JP3430837B2 - Inverting device for paper sheets - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a front / back reversing device internally configured in, for example, an automatic ticket gate for station service,
More specifically, the present invention relates to a front and back reversing device for reversing the front and back of a paper sheet such as a ticket, commuter pass, card, etc., which allows handling and reversing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a front / back reversing device incorporated in an automatic ticket gate applies magnetic data processing to a magnetic recording surface formed on the back surface of a ticket and prints usage data on the back surface of a boarding-only card. I am giving it. In this case, in order to facilitate the use of ticket gates, the ticket can be inserted in either direction. In order to have such a double-sided data processing function, a pair of front and back magnetic heads and a pair of front and back print heads for reading, writing, and checking for the front and back correspondence are required in the ticket transportation path, which causes high cost. It is conceivable to incorporate a front / back reversing device that aligns the front and back sides of the ticket inside.

However, when this type of front and back reversing device is built into an automatic ticket gate, the size, thickness, and material of a small ticket that is used once and a large commuter ticket or boarding-only card that is repeatedly used. Since each type of ticket is different, there is a problem that the type of ticket used is limited and it is not possible to invert all the ticket types in common.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, according to the present invention, a paper sheet can be efficiently turned upside down corresponding to different characteristics of all paper sheets, regardless of different kinds of paper sheets having different sizes. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a reversing device of the same kind.

[0005]

The invention according to claim 1 is
A front / back reversing device for reversing the front and back of a paper sheet by using a feeding roller that feeds the paper to the front and back reversing unit and a feeding roller that also serves as a feeding roller that feeds from the front and back reversing unit. , the tip of the various paper sheet in contact with the rear end of the different sizes of the various paper sheet to the shared roller it
It is based on the locking means that locks and locks and the receiving operation of large paper sheets.
Then, it is pushed away by the large paper sheets and
The locking surface is retracted from the front / back reversal part and locked by the locking means.
And a lock releasing means for releasing the lock .

According to the second aspect of the invention, the paper sheet is turned upside down.
Feeding roller that feeds the paper to the sheet
Use the dual-purpose roller that also serves as the delivery roller to display the paper sheets.
A front-back reversing device for reversing the back, wherein the front-back reversing section,
Connect the trailing edge of different size paper sheets to the dual-purpose roller.
Locking hands that lock the tips of various paper sheets
Standing at the locking position of the corrugated sheet and usually small paper sheets,
Guides the width direction of large paper sheets, and
The locking by the locking means is released based on the receiving operation.
It is characterized by being provided with an unlocking means .

According to a third aspect of the invention, the paper sheet is turned upside down.
Feeding roller that feeds the paper to the sheet
Use the dual-purpose roller that also serves as the delivery roller to display the paper sheets.
A front-back reversing device for reversing the back, wherein the front-back reversing section,
Connect the trailing edge of different size paper sheets to the dual-purpose roller.
Locking hands that lock the tips of various paper sheets
Standing at the locking position of the corrugated sheet and usually small paper sheets,
Guides the width direction of large paper sheets, and
Being pushed away by the large paper sheets based on the receiving operation
The locking surface of the locking means is retracted from the front / back reversing portion and the locking is performed.
And a lock releasing means for releasing the lock by the means .

[0008]

According to the present invention, when various kinds of paper sheets having different sizes are guided to the front and back reversing section to reverse the front and back, the dual-purpose roller comes into contact with the paper when feeding the paper into the front and back reversing section. the net build a sheet to reversing section, its tip as engagement means during the net build contacts the throughout combined roller the trailing end of the paper sheet
When the sheet is fed out, one end of the sheet comes into contact with the dual-purpose roller and the sheet is turned upside down and fed out so as to be switched back from the front-side upside-down portion.

Further, when the locking means locks the paper sheets fed into the front / back reversing portion, when a small paper sheet is fed in, the carry-in locking position is set to a position suitable for the next feeding operation. When a large sheet is loaded after being set and locked, the unlocking means normally causes the small sheet to move based on this feeding operation.
Large paper sheets for the locking means that is waiting at the locking position
It is pushed away and retracted from the front and back reversing portion, the locking action of the locking means is released, and large sheets are allowed to be fed to a fixed position suitable for the next feeding operation. For example, when a large-sized paper sheet is fed in, it receives the feeding force of the paper-sheet feeding and releases the locking action that had previously been used to handle small-sized paper sheets. Switch over according to the size for reversing large paper sheets.

