JP4821052B2 - Banknote sealing device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a cash processing apparatus used in a financial institution or the like.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, in order to arrange banknotes in financial institutions, every 100 sheets are sealed with paper strips. This sealing work is done manually, and recently, a device that sorts and seals by denomination just by inserting rose banknotes, and has a cash management function, and according to the user's request, rose cash A device is also used that accepts or pays out the bills, stores the bills that have been inserted, sealed in the device, and then pays out the bills as necessary.
[0003]
In an apparatus for performing such sealing, an arbitrary number of banknotes are stacked, a paper band for binding is wound around the stacked banknotes, and the paper band is heated and bonded by a heater. The sealing mechanism part of this banknote sealing apparatus is as shown in FIG. Reference numeral 51 denotes a heater arm that rotates around an arm rotation center 54. 52 is a heater, and a heater cord 53 is connected to a control unit (not shown). At the time of bonding, the heater arm 57 is moved to the bonding position by the heater motor 57, a current is supplied from the control unit (not shown) to the heater 52, and the heater 52 generates heat to bond the paper band.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the sealing mechanism portion of the conventional banknote sealing device, since the heater cord 53 is connected from the control portion to the heater 52, the heater cord 53 is also moved according to the rotation of the heater arm 51. .
[0005]
For this reason, there is a need to secure a sufficient routing area for the heater cord 53 and to consider measures for preventing disconnection.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a banknote sealing apparatus for binding a plurality of banknotes with a band-shaped medium, a heating unit that heats and bonds the band-shaped medium, and the heating unit that is bonded to a standby position. A moving means for moving between the heating means and a contact for changing an electrical connection state to the heating means in accordance with the movement of the heating means, and supplying power to the heating means via the contact; It is a thing.
[0007]
Further, the contact point is configured to be electrically connected when the heating means is in the standby position, and not to be electrically connected when the heating means is in the adhesion position.
Further, by detecting the connection state of the contact, power is supplied to the heating means when the contact is electrically connected.
[0008]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 2 is a view showing the entire sealing mechanism portion of the banknote sealing apparatus to which the present invention is applied. In addition, in this banknote sealing apparatus, in addition to this, a power supply, a control part, a banknote stacker, a banknote conveyance path, etc. are provided, but explanation is omitted.
1 is a banknote, and is conveyed to the banknote sealing mechanism part by the conveyance mechanism which is not shown in figure. Reference numeral 2 denotes a paper band as a band-shaped medium, which is supplied from the outside of the banknote sealing mechanism and wound around the banknote 1 by a winding mechanism (not shown). FIG. 2 shows a state in which the paper band 2 is wound around the banknote 1, and the end is at the position of the paper band 2 ′.
[0009]
Reference numeral 3 denotes a heater arm, to which a heater head 5 that is movable when a bill is bonded is mounted. Reference numeral 4 denotes a cutter, which functions to cut the paper strip 2. Reference numeral 5 denotes a heater serving as a heating means. At the time of bonding, bonding is performed by moving to a bonding position 6 and heating the heater. A tape feed unit 7 feeds the paper band 2.
[0010]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a standby state of the sealing mechanism, and the heater arm 3 rotates as shown in FIG. 3 during the bonding operation. A heater cord 9 connects the heater 5 and the movable contact 16. Reference numeral 10 denotes a stationary contact, which contacts the movable contact 16 at the standby position to make electrical connection and is separated at the bonding position. Reference numeral 11 denotes a heater motor as a moving means, which rotates the heater motor encoder 12 and rotates the heater arm 3 by a pin attached to the heater motor encoder 12. The heater motor encoder 12 has a pin and a slit 14, and the detection sensor 13 detects the slit 14. The heater arm 3 rotates around the arm rotation center 15.
[0011]
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the sealing mechanism section of the present invention. A power supply 41 for supplying power to the heater, a control board 44 for controlling the bill sealing mechanism section, a switch 43 comprising a fixed contact 10 and a movable contact 16. , Heater motor 11, heater 5, and detection sensor 13.
[0012]
Next, the bonding operation of this apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. It is assumed that the paper band 2 is wound around the banknote 1 in advance, and the paper band 2 is cut by the cutter 4.
