JPH02123031A - Issuing machine for election ballot - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable loading work to be smoothly performed of ballots onto a hopper by forming a clearance between a paper feed roller and the hopper turned in a bottom direction reversely and correlating to rotary action to the upper of a removal paper receiving plate placed almost in an upright condition. CONSTITUTION:When a removal paper receiving plate 15 is turned through a supporting shaft 27 to almost an upright condition, by rotating a stopper plate 28 being based on the above turning action, a spring 18 rides in its acting point over the upper from the supporting point of the supporting shaft 27, as the result, the removal paper receiving plate 15 is maintained in an upright condition by urging action of the spring. Next by rotating this stopper plate 28, the first crank arm 29 is moved in a direction of arrow head, and its end part positioned stopper shaft 30 presses a stopper plate 26 against urging action of a spring member 17. In this way, the free end side of a paper hopper 3, integrally formed with this stopper plate 26, is lowered to a position in the lowermost part, and the paper hopper 3 separates from a paper feed roller 4, forming a space part for a ballot to be loaded.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] a. Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a voting paper issuing machine for one vote, and in particular, by making the rejection paper receiving plate rotatable, it is possible to place the ballot paper in the paper hopper. This invention relates to a configuration that allows work to be performed smoothly and easily.

b. Conventional technology In recent years, in various elections, mechanical devices have been adopted in some elections to improve the efficiency of election affairs, in contrast to the manual method of issuing ballots at voting stations. - For example, the arrangement shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 58-218849! can be mentioned.

That is, in the device involved in the above-mentioned publication, the voting papers on the paper loading table of the hopper are fed out one by one from the topmost one by the feeder with a sorting action,
A double feed detection device consisting of optical means detects the double feed, and the double feed is advanced by a pair of guide rollers to form a folding line on the ballot, while the folded ballots are automatically folded on both sides of this folding line. After passing through a mold, an embossing member, and a paper ejecting device for taking out the voting paper after one dimension of curling, the voting paper is further guided by a guide roller. When the voter pulls out the ballot paper, a photoelectric element installed at the tip of the outlet is activated, and the number of times the voter pulls out the ballot paper is counted by gender. It is also configured to be displayed in Kawanta.

C1 Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the conventional device described above, when stacking voting papers in the hopper, the hopper is constantly urged upward by a spring member (not shown), and the end of the voting paper is pushed against the feed roller. Since the hopper is configured to abut against the feed roller, when supplying ballots, the hopper will completely move from the lowest position when placing the ballot to the position where the paper loading table contacts the feed roller. It is in a state of rising.

Therefore, when trying to place a ballot in the hopper, it is impossible to place the ballot in this state, so use one hand to press and move the hopper to the R lowering position, and place it on the paper loading table. After increasing the distance from the feed roller, the ballot had to be placed with the other hand.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and in particular, the vertical movement of the hopper is controlled by the rotation of a rejection paper receiving plate located above the hopper to eliminate voting papers due to double feeding, etc. An object of the present invention is to provide an election ballot paper dispensing machine that allows a hopper to be moved up and down without requiring any human effort by linking with the operation, and that simplifies the operation of placing a ballot paper in the hopper. shall be.

80 Means for Solving the Problems The election ballot paper exchanger according to the present invention includes a paper feeding unit for feeding election ballot papers one by one stacked in a paper hopper in a case; A double feed detection unit for detecting double feeding of ballot papers that are sent out one by one from the paper feed unit, and a paper removal means and rejection paper receiving plate for removing the current ballot paper at the place where the ballot papers are fed multiple times. In this election ballot issuing machine, the voting papers can be taken out one by one, and a rejection paper receiving plate for the ballot papers rejected by the paper rejection means is rotatably installed.

e. Function: In the election ballot paper exchange f= according to the present invention, since the rejected paper receiving plate is rotatably provided, by standing the rejected paper receiving plate almost vertically upward, the connecting means Since the paper hopper is separated from the paper feed section via the paper hopper and a space is formed above the paper hopper, it is possible to easily supply and place the ballot paper onto the paper hopper.

f. Embodiment Hereinafter, an embodiment of the 1-inch election ballot paper interchanging machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The first one (2! and No. n in Figure 2) has a box-shaped case as a whole, with an opening M on the top.
1a, and inside this case 1, a support shaft 2 is provided.
A paper hopper 3 is arranged so as to be rotatable from the position shown by the solid line to the position shown by the dotted line via the paper hopper 3, and this paper hopper 3 is always urged upward by a spring member 17, which will be described hereinafter.