Further , as described above, small paper sheets are fed in.
When unlocked, the unlocking means usually locks small paper sheets.
Stand by at the position to guide the width direction of small paper sheets.
You can

[0011]

As a result, even if sheets of different sizes, such as large and small, are commonly used, the sheets can be smoothly turned upside down by the feeding operation and the feeding operation corresponding to the size. The usage type is not limited, and different types of paper sheets having different sizes can be accepted and turned upside down.

Further, it has a simplified structure in which the contact positions on both sides of the peripheral surface of the dual-purpose roller which rotates in the same direction are commonly used for both feeding contact and feeding contact. Since the reverse rotational force can be omitted, the number of drive sources can be reduced, and the smooth inward / outward operation can be performed all the time without switching the rotational direction, so that a stable front / back reversal action can be obtained.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show a ticket reversing device 11 built in an automatic ticket gate. This ticket reversing device 11 is mainly used to convey various kinds of tickets T1 and T2 of different sizes in a processing direction. The feeding transfer path 13 and the feeding transfer path 14 branched and connected to the transfer path 12 at a substantially right angle, and the distribution mechanism 15 disposed at the branch connection portion between the main transfer path 12 and the feeding transfer path 13 were transferred. Reception recess 16 for temporarily receiving a ticket, a locking mechanism 17 for locking the tip of the ticket temporarily received in the reception recess 16, a moving mechanism 18 for moving from the transfer side to the transfer side, and the presence or absence of the ticket A ticket detection sensor S for detecting a ticket and an opening mechanism 19 for opening the inside of the receiving recess 16 when the ticket is jammed.

The main transport path 12 includes upper and lower transport belts B1 and B.
It has a linear transport structure for sandwiching and transporting a ticket in a horizontal direction by arranging two, and a sorting flapper 20 and a sorting solenoid thereof are provided at a branch connection portion between the main transport path 12 and the transfer transport path 13. 21 is arranged, and when a magnetic head (not shown) arranged before the main conveyance path 12 conveys the ticket to be reversed, the ticket is read. The distribution operation is performed from the side to the feeding conveyance path 13 side.

The feeding conveying path 13 is constituted by a short feeding belt B3 and a sorting flapper 20 and a double-purpose roller R1 which are arranged in opposition to each other.
, And the lower feeding end side is connected to the receiving concave portion 16 facing downward.

The delivery conveying path 14 is constituted by a short delivery belt B4 and a combination roller R1 and a delivery guide plate 22 provided in opposition to each other. The upper delivery end side is connected to the main delivery path 12 and the lower delivery start end side is connected. Is allowed to be connected to the receiving recess 16.

In this case, the dual-purpose roller R1 is interposed between the feeding belt B3 and the feeding belt B4 which are opposed to each other on both sides, and rotates in the same rotation direction from beginning to end.
1 can be shared to accommodate the feeding and unwinding operation of the ticket, and since the transport system does not require reverse drive, smooth power transmission is performed, and the power of the main transport path 12 can be easily transmitted to be effective. Can be used.

The receiving recessed portion 16 has a recessed shape of a size that allows the large-sized ticket T1 such as a commuter pass to be accommodated in a standing state between the receiving guide plates 23 and 24 facing each other on the left and right, and the upper end opening is a feeding conveyance path. As shown in FIG. 3, the large-sized ticket T1 which is provided in a reverse C-shape and is inclined outwardly for the guide for carrying in from 13 and the lower end closed portion is received from the upper side in the upright position.
A link piece 25 also serving as a stopper that locks the front end (lower end in the figure) of the vehicle is positioned to temporarily store the large-sized ticket T1 guided therein in an upright position.

