JPH0123925Y2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed explanation of the invention] [Purpose of the invention] (Field of industrial application) This invention is a method for classifying securities such as checks, stock certificates, slips, or paper sheets such as cards into multiple types and dividing them into predetermined numbers. The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing device that collects and bundles a predetermined number of paper sheets that have been sorted and stacked, and then further separates each of the bundled paper sheets.

(Prior Art) This type of paper sheet processing device sets paper sheets, such as securities, in a supply section, takes out the set paper sheets one by one, and processes the taken out paper sheets. After performing the necessary inspection using an inspection device, as shown in Figure 1, reusable paper sheets (paper sheets that are valid and suitable for reuse, hereinafter referred to as "paper sheets") are The sorting device 1 separates paper sheets that are valid but not suitable for reuse (hereinafter referred to as unfit notes) and non-reusable paper sheets (hereinafter referred to as unfit notes). Of the paper sheets collected, the correct notes R and unfit notes N are counted, and based on the count, they are sorted and accumulated in the correct note accumulator 2R and unfit note accumulator 2N every predetermined number of sheets, for example, 100 sheets. The stacked good bills R and unfit bills N are conveyed by the same bundle conveying device 3 and sent to a sealing device 4.

In this sealing device 4, the accumulated good notes R and unfit notes N are
A sealing tape or the like, which is a sealing band, is wrapped around the paper to form a bundle.Then, the paper is conveyed to the unfit note stamping device 5, and the sealing tape surface of the bundle of unfit notes indicates that it is a bundle of unfit bills. The seal is now being stamped. and,
The fair and unfit bills are stored, for example, in a bill storage box (not shown), and an operator or the like distinguishes between the fair and unfit bills based on whether a sealing tape is stamped or not. .

Previously, such a device was disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 50-61162
There is a device shown in the above publication.

However, in the conventional paper sheet processing apparatus configured in this way, the operator is required to perform the sorting work after distinguishing between good and damaged bills, which increases the burden on the operator and causes problems. I was getting used to it.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) This invention solves the problem of the conventional apparatus in that the burden on the operator increases in sorting bundles of paper sheets into two types.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet processing device that can automatically classify paper sheet bundles that are divided into two types and sealed with a sealing band.

[Structure of the invention] (Means for solving the problem) In the present invention, as a means for solving the above problem, a first stacking device and a second stacking device for stacking paper sheets that are classified into A first sealing device and a second sealing device that seal paper sheets stacked by the first stacking device and the second stacking device with a sealing band, and transport from the first sealing device and the second sealing device. a detector for detecting the color of the sealing band of the paper leaf bundles to be processed, a bundle sorting device for separating the paper leaf bundles, and a first and second paper leaf bundle separated by the paper leaf bundles, respectively. The present invention is provided with a third accumulation device and a fourth accumulation device.

(Operation) The first sealing device and the second sealing device seal using sealing bands having different colors, the detector detects this color, and the grasping and sorting device separates the seals based on the detection results. do. and the third and fourth accumulators, respectively.
It is integrated into an integration device.

(Example) Hereinafter, this invention will be explained in detail using examples.

