JPH08255277A - Paper sheets classification processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a paper sheets classification processor which is capable of processing not only the paper sheets which is normally in a loose state but also the large quantity of paper sheets from a cassette as occasion, maintaining the form of a conventional small-sized paper sheets classification processor whose horizontal width is narrowed. CONSTITUTION: In a carrier passage 6 which is provided on the upper part of the front surface 1a of a machine body 1, carries the paper sheets delivered from a paper sheets packing part and has an identification part 6a on its way and a paper sheets classification processor which is connected with this carrier passage 6 and makes at least two kinds of paper sheets during the carrier in the carrier route be received by a reception part classified by kind, a cassette mounting part 32 where a cassette in which paper sheets are stored in their standing attitudes to be pressed in the forward direction is mounted is provided, a delivery part delivering the paper sheets within a cassette 33 is provided on the front surface frame 30 and a cassette insertion space part 32a which is located at the back part of this front surface frame 30 and in which the cassette is inserted is provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper sheet sorting machine, for example, a banknote sorting machine, and more particularly to a paper sheet sorting machine capable of sorting banknotes in a cassette with a small processor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, as a small-sized sorting machine for bills, a bill loading section is provided on the front upper portion of the machine body, and the bills loaded in the loading section are fed one by one and transported through a transport passage inside the machine body. In the meantime, the identification unit performs necessary identification such as denomination, fitness, authenticity, etc., so that the banknotes classified by this identification result are received by the type-specific receiving unit arranged rearward on the top of the machine body. There is a banknote sorting machine.

This processing machine can be constructed with a narrow width, and has the advantage that it is convenient to use by installing it between desks.

[0004]

However, in the small-sized sorting machine as described above, only the sorting of the bills manually loaded into the bill loading section is possible, and therefore, other bill handling machines such as bill depositing machines and dispensing machines are required. In order to perform processing such as settlement and classification of banknotes in a cassette used in a pay-in / pay-out machine, a money changer, etc., the banknotes cannot be used unless they are taken out from the cassette.

[0005] Further, after sorting the banknotes after bundling them by a certain number, it depends on another machine, and the work of processing the banknotes is wide-ranging and there is a problem in terms of work efficiency.

In view of this, the present invention maintains the form of a conventional small-sized sorting machine having a narrow width, and yet not only the usual treatment of loose paper sheets but also a large amount of paper sheets from a cassette. An object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet classification processing machine that can perform processing at any time.

[0007]

As a means for solving the problems of the above-mentioned prior art, the present invention provides a take-in section provided at the upper front part of the machine body for taking in the loaded paper sheets one by one. A paper sheet loading section that has, a transportation path that conveys the paper sheets fed from this paper sheet loading section and has an identification section in the middle, and a transportation path that is connected to this transportation path based on the identification result during transportation. At least two types of paper sheets classified according to type are received in the type-specific receiving section arranged rearward of the upper part of the machine body, and the paper sheets are directed forward. The cassette mounting section is provided in the lower area of the paper sheet loading section, and the cassette mounting section is provided with a front frame that opens and closes on the front surface of the machine body. The front frame has the paper in the cassette A feeding section for feeding the paper is provided, and a cassette insertion space portion for inserting the cassette is provided at the back portion of the front frame, and a paper sheet fed from the feeding section is provided on the machine body in the transport passage. The cassette has an introduction passage for feeding it to a position upstream from the identification portion installation area, and the cassette supports the paper sheets that are aligned and accumulated in a standing posture in the front-rear direction, and moves according to the amount of the stored paper sheets. The cassette mounting portion includes a pressing member, a moving mechanism for moving the pressing member, and a first drive receiving portion for the moving mechanism.
And a first drive joint portion that is driven by the electric drive portion of the first drive receiving portion, is connected to the first drive receiving portion, and transmits a driving force to the first drive receiving portion.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a shutter for opening / closing the front surface of the cassette, a shutter opening / closing mechanism for opening / closing the shutter, and a second drive receiving portion for the opening / closing mechanism. Driven by two electrical drives,
It has a 2nd drive joint part connected to the said 2nd drive receiving part, and transmitting a driving force to this 2nd drive receiving part.

