JP2551061Y2 - Paper binding device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Industrial application field) In the invention, a tape is wound around paper sheets sandwiched at a binding position, and the tape ends are cut and thermally bonded to bind the paper sheets. The present invention relates to an apparatus for binding paper sheets.

(Prior Art) A conventional paper binding apparatus is, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-109723, in which sheets to be bound are accumulated in an accumulation unit, and a fixed number of sheets (usually, in the case of bills, When the number of sheets reaches 100, the conveying means conveys the stacked paper sheets to the binding section, where they are transferred between holders and held by the holders, and a divider is led between the leaves held by the holders. As the tape end is divided, the tape end is pinched between leaves by removing the divider, the tape is wound around the holder, the tape is cut, and the cut end is adhered to complete the binding operation. The binding paper sheets are extruded and released from between.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the above-described conventional apparatus, since the tape is wound together with the holder for holding the paper sheet, the end of the paper sheet is pushed with a pusher to remove the paper sheet from the holder. It is necessary to push the sheet, which has the problem of easily damaging the end on the pressing side of the sheet. At the same time, when the sheet is pulled out from the holder, the binding state of the sheet is easily disturbed, and the bound sheet is There were various problems that would significantly impair the appearance of the device.

In view of the above, the present invention provides a paper sheet binding apparatus in which sheets are directly bound and the tape is not loosened during binding.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the problems of the above-described conventional technology, the present invention is to wrap a tape around a portion other than a holding portion of a paper sheet held at a binding position, and to make a tape end. In the sheet binding apparatus that binds the sheets by performing cutting and heat bonding of the sheets, the sandwiching portion of the sheets to be bound positioned at the binding position is on both sides of the sheet at a position separated in the longitudinal direction thereof. Clamping means having first and second clamp members for abutting and fastening paper sheets, wherein the first and second clamp members clamp the vicinity of a tape winding portion after tape winding;
After the supply and winding of the tape provided around one of the first and second clamp members and wound around the paper sheet, the tape is tensioned to wrap the tape wound around the paper sheet. Tape supply means having a tape tensioning means for tightening, and a tape pull-out position for holding the leading end of the tape at a tape-clipping position facing the tape-delivery area of the tape supply means and preparing for movement from the tape-clamping position to the binding position of paper sheets And a rotation operation for winding the tape around the paper sheet moved to the binding position, and release the tape at a predetermined time after the paper sheet is clamped by the first and second clamp members. A tape wrapping means which is retractable from the tape wrapping area in the longitudinal direction of the paper sheet and is disposed on one side of both sides of the paper sheet where the tape supply means is provided. Cutter means for cutting the tensioned tape after winding the tape, and a fixed position that does not hinder the movement of the bound sheets at the binding position, advance to the sheet surface from this fixed position to cut the tape. A trowel provided to thermally bond the ends and to return to the home position after the bonding, wherein the first and second clamp members are located on both sides of the tape winding portion of the paper sheet in the tape width direction. Having a length longer than the width of the paper sheet in the tape winding direction so as to be able to abut over the entire area in the width direction of the paper sheet, and between the contact edges of one clamp member. The feature is that the trowel can be freely entered.

(Operation) The left and right contact edges of the first and second clamp members abut on both front and back surfaces of the sheet other than the sheet holding portion held at the binding position. The paper sheet is pressed and held between the abutting edges, and the tape is wound, and then tension is applied to the paper sheet. By entering the space and thermally bonding the tape, and releasing the sandwiching of the paper sheets, the bound paper sheets are immediately released.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.

In this embodiment, the case where the paper sheets to be handled are bills will be described. FIG. 1 shows the appearance of a binding machine incorporating the binding device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows an example of an internal arrangement. It is schematically shown. In FIG. 2, the left side is the front (front) of the binding machine 1, and the binding device 2 is incorporated in the machine frame 3,
This machine frame 3 is stored so as to be able to be pulled out from the front side of the binding machine 1, and the upper end and the front face of the binding machine 1 on the front side can be opened and closed by doors 4 and 5 which are schematically shown. 2 for maintenance and inspection.

A hopper 6 for loading the banknotes P to be bound and a banknote unsuitable for bundling (a banknote of a different kind, a counterfeit banknote, a damaged banknote, etc.) at a position immediately above the hopper 6 are provided on the front surface of the upper part of the binding machine 1. Is provided.

