JPS6122921Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the invention] This invention can be applied to automatic transaction machines such as automatic teller machines and automatic deposit machines used in banking, for example.
The present invention relates to a paper sheet discharge and collection mechanism that prints transaction details on slip paper and discharges or collects the same.

In addition to the above-mentioned example slip, the above-mentioned paper sheets include
This includes cards, fixed-sized paper, etc., but in the case of ejecting and collecting slips in automatic teller machines, for example, the general structure is that the end of the ejection path of the slip has a discharging direction on the receiving tray side and a collecting box at the bottom. A sorting board is provided to sort the slips in the direction of collection on the side, and the discharging and collecting process is performed by controlling the sorting of this sorting board.In this case, the collected slips are Due to the free fall, a large space is required for reliable recovery.

In addition, the slip conveyance path is configured in a horizontal state, and one end of this path is provided on the discharge side and the other end is provided on the collection side.
It is also possible to control the forward and reverse conveyance of this conveyance path, to supply the slips to the middle of the path via a guide plate, and to collect the slips to be discharged by reversing the conveyance path. However, this method has the disadvantage that the collected slips tend to become clogged in the slip supply section.

Furthermore, in the two processing mechanisms described above, separate detectors must be provided for detecting the release and collection of slips.

Therefore, the object of this invention is to provide a paper sheet discharge and collection mechanism that requires less space for collection, can be carried out reliably, and can be configured with a single discharge and collection detector.

According to this invention, a collection box is disposed on one side of the discharge path that is transported in forward and reverse directions, and a U-shaped collection path toward the above-mentioned collection box is formed at the starting end of the discharge path. A sorting member is provided at the starting end of the route to sort paper sheets into the discharge direction and the collection direction, and when collecting paper sheets present in the discharge route, this discharge route is driven in reverse conveyance, and the sorting member is moved in the collection direction. By doing so, the paper sheets are forcibly collected into the collection box via the U-shaped collection path, and the paper sheets can be collected reliably. Moreover, since the collection box is disposed on one side of the discharge path and the collection is forced, it can be made compact.

Furthermore, since the collection path is U-shaped, there is a part that can be seen from the discharge path, and by installing a detector in this position, it is possible to check paper sheets at the time of discharge and confirmation at the time of collection with just one detector. , can detect multiple conditions such as blockages in the collection path,
Cost reduction can be achieved.

An embodiment of this invention having such characteristics will be described in detail below based on the drawings.

The drawing shows a mechanism for discharging and collecting slips with printed transaction details in an automatic teller machine used in banking operations. In FIGS. The inner upper conveyor belt 3 is detoured upward from the starting end side of the discharge path 1 and constitutes a part of the U-shaped recovery path 4, and the above-mentioned conveyor belt 2 and 3 are placed at the center of the path along which the slip is conveyed.

The conveyor belt 2 at the bottom is connected to the pulley 5 on the slip supply side.
and a pulley 6 on the discharge side, and a presser roller 7 is provided at the intermediate portion.

The above-mentioned pulleys 5 and 6 are connected to opposing fixed walls 8 and 9.
The conveyor belt 2 is rotatably supported by shafts 10 and 11 installed between the conveyor belts 2 and 2, and its starting end side is slightly separated from the upper conveyor belt 3, and its rear end side is in contact with the conveyor belt 3. .

The aforementioned presser roller 7 is provided to be moved up and down by a suitable lever (not shown), and pushes up the lower conveyor belt 2 when conveying the slips supplied to the discharge path 1 in the direction of discharge or collection. and bring it into contact with the upper conveyor belt 3.

Note that a cutter 12 for cutting and separating slips is provided at the front stage of the discharge path 1, and this cutter 12
consists of a fixed blade 13 and a movable blade 14, and the movable blade 1
4 is driven by a suitable cam link mechanism (not shown), and the above-mentioned presser roller 7 may be driven up and down in conjunction with this mechanism. Of course, a separate vertical drive mechanism may be provided.

The above-mentioned upper conveyor belt 3 is stretched over a pulley 15 on the slip supply side, a drive pulley 16 on the discharge side, a pulley 17 on the collection side, and a pulley 18 on the back side.

The aforementioned pulley 15 is rotatably supported by a shaft 19 installed between the fixed walls 8 and 9, and this shaft 19
There are guide rollers 2 on both sides of the pulley 15 at the top.
0 and 20 are rotatably supported, and these rollers 20,
20 guide both side edges of the slip.

