JP5187163B2 - Media binding device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a medium binding device that binds a medium such as a predetermined number of banknotes counted by a cash processor or the like with a tape.

  Banks and other financial institutions have large cash processing machines called cashiers, which handle cash deposits and withdrawals by operating financial institution staff. It has a medium bundling device, such as a bill bundling device, for bundling a predetermined number of banknotes for each denomination with a tape.

As a conventional banknote bundling device, a tape, which is a paper belt fed from the storage unit by rotation of a drive roller, is held by a catch, and the transport means for transporting the banknote bundle by catching the held tape is blocked. Pull up upward, fold down the tip of the pulled tape downward along the rear end surface of the banknote bundle by moving the upper spoon downward, and then move the tape folded downward further by moving the lower spoon horizontally The tape was wrapped around the banknote bundle by folding along the bottom surface of the bundle, and the tape was loosened by reversing the drive roller, and the tape was cut with a cutter to heat-bond both ends of the tape. A technique has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2000-190913 A

  However, in the above-described conventional technology, precise operation control is required to securely hold the tape fed out from the storage portion with a catch that is a small component, and a plurality of members such as a catch, an upper spoon, and a lower spoon Since the tape winding operation is shared, the number of parts increases, and the apparatus becomes complicated and expensive.

  Therefore, the present invention sandwiches a tape supply means for supplying a tape and a tip of the tape supplied from the tape supply means in a medium bundling device for winding and bundling the tape around the outer periphery of a plurality of standard media. A tape winding means having a pair of clamping members, and a support plate is erected at each base portion of the pair of clamping members, and the center portion of the support plate of the first clamping member is fixed to the support shaft; The center portion of the support plate of the second clamping member is rotatably attached to the support shaft, and the second clamping member is urged by a spring so as to be in close contact with the first clamping member, and the second clamping member A protrusion is formed on the support plate, a stopper corresponding to the protrusion is disposed, a paper band pressing portion is provided on the first holding member, and a support shaft is rotated by a rotating means in a state where the protrusion and the stopper are engaged. And rotating the first clamping member Thus, both the clamping members are opened, and when the leading end of the tape supplied from the tape supply means enters between the both clamping members, the first clamping member together with the support shaft is rotated in the reverse direction by the rotating means. Then, both the clamping members are closed to clamp the tape, and the tape is wound around the outer periphery of the medium while pressing the tape against the medium by the paper band pressing portion.

  The present invention thus configured includes a tape supply means for supplying a tape, and a tape winding means having a pair of holding members for holding the tip of the tape supplied from the tape supply means. A support plate is formed upright at each base, the center portion of the support plate of the first clamping member is fixed to the support shaft, and the center portion of the support plate of the second clamping member is rotatably attached to the support shaft. The second clamping member is biased by a spring so as to be in close contact with the first clamping member, and a protrusion is formed on the support plate of the second clamping member, and a stopper corresponding to the protrusion is disposed. The first holding member is provided with a paper band pressing portion, and the both holding members are opened by rotating the first holding member together with a support shaft by a rotating means in a state where the protrusion and the stopper are engaged, The tip of the tape supplied from the tape supply means When the part enters between the both holding members, the rotating means rotates the first holding member together with the support shaft in the reverse direction to close both the holding members to hold the tape, and the paper band presser part Since the tape is wound around the outer circumference of the medium while pressing the tape against the medium, the tape can be securely clamped by the clamping member without requiring precise operation control, and the tape slips between the both clamping members. The effect that it can bind by the stable binding force without being acquired is acquired.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a medium binding device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Constitution)
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a cash processor provided with a medium binding device. As shown in the figure, the cash processing machine 100 includes a display operation unit 22 for performing operations such as authentication and designation of transaction type, a recognition unit 23 for recognizing banknotes deposited from the depositing unit 24, and a recognized banknote. The same figure shows a bundle stacking unit 25 that is reversed by the front and back reversing unit 21 and collecting the bundle, a bundle carrier unit 20 that transports the stacked bundle to the medium binding device 26, and a medium binding device 26 that performs a bundling process on the transported bundle. The banknotes are arranged in such a manner that a desired number of banknotes are bundled and sealed by a customer's operation, and discharged from a withdrawal port arranged on the depth side of the sheet of the medium binding device 26 (not shown). ing.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic side view showing the medium bundling device of the first embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the tape winding means of the first embodiment.

