Bill acceptance device and equipment with automatic bill arranging and binding functions

Abstract

The invention relates to a bill acceptance device and equipment with an automatic bill arranging and binding function, the device comprises a machine base, a batch scanning module, a bill arranging mechanism, a bill aligning mechanism and a bill binding mechanism, the batch scanning module is installed on the machine base, and the batch scanning module is provided with a bill inlet and a bill outlet; a paper guide plate is arranged at the ticket outlet; the bill arranging mechanism is arranged below the paper guide plate, the bill aligning mechanism is driven by the bill arranging mechanism to swing, and the bill binding mechanism is arranged at one end of the bill aligning mechanism. By adopting the bill acceptance device provided by the invention, the efficiency, the automation degree, the accuracy and the normalization of bill acceptance are improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of financial equipment, and in particular to a bill acceptance device and equipment with automatic bill sorting and binding functions. Background Art

[0002] In the process of insurance claims and other business handling, it involves the acceptance of a large number of paper documents of different sizes, such as vouchers, documents, invoices, etc. The current common bill acceptance devices usually require manual entry of bills one by one into the bill scanning module to enter the bill information. After the batch entry of bills is completed, multiple bills need to be manually sorted and bound. The process may cause problems such as misaligned binding and missing documents. Various operational behaviors in the whole process greatly affect the efficiency of business processes, the standardization and completion of material recovery. Summary of the invention

[0003] In view of this, the object of the present invention is to provide a bill acceptance device and equipment with automatic bill sorting and binding function, so as to improve the efficiency, automation, accuracy and standardization of bill acceptance.

[0004] The present invention solves the above problems by the following technical means: The present invention provides a bill acceptance device with an automatic bill sorting and binding function, comprising a machine base, a batch scanning module, a bill sorting mechanism, a bill alignment mechanism and a bill binding mechanism, wherein the batch scanning module is installed on the machine base, the batch scanning module is provided with a ticket inlet and a ticket outlet, and a paper guide is provided at the ticket outlet; the bill sorting mechanism is arranged below the paper guide, the bill alignment mechanism is driven to swing by the bill sorting mechanism, and the bill binding mechanism is arranged at one end of the bill alignment mechanism.

[0005] Furthermore, the bill sorting mechanism includes a swinging seat and a swinging first electric telescopic rod, a swinging second electric telescopic rod, a swinging third electric telescopic rod and a swinging fourth electric telescopic rod arranged at the four corners of the swinging seat, and the swinging first electric telescopic rod, the swinging second electric telescopic rod, the swinging third electric telescopic rod and the swinging fourth electric telescopic rod are all installed on the machine base.

[0006] Furthermore, the bill alignment mechanism comprises a bill alignment platform, a bill alignment pushing mechanism and a bill discharging pushing mechanism. The bill alignment platform is installed on a swing seat, and the bill alignment pushing mechanism and the bill discharging pushing mechanism are both installed on the bill alignment platform.

[0007] Furthermore, the bill alignment pushing mechanism includes a bill alignment driving motor, a bill alignment driving screw and a bill alignment pushing block. The bill alignment driving screw is connected to the output end of the bill alignment driving motor and is driven to rotate by the bill alignment driving motor. The bill alignment pushing block is assembled to slide left and right with the bill alignment platform. The bill alignment driving screw passes through the bill alignment pushing block and is threadedly connected to the bill alignment pushing block.

[0008] Furthermore, the ticket dispensing pushing mechanism includes a ticket dispensing driving motor, a ticket dispensing driving screw and a ticket dispensing pushing block. The ticket dispensing driving screw is connected to the output end of the ticket dispensing driving motor and is driven to rotate by the ticket dispensing driving motor. The ticket dispensing pushing block is assembled to slide back and forth with the bill alignment platform. The ticket dispensing driving screw passes through the ticket dispensing pushing block and is threadedly connected to the ticket dispensing pushing block.

[0009] Furthermore, the bill binding mechanism includes a binding actuator, an electric push rod for driving the binding actuator, and a first binding guide telescopic rod and a second binding guide telescopic rod installed on both sides of the binding actuator.

[0010] Furthermore, the ticket inlet is provided with a ticket classification grid.

[0011] Furthermore, a ticket discharging baffle is provided at the outer end of the ticket alignment platform.

[0012] A device using the above-mentioned bill acceptance device comprises a cabinet, a panel arranged at the upper front part of the cabinet, and a front door arranged at the lower front part of the cabinet, wherein the bill acceptance device is installed on the panel.

