JP3258609B2 - Paper binding machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sheet binding machine for stacking and binding sheets such as banknotes and securities.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a sheet binding apparatus for stacking and binding a predetermined number of loose sheets such as bills and securities, for example, JP-A-8-318907 or JP-A-8-324.
No. 509 is disclosed. The paper sheet binding machine not only binds a predetermined number of banknotes accumulated for each type, such as paper sheets such as securities, but also stores the bundled bundled sheets for each type in a bundle storage unit in the body. It is possible to store the bundled specific bundles of paper bundles outside the machine through the external discharge port, and further, to store a fractional number of paper bundles less than a predetermined number to be bundled in a special fraction storage unit. Is possible.

[0003]

By the way, as in the above-mentioned sheet binding machine, multi-functionalization of storing bundled sheets, discharging bundled sheets and storing fractional sheets is attempted. Needless to say, in order to execute each function, it is necessary to provide a bundle storage unit, an external discharge port and a fraction storage unit, respectively. Therefore, it is necessary to separately provide a configuration for performing the operation, and there is a problem that the entire body is increased in size. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to enable the bundled sheets or fractional sheets to be sorted to the bundle storage unit, the outside discharge port, and the fraction storage unit, and to minimize the size of the entire body. It is an object of the present invention to provide a paper sheet binding machine.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sheet binding machine for binding a predetermined number of sheets, and a binding unit for binding a predetermined number of sheets. A delivery unit for delivering leaves and fractional unbound papers from the binding unit, a bundle storage unit for storing the bundles delivered by the delivery unit, and a bundle paper sheet delivered by the delivery unit And a fraction storage section for storing the fractional sheets sent out by the sending section, wherein the bundle section includes a bundle of sheets by the sending section. One side with respect to the sending direction of the class and the fractional sheets is set as the sorting direction to the outside discharge port, and the side opposite to the sending direction is set as the sorting direction to the bundle storage unit. Further, the lower side with respect to the sending direction is a distribution direction to the fraction storage portion, and When the bundles or fractions are sent out at the section, the bundles or fractions are lowered and the sent bundles or fractions are placed on the upper surface thereof, while the sending section has the fractions. And a first sorting member that is set to be in an elevated state when the sheets are sent out and sorts out the sent fractional sheets to the fraction storage unit side, and the sending unit that sends out the bundled sheets by the sending unit. The bundled sheets are placed on the side, and the sent bundles are placed and moved to the opposite side to sort the bundles to the bundle storage unit side, while the bundles are sent out by the sending unit. Or when a fractional sheet is sent out, the bundled sheet or the fractional sheet placed on the opposite side to the sending direction and sent out and placed on the first sorting member is A second distribution member that is pushed to the one side and distributed to the outside discharge port side; It is characterized in that Bei. Thus, when the fraction papers are stored in the fraction storage unit, the first distribution member is set in the raised state, and the fraction papers sent out by the sending unit are distributed to the lower fraction storage unit side. Further, when releasing the bundled sheets or fractional sheets from the outside discharge port, the first sorting member is lowered and the second sorting member is moved to the bundle storage portion sorting side. The bundled sheets or fractional sheets sent out by the sending section are placed on the upper surface of the first sorting member and pushed out to the outside discharge port sorting side by the second sorting member. Distribute. Further, when the bundled sheets are stored in the bundle storage unit side, the second sorting member is positioned in the sending direction side so that the sent bundled sheets are placed and the bundle storage unit sorting is performed. Side and sort the bundles to the bundle storage unit side.

[0005] The paper sheet binding machine according to claim 2 of the present invention comprises:
With respect to what is claimed in claim 1, the first distributing member comprises:
The fraction papers sorted and stored in the fraction storage section are lowered and pressed downward, and the fraction storage section is raised from a state where the first sorting member presses the fraction paper sheets. It is characterized in that it has a pressing member for suppressing the swelling of fractional paper sheets when performing. Thus, even when the first sorting member is in the raised state in order to store a new fraction sheet in the fraction storage portion, the swelling of the fraction sheet in which the pressing member is already stored is suppressed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sheet binding apparatus.
3. The delivery device according to claim 1, wherein the first sorting member sends the bundled paper or the fractional papers sent out by the delivery unit on the upper surface thereof. 4. The present invention is characterized in that a bundle of sheets or a fractional sheet of paper is placed below the position and over the sending unit. Thereby, the bundles or the fractional sheets can be inclined in the left-right direction toward the pushing direction by the second sorting member. When a leaf or a fractional sheet is placed on the upper surface of the first distribution member, pushed out by the second distribution member and distributed to the outside outlet side, the leaf or the fraction is moved in a stable posture without lateral displacement. Can be. In addition, when a small number of fractional sheets are placed, the fractional sheets can be curved so as to be hardly deformed by extrusion by the second sorting member.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a paper sheet binding machine.
4. The second sorting member according to claim 1, wherein the second sorting member extends to the opposite side when positioned on the delivery direction side, and the second sorting member extends to the opposite side. A transport auxiliary plate that is reduced in length when moving is provided. Accordingly, when the bundles sent out by the delivery unit are placed on the second sorting member located on the sending direction side, the transport assisting plate is extended and the bundled sheets together with the second sorting member. On the other hand, the transport auxiliary plate is reduced in length while being placed on the bundle storage unit side while being sorted while the sorts are placed, so that a space for releasing the transport auxiliary plate becomes unnecessary.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A sheet binding machine according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The paper binding machine according to the present embodiment handles bills as paper.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing a paper sheet binding machine according to this embodiment. The paper sheet binding machine, which is not shown, performs a bill discrimination, storage and payout operation, and the like. It is attached to and used.

First, the overall configuration of the sheet binding machine will be described. This paper sheet binding machine has a housing 11 forming an outer shell thereof.
A bill transport unit 12 that is disposed on the side of the paper sheet processing machine attached to the housing 11 (the right side in FIG. 1), and that receives a bill from the paper sheet processing machine and conveys it; And an upper binding machine main unit 13 that is arranged on the opposite side (left side in FIG. 1) and upper side of the paper sheet processing machine attached side and that accumulates and binds the bills transported by the bill transporting unit 12. A lower binding machine main unit 14 that is arranged below the upper binding machine main unit 13 in the housing 11 and that accumulates and binds the banknotes transported by the banknote transport unit 12.
And a control unit 40 (see FIG. 2).

