JPH10218464A - Plural medium overlapping mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To overlap a long size ticket and a short size ticket so that the long size ticket is positioned under the short size ticket by forming a tip of a wing for sorting long size ticket and short size ticket with a pocket, which supports a rear end of the short size ticket so as to curl it upward. SOLUTION: A rear end of a short size ticket, which stays in a discharge storage part 26, is placed on a pocket 62, which is formed into a notch shape over a tip of a wing 20, so as to be curled upward. Consequently, a clearance S is generated between the rear end of the short size ticket and a long size ticket. When the long size ticket is carried, the long size ticket enters into the clearance S. The long and short size tickets to be carried to the discharge storage part 26 collide with a stopper 24, and tips thereof are aligned. After all the tickets are stored in the discharge storage part 26, the stopper 24 is moved backward, and a pinch roller 48 moves forward so as to discharge plural overlapped medium to a ticket take-out port 46 at the same time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in a ticket discharging unit of a ticket gate device of station equipment, and more particularly, to a method of recognizing a plurality of media having different lengths, such as a regular ticket and an express ticket. The present invention relates to a mechanism for stacking a plurality of media, which is classified according to type, and whose leading ends are aligned.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Automatic ticket gates, such as those used for Shinkansen gates, insert multiple tickets, such as ordinary tickets and express tickets, of different lengths, and insert the tickets into one ticket gate. There is a multi-medium-capable automatic ticket gate that inserts into the mouth and performs ticket inspection processing. In this automatic ticket gate, for example, when a ticket is discharged to the ticket exit first, by pulling out this ticket, the next limited express ticket is discharged from the ticket discharge unit to the ticket exit. In this case, the tickets are taken out one by one, so that the user sometimes forgets to take the tickets.

[0003] In order to prevent such forgetting of a ticket,
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 6-348925 discloses a "discharge device for tickets" which discharges a plurality of tickets and the like in a lump. This discharge device has a wing whose rear end, which is the upstream side, swings up and down to distribute long and short notes to the discharge conveyance path, and stores the first conveyed long note in the discharge storage section. If the next conveyed bill is a short bill, the rear end of the wing swings downward so that the short bill is stacked on the stored long bill, and the long bill and the short bill are stacked. After the tips of the ticket and the ticket are aligned by the stopper, the stopper is released and a plurality of tickets and the like are discharged to the ticket exit. Therefore, since the short bills are stacked on the long bills, the user can recognize that there are a plurality of tickets ejected to the ticket taking-out opening, and there is an advantage that the user does not forget to take the tickets. I have.

[0004] However, in the above-mentioned conventional discharging device, when there are a plurality of long and short bills respectively, first, only a plurality of long bills are conveyed one by one and stacked in the discharge storing section. The bills are conveyed one by one and stacked on a plurality of laminated bills. Therefore, when the type of the conveyed ticket is conveyed in a state where the long and short notes are mixed, a plurality of short notes cannot be stacked on the plurality of long notes in the discharge storage unit, There is a problem that operability as a discharge device is low.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points. Even if bills of different lengths are irregularly conveyed, the bills are stacked as a bill. It is an object of the present invention to provide a stacking mechanism for a plurality of media, in which the bills are stacked as bills, so that the bills are always stacked on the bills, and the leading ends of the bills are aligned. is there.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention relates to an upper conveyor belt mechanism for winding and driving an upper belt; A lower transport belt mechanism 16 for transporting; and a discharge storage section 26 which is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a transport path formed by the upper transport belt mechanism 14 and the lower transport belt mechanism 16 and stores a plurality of media. Then, the storage and transport belt mechanism 18 for discharging a plurality of media in a lump
And between the upper transport belt mechanism 14, the lower transport belt mechanism 16, and the storage transport belt mechanism 18, and swings up and down to form the long note transport path 58 and the short note transport path 60. And a wing 20 that sorts media having different lengths, and curls and supports the rear end of the strip C2 when the strip C2 is held by the discharge storage section 26 at the tip. A stopper 24 for stopping conveyance of the medium to the discharge side of the discharge storage section 26 and aligning the leading ends of the plurality of mediums;

The tip of the wing 20 has a short note C2
A notch-shaped pocket 62 for curling and supporting the rear end is formed. By curling the coin C2 in this manner, a space S is formed, and even if the coin C1 is conveyed next, the coin C1 can sink under the coin C2.

