JPH0635223B2 - Paper handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a paper sheet handling apparatus related to a financial institution, and more particularly to a paper sheet handling apparatus suitable for batch page changing of passbooks in a printing device or the like.

[Conventional technology]

As a conventional paper sheet handling device for performing this type of page change, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 59-19035,
It is known to sequentially turn pages one by one.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

The above-mentioned conventional technology is based on a method of turning pages of passbooks one by one, and the passbooks handled in a printing device related to a financial institution are closed, for example, when collecting them in the device. Even when it is desired to put it in a state (it seems to be compactly folded due to the collection area), it is necessary to turn the pages one by one, which causes a problem that the processing time becomes long.

Further, when simply folding pages in a lump, an area having a radius of gyration corresponding to the length from the fold to the leading end of the passbook is required exclusively, which causes a problem that the device becomes large.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems in the conventional paper handling apparatus, and in a compact space, surely page turning of paper sheets. It is to provide a paper sheet handling device capable of performing.

[Means for solving problems]

The above-mentioned object of the present invention is to convey a paper path having a folded and bound shape, an opening provided on one side of the paper path, and a page change roller located near the opening. In the paper sheet handling apparatus having, a first guide member that retreats to the outside of the transport path at the time of normal transport or page change operation of the paper sheet and projects into the transport path at the time of collective page change operation, A second guide member that cooperates with the first guide member during a collective page change operation is provided on the support member of the page change roller, and the front half of the paper sheet and the first guide member are provided. It is possible to perform a batch page change operation by feeding the sheet to a new conveyance path formed by the second guide member, and carrying out sheet conveyance of the conveyance path and position control of the first guide member at this timing. A paper handling device characterized by It is achieved me.

[Action]

In the paper sheet handling apparatus according to the present invention, the outer shape of the page changing frame that swings the page changing roller that is usually used for changing pages one by one is such that the paper sheet (hereinafter referred to as "passbook") is not scratched. With a shape that does not exist, there is a guide that can move in and out of the conveyance path for guiding the tip of the passbook along the outer shape of this page change frame, and with this guide, the tip of the passbook opened and conveyed is It is guided along the outer shape of the page changing frame and is folded in a lump.

The above-mentioned guide for collectively leading the leading edge of the passbook into the folding space can be freely moved in and out of the conveyance path, and has a smooth shape so that the passbook can be smoothly guided to the page changing frame. Furthermore,
The page changing frames overlap each other when the guide is on the conveying path, and the outer shape is continuous so that the passbook is not caught.

Further, it is prevented that the folds of the carried passbook are excessively conveyed on the frame near the end portion of the page-changing frame for batch page-changing and deviate from the conveying path, and the correct page-changing cannot be performed. A stopper is provided so that after the specified amount of passbooks have been conveyed, the guides can be retracted from the conveyance path, and the passbooks can be conveyed further, so that the pages of the passbooks can be reliably changed, that is, folded. Is something that can be done.

EXAMPLES Examples of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a side view of a passbook type page changing mechanism part, which is a main part of a paper sheet handling apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1-3 are paper guides (A) for guiding passbooks.
(C), (4) and (4) show shutters which are rotatable around the fulcrum 16, and the above (1) through (4) form a space for carrying the passbook 25 (see FIG. 2). The above paper guide
(A) 1 and shutter 4, shutter 4 and paper guide (C) 3
And has a structure that is combined with each other in a comb shape,
It allows the passbook 25 to be transported reliably. Rollers (A) to (D) 5 to 8 having a structure in which they are also combined in a comb shape are provided to face each other in the middle of the passbook conveying path.

A frame 24 for holding a page changing mechanism is provided above the shutter 4, and a page changing frame 10 is swingable around a fulcrum 15 on a side surface of the frame 24. It is provided. The position of the page changing frame 10 can be swung between a position (10) shown by a solid line and a position (10 ') shown by a two-dot chain line by a solenoid (not shown) as shown by an arrow s. Is configured.

