JP4239962B2 - Paper sheet accumulation mechanism - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a paper sheet separating and accumulating mechanism that transports paper sheets such as banknotes and slips and stores them in a paper sheet storage unit.

The conventional paper sheet separating and accumulating mechanism is configured such that the trailing edge of the paper sheet discharged to the paper sheet storage unit is knocked down by a tongue roller having a tongue piece curved backward in the stacking direction to The trailing edge of the leading edge is prevented, and the paper sheets that are conveyed one after another are stored in the paper sheet storage unit (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP-A-6-24597 (page 7, right column, line 43-page 7, right column, line 49)

In general, the tongue piece of the tongue roller rolls down the paper sheet and then presses the upper surface of the paper sheet accumulated in the paper sheet storage unit with the tip of the tongue piece in order to hold down the paper sheet. Composed.
However, in the above-described conventional technology, the tongue pieces are curved backward in the stacking direction, so that even if the paper sheets on which the tongue pieces are stacked are pressed, the subsequent tongue pieces are separated from the paper sheets and collected immediately. There is a time until the pressed paper sheet is pressed and the habit of the paper sheet may come back in the meantime. There is a problem that.

Further, in the case of a paper sheet stacking mechanism having a separation mechanism, if paper sheets are stacked in a messy state when the stacked paper sheets are fed, it may cause a feeding failure or the like.
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and provides a means for continuously holding paper sheets accumulated in a paper sheet storage unit and storing the paper sheets in an aligned manner. Objective.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a paper sheet storage unit for storing paper sheets, a feed roller provided at the entrance of the paper sheet storage unit, and a driven roller facing the feed roller, In the paper sheet stacking mechanism comprising a tongue piece roller for knocking down the paper sheets discharged by the driven roller and the feed roller with a tongue piece made of an elastic material, the tongue piece roller is released. Placed at both sides and center in the direction perpendicular to the paper stacking direction, and the tongue piece of the tongue roller placed at the center is bent forward in the paper stacking direction and placed at the center The tongue piece roller is rotated faster than the tongue piece rollers arranged on both sides .

  As described above, the present invention has a shape that abuts against the paper sheet storing the tongue piece of the tongue piece roller from the front end side of the tongue piece. Specifically, by curving forward in the stacking direction of the paper sheets, the tongue piece holds down the paper sheets accumulated in the paper sheet storage section for a long time, and the tongue pieces are separated from the top surface of the paper sheets. However, since the subsequent tongue piece immediately presses the paper sheets, it is possible to obtain an effect that the paper sheets can be aligned and stacked on the stage.

  Embodiments of a paper sheet separating and accumulating mechanism according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of the paper sheet separating and accumulating apparatus according to the first embodiment when viewed from the side, and FIG. 2 is a front view showing the paper sheet separating and accumulating apparatus according to the first embodiment.
1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a paper sheet separating and accumulating device as a paper sheet accumulating mechanism.
Reference numeral 2 denotes a paper sheet storage unit, which is provided on the front plate 2a, a rear plate 2b provided to face the front plate 2a, a pair of side plates 2c provided on the sides of the front plate 2a and the rear plate 2b, and below. This is a housing composed of a stage 3 that can be moved up and down by a lifting mechanism (not shown).

FIG. 1 shows a state in which the side plate 2c on the front side is removed.
Reference numeral 4 denotes a feed roller as a feed roller, which is installed at a predetermined interval on a feed roller shaft 5 provided at the entrance of the paper sheet storage unit 2 and rotates in a forward / reverse direction. A high friction member 6 having a sufficient frictional force for conveying the paper sheet P is attached, and two ring-shaped grooves extending in the entire circumferential direction are provided side by side.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a separation roller as a driven roller, which is disposed on a separation roller shaft 8 disposed opposite to the feeding roller 4 and disposed in parallel with the feeding roller shaft 5, and has a ring-shaped groove portion in the circumferential direction on the outer peripheral surface thereof. Is provided, and is arranged so as to mesh with the groove and the convex portion of the feeding roller 4 facing each other.
Further, the separation roller shaft 8 is provided with a not-shown one-way clutch, and can rotate only in the stacking direction of the paper sheets P indicated by the arrow A in FIG. 1, and stops in the anti-stacking direction.

