JP2001052235A - Grip conveying device and paper sheet processing device equipped with same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a grip conveying device for paper sheet and a paper sheet processing device which improve reliability by preventing a paper sheet from staying on a conveyance path. SOLUTION: Bundles of securities discharged from respective bundling devices are sent onto a conveyor 372 which extends horizontally carried by this conveyor 372 along the length to a stop position while a projection sensor performs breadthwise projection inspection. Two arms 418 and 420 which freely move are provided at right angles to the conveyor 372 and a bundle carried to the stop position is carried along the width while clamped by the two arms from both the side along the width. During the breadthwise conveyance, a line sensor 452 inspects the lengthwise projection of the bundle. After the bundle is passed form the conveyor to the arms, the conveyor is idled and a stop sensor 380 detects whether or not a security or bundle is staying on the conveyor.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bundle conveying device for receiving paper sheets such as securities bound by a predetermined number of sheets using a band material by a binding apparatus and conveying the paper sheets to a predetermined site.
And a paper sheet processing apparatus provided with the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, a paper sheet processing apparatus for processing paper sheets such as securities includes a supply unit in which a large number of securities are stacked, and a predetermined number of securities taken out of the supply unit. And a bundling device for bundling the sorted securities by a predetermined number of sheets at a time.

In general, a binding device receives a bundle of securities from a stacking unit provided at a predetermined distance from a stacking unit on which a bundle of a predetermined number of securities is stacked, and receives a bundle of securities from the stacking unit. A transport carrier for transporting to the binding portion. The small-size transport carrier has a small-size keeper mechanism for clamping a small package during the transportation.

[0004] Then, the banding device winds the band-shaped material tightly while the bundle is conveyed from the stacking unit to the banding unit by the bundle conveying carrier, winds the band-shaped material at the banding unit, cuts it, and binds it by thermocompression bonding. I do. Thereby, for example, 1
A bundle of securities bound together is formed.

[0005] The bundled securities are conveyed to the bundle accumulating unit by the conveyer. That is, the bundled securities are sent from the bundling device into the grasping and descending device by the pusher, and further placed on the conveyor by the grasping and descending device. Then, the securities are conveyed to a predetermined position along the longitudinal direction by the conveyor, during which the sensors provided on both sides in the width direction of the conveyor check whether the securities protrude in the width direction. Subsequently, the securities are conveyed along the width direction, and during this time, an inspection of the securities along the width direction is performed. Thereafter, the securities are sent to the bundle accumulating unit, where they are bundled together.

[0006]

In the bundle transporting apparatus constructed as described above, if binding failure occurs due to insufficient pressing of the heater or insufficient temperature of the heater to the bundle discharged from the binding portion, the transport of the bundle is performed. There is a possibility that the strip material is peeled off inside and some securities are left behind on the transport path of the small transport device.

If the securities fall off from the binding bundle and remain on the transport path, and if the securities protrude beyond the specified dimension from the width direction of the transport path, the shape of the binding bundle becomes larger than the specified dimension by the sensor. Is determined to have occurred, and the conveyance device is stopped as a jam. Therefore, in such a case, it is possible to detect the peeling of the belt-shaped material and the fall of the securities during the jam processing, and perform appropriate processing.

[0008] However, if the securities that have fallen off from the binding bundle and remain without protruding beyond the specified size from the transport path, the transport device cannot detect the residual securities by the sensor. Therefore, the securities are left on the transport path as they are, and the bundles are sent to the large band binding machine with the number of tickets insufficient. Further, the securities remaining on the transport path may be transported to the large band binding machine together with the next bundle to be bound.

[0009] On the other hand, the same problem as described above also occurs when a part of securities stacked due to an accumulation failure is partially broken when the securities are bound. That is, in the binding bundle, the position where the band is wound is generally offset from the center in the longitudinal direction of the security to one end side. It is easy to fall off without hanging. In this case, even if the band-shaped material is correctly wound, if the securities fly out when the bundle is discharged to the transport device, the securities fall off on the transport path during transport and remain. I will. If the remaining position of the dropped securities deviates from the sensor and is located at a position similar to the above, the remaining ticket cannot be found,
Poor counting of bundles may occur.

[0010] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to prevent paper sheets from remaining on a conveyance path even when a binding failure occurs, and to improve the reliability of paper sheets. An object of the present invention is to provide a transport device and a paper sheet processing device.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, a binding device according to the present invention accumulates a plurality of sheets in a stacked state, winds a binding band, receives a binding bundle, and receives the bundle at a predetermined position. A first transporting means for receiving the bundled bundle and transporting the bundled bundle along a predetermined transporting path, and a first detecting unit for inspecting the bundled bundle being transported by the first transporting unit for a binding failure. A second transporting unit that receives the binding bundle transported by the first transporting unit and transports the bundle to the predetermined position;
After the transfer from the transporting means to the second transporting means, the first transporting means is driven to detect the presence or absence of a residue on the transporting path until the first transporting means transports the next binding bundle. Object detection means.

According to the bundling device having the above-described configuration, after the bound bundle is delivered from the first transporting means to the second transporting means, the first transporting means is idle-dried, so that the residue on the transporting path, for example, the binding The presence or absence of a sheet or a binding band dropped from the binding bundle due to a defect is detected. This makes it possible to immediately detect a binding failure of the binding bundle and improve the reliability.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a bundle conveying device for collecting a plurality of sheets in a stacked state, winding a binding band, receiving a bundle, and transporting the bundle to a predetermined position. First transport means for receiving the bundle and transporting the bundle by a conveyor along the longitudinal direction thereof to a predetermined stop position; stop detecting means for detecting the bundle of bundles transported to the stop position; First detecting means for performing an inspection of the binding bundle being conveyed by the unit in a width direction and an inspection of a binding failure of the binding band; and receiving the binding bundle conveyed by the first conveying means in the width direction of the binding bundle. Transport means for transporting the bundle in a longitudinal direction, second detecting means for inspecting the binding bundle being transported by the second transport means in the longitudinal direction, and the first transport means for transporting the bundle in the first transport means. After the transfer to the second transport means, the conveyor is idled until the next binding bundle is transported by the first transport means, and the paper sheets and the binding band remaining on the conveyor by the stop detecting means. The presence or absence of
And a residue detecting means for stopping the conveyance of the bundle by the second conveying means when the remaining paper sheets and the binding band are detected.

According to the binding device having the above structure, after the bundle is delivered from the first transport means to the second transport means, the conveyer of the first transport means is idled, so that the residue on the transport path, for example, The presence / absence of a sheet or a binding band dropped from the binding bundle due to a binding failure is detected by using a stop detection unit. Then, when the residue is detected, the transport of the binding bundle by the second transport unit is stopped. This makes it possible to immediately detect a binding failure of the binding bundle, prevent the abnormal binding bundle from mixing with other normal binding bundles, and leave the residue together with the next binding bundle. Can be prevented. Therefore, only a normal binding bundle, that is, only a binding bundle in which a predetermined number of sheets are correctly bound by the binding band can be transported to a predetermined position, and reliability can be improved.

