Sheet storing devices for storing sheets such as valuable securities or banknotes are widely used. Among examples of such sheet storing devices is a device that sends banknotes into a laterally disposed bag, and stacks the banknotes in a standing state in the bag.
A sheet storing device of the present disclosure includes: an attaching part configured to attach a storage bag for a sheet; a moving part configured to move the sheet toward inside of the storage bag; a first guide part configured to make contact with an inner surface of the storage bag; and a second guide part configured to make contact with an outer surface of the storage bag, and sandwich the storage bag together with the first guide part. The first guide part comprises a first flat surface configured to make contact with the sheet moved by the moving part. The second guide part comprises a second flat surface configured to make contact with the outer surface of the storage bag such that the sheet moved by the moving part makes contact with a part of the inner surface of the storage bag. The first guide part and the second guide part are disposed such that the first flat surface and the second flat surface are located on the same plane.
In the case where there is a step between a support element for temporarily holding banknotes before sent into a bag and the inner surface of the bag in a sheet storing device, the banknotes may be caught by the step when being sent into the bag, and as a result the banknotes may be bent, or may remain at the step.
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a sheet storing device and a sheet processing device that can prevent the sheet from being caught when moving and storing the sheet.
In the sheet storing device of the present disclosure, the end portion of the first guide part and the end portion of the second guide part sandwiching the storage bag may be formed in uneven shapes that engage with each other.
In the sheet storing device of the present disclosure, the end portion of the first guide part and the end portion of the second guide part sandwiching the storage bag may be formed in edgeless uneven shapes.
In the sheet storing device of the present disclosure, the width of the unevenness in the left-right direction formed in the end portion of the first guide part and the end portion of second guide part may be smaller than a length of one end portion of the sheet.
In the sheet storing device of the present disclosure, the end portion of the first guide part may make contact with the inner surface on a depth side than the attaching part in a storing direction in the storage bag to sandwich the storage bag together with the second guide part.
In the sheet storing device of the present disclosure, the attaching part may comprise a first attaching part and a second attaching part, the first attaching part may be disposed on the lower side than the first guide part and the second guide part, and the second attaching part may be disposed on the upper side than the first guide part and the second guide part.
In the sheet storing device of the present disclosure, a sealing part configured to close and seal the opening of the storage bag may be further provided.
In the sheet storing device of the present disclosure, the sealing part may be provided on the depth side than the attaching part in the storing direction at a position sandwiching the storage bag attached to the attaching part from the outside.
In the sheet storing device of the present disclosure, the sealing part may be configured to close the opening by moving in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the moving part moves the sheet; and the first guide part may be disposed at a position where no interference with a movement of the sealing part occurs.
In the sheet storing device of the present disclosure, the second guide part may move to a position where no interference with a movement of the sealing part along with a movement of the sealing part.
In the sheet storing device of the present disclosure, the sealing part may be disposed at a position overlapping the second guide part in the storing direction before sandwiching the storage bag, and the second guide part may move to the depth side in the storing direction to move out to a position that does not hinder the movement of the sealing part when the sealing part sandwiches the storage bag. In addition, when the second guide part moves to the depth side in the storing direction, it may move upward.
In the sheet storing device of the present disclosure, a temporary retainer that accumulates the sheet before moved to the storage bag may be further provided.
The temporary retainer may comprise a third flat surface that makes contact with the accumulated sheet before moved to the storage bag, and the third flat surface may be disposed on the same plane as the first flat surface.
In the sheet storing device of the present disclosure, the temporary retainer may be in contact with the first guide part; and an end portion of the temporary retainer in contact with the first guide part and an end portion of the first guide part in contact with the temporary retainer may be formed in uneven shapes that engage with each other.
In the sheet storing device of the present disclosure, the width the unevenness in the left-right direction formed in the end portion of the temporary retainer and the end portion of the first guide part that makes contact with the temporary retainer may be smaller than the length of one end portion of the sheet.
In the sheet storing device of the present disclosure, the end portion of the temporary retainer in contact with the first guide part and the end portion of the first guide part in contact with the temporary retainer are formed in edgeless uneven shapes.
In the sheet storing device of the present disclosure, the moving part may be configured to be movable from the near side than the temporary retainer in the storing direction, to the inside of the storage bag, which is the depth side.
