JP3162808B2 - Paper processing equipment - 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 apparatus which takes in paper sheets to be put in, temporarily suspends them, and returns them later.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As such a paper sheet processing apparatus, for example, a processing apparatus of a rewritable card is known, in which record information of an inserted card is read and held, and then updated. It is configured to rewrite the information and return it.

A device for holding a plurality of cards in such a card processing device is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-2
A configuration disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 14493 is known. The card processing apparatus of this configuration includes a first card transfer path having a first card hold position at an end, a second card hold position in the middle while bypassing a part of the first card transfer path. Is provided at the holding position of the second transport path via the first transport path when the first card is inserted, and the first card is inserted when the second card is inserted. It is held at the holding position on the transport path. Then, the first card is returned by performing processing by a punch mechanism and a printing unit provided on the second transport path, and then the second card is sent to the second transport path and returned to the second transport path. The print unit performs the processing and returns it.

[0004]

In the above prior art,
Since the second transport path bypassing the first transport path is provided, the transport path becomes complicated, and the transport path becomes longer, requiring more space. In addition, since the configuration is such that the card inserted first is returned first, there is an inconvenience that the processing procedure such as the recording order on the two cards is limited.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional drawback, and has been made to reduce the length of a transport path to reliably hold paper sheets such as a plurality of cards in a limited space. It is an object of the present invention to provide a paper sheet processing apparatus which can perform a plurality of inserted paper sheets in an arbitrary order.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention takes in paper sheets to be fed through a transport path, performs predetermined processing, and returns the same through the transport path. In a sheet processing apparatus separated into a movable section side and a fixed section side with respect to a transport path for transporting paper sheets so that the paper sheets can be opened, a paper sheet taken in through the transport path is received and held. A shelf provided with a plurality of grooves, a drive mechanism for moving the shelf so that one of the grooves selectively communicates with the transport path, and transport rollers corresponding to the grooves. A sheet feeding device for moving the transport roller corresponding to the groove communicating with the transport path into the groove in conjunction with the movement of the shelf by the drive mechanism; and In conjunction with opening and closing the body by moving In which a paper sheet in the groove whose serial no through conveyance path and communicating has a shutter for opening and closing the ends of the side and out.

[0007]

According to the present invention, when a shelf is driven by a drive mechanism to selectively connect one of the grooves to the conveying path, the sheet feeding device simultaneously sets the conveying roller corresponding to the groove. In order to advance into the groove, the inserted sheets are reserved in a groove communicating with the transport path. Also, at the time of return, the drive mechanism is driven to connect an arbitrary groove to the transport path, so that it is possible to return the card from either the card held earlier or the card held later. Then, in a state where the normal main body is closed, since the end of the groove on the side where the sheet enters and exits is closed by the shutter, the sheet is erroneously introduced into this groove, or The reserved paper sheets are prevented from jumping out of the grooves.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment using the card processing apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body of the card processing apparatus. Is provided. Inside the body 1,
A transport path 3 having a bent shape is formed so that a card inserted from the insertion slot 2 is once moved upward and then guided downward, and the main body 1 is fixed at a vertical path of the transport path 3 as a boundary. It is configured so that the part 1a and the movable part 1b can be separated. A plurality of guide rollers 4 for nipping and transporting the cards with the corresponding idle rollers are arranged in the transport path 3. These guide rollers 4 carry a card by a driving force transmitted from a motor 5 via a predetermined transmission mechanism (not shown). A reading / writing device 19 for reading and writing information stored in the inserted card is arranged in the transport path 3.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the holding device 6 has a shelf 7 formed by overlapping two grooves 7a and 7b into which a card is introduced, and the card is transported through the entire shelf 7. The groove 7a is moved in a direction perpendicular to the direction
And a drive mechanism 8 for switching between a state in which the groove 7b communicates with the conveyance path 3 and a state in which the groove 7b communicates with the transport path 3.
And a paper sheet feeding device 9 provided with transport rollers 9a and 9b corresponding to.

