US20110296802A1 - Banknote sorting and bundling apparatus - Google Patents

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US20110296802A1
US20110296802A1 US13/201,939 US200913201939A US2011296802A1 US 20110296802 A1 US20110296802 A1 US 20110296802A1 US 200913201939 A US200913201939 A US 200913201939A US 2011296802 A1 US2011296802 A1 US 2011296802A1
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Takayoshi Yano
Yosuke Miyashita
Shinichi Nonaka
Masanori Nose
Kozen Nakai
Tomoyasu Sato
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  • the present invention relates to a banknote sorting and bundling apparatus that has a banknote sorting and stacking function for sorting and stacking banknotes, deposited in continuous deposit transactions, by denomination, and a banknote bundling function for bundling banknotes of a specific denomination into bundles of a predetermined number of banknotes.
  • banknote sorting and bundling apparatuses that have a sorting and stacking function for sorting and stacking banknotes, deposited in continuous deposit transactions, by denomination, and a banknote bundling function for bundling banknotes of a specific denomination into bundles of a predetermined number of banknotes are in widespread use.
  • a conventional banknote sorting and bundling apparatus known to the inventor includes a plurality of stackers for sorting and stacking the banknotes by denomination, a bundling-side stacking unit for sorting and stacking bundling-object-banknotes by specific denomination, and a bundling unit for bundling the bundling-object-banknotes when a predetermined number of banknotes are stacked in the bundling-side stacking unit.
  • a bundle of banknotes bundled by the bundling unit is dispensed from a bundle dispensing outlet.
  • a banknote sorting and bundling apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes four stackers and one bundling-side stacking unit; a banknote sorting and bundling apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 2 includes six stackers and one bundling-side stacking unit; and a banknote sorting and bundling apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 3 includes six stackers and two bundling-side stacking units.
  • the bundle dispensing outlet from where the bundle of banknotes bundled by the bundling unit is dispensed, is located at a position distantly from a hopper unit where banknotes of mixed denominations are deposited.
  • the present invention is made in view of the above discussion and it is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote sorting and bundling apparatus that significantly improves the work efficiency of the operator while greatly suppressing an increase in a cost and an installation space of the whole apparatus.
  • a banknote sorting and bundling apparatus includes a sorting and stacking unit in which a banknote deposited in an input port is sorted and stacked; a bundling-side stacking unit in which a predetermined banknote is sorted and stacked as bundling-object-banknotes; a bundling unit that bundles the bundling-object-banknotes stacked in the bundling-side stacking unit; a banknote transport unit that transports the banknote deposited in the input port through a banknote transport path that includes a first transport path that is connected to the input port and that passes above the sorting and stacking unit, a second transport path that is connected to the first transport path and that bends back in an arrangement direction of the sorting and stacking unit, and a third transport path that is connected to the second transport path and that connects the sorting and stacking unit and the bundling-side stacking unit; a diverting unit that diverts the banknote being transported through the bank
  • a banknote sorting and bundling apparatus includes, in the structure according to the above aspect, a banknote recognition unit that recognizes a kind of the banknote being transported on the first transport path; a first reject unit arranged on the first transport path; and a second reject unit arranged at a far end of the third transport path.
  • the drive control unit controls the banknote transport unit and the diverting unit so that the first specific banknote is transported to the first reject unit.
  • the drive control unit controls the banknote transport unit and the diverting unit so that the second specific banknote is transported to the second reject unit.
  • a banknote sorting and bundling apparatus includes, in the structure according to the above aspect, a face reversing unit that is arranged on the second transport path and that reverses the banknote being transported so that a specific face, either a front face or a back face, of the banknote faces up.
  • a banknote sorting and bundling apparatus includes, in the structure according to the above aspect, an arrangement connecting a plurality of banknote bundling devices can be achieved.
  • Each of the banknote bundling devices includes the bundling unit, the bundling-side stacking unit, and the bundle transport unit.
  • the drive control unit controls the banknote transport unit and the diverting unit so that the banknotes are sorted and stacked in the bundling-side stacking unit, corresponding to the banknote, of the banknote bundling devices through the third transport path.
  • the bundling unit is arranged below the bundling-side stacking unit.
  • the banknote sorting and bundling apparatus further includes a pre-bundling transport unit that transports a predetermined number of the bundling-object-banknotes stacked in the bundling-side stacking unit to the bundling unit.
  • the drive control unit controls the pre-bundling transport unit so that the predetermined number of the bundling-object-banknotes stacked in the bundling-side stacking unit is transported to the bundling unit.
  • a banknote sorting and bundling apparatus includes, in the structure according to the above aspect, a banknote recognition unit that recognizes a kind of the banknote being transported on the first transport path; a first reject unit arranged on the first transport path; a second reject unit that is arranged at a far end of the third transport path; and an error detecting unit that detects a transportation error of the banknote downstream of the first reject unit.
  • the drive control unit drives controls the banknote transport unit and the diverting unit so that the banknote that is on the second transport path and the third transport path is transported to the second reject unit.
  • the bundling-side stacking unit includes two operational bundling-side stacking units for each of which a kind of stacking banknote is set in advance and one spare bundling-side stacking unit for which no kind of stacking banknote is set.
  • the drive control unit controls the banknote transport unit and the diverting unit so that when the number of the bundling-object-banknotes stacked in one operational bundling-side stacking unit reaches a predetermined number, the banknote-kind, that was set for the bundling-side stacking unit in which the number of the bundling-object-banknotes has reached the predetermined number, is set as the stacking banknote-kind of the spare bundling-side stacking unit, and the operational bundling-side stacking unit in which the number of bundling-object-banknotes has reached the predetermined number is set as a spare bundling-side stacking unit, and the banknotes of the banknote-kind that has reached the predetermined number are subsequently stacked in the bundling-side stacking unit for which the banknote-kind is set.
  • a banknote sorting and bundling apparatus includes, in the structure according to the above aspect, four sorting and stacking units, three bundling-side stacking units, and one bundling unit.
  • a banknote sorting and bundling apparatus includes a banknote transport path that includes a first transport path that is connected to an input port and that passes above a sorting and stacking unit, a second transport path that is connected to the first transport path and that bends back in an arrangement direction of the sorting and stacking unit, and a third transport path that is connected to the second transport path and that connects the sorting and stacking unit and a bundling-side stacking unit.
  • a bundle transport unit dispenses a bundle of banknotes bundled by a bundling unit to a bundle dispensing outlet arranged near the input port.
  • a banknote recognition unit and a first reject unit are arranged on the first transport path, and a second reject unit is arranged at a far end of the third transport path. Consequently, there is an advantage in addition to the above advantage in that, when a first specific banknote is detected on the first transport path, the first specific banknote is transported to the first reject unit, and when a second specific banknote is detected on the second transport path or the third transport path, the second specific banknote is transported to the second reject unit.
  • a face reversing unit that reverses the banknote being transported so that a specific face, that is a front face or a back face, faces up, is arranged on the second transport path. Consequently, there is an advantage in addition to the above advantages in that the banknotes are transported in a state all the banknotes face in the same specific direction.
  • each of the banknote bundling device including the bundling unit, the bundling-side stacking unit, and the bundle transport unit, is enabled, and a drive control of a banknote transport unit and a diverting unit is performed so that the banknotes are sorted and stacked in each of the bundling-side stacking unit, corresponding to the banknote, of the banknote bundling devices through the third transport path. Consequently, there is an advantage in addition to the above advantages in that a plurality of the banknote bundling devices can be additionally provided.
  • the banknote sorting and bundling apparatus there is an advantage in addition to the above advantages in that, when the number of the bundling-object-banknotes stacked in the bundling-side stacking unit reaches a predetermined number, the bundling-object-banknotes are transported to the bundling unit by a pre-bundling transport unit, and after the bundling-object-banknotes are bundled by the bundling unit, the bundle of banknotes is transported to the bundle dispensing outlet by the bundle transport unit.
  • the banknote recognition unit and the first reject unit are arranged on the first transport path, and the second reject unit is arranged at the far end of the third transport path.
  • the banknote on the second transport path or the third transport path is transported to the second reject unit.
