JPH022483A - Sheet handling device and method for driving belt carrier - 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] [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention connects automatic machines placed in a bank business store etc. using a conveyance means, and collects information such as the amount of cash held by each automatic machine and exchange information between each automatic machine. Regarding the system that centralizes and manages the
In particular, the present invention relates to a group management system that transports paper sheets such as banknotes one by one.

[Conventional technology]

For example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 60-17582, a conventional device inserts a medium such as a banknote into a cassette when replenishing.
At the time of collection, empty cassettes were prepared, these cassettes were carried by a traveling trolley, and each person exchanged them with the cassette installed in Aircraft A.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the above-mentioned conventional technology, the mechanism for transporting and attaching/detaching the cassette is complicated, and the space occupied by the transport path becomes large. Further, there was a problem in that it was difficult to branch the transport route, and there were many restrictive conditions for route setting.

The purpose of the present invention is to enable flexible conveyance route setting;
The present invention aims to provide a small and inexpensive conveyance path and realize a highly reliable filter paper handling device in a group management system. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for driving a conveyance path of a filter sheet conveyance belt in the group management system described above.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, each automatic machine is connected by a bell 1 and a conveyance path, and a configuration is adopted in which three types of route changes can be made as necessary.

The first is a route change by selecting whether or not to pass through an attitude changing mechanism in the transverse direction conveyance path of paper sheets.

The second is a route change by reversing the attitude changing mechanism.

The third method is to change the route by selecting the connection of the longitudinal conveyance path of paper sheets.

A layout-free conveyance path can be formed by combining the above conveyance paths.

Furthermore, if a trouble occurs during system operation, the route change described above allows the trouble point to be bypassed, so that operation can be continued.

Furthermore, the attitude change mechanism in trouble may be replaced with a royal mechanism.

[Effect]

Filter paper sheets (
If a trouble occurs in the posture changing mechanism (which will be explained below with reference to banknotes only), the conveyance path will be stopped during processing, so banknotes are scattered on the conveyance path. These scattered banknotes are collected into a reject storage located above the attitude changing mechanism by switching the gate.

The attitude change mechanism in trouble can change the path of banknotes both in the transverse direction and in the longitudinal direction.

make a detour.

Further, the posture changing mechanism in trouble can be automatically replaced with a normal mechanism by rotating the table half a turn. Therefore, this case is equivalent to automatically restoring the attitude changing mechanism.

Since the transport path can be initialized through the above operations, even when a trouble occurs, continuous operation is possible without the entire system being set to +h.

Note that rejected banknotes are collected as necessary.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a state in which the automatic machines in a branch are connected using a belt conveyance path and a direction changing mechanism. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the arrangement of each automatic machine, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a business store.

First, the banknote attitude changing mechanism (A shown in FIG. 1).

The configuration and operation of ~A 6+ B o-B 8) will be explained using FIGS. 4 to 6.

FIG. 4 shows a front view of the medium conveyance attitude changing mechanism, FIG. 5 shows a plan view, and FIG. 6 shows a side view. First, the structure of the mechanism will be explained. Here, the medium to be conveyed will be explained as a banknote.

In these figures, the frame body that receives and sends out banknotes is the upper plate 1030. board 1040 and positioning member 103
Consists of 5. A shaft 1010 is disposed in the upper part of the frame, and a shaft 102o is disposed in the lower part so as to be perpendicular to each other. 1l111010 has two boss parts 1011,1
012 are fixed, and friction members 1011a, 1012a and shielding parts 1011b, 1012 are fixed to their boss parts.
12b is provided. Similarly, boss portions 1013 and 1014 are fixed to the shaft 1020, and friction members 1013a, 1014a and a shielding portion 1013b are attached to the boss portions.

1014b is provided.

A stopper 1 is provided at the bottom of the frame in a direction perpendicular to the axis 1020.
Axis 1050°1060 with 050a and 1060a
is installed. 4 axes 1010°1020.10
50 and 1060 are each rotatably supported by ball bearings.

Additionally, sensors 1070a are provided above and below the center of the frame.

1070b is provided, and a through hole for the optical axis is provided in the frame.

Friction member 1011a rotates integrally with shaft 1010.

