JP7154541B2 - Large bundle making device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a large bundle making device.

There is a large bundle creation system that creates a large bundle by bundling 10 small bundles while inspecting each creation information while transporting a plurality of small bundles (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2014-223924 A

Although small bundles can be divided into a plurality of types, it is desired to appropriately combine small bundles of a plurality of types into a large bundle.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a large bundle producing apparatus capable of producing a large bundle by combining small bundles of desired types.

A first aspect of the present invention includes imaging means for imaging the front and back sides of a small bundle formed by stacking and sealing a predetermined number of paper sheets whose front and back sides are aligned, and one imaged by the imaging means. 1st imaging data for the front side of the paper sheets and the sealing band of the small bundle and the 1st imaging data for the back side of the small bundle and the sealing band imaged by the imaging means determination means for determining the type of the small bundle from the imaging data of 2; classification means for classifying the small bundles into a plurality of groups based on the type determined by the determination means; and stacking means for picking the classified small bundles by a predetermined number of bundles for each group and stacking the predetermined total number of bundles; and large bundle creating means for creating.

According to the first aspect, when the imaging means respectively images the front surface and the back surface of the small bundle, the determination means determines the first The type of the small bundle is determined from the imaged data of 1 and the second imaged data of the paper sheets on the back side of the small bundle and the bandage imaged by the image pickup means. Then, the sorting means sorts the small bundles into a plurality of groups based on the type determined by the determining means. Then, the accumulating means picks up a predetermined number of small bundles classified by the classifying means for each group and accumulates the predetermined total number of bundles. A large bundle creating means seals the bundle to create a large bundle. Therefore, a large bundle can be created by combining small bundles of desired types.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the plurality of groups include at least a head position group that is a group of designated small bundles used for the head position of a large bundle, and other small bundles. and a first holding means for holding the small bundles of the head position group, and a second holding means for holding the small bundles of the other group. .

According to the second aspect, based on the type determined by the determination means, the classification means classifies the small bundles into a head position group, which is a group of designated small bundles used for the head position of the large bundle, and other The first holding means holds the small bundles of the head position group, and the second holding means holds the small bundles of the other group. Then, the stacking means picks the small bundles classified by the sorting means by a predetermined number of bundles for each group from the first holding means and the second holding means, and accumulates the predetermined total number of bundles. Therefore, the small bundle used at the leading position of the large bundle can be a desired type of small bundle.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the plurality of groups include a head position group which is a group of designated small bundles used for the head position of the large fascicle, and a group used for the tail position of the large fascicle. a first holding means for holding the small bundles of the head position group, including a tail position group that is a group of small bundles that are specified and a miscellaneous group that is a group of other small bundles other than these; It is characterized by comprising second holding means for holding the small bundles of the other group and third holding means for holding the small bundles of the end position group.

According to the third aspect, the classification means classifies the small bundles into the head position group, which is a group of designated small bundles used for the head position of the large bundle, and the large bundle, based on the type determined by the determination means. and a group of other small bundles, and a first holding means reserves the small bundles of the leading position group. Then, the third holding means holds the small bundles of the end position group, and the second holding means holds the small bundles of the other groups. Then, the accumulating means picks up the small bundles classified by the classifying means from the first holding means, the second holding means, and the third holding means by a predetermined number of bundles for each group to obtain a predetermined total number of bundles. will be accumulated. Therefore, the small bundle used for the leading position of the large bundle can be a desired type of small bundle, and the small bundle used for the trailing position of the large bundle can be a desired type of small bundle.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect, the classification means includes head cut-out means for cutting out small bundles in the start position group and tail cut-out means for cutting out small bundles in the tail position group. , and an intermediate cutting means for cutting out the small bundles of the other group, wherein the intermediate cutting means is provided downstream of the leading cutting means and the trailing cutting means in the conveying direction of the small bundles. It is characterized by

According to the fourth aspect, the classifying means is provided downstream of the leading clipping means for clipping the small bundles of the leading position group and the trailing clipping means for clipping the small bundles of the trailing position group. Since the cutting means is provided, it is possible to efficiently cut out small bundles.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the third or fourth aspect, when the third holding means is full of small bundles, the small bundles of the tail position group are held in the second holding means. It is characterized by

According to the fifth aspect, when the third holding means is full of small bundles, the second holding means holds the small bundles of the trailing position group, thereby suppressing the occurrence of apparatus stoppage.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the second to fifth aspects, when the first holding means is full of small bundles, the small bundles in the head position group are put into the second holding state. It is characterized in that it is held by the means.

According to the sixth aspect, when the first holding means is full of small bundles, the small bundles of the leading position group are held by the second holding means, so that the occurrence of machine stoppage can be suppressed.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to sixth aspects, a small bundle unsuitable for large bundle formation is further detected based on the first imaging data and the second imaging data. It is characterized by comprising an inspection means and an exclusion means for excluding the small bundles unsuitable for large bundles detected by the inspection means.

According to the seventh aspect, when the inspection means detects a small bundle unsuitable for enlarging based on the first imaging data and the second imaging data, the exclusion means excludes the small bundle unsuitable for enlarging. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the possibility that small bundles unsuitable for large bundles are mixed with large bundles.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the large bundle production apparatus which can produce a large bundle by combining the small bundle of a desired kind can be provided.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is the perspective view seen from the apparatus front side which shows the large bundle production apparatus of one Embodiment which concerns on this invention. 1 is a perspective view seen from the front side of a device showing the periphery of a small bundle input section of a large bundle producing device according to one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. FIG. 13 shows a pattern of the surface of the bundle; It is a figure which shows the pattern of the small bundle back surface. It is a perspective view seen from the rear side of the device showing the periphery of the small bundle stacking unit of the large bundle creating device according to one embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a table showing inspection items based on imaging data of a large bundle creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, where (A) is an inspection item for the front surface of a small bundle, and (B) is an inspection item for the back surface of a small bundle. is shown. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the periphery of a small bundle imaging section, a head cutout section, and an end cutout section of a large bundle creating apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention, as seen from the rear side of the apparatus; It is the perspective view seen from the apparatus back side which shows the intermediate|middle cutout part periphery of the large bundle production apparatus of one Embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the stacking base part of the large bundle production apparatus of one Embodiment which concerns on this invention.

A large bundle producing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
The large bundle creating apparatus 11 of the embodiment is an apparatus that creates a large bundle from small bundles of loose paper sheets. Specifically, the large bundle forming device 11 is a device that forms a large bundle from small bundles of the same denomination composed of loose banknotes of the same denomination. Here, the paper sheets that serve as media include gift certificates, checks, bills, and the like, in addition to banknotes. Hereinafter, loose banknotes are simply referred to as banknotes.

As shown in FIG. 1, the large bundle creating device 11 includes a predetermined number of sets, specifically two sets of small bundle supply units 12, a small bundle conveying unit 13, a small bundle stacking unit 14, a predetermined number of units, Specifically, it has four large bundle producing machines 15 (large bundle producing means), a large bundle placing table 16, and a control section 17 (judging means, inspection means) for controlling the entire large bundle producing apparatus 11. FIG.

The small bundle conveying section 13 is a belt conveyor, which is arranged horizontally and extends linearly. The small bundle supply unit 12 , the small bundle supply unit 12 , and the small bundle stacking section 14 are arranged in this order along the small bundle conveying section 13 . A large bundle forming machine 15 is installed on the opposite side of the small bundle supply unit 12 of the small bundle accumulating section 14, and a large bundle placing table 16 is installed on the opposite side of the small bundle accumulating section 14 of the large bundle forming machine 15. . The small bundle conveying section 13 conveys the small bundles so that the small bundle supply unit 12 farther from the small bundle stacking section 14 is on the upstream side and the small bundle stacking section 14 is on the downstream side. The control unit 17 is installed on the opposite side of the small bundle stacking unit 14 of the small bundle supply unit 12 on the most upstream side. Here, in the large bundle forming apparatus 11, the side from which an operator supplies a small bundle or takes out a prepared large bundle is called the front side of the apparatus, and the opposite side is called the rear side of the apparatus. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a large bundle forming device 11 viewed from the front side of the device.

