JPH1159078A - Enclosing seal system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an enclosing seal system which can confirm the contents of an envelope easily when paper sheets are supplied for the first time from any enclosure supply unit to check whether the contents are selected correctly or not. SOLUTION: In an enclosing seal system which is equipped with paper sheet supply devices 14b...,17b, 14b...,20b and a control means 40 which controls the supply devices and makes paper sheets be supplied and can select paper sheets from various paper sheets by different combinations and enclosing-seal them by a process in which the control means 40 selects an optional paper sheet supply device from the devices 14b...,17b, 14b...,20b and supplies the paper sheets, detection means 42, 24A, 24B for detecting that the supply number of paper sheets of any one of the supply devices 14b...,17b, 14b...,20b is the first time counted from the start-up of the system are provided, the control means stops the operation of the system based on the detection of the detection means 42, 24A, 24B.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an enclosing and sealing system for automatically collecting sheets such as forms and tickets, and then automatically enclosing and sealing the envelope.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An enclosing and sealing system for automatically collecting paper sheets such as forms and tickets, and then automatically enclosing and sealing the envelopes has been developed. In a conventional enclosing and sealing system, for example, as a paper sheet supply device, a supply unit that supplies a paper sheet onto a conveyance path while cutting a continuous form, or supplies paper sheets such as stocked tickets one by one to a conveyance path. A plurality of enclosed material supply units, an enclosed sealing unit that inserts and seals paper sheets sent on the transport path into an envelope, and the like are arranged in parallel.

[0003] Further, in the conventional enclosing and sealing system, there are a type in which a combination of contents to be enclosed is one type and a type in which a combination of contents can be selected from a plurality of sets. In a system in which a combination of contents can be selected, for example, first, a key form in which supply sheet data indicating what is to be inserted into an envelope is supplied to a conveyance path, and the supply sheet data Is automatically read, and thereafter, the enclosed material supply unit is controlled based on the supplied sheet data so that only the necessary sheets are supplied to the transport path. And
With this control, paper sheets can be selected from a plurality of types of paper sheets in a plurality of combinations and enclosed and sealed.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In an enclosing / sealing apparatus capable of selecting a combination of contents, the contents of an envelope are changed when the combination of contents is changed in order to check whether or not the contents are correctly selected. It is desired to confirm things. In particular, when a new sheet is supplied from any of the enclosed supply units, if the contents of the envelope are checked, a plurality of types of sheets are mistakenly set in the plural enclosed supply units. A defect such as that the sheets have been collected or the numbers of the paper sheets recorded such as the serial numbers are not collected in a state where they are properly arranged can be found at an early stage.

In the conventional enclosing / sealing apparatus, in order to perform the above confirmation, for example, the combination of contents is changed based on the serial number of the key form on which the address is printed, or any of the enclosed contents is supplied. When paper was first supplied from the unit, a system operator manually stopped the system and checked the contents.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above situation, and has an enclosure and sealing system including a plurality of enclosure supply units and capable of selecting a combination of enclosed contents.
When you change the combination of contents to check whether the contents are selected correctly, you can easily check the contents of the envelope. By confirming when the sheets were supplied, it was confirmed that a plurality of types of sheets were mistakenly set in the plurality of enclosed supply units, and the numbers of the recorded sheets such as serial numbers were properly arranged. It is an object of the present invention to provide an enclosing and sealing system that allows early detection of problems such as not being collected in a state.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention according to claim 1 comprises a plurality of paper supply devices provided to supply a plurality of types of papers, and a plurality of paper supply devices. Control means for controlling the paper supply device to supply papers from each paper supply device, wherein the control means selects an arbitrary paper supply device from the plurality of paper supply devices. A plurality of combinations of paper sheets from among a plurality of types of paper sheets, whereby the plurality of paper sheets can be selectively sealed and sealed. Detecting means for detecting a change in the combination of paper sheets from the user, and an operation operable in response to the detection of the detection means so as to make it easy for a user to confirm the envelope in which the paper sheets with the changed combination are enclosed. Means.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the combination of paper sheets is changed, the change is notified by the operating means, so that the contents of the envelope at this time are confirmed. It is possible to easily check whether the contents inserted in the envelope are correctly selected.