  • the bundling-side stacking unit includes two operational bundling-side stacking units for each of which a stacking banknote-kind is set and one spare bundling-side stacking unit for which no stacking banknote-kind is set.
  • a banknote-kind that was set for the bundling-side stacking unit in which the number of the bundling-object-banknotes has reached the predetermined number is set as the stacking banknote-kind for the spare bundling-side stacking unit
  • the operational bundling-side stacking unit in which the number of the bundling-object-banknotes has reached the predetermined number is set as a spare bundling-side stacking unit.
  • the banknote sorting and bundling apparatus can be adapted to a system with four sorting and stacking units, three bundling-side stacking units, and one bundling unit.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view for clearly showing an outer appearance of a banknote sorting and bundling apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic drawing of an internal structure of the banknote sorting and bundling apparatus.
  • FIG. 3 is a drawing for clearly explaining a reversing process performed by a banknote reversing unit.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a structure of a bundling-side stacking unit.
  • FIG. 5 is a plan view of the bundling-side stacking unit with a portion thereof omitted.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of an internal structure of the banknote sorting and bundling apparatus.
  • FIGS. 7A to 7C are drawings for clearly explaining action transitions of a dimension adjusting mechanism of the bundling-side stacking unit.
  • FIGS. 8A to 8D are drawings for clearly explaining action transitions of a pre-bundling transport unit.
  • FIGS. 9A to 9K are drawings for clearly explaining action transitions of a dispensing transport unit of a post-bundling transport unit.
  • FIG. 10 is a drawing for clearly explaining a workability of an operator of the banknote sorting and bundling apparatus.
  • FIG. 11 is a schematic drawing of an internal structure of a banknote sorting and bundling apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 12 is a drawing for clearly explaining reversing processes performed by a short-edge reversing unit and a long-edge reversing unit.
  • the banknote sorting and bundling apparatus includes stackers for sorting and stacking banknotes deposited from a hopper unit, a bundling-side stacking unit for sorting and stacking predetermined banknotes as bundling-object-banknotes, and a bundling unit for bundling one hundred bundling-object-banknotes that are stacked in the bundling-side stacking unit.
  • the banknote sorting and bundling apparatus further includes a banknote transport unit that transports banknotes deposited into an input port to a banknote transport path.
  • the transport path includes a first transport path that is connected to the hopper unit and that passes above the stackers, a second transport path that is connected to the first transport path and that bends back in an arrangement direction of the stackers, and a third transport path that is connected to the second transport path, the stackers and the bundling-side stacking unit.
  • the banknote sorting and bundling apparatus further includes a diverting unit that diverts the banknote transported through the banknote transport path to at least the stackers or the bundling-side stacking unit, a post-bundling transport unit that dispenses a bundle of banknotes bundled by the bundling unit to the bundle dispensing outlet located near the hopper unit, and a drive control unit that controls the banknote transport unit, the diverting unit, and the post-bundling transport unit.
  • the banknote sorting and bundling apparatus dispenses the bundle of banknotes from the bundle dispensing outlet located near the hopper unit.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view for clearly showing an appearance of a banknote sorting and bundling apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic drawing of an internal structure of the banknote sorting and bundling apparatus.
  • a banknote sorting and bundling apparatus 1 includes a banknote processing device 2 , a banknote bundling device 3 , and a display device 4 .
  • the banknote processing device 2 accepts continuous deposits of banknotes in transaction as well, sorts and stacks the deposited banknotes by banknote-kind, and counts the deposited number of banknotes by banknote-kind.
  • the banknote bundling device 3 bundles a predetermined number of banknotes, for example, every one hundred banknotes, of a specific denomination sorted by the banknote processing device 2 , and the display device 4 displays various information such as a count result.
  • the banknote processing device 2 includes a hopper unit 11 for depositing banknotes in transaction into the apparatus, a feeding unit 12 that feeds the banknotes, one by one, deposited in the hopper unit 11 , a banknote transport unit 13 , such as a transport belt, that transports the banknotes fed by the feeding unit 12 , a banknote recognition unit 14 that recognizes the kind of the banknote transported by the banknote transport unit 13 , and a banknote reversing unit 15 that reverses the banknote transported by the banknote transport unit 13 based on face/back information obtained from the banknote recognition unit 14 so that all the banknotes face in the same direction, either face-up or face-down.
  • a banknote transport unit 13 such as a transport belt
  • the banknote processing device 2 further includes four stackers 16 for sorting and stacking the banknotes transported by the banknote transport unit 13 according to kind of the banknote, and two first reject units 17 for rejecting the banknotes that are not the banknote-kind corresponding to the stackers 16 and the banknote bundling device 3 .
  • the four stackers 16 for sorting and stacking the transported banknotes based on kind of banknote are a first stacker 16 A, a second stacker 16 B, a third stacker 16 C, and a fourth stacker 16 D.
  • the term banknote-kind refers to, if Euro is taken as an example, the seven denominations of Euro, namely, 5 Euro banknote, 10 Euro banknote, 20 Euro banknote, 50 Euro banknote, 100 Euro banknote, 200 Euro banknote, and 500 Euro banknote, as well as authentication, fitness, and face/back, etc. for each denomination.
  • the banknote bundling device 3 includes the banknote transport unit 13 that transports the banknote of the specific denomination from a banknote transport path 18 (a third transport path 18 C explained later) inside the banknote processing device 2 into the banknote bundling device 3 , three bundling-side stacking units 21 that are arranged at three levels in a vertical direction inside the banknote bundling device 3 for sorting and stacking the transported banknotes of the specific denomination, and a bundling unit 22 that is arranged below the three bundling-side stacking units 21 for bundling the bundling-object-banknotes sorted and stacked in the bundling-side stacking unit 21 when the number of bundling-object-banknotes reaches a predetermined number, for example, one hundred.
  • the banknote bundling device 3 further includes a bundle dispensing outlet 23 that is located near the hopper unit 11 and that dispenses the banknotes bundled by the bundling unit 22 , that is the bundle of banknotes, so that the operator can collect them, and a loose-banknotes returning outlet 24 that is located near the bundling-side stacking unit 21 and that dispenses loose banknotes stacked in the bundling-side stacking unit 21 at the end of a transaction so that the operator can collect them.
  • a bundle dispensing outlet 23 that is located near the hopper unit 11 and that dispenses the banknotes bundled by the bundling unit 22 , that is the bundle of banknotes, so that the operator can collect them
  • a loose-banknotes returning outlet 24 that is located near the bundling-side stacking unit 21 and that dispenses loose banknotes stacked in the bundling-side stacking unit 21 at the end of a transaction so that the operator can collect them.
  • the banknote bundling device 3 further includes a pre-bundling transport unit 25 that transports the bundling-object-banknotes stacked in the bundling-side stacking unit 21 to the bundling unit 22 or the loose-banknotes returning outlet 24 , and a post-bundling transport unit 26 that transports the bundle of banknotes bundled by the bundling unit 22 to the bundle dispensing outlet 23 .
  • the pre-bundling transport unit 25 holds one hundred bundling-object-banknotes from among the bundling-object-banknotes stacked in the bundling-side stacking units 21 , and transports the one hundred bundling-object-banknotes to the bundling unit 22 , and in addition, at the end of the transaction, holds the loose banknotes whose number does not reach one hundred among the bundling-object-banknotes stacked in the bundling-side stacking units 21 and transports the loose banknotes to the loose-banknotes returning outlet 24 .
  • the post-bundling transport unit 26 includes a hold and transport unit 27 that holds and transports the bundle of banknotes bundled by the bundling unit 22 , and a dispensing transport unit 28 that transports the bundle of banknotes held and transported by the hold and transport unit 27 to the bundle dispensing outlet 23 .
  • the dispensing transport unit 28 includes a bundled-banknotes lifting unit 61 that transports the bundle of banknotes held and transported by the hold and transport unit 27 to an upper part of the banknote bundling device 3 , a pushing mechanism 62 that pushes the bundle of banknotes transported to the upper part of the banknote bundling device 3 by the bundled-banknotes lifting unit 61 towards the bundle dispensing outlet 23 (towards a front side of the apparatus), and a dispense/hold mechanism 63 that receives the bundle of banknotes pushed to the front side of the apparatus by the pushing mechanism 62 and holds the bundle of banknotes at the position of the bundle dispensing outlet 23 for dispensing the bundle of banknotes.
