JPS59102752A - Paper sheet accumulator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reliably discharge a paper sheet in the case where paper sheets dropped and accumulated in an accumulating chamber are discharged by opening a discharging port mounted on the lower portion of the accumulating chamber by providing a pushing member capable of freely moving along the accumulating chamber, thereby discharging the paper sheets. CONSTITUTION:In an accumulator, paper money P classified by kind of money is transported from a transport path 13 through a classifying gate 44a and an impeller mechanism 50 to be dropped and accumulated in an accumulating chamber 51, and the stacked paper money P is discharged downward by opening a shutter device 16. Linear projecting portions 59b, 60b are vertically formed on both left and right wall plates 59, 60 of the accumulating chamber 51. A pushing member 92 capable of vertically moving in the accumulating chamber 51 is provided with notch portions mounted on both left and right sides of the member 92 to be engaged with the above projecting portions 59b, 60b. The pushing member 92 is vertically moved with a slide rail 90 supported on a side frame 53 through bevel gear train 99, an arm 100, a ling 102 and the like by the operation of a motor 94 in a pushing device 17.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a method for stacking paper sheets such that paper sheets accumulated in the stacking chamber are discharged outside the stacking chamber by opening a discharge port of the stacking chamber. Concerning improvements to equipment.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

In recent years, cash sorting and aggregation machines have been put into practical use that accept banknotes of multiple denominations all at once and automatically inspect them, as well as classify 1°, and have achieved considerable success.

This cash sorting and tallying machine usually handles 10,000 yen banknotes, round yen banknotes,
1000 yen banknotes and 500 yen banknotes are separated into 4 stacking rooms, and 1
When the classification and aggregation of 0 tons is completed, the discharge port of each of these storage chambers is opened, and the storage is stored in the storage corresponding to each storage chamber, and then the next loft is processed.

In this way, processing in the cash sorting and tallying machine is carried out separately for each lot, and if a jam occurs or a discrepancy in counting occurs during the process, the banknotes in the stacking room are removed and reprocessed, and each lot is processed separately. It is absolutely necessary to prevent previously processed banknotes from remaining in the stacking chamber.

Therefore, a device has been developed in which a movable pushing member is provided for each collection chamber to push the paper sheets in the collection chamber out of the collection room. However, conventionally, in this kind of stacking device, a large linear gap is formed between the end face of the pushing member and the inner wall surface of the stacking chamber, and the inner wall surface of the stacking chamber may If they are stacked along the same line, there is a problem that they may not be able to be pushed out of the stacking room reliably.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances, and its purpose is to provide an entire paper sheet stacking device in which no paper sheets remain in the stacking chamber after the stacked paper sheets are discharged. It is something.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve this object, the present invention forms grooves or protrusions along the discharge direction of the accumulated paper sheets on the inner wall surface of the stacking chamber, and also provides protrusions or notches that fit into these grooves or protrusions. A pushing member having a push member is provided movably relative to the stacking chamber, and the stacked paper sheets in the stacking chamber are discharged to the outside of the stacking chamber by the movement of the pushing member.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained with reference to an illustrated embodiment.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a bill sorting and tallying machine to which an embodiment of the stacking device of the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the entire machine. In the figure, 1 is a main body, and a display operation device 2 is provided at the upper right of this main body 1, and a bill slot 3 is provided.
and a banknote reject opening 4 are provided. and,
A bill ejecting device 5 is provided in the main body 1 facing the bill inlet 3, and the bills P placed in the inlet 3 are taken out one by one and fed into the take-in conveyance path 6. It is now possible to

