JP2009181160A - Bill counting and arranging apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a neat bundle of bills to smoothly convey the bundle of bills even if the bills are worn out, by binding them again if there is swelling in the bundle of bills when monitoring the bundled state of stacked bills. <P>SOLUTION: This bill counting and arranging apparatus has a stacking part for stacking the bills, and a sealing part 10 for binding the stacked bills to form the bundle of bills. The supplied bills are separated one by one and conveyed to discriminate the authenticity, denomination, soundness and front/rear direction of the bills while counting them. The bills discriminated as genuine ones are stacked in the predetermined number in the stacking part, and the stacked bills are fed to the sealing part 10 to form the bundle of bills. When there is swelling in the formed bundle of bills, the bundle of bills is bound again. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a bill counting and organizing machine.

Conventionally, in branches of financial institutions such as banks, credit unions, post offices, consumer finance companies, etc., after verifying the authenticity of banknotes collected at the time of scrutiny, etc., after identifying the denomination of the banknotes, the banknotes A bill counting and organizing machine that accumulates a certain number of sheets and binds them by a binding mechanism is used (for example, see Patent Document 1). In addition, in such a bill counting and organizing machine, a technique for changing the binding position depending on whether the bill is a genuine note or a damaged note has been proposed (for example, see Patent Document 2).
JP 2002-197509 A Japanese Patent No. 2886554

  However, in the conventional banknote counting and organizing machine, since there is only one place where the banknotes are bundled with a paper band, it has not been possible to bind used banknotes appropriately.

  FIG. 2 is a view showing a banknote bundle bound by a conventional banknote counting and organizing machine. In FIG. 2, (a) shows a state in which a portion near one end of the banknote bundle is bound, and (b) shows a state in which the center of the banknote bundle is bound.

  If the banknotes are relatively new, they can be bundled together in a neat and clean state by binding one place of the stacked banknotes with a paper band. However, if the banknotes are worn out and have creases or wrinkles, only one part of the accumulated banknotes is bound with a paper band, and the part that is not bound swells, It cannot be united properly.

  For example, when only a portion near the left or right end of the banknote bundle is bound with a paper band, the other end side that is not bound swells greatly as shown in FIG. Further, for example, when only a portion in the vicinity of the center of the banknote bundle is bound with a paper band, both end portions swell as shown in FIG.

  As described above, when the swelled banknote bundle is transported in the banknote counting and organizing machine, the swelled portion is caught in the transport path, and a transport error may occur.

  The present invention solves the problems of the conventional banknote counting and organizing machine, monitors the bundled state of the stacked banknotes, and if the banknote bundle is swollen, it is used for bundling again, Even if it is a banknote, it aims at providing the banknote counting arrangement machine which can obtain a beautiful banknote bundle and can convey a banknote bundle smoothly.

  Therefore, in the banknote counting and arranging machine of the present invention, the banknote counting and organizing unit has a stacking unit that stacks banknotes, and a sealing unit that binds the stacked banknotes to form a banknote bundle. Separately conveyed, discriminates the authenticity of banknotes, denominations, damages, and front and back directions and counts them, stacks a predetermined number of banknotes that have been discriminated from genuine bills in the stacking unit, and stacks the banknotes When the banknote bundle is formed by sending it to the sealing section and the formed banknote bundle has a bulge, the banknote bundle is bound again.

  The other bill counting and organizing machine of the present invention further includes a monitoring unit that monitors whether or not the bill bundle is swollen.

  In still another bill counting and organizing machine of the present invention, the monitoring unit is a monitoring camera, and determines whether or not the banknote bundle is swollen based on an image taken by the monitoring camera.

  In still another banknote counting and organizing machine of the present invention, when the banknote bundle is swollen, the sealing unit binds the banknote bundle at a binding position different from the previous binding position.

  In still another bill counting and organizing machine of the present invention, the sealing portion further includes a movable binding unit that binds with a binding material, and the binding position is changed by the movement of the binding unit.

  In still another bill counting and organizing machine of the present invention, the different binding position is a position where the bulge is present.

