JPH09235058A - Storage device of paper sheet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To store paper sheets by carrying them so that they do not clog. SOLUTION: A paper sheet take-up passage 2 to take up paper sheets 1 and a temporary reserving part 3 to temporarily reserve the paper sheets 1 are slipped off in position to a direction orthogonal against the take-up position of the sheets 1. A kick click roller 4 to synchronously revolve with carriage of the sheets 1 is provided in the take-up passage 2, and kick clicks 5 are provided in the outer periphery of the kick click roller 4 free to come in and out. The kick clicks 5 are in the kick click roller 4 in a state where the kick clicks 5 make contact with the sheets 1 carried in the take-up passage 2, the kick clicks 5 project from the outer periphery of the click roller 4 after rear ends of the carried sheets 1 pass, kick the rear ends of the paper sheets 1 by rotation of the kick click roller 4 and push the sheets 1. The sheets 1 are introduced so as to accumulate them on the reserved sheets 1 from the take-up passage 2 by holding the rear end parts of the sheets 1 reserved in the temporary reserving part 3 by the projected clicks 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for taking in and storing paper sheets such as banknotes, and more particularly to a structure for preventing paper sheets from being jammed in the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a measure for preventing paper sheets from being jammed in a conventional paper sheet storage device of this type, a plurality of claws are fixedly attached to the outer circumference of a conveying roller, and the paper is rotated by rotating the paper sheet. There is one in which a paper leaf is pushed into a temporary holding portion by hitting the rear end of the leaf with a nail (see Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-105262, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 61-86356, etc.).

[0003]

By the way, in the paper sheet clogging countermeasure of the above-mentioned conventional example, there is a problem that if the protruding length of the nail is increased, the tip of the nail may tear the paper sheet. Also, if you do not make the protruding length of the nails too long, you will not be able to hit the trailing edge of the paper sheet enough to prevent the nails from reaching warped paper sheets such as banknotes that have a habit. There is a problem that the paper is jammed without being reliably sent. In addition, the leading edge of the paper sheet flowing from the paper sheet intake passage hits the rear end of the paper sheet accumulated in the temporary holding section, so that the paper sheet is not reliably sent to the temporary holding section, and There is a problem that the clogging occurs.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned points, and it is an object of the present invention to convey a paper sheet so that the paper sheet is not jammed and store the paper sheet.

[0005]

In order to solve the above problems, a paper sheet storage device according to the present invention includes a paper sheet intake passage 2 for taking in and conveying a paper sheet 1, and a paper sheet intake passage 2
The temporary holding section 3 for temporarily holding the paper sheet 1 conveyed from is shifted in the direction orthogonal to the take-in direction of the paper sheet 1 and synchronized with the conveyance of the paper sheet 1. A rotating kick pawl roller 4 is provided in the paper sheet intake passage 2, and a kick pawl 5 is provided on the outer periphery of the kick pawl roller 4 so that the kick pawl 5 can be freely moved in and out, and the kick pawl is attached to the paper sheet 1 conveyed through the paper sheet take-in passage 2. The kick claw 5 is in contact with the kick claw roller 4
The trailing edge of the trailing edge of the paper sheet 1 that has been conveyed in and has passed through the trailing kick claw 5 protrudes from the outer periphery of the kicking nail roller 4 and rotates the kicking nail roller 4 to kick the trailing edge of the paper sheet 1. 5 and press the rear end of the paper sheet 1 held in the temporary holding section 3 with a protruding kick claw 5 to push the above-mentioned paper sheet 1 from the paper sheet intake passage 2 It is characterized in that the paper sheets 1 are introduced so as to be superposed on each other. In this case, when the paper sheet 1 is conveyed through the paper sheet intake passage 2 and the kick claw 5 is in contact with the paper sheet 1, the kick claw 5
Is immersed in the kick claw roller 4, and the paper sheet 1 is
There is no risk of tears or damage. The kick claw 5 projects when the rear end of the conveyed sheet 1 passes, and the rear end of the sheet 1 is pushed by the kick claw 5 by the rotation of the kick claw roller 4, and the sheet 1 is temporarily moved. There is no risk that the paper sheet 1 is reliably fed into the holding section 3 and the paper sheet 1 is jammed. Further, when the paper sheet 1 is sent from the paper sheet intake passage 2 to the temporary storage unit 3, the rear end of the paper sheet 1 stored in the temporary storage unit 3 is pressed by the protruding kick claw 5 and has a habit. The paper sheet 1 such as a banknote has its habit corrected, and the paper sheet 1 is introduced from the paper sheet intake passage 2 so as to be superposed on the stored paper sheet 1 and temporarily held. The rear end of the paper sheet 1 of the section 3 and the front end of the paper sheet 1 sent from the paper sheet intake passage 2 do not collide with each other, and the paper sheet 1 is reliably sent to the temporary holding section 3. There is no risk that the paper sheet 1 will be jammed.

