JP2512447Y2 - Stacking device for paper sheets - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention accumulates a predetermined number of paper sheets conveyed one by one in an accumulating section and transfers the paper sheets to a bundling section for bundling. The present invention relates to a paper sheet stacking and binding device.

(Prior Art) A conventional sheet stacking and binding device is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 62-1097
As seen in Japanese Patent No. 23, a predetermined number of sheets are aligned and stacked in a stacking position in a standing posture prior to binding, and the sheets are transferred to a binding unit and bound by tape. ing.

The stacking unit receives the paper sheets conveyed one by one between the blades of the impeller, and leaves the paper sheets held between the blades on the receiving member by the rotation of the impeller. It is handed over, and in this way, they are arranged and accumulated sequentially in a standing posture.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) However, in the stacking device configured to align and stack on the receiving member in the standing posture as described above, when the paper sheets are placed on the receiving member, the paper sheet may be projected upward by the reaction. There is. When it is sent to the bundling section in such a state and bound, not only the protruding section of the protruding paper sheet is easily broken or damaged due to the winding of the tape, but also the appearance is spoiled. There was a problem.

In view of this, the present invention can prevent a paper sheet from sticking out, prevent damage to the paper sheet at the time of bundling, and obtain a bound paper sheet with a uniform appearance. An object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet stacking and bundling device that makes it easy to take out paper.

(Means for Solving the Problem) An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the above-described conventional technology. In the present invention, the paper sheets conveyed one by one are conveyed to the stacking unit with the short side direction being the conveying direction. A predetermined number of sheets are stacked, and the paper sheets are transferred to a bundling unit for bundling, and the stacking unit has a bottom portion for aligning and supporting the paper sheets conveyed in the lateral direction in an upright posture. A stacking and bundling device having a receiving member that swings when the paper sheets are transferred to the bundling portion and whose bottom part retracts from the sheet stacking position to outside the stacking position; A pair of paper sheet aligning mechanisms provided on both sides in the longitudinal direction of the paper sheet. The pair of paper sheet aligning mechanisms contact the upper edge of the stacked paper sheets in the lateral direction and the short edge of the paper sheets. An aligning member that aligns the upper edge in the direction, and the aligning member on the edge of the paper sheet. And a swinging mechanism for swinging between an advancing position in contact with the sheet and a retracted position outside both side edges in the longitudinal direction of the sheet and above the upper edge in the lateral direction. .

(Operation) When the paper sheets are sequentially arranged on the receiving member in the standing posture,
The aligning member of the aligning mechanism swings from the outside of the paper sheet in the width direction toward the upper end of the paper sheet and comes into contact with the upper end of the paper sheet. Are aligned.
As a result, the edges of the paper sheets are not bent at the time of bundling with the tape, and the tied paper sheets are beautiful in appearance. After the stacking is completed, when the stacked paper sheets are transferred to the bundling section, the receiving member is retracted so that the paper sheets can be easily taken out downward.

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

In this embodiment, the case where the paper sheets to be handled are bills will be described. FIG. 1 shows the appearance of a binding machine incorporating the binding device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows an example of an internal arrangement. It is schematically shown. In FIG. 2, the left side is the front (front) of the binding machine 1, and the binding device 2 is incorporated in the machine frame 3,
This machine frame 3 is stored so as to be able to be pulled out from the front side of the binding machine 1, and the upper end and the front face of the binding machine 1 on the front side can be opened and closed by doors 4 and 5 which are schematically shown. 2 for maintenance and inspection.

On the front surface of the upper part of the binding machine 1, for returning the hopper 6 into which the banknotes P to be bound are loaded, and the banknotes (different denomination banknotes, counterfeit banknotes, damaged banknotes, etc.) unsuitable for bundling at a position immediately above them. The reject unit 7 is provided.

As schematically shown in FIG. 1, the bundling machine 1 has an identification unit 8 for identifying the banknotes P loaded in the hopper 6 which are repeated one by one by a repeating unit (not shown). A conveyance path 9 is provided, and a branch piece 10 is provided at a branch portion of the conveyance path 9 so that banknotes that can be bound are sent to the stacking section 11 and banknotes that cannot be bound are sent to the reject section 7.

