JPS62135145A - Method of recovering sealing band - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing method in which a binding band applied to a paper sheet such as a banknote or securities is unsealed and a predetermined process is performed. The present invention relates to a method for recovering a sealing band widely used in devices and the like.

[Technical foreshadowing of the invention and its problems] Some paper sheet processing devices of this type automatically process paper sheets when a bundle of banknotes (hereinafter simply referred to as notes) such as banknotes is inserted into the main body of the processing device. In some cases, the band of the banknotes is untied, the banknotes are taken out one by one, the banknotes are inspected, and then the banknotes are sorted, stacked, etc. based on the results.

For example, 100 banknotes are tied together into a single bundle using a binding band such as a paper band, and this is further tied into 10 banknotes each using a large binding band to form a large bundle. Then, when this large bundle is put into the conveyance means and sent into the main body of the processing device,
The cutter in the pre-processing process cuts out the large bundle of large binding bands and separates them into 10 binding bundles, and also opens the binding bands of each of the binding bundles one after another. A bundle of M-sealed banknotes is made into a stack of 100 banknotes (hereinafter simply referred to as an unsealed bundle).

The unsealed bundles are transported to a take-out device by a paper sheet supply means in a subsequent process, where the unsealed bundles are taken out one by one starting from the top layer of the unsealed bundles, and are then carried out in a subsequent process, such as an inspection department. The paper sheets are sent to the machine and subjected to inspection one by one to determine whether they are true or false or good or bad. Based on the audit results, the paper is sorted and sorted, and the paper is stacked in a predetermined stacking section.

In this way, in conventional paper sheet processing equipment, a cutter in the pre-processing process cuts out the large binding band of a large bundle into 10 binding bundles, and then separates each binding band on the way to the take-out device. Although the binding band of the handle is opened by cutting, there have been various difficulties in collecting the binding band after opening, so it is hoped that a new efficient collection method will emerge. It was wanted.

[Purpose of the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of this situation, and provides a method for recovering a sealing band that can reliably and easily recover the sealing band after being unsealed from an unsealing bag. The purpose is to

[Summary of the Invention] The outline of the present invention for achieving the above object is that the unsealed sealing band of the unsealed bag, which has been unsealed by cutting on one end surface side, is attached to the end surface opposite to the cut end surface. On the side, after opening, the sealing band is collected by sandwiching it together with the unsealing bag from above and below.

[Embodiments of the Invention] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on illustrated embodiments. Among the special terms used in the explanation, (a) the edict ``sealing'' is used to describe, for example, banknotes, etc. 100 sheets of paper are stacked together and sealed with a paper band or other binding band. In other words, 100 paper sheets such as banknotes are stacked together without being separated into pieces. (d) The ``Best Coupon'' edict is recognized as legitimate and valid based on inspection results such as ``true/false'' and ``good/bad'' and is reused. (e) The term "reusable ticket" refers to a ticket that is in the cleanest range among the regular tickets offered for sale. Each term shall mean an authorized ticket that can be used.

FIG. 1 shows the general structure of a paper sheet processing device used, for example, in an automatic banknote inspection device. A bundle conveying device 2 serves as a means for conveying paper sheets into the main body 1, and an operator manually inserts an arbitrary number of unsealed banknotes (hereinafter referred to as "loose notes"). “Loose tickets” provided separately from the bundle conveying device 2
The loading device 3 is connected to an operation display section 4 for issuing operation commands for each operating section of these devices 2 and 3.

Furthermore, inside the device main body 1, there are a take-out module 5 which mainly controls pre-processing functions, and a detection module 6 to detect bank notes sent one by one from the take-out module 5.
- A first accumulation module 7 and a second accumulation module 8 are provided which mainly perform post-processing of banknotes sent from this detection module 6, and these modules 5.6
．． 7 and 8 are respectively partitioned by partition walls inside the device main body 1.

The takeout module 5, which is most relevant to the present invention, includes a band cutter device 5A, a band processing device (not shown), a ticket supply device 5B, a takeout device 5C, a detection device 5D, and a rejected ticket. The accumulating device 50, the rejected ticket cassette 1-5F and the cutter ffM4tA5G, the transfer mechanism/unsealing grip supply mechanism (both not shown) and the band collecting device 20 which are carried out later are provided respectively. There is.

Among these, the band cutting device 5A cuts the large band (1 in the second figure) of the large bundle (10T in the second figure) sent from the bundle conveyance device 2 by an appropriate method to 10 pieces.
It is for separating the grips into the sealed grips (T shown in the second diagram), and the binding processing device (not shown) separates these sealed grips T.
This is to sequentially stack them again for convenience in processing at the next stage (for example, 5G).

