JP5760651B2 - Paper sheet stacking device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a paper sheet stacking apparatus that stacks paper sheets such as banknotes.

  In general, automatic transaction machines such as automatic teller machines and cash processing machines that handle banknotes, etc. are equipped with a paper sheet stacking device, which temporarily stacks inserted banknotes etc. in a stacking unit, It can be stored in the storage.

  FIG. 6 is a front view showing a configuration of a paper sheet stacking apparatus mounted on the conventional automatic transaction apparatus, FIG. 7 is a side view thereof, and FIG. 8 is a top view thereof.

  As shown in the figure, the conventional paper sheet stacking apparatus includes a tension roller 1, a transport roller 2, a transport roller shaft 3, a stage 4, an impeller 5, a bill stopper 6, a guide 7, and the like. The front rib 8 and the housing 12 are provided, and the stacking unit 15 can be detached from the apparatus main body. The discrimination unit 13 and the travel sensor 9 are arranged on the conveyance path 11 on the apparatus main body side.

  The tension roller 1 is pressed against the transport roller 2 by a spring (not shown). The transport roller 2 is assembled to the transport roller shaft 3 and rotates by rotating the transport roller shaft 3 by a driving unit (not shown). The transport roller 2 is composed of a high friction member, and when the banknote 10 transported as shown by the arrow A enters between the tension roller 1 and the transport roller 2, the banknote 10 is transported by this frictional force.

  The conveyance roller shaft 3 is assembled with the conveyance roller 2 and the impeller 5, and is rotated in the direction of the arrow CW by a driving means (not shown), so that the conveyance roller 2 and the impeller 5 are rotated in synchronization. When the banknote stacking mechanism is dedicated to stacking, the transport roller shaft 3 can only be rotated in the CW direction, and the banknotes 10 once stacked are prevented from returning to the transport path 11.

  The stage 4 is urged in a rising direction such as the U direction by a spring or the like (not shown). When the banknote 10 is stacked on the stage 4, the spring is pushed by the gravity of the banknote 10 and is lowered.

  The impeller 5 is a resilient high-friction member and has a structure having radial projections, and a plurality of rows are arranged beside the conveying roller 2. And it rotates to the arrow CW direction by rotation of the conveyance roller shaft 3 at the time of accumulation | stacking.

A plurality of bill stoppers 6 are arranged at positions facing the guides 7 so as to be sandwiched between the front ribs 8, and the tip of the banknote 10 discharged from the transport path 11 during stacking collides with the bill stopper 6. . The bill stopper 6 is provided with a spring 7 so that the kinetic energy of the bill 10 can be absorbed when the tip of the released bill 10 collides with the bill stopper 6 as indicated by an arrow B.

  In addition, as shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B, the bill stopper 6 is provided with protrusions and V-shaped grooves on the surface on which the banknote 10 collides, and the tip of the banknote 10 that has collided slides in the vertical direction. Is preventing. 9B and 9C, the bill stopper 6 is hidden in the front rib 8 by the collision of the released banknote 10 against the bill stopper 6, and the banknote 10 is moved to the front rib 8. The amount of retraction of the bill stopper 6 is regulated by placing the bill stopper 6 against the housing 12 so that the tip of the bill stopper 6 does not slip.

  The guide 7 is disposed so as to cover the conveyance roller 2, and the conveyance roller 2 protrudes from the notch of the guide 7. Further, the front rib 8 is disposed in two places in the longitudinal direction of the banknote 10 and facing the guide 7, and is provided in the housing 12 of the stacking unit 15 so as to form a banknote stacking space slightly larger than the banknote 10. . Further, the surface of the front rib 8 that contacts the banknote 10 is a flat and smooth flat surface so that friction and wear do not occur.