The kick claw 5 which can freely move in and out of the kick claw roller 4 is biased by a torsion spring 6 so as to project, and when the kick claw 5 is in contact with the paper sheet 1, the torsion spring 6
The kick claw 5 is immersed against the force of the
It is also preferable that the kick claw 5 is projected by the spring force of the torsion spring 6 when it is not in contact with. In this case, the kick claw 5 can be moved in and out according to the position of the paper sheet 1 with a simple structure in which only the torsion spring 6 is provided.

It is also preferable that a plurality of kick claws 5 are mounted on the kick claw roller 4 so that they can freely move in and out. In this case, after the rear end of the paper sheet 1 has passed, the projecting kick claw 5 can be immediately made to correspond to the rear end of the paper sheet 1 to reliably feed the paper sheet 1. It is also preferable that the temporary holding section 3 is provided with a feed belt 7 and the feeding belt 7 conveys the paper sheet 1 to the back of the temporary holding section 3. In this case, the paper sheet 1 sent to the temporary holding unit 3 can be held at a predetermined position of the temporary holding unit 3.

It is also preferable that a stack plate 27 for feeding the paper sheets 1 held in the temporary holding section 3 to the final storage section 8 is provided. In this case, the temporary holding unit 3
It is possible to easily send the paper sheets 1 stored in the final storage unit 8 to the final storage unit 8.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 2 shows the entire paper sheet storage device of the present invention, and FIG. 1 shows the essential parts of the paper sheet storage device.
The main body casing A is integrally provided with a take-in portion casing B, the inside of the take-in portion casing B is provided with a paper sheet taking-in passage 2, and the main body casing A is provided with a temporary holding portion 3, a final storage portion 8, etc. Is provided. The paper sheet intake passage 2 is provided between a pair of plate-shaped paper sheet guides 9 and 10 arranged at a predetermined interval, and guides the paper sheet 1 by the pair of paper sheet guides 9 and 10. It is designed to be transported. Introducing guides 9a and 10a are provided at the ends of the pair of paper sheet guides 9 and 10 on the entrance side. Is provided with inclined guide portions 9b, 10b for inclining the temporary holding portion 3 described later to a biased side, and the paper sheet intake passage 2 is also inclined at this portion. On the paper sheet guide 10 side, two conveying rollers 11 are rotatably arranged at intervals in the conveying direction of the paper sheet 1, and the outer periphery of the conveying roller 11 faces the paper sheet intake passage 2. I have it. A slit or the like is provided in the paper sheet guide 10 at a portion corresponding to the transport roller 11, and the transport roller 11 is made to pass through the slit or the like to face the paper sheet intake passage 2.
A drive pulley 12 and a kick claw roller 4 are provided on the side of the paper sheet guide 9 so as to correspond to the conveying roller 11, and a belt 13 is suspended between the drive pulley 12 and the kick claw roller 4. The outer circumferences of the drive pulley 12, the kick claw roller 4, and the belt 13 are exposed to the paper sheet intake passage 2. This drive pulley 12 and kick claw roller 4
A slit or the like is provided in the paper sheet guide 9 at a portion corresponding to the belt 13 or the belt 13 and the drive pulley 12 is provided in the slit or the like.
It is made to face the paper sheet intake passage 2 through the kicking claw roller 4 and the belt 13. Drive pulley 12 is paper sheet 1
Is detected by the motor (not shown). When the drive pulley 12 is driven, the belt 13 is driven and the driven kick claw roller 4 is also driven.