10L2a is arranged so that its lowest part overlaps the inner surface of the lower plate of the frame body at the position shown in FIG.
1a is arranged at a position rotated 108' from the position shown in FIG. 4 so that its top overlaps with the inner surface of the upper plate of the frame body. In addition, in FIG. 4, the shielding parts 1013b, 10
14b is arranged so as not to protrude into the bill receiving/receiving/dispensing space 1080, and similarly, the shielding parts 1011b, 1012b are positioned 180 degrees rotated from the position shown in FIG.
080 so as not to protrude.

These shielding parts are made of low friction members.

The axes 1010 and 1020 are each connected to a pulse motor 1201.
．． At 1211, it is driven in forward or reverse rotation.

Furthermore, sensors 1203 and 1213 are provided on the shafts 1010 and 1020 to detect their respective stop positions.

The shafts 1050 and 1060 are rotary solenoid 1, respectively.
It is driven by forward excitation or reverse excitation of 501.1511, and the stopper
) or 90° (when the stopper is in the receiving and sending space 1
080). In addition, the axis 1050
, 1060 have position detection sensors 1503 and 15, respectively.
14 are arranged.

In FIGS. 4 and 5, rollers 1'301, 1311.1408a disposed on the upper plate 1030 of the frame are idle rollers, and the rollers 1'300°1310.14
Rotated by 00.

Next, the operation of this mechanism will be explained. First, a case will be described in which banknotes transported in the transverse direction are received, converted to transport in the longitudinal direction, and sent out. In FIG. 5, the single mechanism is initialized and the rotational directions of the shafts 1010, 1020 and each roller are determined. The shafts 1010° and 1020 are both stopped at positions where the friction member and the shielding member are retracted from the receiving and delivering space 1080.

In addition, the stoppers 1050a and 1060a are the receiving and sending space 1.
It is held in a position retracted or protruding from 080.

The conveyance rollers 1400 and 1408a rotate at a constant speed in the direction of the solid line in FIG. 6, and when feeding to the left side in FIG. 7, the conveyance roller 1
300, 1301 and 1310°1311 are driven at a constant speed in the direction of the solid line in FIG. The stopper 1060a evacuates the receiving, receiving and sending space.

1050 is a protruding state. In this state, short banknotes are received and received. Sensors 1070a and 10
70b, and before its tip reaches the positioning member 1035, the friction member 1013a.

The shaft 1020 is driven in the same direction as the banknote so that the banknote is held between the banknote 1014a and the inner surface of the upper plate of the frame.

After the bill is clamped, the rotational speed is reduced to bring the tip of the bill into contact with the positioning member 1035 at a gentle speed, and then the shaft 1020 is rotated at an increased speed to withdraw the friction member from the space and stop at a predetermined position. let The bill remains in space 1080 correctly positioned. Further, the shaft 1010 is rotated in the banknote sending direction, and the friction members 1011a, 10
20a and the inner surface of the lower plate of the frame body, the bill is sent out from the device, and the $1010 is stopped at a predetermined position.

In this state, the bank waits for the next banknote to be received. When feeding to the right side in Fig. 5, conveyance rollers 1300, 1301 and 1
310. Move the 13'll in the opposite direction and
Evacuate 050a from space 1080.

1060a should be protruded and the shaft 1010 should be driven in the reverse direction.

Next, a case will be described in which a banknote transported in the longitudinal direction is received, converted to transport in the lateral direction, and sent out. - As an example, a case will be explained in which data is received from the left side of FIG. 5 and sent to the upper side. Conveyance rollers 1300, 1301 and 1310.1311
is driven at a constant speed in the direction of the broken line in FIG. 6, and 1400.1408a is driven at a constant speed in the direction of the broken line in FIG.
0, 1060a is retracted, and the banknotes are waiting to be received.

The tip of the long banknote is detected by the sensors 1070a and 1070b, and the shaft 101o is moved in the same direction as the banknote so that the banknote is held between the friction members 1011a, 1012a and the inner surface of the lower plate of the frame before the tip reaches the stopper 1050a. Drive to 1
After clamping the banknote, the rotational speed is reduced to bring the tip of the banknote into contact with the stopper 1050a at a gentle speed,
Thereafter, the shaft 1010 is rotated at an increased speed, and the friction member is retracted from the space and stopped at a predetermined position. As a result, the banknote remains correctly positioned within space 1080. Furthermore, axis 1
020 in the banknote sending direction, and the friction member 1013
a, 1014a is held between the inner surfaces of the upper plate of the frame, the banknotes are sent out from the device, and the shaft 1020 is stopped at a predetermined position. In this state, the bank waits for the next banknote to be received.

