JPH0825683B2 - Paper delivery device - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a paper sheet dispensing device for dispensing paper sheets such as banknotes, such as a money changer or a change machine.

[Prior Art] As a paper sheet dispensing device, for example, a money changer includes a hopper unit that stores a large number of banknotes, a separation carry-out unit that separates and carries out banknotes one by one from the hopper unit, and a separation carry-out unit. A conveying means for conveying the taken out bills, a primary stacker for stacking the bills conveyed by the conveying means to a predetermined number, and a bill dispensing opening for dispensing a predetermined number of bills stacked on the primary stacker. The structure having the structure is conventionally known. When the money changer is operated, the banknotes are separated from the hopper unit one by one and conveyed to the primary stacker, and the conveyed banknotes are stacked in the primary stacker to a predetermined number. When a predetermined number of banknotes are stored in the primary stacker, they are simultaneously paid out to the banknote payout opening.

Thus, in order to simultaneously pay out a predetermined number of banknotes stacked in the primary stacker to the payout port, the primary stacker is provided with a banknote delivery mechanism. And a shutter for opening and closing the outlet is provided at the outlet of the primary stacker, the outlet is closed by the shutter, and the conveyor belt is operated. In the state, after stacking a predetermined number of banknotes on the primary stacker, the shutter is opened to simultaneously pay out the banknotes to the dispensing port.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, as in the above-described conventional technique, when the conveyors facing each other are provided as the bill feeding mechanism in the primary stacker, the constitution of the feeding mechanism is complicated and large. Therefore, there is a drawback that the size and shape of the entire device becomes large.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a small-sized and compact paper sheet dispensing device with a simple configuration.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention has a sheet pressing member opposed to the end of the conveying path of the conveying means, and is conveyed by this conveying means. The primary stacker, which sequentially conveys the paper sheets between the preceding paper sheet and the conveying means, and stacks the sheets until a predetermined number is reached, conveys the pressing roller on the upstream side and the downstream side in the conveying direction of the paper sheets. By arranging a drive roller that constitutes the terminal end of the conveyance path by the means,
The pressing roller is urged by the urging means to the drive roller side through the conveying means, and the sheet pressing member is extended to a position downstream from the terminal end of the conveying path. A shutter for opening and closing the unit is provided, and when a predetermined number of sheets are stacked on the primary kucker, the shutter is opened to simultaneously hold a predetermined number of sheets sandwiched between the conveying means and the pressing roller. The feature is that it is configured to be discharged to the dispensing port.

[Operation] When the device is operated, the separating / delivering means separates and takes out the sheets one by one from the hopper, and conveys them toward the conveying means. Then, the paper sheet is sequentially fed between the end portion of the conveying path of the primary stacker and the paper sheet pressing member arranged opposite to the end portion of the preceding paper sheet already stored in the primary stacker. The sheets enter and are stacked so as to be pushed up toward the paper sheet pressing member side. At this time, the outlet is closed by the shutter until a predetermined number of sheets are stacked on the primary stacker. Further, the drive rollers are rotated when the sheets are stacked, and the sheets fed to the primary stacker are moved to a position where they are brought into contact with the shutter by the action of the drive rollers, so that the ends thereof are aligned. Moreover, since the paper sheet pressing member is located on the downstream side in the conveying direction from the contact portion of the pressing roller with the end portion of the conveying path, the paper sheet is guided by the paper sheet pressing member, and to the shutter. There is no inconvenience such as wrinkles caused by pressing. When the storage of a predetermined number of paper sheets in the primary stacker is completed, the shutter is operated to open the exit portion, and thereby the end portion of the conveyance path including the drive roller which is continuously driven to rotate and the pressing roller. The predetermined number of sheets held between the sheets are simultaneously discharged to the outlet.

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

First, FIG. 1 shows the entire configuration of a banknote exchange machine as an example of a paper sheet dispensing device.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body casing of the apparatus, a hopper portion 2 for accommodating a large number of banknotes in a stacked state is provided at an upper position in the main body casing 1, and a bottom portion of the hopper portion 2 is provided. A bill outlet section 2a is formed, and a bill separating / delivering means 3 including a rotating roller 3a and a fixed roller 3b opposite to the rotating roller 3a at a distance of one bill is attached to the bill outlet section 2a. Has been done. Further, an auxiliary roller 4 for sending bills to the bill outlet 2a is mounted on the bottom wall of the hopper unit 2, and the auxiliary feed roller 4 is driven to rotate together with the rotary roller 3a constituting the separating / delivering means 3. It is designed to be used.

As described above, the banknotes taken out in the state of being separated one by one by the separation and carry-out means 3 are conveyed by the conveying means composed of the feed roller 5 brought into contact with the rotating roller 3a and the conveyor belt 6 provided on the downstream side thereof. , A banknote that is transported along a predetermined transport path and that is entirely or partially overlapped by a transmissive sensor 7 or the like that is mounted at a predetermined position during this period, a banknote that is transported in a skewed state, or a damaged banknote, etc. Those which are detected and conveyed in these abnormal states can be eliminated toward the elimination stacker 9 by the flow path switching means 8 provided in the middle of the conveyance path.

