JPH0313471Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] a. Industrial application field The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing device, and in particular, a hopper auxiliary plate that is detachable and accommodates a hopper auxiliary plate for guiding the stacking of paper sheets stacked on a hopper. Concerning new improvements to make it more flexible.

b. Prior Art Conventionally, various configurations have been proposed as a guide device for stacking paper sheets in this type of paper sheet processing apparatus, but the most typical ones are as follows: Although not disclosed,
The configurations shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 can be mentioned.

That is, in the case of the structure shown in FIG. 7, it is fixed with screws or double-sided tape. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a main body having a hopper 2 for stacking paper sheets 2a, and the upper part of this hopper 2 is , the hopper auxiliary plate 3, which is almost L-shaped in its entirety, is attached to the screw 4.
Or it is fixed with double-sided tape (not shown).

Further, within the main body 1, an auxiliary feed roller 5, a feed roller 6, and a separation roller 7 are arranged.

The configuration shown in FIG. 8 is of a foldable type, and in the figure, reference numeral 1 is a main body having a hopper 2 for stacking paper sheets 2a, and on the top of this hopper 2 there is a The hopper auxiliary plate 3 is configured such that it can be bent freely by the hinge part 1b.
It is fixedly installed.

Further, within the main body 1, an auxiliary feed roller 5, a feed roller 6, and a separation roller 7 are arranged.

Therefore, in the case of the structure shown in FIG. 7, the paper sheets 2a are stacked on the hopper 2 with the hopper auxiliary plate 3 fixed to the main body, but in the case of the structure shown in FIG. The paper sheets 2a were stacked with the hopper auxiliary plate 3 in an upright position, and after use, the hopper auxiliary plate 3 was stored by folding it down from the position shown by the solid line to the position shown by the two-dot chain line.

c. Problems to be solved by the invention Since the conventional paper sheet processing apparatus was configured as described above, it had various problems as described below.

(1) First, in the case of the configuration shown in Figure 7, the hopper auxiliary plate is fixed to the main body, so when packing or storing, the removed hopper auxiliary plate is placed in an appropriate place, but it is easy to lose it. Also, if it is placed inside the main body, it may easily damage the main body.
I was worried about how to handle it.

(2) In addition, in the case of the configuration shown in Figure 8, since the hopper auxiliary plate is foldable, a locking piece and a hinge mechanism are required for this purpose, which complicates the structure itself and poses a problem in terms of cost. It was hot.

The present invention was developed to solve the above-mentioned problems.The hopper auxiliary plate, which acts as a stack guide for sheets stacked on the hopper, is removable and can be installed inside the main body when not in use. An object of the present invention is to obtain a paper sheet processing device that can be stored.

d Means for solving the problem The paper sheet processing device according to the present invention separates a large number of paper sheets stacked in a hopper, which is equipped with a hopper auxiliary plate for stacking guides, one by one. In the paper sheet processing apparatus, a substantially L-shaped mounting hole is continuously formed in the upper surface of the main body adjacent to the hopper and in the vertical part on the hopper side, and By protruding a locking protrusion on the auxiliary plate that is removably attached to the attachment hole, the hopper auxiliary plate can be detachably attached to the attachment hole and stored in the hopper.

e Function In the paper sheet processing device according to the present invention, when using the paper sheet counting machine, the hopper auxiliary plate is placed in an upward position and the flat member of the main body is It can be attached to the main body by simply fitting it into the mounting hole, and when not in use, the hopper auxiliary plate can be removed from the mounting hole on the main body and fitted into the mounting hole on the hopper side to create a shape that is almost the same as the hopper. Because of this, the hopper auxiliary plate is stored within the external dimensions of the main body.

f. Embodiments Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Note that the same reference numerals are used to describe the same or equivalent parts as in the conventional example.

Figures 1 to 6 are for showing the paper sheet processing device according to the present invention, with Figure 1 being a perspective view of the main parts, and Figures 2 and 3 showing the hopper auxiliary plate being attached and removed. 4 is a perspective view of the hopper auxiliary plate, FIG. 5 is an overall configuration diagram showing the paper sheet counter, and FIG. 6 is a rear view showing the main parts of FIG. 5.

First, in FIG. 1, what is indicated by the reference numeral 1 is a main body, and in the upper part of this main body 1, there is formed a hopper 2 which is composed of a recess having a triangular shape as a whole and has a paper sheet detection sensor 2b. Above the hopper 2, a part of the circumferential surface of an auxiliary feed roller 5 and a feeding roller 6 provided on the main body 1 are disposed to protrude.

A pair of attachment holes 8 are formed in the planar upper surface portion 1a of the member adjacent to the hopper 2 of the main body 1, and each of these attachment holes 8 is connected to a wide portion 8a.
and a continuous L portion 8b.
The mounting hole 8 is formed in a vertical portion 1c continuously formed from the upper surface portion 1a.
It extends toward the hopper 2 side with the corner 1b of the center as the center.