Further, the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises:
Each of a plurality of rectangular sheets is stacked in a stacked state,
A plurality of binding devices for forming a binding bundle by winding a binding band, a binding unit for binding a predetermined number of the binding bundles by the binding band, and the binding unit for receiving the binding bundles discharged from the binding device And a transport device for transporting
The bundle transporting device has a conveyor provided substantially horizontally below the plurality of binding devices, and a bundle horizontal moving device that transports the bundled bundle by the conveyor to a predetermined stop position along the longitudinal direction thereof, A first detecting means for performing a widthwise protrusion inspection of the binding bundle conveyed by the horizontal movement device and a binding failure inspection of the binding band; and a binding conveyer conveyed to the stop position by the conveyor. A lifting device that pushes up to a position away from the
The unit is provided so as to be movable along a direction substantially perpendicular to the conveyor, has two arms urged in a direction approaching each other, and binds the binding bundle pushed up by the grasping and lifting device to the above A holding and conveying device that conveys the binding bundle in the width direction of the binding bundle while being clamped by the two arms from both sides in the width direction of the binding bundle, and a longitudinal direction of the binding bundle that is being conveyed by the clamping and holding device; A second detecting means for performing a protrusion inspection, and a tying of a binding bundle which is provided near the holding and conveying device and which is conveyed by the two arms to a printing position between the predetermined position and the predetermined position. A printing device that prints predetermined information on the band, and, after transferring the binding bundle from the grip horizontal moving device to the holding and conveying device, until the next binding bundle is transported by the grip horizontal moving device, Ko The bear is idled, and the paper sheets remaining on the conveyor, the presence or absence of a binding band are detected, and when the paper sheets and the binding band remain, the transport of the binding bundle by the gripping and transporting device and the printing device are performed. And a residue detecting means for stopping the printing operation.

Further, the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises:
Supply means for supplying a plurality of rectangular paper sheets, transport means for transporting the paper sheets supplied by the supply means, and determination means for determining the paper sheets transported by the transport means And a branching means for branching the transport path of the paper sheets in accordance with a result of the determination by the determination means, and the paper sheets branched by the branching means are stacked in a stacked state, and a binding band is wound around and bound. A plurality of binding devices forming a handle;
A bundle bundling device for bundling a predetermined number of the bundling bundles with a bundling band, and a bunch transporting device that receives the bundling bundle discharged from the bundling device and transports the bundle to the bundling bundling device, A small horizontal moving device that has a conveyor provided substantially horizontally below the plurality of bundling devices, and that conveys the bundled bundle to a predetermined stop position along the longitudinal direction by the conveyor; and First detecting means for performing an inspection of a conveyed binding bundle in a width direction and a binding failure test of the binding band; and pushing up the binding bundle conveyed to the stop position by the conveyor to a position separated from the conveyor. A lifting / lowering device, which is provided movably along a direction substantially perpendicular to the conveyor, and which is biased in a direction approaching each other.
A bundle of bundles pushed up by the above-mentioned grasping and lifting device, and conveyed to the bundle bundling device in the width direction of the bundle while holding the bundle from both sides in the width direction of the bundle by the two arms. A gripping / conveying device, a second detecting means for inspecting the binding bundle being conveyed by the gripping device in a longitudinal direction, and a second detecting means disposed near the gripping / conveying device and having the two arms. A printing device that prints predetermined information on a binding band of the binding bundle conveyed to the printing position between the fixed position and the predetermined position, and delivers the binding bundle from the horizontal movement device to the clamping and conveying device. After that, the conveyor is idled until the next binding bundle is conveyed by the grip horizontal moving device, and the presence of paper sheets and binding bands remaining on the conveyor is detected. When remains It is characterized by comprising a residue detecting means for stopping the printing operation of the transport and printer cohesion bunch by serial bunch nipped and conveyed apparatus.

[0017]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a security handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; Referring to FIG.
First, the configuration of the entire processing apparatus will be schematically described.

The securities processing apparatus 10 takes out and inspects the inputted securities one by one, inspects and counts them, and then accumulates them every predetermined number of sheets, for example, every 100 sheets, and binds them by a band material. Then, the processing apparatus 10 sets the predetermined number of sheets, for example, 100
An input device 12 is configured to be able to process zero securities as one unit, and to the right end of the processing device, an input device 12 that automatically and sequentially inputs 1000 securities in a stacked state.

The processing apparatus 10 stores the entered securities in one.
A take-out unit 14 that takes out the sheets one by one, a transport device 16 as a transport unit that transports the taken-out securities along a predetermined transport path 17, and a pattern, a size,
A discriminating unit 18 as discriminating means for detecting information such as a transport pitch, a sorting unit 20 for sorting the transport direction of securities according to the detection result, and an accumulating unit 2 for accumulating the sorted securities.
2. It has a binding unit 24 for binding a predetermined number of securities together, and a revocation unit 23 for cutting and storing securities to be discarded.

A supply device 11 functioning as a supply unit is provided near the take-out unit 14 functioning as a take-out unit. The supply device receives the securities P input from the input device 12 and supplies the securities P to the take-out unit 14. I do. Extraction unit 1
The suction rotary roller 14a takes out the securities P one by one at a predetermined pitch and transfers the securities P to the transport device 16. The transport device 16 is configured by a plurality of transport belts, drive pulleys, drive motors, and the like disposed along a predetermined transport path 17.

The discriminating section 18 includes a stacking detecting section for detecting stacking of the securities P being conveyed, a reading device for reading a pattern attached to the securities P, a counting device for counting the number of the securities P, and the like. These are arranged in order along the transport path 17.

At the discriminating section 18, counting, pattern reading,
Depending on the detection result, the security P whose length has been detected has a plurality of types, for example, genuine re-distributable genuine paper, unredistributable genuine liability with a high degree of corruption, exclusionary memorandum that cannot be distinguished from genuine genuine and non-genuine memo Are classified into three types of securities, and are classified and collected for each type. The sorting section 20 has four sorting gates 20a, 20b, 20c, and 20d provided on the transport path 17, and switches the transport path of securities by selectively switching each gate. To the accumulated part 22 or the expired part 23.

The accumulating unit 22 is adapted to perform
It has two accumulators 22a and 22b for accumulating genuine notes, an accumulator 22c for accumulating unfit notes, and an accumulator 22d for accumulating rejected notes. In addition, the binding unit 24 includes three bundles 24a, 24b, 24c disposed below the stacking devices 22a, 22b, 22c, respectively, and a predetermined number of bundles of genuine bills bound by the bundles 24a, 24b. For example, a large band tying unit 19 that binds 10 bundles at a time, and the bundles bound by the binding units 24a and 24b are bundled with the large band tying unit 1.
9 and a bundle packaging unit 21. The expiration unit 23 that cuts an unfit note has two shredders 23a and 23b and a disposal box 23c.

Next, the binding bundle A of the securities bound by the binding devices 24a and 24b is received, and the large band binding unit 1 is received.
The transporting device 25 for transporting to the tray 9 will be described in detail.
First, a brief description will be given of the entire configuration of the small-size transporting device 25. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the small-size transporting device 25 includes a bundle receiving device 300 that receives the bundled bundle A discharged from the small-size binding device. A grip lowering device 302 for lowering the received binding bundle to a predetermined position, a grip horizontal moving device 304 for transporting the binding bundle lowered to the predetermined position in the horizontal direction, a grip lifting device 306, and a gripping and transporting device 30, which will be described later.
8. It is provided with a small printing device and the like.

It is to be noted that the number of the receiving devices 300 and the number of the lowering devices 302 are equal to the number of the bundling devices, and can correspond to any number of the bundling devices. In this embodiment, two sets of the receiving device 300 and the lowering device 302 are provided to face the two binding devices 24a and 24b.

Next, the configuration of each part of the small-size transport device 25 will be described in detail. FIGS. 23 to 26 illustrate the receiving device 300 and the lowering device 30 in the transporting device 25.
2. It is a flowchart showing the operation of the grip horizontal moving device 304, the grip lifting device 306, the gripping / conveying device 308, and the printing device 310. The operation of each device together with the configuration will be described with reference to these drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, the receiving device 300 has a base 312, on which a guide rail 313 extending in a direction perpendicular to the direction of discharging the small bundle A is provided. In addition, a movable table 314 that can reciprocate along the guide rail is supported. In addition, base 3
A drive motor 316 is disposed in the movable table 314.
Is reciprocated by a drive motor 316 via a link mechanism 318.