The sheet storing device of the present disclosure further comprises a temporary retainer configured to accumulate the sheet before moved to the storage bag; a restriction part configured to restrict a movement of the sheet between the temporary retainer and the storage bag; and a control part configured to control the moving part and the restriction part. The control part moves the moving part in a direction in which the moving part moves the sheet based on in accordance with the number of the sheet accumulated at the temporary retainer in a state where the restriction part restricts the movement of the sheet. The control part moves the moving part into the storage bag in a state where the restriction part does not restrict the movement of the sheet.
In the sheet storing device of the present disclosure, the restriction part in the closed state may restrict the movement of the sheet with the moving part from the temporary retainer to the inside of the storage bag, and the restriction part in the opened state may allow for the movement of the sheet with the moving part from the temporary retainer to the inside of the storage bag.
In the sheet storing device of the present disclosure, the restriction part may be provided as a pair paired in the up-down direction, and the pair of restriction parts may be opened and closed in the up-down direction with control part.
In the sheet storing device of the present disclosure, the second guide part may comprise a groove formed in the second flat surface along a direction in which the moving part may be the sheet; and the moving part may comprise a protrusion that moves along the groove.
In the sheet storing device of the present disclosure, the attaching part may attach the storage bag such that a storing direction is horizontal; and the moving part may move the sheet such that the sheet is stored and arranged in a standing posture in the storage bag.
The sheet storing device of the present disclosure may comprise an attaching part configured to attach a storage bag for a sheet; a moving part configured to move the sheet toward inside of the storage bag; a first guide part configured to make contact with an inner surface of the storage bag; and a second guide part configured to make contact with an outer surface of the storage bag, and sandwich the storage bag together with the first guide part, the first guide part comprises a first flat surface making up a part of a guide surface configured to make contact with the sheet moved by the moving part, the second guide part comprises a second flat surface configured to bring a part of the inner surface of the storage bag into contact with a part of the guide surface by making contact with the outer surface of the storage bag, and the first guide part and the second guide part are disposed such that there is no step at the guide surface.
The sheet processing device of the present disclosure comprises a reception part configured to receive a sheet and the above-mentioned sheet storing device configured to store the sheet.
According to the present disclosure, the sheet can be prevented from being caught when moving and storing the sheet.
The following is a detailed description of each embodiment of the present disclosure with reference to the drawings. However, explanations that are more detailed than necessary, for example, detailed explanations of already well-known matters or duplicated explanations of substantially identical configurations, etc., may be omitted. In addition, the same symbols may be attached to configurations that are common to each embodiment, and duplicate explanations may be omitted.
The attaching part 11 attaches a storage bag 600 for storing a sheet 500. For example, in the present embodiment, the storage bag 600 is attached to the attaching part 11 with the inlet open. The sheet 500 is a banknote, a security or the like. Note that while
The moving part 21 move toward the inside of the storage bag 600 attached to the attaching part 11. In this manner, the moving part 21 pushes the sheet 500 to move it.
The first guide part 17 and the second guide part 18 guide the movement of the sheet 500 moved by the moving part 21. One or a plurality of the sheets 500 may be stored in the storage bag 600.
The storage bag 600 is attached to the attaching part 11 such that the inlet faces the moving part 21 side. When the moving part 21 moves toward the inside of the storage bag 600 in this state, the sheet 500 is pushed by the moving part 21 to enter the storage bag 600 together with the moving part 21.
In the following description, the direction from one side to the other of the pair of attaching parts 11 is the first direction. In addition, in the following description, the moving direction of the moving part 21, i.e., the direction in which the sheet 500 is stored in the storage bag 600, is referred to as storing direction. In the following description, as viewed from the inlet side of the storage bag 600, the inner side of the storage bag is referred to as depth side in the storing direction. In addition, the side opposite to the depth side in the storing direction is referred to as near side. The depth side in the storing direction is the right side in
The surfaces of the first guide part 17 and the second guide part 18 that guide the sheet 500 are flat surfaces. Note that a flat surface in this specification comprises flat surfaces with a slight curvature, a slight unevenness, a slight inclination and the like, as well as completely flat surfaces. As illustrated in
In addition, the first guide part 17 and the second guide part 18 are disposed so as to sandwich from the inner and outer surfaces the storage bag 600 attached to the attaching part 11 as illustrated in
With this arrangement, a guide surface for guiding the sheet 500 when pushing the sheet 500 by the moving part 21 and storing it into the storage bag is formed. The guide surface is composed of a part Pp of the inner surface of the storage bag 600 held by the first flat surface P1 of the first guide part 17 and the second flat surface P2 of the second guide part 18. Note that in the following description, the part Pp of the inner surface of the storage bag 600 held by the second flat surface P2 of the second guide part 18 is simply referred to as inner surface Pp. As described above, the first guide part 17 and the second guide part 18 are disposed such that the first flat surface P1 and the second flat surface P2 are located on the same plane, and therefore the first flat surface P1 and the inner surface Pp are also located on the same plane even when taking into account the thickness of the storage bag 600 sandwiched between the first guide part 17 and the second guide part 18. With this configuration, the first guide part 17 and the second guide part 18 are disposed such that there is no step at the guide surface.
