JPH0245598B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Object of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic booklet page changing device, and more specifically, a bank teller device that handles passbooks,
The present invention relates to an automatic page changing device for a passbook that automatically turns over the pages of a passbook in a bank business processing device such as an automatic teller machine or an automatic bookkeeping device.

Prior Art Various types of automatic page changing devices for bankbooks have been proposed. For example, this is the technique described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 123324/1983. In this type of technology, a rubber page change roller is attached to a lever, and by rotating this lever, the page change roller approaches the page surface of the passbook, and by rotating this roller in the page change direction, the page is changed. I am making a change.

Purpose of the Invention An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic booklet page changing device that has a simple configuration, can prevent the page changing phenomenon of a booklet, and can reliably change pages one sheet at a time. .

Features of the Invention The present invention can be applied to bank business processing devices, particularly devices that handle bankbooks with top and bottom openings. This page changing of the passbook is performed by a page changing roller that is directly or indirectly connected to a rotating shaft of a rotational drive source such as a motor. By rotating this page change roller in the forward and reverse directions, pages are changed in the forward and reverse directions.

In the present invention, in particular, the restraining member is disposed near the binding portion of the page change sheet. The function of the restraining member is to prevent page changes, and before the page change roller pulls the paper sheet in the direction of the seam, it is pressed against the binding part of the page change sheet, and the page change near the seam is pressed. restraining the freedom of paper. By doing this, the page changing phenomenon in which two or more sheets of paper are simultaneously changed by the page changing roller can be prevented. In other words, when the restraining member comes into contact with the page changing sheet, the pulling rigidity of the page changing sheet increases, and the frictional force between the page changing roller and the sheet of paper that should originally be changed, and the paper that should originally be page changing. A difference occurs between the frictional force between the leaf and the next page, and the separation between the sheets improves. The restraining member is pressed against the page changing sheet before the page changing roller pulls the sheet toward the binding line, and is attached and detached from the page changing sheet immediately after the page changing roller pulls the sheet toward the binding line. By being controlled to do so, the page changing operation is not hindered by the restraining member.

Embodiments of the Invention Hereinafter, embodiments in which the present invention is applied to an automatic page changing device for a bankbook that opens vertically will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The passbook used in this embodiment is a passbook with a magnetic recording section on the back side and a top-bottom opening with a different barcode attached to each page. This type of passbook is well known.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automatic page changing device for a bankbook according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this diagram,
A bankbook 5 that opens vertically (hereinafter simply referred to as a bankbook) is fed into the transport path 51 in an open state. Conveyance path 5
Although not shown, 1 communicates with a bankbook printing section, and this printing section is provided, for example, at the bottom of this figure. The conveyance path 51 is provided with conveyance rollers 52 for the passbook 5 . These rollers 52 are shown in FIGS.
As shown in the side view of the figure, the distance between the 52 pairs of rollers above and the 52 pairs of rollers below the conveyance path 51, which are arranged opposite to the conveyance path 51, is shorter than the length of the opened bankbook. The passbook 5 is then held between these transport rollers 52 and fed downward or upward.

Upper roller 52 and lower roller 52 of conveyance path 51
Two page change rollers 2 are provided at intermediate positions between the two page change rollers. These page changing rollers 2 are fixed to a shaft 1 directly connected to the rotating shaft of a motor 12, and a stiffening plate 10 having a slit is attached to the other end of the shaft 1. When the motor 12 rotates in the forward or reverse direction under control from a control unit (not shown), the page change roller 2
Then, the cover plate 10 rotates in that direction, and the page is changed. Further, a photoelectric element 11 is arranged corresponding to the rotation locus of the slit of the shield plate,
The rotation, stopping, etc. of the motor 12 are controlled by the detection output from the photoelectric element 11.

