JP2019089581A - Wrapper mechanism of paper sheet, and processing unit of paper sheet - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a wrapper mechanism of a paper sheet which prevents that a wrapper paper to wrap a paper sheet is loaded irregularly.SOLUTION: A wrapper mechanism of a paper sheet 40 comprises an installment part 41 where a real 45 is set, a carrier part "a carrier part of a wrapper paper 42" which carries a wrapper paper 451 from the installment part 41 to a wrapper part 37 in a wrapping operation time, and an output part "a display part 17" which outputs information. The carrier part performs a loading operation which sends the wrap paper toward the wrapper part, and makes a carrier force of a wrapper paper due to the carrier part reduce compared with the wrapping operation time in a loading operation time, when a real has installed in the installation part, and the tip of the wrapper paper drawn from the real has been set in a predetermined portion in the carrier part. The output part outputs information related to a loading error when the loading operation is not finished even if a predetermined time has passed since starting the loading operation.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The technology disclosed herein relates to a sheet banding mechanism and a sheet processing apparatus.

  In Patent Document 1, in a bill sealing machine for feeding a paper band pulled out from a paper band reel wound horizontally in a roll shape to a bill bundling mechanism and bundling bills, from the paper band reel to the bill bundling mechanism It is described that the conveyance guide member which twists and guides the paper band is disposed between them.

Patent No. 5343411 gazette

  In order to miniaturize the apparatus, a sheet processing apparatus provided with this kind of sheet bundling mechanism has a direction in which the banding paper is wound on the banding paper reel and a direction in which the sheets are banded with the banding paper. And often different. In this case, the banding paper is twisted between the reel and the sheet bundling mechanism.

  For example, when replacing the reel of the bandage, the operator manually mounts the reel on the mounting portion. When the operator sets the leading end of the banding sheet pulled out from the reel at a predetermined position, the transport unit conveys the banding sheet toward the banding portion, and the banding sheet is loaded. At this time, there may be a case where the wrapper is set in the wrong direction due to the operator's mistake. If the direction for setting the wrapper is incorrect, the transport of the wrapper may become unstable at the time of the banding operation where the paper sheets are banded with the wrapper, and the paper may be clogged. In addition, glue adheres to one side of the wrapper so as to bond the stacked wrappers together, but if the direction in which the wrapper is attached is incorrect, the adhesive side of the wrapper is on the opposite side to the normal side. Because of the position, the bonding between the band-wrapping papers may be poor. In addition, when the adhesive side of the wrapper comes into contact with a heater that melts the glue of the wrapper when bonding the wrappers together, the glue may be excessively heated and an offensive odor may be generated.

  With respect to these problems, the banknote sealing machine described in Patent Document 1 attempts to correctly attach the paper band by arranging the conveyance guide member.

  However, in the bill sealing machine of Patent Document 1, when mounting the paper band reel, the operator causes the paper band feed roller to pinch the leading end of the paper band pulled out from the paper band reel. The conveyance guide member of Patent Document 1 is located downstream of the paper band feed roller. When the operator causes the paper band to be nipped by the paper band feed roller, the paper band may be nipped by the paper band feed roller with the direction of the paper band being incorrect. In this case, since the direction of the paper band sent to the conveyance guide member is originally wrong, the paper band is sent to the banknote binding mechanism in the wrong direction. That is, the banknote sealing machine described in patent document 1 may not be able to prevent the misloading of a paper strip.

  The technique disclosed herein has been made in view of such a point, and the purpose thereof is to prevent erroneous loading of a banding paper for tying paper sheets.

  In the present application, after the operator mounts the reel of the bundling paper in the mounting unit and sets the leading end of the bundling paper pulled out from the reel at a predetermined position in the transport unit, the bundling paper is fed toward the bundling unit. Focusing on the operation, when performing this loading operation, it was checked whether or not the wrapper has been set in an incorrect state.

  Specifically, the technology disclosed herein relates to a sheet banding mechanism. The paper band bundling mechanism includes: a mounting part to which a reel of band paper is mounted; a band sealing part for bundling paper sheets with the band paper pulled out from the reel; and the band sealing part for banding the paper sheets A transport unit that transports the paper band from the mounting unit to the banding unit at the time of the bundling operation, and an output unit that outputs information.

  The transport unit is configured to attach the banding paper when the reel is attached to the mounting unit and the leading end of the banding sheet pulled out from the reel is set at a predetermined position in the transport unit. While performing a loading operation for feeding toward the banding portion, at the time of the loading operation, a conveying force of the banding paper by the transport portion is reduced compared to the time of the banding operation, and the output portion starts the loading operation. If the loading operation is not completed even after a predetermined time has elapsed, the information on the loading abnormality is output.

  When the operator mounts the reel on the mounting unit and sets the leading end of the paper band at a predetermined position in the transport unit, the paper band is reversely oriented, or the paper band is unnecessarily twisted. Then, the resistance when the transport unit transports the paper band is increased. By lowering the transport force of the transport unit at the time of loading operation, if the setting of the wrapper is mistaken, the transport resistance is large while the transport power is lowered, and therefore the transport unit transports the wrapper smoothly. It can not be done. If the setting of the wrapper is incorrect, the loading operation will not be completed even if a predetermined time has passed since the loading operation was started. The transport force of the transport unit at the time of the loading operation may be reduced to such an extent that the banding can be smoothly transported if the setting of the banding is correct. By doing this, if the setting of the wrapper is correct, the loading operation is completed until a predetermined time has elapsed since the loading operation was started.

  Here, if the transport force of the transport unit at the time of the loading operation is the same as at the time of the wrapping operation, the loading operation may be completed within a predetermined time even if the setting of the wrapping paper is incorrect. By lowering the transport force of the transport unit compared to that at the time of the banding operation, it is possible to appropriately determine that the setting of the bandage is incorrect at the time of the loading operation.

  In the above-described configuration, when the operator mounts the reel on the mounting unit and loads the paper band, it is checked whether or not the setting of the paper band is incorrect. If the loading operation is not completed before the predetermined time has elapsed since the loading operation was started, the output unit outputs information on the loading abnormality, so the operator recognizes that the setting of the wrapper is incorrect. The operator will correctly reset the paper band if the paper band is incorrectly set. The paper band is loaded in the wrong state, and in this state, the paper sheets are prevented from being banded. When carrying out banding of paper sheets, the situation where conveyance of banding paper becomes unstable, and adhesion between banding paper becomes defect can be prevented. In addition, it is possible to prevent the generation of an offensive odor caused by the adhesive side of the wrapper contacting the heater.

  Furthermore, when the reel is attached to the attachment unit, the operator who attached the reel to the attachment unit and sets the envelope, sets the envelope, in order to check whether the setting of the envelope is incorrect or not. It will be necessary to start over. In an operation in which the operator who mounts the reels and the operator who performs the paper banding operation are different, the operator who performs the paper band packing operation is assumed that the paper band is properly loaded. In order to advance the banding operation, it is difficult to identify the cause when the conveyance of the banding paper becomes unstable, the adhesion between the banding paper becomes poor, or an offensive odor is generated. By urging the operator who mounts the reel on the mounting unit to load the paper band correctly, it becomes possible to smoothly operate the paper banding work.

  Further, at the time of the banding operation where the banding portion performs the banding of the paper sheet, the conveying force of the conveying portion is relatively high compared to the decrease of the conveying force of the conveying portion at the time of the loading operation. At the time of the banding operation, the banding paper can be stably transported toward the banding portion.

  The output unit may output information regarding a loading abnormality when the leading end of the bandage does not reach a predetermined position even when a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the loading operation.