When the sheet 500 is stored in the storage bag 600, the moving part 21 moves along the storing direction as described above, and thus it pushes the sheet 500 to the inside of the storage bag 600. At this time, the sheet 500 is moved by the moving part 21, with the front surface or rear surface facing the depth side or near side in the storing direction. In this manner, the sheet 500 is stacked and stored in the storage bag 600.
In the initial stage of the movement of the moving part 21, the sheet 500 is guided by the first flat surface P1 of the first guide part 17. Specifically, in the initial stage of the movement of the moving part 21, one end surface of the sheet 500 moves in contact with the first flat surface P1. As the movement proceeds, the sheet 500 reaches the terminal end of the first flat surface P1 in the storing direction, and makes contact with the inner surface of the storage bag 600 held by the second flat surface P2 of the second guide part 18. The contact portion at this time is the starting end of the inner surface Pp in the storing direction. Thereafter, the sheet 500 moves with one end surface in contact with the inner surface Pp, which is a part of the inner surface of the storage bag 600 held by the second flat surface P2.
As described above, the first flat surface P1 and the inner surface Pp are located on the same plane. In this manner, when the sheet 500 is pushed by the moving part 21 to move from the terminal end of the first flat surface P1 to the starting end of the inner surface Pp in the storing direction, it can be prevented from being caught, fallen or the like between the terminal end of the first flat surface P1 and the starting end of the inner surface Pp.
In a sheet processing device of a second embodiment, the end portion of the first guide part 17 making up the terminal end of the first flat surface P1, and the end portion of the second guide part 18 making up the starting end of the inner surface Pp when the storage bag 600 is attached have uneven shapes that engage with each other.
Note that the following description assumes that the storage bag 600 is attached in a lateral manner with respect to the sheet storing device 1. The lateral manner means a state where the inlet of the storage bag 600 faces the direction perpendicular to the up-down direction.
The up-down direction in the following description corresponds to the up-down direction of a case where the sheet storing device 1 is installed on the horizontal plane. The up-down direction of the sheet storing device 1 is a direction orthogonal to the above-described storing direction.
In
As illustrated in
Note that the width of the unevenness of each of the first guide part 17 and the second guide part 18 in the left-right direction is sufficiently smaller than the length of the one end portion of the sheet 500 (see
Further, as illustrated in
In a sheet processing device of a third embodiment, the portion of the first guide part 17 that makes contact with the inner surface of the storage bag 600 attached to the attaching part 11 is located on the depth side in the storing direction than the attaching part 11.
The second guide part 18 is disposed on the depth side in the storing direction than the first guide part 17, and therefore the end portion of the second guide part 18 on the near side in the storing direction is also located on the depth side than the attaching part 11 because the end portion of the first guide part 17 on the depth side is protruded to the depth side than the attaching part 11.
On the other hand, as illustrated in
With this configuration, the storage bag 600 attached to the first attaching part 11D obliquely extends from the upper end portion of the first attaching part 11D to the end portion of the second guide part 18 on the near side in the storing direction, and then extends to the depth side in the storing direction along the second flat surface of the second guide part 18. The end portion of the first guide part 17 on the depth side in the storing direction makes contact with the inner surface of the storage bag 600 by covering the obliquely extending storage bag 600 from the upper side. Note that in
Further, the end portion of the first guide part 17 on the depth side in the storing direction and the end portion of the second guide part 18 on the near side in the storing direction may be formed in oblique cross-sectional shapes matching the obliquely extending storage bag 600 as illustrated in
This reduces the ease of formation of a gap between the end portion of the first guide part 17 on the depth side in the storing direction, i.e., the terminal end of the first flat surface P1, and the inner surface of the storage bag 600, i.e., the starting end of the inner surface Pp. In this manner, when the sheet 500 moves from the terminal end of the first flat surface P1 to the starting end of the inner surface Pp, it can be more effectively prevented from being caught, fallen or the like between the terminal end of the first flat surface P1 and the starting end of the inner surface Pp.
