JPH0314738B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Application of the Invention] The present invention relates to a paper sheet stacking device for stacking and storing paper sheets such as banknotes, and particularly for paper sheets that are weak and easily folded or have folds. The present invention relates to a paper sheet stacking device that can reliably stack and store paper sheets.

[Background of the invention]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a device that uses an impeller having a plurality of blades as a device for sequentially accumulating paper sheets being carried out in a storage section. This type of stacking device holds paper sheets that are sequentially carried out by inserting them between the blades of an impeller, and as the impeller rotates, the paper sheets are sequentially stacked in a storage section. In this stacking device, due to the demand for high-speed processing of paper sheets,
One of the technical challenges is to ensure that the sheets of paper that are being carried out one after another are inserted and held between the blades of the impeller. As a way to solve this technical problem,
For example, as shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57-27857,
Some conveyor belts are provided on the side of the impeller so as to be located inward from the outer peripheral edges of the blades of the impeller, and this conveyor belt applies a force to push the paper sheets between the blades. However, in this type of strategy, if the paper sheets to be handled are flexible, have creases, or even have tears at the insertion side end, the paper sheet to be handled is located on the side of the impeller as described above. The pressing force of the conveyor belt promotes folding and tearing of the paper sheets, making it impossible to sufficiently stably capture the paper sheets between the blades.

[Purpose of the invention]

An object of the present invention is to make it possible to stably insert paper sheets with folds or tears on the insertion side of the impeller, as well as highly flexible paper sheets, between the blades of the impeller. The purpose of this invention is to provide an integrated device of the same type.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention holds paper sheets that are sequentially conveyed between the blades of an impeller,
The paper sheets held between the blades are removed from between the blades by the rotation of the impeller and deposited in the storage section, and a pushing belt means for forcibly pushing the paper sheets between the blades of the impeller is provided. , which is disposed at a position opposite to a notch formed on the outer periphery of the blade and so as to enter inside the blade for a predetermined length.

With this configuration, the pushing belt means forcibly changes the sheet of paper partially inserted between the blades into the inside of the impeller at the outer periphery of the blades of the impeller, thereby reducing the rigidity reaction of the sheet of paper. By using the force (return force), a continuous large feeding force can be applied to the sheet by the pushing belt means. As a result, paper sheets can be stably inserted between the blades of the impeller.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a cash handling section of a cash transaction device equipped with the device of the present invention, and in this figure, the cash handling section is equipped with a cash input/output port 2 on the front side of a main body 1 thereof. A separation device 3 for taking in deposited banknotes B is provided on one side of the deposit/withdrawal port 2, and an extrusion fork 4 for pushing the paid bills B into the deposit/withdrawal port 2 is provided on the other side. A discrimination section 5 is provided in the center of the main body 1. This discrimination section 5 discriminates whether the bill B to be taken in or dispensed is genuine or false. A reject box 6 for collecting banknotes B that cannot be identified is provided at the rear central portion of the main body 1. Above that, that is, in the rear upper part of the main body 1, there is a front-back reversing part 7 for reversing the face-down banknotes B face up.
is located. The above-mentioned extrusion fork 4 is provided with an accumulating device 8 of the present invention.
From the center to the bottom inside the main body 1, from the rear to the front of the main body 1, there is a first denomination box 9 for banknote recycling.
, a second denomination box 10 for recycling banknotes, and a safe 11 that supplies and collects banknotes B at the start and end of the work day and collects banknotes B that are not suitable for withdrawal.
and a temporary stack unit 1 for temporarily storing the received banknotes B.
2, and a forgotten banknote collection box 13 located below it. The aforementioned first denomination box 9, second denomination box 10, and safe 11
A stacking device 14 and a separation mechanism 15 of the present invention are disposed above each temporary stacker section 12. The above-mentioned parts are connected by a conveying means 16, and a gate part 17 is provided at a branching part in the conveying means 16. Furthermore, a slip card mechanism and a passbook printing mechanism are installed above the cash handling section.

The cash handling department described above is
After the banknotes B inserted into the bank are temporarily stored in a temporary stacker section 12, they are stored in first and second denomination boxes 9, 10 and a safe 11 according to denomination. In addition, according to customer requests, the first and second denomination boxes 9,
The banknotes B stored in the banknote 10 can be paid out to the deposit/withdrawal port 2 through a front/back reversing mechanism 7 with their front surfaces aligned.

Next, the configuration of an example of the above-mentioned integrated device of the present invention will be explained using FIGS. 2 and 3. In this figure, the same reference numerals as in FIG. 1 indicate the same or corresponding parts. An impeller 21 serving as a receiving means for banknotes B is rotatably provided in the main body 1 near the storage section 20 for denomination boxes 9, 10, safe 11, etc. This impeller 21 is provided with a plurality of blades 22 on its circumference. The impeller 21 has its shaft 2
It is rotationally driven by a motor connected to 3. Near the outer periphery of the blades 22 of the impeller 21, there is a pulley 2 for conveying banknotes B between the blades 22 of the impeller 21.
A conveyance path 24 consisting of 4A and 24B is provided. The storage section 20 is provided with a stopper 25 for removing the banknotes B received between the blades 22 of the impeller 21.