On the movable table 314, the discharged bundle A
And a pair of openable and closable first feed rollers 320a and a single second feed roller 320b that pass the bundle to both sides of the stacking direction from both sides in the stacking direction and pass it to the lowering device 302 side.
And a roller driving mechanism 32 for driving these feed rollers.
2 are provided.

The pair of first feed rollers 320a are fixed to the rotary shaft 323 at a predetermined interval, and the second feed rollers 320b are fixed to the rotary shaft 324.
The rotating shafts 323 and 324 extend in parallel with each other and extend in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the bundle A is discharged. And the first feed roller 320a is
The second feed roller 320b is arranged so as to be able to abut on the both sides of the upper surface of the binding bundle A, and the central portion of the lower surface of the binding bundle A is contactable.

One ends of the rotary shafts 323 and 324 are rotatably supported by swing arms 326a and 326b, respectively, and driven pulleys 328a and 328b are attached to one end of each shaft. One ends of the swing arms 326a and 326b are rotatably supported by the movable base 314. Thereby, the swing arm 326a,
326b and the first and second feed rollers 320a and 320b supported by them can swing in the direction of coming and going, ie, can be opened and closed.

Further, drive pulleys 330a and 330b are respectively attached to the pivots of the swing arms 326a and 326b, and the gears 332a and 332a mesh with each other.
332b is fixed. Then, the driving pulley 330
a and the driven pulley 328a, and the driving pulley 33
0b and the driven pulley 328b,
32a and 332b, respectively.

The roller driving mechanism 322 includes a roller driving motor 334 fixed on a movable base 314, and a driving gear 335 is mounted on a rotation shaft of the roller driving motor 334. That is, the drive gear 335 meshes with one of the gears 332a. Therefore, when the roller drive motor 334 operates, the drive gear 335, the gear 332a,
332b, driving pulleys 330a and 330b, driving belts 332a and 332b, driven pulleys 328a and 328b, and first and second feed rollers 320a and 320b.
Are driven to rotate in directions opposite to each other.

Further, the swing arm 3 is provided on the movable base 314.
A turning motor 336 is provided for turning the motors 26a and 326b away from each other. Rotating motor 3
A pressing cam 338 is attached to the rotation shaft of 36 so that it can abut on an extension 340 extending from the swing arm 326a. Normally, the swing arms 326a and 326b are biased by a tension spring 342 provided therebetween, and are held at closed positions approaching each other. When the rotation motor 336 is driven, the pressing cam 338
The extension 340 is pressed by the swing arm 326.
a and 326b rotate to open positions apart from each other against the biasing force of the tension spring 342. Swing arm 326
The open position and the closed position of a and 326b are detected by the first and second arm sensors 327a and 327b.

The movable base 314 supporting the first and second feed rollers 320a and 320b and the drive mechanism 322 for driving these feed rollers is driven by a drive motor 316 between an operating position and a retracted position. Is reciprocated. In the operating position, the first and second feed rollers 3
Reference numerals 20a and 320b are located in the moving path of the bundled bundle A to be discharged, and in the retracted position, these feed rollers are retracted from the moving path of the bundled bundle. The operating position and the retracted position of the movable base 314 are detected by first and second position sensors 344a and 344b provided on the base 312, respectively.

The receiving device 300 configured as described above
According to this, at the start of the discharging process of the binding bundle A, the roller driving motor 334 is driven to rotate forwardly in conjunction with the forward rotation of the driving motor of the bundle discharging device (not shown) on the binding device side, and the first and second rollers are driven. The feed rollers 320a and 320b are driven to rotate forward. At this time, the swing arms 326a and 326b are rotated to the open position by the rotation motor 336 so as not to hinder the discharge of the binding bundle A, and the first and second feed rollers 320 are rotated.
a and 320b are waiting at the open positions separated from each other. Therefore, the binding bundle A discharged from the bundle discharging device 38
Is smoothly fed between the first and second feed rollers 320a and 320b.

The drive motor 163 in the small bundle discharging device 38
After a lapse of a fixed time (0.2 seconds) from the start of the forward rotation of the motor, the rotation motor 336 is driven, and the swing arms 326a, 326
b is rotated to the closed position. Therefore, the discharged bundle A is nipped between the first and second feed rollers 320a and 320b based on the urging force of the tension spring 342, and is conveyed obliquely downward by these feed rollers. At this time, the binding bundle A is given a pressing force in a direction opposite to the curved state by the pair of upper first feed rollers 320a and the one second feed roller 320b provided at the lower center, so that the binding bundle A is bent at the time of binding. Is corrected.

As described above, the first and second feed rollers 32
When the bundle A is conveyed to a predetermined position by Oa and 320b and detected by a sensor 370 of the below-described lowering device 302, the roller drive motor 334 is stopped. As a result, the bundle A is stopped while being held between the feed rollers. Therefore, as compared with a conventional apparatus in which a binding bundle is thrown into a grip lowering portion, it is possible to perform more reliable transport, and it is possible to perform delivery with a low possibility of falling off.
When the sensor 370 detects the binding bundle, a discharge completion signal is sent to the bundle discharging device 38, and the binding device returns to the standby state.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 7 to 10, the grasping and lowering device 302 includes a holder 346 for receiving the bundled bundle A sent from the grasping and receiving device 300. Through the support table 350
Are supported so as to be able to move up and down along the vertical direction.

More specifically, the holder 346 has a front surface,
The rear surface and the lower surface are formed in a rectangular box shape with openings, and have a width substantially equal to the binding bundle A and a height higher than the binding bundle A. Further, the holder 346 has a flange portion 352 that protrudes inward from the lower end of both side walls and supports the binding bundle A. The lifting frame 348 is formed to have a substantially U-shaped cross section, and is disposed so as to straddle the holder 346 from above.

Then, both side walls of the holder 346 are rotatably supported by a lifting frame 348 via a bearing 354. Further, a tension spring 356 is provided between the holder 346 and the elevating frame 348, and the holder 346 is provided.
Are biased counterclockwise around the bearing 354.

The elevating frame 348 is supported so as to be able to move up and down along a guide rail 358 fixed vertically to the support table 350. An elevating drive motor 360 is fixed to the support base 350, and a drive shaft of the elevating drive motor 360 is connected to an elevating frame 348 via a link mechanism 362. Therefore, by driving the lifting drive motor 360, the lifting frame 348 and the holder 346 supported by the frame 348 are raised and lowered between the receiving position and the lowering position shown in FIG. The movement of the holder 346 to the receiving position and the descending position is performed by the position sensor 3 provided on the support base 350.
64a and 364b.

A first stopper 3 having a pin shape is provided on the support 350.
66, and a pin-shaped second stopper 367 is protruded from the elevating frame 348. In the receiving position, the upper end of the rear end of the holder 346 is the first position.
The holder 346 abuts against the stopper 366, rotates clockwise against the urging force of the tension spring 356, and is tilted at an angle corresponding to the discharge angle of the bundle A (-20 degrees in the present embodiment). Becomes In the lowered position,
The holder 346 contacts the second stopper 366 and is held in a horizontal state.

Further, the stopper plate 36 is
8 is attached, is located adjacent to and opposes the rear end opening of the holder 346, and is bent along the movement path of the holder 346. Then, the leading end of the binding bundle A sent from the holding device 300 into the holder 346 comes into contact with the stopper plate 368 and is held at a predetermined position. Further, a sensor 370 is attached to the stopper plate 368 to detect the arrival of the binding bundle A.