In a sheet storing device of a fourth embodiment, a sealing part for closing and sealing the inlet of the storage bag is further provided.
In the sheet storing device 1, a pair of the sealing parts 13 is provided on the depth side in the storing direction than the attaching part 11. The pair of sealing parts 13 is disposed at a position that sandwiches, from the outside, the storage bag 600 attached to the attaching part 11.
The pair of sealing parts 13 moves along the up-down direction orthogonal to the storing direction after the completion of the movement of the sheet by the moving part 21, and closes the inlet of the storage bag 600. When the sealing part 13 closes the inlet of the storage bag 600, the sealing part 13 on the upper side moves downward, and the sealing part 13 on the lower side moves upward.
Note that as illustrated in
For example, in the case where at least the inner surface of the inlet portion of the storage bag 600 is formed of resin or the like, the sealing part 13 is a heater, and seals the storage bag 600 by applying heat. In addition, the sealing part 13 may seal the storage bag 600 by bonding the inlet of the storage bag 600 through application of a pressure, or may seal the storage bag 600 by using a device such as a stapler.
In a fifth embodiment, a configuration on the near side in the storing direction than the first guide part 17 is described.
Note that in the sheet storing device 1, when attaching or detaching the storage bag 600, the temporary retainer 25 and the first guide part 17 may be separated from each other along the storing direction, for example. With a sliding part 30 described in the eighth embodiment described later, the temporary retainer 25 and the first guide part 17 may move in the direction away from each other, for example.
In addition, when attaching or detaching the storage bag 600, the first guide part 17 and the second guide part 18 may separate. At this time, in the state where the first guide part 17 is separated from the second guide part 18, the storage bag 600 is disposed between the first guide part 17 and the second guide part 18, and then the first guide part 17 is returned to the original position, and thus the storage bag 600 is sandwiched by the first guide part 17 and the second guide part 18, for example.
Now description is returned to
With the third flat surface P3 of the temporary retainer 25 located on the same plane as the first flat surface P1, when the sheet 500 retained at the temporary retainer 25 moves from the terminal end of the third flat surface P3 to the starting end of the first flat surface P1, it can be more effectively prevented from being caught, fallen or the like between the terminal end of the third flat surface P3 and the starting end of the first flat surface P1.
Further, the temporary retainer 25 is in contact with the first guide part 17, and the shapes of the terminal end of the third flat surface P3 making up the end portion of the temporary retainer 25 and the starting end of the first flat surface P1 making up the end portion of the first guide part 17 have uneven shapes that engage with each other. In
In addition, as illustrated in
Note that the width of the unevenness of each of the temporary retainer 25 and the first guide part 17 in the left-right direction is sufficiently smaller than the length of one end portion of the sheet 500 (see
Further, as illustrated in
In the sheet storing device 1 according to a sixth embodiment, a restriction part 23 that restricts the movement of the sheet 500 from the temporary retainer 25 to the inside of the storage bag 600 is provided on the depth side in the storing direction than the temporary retainer 25.
A feeding part 24 performs accumulation of the sheets 500 at the temporary retainer 25. The feeding part 24 feeds, into a moving unit 20, the sheet 500 transported from the outside of the sheet storing device 1. The feeding part 24 feeds, into the moving unit 20, the sheet 500 with momentum toward the depth side in the storing direction. In this manner, the sheet 500 fed by the feeding part 24 is supported in the standing state by the surface of the closed restriction part 23 on the near side in the storing direction to lean on it. In this manner, the sheets 500 are stacked and temporarily retained at the temporary retainer 25.
In addition, the sheet storing device 1 comprises a control part 50. In the sixth embodiment, the control part 50 controls the moving operation of the sheet 500 with the moving part 21, the restriction operation of the sheet 500 with the restriction part 23, and the feeding operation with the feeding part 24. The control part 50 is, for example, circuitry or processing circuitry which includes a processor such as a CPU (central processing part), general purpose processors, special purpose processors, integrated circuits, ASICs (“Application Specific Integrated Circuits”), conventional circuitry and/or combinations thereof. To be more specific, the control part 50 controls the moving operation of the moving part 21, the restriction operation of the restriction part 23, or the feeding operation of the feeding part 24 by controlling a driving part such as a motor that supplies the driving force for moving the moving part 21, the restriction part 23, and the feeding part 24.
