JPH08192810A - Sealing device of ticket or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a sealing device by which the bound condition of a paper band L can be immediately checked whether it is appropriate or not at the sealed stage to prevent tickets or the like from jamming or being damaged. CONSTITUTION: The revolution number of a band-feeding roller 21 is detected by a revolution number sensor 27. The detected revolution number of the revolution number sensor 27 at the time when the band-feeding roller 21 is rotated ordinarily to wind up a paper band L around tickets P or the like, is compared with the detected revolution number of the revolution number sensor 27 at the time when the band-feeding roller 21 is reversely rotated to fasten the paper band L and from the result of comparison, the wound-up condition is judged.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket banding device for banding stacked tickets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is a ticket wrapping device that transports and stacks tickets and wraps the stacked tickets with a predetermined number of paper bands. In this ticket banding device, the paper band is sent out by the forward rotation of the roller, the paper band is grasped by a catcher and wound around a bundle of tickets, and when the winding is completed, the roller is reversed to tighten the paper band. In this state, the end of the paper strip is sealed and cut.

A bundle of sealed tickets (hereinafter referred to as a bundle of bundles) is sent to an inspection device, where it is checked whether the bundle is properly sealed. For example, the tickets may be sealed in a misaligned state, in which case the sealing is determined to be defective.

[0004]

There is a case where the paper band is cut at the stage of sealing and the paper band comes out of the catcher. In this case, the bundle of tickets is sent to the inspection device without the paper strip being wound, and jamming of the tickets may occur during movement. The jam may cause damage to the tickets.

The present invention takes the above circumstances into consideration,
It is an object of any of the first to fifth aspects of the invention for sealing a ticket to check whether or not the winding of the belt is appropriate at the stage of sealing, and prevent jamming and damage of the ticket.

[0006]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a ticket banding device which feeds out a band by normal rotation of a roller, grips the band with a catcher, and winds the band around a bundle of tickets. Reversely to tighten the band and seal and cut the end part of the band in that state, and means for detecting the number of rotations of the roller at the time of reverse rotation, and And a means for judging whether the winding of the belt is good or bad.

In the ticket banding device of the second invention, the belt is fed by the forward rotation of the roller, the band is grasped by a catcher and wound around a bundle of tickets, and when the winding is completed, the roller is reversed to rotate the belt. A means for sealing and cutting the end portion of the belt in this state by tightening, a means for detecting the number of revolutions of the roller at the time of reverse rotation, and a means for detecting the number of revolutions of the belt when the detected number of revolutions is a predetermined value or more. And a means for determining that the winding is defective.

In the ticket banding device of the third invention, the belt is fed out by the forward rotation of the roller, the band is grasped by a catcher and wound around a bundle of tickets, and when the winding is completed, the roller is reversed to rotate the belt. Means for sealing and cutting the end portion of the belt in the tightened state, and means for detecting the number of rotations of the roller during forward rotation, and means for detecting the number of rotations during reverse rotation of the roller. And a means for judging whether the winding of the belt is good or bad by comparing the both detected rotation speeds.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, the belt sealing device sends out a belt by the forward rotation of the roller, grips the belt with a catcher, and winds it around a bundle of tickets. A tightening is performed to seal and cut the end portion of the belt in that state, and a rotation speed sensor for detecting the rotation speed of the roller, and a rotation speed detected by the rotation speed sensor when the roller is rotated in reverse. And means for determining whether the winding of the belt is good or bad.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the ticket banding device, the belt is fed by the forward rotation of the roller, the band is grasped by a catcher and wound around a bundle of tickets, and when the winding is completed, the roller is reversed to rotate the band. A rotation speed sensor for detecting the rotation speed of the roller and a detection rotation of the rotation speed sensor at the time of forward rotation of the roller for tightening and sealing and cutting the end portion of the band in that state. And a means for determining whether the winding of the belt is good or bad by comparing the number of rotations with the rotation speed detected by the rotation speed sensor at the time of reverse rotation of the roller.

[0011]

In the ticket banding device according to the first aspect of the invention, the number of rotations of the roller when the band is tightened is detected, and whether the winding of the band is good or bad is determined according to the detected number of rotations. In the ticket sealing device according to the second aspect of the invention, the number of rotations of the roller when the band is tightened is detected, and when the detected number of rotations is equal to or higher than the predetermined value, the winding of the band is determined to be defective.

In the ticket sealing device according to the third aspect of the invention, the number of rotations of the roller when winding the band is detected, and the number of rotations of the roller when tightening the band is detected. The quality of the winding is determined.