The transport section 12 is provided with one receiving path 16 for receiving bills from the sheet processing machine in a posture extending longitudinally in the longitudinal direction of the machine (the direction perpendicular to the plane of FIG. 1), and It has four flow paths 17a, 17b, 17c, and 17d, which are divided into four in the vertical direction from the path 16 and convey the bills in the above-mentioned postures, respectively, and a distribution unit 18 provided in each of the flow division parts. In addition, a denomination discriminating unit for discriminating a denomination of a bill to be fed to the sheet binding machine side is provided on the sheet processing machine side, and the control unit 40 transmits a denomination signal from the denomination discriminating unit. The denomination of the received bill is discriminated or the number of the denominated bill is counted, and the bill to be conveyed is divided into the diversion path 1.
The distribution unit 18 is controlled and distributed to predetermined ones of 7a to 17d.

The upper binding machine main body 13 is provided with two stacking units 20.
a, 20b, and the transport unit 1 of these accumulation units 20a, 20b
A pair of chuck members 31, provided on the opposite side to 2,
32 and a binding body portion 19 for binding a predetermined number of banknotes; stacking portions 20a and 20b; Parts (bundle storage parts) 22a, 22
b, a fraction storage section 23 provided on the opposite side of the transport section 12 of the bundle storage and extension sections 22a and 22b, and provided between the binding section 21 and the bundle storage and extension sections 22a and 22b and the fraction storage section 23. And a bundle discharge unit 25 provided on the front surface 11A side of the housing, and a delivery unit 26 provided on the front surface 11A side of the housing.

Each of the stacking units 20a and 20b has the same shape, is aligned in the horizontal direction, and is shifted only in the vertical direction. The upper stacking unit 20a is connected to the uppermost branch path 17a, and the lower stacking unit 20b
Is connected to the above-mentioned one-side branch path 17b,
The bills conveyed in the respective branch paths 17a, 17b are placed in the stacking sections 20a, 20b while being aligned in the longitudinal direction of the machine body in the longitudinal direction and the front and back directions are vertically aligned. 28 are stacked vertically. These stacking units 20a and 20b are set to the predetermined number of sheets (usually 100 sheets) to be bound and the predetermined number of sheets to be bound, for example, when the number of stacked banknotes (stacked paper sheets) S1 placed on the placing plate 28 is increased. When the stacking is completed in a state of being less than the required amount, the stack is pushed from the bill transporting unit 12 side by an extruding mechanism (not shown) and horizontally moved to the opposite side to the bill transporting unit 12.

The chuck members 31 and 32 of the binding unit 21 are
The stacked banknotes S1 extruded by an extruding mechanism (not shown) are clamped so as to bend slightly from both sides in the stacking direction, that is, from the top and bottom, while keeping the longitudinal direction along the longitudinal direction of the machine body and the vertical direction along the front and back sides. The bundling main body 19 of the bundling unit 21 includes a tape supply unit 30 that supplies a predetermined length of a bundling tape and a bundling supplied from the tape supply unit 30 to the short side of the stacked banknote S1 sandwiched between the chuck members 31 and 32. It is composed of a winding mechanism (not shown) for winding the tape, and an unillustrated bonding portion (not shown) that forms a bundled banknote (bundled paper sheet) S2 by thermally bonding and stamping the overlapping portion of the binding tape. .

The chuck members 31 and 32 can be moved up and down, the upper movement limit position is a position for receiving the stacked bills S1 from the upper stacking unit 20a, and the lower movement limit position is a bundle or the like. It is a position where the bundled banknotes S2 are delivered to the transport unit 24, and the stacking units 20a and 20b and the bundle or the like transport unit 24 are positioned so that a position for receiving the stacked banknotes S1 from the lower stacking unit 20b is located therebetween. The positional relationship has been set.

Further, the control section 40 includes the accumulating sections 20a and 20a.
b, the stacking banknotes S1 are pushed out by the pushing mechanism from the side where the predetermined number of stacking banknotes S1 to be bound are stacked, and the stacking banknotes S1 are received by the chuck members 31 and 32, and the stacking banknotes S1 are directed to the transport unit 24 such as a stack After lowering and performing the binding process in parallel with the lowering, and after delivering the bundled banknotes to the bundle transport unit 24, a predetermined number of stacked banknotes S1 to be bound next among the stacking units 20a and 20b are stacked. Control to move to the specified side. The control unit 40 includes the chuck members 31 and 3
If the stacked banknote S1 received in step 2 is a fraction, the binding unit 21 is controlled so as not to be bound by the binding main body unit 19 and to be passed as it is to the bundle transport unit 24 as a fraction banknote (fractional sheet) S3. .

The bundle transport section 24 includes chuck members 31, 3
2 is at the lower limit position, the bound banknote S
2 and the untied fractional banknote S3 are received in a state in which the longitudinal direction extends along the longitudinal direction of the fuselage and the front and back directions extend vertically, and is controlled by the control unit 40 to control the bundle storage and delivery unit 22a, 22b, the external discharge port 25, and the fraction storage unit 23.

The delivery of the bundled banknotes S2 to the bundle storage / feed-out sections 22a and 22b by the bundle transport section 24 is not shown, but the longitudinal direction of the fuselage along the longitudinal direction and the vertical direction along the front and back sides of the machine body. This is performed by moving the bound banknote S2 in the upright posture after changing its posture to a standing posture in which the longitudinal direction is along the vertical direction and the front and back directions are along the front-back direction of the machine body.

