JPH0585675A - Paper sheet processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a paper sheet processor capable of concurrently recovering and delivering paper sheets. CONSTITUTION:A support elevator 3 is lifted by an upper elevator 2, and a fixed number of bills in a support section 14 are thrust into the preliminary stack section 19 of a preliminary stack elevator 4 to be preliminarily stacked. The upper elevator 2 is lowered, a lower elevator 6 is lifted, and the bills in the preliminary stack section 19 are thrust to a mount base 32 in a batch by the upper elevator 2 to be permanently stacked. The bills on the mount base 32 are delivered by a delivery device 13.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing apparatus for bills and the like used in currency exchange machines, amusement facilities, vending machines and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this kind of paper sheet processing apparatus has, as shown, for example, in Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 55-28985 (B65H29 / 46), identified banknotes ( Paper sheets) are once received in the first chamber, and each time they are stacked in a second chamber below by a pressing member, and then the stacked banknotes are returned or stored.

Since it is usually necessary to stack several hundred banknotes in the second chamber, the vertical dimension of the second chamber must be increased to some extent. Therefore, the moving distance of the pressing member becomes long, and the time required for stacking becomes long. On the other hand, since the banknotes are conveyed one by one, if this stacking time becomes long, the interval between the banknotes will be increased in order to secure the stacking time, and the transfer device will be used at each stacking. It has to be stopped, and the time required to collect banknotes becomes long.

Therefore, for example, as in Japanese Patent Publication No. 57-51153 (G07D9 / 00), the bills received on the first guide plate are pushed down one by one on the guide plate below by the pressing frame. After stacking, the banknotes on this guide plate are collectively pushed up by the push-up plate and pushed into the banknote stocker on the upper side, whereby the stacking time on the lower guide plate can be shortened and the entire stacking time can be shortened. ..

[0005]

However, according to the structure of Japanese Patent Publication No. 57-51153, only the finally stacked banknotes are collected in the banknote stocker. However, there is a problem that a special payout device must be provided in order to use it.

Further, when pushing up a certain number of bills stacked on the lower guide plate to the upper bill stocker, the push-up plate must pass along with a plurality of bills in the pressing frame in the middle thereof. However, there is a problem that the operation becomes very difficult in practice.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet processing apparatus capable of simultaneously collecting and delivering paper sheets.

Another object of the present invention is to simplify the structure in shortening the stacking time of paper sheets, and
An object is to provide a paper sheet processing apparatus that operates stably.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet processing apparatus capable of preventing falling of paper sheets during operation and realizing a reliable stacking operation.

[0010]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a paper sheet processing apparatus which comprises a preliminary stacking means for stacking a predetermined number of paper sheets conveyed from a conveying device and a preliminary stacking means. The present invention is provided with book stacking means for stacking the paper sheets collectively and withdrawing means for paying out the paper sheets stacked on the book stacking means one by one.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for processing paper sheets, which comprises an upper elevator which can be moved up and down by a driving means, and a support portion which receives paper sheets conveyed from the conveying device. A supporting elevator that is supported, and an auxiliary stack elevator that is vertically stretchably connected to the supporting elevator and that is equipped with an auxiliary stack unit that stacks a certain number of sheets of paper, and is installed above the auxiliary stack elevator. It is composed of an immovable member that prohibits the movement of the above, a lower elevator that can be moved up and down by the drive means, and a loading section that is configured at the bottom, and during the preliminary stack, the upper elevator rises and lifts the supporting elevator. Since the elevator for the preliminary stack is prohibited from being lifted by the immovable member, the immovable member causes the paper sheets in the supporting portion to be preliminarily stacked. At the time of pushing in and stacking, the upper elevator lowers to lower the supporting elevator and the auxiliary stack elevator to position the auxiliary stack part on the stacking part, and the upper elevator presses the paper sheets to the stacking part, and the lower part. The elevator is lifted to lift the supporting elevator and the auxiliary stack elevator, and the upper elevator pushes the paper sheets in the auxiliary stack part into the stacking part.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a paper sheet processing apparatus in which a vertically movable support portion for receiving and supporting the paper sheets conveyed from the conveying device and the paper inside the support portion due to the vertical movement of the support portion. It is provided with a stacking means for stacking the leaves and a brush-like member provided in the support portion at the most downstream end of the conveyed paper sheets.

