JP2798739B2 - Paper processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an apparatus for processing paper sheets such as banknotes or gift certificates installed in vending machines and the like.

(B) Conventional technology Conventionally, a conveyance pulley is provided in a main body corresponding to an insertion port of an insertion port provided on a front surface of a main body, and a paper sheet inserted from the insertion port is taken in by the conveyance pulley and conveyed. A paper sheet processing apparatus having a configuration including an identification section for identifying a paper sheet inserted from an insertion slot and a storage section for accumulating and storing the identified paper sheets is known, and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-112360. It is indicated in the gazette.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention This type of paper sheet processing apparatus installed in a vending machine is:
It is installed in a door provided on the front of the vending machine, and has an insertion opening that opens to the front of the insertion opening, extending to the front of the door.

However, in recent vending machines, in order to improve the ability to attract customers, a large product exhibition room is arranged in front of the door, and various displays are often installed. In the machine, the sheet processing apparatus is installed in the door on the rear side of the commodity display room, so that the distance between the front surface of the door and the position where the sheet processing apparatus is installed becomes longer.

For this reason, the conventional paper processing equipment cannot be installed in this type of vending machine, and the insertion opening is long and must be inserted from the insertion opening that extends to the front of the door in order to be able to install it. It is necessary to provide a means for surely taking the used paper sheets into the main body of the paper sheet processing apparatus. Therefore, compatibility with the conventional model is lost, and there has been a serious problem in terms of productivity and serviceability.

In view of the above, the present invention provides a compatible sheet processing apparatus that can be installed in various vending machines having different intervals between the installation section of the sheet processing apparatus and the front surface of the door. is there.

(D) Means for Solving the Problems According to the present invention, a transport pulley is provided in a main body corresponding to an insertion port of an insertion port provided on a front surface of a main body, and a sheet inserted from the insertion port is supplied to the transport pulley. In the paper sheet processing apparatus that takes in and conveys the paper, the insertion port portion is provided detachably to the main body, and the insertion port conveyance pulley that conveys the paper sheet inserted into the insertion port to the conveyance pulley on the main body side; A transmission wheel provided coaxially with the mouth conveyance pulley, and an engagement wheel that rotates by engaging with the transmission wheel. The insertion port is attached to the main body side and engaged with the engagement wheel. A driving wheel is provided coaxially with the transport pulley on the main body side.

(E) Operation According to the present invention having such a configuration, when the transport pulley on the main body side is driven, the driving wheel provided coaxially with the transport pulley moves the engaging wheel on the insertion opening portion side detachably provided on the main body side. Rotate.
As a result, the transmission wheel engaged with the engagement wheel rotates, and the insertion port conveyance pulley coaxial with the transmission wheel rotates, and the insertion wheel is inserted from the insertion port opened in the front surface of the insertion port portion. The paper sheet is transported to the transport pulley on the main body side based on the rotation of the insertion port transport pulley, and is transported into the main body by the transport pulley. The insertion opening can be easily detached and replaced with another insertion opening.

(F) Embodiment Each drawing shows a paper sheet processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a paper sheet processing apparatus main body, which forms a vertically elongated housing. At the upper end of the front surface of the main body 1, as shown in FIG. 1, an insertion opening 2 is opened at the front surface, and an insertion opening portion 3 formed to be long in the front-rear direction, or as shown in FIG. The opening 36 is formed so as to be short in the front-rear direction.

A transport pulley 5 is provided in the main body 1 corresponding to a rear portion of the insertion opening portion 3, and a driven roller 6 is provided at an upper portion and a rear portion corresponding to the transport pulley 5.
Paper path 7 bent downward at a substantially right angle along the outer circumference of the paper
Are extended linearly downward.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a transport belt for the identification unit 10 stretched between the transport pulley 5 and the interlocking pulley 9, and the paper sheet inserted through the insertion slot 2 is held between the driven roller 6 and the The sheet is introduced into the transport path 7 in the inside, or the paper sheet in the transport path 7 is returned to the insertion slot 2 of the insertion slot 3.

