WO2016075971A1

WO2016075971A1 - Paper sheet conveying unit and paper sheet identification device

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Publication number: WO2016075971A1
Application number: PCT/JP2015/072630
Authority: WO
Inventors: 武大岩
Original assignee: 富士電機株式会社
Priority date: 2014-11-10
Filing date: 2015-08-10
Publication date: 2016-05-19
Also published as: KR102361933B1; JPWO2016075971A1; CN105793177B; CN105793177A; KR20170084984A

Abstract

The present invention provides a conveying unit 20 that includes: a left side conveyance wall section 31 and a right side conveyance wall section 32 by which a right side face 31a and a left side face 32a are arranged so as to oppose each other, and which regulate displacement, in the width direction, of a passing paper sheet; and an inner side conveyance wall section 33 and an outer side conveyance wall section 34 by which an inner side inner wall face 33a and an outer side inner wall face 34a are arranged so as to oppose each other, and which regulate displacement, in the thickness direction, of a passing paper sheet. The conveying unit 20 is configured to convey a banknote PM through a conveyance path 30 surrounded by the right side face 31a, the left side face 32a, the inner side inner wall face 33a, and the outer side inner wall face 34a. The outer side conveyance wall section 34 has spaces S, and, when a part of the banknote PM conveyed along the conveyance path 30 contacts the right side face 31a or the left side face 32a and is thus bent, the bent part is allowed to enter the space S.

Description

Paper sheet transport unit and paper sheet identification device

The present invention relates to a paper sheet transport unit and a paper sheet identification device.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, a paper sheet identification device applied to a vending machine or the like has a conveyance path by a conveyance roller or the like when a bill (paper sheet) inserted from an insertion port of a vending machine body is inserted from an insertion port. The authenticity is identified by the identification means during the conveyance. And when it is identified as authentic, it is accumulated in the accumulation box after that. On the other hand, if the bill cannot be identified as authentic, the bill is transported again toward the insertion slot and sent out from the insertion slot, whereby the bill is discharged from the insertion slot. (For example, see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent No. 456064

By the way, although not specifically indicated in Patent Document 1, the transport path for transporting banknotes is disposed in such a manner that the inner surfaces of the banknotes face each other, and regulates displacement in the width direction of the banknotes that pass through. Surrounded by inner surfaces of a pair of left and right first conveyance restriction portions and a second conveyance restriction portion that is disposed in a manner in which the inner surfaces of the pair are opposed to each other and that regulates displacement in the thickness direction of bills passing therethrough. It is common.

In the paper sheet identification apparatus provided with such a conveyance path, when the banknote inserted through the insertion slot and conveyed through the conveyance path is identified by the identification unit, the conveyance path is conveyed again toward the insertion slot. When the banknote is inclined with respect to the transport direction in the transport path, a part of the banknote may be in contact with the inner surface of the first transport regulation unit and bend. If a part of the banknote conveyed through the conveyance path is curved in this way, the curved part is caught on the conveyance surface of the conveyance path (in particular, the inner surface of the second conveyance regulation unit), and as a result, the banknote May be clogged in the conveyance path. Such clogging of banknotes in the conveyance path is particularly noticeable in the conveyance curve section when there is a conveyance curve section that conveys the banknote in a bent state in a part of the conveyance path.

In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet transport unit and a paper sheet identification device that can prevent paper sheets from being clogged.

In order to achieve the above object, a paper sheet transport unit according to the present invention is arranged in such a manner that the first inner wall surfaces of each other face each other, and restricts displacement in the width direction of a paper sheet that passes therethrough. A regulating member, and a second regulating member that is disposed in a manner in which the second inner wall faces each other and that regulates displacement in the thickness direction of the passing paper sheet, the first inner wall and the second Paper sheets are transported through a transport path that is surrounded by an inner wall surface. The second restricting member is formed with a space that allows entry of the curved portion when a portion of the paper sheet conveyed along the conveyance path is curved in contact with the first inner wall surface. It is characterized by.

