JPS6355992B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention distinguishes the size of multiple types of thin plate-like members with different shapes, such as pieces of paper, pieces of metal, coins, etc., according to their shapes, and Regarding the shape sorting mechanism used in the sorting work to separate and select specific members, in particular, the shape sorter member that can prevent the sorted members from staying on the conveyance means and allow the members to flow smoothly. Regarding the retaining release mechanism.

[Conventional technology]

An automated parts feeder is generally used to select only parts with a specific shape from a mixture of parts with a plurality of different shapes. Among these, for relatively small and thin parts, for example, there is a bowl-shaped parts feeder that has a fixed gate in the bowl and removes irregularly shaped parts from the bowl depending on whether or not they can pass, or a belt that moves on a straight track. It is conveyed or a horizontal plate with a drop opening is oscillated to determine the size of the drop, and a drum with a hole corresponding to the thickness of the flake sorting member is placed vertically. However, feeders and the like have been devised that rotate at high speed and eject members using centrifugal force. However, for used tickets, which are light, flexible, easily bent, and have slight deformations in shape, forcing them out of the passageway is likely to cause damage or breakage. Rather than the small local deformation of the shape that is common with tickets, for example,
It has been difficult for conventional component sorting and supply devices to efficiently sort out differences in the global shape of tickets, such as relatively narrow boarding tickets and wider tickets.

For this purpose, a plurality of holes with a specific shape are opened on the outer periphery of a drum having a hollow cylindrical shape, and a plurality of different shapes of ticket pieces are stored in this drum, and the drum is rotated. A shape sorting device has been proposed that can sort ticket pieces by discharging only ticket pieces of a specific shape from an opening (for example, a patent application published in Showa
57 No. 61308, etc.). In this new shape sorting device, ticket pieces with a specific shape are ejected from the opening to the outside of the drum, and because they fall downward, each ticket piece ends up stacked up and down without a fixed direction when it lands. Become. There is no problem if you simply sort the ticket pieces according to their shape, but
If information such as a magnetic stripe or barcode is provided on each ticket piece, and you are trying to collect all the information on each ticket piece after sorting, if the ticket pieces are stacked one on top of the other, either the upper layer or the lower layer will be lost. It is only possible to read the information on the ticket pieces, and it is necessary to separate each ticket piece after sorting. For this reason, there was a need for a structure that would allow small ticket pieces made of a film-like material that is thin, soft, and easily folded to be oriented in a certain direction and separated into pieces one by one. For this purpose, a conveying means for conveying the selected ticket pieces close to the sorting drum is provided, and a pair of peeling rollers are pivotally supported at a distance from each other so as to be in contact with the conveying means. We have also proposed a new structure in which stacked ticket pieces can be peeled off by providing a pressing means located at the upper surface of the conveying means and making elastic contact with the upper surface of the conveying means, and rotating the peeling roller in the opposite direction to the conveying means. (For example, Patent Application No. 239424 of 1982). but,
In this configuration, since the pressing means is provided close to the conveyance means, when a bent or twisted ticket piece is caught, subsequent members are successively bound by the leading ticket piece. A large number of members would overlap at the tip of the pressing means, and in the worst case, the ticket pieces would become tied to that part, causing a malfunction.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, the present invention provides a member retention release mechanism for a shape sorting device that is capable of detecting a state in which members overlap in front of a pressing means provided close to a conveyance means, and then releasing the retention. do.

[Means for solving problems]

In the present invention, a shape sorting device includes a hollow cylindrical sorting drum that accommodates members of a plurality of shapes to be sorted, and a sorting mechanism that is opened on the outer periphery of the sorting drum and allows only members of a specific shape to pass through. A conveyance means for conveying the sorted specific parts close to the sorting drum is provided, and a pair of peeling rollers are pivotally supported at a distance from each other so as to be in contact with the conveyance means, and the peeling rollers are positioned between the peeling rollers. a pressing means that elastically contacts the upper surface of the conveying means;
The present invention is characterized by a configuration in which the rotation of the peeling roller is controlled when a member remains on the conveying means by a detection means operated by a member that remains above the conveying means and on the upstream side of the pressing means.

[Effect]

The members placed on the conveying means are moved in the direction of the pressing means, but when a large number of members remain at the tip of the pressing means due to the deformed members, the detection means detects this,
The rotation of the peeling roller is temporarily stopped and the members are moved only by the conveying means, and the stuck members are sequentially drawn into the pressing means by the frictional force of the conveying means, reducing the number of stuck members. be done. When the member is no longer held, the detection means automatically returns to its original position, and the peeling roller starts rotating again.

〔Example〕

In this example, the members to be sorted are rectangular pieces of paper,
In other words, a method for sorting regular tickets and common coupon tickets based on the size of their shape will be explained.

