WO1994007786A1

WO1994007786A1 - Paper handling system, paper processor, recovery stack, and paper stacker

Info

Publication number: WO1994007786A1
Application number: PCT/JP1993/001369
Authority: WO
Inventors: Takatoshi Takemoto; Kazunari Kawashima
Original assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Ace Denken
Priority date: 1992-09-29
Filing date: 1993-09-27
Publication date: 1994-04-14
Also published as: CN1091717A; AU4833693A

Abstract

If a controller (200) is adapted to count the numbers of bills of different values separately during the classification of bills, it becomes possible to calculate both the separate total amounts of the bills of different values stored in a box and a total amount of the bills processed. In this embodiment, each member which is adapted to be reciprocatingly moved, for example a lift unit (63), a lift member (83) and a lift mechanism (144), can be moved reciprocatingly by a rack-and-pinion gear and a motor therefor. Such reciprocating movements may be made by some other device, such as air cylinders.

Description

Statement Paper handling system, paper processing equipment,

Technical Field The present invention relates to a paper chip handling system, a paper sheet processing device, a collection stack, and a paper sheet stack for storing paper sheets received from the outside in an orderly stacked state. Related to power devices. Background art

The paper chips (including bills) thrown into the gaming machine island at the conventional amusement arcade are collected by the conveyor on the island at the paper stacking equipment at the end of the island, and are stacked on the stacking section of the paper stacking equipment. It is accumulated. Stacked pieces of paper were manually collected from each stack unit on each island, and then transported and stored in a safe. When storing this piece of paper in a safe, a process of manually counting the number of banknotes and then bandaging them with a fixed number of tapes was performed.

However, according to such conventional technology, bills collected on each island are counted manually or banded with a fixed number of bills with tape. Each of them had to be processed individually, and the bundle of bandaged paper had to be manually transported to a safe again and stored on each island. However, there was a problem that the post-processing of the paper sheets collected by the paper sheet stacker was time-consuming and inefficient. DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The first object of the present invention is to provide a paper stacker that can stack and stack paper sheets in a collecting stack that can be easily removed from the main body and used for post-processing. There are two ways to provide the hooker device.

A second object of the present invention is to improve the efficiency of post-processing of the paper pieces by arranging the paper pieces stacked in order on the collection stack in a fixed number of sheets without manual labor. An object of the present invention is to provide a paper processing apparatus capable of performing the above-described processing.

Further, a third object of the present invention is to provide a collecting stack that can be used in the above-mentioned staple device and the paper sheet processing device.

Further, a fourth object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet handling system including the above-described paper sheet processing apparatus and the paper sheet statistic device.

In order to achieve the first object, according to a first aspect of the present invention,

A staple force main body for transporting the received paper piece, and a collecting stack detachably attached to the staple force main body for storing the paper piece sent from the staple force main body;

The stat body is A receiving section for receiving the received piece of paper,

A separation mechanism that separates and aligns the paper pieces one by one, a transport mechanism that sends out the aligned paper pieces one by one,

And a transfer unit for holding the conveyed paper pieces on standby and storing them in the collection stack.

The transfer unit,

It has a transfer port for transferring the held paper pieces to the collection stack, and a shutter for the main body for sealing the transfer port, wherein the collection stack is

A box having a mounting port communicating with the transfer port of the transfer section when attached to the transfer section;

.. A stacking device for stacking paper, characterized in that it has a stacking shutter for sealing the mounting opening.

The box of the collecting stack may have a slide through which the stacking shutter comes out when the mounting opening is opened.

The stat force main body may have a shutter storage portion for guiding and storing a part or all of the stack shirt that has slipped out of the slide.

The collection stack may have a locking shutter for opening and closing the slide.

The above-mentioned sta- tion force main body can be structured to have a sprocket that engages with the main body shutter and a sprocket that engages with the stack shutter. The main body shutter and Each of the above-mentioned sprockets is connected by a chain so that the shutter is opened and closed in synchronization with the stack shutter. The shutter for the main body and the shutter for the stack are flexible members each having a locking portion provided in order to be engaged with the sprocket and sent. You can do it.

The flexible member can be formed by connecting a plurality of blade plates so as to be bendable with each other.

Upon detecting that the stack for collection has been set on the main body of the stacking force, the stacking force main body opens the shutter for stacking, and the stacking for stacking includes: A control device for instructing to open a locking shutter and starting to drive the separation mechanism, the transport mechanism, and the transfer unit can be further provided.

The control device of the stacking force main body may include means for counting the number of paper pieces stored in the collection stack, and means for notifying the collection number to the collection stack. it can. In order to achieve the second object, according to the second aspect of the present invention,

A paper sheet processing apparatus main body, and a collection stack detachably mounted on the paper sheet processing apparatus main body;

The collection stack above is

A box having a mounting slot for receiving paper fragments from the outside and a paper-sheet payout opening for feeding out the paper fragments stored inside to the outside; A stack shutter for sealing the mounting opening, a lock shutter for sealing the paper sheet payout opening, and a mechanism for opening and closing the lock shutter. '

The above-mentioned paper chip processing device main body is

A mechanism for opening and closing the stack shutter,

A paper chip processing apparatus is provided, which has a delivery mechanism for feeding a paper sheet from a collection stack 'and a storage container for storing the paper sheet.

The box body of the collecting stack may have a slide that allows the stacking shutter to escape to the outside when the mounting opening is opened. Further, the main body of the paper sheet processing apparatus has a shutter housing part for guiding and storing a part or all of the stack shutter coming out of the slide opening in a mounting portion of the collection stack. You can have.

The main body of the paper sheet processing apparatus includes a sprocket, and the shutter for stacking has a flexible portion having an engaging portion provided in series to be engaged with the sprocket and fed. It can be a sex member.

The sheet processing apparatus main body further includes: a banding mechanism for banding a predetermined number of the fed sheet bundles with a tape in a state of being bundled; and a transport mechanism for sending the bundle of banded paper pieces. It can be.

The banding mechanism includes a standby unit configured to hold a stack of paper pieces fed by the delivery mechanism in a stacked state, and a bundle of the stacked paper pieces. A tape guide portion arranged so as to straddle the tape above and guide the tape for a bandage, and a tape guide portion for rotating the bundle of banknotes and binding them while detaching the tape from the tape guide portion. Can be.

Further, the main body of the sheet processing apparatus may further include a control device. When the control device detects that the collection stack has been installed in the main body of the sheet processing apparatus, the control device opens the stack shutter and places the lock on the collection stack. An instruction is given to open the shutter, and the driving of the above-mentioned sending mechanism, the above-mentioned banding mechanism, and the above-mentioned transport mechanism is started.

The control device may include means for notifying the collection stack of the delivery of the paper piece in response to the delivery of the paper piece by the sending mechanism.

Further, according to a third aspect of the present invention, in order to achieve the third object,

An input / output control unit for receiving a notification from the outside,

A memory having an area for storing the data of the number of sheets, and a display unit having means for displaying the data of the number of sheets held in the memory,

Means for storing the data notified via the input / output control unit in the number data storage area;

A collection stack characterized by further comprising a control unit having means for updating the number of sheets held in the memory in response to an external notification via the input / output control unit. Provided Is done.

The collecting stack may have a sensor for measuring the thickness of the stored piece bundle.

Further, in order to achieve the fourth object, according to the fourth aspect of the present invention,

A paper chip processing device main body having a storage container and storing the paper pieces in the storage container, a staple force main body for transporting the received paper pieces, and a paper chip sent from the staple force main body; And a collection stack for supplying paper pieces to the main unit.

