JPH09151013A - Paper sheet carrying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To correct a folding habit and a winding habit formed in paper money while carrying the paper money. SOLUTION: A paper sheet 5 such as paper money and a card is carried by an upper roller 1 and a lower roller 2 while pressing it from above and below. A small diameter part and a large diameter part are formed in one roller 2 of these upper roller 1 and lower roller 2 so that a step difference is formed in the width direction, and an outer peripheral surface of the other roller 1 is formed so as to be opposed between it and an outer peripheral surface of the small diameter part of one roller 2 by having an interval smaller than a thickness of the paper sheet 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper sheet transporting device used for transporting bills in a bill validator.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a schematic structure of a bill validator. In FIG. 4, 10 is a banknote identification device, 11 is a banknote identification unit, 12 is a high-value banknote storage unit, 13 is a low-value banknote storage unit, and 14 is a banknote payout unit. When a bill is inserted into the bill identifying device 10 (arrow), first, the bill identifying unit 11 identifies the authenticity, denomination, etc. of the inserted bill. If the bill is a 5,000-yen bill or a 10,000-yen bill, the bill is sent to the high-price bill storage unit 12 (dotted line arrow) and stocked there. On the other hand, when the identified banknote is a 1,000-yen banknote, it is sent to the low-value banknote storage unit 13 (arrow) and stocked there. In addition, when exchanging money, the low-value banknote storage unit 13
The banknotes dispensed by the banknote payout unit 14
Send to (arrow), and when the designated number of sheets are accumulated, pay out collectively (arrow).

In such a bill discriminating apparatus 10, when a bill is fed to the bill payout unit 14, and the bill has a crease or a curl, as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the bill payout unit. In the banknote storage unit 6 in 14, the end of the banknote 5 floats up, and then the banknotes fed in the direction of the arrow A collide with the banknotes and a banknote jam occurs.
Therefore, in order to prevent this, the banknotes are stored in the low-value banknote storage unit 1
The habit of the banknotes is removed in the conveying path from 3 to the banknote payout section 14.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a conventional bill habit removing and conveying device. In FIG. 6, 5 is a bill, 20 is a bill habit removing tool, 21 to 23 are ribs, and 24 and 25 are pressure bonding rollers. As shown in FIG. 6 (a), when the banknote habit remover 20 having stepped ribs on the top and bottom is passed through the banknote 5 from the other side to the front side, While the bill 5 is being deformed, the bill 5 can be deformed into a wave shape to correct the lateral habit to some extent. Further, as shown in FIG. 6B, even when the banknote 5 is passed between the upper and lower pressure-bonding rollers 24 and 25, the crease on the banknote 5 can be corrected to some extent.

[0005]

However, among the above-mentioned conventional techniques, the one using the bill habit remover 20 does not allow some habit removal when the bill 5 passes through the bill habit remover 20. However, since the effect is weak, there is a problem that the habit is restored at the stage of entering the bill storage unit 6. Further, in the case of using the pressure roller 24, 25,
There is a problem that the curl in the conveying direction cannot be corrected.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve such a problem and to completely correct a crease or a curl attached to a bill while the bill is being conveyed. .

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the paper sheet conveying apparatus of the present invention, folds are formed in the paper sheet conveying path on both front and back sides of the paper sheet in the paper sheet conveying direction. It was decided to provide a member to do. In addition, one of the upper roller and the lower roller that rotates and conveys the paper sheet while pressing it from above and below has a small diameter portion and a large diameter portion so that a step is formed in the width direction of the roller, and the other roller Has an outer peripheral surface for sandwiching the paper sheet with the outer peripheral surface of the small diameter portion of the one roller.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a main part of the paper sheet transporting device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the paper sheet transporting device of the present invention. In FIGS. 1 and 2, 1 is an upper roller, 2 is a lower roller, 3 is a flange portion, 4 is a roller shaft, and 5 is a bill.

Flange portions 3 and 3 having an outer diameter slightly larger than the outer diameters thereof are formed at the inner end portions of the left and right lower rollers 2 and 2, and the portions outside the flange portions 3 and 3 of the banknote 5. Is pressed by the upper roller 1 to form a step in the vertical direction of the banknote 5. In that way, banknote 5
By making a fold line in the vertical direction, the crease and curl originally attached to the banknote 5 are corrected so that the edge of the banknote 5 does not rise after being fed into the banknote storage section.

Although the flange portion 3 is provided on the lower roller 2 in the above embodiment, it may be provided on the upper roller 1. Further, as shown in FIG. 3A, flange portions may be provided on both the upper roller 1 and the lower roller 2 so that the upper roller 1 and the lower roller 2 are engaged with each other. By doing so, stronger folds can be formed on paper sheets such as banknotes. Further, as shown in FIG. 3B, the flange is provided not at the end of the upper roller 1 or the lower roller 2 but at the widthwise intermediate portion of the upper roller 1 or the lower roller 2 and the lower roller 2 or the upper roller facing the upper roller 1 or the lower roller 2. 1 may be provided with a groove so as to engage with it, and by engaging them, a fold line may be formed in the paper sheet. By doing so, a stronger fold line can be formed on the paper sheet. In addition, other forms may be adopted, including not using rollers, as long as folds can be formed on the paper sheets in the transport path.

The present invention can be applied not only to the transportation of banknotes, but also to the transportation of paper sheets other than banknotes such as various gift certificates and cards.

[0012]

As described above, according to the paper sheet transporting apparatus of the present invention, the upper roller and the lower roller press the paper sheet while transporting it, thereby making a fold line in the longitudinal direction. With this configuration, it is possible to completely correct the crease and curl attached to the bill while the bill is being conveyed, with a simple structure.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a main part of a paper sheet conveying apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of an essential part of the paper sheet transporting device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another example of upper and lower rollers.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a bill validator.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a bill with a habit sent to a bill storage unit.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a conventional bill habit removing and conveying device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Upper roller 2 Lower roller 3 Flange part 4 Roller shaft 5 Banknote 6 Banknote storage part 10 Banknote recognition device 11 Banknote recognition part 12 High-value banknote storage part 13 Low-value banknote storage part 14 Banknote payout part 20 Banknote habit taker 21-23 Rib 24 , 25 Crimping roller

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A paper sheet conveying apparatus, comprising members for forming a fold line in the paper sheet conveying direction on both sides of the paper sheet in a paper sheet conveying path. 2. A small-diameter portion and a large-diameter portion are formed on one of an upper roller and a lower roller, which rotate and convey the paper while pressing it from above and below, so that a step is formed in the width direction of the roller. The paper sheet conveying apparatus, wherein the other roller has an outer peripheral surface for sandwiching the paper sheet with the outer peripheral surface of the small diameter portion of the one roller.