JPS60172615A - Banding device - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a bundling device capable of bundling a predetermined number of bundles of paper sheets, such as bank notes and securities, in a predetermined stacked state.

[Technical landscape of invention and its problems]

In recent years, central banks, etc. have been discriminating banknotes and classifying them into genuine reusable notes and damaged notes that are valid but unsuitable for reuse, and are distributing a fixed number of banknotes, for example 10, in bands of different colors.
After tying up 0 pieces each, 10 more Seimu-bu and 10 Samaki-bu are tied together.
A banknote processing system device that ties banknotes one by one in a criss-cross pattern with a binding band is in practical use.

Conventionally, binding devices that can be applied to wire devices include forming a loop of the strap and inserting the object to be bound into the loop, or rotating the object itself to tighten the strap. There are devices that tie the band by wrapping it around the band, but all of these binding devices overlap the front end surface of a binding band that does not have a folded part, and then heat and pressurize the back end. The adhesive layer provided on the back side of the part is heated and melted to fix it. Therefore, there is an adhesive layer on the surface facing the object to be bound at the tip where the rear end of the binding band is overlapped, and in some cases, this adhesive layer may be affected by heat and bound. The belt and the object to be bound may stick together, causing damage to the object.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present ψJ was developed based on the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to ensure that the binding band that binds the objects to be bound and the objects to be bound do not stick together and damage the objects. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a binding device capable of binding.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a binding band end holding means that holds and rotates the tip of the binding band to form a folded part and also wraps the binding band around the object to be bound. , the tip end of the strap is held by the strap end holding means, and the rear end of the strap whose middle part is wound around the object to be bound is the tip of the strap which is wound around the object to be bound. The present invention is configured to include a binding band end fixing means for overlapping and fixing on the surface corresponding to the folded portion.

[Embodiment of the Invention] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Fig. 1 schematically shows the configuration of a stacking/binding unit device that employs the bundling device of the present invention, and Fig. 2 shows that the stacking/binding unit device is used to tie bundles 1a, which are objects to be bound, into a binding band. 2 shows a bundle 1 formed by criss-cross binding through 2.

In Fig. 1, the middle man is a converging branch part, and in the latter stage, a direction changing part B, a compression/binding part C1, and a discharge part are arranged in order. Bundles 1a, which were bundled in a bundle @2, were bundled in a cross-shaped bundle 9, and bundles 1 were bundled in a cross-shaped bundle @2.
A conveying means E is provided for pinching and conveying.

The above-mentioned gathering branch A receives bundles (paper sheets bundled in a predetermined number of sheets) Ja that are sequentially carried in, and neatly collects a predetermined number of bundles, for example, 10 bundles, in an upright position in the plane direction, as shown in Figure 3. The configuration is as shown in FIG.

In FIGS. 3 and 4, numeral 3 in the figure is an upper receiving chamber that receives the bundles 1a that are sequentially discharged from a preprocessing device such as a banknote sorting machine and fall in an upright position with the transverse direction being the vertical direction. Furthermore, the bundle 1a that has fallen into the receiving chamber 3 is pushed into the pushing means 4.
It is pushed in the opposite direction and pushed into the collection room 5 located at the rear (to the right in the state of FIG. 4). The pushing means 4 is configured to reciprocate a pushing body 7 supported by a parallel link mechanism 6 so as to be reciprocally movable in conjunction with the movement of a cam 9 which rotates using a motor 8 as a drive source. The parallel link mechanism 6 includes a position detector 10.
A lever 12 for turning ON and OFF the lever 11 is attached so that the position of the pushing body 7 can be detected.

Further, in the upper part of the upper receiving chamber 3, there is an optical detection part J3 of a counter that counts the bundles 1a falling into the upper receiving chamber 3.
Further, in the lower part of the upper receiving chamber 3, a grip detecting means 14 is provided which is activated by the dropped grip 1a. Grip detection means 14
consists of a detection lever 16 whose free end extends into the upper receiving chamber 3 through a notch formed in the pace 15, and a detector 17 that detects the movement of this detection lever 16; It is designed to send an operation signal to 4.

On the other hand, the bundle 1a pushed into the bundle accumulation chamber 5 by the pushing means 4 is held by the first and second support means 20.degree. 21 so as not to fall.

The first support means 20 includes a pace 1 as shown in FIG.
Convening chamber 5 through the slit 22.22 formed in 5
The most advanced grip 1a is supported by a pair of bins 23, 23 as supports that protrude inward and are movable in the stacking direction of the grips 1a (in the left-right direction in the state shown in FIG. 4). .

As shown in FIG. It is configured to be buried in the lower surface side of the pace 15 at the second position P2. That is, as shown in detail in FIG. 7, the bins 23, 23 are in a protruding state on the second movable body 25, which is attached to the first movable body 24 so as to be vertically movable.