The external discharge port 25 is an opening for discharging the bound banknote S2 and the fractional banknote S3 conveyed by the conveyer 24 for bundles and the like as they are without storing them.
Each of the bundle storage and feed-out units 22a and 22b includes a storage unit 34 for storing the bundled banknotes S2 which are set in the standing position in the bundle or the like transport unit 24 and moved downward in the front-rear direction in the machine body in the same posture, and a control unit 40. The banknote S2 in the storage 34 is slid horizontally to control the front side 1 of the storage 34.
It has a feeding mechanism (not shown) that feeds one bundle at a time from the 1A side. The storage 34 is detachable so that it can be taken out from an opening formed by opening a door (not shown) provided on the front surface 11A side.

The bundle dispensing section 26 is a drawer-shaped one disposed on the front surface 11A side of both storage and dispensing sections 34. The binding banknote S2 protruding out of the housing 11
Out of the housing 11.

The fraction storage section 23 holds the fraction bills S3 conveyed by the bundle convey section 24 without being bound, while keeping the longitudinal direction along the longitudinal direction of the body and the vertical direction along the front and back sides. It receives and accumulates and stores vertically bills S3 from the opening formed by opening a door (not shown) provided on the front surface 11A side. The control unit 4
0 indicates that the accumulation units 20a, 20b
When it is determined that the number of stacked banknotes S1 stacked by any one of the above has reached a predetermined number to be bound, the stacked banknotes S1 are clamped by the chuck members 31 and 32 and bound by the binding portion 21. After the processing of one transaction by the paper sheet processing machine, if there is a fractional stacked banknote S1 that is not bound to any of the upper and lower stacking units 20a and 20b,
The fractional banknotes S1 are clamped by the chuck members 31 and 32 and conveyed to the bundle transport section 24 without being bound by the binding section 21, and stored in the fraction storage section 23 by the bundle transport section 24 as the fractional banknotes S3. Let it.

The lower binding machine main body 14 has the same configuration as the upper binding machine main body 13 described above, and is aligned with the upper binding machine main body 13 in the horizontal direction and shifted only in the vertical direction. It is arranged on the lower side. It should be noted that since the configuration is the same as that of the upper binding unit main body 13, the description of the lower binding unit main unit 14 is omitted, but the upper stacking unit 2 corresponding to the stacking unit 20a is omitted.
0c, the third branch flow path 17c from the top of the transport section 12
Are connected, and the lower stacking unit 20 corresponding to the stacking unit 20b
d is connected to the lowermost diversion path 17d of the transport unit 12, and a bundle storage and delivery unit 22c corresponding to the bundle storage and delivery unit 22a and a bundle storage and delivery unit 22b corresponding to the bundle storage and delivery unit 22b. Each of the feeding portions 22d is provided.

The bundle transport section 24, the external discharge port 25, and the fraction storage section 23 will be further described. Bundle transport section 24
Are chuck members 31, 32 as shown in FIGS.
Is located at the lower limit position, the chuck members 31, 3
2 and the fractional bill S3 extruded from
Has a bundle / fraction bill sending unit (sending unit) 41 that sends the bundle to the left side when viewed from the front of the machine while keeping the posture along the longitudinal direction in the longitudinal direction of the machine and the vertical direction of the front and back, Further, the bundled banknote S2 and the fractional banknote S3 sent out by the bundle / fractional banknote delivery unit 41 are divided into three sides, one side, the opposite side and the lower side, with respect to the sending direction by the bundle / fractional banknote delivery unit 41. It has a first distribution unit 42 and a second distribution unit 43 that distribute in the direction. As shown in FIG. 4, the outside discharge port 25 is disposed on one side of the bundle / fraction bill delivery section 41 in the delivery direction of the bundle / fraction bill delivery section 41, and the bundle storage / delivery section 22 a is provided on the opposite side. , 22b or the bundle storing and feeding units 22c, 22d are arranged at the subsequent stage conveying unit 44. As shown in FIG. 3, the fraction storing unit 23 is arranged at the lower side.

First, the bundle / fraction bill sending section 41 will be described. The bundle / fraction banknote delivery unit 41 extends in a horizontal direction and receives the binding banknote S2 and the fraction banknote S3 extruded from the chuck members 31 and 32 on the upper surface 45a to guide the movement thereof (see FIG. 4). Transport guide plate 4
Five.

As shown in FIG. 6, the bundle / fractional bill sending section 41 has two sliding shafts 4 extending horizontally in the left-right direction of the body at different positions in the front-rear direction of the body.
A sliding block 47 supported by the sliding shafts 46, 46 and extending in the extending direction of the sliding shafts 46, that is, in the left-right direction of the body, and two sliding blocks 47 arranged in the left-right direction of the body. Pulleys 48, 48, a drive belt 49, which is hung between the pulleys 48, 48 and has one side 49 a extending horizontally, fixed to the bottom of the sliding block 47, A forward / reverse rotatable motor 50 for driving one pulley 48 is provided below the conveyance guide plate 45. Both ends of the sliding block 47 are different from each other in the longitudinal direction of the fuselage. The two push-out members 51, 51 are aligned with each other in the left-right direction of the body, and
5 and 45, and is fixed so as to protrude upward from the outside of one of the guide plates 45. Note that a plate-shaped pressing piece 52 is fixed to the lower surface of the sliding block 47 so as to extend leftward when viewed from the front of the machine body.

As a result, the sliding block 47 moves along the sliding shafts 46 by the forward and reverse rotation of the motor 50, so that the pushing members 51 move in the left-right direction of the machine body. Then, the pressing members 51, 51 push the bound banknote S 2 and the fractional banknote S 3 from the chuck members 31, 32, and the upper surfaces 45 a, 45 of the transport guide plates 45, 45.
a. The upper part is horizontally transported to the left when viewed from the front of the machine.

In the standby state where the pushing members 51 and 51 are located on the rightmost side when viewed from the front of the machine body, the bound banknote S2 and the fractional banknotes pushed out from the chuck members 31 and 32 located at the lowermost position toward the front side of the machine body. Without interfering with S3, when the motor 50 is driven to move left from the standby state to the left side when viewed from the front of the body, the chuck member 3
The bundled bills S2 and fractional bills S3 extruded from the first and second bills S3 are brought into contact with the respective contact surfaces 51a, 51a at different positions in the longitudinal direction, and are pressed and sent out.