Then, the ticket feeding device 5B receives the "bulk tickets" inputted from the "bulk ticket" input device 3 and the "bulk ticket" inserted from the "bulk ticket" input device 3, which has been sealed and bundled in the previous month by the cutter mechanism 5G, which will be described later. The extractor 5C takes out banknotes one by one from the top layer of the supplied unsealed bundle T-, or takes out "loose notes" one by one. It is for taking out and sending it to each of the next-stage detection device 5D and the subsequent-stage detection module 6.

The detection device 5D also detects abnormal characteristics (for example, stacking, skew, short pitch, (such as items in a condition that cannot be inspected),
The rejected ticket accumulating device 5E detects "abnormality" in the middle of the conveyance path 10A based on the results of the inspection (inspection for uninspectable or counterfeit bills) by the detection device 5D and the detection module 6 in the subsequent stage. ” are rejected to the excluded ticket cassette 5 [and
1: It is for accumulating in.

The cutter mechanism 5G, which can also be configured as a part of the band cutter device 5A, cuts the band (M in the second diagram) of the band T in which the 10 large bundles have been "separated" from the previous month. The transfer mechanism (not shown) transports the unsealed bundle T- from the cutter machine MA5G to the unsealed bundle feeding machine in the binding band collecting device 20 (to be described later). This is for transporting to the backup 33.

Here, details of the band collecting device 20 according to the invention will be explained using FIGS. 3 to 6.

As shown in FIG. 3, this collecting device 20 includes at least a taking-in collecting mechanism 21 for centrally picking off the previous month's binding band M from the unsealing bag T', and A pushing mechanism 22 for pushing the separation band M- into the compression accumulation mechanism 23 of the next stage, and a pushing mechanism 22 for pushing the separation band M-
Compress 10 pieces one by one from the top until you have enough pieces.
A compression and accumulation mechanism 23 for binding and stacking the batches into one unit of the separating band group 10M-, a conveyor 24, and the 10 batches of the separating band group 10M- sent by the transporter 24, It has a bundling part 25 for bundling into the heat-sealed bands 1-1 by a heat-sealing method or the like, and the separated banding band group 10M', which is sequentially bundled into 10 bands, is as shown in the third figure. It is configured so that it can be collected in a sealing band collection box (not shown) in a suspended state by the heat sealing band 1-1.

Next, the intake and collection mechanism 21 which forms the main part of the collection device 20
The detailed configuration will be explained based on FIG.

In the figure, reference numeral 30 denotes the board of the intake and recovery mechanism 21, which is displaced on the slide rail 38 in the direction of the arrow (the direction of approaching and leaving the unsealing grip T- set at a predetermined position) by an appropriate driving means. configured to be possible. 31 is the substrate 3
As shown in FIG. 5, a fork-shaped portion 37a at the tip of an arm 37 fixed to the rotating shaft connects to a pin 36 on a slide member 36, which will be described later.
By engaging with a, when the solenoid 31 rotates counterclockwise in the figure, the slide member 36 can be slid in the horizontal direction on the base plate 30 in the figure via the arm 37. There is.

Reference numeral 32 denotes a holding arm member rotatably (hinge structure) supported by a shaft 30a on the substrate 30.
It is composed of a pair of pieces that can be opened and closed in the shape of an inverted dogleg.
The rear end bent portions 32- of this pair of parts are configured so as to be able to engage with a slide member 36, which will be described later. and,
On the inner surface of each tip of the pair of pieces, the frictional force generated between the inner surface and the unsealing band M causes the friction between the unsealing band and the unsealing grip T'' (sheet group) A flexible material, such as synthetic rubber or synthetic resin, having a high coefficient of friction is attached so that the friction is greater than the friction that occurs between the two.

Reference numeral 33 is a backup for the unsealing grip supply mechanism provided in the take-out module 5, and is provided with a stopper 34 for determining the set position in which the sealing band M is set. Reference numeral 35 denotes an upper holding mechanism for holding down the upper surface of the unsealing tab T' supplied to the set position, and is configured to be able to move up and down between the position shown by the dotted line in the figure. Reference numeral 36 denotes a slide member that can be displaced in the left-right direction on the substrate 30, and when the slide member 36 is displaced leftward by a predetermined amount, it pushes the bent portions 32' of the pair of parts of the clamping arm member. The distal end of the piece is configured to be closed.

