JP2002193210A - Binding device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a binding device of which the heater part can heat a bonding face by contacting it facewise even the shape of the bonding face is deformed. SOLUTION: The binding device has a catch part which winds a large belt around a bundle, and superposes its both end parts on the bundle, a housing 48, and a heater head 50 movably mounted on this housing 48. A bonding device 47 which bonds both end parts of the large belt by heating by pushing the heater head against both end parts of the large belt K wound and superposed by the catch part is provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to, for example, laminating a predetermined number (for example, 100) of paper sheets such as securities, and laminating a predetermined number (for example, 10) of bundles formed by binding with small bands. And a binding device for binding a large band.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a stacking bundle (hereinafter referred to as a bundle) is bound by a binding device, a large band is supplied to the bundle by a supply means, and one end thereof is sent to the upper surface side of the bundle. Next, by compressing the small group, one end side of the large band is pressed against the pressing member and pressed and held. From this state, the large band is wound around the bundle by the winding means, and the other end is overlapped with one end (this overlapping portion is hereinafter referred to as an adhesive surface). Then, the bonding surface of the large band is pressed by a heater and heated to bond. Then, after this bonding, the pressing member is pulled out from the upper surface of the small bundle and retracted,
After this retreat, the binding object is rotated by 90 ° to change the posture, and the large band is wound and thermocompression-bonded again in the same manner as described above, so as to be bundled into a cross and transported to the next step.

[0003] By the way, the heater section is mounted on a mounting section, and this mounting section is connected to a moving device via an arm. The heater is moved by the operation of the moving device between a first position where the heater is pressed against the adhesive surface of the large band and a second position where the heater is retracted from the first position. A heat source is provided at the second position, and the heater unit is configured to store heat by being pressed against the heat source and heated.

[0004]

However, in the prior art, since the heater portion is fixedly attached to the attachment portion, if the shape of the bonding surface of the large band is deformed in an uneven manner, In some cases, the heater unit may be hit one side.

[0005] In this case, there is a possibility that the heater portion is not brought into surface contact with the bonding surface of the large band, a predetermined bonding strength is not obtained, and stripping occurs.

Further, when the first bundling and the second bundling are performed at the time of bundling the crosses, the heater is rotated each time to change the direction, and then the large band is crimped. There was a problem that the binding efficiency was deteriorated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and enables the heater portion to be satisfactorily pressed into contact with the heater irrespective of the state of the bonding surface of the binding material for binding the material to be bound. It is an object of the present invention to provide a binding device capable of bonding without changing the direction of the heater section even when binding in a cross shape.

[0008]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a wrapping material is wrapped around a material to be tied, and both ends of the wrapping material are overlapped on the material to be tied. Means, a mounting portion, and a heater portion movably mounted on the mounting portion. The heater portion is heated by pressing both ends of the binding material wound and overlapped by the winding means. Bonding means for bonding both ends of the binding material.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the first and second binding materials are wound around the object to be bound in different directions, and both ends thereof are overlapped on the object to be bound; A heater unit movably attached to the attachment unit, wherein the heater unit is pressed against both ends of the first and second binding materials wound and superimposed by the winding unit and heated. Adhesive means for adhering both ends of the first and second binding materials, wherein the heater section is constituted by a plurality of divided heater pieces, and the plurality of divided heater pieces are attached to the first and second heater pieces. Are arranged so as to be opposed to both ends of the binding material.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a winding means for winding a binding material around an object to be tied and overlapping both ends on the object to be tied, a mounting portion, and movably attached to the mounting portion. A heater portion and an urging member that elastically urges the heater portion in a direction protruding from the mounting portion,
Bonding means for bonding the both ends of the binding material by pressing and heating the heater portion by the urging force of the urging member to both ends of the binding material wound and overlapped by the winding means, Moving means for moving the bonding means between a first position in which the heater portion is pressed against both ends of the binding material and a second position retracted from the first position; and And a heat source for storing heat in the heater section by heating the heater section moved to the position 2 by the urging force of the urging member.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 schematically shows the entire configuration of a sheet processing apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The paper sheet processing apparatus 1 has a housing 2 as a housing. On one side of the housing 2, there is provided a take-out device 4 for taking out a plurality of inserted sheets one by one. On the downstream side of the take-out device 4 in the paper-sheet taking-out direction, there is provided a transport device 6 for carrying out the taken-out paper sheets. The transport device 6 includes, in addition to the main transport path 3 continuous with the take-out device 4, an exclusion transport path 14 and a cutting transport path 18, which are branched from the main transport path 3.