On the other hand, the bills that are conveyed in the normal state are conveyed by the conveyor belt 6
Is conveyed to the primary stacker 10 formed at the end portion of the conveyance path. In the transport path at the portion of the primary stacker 10, the transport belt 6 is mounted on the drive roller 11, and the pressing roller that comes into contact with the position of the drive roller 11 at the end of the transport path by the transport belt 6 including the drive roller 11 is held. 12 is provided, the pressing roller 12 is mounted on a lever 13, and the lever 13 is rotatable about a shaft 14. A torsion spring 15 is attached to the shaft 14, and the torsion spring 15
The lever 13 is urged by the lever 13 in the direction in which the conveyor belt 6 is pressed against the drive roller 11 side. Further, a bill retainer 16 as a paper retainer member is pivotally attached to the shaft 14, and the predetermined number of bills are stacked on the primary stacker 10 so that the bills are sequentially stacked from the transport path side toward the bill retainer 16 side. It is designed to be stacked in a stacked state. Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the above-mentioned pressing roller 12 includes the slit portion 16 formed in the bill pressing member 16.
It is placed at a position inside a, and as is clear from FIG. 3,
The axis of the pressing roller 12 is located on the upstream side in the banknote conveying direction, and the axis of the driving roller 11 is disposed at a position displaced by a distance D downstream from the axis of the pressing roller 12. . Further, the bill retainer 16 is a drive roller in the conveyance path of the retainer roller 12 from the bill inlet portion of the primary stacker 10.
It extends from the contact portion at position 11 to the downstream side in the banknote transport direction.

Further, the banknote outlet section 10 of the primary stacker 10
A shutter 17 faces the a, and a lever portion 17a connected to the shutter 17 is pivotally supported by a rotating shaft 18, whereby the shutter 17 closes the outlet 10a. The outlet 10a can be rotated to a position where it is opened. Further, the shutter 17 is always operated by the spring 18 acting on the lever portion 17a by the outlet portion 10a.
The shutter 17 can be displaced to a position where the outlet portion 10a is opened by operating the solenoid 20 connected to the lever portion 17a. .

Then, on the front side of the outlet 10a of the primary stacker 10,
The bill dispenser 21 is mounted so as to project from the main body casing 1, and the bills discharged to the dispenser 21 can be taken out from the outside. The first
In the figure, 22 is a sensor for detecting that a predetermined number of banknotes have been supplied to the primary stacker 10.

This embodiment is configured as described above, and its operation will be described next.

For example, when the banknotes stored in the hopper unit 2 are 1,000-yen banknotes, it is assumed that a 10,000-yen banknote is inserted into a banknote insertion slot (not shown) by a person who exchanges money. That is, in this example, 10,000-yen banknotes are exchanged for 1,000-yen banknotes, so that the 1,000-yen banknotes will be paid out by the money changer.

Then, first, the banknotes are stored in the hopper unit 2,
The outlet portion 10a of the primary stacker 10 is kept closed by the shutter 17. Therefore, as described above, when a 10,000-yen bill is inserted into the bill insertion slot, the rotary roller 3a, the auxiliary feed roller 4, the feed roller 5, the conveyor belt 6 and the like operate,
The banknotes in the hopper unit 2 are separated one by one from the gap between the rotating roller 3a and the fixed roller 3b forming the separating / conveying means 3, and are sent out to the conveying path by the conveying belt 6 via the feeding roller 5. Then, the banknotes are sequentially transported along the transport belt 6, and the banknotes transported in this manner are detected by the sensor 7 as to whether or not the transport state is normal. When a bill without damage is conveyed in a straight state, it is sent as it is. On the other hand, bills that are conveyed in a state where they are wholly or partially overlapped with each other, or partially damaged or heavily soiled,
When there is a bill that is conveyed obliquely, the flow path switching means 8 operates and is conveyed toward the elimination stacker 9 and is eliminated in the elimination stacker 9.

The banknotes in the normal state are further sent by the conveyor belt 6 to the primary stacker 10 which constitutes the terminal end portion of the conveyor path. The outlet 10a of the primary stacker 10 has the shutter 17
The banknotes are retained in the primary stacker 10 even though the drive roller 11 forming the end portion of the conveyor belt 6 forming the conveying means is rotating because the paper money is closed by the primary stacker 10. It is housed between the stacker 10 and the bill retainer 16. Then, the bills sent to the primary stacker 10 have their end faces abutted against the shutter 17 by the driving force of the driving roller 11, and their end portions are aligned. Here, a driving force is applied to the bill in a state where it is regulated by the shutter 17, but this bill is guided by the bill retainer 16, and this bill retainer 16 is on the drive roller 11 side of the retainer roller 12. Since it extends to the downstream side from the contact portion with, there is no risk of wrinkles or the like.
The banknotes stacked in the banknote stacking section with their ends aligned in this manner are held in a state of being sandwiched between the drive roller 11 side and the pressing roller 12 near the tip of the banknote.