A tongue roller 10 is installed on the separation roller shaft 8 outside each separation roller 7 via a one-way clutch (not shown) serving as a one-way rotation mechanism. 7 is configured to rotate in conjunction with the motor 7 and to idle in the anti-stacking direction.
Reference numeral 11 denotes a tongue piece which extends in the tangential direction of the outer periphery of the hub portion 10a of the tongue piece roller 10 with an elastic material such as natural rubber or synthetic rubber, and in front of the sheet P in the stacking direction as shown in FIG. It is formed by bending.

The tongue piece roller 10 of this embodiment is provided with four curved tongue pieces 11.
A conveying roller 12 is installed on the feeding roller shaft 5 and has an entire circumference formed by a high friction member, and is arranged on the outer side of each feeding roller 4 and in the central portion between the feeding rollers 4.
Reference numeral 13 denotes a pressure roller, which is installed on the upstream side of the separation roller 7 in the stacking direction so as to face the transport roller 12 and is pressed against the transport roller 12 by a spring or the like (not shown).

Reference numeral 15 denotes a pick-up roller, which is disposed at a predetermined interval on the downstream side in the stacking direction of the feeding roller 4 and has a high friction member 15a having a sufficient frictional force for conveying the paper sheet P at a part of its outer periphery. Is attached and is rotated in conjunction with the feeding roller 4 by a belt or the like.
Reference numeral 17 denotes a pair of conveyance guides, and an opening through which the tongue piece 11 passes is provided at a position overlapping the track of the tongue piece 11 when the tongue piece roller 10 rotates, and one of the conveyance guides 17 is near the separation roller 7. A sheet bent from a position near the sheet storage unit 2 and connected to the front plate 2a of the sheet storage unit 2, and the other end of the conveyance guide 17 is connected to the top plate 18 and conveyed. Guide P.

The top plate 18 is installed so as to face the stage 3 of the paper sheet storage unit 2 and includes an opening for projecting a part of the outer periphery of the pickup roller 15 to the inside.
The operation of the above configuration will be described.
When the paper sheet P guided by the transport guide 17 is transported in the stacking direction and carried into the paper sheet storage unit 2, the feeding roller 4 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 1 and the separation roller 7 is rotated clockwise. The paper sheet P sandwiched between the feeding roller 4 and the separation roller 7 is conveyed in the direction of the paper sheet storage unit 2.

The paper sheet P is discharged to the paper sheet storage unit 2 by the feeding roller 4 and the separation roller 7 rotating in the stacking direction, and the tongue piece 11 of the tongue piece roller 10 is attached to the rear end of the paper sheet P. Tap it down and accumulate it on the stage 3 of the paper sheet storage unit 2.
At this time, the tongue piece roller 10 struck down with the paper sheet P presses and presses the top end of the tongue piece 11 a shown in FIG. 3 against the upper surface of the accumulated paper sheet P, and the tongue piece roller 10 rotates with the rotation of the tongue piece roller 10. When the piece 11a is bent and the tongue piece roller 10 is further rotated, the tongue piece 11a is separated from the upper surface of the accumulated paper sheets P as shown in FIG. In the meantime, the upper surface of the collected paper sheet P is pressed immediately after the tongue piece 11a is separated from the paper sheet P on which the tongue piece 11b following the tongue piece 11a is accumulated, and the paper sheet P is pressed down. It operates similarly to the tongue piece 11a. The same applies to the tongue piece 11c following the tongue piece 11b.

