Sheet feeding or delivering – Delivering to stack and feeding therefrom – With sheet sensor for selective location
Patent
1985-06-05
1987-07-28
Reeves, Robert B.
Sheet feeding or delivering
Delivering to stack and feeding therefrom
With sheet sensor for selective location
209534, 271122, 271902, B65H 346
Patent
active
046827684
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to a bill discriminating apparatus applied to a vending machine or money changing machine, and more particularly a bill discriminating apparatus which can house and store bills inserted by users and return a desired number of bills.
BACKGROUND ART
In the conventional bill discriminating apparatus, a bill inserted through a slot is checked with respect to the configuration, photographic density, color, design, existence of magnetism, etc. during conveyance, and when it is identified as a true bill, a true bill signal is output, a vending machine or the like is operated and the bill is delivered to a bill storing device for storage therein.
Whenever a bill is inserted and housed in this way, the bill is subsequently placed on the stacked bills in the bill storing device which are stored in a neat stack.
When the bill inserted by a user for the purpose of a purchase is to be returned, one bill is extracted from among the stored bills and is sent out to the slot.
If a return lever is pushed down after five bills are inserted, it is necessary to safely return five bills one by one. The conventional apparatus, however, has a problem in reliability of securely returning one bill at a time and, depending upon the state of bills or the like, sometimes no bills, or sometimes two or three bills overlaid on each other are returned.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide an apparatus for discriminating bills which has reversing rollers provided in the passage which rotate reversely in relation to the bill conveying direction for the purpose of stopping any plurality of bills lifted up from a bill storing device, whereby only one bill at a time selected from among the plurality of bills stacked in the bill storing device is safely sent back to a slot.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a sectional view of the main structure of an embodiment of a bill discriminating apparatus according to the invention;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the driving mechanism of the apparatus;
FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of a reverse roller employed in the driving mechanism;
FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a bill storing device with stacked bills; and
FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the bill storing device in the state of a bill being returned.
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a bill discriminating apparatus in the state of a bill being inserted. A bill 1 is to be inserted through a slot and housed in a bill storing device 2. Bills 3 previously inserted by other users are stacked in a neat stack.
The bill 1 inserted through a slot 4 is judged for authenticity by a judging device while being conveyed in the passage 5 of an apparatus body by a conveying device, and if it is recognized as a false bill, it is immediately sent back to the slot 4, while if it is recognized as a real bill, it is housed in the bill storing device 2.
The bill storing operation will be described hereinbelow. After the bill 1 passes a sensor provided immediately before an entrance 6, a signal is delivered to a motor of the conveying device, whereby the conveying motor and driving rollers 7, and hence, conveyor belts 18 and other rollers 8 to 12 are stopped.
As a result, the bill 1 having been in the bill storing device 2 is stopped in its current state.
A sliding plate 13 next starts linear reciprocating motions by rotation of a motor of the bill storing device 2. The sliding plate 13 is moved to the position 13' and is restored to its original position 13, whereby the bill 1 positioned between a guide plate 14 and the sliding plate 13 is moved to a position between the sliding plate 13 and a compression plate 15, the bill housing operation thus being completed. The reference numeral 16 denotes a lever, one end of which is attached to the back surface of the compression plate 15, and which is urged by a spring 17 in the direction in which the compression plate 15 presses the bills 3.
The conveyor belts 18 of the conveying d
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Haruno Kiyoshi
Iida Koujirou
Ogawa Hiroshi
Ohigashi Tsugio
Yoshioka Yasuo
Matsushita Electric - Industrial Co., Ltd.
Reeves Robert B.
Wacyra Edward M.
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