JP5503893B2 - Bundling device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a bundling device for bundling an object to be bound with a bundling band in which a loop is formed.

  As a bundling device that binds a bundling body on which a large number of banknotes are stacked with a bundling band, a bundling object is placed on a horizontal mounting table, and is provided upright with respect to the mounting table so as to surround the mounting table. Sending out the binding band along the guide, forming a loop of the binding band around the mounting table and the object to be bound, releasing the binding band that formed the loop by opening the guide, pulling back the rear end, loop 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally known is a technique for binding a material to be bound by reducing the diameter, bringing the binding band into close contact with the object to be bound, and welding the start and end portions of the binding band (for example, patents) Reference 1).

Japanese Patent No. 3352017

  However, when the mounting table is horizontal and the guide is also horizontal in this way, when the guide is opened in order to reduce the loop diameter of the binding band, the binding band is moved in the width direction of the guide by the opening operation of the guide. When the binding band is moved and the binding band swings in the width direction of the guide even when the binding band is pulled back, the position of the binding band is not stable and the binding band is brought into close contact with the object to be bound. There was a problem in that it was not possible to make a close contact, and the binding position would shift.

  In the present invention, a binding band is sent out along a guide so as to surround the object to be bound together with a mounting table to form a binding band loop, and the binding band loop is released from the guide and pulled back to reduce the loop diameter. In a bundling device that tightly adheres to a bundle and binds the object to be bound by the band, the position of the band is stabilized when the band is released from the guide and pulled back, and the bundle is securely bound to a predetermined position. The purpose is to allow the band to be in close contact so that accurate and reliable binding can be performed.

The bundling device of the present invention has a mounting table having a mounting surface for mounting a binding object, a binding band storage means for storing a binding band for binding the binding object, and a mounting surface of the mounting table. The binding band guide that forms a loop-shaped guide path that guides the binding band along the vertical plane and guides the binding band, and the binding band stored in the binding band storage means are sent out and sent to the guide path of the binding band guide The feeding means for forming the loop of the binding band surrounding the mounting table, and the binding band forming the loop surrounding the mounting table are released from the binding band guide toward the inside in the radial direction of the loop, and pulled back so as to reduce the diameter of the loop. A bundling device including a bundling means for bundling the bundled object, the bundling unit being in close contact with the bundled object placed on the placing surface of the placing table, wherein the placing surface of the mounting table is a guide path for the bundling band guide Inclined downward from one side of the width direction to the other side Both guideway strap guide, and in accordance with the inclination of the table inclined from one side in the width direction downwardly towards the other side.

  In this way, the mounting surface of the mounting table is inclined downward from one side in the width direction of the guide path of the binding band guide toward the other side, and the guide path of the binding band guide is adjusted to the inclination of the mounting table. By tilting downward from one side in the width direction to the other side, when the binding band guide is opened and when the binding band is pulled back, the binding band is positioned in a stable position so that it moves downward in the tilt direction. It is possible to maintain the contact and reliably adhere to a predetermined position of the object to be bound. Therefore, accurate and reliable binding is possible.

In this binding device, the binding band guide includes a first guide member having a surface that receives a side edge portion of the binding band from a lower side in the inclination direction of the guide path, and a second guide having a surface that receives a surface inside the loop of the binding band. And forming a loop of the binding band by sending out the binding band by the feeding means, the second guide member approaches the first guide member to form a guide path for guiding the binding band, and the binding means When the binding band is pulled back so as to reduce the diameter of the loop, the second guide member moves upward in the inclination direction of the guide path so as to be separated from the first guide member to open the guide path and release the binding band. It is supposed to be .

  By doing so, the binding band can be held in a stable position by the first guide member without being affected by the operation of the second guide member when the binding band guide is opened, and the object to be bound can be more reliably obtained. The binding band can be brought into close contact with the predetermined position, and more accurate and reliable binding is possible.

  Further, in this binding apparatus, the apparatus main body has an insertion port for inputting an object to be bound from the outside and placing it on the mounting table, and the mounting surface of the mounting table and the guide path of the binding band guide are It is preferable to incline downward from the inlet side of the main body toward the back side.

  Thus, when placing the object to be bound on the mounting table, the mounting surface of the mounting table and the guide path of the binding band guide are inclined downward from the inlet side of the apparatus main body toward the back side. It becomes easy to place the object to be bound accurately at a predetermined position of the mounting table, and the binding band can be brought into close contact with the predetermined position of the object to be bound more reliably, thereby enabling more accurate and reliable binding.

  Thus, according to the binding device of the present invention, when the binding band guide is opened and when the binding band is pulled back, the binding band is moved to the lower side in the tilting direction of the mounting table and the binding band guide and kept in a stable position. Thus, it is possible to reliably and securely bind the objects to be bound to a predetermined position.

1 is an overall perspective view of a binding device according to an example of an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the internal structure and operation | movement of the binding apparatus of FIG. 1, (a) is a schematic diagram at the time of binding standby, (b) is a schematic diagram at the time of pulling back a binding tape. It is a figure which shows the gate mechanism of the binding apparatus of FIG. 1, (a) is a perspective view at the time of a loop guide closing, (b) is a perspective view at the time of a loop guide open | released. It is a figure which shows the installation state of the gate mechanism of the binding apparatus of FIG. 1, (a) is front view schematic, (b) is side view schematic. It is a figure which shows the structure and operation | movement of the loop guide of the gate mechanism of the binding apparatus of FIG. 1, (a) is sectional drawing at the time of closing, (b) is sectional drawing at the time of opening. FIGS. 2A and 2B are diagrams illustrating a structure and an operation of a printing mechanism of the bundling device of FIG. 1, in which FIG. It is a top view which shows the structure and operation | movement of the front press of a holding mechanism of the binding apparatus of FIG. 1, and a side press. It is a figure which shows the money type operation | movement of the side holding | suppressing of the holding | maintenance mechanism of the binding apparatus of FIG. 1, (a) is a top view at the time of a thousand yen banknote binding, (b) is a top view at the time of a 2000 yen banknote binding, (c ) Is a plan view when bundling 5,000 yen bills, and (d) is a plan view when bundling 10,000 yen bills. It is a top view which shows the structure and operation | movement of the front press of the holding mechanism of the binding apparatus of FIG. 1, a side press, and a rear press. It is a side view of the rotation holding body of the holding mechanism of the binding apparatus of FIG. It is the schematic which shows the structure of the cutting | disconnection welding mechanism of the binding apparatus of FIG. It is a figure which shows operation | movement of the cutting | disconnection welding mechanism of the binding apparatus of FIG. 1, (a) is a schematic diagram at the time of binding standby, (b) is a schematic diagram at the time of a 1st presser raising character, (c) is at the time of a 2nd presser ascending. (D) is a schematic diagram when the third presser is raised, and (e) is a schematic diagram when cutting and welding.

  1 to 12 show an example of an embodiment of the present invention. The bundling apparatus of this embodiment mainly welds a rectangular parallelepiped object to be bundled by stacking a plurality of small bundles obtained by stacking a plurality of banknotes of the same denomination into a large bundle A of banknotes by heat. A bundling device for winding and bundling a bundling tape B (adhesive tape-like bundling band), which is a possible bundling band, as shown in FIG. A bundling mechanism 2 for performing the bundling operation is provided, and a storage delivery mechanism 3 for storing the bundling tape B and sending it to the upper bundling mechanism 2 is provided in the lower part.

  The storage and delivery mechanism 3 at the lower part of the apparatus main body 1 is a tape storage unit 301 for storing a binding tape B wound in a cylindrical shape (a binding band storage means for storing an adhesive tape-like binding band for binding an object to be bound). A tape holding unit 302 that temporarily holds the binding tape B that has been rewound when the binding tape B is wound around the large bundle A, a space between the tape storage unit 301 and the tape holding unit 302, a tape holding unit 302, and an apparatus Between the bundling mechanism 2 at the upper part of the main body 1, there is a lower conveyance path 303 through which the bundling tape B is conveyed.

  The tape storage unit 301 inserts a bundle of binding tapes B wound in a cylindrical shape into a support rotating unit 305 provided upright at the center of the storage receiving surface, and stores the tape in a state of being rotatably supported. The upper portion of the storage receiving surface is set in an oblique state in which the upper portion of the storage receiving surface is inclined to the rear side of the apparatus main body 1. Since the tape storage portion 301 is provided obliquely in this way, when the binding tape B is replaced, the bundle of the binding tape B wound in a cylindrical shape is hooked on the support rotating portion 305 so that the binding tape B The center portion can be positioned and replacement can be easily performed. Note that a near empty sensor (not shown) is provided at a predetermined position below the tape storage unit 301 to notify the user that the remaining amount of the binding tape B is low when the binding tape B becomes less than a predetermined winding amount. ) Is provided.