  • the banknote sorting and bundling apparatus 1 further includes the banknote transport path 18 that includes a first transport path 18 A that is connected to the hopper unit 11 and that is arranged above the stackers 16 , a second transport path 18 B that is connected to the first transport path 18 A and that bends back in an arrangement direction of the stackers 16 , and the third transport path 18 C that is connected to the second transport path 18 B, the stackers 16 , and the bundling-side stacking unit 21 .
  • the banknote recognition unit 14 is arranged on the first transport path 18 A and the banknote reversing unit 15 is arranged on the second transport path 18 B.
  • the second transport path 18 B is configured as a removable unit that connects the first transport path 18 A and the third transport path 18 C of the banknote sorting and bundling apparatus 1 .
  • a detection sensors 19 for detecting approaches or passes of banknotes at each branching point, merging point, and linkage point between the devices are arranged at each of the above-mentioned points on the banknote transport path 18 .
  • a second reject unit 20 is arranged at the end of the third transport path 18 C.
  • a banknote aligner wheel 20 A that stacks the transported banknote, one at a time, at a predetermined position in a banknote stacking space is arranged in the second reject unit 20 .
  • a diverting unit 13 A is arranged at each of the branching points on the banknote transport path 18 .
  • the diverting unit 13 A diverts the banknote transported through the banknote transport path 18 to the stackers 16 , the bundling-side stacking unit 21 , the first reject units 17 or the second reject unit 20 .
  • the diverting unit 13 A is driven by a not shown solenoid when the detection sensor 19 detects an approach of a leading edge of the banknote, and performs the diverting of the banknote.
  • the banknote reversing unit 15 diverts the banknote, based on the face/back information obtained from the banknote recognition unit 14 , into a reversing route or a non-reversing route by the diverting unit 13 A that is arranged upstream of the banknote reversing unit 15 so that all the banknotes are transported through the third transport path 18 C with faces in the same direction, either face-up or face-down.
  • the reversing route includes a reversing member 15 A that has a curved surface and that extends along a transport direction of the banknote, a not shown transport belt that is winded obliquely relative to a longitudinal direction of the reversing member 15 A with a part of the transport belt running along the curved surface of the reversing member 15 A, a not shown driving motor that drives the transport belt, and a not shown guide unit guiding the banknote while the banknote is transported, in the longitudinal direction of the reversing member 15 A, in the state of being wrapped around the curved surface of the reversing member 15 A and is held between the transport belt and the reversing member 15 A (see Japanese Patent No. 4119664).
  • the banknote reversing unit 15 when the transport belt is being driven by the driving motor, the banknote moves in the transport direction as the transport belt moves while the banknote is being held between the transport belt and the reversing member 15 A. Because the transport belt is winded obliquely relative to the longitudinal direction of the reversing member 15 A, the banknote is transported in the state of being wrapped around the curved surface and is reversed during the transport. During the reversing of the banknote, the guide unit ensures that the banknote is reversed properly by restricting a movement of the banknote and guiding so that the banknote is slid on the surface of the guide unit.
  • FIG. 3 is a drawing for clearly explaining a reversing process performed by the banknote reversing unit 15 .
  • the banknote reversing unit 15 transports the banknote in the unaltered state A via the non-reversing route, without performing the reversing process.
  • the banknote reversing unit 15 transports the banknote via the reversing route and performs the reversing process to reverse the banknote so that the banknote is in the state A, and then transports the banknote to the third transport path 18 C.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a structure of the bundling-side stacking unit 21 .
  • FIG. 5 is a plan view of the bundling-side stacking unit 21 with a portion thereof omitted.
  • the bundling-side stacking unit 21 includes a stage member 32 , banknote aligner wheels 33 , approach detecting sensors 34 , and a dimension adjusting mechanism 35 .
  • the stage member 32 on which the banknotes are stacked is arranged in a stacking space 31 formed by left side and right side walls 31 A and a back side wall 31 B, and can be moved up and down.
  • the banknote aligner wheels 33 stack the banknote that is transported in the stacking space 31 , and adjust a position of the stacked banknotes.
  • the approach detecting sensors 34 detect an approach of the banknote being transported into the stacking space 31 .
  • the dimension adjusting mechanism 35 adjusts the stacking space 31 according to dimensions that is set for a banknote to be stacked in the bundling-side stacking unit 21 . To maintain a constant position of the banknote stacked topmost, in the height direction of the stacked banknotes, the stage member 32 is gradually lowered as the banknotes are stacked.
  • the dimension adjusting mechanism 35 includes a banknote aligning mechanism 36 and a short-edge dimension adjusting mechanism 37 (not shown).
  • the banknote aligning mechanism 36 adjusts a position of the bundling-object-banknotes stacked in the stacking space 31 in a longitudinal direction according to the dimensions set for the banknote to be stacked therein.
  • the short-edge dimension adjusting mechanism 37 adjusts a short-edge dimension of the stacking space 31 according to the dimensions set for the banknote to be stacked therein.
  • the banknote aligning mechanism 36 includes left and right arm units 36 A that are swingably arranged at the end portion of each of the left side and right side walls 31 A and swing toward a direction Y inside the stacking space 31 , and stepping motors 36 B that swing the left and right arm units 36 A to the set positions according to the set banknote.
  • the banknote aligning mechanism 36 adjusts the position of the stacked banknotes in the longitudinal direction by tapping the side edges of the stacked banknotes stacked on the stage member 32 in the stacking space 31 with free ends of the left and right arm units 36 A that have been swung to the set swing position according to the set banknote.
  • the short-edge dimension adjusting mechanism 37 enables movement of the back side wall 31 B of the stacking space 31 in front-back direction X of banknote transportation, and adjusts the short-edge dimension of the stacking space 31 according to the short-edge dimension set for the banknote to be stacked in the stacking space 31 .
  • Three openings 31 C are provided into the back side wall 31 B to allow a hand unit 41 (see FIG. 2 ) of the pre-bundling transport unit 25 to advance into the stacking space 31 and hold the bundling-object-banknotes stacked in the stacking space 31 .
  • a shutter mechanism that can be opened and closed is provided below the back side wall 31 B to allow the hand unit 41 to pull out the bundling-object-banknotes from the stacking space 31 .
  • the pre-bundling transport unit 25 includes a transport unit 42 that has the hand unit 41 that holds a banknote bundle stacked in the bundling-side stacking unit 21 , a horizontal movement mechanism 43 that moves the transport unit 42 forward and backward (horizontal direction), and a vertical movement mechanism 44 that moves the transport unit 42 upward and downward (vertical direction).
  • the vertical movement mechanism 44 includes a guiding shaft 44 A that is vertically placed and that extends from a bottom end to a top end of the banknote bundling device 3 , and a driving belt 44 B that raises and lowers the transport unit 42 along the guiding shaft 44 A.
  • the transport unit 42 arranged in the pre-bundling transport unit 25 includes the hand unit 41 that can be moved forward and backward by a driving belt 43 A arranged in the horizontal movement mechanism 43 .
  • the hand unit 41 includes an upper hand 41 A with three holding pawls and a lower hand 41 B with three holding pawls facing each other and holds the bundling-object-banknotes stacked in the bundling-side stacking unit 21 with the opposing sets of holding pawls.
  • the lower hand 41 B is fixed whereas the upper hand 41 A is movable up and down by a driving belt 41 C.
  • the transport unit 42 holds the bundling-object-banknotes with the opposing holding pawls of the upper hand 41 A and the lower hand 41 B, and transports the bundling-object-banknotes to the bundling unit 22 or to the loose-banknotes returning outlet 24 .
  • the bundling unit 22 holds the bundling-object-banknotes with the hold and transport unit 27 of the post-bundling transport unit 26 and binds the one hundred bundling-object-banknotes with a bundling tape to bundle the bundling-object-banknotes.
