Sheet feeding or delivering – Delivering – With transfer means between conveyor and receiver
Reexamination Certificate
2000-05-12
2001-04-17
Bollinger, David H. (Department: 3651)
Sheet feeding or delivering
Delivering
With transfer means between conveyor and receiver
C271S220000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06217021
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a paper money processing device for use in, for example, automatic vending machines, money-changing machines, pachinko ball vending machines and metal token vending machines.
2. Description of the Related Art
Generally, paper money processing devices are mounted in the main bodies of devices such as automatic vending machines which handle paper money (including coupons and so on) to judge the authenticity of the paper money which has been inserted, and to store and house only that paper money which has been deemed authentic.
FIG. 8
is a partially broken schematic side view that shows the main part of a conventional paper money processing device.
The conventional paper money processing device
21
comprises a device main body
22
, and a stacker
52
mounted so as to be attachable to and detachable from the rear surface
22
a
of the main body
22
.
Arranged in the device main body
22
are paper money carrier means
25
which comprises a paper money carrier belt
26
for transporting paper money
101
inserted through a paper money insertion hole
23
along an L-shaped paper money carrier path
24
; paper money identification means
42
which comprises a magnetic head or the like for judging the authenticity of the paper money
101
; and paper money transfer means
35
for transferring to the stacker
52
each piece of paper money
101
judged to be authentic by the paper money identification means
42
one by one.
The paper money carrier means
25
comprises the aforementioned endless paper money carrier belt
26
which extends along a horizontal part
24
a
or a vertical part
24
b
of a paper money carrier path
24
, and paper money carrier belt drive means
31
comprising pulleys
27
,
28
,
29
,
30
which rotate and drive the paper money carrier belt
26
.
The paper money transfer means
35
is, as disclosed in the specification of Japanese Patent Application No. 5-276592 which was previously proposed by the applicants of the subject application, arranged in the longitudinal direction over the opposite sides of the device main body
22
and comprises a pair of paper money guide drums
36
which are supported, taking the top and bottom ends thereof as the axis, so as to be able to rotate freely in one direction. Referring to
FIG. 9
which shows a main part schematic cross-sectional view of
FIG. 8
, the circumferential surface of the paper money guide drums
36
is formed with a slit
36
a,
into which the edge part in the width direction of the paper money
101
inserts, along the vertical part
24
b
of the paper money carrier path
24
. It will be noted that the reference symbols
32
,
33
of
FIG. 9
denote, respectively, the upper chute and the lower chute which form the paper money carrier path
24
.
For details of paper money transfer means
35
, please refer to Japanese Patent Application No. 5-276592.
Meanwhile, the stacker
52
shown in
FIG. 8
comprises a housing
53
in which an opening
53
a
which faces the front surface is formed. As shown in
FIG. 9
, an auxiliary roller
55
for holding the paper money between itself and the paper money carrier belt
26
so as to transport the paper money, is rotatably supported at the bottom edge
53
b
of the housing
53
, and at a portion of the stacker
52
which opposes the paper money carrier belt
26
.
In the conventional paper money processing device
21
, when a paper money
101
is inserted into the paper money insertion hole
23
shown in FIG.
8
and the presence or absence of paper money
101
is detected by a paper money detection sensor not shown in the drawings, the paper money carrier belt
26
rotates in the anti-clockwise direction based on the detected signal, whereby the paper money
101
is horizontally transported along the horizontal part
24
a
of the paper money carrier path
24
by the carrier force thereof. At this time, shutter means
41
is driven and as a result, the shutter is moved to the left direction in the drawing so that the vertical part
24
b
of the paper money carrier path
24
opens wider.
When the paper money
101
is transported approximately 90° upward along the vertical part
24
b
of paper money carrier path
24
, a judgement is made as to the authenticity of the paper money
101
by paper money identification means
42
. If the paper money
101
is judged not to be authentic, the paper money carrier belt
26
reverses (rotates in the clockwise direction) so that the paper money
101
is returned through the paper money insertion hole
23
.
Meanwhile, if the paper money
101
is judged to be authentic by paper money identification means
42
, the forward rotation of the paper money carrier belt
26
is continued based on the detected signal, and the paper money
101
is transported further downstream of the vertical part
24
b.
When the paper money
101
reaches the auxiliary roller
55
shown in
FIG. 9
, the paper money
101
is held between the auxiliary roller
55
and the forward rotating paper money carrier belt
26
whereby further transporting into the downstream slit
36
a
is ensured.
When the front end of the paper money
101
is inserted into the bottom edge of the slit
36
a
of the paper money guide drums
36
, the paper money
101
is simultaneously held between the paper money carrier belt
26
and the edge part of the slit
36
a
of the paper money guide drums
36
. As a result, the paper money
101
is transported further upward along the slit
36
a.
After that, when the paper money
101
is detected as having reached a predetermined position in the slit
23
by a sensor or the like not shown in the drawings, the forward rotation of the paper money carrier belt
26
stops and the paper money guide drums
36
rotate in the same phase in the opposite direction. As a result, the paper money
101
inserted in the slit
36
a
moves parallel to the stacker
52
.
When the paper money
101
, which is moving parallel to the stacker, reaches the stacker
52
, the paper money
101
is held between the outer circumferential surface of the paper money guide drums
36
and a stacker plate, not shown in the drawings, by way of a stacker spring not shown in the drawings. At the same time, it is pushed by a chute not shown in the drawings moving toward the stacker
52
in response to the rotation of the paper money guide drums
36
, so the paper money
101
is released from the slit
36
a.
As a result, it is pushed into and housed with certainty in the stacker
52
.
In this conventional paper money processing device
21
, the stacker
52
can be attached to and detached from the device main body
22
. When the paper money housed within the stacker
52
is to be collected, or a maintenance inspection of the device main body
22
is carried out, the stacker
52
is detached from the device main body
22
so that the operations for the maintenance can be easily carried out.
However, in the conventional paper money processing device
21
, an opening
53
a
which faces the device main body
22
is formed in the stacker
52
in which the paper money
101
is housed. Therefore, there are problems in that, when the device main body
22
is separated from the stacker
52
at the time of a collection of the paper money housed within the stacker
52
or a maintenance inspection of the device main body
22
, the housed paper money
101
of the stacker
52
is liable to fall downward from the stacker
52
.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the invention is to provide a paper money processing device which can transport the paper money with stability, and which, when the paper money is collected and the like, prevents the falling, as far as possible, of the housed paper money in the stacker.
In order to achieve the above-described objects, the present invention provides a paper money processing device comprising a device main body having a paper money carrier belt for transporting a paper money inserted through a paper money insertion hole; and a stacker removably mounted to the device main
Hatamachi Tadashi
Ito Yukio
Kodama Yasuyuki
Yamagishi Noboru
Bollinger David H.
Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon Conlux
Welsh & Katz Ltd.
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