In the ticket banding device of the fourth invention, the rotation speed sensor detects the rotation speed of the roller. Whether the winding of the belt is good or bad is determined from the number of rotations detected by the rotation speed sensor when tightening the belt.

In the ticket banding device of the fifth invention, the rotation speed sensor detects the rotation speed of the roller. The rotation speed detected by the rotation speed sensor when the belt is wound is compared with the rotation speed detected by the rotation speed sensor when the belt is tightened, and whether the winding of the belt is good or bad is determined from the comparison result.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 5 shows a ticket conveying device according to the present invention. The ticket conveying device includes a pre-processing section 1, a take-out section 2, a conveying path 3, a detecting section 4, a sorter 5, a conveying path 6, and the like.
7, rejected ticket stacking unit 8, sorting unit 9, transport paths 10 and 11, correct bill stacking unit 12, sealing unit 13, small bundle inspection unit 14, large bundle sealing unit 15, unfit bill stacking unit 16, and cutting unit 17 Equipped with.

A large number of tickets P are put into the preprocessing unit 1. The inserted bills P are bundled in advance with a paper strip one bundle at a time. Each bundle consists of 10 bundles, and each bundle consists of 100 paper bands. The pre-processing unit 1 releases the banding and supplies 100 sheets to the next take-out unit 2.

The take-out section 2 sends out the supplied tickets P one by one to the conveying path 3. The conveyance path 3 sandwiches and conveys the tickets P with a pair of belts. The detection unit 4 uses the tickets P on the transport path 3.
Detects whether it is a genuine note that can be re-circulated, a rejected ticket that should be removed, or a badly damaged stub (discarded ticket), and classifies destination instructions according to the detection result. Give to vessels 5 and 9.

The sorter 5 sorts the conveyed tickets P to one of the conveyance paths 6 and 7 according to the destination instruction from the detection unit 4. The transport paths 6 and 7 sandwich and transport the tickets P with a pair of belts. The rejected ticket stacking unit 8 stacks the tickets P (rejected tickets) transported by the transport path 6.
The sorter 9 sorts the conveyed tickets P into one of the conveyance paths 10 and 11 according to the destination instruction from the detection unit 4.

The correct note stacking unit 12 collects the notes P (genuine notes) conveyed by the conveying path 10. The sealing section 13 is
This is equivalent to the ticket sealing device of the present invention, and seals 100 sheets of the sheets P in the genuine sheet stacking unit 12 with a paper strip. The bundle obtained by this sealing is called one bundle. The small bundle inspection unit 14 is the sealing unit 13.
The bundle (hereinafter, referred to as a bundle of bundles) made in (1) is received, the state of the bundle is checked for correctness, and only the correct bundle is sent to the next large bundle sealing section 15.

The large bundle wrapping section 15 bundles 10 bundles of bundles sent from the small bundle inspection section 14 with a paper band and bundles them into one bundle. The unfit banknote stacking unit 16 stacks the banknotes P (discarded tickets) transported by the transport path 11. The cutting unit 17 cuts the notes P in the unfit note stacking unit 15.

FIG. 1 shows a concrete structure of the sealing portion 13. A bundle of the accumulated tickets P is a holding mechanism (not shown).
Is held by the band feed roller 21
Is provided. The accompanying roller 22 is in sliding contact with the band feed roller 21, and the paper band L is interposed between both rollers. The band feed roller 21 is connected to the rotary shaft 24a of the band feed motor 24, receives a rotational force when the motor 24 operates, and functions to send out the paper band L while the accompanying roller 22 rotates.

The leading edge of the paper strip L sent out by the rollers 21 and 22 is gripped by the catcher 23, and the catcher 23 is largely rotated to be wound around the bundle of the notes P.

The belt feed brake 25 is engaged with the rotary shaft 24a of the motor 24. The brake 25 includes a wheel 25a attached to the rotary shaft 24a and a brake shoe 25b for sandwiching the wheel 25a. The brake shoe 25b sandwiches the wheel 25a to stop the rotation of the rotary shaft 24a.

A rubber roller 26 is brought into sliding contact with the accompanying roller 22, and the rotation speed sensor 2 is attached to the rotation shaft of the rubber roller 26.
7 is provided. The rotation speed sensor 27 includes a light-shielding semicircular plate 27a attached to a rotation shaft, and a light emitting / receiving element 2 provided at a position corresponding to the semicircular plate 27a.
7b, which optically detects the rotation of the semicircular plate 27a. That is, when the rubber roller 22 rotates in conjunction with the rollers 21 and 22, the semi-circular plate 27a causes the light emitting / receiving element 27 to rotate.
The optical path in b is interrupted intermittently, and the output signal of the rotation speed sensor 27 repeats logic "1" and logic "0" in synchronization with it.