[0013]

According to the paper sheet processing apparatus of the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to shorten the stacking time (preliminary stacking) by the preliminary stacking means, so that the interval between the conveyed paper sheets is shortened. As a result, the total stack time can be shortened. Further, the sheets stacked in the main stack by the dispensing means can be dispensed into the stack by the standby stack means (preliminary stack), and the collection and dispensing of the sheets can be executed at the same time.

According to the paper sheet processing apparatus of the second aspect of the invention, as in the first aspect of the invention, it is possible to shorten the preliminary stacking time to the preliminary stacking part of the elevator for the preliminary stacking, so that the sheet is conveyed. By shortening the interval between the incoming paper sheets, the total stacking time including the book stack can be shortened. Further, it is not necessary to provide other driving means other than the driving means for driving the upper and lower elevators, and it is not necessary to equip each moving elevator itself with a driving device such as a solenoid or a motor.

According to the paper sheet processing apparatus of the third aspect of the present invention, since the conveyed paper sheet is held by the brush-like member positioned at the most downstream end, the end portion meshes with the brush-like member and is held thereby. Even if it moves up and down, it will not fall due to wind pressure.

[0016]

Embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a front view of the paper sheet processing apparatus 1, and FIG. 2 shows a side view of the same. The paper sheet processing apparatus 1 includes an upper elevator 2, a supporting elevator 3, a preliminary stacking elevator 4, a stationary member 5, a lower elevator 6, and a payout device 13. The upper elevator 2 is composed of a horizontal side 2A and a hanging side 2B having a substantially L-shaped side surface, and the base of the horizontal side 2A is fixed to a belt 8 which is vertically driven by an upper motor 7 as a driving means. Therefore, it can be moved up and down. An actuator 9 is attached to the back side of the horizontal side 2A, and the position of the actuator 9 is such that the optical sensor 1 is provided vertically with a predetermined interval.
It is detected by 0 and 11. Further, a push-up side 12 protruding upward is provided on the back side of the horizontal side 2A located above the depending side 2B.

The supporting elevator 3 is a substantially gate-shaped vertical side 3A.
And a horizontal portion 3B formed at the lower end of the vertical side 3A. The vertical side 3A is supported on the push-up side 12 of the upper elevator 2. In addition, the horizontal portion 3B has a substantially inverted U-shaped side surface that opens rearward, and the bill M is placed inside the horizontal portion 3B.
The width of the support portion 14 is larger than the width of the bill M, and the left and right sides are rail-shaped and are opened vertically at intervals smaller than the width of the bill M. The hanging side 2B of the upper elevator 2 hangs toward this interval.

The preliminary stack elevator 4 is composed of four side edges 4A located on both outer sides of the horizontal portion 3B of the supporting elevator 3 and a horizontal edge 4B formed at the lower end of the side edges 4A. It At the upper end of the auxiliary stack elevator 4, an engaging portion 17 that is vertically slidably engaged with four shafts 15 that are established on the upper surface of the horizontal portion 3B of the supporting elevator 3 is attached. This engagement part 1
7 is prohibited from moving at the upper end portion of the shaft 15, so that the preliminary stack elevator 4 and the supporting elevator 3 are vertically extensible in the vertical dimension of the shaft 15. A spring 18 is inserted between the engaging portion 17 and the horizontal portion 3B and wound around the shaft 15, and constantly urges the engaging portion 17 in the direction of pushing it up to the upper end portion of the shaft 15, thereby preliminarily stacking it. The elevator 4 for use is held stably. The horizontal side 4B is the supporting elevator 3
Similarly to the horizontal part 3B, the left and right sides are rail-shaped and open between them at intervals smaller than the width of the bill M, and the horizontal side 4B with the engaging part 17 at the upper end of the shaft 15 is
Located below the horizontal part 3B with a small clearance, the horizontal part 3
A preliminary stack portion 19 having a width larger than the width of the bill M is formed between the spare stack portion 19 and B. Four banknotes M are stacked in the preliminary stacking unit 19. At the front end of the horizontal side 4B, three bent sides 21 are provided upright within the range of the width of the opening of the horizontal side 4B in the up-down direction. Then, the brush-like member 22 composed of a plurality of cilia is attached. On the other hand, a portion of the front end of the horizontal portion 3B of the supporting elevator 3 corresponding to the bent side 21 is partially open, so that the brush-like member 22 also faces the front end of the supporting portion 14.