On the page-changing frame 10, a page-changing roller 9 having a high-friction member 31 such as rubber added to a part of its outer peripheral portion for turning pages of the passbook 25 is rotatably provided at a fulcrum 14. ing. The page changing roller 9 is configured so that the rotation direction and the rotation angle can be freely controlled by a driving unit such as a motor (not shown).

Further, on the frame 24, a conveying guide 29 for forming a feeding path for collectively guiding the leading end of the passbook 25 in combination with the page changing frame 10 is provided at a position not intersecting with the page changing frame 10. A stopper 23 for regulating the feed amount of the passbook 25 is provided at the upper end portion thereof.

Furthermore, the paper guide (B) facing the page changing frame 10
Below the reference numeral 2, a fulcrum 11 for pressing the passbook 25 against the page changing roller 9 when performing a page changing operation at the two positions of the page changing frame 10 by a driving means such as a solenoid (not shown). There is provided a first push lever 18 that rotates about the center and a second push lever 17 that rotates about the fulcrum 12. The first push lever
See Figure 5 for 18 and the second push lever 17
See FIG. 4 for.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the solenoid 19 has a link (A) 2
It is connected to a link (B) 21 rotatable about a fulcrum 13 via 0, and the link 21 is connected to a guide 22 swingable about a fulcrum 30. The guide 22 is normally retracted downward in the paper guide (B) 2, but as will be described later, it is projected in the conveyance path by exciting the solenoid 19 and is conveyed in the direction of arrow a. The leading end of the passbook 25 is collectively guided to the space formed by the page changing frame 10 and the transport guide 29 described above.

Hereinafter, the operation of this embodiment configured as described above will be described.

First, referring to FIG. 4 and FIG.
The page changing operation (see FIG. 2) will be described. First, the page changing operation of the middle paper in the forward direction will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, in FIG. 4, some of the components that are not related to the operation are omitted.

Set the page change frame 10 to the position shown and
With 25 open from the creases, the end of passbook 25 on the page-changing side comes under roller (A) 5 so that it is below page-changing roller 9.
~ Position with roller (D) 8. In this state, the shutter 4 is rotated around the fulcrum 16 and opened to the position indicated by 4 '. Also, by a solenoid (not shown),
Drive the aforementioned second push lever 17 in the direction of arrow C,
The inside paper 27 of the passbook 25 is pressed against the page changing roller 9.

Next, by driving the page changing roller 9 in the direction of arrow d by a driving means such as a motor (not shown), the innermost paper 27 of the uppermost layer is bent and flipped up as shown. By transporting the passbook 25 in the direction of the arrow e after the complete flipping, the inside paper 27 becomes the page on the opposite side, and the page change of only one sheet is completed.

Similarly, referring to FIG. 5, the page changing operation of the reverse middle paper will be described. Also in FIG. 5, some constituent elements unrelated to the operation are omitted.

Set the page change frame 10 to the position shown and
With 25 open from the creases, the end of the passbook 25 on the page-changing side should be below the page-changing roller 9 '.
Position with 5-roller (D) 8. In this state, the shutter 4 is rotated about the fulcrum 16 and opened to the position 4'shown in the figure. Further, the first push lever 18 is driven in the direction of arrow c by a driving means such as a solenoid (not shown) so that the middle paper 27 of the passbook 25 is replaced by the page changing roller 9 '.
Press on.

Next, the page change roller 9'is rotated in the direction of the arrow b, and the upper middle paper 27 is shown by the frictional force between the high friction member 31 of the page change roller 9'and the middle paper 27 of the passbook 25. As you can see
It can be bent and flipped up. By transporting the passbook 25 in the direction of the arrow a after the complete flipping, the inside paper 27 becomes the page on the opposite side, and the page change of only one sheet is completed.

By repeating the above operation, the middle paper 27 of the passbook 25,
It is possible to sequentially change pages one by one.

Next, the collective page changing operation of the passbook 25 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.

