The present disclosure claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202010008149.X filed with the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) on Jan. 2, 2020, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present disclosure relates to the field of self-service equipment, for example, to a sheet medium stacking and separating apparatus and a cash recycling and handling apparatus.
Cash recycling and handling apparatus is a kind of financial self-service apparatus which combines the functions of cash recycling, depositing, withdrawing, temporary storage, sorting, counting, counterfeit money identifying, end-of-day cash custody, inquiry and so on. With the cash recycling and handling apparatus, recycling of various denominations of domestic banknotes circulating can also be achieved. The cash recycling and handling apparatus is widely used in banking and other financial fields, which greatly facilitates users to handle related businesses.
The sheet medium stacking and separating apparatus in the existing technologies is susceptible to edgefold or breakage of the banknotes during the switchover process of outputting the banknote and inputting the banknote.
The present application provides a sheet medium stacking and separating apparatus and a cash recycling and handling apparatus, which can solve a technical problem that a stacking and separating apparatus provided in the existing technologies easily causes edgefold or breakage of the banknotes.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a sheet medium stacking and separating apparatus, including a frame, a supporting plate and a paper shifting mechanism.
The frame is provided with a storage cavity used for accommodating a sheet medium. A first end of the storage cavity along a stacking direction of the sheet medium is provided with a paper inlet, a second end of the storage cavity along the stacking direction of the sheet medium is provided with a paper outlet and a separation mechanism. The separation mechanism includes a separating roller, a gate roller and a pickup roller, the pickup roller is disposed in the storage cavity, and the separating roller and the gate roller are disposed opposite to each other at the paper outlet.
The supporting plate is provided with a notch, is disposed in the storage cavity, is used for supporting the sheet medium, and is able to move along the stacking direction of the sheet medium, and has an output position and a receiving position; when the supporting plate is located at the receiving position, a space for accommodating the sheet medium is formed between the supporting plate and the paper inlet; and when the supporting plate moves to the output position, the pickup roller protrudes from a surface of the supporting plate through the notch so as to be able to contact with the sheet medium on the supporting plate. The paper shifting mechanism is disposed adjacent to the paper outlet, and the paper shifting mechanism is configured to drive the sheet medium to move into the storage cavity and away from the paper outlet.
Embodiments of the present application further provide a cash recycling and handling apparatus, including the sheet medium stacking and separating apparatus described above.
The drawings used in description of the specific embodiments or the existing technologies will be briefly described below. Apparently, the drawings described below illustrate part of embodiments of the present application, and those of ordinary skill in the art may obtain other drawings based on these drawings on the premise that no creative work is done.
The technical solutions of the present application will be described clearly and completely in conjunction with examples. Apparently, the examples described are part, not all, of the examples of the present application. Based on the embodiments of the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative work are within the scope of the present application.
In the description of the present application, it is to be noted that orientations or position relations indicated by terms such as “up” and “down” are based on the drawings. These orientations or position relations are intended only to facilitate and simplify the description of the present application and not to indicate or imply that a device or element referred to must have such particular orientations or must be configured or operated in such particular orientations.
In the description of the present application, it is to be noted that unless otherwise expressly specified and limited, the term “connection” is to be construed in a broad sense, for example, may be construed as a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; a direct connection or a connection through an intermediate medium. For those of ordinary skill in the art, meanings of the preceding terms can be understood according to situations in the present application.