With

The collection stack above is

A box having a mounting slot for receiving paper fragments from the outside, and a paper leaf payout port for feeding the paper fragments stored inside to the outside;

A stack shutter for sealing the mounting slot, a lock shutter for sealing the paper chip payout slot, and a mechanism for opening and closing the lock shutter. With

The above-mentioned paper chip processing device main body is

A mechanism for opening and closing the stack shutter,

A delivery mechanism that feeds out a piece of paper from the collection stack,

The stat body is

A receiving section for receiving the received piece of paper,

Waits for the transported paper pieces and stores them in the collection stack -s-

The transfer unit,

A transfer port that communicates with the mounting port and transfers a waiting piece of paper to the collection stack when the collecting force is attached; and a main body shutter that seals the transfer port. A paper handling system is provided, comprising:

The collecting stack configured as described above receives paper pieces from the outside and stores the paper pieces in a state of being stacked in order. For example, a part of a paper piece status device may be configured. If such a collection stack is directly attached to the main body of the paper chip processing device, the paper chips can be processed without manually extracting the paper chips from the stack, counting and banding. can do.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic front view showing a sheet processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic front view showing a collection stack, a delivery mechanism, and a bandage mechanism of the paper sheet processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic front view showing the banding mechanism of the paper sheet processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory view (schematic side view) showing the banding mechanism of the paper sheet processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory view (schematic side view) showing the banding mechanism of the paper sheet processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory view (schematic side view) showing the banding mechanism of the paper sheet processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an operation explanatory view (schematic side view) showing the banding mechanism of the paper sheet processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic front view showing a banding mechanism, a transport mechanism, and a storage container of the paper sheet processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a schematic front view showing a paper sheet stapling apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an operation explanatory view showing a paper sheet stapling force device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 shows a paper sheet stapling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 12 is a front view showing a stack for collection that constitutes the sheet stacking device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a hardware configuration diagram showing the configuration of the number-of-collected-stacks detecting means according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the control device of the sheet processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a flow chart showing the flow of a paper sheet sending process of the paper sheet processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory view showing a collecting stack according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing a control relationship of the control device of the paper sheet stapling device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the control device of the paper sheet stacking device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing a control relationship of the control device of the sheet processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Various embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The paper handling system according to the present embodiment is configured to receive paper

S are stored in a stacked state, and a collection stack 10 detachably attached to the device main body 30 and a paper piece S fed from the collection stack 10 are processed and collected. The paper stacker main body 30 (see FIG. 1) and the paper stacker main body 101 (FIG. 9) capable of storing the stacked stacks of the paper strips S in the collecting stack 10. See).

Here, the sheet S is a sheet-like material that can be processed in the present invention, and includes, for example, banknotes, slips, cards, and the like.

Prior to the description of each part, an overview of the overall configuration and operation will be described.

The collection stack 10 receives the paper pieces S from the outside and stores the paper pieces S in a state where they are arranged and stacked. For example, a part of a paper piece status device may be configured. If the collection stack 10 is attached to the main body 101 of the paper chip processing device as it is, the paper chips are manually extracted from the stack, counted, and banded. Without this, it can be processed as follows. Fig. 1 shows an example of the configuration of a paper chip processing device when the collection stack 10 is attached to the paper chip processing device main body 30. First, when the collection stack 10 is attached to the main body 30 of the sheet processing apparatus, the lock shutter 22 opens, and the slide 13 a of the stack shutter 14 and the stacker 13 a are opened. The paper sheet payout port 19 for discharging the paper sheets stored in the stack is opened, and the stack shutter 14 that opens and closes the mounting port 12 of the collection stack 10 is opened. .

Next, the paper pieces in the collection stack 10 are sequentially fed out from the paper sheet payout port 19 by the sending mechanism 40 provided on the paper sheet processing apparatus main body 30 side. The paper pieces fed out by the sending mechanism 40 are bandaged with a tape by the bandage mechanism 50 in a state where a fixed number of sheets are bundled.

Then, the paper pieces sealed in the bundled state are sent out to the storage container 80 by the transport mechanism 70, and stored in the storage container 80. As described above, the pieces of paper stacked in order on the collecting stack 10 can be subjected to a series of post-processing simply by attaching the collecting stack 10 to the apparatus main body 30 of the paper processing apparatus. This saves labor and improves the efficiency of post-processing.

Next, the operation of the paper stacker for regularly stacking paper stacks on the collection stack will be described. Figure 9 shows an example of the configuration of a paper stacking device with the collection stack 10 attached.

The paper piece received in the main body 101 from outside is sent out from the receiving part 121 to the separating mechanism 125, and separated and aligned for each sheet by the separating mechanism 125. From the transport mechanism 1 3 By 0, it is transported to the relocation unit 140. The piece of paper that has been put on standby at the transfer unit 140 is timely transferred from the side of the staple force main body 101 to the collection stack 100 detachably attached to the staple force main body 101 side. Is stored.

In this way, when the collection stack 10 is attached to the static force main body 101, it is for the main body that opens and closes the transfer port 144 of the transfer section 140 of the static force main body 101. The shutter 150 is open. Similarly, the stack shutter 14 that opens and closes the mounting port 12 of the collection stack 10 is also open, and the transfer port 14 1 1 on the side of the stack force main body 101 is connected to the collection port. The mounting opening 12 of the stack 10 is in communication with the paper so that the paper can pass through.

When collecting and processing paper pieces collected by the paper piece stacking device 100, the collection stack 10 that is stored in a state where the paper pieces are stacked in an orderly manner is used as the main body 1001 It can be removed and used as is. In this way, when the collection stack 10 is removed from the main body 101, the shutter 150 for the main body 101 is moved to the transfer port of the transfer section 140. To block the 14 1, the paper piece inside the sta- tus main body 101 is concealed, and it is usually impossible to see or remove it from outside.

On the other hand, the collection stack 1 取 that has been removed from the stack body 101 is also closed by the stack shutter 14, so that a piece of paper is removed from the outside. The piece of paper can be sent to post-processing for the entire collection stack 10 without being seen.

The paper stack stored inside the collection stack 10 When the number of stored paper pieces is provided by the stacker main body and the number of stored paper pieces is notified from the stacker main body, the paper pieces are extracted from the collection stack 10. The number of paper pieces can be known without being counted manually, and the number of paper pieces stored by the storage number detection means 20 is stored in the collection stack 10. If the number display part 21 for visually displaying the number is provided outside, the number of paper pieces in the collection stack 10 can be easily checked from the outside.

(1) Stack for collection

As shown in Fig. 16, the collection stack 10 is made up of a box 10a that can store the paper pieces S in an orderly stacked state, and the bottom of the box 10a has a mounting hole. It is open as 1 2. Gate members 12a for preventing the paper pieces S in the box 10a from falling off are provided at both end edges of the mounting port 12. The gate member 12a is swingably provided in a closed state in which the sheet S is held substantially horizontally and a state in which the sheet S is opened inward when entering the box 10a. It is normally urged by a panel etc. to close. Also, the bottom of the box 10a is used to hook the hooks provided at the collection stack 10 installation location of the paper chip processing unit 30 and the staple force main unit 101. A locking recess (not shown) is provided. As shown in Fig. 10, around the periphery of the lower mounting port 12 of the gate member 12a, a shutter for opening and closing the mounting port 12 is provided. The guide groove 13 is provided with a guide groove 13 into which the edge of the cover 14 is slidably fitted. When the shutter 14 for stacking is opened at one end of the guide groove 13 There is a slide 13 a. In addition, beside the mounting part 31 of the apparatus main body 30, there is provided a shirt storage part 32 for guiding and storing the stack shutter 14 coming out of the slide 13 a. .