As shown schematically in FIG. 1, the bundling machine 1 has a discriminating unit 8 for identifying the bills P loaded into the hopper 6 one by one by a retrieving means (not shown). There is a path 9, and there is a branching piece 10 at a branching portion of the transport path 9, so that the banknotes that can be bound are sent to the stacking section 11 and the banknotes that cannot be bound are sent to the reject section 7.

As shown in the side view in FIG. 3, the bundling device 2 includes a stacking unit 11 for aligning and stacking a certain number of banknotes sent through the conveyance path 9 in a longitudinal direction and a short direction, and The holding and transferring means 12 for holding and moving the banknotes in the aligned and stacked state to the binding position A therebelow, and pressing and holding a position separated from the holding position of the banknote moved to the binding position A from both sides of the banknote. Clamping means 13
Supply means 14 for supplying a binding tape T; tape winding means 15 for winding the tape around a banknote; a cutter mechanism 16 for cutting the tape T which has been tightened after winding;
And a bonding iron mechanism 17 for thermally bonding the cut ends.

The accumulating portion 11 has a receiving member having a substantially L-shaped side surface.
The receiving member 18 has an upper portion of a rising piece 19 attached to a shaft 21 at one end of a swing lever 20, and a cam follower 22 at the other end of the swing lever 20 is in contact with a cam 23. Thus, the swing of the swing lever 20 is given by the rotation of the cam 23.
A plurality of cuts 25, 25 are formed at the outer edge of the bottom 24 of the receiving member 18.
... (sixth illustration) are formed, and these cuts 25, 2
The outer peripheral portions of a plurality of impellers 26, 26 provided at the end of the transport path 9 are inserted into 5 ..., and the bills sent out from the end of the transport path 9 are inserted into the impellers 26, 26 ... The bills are received one by one between the blades, and the blades 26, 26,. Also the bottom 24
On the top, a pressing plate 27 is provided which receives the back of the bills fed through the impellers 26, 26,... Onto the bottom 24, and gradually retreats according to the amount of bills accumulated. The plate 27 is supported by a link mechanism (not shown), and urges the accumulated bills in the direction of the impellers 26, 26 with a constant force by a spring force. The impellers 26, 26,... Used for this are well-known, and a large number of blades 30, 30 made of a thin material having elasticity are curved on the peripheral surface of a boss portion 29 fixed to the shaft 28. Are planted with a small gap between them, and each banknote is received one by one between the blades and carried to the stacking unit 11 side. Reference numeral 18A denotes a guide plate for moving the banknote P to the binding position A, which is formed in a comb-like shape so as not to obstruct the insertion of a pinching claw of the pinching and transferring means 12 described later.

At one end of the stacking portion 11, a fixed wall 31 is provided as a reference for aligning one longitudinal end of the banknotes aligned and stacked on the bottom portion 24 of the receiving member 18, and at the other end thereof A longitudinal alignment mechanism 32 is provided for aligning the stacked banknotes by pressing the ends toward the fixed wall 31 side.

As shown in a perspective view in FIG. 5, the longitudinal alignment mechanism 32 includes a forward / reverse drive motor fixed on a machine frame 33.
A pulley 35 on a shaft 34 and a pulley 36 supported by a machine frame 33
The belt 39 is wound around the intermediate pulleys 37 and 38 so that the pulley 36 can be rotated forward and backward within a predetermined angle range.The arm 40 is fixed to the pulley 36 in the horizontal direction. A round bar-shaped alignment bar 42 is vertically provided at the tip of the arm 40 via a bracket 41. Accordingly, the pivoting movement of the arm 40 from the solid line position in FIG. 5 to the chain line position causes the aligning rod 42 to hit one end of the bill P on the receiving member 18 in the longitudinal direction, pushing the bill P toward the fixed wall 31, and The longitudinal directions are aligned on the basis of. Note that bills of different lengths can be handled by selecting the rotation angle of the motor 34 and changing the turning angle of the aligning rod 42.
The aligning operation by the aligning rod 42 is intermittently driven at a rate of once every 10 to 20 bills fed onto the receiving member 18.

On both sides of the stacking unit 11, short-side alignment mechanisms 43, 43 for aligning the upper ends of the banknotes P aligned and stacked on the receiving member 18 are provided.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the short direction aligning mechanisms 43, 43.
As shown in a plan view in FIG. 7, the symmetrical arrangement is provided, and only one side (left side) will be described for convenience, and the other side will be denoted by the same reference numeral.

