JPS61174045A - Running device for paper sheets - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make the running of paper sheets performable automatically, by once pooling the paper sheets returned by a processor till the paper sheets having projected to a first feeding part are completely processed and then reprojecting them to a second feeding part, in case of an automatic teller's machine or the like. CONSTITUTION:Bills being delivered out of an automatic delivery device 10 piece by piece in order are stacked on a bill receiver 35 by way of a lead-out route 20, while a first feeding part 30 is started in motion by a discharge end signal out of a second sensor 72 whereby these bills are fed to a processor 1 in a lump. Here, judgment for the genuineness of each bill and its and nominal value takes place but if a reading failure occurs, these bills are once returned to a pool part 52 from a return route 9. And, after these projected bills are processed, a second feeding part 60 is driven, thus they are reprojected into a projecting port 3. Next, when these reprojected bills are redistinguished and returned again, they are recovered in a recovered in a recovered in a recovery box 65 of a recovery part 66 passing through these routes 9 and 53, a once pool part 52 and the upper side of a distributing plate 64. Thus all the running is automatically performable.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (a) Field of the Invention This invention is used by being attached to an automatic processing device that accepts and processes a plurality of banknotes (from a decimal number to around 200 banknotes), such as an automatic teller machine, for example. This invention relates to a running device for paper sheets.

(B) Background of the Invention Conventionally, automatic processing devices that accept and process banknotes, such as automatic teller machines, automatic teller machines, and automatic exchange machines, have been equipped with a discrimination unit that determines the authenticity and denomination of banknotes. However, since this discrimination section optically and electrically reads the banknote pattern, if the discrimination section becomes dirty with dust, reading errors may occur, and even genuine bills may be returned as defective. If defects occur frequently, the reliability of the processing equipment will be impaired.
This type of automatic processing equipment requires periodic running tests.

However, in the past, such running tests were conducted by manually inserting genuine banknotes into the banknote slot of an automatic processing device.
This eliminates the problem of having to rely on so-called manual labor in which a worker receives the banknotes returned from the return slot of the device, pools them in hand, and then inserts the banknotes into the above-mentioned slot again. had.

(c) Purpose of the Invention The object of the present invention is to provide a running device for paper sheets that can perform all of the above-mentioned running automatically and improve testing efficiency.

(d) Summary of the Invention The present invention includes a first supply unit that loads paper sheets in bulk and supplies them to the input port of the processing unit 5A, and a first supply unit that loads the paper sheets returned by the processing device. a temporary pool section that temporarily pools the input paper sheets until the processing is completed; and a second supply section that temporarily supplies the paper sheets from the pool section to the input port again after processing the paper sheets input by the first supply section. The paper sheet running device is characterized in that it is comprised of a paper sheet running section and a collection section that collects paper sheets that have been returned from the processing device.

(e) Effects of the invention According to this invention, the above-mentioned first supply section, once the pool section,
Since it has a second supply section and a recovery section, paper sheets are supplied from the first supply section to the input port of the processing device, and after the paper sheets returned from the processing device are once pooled for a predetermined time, the paper sheets are The series of operations of re-inserting the paper sheets into the above-mentioned input port and then collecting the paper sheets returned from the processing equipment can be performed automatically, and compared to the conventional manual running, the test This has the effect of significantly improving efficiency.

(f) Examples of the invention An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below based on the drawings.

The drawing shows a running device for paper sheets, and in the drawing, 1
is an automatic processing device that accepts and processes, for example, about 1 to 200 banknotes, and an input port 3 for genuine banknotes and a return port 4 for banknotes that cannot be read are opened in the upper part of the housing 2 of the processing device 1, respectively. A banknote take-in roller 6 is disposed at the opening of the front guide plate 5 of the above-mentioned input port 3, and a return path 9 for poorly read banknotes consisting of a first belt 7 and a second belt 8 is arranged inside the above-mentioned return port 4. It is set up.

Reference numeral 10 denotes an automatic banknote dispensing device disposed on the right side of the automatic processing device 1 at a predetermined interval.
The banknotes in the housing 11 are fed out to the upper left of the outside of the device 10 by a mechanism on a side plate 12 provided outside the upper part of the housing 11.

That is, the third belt 13 is inside the housing 11 described above.
and a fourth belt 14 to form a banknote feeding path 15, and from the feeding end of this feeding path 15 to the above-mentioned side plate 12.
The upper fifth belt 16 and the sixth belt 1
7 and the lower seventh belt 18. A lead-out path 20 is formed with the eighth belt 19, and the banknotes in the housing 11 are fed out to the upper left outside the housing 11 via the feed-out path 15 and the lead-out path 20, as shown by arrows in the drawing. ing.