As shown in FIG. 2, the stacking shutter 14 is formed by connecting a plurality of blades 14a, 14a... To be mutually bendable, and along the bendable edge thereof. In addition, a chain tooth portion 14 is provided which mates with the sprockets 33, 33 provided at the mounting portion 31. The stack shutter 14 opens and closes the mounting opening 12 by a sprocket 33 rotated by a motor or the like (not shown). As shown in Fig. 1, the stacking shutter 14 opens the mounting opening 12 when the collection stack 10 is attached to the mounting position 3 1, while the mounting shutter 3 starts from the mounting position 3 1. It is electrically controlled so that the slot 1 and 2 are closed to hide the paper S inside when it is removed.

Inside the box 10a, there are provided a pressing plate 18 for pressing the stacked paper pieces S from above and a pressing panel 17 for urging the pressing plate 18 downward. A handle 11 is provided on the upper surface of the box 10a to hold the collection stack 10 in and out of the apparatus main body 30 and to hold it when carrying it.

Above the slide 13 a opened on the side wall of the box 10 a Has a paper ticket exit 19. The paper sheet payout port 19 is for sending out the paper sheet S to the outside of the box 10a when the collection stack 10 is attached to the apparatus main body 30. On the side wall of the box 10a on the side where the slide 13a is located, a shutter 22 for opening and closing the slide 13a and the paper sheet payout port 19 is provided. The lock shutter 22 is in a state in which only the paper sheet payout port 19 is closed (shown in FIG. 11), and in a state in which the slide port 13a and the paper sheet payout port 19 are closed. (Shown in Fig. 12) and the state in which the slide opening 13a and the paper strip outlet 19 are opened (shown in Fig. 10), the electric power to slide the side wall of the box 10a in a timely manner. Is controlled.

Further, the collection stack 10 is provided with a storage number detection means 20 for counting the number of paper pieces S stored therein. As shown in FIG. 13, the stored number detecting means 20. has a display unit 21, a control unit 21a, an input / output control unit 21c, and a memory 21d.

The display section 21 displays the number of pieces of paper stacked in the box 10a on the basis of a signal from the stored number detection means 20 so that the number of pieces of paper is externally visible.The number of pieces of paper is digitally displayed. It consists of 7-segment LED and so on.

The input / output control unit 21c controls transmission and reception of signals with the outside world. The memory 21 d has an area for holding the number of pieces of paper for the number of types of paper to be collected.

The control section 21a is connected to the input / output control section 21c to control the paper slip. The control unit 200 of the main unit 101 (see Fig. 17) notifies the number of stored paper pieces to the number stored in the storage area in the memory 21d. Add and re-store in the storage area. In addition, the control unit 21a displays the number of the collected paper pieces S on the display unit 21 so as to be visible to the outside. When the bill S is one kind of bill, the total amount of the stored bills may be calculated by calculation, and the total amount may be displayed on the display unit 21. Further, when receiving an instruction through the input / output control section 21c, the control section 21a has a means for outputting the total amount through the input / output control section 21c.

Further, a switch 21e is provided at the bottom of the collecting stack 10 of the present embodiment, and the collecting stack 10 is provided with a sheet stacking device main body 101 and a sheet stacking device. When the switch is installed in the sheet processing apparatus main body 30, the switch is turned on, and a signal is sent to the control section 21a. The control unit 21a receiving the signal initializes the number storage area of the memory 21d and the display of the display unit 21 to zero, that is, sets the display to zero.

A sensor is provided in the storage number detecting means 20 and the sensor detects the number of sheets S in the collection stack 10 by a magnetic or optical method and notifies the control unit 21a. Alternatively, the control unit 21a may detect the height of the stored bundle of paper pieces based on a notification from the sensor.

In the collecting stack 10 as described above, the mounting opening 12 is fitted to the mounting portion 31 of the apparatus main body 30 as shown in FIG. Thus, in addition to being detachably attached, it is configured so that it can be detachably set on a start force main body 101 of a paper sheet stapling apparatus 100 as shown in FIG. I have. When the collection stack 10 is attached to the paper stacking device 100, the paper stacks S sent from the stack main body 101 are stacked in the collection stack 10 in an orderly manner. The sheet stack force device 100 is configured to be able to be stored. This collection stack 10 can be efficiently post-processed by removing the stack S from the stack main body 101 and combining it with the main body 30 of the paper processing system described below. It constitutes a collection, bandage, and storage system for possible paper pieces.

(2) Paper processing equipment

As shown in FIG. 1, the main body 30 of the paper sheet processing apparatus has a delivery mechanism 40 for feeding out the paper sheets S from the collecting stack 10 and a state in which a certain number of the fed paper sheets S are bundled. A bandage mechanism 50 for banding with tape, a transport mechanism 70 for sending a bundle of banded paper pieces S, and a vault, which is a storage container for storing the bundle of paper sheet S sent out. 8 0 and. Further, the sheet processing apparatus main body 30 includes a control device 190, and the control device 190 includes, as shown in FIG. 19, a sending mechanism 40 of the sheet processing apparatus main body 30, and a bandage. The operation of the mechanism 50 and the transport mechanism 70 is controlled. Further, the control device 190 has a means for transmitting to the collection stack 10 a signal instructing opening and closing of the locking shutter of the collection stack 10. Further, a hook (not shown) urged by a panel is provided at a place where the collecting stat force is installed on the stat force main body, and a collecting stat force 10 is installed. Then, the hook is hooked on the retaining recess of the collecting staple force 10, and the collecting staple force 10 is fixed to the stack body 101.

A. Sending mechanism

As shown in FIG. 2, the delivery mechanism 40 has an arm member 41 pivotally supported by a mounting portion 31 of the device main body 30 and a tip end of the arm member 41. However, the payout roller 42 is supported so that the movement is free. The outlet port 4 2 at the tip of the arm member 4 1 is normally located at the position (4 2) in FIG. When the stack shutter 14 of the collection stack 10 is opened, the arm member 41 swings, so that the payout roller 42 becomes the collection stack 10. Is controlled by the driving means while being pressed against the paper piece S in the stack coming out of the loading port 12 of the paper sheet, and the pressed paper piece S is fed out from the paper piece payout port 19 to the outside. Have been.

A separating mechanism is provided between the sending mechanism 40 and the banding mechanism 50. The separation mechanism includes a roller 45 arranged at a position facing the paper-sheet outlet 19 of the collection stack 10, a roller 45 a arranged below the banding mechanism 50, and two rollers 4. It has a payout belt 46 that spans 5, 45a. A forward / reverse oscillating roller 43 that can be attached to and detached from the feeding belt 46 is arranged at the starting end of the tensioning side of the feeding belt 46, and contacts the forward / reverse oscillating roller 43 in a timely manner. A reversing roller 44 for transmitting the rotating force is disposed beside the feeding belt 46.

A small predetermined gap is provided between the forward / reverse oscillating roller 4 3 and the reverse rotation roller 4, and the predetermined gap is larger than the thickness of one piece of paper S and two sheets. Is set to a smaller value. The forward / reverse swing roller 43 is urged in a direction in contact with the roller 45. Downstream of the forward / reverse oscillating roller 43, a pair of paper feed rollers 47, 47 arranged to sandwich the feeding belt 46 from above and below are arranged.