The control part 50 moves the moving part 21 to the depth side in the storing direction on the basis of the number of the sheets 500 accumulated inside the temporary retainer 25 in the state where the restriction part 23 restricts the movement of the sheet 500. The movement amount of the moving part 21 moved by the control part 50 may be determined based on the sum of the thicknesses of the sheets 500 retained inside the temporary retainer 25, for example. At this time, the control part 50 may specify the number of the sheets 500 retained inside the temporary retainer 25 on the basis of the number of sheets fed by the feeding part 24.
In this manner, the unnecessary space between the moving part 21 and the restriction part 23 can be reduced. In this manner, the sheet 500 retained on the temporary retainer 25 can be prevented from being fallen over from the standing state.
In a seventh embodiment, the moving part 21 is provided with a protrusion extending downward, and the second guide part 18 is provided with a groove for passing through the protrusion.
While the sheet storing device 1 according to the above-described embodiments can reduce the falling over of the sheet 500, but it is difficult to eliminate the fallen sheet 500 when the sheet 500 are fallen over. For example, if the fallen sheet 500 is sandwiched by the inlet portion when sealing the inlet of the storage bag 600 with the sealing part 13, it is difficult to seal the inlet, and therefore a configuration for immediately eliminating the fallen sheet 500 is desired.
As illustrated in
In an eighth embodiment, a sheet processing device 100 comprising the sheet storing device 1 of the above-described embodiments is described.
The sheet processing device 100 is an apparatus comprising a processing part that performs each mechanism in the apparatus to perform various processes such as sheet depositing process or dispensing process. In the following description, the side of the sheet processing device 100 on which a reception part 103 described later is disposed is the front side, and the side opposite to the front side is the rear side. In addition, the left-right direction orthogonal to the front-rear direction is the left-right direction.
As illustrated in
The upper unit 101A is provided with operation part 102, the reception part 103, a dispensing part 104, a transport part 105, a recognition part 106, a storage feeding part 107, and a processing part 108.
An operation part 102 is provided at the upper part of the housing 101. The operation part 102 receives an operation of the user of the sheet processing device 100. The sheet processing device 100 performs various processes in accordance with the user's operation on the operation part 102. The operation part 102 may be a touch panel laid on a display such as a liquid crystal display, for example. In this case, the display displays a screen for the user to select the process to be performed by the sheet processing device 100, a screen indicating the amount (number of sheets or total amount) of the sheets 500 stored in the sheet processing device 100 or the like.
The reception part 103 is provided at an upper part of the front surface of the housing 101. The reception part 103 comprises a reception hopper for inserting banknotes into the housing 101 from the outside, and the like. In addition, the dispensing part 104 for dispensing banknotes from the inside of the housing 101 to the outside is provided on the lower side of the reception part 103.
The reception part 103 receives a sheet group composed of one or more sheets set by the user. The reception part 103 is provided with a feeding mechanism 103A for feeding the sheets of the sheet group one by one into the housing 101. The sheets fed from the feeding mechanism 103A one by one is transported by the transport part 105 one by one.
The recognition part 106 is provided on the transport path making up the transport part 105. The recognition part 106 recognizes the denomination of the sheets transported by the transport part 105. Further, the recognition part 106 may recognize at least authentication, front/rear, fitness, new/old, transport state and the like of the sheets transported by the transport part 105.
In addition, the storage feeding part 107 (temporary retainer) is provided at the succeeding stage of the recognition part 106 in the transport part 105. The storage feeding part 107 temporarily stores sheets transported from the transport part 105, and feeds the stored sheets one by one to the transport part 105. In this manner, the banknotes stored in the storage feeding part 107 can be transported from the storage feeding part 107 to the sheet storing device 1 provided in the lower unit 101B. Note that the storage feeding part 107 is composed of a feeding part of a tape-reel type, for example.
The dispensing part 104 is connected to the transport part 105. In the dispensing process of the sheet processing device 100 and the like, the required number of sheets is temporarily accumulated at the dispensing part 104 by the transport part 105. The dispensing part 104 is accessible from the outside of the housing 101, and the user can take out the sheets accumulated at the dispensing part 104 from the front surface of the housing 101.
