Paper sheet separating and take-out device

摘要

A paper sheet separating and take-out device includes a deposit section (2) in which a plurality of overlapped paper sheets are deposited; a supply mechanism (8, 9) which moves said plurality of deposited paper sheets in an overlapping direction and supplies a paper sheet at a front end of a moving direction to a take-out position (20) at one end of the deposit section; a take-out mechanism (3) which comes in contact with the paper sheet supplied to the take-out position and rotates so as to take out the paper sheet in a direction substantially perpendicular to the overlapping direction; a separating mechanism (5) which is arranged on a side opposite to the take-out mechanism across a conveyance path (10) for conveying the paper sheets on a downstream side of a take-out direction of the paper sheets by the take-out mechanism, and applies a negative pressure to the paper sheets to be taken out onto the conveyance path and simultaneously applies a separating torque in an opposite direction to the take-out direction so as to separate second and subsequent paper sheets that are carried along with the paper sheet taken out from the take-out position; and a space variable mechanism (60) which is arranged on the downstream side of the take-out mechanism (3) on a position for regulating one side of the conveyance path on a position opposed to the separating mechanism, and leaves in a direction in which it separates from the conveyance path due to collision of the paper sheet taken out onto the conveyance path by the take-out mechanism so as to change a space with respect to the separating mechanism, the space variable mechanism (60) including a movable belt (61) which oscillates due to the collision of the paper sheets to be conveyed via the conveyance path (10) and applies a conveyance force to the paper sheet taken out onto the conveyance path.