The short direction aligning mechanism 43 includes a solenoid 44 fixed to the outer surface of the machine frame 3 and an aligning member having a base end pivotally supported by the shaft 45 on the machine frame 3 so as to be free to fall in the direction of the stacking unit 11. 46
A lever 47 having a substantially rectangular shape with one end connected to the back side near the base end of the alignment member 46; one end pivotally supported by the machine frame 3 and the other end connected to the other end of the lever 47; The plunger 44a of the solenoid 44 is connected by a pin 50 of a pivot 49 of the lever 48, and when the plunger 44a is pulled, as shown by a chain line on the left side of FIG. Is lowered downward from the upper side of the receiving member 18,
The aligning portion 46a bent in the direction perpendicular to the front end of the aligning member 46 is configured to strike and align the upper ends of the banknotes P to be aligned and stacked in the stacking portion 11. The aligning mechanisms 43 are also driven intermittently.

The nipping and transporting means 12 is located at a position where the nipping claws 52 and 53 are located on the left and right sides of the binding position A, and can pinch a position near one end with respect to the center in the longitudinal direction of the banknote P.

As shown in a plan view in FIG. 8 and a side view in FIG. 9, these pincers 52, 53 have respective two arms 54, 55 and 56, 57 parallel to the base of each pincer 52, 53. One end is pivotally connected, and the other end of each of the arms 54, 55, 56, 57 is connected directly or indirectly to the machine frame 1 to form a parallel link mechanism.
52 and 53 are movable in the direction of contact and separation while maintaining a parallel state with each other. In the drawing, a cam follower 58 is pivotally mounted on the base bent portion of one arm 54 of the one-side (left) pinching claw 52, and a cam surface of a cam 59 which is supported by the machine frame 3 by a spring force (not shown). The base end of one arm 56 of the pinching claw 53 on the other side (right side) is connected to an auxiliary lever 61 pivotally supported by the shaft 60 on the machine frame 3. A cam follower 62 is axially mounted on the cam 63 and is brought into contact with a cam surface of a cam 63 coaxial with the cam 59 by urging of a spring 64. Therefore, after the pincer 53 hits the bill P,
By the operation of 64, it is possible to adapt to the difference in the total thickness of the banknotes P.

One of the sandwiching surfaces of the sandwiching claws 52, 53 has a convex curved surface 52a protruding in an arc shape, and the other has an arc-shaped concave curved surface 53a corresponding to the convex curved surface 52a. , 53, the bill is curved along the longitudinal direction when the bill P is sandwiched, so that the bill P is not dripped even when held on one side.

The lifting mechanism 66 of the machine base 65 that supports these pinching claws 52, 53
As shown in FIG. 9, a machine base 65 is supported on a non-circular shaft 67 having upper and lower ends supported by the machine frame 3 so as to be non-rotatable and capable of ascending and descending. A belt 73 is wound around a pulley 71 rotated through a worm wheel 70 and a pulley 72 supported below the machine frame 3, and the belt 73 and the machine base 65 are connected by a connecting member 74. The machine base 65 is moved up and down by the rotation of the belt 73.

The pulley 75 rotated by the motor 68 and the shaft 67
A belt 77 is wound around the upper pulley 76, and another pulley 78 on this shaft 67 and a pulley 80 on a shaft 79 of the cams 59 and 63.
The belts 81 are wound around them, and rotation is given to the cams 59 and 63 through the belts 81. The cam shapes of the cams 59 and 63 cause the pinching claws 52 and 53 to approach each other and return to the position shown in FIG. Moved to

Also below the said shaft 67, and the detection plate 67a and the detection sensor S ₆ is provided for detecting the rotational position of the shaft 67, thereby detecting the open position and pinching position of the pinching member 52, 53 It has become.

The machine frame 3 includes sensors S ₁ , S ₂ , S ₃ for detecting the position of the machine base 65.
Is provided. Sensor S ₁ is the standby position (third position shown), the sensor S ₂ is located for holding the banknotes P of the integrated unit 11, the sensor S ₃ is for detecting a position to stop moves to the bundling position A, respectively is there.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the clamp means 13 has left and right clamp members 82 and 83 which are substantially U-shaped as viewed from a plane and are arranged opposite to each other.
Reference numerals 2 and 83 are positioned to the left and right with the binding position A therebetween, and are disposed so as to grip a position near the end opposite to the holding position of the banknote P held by the holding claws 52 and 53.

