JP3315204B2 - Paper processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing apparatus that sorts, stacks, and seals paper sheets such as banknotes by type.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, this type of paper sheet processing apparatus takes in banknotes fed into a supply unit one by one, sends them to a banknote inspection unit, where the denomination is determined, and then the denomination is performed. The sheet is conveyed to a sealing section and a stacking section in accordance with the condition, and is sealed and stacked.

[0003] By the way, when a sorting operation is performed by such a sheet processing apparatus in a branch office or a centralized center of a conventional bank or the like, an operator selects a task of "sorting" in advance (the sorting machine is unnecessary). And information on the denominations to be arranged and the sealing denomination are input from an input device for operation.

[0004]

However, in the case of the above-mentioned paper sheet processing apparatus, it takes time and effort for the operator to specify the target denomination and the sealing denomination for the sorting target. .

If the operator makes a mistake in the designation of the denomination, all the bills taken into the apparatus from the hopper that has been thrown in for reorganization are rejected or accumulated in a stack other than the corresponding stacking section. There is also a problem that the processing is redone due to the accumulation in the unit.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet processing apparatus capable of reducing the burden on an operator and improving processing efficiency by preventing mistakes.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sheet processing apparatus for feeding a sheet into the apparatus, a stacking unit for stacking the sheet, and a sheet stacking unit. A banding means for carrying out the banding, a sorting means for sorting the paper sheets from the paper sheet supply means to the stacking means or the sealing means, and a type of a valid paper sheet from the paper sheet supply means. Discriminating means for discriminating, and setting the type of the paper sheet first discriminated based on the discrimination result of the discriminating means in the sealing processing mode, controlling the sorting means and controlling the paper sheet from the paper sheet supplying means. Of the above
Initially discriminates sheet of the same kind of paper sheet sorting to the wrapping means, in the banding means controls said wrapping means
It is characterized in that a control means for performing banding operation of vibration Ri divided obtained sheet.

[0008] the sheet processing apparatus according to the second aspect, by the control means, when the paper sheet is lost to be sent to the wrapping means via said distribution means from the paper sheet supplying unit, followed by Discrimination by the discriminating means among the paper sheets to be processed
The type of paper sheet first determined based on the result is set to the banding processing mode.

[0009]

[0010]

The operation of the above-described sheet processing apparatus will be described below.

[0011] In the paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1,
When the operator inputs the sheet organizing information from the input unit while the sheets to be arranged are placed on the sheet supplying unit, the sheet supplying unit transmits the sheet based on the organizing information from the input unit. Type into the device.

[0012] The discriminating means discriminates the type of valid paper sheet from the paper sheet supplying means, and sends the discrimination result to the control means.

The control means, a paper from the determination result is set initially discriminated type of the paper sheet based on the banding processing mode, the controlling said distributing means paper sheet supply means of said determination means Sorts the same type of paper leaf as the first paper leaf among the leaves to the sealing means, and controls the sealing means;
To run the banding operation of vibration Ri divided obtained sheet in the banding means.

[0014] Thus, the banding process of the sheets to be arranged placed on the sheet supply means is automatically executed only by the operator inputting the sheet arrangement information from the input means. The burden on the operator is reduced,
Errors are eliminated and processing efficiency is improved.

According to the paper sheet processing apparatus of the second aspect,
By the control means, from the paper sheet supplying means and the when the sheet is lost, which is sent to the wrapping unit through the sorting unit, followed by the determination means of the paper sheets to be processed
Since the type of paper sheet first determined based on the determination result is set to the banding processing mode, the type of paper sheet to be arranged can be automatically switched.

[0016]

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail.

A paper sheet processing apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 1 is a stacking means 1 for separating and stacking paper money P, a sealing means 2 for sealing paper money P, and a paper money P to be processed. The apparatus includes a paper sheet supply unit 3 to be placed, a reject stacking unit 7 for stacking bills P to be rejected, display operation units 8 and 9 as input units, and a printer 10.