Further, the present invention provides the paper sheet transport unit, wherein the transport path is for transporting a paper sheet inserted through an insertion port or toward the insertion port, and the paper sheet. It has at least one conveyance tune part which conveys in the state which bent the kind. The second restricting member is characterized in that a concave portion constituting the space is formed between a return start position of the paper sheets in the constituent elements constituting the outside of the conveying curved portion and the insertion port. To do.

In the paper sheet transport unit, the present invention allows the transport path to identify the authenticity of the paper sheet by the identifying means during the transport of the paper sheet inserted through the insertion slot. It is characterized by.

A paper sheet identification apparatus according to the present invention includes the paper sheet transport unit.

According to the present invention, the second regulating member is formed with a space that allows the curved portion to enter when a portion of the paper sheet conveyed along the conveyance path is curved in contact with the first inner wall surface. Therefore, there is no risk that the curved portion will be caught on the inner wall surface of the conveyance path, and the effect of suppressing the jamming of the paper sheets can be achieved.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a paper sheet identification apparatus to which a paper sheet conveyance unit according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, that is, a paper sheet identification apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a left side view schematically showing the paper sheet identification apparatus shown in FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a paper sheet transport unit and a paper sheet identification device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view showing a paper sheet identification apparatus to which a paper sheet transport unit according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, that is, a paper sheet identification apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a left side view schematically showing the paper sheet identification apparatus shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a line BB in FIG. It is sectional drawing.

The paper sheet identification device exemplified here is used as a bill processing machine called a so-called bill validator of a vending machine, for example, and is attached to the rear surface of the front door constituting the front surface of the vending machine. It is. This paper sheet identification device is intended for a bill PM as an example of a paper sheet, and is configured by providing a storage unit 60 in the apparatus main body 10.

The apparatus main body 10 is a casing made of, for example, a resin material such as plastic or a metal material such as a steel plate, and includes a transport unit (paper sheet transport unit) 20 and an identification unit 50.

The transport unit 20 includes a transport path 30 and a transport means 40. The conveyance path 30 is provided in communication with the insertion slot 11 formed on the front surface of the apparatus main body 10 and is a path for conveying the banknote PM. Here, the conveyance path 30 extends from the insertion port 11 toward the rear and then curves and extends upward, and the curved portion forms a conveyance curved portion 30a. The conveyance tune part 30a is a site | part conveyed in the state which bent the banknote PM. Here, the insertion slot 11 is provided at a position facing the insertion slot formed on the front door of the vending machine, and inserts the bills PM inserted through the insertion slot, and is sent through itself. The banknote PM is discharged through the insertion slot.

Such a conveyance path 30 is formed by a pair of left and right left conveyance wall portions 31 and right conveyance wall portions 32, an inner conveyance wall portion 33, and an outer conveyance wall portion 34. The left conveyance wall 31 is disposed on the left side, and the right side surface 31a is an inner wall surface (first inner wall surface). The right transfer wall 32 is disposed on the right side of the left transfer wall 31 and the left side 32a is an inner wall (first inner wall). The left side surface 32 a of the right conveyance wall portion 32 faces the right side surface 31 a of the left conveyance wall portion 31.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the inner conveyance wall 33 is provided integrally with the left conveyance wall 31 and the right conveyance wall 32 in such a manner as to connect the ends of the left conveyance wall 31 and the right conveyance wall 32. The inner conveyance wall 33 is arranged on the upper side on the upstream side of the conveyance path closer to the insertion port 11 than the conveyance curved part 30a, and is arranged on the front side on the downstream side of the conveyance path above the conveyance curved part 30a. is doing.

The outer conveyance wall 34 is arranged in such a manner that the outer inner wall surface (second inner wall surface) 34a faces the inner inner wall surface (second inner wall surface) 33a of the inner conveyance wall 33, and is upstream of the conveyance path. In, it arrange | positions in the downward side, and arrange | positions in the back side in the conveyance path downstream area. This outer conveyance wall part 34 is a component which comprises the outer side of the conveyance curved part 30a. The outer conveyance wall 34 is configured separately from the left conveyance wall 31, the right conveyance wall 32, and the inner conveyance wall 33.

