JPS621172Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the invention] This invention, for example, checks the paper that is inserted into an automatic teller machine, and if it is found to be defective, the paper is transported back and tested again. This paper is related to a paper processing apparatus that takes out the paper from this return conveyance, temporarily pools it, and then stores it in a storage box.

The above-mentioned paper miscellaneous items include cards, securities, etc., but when talking about the paper mishandling in the example above, it is necessary to determine the authenticity and denomination (verification) of the paper paper that has been inserted. Our printed patterns are read by a magnetic head or optical reading means, but since there are reading errors on the machine side, we designed the paper so that it can be read multiple times and can be transported back. There is a need to.

In addition, the verified coins are taken out from the above-mentioned return transport and temporarily pooled in the pool means, and if the customer cancels the transaction and requests the return of the input paper, the paper is taken out from the above-mentioned return transport and returned to the return transport. It is possible to once supply paper waste to the customer and return the paper waste to the customer using this return conveyance.

For this purpose, it is possible to provide a sorting means in a part of the return conveyance path and to store the waste paper that was once pooled in the pooling means into a storage box. In other words, it is possible to store waste paper using a part of the return conveyance section.

However, with this configuration, if the above-mentioned sorting means malfunctions, there is a possibility that the paper that is being transported back for revalidation will be stored in the storage box, causing trouble with customers. .

Therefore, the object of this invention is to provide a paper waste processing apparatus that can eliminate the above-mentioned causes.

According to this invention, the storage box is disposed between the path where the pooling means takes out the paper from the main conveyance belt that returns and supplies the pooled paper and the like to the main conveyance belt via the distribution means. In this way, it is possible to prevent the papers being transported back for verification from being accidentally stored in the storage box, and to reliably prevent the papers from being lost to pieces, which may cause trouble with customers.

Furthermore, according to this invention, the presser belt stretched between the upper and lower pulleys at the upper position of the above-mentioned sorting means, the lower pulley and the presser belt are once pressed against the conveying part on the pool means side, and the paper Since it is movable between a position that guides the paper to the storage box side and an upper avoidance position that allows the paper to be transported to the main conveyor belt side, the paper that was once pooled can be stored by the presser belt. Guided and stored in a box. When multiple sheets of this storage paper are stacked and stored at the same time, the presser belt and lower pulley at the sorting means prevent the paper from jamming in the lower part of the sorting means. You will be guided smoothly into the box.

An embodiment of this invention will be described below based on the drawings.

The drawing shows a paper disposal device of an automatic deposit machine, in which a paper disposal slot 1 is composed of a movable side plate 2 and a fixed bottom plate 3, and a guide 4 is provided in the part facing the movable side plate 2.
is provided, and a take-in roller 5 is provided at a portion facing the open edge of the fixed bottom plate 3.
Friction roller 6 is attached to the above-mentioned intake roller 5 on the bottom surface of
are in pressure contact. Further, a box 7 is provided under the fixed bottom plate 3 to collect coins accidentally inserted.

The above-mentioned movable side plate 2 moves toward the take-in roller 5 side and is biased by a suitable spring mechanism, and the paper is inserted between the above-mentioned movable side plate 2 and the guide 4 in the width direction, and is moved toward the take-in roller 5 side. energized.

When the take-in roller 5 is driven by a suitable motor, a piece of paper is taken in. Therefore, even if a plurality of sheets of paper are thrown into the paper slot 1 in a bundle, they can be taken in one by one.

Note that the taken-in paper waste is guided by guides 4 and 8 and fed into the interior.

The paper that has been fed into the interior is transferred to the first conveyor belt 11 stretched between pulleys 9 and 10, and the first conveyor belt 11 stretched between pulleys 12 to 14.
and the second conveyor belt 15 that is in contact with the main conveyor belt 16 .

As shown in FIG. 2, alignment impellers 89, 89 are provided on both sides of the conveyance path formed by the first and second conveyor belts 11, 15, and the impellers 89 , 89 have blades made of a soft rubber material, and are rotated by an appropriate drive motor in the direction in which the paper scraps are taken in, thereby aligning the paper scraps at the center of the conveyance path.

