JPS593595A - Sheet paper processor - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (1) Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for processing paper sheets such as banknotes, and in particular to a recycling machine that uses deposited banknotes as payment banknotes. The present invention relates to recycling-type paper processing equipment.

(2) Background of the technology In recent years, banknote processing devices such as automatic teller machines and automatic teller machines have been widely used to streamline bank counter operations. It is used. However, conventional deposit/withdrawal machines have separate storage areas for deposited banknotes and payment banknotes, which has the problem of increasing the space of the storage area and increasing the size of the device. For this reason, recently, a recycling saint dispensing machine has been proposed which is configured to reuse deposited banknotes as payment banknotes.

As an example of a recycling-type paper sheet processing device such as the Recycle Saint Dispensing Machine, good paper sheets are fed into the input slot in bulk, are fed out one by one, and conveyed, and after the type and front and back sides are identified in the identification section. , all of them are stored in the 11!1 storage section with the front and back sides aligned, and then skewered one by one from the first storage section and transported to the storage section, and stored in a plurality of storage containers according to type, and Once stored, the good paper leaves are re-rolled one by one from the storage container! There is a device that is constructed so that it is transported in one place, temporarily stored in a second storage section, and then transported all at once to a delivery port.

However, in such a paper sheet processing device, there is a mechanism for storing paper sheets in a storage section with the front and back sides aligned (front and back alignment mechanism), a mechanism for feeding out paper sheets one by one (feeding mechanism),
Mechanisms for transporting paper products (transport mechanisms) have conventionally had the following problems, and countermeasures have been desired.

(3) Prior Art and Problems - First, regarding front and back alignment mechanisms, there are three conventional methods as follows. The first method uses two gates; for example, the front sheet of paper enters the front storage section through the first gate, and the back sheet of paper is turned over from the second gate and enters the storage section. It was designed so that it could be entered. However, in the conventional configuration, paper sheets enter the storage section from the first gate and the second gate at the same time, resulting in disordered storage, and the use of two gates also makes the structure complicated. .

The second method is to divide the storage section into two tubes, put the front paper sheets into one and the back paper sheets into the other, and then somehow work one side and turn the other storage section upside down. The ends of the paper in both storage sections are combined to align the front and back sides. However, this method uses a complicated mechanism for inversion and merging.

The third method is to make the entire storage group rotatable, so that, for example, the cover sheet is stored in the same position, and the back sheet is stored inverted, so that all the sheets are aligned on the front side. It is. However, in this method, the rotation time of the storage section becomes loss time.

Next, the feeding mechanism has conventionally generally been comprised of a big roller, a feeding roller and a separator placed opposite thereto, a capstan roller (acceleration roller), and a pinter roller brought into contact with the separator. However, in the conventional configuration, the capstan roller is provided separately from the feeding roller, and requires a large amount of space. Therefore, as mentioned above, when paper sheets are fed out from multiple storage containers and merged into a common conveyance path, a particularly large amount of wasted space is created, which leads to an increase in the size of the storage section,
This has led to the overall size and size of the equipment.

Furthermore, regarding the conveyance mechanism, in the past, the conveyance path was generally defined by a guide or a belt; in the case of a guide type, the paper sheets were directly conveyed by rollers, and in the case of the belt type, the belt was driven by a roller to move the paper sheets. Configured for indirect conveyance. However, in conventional formation, the conveyance path includes many straight parts.

In this case, there are problems such as paper sheets with curls getting caught in the guide or the like, resulting in jamming, or an increase in the amount of skew.

(4) Purpose of the Invention As stated above, the purpose of the present invention is to solve the disadvantages of the prior art in the potash recycling type paper sheet processing apparatus;
Specifically, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved structure for front and back alignment mechanisms, feeding mechanisms, and conveyance mechanisms for paper products.

(5) Structure of the Invention According to the present invention, in the recycling-type paper sheet processing apparatus as described in n++, the paper sheet front and back alignment mechanism is configured such that a gate is disposed in the paper sheet conveyance path at the front stage of the first storage section so that the paper sheets face up a first carrying-in path for carrying paper sheets face-up into the storage section; and a second carrying-in path for carrying paper sheets face-down into the storage section after being reversed to face up.
The first and second loading paths are configured such that the distances from the gates of the first and second loading paths to the storage trench are equal to each other.

