JPS64110B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention distinguishes the size of multiple types of thin plate-like members with different shapes, such as pieces of paper, pieces of metal, coins, etc. according to their shapes, and Therefore, regarding a shape sorting device used for sorting work that separates and selects specific members, it is particularly important to prevent the members that are housed and slid within the sorting drum from getting caught by the unevenness of the inner peripheral surface caused by the shape sorting mechanism. The present invention relates to a sorting member guide mechanism of a shape sorting device that can slide smoothly and perform a sorting action reliably.

[Conventional technology]

An automated parts feeder or the like is generally used to select only parts with a specific shape from a mixture of parts with a plurality of different shapes. Among these, for relatively small and thin parts, for example, there is a ball-shaped parts feeder in which a certain gate is installed in the upper ball to remove irregularly shaped parts from the ball depending on whether or not they can pass, or a belt is used to move the irregularly shaped parts on a straight track. transport, or
A horizontal plate with a drop opening is oscillated to determine the size of the drop, and a drum with a hole corresponding to the thickness of the flake sorting member is placed vertically and rotates at high speed. A feeder or the like has been devised that discharges a member by centrifugal force.

However, for parts such as tickets after use, which are light, flexible, bendable, and have slight deformations in shape, they are likely to be damaged or broken if they are forcibly ejected from the exit. . For example, it has been difficult with conventional component sorting and supply devices to efficiently sort tickets, such as relatively narrow boarding tickets and wider coupon tickets, based on their shape differences. .

For this purpose, a plurality of holes of a specific shape are opened on the outer periphery of a hollow cylindrical drum, and a plurality of different shapes of ticket pieces are stored inside this drum. A shape sorting device has been devised that can sort ticket pieces by rotating a drum and ejecting only ticket pieces of a specific shape from an opening (for example, Patent Application No. 61308 of 1982). In this new shape sorting device, a large number of shape sorting mechanisms are fixed to the drum, and each shape sorting mechanism has a through hole.By rotating the drum, the parts are passed through the guide plate of the shape sorting mechanism. The paper is guided toward the mouth to improve the efficiency of sorting.

However, when a large number of shape sorting mechanisms are fixed inside the drum, the same phenomenon occurs in which unevenness is formed on the inner periphery of the drum, which should normally be smooth. Therefore, unevenness caused by the shape sorting mechanism is caused between each shape sorting mechanism and between the shape sorting mechanism and both ends of the drum (disk-shaped plates are fixed to both ends of the drum to prevent discharge). If there was a problem, the sliding members would get caught, each gap would be clogged, and the members could not be reliably sorted.

For this reason, the member must slide smoothly toward the opening just before the shape sorting mechanism.
In the gaps between the shape sorting mechanisms, members get caught and do not slide, making it impossible to improve the efficiency and accuracy of sorting.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, the present invention provides a spacer between each shape sorting mechanism, and uses the spacer to eliminate the unevenness formed on the inner circumference of the drum. Therefore, the sliding member passes over this spacer and flows inside the drum, preventing the member from getting caught on the unevenness caused by the shape sorting mechanism, and the sorting member of the shape sorting device that can sort quickly and accurately. It provides a guiding mechanism.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention includes a sorting drum with an internal hollow shape that accommodates a plurality of members of different shapes, and a sorting drum that is fixed around the sorting drum, and only members having a specific shape are sorted and passed through the outer periphery of the sorting drum. A shape sorting device having a plurality of shape sorting mechanisms, characterized in that a spacer is interposed between each shape sorting mechanism to eliminate unevenness in the sorting drum and allow the members to slide. A member guiding mechanism is provided.

[Effect]

In the present invention, a plurality of types of members to be sorted are stored in a sorting drum, and when the sorting drum is rotated, the members slide on the inner periphery and are collected in the direction of the shape sorting mechanism. Only members with a specific shape can pass through the opening of the shape sorting mechanism.
Small and light parts can be automatically sorted. At this time, when the member passes between the shape sorting mechanisms, it passes over the surface of the spacer, so it does not get caught on the unevenness formed on the inner periphery of the sorting drum.
Since it slides smoothly, the sorting effect is high and the work can be carried out reliably.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In this example, the members to be sorted are rectangular pieces of paper,
In other words, the method for sorting regular tickets and common coupon tickets based on the size of their shapes will be explained.

