JPH0642612U - Paper sorting machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] A paper sheet sorting machine that has a stack of paper sheets arranged in multiple stages in the machine in the vertical direction and that fractions can be taken out from the front of the machine for easy handling. I will provide a. [Structure] In the paper sheet sorter for inserting paper sheets from the outside of the machine body 1 in a loose state, classifying the paper sheets according to types in the machine body, and accumulating them in a stacking unit 16 for each type, the stacking unit 16 Are arranged in a vertical direction in a multi-tiered manner in the front part of the machine body, and an opening / closing door 22 is provided by a hinge 23 on the front surface of the machine body where the stacking portion 16 is arranged so as to be openable / closable. It is characterized in that a feeding means 17 for feeding the relevant paper sheets is attached to the accumulating section 16, and the accumulating section 16 is exposed when the opening / closing door 22 is opened.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a paper sheet sorting machine suitable for sorting loosened paper sheets and sorting them by type, or bundling them.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, in a banknote or the like, in a machine in which a plurality of banknotes of different denominations are inserted in a loose state and then the banknotes are classified by denomination, or after being grouped by a predetermined number of banknotes, the banknotes are generally transferred in the machine. They are sorted into categories and collected, and the fraction is discharged to the back of the machine.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the conventional structure, in order to extract the fraction, it has to be collected around the back surface of the machine away from the stacking unit, which is extremely difficult to remove depending on the situation where the machine is installed.

In view of this, the present invention provides a paper sheet sorting machine in which stacking units are arranged in a vertical direction in multiple stages in the machine and the fraction can be taken out from the front side of the machine to facilitate handling. That is the purpose.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to solve the problems of the above-mentioned conventional technology, the present invention inserts paper sheets in a loose state from the outside of the machine body, classifies them into types in the machine body, and accumulates them in each type accumulation unit. In a paper sheet sorter for bundling, etc., the stacking section is arranged in multiple stages in the vertical direction in the front part of the machine body, and the opening / closing door can be opened and closed by a hinge on the front surface of the machine body where the stacking section is arranged. The present invention is characterized in that an inner side of the opening / closing door is provided with a feeding means for feeding the relevant paper sheets to the respective accumulating portions, and the accumulating portion is exposed when the opening / closing door is opened. To do.

[0006]

[Action]

 The paper sheets inserted in bulk are identified while being conveyed in the machine body, and are stacked in the stacking unit by the stacking unit of the stacking unit corresponding to the paper sheet. When the machine has a binding mechanism, the accumulated paper sheets are sent to the binding section and bound. If an excess of paper sheets does not reach the specified number in the stacking unit, the opening / closing door on the front of the machine opens the take-up means together with the stacking unit, exposing the stacking unit to the front of the machine. Therefore, it is possible to take out a fraction of the paper sheets in the stacking section. If the open / close door is closed after taking out, the front part of the machine is closed and the feeding means is set to the position where the paper sheets can be fed into the stacking portion.

[0007]

【Example】

 The present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of an external appearance of a paper sheet sorter according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a cross-section schematically showing the internal structure. In this embodiment, a predetermined number of banknotes are provided in two stacking sections. Banknotes can be stacked alternately, and the banknotes that have been stacked on one side can be stacked on the other side with tapes to stack banknotes continuously. The figure shows the case in which three types of ejecting units 2, 2 and 2 are arranged and ejected by classifying them by denomination or denomination such as front / back and other denominations.

As shown in FIG. 1, the external appearance has a narrow width so that it can be installed and used between desks in a financial institution, etc. A stacking unit 3 is provided on which the Ps can be piled up and placed in a loose state. Inside the transfer port 4 from this stacking unit 3, there is installed a transfer means 5 for transferring the banknotes one by one. Has been.

As shown in FIG. 2, an identification unit 6 for identifying the denomination, authenticity, damage, etc. of the bill is arranged following the transfer unit 5, and the identification unit 6 is provided downstream of the identification unit 6. A transport path 8 for transporting the banknotes of 1 to the discharge sections 2, 2, 2 on the upper surface of the machine body 1, and a transport path 9 for transporting the banknotes to the bundling section 7 are further formed by a belt structure. .., 2 ... are arranged such that the banknotes are discharged in the upright posture to the discharging sections 2, 2 ... through the feeding means 13, 13 ... by the switching operation of the switching members 11, 11 ... Reference numerals 14, 14 ... Are holding members for holding the bills in the discharge units 2, 2 so as not to fall, and 15 is a reject bill discharge unit.

