JPH07247037A - Banknote transport device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a conveyor device for bills or the like small in volume and inexpensive by forming such structure that a closable clamping member formed on an endless belt is opened in a position corresponding to a pulley so as to feed or discharge a bill or the like and that the clamping member is closed in a belt position between the pulleys to clamp and convey the bill or the like. CONSTITUTION:The single face of a flexible endless belt l is provided with clamping members 2 formed of bifurcated rubber. A belt 1 is rotatably stretched over pulleys 3, and the belt 1 and the clamping members 2 are rotated and moved in a fixed direction by the rotation of the pulleys 3 in the direction of an arrow mark 9-1 by a motor or the like. When the bifurcated clamping member 2 is on the pulley 3, the bifurcated part is opened to receive a fed bill 3 and closed as the clamping member 2 is separated from the pulley 3 so as to clamp and convey the bill 8. When the conveyed bill comes onto another pulley 3, the clamping member 2 opens in the same way as before, and a bill storage device receives the bill 8.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a conveyor for a bill or the like by means of a belt.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a device of this type is, for example, an actual Kaihei 3-3.
As disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 8841, there is one that holds a banknote or the like by a pair of opposing belt conveyors and conveys the bill. The belt is made of a magnetic material, and at least one of the belts is magnetized. The banknotes are sandwiched and conveyed by the magnetic attraction between the belts. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, a pair of endless belts (19) and (18) made of magnetic material are arranged in parallel by pulleys (20) to (23), respectively, and bills or the like are placed in the central portions of the belts facing each other. By gripping and rotating the belt, bills and the like are conveyed. Here, the belt is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the small magnets divided in the width direction of the belt are magnetized with different magnetic poles alternately in the belt conveying direction. The opposing central belts are arranged such that the belts are offset so that the magnetic poles are different from each other, and a bill or the like is held by a magnetic attraction force.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional belt, since the belt is a special one made of a magnetic material, it is expensive in terms of material and there is a trouble that it must be magnetized. It was Further, the width of the belt needs to be about the same as the width of the bill, and since the belt is large and heavy, a large drive motor is also required. Further, since two sets of pulleys for stretching a pair of belts are required and the pulleys are arranged in parallel at the end of the transport mechanism, the width of the so-called transport device is large and therefore the volume is large. Inconvenience has occurred depending on the mechanical arrangement in the mounting device.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been devised in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to have a small volume, particularly a small width of the device, and an inexpensive bill, card or the like ( Hereinafter, it is to provide a transport mechanism for bills and the like). In order to achieve the above-mentioned objects, the present invention provides a transport device for bills and the like as described below. That is, in an apparatus for conveying banknotes or the like using an endless belt, an opening / closing pinching member for pinching the banknotes or the like is provided on the belt, and when the pinching member is in a position where the pulley is engaged, the means for opening and the pinching member are pulleys. When it is in a position away from, it has a means for closing it, so that it can supply or discharge bills or the like at the position where the holding member is open, and can pinch and convey bills or the like at the position where the holding member is closed. A device for transporting bills and the like, characterized in that the endless belt is made of a flexible restoring member, and the holding member is made of a bifurcated flexible restoring member, and means for opening the holding member. Is a structure in which the widthwise central portion of the pulley is formed in an arc shape, and the means for opening the holding member is configured by pressing both widthwise ends of the belt stretched around the pulley with a small pulley. so That. Then, a holding member to which a ring-shaped spring having a notched portion is attached to apply a preliminary pressure in the closing direction constitutes a means for closing the holding member. Further, as a means for closing the holding member, the bottom surface of the portion in contact with the belt is formed in an arc shape with respect to the belt, the length is made equal to the width of the belt, and the hook is attached to the belt by the hooks formed at both ends, or is held. As a means for closing the member, the bottom surface of the part that contacts the belt is formed in an arc shape with respect to the belt, the length is made equal to the caulking hole interval of the belt, and the locking legs formed on both ends of the base are caulked. It is configured by being inserted into a hole and fixed, and is configured to apply a preliminary pressure to the holding member.