FIG. 1 shows the appearance of the sorting device of this embodiment. The sorting device consists of a sorting section 1, a sorting and reading section 2, and an information processing section 3. The sorting and reading section 2 has a three-dimensional shape. An elongated rectangular sorting section 1 is placed on the upper surface of the sorting/reading section 2 and in contact with one side thereof, and on the side surface of the sorting/reading section 2 (at the rear right in Figure 1) there is a sorting section 1 arranged in the vertical direction. The information processing unit 3, which is a rectangular parallelepiped and has an extended shape, is placed in close contact with the information processing unit 3. In this way, the sorting section 1, the sorting/reading section 2, and the information processing section 3 are connected and molded as one body, and the upper part of the front side in FIG. 1 has a rectangular shape cut out by the three. A door 4 is attached to the side of the sorting section 1 so that it can be opened horizontally.A shutter 5 that opens wide upward is attached to the door 4, and a hatch that can be opened is attached to the top of the sorting section 1. 6 is installed. There is also a hatch 7 on the top surface of the organizing/reading section 2 that can be opened freely.
is installed, and there is an opening/closing door 8 for inspection on the front side.
is installed so that it can be opened freely. Furthermore, a keyboard 9 for control and a printer 10 for output are attached to the front side panel of the information processing section 3.

FIG. 2 also shows that the opening/closing door 4 in FIG. 1 is opened horizontally, the hatches 6 and 7 are opened upward, and the opening/closing door 8 is opened horizontally, thereby allowing the sorting unit 1, This shows a state in which the interior of the organizing/reading section 2 is opened to the outside.

FIGS. 3 and 4 explain in detail the internal configurations of the sorting section 1 and sorting/reading section 2. A sorting drum 11 is housed in the sorting section 1 with its axis horizontal. The sorting drum 11 is formed by cutting a thin metal material into a pipe shape, and is hollow inside, with a large opening at one end (on the left side in the figure), and this opening has a donut-shaped stopper. A plate 12 is attached, the other end (right side in the figure) is closed, and a drive shaft 13 is connected to the center of the other end, and the drive shaft 13 is connected to a motor 14. The sorting drum 11 is installed so that its axis is horizontal, and rollers 15 and 16 are pivotally supported on the main body 1 at the lower left and right sides at both ends of the sorting drum 11, and each roller 15 and 16 is connected to the sorting drum. 11
The sorting drum 11 is rotatably held in contact with the outer periphery of the drum. On the outer periphery of this sorting drum 11, there are two types of shape sorting mechanisms 17 and 1 in the circumferential direction.
8 are arranged in a ring shape at intervals,
In this embodiment, the shape selection mechanisms 17 are provided in three annular rows, and the shape selection mechanisms 18 are provided in two annular rows so as to be sandwiched between the shape selection mechanisms 17.
Collection guides 19 and 20 in the shape of inverted water droplets are inserted alternately at intervals on the outer periphery of the sorting drum 11, and the collection guides 19 are positioned on the outer periphery of the shape sorting mechanism 17, and the collection guides 20 are shaped like They are respectively located on the outer periphery of the sorting mechanism 18.
The collection guides 19 and 20 have ring parts 23 and 24 formed with openings 21 and 22 having an inner diameter slightly larger than the outer diameter of the sorting drum 11, and ring parts 23 and 24.
It is composed of shoot parts 25 and 26 that are connected to each other below 4, and the outer circumference has a hollow structure made of a thin sheet metal. The ring parts 23 and 24 are the opening 2
1 and 22, each of which has a U-shaped trough-like cross section, and these ring portions 23 and 24 are positioned close to each other so as to cover the shape sorting mechanisms 17 and 18 of the sorting drum 11. be. Further, the chute portion 25 is formed along an extension line of a tangent to the outer circumference of the ring portion 23, one side is vertically directed downward, and the other side is formed to be inclined toward the one side, A rectangular discharge port 27 is opened at the bottom thereof. Further, the chute portion 26 is formed along a tangent to the outer circumference of the ring portion 24, and both sides of the chute portion 26 are inclined so as to approach each other, and a discharge port 28 is opened at the bottom.
is located vertically below the sorting drum 11.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a part of the shape sorting mechanisms 17 and 18 described above, and each shape sorting mechanism 17,
18 forms a notch in the peripheral wall of the sorting drum 11;
It is assembled by inserting and fixing the guide body 29 into this notch, and each shape sorting mechanism 1
7 and 18 are arranged so as to face in opposite directions.

FIG. 6 shows an exploded configuration of one shape sorting mechanism 17, 18.
18 is composed of a sorting drum 11, a guide body 29, and a fixing band 30. The sorting drum 11
A notch 31 is machined in the top portion 3 with a width approximately equal to the wall thickness of the guide body 29.
2. It consists of three sides: side parts 33 and 34.
The top portion 32 and the side portions 33 and 34 are each linear, and the top portion 32 is located perpendicular to the rotational direction of the sorting drum 11, and one end of each side portion 33 and 34 is connected to both sides of the top portion 32, respectively. The other ends of each side portion 33, 34 are open so as to separate from each other. For this reason, the top portion 32, side portions 33, 34
As a result, a trapezoidal notch 31 was formed, and a trapezoidal tongue portion 35 was formed in the center left by this notch 31.
The tongue portion 35 is slightly bent toward the outside of the sorting drum 11. Next, the guide body 29 is formed by punching out a thin sheet metal using a press or the like, and this guide body 29 is made up of a trapezoidal holding plate 36 and a band-shaped slide standing up on the left and right oblique sides of the holding plate 36. It is composed of moving plates 37 and 38. The holding plate 36 has a trapezoidal shape having the same size as the tongue piece 35, and is press-worked so that it has the same radius of curvature as the tongue piece 35 so that it can come into close contact with the tongue piece 35. It is bent near the center. The sliding plates 37, 38 are erected perpendicularly to the oblique side of the holding plate 36, and are in the form of elongated strips having the same width, and both the sliding plates 37, 38 are formed in a straight line. The length between the adjacent ends of the sliding bodies 37 and 38 is set to V or W (W is the set length for the shape sorting mechanism 17, and V is the set length for the shape sorting mechanism 18. ). The respective lengths V and W are set to predetermined lengths, and the width V is set to be larger than the width X of the common ticket A and slightly smaller than the width Y of the regular ticket B. be. Next, the fixing band 30 is made by bending and processing a long and thin strip-shaped sheet metal, and is bent into a U-shape so that it has almost the same outline as the top of the guide body 29, and both ends of the U-shape are bent. They are bent outward to form foot portions 39 and 40, respectively.