Even if the tongue piece 11c abuts on the feeding roller shaft 5, the tip is bent and the rotation of the tongue piece 10 is not hindered.
In this way, since the tongue piece 11 is curved forward in the stacking direction of the paper sheet P, the tongue piece having the same outer diameter is straightly formed or bent backward in the stacking direction of the paper sheet P. Compared with the case where the top surface of the paper sheet P is pressed, the locus of the tip of the tongue piece that is bent while being pressed becomes longer, so that the paper sheet P can be pressed long, and the tongue piece 11 is further away from the top surface of the paper sheet P. Since the subsequent tongue piece 11 immediately presses the paper sheet P, the paper sheet P accumulated in the paper sheet storage unit 2 can be pressed continuously.

In this case, the stage 3 detects the position of the upper surface of the paper sheet P accumulated by an optical upper surface detection sensor (not shown) provided in the paper sheet storage unit 2, and the tongue piece 11 of the tongue piece roller 10 is moved. It descends so as to keep the position of the upper surface of the paper sheet P at the time of pressing constant.
Next, when the paper sheet P is fed out from the paper sheet storage unit 2 and conveyed in the anti-stacking direction, the feeding roller 4 and the pickup roller 15 are rotated clockwise in FIG. The uppermost paper sheet P accumulated by raising the stage 3 is pressed against the pickup roller 15, and the frictional force acting between the high friction member 15 a attached to the pickup roller 15 and the paper sheet P Thus, the paper sheet P is conveyed in the direction of the feeding roller 4.

The conveyed paper sheet P is sandwiched between the feeding roller 4 and the separation roller 7 and further conveyed by a frictional force acting between the high friction member 6 attached to the feeding roller 4.
At this time, since the separation roller 7 is rotatable only in the stacking direction of the paper sheets P, it is stopped when the paper sheets P are conveyed in the anti-stacking direction, and a plurality of stacked paper sheets P are stacked. Is sandwiched between the feeding roller 4 and the separation roller 7, only the uppermost sheet P in contact with the feeding roller 4 is separated and fed out.

Further, when the leading end of the fed paper sheet P collides with the tongue piece 11 of the tongue piece roller 10, the tongue piece roller 10 is installed so as to idle in the anti-stacking direction of the paper sheet P by a one-way clutch (not shown). Therefore, the feeding of the paper sheet P is not hindered.
As described above, in the present embodiment, since the tongue piece is curved forward in the stacking direction, the tongue piece presses the paper sheet stored in the paper sheet storage unit for a long time, and the tongue piece is formed of the paper sheet. Even if it is away from the upper surface, the subsequent tongue piece immediately presses the paper sheets, so that the paper sheets can be prevented from being randomly accumulated.

  In addition, since the tongue piece roller of this embodiment idles in the anti-stacking direction, the tongue piece roller idles even when the leading edge of the paper sheet fed from the paper sheet storage unit contacts the tongue piece, and the paper sheet is fed out. Since it is not obstructed, the paper sheets can be fed out smoothly.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing the paper sheet separating and accumulating apparatus according to the second embodiment.
In addition, the same part as the said Example 1 attaches | subjects the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omits the description.
In FIG. 5, reference numeral 20 denotes an intermediate tongue roller, which is composed of a plurality of tongues 11 formed so as to curve forward in the stacking direction of the paper sheets P, and is provided between the separation rollers 7 via a not-shown one-way clutch. And rotate in the stacking direction in the same manner as the tongue roller 10, and idle in the anti-stacking direction.

The operation of the above configuration will be described.
When the paper sheet P guided by the transport guide 17 is transported in the stacking direction and carried into the paper sheet storage unit 2, the feeding roller 4 is stacked in the stacking direction of the paper sheet P in the same manner as in the first embodiment. The separation roller 7 is rotated.
The paper sheet P is discharged to the paper sheet storage unit 2 by the feeding roller 4 and the separation roller 7, and both sides of the paper sheet P discharged by the tongue roller 10 in the direction perpendicular to the stacking direction (hereinafter simply referred to as both side parts). Is centered on the intermediate tongue roller 20 and is accumulated on the stage 3 of the paper sheet storage unit 2.