FIG. 1 shows the external appearance of the sorting device of this embodiment, and the sorting device is composed of a sorting section 1, a sorting/reading section 2, and an information processing section 3.

The sorting and reading section 2 has a three-dimensional shape, and an elongated rectangular sorting section 1 is placed on the upper surface of the sorting and reading section 2 at a position in contact with one side thereof. A rectangular parallelepiped information processing section 3 extending in the vertical direction is closely attached to the side surface (rear right side in FIG. 1). In this way, the sorting section 1, the sorting and reading section 2, and the information processing section 3 are connected and integrally formed, and as shown in Fig. 1, the appearance of the upper part of the front side is cut into a rectangular shape. are doing.

An opening/closing door 4 is attached to the side surface of the sorting section 1 so as to be able to rotate freely in the horizontal direction, and a shutter 5 with a large upward opening is attached to the opening/closing door 4. A hatch 6 that can be used is attached. A rotatable hatch 7 is also attached to the top surface of the sorting/reading section 2, and an opening/closing door 8 for inspection is rotatably attached to the front side. moreover,
A keyboard 9 for control, a printer 10 for output, etc. are attached to the front side panel of the information processing section 3.

In addition, in Figure 2, the opening/closing door 4 in Figure 1 is opened horizontally, the hatches 6 and 7 are opened upward, and the opening/closing door 8 is opened horizontally, which allows for sorting during inspection, repair, adjustment, etc. This shows a state in which the inside of the section 1 and the rearranging/reading section 2 are opened to the outside.

FIGS. 3 and 4 explain in detail the internal configurations of the sorting section 1 and sorting/reading section 2. A sorting drum 11 is housed in the sorting section 1 with its axis horizontal. This sorting drum 11 is formed by winding a thin metal material into a pipe shape, and is hollow inside, with one end (on the left side in the figure) having a large opening, and this opening has a donut-shaped stopper. A plate 12 is attached, the other end (right side in the figure) is closed, and a drive shaft 13 is connected to the center of the other end, and the drive shaft 13 is connected to a motor 14.

The sorting drum 11 is arranged so that its axis is horizontal, and rollers 15 and 16 are installed at the lower left and right sides of the main body 1 at both ends of the sorting drum 11, respectively.
The rollers 15 and 16 are in contact with the outer periphery of the sorting drum 11 to rotatably hold the sorting drum 11. On the outer periphery of the sorting drum 11, two types of shape sorting mechanisms 17 and 18 are arranged annularly at intervals in the circumferential direction, and in this embodiment, the shape sorting mechanisms 17 are arranged in three annular rows. The shape sorting mechanisms 18 are arranged in two annular rows sandwiched between the shape sorting mechanisms 17.

Collection guides 19 and 20 in the shape of inverted water droplets are inserted alternately at intervals on the outer periphery of the sorting drum 11, and the collection guides 19 are connected to the shape sorting mechanism 17.
The collection guides 20 are located on the outer periphery of the shape sorting mechanism 18, respectively. These collection guides 19 and 20 are connected to the sorting drum 11.
ring parts 23 and 24 formed with openings 21 and 22 having an inner diameter slightly larger than the outer diameter of the ring part 2;
3 and 24, and the outer circumference has a hollow structure made of thin sheet metal. The ring parts 23 and 24 are each formed into a U-shaped bucket shape in cross section near the openings 21 and 22.
24 is a shape sorting mechanism 17, 18 of the sorting drum 11;
They are placed close together so that they cover each other.