[0009]

[Function] When classifying ordinary loose paper sheets, the paper sheets are loaded into the paper sheet loading section at the upper front part of the machine and the machine is operated. Sheets are picked up one by one, identified by the identification unit while being conveyed through the conveyance passage in the machine body, sorted based on the discrimination result, and sent to the type-specific receiving section at the top of the machine body. It is stored.

When sorting paper sheets in a cassette that is automatically loaded by another machine or manually loaded, the cassette is mounted on the cassette mounting portion of the machine body and is provided on the front frame of the cassette mounting portion. The feeding unit feeds the sheets one by one into the body of the sorting machine, and the fed sheets are conveyed to the conveyance passage through the introduction passage and identified by the identification unit, and the classification processing is performed based on the identification result. Each machine is stored in the receiving section for each type, and the classification process is performed.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the appearance of a banknote sorting machine as an example of a paper sheet sorting machine to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the internal structure. In this embodiment, banknotes are bound together. In this case, a predetermined number of banknotes are alternately stacked in two stacking sections, and while stacking one banknote, the banknote group stacked in the other is taped to enable continuous banknote stacking and classification. If you want to do so, make sure to sort into the three discharge sections 2, 2, 2 arranged in the front-rear direction on the upper surface of the machine body 1 according to denomination or denomination, such as front and back and other denominations. Shows the case.

As shown in FIG. 1, the outer appearance has a narrow width so that it can be installed and used between desks in a financial institution.
Placement part 3 on which banknotes P to be sorted can be piled up and placed in a loose state
Is provided, and inside the take-in port 4 from the placing section 3, there is provided a take-in section 5 for taking in banknotes one by one. In this embodiment, the feeding unit 5 has a known means disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 5-32293, for example, a kicker roller, a feed roller, a feed belt, and a gate roller facing the feed belt. The placing section 3 corresponds to the paper sheet loading section in the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, a conveying passage 6 is provided following the feeding portion 5, and an identifying portion 6a for identifying the denomination, authenticity, damage, etc. of the bill is disposed in the middle of the conveying passage 6. A transport path unit 8 that transports the identified banknotes to the discharge units 2, 2 and 2 on the upper surface of the machine body 1 is provided downstream of the identification unit 6a, and further to the downstream thereof, the identified banknotes are transported to the bundling unit 7. The transport path portions 9 are each formed of a belt structure, and the transport path portions 8 to the discharging portions 2, 2, ... Are switching members 11, 11 ,.
By this switching operation, the bills are ejected to the ejecting units 2, 2 ... Reference numerals 14 and 14 denote pressing members that hold the banknotes in the discharging sections 2 and 2 so that the banknotes do not fall, and 15 denotes a discharging section for rejected banknotes. The discharge units 2, 2 ... and the discharge unit 15 correspond to the type-specific receiving unit in the present invention.

On the other hand, the transport path portion 9 to the bundling portion 7 includes a front / back reversing mechanism 10 for aligning one side of the bills on the way, and from the rear upper position (upper left position in FIG. 2) in the machine body 1. The accumulating portions 16 and 16 which extend toward the front side (front side) (right side in FIG. 2) and whose ends are vertically spaced from each other.
Is connected to the feeding means 17, 17. In this way, the transport path 6 extends from the feeding means 5 to the identifying section 6a, the identifying section 6a, the outlet of the identifying section 6a to the entrance of the transport path section 8 (first switching member 11 position) described later. A transport route unit, a transport route unit 8, and a transport route unit 9 are provided.

A means 1 for feeding into the accumulating sections 16, 16.
The belts 18A and the belts 19 and 19 stretched between the upper and lower rollers 18 and 18 are used to collect the sheets 7 and 17,
The bills are fed in the lateral direction through an impeller 20 at the entrance of 16 and the upper and lower feeding means 17, 1
There is a switching member 21 between 7 and by this switching, switching and stacking to the upper and lower stacking units 16, 16 is performed.

The above-mentioned take-in means 17, 17 are installed on the inner surface of an opening / closing door 22 which opens and closes an opening opened in the front surface 1a on the front side of the machine body 1. The opening / closing door 22 has a size such 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.
With this hinge as a fulcrum, it can be opened in the forward direction in FIG. 1, and is key-locked when closed.

