JPH01124515A - Bundling apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To permit an accurate bundling of notes in a predetermined number and prevent the bundling unless properly counted, by the provision of a display means to indicate the number of note bundle counted, each time one such bundle is received by an accumulating portion, and a visual check means from the outside of the bundles accumulated in the accumulating portion. CONSTITUTION:A shutter plate 10 repeats the opening and closing operation, each time a bundle of notes (A) is received thereby and the total of the bundles of notes (A) on a back-up plate 18 are calculated by a counting means including a sensor, etc. A cover 50 for an accumulating portion is provided with a window 52 as a visual check means in this example, so that a bill strap C on each bundle A accumulated in the accumulating portion 4 is visible from the front. The window 52 is formed into such a vertically long shape as to permit a visual check over the full stroke of the back-up plate 18 moving up and down. A device 1 is provided at the front side with a display means 55 in this embodiment to indicate the number of the note bundles 4 brought in the accumulating portion 4. This display means 55 performs a digital display of the number of the note bundles A calculated by the counting means.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Purpose of the Invention (Industrial Application Field) The present invention provides a method for collecting a plurality of bundles of paper sheets, such as banknotes and securities, each of which is wrapped in a certain number of sheets. This invention relates to a device for tying together with a tie band.

(Prior Art) At central banks, etc., banknotes are distinguished and separated into regular banknotes that can be reused and unfit banknotes that are valid but unsuitable for reuse, and a fixed number of banknotes, for example 100, are divided into bands of different colors. A banknote processing system has been put into practical use in which the banknotes are bundled one by one, and then ten good and unfit banknotes are tied together in a criss-cross shape using a binding band. An example of a binding device used in this system is one filed as Japanese Patent Application No. 59-23095 (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 60-172614).

The stacking unit seen in the above-mentioned prior art etc. allows the bill bundles (objects to be bundled) inserted from the input slot to fall in a vertical direction (with the bill bundles erected in the transverse direction) while sliding along a guide. Afterwards, a structure was adopted in which the banknote grip was left upright and moved horizontally to a predetermined position by a pushing mechanism.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In such a conventional bundling device equipped with a stacking section, the stacking section is provided at the back of the device and the stacking position is vertical, so that it cannot be taken into the device. It was difficult to visually observe the banknotes that were printed from outside the device. Moreover, since it does not have a means to display the number of bills that have been taken in, if the machine is temporarily stopped due to a problem such as a banknote getting jammed in the device, the device can be restarted after the problem has been resolved. When attempting to do so, there is a risk that the number on the banknotes already loaded into the device may be lost or the number may be mistaken.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a bundling device in which the number of objects to be bound, such as banknotes, taken into the device can be known reliably even from outside the device.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a binding device for tying objects to be bound in a criss-cross manner using a binding band, in which one object to be bound is taken into the device. The apparatus is provided with a display means for displaying the number of objects to be bound that is counted each time, and a visual means such as a window through which the objects to be bound stacked in the stacking section can be viewed from the outside.

(Function) In the bundling device of the present invention having the above configuration, the number of objects to be bound is displayed each time the objects are taken into the accumulation section in the device.

Further, the objects to be bound stacked on the stacking section can be visually confirmed using a visual means provided on the stacking section cover or the like.

(Example) An example of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows a bundling device 1 forming part of a processing system for banknotes and the like. This bundling device 1 includes a housing 2, a stacking section 4 having an input slot 3 into which banknotes A as an example of objects to be bound are input, and a stacking section 4 that collects, for example, 10 banknotes A at a time. It is configured to include a transfer means 5 for moving the banknotes A to a bundling section 6 described below, and a bundling section 6 for bundling, for example, ten banknotes A in a cross shape.