At this time, a large ticket T1 guided in a standing position
Is set to a contact-corresponding position in which the rear end (upper end in the figure) of the same ticket T1 comes into contact with the lower peripheral surface of the dual-purpose roller R1 located above with respect to the locking position below it. When the end is moved by a moving mechanism 18 to be described later and corresponds to the feeding / conveying path 14, the locking position of the large-sized ticket T1 is brought into contact with the opposite surface side of the combined roller R1 to obtain a rotational contact force in the feeding direction. Are positioned.

In addition, a locking mechanism 17 for locking the tip of a small ticket T2 such as a ticket is located in the middle of the receiving recess 16 in the receiving direction, and the small ticket T2 guided there is located.
Is temporarily stored in a standing position above the receiving recess 16.

This locking mechanism 17 is provided with an L-shaped movable stopper piece 27 which allows the fulcrum pin 26 fixedly supported on the outer surface upper part of one receiving guide plate 23 to tilt about a tilt fulcrum. At the intermediate position in the receiving direction,
It is arranged at a position intersecting with the receiving concave portion 16, and the intersecting side of the L-shaped horizontal piece 27a is positioned as a stopper surface for locking the tip of the small ticket T2.

At this time, a small ticket T2 guided in a standing position
Is set to a contact-corresponding position corresponding to the lower peripheral surface of the dual-purpose roller R1 with the rear end (upper end in the figure) of the same ticket T2 positioned above with the L-shaped horizontal piece 27a at the middle portion in the receiving direction as a reference position. Then, when the rear end of the same ticket is moved by a moving mechanism 18 which will be described later and corresponds to the feeding / conveying path 14, it is brought into contact with the opposite surface side of the dual-purpose roller R1 to obtain a rotational contact force in the feeding direction. The locking position of the ticket T2 is positioned.

The L-shaped vertical piece 2 of the movable stopper piece 27
7b and the space between the loading / unloading guide frames 28 opposed to the loading and unloading guide frame 28 guide the loading / unloading in the width direction of the small ticket T2, and further L
A large ticket T1 on the crossing plane of the vertical piece 27b
At the time of receiving the sheet, a pressing and retracting surface 29 for being temporarily retracted from the receiving recess 16 by being pushed away by the same ticket is formed so as to be slanted downward. Further, the L-shaped groove 3 for allowing the movable stopper piece 27 to tilt is formed on both the receiving guide plates 23 and 24.
0 is opened, and normally, the movable stopper piece return spring 31 attached to the movable stopper piece 27 is used to move the movable stopper piece 27.
Is urged to stand by at the locking position of the small ticket T2. Then, when the large-sized ticket T1 is loaded, the leading edge of the ticket T1 pushes down the pressing and retreating surface 29 of the movable stopper piece 27 downwards based on the feeding-in carrying force to retract the large-sized ticket T1 and the large-sized ticket locking position below. Is delivered to. In conjunction with this, the movable stopper piece 27 is tilted and retracted from the locking position inside the receiving recess 16 to the retracted position outside the receiving recess 16, and conversely, when the large-sized ticket T1 is paid out from the receiving recess 16, this The movable stopper piece 27 returns to the original locking position again in conjunction with.

Further, a roller R2 corresponding to the thickness, which is biased by a biasing spring (not shown), is provided oppositely to the pressing retreat surface 29 of the movable stopper piece 27.
By the pressing action of 2, the holding force according to various tickets having different thicknesses introduced into the receiving recess 16 is applied to regulate the unstable degree of freedom of the ticket inside the receiving recess 16. .

The moving mechanism 18 includes both receiving guide plates 23,
A reversing solenoid 33 is attached to a pivot pin 32 supporting the lower end of 24 via a link piece 25.
Based on the ON / OFF operation of 3, the receiving concave portion 16 is switched by allowing the movement between the feeding conveyance path 13 side and the feeding conveyance path 14 side with the pivot pin 32 as the tilt fulcrum. Normally, as shown in FIG. 1, the solenoid 33 is OFF, the receiving concave portion 16 is located on the side of the feeding conveyance path 13 and waits to receive a ticket to be reversed.
N, based on this, both receiving guide plates 23, 24
4, as shown in FIG. 4, the boarding ticket stored in the receiving recessed portion 16 is tilted to a corresponding tilt position corresponding to the connection with the feeding conveyance path 14, and simultaneously with this tilting, the ticket is fed in the feeding direction and is fed into the main conveyance path. It is delivered to 12.