In the lifting / lowering device 302 having the above-described structure, the lifting frame 348 and the holder 346 are waiting at the receiving position at the start of the discharging process of the bundle A. And FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, when the bundled bundle A is transferred from the bundle receiving device 300 into the holder 346 and detected by the sensor 370, the bundle lowering stroke is started.

In order to lower the holder 346, the binding bundle A
The second feed roller 320b on the lower side of the holding device 300 that holds the sheet is obstructed. Therefore, the receiving device 300
The first rotation motor 336 is driven in reverse to move the first and second feed rollers 320a and 320b to the open position,
When the arm sensor 327a becomes dark, the drive motor 316 is driven to rotate forward to move the movable base 314 to the retreat position. As a result, the first and second feed rollers 320a and 320 that hinder the lowering of the binding bundle A and the holder 346
0b is retracted from the moving path of the holder 346.

When the movement of the movable base 314 is detected by the second position sensor 344b, the drive motor 3
At the same time, the lifting drive motor 360 of the lifting / lowering device 302 is driven to rotate forward, and the holder 346 and the binding bundle A together with the lifting frame 348 are moved from the raised position to the lowered position. During this time, the holder 346 is separated from the first stopper 366, rotated counterclockwise by the tension spring 356, and then abuts on the second stopper 367 to be kept in a horizontal state.

During the lowering operation of the holder 346, the binding bundle A is not pinched, but both side surfaces of the binding bundle are covered with the holder 346, and the tip of the binding bundle contacts the stopper plate 368. Move in contact. for that reason,
The binding bundle A is reliably moved to the lowered position without dropping from the holder 346. Further, the gap between the side surface of the holder 346 and the binding bundle A is formed as small as possible to prevent the binding bundle A from being skewed during descent.

Then, when the holder 346 moves to the lowered position and is detected by the position sensor 364b, the lifting drive motor 360 is stopped. As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, when the holder 346 moves to the lowered position, the binding bundle A held in the holder 346 is placed on a conveyor 372 of the horizontal transport device 304 described later.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 12, the small horizontal moving device 30 functioning as a conveying means and a first conveying means.
4 includes an elongated base frame 371 extending horizontally and a pair of conveyors 372 supported by the base frame and extending horizontally and in parallel with each other. The horizontal moving device 304 is arranged such that the right end of the conveyor 372 is located below one of the lowering devices 302, and the left end is located below the other lowering device 302.

Each conveyor 372 has a base frame 37
1 and driven pulley 374 and driven pulley 375
It is hung between. And the driving pulley 374
The pair of conveyors 372 run in synchronization with each other by driving the belt drive motor 376 connected to the
The bundle A on the conveyor is transported horizontally. The interval between the pair of conveyors 372 is set smaller than the width of the lower surface opening of the holder 346.

At the right and left ends of the base frame 371, optical residual sensors 378 are provided, respectively. These residual sensors 378 are
2, the binding bundle A lowered on the conveyor 372 is detected.

Further, the bundle horizontal moving device 304 is provided with a binding bundle A
Sensor 380 functioning as a stop detecting means for stopping the belt at a predetermined stop position (constant position), and functioning as a first detecting means which detects the widthwise protruding portion of the binding bundle A and the binding state of the band. Two sets of protrusion sensors 382a and 382b are provided. Stop sensor 3
Reference numeral 80 denotes an optical sensor, which is provided from the center to the right end of the base frame 371.

As shown in FIGS. 12 to 14, two sets of protrusion sensors 382a and 382b are arranged on both sides of the center of the base frame 371. Each set of protruding sensors has two pairs of point sensors 384a and 384b provided on both sides of the conveyor 372, and these point sensors are arranged at a predetermined distance from the side edge of the conveyor 372. .

According to the horizontal moving device 304 having the above structure, the bundle bundle A transported from the right bundle bundling device 24a to the right end of the conveyor 372 via the small bundle receiving device 300 and the small bunch lowering device 302 is removed. , Its longitudinal direction is conveyor 3
72 is placed on the conveyor in a state that matches the running direction. By driving the belt drive motor 376, the binding bundle A is conveyed horizontally by the conveyor 371 to the center, that is, to the left.

Further, the conveyor 3 is connected from the left bundling device 24b via the receiving device 300 and the lowering device 302.
The bundle A conveyed on the left end of the 72 is placed on the conveyor with its longitudinal direction coinciding with the traveling direction of the conveyor 372. By driving the belt drive motor 376, the binding bundle A is conveyed horizontally by the conveyor 371 to the center, that is, to the right. The transport direction of the binding bundle A is controlled by the number of binding devices and the relative position to the large band binding device.

When the bundle A is conveyed by the conveyor 372 and the residual sensor 378 of the horizontal moving device 304 is turned, the lifting drive motor 360 of the lowering device 302 is driven in reverse, and the holder 346 returns to the receiving position. Thereafter, the receiving device 300 also returns to the standby state.

In the horizontal moving unit 304, the binding bundle A
Is transported from the left side, the conveyor 372 is stopped when the right end in the longitudinal direction of the binding bundle is detected by the stop sensor 380. When the bundle A is conveyed from the right side, after the longitudinal left end of the bundle A overruns the stop sensor 380 by a predetermined amount, the conveyor 372
Is driven in the reverse direction, and the conveyor is stopped when the right end in the longitudinal direction of the binding bundle A is detected by the stop sensor 380. This is to eliminate the error of light rotation and dark rotation of the stop sensor 380. Therefore, each bundle A is conveyed along its longitudinal direction by the conveyor 372,
The right end in the longitudinal direction is stopped at a certain stop position detected by the stop sensor 380.

On the other hand, while the transport handle A moves from the lowered position to the predetermined stop position, the protrusion sensor 382 is used.
By a or 382b, the protruding inspection of the securities in the binding bundle and the binding failure inspection of the binding band B are performed over the entire length of the binding bundle in the longitudinal direction. That is, the point sensors 384a and 384b of the protruding sensors are
The binding bundle A is moved apart from the side edge of the binding bundle A by a permissible distance dx which protrudes in the width direction of the binding bundle and moves in the width direction of the binding bundle. Therefore, the point sensor 384
When the binding bundle A is detected by any of a and 384b, it can be understood that the binding bundle A protrudes beyond the allowable distance dx in the width direction. At the same time, if the binding band B is defective in sealing, the binding band expands in the width direction of the binding bundle A, and can be detected by the point sensor 384a or 384b.

As described above, while the binding bundle A is horizontally conveyed along its longitudinal direction, it is possible to inspect the widthwise extension of the binding bundle A over the entire length in the longitudinal direction, and it is highly possible to establish a band with poor binding. It is possible to detect with.

The bundle bundle A stopped at the predetermined position is pushed up by a predetermined amount by the bundle lifting device 306 and is separated from the conveyor 372. As shown in FIG.
Has a support frame 390 disposed on the side of the horizontal movement device 304. An elevating plate 392 in an upright state is supported by the support frame 390 so as to be able to move up and down along the vertical direction. From the lifting plate 392, three pivot shafts 39
4, and the lifting table 396 protrude horizontally.

The three pivots 394 are located above the conveyor 372, and a guide roller 398 is rotatably attached to the extending end of each pivot. The guide rollers 398 and the horizontal moving device 3
A round belt 402 is stretched between a driving roller 400 (see FIG. 3) provided in the cartridge 04. Drive roller 4
00 is connected to the pivot of the driven pulley 375 via the belt 402, and is driven in synchronization with the conveyor 372 by the belt drive motor 376 of the small horizontal moving device 304. Then, the round belt 402 contacts the upper surface of the binding bundle A placed on the conveyor 372 as described later,
Guides the transport of the bundle.

