JPH0676165B2 - Paper sheet transport device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a banknote transport device used in currency exchange machines, various automatic vending machines, and the like, and in particular, a paper sheet capable of shortening a banknote insertion interval. Related to a transport device of a kind.

(Prior art) In an automatic teller machine, a money changer, various automatic vending machines, etc., the authenticity and type of inserted banknotes are discriminated by an identification device, and as a result of the discrimination, a proper banknote suitable for the purpose of use of the device is identified. If there is an improper one, it is returned to the predetermined accommodation position, and if it is improper, it is returned.

6 (a) and 6 (b) show a schematic configuration of a conventional conveyance device for bills and the like. This conveyance device has a pair of endless take-in belts 1 directly connected to a bill insertion slot and an identification unit (not shown),
A gate 2 arranged at the rear end of the take-in belt 1, a pair of endless transfer belts 3 for receiving the bills 5a conveyed from the take-in belt 1 through the gate 2, and a rear end of the take-in belt 1. And a pair of holding belts 4 having front ends positioned between the front end and the transfer belt 3.

The gate 2 is configured to be rotatable or movable vertically and horizontally, and in order to convey the banknotes from the take-in belt 1 to the transfer belt 3, as shown in FIG. The conveyance route is opened or the conveyance route between the transfer belt 3 and the holding belt 4 is opened as shown in FIG.

The take-in belt 1 is set so that when the inserted bills are counterfeit or different in type, they are reversely operated and returned to the insertion slot. On the rear side of the holding belt 4, for example, a safe 7
The banknotes to be received, which are arranged, are stored.

When the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot (not shown) is judged to be proper by identification, the bill is once conveyed from the take-in belt 1 to the transfer belt 3 via the gate 2 as shown in FIG. 6 (a). After that, the gate 2 is switched as shown in FIG. 6 (b), the transfer belt 3 is reversed, and the transfer belt 3 is transferred to the holding belt 4. When only one banknote needs to be inserted in one use such as a money changer or a vending machine, it may be returned in a unit of one or stored in the safe 7, but a plurality of banknotes are continuously inserted. If it is necessary to do so, it is necessary to stack and hold multiple sheets and selectively return or store them depending on the circumstances thereafter.

Therefore, when a plurality of banknotes are successively inserted one by one, the first banknote is first conveyed from the transfer belt 3 to the holding belt 4 and held in the holding state, and the second banknote is held. When the paper money is conveyed from the take-in belt 1 toward the gate 2, the held first bill is sent to the transfer belt 3 together with the conveyance timing of the second bill. As a result, the two banknotes are superposed on the transfer belt 3 and are sent to the holding belt 4 in the superposed state. When the number of insertable sheets is two, the sheets are discharged from the holding belt to the safe 7, but when the third and fourth sheets are further inserted, the sheets are held by the holding belt 4 again and the same stacking as described above is performed. The operation for matching is sequentially repeated.

As a conventional transfer device having such a configuration, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
There is one disclosed in JP-A-60-252564.

However, in the above-described conventional sheet conveying device, when a plurality of banknotes are sequentially inserted, the preceding banknote is transferred from the transfer belt 3 to the storage belt 4. Since the next banknote cannot be inserted in the meantime, the waiting time becomes long and it is extremely complicated when a large number of banknotes are inserted.

(Object of the Invention) The present invention has been made in view of the above, and provides a sheet conveying apparatus capable of continuously inserting banknotes while significantly reducing the waiting time.

(Summary of the Invention) In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a paper sheet transporting device of the present invention is configured to receive a paper sheet from a loading path for bidirectionally loading the inserted paper path and transporting the paper path from the loading path. It is provided with first and second holding paths that can be held bidirectionally and can be held temporarily, and the rear end of the take-in path and the front end of each holding path face each other with a gate for switching the paper sheet feeding path sandwiched therebetween. ,
The gate is composed of a plurality of independently operable gate pieces, and each path and each gate piece, when the preceding paper sheet introduced from the intake path is transferred to one holding path, Next, the succeeding paper sheets introduced from the take-in path are transferred to the other holding path, and the preceding paper sheets in the one holding path are held in the other holding path at the transfer timing of the succeeding paper sheets. It operates so as to transfer to the path and stack both paper sheets, and each gate piece that constitutes the gate is opened and closed so as to enable bidirectional transfer between the respective paths. A posture for communicating the one holding path, a posture for communicating the one holding path and the other holding path, and a paper sheet from the take-in path and the one holding path to the other holding path, respectively. The open posture that can be conveyed at the same time, And characterized in that it can take.