[0008]

[Effect] Even if the bill C2 is held first in the discharge storing section 26 and then the long bill C1 is conveyed, the rear end of the bill C2 is curled to have a space S. , Long ticket C1
Enters the space S, and the long note C1 is laid under the short note C2, so that both are overlapped. Therefore, the short note C2 is always superimposed on the long note C1.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 schematically shows the configuration of a multiple-medium stacking mechanism 10 according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a stacking mechanism 10 is located on the downstream side of the ticket transport path 12, and has an upper transport belt mechanism 14, a lower transport belt mechanism 16, and a predetermined angle α with respect to the lower transport belt mechanism 16. (For example, within 90 ° to 180 °), and a storage and conveyance belt mechanism 18 inclined and a medium having a different length conveyed from the ticket conveyance path 12 between these belt mechanisms 14, 16, 18 A wing 20 for sorting, a trailing end support member 22 for supporting the trailing end of a long medium (hereinafter, referred to as a long note), a stopper 24 for aligning the leading ends of a plurality of media, Conveyor belt 14
A discharge storage unit 26 formed of the storage conveyor belt 18 and superimposing and temporarily storing a plurality of media,
It has.

The upper transport belt mechanism 14 includes three rollers 3
The upper belt B1 is extended in a triangular shape by 0, 32, and 34. One of the three rollers 30, 32, 34
One is a drive roller 30, and the upper belt B1 is rotated clockwise by being rotationally driven by a motor or the like.

In the lower transport belt mechanism 16, a horizontal belt B2 is stretched substantially horizontally by left and right rollers 36 and 38 which are separated from each other.

In the storage and transport belt mechanism 18, the inclined belt B3 is wound in a triangular shape by three rollers 40, 42 and 44. The roller 40 is a discharge roller for discharging a plurality of long bills C1 and a plurality of short media (hereinafter, referred to as short bills) C2 held and stacked in the discharge storage unit 26 to the ticket takeout port 46. Reference numeral 48 is a catching pinch roller for holding the tickets C1 and C2 partially protruding from the ticket outlet 46.

The wing 20 swings up and down about a shaft 52 based on a bill type determining means 50 for determining whether the medium conveyed in the conveying path 12 is a long note C1 or a short note C2. ing. The swing of the wing 20 is performed by the wing drive unit 54. When the wing 20 rotates counterclockwise, a coin transport path 58 for transporting the coin C1 is formed between the rear end portion 56 and the horizontal belt B2. Further, when the wing 20 rotates clockwise, as shown in FIG. 3, a short-strip conveying path 60 for conveying the short-strip C2 between the rear end portion 56 and the upper belt B1 of the upper belt mechanism 14. Is formed.

At the upper end of the wing 20, there is formed a pocket 62 formed of a notch for supporting the rear end of the bill C2 so as to curl upward as described later. The notch depth of this pocket 62 is
It is determined by a design matter of how many sheets 2 are held, and is not limited. The overall shape of the wing 20 is such that the leading end side is gradually narrowed in an arrow shape with the shaft 52 as the center, and the rear end portion 56 side is gradually narrowed rearward. The part side has a long diamond shape.

In FIG. 1, the long note C1 is stored in the discharge storing section 2
6 shows that the leading end of the coin voucher C1 has reached the vicinity of the stopper 24. When the leading end of the coin C1 reaches the stopper 24, the rear end of the coin C1 comes off the left roller 36 of the horizontal belt mechanism 16 due to the elasticity of the coin C1, and as shown in FIG. The coin collides with the supporting portion 22a of the coin trailing end support member, and the coin trailing end supporting member is rotated counterclockwise to be supported such that the coin trailing end portion of the coin C1 is curled.