  As described above, if the setting of the wrapper is incorrect, the resistance when the transport unit transports the wrapper increases, while the transport force of the transport unit is reduced during the loading operation. The tip of the tip does not reach the predetermined position or takes a long time to reach the predetermined position. Even if a predetermined time has passed since the start of the loading operation, the output unit outputs information on the loading abnormality when the front end of the wrapper does not reach the predetermined position, so that the operator can properly set the wrapper again. Be able to

  The paper band sealing mechanism disclosed herein also includes: a mounting portion to which a reel of band paper is mounted; a band sealing portion for bundling paper sheets with the band paper pulled out from the reel; The sheet feeding apparatus further includes a transport unit configured to transport the banding sheet from the mounting unit to the banding unit at the time of the banding operation for banding the leaves, and an output unit configured to output information. Is loaded, and when the leading end portion of the banding paper pulled out from the reel is set at a predetermined position in the transport unit, the loading operation is performed to feed the banding paper toward the banding unit, The output unit outputs information on a loading abnormality when the load applied to the wrapper during the loading operation becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined load higher than the load during the wrapping operation.

  As described above, if the setting of the wrapper is incorrect, the resistance when the transport unit transports the wrapper increases. When the load applied to the wrapper during the loading operation becomes equal to or higher than the predetermined load higher than the load during the wrapping operation, it can be determined that the wrapper has been mistakenly set. If the setting of the wrapper is correct, the load applied to the wrapper will be the same or substantially the same as the load at the time of the strapping operation. If the setting of the wrapper is correct, the load applied to the wrapper does not exceed the predetermined load.

  Also in this configuration, when the operator mounts the reel on the mounting unit and loads the paper band, the operation is performed when the paper set is incorrect, in order to confirm whether the paper set is incorrect or not. The person can correctly re-set the wrapper. With the banding paper loaded in the wrong state, it is prevented that the paper banding is performed. In addition, when banding of paper sheets is performed, it is possible to prevent a situation in which conveyance of the banding paper becomes unstable or adhesion between the banding paper becomes poor. Furthermore, it is possible to prevent the generation of an offensive odor caused by the adhesive surface of the wrapper contacting the heater.

  In addition, since the operator who has attached the reel to the attachment unit and sets the paper band performs re-setting of the paper band if necessary, the operator who wears the reel and the operation for performing the paper sheet bundling operation As described above, it is possible to smooth the operation of the banding work when the person is different from the person who

  The transport unit may stop the transport of the bundling paper when the load applied to the bundling paper becomes equal to or more than the predetermined load during the loading operation.

  Even if the wrapper is incorrectly set, the loading of the wrapper may be completed by continuing the conveyance of the wrapper. In the above-described configuration, when the loading error occurs, the transport unit stops the transport of the wrapper, so that the loading of the wrapper is prevented from being completed in the wrong state. The operator can quickly reset the paper band.

  It may be determined based on the operation of an electric motor that is a drive source of the transport unit that the load applied to the wrapper becomes equal to or higher than the predetermined load.

  For example, based on the value of the current supplied to the electric motor, if the load of the electric motor is equal to or higher than the predetermined load, it may be determined that the load applied to the wrapper is equal to or higher than the predetermined load. Also, for example, when the rotation speed of the electric motor is detected by an encoder (mechanics clock) and the rotation speed of the electric motor is less than a predetermined speed (for example, including the stop of rotation), It may be determined that it has become. According to these configurations, it can be appropriately determined that the load applied to the wrapper has become equal to or higher than a predetermined load.

  The conveyance section has a displacement guide that guides the paper band and is displaced according to the size of the load applied to the paper band, and the load applied to the paper band is equal to or more than the predetermined load. The determination may be made based on the displacement of the displacement guide.

  A guide that curves and guides the paper band receives a load in the inward direction of the curve by the tension acting on the paper band. If the displacement guide is configured to be displaced in the inward direction of the curve according to the magnitude of the load received from the paper band, the load applied to the paper band becomes equal to or more than the predetermined load, and the tension acting on the paper band As it becomes larger, the displacement amount of the displacement guide becomes larger. Based on the displacement of the displacement guide, it can be appropriately determined that the load applied to the wrapper has reached a predetermined load or more.

  The sheet bundling mechanism may be provided with a twisting guide disposed between the reel and the transport section and guiding the banding paper in a twisting manner.

  By twisting the paper band with a twisting guide located closer to the reel than the transport section, the paper band can be twisted in the correct direction. It is possible to reduce the case where the wrapper is incorrectly set. In addition, when the operator erroneously sets the wrapper, the load of the wrapper on the twist guide may be higher when transporting the wrapper during the loading operation. According to each configuration described above, it is possible to appropriately determine that the setting of the wrapper is incorrect.

  The output unit may output information on a loading error and information on resolving the loading error.

  The operator who performs the re-set of the wrapper can reside on the basis of the output information on the elimination of the loading abnormality and correctly re-set the wrapper.

  The output unit may be a display unit that displays the information.

  By displaying the information, it is possible to properly convey the information to the operator who sets the paper band.

  The sheet processing apparatus disclosed herein includes the sheet bundling mechanism described above, an accumulation unit that accumulates the sheets supplied to the sheet bundling mechanism, and the sheets stacked in the accumulation unit. And an identification unit for identifying

  As described above, according to the sheet bundling mechanism and the sheet processing apparatus described above, it is possible to prevent the band sheet for tying sheets from being erroneously loaded.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating the external appearance of a banknote sorter. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the bill rearranging machine. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the reel setting unit. FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view showing the configuration of the reel setting unit. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of control relating to the loading of a wrapper. FIG. 6 is an example of a screen displayed on the display unit when the reel is replaced. FIG. 7 is an example of a screen displayed on the display unit at the time of loading error of the wrapper. FIG. 8 is a flow chart of control relating to loading of a wrapper different from that of FIG. FIG. 9 is a schematic view showing a configuration example for detecting a load applied to a wrapper. FIG. 10 is a perspective view illustrating the appearance of the money handling apparatus including the bill handling machine. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the bill processing machine. FIG. 12 is a side view illustrating the schematic configuration of the banding unit. FIG. 13 is a plan view illustrating a reel setting portion of the banding unit.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a sheet bundling mechanism and a sheet processing apparatus will be described in detail based on the drawings. The following description is an example of the sheet bundling mechanism and the sheet processing apparatus.

(Example of composition of banknote sorter)
FIG. 1 shows the appearance of a banknote sorter 1 as a sheet processing apparatus. FIG. 2 shows the internal configuration of the bill rearranging machine 1. The bill rearranging machine 1 is a device for identifying and counting bills, classifying them according to types, and creating banded bills for each predetermined number of sheets. In the following description, for convenience, the front left side of the drawing sheet in FIG. 1 may be referred to as the front, and the rear right side of the drawing sheet may be referred to as the rear. According to this, "front" is the paper surface left in FIG. 2, and "rear" is the paper surface right in FIG.

  In the bill sorter 1, there are a first external stacking unit 11 and a second external stacking unit 12 for stacking banknotes not to be banded, an insertion unit 13 into which loose banknotes are inserted, a reject unit 14 for accumulating reject notes, and a banding A dispensing unit 15 for dispensing the bill, and a return unit 16 for returning a fractional bill, which will be described later, are provided.

  The input unit 13 is provided on the top of the front surface of the housing 100. The front surface of the input unit 13 is open to the outside of the housing 100. The operator can insert loose bills into the inside of the insertion unit 13. The insertion unit 13 can hold a plurality of bills in a stacked state. For example, bills including various denominations are inserted into the insertion unit 13. The feeding unit 13 feeds the held banknotes one by one to the inside of the housing 100 by the feeding roller 131.

  The first external stacking unit 11 and the second external stacking unit 12 are provided on the top of the case 100 of the banknote management machine 1 side by side. In each of the first external stacking unit 11 and the second external stacking unit 12, a bill outlet is open to the outside of the housing 100. Each of the first external stacking unit 11 and the second external stacking unit 12 can stack a plurality of bills. The operator can manually take out the banknotes stacked in the first external stacking unit 11 and the second external stacking unit 12.

  The reject unit 14 is provided on the front side of the housing 100 below the input unit 13. The front surface of the reject unit 14 is open to the outside of the housing 100. The reject unit 14 can accumulate a plurality of bills. The operator can manually take out the banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 14.