Each small bundle supply unit 12 has a plurality of small bundle supply units 21, specifically four. Since the plurality of small bundle supply units 21 have the same configuration, one small bundle supply unit 21 will be described as an example.

As shown in FIG. 2 , the small bundle supply section 21 has a small bundle input section 22 , a supply picking mechanism 23 , and a small bundle counter 24 . The small bundle counter 24 is arranged on the front side of the small bundle conveying section 13 , and the small bundle input section 22 is arranged on the opposite side of the small bundle counter 24 from the small bundle conveying section 13 . The supply picking mechanism 23 is provided so as to connect the small bundle input section 22 , the small bundle counting machine 24 and the small bundle conveying section 13 .

A small bundle 200 is manually set in the small bundle loading unit 22 from outside the machine. The small bundle input section 22 has a plurality of rows, specifically two rows of set tables 31 . The two rows of set tables 31 are inclined so that the front side of the device is high and the rear side of the device, that is, the small bundle counter 24 side is low. A plurality of small bundles 200 are stacked in the thickness direction along this inclination and set on the two rows of setting tables 31 .

Here, the small bundle 200 is formed by stacking a predetermined number of banknotes 201 of the same denomination, specifically 100, and stacking the short sides of the banknotes 201 at a predetermined position biased to one side in the long side direction of the banknotes 201 . The band 202 is wound parallel to the direction and bound to be integrated. The small bundle 200 is produced by a small bundle producing machine (not shown). A small bundle 200 is set on the setting table 31 with the banding bands 202 aligned so that the long sides of the banknotes 201 are horizontal and the banding bands 202 are positioned on a predetermined fixed side. Specifically, the small bundles 200 are set so that the banding band 202 is positioned on the right side of the small bundle input unit 22 when viewed from the front side of the device, that is, from the side opposite to the small bundle counter 24 . As a result, the small bundles 200 are set so that the banding strip 202 is positioned on the left side of the small bundle input section 22 when viewed from the rear side of the apparatus, that is, from the small bundle counting machine 24 side.

The supply picking mechanism 23 picks one small bundle 200 out of one or a plurality of small bundles 200 set on the two rows of set tables 31 of the small bundle input unit 22 . Here, the supply picking mechanism 23 picks the small bundles 200 at a fixed position one by one from among one or more small bundles 200 set on each set table 31. Specifically, Only one bundle 200 located on the lowermost slope of each set table 31, in other words, on the side of the small bundle counter 24, is picked. The supply picking mechanism 23 sets one small bundle 200 picked from the small bundle input unit 22 to a count setting unit (not shown) of the small bundle counter 24 . That is, the supply picking mechanism 23 grabs the small bundles 200 one by one from the small bundle input unit 22 and transfers them to the counting set unit of the small bundle counter 24 . In addition, the supply picking mechanism 23 grabs the small bundle 200 in the count setting section of the small bundle counter 24 and transfers it to the small bundle conveying section 13 for setting.

The supply picking mechanism 23 includes a supply guide rail 41 vertically extending above the small bundle input unit 22, the small bundle counting machine 24, and the small bundle transport unit 13 and horizontally in the direction connecting them, that is, in the front-rear direction of the apparatus. It has an entrance-side robot hand 42 that moves along the rail 41 and an exit-side robot hand 43 that moves along the supply guide rail 41 . The exit-side robot hand 43 is provided on the rear side of the apparatus relative to the entrance-side robot hand 42 .

After the entrance-side robot hand 42 descends at the position of the small bundle insertion section 22 and grasps the small bundle 200 at a predetermined position in the small bundle insertion section 22, it rises and moves along the supply guide rail 41 to the rear side of the apparatus. It moves and stops at the position of the bundle counter 24 , and descends to set the gripped bundle 200 in the count setting section (not shown) of the bundle counter 24 . The entrance-side robot hand 42 is capable of picking the small bundles 200 from both set tables 31 of the small bundle input section 22 .

When the small bundle counter 24 confirms that the small bundle 200 is placed on the counting set unit (not shown), the small bundle counting machine 24 automatically turns the banknotes 201 forming the small bundle 200 set on the counting set unit one by one. count while The small bundle counting machine 24 checks whether the small bundle 200 is an inspection-passed small bundle composed of a predetermined number of small bundles 201 of the same denomination, specifically 100 proper banknotes 201, or not. Determine whether the bundle is rejected. As shown in FIG. 3, the small bundle counting machine 24 stamps a "passed" mark 203 indicating that the small bundle has passed the inspection on the band 202 of the small bundle that has passed the inspection. If the set bundle 200 is an abnormal bundle 200, the bundle counter 24 will generate an alarm without pressing the "accepted" mark 203, whereby the controller 17 will The bundle feeder 21 including the bundle counter 24 is stopped. The small bundles that failed the inspection include a small bundle composed of less than 100 banknotes, a small bundle containing banknotes of different denominations, and a denomination to be made into a large bundle. includes small bundles of different denominations.

As shown in FIG. 2, the supply-picking mechanism 23 is operated after the exit-side robot hand 43 descends at the position of the small bundle counter 24 and picks up the small bundle 200 determined to be normal by the small bundle counter 24. ,Rise. The exit-side robot hand 43 thus raised moves to the rear side of the device along the supply guide rail 41, and descends at the position of the small bundle conveying section 13 to move the grasped small bundle 200 to the small bundle conveying section. 13 is set in the transport setting unit 35 .

Here, the supply-picking mechanism 23 sets the small bundle 200 on the transport setting section 35 in a one-to-one relationship with the orientation of the small bundle 200 inserted into the small bundle inserting section 22 . That is, as described above, the supply and picking mechanism 23 picks up the small bundles 200 set in the small bundle insertion unit 22 so that the long sides of the banknotes 201 are horizontal and the banding band 202 is positioned on the right side as viewed from the front side of the device. , the short sides of the bills 201 are along the vertical direction, the long sides of the bills 201 are along the conveying direction of the small bundle conveying section 13, and the banding band 202 is positioned on the right side as seen from the front side of the device. set. The small bundle conveying unit 13 horizontally conveys the small bundle 200 set in such an upright position so that the long sides of the banknotes 201 are along the conveying direction with the banding band 202 on the leading side.

Here, the small bundle 200 is formed by banding a predetermined number of banknotes 201 of the same denomination, specifically 100, with at least the front and back sides aligned. In other words, the banknotes 201 in the small bundle 200 are not aligned with respect to the top and bottom. In addition, when the small bundle 200 is set on the setting table 31 of the small bundle insertion unit 22, the direction of the banding band 202 is fixed as described above, but the bills 201 on the front face are set. The bills 201 on the top and bottom and on the back side are set without being aligned. Therefore, the small bundles 200 set on the small bundle conveying unit 13 are classified into eight types with different orientations.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, for example, in a 10,000-yen note, a 5,000-yen note, and a 1,000-yen note, the side of the bill 201 on which the person image 300 is printed is the bill surface 301, and the person image 300 is printed. The banknote back surface 302 is the non-existent side. Also, the head 311 side of the person image 300 is the banknote top (top), and the chest 312 side of the person image 300 is the banknote bottom (bottom). When the person 300 is viewed from the front with the head 311 vertically up and the chest 312 vertically down, the left is banknote left and the right is banknote right. A small bundle surface 211 is the front surface of the small bundle 200 set in the conveyance setting unit 35 of the small bundle conveying unit 13 when viewed from the rear side of the device, and the front surface when viewed from the front side of the device. is the small bundle back surface 212 . As shown in FIG. 3, the bundle surface 211 in each case has the band 202 biased to the left when viewed from the front. As shown in FIG. 4, on the back surface 212 of the small bundle, the band 202 is biased to the right side when viewed from the front in any case.