Here, the paper sheet feeding apparatus includes a cutter unit for cutting the continuous form, a transport unit for supplying the continuous form, and the like, and a continuous form feeding apparatus for supplying the continuous form while cutting the continuous form, and a large number of paper sheets. And a hopper for stocking papers, and includes an enclosed material supply device for taking out and supplying paper sheets one by one from the hopper. The operating means is, for example, a configuration in which the operation of the system is stopped to make it easy for a user to confirm the envelope in which the paper sheets of the combination have been changed. When the system is changed or a new sheet is supplied from any of the sheet feeding devices, the operation of the system is automatically stopped without an operator operating the system. It is possible to surely recognize the change of the combination and supply of new paper sheets, and reduce the burden of manually operating and stopping the system by the operator for checking the paper sheets. Further, as an example of the operating means, a configuration may be adopted in which the envelope in which the combination of the changed paper sheets is enclosed is identifiably marked, and with this configuration, the combination of the paper sheets is changed or When new paper sheets are supplied from such a paper sheet supply device,
Since the envelope is marked so as to be identifiable, even if the system is operated, the confirmation operation can be performed easily and reliably without changing the combination of paper sheets or losing the envelope to which new paper sheets are supplied. be able to. However, at this time, if the operation is stopped, the confirmation becomes more reliable. In addition, as a labeling method, a method in which the corresponding envelopes are changed and arranged in an orderly stacked envelope is considered. Further, as an example of the operating means, a configuration may be adopted in which an envelope in which the combination of the changed paper sheets is enclosed is marked. When a new paper sheet is supplied from the leaf supply apparatus, the envelope is marked, so that it is possible to identify that the contents have been changed from the envelope later.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the enclosing and sealing system according to the first aspect, the detecting means is configured to detect that the supplied paper contains a new one.

According to the second aspect of the invention, in addition to the effects of the first aspect, a plurality of types of paper sheets are set in a plurality of enclosed supply units by mistake. It is possible to find out at an early stage a defect such as that the numbers of paper sheets recorded such as serial numbers are not collected in a state where they are properly arranged.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the enclosing and sealing system according to the first or second aspect, the detecting means comprises:
A storage unit for storing each sheet supply presence / absence information of the plurality of sheet detection devices and a previous sheet supply presence / absence information; a sheet supply presence / absence information stored in the storage unit; And a comparing means for comparing with the leaf supply presence / absence information.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to reliably detect a change in the combination of paper sheets or a new supply from each paper sheet supply device. For example, a change in the combination of paper sheets can be detected by comparing the information with the preceding paper sheet supply presence / absence information, and each paper sheet can be detected by comparing with all the previous paper sheet supply presence / absence information. A new supply from the leaf supply device can be detected.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the detecting means includes:
A plurality of change detecting means provided in each of the plurality of sheet supply devices for detecting a change in the supply of sheets of each sheet supply device; and whether any of the plurality of change detection means has been detected. 3. The enclosing and sealing system according to claim 1, further comprising supply change storage means for storing the information.
The configuration was adopted.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to minimize the data amount of the storage information stored in the supply change storage unit and serving as a criterion for determining whether to operate the operation unit. That is, if the control means for controlling a plurality of sheet feeding apparatuses is to detect a change in the supply of each sheet feeding apparatus, data is required by the number of sheet feeding apparatuses. In the configuration, the data necessary for the supply change storage means is only one data indicating whether there is a change in supply. In such a configuration, a control unit is provided in each of the plurality of sheet feeding apparatuses, and storage information serving as a criterion for determining whether to operate the operating unit is sequentially transferred to the plurality of sheet feeding apparatuses. It is particularly useful for a type of sealing system. That is, in such a system, since there is a control unit for each sheet feeding apparatus, it is easy to make each sheet feeding apparatus detect whether or not there is a change in supply,
Further, the storage information serving as a criterion for determining whether or not to notify the change is transferred to each sheet feeding apparatus, so that the smaller the data amount, the better, and the configuration of the present invention satisfies both conditions.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the enclosing and sealing system according to the first to fourth aspects, the operating means is arranged to seal the envelope in which the combination of the changed sheets is sealed without opening the envelope. It was configured to be carried out.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the envelope which needs to be checked is carried out without being sealed, the system operator can easily perform the operation of confirming the enclosure.

