JPS60172616A - 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 banknotes and securities, in a predetermined stacked state.

[Technical background of the 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 bundling 0 sheets each, 10 more good and unfit bills are bundled.
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 this type of device include forming a loop of the strap and inserting the object into the loop, or wrapping the strap by rotating the object itself. There are also 9 for hanging and tying.

However, all of these binding devices have problems in that they are complicated and large in size.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention has been made based on the above-mentioned circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a binding device that is simple and compact in structure and can reliably bind objects to be bound.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned objects, the present invention holds the leading end of the binding band and uses its forward movement to stretch the binding band in a state that intersects the objects to be bound and the transport path. A binding band end holding means for winding the binding band around the object by moving backward when the bundled object reaches a predetermined position while pushing the middle part of the binding band; The tip of the strap is held and the middle part is wrapped around the object to be tied. □ A strap that secures the rear end of the strap wrapped around the object to be bound by overlapping it on the surface of the strap wrapped around the strap to be bound. The structure includes an end fixing means.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 schematically shows the configuration of an accumulation/binding unit device that employs the binding device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a bundle 1 formed by criss-cross binding through 2.

In Fig. 1, (4) is a grasping and collecting section, and after this, a direction changing section (B), a compression/binding section (C), and a discharging section are sequentially arranged. Accumulation section (5
) to the discharge section Q), a plurality of bundles 1a... are collectively conveyed in a pinched manner, and bundles 1a are bound together with a binding band 2,
A conveyance means (E) is provided for pinching and conveying the cross-bound bundle 1.

The above-mentioned bundle stacking section (G) receives the bundles (groups of paper sheets bundled in a predetermined number of sheets) 7a that are sequentially brought in, and neatly stacks them in a predetermined number, for example, 10 bundles, in an upright position in the plane direction. The configuration is as shown in FIGS. 1 to 11.

3 and 4, 3 in the figure is an upper receiving chamber that receives the bundles 1a that are sequentially discharged from a pre-processing device such as a bank winding 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 direction of the side surface and pushed into the collecting section 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 β has a position detector 10.
A lever 12 is attached to turn the lever 11 ON and OFF, and 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 section 13 of a counter that counts the bundles 1a falling into the upper receiving chamber 3.
Further, at the bottom of the upper receiving chamber 3, there is provided grip detection means 14 which is activated by the dropped grip 1a. Grip detection means 14
consists of a detection lever z4-16 whose free end extends into the upper receiving chamber 3 through a notch formed in the base 15, and a detector 17 that detects the movement of this detection lever 16, and An operation signal is sent to the pushing means 4.

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

The first support means 20 includes a base 1 as shown in FIG.
5 through the slits 22.22 formed in the collecting section 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). There is.

As shown in FIG. 6, the bins 23, 23 protrude above the base 15 at a first position P on the near side (upper receiving chamber side) of the collecting and collecting section 5, and at a second position P on the rear side of the collecting and collecting section 5. position P2
It is configured to be buried in the lower surface side of the base 15. That is, as shown in detail in FIG. 7, the bins 33, 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. 1st
The movable body 24 is reciprocated in the horizontal direction using a guide shaft 26 and a guide rail 27 as guides, and is moved from the second position M P 2 to the first position P by the support body moving means 28 . It is now possible to do so. The support body moving means 28 is the guide shaft 2
A timing belt 32 is passed between a driving timing pulley 3o driven by a motor 29 having a gear head 29a disposed at one end of the guide shaft 26 and a driven timing pulley 31 disposed at the other end of the guide shaft 26. , the timing belt 32 is connected to the bent lower end portion 24a of the vertical plate portion of the first movable body 24.

Ushida, the second bottle with a protruding bottle 23.23 as a support.
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 Figure 9) by a spring 37. The second movable body 25 is supported at the upper limit position by engaging nine locking pins 39 that project from the vertical plate portion of the body 24.

