KR20080004348A - Medium handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

A medium handling device is provided to put a medium in order even though the size of the medium is different, by using an elastically transformable relaxation member. According to a medium handling device dispensing a medium to an integrated part(23) one by one and ordering the dispensed medium along the dispense direction, a collision member stops the dispense of the medium as the dispensed medium collides. A buffer is formed to be able to move as facing with the collision member, and can be elastically transformed. The buffer is elastically transformed along the dispense direction of the medium.

Description

Media processing unit {MEDIUM HANDLING DEVICE}

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a side view which shows the accumulation mechanism of the banknote arrangement | stacking apparatus of embodiment.

It is an external view which shows the banknote arranging apparatus of embodiment.

It is a block diagram which shows the banknote arranging apparatus of embodiment.

It is explanatory drawing which shows an operation part.

5 is a perspective view illustrating an integration mechanism of the embodiment.

6 is an explanatory diagram showing a stereotactic belt pulley.

7 is a side view illustrating an integration operation of the embodiment.

8 is a side view showing an integrated state of the embodiment.

9 is a side view illustrating an integration operation of the embodiment.

10 is a side view showing an integrated state of the embodiment.

       Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

6: integration mechanism

6a-6d: temporary integration part

20: conveying roller

22: pressing roller

23: integrated unit

26: stereotactic belt pulley

27a: partial gear

29: stereotactic belt

P1: New 5,000 won bill

P2: Old 10,000 Won

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2002-197509

The present invention relates to a media processing apparatus for accumulating media one by one and arranging the integrated media.

Background Art Conventionally, as a media processing apparatus having an accumulation unit for accumulating media, there is a banknote binding arrangement apparatus provided in a financial institution such as a bank. In this banknote binding arrangement apparatus, the banknotes put into the apparatus are conveyed one by one to an accumulation unit, and are accumulated in an accumulation unit. The accumulation unit includes a movable mounting plate, and the conveyed bank notes are mounted on the mounting plate one by one. The banknotes are accumulated in the accumulating unit so as to be discharged by the rotation of the conveying roller. However, the accumulating wall is provided with a collision wall on which the emitted banknotes collide, and an orthogonal mechanism facing the collision wall, between the collision walls and the stereotactic mechanism. The banknotes were arranged in the discharge direction.

As an apparatus which has such an integrated part, what is disclosed by patent document 1 is mentioned, for example.

However, in the above conventional media processing apparatus, since the positioning mechanism for aligning the media has a fixed width, only a medium having a predetermined width can be arranged, and there is a problem that it cannot cope with a medium having a different size. .

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a media processing apparatus capable of providing a medium even in response to the media having different sizes.

MEANS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM In order to solve the said subject, this invention is a media processing apparatus which discharges a medium to an integrated part one by one, and arranges | releases the discharged medium to a discharge direction, Comprising: The collision member which stops discharge | emission of a medium by colliding with the discharged medium, And a loosening member that is formed to be movable opposite to the collision member and that is elastically deformable.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiment of this invention is described according to drawing. Elements common to each drawing are given the same reference numerals. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The side view which shows the accumulation part of the banknote sorting apparatus of embodiment, FIG. 2 is an external view which shows the banknote sorting apparatus of embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram which shows the banknote sorting apparatus of embodiment. In this embodiment, the bill handling apparatus is described as an example of the media processing apparatus. First, a banknote arranging apparatus is demonstrated according to FIG. 2 and FIG.

In FIG.2 and FIG.3, 1 is an input part of a banknote, and is formed in the upper part of the apparatus front. 2 is a discriminating part which detects the authenticity of a banknote, the kind of paper, correctness, front and back, and counts, and detects a conveyance abnormality, and is formed in the apparatus. 3 is a conveyance path of a banknote and conveys the inserted banknote to each part. 4 is a front and rear inversion part which performs front and back inversion of a banknote, and is formed so that it may be located in the banknote conveyance direction rear end of the discrimination part 2 in an apparatus.

5 is an open pocket which accumulates banknotes of the type excluding the binding object, and is formed on the upper surface of the apparatus, and the banknotes accumulated in the open pocket 5 can be directly accessed by an operator. 6 is an integration mechanism, and in this embodiment, four temporary integration portions 6a to 6d are formed in the device side by side in the integration mechanism 6 in the vertical arrangement, and each of the temporary integration portions 6a to 6d is respectively provided. Predetermined number of sheets, for example, 100 sheets of banknotes are accumulated in this embodiment. In addition, the number of temporary accumulators is not limited to four.