On the other hand, the elevating table 396 is
It is located in a loop of 72. Two accommodation grooves 404 capable of accommodating the conveyor 372 are formed on the upper surface of the elevating table 396, respectively.

The support frame 390 of the lifting device 306
, A table drive motor 406 is attached, and an intermediate portion of a rotating arm 408 is rotatably supported. One end of the rotating arm 408 is rotatably connected to the elevating plate 392, and the other end is connected to the drive shaft of the table drive motor 406 via the link mechanism 410. Accordingly, by driving the table drive motor 406, the lift plate 392 is driven to move up and down between the lowered position and the raised position via the link mechanism 410 and the rotating arm 408. The descending position and the ascending position of the elevating plate 392 are determined by position sensors 405 a and 40 provided on the support frame 390.
5b.

As shown in FIG. 16, in the lowered position,
The elevating table 396 is located below and separated from the conveyor 396 and the binding bundle A, and the round belt 402 wound around the guide roller 398 can be brought into contact with the upper surface of the binding bundle A on the conveyor 372.

As shown in FIGS. 15, 16 and 17,
In the ascending position, the elevating table 396 holds the conveyor 3
The binding bundle A on 72 is pushed up and separated from the conveyor. At this time, the conveyor 372 is accommodated in the accommodation groove 404 of the elevating table 396. At the same time, the guide rollers 39
8 also moves upward, and the round belt 402 is separated from the upper surface of the binding bundle A.

In the lifting device 306 having the above structure,
During the horizontal movement of the binding bundle A, the lifting plate 392 is held at the lowered position, and the lifting table 396 is separated from the conveyor 372 and the binding bundle A on the conveyor. In addition, round belt 4
02 travels in the same direction as the conveying direction of the conveyor 372 and guides the upper surface of the binding bundle A.

When the binding bundle A is stopped at a predetermined stop position, the table drive motor 406 is driven to rotate forward, and
The elevating table 396 and the guide roller 398 are moved to the ascending position. Therefore, the bundle A at the stop position is
The conveyor 37 is pushed up by the lifting table 396.
Separate from 2.

The lifting plate 392 is moved by the position sensor 405b.
Is detected, that is, the completion of the lifting of the binding bundle A is detected, the binding bundle A on the lifting table 396 is conveyed by the conveyer 372 by the gripping / conveying device 308.
Is transported in a direction perpendicular to the direction.

More specifically, as shown in FIGS. 19 and 20, the gripping and conveying device 308 functioning as a conveying means and a second conveying means is an elongated support frame extending in a direction perpendicular to the conveyor 372 in a horizontal plane. 416. The support frame 416 has a movable arm 418 and a driven arm 420 for holding the binding bundle A.
And an arm drive mechanism 422 for driving the movable arm and the driven arm.

The movable arm 418 extends at a right angle from the support frame 416 and extends in parallel with the conveyor 372, and its base end is orthogonal to the conveyor along a guide rail 424 fixed on the support arm 416. It is slidably supported in the direction. The driven arm 420 extends at a right angle from the support frame 416 and faces in parallel with the movable arm, and its base end is connected to the base end of the movable arm 418 via a linear bearing 426 and a ball bearing 428. It is slidably supported in the direction perpendicular to the conveyor 372 following the movable arm.

The movable arm 418 and the driven arm 420
The guide rollers 421 each having a rotation axis parallel to the conveyor 372 are attached to the extending ends of the guide rollers 421. A light-shielding plate 423 extending in the vertical direction is provided at the extension end of the driven arm 420. A link 425 that can be engaged with the base end of the driven arm 420 is provided at the base end of the movable arm 418.

The base end of the movable arm 418 and the driven arm 4
A tension spring 430 is erected between the base arm 20 and the base end of the arm 20, and the driven arm 420 is urged in a direction approaching the movable arm 418 by the tension spring. A first stopper 432 is provided at a base end of the movable arm 418, and a second stopper 434 is provided at an intermediate portion of the support frame 422. The first stopper 432 and the second stopper 434 are arranged at predetermined intervals along the moving direction of the movable arm 418.

Further, a link 42 provided at the base end of the movable arm 418 is provided at the extension end of the support frame 416.
5 is provided with a third stopper 435 that can be brought into contact therewith.

As will be described later, the driven arm 420 has a linear bearing 426
A clamping position which is positioned in contact with the stopper 432;
An open position where the base end of the arm comes into contact with the second stopper 434 and is positioned can be moved. At the holding position, the distance between the movable arm 418 and the driven arm 420 is set to be slightly smaller than the width of the binding bundle A. Therefore, the binding bundle A can be reliably clamped between the movable arm 418 and the driven arm 420 at the clamping position, and at the same time, the excessive addition of the binding bundle A is prevented from acting. In the open position, the distance between the movable arm 418 and the driven arm 420 is set to be slightly larger than the width of the binding bundle A, so that the binding bundle A can be received between these arms and can be bound from between the arms. The bunches can be discharged.

The arm driving mechanism 422 is connected to the support frame 4
16 and a plurality of pulleys 438 a to 438 d rotatably mounted on a rotation shaft of the arm drive motor and the support frame 416.
And a drive belt 440 stretched over these pulleys
a, 440b.

The drive belt 440 a is stretched between a pulley 438 a fixed to the rotation shaft of the arm drive motor 436 and a pulley 438 b supported by the support frame 416. The drive belt 440b is connected to the pulley 43
8b and a pulley 438 provided at one end of the support frame 416 so as to be rotatable integrally with the pulley 438c.
d, and extends in a direction perpendicular to the conveyor 372. Note that a tension pulley 438e is in contact with the drive belt 440b.

The base end of the movable arm 418 is connected to the drive belt 440b via a clamp 441. Accordingly, by driving the arm driving motor 436, the movable arm 418 is driven by the driving belts 440a, 440.
The driven arm 420 is reciprocated between a standby position and a delivery position, which will be described later, in perfect synchronization with 0b.

The movement of the movable arm 418 and the driven arm 420 to the standby position and the transfer position is detected by the first and second position sensors 442a and 442b provided on the support frame 416.

In the holding / conveying device 308 having the above structure, the movable arm 418 and the driven arm 420
Is held at the standby position shown in FIGS. In the standby position, these arms 418 and 420 are located at one end of the support frame 416 and above the binding bundle A transported to the above-described stop position.

In the standby position, the driven arm 42
0 is biased by a tension spring 430 and is held at an open position in contact with the second stopper 434. In the open position, the interval between the movable arm 418 and the driven arm 420 is set slightly larger than the width of the binding bundle A.

In this state, the above-described grasping and lifting device 306
When the bundle A is pushed up from the conveyor 372, the bundle A is inserted between the movable arm 418 and the driven arm 420 at the standby position. When the completion of pushing up the bundled bundle A is detected by the position sensor 405b of the grasping and pushing up device 306, the arm drive motor 436 of the grasping and conveying device 308 is driven to rotate forward. Accordingly, the movable arm 418 is driven via the drive belts 440a and 440b, and starts moving from the standby position toward the delivery position.

When the movable arm 418 moves, the first stopper 432 provided on the movable arm
It contacts the linear bearing 426 on the 20 side and presses the driven arm 420. Accordingly, the driven arm 420 starts moving in the same direction following the movable arm 418.