A detection module 6 located in the subsequent stage of these processes
detects items such as "true/false" and "good/bad" of the banknotes sent from the extraction module 5 through the conveyance path 10A, and also detects the number of banknotes for each detected item and the total number of banknotes. various detection/aggregation devices 6A for counting,
It is comprised of a first sorting device 6B for distinguishing between rejected tickets and other regular tickets based on the detection results by the detection/counting device 6A. And this first sorting device 6
The rejected ticket that is determined to be a "rejected ticket" by B is transferred to conveyance path 1.
0B to the rejected ticket stacking device 5F in the header extraction module 5, and other tickets, that is, regular tickets, are sent to the transport path 1.
It is configured to be sent to the first accumulation module 7 in the subsequent stage via 0C.

The first accumulation module 7 includes a second sorting device 7A that distinguishes and sorts the regular tickets sent from the detection module 6 into the best tickets and other regular tickets based on the above-mentioned detection results; A best ticket stacking device 7B that stacks the best tickets sorted by the second sorting device 7A, and a best ticket stacking device 7B that seals the best tickets accumulated in the best ticket stacking device 7B into bundles of 100 tickets each with a sealing band. It is composed of a gripping and sealing device 7C.

Furthermore, the second stacking module 8 in the subsequent stage distinguishes and classifies the regular tickets sent from the first stacking module 7 via the conveyance path 10D into reusable tickets and damaged tickets that cannot be reused. a third sorting device 8A, a reusable ticket accumulating device 8B for accumulating only the reusable tickets discriminated and sorted by this third sorting device 8A, and this reusable ticket accumulating device 8B.
A reusable ticket clamping device 8C seals the collected reusable tickets into bundles of 100 tickets each using a binding band, and the reusable ticket bundles sealed by this reusable ticket clipping device 8C. Furthermore, a large bundle sealing device 8D of reusable tickets seals 10 bundles at a time using a large wrapping band, and damaged tickets that are sorted by the third sorting device 8A and sent via the conveyance path 10E are accumulated. a damaged ticket accumulating device 8E, which seals these damaged tickets into bundles of 100 sheets each to form damaged ticket bundles; and a damaged ticket shredder 8G.

The above-mentioned stacking devices 56.7B, 8B, and 8E for rejected tickets, best tickets, reusable tickets, and damaged tickets are the same as the conventional ones.
A rotary wheel 11 such as an impeller, and a rotary wheel 11 for the rotary wheel 11, respectively.
The ticket tray is composed of a stacking box 12 that can neatly stack and store collected tickets by applying vibration to them.

Hereinafter, the operation of the paper sheet processing apparatus according to these configurations will be explained, focusing on the process of removing the sealing band M after opening.

As shown in FIG. 2, a large bundle 10T sent from the bundle conveying device 2 is first separated into 10 bundles T by cutting off its large bundle by a strap cutter device 5A. The bundles are sequentially stacked and arranged by the sealing and bundle processing device and transported one bundle at a time to the transfer mechanism in the take-out module 5. These sealing tabs T are subjected to "sharpening" such as curving up and down, and then the sealing band M portion located on one side end surface is cut by a cutter mechanism 5G and released. It is said to be sealed T-.

Now, the sealing band M that remains attached to the unsealing tab T- is removed from the unsealing tab T- in the sealing band collection device 20.

That is, when the broken moon wrapper T- conveyed by the transfer mechanism reaches the pack assembly 33 of the broken moon wrap supply mechanism in the collection device 20, first, the upper holding mechanism 35 in the collection device 20 comes down from above. Press the top of the unsealing bag T-, and
The board 30 (that is, the entire recovery mechanism) is connected to the slide rail 38
It is driven along the sealing band M to a position facing the end face opposite to the cut side end face of the sealing band M after melt sealing.

At this time, the rotary solenoid 31 rotates counterclockwise and displaces the slide member 36 to the left, so that the tips of the pair of clamping arms (A32) are pressed in the closing direction, causing the melting After sealing, the sealing band M is sandwiched together with the unsealing tab T' from above and below (see FIG. 5).

In this state, when the solenoid 31 is rotated in the training direction, the board 30 (that is, the entire collection mechanism) or the clamping arm member 3
2 and tries to return to the right on the slide rail 38 (direction away from the unsealing grip), but at this time, the unsealing grip T
- A clamping arm member 32 that sandwiches the sealing band M after being melt-sealed.
Frictional force generated between the inner surface of the tip (inner surface of each tip of the pair of pieces) and the sealing band M, and Frictional force occurring between the sealing band and the unsealing grip T" (sheet group) There is a difference between the f! As shown in FIG. 6, the center is easily removed from the unsealing tab T' to form a separated seal M-.