7 is an operation unit formed on one side of the input unit 1, and as shown in FIG. 4, the operation unit 7 restarts the device at the time of recovery of the failure of the device, indicative of the count start button 7a for instructing the counting of bills. There is provided a reset button 7b for making it work, and a completion button 7c for instructing completion of the counting and binding process. 4 is explanatory drawing which shows an operation part. 8 is a reject pocket which accumulates reject banknotes which are discriminated by unknown type in the discriminating part 2 or whose conveyance abnormality is detected, and are formed above the input part 1, and the reject pocket 8 The operator can directly access the banknotes accumulated in the banknote.

9 is a conveyance mechanism which transfers the predetermined number (for example, 100 sheets) of banknotes accumulated in each temporary accumulator 6a-6d to the banknote binding mechanism 10 arrange | positioned below. The transfer mechanism 9 is capable of lifting up and down in a vertical direction and has a clamp portion for clamping a banknote. Although the banknote binding mechanism 10 is not shown in figure, the conveying means which consists of a roller and a belt, etc., the tape for binding, the printing means, the tape supply means which supplies a tape, and the cutter which cuts a tape to predetermined length And a binding means. A bundle of bills is formed by winding a tape around 100 bills.

11 is a discharge port of a banknote bundle, 12 is a door formed in the front of the apparatus, and it is supposed that an operator can access the accumulation mechanism by opening this door 12. 13 is an operation display part formed so that it may be located behind the open pocket 5 in the upper surface of an apparatus, and is comprised by the LCD and the touch panel arrange | positioned at the surface, and an operator operates this operation display part 13 and designates a mode. In addition, it is supposed to set the types of money, the accumulation order, and the like on the banknotes accumulated in the temporary accumulators 6a to 6d. In addition, the operation display unit 13 is also provided with a display such as the kind of paper money and the loss or loss of the banknotes discriminated by the discriminating unit 2.

Next, the integration mechanism will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 5. In the accumulation mechanism 6, as described above, four temporary accumulation units 6a to 6d are arranged side by side in the up and down direction, and these temporary integration units 6a to 6d have the same structure. The integrated section 6a will be described as an example. 5 is a perspective view illustrating an integration mechanism of the embodiment.

1 and 5, two conveying rollers 20 are formed on the shaft 21. The pressure contact roller 22 is formed in pressure contact with the conveyance roller 20. As shown in FIG. The banknote is discharged into the accumulation part 23 by the conveyance roller 20 and the pressure contact roller 22. Touch vanes 24 are formed on both sides of the conveying roller 20. On the outer periphery of the touch vane 24, a plurality of wings 25 having flexibility are formed.

The stereotactic belt pulley 26 is formed between the conveyance roller 20 and the touch vane 24. The stereotactic belt pulley 26 is mounted on the shaft 21 and rotates by the rotation of the shaft 21. As shown in FIG. 6, the partial belt 27a is formed on the outer circumferential portion 27 of the stereotactic belt pulley 26. The outer peripheral part 27b other than that is formed in circular arc shape so that it may slide with respect to a stereotactic belt as a smooth part. The stereotactic belt pulley 26 is pressurized with the stereotactic belt 29 as a loosening member by the pressure roller 28.

The stereotactic belt 29 is elastically deformable and is formed in a state of being relaxed to the integrated portion 23 side. The gear part 30 is formed in the inner side of the stereotactic belt 29, and this gear part 30 can mesh with the partial gear 27a of the stereotactic belt pulley 26. As shown in FIG. The stereotactic belt 29 spans in a relaxed state between the stereotactic belt pulley 26 and the lower pulley 31 disposed below. On the opposite side of the accumulator 23, the pressure roller 32 contacts and rotates on the stereoscopic belt 29 so that the relaxation of the stereotactic belt 29 is located on the side of the accumulator 23. It is formed to.

Although the circumferential speed of the conveyance roller 20 is high speed according to the conveyance speed of a banknote, the circumferential speed of the stereotactic belt 29 which prepares the banknote edge part of a banknote conveyance direction does not apply more load to an edge | tip of a banknote than necessary. It is necessary to lower to the speed | rate at which the banknote does not roll in the belt rotation direction by being attracted to rotation of the stereotactic belt 29.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the diameter of the stereotactic belt pulley 26 is made smaller than the diameter of the conveyance roller 20, and the circumferential speed of a pulley diameter is dropped. In addition, by making the outer peripheral part 27 of the stereotactic belt pulley 26 into the partial gear 27a and the smooth part 27b, the rotation amount transmitted to the stereotactic belt 29 during one rotation of the stereotactic belt pulley 26. To reduce. The stereotactic belt 29 performs what is called intermittent rotation which repeats rotation and stop.

