination
For example, 1 to 34 are for storing corresponding banknotes of the same kind, respectively, and separating and feeding out the stored banknotes as necessary.
Each of them is adapted to carry out a banknote to the main transport path 10 on the rear side in the transport direction (left side in FIG. 1) as needed. Further, the main transport path 10 of the storage unit 5 after the merging as described above is provided with a withdrawal discrimination unit 35 for discriminating whether or not the banknotes to be carried out are correct. On the rear side in the transport direction (upper side in FIG. 1), there is provided, via the fifth branch transport path 36, a withdrawal reject unit 37 for storing the transported banknotes when they are incorrect. The main transport path 1 in the storage unit 5
Reference numeral 0 indicates that the rear side (upper side shown in FIG. 1) in the transport direction from the fifth branch transport path 36 is introduced into the deposit / withdrawal unit 3 as described above.

The main transport path 10 introduced from the storage unit 5 to the deposit / withdrawal unit 3 is, as described above,
It is introduced into the stacking unit 6 of the bundle processing unit 2 adjacent to the dispensing unit 20 on the rear side in the transport direction. This integrated unit 6
The alignment stacking section 38 for aligning and stacking the loaded banknotes, and the alignment stacking section 38 provided in the main transport path 10 on the rear side (the lower side in FIG. 1) of the alignment stacking section 38 in the transport direction.
The banknote transfer unit 39 that transfers the banknotes aligned and stacked in the above to the binding unit 7 side on the rear side (the lower side in FIG. 1) in the transport direction in a state where the banknotes are collected in a predetermined stacking number unit, for example.
Mainly in the transport direction.

The binding unit 7 includes a portion behind the stacked banknote transfer section 39 in the transport direction and the stacked banknote transfer section 39.
A binding unit 41 provided in the main transport path 10 further on the rear side in the transport direction (left side in FIG. 1) to bind the bundled banknotes with a binding tape 40, and a binding tape provided above the binding unit 41 in FIG. A stamping part 42 for stamping a date or the like on 40, for example, and a banknote provided in the main transport path 10 on the rear side (lower side in FIG. 1) of the binding part 41 in the transport direction and bound by the binding part and stamped by the marking part And an outside discharge unit 43 that discharges the outside of the sheet processing machine as needed.

Further, the outside discharge unit 43 of the binding unit 7
Main transport path 10 on the rear side (lower side in FIG. 1) in the transport direction
Are introduced into the bundle storage unit 8. The bundle storage unit 8 is, for example, a small bundle sorting unit 44 that sorts small bundles of banknotes by denomination, and a rear side of the small bundle sorting unit 44 in the transport direction. (Figure 1
Small bundles respectively provided in the divided transport paths 45 to 48 which are provided separately from the main transport path 10 (in the lower side of FIG. 3) and which store the corresponding small bundles of banknotes sorted by the small bundle sorting unit 44. It is mainly composed of storage sections 49 to 52.

Next, FIG. 2 shows a main part according to the present invention.
This will be mainly described with reference to FIGS. In addition, this essential part is provided with an adjacent unit which is orthogonal to the bill conveyance direction and is freely taken out in a direction along the bill, and a bill conveyance unit described later is provided continuously so as to enable delivery of the bill. Moreover, it is a portion where bills are conveyed one by one between these units. In the paper sheet processing machine having the above-described configuration, the deposit / withdrawal unit 3 and the temporary storage unit 4 provided below the unit are provided. The main transport path 10 and the deposit / withdrawal unit 3 at the boundary between the main transport path 10 and the storage unit 5 and the deposit / withdrawal unit 3 provided thereabove, and the integrated unit provided at the left side in FIG. Each of the main transport paths 10 between the main transport path 6 and the main transport path 6 has the configuration of the main part.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 60 denotes one unit A
, A reference numeral 61 denotes a banknote transport unit of the other unit B. In the pair of the deposit / withdrawal unit 3 and the temporary storage unit 4,
The one unit A is a deposit / withdrawal unit 3 and the other unit B is a temporary storage unit 4.
In the pair of the storage unit 5 and the deposit / withdrawal unit 3, the one unit A is the deposit / withdrawal unit 3, the other unit B is the storage unit 5, and further integrated with the deposit / withdrawal unit 3. In the pair with the unit 6, the one unit A is the deposit / withdrawal unit 3 and the other unit B is the integrated unit 6.