As shown in FIG. 1, the bundle / fraction bill sending section 41 detects the detecting pieces 53 fixed to the pushing members 51, 51 while the pushing members 51, 51 are at the standby position, while the other. A standby position sensor 54 provided at a position where the detection piece 53 is not detected when it is at the position
When the push-out members 51 are at the first delivery position where the respective contact surfaces 51a are located a predetermined amount upstream from a position where the contact surfaces 51a coincide with the downstream end in the delivery direction of the transport guide plate 45, A first delivery position sensor 55 provided at a position where the detection piece 53 is not detected when the detection piece 53 is at the other position while the detection member 53 is being detected;
Detects the detection piece 53 when it is at the second delivery position where the respective contact surfaces 51a coincide with the downstream end of the transport guide plate 45 in the delivery direction, and detects the detection piece 53 when it is at any other position. The second provided at the position where it cannot be detected
The control unit 40 controls the driving of the motor 50 based on these detections.

Next, the fraction storage section 23 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 3 and the like, the fraction storage unit 23 is provided below the delivery downstream side position of the bundle / fraction bill delivery unit 41.
The fraction storage portion 23 includes a guide wall 58 that extends vertically along the front-rear direction of the machine body in a state where the position in the left-right direction of the machine body is approximately aligned with the downstream end of the transport guide plates 51, 51, and Bundle / fraction bill sending unit 4 of guide wall 58
On the side opposite to 1, a guide wall 59 that is disposed more parallel to the guide wall 58 than the length of the bill in the short direction and is arranged in parallel with the rear side of the body of the guide walls 58, 59. And a guide wall 60. The portions of the guide walls 58 and 59 opposite to the guide wall 60 are open, and are opened outside the machine by opening a door (not shown) provided on the front surface 11A of the housing, and the stored fractional banknotes are stored. S3 can be taken out.

As shown in FIG. 8, the fraction storage portion 23 includes two sliding shafts 63, 6 vertically arranged on the rear side of the body in the storage space 61 inside the guide walls 58-60.
3, a sliding block 64 slidably supported by the sliding shafts 63, 63, and a storage block 61 which is fixed on the sliding block 64 so as to extend forward in the fuselage. It has an elevator 65 that can be raised and lowered in a horizontal state, and a lowering control mechanism 66 that lowers the elevator 65 by the amount pressed by pressing from above and holds the position even after the pressing is released.

The lowering control mechanism 66 has pulleys 67 arranged vertically (only the upper side is shown) and a spring member 68 stretched over these pulleys 67. Is fixed, and the spring member 68 urges the sliding block 64 upward.

The lowering control mechanism 66 has a rack gear 69 having teeth 69a formed on only one surface and vertically arranged in the storage space 61.
9 is inserted through a through hole 70 formed vertically through the sliding block 64. One end of the sliding block 64 protruding toward the through hole 70 is provided with a tooth 69 a of the rack gear 69.
A contact portion 73 that can contact the regulating portion 72 formed on the slide block 64 from below, and a rotating shaft 7 in the middle thereof.
4 has a regulating member 75 rotatably supported. The restricting member 75 is allowed to rotate in the direction of moving the gear contact portion 71 upward (counterclockwise direction in FIG. 9), and the contact portion 73 contacts the restricting portion 72 so that the gear contact portion can be moved. Rotation in the direction of lowering 71 (clockwise direction in FIG. 9) is restricted. The rack gear 69 is
A switching mechanism (not shown) is capable of rotating about a vertical axis by 90 °, and the side on which the teeth 69a are formed is opposed to the regulating member 75, and the flat surface other than the formation of the teeth 69a is on the regulating member 75 side. The rotation position can be switched between the state of being arranged at the position.

Thus, in a state other than after the fractional banknote S3 has been taken out, the side where the teeth 69a of the rack gear 69 are formed is opposed to the regulating member 75 by a switching mechanism (not shown). The gear contact portion 71 is moved by the urging force of the spring material 68 so that the gear teeth 71
When the elevator 65 stops in a state in which it abuts on the a and the abutting portion 73 abuts on the regulating portion 72, and when the elevator 65 is pressed from above against the urging force of the spring member 68, the regulating member 75 The elevator 65 descends by sequentially moving on the teeth 69 a of the rack gear 69 while rotating, and when the pressing is released after descending, the gear contact portion 71 is moved by the urging force of the spring material 68 to the corresponding position of the rack gear 69. The elevator 65 stops in a state in which the abutting portion 73 abuts on the regulating portion 72 while engaging with the teeth 69a located at the same position.

On the other hand, after the fractional banknote S3 is taken out, the flat surface of the rack gear 69 other than the side on which the teeth 69a are formed is opposed to the regulating member 75 by a switching mechanism (not shown). Since the regulating member 75 is not regulated by the teeth 69a of the rack gear 69, the regulating member 75 moves upward by the urging force of the spring member 68, comes into contact with a stopper (not shown), and stops at the upper movement limit position.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the fraction storage portion 23 has two substantially fan-shaped fraction bill holding members (pressing members) 77 provided so as to be able to protrude and retract into the storage space portion 61. , 77 are provided. These fraction bill pressing members 77, 77 are arranged in parallel in the front-rear direction of the machine body, and rotate horizontally around rotation shafts 78, 78 arranged outside the storage space 61 with respect to the guide wall 58. It is free to move. The fraction bill holding members 77, 77 are urged by tension springs 79 so that the protruding sides into the storage space 61 are close to each other, and a regulating piece 80 composed of a part of the guide wall 58 disposed therebetween. Contact with the tension spring 7
The rotation limit position by the biasing force of No. 9 is determined. In this rotation limit position, the fraction bill holding members 77, 77
Protrudes a maximum amount into the storage space 61, and the elevator 65
The fractional bill S3 placed on the upper side can be pressed from above. In addition, as shown in FIG. 3 and the like, the vertical position of the fraction bill holding members 77, 77 is lower than the upper surface 45a of the transport guide plate 45 by a predetermined amount.