A pair of guide plates 3b are formed on both sides of the paper hopper 3 for regulating both sides of the voting paper 3a.

At the tip of the paper hopper 3, a paper feeding roller 4 and a paper handling body 5, which constitute a paper feeding section, are disposed facing each other, and below the paper feeding roller 4, a voting paper 3a is placed upward along its edge. A guide plate 3c is provided to guide the user. The paper feed roller 4 is coupled to a rotation transmission member via a clutch mechanism (not shown) driven by a paper feed roller solenoid 42, and a one-way clutch is provided on the shaft portion thereof, and a one-way clutch is provided on the downstream side thereof. , a pair of drawer rollers 6 constituting a paper drawer section for drawing out voting papers.
, an exclusion roller 7 for pulling out the detected double-fed ballot paper 3a, and a creasing roller 8 for creating a crease in the center of the ballot paper 3a, and each of these rollers 4, 6, 7, and 8, A drive motor 9 provided at the bottom 1 of the case 1 is configured to be interlocked via a belt 10 (only a portion of which is shown).

Further, in the vicinity of the removal roller 7 and at a position facing the ballot paper conveyance path 11 that guides the ballot paper 3a upward, there is a separation lever solenoid 45 (switchable between the solid line and dotted line positions when IE is activated). A separation lever 12 configured as shown in FIG.
is provided as a double feed detection section, and a second detector 14 also having a photoelectric configuration is provided at a position above the folding roller 8 and between it and the voting paper delivery port 16 mentioned above. There is.

A rejected paper receiving plate 15 is disposed on the ballot paper discharging side of the rejecting roller raff so that the paper hopper 3 is located at the back or back side thereof, and these rejecting rollers and separation lever 12 are used to detect the first detection. It constitutes a paper removing means for removing the ballot paper 3a detected as a double feed by the double feed detection unit consisting of a container 13 from the legitimate ballot paper conveyance path 11, A ballot paper delivery port 16 is formed at a position corresponding to 11.

This case 1 includes a display section 21 made of liquid crystal or LED.
, an operation panel 24 equipped with switches such as a horse switch 22 and a Tachikawa switch 23 is connected via a cable 20.

FIG. 3 shows a connection mechanism between the hopper 3 and the rejected paper receiving plate 15. A fan-shaped locking plate 26 having a through hole 25 is integrally disposed on the support shaft 2 of the paper popper 3. The other end of the spring member 17 is fixed to a side plate (not shown), and the spring member 17 constantly urges the hopper 3 upwardly by the spring action.

In addition, the through hole 25 provided in the locking plate 26 has a - end fixed to the support shaft 31 with respect to the locking plate 28 which is integrally arranged on the support shaft 27 of the rejected paper receiving plate 15. The other end side of the first crank arm 29 is connected to the loose-fit calendar through its engagement shaft 30. This locking plate 28 is locked to the spring member 18 whose one end is fixed to the side plate, and the support shaft 27
Since the point of action of the spring is located below the fulcrum, the spring is normally biased downward, that is, toward the hopper 3.

Further, in an upper portion of the locking plate 28 that is diagonal to the attachment end of the spring member 18, the other end of a second crank arm 33 having a substantially L-shape is supported at one end by a support shaft 32. , a locking plate 28 that loosely fits into a through hole 34 provided at the end thereof.
They are connected by an engagement shaft 35 on the side.

On the other hand, the end of the second crank arm 33 on the shaft support side is provided with a tongue piece 36 bent into a crank shape, and this tongue piece 36 is connected to a support rod 37 that supports the paper handling body 5 from below. It is tied in a vertically movable state in a notch 38 formed in the.

The support rod 37 of this paper handling body 5 passes through holes provided in three pairs of upper and lower support plates provided on the base, and
It is biased upwardly by a spring member 19 whose one end is attached to the upper support plate 39, and when the voting paper 3a is not present, the paper handling body 5 is pushed one year so that it comes into contact with the paper feed roller 4. I am using it.