Further, according to the present invention, in the recycling-type paper industry processing apparatus as described above, the paper industry unwinding device has a driving shaft driven by a reversible motor, and the unwinding roller is unidirectionally latched.
At the same time, a big roller having a slightly larger diameter than the feeding roller is rotatably provided on the drive shaft, and a separate roller is arranged opposite to the feeding roller,
A capstan roller is disposed in contact with the bin roller, and a big roller driven by a belt by the drive shaft is further provided.

Further, according to the present invention, in the recycling type paper sheet processing apparatus as described above, the paper S type conveyance mechanism is formed by bending the conveyance path with a pip that is shorter than the length in the conveyance direction of the paper sheets,
It is configured such that paper sheets are always conveyed in a bent state in the conveyance direction.

(6) Embodiments of the Invention Below, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a recycle Sejin dispensing machine which is an embodiment of the present invention. First, its overall configuration and operation will be explained.

In Figure 1, the 1-digit bill slot, 1 is the slot shutter, and 2
3 is a bill dispensing mechanism; 3 is a first bill discriminating section; 4 is a bill front and back aligning section; 5 is a first storage section; 6 is a bill dispensing mechanism; 7
8 (-1, -2, -'5) are canisters for 5,000 yen banknotes, 1,000 yen banknotes, and -10,000 yen banknotes, 9 are eject boxes, 10 is a banknote storage mechanism, 1
1 is a banknote feeding mechanism, 12 is a second storage section, 13.14
．． 15 is a bill conveyance mechanism, 16, 17° 18. 19, 20
．． 21 indicates a gate.

First, in the case of a deposit transaction, the banknotes A that have been input into the slot 1 are fed out one by one by the feeding mechanism 2, and then conveyed by the conveying mechanism 13 as shown by solid arrows. Then, the first scythe section 3 distinguishes the true size, denomination, denomination, front and back of the banknote, and the data is stored in a combinator (not shown). If a counterfeit bill or the like is included, it is transferred to the transport mechanism 14 by the gate 16, sent to the second storage section 12 as shown by the dotted arrow, and sent to the input slot 1 by the transport mechanism 15. On the other hand, the genuine bill continues to be transferred to transport mechanism 1.
! I, the banknotes are sent to the front and back alignment mechanism 4, where all the banknotes are aligned with their front and back sides and stored in the first storage section 5, as will be described later. If there is a mistake in counting the amount here,
Alternatively, when the transaction person presses the operation button to cancel the transaction, the stored banknotes are transferred all at once to the hopper 5a, from where they are fed out one by one by the feeding mechanism 6, and then moved by the conveyance mechanism 14 as indicated by the dotted arrow. As shown, it is sent to the second storage section,
In the same way as described above, the data is returned all at once to input 01.

On the other hand, if the trader presses the operation button for the transaction,
The banknotes taken out from the hopper 5 &##υ and transported by the transport mechanism 14 are sent to the storage section by the gate 17 after the denomination etc. are reconfirmed by the second discrimination section 7.

Those determined to be defective upon reconfirmation are stored in the reject box 9 through the gate 1B. On the other hand, normal banknotes are classified by denomination (5,000, 1,000, -
8-1.8-2.8-5 and stored in canisters 8-1.8-2.8-5 by the storage mechanism 10.

This completes the deposit transaction.

Next, in the case of a payment transaction, bills of denominations corresponding to the amount desired by the transaction person are fed out one by one from the canister 8-1.8-2.8-5 by the feeding mechanism 11, and then by the conveying mechanism 14. It is transported in the direction shown by the thick white arrow. and#! After the amount of the payment banknotes is confirmed by the second verification unit 7, the bills are fed into the second storage unit 12, and transported all at once to the input slot 1 by the transport mechanism 15, where they are paid to the transaction person. This completes the payment transaction.

Next, the banknote front and back alignment mechanism 4 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. In FIG. 2, numeral 30 indicates a gate, and 51 to 37 indicate feed rollers. The conveyance path of the conveyance mechanism 15 is divided into two conveyance paths 13a and 15b from the contact point P of the feed roller 52°36. One conveyance path 1
3& passes between the feeder jaws 254 and 35 to the storage section 5 (I
The other conveyance path 15b is an entrance path for genuine banknotes that goes around the feed rollers 36 and 37 and reaches the entrance P6 at the lower right side of the storage section 5. It is. And gate branch point P1 of loading road i3m
It is configured such that the distance between the forceps from P2 to the reservoir population P2 and the distance from the branch point P of the entry path 15b to the reservoir population P2 are equal to each other.

