JP2724860B2 - Direction change device for paper sheets - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention performs replenishment and collection between paper handling machines, such as a plurality of automatic teller machines, when the papers are transferred between the machines. The present invention relates to a paper sheet direction changing device for efficiently operating paper sheets.

[Conventional technology]

The conventional method is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-1361 for banknotes.
As described in No. 89, a bill replenishment and recovery device movable along the back surface between a plurality of automatic machines is provided, and bills are delivered by cassette delivery.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, cash automatic machines are not always arranged linearly, and the same applies to paper handling machines arranged in groups, not limited to banknotes. There was a problem that was difficult.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a transport path that can easily connect automatic machines arranged in any state, to realize a sheet group recirculation method, and to realize a sheet transport at the time of a direction change in the sheet transport method. The purpose of the present invention is to achieve an improvement in the accuracy of a kind of attitude control.

[Means for solving the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a plurality of sheet handling machines, and a sheet conveying path that connects these sheet handling machines and separates and conveys the sheets one by one. And a mechanism for stacking the conveyed paper sheets, provided at a branch point of the sheet conveyance path, and an optional sheet for separating the collected paper sheets. And a separation mechanism for sending the sheet to the leaf conveying path.

[Action]

According to the configuration described above, the separation and stacking mechanism disposed at the branch point of the sheet-feeding conveyance path can rotate at a position where the conveyance path connected to the automatic machine that is the conveyance source of the paper sheet matches. By doing so, the sheets held and conveyed at the rotation position can be accumulated. Next, it rotates until it coincides with the transfer path connected to the automatic machine at the transfer destination, is held at that position, and is sent to the automatic machine at the transfer destination. Therefore, if the transfer path is arranged with the separation and accumulation mechanism that can rotate once as a contact point, connection between automatic machines of any arrangement becomes possible.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 to FIG. 4 show connection examples between the automatic teller machines. That is, the automatic machines are connected by the single-wafer transport paths 1a and 2a, and a rotatable separation / accumulation mechanism 500 is provided at the branch point.

FIG. 5 is a cash management machine 1 corresponding to a former machine (planet machine) of a bank or other financial institution, and FIG. 6 is a bill of an automatic cash transaction apparatus 2 (satellite machine) arranged in an automatic machine corner. It is each showing the structure of the handling part. Seventh
The figure shows the structure of the rotatable separating and collecting mechanism 500.

In FIG. 7, the separating / accumulating mechanism 500 includes an accumulating section 532 using an impeller 533 as a friction separating section, and is entirely mounted on a rotary table 500c. Rotary table 500c
Can be rotated only one rotation by the motor 500d.

The rotation position of the separating / accumulating mechanism 500 in FIG. 1 will be described. When receiving the transported banknotes from the cash management machine 1, the position is where the single-wafer transport path 1a and the receiving transport path 500a in FIG. 7 are connected. Conversely, when the banknotes are sent from the separating / accumulating mechanism 500 to the cash management machine 1, the banknotes are rotated by 180 ° from the above-mentioned position, so that the sheet conveying path 1 and the sending conveying path 500b are connected.

FIG. 2 to FIG. 4 are similar explanatory diagrams, showing a separation and accumulation mechanism.
The rotation position of 500 is different by 180 degrees between the time of receipt and the time of delivery of a bill.

One mode of operation of this system will be described. Fifth
In the figure, a large number of banknotes are loaded in advance into a replenishment and collection box 131 in the cash management machine 1, and stored in a denomination box 111 or 121 for each denomination according to the discrimination result of the discriminator 150. The unidentifiable ticket is collected in the reject storage 142. The attendant can load the banknotes into the replenishment and collection box 131 using a cassette or from the deposit / withdrawal port 152. In some cases, bills can be collected from the deposit / withdrawal port 152 as needed.

A case in which cash is withdrawn from the cash transaction apparatus 2 shown in FIG. 6 to a customer will be described. A predetermined number of denomination boxes 111 or 1
The bills separated from 21 pass through the discriminating section 150, and further, are passed through the internal transport paths 163 and 167, the external transport path 11, and the single-wafer transport path 1a, and are received by the stacking mechanism 500 as shown in FIG.
The separating / accumulating mechanism 500 discriminates the automatic machine operated by the customer, rotates to one of the positions shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, and sends out the bill to the sheet transport path 2a. Banknotes taken into the automatic teller machine 2 from the single-sheet transport path 2a pass through the internal transport path 361, the discriminator 350, and further from the deposit / withdrawal port 352 via the internal transport path 364, the withdrawal stacker 351. Withdrawn to the customer.