To assemble the shape sorting mechanisms 17 and 18 shown in FIG. Part 33,
34, sliding plates 37, 38 of the guide body 29, respectively.
The outside of the tongue piece 35 and the inside of the retaining plate 36 are brought into close contact with each other, and both are fixed by spot welding or adhesive. Then, the fixing band 30 is fitted from the outside of the trapezoidal top of the guide body 29, the center of the fixing band 30 is fixed to the guide body 29, and the leg pieces 39,
40 is fixed to the outer periphery of the sorting drum 11. At this time, the separated end surfaces a and b of both sliding plates 37 and 38 stand on the inner periphery of the sorting drum 11 (top surface in FIG. 6), and the close end surfaces c and d of both sliding plates 37 and 38
protrudes from the outer periphery of the sorting drum 11 (bottom surface in FIG. 6), and thereby the long sides e,
f has an angle inclined with respect to the inner circumferential surface of the sorting drum 11. Then, the sliding plates 37 and 38 stand up at right angles on both sides of the tongue piece 35, forming a trapezoidal shutter. Sides c, d, top 32
As a result, rectangular discharge ports 41 and 42 are formed, and the width of the discharge port 41 is W, and the width of the discharge port 42 is V. Then, the collection guides 19, 2
The ring portions 23 and 24 of 0 are each shape sorting mechanism 17,
18 and is held by a support means separate from the sorting drum 11.

Next, returning to FIGS. 3 and 4, the internal configuration of the sorting/reading section 2 will be explained. Below the discharge port 27 of the recovery guide 19 are two elongated holding plates 45, 4.
6 are arranged at intervals, and both retaining plates 45,
46 is parallel to the axis of the sorting drum 11, and their length is slightly longer than the sorting drum 11. Between the holding plates 45 and 46, the belt 4 is horizontally arranged.
7 has been erected. A pair of elongated holding plates 4 are provided at the ends of the holding plates 45 and 46 (on the motor 14 side).
8 and 49 are spaced apart from each other at right angles to the retaining plates 45 and 46.
A belt 50 is installed between 8 and 49. One end of this holding plate 48, 49 is attached to the holding plate 45, 49.
The other end is long enough to approach the front panel of the rearranging/reading section. Further, a wide belt 51 is installed below the rear end of the belt 50 in parallel with the sorting drum 11, and the length of this belt 51 is approximately the same as that of the holding plates 45, 46. A shredder 52 for crushing paper pieces into small pieces is arranged below the terminal end. Therefore, the belts 47, 50, and 51 are arranged horizontally to form a U-shape.

Furthermore, elongated first transfer mechanisms 53 are provided below the discharge ports 28 of the collection guide 20, and each transfer mechanism 53 is arranged horizontally and perpendicular to the axis of the sorting drum 11. This transfer mechanism 5
A second transfer mechanism 54 is provided below the transfer mechanism 53 at a position slightly shifted from the transfer mechanism 53, and between the end of the first transfer mechanism 53 and the slightly center of the second transfer mechanism 54. A chute 55 is installed at an angle, and a chute 56 bent in a dogleg shape is installed between the respective ends of the first and second transfer mechanisms 53 and 54.
A reader 57 containing a magnetic head, etc. is connected to the end of the transfer mechanism 54, and the end of the reader 57 is positioned on the belt 51 (in FIG. Although only one set of transport mechanisms 53 and 54 is shown and the other sets are omitted, transport mechanisms 53 and 54 are connected to each collection guide 20, respectively. In this transfer mechanism 53, there is a removal mechanism 5 that removes booklets and folded ticket pieces with a specific thickness or more.
8. A distribution mechanism 59 is provided for separating ticket pieces of a predetermined length into chutes 55 and 56, and a transfer mechanism 54 is provided.
is provided with an alignment mechanism 60 for orienting the ticket pieces in a specific direction, a detection means 150 for detecting and controlling the retention of the ticket pieces, and a peeling mechanism 61 for separating the ticket pieces one by one.

