JPH02261744A - Conveying passage opening device in documents conveyor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To take out documents jammed between a conveying means at the storage part side of documents to be conveyed and a conveyor belt in an easy manner by installing a conveyor belt traveling mechanism, traveling a conveyor belt, in a position where the conveyor belt comes into contact with the documents storage part side conveying means, and another position where the conveyor belt separates as far as a specified interval from the documents storage part side conveying means, respectively. CONSTITUTION:When a jam has occurred between a conveying means at the side of storage parts 11-13 of documents to be conveyed and a conveyor belt 5, the conveyor belt 5 is moved to a position where this conveyor belt 5 separates as far as a specified interval from a storage part conveying means 15 of the documents to be conveyed, by a conveyor belt traveling mechanism 10. With this movement, a specified interval is made between the conveying means 15 at the storage parts 11-13 of the documents to be conveyed and the conveyor belt 5. Therefore the documents jammed between the conveying means 15 at the side of the storage parts 11-13 of the documents to be conveyed and the conveyor belt 5 can be easily dropped or taken out.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION "Field of Industrial Application" The present invention relates to a conveyance path opening device for a document conveyance bag that feeds and conveys documents such as bankbooks and certificates one by one or one sheet at a time.

``Prior art'' Conventionally, as a document conveying device that feeds out documents such as bankbooks and certificates one by one or one by one and conveys them to an exit, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-200459 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 61-160 have been used.
The one described in No. 173 is known.

The one described in JP-A-62-200459 is the first
．． Second. A third three storage compartments, a stopper provided between these three storage compartments, a print head, a page change mechanism, a collection box, an optical reading mechanism, a magnetic stripe mechanism, and an ejection/insertion port are arranged horizontally, and each When a customer inserts a transaction passbook from the ejection/insertion slot with passbooks set in the storage, and a passbook carryover operation occurs, the transaction passbook is collected in the collection box, and when a new passbook is issued, , takes out a predetermined new passbook from the third storage and conveys it to the conveyance path.

In this case, first, the stopper near the third storage is moved upward to allow the new passbook in the third storage to pass through the conveyance path, and then the stopper near the third storage is moved upward. A stopper near the first storage box allows these second storage boxes to be opened. The feeding of the bankbook at the bottom of the first storage box is locked, and the new bankbook at the bottom of the third storage box is moved in the feeding direction by the feed roller transport roller, and the second bankbook is moved in the feeding direction. The passbook is passed under the first storage, the page is changed by the page changing mechanism, it is further conveyed to the optical reading mechanism, the barcode on the passbook is read, the page change is confirmed, and the necessary information is conveyed to the magnetic stripe mechanism. Information is written or read, the paper is transported in the opposite direction by the transport rollers, the necessary information is printed by the print head, the paper is transported again in the feeding direction by the transport rollers, and the new passbook is taken out from the ejection/insertion slot. It is something.

Furthermore, the device described in JP-A No. 61-160173 has a color image printer, an image sensor, an auto-turn page section, a magnetic stripe read/write section, a suction/exhaust port, etc. arranged in a line in an upper conveyance path, A plurality of cassettes containing various types of deposit passbooks such as current accounts are arranged in a row on the lower conveyance path, these cassettes are selected and conveyed to the upper conveyance path, the required bookkeeping processing is performed, and the cassettes are taken out from the suction/discharge port. This is what I did.

``Problems to be Solved by the Invention'' However, in the methods described in JP-A No. 62-200459 and JP-A-61-1.60173, documents are moved one by one or one by one by a roller. Alternatively, conveyance forms are conveyed by being fed out by a belt, and there is a problem that the conveyance forms may jam during conveyance due to bending, damage, slanted conveyance, etc.
The device described in Japanese Patent No. 200459 has a problem in that the locking mechanism using the stoppers of the first to third storages is complicated and has poor operability.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and provides a transport path opening device for a form transport device that can eliminate jams of forms occurring on the transport path with a simple structure and has good operability. The purpose is to

"Means for Solving the Problems" The present invention has the following configuration in order to achieve the above object. That is, a plurality of form storing sections are provided along the conveying belt on both sides of the conveying belt, a form feeding means is provided on each of the plurality of form storing sections, and a form feeding means is provided on both sides of the conveying belt. a conveying means which is provided and cooperates with this conveyor belt to convey the forms taken out from the form storage section; a position where the conveyor belt contacts the conveyance means on the side of the form storage section to be conveyed; The conveyor belt moving mechanism is configured to move the conveyor belt to a position where the conveyor belt is spaced a predetermined distance from the conveyor means on the side of the storage section.