The fractional banknote holding members 77, 77 protrude the maximum amount into the storage space 61 and are opposite to the storage space 61 of the rotation shafts 78, 78, respectively. 78, 78, the pin 81,
81 is provided so as to protrude upward. These pins 81, 81 are arranged within the movement range of the pressing piece 52 of the bundle / fraction bill sending unit 41. And the pushing member 51,
51 moves from the standby position to make the contact surfaces 51a, 51a coincide with the downstream end of the transport guide plate 45 in the delivery direction.
The pressing piece 52 abuts these pins 81, 81 at a position slightly before the delivery position (the position on the second delivery position side from the first delivery position described above), and the pushing members 51, 51 , The pins 81, 81 are pressed toward the storage space 61, and the fraction bill pressing members 77, 77 are turned in opposite directions to each other against the urging force of the tension spring 79. The storage space 61 is retracted from the inside. When the pushing members 51 reach the second delivery position, the bill pressing members 77 at both ends are completely retracted from the storage space 61.

Next, the first distribution unit 42 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, a support plate 83 is fixed to the storage space 61 inside the guide walls 58 to 60 in close proximity to and parallel to the rear guide wall 60 of the body. Slide rails 84, 84 are attached vertically at two places on the front side of the body of the support plate 83, and the first distribution member 85 is attached to the slide rails 84, 84 so that the slide rails 84 can move up and down by sliding. Is supported.

The first distribution member 85 includes the slide rail 8
And a support plate 86 attached to the slide rails 84 and 84 at the support plate 86 and extending horizontally from the upper end of the support plate 86 to an upper position of the elevator 65 in the body. A substantially L-shaped distribution member main body 93 having a mounting plate portion 87 protruding therefrom;
As shown in FIG. 3 and the like, a horizontal guide plate portion 88 and a guide wall 59 that are placed and fixed on the upper surface of the placement plate portion 87 and are beveled so that the guide wall 58 side is located on the lower side.
And a guide member 90 having a flat vertical guide plate 89 extending in the front-rear direction of the fuselage. The distributing member main body 93 is provided in the storage space 61.
It can move up and down inside. Further, the vertical guide plate portion 89 is located slightly inside the end of the mounting plate portion 87 on the guide wall 59 side, and further, as shown in FIG. It has a shape.

As shown in FIG. 6 and the like, the placement plate portion 87 and the horizontal guide plate portion 88 may vertically exceed the fraction bill holding members 77 of the fraction storage portion 23 irrespective of their protruding state. Notches 91, 91 are formed so as to be able to be provided. Further, as shown in FIG. The bundle / fraction banknote delivery unit 41 is inclined and bent so that the side thereof faces upward. In the lower part of the support plate 86,
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5 and the like, a groove portion 92 is formed which extends horizontally in the left-right direction of the fuselage and has a shape in which the right end of the fuselage extends outward.

A lower part of the storage space 61 is provided with a first drive mechanism 94 for vertically moving the first distribution member 85. The first drive mechanism 94 includes a motor 95 provided in an in-frame body (not shown) and capable of rotating forward and reverse, and a motor 95.
A gear 96 fixed to the drive shaft 95a, a gear 97 that meshes with the gear 96 and performs appropriate deceleration, and a gear 97 fixed to the gear 97 and extending laterally with respect to the axis thereof and extending toward the distal end. Pin 9 inserted into groove 92 of one distribution member 85
8 is attached, and the rotation of the motor 95 causes the rotation member 99 to rotate, the pin 98 to rotate in the vertical plane, and to move in the groove 92 while the first distribution is performed. Member 8
5 is moved up and down.

The first sorting member 85 is provided with a detecting piece 100 at a lower portion, and at a lower portion of the storage space 61,
A standby position sensor 101 provided at a position where the detection member 100 is detected when the first distribution member 85 is located at the lowermost standby position and is not detected when the first distribution member 85 is at any other position; An evacuation position sensor 102 provided at a position where the detection member 100 is detected when the first distribution member 85 is located at the uppermost evacuation position and is not detected when the first distribution member 85 is at other positions. The first distribution member 85 is provided at a position where the detection piece 100 is detected when the first distribution member 85 is located at the receiving position between the standby position and the retreat position, and is not detected when the first distribution member 85 is at any other position. The control unit 40 controls the driving of the motor 95 based on these detections.

As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, when the first sorting member 85 is raised and located at the retracted position, the first sorting member 85 moves the mounting plate portion 87 and the guide member 90 to the bundle / fraction bill sending portion. 41 is located above the transport guide plate 45. At this time, the interval between the mounting plate portion 87 and the transport guide plate 45 is such that the maximum number (for example, 99) of the fractional banknotes S3 are bundled.
Even if it is sent out by the fractional banknote sending unit 41, the distance is set such that they can be reliably passed. Therefore, when the first sorting member 85 is located at the evacuation position, the fractional bill S
When 3 is sent out by the bundle / fraction bill sending unit 41, it is distributed to the fraction storage unit 23 below.

When the first sorting member 85 is at the standby position, as shown in FIG. 12, the upper surface 85a is positioned at a predetermined position below the fraction bill holding members 77 of the fraction storage portion 23. Then, the fraction bill S3 placed on the elevator 65 is moved by the placing plate portion 87 to the fraction bill holding member 7.
It is pushed down below 7, 77 and clamped between the elevator 65. As described above, since the elevator 65 is provided with the lowering control mechanism 66 that lowers the elevator 65 by the amount pressed by the pressing from above, the mounting plate portion 87 that always lowers to the same standby position is provided. In response to the increase of the fractional banknote S3.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 13, when the first sorting member 85 is located at the receiving position, its upper surface 85a is located above the fraction bill holding members 77, 77 and the bundle / fraction bill sending section is provided. The bundled banknote S2 and the fractional banknote S3 sent out by the bundle / fractional banknote delivery unit 41 are positioned at a predetermined position below the upper surface 45a of the transport guide plate 45 of the upper side 41.
5a. At this time, the horizontal interval between the vertical guide plate portion 89 of the guide member 90 and the transport guide plate 45 is such that the bundled banknote S2 and the fractional banknote S3 sent out by the bundle / fractional banknote delivery unit 41 are transferred to the vertical guide plate portion 89. When placed in a state of being substantially abutted, as shown in FIG.
The downstream side in the sending direction is set on the upper surface 85a, and the upstream side in the sending direction is set on the upper surface 45a of the transport guide plate 45 which is one step higher. That is, the length is set shorter than the length in the short direction of the united banknote S2 and the fractional banknote S3. Therefore, when located at the receiving position, the first distribution member 8
When the bundled banknote S2 and the fractional banknote S3 are sent out by the bundle / fractional banknote delivery unit 41, the bundled banknote 5 is placed on the upper surface 85a, and more specifically, over the transport guide plate 45. As shown in FIG. 14, when the bundle / fraction bill sending unit 41 is located at the first delivery position where the detection piece 53 is detected by the first delivery position sensor 55, the pushing member 51,
51 places the bound banknote S2 and the fractional banknote S3 across the first sorting member 85 and the transport guide plate 45.