The immovable member 5 has both upper ends on both sides of the paper sheet processing apparatus 1.
It is fixed to a case (not shown) and its position does not change. The immovable member 5 has a shaft 15 passing vertically movably, and a horizontal side 5A with which the lower surface thereof abuts the upper surface of the preliminary stack elevator 4, and a hanging side that hangs down on both sides of the hanging side 2B of the upper elevator 2. 5
B and. A pair of pulleys 2 on which conveyor belts 24 are stretched on both sides of the lower end of the hanging side 5B.
5, 25, 26, 26, 27, 27 are rotatably attached. The distance between each pair of pulleys 25, 26, 27 is substantially the same as the distance between the left and right ends of the bent side 21, and faces the support portion 14 of the supporting elevator 3 from above.

The lower elevator 6 has a horizontal side 6A corresponding to the lower side of the horizontal side 4B of the preliminary stacking elevator 4 and having a rail shape which is opened vertically at intervals smaller than the width of the bill M. The base of the horizontal side 6A is fixed to a belt 31 which is vertically driven by a lower motor 30 as a driving means, so that the horizontal side 6A can be moved vertically. On the lower side of the horizontal side 6A of the lower elevator 6, a loading platform 32 as a loading unit on which the banknotes M are loaded is arranged.

The pay-out device 13 is composed of pay-out rollers 34 and 35 attached to the rear portion of the loading table 32, and a separating roller 36 provided corresponding to the pay-out roller 35. The pay-out rollers 34, 35 are formed by attaching rubber to the peripheral surface of an aluminum roller within a range of, for example, 150 degrees, and rotate clockwise in FIG. It is something to send out. Further, when two separating rollers 36 are sent out at the same time, the separating roller 36 rotates in the same direction as the payout rollers 34 and 35 to send back the upper bill M.

Behind the paper sheet processing apparatus 1, there is provided a bill feeding apparatus 38 for bills M. The transport device 38 is composed of upper and lower pulleys 39 and 40 and upper and lower transport belts 41 and 42 stretched around the pulleys 39 and 40, respectively. The transport belt 24 is stretched around the upper pulley 39. To be done.

Next, the operation of the paper sheet processing apparatus 1 of the present invention having the above configuration will be described. The state shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is the standby state. In this standby state, the supporting elevator 3 is supported by the push-up side 12 of the upper elevator 2, the lower edge of the hanging side 2B of the upper elevator 2 is located at the upper edge of the horizontal portion 3B, and the actuator 9 is on the lower side. It is located at the height of the optical sensor 10. Also, shaft 1
The upper end of 5 is located on the horizontal side 5A of the immovable member 5, and the engaging portion 17 of the preliminary stack elevator 4 is located at the upper end of the shaft 15, and the preliminary stack elevator 4
The upper surface of is in contact with the lower surface of the horizontal side 5A of the stationary member 5.
Further, the lower surface of the transport belt 24 is located at the lower edge of the support portion 14, and the lower elevator 6 holds the banknotes M on the stacking table 32 below the preliminary stack elevator 4 from above.

In this state, the conveyor belt 4 of the conveyor device 38
The banknotes M are conveyed one by one at a predetermined interval from between 1 and 42, and are fed from the rear into the supporting portion 14 of the supporting elevator 3 by the conveying belt 24. The brush-shaped member 22 is located at the most downstream position of the flow of the bill M, and the front end of the fed bill M is the brush-shaped member 2.
Insert the cilia between the two (see Figure 2). Therefore, even if the conveyed bill M is folded and deformed, the bill M is held,
It does not fall from the support portion 14.

