JPH07113984B2 - 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 paper such as banknotes such as 500 yen and 1000 yen, coupons, and numbered tickets. A cash voucher separating mechanism is provided to separate such coins and papers.

As a conventional cash voucher separating mechanism, an actual kaisho sho 60-shown in FIG. 9 is used.
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 portion of the transfer belt 5 on which coins A and papers B are placed and transferred,
A separation roller 6 that lifts the paper B on the transfer belt 5 while rotating in the direction opposite to the belt traveling direction is arranged in front of the deflecting portion 33.

The separating roller 6 is formed of a rotating brush and does not move when the coin A on the transfer belt 5 comes into contact therewith. Therefore, the coin A passes under the separating roller 6 and passes through the transfer belt 5.
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-described 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 horizontal direction and the traveling directions are substantially the same. Therefore, the paper B may be transferred together with the coin when 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 paper chute 47. There are times when you are caught. Further, when the paper comes into close contact with the belt and the coins are present on the brush, it is difficult to accurately separate and convey the paper, and the brush is quickly worn and deformed, and the separation accuracy is likely to deteriorate.

(Means for Solving Problems) In the present invention, the separating roller 6 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the roll body 8 in the coin A.
Spiral ridge 9 that pushes the paper B to the left and right and lifts the paper B
Is provided, and a conveyor belt 16 for nipping and conveying the paper B in cooperation with the separation roller 6 is arranged above the separation roller 6, and in addition to this, the roll body 8 is also provided.
All the problems of the above-mentioned prior art are solved by forming elastic protrusions 41 that are larger than the spiral protrusions 9 and radially outwardly lift the paper B between the spiral protrusions 9 on the outer peripheral surface of the. It was made possible.

That is, the feature of the specific configuration of the problem solving means in the present invention is that the belt traveling direction a is downward at the front part of the transfer belt 5 on which coins A and papers B are placed and transferred. A portion 33 is formed, and a separation roller 6 that lifts the paper B on the transfer belt 5 while rotating it in the direction b opposite to the belt traveling direction a is arranged in front of the diverting portion 33. Is a coin vending mechanism in which a spiral ridge 9 capable of contacting the coin A is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the roll body 8. The voucher separating mechanism extends from the upper front side to the lower rear side of the separating roller 6 and the intermediate portion is above the separating roller 6. And the paper B
The point is that the conveyor belt 16 for sandwiching and conveying the coins is provided, and secondly, the deflecting portion 33 in which the belt traveling direction a is downward is provided at the front part of the conveyor belt 5 for placing and transferring the coin A and the papers B. A separation roller 6 that is formed and lifts up the paper B on the transfer belt 5 while rotating in the belt traveling direction a and the opposite direction b is arranged in front of the deflecting portion 33. The separation roller 6 is a roll body. In a coin separating mechanism in which a spiral ridge 9 that can come into contact with the coin A is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the separating roller 8, the separating roller 6 extends from the upper front side to the lower rear side, and the intermediate portion contacts the upper side of the separating roller 6. And collaborate on paper B
A conveyor belt 16 for sandwiching and conveying the sheet is provided, and the separation roller 6 is provided with elastic projections 41 which are radially outwardly protruded between the spiral projections 9 and abut on the conveyance belt 16 so as to be bendable and deformable. It is in the point that multiple pieces are projected.

(Operation) The coin A and the paper B placed on the transfer belt 5 are diverted to the deflecting portion 33.
Is transferred to contact the separation roller 6. Separation roller 6
Is rotated, the spiral protrusion 9 provided on the outer peripheral surface is moved to the left or right side with respect to the transfer belt 5,
The coin A abutting on the spiral ridge 9 is read by the spiral ridge 9 and moved along the roller axis of the separating roller 6, and 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 of the separating roller 6 and transfers it in the rotating direction because the paper B that has come into contact with the separating roller 6 is light and does not slide so much. The lifted paper sheets B are conveyed while being sandwiched between the separation roller 6 and the conveyor belt 16 above the separation roller 6. Further, the elastic projection 41 provided between the spiral projections 9 jumps up the paper B that is in close contact with the transfer belt 5 and also conveys the belt 16.
The paper B is transported in cooperation with.