Further, the support body embedding means 35 includes a hook release bin 40 provided near the other end of the guide shaft 26.
When the free end of the hook 38 comes into contact with the hook release pin 40, the shifter 38 is rotated and released from the locking pin 39. Still, the support protruding means 3
4, the hook 38 moves the second movable body 25 at the lower limit position by guiding a guide roller 41 attached to the lower end side of the vertical plate portion of the second movable body 25 upward with a cam 42. It 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 sequentially pushed towards the position P2 of the bin 2, that is, in the direction of the arrow a in FIG. 6, as the bundles 1a are accumulated. At this time, the bins 23, 23 are moved to the grip 1 by the stopping torque of the rad 29a to the gear of the motor 29, which is the drive source of the support body moving means 2B (7).
The bundles 1a, which have been fed and accumulated by the thickness of a, are supported so that they do not fall over.

When the second position P2 is reached in this way, the hook 38
When it comes into contact with the hook release bin 4o, it is displaced in the direction of the arrow in FIG. It is sent in the direction of arrow C. Then, by the action of the cam 42), the bottles 23, 23 are moved in the direction of the arrow d, so that the bottles 23, 23 protrude into the convening room 5 at the first position P1. Moreover, 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 pawls 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 actuating mechanism 4 uses a rotary lenoid 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 operating mechanism 48 connects a roller 5o attached to the free end side of an arm 49 that is rotationally displaced by a rotary lens 47 through a long hole 50 formed in a vertical plate portion of the movable body 46.
The rotary 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.
positioning means 5 for positioning the limb by pushing the end face in the direction orthogonal 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 about a support shaft 54 and is always biased in the opposite direction by a coil shilling A55 serving as a biasing body. A connecting member that connects the alignment member 56 and the pushing body 2, 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 B57
It has a configuration that has the following.

The coil spring B57 as the connecting member is the first
As shown in Figure 1, the coil spring 155 that constantly biases the alignment section 56 in the alignment direction also has a biasing force (spring constant).
Use the larger one.

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 in a state in which it abuts against this alignment reference guide plate 58. I'm here.

A predetermined number (10 bundles) neatly accumulated in the above-mentioned convening private room 5.
The grips 1a... are pinched and conveyed by the first and second support arms 59, 60 of the conveying means (G), and the grips 1a...
) and is fed into the compression/binding section (0).

The first and second support arms 59 and 60 are connected to first and second support arms 59 and 60 that extend parallel to each other along one side of the accumulation/bundling unit device.
Movable block 63 attached to one screw 61 and 62
．． 64, and is adapted to move forward and backward in accordance with the forward and reverse rotation of the first and second ball screws 61 and 62. (See FIG. 1) At one end of the first goal 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. There is. Further, the second ball screw 62 is connected to the first ball screw 62.
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 71 attached to the drive shaft 65a of the motor 65 is applied to the timing belt 7.
2 to the input shaft 70a of the clutch/brake device 70
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.

Thus, the first support arm 59 is moved by driving the motor 65, and the second support arm 6θ is moved in the same direction by continuing to engage the clutch of the clutch/brake device 70.

As shown in FIG. 13, the first support arm 59 is in a horizontal state (solid line state) in which it can hold the collected bundles 1a... and prevents the pushing operation of the bundles 1a into the convening private room 5. The structure is such that it can be rotated to an insignificantly inclined state (double-dashed line state). 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 79 that engages with the guide rail 78 of
is attached.

The first guide rail 76 is provided corresponding to the converging branch section (4), and the second guide rail 78 is provided at the direction changing section (B
) to the compression/binding portion (C).

Further, the guide rail 76 of the shank 1 provided corresponding to the converging branch (A) is attached to a link mechanism 81 that is displaced by a rotary solenoid 80.
The first support arm 59 becomes horizontal or tilted by the ON-OFF operation of 0.