One (left side in the figure) clamp member 82 is supported so as to be able to advance and retreat toward the binding position A by using guide shafts 84 and 85 provided on the machine frame 3, and the base end is pivoted below the machine frame 3. The upper end of the supported lever 86 is freely connected by a pin 87 and a long hole 88, and a cam follower mounted on the lever 86 in the middle of the lever 86.
89 is in contact with the cam surface of the cam 90 under spring bias, and the rotation of the cam 90 causes the clamp member 82 to move the guide shafts 84, 8
It is said that it can move forward and backward along 5.

In this embodiment, a stamp 91 is incorporated in a clamp member 82, and the stamp 91 is movable back and forth along guide shafts 92 and 93 of the machine frame 3, and is a lever that is coaxially supported with the lever 86. The upper end of 94 is freely connected by a pin and a long hole. A cam follower 95 axially mounted in the middle of the lever 94 is brought into contact with the cam surface of another cam 96 coaxial with the cam 90 under spring bias. Due to the shape of the cam 96, the stamp 91 moves forward at a predetermined time to be described later, and the stamping operation is performed.

The clamp member 83 on the other side (the right side in the figure) is provided with a spring 9 in the direction of the binding position A along guide shafts 97 and 98 provided on the machine frame 3.
The upper end of the lever 101, which is supported so as to be able to move forward and backward so as to be escaped by 9,100, and whose base end is pivotally supported below the machine frame 3, is pin 1
A cam follower 104 pivotally connected in the middle of the lever 101 is abutted against the cam surface of the cam 105 by spring bias. The shape of the cam 105 allows the clamp member 83 to advance a little ahead of the clamp member 82.

At the upper position inside the U-shape of the clamp member 83, as shown in FIG.
Guide having a U-shape as viewed from the flattened plane
107 is fixed, and the inner width thereof is slightly wider than the width of the tape T. The bill contacting edges 83a, 83a of the clamp member 83 have a certain width in the vertical direction as shown in FIG. 11, and the portions a, a facing the contacting edges 82a, 82a of the clamp member 82. Other parts facing both sides of trowel 108 described later
b, b. Therefore, these portions a and b can be formed by bending the edge of the clamp member 83 at a right angle. However, in this case, another member 109 may be fixed to the inside of the clamp member 82 as shown in FIG. 12 to form portions b, b facing the iron as the contact edges 83a, 83a. .

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the tape supply means 14 is provided between a tape reel (not shown) and intermediate reels 110 and 11.
0 ... has a flat tape passage 111 for guiding the tape T guided through the group, and the leading end of the passage 111 is opened toward the binding position A, and the tape supply rotating body at the rear end of the passage 111 One of the upper and lower rollers 112, 113 (which may be a belt) is rotationally driven by a pulse motor 114 that can be driven forward and reverse to feed the required amount of the tape T and reversely rotate the tape T when necessary to apply tension to the tape T. It has become. Near the leading end of the tape passage 111, a sensor S ₄ (photo) for detecting the leading end position of the tape T is provided.
Is provided.

As shown in FIG. 13, the tape wrapping means 15 includes a fixed nip member 115 and a movable nip member 116 which sandwich the feeding end of the tape T.
At the binding position A, the sandwiching members 115 and 116 are turned and formed to move in a circular orbit indicated by reference symbol B in FIG.

The fixed holding member 115 is fixedly provided at the tip of a turning arm 119 rotatably supported by a movable frame 117 by a shaft 118. The movable holding member 116 has
19 has a structure that is supported by a shaft 120 and opens and closes in a scissor-like manner with respect to a fixed holding member 115, and both holding members 115,
The tip of 116 is urged to close. A cam follower 122 is pivotally mounted on the end of the bent portion of the base of the movable holding member 116. The cam follower 122 is disposed so as to be able to abut on a cam portion 124 of a cam member 123 provided on the machine frame 3 side. Is mounted on the cam member 124 (the state shown in FIG. 13), the tip of the movable holding member 116 is separated from the tip of the fixed holding member 115.

The cam member 123 is rotatably supported on the machine frame 3 side by a shaft 125 in a horizontal plane.
The 26 plungers 127 are connected via a connecting lever 128. When the plunger 127 is pulled, the cam member 124 is formed by the arc-shaped long hole 129 and the roller 130 on the machine frame 3 side fitted to the long hole 129. It is guided and pivoted about the shaft 125 in the counterclockwise direction (arrow direction) in FIG.

On the other hand, the movable frame 117 supporting the sandwiching members 115 and 116
Is supported by guide shafts 131, 131 fixed to the machine frame 3 so as to be able to advance and retreat, and a gear 132 is axially mounted on the movable frame 117 with its moving direction as the axial direction.