[0018]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. [First Embodiment] FIGS. 1 and 2 show the overall configuration of an enclosing and sealing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram viewed from a side, and FIG. It is the block diagram which looked at. The enclosing and sealing system 1 according to this embodiment includes a cutter unit 11, a transport unit 12, a folding unit 13, and an enclosed material supply unit 14 as a paper sheet supply device.
.., The cutter unit 15 and the merging unit 17, the enclosing / sealing unit 20, the stack unit 21,
It is configured by connecting the master control unit 24 and the like.

Cutter unit 11, transport unit 1
2. The folding unit 13 cuts a continuous form such as a key form on which an address is described, folds it, and supplies it on the transport path R. A mark indicating which paper sheet is to be selected from a plurality of paper sheets is recorded on the key form, and the cutter unit 11 reads the mark in a mark reading module 11A (FIG. 3).
Is provided.

The enclosed supply unit 14 includes a plurality of hoppers 14a, and stores a plurality of sheets such as forms and tickets in the hoppers 14a. Take out the goods and transport path R
To supply on top. Note that the enclosing and sealing unit 20 also includes a similar hopper 20a.

The cutter unit 15 and the merging unit 17 cut the continuous form as a sheet while feeding the paper on the transport path R.
This is one of the paper sheet supply devices, which is supplied above.

According to the paper sheet supply apparatus, different types of paper sheets are stored in the hoppers 14a..., 20a, respectively, and the hoppers 14a.
Oa and by selectively supplying paper sheets from the merging unit 17, it is possible to select an arbitrary paper sheet from a plurality of paper sheets and enclose it in an envelope.

The enclosure unit 20 includes an envelope hopper 20c for storing a plurality of envelopes.
Take out one envelope at a time from c and open the envelope,
The paper sheets sent on the conveyance path R are enclosed in the envelope.
The enclosing and sealing unit 20 can not seal the envelope in which the paper sheets are sealed under the control of the control unit.

The marking unit 18 is for marking the envelope conveyed from the enclosing / sealing unit 20 and carrying it out to the stack unit 21.

The master control unit 24 controls the overall operation of the enclosing / sealing system 1, and controls the start and stop of the enclosing / sealing system 1, the processing contents of the enclosing / sealing unit 20 (sealing and unloading, Control of whether to carry out without sealing) is possible.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a functional configuration for controlling the enclosing / sealing system 1. In the description of this embodiment, a description will be given of a device that detects that a new sheet has been supplied from any one of a plurality of sheet supply devices and notifies the user of the detection. The overall control of the enclosing / sealing system 1 includes a control circuit provided in each unit (enclosed object supply unit 14, cutter unit 15, merging unit 17, marking unit 18, enclosing / sealing unit 20), and a master control unit 24. Is performed in cooperation with the control circuit. The control functions constituted by the plurality of control circuits include supply control units 14b,.
0b, mark reading module 11A, marking control unit 18
b, enclosing / sealing control unit 40 as detecting means, storage unit 4
2. It comprises a new enclosure detecting section 24A, an enclosed hopper information storage section 24B, and the like.

The supply control units 14b,..., 17b, 20b
Enclosure supply unit 14 ..., merging unit 1 respectively
7. It functions by a control circuit provided in the enclosing / sealing unit 20. According to each of the hoppers 14a..., 20a and the merging unit 17, paper sheets from the hoppers 14a. The control for supplying the sheet on the transport path R is performed.

