JPH08217269A - Paper sheet assorting processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a paper sheet assorting processor capable of performing processing such as assortment and arrangement under the compact shape in the normal low volume processing, and also performing large volume processing from a cassette at any time. CONSTITUTION: In a paper sheet assorting processor, paper sheets are received to receiving parts by kinds 2, 2,..., 15 connected to a conveying passage for arranging at least two kinds of paper sheets assorted by kinds during conveyance in a conveying passage on the basis of the discriminated result from the conveying passage for conveying the paper sheet to be delivered from a paper sheet loading part 3, and provided with a discriminating part 6a from the paper sheet loading part 3 provided on the front surface upper part of a device main body, and provided with a delivering part for delivering the loaded paper sheets one by one. A cassette mounting frame 80 is provided with a cassette mounting part 82, a cassette paper sheet delivering part 93 and an introducing passage 97 for derivering the paper sheets to be delivered from the delivering part 93 from the discriminating part set range of the conveying passage 6 to the upstream position.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper sheet sorting machine, for example, a banknote sorting machine, and more particularly to a paper sheet sorting machine capable of sorting banknotes in a cassette with a small processor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, as a small-sized sorting machine for bills, a bill loading section is provided on the front upper portion of the machine body, and the bills loaded in the loading section are fed one by one and transported through a transport passage inside the machine body. In the meantime, the identification unit performs necessary identification such as denomination, fitness, authenticity, etc., so that the banknotes classified by this identification result are received by the type-specific receiving unit arranged rearward on the top of the machine body. There is a banknote sorting machine.

This processing machine can be constructed with a narrow width, and has the advantage that it is convenient to use by installing it between desks.

[0004]

However, in the small-sized sorting machine as described above, only the sorting of the bills manually loaded into the bill loading section is possible, and therefore, other bill handling machines such as bill depositing machines and dispensing machines are required. In order to perform processing such as settlement and classification of banknotes in a cassette used in a pay-in / pay-out machine, a money changer, etc., the banknotes cannot be used unless they are taken out from the cassette.

[0005] Further, after sorting the banknotes after bundling them by a certain number, it depends on another machine, and the work of carrying and handling all the banknotes is diverse and there is a problem in terms of work efficiency.

In view of this, the present invention maintains the form of a conventional small-sized sorting machine having a narrow width, and yet not only the usual treatment of loose paper sheets but also a large amount of paper sheets from a cassette. An object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet classification processing machine that can perform processing at any time.

[0007]

As a means for solving the problems of the above-mentioned prior art, the present invention provides a take-in section provided at the upper front part of the machine body for taking in the loaded paper sheets one by one. A paper sheet loading section that has, a transportation path that conveys the paper sheets fed from this paper sheet loading section and has an identification section in the middle, and a transportation path that is connected to this transportation path based on the identification result during transportation. In a paper sheet sorting machine configured to receive at least two kinds of paper sheets classified by type into a type-specific receiving section arranged toward the rear of the upper part of the machine body, a cassette mounting frame is provided on the front surface of the machine body. The cassette mounting frame has a cassette mounting portion for mounting a cassette in which paper sheets are vertically stacked and stored, and a top-most paper sheet provided in the upper portion of the mounting portion and stored in the cassette. Touch the upper surface of the paper Has a section narrowing Repetitive non-cassette paper sheet,
The machine body has an introduction passage for feeding the paper sheets fed from the feeding portion to a position upstream of the identification portion installation area of the transport passage, and the paper sheets in which the cassettes are vertically stacked. A paper sheet placing member that supports and lifts up,
The cassette mounting frame has a mounting member up-and-down mechanism for moving the mounting member up and down, and a first drive receiving portion for the up-and-down mechanism, and the cassette mounting frame is driven by a first electric drive unit. The first drive joint part is connected to the drive receiving part and transmits the driving force to the first drive receiving part.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the cassette has a shutter that opens and closes the upper surface, a shutter opening and closing mechanism that opens and closes the shutter, and a second drive receiving portion for the opening and closing mechanism. Driven by two electrical drives,
It has a 2nd drive joint part connected to the said 2nd drive receiving part, and transmitting a driving force to this 2nd drive receiving part. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the cassette mounting frame is swingable, and when not in use, the cassette mounting frame can be retracted from the front side of the machine body to one of the left and right side surfaces of the machine body. The second machine has a second machine used for placing paper sheets to be sorted and processed, and the second machine has a storage space in which a cassette mounting frame for swinging and retracting is stored. . According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, a bundled paper sheet passage portion is provided in the machine body for feeding the paper sheets downward, a bundled paper sheet stacking portion connected to the passage portion, and a stacking paper sheet stacking portion. A binding unit for binding the paper sheets accumulated in the unit, and a first binding paper sheet transporting unit for transporting the paper sheets bound at the binding unit to the second machine side; Formed on the upper part of the second body by receiving the bundled paper sheets provided from the first bundled paper sheet conveying means provided in the second machine body and conveyed upward through the back area of the storage space. And a second binding paper sheet conveying means for sending to the discharge port.

[0009]

[Function] When classifying ordinary loose paper sheets, the paper sheets are loaded into the paper sheet loading section at the upper front part of the machine and the machine is operated. Sheets are picked up one by one, identified by the identification unit while being conveyed through the conveyance passage in the machine body, sorted based on the discrimination result, and sent to the type-specific receiving section at the top of the machine body. It is stored.

When sorting paper sheets in a cassette that is automatically loaded by another machine or manually loaded, the cassette is loaded in the cassette loading frame of the machine body and the cassette loading section is provided in the cassette loading frame. By the take-up section at the top of the, the paper sheets are taken into the sorting machine one by one,
The fed paper sheets are conveyed to the conveying passage through the introduction passage and are discriminated by the discriminating unit. Based on the discrimination result, the paper sheets are respectively stored in the type-specific receiving units of the sorting machine for the sorting process.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the appearance of a banknote sorting machine as an example of a paper sheet sorting machine to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the internal structure. In this embodiment, banknotes are bound together. In this case, a predetermined number of banknotes are alternately stacked in two stacking sections, and while stacking one banknote, the banknote group stacked in the other is taped to enable continuous banknote stacking and classification. If you want to do so, make sure to sort into the three discharge sections 2, 2, 2 arranged in the front-rear direction on the upper surface of the machine body 1 according to denomination or denomination, such as front and back and other denominations. Shows the case.

As shown in FIG. 1, the external appearance is such that it has a narrow width and can be used by installing it between desks in a financial institution. There is provided a placing section 3 for accumulating and placing the pieces in a loose state, and a take-in section 5 for taking in one by one a bill is installed inside the take-in port 4 from the placing section 3. There is. In this embodiment, the feeding unit 5 has a known means disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 5-32293, for example, a kicker roller, a feed roller, a feed belt, and a gate roller facing the feed belt. The placement unit 3 corresponds to the paper sheet loading unit of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, a conveying passage 6 is provided following the feeding portion 5, and an identifying portion 6a for identifying the denomination, authenticity, damage, etc. of the bill is disposed in the middle of the conveying passage 6. A transport path unit 8 that transports the identified banknotes to the discharge units 2, 2 and 2 on the upper surface of the machine body 1 is provided downstream of the identification unit 6a, and further to the downstream thereof, the identified banknotes are transported to the bundling unit 7. The transport path portions 9 are each formed of a belt structure, and the transport path portions 8 to the discharging portions 2, 2, ... Are switching members 11, 11 ,.
By this switching operation, the bills are ejected to the ejecting units 2, 2 ... Reference numerals 14 and 14 denote pressing members that hold the banknotes in the discharging sections 2 and 2 so that the banknotes do not fall, and 15 denotes a discharging section for rejected banknotes. The discharging units 2, 2, ... And the discharging unit 15 correspond to the type-specific receiving unit of the present invention.

On the other hand, the transport path portion 9 to the bundling portion 7 includes a front / back reversing mechanism 10 for aligning one side of the bills on the way, and from the rear upper position (upper left position in FIG. 2) in the machine body 1. The accumulating portions 16 and 16 which extend toward the front side (front side) (right side in FIG. 2) and whose ends are vertically spaced from each other.
Is connected to the feeding means 17, 17. In this way, the transport path 6 extends from the feeding means 5 to the identifying section 6a, the identifying section 6a, the outlet of the identifying section 6a to the entrance of the transport path section 8 (first switching member 11 position) described later. A transport route unit, a transport route unit 8, and a transport route unit 9 are provided.

The bundling paper sheet passage portion of the present invention corresponds to the transport path portion 9 of this embodiment, and the bundling paper sheet stacking portion 1 is the stacking portion 1.
6, 16 and retraction means 17, 17.

A means 1 for feeding into the accumulating sections 16, 16.
The belts 18A and the belts 19 and 19 stretched between the upper and lower rollers 18 and 18 are used to collect the sheets 7 and 17,
The bills are fed in the lateral direction through an impeller 20 at the entrance of 16 and the upper and lower feeding means 17, 1
There is a switching member 21 between 7 and by this switching, switching and stacking to the upper and lower stacking units 16, 16 is performed.