As shown in FIG. 1, the heater arm 3 is in a state where the detection sensor 13 detects the slit 14. At this time, the stationary contact 10 and the movable contact 16 are in contact. If the detection sensor 13 has not detected the slit 14, the contact is not in contact, and the apparatus waits (ST31).
[0013]
Next, the heater 5 is energized to heat the heater (ST32). Then, it waits for an adhesion command from a host device (not shown) (ST33). The host device issues an adhesion command after waiting for a time until the heater 5 is energized and heated to a temperature required for adhesion. When an adhesion command is received, energization to the heater 5 is stopped (ST34), the heater motor 11 is driven for a certain period of time to drive the heater 5 to the bonding position, bonding is performed (ST35), and the heater is returned to the original position. .
[0014]
In the present embodiment, since the temperature of the heater 5 decreases with time at the bonding position, an effect that the temperature of the banknote or paper band does not increase more than necessary is obtained. Further, since the heater cord is separated by the fixed contact 10 and the movable contact 16, there is no portion where the heater cord bends and moves when the heater arm 3 is operated, and the heater cord is not disconnected. . In addition, when the heater cord is directly connected from the power source to the heater 5, it is necessary to secure a range in which the heater cord moves in the bent portion. However, since this structure is used, it is not necessary to secure an area.
[0015]
In the present embodiment, the connection state of the contact point is detected by the slit sensor 13. However, other than this, a method of detecting the connection state by supplying a current to the contact point may be used.
In the present embodiment, the contact is connected when the heater is in the standby position, and the contact is separated when the heater is in the adhesion position. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The position of the contact 10 may be changed so that the contact is separated when the heater is in the standby position and the contact is brought into contact when the heater is in the adhesion position. In this case, the effect that the heater cord described above is not disconnected and the effect that it is not necessary to secure the range in which the heater cord moves are obtained.
[0016]
Moreover, in this Embodiment, the state of the contact was detected by the detection sensor 13, and the energization to the heater was controlled by the control unit according to the result, but the present invention is not limited to this. It may be controlled by always energizing and by contact and release of the contact by the operation of the heater arm 3.
Furthermore, although the method of making the heater moveable has been described in the present embodiment, it may be applied so that the bill is rotated while the heater is fixed.
[0017]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the present invention, since the contact for changing the electrical connection state to the heater according to the movement of the heater is provided, the effect of preventing disconnection of the heater cord can be obtained.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a view showing a standby state of a sealing mechanism portion of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the entire sealing mechanism portion of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an operation when a banknote is bonded according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a sealing mechanism portion of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the sealing mechanism of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a sealing mechanism portion of a conventional banknote sealing device.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bill 2 Paper band 3 Heater arm 4 Cutter 5 Heater 6 Bonding position 7 Tape feed unit 9 Heater cord 10 Fixed side contact 11 Heater motor 12 Heater motor encoder 13 Heater position detection sensor 14 Slit 15 Arm rotation center 16 Movable side contact 17 Pin 41 Power supply 42 Relay 43 Switch 44 Controller 51 Heater arm 52 Heater 53 Heater cord 54 Arm rotation center 55 Pin 56 Heater position detection sensor 57 Heater motor

Claims (3)

In a banknote sealing apparatus for binding a plurality of banknotes with a band-shaped medium, a heating unit that heats and bonds the band-shaped medium, a moving unit that moves the heating unit between an adhesion position and a standby position, and the standby position detecting means for detecting a position, and a contact point for changing the electrical connection to said heating means in response to movement of said heating means is provided,
When the standby position is detected by the position detection means, a power supply is supplied to the heating means via the contact to electrically connect the contact . The contacts are pre-Symbol heating means banknote measures apparatus according to claim 1, wherein it is configured so as not to electrically connect when in the bonding position. 3. The banknote sealing device according to claim 1, wherein when the supply of power to the heating unit is stopped, the moving unit moves to the bonding position .

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