Here, each of the belts 16 to 19 of the above-mentioned lead-out path 20 is formed to be driven by a driven pulley 22 fitted to the shaft of the roller 21. That is, the first motor 23 is attached to the right side of the side plate 12 described above, and the belt 25 is stretched between the driving pulley 24 fitted to the rotating shaft of this motor 23 and the driven pulley 22 described above. The rotational force is transmitted to each of the belts 16, 19 through the elements 24, 25, 22, and 21 in this order.

Further, between the above-mentioned automatic processing device 1 and the automatic dispensing device 10 on the right side thereof, a first section is provided below the side plate 12 for placing banknotes in bulk and supplying them to the input port 3 of the above-mentioned processing device 1. Supply section 3
0 is set.

The first supply section 30 includes a ninth belt 34 stretched in an inclined manner between a pair of rollers 32 and 33 attached to both upper and lower ends of the plate 31, and a banknote receptacle 35 on an upper band portion 34a of the ninth belt 34. is fixed with screws, and a bill presser 37 is attached to this bill receiver 35 via a four-point link 111M36, and the edge of the bill that has fallen onto the bill receiver 35 is attached to the lower band portion 34b of the ninth belt 34. Movable lever 3 to be brought into contact
8 is fixed with screws via a bracket 39.

Further, a pinion 40 is fitted to one shaft on the lower side of the four-point link mechanism 36, and the pinion 40 is meshed with a rack 41 that is slanted and fixed to the lower region of the upper band portion 34a of the ninth belt 34.

Furthermore, a reversibly rotatable second
A timing belt 4 is attached to the motor 42 between the driving pulley 43 fitted to the rotating shaft of the second motor 42 and the driven pulley 44 fitted to the shaft of the roller 32 (front).
5 is stretched, and the ninth belt 34 between the aforementioned rollers 32 and 33 is configured to reciprocate at regular intervals.

When the ninth belt 34 is driven in the direction of the arrow a, the binion 40 rotates while meshing with the rack 41, lowering the banknote presser 37 via the four-point linkage mechanism 36. The banknote presser 37 moderately presses a portion of the upper ends of the plurality of banknotes on the banknote receiver 35, and the back surface of the movable lever 38 is regulated by a stopper 46, so that the lever 3
8 tilts counterclockwise about the support shaft 47 of the bracket 39 as shown by the imaginary line in the drawing, and supplies the plurality of bills on the bill receiver 35 all at once to the input port 3 of the processing device 1 described above. It is configured to do so.

A side wall 48 is erected on the processing apparatus 1 described above, and this side wall 4
A pool portion 52 is temporarily formed by stretching a tenth belt 51 between rollers 49 and 50 attached to the middle portion of the rollers 8 and 8.

The temporary pool section 52 is a mechanism for temporarily pooling the banknotes returned by the processing device 1 from the return port 4 until the banknotes input by the first supply section 30 described above are processed.

The carry-out route 53 for once carrying out returned banknotes from the return port 4 of the above-mentioned processing device 1 to the pool section 52 is connected to the outer eleventh belt 54, the twelfth belt 55, and the inner thirteenth belt 5.
6. Formed with a 14th belt 57 and a 15th belt 58,
As shown by the arrow in the drawing, the returned banknotes from the above-mentioned return slot 4 are carried out to the above-mentioned pool section 52 via a carry-out path 53.

A fan 59 is disposed above the end of the feed between the eleventh belt 54 and the fifteenth belt 58, and the fan 59 collects the returned banknotes carried out from the end of the feed between the two belts 54 and 58. Due to wind force, 71 was once moved to the pool part 52.
It is configured to send.

A second supply section 60 is disposed between the pool section 52 and above the above-mentioned input port 3 for once again supplying the banknotes from the pool section 52 to the above-mentioned input port 3.

This second supply section 60 has one 16th belt 61 on the inside, and two 17th belts 62 and 18th belt 6 on the outside.
3, and after processing the banknotes inputted by the first supply unit 30 described above, the returned banknotes in the pool unit 52 are returned to the input slot 3.
It is configured to supply

In addition, a solenoid (not shown) is connected to a plate 64 for distribution at the end of the feed of the tenth belt 51 and the seventeenth belt 62.
A collection box 65 is arranged diagonally at the lower right side of the plate 64 for this sorting, and both of these boxes 64 and 65 serve as a collection section for collecting banknotes returned from the processing device 1. 66.

The aforementioned carry-out route 53 and the second supply unit 60 are driven by a third motor 67 attached to the upper left end of the side wall 48, but one carry-out route 53 is driven at high speed, and the other M2 supply unit 6 is driven by a third motor 67.
0 is driven at low speed.