The bill transport section 60 of the one unit A
The two pairs of rollers 62 (only the pair of rollers 62 on the other unit B side are shown in the drawing) supported by the non-movable portion on the unit A side and the corresponding rollers 62 in the transport direction (up and down in FIG. 2). And two pairs of belts 63 wound along the same direction), and each belt 63 is in a state in which the mutually facing surfaces 63a are always in contact with a predetermined contact force (force for pinching bills). Two sets are provided at a predetermined pitch along the axial direction of the roller 62 (the direction penetrating the paper surface in FIG. 2) (see FIG. 3, the position of each set corresponds to that of the other unit B described later). There). By rotating any one of the rollers 62, the bill is conveyed in a predetermined direction with the bill interposed between the mutually facing surfaces 63a of the belt 63. Here, the one unit A is provided with a sensor 64 for detecting the presence or absence of a bill between the respective belts 63 by, for example, blocking the optical path near the boundary with the other unit B. According to the information from the sensor 64 and the sensor 65 of the other unit B, which will be described later, for example, when both the sensors 64 and 65 are in the state of detecting the bill, the bill is straddled between these units A and B. A residual alarm lamp (alarm means) 66 for notifying that the vehicle is in a state is provided. The portion between the opposing surfaces 63a of each belt 63 constitutes a part of the main transport path 10.

The bill transfer section 61 of the other unit B
The fixed guide 6 is located at a position connected to the bill transporting section 60 of the one unit A and fixed to the non-movable portion of the other unit B so as to extend along the transport direction.
A pair of position fixing rollers 68 supported by the non-movable portion of the unit B along with the position fixing belt 69 and a position fixing belt 69 wound around these rollers are shown in FIG.
(Shown only in FIG. 2), two pairs are provided at a predetermined pitch along the axial direction of the position fixing roller 68. Further, the bill transport portion 61 of the other unit B is fixed when the non-movable portion of the other unit B supports the side opposite to the one unit A, and the units A and B are not pulled out. A swingable movable guide 70 extending along a guide 67; a position fixing roller 72 rotatably supported by a swing center 71 of the movable guide 70; and one unit of the movable guide 70 A pair of a position movable roller 73 rotatably supported on the A side and a position movable belt 74 wound around these is fixed to the position fixing roller 72 and the position fixing belt 69 along the axial direction of the position movable roller 73.
At the same pitch as the side, when the corresponding units do not pull out the units A and B, the opposing surface 69
a, a predetermined contact force between 74a (force for pinching bills)
There are two sets to make contact with each other. Note that the position fixing belt 69 and the position movable belt 74 are
A part of the main transport path 10 that transports the bill in a predetermined direction with the bills sandwiched between the opposing surfaces 69a and 74a by rotating one of the movable rollers 8 and 72 or the position movable roller 73. The contact portion between the facing surfaces 69a and 74a is provided so as to be substantially flush with the contact portion of the facing surface 63a of the belt 63 of the one unit A.

The position movable roller 7 of the movable guide 70
Further, a cam portion 75 is provided on the one unit A side from the third. The cam portion 75 is provided with the position movable roller 7.
A cam valley 76 extending along an axial direction such as 3 and having both ends recessed away from the position movable roller 73.
And the center thereof forms a cam ridge 77 protruding toward the position movable roller 73, and the boundary between each cam valley 76 and each cam ridge 77 has an inclined portion 7 inclined at a predetermined angle.
8 are provided.