  The ejection part 15 is opened at the lower part of the front surface of the housing 100. The band-wrapped banknote is ejected out of the housing 100 through the slope of the ejection portion 15. The band-wrapped banknotes dispensed from the dispensing unit 15 enter a container or the like placed in advance.

  The return unit 16 is provided on the top of the housing 100. The return unit 16 has a tray 161 on which bills are placed. The tray 161 moves in the front-rear direction as indicated by a solid line and a dashed dotted line in FIG. When the tray 161 carrying the bills advances as shown by the alternate long and short dashed lines, the operator can manually remove the bills from the tray 161.

  A display unit 17 is provided on the upper part of the bill rearranging machine 1. The display unit 17 is disposed above the return unit 16. The display unit 17 includes a touch panel. The display unit 17 doubles as an operation unit for the operator to operate. The display unit 17 displays information such as the processing status of bills processed by the bill sorter 1. By performing the operation according to the screen displayed on the display unit 17 by the operator, it is possible to perform various settings relating to the bill rearranging machine 1 or to make the banknote rearranging machine 1 execute various types of processing. The display unit 17 is an example of an output unit.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the bill rearranging machine 1 includes an identification unit 18, a first reversing unit 21, a second reversing unit 22, a bill transport unit 3, and first to fifth stacking units 31 to inside the housing 100. A bill transport unit 36, a band seal unit 37, a reel setting unit 4, and a control unit 101 are provided.

  The bill transport unit 3 is arranged in the order of the bill transport direction from the insertion unit 13 to the identification unit 18, the first reversing unit 21, the rejecting unit 14, the second reversing unit 22, the first to fifth stacking units 31 to 35, the fifth (1) The loose banknotes are transported between the external stacking unit 11 and the second external stacking unit 12. The bill transport unit 3 has a transport path disposed inside the housing 100. Although the detailed illustration is omitted, the conveyance path is constituted by a combination of a large number of rollers, a plurality of belts, a motor for driving them, a passage sensor for detecting a conveyed bill, and a plurality of guides. The bill conveyance unit 3 conveys the bills one by one along the conveyance path at predetermined intervals. Also, although not shown, the bill transport unit 3 transports the bill with the longitudinal edge of the bill facing forward.

  The identification unit 18 is provided downstream of the insertion unit 13 in the bill transport direction. The identification unit 18 identifies the denomination, authenticity, front and back, direction, fitness, old and new, conveyance state, and the like of the banknotes conveyed along the conveyance path.

  The first reversing unit 21 is configured to selectively reverse both the front and back sides and the top-bottom direction of the banknote according to the identification result of the identification unit 18. The banknotes that have passed through the first reversing unit 21 have at least the same front and back.

  A reject unit 14 is disposed on the front side of the first reversing unit 21. The conveyance path 141 connected to the reject unit 14 branches from the downstream side of the first reversing unit 21 in the conveyance direction of the bill. The first reversing unit 21 has a branch claw that selectively sends a bill to the bypass 212 or the reject unit 14. The control unit 101 moves the fork according to the identification result of the identification unit 18. Due to this, the banknote identified as the reject note is transported to the reject unit 14.

  The second reversing unit 22 is configured to selectively reverse the direction of the transport width direction of the bill. Although details of the configuration of the reversing mechanism 224 are omitted, the reversing mechanism 224 can adopt various known configurations. The bill organizing machine 1 includes two types of reversing units, that is, the first reversing unit 21 and the second reversing unit 22 as reversing units, so that a bill having passed through the first reversing unit 21 and the second reversing unit 22 can be obtained. Both the front and back and the orientation in the vertical direction can be aligned.

  The first to fifth stacking units 31 to 35 are disposed behind the identification unit 18, the first reversing unit 21, and the second reversing unit 22. The first to fifth stacking units 31 to 35 are arranged in the vertical direction. The first to fifth stacking units 31 to 35 stack banknotes to be packaged, for example, for each denomination. As described later, the operator can set in advance the types of bills to be accumulated in the first to fifth accumulation units 31 to 35.

  The conveyance path for conveying the bills downstream of the second reversing unit 22 is on the front side of the first to fifth stacking units 31 to 35 and behind the identification unit 18, the first reversing unit 21, and the second reversing unit 22. The first to fifth stacking units 31 to 35 are arranged to extend in the vertical direction. Five branch paths branched from the conveyance path extended in the up-down direction are connected to each of the first to fifth stacking units 31 to 35. A bill is thrown in from the front to each of the 1st-5th stacking parts 31-35. The inserted bills are stacked in each of the first to fifth stacking units 31 to 35.

  Although illustration is omitted, at the branch points of the respective branch paths, branch claws that switch the conveyance direction of the bill are provided. The control unit 101 moves each of the branch claws according to the identification result of the identification unit 18. As a result, the bills are selectively input to the first to fifth stacking units 31 to 35.

  The downstream side of the transport path extending in the vertical direction is branched into two on the way and connected to each of the first external stacking portion 11 and the second external stacking portion 12. The first external stacking unit 11 and the second external stacking unit 12 are connected downstream of the second reversing unit 22. Although not shown, branch claws are disposed at branch points. The control unit 101 causes the branch claw to move according to the identification result of the identification unit 18 to selectively insert the banknote into the first external stacking unit 11 and the second external stacking unit 12.

  The bill transport unit 36 is disposed on the rear side of the first to fifth stacking units 31 to 35 arranged in the vertical direction. The bill transport unit 36 includes an arm 361 for gripping a bill, and a guide 362 for reciprocating the arm 361 in the vertical direction. The guide portion 362 extends in the vertical direction. The arm 361 moves up and down along the guide 362. The arm portion 361 is positioned at the height position of each of the first to fifth stacking units 31 to 35, and takes out the bills stacked in the first to fifth stacking units 31 to 35 toward the rear.

  The band sealing portion 37 is disposed below the second reversing portion 22. The band seal portion 37 is located at the lower end portion of the bill transport portion 36. The bill transport unit 36 transports the banknotes taken out of the first to fifth stacking units 31 to 35 to the bundling unit 37. Although detailed illustration of the configuration of the band seal portion 37 is omitted, the band seal portion 37 can adopt various known configurations. The band sealing portion 37 may perform banding by, for example, winding a banding paper around the outer periphery of a bundle of banknotes. The bundling portion 37 may also be banded by inserting a bundle of bills into a ring formed by bundling.

  On the front side of the band seal portion 37, a belt-type second transport portion 38 is provided. The second transport unit 38 transports the bundling banknote, which is banded by the bundling unit 37, to the ejection unit 15 toward the front. The band-wrapped banknote is ejected out of the housing 100 through the slope of the ejection portion 15.

  When the banknote sorter 1 performs the classification process, the banknotes may remain in the first to fifth stacking units 31 to 35 without reaching the number of bundling. The bill conveyance unit 36 conveys the fractional bills remaining in the first to fifth stacking units 31 to 35 to the return unit 16.

  In the reel setting unit 4, the reel 45 of the banding paper 451 to be supplied to the banding unit 37 is set. The reel setting unit 4 is disposed below the banding unit 37. The reel setting unit 4 is configured to be able to be pulled forward from the bill rearranging machine 1 as shown by a dashed dotted line in FIG. 2. When mounting the reel 45 of the wrapper 451 in the reel setting unit 4, the operator pulls the reel setting unit 4 forward of the bill rearranging device 1. In addition, although illustration is abbreviate | omitted, the reel setting part 4 has a sensor which detects having been pulled out from the housing | casing 100 of the banknote sorter 1, and having been pushed in the housing | casing 100. As shown in FIG. Details of the configuration of the reel setting unit 4 will be described later.

  The bundling portion 37 and the reel setting portion 4 constitute a paper sheet bundling mechanism 40 for bundling the bundling paper 451 with respect to a bill.