When a bill is received by this mechanism by longitudinal conveyance and sent out as it is by longitudinal conveyance without changing the posture of the bill, the operation is as follows. - As an example, we will explain the case of receiving from the left side of FIG. The stopper 1050a is driven at a constant speed in the direction of the broken line in FIG.

1060a are all evacuated from space L080 and are waiting to receive banknotes. Sensor 1070a.

The tip of the banknote is detected at 1070b, and the shaft 1010 is driven one rotation as follows. That is, the friction member LO11a, 1
012a and the inner surface of the lower plate of the frame, the banknote is driven to the same speed as the banknote conveyance speed, and the banknote is fed out while maintaining that speed, after which the friction member is retracted from the space. The machine stops at that position and waits for the next banknote to be received.

As described above, in this mechanism, by appropriately selecting the shafts equipped with mutually orthogonal friction members, the rotational direction of the conveyance rollers, and the position of the stopper, the conveyance posture of the medium is changed from transverse direction to longitudinal direction conveyance. On the contrary, it is possible to easily change the conveyance posture from longitudinal conveyance to transverse direction conveyance.

The receiving direction and the sending direction of longitudinal conveyance can also be selected from either the left or the right.

In this embodiment, two axes orthogonal to the upper and lower sides of the receiving, receiving, and sending out space 1080 are provided, but the present invention is not limited to this example, and for example, only on the upper side of the space 1080.

Alternatively, two axes perpendicular to each other may be provided only on the lower side. Further, in this embodiment, the receiving and sending paths for banknotes are set in three directions, but by using the positioning member 1035 as a movable stopper,
Easily expandable in 4 directions.

Furthermore, in this example, 11! Although the rubbing member is shown as a ring-shaped member, by using an intermittent rubber roller, it is possible to ensure a sufficient conveyance distance for banknotes.

In FIG. 1, the A line and the B line are the longitudinal transport paths of banknotes, and A o ” A a , B o -B
a is a banknote attitude changing mechanism. Moreover, the horizontal line is the conveyance route of short banknotes. - The diagonal dashed line is a line change route from line A to line B, or vice versa. On the short conveyance path, by switching the gate (not shown), the posture change mechanism A o ” A
It is also possible to take a detour without going through Bs.

As will be described later, a removable extractor is disposed above the attitude changing mechanism. Further, the attitude changing mechanism can rotate half a rotation around its vertical central axis, and in particular, the tables AO, At, Bo, and B1 can rotate half a rotation around their central axes.
It is installed in b.

Cash management machine 100. In FIG. 7 showing the short conveyance path of banknotes between the customer automatic machines 300, tables 1000a and 10
When 00b is rotated half a turn, the attitude change mechanism changes to A1, Ao, and B.
1 and BO are respectively replaced.

FIG. 8 shows the short conveyance path for banknotes between the automatic machine 200 for employees and the automatic machine 400 for customers.
Each z can be rotated by half a rotation around a vertical central axis.

By turning the attitude changing mechanism half a turn, the receiving or discharging direction of short banknotes can be changed from the right side to the left side or vice versa.

FIG. 9 shows longitudinal banknote conveyance paths A line and B line arranged between the attitude changing mechanisms. For example, Am
A belt 971 changes the direction of the longitudinally conveyed banknotes by 90° and conveys them vertically.

When the swingable belt 973 is set to the position shown by the two-dot chain line and 974 is set to the position shown by the solid line, the belt 976 switches from vertical conveyance to horizontal conveyance again and sends out to A8. The B line is constructed in the same manner, and the belts 982 and 984 are each swingable.Since all the belt conveyance paths in this embodiment are capable of bidirectional conveyance, as shown in FIG. It is also possible to select a route change from A line to B line or vice versa in the vertical conveyance state.