When the first stopper 432 comes into contact with the linear bearing 426, the driven arm 420 is positioned at the holding position with respect to the movable arm 418, and as a result, the binding bundle A is movable by the urging force of the tension spring 430. It is clamped between the arm 418 and the driven arm 420 (see FIG. 18). As described above, at the sandwiching position, the distance between the movable arm 418 and the driven arm 420 along the direction perpendicular to the conveyor 372 is set slightly smaller than the width of the binding bundle A. Can be reliably held between the movable arm 418 and the driven arm 420, and the binding bundle is not deformed by clamping the binding bundle with an extremely strong clamping force. At the same time, even when the bundle A is delivered in a slightly skewed state, the skew of the bundle can be corrected by being sandwiched between the two arms.

Then, by moving the movable arm 418 and the driven arm 420 to the delivery position, the binding bundle A sandwiched between these arms is held in a horizontal state from the conveyor 372 and the large band binding unit 19. It is transported up.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 20, a plurality of sensors for inspecting the binding bundle A in the longitudinal direction are provided near the transport path of the binding bundle A by the holding and transporting device 308, and A printing device 310 for printing predetermined information on the band B is provided.

More specifically, the inspection start timing sensor 450 and the inspection end timing sensor 4 are located on the movement path of the light shielding plate 423 provided at the extension end of the driven arm 420.
51 and a print position sensor 453 are provided in order, and are separated from each other by a predetermined distance along the moving direction of the driven arm.

The driven arm 42 located at the standby position
0 and a pair of line sensors 452 provided vertically opposite to each other between the inspection start timing sensor 450.
And one point sensor 454.
These line sensor 452 and point sensor 45
4 are provided side by side in a common plane perpendicular to the moving direction of the movable arm 418 and the driven arm 420.

In particular, the line sensors 452 are arranged on both the upper and lower sides of the bundle A to be conveyed, and are arranged in a region where the longitudinal rear edge of the bundle A passes. In addition, the point sensor 454 is arranged such that the passing distance of the front end edge of the binding bundle A in the longitudinal direction is an allowable distance dy of the binding bundle protruding in the longitudinal direction.
However, they are spaced apart in the longitudinal width direction of the binding bundle.

The binding bundle A is nipped by the movable arm 418 and the driven arm 420 at the position C shown in FIG. 20, and the conveyance is started toward the delivery position. Then, when the light-shielding plate 423 of the driven arm 420 is detected by the inspection start timing sensor 450, the line sensor 452 and the point sensor 454 start the inspection in which the binding bundle A protrudes in the longitudinal direction, and the light-shielding plate 452 is moved to the inspection end timing sensor 451. The protruding inspection is terminated at the time when the detection is performed. Here, the binding bundle A and the driven arm 420 are in close contact with each other, and can be regarded as one. Therefore, the transport position of the binding bundle A is detected based on the position of the driven arm 420.

The above-described binding / bundling device 24a or 24b
When the securities are accumulated, the securities are accumulated by the impeller 50 (see FIG. 2) using the scraping plate and are hardly protruded to the scraping plate side. Accordingly, the same applies to the binding bundle A, and the protrusion at the end on the side of the extruding plate is unlikely to occur. Utilizing such a property, when the binding bundle A is horizontally moved, the positioning of the binding bundle A is stopped with reference to the front edge of the binding bundle A, and all of the protruding portion of the binding bundle in the longitudinal direction is located at the rear edge side of the binding bundle A. It is in a state where it occurs.

Thus, the protruding inspection of the bundle A in the longitudinal direction can be performed by detecting only the rear end edge of the bundle A by the line sensor 452. That is, when the output value of the line sensor 452 is out of the predetermined normal value, the protruding portion of the binding bundle A is detected. Therefore, it is not necessary to further provide a pair of line sensors on the front end side of the binding bundle A, so that the configuration can be simplified and the protrusion inspection can be simplified. Furthermore, since the binding bundle A is sandwiched between the drive arm 418 and the driven arm 420 and transported, the skew of the binding bundle is prevented, so that
It is possible to improve the detection accuracy of the protrusion inspection.

[0092] It should be noted that 1 is provided on the front edge side of the binding bundle A.
The two point sensors 454 detect the shift of the stop position during the horizontal transfer of the binding bundle, and
Numeral 0 is also constituted by a point sensor, and there is a possibility that the binding squeeze other than the detection point may be present on the stop sensor side, and is provided to detect this.

When the protruding inspection described above is completed and the light shielding plate 423 of the driven arm 420 is detected by the print position sensor 453, the arm drive motor 436 of the gripping / conveying device 408 stops, and the drive arm 418 and the driven arm 4
20, and the binding bundle A clamped between these arms
Is stopped at the print position D shown in FIG. Then, at the printing position D, predetermined information is printed on the band B of the binding bundle A by the printing device 310.

As shown in FIG. 21, the printing device 310 functioning as a printing means includes a support frame 460 disposed above the printing position D. The support frame 460 is vertically movable along the vertical direction. A head drive motor 466 that raises and lowers the lifting plate 462 via a lifting plate 462, a crank mechanism 464, and a sensor 468 that detects the lowering position of the lifting plate.
Etc. are supported. A print head 470 of, for example, an ink jet system is attached to the elevating plate 462, and can be moved up and down together with the elevating plate 462.

When the bundle A is conveyed to the printing position D and stopped by the holding and conveying device 308, the printing device 310
The head drive motor 466 is driven to rotate forward, and the lift plate 46
2 descends with the print head 470. Thereby,
The print head 470 holds the binding bundle A at a predetermined pressure by its own weight.
Is pressed against the belt B. In this state, the print head 47
0 is driven, and predetermined information is printed on band B.

According to the above printing operation, the print head 470
Can maintain a predetermined gap with respect to the band B irrespective of the thickness of the binding bundle A, so that good printing quality can be obtained. Regarding the printing position accuracy, the accuracy of the binding bundle A in the longitudinal direction is determined by the stop sensor 380 of the gripping horizontal moving device 304, and the accuracy of the binding bundle in the width direction is determined by the printing position sensor 4.
53. Therefore, high positional accuracy can be easily obtained.

After the printing is completed, the arm drive motor 436 of the holding and conveying device 308 starts to rotate forward, and at the same time, the head drive motor 466 of the printing device 310 is driven to rotate in the reverse direction to return the print head 470 to the raised position. This ends the printing process.

As shown in FIG. 20, the arm drive motor 4
With the start of the normal rotation of 36, the movable arm 418 and the driven arm 420 holding the binding bundle A start to move toward the transfer position E again. When the arrival of the driven arm 418 is detected by the position sensor 442b, the arm drive motor 436 is stopped, and the binding bundle A is also moved to the delivery position E.
Will be stopped. The delivery position E is set directly above the large band binding portion 19.

At the same time, the link 425 provided at the base end of the movable arm 420 comes into contact with the third stopper 435 provided at the end of the support frame 422, and moves the driven arm 420 to the open position. Thereby, the movable arm 418
And the driven arm 420 is opened to lose the holding force,
The binding bundle A falls vertically between the arms into the large band binding portion 19. The movable arm 418 and the driven arm 420
After being held at the delivery position E for a predetermined period of time, it is returned to the standby position.

As described above, by dropping the binding bundle A from directly above the large band binding unit 19, the bundle bundle can be reliably transferred to the large band binding unit. Then, unity bundle A
Are bound by a large band in the large band binding portion 19 at a time.

On the other hand, when the binding bundle A is gripped by the gripping / conveying device 308, the gripping horizontal moving device 304 starts the conveyor idling operation. That is, after the raising process, the bundle A is completely separated from the conveyor 372 by being conveyed by the clamping and conveying device 308, and usually the bundle is held on the conveyor before the next bundle receiving process. Not mounted. Therefore, the horizontal movement moving device 304 rotates the conveyor 372 idle during this time, and the residue on the conveyor,
In other words, it detects whether there is a security or a binding band dropped from the binding bundle.