On the other hand, the transport path 9 to the bundling unit 7 includes a front-back reversing mechanism 10 for aligning one side of the banknotes on the way, and extends from the upper rear position toward the front side (front side) in the machine body 1. The ends thereof are connected to the feeding means 17, 17 to the accumulating portions 16, 16 which are vertically spaced apart.

The feeding means 17, 17 to the stacking section 16, 16 is adapted to feed the banknotes in a lateral direction from between the roller 18 and the belt 19 through the impeller 20 at the entrance of the stacking section 16, 16. There is a switching member 21 between the upper and lower feeding means 17, 17, and by this switching, switching and stacking to the upper and lower stacking units 16, 16 is performed.

The take-in means 17, 17 are installed on the inner surface of an opening / closing door 22 that opens and closes an opening portion opened on the front surface 1 a on the front side of the machine body 1. The opening / closing door 22 has such a size that the entrance sides of all the stacking portions 16 and 16 can be exposed, and the lower end thereof is pivotally supported by the body 1 by a hinge 23. The hinge 23 serves as a fulcrum to show the chain line in FIG. It can be opened like a key lock when closed.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the configuration of the stacking unit 16, 16 and the transport unit 24 for stacking banknotes to the bundling unit 7.

The banknote stacking unit 16 is fixed to a horizontal stacking plate 25 that receives the banknotes P fed one by one and a shaft 26 that is arranged along the longitudinal direction of the stacking plate 25, and the stacking plate 25 is provided. And a rotary plate 27 having an L-shaped cross section for forming a banknote accumulation space in cooperation with the rotary plate 27, and holding window holes 28, 28 are formed from the upper surface 27a to the side surface 27b of the rotary plate 27. Cut holes 29, 29 are formed in the stacking plate 25 at positions corresponding to the holes 28, 28. An arm 30 is fixed to the end of the shaft 26, and is connected to a plunger 31a of a solenoid 31 by a pin 32 and a long hole 33. The rotating plate 27 is shown by the solid line in FIG. It rotates between the closed state and the open state shown by the chain line.

The holding and conveying section 24 has a machine frame 35 that is movable toward the above-mentioned stacking section 16 along guide rails 34, 34 that are horizontally installed. The machine frame 35 is driven by a motor 36. It is fixed to the rotating belt 37 and moves in the direction of the arrow as the belt 37 rotates.

A guide rod 38 is fixed to the machine frame 35 in the vertical direction, and a block 39 is vertically movably fitted and supported on the guide rod 38. The block 39 has upper and lower holding pieces 40, 41 is provided, and this block 39 is attached to a belt 43 driven by a motor 42 mounted on the machine frame 35 via an arm 44.

The lower holding piece 41 has two protrusions 41 a, 41 a which can fit into the gaps of the cut holes 29, 29 of the stacking plate 25 of the stacking unit 16 and can enter the cut holes, and the sides thereof. It is fixed to the lower part of the block 39 by an arm 45 extending in the direction.

The upper gripping piece 40 has two fingers 40a, 40a having a gap matching the gap between the windows 28, 28 of the rotating plate 27 of the stacking portion 16 and capable of entering the windows. Parallel links 46, 46 are pivotally attached to the base portion 40b, and the other ends of the parallel links 46, 46 are pivotally supported on the upper portion of the block 39, and are parallel by a lever 47 that moves up and down by a drive mechanism (not shown). The links 46, 46 swing so that the holding piece 40 moves up and down.

Pressing pieces 48, 49 are pivotally supported on the holding pieces 40, 41, and these pressing pieces 48, 49 are adapted to be rotated by a pressing piece actuating mechanism.