Further, the chute portion 25 is formed along an extension line of a tangent to the outer circumference of the ring portion 23, one side is vertically directed downward, and the other side is formed to be inclined toward the one side, A rectangular discharge port 27 is opened at the bottom thereof. In addition, the chute section 25
are formed along the extension of the tangent to the outer circumference of the ring portion 24, and both sides thereof are inclined so as to approach each other,
The discharge port 28 opened at the bottom is positioned in the vertical direction of the sorting drum 11.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a part of the shape sorting mechanisms 17 and 18 described above, and each shape sorting mechanism 17,
18 is assembled by forming a notch in the peripheral wall of the sorting drum 11 and inserting and fixing the guide body 29 into this notch, and the shape sorting mechanisms 17 and 18 are arranged so as to face in opposite directions. There is. These shape selection mechanisms 17, 18
are arranged in a straight line parallel to the axial direction of the sorting drum 11, and a diamond-shaped rubber spacer 110 is arranged between each shape sorting mechanism 17 and 18. A trapezoidal rubber spacer 1 is provided between the end of the drum 11
11 are arranged, each spacer 110, 11
1 is fixed to the inner periphery of the sorting drum 11. The thickness of the spacers 110, 111 is approximately equal to the height of the shape sorting mechanisms 17, 18, and these spacers 110, 111 eliminate unevenness on the inner peripheral surface of the sorting drum 11.

FIG. 6 shows an exploded configuration of one shape sorting mechanism 17, 18.
18 is composed of a sorting drum 11, a guide body 29, and a fixing band 30. The sorting drum 11
A notch 31 having a width approximately equal to the wall thickness of the guide body 29 is machined in the top portion 3.
2. It consists of three sides: side parts 33 and 34.
The top portion 32 and the side portions 33 and 34 are each linear, and the top portion 32 is located perpendicular to the rotational direction of the sorting drum 11, and one end of each side portion 33 and 34 is connected to both ends of the top portion 32, respectively. The other ends of each side portion 33, 34 are open so as to separate from each other. Therefore, a trapezoidal notch 31 is formed by the top portion 32 and side portions 33 and 34, and a trapezoidal tongue portion 35 is formed in the center left by this notch 31. Therefore, the tongue portion 35 is slightly bent toward the outside of the sorting drum 11.

Next, the guide body 29 is formed by punching out a thin sheet metal using a press or the like, and this guide body 29 is formed by band-shaped sliding bodies 37 and 38 that stand up on the left and right oblique sides of a trapezoidal holding plate 36. has been done. The holding plate 36 has a trapezoidal shape having the same size as the tongue portion 35, and is press-formed with the same curvature as the opening radius of the tongue portion 35 so that it can be tightly attached to the tongue portion 35. It is bent near the center. The sliding bodies 37, 38 are erected at right angles to the oblique sides on both sides of the retaining plate 36, and have the shape of long and narrow strips having the same width, and both the sliding bodies 37, 38 are formed in a straight line. The distance between the adjacent ends of the sliding bodies 37 and 38 is set to V or W (W for the shape sorting mechanism 17 and V for the shape sorting mechanism 18 are respectively set lengths). ). The respective lengths V and W are set to predetermined lengths, and the width V is set to be larger than the width X of the common rotary ticket A and slightly smaller than the width Y of the regular ticket B. be.

Next, the fixing band 30 is made by bending a long and thin sheet metal strip, and is bent into a U-shape so that the outside diameter is almost the same as the outer diameter of the top of the guide body 29, and both ends of the U-shape are bent. They are bent outward to form foot portions 39 and 40, respectively.

The above-mentioned spacer 110 has a trapezoidal cross section and a diamond shape in plan view, and has inclined surfaces 112 and 113 formed at the front and rear, and a mounting hole 114 vertically penetrated at the top. There is. The thickness of these spacers 110 is the same as that of the sliding body 37,
It is formed to have approximately the same length as the height of 38. And each shape sorting mechanism 17, 18 of the sorting drum 11
Two screw holes 115 are opened between them, and by screwing the screws 116 inserted through the mounting holes 114 into these screw holes 115, the spacer 1
10 is fixed to a sorting drum 11.