Figures 10 to 12 show the mounting states of the attitude change mechanisms Ax, Ao, and reject warehouses 2005 and 2010, as well as the belt conveyance path in the vicinity, and show the attitude change mechanism B of the B line.
The same applies to t and Bo. Reject warehouse 2005.
2010 is removably attached to the upper part of the attitude changing mechanisms Ao and Ar, respectively, and can collect short hair banknotes and long banknotes in the same plane. In other words, the belt 91 is used for short banknotes.
1 or 913, and belt 970 for long banknotes.
Collect via. When changing the posture, short banknotes are passed through the belts 911a and 613a, and long banknotes are passed through the belt 970a. The above selection is performed by switching gates (not shown). As shown in FIG. 12, a belt 912 is arranged at the top of the reject warehouse, and it is also possible to bypass the short banknotes without passing through the attitude changing device.

Each belt can be swung as necessary, and the table 10
When 00a rotates half a turn, when the attitude changing mechanism Ax rotates half a turn, and when the reject storage 2010 is attached or detached, they are retracted to the positions indicated by two-dot chain lines to prevent mutual interference.

FIGS. 13 and 14 show the attachment and detachment of the beam extractor 2010.

Figures 15 and 16 show the attitude change mechanism A z + B z
17 and 18 show the attachment and detachment state of the paste reject storage 2030 in the case of posture change mechanisms A8 to AM and Be. .

Next, the operational form of bill group management between the automatic machines shown in FIG. 1 will be explained.

Assuming that the conveyance speed of the short banknotes sent out from each automatic machine is V, the short side dimension of the banknote is 8, the long side dimension is 2B, and the interval between the short side banknotes is B, the posture changes from short side to long side at speed V. In this case, the preceding banknote and the following banknote will interfere. In order to prevent this interference, for example, if the posture change speed is set to 2V, the interval between the short banknotes is 3B.

The interval between the longitudinal banknotes is 2) to 3, which is the same as the processing speed of each automatic machine.In this embodiment, the above processing speed can be achieved as follows. In other words, the belt that receives and receives banknotes from each automatic machine (910°918 in Fig. 7, 6 in Fig. 8)
20, 928, etc.) can be accelerated or decelerated in the range of V to 2V, and all other conveyor belts are driven at 2V.
In the figure, the belt 910 receives the short banknotes sent out from the cash management machine 100 at a conveyance speed of V2 and the banknote interval B, and a sensor (not shown) detects that the banknotes have been completely sent out from the rear end 100. After detection, the tip of the bill is on the belt 911
The speed of the banknote 910 is increased from ■ to 2V before the banknote is pinched by the banknote, and the speed of 2V is maintained until the trailing edge of the banknote is completely fed out. Thereafter, the speed is reduced to V and the machine waits for the next bill.

As a result, the interval between the short banknotes after position 911 is 3B, and if the posture change mechanism A1 is driven at a speed of 2V, the posture can be changed without interfering with the preceding banknote and the following banknote, and the position of the A line can be changed. The interval between longitudinally conveyed banknotes is 2B, and the same processing speed as the cash management machine 100 can be achieved.

Further, when a long banknote sent out from the A line at a transport speed of 2V and a bill interval of 2B is changed in attitude at A1, it becomes a short banknote on the belt 912 at a transport speed of 2V and a banknote interval of 3B. In the state of waiting for banknotes, the belt 910 is initially driven at a speed of 2v in the opposite direction to that in the above case. belt 9
Reference numeral 10 indicates a sensor (not shown) to ensure that the bill is completely on the belt 911.
After detecting that the banknotes have been sent out, the speed is reduced from 2■ to ■, and the speed V is maintained until the banknotes are completely sent out to the cash management machine 100 side. Thereafter, the speed is increased to 2V, and the machine waits for the next bill. As a result, the cash management machine 100
The transport speed of the short banknotes collected into the banknotes becomes V1 banknote interval B, and the same processing speed can be achieved. gA gold management machine 100
All other automatic machines operate in the same way.

Next, an example of connection between each automatic machine will be explained.

FIG. 19 shows an example of connection between the cash management machine 100 and other automatic machines,
Fig. 20 shows an example of connections between the cash management machine 100, an automatic machine for customers, a self-help machine for employees 200, and an automatic machine for a counter, and Fig. 21 shows a connection example between the cash management machine 100, a self-help machine for employees, an automatic machine for customers, and an automatic machine for a counter. An example of connection with an automatic machine, FIG. 22 is a cash management machine 100
FIG. 23 shows an example of the connections between the automatic teller machine 200, the automatic teller machine 200, and the automatic customer machine. FIG.