"Function" According to the above structure, the conveyor belt is moved to the form storage section to be transported by the conveyance belt moving mechanism and brought into contact with the conveyance means on the side of the form storage section to be transported. When documents are conveyed by cooperation between a conveyance means and a conveyor belt on the side of the form storage section to be conveyed, and a jam occurs between the conveyance means and the conveyance belt on the side of the form storage section to be conveyed, The conveyor belt moving mechanism moves the conveyor belt from the conveyor means on the side of the document storage section to be conveyed to a position where the conveyor belt is separated by a predetermined distance, thereby moving the conveyor belt between the conveyor means on the side of the document storage section to be conveyed and the conveyor belt. Since there is a predetermined interval between them, it is possible to drop and discharge or take out the forms that are stuck between the transport means and the transport belt on the side of the form storage unit to be transported.

In addition, in order to eliminate jams of forms, it is only necessary to move the conveyor belt using the conveyor belt moving mechanism and separate the conveyor belt from the conveyance means on the side of the form storage section to be conveyed by a predetermined distance, which simplifies the structure. , and improves operability.

"Example" An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a form issuing machine for issuing bankbooks, certificates, etc., and a belt conveyor 2 is installed in this form issuing machine 1 facing downward on the road. This belt conveyor 2 includes an upper pulley 3, a lower pulley 4, and these upper pulleys 3. a conveyor belt 5 wound around a lower pulley 4;
Upper pulley 3. A drive source that rotates the lower pulley 4 in forward and reverse directions (
(not shown). The belt conveyor 2 can swing around the axis of an upper pulley 3, and the lower pulley 4 has a smaller diameter than the upper pulley 3.

On the other hand, a lever 6 is attached to the lower part of the form issuing machine 1, located below the lower pulley 4, oriented in the vertical direction, and swingable about its lower end as a fulcrum. The upper end of the lever 6 is rotatably attached to the shaft of the lower pulley 4.

Further, a motor 7 is fixedly provided beside the lever 6, and a cam 8 provided on the lever 6 side of the motor 7 is rotatably connected to the motor 7. The outer peripheral surface of the cam 8 is brought into contact with an engaging portion 6a provided on the lever 6. A spring 9 is attached to an intermediate portion between the upper end of the lever 6 and the engaging portion 6a so as to bias the lever 6 toward the cam 8. The motor 7, cam 8, and spring 9 constitute a conveyor belt moving mechanism 10.

On one side of the belt conveyor 2 (the left side in FIG. 1), there are three upper, middle, and lower bankbook storage sections (form storage section) 11,
12 and 13 are provided at predetermined intervals. Up,
On the sides of the belt conveyor 2 of the middle and lower passbook storage sections 11, 12.13, there are provided payout rollers 14 for feeding out the passbooks, etc. in the passbook storage sections 11, 12.13 one by one or one by one. There is.

Further, near the belt conveyor 2 side of the upper and middle bankbook storage sections 11 and 12, there are conveyor rollers (conveying means) 15 that contact the conveyor belt 5 of the belt conveyor 2 and convey the bankbook together with the conveyor belt 5. It is provided.

On the other side of the belt conveyor 2 (the right side in Fig. 1), there are upper, middle, and lower document storage areas located at approximately the same height as the upper, middle, and lower bankbook storage areas 11, 12, and 13. (Forms storage section) 16, 17, and 18 are provided. top, middle,
Belt conveyor 2 with document storage areas 16, 17, and 18 at the bottom; document storage areas 16, 17, and 18 on the sides, respectively
A pair of feeding rollers 1 that feeds out documents one by one.
9°20 is provided.