First, the accumulation section 4 will be explained. The accumulation section 4 of this embodiment is provided near the end of the device 1, and has a shutter mechanism 11 including a shutter plate 10 located below the input port 3.
and a pair of left and right accumulation plates 12.13 and accumulation plates 12.1 located below the shutter mechanism 11.
Alignment mechanism 1 with an alignment member 14.15 arranged in 3
6 and a backup mechanism 19 having a backup plate 18
It is equipped with such things as The stacking plates 12 and 13 have a U-shape when viewed from the top and bottom, and are arranged facing each other and spaced apart from each other. A backup plate 18 is moved up and down between the accumulation plates 12 and 13.

As shown in FIG. 3, the shutter mechanism 11 has a shutter plate 10 provided on horizontal rails 21 and 22 so as to be movable forward and backward. A long hole 23 is formed in the base 10a of the shutter plate 10, and a bottle 24 is inserted into this long hole 23.
is engaged. The pin 24 is a rotary lenoid 25
It is provided at the end of the arm 26 which is rotated by. A sensor 30 including a light emitting element 28 and a light receiving element 29 detects the banknote A on the shutter plate 10. Further, sensors 31 and 32 are provided to detect opening and closing of the shutter plate 10.

When the banknote A is placed on the shutter plate 10, the sensor 30 detects this and the solenoid 25 is energized to open the shutter plate 10, and the banknote A is dropped onto the back-up plate 18 for a predetermined period of time. After , the solenoid 25 is de-energized and the shutter plate 10 is closed again. The shutter plate 10 repeats the above-mentioned opening/closing operation every time it receives one banknote A, and the cumulative total of banknotes A on the back-up plate 18 is determined by the counting means 3 including the sensor 30 etc.
Counted by 3.

As shown in FIG. 4, the back-up plate 18 is attached to the arm 35. The base of the arm 35 is fixed to a carriage 37 of a vertical slider unit 36. A belt 40 is stretched between the driving pulley 38 and the driven pulley 39, and the arm 35 is fixed to a part of the belt 40. The driving pulley 38 is driven by a stepping motor 41 in the forward or reverse direction, and the arm 35 and the back-up plate 18 move up and down in accordance with the rotational direction of the pulley 38, that is, the running direction of the belt 40. Sensors 43 and 44 are arranged near the top and bottom of the slider unit 36, and these sensors 43 and 44 detect the raised and lowered positions of the back-up plate 18. Furthermore, a sensor 45 is provided that can detect when the backup plate 18 has been lowered to a predetermined position.

On the other hand, a pair of left and right plate-shaped alignment members 14.15, which constitute a part of the alignment mechanism 16, each have an integrated plate 12.1.
It is provided along the vertical direction close to the inner surface of 3,
Furthermore, the alignment members 14 and 15 are horizontally synchronized and reciprocated in the direction toward and away from each other with the same stroke by a driving means (not shown). As the aligning members 14.15 move toward and away from each other in this way, the banknotes A placed on the back-up plate 18 are struck from both sides by the aligning members 14.15, so that each banknote is A is aligned on the central extension line of the binding part 6.

The front side of the stacking section 4 configured as described above is covered by a stacking section cover 50 that is attached to the housing 2 and can be opened and closed. The stacking section cover 50 is pivotally attached to the housing 2 by a hinge 51 on its negative side. As shown in FIG. 1, the stacking section cover 50 is provided with a window 52 as an example of a viewing means so that the bandage C on each banknote A stacked on the stacking section 4 can be viewed from the front. ing. The window 52 is connected to the accumulation part cover 5
0 may be simply opened, but preferably a plate 53 made of transparent glass or resin is attached. The window 52 of this embodiment has a vertically elongated shape so that the entire range of the vertical movement of the back-up plate 18 can be visually observed.

Further, near the stacking section 4, on the same side as the window 52, that is, on the front side of the device 1, there is a display 55 as an example of display means for displaying the number of banknotes A taken into the stacking section 4.
is provided. This display 55 is a two-digit display using, for example, a well-known seven-element LED 56, and is designed to digitally display the number of banknotes A counted by the counting means 33 described above.

