JP2007137630A - Paper sheet processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To sufficiently perform conveying by conveying paper sheets without destroying the accumulation state of the accumulated paper sheets. <P>SOLUTION: The paper sheets processing device is provided with an accumulation part for accumulating the paper sheets; a conveying belt for conveying the accumulated bills S accumulated on the accumulation part; a guide member 75 for guiding the bills so as to push up one end side in a longitudinal direction of the accumulated bills S conveyed by the conveying belt; an alignment guide 76 for abutting/aligning the other end side of the accumulated bills S guided by the guide member 75 and guiding them along a conveying direction; and a bundling mechanism for bundling the accumulated bills S conveyed along the alignment guide 76 by a strap. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing apparatus that, for example, sorts and stacks banknotes according to their denominations, or binds a predetermined number of banknotes.

In this kind of paper sheet processing apparatus, a plurality of banknotes are placed in a stacked state on the placement section, and the placed banknotes are taken and conveyed one by one, and their denomination, authenticity, front and back The direction and the like are discriminated by the inspection unit, and banknotes are divided and discharged into a plurality of discharge units based on the determination result, or a predetermined number of the inspected banknotes are accumulated in the accumulating unit, and the accumulated banknotes are accumulated in the binding unit There is one that is transported and bound with a band (for example, see Patent Document 1).
JP-A-8-235406

  However, in the past, since there was no positioning mechanism for positioning the stacked banknotes conveyed from the stacking unit toward the binding unit, the stacked banknotes may be transported and bound in a collapsed state, There was a problem that good unity could not be expected.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet processing apparatus that can convey the stacked paper sheets without destroying the stacked state.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention described in claim 1 is a stacking unit that stacks paper sheets, a transport unit that transports the stacked paper sheets stacked in the stacking unit, and a transport unit that transports the stacked paper sheets. A guide member that guides the one end side in a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the stacked paper sheets, and the other end side of the stacked paper sheets that are guided by the guide member are brought into contact with each other. It comprises a positioning guide for positioning the stacked paper sheets and guiding them along the transport direction, and a bundling means for binding the stacked paper sheets transported along the positioning guides with a binding material.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent collapse during conveyance of the accumulated paper sheets, and to bind the accumulated paper sheets satisfactorily.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows the appearance of a banknote sorter as a paper sheet processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an apparatus main body, and a placing section 2 for placing a bill P as a paper sheet in a denomination mixed state on one side of the front side facing a user of the apparatus main body 1. Is provided. The bills P placed on the placement unit 2 are taken in along the short direction by take-up rollers to be described later from the lower side. Discharge portions 3 a to 3 c are disposed on the upper surface portion of the apparatus main body 1 in parallel in the lateral direction on the front side. The first to third discharge units 3a to 3c discharge banknotes by denomination. For example, a thousand yen bill is discharged to the first discharge portion 3a, a 10,000 yen bill is discharged to the second discharge portion 3b, and a reject bill is discharged to the third discharge portion 3c.

  An operation unit 4 and a display unit 5 are provided on the upper surface of the apparatus main body 1 so as to be located behind the discharge units 3a to 3c. The operation unit 4 selectively sets, for example, a count classification processing mode or a bundling processing mode.

  FIG. 2 schematically shows the internal configuration of the banknote sorter.

  On the lower side of the placing portion 2, take-in rollers 7a and 7b for taking in the banknotes P are arranged. A supply roller 8 is provided on the banknote take-in side of the take-in rollers 7a and 7b, and a separation roller 9 for separating the banknotes one by one is rolled on the upper surface of the supply roller 8. The banknotes P separated by the separation roller 9 are conveyed along the first conveyance path 11. An identification unit 12 for identifying the denomination, front / back, authenticity, etc. of the banknote P is provided in the middle of the first transport path 11.

  Second and third transport paths 14 and 15 are connected to the downstream side of the first transport path 11 in the banknote transport direction via a switching gate 13. The 2nd conveyance path 14 conveys the banknote P to the 1st thru | or 3rd discharge parts 3a-3c mentioned above. The first and second switching gates 17 and 18 are disposed in the middle of the second transport path 14, and the bills P are moved from the first to the second by the switching operation of the first and second switching gates 17 and 18. It is selectively conveyed to the 3rd discharge parts 3a-3c. Discharge roller pairs 20a to 20c for discharging the banknotes P are disposed on the lower side of the first to third discharge portions 3a to 3c.