On the small bundle surface 211, as shown in FIG. 3(a), the band 202 is arranged on the left side of the upright banknote surface 301 in which the upper side of the banknote is vertical and the lower side of the banknote is vertical. As shown in the front surface 211 (a) and FIG. 3(b), the bundle surface on which the band 202 is arranged on the left side of the inverted banknote back surface 302 in which the banknote top is vertically downward and the banknote bottom is vertically upward. 211(b) and, as shown in FIG. 3(c), a small bundle surface 211 on which a band 202 is arranged on the left side of an inverted banknote surface 301 in which the banknote top is vertically downward and the banknote bottom is vertically upward. (c) and, as shown in FIG. 3(d), a small bundle surface 211 on which a band 202 is arranged on the left side of an upright bill back surface 302 in which the top of the bill is vertically up and the bottom of the bill is vertically down. (d).

On the small bundle rear surface 212, as shown in FIG. 4(a), the band 202 is arranged on the right side of the upright banknote surface 301 in which the banknote top is vertically upward and the banknote bottom is vertically downward. A back surface 212 ( a ) and, as shown in FIG. 4( b ), a small bundle back surface in which a band 202 is arranged on the right side of an inverted banknote back surface 302 in which the banknote top is vertically downward and the banknote bottom is vertically upward. 212(b) and, as shown in FIG. 4(c), a small bundle rear surface 212 in which a band 202 is arranged on the right side of an inverted banknote surface 301 in which the banknote top is vertically downward and the banknote bottom is vertically upward. (c) and, as shown in FIG. 4(d), a small bundle back surface 212 in which a band 202 is arranged on the right side of an upright banknote back surface 302 in which the banknote top is vertically up and the banknote bottom is vertically down. (d).

Since the banknotes 201 forming the same bundle 200 have the front and back sides aligned, the small bundle 200 on the front surface 211(a) of the bundle has a combination of the rear surface 212(b) of the bundle and the rear surface 212(b) of the bundle. (d), and the bundle 200 on the bundle surface 211(b) has a combination on the bundle back surface 212(a) and a combination on the bundle back surface 212(c), and the bundle surface The bundle 200 of 211(c) has a combination of the bundle back surface 212(b) and a combination of the bundle back surface 212(d), and the bundle 200 of the bundle front surface 211(d) There is a combination of bundle back surfaces 212(a) and a combination of small bundle back surfaces 212(c).

Hereinafter, the small bundle 200 that is a combination of the small bundle front surface 211(a) and the small bundle back surface 212(b) will be referred to as a small bundle 200(ab), and the small bundle front surface 211(a) and the small bundle rear surface 212(d) will be referred to as a small bundle 200(ab). The combined bundle 200 is called the small bundle 200(ad), the small bundle 200 that is the combination of the small bundle surface 211(b) and the small bundle back surface 212(a) is called the small bundle 200(ba), and the small bundle surface 211( b) and the small bundle back surface 212(c) is called the small bundle 200(bc), and the small bundle 200 that is the combination of the small bundle front surface 211(c) and the small bundle back surface 212(b) is called the small bundle 200(b). A small bundle 200 (cb) is a bundle 200 (cb), and a small bundle 200 (cd) is a combination of a small bundle front surface 211 (c) and a small bundle rear surface 212 (d). The small bundle 200 in combination with (a) is called small bundle 200(da), and the small bundle 200 in combination with small bundle front surface 211(d) and small bundle back surface 212(c) is called small bundle 200(dc). . The small bundles 200 set in the conveying set portion 35 of the small bundle conveying portion 13 are thus classified into eight types having different orientations.

As shown in FIG. 1, the small bundle stacking section 14 is provided downstream of the two sets of small bundle supply units 12 in the small bundle conveying direction of the small bundle conveying section 13 . As shown in FIG. 5, the small bundle stacking unit 14 includes a predetermined number of sets, specifically two sets of an imaging unit 51 (imaging means), a classifying unit 52 (classifying means), and a stacking unit 53 (stacking means). ).

The image capturing unit 51 captures images of a small bundle surface 211 and a small bundle rear surface 212 of the small bundle 200 conveyed from the small bundle supply unit 21 by the small bundle conveying unit 13 . For this reason, the image pickup unit 51 includes a front camera 61 arranged on the rear side of the apparatus with respect to the conveying path of the small bundle 200 in the small bundle conveying unit 13 to image the small bundle surface 211 of the small bundle 200, and a small bundle conveying unit 13 . It has a rear camera 62 arranged on the front side of the device with respect to the conveying path of the small bundle 200 in the unit 13 to take an image of the small bundle rear surface 212 of the small bundle 200 . Two such imaging units 51 are provided side by side in the small bundle conveying direction of the small bundle conveying unit 13 . Of two small bundles 200 adjacent to each other in the conveying direction in the small bundle conveying unit 13, the upstream small bundle 200 is captured by the upstream imaging unit 51, and the downstream small bundle 200 is captured by the downstream imaging unit 51. each takes an image. One small bundle 200 is imaged by only one of the two sets of imaging units 51 .

The control unit 17 controls the first imaging data for the banknotes 201 and the band 202 on the front surface 211 of the small bundle 200 captured by the front camera 61 of the imaging unit 51 , and the data for the rear surface of the imaging unit 51 . The small bundle 200 is discriminated from the second imaging data for the banknotes 201 and the band 202 on the back surface 212 of the small bundle 200 captured by the camera 62 . The control unit 17 determines whether the small bundle 200 imaged by the imaging unit 51 is a small bundle that has defects and is not suitable for large bundles and is not suitable for large bundles, or whether it is a small bundle that has no defects and is suitable for large bundles. judge. In other words, the control unit 17 detects the small bundles 200 that are unsuitable for large bundles based on the first imaging data and the second imaging data.

Inspection items at that time are, as shown in FIG. Item 2 indicating whether or not the banknote 211 is the banknote surface 301, item 3 indicating whether or not the banknote 201 on the small bundle surface 211 has folds or tears at the four corners, and positional abnormality in the band 202 on the small bundle surface 211. item 4 regarding whether or not there is a tear, item 5 regarding whether or not the sealing band 202 on the small bundle surface 211 has a "accepted" mark 203, and item 5 regarding whether or not the bill surface 301 or the small bundle back surface 212 on the small bundle surface 211 is upright or inverted.

Also, as shown in FIG. 6B, for the small bundle back surface 212, item 1 indicates whether or not the small bundle 200 is of the denomination, that is, the target denomination to be made into a large bundle. item 2 regarding whether or not the banknotes 201 on the back surface 212 of the small bundle are bent or torn at the four corners; item 4 whether or not; item 5 whether or not the sealing band 202 of the small bundle back surface 212 has a "pass" mark 203; There are 6 items, 6 of which is whether it is upside down or upside down.

If any one of the small bundle front surface 211 and the small bundle rear surface 212 has inspection NG among items 1 to 5, it is determined that the small bundle is unsuitable for large bundles and unsuitable for large bundles. For item 1, inspection is NG unless the small bundle 200 of the target denomination is present. For item 3, inspection is NG if the banknote 201 is bent or torn at the four corners. If there is a positional abnormality or breakage in the item 5, the inspection is NG. Regarding item 2, the case where the small bundle front surface 211 is the banknote front surface 301 and the small bundle back surface 212 is also the banknote front surface 301, and the case where the small bundle front surface 211 is the banknote back surface 302 and the small bundle back surface 212 is The inspection is NG in both cases. As for the "accepted" mark 203, in order to make it easier to understand in the explanations of FIGS. However, instead of this, only one of the sealing strips 202 on one side is stamped with the "accepted" mark 203. If there is no "accepted" mark 203 in either, the inspection may be judged as NG.

