JPH1131247A - Paper sheet separating and feeding device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely feed paper money by picking up it even when it is folded. SOLUTION: This device is provided with a sub-stage 36 arranged so as to be freely shakable, a pickup roller 37 for picking-up paper sheet on the sub-stage 36, feeding roller for feeding paper sheet picked-up by the pick-up roller 37 by separating it one by one, stage arranged at the lower part of the sub-stage 36 so as to be freely movable up and down, driving means for moving the stage to the upper part, and link mechanism driven according to the movement of the stage to the upper part for rotating and inclining the sub-stage 36. When the paper sheet is remaining on the sub-stage 36, the stage is moved to the upper part, and the link mechanism is operated and inclined.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper sheet separating and feeding apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, automatic transaction devices are provided in financial institutions such as banks and post offices, and when a customer operates the automatic transaction device, deposit and withdrawal processing of banknotes as banknotes and passbooks are performed. Processing such as processing, statement printing processing, and card processing can be performed. And, for example, the automatic transaction device includes an escrow unit for storing bills for dispensing, and the escrow unit includes a paper for separating bills placed on the stage one by one and feeding them out. A leaf separation and feeding device is provided.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a conventional paper sheet separating and feeding apparatus. In the drawing, reference numeral 11 denotes a storage unit, 12 denotes a stage on which banknotes 13 are stacked, and 14 denotes a guide provided on the front end (left end in the figure) of the banknotes 13. The stage 12 is moved vertically by a drive mechanism (not shown).

At the front end side of the bill 13, a pair of feeding rollers 15 is fixed to a shaft 16, and the shaft 1
6 is rotatably disposed with respect to the frame 17. A high friction member 15 is provided on a part of the outer peripheral surface of the feeding roller 15.
a is provided. A motor 30 is provided outside the frame 17, and rotation generated by driving the motor 30 is transmitted to the shaft 16 via a pulley 21, a belt 22, and a pulley 23 in this order. The feeding roller 15 is rotated in the direction of arrow A.

[0005] Separation rollers 24 are disposed in pressure contact with the respective feeding rollers 15, and the respective separation rollers 24 are rotatably supported by holding members 25. Each holding member 25 is connected to a motor (not shown) via a shaft 26, and the separation roller 24 is rotated in the direction of arrow B by driving the motor. Therefore,
By rotating the feeding roller 15 in the direction of arrow A, the bill 13 can be fed, and when the feeding roller 15 is rotated in the direction of arrow A, the separation roller 24 is rotated in the direction of arrow B. 13 can be separated one by one.

A shaft 27 is provided in parallel with the shaft 16, and the shafts 16 and 27 are connected by a pair of brackets 28. And the shaft 2
7 is a pair of pickup rollers 31 is the top bill 13
The high friction member 31 a is disposed on a part of the outer peripheral surface of the pickup roller 31.
The pickup roller 31 is rotated in the direction of arrow C in conjunction with the feed roller 15 to pick up the bill 13 and send it between the feed roller 15 and the separation roller 24.

For this purpose, the pulley 1 is attached to the shaft 16.
6a, a pulley 27a is fixed to the shaft 27, and a belt 32 is bridged between the pulleys 16a, 27a, and the rotation transmitted to the shaft 16 is transmitted to the shaft 27.
It can be transmitted to.

[0008]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional sheet separating and feeding apparatus, if the bill 13 on the stage 12 is a folded ticket, the bill 13 and the pickup roller 31 do not come into contact with each other, 13 may not be able to be picked up. In this case, the banknote 13 cannot be reliably fed out by the paper sheet separating and feeding device.

The present invention solves the problems of the above-mentioned conventional paper sheet separating and feeding apparatus, and can pick up a paper sheet even if it is a folded ticket, and can reliably feed the paper sheet. It is an object to provide a separation feeding device.