The above-mentioned take-in means 17, 17 are installed on the inner surface of an opening / closing door 22 which opens and closes an opening opened in the front surface 1a on the front side of the machine body 1. The opening / closing door 22 has a size such that the entrance sides of all the stacking portions 16 and 16 can be exposed, and the lower end thereof is pivotally supported by the body 1 by a hinge.
When the cassette 81, which will be described later in FIG. 1, is taken out, it can be opened in the forward direction in FIG. 1 by using this hinge as a fulcrum, and is key-locked when closed.

An example of the structure of the holding and conveying section 24 for conveying the accumulated banknotes from the accumulating sections 16 and 16 to the bundling section 7 is shown in FIGS. 3 to 5.

The banknote stacking unit 16 is fixed to a horizontal stacking plate 25 for receiving the banknotes P fed one by one and a shaft 26 arranged along the longitudinal direction of the stacking plate 25, and the stacking plate 25 is provided. And a rotating plate 27 having an L-shaped cross section for forming a stacking space of banknotes in cooperation with the rotating plate 27, and holding window holes 28, 28 for holding the rotating plate 27 from the upper surface 27a to the side surface 27b. Cut holes 2 in the stacking plate 25 at positions corresponding to the holes 28, 28.
9 and 29 are formed. An arm 30 is fixed to the end of the shaft 26, and is connected to a plunger 31a of a solenoid 31 by a pin 32 and a long hole 33. The rotating plate 27 is shown by the solid line in FIG. Is rotated between the closed state and the open state shown by the chain line.

The holding and transporting section 24 has a machine frame 35 which is movable toward the stacking section 16 along guide rails 34, 34 which are horizontally installed. The machine frame 35 is a motor 36.
It is fixed to the rotating belt 37 and moves in the direction of the arrow as the belt 37 rotates.

A guide rod 38 is fixed to the machine frame 35 in the vertical direction, and a block 39 is attached to the guide rod 38.
Is supported so that it can move up and down.
Upper and lower holding pieces 40, 41 are provided in the block 3
9 is attached to a belt 43 driven by a motor 42 mounted on the machine frame 35 via an arm 44.

The lower holding piece 41 has two protrusions 41a, 41a which can fit into the gaps of the cut holes 29, 29 of the stacking plate 25 of the stacking portion 16 and enter the cut holes, and the side portions thereof. It is fixed to the lower part of the block 39 by an arm 45 extending to the.

The upper holding piece 40 has two fingers 40a, 4 which can enter into the window holes 28, 28 with a distance corresponding to the distance between the window holes 28, 28 of the rotating plate 27 of the stacking portion 16.
0a, parallel links 46, 46 are pivotally attached to the base portion 40b, and the other ends of the parallel links 46, 46 are pivotally supported on the upper portion of the block 39, and are vertically moved by a drive mechanism (not shown). Parallel link 46 by lever 47,
46 swings and the holding piece 40 moves up and down.

Pressing pieces 48, 4 are attached to the holding pieces 40, 41.
9 is pivotally supported, and these presser pieces 48 and 49 are pivotally operated by a presser piece operating mechanism.

The holding pieces 48, 49 have pins 5 on the upper and lower surfaces of the holding pieces 40, 41 whose bases are upper and lower.
Nos. 0 and 51 are pivotally mounted in the horizontal plane, respectively, and the holding piece 48 of the upper holding piece 40 has the rear end holding the holding piece 4.
It is connected to the plunger of the solenoid 52 mounted on the No. 0, and when the solenoid 52 is operated, it is advanced from the upper surface of the holding piece 40 to the position shown by the chain line in FIG. Further, a cam follower 53 is pivotally attached to the rear end of the holding piece 49 of the lower holding piece 41, and it is projected to the side of the holding piece 41 as shown by the solid line in FIG. When shifting to 7, the cam follower 53 hits the cam 54 and is pivotally moved to the position shown by the chain line in FIG.

3, the bundling section 7 is shown schematically, but clamp members 55 and 56 for receiving and clamping the banknote P from the holding and conveying section 24 from above and below, and the clamp members 55 and 56,
A tape winding mechanism 57 that winds a binding tape around the banknote P held between 56, and a cutter 58 that cuts the tape.
And a trowel 59 with the cut end of the tape thermally adhered.
The mechanism described in No. 7 can be used.

The clamp members 55 and 56 have an open position shown in the drawing and a clamp position for holding one end of the paper sheet between them, and the tape holding piece 6 is attached to the clamped bill P.
The tape held at the tip of 0, 61 is the tape holding piece 6
0 and 61 swivel around the orbit Q indicated by the chain line to wind and fasten, and the end of winding is cut by the swiveling motion of the cutter 58, and the cut end is heat-bonded by the swinging of the iron 59 to bind. To do.

A storage box 62 is provided on the lower front side of the bundling section 7 at a position where the bundled banknote bundle Pa can be received, and the storage box 62 can be pulled out from the opening 1b of the front surface 1a of the machine body 1. .

The storage box 62 has a box body 63 whose upper surface is open as shown in the sectional view of FIG. 6 and the front view of FIG. From this to the lower end, a window hole 64 is opened.
The base of a front wall member 65, which constitutes the front wall of the box body 63 by opening or closing the window 64, is provided at the lower end of the shaft 66.
It is rotatably attached by.

The front wall member 65 in this embodiment is formed of a transparent plate having a brownish color, and the storage state of the bundled banknotes (banknote bundle Pa) stored in the storage box 62 is visible. Since it is a brownish transparent plate in particular, it is considered that there is no support for detection by the light emitting / receiving sensor S described later. In addition, the structure is such that two pieces 65a and 65b are connected by a hinge 67 so that they can be folded in two at the center, and when the hinge 67 is folded in two, the window hole 64 is just closed from the inside. The length is such that it can contact the upper inner surface of the rear wall 63a of the box body 63 when extended. Further, a cutout 67a is formed on the outer surface side of the hinge 67 portion, and the window hole 64 is formed.
Of the lock portion 68 made of an elastically deformable material formed on the box body 63 at the upper end of the box body 63, and the projection 6 is elastically deformable by being provided on the inner surface of the side wall of the box body 63.
9 is detachably attached to the side end surface of the piece 65b of the front wall member 65, and is kept closed when the window hole 64 is closed by the front wall member 65. The piece 65a
A notch is formed at the end for escape when engaging and disengaging with the protrusion 69.

The front wall member 65 is provided at a substantially central position in the front-rear direction on the inner surfaces of both side wall surfaces of the box body 63 with respect to the front wall member 65.
Is extended, a pedestal 70 is provided so as to abut on the lower surface of the piece 65a on the shaft 66 side near the hinge 67 to keep the piece 65a in the forward tilted state. On the inner surface of the rear wall 63a, a pedestal 71 that supports the lower surface of the tip of the other part 65b is provided. These cradle 70, 71
Thus, when the front wall member 65 is supported in the extended state, the discharge guide is formed by being inclined downward from the upper rear inside of the box body 63 to the lower end of the front window hole 64.

In FIG. 6, reference numeral 72 denotes a handle for withdrawal formed in the upper portion of the window 64 of the box body 63, and S is on the machine body 1 side for passing the banknote bundle Pa discharged into the box body 63. A light emitting and receiving sensor for detecting and detecting a full state, 73 is a unit for guiding the bundled banknotes into the box body 63 while determining the position by abutting the rear end of the box body 63.
A guide provided on the side, 74 in FIG. 2, indicates a tray.

In the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a cassette mounting frame 80 is provided on the front surface 1a of the machine body 1. This cassette mounting frame 80 is a cassette 81
It has a cassette mounting portion 82 as a lower frame to which is attached and detached and an upper frame 83, and is fixedly provided on the front surface of the machine body 1 in this embodiment. The upper frame 83 can be opened by swinging.

As shown in FIG. 1, the cassette mounting portion 82 as a lower frame has a front open space 82a having a width and a height into which the cassette 81 can be fitted. , And the upper portion of the cassette 81 is rocked in the back direction to be mounted. Also, the cassette 81 mounted in the front open space 82a
The position is locked in the vertical direction, the horizontal direction, and the front-back direction by a positioning mechanism (not shown) provided in the cassette mounting portion 82. Further, this front open space 82a is an open space that penetrates to the front surface 1a of the machine body 1, and the opening / closing door 22 shown in FIG. 2 is exposed in the front open space 82a when the cassette 81 is taken out.
The opening / closing door can be opened in the front open space 82a to perform operations, maintenance, and the like inside the machine body 1.

Next, the structure of the upper frame 83 will be described.
8 and 9 are a longitudinal side view and a front view in which the cassette 81 is housed in the cassette mounting frame 80 (a view taken along the line AA in FIG. 8).
The upper frame 83 is shown in FIG.
Is pivotally supported by a support shaft 83a supported by a bracket portion (not shown) projecting from the upper end thereof and is openable in the arrow direction.

