JP4592350B2 - Page turning device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a page turning apparatus incorporated in a medium processing machine that performs predetermined bookkeeping processing on a medium consisting of a booklet such as a bankbook processing machine or bank ATM.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of page turning apparatus is configured such that a medium is sent from a printing unit to a page turning apparatus when a page turning is necessary in a printing unit of a medium processing machine. In this page turning device, a medium sent from a printing unit is sandwiched between a driven roller and a feed roller, and then the page turning is performed by rotating the page turning roller (see Patent Document 1). It has also been proposed to control the rotation operation of the turning roller so that only the top page of the medium can be reliably turned when turning pages (see Patent Document 2).
JP 2003-175688 A JP 2002-219886 A

  However, in the above conventional page turning apparatus, the state of the medium is not uniform, and a turning error such as turning two sheets may occur. Further, if it is attempted to control the rotation operation of the turning roller in order to prevent such a turning error, there is a disadvantage that the page turning time becomes long and therefore the processing time of the medium processing machine becomes long.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide a page turning apparatus that can shorten the page turning time and can reliably turn pages one by one. is there.

Page turning apparatus according to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, provided the medium consisting of the booklet and the transport mechanism for reciprocatingly transported along a predetermined transport path, the position to the turning page before Ki搬 sending passage is, a feed transportable you place the media bodies that will be conveying guide, and that concave groove extending in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the medium in the intermediate position is provided, concave groove before Symbol conveying guide a drive means orthogonal to the conveying direction of the medium by a predetermined distance upwards, and a rotating shaft provided parallel to the conveying guide, to forward or reverse rotation depending on the direction turning pages of the rotating shaft from, wherein a driven roller rotatably provided at a predetermined position of the rotary shaft, and a driven roller facing opposite Niso and the driven roller with respect to said conveying guide and abutment-separable relative to the driven roller a feed roller provided on said rotary shaft The driven roller is partially fixed to the driven roller and has a radius larger than the radius of the driven roller and smaller than the distance from the center of the rotating shaft to the bottom surface of the groove. A non-cylindrical turning roller that protrudes in a radial direction from the outer peripheral surface, has a turning surface at the tip, and the turning surface faces directly above, and the turning roller makes one rotation. when performing turning pages of the medium by, the feed roller during the first half rotation of the turning roller is brought into contact with the driven roller, causing inter away the feed roller during rotating the second half of the turning roller from the driven roller side It is characterized by comprising a feed roller position control means.
It is desirable that a plurality of turning rollers are provided at a predetermined interval, and a plurality of driven rollers and feed rollers are also provided at a predetermined interval .

According to the first aspect of the present invention , since the medium is released from the feed roller in the second half rotation of the turning roller, the force for moving the pages below the top page to the top page disappears. In addition, only the top page is accompanied by the turning roller, so that only one page can be reliably turned in a short time. Therefore, it is possible to shorten the processing time of the medium processing machine incorporating this page turning apparatus.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, a plurality of turning rollers are provided at predetermined intervals, and a plurality of driven rollers and feed rollers are provided corresponding to each other. Can be turned.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram when a page turning apparatus a according to the present invention is incorporated into a bankbook processing machine b installed at a staff counter of a financial institution.

In FIG. 1, b0 is an entry / exit, which is provided in the case of the page turning apparatus a, and through this entry / exit b0, the passbook N corresponding to the medium of the present invention is inserted into the passbook processor b, The inserted bankbook N is configured to be received. A horizontal conveyance path L that forms the conveyance mechanism of the present invention, which is indicated by a thick dashed line, is formed inside the entrance b0. The transport path L is configured by arranging a feed roller r1 that is rotationally driven by a transport motor M1 and a rotatable presser roller r2 that is opposed to the feed roller r1 at a predetermined interval. That is, the conveying path L, as the contact position of the feed roller r1 and the pressing roller r2 is present above the horizon, and the contact position of the at least one feed roller r1 and the pressing roller r2 is always passbook N Are arranged with a predetermined distance between them. The presser roller r2 is configured so as to be constantly urged via a spring (not shown) with respect to the feed roller r1 in the same manner as the conveyance path of the known passbook processor, and the passbook N is fed to the feed roller r1 and the presser roller. It is constructed so that it can be clamped with a predetermined pressure at r2.