At this time, the tongue piece 11 of the tongue piece roller 10 presses both sides of the upper surface of the paper sheet P with its tip accumulated like the first embodiment, and the rotation of the tongue piece roller 10 causes the paper sheet P to rotate. When the tongue piece 11 is separated from the upper surface of the paper sheet P by bending while pressing the upper surface and further rotating the tongue piece roller 10, the subsequent tongue piece 11 immediately presses the upper surface of the paper sheet P.
Further, the tongue piece 11 of the intermediate tongue roller 20 is bent while pressing the upper surface of the paper sheet P by pressing the central portion of the upper surface of the paper sheet P having its tip accumulated and rotating the intermediate tongue roller 20. Further, when the tongue piece roller 20 further rotates and the tongue piece 11 is separated from the upper surface of the paper sheet P, the tongue piece 11 of the subsequent intermediate tongue roller 20 immediately presses the upper surface of the accumulated paper sheet P. .

As described above, in the present embodiment, in addition to the effects of the first embodiment, the central portion of the paper sheet from which the tongue piece of the intermediate tongue roller is discharged is struck to be accumulated in the paper sheet storage unit. Since the accumulated paper sheets are pressed down, it is possible to prevent the central portion of the paper sheets from rising when the twisted paper sheets are released, and the paper sheets P can be aligned and accumulated.
In the present embodiment, the tongue pieces of the tongue piece rollers on both sides are described as being curved forward in the stacking direction, but they may be formed radially straight with respect to the tongue piece rollers. In this way, it is possible to press and align the central part of the shabby paper sheets.

The configuration of the paper sheet separating and accumulating apparatus of the present embodiment is the same as that of the second embodiment.
In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the part similar to each said Example, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.
The intermediate tongue roller 20 of the present embodiment is configured to rotate faster than the tongue roller 10 on both sides using a drive gear (not shown) that rotates the intermediate tongue roller 20 as a speed increasing gear train.
With the above configuration, as in the first embodiment, when the paper sheet conveyed in the stacking direction by the feeding roller and the separation roller is discharged to the paper sheet storage unit, the intermediate tongue piece roller is Since it rotates faster than the tongue roller, it is possible to further prevent the central portion of the paper sheet from being pressed first, and the central portion of the paper sheet to be further accumulated while being raised.

In the present embodiment, it has been described that the intermediate tongue roller rotates faster than the tongue roller on both sides by the speed increasing gear train, but the drive gear that rotates the tongue roller on both sides is a reduction gear train, Even if it is configured to rotate slower than the intermediate tongue roller, the same effect as described above can be obtained.
Further, in the present embodiment, it has been described that the intermediate tongue roller rotates faster than the tongue roller on both sides by the speed increasing gear train, but the number of tongue pieces of the intermediate tongue roller is set to the number of tongues on both sides. Even if the number of the tongue pieces is larger than that of the intermediate tongue piece rollers so as to strike the paper sheets more than the tongue piece rollers on both sides, the same effect as described above can be obtained.

6 is a front view showing the paper sheet stacking mechanism of the fourth embodiment, FIG. 7 is a side view showing the paper sheet stacking mechanism of the fourth embodiment, and FIG. 8 shows a roller installed on the stacking roller shaft of the fourth embodiment. It is explanatory drawing.
In addition, although the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the part similar to each said Example, the description is abbreviate | omitted, but in this Example, there is no separation and feeding function, it has only an integration function, and arrangement | positioning of a feed roller etc. Different.

6 and 7, reference numeral 40 denotes a paper sheet stacking mechanism, which is a stacking mechanism that stacks paper sheets P having different lengths in the stacking direction in the paper sheet storage unit 2.
Reference numeral 41 denotes a collecting roller as a feed roller, which is provided at the entrance of the sheet storage unit 2 and is attached to the stacking roller shaft 42 so as to sandwich the both sides and the center of the sheet P conveyed in the stacking direction. Installed.