In the upper frame 83, a feed belt 87 and a kicker roller 88, which are wound between pulleys 85 and 86 for feeding bills toward the introduction passage 97 in the machine body 1, are provided. The shafts 89 and 90 of the pulley 86 and the kicker roller 88 are connected by a connecting member 91, and the shaft 92 of the pulley 85 and the shaft 89 of the pulley 86 are connected by a connecting member 91A. The connecting member 91A is urged downward by a spring (not shown) about a position-fixed shaft 92 to be vertically swingable and displaceable, and its lower limit is set to a contact position of a stopper (not shown). The connecting member 91 is urged downward by a spring (not shown) about a vertically displaceable shaft 89 so that the connecting member 91 can be displaced up and down, and its lower limit is set to a contact position of a stopper (not shown).

Therefore, the kicker roller 88, the pulley 86 and the feed belt 87 are displaceable downward and are arranged so as to face the upper surface of the cassette 81. Pulley 85
Is formed with a feed roller portion having two grooves on a side of a pulley portion around which the feed belt 87 is wound, and a gate roller 95 faces a lower portion of the feed roller portion so as to face the feed roller portion. The gate roller 95 has both flange portions and a groove between the flange portions so as to mesh with the feed roller portion, and the feed roller portion and the gate roller 95 form a gate portion for feeding out one bill. Cassette 81
The feeding section 93 for the banknotes stored in the
7,87, kicker rollers 88,88, pulleys 85,8
5, each feed roller unit, and gate rollers 95, 95.

Therefore, the cassette paper sheet feeding section of the present invention corresponds to the feeding section 93 in this embodiment.

The bills fed from the feeding unit 93 are fed to the introduction passage 97. The introduction passage 97 has a first passage area having a conveyance roller 96, upper and lower guide plates 96A and 96A, and a bill passage detection sensor 96B of a light emitting / receiving type for detecting passage of conveyed bills, and the first passage area. Belts 97A, 97B, guide plates 97C,
And a second passage area having a conveyance roller 97D, and an end of the second passage area is connected to the conveyance passage 6 at a position immediately before the identification portion 6a.

The cassette 81 has a storage frame 98 for storing banknotes, which is taken out and shown in FIG. 13, inside the storage frame 98 for mounting banknotes in a pile (paper sheets of the present invention. An example of a mounting member) is provided so that it can be raised and lowered.

The vertical mechanism of the mounting table 99 (an example of the mounting member vertical mechanism of the present invention) is, as shown in a concrete example in FIGS. 10 and 11, a pulley supporting member at the left and right outer positions of the storage frame 98. 100 (shown in FIGS. 9 and 11) is provided, and on this pulley supporting member 100, a first pulley 101, an intermediate second pulley 102, a third pulley 103, and a lower fourth pulley 104 are mounted on the pulley from the top. The upper pulley 105 and the lower pulley 106, which are fixed in position, are axially mounted on the upper and lower sides of the inside of the cassette 81, and the belt 107 for lifting the mounting table is mounted on the upper pulley 1.
05, second pulley 102, first pulley 101, fourth
Pulley 104, third pulley 103, lower pulley 1
It is wound around 06.

The belts 107 are provided at symmetrical positions, and the belts 107, 107 have long clearance holes 10 formed in the vertical direction of the pulley supporting members 100, 100.
Fixing tools 109 and 109 which are inserted through the mounting member 8 are attached, and both end projections 99a and 99a of the mounting table 99 are fixed to the upper surfaces of the fixing tools 109 and 109. When the pulley support member 100 is at the lowest position (the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 10), the mounting table 99 is also at the lowest position shown by the chain line in FIG. Although the mounting table 99 is raised by the rotation of the belts 107, 107 in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 10, the both-end projections 99a, 99a of the mounting table 99 move in the escape holes 108, so that the pulley supporting members 100, 100 The position shown by the solid line in FIG. 10 remains unchanged. When the belts 107, 107 are further rotated in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 10 and the mounting table 100 reaches the position shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 10, both end protrusions 99 of the mounting table 100.
The a and 99a come into contact with the upper edge 108a (shown in FIG. 11) of the escape hole 108. As a result, when the belts 107, 107 are further rotated in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 10, thereafter, the pulley supporting members 100, 10 are mounted on the mounting table 100.
Zero is also raised together with the mounting table 99. The highest positions of them are shown by placing the mounting table 99 in the position of the three-dot chain line in FIG. 10 and the pulley supporting members 100, 100 in the position of the one-dot chain line in FIG. A guide plate 11 that guides the vertical movements of the pulley support members 100 and 100 and regulates the width direction.
0 and 110 are provided in the cassette 81 in a fixed state.

The upper surface of the cassette 81 is at least the storage frame 9
8 and the pulley supporting members 100, 100 are opened so that they can pass through, and the opening 81a is opened and closed by the shutter 111. The shutter 111 extends upward from between the inner surface on the back side of the cassette 81 and the outer surface on the back side of the storage frame 98, and the storage frame 98.
The shutter opening / closing belt 115, which is a shutter-like door that moves along the shutter guide 112 extending to the opposite side through the upper part of the cassette 81 and is wound between the upper and lower pulleys 113 and 114 on the inner surface of the cassette 81. The base of the shutter 111 is attached to the
8 and 10, the shutter 111 is moved from the open state shown by the solid line in FIG. 8 to the closed state shown by the chain line in FIG. In the present embodiment, the mechanism including the pulleys 113 and 114, the shutter opening / closing belt 115, the fixture 116, and the shaft 118 corresponds to the shutter opening / closing mechanism of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 9, the upper pulley 10 is
The shaft 117 of No. 5 and the shaft 118 of the upper pulley 113 of the shutter opening / closing belt 115 are connected to and separated from the rotary shafts 123, 124 of the motors 121, 122 via the joint mechanisms 119, 120 to be rotated. ing.

The joint mechanisms 119 and 120 are shown in FIG.
As illustrated in FIG.
23 (rotation shaft 124 of motor 122) is fitted with a clutch piece 126 by a key 125 so as to be integrally rotatable and slidable, and shaft 117 of pulley 105 (shaft 1 of pulley 113).
18) A recess 128 is formed at the end to which the projection 127 of the clutch piece 126 is fitted, and the rotation is transmitted by fitting the both. And the clutch piece 12
6 is given a habit of projecting by a spring 129, and when projecting, enters into the cassette 81 and becomes a clutch connectable state.

That is, in this clutch-engageable state, when the projection 127 is in the angular position where it meshes with the recess 128, the projection 127 directly meshes with the recess 128, and when it is not in the meshing angular position, the motor 121 (motor 12).
When the rotation shaft 123 (rotation shaft 124) is rotated by the start of rotation 2), the protrusion 127 meshes with the recess 128.

On the side of the machine body 1, as shown in FIG. 9 only one joint mechanism 119, an intermediate portion of a lever 130 having an L-shaped side surface is pivotally supported by a pin 131, and a roller 132 is axially mounted on the upper end thereof. The clutch piece 1 at the lower end
This lever 13 is engaged with the collar 126a of the lever 26.
0 is biased clockwise in the drawing by a spring 133 that is stronger than a spring 129 that pushes the clutch piece 126. When the upper frame 83 is closed, the projection 134 on the inner surface of the upper frame 83 contacts the roller 132, the lever 130 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 9 against the spring 133, and the clutch piece 126 moves forward by the spring 129. Then cassette 8
1, and is engaged with the end of the shaft 117 of the pulley 105 by a clutch (clutch connectable state).

The joint mechanism 120 on the shaft 118 side of the pulley 113 has the same structure as above.
In FIG. 9, levers and the like are omitted, and in the following description, the same members are described with the same symbols.

The mounting table 99 is biased in the upward direction by a tension spring (not shown), but the joint mechanism 119 causes the shaft 117 to rotate the rotary shaft 123 of the motor 121.
When the motor 121 is drivingly connected, the upward biasing force of the mounting table 99 is restricted by the braking force when the motor 121 is stopped, and the motor 121 is driven by the rotation of the motor 121. Further, the drive connection of the joint mechanism 119 is released so that the shaft 117 is released from the drive connection with the rotary shaft 123 of the motor 121, and the placing table 99 is given a biasing force in the upward direction by the above-mentioned tension spring, so that the upward habit is given.

The shutter 111 is also urged in the closing direction of the opening 81a by a tension spring (not shown). However, when the shaft 118 is drivingly connected to the rotary shaft 124 of the motor 122 by the joint mechanism 120, the shutter 1 is driven by the braking force when the motor 122 is stopped.
The biasing force of the opening 81a of 11 in the closing direction is restricted,
It is adapted to follow the rotation of the motor 122. Further, by disconnecting the drive connection of the joint mechanism 120, the shaft 118
Is disconnected from the rotary shaft 124 of the motor 122, and the shutter 111 is given a habit of moving in the closing direction of the opening 81a by the urging force of a tension spring (not shown).

