JPS6397530A - Bundle handler - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To have each bundle of paper sheets conveyed automatically to plural auditing parts and make them handleable, by installing plural units of these auditing parts which take out the bundle mounted on a mounting part with a takeout command out of the auditing part and, after conveying it, removing a seal band for inspection. CONSTITUTION:The bundle T taken out is rotated as far as 90 deg. by a guide plate and, after being turned upside down and put in order, the number of bundles is counted by a 10-bundle counter 15a, and if there is all right in the bundle number, it is fed to a buffer conveyor 55, and further fed to an auditing machine from this conveyor 44 via a charging conveyor 70. Next, the bundle T is made into piece in bulk and, after being audited piece by piece, it is formed into an audited bundle T' again and discharged to a bundle receiving conveyor 71. Then, it is fed to a bundle feed conveyor 45 of a bundle handling machine via this conveyor 71, and the number of bundles is inspected by another 10-bundle counter 16b, and a normal one is stamped with a store name mark. In succession, it is rotated as far as 90 deg. and stacked in pile, mounted on a rack of a receiving mount 30, and this rack goes up each time a 10-bundle is mounted, thus 50 bundles are stacked there in maximum.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Objective of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a bundle of paper sheets, such as banknotes, which is wrapped in a belt and is automatically conveyed to an inspection department for processing. It relates to a processing device.

(Prior Art) In a banknote processing device, a bundle of banknotes such as banknotes is input into the processing device, and the band of the bundle is automatically opened and the banknotes are taken out one by one for inspection. There are some methods that carry out processing such as sorting, accumulation, etc. based on the results of the inspection.

To explain this a little more concretely, for example, 100 banknotes are each bound with a paper band or other binding band to make a binding band, and 10 more banknotes are collected and bound by a large binding band. It is said to be a bundle. When the bundle in this state is put into the main body of the processing device, the cutter of the pre-processing device cuts out the band of the bundle and separates it into 10 bundles, and then the band of each bundle is successively removed. and cut out 1
00 sheets stacked one by one! (R sealing) causes the paper sheet supply means to pick up the paper sheets one after another and transport them to the bulk ticket collecting device.

Therefore, this bulk ticket collecting device almost continuously takes out the 100 tickets supplied from the above-mentioned supply means from the opened bundle, starting from the top layer one by one, and sends them to the inspection department. Each item is inspected for ``fitness'' and ``authenticity'', and based on the inspection results, it is accumulated in a predetermined accumulation section.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the past, the bundle of banknotes had to be carried to the inspection department each time by a worker, which was time-consuming and troublesome.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention has the following features: (1) A predetermined number of paper sheets are tied together to make a sealed bundle, and this sealed bundle is A loading section for placing a plurality of bundles tied together in a predetermined number, a taking-out means for taking out the bundles placed on the placing section one by one, and receiving and transporting the bundles taken out by the taking-out means. and a plurality of inspection units that receive the bundle conveyed by the conveyance means, remove the band of the bundle and the band of the sealing wrapper, take out the paper sheets one by one, and inspect them. The present invention is characterized in that the inspecting section gives a command to take out the bundle to the taking out section.

(Function) With the above means, a bundle of paper sheets is automatically transported to the inspection section for processing, and moreover, the bundle can be transported to and processed by a plurality of inspection sections.

(Example) The present invention will be described below with reference to an example shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the entire apparatus, and numeral 1 in the figure is a bundle processing machine. A plurality of inspection machines 7 as an inspection section are connected to the bundle processing machine 1 via a conveyor 3.

The bundle processing machine 1, as shown in FIG.
It is composed of an input bundle removal device 17, an incoming bundle removal device 18, a stamp accumulating device 19, an inspection/clearance receiving table 20, an operation display panel 21, and a control device 22.

The uninspected bundle loading table 14 is constructed as shown in FIG.