When the bill M enters the support portion 14, first, the preliminary stack is started. That is, the upper motor 7 is driven to move the upper elevator 2 upward. As the upper elevator 2 rises, the supporting elevator 3 also rises,
Since the upper surface of the preliminary stack elevator 4 is in contact with the lower surface of the horizontal side 5A of the immovable member 5, it cannot be lifted. Therefore,
Only the shaft 15 moves up together with the supporting elevator 3 and the spring 18 is compressed, so that the preliminary stacking elevator 4
The engaging portion 17 of is pressed against the immovable member 5 more firmly. On the other hand, as the support portion 14 rises, the depending side 5B of the immovable member 5 relatively lowers, and the conveyor belt 24 pushes down the banknotes M in the support portion 14 (see FIGS. 3 and 4).

Further, when the upper elevator 2 rises and the actuator 9 reaches the height of the upper optical sensor 11, the upper motor 7 stops and the rising of the upper elevator 2 stops.
In this state, the horizontal portion 3B of the supporting elevator 3 has risen to above the conveyor belt 24 of the immovable member 5, and both ends of the bill M deviate from the horizontal portion 3B and the preliminary stack portion 19 below.
It is pushed in and stacked (preliminary stack) (Fig. 5
And FIG. 6). While the bill M in the support portion 14 is subjected to wind pressure during the rising of the supporting elevator 3, the bill M is held because the tip of the brush-like member 22 is pressed into the bill M, so that the bill M is raised by the rising wind pressure. It never falls. The distance between the pulleys 25 and 27 and the brush-like member 2
Since the existing ranges of 2 are the same, the bill M can be easily bent even when the bill M is pushed downward by the transport belt 24.

Thereafter, the upper motor 7 is now rotated in the reverse direction to lower the upper elevator 2. Then, when the actuator 9 comes to the position of the optical sensor 10 on the lower side, the upper motor 7 stops, and the upper elevator 2, the supporting elevator 3, and the preliminary stacking elevator 4 enter the same standby state as in FIGS. 1 and 2. It returns (see FIGS. 7 and 8). At this time, the tip of the bill M pushed into the preliminary stack portion 19 is pushed into the brush-like member 22, so that the bill M does not drop even by the wind pressure accompanying the lowering of the preliminary stack elevator 4. The above preliminary stacking operation is repeated four times to stack four banknotes M (only three are shown in FIG. 7 and subsequent figures) in the preliminary stacking section 19, and the preliminary stacking is completed.

Since only four banknotes M are stacked in the preliminary stack section 19, the vertical size of the preliminary stack section 19 is small. Therefore, the moving distance (up and down) of the upper elevator 2 is also short, and the time for the preliminary stack operation is extremely short. In the embodiment, the time required from the start (FIG. 1 and FIG. 2) to the end (FIGS. 7 and 8) of one stack operation for preliminary operation is 1 second. This means that the transport device 38
This means that the interval between the bills M sent from can be shortened to 1 second.

When the above preliminary stacking is completed, the conveying device 38 is temporarily stopped, and the paper sheet processing device 1 then starts this stacking. That is, the upper motor 7 is driven from the state of FIGS. 7 and 8 to lower the upper elevator 2. As the upper elevator 2 descends, the supporting elevator 3 and the auxiliary stack elevator 4 also descend, and eventually the horizontal side 4B of the auxiliary stack elevator 4 contacts the horizontal side 6A of the lower elevator 6. This completes the descent of the supporting elevator 3 and the standby stack elevator 4. Although the preliminary stacking unit 19 also descends due to the descending of the preliminary stacking elevator 4, the banknotes M in the preliminary stacking unit 19 do not fall due to the wind pressure at the time of descending because the brush-like member 22 is embedded in the bills M. On the other hand, the upper elevator 2
Still descends, its push-up side 12 is separated from the supporting elevator 3, the hanging side 2B passes through the support portion 14 and the spare stack portion 19, and contacts the four banknotes M in the spare stack portion 19. The banknote M on the push-down stacking table 32 is pressed (see FIGS. 9 and 10).