For the appropriate small bundle 200 for which all the inspection items are OK, the control unit 17 controls each of the small bundle front surface 211 and the small bundle rear surface 212 based on the first imaging data and the second imaging data. By confirming whether it is upright or inverted and the position of the band 202, the type can be determined as a small bundle 200 (ab), a small bundle 200 (ad), a small bundle 200 (ba), or a small bundle 200. (bc), small bundle 200 (cb), small bundle 200 (cd), small bundle 200 (da), and small bundle 200 (dc).

The sorting unit 52 shown in FIG. 5 sorts the small bundles 200 into a plurality of groups based on the type determined by the control unit 17 . Specifically, the classification unit 52 classifies the small bundles 200 into three groups. The classification unit 52 sorts the small bundles 200 into a head position group, which is a designated small bundle group used for the head position of one end of the large bundle in the small bundle stacking direction, and a tail position of the end opposite to the head of the large bundle. They are classified into an end position group, which is a group of specified fascicles to be used, and an other group, which is a group of other fascicles other than these.

Here, in the large bundle creating apparatus 11, it is possible to switch between a mode with tail designation in which the tail position group is designated and a mode without tail designation in which the tail position group is not designated by a setting operation on an operation unit (not shown). Therefore, in the non-end designation mode, the classification unit 52 classifies the small bundles 200 into a head position group, which is a group of designated small bundles used for the head position of one end of the large bundle in the small bundle stacking direction, and other groups. It is classified into the other group, which is a group of small bundles of Thus, the plurality of groups includes at least a head position group, which is a group of designated small bundles 200 used for the head position of a large bundle, and an other group, which is a group of other small bundles 200 . In the following, a case where the large bundle creating device 11 is set to the end specification mode will be described, and a case where the large bundle creating device 11 is set to the non-end specification mode will be additionally described as necessary.

The sorting unit 52 includes, in order from the upstream side of the small bundle conveying direction of the small bundle conveying unit 13, a leading cutout unit 71 (leading cutout means), an end cutout unit 72 (end cutout means), and a predetermined number of sets. Specifically, it has four sets of intermediate cut-out portions 73 (intermediate cut-out means). In addition, the sorting unit 52 includes a holding/accumulating picking mechanism 75 (removing means) common to the head cutout unit 71 and the tail cutout unit 72, and a holding unit common to the head cutout unit 71 and the tail cutout unit 72. 76.

As shown in FIG. 7 , the head cutout section 71 cuts out the small bundles 200 of the head position group from among the plurality of small bundles 200 aligned and conveyed by the small bundle conveying section 13 . Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3( a ), the top cut-out unit 71 cuts out the small bundles 200 each having a small bundle surface 211 ( a ) where the person image 300 of the banknote 201 is not hidden by the banding band 202 . A group of two types of small bundles 200 (ab) and small bundles 200 (ad) is set as a head position group, and these two types of small bundles 200 (ab) and small bundles 200 (ad) are cut out. .

As shown in FIG. 7 , the front cut-out portion 71 has a front cut-out cylinder 81 and a front cut-out support portion 82 . The leading cut-out cylinder 81 and the leading cut-out support portion 82 are positioned in the small bundle conveying direction of the small bundle conveying portion 13 . The head cut-out cylinder 81 is arranged on the rear side of the conveying path of the small bundle 200 conveyed by the small bundle conveying section 13 , and the head cut-out support section 82 is provided for the small bundle 200 conveyed by the small bundle conveying section 13 . It is arranged on the front side of the transport path of the bundle 200 . The head cutting cylinder 81 pushes out only one bundle 200 conveyed by the small bundle conveying section 13 to the front side of the apparatus, and transfers it from the small bundle conveying section 13 to the leading cutting support section 82 in the same posture. The head cut-out support part 82 supports the cut-out small bundle 200 of the head position group in the same posture. The head cutting support 82 supports only one small bundle 200 .

The end cutout section 72 cuts out the small bundle 200 of the end position group from among the plurality of small bundles 200 conveyed by the small bundle conveying section 13 . Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4(d), the end cut-out portion 72 has a small bundle rear surface 212(d) in which the top of each banknote 201 is vertically upward and the bottom of the banknote is vertically downward. A group of small bundles 200(ad) and small bundles 200(cd) is taken as an end position group, and two types of small bundles 200, these small bundles 200(ad) and small bundles 200(cd), are cut out. However, of these small bundles 200(ad) and small bundles 200(cd), since the small bundle 200(ad) is basically cut out by the head cutout section 71, the end cutout section 72 cuts out the head. One type of bundles 200 (cd) not cut out in section 71 is cut out. As for the remaining one type of small bundle 200 (ad), if the head cutout unit 71 does not cut it out, the end cutout unit 72 cuts it out.

Note that when the large bundle creating device 11 is set to the non-designated end mode, the end cutout section 72 cuts out the small bundle 200 conveyed by the small bundle conveying section 13 without being cut out by the head cutout section 71. Cut out regardless of type. That is, when the large bundle creating device 11 is set to the non-specified end mode, at least the small bundle 200 (ba), the small bundle 200 (bc), the small bundle 200 (cb), the small bundle 200 (cd), the small bundle Six types of bundles 200, bundles 200(da) and bundles 200(dc), are cut out by the end cutout unit 72. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 7 , the tail cut-out portion 72 has a tail cut-out cylinder 91 and a tail cut-out support portion 92 . The tail cut-out cylinder 91 and the tail cut-out support portion 92 are positioned in the small bundle conveying direction of the small bundle conveying portion 13 . The tail cut-out cylinder 91 is arranged on the rear side of the conveying path of the small bundle 200 conveyed by the small bundle conveying section 13 , and the tail cut-out support section 92 is provided for the small bundle 200 conveyed by the small bundle conveying section 13 . It is arranged on the front side of the transport path of the bundle 200 . The tail cut-out cylinder 91 pushes out only one bundle 200 conveyed by the small bundle conveying section 13 toward the front side of the apparatus, and transfers it from the small bundle conveying section 13 to the tail cut-out support section 92 as it is. The end cut-out support part 92 supports the small bundle 200 of the end position group cut out in this way in the same posture. The tail cutout support 92 supports only one bundle 200 .

The holding section 76 holds a plurality of, more specifically, two head retaining sections 101 (first holding section 101) on the rear side of the apparatus on which the small bundles 200 cut out by the head cutting section 71, that is, the small bundles 200 of the head position group are placed. holding means), and a plurality of, specifically, two tail holding units 102 (third holding means). Here, when the large bundle creating apparatus 11 is set to the non-end designation mode, the small bundles 200 of groups other than the head position group are basically placed on the end holding unit 102 .

