JPH0651538B2 - Ballot delivery method for ballot delivery machine for election - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION a. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ballot delivery method of an election ballot delivery machine for automatically and quickly delivering predetermined ballots in various elections.

b. 2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in various elections, with regard to the issuance of ballots at polling places, mechanical devices have been partially adopted to improve the efficiency of election work, as opposed to the manual issuing method. As an example, the device disclosed in JP-A-58-21649 can be mentioned.

That is, in the device disclosed in the above-mentioned publication, when the drive motor is rotationally driven, the operation of the stopper that locks the rotation of the rotary shaft of the feed roller is released by the action of the solenoid based on the operation of the start button by the attendant. At the same time, the clutch mechanism is operated to transmit the rotation of the drive motor to the feed roller, and in one rotation operation of the feed roller, only one ballot sheet is fed forward while the feed roller is
At the time of rotation, the stopper is used to stop the rotation again, and the ballot paper to be sent out next is not sent out during the rotation of this feed roller, and its tip is always slightly below the feed roller. It is made to stand by in the protruding state.

c. DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the above-mentioned conventional device, when the next voter comes and the clerk operates the start button according to the sex again, the ballot waiting on the next occasion, After the feed rollers rotate and the paper is fed and the paper is separated, the double-feed detection device detects the double-feed, and when the result of the detection indicates that there is no double-feed, the paper is fed forward. Then, the transportation process of the ballot to the outlet is performed.

Therefore, the ballot must be transported along the entire path from the hopper to the final outlet, which requires time to process the transport, which is also practical for staff and voters. It tends to be perceived as having a slow processing speed.Therefore, especially when the voters enter the polling station intensively, the ballots reach the exit state from the point of operation of the start button. The waiting time before doing this was felt to be longer than necessary, which was frustrating for the voters, while the staff members' attitude was emotionally stressed by the staff members.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and shortens the processing time for delivering ballots by a ballot delivery machine, and enables smooth delivery work. The purpose is to provide a method of issuing a ballot for a ballot issuing machine for election.

d. Means for Solving the Problems A ballot delivery method for an election ballot delivery machine according to the present invention is such that ballots for election stacked on a hopper in a case are sent one by one through a paper feed unit. In the method of delivering a ballot for an election ballot issuing machine, the ballots are sent out one by one after being detected by a double-feed detection unit, and then the ballots can be taken out one by one from a ballot exit. When the multi-feed detection unit detects the multi-feed of the ballot paper sent out from the paper feed unit, and the multi-feed detection unit detects that there is no multi-feed, the paper The separation lever arranged in the transport path between the drawer and the ballot paper outlet is located on the ballot paper outlet side, and the leading edge of the ballot paper stands by between the separation lever and the paper drawer. It , While, when a multifeed is detected there by the double feed detection unit, a ballot delivery method election for ballot issuance machine, characterized in that to position the separation lever ballot discharge side.

e. Action In the ballot delivery method of the election ballot delivery machine according to the present invention, only one sheet of the uppermost ballot stacked on the hopper is fed out by the paper feed unit, and then this ballot is fed by the paper drawer. While pulling out, the multi-feed detection unit detects that there is only one ballot. After that, the separation lever arranged in the transport path between the paper drawer and the ballot paper outlet is positioned on the ballot paper outlet side, and the tip of the ballot paper is placed between the separation lever and the paper drawer. Make it stand by. Then, based on the operation of the man's switch or the woman's switch, the paper drawer operates,
The ballot paper in this standby state is made to project outward from the ballot paper delivery port so that it can be taken out. At this time, the leading end portion of the second-ranking second voting paper sheet is made to stand by between the separation lever and the paper drawer portion via the paper feed portion and the paper drawer portion. Further, when the overlap detection unit confirms the double feeding of the ballot paper, the separation lever is positioned on the ballot paper discharge side, and the ballot paper is discharged onto, for example, the exclusion plate.

f. Embodiment Hereinafter, an embodiment of an election ballot delivery machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, what is indicated by reference numeral 1 is
The whole case is a box-shaped case.
A hopper 3 configured to be rotatable from a position indicated by a solid line to a position indicated by a dotted line via the shaft support portion 2 is disposed, and the hopper 3 is constantly urged upward by a spring (not shown). 3b is a pair of guide plates arranged on the hopper 3 so as to regulate both sides of the ballot paper 3a.

