JPS62287817A - Sheets processor - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

Detailed Description of the Invention 3. Detailed Description of the Invention [Purpose of the Invention (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to paper sheets on which serial numbers are printed, for example, new Paper sheet processing in which a specific number of banknotes (YT notes), etc. are sealed in a band with a obi in order of consecutive numbers and according to a determined number, and then a specific number is tied together with the majority to form a bundle. Regarding equipment.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, paper sheets on which consecutive numbers are printed, such as banknotes 1
When handling QOO coins as a product, banknotes 1
100 by checking and counting the consecutive numbers of each sheet.
Each sheet was sealed with a french band and made into a bundle, and most of the 10 sheets were bound (sealed) into a bundle. In other words, the number of each banknote is checked and counted manually, 100 banknotes are manually inserted into a pre-made frenulum loop to form a bundle, and each ten banknotes is then tied into a vertical belt. , they were tied together in a criss-cross pattern by hanging horizontal bands and gluing them together.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) Conventionally, processing was done manually, resulting in poor processing efficiency and time-consuming processing.Especially in the case of banknotes, it was necessary to manage the numbers and confirm the number of bills. Although this is important, it is extremely difficult to ensure perfection, and there are no cases of product defects due to simple mistakes such as misreading or miscounting, so strict checks are required. Moreover, since the work requires a sense of responsibility and concentration, there is a problem in that the worker is physically and mentally fatigued.

The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances, and its purpose is to be able to perform continuous and high-speed processing with very simple operations, and to be able to process a large amount of data about 10 times as much as it would manually. The present invention aims to provide a paper sheet processing device that is freed from the burdensome and stressful work of reading numbers and counting, and that can ship complete products by eliminating counting mistakes and confirmation mistakes.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention seals a specific number of paper sheets stacked in serial number order and according to a determined number. A paper sheet processing device that further binds a specific number of sheets into a bundle, comprising a feeding device that supplies a plurality of sheets, and a feeding device that feeds the sheets one by one. a take-out device that takes out the paper sheets; a conveying device that transports the paper sheets taken out one by one by the take-out device;
A counting device that counts the number of paper sheets transported by the transport device, a stacking device that stacks the paper sheets transported by the transport device, and paper that is stacked by the stacking device and discharged every specific number of sheets. A sealing device that seals a group of leaves to form a paper sheet bundle; A number reading device that reads the number of the paper sheet and compares the reading result with the number estimated from the counting result of the counting device. The present invention further includes a bundling means for bundling together a specific number of bundles of paper sheets sealed by the above-mentioned sealing device.

(Function) By having the above-described structure, the present invention mechanizes the reading and counting of serial numbers attached to paper sheets, thereby eliminating simple errors such as manual misreading and miscounting, resulting in product failure. It also frees workers from stressful work with heavy responsibilities, and at the same time, it is easy to grasp! By providing the 1n function and the bundle addition function, the processing speed can be significantly increased.

(Example) FIG. 1 is an external view of the paper sheet processing apparatus of the present invention showing the arrangement of the main devices, and FIG. 2 is a functional explanatory diagram showing the concept of the main functions.

First, the configuration and functions will be outlined with reference to FIG.

In the figure, 1 is the main unit of the processing device, which can process a specific number of consecutively numbered paper sheets (here explained as 1000 banknotes) P... as one unit. There is. The right side of the main unit 1 is provided with an acceptance port 2 that accepts 1,000 stacked banknotes P all at once, and the left side is provided with a banknote bundle p I+ tied in a criss-cross manner. A discharge port 3 is provided.

In addition, to the right side of the main unit 1, an input device [4 is connected which automatically inputs 1000 banknotes P... one after another in a stacked state corresponding to the above-mentioned receiving opening 2. , banknote bundle p I is delivered to the left side via the discharge conveyor 5.
A shrink film wrapping device 6 for automatically wrapping five T bundles at once is connected.