Next, FIGS. 2 to 4 show a hopper auxiliary plate 3 which is detachably provided on the upper surface portion 1a and serves as a guide for stacking paper sheets 2a, which will be described later. The plate 3 has a bent portion 3a formed at an acute angle θ, and has a narrow bottom portion 3b and a wide guide portion 3e, making the entire plate approximately L-shaped.
A pair of locking protrusions 3c having flange portions are protruded in correspondence with the locking protrusions 3c, and a small hole 3d functioning as a handle is formed between each of these locking protrusions 3c.

Furthermore, the guide portion 3e of the hopper auxiliary plate 3
An opening 3f is formed in the opening 3f, and the opening 3f is
When this hopper auxiliary plate 3 is in a used state, the numbers on a dial 12b for adjusting paper thickness, which will be described later, are configured so that they can be seen from the hopper 2 side, and when the hopper auxiliary plate 3 is in a non-used state. In this case, it corresponds to the reflective paper sheet detection sensor 2b in the hopper 2, and is configured so that the paper sheet detection sensor 2b does not detect the presence of paper sheets.

On the other hand, at the lower position of the hopper 2 in the main body 1, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6,
A feed roller 6 and an auxiliary feed roller 5 are rotatably provided, and a part of the circumferential surface of the auxiliary feed roller 5 passes through a through hole (not shown) formed in the hopper 2 and passes through a through hole (not shown) formed in the hopper 2. Paper leaf 2 on 2
It can come into contact with the back surface of a.

Furthermore, a friction portion 6b made of a high friction material such as rubber is formed on a part of the circumferential surface of the feed roller 6, and sheets are fed out one by one by this friction portion 6b.

On the back side of the feed roller 6, rotating members such as a cylindrical separation roller 9 and a pinch roller 9b, and mechanical members such as a separation roller holder 10a, which will be described later, are integrally arranged to form a unitized conveyor. A guide unit 10 is attached to the main body 1 via a frame shaft 11 so as to be openable and closable in the direction of arrow A. The conveyance guide unit 10
is a separation roller holder 1 made of a U-shaped rod member.
0a, and a holding member 1 also made of a U-shaped frame member disposed on this separation roller holding body 10a.
A separation roller shaft 9a for holding the separation roller 9 is attached to the roller 2 so as to be tilted toward the feeding roller 6 side.

In this case, the separation roller shaft 9 of the separation roller 9
a is disposed so that its axial direction is substantially perpendicular to the axial direction of the feeding roller shaft 6a of the feeding roller 6, and the separating roller 9 is arranged in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the axial direction of the feeding roller shaft 6a of the feeding roller 6, and as shown in FIG. Although it is not shown in the drawing, it consists of a pair that can be attached and detached freely.
They are held in an overlapping state within a pair of grooves (not shown) formed on the circumferential surface of the feed roller 6.

Further, the connecting portion 12a formed to protrude upward from a part of the holding member 12 has a connecting portion 12a that extends through a hanging portion of an L-shaped holding plate 24 that is integrally provided on the upper part of the separation roller holding body 10a. A rotary screw body 13 is rotatably provided and integrally connected to the dial 12b, and is screwed together with the holding member 1.
2 is pivotally fixed to this separation roller holder 10a,
The separation roller shaft 9a is fixed via a screw 15 to the pinch roller shaft 14 biased by a spring 14a, and by rotating the rotary screw body 13 via the dial 12b, the separation roller shaft 9a moves slightly in the direction of arrow B. Then, the relative distance (gap) between the separating roller 9 and the feeding roller 6 is adjusted.

Therefore, the dial 12b and the rotating screw body 1
3 constitute a relative distance variable means 16 that varies the above-mentioned relative distance. The pinch roller 9b is rotatably pivotally attached to the pinch roller shaft 14 and is in contact with the feeding roller 6.

Furthermore, a pair of paper feed rollers 17 and 18 are disposed below the feed roller 6 in a state in which they are rotatably in contact with each other, and downstream of each of the rollers 17 and 18, a pair of paper feed rollers 17 and 18 are disposed in a lateral direction. A pair of impellers 19 (only one is shown in the drawing) are arranged in parallel with each other and are rotatably provided. , the sheet conveyance is optically or magnetically detected and counted by the sheet counting sensor 20d, and then sent to the impeller 19, and further to the stacker 2 located nearby.
2 and are housed in a row.

The aforementioned auxiliary feed roller 5, feeding roller 6,
The paper feed rollers 17 and 18 and the impeller 19 are
It is configured to be driven in conjunction with a drive motor 21 mounted on the bottom 1d inside the main body 1.

Further, on the front side of the main body 1 adjacent to the impeller 19 described above, a stacker 22 having an approximately L-shape as a whole is openable and closable in the direction of arrow C about a hinge 23 provided on the main body 1. It is composed of

The paper sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention is constructed as described above, and its operation will be explained below.

Therefore, when in use (in a standing position), as shown in FIG. 2, when the bottom part 3b of the hopper auxiliary plate 3 is in a horizontal state, each locking protrusion 3c is inserted into each mounting hole 8 from the horizontal direction. , each locking protrusion 3c is connected to each mounting hole 8.
The hopper auxiliary plate 3 is installed in a state in which the guide part 3e is placed in an upright position by fitting into the narrow part 8b via the wide part 8a, with the bottom part 3b and the top part 1a abutting each other.