  Although the control unit 101 is not illustrated, the first external stacking unit 11, the second external stacking unit 12, the insertion unit 13, the reject unit 14, the return unit 16, the identification unit 18, the first reversing unit 21, and the second reversing unit The unit 22, the bill transport unit 3, the first to fifth stacking units 31 to 35, the bill transport unit 36, the banding unit 37, and the reel setting unit 4 are connected so as to be able to transmit and receive signals. The control unit 101 includes the first external stacking unit 11, the second external stacking unit 12, the insertion unit 13, the reject unit 14, the return unit 16, the identification unit 18, the first reversing unit 21, the second reversing unit 22, and a bill. A control signal is output to the transport unit 3, the first to fifth stacking units 31 to 35, the bill conveyance unit 36, the band sealing unit 37, and the reel setting unit 4. The banknote sorter 1 identifies and counts banknotes, classifies them according to type, and then performs classification processing to create banded banknotes for each predetermined number of banknotes.

(Structure of reel set part)
3 and 4 show an example of the configuration of the reel setting unit 4. The reel setting unit 4 includes a mounting unit 41 to which the reel 45 of the wrapper 451 is mounted, a part of the wrapper transport unit 42 for transporting the wrapper 451 drawn from the reel 45 to the wrapper 37, and the mounting unit. A printing unit 43 for printing on the band paper is provided between 41 and the band paper transporting unit 42.

  The mounting portion 41 has a table 411 on which the reel 45 is mounted such that the reel axis is in the vertical direction. By setting the orientation of the reel 45 horizontally, it is advantageous for downsizing of the bill management machine 1. The table 411 is configured to rotate clockwise and counterclockwise around an axis extending in the vertical direction. A reel drive motor 412 is connected to the table 411 via a belt 413. The reel drive motor 412 rotates the table 411 so that the reel 45 rotates in the winding direction of the wrapper.

  Although not shown, the mounting unit 41 includes an empty sensor that detects that the band paper 451 is reduced by detecting the outer diameter of the reel 45. When the control unit 101 receives the detection signal of the empty sensor, the control unit 101 prompts the operator to replace the reel 45 through the display unit 17.

  The wrapper 451 is pulled out from the reel 45 in the horizontal direction. The front and back surfaces of the wrapper 451 face in the horizontal direction. Although not shown, glue is attached to the back surface of the paper band 451 (that is, the inner surface of the paper band 451 wound around the reel 45). After bundling a bundle of banknotes with a banding paper 451, the overlapping paper bands 451 are adhered to each other by glue. Although the illustration is abbreviate | omitted, the band sealing part 37 has a heater which melt | dissolves the glue of the band paper 451. As shown in FIG.

  The printing unit 43 is configured of, for example, a dot impact type printer. The ink ribbon is hit by the print head against the banding paper 451 pulled out in the horizontal direction, whereby the printing is performed on the surface of the banding paper 451 (that is, the outer surface of the banding paper 451 wound around the reel 45). It will be. The printing unit 43 has a support guide 431 for supporting the band paper 451 when the print head performs printing. The support guide 431 is disposed to face the print head.

  A twisting guide 44 for guiding the bandage 451 in a twisted manner is disposed at a position downstream of the printing unit 43 and upstream of the banding conveyance unit 42 in the conveyance direction of the bandage 451. The twist guide 44 twists the banding paper 451 whose front surface and back surface face in the horizontal direction so that the front surface is upward and the back surface is downward. The twist guide 44 is constituted by a first guide 441 and a second guide 442. Although detailed illustration is omitted, the first guide 441 and the second guide 442 are disposed opposite to each other on the conveyance path of the bandage 451 with a gap through which the bandage 451 can pass. A gap formed by the first guide 441 and the second guide 442 is formed longitudinally at the entrance of the paper band 451, and is formed horizontally at the exit of the paper band 451. The gap turns from vertical to horizontal between the entrance and exit.

  Here, as described above, the wrapper 451 is wound around the reel 45 rotating around a reel shaft extending in the vertical direction, and is transported upward from below from the reel setting unit 4 toward the bundling unit 37 In the bundling portion 37, the bill is wound around the horizontally extending axis and wrapped around the bill. Therefore, it is necessary to twist the banding paper 451 between the reel 45 and the band sealing portion 37. The operator inserts the leading end of the banding 451 pulled out from the reel 45 into the entrance of the torsion guide 44 when the reel 45 of the banding 451 is attached to the mounting portion 41 as described later. The paper 451 is automatically twisted in the correct direction and comes out of the exit. The twisting guide 44 twists the wrapper 451 in the correct direction to facilitate proper loading of the wrapper 451.

  The wrapper transport unit 42 has a pressing guide 421 for pressing the wrapper 451 and a feed motor 422 for driving a feed roller (not shown).

  The pressing guide 421 transports the banding 451 which is transported to the banding portion 37 by the banding transport portion 42 at the time of the banding operation where the banding portion 37 performs banding of the banknotes or at the time of loading operation for loading the bandage 451 as described later. It is configured to be pressed from above. The pressing guide 421 is pivotally supported, and as shown by the solid line in FIG. 4, the pressing guide 421 is in the collapsed state in which the band paper 451 is pressed by falling sideways, and as shown by the alternate long and short dash line It is switched manually to the standing state which allows insertion of the leading end of the wrapper 451 by standing in the direction. After mounting the reel 45 in the mounting portion 41, the operator raises the pressing guide 421 in order to cause the leading end portion of the wrapper 451 to be engaged with the feed roller.

  The feed motor 422 drives the banding 451 to be sent to the banding unit 37. The feed motor 422 is constituted by an electric motor. Specifically, the feed motor 422 may be configured by a stepping motor, a DC motor, or a brushless motor. The control unit 101 controls the drive and stop of the feed motor 422. By driving the feed motor 422, the wrapper 451 is conveyed upward from the reel setting unit 4 and supplied to the wrapper 37.

  The control unit 101 also changes the conveying force by which the feed motor 422 conveys the wrapper 451. Although the details will be described later, the transport force of the wrapper 451 when carrying out the bundling operation for transporting the bundling 451 when the bundling portion 37 performs bundling of banknotes, and the new reel 45 is attached to the mounting portion 41, The conveying force of the wrapper 451 is made different when performing the loading operation for loading the wrapper 451 so that the front end of the paper 451 is at a predetermined position.

  Here, the procedure of the operator when loading the reel 45 will be described. When the empty sensor detects that the banding 451 of the reel 45 set in the reel setting unit 4 has run out, the control unit 101 displays, for example, the screen D1 as shown in FIG. Let The screen D1 is an example of a screen for explaining the reel replacement procedure to the operator. On the screen D1, as replacement procedure of the reel 45, the effect of pulling out the reel setting unit 4 from the bill rearranging machine 1, the effect of setting a new reel in the reel setting unit 4, and the effect of returning the reel setting unit 4 Have been described.

  When the operator pulls the reel set portion 4 to the front side of the bill rearranging machine 1 as shown by a dashed dotted line in FIG. 2, the mounting portion 41 is exposed outside the casing 100 of the bill rearranging machine 1. The operator mounts a new reel 45 on the table 411 of the mounting unit 41. The reel 45 is mounted on the table 411 in such a direction that the direction of withdrawal of the wrapper 451 is the clockwise direction in FIG. The operator disposes the bandage 451 pulled out from the reel 45 between the printing unit 43 and the support guide 431. At this time, the wrapper 451 is disposed in a posture in which the front and back faces are directed in the horizontal direction and the front face is directed to the print portion 43. Thereafter, the operator causes the leading end of the wrapper 451 to pass through the twist guide 44. By this, the paper band 451 is twisted so that the front surface is upward and the back surface is downward. The operator lifts the pressing guide 421 of the paper band conveyance unit 42 in the upright state, and holds the paper band 451 by hand until the leading edge of the paper band 451 bites the feed roller while the back surface of the paper 451 remains downward. send. At this time, the operator rotates the feed knob 423 connected to the shaft of the feed motor 422 to cause the paper band 451 to be engaged with the feed roller, as necessary.

