JP3489096B2 - Variable paper sheet separator - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a variable paper sheet separating apparatus, and more particularly, to paying out bills stored when paying out bills in an automatic teller machine (ATM) used in banks and the like. The present invention relates to a variable paper sheet separating device characterized by a moving mechanism of a separating roller that operates so as not to cause a pause due to a defect.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, an automatic teller machine (ATM) has been widely used for depositing and paying out cash in banks and the like, and a bill payout unit incorporated in this ATM is generally used for paying out bills. The stacked banknotes are pressed against the feeding roller, and the banknotes pressed by the rotation of the feeding roller are fed one by one from the top.

A conventional automatic teller machine and a bill storage chamber will now be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 7. Refer to FIG. 5. FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view showing an example of the automatic teller machine 30. A touch panel 31 is provided on the front surface of the automatic teller machine 30. Key buttons to be displayed, ten keys, or character keys are displayed, and a desired operation is performed by touching these keys.

Further, the automatic teller machine 30 is provided with a cash card insertion slot 32, a passbook insertion slot 33, a bill insertion slot 34, a coin insertion slot 36, etc., and the bill insertion slot 34 and the coin insertion slot. Each opening 36 has an opening / closing door 3
5, 37 are provided. Note that the bill insertion slot 34 and the coin insertion slot 36 become a bill ejection slot and a coin ejection slot when paying cash.

See FIG. 6. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram for explaining a bill conveyance path. A bill feeding unit 41 having a partition member and a pressing member is provided at the bill insertion port 34, and the partition member is provided. The banknotes inserted to the left side of the pair are pushed against the payout roller 42 by moving the banknote payout unit 41 to the left side in the figure, and the pair of transport rollers 43
The sheets are delivered to the transport path one by one.

The bills fed out are classified into bills (that is, genuine bills) and paper sheets (counterfeit bills, paper sheets such as receipts) other than bills in a discrimination section 44 provided in the middle of the conveying path. Select and calculate the total amount of genuine bills.

The selected genuine bills are stored in the temporary storage chamber 45 by controlling the branching member provided at the branching portion of the transport path, while the paper sheets other than the banknotes determined not to be received are stored. The bills are returned to the bill feeding unit 41 and picked up by the proctor from the bill insertion slot 34. If the deposit procedure is canceled at this point, the genuine bills stored in the temporary storage room 45 are re-verified by the discrimination unit 4 again.
After passing through 4, the bill is returned to the bill feeding unit 41, and is picked up by the proctor from the bill insertion port 34.

Next, when the deposit procedure is confirmed, the genuine bills stored in the temporary storage chamber 45 are sent to the discrimination section 44 again and reusable bills and non-reusable bills, that is, broken bills. The bills sorted into bills and 5,000 yen bills and judged not to be reusable are sent to the genuine bill collection chamber 46 and collected.

On the other hand, the banknotes judged to be reusable are sorted into 10,000-yen bills and 1,000-yen bills by type, and the sorted 10,000-yen bills are stored in the 10,000-yen bill storage chamber 47. The yen bills are stored in the 1,000-yen bill storage chamber 48. In addition, the paper sheets left in the bill feeding unit 41 due to the forgetting by the procedural operator pass through the discrimination section 44 again and are collected in the collecting box 49.

Next, the operation at the time of withdrawal will be described. The 10,000 yen bills and 1,000 yen bills corresponding to the desired withdrawal amount are paid out from the 10,000 yen bill storage chamber 47 and the 1,000 yen bill storage chamber 48. , The width sensor 50 and the thickness sensor 5
The width and thickness are confirmed in 1, and the bill feeding unit 41
And will be taken out from the bill insertion slot 34. Even in this case, the banknotes left in the banknote payout unit 41 due to the forgetting of the procedure by the procedural person are not recognized by the discrimination unit 4
4 is again passed through and collected in the collection box 49.