On the other hand, the second guide rail 78 is fixedly provided, and when the first support arm 59 moves in a horizontal state, the second guide roller 79 moves to the second guide rail 8. The support arm 59 is engaged with the support arm 59 to support the first support arm 59 in a horizontal state.

The second support arm 60 is always supported horizontally.

Further, the compression/binding section (Q denotes a bound 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); It has a configuration including a binding means 84 that wraps the binding band 2 around a plurality of bundles 1a compressed by the object compression means 83 and bundles them all at once.

As shown in FIG.
The configuration includes a compression plate 85 and a second compression plate 86. The first compression plate 85 is guided so as to be movable up and down via a guide 87, and is fixed to a movable block 89 that is movable up and down using a guide shaft 88 as a guide. The movable block 89 has pulleys 90, 91, 92°93
The hook 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 85
can reach the lower limit position (solid line position in FIG. 14) and the upper limit position (double-dashed line position in FIG. 14). Also, the upper limit position and lower limit position at this time are
96 and 97.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 15, the second compression plate 86 is connected to a guide shaft 100,
The shaft 100 is supported so as to be able to reciprocate in the horizontal direction, and is reciprocated as the ball screw 101 rotates parallel to the idle shafts 100, 100. The above date? - A timing pulley 102 attached to a screw 101 is interlocked with 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 104 via a timing belt 107. It has become. Still, the above rotation axis 1
05 is configured such that a braking force is applied by a micro electromagnetic brake 108. In the figure, 109 is a timing boot IJZ attached to the drive shaft of the motor 103.
10 and a timing pulley of a torque limiter that interlocks with each other via a timing belt 111.

As the motor 103 is driven in the forward direction, the second compression plate 36 moves toward the first compression plate 85 at the upper limit position, and is held between the first compression plate 85 and the grip 1a... is compressed to suppress the bulges of the grips 1a, and at this time, a predetermined compression force is applied by the action of the torque limiter 104. Further, 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 1a compressed in the stacking direction by the object compression means 83 configured as described above and binds them. The configuration is as shown in FIGS. 1 and 15. That is,
Binding band supplying means 115 supplies the binding band 2, and holds the leading end of the binding band 2 supplied by the binding band supplying means 115, and binds the banding band 2 in a state perpendicular to the transportation path of the objects by its forward movement. Tension the band 2, and the grip 1a... is the binding band 2.
A binding band end holding means 116 wraps the binding band 2 around the grip 1a by moving backward when reaching a predetermined position while pushing the midway part; The tip end is held by the binding band cutting means 117 that cuts the binding band at the same time, and the binding band end holding means 116, and the middle part is held by the binding band 1a...
. . . The binding band end fixing means 118 is configured to overlap and fix the rear end portion of the binding band 2 wound around the grip 1a on the surface of the binding band 2 wound around the grip 1a. ing.

The above-mentioned binding band supplying means 115 leads out the binding band 2 wound into a roll in a state in which it is sequentially wound around guide rollers 119 and 120° 121, and first and second first and second parts are arranged so that the leading ends are brought into contact with each other. It is in a state where it is sandwiched between supply rollers 122 and 123 of. (See Figure 1) The first supply roller 122 is a drive roller;
As shown in FIG. 6, the driving force of the motor 124 is transmitted through a gear group 125, 126 and 127 that mesh with each other, and the motor is attached to a rotating shaft 129 to which a braking force is applied by a brake device 128. Further, the second supply row 2123 is a driven roller that is always urged to roll in contact with the first supply roller 122 side, and is rotatably attached to the support shaft. By driving the motor 124 in a predetermined direction, the binding band 2 can be sent out, and by driving the motor 124 in the opposite direction, the sent out 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 the roller 5 so that the first supply roller 122 can be rotated by manual operation as needed.

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. Furthermore, the direction in which the strap is supplied by the strap supply means 115, that is, the first and second supply rollers 122, 12
A fixed blade 131 and a movable blade 132 of the binding band cutting means 117 are arranged near the rear of the arrangement position No. 3.