  The tape storage unit 302 is a box shape with an open top surface, and a binding tape B having a predetermined length is previously obtained from a bundle of binding tapes B wound in a cylindrical shape stored in the tape storage unit 301 prior to the binding operation. By pulling out and temporarily holding in the tape holding unit 302, the load when the binding tape B is sent out during the binding operation is reduced, and the binding tape B is bundled in a large bundle of banknotes by the binding mechanism 2 at the top of the apparatus body 1 as described later. This is for temporarily holding the bundling tape B that is pulled back when it is pulled back to be wound around A.

  The lower conveyance path 303 is formed by the lower conveyance guide 304, and the lower conveyance path 303 has a passage width (horizontal width) in the width direction of the binding tape B slightly smaller than the horizontal width of the binding tape B. The passage width (thickness width) in the thickness direction of the binding tape B is also large enough to allow sufficient spacing without hindering the passage of the binding tape B, so that the binding tape B is smoothly conveyed.

  In order to convey the binding tape B along the lower conveyance path 303, two distances between the tape holding unit 302 and the bundling mechanism 2 on the upper part of the apparatus main body 1 face the lower conveyance path 303. The driving roller 307 is installed at one position between the tape storage unit 301 and the tape holding unit 302 so as to face the lower conveyance path 303. These drive rollers 307 and 308 rotate forward to send the binding tape B to the binding mechanism 2 at the top of the apparatus main body 1. Further, only the driving roller 307 installed between the tape holding unit 302 and the bundling mechanism 2 can be rotated in the reverse direction. By rotating this reversely, the bundling tape B is pulled back, and the bundling tape B is loaded into the large bundle A as will be described later. Adhere to the surroundings.

  In addition to the driving roller 307, the lower conveying path 303 between the tape holding unit 302 and the bundling mechanism 2 on the upper part of the apparatus main body 1 binds the bundling date, the type of banknotes to be bound to the binding tape B, and the store name. A stamp mechanism 4 for imprinting information and a printing mechanism 5 for printing binding information are provided.

  The stamp mechanism 4 includes a lower transport guide 304 on the upstream side in the binding tape feeding direction for feeding the binding tape B toward the binding mechanism 2 from the drive roller 307 between the tape holding unit 302 and the binding mechanism 2 on the upper part of the apparatus main body 1. A stamp hole (not shown) for advancing / retreating a stamp having a size smaller than the width of the binding tape B is provided at a predetermined position, and a stamp (not shown) that can be advanced and retracted to the side of the lower conveyance guide 304 in accordance with the position of the stamp hole. And a stamp unit 402 that can be filled with ink. The stamp of the stamp unit 402 enters the lower conveyance path 303 from the stamp hole and is stamped on the binding tape B. After stamping, the stamp is stamped. It is possible to leave the hole and wait, and then enter again to seal the binding tape B.

  The printing mechanism 5 is provided with a printing unit 501 at a predetermined position on the side of the lower conveyance guide 304 upstream of the driving roller 307 between the tape holding unit 302 and the bundling mechanism 2 at the upper part of the apparatus body 1 in the bundling tape feed direction. A platen plate 6 (plate-shaped platen) is provided at a position facing the printing unit 501 with the lower conveyance path 303 interposed therebetween.

  The printing unit 501 can move forward and backward with respect to the binding tape B in the lower conveyance path 303, and prints the characters of the binding information using an ink ribbon on the band surface of the binding tape B by protruding into the lower conveyance path 303. A print head 502 (see FIG. 6) is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the platen plate 6 is a platen surface on which the plate-like platen base 601 and the print head 502 are pressed, and the tape surface of the binding tape B of the print unit conveyance path 503 (band surface of the binding band). A flat surface portion 602 that also serves as a wall surface on the side close to one surface of the flat surface portion 602, and a rotation shaft portion 605 that extends to the downstream side in the feed direction of the flat surface portion 602 and whose tip is rotatably supported by the rotation shaft 603. The solenoid 604 is connected to the upstream side of the binding tape feeding direction, and rotates around the rotation shaft 603 when the solenoid 604 is turned on / off.

  The printing unit conveyance guide 504 of the printing unit conveyance path 503, which is the lower conveyance path 303 in the vicinity of the printing unit 501 installed, includes a partial printing unit conveyance path guide of the lower conveyance guide 304 on the side where the print head 502 is located. The width of the binding tape B is such that the print head 502 can be advanced and retracted into the printing section conveyance path 503 at a portion of the wall surface 504 close to one surface of the tape surface of the binding tape B (band surface of the binding band). A smaller print head hole 505 is provided. The printing unit conveyance guide 504 is a side facing the wall surface provided with the print head hole 505, and does not form a wall surface that forms a conveyance path in the portion where the other surface of the binding tape B is close to the wall surface. The platen plate 6 that is rotatably supported on the downstream side by the rotating shaft 603 forms a wall surface of this portion.

  The platen plate 6 can be moved back and forth in the direction of increasing or decreasing the passage width in the binding tape thickness direction of the printing unit conveyance path 503 by the operation of the solenoid 604, and the printing position and the printing unit conveyance path 503 narrow the passage width of the printing unit conveyance path 503. Is selectively moved to a transport position where the passage width becomes larger on the upstream side in the feed direction than on the downstream side in the feed direction.

  That is, when the platen plate 6 prints on the binding tape B, the plane portion 602 is moved to the wall surface on the printing unit 501 side of the printing portion conveyance guide 504 by the operation of the solenoid 604 as shown in FIG. And the distance between them becomes slightly larger than the thickness of the binding tape B (becomes smaller than the transport path width in the binding tape thickness direction of the lower transport path 303 of the other part), and the platen plate 6 is transported by the printing unit. While slightly protruding into the path 503, the wall surface of the printing unit conveyance guide 504 on the printing unit 501 side and the wall surface of the flat portion 602 of the platen plate 6 are rotated and moved to a printing position.

  When the binding tape B is transported along the lower transport path 303, the platen plate 6 is rotated in the direction opposite to the printing position by the operation of the solenoid 604, as shown in FIG. The distance between the upstream end of the flat portion 602 of the platen plate 6 in the binding tape feed direction and the wall surface on the print unit 501 side of the printing unit conveyance guide 504 is the downstream of the flat portion 602 of the platen plate 6 in the binding tape feed direction. The distance between the end portion and the wall surface of the printing unit conveyance guide 504 on the printing unit 501 side is larger, and the distance between the flat surface portion 602 of the platen plate 6 and the wall surface of the printing unit conveyance guide 504 on the printing unit 501 side is larger. In any part, it moves to a transport position that is equal to or greater than the width (thickness width) in the binding tape thickness direction of the lower transport path 303 of the other part other than the printing unit transport guide 504.

  When the platen plate 6 rotates in the direction opposite to the printing position in this way, the wall surface of the flat portion 602 of the platen plate 6 is located downstream of the binding tape feed direction with respect to the wall surface of the printing unit conveyance path guide 504 on the printing unit 501 side. In contrast, the printing unit conveyance path 503 is inclined so that the upstream side opens outward, and the entrance side of the binding tape B is wide and gradually narrows toward the exit side, and the entrance side of the binding tape B of the printing unit conveyance path 503 is wide. It becomes narrower gradually toward the outlet side, and the bundling tape B to be conveyed can be smoothly guided.

  The drive roller 307 installed between the tape holding unit 302 and the bundling mechanism 2 is located downstream of the printing mechanism 5 and the stamp mechanism 4 in the bundling tape feed direction. Therefore, at the position of the printing mechanism 5 and the stamp mechanism 4, the binding tape B is pulled and tensioned in the lower conveyance path 303, and stamp stamping and printing can be performed smoothly.

  The bundling mechanism 2 on the upper part of the apparatus main body 1 has a bundling space 7 for bundling the large bundle A. The bundling tape B is looped around the large bundle A in the bundling space 7 and waits. Gate mechanism 15 for cutting and welding, which is provided below the gate mechanism 15 and unwinds the loop of the binding tape B formed by the gate mechanism 15 so as to adhere to the periphery of the large bundle A, and then performs cutting and welding. The large bundle A is fixedly held at a predetermined position from the front and rear of the mechanism 8 and the gate mechanism 15 in the binding space 7, and one binding in the longitudinal direction or the width direction of the large bundle A is performed, and then the other binding is performed. Therefore, the large bundle A is configured by a holding mechanism 9 that rotates and holds the large bundle A by 90 degrees.

  And the opening front 10 which is the opening for throwing the large bundle A of the banknote which is a thing to be bound from the outside is provided in the front position of the upper part of the apparatus main body 1 in the front position of the binding space 7, A table 11 for temporarily placing an object to be bound such as banknotes in preparation for binding is provided so as to protrude from the bottom of the front surface of the insertion port 10 to the outside of the apparatus main body 1. In addition, a power button 33, a display unit 34, a start button 35, and the like are provided on the upper front surface of the apparatus body 1 above the insertion port 10.