Reference numeral 44 denotes a press roller as a driven roller, which is disposed on a press roller shaft 45 disposed in parallel with the accumulation roller shaft 42 so as to face the accumulation roller 41, and is pressed against the accumulation roller 41 by a press spring 46.
Reference numeral 48 denotes a short tongue roller, which is installed on the integrated roller shaft 42 and includes a plurality of short tongue pieces 49 radially formed of an elastic material such as natural rubber or synthetic rubber on the outer periphery thereof. Are arranged on the outer side of the stacking roller 41 sandwiching the toner.

The short tongue piece 49 is formed when the leading end of the paper sheet P having the longest length in the stacking direction collides with the rear plate 2b among the paper sheets P stacked in the paper sheet storage unit 2. It has a length that allows P to be knocked down.
The number of the short tongue pieces 49 provided in the short tongue piece roller 48 is determined as the number of the short tongue pieces 49 that can enter between the paper sheets P being conveyed as shown in FIG. That is, the number of sheets is determined by providing at least one short tongue piece 49 at the rotation angle of the short tongue piece roller 48 corresponding to the interval between the paper sheets P to be conveyed.

The maximum length of the short tongue pieces 49 is set such that the short tongue pieces 49 do not overlap with the paper sheet P being conveyed when the short tongue piece roller 48 is rotated by a predetermined number.
In FIG. 10, 51 is a long tongue piece roller, which is installed on the accumulation roller shaft 42 and has a long tongue piece 53 on the outer periphery, and is located on both sides of the accumulation roller 41 sandwiching the center of the paper sheet P, that is, a short tongue piece roller 48 in the middle.

The long tongue piece 53 is radially extended with an elastic material such as natural rubber or synthetic rubber as shown in FIG. 10, and is formed so as to be curved forward in the stacking direction of the paper sheets P indicated by an arrow B in FIG. Of the paper sheets P that are discharged to the paper sheet storage unit 2 and the leading end collides with the rear plate 2b, the paper sheet P that has the shortest length in the transport direction has a length that can be knocked down.
Further, the number of the long tongue pieces 53 provided in the long tongue piece roller 51 is set such that the long tongue pieces 53 do not overlap with the paper sheet P being conveyed.

In this embodiment, the short tongue piece roller 48 is constituted by eight short tongue pieces 49, and the long tongue piece roller 51 is constituted by four long tongue pieces 53.
The operation of the above configuration will be described.
When the paper sheet P guided by the transport guide 17 is transported in the stacking direction and carried into the paper sheet storage unit 2, the stacking roller 41 is rotated in the stacking direction (counterclockwise in FIG. 7) and pressed. The press roller 44 pressed against the stacking roller 41 by the spring 46 rotates following the rotation of the stacking roller 41, and the sheet P sandwiched between the stacking roller 41 and the press roller 44 is conveyed in the stacking direction. It is discharged into the paper sheet storage unit 2.

At this time, the paper sheet P having the longest length in the stacking direction discharged to the paper sheet storage unit 2 collides with the rear plate 2b and is short before the next paper sheet P is discharged. Both side portions of the paper sheet P are hit by the tongue piece 49 and accumulated on the stage 3 of the paper sheet storage unit 2.
When the leading end of the paper sheet P discharged to the paper sheet storage unit 2 collides with the rear plate 2b, the central portion of the paper sheet P is moved by the long tongue piece 53 of the long tongue piece roller 51. It is struck and accumulated on the stage 3 of the paper sheet storage unit 2.

  Then, the long tongue piece 53 of the long tongue piece roller 51 curved forward in the stacking direction of the paper sheet P presses the upper surface of the long paper sheet P or the short paper sheet P accumulated on the stage 3, and the long tongue piece roller 51 The paper sheets P that are collected while being bent as they are rotated are pressed down, the long tongue piece roller 51 is further rotated, and the long tongue piece 53 is separated from the upper surface of the paper sheet P. Press the upper surface of P.