At the tip of the hopper 3, a paper feed roller 4 and a paper separating body 5 that constitute a paper feed unit are arranged to face each other. The paper feed roller 4 is driven by a solenoid 33 for a paper feed roller (not shown). The pair of pull-out rollers 6 is connected to the rotation transmission member via the clutch mechanism, and on the downstream side thereof, the pair of pull-out rollers 6 constitutes a sheet pull-out portion for pulling out the ballot paper, and the ballot paper for which the double feed is detected is drawn out. An excluding roller 7 and a folding roller 8 for making a crease are provided at the center of the ballot paper, and these rollers 4, 6, 7 and 8 are provided.
Is a drive motor 9 provided on the bottom 1a of the case 1.
Thus, it is configured to be interlockable via the belt (only a part of which is shown) 10.

Further, a separation lever 12 is arranged near the exclusion roller 7 and at a position facing the ballot paper transport passage 11 that guides the ballot paper 3a upward.
Is switched to the position indicated by the solid line and the position indicated by the broken line, that is, between the ballot paper delivery port A and the ballot paper discharge side B by the operation of the separation lever solenoid 32. A first detector 13 including a light source lamp and a light receiving element is provided as a double feed detection unit between the paper feed roller 4 and the pull-out roller 6, and
A second detector 14 also having a photoelectric structure is provided above the folding roller 8 and between a ballot paper delivery port 16 described later. An expulsion plate 15 is disposed on the side of the expulsion roller 7 that discharges the voting paper, and a voting paper outlet 16 is formed at a position corresponding to the voting paper transport passage 11 in the upper part of the case 1. .

Further, on the bottom portion 1a of the case 1, a power source box 18 for accommodating the battery 17 which operates the drive motor 9 and acts as a power source for the entire system is provided. A speaker 19 is provided on the side portion 1b. In this case 1, an operation panel 24 including switches such as a display unit 21 made of liquid crystal (or LED), a man's switch 22 and a woman's switch 23, and a cable 2
It is connected through 0. Incidentally, it is possible to use an AC power supply without using the battery 17 or to use it in combination with the AC power supply.

Next, FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of an electric system including the operation panel 24. Based on the operation of the switches of the operation panel 24 and the detection output of the first detector 13, the control unit 3
The drive motor 9 is driven via 1 and the second detector 1
By the detection output of 4, the voice generating device 25 provided with a voice generating means is activated and the speaker 19 outputs a voice.

In this case, the voice generator 25 includes a voice synthesis ROM,
Consists of endless tape or dex, and various elections (eg House of Representatives, Supreme Court National Examination, House of Representatives (election district), House of Representatives (proportional representative), Governor, Member of Parliament,
The various types of announcements corresponding to the mayor, mayor, town mayor, village mayor, etc. are built in, and can be switched to any type of announcement by the utterance content changeover switch 27.
It is switched according to the switching scale 28 formed on c.

Further, when a detection output is obtained by the second detector 14 based on the operation of the male switch 22 and the female switch 23, the counting circuit 29 counts each independently, and the count result is the display control circuit. Each of them is independently displayed by the display unit 21 via 30.

Next, a method of delivering a ballot for the ballot delivery machine for election of the present invention will be described based on the above configuration.

First, the ballot paper 3a (for example, 500
When the power switch (not shown) is turned on, the initial operation of the device is started, the drive motor 9 is operated based on the control signal from the control unit 31, and the solenoid is operated. 33 is actuated to drive the clutch mechanism to bring the paper feed roller 4 into a state of being coupled to the rotation transmitting member, so that the rollers 4, 6, 7 and 8 are turned.

Therefore, the voting paper sheets 3a stacked on the hopper 3 are sequentially fed out from the uppermost first voting paper sheet 3aA, and are separated one by one by the paper feed roller 4 and the paper separating body 5, and the first detector 13 After the presence or absence of double feed is detected by the pull-out roller 6, the pull-out roller 6 pulls it out. Then, after a certain time after the leading edge of the first ballot paper 3aA has passed the first detector 13, the driven motor 9 is stopped again based on the control signal from the controller 31, and the first ballot being conveyed is conveyed. The leading edge of the sheet 3aA passes through the pull-out roller 6 but does not pass through the separation lever 12, but is positioned on the voting paper transport passage 11 between the pull-out roller 6 and the separation lever 12 and is stopped and placed in the standby state. Get burned.