(Example) Hereinafter, the paper sheet conveying apparatus of the present invention will be described.

1 (a) and 1 (b) are a schematic configuration explanatory view and an AA cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention, in which the transport device is located at a paper banknote insertion slot 10 and inside the insertion slot 10. A take-up path 12 including an identification section 11 for identifying the authenticity of a bill and a pair of endless take-up belts 12a for taking in the bill that has passed through the identification section 11.
A gate group 13 arranged at the rear end of the intake path 12,
A first holding path 14 composed of a pair of endless holding belts 14a for receiving the banknotes conveyed from the taking-in path 12 through a gate group 13, a rear end portion of the taking-in path 12 and a first holding path 14 A second holding path 15 including a pair of holding belts 15a whose front end is located between the second holding path 15a and the front end of A safe 16, for example, is provided after the second holding path 15.

The pair of take-in belts 12a, 12a is arranged in an endless manner on the rollers 20a, 20b and the rollers 21a, 21b, respectively. Retaining belts 14a, 1 constituting the first and second retaining paths 14, 15
All 5a have the same structure.

The gate group 13 includes, for example, a shaft 25a as shown in FIG. 1 (b).
A pair of substantially triangular first gate pieces 25 and 25 rotatably supported by the pair, and a pair of second gate pieces rotatably supported by a shaft 27a below each first gate piece 25. Axis located between 27 and 27 and each pair of gate pieces 25 and 27
The third gate piece 29 is rotatably supported by 29a. The first gate pieces 25 are arranged at predetermined intervals in the axial direction, and the second gate pieces 27 are arranged at predetermined intervals in a vertical positional relationship corresponding to the first gate pieces 25. It is set up. By operating the gate pieces 25, 27, 29 in cooperation with each other, the transportation route between the intake route 12 and the first holding route 14 is opened (FIGS. 2 and 4), A bidirectional transport route between the holding route 14 and the second holding route 15 is opened (FIGS. 2 and 3), and further, a transport route between the intake route 12 and the second holding route 15. Can be opened (FIGS. 3 and 5).

Note that reference numerals 31 and 32 denote roller shafts of the rollers 20b and 21b, respectively.

If the inserted bills are counterfeit or different in type, the conveyor belt (not shown) in the identification unit 11 is reversed to insert the bill 10
The operation is set to return to. For example, a cashbox 16 is arranged on the rear end side of the second holding path 15 to store bills to be received. Reference numeral 36 is a discharge belt that is connected to the second holding path 15 and conveys the bills stored in the safe 16.

In the above configuration, the first banknote 40 inserted from the insertion slot 10 and passed through the identification section 11 passes from the take-in route 12 through the gate group 13 to the first holding route 14 as shown in FIG. Be transported.

Next, when the first bill 40 is held by the first holding path 14, this time the second bill 41 is conveyed to the second holding path 15 as shown in FIG. At this time, in the first holding path 14, one banknote 40 is sent toward the second holding path 15 in synchronization with the conveyance timing of the second banknote 41,
Both bills 40 and 41 are made to overlap each other in the second holding path 15 in an aligned state (see FIG. 3).

In this way, the first and second banknotes 40 and 41 are stacked and held in the holding path 15 in a state of being overlapped with each other.
15a is driven in the discharge direction and discharged into the safe 16.

If the third sheet is inserted after the second sheet, the banknote 40,
When 41 is held in the holding path 15, the third bill can be inserted, and the third bill is conveyed into the first holding path 14 as shown in FIG. The first and second banknotes 40 and 41 are conveyed from the second holding path 15 to the first holding path 14 at the timing of conveyance to the first holding path 14, and these 3
The banknotes are stacked in the first holding path 14. 3
When storing one banknote in the safe 16, the first holding path
It is discharged from 14 to the safe via the second holding path 15. When the fourth banknote is inserted, the third banknote and the fourth banknote that are stacked and held in the first holding path 14 are the second holding path 15
All banknotes are fed into the holding path 15 at the same timing so that they overlap each other.