  • the bundling unit 22 that makes the bundle of banknotes by bundling the bundling-object-banknotes with the bundling tape, includes a bundling tape reel 51 on which the bundling tape is winded, a bundling tape stopper 52 that stops a leading edge of the bundling tape being drawn from the bundling tape reel 51 at a predetermined position on the bundling-object-banknotes held by the hold and transport unit 27 , a swinging arm 53 that draws the bundling tape of which the leading edge has been stopped at the predetermined position on the bundling-object-banknotes and wraps the bundling tape around the bundling-object-banknotes at a predetermined bundling position, a cutter 54 that cuts the other end of the bundling tape after the bundling-object-banknotes have been wrapped at the predetermined bundling position, and a heater 55 that thermally bonds the other end of the bundling tape cut by the cutter 54 .
  • the hold and transport unit 27 holds and transports the bundle of banknotes to the bundled-banknotes lifting unit 61 arranged in the dispensing transport unit 28 .
  • the bundled-banknotes lifting unit 61 transports the bundle of banknotes held and transported by the hold and transport unit 27 toward the pushing mechanism 62 in the upper part of the banknote bundling device 3 .
  • the pushing mechanism 62 pushes and transports the bundle of banknotes to the dispense/hold mechanism 63 in a direction of the bundle dispensing outlet 23 (towards the front side of the apparatus) by pushing the bundle of banknotes transported to the upper part of the banknote bundling device 3 by the bundled-banknotes lifting unit 61 .
  • the dispense/hold mechanism 63 includes a bundled-banknotes stacking unit 63 A in which the bundle of banknotes, that is pushed and transported by the pushing mechanism 62 , is stacked, and a bundled banknotes stage 63 B for placing the bundle of banknotes stacked in the bundled-banknotes stacking unit 63 A.
  • the dispense/hold mechanism 63 adjusts a height of the bundled banknotes stage 63 B so that the bundle of banknotes pushed by the pushing mechanism 62 comes to rest on the topmost bundle of banknotes resting on the bundled banknotes stage 63 B.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of internal structure of the banknote sorting and bundling apparatus 1 .
  • the banknote sorting and bundling apparatus 1 includes, apart from the banknote recognition unit 14 , a stacker-side mechanism 110 arranged inside the banknote processing device 2 , a bundling-side mechanism 120 arranged inside the banknote bundling device 3 , an operation unit 130 for inputting various commands, a display control unit 140 that performs a display control of the display device 4 , a drive control unit 150 that performs a drive control of the stacker-side mechanism 110 and the bundling-side mechanism 120 , a dimension-adjustment drive control unit 160 that performs an adjustment control of the dimension adjusting mechanism 35 arranged inside the bundling-side mechanism 120 , and a control unit 170 that performs an overall control of the banknote sorting and bundling apparatus 1 .
  • the stacker-side mechanism 110 includes the feeding unit 12 , the banknote transport unit 13 , the banknote reversing unit 15 , the stacking wheel 16 E ( 17 C), the detection sensors 19 arranged in the banknote processing device 2 , and the diverting unit 13 A.
  • the bundling-side mechanism 120 includes the detection sensors 19 arranged in the banknote bundling device 3 , the banknote transport unit 13 , the diverting unit 13 A, the bundling unit 22 , the pre-bundling transport unit 25 , the post-bundling transport unit 26 , the dimension adjusting mechanism 35 , and the banknote aligner wheels 33 .
  • the post-bundling transport unit 26 includes the hold and transport unit 27 and the dispensing transport unit 28 .
  • the dimension adjusting mechanism 35 includes the banknote aligning mechanism 36 and the short-edge dimension adjusting mechanism 37 .
  • the control unit 170 sets the banknote-kind to be stacked (stacking banknote) in each of the stackers 16 , the first reject units 17 , the second reject unit 20 , and the bundling-side stacking units 21 .
  • the control unit 170 sets 5 Euro banknote for the first stacker 16 A, 50 Euro banknote for the second stacker 16 B, 100 Euro banknote for the third stacker 16 C, 200 Euro banknote for the fourth stacker 16 D, 500 Euro banknote for a first reject unit 17 A, and further sets, as initial settings, 10 Euro banknote for a first bundling-side stacking unit 21 A, 20 Euro banknote for a second bundling-side stacking unit 21 B, and a spare for a third bundling-side stacking unit 21 C.
  • the first reject unit 17 A can be used as a stacker for stacking rare kinds of banknotes such as 500 Euro banknotes.
  • the control unit 170 also identifies errors such as jamming of the banknotes on the transport path, based on a detection result of the detection sensors 19 .
  • the drive control unit 150 Upon receiving the banknote-kind of the transported banknote recognized by the banknote recognition unit 14 , if the banknote being transported through the banknote transport path 18 is of the banknote-kind (stacking banknote) set for any one of the stackers 16 or the bundling-side stacking unit 21 , the drive control unit 150 performs the drive control of the banknote transport unit 13 and the diverting unit 13 A so that the banknote being transported is sorted and stacked in the stacker 16 or the bundling-side stacking unit 21 corresponding to the banknote-kind.
  • the drive control unit 150 performs the drive control of the banknote transport unit 13 and the diverting unit 13 A so that the banknote is transported to the first reject unit 17 .
  • the drive control unit 150 performs the drive control of the banknote transport unit 13 and the diverting unit 13 A so that the transported banknote is sorted and stacked in the bundling-side stacking unit 21 .
  • the drive control unit 150 performs the drive control of the pre-bundling transport unit 25 so that the hand unit 41 arranged in the transport unit 42 of the pre-bundling transport unit 25 draws out the bundling-object-banknotes stacked in the first bundling-side stacking unit 21 A.
  • the control unit 170 switches the banknote-kind (stacking banknote) for the spare third bundling-side stacking unit 21 C to 10 Euro banknote, and once the one hundred banknotes of 10 Euro banknote are drawn out by the hand unit 41 arranged in the transport unit 42 , switches the banknote-kind (stacking banknote) for the first bundling-side stacking unit 21 A to the spare.
  • the dimension-adjustment drive control unit 160 performs the drive control of the dimension adjusting mechanism 35 of the third bundling-side stacking unit 21 C so that the third bundling-side stacking unit 21 C is adjusted according to the banknote dimension of the set banknote, that is, the 10 Euro banknote.
  • the dimension-adjustment drive control unit 160 manages, for every banknote-kind, the swing positions of the arm units 36 A arranged in the banknote aligning mechanism 36 and the short-edge dimension of the short-edge dimension adjusting mechanism 37 .
  • FIGS. 7A to 7C are drawings for clearly explaining action transitions of the dimension adjusting mechanism 35 of the bundling-side stacking unit 21 .
  • the dimension-adjustment drive control unit 160 performs the drive control of the short-edge dimension adjusting mechanism 37 so that the stacking space 31 is adjusted by moving the back side wall 31 B in the X direction according to the banknote set to be stacked therein.
  • the dimension-adjustment drive control unit 160 performs the drive control of the banknote aligning mechanism 36 so that the swing positions of the arm units 36 A of the banknote aligning mechanism 36 are set according to a long-edge dimension of the set banknote.
  • the dimension-adjustment drive control unit 160 first performs the drive control so that the back side wall 31 B is moved to a position according to the short-edge dimension of the set banknote, and the arm units 36 A of the banknote aligning mechanism 36 are held at the set swing positions according to the set long-edge dimension (see FIG. 7A ).
  • the dimension-adjustment drive control unit 160 Upon detection of the banknote approaching the stacking space 31 by the approach detecting sensors 34 , the dimension-adjustment drive control unit 160 performs the next drive control so that the left and right arm units 36 A are wide opened (see FIG. 7B ).
  • the dimension-adjustment drive control unit 160 After a lapse of a predetermined time period after the approach detecting sensors 34 detect that the banknote has passed the sensors, the dimension-adjustment drive control unit 160 performs the next drive control so that the left and right arm units 36 A swing to the set swing positions to adjust the position of the banknote stacked in the stacking space 31 in the longitudinal direction with the free ends of the left and right arm units 36 A (see FIG. 7C ).
  • FIGS. 8A to 8D are drawings for clearly explaining action transitions of the pre-bundling transport unit 25 .