[0013] Furthermore, the panel is provided with a receipt printing medium port and a flip piece, the surface of the flip piece is provided with an operation screen, a contactless module interface and a signature pen, and the bottom of the flip piece is provided with a QR code scanning port; the front door is provided with a temporary storage port for security services, human body sensing and claims services.

[0014] Beneficial effects of the present invention: 1. The bill acceptance device of the present invention is provided with a bill sorting mechanism, a bill alignment mechanism and a bill binding mechanism. The bill sorting mechanism can achieve preliminary alignment by causing a slight displacement of the stacked bills through deflection, and then achieve the final alignment of the bills in combination with the driving action of the bill alignment mechanism. Finally, the bills are bound by the bill binding mechanism. In this way, the degree of automation is improved, the time for manual bill sorting is saved, the labor cost is reduced, and the standardized output of subsequent bill books is guaranteed, so that the work efficiency and the convenience of sorting are improved. At the same time, the automatic binding requirements of the bill books are met, and the improper binding, misplaced files or lost files that may be caused by manual steps are reduced, which can improve the accuracy, thereby improving the reliability and integrity of the recycled materials.

[0015] 2. The bill acceptance device of the present invention meets the needs of self-service batch acceptance of multiple bills by deploying a batch scanning module, thereby improving the timeliness of claims settlement and user experience; at the same time, by setting a bill classification grid at the ticket entry, the classified entry of bills of different sizes can be achieved.

[0016] 3. The bill acceptance device of the present invention has at least the above advantages. At the same time, the device realizes the classification and processing of physical bills, digital collection, standardized automatic bill processing and binding on one device without the aid of other equipment and tools, thus realizing the integrated process of insurance policy claims and improving claims efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] The present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

[0018] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present application. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying any creative work.

[0019] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of a preferred embodiment of the device of the present invention; Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of a preferred embodiment of the bill acceptance device of the present invention; Figure 3 It is a structural schematic diagram of a bill alignment mechanism and a bill binding mechanism; Figure 4 It is a structural diagram of the bill arrangement agency; Numbers in the figure: Receipt printing medium port 1; batch scanning module 2; operation screen 3; ticket outlet 4; security business temporary storage port 5; contactless module interface 6; signature pen 7; QR code scanning port 8; human body sensor 9; claim business temporary storage port 10; paper guide 11; Ticket inlet 2-1; bill classification grid 2-2; ticket dispensing push block 12-1; bill alignment push block 12-2; bill alignment platform 12-3; ticket dispensing baffle 12-4; bill alignment drive motor 12-5; bill alignment drive screw 12-6; ticket dispensing drive motor 12-7; ticket dispensing drive screw 12-8; electric push rod 13-1; binding actuator 13-2; binding guide first telescopic rod 13-3; binding guide second telescopic rod 13-4; swing seat 14-1; swing first electric telescopic rod 14-2; swing second electric telescopic rod 14-3; swing third electric telescopic rod 14-4; swing fourth electric telescopic rod 14-5. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0020] The present invention is further described in detail below through the accompanying drawings and embodiments. Through these descriptions, the characteristics and advantages of the present invention will become clearer and more specific. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of them.

[0021] In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms “center”, “longitudinal”, “lateral”, “length”, “width”, “thickness”, “up”, “down”, “front”, “back”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom”, “inside”, “outside”, “clockwise”, “counterclockwise”, “axial”, “radial”, “circumferential”, etc., indicating orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be understood as limiting the present invention.

[0022] In addition, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features defined as "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present invention, the meaning of "plurality" is two or more, unless otherwise clearly and specifically defined.

[0023] like Figures 1 to 4 As shown, an embodiment of the present invention discloses a bill acceptance device with automatic bill sorting and binding function, including a machine base, a batch scanning module 2, a bill sorting mechanism, a bill alignment mechanism and a bill binding mechanism, wherein the batch scanning module is installed on the machine base, and the batch scanning module is provided with a ticket inlet 2-1 and a ticket outlet 4, and the ticket inlet is provided with a bill classification grid 2-2 to realize the classified entry of bills of different sizes, and the ticket outlet is provided with a paper guide 11 for guiding paper for ticket outlet; the bill sorting mechanism is arranged below the paper guide, and the bill alignment mechanism is driven to swing by the bill sorting mechanism, and the bill binding mechanism is arranged at one end of the bill alignment mechanism.

