CN216511686U

CN216511686U - Bill sorting equipment

Info

Publication number: CN216511686U
Application number: CN202022052396.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 罗远军; 孙长青
Original assignee: Yuanguang Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Yuanguang Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-09-18
Filing date: 2020-09-18
Publication date: 2022-05-13
Anticipated expiration: 2030-09-18

Abstract

The utility model discloses bill sorting equipment, which comprises a control host, a conveying mechanism, a scanner and a sorting mechanism, wherein the conveying mechanism, the scanner and the sorting mechanism are in communication connection with the control host; the conveying mechanism is provided with a control module and a conveying belt, and the conveying belt passes through a preset bill receiving station and a preset bill sorting station in the conveying process; the scanner scans the information of the bills and conveys the scanned bills to a conveying belt of the bill receiving station; the sorting mechanism is arranged on a conveying path of the conveying mechanism and used for sorting the bills conveyed to the conveying belt of the bill sorting station; the conveying belt is provided with a plurality of bill slots; the scanner conveys the scanned bills to the bill groove on the bill receiving station through a paper outlet guide mechanism. The utility model can reliably and effectively transmit and sort the single sheets after the single sheet scanning of the bills.

Description

Bill sorting equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of automation, in particular to bill sorting equipment.

Background

In enterprise management, there are very many businesses that need to sort the original documents, such as: in group enterprises, bills (such as air transportation electronic ticket travel lists) need to be automatically sorted according to different accounting subjects. The traditional method is that the sheet is judged and sorted manually, and the processing mode has very low efficiency and is easy to make mistakes; especially for units with large bill quantity and more accounting main bodies, the workload of manual sorting is very large.

In addition, current letter sorting equipment mainly is applied to parcel letter sorting field, and its means is: the packages are conveyed by a conveyor belt, upstream along which a scanning mechanism is arranged, downstream along which a manipulator or similar mechanism for sorting is arranged. The working principle of the existing sorting equipment is as follows: the labels or text on the packages are scanned by a scanning mechanism, characteristic information (e.g., delivery destination) is identified, and the packages are then sorted by a robot to a matching lane as they are transported to the corresponding workstation.

The parcel has certain volume and weight, so that the parcel can be scanned on the conveyor belt properly and feasible, and the parcel can be stably and reliably conveyed without an additional mechanism for limiting the parcel in the conveying process. However, if the existing sorting equipment is used to process bills (the bills described in this application can be broadly understood as paper sheets recorded with information), whether in a scanning mode, a transmission mode or a sorting mode, there are problems such as separation of bills from each other, and the bills are easily fluttered during transportation and sorting.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to provide bill sorting equipment which can reliably and effectively convey and sort bills after the bills are scanned in single sheets. The utility model is realized by the following technical scheme:

a bill sorting device comprises a control host, a conveying mechanism, a scanner and a sorting mechanism, wherein the conveying mechanism, the scanner and the sorting mechanism are in communication connection with the control host; the conveying mechanism is provided with a control module and a conveying belt, and the conveying belt passes through a preset bill receiving station and a preset bill sorting station in the conveying process; the scanner scans the information of the bills and conveys the scanned bills to a conveying belt of the bill receiving station; the sorting mechanism is arranged on a conveying path of the conveying mechanism and is used for sorting the bills conveyed to the conveying belt of the bill sorting station; the bill conveying belt is characterized in that a plurality of bill grooves are formed in the conveying belt; the scanner conveys the scanned bills to the bill groove on the bill receiving station through a paper outlet guide mechanism.

As a specific technical scheme, the control host controls the conveying mechanism to convey one step length corresponding to one bill slot, and controls the conveying mechanism to convey one step length corresponding to one bill scanned by the scanner.

As a specific technical scheme, the bill slot is formed by a fence protruding out of the surface of the conveyer belt, or is formed by inwards concave processing of the surface of the conveyer belt.

As a specific technical scheme, the fence is formed by continuously enclosing a whole stop strip or formed by arranging and enclosing a plurality of sections of stop strips at intervals.

As a specific technical scheme, the paper output guide mechanism is provided with a lateral opening, a lower end opening and a bill conveying passage for communicating the lateral opening with the lower end opening; the lateral opening is butted with a paper outlet of the scanner, the lower end opening is lower than the lateral opening, and the lower end opening is used for being butted with a bill groove conveyed to the bill receiving station; the bill conveying channel is a paper slideway which can slide and convey bills from the side opening to the lower end opening by means of the paper outlet power of the scanner and the paper gravity.

As a specific technical scheme, an infrared reflection sensor is arranged in the bill slot and is in communication connection with the control module of the conveying mechanism.