More specifically, when the binding bundle A is clamped by the clamping and conveying device 308, the grasping and lifting device 3
06 moves the lifting table 396 to the lowering position. When the lowering of the elevating table 396 is detected by the position sensor 405a, the horizontal transporting device 304 drives the belt driving motor 376 forward for a predetermined time to rotate the conveyor 372.
To run. When residues such as securities and a binding band remain on the conveyor 372 due to peeling of the binding band, etc.
Since the residue on the conveyor passes the stop sensor 380, the stop sensor goes dark, and the presence of the residue is found.

When the residue is detected, it is clear that the bundle A, which has started nipping and transporting, has some defect such as a drop of securities and a drop of a strip. Therefore, in this case, the movement of the binding bundle A being transported is stopped by the gripping / conveying device 396, the printing operation is stopped, and the staff removes the residue.

If no residual portion is detected, the above-described inspection of the binding bundle A protruding in the width direction and the printing operation are executed. With the above operation, a series of the bundle transport process is completed.

FIG. 22 shows a control system of the conveyer 25 constructed as described above. The roller drive motor 334, the rotation motor 336, and the drive motor 316 of the holding device 300 are connected to the control unit 480 via drivers 472, 473, and 474, and the first and second arm sensors 327 are provided.
a, 327b and first and second position sensors 344a,
344 b inputs the detection signal to control section 480.

The lifting drive motor 360 of the lifting / lowering device 302
Are connected to the control unit 480 via the driver 476, and the sensors 364a, 364b, and 370 are connected to the control unit 480, respectively. The belt drive motor 376 of the small horizontal moving device 304 is connected to the control unit 480 via the driver 482, and the residual sensor 378, the protrusion sensors 382a and 382b, and the stop sensor 380
Each is connected to the control unit 480.

The table drive motor 406 of the lifting device 306 is controlled by a control unit 480 via a driver 484.
, And the position sensors 405 a and 405 b input the detection signals to the control unit 480. Nipping conveyance device 308
The arm drive motor 436 is connected to the control unit 480 via the driver 486, and the first and second position sensors 442
a, 442b, inspection start timing sensor 450, inspection end timing sensor 451, print position sensor 453,
The line sensor 452 and the point sensor 454 input detection signals to the control unit 480.

The head drive motor 466 of the printing device 310
Is connected to the control unit 480 via the driver 488,
The head driver 490 and the sensor 468 of the print head 470 are connected to the control unit 80.

Further, the control unit 480 includes a determination unit 18 of the processing device and a ROM 49 storing various control data.
2 is connected, and the control section 480 controls the transporting device 2 based on various control data and detection signals from various sensors.
5 to control the overall operation. Then, the control unit 232 functions as the residue detection unit in the present invention together with the stop sensor 380.

According to the transporting device 25 configured as described above, the bundle A discharged from the binding device is received by the receiving device 300 and the lifting / lowering device 302 and is placed on the conveyor 372 of the horizontal moving device 304. , It is possible to stably transfer the bundle from the binding device to the bundle transport device, thereby improving the reliability. At the same time, since the binding bundle A is transported to a position immediately above the binding unit 19 by the holding and transporting unit 308 and then vertically dropped and discharged, the delivery of the binding bundle from the transporting unit 25 to the large band binding unit 19 is performed. It can be performed stably.

Further, a configuration is such that an inspection of the binding bundle A in the width direction is performed during the transportation by the horizontal moving device 304, and an inspection of the binding bundle A in the longitudinal direction is performed during the transportation by the holding and transporting device 308. Therefore, the protruding inspection can be performed over the entire surface of the binding bundle. At the same time, it is possible to detect a sealing failure of the binding band and the like with a high probability, and it is possible to improve reliability.

In the protruding inspection in the longitudinal direction, since the binding bundle is a stacking ticket using an impeller stack using a scraping plate, in most cases, the right side of the bundle should be close to the end of the ticket, and a band should be in the vicinity. Because of this, it is possible to perform inspections using a pair of line sensors and a pair of point sensors, making use of the property that the edge of the ticket is unlikely to cause splashing, and to achieve a significant cost reduction compared to the past Can be.

[0113] Also, during the movement of the binding bundle by the gripping / conveying device and the inspection for protruding in the width direction, the conveyor of the gripping horizontal moving device is idled to detect the presence or absence of the residue. Even if the binding band, securities, etc. are left behind, these residues can be detected at an early stage, and an abnormality in the binding bundle can be found at an early stage. Therefore, abnormal bundles can be detected and eliminated before being conveyed to the next step, preventing them from being mixed with other normal bundles, and the residue and the next bundle are sent together. Inconveniences such as being in a wrong place can be prevented. As a result, it is possible to improve the reliability of the counting of the small bundle transport device.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be variously modified within the scope of the present invention. For example, it goes without saying that the small-size transport device and the paper sheet processing device according to the present invention can be applied not only to securities but also to the transport and processing of other paper sheets.

[0115]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the transport, inspection, printing, etc. of the bound paper sheets can be performed efficiently, and the remaining paper sheets on the transport path caused by poor binding, etc., can be obtained. It is possible to reliably detect a residue such as a remaining paper sheet and a binding band, and to provide a paper sheet transport apparatus with improved reliability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a securities processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view schematically showing an arrangement relationship between the binding device and the small-sized conveying device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a grasp receiving device, a grasp lifting / lowering device, and a grasp horizontal moving device of the grasp transport device.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the receiving device.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the receiving device.

FIG. 6 is a front view of the receiving device.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of the lifting device.

FIG. 8 is a front view of the lifting device.

FIG. 9 is a side view of the lifting device.

FIG. 10 is a side view showing a receiving position and a descending position of a holder in the lifting device.

FIG. 11 is a front view schematically showing a state in which the holder has moved to a lowered position.

FIG. 12 is a side view of the grip horizontal moving device.

FIG. 13 is an enlarged plan view showing a part of the horizontal movement moving device.

FIG. 14 is a front view schematically showing a widthwise protrusion sensor in the horizontal movement moving device.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing a grip lifting device in the grip transport device.

FIG. 16 is a side view showing a state where the lifting table of the gripping and lifting device is lowered.

FIG. 17 is a side view showing a state where the lifting table is raised.

FIG. 18 is a front view showing a state where the lifting table is raised.

FIG. 19 is a perspective view showing a gripping / conveying device of the gripping / conveying device.

FIG. 20 is a plan view of the gripping / conveying device.

FIG. 21 is a perspective view showing a printing device in the small-size transport device.