Reference numeral 11 denotes an identification sensor for identifying the suitability of the paper sheet and the like.
The pressing roller 12 is provided so as to be in close contact with the printer, and is provided corresponding to the linear portion of the transport path 7.

13 is a conveyor belt provided corresponding to the storage unit 14 for accumulating and storing the regular paper sheets identified by the identification sensor 11,
It is stretched between an interlocking pulley 15 provided coaxially with the interlocking pulley 9 and a driving pulley 16 provided corresponding to the lower end of the transport path 7. The conveyor belt 8 is rotated in conjunction with an interlocking shaft 18 that supports the pulley 15.

That is, the output shaft of a drive motor 17 that can rotate forward and reverse is connected to a drive shaft 19 that supports the drive pulley 16 and
When the is rotated, the interlocking pulleys 15 and 9 that are fixed to the interlocking shaft 18
, The conveyor belt 13 is rotated in the same direction in conjunction with the same. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the transport belt 13 extends in correspondence with both side edges of the paper sheet T,
The conveyor belt 8 is positioned between the conveyor belts 13,13.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a pressing plate opposed to the storage section 14 with the conveyance path 7 interposed therebetween. The pressing plate 22 is moved in parallel to the storage section 14 by the rotation of the pressing cam 22 based on the rotation of the drive motor 21, and is conveyed by the conveyance belt 13. The inserted paper sheet T is pushed into the storage section 14 and stored.

Reference numeral 23 denotes a receiving plate urged by a spring 24 so that the paper sheet T pushed by the pressing plate 20 is pressed and held between rails 25 extending corresponding to the conveyor belts 13, 13. ing.

On the other hand, the insertion opening 3 is provided with an insertion passage 26 that connects the front insertion opening 2 and the transfer passage 7 on the main body 1 side. Pulley 2
7 and 28, and the front and rear insertion port transport pulleys 2
A conveyor belt 29 is stretched between 7,28. As shown in FIG. 2, the front and rear insertion port transfer pulleys 27 and 28 and the transfer belt 29 are provided as a pair on both sides of the front and rear interlock shafts 30 and 30 respectively, and are provided at one end of the rear interlock shaft 30. Has a gear 31 as a transmission wheel.

Reference numeral 32 denotes an insertion opening 3 which engages with the gear 31 and rotates in conjunction therewith.
Gear as an engagement wheel, which is axially supported on the
Is attached to the main body 1, the transport pulley 5 on the main body 1 side
Is engaged with a gear 34 as a driving wheel provided at an end coaxial with an interlocking shaft 33 that supports the shaft.

That is, when the insertion opening 3 is attached to the main body 1, the gear 32 as an engaging wheel on the insertion opening 3 side engages with the gear 34 as a driving wheel on the main body 1 side. When the transport pulley 5 on the main body 1 rotates in the combined state, the transport belt 29 on the insertion opening 3 rotates in conjunction with the rotation.

Reference numeral 35 denotes a driven roller provided on the upper surface side of the insertion path 26 so as to face the insertion port conveyance pulley 27 so that the paper sheet inserted from the insertion port 2 can be conveyed while being sandwiched between the conveyance belt 29 and the paper sheet. Has become.

Accordingly, when the paper sheet T is inserted into the insertion slot 2, the drive motor 17 rotates forward to rotate the transport belt 13 and the transport belt 8 in the direction of taking in the paper sheet T. By this rotation, the transport pulley
1 rotates in the direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 1, so that the gear 34 pivotally supported on the interlocking shaft 33 coaxial with the transport pulley 12 rotates in the same direction, and engages with the gear 34 The gear 32 and the gear 31 engaged with the gear 32 rotate in conjunction with each other. Accordingly, the insertion port transport pulley 28 pivotally supported by the interlocking shaft 30 coaxial with the gear 31 rotates, and the insertion port transport pulley 27 also rotates via the transport belt 29, so that the paper sheet inserted into the insertion port 2 is rotated. While being held between the transport belt 29 and the driven pulley 35, the T is taken into the insertion path 26 into the transport pulley 5 on the main body 1 and transported.