The enclosing / sealing control section 40 sends each of the supply control sections 14b,. A paper supply instruction is output, and each hopper 14a.
a and each station supply result data indicating whether or not paper sheets are supplied from the merging unit 17 are output to the storage unit 42 and stored therein.

The enclosing / sealing control section 40 and the storage section 42 are formed by, for example, cooperation between a control circuit of each unit and a control circuit of the master control unit 24. The mark data and the storage information stored in the storage unit 42 are transferred from the upstream unit to the downstream unit, and are finally transferred to the master control unit 24.

The new enclosure detecting section 24A and the enclosed hopper information storage section 24B are connected to the master control unit 2
4 is a function configured by the control circuit of FIG. The new enclosure detecting unit 24A compares each station supply result data stored in the storage unit 42 with the enclosed station information stored in the enclosed hopper information storage unit 24B, and compares the hoppers 14a. 17 to detect whether there is a new supply of paper sheets, and based on this detection, outputs a detection signal to the marking control unit 18b and the sealing control unit 40, The marking unit 18 can mark an envelope containing a new sheet or stop the system. That is, the marking control unit 18b and the like and the sealing control unit 40 and the like constitute an operating means.

The enclosed hopper information storage section 24B stores the enclosed station information indicating whether or not the hoppers 14a..., 20a and the merging unit 17 have been supplied before. The enclosed station information is stored based on the station supply result data sent each time the enclosing / sealing process is performed.

FIG. 5 is a data chart showing an example of each station supply result data stored in the storage section 42 and the enclosed station information stored in the enclosed hopper information storage section 24B. In the figure, the station numbers are the hoppers 14a,.
7 is an index number. As shown in the figure, each station supply result data is, for each station number,
This is data with 1-bit data indicating whether or not it has been supplied. The enclosed station information includes, for each station number, unencapsulated (has never been supplied before) and enclosed (previously supplied) ) Is 1-bit data.

Next, the operation of the enclosing and sealing system 1 configured as described above will be described. The enclosing / sealing system 1 is started by a system operator turning on a start switch (not shown). When the system starts, first, the key form is cut by the cutter unit 11 and the conveyance path R is cut.
Supplied above. Here, the mark reading module 11A
Reads the mark recorded on the key form, and sends the mark data to the enclosing / sealing control unit 40. (That is, it is transferred to the upstream merging unit 17.)

When the mark data is sent to the enclosing / sealing control section 40, the supply control section 17b,
, 20b, the supply commands are sequentially output, and the supply control units 17b, 14b,.
Under the control of 20b, paper sheets are supplied from the corresponding merging unit 17 and hoppers 14a and 20a at timings that overlap the key form. When sheets are supplied from the corresponding merging unit 17 and hoppers 14a and 20a, the enclosing / sealing control unit 40 stores the data in the data area of the corresponding station number in the data area of the corresponding station number as the station supply result data in the storage unit 42. Is stored.

Then, the key form and the selected paper sheet arrive at the enclosing portion of the enclosing and sealing unit 20 in an overlapping state, and the enclosing and enclosing unit 20 encloses the key form and the paper sheet in an envelope. You. At this time, in the master control unit 24, each station supply result data in the storage unit 42 is compared with the sealed station information in the sealed hopper information storage unit 24B. The master control unit 24 is the comparison means. Then, if they match, the envelope is sealed, passed through the marking unit 18 and carried out to the stack unit 21.

Even if the two do not match, if the paper is not newly supplied but is to be enclosed by stopping the supply from a certain enclosed supply unit. Are similarly carried out to the stack unit 21. However, if the two do not match and the information is completely new as compared with the previously filled station information, it is determined that a new supply has been performed, and the information in the filled hopper information storage unit 24B is stored. The data of “1” already enclosed is set in the data area of the station number of the new supply,
In the marking unit 18, the envelope containing the new sheet is marked. Thereafter, the envelope is carried out to the stack unit 21 without being sealed, and the operation of the system is stopped. The envelope is carried out to the stack unit 21 without being sealed. Then, thereafter, the operation of the system is stopped. At this time, if a notification such as a display output or a sound output is performed as an operating means indicating that a new supply has been made to the system operator, a more reliable notification can be made.