[0005]

In a device for transporting bills and the like, an openable and closable holding member formed on an endless belt instead of a conventional magnetic belt opens at a position corresponding to a pulley to feed or discharge bills or the like, and a belt between pulleys. The holding member is closed at a position to hold a bill or the like and convey it.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The embodiments shown in the drawings will be described below.
The present invention, in a bill feeding device using an endless belt, provided with an openable and closable holding member for holding a bill or the like on the belt, and when the holding member is in a position to be applied to the pulley,
It has means for closing when the means for opening and the holding member are apart from the pulley, and supplies or discharges bills or the like at the position where the holding member is open, and conveys bills or the like at the position where the holding member is closed. It was made possible. The sandwiching member according to the present invention is composed of a bifurcated flexible restoration material that can be opened and closed, and is composed of, for example, bifurcated rubber or bifurcated flexible synthetic resin material. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, a nipping member (2) made of bifurcated rubber is provided on one surface of a flexible endless belt (1). The belt (1) in FIG. 1 is rotatably stretched around a pulley (3),
The pulley (3) is moved to the arrow 9- by a motor or the like (not shown).
By rotating in the direction of 1, the belt (1) and the sandwiching member (2) rotate and move in a fixed direction. The forked holding member (2) receives the banknote (8) supplied by opening the forked when it is on the pulley (3), and the forked holding member closes and conveys the banknote (8) with increasing distance from the pulley (3). .
When the conveyed bill arrives on the other pulley, the holding member (2) is opened and the bill storage device (not shown) receives the bill (8) as before. In addition, (7)
Is a small pulley for opening a holding member (2) described later.

With such a structure, the bills (8) fed from the bill feeding device (not shown) are fed in the direction of the arrow 9-2 and are pinched by the pinching member (2) to move the belt (1). Be transported. FIG. 2 shows a cross section of the holding member (2) viewed from the moving direction of the belt (1).
FIG. 1A shows a holding member (2) fixed to the belt (1).
A cross section of the holding member (2) is provided with a hollow portion (4) at a substantially central portion thereof, and a notch (5) reaches the hollow portion (4) at a substantially central portion of the tip. Has become. The two open mouths 2-1 and 2-2 are pre-pressed against each other in a normal state, so that when the belt (1) is in a position where it does not reach the pulley (3) shown in FIG. The mouths 2-1 and 2-2 are closed. FIG. 2B shows a state in which the tip of the holding part (2) is opened.
In order to open the mouths 2-1 and 2-2, for example, it is possible to apply a force to both ends or the center of the belt (1) in the directions of the arrows in the figure. That is, by applying the forces 6-1 and 6-2 at both ends of the belt (1) and the force 6-3 at the central part and in the opposite direction to the forces at both ends singly or simultaneously, the notch of the holding part (2) (5) will open in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the belt (1). Also, each force 6-1 to 6-3
If is removed, the flexible state of the belt (1) restores the original state shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing means for opening the holding member, and is a view seen from the conveying direction of the belt (1). The pulley (3) has a structure in which the center portion in the width direction is raised to form an arc. As shown in FIG. 2A, when the holding member 2 comes to the arcuate portion of the pulley 3 due to the arc shape, as shown in FIG.
The gripping member (2) closes as the gripping member (2) moves away from the pulley (3) due to the opening of the belt, and the bills and the like can be easily gripped. Further, in FIG. 3B, small pulleys (7) are provided at both ends of the belt (1) stretched around the pulley (3), and both ends of the belt (1) are connected to the pulley (1) by the small pulley (7). By pressing it against 3), the holding member (2) can be opened more reliably. This small pulley (7) has a belt (1) and a pulley (3).
It is fixed at a position away from, that is, at the starting end of the flat portion of the belt (1) in the moving direction. When it is desired to adjust the opening size of the holding member (2), a pulley (3) having an arc shape that can correspond to the opening size is used. With such a structure, when the holding member (2) on the belt (1) is rotationally moved to the upper part of the arcuate pulley (3), its mouths 2-1 and 2-2 are opened to receive the bill, and the belt As the gripping member (2) moves away from the pulley (3) due to the movement of No. 2, the mouths 2-1 and 2-2 are closed, and the bills and the like are clamped and conveyed.

FIG. 4 shows a means for closing the holding member (2), showing a means for applying a preliminary pressure so that the mouths 2-1 and 2-2 of the holding member (2) press each other. There is. That is, FIG. 3A shows a ring-shaped spring (11) which surrounds the cavity (4) of the holding member (2) and is cut out near the notch (5) and is fixed to the holding member (2). It is a thing. The spring (11) is designed so as to give a biasing pressure in the direction in which the ring is closed in advance, and the ring is opened and fixed when it is fixed to the holding member (2). With such a configuration, the mouths 2-1 and 2-2 are given a preliminary pressure to press them against each other.

In FIG. 1B, hooks 13-1 and 13-2 for attaching to the belt (1) are formed on the base (12) of the holding member (2) which is in contact with the belt (1) and are flat. The bottom surface (14) in contact with the belt (1) is formed in an arc shape when viewed from the belt (1), and the length of the bottom surface (14) is made equal to the width of the belt (1). When such a holding member (2) is attached to the belt (1), the length (a) of the bottom surface (14) is equal to the width (a) of the belt (1), so that the arc-shaped bottom surface (14) is The arc shape becomes flat following a flat belt, and as a result, a preliminary pressure is applied to the mouths 2-1 and 2-2.