The binding portion 7 is limited to the one schematically shown in FIG.
Clamping members 25 and 26 that receive and clamp the banknote P from the holding and conveying unit 24 that holds the banknote P from above and below, and a tape winding mechanism and a tape that winds a bundling tape around the banknote P held between the clamp members. A cutter for cutting, a heat-bonded cutting end of the tape, and the like are provided, and the mechanism described in Japanese Patent Application No. 3-88377 can be used as the operating mechanism and the like.

A storage box 27 is provided on the lower front side of the binding section 7 at a position where the bundled banknotes can be received. The storage box 27 can be pulled out from the opening 1b of the front surface 1a of the machine body 1. . In FIG. 2, 28 indicates a tray.

In the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the front surface is located directly above the stacking means 17, 17 in the central area of the front surface of the machine body 1, that is, directly above the opening / closing door 22. A frame 30 is provided so as to be openable / closable from a closed state shown by a solid line in FIG. 2 to an open state shown by a chain line around a support shaft 31 at a lower front corner, and extends horizontally to the back side when the front frame 30 is closed. A cassette insertion space portion 32a that constitutes a part of the mounting portion 32 is provided. The cassette mounting portion 32 includes a front frame 30 and a cassette insertion space portion 32.
and a.

This cassette insertion space 32a is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the cassette 33 has a tunnel structure so that the cassette 33 can be inserted and withdrawn by sliding the cassette 33 in a horizontal posture. It is composed of four walls. The back wall 32b of the cassette insertion space 32a has an abutting piece 34, and the position of the cassette 33 is determined by hitting the abutting piece 34.

The front frame 30 has a pair of left and right kicker rollers 35 for ejecting the banknote P upward at a position directly facing the front end surface of the cassette 33 when the front frame 30 is closed.
The feed roller 36 that conveys the banknote P ejected by the kicker roller 35, the gate roller 37 that faces the feed roller 36, and the transmission roller 38 on the machine body 1 side are contacted to rotate the rollers 35 and 36. A transfer roller 39 for transferring and a guide plate 41, 41 for guiding the banknote P passing between the feed roller 36 and the gate roller 37 and guiding it to the introduction passage 40 in the machine body 1 are provided. Further, a switch SW ₁ is provided, which constitutes a part and which abuts and switches when a storage frame 42, which will be described later, in the cassette 33 advances. In addition, the above-mentioned introduction passage 4
0 is connected to the passage portion at the upstream position of the identification portion 6a of the conveyance passage 6.

As shown in FIG. 4, the cassette 33 is a box-shaped one composed of a cassette frame 43 and an upper lid 44, and a handle (not shown) for transportation is provided at one end of the upper lid 44.

Inside the cassette frame 43, both side wall portions 42
a, 42a, front / rear end wall portions 42c, 42d, and bottom portion 42
The above-mentioned storage frame 42 capable of storing the banknotes in an aligned and stacked state in an upright posture by regulating both side edges and the lower edge of the banknote with e is incorporated.
The stopper 4 fixed to the cassette frame 43 by constantly biasing the storage frame 42 rearward by a return spring 45 (shown in FIG. 3) stretched between the cassette frame 43 and the storage frame 42.
It is located in contact with 3b.

A plate-shaped pressing member 46 is provided in the storage frame 42.
Then, the protrusions 46a, 46a on both sides thereof are fitted into the long holes 47, 47 formed in the side wall portions 42a, 42a, and the bills are pressed in the upright posture toward the front end portion 42c with this as a guide, Moreover, the storage frame 42 itself is also moved to the front of the cassette frame 43 by a mechanism described later.

Notched windows 48, 48 into which a part of the periphery of the kicker roller 35 and the feed roller 36 enter are formed in the front end portion 42c. 49 in FIG.
Is a stopper, which is advanced and retracted by the solenoid SD, and is engaged and locked through the opening 43c of the cassette frame 43 and the hole 42f of the bottom surface portion 42e of the storage frame 42 when advanced.