The mechanism for moving the movable frame 117 is configured such that one end of a lever 136 is pivotally mounted at a position eccentric to the shaft 134 of a member 135 fixed to a shaft 134 of a motor 133 mounted on the machine frame 3. The other end is connected to one end of a swing arm 138 pivotally supported by a shaft 137 to the movable frame 117, and the other long hole 139 of the swing arm 138 is fitted to the pin 140 of the movable frame 117, The driving of the motor 133 causes the movable frame 117 to advance and retreat by a predetermined stroke via the lever 136 and the swing arm 138.

The gear 132 meshes with a gear 141 having a long tooth supported on the machine frame 3 side.
Is maintained in a meshing state. The rotation of the gear 141 on the machine frame 3 side is transmitted from the motor 142 via the timing belt 143. Note S ₅ are rotation detecting sensor, 14
Reference numeral 4 denotes a detection plate having the detection unit 145.

The cutter mechanism 16 is such that a cutter arm 147 having a blade 146 in a direction substantially perpendicular to the tip as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15 is turned downward by a solenoid 148 to cut the tape T, and a plunger 149 of the solenoid 148 is provided. A lever mechanism is provided between the plunger 149 and the cutter arm 147 to increase the turning angle of the blade 146 with respect to the stroke. In this lever mechanism, one end of an L-shaped lever 151 whose bending portion is pivotally supported on the machine frame 3 by a shaft 150 is connected to one end of a short lever 152, and the other end of the lever 152 is pivotally connected to a cutter arm 147. When the plunger 149 is pulled, the L-shaped lever 151 rotates clockwise about the shaft 150 in the figure, and pulls up the short lever 152 to move the cutter arm 147 to the shaft 153. , And is largely turned clockwise in the figure.

As shown in FIG. 3, the bonding iron mechanism 17 has a lever 156 pivotally attached at one end to an lower end of an arm 155 pivotally supported by the shaft 154 on the machine frame 3, and is pulled by a spring 157 so as to be fixed at a certain position with respect to the arm 155. The iron 158 is attached to the lever 156. The cam followers 159 and 160, which are axially mounted in the middle of the arm 155, are successively brought into contact with the cam surface of the cam 161 under the urging of the spring, and the rotation of the cam 161 causes the iron 158 to pivot toward the binding position A. In the drawing of the clamping means 13, it enters into the left clamping member 82 from below.

A shaft 154 of the arm 155 is provided with another support lever 162 as a tape pressing means, and a receiving portion 163 at the tip of the lever 162 contacts the lower end of the tape T wound on the banknote at the binding position A, and The structure is such that T is pressed so as not to come loose.

 Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, bills P to be bound are placed on the hopper 6 of the binding machine 1, and when a start button is pressed, the bills are fed into the machine one by one by a not-shown feeding means. The fed banknote is identified by the identification unit 8 as to whether or not it is a banknote suitable for binding.
In the case of non-conforming banknotes such as different denominations, false banknotes, and two-ply banknotes, the branch pieces 10 are switched by a signal from the identification unit 8 and returned to the reject unit 7. The bills fed to the stacking unit 11 enter the receiving member 18 one by one between the blades 30 and 30 of the impeller 26, are sent to the receiving member 18, are left on the bottom 24 thereof, and sequentially stand on the bottom 24 in the standing posture. It is aligned and collected. Meanwhile, the intermittent drive of the longitudinal alignment mechanism 32 causes the aligning rod 42 to pivot and hit one end in the longitudinal direction of the bill P, push the other end of the bill P toward the fixed wall 31 side, and accumulate while accumulating in the longitudinal direction.
At the same time, the short-side direction aligning mechanisms 43, 43 operate intermittently, and the aligning members 46, 46 pivot and push the upper ends of the banknotes P by the aligning portions 46a, 46a, thereby performing the short-side aligning. .

As shown in FIG. 16A, a predetermined number of sheets (usually 100
When the banknotes P are stacked in an aligned state,
The machine base 65 rises via the belt 73 by the drive of the 12 motors 68,
When the left and right pinching claws 52 and 53 are opened, they rise and advance to a position near one end in the longitudinal direction of the stacked banknotes P in the stacking section 11 and
Claws 52, 53 pinched by the rotation of cams 59, 63 which rotate by the rotation of 68
Approach and pinch the banknote P between the pinching claws (FIG. 16 (B)).

