JPH05120515A - Sheet paper or the like collector - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically and surely house all the exclusion bonds to be housed in an exclusion bond collector. CONSTITUTION:A bank bond discriminated as the exclusion bond P is held with an impeller 30, and is sent to and collected in a temporary collection part 42. This collector is comprised in such a manner that a separator 31 is operated so as to scrape out remaining exclusion bonds P in the impeller 30, and also, all the exclusion bonds P can be pushed in a housing cassette 32 by the separator 31 when the exclusion bond P at the temporary collection part 42 arrives at constant quantity and interrupted processing is restarted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

 [Object of the Invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper sheet stacking device such as a banknote processing device for sorting and stacking banknotes (banknotes) based on an inspection result.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a banknote processing apparatus, banknotes are classified into a genuine note, an unfit note, and a rejected note according to the result of inspection of authenticity, damage, etc. It has become.

In this type of banknote processing apparatus, the processing is automatically interrupted when a certain amount of banknotes are accumulated in the accumulating section for accumulating the rejected tickets. Then, after the operator moves the banknotes accumulated in the stacking unit to the rejected ticket cassette, the operation start switch is turned on to restart the processing.

However, if the transfer to the cassette is neglected, the stacking operation of the rejected tickets will be repeated in the process after the operation start switch is turned on, and the stacking becomes impossible immediately and the apparatus is stopped. And there is a drawback that the operating efficiency is poor.

In particular, the impeller for surely accumulating the tickets to be accumulated is prepared not only in the accumulating section of the rejected tickets, but the tickets held by the impeller are temporarily accumulated in the accumulating section. However, there is a problem in that there is a discrepancy between the count value and the number of tickets held here.

[0006]

As described above, in the prior art, the transfer to the cassette is manually performed as the work after the processing is stopped due to the number of stacked sheets in the stacking unit being exceeded. However, there were drawbacks such as poor workability and operating efficiency.

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to automatically store the accumulated paper sheets without any manual intervention, and it is possible to surely store all the paper sheets to be stored. It is intended to provide a paper sheet stacking device. [Constitution of Invention]

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, in the paper sheet stacking apparatus of the present invention, a rotatable sheet holder is provided for sequentially sorting and holding the conveyed paper sheets one by one. And a holding means provided in the holding means, and the paper sheets discharged by the rotation of the holding means are temporarily accumulated and rotated from this position, and the paper sheets still held by the holding means are collected. It is composed of a collecting unit that operates in an appropriate manner, a sheet that is temporarily accumulated by the collecting unit, and a storing unit that collectively stores the sheet collected by the collecting unit.

[0009]

According to the present invention, the above-described means makes it possible to automate the storage of paper sheets in the storage means, so that it is possible to eliminate the need for manual intervention in the work after the processing is stopped due to the excess of the number of stacked sheets. It is a thing.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an inspection classifier as a banknote processing apparatus according to the present invention. The inspection classifier 10 includes an acceptance / transportation unit 11, an inspection determination unit 12, a rejected ticket processing unit 13, and a correct / unfit note processing unit 14.

The receiving / conveying unit 11 receives, for example, banknotes (banknotes) as paper sheets in units of 1000 sheets (bundle), and sends them apart to the inspection discriminating unit 12 in units of 100 sheets. , Bundle receiving device 11a, large belt cutting
Extraction device 11b, small bundle cutting device 11c, small bundle discharge device 11
d, and the control device 11e.

Further, a transport path 11f is arranged substantially in the center of the receiving and transporting section 11 along the bundle receiving device 11a, the large band cutting / extracting device 11b, the small bundle slicing device 11c, and the small bundle discharge device 11d. Has been done. The bundle receiving device 11a receives the banknotes to be processed as one bundle in which 10 small bundles each having 100 small bundles are bound by a large belt. The large belt cutting / sampling device 11b is for cutting the large belt that has been hung on the bundle, taking out one of the small bundles, and placing it on the conveyance path 11f. The gripping device 11c is
The small band that is caught on the transport path 11f is cut off. The small bundle discharging device 11d sends 100 banknotes for one small bundle with the small band to the inspection determination unit 12. The control device 11e is
It controls the entire inspection / classification machine 10.

