Position adjustment device and paper sheet processing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9352925-B2
Application number	US-201314441512-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 7, 2013
Priority date	Nov 13, 2012
Publication date	May 31, 2016
Grant date	May 31, 2016

Abstract

Position adjustment device including adjustment body having row of fitting portions with specifically shaped fitting portions disposed every specific fitting cycle along a specific direction. A holder holds that body in one of plural holding modes, such that the row faces in a specific holding direction. An adjustable body's position with respect to the holder is determined by fitting with one of the row's fitting portions a fitted portion fittable with the fitting portions. The row is disposed with minimum distance between the adjustable body with the fitted portion fitted with one fitting portion in the row within a fittable range when that body is held in a first holding mode, and the body with the fitted portion fitted with one of the fitting portions in the row within the fittable range when the adjustment body is held in a second holding mode, being shorter than the specific cycle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A position adjustment device comprising:
an adjustment body including a row of fitting portions in which a plurality of fitting portions of a specific shape are disposed every specific fitting cycle along a specific direction;
a holder that holds the adjustment body in one of a plurality of holding modes, such that the fitting portion row faces in a specific holding direction and is positioned within a fittable range set running along a specific adjustment direction; and
an adjustable body whose position with respect to the holder is determined by fitting a fitted portion that is fittable with the fitting portions together with one of the fitting portions in the fitting portion row within the fittable range, wherein
the fitting portion row is disposed such that the minimum distance between a position of the adjustable body with the fitted portion fitted together with one fitting portion in the fitting portion row within the fittable range when the adjustment body is held in a first holding mode by the holder, and a position of the adjustable body with the fitted portion fitted together with one of the fitting portions in the fitting portion row within the fittable range when the adjustment body is held in a second holding mode by the holder, is shorter than the specific fitting cycle.

2. The position adjustment device of claim 1 , wherein:
a plurality of the fitting portion rows are disposed on the same side face of the adjustment body; and
the holder configures mutually different holding modes that are modes in which a first side face of the adjustment body faces in the specific holding direction, and a second side face of the adjustment body respectively faces in a plurality of mutually different directions.

3. The position adjustment device of claim 2 , wherein:
the fitting portions respectively fit together with the fitted portion in the plurality of holding modes in which the second side face faces in different directions.

4. The position adjustment device of claim 2 , wherein:
the holder configures two mutually different holding modes in which the first side face of the adjustment body faces in the specific holding direction, and the second side face of the adjustment body faces in the opposite direction to the specific holding direction; and
a difference between a distance from a first edge of the adjustment body that contacts a specific reference point on the holder in the first holding mode to the nearest fitting portion within the fittable range, and a distance from a second edge of the adjustment body that contacts the reference point in the second holding mode to the nearest fitting portion within the fittable range, is shorter than the fitting cycle.

5. The position adjustment device of claim 1 , wherein the fitting portion row is respectively disposed on a plurality of side faces of the adjustment body.

6. The position adjustment device of claim 5 , wherein the fitting portion row is respectively disposed on two side faces of the adjustment body, facing in mutually opposite directions.

7. The position adjustment device of claim 1 , wherein:
the adjustment body includes a plurality of the fitting portion rows disposed parallel to each other; and
the adjustable body includes a plurality of fitted portions that respectively fit together with the respective fitting portions of each of the plurality of fitting portion rows.

8. The position adjustment device of claim 1 , wherein:
the holder configures two mutually different holding modes in which a first side face of the adjustment body faces in the specific holding direction, and a second side face of the adjustment body faces in the opposite direction to the specific holding direction; and
the adjustment body is configured such that the shapes of the respective fitting portions configuring a first fitting portion row match the shapes of the respective fitting portions configuring a second fitting portion row rotated by a half turn about an axis running along the specific holding direction.

9. The position adjustment device of claim 1 , wherein:
the adjustment body is formed in a plate shape;
the fitting portions are insertion holes piercing through a plate face of the adjustment body; and
the fitted portion is an insertion projection that is inserted into the insertion hole.

10. The position adjustment device of claim 1 , wherein:
the adjustable body includes a plurality of insertion modes in which the fitted portion faces in mutually different directions with respect to the specific adjustment direction, and the position of the adjustable body in the specific adjustment direction is varied by a shorter distance than the fitting cycle by varying the insertion mode when fitting the fitted portion together with the fitting portions of the adjustment body.

11. A paper sheet processing device comprising:
a fixed side portion that is one side face of a collection space in which a paper sheet shaped medium is collected;
an adjustment body including a row of fitting portions, in which a plurality of fitting portions of a specific shape are disposed every specific fitting cycle along a specific direction;
a holder that holds the adjustment body in one of a plurality of holding modes such that any of the fitting portion rows faces in a specific holding direction and is positioned within a fittable range set running along an adjustment direction that is a direction heading toward and away from the fixed side portion;
an adjustable body whose position with respect to the holder is determined by fitting a fitted portion that is fittable with the fitting portions together with one of the fitting portions in the fitting portion row that is within the fittable range; and
a movable side portion that is attached to the adjustable body, and that is a side face of the collection space facing the fixed side portion, wherein
the fitting portion row is disposed such that the minimum distance between a position of the adjustable body with the fitted portion fitted together with one fitting portion in the fitting portion row within the fittable range when the adjustment body is held in a first holding mode by the holder, and a position of the adjustable body with the fitted portion fitted together with one of the fitting portions in the fitting portion row within the fittable range when the adjustment body is held in a second holding mode by the holder, is shorter than the specific fitting cycle.

Assignees

• Oki Electric Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Komatsu Hirokazu

Classifications

• A47F5/0093

  movable in a substantially horizontal direction · CPC title

• B65H2402/61

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B65H31/20 Primary

  adjustable for different article sizes · CPC title

• B65H2402/30

  Supports; Subassemblies; Mountings thereof · CPC title

• B65H2402/10

  Modular constructions, e.g. using preformed elements or profiles · CPC title