The control circuit is shown in FIG. The control unit 30 includes a pretreatment unit 1, a takeout unit 2, a conveyance path 3, a detection unit 4, a classifier 5,
Transport paths 6 and 7, reject ticket stacking section 8, sorting device 9, transport path 1
0, 11, correct sheet stacking section 12, sealing section 13, small bundle inspection section 1
4, the large bundle sealing unit 15, the unfit banknote stacking unit 16, the cutting unit 17, the clock circuit 31, the ROM 32, and the timer 33 are connected.

The clock circuit 31 issues a clock signal for time control. The ROM 32 stores a control program. The timer 33 is used for various time controls. The control section 30 controls each section in association with the conveyance of the notes P, and also includes the following functional means particularly for the sealing section 13.

[1] The rotation speed detected by the rotation speed sensor 27 at the time of normal rotation of the roller 21, that is, when the paper strip L is wound is stored, and a predetermined value obtained from the detected rotation speed and the reverse rotation of the roller 21, that is, Means for comparing the rotation speed detected by the rotation speed sensor 21 when tightening the paper strip L and determining whether the winding of the paper strip L is good or bad from the comparison result.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When a bundle of 100 tickets P is held by the holding mechanism, first the brake 25
Is turned on, and then the motor 24 is rotated in the normal direction (step
101) and then the catcher 23 is opened (step 10).
2). In this case, the brake 25 is turned on and the rotating shaft 24a
By stopping the rotation of the roller 21, the roller 21 does not rotate immediately and enters the standby state.

Immediately thereafter, the brake 25 is turned off (step 103), and the roller 21 starts to rotate normally. At the same time, the rotation speed count t ₁ is started (step 104). This rotation speed count t ₁ is an operation of counting the output (logical “1” output) of the rotation speed sensor 27, and the count value corresponds to the rotation speed of the roller 21 during normal rotation.

When the roller 21 rotates in the normal direction, the roller 22 rotates accordingly and the paper band L is sent out. This feeding is so-called Chong feeding, which is performed for a short time until the paper strip L reaches the catcher 23, and the brake 25 is immediately turned on (steps 104.105, 106, 107).

After feeding the paper, the catcher 23 is closed (step 108), and the catcher 23 causes the paper strip L to pass.
The tip of is caught. Then, the brake 25 is turned off (step 109), and for a predetermined time (band feed time),
The feeding of the roller 21 by the forward rotation and the winding operation of the catcher 23 are performed (steps 110, 111, 112). That is, as shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 3, the catcher 23 pivots largely around the bundle of notes P, and the paper strip L is wound around the bundle of notes P.

After that, the brake 25 is turned on, the motor 24 is stopped, and the winding is completed (steps 113 and 114). At the same time, the rotation speed count t ₁ is ended (step 115).

When the winding is completed, the brake 25 is turned off and the reverse rotation of the motor 24 is started (step 11).
6). As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, the wound paper strip L is once rewound and tightened. Simultaneously with this tightening, the rotation speed count t ₂ is started (step 117). This rotation speed count t ₂ is
This is an operation of counting the output (logical “1” output) of the rotation speed sensor 27, and the count value corresponds to the rotation speed of the roller 21 when the roller 21 rotates in the reverse direction.

After a predetermined time (rewinding time), the brake 25
Is turned on and the motor 24 is stopped (steps 118 and 11).
9,121 ； Tightening is completed), and in that state, the end portion of the paper strip L is sealed by a sealing device using heater heat and cut by a cutter (step
122). Then, the brake 25 is turned off (step
one two Three ). This completes the sealing.

By the way, at the time of tightening by reversing the roller 21, the paper strip L does not slip out of the catcher 23, and if the paper strip L is not cut, the tension of the paper strip L is applied to the roller 21, so the roller 21 rotates a little. Then stop. In this case, as shown in FIG.
Output is low.

However, when the paper band L slips out of the catcher 23 or is cut, the roller 21 rotates many times because there is no tension in the paper band L. In this case, as shown in FIG. 9, there are many logic "1" s of the rotation speed sensor 27.

During tightening, the rotation speed count t ₂ and the predetermined value are sequentially compared (step 119). As the predetermined value, a half of the rotation speed count t ₁ is used. When the paper strip L does not come off or break, the number of rotations of the roller 21 is small, and thus the number of rotations t ₂ is smaller than the predetermined value.
In this case, the subsequent processing is performed under the condition that the winding of the paper band L is good.