  According to the present invention, in the banknote counting and arranging machine, when the bundled state of the stacked banknotes is monitored and the banknote bundle is swollen, the banknotes are arranged again. Thereby, even if it is a used banknote, a beautiful banknote bundle can be obtained and a banknote bank can be conveyed smoothly.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing the internal structure of the bill counting and organizing machine in the embodiment of the present invention.

  In the figure, reference numeral 100 denotes a banknote counting and organizing machine according to the present embodiment, which is installed in a bank, a credit union, a post office, a branch of a financial institution such as a consumer financial company, a sales office such as a head office, and the like. The authenticity of the banknotes collected at the time is identified, the denominations of the banknotes are identified, and a certain number of the banknotes are accumulated and bound together.

  Reference numeral 1 denotes a bill insertion unit, which is provided at the top of the front side of the bill counting and organizing machine 100. Reference numeral 2 is a discrimination unit for performing discrimination and counting of bills for authenticity, denomination, correctness, front and back, etc., and detecting a conveyance abnormality, and is provided in the bill counting and organizing machine 100. Reference numerals 3a to 3e denote transport paths for transporting banknotes to various parts in the banknote counting and organizing machine 100. Reference numeral 4 denotes a front / back reversing unit for reversing the front and back of a banknote, and is disposed in the banknote counting and organizing machine 100 so as to be positioned at the subsequent stage of the discrimination unit 2.

  Reference numerals 5 a and 5 b are open pockets for collecting banknotes of denominations that are not to be bound, and are provided on the upper surface of the banknote counting and arranging machine 100. The operator can directly take out the banknotes accumulated in the open pockets 5a and 5b. In the case where the open pockets 5a and 5b are described in an integrated manner, the open pocket 5 will be described. 6 is a stacking mechanism for stacking banknotes. In the stacking mechanism 6, temporary stacking units 6a to 6e as five stacking units are arranged side by side in a vertical row. A predetermined number of sheets, for example, 100 banknotes can be stacked on each of the temporary stacking units 6a to 6e. The number of the temporary accumulation units 6a to 6e is not limited to five, and may be any number as long as it is three or more.

  Reference numeral 8 denotes a reject pocket that accumulates reject banknotes that have been identified as having an unknown denomination by the discrimination unit 2 or that have been detected to have a conveyance error. The reject pocket 8 is provided above the input unit 1 so that an operator can directly take out the reject banknotes accumulated in the reject pocket 8.

  9 is a transfer mechanism for transferring the banknotes accumulated in the temporary stacking units 6 a to 6 e to the sealing unit 10, and is arranged behind the stacking mechanism 6 in the banknote counting and organizing machine 100. The transfer mechanism 9 includes a clamp unit 30 that holds the stacked banknotes, and an elevating device 32 that moves the clamp unit 30 in the vertical direction as indicated by an arrow A in the drawing. Further, the clamp unit 30 includes a clamp claw (claw) 35 as a robot hand that can be opened and closed in the vertical direction, and moves the clamp claw 35 in the horizontal direction as indicated by an arrow B in the figure to temporarily accumulate it. And a clamp part moving device 31 for entering and retracting each of the parts 6a to 6e.

  The sealing unit 10 functions as a banknote binding mechanism, and can bind banknotes accumulated with a binding material such as a paper band or paper tape to create a banknote bundle. And the said sealing part 10 is arrange | positioned under the stacking mechanism 6 in the banknote counting arrangement machine 100, receives the banknote transferred from the temporary stacking parts 6a-6e by the transfer mechanism 9, and binds it, and bundles banknotes Create

  Reference numeral 11 denotes a bill bundle outlet, which is provided on the front side of the bill counting and organizing machine 100. Reference numeral 12 denotes a heat radiating fan, which releases hot air in the bill counting and organizing machine 100 to the outside. Furthermore, 15 is an infrared sensor provided in front of the banknote counting and arranging machine 100, and is a proximity sensor that detects a person approaching the periphery of the banknote counting and arranging machine 100.

  Reference numeral 13 denotes an operation display unit disposed behind the open pocket 5 on the upper surface of the banknote counting and arranging machine 100. Display means such as a CRT, LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), LED (Light Emitting Diode) display, and the like are provided on the surface. And a touch panel arranged. The operator operates the operation display unit 13 to set the mode, the denomination of banknotes accumulated in the temporary stacking units 6a to 6e, the stacking order, and the like. The operation display unit 13 also displays the denomination, correctness, count result, and the like of the banknotes discriminated by the discrimination unit 2.

