JPS61273693A - Envelope depositor - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to an envelope depositing device for discharging empty envelopes, for example, and receiving and storing paper sheets such as banknotes and checks in the envelopes.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

For example, when banks, securities companies, etc. in the financial industry receive envelopes containing banknotes or checks from customers, they release empty envelopes to the customer, and store the banknotes or checks in the empty envelopes. Envelopes containing banknotes and checks are conveyed by being held between conveyor belts, and a serial number, etc. is printed at a position off the conveyor belt in a printing section installed in the middle of the conveyance path. Envelope storage devices that store envelopes have been put into practical use.

If a plurality of empty envelopes are taken out, such as when two empty envelopes are taken out, an error occurs and the transaction is temporarily suspended, or the system is installed in the device or collected in a direct storage. .

However, such a device has the drawback of lowering the operating rate, and installing a reject storage increases the cost and space of the entire device.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances, and is an envelope type that does not stop transactions even if a plurality of empty envelopes are taken out when empty envelopes are released, and does not require the installation of a reject storage. The purpose is to provide equipment.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a take-in conveyance path capable of reverse conveyance in which paper sheets such as banknotes and checks are stored in empty envelopes, and the paper sheets such as bills and checks are received and conveyed by being thrown into an envelope opening, and In the envelope sorting device, the envelope sorting device is provided with a discharge conveyance path which is provided to branch into a path and which discharges and conveys empty envelopes, a conveyance path from a branching point of the discharge conveyance path and the intake conveyance path to the envelope opening. A detecting means is arranged at a distance from H and optically detects the length, thickness, etc. of the ejected empty envelopes, and a detecting means is provided at the transport end of the taking-in transport path to store the taken-in envelopes. It comprises a storage and a control means for controlling the conveyance of the taking-in conveyance path, and when the detection means detects a plurality of empty envelopes, the control means transports these empty envelopes to the storage. It is characterized by being able to be stored as a container.

[Embodiments of the invention]

The present invention will be explained below based on an embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 11. FIG. 1 shows, for example, an automatic deposit machine as a lobby-type automatic currency transaction device. In the figure, (2) is the customer service department, and this customer service department (2) had a horizontal operation panel (3) and a vertical operation panel (4) rising along the rear edge of the horizontal operation panel (3). It has a shape.

A keyboard (5) consisting of a numeric keypad, an envelope opening (6), and a CRT display section J- (7) are respectively arranged on the horizontal operation panel (3). The vertical operation panel (4) also has a slip outlet (8) and a bill outlet (9).
), a passbook insertion slot (10), and a card insertion slot (11) are respectively arranged.

Further, the customer service section (2) is provided with a speaker hole (12), and a speaker (not shown) is built inside the speaker hole (I2).

By the way, inside the case (1), as shown in FIGS. 2(a) to (c), there is an ID inserted from the card insertion slot (11).
A card reading device (21) that reads card information, a dispensing mechanism (22) that dispenses banknotes (P) of a specified amount to the banknote outlet (9), and a banknote inserted from the bankbook insertion slot (10). A passbook reading/printing device (2
3), -I- The envelope inserted from the envelope opening (6) is given a predetermined print and taken in, and the envelope ejecting part (13)
Envelope processing device (24 envelopes) that can take out one envelope at a time from
), a slip issuing device (25) for dispensing slips with transaction details printed on the slip outlet (8) as needed, and a power supply device (
26), a control device (27), a control panel (28), etc. are accommodated therein.

FIG. 3 shows an envelope processing device. That is,
The envelope take-out section (13) is provided with an envelope issuing device (150). This envelope issuing device (150) takes out envelopes containing cash for deposit one by one, and always places the envelope just before the envelope opening (6) so that it can be issued from the envelope opening (6) during a deposit transaction. It can be taken out.

Further, the envelope issuing device (150) is connected to a rail (150) attached to the lower part of the hopper (151) as shown in FIG.
51a), an unused envelope (200
) is now placed. Moreover, a weight (200) is placed at the top of the hopper (151) to suppress the envelope (200).
152) are provided, and rails (151a), (
151b), there is an envelope take-out roller (153a),
(153b) is provided. The envelope take-out rollers (153a) and (153b) are driven by a motor (not shown) via a timing belt. The driven take-out roller (153a).

(153b) is configured to take out one of the lowest envelopes by the frictional force generated by the load of the weight (1, 52). At this time, 114 parts (+54a), (1
54b), the bending roller (+53a), (+53b
) Envelopes that do not touch are not removed.

Next, install the double-sheet removal prevention section (154aL (154b
) is primarily a plurality of envelopes (20 envelopes) as shown in Figure 6.
The guide (155) that regulates the removal of the hopper (
Rail (15]a) provided at the bottom of (151), (15
1b) and a gap (G) of 2 to 3 mm.Finally, the friction member (156) such as a rubber belt, and the leaf spring (157) are marked with - (151a) and (151).
By bringing it into close contact with (b), it is possible to prevent two sheets from being taken.

In addition, the take-out roller (153) of the friction member (156)
) side surface is covered with a low-friction material such as polyester film (1
58) from the lower end of the friction member (156), for example, by 0.5
When the envelope (200) is moved downward and taken out by pasting it at a position bent by ~1 mm (see Fig. 6),
The envelope (200) is configured to be free from frictional resistance and to prevent the tip of the envelope (200) from bending.