Furthermore, when not in use (when stored), as shown in FIG. When each locking protrusion 3c is inserted into each mounting hole 8 in the vertical direction shown by the arrow from above the top surface part 1a with the bottom part 3b in a vertical state, each locking protrusion 3c engages the wide part 8a of the vertical part 1c. The hopper auxiliary plate 3 is fitted into the narrow width portion 8b through the hopper auxiliary plate 31, and is housed in the hopper 2 as a hopper auxiliary plate ³¹ . In this case, since the outer shape of the hopper auxiliary plate 3 ¹ and the inner shape of the hopper 2 are substantially similar, the hopper auxiliary plate 3 is almost completely accommodated within the hopper 2 .

In this case, the operator can see the numbers on the dial 12b through the opening 3f, and can also adjust the relative distance (gap) between the separating roller 9 and the feeding roller 6, if necessary.

In the above case, the opening 3f is the paper sheet detection sensor 2.
Since the paper sheet detection sensor 2b is provided corresponding to the position b, even when the hopper auxiliary plate 3 is not in use, the paper sheet detection sensor 2b is not shielded from light and does not enter the sheet sheet detection state, so that automatic start etc. Malfunctions can be prevented.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the hopper auxiliary plate 3 is provided with the opening 3f, but the hopper auxiliary plate 3 is not limited to the above-mentioned configuration.
A configuration in which a transparent plate is provided in the opening 3f, a case in which the hopper auxiliary plate 3 is configured with a transparent plate, or an opening 3f
Even in the case of a configuration in which a non-detection opening is provided outside the paper sheet and the non-detection opening corresponds to the paper sheet detection sensor 2a, the same effect as in the configuration of the above-described embodiment can be obtained. can.

g. Effects of the invention Since the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the invention has the above-described configuration and operation, it can obtain various effects as described below.

(1) The hopper auxiliary plate can be attached horizontally and vertically to the mounting hole formed across the top surface of the main body and the hopper, so when using a sheet counting machine, Installation can be completed by simply installing it in the horizontal direction without screwing, etc., and the work of installing the hopper auxiliary plate can be completed with an extremely simple operation.

(2) Also, when storing the hopper auxiliary plate, it can be stored inside the hopper 2 by attaching the hopper auxiliary plate vertically to the mounting hole, and the work of storing the hopper auxiliary plate can be completed with an extremely simple operation. can.

(3) As mentioned above, since the hopper auxiliary plate can be stored inside the hopper, the overall shape at the time of packaging can be the same as the external dimensions of the main body, and there is no need to package it as a separate part as in the past, making it easier to pack and transport. You can save a lot of time and space.

(4) Since the opening of the hopper auxiliary plate or the entire hopper auxiliary plate is made of transparent material, the operator can directly read the numbers on the paper thickness adjustment dial even when using the hopper auxiliary plate. Even though the auxiliary plate protrudes upward, the paper thickness can be adjusted without any hindrance.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 to 6 are for showing the paper sheet processing device according to the present invention. Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the external appearance, Figure 2 is an explanatory view of the operation when in use, and Figure 3 is Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the hopper auxiliary plate, Figure 5 is a sectional view schematically showing the overall configuration of the counter, Figure 6 shows the main parts of Figure 5. The rear view, FIGS. 7 and 8 are cross-sectional views showing the structure of a conventional sheet stacking guide device. 1 is the main body, 2 is a hopper, 2a is a paper sheet, 2b is a paper sheet detection sensor, 3 is a hopper auxiliary plate, 3f is an opening, 6 is a feeding roller, 8 is a mounting hole, 12
b is a dial.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] (1) A large number of paper sheets 2a stacked in a hopper 2 equipped with a hopper auxiliary plate 3 for a stacking guide are separated and sent out one by one, and the stacker 22 In the paper sheet processing device that is stacked on top of the hopper 2, the approximately L-shaped mounting hole 8
The hopper auxiliary plate 3 is provided with a locking protrusion 3c that is removably attached to the mounting hole 8. A paper sheet processing device characterized in that an auxiliary plate 3 is detachably attached to the attachment hole 8 and can be stored in the hopper 2. (2) The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the hopper auxiliary plate 3 is substantially L-shaped, and the bent portion thereof forms an acute angle. (3) An opening 35 is formed in the hopper auxiliary plate 3, and the opening 35 can be accessed from the front side of the main body 1.
The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the numbers on the paper thickness adjustment dial 12b are visible from the outside. (4) The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the opening 35 is provided with a transparent plate. (5) The utility model registration claim 1 is characterized in that the hopper auxiliary plate 3 is made of a transparent material.
The paper sheet processing device described in Section 1. (6) The hopper auxiliary plate 3 has a non-detection opening, and the hopper auxiliary plate 3 is connected to the hopper 2.
When stored in the hopper 2, the paper sheet detection sensor 2b in the hopper 2 corresponds to the non-detection opening, so that the paper sheet detection sensor 2b can detect a state where there is no paper sheet. A paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 of the utility model registration claim. (7) The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 3, 4, or 6, wherein the non-detection opening is the same as the opening 35.