JPH0646424B2 - Cash voucher separation mechanism - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a cash voucher separating mechanism incorporated in a fare box such as a one-man bus or one-man tram.

(Prior art) Fares that are put into a fare box at once include coins such as 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen, and bills such as 500 yen and 1000 yen, paper such as coupons, numbered tickets, etc. A cash voucher separating mechanism is provided to separate such coins and papers.

A conventional cash voucher separating mechanism is shown in FIG.
There is a technique disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 153373. In this prior art, a deflecting portion 33 whose belt traveling direction is downward is formed at the front part of a transfer belt 5 on which coins A and papers B are placed and transferred,
A separation roller that lifts the paper B on the transfer belt 5 while rotating in the direction opposite to the belt traveling direction in front of the turning portion 33.
6 are placed close to each other.

The separating roller 6 is formed of a rotating brush and does not move the coin A on the transfer belt 5 when it comes into contact with the coin A. Therefore, the hard A passes under the separating roller 6 and the transfer belt 5 moves.
Along with it, the paper B is flipped up by a brush and lifted up, and is supplied to the chute 47 different from the coin A.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In the above-mentioned conventional technique, the coin A and the paper B are separated in the vertical direction by the separation roller 6, but are not separated in the left-right direction and the traveling directions are substantially the same. Therefore, the paper B may be transferred together with the coin if it is in close contact with the transfer belt or is bent, and the coin A is caught by the brush of the separation roller 6 and sent to the chute 47 of the paper. There are times when you are caught. Further, the brush is quickly worn and deformed, and the separation accuracy is likely to be lowered.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In the present invention, the separating roller 6 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the roll body 8 by the coin A.
Spiral ridge 9 that pushes one side to the left and right and lifts the paper B
And the spiral protrusions on the outer peripheral surface of the roll body 8.
By forming elastic projections 41 that are larger than the spiral ridges 9 in the radial outward direction and that lift the paper B between 9
All of the problems of the prior art are solved.

That is, the feature of the specific configuration of the problem solving means in the present invention is that the deflection portion 33 in which the belt traveling direction a is downward is provided at the front portion of the transfer belt 5 on which the coins A and the papers B are placed and transferred. The transfer belt 5 is formed on the front side of the turning portion 33.
A separating roller 6 for lifting the upper paper B while rotating it in a direction b opposite to the belt advancing direction is arranged in proximity to the separating roller 6. The separating roller 6 is a spiral which can contact the coin A on the outer peripheral surface of the roll body 8. In the cash voucher separating mechanism in which the protrusions 9 are formed, the roll body 8 has a plurality of elastic protrusions 41 protruding between the spiral protrusions 9 and radially outwardly protruding from the spiral protrusions 9. It is in.

(Operation) The coin A and the paper B placed on the transfer belt 5 are diverted to the diverter 33.
Is transferred to contact the separation roller 6. Separation roller 6
Is rotated, the spiral ridges 9 provided on the outer peripheral surface move to the left and right sides with respect to the transfer belt 5,
The coin A that is in contact with the spiral ridge 9 is read by the spiral ridge 9 and moved along the roller axis of the separation roller 6, and is sent to the coin chute 13 through the take-out port 10 formed on one side.
At the same time, the separating roller 6 lifts the end portion of the separating paper 6 because it is light and does not slide so much, and transfers it in the rotating direction. In addition, the elastic protrusions 41 protruding between the spiral protrusions 9
Separates the paper B that is in close contact with the transfer belt 5 from the transfer belt 5.

(Example) Hereinafter, the Example of this invention is described based on drawing.

In Fig. 1 showing the outline of fare box 1, Case 2
It is made of transparent plastic at the top of the
3 is provided with an upper member 4, a substantially horizontal transportation belt 5 for confirming the fare is disposed below the upper member 4, and the separation roller 6 is provided in front of the traveling direction a of the transportation belt 5 for confirming the fare.
Are arranged, and constitute the cash voucher separating mechanism 7.

The coin separating mechanism 7 moves the coin A in parallel with the roller axis by the spiral projection 9 on the outer peripheral surface of the circular roller body 8 of the separating roller 6, takes it out from the one side outlet 10, and then the coin chute 13
The paper B such as numbered tickets, coupons and banknotes is lifted by the rotation of the separation roller 6 and is assisted by the paper ticket transport belt 16 while being sent to the feeding body 15 of the coin sorting mechanism 14 via It is dropped in the safe 17 provided at the lowest position.

The coin sorting mechanism 14 has the feeding body 15 which is rotationally driven, and a sorting and transfer belt 18 which transports the coin A fed from the feeding body 15 while sorting the coin A into 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen or the like.