  In FIG. 2, 1 is a roll of a tape 2 made of paper or the like, and this roll 1 is placed so that its diameter direction is horizontal.

  3a to 3c are tape supply rollers (tape supply means) arranged along the feeding path of the tape 2, and the tape 2 drawn out from the roll 1 is guided upward by a guide (not shown) so that the tape surface becomes horizontal. Is held between the tape supply rollers 3a and 3b, and is supplied obliquely upward between the tape supply rollers 3b and 3c.

  4 is a printing unit (printing means) provided to print on the tape 2 between the tape supply rollers 3a and 3b, 5 is a guide roller for guiding the tape to a tape winding means described later, and 6 is a tape supply roller 3a. A cutter (cutting means) arranged so as to cut the tape 2 between the guide roller 5 and a guide roller 5, and a heater (welding means) 7 for welding glue applied to the tape 2.

  Reference numeral 8 denotes a lower conveyor belt, and 9 denotes an upper conveyor belt, which are supported by a plurality of rollers, respectively, and are arranged along a banknote bundle conveyance path to be described later.

  The lower conveyance belt 8 and the upper conveyance belt 9 constitute conveyance means for nipping and conveying the banknote bundle, and the upper conveyance belt 9 can be rotated up and down around the roller 10 by a rotation means (not shown). ing.

  Reference numeral 11 denotes a tape winding means for pinching the leading end of the tape 2 and winding it on a banknote bundle. The tape winding means 11 is arranged on one upstream side of the conveying means composed of the lower conveying belt 8 and the upper conveying belt 9, and a heater 7 is provided below the conveying means. It is provided to move in a predetermined direction.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the tape winding means 11 is composed of clamping members 12 and 13, and disk-like support plates 12a and 13a stand up at substantially right angles at the bases of the clamping members 12 and 13, respectively. It is formed as follows. The holding member 12 is provided with a paper band presser 30 as shown in FIG.

  A mounting hole is provided at the center of the support plates 12a and 13a. The support plate 12a is fixed to the support shaft 14 by fitting the mounting hole with the support shaft 14, while the support plate 13a is fixed to the mounting hole. And is urged in the direction of arrow A by a torsion spring (not shown).

  As a result, the clamping member 13 is in close contact with the clamping member 12, and the supporting shaft 14 is rotated by a rotating means (not shown) such as a motor or a gear in this state, so that the clamping members 12 and 13 are centered on the supporting shaft 14. It rotates in the directions of arrows A and B.

  Further, the support shaft 14 is inserted into a support hole provided in a frame (not shown), and can be moved in the front-rear direction as indicated by arrows C and D by a not-shown back-and-forth movement means such as a motor, a gear, or a solenoid. The sandwiching members 12 and 13 are also moved in the directions of arrows C and D together with the support shaft 14.

  Further, a protrusion 13b is provided at a predetermined position on the outer peripheral portion of the support plate 13a of the holding member 13, and a stopper 15 corresponding to the protrusion 13b is formed so as to protrude from the frame. When 13 is moved together with the support shaft 14 in the direction of arrow C and rotated, the projection 13b does not engage with the stopper 15, and when the clamping members 12 and 13 are moved together with the support shaft 14 in the direction of arrow D and rotated. The protrusion 13 b is engaged with the stopper 15.

  Then, when the support shaft 14 is rotated by a rotating means (not shown) with the protrusion 13b of the holding member 13 engaged with the stopper 15, only the holding member 12 rotates in the directions of arrows A and B together with the support shaft 14, Thereby, the clamping member 12 opens and closes with respect to the clamping member 13.

  Returning to FIG. 2 again, the tape winding means 11 having such a configuration is arranged so that the holding members 12 and 13 do not interfere with the lower conveying belt 8 and the upper conveying belt 9, and the lower conveying belt 8 and the upper conveying belt 9 are arranged. The position on the lower side (one side) of the banknote bundle conveyed by the belt 9 is set as the initial position.