When the banknote holder moves into the feeding hole using the feeding roller 51 as shown by the arrow, this is detected by a sensor (not shown), and the gate 30 moves to the solid line position based on the results of front and back discrimination by the discrimination section 3 described above. Alternatively, it swings to the dotted line position. When the banknote is face up, the gate 30 swings to the solid line position, and the front banknote is placed in the carry-in path 1.
31, and is carried into the storage section 5 from the entrance P2 facing upward as shown by reference numeral A1. On the other hand, when the paper %A is face down, the gate 50 swings to the dotted line position, and the genuine banknote is passed through the carry-in path 15b and is turned face up to the population P.

From there, it is carried into the storage section as shown by reference numeral A2. In this embodiment, the feed rollers 34 and 57 are both attached to a drive shaft 38 as shown in FIG.
are provided coaxially, and a deformable flat belt (not shown) is provided on this. This flat belt serves to lift up the rear end of the banknote A2 carried into the storage section 5. That is, in the case of banknotes A, the rear end is flapped down as shown by the dotted arrow by a flat belt provided coaxially with the feed roller 34, and the banknotes are stacked diagonally in the storage section 5. On the other hand, in the case of banknotes A2, the rear end is lifted up by a flat belt provided coaxially with the feeding roller 237, and the banknotes are similarly stacked diagonally. Note that the same effect can be obtained by using a jagged roller instead of the flat belt.

The front and back alignment mechanism described above has the following advantages.

0) First, both entry paths 15a+ for front banknotes and back banknotes
15b are equal, both banknotes A1. A2 will be carried into the storage section 5 in the same order as when it reaches the branch point P1. In other words, a situation in which both the 11 banknotes are carried into the storage section 5 at the same time does not occur, and jamming of banknotes within the storage section 5 can be prevented.

(b) In addition, only one gate is required, and the structure is simpler than the above-mentioned first conventional method (two gates).

p-+ Furthermore, since the banknotes are carried in from the upper and lower ends of the storage section, and each time the banknotes are carried in, the trailing edge of the banknote is folded down or raised, the leading edge of the next banknote from the same population is It is possible to prevent a jam from occurring due to collision with the rear end of the banknote that entered earlier.

In addition, in the storage method described above, when the first bill is stored, this acts as a partition and separates the storage section into two.
It can be thought of as a system that is divided into rooms, and from then on, banknotes are delivered to each house individually. Therefore, it can also be thought of as an improvement on the conventional second method mentioned above.

(E) Furthermore, front and back alignment can be performed efficiently in a single time.

Next, FIGS. 4, 5, and 6 show a banknote dispensing mechanism according to the present invention. This feeding mechanism applies in principle to all feeding parts designated 2.6 and 11 in FIG. However, in the following, the case of the feeding mechanism 9 for the canister 8 will be explained in particular.

In FIGS. 4 to 6, 4 motors are capable of forward and reverse rotation, 41 is a feeding roller shaft, 42 is a feeding roller, and 4'
5 is a separate roller, 44 is a capstan roller shaft,
45 is a capstan roller, 46 is a pinch roller, 47
48 is a big roller shaft, 48 is a big roller, and 49 is a conveyance roller.

The feed roller shaft 41 is driven by the motor 4OK.

The feed roller 42 is attached to the shaft 41 via a one-way latte 50, and is rotated in the forward rotation direction of the feeder 40 (in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 4), but not in the positive rotation direction of the motor 40. It is designed so that it will not happen. Further, the binder roller 46 is also rotatably mounted on the shaft 41 by means of a bearing 51.
It is attached. That is, the feeding roller 42 and the pinch row 246 are attached to the common shaft 41.

Incidentally, the diameter of the pinch roller 46 is slightly larger than that of the feed roller 42. Separate roller 46 is disposed below and opposite to feed-out roller 42 and is rotated in the opposite direction to feed-out roller 42 . In addition, code 5
2 indicates a bell crank that supports the separate roller 43, and 56 indicates a spring that urges it counterclockwise. On the other hand, the capstan roller 45 is arranged so as to be in contact with the pinch roller 46, and constantly rotates in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 4, so that the pinch roller 46 also constantly rotates. The bin roller shaft 47 is connected to the feed roller shaft 41 by a belt 54, and therefore the bin roller shaft 48
can rotate in both directions according to the forward and reverse rotation of the motor 40.