9 and 10 show the above-mentioned mechanism 53 in detail, and the skeleton of this transfer mechanism 53 is thin-walled frames 62 and 63 arranged in parallel at a distance. Between the frames 62 and 63, at the end (on the left side in the figure and below the discharge port 28) and slightly in the center, there is a belt 6 between rollers 64 and 65, respectively.
6 is stretched between the two frames 62 and 63, and the frames 62 and 6 are located between the rollers 64 and 65.
An adjustment plate 67 is attached at right angles to 3. A roller 68 is provided between the frames 62 and 63 near the center and at the end (on the chute 55 side), respectively.
69 is pivotally supported, and a belt 70 is stretched between both rollers 68 and 69. This belt 66,
The upper surfaces of the belts 70 are all at the same height, and the belts 66 and 70 are in contact with each other.
The elongated sliding plate 71 having the same height as the frame 62, 6
It is installed on 3. Also, between the adjusting plate 67 and the sliding plate 71 of the frame 63, there is a U-shaped discharge groove 72 from above.
has been largely removed. Bearings 7 are located on the sides of the frames 62 and 63 and close to the rollers 68.
3 and 74 are respectively fixed, and each bearing 73,
Pulleys 75 and 76 are pivotally supported on the pulleys 74 so as to be parallel to the frames 62 and 63, respectively, and a removal belt 77 is stretched between the pulleys 75 and 76. This removal belt 77 is located above the sliding plate 71, and the lower surface of the removal belt 77 is located above the sliding plate 71.
They are spaced a little further apart. And frame body 62,6
A chute 55 is connected to the end surface of 3 (on the right side in FIGS. 9 and 10), and this chute 55 has side plates 78, 79 on both sides facing downward, and side plates 78, 79 on both sides facing downward.
At 79, the top of the shooter 80, which is inclined downward, is slightly flattened, and its tip g is placed at an appropriate distance from the belt 70 (slightly longer than the length of the common ticket A, which will be described later). A feed roller 81 is pivotally supported on the top of the shooter 80 between the frames 62 and 63, and a through plate 82 is fixed above the roller 69 between the frames 62 and 63. This passing plate 82 is elastic, and its tip is extended to a position approaching the feed roller 81. In addition, the side plate 7
A flip-up prevention piece 83 bent into an arc shape is fixed in the middle between 8 and 79. The chute 56 is made up of two members bent into a U-shape to form a gutter. One chute 84 is inclined from the end j of the chute 80 in a direction opposite to the chute 80. Another shooter 85 is provided at a distance from the lower end of the shutter 85, and is formed into a dogleg shape by the shooters 84 and 85.

Next, FIGS. 11 and 12 explain the second transfer mechanism 54 in detail. The outer frame of this transfer mechanism 54 is formed by two frames 86, 87, and the pair of elongated frames 86, 87 are arranged in parallel with an interval between them. Rollers 88 and 89 are pivotally supported at each end, and a belt 90 is stretched between both rollers 88 and 89. Between the vicinity of the roller 88 and the center of this frame body 86, there is formed a side groove 91 which is cut upward into a large U-shape, and a table 92 is fixed horizontally to the lower part of this side groove 91. Two cylindrical alignment rollers 93 and 94 are vertically supported on the table 92 with an interval between them. On the top surface of the table 92, a falling plate 103 in the form of an elongated thin plate is provided with one side parallel to the belt 90 and inclined in the direction of the belt 90. Two operating ports 104 and 105 are open, and the alignment rollers 93 and 94 are inserted through the operating ports 104 and 105, and most of the alignment rollers 93 and 94 protrude above the falling plate 103. I have let you. Inside the frame 87 and above the belt 90, a long and narrow ticket holding plate 95 is fixed so as to cover the upper surface of the belt 90. Also, between the frames 86 and 87, the roller 8
Two peeling rollers 96 and 97 are located near 9.
The peeling rollers 96 and 97 are spaced apart from each other, and their lower ends are close to the upper surface of the belt 90, and the center of each peeling roller 96, 97 has a small diameter. Furthermore, an elongated presser tongue piece 98 is fixed between the frames 86 and 87, and this presser tongue piece 98 is
It is bent into a letter shape, and its horizontal end is passed slightly parallel to the belt 90 and under the small center diameter of each peeling roller 96, 97.
A slightly E-shaped holder 151 is attached between the frames 86 and 87 at a position between the side groove 91 and the presser tongue piece 98, and a micro switch 152 is attached to the center of this holder 151.
A contact rod 154 is fixed to the tip of a lever 153 protruding from the lower surface of the micro switch 152 in a direction perpendicular to the lever 153. The contact rod 154 is located slightly above the belt 90 and perpendicular to its direction of movement, and close to the presser tongue 98.

Furthermore, the terminal ends of the frames 86 and 87 (FIG. 11,
A pair of shaft support plates 99 are provided at the right end of FIG.
are connected to each other, and two rollers 100 and 101 are pivotally supported at a distance between the parallel shaft support plates 99 and at the same height as the roller 89. , 101, a delivery belt 102 is stretched between them. Support rods 106 are installed above the rollers 100 and 101 between the two shaft support plates 99, and a curved sliding plate 108 is attached to the lower end of a connector 107 inserted into the support rods 106. is attached to the lower surface of the sliding plate 108 and positioned close to the upper surface of the belt 102.