The moving mechanism of the pressing member 46 is provided with pulley support members 50 at the left and right outer positions of the storage frame 42, as shown in FIGS. From the side, a first pulley 51, an intermediate second pulley 52, a third pulley 53, and a fourth pulley 54 at the other end are axially mounted, respectively, and a positionally fixed pulley 55 is provided on the left and right inside the cassette frame 43. Pulley 56
Belts 5 for moving the pressing members.
7 is wound around the pulley 55, the second pulley 52, the first pulley 51, the fourth pulley 54, the third pulley 53, and the pulley 56.

The belts 57 are arranged at symmetrical positions, and the belts 57, 57 have pulley supporting members 5 attached thereto.
Fixtures 59 and 59 which are inserted into long escape holes 58 formed in the longitudinal direction of 0 and 50 are attached.
The projections 46a, 46a on both ends of the pressing member are fixed to 9, 59. When the pulley support member 50 is at the most retracted position (the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 5), the pressing member 46 is also at the most retracted position shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. Belt 5
The rotation of 7, 57 in the direction of arrow A in FIG.
Are shown on the right side in the figure, but both end projections 4 of the pressing member 46
Since 6a and 46a move in the escape hole 58, the pulley supporting members 50 and 50 remain at the positions shown by the solid lines in FIG. When the belts 57, 57 are further rotated in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 5 and the pressing member 46 reaches the position shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. At the right side 58a (shown in FIG. 5).
As a result, when the belts 57, 57 are further rotated in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 5, the pulley supporting members 50, 50 are thereafter moved integrally with the pressing member 46 while being pressed by the pressing member 46. It For the final movement position (the movement limit position), the pressing member 46 is shown as the three-dot chain line position in FIG. 5, and the pulley supporting members 50, 50 are shown as the one-dot chain line position in FIG. Note that guide plates 60, 60 for guiding the movement of the pulley support members 50, 50 and for regulating the guide in the width direction are fixedly provided on the cassette 33.

The front end surface of the cassette frame 43 is opened to a size that allows at least the storage frame 42 and the pulley supporting members 50, 50 to pass therethrough, and the opening 43a is opened and closed by a shutter 61. The shutter 61 extends in a forward direction from between the inner surface of the cassette frame 43 and the outer surface of the storage frame 42 and moves along a shutter guide 62 that passes through the front end portion of the storage frame 42 and reaches the opposite side. The base of the shutter 61 is attached to the shutter opening / closing belt 65, which is wound between the left and right pulleys 63, 64, on the inner surface of the cassette frame 43 by the fixing tool 66, as shown in FIG. By rotating in the direction of arrow B, the shutter 61 is moved from the open state shown by the solid line in FIG. 5 to the opposite side to a position where the opening 43a is closed. It should be noted that the shutter guides 62 are provided only at both end positions in the width direction of the shutter 61, and the storage frame 42 and the pulley support member 50,
There is no obstacle to the movement of 50. In this embodiment, the pulleys 63, 64 and the shutter opening / closing belt 6
5, a mechanism including a fixture 66 and a shaft 68 for driving the pulley 63 corresponds to the shutter opening / closing mechanism of the present invention. The shutter 61, the shutter guide 62, and the shutter opening / closing mechanism are all provided on the cassette frame 43 of the cassette 33 so as not to affect the opening / closing operation of the upper lid 44.

As shown in FIG. 6, the shaft 67 of the pulley 55 and the pulley 63 of the shutter opening / closing belt 65.
The shaft 68 of each of the shafts 68 is configured to separate from and contact the rotating shafts 73 and 74 of the motors 71 and 72 via the joint mechanisms 69 and 70 to receive rotation.

The joint mechanism 69, 70 is a clutch which is integrally rotatable and slidable with a key 75 on the rotary shaft 73 of the motor 71 (rotary shaft 74 of the motor 72), one of which is disassembled in FIG. The piece 76 is fitted, and a recess 78 into which the protrusion 77 of the clutch piece 76 is fitted is formed at the end of the shaft 67 of the pulley 55 (the shaft 68 of the pulley 63), and the rotation is transmitted by fitting the both. It is like this. Then, the clutch piece 76 is given a habit of projecting by a spring 79, and when it projects, the clutch piece 76 enters the cassette 33 and becomes a clutch connectable state.