In this state, the upper elevator 2 stops, and then the lower motor 30 is driven to raise the lower elevator 6. Due to the rise of the lower elevator 6, the preliminary stack elevator 4 and the supporting elevator 3 are lifted. On the other hand, since the four banknotes M in the spare stack section 19 are pressed against the banknotes M on the stacking stand 32 by the hanging side 2B of the upper elevator 2, the both ends of the banknote M are prestacked by the rise of the spare stack section 19. Out of section 19,
It is pushed onto the loading table 32 (this stack, see FIGS. 11 and 12).

The banknotes M in the spare stack section 19 are loaded on the loading table 3
When it falls on 2, the lower motor 30 rotates in the reverse direction to lower the upper elevator 6 (at the same time, the supporting elevator 3 and the preliminary stacking elevator 4 also descend), and the loading platform 32.
The upper bill M is pressed from above (see FIGS. 13 and 14).
Next, the upper motor 7 is driven to raise the upper elevator 2. As the upper elevator 2 rises, the supporting elevator 3 and the backup stack elevator 4 also rise, and when the actuator 9 rises to the position of the optical sensor 10, the upper motor 7 is stopped and the standby state shown in FIGS. Come back,
This stack operation ends.

Here, since several hundred bills M (for example, 800) are stacked on the loading platform 32, the loading platform 32 and the standby stack elevator 4 in the standby state.
The interval between and becomes large. Therefore, in the embodiment, the time required from the start (FIGS. 7 and 8) of this stacking operation to the return to the standby state is 3 seconds. Therefore, when the above-mentioned main stack is executed for each of the bills M that are conveyed without performing the preliminary stacking, it takes a total of 12 seconds to stack the four bills M on the stacking table 32. Will be done. Further, the conveyance interval of bills must be 3 seconds.

On the other hand, by executing the preliminary stack and the main stack as in the present invention, the four banknotes M are preliminary stacked in 4 seconds, and then the entire stack is collectively stacked in 3 seconds. It takes a total of 7 seconds to stack the banknotes M of No. 2 on the loading table 32. Therefore, the overall time required for the stack will be significantly reduced.

The driving means is the upper and lower motors 7 and 30.
The preliminary stack and main stack operations are achieved only by the vertical movement of the elevators 2, 3, 4 and 6. Therefore, since it is not necessary to provide a motor or solenoid for each elevator 2, 3, 4 and 6 that actually moves up and down, electric wiring is not required, the moving part is simplified, and the weight of the moving part is reduced. 7 or 30
The load of is also reduced.

The bills M stacked on the stacking table 32 by the above-mentioned preliminary stack and main stack are paid out by the payout device 13 for change or the like. Next, this payout operation will be described. The pay-out rollers 34 and 35 are partially attached with rubber as described above.
By rotating in the counterclockwise direction, the lower bill M on the stacking table 32 is moved backward. At this time, when two or more sheets are overlapped and moved, the separating roller 36 sends the upper bill M back toward the stacking table 32. The banknotes M thus sent back one by one are transported to the dispensing port by a transport device (not shown).

Here, since the preliminary stacking operation is performed independently of the lower elevator 6, the bill M on the loading table 32 can be dispensed by the dispensing device 13 even during the preliminary stacking. Therefore, the banknotes M can be collected by the upper elevator 2, the supporting elevator 3, and the preliminary stacking elevator 4, and the banknotes M can be paid out by the payout device 13.

In the embodiment, the bill M is explained as the paper sheet, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is also effective for a coupon ticket or the like.

[0038]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to shorten the stacking time by the preliminary stacking means. Therefore, by shortening the interval between the conveyed sheets, the entire stack including the main stack can be shortened. It is possible to shorten the stack time of. Further, it becomes possible to pay out the paper sheets that have been main-stacked by the payout means during the stacking by the preliminary stacking means, and it is possible to collect and pay out the paper sheets at the same time.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, as in the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to shorten the preliminary stacking time of the elevator for the preliminary stacking to the preliminary stacking portion, so that the sheets to be conveyed are By shortening the interval, it is possible to shorten the entire stack time including this stack. Further, since it is not necessary to provide any other driving means in the moving part other than the driving means for driving the upper and lower elevators, wiring or the like to the moving part is unnecessary, thereby simplifying the structure. ..