  A control unit 14 controls the operation of the bill counting and organizing machine 100, and includes a calculation unit such as a CPU and an MPU, a storage unit such as a semiconductor memory and a magnetic disk, a communication interface, and the like, and is a kind of computer that operates according to a program. It is. The control unit 14 includes an operation of each unit such as the discrimination unit 2, the conveyance paths 3a to 3e, the front / back reversing unit 4, the stacking mechanism 6, the transfer mechanism 9, the sealing unit 10, and the operation display unit 13, and the entire bill counting and organizing machine 100. Overall control of the operation.

  Here, the conveyance paths 3a to 3e will be described. The conveyance path 3a is provided so as to reach the first branch point from the input section 1 through the discrimination section 2, and the conveyance path 3b is provided so as to reach the reject pocket 8 from the first branch point. Moreover, the conveyance path 3c is provided from the first branch point to the second branch point through the front / back reversing unit 4. And the conveyance path 3d is extended from the 2nd branch point to the lower part of the banknote counting and arranging machine 100 as shown in the drawing, and is provided along the temporary stacking units 6a to 6e of the stacking mechanism 6. . Furthermore, the conveyance path 3e is provided so as to reach the open pockets 5a and 5b from the second branch point. A switching blade (not shown) that switches the bill conveyance direction is provided in the vicinity of each of the first and second branch points. The operation of the switching blade is controlled by the control unit 14.

  Each of the temporary stacking units 6a to 6e includes a stacking plate (not shown) on which banknotes are stacked and stacked, and a pressing plate (not shown) disposed above the stacking plate. And a positioning member (not shown) that aligns the positions of the bills in the longitudinal direction and the short direction. Further, a distribution gate (not shown) is disposed at a position corresponding to each of the temporary stacking units 6a to 6e in the transport path 3d.

  And the banknote conveyed by the said conveyance path 3d is taken in toward a stacking board by each sorting gate corresponding to each of temporary stacking part 6a-6e. The banknotes that have entered each of the temporary stacking units 6a to 6e are stacked on a stacking plate. Moreover, the banknote which approachs after that is integrated | stacked on the banknote already integrated | stacked on the stacking board by the same operation | movement. Note that the stacked banknotes are aligned in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction by the positioning member. Further, the presser plate waits at the upper end of the temporary stacking units 6a to 6e during the stacking of the bills on the stacking plate, so that it does not interfere with the approach of the bills that are sequentially taken.

  The bills are sequentially stacked on the temporary stacking units 6a to 6e. Therefore, when a predetermined number of banknotes, for example, 100 banknotes, are stacked on the stacking plate of the temporary stacking unit 6a, the sorting gate corresponding to the temporary stacking unit 6a does not take in banknotes, and 101 sheets. The banknotes after the first are conveyed and accumulated in any of the remaining temporary stacking units 6b to 6e. Note that the number of banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking units 6a to 6e is counted by a counter (not shown) set for each of the temporary stacking units 6a to 6e.

  And in the temporary stacking part 6a where the approach of the banknote stopped, the banknote is clamped by raising the stacking plate and lowering the pressing plate. By this operation, the stacking height of the banknotes that change due to the state of banknotes such as folds and folds is made constant, and delivery to the transfer mechanism 9 is facilitated.

  Moreover, the banknote pinched by the stacking plate and the pressing plate is pulled out by the clamp unit 30 of the transfer mechanism 9 that enters the temporary stacking unit 6a from the side opposite to the transport path 3d. The other temporary stacking units 6b to 6e also have the same structure as that of the temporary stacking unit 6a, and can position, stack, and pinch banknotes similarly to the temporary stacking unit 6a.

  When the banknotes accumulated in the temporary stacking unit 6a are pulled out, first, the lifting device 32 raises and fixes the clamp unit 30 together with the clamp unit moving device 31 to a position corresponding to the temporary stacking unit 6a.