As shown in FIG. 6, the shutter 4'is opened upward and the page changing frame 10 'is set at the position shown. Further, by exciting the solenoid 19, the link (A) 20 and the link (B) 21
The guide 22 is rotated around the fulcrum 30 via the and to be projected into the conveyance path. As a result, the guide 22 and (the outer shape of) the page changing frame 10 'and the conveying guide 29 form the conveying path 32'.

When the opened passbook 25 is conveyed by the rollers (A) 5 and the rollers (B) 6 from the direction of the arrow a, the leading end of the passbook 25 is first in the guide 22 and then in the outer shape of the page changing frame 10 '. Is guided to the inside of the conveyance path 32 '. As described above, the fold line 26 of the passbook 25 has the paper guide (B) 2 and the guide 2
At a point slightly before the crossing point of 2, passbook 2
Since the leading end of 5 contacts the stopper 23, the conveyance of the passbook 25 is temporarily stopped at this position.

Next, as shown in FIG. 7, release the excitation of the solenoid 19,
The guide 22 is moved in the direction of the arrow f via the link (A) 20 and the link (B) 21 and retracted into the paper guide (B) 2 (from the transport path). Thereafter, the passbook 25 is conveyed in the direction of the arrow a, so that the passbook 25 passes under the page-changing roller 9'in a fold from the fold 26, and is folded at the fold 26 to complete the batch page-changing operation. .

According to the above-described embodiment, it is possible to perform high-speed and highly reliable batch page change by a mechanism that also has a function of performing normal page change in the forward direction and page change in the reverse direction. In the case of the present embodiment, the space required is almost the same as that of a normal page-changing mechanism in both the forward and reverse directions, and the structure is compact.

In addition, the transfer guide 29, the stopper 23, and the guide 22 described above are
Needless to say, if the pages are placed at positions symmetrical to those shown in the above-described embodiment, batch page change in the opposite direction to the above description can be performed. Further, in the above embodiment, when carrying out the batch page change, it was explained that the conveyance of the passbook 25 is temporarily stopped.
This is not absolutely necessary.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, a transport path for transporting folded and bound paper sheets, an opening having an openable shutter provided on one side of the transport path, In a paper sheet handling apparatus having a page changing roller that rotates around a point on the opening, the paper sheet is retracted to the outside of the conveying path at the time of normal conveying or page changing operation, and at the time of collective page changing operation, In addition to providing a first guide member projecting into the conveyance path, a supporting member of the page changing roller is provided with a second guide member that cooperates with the first guide member at the time of collective page changing operation. Since the first half of the leaves is sent to the new conveying path formed by the first guide member and the second guide member, the batch page changing operation is performed, so that the compact space is ensured. Turning pages of various paper sheets Ukoto is possible, in which a marked effect of realizing a sheet handling device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a passbook page changing mechanism which is a main part of a paper sheet handling apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an opened passbook, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a side view of the mechanical section, FIG. 4 is a side view of a single page change in the forward direction, FIG. 5 is a side view of a single page change in the reverse direction, and FIGS. It is a side view. 1-3: Paper guides (A) to (C), 4, 4 ': Shutter, 5-8: Rollers (A) to (D), 9, 9': Page change roller, 10, 10 ': Page change Frame, 17, 18: Push lever, 22: Guide, 23: Stopper, 24: Frame, 25: Passbook, 26: Fold, 27: Middle paper, 29: Conveyance guide, 32 ': Conveyance path.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A transport path for transporting folded and bound paper sheets, and an opening provided on one side of the transport path.
In a paper sheet handling device having a page changing roller located near the opening, the paper sheet is retracted outside the conveying path during normal conveying or page changing operation, and inside the conveying path during collective page changing operation. The protruding first guide member,
A second guide member that cooperates with the first guide member during a collective page change operation is provided on the support member of the page change roller, and the front half of the paper sheet and the second guide member are provided. It is sent to a new transport path formed with the guide member of
A sheet handling apparatus capable of performing a batch page change operation by carrying out sheet transport of the transport path and position control of the first guide member at this timing.