Further, in the vicinity of the belt conveyor 2 side of the upper and middle document storage sections 16 and 17, conveyor rollers (conveying means ) 23 are provided.

In addition, the conveyor belt 5 and upper 2 middle and lower document storage sections 16
, 17. There are belt conveyors 21 between 1-8, respectively.
．． A feed roller (conveying means) 22 and a holding roller 24 are provided.

The feed roller 22111 and the feed roller 23 are configured to come into contact with the conveyor belt 5 when the belt conveyor 2 is swung toward the document storage sections 16, 17, and 18. Note that conveyance rollers 15a and 23a that contact the conveyance belt 5 are also provided on both sides of the upper pulley 3 of the belt conveyor 2.

Further, the form issuing machine l is provided with a form issuing port 30 located near the upper part of the belt conveyor 2, and this form issuing port 30 is used to hold forms such as passbooks and certificates. Large and small conveyance rollers 31 and 32 are provided for conveyance.

Above the upper pulley 3 of the belt conveyor 2, there are two pairs of guide rollers 33 that hold a passbook and guide it between the carry-out rollers 31 and 32, and a pair of guide rollers 33 that hold a bankbook and guide it between the carry-out rollers 31 and 32, and a pair of carry-out rollers 31 and 32 that hold and hold documents.
A pair of guide rollers 34 are provided to guide the two.

In addition, a passbook is placed at a predetermined location near the conveyor belt 5.

A detector (not shown) is provided to detect jamming of documents such as certificates.

A motor 7, a drive source for the belt conveyor 2, each feeding sheet roller 14, 19. Belt conveyor 21. Unloading roller 31
．． A control device (not shown) is electrically connected to the jam occurrence detector and the like.

When using the form issuing machine 1 configured as described above, passbooks of the same type or different types are stored in the passbook storage sections 11, 12, and 13 in advance, and the document storage section 1
6, 17, and 18 respectively store documents of the same type or different types.

When issuing a passbook, the exit roller 31 is rotated in the direction of arrow C shown in FIG. The passbook storage section 11 is centered around the axis of the upper pulley 3,
12. The conveyor belt 5 is made to lightly contact the conveyor roller 15 by swinging toward the 13 side. Then, in conjunction with the swinging of the belt conveyor 2, the upper pulley 3 rotates in the direction indicated by the arrow in FIG.

In this case, when issuing the passbook in the passbook storage section 11, by rotating only the feeding roller 14 near the passbook storage section 11 of the passbook storage sections 11, 12. When issuing a passbook, rotate only the feeding roller 14 near the passbook storage section 12 of the passbook storage sections 11, 12, 13, and when issuing a passbook in the passbook storage section 13, By rotating only the payout roller 14 near the passbook storage section 13 of the sections 11, 12.13, the passbooks in the passbook storage sections 11, 12.13 are fed out and transferred to the conveyance roller 15 and the conveyance belt 5. The paper is conveyed upward by the cooperation of the above, is held between two pairs of guide rollers 33, is guided between the carry-out rollers 31 and 32, and is issued from the form issuing port 30.

When issuing certificates, the delivery roller 31 is rotated in the direction of arrow C, the motor 7 is driven to rotate the cam 8, and the belt conveyor 2 is moved via the lever 6 to the shaft of the upper pulley 3. Document storage section 16, 17, 18 in the center
Rock it to the side. In conjunction with the swinging of the belt conveyor 2, the upper pulley 3 reverses in the direction of arrow B shown in FIG.