In the existing technologies, a cash recycling and handling apparatus includes an inlet and outlet, an identification mechanism, a temporary storage mechanism, a cash box and a public passage connected between various mechanisms. Since the inlet and outlet, the cash box and the temporary storage mechanism each have the functions of cash inlet and outlet, the inlet and outlet, the cash box and the temporary storage mechanism each are provided with a sheet medium stacking and separating apparatus. The sheet medium stacking and separating apparatus may be provided with a cash storage cavity; a first end of the storage cavity along a stacking direction of the sheet medium is provided with an inlet, a second end of the storage cavity along the stacking direction of the sheet medium is provided with an outlet and a separation mechanism; the separation mechanism includes a separating roller, a gate roller and a pickup roller. The pickup roller is disposed in the storage cavity, and the separating roller and the gate roller are disposed opposite to each other at the outlet. The sheet medium stacking and separating apparatus further includes a supporting plate located in the storage cavity, the supporting plate can move along the stacking direction of the sheet medium and has an outlet position and a receiving position, and the supporting plate is provided with a notch. When the supporting plate is located at the receiving position, an accommodation space for cashes is formed between the supporting plate and the inlet, and cashes entering from the inlet are stacked on the supporting plate. When the supporting plate moves to the outlet position, the pickup roller contacts with the cashes supported on the supporting plate through the notch, so that the pickup roller can drive the cashes to move to the outlet, and the cashes are output from the outlet one by one by the separating roller and the gate roller.
When the sheet medium stacking and separating apparatus provided by the existing technologies completes cash output, under the action of the pickup roller, the cashes close to the pickup roller on the supporting plate are easy to shift to the outlet, so that along the stacking direction of sheet medium, the edges of the part of the cashes are located between the paper shifting roller and the gate roller. At this time, once the supporting plate moves to the receiving position, the supporting plate will drive the shifted cashes to move to the inlet, so that the part of the cashes collides with an inner wall of the storage cavity, thus causing the part of the cashes to be folded or damaged.
The basic working process of the cash recycling and handling apparatus is as follows: when the cashes are entered, the cashes are entered through the cash input mechanism 010, and after the cash are identified by the identification mechanism 040, the qualified cashes are transported to the temporary storage mechanism 030 for temporary storage; then, when the deposit is confirmed, the qualified cashes are stored in the cash box 060 of the safe 070 after passing through the public passage 050 and the identification mechanism 040, and the unqualified cashes are returned to the cash output mechanism 020 to be taken away by the user; and when the cashes are output, the cashes enter the public passage 050 from the cash box 060, and are transported to the identification mechanism 040 for identification through the public passage 050, cashes satisfying the requirements are output by the cash output mechanism 020 and is to be taken away by the user, and cashes that do not satisfy the requirements are returned to a cash box 060 for stacking the cashes of the plurality of cash boxes 060 for storage.
It is be noted that part of the structure and working process of the cash recycling and handling apparatus are existing technologies, which will not be described in detail.
In the cash recycling and handling apparatus provided in this embodiment, the cash input mechanism 010, the cash output mechanism 020, the cash box and the temporary storage mechanism 030 are all provided with the sheet medium stacking and separating apparatus. In the following text, the structure and operation process of the sheet medium stacking and separating apparatus will be described in detail by taking the sheet medium stacking and separating apparatus in the cash box 060 as an example.
In one embodiment, the stacking direction of the sheet medium extends along an up-down direction, and the receiving position of the first supporting plate 210 is located above the output position of the first supporting plate 210. In one embodiment, the paper shifting mechanism 500 is disposed in the storage cavity (such as the first storage cavity 220) of the frame 100. In other embodiments, the paper shifting mechanism 500 may also be disposed on the frame 100 and outside the first storage cavity 220 as long as it can drive the cashes to move into the first storage cavity 220 and away from the paper outlet 370, and is not limited herein.
When the first supporting plate 210 is located at the receiving position of the first supporting plate 210, an accommodation space for accommodating cashes is formed between the first supporting plate 210 and the paper inlet 270, and cashes enter from the paper inlet 270 are stacked on the first supporting plate 210. When the first supporting plate 210 moves to the paper outlet position, the pickup roller 430 protrudes from the surface of the first supporting plate 210 through the notch so as to contact with the cashes supported on the first supporting plate 210, so that the cashes are output from the first storage cavity 220 one by one through the paper outlet 370 under jointly action of the pickup roller 430, the separating roller 440 and the gate roller 410. When the first supporting plate 210 moves from the output position of the first supporting plate 210 to the receiving position of the first supporting plate 210 to continue to receive the cashes entering the first storage cavity 220, the paper shifting mechanism 500 operates to drive the cashes to move into the first storage cavity 220 and away from the paper outlet 370. With this arrangement, when the first supporting plate 210 moves to the receiving position of the first supporting plate 210, the cashes can be prevented from colliding with the inner wall of the first storage cavity 220, thereby preventing the cashes from being folded or damaged, enabling the cashes to be transported normally, thereby facilitating the normal use of the entire cash recycling and handling apparatus.