Next, the mechanism of the 10,000-yen bill storage chamber 47 and the 1,000-yen bill storage chamber 48 will be described with reference to FIG. 7, but since all have the same configuration, the configuration of the 10,000-yen bill storage chamber 47 will be described. explain. See FIG. 7. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of the 10,000-yen bill storage chamber 47, and a stage 5 for stacking and holding the bills 52.
3. Banknote lower guide 5 provided close to the stage 53
4. The bill 52 fed out facing the bill lower guide 54
Banknote upper guide 55, fixed payout roller 57 and movable payout roller 58 fixed to payout roller arm 56, payout appropriate pressure sensor 59 for detecting the payout appropriate pressure at the end of payout roller arm 56, fixed payout The separation roller 60 fixed to the roller 57 at a predetermined interval, the separation roller bracket 61 accommodating the separation roller 60, and the separation roller 60 provided between the separation roller bracket 61 and the banknote lower guide 54. It is composed of a spring member 62 for urging.

When paying out a 10,000-yen bill, that is, the bill 52, from the 10,000-yen bill storage chamber 47 as described above, the fixed feeding roller 57 and the movable feeding roller 58 are rotated clockwise in FIG. Get out to the guide side. In this case, the fixed feeding roller 57 and the movable feeding roller 58 are configured by providing a rubber member 64 on a part of a main body made of resin 63, and the portion of the rubber member 64 serves as a friction surface to feed the bill 52, The exposed surface of the resin 63 becomes a sliding surface, and when the sliding surface comes into contact with the banknote 52, feeding is not performed, and rotation is controlled by a step motor and a phase sensor (both not shown). By doing so, one half of the bill is fed out.

When the position of the feeding roller arm 56 is detected by the feeding proper pressure sensor 59 and it is determined that the pressure is not proper due to the decrease of the bill 52 by the feeding, the stage 53 is raised. At this time, since the fixed feeding roller 57 is fixed, the movable feeding roller 58 rotates about the axis of the fixed feeding roller 57 as a rotation center.

On the other hand, the separating roller 60 is formed of rubber, for example, and when a plurality of banknotes 52 are fed out, a frictional force is applied to the second and subsequent banknotes 52 so that the second banknote 52 is fed. Subsequent bills 52 are prevented from being fed to the bill guide, and the bills 52 are fed one by one.

[0015]

However, the separating roller 60 in such a bill storage chamber is deformed or bites a large number of sheets because it is pressed against or fixed by a spring member 62 having a high load. When the loaded high load medium is about to be delivered, the medium cannot be delivered without moving the medium only by the feeding force of the delivery roller, and it is necessary to stop the automatic teller machine. Will be described with reference to.

See FIG. 8. FIG. 8 is a conventional delivery flow chart. When the stage is raised to a proper position by a delivery command to obtain an appropriate pressure, the delivery roller is rotated, and when the delivery is normally performed. Ends normally after feeding the required number of sheets.

On the other hand, when the feeding is not normally performed, the feeding is retried (retry), and when the feeding is performed, the feeding is continued, and after the requested number of sheets is fed, the processing is normally ended. However, if the feeding is not performed even by the feeding retry, the device must be stopped, the staff must inspect it, remove the high-load medium, and recover the feeding operation, which increases the waiting time for the customer. There is a problem of doing.

Note that such a high-load medium is often generated when the deposited banknotes are stacked and stored in the banknote storage chamber. For example, a bent tip, a deformation in the stacking process of rolled banknotes, Alternatively, it is possible to bite a large number of banknotes in the stacking process.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to feed a high-load medium with a simple mechanism without stopping the apparatus.

[0020]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of the principle configuration of the present invention, and means for solving the problems in the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Referring to FIG. 1, according to the present invention, in a variable type paper sheet separating apparatus, when the paper sheets 1 such as banknotes that are stacked and stored are fed out, they are fixed to the feeding rollers 4 and 5 and the paper sheet 1 is fed out.
When the movement amount of the arm 6 detected by the detection mechanism that detects the vertical movement of the arm 6 that moves according to the pressure applied to the rollers 4 and 5 exceeds the set value, the separation roller 2 is retracted. It is characterized in that a mechanism is provided and means for discharging the sheet 1 by operating the feeding rollers 4 and 5 in a state where the separation roller 2 is retracted.