The drive pulley 16 is fixed to a drive shaft 21 which is supported by bearings between the fixed walls 8 and 9.
An input gear 22 is fixed to one outer end of the motor 1, and this gear 22 is connected to an output gear 24 of a forward/reverse motor 23 via an appropriate idle gear (not shown).
More power is transmitted.

The above-mentioned pulley 17 is fixed to a rotating shaft 25 which is supported between fixed walls 8 and 9, and this shaft 25
A transmission gear 26 is fixed to one outer end of.

The aforementioned pulley 18 is rotatably supported by a shaft 27 installed between the fixed walls 8 and 9.

Further, the above-mentioned conveyor belt 3 is provided so that the guide roller 28 comes into contact with the pulley 15 at an upper position.
This roller 28 forms a part of the collection path 4 and is supported by a distribution shaft 29 that is supported in a cantilevered manner on the fixed wall 9 .

Distributing plates 30, 30 are fixed to the above-mentioned distributing shaft 29 at positions near the left and right sides of the conveyor belt 3, and a guide plate 31 having an inclined guide surface is provided at a position facing the distributing plates 30, 30. is provided.

The above-mentioned distribution plates 30, 30 are connected to the cutter 12.
A first sorting position where the slips supplied from the side are guided to the discharge route 1 side, and a second sorting position where the slips in the discharge route 1 are sent backwards and guided to the collection route 4 side. Driven by distribution.

Further, the above-mentioned distribution plates 30, 30 are connected to the distribution shaft 29.
is operated to the first and second distribution positions by rotation by the push-pull drive of the solenoid 32.

Note that the solenoid 32 and the distribution shaft 29 are connected by a suitable connection rod.

A guide plate 33 is provided facing the upper surface of the pulley 17, and the conveyor belt 3 detouring around the pulleys 15 and 17, the back surface of the distribution plate 30, and the guide roller 28 It constitutes a recovery path 4.

A collection box 34 is provided on the upper surface side of the above-mentioned conveyor belt 3, the entrance part of this collection box 34 is directed towards the above-mentioned collection path 4 side, and the rear end of the above-mentioned guide plate 33 is connected to the upper surface of the above-mentioned entrance part. A guide plate 3 is extended to the point where the guide plate 3 is extended to
5 has its tip extended to the pulley 17.

A rotating roller 36 and a pressing roller 37 facing the roller are located above and below the entrance of the collection box 34, and the rotating roller 36 is fixed to a rotating shaft 38 that is cantilevered on the fixed wall 9. Further, the pressing roller 37 is supported via bearings on shafts 39, 39, which are cantilevered from the fixed walls 8, 9, respectively.

A transmission gear 40 is attached via a one-way clutch 41 to the outer end of the rotating shaft 38, which is supported by the fixed wall 9 via a bearing.

Power is transmitted to the above-mentioned transmission gear 40 via the above-mentioned transmission gear 26 of the rotating shaft 25 and an appropriate idle gear (not shown) so that both gears 40, 26 rotate in the same direction. The clutch 41 transmits power to the shaft 38 only in the retrieval direction of the conveyor belt 3, and does not transmit power to the rotation in the discharge direction.

Furthermore, the other end of the aforementioned rotating roller 36 is connected to a fixed wall 8.
The one-way clutch 43 is supported by a one-way clutch 43 on a shaft 42 fixed in a cantilevered manner to the one-way clutch 43, and this one-way clutch 43 is provided in a power transmission state in the opposite direction to the one-way clutch 41 described above, that is, When the transmission gear 40 rotates in the collection direction, it rotates freely, and when it rotates in the discharge direction, the rotating roller 36 rotates freely.
becomes fixed.

These configurations are such that when the conveyor belt 3 is switched from being driven in the collecting direction to being driven in the discharging direction, if there is a slip between the aforementioned rotating roller 36 and the pressing roller 37, the slip is blocked from rotating the rotating roller 36. to prevent it from being pulled out.

It should be noted that an annular body 47 having elasticity like a rubber material and having a large frictional coefficient is disposed on the circumferential surface of the rotating roller 36 at a suitable position.
is fitted.

The above-mentioned recovery path 4 is continuous from the discharge path 1.
A slip detector 44 is installed at a position where the starting end of the discharge path 1 and the terminal end of the collection path 4 are visible, and where the path length is slightly shorter than the length of one slip. The slip detector 44 is constituted by a well-known photoelectric sensor consisting of a light emitter 45 and a light receiver 46.