Then, the taken-out banknote P passes through a discriminating section 7 that determines the denomination, authenticity, correctness, front and back, etc. of the banknote while being conveyed through the take-in conveyance path 6. Banknotes P determined to be abnormal by the discrimination section 7 are sent to the banknote litho-eftrometer 4, and normal banknotes P are guided to the left in the figure by the sorting gate 8. Further, the banknotes P determined to be front by the above-mentioned discrimination unit 7 are guided to the first conveyance path 9, and the banknotes P determined to be reverse are guided by the second distribution gate 10 to the second conveyance path, i.e. It is led to the front-back reversing conveyance device 11, and can be corrected from the back to the front. Moreover, the passage time of the first conveyance path 9 and the second conveyance path (front-back reversal conveyance device) 11 is set to be the same passage time, and the banknotes P... conveyed at a constant pitch are Even if they are distributed by the second sorting dart 10Vc and pass through separate conveyance paths 9 and 1, when they merge at the merging section 12, they are conveyed at a constant pitch without colliding or pitch clogging. It has become. Furthermore, the banknotes P, whose front and back sides are aligned, are conveyed to a sorting conveyance path 13 as a sorting section connected to the merging section 12, and are sorted by denomination. Below the sorting conveyance path 13, there are stacking devices 14a, 14b, 14c, and 14d that stack banknotes sorted by denomination in a sequentially stacked manner in the plane direction.
Banknotes P accumulated in a, 14b, 14c, 14d...
In addition to supporting the storage compartments 15a and 15b as necessary,
, 15c, 15d.
6 is provided. Furthermore, in order to ensure storage in each storage 15a to 15d, the device 1 pushes the banknotes P...
7 is provided.

Next, the second conveyance path, that is, the front-back reversal conveyance device 1 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6 (a), (b), and (c).

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 20 indicates a twist conveyance path twisted by 180 degrees, and this twist conveyance path 20 has a 72-degree angle as shown in FIG.
It is formed by stretching two stretchable endless belts (hereinafter referred to as twist belts) twisted by 0° (2 turns) through a plurality of rows 222h to 22f in a figure-8 shape. . Furthermore, as shown in FIG.
A flat twist guide body 23h along both sides of the
23b, 23c, and 23d are provided. These flat twist guide bodies are supported by support columns (not shown) 23a.

The guide bodies 23b, 23c, and 23d are also paired and twisted while maintaining the gap a shown in FIG. 6(a) in accordance with the twisting of the twisting belt 2. These twisting guide bodies 23a to 23c are located on both sides of the twisting belt 2 and are continuous from the entrance to the exit of the twisting conveyance path 20, so they are effective for folding in quarters, half folding, and soft bills P with weak elasticity. The purpose of this is that when a weak banknote P that is folded into four pieces is conveyed in a 180° inversion at high speed by the twisting belt 21, the wind pressure will cause the banknote to bend or skew (5KFW). It will look like Figure 6 (b). In order to prevent this and carry out stable reversal conveyance, it is necessary to firmly back up both ends and guide the pair of guide bodies 23a and 23b, 23c.

The pair 24d plays this role. Further, in the figure, reference numeral 24 denotes an idle roller, which is located at the center of the twist belt 2 and provides a clamping force for the banknote P. This is because the twisting belt 21 tries to restore its original shape, so no conveying force can be expected on the twisting conveyance path 20. In addition, when the banknote P is conveyed while being reversed on the conveyance path 2o of the twist 9, it is conveyed in the shape shown in FIG. This will cause a collision. Therefore, the rollers 24, 2 located on the twist conveyance path 20
5 needs to be the same as or smaller than the width of the twist belt 21. (See Figure 6 (a) and (b)) Also, banknotes P
Because it is forcibly twisted in the twist conveyance path 20, it tends to become curly, and if it merges with the front banknote P that has been conveyed through the first conveyance path 9, it is likely to cause a jam. Therefore, a flat conveyance path, such as a horizontal conveyance path 26, is required to correct the curl after reversal. As shown at L in FIG. 5, they are arranged to merge after correction in a horizontal conveyance path 26 for at least one banknote.

The twist belt 2 is driven by a drive belt 27 from the motor 18 shown in FIG.
8 to rotate the conveyor belt forming the intake conveyance path 6. Furthermore, the drive belt 29 is connected to the drive roller 2.
8 and 30° 22d, and constitutes a second conveyance path (front-back reversal conveyance device) 1 and a sectional conveyance path 13, which are configured to rotate. Further, the drive belt 32 is wound around the drive rollers 22d, 33.degree. 34, so that the conveyance belts constituting the first conveyance path 9 and the renoect conveyance path 35 rotate. In addition, the roller 22
Of the rollers a to 22f, only the roller 22d provided on the exit side of the twisted conveyance path 20 is a driving roller, and the portion of the belt 2 that forms the twisted conveyance path 20 and the horizontal conveyance path 26 is the tension side. Uneven speed of belt 2,
Sagging, misalignment, etc. are prevented, and the banknote P can be reliably turned over without causing skew, jam, etc. When the motor 27 is energized in this manner, all the transport systems run at the same speed. Furthermore, although the conveyance distances of the first conveyance path 9 and the second conveyance path (Table 9 - Reversing Conveyance Device) 1 are set to be the same, the transit times may not necessarily be the same due to belt and roller slips, etc. is not limited.

