Patent ID: 9159002
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: B65H,G06K

Abstract:
1. A relay transport apparatus, comprising: a carry-in port to which a paper sheet is to be carried in; a carry-out port from which the paper sheet is to be carried out; a first transport path formed so as to couple the carry-in port and the carry-out port, the first transport path including a plurality of segments; a plurality of first transport sections disposed along the first transport path, the plurality of first transport sections being configured to transport the paper sheet carried in from the carry-in port to the carry-out port along the first transport path; a plurality of driving sections corresponding to the respective segments, the plurality of driving sections being configured to drive the first transport section in the corresponding segment; and a drive transmission section configured to drive the plurality of first transport sections based on an output from a predetermined one driving section while only the predetermined one driving section operates among the plurality of driving sections, the drive transmission section being configured to drive the plurality of first transport sections based on outputs from the corresponding driving sections while the plurality of driving sections operate, wherein the first transport sections each include: the predetermined one driving section corresponds to a first segment, as counted in a paper sheet transport direction, among the respective segments, and the drive transmission section includes: the first one-way clutch is configured to transmit rotation force transmitted from the first transmission section to the first rotation shaft unit in the subsequent segment only while a rotation speed transmitted from the first transmission section to which the first one-way clutch is disposed is equal to or more than a rotation speed of the first rotation shaft unit in the subsequent section to which the first one-way clutch is disposed.