As shown in FIG. 5, the holding/accumulating picking mechanism 75 is a robot hand that picks the small bundles 200 of the leading position group from the leading picking support section 82 and picks one of the plurality of leading retaining sections 101 of the holding section 76 . selectively set to Therefore, the head holding unit 101 holds the small bundle 200 in the head position group. At this time, the holding/accumulating picking mechanism 75 moves the small bundles 200 picked from the leading cut-out support unit 82 to the vertical direction and the device front-rear direction (in other words, the front, back, left, right, up, and down postures) of the small bundle conveying unit 13. It is placed on the head holding unit 101 so as to assume the same posture as the posture at the time of transportation. The small bundles 200 cut out by the leading cutting cylinder 81 of the leading cutting out part 71 to the leading cutting supporting part 82 are immediately grasped by the holding/accumulating picking mechanism 75 and individually separated into the leading holding part 101 one by one. transferred to

Also, the holding/accumulating/picking mechanism 75 picks the small bundles 200 of the tail position group from the tail cutout support section 92 and selectively sets them in one of the plurality of tail holding sections 102 of the holding section 76 . Therefore, the tail reserve unit 102 reserves the bundle 200 of the tail position group. At this time, the holding, accumulating and picking mechanism 75 takes the small bundles 200 picked from the trailing cut-out support section 92 in the same posture in the vertical direction and in the front-rear direction of the apparatus as the posture during conveyance by the small bundle conveying section 13 . Thus, it is placed on the tail holding section 102 . The small bundles 200 cut out by the tail cut-out cylinder 91 of the tail cut-out part 72 to the tail cut-out support part 92 are immediately grasped by the holding/accumulating picking mechanism 75 and individually separated into the tail holding part 102 one by one. transferred to

Here, the holding/accumulating/picking mechanism 75 directly picks the small bundles 200 from the small bundle conveying unit 13 that the control unit 17 has determined from the imaging results of the imaging unit 51 to be unsuitable for large bundles and unsuitable for large bundles. and exclude it in an exclusion box (not shown). That is, the holding, stacking and picking mechanism 75 eliminates the small bundles 200 that are detected by the control unit 17 and are unsuitable for large bundles. The small bundles 200 that are not suitable for large bundles are cut out to the leading cut-out supporting portion 82 by the leading cut-out cylinder 81 of the leading cut-out portion 71, picked up by the holding/accumulating picking mechanism 75, and removed to a rejection box (not shown). You can do it.

Note that when the plurality of leading holding portions 101 of the holding portion 76 are all in a full state where the small bundles 200 are placed, the leading cutting portion 71 selects the leading position group to be cut out by the leading cutting portion 71. The small bundle 200 is conveyed as it is by the small bundle conveying part 13 without being cut out. In this way, when the small bundle 200 of the leading position group to be cut out by the leading cutting section 71 is conveyed as it is by the small bundle conveying section 13, this small bundle 200 is the small bundle 200 of the trailing position group. In this case, if none of the tail retaining portions 102 of the holding portion 76 is full with a small bundle 200 placed thereon, the tail cutting portion 72 will cut this small bundle 200 .

When all of the plurality of tail holding portions 102 of the holding portion 76 are in a full state in which small bundles 200 are placed, the tail cutout portion 72 does not cut out the small bundles 200 to be cut out by the tail cutout portion 72. , is conveyed by the small bundle conveying unit 13 as it is.

A plurality of intermediate cutout sections 73 cut out small bundles 200 that have been conveyed by the small bundle conveying section 13 without being cut out by either the leading cutout section 71 or the tail cutout section 72 . The plurality of intermediate cut-out units 73 basically extract other groups of small bundles 200 that are not used at the leading position or the trailing position of the large bundle from among the plurality of small bundles 200 conveyed by the small bundle conveying unit 13 . cut out.

Here, the leading holding section 101 of the holding section 76 is full of small bundles 200, and the small bundles 200 of the leading position group to be cut out by the leading cutting section 71 are cut out by the small bundle conveying section 13 as they are. When conveyed to the intermediate cutout section 73 , the plurality of intermediate cutout sections 73 cut out this small bundle 200 . Similarly, when the trailing holding portion 102 of the holding portion 76 is full of small bundles 200 , the small bundles 200 to be cut out by the trailing cutting portion 72 are directly transferred to the small bundle conveying portion 13 by the plurality of intermediate cutting portions 73 . , the plurality of intermediate cutting units 73 cut out this small bundle 200 .

The head cutout unit 71 cuts out two types of bundles 200, bundles 200(ab) and bundles 200(ad), and the tail cutout unit 72 basically cuts out one type of bundles 200(cd). In order to cut out the bundles 200, the intermediate cutout unit 73 includes at least the bundles 200(ba), 200(bc), 200(cb), 200(da), 200(dc). Cut out five types of small bundles 200 of . Here, one of the two types of small bundles 200 (ab) and 200 (ad) that has not been cut out by the leading clipping unit 71 because the leading retaining unit 101 is in a full state. (ad) is to be cut out by the tail cutout unit 72 , so it is cut out by the tail cutout unit 72 .

When the large bundle creating device 11 is set to the non-end-designated mode, the head cutting section 71 cuts out two types of small bundles 200, small bundles 200(ab) and small bundles 200(ad), and cuts the ends. The output section 72 and the intermediate cut-out section 73 cut at least a small bundle 200(ba), a small bundle 200(bc), a small bundle 200(cb), a small bundle 200(cd), a small bundle 200(da) and a small bundle 200(da). 200 (dc) six types of bundles 200 are cut.

As shown in FIG. 8, the plurality of intermediate cutouts 73 have the same configuration. Therefore, one intermediate cut-out portion 73 will be described as an example. The intermediate cut-out portion 73 has an intermediate cut-out cylinder 111 and an intermediate cut-out holding portion 112 (second holding means). The intermediate cut-out cylinder 111 and the intermediate cut-out holding section 112 are positioned in the small bundle conveying direction of the small bundle conveying section 13 .

The intermediate cut-out cylinder 111 is arranged on the rear side of the conveying path of the small bundles 200 conveyed by the small bundle conveying section 13 , and the intermediate cut-out holding section 112 is arranged for the small bundles conveyed by the small bundle conveying section 13 . It is arranged on the front side of the transport path of the bundle 200 . The intermediate cut-out cylinder 111 pushes out only one bundle 200 conveyed by the small bundle conveying section 13 to the front side of the device, and transfers it from the small bundle conveying section 13 to the intermediate cut-out holding section 112 in that posture.

The intermediate cut-out holding unit 112 holds the small bundle 200 thus transferred. The intermediate cut-out holding portion 112 stacks the small bundles 200 pushed out from the small bundle conveying portion 13 by the intermediate cut-out cylinder 111 while the support plate 113 slides in the thickness direction in the order of pushing out. Up to 8 bundles can be held. In this manner, the intermediate cut-out reservation unit 112 reserves the small bundles 200 of the other group. The intermediate cutting section 73 cuts out and reserves at least the small bundles 200 that can be used for the 2nd to 8th bundles among the 10 small bundles 200 that make up the large bundle.

The plurality of intermediate cut-out units 73 cut out the small bundles 200 in order from the empty space in the intermediate cut-out holding unit 112 of the intermediate cut-out unit 73 on the upstream side in the small bundle conveying direction of the small bundle conveying unit 13 . is set. For example, when eight small bundles 200 are held in the intermediate cut-out holding portion 112 of a predetermined intermediate cut-out portion 73, an empty space is provided in the intermediate cut-out holding portion 112 of the intermediate cut-out portion 73 on the upstream side. If there is, the small bundle 200 is cut out by this intermediate cut-out portion 73, while there is no intermediate cut-out portion 73 on the upstream side of it, or there is an intermediate cut-out portion 73 on the upstream side of it. If there is no empty space in the intermediate cut-out holding section 112, the small bundle 200 is cut out in the intermediate cut-out section 73 on the downstream side.

With the above mechanism, when the intermediate cut-out holding portion 112 of one intermediate cut-out portion 73 becomes full, the small bundle 200 is cut out by the intermediate cut-out cylinder 111 in the next intermediate cut-out portion 73 on the downstream side and The small bundles 200 are retained in the cutting and retaining section 112, and when the intermediate cutting and retaining section 112 of the intermediate cutting section 73 becomes full, the small bundles 200 are cut out by the intermediate cutting cylinder 111 in the intermediate cutting section 73 located next downstream. The small bundles 200 on the small bundle conveying unit 13 are continuously held by the holding unit 76 or the intermediate cutter until the four intermediate cut-out holding units 112 are finally filled up. It is designed so that it can be held in the outgoing holding section 112 .

As described above, when the plurality of leading holding sections 101 of the holding section 76 are filled with small bundles 200, the small bundles 200 in the leading position group are conveyed as they are by the small bundle conveying section 13, and are transferred to the intermediate cutting section. 73 is retained by the intermediate extraction retaining unit 112 . Similarly, when the plurality of trailing holding portions 102 of the holding portion 76 are filled with small bundles 200 , the small bundles 200 in the trailing position group are conveyed by the small bundle conveying portion 13 as they are, and the intermediate cutting portion 73 It will be held by the intermediate cut-out holding unit 112 .

