JPS58150482A - Paper discriminating apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to the paper industry--1, for example, paper** (
The present invention relates to a paper industry classification device that integrates a paper banknote (banknote) storage section that can store paper sheets determined as "true" and return them in some cases.

A bill storage device such as a vending machine or money exchange machine that stores Ilk* that has been 44JJ41 classified as a genuine banknote by a Kal-1% banknote separation device is generally installed on the back side together with a banknote discrimination device, so the door cannot be closed. It is sufficiently large and lightweight so as not to cause any trouble to the banknotes, etc., and also has a function that allows 118 K11 banknotes to be temporarily held in I1m (escrow) and returned when a return order is received. It is hoped that

No. 1111 is an embodiment of a conventional bill-separating device equipped with a bill storage device at its lower part. In the figure, l indicates a banknote separate device, 2 indicates a banknote storage device, 3 indicates a bill insertion guide, 4m, 4JSm, 5b a pulley, 6, 7 a conveyor belt stretched between the pulleys), 8m, 8b, lc.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a holding roller as a clamping means that conveys the banknote in cooperation with the conveyor belt, and 10.10 is a sensor part of a discrimination device that detects the legality of the banknote and distinguishes between genuine and false based on the detection signal. The discrimination sensor 11 is a spiral, 12
is the driving part of the spiral 8.

When a banknote inserted through the insertion guide 3 is detected by a sensor (not shown) provided near the entrance of the conveyance path 13 indicated by the chain line, the banknote validating device 1 starts a conveyance motor (not shown) and moves the pulley 4a, for example, in the direction of the arrow. The banknote is rotated in the direction of the banknote, and the banknote is taken into the transport path 13 by being held between the transport belt 6 and the presser roller 8b. When a banknote passes through the positions of the discrimination sensors to, to provided in the middle of the conveyance path 13, the discrimination control +ms section (
(not shown), the authenticity of the banknotes is discriminated, and the banknotes determined to be genuine (hereinafter simply referred to as genuine banknotes) are conveyed as they are and guided to the banknote storage device 2, and the banknotes determined to be duplicated and false (hereinafter simply referred to as fake banknotes) are transported as they are and guided to the banknote storage device 2. (referred to as banknotes) are returned from the insertion guide 3 by rotating the pulley 4a in the reverse direction.

The genuine banknotes guided into the banknote storage device 2 are detected by a sensor (not shown) provided at the entrance, and, for example, the pulley 5a rotates in the direction of the arrow and is held between the conveyor belt 7 and the presser roller 9. , Suno (led into the groove of Iral 11,
7-! By the spiral 11 that is driven after J6a stops,
The robot moves to the right by 1 bit and 1 and is temporarily put on hold.

Then, as a storage command is issued from a control circuit (not shown) of a vending machine or the like, it moves to the right and is stored in the storage s14.

Further, when a return command is issued from the control circuit, the spiral 11 is first rotated in the reverse direction Kl@ to push the banknotes onto the group conveying belt 7, and the banknotes ν51 and 4a are rotated in the reverse direction to be returned from the insertion guide 3.

Conventional banknote storage device 2 equipped with a temporary storage function in this way
Since the bill discriminating wheel Ill is installed separately from the bill discriminating wheel Ill and requires a dedicated space, the bill discriminating device 1 and the bill storage device ZK are each The banknote conveyor m (conveyor motor, 1-ri,
Since it is necessary to provide two presser rows, the weight and price are extremely high.

An object of the present invention is to provide a bill-separating device that can be made smaller and lighter in total size and has a storage function as described above. This purpose is to provide paper between the conveyor belt stretched between the belts and the conveyor belt.
A conveying device comprising a means for holding paper sheets, and a discrimination device for discriminating the authenticity of paper sheets that are moved along the conveyance path by the conveyance device, wherein the paper sheets have been discriminated by the discrimination device. A scissor (Iral) is arranged on both sides of the conveyor belt that conveys the mas+, and the paper sheets conveyed by the scissors conveyor belt are sent into the groove of the spiral, and the This is achieved by transporting and holding the objects in the axial direction of the spiral.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

Figure 2 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the first embodiment of the present invention. One is used for conveyance to convey banknotes to the discrimination sensor installed in the conveyance path, and the other is used for storage to store banknotes after discrimination.

When a banknote inserted through the insertion guide 3 is detected by a sensor (not shown) installed near the entrance of the conveyance path 13, the banknote separate device 1 starts a conveyance motor (not shown) and moves the pulley 4atl to the arrow. Direction K11l! J-turn,
The banknotes are taken in by being held between the conveyor belt 6 that follows the rotation of the pulley 4a and the presser rollers 28a and 8b,
It is transported through the transport path 131'CfEi5. In the process of conveyance, the banknotes pass the position of a discrimination sensor 10.10 installed on the wrong path 5, and the authenticity of the banknotes is determined based on the output from the sensor, and the trailing edge of the banknotes is Even if it passes through a sensor (not shown) at the entrance, the output signal from the identification centers t-10 and t-10 will cause the transport to be m#I!
Then, the direction of the banknotes held again between the belt and row 2 is reversed along the bay wall surface of the conveyance path 13. and,
Identification center? -10°lO output signal is used in a discrimination system @ section (not shown) to distinguish whether the banknote is genuine or false, and based on the result, if it is determined to be "true", for example, the inn banknote is edged.