Next, FIG. 13 shows in detail the configuration of the rotational force transmission of the second transfer mechanism 54 mentioned above. A pulley 112 is fixed to the output shaft 111 of the motor 110 at the bottom of the frames 86 and 87 mentioned above, and a pulley 114 is fixed to one side of the shaft 113 that supports the roller 88. Pulley 11
A transmission belt 115 is wound between 2 and 114. The aforementioned rollers 89 and 101 are each supported by a shaft, and pulleys 119 and 121 are fixed to one side of each shaft 116 and 118, respectively, and a transmission belt 123 is connected between the pulleys 119 and 121. It's rolled up. An intermediate shaft 128 is pivotally supported at a slightly lower center of the belt 99, close to the motor 110, and the shaft 113, intermediate shaft 108
Pulleys 129 and 130 are fixed to the other sides of each, and a transmission belt 131 is wound between both pulleys 129 and 130. The above-mentioned alignment rollers 93 and 94 are respectively provided with support shafts 132 and 133 facing downward.
133 are positioned perpendicularly to the plane of the belt 90, pulleys 134, 135 are fixed to each of the support shafts 132, 133, and a transmission belt 136 is wound between the pulleys 134, 135. be. One side of the intermediate shaft 138 and the support shaft 132
Bevel gears 137 and 138 are meshed with the lower ends of the .

A motor 155 is provided below the roller 89, and an output shaft 156 of this motor 155
Pulleys 120 and 157 are fixed to the shaft 107 supporting the peeling roller 96 and the peeling roller 96, respectively, and a belt 158 is wound between the pulleys 120 and 157. The other peeling roller 97 is connected to the shaft 12.
Pulleys 125 and 126 are fixed to the other sides of the shafts 117 and 124, respectively, and a transmission belt 127 is connected between both pulleys 125 and 126.
is wrapped around it.

Next, the ticket holding plate 95 described above is constructed by bending a single thin metal plate, and is a long and thin plate bent into a Z shape, and is formed from a holding plate 140, a holding part 141, and a guide part 142. and the holding part 14
A screw fixing piece 143 is bent on one side of 0. The holding part 140 and the holding part 141 are bent at right angles at a position of about 1/3 of the elongated thin plate, and the holding part 141 and the guiding part 142 are bent to draw a curved surface. The surfaces of the guide portion 142 are parallel, and the left and right sides of the tip of the guide portion 142 are cut into a triangular shape and tapered.

Further, the aforementioned presser tongue piece 98 is formed by bending a thin elastic material, and includes a main body 144 shaped like a baseball home base plate, and a U-shaped bend on both sides of the main body 144. It consists of a screwed piece 145 and an elongated pressing plate 146 extended from the lower part of the main body 144 and turned.
44 is fixed to the frames 86 and 87 with screw pieces 145 so as to be slightly perpendicular to the belt 90. With the main body 144 fixed to the frames 86 and 87, the pressing plate 146 is positioned between the pair of peeling rollers 96 and 97, and its lower surface is in light contact with the upper surface of the belt 90.