(Operation)
The operation of the embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 is a side view at the time of tape feeding showing the operation of the medium bundling device of Example 1, FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the opening / closing process of the tape winding means 11, and FIG. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the tape winding means 11 is inverted, FIG. 8 is a side view at the time of tape winding operation, and FIG. 9 is a side view showing a tape winding process by the tape winding means 11. FIG. 10 is a side view at the end of tape winding, FIG. 11 is a side view showing a state at the time of tape welding, and FIG.

  The operation of each unit described below is controlled by a control unit (not shown) based on a control program such as software stored in a storage unit (not shown).

  First, as shown in FIG. 4, in a state where the tape 2 drawn out from the roll 1 is sandwiched between the tape supply rollers 3 a to 3 c and the leading end of the tape 2 is stopped at the cutting position by the cutter 6, The tape 2 is supplied along the feed path by the rotation of 3c.

  Along with this tape supply, the date, the name of the branch where the cash processor is installed, and the like are printed on the tape 2 by the printing unit 4 between the tape supply rollers 3a and 3b.

  When the tape 2 is supplied, the leading end of the tape 2 is guided by a guide (not shown) and is sandwiched between the guide rollers 5. Further, the leading end of the tape 2 is rotated by the tape winding means 11 by the rotation of the guide roller 5. Sent to.

  At this time, the upper conveying belt 9 of the conveying means waits in a state where the upper conveying belt 9 is rotated upward by a predetermined angle around the roller 10 and opened, and the tape winding means 11 has the holding members 12 and 13 as shown in FIG. ) And waits at the initial position in the open state.

  Here, the operation of opening the clamping members 12 and 13 will be described. First, the holding members 12 and 13 are moved together with the support shaft 14 in the direction of the arrow C shown in FIG. 3 by a forward / backward moving means (not shown), and then the support shaft 14 is moved in the direction of the arrow B (clockwise) shown in FIG. ), The clamping members 12 and 13 are rotated in the direction of arrow B (clockwise direction).

  Then, the rotation of the support shaft 14 and the sandwiching members 12 and 13 is stopped at the position where the projection 13b of the sandwiching member 13 passes the stopper 15, and the sandwiching members 12 and 13 are moved together with the support shaft 14 in the direction of the arrow D by a not-shown back and forth movement means Then, when the holding members 12 and 13 are rotated together with the support shaft 14 in the direction of arrow A (counterclockwise direction) shown in FIG. 3 by a rotating means (not shown), the protrusion 13b of the holding member 13 abuts against the stopper 15. Engage.

  As a result, the rotation of the clamping member 13 is stopped, and only the clamping member 12 rotates in the direction of arrow A together with the support shaft 14, so that the clamping member 12 is separated from the clamping member 13 and the clamping members 12 and 13 are opened.

  When the leading end of the tape 2 enters between the sandwiching members 12 and 13 in this state, the sandwiching member 12 and the support shaft 14 are rotated in the direction of arrow B by a rotating means (not shown) so that the sandwiching members 12 and 13 are shown in FIG. And the tip of the tape 2 is clamped.

  Next, the holding members 12 and 13 are moved together with the support shaft 14 in the direction of the arrow C shown in FIG. 3 by the back and forth moving means to remove the protrusion 13b of the holding member 13 from the stopper 15, and then the tape is supplied by the tape supply rollers 3a to 3c. 2, the clamping members 12 and 13 are rotated about half a turn (about 180 degrees) in the direction of arrow B shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the tape winding means 11 is traversed across the conveyance path of the banknote bundle 20 and the tape 2 is stretched so as to block the conveyance path of the banknote bundle 20, and the tape winding means 11 as shown in FIG. Flip it up and down.

  Then, when a banknote bundle 20 consisting of a plurality of banknotes stacked vertically by aligning the outer shape by means not shown is sent between the lower transport belt 8 and the upper transport belt 9 of the transport means by means not shown, The upper conveyor belt 9 rotates downward about the roller 10 to sandwich the banknote bundle 20 with the lower conveyor belt 8.