And by being surrounded by the right side surface 31a of the left conveyance wall portion 31, the left side surface 32a of the right conveyance wall portion 32, the inner inner wall surface 33a of the inner conveyance wall portion 33 and the outer inner wall surface 34a of the outer conveyance wall portion 34, A conveyance path 30 is configured.

Such left side conveyance wall part 31 and right side conveyance wall part 32 comprise the 1st control member which regulates the displacement of the width direction of the banknote PM to pass, and the inner side conveyance wall part 33 and the outer side conveyance wall part 34 are comprised. The 2nd regulating member which regulates the displacement of the thickness direction of bill PM passing through is constituted.

The conveying means 40 is composed of a plurality (two in the illustrated example) of

conveying rollers

41a and 41b and a plurality (three in the illustrated example) of

tension rollers

42a, 42b and 42c.

The

transport rollers

41a and 41b can rotate around their own axis by driving a transport motor (not shown). Here, the transport motor is driven to rotate in the forward and reverse directions according to a command given from a control means (not shown). In the case of forward rotation, the

transport rollers

41a and 41b are rotated clockwise in FIG. In the case of rotational driving, the

transport rollers

41a and 41b are rotated counterclockwise in FIG.

When the

transport rollers

41a and 41b rotate clockwise in FIG. 2, the banknote PM is transported toward the downstream side of the transport path, and the

transport rollers

41a and 41b rotate counterclockwise in FIG. In this case, the banknote PM is transported toward the upstream side of the transport path.

The

tension rollers

42a, 42b, and 42c are urged toward the

corresponding conveyance rollers

41a and 41b by urging means (not shown), and sandwich the bill PM passing between the

conveyance rollers

41a and 41b. Is to do.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the contact point between the conveyance roller 41b on the downstream side of the conveyance path 30 and the tension roller 42c biased toward the conveyance roller 41b is the return start position HK.

And in such a conveyance unit 20, in the outer conveyance wall part 34 which comprises the conveyance path 30, the recessed part 34b is formed in the right-and-left both ends between the return start position HK and the insertion port 11. FIG. The concave portion 34b is a curved portion when a part of the banknote PM conveyed on the conveyance path 30 is curved in contact with the right side surface 31a of the left conveyance wall portion 31 or the left side surface 32a of the right conveyance wall portion 32. The space S that allows the entry of the is formed.

The identification unit 50 includes a plurality of sensors (for example, an optical sensor and a magnetic sensor) 51 disposed at positions opposed to each other with the conveyance path 30 between the insertion path 11 and the return start position HK across the conveyance path 30. Is. These sensors 51 detect the characteristics of the banknote PM on the specific identification line of the banknote PM being conveyed, and process the detected data to determine the denomination and authenticity of the banknote PM. This determination result is sent to the control means.

The storage unit 60 stores the banknotes PM conveyed in the downstream of the transport path and pushed out by a mechanism called the banknote pusher 12 in a stacked state.

The paper sheet identification apparatus having the above configuration operates as follows.

By inserting the bill PM inserted through the insertion port of the front door of the vending machine into the insertion port 11, the sheet identification device causes the conveyance motor 41 to rotate forward in response to a command from the control means. , 41b rotate clockwise in FIG.

As a result, a part of the banknote PM inserted through the insertion slot 11 is sandwiched between the

transport rollers

41a and 41b and the

tension rollers

42a, 42b and 42c and transported toward the downstream side of the transport path. The part 30a is conveyed in a bent state. Then, the denomination and authenticity of the banknote PM are determined by the identification unit 50.

When the bill PM is authentic and the denomination is determined by the identification means 50, the control means maintains the forward rotation drive of the transport motor, and the bill PM is transported downstream of the transport path by the

transport rollers

41a and 41b. Then, it is pushed out to the storage unit 60 by the banknote pusher 12 and stored in the storage unit 60 in a stacked state.