After the bills are clamped, the swing lever 20 swings clockwise about the shaft 21 by rotation of the cam 23, and the receiving member 18
The motor 142 of the tape winding means 15 is activated at the same time as retracting from the lower portion of the tape winding means 15, and the turning arm 119 starts turning through the gears 141 and 132, whereby the cam follower 112 of the movable holding member 116 falls from the cam portion 124, and the movable holding member 116 Spring 1
The tape T is closed by the bias of 21 and the tape T protruding from the leading end of the tape passage 111 is held between the leading ends of the fixed holding member 115 and the movable holding member 116. Thereafter, the revolving arm 119 further revolves, and temporarily stops at the position shown in FIG. As a result, the pulled out tape T
Is sagged so as to cross the position where the bill P descends (the binding position A). Then, the machine 65 of the holding and transferring means 12
Starts lowering again, and moves the banknote P to the binding position A (FIG. 16 (D)). The pressing plate 27 of the stacking unit 11 moves forward because the bills P have run out, and returns to a position in contact with the peripheral surface of the impeller 26.

Next, the one clamp member 83 having the tape guide 107 of the clamp means 13 advances in advance (FIG. 16 (E)), and the tape T on the clamping end side pulled out by the tape winding means 15 is moved to the tape guide 107. Guide pieces 106,106
The tape T is guided in between, and the position of the tape T is regulated.

Thereafter, the sandwiching members 115 and 116 are further rotated, and the tape T is wound around the banknote P once. At this time, when the tape T passes through the leading end of the tape passage 111 of the tape supply means 14, that is, passes through the fixed position in FIG. 16 (A). When the cam follower 122 of the movable pinching member 116 rides on the cam portion 124, the tape T is released from being pinched, so the solenoid is used at the second passage.
126 operates to pull the cam member 123 to escape the cam portion 124, and the cam follower 122 of the movable pinching member 116 does not interfere with the cam portion 124, and therefore passes while the tape T is pinched. Then, when the holding members 115 and 116 rotate one or more turns to reach a position where a part of the tape T overlaps (FIG. 16 (F)), the tape winding means 15 stops.
Thereafter, the right and left clamp members 83 and 84 advance together toward the binding position A by the action of the cams 90 and 105, and clamp the other end of the bill P pinched by the pinching claws 53 and 54 of the pinching transfer means 12. As a result, the tape T is stored inside the clamp members 83 and 84 (FIG. 16 (F)). Next, the motor 114 of the tape supply means 14 is reversed for a predetermined time to apply tension to the tape T. At this time, when the tension of the tape T reaches a certain amount due to the friction between the tape surface and the roller 113, the roller 113 thereafter slips, so that the tape T binds the bill P with a fixed tightening force. After that, the motor 114 is rotated forward by a predetermined number of pulses, and the tape T is fed out by a fixed amount to slightly reduce the tightening force of the tape T.

Then, the cam 161 of the iron mechanism 17 rotates, and the arm 155 is pivoted.
When the lever 162 is rotated clockwise in the drawing around the center 154, the receiving portion 163 of the lower support lever 162 hits the lower end corner of the tape T wound around the banknote P and presses it, and the lever 158 enters the clamp member 82. It comes into contact with the overlapping portion of the tape T wound first (FIG. 16 (G)), and the heat bonding of the tape T is started.

Thereafter, the motor 114 of the tape supply means 14 rotates forward by a predetermined pulse to give the tape T slack, the cutter mechanism 16 is operated, and the cutter 146 comes into contact with the tape T (FIG. 16 (H)).
Cutting is performed. After the cutting, the iron 158 further advances, and the cut end of the tape T is adhered (FIG. 16 (I)).

After the tape is cut, the motor 133 of the tape winding means 15 is driven, and the movable frame 117 moves backward (to the left in FIG. 13) via the lever 136 and the swing arm 138, whereby the gear 132 meshes with the gear 141. Then, the user slides and pulls the shaft 118, pulls out the pinching members 115 and 116, and pulls out the bill T from under the tape T wound around the bill P. Then the stamp 91 moves forward and the tape T
A predetermined seal is made on the surface of the.

When the bonding of the tape T is completed, the iron 158 returns (No. 16).
((J)), simultaneously, the pinching claws 52, 53 of the holding and transferring means 12 separate to release the holding of the bill P, and then the clamp members 82, 83 of the clamping means 13 separate to move the bound bill P downward. After discharging, all the parts return to the state shown in FIG. 16 (K) to FIG. 16 (A), and the bound banknotes P are appropriately collected in the receiving box.