  In addition, a mounting table 12 having a mounting surface on which the large bundle A is mounted is located on the front side of the apparatus main body 1 on the input port 10 side, as shown in FIG. To be inclined downward toward the back side of the binding space 7. Then, the binding tape B is placed on the mounting table 12 at the center in the front-rear direction corresponding to the binding position that is substantially the center in the front-rear direction of the bottom surface of the large bundle A when the large bundle A is placed at a predetermined position. A guide groove 13 that is long in the left-right direction is formed so as to pass across the mounting table 12 over the entire region in the left-right lateral direction and adhere closely to the periphery of the large bundle A.

  The gate mechanism 15 is a plane that is parallel to the guide groove 13 and substantially perpendicular to the mounting surface of the mounting table 12 at a position extending in front of and behind the guide groove 13 that is long in the left-right direction of the mounting table 12 inside the binding space 7. Along the center of the guide groove 13 of the mounting table 12 in the horizontal direction in the lower part of the mounting table 12 with a gap serving as a notch hole 16 for advancing and retreating the cutting and welding mechanism 8 described later. Formed in a substantially rectangular shape when viewed from the front side of the apparatus main body 1 so as to surround the periphery of the mounting table 12 in a loop shape in the binding space 7 downward, leftward, upward, rightward, and downward again. The loop guide 151 (tie band guide) is provided.

  The loop guide 151 forms a wall surface on the inner side of the loop and a side wall on the front side of the apparatus main body of the conveying path 152 (see FIG. 5) formed in the loop guide 151, and the tape surface on the inner side of the loop of the binding tape B and the binding tape. The inner loop guide 153 having an L-shaped cross section that holds the side edge portion of the front side of the apparatus main body B and is slidable to the front side of the apparatus main body parallel to the mounting surface of the mounting table 12 (of the binding tape B). A second guide member having a surface for receiving the inner surface of the loop, and a position parallel to the guide groove 13 at a position where the guide groove 13 is provided and fixed substantially perpendicular to the mounting surface of the mounting table 12. A cross-sectional L-shape that forms a wall surface outside the loop of the inner conveyance path 152 and a side wall on the rear side of the apparatus main body, and holds the outer surface of the binding tape B and the side edge of the binding tape B on the rear side of the apparatus main body. Shape outer loop Id 154 (a first guide member having a surface that receives the side edge of the binding tape B from the lower side in the inclined direction of the conveyance path 152), and the two inner and outer loop guides 153 and 154 are combined. As shown in FIG. 5A, a conveyance path 152 having a rectangular cross section through which the binding tape B can pass is formed.

  In the illustrated example, the loop guide 151 forms a substantially square loop when viewed from the front of the apparatus body 1, but the loop guide 151 forms a substantially circular loop when viewed from the front of the apparatus body 1. It may be a thing.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the gate mechanism 15 is a single unit incorporating an inner loop guide 153 and an outer loop guide 154. The unit of the gate mechanism 15 includes an upper presser 17 (upper surface holding body) having a bar-like portion having a size over substantially the entire left and right direction of the loop guide 151 when viewed from the front side of the apparatus main body 1. At the position of the guide groove 13, the loop guide 151 is arranged at the front and back at a slightly larger interval than the width dimension of the conveyance path 152 of the loop guide 151 (the dimension in the width direction of the binding tape B to be conveyed), parallel to the guide groove 13 and the mounting table 12 The loop guide 151 is incorporated so as to move up and down along a substantially vertical plane with respect to the mounting surface, and the inner loop guide 153, the outer loop guide 154, and the upper pressing member 17. A drive motor 14 is installed.

  The loop guide 151 is configured so that the inner loop guide 153 is parallel to the mounting surface of the mounting table 12 as viewed from the front side of the apparatus main body 1 by the drive motor 14 (the wall surface inside the loop of the transport path 152 is the transport path). As shown in FIG. 5 (a), the outer loop guide 154 and the inner loop guide 153 are combined to slide the transport path 152 of the loop guide 151. Form. Further, the inner loop guide 153 is slid to the front side of the apparatus body 1 in parallel with the mounting surface of the mounting table 12 by the drive motor 14, and as shown in FIG. The wall surface inside the loop of the conveyance path 152 is opened, and the binding tape B is released inside the loop.

  As shown in FIG. 2, auxiliary rollers 155 are provided at the four corners of the outer loop guide 154 so as to face the conveyance path 152. These auxiliary rollers 155 are rotationally driven by the drive motor 14. When the binding tape B is fed into the loop guide 151, it is guided by the rotation of these auxiliary rollers 155, and is fed smoothly.

  In the unit of the gate mechanism 15, the loop guide 151 is substantially perpendicular to the mounting surface of the mounting table 12 that is inclined downward toward the back as viewed from the front of the binding space 7 in the apparatus main body 1. Thus, it is installed in a state of being inclined downward toward the back side of the binding space 7 in the same manner as the inclination of the mounting table 12. The binding tape B fed into the loop guide 151 is held by its own weight in contact with the side wall on the rear side of the main body 1 of the outer loop guide 154, and the inner loop guide 153 slides to move the loop guide. When the conveying path 152 of 151 is opened, the guide groove 13 is brought into contact with the side wall of the outer loop guide 154 on the rear side of the main body 1 of the outer loop guide 154 at its predetermined binding position of the large bundle A mounted on the mounting table 12 by its own weight. The large bundle A slowly falls to a predetermined binding position along a plane that is parallel and substantially perpendicular to the mounting table 12.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the holding mechanism 9 is provided at the left and right side positions of the front portion of the binding space 7 (near the left and right sides of the loop guide 151 between the insertion port 10 and the loop guide 151). The left and right edges of the front surface of the large bundle A, which is one of the side surfaces that stand up with respect to the placement surface of the large bundle A, which is the object to be bound, placed on the placement surface of the placement table 12 with its longitudinal direction facing left and right. A pair of front pressers 18 (side surface holders) that hold the vicinity of the unit, and a mounting surface of the large bundle A that is a binding object mounted on the mounting surface of the mounting table 12 with its longitudinal direction facing left and right A pair of side pressers 19 (a pair of side pressers 19 that press the sides by contacting the left and right sides of the front side of the large bundle A, which are two side surfaces adjacent to each other among the standing side surfaces, from the diagonal sides. Side holding body), and as shown in FIG. A pair of rear pressers 20 for holding the vicinity of the left and right side edges of the rear surface of the large bundle A and the vicinity of the rear side edges of the right and left side surfaces of the large bundle A, It is possible to move forward and backward in the front-rear direction near the center in the left-right direction at the rear of the binding space 7 (backward of the loop guide 151 and near the center in the left-right direction). As shown in FIG. 10, the large bundle A is sandwiched and fixed between the front central portion and the rear central portion, and the large bundle A is rotated about the axis perpendicular to the mounting surface of the mounting table 12 as shown in FIG. A rotation holding body 22 that rotates the rotation is provided.

  The front presser 18 includes a front presser pedestal 185 installed at the left and right lateral positions of the front part of the binding space 7, a drive motor 186 held by each front presser pedestal 185, and the front end of each front presser pedestal 185. A front holding base 183 that is provided in a portion so as to be rotatable via a rotation shaft 184 perpendicular to the mounting surface of the mounting table 12 and rotated by a drive motor 186, and a large bundle near the left and right side edges of the front surface of the large bundle A A front holding plane 181 that abuts substantially the whole area in the height direction of A and holds and fixes the large bundle A from the front is attached to the front end side of each front pressing base 183, and the large bundle A is rotated by the rotation of the front pressing base 183. The front holding member 182 is movable from the front to a front holding position for holding and fixing.

  The front presser base 18 has a front presser base 183 located in the vicinity of the left and right side edges of the front surface of the large bundle A placed in the front portion of the binding space 7 with the front holding plane 181 of the front holding member 182 facing left and right. While holding and fixing, the front holding position in which the left and right sides of the front side of the large bundle A are held and fixed by the side pressing member 182 and rotated to the vicinity of the left and right side portions (near the left and right sides of the loop guide 151) of the binding space 7 By retracting, it is possible to rotate about 90 degrees between the front surface of the large bundle A and the front open position where the left and right sides of the front surface are opened, and the left and right edges of the front surface of the large bundle A are driven by the rotational force of the drive motor 186. A holding force is generated to hold the vicinity of the portion over substantially the entire region in the height direction.

  The side presser 19 includes a side holding member 192 having a side holding plane 191 for holding the side of the large bundle A, and the side holding member 192 perpendicular to the mounting surface of the mounting table 12. In the direction of rotating the rotating shaft 193 pivotally supported by the axis and the side holding member 192 in the direction toward the left and right sides of the front side of the large bundle A (the direction from the front side to the back side of the binding space 7). A rotating shaft 193 that is supported by a front holding member 182 of the front presser 18 is supported by a rotating shaft 193 that rotatably supports the side holding member 192. When the front holding member 182 moves to the front fixing position, the side holding plane 191 of the side holding member 192 contacts the left and right sides of the front side of the large bundle A, and the longitudinal direction is applied by the biasing force of the spring member 194. Are held and fixed by pressing the left and right sides of the front side of the large bundle A placed facing left and right.