  In this state, the clamp part moving device 31 prepares to clamp 100 banknotes by opening the clamp claws 35 of the clamp part 30 in the vertical direction. Subsequently, the clamp unit moving device 31 pushes the clamp unit 30 in the direction of the temporary stacking unit 6a. The clamp claws 35 of the clamp part 30 thus pushed out are inserted from the opening provided on the opposite side of the transport path 3d of the temporary stacking part 6a, enter the temporary stacking part 6a, and are sandwiched between the stacking board and the pressing board. The banknotes being held are sandwiched and held from above and below.

  And if the clamp nail | claw 35 of the clamp part 30 hold | grips a banknote, while the stacking board in the temporary stacking part 6a will descend | fall, holding | grip of a banknote will be cancelled | released by raising a pressing board. Thereby, since 100 banknotes were passed to the clamp part 30, the clamp part moving apparatus 31 pulls back the clamp part 30 which hold | gripped the banknote by the clamp nail | claw 35. Thereby, a banknote is extracted from the temporary stacking part 6a.

  Subsequently, when the clamp unit 30 is pulled back to the original position, the lifting device 32 is operated, and the clamp unit moving device 31 moves to the sealing unit 10 positioned at the lowermost end together with the clamp unit 30 that holds the banknote. The banknotes held by the clamp claws 35 of the clamp unit 30 are delivered to the sealing unit 10.

  Next, the structure of the said transfer mechanism 9 and the sealing part 10 is demonstrated in detail.

  FIG. 3 is a side view of the transfer mechanism and the sealing portion in the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a top view of the transfer mechanism and the sealing portion in the embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in the figure, the sealing unit 10 prints on the binding tape 41 via a conveyance means 40 composed of rollers, a belt, a binding tape 41 as a binding material composed of a paper band, a paper tape, and the like, and an ink ribbon. Printing means 42 for performing the operation, tape supply means 43 for supplying the binding tape 41, a cutter 44 for cutting the binding tape 41 into a predetermined length, and a binding means (not shown) for binding the banknotes with the binding tape 41.

  The binding tape 41, the printing means 42, the tape supply means 43, and the cutter 44 are configured as one unit for binding banknotes, that is, as a binding unit. The bundling unit includes a motor 47 and a position detection sensor 48. By operating the motor 47, the bundling unit can move in the lateral direction as indicated by an arrow E in FIG. When the movement position of the bundling unit is finely controlled, a plurality of position detection sensors 48 are provided.

  The clamp unit 30 of the transfer mechanism 9 includes a monitoring camera 46 as a monitoring unit that monitors the state of the bundled banknotes. An image captured by the monitoring camera 46 is transmitted to the control unit 14. In the state shown in the figure, the clamp part 30 and the clamp part moving device 31 are located at the lowermost end and are in a position where the banknote can be delivered to the sealing part 10.

  And the conveyance means 40 of the sealing part 10 receives collectively the 100 banknote integrated | stacked by the clamp nail | claw 35 of the clamp part 30 of the transfer mechanism 9, and conveys it to a binding position. In this case, the clamp part moving device 31 pushes the clamp part 30 in the direction of the conveying means 40. When the banknote gripped by the clamp claws 35 of the clamp part 30 that has been pushed out reaches the banknote position D at the time of delivery indicated by an arrow in FIG. 3, the clamp claws 35 open in the vertical direction, and 100 banknotes are It is delivered to the transport means 40 at once.

  Subsequently, the transport means 40 moves the stacked banknotes in the direction indicated by the arrow F in FIG. 3 and transports them to the banknote position C at the time of binding indicated by the arrows in FIG. Then, when the accumulated banknotes reach the banknote position C at the time of binding, the tape supply means 43 supplies the binding tape 41 to the binding means. At that time, the printing unit 42 prints the denomination of banknotes to be bound on the binding tape 41.

  Subsequently, the printed binding tape 41 is cut into a predetermined length by the cutter 44. Then, the bundling means wraps the bundled banknotes at the banknote position C at the time of bundling around the cut bundling tape 41 to create a banknote bundle.

  The banknote bundle created in this way is further transported by the transport means 40 in the direction indicated by the arrow G in FIG.