The holding pieces 48, 49 have their bases pivotally attached to the upper and lower surfaces of the upper and lower holding pieces 40, 41 by pins 50, 51 so as to be pivotable in the horizontal plane. The rear end of the piece 48 is connected to a plunger of a solenoid 52 mounted on the holding piece 40, and the solenoid 52 is operated to advance from the upper surface of the holding piece 40 to the position shown by the chain line in FIG. Further, a cam follower 53 is pivotally attached to the rear end of the holding piece 49 of the lower holding piece 41, and it is protruded to the side of the holding piece 41 as shown by the solid line in FIG. When shifting to 7, the cam follower 53 hits the cam 54 and is swung to the position shown by the chain line in FIG.

Although the bundling unit 7 is only shown schematically in the figure, the clamp members 55 and 56 that receive and clamp the banknote P from the transport unit 24 from above and below, and the banknote P held between the clamp members 55 and 56. It has a tape winding mechanism mechanism 57 for winding a tying tape around it, a cutter 58 for cutting the tape, and a heat-bonding end 59 for the cut end of the tape. The mechanism described in Japanese Patent Application No. 3-88377 can be used.

The clamp members 55, 56 take an open position shown in the figure and a clamp position for sandwiching one end of the paper sheet between the clamp members 55, 56. The tape is swung around the track Q indicated by the chain line by the tape holding pieces 60 and 61 to wind and tighten the tape, and the end of winding is cut by the swiveling motion of the cutter 58. It is heat-bonded and united by rocking. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 62 denotes a collection case of bundled banknotes, which can be drawn out to the front of the machine body 1. Further, 63 is a display unit.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

Banknotes of mixed denominations are stacked in a stacking state on the mounting section 3 at the front of the upper surface of the machine body 1, and the banknotes are picked up one by one by driving the pick-up step 5. Sent to be identified.

In the sorting mode, the identified banknotes are discharged to the discharging sections 2, 2 ... By any one of the corresponding feeding means 13, 13 ... Can be removed.

In the bundling mode, if the denominations of the banknotes to be bound are designated in advance, as a result of the identification, the banknotes of the designated denomination are sent to the transport path 8 and discharged to any of the discharging units. After reaching the transport path 9 and aligned on one side of the banknote by the front / back reversing mechanism 10, it is sent from the end of the transport path 9 to the feeding means 17, 17 and either of the accumulating parts 16, 1 Sent to. At this time, banknotes other than the designated denomination are discharged to the discharge units 2, 2, ... As in the sorting mode.

The predetermined number of banknotes fed onto the stacking plate 25 of the stacking unit 16 are stacked with their positions regulated by the side surface 27b of the rotating plate 27.

Then, the machine frame 35 is moved forward (rightward in FIG. 3) via the belt 37 by the rotation of the motor 36, and the holding pieces 40 and 41 are the window holes of the rotation plate 27 of the stacking unit 16. 28, 28 and the position of the stacking plate 25 corresponding to the cut holes 29, 29.

Here, the rotation of the motor 42 raises the lower holding piece 41 via the belt 43 and lowers the lever 47 to lower the upper holding piece 40 via the parallel links 46, 46. At this time, the holding piece 48 attached to the upper holding piece 40 is stored in such a position in the holding piece 40, and the holding piece 49 of the lower holding piece 41 is laterally projected.

As the upper and lower holding pieces 40, 41 move closer to each other, the fingers 40 a, 40 a of the respective holding pieces 40, 41 and the projections 41 a, 41 a are attached to the windows 28, 28 of the rotating plate 27 of the stacking portion 16 and the stacking portions. It enters into the stacking unit 16 through the cut holes 29, 29 of the plate 25, and holds the position of the banknote P group stacked in the stacking unit 16 near one end (FIGS. 4A to 4B).

When the group of banknotes P has been gripped, the solenoid 31 operates and the rotary plate 27 pivots and retreats upward, the stacking unit 16 is opened, and at the same time, the solenoid 52 of the upper gripping piece 40 operates. Pressing piece 48 projects laterally (FIG. 4 (C)). As a result, the non-holding end side of the end opposite to the position near the one end held by the holding pieces 40, 41 is supported vertically by the holding pieces 48, 49, so that the bill P on the non-holding end side hangs down. Down and splashes are suppressed.