As shown in FIG. 3, the kick claw roller 4 is mainly composed of a roller body 4a and a disc-shaped flange plate 4b. A cylindrical portion 14 is provided in the center of the roller body 4a, and a plurality of (four in this example) support shafts 15 are integrally provided with the roller body 4a on the outer periphery of the cylindrical portion 14 at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. A fitting shaft 16 is provided at the tip of the support shaft 15. The roller body 4a is provided with arcuate sliding grooves 17 corresponding to the respective support shafts 15. A shaft hole 18 is provided at one end of the kicking claw 5, and by loosely fitting the shaft hole 18 into the support shaft 15, the kicking claws 5 are respectively attached to the plurality of support shafts 15.
Is rotatably attached. A sliding pin 19 is provided in front of one end of the kick claw 5, and the sliding pin 19 is provided in the sliding groove 1.
It is slidably mounted on 7. As a result, the plurality of kick claws 5 are restricted by the sliding groove 17 and rotated about the support shaft 15 so that they can move in and out from the outer circumference of the roller body 4a. A torsion spring 6 is arranged between each kicking claw 5 and the roller body 4a. One end of the torsion spring 6 is locked in the locking hole 20 of the kicking claw 5 and the torsion spring 6 is The end is in contact with the outer surface of the cylindrical portion 14. As a result, the twisting spring 6 urges the kicking claw 5 to project. The flange plate 4b is fitted over the kick claw 5 with the kick claw 5 attached to the roller body 4a.
6 is fitted and fixed to the fixing hole 21 of the flange plate 4b.

In the main body casing A, a temporary holding section 3 for the paper sheet 1 is provided so as to follow the paper sheet taking-in passage 2. The temporary holding section 3 is provided with respect to the paper sheet taking-in passage 2. It is deviated in the direction orthogonal to the intake direction of class 1.
That is, the paper sheet intake passage 2 and the temporary storage portion 3 are not linearly continuous, and the temporary storage portion 3 is displaced on the side where the inclined guide portions 9b and 10b are inclined with respect to the paper sheet storage passage 2. . As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the temporary holding section 3 is formed between the support walls 22 provided on both sides in the main body casing A and the feed belt 7. That is, the support walls 22 on both sides
The lateral edges of the paper sheet 1 in the lateral direction are sandwiched between the feeding belt 7 and the feeding belts 7 on both sides to be temporarily held. The length of the temporary holding unit 3 in the longitudinal direction is substantially the same as the length of the paper sheet 1 in the longitudinal direction. The feed belt 7 is long in the longitudinal direction of the temporary holding section 3 and is suspended between the pulleys 43 arranged at both ends. One pulley 43 can be driven by the motor 23 via the pulley 24, the belt 25, and the pulley 26. The motor 23 is driven in synchronization with the motor for driving the drive pulley 12 described above.

A stack plate 27 is provided along the feed belt 7.
The stack plate 27 is provided with an inclined portion 27a that is inclined toward the paper sheet intake passage 2 side at the end of the stack plate 27 on the paper sheet intake passage 2 side. The stack plate 27 is movable in the longitudinal direction of the temporary holding unit 3, and
The moving body 28 is integrally provided on the back side of the moving body 28.
A guide roller 30 is attached to the end of a shaft 29 provided in the. The guide roller 30 is movably mounted on a guide rail 31, and the moving body 28 moves as the moving body 28 moves along the guide rail 31. The moving body 28 is driven by a motor 32, a crank plate 33,
It is configured to be reciprocally driven via the slider 34 and the sliding groove 35. Inside the main body casing A, a final storage portion 8 is provided at a position opposite to the stack plate 27. The final storage section 8 is provided between the support wall 22 and the paper sheet pressing plate 37 so that the paper sheet 1 can be sandwiched and held between the support wall 22 and the paper sheet pressing plate 37. Has become. A guide roller 38 is attached to one side of the paper sheet pressing plate 37,
It is slidable along the guide groove 39 of the main body casing A. A moving body 40 is provided on the other side of the paper sheet pressing plate 37, and a portion of the moving body 40 projecting from the main body casing A is slidably mounted on a guide rod 41. At 42, the temporary holding unit 3 is urged. As a result, the paper sheet pressing plate 37 can freely move toward and away from the support wall 22 and is elastically biased to move to the support wall 22 side.