At the time of this feeding, the above-mentioned dual-purpose roller R is used.
The upper end of the ticket to be paid out comes into contact with the outer circumferential surface of the feeding side of 1 after tilting, and the ticket is fed with a conveying force in the feeding direction. Further, at this time, the discharging touch roller R3 is provided opposite to the starting end side of the receiving concave portion 16, and the facing discharging roller R3 is further provided corresponding to the starting end side of the feeding belt B4. The upper end portion of the ticket located at is sandwiched, and the feeding transport force in the feeding direction is surely given to ensure the stable feeding of the ticket.

After the ticket has been fed out, the reversing solenoid 33 is turned off. With this turning off operation, the reversing return spring 34 attached to the discharging touch roller R3 acts to restore the receiving recess 16 to its original position. Return to the feeding position. Further, the upper surface of the link piece 25 also serving as a stopper arranged below the moving mechanism 18 also serves as the stopper surface of the large-sized ticket T1.

The ticket detecting sensor S detects an intermediate height position in the receiving direction of the receiving recess 16 capable of detecting the large ticket T1 and the small ticket T2 in common, and the ticket for reversing is received in the receiving recess 16. When is fed, it is detected and confirmed that it is fed again. Further, when it is detected that the ticket is jammed while the ticket remains even after the feeding operation, the opening mechanism 19 described later opens the inside of the receiving recess 16.

The above-mentioned opening mechanism 19 is provided with a lock lever 35 for connecting the receiving guide plates 23 and 24 on both sides which face each other in parallel at a constant interval, and the lock lever 35 is normally locked so that the proper receiving recess 16 is formed. Form the interval. When the ticket is jammed, the lock is released so that one receiving guide plate 23 is opened apart from the other receiving guide plate 24 with the pivot pin 32 as the tilt fulcrum. By this opening operation, the stuck ticket can be easily removed from the receiving recess 16.

The front / back reversing operation of the front / back reversing device for a ticket thus constructed will be described below.

When the large ticket T1 is to be reversed now, as shown in FIG. 1, the large ticket T1 is transferred from the main conveying path 12 to the feeding conveying path 13 which is branched and connected at a substantially right angle through the sorting mechanism 15. The large-sized ticket T1 thus guided is received by the downwardly-directed transport force into the substantially vertical receiving recess 16 and is carried in and locked at the inner locking position as shown in FIG. It When it is detected and confirmed that the carrying-in is locked, the reversing solenoid 33 of the moving mechanism 18 is driven to move the receiving concave portion 16 to the feeding side, and along with this movement, the large-sized ticket T1 is simultaneously fed to the feeding conveying path 13 side. To the delivery route 14 side, and is fed back to the delivery route 14 so as to be switched back from the upper end of the large-sized ticket T1 and then inverted back to the original main transport route 12.

On the other hand, when reversing the small ticket T2,
The small ticket T2 is guided from the main transport path 12 to the feeding-in transport path 13 via the sorting mechanism 15, and the guided small ticket T2 is subjected to a downward transport force to the receiving recess 16 which is substantially vertical. It is received, and is carried in and locked by the locking mechanism 17 at the intermediate position in the receiving direction, as shown in FIG. Upon detection and confirmation that the carrying-in is locked, the reversing solenoid 33 of the moving mechanism 18 is driven to move the receiving concave portion 16 to the feeding side, and along with this movement, the small ticket T2 is simultaneously fed to the feeding conveying path 13 side. To the delivery route 14 side, and is fed back to the delivery route 14 so as to be switched back from the upper end of the small-sized ticket T2, and is inverted and returned to the original main transport route 12.

Further, when a ticket jam occurs in the receiving recess 16, the lock lever 35 of the opening mechanism 19 is operated to open, and as shown in FIG. 5, both receiving guide plates 23, 2 are received.
Open between 4 and easily remove the stuck ticket.