2 and 3 are block diagrams showing one embodiment of the paper sheet processing apparatus according to this invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view showing a part of the preprocessing device forming the front stage of the paper sheet processing apparatus. , FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a part of a post-processing device which is a downstream stage of the paper sheet processing device. First, for example, bills placed in a horizontal state are taken out one by one by a take-out and conveyance device (not shown) by vacuum pivoting, and then conveyed to an inspection device (not shown). The inspection device performs a necessary inspection on the ticket taken out and conveyed by the takeout conveyance device. Then, the bills that have passed through the inspection device are sorted into normal bills and unfit bills by a transport sorting device 11 shown in FIG. 2 based on the inspection results of the inspection device. The conveying and sorting device 11 includes driving or driven rollers 12,1.
2,... and conveyor belts 13, 13... wrapped around these rollers 12, 12..., and sandwich and convey the ticket P between mutually opposing surfaces of the conveyor belts 13, 13... It's becoming like that. The conveyance sorting device 11 is provided with a sorting gate 15 which is driven and rotated by, for example, a rotary solenoid, and the sorting gate 15 rotates by being driven by, for example, a rotary solenoid. The responsive driving of the sorting gate 15 sorts the bills into good and unfit bills, with the fit bills being conveyed to the first conveyance path 16 and the unfit bills to the second conveyance path 17 . The genuine bills conveyed from the first conveyance path 16 are sorted into, for example, 100 sheets and stacked in a substantially horizontal state in the conformity bill sorting/accumulating device 18R, and the unfit bills conveyed from the second conveyance path 17 are discarded. For example, in the ticket sorting and accumulating device 18N,
The sheets are divided into units of 100 and stacked almost horizontally. Then, the genuine bill sorting and accumulating device 18
A genuine note sealing device 19R and an unfit note sealing device 1 are installed directly below the R and unfit note sorting and accumulating device 18N, respectively.
9N is arranged, and the genuine note sealing device 19R
For example, 100 regular bills accumulated by the regular bill sorting and accumulating device 18R are sealed with yellow tape, and the unfit bill sealing device 19N is used to separate the unfit bills. For example, 100 unfit bills collected by the sorting and collecting device 18N are sealed with green tape to form a bundle. The fit or unfit bills, that is, the fit or unfit notes that have been made into bundles by the fit note sealing device 19R and the unfit note sealing device 19N, are carried out to the bundle conveying device 20, and the bundle conveying device 20 The stacks of normal bills and damaged bills are conveyed to a post-processing device 21 shown in FIG.

Note that the genuine note sorting and accumulating device 18R, the unfit note sorting and accumulating device 18N, the genuine note sealing device 19R, and the unfit note sealing device 19N are, for example, disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No.
The device described in the specification of No. 120608 can be mentioned, but detailed explanation thereof will be omitted.

In the post-processing device 21 in FIG.
2, and this conveyance device 22 is connected to the pretreatment device 2.
0, receives the good bill bundle and unfit bill bundle conveyed at 0, and conveys them vertically in the direction of arrow U in the figure, and passes them through the color detector 23 to a bunch consisting of a regular bill gate 24, a unfit bill gate 25, etc. It is adapted to lead to a sorting device 26. The color detector 23 optically detects, for example, the color of the bundle tape of the normal bill bundle and unfit bill bundle being conveyed, and is provided in the middle of the conveyance device 22. Genuine ticket gate 24
is provided in the middle of the conveying device 22, and is activated when a yellow (regular bill bundle) detection signal is output from the detector 23, and stops the corresponding bill bundle (regular bill bundle) being conveyed. This state is maintained until the genuine bill pusher 27 is activated. Further, when the detector 23 outputs a green (damaged note) detection signal, the valid note gate 24 does not operate, and the transfer device 22
is adapted to convey the stack of bills to the unfit bill pusher 28. The genuine bill pusher 27 is activated when the genuine bill gate 24 stops the bill bundle, and pushes out the valid bill bundle from the conveying device 22 and causes it to fall sideways. At this time, when the next bundle of regular bills arrives, the bundle of regular bills is stacked on top of the previous bundle of regular bills by the regular bill pusher 27, and the bundle of regular bills is stacked by the regular bill bundle conveying path 29. They are transported to the device 30, where, for example, 10 pieces (10 bundles) are accumulated. The correct bill stacking device 30 temporarily places the correct bill stacks that have passed under the extrusion mechanism 30a through the proper bill transfer path 29 on a mounting plate 30b that moves up and down.
The mounting table 3 swings upward from a horizontal state due to the upward movement of 0b and the pressure of the valid bill stack placed on its upper surface.
0c, and by sequentially repeating this process, ten genuine bill stacks are accumulated on the mounting table 30c. And the extrusion mechanism 30
By protruding the push-out body 30d of a, the stacked ten stacks of regular bills are pushed out, for example, to a mechanism (not shown) that further bundles the stacked stacks of regular bills.