The paper sheet T taken in the insertion path 26 and conveyed is sandwiched between a conveyance belt 8 stretched on a conveyance pulley 5 and a driven pulley 6 and introduced into the conveyance path 7.
Is bent downward at a substantially right angle along the outer circumference of the sheet. When the paper sheet T conveyed by the conveyance belt 8 is conveyed along the conveyance path 7 of the linear portion in the identification unit 10, the identification sensor 11
And the like of the paper sheet T is identified.

If it is determined that the sheet T is not appropriate, the drive motor 17 immediately stops and reverses, and the transport belt 8 and the transport belt 13 rotate in the reverse direction. Return to insertion slot 2.

When it is determined that the sheet T is appropriate, the sheet T is further conveyed by the conveying belts 8 and 13. When the sheet T reaches a predetermined position corresponding to the storage section 14, the drive motor 17 stops. At this time, the paper sheet T is in a state where both ends are sandwiched between the rail part 25 and the transport belt 13.

Then, when the storage signal of the paper sheet T is transmitted, the drive motor 21 is driven to rotate the pressing cam 22 once. Accordingly, the pressing plate 20 presses the paper sheet T into the storage portion 14 and the paper sheet T
Is held between the receiving plate 23 and the rail portion 25 by the elasticity of the spring 24.

On the other hand, when the long insertion opening 3 having the front and rear dimensions is removed from the main body 1, the transport mechanism on the insertion opening 3 side is separated from the main body 1 together with the insertion opening 3. Therefore, when the insertion port 36 having a short front-rear dimension is attached to the main body 1, the insertion port 2 of the insertion port 36 directly communicates with the transport path 7 on the main body 1 side, and the paper sheet T inserted from the insertion port 2 Conveying belt 8 stretched on conveying pulley 5 of main body 1
The paper is taken into the conveyance path 7 and conveyed while being sandwiched between the roller and the driven roller 6.

(G) Advantageous Effects of the Invention As described above, when the transport pulley on the main body is driven, the driving wheel provided coaxially with the transport pulley moves the drive pulley provided on the main body side to the detachable insertion port side. Turn the joint car,
As a result, the transmission wheel engaged with the engagement wheel rotates, and the insertion port conveyance pulley coaxial with the transmission wheel rotates, so that the insertion wheel is inserted from the insertion port opened on the front surface of the insertion port portion. The paper sheet is transported to the transport pulley on the main unit side based on the rotation of the insertion port transport pulley, and is transported inward by the transport pulley. Can be Therefore, even in the case where the length of the insertion slot in the front-rear direction is long, it is possible to reliably take in and return a sheet without adding a driving device such as a driving motor, and to install a sheet processing apparatus and vending machine etc. The main body side can be used in common simply by replacing the insertion ports having different front and rear lengths according to the type.

[Brief description of the drawings]

Each of the drawings shows a paper sheet processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional side view, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view of an insertion port portion in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional side view of the insertion port portion where the short insertion port portion is mounted. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Body, 2 ... Insertion port, 3 ... Insertion port part, 5 ... Conveyance pulley, 28 ... Insertion port conveyance pulley, 31 ... Gear (transmission wheel), 32 ... Gear (engagement wheel) , 33 ... interlocking shaft, 34 ... gear (drive wheel).

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A paper sheet processing apparatus in which a transport pulley is provided in a main body corresponding to an insertion port of an insertion port provided on a front surface of the main body, and a paper sheet inserted from the insertion port is taken in by the transport pulley and transported. In the above, the insertion port portion is provided detachably to the main body, and an insertion port conveyance pulley that conveys a sheet inserted into the insertion port to a conveyance pulley on the main body side, and is provided coaxially with the insertion port conveyance pulley. A transmission wheel and an engagement wheel that rotates by engaging with the transmission wheel are provided, and a drive wheel that is engaged with the engagement wheel and is interlocked with the insertion wheel in a state where the insertion opening is mounted on the main body side is provided on the main body side. A sheet processing apparatus provided coaxially with said transport pulley.