Next, a case where a customer receives money from the automatic cash transaction apparatus 2 shown in FIG. 6 and collects it in the cash management machine 1 shown in FIG. 5 will be described. The deposited banknotes inserted into the depositing / dispensing port 352 are temporarily stored in the stacker 332 via the discrimination unit 350. The indistinguishable bill is returned to the customer via the withdrawal stacker 351.
When the input data of the customer matches the discrimination result in the discriminating unit 350 and a deposit transaction is established, the bill is temporarily separated from the stacker 332, passes through the internal transport paths 368, 365, the discriminators 350 and 362, and further passes through the external transport path 2b. Is conveyed to the single-wafer conveying path 2a. Note that the banknotes that could not be properly judged by the discriminator 350 are collected in the reject storage 342.

The separation / accumulation mechanism 500 is held in advance at any one of the positions shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 and at the position where the receiving conveyance path 500a and the single-wafer conveyance path 2a shown in FIG. 7 are connected. The banknotes stored in the separating / accumulating mechanism 500 rotate to the position shown in FIG. 1 and rotate to the position where the delivery transport path 500b and the single-wafer transport path 1a are connected to each other. It is stored in 131 and distributed to denomination boxes 111 and 121 as needed.

As shown in FIG. 6, the automatic teller machine 2 has a simple structure. However, in consideration of the time required for depositing and dispensing operations, the automatic teller machine 2 has the same structure as the cash management machine 1. It is desirable to do. In other words, if the replenishment collection box is also used as the temporary stack function and the respective denomination boxes are arranged, normal deposit and withdrawal transactions can be performed without using the separation and accumulation mechanism 500, thereby shortening the transaction time. be able to.

Only when the number of bills in the automatic teller machine 2 becomes excessive or decreased, the replenishment or collection operation may be performed via the separation / accumulation mechanism 500.

As described above, as described above, the rotatable separation of the present embodiment,
By using the stacking mechanism 500 as a direction change device for banknotes, it is possible to connect automatic machines of any arrangement with a single-sheet transport path, providing a transport processing device that is a banknote recirculation system with high operational efficiency. it can.

The above is a case where the transport state of the banknote is all short transport, but as another embodiment, the transport state of the banknote is converted, that is, the direction is changed from short transport to long transport, or vice versa. Will be described.

Generally, banknotes are conveyed in a cash machine by short transport. However, in many cases, it is more advantageous to use longitudinal transport on a transport path connecting automatic machines.

FIG. 8 shows an example in which automatic machines are connected via a direction change device 600. In the transport paths 1a and 2a, short transport is performed, and in the transport path 600a, banknotes are transported in longitudinal transport.

The structure of the direction changing device 600 will be described. FIG. 9 is a plan view of the direction changing device 600, and FIGS. 10 and 11 are side views of the same.

Although the bill receiving and sending directions can be formed in a crossroads shape, the case of a T-shaped road shape will be described here.

In FIG. 9, the first sending means 611 and 612 are arranged on the shaft 615, and the second sending means 613 and 614 are arranged on the shaft 620. The shaft 615 and the shaft 620 are orthogonal to each other, and are rotatably supported by bearings (not shown). Rollers 601, 610, and 621 for transporting bills are provided in three directions.
Further, sensors 670a, 670b, 670c for detecting the leading end of the bill are provided, respectively.

In FIGS. 10 and 11, the first and second delivery means are high friction portions 611a, 612a, 613a, 614a, and low friction portions 611c, 612c, 613.
c, 614c and notches 611b, 612b, 613b, 614b, respectively, and each is driven by a pulse motor (not shown). The bill receiving space 680 consists of an upper plate 630, a lower plate 640, and a fixed wall 635.
Is formed by Further, rotary stoppers 605, 650 used as positioning members for the longitudinally transported banknotes are provided. Further, the high friction portions of the first and second delivery means are provided with slots 615a, 615b, 620 at both ends so as to have flexibility.
a, 620b.

Next, receipt and transmission of bills will be described. The short transported banknote is fed from the left side of FIG.
It is received in the receiving space 680 by 3,614, and the front end contacts the fixed wall 635 and stops. Thereafter, the bill is converted into a longitudinal transport to the right or left side in FIG. 10 by the action of the first delivery means 611, 612 and delivered, and the roller 610 or the roller 6
The sheet is conveyed to the sheet conveying path 600a shown in FIG. Whether the sending direction is the right side or the left side is selected by switching the rotation direction of the sending units 611 and 612.

Regardless of short or long bills, in the state of waiting for receipt of bills, both the first and second sending means are held at positions not protruding into the receipt space. That is, in FIG.
The rotation phase of the shaft 620 is the same position, and the rotation phase of the shaft 615 is a position rotated 180 ° from the position shown in the figure.