Incidentally, in FIG. 4, reference numeral 55 indicates a banknote sensor, which is used to detect a feeding failure as described later.

The operation of the above-mentioned feeding mechanism will be explained below. When the motor 40 is driven to rotate in the forward direction by a feed command, the feed roller 42 and the big roller 4B rotate, and the banknote A in the canister 8 (a push-up force is applied to this from below) is rotated.
The first card is repeatedly played. Paper T after the second sheet! Ii is prevented from being fed out by a separate row 243 that rotates in the opposite direction to the feeding row 242. The tip of the banknote fed out by the feeding row 242 immediately reaches the capstan roller 4.
5 and the pinch roller 46, and then fed into the conveyance mechanism 14, and subsequently conveyed by the conveyance roller 49. Note that if the sensor 55 does not detect a banknote within a certain period of time after the start of feeding, Mei can stop the motor 40, rotate the motor 40 slightly in the reverse direction, and then rotate it forward again to try feeding again.

The feeding mechanism configured as described above has the following advantages.

(c) Since the feeding roller and the pinch roller are provided on a common shaft, the space occupied is small, and therefore the rear arrangement can be made smaller. In particular, in the case of the canister shown in the example, the feeding process to the conveying mechanism "14 is extremely short, which contributes to the miniaturization of the entire apparatus. As mentioned above, the numbers 2 and 6 in FIG. Needless to say, application to the feeding section shown in can also contribute to miniaturization.

(b) Particularly when applied to the illustrated example of a canister feeding mechanism, the conveying path of the conveying mechanism 14 can be constructed in a straight line, and reliability can be improved by reducing the occurrence of jams. Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the pinch roller 46 of the feeding mechanism 9 is made to cooperate with the conveyance roller 49 and is used in common with the conveyance mechanism, thereby reducing costs by reducing the number of rollers.

(c) Furthermore, by making the motor for driving the feeding roller reversible and using a one-way latte, it is possible to repeatedly try this in the event of a feeding failure, reducing feeding failures and improving reliability. It can be improved.

Next, the bill conveyance mechanism according to the present invention will be explained. This conveyance mechanism is theoretically effective when applied to the mountain line portions of all conveyance mechanisms indicated by reference numerals 13, 14, and 15 in FIG. 1, and its schematic configuration is shown in FIG. . In the figure, reference numeral 61 indicates a 1" eight-motion roller, and reference numeral 62 indicates a pinch roller, and these rollers are arranged in pairs and basically in a straight line.

A conveyor belt F65 is attached to the drive roller 61, and a conveyor belt 64 is attached to the pinch roller 62, and a bill conveyance path is formed by these belts.

The feature of the present invention is that there is an additional guide row 2 in the middle of the conveyance path.
65 to form the conveyance path into a bent shape as shown in the figure. The distance between the bending points, that is, the bending pip, is shorter than the length of the banknote (hudden part) A to be transported in the transport direction. As a result, the banknotes are always conveyed in a bent state.

Therefore, folded banknotes are always conveyed in a stretched state, and the bending increases the rigidity in the direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction, preventing jams and skewing caused by slight snags, and stabilizing the banknotes. transportation is realized.

Further, as shown in the figure, for example, by using a lever 66 and a biasing spring 67, the pinch roller 62 can stably transport even reverse banknotes as needed. Such a movable structure is particularly effective for the conveyance mechanism 15 from the second storage section 12 to the input port 1 in the deposit/disburse machine shown in FIG.