A storage / delivery body of a coin dispensing mechanism 19 for separately storing a plurality of types of coins below the sorting / transferring belt 18 and for dispensing as coins.
20 is provided, and coins overflowing from the storage and dispensing body 20 fall into the safe 17. The coin dispensing mechanism 19 is a storage dispenser
A carry-out belt 21 is provided from the lower side of 20 to the upper side of the side, and the discharged exchange coins are conveyed to the tray 27.

Reference numeral 23 is a bill identifying mechanism, which identifies the bill for exchange inserted from the exchange insertion slot 22 and operates the coin payout mechanism 19. The currency exchange bills that have passed through the bill discriminating mechanism 23 are stored in the safe 17 via the bill chute 24. 25 is a shutter, and 26 is a control device for the fare box 1.

In the cash voucher separating mechanism 7 of the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the transfer belt 5 is wound around four rotary shafts 30a to 30d, and the coin A and the coins A inserted between the rotary shafts 30a and 30b are inserted. A horizontal portion 31 on which the papers B can be placed and transferred is guided by a guide plate 32 so that the rear surface side of the horizontal portion 31 is maintained in a horizontal posture, and the space between the rotary shafts 30b and 30d faces downward. The turning portion 30 is inclined, and a turning portion 33 is formed in the front portion of the horizontal portion 31 by the rotating shaft 30b so that the belt traveling direction is downward.

The separation roller 6 is located on the extension of the horizontal portion 31 and in the vicinity of the deflecting portion 33, and the axis of the roller shaft 34 is higher than the horizontal portion 31 and is rotatably supported by the case 2 so that the shaft end A sprocket 35 is provided on the. The roller shaft 34 may be at the same height as the horizontal portion 31 or at a lower position.

The sprocket 35 and the sprocket provided on the rotating shaft 30d
A chain 37 is wound around 36 and is rotationally driven in the same direction by a motor 38, and therefore, the separation roller is
The rotation direction of 6 is a direction b which is opposite to the belt traveling direction a in the vicinity of the transfer belt 5.

The separating roller 6 has 1 to 4 or more (three in the embodiment) spiral ridges 9 formed on the outer peripheral surface of a circular roll body 8. The circular roll body 8 and the spiral ridge 9 are made of plastic, rubber, metal or the like, and both are integrally molded or separately formed and bonded or welded. The cross-sectional shape of the spiral ridge 9 may be circular, semicircular or rectangular.

The spiral ridge 9 of the separation roller 6 faces the transfer belt 5 with a small gap, and as it rotates, the spiral ridge 9 rises from the lower side to the upper side of the horizontal portion 31, and the left and right of the horizontal portion 31. Move to move from one side to the other.

Therefore, the coin A and the paper B that come into contact with the separation roller 6 are
The coin A is a circular roll body while being placed on the transfer belt 5.
8 and the spiral ridges 9 are brought into contact with each other, and the spiral ridges 9 are brought into an engaged state, and along with the apparent transition of the spiral ridges 9, they are pushed to the left and right sideways substantially in parallel with the roller axis. This pushing operation is performed on the horizontal portion 31, is in the c direction orthogonal to the belt advancing direction a, and is the direction toward the outlet 10. On the other hand, the paper B is extremely light and causes frictional resistance between the paper B and the separating roller 6. Therefore, when the tip of the paper B contacts the circular roll body 8 or the spiral ridge 9, they rotate together with the horizontal roll 31 and the horizontal portion 31. It is lifted from above and falls into the safe 17 through the upper side of the separation roller 6.

The paper ticket transport belt 16 also constitutes the cash ticket separating mechanism 7,
It passes over and abuts the upper side of the separation roller 6. The paper ticket transport belt 16 is wound around the three rotary shafts 39a to 39c and circumscribes the separating roller 6, and is driven by the rotation of the separating roller 6 to cooperate with the paper B picked up by the separating roller 6. It is sandwiched and conveyed to the safe 17.

The rotary shaft 39a is located above the horizontal portion 31 behind the separating roller 6, and therefore the paper ticket transport belt 16 is extended above the horizontal portion 31 and the paper B on the horizontal portion 31 is folded. Even in the rising state, the belt 16 comes into contact with the upper portion of the belt 16 so that the belt 16 and the separation roller 6 can sandwich and convey the belt.

That is, the paper ticket transportation belt 16 assists and accelerates the transportation of the papers by the separation roller 6 so that more reliable transportation can be achieved.

The rotary shaft 39c is located in the vicinity of the safe 17 below the separating roll 6 and extends the paper ticket transport belt 16 to the vicinity of the safe 17,
Further, the transfer belt 5 is also extended to the vicinity of the safe 17 by the lower position of the rotating shaft 30d, the lower portions of both belts 5 and 16 are opposed to each other, and the paper B falling from the separation roll 16 is prevented. It also serves to guide the drop to the safe 17 and to forcefully drop it so that it does not get clogged.

The power may be transmitted from the motor 38 to one of the rotary shafts 39a, 39b, 39c, and the paper ticket transport belt 16 may be forcibly driven at the same speed as the separating roller 6.

