The present application is the national phase of International Application No. PCT/CN2012/078349, titled “SHEET-LIKE MEDIUM STACKING AND BUNDLING DEVICE AND SELF-SERVICE APPARUTUS”, filed on Jul. 9, 2012, which claims the benefit of priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201110282086.8 titled “SHEET-LIKE MEDIUM STACKING AND BUNDLING DEVICE AND SELF-SERVICE APPARUTUS”, filed with the Chinese State Intellectual Property Office on Sep. 21, 2011, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present application relates to a sheet-like medium processing device, and particularly to a full-automatic stacking and bundling device for mediums such as banknotes, papers and cheques.
With the development and progress of science and technology, some companies that need to handle large amounts of cash normally use a banknote processing machine to implement some actions, such as inspecting, separating by hundred of sheets and bundling, in which one important aspect is to bundle multiple banknotes stacked tidily to a bundle as required by the bank. Currently, the application of an automated teller machine (ATM) has obvious advantages for solving the above problems, such as reduced workload of the owners of banks, reduced number of the tellers and easy arrangement of banking branches; in addition, since the ATM is on duty for 24 hours, it is convenient for customers. However, the application of a large number of the ATM leads to a huge workload of the machine cleaning service. Now, a cash operating process of the ATM usually is as follow, cash replenishing, customer using, machine cleaning, bundling, storing and cash replenishing of the next day. It can be seen that, the work content for the machine cleaning worker mainly includes opening the ATM, taking out the cash box, opening the cash box, taking out remained banknotes, locking the cash box, recovering the ATM, counting the banknotes, bundling, storing and etc. The purpose of the series of working processes is to take out the banknotes in the ATM and store the banknotes after counting and bundling the banknotes. However, the ATM and the cash box must be opened during the above working processes, which affects the security of the ATM and the cash, and during the counting and bundling processes, the workload is huge, the bundling speed is slow, in addition, the bundled banknotes are easy to be separated when the paper tape is broken, and during the bundling process the finger of the worker is easy to be cut by the paper tape.
A lot of human labor is required to stack and bundle a large amount of cash, and currently many manual bundling devices are used in the banking system. The bundling machine can refer to ZL02270702.6. The banknote bundling machine is financial machinery and includes a bracket, and inner and outer tracks, a motor, an electric control device, a driving device, a paper sealing device and a pressing device, which are all mounted on the bracket. In this solution, when the paper tape is pulled back and tightened, the inner track needs to be separated from the outer track in advance so as to facilitate tightening the paper tape, and the banknotes are taken out manually after the bundling. The above bundling machine has a high defect rate in loop-forming of the paper tape, which greatly affects the bundling efficiency. In addition, when using the above bundling device the stacked banknotes need to be placed into the bundling device by a bank operation staff manually to be bundled, and the bundled banknotes need to be flattened manually, therefore, it can not solve the problem of huge workload of the bank operation staff effectively.
In view of this, an object of the present application is to provide a sheet-like medium stacking and bundling device, which can solve an unreliability of loop-forming of a paper tape and improve the bundling effect by means of the bending deformation of the banknotes during the bundling process, wherein via a flattening mechanism, the bundled banknotes are bundled tightly and flattened so as to meet the bank storage requirements. The present application further provides a technical solution to realize automatic separating, stacking and bundling via a self-service apparatus, which can greatly reduce the labor intensity of bank operators and improve work efficiency of the bank.
The present application provides a sheet-like medium stacking and bundling device, including:
a sheet-like medium stacking mechanism, adapted to stack and tidy sheet-like mediums conveyed one by one;
a bundling mechanism, adapted to bundle a whole stack of stacked and tidied sheet-like mediums; and
a clamping and conveying mechanism, adapted to clamp and convey the whole stack of sheet-like mediums stacked and tidied by the sheet-like medium stacking mechanism to the bundling mechanism to be bundled, and clamp a bundled sheet-like medium bundle out of the bundling mechanism;
wherein the bundling mechanism includes a paper tape loop-forming mechanism, a heat and pressure bonding mechanism and a paper tape cutting-off mechanism; the paper tape loop-forming mechanism includes a guiding groove for guiding the paper tape, and a head and a tail of the guiding groove are connected to form a conveying loop; the guiding groove includes a bottom portion, an opening corresponding to the bottom portion, and two corresponding groove side walls extending between the bottom portion and the opening, and the opening faces an inner side of the conveying loop; a paper tape inserting port and at least one paper tape conveying wheel are provided at the bottom portion of the guiding groove; the heat and pressure bonding mechanism and the paper tape cutting-off mechanism are located at the bottom portion of the guiding groove closing to the paper tape inserting port; and a guiding member, having elasticity and parallel to the bottom portion of the guiding groove, is provided at an opening end of the groove side walls.
Preferably, the guiding groove is of an annular track shape.
Further, there are four paper tape conveying wheels respectively distributed at four corners of the guiding groove having the annular track shape.
