JPS60102339A - Sheet storing and feeding device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reliably feed out a sheet by disposing arranging members on both right and left sides of a storing portion of a cassette and fixing the width of sheets to be stored with respect to the feeding direction with the arranging members. CONSTITUTION:Arranging members 16 are disposed bisymmetrically inside both right and left wall portions 15 of a storing portion 14 of a cassette 31, and the width of sheets to be stored with respect to the feeding direction is fixed by the arranging members 16. Thus, even if a sheet is dropped by its dead load to be stored, the sheet can be stored and arranged in line, which can prevent the occurrence of jamming and skewing of sheets at the time of feeding to reliably feed out sheets.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a paper sheet storage/feeding device, in particular, which receives paper sheets from an upper opening and stores them in a piled state, and when necessary, a The present invention relates to a paper sheet storage/feeding device that feeds out paper sheets from a feed-out opening using a feeding means.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

Conventionally, in the above-mentioned paper sheet storage and dispensing device, paper sheets are stacked and stored on the lower dispensing means, so that the uppermost surface of the paper sheets accumulated in the rice bowl and the opening at the top are separated from each other. There is a space between them, and when paper sheets are stored, the paper sheets fall freely through this space and are deposited on the feeding means.

In the above device, paper sheets can be fed into the upper opening in a manner in which the paper sheets are sequentially fed in 7 sheets at a time, or in which paper sheets are temporarily held above the upper opening and stacked. The paper sheets are piled up and dropped all at once into the upper opening.In either form, the paper sheets fall freely from the upper opening and are piled up.

However, according to the above-mentioned conventional storage form, when the paper sheets fall freely, a deviation occurs in the feeding width direction, and as a result, even if the paper sheets are stacked together, the edges of each paper sheet are uneven and the stacked paper sheets are not stacked. Ta. Therefore, if the unaligned stacked paper sheets are not fed out by the feeding means, and the sheets are deviated in the width direction, the conveying thread may also be conveyed in a state deviated in the width direction. When paper sheets are transported in this way, they can cause various problems such as hitting the guide members and detectors in the transport system and clogging them, or causing detection errors by the detectors. becomes.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention has been made in view of kneading, and has been made with the aim of solving the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and provides a paper storage and feeding device that can stack paper sheets to be stored with their image side edges aligned. It is on offer.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the paper sheet storage and feeding device of the present invention receives paper sheets from an upper opening and stores them in a piled state, and when necessary, the stored paper sheets are fed out from a lower feeding opening by a feeding means. In a paper sheet storage device that feeds out seven sheets at a time, aligning members that move toward and away from both sides of the paper sheet in the feeding direction are provided, and the center of the feeding direction of the stored filter paper sheets is determined by the aligning member. It is characterized by the following.

[Embodiments of the invention]

The present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.

The embodiment shown in the figure accepts and stores inserted banknotes;
This shows the case where the present invention is applied to a circulating banknote processing machine that uses the stored banknotes for dispensing. Fig. 1 shows the front of the entire processing machine, and Fig. 2 shows the 1ff: main side of the processing machine. In this embodiment, the storage section for sorting and storing items by denomination is of a cassette type, and each cassette is loaded into the lower part of the main body of the device so that they can be taken in and taken out all at once.

A mechanism for accepting and dispensing banknotes P is installed in the upper part of the main body of the apparatus, and a mechanism for accepting and dispensing banknotes P is installed in the upper part of the main body of the apparatus.
Banknotes P stored in 31 + 32 + 3B + 34
Temporary holding section 0. ≠2. ≠8. ≠4 are provided, and each cassette Jl +32 +39 +34 is positioned directly below the temporary holding section Fl + "2rg, t4. The cassettes in this embodiment are as follows:
3 is for 1,000 yen notes, 32 is for j, 1,000 yen notes, 3s is for 10,000 yen notes,
Parts 1-7 and 34 are used to collect unfit bills, J-10,000 yen bills, double stacks of 9 rolls, etc.

Each of the above cassettes from the right to 34 is a storage body that can be pulled out from the main body of the device! The cassettes 31 to 34 can be taken out by pulling out the storage body j.

The above-mentioned cassette is representatively shown in Fig. 3, which shows a vertical cross-sectional side view of one 3, and Fig. Z, which shows a plane. As shown in a horizontal cross section in the figure, and as an example of the operating mechanism in FIG. Bills P are stacked and stored on the means 7.