The number of stacks of banknotes in the primary stacker 10 is detected by the sensor 22 disposed on the front side of the stacker, and a predetermined number, that is, when 10 banknotes are stored in the primary stacker 10, the sensor On the basis of the signal from 22, for example, the operation of the bill separating / delivering means 3 is stopped by means such as a clutch brake attached to the bill separating / delivering means 3, but the conveying path including the conveying belt 6 including the driving roller 11 Is in a state of continuing its operation. So the solenoid
When 20 is activated and shutter 17 is opened, the drive roller
The ten banknotes held between the 11 side and the pressing roller 12 are paid out to the payout opening 21 by the rotation of the drive roller 11. Thus, the axes of the drive roller 11 and the pressing roller 12 are displaced from each other, and the bill retainer 16 extends further downstream from the positions of the retainer roller 12 and the drive roller 11 in the banknote transport direction. The banknotes are
Will be sent so as to be wrapped around the conveyance path side including, and since the shaft center of the pressing roller 12 is positioned on the front side in the conveyance direction of the banknote, the force in the banknote ejection direction becomes large. , 10 sheets of banknotes can be simultaneously dispensed to the dispensing port 21 in a stacked state.

In the above-described embodiment, the paper sheet dispenser according to the present invention is used as a currency exchange machine, but it can also be used as a change machine or a dispenser for securities other than banknotes. it can. The bills to be paid out are
As described above, it is possible to pay out not only 10 sheets but also an arbitrary number. Further, although the conveyance belt is shown as a conveyance means, other than this, for example, a combination of a conveyance roller and a guide plate may be used. Furthermore, when there is no bill to be conveyed in an abnormal state, it is not necessary to provide the reject stacker.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, in the paper sheet delivery device according to the present invention, the delivery of paper sheets from the primary stacker is brought into pressure contact with the end portion of the transport path where the drive roller is arranged and the end portion of the transport path. Since the driving roller is rotated while being held between the pressing roller and the pressing roller, a predetermined number of sheets can be simultaneously and smoothly delivered to the delivery port with an extremely simple configuration. As a result, the entire sheet delivery device is small and compact, and a pressing roller is provided on the upstream side in the sheet transport direction and a drive roller that constitutes the end portion of the transport path is provided on the downstream side. Since the pressing roller is brought into pressure contact with the drive roller side by the urging means, and the paper sheet pressing member is extended to a position downstream of the position where the drive roller is arranged, when stacking the paper sheets, Has The edges of the sheets can be aligned so that they are pressed against the shutter without causing wrinkles on the sheets, and when a predetermined number of sheets are stacked and are to be paid out, the sheet pressing member By doing so, the paper sheet is guided to a position past the abutting portion of both rollers,
The contact area of the paper sheet to the terminal end of the conveying path is sufficiently wide, and a large driving force can be applied to the paper sheet, and the paper sheet can be smoothly and reliably discharged. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram viewed from the direction of arrow A in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a side view of FIG. 1: Main body casing, 2: Hopper part. 2a: banknote outlet, 3: separating / delivering means, 5: feed roller, 6: conveyor belt, 10: primary stacker, 11: drive roller, 12: press roller, 15: torsion spring, 17: shutter, 20: solenoid, 21: outlet.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yoshihiro Oshio 2-6-2 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, inside Nitrate Electronics Engineering Co., Ltd. (56) References Kai 57-141951 (JP, U)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A hopper unit for accommodating a large number of paper sheets, a separating / carrying-out unit for separating and carrying out the paper sheets one by one from the hopper unit, and a conveyance for conveying the paper leaves taken out by the separating / carrying-out unit. And a paper sheet pressing member at the end of the conveying path by the conveying means, and the paper sheet conveyed by the conveying means is sequentially conveyed between the preceding paper sheet and the conveying means. A sheet stacking device including a primary stacker that stacks until a predetermined number of sheets and a sheet dispensing port that dispenses a predetermined number of sheets stored in the primary stacker are provided. In the transport direction of
A pressing roller is arranged on the upstream side, and a drive roller which constitutes the end portion of the conveying path by the conveying means is arranged on the downstream side.
Urging the pressing roller toward the drive roller via the conveying means by urging means, and extending the paper sheet pressing member to a position downstream from the terminal end of the conveying path,
Further, the primary stacker is provided with a shutter for opening and closing its outlet, and when a predetermined number of sheets are stacked on the primary stacker, the shutter is opened to provide a space between the conveying means and the pressing roller. A paper sheet delivery device, which is configured to simultaneously discharge the held predetermined number of paper sheets to the paper sheet delivery port.