Preferably, the bundling mechanism further includes a pressing mechanism, which is located at a side of the guiding groove opposite to the clamping and conveying mechanism, and includes a pressing tongue and a pressing plate assembly arranged at opposite sides of sheet-like mediums to be bundled respectively; wherein the pressing tongue extends into the guiding groove, a bonding portion of the loop-forming paper tape is clamped between the pressing tongue and the heat and pressure bonding mechanism, and the pressing plate assembly is driven by a crank and connecting rod mechanism to move towards the pressing tongue to perform a pressing action or move away from the pressing tongue to perform a releasing action.
Further, the pressing plate assembly includes a driving plate driven by a crank and connecting rod mechanism, and an elastic pressing plate is provided on a side of the driving plate facing the pressing tongue.
Further, the pressing tongue is of a substantially triangular shape, the elastic pressing plate is of a substantially “” shape, and the sheet-like mediums between the pressing tongue and the elastic pressing plate are pressed tightly by the pressing tongue and the elastic pressing plate to form deformation.
Preferably, the bundling mechanism further includes a flattening mechanism, which is located at a side of the guiding groove close to the clamping and conveying mechanism, and includes a supporting mechanism and a flapping mechanism arranged at opposite sides of the sheet-like mediums to be bundled.
Further, the supporting mechanism is driven by a scissor-type mechanism to form a high position and a low position.
Further, the flapping mechanism is driven by a crank-slider mechanism to perform reciprocating movement towards the supporting mechanism, so as to flap and flatten the sheet-like mediums.
The present application also provides a self-service apparatus including a user operating portion, a sheet-like medium receiving portion, a sheet-like medium conveying portion and a sheet-like medium stacking and bundling device, wherein the sheet-like medium stacking and bundling device includes:
a sheet-like medium stacking mechanism, adapted to stack and tidy sheet-like mediums conveyed one by one;
a bundling mechanism, adapted to bundle a whole stack of stacked and tidied sheet-like mediums; and
a clamping and conveying mechanism, adapted to clamp and convey the whole stack of sheet-like mediums stacked and tidied by the sheet-like medium stacking mechanism to the bundling mechanism to be bundled, and clamp a bundled sheet-like medium bundle out of the bundling mechanism:
wherein the bundling mechanism includes a paper tape loop-forming mechanism, a heat and pressure bonding mechanism and a paper tape cutting-off mechanism; the paper tape loop-forming mechanism includes a guiding groove for guiding the paper tape, and a head and a tail of the guiding groove are connected to form a conveying loop; the guiding groove includes a bottom portion, an opening corresponding to the bottom portion, and two corresponding groove side walls extending between the bottom portion and the opening, and the opening faces an inner side of the conveying loop; a paper tape inserting port and at least one paper tape conveying wheel are provided at the bottom portion of the guiding groove; the heat and pressure bonding mechanism and the paper tape cutting-off mechanism are located at the bottom portion of the guiding groove closing to the paper tape inserting port; and a guiding member, having elasticity and parallel to the bottom portion of the guiding groove, is provided at an opening end of the groove side walls.
Preferably, the bundling mechanism further includes a pressing mechanism, which is located at a side of the guiding groove opposite to the clamping and conveying mechanism, and includes a pressing tongue and a pressing plate assembly arranged at opposite sides of the sheet-like mediums to be bundled respectively; wherein the pressing tongue extends into the guiding groove, a bonding portion of the loop-forming paper tape is clamped between the pressing tongue and the heat and pressure bonding mechanism, and the pressing plate assembly is driven by a crank and connecting rod mechanism to move towards the pressing tongue to perform a pressing action or move away from the pressing tongue to perform a releasing action.
Preferably, the bundling mechanism further includes a flattening mechanism, which is located at a side of the guiding groove close to the clamping and conveying mechanism, and includes a supporting mechanism and a flapping mechanism arranged at opposite sides of the sheet-like mediums to be bundled.
Compared with the prior art, the technical solutions provided by the present application has the following advantages.
The sheet-like medium stacking and bundling device according to the present application can effectively solve a problem of unreliability of the loop-forming of a paper-tape and improve the bundling effect by means of the bending deformation of the banknotes during the bundling process, and via a flattening mechanism, the bundled banknotes are bundled tightly and flattened so as to meet the bank storage requirements.
The self-service apparatus according to the present application can realize automatic separating, stacking and bundling, therefore, the stacking, bundling and collecting of the sheet-like mediums may be completed without manual operation, thereby greatly reducing the labor intensity of bank operators and improving work efficiency of the bank.
For those skilled in the art to better understand technical solutions of the present application, the sheet-like medium stacking and bundling device according to the present application is further described in detail below in conjunction with drawings and embodiments, by taking an automatic teller machine (ATM) having a function of stacking and bundling banknotes as an example, and certainly besides the banknotes, mediums such as cheques may also be processed.