Further, a feeding device 10 is provided at a position corresponding to the receiving opening 2 in the main unit 1, and lifts the banknotes P... inserted by the feeding device 4 into the taking-out device 1.
1.

The take-out device 11 takes out the topmost banknotes P one by one and delivers them to the conveyance device Rgo 2, and the conveyance device 12 clamps the banknotes P between mutually opposing surfaces of belts 13.13 and 14.14 and transfers them to the stacking device. Transfer up to 15.

Further, an overlapping detection device 17 , which detects overlapping of banknotes P, is provided opposite to the banknote conveyance path 16 of the conveyance device 12 . A first number reading device is for reading the number 22 attached to the bank note P, a counting device 19 for counting the number of bank notes P, etc. are arranged to constitute the checking means 2o.

The stacking device 15 that stacks the banknotes P sequentially transported by the transport device W112 is connected to the stacking detection device 17. First number reader 18. Based on information from a checking means 20 comprised of a counting device 19 and the like, an attached separator 15d is used to separate and stack a specific number of sheets, 100 sheets in this example.

Below this accumulating device 15, a sealing device 21 is provided which seals the 100 banknotes P sequentially discharged from the device 15 into a collection 8 with a french band 29 to form a banknote bundle P'. ing. In the direction beyond this sealing [121], the number 22 of the banknote located at the end of the banknote bundle P' sealed by the sealing device 21 is shown.
A second number reading device 23 is provided to read the number, and when this second number reading device 23 confirms that the number read is the number that should be printed on the top surface, it is installed to the left of this number. It is designed to send out to the reversing device 24 side.

The reversing device 24 is for reversing the bank note bundles P' as necessary, and below the reversing device 24 there is a receiving part of a large bundle binding machine 26 as a bundling means, that is, a receiving part for holding a specific number of bank note bundles P' (in this case, 1 o). A temporary stacking section 25 is provided for stacking 10 bundles, and the collected 10 bundles are sent to a rear binding mechanism section (not shown).

This large bundle binding machine 26 uses 10 bundles of banknotes P'...
The majority is 27 through the cross, and the horizontal band 2 is difficult to handle.
The banknotes are bundled so that the vertical band 27b is placed over the banknotes 7a to form a bundle of banknotes pu.

At this time, in order to easily visually check the number of bundled banknote bundles P'..., the large bundles 1126 are temporarily stacked in the stacking device [25], for example, half of the five bundles are stacked in an inverted state. However, it is possible to bind them in the state shown in FIG.

The i ooo (10 bundles) banknote bundle p If bound by the large bundle binding machine 26 is discharged from the discharge port 3 onto the discharge conveyor 5 and sent to the wrapping device 6 .

Next, the functions of each device will be explained in detail with reference mainly to FIG.

1,000 banknotes P set in the input device 4...
* are stacked face down and in numerical order, that is, the printed number @22 becomes larger one by one as it goes down.

For example, the number 22 of the top banknote P is rooolJ and the number 22 of the bottom banknote P is rl 000. Then, the transfer 4a moves to the left in the figure in response to the input signal, and transfers the group of banknotes P onto the supply backup 10a of the supply device 10.

This insertion device 4 is capable of setting in advance a plurality of banknote groups P... of 1000 loose banknotes similar to the illustrated banknote groups P... are transferred onto the supply backup 10a of the supply device 10 and returned to the empty transfer 4a, and the bulk banknotes P... are fed in bulk by a feeding means (not shown) such as a conveyor. It is possible to continuously input the set items.

In the supply device 10, the group of banknotes P... is lifted up through the supply backup 10a until the uppermost banknote P comes into contact with the suction rotary drum 11a of the take-out unit W11.
, the banknotes P are lifted one by one by the amount that they are taken out, and the topmost banknote P is always attracted to the rotating drum 11a1. : Controlled to touch.