7-! along the conveyor belt 6! 74m and 4b, and if it is determined to be a "fake" bill, the counterfeit bill is removed from the insertion guide 3 by rotating the pulley 4& in the opposite direction of the arrow after stopping once. After the banknote is returned, the banknote-betsuke 111 is placed in a standby state. Note that the paper and banknote identification and return operations are the same as those of the conventional device, so a detailed explanation will be omitted.

A conveyance path 13 is formed by the conveyor belt 6 and the presser roller 8a.
Since the bills being pushed out are detected by the sensors 16m and 16b provided at the exit of the passage, they are continuously conveyed even if the signal from the discrimination sensor 10. guided by the groove of

The operation of storing banknotes guided into the banknote storage section 15 in this manner will be described in detail based on the enlarged view of FIG. 3(a).

As is clear from FIG. 3(b), two spirals 11 are arranged on both sides of the two conveyor belts 6, and the conveyor belts 6 are formed with grooves in which the spirals face each other. There is a bridge extending between 1 and 1 li across the space. 111 facing the conveyor belt 6 of the spiral U
1m (According to the recording, the chutes are a series, but it refers to the part divided by the crest line when looking at the device from the front.) The banknote that was asked is pushed in the groove, and as it is raised, it becomes $1la.
(IJIlk surface 11b surface image 1b is surrounded by 6 and K.However, since the friction between the banknote and the conveyor belt is thicker than between the banknote and the spiral, the banknote is lllllll1m
The banknote 11aKa follows the conveyor belt 6 and is pulled up into the banknote storage NS1&. During this time, the banknotes were transferred to the conveyance surface 11b of the monument i1m and the conveyor belt 6 by 783 g (a
) is bent by 1% as shown by the chain line in Figure (b) of M3, which is the 1-1@ plane of 4111! from the presser roller 8a! Even if ii comes off, it will be pulled up by the conveyor belt 6. Furthermore, the pulley
The presser row 2, etc. are omitted to make it easier to understand the condition of the banknotes.

Then, after passing the positions of the sensors 16m and 1@b, the conveyor belt 6 is controlled to be stopped for a certain period of time, so that the lower end (the rear end in the conveying process) of the banknote reaches the hawk ss in the banknote storage section 15.
It should be above i. After the conveyor belt 6 has stopped, the spiral drive unit 12 is activated and the spirals 11 and 11 are simultaneously rotated once in the direction of the arrow in C83@(b), and the banknotes in the warehouse 11 move to the left. The banknotes are temporarily stored in the wire.B in FIG. 3(b) represents the temporarily stored banknotes.

Further, a case where a plurality of banknotes are inserted, for example, a case where three sheets of σ and λ paper are inserted will be explained based on FIG. 4. ,
In addition, FIG. 4 is a partial view of FIG. 3(b) seen from the PP direction in order to make it easier to understand the banknotes in the spiral groove. First, when the first bill Bl is temporarily stored ((a)) next to the spiral 11 as described above, if the second bill B2 is inserted, it will be stored in the same way as the first bill. The banknote is conveyed through the conveyance path and subjected to authentication, and if it is a genuine banknote, it is guided to #411a as shown in the figure (b).Then,
When the conveyance motor is stopped and the spiral drive s12 rotates the spiral 1 once, two banknotes Bl are transferred to 5 as shown in the figure (e).

B2 moves to the left by 1 and 5 degrees and returns to the temporarily stored state. It should be noted that the conveyance motor is controlled so as not to be driven even if the sensor in the conveyance path detects that ## is inserted from the insertion guide while the spiral drive unit 12 is being driven. After the spiral drive unit 12 stops, the third banknote B3
When the banknote is inserted, it is transported in the same manner as the previous banknote and temporarily stored in the groove 11@, lid, 11. During this time, the stitch count control section (not shown) of the bill sorting device 10 is counting the number of bills temporarily stored in the bill storage section 12, and this count is returned to zero by a storage command from a vending machine or the like, and the spiral U 11K of the temporarily stored banknotes remain in a standby state. As explained in Kami-Ayu, since the banknotes are stored in the grooves excluding the groove 11m, even if the banknotes remain in the spiral 11, they will not interfere with the next H storage operation. Further, when a return command is received, the banknotes temporarily stored in the spiral 11K are returned one by one by repeating the storing and reverse operations based on the above-mentioned counting contents.

Then, each time you return one bill, the previous count is changed to "1".
After subtraction, when the count reaches rOJ, the return is completed and a waiting list is issued.