Although the illustrated embodiment has been described for the case of banknote binding, it is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to the binding of other paper sheets, and the configuration of each part is not limited to the illustrated embodiment. It is optional to appropriately change the design. The timing of the thermal bonding of the tape T may be either one in which the thermal bonding is started after the tape is cut, or one in which the thermal bonding is started before the tape is cut, and the tape T is continuously heated and the cut end of the tape T is heated. It may be. Further, the timing for releasing and clamping the sheets at the binding position A by the clamping claws 52 and 53 may be earlier or later than the timing for releasing the clamps of the sheets by the clamp members 82 and 83.

Next, as another embodiment of the present invention, a case of a banknote binding machine that only binds banknotes will be described.

In this embodiment, the operator inserts and accumulates the aligned banknotes into the binding position A by hand and clamps them, and when the binding is completed, the operator manually pulls out the bound banknotes from the binding position A outside the machine. As described above, the operator holds the untied bills by hand during the binding operation, so that the mechanism (reference numerals 6, 7,
There are no parts indicated by 8, 9, 10, and 11), and there is no clamping / transporting means 12, but other components (reference numerals 13, 14, 15, 16, 17).
(Parts indicated by) are all kept as they are.

FIGS. 17 and 18 show a specific example of this embodiment. In this embodiment, a bill insertion and holding device 200 is provided, and other components (reference numerals 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17) It is exactly the same as the previous embodiment.

The bill insertion and holding device 200 has a bill insertion slot 201 having a width larger than the thickness of the unbound bill bundle P ′.
Is open at the top, so that it can be dropped down and inserted. A back stopper 202 is provided which presses the end of the unbundled banknote bundle P 'inserted into the banknote insertion slot 201 to determine the insertion position. The back stopper 202 is fixed to a rotary arm 204 fixed to the rotary drive shaft 203, and the standby time for inserting the unbound banknote bundle P 'into the insertion slot 201 is the position shown in FIG. When the winding means 15 rotates, the winding means 15
Rotary drive shaft 203 and rotary arm 20 so as not to interfere with 202
The back stopper 202 is retracted to the non-interfering position by the rotation of the predetermined angle of 4.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the motor 142 of the tape winding means 15 is started by manual operation of a power switch or a separately provided set switch, and the tape T is clamped so that the tape winding means 15 is moved from the position shown in FIG. Move to the position shown in FIG. 17 and stop. The state shown in FIG.
Corresponding to FIG. (C), the position of the tape wrapping means 15 is the same position in FIGS. 16 (C) and 17. Immediately thereafter, the back stopper 202 rotates from the retracted position and temporarily stops at the position shown in FIG.

In this state, the operator inserts the bundle of untied bills P '(for example, 100 bills of a predetermined denomination bill) into the insertion slot 201 while holding the bundle. In this case, the unbundled banknote bundle P 'is inserted into the insertion slot 201 at a slightly upper position (the position shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 17, that is, the upper position which does not hit the tape T), and
End against the back stopper 202.

Then, while holding the bill bundle P 'by hand, it is lowered downward along the opening edge 201a of the insertion slot 201, and
01a is hit with an unbound banknote bundle P '(FIG. 17 and FIG. 1).
8) (corresponding to FIG. 16 (D)). At this time, there is a gap between the unbound banknote bundle P 'and the opening edge 201c.

When the lower edge of the unbound banknote bundle P 'comes into contact with the opening edge 201b, a detection switch (not shown) detects the banknote bundle P' and moves the back stopper 202 to the retracted position.

Next, one clamp member 83 having the tape guide 107 of the clamp means 13 advances ahead (FIG. 16 (E)).
16) (F), (G), (H), (I),
By performing the same operation as in (J) and (K), the clamp members 82 and 83 are separated from each other. The separation of the clamp members 82 and 83 is displayed to the operator by, for example, a lamp, and the operator inserts the bundled banknote bundle into the
Pull out from one. The detection means (not shown) detects the removal of the bill bundle and performs the corresponding operation of FIGS. 16 (B) and (C), and the tape winding means 15 is placed at the position shown in FIG.
On the other hand, the back stopper 202 also advances from the retracted position to the position shown in FIG. 18 again by the rotation of the rotary drive shaft 203, and waits for the insertion of the next unbound banknote bundle P '.

As described above, according to the present invention, the initial bundling can be performed even when the unbundled banknote bundle is pinched by hand.