As shown in FIG. 5 , the stacking unit 53 includes the holding stacking and picking mechanism 75 of the sorting unit 52 described above, an intermediate stacking and picking mechanism 121 , a plurality of, specifically, two stacking bases 122 , and a turning mechanism 125 . , and a stacked bundle transport mechanism 123 . Therefore, the holding, stacking and picking mechanism 75 is shared by the sorting section 52 and the stacking section 53 .

A plurality of stacking table portions 122 are provided so as to be horizontally rotatable by a common rotating mechanism 125, and when one stacking table portion 122 is arranged on the rear side of the apparatus, the other stacking table portion 122 is arranged on the front side of the apparatus. Conversely, when one stacking table portion 122 is arranged on the front side of the apparatus, the other stacking table portion 122 is arranged on the rear side of the apparatus.

The plurality of stacking table portions 122 have the same configuration. Therefore, one stacking table portion 122 will be described as an example. As shown in FIG. 9, the stacking table 122 stacks a predetermined total number of bundles, specifically 10 small bundles 200 in an accumulated state. The stacking table section 122 has one leading bundle mounting section 131 , a plurality of, specifically, eight intermediate bundle mounting sections 132 , and one trailing bundle mounting section 133 . The leading bundle mounting portion 131, the eight intermediate bundle mounting portions 132, and the trailing bundle mounting portion 133 are arranged in a line. A trailing bundle placing portion 133 is provided at the other end in the arranging direction, and eight intermediate bundle placing portions 132 are provided between the leading bundle placing portion 131 and the trailing bundle placing portion 133 in the arranging direction. is provided.

The leading bundle placement unit 131 can place only one bundle of small bundles 200, and the small bundle 200 placed thereon is arranged such that the short sides of the banknotes 201 are in the vertical direction and the long sides of the banknotes 201 are in the horizontal direction. Support the patient in a standing position on their own. The leading bundle mounting portion 131 aligns the small bundle 200 in the direction in which the leading bundle mounting portion 131, the eight intermediate bundle mounting portions 132, and the trailing bundle mounting portion 133 are arranged, and the small bundle 200 is placed along the thickness direction thereof. place it.

The trailing bundle placement unit 133 can place only one bundle of small bundles 200, and arranges the small bundle 200 so that the short sides of the banknotes 201 are in the vertical direction and the long sides of the banknotes 201 are in the horizontal direction. Support the patient in a standing position on their own. The trailing bundle mounting portion 133 aligns the small bundle 200 in the direction in which the leading bundle mounting portion 131, the eight intermediate bundle mounting portions 132, and the trailing bundle mounting portion 133 are arranged, with the thickness direction of the small bundle 200 aligned. place it.

The eight intermediate bundle placement sections 132 have the same configuration. Therefore, one intermediate bundle placing portion 132 will be described as an example. One intermediate bundle placement unit 132 can place only one bundle of small bundles 200. The small bundles 200 placed thereon are arranged such that the short sides of the banknotes 201 are in the vertical direction and the long sides of the banknotes 201 are horizontal. Support the patient in a standing position alone along the direction. The intermediate bundle mounting portion 132 aligns the small bundle 200 in the direction in which the leading bundle mounting portion 131, the eight intermediate bundle mounting portions 132, and the trailing bundle mounting portion 133 are arranged, and the small bundle 200 is placed along the thickness direction thereof. place it.

The leading bundle placement unit 131 , the plurality of intermediate bundle placement units 132 , and the trailing bundle placement unit 133 align the ten small bundles 200 in the extending direction of the long sides of the banknotes 201 and separate the short bundles of the banknotes 201 . Positions in the extension direction of the sides are aligned, and the substrates are placed close to each other in the thickness direction. Therefore, the stacking table unit 122 aligns a predetermined total number of small bundles 200, specifically 10 bundles, in the direction in which the long sides of the banknotes 201 extend, and in the direction in which the short sides of the banknotes 201 extend. Align the position and accumulate horizontally in the thickness direction.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the stacking table portion 122 is arranged at a predetermined stacking position on the rear side of the device, the leading stack placement portion 131 is positioned on the rear side of the device, and the trailing stack placement portion 133 is positioned on the front side of the device. will do. Further, from this state, when it is horizontally turned by the turning mechanism 125 and arranged at a predetermined take-out position on the front side of the apparatus, the stacking table section 122 moves the leading bundle mounting section 131 to the front side of the apparatus and the trailing bundle mounting section 131 to the front side of the apparatus. The part 133 is positioned on the rear side of the device.

The holding/accumulating picking mechanism 75 selectively picks one small bundle 200 from the plurality of leading holding portions 101 and places it on the leading bundle placing portion 131 of the stacking table portion 122 arranged at the stacking position. At this time, the holding/accumulating picking mechanism 75 picks up the small bundle 200 picked from the head holding unit 101 so that the attitude in the vertical direction and the device front-rear direction is the same as when it is held in the head holding unit 101, that is, the small bundle conveying unit 13 It is placed on the leading bundle placing portion 131 so as to assume the same posture as when it is conveyed in .

Further, the holding stacking and picking mechanism 75 selectively picks one small bundle 200 from the plurality of trailing holding units 102 and places it on the trailing bundle placement unit 133 of the stacking table unit 122 arranged at the stacking position. Let At this time, the holding/accumulating picking mechanism 75 keeps the small bundles 200 picked from the tail holding unit 102 in the same posture in the vertical direction and in the longitudinal direction of the apparatus as when held by the tail holding unit 102, that is, the small bundle conveying unit 13 The trailing bundle is placed on the trailing bundle placing portion 133 so as to assume the same posture as when the bundle is conveyed in .

The intermediate stacking and picking mechanism 121 selectively picks up eight small bundles 200 from a plurality of intermediate cut-out holding units 112 in a stacked state, and places the intermediate stacks on the stacking table unit 122 arranged at the stacking position. It is placed on the placement section 132 . At this time, the intermediate stacking and picking mechanism 121 picks up all the eight small bundles 200 in the same posture in the vertical direction and in the device front-rear direction as in the intermediate cut-out holding section 112 , that is, in the small bundle conveying section 13 . It is placed on the intermediate bundle placing portion 132 so as to assume the same posture as that during the transportation of .

In this manner, the accumulating unit 53 picks the small bundles 200 classified by the classifying unit 52 by a predetermined number of bundles for each group, and accumulates a predetermined total number of bundles, specifically 10 bundles. 10 small bundles 200 are set on the stacking table 122 arranged at the stacking position in the same posture in the vertical direction and in the longitudinal direction of the apparatus as when they were conveyed by the small bundle conveying unit 13. be done.

In the stacking table portion 122 on which ten small bundles 200 are placed, the small bundles 200 placed on the leading bundle placing portion 131 are designated to be used at the leading position of one end of the large bundle in the small bundle stacking direction. It is a small bundle 200 . Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3( a ), the front bundle placing portion 131 has a small bundle surface 211 ( a ) including a banknote surface 301 on which the person image 300 of the banknote 201 is not hidden by the band 202 . any one of the bundles 200(ab) and 200(ad) of the lead position group with the bundle surface 211(a) facing away from the laying side of the remaining nine bundles 200 It will be placed in the

In addition, in the stacking table portion 122 on which ten small bundles 200 are placed, the small bundle 200 placed on the trailing bundle placing portion 133 is used at the tail position of the other end of the large bundle in the small bundle stacking direction. is the designated bundle 200. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4(d), the trailing bundle placement unit 133 includes a small bundle back surface 212 including a banknote back surface 302 in which the top of the banknote 201 is vertically upward and the bottom of the banknote is vertically downward. (d) either of the bundles 200(ad) and bundles 200(cd) of the trailing position group has the bundle back surface 212(d) with the placement side of the remaining nine bundles 200 It will be placed facing the opposite side. Note that when the large bundle creating apparatus 11 is set to the non-designated end mode, there is no particular rule as to the orientation of the small bundle 200 placed on the trailing bundle placement section 133 .