  • the pre-bundling transport unit 25 moves, downward to a level of the lowermost edge, the stage member 32 arranged in the bundling-side stacking unit 21 in which the bundling-object-banknotes to be drawn out are stacked (see FIG. 8A ).
  • the transport unit 42 of the pre-bundling transport unit 25 through the action of the driving belt 44 B, moves downward along the guiding shaft 44 A to a position corresponding to the bundling-side stacking unit 21 in which the bundling-object-banknotes to be drawn out are stacked, that is, to a position where an upper surface of the lower hand 41 B is lower than the bottommost banknote of the bundling-object-banknotes stacked in the bundling-side stacking unit 21 (see FIG. 8A ).
  • the upper hand 41 A of the transport unit 42 of the pre-bundling transport unit 25 is moved upward, through the action of the driving belt 41 C, to a position where an upper surface of the upper hand 41 A is higher than the topmost banknote of the bundling-object-banknotes stacked in the bundling-side stacking unit 21 (see FIG. 8A ).
  • the upper hand 41 A and the lower hand 41 B are moved upward, through the action of the driving belt 41 C, to a position where an upper surface of the upper hand 41 A is higher than the topmost banknote of the bundling-object-banknotes stacked in the bundling-side stacking unit 21 (see FIG. 8A ).
  • the transport unit 42 is moved forward through the action of the driving belt 43 A of the horizontal movement mechanism 43 , and the movement causes the upper hand 41 A and the lower hand 41 B advance into the bundling-side stacking unit 21 through the opening 31 C formed on the back side wall 31 B of the bundling-side stacking unit 21 and be positioned such that the bundling-object-banknotes are disposed between the upper hand 41 A and the lower hand 41 B (see FIG. 8B ).
  • the upper hand 41 A of the transport unit 42 is moved downward through the action of the driving belt 41 C, so that the bundling-object-banknotes on the stage member 32 are tightly held between the upper hand 41 A and the lower hand 41 B (see FIG. 8C ).
  • the transport unit 42 is moved backward through the action of the driving belt 43 A of the horizontal movement mechanism 43 , and thus, the bundling-object-banknotes held by the upper hand 41 A and the lower hand 41 B are ready to be transported to the bundling unit 22 or the loose-banknotes returning outlet 24 (see FIG. 8D ).
  • the drive control unit 150 shown in FIG. 6 performs the drive control of the pre-bundling transport unit 25 so that when the number of the bundling-object-banknotes stacked in the bundling-side stacking unit 21 reaches one hundred, the hand unit 41 of the transport unit 42 arranged in the pre-bundling transport unit 25 advances into the stacking space 31 through the opening 31 C of the back side wall 31 B, holds the bundling-object-banknotes on the stage member 32 , and draws out the held bundling-object-banknotes from the bundling-side stacking unit 21 to transport to the bundling unit 22 .
  • the drive control unit 150 performs the drive control of the pre-bundling transport unit 25 so that the hand unit 41 of the transport unit 42 advances into the stacking space 31 through the opening 31 C of the back side wall 31 B, holds the bundling-object-banknotes on the stage member 32 , and draws out the held loose banknotes of the bundling-object-banknotes from the bundling-side stacking unit 21 to transport to the loose-banknotes returning outlet 24 .
  • the drive control unit 150 raises the stage member 32 arranged in the bundling-side stacking unit 21 and returns it to a normal standby position for waiting banknotes to be stacked therein.
  • the drive control unit 150 subsequently transports the banknote to the first reject unit 17 B.
  • the drive control unit 150 performs the drive control of the banknote transport unit 13 and the diverting unit 13 A so that the banknote is transported to the second reject unit 20 .
  • transport errors such as skewed state of the banknote on the banknote transport path 18 , or chained banknotes on the banknote transport path 18 , or double feed of the banknotes on the banknote transport path 18 , etc., occur downstream of the first reject unit 17 B, that is, on the second transport path 18 B or the third transport path 18 C, recovery can be achieved quickly by transporting the error banknotes to the second reject unit 20 , as compared with stopping the transport of the banknotes.
  • FIGS. 9A to 9K are drawings for clearly explaining action transitions of the dispensing transport unit 28 of the post-bundling transport unit 26 .
  • a transport lift 61 A, for placing the bundle of banknotes transported by the hold and transport unit 27 , of the bundled-banknotes lifting unit 61 of the dispensing transport unit 28 is at the bottommost position in a standby state (see FIG. 9A ).
  • the bundle of banknotes is transported to a position above the transport lift 61 A of the bundled-banknotes lifting unit 61 by the hold and transport unit 27 (see FIG. 9B ).
  • the transport lift 61 A on the bundled-banknotes lifting unit 61 side is raised up to the bundle of banknotes so that the bundle of banknotes rests thereon (see FIG. 9C ).
  • the hold and transport unit 27 releases its hold of the bundle of banknotes (see FIG. 9D ), and moves backward to a standby position (see FIG. 9E ).
  • the standby position of the hold and transport unit 27 corresponds to a position where it can accept the bundling-object-banknotes from the pre-bundling transport unit 25 .
  • the bundled-banknotes lifting unit 61 raises the transport lift 61 A on which the bundle of banknotes is placed.
  • a push transport unit 62 A of the pushing mechanism 62 attains a pushed status by a link mechanism 61 B as the transport lift 61 A rises (see FIG. 9F ), and the bundle of banknotes placed on the transport lift 61 A is set on the push transport unit 62 A (see FIG. 9G ).
  • the push transport unit 62 A pushes and transports the bundle of banknotes thereon towards the bundle dispensing outlet 23 (see FIG. 9H ) located on the front side of the apparatus.
  • the bundled-banknotes lifting unit 61 lowers the transport lift 61 A to the bottommost position.
  • the push transport unit 62 A returns to its original standby state by the action of the link mechanism 61 B which is moved with the lowering action.
  • the bundle of banknotes is stacked in the bundled-banknotes stacking unit 63 A arranged in the dispense/hold mechanism 63 (see FIGS. 9I and 9J ).
  • the dispense/hold mechanism 63 adjusts the position of the bundled banknotes stage 63 B arranged in the bundled-banknotes stacking unit 63 A so that the topmost bundle of banknotes among those stacked in the bundled-banknotes stacking unit 63 A is held at the position of the bundle dispensing outlet 23 (see FIG. 9K ).
  • the banknote sorting and bundling apparatus corresponds to the banknote sorting and bundling apparatus 1
  • a banknote bundling device corresponds to the banknote bundling device 3
  • the input port corresponds to the hopper unit 11
  • a sorting and stacking unit corresponds to the stacker 16
  • the bundling-side stacking unit corresponds to the bundling-side stacking unit 21
  • a bundling unit corresponds to the bundling unit 22
  • the first transport path corresponds to the first transport path 18 A
  • the second transport path corresponds to the second transport path 18 B
  • the third transport path corresponds to the third transport path 18 C
  • the banknote transport path corresponds to the banknote transport path 18
  • the diverting unit corresponds to the diverting unit 13 A
  • the banknote transport unit corresponds to the banknote transport unit 13
  • the drive control unit corresponds to the drive control unit 150
  • the bundle dispensing outlet corresponds to the bundle dispensing outlet 23
  • a first reject unit corresponds to the
  • the banknote-kind (stacking banknote) for the first stacker 16 A is set to 5 Euro banknote
  • 50 Euro banknote is set for the second stacker 16 B
  • 100 Euro banknote is set for the third stacker 16 C
  • 200 Euro banknote is set for the fourth stacker 16 D
  • 500 Euro banknote is set for the first reject unit 17 A
  • 10 Euro banknote is set for the first bundling-side stacking unit 21 A
  • 20 Euro banknote is set for the second bundling-side stacking unit 21 B
  • the third bundling-side stacking unit 21 C is set as a spare stacking unit.
  • the operator deposits a plurality of Euro banknotes of mixed kinds in the hopper unit 11 .
  • the banknote sorting and bundling apparatus 1 sequentially transports the banknotes, one by one, deposited in the hopper unit 11 by the feeding unit 12 to the first transport path 18 A.
  • the control unit 170 obtains from the banknote recognition unit 14 the banknote-kind of the banknote transported through the first transport path 18 A, and transmits the banknote-kind to the drive control unit 150 .
