JP2841128B2 - Banknote attitude changer - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill posture changing device for changing the posture of a bill in a vertical or horizontal direction while a bill is being conveyed by a money changing machine or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A bill transporting device is provided, for example, inside a money changer, spans an endless belt between a driving pulley and a driven pulley, moves the endless belt by rotation of the driving belt, and transfers the bill to a roller. Between the endless belt,
The bill is moved with the movement of the endless belt.

[0003] In such a bill transfer device, it is sometimes necessary to change the posture of the bill between a vertical direction and a horizontal direction, for example, when putting the bill in the bill storage container. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the posture of a bill is changed by gently twisting an endless belt between a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction, and moving the bill along the twist of the endless belt.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional technique, it is necessary to gently twist the endless belt at an angle of 90 degrees in order to change the attitude of the bill, so that the transport distance is increased. As a result, the banknote attitude changing equipment becomes large, handling is inconvenient, and the accommodation space is taken up, so that there is a problem that the space cannot be effectively used.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. The present invention can change the posture of a banknote in a short transport distance, and has a small facility and is convenient to handle. It is another object of the present invention to provide a banknote attitude changing device which does not take up a storage space and can effectively utilize the space.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the gist of the present invention is to have a bill guide member and a bill transport member, and the bill guide member has a guide surface. Forming a bill transport path along the guide surface, wherein the guide surface has an upstream portion, a first conversion portion, a second conversion portion, and a downstream portion, and the upstream portion is continuous with the intake port. And the first conversion section is disposed downstream of the upstream section,
The second conversion part is disposed downstream of the first conversion part, and is curved at a predetermined angle with respect to the upstream part and the first conversion part. The downstream portion is disposed downstream of the second conversion portion and is continuous with the outlet, and is curved so as to form a predetermined angle three-dimensionally with the second conversion portion. The member has a first transport member, a second transport member, a third transport member, and a fourth transport member, and the first transport member transfers the banknote from the intake port from the upstream portion to the banknote. The second transport member is provided along the upstream portion so as to be transported to the first conversion portion, and is provided along the first conversion portion so as to transport the banknotes of the first conversion portion to the second conversion portion. And the third transport member is configured to transport the banknote of the second conversion section to the downstream section. The fourth transporting member is provided along the downstream portion so as to transport the banknotes of the second converting portion from the downstream portion to the discharge port. Banknote attitude changer.

[0007] The first transport member, the second transport member, the third transport member, and the fourth transport member each have a pair of rollers, and each pair of rollers rotates in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction. The banknote attitude changing device according to claim 1, wherein the banknote attitude changing device has an axis and is provided along a corresponding guide surface.

[0008]

The first transporting member transports the bill from the inlet at the upstream portion to the downstream first conversion portion which forms a predetermined angle with the upstream portion along the guide surface of the bill guide member. I do. While being conveyed from the upstream section to the first conversion section, the banknote is advanced in a predetermined angle direction with respect to the conveyance direction in the upstream section while being bent along a curve at a predetermined angular direction.

[0009] The second transport member transports the bills in the first conversion section to the second conversion section downstream. The second conversion unit is twisted in a direction of a predetermined angle with respect to the upstream unit and the first conversion unit, and while the bill is conveyed from the first conversion unit to the second conversion unit, the second conversion unit is used. Can be changed in the vertical and horizontal directions while being inverted along the curvature of. The third transport member transports the banknote of the second conversion unit to a downstream portion downstream.

[0010] The fourth transport member transports the banknotes of the second conversion unit to a downstream portion downstream of a three-dimensional predetermined angle with the second conversion unit. While being conveyed from the second conversion section to the downstream section, the bill is advanced in a predetermined angle direction with respect to the conveyance direction in the second conversion section while being bent in a predetermined angle direction, and is discharged from the outlet. . This allows the banknote from the inlet to be changed in vertical and horizontal orientation and conveyed to the outlet.

[0011]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the bill posture changing device 10 includes a bill guide member 20 and a bill transport member 40. The bill guide member 20 is fixed to the base 11.

The bill guide member 20 has an internal guide surface 3.
A bill conveyance path 21 is formed along 0. The bill transport path 21 has a width that allows passage of one bill.
The guide surface 30 has an upstream portion 31, a first conversion portion 32, a second conversion portion 33, and a downstream portion. Upstream section 3
Numeral 1 is continuous with the inlet 31a, and has a planar shape so that the banknotes taken in from the inlet 31a can follow the banknote. Intake 31
“a” has a large width so that a bill can be easily taken in.