On the other hand, the banknotes P taken out one by one by the suction rotary drum 11a are held between the mutually opposing surfaces of the conveyor belts 13.13 and 14.14 of the conveyance device 12, are manually conveyed, and are placed in the middle of the conveyance path 16. The field is checked by a checking means 20 which is installed in the field. First, the thickness of the banknotes P is measured by mechanical contact of the overlapping detection device 17, and the number of banknotes P is counted. Normally, one sheet at a time is taken out, but in some cases, a plurality of sheets are taken out and conveyed at the same time, so it is necessary to count the number of sheets.

The measurement principle of this overlapping detector [17] will be briefly explained with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. Overlapping detection device 17
holds a rotating roller 30 that is in contact with the belt 13.13 forming the conveyance path 16 and rotates at the same circumferential speed as the belt 13.13, and a roller 31 that is in contact with this rotating roller 30 and rotates at the same circumferential speed. It consists of a fixed flexible lever 32 and a detector 33 that measures the distance from the tip of the flexible lever 32. When the bank note P held between the mutually opposing surfaces of the conveyor belts 13.13 and 14.14 enters between the rotating rollers 30 and 31, the flexible lever 32 moves the bank note P by the thickness of the bank note P. Only elastically deformed. When there is one banknote P, the distance between the tip and the detector 33 is 21, and when there are two banknotes P, it is 122, and the output of the detector 33 at this time is measured. Specify the number of P.

The bank note P that has been subjected to swelling detection by the overlap detection device 17 is then transferred to the first number reading device 1.
After the number 22 is read by the number 8, it is counted by the counting device 15.

The first number reading device 18 is an optical reading device! (O
The number 22 attached to the banknote P is read using the technique of CR>.

Further, the counting device 19 is composed of a plurality of light emitting elements 19a and light receiving elements 19b corresponding to each one, and when the bank note P passes, it enters between the light emitting element 19a and the corresponding light receiving element 19b and blocks light. By doing so, the number of banknotes P is determined by counting using the brightness signal and measuring the amount of transmitted light.

Further, the banknotes P conveyed by the conveying device 12 are held and conveyed between the blades of the accumulating impeller 15a of the accumulating device 15, and then scraped out from between the blades of the accumulating impeller 15a by the scraping plate 15b for backup. They are stacked upside down (with the surface facing up) on the member 15c.

Next, overlap detection device 17. Checking means 20 consisting of a counting device w15°, a first number reading device 18, etc.
When it is determined by the detection signal from The backup member 15C moves downward, and the 100 banknotes P on this backup member 15c are held.
...22 is delivered to the sealing device 21 by a clamp tank (not shown). After that, the backup member 15c
rises to its original position. And backup member 1
When 5C rises to its original position, separator 15d changes to "1".
Return to the original position while leaving the banknotes P after the "01st sheet" in the position where they were held, and transfer the banknotes P after the "101st sheet" onto the backup member 15c. .

In this way, 100 banknotes P.
... will be sent to the sealing device 21.

Note that if there is no need to process banknotes P at high speed, it is also possible to use a stacking device without a separator function. In this case, the suction rotary drum 11a of the take-out device 11 is rotated intermittently. That is, after one bank note P is taken out, the rotation is temporarily stopped, and after the bank note P is checked by the checking means 20 and stacked on the backup member 15c of the stacking device 15, the rotation is performed again to collect the bank note P. Take out one. And the backup member 15
When the number of banknotes P... on C reaches 100, the suction rotary drum 11a of the extractor H11 is kept in a stopped state, and the backup member 15C is used to collect banknotes P.
... is delivered to the sealing device 21, and then returns to the uppermost position. At this point, the rotation of the suction rotary drum 11a may be restarted to accumulate the particles as described above.