  When the leading end of the wrapper 451 bites into the feed roller, the operator pushes the reel setting unit 4 into the case 100 of the banknote sorter 1. When the sensor detects that the reel setting unit 4 is pushed in and positioned at a predetermined position, the control unit 101 of the banknote sorter 1 drives the feed motor 422. The banding 451 is transported toward the banding portion 37 by the feed roller (that is, the loading operation). If the sensor detects that the leading end of the wrapper 451 has reached a predetermined position, the control unit 101 stops the feed motor 422. Here, the predetermined position may be a standby position at which the leading end of the wrapper 451 is positioned when the bundling portion 37 is not performing the bundling operation of a bill. Thus, the loading operation of the wrapper 451 when the reel 45 is replaced is completed.

  When the operator mounts the reel 45, the leading edge of the wrapper 451 may be caught in the feed roller in an incorrect direction (for example, with the back surface of the wrapper 451 facing upward), or may not be necessary for the wrapper 451 In a state in which a certain twist is applied, the leading end of the wrapper 451 may be caught by the feed roller. The bill rearranging machine 1 confirms whether or not the banding paper 451 is set incorrectly when the banding paper 451 is loaded, and when the banding paper 451 is set incorrectly, the bandage 451 is displayed to the operator. It is configured to prompt you to re-set.

(Control of loading operation of paper band)
FIG. 5 is a flow chart of control relating to the loading operation of the reel, which is executed by the bill rearranging machine 1. In step S51 after the start, as described above, the control unit 101 causes the operator to pull out the reel setting unit 4 to mount a new reel 45 on the mounting unit 41 and bite the leading end of the wrapper 451 into the feed roller. After inserting, it is determined whether or not the reel setting unit 4 is pushed into the case of the bill rearranging machine 1. According to the fact that the sensor detects that the reel setting unit 4 has been pulled out of the case of the bill rearranging machine 1 and that the reel setting unit 4 has been pushed into the case of the bill rearranging machine 1 after being pulled out. Based on the above, the control unit 101 may determine that step S51 is YES. Further, in addition to the fact that the sensor detects the pulling out and pushing of the reel setting unit 4 in the control unit 101, a new reel 45 is mounted on the mounting unit 41, and / or the leading end of the bandage 451 is It may be determined that step S51 is YES based on the biting in the feed roller. If the determination in step S51 is YES, the control process proceeds to step S52.

  In step S52, the control unit 101 drives the feed motor 422 as described above. At this time, the control unit 101 reduces the transport force of the wrapper 451 by the feed motor 422 to be lower than the transport force at the time of the banding operation in which the banding portion 37 performs the banding of the banknote. If the direction of the banding 451 set by the operator is reversed or the banding 451 is unnecessarily twisted, the feed motor 422 is driven to increase the resistance when transporting the banding 451. By setting the conveying force of the feed motor 422 at the time of loading operation to be lower than the conveying force at the time of banding operation, if the setting of the bandage 451 is incorrect, the bandage 451 can not be smoothly conveyed. As a result, even if a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the loading operation, the loading operation is not completed. The conveying force of the feed motor 422 may be lowered to the extent that the paper band 451 can be smoothly conveyed when the paper band 451 is set correctly. In such a case, if the setting of the wrapper 451 is correct, the loading operation is completed until a predetermined time elapses from the start of the loading operation.

  In step S53, the control unit 101 determines whether or not a predetermined time set in advance has elapsed (that is, whether time has expired) since the start of the loading operation of the wrapper 451. If the determination in step S53 is NO, the control process proceeds to step S54. In step S54, by driving the feed motor 422, the wrapper 451 is transported toward the wrapper 37. It is determined whether the front end of the wrapper 451 has reached a predetermined position. The predetermined position may be the standby position of the wrapper 451, as described above.

  If the determination in step S54 is NO, control is returned to step S52, and the drive of the feed motor 422 is continued. If the determination in step S54 is YES, it is possible to determine that the wrapper 451 is correctly set because the wrapper 451 is smoothly transported even if the transport force of the feed motor 422 is low. After the determination in step S54 is YES, the control process proceeds to step S55. In step S55, the control unit 101 stops the feed motor 422, and in the subsequent step S56, the control unit 101 places the bill rearranging machine 1 in a standby state.

  On the other hand, in step S53, when time-out occurs before the leading end of the wrapper 451 reaches the predetermined position (that is, when the determination in step S53 is YES), the control process proceeds to step S57. In step S <b> 57, the control unit 101 notifies, via the display unit 17, the loading abnormality of the wrapper 451. The display unit 17 displays, for example, a screen D2 illustrated in FIG. The screen D2 describes that loading of the wrapper 451 has failed and that re-loading of the wrapper 451 is urged. In addition to the display on the display unit 17, the control unit 101 may emit a warning sound in step S57.

  In accordance with the screen D 2 displayed on the display unit 17, the operator resets the paper band 451. When the reel setting unit 4 is pulled out from the bill rearranging device 1 and re-setting of the paper band 451 is started, the determination in step S58 is YES, and the control process returns to step S51.

  Here, during step S53 to step S57, the control unit 101 may drive the reel drive motor 412 to wind the bandage 451 that is erroneously set on the reel 45. By doing this, when the operator pulls out the reel setting unit 4, since the paper band 451 is taken up by the reel 45, the paper band 451 can be re-set smoothly.

  As described above, it is possible to determine whether the setting of the wrapper 451 is correct or incorrect by reducing the transport force of the wrapper transport unit 42 during the loading operation after mounting the reel 45 in the reel setting unit 4. it can. Since the screen D2 is displayed on the display unit 17 when the banding 451 is incorrectly set and the banding 451 is not loaded correctly, the operator can correctly set the banding 451 properly. Correctly setting the wrapper 451 prevents the wrapper 451 from being loaded in the wrong state. With the banding 451 loaded in the wrong state, it is possible to prevent the banknote from being banded. In addition, when the banknotes are banded, the conveyance of the bandage 451 may become unstable, or the adhesion of the bandages 451 may become poor due to the difference in the direction of the adhesive surface of the bandage 451. Can be prevented. Furthermore, it is possible to prevent the generation of an offensive odor caused by the adhesive surface of the wrapper 451 contacting the heater.

  In addition, when the reel 45 is mounted on the reel setting unit 4 and the banding paper 451 is being loaded, the reel 45 is attached to the mounting unit 41 in order to check whether the banding paper 451 is properly loaded. The operator who wears the paper and sets the paper 451 will set the paper 451 again. When the operator who mounts the reel 45 is different from the operator who performs the bundling operation of the bill, the operator who performs the bundling operation of the bill performs the bundling of the bill because the bundling paper 451 is properly loaded. It is difficult to identify the cause when conveyance of the wrapper 451 becomes unstable during the operation, adhesion between the wrappers 451 becomes poor, or an offensive odor is generated. By urging the operator who loads the reel 45 to the loading unit 41 and load the bandage 451 correctly to load the bandage 451 correctly, the banding operation can be performed smoothly.

  At the time of checking whether or not the wrapper 451 is set correctly at the time of loading operation, the wrapper 451 is incorrectly set by reducing the transport force of the wrapper transport unit 42 compared to the transport at the time of strapping operation. Can be properly determined. In other words, if the transport force of the wrapper transport unit 42 during the loading operation is the same as that during the strapping operation, the loading operation may be completed within a predetermined time even if the wrapper 451 is incorrectly set. By lowering the transport force of the wrapper transport unit 42 compared to that during the strapping operation, when the wrapper 451 is incorrectly set and the resistance during transport becomes high, the loading operation is not completed within a predetermined time, During the loading operation, it is possible to appropriately determine that the setting of the wrapper 451 is incorrect.

  Unlike the loading operation for reducing the transport force, at the time of the banding operation where the banding portion 37 performs the banding of banknotes, the transport power of the paper band transport portion 42 is relatively high. It can be transported towards 37.

(Modified example of control regarding loading operation of paper band)
FIG. 8 shows a flowchart according to a modification of the control relating to the loading operation of the wrapper 451. Step S81 after the start is the same as step S51 of the flow of FIG. That is, the control unit 101 causes the reel setting unit 4 to be pulled after the operator pulls out the reel setting unit 4 to mount a new reel 45 on the mounting unit 41 and causes the leading end of the paper 451 to be caught by the feed roller. It is determined whether or not it has been pushed into the case 100 of the banknote handling machine 1. If the determination in step S81 is YES, the control process proceeds to step S82.

