JPH05270717A - Bill arrangement device in bill accumulation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To surely align bills by providing an engagement part to prevent the bills from curving in their frontal direction on the outer surface of an alignment bar in a device which aligns the bills sequentially carried in by way of energizing one end edge of each of them in one direction by the alignment bar. CONSTITUTION:Bills S carried in between transport belts 13, 14 are beaten down by a blade 15a, input to the inside of an accumulation part 21 and accumulated on a loading member 25. In this case, a stepping motor 31 is driven by an alignment drive control part 40 in accordance with output of a passing sensor 17 and others, and an oscillating arm 33 is reciprocally driven at a specified stroke. As an alignment bar 34 provided hanging down on the outside edge of the oscillating arm 33 is reciprocated so that it makes contact with and separates from side edge parts Se of the bills S, the bills in an irregular state are aligned. As a serrate engagement part X1 is formed on the outer surface of this alignment bar 34, the side edge part Se of the bills S is prevented from bending downward by engagement to the engagement part X1 and the bills S are aligned and processed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote aligning device for a banknote stacking device which is applied to a banknote handling device for counting and binding banknotes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of bill handling apparatus,
There are various known types of storing bills to be stacked by stacking the bills to be processed in a required stacking means. However, during this storing work, the bills to be fed are sequentially stored in the stacking means without any special device. By simply inserting the bills in a stacked manner, the bills are stacked in a non-uniform manner, which is a cause of trouble in, for example, a bundling process and other subsequent processes.

In order to eliminate such a problem, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-333060 (known example) describes that the banknotes stacked in the stacking unit are forcibly aligned. Things are known.

That is, in the known example, as described in detail in the specification and the drawings, the bills sandwiched and fed between the conveying belt and the sending belt have their leading ends changed to the leading ends. It is sequentially deposited on the mounting member while being regulated by the regulating member.
By means of a columnar tapping member vertically provided at the free end of the lever, the banknotes are urged in the direction of the side edge regulating member arranged orthogonally to the tip regulating member for alignment processing.

[0005]

Even in the above-mentioned known example, the side edges of the banknotes can be urged so as to be struck and the banknotes can be aligned, but it is still improved in practical use. There was a task to be done.

That is, in general, when a bill is used, fine fluffing occurs on the surface of the bill, and the bill is soiled by the user's hand. In the case of banknotes, the coefficient of friction on the surface of the banknotes is increased, and there is a phenomenon that sliding between the banknotes is not always smooth.
Since it is repeatedly folded and stored in the wallet, a "folding habit" is given to itself, and when this used banknote is biased to be tapped as seen in a known example. However, the trouble as seen in the reference example shown in FIG. 8, that is, the bending of banknotes occurred, and the safe alignment thereof was not always expected.

Explaining this point with reference to FIG. 8, a columnar aligning member H ′ is provided for an unmatched banknote S ′ accumulated on the banknote group accumulated on the elevator E ′ in a slightly shifted state. The misaligned banknote S'moved in the direction of the arrow X '.
When the members are urged to strike in the same direction, the alignment member H '
Is in a columnar shape, and the surface thereof is not particularly processed to have irregularities, so that the inconsistent banknote S'is moved in the direction of the arrow X ', and the banknote placed below it. Instead of being aligned with the group, it results in only a downward fold along the alignment member H ′ and again when the alignment member H ′ moves away in the direction of the arrow Y ′, its free end is released, As indicated by the solid line, there is a problem in that they are left in a protruding shape without being aligned.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide a banknote which is carried in and can be aligned in an orderly manner. The feature is that in the banknote aligning device in the banknote stacking device in which one end edge of each of the plurality of banknotes sequentially loaded into the stacking unit can be urged in one direction by the aligning bar to perform the aligning process. A bill aligning device, characterized in that an engaging portion capable of engaging an edge portion of a bill and locking the bill so as not to be bent in the paper surface direction is formed on the outer surface of the bill aligning device. There is a point made.

[0009]

[Operation] Since the structure of the apparatus of the present invention is as described above, when the alignment bar is used to align the edges of the banknotes that are not aligned by tapping, the engaging portion of the alignment bar is It is possible to move the banknotes in a state of being engaged with the edge portions and preventing the banknotes from being bent, so that the banknotes can be reliably aligned.

[0010]

EXAMPLES Next, the contents of the present invention will be explained based on the examples shown in the drawings.

A bill aligning device according to the present invention shown in FIG.
1 , the pair of pulleys 1 in the conveying means 10
The conveyor belts 13 and 14 wound around the belts 1 and 12 are propelled by a driving unit (not shown), and the banknote S processed between the belts 13 and 14 is sandwiched and conveyed.
By the blade 15a of the impeller 15 arranged coaxially with the above, the banknote S can be carried down to the stacking / elevating means 20 arranged in front of the banknote S by dropping it downward from above. And the banknote S being conveyed
The passage sensor 17 detects the passage state of No. 1 and notifies the alignment drive control unit 40 of the signal.

The banknote S that has been knocked down as described above
Is inserted into the stacking unit 21 of the stacking / elevating means 20, and the stacking unit 21 for stacking the banknotes S is arranged by the front and rear walls 22, 23 and the edge regulation wall 24 as shown in FIG. A square tube-like space having a shape similar to that of S and having an open side only on one side is formed, and the aligning means 30 to be described later is arranged to be involved in the open part. Further, the mounting member 25 carrying the inserted banknotes S is made to face the inside of the rectangular cylindrical space, and the elevator section 26 by a parallel link mechanism for raising and lowering the mounting member 25 in parallel is provided. It is configured to be connected to the mounting member 25.

Next, regarding the banknote S arranging means 30, the output shaft 3 of the stepping motor 31 which can freely rotate reciprocally.
A detection plate 32 and a swing arm 33 are fixedly mounted on the la 1a, and an alignment bar 34 is vertically provided at the outer end of the swing arm 33.
The alignment bar 34 regulates the position of the edge of the banknotes S stacked on the placing member 25, and is configured so as to be urged and aligned by hitting in the direction of the side edge regulation wall 24. The outer shape of the alignment bar 34 will be described later, but the range of the stroke applied to the restricted position is such that the position can be freely changed to suit the designated denomination, for example, 1,000 yen. The ticket is placed in the first restricted position (A) shown in FIG. 2, the 5,000 yen ticket is placed in the second restricted position (B), and in the case of a 10,000 yen ticket, it is placed in the third restricted position (C). The frame 27 can be moved to the standby position (D) and the retracted position (E) led out from the through hole 27a of the frame 27, if necessary.

As shown in FIG. 2, the detection plate 32 has a disk shape, and the outer peripheral portion thereof is partially cut to form a first edge 32a and a second edge 32b. The timing sensor 35 for detecting the presence of each of the edges 32a and 32b is exposed, so that the drive signal to the stepping motor 31 can be applied at a desired timing by a command signal from the alignment drive control means 40. The stroke of the alignment bar 34 and its start / stop can be command-controlled.

In this embodiment, the mounting member 2
Regardless of the raising / lowering operation of the banknote 5, the aligning operation of the ends of the banknotes S is continued during the processing, so that the banknotes S being descended and the banknotes fed into the stacking part 21 next. If a sorting fork (not shown) for sorting S and S is provided, the banknotes S can be continuously aligned and accumulated without interruption.

Next, the shape of the alignment bar 34 in the alignment means 30 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 as well.

As described above, the alignment bar 34 is vertically provided on the outer end of the swing arm 33. The alignment bar 34 has a cylindrical shape in view of its shape and engages the side edge Se of the banknote S on the outer peripheral surface. Although the joint portion X ₁ is formed, the engagement portion X ₁ has a substantially saw-toothed shape in the vertical cross-sectional shape, and the portion encircled by a solid line circle R in FIG. 3 is enlarged. The following is a description with reference to FIG.

That is, the shape of the engaging portion X ₁ is the alignment bar 34.
Of the vertical plane α and an orthogonal plane β continuous with the vertical plane α. An inwardly inclined plane γ is formed continuously from the outer end of the orthogonal plane β, and the inner end of the vertical plane α is formed below the vertical plane α. The surface α is continuous with the surface α at a constant pitch.

Next, the aligning function of the bills S in this embodiment will be described as follows.

That is, the banknotes S conveyed between the conveyor belts 13 and 14 are thrown down by the blade 15a and thrown into the accumulating section 21 and accumulated on the placing member 25, but during this time, they pass through. The passage signal from the sensor 17 and the predetermined timing command signal are transmitted to the timing sensor 35.
The alignment drive control unit 40 is notified by this, a start signal is supplied to the stepping motor 31 at a required timing, the swing arm 33 is reciprocally driven with a predetermined stroke, and the alignment bar 34 vertically provided at the outer end thereof is provided. The uneven edges of the banknotes S can be aligned by tapping the side edges Se of the banknotes S. In this alignment process, the alignment bar 34 moves in the direction of the arrow X as shown in FIG. To the side edge Se of the banknote S, and the side edge Se of the engaging portion X ₁ of the aligning bar 34 has a serrated vertical surface α, an orthogonal surface β and an inward inclined surface γ. Since the bills S are locked so as to be held between them and held in this state, and are biased in the direction of the arrow X in this state, the bill S does not bend downward in a bent shape, and the edge regulation is not caused. It is moved smoothly toward the wall 24, and finally other Since those which can be moved in a state of being aligned with the bill S, the alignment bar 34 a bill S of shaped irregularities be retracted in the arrow Y direction is one that does not generates it as to protrude again.

As a modification of the shape of the engaging portion X ₁ of the alignment bar 34, there are also those shown in FIGS. 5 to 7.

That is, in the engaging portion X ₂ of FIG.
The vertical plane α in the modified example of
5 has an inwardly inclined surface γ formed from the outer end thereof and the inner end thereof is directly connected to the orthogonal surface β therebelow, and the engaging portion X ₃ shown in FIG. It has a shape similar to that of the one, and its pitch is about 1/2 of the engaging portion X _{2 in} FIG.
It is made in detail.

Furthermore, an engaging portion X ₄ of another modification shown in FIG.
As for the above, the portion corresponding to the orthogonal surface β is formed as a gently inclined surface δ inclined upward, its outer end is continuous with the inward inclined surface γ, and the inward inclined surface γ is In the external shape, the angle of intersection between the inclined surfaces δ and γ is relatively small, and the engaging portion X ₄ is formed in a sharp sawtooth shape. ing.

However, even in the modified examples of the engaging portions X _{2 to} X ₄ , the aligning function of the aligning bar 34 is common to that of the engaging portion X ₁ , and in any case. Moreover, the banknote S can be aligned with other banknotes S without being bent.

Regarding the shapes of the engaging portions X _{1 to} X ₄ ,
In short, it suffices if it is locked to the alignment bar 34 in a state where the edge Se of the banknote S is not bent in the direction intersecting with the banknote surface.
It goes without saying that the shape is not limited to the embodiment shown in the engaging portions X _{1 to} X ₄ .

[0026]

As described above in detail with reference to the embodiment, the present invention is such that the bills stored in a stack in the stacking unit are urged to be aligned by the aligning means. Since the concave-convex engaging portion that engages with the edge of the bill is formed on the outer surface of the aligning bar that is engaged, the bill is smoothly moved to a position aligned with another bill without being folded, It is possible to accurately align the edges of the stacked banknote groups.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall view showing an embodiment of a bill aligning device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of alignment means of the apparatus.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an alignment function of the device.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a solid circle R in FIG.

[Figure 5]

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view showing a modified example of FIG.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of an alignment function in a conventional example.

[EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS] 1 bill alignment device 10 carrying means 20 integrated-lifting means 30 aligning means 34 aligns the bar 40 aligned drive control unit X ₁ to X ₄ engaging portion α vertical plane β perpendicular plane γ inwardly inclined surfaces δ gradually inclined surface

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A banknote aligning apparatus in a banknote stacking apparatus, wherein one edge of each of a plurality of banknotes sequentially carried into a stacking unit is urged in one direction by an aligning bar so that the banknotes can be aligned. A bill aligning device, which is formed on the outer surface of the bill, with an engaging portion which engages with an edge portion of the bill and can lock the bill so that the bill is not curved in the paper surface direction.