In addition, in the packaging W121, 100 banknotes P...
A double band 29 is wound around the belt and the ends thereof are heat-sealed by a heater 21a. The bank note bundle P' sealed with the double band 29 is placed in an upright position on a conveyor 40 that extends above the large bundle binding machine 26 and has the second number reading device 23 facing it. transferred to the state. The second number reading device 23 uses OCR technology to read the number 22 of the bank note P at the R end of the bank note bundle P' conveyed by the conveyor 40, and checks whether the number is correct or not.

In this example, if the last two digits are rooJ, it is "correct",
In other cases, the determination is "no".

Zheng Also, at this time, the second number @ reading device! 23 and the output of the first reader 18 which reads and confirms the serial number 22 of the bank note P, and double checks are made.

The banknote bundle P' determined to be "correct" by this second reading device W123 is sent to the temporary accumulation section 25 of the large bundle binding device 26, where it is manually sealed using a heat sealing method as shown in FIG. The banknotes 27 are tied crosswise to form a bundle of 1000 banknotes P''.The order in which the banknotes 27 are tied is that the vertical bands 27a, which tend to come loose, are done first, and the horizontal bands 27b are placed later.

At this time, in order to make it easier to visually confirm that there are 10 bundles of banknotes pn, the multiple bands 29 of banknote bundle P' are wrapped in 5 bundles so that the parts are opposite to each other. banknotes P
'... are reversed by the reversing device 24 disposed upstream of the large bundle binding device F26.

The reversing device 24 has a structure in which a plurality of holders 24a, 24a for suctioning and holding the banknotes P' are attached to a reversing arm 24t which rotates around one point, and the banknotes P' are bundled into a large bundle. Device 1i! The banknote bundle P' on the conveyor 4o to be sent to the temporary stacking section 25 of 26 is suction-held and reversed as necessary. therefore,
The reversing function of this reversing device 24 is, in addition to continuously reversing five bundles as described above, it can also, for example, invert only the middle one of the five bundles, or alternately flip each batch. It can be selected as appropriate depending on the situation.

In addition, as mentioned above, it may be reversed by the reversing device [24,
Alternatively, the banknote bundle P' that has fallen into the receiving section of the temporary accumulation section 25 of the large bundle binding device f126 without being turned over is pushed backward by the pusher 41 so that the next banknote bundle P' can be received. , held by holding claws 42.42. By repeating this, 5 banknotes P
'... are temporarily accumulated in the accumulation section 25.

In addition, when reversing five bundles at once, in addition to using the reversing device 24 described above for reversing one bundle at a time, five bundles having the same structure as the temporary stacking section 25 may be installed downstream of the conveyor 40.
It is also possible to provide a temporary stacking section (not shown) and turn over the five batches at once when five batches have been accumulated. In this case, five bundles are fed into the large bundle binding machine 26 at once.

In addition, 1000 sheets (1
The banknote bundles P'' are discharged from the discharge port 3 onto the discharge conveyor 5 and fed into the shrink film wrapper!i6.
n will be automatically packaged all at once.

Note that when processing a small number of banknotes wIP'', a box or the like may be installed instead of the discharge conveyor 5 to store the banknotes wIP''.

The operation will now be explained.

Normally, the banknotes P taken out one by one by the suction rotary drum 11a of the take-out unit [11] are read mechanically by the overlap detection device 17 and optically by one meter a device.
However, if multiple banknotes P are taken out at the same time by the suction rotating drum 11a, the detection device 1
7. The counting device 19 counts the plurality of sheets, adds up the number, and sends the backup member 1 of the accumulating device 15.
It is accumulated as a plurality of pieces on 5C. This does not require any special processing because the order of the numbers is not out of order and counting is performed correctly. Further, since the number is always checked by the first number reading device 18, there is no problem. However, if the rl 00th banknote P and the 101st banknote P are taken out at the same time, the stacker W11
It is not possible to separate every 100 sheets using the separator 15d of No. 5.

Therefore, when this phenomenon is detected, the machine immediately stops the suction rotary drum 11a, and when all the banknotes P on the conveyance path 16 are accumulated on the backup member 15C, the entire machine is stopped.