FIG. 22 is a block diagram schematically showing a control system of the small-size transport device.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing the operation of the above-described small-size transport device.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing the operation of the above-described small-size transport device.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing the operation of the above-described small-size transport device.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing the operation of the above-described small-size transport device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 24a, 24b… Bundling device 25… Buck transport device 300… Batch receiving device 302… Buck lowering device 304… Batch horizontal moving device 306… Buck lifting device 308… Clamping / carrying device 310… Printing device 346… Holder 372… Conveyor 380: Stop sensor 382a, 382b ... Protrusion sensor 384a, 384b ... Point sensor 396 ... Elevating table 418 ... Movable arm 420 ... Followed arm 430 ... Tension spring 452 ... Line sensor 454 ... Point sensor 470 ... Print head A ... Bundling grip B ... Unity band

Continued on front page F term (reference) 3E040 AA02 AA05 DA08 EA06 FG03 FG12 FG13 FG17 3E052 AA23 BA03 CA16 CB01 CB03 CB05 CB07 DA02 DB02 DB06 EA02 HA02 KA02 LA04 3F053 EA00 EC01 ED13 ED19 LA00 LB04

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A bundle conveying device for stacking a plurality of sheets in a stacked state, winding a binding band, and receiving a bundle to be bound and transporting the bundle to a predetermined position. A first transporting means for transporting, a first detecting means for inspecting a binding failure of the binding bundle being transported by the first transporting means, and a receiving unit for receiving the binding bundle transported by the first transporting means, and A second transport unit that transports the bundle to the first transport unit after the bundle is delivered from the first transport unit to the second transport unit until the next bundle is transported by the first transport unit. And a residue detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of a residue on the conveyance path by driving the conveying device. 2. A bundle conveying device for stacking a plurality of sheets in a stacked state, winding a binding band, receiving a bundle of bundles, and transporting the bundle to a predetermined position. A first transporting means for transporting along the longitudinal direction, a first detecting means for performing a widthwise protrusion inspection of the binding bundle being transported by the first transporting means and a binding failure inspection of the binding band; A second transporting means for receiving the binding bundle transported by the first transporting device and transporting the binding bundle along the width direction of the binding bundle, and a second inspection for protruding the binding bundle transported by the second transporting device in the longitudinal direction. 2 detecting means, after delivering the binding bundle from the first transporting means to the second transporting means, idle the conveyor until the next binding bundle is transported by the first transporting means, Bunch conveying apparatus characterized by comprising a residue detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of residue on the conveyors, the. 3. A bundle conveying device for stacking a plurality of sheets in a stacked state, winding a binding band, receiving a bundle of bundles, and transporting the bundle to a predetermined position. First transporting means for transporting the bundle along the longitudinal direction to a predetermined stop position, stop detecting means for detecting the bundle of bundles transported to the stop position, and a bundle of bundles being transported by the first transporter. A first detection unit for performing a widthwise protrusion inspection and a binding failure inspection of the binding band; and a second transporting unit that receives the binding bundle transported by the first transporting unit and transports the binding bundle along the width direction of the binding bundle. And a second detecting means for performing a protruding inspection in the longitudinal direction of the binding bundle being conveyed by the second carrying means, and after delivering the binding bundle from the first carrying means to the second carrying means, The conveyor is idled until the next conveyed bundle is conveyed by the first conveying means, and the stop detecting means detects the presence of paper sheets and binding bands remaining on the conveyor, and detects the remaining paper sheets. And a residue detecting means for stopping the transport of the bundle by the second transport means when a binding band is detected. 4. A bundle transporter for receiving a bundle of bundles discharged from a plurality of bundling devices that respectively bind a plurality of rectangular sheets in a stacked state, wind a binding band and bind the bundle, and transport the bundle to a predetermined position. An apparatus, comprising: a conveyor provided substantially horizontally below the binding device; a first transport unit that receives the discharged bundle and transports the bundle to a predetermined stop position by the conveyor; A first detecting means for performing a widthwise inspection of the conveyed binding bundle in the width direction and a binding failure inspection of the binding band; and a binding conveyer conveyed to the stop position by the first conveying means via a printing position. A second transport unit that transports the bundled bundle to the predetermined position along the width direction of the bundle, a second detection unit that performs an inspection of the bundle that is being transported by the second transport unit in a longitudinal direction, A printing unit that prints predetermined information on a binding band of the binding bundle conveyed to the printing position by the second carrying unit; and after passing the binding bundle from the first carrying unit to the second carrying unit, Until the next binding bundle is transported by the first transport unit, the conveyor is idled, and the presence or absence of paper sheets and binding bands remaining on the conveyor is detected, and the remaining paper sheets and binding bands are detected. And a residue detecting means for stopping the transport of the bundle by the second transport means and the printing operation of the printing means. 5. A plurality of bundling devices for stacking a plurality of rectangular sheets in a stacked state, winding a binding band to form a binding bundle, and binding a predetermined number of the binding bundles by the binding band. A bundling device that receives the bundles discharged from the bundling device and transports the bundle to the bundling device. The bundling device is substantially horizontally below the plurality of bundling devices. A bundle horizontal moving device that has a conveyor provided, and conveys the bundled bundle to a predetermined stop position along the longitudinal direction of the bundle by the conveyor, and protrudes in the width direction of the bundled bundle being conveyed by the horizontal bundle moving device. First detection means for inspecting and inspecting the binding failure of the binding band; and a gripping / pulling-up device for pushing up a binding bundle conveyed to the stop position by the conveyor to a position separated from the conveyor, The unit is provided so as to be movable along a direction substantially perpendicular to the conveyor, has two arms urged in a direction approaching each other, and binds the binding bundle pushed up by the grasping and lifting device to the above A gripping / conveying device for conveying the bundled bundle to the bundle bundling device in the width direction while being clamped from both sides in the width direction of the bundled bundle by two arms; and a longitudinal direction of the bundled bundle being conveyed by the gripping device. A second detecting means for performing a protrusion inspection, and a tying of a binding bundle which is provided in the vicinity of the holding and conveying device and is conveyed by the two arms to a printing position between the predetermined position and the predetermined position. A printing device that prints predetermined information on the band, and, after transferring the binding bundle from the grip horizontal moving device to the gripping / conveying device, until the next binding bundle is transported by the grip horizontal moving device, The conveyor is idled, and the presence of paper sheets and binding bands remaining on the conveyor is detected, and when the paper sheets and binding bands remain, the transport of the binding bundle by the holding and carrying device and the printing device A paper sheet processing apparatus, comprising: a residue detection unit that stops a printing operation. 6. A supply unit for supplying a plurality of rectangular sheets, a conveying unit for conveying the sheets supplied by the supply unit, and the sheets conveyed by the conveyance unit. Discriminating means for discriminating, according to the result of the discrimination by the discriminating means, a branching means for branching the transport path of the paper sheets, and the sheets branched by the branching means are stacked in a stacked state
A plurality of binding devices for winding a binding band to form a binding bundle; a binding binding device for binding a predetermined number of the binding bundles by a binding band; and the binding binding device receiving a binding bundle discharged from the binding device. A transporting device for transporting the bundled bundle to a predetermined position along the longitudinal direction of the bundled bundle along the longitudinal direction of the bundled transporter. A horizontal moving device for transporting to a stop position, first detecting means for performing a widthwise inspection of a binding bundle being conveyed by the horizontal moving device and a defective binding test of the binding band, and stopping by the conveyor. A lifting device that pushes the bound bundle conveyed to the position to a position separated from the conveyor; and a movable unit that is movable along a direction substantially perpendicular to the conveyor. And having two arms urged in a direction approaching each other, and holding the binding bundle pushed up by the gripping and lifting device from both sides in the width direction of the binding bundle with the two arms. A gripping / conveying device that conveys the bundled bundle to the bundle bundling device in the width direction of the bundled bundle, a second detection unit that performs an inspection of the bundled bundle being conveyed by the bundled gripping device in a longitudinal direction, A printing device that is disposed in the vicinity and prints predetermined information on a binding band of the binding bundle transported to the printing position between the fixed position and the predetermined position by the two arms; After being transferred from the gripping horizontal moving device to the gripping and conveying device, the conveyor is idled until the next binding bundle is conveyed by the gripping horizontal moving device, and the paper sheets and the binding band remaining on the conveyor. No And a residue detecting means for stopping the transport of the bundle by the gripping and transporting device and the printing operation of the printing device when the paper sheets and the binding band remain. Paper handling equipment.