As shown in FIG. 2, the first conversion portion 32 is disposed downstream of the upstream portion 31 and is curved so as to form a three-dimensional right angle with the upstream portion 31. The second conversion part 33 is disposed downstream of the first conversion part 32 and on the back side, and twists and curves in a direction perpendicular to the upstream part 31 and the first conversion part 32.

The downstream portion 34 is disposed downstream of the second conversion portion 33 and continues to the discharge port 34a, and is curved so as to form a three-dimensional right angle with the second conversion portion 33. The downstream portion 34 extends in a direction opposite to the upstream portion 31. The downstream portion 34 has a planar shape, and is configured to discharge bills from the discharge port 34a.

The bill transport member 40 includes a first transport member 41,
It has a second transport member 43, a third transport member 44, and a fourth transport member 45. The first transport member 41, the second transport member 43, the third transport member 44, and the fourth transport member 45 each have a pair of rollers 41a to 45a, and each pair of rollers 41a to 45a is perpendicular to each transport direction. Axis of rotation 41
b to 45b, and the corresponding guide surfaces 31, 32, 3
3, 34 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 4, rollers 41a to 43a of a first transport member 41 and a second transport member 43, and rollers 44a and 4a of a third transport member 44 and a fourth transport member 45, respectively.
5a extends in a direction shifted by 90 degrees. Roller 41
a to 43a are provided with pulleys 46a
46c are fixed, and each of the pulleys 46a to 46c is stretched around an endless belt 47.

The rotating shaft 44 of the rollers 44a to 45a
Pulleys 48a and 48b are fixed to b to 45b, and the pulleys 48a and 48b are stretched around an endless belt 49. Each pulley is connected to a drive and each roller 41
a to 45a rotate at the same speed.

As shown in FIG. 2, the first transport member 41
Two pairs of rollers 41a, 42a extend in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the banknotes are conveyed in the upstream section 31 by the intake port 31a and the corner section 32a of the upstream section 31 and the first conversion section 32.
Each is arranged. Thereby, the first transport member 4
1 is provided along the upstream part 31 so as to convey the bill from the inlet 31a from the upstream part 31 to the first conversion part 32.

As shown in FIG. 1, the second transport member 43
A pair of rollers 43a about half the length of the two pairs of rollers 41a and 42a are arranged near the center of the first conversion unit 32 so as to extend in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the banknotes are transported in the first conversion unit 32. ing. As a result, the second transport member 43
It is provided along the first conversion unit 32 so as to convey the banknote of the conversion unit 32 to the second conversion unit 33.

As shown in FIG. 3, the third transport member 44
One roller 44 having the same length as the pair of rollers 43a
a is arranged near the center of the second conversion unit 33 so as to extend in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the banknotes are transported in the second conversion unit 33. As a result, the third transfer member 44 is
Is provided along the second conversion section 33 so as to convey the bill to the downstream section 34.

As shown in FIG. 3, the fourth conveying member 45
One roller 45a having the same length as the two pairs of rollers 41a and 42a is provided at a corner 33a between the second conversion part 33 and the downstream part 34 in a direction perpendicular to the bill conveyance direction at the downstream part 34. It is arranged to extend. Thereby, the fourth transport member 45 is provided along the downstream portion 34 so as to transport the banknotes of the second conversion portion 33 from the downstream portion 34 to the outlet 34a.

Next, the operation will be described. In FIG. 1, the first
The two pairs of rollers 41a and 42a of the transport member 41 move the bills, which have entered the intake 31a of the upstream portion 31 along the guide surface 21 of the bill guide member 20, into a downstream portion which is three-dimensionally perpendicular to the upstream portion 31. To the first conversion unit 32. While the bill is being conveyed from the upstream portion 31 to the first conversion portion 32, while being bent in a right angle direction along the curve at the corner portion 32 a,
The sheet is advanced in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction in the upstream section 31.