That is, in this clutch-engageable state, when the projection 77 is in the angular position where it meshes with the recess 78, the projection 77 directly meshes with the recess 78, and when it is not in the meshing angular position, the motor 71 (motor 72). When the rotating shaft 73 (rotating shaft 74) is rotated by the start of the rotation, the projection 77 meshes with the recess 78.

On the side of the machine body 1, as shown in FIG. 6 only one joint mechanism 69, a lever 8 having an L-shaped side surface.
The middle portion of 0 is pivotally supported by a pin 81, a roller 82 is pivotally attached to one end of the pin 81, and the other end is engaged with a flange portion 76a of the clutch piece 76. The lever 80 pushes the clutch piece 76. A spring 83, which is stronger than the spring 79, provides a clockwise bias in the drawing. When the front frame 30 is closed, the protrusions 84 on the inner surface of the front frame 30 are not
2, the lever 80 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 6 against the spring 83, the clutch piece 76 advances by the spring 79 and enters the cassette 33, and the shaft 6 of the pulley 55 moves.
It is adapted to be clutch-engaged (clutch connectable state) at the 7th end.

The joint mechanism 70 on the shaft 68 side of the pulley 63 has the same structure as that described above, and the levers and the like are omitted in FIG. 6, and the same members will be denoted by the same reference numerals in the following description. There is.

The shutter 61 is biased in the closing direction of the opening 43a by a tension spring (not shown). However, the joint mechanism 70 causes the shaft 68 to rotate the rotary shaft 74 of the motor 72.
When the motor 72 is driven and connected, the urging force in the closing direction of the opening 43a of the shutter 61 is restricted by the braking force when the motor 72 is stopped, and the motor 72 is driven to rotate. Further, by disconnecting the drive connection of the joint mechanism 70, the shaft 68 is disconnected from the rotary shaft 74 of the motor 72, and the shutter 61 is given a habit of moving in the closing direction of the opening 43a by the urging force of a tension spring (not shown). .

In the present embodiment, the first drive receiving portion for the moving mechanism of the present invention is the recess 78, and the first electric driving portion is the motor 7.
1, the first drive joint portion corresponds to the clutch piece 76, the second drive receiving portion for the shutter opening / closing mechanism of the present invention is the concave portion 78 in this embodiment, and the second electric drive portion is the motor. 72 and the clutch piece 76 corresponds to the second drive joint portion. Although the first electric drive unit and the second electric drive unit are provided in the cassette mounting unit 32 in this embodiment, one or both of them may be provided in the machine body 1.

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

Banknotes of mixed denominations are placed in a piled state on the loading section 3 on the upper front surface of the machine body 1, and the feeding section 5 is driven so that the banknotes are fed one by one and sent to the identification section 6a. Be identified.

In the sorting mode, the identified bills pass through the conveying path portion 8 and the corresponding feeding means 13 for each type,
It is discharged to the discharge part 2, 2 ... by any of 13 and can be extracted from the upper part. The discharge part 2,
Banknotes other than the banknotes to be discharged to 2 ... (For example, unidentifiable banknotes such as double-stack banknotes, chain banknotes, counterfeit banknotes, and denomination banknotes other than categorized denomination banknotes) are discharged to the ejection unit 15 as reject banknotes.

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 section 8 and are sent to any of the discharging sections. The sheet is not discharged, reaches the transport path portion 9, is aligned on one side of the bill by the front / back reversing mechanism 5, and then is sent from the end of the transport path portion 9 to the feeding means 17, 17 to collect the sheets.
It is sent to either 6 or 16. The delivery is
When a predetermined number (for example, 100) of banknotes are sequentially fed one by one to one of the transfer means 17 and the stacking section 16 through the switching section 21, the switching member 21 is switched and the other transfer means 17 and the stacking section 16 are switched. To a predetermined number (for example, 1
This is performed by a method in which (00) banknotes are fed one by one. At this time, banknotes other than the designated denomination are discharged to the discharge units 2, 2 ..., and discharge unit 15 as in the sorting mode.