  • the drive control unit 150 transports the banknote, based on the recognized banknote-kind of the banknote transported through the first transport path 18 A, to the corresponding one among stacker 16 (the first stacker 16 A to the fourth stacker 16 D), the first reject unit 17 A, or the bundling-side stacking unit 21 (the first bundling-side stacking unit 21 A to the third bundling-side stacking unit 21 C).
  • the drive control unit 150 transports the banknote to the first reject unit 17 A if the banknote-kind of the banknote being transported through the first transport path 18 A is recognized to be a 500 Euro.
  • the drive control unit 150 transports the banknote through the reversing route or the non-reversing route of the banknote reversing unit 15 so that the banknotes faces in the specific direction, for example, face-up direction, and the banknotes faces in the same specific direction are transported through the third transport path 18 C.
  • the drive control unit 150 sorts and stacks the banknote being transported through the third transport path 18 C according to the banknote-kind thereof. For example, if the banknote being transported is a 5 Euro banknote, the drive control unit 150 transports the banknote to the first stacker 16 A and stacks it therein.
  • the drive control unit 150 transports the banknote to the second stacker 16 B and stacks it therein.
  • the drive control unit 150 transports the banknote to the third stacker 16 C and stacks it therein.
  • the drive control unit 150 transports the banknote to the fourth stacker 16 D and stacks it therein.
  • the drive control unit 150 transports the banknote to the first bundling-side stacking unit 21 A and stacks it therein.
  • the drive control unit 150 transports the banknote to the second bundling-side stacking unit 21 B and stacks it therein.
  • the drive control unit 150 transports all the Euro banknotes except 500 Euro banknotes through the first transport path 18 A, the second transport path 18 B, and the third transport path 18 C, in that order, to stack them in one of the stackers 16 or the bundling-side stacking units 21 .
  • the drive control unit 150 draws out the one hundred bundling-object-banknotes through the action of the hand unit 41 arranged in the transport unit 42 , and transports the bundling-object-banknotes to the bundling unit 22 .
  • the control unit 170 switches the banknote-kind (stacking banknote) of the spare third bundling-side stacking unit 21 C to 10 Euro banknotes.
  • the banknote-kind (stacking banknote) for the first bundling-side stacking unit 21 A in which the banknotes can be stacked again is set as a spare stacking unit.
  • the drive control unit 150 holds the one hundred banknotes drawn from the first bundling-side stacking unit 21 A through the action of the hand unit 41 arranged in the transport unit 42 , transports the bundling-object-banknotes to the hold and transport unit 27 , and after the bundling tape has been wrapped around the one hundred bundling-object-banknotes set on the hold and transport unit 27 , transports the bundle of banknotes, by the hold and transport unit 27 , to the bundled-banknotes lifting unit 61 arranged in the dispensing transport unit 28 .
  • the bundled-banknotes lifting unit 61 transports the bundle of banknotes received from the hold and transport unit 27 to the push transport unit 62 A located in the upper part of the apparatus.
  • the push transport unit 62 A stacks the bundle of banknotes in the bundled-banknotes stacking unit 63 A in the bundle dispensing outlet 23 located on the front side of the apparatus, and the bundle of banknotes is held at the position of the bundle dispensing outlet 23 located near the hopper unit 11 .
  • the operator shown in a dotted line, can reach the bundle of banknotes at the bundle dispensing outlet 23 .
  • the banknotes are transported through, in that order, the hopper unit 11 , the first transport path 18 A, the second transport path 18 B, the third transport path 18 C, the bundling-side stacking unit 21 , the pre-bundling transport unit 25 , the bundling unit 22 and the hold and transport unit 27 , the bundled-banknotes lifting unit 61 , the push transport unit 62 A, and the bundled-banknotes stacking unit 63 A, before the bundle of banknotes is dispensed and stacked at the position of the bundle dispensing outlet 23 . Consequently, as shown in FIG. 10 , the operator can collect the bundle of banknotes at the bundle dispensing outlet 23 located near the hopper unit 11 without having to move from the position for the hopper unit 11 .
  • the drive control unit 150 draws out the one hundred bundling-object-banknotes through the action of the hand unit 41 arranged in the transport unit 42 , and transports the bundling-object-banknotes to the bundling unit 22 .
  • the control unit 170 switches the banknote-kind (stacking banknote) of the spare first bundling-side stacking unit 21 A to 20 Euro banknote.
  • the banknote-kind (stacking banknote) of the second bundling-side stacking unit 21 B in which the banknotes can be stacked again is set as a spare stacking unit.
  • the banknote-kind (stacking banknote) of the first bundling-side stacking unit 21 A which was earlier set as spare stacking unit, now needs to be set to 20 Euro banknote.
  • the time, required by the dimension adjusting mechanism 35 for dimension adjustment can be gained since it needs time to transport the banknote.
  • the banknote fed from the hopper 11 has to pass above the stacker 16 , and be transported through the first transport path 18 A, the second transport path 18 B, and the third transport path 18 C, in that order, before being stacked in the stacker 16 or the bundling-side stacking unit 21 .
  • the drive control unit 150 subsequently transports the banknote, that is transported downstream of the first reject unit 17 B, to the second reject unit 20 .
  • the banknote can be removed from the second reject unit 20 without having to stop the operation.
  • the first embodiment includes the banknote transport path 18 that, in turn, includes the first transport path 18 A that is connected to the hopper unit 11 and that passes above the stackers 16 , the second transport path 18 B that is connected to the first transport path 18 A and that bends back in the arrangement direction of the stackers 16 , and the third transport path 18 C that is connected to the second transport path 18 B, the stackers 16 and the bundling-side stacking unit 21 , and the post-bundling transport unit 26 that dispenses the bundle of banknotes bundled by the bundling unit 22 to the bundle dispensing outlet 23 located near the hopper unit 11 .
  • the banknote reversing unit 15 that reverses the banknote so that a banknote faces in a specific direction, namely, the face-up or the face-down, is arranged on the second transport path 18 B. Consequently, the transported banknotes can be faced in the specific direction.
  • the one hundred bundling-object-banknotes are transported by the pre-bundling transport unit 25 to the bundling unit 22 where the bundling-object-banknotes are bundled. Subsequently, the bundle of banknotes is transported to the bundle dispensing outlet 23 through the actions of the hold and transport unit 27 , the bundled-banknotes lifting unit 61 , the push transport unit 62 A, and the bundled-banknotes stacking unit 63 A.
  • the banknote recognition unit 14 and the first reject unit 17 are provided on the first transport path 18 A, and the second reject unit 20 is provided at the far end on the third transport path 18 C.
  • the banknote on the second transport path 18 B or the third transport path 18 C is transported to the second reject unit 20 .
  • the banknote on the second transport path 18 B and the third transport path 18 C can be removed from the second reject unit 20 , which is arranged at the far end of the third transport path 18 C, without having to stop the operation.
  • operation availability of the apparatus can be improved.
  • two bundling-side stacking units 21 are provided for sorting and stacking the banknotes of different predetermined banknote-kinds, and one bundling-side stacking unit 21 , for which no banknote-kind is set, is provided as a spare stacking unit.
  • the banknote-kind currently set for this stacking unit is set for the spare bundling-side stacking unit 21 , and the banknote-kind (stacking banknote) for this stacking unit, from which the one hundred banknotes are drawn out by the hand unit 41 of the transport unit 42 and in which the banknotes can be stacked again, is switched to the spare.
  • the bundling-object-banknotes stacked in one bundling-side stacking unit 21 can be subsequently stacked in the spare bundling-side stacking unit 21 in which no banknotes are stacked without having to stop the stacking operation. Consequently, a situation, where when the number of the bundling-object-banknotes stacked in one bundling-side stacking unit 21 reaches one hundred, there is no free stacking unit for stacking the subsequent bundling-object-banknotes, can be reliably avoided while keeping the number of the bundling-side stacking units 21 to the minimum (three). In addition, the operation availability of the apparatus is improved.
  • one banknote bundling device 3 is connected with one banknote processing device 2 .