  Next, the operation of the bill counting and organizing machine 100 having the above configuration will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the binding operation of the sealing portion in the embodiment of the present invention.

  First, an operator inserts banknotes into the input unit 1 of the banknote counting and organizing machine 100. Then, the bills inserted from the insertion unit 1 are conveyed to the discrimination unit 2. The discriminating unit 2 discriminates banknotes and determines whether or not the banknotes are to be rejected and whether or not to bind.

  That is, the discrimination unit 2 performs discrimination such as authenticity of banknotes, denominations, front and back, and damage, count, and detection of presence / absence of conveyance abnormality. As a result, banknotes that have been identified as counterfeit or unknown denomination, and banknotes in which conveyance abnormality such as double feeding has been detected are rejected as being rejected, and are conveyed to the rejection pocket 8 by the conveyance path 3b. Accumulated. Further, banknotes that are not to be bound are transported to the open pockets 5a and 5b by the transport paths 3c and 3e and accumulated.

  On the other hand, banknotes that are not rejected, such as genuine banknotes, banknotes that do not have a conveyance error, and the banknotes that are to be bound are transferred to the front and back reversing unit 4 by the transport path 3c regardless of the result of discrimination. The front and back reversing unit 4 aligns the front and back. And the banknote in which the front and back were arranged is conveyed to the stacking mechanism 6 by the conveyance path 3d.

  Subsequently, the banknotes transported by the transport path 3d are taken into the temporary stacking units 6a to 6e by the respective sorting gates. The banknotes that have entered the temporary stacking units 6a to 6e are stacked on the stacking plate. Note that the banknotes are sequentially stacked in the temporary stacking units 6a to 6e. Therefore, when 100 banknotes are stacked on the stacking plate of the temporary stacking unit 6a, the distribution corresponding to the temporary stacking unit 6a is performed. The gate does not take in banknotes, and the 101st and subsequent banknotes are transported to and accumulated in any of the remaining temporary stacking units 6b to 6e.

  Then, 100 banknotes held between the stacking plate and the pressing plate in the temporary stacking unit 6a are pulled out by the clamp unit 30 of the transfer mechanism 9 that enters the temporary stacking unit 6a from the side opposite to the transport path 3d. Subsequently, the clamp unit 30 is pulled back to the original position, the lifting device 32 is operated, and the clamp unit moving device 31 moves to the sealing unit 10 positioned at the lowermost end together with the clamp unit 30 that holds 100 bills. To do. The banknotes held by the clamp claws 35 of the clamp unit 30 are delivered to the sealing unit 10.

  In this case, the clamp part moving device 31 pushes the clamp part 30 in the direction of the temporary stacking part 6a. And when the banknote gripped by the clamp claw 35 of the pushed clamp part 30 reaches the banknote position D at the time of delivery, the clamp claw 35 opens in the vertical direction, and 100 stacked banknotes are collectively collected. It is delivered to the conveying means 40.

  Subsequently, when the accumulated banknotes conveyed by the conveying means 40 reach the banknote position C at the time of bundling, the bundling operation is started.

  When the bundling operation is started, first bundling is performed, and the tape supply unit 43 supplies the bundling tape 41 to the bundling unit. The binding tape 41 is fed to the binding means after the denomination of the banknotes to be bound is printed by the printing means 42 and then cut into a predetermined length by the cutter 44. Then, the bundling means wraps the bundled banknotes at the banknote position C at the time of bundling around the cut bundling tape 41 to create a banknote bundle.

  Subsequently, movement to the delivery position is performed, and the banknote bundle is returned to the banknote position D at the time of delivery by the transport means 40. When the banknote bundle reaches the banknote position D at the time of delivery, the monitoring camera 46 of the clamp unit 30 captures the banknote bundle and transmits the captured image to the control unit 14. And this control part 14 judges whether the said banknote bundle has a bulge based on the image of the received banknote bundle. In particular, it is determined whether or not there is a bulge at the end of the banknote bundle.