When the system is shut down, the system operator checks the contents in the marked envelope, and if there is no mistake, turns on the continue switch (not shown) to restart the system.

FIG. 4 shows a flowchart of a process for detecting a new supply performed by the new enclosure detecting unit 24A of the control circuit of the master control unit 24.
The process of detecting the new supply is started by turning on the start switch. When this process is started, first, in step S1, the apparatus waits until the delivered paper sheets are sealed in the enclosing and sealing unit 20 and carried out, and the process proceeds to step S2 at the timing when the carrying out is performed. .

In step S2, the station supply result data corresponding to the envelope discharged from the storage section is read out, and the routine goes to step S3. In step S3, the station supply result data is compared with the enclosed hopper information in the enclosed hopper information storage unit 24A, and if there is no new enclosure in the envelope, the process returns to step S1, but the new enclosure is stored in the envelope. If there is, the process proceeds to step S4.

As a result, when the process proceeds to step S4, a process of setting the data of the station number where the new inclusion is present in the already-enclosed hopper information storage unit 24A in that step to “enclosed” is performed, and then proceeds to step S5. I do. In step S5, the operation of the enclosing and sealing system 1 is stopped, the process returns to step S1, and the processing from step S1 is repeated again.

As described above, according to the enclosing / sealing system 1 of this embodiment, when paper is first supplied from any of the hoppers 14a,. And the operation of the system is automatically stopped, and the envelopes containing these paper sheets are ejected, making it easy to check whether the contents inserted in the envelopes are correctly selected. . By this check, for example, an error such as a plurality of types of paper sheets being mistakenly set in a plurality of paper supply devices can be found at an early stage. It is possible to check whether the numbers are collected in an appropriate state.

The present invention is not limited to the enclosing and sealing system 1 of this embodiment. For example, the configuration and control method of a control function for controlling the enclosing and sealing system 1 and a novel paper sheet system The detailed configuration specifically shown, such as a supply detection method, can be appropriately changed without departing from the gist of the invention.

In this embodiment, the comparison is performed by the master control unit 24. However, the comparison function may be provided in the enclosing / sealing unit 20 for control. Further, in this embodiment, since only when a new supply is performed is detected, in the comparison, each station supply result data is compared with all the previously-enclosed station information. It is possible to detect that the combination of paper sheets has been changed by comparing the supply result data with the immediately preceding enclosed station information. Further, instead of the marking unit 17, a stacking unit 21 is set with a discharge device that is arranged such that only the envelopes containing the new paper sheets are shifted and displaced by bending or the like, so that the new paper sheets are included. The envelope may be shifted to the stack unit 21 and discharged so that the envelope can be recognized.

[Second Embodiment] An enclosing and sealing system 1A according to a second embodiment has a control function for controlling the enclosing and sealing system 1A and a method for detecting a new supply of paper sheets. Unlike the enclosing and sealing system 1 of the first embodiment, other configurations are almost the same. Therefore, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted. Only different configurations will be described.

Also, in the second embodiment, the first
As in the description of the embodiment, among the plurality of paper sheet feeding apparatuses,
A device that detects that a new sheet is supplied from any one of the sheet supply apparatuses and notifies the user of the detection will be described.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration controlled by the enclosing and sealing system 1A. Enclosure and sealing system 1A
Is controlled in cooperation with a control circuit provided in each unit (enclosed material supply unit 14, cutter unit 15, merging unit 17, enclosing and sealing unit 20) and a control circuit of master control unit 24. .

The control functions constituted by the plurality of control circuits include supply control units 14b,..., 17b, 20b, a mark reading module 11A, a sealing control unit 50, new supply detection units 14c,. , 20
c, a storage unit 52 as a supply change storage unit, and a new enclosure detecting unit 24C.