As described above, even if the vertical and horizontal dimensions of a large-sized ticket or small-sized ticket are different or the thickness is different, the feeding operation and the feeding operation are performed in accordance with the size to smoothly perform the operation. Since the front and back can be reversed, the type of use of the ticket is not limited, and the front and back reversing device for common use of different-sized tickets of different sizes can be incorporated into various devices and widely used.

Further, since the peripheral surfaces on both sides of one dual-purpose roller rotating in the same direction can be used for both feeding and feeding contacts, which are opposite to each other, the reversing structure can be simplified. Since the rotational force can be omitted, the number of delivery system drive devices can be reduced, and since the ticket can be smoothly loaded and unloaded and handled from beginning to end without switching the rotating direction, a stable front / back reversing operation can be obtained.

In the correspondence between the present invention and the configuration of the above-described one embodiment, the paper sheet front / back reversing device of the present invention corresponds to the ticket front / back reversing device 11 of the embodiment, and so on.
Paper sheets correspond to large ticket T1 and small ticket T2,
Locking means includes an L-shaped horizontal piece 27a of the locking mechanism, corresponding to the link piece 25 of the moving mechanism, even unlocking means, it corresponds to pressing retraction surface 29 of the movable stopper 27, the present invention Is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a state in which a small-sized ticket is completely received by a ticket reversing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a main portion of a ticket reversing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view of an essential part showing a completed state of receiving a large-sized ticket of the ticket reversing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state in which a front and back reversing device for a ticket according to the present invention is adapted to feed a small ticket.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the essential parts showing the open state of the opening mechanism of the ticket reversing device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... Ticket reverser 12 ... Main transport path 13 ... Transfer path 14 ... Delivery conveyance path 16 ... Receiving recess 17 ... Locking mechanism 18 ... Moving mechanism 25 ... Link piece 27 ... Movable stopper piece 27a ... L-shaped horizontal piece 29 ... Press retraction surface R1… combined roller T1 ... Large ticket T2 ... Small ticket

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-8-20466 (JP, A) JP-A-59-212855 (JP, A) Actual opening 61-98757 (JP, U) Actual opening 3-18055 (JP , U) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B65H 29/58

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A front / back reversing device for reversing the front and back of a paper sheet by using a feeding roller for feeding the paper sheet to the front and back reversing section and a feeding roller for feeding the paper sheet from the front and back reversing section. At the front and back reversing section, attach the leading edges of various paper sheets so that the rear ends of various paper sheets of different sizes come into contact with the dual-purpose roller.
Based on the locking means that locks each, and the large paper sheet based on the receiving operation of the large paper sheet.
Being pushed away, the locking surface of the locking means from the front and back reversing part
Unlocking means for retracting and unlocking by the locking means
A paper sheet reversing device equipped with and . 2. A feeding roll for feeding paper sheets to the front and back reversing section.
It also serves as a feeding roller that feeds from the front and back reversing section.
Front and back reversing device that reverses the front and back of paper sheets using a dual-purpose roller
A is, in the reversing section, a rear end of the various paper sheet of different sizes
Insert the tip of each paper sheet so that it touches the dual-purpose roller.
The locking means for locking each of them and the small paper sheets are usually held in the locking position, and the small paper sheets are held.
Guides the width direction of paper and accepts large paper sheets
An unlocking solution for releasing the locking by the locking means based on the operation
A front and back reversing device for paper sheets equipped with a removing means . 3. A feeding roll for feeding paper sheets to the front and back reversing section.
It also serves as a feeding roller that feeds from the front and back reversing section.
Front and back reversing device that reverses the front and back of paper sheets using a dual-purpose roller
A is, in the reversing section, a rear end of the various paper sheet of different sizes
Insert the tip of each paper sheet so that it touches the dual-purpose roller.
The locking means for locking each of them and the small paper sheets are usually held in the locking position, and the small paper sheets are held.
Guides the width direction of paper and accepts large paper sheets
Based on the motion, the large paper sheet is pushed away and the
Retract the locking surface of the stop means from the front and back reversing part
An apparatus for reversing the front and back of a paper sheet, which is provided with a lock releasing means for releasing the lock .