Next, the second distribution unit 43 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 3, the guide wall 5 on the left side when viewed from the front of the fuselage.
9 extends further upward than the transport guide plate 45, and extends inside the guide wall 59 from the upper side of the fraction storage portion 23 to the rear-side transport portion 44 on the rear side of the fuselage in the front-rear direction of the fuselage. Horizontally extending slide rail 10
A second distribution member 106 is supported on the slide rail 105 via a slide member 107 such that the second distribution member 106 can move horizontally in the longitudinal direction of the body by sliding of the slide rail 105.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the second distribution member 106 is attached to the slide member 107 at the upper end thereof so as to extend in parallel with the guide wall 59.
08 and the slide rail 10 on the support plate portion 108.
5 and a mounting plate 109 horizontally extending rightward from the lower end of the support plate 108 when attached to the slide member 107 when viewed from the front of the body. And a push plate 110 extending perpendicularly to the support plate 108 and the mounting plate 109 from the front edge of the mounting plate 10.
9 is an upper surface 45 a of the transport guide plate 45 of the bundle / fraction bill sending portion 41 which is above the fraction bill holding members 77, 77.
It is located at a predetermined position below.

A roller 111 abutting on the guide wall 59 is supported below the support plate 108 so as to be rotatable about a vertical axis.
At 06, the movement is guided by the slide rail 105 and the roller 111. On the upper side of the second distribution member 106,
An upper guide plate 112 is provided which extends substantially horizontally from the position of the upper edge of the external discharge port 25 provided on the front surface 11A side of the housing 11 to the upper position of the rear-stage transport unit 44 located rearward. .

Above the upper guide plate 112, a second drive mechanism 114 for horizontally moving the second distribution member 106 is provided. The second drive mechanism 114 includes a forward / reverse rotatable motor 115 provided on a body frame (not shown).
A pulley 116 fixed to the drive shaft 115a of the motor 115; a pulley 117 arranged at a position different from the pulley 116 only in the longitudinal direction of the body;
And a lower side portion 118a of the drive belt 118.
, The upper end of the second distribution member 106 is fixed. Then, the rotation of the motor 115 rotates the drive belt 118 to move the second distribution member 106 in the longitudinal direction of the body.

The second distribution member 106 is provided with a detection piece 119 at the upper end thereof. Above the upper guide plate 112, the second distribution member 106 is pushed out of the front of the fuselage.
An extrusion / reception position sensor 120 provided at a position where the detection piece 119 is detected when the detection piece 119 is located at the receiving position while the detection piece 119 is not detected when the detection piece 119 is located at other positions;
When the second distribution member 106 is located at the intermediate pushing position on the rear side of the body by a predetermined amount from the pushing / receiving position, the detecting piece 11
9 is detected while it is in any other position.
9, while the second distribution member 106 detects the detection piece 119 when the second distribution member 106 is located at the standby / reverse extrusion position on the rear side of the fuselage. And a standby / reverse extrusion position sensor 122 provided at a position where the detection piece 119 is not detected when the control unit 40 is at the position, and the control unit 40 drives the motor 115 based on these detections. Control.

Here, as shown in FIG. 5, when the second sorting member 106 is located at the standby / reverse pushing position, the first sorting member 85 is at the retreat position and the bundle / fraction bill sending section is located. 41
Movement of the fractional banknote S3 when the fractional banknote S3 sent out in step S1 is stored in the fractional storage unit 23, and the bound banknote S2 sent out by the bundle / fractional banknote sending unit 41 when the first sorting member 85 is at the receiving position. And it is located on the rear side of the machine body irrelevant to the movement of the bound banknote S2 and the fractional banknote S3 when the fractional banknote S3 is received on the upper surface 85a.

As shown in FIG. 15, the second sorting member 106 is located at the halfway pushing position, and is located at the receiving position when it is located at the standby / reverse pushing position. The bundled banknote S2 and the fractional banknote S3 received on the center 85 are pushed so as to be distributed to the front of the machine body, and only a part of the banknotes S2 and the fractional banknote S3 is pushed out of the machine through the outside discharge port 25.

Further, as shown in FIG. 16, when the second distribution member 106 is located at the extrusion / reception position, the first distribution member 106 is located at the reception position when it is located at the standby / reverse extrusion position.
The bundled banknote S2 and the fractional banknote S3 received on the sorting member 85 are pushed so as to be sorted forward in the body, and all of them are brought close to the outside discharge port 25 so as to be pushed out from the outside discharge port 25 to the outside of the machine. Further, in the state of being located at the push-out / receiving position, the second sorting member 106 positions the push-out plate portion 110 on the front side of the machine body with respect to the bound bill S2 sent out by the bundle / fraction bill sending portion 41,
This enables the bundled banknote S2 sent out by the bundle / fraction bill sending unit 41 to be placed on the placement plate unit 109.