A rotatable cam follower 79 is supported by the above-mentioned non-movable portion on one unit A side at a position facing each cam valley portion 76 of the cam portion 75 in a state where the units A and B are not pulled out. Have been. Further, a sensor 65 for detecting the presence or absence of a bill between the position fixing belt 69 and the position movable belt 74 is provided near the boundary between the other unit B and the one unit A, for example, by blocking the light path. . The movable guide 70 includes
In a state in which the units A and B are not pulled out, urging means such as a spring (not shown) that determines the position of the movable guide 70 so that the position movable belt 74 contacts the position fixing belt 69 with a predetermined contact force is used for the other unit. B and the non-movable part.

The cam portion 75 of the movable guide 70 and the cam follower 79 constitute the opening mechanism 80.

The operation of taking out each of the units A and B of the sheet processing machine having such a configuration will be described.

First, when one of the units A is to be pulled out from the sheet processing machine main body 9, the cam follower 79 constituting a part of the opening mechanism 80 provided in the one unit A is provided.
Comes into contact with the inclined portion 78 of the cam portion 75 which constitutes another part of the opening mechanism 80 provided in the other unit B as the one unit A is pulled out, and this inclined portion 7
After going through 8, we will climb the cam mountain 77. Then, by this riding, the movable guide 70 of the other unit B moves against the urging force of the urging means (not shown) to release the contact with the portion of the position fixing belt 69 on the one unit A side so as to release the contact. It swings about the swing center 71 by a predetermined angle in the direction opposite to 69, that is, in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 2 (the state shown in FIG. 4). Due to this swing, the force (contact force) for pinching the banknotes of the banknote transport unit 61 of the other unit B is released, so that when one unit A is pulled out from the paper sheet processing machine, Even when the banknotes may remain over the banknote transfer units 60 and 61 of the units A and B, the banknotes are always transferred by the banknote transfer unit 60 of the unit A where the force for pinching the banknotes is applied. In the sandwiched state, the force for sandwiching the bills of the bill transporting unit 61 of the other unit B is released by the opening mechanism 80. For this reason, at the time of withdrawal, the bills do not fall into the sheet processing machine, and the bills are not torn up and down and unnecessary wrinkles and the like are not damaged. Therefore, good maintainability can be obtained.

Then, the bill transfer section 6 of the other unit B
In a state where the bill is out of the range that can be sandwiched by 1,
Due to the urging force of the urging means (not shown), the cam follower 79 of one unit A enters the cam valley 76 of the cam unit 75 of the other unit B on the drawing side via the inclined part 78 on the drawing side. The movable guide 70 of the other unit B swings clockwise in FIG. 4 to return to the original position. When one of the units A is to be reloaded into the sheet processing machine, the predetermined operation reverse to the above is performed and the process returns. Here, when the bill is in a state of straddling the bill transport portions 60 and 61 of both units A and B, the both sensors 64 and 65 detect this and turn on the residual alarm lamp 66. Therefore, there is no need to forget to remove the remaining bills. Therefore, a malfunction of the paper sheet processing machine due to the forgetting to remove the bill does not occur. Here, this configuration is
This is particularly effective in a pair of the deposit / withdrawal unit 3 and the temporary storage unit 4 and a pair of the storage unit 5 and the deposit / withdrawal unit 3. Because the deposit and withdrawal unit 3 on the upper side
However, this is because one of the units A is pulled out while sandwiching the bill, and in this case, it is difficult to visually check the hanging bill. Note that the alarm lamp 66
May be provided on each of the units A and B, and may be provided on the sheet processing machine body 9 side. However, it is more preferable to provide the units A and B to be pulled out because the units A and B can be easily visually confirmed. .

Next, there is a case where the other unit B is pulled out from the sheet processing machine main body 9. In this case, the inclined portion 78 of the cam portion 75 provided in the other unit B is connected to the one unit A. It comes into contact with the cam follower 79 of the provided banknote transporting unit 60, and moves the cam follower 79 so as to ride on the cam ridge 77 via the inclined portion 78, similar to the case where the one unit A is pulled out. Since the operation is performed (in the case of returning, the operation opposite to the case of pulling out the other unit B), the same effect as described above is obtained.