  The side holding member 192 is a spring member according to the positions of the left and right sides of the front side of the large bundle A when contacting the left and right sides of the front side of the large bundle A placed with its longitudinal direction facing left and right. It rotates by the urging force of 194 or against the urging force and moves so that the left and right sides of the large bundle A slide on the side holding plane 191. Therefore, even if the left and right lengths of the large bundle A placed on the placement surface of the placement table 12 are different from each other when viewed from the front side of the apparatus main body, the left and right sides of the front side of the large bundle A are partially covered by the side holding plane 191. Can be held and fixed over almost the entire area in the height direction.

  In this embodiment, the front holding member 182 of the front presser 18 is fixed to the front presser base 183. This is because, when the object to be bound is a banknote, the current banknote has a short side regardless of the denomination. Since the width dimension on the side is the same, the front holding member 182 is perpendicular to the mounting surface of the mounting table 12 when used to bind objects to be bound having different width dimensions on the short side. The front holding member 182 may be rotatably supported by the front pressing base 183 by a rotating shaft of a simple axis, and the front holding member 182 may be biased by a spring member toward the vicinity of the left and right side edges of the front surface of the object to be bound. By doing so, the front holding member 182 is rotated in accordance with the width dimension in the front-rear (depth) direction of the object to be bound, and the vicinity of the left and right side edges of the front surface of the object to be bound is always approximated in the height direction at the front fixing position. It can be held across the entire area.

  At this time, the rotatable range of the front holding member 182 is such that the front holding plane 181 of the front holding member 182 has the smallest width dimension in the front-rear direction when the front pressing base 183 is located at the front fixing position. The front holding plane 181 and the front holding plane 181 are substantially parallel to each other so that the vicinity of the left and right edges on the front side of the front can be securely held over substantially the entire height direction. It is possible to rotate from the position where it becomes to the front side (input port side) of the binding space 7. As a result, the front pressing base 183 can be selectively rotated to the front holding position and the front opening position by the rotation of the drive motor 186, and when the front holding base 183 is rotated to the front holding position, the front holding base 183 is held by the biasing force of the spring member. The member 182 can be pressed and held in the vicinity of the left and right side edges of the front surface of the object to be bound over substantially the entire height direction. Depending on the width dimension of the front and rear (depth direction) of the object to be bound, The front holding member 182 is slightly rotated forward against the force, and even if the width dimension in the depth direction of the objects to be bound is variously changed, the front holding position is a part of the front holding plane 181. It becomes possible to hold the object to be bound firmly from the front side.

  Each of the left and right rear pressers 20 includes a rear presser base portion 204 that is pivotally supported at the rear end portion thereof, and three leaf springs that are attached to the front end portion of the rear presser base portion 204 so as to be arranged in the front-rear direction. And a rear holding unit 201. The three leaf springs of the rear holding portion 201 are arranged so that the foremost leaf spring has the rear edge portions of the left and right side surfaces of the large bundle A placed with the longitudinal direction facing left and right in substantially the entire height direction. The rear side holding member 202 is pressed and held by the repulsive force of the leaf spring at the tip end of the leaf spring, and the leaf spring on the rear side is closer to the center of the binding space 7 than the rear side holding member 202. A rear surface holding member 203 that protrudes and presses and holds the vicinity of the left and right side edges of the rear surface of the large bundle A by the repulsive force of the leaf spring in the entire height direction in the front plane portion of the leaf spring material. The leaf spring on the side protrudes to a position where it comes into contact with the vicinity of the rear edge of the left and right side surfaces (side surfaces on the long side) of the large bundle A after rotating the large bundle A by 90 degrees from the state in which the longitudinal direction is directed to the left and right. After rotating 90 degrees, the plate bar extends over substantially the entire area in the height direction around the rear edges of the left and right side surfaces of the large bundle A. By the repulsive force of the leaf spring at the tip of a longitudinal After pressing member 205 for pressing the holding.

  These left and right rear pressers 20 are normally waiting at the rear rear holding position, and when the rotary holding body 22 moves forward, the left and right rear presser bases gradually move in accordance with the advancement of the rotary holding body 22. The rear end position (when the large bundle A is rotated by 90 degrees, the rear side holding member 202 and the rear end position where the front end portions of 204 are open and are in an open state that does not interfere with the rotation operation of the rotary holding body 22. The position of the front end of the left and right rear presser base 204 is gradually narrowed in accordance with the retraction of the rotary holding body 22. The left and right rear presser bases 204 are linked to the rotary fixed body 22 by a link member (not shown) so as to move to a rear holding position for holding the rear part of the large bundle A. That is, a link groove (not shown) that is gradually bent toward the center side of the binding space 7 is formed in the left and right rear presser bases 204 toward the front end side, and the link in which both ends are fitted in this link groove. The central part of the member is attached to the rotary fixed body 22, and moves to the rear opening position in accordance with the forward movement of the rotary fixed body 22, and moves to the rear holding position in accordance with the backward movement.

  When the rotary holding body 22 is moved backward by the operation of the drive motor 225, the front end portion of the rear presser base 204 is moved to the center side of the binding space 7 and closed from the left and right, and the front end portion of the rear side holding member 202 is moved. Is in contact with substantially the entire area in the height direction in the vicinity of the rear edge portions of the left and right side surfaces on the long side of the large bundle 7, and the flat portion of the rear surface holding member 203 is in the height direction near the left and right side edges of the rear surface of the large bundle A. When the rotary holding body 22 moves forward by the operation of the drive motor 225, the front end portion of the rear pressing base portion 204 moves to the left and right side sides of the binding space 7 and opens. Then, the front end portion of the rear side holding member 202 moves away from the substantially entire area in the height direction near the rear edge portions on the left and right side surfaces on the long side of the large bundle A, and the flat portion of the rear surface holding member 203 is the large bundle 7. Height direction near the left and right side edges of the rear surface Apart from substantially the entire region, opening the rear of Daitaba 7, in the open position after unobtrusive during rotation of the rotary holder 22.

  When placing the large bundle A, which is an object to be bound, at a predetermined position on the mounting table 12, the rear presser 20 stands by at the rear holding position and also serves as a positioning guide for the large bundle A. It can be mounted on.

  When the rear presser 20 is in the rear holding position, the rear surface holding member 203 has a front plane portion that holds the vicinity of the side edge of the rear surface of the large bundle A mounted on a predetermined position (longitudinal direction left and right) of the binding space 7. The longitudinal center line orthogonal to the short side of the large bundle A to be placed and the loop center line of the conveyance path 152 of the loop guide 151 are located on the same horizontal vertical plane with respect to the placement surface of the placement table 12. Provided at a position where it abuts the rear surface of the large bundle A placed on the place. As a result, when the large bundle A, which is the object to be bound, is placed on the placement surface of the placement table 12 with the longitudinal direction turned to the left or right, the rear face is set so that the large bundle A is fitted between the left and right rear side holding members 202. By pressing against the holding portion 203 and placing it on the placing table 12, the center portion in the longitudinal direction of the large bundle A can be placed at a predetermined position where the guide groove 13 is located.

  Since the rear holding member 203 and the rear side holding member 202 are made of leaf springs, the side edges of the rear surface of the large bundle A are deformed by the elastic force of the leaf springs even if the sizes of the large bundles A to be bound are slightly different. The vicinity and the vicinity of the rear edge of the left and right side surfaces can be pressed and held, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the rotation holding body 22 includes a rotation holding base 222 that rotates 90 degrees around a rotation shaft 221 having an axis perpendicular to the mounting surface of the mounting table 12, and the rotation holding base 222 front and rear. A drive motor 225 that is moved to the rear side and fixed to the rear side of the rotation holding base 222. When the rotation holding base 222 is advanced, the bundle is mounted on the mounting surface of the mounting table 12 with the longitudinal direction left and right. A rear holding member 223 that is in contact with the vicinity of the center of the rear surface of the large bundle A, which is an object, is attached to the front side of the rotation holding base 222 so as to be pivotable in the vertical direction. Usually, as shown by a broken line in FIG. In the retracted position, the rotation holding base 222 advances and the rear holding member 223 comes into contact with the vicinity of the center of the rear surface of the large bundle A, and then rotates downward by the rotation of a motor (not shown). Abutting near the front center of A Consists front holding member 224. which flux A sandwiched and fixed.

  First, the large bundle A is placed on the placement surface of the placement table 12 with the longitudinal direction facing left and right, and is bound by the binding tape B along the longitudinal center line. When the bundling along the longitudinal center line of the large bundle A is finished, the front presser base 183 is retracted from the front holding position and moved to the front open position, and the rotary holding body 22 is moved by the drive motor 225. The rear holding member 223 is moved forward and brought into contact with the vicinity of the center of the rear surface of the large bundle A. Accordingly, the rear presser 20 retracts from the rear holding position in conjunction with the forward movement of the rotary holding body 22 and moves to the rear opening position. Then, the front holding member 224 of the rotary holding body 22 is rotated downward from the upper retracted position and brought into contact with the vicinity of the center of the front surface of the large bundle A, and the large bundle A is sandwiched between the front holding member 224 and the rear holding member 223. Then, the rotating shaft 221 is rotated to rotate the large bundle A by 90 degrees. Then, the front holding member 224 is rotationally moved upward to open the front center portion of the large bundle A, and the rotary holding body 22 is retracted backward again. By doing so, the rear presser 20 moves to the rear holding position, and the large bundle A is rotated by 90 degrees, and is placed on the placement surface of the placement table 12 with the longitudinal direction facing back and forth. At this time, the longitudinal rear presser member 205 attached to the rear presser base 204 of the rear presser 20 is pressed and held in the vicinity of the rear edges of the left and right side surfaces of the large bundle A after being rotated by 90 degrees over substantially the entire height direction. Misalignment is prevented.