  With the above configuration, the conventional paper sheet stacking apparatus operates as follows. That is, the banknote 10 that has been denominated by the discriminating unit 13, the travel data of the banknote, and the authenticity determination of the banknote is conveyed from the transport path 11 as indicated by an arrow A, crosses the travel sensor 9, and the number of passing sheets is Counted. The counted banknote 10 passes between the tension roller 1 rotating in the CCW direction and the conveying roller 2 rotating in the CW direction, and is discharged to the stacking area of the stacking unit 15 as indicated by an arrow B.

  The released bill 10 hits the bill stopper 6 at its tip, the spring 7 is bent and the energy is absorbed and pushed back, and the rear end of the bill 10 is knocked down by the impeller 5 rotating in the CW direction. Are accumulated on the stage 4 (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2009-73641 A

  However, in the conventional paper sheet stacking apparatus, when the bill 10 hits the bill stopper 6, the bill stopper 6 moves as shown by an arrow B in FIGS. The housing 12 was hit and noise was generated.

  Alternatively, when the stacking unit 15 is separated from the apparatus main body and carried, the stacking unit 15 is accidentally dropped. There is also a problem that the weight is applied to the bill stopper 6, the bill stopper 6 and the housing 12 collide, and the bill stopper 6 is damaged.

  On the other hand, when the bill stopper 6 is hidden behind the front rib 8 so that the bill stopper 6 does not hit the housing 12, the bill 10 hits the front rib 8, the tip of the bill 10 slides up and down, and the rear end of the bill 10. However, the following bill 10 hits the rear end of the bill 10 that has been released earlier, resulting in a poor stacking.

The present invention adopts the following configuration in order to solve the above-described problems. That is, a front rib fixed to the housing and a bill stopper arranged so as to protrude from the front rib by the first urging means, and the discharged paper sheets are collided with the bill stopper to remove the paper sheets. a paper sheet stacking apparatus for stacking, as the building stopper between gap is formed between said building stopper even when moved to a position hidden before SL front rib the housing, the building Second biasing means attached to the housing with a predetermined distance from the back side of the stopper is provided, and the first biasing means is a degree to which the released paper sheet is bent when it hits the bill stopper. The second biasing means has a spring constant that is strong enough to prevent the discharged paper sheets from being bent even if they hit the bill stopper.

  According to the paper sheet stacking apparatus of the present invention, since it is configured as described above, when stacking paper sheets, the stacking failure does not occur, the generation of noise is reduced, and even when the paper sheet is dropped, Breakage of the stopper can be prevented.

It is a block diagram of the paper sheet stacking apparatus of Example 1. FIG. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a main configuration and an operation of the paper sheet stacking apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the configuration and operation of the paper sheet stacking apparatus according to the first embodiment. It is a block diagram of the paper sheet stacking apparatus of Example 2. FIG. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a main configuration and operation of a paper sheet stacking apparatus according to a second embodiment. It is a block diagram of the conventional paper sheet stacking apparatus. It is a block diagram of the conventional paper sheet stacking apparatus. It is a block diagram of the conventional paper sheet stacking apparatus. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the conventional paper sheet stacking apparatus.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Elements common to the drawings are given the same reference numerals.

(Constitution)
FIG. 1 is a front view showing the configuration of the banknote stacking mechanism according to the first embodiment, FIG. 2 is a front view showing the main configuration of the banknote stacking mechanism, and FIG. It is a front view which shows the stacking part 15 and the principal part structure at the time.

  As shown in the figure, in the banknote stacking mechanism of the first embodiment, in addition to the spring 7 as the first urging means provided between the back side of the bill stopper 6 and the housing 12, as the second urging means. The second spring 17 is attached to the housing 12 with a predetermined distance from the back side of the bill stopper 6.

  The spring 7 has a spring constant that is low enough to absorb the energy when the bill 10 released from the transport path 11 hits the bill stopper 6 as indicated by an arrow B in FIG. On the other hand, the second spring 17 is a spring having a spring constant that is strong enough not to bend even when the released bill 10 hits the bill stopper 6.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the weight of the stacked banknotes 10 is added to the bill stopper 6, as in the case where the stacking unit 15 falls with the bill stopper 6 facing down, and the bill stopper 6 is moved to the front. Even when the rib 8 is moved to the front surface, a gap is formed between the bill stopper 6 and the housing 12. Since other configurations are the same as those of the conventional paper sheet stacking apparatus, detailed description thereof is omitted for the sake of brevity.