In the present embodiment, the first drive receiving portion for the up-and-down mechanism of the present invention is the recess 128, the first electric drive portion is the motor 121, and the first drive joint portion is the clutch piece 126.
In the present embodiment, the second drive receiving portion for the shutter opening / closing mechanism of the present invention is the recess 128, the second electric drive portion is the motor 122, and the second drive joint portion is the clutch piece 126. Is equivalent to The first electric drive unit and the second electric drive unit are the cassette mounting frame 80 in this embodiment.
However, one or both of them may be provided in the machine body 1.

On the upper end surface of the cassette 81, a pair of claws 135, 135 are provided on the front surface side and the rear surface side, respectively.
6, 136, which is pivotally supported and is provided in an upright posture inside the cassette 81 so as to be able to fall down. One end of an interlocking lever 137 is fixed to a pin 136 of one of the pawls 135, 135 as shown in FIG. The long hole 1 at the other end of the interlocking lever 137
The pin 140 at the other end of the lever 139 fixed to the pin 136 of the other claw 135, 135 is fitted into the pin 38, and when the one claw 135, 135 falls in the direction of the arrow, the other claw 13
5,135 also falls in the direction of the arrow. These claws 135, 135 are biased by a spring (not shown) from the lying posture to the standing posture, and when they reach the solid line position in FIG. 16, they are locked by a stopper (not shown) against the spring bias. The standing posture is maintained. And this nail 1
The tip of the shutter 111 is the tip 11 of the shutter 111.
1a abuts on the side surfaces of the claws 135, 135, and is formed so that the claws 135, 135 are pushed forward against the urging force of a spring (not shown) when the shutter 111 is closed.

In FIG. 8, S'denotes a sensor for detecting the vertical position of the pulley 86 and the kicker roller 88 of the belt 87 of the take-in portion 93, and when the pulley 86 and the kicker roller 88 are raised to a predetermined position, the mounting table 99 is provided. Is stopped, and when it is lowered, a signal for raising the mounting table 99 is obtained. The specific detection method of the sensor S'is to detect the swing angle of the connecting member 91A.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

Banknotes of mixed denominations are placed on the loading table 3 on the front upper part of the machine body 1 in a piled state, and by driving the take-in section 5, the banknotes are taken up one by one and sent to the identifying section 6a. Are identified.

In the sorting mode, the identified bills pass through the transport path portion 8 and the corresponding transfer means 13 for each type.
It is discharged to the discharge part 2, 2 ... by any of 13 and can be extracted from the upper part. The discharge part 2,
Banknotes other than the banknotes to be discharged to 2 ... (For example, unidentifiable banknotes such as double-stack banknotes, chain banknotes, counterfeit banknotes, and denomination banknotes other than categorized denomination banknotes) are discharged to the ejection unit 15 as reject banknotes.

In the bundling mode, if the denominations of the banknotes to be bound are designated in advance, as a result of the identification, the banknotes of the designated denomination are sent to the transport path section 8 and are sent to any of the discharging sections. The sheet is not discharged, reaches the transport path section 9, is aligned on one surface of the banknote by the front / back reversing mechanism 10, and is then sent from the end of the transport path section 9 to the feeding means 17, 17 and the accumulating sections 16, 16. Sent to one of the. For the feeding, a predetermined number (for example, 100) of banknotes are sequentially transferred to one of the feeding means 17 and the stacking section 16 through the switching section 21 one by one.
When fed one by one, the switching member 21 is switched, and a predetermined number (for example, 100) of banknotes are fed one by one to the other feeding means 17 and the stacking unit 16. At this time, banknotes other than the designated denomination are discharged to the discharge units 2, 2 ..., and discharge unit 15 as in the sorting mode.

The predetermined number of banknotes fed onto the stacking plate 25 of the stacking section 16 are stacked with their positions regulated by the side surface 27b of the rotating plate 27.

Then, the belt 37 is rotated by the rotation of the motor 36.
The machine frame 35 moves forward (to the right in FIG. 3) through, and the holding pieces 40 and 41 are inserted into the window holes 28 and 28 of the rotating plate 27 of the stacking unit 16 and the cut holes 29 and 29 of the stacking plate 25. Proceed to the corresponding position.

The belt 43 is rotated by the rotation of the motor 42.
The lower holding piece 41 rises through the lever 4
7 is pulled down, and the upper holding piece 40 is lowered via the parallel links 46, 46. At this time, the holding piece 48 attached to the upper holding piece 40 is stored in such a position in the holding piece 40, and the holding piece 49 of the lower holding piece 41 is laterally projected.

The approaching movement of the upper and lower holding pieces 40, 41 causes the fingers 40a, 40a of the respective holding pieces 40, 41 and the projection 4 to move.
1a and 41a are window holes 28 and 2 of the rotating plate 27 of the stacking unit 16.
8 and the cutting holes 29 of the stacking plate 25 enter the stacking unit 16 and hold the position of the banknote P group stacked in the stacking unit 16 toward one end (FIG. 4 (A) → (B)). ).

When the banknote P group is completely held, the solenoid 31
Is activated, the rotating plate 27 is rotated upward and retracts, and the stacking unit 16
Is released, and at the same time, the solenoid 52 of the upper holding piece 40 is actuated and the holding piece 48 is projected laterally (see FIG. 4).
(C)). As a result, the non-holding end side of the end opposite to the position near the one end held by the holding pieces 40, 41 is supported vertically by the holding pieces 48, 49, and the banknote P on the non-holding end side hangs down. And the splash is suppressed.

After holding the banknotes P in this manner, the fingers 40a, 40a and the projections 41a, 4 of the respective holding pieces 40, 41 are held.
1a retracts in the reverse operation to the above, and collects the banknotes P in the stacking unit 1
6 and the binding portion 7 at the non-holding end side of the banknote P group
Between the upper and lower clamp members 55 and 56 (see FIG. 5).
(A)). In this way, the clamp members 5 of the bundling unit 7 while the non-holding ends of the banknote P group are pressed by the upper and lower pressing pieces 48, 49.
It was sent between 5 and 56, and immediately after that, the lower holding piece 4
The cam follower 53 of the first pressing piece 49 hits the cam 54,
As a result, the holding piece 49 is pushed and the holding piece 49 is projected onto the projection 41 of the holding piece 41.
a and 41a are retreated to such positions (FIG. 5 (B)), and the holding piece 48 of the upper holding piece 40 is also retreated by the solenoid 52 (also FIG. 5 (B)).

When the above-mentioned pressing pieces 48, 49 have been withdrawn, the conveyance of the banknote P group is completed, and these clamp members 55, 5 are
By the approaching movement of 6, the banknote P group is held and the bundling operation is started.

Therefore, while the banknote P group is transferred from the stacking unit 16 to the bundling unit 7, the non-holding end side of the banknote P group is pressed by the upper and lower pressing pieces 48 and 49, so that the banknote P on the end side hangs down. The splashing is prevented, and the clamp members 55 and 56 of the binding portion 7 can be smoothly delivered. In the binding unit 7, a known binding method, for example, a holding piece 60,
61 drives the drive unit 57 to wind the tape around the banknote P group, and the tape is bonded by the trowel 59 and the tape is cut by the cutter 58 to perform binding.

The bundled bill bundle Pa is discharged by opening the holding pieces 40, 41. At this time, when collecting a banknote bundle in the machine body 1, the front wall member 65 is raised and the piece 65
Box body 63 with a and 65b folded in two by hinge 67
The window 64 of the lock portion 68 is closed, and the notch 67a and the claw 68a of the lock portion 68 are elastically deformed to engage with each other.
Due to the elastic deformation of 9, the protrusion 69 locks the piece 65b to keep the closed state, and the box is closed on all four sides so that the bill bundle Pa can be received therein, and the bill 63 is placed on the bottom portion 63b. A bundle Pa is stacked.

When collecting the banknote bundle Pa outside the machine body 1, the notch 67 is formed by elastically deforming the claw 68a of the lock portion 68.
When the front wall member 65 is tilted by removing the piece 65b by elastically deforming the protrusion 69, the pieces 65a and 65b are extended, and the lower surfaces thereof are supported by the pedestals 70 and 71.
The front wall member 65 is placed in a forward tilted posture, and the box body 6
The window 64 of No. 3 is opened, and the banknote bundle Pa discharged into the box body 63 slides on the front wall member 65 and the window 64 and the opening 1b of the front surface 1a of the machine body 1 (size of the box body 63). And is discharged to the outside through an opening for inserting or withdrawing the box body 63 with respect to the machine body 1,
By placing an appropriate tray 74 or the like outside the machine body 1, the banknote bundle can be collected inside it.

Although the structure of the above-mentioned binding portion 7 has been schematically shown, it may be any as long as it can be wrapped by a tape to bind it, and an example of the configuration of the other portions is also shown. Of course, it is not limited.