The inspection discriminating section 12 takes out 100 banknotes received from the small bundle discharging apparatus 11e of the receiving and conveying section 11 one by one and feeds them.
Transport path 12 for sequentially transporting banknotes taken out at 2a
b, it is composed of an inspection device 12c and the like for inspecting the banknotes conveyed on the conveyance path 12b for correctness / damage and authenticity.

The rejected ticket processing unit 13 sends a banknote, which is inspected by the inspection device 12c of the inspection determination unit 12 and is determined to be a genuine note or an unfit note, to the authorized / unfit note processing unit 14 as a first conveying path 13.
a, a second banknote that conveys banknotes that have been discriminated as rejected without being discriminated as genuine or unfit due to inspection by the inspection device 12c
And the rejected ticket stacking device 13c for stacking the rejected tickets transported through the second transport path 13b.

The reject ticket stacking device 13c includes the second transport path 1
The impeller (holding means) 30 that is rotatably provided to receive the exclusion ticket conveyed through 3b, and the exclusion tickets that are guided through the impeller 30 are temporarily accumulated and remain on the impeller 30. A separator (rotating means) 31 that is rotatably provided to collect (scrap) the rejected tickets that are present, a detachable storage cassette (storage means) 32 that stores the rejected tickets that have been collected or collected by the separator 31; And a card supply device 33 which issues a classification card for classifying the rejected tickets into small pieces.

The correct / improper bill processing unit 14 is a rejected bill processing unit 13.
Of the banknotes that are determined to be genuine or unfit banknotes that are conveyed on the first conveyance path 13a, a genuine note conveyance path 14a that conveys only the genuine note, and a genuine note conveyance path 14a that conveys the genuine note. An impeller 14b that receives a ticket, a genuine note collection box 14c that collects a genuine note guided through the impeller 14b, an unfit note conveyance path 14d that conveys only unacceptable notes, and an unacceptable note conveyance path 14d. An impeller 14e that receives an unfit note and a cutting device 14f that cuts the unfit note that is guided through the impeller 14e.
Etc.

Thus, the bundle receiving device 1 of the receiving and conveying section 11
It is assumed that one bundle is set in 1a, and in this state, the operation start switch of the operator panel (not shown) is turned on.

Then, the bundle is conveyed on the conveying path 11f and sent to the large band cutting / pulling device 11b. Then, after the large band of the bundle is cut here, one bundle is conveyed to the transport path 11f.
Is sent to the small-size cutting device 11c.

The small bundle sent to the small bundle slicing device 11c is cut into small strips to form a banknote in units of 100, which is conveyed on the conveying path 11f and guided to the small bundle discharging device 11d. Then, the small bundle discharging device 11d sends the small bundle discharging device 11d to the taking-out device 12a of the inspection determination unit 12.

The banknotes sent to the takeout device 12a of the inspection discriminating unit 12 are taken out one by one, sequentially conveyed through the conveying path 12b, and guided to the inspection device 12c. Then, the inspection device 12c inspects, for example, optically and magnetically whether the bank note is for damage or authenticity.
Here, the result of this inspection is sent to the control device 11e, and whether the banknote is a genuine / unfit or rejected ticket is determined according to the result of this inspection. As a result of the inspection, the banknotes that are determined to be correct / impaired notes are conveyed on the first conveyance path 13a of the rejected ticket processing unit 13 and are sent to the correct / impaired note processing unit 14.

Further, the banknotes judged to be rejected due to the possibility of taking two banknotes or the possibility of counterfeit banknotes, the rejected ticket processing unit 1
3 is conveyed on the second conveying path 13b and guided to the rejected ticket collecting apparatus 13c. Then, after being stored here, it is again applied to the inspection classification machine 10 and subjected to the same inspection processing.