FIG. 2 shows that the first voucher C1 is the discharge storage unit 2
6 shows a state in which the rear end of the coin C1 is held by the coin rear end supporting member. In the state where the coin C1 is held in the discharge storage section 26 in this manner, the coin C1 is held so that a slight gap is formed so that the rear end of the coin C1 does not contact the left roller 36 of the horizontal belt 16. Otherwise, the held coin C1 is entangled by the left roller 36 at the rear end and sent downward, and the coin C1 comes off the discharge storage unit 26. That is, the length of the left roller 3 from the stopper 24 is longer than the length L1 of the coin C1.
"L1 + d1", the distance to 6 is longer by d1
It is set so that it may become.

FIG. 2 shows the first voucher C as described above.
1 is held in the discharge storage unit 26, and then the second ticket C
12 shows a state where the coin 12 has been conveyed to the coin transport path 58. The second bill C12 is held in the discharge storage unit 26 in the same manner as the first bill C1 so as to overlap the surface of the first bill C1.

FIG. 3 shows that the coin C2 is conveyed from the ticket conveying path 12, the wing 20 rotates clockwise, the rear end 56 swings downward, and the upper belt B1 of the upper conveying belt mechanism 14 is rotated. And the wings 20 to form a coin transport path 60,
This shows a state in which the coin C2 is introduced into the coin transport path 60.

The bill C2 in the bill transport path 60 is sent to the discharge storing section 26 by the upper transport belt mechanism 14. In order to smoothly transport the bill C2 to the discharge storage unit 26, the angle between the bill transport path 60 and the discharge storage unit 26 is inclined so as to have a predetermined angle β. The angle β ranges from 90 ° to 180 °.

As shown in FIG. 4, the short bill C2 sent to the discharge storing section 26 is stacked on the long bill C1 when its tip collides with the stopper 24 and stops. The tips of C1 and the coin C2 are aligned.

At this time, the rear end of the bill C2 stored in the discharge storage section 26 is placed in a notch-shaped pocket 62 formed above the front end of the wing 20, and the rear end of the coin C2 is cut. It is in a state of being curled upward. Therefore, a gap S is generated between the rear end portion of the short note C2 and the long note C1,
Next, when the voucher C1 is transported, the voucher C1 is
The coins enter the gap S and are overlapped with each other so as to enter between the reserved bill C2 and the reserved bill C1.

After all the tickets have been stored in the discharge storing section 26, the stopper 24 retreats as shown by the arrow, and the pinch roller 48 advances toward the ticket surface to collectively stack the plurality of stacked media. And discharged to the ticket exit 46.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the bill C2 is held in the discharge storing section 26, the distance d2 is slightly between the rear end of the bill C2 and the pocket 62 of the wing 20.
In order to give a margin to the bill C2 so that
The length from the stopper 24 to the pocket is made longer than the length L2 of the bill C2. That is, the length from the stopper 24 to the pocket is set to “L2 + d2”.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a state in which media randomly inserted and having different lengths are grouped and stacked for each bill type. For example, as shown in FIG. 5 (a), when the bills are stacked from the top in the order of short bills, long bills, short bills, and long bills, for example, when the bills are inserted into a ticket slot of an automatic ticket gate, After processing the respective tickets in order from the top, they are transported in that order to the stacking mechanism 10 by the ticket transport path 12 as shown in FIG. First, since the bill is the bill C1, the bill type judging means 50 detects that the bill is a bill, and the wing 20 is rotated clockwise through the wing driving means 54. By lowering the end portion 56 downward, the coin transport path 60 is formed.
1 is conveyed until its tip abuts on the stopper 24 and is held in the discharge storage unit 26. At this time, the rear end of the bill C1 is located in the pocket 62 of the wing 20 and is curled.