As described above, when the movement amount of the arm detected by the detection mechanism for detecting the vertical movement of the arm fixed to the feeding rollers 4 and 5 exceeds the set value, the separation roller 2 is retracted. By providing a mechanism for operating the separating roller 2 and a means for operating the feeding rollers 4 and 5 to discharge the paper sheet 1 in a state where the separating roller 2 is retracted, in particular, a link member 7 linked to the arm 6 is provided. By providing a simple retracting mechanism including a releasing mechanism 9 for releasing the biasing force of the spring member 8 which engages with the link member 7 and fixes the separation roller 2 to the feeding roller 4 at a predetermined interval, a high load is provided. When feeding the medium, the separation roller 2 is controlled by simple control.
The medium can be retracted, whereby a high-load medium that has been deformed or bitten a large number of sheets can be fed out, and it is possible to prevent the apparatus from falling into a state where it cannot be fed out and stopped.

[0022]

[0023]

[0024]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Here, referring to FIG. 2, a delivery flow of an embodiment of the present invention will be described. Refer to FIG. 2. FIG. 2 is a drawing flow chart of the embodiment of the present invention.
After the stage is raised to a proper position by a delivery command to obtain an appropriate pressure, the delivery roller is rotated, and if the delivery is performed normally, the required number of sheets are delivered and the process is completed normally.

On the other hand, when the feeding is not normally performed, the feeding is retried (retry), and when the feeding is performed, the feeding is continued, and after the requested number of sheets is fed, the processing is normally ended. The flow up to this point is exactly the same as the conventional one.

However, when the feeding is not performed even by the feeding retry, the pressure of the banknote is increased by raising the stage, the separating roller is retracted, and then the feeding roller is rotated to load the medium having a high load. Exclude.

When the medium with a high load can be eliminated, the feeding is continued, and after the required number of sheets has been fed, the processing is normally terminated.
On the other hand, when the high-load medium cannot be removed, the apparatus is stopped, but since the removing operation is performed while the separation roller is retracted, the stop is almost eliminated.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, a bill storage chamber equipped with the variable bill separating device according to the embodiment of the present invention for executing the above-mentioned payout flow will be described. See FIG. 3. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a banknote storage chamber in a normal banknote payout state, a stage 11 for stacking and holding banknotes 12, and a banknote lower guide provided in proximity to the stage 11. 13, a banknote upper guide 14 that guides the banknote 12 that has been paid out facing the banknote lower guide 13, a fixed payout roller 16 fixed to a payout roller arm 15, a movable payout roller 17, and a position at the end of the payout roller arm 15. The appropriate delivery pressure sensor 18 including two sensor units for detecting the appropriate delivery pressure, the separation roller 19 fixed at a predetermined distance from the fixed delivery roller 16, the separation roller bracket 20 housing the separation roller 19, and the separation roller bracket 20. It is provided between the banknote lower guide 13 and the banknote, and the separating roller 19 is fixed and fed out. The spring member 22 to energize the over la 16 side, and a separation roller lever 21 engages with the bracket 20, the link member 23 that links to the roller arm 15 feed at the other end linked with the lever 21 at one end.

In a normal bill feeding state, the separating roller 19 is fixed at a predetermined distance from the fixed feeding roller 16 via the separating roller bracket 20 by the urging force of the spring member 22, and two or more bills 12 are fed. Prevent. The stage 11 is controlled so that one end of the feeding roller arm 15 is held at a first position where one end of the feeding roller arm 15 is in contact with one of the feeding appropriate pressure sensors 18. Other operations are the same as the conventional one.

See FIG. 4. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a schematic construction of a bill storage chamber when a high-load medium is fed out. When a bill is not fed out by the normal bill feeding operation shown in FIG. If the feeding is retried several times and the feeding is still not performed, the stage 11 is raised by the motor,
It is controlled so that one end of the feeding roller arm 15 is held at the second position in contact with the other of the feeding appropriate pressure sensor 18.