The movable blade 132 is slidably supported by guide members 133 and 134, as shown in FIGS. 17 and 18, and is always urged in a direction away from the fixed blade 131 by a coil spring 135. In addition, the back surface of the movable blade 132 serves as an inclined guide surface 132a.
The rotary solenoid 1 is provided on this inclined guide surface 132a.
A roller 138 attached to the free end of the arm 137 which is rotationally displaced by the arm 36 is in a rolling contact state. By driving the rotary solenoid 136, the movable blade 132 is displaced against the biasing force of the coil sedge ring 135, thereby cutting the binding band 2. Next, the binding end holding means 116 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 19 to 22.

In FIGS. 19 and 20, reference numeral 140 indicates a guide roller 142 that engages with the guide groove 141 and a guide shaft 14-.
A plurality of grooved guide rollers 14 arranged to sandwich 3
4... is a movable frame that is supported so as to be able to reciprocate in a direction perpendicular to the transport path of the bundles 1a... which are objects to be bound, and a binding band holding unit 145 is attached to this movable frame 140. ing.

The movable frame 140 has the guide shaft 143
An engagement groove 150 that engages with a roller 149 attached to the midway part of the chain 14B, which is wrapped around a driving sprocket 146 and a driven sprocket 147 arranged on both ends of the chain 14B.
is established.

The driving streak rocket 146 is connected to the motor 151.
When the robot is driven in the forward direction, it moves forward, and when it is driven in the opposite direction, it moves back and returns to its original home position.

Furthermore, positioning means 152 for positioning the movable frame 140 is provided on the home I-notion 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. Row 2157 attached to the end
This roller 157 engages with a recess 140a formed on the lower end side of the movable frame 140, and the movable frame 1
40 positioning is performed. Further, a light shielding plate 158 is attached to the movable frame 140, and this light shielding plate 158 is connected to the sensor 1 disposed at both ends of the movement path.
59, 160, the movable frame 140
It is possible to detect the position of

Furthermore, 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 constructed, and the movable projector 163 moves back and forth in a direction perpendicular to one movement direction of the movable frame 140 (in the left-right direction in the state shown in FIG. 20) via these horizontal guide shafts 162 and 162. It is mounted so that it can move freely.

This movable block 163 has a built-in bearing 164.
A rotating shaft 165 is vertically supported via this bearing 164. A bracket 1 is attached to the upper end of this rotating shaft 165.
Guide shafts 168 and 168 provided parallel and perpendicular to each other are connected via 66 and 167, and a movable base 169 is provided so as to be movable up and down using the guide shafts 168 and 168 as a guide. .

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

The fixed piece 170 and the support shaft 1 are attached to this movable base 169.
A binding band catcher 174 is attached, which is made up of a movable piece 173 which is pivoted via a movable piece 171 and which is pivoted through a movable piece 173 and which is movable towards and away from the fixed piece 170 and is always urged in the backward direction by a tin ring 172. There is.

On the other hand, a driven rubber roller 175 is fitted to the lower end of the rotating shaft 165, and when the movable frame 140 is located at the home position, the driven rubber roller 175 rolls into contact with an intermediate rubber roller 177 which is in rolling contact with the drive rubber roller 176. It is configured to obtain.

Note that 178 shown in FIG. 19 is the driving rubber roller 17.
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 a movable base 169 to which a cable tie catcher 174 having a fixed piece 170 and a movable piece 173 is attached.
is set to rotate.

The movable base 169 also has a plurality of guide rollers 180 attached to the support plate 161, as shown in FIG.
- It is designed to move up and down in conjunction with the movement of the slide plate 181 guided by the up-and-down movement mark, and the cable tie catcher 174 attached to the movable base 169
The tensioning position of the binding band 2 is also displaced downward as shown by the solid line in the figure or as shown by the two-dot chain line.