Further, as in the illustrated embodiment, the front wall member 65.
Can be applied to a box main body having a depth, but if the box main body has a short depth, the box main body does not necessarily have to be a double fold structure and can be formed of a single member. Good. Further, in the illustrated embodiment, the window hole 64 for throwing out the bill bundle is arranged so that the front wall member 65 is opened to the lower part of the pull-out handle 72, but this pull-out handle 72 is also provided on the front wall member 65. The box body 6
The entire front surface of 3 may be opened, and in that case, the lock portion 68 may be formed on the side wall portion of the box body 63.

Next, description will be made of a case where the bills in the cassette 81 in which the bills are stored in a pile on the mounting table 99 in another machine are classified by type and bound. Note that a method of storing banknotes in the cassette 81 (a method of storing by another machine and a method of manually storing) will be described later.

First, the cassette 81 containing bills is carried to the machine body 1. During this transportation, the shutter 111 of the cassette 81 is in the closing position due to the habit of moving the opening 81a in the closing direction by the spring bias.
Further, it is locked at the closed position by a shutter lock mechanism (not shown). The pair of claws 135, 135, 135, 135 on the front surface side and the rear surface side are also held in a lying posture by the shutter 111. On the other hand, the placing table 99 is also given a biasing force of upward habit, and the placing table 99 puts the stored banknotes on it on the claws 135, 135, 135, 13 in the laid posture.
5 and press the mounting table 99 and the claws 135, 135, 13
5 and 135 hold the aligned and stacked state of the stored bills. Prior to mounting the cassette 81 on the machine body 1, as shown in FIGS.
On the other hand, the upper frame 83 is swingably opened upward and held. Next, the cassette 81 is attached to the cassette mounting portion 82 on the front surface 1a of the machine body 1.
And the upper frame 83 of the machine body 1 is tilted to a horizontal posture and locked. The shutter 111 of the cassette 81 is unlocked (not shown) by tilting the upper frame 83 horizontally.
In addition, as shown in FIG. 9, the protrusion 134 fixed to the upper frame 83 has the levers 1 of the joint mechanisms 119 and 120.
The roller 132 of 30 (one is not shown) is pushed down, the lever 130 rotates counterclockwise around the pin 131 against the spring 133, the lower end escapes, and the clutch piece 126 moves toward the cassette 81 side by the spring 129. Then, the clutch piece 126 and the shaft 117 of the pulley 105 are brought into a clutch engageable state (engagement state or engagement preparation state). It should be noted that the state in which the protrusion 127 is the recess 12 in FIG.
It is in the state of contacting at an angular position that does not mesh with 8,
In this case, the rotation of the shaft 124 causes a transition to the coupled state and the coupled state. Similarly, with respect to the shaft 118 of the pulley 113, the clutch piece 126 and the shaft 118 are put in a clutch connectable state (engaged state or coupled preparation state).

On the other hand, the mounting of the cassette 81 and the upper frame 8
When each detection sensor (not shown) detects the blockage of No. 3 in the horizontal posture, the motor 122 is first rotated and the shutter opening / closing belt 115 is rotated in the direction opposite to the arrow B in FIGS. Is pulled and cassette 81
The opening 81a on the upper surface of is opened. This shutter 11
The opening of 1 causes the claws 135, 135, 135, 135 to be in the standing posture, allowing the bills to rise. Then, when the detection end of the shutter 111 is detected by a detection sensor (not shown), the motor 121 rotates, the belt 107 for driving the mounting table rotates in the direction of arrow A in FIG.
Are raised and the upper surface of the banknotes accumulated on the upper side of the banknote is fed to the feeding belt 87 and the kicker roller 88 in the upper frame 83.
And pushes up the pulley 86 and kicker roller 88 of these belts 87. Pulley 8 by this pushing up
When the sensor S (shown in FIG. 8) detects the rise of 6 and the kicker roller 88, the drive of the belt 107 is stopped, and the rise of the mounting table 99 is stopped (FIG. 15).

When the feeding is started, the belt 87 and the kicker roller 88 shown in FIGS. 2 and 8 are driven to feed the bills one by one, and the bills are fed into the introduction passage 97 in the machine body 1. Predetermined processing is performed based on the above-described action in the machine body 1.

The belt 87 and the kicker roller 88 are gradually lowered as the bills are fed, and when the amount of the lowering is detected by the sensor S ', the belt 10 for driving the elevator board is moved.
7 restarts to raise the placing table 99, the pulley 86 of the belt 87 and the kicker roller 88 are pushed up, and when the sensor S'detects this, the raising of the placing table 99 stops.

In this way, the mounting table 99 is finally raised to the position shown by the chain line in FIGS. 8 and 10, and the feeding of all the bills is completed. The detection of the completion of the bill feeding is performed by a sensor (not shown) detecting that the mounting table 99 has risen to the position of the chain line in FIGS. 8 and 10, and the bill passage sensor 96B not detecting passage of the bill for a predetermined time. Then, the belt 87 and the kicker roller 88 are stopped by the detection of the completion of feeding the bill.

When the cassette 81 is taken out, when the cassette take-out button (not shown) of the operation portion of the machine body 1 is pushed, the motor 12
1 reversely rotates the belt 107 for driving the mounting table to lower the mounting table 99 to the lowest position (shown in FIGS. 9 and 10),
When a detection sensor (not shown) detects that the mounting table 99 is located at the lowest position, the motor 121 is stopped. Further, the detection causes the motor 122 to start rotating in the reverse direction, and when the shutter 111 reaches the fully closed position, a detection sensor (not shown) detects it and stops the motor 122. At that time, the shutter 111 of the cassette 81 is in the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 14, and the mounting table 99 is in the position shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 14 (however, there are no stored banknotes). In the state shown in FIG. 14, the upper frame 83
When the shutter is unlocked and swings upward, the shutter 11
1 is locked at the closed position, while the clutch pieces 126 of the joint mechanisms 119 and 120 shown in FIG. 9 move out of the cassette 81. As a result, the cassette 81 can be taken out from the cassette mounting frame 80. When the clutch piece 126 of the joint mechanism 119 moves out of the cassette 81, the mounting table 99 moves upward due to the urging force of upward habit,
The pulley supporting members 100, 100 are stopped at a predetermined position (a position where a predetermined space is provided between the lower surfaces of the claws 135, 135 in the lying posture and the upper surface of the mounting table 99) which is determined by abutting the shutter 111 of the cassette 81.

Next, with reference to FIG. 14, description will be given of a bill insertion operation by hand-stuffing the cassette 81. The cassette 81 in FIG. 14 is mounted in the cassette mounting frame 80 and shows a banknote storage state. However, when the cassette 81 is taken out from the cassette mounting frame 80, there are no stored banknotes, and the mounting table 99 has the claws 135, 1 in the lying position.
The shutter 11 is located at a position (a position determined by the pulley supporting members 100, 100 contacting the shutter 111) with a predetermined distance from the lower surface of the shutter 11.
1 is in the closed position and in the locked state. The cassette door 81a provided on the front surface (right side in FIG. 14) of the cassette 81 is swingably opened, and the mounting table 99 is pushed down by hand against the spring bias, and the banknotes are aligned and stacked on the mounting table 99. When all the bills are placed and placed on the placing table 99, the pushing down of the placing table 99 is released. The mounting table 99 is lifted by a spring force and holds the stored banknotes between the claws 135, 135, 135, 135 to keep the aligned banknotes. Finally, the cassette door 81a is closed, and the banknotes are locked to complete the manual packing work of the banknotes into the cassette 81. The state of the cassette 81 at that time is the same as that in FIG.

Next, the operation of storing bills in the cassette 81 by another machine will be described with reference to FIG. 14
The upper frame 83 is an example of the feeding unit 93 that feeds the bills from the cassette 81, but in the case of other machines, it is replaced with a well-known feeding means that feeds the bills one by one from the machine body 1 side to the upper frame 83. Other than that, the configuration is exactly the same.

Then, the cassette 81 containing no banknotes is mounted in the cassette mounting frame 80 of another machine in exactly the same manner as the mounting of the banknotes stored cassette 81 in the machine body 1 described above.

As a result, the motor 122 is rotated to open the shutter 111, the rotation of the motor 121 raises the mounting table 99, and it is stopped at a lower position with a predetermined distance from the feeding means replacing the feeding portion 93. A bill storage space is formed between the feeding means and the mounting table 99. Then, every time a bill is fed into this bill storage space, the placing table 99 is lowered by a predetermined amount. When the feeding of all the bills to be stored is completed, the mounting table 99 descends and stops at the lowest position (the position shown by the chain line in FIG. 14). At this time, the upper end surface of the stored banknote is located below the moving range of the shutter 111. Next, the motor 122 rotates and the shutter 111 is closed, and at that time, the claws 135, 135, 135, 135 are also in the lying posture. When the upper frame 83 swings upward, the mounting table 99 is released.
Is raised by the spring force of the habit, and the stored bills are claw 13
5,135,135,135 and the mounting table 99 sandwich and hold. With the above, the operation of storing the bills in the cassette 81 by the other machine is completed, and the cassette 81 can be taken out from the other machine.