  Further, the cutting and welding mechanism 8 is provided below the notch hole 16 of the gate mechanism 15 located in the vicinity of the central portion in the left-right direction of the guide groove 13 of the mounting table 12 as described above, and the binding formed by the gate mechanism 15. After rewinding the loop of the tape B and bringing it into close contact with the large bundle A, cutting and welding are performed. As shown in FIG. 11, the heater 24 for welding the binding tape B and the cutting of the binding tape B are performed. A cutter 23 to perform, a first pressing member 25 (first holding member), a second pressing member 27 (second holding member), and a third pressing member 28 (third holding member) that hold and hold the binding tape B; The first pressing member 25, the second pressing member 27, the third pressing member 28, the heater 24, and the cutter 23 are rotated by the driving motor 29 and the driving motor 29 for driving them. It consists driving the eccentric cam 30 for driving in ring. The first pressing member 25, the third pressing member 28, the cutter 23, and the heater from the lower conveying path 303 side to the conveying path while guiding the binding tape B from the lower conveying path 303 to the lower left end of the loop guide 151. 24 and the second pressing member 27 are arranged in this order.

  Further, a first partition plate 31 and a second partition plate 32 are provided at the position of the guide groove 13 of the mounting table 12 so as to protrude forward and backward from the rear. When both the first partition plate 31 and the second partition plate 32 protrude forward, the two partition plates 31 and 32 and the guide groove 13 cut the binding tape B fed from the lower right end portion of the loop guide 151. A part of the guide for guiding to the center of 6 to form a loop is formed. Further, when the cutting and welding mechanism 8 does not operate before or after the binding operation, the second partition plate 32 protrudes forward below the guide groove 13 so that the binding mechanism 2 cannot be touched from the outside. It acts as a safety lid.

  The first pressing member 25 is slidable in the vertical direction, and the front end portion of the binding tape B fed from the lower right end portion of the loop guide 151 between the upper surface portion of the first pressing member 25 and the lower surface of the first partition plate 31. It can be held and fixed by pinching the vicinity.

  The first pressing member 25 is formed with a tape passage 26 (binding band passage portion) through which the binding tape B sent from the lower conveyance path 303 passes. The binding tape B sent from the lower conveyance path 303 side passes through the tape passage 26, passes between the second partition plate 32 above the cutter 23, the heater 24 and the second pressing member 27, It is sent to the lower left end portion of the loop guide 151 and sent along the conveyance path 152 in the loop guide 151, and the front end portion of the first partition plate 31 and the second partition plate 32 extends from the lower right end portion of the loop guide 151. Between the first pressing member 25 and the second pressing member 27 on the downstream side in the transport direction of the tape passage 26 of the first pressing member 25. A loop is formed in a state in which the portion that is positioned overlaps with the tip portion that is fed to the position above the second pressing member 27 between the first partition plate 31 and the second partition plate 32.

  The third pressing member 28 is provided in the tape passage 26 of the first pressing member 25 so as to be slidable in the vertical direction. When the third pressing member 28 is raised, the tape passage in the first pressing member 25 is provided. 26 and the upper surface of the third pressing member 28, the upstream portion of the binding tape B is sandwiched and held and fixed in the tape passage 26.

  The second pressing member 27 is slidable in the vertical direction. The second pressing member 27 is fed from the lower right end portion of the loop guide 151 between the upper surface of the second pressing member 27 and the lower surface of the first partition plate 31. The first pressing member is fed from the lower end of the binding tape B positioned above the second pressing member 27 between the second partition plates 32 and the lower left end of the loop guide 151 from the lower conveyance path 303. The portion located between the first pressing member 25 and the second pressing member 27 on the downstream side in the transport direction of the 25 tape passages 26 is sandwiched and held and fixed.

  The heater 24 is slidable in the vertical direction. The heater 24 is pressed so that the overlapping portion of the binding tape B is sandwiched between the lower surface of the first partition plate 31, and the binding tape B is heated by the heat of the heater 24. Can be welded.

  The cutter 23 is slidable in the vertical direction, and is a portion sandwiched between the first pressing member 25 and the third pressing member 28, and a portion sandwiched between the second pressing member 27 and the first partition plate 31. The binding tape B can be pushed and cut at a position close to the first pressing member 25.

  The vertical direction of the first pressing member 25, the second pressing member 27, the third pressing member 28, the heater 24, and the cutter 23 refers to the mounting of the mounting table 12 that is inclined downward toward the back side of the apparatus main body 1. This means a direction perpendicular to the placement surface.

  The first pressing member 25, the second pressing member 27, the third pressing member 28, the heater 24, and the cutter 23 are different in the circumferential dimension of the protruding portion in accordance with the timing of each operation, and operate in the vertical direction. It is drivingly connected to a drive eccentric cam 30 formed with a protruding portion so that the radial dimension of the protruding portion varies depending on the distance. Then, in the bundling standby state shown in FIG. 12A, the start button 35 is pushed and driven by the drive motor 29 to rotate the drive eccentric cam 30, as shown in FIG. The first pressing member 25 is slid upward (at this time, the second partition plate 32 is retracted), and the vicinity of the front end of the binding tape B fed from the lower right end of the loop guide 151 is positioned at the lower right end of the loop guide 151. Hold near the part. Then, after the loop guide 151 is opened and the binding tape B is rewound, the drive motor 29 further rotates and the drive eccentric cam 30 rotates, as shown in FIG. 2 The holding member 27 slides upward to hold the leading end of the binding tape B forming a loop and the binding tape B that overlaps below the binding tape B, and further rotates the drive eccentric cam 30. Then, as shown in FIG. 12D, the third pressing member 28 slides upward, and the binding tape B is held and fixed in the tape passage 26 of the first pressing member 25. Then, as the drive eccentric cam 30 further rotates, as shown in FIG. 12E, the cutter 23 and the heater 24 slide upward to perform cutting and welding, and finally, the cutting and welding mechanism 8. All the members are slid downward, and the drive eccentric cam 30 is operated by the drive motor 29 so that the cutting and welding mechanism can be operated in order.

  The bundling device of this embodiment has a normal mode and a low-speed mode as bundling operation modes, and these can be switched by setting.

  In the normal mode, when the power button 33 on the upper front surface of the apparatus main body 1 is pressed, the binding tape B is fed out from the tape storage unit 301 by a predetermined length by the drive roller 308 and stored in the tape storage unit 302, and further conveyed downward. The path 303 is conveyed by the driving roller 307, and the leading end portion of the binding tape B passes through the tape passage 26 of the first pressing member 25, and the second partition plate 32 is above the cutter 23, the heater 24, and the second pressing member 27. And is fed into the loop guide 151 from the lower left end of the loop guide 151.

  Then, the binding tape B is fed from the left lower end portion of the loop guide 151 to the left side portion, the upper portion, the right side portion, and the right lower end portion, and from the right lower end portion of the loop guide 151, the first partition plate In the guide groove 13 between the first partition plate 31 and the second partition plate 32, the leading end of the binding tape B is sent to a position near the upper side of the second pressing member 27, and the driving rollers 307 and 308 are stopped at that time. Thereby, the part located between the 1st pressing member 25 and the 2nd pressing member 27 in the conveyance direction downstream side of the tape channel | path 26 of the 1st pressing member 25, and the 1st partition plate 31 and the 2nd partition plate 32 are shown. A loop is formed in a state in which the tip portion fed to the position above the second pressing member 27 between the two overlaps. This makes it possible to bind. Then, the fact that the binding is possible is indicated by a display on the display unit 34, a lamp, or the like, and a binding standby state is entered. FIG. 2A shows this binding standby state.

  In the binding standby state, the user puts the large bundle A in a state in which the bundles of banknotes are stacked in the vertical direction between the left and right rear side holding members 202 of the rear press 20 with the longitudinal direction of the large bundle A facing left and right. It is placed in contact with the rear surface holding member 203 at a predetermined position of the mounting table 12 (a position where the longitudinal center line of the large bundle A overlaps the guide groove 13). Then, the start button 35 for starting binding is pressed.

  Then, the upper presser 17 at the upper part of the unit of the gate mechanism 15 is lowered to hold the large bundle A from above, and the front presser base 183 of the front presser 18 at the front part of the binding space 7 is rotated, The front holding member 182 holds the vicinity of the side edge of the front surface of the large bundle A over substantially the entire area in the height direction, and the side retainers 19 attached to the front retainer 18 raise the left and right side sides on the front side of the large bundle A. Hold over almost the entire length. In this way, the large bundle A is held and fixed at a predetermined position by the upper presser 17, the front presser 18, the side presser 19, and the rear presser 20.

