JPS63189366A - Paper sheet transport device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the sorting of paper sheets from individual stackers by providing a counting means and a number-of-paper-sheets setting means for individually detecting and integrating the paper sheets received in a plurality of stackers to control the operation of paper supply. CONSTITUTION:Paper sheets are supplied and read by a letter reader 6 one by one, sorted and laminated by their contents with stacker selectors 8a-8n provided in a plurality of stackers 5a-5n. The stackers 5a-5n are provided respectively with stacker sheet counters 9a-9n which receive the reading starting signals to be reset and integrate the number of sheets every time the paper sheets pass through the reading position. Also, the respective stackers 5a-5n are provided additionally with sheet setting switches to set the upper limit of the number of paper sheets. When one of counters 9a-9n reaches a set number of sheets, it sends the output to a control unit to stop the paper supply. Thus, the corresponding stacker does not need to sort the number of paper sheets.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a paper sheet conveying device, and particularly to one in which paper sheets are classified and stored based on the character content recorded on the surface of the sheet.

(Prior art) In general, a paper sheet conveyance device has an optical character reading head placed in the middle of a sheet conveyance path for sheets such as forms, and reads multiple stackers at storage positions according to the character content of the form being fed. It is designed to selectively classify and accommodate one of them.

Each stacker is provided with a counting means, and the number of forms accommodated in the stacker is automatically cumulatively counted.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, when it is necessary to bundle the documents taken out from the stacker into a fixed number of sheets and further classify and organize them, conventionally, the documents are sorted by a fixed number of sheets manually. In this case, the rational work style is not sufficient and becomes time-consuming.

This invention was made based on the above background, and it automatically stops feeding paper when a predetermined number of sheets are stored in the stacker, so that subsequent sorting and sorting can be done rationally and accurately. The purpose is to

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following features:
In a sheet conveying device that selectively sorts and feeds sheets of paper to one of a plurality of storage stackers arranged at the end of conveyance, the sheets stored in each stacker are individually sorted and fed. a plurality of counting means for detecting and integrating paper sheets; and a number setting means for setting the number of sheets to be stored in each stacker, and comparing the cumulative value of the counter and the set value of the number setting means The present invention is characterized in that the paper feeding operation is stopped when the count value matches the set value.

(Function) Paper feeding automatically stops when a predetermined number of paper sheets are stored in a specific stacker, so the number of paper sheets taken out from the stacker is constant, and when sorting is done afterwards. - There is no need to count.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail using the drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is a group of forms set in a stacked state at the starting end of the conveyance path 2, and this group of forms 1 is taken out one by one by a take-out roller 4a provided in the drive unit 3.
The sheets are sequentially fed through the conveyance path 2 via a plurality of paper feed roller pairs 4b connected thereto, and stored in a selectively sorted state in a plurality of storage stackers 5a to 5n arranged at the end of the conveyance. Ru.

An optical character reading head 6 is disposed in the transport path 2, and the reading head 6 reads the character content printed on the surface of the form 1 sent through the transport path 2. The read signal is input to a control section 7 that controls the drive of the entire device.

The control unit 7 determines in which stacker the corresponding form 1 is to be accommodated, depending on the content of the reading head 6. Then, a control signal is output from the control unit 7 in synchronization with the feeding operation of the form 1, and drives any one of the stacker selectors 8a to 8n forming the gates provided at the front end of each stacker 5a to 5n. Open one of the stackers 58-5n.

As a result, the form 1 is selectively taken into one of the stackers 5a to 5n and stored in a stacked state.

Optical reading type stacker sheet counters 98-9n are arranged at the storage end of each stacker 58-5n. Each of the counters 9a to 9n is reset upon receiving a reading start signal from the control unit 7, and after this reset, the reading position is changed to the form 1.
The number of sheets of the form 1 is added up each time the sheet passes.

Further, each of the stackers 5a to 5n is provided with a setting device, that is, a sheet set switch 10a to 10n consisting of a digital switch or the like.

Each of the set switches 10a to 10n sets the upper limit of the number of forms 1 to be accommodated in the corresponding stacker, and the output ends of each of the sheet set switches 108 to 1On are set to NA along with the output ends of the sheet counters 9a to 9n.
It is connected to the input ends of the ND circuits 11a to 11n.

The output terminal of each NAND circuit 11a to 11n is a common NAND
It is connected to the input end of the D circuit 12.

The NAND circuit 12 outputs a signal to the control section 7 to stop the sheet feeding operation of the apparatus, and is configured to output a signal to the control section 7 to stop the sheet feeding operation of the apparatus. If so, each NAND circuit 1
The outputs of 1a to 11n are 1, and in this state, each sheet counter 9a to 9n counts up, and the NAND circuit 12 outputs 0. As a result, the control unit 7
supplies a drive signal to the drive unit 3, and the paper feeding state continues.

In addition, the count-up state continues, and the counters 9a to 9n
If one of them matches the set number of sheets, the NΔAND circuit 11
11011 is output from a to 11n, and NAND circuit 1
2 outputs P1'. Upon receiving this output, the control section 7 instructs the drive section 3 to stop driving, thereby stopping the paper feeding operation of the apparatus.

Therefore, when the paper feeding operation is stopped, the operator can take out the forms stored in the corresponding stacker and sort them without having to re-count the number of sheets. Thereafter, when the device is turned on again, the same sorting work as described above is performed.

Further, although not shown in the drawings, it is of course possible to generate an alarm output to instruct the corresponding stacker at the same time as the apparatus stops.

Note that the present invention is applicable not only to document conveyance devices, but also to general devices that convey paper sheets while classifying them according to the character content printed on them.

(Effects) As explained in detail through the embodiments above, the present invention can sort processed forms into bundles of any number of sheets (
There is no need to re-count manually when
There is no time required for this, there is no human error such as miscounting, and it is useful in promoting rationalization of classification processing.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing the mechanical configuration of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is a block diagram showing the system configuration. 1... Form (paper sheet) 2... Conveyance path 3... Drive units 5a to 5n... Storage stacker 6... Optical reading head 7... Control units 8a to 8n... Stacker selection 9a to 9n...Stacker sheet counter (counter)
10a~10n... Sheet set switch (setting device)
Yasuo Yoshiyoshi, 23, a fallen man's dialect

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Selectively sort the paper sheets into one of a plurality of storage stackers arranged at the end of the paper transport according to the reading result of the character reading means arranged in the transport path of the paper sheets. A paper sheet conveying device configured to feed paper, including a plurality of counting means for individually detecting and integrating paper sheets stored in each of the stackers, and a number of sheets for setting the number of paper sheets to be stored in each of the stackers. a setting means, the cumulative value of each counting means is compared with the set value of the sheet number setting means, and the paper feeding operation is stopped when the count value matches the set value. Leaf conveying device.