The line width means 7 is composed of a feed-out roller rack that is pivotally supported at the frontmost position in the bill-feeding direction, a kick-out roller that is pivoted at the rear of this roller, and a bill support roller 10 that is pivoted at the rearmost part. As shown in the plan view in Fig. 1, there are one pair of feed-out rollers R and one pair of kick-out rollers on the left and right sides, and three support rollers 1O. The protruding roller has an elastic protruding part A protruding from a part of its peripheral surface, and this protruding part A is designed to bend in the radial direction of the roller, for example, as shown in the figure (plane 1111). It is composed of a rubber plate having a U-shape.The circumferential surface of the kick-out roller is placed one level below the line connecting the upper circumferential surface of the feed-out roller plate and the support roller 10, and the kick-out portion A is arranged so that it is higher than the superior F! gentleman.

In the figure, // is a gate roller that is placed opposite to the feed roller g and forms a gate gap between which only seven banknotes P can pass between it and the circumferential surface of the feed roller g, /J, /3
This is a conveying body consisting of a belt, rollers, etc., which sends the banknotes P out of the cassette after passing through the insertion gate gap.

As mentioned above, the right side of the cassette is provided with a storage section /l consisting of a space in which banknotes P are deposited and stored on the feeding means 7. Aligning members #l, /G are provided at symmetrical positions.

This alignment part shrine 76 is shown in Figures 3 and ! As shown in the figure, it extends in the vertical direction of the storage part, and its horizontal cross section is in the shape of an 'fL, and the edge of the bent part that becomes the tip of the part is bent inward to a smaller extent. The distal end portion including the part is the aligning part/AA which extends over the entire area in the vertical direction of the storage part/q and has an aligning function by coming into contact with the side edges of the banknotes P, and the base of the aligning member/6 is located on the cassette side. It is pivotally supported on the mounting seat /7 by a shaft /g, and the spring 1
9 gives the alignment part /AA the habit of always protruding into the storage part /l/-.

The actuating mechanism J for actuating the aligning member 76 is installed in a storage body j that houses the cassettes 31 to 34, as shown in FIG.
The case is shown in which the alignment operation is performed simultaneously by seven drive sources for 34. That is, a cam plate J is fixed to a shaft 2 which is rotated by a motor 2/ mounted on the storage body j, and the cam plate 23 has an intermediate portion on the circumferential surface facing the storage body j side. A cam follower: 16 at one end of the L-shaped link arm 5 fixed to one end of the shaft moss is brought into contact with the shaft,! A link arm 5' is provided at the other end of u with a base fixed to it. These link arms 23
, u' have interlocking rods 27, 27 connected to the other ends, respectively.

These interlocking rods j7,! 7 Hane:! , g, said cam follower 21. f It is always in contact with the cam plate J.

Said alignment member/6. A presser piece 29 is attached to the storage body j at a position opposite to the outer surface of A and on the rear side of the shaft.
are provided rotatably in a horizontal plane on shafts 30, , jO, and the presser end J? A is the alignment member l
The other end is engaged with the pin 3/ of the interlocking rod near, and when the interlocking rod 27 moves to the right in the figure (the protrusion of the cam plate 9 causes the cam follower 26
), the presser foot end 29k pushes the aligning member/6 and moves the aligning part/AA to the storage part l, as shown by the solid line in FIG.
When the interlocking rod 1.7 moves to the left, the presser end qA is removed from the cassette 3I, so that there is no hindrance to upward removal of the cassette 3I.

Further, a locking circular plate 32 is fixed on the shaft n rotated by the motor 2/, and a locking circular plate 32 is provided on the circumferential surface of the circular plate 320 at a position corresponding to the convex portion of the cam plate n. 3:l),' is located in the recess 32 at a symmetrical position to the lock lever 33 which is swung by a solenoid (not shown).
The tip of the cam plate J is designed to be able to be engaged freely, and when this engages, the stopping position of the cam plate J is determined.Normally, the four parts 32A and the lock lever 33 are in an engaged state.
The aligning parts /AA, /AA are in a state of advancement into the storage part /4' and are adapted to hold the side edges of the banknotes P when feeding out the banknotes and when pulling out the cassette from the storage body j.