A stacking wheel 104A is provided at the connection portion with the dispensing part 104 at the transport part 105. Through the rotation of the stacking wheel 104A, the sheet sandwiched by the vane of the stacking wheel 104A is accumulated at the dispensing part 104.
The processing part 108 with the configurations described above performs various processes such as a depositing process and a dispensing process on sheets received from the reception part 103. The depositing process is a process of storing the received sheets into the storage feeding part 107 or the sheet storing device 1, and the dispensing process is a process of dispensing sheets from the storage feeding part 107 to the dispensing part 104.
The lower unit 101B is provided with the sheet storing device 1.
As illustrated in
The attaching unit 10 is a unit to which the storage bag 600 is attached. The moving unit 20 is a unit that moves the sheet 500 transported by the transport part 105 along the storing direction with the sheet kept in the standing state, and stores the sheet in the storage bag 600.
The attaching unit 10 comprises the attaching part 11, a closing part 12 and the sealing part 13. Further, the attaching unit 10 comprises the stage 15 and a lid 16 as illustrated in
The stage 15 that is movable along the storing direction is provided inside the attaching unit 10. The stage 15 is a portion that regulates the depth from the inlet to the bottom of the laterally attached storage bag 600. The stage 15 is moved by the driving force supplied by a driving part under the control of the control part 50, for example.
A gap is provided near the center of the stage 15 in the left-right direction or the up-down direction. Through this gap, a part of the storage bag 600 can be extended to the depth side in the storing direction. In this manner, the number of the sheets 500 that can be stored in the storage bag 600 can be regulated by moving the stage 15. In
An opening is provided at the top surface of the attaching unit 10. This opening is provided with the openable and closable lid 16. The lid 16 can be opened and closed through a hinge, and is opened and closed by the hand of the user of the sheet processing device 100, for example. When the sheet storing device 1 is housed in the sheet processing device 100, the lid 16 is in a closed state. As described later, the attaching unit 10 can be pulled out of the housing 101 by means of the sliding part 30, and when the attaching unit 10 is pulled out of the housing 101, the user can easily access the inside of the sheet storing device 1, especially the attaching part 11, by opening the lid 16. In this manner, the user can easily attach the storage bag 600 to the attaching unit 10.
As illustrated in
The moving part 21 moves the sheets 500 supplied from the outside of the moving unit 20 by pushing the sheets 500 from the inside of the moving unit 20 to the inside of the storage bag 600 attached to the attaching unit 10.
The moving part 21 can move along the storing direction from the near side to the depth side in the storing direction, or from the depth side to the near side in the storing direction. When the moving part 21 moves from the near side to the depth side in the storing direction, the sheet 500 is pushed into the storage bag 600 by the tip end portion of the moving part 21 on the side closer to the attaching unit 10. At this time, the sheet 500, kept in the standing state, is pushed by the moving part 21. Note that in the following description, the tip end portion of the moving part 21 on the side closer to the attaching unit 10 is simply referred to as tip end portion of the moving part 21.
In this manner, the sheet 500 kept in the standing state is stacked and stored in the storage bag 600. When the sheet 500 is pushed to the depth side in the storage bag 600, the moving part 21 is returned to the initial position inside the moving unit 20. The initial position of the moving part 21 is a position on the nearest side in the storing direction in the movable region of the moving part 21, i.e., a position where the moving part 21 is farthest away from the attaching unit 10, for example.
The tip end portion of the moving part 21 is formed in a shape that can efficiently push the sheet 500 in the standing state. The shape of the tip end portion of the moving part 21 is specifically described later. A gap for disposing the holding part 22 is provided near the center of the moving part 21 in the up-down direction.
The holding part 22 is a plate-shaped or rod-shaped portion for holding the sheet 500 pushed by the moving part 21 into the storage bag 600. The holding part 22 is disposed inside the gap provided near the center of the moving part 21 in the up-down direction. Through this gap, the holding part 22 can move along the storing direction. The moving part 21 and the holding part 22 are not fixed to each other, and can move independently of each other along the storing direction.