[0010]

In order to achieve the object, a sheet separating / feeding apparatus according to the present invention comprises a sub-stage slidably disposed and a pickup roller for picking up the sheets on the sub-stage. A feeding roller that separates sheets picked up by the pickup roller one by one and feeds the separated sheet to a conveyance path; and a stage that is disposed below the substage and that is disposed so as to be vertically movable. A drive mechanism for moving the stage upward, and a link mechanism which is operated as the stage moves upward and rotates and tilts the sub-stage.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the automatic transaction apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the automatic transaction apparatus 101 includes a deposit / withdrawal processing device 102, and when a customer operates the deposit / withdrawal processing device 102, a bill (not shown) as a sheet is deposited (accepted) or dispensed. Money (payment). For this purpose, a bill storage box 103 for storing bills of a specific denomination for depositing and dispensing, an escrow unit 104 for storing bills for dispensing, and bills conveyed in both directions in the depositing and dispensing processing device 102. Denomination, authenticity,
A discriminating unit 105 for judging whether or not the bill is accepted, a customer service port 1 for accepting a deposited bill and dispensing a bill to be dispensed;
06, a replenishment / collection cassette 107 for storing banknotes for replenishment and collected banknotes, a forgotten banknote storage 108 for storing banknotes that a customer has left behind during a withdrawal transaction, and for a withdrawal transaction, withdrawal, etc. Banknotes not determined to be genuine,
That is, rejected bill storages 109 for storing abnormal bills and bills determined to be unsuitable for dispensing are provided, respectively. A stage 103a is disposed in the banknote storage 103 so as to be movable in the vertical direction, and the banknotes are placed on the stage 103a in a state where the banknotes are accumulated. Further, the replenishment / collection cassette 107 is detachably provided to the automatic transaction apparatus 101.

In this embodiment, the bill storage box 103 stores thousands of bills, and the escrow unit 104 stores thousands of bills. An abnormal ticket holding unit (not shown) is provided in an upper part of the escrow unit 104, and the abnormal ticket at the time of the deposit transaction is temporarily stored in the abnormal ticket holding unit. Further, a temporary holding unit 110 is provided above the bill storage box 103.
Is disposed, and the banknote deposited at the time of the deposit transaction is temporarily retained in the temporary retaining unit 110. In addition, a transport unit 111 is disposed in the upper part of the temporary storage unit 110, and bills are fed to the transport path 18 by the transport unit 111.

The replenishment / collection cassette 107 has a feeding unit 112 for feeding banknotes to the transport path 18.
And a stacking unit 11 for drawing bills from the transport path 18
3 and 114 are disposed, a replenishment bill storage unit 115 is associated with the feeding unit 112, a collection unit 116 is associated with the accumulation unit 113, and a reject banknote storage unit 117 is associated with the accumulation unit 114. Each is formed. A stage 115a is provided in the replenishment bill storage unit 115 so as to be able to move up and down, and is placed on the stage 115a in a state where bills are accumulated.

A transport path 18 for transporting bills is formed in the depositing / dispensing apparatus 102. As described above, bills are fed to the transport path 18 or bills are transported from the transport path 18 to the bills. Is drawn in. For this purpose, a transport roller is rotatably disposed at a predetermined position in the transport path 18, and the banknote can be transported in both directions by rotating the transport roller in the forward or reverse direction. ing. In addition, switching blades 19a to 19g for switching the transport direction of bills are provided at each branch point of the transport path 18.

Then, in front of the automatic transaction apparatus 101
On the right side in the figure, a customer operation unit 20 for the customer to operate is formed. A touch panel with a display unit (not shown) is formed in the customer operation unit 20, and a customer can input a transaction type, a transaction amount, a password, and the like by operating the touch panel with a display unit. .

The automatic transaction apparatus 101 is provided with a passbook processor, a statement print processor, a card processor, and the like (not shown) in addition to the deposit / withdrawal processor 102. By the way, the escrow section 104 is provided with a paper sheet separating and feeding device for separating and feeding out banknotes one by one. FIG. 4 is a plan view of a main part of the paper sheet separating and feeding apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a side view of a main part of the paper sheet separating and feeding apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a front view of a main part of the paper sheet separating and feeding apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 8 is a front view of a stage motor according to the embodiment of FIG.
FIG. 2 is a side view of the stage motor according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 36 denotes a sub-stage which is movably movable in the vertical direction and is swingably supported about a sub-stage shaft 38 at an upper set position. The banknotes to be stacked can be placed in a stacked state. Above the sub-stage 36, a pickup roller 37 is rotatably disposed.
Reference numeral 7 is rotated by receiving rotation from a motor (not shown) and picks up the bill.