The first movable body 24 can reciprocate in the horizontal direction using a guide shaft 26 and a guide rail 27 as guides, and is moved from the second position P2 to the first position tt'P1 by the support body moving means 28. It is now possible to move. The support body moving means 28 is a drive timing pulley 30 driven by a motor 29 equipped with a gear head 29h disposed on one end side of the guide shaft 26.
A timing belt 32 is placed between the timing belt 32 and a driven swimming pulley 31 disposed on the other end side of the kite shaft 26, and the bent portion 24a of the lower end of the vertical plate portion of the first movable body 24 is attached to the timing belt 32. It has a connected structure.

In addition, a second bottle 23, 23 serving as a support body is provided with a protruding portion.
The movable body 25 is disposed on the lower surface side of the horizontal plate portion of the first movable body 24 and is supported so as to be vertically movable using a guide member 33 integrated with the first movable body 24 as a guide. Then, the support protruding means 34 moves the bottle 23.23 to the first position P1.
When the bins 23 and 23 reach the second position P2, they protrude into the convening room 5, and are buried from within the collection room 5 by the support burying means 35. .

8 and 9 on the vertical plate portion of the second movable body 25.
As shown in the figure, a hook 38 is provided which is rotatable via a support shaft 36 and is always biased in a predetermined direction (clockwise in the state shown in FIG. 9) by a spring 37. The second movable body 25 is supported at the upper limit position by engaging with a locking pin 39 protruding from the vertical plate portion of the movable body 25 .

Further, the support body embedding means 35 includes a hook release bin 40 provided near the other end side of the guide shaft 26,
When the free end of the hook 38 comes into contact with the hook release pin 40, the sink 38 is rotated and released from the locking pin 39. Further, the support protruding means 3
4 guides a guide roller 4 attached to the lower end side of the vertical plate portion of the second movable body 25 upward with a cam 42, thereby moving the second movable body 25 at the lower limit position to the hook 38. is configured to be displaced to a position where it engages with the locking pin 39.

As shown in FIG. 5, the bins 23, 23 serving as supports are successively pushed toward the second position tPm, that is, in the direction of the arrow a in FIG. 6, as the bundles 1a are accumulated. At the time of stacking, the bins 23, 23 are fed by the thickness of the bundles 1a by the stopping torque of the gear head 29a of the motor 29, which is the drive source of the support moving means 28, and are supported to prevent the accumulated bundles 1a from falling over. do.

In this way, when the second position &P 11 is reached, the hook 38 comes into contact with the hook release bin 40 and is displaced in the direction of the arrow in FIG.
Then, by driving the motor 29 of the support moving means 28, the support is sent in the direction of arrow C in FIG. Then, by the action of the cam 42, the bins 2 and 2 are sent in the direction of arrow d. ,
23 protrudes into the convening room 5 in the first digit k P 1. Also, 43°43
is a detector for detecting the position of the first movable body 24.

The second support means 21 has a structure in which the rearmost handle 1a is supported by a pair of claws 45, 45 as supports provided above the convening room 5, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. It becomes. The claws 45, 45 are attached to the free end side of the horizontal plate portion of the movable body 46 which is rotatably supported, and the movable body operating mechanism 4 uses a rotary solenoid 47 as a driving source.
8, it is configured to be able to be displaced to the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 4 and the position shown by the two-dot chain line. The movable body actuation mechanism 48
The structure is such that a roller 50 attached to the free end side of the arm 49, which is rotationally displaced by the rotary linenoid 47, is engaged with a long hole 51 formed in the vertical plate portion of the movable body 46. The rotational movement of the arm 49 is converted into the rotational movement of the movable body 46.

On the other hand, on one side of the upper reception chamber 3, a convocation room 5 of a push-in body 7 is provided.
alignment means 5 for pushing and aligning the end face in a direction perpendicular to the pushing direction of the grip 1a pushed in in conjunction with the pushing operation;
3 is provided. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 10, this alignment means 53 is rotatable around a support shaft 54, and is always biased in the opposite alignment direction by a coil spring A35fL as a biasing body. A connecting member that connects the alignment member 56 and the pushing body 7, transmits the movement of the pushing body 7 to the alignment member 56, and displaces the alignment member 56 against the urging force. Coil spring B5
It is composed of 7.

The coil spring B57 as the connecting member is the first
As shown in Figure 1, the coil spring A55 that always biases the alignment member 56 in the alignment direction also has a biasing force (spring constant).
Use the large tail.

Further, an alignment reference guide plate 58 is provided in the grip alignment direction of the alignment member 56, and the grip 1a is aligned while being abutted against this alignment reference guide plate 58. ing.

A predetermined number (10 bundles) neatly accumulated in the above-mentioned convening private room 5.
The grips 1a, .