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

In FIG. 1, which shows the overall outline of the fare box 1, a case 2 is shown.
An upper member 4 which is made of transparent plastic and has a fare input port 3 is provided on the upper part of the container, and a substantially horizontal fare confirmation transfer belt 5 is arranged below the upper member 4, and the fare confirmation transfer belt is provided. 5 is a separation roller 6 in the forward direction a.
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 ridge 9 on the outer peripheral surface of the circular roll body 8 of the separating roller 6 and takes it out from the take-out port 10 on one side, and 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 includes the feeding body 15 that is rotationally driven, and a sorting and transferring belt 18 that 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 conveyor belt 21 is provided from the lower side of 20 to the upper side of the side, and conveys the exchange coins dispensed 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. Reference numeral 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 coins A inserted between the rotary shafts 30a and 30b. It is a horizontal part 31 on which paper B can be placed and transferred.
The back side of 31 is guided by a guide plate 32 so as to maintain a horizontal posture, the rotating shafts 30b and 30d are inclined downward, and the rotating shaft 30b causes the belt advancing direction to the front of the horizontal portion 31. A turning portion 33 that faces downward is formed.

The separating roller 6 is arranged on the extension of the horizontal portion 31 and is arranged in the vicinity of the deflecting portion 33, and the axis line of the roller shaft 34 is higher than the horizontal portion 31 and is rotatably supported by the case 2. 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 3 provided on the rotating shaft 30d
A chain 37 is wound around 6 and is rotationally driven in the same direction by a motor 38. Therefore, the rotating direction of the separating roller 6 is a belt advancing direction a and a reverse direction b in the vicinity of the transfer belt 5. Has become.

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 formed of plastic, rubber, metal, or the like, and both are integrally molded or separately formed and adhered or welded. The cross-sectional shape of the spiral ridge 9 may be circular, semicircular or rectangular.

The spiral ridges 9 of the separation roller 6 face the transfer belt 5 with a small gap therebetween, so that the spiral ridge 9 rises from the lower side to the upper side of the horizontal portion 31 by rotating, and also 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 remains in contact with the circular roll body 8 and the spiral ridge 9 while being placed on the transfer belt 5, and becomes in the engaged state, and with the apparent transition of the spiral ridge 9, the coin A and the roller axis line are substantially formed. Pushed in parallel to the left and right. 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 separation roller 6. Therefore, when the tip of the paper B comes into contact with the circular roll body 8 or the spiral ridge 9, the paper B is caught by them and rotates together, 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,
As shown in FIG. 2, the separating roller 6 extends from the upper front side to the lower rear side, and the intermediate portion is in contact with the upper side of the separating roller 6,
The paper B is nipped and conveyed in cooperation with the separation roller 6. That is,
The paper ticket transport belt 16 is wound around the three rotary shafts 39a to 39c and circumscribes the separation roller 6, and is driven by the rotation of the separation roller 6 to cooperate with the paper B picked up by the separation 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 and the belt 16 and the separation roller 6 can pinch and convey the sheet.

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

The rotary shaft 39c is located below the separating roll 6 near the safe 17, and the paper ticket transport belt 16 is extended to the vicinity of the safe 17, and the transfer belt 5 is also arranged below the rotary shaft 30d to secure the safe 17. It is extended to the vicinity of both belts 5,
The lower portions of 16 are opposed to each other, and have the role of guiding the paper B falling from the separation roll 16 to the safe 17 and forcibly dropping it so as not to jam it.

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

The second embodiment shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 is the same as the first embodiment except for the separating roller 6, and the separating roller 6 has a plurality of elastic members on the outer peripheral surface of the circular roll body 8 between the spiral projections 9. Protrusion 41
Are projected at intervals.