New supply detecting units 14c,..., 17c, 20c
, 17b, and 20b are provided in the control circuits of the enclosed supply unit 14, the merging unit 17, and the enclosing / sealing unit 20 in correspondence with the supply control units 14b,. Also, it is configured to detect that the sheets are supplied onto the transport path R from the merging unit 17.

The enclosing / sealing control unit 50 sends each of the supply control units 14b,..., 17b, 20b indicated by the mark data based on the mark data indicating which paper sheet transferred from the mark reading module 11A is to be enclosed. It outputs a sheet supply instruction and outputs a new supply detection unit 14c.
, 17c, and 20c are output as data indicating whether or not the supply of paper sheets has been executed.

The storage unit 52 stores the new supply detecting units 14c,.
1-bit data indicating whether or not any of 17c and 20c detects the presence of a new supply.

The above-mentioned enclosing / sealing control section 50 and the storage section 52 are constituted by the cooperation of the control circuit of each unit and the control circuit of the master control unit 24, and the storage information stored in the storage section 52 Are transferred from the upstream unit to the downstream unit, and finally to the master control unit 24.

The new inclusion detecting unit 24C detects whether or not there is a new supply based on the information stored in the storage unit 52, and
If there is, a stop request signal is output to the enclosure control section 50.

Next, a description will be given of a method of detecting a new supply of paper sheets performed by the above-configured enclosing and sealing system 1A.

The detection of whether or not there is a new supply of paper sheets is performed by the new supply detecting units 14c,..., 17c, 20c by means of each unit (the enclosed supply unit 14,. Each new unit 20) detects whether the supply is a new supply or not, and is performed by the new inclusion detection unit 24C based on information on whether or not there is detection by the new supply detection units 14c..., 17c, and 20c.

FIG. 7 shows each unit (enclosed material supply unit 14,..., Cutter unit 15, merging unit 17,
A flowchart of a process of detecting a new supply performed by each of the new supply detection units 14c,.

Each of the new supply detecting units 14c,..., 17c, 20
The process of detecting a new supply performed in c is started by starting the enclosing and sealing system 1A. When this process is started, first, in step S10, it is determined whether or not the sheets have been supplied from the corresponding hoppers 14a,..., 20a or the merging unit 17, and the step S10 is repeated while the sheets are not supplied. Step S if supplied
Move to 11.

In step S11, it is determined whether or not the supplied flag has been set. If the flag has been set, the process returns to step S10. If not, the process proceeds to step S12. The supplied flag is provided in each of the new supply detecting units 14c,..., 17c, and 20c.

As a result, when the process proceeds to step S12, the new supply flag for each envelope in the storage unit 52 is set, the process proceeds to step S13, the supplied flag is set in the step, and the process returns to step S10. That is, by the processing of the above steps S10 to S13, each hopper 14a
, 20a or the first time a sheet is supplied from the merging unit 17, this supply is detected and stored in the storage unit 52. The storage unit 52 stores data obtained by performing a logical sum of the detection information of the plurality of new supply detection units 14c,..., 17c, and 20c, and has a minimum data amount.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a process for detecting whether or not there is a new supply performed by the new enclosure detecting unit 24C provided in the control circuit of the master control unit 24.

The process for detecting whether or not there is a new supply performed by the new enclosure detecting section 24C is started when the enclosure and sealing system 1A is started. When this processing is started, first, in step S20, the process waits until the conveyed paper sheets are enclosed in an envelope and carried out, and the process proceeds to step S21 at the timing of carrying out.

In step S21, the new supply flag stored in the storage unit corresponding to the unloaded envelope is read, and the flow advances to step S22. In step S22, it is determined whether or not the new supply flag is set. If the flag is not set, the process returns to step S22. If it is set, however, it is determined that there is a new supply, and the process proceeds to step S23 to enclose the detection signal. The output to the sealing control unit 50 is performed, and the process returns to step S20.

When the sheets are supplied from any of the hoppers 14a,..., 20a and the merging unit 17, the supply is detected and the operation of the system is stopped.