As shown in the side view in FIG. 3, the bundling device 2 includes a stacking unit 11 for aligning and stacking a certain number of banknotes sent through the conveyance path 9 in a longitudinal direction and a short direction, and The holding and transferring means 12 for holding and moving the banknotes in the aligned and stacked state to the binding position A therebelow, and pressing and holding a position separated from the holding position of the banknote moved to the binding position A from both sides of the banknote. Clamping means 13
Supply means 14 for supplying a binding tape T; tape winding means 15 for winding the tape around a banknote; a cutter mechanism 16 for cutting the tensioned tape T after winding;
And a bonding iron mechanism 17 for thermally bonding the cut ends.

The accumulating portion 11 is a receiving member whose side surface is substantially L-shaped.
The receiving member 18 has an upper portion of a rising piece 19 attached to a shaft 21 at one end of a swing lever 20, and a cam follower 22 at the other end of the swing lever 20 is in contact with a cam 23. Thus, the swing of the swing lever 20 is given by the rotation of the cam 23.
A plurality of cuts 25, 25 are formed at the outer edge of the bottom 24 of the receiving member 18.
... (sixth illustration) are formed, and these cuts 25, 2
The outer peripheral portions of a plurality of impellers 26, 26 provided at the end of the transport path 9 are inserted into 5 ..., and the bills sent out from the end of the transport path 9 are inserted into the impellers 26, 26 ... The bills are received one by one between the blades, and the blades 26, 26,. Also the bottom 24
On the top, a pressing plate 27 is provided which receives the back of the bills fed through the impellers 26, 26,... Onto the bottom 24, and gradually retreats according to the amount of bills accumulated. The plate 27 is supported by a link mechanism (not shown), and urges the accumulated bills in the direction of the impellers 26, 26 with a constant force by a spring force. The impellers 26, 26,... Used for this are well-known, and a large number of blades 30, 30 made of a thin material having elasticity are curved on the peripheral surface of a boss portion 29 fixed to the shaft 28. Are planted with a small gap between them, and each banknote is received one by one between the blades and carried to the stacking unit 11 side. Reference numeral 18A denotes a guide plate for moving the banknote P to the binding position A, which is formed in a comb-like shape so as not to obstruct the insertion of a pinching claw of the pinching and transferring means 12 described later.

At one end of the stacking portion 11, a fixed wall 31 is provided as a reference for aligning one longitudinal end of the banknotes aligned and stacked on the bottom portion 24 of the receiving member 18, and at the other end thereof A longitudinal alignment mechanism 32 is provided for aligning the stacked banknotes by pressing the ends toward the fixed wall 31 side.

As shown in a perspective view in FIG. 5, the longitudinal alignment mechanism 32 includes a forward / reverse drive motor fixed on a machine frame 33.
Pulley 35 on the shaft of 34 and pulley 36 supported by machine frame 33
The belt 39 is wound around the intermediate pulleys 37 and 38 so that the pulley 36 can be rotated forward and backward within a predetermined angle range.The arm 40 is fixed to the pulley 36 in the horizontal direction. A round bar-shaped alignment bar 42 is vertically provided at the tip of the arm 40 via a bracket 41. Therefore, by the pivotal movement of the arm 40 from the solid line position in FIG. 5 to the chain line position, the aligning rod 42 hits one end of the bill P on the receiving member 18 in the longitudinal direction and pushes the bill P toward the fixed wall 31 side. The longitudinal directions are aligned with each other as a reference. Note that bills of different lengths can be handled by selecting the rotation angle of the motor 34 and changing the turning angle of the aligning rod 42.
In the aligning operation by the aligning bar 42, the bills fed onto the receiving member 18 are intermittently driven once every 10 to 20 bills.

On both sides of the stacking unit 11, short-side alignment mechanisms 43, 43 for aligning the upper ends of the banknotes P aligned and stacked on the receiving member 18 are provided.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the short direction aligning mechanisms 43, 43.
As shown in the plan view in FIG. 7, they are provided symmetrically, and for convenience, only one side (left side) will be described, and the other side will be given the same reference numeral.

This short-side direction alignment mechanism 43 is configured by a solenoid 44 fixed to the outer surface of the machine casing 3 and an aligning member whose base end is pivotally supported by a shaft 45 on the machine casing 3 so as to be able to fall down toward the stacking portion 11. 46
A lever 47 having a substantially dogleg shape, one end of which is connected to the back side near the base end of the aligning member 46, one end of which is pivotally supported by the machine frame 3 and the other end of which is connected to the other end of the lever 47. The plunger 44a of the solenoid 44 is connected by a pin 50 near the pivot 49 of the lever 48, and when the plunger 44a is pulled, the aligning member as shown by the chain line on the left side of FIG. Alignment portion 46a, which is laid down from the upper side portion of receiving member 18 downward, is bent at a right angle to the tip of alignment member 46.
Are arranged so that the upper ends of the banknotes P that are aligned and stacked in the stacking unit 11 are hit and aligned.