  Thereafter, the upper and lower transport belts 8 and 9 are driven and rotated by belt driving means (not shown), whereby the banknote bundle 20 is transported in the direction of the arrow X shown in FIG. The tape 2 is pushed by the surface, and the tape 2 is supplied by the rotation of the tape supply rollers 3a to 3c at this time, so that the tape 2 is pulled out so as to cover the top and bottom of the banknote bundle 20 as shown in FIG. The

  The transport belts 8 and 9 are stopped after transporting the banknote bundle 20 by a predetermined distance. At this time, the banknote bundle 20 is stopped by a position check sensor (not shown) provided near the stop position. It is controlled based on the time signal.

  Next, while the tape 2 is supplied by the rotation of the tape supply rollers 3a to 3c, the clamping members 12 and 13 are rotated halfway (180 degrees) in the direction of the arrow B by the rotating means around the support shaft 14, thereby As shown in FIG. 9A, the tape winding means 11 crosses the conveyance path from above the rear end of the banknote bundle 20 so as to wrap around the rear end of the banknote bundle 20 as shown in FIG. 9B. The tape winding means 11 is turned upside down again while being moved back to the initial position.

  By this operation, the rear end of the banknote bundle 20 is enclosed by the tape 2, and then the upper and lower conveying belts 8 and 9 are reversed by belt driving means (not shown) while feeding the tape 2 by the rotation of the tape supply rollers 3a to 3c. Driven to rotate.

  Thereby, the banknote bundle 20 is conveyed in the reverse direction, so that the tape 2 is wound around the banknote bundle 20 as shown in FIGS. 10 to 12, and the tape 2 as indicated by an arrow F in FIG. 11. When the tape 2 is tightened, the tape 2 is pressed against the banknote bundle 20 by the banknote presser 30 at the part a in the figure, and the tape 2 is bound with a stable binding force without loosening. The two ends are cut into overlapping lengths, and further, as shown in FIG. 11, the heater 7 is operated in the direction of arrow E by a heater driving means (not shown) to press the overlapping portion of the tape 2 from below while the tape 2 The adhesive applied to the tape 2 is thermally welded to bond the overlapping portions of the tape 2.

  After the banknote bundle 20 is bound with the tape 2 in this manner, the holding member 12 is moved slightly in the direction of the arrow A so as to move away from the holding member 13 by the same operation as described above, and the tape 2 is released from the holding force. The winding means 11 is moved in the direction of arrow C shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. And the conveyance belts 8 and 9 are driven by a belt drive means, the banknote bundle 20 is conveyed, and it discharges | emits from the discharge port which is not shown in figure.

(Effect of Example 1)
According to the medium bundling device of the first embodiment described above, the tape supply means for supplying the tape and the tape winding means having a pair of holding members for holding the leading end portion of the tape supplied from the tape supply means, A support plate is formed upright at each base of the pair of sandwiching members, the center portion of the support plate of the first sandwiching member is fixed to the support shaft, and the center portion of the support plate of the second sandwiching member is the support shaft. The second holding member is urged by a spring so that the second holding member is in close contact with the first holding member, and a protrusion is formed on the support plate of the second holding member to correspond to the protrusion. A stopper is disposed on the support shaft side of the first clamping member, and the first clamping member is rotated together with the support shaft by a rotating means in a state where the projection and the stopper are engaged with each other. Open both clamping members, and When the leading end of the tape supplied from the means enters between the both holding members, the rotating means rotates the first holding member in the reverse direction together with the support shaft, thereby closing both the holding members and holding the tape. Since the tape is wound around the outer periphery of the banknote bundle while pressing the tape against the banknote bundle by the paper band presser, the tape can be securely held by the holding member without requiring precise operation control. Can be bundled with a stable bundling force without slipping through between the sandwiching members.

(Constitution)
The medium bundling device of the second embodiment is different in the configuration of the paper band presser 30 of the tape winding means 11 of the medium bundling device 26. Since other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted for the sake of brevity. FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing the tape winding means of the second embodiment, and FIG. 14 is a bottom view of the tape winding means showing the state of the tape winding means of the second embodiment at the time of tape welding.