In this way, when the first banknote is conveyed to the first holding path 14, all the subsequent odd-numbered banknotes are conveyed to the first holding path 14 and the second and subsequent even-numbered banknotes are conveyed. Is the second banknote
It is transported to the holding path 15 of. However, the first and odd sheets may be conveyed to the second holding path 15 and the second and even sheets may be conveyed to the first holding path 14, respectively. In this case, the stacking procedure is the reverse of the above.

As is well known in the art, the means for adjusting the transport timing may be provided with a sensor in the middle of each path and control the rollers and gate pieces of each path according to the operating state.

Since it is possible to continuously stack paper sheets that are sequentially inserted in this way, it becomes possible to insert paper sheets continuously at an extremely short insertion interval, and it is possible to insert multiple banknotes automatically. It provides a great deal of convenience to the user when using it for sale.

When the banknotes in the first holding path 14 are returned to the insertion slot 10, the respective gate pieces 25, 27, 29 are set to the first as shown in FIG.
When the banknotes in the second holding path 15 are returned to the insertion slot 10 by operating so that the holding path 14 and the take-in path 12 communicate with each other and carrying them backward in the direction of the arrow, as shown in FIG. The respective gate pieces 25, 27, 29 are operated so that the second holding path 15 and the intake path 12 communicate with each other and carry out the reverse conveyance.

The positional relationship and the arrangement angle of the respective routes are not limited to those in the above embodiment. Therefore, for example, the intake path 12 and the first holding path 14 may be linearly arranged.

As for the configuration of each route, in addition to the linear configuration as in the embodiment, a route configuration in which a curved line or a bending line is drawn as necessary may be used.

The structure of the gate is not limited to that described above, and any structure may be used as long as it has the same transport route forming function as the gate of this embodiment.

Although the safe is provided on the rear end side of the second holding path 15 in the above embodiment, the safe is provided on the rear end side of the first holding path 14 and the rear end side of the second discharging path 15 is provided. The return port may be connected to each other. In this case, the second hold path
The route of 15 is preferably set so as to convey the return command to the return port located below the insertion port 10.

Further, in the above embodiments, the apparatus for conveying banknotes has been described, but it goes without saying that it can be applied to general sheet-shaped paper sheets such as gift certificates, checks, bills and the like.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the conveying means including the belt is shown, but other than this, various conveying means such as a conveying means including a roller, a means utilizing an electrostatic adsorption or a suction action of negative pressure of air are applied. can do.

The rear end of each path 12, 14, 15 means the right end of each path in FIG. 1 and the like, and the front end means the left end of each path.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the paper sheet transporting device of the present invention, when using a vending machine, a money changer, a depositing machine, or the like that can insert a plurality of banknotes, one banknote is used. The banknotes can be continuously inserted by significantly shortening the waiting time in the case where the banknotes are continuously inserted.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 (a) and 1 (b) are schematic structural explanatory views of one embodiment of the present invention and a sectional view taken along the line AA, and FIGS. 2 to 5 are conveying means in the case where banknotes are continuously inserted and FIGS. 6A and 6B are explanatory views showing the operation of the gate and are explanatory views of the configuration of the conventional example. 10 …… Banknote insertion slot, 11 …… Identification section, 12 …… Take-in route,
12a ... intake belt, 13 ... gate group, 14 ... first holding path, 14a ... holding belt, 15 ... second holding path, 15a ... second holding belt, 16 ... safe box, 20a, 20
b, 21a, 21b …… Roller, 25,27,29 …… Gate piece

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A take-in path for taking in inserted paper sheets bidirectionally and bidirectionally, and first and second holding paths for receiving paper sheets from the take-in path and bidirectionally carrying them and temporarily holding them. And a rear end of the take-in path and a front end of each of the holding paths face each other with a gate for switching the paper sheet conveying path interposed therebetween, and the gate is composed of a plurality of gate pieces that can operate independently of each other. When the preceding paper sheets introduced from the intake path are transferred to one of the holding paths,
Next, the succeeding paper sheet introduced from the take-in path is transferred to the other holding path, and the preceding paper sheet in the one holding path is held in the other holding path at the transfer timing of the succeeding paper sheet. In order to transfer the sheets to the path and stack the two sheets, and to open and close the gate pieces constituting the gate so as to enable bidirectional transfer between the paths, A posture for communicating the one holding path, a posture for communicating the one holding path and the other holding path, and a paper sheet from the take-in path and the one holding path to the other holding path, respectively. A paper sheet transporting device, which is capable of taking open postures in which they can be simultaneously transported.