The separating roller 6 is further provided with a plurality of elastic projections 41 at intervals on the outer peripheral surface of the circular roll body 8 between the spiral projections 9.

The elastic protrusion 41 is made of an elastic material such as plastic or rubber, and is integrally molded when the same material as the separating roller 6 is used.

This elastic projection 41 is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the circular roll body 8 by a spiral projection.
The transfer belt 5
Also, it is possible to make contact with the paper ticket transport belt 16 while bending, and paper that is in sliding contact with the transport belt 5 and is in close contact with the belt surface and paper that is folded and is difficult to lift with the spiral ridge 9. The paper is lifted up, and the lifting of the paper by the separation roller 6 is enhanced, and the paper is transported at the same speed as the paper ticket transport belt 16 to enhance the sandwich transportation of the paper B.

In the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the separation roller 6 is made of a material different from the elastic projection 41 such as metal. In this case, the elastic projection 41 is planted in the separation roller 6.

In the third embodiment shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the separating roller 6 is the same as that of the first embodiment (or the second embodiment) and is the same as each embodiment except the take-out port 10 and the coin chute 13. .

When the paper ticket conveyor belt 16 is provided above the separation roller 6,
The coin A that has been pushed to the vicinity of the take-out port 10 accumulates, the coins overlap each other, the coins are placed on the paper B, or the elastic protrusions cause the coins to jump up. It will be sandwiched between the paper ticket transport belt 16.

Since the amount of this coin is small, there is no problem even if it is stored in the safe 17 and cannot be used for money change.
An inverted J-shaped gutter 42 is formed along the 16 to guide coins into the safe 17. Reference numeral 43 is a partition plate forming the side groove 42.

In the fourth embodiment shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the separating roller 6 used in the second embodiment (or the first embodiment) is not provided with the paper ticket transport belt 16.

Since the paper B is pushed by the transfer belt 5 and has frictional resistance with the separating roller 6, it can be conveyed only by the separating roller 6 except in special cases. But even then,
In order to guide the paper B to the safe 17, the elastic protrusion 41
It is preferable to arrange the guide plate 44 from above the separation roller 6 to below the front thereof in order to carry it in cooperation with the above. This guide plate 44 is a support rod 45 attached to the case 2.
Hook to a, 45b, or bolt to Case 2.

(Effects of the Invention) According to the present invention described in detail above, since the separation roller 6 that is rotationally driven has the spiral protrusion 9 formed on the outer peripheral surface of the roll body 8, it is placed and transferred by the transfer belt 5. The coin B is lifted by the spiral ridge 9 while the coin A is moved in the roller axis direction to separate the coin A vertically with respect to the paper B and at the same time to separate the coin A from the coin A. The separation accuracy can be improved. In addition, since elastic protrusions 41 are provided between the spiral protrusions 9 on the separation roller 6, even if the papers that are in close contact with the transfer belt 5 or the folded papers B are transferred to the transfer belt 5, The paper B can be lifted up from the surface and the separation roller 6 can more reliably lift the paper B.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 10 show an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 1 to 3 show a first embodiment, FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view of the entire fare box, and FIG. A sectional front view, FIG. 3 is a sectional plan view of an essential part, and FIGS. 4 to 6 show a second embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a sectional front view of an essential portion, FIG. 5 is a sectional plan view of an essential portion, FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of a separation roller, FIGS. 7 and 8 show a third embodiment, and FIG. A sectional front view, FIG. 8 shows a sectional plan view, FIGS. 9 and 10 show a fourth embodiment, FIG. 9 shows a sectional front view, FIG. 10 shows a sectional plan view, and FIG. It is a sectional side view shown. 1 ...... fare box, 5 …… transfer belt, 6 …… separation roller,
7 ...... Cash voucher separation mechanism, 8 ...... Circular roll body, 9 ...... Spiral ridge, 10 …… Ejection port, 16 …… Paper ticket conveyor belt, 31 …… Horizontal part, 33 …… Direction part, 41 ・ ・ ・… Elastic protrusions, A… Coins, B
...... Paper, a ... Belt moving direction, b ... Roller rotating direction, c ... Coin moving direction.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A turning portion (33) is formed in the front portion of a transfer belt (5) on which coins (A) and papers (B) are placed and transferred so that the belt advancing direction (a) is downward. A separation roller (6) that lifts up the paper (B) on the transfer belt (5) while rotating it in the opposite direction (b) to the belt advancing direction (a) is arranged in front of the turning portion (33). The separating roller (6) is a spiral ridge capable of contacting the coin (A) on the outer peripheral surface of the roll body (8).
(9) is formed in the voucher separating mechanism, wherein the roll body (8) has elastic protrusions (41) between the spiral ridges (9) that are larger than the spiral ridges (9) and project outward in the radial direction. A cash voucher separating mechanism having a plurality of protruding pieces.