JP2601191Y2 - Bundle shape corrector in banknote handling machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a banknote handling machine which transports a banknote bundle bound in a curved form by a banknote binding device with the direction of the curved form as a transport width direction and stores or discharges the banknote bundle. The present invention relates to a device for correcting a bundle form.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 1-144304, a banknote binding apparatus in which a predetermined number of banknotes are stacked and bound by a band seal (tape) to form a banknote bundle is known. A banknote group is pinched by a pair of arcuate holders that fit each other, a tape is wrapped together with the holder in a state where the banknotes are pinched, the tape is cut after winding, and the cut end is thermally bonded.

[0003] Wrapping the tape together with the holder as described above is because it is desired to wind the tape in a state where the banknote group is strongly pressed. The winding length of the tape and the winding length of the tape when the banknotes are flattened after removal from the holder after binding are made equal so that the tape does not become loose after the holder is removed. That's why.

[0004]

[0009] However, the banknote bundle whose binding has been completed after the holder has been removed has the shape of the holder when it is held by the holder, and is bound with tape. In addition, the short direction of the banknote bundle is curved. For this reason, there has been a problem that the tape is not tight, and the bills easily fall off.
When the banknote bundle is stored in the curved shape as described above, the banknote bundle is not stored in an aligned state. Further, when automatically ejecting the banknote bundle thus stored, there is a problem that an ejection error is likely to occur due to the curved shape.

In view of the foregoing, the present invention corrects the banknote bundle bound and curved in the binding device into a flat shape before storing or discharging the banknote bundle, thereby preventing the occurrence of storage failure or mistake in discharging. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a bundle form correcting device in a banknote bundle processing machine.

[0006]

As a means for solving the problems of the prior art, the present invention conveys a bill bundle bound in a curved state by a bill binding device with a curved width direction as a carrying width direction. In the banknote bundle processing machine for storing or discharging a banknote bundle, press transporting means for pressing while transporting the banknote bundle in a transport path from the binding device to storing or discharging is provided, and the press transport is performed. The means is a flat belt disposed substantially parallel to the direction of transport of the banknote bundle, and the interval facing the flat belt is widened on the entrance side and is inclined and disposed so as to be narrow on the exit side. And a pressing belt rotated at a high speed.

[0007]

The bill bundle bound by the bundling device is passed through the press transporting means, so that the bill bundle curving in the short direction is pressed so as to be squeezed, and the bill bundle exiting the press transporting means is flattened. The shape is corrected and sent to the storage or ejection section.

[0008]

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

As shown in FIG. 1, the press conveying means 1 of the bundle shape correcting apparatus according to the present invention comprises a flat belt 2 and a pressing belt 3.
It is composed of

The flat belt 2 is wound between pulleys 5 and 6 which are axially mounted on the machine frame 4 at intervals in the transport direction of the banknote bundle P. The transport surface 2a on the upper surface thereof is in the transport direction of the banknote bundle P. The width of the flat belt 2 is set to be equal to or slightly larger than the length of the banknote bundle P in the short direction.

At the intermediate position between the pulleys 5 and 6, a reaction force receiving roller 7 is axially movably mounted in a direction substantially perpendicular to the conveying surface 2a of the flat belt 2. That is, the bearing portion 8 of the roller 7 is inserted into a slot 9 formed in the machine frame 4 to be long in the above-mentioned direction so as to be able to move up and down, and is always attached to the lower surface direction of the conveying surface 2a of the flat belt 2 by a spring piece 10. It is being rushed.

The pressing belt 3 is provided on the conveying surface 2 of the flat belt 2.
a one end of which is located at a position corresponding to the middle between the reaction force receiving roller 7 and the pulley 6 on the front end side of the flat belt 2. , 12 and the other end is wound around pulleys 13, 13 located at a position separated from the conveying surface 2 a of the flat belt 2, and the distance between the flat belt 2 and the pressing belt 3 is closer to the inlet side a when viewed from the side. It is disposed so as to be wide and narrow on the exit side b. The pulleys 12 and 12 are rollers 1
Rollers 1 and 11 with sliding bearings (not shown)
1 and 11 are separated and are free to rotate.

A pulley 15 on a shaft 14 of the rollers 11, 11,..., A pulley 17 on a shaft 16 of the pulley 6,
A belt 2 that rotates endlessly via a pulley 19 on a shaft 18 of the pulleys 13 and 13 and a pulley 21 driven by a motor 20 and via driven pulleys 22 and 23.
4, and each pulley is provided with rotation in the direction indicated by the arrow in FIG.

The outer surface of the pressing belt 3 is formed with minute uneven stripes 3a to increase friction with bills, and the pressing belt 3 has a higher speed than the flat belt 2 (a peripheral speed ratio of 1.4: 1). , And the peripheral speed of the roller 11 is substantially equal to the peripheral speed of the flat belt 2.

FIG. 3 shows an example of use of the bundle form correcting device according to the present invention. A predetermined number of bills P 'to be inserted in a loose state are aligned and collected in a half part of a body 28, and the bills are then taped. A machine having a banknote bundle processing device 27 that receives a bundle of banknotes P bound by the above-mentioned bundling device 25 in the other half, stores the bundle of bundles P in storage cassettes 26, 26,... In, a bundle form correcting device is provided on a transport path for feeding the banknote bundle P from the binding device 25 to the processing device 27.