Further, an envelope storage section (160) is provided inside the envelope opening (6).
) is provided. In other words, (161) is the envelope opening (
6) is a conveyance path that allows reverse conveyance to take in the envelopes inserted. This conveyance path (161) includes a plurality of conveyance rollers (16
2) , ... and a plurality of conveyor belts (163), and a shutter mechanism (164) and a printing section (165) are arranged in order from the envelope opening (6), and the end side is a storage hopper. (166). Further, a pair of conveyance rollers (51) and guide plates (52) and (53) are provided near the envelope take-out section (13), and constitute an envelope discharge conveyance path (54).

In addition, (171), (172), (173), (174
) is an envelope detector, which is a well-known circuit consisting of a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element, and is used for entrance, length detection, printing, confirmation of envelope storage, and confirmation of envelope removal. The conveyance paths (161) and (54) are driven by a drive belt and a pulse motor (not shown).

Therefore, empty envelopes (200
a plurality of optical detectors (401) for checking the length of );
, (402) are spaced apart from each other, and the pitch thereof is set to be larger than the length along which the empty envelopes (200) are conveyed in the longitudinal direction. Then, the above-mentioned detectors (401), (
402) are in the "dark" state at the same time, it is determined that a plurality of sheets are to be taken out, and a motor (not shown) is rotated in the reverse direction to transport the sheets backward toward the storage hopper (166).

The conveyance roller (162) near the envelope opening (6),...
As the pinch roller (167) moves, a thickness detector (175) detects whether the thickness of the envelope exceeds a specified value.
) is provided. The shutter mechanism (164) is provided with a shutter (164) between the envelope opening (6) and the conveyance roller (162).
168) to open and close the conveyance path (161).

The printing section (165) is constructed as shown in FIG. That is, an index stamping part (180) with numbers stamped on the circumferential outer surface is provided. This index stamping part (180) is a guide roller (181),...
It is designed to be guided by. That is, the index stamping part (180) is attached to the cam plate (182).
is adapted to move in the vertical direction by rotating about the shaft (182a) as a fulcrum. This cam plate (182
A connecting lever (183) is connected to the protrusion (182b) of ), and this connecting lever (183) is biased in the directions of arrows e and f shown in the figure by a spring (184) connected to one end of the connecting lever (183). A plunger (185) is connected to the other end. This plunger (185) is adapted to move in the direction of the arrow geh shown in the figure by the excitation of the solenoid (186). When the envelope detector (172) detects the leading edge of the envelope, the pulse motor (not shown) stops, and by operating the solenoid (186), the index stamping part (180) moves downward, and the conveyor belt (163) ), (163) to affix a stamp on the envelope held between them.

The storage hopper (166) sequentially stores the envelopes supplied from the transport path (161), and has a guide (
191), a mounting table (192), and a holding member (193) for storing the envelope in an upright position on the mounting table (192).
), and this holding member (193) as shown in the arrows i, j.
It is constituted by a spring (194) that biases in the direction.

Next, the operation of the present invention based on the above configuration will be explained. In FIG. 4, empty envelopes (200) are accumulated in the envelope issuing device (150), and when one empty envelope (20) at the bottom is taken out by a motor (not shown), it is taken out. Empty envelopes (200) are sent to the envelope release conveyance path (5).
4), joins a conveyance path (16]) driven by another motor (not shown), and is conveyed to the envelope opening (6). Optical detectors (401,) and (402) placed apart on this conveyance path (161) detect empty envelopes (
200) and the state becomes "dark", it is determined that multiple sheets are to be taken out and the motor is rotated in the reverse direction. Therefore, a plurality of empty envelopes (200)... are transported along the transport path (1
6]) are reversely conveyed and accumulated in the storage hopper (16fi), thereby preventing multiple sheets from being taken out.

In addition, when a plurality of empty envelopes (200)... are discharged into the envelope opening (6), the envelope detector (171) changes from "dark" to "bright" depending on the rear end of the last empty envelope (200). It is only necessary to release the empty envelope into the envelope opening (6) until the position changes to ``'', and the customer can thereby receive a plurality of empty envelopes (200).

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, even if a plurality of empty envelopes are taken out, they can be accumulated in the envelope storage hopper without stopping the device, or the empty envelopes can be collected so that no customer leaves them behind. Since the envelopes can be ejected as they are, it is possible to improve the operating rate of the device, and since there is no need for a paste storage, etc. to collect empty envelopes from which multiple sheets have been taken, space and costs can be reduced. This has the excellent effect of being able to achieve the desired results.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of an automatic teller machine to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied, and FIGS. 2(a) to (c) are schematic front views showing the internal structure of FIG. 1, and the right side Front view and left side view,
FIG. 3 is a sectional view of an envelope storage device showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a side view of an envelope issuing device installed inside the envelope storage device, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an example of an envelope. , FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing details of the multiple-sheet removal prevention section in the envelope issuing device, and FIG. 7 is a schematic front view showing details of the printing section.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) An intake conveyance path that allows reverse conveyance for storing paper sheets such as banknotes and checks in empty envelopes and inserting them into the envelope opening and conveying them; , an envelope depositing device equipped with a discharge conveyance path for discharging and conveying empty envelopes; a detection means for optically detecting the length, thickness, etc. of empty envelopes; a storage cabinet provided at the conveyance end of the taking-in conveyance path for storing taken-in envelopes; control means for controlling the conveyance of the
An envelope storage device characterized in that when a plurality of empty envelopes are detected by the detection means, the control means transports and stores the empty envelopes in the storage. (2) When the detection means detects a plurality of empty envelopes, the control means reversely transports the empty envelopes along the take-in conveyance path and discharges these empty envelopes to the envelope opening. Envelope storage device described in section.