Next, when the second long note C1 from the top in FIG. 5A is conveyed, as shown in FIG.
0 rotates counterclockwise to form a coin transport path 58. Through the long note transport path 58, the long note C1 is curled at the rear end of the reserved short note C2 as described above.
Transported to Then, the short note C2 is put on hold with the short note C2 superimposed on the long note C1.

Further, when the third bill C22 from the top in FIG. 5A is conveyed, the wing 20 rotates clockwise as shown in FIG. Is done. Through this stencil conveyance path 60, the stencil C22 is
It is held in the discharge storage unit 26 so as to be stacked on the previously held short note C2.

Finally, the bottom voucher C1 in FIG.
When the sheet 2 is conveyed, the wing 20 rotates counterclockwise as shown in FIG. This long ticket C12 is the short ticket C which has been held earlier.
2. Since the rear end of C22 is curled,
And a plurality of bills are stacked so as to sneak between and the previously held long note C1.

FIG. 5B shows a state in which a plurality of media having different lengths are stacked. That is, the coins are bundled together, and a plurality of coins are stacked on the plurality of coins. At this time, the tips of the media having different lengths are aligned by the stopper 24.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, a pocket is formed at the leading end of a wing for sorting long and short bills so as to support the rear end of the short bill so as to curl upward. Therefore, even after the bills have been transported and stored, the bills are stacked so as to be positioned below the bills, so that with a simple configuration, a plurality of bills and a plurality of bills can be formed. Even if it is sent to the stacking mechanism randomly, a plurality of short bills are surely stacked on a plurality of long bills that are grouped for each bill type and stacked. Therefore, unlike the related art, there is no need to provide a temporary holding unit for transporting only the long note upstream of the ticket discharging unit and then transporting the short note, and the entire apparatus becomes compact.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a mechanism for stacking a plurality of media according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an operation diagram of the stacking mechanism showing a state in which a first bill is held in a discharge storage unit and a second bill is being conveyed.

FIG. 3 is an operation diagram of the stacking mechanism showing a state in which a bill is being conveyed.

FIG. 4 is an operation diagram of a stacking mechanism showing a state in which a bill is stacked on a bill in the discharge storage unit.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a stacking pattern showing a state in which short bills are stacked on a long bill in a discharge storing unit when a plurality of long bills and short bills are conveyed randomly.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 stacking mechanism 12 ticket transport path 14 upper transport belt mechanism 16 lower transport belt mechanism 18 storage transport belt mechanism 20 wing 24 stopper 26 discharge storage section 50 ticket type determination means 52 shaft 56 rear end 58 long note transport path 60 short note transport Road 62 Pocket C1 Long Ticket C2 Short Ticket

Claims (2)

[Claims] An upper conveyor belt mechanism (14) for winding and driving the medium; an lower conveyor belt mechanism (16) for conveying the medium in contact with the upper conveyor belt mechanism (14); The upper transport belt mechanism (14) and the lower transport belt mechanism (16)
And a discharge storage unit (26) that is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the transport path formed by the storage transport unit (26) that stores a plurality of media, and then discharges a plurality of media all at once. 18), the upper transport belt mechanism (14), and the lower transport belt mechanism (1
6) and the storage transport belt mechanism (18), and swings up and down to move the long note transport path (58) and the short note transport path (6).
0) and sort the media having different lengths, and curl the rear end of the short note (C2) when the short note (C2) is held by the discharge storage section (26) at the front end. And a stopper (24) for stopping the transport of the medium and aligning the leading ends of the plurality of media on the discharge side of the discharge storage part (26). A mechanism for stacking multiple media. 2. A bill (C2) is attached to the tip of the wing (20).
2. A mechanism according to claim 1, further comprising a notch-shaped pocket for curling and supporting a rear end of the medium.