Further, on the downstream side of the impellers 89, 89 in the paper width conveying direction, there is provided an irregularity detector 81 which is constructed by arranging a plurality of photoelectric sensors in a horizontal row. Detects the length of the paper, for example, when the paper is folded in half, when 1/4 of the paper is bent from the edge, or when the paper is irregularly shaped such as a short paper such as a card. Detect types.

Note that the above-described abnormal shape detector 81 may be configured with an image sensor.

The above-mentioned main conveyor belt 16 is stretched around the pulley 10 and pulleys 17 to 20, and the peripheral surface forms a return conveyance surface, and the pulley 19 is rotationally controlled in one direction in the taking-in direction by an appropriate drive motor. Ru.

The above-mentioned pulley 17 is formed into a drum shape, and a paper defect determination section 21 is provided in the middle of the conveyance path formed by the pulley 17 and the main conveyance belt 16 facing each other, and is used to determine the authenticity and denomination of paper defects. We will check the coins.

It should be noted that this paper defect determining section 21 is composed of a well-known reading means such as a magnetic head or an optical reader.
Determine by reading the printing pattern of the paper.

A first sorting plate 23 that moves in and out of the return conveyance surface of the main conveyance belt 16 and a pulley 2 that comes into contact with the main conveyance belt 16 are located at a downstream position of the paper failure determination section 21 described above.
2 is provided, and a collection box 24 for irregularly shaped paper is provided on the back side of the sorting plate 23.

The above-mentioned collection box 24 collects oddly shaped papers, and when the above-mentioned odd-shaped detector 81 detects odd-shaped papers, the first sorting plate 23 is driven by a solenoid or the like based on the detection signal to control the sorting. Collect into the collection box 24.

A third conveyor belt 27 is provided behind the aforementioned pulley 22 and is stretched between pulleys 25 and 26, and is in contact with the main conveyor belt 16.

A second sorting plate 28 is located behind the aforementioned third conveyor belt 27, and this second sorting plate 28 is normally set to take out paper waste from the main conveyor belt 16 and temporarily guide it toward the pool. , and is rotated by an appropriate mechanism (such as a solenoid) to guide the paper in the return conveyance direction of the main conveyance belt 16.

In addition, 29 is an auxiliary belt for return conveyance stretched between pulleys 30 to 32, and pulley 3
A fourth conveyor belt 35 stretched over pulleys 3 and 34 and a belt 38 stretched over pulleys 36 and 37 are in contact with each other and once convey the paper in the direction of the pool.

A pool device 39 is provided once in the direction of the pool guided by the second distribution plate 28 mentioned above, and this device 39 is composed of a rotating impeller 40 and a receiving plate 41.

The paper waste sorted by the second sorting plate 28 is conveyed by the fourth conveyor belt 35 and the belt 38 and stored between the blades of the impeller 40.

A well-known comb-like extraction plate (not shown) is provided at the bottom of the impeller 40, and this extraction plate extracts the paper waste stored in the impeller 40 as it rotates.

The aforementioned receiving plate 41 can be rotated in the vertical direction by a shaft 42, and has a comb-like shape so as not to hit the pulley 43 and the fifth conveyor belt 44, and is normally in the state shown by the solid line in the figure. The shaft 42 is rotated by an appropriate crank mechanism (not shown) to lower the paper to the position indicated by the two-dot chain line, and transfer the received paper to the lower stage 5. It is fed onto the conveyor belt 44.

A pulley 45 is provided so as to be movable up and down so as to be lowered simultaneously with the lowering of the receiving plate 41, and this pulley 45
A pulley 48 is provided at the position where the paper is lowered, and the paper is sandwiched between the pulley 45 and the pulley 48.
Presser belt 47 stretched across pulleys 45 and 46
is in contact with a fifth conveyor belt 44 stretched between pulleys 43 and 49, and conveys the paper in the direction of the main conveyor belt 16.