In this case, when issuing the documents in the document storage section 16, the feeding roller 19. By rotating and driving only the belt conveyor 21, and when issuing documents in the document storage section 17, the feeding roller 19 near the document storage section 17 of the document storage sections 16, 17, and 18 is used. ．． By rotating and driving only the belt conveyor 21, and when issuing documents in the document storage section 18, the document storage section 16, 17
．． The feeding roller 19 near the document storage section 18 out of 18. By rotating and driving only the belt conveyor 21, the documents in the document storage sections 16, 17, and 18 are fed out and transferred to the belt conveyor 21. Clamping roller 24. It is conveyed laterally by a feed roller 22, and further conveyed by a conveyance roller 23. Feed roller 22 and conveyor belt 5
is conveyed upward by the cooperation of , and is held between a pair of guide rollers 33 and guided between carry-out rollers 31 and 32,
It is issued from the form issuing port 30.

When a passbook is issued as described above, if a passbook jam occurs between the passbook storage sections 11, 12, and 13 of the belt conveyor 2, a jam occurrence detector for forms (not shown) detects this, and based on the detection signal. A release switch (not shown) provided at a predetermined location is turned on, and the motor 7 is activated.
Cam 8. The belt conveyor 2 is moved via the lever 6, and the upper wheelie 3 is moved. As a result, the conveyor belt 5. There is a gap between the conveyance rollers 15, and the passbook between them falls due to its own weight or is ejected by being taken out, thereby eliminating the jam.

In addition, in issuing the above certificate, belt conveyor 2. Even if a document jams in the document storage section 16, 17, or 18, the motor 7 is activated and the cam 8. By swinging the belt conveyor 2 via the lever 6 toward the passbook storage section 11, 12, 13 around the axis of the upper pulley 3, the foot rollers 22. There is a gap between the belt conveyor 21, the Mtl feed roller 23, and the conveyor belt 5, and the jam can be cleared by allowing the document between them to fall due to its own weight or by taking it out.

According to this embodiment, in order to clear a jam of forms, it is only necessary to move the conveyor belt 5 to one side of the form storage section, which simplifies the structure and improves operability. 1 example).

In the first embodiment, the belt conveyor 2 is swung around the axis of the upper pulley 3 to eliminate the jam of bankbooks and certificates. As shown in Figure 2, it consists of a link 42 with one end attached to the fulcrum 41 and the other end attached to the upper pulley 3, and a link 44 with one end attached to the fulcrum 43 and the other end attached to the lower pulley 4. By the parallel link 1IN45, both the upper and lower parts of the belt conveyor 2 are moved in parallel in the lateral direction, and the belt conveyor 2, UA2
A gap may be provided between the feed rollers 15 or between the belt conveyor 2, each of the conveyance rollers 23, and the feed rollers 22 to eliminate jamming of bankbooks or certificates. In this case, the outer diameters of the upper pulley 3 and lower pulley 4 of the belt conveyor 2 may be the same (the above is the second embodiment).

In addition, the above-mentioned No. 1. In the second embodiment, the upper pulley 3
The belt conveyor 2 is configured by winding the conveyor belt 5 around the upper pulley 4 and the lower pulley 4, but the belt conveyor 2 is not limited thereto. For example, as shown in FIG. Upper pulleys 51a, 51a are arranged horizontally, and these upper pulleys 51a, 51a are rotatably connected by a connecting member 51b to form a roller pair 51, and two lower pulleys 52a, 52a are used instead of the lower pulley 4. These lower pulleys 52a, 52a are arranged horizontally and connected to a connecting member 52.
b to form a pair of rollers 52. The connecting members 51b and 52b are interlocked and rotatable around the center of the connecting member 51b and the center of the connecting member 52b. It is supported so that it can be held in the horizontal and vertical positions in the figure, and the conveyor belt 53 is wound around the pair of rollers 51 and 52.
51a and the two lower booleans l) Hold 52a so that they are lined up with each other or in the groove, and set the roller pair 51 and 52 in the correct position.