In the small bundle stacking unit 14 shown in FIG. 5, when any one of the intermediate cut-out and retainer units 112 is full, that is, when the eight bundles are retained, the intermediate stacking and picking mechanism 121 picks up the eight small bundles 200. The small bundle 200 is placed on the intermediate bundle mounting portion 132 by transferring it to the predetermined intermediate bundle mounting portion 132 of the stacking table portion 122 located at the stacking position. Correspondingly, one small bundle 200 of the leading position group held in the holding unit 76 is picked up by the holding/accumulating picking mechanism 75 and placed on the predetermined leading bundle on the stacking table 122 at the stacking position. It is transferred to the section 131 and placed on the leading bundle placement section 131 in a prescribed orientation. Similarly, one small bundle 200 of the trailing position group held in the holding section 76 is grasped by the holding/accumulating picking mechanism 75 and transferred to the predetermined trailing bundle placement section 133 of the stacking table section 122 located at the stacking position. to place it on the trailing bundle placing portion 133 in a prescribed direction. As a result, 10 small bundles 200 are stacked on the stacking table 122 at the stacking position.

In the stacking unit 53, when ten small bundles 200 are stacked on the stacking table unit 122 at one of the stacking positions, the rotating mechanism 125 rotates the stacking unit 53 to position it at the take-out position. Accordingly, the empty stacking table portion 122 which has been positioned at the take-out position until then is positioned at the stacking position, and the next 10 bundles of small bundles 200 are stacked on this stacking table portion 122. become.

The accumulated bundle conveying mechanism 123 includes a conveying guide rail 141 extending horizontally toward the large bundle creating machine 15 in parallel with the small bundle conveying unit 13 from a position vertically above the stacking table unit 122 located at the take-out position, and a conveying guide. and a robot hand 142 that moves along a rail 141 . The robot hand 142 descends at the position of the stacking table portion 122 located at the take-out position, grasps ten small bundles 200 on the stacking table portion 122 located at the take-out position from both sides in the stacking direction, and then rises. It moves along the conveying guide rail 141 and descends at the position of one of the plurality of large bundle forming machines 15 to set the gripped small bundle 200 in the small bundle loading port 151 of this large bundle forming machine 15. do. At this time, the stacked bundle conveying mechanism 123 places the 10 small bundles 200 on the small bundle loading port 151 in the same posture in the vertical direction and in the longitudinal direction of the device as it is on the stacking table portion 122 located at the take-out position. set.

As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of, specifically four, large bundle forming machines 15 are arranged in two rows and two columns. Two of the four units have their small bundle loading openings 151 on the same straight line parallel to the conveying guide rails 141 shown in FIG. They are arranged on the same straight line parallel to the transport guide rail 141 . In this state, the four large bundle forming machines 15 reciprocate along the movement guide rails 152 in the horizontal direction orthogonal to the transport guide rails 141 . As a result, the robot hand 142 moving along the linear transport guide rail 141 can selectively set 10 small bundles 200 in all the small bundle loading ports 151 of the four large bundle forming machines 15 . ing.

With the above mechanism, when 10 small bundles 200 are accumulated and reserved on the stacking table 122 at one location, the robot hand 142 of the accumulated bundle transport mechanism 123 grabs these 10 small bundles 200 and performs the next operation. It is transferred to the small bundle loading port 151 of the large bundle making machine 15, which is the process.

The small bundles 200 are cut out, held, piled up, and transferred to the large bundle making machine 15 in the small bundle stacking unit 14 as described above. When it is assumed that the small bundles 200 conveyed from the upstream side by the small bundle conveying unit 13 will not be cut out, the intermediate cut-out holding unit 112 will be filled with 8 small bundles at one location. The intermediate stacking picking mechanism 121 picks up and ejects into a batch overflow box (not shown) to secure an empty space in the intermediate cut-out holding unit 112, so that the transport operation of the small bundle transport unit 13 can be continued without stopping. It's becoming

When the large bundle making machine 15 detects that 10 small bundles 200 have been loaded into the small bundle loading port 151, it takes in these 10 small bundles 200 and wraps them with a large obi in a criss-cross pattern to form a large bundle. is created, and the feeding operation to the original small bundle loading port 151 is performed. In this way, the large bundle making machine 15 binds a predetermined total number of small bundles 200 accumulated by the accumulation unit 53 to make a large bundle. When a large bundle is created in this manner, the robot hand 142 of the accumulated bundle transport mechanism 123 grabs this large bundle and transfers it from the small bundle loading port 151 to the large bundle placing table 16 .

As described above, the large bundle creating apparatus 11 classifies the small bundles 200 in which a predetermined number of banknotes 201 are wrapped according to the different appearances such as the banding positions of the small bundles 200. The small bundles 200 are individually stacked and banded to form a large bundle.

In the large bundle thus created, the leading small bundle 200 at one end in the small bundle stacking direction is either the small bundle 200(ab) or the small bundle 200(ad), as shown in FIG. 3(a). Thus, the bundle surface 211(a) including the banknote surface 301 where the person image 300 of the banknote 201 is not hidden by the band 202 is exposed to the outside. In the large bundle thus created, the small bundle 200 at the end of the other end in the small bundle accumulation direction is either the small bundle 200 (ad) or the small bundle 200 (cd), and FIG. ), the small bundle back surface 212(d) including the banknote back surface 302 in which the top of the banknote 201 is vertically up and the bottom of the banknote is vertically down is exposed to the outside. That is, in the large bundle created by the large bundle creating device 11, the outer surface of one end in the small bundle stacking direction is the small bundle front surface 211(a), and the outer surface of the other end in the small bundle stacking direction is the small bundle rear surface 212(d). . In other words, the relationship between the front side and the back side of the large bundle matches the relationship between the banknote front side 301 and the banknote back side 302 of one of the banknotes 201 forming the large bundle. In addition, when the large bundle creating device 11 is set to the non-designated end mode, the large bundle created by the large bundle creating device 11 has the small bundle surface 211(a) at one end in the small bundle stacking direction, and the other surface. The exterior surface of the end will be any of the packet back surfaces 212(a)-212(d).

According to the large bundle creation device 11 of the present embodiment described above, when the imaging unit 51 images the small bundle surface 211 and the small bundle back surface 212 of the small bundle 200, the control unit 17 First imaging data for the banknotes 201 and the band 202 on the front surface 211 of the small bundle 200 and the banknotes 201 and the band 202 on the rear surface 212 of the small bundle 200 captured by the imaging unit 51 The type of the small bundle 200 is determined from the second imaging data for the bundle 202 . Then, the sorting unit 52 sorts the small bundles 200 into a plurality of groups based on the type determined by the control unit 17 . Then, the stacking unit 53 picks a predetermined number of small bundles 200 sorted by the sorting unit 52 for each group and stacks the predetermined total number of bundles. A large bundle forming machine 15 binds a predetermined total number of small bundles 200 to form a large bundle. Therefore, a large bundle can be created by combining small bundles of desired types.

In the end-not-designated mode, the classification unit 52 classifies the small bundle 200 into a group of designated small bundles to be used as the start position of the large bundle, based on the type determined by the control unit 17. , and the other group, which is a group of other small bundles, the head holding unit 101 holds the small bundle 200 of the head position group, and the tail holding unit 102 and the intermediate cut-out holding unit 112 hold the small bundles of the other group Reserve 200. Then, the accumulating unit 53 picks the small bundles 200 classified by the classifying unit 52 from the head holding unit 101, the tail holding unit 102, and the intermediate cut-out holding unit 112 by a predetermined number of bundles for each group, and collects a predetermined total. The number of bundles will be accumulated. Therefore, the small bundle 200 used at the leading position of the large bundle can be the desired type of small bundle 200 .