At this time, since the fixed feeding roller 16 is fixed, the movable feeding roller 17 rotates about the axis of the fixed feeding roller 16, and the other end of the feeding roller arm 15 is accordingly fixed. It rotates counterclockwise in the figure with the axis of 16 as the center of rotation, and pushes the linked link member 23 downward.

The link member 23 pushed downward rotates the lever 21 engaged with the link member 23 counterclockwise in the figure. As the lever 21 rotates, the spring member 22
The separating roller bracket 20 rotates clockwise against the urging force of the separating roller bracket 20. As a result, the separating roller 19 housed and fixed in the separating roller bracket 20 moves downward to a retracted state and the fixed state is released. It

With the separating roller 19 retracted as described above, the fixed feeding roller 16 and the movable feeding roller 1 are provided.
When 7 is rotated, the separating operation of the separating roller 19 does not act on the high-load medium, so that the high-load medium is delivered, delivered to the transport path via the banknote guide, and delivered to the discrimination section.

Since it is assumed that such a high-load medium has some trouble, the high-load medium is discriminated by the discriminating section and the feeding operation is temporarily stopped until it is collected by the collecting section or the like. .

Then, after the recovery process of the medium having a high load is completed, the stage 11 is lowered to a position where an appropriate feeding pressure can be obtained. As the stage 11 descends, the feeding roller arm 15 moves the fixed feeding roller 1
It rotates clockwise about the axis of 6 as the axis of rotation, and with it,
Link member 23 linked to the feeding roller arm 15
Is released from the pressed state.

With the release of the pressed state of the link member 23, the urging force of the spring member 22 acts again to rotate the lever 21 clockwise and the feed roller bracket 20 rotate counterclockwise to separate the separating roller 19 Is a spring member 22
It is fixed again to the fixed feeding roller 16 at a predetermined interval by the urging force, and the normal feeding state is restored, and the normal feeding is restarted.

As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, since the time for retracting the separation roller 19 and stopping the feeding is short, it is not necessary to stop the apparatus, and feeding of a medium with a high load can be prevented. Since the withdrawal process can be restarted after waiting for the end of the discrimination process, the withdrawal process can be performed without causing the withdrawal process procedure person to wait.

Further, even if a feeding trouble due to a medium with a high load occurs, it is not necessary to suspend the apparatus, so that the inspection work and the trouble solving work by the staff are not necessary, which contributes to the reduction of the required personnel. .

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the configurations and conditions described in the embodiments, and various modifications can be made. For example,
In the above-mentioned embodiment, the variable bill separating device,
It is installed in a banknote storage room such as a 10,000-yen banknote storage room or a 1,000-yen banknote storage room, but it may also be installed in the banknote feeding section of the banknote slot, and is a high-load medium that has been mixed in the inserted banknotes. Is returned to the bill feeding unit via the discrimination section.

The present invention also relates to an automatic teller machine (A
The present invention is not limited to the variable banknote separating device provided in TM), but may be provided in a 1,000-yen banknote storage chamber that constitutes a change return unit in a vending machine such as a prepaid card or a commuter pass.

Further, the present invention is not limited to the bill separating device, but is used as a separating mechanism in a feeding portion of paper sheets other than bills, and for example, a gift certificate, a book ticket, or a lottery ticket. When such items are automatically sold, they can be used as a mechanism for separating paper sheets in a feeding section for paper gifts such as gift certificates, book coupons, or lottery tickets.