On the other hand, when the denomination of the banknote PM is not determined by the identification means 50 or when it is determined as a banknote, the transport motor is switched from the normal rotation drive to the reverse rotation drive by the control means. At this time, the rear end of the banknote PM is located at the return start position HK. And as a result of

conveyance roller

41a, 41b rotating counterclockwise in FIG. 2 by reverse rotation drive of a conveyance motor, banknote PM is conveyed toward the said conveyance path upstream. The bills PM thus transported are transported in a state bent by the transport curved portion 30a, and then delivered from the insertion port 11 and then discharged to the outside through the insertion port.

By the way, in the paper sheet identification apparatus, since the recess 34b is formed in the outer conveyance wall 34, a space S is formed between the return start position HK and the insertion port 11 in the conveyance path 30. When the banknote PM is transported from the return start position HK toward the insertion slot 11, the banknote PM is inclined to the left and right with respect to the transport direction, and a part of the right side 31 a or the right side of the left transport wall portion 31. Even if the curved portion comes into contact with the left side surface 32a of the transfer wall portion 32, the curved portion can enter the space S as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIGS. Thereby, there is no possibility that the curved part will be caught in the inner wall surface of the outer side conveyance wall part 34. FIG.

Therefore, according to the transport unit 20 (paper sheet identification device) according to the present embodiment, the banknote PM can be prevented from being jammed in the transport path 30.

In particular, in the transport unit 20 (paper sheet identification device), the concave portions 34b are formed at both ends of the outer transport wall portion 34 that forms the outer side of the transport curved portion 30a, and the space S is formed. A portion that is curved outward (hereinafter referred to as an outer curved portion) in the banknote PM that is conveyed in the state can be made to enter the space S. In other words, even when the banknote PM is transported in a bent state where banknote clogging is most likely to occur, the outer curved portion that easily catches on the inner wall surface of the transport path 30 enters the space S because the rigidity is large. It is possible to satisfactorily prevent PM from clogging the conveyance path 30.

The preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, but the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications can be made.

In the embodiment described above, the space S is formed by forming the concave portion 34b in the outer conveyance wall portion 34 constituting the outer side of the conveyance curved portion 30a. However, in the present invention, the concave portion is formed in the inner conveyance wall portion 33. 34b may be formed.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Apparatus main body 11 Insertion slot 20 Conveyance unit (paper sheet conveyance unit)
30 Conveying path 30a Conveying curved portion 31 Left conveying wall 31a Right side (first inner wall surface)
32 Right conveyance wall part 32a Left side surface (first inner wall surface)
33 inner conveyance wall 33a inner inner wall surface (second inner wall surface)
34 outer conveyance wall part 34a outer inner wall surface (second inner wall surface)
34b Concave part 40 Conveying means 50 Identification means 60 Storage unit HK Return start position PM Bill S Space

Claims

A first restricting member that is disposed in a manner in which the first inner wall surfaces oppose each other and restricts displacement in the width direction of the passing paper sheet;
A second restricting member that is disposed in a manner in which the second inner wall faces each other and that regulates displacement in the thickness direction of the passing paper sheet, and is surrounded by the first inner wall and the second inner wall. In the paper sheet transport unit configured to transport paper sheets through the transport path configured as described above,
The second restricting member is formed with a space that allows entry of the curved portion when a portion of the paper sheet conveyed along the conveyance path is curved in contact with the first inner wall surface. A paper sheet transport unit.
The transport path is for transporting paper sheets inserted through an insertion slot, or for transporting paper sheets toward the insertion slot, and at least a transport curved section that transports the paper sheets in a bent state. Have one,
The second restricting member is characterized in that a concave portion constituting the space is formed between a return start position of the paper sheets in the constituent elements constituting the outside of the conveying curved portion and the insertion port. The paper sheet transport unit according to claim 1.
3. The paper sheet according to claim 2, wherein the transport path allows the authenticating means to identify the authenticity of the paper sheet by the identifying unit during the transport of the paper sheet inserted through the insertion port. Transport unit.
A paper sheet identification apparatus comprising the paper sheet transport unit according to any one of claims 1 to 3.