In addition, in the tail designation mode, the classification unit 52 classifies the small bundle 200 into a head position group, which is a group of designated small bundles used as the head position of the large bundle, based on the type determined by the control unit 17 . , a tail position group that is a group of designated small bundles used for the tail position of the large bundle, and an other group that is a group of other small bundles. 200 is reserved, the end holding unit 102 holds the small bundles 200 of the tail position group, and the intermediate cut-out holding unit 112 holds the small bundles 200 of the other group. The accumulating unit 53 picks the small bundles 200 classified by the classifying unit 52 from the head holding unit 101, the tail holding unit 102, and the middle cut-out holding unit 112 by a predetermined number of bundles for each group, and obtains a predetermined total number of bundles. will be accumulated. Therefore, the small bundle 200 used at the head position of the large bundle can be a small bundle 200 of a desired type, and the small bundle 200 used at the tail position of the large bundle can be a small bundle 200 of a desired type. can.

In addition, the sorting unit 52 allows the small bundles 200 to be conveyed by the small bundle conveying unit 13 rather than the head cutout unit 71 that cuts out the small bundles 200 in the head position group and the tail cutout unit 72 that cuts out the small bundles 200 in the tail position group. An intermediate cutting section 73 for cutting out the small bundles 200 of other groups is provided on the downstream side in the direction. In this way, by arranging the intermediate cutting section 73 for cutting out the small bundles 200 of the other groups that need to have a large reserve amount of the small bundles 200 on the downstream side, the small bundles 200 can be efficiently cut out.

In addition, when the end holding unit 102 is full of small bundles 200, the small bundles 200 of the tail position group are held in the intermediate cut-out holding unit 112, so that the occurrence of machine stoppage can be suppressed.

In addition, when the head holding unit 101 is full of small bundles 200, the small bundles 200 of the head position group are held by the intermediate cut-out holding unit 112, thereby suppressing the occurrence of apparatus stoppage.

Further, when the control unit 17 detects a small bundle 200 unsuitable for enlarging based on the first imaging data and the second imaging data, the holding/accumulating picking mechanism 75 eliminates the small bundle 200 unsuitable for enlarging. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the possibility that small bundles unsuitable for large bundles are mixed with large bundles.

It should be noted that the above embodiment can be modified as in modified examples 1 to 3 below.

"Modification 1"
In the large bundle producing apparatus 11 of the embodiment, only the small bundle supply unit 12 is semi-automatic, and the rest is fully automatic. That is, in the small bundle supply unit 12, the small bundles 200 are sequentially loaded into the small bundle input section 22 after the banding strips 202 are aligned by the person in charge. However, this point may also be automated, and a robot hand (not shown) may align the positions of the banding strips 202 of the small bundles 200 and sequentially load the small bundles 200 into the small bundle insertion unit 22 . Conversely, the portions of the automatic system other than the small bundle supply unit 12 of the large bundle producing device 11 of the embodiment may be appropriately replaced with a semi-automatic system manually operated by the person in charge.

"Modification 2"
Further, in the large bundle creating device 11 of the embodiment, it is explained that small bundles that are determined to be unsuitable for forming large bundles from the imaging result of the imaging unit 51 are removed from the small bundle conveying unit 13 on the spot and discarded in a rejection box (not shown). However, instead of this, the disposal box (not shown) is arranged at the final end position on the downstream side of the small bundle conveying section 13, and the small bundles determined to be unsuitable for large bundles are moved up to the position on the small bundle conveying section 13. It is also possible to transport them to the final end position on the downstream side as they are, and then collectively reject them into the rejection box at this one place. In this way, even if the holding section 76 is full and the four intermediate cutting and holding sections 112 are also full, the small bundles 200 conveyed by the small bundle conveying section 13 from the upstream side cannot be cut out. If this is assumed, the small bundle 200 that cannot be cut out can be excluded to the exclusion box.

"Modification 3"
In addition, in the large bundle creating apparatus 11 of the embodiment, the orientation of the small bundle 200 on the small bundle conveying section 13, the orientation of the small bundle 200 on the holding section 76, and the orientation of the small bundle 200 on the stacking table section 122 at the stacking position. However, in the stacking platform 122, among the small bundles 200 of the predetermined total number of bundles, the small bundle 200 at one end in the small bundle stacking direction and the other small bundle 200 211(a) is the outer surface facing in the opposite direction, and the outer surface facing opposite to the other small bundles 200 of the bundle 200 at the other end of the bundle stacking direction is the back surface 212(d) of the bundle. If so, you can change the direction in the middle.

The technology of the embodiment described above can also be applied to a large bundle creating apparatus that creates a large bundle from small bundles of securities, cash vouchers, etc. other than banknotes as paper sheets.

11 large bundle creating device 15 large bundle creating machine (large bundle creating means)
17 control unit (judgment means, inspection means)
51 imaging unit (imaging means)
52 Classification unit (classification means)
53 stacking unit (stacking means)
71 head cut-out unit (head cut-out means)
72 tail cut-out unit (tail cut-out means)
73 Intermediate cutout (intermediate cutout means)
101 head reservation unit (first reservation means)
102 tail reservation unit (third reservation means)
112 Intermediate extraction holding unit (second holding means)
200 small bundles 201 bills (paper sheets)
202 Sealing band 211 Small bundle surface 212 Small bundle back surface

Claims (7)

an imaging means for imaging the front and back sides of a small bundle formed by accumulating and sealing a predetermined number of paper sheets whose front and back sides are aligned;
first imaging data for the front surface of the small bundle of paper sheets and the sealing band imaged by the imaging means, the rear surface of the small bundle of paper sheets imaged by the imaging means, and determination means for determining the type of the one small bundle from the second imaging data for the banding band;
Classifying means for classifying small bundles into a plurality of groups based on the type determined by the determining means;
accumulation means for picking a predetermined number of small bundles classified by the classification means for each group and accumulating a predetermined total number of bundles;
a large bundle creating means for creating a large bundle by wrapping a predetermined total number of small bundles accumulated by the accumulating means;
A large bundle creating device comprising: The plurality of groups includes at least a head position group that is a group of designated small bundles used for the head position of the large bundle and an other group that is a group of other small bundles,
a first holding means for holding the small bundles of the head position group;
a second holding means for holding the small bundles of the other group;
2. The large bundle making device according to claim 1, characterized by comprising: The plurality of groups are a head position group that is a group of designated minor fascicles used for the head position of the major fascicle, and a tail position group that is a group of designated minor fascicles used for the tail position of the major fascicle; Including other groups that are groups of other bundles other than these,
a first holding means for holding the small bundles of the head position group;
a second holding means for holding the small bundles of the other group;
a third holding means for holding the bundles of the trailing position group;
2. The large bundle making device according to claim 1, characterized by comprising: The classification means are
head clipping means for clipping a small bundle of the head position group;
a tail clipping means for clipping the small bundle of the trailing position group;
an intermediate cutting means for cutting out the small bundles of the other group;
with
4. A large bundle forming apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said intermediate cutting means is provided downstream of said leading cutting means and said trailing cutting means in the conveying direction of the small bundle. 5. A large bundle producing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein when said third holding means is full of small bundles, said small bundles of said trailing position group are held by said second holding means. 6. A large bundle according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein when said first holding means is full of small bundles, the small bundles of said leading position group are held by said second holding means. creation device. moreover,
inspection means for detecting small bundles unsuitable for large bundles based on the first imaging data and the second imaging data;
Exclusion means for excluding the small bundles unsuitable for large bundle expansion detected by the inspection means;
The large bundle creating device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, comprising:

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