That is, 23 in the figure is a shelf serving as a placing section on which the bundles T to be thrown in by the worker are placed, and a maximum of 10 bundles T can be put on this shelf 23. As shown in FIG. 4, the bundle T includes banknotes P as paper sheets.
For example, 100 sheets are piled up and sealed in a small obi to make a sealed bundle H, and 10 of these sealed bundles H are assembled and tied crosswise with a large obi. The shelf 23...
The orientation of the bundle T placed on the
so that it is on the front side.

Both ends of the shelf 23... are endless chains 26a.
, 26b, and is configured to be able to circulate by a motor 27 via a pulley 28 and belts 29, 29. The shelves 23 are arranged so that there are always four levels on the operation surface side, and the bundles T
The maximum loading capacity is 40 pieces. In addition, the shelf 23...
, is provided with a sensor 3 for detecting the presence or absence of the bundle T in the horizontal direction.
0 is provided to control the automatic rotation movement of the shelves 23, automatic stop, alarm, etc. when the loaded bundles T... are completely exhausted. When this sensor 30 detects that the lowest shelf 23 is empty, the shelf 23
3 automatically moves one step at a time from the top to the bottom.

In addition, a monitoring sensor 33 is provided at the lowest stage of the shelves 23, separately from the sensor 30, and if the monitoring sensor 33 is interrupted while the shelf 23 is rotating, the shelf 23 is immediately stopped, and the operator Safety is ensured.

The bundle take-out device 15 is constructed as shown in Figures 4 to 6.

The bundles T... are taken out from the bottom right side of the shelf 23, and when the bundle T to be taken out reaches the bottom right side of the shelf 23, the bundle pushing arm 34 moves it to the back side of the shelf 23. A bundle conveyor 35 arranged parallel to the shelves 23 in
pushed upwards. In this process, the leading end of the bundle T that came into contact with the bundle conveyor 35 begins to move to the right, and the rear end of the bundle T
As shown in the figure, since the curved guide plate 36 temporarily restricts movement to the right, the lower part of the bundle rotates, and finally the bundle T changes direction by 90 degrees. Furthermore, the upper end of the bundle T is pushed to the back using a positioning device (not shown), causing the bundle T to fall over. This bundle conveyor 35 transports bundles T to 10 bundles I.
The bundles T other than 10 bundles via I 6a are removed to the bundle collection box 4.
3, the ten bundles T are transferred to an input bundle conveyor 70, which will be described later.

In addition, the bundle T on the input shelf 23 is pushed out to the back side by the bundle push-out arm 34, and after the bundle push-out arm 34 returns to its original position, the bundle transfer arm 39 moves to the right side. The movement of the bundle transfer arm 39 is stopped by a signal from the sensor 40 for detecting movement.

Next, the 10-bag count 11 (inspection means) 16a will be explained. This 10-pack counting machine 16a is installed above the bundle transporting conveyor 35 during bundle transport, and irradiates light from the scanner 41 onto the bundle T being transported, and scans the bundle T in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction, thereby calculating the amount of reflected light. The index is detected by using this method to detect boundaries between small books, and by counting these boundaries.

The above-mentioned input east removal device 17 causes the above-mentioned 10-bundle counting machine 16a to cause the bundle stop and removal arm 42 to transport the bundles in response to an abnormality signal, which is issued before the device reaches the bundle T for which the 1a bundle cannot be confirmed. The bundle T in the middle of being conveyed is stopped by the front side of the push-out bundle stop and remove arm 42 on the conveyor 35, and at the same time, a rejected bundle accumulation box 43 is installed laterally from above the bundle transport conveyor 35 on the side of the bundle stop and remove arm 42. pushed inside. The bundle arrival detector 44 is located on the side of the bundle stop and remove arm 42, and is used as an operating trigger when pushing down the bundle T. Since the unstopped arm 42 does not operate for a bundle T for which 10 bundles have been confirmed by the 10 bundle counting machine 16a, the bundle T can be handled as it is by passing through the input bundle removal device 17, and is handled by the input bundle conveyor 70 described later. The money is handed over to him.