At the latter stage of the aforementioned fifth conveyor belt 44,
A third sorting plate 50 is located between the above-mentioned main conveyor belt 16, and this third sorting plate 50 is normally set to guide the paper in the downward storage direction, and its shaft 51 is By being rotated by an appropriate link mechanism (not shown) or a solenoid, the paper is guided in the return conveyance direction of the main conveyance belt 16.

Further, the presser belt 54 stretched over the pulleys 52 and 53 is normally set to guide the paper in the downward storage direction, and the aforementioned pulley 52 is in pressure contact with the pulley 49. The presser belt 54 and pulley 52 are provided to prevent the paper from coming into contact with the distribution plate 50 and jamming when the paper is guided downward by the third distribution plate 50. When feeding paper waste to the return conveyance direction of the main conveyor belt 16, the shaft 55 is rotated by an appropriate means, and the
Raise it to the dotted chain line position.

And the third distribution plate 50 and the pulley 4 mentioned above.
A storage box 56 is provided in the storage direction guided by the presser belts 54 and 9, 52.
It is stored in 6.

At the latter stage of the third distribution plate 50 described above, a shaft 51 is provided.
A sixth conveyor belt 58 stretched over the pulley and the pulley 57 is located, and is partially in contact with the main conveyor belt 16 .

An auxiliary belt 59 is stretched around the pulleys 46, 53, and 60, and is partially in contact with the fifth conveyor belt 44 and the sixth conveyor belt 58.

A seventh conveyor belt 65 that is stretched around pulleys 61 to 64 is located downstream of the sixth conveyor belt 58 described above.
is located and is in contact with the main conveyor belt 16 and the first conveyor belt 11.

A pulley 66 is located downstream of the seventh conveyor belt 65.
An auxiliary belt 69 stretched between .about.68 is provided and is in contact with the seventh conveyor belt 65.

The conveyance end portions of the conveyor belts 65 and 69 mentioned above face the paper return opening 70.
consists of a side plate 71 and a side plate 72.

The shaft 7 of the pulley 68 is provided on the lower surface of the side plate 72 mentioned above.
A blade roller 74 is provided at 3, and the blade roller 74 shifts the lower end of the returned paper to one side toward the side plate 72 to prevent collision with the leading edge of the next returned paper.

Furthermore, a fourth distribution plate 75 is located at the conveyance end portion of the first conveyance belt 11 and the seventh conveyance belt 65, and this distribution plate 75 is normally used in the return conveyance direction of the first conveyance belt 11. The shaft 76 is rotated by an appropriate link mechanism or solenoid (not shown) to guide the paper in the return direction.

A pulley 77 is provided on a movable lever 78 and comes into contact with the pulley 9 to assist in conveyance. The lever 78 is biased toward the pulley 9 by a suitable spring mechanism.

In addition, 79 in the figure is a first detector that detects the state of input paper, residual paper, and clutch (not shown) timing, and 80 is a second detector that detects paper remaining in the conveyance and sorting section. 82 is a third detector that detects the number of sheets of paper left behind, 83 is a fourth detector that detects the amount of paper left on the receiving plate 41, 84 is a fifth detector that detects the amount of stored paper, and 85 is a returned paper. 86 is a seventh detector that detects the rotation timing of the fourth sorting plate 75, 87 is an eighth detector that detects the passage of return paper, 88 is a return slot. This is the ninth detector for detecting the presence of paper residue in the paper, and both detectors are constituted by photoelectric switches.

The paper waste processing apparatus configured as described above operates as follows.

In other words, when the paper is put into the input slot 1, the first
The take-in roller 5 rotates based on the detection signal from the detector 79 and takes in the defective sheets one by one.

The taken-in paper waste is transported between the first conveyor belt 11 and the second conveyor belt 11.
The paper is conveyed in the direction of the main conveyor belt 16 by the conveyor belt 15, and the irregularly shaped paper is inspected by the irregularity detector 81.

The defective paper conveyed to the main conveyance belt 16 is read by a defective paper determining section 21 and verified.