The banknote P placed on the paper sheet supply means 3
Are collected one by one, processed internally, and then sorted and collected in the sorting and stacking units 4, 5, and 6 of the stacking means 1.

The accumulating means 1 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS .

The stacking means 1 determines whether or not the banknotes P, which are paper sheets taken in one by one from the paper sheet supply means 3, are stacked by a thickness detecting unit 11 and a banknote inspecting unit 12 as discriminating means. A sorting gate 13, which is a sorting means, performs sorting such as presence / absence of cellophane tape, denomination, authenticity inspection, damage inspection, and the like, and passes the identified banknote P through a transport path using a belt.
14, 15, and 16 to distribute as needed.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 17 denotes a passage detector for the banknote P, which is a set of a light emitting diode and a photocell, and is used for shift control for sorting, detection of jams, residuals, and the like. Reference numeral 18 denotes a receiving portion when a foreign matter such as a coin is erroneously inserted into the paper sheet supply means 3, reference numeral 19 denotes a drive motor, reference numeral 20 denotes a power supply portion, and reference numeral 21 denotes a control box containing various wiring boards.

Next, the sealing means 2 will be described.

The banknotes P sorted by the sorting gate 13 are transferred by the transfer section 22 of the banding means 2, the front and back sides are sorted by the front and back arranging section 23, and a specified number of sheets are stacked in the banding and stacking section 24. It has become.

Reference numeral 25 denotes a separator device,
, The banknotes P conveyed continuously from are separated into a prescribed number (for example, 100).

The banknote bundles P separated and accumulated in units of a specified number (for example, 100) by the separator device 25 are sealed by the tape supplied from the tape reel 29 at the banding section 26 of the banding means 2. The stacking unit 28 stacks the sheets on the stacking unit 28.

The tape wound on the tape reel 29 is cut and glued by a tape feed unit 30.

The banknotes P from the paper sheet supply means 3 are conveyed along the path indicated by the arrow in FIG. 3, and are sorted through the sorting gates 13, 14, 15, 16 via the sorting gates 13, 14, 15, 16, respectively. , 6 or the reject accumulating unit 7
Further, at the time of banding, the sheet is sent to the banding means 2 through the distribution gate 13 as shown by the arrow, banded by a specified number of sheets, and stacked in the bundle stacking section 28.

FIG. 4 shows a control system of the sheet processing apparatus 100.

The sheet processing apparatus 100 includes a control unit 37 including a program memory 35 storing a control program and a control unit 36 for performing overall control. The sealing means 2 and the paper sheet supply means 3 are respectively controlled.

The control unit 36 includes the display / operation units 8, 9, the thickness detection unit 11, the bill inspection unit 12, the sorting gates 13, 14, 15, 16, the passage detector 17, the drive motor 19, and the separator device. 25, a tape feed unit 30 is connected, and these operations are respectively controlled.

Next, the operation of the above-described sheet processing apparatus will be described.

The operator sets the banknotes P to be rearranged in the paper sheet supply means 3 and starts processing. That is, the operator “arranges” the bill P from the display operation unit 8 or 9.
Is input, the paper sheet supply means 3 feeds the banknotes P one by one into the apparatus based on the information from the display operation unit 8 or 9.

The bill inspecting unit 12 discriminates the denomination, true / false, true / false of the bill P from the paper sheet supply means 3 and sends the discrimination result to the control unit 36.

If the discrimination result of the banknote inspecting unit 12 is not a rejection, the control unit 36 sets a banding processing mode using the denominated denomination of the first banknote P as a sealing denomination. The sorting gate 13 is controlled based on the sealing processing mode to control the sorting means 13 of the banknotes P from the paper sheet feeding means 3.
Execute the distribution operation to

Further, the control unit 36 controls the banding means 2 based on the banding mode and executes the banding operation of the banknotes P sorted by the sorting gate 13.

That is, through the distribution gate 13, FIG.
The banknotes P sent to the banding means 2 along the path shown by the arrow shown in FIG. 1 are delivered by the delivery unit 22 of the banding means 2, the front and back are arranged by the front and back arranging unit 23, and are accumulated in the banding accumulation unit 24. You.