That is, the slide plate 181 is provided with a bottle 183 that projects through the entire elongated hole 182 formed in the support plate 161. are in an engaged state. The other end of the operating arm 184 is attached to a drive shaft 185a of a rotary solenoid 185 and a spring 1
86 Always in a predetermined direction (time-open direction in Fig. 21)
, so that the slide plate 181 is at the upper limit position. Then, by driving the rotary linenoid 18.5, the operating arm 184 is displaced against the force of the spring 186, and the slide plate 181 is brought to the lower limit position.

However, the slide plate 181 is integrally molded with 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 attached.
By the downward movement of 8, it is pushed down against the biasing force of a biasing body (not shown).

On the other hand, when the sliding plate 181 is pressed down, the movable piece 17
3 is separated 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 171, the tip of the horizontal piece portion 190a at one end is attached to the movable piece, which is swingable via the shaft 187 and is always supported by the spring 188. Locked portion 173a formed on the pivot end side of 173
A substantially L-shaped actuating lever 19θ is provided which is biased away from the actuating lever 19θ. 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 2191 attached to the slide plate 18, and the slide plate 18 is lowered. With the operation, the operating lever 190 is displaced as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 22 against the biasing force of the tin ring 188, and the movable piece 173 is separated from the fixed piece 170.

In addition, the lower limit position of the movable pace 169 and the movable piece 173
The opening operation is performed by the light shielding plate 19 attached to the operating arm 184.
2 can be detected by the sensor 193.

Further, the binding band end fixing means 118 has a structure as shown in the middle pressure area in FIG. 15. 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... The structure includes a fixing device 196 for fixing the rear end portion of the tied band 2.

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

The fixing device 196 also rotatably pivots a trowel 202 having a built-in heater at the tip of a slide member 20 that is slidably held by a plurality of guide rollers 200 attached to the fixed frame 199. As soon as you put it on, use the trowel 2.
02 is supported by a leaf spring 203.

The slide member 201 is provided with a row 2205 that engages with a notched groove 204a formed on the free end side of the actuating arm 204, which is rotationally deflected by a solenoid (not shown), and when the solenoid is turned on and off, the solid line It is configured to be able to be displaced to the position indicated by the two-dot chain line.

Note that 206 shown in FIG. 15 is an idler roller that guides the binding band 2.

Next, the operation of the binding means 84 having the above structure will be explained with reference to FIGS. 23 to 25. First, as shown in FIG. 23(a), the binding band 2 is supplied as the first and second supply rollers 122, 123 roll into contact with each other in the forward direction, and their tips are lowered in advance. Cable tie catcher 1
74 between the movable piece 173 and the fixed piece 170 until it reaches the vicinity of the guide roller 206, and then when the rollers 122 and 123 stop -
When the strap catcher 174 rises, the movable piece 173 is displaced toward the fixed piece 170, and the tip of the strap 2 is held between these mutually opposing surfaces. Next, as shown in FIG. 23(b), the cable tie catcher 174 rotates,
After forming the folded part 2b at the tip of the binding band 2, the binding band catcher 174 moves forward as shown in FIG. 23(C) to bind the bundles 1a... Obi 2
When the grip 1a... reaches a predetermined position as shown in FIG. 23(d) while pushing the middle part of the binding band 2, the second
As shown in FIG. 3(e), the binding band gearer 174 moves back to wind the binding band 2 around the grips 1a. Then, as shown in FIG. 23(f), the binding band 2 is pulled back as the supply roller 122 is driven in reverse, and the binding band 1a...
・Tension the cable tie 2 that is wrapped around.

At this time, as shown in FIG. Therefore, the binding band 2 is the 11th and 2nd compression plate 85.86
The gaps 207, 207 formed by the thin parts of the binding band 2 are interposed therebetween, so as not to impede the tensioning operation of the binding band 2.

Next, as shown in the 23rd oral history), the guide roller 2θ6
moves toward the grips Ia, . . . and holds the binding band 2 between the grips 1a, .