As a specific technical scheme, a vacuum chuck is arranged in the bill slot and is in communication connection with the control module of the conveying mechanism.

As a specific technical scheme, the number of the bill sorting stations is more than two, the number of the sorting mechanisms is more than two, and each group of the sorting mechanisms is correspondingly arranged at one bill sorting station.

As a specific technical scheme, the sorting mechanism comprises a support, an adsorption mechanical arm, a bill box and a controller, and the controller is in communication connection with the control host; the support comprises two stand columns and a cross beam connected to the upper ends of the two stand columns, the two stand columns are respectively positioned on two sides of the conveyor belt, and the cross beam is positioned above the conveyor belt; the upper part of the adsorption mechanical arm is assembled on the cross beam and can move transversely along the cross beam under the control of the controller; the adsorption mechanical arm is provided with a telescopic mechanism and an adsorption mechanism, the controller controls the telescopic mechanism to stretch, the telescopic mechanism drives the adsorption mechanism to move up and down, and the adsorption mechanism adsorbs bills or releases bills under the control of the controller; the bill box is arranged below the transverse moving path of the adsorption mechanical arm.

As a specific technical scheme, the sorting mechanism is provided with two bill boxes which are respectively positioned at two sides of the conveyor belt.

The utility model provides bill sorting equipment, which adopts corresponding measures and obtains the following effects aiming at the problems of thinness, lightness and easy fluttering of bills:

1. separating a plurality of bills through a scanner, and simultaneously controlling the spacing distance of each bill; identifying the scanning result and judging the classification of the scanning result; after the bills are scanned, in order to ensure that the bills accurately reach a preset position, a paper outlet guide mechanism is additionally arranged at an outlet of a scanner, and the bills reach the preset position, namely a bill groove, by means of the power of the scanner and are driven along with a conveying belt;

2. the bill entering the conveying mechanism is limited through the bill slot to prevent the bill from floating; the bills can be adsorbed in the bill grooves through the vacuum chuck;

3. a plurality of sorting stations and a plurality of sorting mechanisms are arranged along the transmission belt, and when the bills reach the preset sorting stations according to the scanned classification, the bills are stored in corresponding bill boxes through the corresponding sorting mechanisms.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of main components of a bill sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of the conveyor belt surface of the conveying mechanism in the bill sorting apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a schematic view of a note deposit location on a transport surface of a transport mechanism in a note sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a sorting mechanism in the bill sorting apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a schematic view of a sorter mechanism with the carriage mated above the conveyor mechanism in an embodiment of the utility model.

Detailed Description

The method of the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1, the bill sorting apparatus provided in this embodiment includes a control host 10, a scanner 20, a paper output guide mechanism 30, and a conveying mechanism 40; as shown in connection with fig. 4 and 5, the note sorting apparatus also includes a plurality of stack sorting mechanisms 50.

The bills before being sorted are often stacked, so the scanner 20 in this embodiment is a scanner with multiple functions of storing, scanning single sheets and discharging single sheets, thus realizing single sheet separation, single sheet scanning and single sheet discharging of the bills at one end of the scanner 20.

The control host 10 is in communication connection with the scanner 20, controls the scanning operation of the scanner 20, and acquires the scanning information of each bill. During scanning, the scanner 20 will automatically identify the barcode on the bill, and obtain the corresponding information according to the barcode calling interface, including but not limited to: the belonging unit, the reconciliation status, etc., and saves this information to the control host 10.

The control host 10 is also in communication connection with the transfer mechanism 40 and controls the transmission action of the transfer mechanism 40. In this embodiment, the control host 10 controls the transport mechanism 40 to transport one step, and correspondingly controls the scanner to scan one bill. In this embodiment, the control host 10 and the scanner 20 may also be an integrated machine, which has a control panel to realize the control of the scanning control and the control of the transmission mechanism.

The conveying mechanism 40 has a conveyor belt 41, an electric mechanism for driving the conveyor belt to run, and a control module (not shown), and the control module is connected with the control host 10 in a communication manner. As shown in connection with fig. 2, the conveyor surface is provided with a plurality of note slots 42 in a single line arrangement. The conveying path of the conveyor belt 41 is preset with a bill receiving station and a plurality of bill sorting stations, the bill slot 42 passes through the stations along with the conveying process of the conveyor belt 41, and the intervals of the stations are correspondingly transmitted by one step length. The bill slot 42 is used for receiving the bills led out by the paper outlet guide mechanism 30 when the bill slot is positioned at the bill receiving station; with the note slot 42 at a predetermined note sorting station, a respective note is removed from the note slot 42 by a respective sorting mechanism 50.