To assemble the shape sorting mechanisms 17 and 18 shown in FIG. Side part 3
3 and 34 respectively, the sliding plate 37 of the guide body 29,
38 is inserted, the outside of the tongue portion 35 and the inside of the retaining plate 36 are brought into close contact, and both are fixed by spot welding or adhesive. Then, the fixing band 30 is fitted from the outside of the trapezoidal top of the guide body 29, the center of the fixing band 30 is fixed to the guide body 29, and the legs 39, 40 are fixed to the outer periphery of the sorting drum 11. At this time, the enlarged and separated ends a and b of both the sliding plates 37 and 38 stand on the inner periphery of the sorting drum 11 (top surface in FIG. 6), and the close ends of the sliding plates 37 and 38 The ends c and d are the outer periphery of the sorting drum 11 (the sixth
The sliding plate 3 protrudes from the
The long sides e and f of 7 and 38 are inclined at an angle with respect to the inner peripheral surface of the sorting drum 11. The sliding plates 37 and 38 stand up at right angles on both sides of the tongue portion 35, forming a trapezoidal shooter.
Rectangular discharge ports 41 and 42 are formed by the end sides c and d and the top portion 32, and the width of the discharge port 41 is W, and the width of the discharge port 42 is V. and,
Ring portions 23 and 24 of the collection guides 19 and 20
are located on the outer periphery of each shape sorting mechanism 17, 18, and are held by support means separate from the sorting drum 11.

Next, returning to FIGS. 3 and 4, the internal configuration of the sorting/reading section 2 will be explained.

Below the discharge port 27 of the collection guide 19, two elongated holding plates 45, 46 are arranged at a distance, and both holding plates 45, 46 are positioned parallel to the axis of the sorting drum 11. Their length is slightly longer than the sorting drum 11, and this holding plate 4
A belt 47 is installed horizontally between 5 and 46. A pair of holding plates 48 and 49 are arranged at the ends of the holding plates 45 and 46 (on the motor 14 side) at a distance from each other so as to be perpendicular to the holding plates 45 and 46. , belt 5 between 49
0 is installed. One end of the holding plates 48, 49 is located below the holding plates 45, 46, and the other end is long enough to approach the front panel of the rearranging/reading section 2. Further, a wide belt 51 is installed below the rear end of the belt 50 in parallel with the sorting drum 11, and the length of this belt 51 is approximately the same as that of the holding plates 45, 46.
At the bottom of the rear end is a shredder 52 that crushes paper pieces into small pieces.
is placed. Therefore, belts 47, 50, 51
They are arranged horizontally to form a U-shape.

Furthermore, elongated first transfer mechanisms 53 are provided below the discharge ports 28 of the collection guide 20, and each transfer mechanism 53 is disposed horizontally and perpendicular to the axis of the sorting drum 11. A second transfer mechanism 54 is provided below this transfer mechanism 53, slightly shifted from the transfer mechanism 53, and a second transfer mechanism 54 is provided below the transfer mechanism 53.
A chute 55 is slanted and installed between the rear end of the second transfer mechanism 53 and the slightly center point of the second transfer mechanism 54. Then, the first and second transfer mechanisms 53, 5
A chute 56 bent into a dogleg shape is installed between the rear portions of each of the transfer mechanisms 54, and a reader 57 containing a magnetic head etc. is connected to the end of the transfer mechanism 54. is the belt 5
1 (in FIG. 3, the transfer mechanism 5
3,54 are connected). This transfer mechanism 53 is provided with a removal mechanism 58 for removing booklets of a certain thickness or more and folded ticket pieces, and a distribution mechanism 59 for separating ticket pieces of a predetermined length into chute 55, 56. The transport mechanism 54 is provided with an alignment mechanism 60 for orienting the ticket pieces in a specific direction, and a peeling mechanism 61 for separating the ticket pieces one by one.

FIGS. 9 and 10 show the above-mentioned transfer mechanism 53 in detail, and the skeleton of this transfer mechanism 53 is thin-walled frames 62 and 63 arranged in parallel at intervals. Between the frames 62 and 63, rollers 64 and 65 are pivotally supported at the end (on the left side in the figure and below the discharge port 28) and slightly in the center, respectively. is belt 66
is stretched between the frame bodies 62 and 63 and located between the rollers 64 and 65.
An adjustment plate 67 is attached at right angles to 63. Between the frames 62 and 63, there are rollers 6 near the center and at the ends (on the chute 55 side).
8 and 69 are pivotally supported, and both rollers 68 and 69
A belt 70 is stretched between them. This belt 6
The upper surfaces of the belts 66 and 70 are both at the same height, and at the position where the belts 66 and 70 touch, a long and thin sliding plate 71 having the same height as the belts 66 and 70 is attached to the frame body 62,
It is attached to 63. In addition, the adjustment plate 6 of the frame body 63
7 and the sliding plate 71, a U-shaped discharge groove 72 is cut out from above.