After that, when the attendant turns on the male switch 22 or the female switch 23 corresponding to the voter at that time, the drive motor 9 is driven based on the control signal from the control unit 31 by each output 22a or 23a by the operation. While the rollers 6, 7 and 8 are turned on, the sheet feeding roller 4 is in a non-rotating state because the solenoid 33 is not operated.

When the pull-out roller 6 rotates, the ballot paper transport passage 1
While the first ballot paper 3aA waiting at 1 is further sent from the waiting position to the ballot paper outlet side A,
Since the paper feed roller 4 is in a rotatable state due to the non-driving of the clutch mechanism, the slip operation is performed while the paper feed roller 4 is in contact with the first voting paper 3aA. After this, the first ballot paper 3aA
The paper has a fold line at its center through the folding roller 8 located in the middle thereof, and further, after having passed through the second detector 14, is sent out to the ballot paper delivery port 16 to be ready for extraction.

On the other hand, after a certain period of time after the trailing edge of the preceding first ballot paper 3aA has passed through the first detector 13, the solenoid 33 is activated by the control signal from the controller 31 to drive the clutch mechanism to drive the paper feed roller. 4 is turned. When the paper feed roller 4 rotates, the next second ballot paper 3a on the hopper 3 is rotated.
B is fed out together with the paper separating action as in the previous time, and after forming a paper interval with the preceding first voting paper 3aA,
The tip portion 3aB 'passes through the first detector 13 to detect the presence or absence of conveyance abnormality (double feed), and after a certain time after this passage, the drive motor 9 is driven based on a control signal from the control unit 31. The operation is stopped, and the leading edge 3a of the second ballot paper 3aB
As described above, B'is the pull-out roller 6 and the separating lever 1
It is located on the ballot paper transport passage 11 between 2 and 2, and the rear end portion 3aB ″ comes into contact with the paper feed roller 4 and enters a standby state.

Here, when the voter pulls out the ballot paper 3a, a detection output is generated when the rear end of the first ballot paper 3aA passes through the second detector 14, and a control signal from the control unit 31 based on the detection signal is generated. , The voice utterance device 25 is driven, and the announcement content relating to the type of election (type of ballot form) to be executed on the day selected in advance by the utterance content changeover switch 27 is read out and its voice output (25a) Is amplified by the amplification circuit 26, and then is emitted from the speaker 19.

Further, in the counting circuit 29, the counting content of the switch operated side is incremented by 1 by the control signal from the control unit 31 based on the detection output when the first ballot paper 3aA is extracted, and the counted value is displayed. It is independently displayed on the display unit 21 via the control circuit 30.

On the other hand, in the above-described operation, when the first detector 13 detects the double feed, based on the detection signal, the control unit 31
A control signal is issued from the solenoid 32 to operate the solenoid 32, and the separation lever 12 is switched from the position shown by the solid line for guiding the second ballot paper 3aB to the conveyance path 11 to the position shown by the dotted line for removal. Meanwhile, the operation of the solenoid 33 is stopped, and the paper feed roller is in a free rotation state.

Therefore, the second ballot paper 3aB in which this double feeding state is detected
Is sent to the exclusion plate 15 by the exclusion roller 7 on the voting paper discharge side B after passing through the separation lever 12, and the rear end of the voting paper 3a to be excluded is the first detector 13
After a lapse of a certain time after passing through, the control unit 31 issues a control signal to operate the solenoid 33 to drive the clutch mechanism to bring the paper feed roller 4 into a driving state. The next ballot sheet 3aC following the ballot sheet 3aB is fed out by the same operation as the above-mentioned case, and is again positioned on the conveyance path 11 between the pull-out roller 6 and the separation lever 12 and stands by, and the same switch is used. It is set so that it can be re-operated.