The accumulation part 23 is opposed to the mounting member 35 on which conveyed and mounted bank notes P are mounted, the stop member 36 and the mounting member 35 at which the tip ends of the released bank notes P collide with each other. It consists of the clamp member 37 arrange | positioned above it. When the clamp member 37 reaches 100 sheets of bills P mounted on the mounting member 35, the clamp member 37 descends toward the mounting member 35 to give the bill P to the transfer mechanism 9 shown in FIG. 3. The bill P is compressed to a certain thickness so as to be easily received.

Here, the operation of the integration mechanism 6a will be described. In FIG. 1, the conveyance roller 20 rotates to the arrow A direction, and the banknote P conveyed by the conveyance roller 20 and the pressure contact roller 22 is discharged toward the stop member 36. In FIG. When the tip part collides with the stop member 36, the conveyance of the banknote P is stopped. The rear end part of the banknote P which lost speed is touched from upper direction by the wing part 25 of the touch impeller 24, and the banknote P falls on the mounting member 35. FIG.

At this time, the stereotactic belt pulley 26 is rotating at the same rotational speed as the conveyance roller 20 in the same direction (arrow A direction). The partial gear 27a of the stereotactic belt pulley 26 meshes with the gear portion 30 of the stereotactic belt 29 when it comes to the pressure roller 28 side. At this time, the stereotactic belt 29 is rotated in the direction of arrow B by the stereotactic belt pulley 26. When the partial gear 27a of the stereotactic belt pulley 26 moves upward from the pressure roller 28 side, it disengages from the gear part 30 of the stereotactic belt 29. For this reason, the stereotactic belt 29 stops rotating.

When the stereotactic belt pulley 26 further rotates and the partial gear 27a comes back to the pressurizing roller 28 side, the stereotactic belt 29 is engaged with the gear portion 30 of the stereoscopic belt 29, and the stereotactic belt 29 is again fixed by a certain amount. Rotate by. In this way, the stereotactic belt 29 performs intermittent rotation in which the rotation and the stop are alternately repeated during one rotation of the stereotactic belt pulley 26.

Next, the operation of the bill filing apparatus will be described. Here, as an example, a new five thousand won bill (the length of the transport direction is 68 mm) of a banknote having a different length in the bill conveyance direction, for example, a nine thousand won bill (the length of the transport direction is 76 mm) of the Korean bill. The case of processing will be described as an example.

First, the operator sets the bundle of bills in which nine thousand won and new five thousand won are mixed in the input unit 1. And when the counting start button 7a of the operation part 7 is pressed, the set banknotes are thrown into the apparatus one by one. The put banknote is conveyed to the conveyance path 3 and is conveyed to the discriminating part 2. By the sensor not shown in the discrimination part 2, in addition to the discrimination of the authenticity, the denomination, front and back of a banknote, the count of a banknote and the presence or absence of conveyance abnormality are further detected. These discrimination result information, counting information, and conveyance abnormality information are transferred from the discriminating unit 2 to the control unit of the device (not shown).

The banknote discriminated by the discrimination part 2 except the binding object is conveyed to the conveyance path 3, and is conveyed to the open pocket 5. Moreover, the banknote which detected the conveyance abnormality, such as a fake banknote or a banknote unknown by the discrimination part 2, or overlapping conveyance, is conveyed to the reject pocket 8 via the conveyance path 3. As shown in FIG. As a result of the discrimination, banknotes discriminated as 10,000 won or new 5,000 won are conveyed to the conveyance path 3 irrespective of the discrimination result of the right hand, and the front and back of the banknote are reversed in the front and rear inversion part 4, and the accumulation mechanism ( It is conveyed to the temporary accumulation parts 6a-6d of 6).

In the accumulation mechanism 6, banknotes are accumulated in temporary accumulators 6a to 6d different for each kind. In the present embodiment, the new five thousand won bill is accumulated in the temporary accumulators 6a and 6b, and the nine thousand won bill is accumulated in the temporary accumulators 6c and 6d. As an example, the case where the new five thousand won zone is accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit 6a will be described with reference to FIG. 7 is a side view illustrating an integration operation of the embodiment.