  As shown in the figure, the tape winding means 11 of Example 2 is provided with a chamfer 30x at the end of the support plate 12a, 13a side of the paper band presser portion 30 provided on the holding member 12 on the support plate side. It has been.

(Function)
With the above configuration, the medium bundling device according to the second exemplary embodiment operates as follows. That is, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, a chamfer 30 x is applied to the end portion on the support plate side of the paper band presser portion 30 provided in the holding member 12 of the tape winding means 11 of the second embodiment. Therefore, after the banknote bundle 20 is bound with the tape 2, the holding members 12 and 13 are moved in the direction of the arrow C and the tape 2 is not caught by the paper pressing unit 30 when the holding members 12 and 13 are pulled out.

(Effect of Example 2)
As described above, according to the medium bundling device of the second embodiment, since the end portion on the support plate side of the paper band presser provided in the holding member connected to the support shaft is chamfered, When the tape is pulled back and forth by the back-and-forth movement means together with the support shaft, the tape is not caught on the paper pressing portion.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be widely used in a medium bundling device that binds a medium such as a predetermined number of banknotes counted by a cash processor or the like with a tape.

It is a block diagram of a cash processing machine. 1 is a schematic side view showing a medium bundling device of Example 1. FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the tape winding means of Example 1. FIG. FIG. 6 is a side view at the time of tape feeding illustrating the operation of the medium bundling device according to the first exemplary embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the opening / closing process of the tape winding means of Example 1. FIG. It is a side view at the time of the inversion operation | movement of the tape winding means of Example 1. FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the state which the tape winding means of Example 1 reversed. It is a side view at the time of tape winding operation | movement of Example 1. FIG. It is a side view which shows the tape winding process by the tape winding means of Example 1. FIG. It is a side view at the time of completion | finish of tape winding of Example 1. FIG. It is a side view which shows the state at the time of tape welding of Example 1. FIG. It is a bottom view which shows the state at the time of tape welding of Example 1. FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the tape winding means of Example 2. FIG. It is a bottom view which shows the state at the time of tape welding of Example 2. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Roll 2 Tape 3a-3c Tape supply roller 4 Printing part 5 Guide roller 6 Cutter 7 Heater 8 Lower conveyance belt 9 Upper conveyance belt 10 Roller 11 Tape winding means 12, 13 Holding member 12a, 13a Support plate 13b Protrusion 14 Support shaft 15 Stopper 20 Bill Bundle 26 Media Bundling Device 30 Paper Band Presser 30x Chamfer

Claims (3)

In a medium bundling device for bundling a tape around the outer circumference of a plurality of standard media
A tape supply means for supplying a tape, and a tape winding means having a pair of clamping members for clamping the tip of the tape supplied from the tape supply means,
A support plate is erected and formed at the base of each of the pair of sandwiching members, the center of the support plate of the first sandwiching member is fixed to the support shaft, and the center of the support plate of the second sandwiching member is supported by the support The shaft is rotatably attached to the shaft, and is biased by a spring so that the second clamping member is in close contact with the first clamping member, and a protrusion is formed on the support plate of the second clamping member. Place a stopper corresponding to the protrusion,
The first holding member is provided with a paper band pressing portion,
In a state where the protrusion and the stopper are engaged, the first holding member is rotated together with the support shaft by the rotating means to open both the holding members, and the leading end portion of the tape supplied from the tape supply means holds the both holding parts. When entering between the members, the rotating means rotates the first holding member together with the support shaft in the reverse direction to close both the holding members to hold the tape, and the paper band presser presses the tape against the medium. A medium bundling device, wherein a tape is wound around the outer periphery of the medium.   The medium binding device according to claim 1, wherein the paper band pressing portion is chamfered at an end portion on the side of the support plate.   3. The medium binding device according to claim 1, wherein the pair of holding members are moved back and forth together with the support shaft by a back-and-forth moving means to engage and release the protrusion and the stopper.

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