Next, the operation of the paper sheet storage device configured as described above will be described. When the paper sheet 1 such as a bill is inserted from the entrance side of the paper sheet intake passage 2, the drive pulley 12 and the feed belt 7 are driven. When the front end of the paper sheet 1 is inserted into the paper sheet intake passage 2, the paper sheet guides 9 and 10 are provided with the introduction guide portions 9a and 10a that spread toward the entrance side. It can be smoothly introduced into the leaf intake passage 2. When the drive pulley 12 is driven, the belt 13 and the kick claw roller 4 are rotationally driven, and the sheet 13 is sandwiched between the belt 13 and the conveying roller 11 and the sheet 13 is rotated by rotating the belt 13. It is transported to the temporary storage unit 3 side. At this time, the tip of the kick claw 5 of the kick claw roller 4 hits the paper sheet 1, and the kick claw 5 enters the kick claw roller 4 side against the torsion spring 6, and the kick claw 5 moves the paper sheet 1 There is no risk of damage or tear. When the paper sheet 1 is being conveyed, the front end side of the paper sheet 1 is guided and introduced to the temporary holding section 3 side by the paper sheet guide portions 9b and 10b which are inclined. At this time, the inclined portion 2 is provided at the end of the stack plate 27.
Because of the presence of 7a, there is no possibility that the sheet 1 is caught in the stack plate 27 and jams. When the paper sheet 1 is conveyed through the paper sheet intake passage 2 and the rear end of the paper sheet 1 passes the kick claw roller 4, the kick claw 5 projects by the spring force of the torsion spring 6, and the kick claw roller 4 moves. Upon rotation, the kick claw 5 kicks out so as to push the rear end of the paper sheet 1, and the paper sheet 1 is pushed and introduced into the temporary holding unit 3, and the temporary holding unit 3 is provided so that the paper sheet 1 is not jammed. be introduced. When the paper sheet 1 is introduced into the temporary storage unit 3, the paper sheet 1 is conveyed to the back by the feed belt 7 and the paper sheet 1 is stored in a predetermined position of the temporary storage unit 3. Paper 1
When the leading edge of the sheet is introduced from the paper sheet intake passage 2 to the temporary holding unit 3, and the paper sheet 1 previously held in the temporary holding unit 3 exists, the kicking pawls 5 of the kicking pawl rollers 4 project the paper sheets. The trailing edge of 1 is pushed like a tap to correct the habit of a paper sheet 1 such as a banknote having a habit. On the other hand, the paper sheet intake passage 2 is overlaid on the paper sheet 1 of the temporary storage unit 3. The paper sheets 1 are introduced so as to match with each other, so that the rear end of the paper sheet 1 of the temporary holding unit 3 does not collide with the front end of the paper sheet 1 to be introduced next, 1 can be introduced into the temporary holding unit 3 so as not to be clogged. When a predetermined paper sheet 1 is held in the temporary holding unit 3, the stack plate 27 is driven and the temporary holding unit 3 is held.
The paper sheets 1 that have been reserved at are stored in the final storage unit 8. That is, when the stack 27 is moved beyond the support wall 22 from the state of FIG. 4, both sides in the lateral direction of the paper sheet 1 are bent and the paper sheet 1 crosses the support wall 22 and reaches the final storage section 8. Pushed in. The paper sheets 1 stored in the final storage section 8 are the support walls 2
It is elastically held between 2 and the paper sheet pressing plate 37.

[0014]

As described above, the present invention includes a paper sheet take-in passage for taking in and conveying paper sheets, and a temporary holding unit for temporarily holding paper sheets conveyed from the paper sheet taking passages. A kick claw roller that is displaced in a direction orthogonal to the paper sheet take-in direction, and rotates in synchronization with the conveyance of the paper sheet, is provided in the paper sheet take-in passage and the kick claw roller is kicked on the outer circumference. When the pawl is provided so that it can move in and out, and the kick pawl is in contact with the paper sheet being conveyed through the paper sheet intake passage, the kick pawl is in the kick pawl roller and the trailing edge of the paper sheet being conveyed is After passing, the kick claw protrudes from the outer circumference of the kick claw roller and the kick claw roller rotates to push the rear end of the paper sheet with the kick claw, and the rear end of the paper sheet retained in the temporary storage section. Hold the above from the paper sheet intake passage by pressing it with the protruding kick claw Since the paper sheets are introduced so as to be stacked on top of the paper sheets that have been picked up, when the paper sheets are being conveyed through the paper sheet intake passage and the kicking claw is in contact with the paper sheets, the kicking is performed. The pawl is immersed in the kick pawl roller, so that the kick pawl does not have a risk of tearing or scratching the paper sheet. There is no risk of the paper sticking out by a large protrusion, the trailing edge of the paper sheet being pushed by the kicking pawl by the rotation of the kicking pawl roller, and the paper sheet being reliably sent to the temporary holding section and jamming the paper sheet. When feeding paper sheets from the leaf intake passage to the temporary holding section, the rear end of the paper sheets held in the temporary holding section is pressed by the projecting kick claw, and even paper sheets such as eccentric banknotes The habit has been corrected, and the paper is taken over from the paper intake path to the above-mentioned reserved paper. As described above, the paper sheets are introduced, and the trailing edge of the paper sheets in the temporary holding section does not collide with the leading edge of the paper sheets fed from the paper sheet intake passage. There is no risk that the paper will be reliably sent to the temporary holding section and the paper sheets will be jammed.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the kick claw that can freely move in and out of the kick claw roller is biased by the torsion spring so as to project, and the kick claw contacts the paper sheet. While the kick claw is depressed against the torsion spring while the kick claw is in contact, the kick claw is projected by the spring force of the torsion spring when the kick claw is not in contact with the paper sheets.
The kick claw can be moved in and out according to the position of the paper sheet with a simple structure in which only a torsion spring is provided.