The paper that is determined to be irregularly shaped paper by the aforementioned irregularity detector 81 is guided to the first sorting plate 23 and collected in the collection box 24.

In addition, the paper that passes the above-mentioned check is guided by the second sorting plate 28 and supplied to the impeller 40, and is once pooled on the receiving plate 41 via the impeller 40.

If an error occurs in the above-mentioned judgment by the defective paper determining section 21, the second sorting plate 28 is switched to the return conveyance direction, and the defective paper is conveyed backward. At this time, the aforementioned take-in roller 5 is stopped at the same time as the second sorting plate 28 is switched, and priority is given to return conveyance of the re-read paper.

A predetermined number of times the paper is reread is set, and when this number of times is exceeded, it is determined that the paper is a fake.

In this case, the fourth sorting plate 75 is switched to the return direction, and the paper waste is returned to the paper waste return slot 70 via the seventh conveyor belt 65 and the auxiliary belt 69.

When the loading of the input paper is completed, put it in the storage box 5.
6, the shaft 42 of the receiving plate 41 is rotated, the receiving plate 41 moves below the fifth conveyor belt 44, and at the same time as the receiving plate 41 moves downward, the presser belt 47 is moved. By moving the stretched pulley 45 downward and sandwiching the paper waste between it and the pulley 48, the paper waste that was once pooled on this receiving plate 41 is transferred to the fifth conveyor belt 44 and the presser belt 47. The third sorting plate 50, pulley 52, and presser belt
6 is guided and stored. Note that although the storage paper is conveyed in a stacked state, the presser belt 54 and pulley 52 press at the third sorting plate 50 so that the paper does not jam due to the contact with the sorting plate 50, and the lower part of the sheet is not jammed. The user is guided to the storage box 56.

Furthermore, when the paper waste that was once pooled on the receiving plate 41 is returned due to transaction cancellation, the third sorting plate 50 is switched, and the pulley 52 and presser belt 54 are moved by the rotation of the shaft 55. Auxiliary belt 59
, and the fourth distribution board 75 is switched to the return direction.

Therefore, once the pool paper is removed, it is transferred to the sixth conveyor belt 5.
8, the paper is returned to the paper return slot 70 via the auxiliary belt 59, the seventh conveyor belt 65, the main conveyor belt 16, the first conveyor belt 11, and the auxiliary belt 69.

In this way, paper defects are dealt with.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, if the input paper is folded in half, or if 1/4 of the input paper is folded from the edge, or if the paper has a narrow width such as a card, it is considered an irregular shape. Detected by the detector 81,
Since these irregularly shaped papers are collected in the collection box 24, they do not fall off or become jammed during return transport by the main transport belt 16.

Furthermore, since the storage box 56 is located outside the return conveyance path of the main conveyor belt 16, it will not accidentally store waste paper during return conveyance.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of this invention, with FIG. 1 being a side view of the schematic mechanism of the paper defect processing device, and FIG. 2 being a plan view showing the configuration of the abnormality detector. 16...Main conveyance belt, 28...Second distribution board, 39...Once pool device, 45...Fifth conveyance belt, 50...Third distribution plate, 56...Storage box, 58...Sixth conveyance belt.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] A main conveyor belt that reciprocally conveys the inserted banknotes, a determination section that inspects the banknotes in the conveyance path of this main conveyance belt, and a main conveyance downstream of the determination section. A banknote handling device comprising: a pooling means for taking out banknotes from a belt, temporarily pooling the banknotes, and supplying the pooled banknotes to a main conveyor belt or a storage box; The banknotes are arranged between the paths for supplying the banknotes to the main conveyor belt via a sorting means, and a presser belt stretched between upper and lower pulleys is placed above the sorting means, and the presser belt is stretched between upper and lower pulleys. and a presser belt is movably provided between a position where the banknotes are once brought into pressure contact with the conveyance portion on the pool means side and guide the banknotes to the storage box side and an upper avoidance position where the banknotes can be conveyed to the main conveyance belt side. type processing equipment.