[0024] In this embodiment, the bill sorting mechanism includes a swing seat 14-1 and a swinging first electric telescopic rod 14-2, a swinging second electric telescopic rod 14-3, a swinging third electric telescopic rod 14-4 and a swinging fourth electric telescopic rod 14-5 arranged at the four corners of the swing seat, and the swinging first electric telescopic rod, the swinging second electric telescopic rod, the swinging third electric telescopic rod and the swinging fourth electric telescopic rod are all installed on the machine base; through the coordinated action of the swinging first electric telescopic rod, the swinging second electric telescopic rod, the swinging third electric telescopic rod and the swinging fourth electric telescopic rod, the adaptive swing of the swing seat can be achieved.

[0025] In this embodiment, the bill alignment mechanism includes a bill alignment platform 12-3, a bill alignment push mechanism and a ticket dispensing push mechanism, the bill alignment platform is mounted on a swing seat, and the bill alignment push mechanism and the ticket dispensing push mechanism are both mounted on the bill alignment platform. Preferably, a ticket dispensing baffle 12-4 is provided at the outer end of the bill alignment platform to prevent the ticket dispensing from slipping.

[0026] In this embodiment, the bill alignment pushing mechanism includes a bill alignment driving motor 12-5, a bill alignment driving screw 12-6 and a bill alignment pushing block 12-2. The bill alignment driving screw is connected to the output end of the bill alignment driving motor and is driven to rotate by the bill alignment driving motor. The bill alignment pushing block is slidably assembled with the bill alignment platform left and right. The bill alignment driving screw passes through the bill alignment pushing block and is threadedly connected with the bill alignment pushing block. During specific implementation, a slide groove extending in the left and right directions is opened on the bill alignment platform, so that the bill alignment pushing block is slidably assembled with the slide groove.

[0027] In this embodiment, the ticket dispensing pushing mechanism includes a ticket dispensing driving motor 12-7, a ticket dispensing driving screw 12-8 and a ticket dispensing pushing block 12-1. The ticket dispensing driving screw is connected to the output end of the ticket dispensing driving motor and is driven to rotate by the ticket dispensing driving motor. The ticket dispensing pushing block is slidably assembled with the bill alignment platform in the front and rear directions. The ticket dispensing driving screw passes through the ticket dispensing pushing block and is threadedly connected with the ticket dispensing pushing block. In specific implementation, a slide groove extending in the front and rear directions is opened on the bill alignment platform, so that the bill alignment pushing block is slidably assembled with the slide groove.

[0028] In this embodiment, the bill binding mechanism includes a binding actuator 13-2, an electric push rod 13-1 for driving the binding actuator, and a first binding guide telescopic rod 13-3 and a second binding guide telescopic rod 13-4 installed on both sides of the binding actuator.

[0029] This embodiment also provides a device using the above-mentioned device, including a cabinet, a panel arranged on the upper front side of the cabinet, and a front door arranged on the lower front side of the cabinet, the panel is installed with a bill acceptance device, a receipt printing medium port 1 and a flip piece, the surface of the flip piece is provided with an operation screen 3, a contactless module interface 6 and a signature pen 7, and the bottom of the flip piece is provided with a QR code scanning port 8; the front door is provided with a security business temporary storage port 5, a human body sensor 9 and a claim business temporary storage port 10.

[0030] The working process of the bill acceptance device of this application is as follows: When in use, the staff first places the bills on the corresponding bill classification grid 2-2 according to the size of the bill sample, starts the scanning operation, and the bill batch scanning module 2 scans the bills page by page. The scanned paper bills are stacked on the bill alignment platform 12-3 through the paperboard guide 11. After the scanning is completed, the first electric telescopic rod 14-2, the second electric telescopic rod 14-3, the third electric telescopic rod 14-4, and the fourth electric telescopic rod 14-5 are controlled to swing in coordination and telescopic movement, so that the swing seat 14-1 swings, so that the stacked bills produce a small displacement, and gradually align the bills preliminarily, thereby saving working time, reducing labor costs, and improving work efficiency. The bill discharging baffle 12-4 prevents the bills from flying out during the swinging process of the swing seat 14-1. Then the bill alignment drive motor is started to drive the bill alignment drive screw to rotate, and then drive the bill alignment push block 12-2 to move slowly to the left, and finally achieve the final alignment of the stacked bills.