An inspection device 8 for inspecting paper sheets taken out by the take-out device 4 is provided on the main transport path 3. The inspection device 8 inspects whether the taken out paper sheet is an exclusion ticket to be eliminated or a non-exclusion ticket that should not be eliminated.
In addition, the inspection device 48 inspects whether the non-excluded ticket determined not to be excluded is a conforming ticket suitable for reuse or a non-conforming ticket not suitable for reuse. That is, the paper sheets taken out by the take-out device 4 are inspected by the inspection device 8, and are classified into any of the rejected ticket, the conforming ticket, and the non-conforming ticket.

According to the inspection result by the inspection device 8, the main conveyance path 3 on the downstream side of the inspection device 8 in the sheet transport direction is
First to third gates 11, 12, and 13 for selectively switching the transport direction of the papers transported on the main transport path 3 are sequentially arranged.

First gate 1 on the most upstream side in the sheet transport direction
Reference numeral 1 denotes a downstream side of the inspection device 8, which is provided at a branch position of an exclusion conveyance path 14 branched from the main conveyance path 3, and is switched so as to selectively guide sheets from the main conveyance path 3 to the exclusion conveyance path 14. . A rejected ticket accumulating device 16 is provided on the rejected conveyance path 14 for accumulating the paper sheets determined to be rejected by the inspection device 8 and collectively removing the rejected tickets to the outside of the housing 2. Have been.

The second gate 12 is provided at a branch position of a cutting conveyance path 18 branched from the main conveyance path 3 on the downstream side of the first gate 11, and is used to transfer sheets from the main conveyance path 3 to the cutting conveyance path 18.
Is switched to selectively lead to Also, on the cutting conveyance path 18, a cutting device 20 that cuts the paper sheet determined to be a nonconforming ticket by the inspection device 8 into a predetermined invalidation size.
Is provided.

The third gate 13 is provided on the downstream side of the second gate 12, and is switched so as to selectively guide the paper sheets to either the first conforming ticket accumulating apparatus 21 or the second conforming ticket accumulating apparatus 22. Can be That is, the paper sheets determined to be a conforming ticket by the inspection device 8 are the first conforming ticket accumulating device 21.
In addition, a predetermined number of sheets are stacked on the second compatible ticket stacking device 22.

First and second compatible ticket accumulating devices 21 and 22
The small band sealing mechanisms 23 and 24 are provided at positions adjacent to the small band sealing units 23 and 24 for dividing the conformable tickets accumulated in each accumulation device into predetermined small numbers (for example, 100) and sealing the small bands.
Below the small band sealing mechanisms 23 and 24, the small bundles sealed by the small band sealing mechanisms 23 and 24 are transported in a predetermined direction, and a small bundle transport / inspection unit for inspecting the misalignment of the small bundles. An inspection device 25 is provided. In addition, the small-size conveying and inspection device 2
5, a predetermined number of inspected bundles (for example, 10
A large band tying unit 26 is provided for each individual unit to be tied and bundled with a large band. Further, a large band supply unit 27 is provided at a position adjacent to the left side of the large band binding unit 26 in the drawing, and the large band supply unit 27 and the large band binding unit 26 constitute a binding device. At a position adjacent to the right side of the large band binding unit 26 in the drawing, a transport mechanism 28 that transports the bundle bound by the large band and carries it out of the housing 2 is provided.

FIG. 2 shows a large band supply unit 27 and a large band binding unit 26.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the large band binding portion 26.

The large band tying unit 26 performs the pre-process,
A take-in shutter 31 is provided for receiving the bundle h supplied from the inspection device 25. The intake shutter 31 is provided to be able to move forward and backward in the front-rear direction. The take-in shutter 31 is advanced when receiving the bundle h, and is retracted and dropped downward after receiving the bundle h. Capture shutter 31
Is provided with a bundle detection sensor (shown in FIG. 10) 32 for detecting the bundle h captured on the capture shutter 31. When the bundle h is detected by the bundle detection sensor 32,
The intake shutter 31 is retracted rearward.

An accumulation plate 33 is provided below the intake shutter 31 so as to be vertically movable. Stack plate 3
Reference numeral 3 denotes a stack for receiving the bundle h dropped from the intake shutter 31. The stacking plate 33 is lowered by a predetermined distance each time the stack h is received. As a result, the leading end of the intake shutter 31 that has returned to the initial position in the forward direction is moved to the accumulation plate 3.
3 so as not to collide with the bundles h accumulated on the stack 3.