A roller 36f for correcting the passage time of the conveyance path 9 of this high-grade student 1
tBy moving as shown in the broken line in Figure 2, the conveyance distance is corrected and the passing time is adjusted to the second conveyance path (front-side reversal conveyance device).
11 can be matched. The bill pitch at the confluence section 12 of the banknotes that have passed through the first conveyance path 9 and the banknotes P that has passed through the second conveyance path (front-side reversal conveyance device) 1 in this way is the second Distribution f-) The bill pitch remains the same as before 10, and the bill order is not changed, the bills do not collide, and the operation timing is not impaired.

The banknotes P conveyed by the belt in the take-in conveyance path 6 are discriminated by the discriminator 7, and the banknotes P determined to be genuine or false or abnormal are verified by the first vibrating member 8. The banknotes are divided into 9 parts to the banknote transport section. Then, even if the banknotes P are normal, the banknotes P that are determined to be heads are guided to the first transport path 9 (10-1), and the banknotes P that are determined to be backs are sorted out at the gate 10 and transported to the second transport path. Road (
(front-back reversal conveyance device) 1. Here, the banknote P determined to be the back side is reversely conveyed by the twisting belt 21, but both ends of the banknote P are backed up by guide pairs 23th to 23d, and the backing paper belt P is 1.
After being conveyed in an 80° inversion and corrected to the front banknote P, the twisted conveyance path 20 corrects the curl in the horizontal conveyance path 26, and then the banknote is sent out from the first conveyance path 9 at the merging section 12. The front banknotes P and the banknotes are conveyed together without the pitch between the banknotes being out of order. The same effect can be obtained even if the twist guide members 23h to 23d are replaced with wire-shaped twist guides 37h to J7d having a round cross section as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8.

That is, since the banknote P is conveyed through the twist conveyance path 2o by 1800 rotations, the twist conveyance path 2o is rotated as shown in FIGS.
As shown in , a wire-like twist is formed by winding it in a helical shape at an angle of lead angle θ (-θ=n) which can be calculated from the width and reversal conveyance distance a, which guides the outer periphery of the cylinder 20'. Even if the paper guide bodies 37a to 37d are attached to both sides of the twist p conveyance path 20, it is possible to back up the deflection of both ends of the banknote P and guide it.