Furthermore, bearings 73 and 74 are fixed to the frames 62 and 63, respectively, at positions close to the roller 68 on the side surfaces of the frames 62 and 63.
Pulleys 75 and 76 are pivotally supported on 74 so as to be parallel to the frames 62 and 63, and both pulleys 7
A removal belt 77 is stretched between 5 and 76.
This removing belt 77 is located above the sliding plate 71, and the lower surface of the removing belt 77 is spaced a little apart from the sliding plate 71.

Then, the end surfaces of the frames 62 and 63 (FIG. 9,
A chute 55 is connected to the right side in Figure 0).
This chute 55 has side plates 7 on both sides facing downward.
8 and 79, and a shooter 80 that is inclined downward is provided between the side plates 78 and 79. The top of the shooter 80 is slightly flat, and its tip j is separated from the rear end of the belt 70 by an appropriate distance (slightly longer than the length of a common ticket A, which will be described later). And frame bodies 62, 63
A feed roller 81 is pivotally supported at the top of the shooter 80 between the frames 62 and 63.
A threading plate 82 is fixed between the rollers 69 and above the roller 69, and this threading plate 82 is elastic, and its tip is extended to a position approaching the feed roller 81. Further, a jump prevention piece 83 bent into an arc shape is fixed between the side plates 78 and 79 and in the middle thereof. The shooter 56 is made up of two members bent into a U-shape to form a tub shape.
There is another shooter 85 at the bottom edge of the
is provided, and is configured in a dogleg shape with shooters 84 and 85.

Next, FIGS. 11 and 12 explain the second transfer mechanism 54 in detail. The outer frame of this transfer mechanism 54 is formed by two frames 86, 87, and the pair of elongated frames 86, 87 are arranged in parallel with an interval between them. Rollers 88 and 89 are pivotally supported at each end, and a belt 91 is stretched between both rollers 88 and 89. Between the vicinity of the roller 88 and the center of this frame body 86, there is formed a side groove 91 which is cut upward into a large U-shape, and a table 92 is fixed horizontally to the lower part of this side groove 91. Two cylindrical alignment rollers 93 and 94 are vertically supported on the roller 92 with an interval between them. Inside the frame 87 and above the belt 90, a ticket holding plate 95 is fixed in an elongated shape so as to cover the upper surface of the belt 90. Furthermore, two peeling rollers 96 and 97 are spaced apart between the frames 86 and 87 and close to the roller 89, and are pivoted at such a position that their lower ends approach the upper surface of the belt 90. The center of each peeling roller 96, 97 has a small diameter. Furthermore, an elongated pressing tongue piece 98 is fixed between the frames 86 and 87, and this pressing tongue piece 98 is bent into an L shape, and its horizontal end is slightly parallel to the belt 90. The film is brought close to the peeling rollers 96 and 97, and is passed through the lower part of the small diameter portion in the center of each peeling roller 96,97.

Furthermore, the terminal ends of the frames 86 and 87 (FIG. 11,
On the right side of Fig. 12, there is a pair of shaft support plates 9.
9 are connected, and this parallel shaft support plate 9
Two rollers 100 and 101 are pivotally supported at the same height position between the rollers 9 and 89 at a distance, and a delivery belt 102 is stretched between the rollers 100 and 101. ,Also,
A pair of support shafts 103 are fixed above the rollers 100, 101 between both shaft support plates 99, and a hanging piece 104 is inserted through each support shaft 103. shaped sliding plate 105
is fixed, and the belt 1 is attached to the bottom surface of the sliding plate 105.
It is placed close to the top surface of 02.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13, a case will be explained in which common tickets A and regular tickets B of different sizes and sizes are sorted. The widths of the short sides of the common ticket A and the regular ticket B are set to X and Y, respectively.

First, to select the common ticket A, set the sorting device to the state shown in Figure 1, and insert the mixed common ticket A and regular ticket B into the upper opening of the shooter 5, and both will be guided to the shooter 5. sorting section 1
It is stored inside the sorting drum 11 located inside.