The driving mechanism 8 includes a driving motor 15 for generating a driving force, and a driving force of the driving motor 15
a, 16b, which output from cams 16a and 16b. The shelves 7 are provided with the projections 16 of the cams 16
It has protruding walls 18 and 19 in which elliptical holes 17 and 17 that engage with a and 16b are formed. As a result, when the cams 16 and 16 are rotated by the drive of the drive motor 15 and the convex portions 16a and 16b perform circular motion while sliding in the elliptical holes 17 and 17 with the rotation, the shelf portion 7 The card reciprocates in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the card is conveyed.
At this time, by rotating the cams 16 by 180 °, a state in which the groove 7a communicates with the transport path 3 and a state in which the groove 7b communicates with the transport path 3 can be alternately created.

Further, as shown in FIG.
A pantograph mechanism 20 is provided in which two plate-like members 21 and 22 are overlapped and supported rotatably at an intermediate point.
The pandagraph mechanism 20 has one end of the plate-shaped member 21 rotatably supported by the mounting plate 33 of the drive motor 15 and the other end slidable in an elongated hole 23 formed in the protruding wall 19. A shaft 24 is mounted, and one end of the plate-like member 22 is
9 and a mounting plate 33 at the other end.
A shaft 26 slidable in a long hole 25 formed in the bent portion of the horn is mounted. The pantograph mechanism 20 is for uniformly transmitting the driving force of the drive mechanism 8 to the surface of the shelf 7, and the shelf 7 keeps its surface parallel to the card conveying direction. While moving, the card can reciprocate in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the card is conveyed.

The sheet feeding device 9 is pivotally supported by a shaft 26a so as to be swingable, and has a transport roller 9a at one end corresponding to the groove 7a and a transport roller 9a at the other end corresponding to the groove 7b. 9b is provided. The swing member 26 has a pin 27 disposed at the center so as to swing in conjunction with the reciprocating movement of the shelf 7, and the pin 27 is formed between the two grooves 7 a and 7 b of the shelf 7. 28. The transport rollers 9a and 9b are rotated by driving the drive gears 30 and 31 attached to the respective rotating shafts. The driving gears 30 and 31 are meshed with each other, and the driving force of the driving motor 5 is transmitted to a transmission gear 32 via a predetermined transmission mechanism (not shown) to rotate. Accordingly, both the transport rollers 9a and 9b are rotated by the drive of the motor 5, but only one of the transport rollers 9a and 9b is advanced by the swing member 26 into the corresponding groove 7a and 7b. The card in the two grooves 7a and 7b can be selectively conveyed by the driving force of one driving motor 5. Ribs 37, 37 having a predetermined length are formed in the grooves 7a, 7b along the card conveying direction. The ribs 37, 37 press the cards in the grooves 7a, 7b toward the conveying rollers 9a, 9b. , Transport rollers 9a, 9
b ensures that the card is conveyed.

A shutter 10 for opening and closing the opening is provided at the end of the groove 7a on the side where the card enters and exits.
The shutter 10 is rotatably supported by a support plate 34 provided so as to protrude from the mounting plate 33 toward the transport path 3, but is normally provided with a locking portion 35 provided on the movable portion 1 a of the main body 1.
The holding surface 10a is held at a position where the opening of the groove 7a can be closed. Therefore, in a state where the main body 1 is closed and the groove 7b communicates with the transport path 3, the end of the groove 7a on the side where paper sheets enter and exit is the shutter 1
It is shielded by the zero pressing surface 10a, thereby preventing paper sheets from being mistakenly introduced into this groove or the reserved paper sheet from jumping out of this groove. In addition, the groove 7a is
The opening of the end of the groove 7b on the side where the card enters and exits is closed by a wall 36 provided in the fixed portion 1a.

A groove 7 for receiving and holding paper sheets.
If a and 7b are disposed close to each other, the other is affected by the transfer operation from one groove, and both of the grooves 7a and 7b
There is a possibility that the card will be removed from
Such malfunctions are reliably prevented by the 0 and the wall 36.
Moreover, when the main body 1 is opened by moving the movable portion 1b away from the fixed portion 1a, the holding of the shutter 10 is released. Therefore, when the main body 1 is opened (FIG. 9), the shutter 10 becomes free, and if there is a card stuck in the groove 7a, the shutter 10 can be opened and removed.