A telescopic case 35 is provided below the stacking plate 33. The telescopic case 4 receives and stores ten bundles h (hereinafter, referred to as bundles) as objects to be bound accumulated on the accumulation plate 33. The telescopic case 35 is provided movably in the front-rear direction. When the telescopic case 35 receives and stores ten bundles h, it is detected by a bundle detection sensor 34 (shown in FIG. 10). When this detection is made, the telescopic case 35 is moved rearward and retracted from the accumulation plate 33. After this retreat, the stacking plate 33 is moved upward to return to the initial position, in preparation for taking in the next bundle h.

After the telescopic case 35 moves rearward, it transfers the small group H to a compression plate 37 described later. Then, after the delivery, it contracts downward, returns to the initial position in front, and is extended upward at this time to prepare for the storage of the next group H.

FIG. 4 shows the upper and lower compression plates 36 and 37 and the large band supply portion 27 provided at the rear of the telescopic case 4 of the large band binding portion 26.

The upper compression plate 36 is fixedly provided, and the lower compression plate 37 is vertically movable. The lower compression plate 37 receives the bundle H in the telescopic case 35 sent to the rear, and then rises to press the bundle H against the upper compression plate 36 to compress it.

The large band supply section 27 catches the large band reel section 40, a feeder section 41 for feeding a large band K as a binding material from the large band reel section 40, and a large band K fed from the feeder section 41. It comprises a catch part 42 as a winding means and a band holder 43 as a pressing member for holding the large band on the small group H. The feeder section 41 includes a cutter 41a and a roller 41b.

When the bundles H compressed by the upper and lower compression plates 36 and 37 are bound by the large band K, the band reel unit 40 and the feeder unit 4 are set in advance immediately before the compression process of the bundles H.
1, the large band K is fed out, and the large band K is supplied by a predetermined length through the opened catch portion 42. As shown in FIG. 5, the leading end of the supplied large band K is held by being sandwiched between the holder 43 and the upper surface of the small group H simultaneously with the compression of the small group H. After the compression is completed, the catch portion 42
Is rotated clockwise while holding the large band K, and at the same time, the large band K of the specified length is fed out from the feeder unit 41 and cut. The catch portion 42 further rotates clockwise as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, and completes the winding of the large band K by making one round around the compressed bundle H. Thereafter, the band holding spring 45 moves in the right direction in parallel along the compression plate 36 as shown in FIG. 8, and pulls out the large band K from the catch portion 42 as shown in FIG. Hold down and stop. Thereby, both ends of the large band K are overlapped. The catch portion 42 from which the large band K has been removed is rotated rightward and is temporarily retracted. Thereafter, the heater unit 50 of the bonding device 47 to be described later moves, and presses and heats both end portions (bonding surfaces) of the large band K held by the band pressing spring 45. As a result, the adhesive applied to the back surface of the band is melted and the large band K is adhered to complete the binding.

The upper and lower compression plates 3
As shown in FIG. 2, a turntable 77 is provided in the vicinity of 6 and 37, on which a bundle H bound by a large band is placed and rotated by 90 degrees. A fulcrum arm 78 that rotatably supports the upper surface of the small group H placed on the rotary table 77 is provided above the rotary table 77. Further, a discharge arm 79 for carrying out the bundled bundles H to the transport mechanism 28 is provided near the rotary table 75.

FIG. 10 shows the large band supply unit 29 and the large band binding unit 2.
6 is a block diagram illustrating a drive control system of FIG.

The small bundle detecting section 32 and the bundle detecting section 34 are connected to a control section 63 via a signal path. Control unit 6
A drive motor 65 for the take-in shutter 31, a drive motor 66 for the integrated plate 33, and a drive motor 67 for extending and retracting the extendable case 35 are connected to 3 via a control circuit.
Also, the control unit 63 has a telescopic case 35 via a control circuit.
, A drive motor 69 for the compression plate 37, and a drive motor 70 for the band feeder 41 are connected.

The control unit 63 includes a band catcher 42.
, A drive motor 72 for the band holder 43, and a drive motor 73 for the band presser spring 45. Further, a drive motor 74 for the rotary table 77, a drive motor 75 for the fulcrum arm 78, and a drive motor 76 for the discharge arm 79 are connected to the control unit 63.