In one embodiment, the pickup roller 430, the separating roller 440 and the first gate roller 410 are rotatably connected to the frame 100, and the axes of the pickup roller 430, the separating roller 440 and the first gate roller 410 are all parallel to each other.
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In one embodiment, the pickup roller 430, the separating roller 440, the first gate roller 410 and the second gate roller 420 are rotatably connected to the frame 100, and the axes of the pickup roller 430, the separating roller 440, the first gate roller 410 and the second gate roller 420 are all parallel to each other.
In one embodiment, the pickup roller 430, the separating roller 440 and the second gate roller 420 may jointly work to drive the sheet medium located in the second storage cavity 320 and below the pickup roller 430 into the paper outlet 370 through a gap between the separating roller 440 and the second gate roller 420.
It is to be noted that when the sheet medium stacking and separating apparatus has only one accommodation (e.g. has only the first storage cavity 220 and has no second storage cavity 320), the separation mechanism includes only one gate roller, i.e. only the first gate roller 410.
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It is be noted that working process that two types of cashes are respectively stored and output by the cash sheet medium stacking and separating apparatus are existing technologies, which will not be described in detail.
With this arrangement, when the first supporting plate 210 moves from the output position of the first supporting plate 210 to the receiving position of the first supporting plate 210, the drive member operates to drive the paper shifting member 520 to move or rotate, so that the cashes moves into the first storage cavity 220 and away from the paper outlet 370, thereby avoiding the problem of edgefold or breakage of the cashes during the movement process of the first supporting plate 210 to the receiving position of the first supporting plate 210.
Optionally, in this embodiment, the drive member drives the paper shifting member 520 to rotate so as to shift the cashes. In one embodiment, with continued reference to
When the paper shifting member 520 is indirectly connected to the spindle 510, the paper shifting mechanism 500 further includes a transmission component, which is connected between the spindle 510 and the paper shifting member 520. When the drive member drives the spindle 510 to rotate along the first direction, the spindle 510 drives the paper shifting member 520 to rotate along the first direction through the transmission component, so that the paper shifting member 520 drives the cashes in contact with the paper shifting member 520 to move into the first storage cavity 220 and away from the paper outlet 370.
In this embodiment, the transmission component includes a driving member and a driven member, where the driving member is transmission-connected to the spindle 510, and the driven member is connected to the paper shifting member 520. When the spindle 510 drives the driving member to rotate along the first direction, the driven member is transmission-connected to the driving member, and the driven member drives the paper shifting member 520 to rotate along the first direction (the direction indicated by arrow a in
When the first supporting plate 210 moves from the output position of the first supporting plate 210 to the receiving position of the first supporting plate 210, the drive member drives the spindle 510 supported on the frame 100 to rotate along the first direction, and the driving member rotates accordingly, and transmits power to the driven member, and then the driven member drives the paper shifting member 520 to rotate along the first direction, so that to drive the cashes move into the first storage cavity 220 and away from the paper outlet 370.
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In other embodiments, the drive member may be an electromagnet, and the electromagnet is transmission-connected to the paper shifting member 520. When an iron core of the electromagnet is extended or retracted, the paper shifting member 520 can be driven to move or rotate in the first storage cavity 220, thereby driving the cashes to move into the first storage cavity 220 and away from the paper outlet 370. For example, the paper shifting member 520 is fixedly connected to the iron core, and an extending direction of the paper shifting member 520 is perpendicular to a movement direction of the iron core. When the iron core of the electromagnet is extended or retracted, the paper shifting member 520 moves accordingly to be able to drive the cashes in contact with the paper shifting member 520 to move into the first storage cavity 220 and away from the paper outlet 370.
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In one embodiment, the second end surface 541 is perpendicular to the stop face 543, the guild surface 544 is arranged at an included angle with the second end surface 541, and the guild surface 544 is arranged at an included angle with the stop surface 543.