According to the paper sheet processing apparatus of the third aspect of the present invention, since the conveyed paper sheet is held by the brush-like member positioned at the most downstream end, the end portion of the paper sheet is held. Even if it moves up and down, it does not drop due to wind pressure, and a reliable stack of paper sheets can be realized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a sheet processing apparatus in a standby state.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the paper sheet processing apparatus in a standby state.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the paper sheet handling apparatus showing a rising process of the upper elevator in the preliminary stack.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the paper sheet handling apparatus showing a rising process of the upper elevator in the preliminary stack.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the paper sheet handling machine showing a state in which the upper elevator is fully raised in the preliminary stack.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the paper sheet handling apparatus showing a state where the upper elevator is fully raised in the preliminary stack.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the paper sheet processing apparatus showing a state at the end of the preliminary stack.

FIG. 8 is a side view of the paper sheet handling machine showing a state at the end of the preliminary stack.

FIG. 9 is a front view of the paper sheet handling machine showing a state in which the preliminary stack elevator is in contact with the lower elevator in the main stack.

FIG. 10 is a side view of the paper sheet handling machine showing a state in which the preliminary stack elevator is in contact with the lower elevator in the main stack.

FIG. 11 is a front view of the paper sheet handling apparatus showing a state where a lower elevator is raised in the stack.

FIG. 12 is a side view of the paper sheet handling apparatus showing a state where the lower elevator is raised in the stack.

FIG. 13 is a front view of the paper sheet handling apparatus showing a state where the lower elevator is lowered in the stack.

FIG. 14 is a side view of the paper sheet handling apparatus showing a state where the lower elevator is lowered in the stack.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Paper Processing Equipment 2 Upper Elevator 3 Supporting Elevator 4 Preliminary Stack Elevator 5 Immovable Member 6 Lower Elevator 7 Upper Motor 13 Discharging Device 14 Supporting Part 15 Shaft 19 Preliminary Stacking Part 22 Brush-like Member 30 Lower Motor M Banknote

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A preliminary stack means for stacking a predetermined number of paper sheets conveyed from a conveying device, a book stacking means for collectively stacking the paper sheets stacked on the preliminary stack means, and the book. A paper sheet processing apparatus comprising: a payout means for paying out the paper sheets stacked in the stacking means one by one. 2. An upper elevator, which is driven by a driving means and is movable up and down, and a support elevator, which is provided with a support portion for receiving paper sheets conveyed from a conveying device, and a supporting elevator supported by the upper elevator. An auxiliary stack elevator, which is equipped with an auxiliary stack part for stacking a certain number of the above-mentioned paper sheets, and is vertically stretchably connected to the supporting elevator, and an immovable forbidden upward movement of the auxiliary stack elevator. A member, a lower elevator that is driven by driving means to move up and down, and a stacking unit that is configured at the bottom, and during a preliminary stack, the upper elevator moves up to lift the supporting elevator, and The elevator for stacking is prohibited from being lifted by the immovable member, so that the immovable member causes the paper sheets in the support portion to be pre-loaded. It is pushed into the equipment stack part, and during the main stack, the supporting elevator and the auxiliary stack elevator are lowered by lowering the upper elevator to position the preliminary stack part on the stacking part, and the upper elevator moves the paper. While pressing the leaves against the stacking section, the lower elevator moves up to lift the supporting elevator and the preliminary stacking elevator so that the upper elevator pushes the paper sheets in the preliminary stacking section into the stacking section. Characteristic paper sheet processing device. 3. A vertically movable support part for receiving and supporting the paper sheets conveyed from the conveying device, a stacking means for stacking the paper sheets in the support part by vertical movement of the supporting part, and a conveying means. A paper sheet processing apparatus, comprising: a brush-like member provided at the most downstream end of the coming paper sheet and provided in the support portion.