In addition, the classified conveyance path 13 separates banknotes P... by denomination, which are conveyed via the first conveyance path 9 and the second conveyance path (front-back inverted conveyance bag M) 11 and merged at the merging section 12. It is divided into sections for each of the stacking devices 148 to 14d, and is configured as follows. That is, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the divided conveyance path 13 includes a conveyor belt 41 stretched across Mt of guide rollers 40, and a substantially horizontal lower surface of the conveyor belt 4. The bill P is sandwiched and conveyed in the direction of the arrow at the mutually opposing surface with a plurality of conveyor belts 43 . There is. Furthermore, distribution darts 44m, 44b, and 44c, which can be rotated by a rotary solenoid (not shown), are arranged at positions corresponding to the first to third accumulation devices 14a to 14c.
Banknotes P... that are going straight in the direction of the arrow can be appropriately guided to the stacking devices 14a to 14c. Further, the banknotes P sorted by the sorting darts 44g, 44b, and 44c are conveyed via a guide roller 45. It is configured to be carried out to the first to third accumulating devices 14a to 14e, respectively, via a discharging path 47 formed at a mutually opposing portion with the belt 46, and also led to the fourth accumulating device 14d. The bill P to be floated is formed by the mutually opposing surfaces of the conveyor belt 4 and the conveyor belt 43 at the right end in FIG. The segmented conveyance path 13 configured in this way conveys the banknotes P sent out from the merging section 12 in the short direction while sequentially sandwiching them via the conveyance belts 41 and 43 . Then, the denomination 1 of the banknote P that is conveyed as a result of denomination discrimination by the discriminating section 7
If 3- is, for example, a 10,000 yen bill, the rotary solenoid (not shown) is energized, and the division dart 44t is rotationally displaced from the state shown in FIG. 10 to the position shown by the solid line in FIG. P is guided downward by the dividing gate 44a and sent into the discharge path 47. Thereafter, the rotary solenoid (not shown) is demagnetized and the division gate 44a is returned to the state shown in FIG. 10 (the state indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 11). In the case of a 5,000 yen bill, the sorting dart 44b operates in the same manner as described above, and in the case of a 1,000 yen bill, the section 1''-44c operates in the same manner as described above.In the case of a 500 yen bill, it is sorted midway through. Segmented conveyance path 1
It is naturally conveyed and guided to the terminal end of 3. Sectional conveyance path 13
The banknotes P drawn by the banknotes P are classified into denominations as shown in the figure. Next, the stacking devices 14m and 14b stack the banknotes P classified into denominations in this way.
, 14c, and I4d will be explained based on FIGS. 10, 11, and 12. A first integrating device 14a provided below the dividing gate 44*, and a first integrating device 14a provided below the dividing gate 44*;
A second accumulating device 14b provided correspondingly below, a third accumulating device 14C1 provided correspondingly below the sorting gate 44c, and a third accumulating device 14C1 provided correspondingly below the terminal end of the sorting conveyance path 13. The fourth accumulation device 14d has substantially the same configuration, and after being sorted on the sorting dates 44h to 44c,
Banknotes P carried out by the conveyance path 47... or banknotes P carried out directly from the terminal end of the segmented conveyance path 13
. . . Each banknote is composed of an impeller mechanism 50 for stacking the banknotes in the entire surface direction, and a stacking chamber 51 for guiding and stacking the edges of banknotes. The specific structure of the impeller mechanism 50 and the accumulation chamber 51 is shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, in which a support shaft 52 is supported by a bearing 54 provided on a side frame 53. , a driven gear 5 is attached to the support shaft 52.
5 is fitted. The support shaft 42 of the guide row 242 is attached to the father frame 53.
an intermediate gear mechanism 57 between the drive gear 56 fitted on the guide roller 42 and the driven gear 55.
is provided, and when the guide roller 42 is rotated by the rotation of the drive belt 29, the rotational force is sequentially transmitted to the drive gear 56, intermediate gear mechanism 57, and driven gear 55, and the guide roller 42 is attached to the intermediate portion of the support shaft 52. The impeller 58 rotates. The impeller 58 includes a ring-shaped impeller main body 58a, and a plurality of blade plates 58b whose proximal ends protrude radially from the support shaft 52 and are bent in a predetermined direction. It is composed of... Also, each blade plate 58
b... are formed in a spiral shape with a wide spacing between the distal ends and gradually narrowing toward the proximal end. Further, the impeller 58,58 is operated at the fold line pa of the banknote P as shown in FIG.
, pb at intervals such that folds pa, p
It is mounted outside b.

Although not shown, it goes without saying that folds can be avoided even if the bill P is folded in two, and especially when setting the interval between the impellers 58 and 58, it is possible to avoid folds when the bill is large in size. If a 10,000 yen bill is used as a standard, folding can naturally be avoided even for low-denomination bills. By arranging the impellers 58, 58 in this way, it is possible to reliably prevent banknotes from jamming in the impellers 58, 58 even if the banknotes P have some creases. Further, each of the accumulation chambers 5... has the blade plate 58b as shown in FIG.
, 58b, and a right side wall that is arranged opposite to the left side wall plate 59 with a space that allows banknotes P to overlap and accumulate in the surface direction. A transparent acrylic plate 61 is provided on the front so that it can be opened and closed. Each of the wall plates 59..., 60... is composed of a board material whose surface is conductive at least in the direction of the falling movement of the banknote P, that is, the weight of the banknote P, such as an endless metal plate. There is. If each of the wall plates 59, 60 is made of a metal plate constructed in this manner, the contact area with the banknote P can be reduced, so that the banknote P can be dropped smoothly, and the impeller 58. 58 and conveyor belt 4
1, 43, 46, it is possible to completely eliminate abnormalities in the falling of banknotes P and uneven accumulation due to the influence of static electricity. Note that the wall plates 59 and 60 may be replaced with ones formed by conductive plating on the surface of an endless plastic plate.