Furthermore, each of the first to fifth sensors 71 is provided on each of the above-mentioned paths.
~75 are arranged separately. Here, the above-mentioned feeding route 1
The first sensor 71 provided at the banknote 5 detects the delivered banknote, the second sensor 72 at the lead-out path 20 detects that the banknote has been discharged onto the banknote receiver 35, and the third sensor 71 at the bank-out path 53 detects the banknote being discharged onto the banknote receptacle 35.
3 detects the number of returned banknotes, the fourth sensor 74 of the pool unit 52 detects the remaining banknotes on the tenth belt 51, and the fifth sensor 75 of the second supply unit 60 detects the number of returned banknotes in the input slot 3. Detect re-insertion to.

Each of these sensors 71 to 75 is a photoelectric sensor consisting of a light emitting element and a light receiving element.

In addition, in the figure, 76 and 77 are banknote guide plates.

The operation of the paper sheet running device configured as described above will be explained below.

First, the internal mechanism of the automatic feeding device 10 and the first motor 2
3, the genuine banknotes inside the device 10 are fed out through the feeding path 1.
As shown by the arrows in the drawing, the genuine banknotes are delivered to the derivation path 20 of the first stage, and the genuine banknotes are passed from the feeding end of this derivation path 20 to the banknote receptacle 35 below.
are stacked one on top of the other.

The second motor 4
2 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction, the ninth belt 34 of the first supply section 30 runs in the direction of arrow a, and the four-point linkage mechanism 36 is rotated counterclockwise of the pinion 40 that meshes with the rack 41. The banknote presser 37 moves parallel downward through the banknote holder 35 to moderately press the plurality of genuine banknotes, for example, 200, on the banknote holder 35, and the movable lever 38 moves backward while being tilted by the stopper 46, so that the banknote holder 35 moves to the stage before the input port 3 of the processing device 1, as shown by the imaginary line in the drawing, and by its inertia, the plurality of genuine banknotes on the bill receiver 35 are collectively supplied to the input port 3 described above. .

Next, in the above-mentioned processing device 1, the authenticity and denomination of the banknotes are determined by a so-called pill checker (not shown) in the device 1, but if a reading failure occurs, the banknotes are sent from the return path 9. will be returned.

Therefore, if the third motor 67 is energized in advance to drive the mechanism on the side wall 48, the return path 9 can be connected to the return port 4.
The returned banknotes are guided by the banknote guide plate 77 to the carry-out route 53, and after being carried upward along this route 53, the bills are transferred to the eleventh belt 54 and the fifteenth belt 58.
The wind force of the fan 59 causes the feed to be carried out diagonally downward to the pool section 52 from the end of the feed, and once the pool section 5
It is once pooled on the tenth belt 51 of No. 2.

This pooling is continued until the processing of the banknotes inputted by the first supply unit 30 is completed. After processing the banknotes inputted above, first, the second motor 42 is driven clockwise in the reverse direction, and the input slot 3
After the banknote receiver 35, which had been inserted up to the previous stage, is moved back to the solid line position (first @) in the drawing, the second supply unit 60 is driven to temporarily sort the returned banknotes in the pool unit 52 at the solid line position. It is re-injected into the input port 3 via the lower side of the plate 64 and the above-mentioned supply section 60.

The reinserted banknotes are discriminated by the discrimination unit in the processing device M1 in the same manner as described above, but when the banknotes are returned from the processing bag @1, the above-mentioned sorting is done in advance by moving the plate 64 through the solenoid. (
(not shown) to the imaginary line position, and the re-returnable banknotes, which are transported via the return path 9, the carry-out path 53 and the pool section 52, are sorted through the upper side of the plate 64, and then transferred to the collection section 6.
6 is collected in the collection box 65.

In this way, when there are banknotes to be returned again, it is found that there is an abnormality such as dirt on the discrimination section of the processing device 1, so the dust and the like on the discrimination section are removed by appropriate processing.

In addition, since the series of running operations described above can be performed automatically, the operating efficiency can be significantly improved compared to conventional manual running.

In the above-described embodiments, banknotes were used as examples of paper sheets, but it goes without saying that other paper sheets such as securities may also be used.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawing is a side view of a paper sheet running device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A first supply section that loads paper sheets in bulk and supplies them to the input port of the processing device; and a paper into which the first supply section inputs the paper sheets returned by the processing device. a temporary pool section that temporarily pools the leaves until the processing of the leaves is completed; a second supply section that temporarily supplies the paper sheets from the pool section to the input port again after processing the paper sheets inputted by the first supply section; A running device for paper sheets that includes a collection section that collects paper sheets that have been returned from a processing device.