JPS5847069B2 - Paper sheet holding device for paper sheet counting machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a sheet holding device for a sheet counting machine.

Conventionally, paper sheet counting machines have five suction heads 2. mounted on a rotary tube 1, as shown in FIG. It is known that paper sheets A held in the holder device 3 are sequentially turned over and counted one by one by rotating while revolving.

When paper sheets A are placed on the holder 4, this type of holder device 3 rotates around the shaft 5 toward the rotary cylinder 1 side and comes into contact with the suction head 2, and the paper presser rod 6 Since the paper sheets are held in the holder device 3, there is a limit to the number of paper sheets that can be held in the holder device 3.

That is, the holder device 3 could only hold about 200 sheets.

As a result, all the paper sheets can be transferred to the holder device 3 at once.
Therefore, when taking out a desired number of paper sheets in small bundles (so-called batch processing), the holder device 3 must be refilled with paper sheets many times. , there was a problem that it was very troublesome.

This invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to grasp a large number of paper sheets and to enable continuous counting of a desired number of paper sheets even in small groups. An object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet holding device for a paper sheet counting machine.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5.

Note that the same reference numerals in the figure as in FIG. 1 indicate the same constituent elements, and the explanation thereof will be omitted.

In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a paper sheet holding device disposed near the rotary tube 1, and this paper sheet holding device 10 will be explained below.

First, a mounting table 11 on which paper sheets A are placed in a horizontally upright position is arranged near the rotary cylinder 1.

A guide hole 12 is formed in the center of this mounting table 11 .

Guide members 13 , 13 are arranged below the mounting table 11 so as to be parallel to the guide hole 12 .

A front moving member 14 and a rear moving member 15 are attached to the guide members 13, 13 so as to be able to reciprocate along the guide members 13, 13, respectively.

The front moving member 14 has a support column 16 attached to the mounting table 11.
The support column 16 is provided with a flat plate-shaped front holding member 1 that extends through the guide hole 12 and protrudes above the guide hole 12.
7 is rotatably attached.

Further, a support column 18 is erected on the rear moving member 15 in the same manner as the support column 16, and a mounting body 20 for attaching a flat rear holding member 19 is fixed to the support column 18. ing.

The paper sheet A is held between the front holding member 17 and the rear holding member 19.

That is, one end of an operating rod 21 is rotatably attached to the front moving member 14 via a pin 22, and a long hole 23 formed at the other end of the operating rod 21 has a cam rotated by a motor 24. Bin 2 erected at an eccentric position on plate 25
6 is inserted, and when the motor 24 rotates, the front moving member 14 moves to the guide member 1 via the operating rod 21.
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A microswitch 27 is disposed near the side of the cam plate 25, and this microswitch 27 is configured to send a stop signal to the motor 24 when the cam plate 25 is rotated 1800 times. There is.

Further, a connecting member 28 is provided at the lower part of the rear moving member 15, and this connecting member 28 connects to the guide members 13, 13.
It is connected to a chain 29 that moves in parallel along.

This chain 29 is wound around a driving sprocket 30 and a driven sprocket 31.

The drive sprocket 30 is attached to a motor 33 via an electromagnetic clutch 32, and the electromagnetic clutch 32
The chain 29 operates only when an operation signal is input to the motor 33, and is in a free state at other times.

Further, a biasing member 34 such as a coil spring is provided between the front side moving member 14 and the rear side moving member 15.

In other words, the biasing member 34 has one end fixed to the rear moving member 15 and the other end attached to the moving member 14 via a trochanter 14a pivoted to the front moving member 14. The biasing member 3 is attached to the arm piece 14b and is attached to the arm piece 14b.
The restoring force of 4 urges the front and rear holding members 17 and 19 toward each other, and the paper sheet A is held between them.
It is designed to hold the

Further, the front moving member 14 is urged by a spring 14c whose restoring force is extremely smaller than the restoring force of the urging member 34.
Each time it is adsorbed and turned over, the next uncounted paper sheet A
holding members 17 and 19 so that they abut against the suction head 2.
The entire paper sheet A held between them is urged toward the suction head 2 side.

In addition, the reference numeral 35 is a microswitch provided so as to protrude from a hole provided in the rear side holding member 15, and when this microswitch 35 comes into contact with the paper sheet A, the motor 33 is activated. It sends out a stop signal.

Further, reference numeral 36 is a holding device that holds down the paper sheets A so that they do not fall down after the counting is completed. Then, a count end signal is input to the electromagnetic solenoid 37, which causes the plunger 38 to move upward and rotate the rotary arm 39 counterclockwise about the shaft 40, so that it presses against the spring 41. It is configured to push up the member 42.

Incidentally, reference numeral 43 is a guide bin for guiding the pressing member 42.