When the binding banknote S2 is placed at the standby / reverse pushing position as shown in FIG. 19 from the state where the binding banknote S2 is placed in this way, the body And transport it to the rear side of
It is delivered to the latter-stage transport unit 44. Here, the horizontal interval between the support plate portion 108 and the transport guide plate 45 is such that, as shown in FIG. 17, the bundled banknote S2 sent out by the bundle / fractional banknote sending portion 41 is substantially in contact with the support plate portion 108. When the bundled banknotes S2 are placed on the placement plate portion 109 in a state where the bundled banknotes S2 are sent out on the placement plate portion 109, the delivery direction upstream side is placed on the transport guide plate 45 one step higher. It is set to be placed. That is, the length is set shorter than the length in the short direction of the united banknote S2 and the fractional banknote S3. Therefore, the second
When the bundled bill S2 is sent out by the bundle / fraction bill sending unit 41, the sorting member 106 places the bundled bill S2, and more specifically, places it over the transport guide plate 45. The bundle / fraction bill sending unit 41 detects the detection piece 53 with the first delivery position sensor 55.
When it is located at the first delivery position where is detected, the push-out members 51, 51 deliver the bound banknote S2 to the second sorting member 106 so as to come into contact with the support plate portion 108.

FIGS. 5 and 1 show the second distribution member 106.
As shown in FIG. 5 and the like, a transport assist plate 124 is slidably provided on the lower side so as to expand and contract rearward in the fuselage. The transport assist plate 124 is supported by a slide rail 125 attached to a body frame (not shown) so as to extend horizontally in the front-rear direction of the body, and is horizontally movable by the slide rail 125.
A locking portion 126 extending downward is formed at a front end of the transport auxiliary plate 124 in the body, and a transport auxiliary plate 1 is formed at a rear end of the second sorting member 106 in the fuselage.
24 is the range of movement of the locking portion 126
A restricting portion 127 is provided at a position on the rear side of the fuselage. Further, the transport auxiliary plate 124 is provided with a spring member (not shown) for urging the transport auxiliary plate 124 in a direction in which the second distribution member 106 extends, that is, in a rearward direction.

As a result, when the second distribution member 106 moves from the standby / reverse pushing position shown in FIG. 5 to the front side of the machine body, as shown in FIG. Until the restricting portion 127 abuts on the locking portion 126, it stops on the slide rail 125 by the urging force of the spring material, so that the second distribution member 106 that moves to the front side of the body is on the rear side of the body. To elongate.
Then, as shown in FIG.
After the contact with the second sorting member 106, the locking portion 126 is pressed by the regulating portion 127 to move integrally with the second sorting member 106 to the front side of the fuselage. It reaches the push-out / reception position, which is the limit of the forward movement of the fuselage. In this state, when the bundled banknote S2 is sent out from the bundle / fractional banknote delivery unit 41, the bundled banknote S2 passes from the placement plate portion 109 of the second sorting member 106 to the transport assisting plate 124, and the range of these ranges. Will be placed inside.

On the other hand, when the second distribution member 106 moves to the rear side of the machine body from this state, the transport auxiliary plate 124 is integrated with the second distribution member 106 while maintaining the extended state with respect to the second distribution member 106 by the urging force of the spring material. Go to Then, the transport auxiliary plate 12
4 is located at the movement limit position on the side of the rear conveyance section 44, its movement is regulated by a stopper (not shown),
In the stopped state, only the second distribution member 106 moves to the rear side of the fuselage, so that the transport assisting plate 124 contracts to release the rearward extension of the second distribution member 106 on the fuselage. Then, when the second distribution member 106 finally reaches the standby / reverse extrusion position, which is the rear movement limit of the fuselage, the transport auxiliary plate 124 is moved to the second distribution member 106 as shown in FIG. On the other hand, the length of the rear side of the fuselage is maximized.

The portion of the transport auxiliary plate 124 that projects from the second distribution member 106 in the most contracted state is
The rear side of the fuselage is inclined so as to be located on the upper side, and in this state, the other end side of the bound banknote S2 in which one end side in the longitudinal direction abuts on the pushing plate portion 110 of the second sorting member 106 is located on the upper side. In this inclined state, it protrudes from the transport auxiliary plate 124, so that it can be delivered to the downstream transport unit 44.

Here, the post-stage transport section 44 is provided with the second sorting section 4
The binding banknote S2 received in a slightly inclined state from 3 is arranged in a front-rear direction with the front and back sides in the front-rear direction of the body and the longitudinal direction thereof is set in a vertical direction. To the bundle storing and feeding section 22
a to 22d are moved to the upper side of the corresponding denomination, and then to the lower side, so that the bundled banknote S2 is
a to 22d of corresponding denominations.

Next, the external discharge port 25 will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 20 and 21 and the like, the external discharge port 25 substantially matches the position of the upper end edge with the upper guide plate 112, and the upper surface 85 of the first distribution member 85 at the receiving position.
is formed on the front surface 11A of the housing so as to substantially match the position of the lower edge with the lower side of the bundled banknote S2 and the fractional banknote S3 that are opened and closed and pushed out when opened. A shutter unit 129 for guiding is provided.

The shutter 129 is provided on the front surface 11A of the housing.
The shutter 131 provided with the pin 130 at the upper position when the outside discharge port 25 is closed while the outside discharge port 25 is closed, and the body frame side (not shown) A guide groove 13 formed to extend vertically and into which a pin 130 of a shutter 131 is inserted.
2 and one of the plate portions 13 in a state where the bending center is disposed horizontally.
A hinge 134 fixed to the shutter 131 at 3;
The hinge 134 is fixed to the other plate portion 135 at one end and a pin 136 is provided at the other end, and further rotatably supported on a body frame (not shown) by a pin 137 provided at an intermediate portion thereof. First arm 138
In addition, elongated holes 139 and 140 are formed at both ends, and are rotatably supported on the body frame side by pins 141 provided at an intermediate portion. Further, the pins 136 of the first arm 138 are inserted into the elongated holes 139 at one end. Second arm 142 inserted
And pins 143 and 144 provided at both ends and rotatably supported on the body frame side by pins 145 provided at an intermediate portion. Further, the pin 143 at one end is a long hole at the other end of the second arm 142. A third arm 146 to be inserted through 140, a fourth arm 148 having one end rotatably engaged with a pin 144 at the other end of the third arm 146 and having a pin 147 at the other end; A pin 147 at the other end of the fourth arm 148 is rotatably engaged with the center offset from the center. A crank 149 is provided on the body frame and the center of the crank 149 is fixed to the drive shaft 150a. And a motor 150 (see FIG. 2) that can rotate forward and backward.