The operation of the thus configured integration devices 14a to 14d will be explained. The banknotes P sorted into various denominations by the conveyance path 13 as the sorting section are conveyed to one of the first stacking devices W, 14a to the fourth stacking device 14d depending on the denomination. For example, the first integration device 14
When a 10,000 yen bill is conveyed at *, it is conveyed from the sorting date 44h toward the impeller 58, which rotates in the direction of arrow E shown in FIG.

At this time, the impeller 58.58 is being rotated at a circumferential speed of about 1/4 of the banknote conveyance speed in the divided conveyance path 13, and the blade plate 58b of the impeller 58.58 is rotated.

During the period of 58h, the banknote P is inserted and conveyed while being sandwiched between the blade plate 58b and the impeller body 58m.

Then, as the impellers 58 and 58 rotate, the banknotes P are transferred, and the notches 59m and 5
9h and falls onto the shutter device 16 that partitions the storages 15a to 15d, which will be described later.

Also, the banknotes P subsequently carried by the impeller 58.58
are carried first and are sequentially overlapped on the banknotes P, thereby accumulating the banknotes P... Next, the shutter device 16 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1O to 14(A) and 14(B). The schematic structure of the shutter device 16 is as shown in FIG. 10, consisting of four connected partition plates 65a and 65b.
A shutter 65 consisting of... and each partition plate 65m...
, 65b, . . . , 65b, . . .
It is composed of δ. Below the shutter 65 are provided storages 19-15a-15d corresponding to the respective accumulation devices 14a-14dJ/C. The specific configuration of the shutter device 16 is shown in FIGS. 13 and 14 (A) (
(b) as shown in (b). FIG. 13 is a schematic top view of the shutter device 16, and although only the portions located below the first accumulation section 14m and the second accumulation section 14b are shown, the third and fourth accumulation sections 14c and 14d are connected. Since the configuration is the same, the explanation will be omitted. FIG. 14 is a right side view of the shutter device 16. The partition plates 65a of the shutter 65 are connected to each other.

On one end side of 65b, a part of the side frame 53 fixed in the main body 1 is cut out, and a roller 68 is fitted into an elongated roller groove 67 (see FIG. 14 (b)).
. . . The slide bearing 7 is held in a reciprocating manner via the support shaft 69 which is also fixed to the main body 1 at the other end and is located opposite the side frame 53.
o..., 71... so as to be reciprocally movable.

The @1 partition plate 65a is bent so as to form a protrusion 72.72"f projecting from the upper surface, and the second partition plate 65b also has the same shape as the first partition plate 65m. Similarly, a protrusion 73.73 ft is formed, and the protrusion 73.73 is disposed above and below the protrusion 72.73 so as to overlap and fit with the protrusion 72.
2.72 also has a nested shape (
14(a)), and the protruding portion 73 is also nested with the right side wall plate 60, and the first partition plate 65m and the second partition plate 65b are opposite to each other. The banknotes P are moved back and forth and placed on the partition plates 65h and 65b.
When dropping..., each side wall plate 59, 60, partition plate 6
Bills P are completely prevented from entering into the gap 74 of 5m and 65b. The specific configuration of the drive unit 66 includes an arm 76 whose rotation center is a shaft 75 fixed to a bracket (not shown) attached to the main body 1, and a first partition plate 65h connected to the arm 76 via a connecting pin 77.
A link 78 connected to the second partition plate 65b, a link 79 connected to the second partition plate 65b, and a direction in which each partition plate 65h, 65b is opened (
21-13 arrow G, , G, direction), that is, each partition plate 65a
, 65b are stored in the storage 15a.
A spring 8θ is hooked thereon to bias it in the direction of dropping it to ~75d. Further, one end of the arm 76 is connected to the bent portion 7.
6h is formed, and a roller 83 rotatably attached to a rotating arm 82 which is fixed to the drive shaft of the motor 8 and rotates can be brought into rolling contact with this bent portion 76a. , is still in contact with the bent portion 76a against the force of the spring 80.