  In step S82, the control unit 101 drives the feed motor 422 as described above. In step S 82, unlike step S 52, the control unit 101 does not reduce the conveying force of the bandage 451 by the feed motor 422. The control unit 101 may set the transport force of the wrapper 451 by the feed motor 422 to be the same as the transport force at the time of the strapping operation.

  In the subsequent step S83, the control unit 101 determines whether the load applied to the wrapper 451 exceeds a predetermined load. As described above, when the setting of the wrapper 451 is incorrect, the resistance when the feed motor 422 is driven to transport the wrapper 451 is increased, and the load applied to the wrapper 451 is increased. Here, the load applied to the wrapper 451 may be determined based on the value of the current supplied to the feed motor 422, for example, when the feed motor 422 is a DC motor or a brushless motor. If the load of the feed motor 422 exceeds the predetermined load and the value of the current supplied to the feed motor 422 exceeds the predetermined value, it can be determined that the load applied to the wrapper 451 exceeds the predetermined load. Also, for example, when the feed motor 422 is a stepping motor, the rotational speed of the feed motor 422 is detected by an encoder (mechanical clock), and if the rotational speed of the feed motor 422 becomes less than a predetermined value (Note that the rotation of the feed motor 422 is It may be determined that the load applied to the wrapper 451 has exceeded a predetermined load). If the determination in step S83 is NO, the control process proceeds to step S84, and if the determination in step S83 is YES, the control process proceeds to step S87.

  Step S84 is the same as step S54. It is determined by the feed motor 422 whether or not the leading end of the banding paper 451 conveyed toward the banding portion 37 has reached a predetermined position. If the determination in step S84 is NO, the control process returns to step S82 to continue driving the feed motor 422. If the determination in step S84 is YES, it is possible to determine that the wrapper 451 is correctly set since the wrapper 451 is smoothly transported without the load being exceeded. After the determination in step S84 is YES, the control process proceeds to step S85. In step S85, the control unit 101 stops the feed motor 422, and in the subsequent step S86, the control unit 101 places the bill rearranging machine 1 in a standby state.

  Step S87 is the same as step S57. The control unit 101 notifies the operator of the loading error of the wrapper 451 through the display unit 17 (see, for example, the screen D2 in FIG. 7). The operator re-sets the paper band 451 in accordance with the screen D2 displayed on the display unit 17. When the reel setting unit 4 is pulled out from the bill rearranging device 1 and re-setting of the paper band 451 is started, the determination in step S88 becomes YES, and the control process returns to step S81. Note that, as described above, the control unit 101 causes the bandage 451 incorrectly set to be wound around the reel 45 by driving the reel drive motor 412 between step S83 and step S88. May be

  Also in the control process shown in FIG. 8, it is possible to determine whether the setting of the wrapper 451 is correct or incorrect at the time of the loading operation after the reel 45 is mounted to the reel setting unit 4 as described above. Since the screen D2 is displayed on the display unit 17 when the banding 451 is incorrectly set and the banding 451 is not loaded correctly, the operator can correctly set the banding 451 properly. With the banding 451 loaded in the wrong state, it is possible to prevent the banknote from being banded. In addition, when carrying out the banding of the banknotes, it is possible to prevent the situation in which the conveyance of the banding paper 451 becomes unstable and the adhesion between the paper banding paper 451 becomes poor due to the different orientation of the adhesive surface. Can. Furthermore, it is possible to prevent the generation of an offensive odor caused by the adhesive surface of the wrapper 451 contacting the heater.

(Example of detection configuration of load applied to a wrapper)
As described above, the load applied to the wrapper 451 during the loading operation can be determined by a configuration other than the determination based on the operation of the feed motor 422 that transports the wrapper 451 as described above. . FIG. 9 schematically shows an example of the configuration for determining the magnitude of the load applied to the wrapper 451. In this configuration example, the magnitude of the load applied to the wrapper 451 is determined based on the displacement of a guide that guides the wrapper 451. Specifically, a displacement guide 46 for guiding the paper band 451 is disposed between the reel 45 of the paper band 451 and the feed roller 424. The displacement guide 46 is disposed so as to curve the paper band 451 on the side closer to the feed roller 424 than the place where the paper band 451 is twisted in a predetermined direction. The displacement guide 46 is also configured to be displaceable inward in a curve (that is, in a direction toward the diagonally upper left of the paper surface, which is indicated by a white arrow in FIG. 9), as indicated by an alternate long and short dash line. The displacement guide 46 receives a load from the band paper 451 inward of the curve by the resultant force of tension acting on the band paper 451. The displacement guide 46 is biased toward the outside of the curve by a biasing member 461 formed of, for example, a spring member.

  At the time of the loading operation, the feed motor 422 is driven to transport the bandage 451 toward the banding portion 37. At this time, the conveyance force of the feed motor 422 may be the same as the conveyance force at the time of the banding operation. When the setting of the wrapper 451 set in the reel setting unit 4 is incorrect, and the load applied to the wrapper 451 becomes a predetermined load or more, as shown by a black arrow in FIG. . When the displacement guide 46 receives a load received from the band paper 451 or more, the displacement guide 46 resists the biasing force of the biasing member 461 and, as shown by the white arrow in FIG. Displace. If the biasing force of the biasing member 461 is appropriately set and displacement of the displacement guide 46 is detected by a detection means such as a proximity sensor, it is determined that the load applied to the wrapper 451 has become a predetermined value or more. It becomes possible.

(Example configuration of a bill processing machine)
The technique disclosed here is not limited to applying to the banknote sorter 1 shown in FIG. 10 to 13 show a bill processing machine 5 as an example of a sheet processing apparatus to which the technology disclosed herein can be applied. FIG. 10 shows an example of the overall configuration of the money handling apparatus 10 including the bill handling machine 5. The money handling apparatus 10 is set, for example, as a teller of a financial institution such as a bank. The money handling apparatus 10 is not limited to being set as a cashier of a financial institution.

  Money processing device 10 is configured by combining a plurality of devices. Specifically, the money processing apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 10 includes a bill processing machine 5 for processing bills, a coin processing machine 91 for processing coins, a display unit 92 which is a human interface portion for the operator, and various slips. And a control unit 501 (shown only in FIG. 11) for controlling the money handling apparatus 10 as a whole.

  The display unit 92 includes, for example, a touch panel. The display unit 92 displays the processing status of bills and coins in the money handling apparatus 10 and information on the presence or absence of bills and coins stored in the money handling apparatus 10. Also, the operator can perform various operations via the display unit 92. The display part 92 is arrange | positioned by the upper part of the coin processing machine 91 in the structural example of FIG. The display unit 92 is an example of an output unit.

  The printer 93 prints the processing status of bills and coins in the money handling apparatus 10 and information on the presence or absence of bills and coins stored in the money handling apparatus 10 on a receipt or the like. In the configuration example of FIG. 10, the printer 93 is disposed above the coin processing machine 91.

  The bill processing machine 5 can execute deposit and withdrawal processing of a loose bill. In addition, the bill processing machine 5 can execute the preparation of a band-wrapped banknote and the process of dispensing the band-wrapped banknote.

  FIG. 10 shows a state in which the intermediate unit 511 (details will be described later) is pulled forward from the case 51 of the banknote handling machine 5 in the banknote handling machine 5. FIG. 11 is a block diagram schematically showing an internal configuration of the banknote handling machine 5. In FIG. 11, the left side is the front side of the bill processing machine 5, and the left-right direction is the depth direction of the bill processing machine 5. The structure of the banknote handling machine 5 will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 to 11. In the following description, for convenience of the description, the front left side of the drawing in FIG. 10 may be referred to as the front, and the rear right side of the drawing may be referred to as the rear.