(Operation)
With the above configuration, the paper sheet stacking apparatus according to the first exemplary embodiment operates as follows. This operation will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS.

  First, as shown in FIG. 1, a banknote 10 that has been subjected to denomination discrimination, banknote travel data, and banknote authenticity determination as shown in FIG. And the number of passing sheets is counted. The counted banknote 10 passes between the tension roller 1 rotating in the CCW direction and the transport roller 2 rotating in the CW direction, and is discharged to the stacking area of the stacking unit 15.

  As shown in FIG. 2B, the tip of the released banknote 10 hits the bill stopper 6, and the bill stopper 6 moves in the direction of arrow B due to the impact. At this time, the banknote 10 weakens the released speed by being pushed back by the spring 7.

  On the other hand, the bill stopper 6 moves to the second spring 17, and the momentum in the arrow B direction is stopped by the second spring 17.

  Then, the rear end of the pushed banknote 10 is scraped off by the impeller 5 rotating in the CW direction and is accumulated on the stage 4.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 3, when the stacking part 15 is dropped from the apparatus main body and carried in order to carry the stacked banknotes 10 and dropped as shown by the arrow D, the bill stopper 6 is first moved to the housing 12. 3, that is, the spring 7 is deflected and moved, and then hits the second spring 17. However, since the bill 10 is heavy, the second spring 17 is also bent, as shown in FIG. In addition, it is hidden behind the front rib 8.

  Even at this time, the bill stopper 6 does not collide with the casing 12 and is not destroyed because the gap is formed as shown in the a part.

  The fallen banknote 10 hits the front rib 8 and stops after the impact due to the fall is absorbed by the spring 7 and the second spring 17.

(Effect of Example 1)
As described above, according to the paper sheet stacking apparatus of the first embodiment, in the paper sheet stacking apparatus that absorbs and stacks the collision of the leading edge of the banknotes released by the bill stopper, between the bill stopper and the housing. In addition to the provided spring, the second spring is attached to the housing with a predetermined space between it and the bill stopper. Even when the bill stopper is moved to a position hidden by the front rib, the bill stopper and the housing are spaced from each other. Therefore, when stacking paper sheets, there is no stacking failure, noise is reduced, and damage to the bill stopper can be prevented even when dropped.

(Constitution)
FIG. 4 is a front view showing the configuration of the paper sheet stacking apparatus according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a front view of the main configuration thereof. As shown in the figure, the paper sheet stacking apparatus of Example 2 has a configuration in which a V-shaped groove is provided on the surface of the front rib 18 on the guide 7 side.

  In the paper sheet stacking apparatus according to the second embodiment, the spring constant of the spring 7 is pushed toward the front rib 18 by the collision of the bill 10 with which the bill stopper 6 is released as shown by the arrow B in FIG. The spring constant may be weak enough to be hidden in the front rib 18 when the Since other configurations are the same as those of the conventional paper sheet stacking apparatus, detailed description thereof is omitted for the sake of brevity.

(Operation)
With the above configuration, the paper sheet stacking apparatus according to the second embodiment operates as follows. This operation will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. 4 and FIG.

  First, as shown in FIG. 4, the banknote 10 having been subjected to denomination discrimination, banknote travel data, and banknote authenticity determination is conveyed from the transport path 11 as indicated by an arrow A as shown in FIG. And the number of passing sheets is counted. The counted banknote 10 passes between the tension roller 1 rotating in the CCW direction and the transport roller 2 rotating in the CW direction, and is discharged to the stacking area of the stacking unit 15 as indicated by an arrow B.