That is, the partition plates 65a and 65b are closed, and the banknotes P are placed in the accumulation chamber 5. father,
Rotating arm 8 fixed on the axis of arm 76 and motor 8
Since it is almost perpendicular to 2 and forms a dead center, the inner partition plate 6
5h and 65b can be prevented from being manually operated, and the storage compartment 15 described later
It has the unique effect of ensuring the safety of the banknotes P... stored in h to 15d.

Next, shutter equipment? The operation of #716 will be explained. A predetermined number of sheets 22- placed in the accumulation chamber 51 are energized to the motor 81 to rotate the drive shaft for a predetermined time, and the rotating arm 82 is stopped at the position shown by the two-dot chain in FIG. . When the tip roller 83 of the rotating arm 82 comes into contact with the bent portion 76a of the arm 76, the arm 76 is instantly rotated due to the 8° force of the spiral, and the first partition plate 65a is 01 direction, the second partition plate 65b moves relatively in the G2 direction to separate each accumulation chamber 5...
The bottoms of the outlets 51a, . . . are opened all at once, and the banknotes P... placed thereon are dropped into the storage compartments 158 to 15d. In other words, it moves left and right in the same way as Daruma Otoshi and falls horizontally. Further, 84 is a stopper for the arm 76. Further, 85 is a detector which detects that each of the partition plates 65g and 65b is opened. 86 is each partition plate 65a.

This is a stop detector that detects that 65b is closed. Next, regarding the method of closing the partition plates 65a and 65b, when the operation of the pushing device 17, which will be described later, is completed and a predetermined detection is made, the motor 81 is re-energized and the rotating arm 82 moves in the direction indicated by the arrow in the figure. When A rotates in one direction and rotates by a predetermined amount, it comes into contact with the bent portion 761L of the arm 76, and the arm 76 is rotated against the biasing force of the spring 80, and the stop detector 8
6, the rotation of the motor 81 is stopped. In such a shutter device 16, a plurality of accumulation chambers 51 from the first accumulation device 14h to the fourth accumulation device 14d... are interconnected with four first partition plates 65a that are interconnected. 4 second partition plates 65
The banknotes P placed in each stacking chamber 51 can be stored at the same time by a drive unit 66 that drives both paper cutting plates 65a and 65b to move relative to each other at the same time. The cost can be reduced to about 1/4 compared to the case where one shutter device is used for each chamber 51, and furthermore, only one shutter device is required for each of the multiple accumulation chambers 5. The failure rate is also reduced to 1/4, resulting in cumulative effects.

In addition, in order to allow the group of banknotes P placed horizontally to freely fall horizontally without tilting, it is necessary to instantaneously operate each partition plate 65a, 65b, and according to this configuration, the spring 80 (By selecting D, the operation can be made as fast as possible, and the configuration is very simple.

The pushing device 17 is shown in FIGS. 13, 15 and 1.
This will be explained with reference to FIG. The specific configuration of the pushing device 17 is shown in FIGS. 13, 15, and 16, and includes a side frame 53 fixed to the main body 1 and a vertically movable device whose one end is fixed to the side frame 53. a slide rail 90, a frame 91 as a movable body fixed to the movable side 90h of the slide rail 90, a push member 92 attached to the frame 91 corresponding to each accumulation chamber 5)... The frame 91 is configured to be vertically movable (in the direction of arrow B in FIG. 16). The frame 91 is driven by the main body 1.
A motor 94 and a bearing box 95 are attached to a bracket 93 fixed to the bracket 93. A bevel gear 96 is attached to the output shaft of the motor 94, and a bevel gear 98 is attached to one end of the shaft 97 fitted in the bearing box 95.
．． The output from the motor 94 is transmitted to a shaft 97 attached to the shaft 97 via a power transmission mechanism 99 consisting of a power transmission mechanism 98 . An arm 100 is fixed to the other end of the shaft 97, and a link 102 is rotatably attached via the arm 100 and a pin 101. Further, a fixed bin 103 is fixed to the frame 9, and the link 102 is fitted into the fixed bin 103 to connect the motor 94.
The rotational force of the frame 9 is converted into vertical motion and transmitted to the frame 9. The operation of the pushing device 17 will be explained. When a predetermined number of banknotes P are accumulated in each of the stacking chambers 51, the shutter device 16 is activated and the banknotes P are freely dropped into the storage boxes 15a to 15d. . Here, when the shutter device 16 is detected by the detector 85, the movable body moving means 89 operates.