Therefore, the swing mechanism referred to in the present invention is based on the above solenoid.
It is composed of a shaft 44, a shaft 45, and levers 47 and 48, and a swinging mechanism is provided for each of the left and right aligning members. This alignment mechanism
Similarly, 43 and 43 are also driven intermittently.

The nipping and transporting means 12 is located at a position where the nipping claws 52 and 53 are located on the left and right sides of the binding position A, and can pinch a position near one end with respect to the center in the longitudinal direction of the banknote P.

As shown in a plan view in FIG. 8 and a side view in FIG. 9, these pincers 52, 53 have respective two arms 54, 55 and 56, 57 parallel to the base of each pincer 52, 53. One end is pivotally connected, and the other end of each of the arms 54, 55, 56, 57 is connected directly or indirectly to the machine frame 1 to form a parallel link mechanism.
52 and 53 are movable in the direction of contact and separation while maintaining a parallel state with each other. In the drawing, a cam follower 58 is pivotally mounted on the base bent portion of one arm 54 of the one-side (left) pinching claw 52, and a cam surface of a cam 59 which is supported by the machine frame 3 by a spring force (not shown). The base end of one arm 56 of the pinching claw 53 on the other side (right side) is connected to an auxiliary lever 61 pivotally supported by the shaft 60 on the machine frame 3. A cam follower 62 is axially mounted on the cam 63 and is brought into contact with a cam surface of a cam 63 coaxial with the cam 59 by urging of a spring 64. Therefore, after the pincer 53 hits the bill P,
By the operation of 64, it is possible to adapt to the difference in the total thickness of the banknotes P.

One of the sandwiching surfaces of the sandwiching claws 52, 53 has a convex curved surface 52a protruding in an arc shape, and the other has an arc-shaped concave curved surface 53a corresponding to the convex curved surface 52a. , 53, the bill is curved along the longitudinal direction when the bill P is sandwiched, so that the bill P is not dripped even when held on one side.

A lifting mechanism 66 for a machine base 65 that supports these sandwiching claws 52, 53.
The machine base 65 is supported by a shaft 67 having a non-circular cross section whose upper and lower ends are supported by the machine frame 3 as shown in FIG. A belt 73 is wound around a pulley 71 that is rotated through a worm wheel 70 and a pulley 72 that is axially supported below the machine frame 3, and the belt 73 and the machine base 65 are connected by a connecting member 74. The machine base 65 is moved up and down by the rotation of the belt 73.

The pulley 75 rotated by the motor 68 and the shaft 67
A belt 77 is wound around the upper pulley 76 and the other pulley 78 on the shaft 67 and the pulley 80 on the shaft 79 of the cams 59, 63.
The belts 81 are wound around them, and rotation is given to the cams 59 and 63 through the belts 81. The cam shapes of the cams 59 and 63 cause the pinching claws 52 and 53 to approach each other and return to the position shown in FIG. Moved to

Further Below the 67, the rotational position of the shaft 67 and the detection plate 67a for detecting the detection sensor S ₆ is provided, thereby pinching to sense the open position and pinching position of the pawl 52 and 53 It has become.

Sensors S ₁ , S ₂ , which detect the position of the machine
S ₃ is provided. Sensor S ₁ is the standby position (third position shown), the sensor S ₂ is located for holding the banknotes P of the integrated unit 11, the sensor S ₃ is for detecting a position to stop moves to the bundling position A, respectively is there.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the clamp means 13 has left and right clamp members 82 and 83 which are substantially U-shaped as viewed from a plane and are arranged opposite to each other.
2, 83 are positioned to the left and right with the bundling position A in between, and are arranged so as to grip a position near the end opposite to the sandwiching position of the banknote P sandwiched by the sandwiching claws 52, 53.