A portion of the outer periphery of the impeller 22 along the rotational direction of the impeller 21 from the above-mentioned conveyance path 24 has blades 22.
A pushing belt means 26 is arranged to fit inside the vane 22 at a position opposite the outer periphery of the blade 22 . This pushing belt means 26 is connected to the pulley 2
It is composed of a pulley 26A provided on the shaft 24a of 4A, a pulley 26B provided at a position distant from this, and a belt 26C stretched around these pulleys 26A and 26B. This pushing belt means 26
In order to enable the blades 22 to be placed inwardly, each blade 22 has a notch 2 at its tip that allows the belt 26C to enter, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.
7 is provided.

With the configuration described above, the pushing belt means 26
The belt 26C that constitutes the belt 26C enters inside the blade 22 at a position facing the outer periphery of the blade 22, and is arranged so that the conveyance force by the belt 6C and the conveyance resistance force by the impeller 21 are on the same line. Further, the circumferential speed of the belt 26C is set to be greater than the circumferential speed of the blades 22 of the impeller 21.

Next, the operation of one embodiment of the above-described apparatus of the present invention will be described.

The conveyed paper sheet B is held by pulleys 24A, 24B and pulley 26A in the conveyance path 24, and is sent out toward the impeller 21. At this time, paper sheet B is gradually released from its restraint from its tip,
Eventually, due to inertia, it advances towards the gap between the blades 22. The operation of the device of the present invention when the paper sheet B enters between the blades 22 at this time will be explained using FIGS. 5 to 7. As shown in FIG. There is a crease in the
Also, the bill B curled outward is placed on the conveyance path 24.
When the banknote B enters further, the belt 26C located inside the blade 22 slides against the deformed part such as the outward folded part or curled part at the entrance end of the bill B, and deforms the deformed part. As shown in FIG. 6, the banknote B is returned to its normal state and the entrance end of the banknote B is guided between the blades 22. Further, since the belt 26C is inserted inward of the blades 22 at a position facing the blades 22 of the impeller 21, the banknote B being inserted between the blades 22 is forced to move toward the inside of the blades 22. Displace. Due to this forced deformation of the banknote B, the banknote B comes into strong contact with the belt 26C due to the rigid reaction force (returning force) of the banknote B, and the frictional force during this is the frictional force between the blades 22 at the entrance end of the banknote B. Become bigger. As a result, as shown in FIG. 7, the belt 26C can overcome the frictional force between the blades 22 at the entrance end of the banknote B and reliably push the banknote B between the blades 22. In addition, a banknote B that has a tear or a crease at the entry end location corresponding to the blade 22
Even when the blade enters between the blades 22, these tears and creases are corrected by the belt 26C in the same manner as described above, and the blade can be stably guided and pushed between the blades 22.

Due to the above-mentioned action, the banknotes B received between the blades 22 of the impeller 21 are transferred to the storage section side by the rotation of the impeller 21, and then separated from between the blades 22 by the stopper 25 and stored. The particles are sequentially deposited in the portion 20.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, a notch 27 was provided on one side of the tip of the blade 22 to allow the belt 26C to enter, but as shown in FIG.
A notch 27 that allows the belt 26C to enter therein may be provided in the widthwise intermediate portion of the tip.
Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 9, two belts 26C
In order to make the inside of the blade 22, the blade 2
It may be configured such that cutouts 27B are provided at both ends in the width direction of the tips of the two. In addition, the belt 26 mentioned above
C and the notches 27, 27A, 27B may be in contact with each other, but if contact wear is taken into consideration, they may be in non-contact with each other. Further, in the above-described embodiment, a flat belt was used as the belt 26C of the push-in belt means 26, but a round belt may be used in order to reduce movement in the belt width direction.

As described above, according to the embodiments of the present invention,
Not only can highly flexible paper sheets be reliably taken in between the blades of the impeller, but also paper sheets with folds or tears can be reliably taken in between the blades of the impeller. Therefore, the paper sheets can be accumulated without promoting folds or tears in the paper sheets, so that the circulation of the paper sheets can be improved. Further, since various types of paper sheets can be reliably taken in and accumulated between the blades, there is no need to provide means for controlling the timing of paper entry and the rotational phase of the blades.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, even flexible paper sheets and paper sheets with folds or tears can be reliably taken in between the blades of the impeller. As a result, a highly reliable integrated device can be provided.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a cash handling section of a cash transaction device equipped with an example of the accumulating device of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a front view showing an embodiment of the accumulating device of the present invention, and Fig. 3 is its operation. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing details of an example of the pushing belt means constituting the device of the present invention, and FIGS. 5 to 7 are one embodiment of the accumulating device of the present invention shown in FIG. 2. FIGS. 8 and 9 are perspective views showing other examples of the pushing belt means constituting the apparatus of the present invention, respectively. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Main body, 20... Storage part, 21... Impeller, 22... Vane, 26... Pushing belt means,
26A, 26B...Pulley, 26C...Belt,
27, 27A, 27B...notch portion.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Paper sheets B that are sequentially conveyed are held between the blades 22 of an impeller 22, and the paper sheets B held between the blades 22 are rotated by the rotation of the impeller 21. 22
In the paper sheet B that is removed from the space and deposited in the storage section 20, a pushing belt means is provided on the outer peripheral side of the blades 22 of the impeller 21 for forcibly pushing the paper sheets B between the blades 22 of the impeller 21. 26, a notch 27 is formed at the tip side of the blade 22 of the impeller 21, and a belt portion 26C constituting the pushing belt means 26 is formed at the tip of the blade 22 of the impeller 21. A paper sheet stacking device characterized in that the paper sheet stacking device is disposed at a position facing the cutout portion 27 and inserted into the inside of the blade 22 for a predetermined length.