JPH0620214Y2 - Paper sheet inspection device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (a) Industrial field of application The present invention is, for example, a bundled banknote such as an automatic banknote counter, an automatic ticket counter, and a banknote check section of an automatic depositing machine used in banking business. The present invention relates to a paper sheet inspection device for inspecting paper sheets.

(B) Conventional Technology Conventionally, as the ticket inspection device of the above-described example, there is, for example, a device having the following structure.

That is, a pair of sandwiching plates for sandwiching the bundled banknotes are arranged below the banknote insertion slot, and the opposite side of the bundled banknotes sandwiched by the pair of sandwiching plates is sequentially flipped one by one by a friction roller. At the same time, it is a ticket inspection device configured to count and inspect the number of bills and the like based on the detection output of the optical sensor array.

However, in the above-mentioned conventional device, it is impossible to inspect the side sandwiched by the sandwiching plate, and therefore, for example, when two sheets are turned over at the time of inspecting the anti-sandwich side, a damaged bill or a counterfeit bill. However, if there is mixed in, it is not possible to perform a reliable ticket inspection, and there is a problem that a ticket inspection error occurs.

(C) Problem to be Solved by the Invention This invention enables so-called full-sheet inspection of a bundle of paper sheets by inspecting one end of the bundle of paper sheets and then reversing the bundle of paper sheets to inspect the other end. It is an object of the present invention to provide a paper sheet inspection device capable of performing a reliable inspection even when damaged bills or counterfeit bills are mixed by such a unique configuration.

(D) Means for Solving the Problem This invention is to set a turning position, a reversing position, and a retreat position in this order in the length direction of a paper sheet, and to provide a pair of holding members that can be brought into contact with and separated from each other at the above-mentioned positions. And a nipping means for nipping one end of the bundle-shaped paper sheet and a disposing position at the above-mentioned flipping position, and one non-nip side of the bundle-like paper sheet sandwiched by the nipping means is turned over. Flipping means, ticket inspection means for inspecting one paper sheet flipped by the above-mentioned turning means, and a pair of turn plates arranged at the reversing position and capable of contacting and separating, bundled paper sheets of the holding means. The nipping side is formed on the anti-nipping side so that the nipping side can be inverted by 180 degrees about the turn axis so that the nipping side conveys the bundled paper sheets that have been processed by the nipping means and the nipping side is opened after the nipping side is processed. A ticket inspection device for a paper sheet, comprising: a sandwiching means; and a reversing means for permitting removal. It is characterized by

(E) Action In the paper sheet inspection device of the present invention, one sheet is turned by the ticket inspection means at the same time as the flipping means turns one sheet at the opposite holding side of the bundled paper sheets held by the holding means at the turning position. The paper sheets thus checked are inspected, and when one ticket inspection process is completed, the sandwiching means conveys the sandwiched bundle of paper sheets to the reversing means and retreats to the retreat position, and the reversing means completes the received ticket inspection processing. The nipping side and the non-nipping side of the bundle of paper sheets are inverted 180 degrees and returned to the nipping means, the nipping means is moved to the flipping position, and the ticket inspection processing is performed again.

(E) Effect of the device According to this device, the bundle-shaped paper sheets are inverted by 180 degrees from the sandwiching side at the time of the first ticket inspection processing to the opposite sandwiching side, and the sandwiching portion is reversed and the ticket inspection processing is executed again. It is possible to perform a so-called full-screen check, and as a result, even when the mixture of damaged banknotes or counterfeit banknotes is concealed by one of the sandwiching parts, this can be surely checked, and at the time of turning over once. Even if two sheets are turned, the counting can be corrected at the time of turning the other end, so that there is an effect that a good counting check can be performed.

In addition, it is possible to reliably deliver the bundle of paper sheets between the holding means and the reversing means, and further, it is possible to construct the apparatus compactly.

(G) Embodiment of the Invention One embodiment of the invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

The drawing shows a bill check device, and in FIG. 1, a left guide 1 having a long hanging distance and a right guide 2 having a short hanging distance are arranged to face each other at a predetermined interval, and an insertion port 3 for a bundle of bills A is formed. Is forming.