Figure 14 shows the electric circuit of this example.
One end of the motors 14, 110, 115, and 160 is connected to a power source 161, and the other ends are connected to power switches 162 to 165, respectively. 165 is connected to a power source 161 via the micro switch 152 (the motor 160 is for operating the upper belt 66, etc.). This power switch 162~
165 are all operated in conjunction at once,
It is usually opened, and when used, it is manually operated.
The micro switch 152
is normally closed, and is opened when the lever 153 is pressed.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 15, a case will be explained in which common tickets A and regular tickets B of different sizes are sorted, and the width of the short side of common tickets A and regular tickets B is It is set to X and Y. First, to select the common ticket A, set the sorting device to the state shown in Figure 1, and insert the mixed common ticket A and regular ticket B into the upper opening of the shooter 5, and both will be guided to the shooter 5. It is stored inside the sorting drum 11 in the sorting section 1 that has been sorted.
Once a predetermined amount of common tickets A and ordinary tickets B have been stored in the sorting drum 11, when the power switches 162 to 165 on the panel of the information processing section 2 are turned on, the motor 14 is started and the drive shaft 13 is rotated. The sorting drum 11 is rotated in the direction of arrow F in FIG. For this reason, the sorting drum 11 has a shape sorting mechanism 18.
The enlarged ends a and b of the sliding plates 37 and 38 are used as the tips of rotation, and the discharge port 42 is used as the rear end of the rotation, and the mixed common coupon A and regular ticket B are transferred to the sorting drum. 11 will be slid and stirred on the inner peripheral surface. Therefore, the common ticket A and the regular ticket B slide as the sorting drum 11 rotates, and due to their weight, are always located below the sorting drum 11 and in contact with the sliding plates 37 and 38. As a result, the waste is collected in the direction of the discharge port 42. That is, the common ticket A and the regular ticket B slide on the inner circumferential surface of the sorting drum 11 regardless of their shape, and their flow direction is regulated by the sliding plates 37 and 38, which have large openings on the left and right, and the flow is restricted. is directed towards the center where both sliding plates 37, 38 are gradually narrowed. In this way, common ticket A, regular ticket B
flows toward the center of each shape sorting mechanism 18, and both of them are always connected to the pair of sliding plates 37, 38.
collected between. The common ticket A and the regular ticket B collected between the sliding plates 37 and 38 are on the tongue piece 3.
5 and flows to a discharge port 42, which is previously formed to a predetermined length V.
Only the small-sized common ticket A passes through the discharge port 42 and is discharged to the outside of the sorting drum 11. However, since the regular ticket B, which is larger in shape than the common ticket A, is larger than the cross-sectional shape of the discharge port 42, it either gets caught on the sliding plates 37 and 38 on both sides before the discharge port 42, or flows into the discharge port 42. Since it is thrown upward, it remains in the sorting drum 11 without passing through the discharge port 42. The common ticket A discharged from the discharge port 42 onto the outer periphery of the sorting drum 11 enters the space of the U-shaped cross section of the ring portion 24 of the collection guide 20, slides on the inner circumferential surface of the ring portion 24, falls, and enters the chute portion. 26 and falls onto the belt 66 through the discharge port 28 opened at the bottom of the chute part 26 due to its own weight. Next, the first and second transfer mechanisms 53, 54 are activated by the motors 110, 15.
5, 160, the common coupon A is moved and rotated in the direction of the arrow shown in FIGS. 9 to 12, and the common coupon A that has fallen onto the belt 66 is transferred to the right in the figure.
The common ticket A on the belt 66 passes through the gap between the lower side of the adjustment plate 67 and the top surface of the belt 66, but if a large number of common tickets A are stacked, it hits this adjustment plate 67 and the Since the appropriate quantity is sequentially supplied to the right from the bottom, a large number of common coupon tickets A will not be processed at once. belt 6
The common coupon A transferred sequentially on the sliding plate 71
It slides upward and moves onto the belt 70, and is sent to the right again by this belt 70, but this sliding plate 71
A removal belt 77 is provided close to the top.
Since the removal belt 77 is moving in a direction perpendicular to the belt 66, the common coupon A that has been folded or overlapped to form a booklet may come into contact with the removal belt 77 due to its thickness. belt 6
It is pulled out in a direction perpendicular to the transfer direction of No. 6, and is discharged from the transfer mechanism 53 through the discharge groove 72. For this reason, the common coupon A passed through the sliding plate 71 and fed into the belt 70 is not deformed, and only the flat one is selected. As shown in Fig. 16, there are two types of selected flat common tickets A. The single mark shown by A and the single mark shown by B are connected in the horizontal direction, and the plurality of common tickets A are arranged in a straight line. There is also a double ticket, which can be separated at the break and used as a single ticket, but it can also be used as a double ticket for the number of people or the amount of money. This common ticket A is belt 7
0, the cut sheet is passed through the lower part of the threading plate 82, and the cut sheet is ejected from the end of the belt 70 downward, slides down the shooters 84 and 85, and is transferred to the belt 90.
The double ticket is pushed out while being held by the belt 70 and the threading plate 82, so that it reaches the upper surface of the shooter, and the double ticket slips down the shooter 80 and passes through the belt 90 just in front of the presser tongue piece 98. placed on top.

The common coupon A ticket that has fallen into the second transport mechanism 54 is placed on the belt 90, and is transported by the belt 90 from left to right in FIGS. 11 and 12. The belt and rollers in the transfer mechanism 54 rotate and move in the directions of arrows in the figure. The single common ticket A that has moved on the belt 90 first enters below the ticket holding plate 95, and since the tip of the ticket holding plate 95 gradually approaches the belt 90, the common ticket A moves in this direction. Its height is limited by the ticket holding plate 95, and the frame 86,
The common coupon tickets A leaning against the belt 87 are aligned by the ticket holding plate 95 so as to be in close contact with the belt 90. Even if the common tickets A are closely attached to the belt 90, although they are lined up in different directions, they are pushed out toward the frame 87 as the alignment rollers 93 and 94 rotate as they are transported by the belt 90. Each common ticket A is sent to the next peeling mechanism 61 with its long side in contact with the side surface of the frame 87 and with its long side parallel to the moving direction of the belt 90. Next, the common ticket A is attached to the presser tongue piece 98 and the belt 90.
The peeling roller 96 is held by the belt 90 and pressed against the belt 90 by the elasticity of the presser tongue piece 98.
97 directions, but this peeling roller 9
6 and 97 are rotating in the opposite direction to the belt 90, so even if the common coupons A are stacked double or triple, the upper common coupons A will be separated by the peeling rollers 96, 97. 97 and belt 90
is pushed back in the direction opposite to the conveying direction of Reader 57
sent to. Common ticket A in the magnetic reader 57
The belt 51 reads the information stored in the magnetic stripe of the belt 51 and discharges the common coupon A placed on its upper surface in the direction of the arrow. cut off so that it cannot be reused.

Note that the connected common ticket A that has slipped down the shooter 80 is peeled off by peeling rollers 96 and 97 in the same way as the single common ticket A, and the information stored in the magnetic stripe is read.

To explain the operation of the transmission mechanism in the second transfer mechanism 54 described above, the rotational output of the motor 110 is transmitted through the output shaft 111, the pulley 112, and the transmission belt 11.
5, pulley 114, shaft 113, roller 88
is transmitted, and the belt 90 is transferred. The roller 89 is rotated by this belt 90, and the shaft 11
6. Transfer the belt 102 via the pulley 119, transmission belt 123, pulley 121, shaft 118, and roller 101.