Note slot 42 may be formed by a fence that protrudes from the conveyor surface, and note slot 42 may also be formed by a recessed process from the conveyor surface. The enclosure can be formed by continuously enclosing the whole stop strip, or by arranging and enclosing a plurality of sections of stop strips 421 at intervals, and this embodiment adopts such a structure, as shown in fig. 2 or fig. 3. The mode that multistage backstop strip interval set up and enclose and close formation rail has following benefit: because the conveyer belt is the rotation (namely after the conveyer belt that is located the transport mechanism top accomplished the conveying task, still need follow transport mechanism's below gyration to conveying starting point), when the conveyer belt rotated the below from the top, the turning department space was less, and the mode that multistage backstop strip interval set up can reduce the power of tearing of rail self, better protection rail, promotes life. Of course, it is also possible to use a single, flexible strip of glue to form the enclosure.

The discharged paper guide mechanism 30 in this embodiment is used to guide the single bill at the discharge outlet of the scanner 20 into the bill slot 42 of the conveyor belt 41. Specifically, the sheet discharge guide mechanism 30 has a lateral opening, a lower end opening, and a sheet conveying passage communicating the lateral opening and the lower end opening. The lateral opening is butted with the paper outlet of the scanner 20, the lower end opening is lower than the lateral opening, and the lower end opening is butted with a bill slot 42 conveyed to a bill receiving station; the bill conveying passage is a paper slideway which can slide and convey the bill from the side opening to the lower end opening by means of the paper outlet power of the scanner and the paper gravity.

As shown in fig. 3, an infrared reflection sensor 422 is disposed in the bill slot 42 and is in communication with the control module of the transport mechanism 40 for detecting whether a corresponding bill is dropped into the bill slot 42. When the bill slot 42 is positioned at the bill receiving station and the bill is not detected within the set time, an alarm signal is sent to the control host through the control module of the conveying mechanism 40, the control host 10 gives a prompt in the control panel 11, and meanwhile, the equipment is paused to wait for the processing of personnel; after the problem is processed, the user can click to continue through the control panel 11. For more accurate detection, four infrared reflection sensors 422 are arranged in the bill slot 42 and distributed at four corners in the bill slot 42.

In addition, a vacuum suction cup 423 is arranged in the bill slot 42, when the infrared reflection sensor 422 detects that the bill is in the bill slot 42, the control module of the conveying mechanism 40 opens the vacuum suction cup 423, so that the corresponding bill is tightly sucked. When the bill in the bill slot 42 is transferred to the sorting mechanism 50 at the corresponding position, the control module of the transfer mechanism 40 closes the vacuum suction cup 423, releases the bill, and the sorting operation is performed by the sorting mechanism 50 at the position.

As shown in fig. 4, each group of sorting mechanisms 50 includes a support 51, an adsorption robot arm 52, a bill cassette 53, and a controller (not shown), and the controller is in communication with the control host 10. The support 51 comprises two upright posts on two sides and a cross beam connected to the upper ends of the two upright posts, the two upright posts are positioned on two sides of the conveyor belt 41, and the cross beam is positioned above the conveyor belt 41; the upper part of the adsorption mechanical arm 52 is assembled on the cross beam and can move transversely along the cross beam under the control of the controller; the adsorption mechanical arm 52 is provided with a telescopic mechanism and an adsorption mechanism 521, the controller controls the telescopic mechanism to stretch, the telescopic mechanism drives the adsorption mechanism 521 to move up and down, and the adsorption mechanism 521 adsorbs bills or releases bills under the control of the controller. The bill cassette 53 is disposed below the path of lateral movement of the suction robot 52, i.e., at a position between the pillar and the conveyor belt.

In this embodiment, for the different classification of the bills, the conveying mechanism is configured with different sorting stations after the bill receiving station, and each sorting station is provided with a group of sorting mechanisms 50. For example, nine sorting stations are provided in fig. 5, and nine sorting mechanisms 50 are correspondingly provided, and the nine sorting mechanisms 50 can at least realize the sorting of nine types of bills, and the sorting of the bills in the bill boxes of each sorting mechanism 50 can be set in advance through the control panel 11. Referring to fig. 4, each stack of sorting mechanisms 50 may actually be provided with two note cassettes 53, and the same station of suction robot 52 may then sort both types of notes.