One (left side in the figure) clamp member 82 is supported so as to be able to advance and retreat toward the binding position A by using guide shafts 84 and 85 provided on the machine frame 3, and the base end is pivoted below the machine frame 3. The upper end of the supported lever 86 is freely connected by a pin 87 and a long hole 88, and a cam follower mounted on the lever 86 in the middle of the lever 86.
89 is in contact with the cam surface of the cam 90 under spring bias, and the rotation of the cam 90 causes the clamp member 82 to move the guide shafts 84, 8
It is said that it can move forward and backward along 5.

In this embodiment, a stamp 91 is built in the clamp member 82, and the stamp 91 is movable back and forth along the guide shafts 92 and 93 of the machine frame 3, and is a lever pivotally supported coaxially with the lever 86. The upper end of 94 is loosely connected by a pin and an elongated hole. A cam follower 95 axially attached in the middle of the lever 94 is in contact with the cam surface of another cam 96 coaxial with the cam 90 by being biased by a spring. Due to the shape of the cam 96, the stamp 91 moves forward at a predetermined time to be described later, and the stamping operation is performed.

The clamp member 83 on the other side (the right side in the figure) is provided with a spring 9 in the direction of the binding position A along guide shafts 97 and 98 provided on the machine frame 3.
The upper end of the lever 101, which is supported so as to be able to move forward and backward so as to be escaped by 9,100, and whose base end is pivotally supported below the machine frame 3, is pin 1
A cam follower 104 pivotally connected in the middle of the lever 101 is abutted against the cam surface of the cam 105 by spring bias. The shape of the cam 105 allows the clamp member 83 to advance a little ahead of the clamp member 82.

At the upper position inside the U-shape of the clamp member 83, as shown in FIG.
Guide having a U-shape as viewed from the flattened plane
107 is fixed, and the inner width thereof is slightly wider than the width of the tape T. The bill contacting edges 83a, 83a of the clamp member 83 have a certain width in the vertical direction as shown in FIG. 11, and the portions a, a facing the contacting edges 82a, 82a of the clamp member 82. Other parts facing both sides of trowel 108 described later
b, b. Therefore, these portions a and b can be formed by bending the edge of the clamp member 83 at a right angle. However, in this case, another member 109 may be fixed to the inside of the clamp member 82 as shown in FIG. 12 to form portions b, b facing the iron as the contact edges 83a, 83a. .

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the tape supply means 14 includes a tape reel (not shown) or intermediate reels 110, 110.
... has a flat tape passage 111 for guiding the tape T guided through the group, and the tip of this passage 111 is opened toward the binding position A, and serves as a tape supply rotating body at the rear end of this passage 111. One of the upper and lower rollers 112, 113 (which may be a belt) is rotatably driven by a pulse motor 114 capable of forward / reverse driving, so that the tape T can be fed in a necessary amount and can be rotated in reverse when necessary to give tension to the tape T. It has become. Near the leading end of the tape passage 111, a sensor S ₄ (photo) for detecting the leading end position of the tape T is provided.
Is provided.

As shown in FIG. 13, the tape wrapping means 15 includes a fixed nip member 115 and a movable nip member 116 which sandwich the feeding end of the tape T.
At the binding position A, the sandwiching members 115 and 116 are turned and formed to move in a circular orbit indicated by reference symbol B in FIG.

The fixed holding member 115 is fixedly provided at the tip of a turning arm 119 rotatably supported by a movable frame 117 by a shaft 118. The movable holding member 116 has
19 has a structure supported by a shaft 120 and opened and closed like a scissors with respect to a fixed sandwiching member 115. A spring 121 stretched between a base end of the fixed sandwiching member 115 and a swivel arm 119 both sandwiching members 115,
The tip of 116 is urged to close. A cam follower 122 is pivotally mounted on the end of the bent portion of the base of the movable holding member 116. The cam follower 122 is disposed so as to be able to abut on a cam portion 124 of a cam member 123 provided on the machine frame 3 side. Is mounted on the cam member 124 (the state shown in FIG. 13), the tip of the movable holding member 116 is separated from the tip of the fixed holding member 115.

The cam member 123 is rotatably supported on the machine frame 3 side by a shaft 125 in a horizontal plane.
26 is connected via a plunger 127 or a connecting lever 128, and when the plunger 127 is pulled, the cam member 124 has an arc-shaped long hole 129 and a roller 130 on the machine frame 3 side that fits into the long hole 129. It is adapted to be rotated about the shaft 125 in the counterclockwise direction (arrow direction) in FIG.

