Medium processing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10604362-B2
Application number	US-201816184401-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 8, 2018
Priority date	Nov 13, 2017
Publication date	Mar 31, 2020
Grant date	Mar 31, 2020

Abstract

A medium processing device includes a medium storage portion configured to stack sheet-shaped media to store the sheet-shaped media, a first pressurizing member configured to pressurize the sheet-shaped media stored in the medium storage portion, and a second pressurizing member configured to pressurize the sheet-shaped media in cooperation with the first pressurizing member when a stacking thickness of the sheet-shaped media stored in the medium storage portion is equal to or greater than a predetermined thickness.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A medium processing device comprising:
a medium storage portion configured to stack sheet-shaped media to store the sheet-shaped media;
a first pressurizing member configured to apply pressure to the sheet-shaped media stored in the medium storage portion and hold the sheet-shaped media in an upright state; and
a second pressurizing member configured to apply pressure to the sheet-shaped media in cooperation with the first pressurizing member when a stacking thickness of the sheet-shaped media stored in the medium storage portion is equal to or greater than a predetermined thickness and hold the sheet-shaped media in the upright state,
wherein the second pressurizing member does not apply pressure to the sheet-shaped media when the stacking thickness of the sheet-shaped media stored in the medium storage portion is less than the predetermined thickness, and
a portion of the first pressurizing member and a portion of the second pressurizing member are arranged to overlap each other in a stacking direction in which the sheet-shaped media are stacked in the medium storage portion.

2. The medium processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first pressurizing member and the second pressurizing member are arranged on a same axial center, and
the first pressurizing member and the second pressurizing member are each arranged at different positions in an axial direction of the axial center.

3. The medium processing device according to claim 1 , wherein, for a state in which the sheet-shaped media are not stored in the medium storage portion, the second pressurizing member is arranged below the first pressurizing member in the stacking direction.

4. The medium processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising a third pressurizing member configured to apply pressure to the sheet-shaped media on a downstream side in a storage direction of the sheet-shaped media with respect to the first pressurizing member and the second pressurizing member.

5. The medium processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the first pressurizing member and the second pressurizing member are configured to apply pressure to the sheet-shaped media according to the stacking thickness of the sheet-shaped media.

6. The medium processing device according to claim 1 , wherein a pressurizing force for pressurizing the sheet-shaped media is larger when the stacking thickness of the sheet-shaped media stored in the medium storage portion is equal to or greater than the predetermined thickness compared to when the stacking thickness of the sheet-shaped media stored in the medium storage portion is less than the predetermined thickness.

7. The medium processing device according to claim 1 , wherein a pressurizing force for pressurizing the sheet-shaped media is increased in a stepwise manner according to the stacking thickness of the sheet-shaped media.

8. The medium processing device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the stacking thickness of the sheet-shaped media stored in the medium storage portion is less than the predetermined thickness, an angle between a bottom wall of the medium storage portion and the second pressurizing member is smaller than an angle between the bottom wall of the medium storage portion and the first pressurizing member.

9. The medium processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the first pressurizing member and the second pressurizing member each comprise a plate.

10. The medium processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising a media conveyance path along which the sheet-shaped media is conveyed to the medium storage portion.

11. The medium processing device according to claim 10 , further comprising a media delivery mechanism configured to deliver a plurality of the sheet-shaped media one by one to the media conveyance path.

12. The medium processing device according to claim 10 , further comprising an image scanner configured to read the sheet-shaped media along the media conveyance path.

13. The medium processing device according to claim 10 , further comprising a printer configured to print onto the sheet-shaped media along the media conveyance path.

14. The medium processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising a delivery roller configured to deliver the sheet-shaped media to the medium storage portion.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Kurotobi Shuhei

Classifications

• B65H2701/1912

  Banknotes, bills and cheques or the like · CPC title

• B65H2301/4214

  of articles on edge · CPC title

• B65H31/26

  Auxiliary devices for retaining articles in the pile · CPC title

• B65H1/02

  adapted to support articles on edge · CPC title

• B65H31/02 Primary

  with stationary end support against which pile accumulates · CPC title