Further, below the above-mentioned charging port 3, the lowering position is moved from the turning position shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 to the retracted position shown in FIGS. 5 to 8 through the inversion position shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. However, the runner 4 that moves up from the retracted position to the turning position again through the above-described inversion position is provided.

The above-mentioned runner 4 is a substantially L-shaped first runner 5 on the left side of the drawing.
And a second runner 6 on the right side of the drawing, the first runner 5
Is configured to be able to come into contact with and separate from the second runner 6, so that the lower end of the bundle of banknotes A is sandwiched between the two runners 5 and 6.

The friction roller 7 and the partition plate 8 are arranged between the second runner 6 and the lower end of the right guide 2 in the turning position described above.

The above-mentioned friction roller 7 is a roller for sequentially flipping the opposite side of the bundled banknotes A whose lower ends are clamped by the runner 4, that is, the upper side, one by one at the above-mentioned flipping position,
An optical sensor array 9 is disposed diagonally above the friction roller 7 so as to face downward from the center of the banknote in the vertical direction, and the required number of optical sensor arrays 9 are arranged with respect to the entire width of the banknote. It is configured to detect the information to be transmitted.

In addition, a first turn plate 10 and a second turn plate 11 facing the first turn plate 10 are provided at the above-mentioned inversion position, and both of these plates 10 are provided with the turn shaft 12 on the first turn plate 10 side as the center. , 11 are integrally inverted by 180 degrees to arrange a reversing mechanism 13 for reversing the direction of the bundle of banknotes A.

The first turn plate 10 described above is the second turn plate 1
1, the bundled banknote A received from the runner 4 is sandwiched and turned 180 degrees, and the bundled banknote A after the direction change is returned to the runner 4 again. ing.

Further, a receiving plate 14 that horizontally prevents the bundle of banknotes A from falling is disposed below the reversing mechanism 13.

Here, each of the above-mentioned elements 1, 5, 6, 10, 11, and 14 is formed in a comb shape so that the runner 4 and the reversing mechanism 13 do not interfere with each other when they are movable.

The illustrated embodiment is configured as described above, and the operation will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 1, when the bundled banknote A is inserted through the insertion slot 3 at the upper end between the left and right guides 1 and 2, the bundled banknote A is received by the horizontal portion of the first runner 5 in the runner 4.

Next, as shown in FIG. 2, the above-mentioned first runner 5 is moved to the right, and the bundle of banknotes A is held by the pair of left and right runners 5, 6.

Next, rotate the friction roller 7 counterclockwise,
By utilizing the rotational friction of the roller 7, the opposite side of the bundled banknotes A at the flipping position shown in FIG. 2, that is, the upper side, is sequentially flipped one by one.

At the time of this flipping process, the optical sensor array 9 detects necessary information from the entire width of the bill, for example, genuine / counterfeit information of the bill.

The free ends of the bills thus flipped are naturally tilted to the lower right side of the partition plate 8 as shown in FIG.

After the flipping of all the bills of the bundled bill A by the continuous rotation of the friction roller 7 described above, the runner 4 is held up to the inversion position shown in FIG. When the descending process is performed, the bundle of banknotes A whose free ends hang down are guided by the second turn plate 11 to form an upright bundle.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the first runner 5 in the runner 4
Is moved to the left to release the holding of the bundle of banknotes A by the left and right runners 5, 6.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5, when the runner 4 is lowered to the retracted position below the receiving plate 14 that does not interfere with the reversing processing operation, the bundle of banknotes A is guided by the second turn plate 11 and the receiving plate described above is received. Remain on 14.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the first turn plate 10 of the reversing mechanism 13 is moved to the right, and the left and right turn plates 10 and 11 are turned.
Then, the bundle of banknotes A at the reversal position are clamped.

In the state where the bundled banknotes A are sandwiched by both turn plates 10 and 11, the reversing mechanism 1 is centered around the turn shaft 12.
When 2 is rotated counterclockwise by 180 degrees, the up and down direction of the bundle of banknotes A is reversed as shown in FIG.

Next, as shown in FIG. 8, the reversing mechanism 1 after the reversing process is performed.
The first turn plate 10 of 3 is moved to the right, and the sandwiching of the bundle of banknotes A by both turn plates 10 and 11 is released.