The detailed configuration of the page change roller 2 is described in, for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 183916/1983. Restraint members 100 and 101 are provided above and below the page change roller 2 on the conveyance path 51. These restraining members 100 and 101 are attached to a shaft 55 and connected to a solenoid (not shown) so that they can swing and rotate around the shaft 55. These restraining members 100 and 101 are normally retracted outside the conveyance path 51. When page change processing becomes necessary, a solenoid is driven as appropriate, thereby pushing the page change sheet near the binding section of the passbook 5. This increases the stiffness of the page change sheet and prevents page changes. When the solenoid is deenergized, these members 100 and 101 are retracted out of the conveyance path 51 by the restoring force of a spring (not shown).

Further, shutters 141 and 142 are provided above and below the page change roller 2 on the conveyance path 51. These shutters 141 and 142 are attached to the shaft 1 and the shaft 54, and are connected to the link 5, respectively.
It is connected to the solenoid 13 via 31,532. Although not shown, the link 531 is also connected to the solenoid 13. Normally, when transporting the passbook 5, these shutters 14 are used.
1 and 142 are closed to allow smooth conveyance of the bankbook 5, but when changing the pages of the bankbook, the solenoid 13 is energized and these shutters 141 or 142 are opened. That is, when turning the pages of the bankbook 5 in the forward direction, a solenoid (not shown) is energized and the shutter 141 is opened via the link 531. On the other hand, when the page is turned in the opposite direction, the solenoid 13 is energized and the shutter 142 is opened via the link 532. It is easily understood that for a device that turns the pages of the bankbook 5 in only one direction, either shutter is unnecessary.

Next, the operation of the automatic page changing device for a bankbook having such a configuration will be described below.

First, with reference to FIG. 2, the operation when turning the pages of a passbook in the forward direction will be described. Although not described in detail in this embodiment, a printing section is provided below the page changing mechanism, and printing is performed on the passbook here. Then, the last line of a certain page, for example,
If printing is performed up to the 20th line and there is still printing data, the passbook page must be changed and printed on the next page. In this case, passbook 5
is conveyed to the page changing mechanism and stopped at a position where the pages are turned in the forward direction (FIG. 2A). Passbook 5
When the shutter 141 is stopped, a solenoid (not shown) is activated and the shutter 141 is opened via the link 531. (FIG. 2B) Here, the state shown in FIG. 2B, which is characteristic of the present invention, will be explained in detail using FIG. 4.
After the shutter 141 is opened in the state shown in _FIG . Press the paper sheet 15 to restrict the freedom of the page change sheet 15. In this state, the page changing roller 2 rotates in the direction of arrow _x1 around the shaft 1 by starting the motor 12, so that the teeth 31 of the page changing roller 2 come into contact with the page changing sheet 15, and the page is removed by frictional force. The replacement sheet 15 begins to be pulled toward the binding portion 9a (in the direction of arrow x ₆ ). However, since the freedom of the page change sheet 15 in the vicinity of the seam 9a is restricted by the restraining member 100, the rigidity of pulling the page change sheet 15 is increased. Therefore, at the same time as the sheet 15 that should originally be changed, the next page sheet 15
Even if the page change operation a is started, the next page sheet 15a is knocked down in the direction of arrow _x5 by the pressing action of the restraining member 100. This is due to the frictional force _F1 between the page change roller 2 and the page change sheet 15, and the friction force F1 between the page change sheet 15 and the next page sheet 15.
This is because the relationship F ₁ >F ₂ holds true between the frictional force F ₂ and a. As a result, the so-called page change phenomenon can be prevented at an early stage of regrouping. At this point, the restraint member 100 is restored in the direction of arrow _θ2 by de-energizing the solenoid,
The passbook 5 is released from the restraint from the restraint member 100,
Only the page change sheet 15 is pulled toward the binding portion 9a.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2C, when the page change roller 2 normally completes one rotation from its activation, the page change sheet 15 is thrown off to the rear of the page change roller 2. At this time, the photoelectric element 11 detects the slit in the shield plate 10 provided on the shaft 1. In other words, from the start of roller 2 to 1
After the rotation, the motor 12 is stopped (FIG. 2D). Next, the conveyance roller 52 is activated and the bankbook 5 is conveyed in the direction of arrow A (FIG. 2, E). Then, after a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the start of conveyance of the passbook 5, the solenoid is shut off and the shutter 141 is closed.
In this way, forward page changing operations are performed. In addition, after the page change operation is completed, in order to check whether the page change has been performed properly,
The barcode attached to each page of the passbook is detected by an optical detection means.