  The bill processing machine 5 has a housing 51 of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and on the front face of the housing 51, the insertion portion 52 for depositing the loose bills, and the loose bill ejection for dispensing the loose bills. A section 53 and a banded banknote dispensing unit 54 for dispensing banded banknotes are provided. The front surface of the insertion portion 52 is open to the outside of the housing 51, and the operator can insert a bundle of loose bills into the insertion portion 52. On the other hand, shutters 531 and 541 are provided in the loose bill dispenser part 53 and the banded bill dispenser part 54, respectively. When the rose bill dispenser 53 and the banded bill dispenser 54 are opened by the shutters 531 and 541, the operator is accumulated in the rose bill and the banded bill dispenser 54 accumulated in the rose bill dispenser 53. It is possible to take out the banded banknotes. In addition, the rose banknote dispensing unit 53 functions as a dispensing unit in the withdrawal process of the rose banknote, and for discharging the rose banknote that could not be identified at the time of the deposit process and the rose banknote that was identified as not normal. It also functions as a deposit rejection unit.

  In addition, below the rose banknote dispensing unit 53, the withdrawal reject unit 55 in which the rose banknotes that are determined not to be dispensed from the rose banknote dispensing unit 53 in the rose banknote dispensing process is accumulated. It is provided. The front cover of the withdrawal and rejection unit 55 is normally closed, and the inside of the withdrawal and rejection unit 55 can not be accessed. The front cover is opened by the operation of the operator having the predetermined authority, and it becomes possible to collect the rejected banknotes inside the withdrawal / reject unit 55.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the feeding unit 52 is provided with a feeding unit 521 for feeding the inserted loose bills one by one. The loose banknotes fed from the input unit 52 by the feeding unit 521 are conveyed by the conveyance unit 56 in the housing 51. The identification unit 57 is provided in the conveyance unit 56, and the banknote conveyed by the conveyance unit 56 is identified by the identification unit 57 in the denomination, authenticity, front and back, fitness, old and new, conveyance condition, and the like. Further, the transport unit 56 is provided with a front and back reversing unit 58, and the loose banknotes identified by the identification unit 57 are reversed by the front and back reversing unit 58 so that the front and back are aligned.

  A deposit temporary storage unit 61, a mixed loose bill storage unit 62, and a plurality (three in FIG. 11) denomination loose bill storage units 63 are connected to the transport unit 56, respectively. Stages 611, 621, and 631, which are movable in the vertical direction, are provided in the deposit temporary storage unit 61, the mixed bulk banknote storage unit 62, and each denomination bulk banknote storage unit 63, respectively. , 631 are stacked in a stacked state. Here, the mixed rose banknote storage unit 62 stores, in a mixed state, loose banknotes, unfit banknotes, overflow banknotes, and the like of denominations not allocated to each denomination loose banknote storage unit 63. Further, each denomination loose bill storage unit 63 stores a loose bill of a specific denomination set in advance.

  A plurality (two in FIG. 11) of stacking units 64 are connected to the transport unit 56. The loose banknotes sent from the transport unit 56 are stacked in the stacking unit 64 in a stacked state. In addition, a bundling unit 80 is provided in front of the stacking unit 64 for producing a bundling banknote by winding a bundling paper around a bill bundle consisting of a predetermined number (for example, 100) of loose bills.

  An arm mechanism 66 is provided near the banding unit 80. The arm mechanism 66 is movable between the accumulation unit 64 and the banding unit 80. The arm mechanism 66 transports a bundle of loose banknotes or a banded banknote between the stacking unit 64 and the bundling unit 80.

  At the front side of the banding unit 80, a banded banknote feeding unit 67 is provided. The banded banknote transport unit 67 is provided with a stage 671 which is movable in the vertical direction in FIG. The banded banknote transport unit 67 transports the banded banknote to the banded banknote dispensing unit 54 or the banded banknote transport unit 68.

  When the stage 671 on which one or more banded banknotes are placed moves upward and reaches the same level as the lower end of the banded banknote dispensing unit 54 and the shutter 541 is opened in this state, the operator operates the bundled banknote dispensing unit 54 Can be accessed to take out the banded banknotes accumulated on the stage 671. Further, when the stage 671 is further raised, the banded banknotes accumulated on the stage 671 can be delivered to the banded banknote conveying unit 68, and the banded banknote conveyed by the banded banknote conveying unit 68 can be transferred onto the stage 671. It can be accumulated.

  A plurality of (four in FIG. 11) banded banknote storage units 70 are provided in an upper region in the inside of the housing 51. A stage 701 movable in the vertical direction is provided inside each of the band-wrapped banknote storage units 70. The banded banknotes created by the banding unit 80 are stacked in a stacked state on the stage 701 from the opening provided at the upper end of the banded banknote storage unit 70. When the banded banknotes are taken out from each of the banded banknote storing units 70, the stage 701 is raised, and the banded banknotes are taken out from the opening of each of the banded banknote storing units 70.

  Above each banded banknote storage unit 70, a banded banknote transport unit 68 for transporting the banded banknotes is provided. The banded banknote transport unit 68 has a circulation belt 682 provided with a plurality of projections 681 at equal intervals, and the circulation belt 682 circulates in both the clockwise direction and the counterclockwise direction in FIG. Is possible. The banded banknote conveyed by the banded banknote conveyance unit 68 moves in the left or right direction along the lower surface of the circulation belt 682 in a state of being hooked by the protrusion 681. In addition, a recognition unit 69 is provided between the upper end of the banded banknote transport unit 67 and the banded banknote storage unit 70. The identification unit 69 identifies, for example, the denomination of the conveyed banded banknote from the captured image of the lowest banknote. The identification unit 69 also identifies the state of the banknotes of the banded banknotes and the binding band, for example, the presence or absence of tears or dirt. Although the identification unit 69 is provided below the conveyance path in the configuration of FIG. 11, it may be provided above the conveyance path, or may be provided above and below the conveyance path, for example.

  The above-described insertion unit 52, loose bill dispensing unit 53, withdrawal reject unit 55, transport unit 56, identification unit 57, front and back reversing unit 58, two stacking units 64, band sealing unit 80, arm mechanism 66, and banded banknote lifting. A part of the sending unit 67 constitutes an intermediate unit 511. As shown in FIG. 10, the intermediate unit 511 is configured to be able to be pulled forward from the housing 51. For example, when a paper jam or the like occurs, the operator can access each part included in the middle unit 511 by pulling out the middle unit 511, and can take out a jammed paper note. The operator also pulls the intermediate unit 511 forward from the housing 51 when taking out the fractional banknotes from the stacking unit 64 (that is, the banknotes remaining in the stacking unit 64 when the bundling process is completed). Furthermore, although the details will be described later, the operator also pulls the intermediate unit 511 forward from the housing 51 when replacing the reel 86 of the wrapper.

(Configuration of banding unit)
As shown in FIG. 12, the bundling unit 80 carries a bundling portion 81 for wrapping and bundling bundling paper around the bundle of loose bills, a supply portion 82 for feeding the bundling paper to the bundling portion 81, and the bundling banknotes. And a second transport unit 83. The bundling portion 81, the supply portion 82, and the second transport portion 83 collectively constitute one unit. The bundling unit 80 is an example of a paper sheet bundling mechanism.

  The supply unit 82 includes a mounting unit 84 in which the reel 86 is set, and a band-conveying unit 85 that conveys the banding paper 861 drawn from the reel 86 to the banding unit 81.

  The mounting portion 84 is located at the top of the banding unit 80. The reel 86 is set in the mounting portion 84 such that the reel axis is in the vertical direction. When the intermediate unit 511 is pulled forward from the housing 51, the reel 86 is exposed upward at the top of the intermediate unit 511, as shown in FIG. Therefore, the operator can easily replace the reel 86.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the mounting unit 84 has a conversion unit 841 that converts the transport direction of the bandage 861 drawn horizontally from the reel 86 downward. The banding paper 861 whose conveyance direction has been converted downward in the conversion unit 841 is sent to the paper band conveyance unit 85. The banding paper 861 is twisted between the reel 86 and the banding portion 81.