Next, FIG. 5 shows a block diagram of the electrical system included in the operation panel 24. Based on the operation of the switches on the operation panel 24, the drive motor 9 is driven via the control section 41. Also, based on the detection output of the second detector 14, each male and female are counted independently by the counting circuit 43, and the counting results are independently displayed on the display unit 21 via the display control circuit 44. . Note that 45 is a solenoid for driving the separation lever 12 that sends the double-feeded ballot paper 3a toward the removal roller 7 side.

Next, the movement fj will be explained based on the above configuration.

First, I will explain the issuing operation of the ballot paper 3a.
First, the ballot paper 3a (for example, 50
0 sheets) are loaded in a stack, and after turning on the power switch (not shown), when the clerk turns on the blade switch 22 or clothing switch 23 corresponding to the voter at that time, the The drive motor 9 is actuated based on a control signal from the control unit 41 by operation, and the solenoid 42 is actuated to drive the clutch mechanism, thereby connecting the paper feed roller 4 to the rotation transmission member and connecting each roller. 4, 6.7 and 8 are in a rotating state.

Therefore, each ballot paper 3a stacked in the hopper 3 is fed out in order from the top one, separated one by one by the paper feed roller 4 and the paper sorter 5, and pulled out by the pull-out roller 6. Immediately before, the presence or absence of double feeding is detected by the first detector 13, and then the ballot paper 3a is sent out along the paper conveyance path 11, and a crease is created in the center of the ballot paper 3a through the crease roller 8 located in the middle. After passing through the second detector 14, the ballot paper is sent upward from the ballot paper delivery port 16 and becomes a removable state.

In this case, when the feed roller 4 rotates once while feeding out the voting paper 3a, it is locked by the clutch mechanism so that it does not rotate any further, and the tip of the next voting paper 3a is It passes through the detector 13 and conveyance abnormality (
The presence or absence of double feeding (double feeding) is detected, and the pull-out roller 6
It is located in the voting paper conveyance path 11 between the separation lever 12 and the separation lever 12, and enters a standby state.

Here, when the voter pulls out the voting Mf, 3a, a detection output is generated when the rear end portion of the ballot paper 3a passes the second detector 14, and the control unit 41 based on the detection signal generates a detection output.
While the f% duty of the drive motor 9 is stopped by the control signal from the control circuit 43, the count on the side where the switch is operated is incremented by 1, and the count value is displayed in the display control circuit 44? Each is displayed independently in the intermediate display 21.

Next, the behavior (%) when adding and feeding the ballot paper 3a onto the paper dropper will be explained.

First, when the number of ballot papers 3a remaining is small or completely gone, the paper hopper 3 is moved to the lowest position by the spring member 17, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3. Move up from the position to the top position.

Here, as shown in FIG. 4, after opening/closing i1b,
When the rejected paper receiving plate 15 is rotated via the support shaft 27 so that it is in an almost upright state, the locking plate 2 is rotated based on this rotational movement.
As a result of the rotation of 8, the IY point of the spring 18 moves above the fulcrum of the support shaft 27, and its biasing action maintains the upright state.

Further, due to the rotation of the locking plate 28, the first crank arm 29 moves in the direction of the arrow, and the locking shaft 3 located at the end of the first crank arm 29 moves in the direction of the arrow.
0 presses the locking plate 26 against the biasing action of the spring member 17, so that the free end side of the paper hopper 3, which is integrally formed with the locking plate 26, is lowered to the lowest position. A space is formed between the voting paper 3a and the paper feeding roller 4 to place the voting paper 3a thereon.

Furthermore, based on the rotation of the locking plate 28, the locking shaft 35 that connects the second crank arm 33 to its - end also moves, and the second crank arm 33 moves in the direction of the arrow with the support shaft 32 as a fulcrum. 2, the tongue piece 36 at the bent end of the arm moves downward within the notch 38 of the support rod 37.
The spring member 1 f] presses downward against the support rod 37 and moves the paper handling body 56 located at the top thereof downward, forming a gap in which it is released from the state of contact with the paper feed roller 4. This makes it possible to easily add and replenish the voting papers 3a.