The first and second support arms 59.5Q are installed in parallel along one side of the accumulation/binding unit device, and are 911, m2
Movable block 63 attached to ball screws 61 and 62 of
．． 64 and is adapted to move forward and backward as the first and second ball screws 61 and 62 rotate forward and backward. (See FIG. 1) At one end of the first ball screw 61 is a first drive pulley 66 attached to a drive shaft 65a of a motor 65 capable of driving in both forward and reverse directions as shown in FIG. A driven pulley 68 interlocked via a belt 67 is attached so that it can rotate in a predetermined direction, and a braking force is applied by a brake device 69 provided near the driven pulley 68. . Also, the second gable screw 62 is
As shown in FIG. 2, the driving force of the motor 65 is transmitted via a clutch/brake device 70. That is, the driving force of the second drive pulley 7 attached to the drive shaft 65m of the motor 65 is applied to the timing belt 7.
2 through the clutch/brake device 700Å blade shaft 70a
The driving force of a pulley 74 attached to the output shaft 70b of the clutch/brake device 70 is further attached to the second ball screw 62 via a timing belt 75. The configuration is such that the signal is transmitted to the driven pulley 68. Therefore, the first support arm 59 moves by driving the motor 65, and the second support arm 6θ moves in the same direction by continuing to engage the clutch of the clutch/brake device 70. become.

In addition, the first support arm 59 is in a horizontal state (solid line state) in which it can hold the accumulated bundles 1m, as shown in FIG. The structure is such that it can be rotated to a tilted state (double-dashed line state) without changing. That is, the first support arm 59 is attached to the movable block 63 so as to be rotatable about the ball screw 61, and also has a first guide roller 77 and a second
a second guide roller 7 engaged with a guide, rail 78;
9 is attached.

The first guide rail 76 is provided corresponding to the convening branch members, and the second guide rail 78 is provided corresponding to the direction changing section B to the compression/binding section C.

Further, the first guide rail 76 provided corresponding to the converging branch A is attached to a link mechanism 81 that is displaced by a rotary solenoid 80, and the first guide rail 76 is moved by the ON/OFF operation of the solenoid 80. The support arm 59 is in a horizontal state and in an inclined state. On the other hand, the second guide rail 78 is fixedly provided, and when the first support arm 5g moves in a horizontal state, the second guide roller 79 moves to the second guide rail. 78,
The first support arm 59 is supported in a horizontal state.

The second support arm 60 is always supported horizontally.

The compression/binding section C also includes an object compression means 83 for compressing the bundles 1a held by the first and second support arms 59, 60 in the stacking direction in the same state, and It has a structure including a binding means 84 that wraps a binding band 2 around a plurality of bundles 1a compressed by the bundle compression means 83 and binds them all at once.

As shown in FIG.
The first compression plate 85 is guided through an f-id 87 so as to be movable up and down, and also guides a guide shaft 88. The movable block 89 is fixed to a movable block 89 that can move up and down.
The hook 3 is connected to the vertical part of the timing belt 94, and when the pulley 93 is driven by the motor 95 in the forward or reverse direction, the first compression plate 8
5 is the lower limit position (solid line position in Figure 14) and upper limit position (
14). Further, the upper limit position and lower limit position at this time are detected by sensors 96 and 97.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 15, the second compression plate 86 is a guide shirt) J(7
It is supported so as to be able to reciprocate in the horizontal direction by angles 7 and 1θO, and is reciprocated as the ball screw 101 rotates parallel to the guide shafts 100, 100. The above company? - A timing pulley 102 attached to a screw 101 is connected to a timing pulley 106 attached to a rotating shaft 105 to which the driving force of a motor 103 is transmitted via a torque limiter 1σ4.
It stands so that it is linked via 7. Further, the rotating shaft 105 is configured such that a braking force is applied to the rotating shaft 105 by a micro electromagnetic brake 108. In the figure, 109 is a timing pulley 11 attached to the drive shaft of the motor 103.
This is a timing pulley of a torque limiter that is interlocked with the timing belt 111.

However, motor 10? The second
The compression plate 86 moves toward the first compression plate 85 at the upper limit position, and compresses the bundles 1a... between it and the first compression plate 85 so as to suppress the bulges of the bundles 1a... Now,
At this time, a predetermined compression force is applied by the action of the torque limiter 104.

However, when the motor 103 is driven in the opposite direction, the second compression plate 86 is separated from the first compression plate 85, and the compressed state is released.

The position of the second compression plate 86 is detected by sensors 112 and 113.

(See FIG. 15) Next, the binding means 84 wraps the binding band 2 around the bundles 1t compressed in the stacking direction by the object compression means 83 configured as described above to bind them. The configuration is as shown in FIGS. 1 and 15. That is, the strap supply means 1 that supplies the strap 2
15. Hold the tip of the binding band 2 supplied by the binding band supplying means 115, and by its forward movement, stretch the binding band 2 in a state perpendicular to the bundled article transfer path, and hold the binding band 2 in the grip 1a.
When ... reaches a predetermined position while pushing the middle part of the binding band 2, the binding band 2 is moved back to the grip 1a...
the binding band end holding means 116 for winding the binding band 2;
The tip of the binding band 2 is held by the banding band cutting means 117 for cutting the banding band into a predetermined length, and the banding band end holding means 116 is used to cut the banding band 2 into a predetermined length. The structure includes a binding band end fixing means 118 which is fixed to the lower surface of the binding band If2 wound around the rear end part 't-loquat 1a.