B. Bandage mechanism

The banding mechanism 50 extends from the separating mechanism as shown in FIG. The inserted paper piece S is provided at a position where it is inserted by the rotation of the paper-sheet feed reroller 47. The banding mechanism 50 is provided with a standby unit 50a for holding the stacked pieces of the paper pieces S fed out by the separation mechanism, and a banding part for the bandage so as to straddle the bundle of the stacked paper pieces S upward. And a tape guide portion 50c (see FIG. 4) for winding the bundle of paper pieces S around the bundle while detaching the tape from the tape guide portion 50b. It becomes. Figs. 4 to 7 show schematic side views in which the viewpoint shown in Fig. 2 is shifted 90 ° horizontally. FIG. 3 is a schematic front view as viewed from the same direction as FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, the banding mechanism 50 has a frame 51 with an open bottom at the top of the feeding belt 46, and a fulcrum 62a inside the frame 51. Gate members 62, 62 are provided that open and close as a center and are spaced apart from each other. The gate members 62, 62 are normally urged by a panel or the like so as to be in a substantially horizontal closed position as shown in FIG. 4, and are disposed below the banding mechanism 50. When the lifted sheet support portion 63a of the lifting mechanism 63 is lifted with the sheet S placed thereon, it is temporarily pushed open when passing through the gap between the gate members 62, 62. Is set to The standby portion 50a is located on the gate members 62, 62. FIG. 2 shows a state in which the paper-sheet supporting portion 63 a of the lifting mechanism 63 is located above the gate member 62, and FIG. 4 shows a state where it is located below the gate member 62. Is illustrated. Above the piece of paper S held on the gate members 62, 62, an elongated member having a substantially U-shaped cross section (58 in FIG. 2 is shown) is shown. A second tape guide 58 facing two is provided, and a tape is set in the second tape guide 58. A first tape guide 56, which extends in a straight line with the second tape guide 58 outside the frame 51, is arranged on the start end side of the second tape guide 58. The first tape guide 56 and the second tape guide 58 form a tape guide portion 50b.

The tape is supplied from the bandage tape drum 63 to the first tape guide 56 and the second tape guide 58 by guide rollers 54 and a pair of tape feed rollers 55, 55. Further, between the end of the first tape guide 56 and the start of the second tape guide 58, there are provided tape cutters 57, 57 for cutting the tape to a predetermined length. At the end of the second tape guide 58, a tape detection sensor 59 for detecting the presence of a tape is provided.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, a vertically movable main press member 53 and a side guide member 52 are provided on the upper portion of the frame body 51. The main press member 53 presses the sheet S from above when banding the bundle of the sheet S. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6, the side guide member 52 descends the outside of the main press member 53 along the edge of the bundle of paper pieces S, and the tape is moved to the edge of the bundle of paper pieces S. Bend to surround the top surface Things. FIG. 4 shows a state before the tape T is supplied to the second tape guide 58, FIG. 5 shows a state in which the tape 切断 is cut to a predetermined length and is set on a piece of paper S, and FIG. The state in which the tape った is pressed down by the main press member 53 and follows the upper surface and the side surface of the bundle of the paper pieces S is shown. In addition, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the lower side of the frame 51 is used to bind the tape bent in a substantially U-shape along the sheet S by the side guide member 52. Banding rollers 60, 60a are provided. The main guide member 53, the side guide member 52 and the banding roller form a tape guide portion 50c by 60, 60a. The side wall of the frame 51 is attached to one end of the tape which is detached from the second tape guide 58 by the side guide member 52 and the main press member 53 and is attached to one end of the tape to be bound. An adhesive terminal 61 for attaching a is provided. Note that FIG. 7 illustrates a state in which the tape T follows the lower part of the bundle of the paper pieces S by moving the roller 60 and is bound by the adhesive 61a.

C. Transport mechanism

As shown in FIG. 8, the transport mechanism 70 includes an extruding section 71 that pushes out a bundle of paper pieces S sealed from the frame 51 of the banding mechanism 50 to the side, and an extruding section 71 that is pushed out of the banding mechanism 50. And a conveyor belt 73 for sending the bundle of the separated paper pieces S below the safe room 80. The transport belt 73 is wrapped around transport rollers 72, 72 arranged on both sides below the vault 80. The vault 80 is disposed above the transport belt 73, and a paper piece collection port 81 is formed at the bottom of the safe room 80 so as to face the transport belt 73. There is a vault on the periphery of the paper chip collection port 8 1

An openable and closable gate member 82 for holding the paper piece S taken in 80 is provided.

The gate member 82a has a closed state in which the banded paper S is held substantially horizontally in the vault 80, and a state in which the paper S is opened inward when pushed up into the vault 80. It is provided so as to be able to swing and is normally urged by a panel or the like to be in a closed state. In addition, a push-up section 83 is provided below the sheet collection port 81 to push the banded sheet S sent on the transport belt 73 from the collection section 81 into the safe room 80. ing.

D. Control device

FIG. 14 shows a processing flow of the control device 190 of the paper sheet processing device main body 30. When a start switch (not shown) provided on the sheet processing device main body 30 is pressed, the control device 1

90 starts processing (step 1441). When the collection stack 10 is mounted on the mounting part 31, a switch to be pressed down by mounting the collection stack is provided on the mounting part 31, and this is set to the start position. The switch may be a switch, or a switch pressed by a user may be a start switch.

First, the control device 190 locks the collection stack 10 To the collection stack to drive the shutter 22 upwards to the predetermined position L1 (see Figure 12).

4 0 2). As a result, the locking shutter 22 is moved, and the slide 13a and the sheet exit 19 are opened. At this time, the collection stack opens the locking shutter 22 and notifies the control device 190 of the number of sheets stored in the memory 21d. The control device 190 that has received the notification stores the notified number in the storage area for stacking number for collection in the memory (not shown) in the inside. In addition, control unit 1 9

In the case of 0, the sprocket 33 arranged on the attachment site 31 is rotated (step 1403). As a result, the stack shutter 14 slides along the guide groove 13 so that the mounting opening 12 is opened, comes out of the slide opening 13 a, and is shut off. It is stored in storage section 32.

Next, the control device 190 includes the reverse rotation roller 4 4 and the roller 4

After the rotation of the paper feed roller 47 and the rotation of the paper feed roller 47 are started (step 1444), it is checked whether the end is instructed (step 1418). In the present embodiment, the end is instructed by pressing down an end instruction button (not shown) provided on the main body 30 of the sheet processing apparatus. If termination is instructed, the control device 190 proceeds to step 144 described below to perform processing for stopping the operation.

If the end is not instructed, the control unit 190 stores the number of sheets in the collection stack (stored in the memory of the control unit 190). Is checked to see if it is 0 (step 1419), and if it is 0, as in the case where termination is instructed, processing is performed at step 1420 to stop the operation. Proceed.

In step 144, the control device 190 stops the rotation of the reverse rotation roller 44, the roller 45, and the paper feed roller 47. Next, the control device 190 rotates the sprocket 33 in the reverse direction and closes the stack shutter 14 (step 122). In addition, the control device 190 instructs the number of collecting tacks 10 to close the locking shutter (step 1442 2), and the shutter is closed. After confirming the above, remove the hooks for fixing the recovery stack 10 from the locking recesses of the recovery stack 10. An input device is provided in the main unit 30 of the paper sheet processing device, and when removing the hook, remove the hook only when a password is input by a nosword or ID card. It can also be. In addition, the number of sheets stored in the vault 80 is counted based on the number of times the push-up mechanism 63 is actuated, and when the number of sheets reaches the upper limit. Sounds a warning or displays a warning message, which improves usability.