  As shown in FIG. 5B, the released banknote 10 hits the bill stopper 6, and the bill stopper 6 moves in the direction of arrow B due to an impact caused by the collision of the banknote 10 and is hidden behind the front rib 18. In addition, the spring 7 stops at a position not in contact with the housing 12.

  At this time, the front end of the banknote 10 hits the front rib 18 but is not slipped in the vertical direction because it is provided with a V-shaped groove and enters the V-shaped groove.

  Then, the banknote 10 is pushed back again toward the guide 7 by the spring 7, and is knocked down by the impeller 5 whose rear end is rotating in the CW direction and accumulated on the stage 4.

  By the way, as shown in FIG. 3 described above, when the stacking unit 15 is dropped when being transported separately from the apparatus main body, in the paper sheet stacking apparatus according to the second embodiment, the bill stopper 6 is moved to the housing 12 by the weight of the banknote 10. The spring 7 is bent and moved in the direction and is hidden by the front rib 18. However, since the front rib 18 is provided with a V-shaped groove, the tip of the falling bill 10 is reliably received by the front rib 18 and slips. Moreover, since the front end of the banknote 10 is stopped by the front rib 18, the bill stopper 6 is not pressed against the housing 12 and is not destroyed.

  In the above description of the second embodiment, the second spring 17 is not provided. However, as in the first embodiment, the front rib 18 is provided with a V-shaped groove in the configuration in which the second spring 17 is provided. You may make it provide.

(Effect of Example 2)
As described above, according to the paper sheet stacking apparatus of the second embodiment, in the paper sheet stacking apparatus that absorbs and collects the collision of the leading edge of the bills released by the bill stopper, a spring is provided between the bill stopper and the housing. The front rib is provided with a V-shaped groove, and the spring has a spring constant that is low enough to bend when the released bill hits the bill stopper. Even if the bill stopper moves to a position hidden by the front rib, Since a gap is formed between the stopper and the housing, there is no stacking failure when stacking paper sheets, noise is reduced, and damage to the building stopper is prevented even when dropped. can do.

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In the above description of the embodiment, the V-shaped groove is provided on the surface of the bill stopper 6 and the front rib 18 on the guide 7 side, but a groove shape such as a sawtooth groove or a U-shaped groove may be used. An arbitrary protrusion shape may be provided, or a material having a high friction coefficient may be disposed.

  The present invention can be widely used in an automatic transaction apparatus such as an automatic teller machine or a cash processing apparatus equipped with a paper sheet stacking apparatus that stacks paper sheets such as banknotes.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tension roller 2 Conveyance roller 3 Conveyance roller shaft 4 Stage 5 Impeller 6 Bill stopper 7 Spring 8, 18 Front rib 9 Travel sensor 10 Bill 11 Conveyance path 12 Case 13 Discrimination part 15 Accumulation part 17 2nd spring

Claims (2)

A front rib fixed to the housing; and a bill stopper arranged to protrude from the front rib by the first biasing means, and the discharged paper sheets collide with the bill stopper to accumulate the paper sheets. A paper sheet stacking device,
The building stopper as between gap is formed between said building stopper even when moved to a position hidden before SL front rib the housing,
A second urging means attached to the housing with a predetermined distance from the back side of the bill stopper;
The first urging means has a spring constant that is low enough to bend when the released paper sheet hits the bill stopper, and the second urging means has a spring constant even when the discharged paper sheet hits the bill stopper. A paper sheet stacking apparatus characterized by having a spring constant that is strong enough not to bend . A front rib fixed to the housing; and a bill stopper arranged to protrude from the front rib by the first biasing means, and the discharged paper sheets collide with the bill stopper to accumulate the paper sheets. A paper sheet stacking device,
A gap is formed between the bill stopper and the housing even when the bill stopper moves to a position hidden by the front rib.
The paper sheet stacking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the front rib is provided with a groove shape, a protrusion shape, or a friction member on a surface on which the discharged paper sheets collide .

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