As shown in FIG. 7, the receiving bundle removing device 18 has the same principle and configuration as the input bundle removing device 17, except that the conveying direction of the receiving bundle conveyor 45 is reversed with respect to the receiving bundle conveyor 35. Therefore, the explanation will be omitted.

The stamp accumulating device 19 is located at the end of the receiving side bundle conveyor 45, receives the inspected bundle T' conveyed by the bundle conveyor 45 on the rotary table 46, and receives the inspected bundle T' by the bundle arrival detector 47. When T' is detected, the rotary table 46 rotates 90 degrees to change the direction of the bundle by 90 degrees. From this state, the stamper 48 stamps the shop name at the intersection of the large obi.

After stamping is completed, the stacking arm 50 pushes the bundle T' on the rotary table 46 onto the receiving table stacking shelf 52.

After extrusion, the turntable 46 and collecting arm 50 are returned to their initial positions in preparation for the next bundle.

The inspected receiving table 20 has five stages of circulable 61152, similar to the uninspected bundle input table 14, on the operation surface side in order to accumulate stamped inspected bundles T'. Said shelf 5
In step 2, '' is accumulated in a bundle with the store name in front. The inspection bundle T' is pushed onto the shelf 52 from the right end of the lowest shelf 52 by the collecting arm 50. A holding arm 54 is provided at the left end of the pushed-in bundle T' and moves by a predetermined amount each time the bundle is pushed in to prevent the stacked bundle T' from falling.

Although the holding arm 54 moves in a different direction from the bundle transfer arm 39 of the loading table 14, the principle of operation is the same.

When 10 bundles T' are accumulated on the shelf 52, the shelf 52 is raised by one level and the next bundle T' is received again.

The shelf 52 is raised one stage each time 10 bundles T' are accumulated, and of course when all 5 stages (top stage) are stacked, the bundle T' is placed on the top stage regardless of the lower stage. If the stack is stacked, the stack is full when 10[i1 bundles T' are stacked on the bottom shelf 852, the device stops, and the operator is asked to remove the bundles T' (especially the top shelf) in the shelf 52. Sounds a buzzer to remind you to take it.

Next, the conveyor 3 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 9 to 11. The bundle T conveyed by the input bundle conveyor 35 of the bundle processing machine 1 is received on the buffer conveyor 55, and the bundle T is stopped by a bundle stopping wall 56. Two bundles T can be stored on the buffer conveyor 55, and the bundle T at the 2nd east exit comes into contact with the rear end of the bundle T at the 1st east exit and stops. In this embodiment, the number of bundles to be stored is two, but the number can be increased as needed.

In response to a signal from the inspection machine 7..., the input push plate 57 operates and pushes the bundles T one by one onto the input bundle conveyor 70.The second bundle T is not input during the pushing operation of the first bundle. The second bundle is regulated by the side wall of the bundle pushing plate 57 and returns to its initial position, causing the second bundle to move in the direction of the bundle stopping wall 56. The bundle T is stopped by the bundle stopping wall 56, and is moved to the next inspection machine 7. Prepare for the signal from... Based on the detection signal from the bundle detector 59 or 60, the bundle extrusion arm 34 of the bundle processing bin 1 is operated to input the bundle T. Inspection machine 7 is placed on input east conveyor 70.
- The bundle take-in arm 61 enters onto the input east conveyor 70 from the side and receives the bundle T into the inspection box 7. A detector 62 is provided before the terminal end of the input bundle conveyor 70, and a bundle take-in arm 61 performs a bundle take-in operation based on a signal from the detector 62. When the bundle taking-in arm 61 of the inspection machine 7 fails to pick up a bundle T on the input conveyor 70, the bundle T is accumulated in a rejection box 64 as a storage section provided at the end of the input conveyor 70.

On the other hand, Kansai Seiei T discharged from Kansai Kai 7, which will be detailed later.
' is passed onto the receiving bundle conveyor 71 and conveyed. A receiving bundle pushing plate 65 is provided at the conveying end of the receiving bundle conveyor 71, and receives the bundle T' that has been conveyed, and in response to a signal from a detector 66, the receiving bundle is passed onto the bundle conveyor 45 of the east processing trowel 1. It will be done.