That is, when the motor 94 is energized, power is transmitted to the bevel gears 96, 26- and 98, and the arm 95 rotates in the direction of arrow C as shown in FIG. 15 via the shaft 97. Link 1 via bin 10no
02, a frame 91 is attached to this link 102 via a fixed pin 103, so when the arm 100 rotates in the direction of arrow A, the push-in member 92 attached to the frame cxVc moves as shown in FIG. It moves downward and enters into the storage compartments 15a to 15d, where it pushes and stores the banknote group P that has fallen.

Father, when the above arm 100 rotates 180 degrees, frame 9
1 reaches the bottom dead center, is detected by the detector 105, and the pushing operation is completed. That is, the mechanism is such that the frame 91 moves back and forth once by one rotation of the arm 100. Moreover, many of the banknotes P... placed in the respective accumulation chambers 51... are stacked in a standing state as shown in the first accumulation chamber 51 in FIG. P can also be reliably pushed in and stored. That is, as shown in FIG. 13, the pushing member 92 is inserted into the notches 92h, . It has a structure that allows reliable push-in storage even for bills that are not stacked horizontally.

In such a pushing device 17, the banknotes P... accumulated in the plurality of accumulation chambers 51... can be reliably stored into the plurality of storage compartments 158 15d at the same time by the - operation, Unlike conventional fA configurations, which constitute independent pushing devices for the first to fourth accumulation chambers and storage, it is possible to move the first to fourth accumulation chambers and storage in one operation. Since it is configured to be pushed in all at once, only one drive device is required, and the number of parts is small, reducing cost.
It can be lowered to about 74, which has a great effect. The display and operation device 2 is configured as shown in FIG. 17, and includes a power switch 11o1 mode designation switch 111, a confirmation key 112, a numeric keypad 113, a group of operation keys 114, a display section 115, a card insertion slot 116, and a slip issuing slot 117. It is configured. The mode designation switch 111 is used to designate a processing mode such as classification, counting, or counting classification. The above operation key group 114 is the denomination specification key 1
14c, an operator number key 114g, and a total key 114h. The display section 115 also includes a p indicator 115g that displays the number of coins for each denomination,
A display 115b displays the number of sheets collected in each collection room, and a display 115c displays the total amount.

It is composed of a display 115e that displays the total number of sheets. The operation of the display operation device 2 configured in this way will be explained. For example, the mode designation switch 11
By setting 0 to counting classification, the control section (not shown) is set to counting classification mode. Then, input the account number key 114b and the account number indicating a savings account using the numeric keypad 113, and enter the processing number J.
74c Full input L, operator number key 29-114d is input, and the operator's operator number key is input using the numeric keypad 113.

The account number, processing number, and credit number entered using the numeric keypad 113 are displayed on the display 115e and confirmed.

Then, in a standing position, the banknotes P deposited in the ordinary deposit are thrown into the slot 3 at once, regardless of whether they are front or back, and the start key 114f is turned on.