In step 1419, if the number of sheets stored in the stack is not 0, the control device sends the pieces of paper S in the collection stack 10 from the sheet delivery port 19 sequentially by the sending mechanism 40. Extend (step 1405). Fig. 15 shows the process for sending the paper sheet S. First, the control device 190 is, in more detail, The arm member 41 of the sending mechanism 40 is rocked (step 15 1). As a result, the dispensing roller 42 at the tip of the arm member 41 is moved from the position (42) indicated by the imaginary line in FIG. 2 (42) into the stack from the mounting opening 12 of the collecting stack 10. Move to the position where it comes into pressure contact with the piece of paper S. In this state, the control device 190 rotates the discharge roller 42 (step 1522). As a result, the sheets S are sequentially fed one by one from the bottom sheet S in the collection stack 10 to the banding mechanism 50 side one by one through the sheet discharge port 19. At this time, the control device 190 notifies the collection stack 10 that the paper piece has been taken out (step 1553). Upon receiving this notification, the control unit 21a of the number detecting means 20 of the collection stack 10 reduces the number of storages held in the memory 21d by 1 and displays the number of the display unit 21. Update the display. Further, the control device reduces the number of storage stacks for collection held in the memory by one (step 154).

The paper piece S fed from the collection stack 10 is sent forward by being sandwiched between the reverse rotation roller 44, the forward / reverse oscillating roller 43, and the roller 45, and furthermore, a pair of paper pieces. The sheet is sandwiched between the feed rollers 47 and 47 and fed on the feeding belt 46 to reach the banding mechanism 50. At this time, if two or more pieces of paper S are fed out from the collection stack 10, the forward / reverse oscillating roller 43 comes into contact with the reverse opening port — The reverse rotation starts, so only the bottom sheet S is sent. The second and subsequent sheets S are pushed back to the upstream side. Next, as shown in FIG. 2, the control device 190 pushes the single piece of paper S sent to the banding mechanism 50 by the push-up mechanism 63 to the frame 51. Push it up (step 1446). That is, first, the control device 190 raises the lifting mechanism 63 to a predetermined position. As a result, the paper-sheet supporting portion 63a pushes the gate members 62 and 62 open, so that the paper-sheet supporting section 63a is positioned on the gate member while supporting the paper-sheet. Thereafter, the controller 190 lowers the lifting mechanism 63 to the initial position. Since the width of the paper-sheet supporting portion 63a is smaller than the gap between the gate members 62, as shown in FIG. 3, the paper-sheet supporting portion 63a is formed of the closed gate members 62, 62 as shown in FIG. The sheet S (which is wider than the gap between the gate members 62) at this time is lowered to the original position again, and at this time, is placed on the closed gate members 62, 62. Moved.

Next, the control device 190 checks whether the number of sheets stored in the collection stack (stored in the memory of the control device 190) is 0 (step 1419). If the value is 0, the process proceeds to step 1408. If it is not 0, the control device 190 counts the number of times the push-up mechanism 63 is operated, and repeats the above-described sheet-pulling-up operation until the predetermined number of times is reached (step 1407). By the step 1447, a predetermined number of paper pieces S are accumulated in the standby section 50a on the gate members 62, 62.

As shown in FIG. 4, the counted number of paper sheets S reaches a predetermined number in the standby section 50a, or the number of collected stacks becomes zero. Then, the control device 190 stops the operation of the sending mechanism 40 (step 1408). As a result, the supply of the sheet S from the collection stack 10 is temporarily stopped. Next, the control device 190 activates the tape cutter 57 of the banding mechanism 50 and cuts the tape guided to the second tape guide 58 to a predetermined length (step). Step 1 409). Subsequently, the control device 190 activates the side guide member 52 and the main press member 53 (step 1410). As a result, the side guide member 52 and the main press member 53 come down from above, and push out the tape in the second tape guide 58 as shown in FIG. And press it against a bundle of paper pieces S. At this time, the end of the tape comes into contact with the adhesive terminal 61, and the adhesive is attached.

According to step 1410, the side guide member 52 is lowered along the edge of the bundle of paper sheets S as shown in FIG. 6, and the tape is moved substantially along the bundle of paper sheets S. Bend in a U-shape. Next, the control device 190 activates the bandage roller 60 (step 1411). As a result, first, one banding roller 60 moves as shown by the arrow from the dotted line position to the solid line position as shown in FIG. Is bent along the bottom of the piece of paper S. Then, the other bandage roller 60a moves as shown by the arrow from the dotted line position to the solid line position as shown in Fig. 7, and the end of the tape with the adhesive is already The banding roller 60 is bent at the end of the bent tape. Overlap and glue. This completes the bandaging operation. After the banding is completed, the control device 190 returns the banding rollers 60, 60a to their original positions, raises the side guide members 52, and further moves the side guide members 52 And the main press member 53 are raised together and returned to the original position.

Next, the control device 190 starts the rotation of the tape feed rollers 55, 55 (step 1412). As a result, the tape T is fed to the leading end of the second tape guide 58. When a tape detection signal is notified from the tape detection sensor 59 at the end of the second tape guide 58 (step 1413), the control device 190 controls the tape feed rollers 55, 55 Stop rotation.

When the banding is completed by the above processing, the control device 190 conveys the bundle of banded paper pieces to the safe room 80 by the conveying mechanism 70 and stores it.

First, as shown in FIG. 8, the control device 190 transfers the bundle of banded paper pieces S left on the gate members 62, 62 by the transport mechanism 70 to the vault 80, as shown in FIG. Out of the container (steps 14 and 15). More specifically, the control device 190 transmits the bundle of banded paper pieces S left on the gate members 62, 62 first by the pushing section 71 to the frame of the bandage mechanism 50. It is extruded laterally from the opening of the side wall of the body 51, and is then conveyed to a position facing the paper chip collection port 81 of the safe vault 80 by operating the conveyor belt 73. By operating the conveyor belt 73 for a predetermined time, the bundle of banded sheets S is positioned immediately below the safe room 80, and the control device 190 operates the push-up portion 83. Then, the bundle of paper pieces S is stored in the storage room 80 (steps 1416). That is, the push-up portion 8 3 pushes the gate member 82 open, and then descends again to the original position through the space between the closed gate members 82, but at this time, the closed gate member 82 Since the bundle of paper pieces S is held on 82, the bundle of banded paper pieces is stored in the vault 80.

(3) Paper sheet staple device

As shown in FIG. 9, the paper sheet start-up device 100 of the present embodiment is inserted into the receiving portion 12 1 such as a paper sheet (including a paper money) discharged from the paper money dropping opening A of the paper money transporter. The transported paper pieces are transported, and the transported paper pieces are aligned and stored in a collection stack 10 mounted on the upper part of the sta- tion force body 101.

The main body 101 has a receiving section 121 for feeding out the received bills such as bills to the downstream side, a separating mechanism 125 for separating and aligning the bills one by one. It has a staple-in-conveyance mechanism 130 that sends out the aligned pieces of paper one by one, and a transfer unit 140 that waits for the transported pieces of paper and stores them in the timely collection stack 10. . Further, the static force main body 101 has a control device 200, and as shown in FIG. 17, the control device 200 includes a control device 200 of each part constituting the static force main body 101. Control the operation. Further, it has means for transmitting a signal for instructing the collection stack 10 to open and close the locking shutter 22. Further, a means is provided for notifying the control unit 21a of the number-of-collected-stacks detecting means 20 of the number of paper sheets to be transferred. As the control device 200, an integrated device with the control device 190 of the above-described paper-sheet processing device may be used. In addition, a hook (not shown) urged by a panel is provided at a place where the collecting stat force is installed on the stat force main body, and a collecting stat force 10 is provided. And the hook is used to lock the collection stat force of 10 The collecting staple force 10 is fixed to the stack main body 101 by hanging on the concave portion.