Once a predetermined amount of common tickets A and ordinary tickets B have been stored in the sorting drum 11, when the switch on the panel of the information processing section 2 is turned on, the motor 14 starts and rotates the drive shaft 13 to remove the sorting drum 11. is rotated in the direction of arrow F in FIG. Therefore, the sorting drum 11 is connected to the sliding plates 37, 3 of the shape sorting mechanism 18.
The enlarged ends a and b of 8 are the tips of rotation,
It rotates with the discharge port 42 as the rear end, and the mixed common ticket A and regular ticket B are slid and stirred on the inner peripheral surface of the sorting drum 11. Therefore, the common ticket A and the regular ticket B slide as the sorting drum 11 rotates, and due to their weight, are always located below the sorting drum 11, and the sliding plate 3
7, 38, it will be scraped up in the direction of the discharge port 42. That is, the common ticket A and the regular ticket B slide on the inner peripheral surface of the sorting drum 11 regardless of their shape, and their flow direction is regulated by the sliding plates 37 and 38, which have large openings on the left and right. The flow is directed towards the center where both sliding plates 37, 38 are gradually narrowed.

In this way, the common ticket A and the regular ticket B flow toward the center of each shape sorting mechanism 18, and both are always collected between the pair of sliding plates 37, 38. The common ticket A and the regular ticket B collected between the sliding plates 37 and 38 are attached to the tongue portion 35.
This discharge port 42 is previously formed to have a predetermined length V, and only the small-shaped common ticket A passes through the discharge port 42 and is sent to the sorting drum 11. Expelled outward. However, regular ticket B has a larger shape than common ticket A.
Because it is larger than the cross-sectional shape of the discharge port 42, it either gets caught on the sliding plates 37 and 38 on both sides in front of the discharge port 42, or flows and is thrown up above the discharge port 42, so that it passes through the discharge port 42. Sorting drum 1 without
It will remain within 1. This sorting drum 11
The common coupon A discharged from the discharge port 42 on the outer periphery of the
enters the space of the U-shaped cross section of the ring portion 24 of the collection guide 20, slides down the inner peripheral surface of the ring portion 24, and falls to the discharge port 2 opened at the bottom of the chute portion 26.
8 onto the belt 66.

As the sorting drum 11 rotates, the common ticket A and the regular ticket B slide on their inner circumferential surfaces, but at this time, the sliding plates 37 and 38 open in a large eight-shape toward the front. The ticket paper that has flowed to the outlet 4
Slide towards 2. However, shape selection mechanism 1
The sliding ticket located between 7 and 18 is on the inclined surface 1
12 and scooped up onto the spacers 110 and 111, and then slides on the inclined surface 113 and lands on the sorting drum 11. Therefore, each piece of paper is placed between the shape sorting mechanisms 17 and 18, that is, between the sliding plates 37 and 38, and between the sliding plate 38 and the stopper 1.
The liquid flows smoothly passing over the spacers 110 and 111 without being caught in the gap between the two and deposited in this area. That is, the shape sorting mechanisms 17 and 18 are fixed inside the normally smooth sorting drum 11, and the flow of paper pieces is hindered by the unevenness of the sliding plates 37 and 38 of the shape sorting mechanisms 17 and 18. However, since the unevenness is eliminated by the spacers 110 and 111, smooth flow can be achieved. Therefore, all the common coupon tickets A to be sorted are discharged from the discharge port 42.

Next, the first and second transfer mechanisms 53 and 54 are moved or rotated by the drive source in the directions of the arrows shown in FIGS. 9 to 12, and the common ticket dropped onto the belt 66 A is transferred rightward in the figure. The common ticket A on the belt 66 moves toward the adjustment plate 67 and passes through the gap between the lower side of the adjustment plate 67 and the upper surface of the belt 66. However, when a large number of common coupon tickets A are stacked, they collide with this adjustment plate 67, and the appropriate number of coupon tickets A are sequentially supplied to the right from the bottom, so that a large number of common coupon tickets A are processed at once. Things will disappear.