In the bundling unit 7, a known bundling method, for example, a tape is wound around the banknotes P group held by the holding pieces 25 and 26, the tape is adhered by this, and the tape is cut by a cutter to perform the bundling. Be done. Then, the bundled banknote bundle is discharged by the opening movement of the holding pieces 25, 26 and enters the storage box 27. The front wall 27a of the storage box 27 is composed of two foldable plate materials. When the front wall 27a of the storage box 27 is spread downward in the storage box 27 toward the front, the storage box 27 is discharged. It becomes a chute, and in this case, the banknote bundle is discharged from the storage box 27 through the opening 1b to the tray 28.

Next, a case will be described in which banknotes are stored in the cassette 33 in a manual packing or other machine, and the banknotes in the cassette 33 are sorted according to type and bound.

The upper lid 44 of the cassette 33 (empty state) pulled out from the machine is opened, and the pressing member 46 placed at the leftmost two-dot chain line position in the storage frame 42 at the solid line position in FIGS. 3 and 5. The banknotes P are stored in an upright posture in a stacking state between the front wall portion 42c and the front wall portion 42c, and after all the banknotes P are stored, the pressing member 46 resists the braking force of a pressing member moving motor (not shown). And manually move in the direction of the front wall portion 42c, and the pressing member 46 and the front wall portion 42c hold the banknote group. At this time, even if the pressing member 46 is released, the pressing member 46 remains in that position by the braking force of the motor, and holds the banknote group in an aligned state.

In the above, the storage frame 42 is held at a fixed position (the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 3) by the spring 45 and the stopper 43b shown in FIG. Then, when the upper lid 44 is closed, a lock (not shown) is engaged.

First, the cassette 33 containing bills is carried to the machine body 1. During this transportation, the shutter 61 of the cassette 33 is in the closed position due to the habit of moving the opening 43a in the closing direction by the spring bias, and is locked in the closed position by the shutter lock mechanism (not shown). . Prior to mounting the cassette 33 on the machine body 1, the front frame 30 is swingably opened forward and held with respect to the cassette mounting portion 32 as shown by a chain line in FIGS. 2 and 3. Next, the cassette 33 is horizontally inserted into the cassette mounting portion 32 of the front surface 1a of the machine body 1 and loaded, and the front frame 3 of the machine body 1 is loaded.
Raise 0 and lock. By raising the front frame 30, the shutter 61 of the cassette 33 is unlocked (not shown), and as shown in FIG. 6, the projection 84 fixed to the front frame 30 is provided with the protrusions 84 of the joint mechanisms 69, 70.
0 (one is not shown) of the roller 82 is pushed to move the lever 80
Rotates counterclockwise around the pin 81 against the spring 83, the tip escapes and the clutch piece 76 advances toward the cassette 33 side by the spring 79, and the clutch piece 76 and the pulley 5
The shaft 67 of No. 5 is in a clutch engageable state (engagement state or engagement preparation state). It should be noted that the ready-to-join state means a state in which the projection 77 is in contact with the recess 78 at an angular position where it does not mesh with each other in FIG. Similarly, with respect to the shaft 68 of the pulley 63, the clutch piece 76 and the shaft 68 are put into a clutch connectable state (a connected state or a ready state for connecting).

On the other hand, the mounting of the cassette 33 and the front frame 3
When each detection sensor (not shown) detects the occlusion in the vertical posture of 0, the motor 72 first rotates and the belt 65 for opening and closing the shutter rotates in the direction opposite to the arrow B in FIG. 5, and the shutter 61 is pulled. The opening 43 of the cassette 33
Open a. Then, when the detection end of the shutter 61 is detected by a detection sensor (not shown), the motor 71 rotates, the belt 57 for driving the pressing member rotates in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 5, and the pressing member 46 advances. The storage frame 42 advances to the position shown by the chain line through the banknotes, the frontmost banknote P contacts the kicker roller 35 protruding from the notch 48, and the switch SW ₁ is pressed by the front end 42c to move the pressing member. The motor 71 stops. This switch SW
The solenoid SD on the machine body 1 side is excited by the switching of ₁ to cause the stopper 49 to project, and as a result, the stopper 49 passes through the opening 43c of the cassette frame 43 and the hole 4 of the storage frame 42.
Enter 2f (Fig. 3). As a result, the storage frame 42 is positioned at the position shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 3, and is not affected by the biasing force of the spring 45.