The transfer means 5 provided below the accumulation section 4 includes a pair of left and right guide bodies 75 as shown in FIGS. 5 to 7;
It is provided with an elevating drive mechanism 76 (see FIG. 2) for moving the guide body 75 in the vertical direction, a drive mechanism 77 for moving the guide body 75 forward and backward in the horizontal direction, and the like. The guide body 75 includes a first guide plate 80 shown in FIG. 6, and a second guide that is held slidably in the vertical direction with respect to the first guide plate 80 and is shorter in length than the first guide plate 80. It is configured to include a plate 81 and a third guide plate 82. These guide plates 80, 81, and 82 are all U-shaped when viewed from above so that they can surround both ends of the banknote A, and the bottom of the first guide plate 80 is A bottom plate 84 is provided so that both ends of A can be placed thereon.

Sides 4385 and 86 having different lengths are provided on both the front and rear sides of the first guide plate 80, and the shorter side wall 8
6 is provided near the bottom plate 84 so that the guide plate 80 can avoid interference with the banknote top A when moving backward. The length (height) of the first guide plate 80 is larger than the height of ten banknotes A stacked together. Further, the distance MsC (see FIG. 5) between the left and right bottom plates 84, 84 is set to be wider than the width of the back-up plate 18 so that the back-up plate 18 can be passed through in the vertical direction.

Further, a pin 87 is provided protruding from the upper end of the second guide plate 81. This pin 87 is slidably engaged with an elongated hole 88 formed in the third guide plate 82 and extending in the vertical direction.
When the third guide plate 82 is raised or lowered, the second guide plate 81 can be raised and lowered together with the third guide plate 82.

The second guide plate 81 and the third guide plate 82 are connected to the movable base 9
A pair of vertical rail units 91 erected on 0
(See Figure 2). Pulleys 92 are provided at the top and bottom of the rail unit 91, respectively.
, 93 are provided, and a belt 94 is stretched between these pulleys 92, 93. This belt 94 can run in both forward and reverse directions by a motor 95 provided on the lower surface side of the movable base 90.
The second guide plate 81 and the third guide plate 82 move downward or upward depending on the traveling direction of the vehicle.

The movable base 90 is supported by a horizontal rail unit 96 so as to be able to move forward and backward, and a drive mechanism 77
It can be moved forward and backward within a stroke range described later by a belt 97 and a motor (not shown) that constitute a part of the motor.

The binding section 6 includes a compression section 100 for compressing the banknote A in the thickness direction, and a band supply section 101 for supplying the banding band B.
And, the wrapping for wrapping the binding band B around the banknote A is part 10.
It consists of 2 etc.

As shown in FIG. 2, the compression section 100 includes a horizontal fixing plate 103 and a compression plate 104 provided on the lower surface of the fixing plate 103 so as to be movable up and down.

This compression plate 104 is compressed by rotating the ball screw 105 by a motor (not shown).
It is constructed so that it can be raised and lowered depending on the direction of rotation. The compression plate 104 is provided with a hole 10B having a size that allows the guide body 75 described above to be nested therein. Moreover, when the compression plate 104 is in a lowered state, the height of the upper surface of the compression plate 1G4 is lower than the bottom plate 84 of the guide body 75.

The band supply unit 101 includes a roller 11 for feeding out the heat-fusible binding band B wound on a reel toward the banknote A.
0. A cutter 111 driven by a solenoid (not shown) is provided on the exit side of the roller 110.

The winding section 102 is attached to the band end pressing member 112, the heater unit 113. It includes a movable ring 114, a rotary table mechanism 115, and the like. The band edge pressing member 112 presses the tip of the band B against the upper surface of the banknote A, and can be moved forward and backward by a solenoid (not shown). As shown in FIG. 8, the movable ring 114 is rotatably supported around a horizontal axis by a plurality of bearings 11B. The movable ring 114 is rotationally driven by a motor 120 and can be stopped at a predetermined rotational position by a brake unit 121.