  On the conveyance path L, an entrance / exit portion b1, a reading / writing portion b2, a printing portion b3, and a page turning device portion a according to the present invention are provided in this order from the entrance / exit b0 side. The entrance / exit portion b1 is provided with a sensor S composed of a photoelectric element. When the sensor S detects that the passbook N has been inserted into the entrance / exit b0, the passbook N is transferred via the transport path L. It is configured so that it can be detected that the bankbook N taken in the reading / writing unit b2 side and sent from the reading / writing unit b2 side to the input / output unit b1 is taken out from the input / output unit b1.

The reading / writing unit b2 is provided with an optical reader O, and is configured to read a predetermined symbol (mark) indicating a page described in each booklet of the passbook. The read / write unit b2 is provided with a magnetic head H, which reads data recorded in a magnetic data recording area provided in a passbook and writes new data as necessary. The written data can be checked. The printing unit b3 is provided with a printer P including a print head and a platen so that predetermined contents can be printed at a predetermined position (book entry column) of the passbook N. In the middle of the conveyance path L, a number of sensors for detecting the conveyance position of the bankbook N are provided, but are omitted here.

Next, the page turning apparatus a will be described with reference to FIG. 2 which is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 which is a sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. The conveying path L that is provided with the page turning apparatus a, together with the conveying guide 1 having a flat surface capable of mounting the passbook N are provided, the upper surface of the conveying guide 1 A concave groove 2 extending in a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the conveyance path L is provided in part. A turning roller 3 and a driven roller (idling roller) 4 are provided above the concave groove 2. Further, the window 1 'in which is provided on the conveyance guide 1 of that, the feed roller 5 is provided which is rotationally driven by a conveying motor M1 so as to face the driven roller 4.

That is, turning the roller 3, Oite a position spaced a predetermined distance above the concave groove 2 of the conveying guide 1, perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveying path L, and is provided in parallel with the conveying guide 1 A plurality (three in the illustrated example) of the rotating shaft 6 is provided at a predetermined interval. The rotating shaft 6 is configured to be rotationally driven by a turning motor M2 capable of normal rotation and reverse rotation corresponding to a driving means . As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the turning roller 3 is a perfect circle having a radius larger than the radius of the driven roller 4 and smaller than the distance from the center of the rotating shaft 6 to the bottom surface of the groove 2. A part of the non-cylindrical shape protrudes in the radial direction from the outer peripheral surface of the driven roller 4 and has a turning surface at the tip. Then, the turning roller 3 sets the position where the turning surface is directly above as the home position.
A plurality of driven rollers 4 (two in the illustrated example) are rotatably provided on the same rotating shaft 6 as the turning roller 3 so as to be adjacent to the turning roller 3 in the axial direction of the rotating shaft 6. Although not shown, the rotary shaft 6 is provided with a slit disk. And this slit disk is comprised so that the rotation position of the turning roller 3 may be detected by the sensor (not shown) which consists of a photo sensor.

  The feed rollers 5 and 5 provided to face the driven rollers 4 and 4 are provided on the same rotary shaft 7, and can be rotated at the same time as the rotary shaft 7 is rotated by the transport motor M1. Has been. And this rotating shaft 7 is comprised so that it can move to an up-down direction with the drive source which is not shown in figure. That is, when the rotary shaft 7 moves upward, the feed rollers 5 and 5 are brought into contact with the driven rollers 4 and 4 with a predetermined pressure, respectively, and a passbook located between the driven rollers 4 and 4 and the feed rollers 5 and 5 is opened. It is configured so that it can be clamped at a predetermined pressure, and when the rotary shaft 7 moves downward, the feed rollers 5 and 5 are sufficiently separated from the driven rollers 4 and 4 to eliminate the clamping force of the passbook. Yes. The clamping force between the driven rollers 4 and 4 and the feed rollers 5 and 5 is adjusted by an adjusting mechanism (not shown) so that it is always constant regardless of the number of pages of the passbook located between them. Yes.