On the other hand, the unfit bill gate 25 is provided at the terminal end of the conveying device 22, and is activated when a green (unfit note bundle) detection signal is output from the detector 23, and is activated to correspond to the corresponding bill bundle (unfit note bundle) being conveyed. This state is maintained until the unfit bill pusher 28 is activated. Then, the unfit bill pusher 28 is activated when the unfit bill gate 25 stops the bundle of bills, and pushes out the bundle of unfit bills from the conveying device 22 and falls sideways, and at this time, the next bundle of unfit bills is If you come,
The bundle of unfit bills is stacked on the previous bundle of unfit bills by the unfit bill extruder 28, and the bundle of unfit bills is stacked by the unfit bill transport path 31, which has the same structure as the fair bill stacking device 30. It is designed to be transported to a device 32.
An expiration device 33 is provided on the unfit bill transport path 31 in front of the unfit bill stacking device 32.
This invalidation device 33 is designed to prevent unfit bills from being reused by punching a predetermined portion of the unfit bills, for example, where the security number or stock certificate number is located, on the bundle of unfit bills being conveyed.

Note that as the fair bill stacking device 30, the unfit bill stacking device 32, and the invalidation device 33, for example, the device described in the specification of Japanese Patent Application No. 120608/1980 can be mentioned, but a detailed explanation thereof is given below. Omitted.

The paper sheet processing device configured in this manner has the path of the paper sheets as shown in FIG. The unfit note N is sealed with a yellow sealing tape and a green sealing tape by a normal note sealing device 19R and an unfit note sealing device 19N provided separately, respectively. and,
The genuine note sealing device 19R and the unfit note sealing device 19
The color detector 21 detects the color of the sealing tape of each bundle of bills discharged from the N, and based on the detection signal of the color detector 21, the bundle sorting device 26 automatically sorts the bills into good and damaged bills. I try to separate them. Therefore, even if each ticket bundle is conveyed tilted or upside down, the color detector 21 can only detect the color at a part of the sealing tape, which is colored all over. It is possible to detect whether the note is a valid note or an unfit note.

Therefore, there is no need to take care to ensure that each ticket bundle is always kept in a fixed position while being conveyed, and the detector scans to detect specific marks made on the sealing tape of the ticket bundles. You don't have to do that.

[Effect of the invention] As described above, according to the invention of the present application, the first paper sheet bundle and the second paper sheet bundle each sealed with a sealing band are
Since the paper sheet bundles can be automatically sorted, the burden on the operator is greatly reduced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory block diagram showing an example of a conventional paper sheet processing apparatus, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are diagrams showing an embodiment of the paper sheet processing apparatus according to this invention. FIG. 2 is a front view showing a part of a pre-processing device which is a front stage of the paper sheet processing device, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a part of a post-processing device which is a rear stage of the paper sheet processing device, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating the paper sheet processing apparatus of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 in a block diagram. 18R... Genuine bill stacking device (first stacking device), 1
8N... Unfit note accumulating device (second accumulating device), 19R
... Authentic bill sealing device (first sealing device), 19N...
Damaged note sealing device (second sealing device), 20...Gripping conveyance device, 21...Color detection device (detector), 26...
Patch sorting device, 30...Good bill stacking device (third stacking device), 32...Unfit bill stacking device (fourth stacking device).

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A paper sheet processing device that is classified into at least two types, a first stacking device that stacks the first paper sheets, a second stacking device that stacks the second paper sheets,
A first sealing device that seals the paper sheets stacked by the first stacking device with a sealing band; and a first sealing device that seals the paper sheets stacked by the second stacking device with a sealing band of the first sealing device. a second sealing device that seals with a sealing band of a different color; and a color of the sealing band of the first and second sheet bundles conveyed from the first and second sealing devices A detector for detecting, a bundle sorting device that separates the first and second bundles of paper sheets based on the detection signal of the detector, and the first and second paper sheets separated by this bundle sorting device. A paper sheet processing device characterized by being provided with third and fourth stacking devices for stacking bundles, respectively.