  As described above, in this embodiment, in addition to the effects of the first embodiment, the long tongue piece roller and the short tongue piece roller are provided so as to correspond to the paper sheets having different lengths in the accumulation direction. For paper sheets with a long length, the short tongue piece of the short tongue piece roller is discharged to the paper sheet storage unit and collides with the rear plate before the next paper sheet is released. For paper sheets with a short length in the stacking direction, the long tongue pieces of the long tongue piece roller are used to knock down short paper sheets. When stacking classes, they can be stacked in an aligned state.

In the present embodiment, the stacking rollers are described as being disposed on both sides and the center of the paper sheet. However, when the number of stacking rollers to be installed is changed, a press roller may be disposed facing each stacking roller. The same operation as described above can be performed.
Further, the short tongue piece roller has been described as being disposed outside the accumulation roller on both sides of the paper sheet, and the long tongue piece roller is disposed on both sides of the accumulation roller in the central part of the paper sheet. Even if the arrangement with the long tongue piece roller is changed, the same operation as described above can be performed.

In the present embodiment, the number of short tongue pieces provided on the short tongue piece roller is eight, and the number of long tongue pieces provided on the long tongue piece roller is four. However, the length of the short tongue piece or the long tongue piece described above is described. If the length and the number of sheets are set so as to satisfy the conditions of the number of sheets, the same operation as described above can be performed.
In the above embodiments, the tongue piece is described as being formed of an elastic material such as natural rubber or synthetic rubber. However, the tongue piece may be formed of a flexible material such as a plastic sheet.

In each of the above embodiments, the tongue piece and the long tongue piece are described as being bent forward in the paper stacking direction, but the tip of the tongue piece and the long tongue piece is bent forward in the stacking direction. If the tongue piece and the long tongue piece are in contact with the paper sheet from the front end side, the same effect as described above can be obtained.

Explanatory drawing which looked at the paper sheet separation and accumulation apparatus of Example 1 from the side The front view which shows the paper sheet separation and accumulation apparatus of Example 1. Explanatory drawing which shows integration operation of Example 1 Explanatory drawing which shows integration operation of Example 1 Front view showing a paper sheet separating and accumulating apparatus of Example 2 Front view showing the paper sheet stacking mechanism of Mounting Example 4 Side view showing the paper sheet stacking mechanism of Example 4 Explanatory drawing which shows the roller installed in the integration | stacking roller shaft of Example 4. FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram of the relationship between the short tongue piece roller of Example 4 and paper sheets conveyed in the stacking direction. Explanatory drawing which shows the long tongue piece roller of Example 4.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Paper sheet separation and accumulation apparatus 2 Paper sheet storage part 2a Front board 2b Rear board 2c Side board 3 Stage 4 Feeding roller 5 Feeding roller shaft 6, 15a High friction member 7 Separation roller 8 Separation roller shaft 10 Tongue piece roller 10a Hub Part 11 Tongue piece 12 Conveying roller 13 Pressure roller 15 Pickup roller 17 Conveying guide 18 Top plate 20 Intermediate tongue piece roller 40 Paper sheet stacking mechanism 41 Stacking roller 42 Stacking roller shaft 44 Press roller 45 Press roller shaft 46 Press spring 48 Short tongue Single roller 49 Short tongue piece 51 Long tongue piece roller 53 Long tongue piece

Claims (1)

Released by a paper sheet storage unit for storing paper sheets, a feed roller provided at an entrance of the paper sheet storage unit, a driven roller facing the feed roller, the driven roller and the feed roller In a paper sheet stacking mechanism comprising a tongue piece roller that knocks down the paper sheets with a tongue piece formed of an elastic material ,
The tongue piece rollers are arranged on both sides and the center in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the discharged paper sheets are collected, and the tongue pieces of the tongue piece rollers arranged in the center are arranged in front of the paper sheets in the accumulation direction. Curved to
The paper sheet stacking mechanism , wherein the tongue piece roller disposed at the central portion rotates faster than the tongue piece rollers disposed at the both side portions .

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