  On the other hand, a front / back reversing mechanism 22 is connected to the downstream side of the third transport path 15 in the bill transport direction. The banknotes whose front and back surfaces are aligned by the front / back reversing mechanism 22 are transported to the stacking unit 26 via the fourth transport path 24 and stacked. A predetermined number of banknotes P, for example 100, are stacked on the stacking unit 26.

  Below the stacking unit 26, a transport mechanism 28 is provided as a transport unit that transports the stacked banknotes discharged from the stacking unit 26 to the binding unit 30. The transport mechanism 28 includes a transport belt 44 that runs between a plurality of rollers 43 and travels by placing stacked banknotes on the upper surface of the transport belt 44.

  The bundling unit 30 includes a bundling mechanism 45 serving as a bundling unit that wraps and bundles a band as a bundling material around the stacked banknotes conveyed to the receiving position by the conveyance belt 44, and a band supply mechanism that supplies the band to the bundling mechanism 45. 39 and a printing mechanism 40 that prints information on the band supplied by the band supply mechanism 39.

  The band supply mechanism 39 is a supply reel 37 for feeding out the heat-sealable band 36, a supply route 38 for supplying the band fed out from the supply reel 37, and a cutter for cutting a band fed by a predetermined amount along the supply route 38. 34.

  The print mechanism 40 includes a print head 41 and a platen roller 42 that are arranged to face each other via a supply route 38 of the band 36. The print head 41 displays information such as a bank branch name, a processing date, and a serial number to the band 36. It is designed to print.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the bundling mechanism 45 described above.

  The bundling mechanism 45 includes a receiving base 47 that receives the stacked banknotes that are transported to the receiving position 46 by the transport belt 44, a clamper mechanism 48 that clamps and curves the stacked banknotes received by the receiving base 47, and the clamper mechanism 48. Band winding mechanism 50, 50 for winding the band around the stacked banknote clamped by the above, a heater 52 for heating and welding the band wound by the band winding mechanism 50, 50, and the receiving position for the stacked banknote with the band welded It has a chute 53 to be pushed out from 46 and discharged.

  The clamper mechanism 48 has a lower clamper 55 and an upper clamper 56. The lower clamper 55 is fixedly formed, and is formed in a V shape so as to protrude downward. A positioning plate 58 is integrally formed on one end of the lower clamper 55 so as to stand vertically. The lower clamper 55 is provided with a guide plate 59 that guides the leading end side of the supplied band upward and raises the leading end side of the stacked banknotes to be brought into contact with the positioning plate 58 by a predetermined amount. Is provided.

  The upper clamper 56 is attached to the rotating end side of the rotating plate 61. The rotation plate 61 is rotated in the vertical direction by the drive shaft 62 of the drive motor, and moves the upper clamper 56 in a direction in which the upper clamper 56 contacts and separates from the lower clamper 55. A protrusion 56a is provided on the lower surface of the upper clamper 56 so as to project downward. The protrusion 56a pushes down the upper surface of the stacked banknotes so as to curve the stacked banknotes in a substantially U shape. .

  The band winding mechanisms 50, 50 are a first bending member 64 that bends the leading end side of the band along the upper surface portion of the stacked banknote, and a band that folds the rear end side of the band along the upper surface portion of the stacked banknote. The second bending member 65 is provided so as to overlap the front end side. The first bending member 64 is operated by a solenoid (not shown), and the second bending member 65 is operated by a drive motor (not shown).

  The cradle 47 is provided so as to be movable up and down, and is lowered from the receiving position 46 by a predetermined amount when the stacked bills are clamped by the clamper mechanism 48.

  Further, in the vicinity of the cradle 47, a push-up guide 67 as a push-up means is provided. The push-up guide 67 is connected to the cradle 47 via a link mechanism 68. The push-up guide 67 moves up and down so as to oppose via the link mechanism 68 based on the up-and-down movement of the cradle 47. That is, when the cradle 47 is lowered, the push-up guide 67 is raised to push up the rear end side in the transport direction of the stacked banknotes to restrict the sag, and when the cradle 47 is raised and returned to the receiving position 46, the push-up guide 67 descends and returns to the standby position.

  FIG. 9 is a front view showing a positioning mechanism 74 for aligning the stacked banknotes S conveyed from the stacking unit 26 toward the binding unit 30, and FIG. 10 is a side view thereof.

  In the figure, reference numeral 75 denotes a guide member provided along the conveyance direction of the stacked banknotes S, and a positioning guide 76 is disposed on the guide member 75 so as to be opposed to each other. The guide member 75 is provided on the front side of the transport mechanism, and the alignment guide 76 is provided on the rear side. A first inclined surface 75a is formed at the end of the guide member 75 on the upstream side in the bill conveyance direction, and a second inclined surface 75b is formed at the end on the downstream side in the bill conveyance direction.