  When the large bundle A is held and fixed in this way, the second partition plate 32 is retracted, the lower part of the notch hole 16 is opened, the drive eccentric cam 30 is rotated, and the first pressing member 25 is raised, and the loop guide 151 The vicinity of the front end of the binding tape B fed from the right lower end of the loop guide 151 is sandwiched and held between the first partition plate 31 in the vicinity of the right lower end of the loop guide 151, and then the inner loop of the loop guide 151 The guide 153 is slid forward and the loop guide 151 is opened.

  Then, the binding tape B in the loop guide 151 begins to slowly descend to the binding position of the large bundle A while being guided by its own weight to the side wall on the rear side of the outer loop guide 154. At that time, the binding tape B forming the loop is moved upstream in the feeding direction by the driving roller 307 of the lower conveyance path 303 between the tape holding section 302 at the lower part of the apparatus main body 1 and the bundling mechanism 2 at the upper part of the apparatus main body 1. Pull back. Then, the binding tape B is pulled back in a state in which the tip portion is held and fixed by the first pressing member 25, so that the loop diameter of the binding tape B around the large bundle A becomes small, and the binding tape B closely contacts the large bundle A. To do. FIG. 2B shows the operation of pulling back the binding tape.

  Thereafter, when the drive eccentric cam 30 further rotates, the second pressing member 27 rises, and the leading end portion of the binding tape B forming a loop and the binding tape B that overlaps below the binding tape B are overlapped. The drive eccentric cam 30 is rotated by being sandwiched between the first partition plate 31 and the third pressing member 28 is raised, and the binding tape B is held in the tape passage 26 of the first pressing member 25. It is clamped and fixed between the ceiling portion of the tape passage 26 and the third pressing member 28. Thereby, the binding tape B is held and fixed in a tensioned state between the second pressing member 27 and the first pressing member 25.

  Further, when the drive eccentric cam 30 further rotates, the cutter 23 rises, and the binding tape B is positioned between the second pressing member 27 and the first pressing member 25 in the vicinity of the first pressing member 25. Next, the heater 24 is raised, the end of the loop-like binding tape B cut off and cut off from the upstream side in the delivery direction, and the end of the binding tape B positioned above the end. The overlapping portion is welded and fixed by the heat of the heater 24.

  Then, the drive eccentric cam 30 is further rotated, and the first pressing member 25, the second pressing member 27, the third pressing member 28, the heater 24, and the cutter 23 are lowered to release the binding tape B, and then The first partition plate 31 is pulled out from between the binding tape B and the lower surface of the large bundle A. Then, the front presser 18 is rotated and moved to the front opening position, and the upper presser 18 is raised to open the large bundle A. This completes the binding of the large bundle A in the longitudinal direction.

  Thereafter, the inner loop guide 153 is slid rearward to close the loop guide 151 to form the conveying path 152 of the loop guide 151, and the first partition plate 31 is projected to close the notch hole 16, and the second The partition plate 32 is also protruded, and the first partition plate 31 and the second partition plate 32 again form a conveyance path that continues from the lower right end portion of the loop guide 151 in the portion of the cutout hole 16.

  Next, when binding in the direction along the short side at the central portion in the longitudinal direction of the large bundle A, first, the binding tape B from the tape storage unit 301 by a predetermined length as in the case of binding in the longitudinal direction. Is sent out by the drive roller 308 and stored in the tape storage section 302, and is further transported through the lower transport path 303 by the drive roller 307, so that the leading end of the binding tape B passes through the tape passage 26 of the first pressing member 25. Then, it passes between the second partition plate 32 above the cutter 23, the heater 24, and the second pressing member 27, and is fed into the loop guide 151 from the lower left end portion of the loop guide 151.

  Then, the binding tape B is fed from the left lower end portion of the loop guide 151 to the left side portion, the upper portion, the right side portion, and the right lower end portion, and from the right lower end portion of the loop guide 151, the first partition plate In the guide groove 13 between the first partition plate 31 and the second partition plate 32, the leading end of the binding tape B is sent to a position near the upper side of the second pressing member 27, and the driving rollers 307 and 308 are stopped at that time. Thereby, the part located between the 1st pressing member 25 and the 2nd pressing member 27 in the conveyance direction downstream side of the tape channel | path 26 of the 1st pressing member 25, and the 1st partition plate 31 and the 2nd partition plate 32 are shown. A loop is formed in a state in which the tip portion fed to the position above the second pressing member 27 between the two overlaps. This makes it possible to bind. Then, the fact that the binding is possible is indicated by a display on the display unit 34, a lamp, or the like, and a binding standby state is entered.

  In this state, the rotary holding body 22 is advanced, and the rear presser base portion 204 of the rear presser 20 is rotationally moved to the rear open position accordingly. When the rear holding member 223 of the rotary holding body 22 comes into contact with the vicinity of the center of the rear surface of the large bundle A, the front holding member 224 of the rotary holding body 22 is rotated from the upper side to the lower side near the front center of the large bundle A, The large bundle A is sandwiched between the holding member 224 and the rear holding member 223, and then the rotation holding base 222 is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise so that the longitudinal direction of the large bundle A is directed forward and backward.

  Then, the front holding member 224 of the rotary holding body 22 is rotated and moved upward, and the rotary holding body 22 is moved backward while opening the right side surface in the longitudinal direction of the large bundle A that was the front face before 90 ° rotation. At this time, the rotation holding body 22 moves backward while rotating the rotation holding base 222 clockwise, and when the rotation holding base 222 has fully moved back, the rotation holding base 222 finishes rotating 90 degrees clockwise and returns to its original orientation.

  Then, as the rotation holding member 22 moves backward, the rear presser 20 rotates and moves to the rear holding position. Then, the front end portion of the longitudinal rear pressing member 205 provided on the rear pressing base portion 204 of the rear pressing member 20 comes into contact with the left and right side rear portions of the large bundle A after being rotated by 90 degrees, and holds the large bundle A from the left and right. Then, the upper presser 17 incorporated in the unit of the gate mechanism 15 is lowered to press and fix the large bundle A from above. In this state, the bundling operation similar to that in the case of bundling in the longitudinal direction is started.

  In other words, the second partition plate 32 is moved backward to open the lower part of the notch hole 16 and the drive eccentric cam 30 is rotated to raise the first pressing member 25 and sent out from the lower right end of the loop guide 151. The vicinity of the tip of the binding tape B is sandwiched and held between the first partition plate 31 in the vicinity of the lower right end of the loop guide 151, and then the inner loop guide 153 of the loop guide 151 is slid forward. To open the loop guide 151.

  Then, the binding tape B in the loop guide 151 begins to slowly descend to the binding position of the large bundle A while being guided by its own weight to the side wall on the rear side of the outer loop guide 154. At that time, the binding tape B forming the loop is moved upstream in the feeding direction by the driving roller 307 of the lower conveyance path 303 between the tape holding section 302 at the lower part of the apparatus main body 1 and the bundling mechanism 2 at the upper part of the apparatus main body 1. Pull back. Then, the binding tape B is pulled back in a state in which the tip portion is held and fixed by the first pressing member 25, so that the loop diameter of the binding tape B around the large bundle A becomes small, and the binding tape B closely contacts the large bundle A. To do.

  Thereafter, when the drive eccentric cam 30 further rotates, the second pressing member 27 rises, and the leading end portion of the binding tape B forming a loop and the binding tape B that overlaps below the binding tape B are overlapped. The drive eccentric cam 30 is rotated by being sandwiched between the first partition plate 31 and the third pressing member 28 is raised, and the binding tape B is held in the tape passage 26 of the first pressing member 25. It is clamped and fixed between the ceiling portion of the tape passage 26 and the third pressing member 28. Thereby, the binding tape B is held and fixed in a tensioned state between the second pressing member 27 and the first pressing member 25.

  Further, when the drive eccentric cam 30 further rotates, the cutter 23 rises, and the binding tape B is positioned between the second pressing member 27 and the first pressing member 25 in the vicinity of the first pressing member 25. Next, the heater 24 is raised, the end of the loop-like binding tape B cut off and cut off from the upstream side in the delivery direction, and the end of the binding tape B positioned above the end. The overlapping portion is welded and fixed by the heat of the heater 24.

  Then, the drive eccentric cam 30 is further rotated, and the first pressing member 25, the second pressing member 27, the third pressing member 28, the heater 24, and the cutter 23 are lowered to release the binding tape B, and then The first partition plate 31 is pulled out from between the binding tape B and the lower surface of the large bundle A. Then, the front presser 18 is rotated and moved to the front opening position, and the upper presser 18 is raised to open the large bundle A. This completes the binding in the short side direction at the central portion in the longitudinal direction.