Since the configuration of the binding device 25 shown in FIG. 3 has already been shown in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 1-144304, only the outline thereof will be briefly described. After stacking and setting, the banknote P 'is
Banknote insertion unit 30 having a feeding unit 29 for feeding one by one
And a banknote stacking unit 31 that conveys banknotes P ′ fed from the insertion unit 30 and counts and aligns the banknotes required for bundling.
And a group of bills conveyed by the holding means 32 in a predetermined number of sheets accumulated in the accumulation section 31 at a time.
And a binding unit 33 that binds with the binding unit 3.
Following the discharge path 34 of the bundled banknote bundle P discharged from the discharge belt 3, a discharge belt 35 is disposed so as to be swingable with respect to the collection box 36 around the outlet end side thereof. 35
Is made to face an opening 37 to the bill bundle processing device 27. Reference numeral 38 denotes a shutter for opening and closing the opening 37.

A plurality of storage cassettes 26 of the denomination type are arranged in the vertical direction on the banknote bundle processing device 27 side as described above, and the elevator 39 moves up and down along the front end of the storage cassette 26. Receives the banknote bundle P in the elevator 39 when is located in the opening 37, and
A mechanism for storing the banknote bundle P in the storage cassettes 26 of a predetermined denomination by the movement of the banknote 9 is used.

Following the end of the discharge belt 35, there is provided a bundle form correcting device including the flat belt 2, the pressing belt 3 and the like of the present invention, and the end faces the position to be delivered to the elevator 39.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

When the banknote bundle P bound at the binding unit 33 is released from the binding unit 33 through the release belt 35,
The bill bundle P is fed onto the transport surface 2a of the flat belt 2 as shown in FIG. 2A, and enters between the transport surface 2a and the pressing belt 3. At this time, the banknote bundle P is provided with a pinch at the binding unit 33, and has a form curved in the short direction.

The bill bundle P sent onto the transport surface 2a of the flat belt 2 gradually approaches the pressing belt 3, and since the pressing belt 3 rotates at a higher speed than the flat belt 2, the upper layer of the bill bundle P Even if the banknote P ′ is in a form of being flipped, it is flattened by the pressing belt 3 (FIG. 2B), and the reaction force receiving roller 7 of the flat belt 2 and the roller at the tip of the pressing belt 3 11 smoothly enters.

When the bill bundle P enters the gap as described above, the bill bundle P has three rollers: a roller 11 at the tip of the pressing belt 3, a pulley 6 at the tip of the flat belt 2, and a reaction force receiving roller 7. As a result, the banknote P advances while receiving a bending force as shown in FIG. 2 (C), and during this time, the bending of the banknote bundle P in the short direction is corrected (FIG. 2 (D)).

At this time, the reaction force receiving roller 7 deflects the spring member 10 in accordance with the change in the thickness of the banknote bundle P and escapes, and does not hinder the entry and conveyance of the banknote bundle P.

When the trailing end of the banknote bundle P exits between the pressing belt 3 and the pulley 6 in this manner, the short-sided curvature of the banknote bundle P is completely corrected, and the banknote bundle P is discharged in a flat shape. (FIG. 2E).

The bill bundle P thus corrected is fed to the bill bundle processor 27.
It is received inside, is received by the elevator 39, is conveyed to the storage cassette 26 for a predetermined denomination, and is stored. At the time of this storage, the banknote bundle P is in a flat shape, so that storage failure does not occur.

In the above-described embodiment, an example of use in a case where the binding device 25 and the processing device 27 are combined has been described. However, the banknote bundle P released from the binding device 25 is received in a storage box or the like and artificially. It can be used in the same way when stored in another place or when dispensing immediately.

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention, even if the bill bundle is bent in the short direction due to being pinched when the bills are bound, the bills are flattened while being released and carried out after the binding. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate all of the various problems such as the falling off of the banknotes after binding, the misalignment at the time of storing the bundled banknotes, and the ejection failure at the time of ejecting the banknote bundle, and at the same time have a good appearance. It can be a banknote bundle.

The press conveying means is composed of a flat belt and a pressing belt. The entrance side between the flat belt and the pressing belt is formed wide and the exit side is narrow, and the pressing belt is rotated at a higher speed than the flat belt. The paper money in the upper layer enters between the belts while correcting the sloshing of the paper money, whereby smooth conveyance is assured, and better correction can be achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a bundle form correcting device in a banknote bundle binding machine according to the present invention.

2 (A) to 2 (E) are operation explanatory diagrams of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing an example of a specific use example of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Press conveying means 2 Flat belt 3 Press belt 4 Machine frame 5, 6 Pulley 7 Reaction force receiving roller 9 Slot hole 10 Spring member 11 Roller 20 Motor 21 Drive pulley 24 Belt 25 Binding device 26 Storage cassette 27 Processing device 29 Feeding device Reference Signs List 30 insertion part 31 stacking part 32 holding means 33 binding part 35 release belt 37 opening

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A bill bundle processing machine for carrying a bill bundle bound in a curved state by a bill binding device in a curved width direction as a carrying width direction and storing or ejecting the bill bundle, wherein the bill bundle processing device stores the bill bundle. Or a press conveying means for pressing while conveying the banknote bundle in the conveying path until performing the ejection, the press conveying means, a flat belt disposed substantially parallel to the conveying direction of the banknote bundle, And a pressing belt which is disposed so as to be inclined so that an interval facing the flat belt is wide on the entrance side and narrow on the exit side, and is rotated at a higher speed than the flat belt. Morphological correction device. 2. The flat belt intermediate roller positioned between pulleys on the entrance side and the exit side of the flat belt, and a pressing belt side roller provided near an exit pulley of the pressing belt. The flat belt and the pressing belt are configured to correct the form of the bill bundle to pass through the outlet side portion of the flat belt by the flat belt outlet side pulley, the flat belt intermediate roller, and the pressing belt side roller. The bundle form correcting device in the banknote bundle processing machine according to claim 1.