The operation of the holding device 6 in the above configuration will be described. When the next card is inserted in the state shown in FIG. 8 where the card is retained in the groove 7a and the card is not retained in the groove 7b, the drive motor 15 is driven to rotate the cams 16 and 180 by 180 °. Thereby, the convex portions 16a, 16b
Pushes up the protruding walls 18 and 19, and the plate-like member 22 supported by the protruding wall 19 is also pushed up. Plate members 21 and 2
2 is supported at an intermediate point and holds the shelf 7 at a position parallel to the transport path 3. However, since the plate 21 is pushed up simultaneously with the plate 22, the shelf 7 is transported. The groove 7b moves in the direction perpendicular to the direction in which the card is conveyed while maintaining the state parallel to the path 3, and the groove 7b communicates with the conveyance path 3. The shelf 7 and the swinging member 26 are
7 and the coupling groove 28, the swing member 26
Rotates in synchronization with the movement of the shelf 7 around the shaft 26a. Therefore, the transport roller 9b moves into the groove 7b instead of leaving the transport roller 9a from the groove 7a, as shown in FIG. 7. When the drive motor 15 rotates, the card is transported to the groove 7b and held.

When the card is held in the groove 7b and the card is not held in the groove 7a, the drive motor 1
5 is driven to rotate the cams 16 and 180 by 180 °, and the protruding portions 16 a and 16 b push down the protruding walls 18 and 19. Therefore, the plate-like member 22 supported by the protruding wall 19 is also pushed down, and the groove 7a communicates with the transport path 3 and the transport roller 9b advances into the groove 7b in the reverse operation. When the drive motor 15 rotates, the card is
a and is suspended.

The same applies to the case where the cards held in the grooves 7a and 7b are returned. By driving the drive motor 15 to rotate the cams 16 and 16, the grooves 7a and 7b holding the returned cards are returned. 7b is communicated with the transport path 3, and a corresponding transport roller is advanced into this groove.

In this way, the cams 16 and 16 are
By rotating the card, the card can be held or returned in either of the grooves 7a and 7b. The opening of the groove not communicating with the transport path 3 is closed by the shutter 10 or the wall 36.

[0019]

According to the present invention, a shelf having a plurality of grooves for receiving and holding paper sheets taken in through a conveyance path is provided, and by driving the shelf, one of the grooves is selectively operated. Since the communication unit is configured to communicate with the transport path, the holding unit is reduced in size, and a plurality of cards can be held in a limited space. In addition, since the end of the groove that is not in communication with the conveyance path at the side where the sheet enters and exits is closed by the shutter when the sheet is conveyed, the problem that the sheet is conveyed from the groove is ensured. Is prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional side view showing a state in which a holding device of a card processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention pushes up a shelf.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional side view showing a state in which a holding device of the card processing device according to the embodiment of the present invention is pushing down a shelf.

FIG. 3 is a diagram of a shelf of the holding device as viewed from a card conveying direction.

FIG. 4 is a diagram of a driving mechanism of the holding device as viewed from a card conveyance direction.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a shelf of a holding device and a driving mechanism are coupled to each other when viewed from a card conveying direction.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing a state in which the shelf of the holding device and the drive mechanism are coupled to each other.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between a conveyance roller and a groove in a state where a holding device of the card processing apparatus pushes up a shelf.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between a conveyance roller and a groove in a state in which a holding device of the card processing device is pushing down a shelf.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a state where a main body of the card processing apparatus is opened.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1a Fixed part side 1b Movable part side 3 Conveyance path 6 Retaining device 7a, 7b Groove 9 Paper feeding device 9a, 9b Conveyance roller 10 Shutter

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A method according to claim 1, wherein a sheet to be fed is taken in through a conveying path, subjected to predetermined processing, and returned through the conveying path. A sheet processing apparatus separated into a movable section side and a fixed section side, wherein a shelf section provided with a plurality of grooves for receiving and holding sheets taken in through the conveyance path; A drive mechanism for moving the shelf so that the groove selectively communicates with the conveyance path, and a conveyance roller corresponding to each of the grooves, and interlocking with the movement of the shelf by the drive mechanism. A sheet feeding device for causing the transport roller corresponding to the groove communicating with the transport path to advance into the groove, and communicating with the transport path in conjunction with opening and closing of the main body by movement of the movable portion Sheets in and out of ditch Paper sheet processing apparatus comprising a shutter for opening and closing the end on the side to be.