  In the figure, G1 and G2 are guides, which are respectively provided on the front and rear sides of the transport path L in the transport direction with the turning roller 3 as the center. These guides G1 and G2 are configured in the same manner as the known guide shown in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, and the end portion away from the turning roller 3 is rotatably supported and centered on the axial support position. It can be rotated and moved up and down by a drive source (not shown). This rotational movement will be described later.

In FIG. 1, C is a controller that bears the feed roller movement control means of the present invention, which is configured around the CPU, so that the entire passbook processor b including the page turning device a can be controlled in an integrated manner. It is configured. Therefore, the controller C is configured to drive and control each member such as the motors M1 and M2 described above.

Hereinafter, the page turning operation of the page turning apparatus a configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. Now, it is assumed that in the printing section b3, the entry field of the passbook N is full and it is necessary to print on the next page. That is, in FIG. 4A, it is assumed that the page turning of the left page of the bankbook N (hereinafter, referred to as “forward turning”) is required. In this case, the bankbook N is conveyed through the conveying path L (feed roller r1 and presser roller r2) until the turning roller 3 is positioned at a substantially center position of the page to be turned. During this transport plays a conveyance function be located upward as the feed roller 5 is also in contact with the driven roller 4. FIG. 4B is a cross-sectional view taken along line CC in FIG.

After the bankbook N is conveyed to the position shown in FIG. 4A, the turning roller 3 is rotated by the turning motor M2, as shown in FIG. 5A, so that the home position shown in FIG. The rotation is started counterclockwise from the position, and the guide G2 is moved upward. The turning of the turning roller 3 starts turning of the uppermost page (inner paper) N 'of the passbook N, and further, the guide G2 is rotated upward to smoothly curve the uppermost page N'. Done. In this state, the feed roller 5 is maintained upward.
The contact surface between the driven roller 4 and the feed roller 5 is in the vicinity of the medium placement surface of the conveyance guide 1, and the turning surface at the tip of the turning roller 3 is closer to the bottom surface of the groove 2 than the contact surface. Accordingly, the shape of the bankbook N when FIG. 5A is taken along the line D-D is greatly increased by the turning roller 3, the feed roller 5, and the groove groove 2, as shown in FIG. 5B. It is in a state of waving. Accordingly, the top page of the bankbook N is strongly pulled by the turning roller 3. This effectively avoids the inconvenience that the top page cannot be turned.

After the turning roller 3 has rotated halfway, the feed roller 5 is moved downward as shown in FIG. That is, the feed roller 5 is positioned above so as to contact the driven roller 4 during the first half rotation of the turning roller 3, and is moved away from the driven roller 4 during the second half rotation of the turning roller 3. At this time, as shown in FIG. 6B of the cross-sectional view taken along the line E-E of FIG. 6A, the wavy state of the passbook is relaxed, and the following pages (two sheets) of the top page N ′ are temporarily assumed. Even if the pages after the first page (inner paper) are going to be accompanied (pulled) by the uppermost page N ′, the lower side of the bankbook N is in the released state, so other than the uppermost page N ′ It is possible to effectively avoid the inconvenience of being released from the turning roller 3 and turning two or more pages at the same time.
That is, the turning roller 3 is fixed on the rotating shaft 6 and rotates once, but has a radius larger than the radius of the driven roller 4 and smaller than the distance from the center of the rotating shaft 6 to the bottom surface of the groove 2. Since a part of the perfect circle protrudes in the radial direction from the outer peripheral surface of the driven roller 4 and has a turning surface at the tip, the turning roller 3 turns only the uppermost page N ′ with which the turning surface contacts. The pages other than the upper page N ′ are not continuously turned. Therefore, a predetermined page can be turned normally.