  The mounting portion 84 also has a pressing guide 842 for pressing the banding paper 861 pulled out of the reel 86. The pressing guide 842 pivots about an axis extending in the vertical direction, as indicated by an arrow in FIG. When the reel 86 is set in the mounting portion 84, the pressing guide 842 is positioned at a position away from the reel 86 (that is, the set position), as indicated by an alternate long and short dash line in FIG. When the reel 86 is set in the mounting portion 84 and the pulled out banding paper is fed to the banding paper conveying portion 85 through the conversion portion 841, the pressing guide 842 is positioned at a position approaching the reel 86 (that is, the guide position). Although not shown, the pressing guide 842 is biased by a biasing member in a direction from the guide position to the setting position (that is, in the clockwise direction in FIG. 13).

  As shown in FIG. 12 and FIG. 13, the pressing guide 842 is provided with a locking piece 843 that protrudes upward. The locking piece 843 is configured to hit the locking portion 512 fixed to the housing 51 when the intermediate unit 511 is housed in the housing 51. When the locking piece 843 hits the locking portion 512, the pressing guide 842 is positioned at the guide position by rotating in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 13 against the biasing force of the biasing member. Thus, when the intermediate unit 511 is stored in the housing 51, the pressing guide 842 guides the band-wrapping paper 861 by being positioned at the guide position. On the other hand, when the intermediate unit 511 is pulled forward from the housing 51, the retaining piece 843 separates from the retaining portion 512, whereby the pressing guide 842 rotates clockwise in FIG. 13 by the biasing force of the biasing member. The pressing guide 842 is automatically positioned at the set position. When the reel 86 is mounted, the pressing guide 842 is located at the setting position, so that the operator can easily set the paper band 861. When the intermediate unit 511 that has been pulled out is pushed into the housing 51, the locking piece 843 strikes the locking portion 512, and the pressing guide 842 rotates, and the pressing guide 842 is again positioned at the guide position.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the band-paper transporting portion 85 extends from the front side of the upper end portion of the banding unit 80 to the rear side of the lower portion of the banding unit 80 through a horizontal portion extending in the front-rear direction. Although the detailed illustration is omitted, the bundling paper transport unit 85 is configured of a guide for guiding the bundling paper, a plurality of rollers for feeding the bundling paper, and a feed motor as a driving source. The bundling portion 81 is disposed on the rear side of the lower end portion of the bundling unit 80.

  Although the description of the detailed configuration of the band sealing portion 81 is omitted, the band sealing portion 81 can adopt various known configurations.

  The second transport unit 83 is provided on the front side of the band seal portion 81. The second transport unit 83 is configured to receive from the arm mechanism 66 the banded banknote B which has been banded by the banding portion 81, and to transport it forward and feed it to the banded banknote lifting portion 67. The second transport unit 83 is configured to move the bundling banknote B forward in a state where the bundling banknote B is sandwiched vertically.

  The bundling unit 80 is configured of one unit in which the mounting unit 84, the bundling paper transport unit 85, and the bundling unit 81 are combined. For this reason, there is no seam in the middle of the path of the bundling paper from the reel 86 to the bundling portion 81. As a result, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of an error such as a paper jam of a paper band.

  When mounting the reel 86 in the mounting portion 84, the operator pulls the intermediate unit 511 forward from the housing 51 of the banknote handling machine 5 as described above. The mounting unit 84 is exposed outside the housing 51 of the banknote handling machine 5. The operator mounts a new reel 86 in the mounting portion 84, and arranges the banding 861 pulled out from the reel 86 so as to extend from the pressing guide 842 to the converting portion 841, as shown by a thick arrow in FIG. . During this time, the bandage 861 is twisted. The leading end of the wrapper 861 is set in the conversion unit 841.

  When the leading end of the wrapper 861 is set in the conversion unit 841, the operator pushes the intermediate unit 511 into the housing 51 of the banknote handling machine 5. When the intermediate unit 511 is pushed in and positioned at a predetermined position, the control unit 501 of the money handling apparatus 10 drives the paper band transport unit 85. The bundling paper 861 is conveyed toward the bundling portion 81 (that is, the loading operation). If the sensor detects that the leading end of the wrapper 861 has reached a predetermined position, the control unit 101 stops the wrapper conveyance unit 85. Thus, the loading operation of the wrapper 861 is completed. The control executed by the control unit 501 at the time of the loading operation may be performed according to the flow of FIG. 5 or FIG.

  The technology disclosed herein is not limited to an apparatus for processing banknotes, and can be widely applied to an apparatus for processing paper sheets including valuable media such as checks and gift certificates.

  Also, the various configurations described above can be combined as appropriate.

1 Banknote sorter (paper handling equipment)
17 Display (Output)
18 Discrimination Units 31 to 35 First to Fifth Stacking Sections 37 Band Sealing Section 40 Paper Sheets Strapping Mechanism 41 Mounting Section 42 Band Sealing Paper Transporting Section 422 Feeding Motor (Electric Motor)
44 twisting guide 45 reel 451 band label 46 displacement guide 5 banknote handling machine (paper sheet handling device)
64 Stacking Unit 80 Band Sealing Unit (Paper Band Sealing Mechanism)
81 band seal portion 84 attachment portion 85 band seal conveyance portion 86 reel 861 band seal 92 display portion (output portion)

Claims (10)

A mounting unit to which a reel of banding paper is mounted;
A band sealing portion for bundling paper sheets with the banding paper pulled out from the reel;
A transport unit that transports the banding paper from the mounting unit to the banding unit at the time of a banding operation where the banding unit performs banding of the paper sheets;
An output unit for outputting information;
The transport unit is configured to be configured to seal the bandage when the reel is mounted on the mounting unit and the leading end of the wrapper extracted from the reel is set at a predetermined position in the transport unit. And performing a loading operation for feeding toward the unit, and reducing the transport force of the wrapper by the transport unit during the loading operation than during the loading operation.
The paper sheet bundling mechanism for outputting information on a loading abnormality when the loading operation is not completed even if a predetermined time has elapsed since the loading operation was started.   The output unit according to claim 1, wherein the output unit outputs information on a loading abnormality when the leading end of the banding paper does not reach a predetermined position even when a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the loading operation. Paper band sealing mechanism. A mounting unit to which a reel of banding paper is mounted;
A band sealing portion for bundling paper sheets with the banding paper pulled out from the reel;
A transport unit that transports the banding paper from the mounting unit to the banding unit at the time of a banding operation where the banding unit performs banding of the paper sheets;
An output unit for outputting information;
The transport unit is configured to be configured to seal the bandage when the reel is mounted on the mounting unit and the leading end of the wrapper extracted from the reel is set at a predetermined position in the transport unit. Perform loading operation to send to the
The sheet band sealing mechanism, wherein the output unit outputs information on a loading abnormality when the load applied to the wrapper during the loading operation becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined load higher than the load during the wrapping operation.   The sheet bundling mechanism according to claim 3, wherein the transport unit stops the transport of the paper band when the load applied to the paper band becomes equal to or more than the predetermined load during the loading operation.   The sheet bundling mechanism according to claim 3 or 4, wherein that the load applied to the wrapper becomes equal to or more than the predetermined load is determined based on an operation of an electric motor which is a drive source of the transport unit. The conveyance unit has a displacement guide that guides the bandage and performs displacement according to the size of a load applied to the bandage.
The sheet bundling mechanism according to claim 3 or 4, wherein it is determined based on the displacement of the displacement guide that the load applied to the wrapper has become equal to or more than the predetermined load.   The sheet bundling mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a twisting guide disposed between the reel and the transport unit and guiding the banding paper to twist.   The paper sheet bundling mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the output unit outputs information on a loading error and information on resolving the loading error.   The sheet bundling mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the output unit is a display unit that displays the information. The sheet bundling mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
An accumulation unit for accumulating the sheets to be supplied to the sheet bundling mechanism;
A sheet processing apparatus, comprising: an identification unit that identifies the sheets stacked in the stacking unit.

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