In FIGS. 24 to 28, the blacked-out attitude changing mechanisms indicate that they are in trouble.

Figure 24 is an example of the connection in Figure 23 when a problem occurs,
FIG. 25 similarly shows a connection example in FIG. 19. In addition, in FIG. 24, A1. Bl shows a state in which Al and B1 are rotated by 180 degrees, respectively, and the position of the positioning member 1035 (see FIG. 6) is reversed.

FIGS. 26 and 27 also show examples of changing the connection route when trouble occurs.

Figure 28 shows tables 1000g and 1000b (see Figure 10) when trouble occurs in Al and Bi.
Rotate 180° and AO respectively.

The state in which Bo is substituted is shown. With this configuration, maintenance work on Ax and Bz can be performed without interrupting operation.

As explained above, according to this embodiment, parallel operation is
Even if a problem occurs, operation can be continued by changing the connection route.

Note that the reject storage located above the attitude changing mechanism functions as follows. - For example, in the connection example shown in FIG. 19, from the cash management machine 100 to the automatic teller machine 60
The process to be performed when a trouble occurs in the attitude changing device ffBa while conveying banknotes to 0 will be described.

When the control means 4 shown in FIG. 2 detects the occurrence of a trouble, the cash management machine 100 stops sending out banknotes.

At the same time, by switching a gate (not shown), all of the downstream banknotes of 84 are arranged on the upper part of 84.
(See FIG. 15), and then all the transport paths in operation are stopped. Thereafter, the route is changed as described above, and after the initial setting, the cash management machine 100 transfers the insufficient number of bills to the counter. Send to lJ machine 600. B as necessary
In addition to carrying out 9 maintenance work of 4, rejected tickets will be collected.

The conveyance path and posture changing mechanism shown in this embodiment may be buried under the floor, or may be provided using a wall surface, a counter, or the like. Depending on the situation, it may also be installed on the ceiling.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, automatic machines can be connected in a layout-free manner, and a small and inexpensive conveyance path can be realized.

Furthermore, in the event of a problem, the problem location can be bypassed by changing the route, making it possible to provide a highly reliable group management system.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of connections between automatic machines in the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of connections between automatic machines in the present invention. Figure 3 is a perspective view illustrating the arrangement of the IIL machine; Figures 4, 5, and 6 are a plan view, a front view, and a side view of the attitude changing mechanism of the present invention; , FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 are explanatory diagrams of the banknote transverse direction conveyance path in the present invention, FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of the banknote longitudinal direction conveyance path in the present invention, and FIGS. 10 to 18 are views around the posture changing mechanism. Figures 19 to 23 are explanatory diagrams showing the form of system operation.
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Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A belt conveyance path including a mechanism for changing the posture of paper sheets connects a plurality of paper sheet handling devices, and centralizes the amount held in each device, exchange information between each device, etc. In the group management system, the belt conveyance path between each device has two paths: one that goes through the sheet posture changing mechanism, and the other that takes a detour without passing through the paper sheet attitude changing mechanism, and it is possible to select either of the paths. A paper sheet handling device characterized by: 2. A claim characterized in that two or more paper sheet attitude changing mechanisms are mounted on a rotatable table, and by changing the rotational position of this table, the position of each attitude changing mechanism can be replaced. The paper sheet handling device according to paragraph 1. 3. The paper sheet handling device according to claim 2, wherein the paper sheet posture changing mechanism is configured to be rotatable, and the conveyance path of the paper sheets is changed by rotating the mechanism by half a rotation. . 4. In the belt conveyance path between the paper sheet handling devices, a conveyance path for vertically conveying the paper sheets in the longitudinal direction is formed so that the conveyance path can be changed. Paper sheet handling equipment. 5. The transport path in the transverse direction of paper sheets near the paper sheet handling device is configured to be capable of acceleration/deceleration driving, and the transport interval of paper sheets sent out from the device is determined by the speed difference between the transport speed within the device and the transport speed within the device. A method for driving a belt conveying path, characterized in that the distance between the belts is increased to be greater than the distance within the device, and when the belt is delivered to the device, the distance is decreased to be equal to the distance within the device.