Also, when receiving a short letter, the stopper on the sending direction side (650 in FIG. 10 for sending to the right, 605 for sending to the left in FIG. 10) is held at a position retracted from the receiving space 680.

The position of the stopper when receiving the long transport bill is as follows. In FIG. 10, when receiving from the left side and sending out to the right side with the longitudinal conveyance, both stoppers 605 and 650 are retracted from the receiving space. In the case of receiving from the left side, converting to short transport, and sending out (the sending direction is the left side in FIG. 11), 605 is retracted from the receiving space, and 650 is projected into the receiving space. Conversely, when receiving from the right side and converting to short transport and sending it out, 605 protrudes and 650 is retracted. In addition,
The stopper is driven by, for example, a rotary solenoid (not shown).

Next, the actual direction change will be described. Here, a case will be described in which a long letter is received and converted into short-hand transport, but the same applies to other cases.

FIG. 12 shows the moment when the long letter B is conveyed from the left side and the leading end thereof is detected by the sensor 670d. Since it is in a state of waiting for receipt of bills, the first and second sending means are also held at the positions shown in FIG. The stopper 650a protrudes into the receiving space, and 605 is retracted.

When the bill enters the position shown in FIG. 13, the first sending means has a rotational phase at the position shown in FIG. 13 and is rotated by a pulse motor (not shown) so as to be equal to the entering speed of the bill.
615 is driven.

The shaft 615 is driven at a constant speed until the trailing end of the bill is released from the pinching point of the roller 601 as shown in FIG. 14, and then rapidly accelerated and decelerated within the time until the state shown in FIG. You. In the state of FIG. 15, that is, the tip of the bill is the stopper 650a.
The shaft 615 is rotated at a very low speed at the moment of contact, so that the bill does not deform due to collision with the stopper. The first sending means is in contact with the bill at the flexible portion, but the transport force of the bill at the flexible portion may be sufficient as long as it prevents the rebound generated when the bill collides with the stopper. It is designed to be limited. The shaft 615 is rapidly accelerated and decelerated at the moment when the flexible portion is separated from the bill, and is stopped at the position shown in FIG. 12 to wait for receipt of the next bill.

On the other hand, the second sending means for conveying the bill in the short direction is driven to rotate immediately before the tip of the bill comes into contact with the stopper 650a. FIG. 15 shows a state in which the second sending means 613, 614 is entering the receiving space 680. The second sending means is connected to the bill and the high friction portion at the moment when the first sending means is separated from the bill.
The shaft 620 is driven by a pulse motor (not shown) so that 613a and 614a come into contact. Thereafter, at the moment when the leading end of the short bill is clamped by the roller 621 in FIG. 11, the rotation is controlled so as to be equal to the bill conveying speed. It is driven at the same speed as the bill until the bills separate from the high friction portions 613a, 614a, and then driven to accelerate rapidly and decelerate to a stop at the position shown in FIG.

First so that the bills do not stay in the direction changer 600
And the speed rate of the second sending means is selected.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the rebound of the bill due to the collision with the stopper can be prevented, so that the attitude control of the bill at the time of the direction change can be reliably performed.

Also, as shown in FIG. 8, each automatic machine can be connected via the direction changing device 600, and the transport processing device realizes a highly reliable sheet-fed banknote recirculation system.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a direction changing device that enables connection between automatic machines in any arrangement by a sheet conveying path, and by using this direction changing device, highly efficient transfer of paper sheets can be achieved. A processing device can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 to 4 are block diagrams of automatic machine connection using one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a cash management machine, FIG. 6 is a sectional view of an automatic cash transaction apparatus, FIG. FIG. 8 is a structural diagram of a separation / accumulation mechanism, FIG. 8 is a block diagram of automatic machine connection for short and long conveyance, FIGS. 9 to 11 are structural diagrams of a direction changing device, FIG. 9 is a top view, 10 and 11 are sectional views,
12 to 15 are explanatory diagrams of the operation of the direction change. 1. Cash management machine 2. Cash automatic transaction device 500 Separation / accumulation mechanism 600 Direction change device

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A sheet conveying process comprising a plurality of sheet handling machines and a sheet conveying path connecting these sheet handling machines and separating and conveying the sheets one by one. A device that is provided at a branch point of the sheet conveying path and that accumulates the conveyed sheets; and a separation mechanism that separates the accumulated sheets and sends the sheet to an arbitrary sheet conveying path. A direction changing device for paper sheets having a mechanism. 2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said separating mechanism and said stacking mechanism are mounted on a rotary table having rotary drive means.