In FIG. 7, the new five thousand won winding P1 conveyed to the temporary accumulator 6a is conveyed in the arrow C direction by the rotation of the conveyance roller 20 and the pressure contact roller 22, and the stop member 36 Is emitted toward the The new five thousand won winding P1 which has escaped the nip between the conveying roller 20 and the pressure contact roller 22 glides over the upper part of the accumulation part 23, and the tip part collides with the stop member 36. Thereby, banknote P1 loses a conveyance speed, and the rear end part of banknote P1 is touched downward from upper direction by the wing part 25 of the touch vane 24 coaxial with the conveyance roller 22, Banknote P1 falls.

At this time, the positioning belt pulley 26 on the same axis as the conveying roller 20 rotates at the same rotational speed in the same direction as the conveying roller 22. The partial gear 27a of the stereotactic belt pulley 26 meshes with the gear portion 30 of the stereoscopic belt 29 when it comes to the pressure roller 28 side, and by this engagement, the stereoscopic belt 29 is arrowed. Rotate in the B direction. At this time, the stereotactic belt 29 rotates with the relaxed part 29a toward the integration part 23 side. The rear end of the new five-won winding P1 that has fallen is in contact with the loosening portion 29a of the stereotactic belt 29 and moves downward by the rotation of the stereotactic belt 29.

When the partial gear 27a of the stereotactic belt pulley 26 rotates upward from the pressure roller 28 side, it moves out of the gear part 30 of the stereotactic belt 29, and the stereotactic belt 29 stops rotation. . At this time, the new five thousand won winding P1 stops moving downward or falls to its own weight. When the stereotactic belt pulley 26 further rotates and the partial gear 27a comes back to the pressurizing roller 28 side, the stereotactic belt 29 is engaged with the gear portion 30 of the stereoscopic belt 29, and the stereotactic belt 29 is again fixed by a certain amount. Rotate by. In this way, the stereotactic belt 29 performs intermittent rotation in which the rotation and the stop are alternately repeated during one rotation of the stereotactic belt pulley 26.

By intermittent rotation of the stereotactic belt 29, the new five thousand won circle P1 gradually moves downward, and is elastically supported in the direction of the stop member 36 at the relaxed portion 29a of the stereotactic belt 29 at that time, and the tip portion It moves until it collides with the stop member 36. When the loosening part 29a of the stereotactic belt 29 has no banknote in the accumulating part 23, the distance with the stop member 36 is the width | variety L of the conveyance direction of the new 5,000 won winding P1 (68 mm). By setting it slightly shorter than), the loosening part 29a is pushed back to the banknote P1 and elastically deformed, so that the banknote P1 is aligned on the mounting member 35 in the conveying direction as shown in FIG. 8. can do. 8 is a side view showing an integrated state of the embodiment.

As described above, the new five thousand won winding P1 is accumulated while being aligned in the conveying direction (release direction) by the positioning belt 29, but the banknote P1 moves downward excessively because the positioning belt 29 intermittently rotates. Therefore, the rear end of the banknote P1 is not curled into the gap between the stereotactic belt 29 and the mounting member 35.

When the new five thousand won winding P1 is accumulated on the mounting member 35 of the accumulation unit 23, the predetermined number of sheets (100 sheets) is driven, the gate distribution mechanism (not shown) is driven, and the new five thousand won winding P1 after that is temporarily suspended. It is integrated in the accumulator 6b. In the temporary accumulator 6a in which 100 banknotes P1 are accumulated, the mounting member 35 rises and the clamp member 37 descends toward the mounting member 35. As a result, 100 new five-won bills (P1) are sandwiched between them, and have a constant thickness with or without wrinkles.

The new five thousand won winding P1 sandwiched between the mounting member 35 and the clamp member 37 is clamped by the transfer mechanism 9 having the clamp portion shown in FIG. 3, and further includes a banknote binding mechanism 10. Transferred. The banknote binding mechanism 10 receives the banknote P1 bundled by the receiving receiver which is not shown in figure, and winds and binds a tape to banknote P1 by the binding means which is not shown in figure. The bound new five thousand won (P1) is discharged out of the device from the discharge port (11).