A pair of rollers 43a of the second conveying member 43
Is arranged downstream of the banknote of the first conversion unit 32 and on the back side.
It is transported to the second conversion part 33 that has been set. The second conversion unit 33
The banknotes are twisted in a direction perpendicular to the upstream and the first conversion part 32, and the bill is turned along the curvature of the second conversion part 33 while being transported from the first conversion part 32 to the second conversion part 33. You can change the vertical and horizontal orientation while doing. The bills conveyed enter the second conversion section 33 from one of the corners, advance to the downstream section 34 with both corners aligned, and can be changed in vertical and horizontal directions. One roller 44 a of the third transport member 44 transports the bill of the second conversion unit 33 downstream of the second conversion unit 33.

One roller 45a of the fourth transport member 45
Transports the banknotes of the second conversion unit 33 to the downstream part 34 that is three-dimensionally perpendicular to the second conversion unit 33. Banknotes are
While being conveyed from the second conversion section 33 to the downstream section 34, the second section is bent at a predetermined angle at the corner section 33 a,
The sheet is advanced in a direction perpendicular to the direction of conveyance in the conversion section 33, and is discharged from the discharge port 34a. As a result, the banknotes from the inlet 31a are changed in vertical and horizontal orientation, and
a.

The banknote attitude changing device 10 is provided in the middle of the transport path of the banknote transporting device in the money changing machine, and can easily change the attitude of the banknote and transport the banknote.

The angle formed by the first conversion part with the upstream part, the angle formed by the second conversion part with respect to the upstream part and the first conversion part, and the angle formed by the downstream part with the second conversion part are not limited to a right angle, but also a right angle. ,
Other angles may be made as needed.

[0027]

According to the banknote attitude changing apparatus of the present invention, the banknote can be changed in vertical and horizontal directions while being inverted along the second conversion section, so that the banknote attitude can be changed with a short transport distance. In addition, the equipment is small, the handling is convenient, and the accommodation space is not taken up, so that the space can be effectively used.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a bill posture changing device showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a right side view of the bill posture changing device showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the bill posture changing device showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a bill attitude changing device showing one embodiment of the present invention.

[Description of Signs] 10 ... Bill attitude changing device 20 ... Bill guide member 21 ... Guide surface 30 ... Bill transport path 31 ... Upstream part 32 ... First conversion part 33 ... Second conversion part 34 ... Second conversion part 34 ... Downstream Path 40: Bill transport member 41: First transport member 43: Second transport member 44: Third transport member 45: Fourth transport member

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing from the front page (72) Noriaki Kano, No. 4-3, Jonai, Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture Inside the Shinko Works (72) Inventor Eiji Ito, No. 4-3, Jonai, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture 72) Inventor Shochishi Takahashi 3-4-12 Tokiwadai, Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture (56) References JP-A-54-57759 (JP, A) JP-A-4-41359 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) B65H 9/00-9/20 B65H 15/00 B65H 29/58 G07D 9/00 416

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A bill guide member and a bill transport member, wherein the bill guide member has a guide surface and forms a bill transport path along the guide surface, and the guide surface is connected to an upstream portion. , A first conversion section, a second conversion section, and a downstream section,
The upstream portion is continuous with the intake, the first conversion portion is disposed downstream of the upstream portion, and is curved so as to form a predetermined angle three-dimensionally with the upstream portion. The downstream part is disposed downstream of the first conversion part, twists and curves in a direction at a predetermined angle with respect to the upstream part and the first conversion part, and the downstream part is disposed downstream of the second conversion part and is discharged. Continuing to the outlet, the second bank portion is curved so as to form a predetermined angle three-dimensionally with the second conversion portion, and the bill transport member includes a first transport member, a second transport member, a third transport member, and a fourth transport member. And a transport member, wherein the first transport member is provided along the upstream portion so as to transport banknotes from the inlet from the upstream portion to the first conversion portion, and the second transport member Is provided along the first conversion unit so as to convey the bills of the first conversion unit to the second conversion unit, The third transport member is provided along the second conversion portion so as to transport the banknote of the second conversion portion to the downstream portion, and the fourth transport member transfers the banknote of the second conversion portion to the banknote. A bill posture changing device, which is provided along the downstream portion so as to be conveyed from a downstream portion to the discharge port. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first conveying member, said second conveying member, said third conveying member, and said fourth conveying member each have a pair of rollers, and each pair of rollers is perpendicular to the conveying direction. 2. The bill posture changing device according to claim 1, wherein the bill posture changing device has a rotation axis and is provided along a corresponding guide surface.