As shown in FIG. 11, the input bundle conveyor 70 and the receiving bundle conveyor 71 are provided in a housing 81, and one side of the housing 81 is provided with opening/closing covers 82 and 83 for allowing the bundles T and T' to enter and exit. ing. In addition, an exhaust duct 13 is provided in the housing 81 to collect waste heat from the bundle processing 1 and the inspection Ii7, as well as an exhaust duct 13 for collecting the waste heat from the bundle processing 1 and the inspection Ii7. !
A pneumatic tube 84... is disposed between the signal cable 11 connecting the power supply cable 10 and the power supply cable 10.

Next, the inspection device 7 will be explained based on FIG. 12.

This inspection form 7 includes an inspection machine body 91 and this inspection machine body 91.
A pre-processing device @92 that sends the bundle T to the pre-processing device @92
In addition, there is also a loose bill insertion device 93 for a worker to manually input an arbitrary number of unsealed banknotes P, a control device (not shown) for each of these operating parts, and a control command therefor. It consists of an operation display section 94 and the like.

The inspection machine main body 91 includes a take-out detection module 95 that mainly includes a take-out device 95B that takes out banknotes P one by one and a detection device 95G that has the ability to detect incoming bills, and a take-out detection module 95 that is carried out. It is composed of a rejected ticket accumulation module 96 that processes rejected tickets among the tickets that are rejected, and an accumulation module 97 that processes normal bills and unfit bills, and each of the modules 95, 96, and 97 is housed in a housing 99a.
.

Covered by 99b and 99c.

The above-mentioned takeout detection module 95 includes a ticket supply device 95A1 which receives and conveys unsealed packets sent out from the preprocessing device 92 and loose tickets manually inserted.
A take-out device 95 takes out the tickets supplied from 95A one by one.
B, and detects the authenticity, fitness, etc. of the tickets that are sent one by one through the conveyance path 100A that conveys the tickets that are taken out one by one from this takeout device 95B, and each detection. Various detection devices 9 that count the number of individual sheets and the total number of sheets
5G is installed.

Then, the next rejected ticket accumulation module 96 detects the characteristics of the tickets sent one by one through the conveyance path 100A from the removal detection module 95 (uninspectable conditions H such as stacking, skew, short pitch, etc.). detection device 96
A, a first sorting device 96B that sorts tickets into rejected tickets and other tickets based on the detection results of this detection device 96A and the various detection devices described above, and rejected tickets that have been sorted by this first sorting device 96B. A rejected ticket stacking device 96C that receives and stacks tickets via a conveyance path i oos, a rejected ticket cassette 96D that automatically stores rejected tickets accumulated in this rejected ticket stacking device 96G, and a first section. A second sorting device 96E that sorts bills other than rejected tickets sent from the device 96B via the conveyance path 100C into reusable normal bills and non-reusable damaged bills based on the above-mentioned detection results. and is provided.

Further, the next stacking module 97 includes a proper bill stacking device 97A that stacks the reusable proper bills sent from the second sorting device 96E via the conveyance path 100C, and A genuine note holding and sealing device 97B seals the accumulated normal notes 100 sheets each with a sealing band k, and a state of the normal notes sealed by this normal note holding and sealing device 97B (accumulation state, sealing state). The handle inspection unit 97C inspects the condition) and 10 more genuine bills.
A large bundle sealing device 97D for sealing a large bundle of genuine notes with a large sealing band K is provided. On the other hand, the unreusable unfit notes that are sorted and guided by the second sorting device 96E and sent through the conveyance path 100E are accumulated in the unfit note accumulating section 97E, and the accumulated unfit notes are Unfit note holding and sealing device 9
Seal 100 pieces from 7E with a sealing band and stack them in the unfit note stack and the unfit note ejection bin accumulation section 97G, or use the unfit note shredder 97H.
Therefore, either invalidation or invalidation is selectively performed. The pieces cut by the unfit note shredder 97H are discharged to the outside through the pneumatic pipe 84. Further, the bundle T' sealed by the genuine large bundle bundle sealing device 97D is sent to the receiving bundle conveyor 71 by an internal conveyor provided at the lower part of the inspection machine main body 91.

