JPS5828629B2 - paper sheet counting machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a sheet counting machine, particularly to a sheet pulling device.

Conventionally, paper sheet counting machines have been configured to count a large number of paper sheets held between a holder and a paper presser shaft by suctioning and separating them one by one using a suction shaft mounted on a rotating cylinder. ing.

However, in this type of paper sheet counting machine, when taking out a predetermined number of counted paper sheets, the holder is opened by grasping the sorted paper sheets by hand and pressing a reset button. Paper products had to be released and removed.

As a result, the remaining paper sheets may become scattered, or
In addition, there is a risk that the paper sheets may fall over and get stuck in the gaps in various parts of the counting machine, so each time you open the holder and take out the counted paper sheets, remove the remaining paper sheets by hand. This has the disadvantage that the user has to grasp it with a hand, making the operation complicated and time-consuming.

In addition, if you want to continue counting the remaining paper sheets, you will have to set the remaining paper sheets in the holder again. Since the above-mentioned operations have to be repeated many times, there are various problems such as poor work efficiency.

This invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to automatically move a predetermined number of paper sheets to a predetermined location before the next counting operation starts. To provide a paper sheet counter that can continuously count paper sheets.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a rotating cylinder, and five suction shafts 2, . ... is designed to revolve around itself while rotating.

Further, a holder 3 is disposed near the rotary cylinder 1 and operates to place paper sheets A and bring the paper sheets A into contact with the suction shaft 2.

Further, in the vicinity of the rotary cylinder 1, a paper holding shaft 4 is arranged, which allows the paper sheet A to come into contact with the suction shaft 2 and which holds the paper sheet A between it and the holder 3.

A roller 5 is rotatably attached to this paper presser shaft 4, and the paper presser shaft 4 is erected on an operating member 6.

This actuating member 6 is biased by a spring 7 that acts so that the paper presser shaft 4 always presses the paper sheets A, and a pin 8 is provided upright.

A cam plate 9 rotated by a motor (not shown) is provided near the pin 8, and when the pin 8 is pushed by the rotation of the cam plate 9, the actuating member 6 moves to move the paper presser shaft. 4 is moved away from the paper sheet A against the spring 7, and a microswitch 10 is disposed near the cam plate 9. A signal is sent to the motor to stop the rotation of the cam plate 9 every time the cam plate 9 rotates 180 degrees.

Further, a paper sheet pulling device 11 is disposed near the rotary tube 1 to grip and pull out a predetermined number of paper sheets A.

Next, this paper sheet pulling device 11 will be explained.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a rotating plate that is rotated by a drive motor (not shown), and a rotating member 13 is rotatably mounted on this rotating plate 12.

This rotating member 13 has a long hole 14 formed in a semicircular arc shape, and an arm portion 15 protrudingly provided.

A support shaft 16 is provided upright at the tip of the arm portion 15 .

This support shaft 16 is provided with one of the pair of clamping members 17a and 17b that clamps the counted paper sheets A.
7a is fixed, and the other clamping member 17b is rotatably attached.

One end of a connecting member 18 is rotatably attached to this clamping member 17b.

The other end of this connecting member 18 is connected to the long hole 14 of the rotating member 13.
The clamping member 17b is inserted into the clamping member 17a and is attached to a support 19 erected on the rotating plate 12, so that the clamping member 17b approaches and separates from the clamping member 17a by the rotational movement of the rotating plate 12. There is.

A stopper 20.21 for regulating the rotational movement of the rotational member 13 is provided near the rotational member 13, and a reed switch 22.23 is provided, respectively. 13 rotates clockwise and comes into contact with the stopper 20, the reed switch 22 is turned on.
When the rotating member 13 rotates counterclockwise and comes into contact with the stopper 21, the paper presser shaft 4 is moved in the direction of the arrow Y. The reed switch 23 turns ON,
Counting of the remaining paper sheets is started again.

Also, in the vicinity of the rotation member 13 and the clamping member 17
A paper sheet receiving device 32 is disposed at a position where the paper sheets held between a and 17b are moved.

This paper sheet receiving device 32 is formed with a large number of grooves 33 having a substantially U-shaped cross section so that a predetermined number of paper sheets can be sorted and arranged. Device 1
1 and is inserted, it is configured to be shifted one pitch at a time.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a regulating device for regulating the stop position of the rotary cylinder 1, and this regulating device 24 is operated by an electromagnetic solenoid 25 operated by a microswitch 10 operated by the cam plate 9, and the regulating device 24 controls the stop position of the rotary cylinder 1. The stopper member 27 is moved to the provided locking groove 26 side, and is further configured to fit into the locking groove 26 by slightly reversing the rotary cylinder 1, thereby regulating the rotary cylinder 1 in the correct position. There is.

Furthermore, reference numeral 28 denotes a paper holding device, and when a counting end signal is sent to this paper holding device 28, an electromagnetic solenoid 29 is activated and a presser arm 31 rotates clockwise around a shaft 30. It is configured to clamp the remaining paper sheets and, when a signal to start counting is sent, perform the opposite operation to the above to release the paper sheets from being clamped.

Next, the operation of the embodiment configured as described above will be explained.