The cassette 81 of the above embodiment has a shutter-like function having a shutter 111 (a function that prevents the cassette carrier from manually handling the stored bills). A large-quantity banknote storage frame body that does not have the importance of storing large-quantity banknotes may be used. In this case, the shutter 111 is not provided, and the standing posture and the lying posture of the claws 135, 135 are changed. It may be performed by a drive mechanism and an electric drive unit. In particular, if a large amount of banknotes that cannot be stored at a time in the loading section 3 on the upper front surface of the machine body 1 are stored in the large-volume banknote storage frame body and mounted in the cassette mounting frame 80, the processing is speeded up. It is convenient and convenient. If the large amount banknotes are to be processed by the placing unit 3, it is necessary to divide the large amount banknotes into a mountable amount and load the placing unit 3. The loading on the mounting unit 3 requires the operator's labor and the processing time becomes long. Further, when carrying a large amount of banknotes to the machine body 1, the large amount banknotes are stored in the large amount banknote storage frame for transportation, which is advantageous in that the transportation is easy.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG. Also in this embodiment, the configurations of the machine body 1, the cassette mounting frame 80 (the cassette mounting portion 82 and the upper frame 83), and the cassette 81 are the same as those in the above-described embodiments, and therefore the description thereof will be omitted. However, regarding the machine body 1, the direction changing mechanism 156 (FIG. 2) formed in the chute portion 155 that discharges the banknote bundle Pa from the bundling portion 7 to the storage box 62.
3) and the right side region of the mounting portion of the storage box 62 are different from those of the above-described embodiment, and that point will be described later.

FIG. 18 is an external perspective view of the banknote sorter, FIG.
9 is a front view, FIG. 20 is a right side view, and FIG. 21 is a top view. The second body 1 is on the right side of the body 1 as the first body.
50 are juxtaposed. The machine body 150 is separate from the machine body 1 and can be used only by the machine body 1. Aircraft 1
A storage space 151 for accommodating the cassette mounting frame 80 is formed in the front center area of the cassette 50, and the cassette mounting portion 82 and the upper frame 83 are integrally moved so as to be stored in the storage space 151. ing. Therefore, the support pieces 152, 152 fixed to the right side surface of the cassette mounting frame 80, particularly the right side surface of the cassette mounting portion 82 are inserted and fixed to the fulcrum shaft 153. On the other hand, the upper frame portion 15 that forms the storage space 151
0a and the upper surface of the lower frame portion 150b have elongated holes 15
4, 154 (the elongated holes of the upper frame portion 150a are not shown) are formed, and the fulcrum shaft 153 has its upper and lower ends inserted and supported by these elongated holes 154, 154 so as to be rotatable and in a vertical posture. Is held and is movable along the long holes 154 and 154. When the cassette mounting frame 80 is in use, it is positioned on the front surface 1a of the machine body 1 shown in FIGS. 18 and 19, and when not in use, the cassette mounting frame 80 rotates from the position indicated by the one-dot chain line in FIG. The long holes 154 and 154 (not shown in FIG. 21) are moved in that position.
Then, it is pushed into the storage space 151 to be stored. As described above, when the cassette mounting frame 80 is not used, that is, when the banknotes are not fed from the cassette 81, the cassette mounting frame 80 (that is, the cassette mounting portion 82 and the upper frame 83 are integrally formed) on the right side surface of the machine body 1. To eliminate obstructions on the front of each of the fuselage 1 and the fuselage 150 to facilitate the banknote transfer operation from the loading portion 3 of the fuselage 1, and when not using the fuselage 1 and the front of the fuselage 1 and 150. It is designed so that people will not get in the way when passing. The storage state of the cassette mounting frame 80 is shown as a one-dot chain line in FIG. 18, a solid line in FIG. 20, and a broken line in FIG.

Since the method of attaching the upper frame 83 to the cassette mounting portion 82 is exactly the same as that of the above-described embodiment, the upper frame 83 is the cassette when the cassette mounting frame 80 is located on the front surface 1a of the machine body 1. The upper frame 83 that can be swung above the mounting portion 82, and is closed when the cassette mounting portion 82 is rotated about the fulcrum shaft 153 and stored is also moved integrally with the cassette mounting portion 80.

In the case of this embodiment, since the cassette mounting portion 82 and the upper frame 83 are provided on the machine body 150 side, when the machine body 1 is used alone, the banknotes cannot be transferred from the cassette 81. It will be limited to the transfer of bills from the storage 3. However, the support mechanism for the fulcrum shaft 153 (the long holes 154 and 154 and the fulcrum shaft 153 is provided on the right side surface of the machine body 1).
The long holes 154, 1 while keeping the vertical posture freely rotatable.
When a mechanism for movably supporting along 54 is provided, it becomes possible to transfer bills from the cassette 81 by the machine body 1 alone. In this case, when the machine body 1 is installed on the floor, a space having the width of the machine body 150 is opened on the right side surface of the machine body 1. When the cassette mounting frame 80 is not used, the cassette mounting portion 82 and the upper frame 83 are retracted to the right side surface of the machine body 1. As a result, there are no obstacles on the front surface of the machine body 1, it becomes easy to carry in the bills from the placing section 3 of the machine body 1, and it becomes easy to pass through the front surface of the machine body 1.

Also in this embodiment, the point that the storage box 62 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 is used by inserting it into the machine body 1 is the same as the above-mentioned embodiment. However, the orientation of the banknote bundle Pa stored in the storage box 62 is different by 90 degrees from the above-described embodiment. That is, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the front direction of the storage box 62 (airframe 1
(The width direction of the banknote) and the longitudinal direction of the banknote bundle Pa coincide with each other, the banknote bundle Pa is stored in the storage box 62, whereas in this embodiment, the banknote stack Pa is in the front direction (the width direction of the machine body 1). The banknote bundles Pa are stored in a state in which the lateral directions of the banknotes Pa match. Therefore, the chute unit 1 of the banknote bundle Pa discharged from the bundling unit 7
A direction changing mechanism 156 is provided at 55 (shown in FIG. 23). The direction changing mechanism 156 includes a contact rod 157 and a guide plate 158.
Is a state in which the long side edges are aligned with the width direction of the machine body 1 and contacts the long side edge portion of the machine body 1 on the left side in the width direction of the machine body 1 with respect to the banknote stack Pa sliding down, so that the banknote bundle Pa is removed. It functions to change the direction by 90 degrees, and the guide plate 158 is the contact rod 15
7 is provided at a position close to the descending side of the contact rod 157 and aligned with the position of the contact rod 157 in the width direction of the machine body 1, and the longitudinal side edge of the banknote bundle Pa whose direction is changed by the contact rod 157 (sliding descent before the direction change) The bill bundle Pa is brought into contact with the longitudinal side edge of the traveling side), and the bill bundle Pa slides down (the short side edges of the bill bundle Pa are aligned in the width direction of the machine body 1 and the bill bundle Pa is aligned with the guide surface of the guide plate 158. The long side edge of (1) is set so that it guides the sliding downward movement. The sensor S and the guide 73 are the same as those in the above-described embodiment. Further, the chute portion 155 is provided up to the position immediately in front of the guide 73.

Further, in this embodiment, a chute frame 62 'can be used instead of the storage box 62.
This chute frame 62 ', as shown in FIGS.
The direction change mechanism 156 changes the direction of the chute 155.
The banknote Pa discharged from the banknote is received and discharged to the right in the width direction of the machine body 1. Therefore, this shoot frame 6
2'has the same outer shape as the storage box 62 and has the same drawer handle 72 as the storage box 62, but its front wall member 65 '.
Is a fixed wall, the bottom portion 63'b is an inclined bottom portion that descends to the right, and the right side wall 63'c is formed with a window hole 64 'having a predetermined height from the front surface of the bottom portion 63'b. Pa
The chute frame 62 'through the bottom 63'b and the window 64'
It is designed to be released to the right outside of. The banknote bundle Pa discharged from the chute frame 62 ′ is transferred from the machine body 1 to the machine body 1
In order to discharge into the 50, the machine body 1 has a chute plate 159 facing the window hole 64 ′ and a discharge port 160 formed on the right side surface of the machine body 1 and cut out by a predetermined height from the upper surface of the chute plate 159. In addition, the chute plate 15 is attached to the airframe 150.
A chute plate 161 following the 9 is provided. The chute plates 159 and 161 are for sliding and lowering the banknote bundle Pa. Standing walls (not shown) are provided at both end positions in the front-rear direction of the chute plates 159 and 161. Use as a regulation guide. Further, the airframe 1 facing the discharge port 160 of the airframe 1
A banknote bundle receiving opening of the same shape is also formed on the 50 side,
Illustration is omitted.