The paper shifting member 520 is fixedly connected to the second sleeve 540 and extends along the radial direction of the second sleeve 540 (that is, in the radial direction of the spindle 510).
When the first supporting plate 210 moves from the output position of the first supporting plate 210 to the receiving position of the first supporting plate 210, the first motor 250 operates to drive the spindle 510 to rotate along the first direction, so as to drive the first sleeve 530 sleeved on the spindle 510 to rotate synchronously. When the first sleeve 530 rotates until the side surface 534 abut against the stop surface 543 of the second sleeve 540, the first sleeve 530 drives the second sleeve 540 to rotate synchronously, thereby driving the paper shifting member 520 to rotate along the first direction, so that the paper shifting member 520 drives the cashes to move into the first storage cavity 220 and away from the paper outlet 370. When an output shaft of the first motor 250 rotates reversely, the spindle 510 is driven to rotate along a second direction (i.e. the opposite direction of the direction indicated by the arrow a in
In this embodiment, the second sleeve 540 is sleeved on the spindle 510 through a rolling bearing 511. Optionally, the rolling bearing 511 is a deep groove ball bearing.
In other embodiments, the transmission component includes a one-way bearing, and the one-way bearing includes an inner ring and an outer ring. In one embodiment, the inner ring of the one-way bearing is fixedly sleeved on the spindle 510, and the paper shifting member 520 is connected to the outer ring of the one-way bearing. That is, the inner ring of the one-way bearing is served as the driving member, and the outer ring of the one-way bearing is served as the driven member.
In other embodiments, the transmission component includes a torque limiter, a first end of the torque limiter is fixedly connected to the spindle 510, and a second end of the torque limiter is transmission-connected to the paper shifting member 520, that is, the first end of the torque limiter is served as the driving member, and the second end of the torque limiter is served as the driven member.
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Apparently, a blocking portion may be provided on the spindle 510. For example, when the pin 512 is fixed in the through hole of the spindle 510, and a portion of the pin 512 projecting from the spindle 510 is connected to the first elastic member 550, at this time, the transmission component only includes the first elastic member 550. In one embodiment, the first elastic member 550 is connected between the blocking portion and the first sleeve 530, and the first elastic member 550 is configured to cause the first sleeve 530 to have a motion tendency to approach the second sleeve 540. This arrangement also ensures that the top surface 533 of the first sleeve 530 can slide along the second end surface 541 to the guide surface 544 of the second sleeve 540 and slide along the guide surface 544 when the spindle 510 rotates along the second direction.
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Optionally, there are two slots 535, and the two slots 535 are arranged at an interval along a circumferential direction of the first sleeve 530, and correspondingly, the number of insert parts 561 on the third sleeve 560 is also two, and the two insert parts 561 is inserted into the two slots 535 in one-to-one correspondence.
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With this arrangement, when the first motor 250 drives the pickup roller 430 and the separating roller 440 to rotate for cash discharge, the first motor 250 also drives the spindle 510 to rotate along the second direction. At this time, the paper shifting member 520 is blocked by the one-way lock component and cannot continue to rotate along the second direction, thus avoiding the influence of the paper shifting member 520 on cash discharge.