Incidentally, as described above, it is possible to drive the spiral drive unit in response to a storage command and store the #sK banknotes in the storage space provided at the end of the spiral 11 without leaving any #sK banknotes on the spiral 11. I don't care. Further, the confirmation of the number of sheets upon return is not limited to the above-mentioned subtraction method. Furthermore, although the spiral 11 shown in FIG. 4 allows the return of four banknotes, the number of banknotes that can be returned can be increased by increasing the number of grooves in the spiral. Then, the banknotes temporarily stored in the * of the spiral 11 are sequentially sent to the left one by one by storing new banknotes, and eventually are stored in the storage space from the end of the spiral 11, and the banknotes stored in the storage space The end face of the spiral 11 is perpendicular to the axis of rotation so as not to be damaged by rotation. Furthermore, it is possible to prevent the upper end of the banknote temporarily stored in the groove of the spiral 11 from bending by using a presser plate (not shown), and also to prevent the upper end of the banknote from bending. It is also possible to store banknotes through the cooperation of four spirals.

FIG. 5 is a simplified diagram showing the second embodiment of the present invention. Compared to the first embodiment, the position of the banknote storage If l& is different, and therefore the manner in which banknotes are taken in is also somewhat different. . When the sensor detects the insertion of a banknote, the first banknote 4a and the drive row 17 rotate in the directions of the arrows, and the banknote is held between the presser roller 18, the drive row 517, the drive roller 17, and the conveyor belt 6. Reference numeral 19 is a presser roller that pushes the conveyor belt 6 against the drive row 217. Then, the taken banknotes are stored in the banknote storage section 15K provided on the back side of the banknote validator according to the result of the banknote recognition. If the storage compartment is provided on the back side like this, the storage compartment side will be exposed when the door is left open for inspection or maintenance work of the vending machine, so it has the advantage of reducing the volume and weight of collecting banknotes. have

Fig. 6 is a 11m diagram showing a third embodiment of the present invention, which differs from the first embodiment in that the banknotes taken in are once passed through the passageway Kf80 and pushed upwards. , As a result, the conveyor belt 6 stretched between the gouris 4m and 4b was extended, so the banknote storage @ 15 was transferred to the i-separate sensor 10.1.
It is arranged below 0. By once directing the 5 km conveyance passage 13 upward in this manner, there is an advantage that, for example, rainwater or the like can be prevented from entering the passage from the insertion tube 13. As shown in FIG. 1, the banknote storage section 15 can be configured to receive banknotes from above, and the storage and refund operations are the same as in the first embodiment.

In the three embodiments described above, the relationship with the conveyor belt K
Although a presser roller or a driving roller is used as the holding means for holding the banknotes, it is also possible to set a second conveyor belt stretched over another 1-ri gate and to hold the banknotes between these two conveyor belts. You can also K.

As described above, according to the present invention, by effectively utilizing both sides of the conveying device and providing a storage section for paper products by using the portion after IfalI & 1IIll are conveyed along the conveyance path, it is possible to reduce the size of the device. The am-discrimination device can be equipped with a storage function without the need for storage. Therefore, by installing the paper Jk@discrimination device Fusha, the discrimination and storage of paper l1liIIjA is possible.
This makes it possible to eliminate the need for a separate storage device, making it more eco-friendly and lightweight*.Also, in terms of price, the transportation device is shared between the paper yarn and the storage. It has the advantage of being very inexpensive.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1st gl is a front view showing a schematic configuration of a conventional device, Fig. 2 is a front view showing a schematic structure of the 141st) embodiment of the present invention, and iris 3 (a) and (b) are enlarged portions of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the transfer operation of banknotes held in the spiral groove, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line 1-1 in Fig. (a).
The sixth factor is a front view showing the schematic structure of the third eleventh embodiment of the present invention. l...Banknote discrimination device, 4m, 4b...Pulley, 6.
... Kayo belt, 8m, 8b, 8e, lid, 9,18
．． 19 = Presser roller, lO... healing dragon sir,
11...Spiral, 13...Transportation passage, 15...
- Bill storage section, 17... drive roller. fll /l z 圀Cb) sai (a) 3 rise

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] l) A transport system consisting of a conveyor belt stretched between pulleys and a hand-holding belt that holds paper TK between the conveyor belt and the transport removal belt.
1 and another device that distinguishes between the authenticity and falsity of the paper '#1 class' that moves through the pilgrimage route from the plane transport device 111C, and the 817 device 1 A spiral is placed on both sides of the life-transfer belt, which gives a different kenshu-yari.
The paper industry conveyed by the III conveying bell is fed into #IK of the spiral, and by the rotation of the toothed spiral, the body collection iron fed to the trout is transferred in the axial direction of the spiral and held. Paper thread plate made with % mold - Betsukoji Ei. 2) In the claim 1, the spiral is installed in such a way that the braided yarn of the noodle device is inverted on the 1-ri which stretches the conveyor belt. Paper east 1111 & separate trowel set to be % mackerel.