Among the banknotes sent to the correct / unfit note processing unit 14, the banknotes which are determined to be genuine are conveyed through the genuine note conveying path 14a and accumulated in the genuine note collecting box 14c by the impeller 14b. It

Among the banknotes sent to the correct / unfit note processing unit 14, the banknotes which are determined to be unfit notes are the unfit note passages 14d.
Be transported. Then, it is sent to the cutting device 14f by the impeller 14e and cut there.

In this way, when the inspection process for one small bundle is completed, the process for the next small bundle is performed in the same manner, and finally the above-described processing is repeated for 10 small bundles, that is, one bundle. Next, the rejected ticket collecting device 13 described above.
c will be described. 2 to 4 show the rejected ticket collecting device 13c taken out.

First, the rejected ticket P guided to the rejected ticket stacking device 13c is held by the impeller 30 which rotates in the direction of the arrow a in the figure. This impeller 30 is not shown in detail,
For example, it has a plurality of blades that are radially curved in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation, and holds the rejected ticket P that is conveyed in the longitudinal direction between the blades while holding the substantially central portion thereof. It is well known.

The reject ticket P held by the impeller 30 is
As the impeller 30 is sequentially rotated, it is temporarily accumulated on the upper surface of the separator 31. In this case, the holding-side end of the reject tickets P is brought into contact with the guide body 41, so that the reject tickets P held by the impeller 30 are discharged, and are reliably and accurately stacked.

The separator 31 normally waits at a position where the rejected tickets P from the impeller 30 can be stacked and forms a temporary stacking portion 42. In the temporary stacking unit 42, for example, a maximum of 100 rejected tickets P can be stacked at the same time.

Further, the separator 31 is adapted to rotate in the directions of arrows f, g, h, and b in the figure in response to the operator reclosing the operation start switch. That is, in the control device 11e, the temporary stacking unit 4
The number of rejected tickets P to be accumulated in 2 is a fixed amount, for example, 1
When it is determined that the number of sheets has reached 00, the processing is interrupted. After this, when the operation start switch is turned on again by the operator, the separator 31 moves backward (in the direction of arrow f in the drawing), moves upward (in the direction of arrow g in the drawing), moves forward (in the direction of arrow h in the drawing), and moves down (in the direction of arrow b in the drawing). In the descending order, the rejected ticket P still held by the impeller 30 is collected and stored in the storage cassette 32.

Here, the separator 31 is, for example, 3
Supports 31a, which are arranged in steps and in 6 rows at intervals.
..., and when the separator 31 descends, the support members 31a in the third and fourth rows of each stage are ...
The impeller 30 passes between the two.

Further, when the separator 31 is retracted, the shutter 43 is intruded (advanced) between the second and third stage supports 31a ,. Therefore, the reject tickets P accumulated on the separator 31 are received by the shutter 43 at one end.

The shutter 43 is adapted to receive the rejected ticket P which enters the separator 31 by the forward movement in the direction of the arrow e in the figure and drops at this position as the separator 31 retracts.

Further, the shutter 43 avoids the position where the lowering operation of the separator 31 is not obstructed by the lowering operation in the direction of the arrow b'in the figure, and at the time of this avoidance, the rejected ticket P already stored in the storage cassette 32 is removed. It is designed to be pushed down to secure storage space.

Further, the shutter 43 is pulled out from the storage cassette 32 by the backward movement in the direction of the arrow c in the figure,
At the time of this withdrawal, the exclusion ticket P received from the separator 31 is left in the storage space provided in the storage cassette 32.

Further, the shutter 43 is lifted up to the entry position by the ascending operation in the direction of the arrow d in the figure, and at this position, the shutter 43 waits for the next retreating operation of the separator 31.

The accommodating cassette 32 has a backup plate 32a capable of descending inside, and holds the rejected ticket P accommodated by descending the backup plate 32a.

Further, by mounting the upper plate 32b on the upper portion of the storage cassette 32 in the direction of the arrow i in the figure, the storage cassette 32 can be taken out of the machine body while the exclusion ticket P is stored inside. ing.