On the other hand, the movable frame 117 supporting the sandwiching members 115 and 116
Is supported by guide shafts 131, 131 fixed to the machine frame 3 so as to be able to advance and retreat, and a gear 132 is axially mounted on the movable frame 117 with its moving direction as the axial direction.

The mechanism for moving the movable frame 117 is configured such that one end of a lever 136 is pivotally mounted at a position eccentric to the shaft 134 of a member 135 fixed to a shaft 134 of a motor 133 mounted on the machine frame 3. The other end is connected to one end of a swing arm 138 pivotally supported by a shaft 137 to the movable frame 117, and the other long hole 139 of the swing arm 138 is fitted to the pin 140 of the movable frame 117, The driving of the motor 133 causes the movable frame 117 to advance and retreat by a predetermined stroke via the lever 136 and the swing arm 138.

The gear 132 meshes with a gear 141 having a long tooth supported on the machine frame 3 side.
Is maintained in a meshing state. The rotation of the gear 141 on the machine frame 3 side is transmitted from the motor 142 via the timing belt 143. Note that S ₅ is a rotation detection sensor, 14
Reference numeral 4 denotes a detection plate having the detection unit 145.

As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the cutter mechanism 16 has a cutter arm 147 having a blade 146 at the tip in a direction substantially perpendicular to the tip thereof and pivots downward by a solenoid 148 to cut the tape T. The plunger 149 of the solenoid 148 is used. A lever mechanism is provided between the plunger 149 and the cutter arm 147 in order to increase the swing gate of the blade 146 with respect to the stroke of. In this lever mechanism, one end of an L-shaped lever 151 whose bending portion is pivotally supported on the machine frame 3 by a shaft 150 is connected to one end of a short lever 152, and the other end of the lever 152 is pivotally connected to a cutter arm 147. When the plunger 149 is pulled, the L-shaped lever 151 rotates clockwise about the shaft 150 in the figure, and pulls up the short lever 152 to move the cutter arm 147 to the shaft 153. , And is largely turned clockwise in the figure.

In the adhesive iron mechanism 17, a lever 156 is attached to the lower end of an arm 155 whose one end is pivotally supported by the machine frame 3 by a shaft 154 as shown in FIG. The lever 156 has a trowel 158 attached thereto. The cam followers 159 and 160, which are axially mounted in the middle of the arm 155, are successively brought into contact with the cam surface of the cam 161 under the urging of the spring, and the rotation of the cam 161 causes the iron 158 to pivot toward the binding position A. In the drawing of the clamping means 13, it enters into the left clamping member 82 from below.

A shaft 154 of the arm 155 is provided with another support lever 162 as a tape pressing means, and a receiving portion 163 at the tip of the lever 162 contacts the lower end of the tape T wound on the banknote at the binding position A, and The structure is such that T is pressed so as not to come loose.

 Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, bills P to be bound are placed on the hopper 6 of the binding machine 1, and when a start button is pressed, the bills are fed into the machine one by one by a not-shown feeding means. The bills carried in are discriminated by the discriminating unit 8 as to whether or not the bills are suitable for bundling.
In the case of non-conforming banknotes such as different denominations, false banknotes, and two-ply banknotes, the branch pieces 10 are switched by a signal from the identification unit 8 and returned to the reject unit 7. The bills fed to the stacking unit 11 enter the receiving member 18 one by one between the blades 30 and 30 of the impeller 26, are sent to the receiving member 18, are left on the bottom 24 thereof, and sequentially stand on the bottom 24 in the standing posture. It is aligned and collected. Meanwhile, the intermittent drive of the longitudinal alignment mechanism 32 causes the aligning rod 42 to pivot and hit one end in the longitudinal direction of the bill P, push the other end of the bill P toward the fixed wall 31 side, and accumulate while accumulating in the longitudinal direction.
At the same time, the short-side direction aligning mechanisms 43, 43 operate intermittently, and the aligning members 46, 46 pivot and push the upper ends of the banknotes P by the aligning portions 46a, 46a, thereby performing the short-side aligning. .

As shown in FIG. 16A, a predetermined number of sheets (usually 100
When the banknotes P are stacked in an aligned state,
The machine base 65 rises via the belt 73 by the drive of the 12 motors 68,
When the left and right pinching claws 52 and 53 are opened, they rise and advance to a position near one end in the longitudinal direction of the stacked banknotes P in the stacking section 11 and
Claws 52, 53 pinched by the rotation of cams 59, 63 which rotate by the rotation of 68
Approach and pinch the banknote P between the pinching claws (FIG. 16 (B)).