Next, as shown in FIG. 23(h), the beating rod 197 moves and strikes the rear end of the binding band 2 so that the rear end is placed in a position corresponding to the tip folded portion 2b, and as shown in FIG. 23(i)
), the trowel 202 heated to a predetermined temperature is moved to press the rear end of the binding band 2 while being careful not to loosen it, thereby heating and melting the adhesive layer 2a of the binding band 2. It will be glued.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 25, since the folded part 2b is formed at the tip of the binding band 2, the adhesive layer 2a is not located on the grip la side in the heat-pressing part, and the binding band 2 and the grip 1a are not bonded together by the molten adhesive.

Then, as shown in FIG. 23(j), the iron 202 and the beating stick 197 return to their home positions. On the other hand, at the same time as the strap catcher 174 of the strap end holding means 116 descends, the movable piece 173 opens, the strap 2 is pulled out from the winding portion, and then returned to the home position, completing the binding operation.

When the binding operation is completed, the second compression plate 86 retreats to release the compression operation, and at the same time the first compression plate 85 descends, and the bundle 1a, which is bound by the binding band 2, is It is returned to the direction changing section (B) while being held between the first and second support arms 59 and 60, where the direction is changed by 90 degrees.

As shown in FIG. 26, the direction changing section (B) supports the single-bound bundle 1 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. The first support 210 is made of an L-shaped member that brings the bundle 1 into a standing state in which the direction is changed by approximately 90 degrees, and the rotation of the first support 210 changes the bundle 1 from the first 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 to the second state.

The first support body 21θ is attached to a shaft 213 that is rotatably supported with respect to the pace 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 rotates to the horizontal position shown by the solid line in FIG. 26 (state A) and to the vertical position shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. It has a structure that allows it to be displaced.

The slide plate 216 has a long hole 21 that is long in the vertical direction.
By engaging guide bins 219, 219 protruding from the pace 212, B, , 21 B are supported in a vertically movable manner, and the slide plate actuating mechanism 220 allows the slide plate actuating mechanism 220 to move the slide plate up and down. It is designed to be moved.

The slide plate operating mechanism 220 has a rotary lenoid 221 which is a driving source, and an arm 223 which is attached to the drive shaft of the rotary lenoid 22 and has a row 2222 at its free end. The arm 2 is engaged with a long hole 224 formed on the lower end side of the slide plate 216 and which is elongated in the horizontal direction.
The system slide plate 216 is moved up and down by the rotational movement of 23.

In addition, the pace 212 with guide pins 219, 219 protruding from which support the slide plate 216 in a vertically movable manner and the slide plate actuating mechanism 220 are mounted on a carriage 226 that is guided by a guide shaft 225 in a horizontally reciprocating manner.
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 becomes.

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, it is mounted so as to be rotatable about the support shaft 227 as a fulcrum.

The support shaft 227 is a supporting member (not shown) that is integrated with a carriage 231 that can move up and down via a guide shaft 230.
The guide roller 229 is attached to a slide plate 232 that is attached to the support member so as to be vertically movable. A guide roller 233 is attached to the lower end side of this slide plate 232 and makes rolling contact with the inclined guide surface 212a of the pace 212. When the pace 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 ←).

Further, the carriage 231 to which a supporting member (not shown) having a protruding support shaft 227 for pivotally supporting the second support body 21 is attached is moved up and down by a carriage moving machine (not shown). The second support body 211 is driven in the second direction.
As shown by ←), (f) and (g) in Figure 6, it is configured to be able to be displaced in the vertical direction.

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

The bundle 1, which has been conveyed to the compression/binding section (into the direction changing section after being tied together as described above by 0), is placed horizontally on the first support 210 as shown in FIG. 27 (, ). placed in the condition. Next, as shown in FIG. 27(b), the first support body 210 is rotated by approximately 90 degrees, and the bundle 1 is dropped and changed direction to an approximately vertical position, and as shown in FIG. 27(c).
), the bundle 1 is supported by the second support 211.