  • a banknote sorting and bundling apparatus 1 A in which a plurality of the banknote bundling devices 3 , for example, two banknote bundling devices 3 , is connected with one banknote processing device 2 is explained in a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 11 is a schematic drawing of an internal structure of a banknote sorting and bundling apparatus according to the second embodiment.
  • the parts that are identical to those in the banknote sorting and bundling apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment have been assigned the same reference numerals, and the explanation thereof is omitted.
  • an additional banknote bundling device 3 B is connected to a banknote bundling device 3 A through the third transport path 18 C, and a second reject unit 20 B is arranged at the far end of the third transport path 18 C.
  • the banknote reversing unit 15 arranged on the second transport path 18 B includes a short-edge reversing unit 15 B that is capable of reversing the banknote being transported in the short-edge direction, and a long-edge reversing unit 15 C that is capable of reversing the banknote being transported in the long-edge direction.
  • FIG. 12 is a drawing for clearly explaining reversing processes performed by the short-edge reversing unit 15 B and the long-edge reversing unit 15 C.
  • the banknote When transporting the banknote in the state A, shown in FIG. 12 , to the third transport path 18 C, the banknote is transported in the state A via the non-reversing route for both the short-edge reversing unit 15 B and the long-edge reversing unit 15 C, and no reversing process is performed by the short-edge reversing unit 15 B or the long-edge reversing unit 15 C.
  • the banknote When transporting the banknote that is in the state B to the third transport path 18 C, the banknote is transported via the non-reversing route for the short-edge reversing unit 15 B and via the reversing route for the long-edge reversing unit 15 C. Therefore, no reversing process is performed by the short-edge reversing unit 15 B and the reversing process is performed by the long-edge reversing unit 15 C so that the banknote is in the state A before it is transported to the third transport path 18 C.
  • the banknote When transporting the banknote that is in a state C to the third transport path 18 C, the banknote is first transported via the reversing route to perform the reversing process in the short-edge reversing unit 15 B and then transported via the reversing route to perform the reversing process in the long-edge reversing unit 15 C so that the banknote is in the state A before it is transported to the third transport path 18 C.
  • the banknote When transporting the banknote that is in a state D to the third transport path 18 C, the banknote is transported via the reversing route to perform the reversing process in the short-edge reversing unit 15 B and via the non-reversing route not to perform the reversing process in the long-edge reversing unit 15 C so that the banknote is in the state A before it is transported to the third transport path 18 C.
  • a banknote sorting and bundling apparatus corresponds to the banknote sorting and bundling apparatus 1 A
  • a banknote bundling device corresponds to the banknote bundling devices 3 A and 3 B
  • a bundling unit corresponds to the bundling unit 22 arranged in each of the banknote bundling devices 3 A and 3 B
  • a second reject unit corresponds to the second reject unit 20 B
  • a face reversing unit corresponds to the banknote reversing unit 15 .
  • the banknote-kind (stacking banknote) for the first stacker 16 A is set to 5 Euro banknote
  • 50 Euro banknote is set for the second stacker 16 B
  • 100 Euro banknote is set for the third stacker 16 C
  • 200 Euro banknote is set for the fourth stacker 16 D
  • 500 Euro banknote is set for the first reject unit 17 A.
  • the banknote-kind (stacking banknote) for the first bundling-side stacking unit 21 A is set to 10 Euro fit note
  • 20 Euro fit note is set for the second bundling-side stacking unit 21 B
  • the third bundling-side stacking unit 21 C is set as a spare stacking unit.
  • the banknote-kind (stacking banknote) for the first bundling-side stacking unit 21 A is set to 10 Euro unfit note
  • 20 Euro fit note is set for the second bundling-side stacking unit 21 B
  • the third bundling-side stacking unit 21 C is set as a spare stacking unit.
  • the operator deposits a plurality of Euro banknotes of mixed kinds in the hopper unit 11 .
  • the banknote sorting and bundling apparatus 1 A sequentially transports the banknote, one by one, deposited in the hopper unit 11 through the action of the feeding unit 12 thorough the first transport path 18 A.
  • the control unit 170 obtains from the banknote recognition unit 14 the banknote-kind of the banknote transported through the first transport path 18 A, and transmits the banknote-kind to the drive control unit 150 .
  • the drive control unit 150 transports the banknote, based on the recognized banknote-kind of the banknote transported through the first transport path 18 A, to the stacker 16 (the first stacker 16 A to the fourth stacker 16 D), the first reject unit 17 A, or the bundling-side stacking unit 21 (the first bundling-side stacking unit 21 A to the third bundling-side stacking unit 21 C) corresponding to the banknote-kind.
  • the drive control unit 150 transports the banknote to the first reject unit 17 A if the banknote-kind of the banknote being transported through the first transport path 18 A is recognized to be a 500 Euro.
  • the drive control unit 150 When the banknote is being transported to the second transport path 18 B from the first transport path 18 A, the drive control unit 150 perform a process so that the banknote faces in a specific direction through the action of the banknote reversing unit 15 A, and transports the banknote facing in the specific direction through the third transport path 18 C.
  • the drive control unit 150 sorts and stacks the banknote being transported through the third transport path 18 C according to the banknote-kind thereof. If the banknote being transported is a 5 Euro banknote, the drive control unit 150 transports the banknote to the first stacker 16 A and stacks it therein.
  • the drive control unit 150 transports the banknote to the second stacker 16 B and stacks it therein.
  • the drive control unit 150 transports the banknote to the third stacker 16 C and stacks it therein.
  • the drive control unit 150 transports the banknote to the fourth stacker 16 D and stacks it therein.
  • the drive control unit 150 transports the banknote to the first bundling-side stacking unit 21 A arranged in the first banknote bundling device 3 A and stacks it therein.
  • the drive control unit 150 transports the banknote to the second bundling-side stacking unit 21 B arranged in the first banknote bundling device 3 A and stacks it therein.
  • the drive control unit 150 transports the banknote to the first bundling-side stacking unit 21 A arranged in the second banknote bundling device 3 B and stacks it therein.
  • the drive control unit 150 transports the banknote to the second bundling-side stacking unit 21 B arranged in the second banknote bundling device 3 B and stacks it therein.
  • the drive control unit 150 transports all the Euro banknotes except 500 Euro banknotes through the first transport path 18 A, the second transport path 18 B, and the third transport path 18 C in that order to stack them in one of the stackers 16 or the bundling-side stacking units 21 arranged in the first banknote bundling device 3 A or the second banknote bundling device 3 B.
  • the drive control unit 150 draws out the one hundred bundling-object-banknotes through the action of the hand unit 41 in the transport unit 42 , and transports the bundling-object-banknotes to the bundling unit 22 arranged in the first banknote bundling device 3 A.
  • the control unit 170 switches the banknote-kind (stacking banknote) for the spare third bundling-side stacking unit 21 C arranged in the first banknote bundling device 3 A to 10 Euro fit note, and sets the banknote-kind (stacking banknote) for the first bundling-side stacking unit 21 A, in which the banknotes can be stacked again, arranged in the first banknote bundling device 3 A, to the spare.
  • the drive control unit 150 holds the one hundred banknotes drawn out from the first bundling-side stacking unit 21 A arranged in the first banknote bundling device 3 A through the action of the hand unit 41 arranged in the transport unit 42 , and after the banknotes have been set and bundled with the bundling tape, transports the bundle of banknotes, by the hold and transport unit 27 arranged in the first banknote bundling device 3 A, to the bundled-banknotes lifting unit 61 arranged in the first banknote bundling device 3 A.
  • the bundled-banknotes lifting unit 61 arranged in the first banknote bundling device 3 A transports the bundle of banknotes received from the hold and transport unit 27 to the push transport unit 62 A on the upper part of the apparatus.
  • the push transport unit 62 A arranged in the first banknote bundling device 3 A transports the bundle of banknotes to the bundled-banknotes stacking unit 63 A having the bundle dispensing outlet 23 located on the front side of the apparatus, and holds the bundle of banknotes at the position of the bundle dispensing outlet 23 located near the hopper unit 11 . An operator can reach the bundle of banknotes at the bundle dispensing outlet 23 .
