Thickness detection device for sheet medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9897443-B2
Application number	US-201515543617-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 10, 2015
Priority date	Feb 5, 2015
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

A thickness detection device for sheet-type medium includes a fixing frame, a reference shaft and a detection assembly shaft. A reference roller is fixedly sleeved on the reference shaft. At least one detection roller is provided on the detection assembly shaft, and the detection roller is in an elastic contact with the reference roller. The detection roller is sleeved on the detection assembly shaft by a bracket, the bracket has an elongated hole through which the bracket is sleeved on the detection assembly shaft, an elastic element is provided between an end of the elongated hole and the detection assembly shaft, and the elastic element enables the detection assembly shaft to elastically maintain a certain distance from the end of the elongated hole. Thus, thickness signal obtained is not interfered by banknote displacements in other directions, and thickness detection of the full banknote can be achieved.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A thickness detection device for sheet-type medium, comprising:
a fixing frame, configured to mount and bear a reference shaft and a detection assembly shaft;
the reference shaft, which has two ends mounted on the fixing frame via bearings, and one end of which is driven by power, a reference roller being fixedly sleeved on the reference shaft; and
the detection assembly shaft, which is fixedly mounted on the fixing frame and has a relatively fixed distance from the detection assembly shaft, at least one detection roller being provided on the detection assembly shaft, and the detection roller being in an elastic contact with the reference roller;
wherein
the detection roller is sleeved on the detection assembly shaft by a bracket, the bracket has an elongated hole through which the bracket is sleeved on the detection assembly shaft;
an elastic element is provided between an end of the elongated hole and the detection assembly shaft, and the elastic element allows the detection assembly shaft to elastically maintain a certain distance from the end of the elongated hole;
the elastic element applies an action force on the bracket towards the reference shaft, to enable the detection roller to be in an elastic contact with the reference roller; and
one side of the detection roller, which side is away from the reference roller, is provided with a distance detector, and the distance detector is fixedly arranged on the fixing frame and directly faces the detection roller.

2. The thickness detection device for sheet-type medium according to claim 1 , wherein the detection roller is a detection roller group which is formed by at least two detection rollers and mounted on the detection assembly shaft by a bracket.

3. The thickness detection device for sheet-type medium according to claim 2 , wherein the number of the detection roller group is at least two, and the at least two detection roller groups are arranged in parallel with each other in an axial direction of the detection assembly shaft.

4. The thickness detection device for sheet-type medium according to claim 1 , wherein the detection assembly shaft has two lateral planes which are relatively parallel, and the detection assembly shaft and the bracket are assembled to allow the lateral planes to correspond to long edges of the elongated hole of the bracket.

5. The thickness detection device for sheet-type medium according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic element is an arc-shaped elastic strip.

6. The thickness detection device for sheet-type medium according to claim 5 , wherein the arc-shaped elastic strip is arranged inside the elongated hole at an end close to the reference roller.

Assignees

• Grg Banking Equipment Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liang Tiancai
• Fang Minjie
• Zhang Chengye
• Zhao Fei

Classifications

• G07D7/16 Primary

  Testing the dimensions · CPC title

• G01B21/08 Primary

  for measuring thickness · CPC title

• G01B21/16

  for measuring distance of clearance between spaced objects · CPC title

• G01B7/06

  for measuring thickness {(measuring during the manufacture of coatings C23C14/54)} · CPC title