In this embodiment, when a deposit command or a banknote replenishment command is issued, a rotation signal is input to the motor 21 to release the engagement between the recess 32 and the lock lever 33, and the cam plate force and the lock disc 32 are rotated by half a rotation. recess 32A' and lock lever 3.
3 are engaged and held. As a result, the cam follower 26 is pushed up by the convex portion of the cam plate force, and the holding portion 27A advances to the position shown by the solid line in FIG.
, let it escape and hold. In this state, the banknotes P are temporarily stored in the holding section. Immediately after each cassette is stored in the storage section lt of the right ~ 34, the motor 2/ is rotated again, and when the cam plate force rotates 3 times, that is, when the presser plate t swings 3 times, all detectors Detected part 3 by 31t! ; , J
, 5 is calculated, and in response to this detection signal, the lock lever 33 is advanced and engaged with the recess 32A of the disc 32, and the presser end 29A of the presser piece 29 is moved into the cassette 3.5. 1. At the position you exited from. Further, the aligning portion/AA is maintained at the position where it has advanced into the storage portion/41. This presser piece 2
By swinging q three times, the aligning units /AA and /AA align both 1llI of the stacked banknotes.

36 in the figure is a suppressor that presses the top surface of the banknotes P accumulated in the storage section /4+-.11 It advances from the retreat position shown by the solid line in FIG. This is to ensure the necessary frictional force against the feeding means 7. Further, 37 indicates storage body j and cassette 3. A shutter is used to close the opening 6 when extracting .about.34.

Conveyance paths 3g and 39 are provided from the bottom of the warehouse to the front side for sending out banknotes P paid out from the right side of each cassette 34.

The mechanism for receiving and dispensing banknotes P located at the top of the device body has a payout opening a at the top of the front side of the device body.
A receiving port IAI is provided at the bottom of O, and near the receiving port≠7, there is a group of rollers A for taking in the inserted banknotes P seven at a time. Michihiro 3
The banknotes P are fed into the bank. On this conveyance path 3, there are identifiers for identifying whether the banknote P is genuine or false, denomination, front or back, correct or defective, double stacked, abnormally conveyed, etc., and whether to invert either the front or back of the banknote P to make the front and back sides even. A reversal-like structure is provided to allow the rotation.

At the cut out outlet IIo, a conveyance path 7 is provided which is continuous to the end of the conveyance path≠3 via a switching member ke 6.

Below the receiving and dispensing mechanism λ, there are provided temporary holding units +, ~4, which classify the received banknotes P by denomination and hold them for a period of τ, and above the temporary holding units 4t, ~v4, Based on the identification signal from the discriminator, the denominations are sorted by denomination and stored in each temporary holding section. Conveyance path I/
-Then! ? , 30, ! / is provided.

Temporary holding department g, ~g. Has a movable bottom plate that opens downwards! 2. The cassette 3 is positioned below the movable bottom plate, t, 2, jJ, which is opened by the downward rotation of the movable bottom plate, on which banknotes P are temporarily held.
I~3. The materials are deposited by falling all at once under their own weight from the opening 6 into the storage section 4'.

The temporary storage parts t, ~lI, include the transport paths≠g~j/, and can be pulled out from the main body of the apparatus, and inside the front end thereof, there is a delivery path connected to the delivery path 39 for the storage body j-11. A transportation path 53 is provided.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

When the storage body loaded with each cassette 31 to 34 is inserted into the main body of the apparatus, a mechanism (not shown) causes each cassette 3. ~
The shutter 37 of 34 is opened, and the opening 6 is opened to the temporary storage area. They correspond to each other directly below. At this time, the alignment members of each cassette 31 to 34//:, /A, /AA, /6A are the alignment members of the cassettes 3. ~34 storage compartments lt
It is moving inwards.

On the other hand, for example, when a customer places a banknote P at the receiving location/for deposit, performs a deposit command operation, and enters a retrieval operation, the banknote P is transferred to the retrieval roller t:1. Seven denominations are taken in by the group, and while being conveyed through the conveyance path IAJ, they are identified by the discriminator U+, and based on the recognition results, each denomination is transferred to the temporary holding department.
~G. It can be distributed and paid to.

The machine and the author each cassette 3. In order to replenish banknotes to 34, the same operation is performed when the replenishment banknotes are placed in the receiving port IAI and the banknote replenishment command sweep is performed.

This deposit command operation or replenishment command operation causes the motor to
2/, the disc 3 which was in the engaged state of the lock lever 33 and the recess 3 A:1. is stopped after half a rotation, and the lock lever 33 engages with the recess 32A'. the result.

The cam follower 26 is mounted on the concave portion of the cam plate J, and the aligning portions HA and /AA are retracted to the outside of the storage portion lt. In this state, the taking in from the receiving location/ is completed, and a certain amount of banknotes P are stored in the temporary holding parts 4, 4, and 4, and the taking signal is sent to the movable bottom plate 5.2. When the banknotes are opened, the banknotes P fall all at once into the storage part/da from the openings 6 of the cassettes 31 to 34.