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The banknote stacking and bundling device 100 according to the present application is described in detail in conjunction with
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The arrangement relationship between the main components of the banknote stacking and bundling device 100 is illustrated in conjunction with
The bundling mechanism 999 is located at the right side of the position switching mechanism 900, and a passage plate 11 for supporting each assembly is provided between the bundling mechanism 999 and the position switching mechanism 900. All components of the bundling mechanism 999 are fixed on a bundling frame 908, wherein a bundling assembly 30 of the bundling mechanism 999 includes a paper tape loop-forming mechanism 400, a heat and pressure bonding mechanism 200, a paper tape cutting-off mechanism (not shown), and a pressing mechanism 0400 arranged at a right side of the paper tape loop-forming mechanism 400. The pressing mechanism 0400 includes a pressing tongue 404 and a pressing plate assembly 300 arranged at opposite sides of the banknotes to be bundled respectively, wherein a top surface of the pressing tongue 404 is flush with a top surface of a pushing platform 915, and a bottom surface of the pressing tongue 404 is slightly higher than a track surface of the paper tape loop-forming mechanism 400, and a left end of the pressing tongue 404 protrudes out of the paper tape loop-forming mechanism 400 slightly. The paper tape loop-forming mechanism 400 is a guiding groove having an annular track shape, which encircle a left portion of the pressing tongue 404. The heat and pressure bonding mechanism 200 is mounted under the pressing tongue 404 at a position corresponding to a bottom of the guiding groove, and the pressing plate assembly 300 is located at the right side of the paper tape loop-forming mechanism 400 and above the pressing tongue 404. A flattening mechanism 20 is provided between the bundling mechanism 999 and the passage plate 11, the flattening mechanism 20 is located at a left side of the bundling frame 908, and a bundling assembly 30 is mounted at a right side of the flattening mechanism 20. The flattening mechanism 20 includes a supporting mechanism 600 located at a lower portion of the flattening mechanism 20, and a flapping mechanism 500 located at an upper portion of the flattening mechanism 20 corresponding to the supporting mechanism 600. The supporting mechanism 600 is driven by a scissor-type mechanism to form a high position and a low position, and the high position, formed when the scissor-type mechanism opens, is slightly higher than top surfaces of the pushing platform 915 and the pressing tongue 404, thereby ensuring the smooth pushing of the banknotes from left to right. The flapping mechanism 500 is driven by a crank-slider mechanism to perform reciprocating movement towards the supporting mechanism 600, thereby flapping and flattening the banknotes.
The main components of the bundling module are illustrated in conjunction with
Referring to ” shape, and a pressing tongue 404 having a substantial triangular shape matching the shape of the pressing plate 306 is provided under the pressing plate 306. The pressing tongue 404 is fixed to the bundling frame 908, and a top surface 221 of the pressing tongue 404 is slightly lower than the banknote supporting plate 605 in the highest position, such that the banknotes can slide easily from the banknote supporting plate 605 to the pressing tongue 404. A lower surface 222 of the pressing tongue 404 faces the heat and pressure bonding mechanism 200. The heat and pressure bonding mechanism 200 includes a rear pressing head 204, a heating head body 205, a roller 206, a heating head 208, a cutter 211, a front pressing head 210, all of which are mounted on a heating head base 202 and are driven with the heating head base 202 by a camshaft 203 to slide up and down along a guide shaft 201. At the same time, the rear pressing head 204, the heating head 208, the cutter 211 and the front pressing head 210 may also move up and down in a vertical direction, and a spring 215 provides a returning force. One end of the spring 215 is connected to the frame 908, and the other end of the spring 215 is connected to the heating head base 202, so as to provide a returning force for the downward sliding of the heat and pressure bonding mechanism 200.
The main components of the paper tape loop-forming mechanism 400 and the arrangement manner thereof is illustrated in conjunction with
It should be noted that, the shape of the guiding groove is not limited to the annular track shape, can also be other shapes with a head and a tail connected, such as circular, elliptical, and the object of the present application can also be realized.
The principle of moving forward and backward of the paper tape 801 is illustrated in conjunction with
The bundling process of the banknote stacking and bundling device is further illustrated in conjunction with
The bundling process of the banknote stacking and bundling device is further described in conjunction with
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After the bundling is completed, the pressing plate assembly 300 returns to the original position, and at this time, the states of the mechanisms are shown in
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Then, the flapping mechanism 500 starts to operate, the flattening plate 505 moves downwardly to flap the banknotes 911. The banknotes 911 tend to be flattened under a downward pressure of the flattening plate 505, as shown in
Finally the clamping and conveying mechanism 904 drags the banknotes 911 back into the position switching mechanism 900, the supporting mechanism 600 returns to the original position, the banknotes 911 are carried to the receiving port 920 by the position switching mechanism 900, thereby completing the bundling process.
The above description is only preferred embodiments of the present application. It should be noted that, the above preferred embodiments are not intended to limit the present application, and the protection scope of the present application is defined by the claims of the present application. For the person skilled in the art, many modifications and improvements may be made to the present application without departing from the principle of the present application, and these modifications and improvements are also deemed to fall into the protection scope of the present application.
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