Rollers 162 and 162 are provided at the front end position and the rearward position in the lower region of the machine body 150, and a conveyor belt 163 is hung on these rollers 162 and 162. The upper surface of the front side of the conveyor belt 163 faces the lower end of the lower end of the chute plate 161, and the discharged bill bundle Pa is placed and conveyed in the rearward direction.

At the rear end of the conveyor belt 163, a mounting plate 164 whose fixed position is slightly lower than the upper surface of the conveyor belt 163 is provided so as to face it.

The mounting plate 164 is provided on each of the pair of pulleys 1 provided at the upper and lower portions of the rear end region of the machine body 150.
Belt 1 wound between 65, 165, 166 and 166
The mount plate 164 is swingably supported by 67 and 167, and the position of the mounting plate 164 in FIG. The banknote bundle Pa is transferred from the rear end of the conveyor belt 163 onto the mounting plate 164 in a fixed position,
A sensor (not shown) above the rear end area detects it, drives the belts 167 and 167, and the mounting plate 164 is lifted in a horizontal posture, and the mounting plate 164 is moved to the highest position. At this time, the bill bundle Pa on the placing plate 164 is tilted and swung downward and is ejected from the ejection port 150c formed in the machine body 150. The machine operator manually picks up the discharged bill bundle Pa and places it on the upper surface of the upper frame portion 150a. The receiving box for the bill bundle Pa discharged from the discharge port 150c is placed on the upper surface of the upper frame portion 150a, and the discharge port 15
You may make it receive in this inbox directly from 0c. The upper surface of the upper frame portion 150a is a horizontal surface, and is used to place the bundled banknote bundle Pa, the bundled banknote bundle receiving box, or the cassette 81, unprocessed loose banknotes, and the discharging section 2. ，
2, and is used for placing bills taken out from the ejecting unit 15 and the like, and the machine body 150 has a function as a side desk for the machine body 1.

In this way, the bundle of bills Pa has the short edge thereof aligned with the width direction of the machine bodies 1 and 150, and the chute frame 6
2'and the chute plates 159, 161 slide down,
It is placed on the conveyor belt 163 in that posture. The conveyor belt 163 sends the banknote bundle Pa in the direction of the back of the machine body 150 along the longitudinal edge direction, and discharges it onto the mounting plate 164 in that direction. Mounting plate 164
Lifts the banknote bundle Pa while maintaining the posture in which the longitudinal edge of the banknote bundle is in the front-back direction of the machine body 150, and the machine body 1 is discharged from the discharge port 150c.
Emit longitudinally forward of 50. In this way the body 15
Within 0, the width direction of the machine body and the short side direction of the banknote bundle Pa are designed to be conveyed, and the width dimension of the machine body 150 is considered to be narrowed.

Next, referring to FIGS. 24 and 25, the belt 16 will be described.
The support mechanism of the mounting plate 164 with respect to 7, 167 will be described.

Pulleys 165 of the belts 167, 167
Fixing metal fittings 168, 1 on the right side of the left side belt area with respect to 165 (the back side of the front side belt area with respect to the front side of the machine body 150)
68 is fixed, and the base of the mounting plate 164 is pivotally supported by the support shaft 169 on the fixing fittings 168, 168.

Mounting plate 164 and one fixing bracket 16
A tension spring 170 is stretched between the tension spring 170 and the tension spring 170, and clockwise rotation of the mounting plate 164 by the tension spring 170 is restricted by the stopper screw 171. Further, a protrusion piece 172 is fixed to the right end surface of the mounting plate 164, and a locking pin 173 fixed to the machine body 150 is provided facing the movement area of the protrusion piece 172 in the vicinity of the discharge port 150c. Therefore, the mounting plate 164 is maintained in a horizontal posture by the tension spring 170 and the stopper screw 171 when the protruding piece 172 does not come into contact with the locking pin 173, and the discharge port 15
In the vicinity of 0c, the projection piece 172 abuts on the locking pin 173 and the belts 167, 167 are further raised by a predetermined amount, so that the placing plate 164 is tilted by a predetermined angle necessary for discharging the banknote bundle Pa.

In the present embodiment, the chute frame 62 'and chute plate 159 are the first binding paper sheet conveying means of the present invention.
A chute plate 161, a conveyor belt 163, and a placing plate 164 correspond to the second binding paper sheet conveying means.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. Also in this embodiment, both the sorting mode and the bundling mode processing can be performed both when the bills are loaded from the loading section 3 and when the bills are loaded from the cassette 81. Among these processes, the processes other than the bundling mode process using the chute frame 62 'are the same as those of the above-described embodiment, so that the description thereof is omitted here and the chute frame 62' is used. Only the operation of the binding mode processing that has been described will be described below.

At the time of this processing, a chute frame 62 'is inserted into the machine body 1 instead of the storage box 62. In this state, the banknotes placed on the placing section 3 or the banknotes stored in the cassette 81 are fed in, and the denomination banknotes to be bound which are designated in advance are sent to one of the accumulating sections 16 and 16. The banknotes bundled by the bundling unit 7 and other than the designated denomination are discharged to the discharge units 2, 2 ..., and the discharge unit 15, but these actions are the same as those in the above-described embodiment.

Then, the bill bundle Pa bound by the binding unit 7
2 in a posture in which its longitudinal edge is aligned with the width direction of the body 1.
3 is slid down on the chute portion 155 of the third direction changing mechanism 1
The guide plate 158 holds the post-conversion posture (posture along which the short edge of the banknote bundle Pa extends in the width direction of the machine body 1) by the guide plate 158 and further slides down on the chute portion 155. It is discharged to the bottom surface 63′b of the chute frame 62 ′. The banknote bundle Pa slides down to the right of the machine body 1 along the inclined surface of the bottom surface 63′b, is discharged to the outside of the chute frame 62 ′ through the window hole 64 ′, and further moves on the chute plate 159 to move to the machine body. 1 is discharged from the discharge port 160 of the airframe 15
Conveyor belt 163 through chute plate 161 in 0
It is released to the upper surface. The attitude of the banknote bundle Pa does not change even when the bottom surface 63′b of the chute frame 62 ′ and the chute plates 159 and 161 slide down, and as a result, the short edge of the banknote bundle Pa is flush with the width direction of the machine body 150. Further, it is placed on the conveyor belt 163 in such a posture that its longitudinal edge coincides with the stretching direction (moving direction) of the conveyor belt 163.

The conveyor belt 163 is detected by the passage of the banknote bundle Pa by a sensor (not shown) which is located near the lower end of the chute plate 161 and is located above the chute plate 161.
Is driven, the banknote bundle Pa is sent to the back direction of the machine body 150 by the conveyor belt 163, and the banknote bundle Pa is transferred onto the mounting plate 164 waiting at a fixed position. When the passage of the bill bundle Pa is detected by a sensor (not shown) that is located at the upper end position of the conveyor belt 163 and detects the passage of the bill bundle Pa, the conveyor belt 163 is stopped and the belts 167 and 167 are driven. The bill bundle P is placed on the upper surface of the placement plate 164 while maintaining the horizontal posture.
When a is mounted and rises and reaches the vicinity of the discharge port 150c, the projection piece 172 on the right end surface of the mounting plate 164 is locked by the locking pin 17.
3 and the belts 167 and 167 are further raised by a predetermined amount, the mounting plate 164 tilts toward the discharge port 150c and discharges the banknote bundle Pa to the discharge port 150c. Belt 16
7 and 167 are fixing metal fittings 1 for supporting the mounting plate 164.
Switch for detecting the rising limit of 68, 168 (not shown)
Is converted into a downward movement by the fixing metal fittings 168, 16
The lowering movement of the mounting plate 164 is stopped by a switch (not shown) for detecting the lowering limit of 8 as a result.
Is also stopped at a fixed position slightly lower than the upper surface of the conveyor belt 163 to prepare for the transfer of the banknote bundle Pa sent next.

The time interval for creating the bundled bill bundle Pa in the bundling unit 7 (the time interval for discharging the bundled bill bundle Pa to the chute unit 155) is set sufficiently large, and the transport system for the bill bundle Pa (shoot unit 155). , Chute frame 62 ′, chute plates 159 and 161, the conveyor belt 163, and the platen plate 164 (conveying system).

In this embodiment, there are a total of four types of receiving parts, ie, the discharging parts 2, 2, 2 and the discharging part 15 (that is, 4).
However, the number of seeds is not limited to this, and at least two (two types) may be used.

In the present embodiment, when the banknotes in the cassette are mounted on the cassette mounting frame, a part of them is pushed out of the cassette and pressed by the cassette sheet feeding section. The present invention is not limited to this, and the paper sheet may be taken in by the cassette paper sheet take-in unit while the banknotes are still stored in the cassette. Further, in the present embodiment, an example of a bill is shown, but other paper sheets such as a bill and a check may be used.