The aforementioned rotation of the shaft 113 is transmitted to the intermediate shaft 1 via the pulley 129, the transmission belt 131, and the pulley 130.
28 and rotates the support shaft 133 via the bevel gears 137 and 138, thereby causing it to rotate in the same direction as the alignment rollers 93 and 94. The rotation direction of each alignment roller 93, 94 is made to coincide with the direction in which the side closer to the belt 90 is the same as the conveying direction of the belt 90.

Since the aforementioned power switch 165 is opened, the motor 155 operates, the output shaft 156 rotates, and the pulley 157, belt 158, and pulley 1
20, the shaft 117 is rotated, and the peeling roller 96 fixed to the shaft 117 is rotated. At the same time, the shaft 117 is rotated by the pulley 125 and the transmission belt 12.
7. It is transmitted to the shaft 124 via the pulley 126 and is transmitted to the peeling roller 97, and each peeling roller 9
7 is rotated with its lower surface facing in the direction opposite to the transport direction of the upper surface of the belt 90.

Next, to explain the operation of this peeling mechanism 61 in more detail, the common coupon A that has fallen and been stacked on the left end of the belt 90 is sequentially sent toward the peeling rollers 96 and 97 by the conveyance of the belt 90. As described above, the peeling rollers 96 and 97 have their lower surfaces rotating in the opposite direction to the moving direction of the belt 90, and the common ticket A is always slid on its upper surface by the lower surface of the peeling rollers 96 and 97 during transportation. will be done. Here, two common coupon tickets A-1,
To explain the actual operation in the case where A-2 is transferred on the belt 90 while being stacked vertically as shown in FIG. 17, the common coupon tickets A-1, A as shown in FIG. - 2 are transferred by the belt 90 while being overlapped to the press plate 146 of the presser foot lower piece 98.
is inserted between the lower surface of the belt 90 and the belt 90. Pressing plate 1
Due to its elasticity, the lower surface of 46 is always attached to the belt 90.
Since the common tickets A-1 and A-2 are lightly pressed toward the belt 90, the two common tickets A-1 and A-2 are sandwiched between the belt 90 and the pressing plate 146, and are further transferred to the right in the figure in that state. Ru. During the transfer, the lower surface of the peeling roller 96 is the upper surface of the common ticket A-
When the two common tickets A-1 and A-2 come into contact with each other, the common tickets A-1 and A-2 slip, so the common ticket A-2 is pushed back to the left in the figure, opposite to the conveying direction of the belt 90, as shown in FIG. 17-2. At the same time, the common ticket A-1 is further transferred to the right by the belt 90, and forces acting in opposite directions to the left and right in the figure act on both the common tickets A-1 and A-2. . Lower common ticket A-1
When the pass through the peeling roller 96, the upper common ticket A-2 is first moved to the right by the frictional force of the belt 90, and as shown in FIG.
-1 and A-2 are separated into left and right sides and transported to the right at intervals, and the next reading mechanism 57 reads the information stored in each magnetic stripe, tallies it, It will be calculated.
The read information is electronically processed within the information processing section 3.

The peeling action of the above-mentioned common coupon tickets A-1 and A-2 is carried out smoothly when each common coupon ticket A is flat, but when the common coupon tickets A-3 are deformed as shown in FIG. The action of remaining in the peeling mechanism 98 and being automatically removed will be explained.

The short side Z of the deformed common ticket A-3 is bent upward over the entire length, and when the bent short side Z coincides with the direction of travel of the common ticket A-3, the ticket clip is removed. A phenomenon occurs. This retention phenomenon due to the common ticket A-3 is shown in Fig. 19,
When the common ticket A-3 is fed rightward in the figure on the belt 90 with the bent side Z at the beginning, the outer periphery of the peeling roller 96 comes into contact with the bent side Z, and the peeling roller 96 The common ticket A-3 is kept stopped at that position in contact with the side Z against the frictional force of the belt 90 (see FIG. 19). When this common coupon A-3 is caught by the lower part of the peeling roller 96, the next common coupons A-4 to A-n, which are sequentially fed on the belt 90, pass between the belt 90 and the peeling rollers 96 and 97. Pressure plate 1
It will be sequentially deposited on the tip curved portion of 46. When the stacked common tickets A-4 to A-n reach a certain height, they come into contact with the contact rod 154 and push up the lever 153, which causes the micro switch 1 to be activated.
54 to open it. For this reason motor 1
55 is no longer supplied with current, and the peeling rollers 96, 97 stop rotating (see FIG. 19, 2). When the peeling rollers 96, 97 stop rotating, the common ticket A-4 is dragged by the frictional force of the belt 90 and passes below the peeling rollers 96, 97. The other common tickets A-4 to A-n accumulated on the pressing plate 146 are placed on the belt 9.
0, the ticket is sequentially conveyed to the right in the figure, and the remaining tickets are sequentially removed. Then, when the common coupons A-4 to A-n are no longer held near the pressing plate 146, the lever 153 rotates downward by its own weight, the micro switch 152 closes again, and the motor 155 is activated. Then, the peeling rollers 96 and 97 start rotating clockwise in the figure, and begin peeling off the common ticket A.

