JPH03142592A - Paper sheet processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a paper sheet processor with compatibility by driving the conveyer pulley at a paper sheet inserting port part to be freely attached and detached through an engaging wheel to be engaged with a driving wheel on the same shaft as a conveyer pulley on a main body side. CONSTITUTION:When an inserting port part 3 to be freely attached and detached is loaded to a main body 1 of the processor, an engaging wheel 32 at the inserting port part 3 is engaged with a driving wheel 34 on the same shaft as a pulley 5 for driving a conveyer belt 7 in the main body 1 and turning force is transmitted to a transmitting wheel 31 on the same shaft as a conveyer pulley 28. Then, paper sheets such as notes, etc., inserted from an inserting port 2 are inserted into the main body 1 and continuously conveyed in the main body 1. Thus, the paper sheet processor is obtained with the compatibility to the various paper sheets.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (A) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing device for banknotes, gift certificates, etc. installed in a vending machine or the like.

(B) Conventional technology Conventionally, a conveyance pulley is provided in the main body corresponding to the insertion opening of the insertion opening provided on the front side of the book, and the paper sheet inserted from the insertion opening is taken in by the conveyance pulley and conveyed. A paper sheet processing device is known which is equipped with an identification section for identifying paper sheets inserted through an insertion slot and a storage section for accumulating and storing the identified paper sheets, and is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 112360/1983. It is shown in the publication No.

(c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention This type of paper sheet processing device installed in a vending machine is installed inside a door provided at the front of the vending machine, and an insertion opening is provided in the front of the insertion opening. The opening is extended to the front of the door.

However, in recent years, many vending machines have a groove bottom with a large product display room and various displays installed in the front of the door in order to improve their ability to attract customers. In the vending machine, the paper sheet processing device is installed inside the door on the rear side of the product display room, so the paper sheet processing device is installed in the door on the rear side of the product display room, so the paper sheet processing device is installed in the front of the door and paper sheets 98:J! ! ! The distance from the location where the device is installed becomes longer.

For this reason, conventional paper sheet processing equipment cannot be installed in this type of vending machine, and in order to be able to install it, the insertion slot has to be long and the insertion slot extends from the front of the door. Since a means to reliably take the inserted paper sheets into the paper sheet processing apparatus main body is also required, compatibility with conventional models is lost, which poses a major problem in terms of productivity and serviceability.

In view of the above, the present invention provides a compatible paper sheet processing device that can be installed in various types of vending machines, etc., which have different distances between the installation part of the paper sheet processing device and the front surface of the door. be.

(d) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides a conveyance pulley in the main body corresponding to the insertion opening of the insertion opening provided on the front surface of the main body, and the sheet inserted through the insertion opening is transferred to the conveyance pulley. In the paper sheet processing device that takes in and conveys paper sheets using A transmission wheel provided coaxially with the transmission pulley and an engagement wheel that engages with and rotates the transmission wheel are provided, and the insertion port is engaged with the engagement wheel with the insertion port attached to the main body side. A drive wheel that is interlocked with the conveyor pulley is provided coaxially with the conveyor pulley on the main body side.

(E) Function The present invention of the groove bottom is such that when the conveyance pulley on the main body side is driven, the drive wheel provided coaxially with the conveyance pulley moves to the engagement wheel on the insertion opening side provided removably on the main body side. Rotate. As a result, the transmission wheel that engages with the engagement wheel rotates, and
The insertion port conveyance pulley, which is coaxial with this transmission wheel, rotates, and the paper sheets inserted through the insertion port, which is opened at the front of the insertion port, are transferred to the main body based on the rotation of the insertion port conveyance pulley. It is conveyed to the conveyance pulley on the side, and conveyed inside the main body by this conveyance pulley. The insertion port can be easily attached to and removed from another insertion port.

(F) Embodiment Each figure shows a paper sheet processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a main body of the paper sheet processing apparatus, which forms a vertically elongated casing. At the upper end of the front surface of the main body l, as shown in FIG. 1, there is an insertion port 3 which has an insertion port 2 in the front and is elongated in the front and back direction, or as shown in FIG. An insertion opening 36 which is opened and formed short in the front and back direction is detachably attached with a screw 4.

A conveyance pulley 5 is provided in the main body 1 corresponding to the rear part of the insertion opening 3, and driven rollers 6 are provided at the upper and rear sides facing the conveyance pulley 5 in brackets. A sheet conveying path 7 bent downward at a substantially right angle along the line extends downward in a straight line.