The sub-stage 36 can be moved up and down by driving a sub-stage motor (not shown), and the bills are picked up one by one by a pick-up roller 37. Each time the roller is fed out by the roller, the motor for the sub-stage is driven to move the sub-stage 36 upward.

Below the sub-stage 36,
A stage motor 40 as a driving unit is provided for moving a stage (not shown) in the vertical direction. The cam gear 4 is connected to the output shaft 41 of the stage motor 40.
3 is fixed. Further, a sub-stage lock lever 44 is provided to fix the sub-stage 36,
In order to operate the sub-stage lock lever 44, the link 45 is slid. Then, the stage support 4 is used to lock the sub-stage 36.
6 are provided. Further, an escape guide 51 is provided for maintaining the sub-stage 36 at a predetermined angle when the sub-stage 36 is rotated and tilted. The sub-stage lock lever 44, link 45,
The stage support 46 and the escape guide 51 constitute a link mechanism.

Next, the operation of the sheet separating / feeding apparatus having the above-described configuration will be described. FIG. 1 is a view showing a state in which a sub-stage according to the first embodiment of the present invention is tilted, and FIG. 9 is a first view showing an operation of the paper sheet separating and feeding apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a second diagram showing the operation of the paper sheet separating and feeding device according to the first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 11 is a third diagram showing the operation of the paper sheet separating and feeding apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
It is a 4th figure which shows operation | movement of the paper sheet separation feeding apparatus in embodiment.

In this case, an abnormal ticket holding unit (not shown) is provided in the upper portion of the escrow unit 104 (FIG. 3), and a sheet separating and feeding device is provided in the abnormal ticket holding unit. And
First, if the bill (not shown) deposited in the customer service port 106 is an abnormal ticket, the control unit (not shown) determines that the bill is an abnormal ticket based on the determination of the discriminating unit 105, and places the bill on the sub-stage 36. Place. Thereafter, the control section feeds out the banknotes to the transport path 18 by the banknote separating and feeding device, sends the banknotes to the customer service port 106, and returns them to the customer.

Further, a sensor is provided in the abnormal ticket holding section, and the sensor can detect a bill held in the abnormal ticket holding section. Therefore, after performing the payment return process as described above, the control unit determines whether there is any banknote remaining in the abnormal ticket holding unit based on the detection result of the sensor, and determines whether there is any banknote remaining in the abnormal ticket holding unit. If there is a bill that is
Drive.

As a result, the stage 61 disposed below the sub-stage 36 is moved upward and hits the sub-stage 36 located at the lower limit position as shown in FIG. Subsequently, the control unit further drives the stage motor 40, pushes up the sub-stage 36 by the stage 61, and moves the sub-stage 36 to the upper limit position (36 ') shown in FIG.
It is brought into contact with the pickup roller 37 as shown in FIG.

Next, when the stage motor 40 is further driven, the link 45 is slid along with the rotation of the cam gear 43 (FIG. 8), and as shown in FIG. The stage shaft 38 is locked. When the link 45 is further slid, the escape guide 51 (FIG. 5) is tilted,
Accordingly, the sub-stage 36 is released from the upward-sloping posture in FIGS. 9 to 11, is rotated clockwise in the drawing, and is inclined as shown in FIG.

As a result, the bills remaining behind (leftward in the figure) on the substage 36 can be moved forward (rightward in the figure). At the front end (right end in the figure) of the sub-stage 36, a stopper (not shown) for stopping the bills moved forward is provided. During this time, the stage motor 40 is driven in the reverse direction, and the stage 61 is moved downward.