By the way, set the number of paper sheets to be counted,
Next, when a large number of paper sheets A to be counted are placed on the holder 3, the holder 3 rotates toward the rotary cylinder 1, and the paper press shaft 4 presses the paper sheets A as shown in FIG. The paper sheets A are held and are brought into contact with the suction shaft 2.

When paper sheets A come into contact with the suction shaft 2 in this way, the rotary tube 1
rotates, causing the suction shaft 2 to revolve while rotating, and a counting operation is performed by suctioning and turning over the paper sheets A one by one.

When a predetermined number of paper sheets A are counted in this manner, the rotary tube 1 is stopped and the paper pressing device 28 is activated.

That is, when the paper holding device 28 receives a counting end signal as shown in FIG. 3, the electromagnetic solenoid 29 operates to rotate the holding arm 31 clockwise to clamp the remaining paper sheets. .

When the paper presser device 28 operates in this manner, the cam plate 9 rotates, the paper presser shaft 4 is moved to the position shown by the dotted line in FIG. 3, and the rotating plate 12 is rotated.

When the rotating plate 12 is rotated, this rotating plate 1
The supporting column 19 erected in 2 moves along the long hole 14 of the rotating member 13 and connects the holding member 17b via the connecting member 18.
is rotated counterclockwise, and as shown in FIG. 4, a predetermined number of paper sheets are held between the holding members 17a and 17b.

After this, the rotating plate 12 further rotates, and the supporting column 19
comes into contact with the end of the elongated hole 14, the rotating member 13
rotates as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, and sends the counted paper sheets to the paper sheet receiving device 32 while being held between the holding members 17a and 17b.

When the rotating member 13 rotates in this manner and comes into contact with the stopper 20, the reed switch 22 is turned on to reverse the rotating plate 12 and operate the cam plate 9 as described later.

That is, when the rotating plate 12 reverses, the support 19 moves along the long hole 14 of the rotating member 13, and the clamping member 17b
is rotated counterclockwise to release the clamped paper sheet.

At this time, the paper sheets are placed on the paper sheet receiving device 32.

Then, on the next page, when the rotating plate 12 is reversed, the support 19 comes into contact with the end of the elongated hole 14, causing the rotating member 13 to rotate counterclockwise, and the clamping members 17a and 17b are moved toward each other. While returning to the original position in the separated state, the stopper 21
The reed switch 23 is turned on.

When the reed switch 23 is turned on, a signal is sent to the rotating plate 12 to stop its rotating operation, and a signal to start counting is also sent to the rotating tube 1, so that counting of the remaining paper sheets is started. Ru.

Note that when the reed switch 22 is turned on and the cam plate 9 is rotated 180 degrees, the paper presser shaft 4 moves in the direction of arrow Y via the actuating member 6 to push the remaining paper sheets into the holder 3.
At the same time, the microswitch 10 is operated and the cam plate 9 is stopped.

When this microswitch 10 operates, the paper presser 2
The electromagnetic solenoid 29 of No. 8 operates to rotate the presser arm 31 counterclockwise to release the remaining paper sheet from being held.
The electromagnetic solenoid 25 of the regulating device 24 operates to move the stopper member 27 toward the locking groove 26 of the rotary cylinder 1 .

Thereafter, the rotary cylinder 1 is reversed, and the stopper member 27 is fitted into the locking groove 26, so that the rotary cylinder 1 is regulated in the correct position, and preparations are made to start counting.

This preparatory operation is performed while the rotating plate 12 returns to its original position.
In other words, the counting is completed before the reed switch 23 is turned on and a signal to start counting is sent.

As explained in detail above, the present invention is a method for counting paper sheets by suctioning the paper sheets held between a holder and a paper presser shaft one by one using a suction shaft attached to a rotating cylinder. In the counting machine, when the predetermined number of paper sheets has been counted, the counted paper sheets are clamped and pulled out from between the holder and the paper presser shaft, and then moved to a predetermined place to filter the paper sheets. Since the configuration is equipped with a pull-out device, it is possible to automatically move the paper sheets that have been counted a predetermined number to a predetermined location before the next counting operation starts, and it is also possible to automatically move the paper sheets that have been counted by a predetermined number to a predetermined place before the next counting operation starts. This has the advantage of being able to be counted with ease.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2 to 7 are schematic plan views of FIG. 1 showing operating states, and FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the flow of operation. . 1...Rotating tube, 2...Suction shaft, 3...
...Holder, 4...Paper presser shaft, 11...
... Paper sheet pulling device, 12 ... Rotating plate, 13
... Rotating member, 14 ... Long hole, 16.
... Support shaft, 17a, 17b ... Holding member, 18 ... Connection member, 19 ... Support column, A ... Paper sheet.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a paper sheet counting machine that sucks and counts paper sheets held between a holder and a paper presser shaft one by one using a suction shaft attached to a rotating cylinder, the paper sheet counting machine The present invention is characterized by comprising a filter paper sheet pulling device which, when the number of sheets is counted, grips the counted paper sheets, pulls them out from between the holder and the paper presser shaft, and then moves them to a predetermined location. Paper sheet counting machine.