Further, in the illustrated embodiment, the pulleys 85,
When the 86, the feed belt 87, the kicker roller 88, and the gate roller 95 are provided on the upper frame 83, that is, the entire feeding unit 93 is provided on the upper frame 83, the bills are brought into contact with the stored bills from above and the feeding force is applied to the bills. The gate roller 95 may be provided in either the machine body 1 or the cassette mounting portion 82 as long as it can be opened by providing a means for providing the above.

[0105]

As described above, according to the present invention, and in particular, the invention of claim 1, the form of a conventional small-sized paper sheet classifying and processing machine having a narrow machine width, that is, provided on the front upper part of the machine body and loaded. A paper sheet loading section having a take-in section for taking in the produced paper sheets one by one, and a carrying path having a discriminating section in the middle of carrying paper sheets taken in from the paper sheet loading section, At least two types of paper sheets, which are connected to this conveyance path and are classified by type based on the identification result during conveyance of the conveyance path, can be received by a type-specific receiving section arranged toward the rear of the upper part of the machine body. Maintains the form of the paper sheet sorting machine, yet can process not only ordinary loose paper sheets but also large quantities of paper sheets from the cassette at any time, significantly increasing the processing capacity of the machine. There is an effect of making it.

The inventions described in claims 2 and 3 have the following effects in addition to the effects of the invention of claim 1. That is, in the invention of claim 2, the cassette is not provided with an electric drive portion for driving the placing member up-and-down mechanism, but is provided in the cassette mounting frame (or the machine body), and the invention of claim 3 is:
Further, the cassette is not provided with an electric drive unit for driving the shutter opening / closing mechanism, but is provided with the cassette mounting frame (or the machine body), which reduces the weight of the cassette and facilitates the transportation of the cassette. Play.

The invention of claim 4 has the following effect in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1. That is, when the cassette mounting frame is not used (when the paper sheets are not being fed out of the cassette), it can be retracted to the left or right side surface of the machine, so that the paper sheet loading operation by the paper sheet loading unit can be performed. It is easy to do, and there is no obstacle (cassette mounting frame) even when passing through the front of the machine body, so that it is easy to pass.

Further, the invention of claim 5 has the following effect in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 4. That is, since the second machine is provided on the side of the machine and the storage space for the cassette mounting frame is formed in the machine, the second machine can be used as a side desk of the machine and the unprocessed paper sheets and the processed paper sheets can be used. It has an effect that it can be used as a table for other kinds of objects.

Further, the invention of claim 6 has the following effect in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 5. That is, since the second machine has a transporting unit for feeding the bound paper sheets upward, the bound paper sheets are discharged to the upper position, and it is not necessary to bend over and collect the discharged bound paper sheets. The effect is that the bound paper sheets can be collected in various postures.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing a paper sheet sorter of a first embodiment to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the internal structure of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an example of each part for accumulating, conveying, and binding paper sheets in FIG.

4A to 4C are explanatory diagrams of the operation of FIG.

5A and 5B are operation explanatory diagrams of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the storage box according to the present invention when the front wall member is tilted.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the same with the front wall member raised.

FIG. 8 is a schematic left sectional view showing a cassette mounting frame and a mounted state of the cassette.

9 is a vertical cross-sectional front view of the cassette, taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a left side sectional view of the same.

11 is a perspective view of the pulley support member shown in FIG.

FIG. 12 is a partial perspective view showing an engagement state between a mounting table and a mounting table elevating belt.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the storage frame.

FIG. 14 is a left-side sectional view when a cassette is attached.

FIG. 15 is a left-side cross-sectional view of the same when unrolling.

FIG. 16 is a front view showing an operating mechanism of a claw on the upper portion of the cassette.

FIG. 17 is an exploded perspective view of a joint mechanism.

FIG. 18 is an external perspective view showing a paper sheet sorter according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19A is a front view of the paper sheet sorting machine. (B) is a right side view of the same, (c) is a top view of the same.

FIG. 20 is a right side view of the same.

FIG. 21 is a top view of the same.

FIG. 22 is a front view of the main parts of the chute frame and the second airframe.

FIG. 23 is a right side view of a main portion of a chute frame and a chute portion.

FIG. 24 is a top view of a mounting plate and a support mechanism.

25A and 25B are operation diagrams of the mounting plate and the support mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Aircraft 2 Discharge unit as a receiving unit for each type 3 Placement unit as a paper sheet loading unit 5 Retracting unit 6 Transport passage 6a Identification unit 7 Binding unit 9 Transport path unit as a binding paper passage unit 15 types Discharging section as separate receiving section 16 Stacking section that constitutes a binding sheet stacking section 17 Retracting means that configures a binding sheet stacking section 61 Chute plate that constitutes a second binding sheet transporting section 62 ′ A chute frame that constitutes the first binding paper sheet conveying means 80 a cassette mounting frame 81 a cassette 82 a cassette mounting portion 93 a feeding portion as a cassette paper feeding portion 97 an introduction passage 98 a storage that constitutes a placing member up-and-down mechanism Frame 99 Placement table as paper sheet placing member 100 Pulley supporting members 101, 102, 103, 104 constituting a placing member raising / lowering mechanism Pulley 105 constituting a placing member raising / lowering mechanism Upper pulley 106 constituting the member raising / lowering mechanism Lower pulley 107 constituting the placing member raising / lowering mechanism 107 Belt constituting the placing member raising / lowering mechanism 111 Shutters 113, 114 Pulley 115 constituting the shutter opening / closing mechanism 115 Shutter opening / closing constituting the shutter opening / closing mechanism Belt 116 Fixture constituting shutter opening / closing mechanism 121 Motor as first electric drive section 122 Motor as second electric drive section 126 Clutch piece as first and second drive joint section 128 First And a concave portion as a second drive receiving portion 150 a second machine body 151 a storage space 159 a chute plate 161 constituting a first binding paper sheet conveying means 161 a chute plate 163 constituting a second binding paper sheet conveying means 163 Conveyor belt 164 constituting the second binding paper sheet conveying means Second binding paper Mounting plate constituting the class conveying means

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] May 19, 1995

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] Fig. 19

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

FIG. 19 is a front view of the same.

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A paper sheet loading section which is provided at an upper portion of the front surface of a machine body and has a take-in section for taking in the loaded paper sheets one by one,
A transport path for transporting the paper sheets fed from the paper sheet loading section and having an identification portion in the middle thereof, and at least two types which are connected to this transport path and are classified by type based on the identification result during transport of the transport path. In the paper sheet sorting machine, which is configured to receive the paper sheets of the above into the type-specific receiving section arranged toward the rear of the upper part of the machine body, a cassette mounting frame is provided on the front surface of the machine body. Is a cassette mounting section for mounting a cassette in which paper sheets are vertically stacked and stored,
There is a cassette paper sheet take-in section which is provided at the upper part of the mounting section and comes into contact with the upper surface of the uppermost paper sheet stored in the cassette, and takes in the paper sheet. A paper sheet sorting machine having an introduction passage for feeding the paper sheets fed in from the conveying passage to an upstream position from the identification portion installation area of the conveyance passage. 2. The cassette comprises a paper sheet loading member for supporting and lifting upwardly stacked paper sheets, a loading member up-and-down mechanism for moving the loading member up and down, A first drive receiving portion for a mechanism, and the cassette mounting frame is driven by a first electric drive portion and is connected to the first drive receiving portion and driven by the first drive receiving portion. The paper sheet sorting machine according to claim 1, further comprising a first drive joint portion that transmits a force. 3. The cassette has a shutter for opening and closing the upper surface, a shutter opening and closing mechanism for opening and closing the shutter, and a second drive receiving portion for the opening and closing mechanism, and the cassette mounting frame is for the second Driven by an electric drive unit of the second
3. The paper sheet sorting machine according to claim 2, further comprising a second drive joint portion which is connected to the drive receiving portion of and which transmits the driving force to the second drive receiving portion. 4. The paper sheet sorting machine according to claim 1, wherein the cassette mounting frame is swingable and can be retracted from the front side of the machine to either the left or right side when not in use. 5. A cassette which is installed on either side of the machine body and is used for placing paper sheets to be sorted and which is swingably retracted to the second machine body. The paper sheet sorting machine according to claim 4, further comprising a storage space in which a mounting frame is stored. 6. A bundled paper sheet passage portion provided in the transport passage of the machine body for feeding paper sheets downward, a bundled paper sheet stacking portion connected to the passage portion, and this stacking portion. A bundling section for bundling the paper sheets accumulated in the first bundling section, and fusing the bundling sheets bound in the bundling section to the second machine side, The second bundle of paper sheets, which is provided in the second machine body, receives the bundle of paper sheets sent from the first bundle paper sheet conveying means, and conveys the bundle paper sheets upward through the back area of the storage space.
6. A paper sheet sorting machine according to claim 5, further comprising a second binding paper sheet conveying means for sending to a discharge port formed on the upper part of the machine body.