A. Receiving department

The receiving section 1 2 1 is composed of a guide member 1 2 3 that guides the piece of paper discharged from the bill dropper A downward, and a feed revert 1 2 4 that feeds the dropped piece of paper to the next process. This transmission belt 124 is passed over the pulleys 122 and 122 arranged above and below. The end of the stretched side of the transport reverts 124 is connected to the transport mechanism status internal transport mechanism 130.

B. Statistic force transfer mechanism

The in-staff transport mechanism 130 is composed of a plurality of pulleys 122, 131, 131, ... and a horizontal transport belt stretched over each of the pulleys 122, 131, ... It has 1 3 2 and vertical transfer belt 1 3 4. The feed roller 122 is coaxially coupled to the pulley 122 on which the feed rivet sole 124 and the horizontal transfer belt 132 are stretched. 2a is provided so as to be driven by an electric motor (not shown) via a clutch mechanism or the like. In addition, each conveyor belt (such as 124, 1332, and 1334) of the main body 101 rotates with the rotation of the above-described feed roller 122a. .

C. Stat force separation mechanism

An in-static separation mechanism 125 is provided near the starting end of the horizontal transfer belt 132 on the stretching side. The sta- tion internal separation mechanism 125 receives the paper sent by the feed re- verse 124. This mechanism separates and aligns pieces one by one and sends them to the horizontal conveyor belt 13 2. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, the internal force separating mechanism 125 is a forward / reverse oscillating roller provided on the single-sheet feeding guide 123 so as to be able to be separated from and brought into contact with the sheet. And a reverse rotation roller 127 that contacts the forward / reverse oscillating roller 126 in a timely manner and transmits rotational force. The reverse rotation roller 127 is driven by a mechanism that transmits the rotation of the feeding roller 122 a by reversing the rotation.

A small predetermined gap is provided between the forward / reverse oscillating roller 1 26 and the reverse rotation roller 1 27, and this predetermined gap is larger than the thickness of one piece of paper. It is set to a value smaller than the number of sheets. The forward / reverse oscillating roller 1 26 is urged in a direction in contact with the horizontal transport belt 13 2.

Next to the horizontal transport belt 132 and the vertical transport belt 134 that constitute the in-force transport mechanism 1330, press the belt units along the belts 1332 and 1334. G 13 and 13 5 are provided. The pressing belt of the pressing belt tonit 13 3 is in contact with the horizontal transport belt 13 2, and the gap between the pressing belt and the horizontal transport belt 13 2 is a paper path for the paper sheet to pass through. It is 130 a. Similarly, the pressing belt of the pressing belt unit 136 is in contact with the vertical conveying belt 134, and the gap between the pressing belt and the vertical conveying belt 134 is such that the paper piece passes therethrough. The paper path is 130 a.

A sensor 201 is provided in the paper passage 130a. ing. When the sensor detects the passage of the paper piece, it notifies the control device 200 of the detection.

At the end of the paper path 130a, there is a

There is provided a separation section 13 6 for separating the paper piece from 30 and introducing the paper piece to the transfer section 140. The separated portion 1336 is formed by a guide plate 1337 that is bent and extended in the direction of the transfer portion 140 formed at the upper end of the stat force main body 101 and a motor not shown. And a separation roller 138 that is driven to rotate.

D. Transfer Department

As shown in FIG. 10 and FIG. 11, the transfer section 140 waits for the paper piece transported by the transport mechanism 130 in the stacker, and, by a push-up mechanism 144 described later, appropriately. This is for storing paper pieces in the collection stack 10. The upper end of the transfer section 140 is open, forming a transfer port 141 for transferring the waiting paper pieces to the collection stack 10.

At the bottom side of the transfer section 140, a paper piece waiting belt 144 suspended over a pair of pulleys 144, 142 is arranged. The paper-sheet waiting belt 144 is for waiting the paper sheet separated by the separation section 134 at a fixed position in the transfer section 140. A lifting mechanism 144 is provided beside the paper waiting belt 144. Push-up mechanism 1 4 4

This is a mechanism for pushing the paper pieces in 40 into the collection stack 10 in a timely manner.

At the edge of transfer port 14 1, for the body that opens and closes transfer port 14 1 A guide groove 154 is provided in which the end of the shutter 150 is slidably fitted. One end of the guide groove 154 is a shutter 15 for the main body. A slide port 1 54 a is formed to escape to the outside when 0 is opened. In addition, a shutter housing is provided on the side wall portion of the main body 101 for guiding the main body shutter 150 coming out of the slide opening 154a (shown in FIG. 11). Section 1 5 5 is provided.

The main body shutter 150 is formed by connecting a plurality of blades 150a, 150a ... so as to be bendable with each other, and along the bendable end thereof, the transfer section 1 is provided. A chain tooth portion is provided to match a sprocket 33 disposed at 40. The main body shutter 150 opens and closes the transfer port 141 by a sprocket 33 driven by a motor or the like (not shown). The shutter 150 for the main body is electrically connected so as to cover the internal paper piece when the collection stack 10 is removed from the transfer section 140 so as to cover the internal paper pieces. Is controlled.

E. Control device ·

FIG. 18 shows the processing flow of the control device 200 in the stat body 101. When a start switch (not shown) provided on the status main body 101 is depressed, the control device 200 starts processing (step 1801). In this embodiment, the switch pressed by the user is used as a start switch, but the collection stack 10 is a predetermined switch for the start force main body 101. When mounted on the mounting site of Stack detection switch (not shown) for collection, which is pressed down by the attachment of the stack (not shown). It may be a switch.

-First, the control device 200 starts the rotation of the feeding roller 122a and the reverse rotation roller 127 (step 1802). Thus, the transport re-belt 12 4, the horizontal transport belt 13 2, the vertical transport belt 13 4, the pressing belt to-units 13 3, 13 5, and the sheet waiting belt 14 3 4 Rotation starts. In addition, it becomes possible to separate the paper pieces by the in-force separation mechanism 125.

As shown in Fig. 9, the bills discharged from the bill dropper A of the bill transporter into the staple body 101 of the staple staple device 100 are sent to the rotating transport rivel of the receiving unit 121. By means of the contact 124, the sheet is sent to the internal force separation mechanism 125 on the start side of the internal force transfer mechanism 130.

In the internal force separating mechanism 125, the forward / reverse oscillating roller 126 is rotated by an electric motor (not shown), and the horizontal transport rotating in conjunction with the rotation of the feed roller 122a. With the belt 13 in contact with it, it is always rotating in a certain direction, ie, counterclockwise in FIG.

When one sheet of paper is fed under the forward / reverse oscillating roller 1 26, the forward / reverse oscillating roller 1 26 is lifted up by one sheet, but the forward / reverse oscillating roller is lifted. Since the specified gap between 1 2 6 and the reverse rotation roller 1 2 7 is set larger than one sheet of paper, The rollers 1 26 and 1 27 do not contact each other, and the sheet is conveyed along the path 130 a.

If two or more sheets are inserted, the specified gap between the forward / reverse oscillating roller 1 26 and the reverse roller 1 27 is smaller than the thickness of the two sheets. Therefore, the forward / reverse oscillating roller 1 26 comes into contact with the reverse rotating roller 1 27 and rotates clockwise in FIG. As a result, the upper piece of paper that is in contact with the forward / reverse oscillating roller 1 26 is pushed back upstream, and only one piece of paper that is in contact with the horizontal transport belt 13 2 is transported downstream.

The paper pieces sent one by one by the in-force separation mechanism 125 are separated by a paper path 130, which is a gap between the horizontal transfer belt 132 and the pressing bell tunit 133. After being sent horizontally, the vertical conveyor belt 1 3 4 and the pressing belt unit 1

The paper piece path 130a extending substantially at right angles, which is a gap with 35, is sent in the vertical direction and is conveyed to the separation section 1336.