The above-mentioned binding band supplying means 115 is a first and a second binding band which are wound in a rolled form and which are sequentially wound around guide rollers 119, 120 and 121, and which are arranged so that their tips are brought into contact with each other. It is in a state where it is held between supply rollers 122 and 123 of. (See Figure 1) Above m
The supply roller 122 of No. 1 is a drive roller, and as shown in FIG. It is attached to a rotating shaft 129 to which braking force is applied. Further, the second supply row 2123 is rotatably attached to a support shaft, which is a driven roller that is biased so as to be always in rolling contact with the first supply roller 122@Q.

By driving the motor 124 in a predetermined direction, the binding band 2 can be fed out, and by driving the motor 124 in the opposite direction, the fed binding band 2 can be pulled back.

Note that the gear 12 fitted on the drive shaft of the motor 124
A knob 130 is integrally attached to p1 so that the first supply row 2122 can be rotated by manual operation as appropriate.

The binding band 2 is made of a tape having a heat-melting adhesive layer 2a on one side, and is fed out with the adhesive layer 2a facing the second compression plate 86. It has become.

Further, in the direction of supplying the strap by the strap supplying means 115, that is, in the vicinity of the rear stage of the arrangement position of the first and second supply rollers 122, 123, the fixed blade 13 of the strap cutting means 117
1 and a movable blade 132 are arranged.

The movable blade 132 is slidably supported by guide members 133 and 134 as shown in FIGS. 17 and 18, and the fixed blade 1
It is urged in the direction away from 31.

Further, the back surface of the movable blade 132 is an inclined guide surface 132a, and a row 2138 attached to the free end of the arm 137, which is rotationally displaced by the rotary solenoid 136, rolls on this inclined guide surface 132a. It is in contact.

By driving the rotary lenoid 136, the movable blade 132 is displaced against the biasing force of the coil spring 135, thereby cutting the binding band 2.

Next, the binding end holding means 116 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 19 to 22. 140 in Figures 19 and 20
is a conveyance path for the bundles 1a, which are objects to be bound, through a guide roller 142 that engages with a guide groove 141, and a plurality of grooved guide rollers 144, which are arranged to sandwich a guide shaft 143. It is a movable frame supported so as to be able to reciprocate in orthogonal directions, and a binding band holding unit l'45 is attached to this movable frame 140.

The movable frame 140 has the guide shaft 143
A retaining groove 150 that engages with a roller 149 attached to a midway part of a chain 148 that is stretched around a driving sprocket 146 and a driven sprocket 147 arranged on both ends of the
is provided so that the drive sprocket 146 moves forward when driven in the forward direction by the motor 151, and returns to its original home position when driven in the opposite direction. It has become.

Furthermore, positioning means 152 for positioning the movable frame 140 is provided on the home position side of the moving path of the movable frame 140. This positioning means 152
As shown in FIG. 20, the arm 156 is swingably attached to a fixed frame 153 via a bearing 154 and is always biased to a predetermined position by a spring 155. Roller 152 attached to the end
This row 2157 engages with a recess 140a formed on the lower end side of the movable frame 140, and
It is configured to perform positioning of 40 points. Further, a light shielding plate 15B is attached to the movable frame 140, and this light shielding plate 158 is connected to the sensor 1 arranged at both ends of the movement path.
59, 160, the movable frame 140
It is possible to detect the position of

Further, the binding band holding unit 145 mounted on the movable frame 140 has the following configuration. That is, a support plate 161 is provided parallel to the movable frame 140, and two horizontal guide shafts 162,
162 is installed, and a movable block 163 is attached via these horizontal guide shafts 162° 162 so as to be able to reciprocate in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the movable frame 140 (in the left-right direction in the state shown in FIG. 20). It is being

This movable block 163 has a built-in bearing 164,
A single rotation shaft 165 is vertically supported via this bearing 164. A bracket 1 is attached to the upper end of this rotating shaft 166.
Guide shafts 168 and 168 are connected to each other through guide shafts 168 and 168 that are parallel and perpendicular to each other, and a movable pace 169 is provided so as to be able to move up and down using the guide shafts 168 and 168 as a guide. ing.

This movable pace 169 is always urged by a spring 179 to be in an upward position.

In addition, this movable pace 169 includes a fixed piece 170 and a support shaft 1.
A strap catcher 174 is attached, which is made up of a movable piece 173 which is pivoted via a cable 71 and is biased by a spring 172 in a direction that allows the fixed piece 170 to move freely towards and away from it and is always in contact with the fixed piece 170. .

On the other hand, a driven rubber roller 175 is fitted to the lower end of the rotating shaft 165, and the driven rubber roller 2175 is in rolling contact with the driving comb roller 176 when the movable frame 140 is at the home position.
This is a configuration that can be transferred to .

Note that 178 shown in FIG. 19 is the driving rubber row 217.
This is a motor for driving 6.

When the motor 178 is driven, this driving force is transferred to the rotating shaft 16 through rubber roller groups 176, 177, and 175.
5, and has a fixed piece 170 and a movable piece 173.
The movable pace 16 has a cable tie catcher 174 attached to it.
9 is designed to rotate.