  Thereafter, the inner loop guide 153 is slid rearward to close the loop guide 151 to form the conveying path 152 of the loop guide 151, and the first partition plate 31 is projected to close the notch hole 16, and the second The partition plate 32 is also protruded, and the first partition plate 31 and the second partition plate 32 form a transport path that continues from the lower right end of the loop guide 151 in the cutout hole 16 portion, thereby returning to the binding standby state. . This completes both the binding along the center line in the longitudinal direction and the binding in the short side direction at the central portion in the longitudinal direction.

  For printing and stamping on the binding tape B, depending on the setting, whether the large bundle A is printed or stamped on the portion that binds in the longitudinal direction, or whether it is printed or stamped on the portion that binds in the short side direction at the center in the longitudinal direction. The timing for printing and stamping is changed depending on the selection.

  When printing or stamping on a portion bound in the longitudinal direction, the drive rollers 307 and 308 are stopped at a predetermined position for printing and stamping before the binding tape B is sent to the loop guide 151 for the first time. Stop printing and print.

  In the case of stamping, the stamp of the stamp mechanism 4 is projected from the stamp hole and stamped on the binding tape B. When the stamping is completed, the stamp is retracted from the stamp hole. Then, the bundling operation is started after the seal is finished.

  In the case of printing, the platen plate 6 is brought close to the platen plate 6 by the solenoid 604 so that the flat portion 602 is parallel to the conveyance guide wall surface on the print head 502 side. Is pressed against the platen plate 6 and printed on the binding tape B. When printing is finished, the print head 502 is retracted from the print head hole 505, the platen plate 6 is rotated by the solenoid 604, and is moved away from the conveyance guide wall surface on the print head 502 side in the thickness direction of the binding tape B. The width of the printing unit conveyance path 503 is secured. Then, the bundling operation is started after the printing is completed.

  Further, when printing and stamping the large bundle A on the portion to be bundled in the direction along the short side at the central portion in the longitudinal direction, the bundle operation in the direction along the short side is performed after the binding operation in the longitudinal direction is finished. Before feeding the binding tape B to the loop guide 151, the drive rollers 307 and 308 are stopped at a predetermined position for printing and stamping, and the transport of the binding tape B is stopped to perform printing and stamping.

  Further, in the low speed mode, as in the normal mode, when the power button 33 on the upper front surface of the apparatus main body 1 is pressed, the binding tape B is sent out from the tape storage unit 301 by a predetermined length by the drive roller 308 to the tape storage unit 302. Further, it is transported through the lower transport path 303 by the driving roller 307, and the leading end of the binding tape B passes through the tape passage 26 of the first pressing member 25, and the cutter 23, the heater 24, and the second pressing member 27 It passes between the upper part and the second partition plate 32 and is fed into the loop guide 151 from the lower left end of the loop guide 151.

  Then, the binding tape B is fed from the left lower end portion of the loop guide 151 to the left side portion, the upper portion, the right side portion, and the right lower end portion, and from the right lower end portion of the loop guide 151, the first partition plate In the guide groove 13 between the first partition plate 31 and the second partition plate 32, the leading end of the binding tape B is sent to a position near the upper side of the second pressing member 27, and the driving rollers 307 and 308 are stopped at that time. Thereby, the part located between the 1st pressing member 25 and the 2nd pressing member 27 in the conveyance direction downstream side of the tape channel | path 26 of the 1st pressing member 25, and the 1st partition plate 31 and the 2nd partition plate 32 are shown. A loop is formed in a state in which the tip portion fed to the position above the second pressing member 27 between the two overlaps. This makes it possible to bind. Then, the fact that the binding is possible is indicated by a display on the display unit 34, a lamp, or the like, and a binding standby state (shown in FIG. 2A) is entered.

  In the binding standby state, the user puts the large bundle A in a state in which the bundles of banknotes are stacked in the vertical direction between the left and right rear side holding members 202 of the rear press 20 with the longitudinal direction of the large bundle A facing left and right. It is placed in contact with the rear surface holding member 203 at a predetermined position of the mounting table 12 (a position where the longitudinal center line of the large bundle A overlaps the guide groove 13). Then, the start button 35 for starting binding is pressed.

  Then, the upper presser 17 at the upper part of the unit of the gate mechanism 15 is lowered to hold the large bundle A from above, and the front presser base 183 of the front presser 18 at the front part of the binding space 7 is rotated, The front holding member 182 holds the vicinity of the side edge of the front surface of the large bundle A over substantially the entire area in the height direction, and the side retainers 19 attached to the front retainer 18 raise the left and right side sides on the front side of the large bundle A. Hold over almost the entire length. In this way, the large bundle A is held and fixed at a predetermined position by the upper presser 17, the front presser 18, the side presser 19, and the rear presser 20.

  When the large bundle A is held and fixed in this way, the second partition plate 32 is retracted, the lower part of the notch hole 16 is opened, the drive eccentric cam 30 is rotated, and the first pressing member 25 is raised, and the loop guide 151 The vicinity of the front end portion of the binding tape B fed from the right lower end portion is sandwiched and held between the first partition plate 31 in the vicinity of the right lower end portion of the loop guide 151, and then the operation of the drive eccentric cam 30 is performed. Stop. Then, the loop guide 151 is opened by sliding the inner loop guide 153 of the loop guide 151 forward.

  Then, the binding tape B in the loop guide 151 begins to slowly descend to the binding position of the large bundle A while being guided by its own weight to the side wall on the rear side of the outer loop guide 154. At that time, the operation of the drive motor 29 and the drive roller 307 is completely stopped for a predetermined time (about 1 to several seconds), and then the tape holding unit 302 at the lower part of the apparatus main body 1 and the bundling mechanism 2 at the upper part of the apparatus main body 1 are stopped. The bundling tape B forming the loop is pulled back upstream in the delivery direction by the driving roller 307 in the lower conveyance path 303 therebetween. The pullback speed at this time is a slower speed than in the normal mode, and the pullback operation is performed slowly. Then, the binding tape B is pulled back in a state in which the tip portion is held and fixed by the first pressing member 25, so that the loop diameter of the binding tape B around the large bundle A is reduced, and the binding tape B is in close contact with the large bundle A. When the load of the pulling force of the driving roller 307 becomes larger than a predetermined value in the state before the operation, the rotation speed of the driving roller 307 is increased to the pulling speed in the normal mode or the pulling force is increased to tighten the binding tape B. Thus, the binding tape B is in close contact with the periphery of the large bundle A (shown in FIG. 2B). Then, after tightening for a predetermined time, the operation of the drive eccentric cam 30 is resumed.

  Then, when the drive eccentric cam 30 rotates, the second pressing member 27 rises, and the leading end portion of the binding tape B forming a loop and the binding tape B that overlaps the lower end are overlapped. It is clamped and fixed between the one partition plate 31. Then, the drive eccentric cam 30 further rotates, the third pressing member 28 rises, and the binding tape B is moved between the ceiling portion of the tape passage 26 and the third pressing member 28 in the tape passage 26 of the first pressing member 25. Hold and fix in between. Thereby, the binding tape B is held and fixed in a tensioned state between the second pressing member 27 and the first pressing member 25.

  Further, when the drive eccentric cam 30 further rotates, the cutter 23 rises, and the binding tape B is positioned between the second pressing member 27 and the first pressing member 25 in the vicinity of the first pressing member 25. Next, the heater 24 is raised, the end of the loop-like binding tape B cut off and cut off from the upstream side in the delivery direction, and the end of the binding tape B positioned above the end. The overlapping portion is welded and fixed by the heat of the heater 24.

  Then, the drive eccentric cam 30 is further rotated, and the first pressing member 25, the second pressing member 27, the third pressing member 28, the heater 24, and the cutter 23 are lowered to release the binding tape B, and then The first partition plate 31 is pulled out from between the binding tape B and the lower surface of the large bundle A. Then, the front presser 18 is rotated and moved to the front opening position, and the upper presser 18 is raised to open the large bundle A. This completes the binding of the large bundle A in the longitudinal direction.

  Thereafter, the inner loop guide 153 is slid rearward to close the loop guide 151 to form the conveying path 152 of the loop guide 151, and the first partition plate 31 is projected to close the notch hole 16, and the second The partition plate 32 is also protruded, and the first partition plate 31 and the second partition plate 32 again form a conveyance path that continues from the lower right end portion of the loop guide 151 in the portion of the cutout hole 16.

  Next, when binding in the direction along the short side at the central portion in the longitudinal direction of the large bundle A, first, the binding tape B from the tape storage unit 301 by a predetermined length as in the case of binding in the longitudinal direction. Is sent out by the drive roller 308 and stored in the tape storage section 302, and is further transported through the lower transport path 303 by the drive roller 307, so that the leading end of the binding tape B passes through the tape passage 26 of the first pressing member 25. Then, it passes between the second partition plate 32 above the cutter 23, the heater 24, and the second pressing member 27, and is fed into the loop guide 151 from the lower left end portion of the loop guide 151.