Motor: 1 after making a sound for the time the bill falls into the storage section
．． / is energized, the cam plate 23 starts to rotate, and the link arm 25 is swung around the shaft 21A, and the interlocking rod 27 is pushed and pulled every time this W moves. As a result, the presser piece 29 rotates via the bin 37, and its presser end J9A comes into contact with the outer surface of the aligning member/6 and intermittently pushes it, so that the aligning portion/AA of the aligning member/6 enters and exits the storage section IQ-, and pushes both ends of the stacked banknotes P from the left and right to align their widths.

When the motor 2/ has completed 3 and a half rotations, the rotation speed is detected by the detector 3t.
is detected, and the detection signal causes the lock lever 33 to advance and lock disc 3.1. This engages the recess 3.2A of the cam plate, thereby determining the stopping position of the cam plate force. At this time of stopping, the convex part of the cam plate J is detached from the link arm J.
, Therefore, the presser end 29A of the presser piece 2q is attached to the cassette 3.
~34 held in the exited position! 12 Ru.

In addition, the alignment parts #A and /AA return to the advanced state in the storage part /4', and the holding state of the stacked banknotes that have been arranged is maintained, and serves to prevent the bills from shifting in the left and right direction when dispensing the bills. do.

When the left and right banknotes P are aligned in this manner, when the payout command drives the payout roller r of the payout mechanism 7 in the direction of the arrow and pays out seven sheets at a time, the banknotes P may protrude out of the path and cause jams or curves. There is no progress, and it will definitely be played out.

When transporting cassettes 31 to 33 to other parts, pull out the original material j and transfer it to cassette 3. ~3. When pulling out the metal upwards, the presser end 29A of the presser piece Uta is retracted outside the cassette, so it can be removed without any trouble, and when transporting it, the alignment part/g
A and /AA hold the left and right ends of stacked banknotes, so
This prevents the stacked state from collapsing. In this case, cassette 3. -34 openings 6 are closed by shutters 37.

In the illustrated embodiment, the present invention is applied to a cassette for a banknote processing machine, but it can of course be applied to a storage box used as a single unit, and it is not limited to banknotes, but can be used for other items as well. It goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to the handling of paper sheets such as slips. Further, the configuration of each part is not limited to the illustrated example.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the paper sheet storage/feeding device according to the present invention receives paper sheets from the entire upper opening and stores them in a stacked state, and when necessary, the paper sheets are fed out from the lower portion of the paper sheet by the feeding means. In a paper sheet storage device that feeds out sheets one by one, aligning members that move toward and away from each side of the eight paper sheets in the feeding direction are provided, and the center of the feeding direction of the stored filter paper sheets is determined by this aligning member. Even if paper sheets are stored falling due to their own weight, they can be kept in full alignment, and the paper sheets can be delivered reliably by preventing them from jamming or bending during delivery. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a banknote circulation processing machine to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a side view showing an outline of the internal configuration, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a plan view of the essential parts, and FIG. 6 is a side view showing an example of the operating mechanism of the aligning member in FIG. 5. C. Device body, C. Acceptance and disbursement mechanism, 3. ~3
4...Cassette, game, ~≠4...temporary holding section, j.
... storage body, 6 ... opening, 7 ... feeding means, /4
'... Storage section, /6... Aligning member, 3... Operating mechanism, J... Cam plate, 27... Interlocking rod, 29... Presser piece, Phantom... Dispensing port, 44/...Receipt account, matter...
Identifier. Applicant's agent Inomata Kiyoshi Procedural amendment December 14, 1949 Leap Year 1949 Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office Kazuo Wakasugi 1, Indication of the case Showa On-Hand Permit No. 207250 2, Name of the invention Paper sheet storage and feeding device 3, Amendment Patent applicant (143) Glory Industries Co., Ltd. 7, the drawing to be amended 8, and the content drawing of the amendment are transcribed as shown in the attached sheet (no changes to the content).

Claims (1)

[Claims] /) A paper sheet storage/feeder that receives paper sheets from an upper opening, stores them in a piled state, and when necessary, feeds out the stored paper sheets yk/sheet by a feeding means from a lower feeding port when necessary. A paper sheet storage/feeding apparatus characterized in that an aligning member that moves toward and away from both edges of the paper sheets in the feeding direction is provided, and the center of the filter paper sheet stored by the aligning member is determined in the feeding direction. Device. 2) The storage part for the paper sheets is a cassette that can be freely pulled out from the main body of the device, and the cassette is provided with the alignment member;
2. The paper sheet storage and feeding device according to claim 1, wherein when the cassette is completely pulled out from the device main body, the aligning member contacts and holds both side edges of the stored paper sheets.