[Effect of the invention]

As described above, according to the present invention, the structure is such that the tape is wound around the outer periphery of the binding position other than the portion where the sheets are clamped, and the vicinity of the winding position is clamped and clamped by the first and second clamp members. Since the tape is tensioned in a state where the sheets are sandwiched between the right and left contact edges of the first and second clamp members, and the tape is bonded by a cutting and heat bonding trowel. It is not necessary to wind the tape together with the holder as in the past, and after the binding, the bundled sheets can be released simply by releasing the clamp by the clamp member, and there is no process that damages the sheets. It does not impair the appearance of paper sheets. Further, the clamp members have left and right contact edges, respectively, and press and hold the sheets at these contact edges, so that the sheets at the winding portion of the tape can be tightened, and the tape can be loosened. There are various effects such as being able to be wound without being wound.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing an example of a binding machine incorporating the binding device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view showing the internal layout of the binding device, and FIG. 3 is an embodiment of the binding device according to the present invention. 4, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the same, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a longitudinal aligning mechanism for paper sheets, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the transverse aligning mechanism, and FIG. 7 is a plan view of the same. FIG. 8 is VIII-VIII in FIG.
FIG. 9 is a side view of the clamping and transferring means, FIG. 10 is a perspective view of one clamp member of the clamp means and a trowel mechanism portion, FIG. 11 is a horizontal sectional view showing a clamp member of the clamp means, Fig. 12 is a horizontal sectional view showing the modification, Fig. 13 is a perspective view of the tape winding means, Fig. 14 is a side view of the cutter mechanism, Fig. 15 is a front view thereof, Figs. (K) is an explanatory view showing the operation, and FIGS. 17 and 18 are explanatory views showing another embodiment of the present invention. 1 ... binding machine, 2 ... binding device, 6 ... hopper, 7 ...
Rejecting part, 8 ... Identifying part, 9 ... Conveying path, 11 ... Collecting part, 12 ... Nipping and transferring means, 13 ... Clamping means, 14 ...
... Tape supply means, 15 ... Tape winding means, 16 ... Cutter mechanism, 17 ... Adhesive iron mechanism, 18 ... Receiving member, 26 ...
Impeller, 27 Press plate, 32 Longitudinal alignment mechanism, 42
… Alignment bar, 43… Short-side alignment mechanism, 46 …… Alignment member,
52, 53 clamping claws, 82, 83 clamping members, 91 stamps, 115 fixed clamping members, 116 movable clamping members, 14
6… blade, 158… iron, 200… bill insertion and holding device, 201
…… Bill insertion slot, 202 …… Back stopper.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Makoto Miyagawa 1-3-1 Shimoteno, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture Inside Glorry Industry Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-58-171317 (JP, A) JP-A 56-64919 (JP, A)

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A sheet binding apparatus for binding a sheet by wrapping a tape around a portion other than a holding portion of a sheet held at a binding position, cutting the tape end and performing thermal bonding to bind the sheet. The first and second clamping members which abut on both sides of the sheet at a position separated in the longitudinal direction from the holding portion of the sheet to be bundled positioned at the position and fasten the sheet are provided. 1. Clamping means for tightening the vicinity of a tape winding portion after tape winding by a second clamp member;
After the supply and winding of the tape provided around one of the first and second clamp members and wound around the paper sheet, the tape is tensioned to wrap the tape wound around the paper sheet. Tape supply means having a tape tensioning means for tightening, and a tape pull-out position for holding the leading end of the tape at a tape-clipping position facing the tape-delivery area of the tape supply means and preparing for movement from the tape-clamping position to the binding position of paper sheets And a rotation operation for winding the tape around the paper sheet moved to the binding position, and release the tape at a predetermined time after the paper sheet is clamped by the first and second clamp members. A tape wrapping means which is retractable from the tape wrapping area in the longitudinal direction of the paper sheet and is disposed on one side of both sides of the paper sheet where the tape supply means is provided. Cutter means for cutting the tensioned tape after winding the tape, and a fixed position that does not hinder the movement of the bound sheets at the binding position, advance to the sheet surface from this fixed position to cut the tape. A trowel provided to thermally bond the ends and to return to the home position after the bonding, wherein the first and second clamp members are located on both sides of the tape winding portion of the paper sheet in the tape width direction. Having a length longer than the width of the paper sheet in the tape winding direction so as to be able to abut over the entire area in the width direction of the paper sheet, and between the contact edges of one clamp member. A sheet binding apparatus characterized in that the iron can be freely inserted.