The paper piece sent to the separation section 13 6 is guided to the transfer section 14.0 side along the guide plate 13 7, and is transported by the separation roller 13 8 to the transport mechanism 13 within the static force. It is separated from the zero belt and moved to the transfer unit 140.

Next, the control device 200 transmits the transfer unit 1 as described above.

The multiple pieces of paper that had been placed on standby at 40 were collectively transferred from the staple body 101 side to the collection stack 100 that was removably attached to the transfer section 140, and stored. I do.

First, the controller 200 determines whether or not the operation stop has been instructed. (Step 18 1). In this embodiment, the stop of the operation is instructed by releasing the start switch. However, the operation stop switch is provided separately from the start switch to the start force main body 101. A switch may be provided. If the operation stop has been instructed, the control device performs the processing of step 1815 described later, and stops the operation of the status main body 101.

When the operation stop instruction has not been issued, the control device checks whether the number of paper sheets waiting in the transfer unit 140 has reached a predetermined upper limit ( Step 18 16). If the upper limit has been reached, the process proceeds to step 1815 as in the case where the operation stop instruction has been issued, and the operation of the status force main body 101 is stopped. At this time, processing for a warning such as sounding a warning sound may be performed.

When the paper sheet passes through the paper path 130a, it is detected by the sensor 201 and notified to the control device 200 each time it passes. The control device 200 counts and holds the number of passes. The control device 200 of the present embodiment determines the number of times of passage as the number of waiting paper pieces. If the bill is a bill, if the sensor 201 has a function to detect the bill type, in addition to the above-mentioned number of passes, the number of passes for each bill type is also counted. Can be stored and memorized.

If the sensor 201 has a function of discriminating the type of paper sheet and the number of passes is separately counted for each type, When the bill is a bill, the controller 200 can calculate the total amount even when bills of different denominations are mixed and processed. You.

-If the number of waiting paper sheets has not reached the upper limit, the control device 200 checks whether the force of the collection stack detection switch has been pressed or not (step 1803). If not, return to step 18 14. If the recovery stack detection switch is pressed, the controller checks whether the start switch has been released (step 1814).

If it has been released, the stop of the operation has been instructed, and the process of the operation stop described below is performed. If it has not been released, the control unit 200 instructs the collection stack 10 to release the locking shutter 22 upward to the predetermined position L1 (see Fig. 12). (Step 1804). As a result, the slide opening 13a is opened. The lock shutter 22 of the collection stack is driven by a motor, a solenoid, and the like built into the collection stack 10 in response to a signal from the control device 200. It is opened and closed by the power of.

In step 1804, the locking shutter 22 opens the slide 67a and closes the sheet discharge port 68 as shown in FIG. At this time, the sprockets 33, 33, which are combined with the main body shutter 150 of the stack body 101, and the stack shutter 70 of the collection stack 10, 70 (The paper stack is not in the collection stack 10 in Fig. 11) Further, the control device 200 rotates the sprocket 33 clockwise in FIG. 3 (step 1805). As a result, the stack shutter 14 moves along the guide groove 13 so that the mounting port 12 is opened, and comes out of the slide port 13a, and the It is stored in the ivy storage section 32. In addition, the shutter 150 for the main body of the moving unit moves, exits from the slide 154a, and is housed in the main body shutter storage unit 1505. As a result of this step, as shown in FIG. 10, the statistic main body 101 opens and closes the main body shutter 150 that opens and closes the transfer port 144 of the transfer section 140. Similarly, the stack shutter 70 that opens and closes the mounting port 12 of the collection stack 10 is also open, and the transfer port 14 on the side of the stacking force main body 101 is also open. And the mounting opening 12 of the collecting stack 10 are in communication with each other so that the paper pieces can pass therethrough (in FIG. 10, the collecting stack 10 has no paper pieces).

Next, the control device 200 checks whether the number of paper sheets waiting in the transfer section 140 is a predetermined number (step 1806).

If the number has not reached the predetermined number, control device 200 waits until the number reaches the predetermined number. When the predetermined number of sheets has been reached, the control device 200 temporarily stops the feed rollers 122a and raises the push-up mechanism 144 to a predetermined position (step 18007). As a result, the push-up mechanism 144 is connected to the collection status. The gate member 66 of the block 10 is pushed up, and the holding plate 65 is pushed up, and the sheet supporting portion 144 a of the lifting mechanism 144 enters the inside of the collection stack 10. Along with this, the paper pieces waiting in the transfer unit 140 are all pushed up as they are and stored in the collection stack 10. At this time, if the gate member 66 is pushed up beyond the opening / closing width of the gate member 66, the gate member 66 is closed in its original state by the urging force of a spring or the like.

Subsequently, the control device 200 lowers the lifting mechanism 144 to the initial position (step 1808). At this time, the piece of paper is hooked on the closed gate member 66, is sandwiched by the holding plate 65 with the elasticity of the holding panel 64, and is fixed in the box 61. The push-up mechanism 144 returns to its original position.

Next, the control device 200 notifies the collection stack 10 of the number of the paper pieces (step 1809). At this time, a notification of the number of pieces of paper stored in the collection stack after adding the notified number is received from the collection stack. Next, the control device 200 restarts the rotation of the feed roller 122a (step 1810), and determines whether the number of sheets stored in the collection stack 10 becomes the upper limit ( Unless the stack removal button (provided on the stat body 101) (not shown) is pressed down (step 18 17), the step 1 Return to 8 07.

When the number of paper sheets stored in the collection stack 10 reaches the upper limit (step 18 17), the stack removal button is pressed. Then, the controller 200 closes the shutter for main body 150 and the shutter for stack 14 by rotating the sprocket 33 in the reverse direction (step 1811). Step 18 1 2), and instruct the collection stack 10 to close the lock shutter 22 of the collection stack 10 (Step 18 1 3) Remove the hooks for fixing the recovery stack 10 from the locking recesses of the recovery stack 10. An input device should be provided on the statistic body, and when the hook is removed, the hook should be released only when a password is input using a password or ID card. Can also. In addition, if the number of sheets stored in the collection stack 10 reaches the upper limit, a warning sound or a warning message is displayed to improve usability. You.

More specifically, when the collection stack 10 is removed from the transfer section 140 of the main body 101, the sprockets 33, 33 are turned counterclockwise. As shown in Fig. 3, the shutter 150 for the main unit and the shutter 70 for the stack are closed so as to close the transfer port 14 1 and the mounting port 12 respectively. It is. At this time, the lock shutter 22 has the slide port 67a opened. Subsequently, the lock shutter 22 slides so as to close the slide 67 a, and the main shutter 150 of the recovery stack 10 is normally operated by hand. Then it will not open.

As a result, the collecting stack 10 can be moved to the static main body 10 1 Can be removed as it is. When the collection stack 10 is removed from the main unit 101, the shutter 150 for the main unit 101 is replaced with the transfer port 14 of the transfer unit 14 The paper inside the sta- tus main body 101 is concealed because it blocks the paper. Normally, the paper cannot be seen or removed from the outside. On the other hand, the collection stack 10 removed from the stack body 101 is also closed by the stack shutter 70 so that the paper pieces cannot be seen from the outside. In this state, the paper pieces can be sent to post-processing together with the collection stack 10.

After step 1813, control device 200 returns the processing to step 1814, and repeats the above processing until an operation stop instruction is issued.

When the operation stop instruction is detected in step 1814, the controller 200 stops the rotation of the feed roller 122a and the reverse rotation roller 127 (step 1811). Five ) .

