Paper sheet handling apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9284156-B2
Application number	US-201314023894-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 11, 2013
Priority date	Mar 18, 2011
Publication date	Mar 15, 2016
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a paper sheet handling apparatus includes a supply unit including a support surface which tilts from a vertical direction, and a mounting surface substantially perpendicular to the support surface, and configured to receive a plurality of paper sheets which tilt along the support surface and are stacked on the mounting surface, a pick up mechanism configured to pick up the paper sheets from a mounting surface side of the supply unit, a conveyance path configured to convey the picked up paper sheet, an inspection device configured to inspect the conveyed paper sheet, and an accumulation unit configured to accumulate the inspected paper sheets.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A paper sheet handling apparatus comprising:
a supply unit comprising a support surface which tilts from a vertical direction, and a mounting surface substantially perpendicular to the support surface, and configured to receive a plurality of paper sheets which tilt along the support surface and are stacked on the mounting surface;
a pick up mechanism configured to pick up the paper sheets from a mounting surface side of the supply unit;
a conveyance path configured to convey the picked up paper sheet;
an inspection device configured to inspect the conveyed paper sheet and arranged above the pick up mechanism in the vertical direction; and
an accumulation unit configured to accumulate the inspected paper sheets,
wherein the conveyance path tilts from the pick up mechanism to the inspection device obliquely from the vertical direction and extends upward from the pick up mechanism along the support surface in an area under the support surface, and the inspection device obliquely tilts along the conveyance path.

2. The paper sheet handling apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the inspection device obliquely tilts along the conveyance path in a direction substantially parallel to the support surface.

3. A paper sheet handling apparatus comprising:
a main module comprising a supply unit comprising a support surface which tilts from a vertical direction, and a mounting surface substantially perpendicular to the support surface, and configured to receive a plurality of paper sheets which tilt along the support surface and are stacked on the mounting surface; a pick up mechanism configured to pick up the paper sheets from a mounting surface side of the supply unit; a conveyance path configured to convey the picked up paper sheet; an inspection device configured to inspect the conveyed paper sheet and arranged above the pick up mechanism in the vertical direction; and an accumulation unit configured to accumulate the inspected paper sheets, wherein the conveyance path tilts from the pick up mechanism to the inspection device obliquely from the vertical direction and extends upward from the pick up mechanism along the support surface in an area under the support surface, and the inspection device obliquely tilts along the conveyance path; and
a strapping module comprising an accumulation strapping device connected to the main module and configured to accumulate and strap the paper sheets fed from the main module every predetermined number thereof.

4. The paper sheet handling apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the conveyance path extends along the support surface in a direction substantially parallel to the support surface.

5. A paper sheet handling apparatus comprising:
a supply unit comprising a support surface which tilts from a vertical direction, and a mounting surface substantially perpendicular to the support surface, and configured to receive a plurality of paper sheets which tilt along the support surface and are stacked on the mounting surface;
a pick up mechanism configured to pick up the paper sheets from a mounting surface side of the supply unit;
a conveyance path configured to convey the picked up paper sheet;
an inspection device configured to inspect the conveyed paper sheet and arranged above the pick up mechanism in the vertical direction; and
an accumulation unit configured to accumulate the inspected paper sheets,
wherein the conveyance path tilts from the pick up mechanism to the inspection device obliquely from the vertical direction and extends upward from the pick up mechanism along the support surface in a direction substantially parallel to the support surface, and the inspection device obliquely tilts along the conveyance path.

6. The paper sheet handling apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the inspection device obliquely tilts along the conveyance path in a direction substantially parallel to the support surface.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Sakoguchi Yoshitaka
• Mukai Kazuhiro
• Oosawa Hisashi

Classifications

• B65H2513/42

  Route, path · CPC title

• B65H2404/15212

  rotating, pivoting or oscillating around an axis perpendicular to the roller axis · CPC title

• B65H2557/64

  for detecting type or properties of handled material · CPC title

• B65H2701/375

  Strapping tapes · CPC title

• G07D11/30

  Tracking or tracing valuable papers or cassettes · CPC title