Here, detailed features of the present invention will be described again. (Supplementary Note 1) A feeding roller that feeds the stacked sheets, and a plurality of sheets that are fed at the same time are arranged at predetermined intervals so that the sheets pass through the facing surface of the feeding roller. Separation roller for prevention, arm fixed to the feeding roller, and feeding roller for feeding paper sheets.
When the amount of arm movement detected by the detection mechanism exceeds the set value in a variable paper sheet separator that has at least a detection mechanism that detects the vertical movement of the arm that moves according to the pressure applied to the roller to, provide a mechanism for retracting action of the separation roller, while being retracted separation roller, adjustable paper sheet separating apparatus characterized by comprising means for discharging the sheet by operating the feeding roller . (Supplementary Note 2) A mechanism for retracting the separation roller is
Supplementary Note 1 characterized in that it comprises a link member that links the arm, and a release mechanism that releases the biasing force of the spring member that engages the link member and presses the separation roller against the delivery roller.
The variable paper sheet separating device described. (Supplementary Note 3) A mechanism for retracting the separation roller is
3. The variable paper sheet separating apparatus according to appendix 1 or 2, which is provided in a paper sheet storage unit in the paper sheet handling apparatus. (Supplementary Note 4) A mechanism for retracting the separation roller is
3. The variable paper sheet separating device according to appendix 1 or 2, wherein the variable paper sheet separating device is provided at a paper sheet loading / unloading port of the paper sheet handling device. (Supplementary note 5) The variable paper sheet separating device according to any one of supplementary notes 1 to 4, wherein the paper sheets are banknotes.

[0043]

According to the present invention, since the variable paper sheet separating device is provided at the feeding portion of the paper sheets, the paper sheets stacked with the high-load medium in which a large number of the paper sheets are bitten Even if it is mixed in the product, the high load medium can be removed without stopping the device, and the normal feeding process can be restarted immediately, and stable deposit / withdrawal operations can be performed. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a principle configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a delivery flow chart of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a bill storage chamber in a normal bill feeding state according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of a banknote storage chamber when a high-load medium is fed out according to the embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view showing an example of an automatic teller machine.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram for explaining a banknote transport path in an automatic teller machine.

FIG. 7 is a schematic configuration diagram of a 10,000-yen bill storage chamber.

FIG. 8 is a conventional delivery flow.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 paper sheets 2 Separation roller 3 detection mechanism 4 Feeding roller 5 Feeding roller 6 arms 7 Link members 8 spring members 9 Release mechanism 11 stages 12 banknotes 13 Banknote guide 14 Banknote guide 15 Roll-out roller arm 16 Fixed feeding roller 17 Movable feeding roller 18 Proper pressure sensor 19 Separation roller 20 Separate roller bracket 21 lever 22 Spring member 23 Link members 30 Automatic teller machines 31 touch panel 32 cash card slot 33 Passbook insertion slot 34 banknote slot 35 open / close door 36 coin slot 37 Door 41 Banknote payout unit 42 Feeding roller 43 Conveyor roller 44 Discrimination Department 45 Temporary storage room 46 genuine ticket collection room 47 10,000 yen bill storage room 48 thousand yen bill storage room 49 Collection Box 50 width sensor 51 Thickness sensor 52 banknotes 53 stages 54 Banknote guide 55 Banknote top guide 56 Feeding roller arm 57 Fixed feeding roller 58 Movable feeding roller 59 Proper pressure sensor 60 separation roller 61 Separation roller bracket 62 spring member 63 resin 64 rubber member

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-61-106339 (JP, A) Actually opened, 64-541 (JP, U) Actually opened, 63-104350 (JP, U) (58) Field (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B65H 1/00-3/68 B65H ^7/ 00-7/20

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A feeding roller for feeding sheets of paper which are stacked and stored, and a plurality of sheets of paper which are fed simultaneously at a predetermined interval so that the sheets of paper pass through a surface facing the feeding roller. To prevent the separation roller, the arm fixed to the feeding roller , and the paper sheet.
The aforesaid movement that moves according to the pressure applied to the delivery roller
In a variable-type sheet separating device having at least a detection mechanism for detecting the vertical movement of the arm, when the movement amount of the arm detected by the detection mechanism exceeds a set value, the separating roller retracting operation is performed. A variable paper sheet separating apparatus comprising a mechanism for performing the above, and a means for operating the feeding roller to discharge the paper sheet with the separating roller retracted. 2. The paper sheet is a bill.
The variable paper sheet separating apparatus according to claim 1.