IP Library Granted Patent US 10,789,802
Granted Patent B2
US 10,789,802 · App. 15/332,094 · Granted Sep 29, 2020

Paper sheet processing device and partition card

Inventors: Keiji Tsuji (Saitama, JP); Akiyoshi Kuroe (Kawaguchi, JP); Junji Ebine (Urayasu, JP); Makoto Nakamura (Okegawa, JP); Toru Inake (Kasukabe, JP)
Assignee: LAUREL PRECISION MACHINES CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,789,802
App. No.
15/332,094
Granted
Sep 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A paper sheet processing device includes: a charging inlet that takes in paper sheets in a conveyance direction, the paper sheets including at least one target sheet and a partition card overlapped on the target sheet, the partition card having a main surface portion having at least one identification hole group, the identification hole group having at least two through holes arranged along the conveyance direction; a detection unit that detects take-in of the paper sheets by the charging unit, and detects the identification hole group; and a control unit that determines a paper sheet is the partition card in a case where the identification hole group has been detected by the detection unit, and determines that a paper sheet is the target sheet in a case where the identification hole group has not been detected by the detection unit.

Claims (14)

1. A paper sheet processing device comprising:

a charging inlet that includes a take-in roller that takes in second paper sheets in a conveyance direction into the paper sheet processing device after taking-in first paper sheets, the second paper sheets including at least one target sheet and a partition card, the take-in roller taking in the at least one target sheet after taking in the partition card, the partition card having a main surface portion having at least one identification hole group, the identification hole group having at least one through hole;

a detection unit that detects light transmission and light shielding, the detection unit being arranged at a position near the take-in roller and being displaced by a predetermined distance in a width direction of the charging inlet with respect to the take-in roller, the width direction being perpendicular to the conveyance direction, the detecting unit, by detecting light shielding, detecting take-in of the second paper sheets by the charging unit, the detection unit, by detecting light transmission, detecting the identification hole group;

a conveying unit that conveys the second paper sheets which have been taken-in after conveying the first paper sheets which have been taken-in; and

a control unit that determines that one of the second paper sheets is the partition card in a case where the detection unit has detected the identification hole group from the one of the second paper sheets, wherein in a case where the control unit has determined that the one of the second paper sheets is the partition card, the control unit suspends taking-in of all of the second paper sheets, including the partition card, while causing the conveying unit to continue conveyance of the first paper sheets that have been already taken-in by the take-in roller, wherein in a case where the control unit has determined that the conveyance of the first paper sheets has been finished, the control unit restarts taking-in of all of the second paper sheets.

2. The paper sheet processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the detection unit is arranged at a position displaced in the width direction of the charging inlet from a center of the charging inlet in the width direction of the charging inlet, and

the identification hole group is provided at a position displaced in a first direction from a center of the main surface portion in the first direction, the first direction being orthogonal to the conveyance direction.

3. The paper sheet processing device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the identification hole group includes: a first identification hole group provided at a first side in the first direction; and a second identification hole group provided at a second side in the first direction, the second side being opposite to the first side.

4. The paper sheet processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a position of the detection unit in the width direction of the charging inlet is aligned with a center of the charging inlet in the width direction of the charging inlet, and

the identification hole group is provided at a center of the main surface portion in a first direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction.

5. The paper sheet processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to determine that another one of the second paper sheets is the target sheet in a case where the detection unit has not detected the identification hole group from said another one of the second paper sheets.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2016
From: TSUJI, KEIJI; KUROE, AKIYOSHI; EBINE, JUNJI; NAKAMURA, MAKOTO; INAKE, TORU
To: LAUREL PRECISION MACHINES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 040101/0151 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-210567 · Oct 27, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170116810A1 · Apr 27, 2017