It should be noted that a plurality of lifting mechanisms 144 are provided so that a plurality of collection stacks 10 can be installed, and the sensor 201 has a function of distinguishing the type of a piece of paper. The controller 200 changes the stoppage location for transporting the paper piece for each type of paper piece detected by the sensor 201, and sets the collection stack 10 according to the type of paper piece. If the control is performed such that the paper pieces are stored in different collection stacks, the paper pieces can be sorted and stored in different collection stacks 10 for each type of paper sheet. In addition, when the bill is a banknote, On the other hand, if the control device 200 controls the number of bills per face value, the total amount of the stored bills per face value and the total amount of processed bills are calculated. You can do that too.

In the above-described embodiment, for example, the reciprocating members such as the push-up device 63, the push-up portion 83, and the push-up mechanism 144 are reciprocated by the rack and pinion and the motor thereof. can do. Further, the reciprocating operation may be realized by another device such as an air cylinder.

Claims

The scope of the claims

1. A paper processing unit and a collection stack detachably mounted on the paper processing unit.

The collection stack above is

A box having a mounting slot for receiving paper fragments from the outside and a paper slot for paying out the paper fragments stored inside to the outside,

The above-mentioned paper chip processing device main body is

A mechanism for opening and closing the stack shutter,

A paper chip processing apparatus comprising: a delivery mechanism for feeding a paper sheet from a collection stack; and a storage container for storing the paper sheet.

2. In Claim 1,

The box of the collecting stack has a slide for the stacking shutter to escape to the outside when the mounting opening is opened,

The main body of the paper sheet processing apparatus has a shirt storage section for guiding and storing a part or all of the stack shutter coming out of the slide at the mounting position of the collection stack. A paper chip processing device characterized by the above-mentioned.

3. In claim 1,

The main body of the paper sheet processing apparatus includes a sprocket, and the shutter for stacking has an engaging portion provided in a row so as to engage with the sprocket and to be fed. A sheet processing apparatus, characterized in that it is a flexible member.

4. In Claim 3,

The paper processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the flexible member includes a plurality of blades connected to each other so as to be bent.

5. In Claim 1

The sending mechanism,

It is arranged at the mounting part of the main body of the device for mounting the collecting stack,

An arm member pivotally attached to the mounting portion,

When the stacking shutter of the collection stack is opened, the stacker rotates while contacting a piece of paper in the stack that is opened from the mounting opening of the collection stack, and dispenses the piece of paper. A sheet processing apparatus characterized in that a dispensing roller for dispensing from a mouth to the outside is provided at a tip of the arm member.

6. In claim 1,

The sheet processing apparatus main body includes:

Banded with tape with a fixed number of fed paper pieces bundled Bandaging mechanism

And a transport mechanism for delivering a bundle of sealed paper pieces.

A paper chip processing device, wherein a sent bundle of paper sheets is stored in the storage container.

7. In Claim 6,

The bandage mechanism,

A standby unit for holding a stack of paper pieces fed by the sending mechanism,

A tape guide portion arranged so as to straddle the stacked bundle of paper pieces upward and guiding a tape for a bandage;

And a tape guide unit that wraps and binds a bundle of bills while detaching the tape from the tape guide unit.

8. In Claim 1,

The transport mechanism,

An extruding unit that extrudes a bundle of paper pieces sealed from the banding mechanism to the side;

A conveyor belt for sending out the bundle of extruded paper pieces from the banding mechanism.

9. In Claim 8,

The storage container, Disposed above the transport belt,

It has a paper strip collection opening facing the conveyor belt, and a push-up section that pushes the paper strip sent by the conveyor belt to the paper strip collection port below the paper strip collection port,

A paper chip processing apparatus characterized by further comprising an openable and closable gate member for holding a paper sheet taken into a storage container at a periphery of the paper sheet collection port.

10. In claim 6,

The sheet processing apparatus main body includes:

When it is detected that the collecting stack is set in the main body of the sheet processing apparatus,

Open the stack shutter above and

Instruct the collection stack to open the locking shutter,

A sheet processing apparatus, further comprising a control device that starts driving of the delivery mechanism, the banding mechanism, and the transport mechanism.

1 1. In claim 10,

The control device includes means for notifying the collection stack of the delivery of the paper sheet to the collection stack in response to the delivery of the paper sheet by the delivery φ structure. Processing equipment.

1 2. A staple force main body for conveying the received paper pieces, And a collecting stack that is detachably attached to the stacker main body and stores the paper pieces sent from the stacker main body.

The stacker body is

A receiving section for receiving the received piece of paper,

A separation mechanism that separates and aligns pieces of paper one by one, a transport mechanism that sends out pieces of paper that are aligned one by one,

The transfer unit,

A transfer port for transferring the waiting piece of paper to the collection stack; and a main body shirt for sealing the transfer port. The collection stack includes:

A sheet stacker device comprising: a stacking shutter for sealing the mounting opening.

1 3. In claim 12,

The box of the collection stack has a slide for the stack shutter to escape to the outside when opening the mounting opening.

The said sheet | seat force main body has a shutter accommodating part which guides and accommodates some or all of the shutter for a stack which escaped from the said slide opening, The paper sheet | seat stamping apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned.

1 4. In Claim 1 2

A paper stacking device, wherein the collection stack has a locking shutter for opening and closing the slide opening.

1 5. In claim 12,

The above-mentioned force body is

A sprocket for engaging the main body shutter,

A sprocket for engaging with the stack shutter. The shutter for the main body and the shutter for the stack are each provided with a locking portion provided in a chain so as to be engaged with the sprocket and fed. A paper stacker characterized by having a flexible member.

1 6. In claim 15,

The said flexible member connects the several blade board so that bending is mutually possible, The paper-piece stacker apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned.

1 7. In claim 1,

The stacker body is

When it is detected that the collecting stack is set on the above-mentioned stacking force main body, Open the stack shutter above and

Instruct the collection stack to open the locking shutter,

A sheet stacker further comprising a control device that starts driving of the separation mechanism, the transport mechanism, and the transfer unit.

1 8. In Claim 17

The control device of the stacker main body includes:

Means for counting the number of pieces of paper stored in the collection stack;

Means for notifying said collection number to said collection stack.

19. An input / output control unit for receiving an external notification, a memory having an area for storing the number of data, and a display unit having means for displaying the number data stored in the memory. With

And a control unit having means for updating the number of sheets held in the memory in response to a notification from the outside via the input / output control unit. H.

20. In claim 19, The collecting stack has a sensor for measuring the thickness of the stored bundle of paper pieces.

2 1. A storage container, and a paper chip processing device main body that stores paper chips in the storage container, a staple force main body that conveys the received paper chips, and a paper chip that is sent from the staple power main body. And a collecting stack for supplying a sheet to the sheet processing apparatus main body.

The collection stack above is

A box having a mounting slot for receiving paper fragments from the outside, and a paper bill payout port for feeding the paper fragments stored inside to the outside,

A stacking shutter for sealing the mounting opening, a locking shutter for sealing the paper chip payout opening, and a mechanism for opening and closing the locking shutter. With

The above-mentioned paper chip processing device main body is

A mechanism for opening and closing the stack shutter,

A delivery mechanism that feeds out a piece of paper from the collection stack,

The stat body is

A receiving section for receiving the received piece of paper,

A separation mechanism that separates and aligns the paper pieces one by one,

A transport mechanism that sends out the aligned pieces of paper,

The transfer unit, A transfer port that communicates with the mounting port and transfers a standby paper piece to the collection stack when the collecting start force is attached; and a main body shutter that seals the transfer port. A paper chip handling system characterized by having