  And when a banknote bundle does not swell, conveyance to a discharge port is performed, the said banknote bundle is conveyed by the conveyance means 40, is sent to the discharge port 11, and is discharged | emitted out of the banknote counting arrangement machine 100. FIG. When the banknote bundle is swollen, the binding unit is moved, and the motor 47 is operated to move the binding unit in the lateral direction. Thereby, the position which winds the binding tape 41 in a banknote, ie, a binding position, moves. In this case, it is desirable to move the position where the binding tape 41 is wound to a position where there is a bulge. Note that the movement position of the bundling unit can be more finely controlled by increasing the number of position detection sensors 48.

  Subsequently, the movement to the binding position is performed, and the banknote bundle is transported to the banknote position C at the time of binding again by the transport means 40. Then, the second bundling is performed, and the bundling unit winds the bundling tape 41 around the banknote bundle and binds them. In this case, in the banknote bundle, the binding tape 41 is wound at a position different from the position where the binding tape 41 is wound by the first binding.

  Then, the banknote bundle that has been transported to the discharge port and has been bound for the second time is transported by the transport means 40, sent to the discharge port 11, and discharged out of the banknote counting and organizing machine 100. Thereby, the binding operation is completed.

Next, a flowchart will be described.
Step S1 The first bundling is performed.
Step S2 Movement to the delivery position is performed.
Step S3: It is determined whether or not the banknote bundle has a bulge. If the banknote bundle has a bulge, the process proceeds to step S4. If the banknote bundle has no bulge, the process proceeds to step S8.
Step S4 The binding unit is moved.
Step S5 The movement to the binding position is performed.
Step S6 A second bundling is performed.
Step S7 Carrying to the discharge port is performed, and the process is terminated.
Step S8: Transport to the discharge port is performed, and the process is terminated.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, when the banknote bundle formed by winding and binding the bundled banknotes 41 on the stacked banknotes has a bulge caused by banknote folds or wrinkles, it is bound again. The tape 41 is wound and bound. For this reason, since the binding tape 41 can be wound around the binding position different from the first binding position, the banknote bundle can be prevented from bulging. It is desirable that the second binding position is a position where there is a bulge.

  Thereby, even if it is a case where the used banknote with a fold and a hook is accumulated and bound, the banknote bundle without a swelling can be obtained. Therefore, even if the banknote bundle formed by binding is transported, the bulge is not caught on the transport belt or the like and can be transported smoothly. In addition, a beautiful banknote bundle can be obtained.

  In addition, in this Embodiment, although the case where the binding of a banknote was performed twice was demonstrated, the binding of a banknote is not limited to 2 times but can also be performed 3 times or more.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made based on the spirit of the present invention, and they are not excluded from the scope of the present invention.

It is a schematic side view which shows the internal structure of the banknote counting arrangement machine in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the banknote bundle bundled by the conventional banknote count arrangement machine. It is a side view of the transfer mechanism and sealing part in embodiment of this invention. It is a top view of the transfer mechanism and sealing part in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the binding operation | movement of the sealing part in embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e Temporary stacking unit 10 Sealing unit 41 Binding tape 42 Printing unit 43 Tape supply unit 44 Cutter 46 Monitoring camera 100 Banknote counting and organizing machine

Claims (6)

(A) a stacking unit for stacking banknotes;
(B) having a sealing unit that binds stacked banknotes to form a banknote bundle,
(C) Separately transport the inserted banknotes one by one, perform authenticity of banknotes, denomination, correctness and front / back direction discrimination and count,
(D) Accumulating a predetermined number of banknotes identified as genuine bills in the stacking unit;
(E) sending the accumulated banknotes to the sealing part to form a banknote bundle,
(F) When the formed banknote bundle has swelling, the banknote bundle is bundled again. The bill counting and arranging machine according to claim 1, further comprising a monitoring unit that monitors whether or not the bill bundle is swollen. The banknote counting and organizing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the monitoring unit is a monitoring camera, and determines whether or not the banknote bundle is swollen based on an image taken by the monitoring camera. The banknote counting and organizing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein when the banknote bundle is swollen, the sealing unit binds the banknote bundle at a binding position different from the previous binding position. The bill counting and organizing machine according to claim 4, wherein the sealing unit includes a movable binding unit that binds with a binding material, and the binding position is changed by the movement of the binding unit. The bill counting and arranging machine according to claim 4, wherein the different binding positions are positions where the bulges are present.

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