Further, in the invention according to claim 3 of the present invention, since a plurality of kick claws are attached to the kick claw roller so as to be able to move in and out, the rear end of the paper sheet is projected after passing. The kick pawl can be immediately fed to the rear end of the paper sheet to reliably feed the paper sheet. Further, in the invention according to claim 4 of the present invention, since the feeding belt is provided in the temporary holding portion and the sheet is conveyed to the back of the temporary holding portion by the feeding belt, the temporary holding portion is provided. The sent paper sheets can be held at a predetermined position of the temporary holding unit.

Further, in the invention according to claim 5 of the present invention, since the stack plate for feeding the paper sheets held in the temporary holding portion to the final storage portion is provided, the paper sheets held in the temporary holding portion are provided. Can be easily sent to the final storage section.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a main part of an example of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway front view showing the same as above.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the above-mentioned kick claw roller and kick claw.

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway plan view showing the above temporary holding section and final holding section.

5 is a partially cutaway plan view showing a state where a stack plate is driven from the state of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Paper Leaf 2 Paper Leaf Intake Path 3 Temporary Reservation Section 4 Kicking Claw Roller 5 Kicking Claw 6 Torsion Spring 7 Feed Belt 8 Final Storage Section 27 Stack Plate

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Kunio Yoshimura 1048, Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Works Co., Ltd.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A paper sheet taking-in passage for taking in and conveying paper sheets, and a temporary holding unit for temporarily holding the paper sheets conveyed from the paper sheet taking-in passage, A kick claw roller that shifts in a direction orthogonal to the direction and rotates in synchronization with the conveyance of paper sheets is provided in the paper sheet intake passage, and a kick claw is provided on the outer circumference of the kick claw roller so that it can freely move in and out, When the kick pawl is in contact with the paper sheet being conveyed through the paper sheet intake passage, the kick pawl is in the kick pawl roller and the rear end of the conveyed paper sheet has passed and the kick pawl kicks. Use the kicking claw that protrudes from the outer circumference of the claw roller to push the rear end of the paper sheet with the kicking claw by the rotation of the kicking claw roller, and the rear end of the paper sheet retained in the temporary storage section. Press and stack from the paper sheet intake passage onto the above reserved paper sheets. A storage device for paper sheets, characterized in that the paper sheets are introduced as described above. 2. A kick claw which is movable in and out of a kick claw roller is urged by a torsion spring so as to project, and when the kick claw is in contact with a paper sheet, the kick claw resists the torsion spring. 2. The paper sheet storage device according to claim 1, wherein the kick pawl is projected by the spring force of a torsion spring when the kick pawl is immersed and the kick pawl is not in contact with the paper leaf. 3. The paper sheet storage device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of kick claws are attached to the kick claw roller so that the kick claws can freely move in and out. 4. The paper feed device according to claim 1, wherein a feed belt is provided in the temporary holding portion, and the paper sheet is conveyed to the back of the temporary holding portion by the feeding belt. The storage device for the described paper sheets. 5. The paper sheet storage device according to claim 1, further comprising a stack plate for feeding the paper sheets held in the temporary holding section to the final storage section. .