Banknote handling apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017190531-A1
Application number	US-201715463223-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 20, 2017
Priority date	Jun 28, 2013
Publication date	Jul 6, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A paper sheet transport apparatus ( 10 ) includes transport member that is slidable along the widthwise direction of a transport path ( 11 ) (e.g., a drive roller ( 36 ) and a driven roller ( 38 )), and a paper sheet detection unit (inlet-side paper sheet detection sensor ( 70 )) that is arranged on an upstream side of the transport member in the paper sheet transport direction along the transport path ( 11 ) and detects the position of the paper sheet in the widthwise direction of the transport path ( 11 ). A control unit ( 80 ) calculates an amount of movement of the transport member based on the position of the paper sheet in the widthwise direction of the transport path ( 11 ) detected by the paper sheet detection unit and a previously set predetermined position of the paper sheet in the widthwise direction of the transport path ( 11 ).

First claim

1 . A banknote handling apparatus that performs at least one of a banknote depositing process and a dispensing process and transports a banknote along a transport path, comprising:
a transport member that is slidable along a widthwise direction of the transport path and transports the banknote in both forward and reverse directions along the transport path; a banknote detection unit that detects a position of the banknote in the widthwise direction of the transport path; and a control unit that calculates an amount of movement of the transport member based on a position of the banknote in the widthwise direction of the transport path detected by the banknote detection unit and performs a control so as to slide the transport member by the calculated movement amount when the banknote is transported by the transport member.

2 . The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transport member includes a pair of upper and lower rollers that transport the banknote by nipping the banknote therebetween.

3 . The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a position detection unit that detects a position of the transport member in the widthwise direction of the transport path.

4 . The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the transport member is arranged in a first guide portion that constitutes the transport path, and the first guide portion is slidable along the widthwise direction of the transport path integrally with the transport member.

5 . The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the first guide portion comprises a pair of first guide portions arranged so as to be separated from each other, in which the transport path is formed between the first guide portions, and the pair of first guide portions is slidable so that a distance between the first guide portions on an inlet side of the transport path arranged between the pair of the first guide portions and a distance between the first guide portions on an outlet side of the transport path can be respectively changed.

6 . The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the pair of the first guide portions are respectively capable of rocking around a shaft, and
the banknote transport apparatus includes a guide portion rocking mechanism for changing the distance between the first guide portions on the inlet side of the transport path arranged between the first guide portions and the distance between the first guide portions on the outlet side thereof by rocking the pair of first guide portions, respectively.

7 . The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the guide portion rocking mechanism changes a distance between the first guide portions based on a transport direction of the banknote so that a distance between the first guide portions on the inlet side that is an upstream side in the transport direction of the banknote is set to be larger than a distance between the first guide portions on the outlet side that is a downstream side in the transport direction of the banknote.

8 . The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the transport member is arranged in a second guide portion that constitutes the transport path, the second guide portion is firmly fixed, and the transport member is slidable along the widthwise direction of the transport path with respect to the second guide portion.

9 . The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the transport member comprises a plurality of the transport members arranged in tandem along the transport path, in the transport path, the banknote is transported sequentially starting from the transport member arranged on a upstream side of the banknote transport direction toward the transport members arranged on a downstream side thereof, and the control unit controls the transport members to slide along the widthwise direction of the transport path so that a sum total of amounts of movement of the banknote in the widthwise direction of the transport path performed by the transport members is equal to the calculated movement amount when the banknote is transported sequentially by the transport members.

10 . The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein if the calculated movement amount is smaller than a maximum movement amount of each of the transport members, the control unit controls only a part of the plural transport members along the widthwise direction of the transport path.

11 . The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein when the banknote has been transported from one transport member to another transport member arranged at a stage subsequent to the one transport member, the control unit performs a control to move the one transport member to a position where it can receive a subsequent banknote.

12 . The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein
in the control unit, time duration from a time point at which the banknote is detected by the banknote detection unit or an inlet-side transport timing detection unit that detects a timing of transport of the banknote arranged on an upstream side of the transport members in banknote transport direction to a time point at which the sliding of the transport members is to be started is set for each of the transport members, and the control unit performs a control so as to slide the transport members along the widthwise direction of the transport path after the previously set time duration has elapses for each of the transport members after the banknote has been detected by the banknote detection unit or the inlet-side transport timing detection unit.

13 . The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 9 , further comprising a transport timing detection unit that detects passing of the banknote in each transport member, wherein
when the passing of the banknote has been detected by the transport timing detection unit, the control unit performs a control so as to slide the transport member corresponding to this transport timing detection unit along the widthwise direction of the transport path.

14 . A banknote handling apparatus that performs at least one of a banknote depositing process and a dispensing process and transports a banknote along a transport path, comprising:
a transport member that is slidable along a widthwise direction of the transport path and transports the banknote along the transport path; a banknote detection unit that detects a position of the banknote in the widthwise direction of the transport path; a control unit that calculates an amount of movement of the transport member based on a position of the banknote in the widthwise direction of the transport path detected by the banknote detection unit and performs a control so as to slide the transport member by the calculated movement amount when the banknote is transported by the transport member, wherein the transport member is arranged in a second guide portion that constitutes the transport path, the second guide portion is firmly fixed, and the transport member is slidable along the widthwise direction of the transport path with respect to the second guide portion.

15 . A banknote handling apparatus that performs at least one of a banknote depositing process and a dispensing process and transports a banknote along a transport path, comprising:
a transport member that is slidable along a widthwise direction of the transport path and transports the banknote along the transport path; a banknote detection unit that detects a position of the banknote in the widthwise dire

Assignees

• Glory Kogyo Kk

Inventors

• Nakai Takanori

Classifications

• B65H5/36

  Article guides or smoothers, e.g. movable in operation · CPC title

• B65H2404/611

  arranged to form a channel · CPC title

• B65H9/12 Primary

  carried by article grippers · CPC title

• B65H9/103

  acting by friction or suction on the article for pushing or pulling it into registered position, e.g. against a stop · CPC title

• B65H2701/1912

  Banknotes, bills and cheques or the like · CPC title