Next, as shown in FIG. 9, when the runner 4 in the retracted position is raised to the turning position through the reversing position, when the runner 4 passes through the reversing position, the runner 4 bundles up on the receiving plate 14. The bills A can be picked up, and in the state where the bundled bills A are held by the first runner 5, the bundled bills A can be re-conveyed to the flipping position as shown in FIG.

Next, as shown in FIG. 2, the first runner 5 of the runner 4 in the flipping position is moved to the right, and the friction roller 7 is re-driven, so that one end of the bundle of banknotes A on the opposite side to the above is sequentially transferred. Turn over one by one.

In short, after the lower end of the bundle of banknotes A is clamped by the runner 4 at the above-mentioned flipping position, one side of the bundled banknote A, that is, the upper side, is flipped over by the friction roller 7 and the bills are checked. Bundled banknote A after inspection with runner 4
Is conveyed to the reversing mechanism 13 at the reversing position and delivered to the reversing mechanism 13, and the bundled banknotes A after the delivery are transferred to the reversing mechanism 1 described above.
Turn 180 degrees at 3, turn upside down and runner 4 again
And the bundled banknotes A after the reversal are re-conveyed to the flipping position by the runner 4, and the other end of the bundled banknotes A reconveyed to this flipping position, which is opposite to the above, is flipped by the friction roller 7. It is possible to carry out so-called full-screen inspection.

As a result, even if damaged bills or counterfeit bills are mixed in, it is possible to perform a reliable check, and even if two sheets are turned at the time of turning one end, the counting is corrected at the time of turning the other end. Therefore, there is an effect that a good counting and inspection can be performed.

In the correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment, the bundled paper sheet of the present invention corresponds to the bundled banknote A of the embodiment, and hereinafter, similarly, the holding members are the first and second runners. 5 and 6, pinching means corresponds to the runner 4, inspection means corresponds to the optical sensor array 9, turning means corresponds to the friction roller 7, and reversing means corresponds to the reversing mechanism 13. However, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

For example, a vacuum sucker device may be used instead of the friction roller 7 as the above-mentioned flipping means, and a required number of magnetic sensors for detecting the printing magnetic characteristics of the paper surface in order to improve the accuracy of authenticity inspection of banknotes. It is needless to say that may be installed together with the above-mentioned optical sensor array.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the runner 4 is erected,
Although the structure of reciprocating vertically is illustrated, this runner 4
It may have a structure in which it is horizontally laid sideways by 0 degree and horizontally reciprocated in the front-rear direction or in the left-right direction. In such a configuration, the receiving plate 14 may be omitted.

[Brief description of drawings]

 Drawing shows one example of this invention, Drawing 1 is an inside side view of a bill inspection device, Drawing 2 is a side view showing one end flipping operation, and Drawing 3 is a side view showing a pinching and lowering operation of a bundle of bills. FIG. 4 is a side view showing a pinching release operation, FIG. 5 is a side view showing a handing operation to a reversing position, FIG. 6 is a side view showing a reversing pinching operation, and FIG. 7 is a side view showing a reversing operation. FIG. 8 is a side view showing the pinching release operation after reversing, and FIG. 9 is a side view showing the return operation to the runner. 4 ...... runner 5,6 ...... first and second runner 7 ...... friction roller 9 ...... optical sensor array 10,11 ...... turn plate 12 ...... turn shaft 13 ...... reversing mechanism A ...... bundle bill

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Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A turning position, a reversing position, and a retracting position are set in this order in the lengthwise direction of paper sheets, and a pair of gripping members that can be brought into and out of contact with each other are formed movably at the above-mentioned positions to form a bundle. A nipping means for nipping one end of the paper sheet, a nipping means arranged at the above-mentioned nipping position, and nipping one sheet of the bundle-shaped paper sheet sandwiched by the nipping means on the side opposite to the nipping side; Detecting means for inspecting one sheet of turned paper sheet, and a pair of turn plates arranged at the reversing position and capable of coming into contact with and separating from each other. A reversing means which is formed so as to be reversible by reversing 180 degrees centering on the center of the sheet bundle and clamps the bundled paper sheets that have been subjected to the inspection processing carried by the clamping means, performs the above reversing operation, and then opens to allow the clamping means to take out. A paper sheet inspection device equipped with and.