Then, the banknote P is transferred to the ejecting device 5, the conveyance path 6, the discriminator 7,
Further, the banknotes that are determined to be front banknotes by the discriminator 2 are the first banknotes.
The banknotes that are determined to be reverse banknotes are transferred to the second transport path 1.
1, corrected to face banknotes, and merged into the merging section 12, the banknotes are stored in the storage 15 via the sorting conveyance path 13, the stacking device 14, the shutter device 16, and the pushing device 17, and are discriminated by the discriminating section 7 along the way. The display portions 115pr and 115bK show the number of banknotes for each denomination that has been collected in correspondence with the accumulation chamber and denomination.
The total amount that has been stored is displayed on the display 115c.
will be displayed. Thereafter, when the operator inputs the print key 115630-, the control unit (not shown) causes the account number, processing number, operator number, number of coins for each denomination, amount, and total number and amount of money to be printed by a printer (not shown). Further, time deposits and reserve deposits operate in the same manner as described above, and the number of coins and total amount for each denomination are processed together with the account number, processing number, and operator number. Although the description has been given of a crank mechanism using a pair of bevel gears 96.98 for the pushing drive, other methods are also possible. For example, the same effect can be obtained by using a screw at one end of the frame 9 to reciprocate, or the same effect can be obtained by replacing it with various mechanisms such as a chain or belt transmission. Needless to say, it can be done.

In addition, 120 in the figure is a banknote detector that detects the presence or absence of banknotes P.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments.

In other words, although the explanation has been given of a device that is applied to a banknote sorting and tallying machine to accumulate banknotes, it may also be used to accumulate paper sheets other than banknotes. Any type of device may be used as long as it discharges the paper sheets accumulated inside the room to the outside of the accumulation room.

Further, although a description has been given of a device having a plurality of accumulation chambers and configured to be pushed in all at once, it is needless to say that the device is not limited to this.

Furthermore, although the description has been given of a device that pushes paper sheets in a stacking chamber into a storage, it may also be a device that transfers them onto a conveyance path, for example.

In addition, a protrusion is formed on the inner wall surface of the accumulation chamber, and a notch is provided on the pushing member that nests with the protrusion, but a groove is provided on the inner wall surface of the accumulation chamber, and the pushing member nests in the groove. A protrusion may be provided.

In addition, it goes without saying that the present invention can be modified in various ways without departing from the gist of the invention.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention provides a paper sheet stacking device that discharges paper sheets stacked inside the stacking chamber to the outside of the stacking chamber by opening the discharge port of the stacking chamber. Grooves or protrusions are formed on the inner wall surface of the chamber along the discharge direction of the accumulated paper sheets, and a pushing member having a protrusion or notch that fits into these grooves or protrusions can be moved relative to the accumulation chamber. The stacked paper sheets in the stacking chamber are discharged to the outside of the stacking chamber by the movement of the pushing member. Therefore, it is possible to reliably discharge paper sheets that have been stacked along the inner wall surface of the stacking chamber, especially when used in processing equipment such as banknote handling equipment that must absolutely avoid remaining in the stacking chamber. It has the effect of being useful.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a banknote sorting and tallying machine to which an embodiment of the accumulating device of the present invention is applied, Fig. 2 is a schematic front view of the whole, and Fig. 3 shows the state of formation of the twist conveyance path. Perspective view,
Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the twisted state of the belt to form the twist conveyance path, Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the front-back reversing device, and Fig. 6 (a) is the twist guide body. 6(B) and 6(C) are explanatory diagrams showing the state of paper sheets during twist υ transport, FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a modified example of the twist guide body, and FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing the guide state of the modified example, FIGS. 9(a) and 9(b) are explanatory diagrams showing the degree of twist of the twist guide body, FIG. 12 is a schematic side view of the integration device section, FIG. 13 is a schematic plan view of the shutter device section, FIG. 14(a) is a schematic side sectional view of the same, and FIG. 15 and FIG. 16 are schematic front and side views of the pushing device, and FIG. 17 is a front view of the display operating device. 14h to 14d... Accumulating device, 17... Pushing device,
51... Accumulation chamber, 92... Pushing member, 59b, 60
b... Protrusion, 92a... Notch, P... Paper sheet (banknote). Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue 34- Figure 11 Figure 12

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a paper sheet stacking device that discharges paper sheets accumulated in the stacking chamber to the outside of the stacking chamber by opening a discharge port of the stacking chamber, the stacked paper sheets are disposed on the inner wall surface of the stacking chamber. A pushing member that forms a groove or a protrusion along the discharge direction and has a protrusion or notch that fits into the groove or protrusion is provided so as to be movable with respect to the accumulation chamber, and the movement of the pusher member causes the accumulation. A paper sheet stacking device characterized in that the paper sheet stacking device is configured to discharge paper sheets stacked in a room to the outside of the stacking room.