When the detection signals are transmitted from the small bundle detection unit 32 and the bundle detection unit 32 to the control unit 63, the driving of each of the drive motors 65 to 76 is controlled at a predetermined timing.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the binding operation of the bundle H.

The bundle h sent from the previous process is taken into the take-in shutter 31 (step S1). It is dropped on 33 and accumulated (step S2). Thereafter, it is determined whether ten bundles h have been accumulated on the accumulation blade 33 (step S3).
If it is determined that ten bundles h have been accumulated, the bundles H on the accumulation blade 33 are moved by the telescopic case 35 in the depth direction inside the apparatus main body (step S4). Thereafter, the large band K is supplied (step S5), and then the small group H is compressed by the compression plates 36 and 37 (step S5).
6). After this compression, the large band K is cut into a predetermined size (step S7), and the large band K is wound around the small group H (step S8). Next, the large band K is pressed against the small group H by the band holding spring 45 (step S9), and both ends thereof are overlapped. Next, the bonding surface of the large band K is pressed and heated by a heater unit 50 described later to bond the large band K (step S10). Next, the compression plates 36, 3
7, the compression of the bundle H is released (step S1).
1) The turntable 77 is rotated to rotate the bundle 90 degrees (step S12). Thereafter, the number of times of binding is determined (step S13). If the number of times of binding is the first time, the operation after step S5 is executed. If the number of times of binding is the second time, the operation is ended.

Next, a bonding device as a bonding means will be described.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing the bonding device 47, and FIG. 13 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof.

In the drawing, reference numeral 47 denotes a housing as a cylindrical mounting portion. One end of the housing 48 has a lid 49.
, And a heater head 50 as a heater unit is held therein. The interior of the housing 48 is divided into a plurality of storage sections 48a. The heater head 50 is divided into a plurality of divided heater pieces 50a.
Are stored and held in a plurality of storage portions 48a. The upper side of the divided heater pieces 50a is formed in a spherical shape, and is movably inserted into a plurality of storage portions 48a in the housing 48.

A plurality of storage sections 48a in the housing 48 are provided.
A spring 52 as a biasing member is housed in each of them. These springs 52 contact the divided heater pieces 50a via the heat insulating material 53, and
0a... Are elastically urged downward.

As shown in FIG. 8, the housing 48 provided with the divided heater pieces 50a is moved by a moving device 54 as moving means. The housing 48 is connected to a moving device 54 via an arm 55, and is moved by operating the arm 55.

That is, the housing 48 is provided with the divided heater pieces 50.
a, a first position for pressing the adhesive surface of the large band K,
It is retracted from the first position and moved to and from a second position in contact with the heater element 57 as a heat source. The divided heater pieces 50a to 50d are heated by contacting the heater elements 57 to store heat.

Next, the operation of the divided heater pieces 50a to be pressed against the adhesive surface of the large band K will be described with reference to FIGS.

The divided heater pieces 50a which have been heated and stored by the heater element 57 are moved toward the bonding surface of the large band K by operating the arm 55, and as shown in FIG.
Heat by pressing against the adhesive surface of. Thereby, the bonding surface of the large band K is bonded.

At the time of this bonding, as shown in FIG. 15, if the upper surface of the small group H is deformed into, for example, a concave shape, the divided heater pieces 50a are movable along the curved surface of the small group H. Then, the lower end surface is heated while the surface of the large band K is brought into close contact with the adhesive surface. Therefore, the bonding surface of the large band K can be bonded with a predetermined bonding strength, and stripping or the like can be reliably prevented.

The heater head 50 is divided into divided heater pieces 5.
0a... And arranged in a divided manner, the thermocompression bonding is performed in the same direction as the first bundling without rotating the heater head 50 to change the direction during the second bundling in the cross-shaped bundling. And work efficiency can be improved.

The divided heater piece 5 of the heater head 50
0a are urged by the springs 52, so that a preload can be applied by the urging force of the springs 52 when the divided heater pieces 50a accumulate heat, and the heat transfer from the heater element 57 to the divided heater pieces 50a is improved. .

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be variously modified within the scope of the present invention.

[0048]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the heater portion is movably attached to the attachment portion, the heater portion can be moved according to the shape of the bonding surface of the binding material. Therefore, the heater portion can be heated by being brought into surface contact with the bonding surface, and good binding with a predetermined adhesive strength and no binding peeling can be achieved.