  The stacked banknotes transported from the stacking unit 26 have one end in a direction (longitudinal direction) perpendicular to the transport direction rising along the first inclined surface 75 a of the guide member 75 and riding on the upper surface of the guide member 75. Go up and incline. Due to this inclination, the stacked banknotes S are moved to the positioning guide 76 side and are positioned by bringing the other end side into contact with the positioning guide 76.

  Next, the processing operation of the above banknote sorter will be described.

  First, the mixed denomination banknotes P are placed in a stacked state on the placement portion 2 of the apparatus main body 1, and the count classification processing mode or the bundling processing mode is set by the operation portion 4. From this state, the take-in rollers 7a and 7b are rotationally driven. Thereby, the banknote P is taken in, and the banknote P is separated and supplied one by one by the rotation of the supply roller 8 and the separation roller 9. The banknote P is sent to the identification unit 12 via the first transport path 11 and identified.

  For example, when the counting / sorting processing mode is set by the operation unit 4, the identified banknote is conveyed toward the first to third discharge units 3 a to 3 c via the second conveyance path 14. The When the identified banknote is, for example, a thousand yen ticket, the first sorting gate 17 moves to the first discharge roller pair 20a, and the first discharge roller pair 20a rotates to rotate the first discharge gate 20a. It is discharged to the discharge unit 3a. When the identified banknote is, for example, a 10,000 yen bill, it is sent to the second discharge roller pair 20b by the operation of the second sorting gate 18, and the second discharge roller pair 20b rotates to rotate the second discharge roller pair 20b. It is discharged to the discharge unit 3b. When the identified banknote is, for example, an unidentifiable banknote such as a double banknote, a chained banknote, a fake banknote, or a denomination banknote other than the classified denomination banknote, it is sent to the third discharge roller pair 20c. 3 is discharged to the third discharge portion 3c by the rotation of the discharge roller pair 20c.

  On the other hand, when the bundling processing mode is set by the operation unit 4, if the denomination of the banknotes to be bound is designated in advance, the banknote of the designated denomination is transferred to the third transport path 15 via the switching gate 13. To the front / back reversing mechanism 22. The banknotes sent to the front / back reversing mechanism 22 are sent to the stacking unit 26 via the fourth transport path 24 after being aligned on one surface. At this time, banknotes other than the designated denomination are discharged to the first to third discharge units 3a to 3c in the same manner as in the counting and sorting process mode.

  When a predetermined number of banknotes (for example, 100 sheets) are stacked on the stacking unit 26, they are transferred from the stacking unit 26 onto the conveyor belt 44 as shown in FIG. The transferred stacked banknotes S are transported toward the binding unit 30 by the travel of the transport belt 44. At the time of conveyance, one end side in the longitudinal direction of the stacked banknotes S rises along the first inclined surface 75 a of the guide member 75 and rides on the upper surface portion of the guide member 75. Thereby, as shown also in FIG. 10, the accumulation | storage banknote S inclines. Due to this inclination, the stacked banknotes S are moved to the positioning guide 76 side, positioned at the other end abutting against the positioning guide 76, and conveyed along the positioning guide 76. One end of the stacked banknote S that is transported is lowered along the second inclined surface 75 b of the guide member 75 and is sent onto the cradle 47. At this time, the band 36 is supplied from the supply reel 37, and the band 36 is sent out along with the transport of the stacked banknotes S and guided upward along the guide plate 59. When the band 36 is sent out for a predetermined length, the leading end side is detected by the detection sensor 70, and the feeding of the band 36 is stopped.

  After that, as shown in FIG. 5A, the upper clamper 56 is rotated downward and the stacked banknotes S are pushed downward by the projection 56a to bend. After this bending, the band 36 is cut by the cutter 34.

  Further, when the stacked banknotes S are clamped, the cradle 47 is lowered based on the bending operation of the stacked banknotes S, and the push-up guide 67 is raised via the link mechanism 68. As the push-up guide 67 rises, the rear end side Sa in the transport direction of the stacked banknotes S is pushed up, and the drooping is prevented.

  After that, as shown in FIG. 5B, the first bending member 64 is operated by excitation of a solenoid (not shown) to bend the front end side of the band 36 along the upper surface portion of the upper clamper 56, and then As shown in FIG. 6A, the drive motor (not shown) is operated to operate the second bending member 65 so that the rear end side of the band 36 is bent along the upper surface of the upper clamper 56. It is superimposed on the tip end side of the band 36 that has already been bent.