Opposite guide plates 48, 49 and 50, 51 are provided at the rear end of the above-mentioned emission path 1, and a paper-back emission path 52 is formed on the lower surface side of the guide plate 50. The ejected slip is placed on the upper surface of the paper ejected from the paper ejection path 52 and ejected into the receiving tray 53.

The discharge and collection mechanism configured in this manner has an initial position set at a position where the sorting plate 30 normally guides the slip 54 in the discharge direction, and when the slip 54 is printed with predetermined transaction information and sent out, the slip is 54
The tip of the conveyor belt 2 and 3 is used to make use of the gap between the
It is supplied to the discharge path 1, and its tip is connected to the slip detector 4.
4 is detected, the motor 23 is driven in the normal rotation direction, and the conveyor belts 2 and 3 are rotated in the discharge direction.

When the length of the slip 54 reaches one sheet, the cutter 12 is driven to cut and separate the slip 54, and at the same time, the presser roller 7 is moved upward to clamp the slip 54 between the conveyor belts 2 and 3. Provides conveying force.

Based on the fact that the rear end of the slip 54 being conveyed in the discharge direction is detected by the slip detector 44, the motor 23
stops and waits until the paper is released.

When the transaction is completed and the paper waste is discharged, the aforementioned motor 23 is driven in the normal rotation direction, the conveyor belts 2 and 3 are rotated in the discharge direction, and the slip 54 is discharged into the receiving tray 53 together with the paper waste. Ru.

If the transaction is not completed due to cancellation or the like, the solenoid 32 is driven, the sorting plate 30 is driven to sort in the collection direction, and the motor 23 is driven in the reverse direction.

Due to this reversal, the conveyor belts 2 and 3 are reversed,
In addition, the rotating roller 36 is also driven in the reverse direction, that is, in the collecting direction, and the slip 54 that has been in the discharge path 1 is conveyed to the collecting path 4, and is forcibly fed into the collecting box 34 by the rotating roller 36.

At this time, the slip detector 44 continuously detects the leading end of the slip 54 in the collecting direction without cutting off until it detects the rear end of the slip 54 to be collected.

Therefore, the collection detection signal is sent only once, and signal processing becomes easy.

Further, the motor 23 is stopped after a minimum period of time sufficient for the slip detector 44 to detect the rear end of the slip 54 to be collected and for the slip 54 to pass through the rotating roller 36.

Note that even if the conveyor belt 3 is rotated in the discharge direction during the next slip discharge process, the rotating roller 36 is prevented from rotating by the one-way clutch 43.
Even if this roller 36 is stopped while holding the rear end of the slip 54, it will not be pulled out.

Note that a friction brake may be installed in place of the one-way clutch 43 described above.

Further, although the distribution plate 30 is formed of a plate-like member, it may be a block member or other member.

Furthermore, although the slip detector 44 has a path length from the starting end of the discharge path 1 to the terminal end of the collection path 4 set to be shorter than the length of the slip 54, it may be set longer than the slip length. In this case, the slip detection signal when collecting slips will be detected twice.

Further, the discharge and collection mechanism according to this invention can be used not only for processing slips but also for other paper sheets.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of this invention, with FIG. 1 being a partially sectional side view of the discharge and recovery mechanism, and FIG. 2 being a partially sectional top view thereof. 1...Discharge path, 2, 3...Transport belt, 4...
...Collection route, 30...Distribution board, 54...Slip.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] 1. A collection box is disposed on one side of a discharge path that is transported in forward and reverse directions, and a U-shaped collection path toward the collection box is formed at the starting end of the discharge path, The starting end of the discharge path is divided into a first sorting position that guides the supplied sheets to the discharge path and a second sorting position that guides the sheets sent back from the discharge path to the collection path. A paper sheet discharge and collection mechanism, comprising: a driven sorting member; and one paper sheet detector provided at a position overlooking the starting end of the discharge path and the terminal end of the collection path. 2 A rotating roller and a pressing roller are installed opposite to each other on the entrance side of the collection box, and the rotating roller is configured to be interlocked with the transport drive of the collection path via a one-way clutch that transmits power in the collection direction. A paper sheet discharge and collection mechanism according to claim 1 of the utility model registration claim.