Also, the movable pace 169 is attached to the support plate 16 as shown in FIG. Al11. guide roller 1
The cable tie catcher 17 attached to the movable pace 169 moves up and down in conjunction with the movement of the slide slide plate 181 that is guided vertically by 8θ...
4 is configured such that υ is also displaced downward from the tensioning position of the binding band 2 as shown by the solid line position in FIG. 21 or the tensioning position of the binding band 2 as shown by the two-point chain.

That is, the slide plate 181 is provided with a pin 183 that protrudes through a long hole 182 formed in the support plate 161. It is in a state of alignment.

The other end of the operating arm 184 is the rotary lens 18
The slide plate 18 is attached to the drive shaft 185a of No. 5 and is always urged in a predetermined direction (clockwise in FIG. 21) by a spring 186, so that the slide plate 18 is at the upper limit position. There is. By driving the rotary linenoid 185, the actuating arm 184 is displaced against the biasing force of the spring 186, and the slide plate 181 is brought to the lower limit position.

Further, a horizontal support piece 181a that can come into contact with the upper surface of the movable base 169 on which the cable tie catcher 174 is mounted is integrally formed on the slide plate 18.
By the pushing down operation of 81, it is pushed down against the biasing force of a biasing body (not shown).

On the other hand, due to the downward movement of the slide plate 18, the movable piece 17
3 is configured to be spaced apart from the fixed piece 170. That is, in the vicinity of the pivot end side of the movable piece 173 that is pivotally supported via the support shaft 17, the tip of the horizontal piece portion 190a at one end is movable at all times by swinging freely via the shaft 187 and by the spring 188. A locked portion 173a formed on the pivot end side of the piece 173
A generally L-shaped actuating lever 190 is provided which is biased away from the actuating lever 190. As shown in FIG. 22, the inclined piece 190b at the other end of the operating lever 190 intersects with the movement path of the row 219 attached to the slide plate 181, and the slide plate 181 moves downward. Accordingly, the operating lever 190 is displaced as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 22 against the biasing force of the spring 188, and the movable piece 173 is moved away from the fixed piece 120.

Note that the lower limit position of the movable base 169 and the movable piece 173
The opening operation is performed by a light shielding plate 192 attached to the operating arm 184.
This can be detected by detecting it with the sensor 193.

Also, said unity? The four end fixing means 118 is constructed as shown in FIG. 15 at the middle pressure region.

That is, the cable tie end fixing means 118 is connected to a tapping device 195 that taps the rear end of the cable tie 2 after cutting so as to overlap the surface of the cable tie 2 wound around the handles 1a... Fixing device 19 for fixing the rear end of the tied band 2
6.

The beating device 195 includes a beating rod 197 having a bent portion 197a formed by vertically bending one end of a wire rod, and this beating rod 19.
The bent portion 1971L is configured to be able to be displaced to the position shown by the solid line and the position shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 15.

Furthermore, the fixing device 196 rotatably pivots a trowel 202 having a built-in heater at the tip of a slide member 201 that is slidably held by a plurality of I-id rollers 2θ0 attached to a fixed frame 199. At the same time, trowel 2
02 is supported by a leaf spring 203.

The slide member 201 is provided with a roller 205 that engages with a notch #1204a formed on the free end side of the operating arm 204 which is rotationally deflected by a solenoid (not shown), and the ON/OFF operation of the solenoid is performed. The number of horses that can be displaced to the solid line position and the two-point I edge position is out of line.

In addition, 206 shown in the 15th A is a guide roller that guides the binding band 2.

Finally, the operation of the binding means 84 having the above structure is shown in FIGS.
This will be explained with reference to Figure rA25. First, as shown in FIG. 23g, the binding straps 2 are supplied in conjunction with the simultaneous rotational movement of the supply o-2iz2, 123 of the 11iAS2 where the binding straps 2 roll into contact with each other, and the leading ends of the binding straps are lowered in advance. Movable piece 173 and identification piece 17 of catcher 174. C
The UJ movable piece 173 is displaced toward the fixed piece 170, and the tip of the binding band 2 is clamped between these mutually opposing surfaces. next,
As already shown in FIG. 23, the strap catcher 174 rotates to form the folded part 2b at the tip of the strap 2, and then the strap catcher 174 moves forward as shown in FIG. 23C. The binding band 2 is placed perpendicular to the transfer path of the grip 1a...
When the tensioner 1a... reaches a predetermined position as shown in FIG. 23d while pushing the middle part of the cable tie 2, the cable catcher 174 moves back as shown in FIG. 23e. Wrap the binding band 2 around the handle 1a... Then, as shown in FIG. 23f, the binding band 2 is pulled back in accordance with the reverse driving operation of the supply roller 122, thereby tensioning the binding band 2 wrapped around the grips 1a.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 24, the grips 1a are held and compressed by the first and second support arms 59.60 and the first and second compression plates 85.86. The binding band 2 is connected to the first and second compression plates 85.86.
They are interposed in the gaps 207, 207 formed by the thin parts of the binding band 2, so as not to hinder the tensioning operation of the binding band 2.