The elastic protrusions 41 are made of an elastic material such as plastic or rubber and can be integrally molded when the same material as the separating roller 6 is used. As shown in FIG. 6, when the separating roller 6 is different material or the separating roller 6 is metal. Planted in.

The elastic projection 41 projects radially outward from the outer peripheral surface of the circular roll body 8 more than the spiral projection 9, and
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 transfer belt 5 and is in close contact with the belt surface and paper that is bent and is difficult to lift with the spiral ridge 9. Is lifted up, the paper lifting by the separating roller 6 is strengthened, and the paper is moved at the same speed as the paper ticket carrying belt 16, and the paper nipping and carrying is strengthened.

In the third embodiment shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the separation 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 is accumulated, the coins overlap each other, the coin is placed on the paper B, or is flipped up by an elastic protrusion, so that 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.

(Effects of the Invention) According to the present invention described in detail above, the separation roller 6 extends from the upper front side to the lower rear side, and the intermediate portion is in contact with the upper side of the separation roller 6 and cooperates to nip and convey papers. Since the conveyor belt 16 is provided, the paper B separated from the coin A by the separation roller 6 can be reliably and continuously conveyed, and even if the paper B stands up in front of the separation roller 6, the conveyance of the paper B is prevented. It becomes possible, and even after passing through the separation roller 6, the paper can be forcibly conveyed without causing a paper jam.

In addition, a plurality of elastic projections 41 projecting radially outward from the spiral projections 9 and flexibly deformable by contacting the conveyor belt 16 are provided on the separation roller 6 between the spiral projections 9. Therefore, even coins A, papers or bent papers B closely attached to the transfer belt 5 can be flipped up from the surface of the transfer belt 5, and the coins A and papers B by the separation roller 6
Can be more reliably separated and the paper B is lifted,
Moreover, even if the spiral ridge 9 largely protrudes from the separation roller 6, the paper B can be more reliably nipped and conveyed in cooperation with the conveyance belt 16 without hindering the conveyance operation of the conveyance belt 16. it can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIGS. 1 to 8 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 is a sectional plan view, and FIG. 9 is a sectional side view showing a conventional technique. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Fare box, 5 ... Transfer belt, 6 ... Separation roller, 7 ... Gold ticket separating mechanism, 8 ... Circular roll body, 9 ... Spiral ridge, 10 ... Exit, 16 ... Paper ticket transport belt, 31 ... Horizontal part, 33 ...
41 ... Elastic protrusions, A ... Coins, B ... Papers, a ... Belt traveling direction, b ... Roller rotating direction, c ... Coin moving direction.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A turning portion (33) having a belt traveling direction (a) facing downward is formed at a front portion of a transfer belt (5) on which coins (A) and papers (B) are placed and transferred. A separation roller (6) that lifts up the paper (B) on the transfer belt (5) while rotating it in the direction (b) opposite to the belt traveling direction (a) is arranged in front of the turning portion (33). The separating roller (6) is a cash voucher separating mechanism in which a spiral protrusion (9) capable of contacting a coin (A) is formed on an outer peripheral surface of a roll body (8), in front of the separating roller (6). A conveyor belt (16) extending from the upper side to the lower rear side and having an intermediate portion in contact with the upper side of the separation roller (6) and cooperating to nip and convey the paper (B) is provided. Cash voucher separation mechanism. 2. 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 direction (b) opposite to the belt traveling direction (a) is arranged in front of the turning portion (33). The separating roller (6) is a cash voucher separating mechanism in which a spiral protrusion (9) capable of contacting a coin (A) is formed on an outer peripheral surface of a roll body (8), in front of the separating roller (6). A conveyor belt (16) is provided that extends from the upper side to the lower rear side and has an intermediate portion in contact with the upper side of the separation roller (6) and cooperates to nip and convey the paper (B), and the separation roller (6). Between the spiral ridges (9), the ridges protrude radially outward more than the spiral ridges (9) and contact the conveyor belt (16) to bend. Vouchers separation mechanism, wherein the shape capable of elastic projections (41) are a plurality of projecting.