After holding the banknote P group in this way, the holding pieces 40, 41 retract backward by the opposite operation to take out the banknote P group out of the stacking unit 16 and bind the non-holding end side of the banknote P group. It is inserted between the upper and lower clamp members 55 and 56 of the portion 7 (FIG. 5 (A)). In this way, the non-holding ends of the banknote P group are pressed by the upper and lower holding pieces 48, 49 and are fed between the clamping members 55, 56 of the bundling section 7, and immediately after the feeding, the lower holding piece 41 is held. The cam follower 53 of the piece 49 hits the cam 54, and is pushed by this so that the holding piece 49 retreats to such a position as the holding piece 41 (FIG. 5 (B)), and the holding piece 48 of the upper holding piece 40 is moved by the solenoid 52. Will also leave (also Fig. 5 (B)).

The conveyance of the banknotes P group is completed when the pressing pieces 48, 49 are withdrawn, and the banknotes P group are clamped by the approaching movement of the clamp members 55, 56 to start the bundling operation.

Therefore, while the banknote P group is transferred from the stacking unit 16 to the bundling unit 7, the non-holding end side of the banknote P group is pressed by the upper and lower pressing pieces 48 and 49, so that the banknote P 1 on the end side hangs down. Splashing is prevented, and it is possible to smoothly transfer between the clamp members 55 and 56 of the binding portion 7.

The bundled bundle of bills is discharged into the collection case 62 by opening the holding pieces 40 and 41, and the bundled bills can be taken out by pulling out the collection case 62 at an appropriate time.

As described above, the banknotes are collected and then bundled, but the troubles in the stacking units 16 and 16 and the fractional number remaining in the stacking units 16 and 16 do not reach the predetermined number required for bundling. In this case, if the opening / closing door 22 on the front of the machine body 1 is opened, the feeding means 17, 17 located at the entrance of the stacking section 16, 16 moves to the outside together with the opening / closing door 22, and the entrance of the stacking section 16, 16 is reached. Since the part is fully opened, the banknotes inside it can be easily taken out. Further, even when jamming occurs in the transport path 9 or the feeding means 17, 17, this can be solved in the same manner.

Therefore, all of this can be done on the operating side of the machine, without having to leave the seat and process each time.

Although the structure of the bundling portion 7 has been outlined, any structure may be used as long as it can be wrapped with a tape to bind it, and the configuration of the main part of the present invention is only an example. It is needless to say that the moving mechanism of the holding pieces 40 and 41, the pressing piece actuating mechanism and the like can be modified in other designs.

[0040]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to take out, from the front side of the machine, the paper sheets remaining in the stacking section inside the machine and the paper jammed in the stacking system to the stacking section. This makes it extremely convenient to handle because there is no need to go to the back of the machine when the machine is placed between desks.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing an embodiment of a paper sheet sorter according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the internal structure of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an example of each part for accumulating, conveying, and binding paper sheets in FIG.

4A to 4C are explanatory diagrams of the operation of FIG.

5A and 5B are operation explanatory diagrams of FIG.

[Explanation of Codes] 1 Airframe 2 Ejection Section 3 Loading Section 5 Retracting Means 6 Identification Section 7 Bundling Sections 8 and 9 Conveying Path 13 Retracting Means 16 Accumulating Section 17 Retracting Means 22 Opening / Closing Door 24 Conveying Section 25 Accumulating Board 27 Rotating plate 40,41 Holding piece 48,49 Holding piece 55,56 Clamping member 57 Tape winding mechanism

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Kazunori Yamamura, Inventor 1-3-1, Shimodeno, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture, Glory Industry Co., Ltd. No. 3 in Glory Industry Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A paper sheet sorter for inserting paper sheets in a loose state from the outside of the machine body, classifying them according to the type in the machine body, and accumulating them in a stacking section for each kind, and binding the stacking section. It is arranged in a vertical direction in multiple stages in the front part of the fuselage, and an opening / closing door is provided on the front of the fuselage where the stacking part is placed so as to be openable / closable by a hinge. A paper sheet sorter characterized in that it is provided with a take-in means for taking in leaves, and the accumulating section is exposed when the opening / closing door is opened.