[0031] After the bills are arranged, the electric push rod 13-1 is controlled to drive the binding actuator 13-2 to move downward, and the binding actuator 13-2 fits the bills, and the wrinkles on the surface of the bill book are flattened by squeezing. The binding actuator 13-2 will nail the binding nail into the bills to bind the bills into a book. After the binding is completed, the bill push block 12-1 pushes the bill book to the bill outlet 4. The user puts the bill book into the temporary storage port 5 for security business or the temporary storage port 10 for claims business according to the voice prompt and the type of business to be handled. Improper binding, misplaced documents or lost documents caused by human errors are reduced, the accuracy of the business process is improved, and thus the reliability and integrity of the insurance policy bills are improved.

[0032] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention rather than to limit it. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that the technical solution of the present invention can be modified or replaced by equivalents without departing from the purpose and scope of the technical solution of the present invention, which should be included in the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A bill acceptance device with automatic bill sorting and binding function, characterized in that: It includes a machine base, a batch scanning module, a bill sorting mechanism, a bill alignment mechanism and a bill binding mechanism. The batch scanning module is installed on the machine base. The batch scanning module is provided with a ticket inlet and a ticket outlet. The ticket outlet is provided with a paper guide. The bill sorting mechanism is arranged below the paper guide. The bill alignment mechanism is driven to swing by the bill sorting mechanism. The bill binding mechanism is arranged at one end of the bill alignment mechanism.

2. The bill acceptance device with automatic bill sorting and binding function according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The bill sorting mechanism includes a swing seat and a swinging first electric telescopic rod, a swinging second electric telescopic rod, a swinging third electric telescopic rod and a swinging fourth electric telescopic rod arranged at the four corners of the swing seat, and the swinging first electric telescopic rod, the swinging second electric telescopic rod, the swinging third electric telescopic rod and the swinging fourth electric telescopic rod are all installed on the machine base.

3. The bill acceptance device with automatic bill sorting and binding function according to claim 2 is characterized in that: The bill alignment mechanism comprises a bill alignment platform, a bill alignment pushing mechanism and a bill discharging pushing mechanism. The bill alignment platform is installed on a swing seat, and the bill alignment pushing mechanism and the bill discharging pushing mechanism are both installed on the bill alignment platform.

4. The bill acceptance device with automatic bill sorting and binding function according to claim 3 is characterized in that: The bill alignment pushing mechanism includes a bill alignment driving motor, a bill alignment driving screw and a bill alignment pushing block. The bill alignment driving screw is connected to the output end of the bill alignment driving motor and is driven to rotate by the bill alignment driving motor. The bill alignment pushing block is assembled with the bill alignment platform for left and right sliding movement. The bill alignment driving screw passes through the bill alignment pushing block and is threadedly connected to the bill alignment pushing block.

5. The bill acceptance device with automatic bill sorting and binding function according to claim 4 is characterized in that: The ticket dispensing pushing mechanism comprises a ticket dispensing driving motor, a ticket dispensing driving screw and a ticket dispensing pushing block. The ticket dispensing driving screw is connected to the output end of the ticket dispensing driving motor and is driven to rotate by the ticket dispensing driving motor. The ticket dispensing pushing block is assembled with the bill alignment platform for forward and backward sliding movement. The ticket dispensing driving screw passes through the ticket dispensing pushing block and is threadedly connected to the ticket dispensing pushing block.

6. The bill acceptance device with automatic bill sorting and binding function according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The bill binding mechanism comprises a binding actuator, an electric push rod for driving the binding actuator, and a first binding guide telescopic rod and a second binding guide telescopic rod installed on both sides of the binding actuator.

7. The bill acceptance device with automatic bill sorting and binding function according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The ticket inlet is provided with a ticket classification grid.

8. The bill acceptance device with automatic bill sorting and binding function according to claim 3 is characterized in that: The outer side end of the bill alignment platform is provided with a bill discharging baffle.

9. A device using the bill acceptance device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The utility model comprises a cabinet, a panel arranged at the upper front part of the cabinet and a front door arranged at the lower front part of the cabinet, and a bill accepting device is installed on the panel.

10. The device according to claim 9, characterized in that: The panel is also provided with a receipt printing medium port and a flip piece, the surface of the flip piece is provided with an operation screen, a contactless module interface and a signature pen, and the bottom of the flip piece is provided with a QR code scanning port; the front door is provided with a security business temporary storage port, a human body sensing port and a claims business temporary storage port.

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