Further, reference numeral 44 is a separator disposed above the suction head 2, and when a counting end signal is input to this separator 44, an electromagnetic solenoid 45 is operated to cause a spring 46 to be activated.
The presser arm 47 is rotated about a shaft 48 against the pressure, thereby preventing the paper sheet A from being turned over.

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

In advance, the number of paper sheets to be counted is set in a setting section (not shown), and the front holding member 17 and rear holding member 19 of the paper sheet holding device 10 are spaced apart.

At this time, the front moving member 14 is locked with a pin 26 in contact with the right end of the elongated hole 23 formed in the operating rod 21.

Thereafter, when a large number of paper sheets A are placed horizontally on the mounting table 11 of the holding device 10 and between the holding members 17 and 19, the motor 33 is driven and the chain 2
9 in the direction of arrow X, thereby moving the rear moving member 1
5 is moved along the guide member 13° 13 in the direction of arrow X, and the rear holding member 19 comes into contact with the paper sheet A.

When the rear holding member 19 comes into contact with the paper sheet A in this way, the microswitch 35 is activated and a stop signal is sent to the motor 33 to stop the motor 33, and the chain 29 is brought into a free state. become.

At this time, the paper sheet A is held by the front and rear holding members 17 and 19 due to the restoring force of the urging member 34, and the spring 14 urged against the front moving member 14
c, each of the moving members 14-15 moves along the guide members 13-13 in the direction of arrow Y while holding the sheet A, and brings the sheet A into contact with the suction unit 2.

When the paper sheets A are brought into contact with the suction type 2 in this way, the rotary cylinder 1 rotates and rotates the suction type 2 while revolving around its axis, attracting the paper sheets A and counting the number of turns.

When a predetermined number of paper sheets A, that is, a set number of sheets have been counted, the rotary cylinder 1 is stopped and the counting operation is stopped, and a signal is sent to the electromagnetic solenoid 45 of the separator 44, and the presser arm 47 is It rotates against the spring 46, thereby coming into contact with paper sheets A that have not yet been counted.

After that, a counting end signal is input to the electromagnetic solenoid 37 of the holding device 36, the plunger 38 moves upward, and the rotating arm 39 resists the spring 41 to hold the holding member 42 and count the sheets. Push it up between paper sheets that have not been
Paper sheets that are not counted are held down.

When uncounted paper sheets are pressed down in this way, a signal is sent to the motor 24 to rotate the cam plate 25, and a pin 26 provided on the cam plate 25 moves the operating rod 21 to the front moving member 14. along the guide member 13.13 arrow Z
The paper sheets that have been counted by moving in the direction are released from being held.

Note that when the cam plate 25 is rotated by 180 degrees, the motor 24 is stopped by the microswitch 2γ.

Thereafter, when the counted paper sheets are removed, the motor 24 rotates 180 degrees and performs the opposite operation to the above-mentioned operation, so that the front holding member 17 comes into contact with the paper sheets A.

When the front side holding member 17 is brought into contact with the paper sheet A in this way, each folding member 42 of the presser device 36 and the separator 44
Then, the presser arms 47 are separated from the paper sheets, their gripping and holding are released, and the paper sheets A, which are again held between the holding members 17 and 19, are continuously carried out by a counting operation similar to the above-mentioned counting operation. counting is done.

As explained in detail above, according to the present invention, a large number of paper sheets can be held between a pair of holding members, and a set number of paper sheets can be counted, and the counted paper sheets can be held between a pair of holding members. As soon as the leaves are removed, the next counting starts, so there are excellent effects such as continuous counting of paper leaves.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a schematic plan view showing a conventional paper sheet counting machine, Fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 3 is a detailed perspective view thereof, and Fig. 4 is a schematic plan view showing an embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a longitudinal sectional side view taken along the line -■, and FIG. 5 is a plan view of FIG. 4. 1...Rotating cylinder, 2...Suction cylinder, 10.
... Paper sheet holding device, 11 ... Placement table,
17... Front holding member, 19... Back holding member, 34... Biasing member.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a paper sheet counting machine that sequentially turns over and counts paper sheets that are stuck in a suction head attached to a rotating cylinder, one by one, a large number of paper sheets are placed in a horizontal position near the rotating cylinder. A mounting table is provided on which the paper sheet is placed in a state in which the paper sheet is placed, and a pair of holding members are provided on this mounting table to hold the paper sheet from both sides and bring it into contact with the suction head, and among these holding members, the rotating One holding member located far from the cylinder is capable of linearly reciprocating relative to the other holding member, and the other holding member is separated from the paper sheets after a predetermined number of the paper sheets have been counted. A paper sheet holding device for a paper sheet counting machine, further comprising a biasing member for biasing the one holding member toward the other holding member.