By rotating in the opposite direction, the conveyor belt 5 is
The passbook in one of the passbook storage units 11, 12, and 13 of 3 is transported, or the transport belt 53
The documents in the other document storage section 16, document storage section 17, or document storage section 18 are conveyed, and
3 and the conveyor roller 15 or between the conveyor belt 53 and the conveyor roller 23 or the feed roller 22, if a jam occurs in the passbook or document, the connecting members 51b and 52b
are rotated 90 degrees around the central horizontal axis (fulcrum) of the connecting members 51b and 52b to hold them so that the two upper pulleys 51a and the two lower pulleys 52a are vertically aligned, and the conveyor belt 53 and Between the conveyance roller 15, the conveyance belt 53 and the conveyance roller 23. A space is provided between the feed roller 22 and the transport belt 53 and the transport roller 15 or between the transport belt 53 and the transport roller 23. It is also possible to drop or take out the jammed forms from between the feed roller 22 (the third embodiment).

Further, in the above embodiment, guide rollers 33, 34 and carry-out rollers 31, 32 were provided above the upper pulley 3 of the belt conveyor 2 to carry out forms, but the invention is not limited to this. As in the conventional example, the print head, page change mechanism, collection box, optical reading mechanism, magnetic stripe mechanism, and ejection/insertion port may be arranged horizontally (above, fourth embodiment).

"Effects of the Invention" According to the present invention, a plurality of form storage sections are provided along the conveyor belt on both sides of the conveyor belt, and a form feeding means is provided in each of the plurality of form storage sections. and conveying means provided on both sides of the conveyor belt to convey the forms fed out from the form storage section in cooperation with the conveyor belt, and the conveyance belt on the side of the form storage section to be conveyed. The structure includes a conveyor belt moving mechanism that moves the conveyor belt to a position where the conveyor belt contacts the document storage section and a position where the conveyor belt is separated by a predetermined distance from the conveyance means on the side of the document storage section to be conveyed. By moving the conveyor belt to the side of the form storage section to be transported and bringing it into contact with the conveyance means on the side of the form storage section to be transported, the conveyance means and the conveyor belt are connected at the side of the form storage section to be transported. If a jam occurs between the conveyance means on the side of the form storage unit to be conveyed and the conveyor belt, the conveyance belt moving mechanism will transport the forms to be conveyed. By moving the conveyor belt to a position where the conveyor belt is separated by a predetermined distance from the conveyor means on the side of the storage section, it is possible to create a predetermined distance between the conveyor belt on the side of the storage section for documents to be conveyed and the conveyor belt. As a result, forms that are stuck between the conveying means on the side of the form storage unit to be transported and the 1M feeding belt can be dropped and discharged or taken out, and jams of forms can be easily cleared.

In addition, in order to eliminate jams of forms, it is only necessary to move the conveyor belt using the conveyor belt moving mechanism and separate the conveyor belt from the conveyance means on the side of the form storage section to be conveyed by a predetermined distance, which simplifies the structure. , and improves operability.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic vertical sectional view showing the first embodiment of the present invention, and the second embodiment
The figures are schematic explanatory diagrams of main parts showing the second embodiment of the present invention, and the third
The figure is a schematic explanatory diagram of main parts showing a third embodiment of the present invention. 5... Conveyor belt, 10... Conveyor belt moving mechanism, 11, 12.13... Passbook storage section (form storage section), 14... feeding roller,
10-ra (conveyance means), 16, 17.1 storage section (form storage section), 19.2 output roller, 22...feed roller 23...
...Transport roller (transport means), row link mechanism (transport belt moving mechanism), transport belt. 5...Transportation 8...Certificate 0...Carriage (means of transportation) 45...Taira, 53...Applicant o-rel Bank Manon Co., Ltd. Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] A plurality of form storing sections provided along the conveying belt on both sides of the conveying belt, a form feeding means provided respectively on the plurality of form storing sections, and a form feeding means provided on both sides of the conveying belt. A conveyance means that cooperates with the conveyance belt to convey the forms fed out from the form storage section, a position where the conveyance belt contacts the conveyance means on the side of the form storage section to be conveyed, and a storage of the documents to be conveyed. 1. A conveyance path opening device in a form conveyance apparatus, comprising a conveyance belt moving mechanism that moves the conveyance belt to a position where the conveyance belt is separated from the section side conveyance means by a predetermined distance.