When the feeding is started, the kicker roller 35 and the feed roller 36 are driven in the clockwise direction in the figure by the rotation of the transmission roller 38, the bills P are fed one by one, and the feed roller 36 and the gate roller 37 are fed. After being separated into one sheet, the sheets are taken into the above-mentioned introduction passage 40 in the machine body 1 and sent to the identification section 6a of the transport passage 6, and predetermined processing is performed based on the action in the machine body 1 described above. .

The kicker roller 35 is an arm 35 that swings around the axis of the feed roller 36 as shown in FIG.
The arm 35A is provided in A, and the position of FIG. 3 is limited to the rightward movement and can be swung to the left by a predetermined amount, and is rotated clockwise (to the left by a spring not shown). Direction). Also, FIG. 3 of this arm 35A
_A sensor S _A for detecting the position is provided. The arm 3 of the kicker roller 35 as the bills are fed out
5A is swung to the left, the sensor S _A is switched, the motor 71 for moving the pressing member 46 is restarted, the pressing member 46 is moved forward, and the bill is pressed against the kicker roller 35. By this pressing, the arm 35A of the kicker roller 35 is swung to the right, the sensor S _A is switched, and the motor 71 is stopped. As a result, the banknote is pressed by the kicker roller 35 with sufficient pressing force.
The bill is pushed out and the feeding of the bill is continued.

Thus, finally, the pressing member 46 advances to the position where it contacts the kicker roller 35, and the feeding of all the bills is completed. The position of the pressing member 46 at that time is the position shown by the three-dot chain line in FIG. 5, and the position of the pulley support member 50 is the position shown by the one-dot chain line in FIG. It should be noted that the detection of the completion of the bill feeding is performed by a sensor (not shown) that the pressing member 46 has advanced the most, and bill passing sensors S _B and S _B (shown in FIGS. 3 and 5) at the entrance of the introduction passage 40 are detected. This is performed by not detecting the passage of the bill for a predetermined time, and the kicker roller 35 and the feed roller 36 are stopped by the stop of the transmission roller 38 by the detection of the completion of the bill feeding.

When the cassette 33 is taken out, when the cassette take-out button (not shown) of the operation portion of the machine body 1 is pushed, the solenoid SD is de-excited and the stopper 49 comes out of the hole 42f and the opening 43c to the outside of the cassette 33. Then, the motor 71 reverses, the belt 57 for driving the pressing member reverses to move the pressing member 46 to the final retracted position, and the detection sensor S detects that the pressing member 46 is in the final retracted position.
When c (shown in FIGS. 3 and 5) is detected, the motor 71 is stopped. Although the storage frame 42 is biased by the spring 45, since the front end portion 42c of the storage frame 42 is in contact with the pressing member 46, it moves following the leftward movement of the pressing member 46 and hits the stopper 43b during the movement. It is stopped at the position indicated by the solid line 3. The pressing member 46 further moves and stops at the last retracted position (the position indicated by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 3). Further, the detection of the detection sensor Sc causes the motor 72 to start reverse rotation, and when the shutter 61 reaches the fully closed position, a detection sensor (not shown) detects it and stops the motor 72. At that time, the shutter 6 of the cassette 33
1 is in the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 3, and the pressing member 46 is in the position shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 3 (however, there are no stored banknotes). In this state of FIG. 3, when the front frame 30 is unlocked and swings forward, the shutter 61 is locked at the closed position, while the clutch pieces 76 of the joint mechanisms 69 and 70 in FIG. Move out. As a result, the cassette 33 can be pulled out from the cassette mounting portion 32, and the operator pulls out the cassette 33.