On the other hand, a sorting card 44 for sorting them into, for example, small bundles is inserted into the rejected tickets P in the storage cassette 32. That is, the sorting card 44 is the rejected ticket P for every 100 sheets of banknotes, that is, every time the processing for one bundle is completed.
After being stored in the storage cassette 32, the card supplying device 33 supplies the separator 31 between the first-stage and second-stage support members 31a, ... ing.

The sorting card 44 is provided with identification information 44a for identifying a small bundle at a predetermined position thereof. The identification information 44a is managed by the control device 11e, for example, as to how the card 44 corresponds. FIG. 5 shows a drive mechanism of the separator 31 described above. In the figure, 31 ₁ is a base, and a guide rail 31 ₂ and a guide side plate 31 ₃ are erected on the base 31 ₁ .

The guide rail 31 ₂ has a separator 31
The guide member 31 ₄ is fitted and slidable. The guide member 31 ₄ is attached to the support members 31 ₆ and 31 ₆ of the separator 31 via a support shaft 31 ₅ . Further, the guide member 31 _4, movable arm 31
_Seven fulcrums 31 ₈ are provided.

One end of the movable arm 31 ₇ is attached to a spline shaft 31 ₁₁ supported by a support 31 ₁₀ fixed to the base 31 ₁ via a ball spline bearing 31 ₉ . At the other end of the movable arm 31 ₇ , a long hole 31 ₁₂ with which the fulcrum 31 ₈ of the guide member 31 ₄ is engaged is formed.

The spline shaft 31 ₁₁ is adapted to be rotated in the direction of arrow A in the figure by a motor 31 _{14 which} can rotate in the forward and reverse directions via a belt 31 ₁₃ . By rotating the spline shaft 31 _{11 in} the direction of arrow A in the figure, the movable arm 31 ₇ is rotated in the direction of arrow B in the figure.
The guide member 31 ₄ slides along the guide rail 31 ₂ in the direction of arrow C in the figure. Therefore, this guide member 3
By sliding to 1 ₄ of arrow C direction, as above,
The separator 31 will move up or down.

Further, one of the supporting members 31 ₆ and 31 ₆ is provided with a fulcrum 31 _{16 which} is engaged with the elongated hole 31 ₁₅ of the guide side plate 31 ₃ and moves along the elongated hole 31 _15. ing. As a result, as described above, the separator 3
Along with the ascending or descending operation of 1, the separator 31
The tip ends of the supports 31a, ... Are moved so as to draw an arc with the support shaft 31 ₅ as a fulcrum.

The upper limit position and the lower limit position associated with the vertical movement of the separator 31 are the upper limit detector 31.
₁₇ and the lower limit detector 31 ₁₈ , respectively.

On the other hand, the base 31 ₁ has a slide rail 31
It is provided so that it can move along ₁₉ . That is, the mated guide members 31 ₂₀ to the slide rails 31 ₁₉ are secured to the base 31 _1, the endless belt 31 ₂₃ passed over a pulley 31 ₂₂ which is driven to rotate by the motor 31 ₂₁ It is fixed. Therefore, the motor 31
By the pulley 31 ₂₂ is rotated in the arrow D direction by _21, so that the endless belt 31 ₂₃ is driven in the arrow E direction. As a result, base 31 ₁ in accordance with the driving of the endless belt 31 ₂₃ is moved, the as separator 31 is to operate retraction or advancement.

Further, said of the base 31 ₁ is provided with a position detection member 31 _24, the position detection member 31 ₂₄ is the limit position and the front limit position after accompanying backward or forward movement of the separator 31 described above It provided the, for example, by being respectively detected by detector 31 _25, 31 ₂₆ of the photocoupler, limit position due to backward or forward movement of the separator 31 is adapted to be detected.

Numerals 31b, ... In the drawing are storage claws provided on the support members 31a at both ends of the third stage of the separator 31, which securely holds the rejected ticket P to be stored in the storage cassette 32. It is for pushing. Next, FIG.
The operation of the rejected ticket collecting apparatus 13c will be described with reference to FIG.