Incidentally, as an embodiment different from the example shown in FIG. 7, the same effect can be obtained even if a bent guide is used.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, the present invention provides an extremely high-performance recycling type paper sheet processing device that has a simple structure, is small in size, has a high processing speed, and is highly reliable and has fewer problems such as jams. It can be achieved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a recycling type deposit/dispensing machine which is an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a configuration diagram of a banknote front/back alignment mechanism, and Figure 3 is a feed roller and flat belt pulley of the banknote front/back alignment mechanism. FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of the bill dispensing mechanism, FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view taken along the line ■-■ in FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is a diagram taken along the line ■-VI in FIG. 4. FIG. 7, which is a view along the arrows, is a schematic diagram of the banknote conveyance mechanism. 1... Bill slot, 2... Bill feeding mechanism, 6...
- Second banknote discrimination section, 4... Banknote front and back alignment section, 5...
1st storage part, 6... Bill payout mechanism, 7... Second bill discrimination part, 8 (-1, -2, -3)... Canister,
1o...Banknote storage mechanism, 11...Banknote feeding mechanism,
12... Second storage part, i5, 14.15... Banknote transport mechanism, 16-21... Gate, 31... Gate,
51-67...Feed roller, 15m, 15m...Conveyance path, 39...Belt pulley, 40...Motor, 4
1...Feeding roller shaft, 42...a feeding low? , 4
3... Separate roller, 45... Capstan roller, 46... Pinch roller, 48... Big low 2.49... Conveyance roller, 50... One-way clutch, 51... Bearing, 54...Belt, 55...
・Banknote sensor, 61... Drive roller, 62... Pinch roller, 63.64... Conveyor roller, 65...
・Guide roller. 492 Procedural amendment (voluntary) July 30, 1980 Commissioner of the Patent Office Kazuo Wakasugi 1. Indication of the case 1987 Patent Application No. 112999 2. Name of the invention Paper sheet processing device 3. Person making the amendment Relationship to the case Patent applicant name (522) Fujitsu Kaisha Kofu 4, agent (3 others) (1) Full text of the specification (2) Drawings (Figures 1 to 7) 6. Contents of the amendment (1) Correct as shown in the attached sheet. , (There are no changes to the content.) (2) Official drawings will be provided. (There are no changes to the contents.) 7. List of attached documents (1) Type-engraved specification 1 copy (
2) Drawings (Figures 1 to 7) 1 copy - 50
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Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Paper sheets t-1 that are input into the input slot at once are fed out and conveyed, and after the type and front and back sides are identified in the identification section,
All the sheets are stored in the first storage section with their front and back sides aligned, and then they are fed out one by one from the first storage section and transported to the storage section, and can be stored in a plurality of storage containers by type, and once stored. In a recycling-type paper sheet processing device configured to be able to feed out good paper sheets one by one from the storage container, transport them, temporarily store them in a second storage section, and then transport them all at once to a delivery port. The mechanism for storing paper sheets with their front and back sides aligned in the first storage section is a mechanism in which a gate is arranged in the paper sheet conveyance path at the front stage of the first storage section, and the paper sheets facing up are carried into the storage section with the front side facing up. A carry-in passage and a second carry-in passage through which the paper sheets of the face-down person are reversed and carried into the storage unit are formed, and the distances from the gates of the first and second carry-in passages to the storage unit are made equal to each other. A paper sheet processing device characterized in that it is configured as follows. 2 Paper sheets input into the input slot in bulk are taken out one by one and conveyed, and after the type and front and back are identified in the identification section, the paper sheets are temporarily stored in the first storage section with the front and back sides aligned, and then 1st
The sheets are fed out one by one from the storage section and conveyed to the storage section, and can be stored in multiple storage containers by type.Also, once stored, good paper sheets are again fed out one by one from the storage container and conveyed, and once they are ! @2 In the recycling-type paper sheet processing device configured to be able to transport the paper sheets in bulk to the delivery port after storing them in the storage section, the mechanism for feeding out the paper sheets one by one includes:
The feeding roller 2 is attached to a drive shaft driven by a reversible motor via a one-way clamp, and a pinch roller with a slightly larger diameter than the feeding roller is installed on the drive shaft so as to be able to freely rotate in the M direction. Paper sheet processing characterized in that a separate roller is arranged to face the roller, a capstan row 2 is arranged in contact with a bin plow 2, and a big roller driven by a belt by the drive shaft is further provided. Device. (v) Good paper sheets that are input into the input slot in bulk are fed out and transported one by one, and after the tsumugi and front and back are identified in the classification department, all of them are stored in the first storage section with the front and back sides aligned, and then the 1
It is possible to take out one sheet at a time from the storage section and transport it to the storage section, and it is possible to store seven sheets of paper by type in multiple storage containers. In a recycling-type paper sheet processing device configured to be able to transport paper sheets in bulk to a delivery port after first storing them in a second storage section, the mechanism for transporting paper sheets has a mechanism for transporting paper sheets along a transport path. 1. A paper sheet processing device characterized in that the paper sheet is formed by bending the paper sheet with a pip having a short length in the transport direction, so that the paper sheet is always bent in the transport direction and is transported in good condition.