On the other hand, when the rejected paper receiving plate 15 is placed in an upright state, its rotational movement is detected by a detector (not shown), and the drive motor 9 rotates based on the detection output, and the paper feeding roller 4
If the ballot paper 3a is fed out in advance and exists between the board and the board handling body 5 as described above, the ballot paper 3a is fed forward, while the separation lever is moved by a control signal from the control unit 41. The separation lever 12 is switched to the position shown by the dotted line in FIG. After that, the voting paper 3a is discharged onto the upright rejected paper receiving plate 15, and a space condition is created in which there is no problem in adding new voting paper 3a.

Therefore, after placing a predetermined number of ballot papers 3a on the paper hopper 3 in the lowered state, when the rejected paper receiving plate 15 is returned to its original state, the rejected paper receiving plate 15 is brought into an upright state. Movement 1 in the opposite direction is performed, and the locking plate 28 rotates with the rotation of the removed paper receiving plate 15, and the first crank arm 29 also moves back, thereby locking the locking shaft 3 against the stop plate 26.
Since the pressing state of 0 is released, the 1-inch force of the spring member 17 is applied again to allow the paper hopper 3 on which the ballot paper 3a is placed to be moved upward, and the uppermost ballot paper is removed. 3 a contacts the paper feed roller 4 .

Further, as described above (based on the rotation of the system stop plate 28, the second crank arm 33 moves tl-i?A via the engaging shaft 35, and the tongue piece 36 further moves upward within the notch 38,
Since the pressure on the support rod 37 is released, the spring member]
The biasing force 9 acts to move the support rod 37 upward, and the paper handling body 5 comes into contact with the paper feed roller 11.

g1 Effects of the Invention As described above, the present invention allows the hopper to rotate downward in conjunction with the upward rotation movement that brings the rejected paper receiving plate into an almost upright state, thereby preventing the paper feed roller from colliding with the hopper. Since the gap is automatically formed, there is no need for the conventional troublesome operation of pushing down the popper by hand, and the work of placing the ballot paper can be carried out smoothly.

In addition, the drive motor rotates based on the detection output when the 41-t removed paper receiving plate is rotated upward, and the voting paper is fed out between the paper feed roller and the paper handling body. Thirst automatically eliminates this ballot in advance, so
It can be removed from the nuisance at the placement location, and the subsequent process of placing the ballots can be done more smoothly.

Furthermore, as the hopper descends based on the rotation of the rejected paper receiving plate, the paper handling body also descends, so a predetermined number of voting papers are placed on the hopper, and the paper handling body is rejoined to the paper feed roller. When the state is set, the feeding state is checked by the first ballot paper that is fed out, so that the subsequent feeding of ballot papers can be carried out accurately and reliably.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings are for showing an election ballot paper machine (=f) according to the present invention; FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration, FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the main internal parts Ff!4 horizontally, Figure 3 is a configuration diagram of the main parts showing the binding mechanism between the rejected paper receiving plate and the hopper, Figure 4 is a diagram of the main parts showing the 1-year movement state in which the rejected paper receiving plate and the hopper are combined, and Figure 5 is a block diagram showing the electrical system. 1 is a case, 3 is a paper popper, 3a is a voting paper, 4 is a paper feed roller (paper feed section), 5 is a paper handling unit, 8 is a folding roller, 13 is a The first detector (double feed detection unit) 15 is a rejected paper receiving plate. Diagram

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) Detects the paper feeding unit that feeds election ballots stacked one by one in a paper hopper inside the case, and the double feeding of ballots that are fed one by one from the paper feeding unit. An election ballot comprising a double-feed detection unit for detecting double-feeding, a paper removing means for removing the paper when the ballot paper is multi-fed, and a rejected paper receiving plate, and also capable of taking out the ballot papers one by one. In the paper dispensing machine, a rejected paper receiving plate for the ballot paper rejected by the paper removing means is rotatably installed, and the rotational operation of the rejected paper receiving plate connects the paper hopper to the paper feeder via the connecting means. A voting paper issuing machine for elections, characterized in that the voting paper can be easily placed in a paper hopper that is spaced apart from the paper part and installed at the back or back side of the rejected paper receiving plate. (2) A paper feeding roller and a paper handling body are installed in the paper feeding section, and the paper handling body is released from the connection with the paper feeding roller via the connecting means by the rotating operation of the rejected paper receiving plate. The election ballot paper issuing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: