JPH0585640A - Security carrying machanism in automatic bill dealing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To reduce the required power of a relay, compared with that in the case that the corresponding relay is activated when the arrangement is under operation, by moving a rotating device toward a driving device to engage a specific part of the rotating device with the driving device when the relay switch is switched from its active to its inactive state. CONSTITUTION: When a gripping device receives, in a dispenser, a signal for transporting a paper bill S from the first to the second transporting paths, the power supply to a relay 12 is stopped and a lever arm 111 starts to rotate clockwise around the axis of the lever arm together with an armature 121 and a rotating device 11. The paper bill S reaches a position where its center faces the devices 10 and 11. The paper bill S moves downward with the interaction of the devices 10 and 11. The paper bill S moves downward further with the further rotations of the devices 10 and 11 and the rotating device is locked at a specific position. This movement is completed by the kinetic energy of the rotating device.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mechanism for carrying securities such as banknotes and checks in an automatic securities handling machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A mechanism of this type includes a first conveying path for conveying securities in a first part of an automatic handling machine, a second conveying path for conveying securities in a second part of the machine, and securities. A gripping device for shifting the first transport path from the first transport path to the second transport path, the gripping device being a rotatably mounted drive device, and a relay actuated device engaging with the drive device and rotating therewith. It is equipped with

Such a mechanism is disclosed in the Swedish patent specification No.
It is disclosed in US Pat. No. 4,736,852 corresponding to 446,567. The banknote is transported from the inlet to the gripping device by the first transport path provided in the first part of this mechanism, and from the gripping device to the cassette storage space or the outlet by the second transport path provided in the second part. Be transported. The gripping device includes a relay (solenoid), and when the banknote is transported from the first transport path to the second transport path, the two transport rollers are moved to the interaction position, and the bill located between the rollers is moved. The transfer direction of the banknotes is changed, and for example, the banknotes are transferred in the length direction (with one short side at the head) to the transfer in the direction at right angles (with the long side at the top). The second operation cycle of the relay is the bill
The rollers are adjusted so that the rollers are in operation for a sufficient time interval so that they can be reliably transported to the transport path.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In an automatic cash dispenser or the like, in order to catch a bill when it is conveyed in the lengthwise direction and to accurately position the bill when it is conveyed orthogonally to its length. It is necessary to provide the dispenser with a high power relay with a small magnet. In the case of an automatic dispenser that handles at most about 100 banknotes and is used such that there is a dead time between operations, the magnet is usually cooled during the dead time. No problem occurs. In the case of a large-capacity automatic dispenser that handles up to 2000 banknotes in each operation, there is a risk that the magnet may overheat and the dispenser may be damaged or malfunction.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems in the prior art.

[0006]

This object comprises two transport paths and a gripping device provided between the two paths, the gripping device comprising a rotatable fixed drive device and the drive device. And a movable relay-actuated rotating device that engages with and rotates with the rotating device. The relay becomes inoperative at the time when the bills are transferred from the first transport path to the second transport path. This is accomplished by a mechanism of the type described above that is configured to return to an actuated state when it makes one revolution.
The rotating device moves toward the drive device when the relay switch shifts from the operating state to the non-operating state, and engages a predetermined portion around the rotating device with the drive device. According to this mechanism, the required power of the relay can be reduced to about several percent as compared with the power when the corresponding relay is activated when the mechanism is operated.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the rotating device is arranged to manipulate the movement of the armature of the relay as the device moves and rotates as the relay transitions from an inoperative state to an activated state. ing. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The gripping device shown in FIG. 1 comprises a fixedly mounted rotatable drive device 10 and a movably mounted relay actuated rotary device 11 which rotates with the drive device 10 in the actuated state. A lever 12 having a movable armature 121 attached to one end of a lever arm 111 carrying a rotating device 11, and a latch device 13 having a spring-actuated latch arm 131 movably attached, The lower end of the lever arm 111 is biased by a tension spring 112.

The banknote S is held between the drive unit 10 and the rotating unit 11 in a predetermined posture and is conveyed by a band or roller (not shown) along a first conveying path perpendicular to the plane of the drawing. FIG. 2 shows an operating state of the gripping device at the time when the gripping device in the state of FIG. 1 receives a signal for moving the bill S from the first transport path to the second transport path in the dispenser. In the illustrated case, the supply of current to the relay 12 is interrupted, the lever arm 111 rotates clockwise around the axis of the lever arm together with the armature 121 and the rotating device 11, and the clockwise rotation of the drive device 10 starts.

The bill S reaches such a position that its central point faces the devices 10 and 11 as the bill moves in a direction orthogonal to the plane of the drawing. The bill S moves downward due to the interaction of the devices 10 and 11. The drive device 10 has a circular outer peripheral surface, the outer peripheral surface of the rotating device 11 forms an arc over a range of about 190 °, and the radius changes continuously over the remaining about 170 °.

In the operating state of this mechanism shown in FIG.
The rotating device 11 just contacts the banknote S, and the drive device 10 contacts the outer peripheral region of the rotating device 11 having the minimum radius. Figure 1
The rotation device 11 engaged with the latch device 13 in
The pin 113 provided above is a contact point (face) with the bill S.
It is located almost on the opposite side of. In the operating state shown in FIG. 3, the rotating device 11 rotates clockwise by about 270 °, and as a result of the interaction with the drive device 10, the device moves to the left and the armature 121 reaches the vicinity of the magnet of the relay 12. The bill S approaches and the bill S moves slightly downward by the rotation of the devices 10 and 11.

When the devices 10, 11 are further rotated, the bill S
Further down, the pin 113 abuts the movable latch arm 131, as shown in FIG. 4, moving the arm sequentially to one side as the pin approaches the position of FIG. When the contact between the pin 113 and the latch arm 131 is released, the pin abuts the surface 40 of the latch device and the arm 1
31 is rotated by the spring 132 to the position shown in FIGS. The pin 113 cannot move up and down with it, and the rotating device 11 is locked in a predetermined standby position.
The rotating device 11 is not in contact with the drive device 10 in the latter half of its movement, and it is the kinetic energy of the device that completes this movement. Current is re-applied to the coil of relay 12 (this occurs in the situation of FIG. 3), the drive 10 is stopped and the gripper returns to the rest position until it receives a pulse to move the next banknote.

It should be noted that many modifications can be made within the concept of the invention as defined in claim 1. For example, the outer peripheral surface of the rotating device 11 has a flat area of about 50 °, an arcuate area of about 40 ° following one side edge thereof, and a minimum radius portion continuously on the other side edge of the flat area. It may be constituted by a 270 ° area having an increasing radius.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of the gripping device of the mechanism of the present invention with the relay in the actuated state and in the standby position.

2 is a side view of the gripping device of FIG. 1 with the relay in the inoperative state and in the activated position.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the gripping device of FIG. 1 with the relay in the actuated state and the rotating device engaged with the drive device.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a part of a latch device that cooperates with a rotating device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... Drive device 11 ... Rotating device 12 ... Relay 13 ... Latch device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A first means for carrying securities in a first part of the handling machine for carrying securities such as banknotes and checks in the handling machine in an automatic securities handling machine.
A transfer path, a second transfer path for transferring securities in the second part of the handling machine, and a gripping device (10, 1) for transferring the securities from the first transfer path to the second transfer path.
1, 12, 13), the gripping device comprising a fixedly mounted rotatable drive device (10) and a relay (1
A transport mechanism comprising a rotatably mounted rotating device (11) which is operated by means of (2) and engages with and rotates with the drive device (10), said relay (1).
2) becomes inoperative at the time when the securities move from the first transportation route to the second transportation route, and the rotating device (11)
Is configured to return to the operating state after one rotation,
The rotating device (11) engages with the driving device (10) at the time when the relay (12) shifts from the operating state to the non-operating state, and a predetermined area on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating device (11) is the driving device ( 10) A securities transport mechanism, which is configured to engage with (10). 2. The transport mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the rotating device (11) displaces the armature of the relay (12) from an inoperative position to an operating position when the rotating device rotates. .. 3. The latch device (13) according to claim 1, further comprising a latch device (13) for returning the rotating device (1) to the same standby position when the transportation of the securities is completed. Transport mechanism.