Next, the common ticket A that has been sequentially transferred on the belt 66 slides over the sliding plate 71 and is transferred onto the belt 70, and is again sent to the right by this belt 70, but above the sliding plate 71 A removal belt 77 is provided close to the belt 66.
The removal belt 7 is moving perpendicularly to the common ticket A, which is folded or piled up in a booklet shape because it is thick.
7 and is pulled out in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the belt 66, and the conveying mechanism 5 is pulled out from the discharge groove 72.
3 It is released outside. Therefore, among the common coupons A passed through the sliding plate 71 and fed into the belt 70, only those that are flat without being deformed are selected.

As shown in FIG. 15, there are two types of common coupon tickets A that are in the selected planar shape, and there are single tickets shown by A and double tickets shown by B. This multiple ticket is made up of a plurality of common tickets A arranged in a straight line by horizontally connecting single tickets, and can be used for the number of people or the amount indicated on the ticket. This common ticket A is conveyed by the belt 70 to the lower part of the threading plate 82, and the ticket falls below the end of the belt 70 and slides down the shooters 84 and 85. However, since the double slip is pushed out while being held between the belt 70 and the threading plate 82, it reaches the tip j of the shutter 80, and the double slip slips off the shutter 80 and is pushed out onto the belt 9 just in front of the presser tongue piece 98.
transferred onto 0.

The common coupon A ticket that has fallen into the second transport mechanism 54 is placed on the belt 90, and is transported by the belt 90 from left to right in FIGS. 11 and 12. The belt and rollers in the transfer mechanism 54 rotate and move in the directions of arrows in the figure, respectively. The single common ticket A that has moved on the belt 90 first enters below the ticket holding plate 95, and since the tip of the ticket holding plate 95 gradually approaches the belt 90,
The height of the common ticket A is limited by this ticket holding plate 95. Therefore, the common coupon tickets A standing up on the belt 90 or leaning against the frames 86 and 87 are aligned so as to be in close contact with the belt 90 by the ticket holding plate 95. but,
Even if the common coupon tickets A are closely attached to the belt 90, they are lined up in different directions. As the common ticket A contacts the outer periphery of the alignment rollers 93 and 94 as it is transported by the belt 90, the common coupon A is pushed toward the frame 87 by the rotational force of the alignment rollers 93 and 94, and each common The long side of the ticket A is brought into contact with the side surface of the frame 87. In this way, the common coupon tickets A are aligned so that their long sides are parallel to the moving direction of the belt 90 and sent to the next peeling mechanism 61.

Next, the common ticket A is held between the upper and lower sides by the presser tongue 98 and the belt 90, is pressed against the belt 90 by the elasticity of the presser tongue 98, and is transferred toward the peeling rollers 96 and 97. Since the peeling rollers 96 and 97 are rotating in the opposite direction to 90, even if the common ticket A is stacked double or triple, the upper common ticket A is rotated in the opposite direction to the peeling roller 90. At 96 and 97, it is pushed back in the direction opposite to the conveying direction of the belt, and only the one common ticket A at the bottom is conveyed by the belt 90. Then, the sheets are sent out one by one to the next delivery belt 102 and sliding plate 105, and then sent to the magnetic reader 57. The magnetic reader 57 reads the information stored in the magnetic stripe of the common ticket A, discharges it onto the belt 51, and
transports the common coupons A placed on its upper surface in the direction of the arrow, throws them into the shredder 52, and cuts the common coupons A so that they cannot be reused.

Note that the double-ticket common coupon A shown by the symbol B that has slipped down the shooter 80 is peeled off one by one by peeling rollers 96 and 97 in the same way as the single-ticket common coupon A, and is then separated into magnetic stripes. The stored information is read.

Next, the sorting drum 11 is rotated in the direction of the arrow F for a predetermined period of time, and when all the common tickets A have been ejected and the regular tickets B remain, the drive of the motor 14 is stopped by a timer or the like. let Next, the motor 14 is driven in the opposite direction to reversely rotate the sorting drum 11 in the direction of arrow G, and the regular ticket B is slid and stirred within the sorting drum 11.

