Classifying – separating – and assorting solids – Sorting special items – and certain methods and apparatus for... – Sorting paper money
Patent
1994-01-11
1995-08-29
Bollinger, David H.
Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
Sorting special items, and certain methods and apparatus for...
Sorting paper money
271298, 271303, 271186, B07C 500
Patent
active
054452775
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a paper strip conveying and stacking apparatus including a receiving unit for receiving loaded paper strips and for discharging them, a conveying unit for conveying the paper strips discharged from said receiving unit and a stacking unit for sorting and stacking the conveyed paper strips.
BACKGROUND TECHNOLOGY
Such a type of prior art paper strip conveying and stacking apparatus is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication (KOKAI) No. Sho 62-111862.
That is, paper strips which are inserted into a receiving unit of a pin ball renting machine are fed to a conveying machine by means of feeding pulleys and pressing pulleys, and then conveyed to a stacking unit (magazine) via a loading means. Although paper strips which become jammed during conveying can be removed, some of the paper strips are stacked with their face sides up and other paper strips are stacked with their reverse sides up in the stacking unit.
However, such a type of prior art paper strip conveying and stacking apparatus is provided in a money exchanging machine or the like, and the paper strips with the faces up are despatched from the stacking unit to a dispensing portion of the money exchanging machine. Therefore, users of the money exchanger who are expecting paper strips which should all be the same may think that they include different paper strips and the paper strips having the faces up are inconvenient for users who desire to put the paper strips into their purses all facing the same way.
The present invention was made in view of above mentioned problems of the prior art.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a paper strip conveying and stacking apparatus having a simple structure which is capable of sorting and stacking the paper strips with only either sides up which are delivered from the conveying unit.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a paper strip conveying and stacking apparatus including a receiving unit for receiving loaded paper strips and for discharging them, a conveying unit for conveying the paper strips discharged from said receiving unit and a stacking unit for sorting and stacking the conveyed paper strips characterized in that said conveying unit includes a main conveying unit having a normal passage through which paper strips pass with given sides up and reach one end side of said stacking unit and a subsidiary conveying unit having a reversing passage for passing the paper strips introduced from said normal passage around the outer periphery of said stacking unit and for conveying them to the other end side of said stacking unit after reversing the upward facing sides of the paper strips, means for detecting the faces of the paper strip being provided in a position along the length of said normal passage, and a passage switching means for introducing the paper strips passing through the normal passage to said reversing passage in response to a signal from said face detecting means, said stacking unit being provided with main and subsidiary entrances on one and the other end sides, respectively, the exits of said normal and reversing passages being disposed so that they face the main and subsidiary entrances, respectively.
In accordance with the present invention there is further provided a paper strip conveying and stacking apparatus including a receiving unit for receiving loaded paper strips and for discharging them, a conveying unit for conveying the paper strips discharged from said receiving unit and a stacking unit for sorting and stacking the conveyed paper strips characterized in that said stacking unit includes a plurality of sorting stackers which are arranged in a vertical direction for sorting the paper strips and stacking the sorted paper strips, each of said sorting stackers being provided with main and subsidiary entrances on one and the other end sides respectively, said conveying unit including main and subsidiary conveying units which are provided on o
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patent: 3866904 (1975-02-01), Stemmle
patent: 4830742 (1989-05-01), Takesako
patent: 4928230 (1990-05-01), Kawamura et al.
Kawashima Kazunari
Takemoto Takatoshi
Bollinger David H.
Kabushiki Kaisha Ace Denken
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