In this case, the operator visually checks the banknotes on the backup member 15C and the last two digits are foo1.
After confirming that there are 100 banknotes P before the number and that the numbers are consecutive, the 100 banknotes P... are manually inserted into the sealer ff21. In addition, for banknotes P whose last two digits are "01" or later, the number is counted manually and the number is input and added to a counting counter (not shown) inside the machine using a numeric keypad (not shown). do. After these processes, the process can be continued by restarting the machine.

Next, in the part after the wrapping W121, a bundle of 100 banknotes P' or a bundle of 10 banknotes (1000 sheets) P
There is some problem with the sealing device 21.n, such as irregularities, or the sealing device 21. Second reading device [23, reversing device 24. If a problem occurs in the function of the large bundle binding machine 26, for example, the reversing arm 24b of the reversing device M24 does not operate, each condition is detected by a monitoring device (not shown) and the machine automatically stops immediately. In this case, the operator removes the cause of the problem and resets the banknote handle P' via an input device (not shown).

The machine must be restarted with the banknotes still in place.

As described above, according to the above embodiment, the banknotes P stacked in the order of serial numbers are sealed with the specific number of sheets 29 in the order of the serial numbers and according to the determined number to form a bundle P', and further,
A specific number of books can be bundled in bulk 27 to form a bundle pn.

In addition, although the above-mentioned one example deals with banknotes, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to this.

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

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to perform continuous and high-speed processing with very simple operations, and it is possible to process a large amount of data about 10 times as much as manual labor. This has the effect of providing a paper sheet processing device that can ship complete products by freeing the user from the stressful work of reading numbers and counting, and by eliminating counting and confirmation errors.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of the paper sheet processing apparatus of the present invention showing the arrangement of the main devices, FIG. 2 is a functional explanatory diagram showing the main functions of the paper sheet processing apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a bundle of banknotes tied in a criss-cross pattern, FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the overlapping detection device, and FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the detection operation. 1... Main unit, 10... Supply device, 11...
- Removal measures, 17... Number reading device, 12... Conveying device, 19... Counting device, 15... Accumulating device, 2o
...Checking device, 21... Sealing device, 23...
Number reading device, 26... Binding means (large bundle binding machine), P
...Paper leaf (bank note), P'...Bank note bundle, p n
...a bundle of banknotes.

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) Paper sheets stacked in the order of consecutive numbers are sealed in a specific number in the order of the consecutive numbers and according to the determined number, and are made into bundles,
Furthermore, the paper sheet processing device binds a specific number of sheets into a bundle, and includes a supply device that supplies a plurality of paper sheets, and a take-out device that takes out the paper sheets supplied by the supply device one by one. a device, a conveyance device that conveys the paper sheets taken out one by one by the take-out device, a counting device that counts the number of paper sheets conveyed by the conveyance device, and a paper conveyed by the conveyance device. a stacking device for stacking leaves; a sealing device for sealing a group of paper sheets collected by the stacking device and discharged in specific numbers to form paper bundles; and reading the number of the paper sheets; It is equipped with a number reading device that compares the reading result with a number estimated from the counting result of the counting device, and a bundling means that bundles together a specific number of bundles of paper sheets sealed by the sealing device. A paper sheet processing device characterized by: (2) The number reading device reads paper sheets 1 conveyed by the conveyance device.
The paper sheet processing device according to claim 1, characterized in that the device reads and confirms the serial number of each sheet. (3) The number reading device reads the number of the paper sheet located at the end of the paper sheet bundle sealed by the sealing device, as set forth in claim 1. Paper sheet processing equipment. (4) The number reading device reads paper sheets 1 conveyed by the conveyance device.
A first number reading device that reads and confirms the serial number of each sheet, and a second number reading device that reads the number of the paper sheets located at the end of the paper sheet bundle sealed by the sealing device. 2. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the outputs are compared.