Therefore, the regular ticket B flows toward the center of the shape sorting mechanism 17 in the same manner as described above, and the regular ticket B is collected between the pair of sliding plates 37 and 38, and the regular ticket B is sent to the discharge port. 41 and sorting drum 1
1 is released to the outside. Next, it enters the U-shaped cross-sectional space of the ring part 23 of the recovery guide 19, slides on the inner peripheral surface of this ring part 23, flows to the chute part 25, and due to its own weight, the discharge port opened at the lower part of the chute part 25. 27, the released regular ticket B is placed on the belt 47, and as the belt 47 moves, it is sequentially released from the end of the belt 47 onto the belt 50.

The regular ticket B placed on the belt 50 is transferred in the direction of the arrow in the figure, and the end of the ticket B is transferred to the belt 51 from the end thereof.
released above. Next, the regular ticket B is transferred from the belt 51 toward the shredder 52, and the regular ticket B is cut by the shredder 52 so that it cannot be reused.

In this case as well, the regular ticket B in the sorting drum 11 slides on the inclined surface 113 and rides on the spacers 110, 111, and is caused to flow on the inner circumference of the sorting drum 11 from the inclined surface 112. For this reason,
The regular ticket B slides smoothly without getting caught in the shape sorting mechanisms 17, 18 or the space between the shape sorting mechanisms 17, 18 and the clasp 12.

By rotating the sorting drum 11 in this manner, the common ticket A and the regular ticket B are sorted and separated, and the individual information stored in the common ticket A is read. The read information is organized and tallied within the information processing section 3, and the results are printed out as numerical values by a printer.

After driving the motor 14 for a predetermined period of time, when no ordinary ticket B remains on the sorting drum 11, the motor 14 is stopped and the sorting and reading work is completed. When the rotation of the sorting drum 11 is stopped, unsortable members such as paper scraps, banknotes, and defective tickets remain inside the sorting drum 11.

After completing this series of sorting operations, the equipment must be cleaned in order to perform the next sorting operation. First, the opening/closing door 4 is rotated horizontally and laterally to expose the side surface of the sorting drum 11 as shown in FIG.
The members that cannot be sorted are taken out from the sorting drum 13 by inserting a hand into the drum or by using a vacuum suction machine. In addition, since paper powder was scattered in various parts of the device, we opened the hatches 6 and 7 upward, opened the door 8 laterally, and inserted the suction pipe of the vacuum suction machine into each part of the device. Remove dust, paper pieces, paper dust, etc. And opening/closing door 4, hatches 6, 7, opening/closing door 8
By closing the door and returning to the state shown in FIG. 1, it is possible to wait for the next sorting operation.

〔effect〕

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, the shape selection mechanism fixed within the drum causes irregularities to be formed on the originally smooth inner circumferential surface, which impedes the flow of the member. However, by providing a spacer,
When the plurality of types of members sliding within the drum slide on the inner circumferential surface of the drum, the members slide smoothly without being jammed between the sorting mechanism or between the sorting mechanism and the end of the drum. Therefore, the function of sorting the members becomes reliable, and there is no possibility of erroneous sorting due to members remaining stuck due to unevenness.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention;
The figure is a perspective view showing a state in which the above collection box is pulled out and the input body is flipped upward, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an outline of the sorting mechanism and ticket processing mechanism, and FIG. Figure 5 is an enlarged perspective view showing a part of the sorting drum, Figure 6 is an exploded perspective view showing the shape sorting mechanism in detail, Figure 7 is a sectional view of the same, Figure 8 is a plan view of the same, and Figure 9. is a plan view showing the first transfer mechanism;
FIG. 10 is a side view of the same as above, FIG. 11 is a plan view showing the second transfer mechanism, FIG. 12 is a side view of the same as above, FIG. 13 is a plan view showing the types of tickets to be sorted,
FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the types of shapes of common coupon tickets. 11... Sorting drum, 17, 18... Sorting mechanism, 110, 111... Spacer, 112, 1
13...Slope surface.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A sorting drum with an internal hollow shape that accommodates multiple types of members of different shapes, and a plurality of shapes fixed around this sorting drum to sort only members with specific shapes and pass them around the outer periphery of the sorting drum. A sorting member guide mechanism of a shape sorting device, characterized in that a spacer is interposed between each shape sorting mechanism to eliminate unevenness in the sorting drum and allow the members to slide. .