[0051]

As described above, according to the present invention, and in particular, the invention of claim 1, the form of a conventional small-sized paper sheet classifying and processing machine having a narrow machine width, that is, provided on the front upper part of the machine body and loaded. A paper sheet loading section having a take-in section for taking in the produced paper sheets one by one, and a carrying path having a discriminating section in the middle of carrying paper sheets taken in from the paper sheet loading section, At least two types of paper sheets, which are connected to this conveyance path and are classified by type based on the identification result during conveyance of the conveyance path, can be received by a type-specific receiving section arranged toward the rear of the upper part of the machine body. Maintains the form of the paper sheet sorting machine, yet can process not only ordinary loose paper sheets but also large quantities of paper sheets from the cassette at any time, significantly increasing the processing capacity of the machine. There is an effect of making it.

The inventions described in claims 2 and 3 have the following effect in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1. That is, in the invention of claim 2, the cassette is not provided with an electric drive portion for driving the pressing member moving mechanism, and is provided in the machine body (cassette mounting portion or a machine body portion other than the cassette mounting portion). In the invention of claim 1, the cassette is not provided with an electric drive unit for driving the shutter opening / closing mechanism, but is provided in the machine body (the cassette mounting frame or the machine body portion other than the cassette mounting section), thereby reducing the weight of the cassette. And an effect of facilitating the transportation of the cassette.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing an example of a paper sheet sorting machine to which the present invention is applied.

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

FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view showing a cassette mounted state.

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view showing the structure of a cassette.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a moving mechanism of a pressing member in the cassette.

FIG. 6 is a view taken along line YY of FIG. 5 showing a moving unit of the pressing member in the cassette and a joint portion of the cassette.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the pulley support member in FIG.

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of a joint mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Aircraft 2 Discharge unit as a receiving unit for each type 3 Placement unit as a paper sheet loading unit 5 Retracting unit 6 Transport passage 6a Identification unit 7 Binding unit 9 Transport path unit as a binding paper passage unit 15 types Discharging section as separate receiving section 16 Stacking section that constitutes a stacking section for bundling paper sheets 17 Forwarding means that constitutes a stacking section for bundling paper sheets 30 Front frame 32 Cassette mounting section 33 Cassette 40 Introducing passage 42 Storage frame 46 Pressing member 50 Pulley supporting member constituting a pressing member moving mechanism 61 Shutter 65 Shutter opening / closing belt constituting a shutter opening / closing mechanism 71 Motor as a first electric drive unit 72 Motor as a second electric drive unit 76 Clutch piece as first and second drive joint section 78 Recessed section as first and second drive receiving section

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A paper sheet loading section which is provided at an upper portion of the front surface of a machine body and has a take-in section for taking in the loaded paper sheets one by one,
A transport path for transporting the paper sheets fed from the paper sheet loading section and having an identification portion in the middle thereof, and at least two types which are connected to this transport path and are classified by type based on the identification result during transport of the transport path. In the paper sheet sorting machine that is designed to receive the paper sheets of the type into the type-specific receiving section that is arranged toward the rear of the upper part of the machine, in the standing position in which the paper sheets are pressed forward. A cassette loading section is provided which is placed in the lower area of the paper sheet loading section while the cassette to be stored is loaded, and the cassette loading section has a front frame that opens and closes on the front surface of the machine body. A sheet feeding portion for feeding the paper sheets in the cassette is provided, and a cassette insertion space portion for inserting the cassette is provided at the back portion of the front frame, and the paper sheet fed from the feeding portion is provided in the machine body. The identification section of the transport passage Paper sheet classification processor characterized by androgynous introduction passage for feeding than pass to the upstream position. 2. The cassette comprises a pressing member that supports the paper sheets that are aligned and stacked in a standing posture in the front-rear direction and that moves according to the amount of the stored paper sheets, and a moving mechanism that moves the pressing member. A first drive receiving portion for the moving mechanism, the cassette mounting portion being driven by a first electric driving portion and connected to the first drive receiving portion. The paper sheet sorting machine according to claim 1, further comprising a first drive joint portion that transmits a driving force to the portion. 3. The cassette includes a shutter for opening and closing a front surface of the cassette, a shutter opening / closing mechanism for opening / closing the shutter, and a second drive receiving portion for the opening / closing mechanism, and the cassette mounting portion includes: 3. The paper sheet according to claim 2, further comprising a second drive joint part which is driven by a second electric drive part and which is connected to the second drive receiving part and transmits a driving force to the second drive receiving part. Classification processor.