Next, as shown in FIG. 23g, the guide roller 206 moves to the grips 1a, . 1
32 moves to cut the binding band 2.

Next, as shown in Figure 23, the hammer 197 moves and hits the rear end of the binding band 2 so that the rear end overlaps the position corresponding to the tip folded part 2b, and as shown in Figure 23i. Move the wire 2o2 heated to a predetermined temperature, press the rear end of the binding band 2 while being careful not to loosen it, and heat and melt the adhesive layer 2a of the shaft bed Yu 2 to bond it. Become. At this time, as shown in Figure 25,
Since the bent part 2b is formed at the tip of the binding band 2, the adhesive layer 2a is not located on the grip 1 and the end at the heat-compression bonding part, and the adhesive layer 2 and the grip 1a are melted. It cannot be bonded with adhesive.

Next, as shown in FIG.
7 returns to home position. On the other hand, at the same time as the cable tie catcher 174 of the cable tie end holding means 116 descends, the movable piece 173 opens, and the cable tie 2 is pulled out from the winding part.
After that, it returns to the home position and the binding operation is completed.

When the binding operation is completed, the second compression plate 86 retreats to reduce the pressure a.
When the operation is canceled, the first compression plate 85 descends,
The bundle 1a, that is, the bundle 1, which has been bound by the binding band 2, is returned to the direction changing section B while being held between the first and second support arms 59, 60, where the direction is changed by 90 degrees.

As shown in FIG. 26, the direction changing section B supports the bundle 1 tied together in a first state, that is, a horizontal state, and rotates from this state to change the direction of the bundle 1 into a second state. That is, there is a first support 210 made of an L-shaped member that brings the bundle 1 into a standing state with a direction change of approximately 90 degrees, and the rotation of this first support 210 changes the direction from the first state to the second state. The structure includes a second support body 211 made of an L-shaped member that supports the bundle 1 whose direction has been changed.

The first support body 210 is attached to a shaft 213 rotatably supported on a base 212.
13 has an arm 215 with a row 2214 on the free end side.
are installed in one piece. The roller 214 is engaged with a long hole 217 formed on the upper end side of the slide plate 216 and is elongated in the horizontal direction.
16, the first support body 210 is in the horizontal position (a) shown by the solid line in FIG.
The structure is such that it can be rotated to the vertical position (b) shown by the two-dot chain line in the figure.

The slide plate 216 has a long hole 2 that is long in the vertical direction.
'1B, '21B are engaged with guide pins 219, 219 protruding from the base 212, so that they are supported in a vertically movable manner, and the slide plate operating mechanism 22
0).

The slide plate operating mechanism 220 has a rotary lenoid 22 which is a drive source, and is attached to the drive shaft of the rotary lenoid 22, and has a roller 222 formed on the lower end side of the slide plate 216. The arm 223 is engaged with a long hole 224 which is elongated in the horizontal direction, and the system slide plate 216 is moved up and down by the rotation of the arm 223.

Further, the base 212 on which guide bins 219, 219 that support the slide plate 216 so as to be movable up and down, and the slide plate operating mechanism 220 are connected to a carriage 226 that is guided by a guide shaft 225 so as to be able to reciprocate in the horizontal direction.
When the carriage 226 is moved rightward in FIG. 26 by a carriage moving mechanism (not shown), the first support body 210 is moved to the position C in FIG. 26. It has become.

On the other hand, the second support body 211 rotatably supports the first support part 211a via a support shaft 227, and a guide roller 22 is inserted into the elongated hole 228 formed in the second support part 211b.
29, the support shaft 2277il rotates as a fulcrum.The support shaft 227 is attached via a guide shaft 230 to a support member (not shown) integrated with a carriage 231 that can freely move up and down. Further, the guide roller 229 is provided on a slide plate 232 that is attached to the supporting member ζ so as to be movable up and down. A guide roller 233 is provided on the lower end side of this striped plate 232 to make rolling contact with the inclined guide surface 212a of the base 212. When the base 212 moves to the right in FIG. 26, the slide plate 232 moves upward. The second support body 211 is rotated from the state shown by ) to the state shown by 09.

Further, the carriage 2 is equipped with a support member (not shown) having a protruding support shaft 227 for pivotally supporting the second support body 21.
31 is driven in the vertical direction by a carriage moving machine (not shown), and the second support body 211 can be displaced in the vertical direction as shown by GJ+ (G) in FIG. 26. The structure is as follows.

Note that the amount of movement of the carriage 226 and the second support 211 for horizontally moving the first support 210 are
The amount of movement of the carriage 231 for vertically moving the carriage 231 is detected by a sensor (not shown), and the carriage movement TiJ+ mechanism is controlled.