  FIG. 7 shows a state in which the turning roller 3 has made one rotation and has reached the same home position as that shown in FIG. In this state, only the uppermost page N 'is located between the turning roller 3 and the guide G2.

FIG. 8 shows a state where the bankbook N is being conveyed to the printing unit b3 via the conveyance path L from the state of FIG. In this case, in order to facilitate the transport of the passbook N, the feed roller 5 is moved upward, and plays a conveyance function. When the bankbook N is conveyed to the printing section b3, the uppermost page N 'is completely turned and the page turning operation is completed. Then, after the pages are turned, the guide G2 is returned to its original position (position shown in FIG. 4A).

  The page turning apparatus a having the above configuration can significantly reduce the turning time compared to the conventional page turning apparatus. For example, the page turning time in the page turning apparatus that has been devised to change the rotation of the turning roller in order to eliminate the page turning error takes about 7 seconds. In the page turning apparatus a according to the present invention, however, In about 2.5 seconds, only one page can be turned reliably.

In the above example has been described page turning as a positive turning, Figure 4 when in (a) of turning reverse turn the right page of the passbook N, roller 3 turning in a substantially central position of the page to the right Be positioned. The turning roller 3 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 5A, and the guide G1 is rotated upward. Also in this reverse turning, the feed roller 5 is positioned on the driven roller 4 side during the first half rotation of the turning roller 3 and is located away from the driven roller 4 during the second half rotation of the turning roller 3.

  In the above example, the page turning device a is incorporated in the bankbook processor b. However, it is needless to say that the page turning device a may be incorporated in another medium processor such as ATM.

It is a schematic block diagram when incorporating the page turning device of the present invention into a passbook processor. It is an AA line expanded sectional view of FIG. FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line B-B in FIG. 2. (A) is explanatory drawing for demonstrating operation | movement of the page turning apparatus based on this invention, (b) is CC sectional view taken on the line of (a). (A) is explanatory drawing for demonstrating operation | movement of the page turning apparatus based on this invention, (b) is the DD sectional view taken on the line of (a). (A) is explanatory drawing for demonstrating operation | movement of the page turning apparatus based on this invention, (b) is the EE sectional view taken on the line of (a). It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating operation | movement of the page turning apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating operation | movement of the page turning apparatus which concerns on this invention.

a Page turning device L Conveyance path (conveyance mechanism)
M1 conveying motor M2 turning motor 1 conveying guide 2 grooved groove 3 turning roller 4 driven roller 5 feed rollers 6, 7 rotating shafts G1, G2 guide

Claims (2)

A transport mechanism for reciprocally transporting a booklet medium along a predetermined transport path ;
Before provided at a position to be the turning page Ki搬 sending passage, a conveyance guide you place the media bodies that will be conveyed, the concave groove extending in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the medium in the intermediate position What was provided,
It spaced a predetermined distance from the concave groove of the front Symbol conveying guide upward and perpendicular to the transport direction of the medium, and a rotating shaft provided parallel to the conveying guide,
Drive means for rotating the rotating shaft forward or backward in accordance with the page turning direction;
A driven roller rotatably provided at a predetermined position of the rotary shaft,
The conveying driven roller facing opposite Niso and the driven roller with respect to the guide, and a feed roller provided to be contact-spaced with respect to the driven roller,
A part of a perfect circle fixed on the rotating shaft adjacent to the driven roller and having a radius larger than the radius of the driven roller and smaller than the distance from the center of the rotating shaft to the bottom surface of the groove. A non-cylindrical turning roller that protrudes in the radial direction from the outer peripheral surface of the driven roller and has a turning surface at the tip thereof, and a position where the turning surface is directly above ,
When the turning roller is rotated 1 performs page turning of the medium, the feed roller during the first half rotation of the turning roller is brought into contact with the driven roller, the driven second half rotation during its feed rollers of the turning roller a feed roller position control means from the roller side is between away,
A page turning apparatus characterized by comprising: The page turning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of turning rollers are provided at a predetermined interval, and a plurality of driven rollers and feed rollers are provided at a predetermined interval. Characteristic page turning device.

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