Next, as shown in FIG. 27(d), the first support 21
0 moves to the second support body 211 side, and the second support body 211 is rotationally displaced to support the bundle 1 in a vertical state.

Next, the first support body 210 further supports the second support body 21
1 side, the bundle 1 is held between the second support body 211 and positioned vertically and in the front-rear direction, and the second support body 211 is raised, as shown in FIG.
As shown in f), the bundle 1 is pushed up and positioned in the vertical direction.

Bunch 1 of single characters bound by 90 degree orientation like this
are the conveying means (the first and second support arms 59.60
The bundles 1 are again clamped and fed into the compression/binding section (C), and then tied crosswise in the same manner as described above. That will happen.

Next, an explanation will be given of the operation of the integration/binding unit having the above-mentioned configuration as a whole.

First, when the grip 1a falls on the guide 241 from above into the upper receiving chamber 3, the falling grip 1a presses down the detection lever 16 of the grip detection means 14, and this movement is detected by the detector 17. be done. In response to the upper acceptance signal from the detector 17, the pushing body 7 of the pushing means 4 causes the pusher 7 to push the grip 1a, and the claws 45, 45 of the second support means 21 are displaced upward, changing the course of the grip 1a. 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 1a inside the convening room 5. It's ox, 1a
The lower part of the back surface of the base 15 is supported by the step-shaped portion 15a of the base 15 so as not to return to the upper receiving chamber 3.

Also, when the handle 1a is pushed into the convening private room 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 convening room 5 is supported by the pins 23 and 23 protruding above the pace 15 so as not to fall over, as described above.

In this way, the above operation is repeated until 10 bags 1a are accumulated in the convening private room 5, that is, until 10 bags 1a counted by the counter in which the detection unit 13 is placed on the falling path of the bags 1a are accumulated. .

On the other hand, the following operation is performed in parallel with the acceptance and accumulation of the bundles 1a. Binding band end holding means 11 of compression/binding section (C)
The cable tie catcher 174 of No. 6 is lowered and the movable piece 173 is separated from the fixed piece 1.70, and the cable tie supply means 1
15 supply rollers 122 and 123 rotate to supply the binding band 2. When the tip of the cable tie 2 reaches a position where it passes slightly above the cable tie catcher 174, the feeding operation of the cable tie 2 stops, and then the cable tie catcher 17
4 rises, the movable piece 173 closes and the fixed piece 1
The leading end side of the binding band 2 is held between the binding band 70 and the binding band 70.

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, thereby removing the strap. 2 is stretched, as shown in Fig. 23 (
, ) to (C) are completed.

10 When the operation of accumulating the bundles 1a in the convening private room 5 is completed, the first support arm 59 of the conveying means (G) rotates from the inclined state to the horizontal state and presses the upper part of the back 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 the second support arm 60 side, and a pressure sensor (not shown) provided on the second support arm 60 moves the grips 1a... When turned on by the pressing operation, the second support arm 60 also moves in the same direction, and the grip 1a...
．． It is fed into the compression/binding section (C) in a state where it is held between 60 and 60.

On the other hand, at this time, the vias 23, 23 supporting the front side of the grips 1a... are buried in the lower surface side of the pace 15, and again protrude above the pace 15 on the starting end side, and the claws 45-. 4
5 is closed to prepare for subsequent loquat collection.

As a result, the grips 1a .
The first and second support arms 59 and 60 stop when the movement path of the support arms 59 and 60 is exceeded. (At this time, the brake device 69.
After 70 turns on, it immediately turns off. ) Then, the strap catcher 174 moves back and stops at the home position, completing the operations shown in FIGS. 23(d) and (,).