Further, since the heater portion is constituted by a plurality of divided heater pieces and is divided and arranged, even when binding with two binding materials having different winding directions, it is necessary to perform the first binding and the second binding. Thus, the bonding can be performed in the same direction without changing the direction of the heater section, and the processing efficiency can be improved.

Further, since the heater is urged by the urging member, when the heater is brought into contact with a heat source and heat is stored, a pressure is applied to the heater by the urging force of the urging member to apply a pressure to the heater. The heat conductivity can be improved, and the heater section can store heat in a short time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating a paper sheet processing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a large band supply unit and a binding unit.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a binding portion.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state in which a large band is supplied to a bundle in response to a binding instruction;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a supplied large band is held on an upper surface of a small group.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state in which a large band is wound around the outer periphery of a small group.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a state where a large band is wound around an outer peripheral portion of a small group.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a state in which the wound large band is pressed against the upper surface of the bundle by a pressing spring.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a state in which both ends of a wound large band are pressed and adhered by a heater unit.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a drive control system of the binding device.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the binding operation of the bundle.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a bonding device.

FIG. 13 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a bonding device.

FIG. 14 is a view showing the operation of the divided heater pieces when the large band is adhered to the adhesive surface.

FIG. 15 is an enlarged view of a portion A in FIG. 14;

[Explanation of symbols]

h: small bundle, H: small bundle (object to be tied), K: large band (tied material),
26: large band binding portion, 27: large band supply portion, 31: intake shutter, 33: accumulation plate, 35: telescopic case, 36 ...
Compression plate, 37 ... Compression plate, 40 ... Band reel,
41: feeder section, 42: catch section (winding means), 4
3 ... band holder (pressing means), 45 ... band holding spring, 47
... bonding device (bonding means), 48 ... housing (mounting part), 50 ... heater head (heater part), 52 ... spring (biasing member), 54 ... moving device (moving means), 55
... arm, 57 ... heater element, 60 ... control means, 77 ...
Rotary table, 78: fulcrum arm, 79: discharge arm.

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A wrapping means for wrapping a binding material around a material to be bound and overlapping both ends of the material on the material to be bound, a mounting portion, and a heater portion movably mounted on the mounting portion. Bonding means for bonding both ends of the binding material by pressing and heating the heater portion to both ends of the binding material wound and overlapped by the winding means. Binding unit. 2. A winding means for winding first and second binding materials in different directions around an object to be tied, and wrapping both ends of the material on the object to be tied, a mounting portion, and movably around the mounting portion. A heater unit attached to the first and second bundling members wound and overlapped by the winding unit, and the first and second bundling members are pressed against both ends to heat the first and second bundling members. And a bonding means for bonding both ends of the second binding material, wherein the heater section is constituted by a plurality of divided heater pieces, and the plurality of divided heater pieces are connected to both end portions of the first and second binding materials. A binding device, wherein the binding device is divided and arranged so as to face the device. 3. The inside of the mounting portion is divided into a plurality of storage portions, and one end side of the plurality of divided heater pieces is inserted into the plurality of storage portions, and the other end portion protrudes from the storage portion. 3. The binding device according to claim 2, wherein the first and second binding materials are pressed against both ends. 4. A plurality of biasing members are provided in a plurality of storage portions of the mounting portion, and the biasing members elastically bias the divided heater pieces in a direction protruding from the storage portion. The binding device according to claim 3. 5. The binding device according to claim 3, wherein one end of the divided heater piece is formed in a spherical shape. 6. The binding device according to claim 4, wherein a heat insulating material is interposed between the divided heater piece and the urging member. 7. The binding device according to claim 2, wherein the binding material is wound around the object to be bound in a cross shape and adhered. 8. A winding means for wrapping a binding material around a material to be tied, and wrapping both ends thereof on the material to be tied, a mounting portion, a heater portion movably mounted on the mounting portion, and the heater portion. And an urging member for elastically urging the heater in a direction protruding from the attachment portion, and urging the heater portion to both ends of the binding material wound and overlapped by the winding means. Bonding means for bonding both ends of the binding material by pressing and heating by the urging force of the member; a first position where the heater portion is pressed against both ends of the binding material; Second to retreat from the position of
And a heater for moving the heater unit moved to the second position by the moving unit by pressing the heater unit by the urging force of the urging member to heat the heater unit. And a heat source for storing heat.