In this case, since the unsealing tab T- is firmly held on the backup 33 by the stopper 34 and the upper holding mechanism 35, only the sealing band M can be reliably removed from the center of the unsealing tab T-. Moreover, in the case of the configuration as shown in the illustrated embodiment, since the pair of parts of the clamping arm member 32 have a hinge-type shaft support structure, the inner surface of the distal end part of each part has an opening angle. Therefore, when the sealing band M (i.e., the unsealing tab T') is held between the sealing band M (i.e., the unsealing tab T') after being melted, the inner surface of the tip and the unsealing tab T- will be in the [corner] There is only a line contact at part-1.

As a result, the separation action between the sealing band M and the unsealing tab T- is further facilitated, and furthermore, the end face of the sealing band M- which is widened in this way is By being crushed and flattened, operations such as band alignment in the subsequent processing of the separated sealing band become extremely easy.

Then, the unsealed bundles T- from which the sealing band M has been removed are sent one by one from the take-out module 5 to each device in the subsequent process, that is, the devices below the detection module 6, and are subjected to a predetermined classification and classification operation. The separated sealing band M- that has been subjected to the process and whose center has been removed is pushed into the next stage compression and accumulation mechanism 23 by the pushing mechanism 22,
In the mechanism 23, the separation band M- is compressed one by one from the top until 10 bundles are accumulated, and the separation band M- is accumulated into a group of 10 separation bands 10M-.

The group of 10 separated sealing bands 10M- is sent to the bundling section 25 by the conveyor 24, where it is formed into a heat-sealed band 1-1 as shown in the third figure by, for example, a heat-sealing method. Either the bundles are sequentially bundled and collected in a band collection box (not shown), or they are sequentially collected at the delivery port 5.
0 to the outside of the device main body 1.

Although one embodiment has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the invention.

For example, in order to keep the pressure constant when the distal end of the clamping arm 32 clamps the sealing band M after melting (i.e., the unsealing clamp T-), the rotating shaft of the rotary solenoid and the arm are connected to each other. For example, by installing a constant pressure transmission mechanism such as a slipping clutch between the two,
Further, it is also possible to use a gear mechanism as a mechanism for opening and closing the distal ends of the pair of parts C of the holding arm member 32.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, when using the present invention, the sealing band of the opening bag is cut on the end face side opposite to the cutting radius:
Since the structure is such that the unsealing handle is pinched and pulled out from above and below, the handling operation is reliable and extremely natural, and the only effect is that it is possible to prevent any negative effects on the unsealing handle. However, since the sandwiched end faces are crushed and flattened, it also has the excellent effect of making it much easier to perform tasks such as band alignment in subsequent separation band treatment of overculms. .

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a schematic overall configuration diagram of a paper sheet processing apparatus equipped with a collection device to which the method for collecting the sealing band according to the present invention is applied, and Fig. 2 shows the process from loading a large bundle to melting and separating the sealing band. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of the rM band collection device according to the present invention; FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the structure of the intake and collection mechanism; FIG. FIG. 6 is a state diagram showing the process of handling the sealing band after unsealing. T...Sealing grip T-...Unsealing grip M...Sealing band M'...Separation sealing band 5...Removal module 20...Sealing band recovery device 21... Intake and recovery structure 30... Board 31... Rotating type 3
2...Pinch arm member solenoid 35...Upper holding mechanism 36...Slide member Fig. 2

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) In a method of cutting and unsealing a band containing a group of paper sheets, and collecting the unsealed band from the unsealed bundle,
At the end face of the unsealing band of the unsealing grip placed in the set position, the band is pinched by the holding arm means that pinches the band from above and below, and the holding band is unsealed in this state. A method for collecting a sealing band, characterized in that the sealing band is recovered from an unsealing bag by displacing it in a direction away from the grip. (2) the clamping arm means includes a pair of opening/closing pieces, and
The inner surface of the tip of each of the opening/closing pieces is formed of a surface with a high coefficient of friction, and the frictional force generated between the tip of the opening/closing piece and the sealing band after opening, and the sealing band and the paper sheet group. 2. The method for recovering a sealing band according to claim 1, wherein the sealing band is recovered from an unsealing bag by utilizing a difference in frictional force generated between the sealing band and the sealing band. (3) The pair of opening/closing pieces of the holding arm means have a hinge-type pivot structure, and the inner surface of the tip end of the opening/closing pieces opens with respect to the unsealing grip placed in the set position. A method for recovering a sealing band according to claim 2, which has an angle.