Subsequently, the control unit controls the stage motor 40
Is driven in the forward direction to move the stage 61 upward again, and the sub-stage 36 is rotated counterclockwise in the drawing to again take the upward-sloping posture. As a result, the bill and the pickup roller 37 can be brought into contact. Incidentally, as shown in FIG. 12, a high friction member 37a is provided on a part of the outer peripheral surface of the pickup roller 37.
Is arranged. Therefore, when the pickup roller 37 is rotated counterclockwise in the figure, the friction between the banknotes disposed on the surface S1 and the high friction member 37a causes
A bill is picked up, conveyed in the direction of arrow E, and sent between the feeding roller 63 and a separation roller (not shown).
Then, with the rotation of the feeding roller 63 rotated in conjunction with the pickup roller 37, the bill is fed to the transport path 18.

Therefore, even if the bill on the substage 36 is a folded bill, it can be picked up by rotating the pickup roller 37, and the bill can be reliably fed. An idle gear 71 is provided between the pickup roller 37 and the feed roller 63, and the rotation is transmitted by the idle gear 71.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the paper sheet separating and feeding device according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The first
Components having the same structure as that of the embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. In this case, the stage motor 40 can be alternately driven in the forward and reverse directions while the sub-stage 36 is tilted. Therefore, the link 45 can be slid alternately in the vertical direction, and the substage 36 can be alternately rotated clockwise and counterclockwise about the substage shaft 38.

As a result, the sub-stage 36 is indicated by the arrow F
The banknotes are swung in the direction to generate vibration, so that banknotes (not shown) remaining behind (leftward in the figure) on the substage 36 can be reliably moved forward (rightward in the figure). It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be variously modified based on the gist of the present invention, and they are not excluded from the scope of the present invention.

[0030]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, in the paper sheet separating and feeding apparatus, the sub-stage slidably disposed and the paper sheets on the sub-stage are separated. A pick-up roller for picking up, a feeding roller for separating sheets picked up by the pick-up roller one by one and feeding the separated sheet to a conveying path, and provided below the sub-stage so as to be movable vertically. And a driving mechanism for moving the stage upward, and a link mechanism that is operated as the stage moves upward and rotates and tilts the substage.

In this case, the paper sheets on the substage are picked up by a pickup roller, separated by a feeding roller one by one, and sent out to a transport path. When the paper sheet remains on the sub-stage, the driving means is driven, the stage is moved upward, and the link mechanism is operated with the upward movement of the stage. The stage is rotated and tilted.

Accordingly, the paper sheets remaining behind on the sub-stage can be moved forward, so that even if the paper sheets are folded tickets, they can be picked up by rotating the pickup roller, and the paper sheets can be picked up. Leaves can be reliably fed out.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a state in which a sub-stage according to a first embodiment of the present invention is tilted.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a conventional paper sheet separating and feeding device.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the automatic transaction apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a main part plan view of the paper sheet separating and feeding device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a main part of the paper sheet separating and feeding device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a main part of the paper sheet separating and feeding apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the stage motor according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a side view of the stage motor according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a first diagram illustrating an operation of the paper sheet separating and feeding apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a second diagram illustrating the operation of the paper sheet separating and feeding device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a third diagram illustrating the operation of the paper sheet separating and feeding device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a fourth diagram illustrating the operation of the paper sheet separating and feeding apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an operation of the paper sheet separating and feeding apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 18 Conveyance path 36 Substage 37 Pickup roller 40 Stage motor 44 Substage lock lever 45 Link 46 Stage support 51 Escape guide 61 Stage 63 Feeding roller

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A substage that is swingably disposed, (b) a pickup roller that picks up paper sheets on the substage, and (c) a paper sheet that is picked up by the pickup roller. A feeding roller that separates the papers one by one and feeds the papers to the conveyance path; (d) a stage disposed below the sub-stage and movably arranged in the vertical direction; And (f) a link mechanism actuated as the stage moves upward to rotate and tilt the sub-stage. Separate feeding device. 2. The sheet separating and feeding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the driving unit is driven in a forward direction and a reverse direction to vibrate the substage.