In FIG. 1C, locking legs 16-1 and 16-1 are attached to the base (12) of the holding member (2) in contact with the belt (1).
16-2 is formed. The bottom surface (14) is arcuate when viewed from the belt (1) and is in contact with the belt (14)
Is the length of the caulking holes 17-1, 17-
It is formed to have the same interval as 2. When the locking legs 16-1 and 16-2 of the holding member (2) are inserted into the caulking holes 17-1 and 17-2 of the belt and caulked and fixed, the length of the bottom surface (14) ( Since b) and the caulking hole interval (b) of the belt are equal, the arcuate bottom surface (14) becomes flat following a flat belt, and as a result, a preliminary pressure is applied to the mouths 2-1 and 2-2. As described above, when the holding member (2) on the belt (1) is rotationally moved to the arcuate pulley (3), the mouths 2-1 and 2-2 are opened to receive the bill, and the belt (1) is As the holding member (2) moves, the mouths 2-1 and 2-2 are closed and the bills and the like are conveyed. As the endless belt stretched around the pulley of the present invention, a belt having a flexible restoring property is used like the holding member. As a result, the gripping member can be opened by bending in conformity with the arcuate shape of the pulley, and as it is separated from the pulley, the resilience provides a flat shape and the gripping member can be closed.

In any case, according to the present invention, a holding member such as a bill is provided on the belt, and when the holding member is in a position where the holding member engages with the pulley, the means for opening the holding member and the holding member are apart from the pulley. At this time, it is characterized in that it has means for closing the holding member, and the paper money is supplied and discharged at the position where the holding member is opened, and the paper money is held and conveyed at the position where the holding member is closed. It is a conveyance device for bills and the like.
Therefore, by adopting the structure according to claims 3, 4, 5, and 6, it is possible to obtain a conveyance device for bills or the like that can surely open and close the holding member. It goes without saying that the design can be changed arbitrarily within the spirit of the present invention.

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the holding member formed on the endless belt is opened to sandwich a bill or the like, and the bill or the like is conveyed by rotating the belt, an inexpensive belt material can be used,
Moreover, only one belt is required, and therefore one pulley is sufficient, and the effect of reducing the volume of the transport mechanism can be expected.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a transfer device according to the present invention.

2A and 2B are sectional views of a belt according to the present invention.

3 (a) and 3 (b) are explanatory views showing the operation principle according to the present invention.

4 (a), (b), and (c) are explanatory views showing the structure of a holding member according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a conventional transfer device.

FIG. 6 is a partial view of the above.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Belt 2 Clamping member 2-1 Mouth 2-2 Mouth 3 Pulley 4 Cavity 5 Notch 7 Small pulley 11 Spring 12 Base 13-1 Hook 13-2 Hook 16-1 Locking leg 16-2 Locking leg 17- 1 Caulking hole 17-2 Caulking hole

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A conveyance device for bills and the like using an endless belt, wherein a holding member for holding bills and the like is provided on the belt, and when the holding member is at a position where it is placed on a pulley, a means for opening and holding the holding member. When the member is at a position apart from the pulley, it has a means for closing it, and it can supply or discharge bills or the like at the position where the holding member is open, and can pinch and convey bills or the like at the position where the holding member is closed. A conveyance device for bills and the like characterized by being able to do so. 2. The conveyance device for bills and the like according to claim 1, wherein the unauthorized belt is made of a flexible material having flexibility and the holding member is made of a flexible material having two branches. 3. The apparatus for conveying banknotes or the like according to claim 1, wherein the means for opening the holding member has a structure in which a central portion in the width direction of the pulley is formed in an arc shape. 4. The banknote or the like according to claim 1, wherein the means for opening the holding member is configured to press both widthwise end portions of a belt stretched around a pulley with a small pulley. Transport device. 5. A closing means for closing the holding member by applying a preliminary pressure in a closing direction with the holding member, to which a ring-shaped spring whose notched portion is cut out is mounted. 4. A conveyance device for bills or the like according to any one of 4 above. 6. As a means for closing the holding member, a bottom surface of a portion in contact with the belt is formed in an arc shape with respect to the belt, and its length is made equal to the width of the belt, and the hook is attached to the belt by hooks formed at both ends. 5. The conveyance device for bills or the like according to any one of claims 1 to 4, which is configured by 7. As a means for closing the holding member, a bottom surface of a portion in contact with the belt is formed in an arc shape with respect to the belt, a length thereof is made equal to a caulking hole interval of the belt, and further formed at both ends of the base. 5. The banknote transporting device according to claim 1, wherein the locking leg is inserted and fixed in a caulking hole of the belt.