Then, in the separator device 25, the banknotes P continuously conveyed from the sealing and stacking section 24 are separated into a prescribed number (for example, 100).

Further, 100
The banknote bundle P separated and accumulated in sheet units is sealed by a tape supplied from a tape reel 29 at a banding unit 26 of the banding means 2 to form a banknote bundle, and further, bundled by a bundle transport unit 27. It is integrated in the unit 28.

As a result, the operator operates the display operation unit 8,
By simply inputting the information of “arrangement” of the banknotes P from 9, the sealing process of the banknotes P to be arranged placed on the paper sheet supply means 3 is automatically executed, and the information of the denomination is obtained. Is no longer required, and the burden on the operator is reduced.

In the case where the designation of the sealing money type is mistaken, the banknotes P taken from the paper sheet supply means 3 are accumulated in the reject accumulation section 7 or the section accumulation sections 4, 5, and 6, Since the sheet is not conveyed to the banding means 2, the processing is repeated again. However, the operation of the above-described embodiment can omit the specification of the banding type, eliminate the mistake, and improve the processing efficiency.

In the above-described operation, if the first banknote P is determined to be rejected, the control unit 36 sets the banding mode according to the determination result of the next banknote P.

When the denomination of the banknotes P to be rearranged is switched, the number of pieces to be banded (the number of tickets in a banding waiting state that has not reached the prescribed number) is accumulated in the banding / stacking section 24 shown in FIG. In a state where the banknotes P are not accumulated in the banding / stacking unit 24 manually or automatically by the instruction of the operator, the control unit 36 enters the banding processing mode, and one sheet of the next processing similar to the above-described case is performed. Based on the discrimination result of the banknote P of the eye, a corresponding sealing money type is set. In this way, the types of paper sheets to be arranged can be automatically switched.

However, in a state in which the transport operation of the banknotes P is stopped, the mode is set to the sealing process mode when the banknotes P are not present in the banding and stacking section 24, and the sealing is performed when the transporting operation is continuously performed. No denomination switching is performed.

In addition, even if the banknotes P of different denominations are mixed on the 101st sheet, the switching of the denomination denomination is not executed if the banknotes P are continuously taken in.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the invention.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, three section collecting sections are provided, but the number of section collecting sections may be less, more, or not.

Further, the present invention can be applied to a device dedicated to organizing only for organizing business without handling the depositing business.

[0049]

According to the present invention described in detail above, with the above-described configuration, a paper sheet processing apparatus capable of reducing the burden by simplifying the operation of the operator and improving the processing efficiency is provided. can do.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a paper sheet processing apparatus capable of automatically switching the type of paper sheets to be arranged.

[0051]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a paper sheet processing device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the apparatus of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a path of a bill in the apparatus of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control system of the apparatus according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Stacking means 2 Sealing means 3 Paper supply means 8 Display operation part 9 Display operation part 12 Banknote inspection part 13 Sorting gate 37 Control means

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A sheet feeding means for feeding a sheet into an apparatus, a stacking means for stacking sheets, a sealing means for sealing a sheet, and the sheet feeding means. Sorting means for sorting the paper sheets from the stacking means or the sealing means, a discriminating means for discriminating the type of valid paper sheet from the paper sheet supplying means, and a discriminating means based on the discrimination result of the discriminating means. set the type of the paper sheets discriminated in the banding processing mode, before one of the sheets from the paper sheet supplying means by controlling the distribution means
A sheet of the same type as the sheet determined first is sorted to the sealing means, and the sealing means is controlled by controlling the sealing means.
Sheet processing apparatus characterized by a control means for performing banding operation of vibration Ri divided obtained sheet to. Wherein said control means, when the paper sheet is fed to said wrapping means from said paper sheet supply means via said distributing means is interrupted, followed by the one of the paper sheets to be processed
The type of paper sheet first determined based on the determination result of the determination means
2. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing mode is set to a sealing processing mode.