Roughly, each of the above-mentioned rejected notes, good notes, and unfit notes is accumulated by the device 96.
G, 97A, and 97E are rotating wheels 11 such as impellers, respectively.
1, and a collection box 1 that collects and stores the tickets in an orderly manner by applying vibration to the tickets that are picked up one by one by the rotating wheel 111.
It consists of 12.

Next, the overall operation during bundle processing will be explained based on FIG. 13.

First, a worker places three or more bundles T on the shelf 23 of the loading table 14.
Place about 5 pieces each. The shelves 23 are lowered step by step, and the bundles T are sequentially taken out from the lowest shelf 23. This taken out bundle T is rotated by 90 degrees by the guide plate 36, turned upside down, and aligned, and then the index is counted by the 10 bundle count 116a. By this counting, if there is an abnormality in the index, it is excluded, and if there is no abnormality, it is sent to the buffer conveyor 55 of the conveyor 3, and furthermore, this buffer conveyor 5
5 and sent to the inspection machine 7 via an input conveyor 70. Incidentally, the bundle T that fails to be taken in is rejected by the bundle removal box 64 and then sent to the inspection machine 7. The bundle T sent to the inspection machine 7 in this way is separated into individual tickets and inspected one by one.
The inspected bundle T' is again made into a bundle T' and discharged to the receiving bundle conveyor 71.

The receiving bundle conveyor 71 sends the bundle to the bundle conveyor 45 of the bundle processing station 1. And this bundle conveyor 4
5, the index is inspected using the 10-pack count B116b, and those with abnormalities are excluded, and those with no abnormalities are stamped with a store name stamp. After that, they are rotated 90 degrees and stacked, and placed on the shelf 52 of the receiving table 20. Every time 10 bundles are placed, the shelf 5
2 will rise, and a maximum of 50 bundles will be accumulated. In this way, the accumulated bundle T' is taken out by an operator.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, a bundle of paper sheets can be automatically conveyed to the inspection section, and processing efficiency can be significantly improved.

In addition, since the bundles are transported to multiple inspection units, the throughput per operator can be improved.Furthermore, since the inspection unit issues a command to take out the bundles to the extraction means, each of the multiple inspection units can be delivered in a timely manner. This has the effect of increasing processing capacity by efficiently sending bundles to.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a bundle processing device, FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the bundle processing machine, and FIG. 3 is a stacking shelf on the bundle input side. 4 is a perspective view showing the bundle removal section, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the bundle transfer operation, FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the bundle removal section, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the bundle removal section. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing the bundle transfer operation on the receiving side. FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the bundle transfer section between the bundle processing machine and the conveyor. FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing the bundle transfer section between the bundle processor and the conveyor. FIG. 11 is an internal configuration diagram of the conveyor; FIG. 12 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the inspection machine; FIG.
The figure is a block diagram showing the bundle processing process. P...Banknotes (sheets), k...Small books, K...Obi, H...Ranphou, ■...Bundle, 23...Shelf (resting part), 15...Bundle take-out device (take-out means), 35...Bundle transport conveyor (transport means) 7...Inspection machine (inspection section). Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 4 Figure 7 Figure 9

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A loading section on which a predetermined number of paper sheets are strung together to form a bundle, and a predetermined number of bundles are collected and bundled, and a plurality of bundles are placed thereon; a take-out means for taking out the bundles placed one by one; a conveyance means for receiving and conveying the bundles taken out by the take-out means; A bundle comprising a plurality of inspection sections that remove the band and take out the paper sheets one by one and inspect them, and the inspection section gives a command to take out the bundle to the take-out section. Processing equipment. (2) The bundle processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a holding section for temporarily holding the bundle taken out from the take-out means.