Band catcher 122 provided on movable ring 114
includes a fixed side member 123 and a movable side member 124 that can move toward and away from the fixed side member 123, and the movable side member 12
4 is urged in the closing direction by a spring 125. A cam follower 127 is provided on the movable side member 124. When the movable ring 114 rotates clockwise in FIG. 8, the cam follower 127 hits the stopper 128, causing the movable member 12 of the band catcher
4 opens against the elasticity of the spring 125. When the cam follower 127 hits the stopper 128 as the movable ring 114 rotates counterclockwise, the stopper 1
28 rotates clockwise around the shaft 129, allowing the cam follower 127 to pass through as it is. sensor 1
30 degrees 131 and 132 are used to detect the position of the movable ring 114 and to control the stop position of the movable ring 114, etc.

The rotary table mechanism 115 is for rotating the object (bundle of 10 banknotes A') A', which is bound by - characters, by 90 degrees around a vertical axis. Rotating table 1 of this rotating table mechanism 115
35 is provided so as to be movable up and down, and normally stands by at a position that does not interfere with the rotation locus of the band catcher 122, and is raised only when the object to be bound A' is rotated by 90''.

Next, the operation of the binding device 1 will be explained.

Banknote A wrapped in a predetermined number of sheets (for example, 100 sheets) in advance
When the banknotes A are put into the slot 3 one by one, the banknotes A are received on the shutter plate 10 and detected by the sensor 30. This excites the solenoid 25,
The arm 26 rotates in the direction of arrow a in FIG. 3, and the shutter plate 10 is opened. By this opening, the banknote A is placed on the backup plate 18, and after a predetermined period of time, the solenoid 25 is de-energized and the shutter plate 10 is closed again. The shutter plate 10 repeats the above-mentioned opening/closing operation every time it receives one banknote A, and the counting means 33 counts the cumulative number of received banknotes, and the number is displayed on the display 55. . When the shutter plate 10 is closed, the stepping motor 41 is rotated by a predetermined number of pulses, and the back-up plate 18 is lowered by an amount equivalent to the thickness of one banknote. In this way, the back-up plate 18 is lowered step by step every time one banknote A is received.

On the banknotes A stacked on the back-up board 18 in this way,
is visible from the outside through the window 52.

When the back-up plate 18 receives a predetermined number of banknotes, for example, 10 banknotes, the back-up plate 18 moves to the lowest end at the 10th banknote, and the upper banknotes A for the 10 banknotes are placed on the bottom plate 84 of the guide body 75. passed on. When the sensor 45 detects that the back-up plate 18 has reached the lower end, the belt 9
7 is driven and the movable base 90 moves forward,
The ten banknotes A are transported to the bundling section 6 while being accommodated in the guide body 75. Immediately thereafter, the back-up plate 18 rises to receive the next bill A, and the sensor 4
Return to the initial position detected by 3.

At this time, the counting means 33 and the display 55 are reset to zero.

When the ten banknotes A are transferred to the bundling part 6 as described above, the ball screw 105 rotates and the compression plate 104 rises, so that the banknotes A in the guide body 75 are guided. It rises while being guided by the plates 80, 81 and 82, and is compressed in the thickness direction between the compression plate 104 and the fixed plate 103.

Next, as the motor 95 for retracting the guide body 75 rotates, the second guide plate 8 is rotated as shown in FIG.
1 and the third guide plate 82 descend.

In this case, the guide plates 81, 82 are lowered to a position lower than the bottom surface of the banknote top A. Next, the belt 97 is driven to move the movable base 90 backwards to the original position, and the 10
The portion of banknotes A is left between the fixed plate 103 and the compression plate 104.