In the figure, it is assumed that the feeding by the rotation of the impeller 30 in the direction of the arrow a is stopped. Then, first, the separator 31 is moved down from the scraped-out position in the direction of arrow b in the drawing, and the shutter 43 is moved down in the direction of arrow b'in the drawing.

Then, at this time, the reject ticket P in the storage cassette 32 is pushed downward by the shutter 43, and the separator 31 is further lowered to the position of the temporary stacking portion 42, so that it is scraped out from the impeller 30. The rejected ticket P is pushed into the storage cassette 32 together with the rejected ticket P received by the shutter 43.

After this, the shutter 43 is pulled out from the storage cassette 32 by the backward movement in the direction of arrow c in the figure. Further, as the shutter 43 moves backward, the sorting card 44 is fed from the card feeding device 33 and inserted into the separator 31 in the direction of arrow c ′ in the figure.

On the other hand, the shutter 43 pulled out from the storage cassette 32 is moved up in the direction of arrow d in the figure, and is further inserted from the position in the direction of arrow e in the figure into the separator 31.

When the entry of the shutter 43 into the separator 31 is completed, the separator 31 is retracted in the direction of the arrow f in the drawing, and is withdrawn from the position of the temporary stacking section 42. As a result, the storage cassette 32 for storing the exclusion ticket P for the next bundle
Storage inside is started.

Further, when the separator 31 is retracted to the rear end position, it is subsequently moved upward in the direction of arrow g.
Then, when it is raised to the upper limit position, it is moved forward in the direction of the arrow h in the figure and moved to the above-mentioned scraping position. As described above, the storage of the rejected ticket in the storage cassette can be automated.

That is, the reject tickets accumulated in the temporary accumulating section are pushed into the storage cassette by the separator. This makes it possible to automatically store all the banknotes that should be eliminated, and eliminates the need for manual intervention in the work after the processing is stopped due to the excess of the number of accumulated sheets. Therefore, workability and operating efficiency can be dramatically improved.

Further, at this time, the rejected tickets still held by the impeller are scraped out by the separator and pushed into the storage cassette together with the rejected tickets accumulated in the temporary accumulating portion. Therefore, it is possible to reliably store all the paper sheets to be stored.

In the above embodiments, the rejected ticket stacking device has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it can be used in various stacking devices in which various paper sheets are stored using an impeller. It is applicable as well.

Further, in the present embodiment, the processing is interrupted when a certain amount of the rejected tickets are accumulated in the temporary stacking unit, and when the operator restarts the operation by turning on the operation start switch again, the separator is operated to remove the rejected tickets. However, the storage by the separator may be automatically started when, for example, a certain amount of rejected tickets are accumulated. Of course, various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

[0057]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to automatically store the accumulated paper sheets without manual intervention, and all the paper sheets to be stored. It is possible to provide a paper sheet stacking device capable of reliably storing paper.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of an inspection classifier according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing an outline of a reject ticket collecting device.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing an outline of a reject ticket collecting device.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an outline of a reject ticket collecting apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a drive mechanism of the separator.

FIG. 6 is a timing chart similarly shown for explaining the outline of the operation of the rejected ticket collecting apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Inspection classifier, 11 ... Receiving conveyance part, 11e ... Control device, 12 ... Inspection discrimination part, 12c ... Inspection device, 13 ... Exclusion ticket processing part, 13a ... 1st conveyance path, 13b ... 2nd conveyance path , 13c ... Excluded ticket collecting device, 14 ... Correct / unfit note processing unit,
30 ... Impeller, 31 ... Separator, 32 ... Storage cassette, 33 ... Card supply device, 42 ... Temporary stacking unit, 43 ...
Shutter, 44 ... Sorting card, P ... Exclusion ticket.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A holding means that is rotatably provided for sequentially holding the conveyed paper sheets in order one by one, and the paper sheets discharged by the rotation of the holding means are temporarily accumulated. In addition, the collecting means that rotates from this position and operates to collect the paper sheets still held by the holding means, the paper sheets temporarily accumulated by the collecting means, and the collecting means. A paper sheet stacking device, comprising: a storage means for storing the paper sheets collected in step 1.