8 is a conveyance belt for the identification part 0 stretched between the conveyance pulley 5 and the interlocking pulley 9, and the conveyor belt 8 holds the paper sheet inserted from the insertion slot 2 between it and the driven roller 6, and transfers it to the main body. The paper sheet is introduced into the conveying path T in the conveying path 7 of the paper sheet 1, or the paper sheet in the conveying path 7 is returned to the insertion opening 2 of the insertion opening section 3.

Reference numeral 11 denotes an identification sensor for identifying the suitability of paper sheets.
A pressure roller 12 is provided oppositely so as to be in close contact with the conveyance path 7, and is placed corresponding to a straight portion of the conveyance path 7.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a conveyor belt provided corresponding to the storage section 14 for collecting and storing correct paper sheets identified by the identification sensor 11, and an interlocking pulley 15 provided coaxially with the interlocking pulley 9.
and a drive pulley 16 provided corresponding to the lower end of the conveyance path 7, and is rotated by the rotation of a drive motor 17, and is conveyed via an interlocking shaft 18 that pivotally supports the interlocking pulley 15. It rotates in conjunction with the belt 8.

That is, the output shaft of a drive motor 17 capable of forward and reverse rotation is connected to a drive shaft 19 that pivotally supports the drive pulley 16, and when the conveyance bell 1-13 is rotated, the interlocking pulley 15 is pivotally fixed to the interlocking shaft 18. 9, the conveyor belt 13 is rotated in the same direction. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the conveyor belt 13 extends corresponding to both side ends of the sheet T, and the conveyor belt 8 is a conveyor belt (13.1).
They are located correspondingly between the three.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a pressing plate that is disposed opposite to the storage section 14 across the conveyance path 7, and is moved forward and backward in parallel to the storage section 14 by the rotation of the pressing cam 22 based on the rotation of the drive motor 21, and is conveyed by the conveyance belt 13. The paper sheets T that have been removed are pushed into the storage section 14 and stored therein.

Reference numeral 23 denotes a receiving plate biased by a spring 24, which presses and holds the sheet T pushed by the suppressing plate 20 between it and a rail portion 25 extending corresponding to the conveyor belt 13.13. ing.

On the other hand, the insertion port 3 is provided with an insertion path 26 that communicates the insertion port 2 on the front surface with the conveyance path 7 on the main body l side.
On the lower surface side, insertion port conveyance pulleys 27 and 28 are provided at the front and rear portions, respectively, and a conveyance belt 29 is stretched between the front and rear insertion port conveyance pulleys 27 and 28. Insertion port conveyance pulleys 27, 28 and conveyance belt 2 before and after this
As shown in FIG. 2, numerals 9 are provided in pairs on both sides of the front and rear interlocking shafts 30 and 30, and a gear 31 as a transmission wheel is provided at one end of the rear interlocking shaft 30.

Reference numeral 32 denotes a gear serving as an engagement wheel, which is pivotally supported on the side of the insertion port 3 so as to engage with the gear 31 and rotate in conjunction with the gear 31. Provided at the end coaxial with the interlocking shaft 33 that pivotally supports the side conveyance pulley 5,
It is engaged with a gear 34 as a drive wheel and rotated.

That is, when the insertion port 3 is attached to the main body 1, the gear 32 as a retaining wheel on the insertion port 3 side engages with the gear 34 as a drive wheel on the main body 1 side. When the conveyor pulley 5 on the main body 1 side rotates in the mated state, the conveyor belt 29 on the insertion opening portion 3 side rotates in conjunction with this rotation.

Reference numeral 35 denotes a driven roller provided on the upper surface side of the insertion path 26, facing the insertion port conveyance pulley 27, so that the sheet inserted from the insertion port 2 can be conveyed while being sandwiched between it and the conveyance belt 29. It has become.

Therefore, when a sheet of paper T is inserted into the insertion slot 2, the drive motor 17 rotates forward to move the conveyor belt 13 and the conveyor belt 8 to the sheet of paper T.
Rotate in the uptake direction. Due to this rotation, the conveyance pulley 12 rotates in the direction shown by the arrow in FIG. The gear 32 engaged with the gear 34 and the gear 31 engaged with the gear 32 rotate in conjunction with each other. Therefore, the insertion port conveyance pulley 28, which is pivotally supported on the interlocking shaft 30 coaxial with this gear 31, rotates, and the insertion port conveyance pulley 27 also rotates via the conveyance belt 29, so that the paper sheet inserted into the insertion port 2 is rotated. T is the conveyor belt 29
and the driven pulley 35, the insertion path 26
The inside is taken into the conveyance pulley 5 on the main body 1 side and conveyed.