Note that by the time the guide body 75 returns to its original position, n
The number of banknotes A is stacked on the back-up plate 18, but since the length of the stacking plate 12.13 is longer than the stacking height of n pieces, the banknotes A are guided to the bottom side of the back-up plate 18. The movement of the guide body 75 is not hindered when the body 75 returns.

As the compression plate 104 rises, the banknote top A is fixed and the plate 103
When compressed between the two, the binding band B performs one character binding in the longitudinal direction of the banknote A. That is, the movable side member 124 of the band catcher 122 waits in an open state,
As the roller 11G rotates, the band B is fed out by a predetermined amount. Next, as the band end pressing member 112 moves forward and descends, the leading end of the band B is pressed against the band end pressing member 112.
and the upper surface of the banknote A. Thereafter, the motor 120 is activated and the movable ring 114 rotates counterclockwise in the state shown in FIG. As the movable ring 114 rotates, the band catcher 122 rotates around the banknote A, so that the band B is wound in the longitudinal direction of the banknote A and is let out by an amount corresponding to its length. At this time, roller 11
0 is in a free state.

Movable ring 1 to a position detected by sensor 130
14 rotates, the rotation of the motor 120 is stopped, and the brake unit 121 is operated, so that the rotation of the movable ring 114 is immediately stopped. Then, the cutter 111 operates to cut the band B. after that,
The movable ring 114 is rotated again to the position detected by the sensor 131. At this time, the band catcher 122 comes almost directly above the banknote A.

Next, the heat generating head (not shown) of the heater unit 113 moves toward the band end pressing member 112, and this heating head presses the overlapping portion of the band B with the band end pressing member 112, thereby removing the band B. The ends of are thermocompressed. By then pulling out the band end pressing member 112, the - character binding is completed.

When the character binding is completed in this way, the compression plate 104 is lowered and the turntable 135 is raised, so that the object A' to be bound is lifted above the upper surface of the compression plate 104. In this state, the rotating table 135 rotates 90'', so that the object to be bound A' rotates 90 degrees, and then the rotating table 135
lowers to its original position.

Thereafter, the compression plate 104 rises again, and the band B is wound in the transverse direction of the objects A' to be bound in the same manner as described above, thereby performing criss-cross binding. The cross-bound objects A' are transported to the housing 2 by a transport means (not shown).
be carried outside.

In the above-described bundling device 1, even if a malfunction occurs such as bill bundles A becoming jammed in the device for some reason, the number of bill bundles A that have already been taken into the stacking section 4 will be displayed on the display 5.
5, and the enclosing part C of the banknote bundle A can be easily and reliably confirmed visually through the window 53. You can avoid making mistakes. For this reason, it is extremely effective in preventing the occurrence of accidental products that are bundled with a number other than the specified number of overlays.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, by being able to accurately grasp the number of objects taken in to be bound, the parts to be bound can be reliably bound with a predetermined regular zero number. This is highly effective in preventing bundling with anything other than the specified overlay.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a collection section cover, FIG. 2 is a perspective view schematically showing the internal structure of the binding device, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the shutter mechanism. Figure 4 is a perspective view of the backup mechanism, Figure 5 is a perspective view of the accumulation section, Figure 6 is a perspective view of the first guide plate, and Figure 7 is a state in which the second and third guide plates are lowered. FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a part of the binding part. 1... Binding device, 4... Accumulating section, 6... Binding section,
10...Shutter plate, 18...Backup plate,
50... Accumulation part cover, 52... Window (visual means),
55...Display device. Applicant's Representative Patent Attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 3d Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A binding device for cross-binding objects to be bound with a binding band, including a display means for displaying the number of objects to be bound that is counted each time one object is taken into the accumulation section of the device, and 1. A binding device comprising a visual means for visually observing the bound objects from the outside. (2) The bundling device according to claim 1, wherein the viewing means is a window provided in a stacking section cover that is attached to the stacking section so as to be openable and closable.