The restriction part 23 is a member provided near the boundary between the moving unit 20 and the attaching unit 10 to restrict the movement into the storage bag 600 of the sheet 500 inside the moving unit 20. The restriction part 23 supports the banknote stored in the storage bag 600 between it and the stage. In addition, when the sheet 500 is not moved by the moving part 21 to the storage bag 600, the restriction part 23 prevents unintentional entry of the sheet 500 into the storage bag 600 by restricting the movement of the sheet 500. In addition, when the moving part 21 moves the sheet 500 into the storage bag 600, the restriction part 23 releases the restriction.
As illustrated in
As illustrated in
In addition, as illustrated in
The feeding part 24 is a portion that feeds, into the moving unit 20, the sheet 500 transported by the transport part 105. The feeding part 24 performs the feeding operation under the control of the control part 50. The feeding part 24 comprises a rotatable vane to feed the sheet 500 toward the depth side in the storing direction with momentum into the moving unit 20, for example. In this manner, the sheets 500 fed by the feeding part 24 are stacked in the standing state on the near side of the restriction part 23 in the closed state in the storing direction.
The sliding part 30 is a portion for sliding the attaching unit 10 to the outside of the housing 101 of the sheet processing device 100. Openable and closable doors are provided at the front, rear, left and right wall surfaces of the lower unit 101B, and the user can pull the attaching unit 10 to the outside of the housing 101 from the opened door by means of the sliding part 30. In this manner, the user can easily attach or detach the storage bag 600 to or from the attaching unit 10. The sliding part 30 is a slide rail member, for example. In the example illustrated in
Exemplary operations of the sheet storing device 1 are described below with reference to
First, as illustrated in
As illustrated in
As illustrated in
The movement of the moving part 21 to the depth side in the storing direction is continued until the tip end portion of the moving part 21 reaches the predetermined storage position.
Even after the position of the tip end portion of the moving part 21 in the storing direction is set to a predetermined storage position, the driving force for moving the moving part 21 to the depth side in the storing direction is continuously supplied. In this manner, the sheet 500 is compressed by the moving part 21 in the storage bag 600. Note that the predetermined storage position is a position slightly on the depth side in the storing direction than the restriction part 23, for example.
After the position of the tip end portion of the moving part 21 in the storing direction is set to a predetermined storage position, the supply of the driving force to the moving part 21 is stopped, and the position of the moving part 21 in the storing direction is fixed. In this state, the restriction part 23 is closed as illustrated in
As illustrated in
First, as illustrated in
The movement of the moving part 21 and the holding part 22 to the depth side in the storing direction is continued until the tip end portion of the moving part 21 reaches a predetermined sealing position. Note that in the case where the tip end portion of the moving part 21 cannot reach the sealing position due to the thickness of the sheet 500 stored in the storage bag 600, the tip end portion of the moving part 21 can be set to the sealing position by moving the stage 15 to the depth side in the storing direction (step S13).
When the tip end portion of the moving part 21 has reached the sealing position, the tip end portion of the holding part 22 is fixed to the sealing position as illustrated in
As illustrated in
Next, as illustrated in
Upon completion of the sealing of the storage bag 600, the user pulls the attaching unit 10 to the outside of the housing 101 by means of the sliding part 30 illustrated in
The functionality of the elements disclosed herein may be implemented using circuitry or processing circuitry which includes general purpose processors, special purpose processors, integrated circuits, ASICs (“Application Specific Integrated Circuits”), conventional circuitry and/or combinations thereof which are configured or programmed to perform the disclosed functionality. Processors are considered processing circuitry or circuitry as they include transistors and other circuitry therein. In the disclosure, the circuitry, units, or means are hardware that carry out or are programmed to perform the recited functionality. The hardware may be any hardware disclosed herein or otherwise known which is programmed or configured to carry out the recited functionality. When the hardware is a processor which may be considered a type of circuitry, the circuitry, means, or units are a combination of hardware and software, the software being used to configure the hardware and/or processor.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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2021-150976 | Sep 2021 | JP | national |
2021-178802 | Nov 2021 | JP | national |
This application is a bypass Continuation of International Patent Cooperation Treaty Application No. PCT/JP2022/033768, filed on Sep. 8, 2022, which claims priority to Japanese Patent Application No. 2021-150976, filed on Sep. 16, 2021, and Japanese Patent Application No. 2021-178802, filed on Nov. 1, 2021, the entire disclosures of each are incorporated herein by reference.
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Parent | PCT/JP2022/033768 | Sep 2022 | WO |
Child | 18599262 | US |