Therefore, the bundle 1, which has been tied up by the compression/binding section C as described above and transported to the direction change section B, is the 27th bundle.
As shown in Figure a, it is placed horizontally on the first support 210. Then, as already shown in Fig. 27, the first support 210 is rotated by about 90 degrees, causing the bundle 1 to fall and change its direction to a nearly vertical position, and as shown in Fig. 27C, The bundle 1 is supported by a support 211.

Then, as shown in FIG. 27d, the first support 210 moves toward the second support 211, and the second support 21 is rotated to support the bundle 1 in a vertical position. Next, the first support body 21θ further moves to the second support body 211 side and holds the bundle 1 between it and the second support body 211, and positions it vertically and in the front-rear direction. By raising the second support 211, the bundle 1 is pushed up and positioned in the vertical direction, as shown in FIG. 27f.

Bunch 1 of single characters bound by 90 degree orientation like this
are again clamped by the first and second support arms 59, 60 of the conveying means E, fed into the compression/binding section C, and are criss-cross bound in the same manner as described above.
will be discharged out of the device via the chute 240 in the discharge section.

Next, the operation of the entire stacking/binding unit device having the above configuration will be explained.

First, when the grip 1a falls from above into the upper receiving chamber 3 along the guide 2-41, the detection lever 16 of the grip detection means 14 is pressed down by the fallen grip 1&, and this movement is detected by the detector 17. . In response to the upper acceptance signal from the detector 17, the pushing body 7 of the pushing means 4 pushes the grip 1a, and the claws 45, 45 of the second support means 21 are displaced upward, causing the retreat of the grip IIL. Open.

When the pushing operation of the handle 1a is completed, the claws 45, 45 close and press the upper back side of the handle 1h in the convening room 5. Also,
The lower part of the rear surface of the housing 15a is supported by the stepped portion 15a of the base 15 so as not to return to the upper receiving chamber 3.

Furthermore, when the grip 1a is pushed into the collecting and stacking place 5, the pushing body 7
Positioning in a direction perpendicular to the pushing direction is performed by the alignment member 56 which is interlocked with the pushing operation.

The front side of the handle 1a pushed into the assembly 1tJJ, m5 is supported by the bins 23, 23 protruding above the base 15 so as not to fall over, as described above.

In this way, until 10 bags are accumulated in the convening room 5, that is, until 10 bags 1a are accumulated by the counter with the detection unit 13 placed on the falling path of the bags 1a. Repeat the action.

On the other hand, the following operation is performed in parallel with the acceptance and accumulation of the bundles 1a. The binding band catcher 174 of the binding band end holding means 116 of the compression/binding section C is lowered and the movable piece 173 is separated from the defining piece 170, and the supply rollers 122 and 123 of the binding band supplying means 115 rotate to remove the binding band. 2 is supplied. Then, the tip of the cable tie 2 is connected to the cable tie catcher 1.
When reaching a position slightly above 74, the feeding operation of the binding band 2 is stopped, and then the binding band catcher 174 is raised to close the υ movable piece 173 and release the binding band 2 between it and the fixed piece 17θ. The tip side is clamped.

Next, the strap catcher 174 rotates to form a folded part 2b at the tip of the strap 2, and after that, the strap 2 is supplied and the strap catcher 174 moves forward, so that the strap is folded. The binding band 2 is tensioned, and the operations from a to C in FIG. 23 described above are completed.

10 When the gathering operation of the bundles 1a in the private room 5 is completed, the first support arm 59 of the conveying means E rotates from the inclined state to the horizontal state and presses the back surface E of the bundles 1a. The claw 45° 45 that was previously raised will rise. Next, the first support arm 59 moves and transfers the grips 1a... to @2 (D support arm θθ side), and a pressure sensor (not shown) provided on the second support arm 60 moves the grips 1a... When the second support arm 60 is turned on (by the pressing operation of...), the second support arm 60 also moves in the same direction.
．． It is fed into the compression/binding section C while being held at 60.

On the other hand, the pins 23, 23 that supported the front side of the grips la... are buried in the lower surface side of the pace 15, and protrude again onto the pace 15 at the starting end side, and the claws 45, 45
is closed to prepare for receiving and accumulating subsequent bundles 1a.

When the bundles 1a... held and conveyed by the first and second support arms 59 and 60 cross the movement path of the strap catcher 174, the first and second support arms 5
9.60 will stop.

(At this time, the brake devices 69 and 70 are turned ON and immediately turned OFF.) Then, the strap catcher 174 moves back and stops at the home position, completing the operations shown in FIGS. 23d and 23e.

Next, the first compression plate 85 of the object compression means 83 rises and stops at the upper limit position, and the strap catcher 1
74 moves to the sealing position.

Next, the first and second support arms 59°6θ are moved, and the second compression plate 86 is also moved to the first compression plate 85 side to compress the grips 1a with a predetermined pressure and to release the binding band. 2 is pulled back L1 and the supply row 2122 is slugged for a certain period of time or above a certain pressure. Then, the guide roller 206 moves to hold down the bundle @2, and the movable blade 13 of the binding band cutting means 117
2 is displaced to cut the binding band 2, and the operations shown in FIGS. 23e and 23f are completed.