In the description of the above embodiment, the case where the rotation operation of the paper feed roller for feeding the voting paper is controlled via the clutch mechanism has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and, for example, the paper feed may be performed. By making the paper roller always rotatable and installing a one-way clutch, and by increasing the speed of the drawing roller to make it rotate faster than the paper feeding roller, voting between the drawing roller and the separation lever is performed. When the driving motor rotates the ballot paper waiting in the paper conveyance path based on the operation of the switch corresponding to the gender, the rotation of the draw-out roller rapidly feeds it forward, while the paper feed roller On the side, during that time, due to the action of the one-wear clutch, it becomes a free rotation (slip) state at a speed corresponding to the rotation speed of the drawing roller,
When the trailing edge of this ballot paper has finished passing through the paper feed roller, the paper feed roller returns to the normal rotation speed, so that the next ballot paper on the hopper is fed out, and the peripheral speed between both rollers is increased. A sheet interval may be formed between the preceding ballot sheet on the basis of the difference and the next ballot sheet may be placed in the standby state as described above, and both of them belong to the technical scope of the present invention.

g. Advantageous Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, the leading end portion of the next voting paper fed from the paper feed roller forming the paper feed unit is conveyed at least halfway through the draw roller in advance, and In addition, since it was made to wait in the state where the double feed detection unit confirmed that it was one sheet, every time the switch was operated, the conventional ballot was conveyed along the entire route from the hopper to the ballot outlet. Since it is not necessary to carry it out, the transport distance is shortened, the processing time of the ballot paper is greatly shortened, and the quick withdrawal of the ballot paper can be achieved.

Further, in this case, the ballot paper is always fed upward from the state of being conveyed, but the leading end of the ballot paper is located between the pull-out roller and the separating lever, and the trailing end is fed. Since it is positioned on the paper roller and is on standby, it is positioned by the holding action on the leading edge and the trailing edge of the ballot paper at the start of feeding, thus maintaining a certain posture without skewing. The ballots can be transported.

Further, even though the leading edge of the voting paper passes through the pull-out roller of the paper pull-out section, it does not pass through the separation lever, but is positioned in the passage between the pull-out roller and the separation lever and is kept in standby. In the unlikely event that some trouble occurs at the time of sending out, by operating the separation lever, this ballot can be eliminated without sending it to the ballot sending side, and accidental troubles can be prevented.

Furthermore, the present invention reduces the transport speed of the ballot paper by reducing the capacity of the drive motor when it is operated by a battery, and reduces the transport path of the ballot paper by shortening the path. By shortening the processing time and increasing the apparent transport speed, it is possible to perform almost the same processing operation as when driven by a normal power supply. Even with a ballot paper delivery machine that uses batteries, withdrawal speed higher than that of AC power supply machines can be achieved. By obtaining it, it has a remarkable effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an election ballot delivery machine according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration, FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an internal mechanism, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electric system. Is. 1 is a case, 3 is a hopper, 3a is a ballot paper, 3aA is a first ballot paper, 3aB is a second ballot paper, 4 is a paper feed roller (paper feed section), 5 is a paper separating body (paper feed section), 6 Is a pull-out roller (paper pull-out section), 8 is a folding roller, 12 is a separation lever, 13 is a first detector (double feed detection section), 16 is a ballot paper outlet, A is a ballot paper outlet, and B is This is the ballot paper discharge side.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Tetsuo Onishi, 353 Uedai, Kogai, Nagakawa-gun, Wakayama Prefecture, inside Duplo Seiko Co., Ltd. (56) Reference JP-A-58-216849 (JP, A) JP-A-60 -236954 (JP, A)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Election ballots (3a) stacked on a hopper (3) in a case (1) are sent one by one through a paper feed section (4, 5), and sent one by one. After detecting the ballot paper (3a) that has been formed by the double feed detection unit (13),
A voting paper delivery method for an election voting paper delivery machine, wherein the voting papers (3a) can be taken out one by one from a voting paper delivery port (16), wherein the voting papers sent out from the paper feed section (4, 5). After detecting the double feed of the paper (3a) by the double feed detecting unit (13), the ballot paper (3a) is pulled out by the paper pulling-out unit (6), and then the double feed detecting unit (13) double feeds. When the absence is detected, the separation lever (1) arranged on the conveyance path between the paper drawer (6) and the ballot paper outlet (16).
2) is located on the side of the ballot paper outlet (A), and the tip of the ballot paper (3a) is attached to the separation lever (12).
When the presence of double feed is detected by the double feed detector (13), the separation lever (12) is moved to the voting paper discharge side (B). A method of issuing a ballot for an election ballot issuing machine, which is characterized in that it is located.