  • the operator can collect the bundle of banknotes, for example, bundled fit notes of 10 Euros and 20 Euros to be reused within the bank, from the bundle dispensing outlet 23 located near the hopper unit 11 without having to move from the position for the hopper unit 11 .
  • the drive control unit 150 draws out the one hundred bundling-object-banknotes through the action of the hand unit 41 arranged in the transport unit 42 , and transports the bundling-object-banknotes to the bundling unit 22 arranged in the second banknote bundling device 3 B.
  • the control unit 170 switches the banknote-kind (stacking banknote) for the spare third bundling-side stacking unit 21 C arranged in the second banknote bundling device 3 B to 10 Euro unfit note, and the banknote-kind (stacking banknote) for the first bundling-side stacking unit 21 A, in which the banknotes can be stacked again, arranged in the second banknote bundling device 3 B to the spare.
  • the drive control unit 150 holds the one hundred banknotes drawn out from the first bundling-side stacking unit 21 A through the action of the hand unit 41 arranged in the transport unit 42 , and after the banknotes have been set and bundled with the bundling tape, transports the bundle of banknotes, by the hold and transport unit 27 arranged in the second banknote bundling device 3 B, to the bundled-banknotes lifting unit 61 arranged in the second banknote bundling device 3 B.
  • the bundled-banknotes lifting unit 61 arranged in the second banknote bundling device 3 B transports the bundle of banknotes received from the hold and transport unit 27 to the push transport unit 62 A on the upper part of the apparatus.
  • the push transport unit 62 A arranged in the second banknote bundling device 3 B transports the bundle of banknotes to the bundled-banknotes stacking unit 63 A having the bundle dispensing outlet 23 located on the front side of the apparatus, and holds the bundle of banknotes at the position of the bundle dispensing outlet 23 .
  • the operator can collect the bundle of banknotes, for example, bundled unfit notes of 10 Euros and 20 Euros to be returned to central bank, from the bundle dispensing outlet 23 located near the hopper unit 11 without having to move from the hopper unit 11 .
  • the drive control unit 150 draws out the one hundred bundling-object-banknotes through the action of the hand unit 41 arranged in the transport unit 42 , and transports the bundling-object-banknotes to the bundling unit 22 .
  • the control unit 170 switches the banknote-kind (stacking banknote) for the spare first bundling-side stacking unit 21 A arranged in the second banknote bundling device 3 B to 20 Euro unfit note, and the banknote-kind (stacking banknote) for the second bundling-side stacking unit 21 B, in which the banknotes can be stacked, arranged in the second banknote bundling device 3 B to the spare.
  • the drive control unit 150 When a transport error of the banknote being transported downstream of the first reject unit 17 B is detected by the detection sensor 19 , the drive control unit 150 subsequently transports the banknote to the second reject unit 20 B that is located downstream of the first reject unit 17 B.
  • the banknote can be removed from the second reject unit 20 B without having to stop the operation.
  • connection of a plurality of the banknote bundling devices 3 has been enabled, and the drive control of the banknote transport unit 13 and the diverting unit 13 A is performed so that the banknotes are sorted and stacked to the corresponding bundling-side stacking units 21 of each bundling unit 22 through the third transport path 18 C. Consequently, a plurality of the banknote bundling devices 3 can be installed.
  • the banknote bundling devices 3 each including the bundling unit 22 , the bundling-side stacking units 21 , and the post-bundling transport unit 26 , are connected, in the banknote bundling device 3 A that is at an upstream location, the bundle of banknotes bundled by the bundling unit 22 arranged in the banknote bundling device 3 A is dispensed from the bundle dispensing outlet 23 arranged in the banknote bundling device 3 A, whereas in the banknote bundling device 3 B that is at a downstream location, the bundle of banknotes bundled by the bundling unit 22 arranged in the banknote bundling device 3 B is dispensed from a bundle dispensing outlet 23 A arranged in the banknote bundling device 3 B that is located near the hopper unit 11 .
  • the operator can as easily access the bundle dispensing outlet 23 in the banknote bundling device 3 A as he/she can access the bundle dispensing outlet 23 A in the banknote bundling device 3 B without having to move from the hopper unit 11 .
  • the one hundred bundling-object-banknotes are transported by the pre-bundling transport unit 25 to the bundling unit 22 of the respective banknote bundling device 3 , and once the bundling-object-banknotes are bundled by the bundling unit 22 , the bundle of banknotes is transported to the bundle dispensing outlet 23 ( 23 A) through the actions of the hold and transport unit 27 , the bundled-banknotes lifting unit 61 , the push transport unit 62 A, and the bundled-banknotes stacking unit 63 A of the respective banknote bundling device 3 .
  • the banknote recognition unit 14 and the first reject unit 17 are provided on the first transport path 18 A, and the second reject unit 20 B is provided at the far end on the third transport path 18 C inside the second banknote bundling device 3 B.
  • the transport error of the banknote is detected downstream of the first reject unit 17 B
  • the banknote that is downstream of the first reject unit 17 B is transported to the second reject unit 20 B. Consequently, even when the transport error of the banknote is detected downstream of the first reject unit 17 B, the banknote can be removed from the second reject unit 20 B, which is arranged at a far end of the third transport path 18 C, without having to stop the operation.
  • the operation availability of the apparatus is improved.
  • two bundling-side stacking units 21 are provided for sorting and stacking the banknotes of different predetermined banknote-kinds, and one bundling-side stacking unit 21 for which no banknote-kind is set is provided as a spare stacking unit.
  • the banknote-kind currently set for this stacking unit is set for the spare bundling-side stacking unit 21 , and the banknote-kind (stacking banknote) for this stacking unit, from which the one hundred banknotes are drawn out by the hand unit 41 of the transport unit 42 and in which the banknotes can be stacked again, is switched to the spare.
  • the bundling-object-banknotes stacked in one bundling-side stacking unit 21 can be subsequently stacked in the spare bundling-side stacking unit 21 , in which no banknotes are stacked, without having to stop the stacking operation. Consequently, a situation, where when the number of the bundling-object-banknotes stacked in one bundling-side stacking unit 21 reaches one hundred, no free stacking unit is available for stacking the banknotes of the concerned banknote-kind, can be reliably avoided while keeping the number of the bundling-side stacking units 21 to the minimum (three) in each of the banknote bundling devices 3 ( 3 A and 3 B). In addition, the operation availability of the apparatus is improved.
  • control unit 170 and the drive control unit 150 are provided inside the banknote sorting and bundling apparatus 1 , they can be provided either inside the banknote processing device 2 or the banknote bundling device 3 arranged in the banknote sorting and bundling apparatus 1 .
  • the denomination kind (stacking banknotes) for the first reject unit 17 A can be set to 2 US dollar
  • 1 US dollar can be set for the first stacker 16 A
  • 5 US dollar can be set for the second stacker 16 B
  • 50 US dollar can be set for the third stacker 16 C
  • 100 US dollar can be set for the fourth stacker 16 D
  • 10 US dollar can be set for the first bundling-side stacking unit 21 A
  • 20 US dollar can be set for the second bundling-side stacking unit 21 B
  • the third bundling-side stacking unit 21 C can be set as a spare.
  • the constituent elements of the apparatus illustrated are merely conceptual and may not necessarily physically resemble the structures shown in the drawings.
  • the apparatus need not necessarily have the structure that is illustrated.
  • the apparatus as a whole or in parts can be broken down or integrated either functionally or physically in accordance with the load or how the device is to be used.
  • Each processing function performed by the apparatus can be entirely or partially performed by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (or a micro computer such as an MPU (Micro Processing Unit) and an MCU (Micro Controller Unit)), or a computer program executed by the CPU (or the micro computer such as the MPU and the MCU), or a hardware using wired logic.
  • a CPU Central Processing Unit
  • MPU Micro Processing Unit
  • MCU Micro Controller Unit
  • the banknote sorting and bundling apparatus according to the present invention can be used in the financial institutions, etc., because, compared with the conventional technology, in the present invention, a layout is realized by which the bundle dispensing outlet can be accessed by an operator at the position for the input port while greatly decreasing the cost and the installation space of the whole apparatus, and the work efficiency of the operator is significantly improved because the operator can access the bundle dispensing outlet without having to move from the position for the input port.

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