Next, the accumulation operation of 10,000 won is explained with reference to FIG. 9 is a side view illustrating an integration operation of the embodiment. In FIG. 9, the old full circle P2 is integrated in the temporary accumulation section 6c. Even in the case of the former full circle P2, the stereotactic belt 29 performs intermittent rotation which repeats rotation and stop, but in the case of the old full circle P2, since the width | variety of a conveyance direction is large, relaxation of the stereotactic belt 29 is carried out. Although the distance between the part 29a and the stop member 36 needs to be made larger than in the case of the new five-won winding P1, since the relaxed part 29a is elastically deformed, as shown in FIG. Regulates the rear end of the banknote P2. By the elastic deformation, the positioning belt 29 is provided with a force for elastically supporting the banknote P2 in the direction of the stop member 36, and the banknote P2 falling on the mounting member 35 by this elastic support force. ) In the conveying direction.

As shown in FIG. 10, when a predetermined number of sheets (100 sheets) are accumulated on the mounting member 35 of the accumulating portion 23, as shown in FIG. 10, a gate distribution mechanism (not shown) is driven, and 90,000 won P2 is accumulated in the temporary accumulator 6d. In the temporary accumulating part 6c in which 100 pieces of 10,000 round windings P2 are accumulated, the mounting member 35 rises and the clamp member 37 descends toward the mounting member 35. As a result, 100 sheets of 10,000 won (P2) are sandwiched in between, and have a constant thickness with or without wrinkles or the like.

The old full circle P2 sandwiched by the mounting member 35 and the clamp member 37 is clamped by the transfer mechanism 9 having the clamp portion shown in FIG. 3, and is also transferred to the banknote binding mechanism 10. do. The banknote binding mechanism 10 receives the banknote P2 bundled by the receiving receiver which is not shown in figure, and winds and binds a tape to banknote P2 by the binding means which is not shown in figure. The bound sphere full circle P2 is discharged out of the device from the discharge port 11.

The new five thousand won (P1) and 100 thousand won (P2) after 100 sheets are accumulated in the temporary accumulators 6b and 6d, respectively, as described above. About the banknote of the stage which remained in the accumulating parts 6a-6d, it pulls out of an apparatus by opening the door 12 shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the bills are arranged in the conveying direction by the elastically deformable positioning belt 29 having the loosening part 29a, the media having different sizes in the conveying direction have the same structure. The effect of being able to arrange in a conveyance direction with a mechanism is exhibited.

Moreover, by intermittent rotation which rotates and stops alternately the positioning belt 29, the circumferential speed of the positioning belt 29 can be reduced to the fall speed of the banknote P, and after the banknote P The load more than necessary is not applied to the end, and the rear end of the banknote P is not rolled up to the stereotactic belt 29.

In the said embodiment, although the press roller 28 and the press roller 32 are arrange | positioned as the separation prevention means of the stereotactic belt 29, press members, such as a leaf spring, can also be used as a departure prevention means. In addition, although the stereotactic belt 29 was demonstrated by the example using a narrow thing in the said embodiment as shown in FIG. 5, you may use a wide belt width depending on a use medium.

In addition, in the said embodiment, although demonstrated in the example of the apparatus which accumulates a foreign banknote with a different size to a temporary accumulator, the media processing apparatus of this invention is not limited to the apparatus which accumulates banknotes, For example, such as stocks, etc. In a device having a mechanism for accumulating paper or card media having various sizes, such as securities, transportation tickets such as air tickets, tickets for movies and entertainment facilities, and tickets for lotteries and horse racing, etc. Applicable

According to the present invention, since the medium is made to be an elastically deformable relaxation member, even if the size of the medium is changed, it is possible to exhibit a function to make the medium even in response to it.

Claims (5)

A medium processing apparatus for discharging a medium one by one into an integrated unit, and for arranging the discharged medium in a discharge direction. A collision member for stopping the discharge of the medium by collision of the discharged medium, And a loosening member that is formed to be movable opposite to the collision member and that is elastically deformable. The method of claim 1, The relaxation member is elastically deformed in the discharge direction of the medium. The method of claim 2, The said loosening member is an endless belt, The medium processing apparatus which gives a loosening to the belt by pressing the belt by the pressurizing member to a drive pulley. The method of claim 3, wherein And the drive pulley has a gear portion, and the endless belt has a gear portion engaged with the gear portion inside. The method of claim 4, wherein The gear part of the said drive pulley is a partial gear, The rotation of the conveyance roller which discharges a medium to the said integration part is transmitted to the said drive pulley.

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