Next, the beating rod 197 of the beating device 195 is rotated to knock off the rear end of the binding band 2, and then the trowel 202 of the fixing device 196 slides to complete the operation up to tying i.

Next, after the strap catcher 174 is lowered and pulled out from the strap winding part, the strap catcher 124 is returned to the home position, and the iron 202, the beating rod 197, and the guide roller 206 are also returned to their original positions. The operation in Figure 23 j is completed.

After the brakes of the first and second support arms 59, 60 are turned on, the first compression plate 85 and the second compression plate 86 are
Next, the robot returns to the home position, and then the first and second support arms 59 and 60 clamp and convey the bound bundle 1 to the direction changing section B, and then stop. Then, the brake 69 of the first support arm 59 is turned off, and the bundle 1 falls onto the first support 2 of the direction changing section B.
The operations shown in FIGS. a to f are performed, and the direction of the bundle 1θ0 degree is changed.

In addition, in parallel with the direction changing operation by the direction changing unit B, the above-mentioned tensioning operation of the binding band 2 is performed.
The bundle 1 whose direction has been changed by -90 degrees is again held between the first support arm 59 and the second support arm 6θ of the conveyance means E, and is fed into the pressure 1Iiilli/binding section C, and is then Similar to the case of single-character binding, binding is performed using the binding band 2, and a cross-shaped binding is performed.

The bundle 1 that has been criss-cross bound is transported to the discharge sD by the movement of the second support arm 59, 60, and is transferred to the 11th
The brakes 69, 7θ of the second support arm 59, 6θ are released and the bundle 1 falls and is ejected.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments.

That is, although a case has been described in which a plurality of piles of bundles of a predetermined number of autumn leaves are bundled, the objects to be bound may be single objects rather than aggregates.

In addition, it goes without saying that the present invention can be modified in various ways without departing from the gist of the invention.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention provides a strap band end holding means that holds and rotates the leading end of the binding band to form a folded back part and also wraps the binding band around the object to be tied; The tip end of the strap is held by the strap end holding means, and the rear end of the strap whose middle part is wound around the object to be bound is the tip of the strap which is wound around the object. The present invention is configured to include a binding band end fixing means for overlapping and fixing on the surface corresponding to the folded portion. Therefore, it is possible to provide a binding device that can reliably bind the objects without damaging the objects due to the binding band that binds the objects.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show a simple embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an accumulation/bundling unit device that employs the bundling device of the present invention, and Fig. 2 shows a plurality of bundles tied together in a cross-shaped manner through a bundling band. 3 to 11 show the structure of the convening branch, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the convening branch, FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram, and FIG. The figure is a perspective view showing the accumulated state of the grips, FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing the movement of the pin of the support means, and FIG. 7 is a front view showing the mounting structure of the bottle.
Figure 8 is a front view of the main part, Figure 9 is a side view of the main part, and Figure 10 is a front view of the main part.
The figure is a schematic plan view of the alignment means, FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing the characteristics of the coil 4 ring adopted in the alignment means, and FIGS. 12 and 13 show the configuration of the conveyance means.
FIG. 12 is a schematic side view, FIG. 13 is a front view showing the rotating mechanism of the first support arm, FIGS. 14 to 25 are views showing the configuration of the compression/binding section, and FIG. FIG. 15 is a schematic front view of the compression means section, and FIG. 15 is a schematic plan view of the whole.
Fig. 6 is a schematic side view of the binding Vi co-feeding means, Fig. 17 is a plan view of the banding strip cutting means, Fig. 18 is a side view of the same, and Fig. 19 is a schematic front view of the banding band end fixing means. 20 is a side view, FIG. 21 is a front view of the operating mechanism, FIG. 22 is a side view of the main parts, and FIGS.
j) is an explanatory view showing the binding state, Fig. 24 is a schematic vertical cross-sectional side view showing the holding state during bundling, Fig. 25 is an explanatory view showing the fixed state of the binding band, and Fig. 26 is an explanatory view of the direction spine part. A schematic front view showing the configuration, and FIGS. 27(a) to (fj are explanatory diagrams showing the state of direction change operation. 1a...Bundle (objects to be bound), 1...Bundle (objects to be bound) )2
... Binding band, 116... Binding band end holding means, 11
8... Binding band end fixing means, 2a... Adhesive layer, 2
b...Folded part. Applicant's representative Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 5 Figure 8 Figure 9 Figure 13, Figure 16 Figure 24 V'a Figure 25 Figure 26

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A binding band end holding means that holds the leading end of the binding band and rotates on its axis to form a folded part and wraps the binding band around the object to be bound; The rear end part of the binding band whose tip end is held and the middle part is wrapped around the object to be bound is stacked and fixed on the surface corresponding to the folded end part of the binding band wound around the object to be bound. A binding device comprising a binding band end fixing means. (2) The binding band is made of a tape having a heat-melting adhesive layer on one side, and the folded portion is folded back so that the adhesive layers face each other. The binding device according to item 1.