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 and 60 are moved, and the second compression plate 86 is also moved toward the first compression plate 85 to compress the grips 1a with a predetermined pressure and also to release the binding band. 2 is pulled back to cause the supply row 2122 to slip over a certain pressure for a predetermined time. Next, after the guide rod 206 moves and presses the binding band 2, the movable blade 132 of the binding band cutting means 117 is displaced and cuts the binding band 2, as shown in FIGS. 23(,) and (f).
) operation is 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 iron 202 of the fixing device 196 slides to heat and press the rear end of the binding band 2. The operations from (ω) to (i) ma in Figure 23 are completed.

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

The brakes of the first and second support arms 59 and 60 are turned on.
1, the first compression plate 85 and the second compression plate 86 are sequentially returned to the home position, and then the first and second support arms 59 and 60 are moved to the direction changing part (B). The bundle 1 is held and conveyed and stopped.

Then, the brake 69 of the first support arm 59 is turned off.
Then, the bundle 1 falls onto the first support 210 (in the direction changing section), and then the operations shown in FIGS. .

Note that, in parallel with the direction changing operation by the direction changing section (B), the aforementioned 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 60 of the conveyance means (G)) and sent to the compression/binding section (C), where it is transferred to the above-mentioned 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 cross bound is transferred to the 11th and 2nd support arm 5.
By the movement of 9.60, the bundle 1 is transported to the discharge section υ), the brakes eci, yo of the first and second support arms 59.60 are released, and the bundle 1 falls and is discharged.

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 paper sheets are bound together, 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 holds the leading end of the strap and uses its forward movement to stretch the strap so that it intersects with the object transport path, and the object to be bound is placed in the middle of the strap. a binding band end holding means for moving the binding band backwards when reaching a predetermined position while pushing the binding band;
The leading end of the strap is held by the strap end holding means, and the middle part of the strap is attached to the surface of the strap that is wrapped around the object. This configuration includes a binding band end fixing means for overlapping and fixing. Therefore, while maintaining a simple and compact configuration,
To provide a binding device capable of reliably binding objects to be bound.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an accumulation/binding unit device that employs the binding device of the present invention, and FIG. FIGS. 3 to 11 are perspective views showing the bundled state, and FIGS. 3 to 11 show the configuration of the collection section. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the collection section, FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram, and FIG. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the movement of the bottles in the support means part; FIG. 7 is a front view showing the mounting structure of the bottles;
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 aligning means, FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing the characteristics of the coil spring employed in the aligning means, and FIGS. 12 and 13 show the configuration of the conveying means.
Fig. 12 is a schematic side view, Fig. 13 is a front view showing the rotation mechanism of the first support arm, Figs. 14 to 25 show the configuration of the compression/binding section, and Fig. 14 is a FIG. 15 is a schematic front view of the compression means section, and FIG. 15 is a schematic plan view of the whole.
6 is a schematic side view of the strap supply means, FIG. 17 is a plan view of the strap cutting means, and FIG. 18 is a side view of the strap cutting means.
9 is a schematic front view of the band end holding means, FIGS. 2-0 are side views, FIG. 21 is a front view of the operating mechanism, FIG. 22 is a side view of the main parts, and FIG. Figures (a) to (
j) is an explanatory diagram showing the binding state, FIG. 24 is a schematic vertical cross-sectional side view showing the holding state during binding, FIG. 25 is an explanatory diagram showing the fixing state of the binding band, and FIG. 26 is the configuration of the direction changing part. 27(a) to 27(f) are explanatory diagrams similarly showing the direction changing operation state. 1a...Bundle (object to be bound), 1...Bundle (object to be bound),
2... Binding band, 116... Binding band end holding means, 1
18... Binding band end fixing means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Hold a part of the tip of the strap and use its forward movement to stretch the strap so that it intersects the path for transporting the bundled items, and when the bundle reaches a predetermined position while pushing the middle part of the strap. There is a strap end holding means that wraps the strap around the object by moving backwards, and this strap end holding means holds the tip of the strap, and the middle part is wrapped around the strap. A binding device comprising a binding band end fixing means for overlapping and fixing the rear end of the binding band being turned onto the surface of the binding band wound around an object to be bound.