Next, with reference to FIG. 3, the operation when turning the pages of the passbook in the opposite direction will be described. The reverse page change is opposite to the forward page change described above, in which the page is changed in the direction in which the page number decreases. In this case, the bankbook 5 is conveyed to the page changing mechanism and stopped at a position where the pages are turned in the opposite direction (FIG. 3A). When the passbook 5 is stopped, the solenoid 13 is driven and the shutter 142 is opened via the link 532.

Similarly to the forward page changing operation explained using _FIG . The page changing sheet 15 is pressed against the page changing sheet 15 near 9a to restrict the freedom of the page changing sheet 15. In this state, the page changing roller 2 rotates around the shaft ₁ in the direction of arrow Start pulling the paper toward the binding portion 9a (in the direction of arrow x ₇ ). However, since the freedom of the page changing sheet 15 near the binding part 9a is restricted by the restraining member 101, the rigidity of pulling the page changing sheet 15 is increased, and the sheet 15 that should originally be page changing is restrained by the restraining member 101.
At the same time, the previous page sheet 15b of the sheet for which the page changing operation has started is knocked down in the direction of _arrow be done. At this point, the restraining member 101 is restored in the direction of arrow θ ₄ by releasing the excitation of the solenoid, the passbook 5 is released from restraint from the restraining member 101, and only the page change sheet is securely moved in the direction of the seam 9a, that is, in the direction of the arrow θ. x It is pulled in ₇ directions.

Finally, as shown in FIG. 3C, when the page change roller 2 normally completes one rotation from its activation, the page change sheet 15 is flicked off to the rear of the page change roller 2.

Next, the conveyance roller 52 is activated and the bankbook 5 is conveyed in the direction of arrow B. (Figure 3 D) And passbook 5
After a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the start of conveyance, the solenoid 13 is shut off and the shutter 142 is closed. In this way, the page change operation in the reverse direction is performed. Furthermore, after the reverse page change operation is completed,
Checking whether the page change has been performed reliably is performed using the same means as when changing pages in the forward direction.

In the present invention, page changing is performed by rotating the page changing roller 2 once in the forward or reverse direction, and as shown in FIG.
Continuous page changes are performed over several pages by rotating the page several times in succession. This is accomplished by repeating the operations of the embodiment of FIG. 2 described above. Of course, in this case, the rotation of the roller 2 does not stop during the page change, but rotates for the required number of page changes and ends the operation.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, the page change roller can be rotated in the forward or reverse direction depending on the page turning direction while the booklet is stopped with a simple configuration, thereby preventing the page changing phenomenon and increasing the speed. You can change the page.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automatic page changing device for a passbook according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2, FIG. 3, and FIG.
The figures are diagrams for explaining the operation of automatic page changing of a passbook. Figure 2 is an explanatory diagram of the operation for turning the pages of a passbook in the forward direction, Figure 3 is an explanatory diagram of the operation for turning the pages of the passbook in the reverse direction, and FIG. 4 is a detailed side view of the state shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the operation when continuously turning over the pages of the passbook. 1...Shaft, 2...Page changing roller, 3
1... tooth part, 7... neck part, 12... motor,
5... Passbook, 100... Forward restraint member, 101
... Reverse direction restraining member, 141 ... Forward direction page change shutter, 142 ... Reverse direction page change shutter.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In an automatic page changing device for a booklet that turns over the sheets of a certain page of a booklet consisting of multiple pages in the direction of the binding, it is installed in the conveyance path of the booklet and contacts the sheet surface of a certain page of the booklet and turns the sheet of the page in the direction of the binding. a page changing roller that rotates in a predetermined direction so as to pull the paper sheets in the direction of the binding, and a restraining member that presses the paper sheets pulled in the direction of the binding by the page changing roller near the binding of the booklet; A booklet page change device characterized in that the booklet page changing device is configured to release the restraint of the page change sheet in the vicinity of the binding portion by the restraining member after the sheet begins to be gathered together.