  After the both ends of the band 36 are overlapped in this way, the heater 52 is lowered as shown in FIG. 6B to heat and weld the overlapping ends of the band 36. As a result, the stacked banknotes are bound by the band 36 to form a banknote bundle. After the band 36 is welded, as shown in FIG. 7A, the heater 52 is raised and returned to the standby position, and the first and second bent members 64 and 65 return to the standby position.

  After that, as shown in FIG. 7B, the upper clamper 56 is slightly raised, the chute 53 is advanced, and the banknote bundle S is released. This released banknote bundle S is stored in a storage unit (not shown). After the banknote bundle S is released, the upper clamper 56 is raised and returned to the standby position as shown in FIG. 8, and the chute 53 is retracted and returned to the standby position. Further, the cradle 47 is raised to return to the receiving position 46, and the push-up guide 67 is lowered to return to the standby position. Thereafter, the stacking operation of stacked banknotes is repeated in the same manner.

  As described above, according to this embodiment, one end in the longitudinal direction of the stacked banknotes S to be conveyed is guided and tilted so as to be pushed up by the guide member 75, and the other end in the longitudinal direction of the stacked banknotes S is inclined by this tilt. Since the portion side is brought into contact with the alignment guide 76 and aligned and guided along the transport direction, the longitudinal deviation of the stacked banknotes S can be regulated, and the stacked banknotes are satisfactorily aligned. It becomes possible to unite.

  Moreover, in order to form the 1st inclined surface 75a in the one end part of the guide member 75, and the 2nd inclined surface 75b in the other end part, the one end part of the stack | stuck banknote S is put along the 1st inclined surface 75a. While being able to push up smoothly, it can be sent down smoothly along the 2nd inclined surface 75b.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the above-described embodiments. For example, you may delete some components from all the components shown by embodiment mentioned above. Furthermore, you may combine the component covering different embodiment suitably.

The external appearance perspective view which shows the banknote sorter which is one embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the internal structure of the banknote sorting machine of FIG. The figure which shows the binding mechanism of the banknote sorter of FIG. The figure which shows the state mounted on the receiving stand, after a banknote was conveyed toward the binding mechanism of FIG. The figure which shows the state by which the band tip side was bend | folded along the upper clamper after the accumulation | stacking banknote mounted on the cradle of the binding mechanism of FIG. 3 was clamped. The band rear end side is bent along the upper clamper, and after being superimposed on the band front end side, a diagram showing a state in which the overlapped both ends are heated by a heater. The figure which shows the state by which a banknote handle is discharged | emitted from a receiving stand after the heater which welded the belt | band | zone was returned to the standby position. The figure which shows the state by which the upper clamper, the cradle, and the raising guide were returned to the standby position after discharge | release of a banknote handle. The front view which shows the guide mechanism which is provided between the stacking part and the bundling part, and guides the stacked banknotes conveyed. The side view which shows the guide mechanism of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  P ... paper sheets, S ... stacked paper sheets, 26 ... stacking section, 36 ... band (binding material), 44 ... conveying belt (conveying means), 45 ... binding mechanism (binding means), 75 ... guide member, 75a ... 1st inclined surface, 75b ... 2nd inclined surface, 76 ... Positioning guide.

Claims (4)

An accumulating unit for accumulating paper sheets;
Conveying means for conveying the accumulated paper sheets accumulated in the accumulation unit;
A guide member for guiding the one end side in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction of the stacked paper sheets transported by the transport means;
An alignment guide that aligns the stacked paper sheets by contacting the other end side of the stacked paper sheets guided by the guide member, and guides the stacked paper sheets along the transport direction;
A bundling means for bundling the stacked paper sheets conveyed along the alignment guide with a bundling material;
A paper sheet processing apparatus comprising:   The said guide member is provided along the conveyance direction of the said accumulation | storage banknote, has a 1st inclined surface in the conveyance direction upstream end part, and a 2nd inclination surface in a downstream end part, One end part of the said accumulation banknote 2. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a side is raised along the first inclined surface and lowered along the second inclined surface.   The said guide member pushes up the one end part side of the longitudinal direction of the said accumulated paper sheets, and the said alignment guide abuts the other end part side of the said accumulated paper sheets in the longitudinal direction. Paper sheet processing equipment.   2. The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the guide member is provided on a front side of the conveying unit, and the alignment guide is provided on a rear side of the conveying unit.

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