| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention relates to a paper sheet counting apparatus including a hopper in which a plurality of paper sheets are filled in a stacked state, a transport mechanism that feeds the paper sheets filled in the hopper to a transport path one by one, and transports the paper sheets along the transport path, a sensing unit having at least a counting sensor for counting the paper sheets and a recognizing part for recognizing the paper sheets, and a stacker in which the paper sheets fed from the transport path are stacked. The transport mechanism includes a drive roller constituting an inside of a turn portion for changing a direction of the transport path, a plurality of pinch rollers that bias the paper sheet against an outer peripheral surface of the drive roller, and a turn guide plate arranged between the pinch rollers to guide the paper sheet along an outer periphery of the drive roller. The turn guide plate is formed such that a front edge of the paper sheet transported to the turn portion is guided to a contact portion between a pinch roller arranged on a downstream side among the pinch rollers and the drive roller. The transport path has a bent portion formed on an upstream side of the counting part and the recognizing part so that a thin and hard foreign article other than the paper sheets cannot pass therethrough.</p> |