Here, the shape of the cam portion 75, the distance between the cam follower 79 and the position movable belt 74, etc. are as described above. In a state where each of the units A and B is completely pulled out by swinging away from the fixed belt 69 (a state in which the bill sandwiched by one unit A is not sandwiched again by the other unit B). It is set appropriately so as to make contact again.

As described above, the opening mechanism 80 does not include the cam follower 79 in one unit A and the cam portion 75 in the other unit B as described above. Cam Follower 7
9 can be provided, of course, in this case, the shape of the cam portion 75 is opposite to that described above (that is, the cam peak portion 77 projects to the side opposite to the position movable roller 73 side, and this cam peak portion 77
(The cam follower 79 is located on the side of the protrusion of the cam follower). It is to be noted that, as in the present embodiment , the configuration in which the cam portion 75 and the cam follower 79 are simply provided allows the banknotes of the other unit B to be automatically automatically output even by a simple operation of pulling out one of the units A and B. Since the transport unit 61 can be opened, there is a merit that the transport unit 61 can be opened without any influence even when a jam banknote is removed during a power failure, for example.

Further, in the sheet processing machine of the present embodiment, a portion where the units A and B are arranged vertically (a pair of the deposit and withdrawal unit 3 and the temporary storage unit 4 and the deposit and withdrawal unit 3 and the storage unit). A force for pinching a bill always acts on the bill transporting unit 60 of the upper unit 3, and the bill transporting unit 61 of the lower units 4, 5 is moved to one of the upper and lower units 3. It is configured such that the force for pinching the bills when releasing the bills 4 and 5 is released. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the bills are always transferred to the bill transporting unit 61 of the lower units 4 and 5. A force for pinching may be applied, and the force for pinching the bill may be released when the bill transport unit 60 of the upper unit 3 pulls out one of the upper and lower units 3, 4, and 5. However, according to the configuration of the present embodiment, the bills sandwiched between the bill transport units 60 of the upper unit 3 are lower units 4 and 4.
In the state where the force for pinching the banknotes of the banknote transport unit 61 of the No. 5 is released, the banknotes hang straight down by their own weight, and do not unnecessarily touch the lower units 4 and 5. This is preferable because there is a merit that the possibility that the bills are not damaged by the units 4 and 5 and the bills are damaged is further reduced.

Further, the sheet processing machine of the present embodiment is provided with sensors 64 and 65 for detecting the presence or absence of a bill near the boundary between the bill transport sections 60 and 61 of the pair of units A and B. In addition, a residual alarm lamp 66 for issuing an alarm when there is a residual banknote in accordance with information from the sensors 64 and 65 is provided, but the sensors 64 and 65 and the residual alarm lamp 66 may not be provided. However, as described above, the provision of these units does not remove the remaining banknotes in the banknote transporting unit 60 of the one unit A, but instead removes any of the drawn units A and B again. It is more preferable to prevent the trouble caused by this from being loaded in the unit A, and it is more preferable that the residual alarm lamp 66 is provided in both units A and B.

In the present embodiment described above, the depositing / dispensing unit 3, the temporary storage unit 4, the storage unit 5, the stacking unit 6, the binding unit 7, and the bundle storage unit 8 are used as a sheet processing machine. Although it has been described by taking an example of handling bills having, but without being limited to the above configuration,
It has at least one pair of units having a paper sheet transporting section for sandwiching and sending paper sheets, and the unit is provided with each of the paper sheet transporting sections connected in order to enable delivery of the paper sheet. In addition, as long as the paper can be taken out in a direction perpendicular to the paper sheet transport direction and along the paper sheet, the present invention can be applied to any paper sheet processing machine without being limited to a paper money handling machine. It is.