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In the absence of other external forces, the lock plate 570 is located at the lock position under the action of the second elastic member 590, and the stopper portion 572 abuts against the frame 100. When the paper shifting member 520 is rotated along the first direction to drive the cashes to move into the first storage cavity 220 and away from the paper outlet 370, the paper shifting member 520 rotated along the first direction is in contact with a first side surface of the lock portion 571 of the lock plate 570, and the lock plate 570 is driven to rotate about the support shaft 580, so that the stopper portion 572 of the lock plate 570 is separated from the support plate 120. Meanwhile, the paper shifting member 520 rotated along the first direction can slide relative to the lock plate 571 and is gradually separated from the lock plate 571. When the lock plate 571 is withdrawn from the rotation route of the paper shifting member 520, the paper shifting member 520 can continue to rotate along the first direction to drive the cashes. When the cashes are discharged, the spindle 510 rotates along the second direction, and under the action of friction between the first sleeve 530 and the second sleeve 540, the paper shifting member 520 is driven to rotate along the second direction, at this time, under the action of the second elastic member 590, the stopper portion 572 of the lock plate 570 abuts against the support plate 120, the lock plate 570 is defined in the lock position by the frame 100, and the paper shifting member 520 rotated along the second direction abuts against the second side surface of the lock portion 571 of the lock plate 570. At this time, the stopper portion 572 abuts against the frame 100 so that the lock plate 570 cannot be rotated, Therefore, the lock portion 571 is always located on the rotational route of the paper shifting member 520, the paper shifting member 520 is blocked by the lock portion 571, and the resistance is greater than the friction between the first sleeve 530 and the second sleeve 540, so that the first sleeve 530 and the second sleeve 540 slip relatively, and the spindle 510 rotating along the second direction cannot continue to drive the paper shifting member 520 to rotate along the second direction, and the paper shifting member 520 stays at a position where the paper shifting member 520 abuts against the lock portion 571 of the lock plate 570. This arrangement not only avoids the phenomenon of edgefold or breakage of the cashes in the process of receiving cashes, but also avoids that the paper shifting member 520 blocks the cashes in the cash discharging process, thereby ensuring the smooth progress of the cash discharging process. Moreover, the paper shifting member 520 maintains in a position abutting against the lock plate 570 at the lock position, thus improving the stability of the paper shifting member 520 and the whole sheet medium stacking and separating apparatus in the cash discharging process.
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Optionally, the paper shifting member 520 is in a plate shape, and one end of the paper shifting member 520 away from the second sleeve 540 extends along a radial direction of the second sleeve 540. With this arrangement, the contact area between the paper shifting member 520 and the lock portion 571 is effectively increased, thereby ensuring the reliability of the paper shifting member 520 being locked by the lock portion 571.
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The sheet medium stacking and separating apparatus provided in this application includes the frame provided with the storage cavity, the supporting plate disposed in the storage cavity and the paper shifting mechanism configured to drive the sheet medium to move into the storage cavity and away from the paper outlet. The storage cavity is used for stacking the sheet medium, the first end of the storage cavity along a stacking direction of the sheet medium is provided with a paper inlet, and the second end of the storage cavity along a stacking direction of the sheet medium is provided with the paper outlet and the separation mechanism. The separation mechanism includes the pickup roller disposed in the storage cavity, the separating roller and the gate roller both disposed opposite to each other at the paper outlet. The supporting plate is provided with the notch and is able to move along the stacking direction of the sheet medium and has the output position and the receiving position. The paper shifting mechanism is disposed adjacent to the paper outlet.
When the supporting plate is located at the receiving position, a space for accommodating the sheet medium is formed between the supporting plate and the paper inlet, and the sheet medium are entered from the paper inlet and be stacked on the supporting plate. When the supporting plate moves to the paper outlet position, the pickup roller protrudes from a surface of the supporting plate through the notch to contact with the sheet medium on the supporting plate, so that under the joint action of the pickup roller, the paper separating roller and the gate roller, the sheet medium are output from the paper outlet to the outside of the storage cavity one by one. When the supporting plate moves from the output position to the receiving position to continue to support the sheet medium entering the storage cavity, the paper shifting mechanism 500 operates to drive the sheet medium to move into the storage cavity and away from the paper outlet. With this arrangement, when the supporting plate moves to the receiving position in the existing technologies, the cashes can be prevented from colliding with the inner wall of the storage cavity, thereby preventing the cashes from being folded or damaged, enabling the cashes to be transported normally, thereby facilitating the normal use of the entire cash recycling and handling apparatus.
In this application, the above-mentioned sheet medium stacking and separating apparatus is arranged in the cash recycling and handling apparatus, and the cash recycling and handling apparatus accordingly has all the advantage of the above-mentioned sheet medium stacking and separating apparatus. The advantages are not repeated here.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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202010008149.X | Jan 2020 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2020/139585 | 12/25/2020 | WO |