After the bills are clamped, the swing lever 20 swings clockwise about the shaft 21 by rotation of the cam 23, and the receiving member 18
The motor 142 of the tape winding means 15 is activated at the same time when the tape winding means 15 is retracted, and the swivel arm 119 begins to swivel through the gears 141 and 132. As a result, the cam follower 112 of the movable pinching member 116 falls from the cam portion 124, and the movable pinching member 116 moves. Spring 1
It is closed by the urging force of 21, and the tape T protruding from the tip of the tape passage 111 is held between the ends of the fixed holding member 115 and the movable holding member 116. Thereafter, the revolving arm 119 further revolves, and temporarily stops at the position shown in FIG. As a result, the pulled out tape T
Is slackened so as to cross the position where the banknote P descends (bundling position A). Then, the machine 65 of the holding and transferring means 12
Starts lowering again, and moves the banknote P to the binding position A (FIG. 16 (D)). The pressing plate 27 of the stacking unit 11 moves forward because the bills P have run out, and returns to a position in contact with the peripheral surface of the impeller 26.

Next, the one clamp member 83 having the tape guide 107 of the clamp means 13 advances in advance (FIG. 16 (E)), and the tape T on the clamping end side pulled out by the tape winding means 15 is moved to the tape guide 107. Guide pieces 106,106
The tape T is guided in between, and the position of the tape T is regulated.

Thereafter, the sandwiching members 115 and 116 are further rotated, and the tape T is wound around the banknote P once. At this time, when the tape T passes through the leading end of the tape passage 111 of the tape supply means 14, that is, passes through the fixed position in FIG. 16 (A). When the cam follower 122 of the movable pinching member 116 rides on the cam portion 124, the tape T is released from being pinched, so the solenoid is used at the second passage.
126 operates to pull the cam member 123 to escape the cam portion 124, and the cam follower 122 of the movable pinching member 116 does not interfere with the cam portion 124, and therefore passes while the tape T is pinched. Then, when the holding members 115 and 116 rotate one or more turns to reach a position where a part of the tape T overlaps (FIG. 16 (F)), the tape winding means 15 stops.
Thereafter, the right and left clamp members 83 and 84 advance together toward the binding position A by the action of the cams 90 and 105, and clamp the other end of the bill P pinched by the pinching claws 53 and 54 of the pinching transfer means 12. As a result, the tape T is stored inside the clamp members 83, 84 (FIG. 13 (F)). Then, the motor 114 of the tape supply means 14 is rotated in the reverse direction for a predetermined time to apply tension to the tape T. At this time, when the tension of the tape T reaches a certain amount due to the friction between the tape surface and the roller 113, the roller 113 slips thereafter and the tape T binds the banknote P with a constant tightening force. After that, the motor 114 is rotated in the normal direction by a predetermined pulse, and the tape T is fed by a fixed amount, whereby the tightening force is slightly weakened by the tape T.

Then, the cam 161 of the trowel mechanism 17 rotates and the arm 155 is rotated.
The tape T around which the receiving portion 163 of the lower support lever 162 is wound around the bill P is rotated clockwise around the 154.
The lever 158 enters into the clamp member 82 and comes into contact with the overlapping portion of the tape T previously wound (FIG. 16 (G)), and the tape T is heat-bonded. enter.

After that, the motor 114 of the tape supplying means 14 rotates forward by a predetermined pulse to loosen the tape T, the cutter mechanism 16 operates, and the cutter 146 comes into contact with the tape T (Fig. 13 (H)).
A disconnection is made. After cutting, the trowel 158 advances further, and the cut end of the tape T is bonded (FIG. 16 (I)).

After the tape is cut, the motor 133 of the tape winding means 15 is driven, and the movable frame 117 moves backward (to the left in FIG. 13) via the lever 136 and the swing arm 138, whereby the gear 132 meshes with the gear 141. Then, the user slides and pulls the shaft 118, pulls out the pinching members 115 and 116, and pulls out the bill T from under the tape T wound around the bill P. Then the stamp 91 moves forward and the tape T
A predetermined seal is made on the surface of the.

When the tape T is completely attached, the iron 158 returns (16th
((J)), simultaneously, the pinching claws 52, 53 of the holding and transferring means 12 separate to release the holding of the bill P, and then the clamp members 82, 83 of the clamping means 13 separate to move the bound bill P downward. After discharging, all the parts return to the state shown in FIG. 16 (K) to FIG. 16 (A), and the bound banknotes P are appropriately collected in the receiving box.