[0036]

According to the sheet processing machine of the first aspect of the present invention, when one of the units remains in a state where the sheets are straddled between the respective sheet conveying sections of the pair of units, the other unit remains. Or, when pulling out one of the other units, the sheet is always sandwiched by the sheet transport section of one of the units where the force for sandwiching the sheet is always applied, and the other unit is pressed. The force for pinching the paper sheets in the paper sheet transport unit is released by the opening mechanism. Therefore, at the time of pulling out, the paper sheets do not fall into the paper sheet processing machine, and the paper sheets are not torn up and down and unnecessary wrinkles and the like are not damaged. Therefore, good maintainability can be obtained. In addition, the opening mechanism
Follower and one unit or the other
Move the cam follower relative to the direction of
The papers in the paper transport section of the other unit
And a cam part for releasing the force for sandwiching
Withdrawal of one unit or the other
Mechanically opening the other unit in conjunction with
Open the other unit regardless of the power supply status.
You can let go. Therefore, work such as electric shock prevention
Power supply when pulling out the unit for safety reasons
When the power is turned off, such as when configured to turn off
Can be opened safely and securely
You.

According to the paper sheet processing machine of the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the paper sheet processing machine of the first aspect, the force for always sandwiching the paper sheet is provided. One unit acting on the sheet transport unit is located on the upper side, and the other unit, which releases the force for pinching the sheets of the sheet transport unit when the unit is pulled out, is located on the lower side. The sheet sandwiched between the sheet transport sections of the unit of the above unit hangs straight down due to its own weight when the force for sandwiching the sheet of the sheet transport section of the other unit is released. Without touching the other unit unnecessarily,
It does not catch on the other unit when pulled out. Therefore, the possibility of damage to paper sheets and the like is further reduced.

Further, according to the sheet processing machine of the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the sheet processing apparatus of the first or second aspect, the sheet processing unit of each unit has A sensor provided near the boundary detects the presence or absence of a sheet, and an alarm means issues an alarm when there is a remaining sheet according to the information from the sensor. Therefore, there is no need to reload the unit drawn out without removing the remaining sheets in one unit into the sheet processing machine. Therefore, the operation failure of the sheet processing machine caused by forgetting to remove the sheet does not occur.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view schematically showing an overall configuration of a sheet processing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a main part of the sheet processing machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, showing a state before the unit is pulled out.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a main part of the sheet processing machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, taken along line XX shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a main part of the sheet processing machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, showing a state in which the unit is being pulled out.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A One unit B The other unit 60 The bill transporting part (sheet transporting part) of one unit 61 The bill transporting part (paper transporting part) of the other unit 64, 65 sensor 66 Residual alarm lamp (alarm means) 80 Opening mechanism

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] At least one pair of units each having a paper sheet transport unit that feeds a paper sheet while sandwiching the paper sheets is provided so that each of the units can transfer the paper sheet. In a paper sheet processing machine which is provided continuously, and which can be pulled out in a direction perpendicular to the paper sheet conveyance direction and along the paper sheet, the paper of one of the pair of units is provided. A force for pinching paper sheets always acts on the leaf transport unit, and when pulling out either the other unit or the one unit of the pair of units, the other unit is An opening mechanism for releasing a force for sandwiching the paper sheets of the paper sheet transport unit is provided , and the opening mechanism includes a cam follower and the one unit.
Or the drawer of the other unit
The relative movement of the mu follower in the separation direction
To sandwich the paper sheets of the paper sheet transport unit of the other unit
And a cam portion for releasing the force of the paper sheet. 2. The paper sheet according to claim 1, wherein said pair of units are arranged vertically, said one unit being arranged above and said other unit being arranged below. Type processing machine. 3. The pair of units has a sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a sheet near a boundary between the sheet conveying sections, and the remaining sheet is detected in accordance with information from the sensor. 3. The paper sheet processing machine according to claim 1, further comprising an alarm unit for issuing an alarm when there is a warning.