However, when the paper strip L is missing or cut, the number of rotations of the roller 21 increases, so that the number of rotations t ₂ becomes larger than a predetermined value. In this case, an error determination that the winding of the paper strip L is defective is made.

When an error is determined, the bundle of tickets P is not sent to the small bundle inspection unit 14. In this way, it is possible to immediately check whether or not the winding of the paper strip L is appropriate at the stage of sealing, so that the bundle of tickets P remains unsealed and the small bundle inspection unit 1
Therefore, it is possible to avoid jams and damages of the tickets P without being sent to the customer.

In the above embodiment, the case where the band is paper has been described as an example, but the material of the band is not limited. Besides, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

[0041]

As described above, in any of the first to fifth inventions, the ticket sealing device detects the rotation speed of the roller when tightening the belt by the reverse rotation of the roller, and based on the rotation speed. Since the quality of the winding of the belt is determined, it is possible to immediately check whether or not the winding of the belt is suitable at the stage of sealing, and prevent jams and damage of tickets.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a main part of a sealing unit according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining winding of a paper strip L.

FIG. 3 is a view for explaining winding of a paper strip L.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining tightening of a paper strip L.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a ticket transport device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of a control circuit of the ticket transport device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a time chart for explaining the operation when winding is good in the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a time chart for explaining the operation at the time of defective winding in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Pre-processing part 1, 2 ... Take-out part, 3 ... Conveyance path, 4 ... Detection part, 5 ... Sorter, 6,7 ... Conveyance path, 8 ... Exclusion ticket stacking part,
9 ... Sorting device, 10, 11 ... Conveying path, 12 ... Genuine bill collecting section,
13 ... Sealing unit, 14 ... Small inspection unit, 15 ... Large bundle sealing unit, 1
6 ... Unfit note stacking section, 17 ... Cutting section, 21 ... Band feeding roller,
22 ... Rotating roller, 23 ... Catcher, 24 ... Belt feed motor, 25 ... Belt feed brake, 26 ... Rubber roller, 27 ... Rotation speed sensor, 30 ... Control section.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A belt is sent out by the forward rotation of a roller, the band is gripped by a catcher and wound around a bundle of tickets, and when the winding is completed, the roller is reversed to tighten the band, and in that state the band ends. A ticket banding device that seals and cuts a portion to be provided with: means for detecting the number of rotations of the roller at the time of reverse rotation; and means for determining whether the winding of the belt is good or bad according to the detected number of rotations. A ticket sealing device, which is characterized in that 2. A belt is sent out by the forward rotation of a roller, the band is gripped by a catcher and wound around a bundle of tickets, and when the winding is completed, the roller is reversed to tighten the band, and in that state the end of the band is reached. In a ticket banding device for sealing and cutting a portion to be formed, means for detecting the number of rotations of the roller at the time of reverse rotation, and means for determining that the winding of the belt is defective when the detected number of rotations is a predetermined value or more. A ticket sealing device, comprising: 3. A belt is sent out by the forward rotation of a roller, the band is gripped by a catcher and wound around a bundle of tickets, and when the winding is completed, the roller is reversed to tighten the band, and in that state the end of the band is reached. In a ticket banding device for sealing and cutting a portion to be a part, a means for detecting the number of revolutions of the roller at the time of forward rotation, a means for detecting the number of revolutions of the roller at the time of reverse rotation, A ticket banding device, comprising: a means for judging whether the winding of the belt is good or bad by comparison. 4. A belt is sent out by the forward rotation of a roller, the band is gripped by a catcher and wound around a bundle of tickets, and when the winding is completed, the roller is reversed to tighten the band, and in that state the end of the band is reached. In a ticket banding device that seals and cuts a portion that becomes, a rotation speed sensor that detects the rotation speed of the roller, and at the time of reverse rotation of the roller, determines whether the winding of the band is good or bad from the rotation speed detected by the rotation speed sensor. A means for sealing a ticket or the like, comprising: 5. A belt is sent out by the forward rotation of a roller, the band is gripped by a catcher and wound around a bundle of tickets, and when the winding is completed, the roller is reversed to tighten the band, and in that state the end of the band is reached. In a ticket banding device that seals and cuts a portion that becomes, a rotation speed sensor that detects the rotation speed of the roller, a rotation speed detected by the rotation speed sensor when the roller rotates in the normal direction, and a rotation speed when the roller rotates in the reverse direction. A ticket wrapping device comprising: means for judging whether the winding of the strip is good or bad by comparison with the number of rotations detected by the rotation speed sensor.