Although the illustrated embodiment has been described for the case of banknote binding, it is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to the binding of other paper sheets, and the configuration of each part is not limited to the illustrated embodiment. It is optional to appropriately change the design. The timing of the thermal bonding of the tape T may be either one in which the thermal bonding is started after the tape is cut, or one in which the thermal bonding is started before the tape is cut, and the tape T is continuously heated and the cut end of the tape T is heated. It may be. Further, the holding and releasing timing of the paper sheets at the bundling position A by the sandwiching claws 52, 53 may be earlier or later than the clamp releasing timing of the paper sheets by the clamp members 82, 83.

[Advantages of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, when the sheets are fed one by one to the stacking unit and aligned and stacked in the standing posture, they bounce on the receiving member to disturb the aligned state. Even if it occurs, the aligning member of the aligning mechanism presses the upper edges of the paper sheets to align them, so when the stacking is completed, all the paper sheets can be stacked in the same height, and when the tape is wrapped during binding. It is possible to improve the appearance after completion of binding without damaging the edges of the paper sheets. Further, when the sheet is moved to the bundling portion after the alignment and stacking, the receiving member is retracted so that it can be easily transported downward, and the mechanism for transporting the aligned and stacked paper sheets to the bundling portion is also simplified.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing an example of a binding machine incorporating the binding device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view showing the internal layout of the binding device, and FIG. 3 is an embodiment of the binding device according to the present invention. 4 is a perspective view of the same, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a longitudinal direction aligning mechanism of paper sheets, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the short side direction aligning mechanism, and FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram of the short-side direction aligning mechanism of the paper sheets as viewed from the back side of the pressing plate that presses the sheets, and FIG.
VIII-VIII view, FIG. 9 is a side view of the pinching and transferring means,
FIG. 10 is a perspective view of one clamp member and the ironing mechanism portion of the clamp means, FIG. 11 is a horizontal sectional view showing the clamp member of the clamp means, FIG. 12 is a horizontal sectional view showing the same modification, and FIG. Is a perspective view of the tape winding means, FIG. 14 is a side view of the cutter mechanism, FIG. 15 is a front view thereof, and FIG.
(K) is an explanatory view showing an operation. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Bundling machine, 2 ... Bundling device, 6 ... Hopper, 7 ... Reject part, 8 ... Identification part, 9 ... Conveying path, 11 ... Collecting part, 12 ... Nipping and transferring means, 13 ... Clamping means, 14 ... Tape supply means , 15
... Tape wrapping means, 16 ... Cutter mechanism, 17 ... Adhesive ironing mechanism, 18 ... Receiving member, 26 ... Impeller, 27 ... Pressing plate, 32 ... Longitudinal alignment mechanism, 42 ... Alignment rod, 43 ... Short direction Alignment mechanism, 46…
Alignment members, 52, 53 ... pinching claws, 82, 83 ... clamping members, 91 ...
Stamp, 115: fixed clamping member, 116: movable clamping member, 14
6 ... blade, 158 ... trowel.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Creator Miyagawa Makoto 1-3-1, Shimodeno, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture, inside Glory Industry Co., Ltd. (56) Reference JP 62-109722 (JP, A) Flat 2-87707 (JP, U) Actually open Sho 61-105603 (JP, U)

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A paper sheet, which is conveyed one by one with the short side direction being the conveying direction, is sent to a stacking section to stack a predetermined number of sheets,
The paper sheets are transferred to a bundling unit and bound,
The stacking unit has a bottom for aligning and supporting the sheets conveyed in the lateral direction in an upright posture, and swings when the sheets are transferred to the bundling unit so that the bottom is at the sheet stacking position. In a stacking and binding device having a receiving member that retracts from the stacking position to the stacking position, a pair of paper sheet aligning mechanisms provided on both sides in the longitudinal direction of the paper sheets aligned on the receiving member are provided. The aligning mechanism contacts the upper end edge of the stacked paper sheets in the short direction and aligns the upper end edge of the paper sheets in the short direction, and the aligning member contacts the upper end edge of the paper sheets. A paper swinging mechanism for swinging between an advancing position and a retracted position outside both longitudinal end edges of the paper sheet and above the short-side upper edge thereof. A type of binding device.