The working principle and the process of the bill sorting equipment are described as follows:

(1) a plurality of stacked bills are put into a paper inlet of the scanner 20 to prepare for starting scanning and conveying operations;

(2) and (3) starting operation: every time the conveying mechanism 40 conveys one step length, one bill slot 42 is conveyed to the bill receiving station, and the current bill slot 42 is butted with the lower end opening of the paper outlet guide mechanism 30; the scanner scans a bill at the same time and provides the information collected by scanning to the control host 10, and the scanned bill falls into the current bill slot 42 through the paper outlet guide mechanism 30; the control host 10 classifies the bill according to the information of the bill and determines that the bill is to be transmitted to a plurality of sorting stations for sorting;

(3) in the process of the step (2), the bill slot 42 containing the bills is conveyed and successively passes through the plurality of bill sorting stations, if the current sorting station is the station determined by the control host 10 that the bills should be sorted, the sorting mechanism 50 of the sorting station performs a sorting operation to sort the bills into the corresponding bill boxes 53 of the sorting mechanism (in the sorting process, the adsorption mechanism 521 of the sorting mechanism 50 adsorbs the bills, meanwhile, the vacuum suction cups in the bill slot 42 release the bills, then the adsorption mechanical arm 52 moves transversely above the bills and 53 to release the bills); in addition, the emptied note slot 42 is again conveyed to the note receiving station; the state is automatically fed back to the control host 10, and the control host 10 automatically executes the scanning of the next bill after receiving the feedback; and so on until the bill at the paper inlet 21 of the scanner 20 is scanned.

The above embodiments are merely provided for full disclosure and not for limitation, and any replacement of equivalent technical features based on the gist of the present invention without creative efforts should be considered as the scope of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A bill sorting device comprises a control host, a conveying mechanism, a scanner and a sorting mechanism, wherein the conveying mechanism, the scanner and the sorting mechanism are in communication connection with the control host; the conveying mechanism is provided with a control module and a conveying belt, and the conveying belt passes through a preset bill receiving station and a preset bill sorting station in the conveying process; the scanner scans the information of the bills and conveys the scanned bills to a conveying belt of the bill receiving station; the sorting mechanism is arranged on a conveying path of the conveying mechanism and is used for sorting the bills conveyed to the conveying belt of the bill sorting station; the bill conveying belt is characterized in that a plurality of bill grooves are formed in the conveying belt; the scanner conveys the scanned bills to the bill groove on the bill receiving station through a paper outlet guide mechanism.

2. The bill sorting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control host controls the transport mechanism to transport one step corresponding to one of the bill slots, and the control host controls the transport mechanism to transport one step corresponding to one of the control scanners to scan one of the bills.

3. The document sorting apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the document slot is formed by a fence protruding the conveyor surface or by a concave machining of the conveyor surface.

4. The document sorting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the enclosure is formed by a continuous enclosure of a single stop strip or by a plurality of spaced apart stop strips.

5. The bill sorting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the paper output guide mechanism has a lateral opening, a lower end opening, and a bill conveying passage communicating the lateral opening and the lower end opening; the lateral opening is butted with a paper outlet of the scanner, the lower end opening is lower than the lateral opening, and the lower end opening is used for being butted with a bill groove conveyed to the bill receiving station; the bill conveying channel is a paper slideway which can slide and convey bills from the side opening to the lower end opening by means of the paper outlet power of the scanner and the paper gravity.

6. The bill sorting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein an infrared reflective sensor is disposed within the bill chute and is in communication with the control module of the transport mechanism.

7. The bill sorting apparatus according to claim 6, wherein a vacuum cup is disposed within the bill slot, the vacuum cup being in communication with the control module of the transport mechanism.

8. The bill sorting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the number of the bill sorting stations is two or more, the number of the sorting mechanisms is two or more, and each of the sorting mechanisms is provided to one of the bill sorting stations.

9. The bill sorting apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the sorting mechanism comprises a support, an adsorption mechanical arm, a bill cassette and a controller, and the controller is in communication connection with the control host; the support comprises two stand columns and a cross beam connected to the upper ends of the two stand columns, the two stand columns are respectively positioned on two sides of the conveyor belt, and the cross beam is positioned above the conveyor belt; the upper part of the adsorption mechanical arm is assembled on the cross beam and moves transversely along the cross beam under the control of the controller; the adsorption mechanical arm is provided with a telescopic mechanism and an adsorption mechanism, the controller controls the telescopic mechanism to stretch, the telescopic mechanism drives the adsorption mechanism to move up and down, and the adsorption mechanism adsorbs bills or releases bills under the control of the controller; the bill box is arranged below the transverse moving path of the adsorption mechanical arm.

10. The note sorting apparatus of claim 9 wherein the sorting mechanism has two note cassettes, one on each side of the conveyor.