As described above, according to the enclosing and sealing system 1A of this embodiment, in addition to the effects of the first embodiment, the enclosed material supply unit 14,.
5. A new supply from each of the merging unit 17 and the enclosing / sealing unit 20 can be reliably detected, and a data amount of storage information stored in the storage unit 50 and serving as a criterion for determining whether to stop operation of the system. Can be minimized. The information stored in the storage unit 50 includes a plurality of units (enclosed material supply unit 14, cutter unit 15,
Since the data is transferred to the master control unit 24 via the merging unit 17 and the enclosing / sealing unit 20), the amount of transferred data is small, which is convenient.

[0064]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a sheet is first supplied from any of the sheet supply apparatuses,
Since the operation of the system is automatically stopped, by checking the contents of the envelope at this time, it is possible to easily check whether or not the contents inserted in the envelope are correctly selected. By this check, for example, an error such as a plurality of types of paper sheets being mistakenly set in a plurality of paper supply devices can be found at an early stage. It is possible to check whether the numbers are collected in an appropriate state.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an enclosing and sealing system according to an embodiment of the present invention as viewed from a side.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the enclosing and sealing system of FIG. 1 as viewed from above.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration for controlling a sealing system.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a process for detecting a new supply performed by a new enclosure detecting unit provided in the control circuit of the master control unit in FIG. 1;

5 is a data chart showing an example of each station supply result data stored in the storage unit of FIG. 3 and sealed station information stored in a sealed hopper information storage unit.

FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration for controlling an enclosing and sealing system according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a process for detecting a new supply performed by each new supply detection unit provided in the control circuit of the enclosed material supply unit, the cutter unit, the merging unit, and the enclosed sealing unit in the enclosed sealing system of the second embodiment. It is a flowchart of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a process for detecting whether there is a new supply performed by a new inclusion detecting unit provided in a control circuit of a master control unit in the enclosing and sealing system of the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Enclosure sealing system 11, 15 Cutter unit 11A Mark reading module 14 ... Enclosure supply unit 17 Merging unit 18 Marking unit 20 Enclosure sealing unit 24 Master control unit 24A New enclosure detection unit 24B Enclosed hopper information storage unit 24C New enclosure Object detection unit (Second embodiment) 40 Enclosure control unit 42 Storage unit 50 Enclosure control unit (Second embodiment) 52 Storage unit (Second embodiment)

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of paper supply devices provided to supply a plurality of types of papers, and a plurality of paper supply devices are controlled to supply papers from each paper supply device. Control means, wherein the control means selects an arbitrary sheet supply apparatus from among the plurality of sheet supply apparatuses and causes the apparatus to supply the sheets, so that a plurality of types of sheets are provided. In the enclosing and sealing system capable of selecting and enclosing and sealing sheets in a plurality of combinations from the above, detecting means for detecting a change in the combination of the sheets from the plurality of sheet feeding devices; and the detecting means And an actuation means operable to make it easy for the user to confirm the envelope in which the combination of changed paper sheets has been enclosed in response to the detection of the envelope. 2. The enclosing and sealing system according to claim 1, wherein said detecting means detects that the supplied paper sheet includes a new one. 3. The storage device according to claim 2, wherein the detection unit stores information on whether or not each of the plurality of paper sheets has been supplied and information on whether or not the paper has been previously supplied, and the paper sheets stored in the storage unit. The enclosing / sealing system according to claim 1, further comprising a comparison unit configured to compare the class supply presence / absence information with the previous paper sheet supply presence / absence information. 4. The plurality of change detecting means provided in each of the plurality of sheet supply devices and configured to detect a change in the supply of sheets of each sheet supply device, and the plurality of change detection devices. 3. The enclosing and sealing system according to claim 1, further comprising a supply change storage unit configured to store whether any of the detection units has detected. 5. The enclosing device according to claim 1, wherein said operating means takes out the envelope in which the paper sheets of the changed combination are enclosed without sealing the envelope. Sealing system.