Next, the sorting drum 11 is rotated in the direction of arrow F for a predetermined period of time, and when all the common tickets A are discharged and ordinary tickets B remain, the driving of the motor 14 is stopped by a timer or the like, and then the motor 14 is stopped by a timer or the like. 14 in the reverse direction, the sorting drum 11 is reversely rotated in the direction of arrow G, and the ordinary ticket B is transferred to the sorting drum 11.
Slide and stir inside. For this reason, regular ticket B
Flows toward the center of the shape sorting mechanism 17 in the same way as described above, and the ordinary ticket B flows through the pair of sliding plates 37,
38, and the regular ticket B was collected at the exit 41.
It passes through and is discharged to the outside of the sorting drum 11, enters the U-shaped cross-sectional space of the ring part 23 of the collection guide 19, slides on the inner peripheral surface of this ring part 23, flows to the chute part 25, and carries out its own weight. As a result, the regular ticket B is ejected downward from the ejection port 27 opened at the lower part of the chute portion 25, and the ejected ordinary ticket B is transferred to the belt 47.
As the belt 47 transfers, the ordinary ticket B placed on the belt 50 from the end of the belt 47 is transferred in the direction of the arrow in the figure, and is placed on the belt 51 from the end. Ejected and placed on the belt 51
The ordinary ticket B is then transferred and discharged in the direction of the shredder 52, and the ordinary ticket B is cut by the shredder 52 so that it cannot be reused.

By rotating the sorting drum 11 in this way, the common ticket A and the regular ticket B are sorted and separated, and the individual information stored in the common ticket A is read and the read information is organized in the information processing section 3. ,
The results are totaled and printed out as a numerical value by a printer.

After driving the motor 14 for a predetermined period of time, the motor 14 is stopped when no regular ticket B remains on the sorting drum 11, and the sorting and reading work is completed.
When the rotation of the sorting drum 11 is stopped, things that cannot be sorted, such as paper waste, banknotes, and defective tickets, remain inside the sorting drum 11. After this series of sorting operations is completed, the equipment must be cleaned in order to perform another sorting operation. First, rotate the opening/closing door 4 horizontally and laterally to expose the side surface of the sorting drum 11 as shown in FIG. Unsortable members are taken out from the sorting drum 13 using a machine. In addition, paper dust was scattered in various parts of the device, so hatches 6 and 7
is opened upward, the opening/closing door 8 is opened laterally, and the suction pipe of a vacuum suction machine is inserted into each part of the apparatus to remove these dust, pieces of paper, paper dust, etc. Then, by closing the opening/closing door 4, hatches 6, 7, and opening/closing door 8, and returning to the state shown in FIG. 1, preparations can be made for the next sorting operation.

Since the present invention is configured as described above, a part of the members sorted by the sorting drum is deformed, and the peeling mechanism detects that the member is stuck due to this deformation and removes the stuck member. In addition, after removal, normal peeling work can be resumed, so it is possible to prevent failures due to the phenomenon of stuck members, and to reduce maintenance work.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention;
The figure is a perspective view showing a state in which the above collection box is pulled out and the input body is flipped upward, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the sorting mechanism and ticket processing mechanism, and FIG. Figure 5 is an enlarged perspective view showing a part of the sorting drum, Figure 6 is an exploded perspective view showing the shape sorting mechanism in detail, Figure 7 is a sectional view of the same, Figure 8 is a plan view of the same, and Figure 9. is a plan view showing the first transfer mechanism, FIG. 10 is a side view of the same as above, FIG. 11 is a plan view of the second transfer mechanism, FIG.
Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view showing the transmission structure near the alignment mechanism detection mechanism and peeling mechanism, Figure 14 is an electric circuit diagram,
Fig. 15 is a plan view showing the types of ticket pieces to be sorted, Fig. 16 is a plan view showing the types of shapes of the common coupon A, Fig. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing the peeling action, Fig. 18
The figure is a perspective view showing an example of a modified common coupon ticket.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing the phenomenon of the occurrence of a common coupon ticket and the effect of its removal. 11... Sorting drum, 17, 18... Sorting mechanism, 53... Second transfer mechanism, 90... Belt,
96, 97... Peeling roller, 98... Presser tongue piece, 152... Micro switch, 153... Lever, 154... Contact rod.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A shape sorting device that includes a hollow cylindrical sorting drum that accommodates members of a plurality of shapes to be sorted, and a sorting mechanism that is opened on the outer periphery of the sorting drum and allows only members of a specific shape to pass through, A conveying means for conveying the selected specific member close to the sorting drum is provided, and a pair of peeling rollers are pivotally supported at a distance so as to be in contact with the conveying means, and are positioned between the peeling rollers and conveyed. A pressing means that comes into elastic contact with the upper surface of the means is provided, and a detecting means is provided above the conveying means and upstream of the pressing means, and is actuated by a member fixed on the conveying means, and the detecting means acts on the conveying means. A member retention release mechanism for a shape sorting device, characterized in that when a member is retained, the rotation of a peeling roller is controlled.