  Then, the binding tape B is fed from the left lower end portion of the loop guide 151 to the left side portion, the upper portion, the right side portion, and the right lower end portion, and from the right lower end portion of the loop guide 151, the first partition plate In the guide groove 13 between the first partition plate 31 and the second partition plate 32, the leading end of the binding tape B is sent to a position near the upper side of the second pressing member 27, and the driving rollers 307 and 308 are stopped at that time. Thereby, the part located between the 1st pressing member 25 and the 2nd pressing member 27 in the conveyance direction downstream side of the tape channel | path 26 of the 1st pressing member 25, and the 1st partition plate 31 and the 2nd partition plate 32 are shown. A loop is formed in a state in which the tip portion fed to the position above the second pressing member 27 between the two overlaps. This makes it possible to bind. Then, the fact that the binding is possible is indicated by a display on the display unit 34, a lamp, or the like, and a binding standby state is entered.

  In this state, the rotary holding body 22 is advanced, and the rear presser base portion 204 of the rear presser 20 is rotationally moved to the rear open position accordingly. When the rear holding member 223 of the rotary holding body 22 comes into contact with the vicinity of the center of the rear surface of the large bundle A, the front holding member 224 of the rotary holding body 22 is rotated from the upper side to the lower side near the front center of the large bundle A, The large bundle A is sandwiched between the holding member 224 and the rear holding member 223, and then the rotation holding base 222 is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise so that the longitudinal direction of the large bundle A is directed forward and backward.

  Then, the front holding member 224 of the rotary holding body 22 is rotated and moved upward, and the rotary holding body 22 is moved backward while opening the right side surface in the longitudinal direction of the large bundle A that was the front face before 90 ° rotation. At this time, the rotation holding body 22 moves backward while rotating the rotation holding base 222 clockwise, and when the rotation holding base 222 has fully moved back, the rotation holding base 222 finishes rotating 90 degrees clockwise and returns to its original orientation.

  Then, as the rotation holding member 22 moves backward, the rear presser 20 rotates and moves to the rear holding position. Then, the front end portion of the longitudinal rear pressing member 205 provided on the rear pressing base portion 204 of the rear pressing member 20 comes into contact with the left and right side rear portions of the large bundle A after being rotated by 90 degrees, and holds the large bundle A from the left and right. Then, the upper presser 17 incorporated in the unit of the gate mechanism 15 is lowered to press and fix the large bundle A from above. In this state, the bundling operation similar to that in the case of bundling in the longitudinal direction is started.

  Then, the second partition plate 32 is moved backward to open the lower part of the notch hole 16, the drive eccentric cam 30 is rotated to raise the first pressing member 25, and the second guide plate 32 is fed from the lower right end of the loop guide 151. The vicinity of the front end of the binding tape B is sandwiched and held between the first partition plate 31 in the vicinity of the lower right end of the loop guide 151, and then the operation of the drive eccentric cam 30 is stopped. Then, the loop guide 151 is opened by sliding the inner loop guide 153 of the loop guide 151 forward.

  Then, the binding tape B in the loop guide 151 begins to slowly descend to the binding position of the large bundle A while being guided by its own weight to the side wall on the rear side of the outer loop guide 154. At that time, the operation of the drive motor 29 and the drive roller 307 is completely stopped for a predetermined time (about 1 to several seconds), and then the tape holding unit 302 at the lower part of the apparatus main body 1 and the bundling mechanism 2 at the upper part of the apparatus main body 1 are stopped. The bundling tape B forming the loop is pulled back upstream in the delivery direction by the driving roller 307 in the lower conveyance path 303 therebetween. The pullback speed at this time is a slower speed than in the normal mode, and the pullback operation is performed slowly. Then, the binding tape B is pulled back in a state in which the tip portion is held and fixed by the first pressing member 25, so that the loop diameter of the binding tape B around the large bundle A is reduced, and the binding tape B is in close contact with the large bundle A. When the load of the pulling force of the driving roller 307 becomes larger than a predetermined value in the state before the operation, the rotation speed of the driving roller 307 is increased to the pulling speed in the normal mode or the pulling force is increased to tighten the binding tape B. As a result, the binding tape B comes into close contact with the periphery of the large bundle A. Then, after tightening for a predetermined time, the operation of the drive eccentric cam 30 is resumed.

  Then, when the drive eccentric cam 30 rotates, the second pressing member 27 rises, and the leading end portion of the binding tape B forming a loop and the binding tape B that overlaps the lower end are overlapped. It is clamped and fixed between the one partition plate 31. Then, the drive eccentric cam 30 further rotates, the third pressing member 28 rises, and the binding tape B is moved between the ceiling portion of the tape passage 26 and the third pressing member 28 in the tape passage 26 of the first pressing member 25. Hold and fix in between. Thereby, the binding tape B is held and fixed in a tensioned state between the second pressing member 27 and the first pressing member 25.

  Further, when the drive eccentric cam 30 further rotates, the cutter 23 rises, and the binding tape B is positioned between the second pressing member 27 and the first pressing member 25 in the vicinity of the first pressing member 25. Next, the heater 24 is raised, the end of the loop-like binding tape B cut off and cut off from the upstream side in the delivery direction, and the end of the binding tape B positioned above the end. The overlapping portion is welded and fixed by the heat of the heater 24.

  Then, the drive eccentric cam 30 is further rotated, and the first pressing member 25, the second pressing member 27, the third pressing member 28, the heater 24, and the cutter 23 are lowered to release the binding tape B, and then The first partition plate 31 is pulled out from between the binding tape B and the lower surface of the large bundle A. Then, the front presser 18 is rotated and moved to the front opening position, and the upper presser 18 is raised to open the large bundle A. This completes the binding in the short side direction at the central portion in the longitudinal direction.

  Thereafter, the inner loop guide 153 is slid rearward to close the loop guide 151 to form the conveying path 152 of the loop guide 151, and the first partition plate 31 is projected to close the notch hole 16, and the second The partition plate 32 is also protruded, and the first partition plate 31 and the second partition plate 32 form a transport path that continues from the lower right end of the loop guide 151 in the cutout hole 16 portion, thereby returning to the binding standby state. . This completes both the binding along the longitudinal center line in the low-speed mode and the binding in the short side direction at the central portion in the longitudinal direction.

  According to the low-speed mode, after the loop guide 151 is opened and the binding tape B is released, the operation is stopped for a predetermined time, and after that, the binding tape is slowly pulled back, and is then closely attached to the periphery of the large bundle A that is an object to be bound. Thus, the operation of the binding tape B after being released can be stabilized, the binding band can be guided to a predetermined position of the object to be bound, and more accurate binding can be performed.

  In this embodiment, the drive motor 29 and the drive roller 307 are stopped for a predetermined time after the loop guide is opened in the low speed mode. However, only the drive motor 29 is stopped and the drive roller 307 is rewound at a low speed. An operation may be performed. In the present embodiment, the rotational speed of the drive roller 307 is driven in a plurality of stages in the low speed mode.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Apparatus main body 2 Bundling mechanism 3 Storage | feeding-out mechanism 7 Bundling space 9 Holding mechanism 10 Loading port 12 Mounting base 15 Gate mechanism 151 Loop guide 152 Conveyance path (guide path)
153 Inner loop guide (second guide member)
154 Outer loop guide (first guide member)
301 Tape storage part 302 Tape holding part A Large bundle B Binding tape

Claims (2)

A mounting table having a mounting surface for mounting the object to be bound, a binding band storing means for storing a binding band for binding the object to be bound, and a plane substantially perpendicular to the mounting surface of the mounting table. A binding band guide that forms a loop-shaped guide path that surrounds the mounting table and guides the binding band, and sends out the binding band stored in the binding band storage means and feeds it into the guide path of the binding band guide. A feeding means for forming a loop of the binding band surrounding the mounting band, and releasing the binding band forming the loop surrounding the mounting table from the binding band guide toward the inside in the radial direction of the loop so as to reduce the diameter of the loop A bundling device comprising a bundling means for bundling the bundled objects, bringing them into close contact with the periphery of the bundled objects placed on the placement surface of the mounting table,
The mounting surface of the mounting table is inclined downward from one side in the width direction of the guide path of the binding band guide toward the other side, and the guide path of the binding band guide is aligned with the inclination of the mounting table. Inclined downward from one side of the width direction to the other side,
The binding band guide includes a first guide member having a surface that receives a side edge of the binding band from a lower side in the inclination direction of the guide path, and a second guide member having a surface that receives a surface inside the loop of the binding band. And when forming the loop of the binding band by feeding the binding band by the feeding means, the second guide member approaches the first guide member to form a guide path for guiding the binding band, When the binding band is pulled back by the binding means so as to reduce the diameter of the loop, the second guide member moves upward in the inclination direction of the guide path so that the guide path is separated from the first guide member. A bundling device that opens and releases the bundling band. The device main body has a loading port for loading the object to be bound from the outside and placing it on the mounting table.
2. The bundling device according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting surface of the mounting table and the guide path of the bundling band guide are inclined downward from the inlet side of the device main body toward the back side.

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