The paper sheet T that has been taken in and conveyed through the insertion path 26 is sandwiched between the conveyor belt 8 stretched around the conveyor pulley 5 and the driven pulley 6, and introduced into the conveyor path 7.
The material is bent and conveyed downward at a substantially right angle along the outer periphery of the material. When the sheet T conveyed by the conveyor belt 8 is conveyed along the straight portion of the conveyance path 7 in the identification section 1o, the suitability of the sheet T is identified by the identification sensor 11.

If it is determined to be inappropriate here, the drive motor 17 immediately stops and rotates in reverse to rotate the conveyor belt 8 and conveyor belt 13 in the reverse direction, and the conveyor belt 29 on the insertion opening portion 3 side also reverses to remove the paper sheet T. Return it to insertion slot 2.

Also, if it is determined to be appropriate, the paper sheet T is transferred to the conveyor belt 8.13.
When the sheet is further conveyed by the storage section 14 and reaches a predetermined position corresponding to the storage section 14, the drive motor 17 is stopped. At this time, the paper sheet T has both ends connected to the rail section 25 and the conveyor belt 13, respectively.
It is sandwiched between.

When the paper sheet T storage signal is sent here, the drive motor 21 is driven and the pressing cam 22 is rotated once. Therefore, the pressing plate 2o presses the paper sheet T into the storage section 14, and the paper sheet T is pushed between the receiving plate 23 and the rail section 2 by the elasticity of the spring 24.
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On the other hand, when the insertion opening section 3 having a long longitudinal dimension is removed from the main body 1, the transport mechanism on the insertion opening section 3 side is removed from the main body 1 together with the insertion opening section 3. When the insertion opening 36, which has a short front-rear dimension of 1 foot, is attached to the main body 1, the insertion opening 2 of the insertion opening 36 directly communicates with the conveyance path 7 on the main body 1 side, and paper sheets pushed through the insertion opening 2 are T is sandwiched between the conveyor belt 8 stretched over the conveyor pulley 5 on the main body l side and the driven roller 6, while moving along the conveyor path 7.
It is taken inside and transported.

(G) Effects of the Invention As described above, when the conveyance pulley on the main body side is driven, the driving wheel provided coaxially with the conveyance pulley moves to engage the drive wheel on the insertion opening side, which is removably provided on the main body side. The combination wheel is rotated, which causes the transmission wheel that engages with the engagement wheel to rotate, and
The insertion port conveyance pulley, which is coaxial with this transmission wheel, rotates, and the paper sheets inserted from the insertion port opened at the front of the inlet are transferred to the main body based on the rotation of the insertion port conveyance pulley. Since it is conveyed to the side conveyance pulley and conveyed into the main body by this conveyance pulley, the insertion opening portion can be made detachable from the main body. Therefore, even if the front and rear dimensions of the inlet opening are long, paper sheets can be reliably taken in and returned without adding a drive device such as a drive motor, and the paper sheet processing device can be installed in a vending machine, etc. Depending on the type of device, the main body side can be used in common by simply replacing the insertion opening portions, which have different lengths at the front and rear.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Each figure shows a paper sheet processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a longitudinal side view, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view of the inlet portion of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a longitudinal section. The side view, FIG. 4, is a vertical sectional side view of the insertion port portion with the short insertion port attached. 1... Main body, 2... Insertion port, 3... Insertion port part, 5
...Conveyance pulley, 28...Insertion port conveyance pulley, 31
... Gear (transmission wheel), 32 ... Gear (engaging wheel), 3
3... Interlocking shaft, 34... Gear (drive wheel).

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A paper sheet processing device in which a transport pulley is provided in the main body corresponding to the insertion port of the insertion port provided on the front surface of the main body, and the paper sheet inserted from the insertion port is taken in and transported by the transport pulley. The insertion port portion is removably attached to the main body, and includes an insertion port transport pulley for transporting paper sheets inserted into the insertion port to a transport pulley on the main body side, and a transmission wheel provided coaxially with the insertion port transport pulley. , an engagement wheel that engages and rotates with the transmission wheel is provided, and a drive wheel that engages and interlocks with the engagement wheel with the insertion opening portion attached to the main body is provided on the conveyance wheel on the main body side. A paper sheet processing device characterized by being installed coaxially with a pulley.