As a result, the crank member 149 moves the fourth arm 148 to the frontmost position in the fuselage and the shutter 131 closes the external discharge port 25 (the state shown in FIG. 20). When the 149 is rotated to move the fourth arm 148 to the rear side of the fuselage, the third arm 146 swings so that the upper end is located on the front side of the fuselage, and the second arm 142 moves the upper end to the rear side of the fuselage. And swing to position it on the upper side. As a result, the first arm 138 swings so that the upper end is located on the front side and below the fuselage, and the hinge 134
Move the center of the bend similarly to the front and lower sides of the fuselage. Then, while lowering the pin 130 along the guide groove 132, the shutter 131 swings so that its upper part is located downward and its lower part is located forward. As a result, the shutter 131 is connected to the external discharge port 2
5 is opened, and its upper end is inclined so that the front is positioned downward while substantially matching the upper surface 85a of the first distribution member 85 at the receiving position.

On the other hand, in this state, when the crank member 149 is rotated by the motor 150 to move the fourth arm 148 to the front side of the fuselage, the third arm 146 swings so that the upper end is located at the rear side of the fuselage. The second arm 142 swings so that the upper end is located on the front side and below the body. Thereby, the first arm 138 swings so that the upper end is located on the rear side and the upper side of the fuselage, and the hinge 134 is moved so that the bending center is also located on the rear side and the upper side of the fuselage. Then pin 1
30 is raised along the guide groove 132 while the shutter 1
31 swings so that its upper part is located upward and its lower part is located backward. Thereby, the shutter 131
Puts the external discharge port 25 in a closed state.

The control unit 40 has a sensor 151 capable of detecting when the shutter 131 is open and closed.
The motor 150 is controlled based on the detection (see FIG. 2). Here, as such a sensor 151,
Any of the first arm 138, the second arm 142, and the third arm 146 that detects any one of the swing positions can be used.

The operation of the paper sheet binding machine having the above configuration will be described below. For example, in a case where bills of all denominations are randomly transported from the sheet processing machine side, the denomination with the largest transport amount, that is, ten thousand bills, is sent to the upper binding machine main body 13 and the lower binding machine main body 14. Are alternately diverted to the respective stacking units 20a, 20a.
c, and another denomination, for example, one thousand bills, is accumulated in the accumulation part 20b of the upper binding machine main body part 13, and another denomination, for example, five thousand bills is accumulated in the accumulation part 20 of the lower binding machine main body part 14.
d, the denominations accumulated in the accumulating section 20a, that is, ten thousand notes, are stored in the bundle storing and feeding section 22a. The control is performed so that the denominations, ie, thousands of notes, accumulated in the stacking unit 22d are stored in the bundle storage and delivery unit 22c, and the denominations, ie, 5,000 bills, accumulated in the accumulation unit 20d are stored in the bundle storage and delivery unit 22d.

For the accumulation operation, the accumulation units 20a to 20a
d is the same, first, in a state before accepting bills, the placing plate 28 is positioned at the upper limit,
The banknotes conveyed via the corresponding ones of 7a to 17d are received, and the stacking plate 28 is stacked on the stacking plate 28 while being gradually lowered. In this way, each of the stacking units 20a-2
Integration is performed at 0d.

Next, when one of the stacking bills S1 of the stacking units 20a and 20b in the upper binding machine main body 13 reaches a predetermined number to be bound, or when the lower binding machine main body 1
4, when one of the stacked banknotes S1 of the stacking section 20c or 20d reaches a predetermined number to be bound, the chucking members 31 and 32 are positioned horizontally on one side of the stacking banknote S1, and 28 is horizontally moved by an unillustrated pushing mechanism, and the chuck members 31 and 3 are moved.
When the stacked banknote S1 is located between the two, the chuck member 3
The stacked banknotes S1 are clamped by 1,32. When the clamping is completed, the pushing mechanism returns to the original position, and thus the next bill is accumulated. Then, while the stacking banknotes S1 are conveyed toward the conveying section 24 such as a bundle while being clamped by the chuck members 31 and 32, the binding main body 19 supplies the binding tape to the stacking banknotes S1, wraps, and thermally bonds, that is, binds. The binding banknote S2 is obtained. Then, the bundled banknote S2 is transported to the lower limit position by the chuck members 31 and 32.

On the other hand, when the stacking of one of the stacked banknotes S1 of the stacking sections 20a and 20b in the upper binding machine main body 13 is completed with a fraction that does not reach the predetermined number to be bound, or in the lower binding machine main body 14, Accumulation units 20c, 20
d, when the stacking is completed with a fraction that does not reach the predetermined number of stacked banknotes S1 to be bound, for one of the stacked banknotes S1, the chucking members 31, 32 are positioned on the horizontal side, and then the mounting plate The stacked banknote S1 on the stack 28 is horizontally moved by an unillustrated pushing mechanism, and when the stacked banknote S1 is positioned between the chuck members 31, 32, the chuck members 31, 32 are moved.
To hold the stacked banknotes S1. Then, while holding the stacked banknotes S1 between the chuck members 31 and 32, the binding main body 19
Is carried out to the lower limit position as a fractional bill S3 without performing the binding processing.

As described above, the chuck members 31, 32
Next, the sorting of the bound banknote S2 and the fractional banknote S3 conveyed in the steps will be described. First, the chuck members 31 and 3
The fraction banknote storing process in which the fraction banknote S3 is conveyed at 2 and stored in the fraction storage unit 23 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 10, the chuck members 31,
32, when the fractional banknote S3 is conveyed,
When it is detected that the fractional banknote S3 has reached the position where the fractional banknote sending unit 41 can send out the fractional banknote S3 from the positions 1 and 32, the control unit 40 sets the standby position after the previous sorting (the position shown in FIG. 12). The first sorting member 85 that has been returned to ())
And the second distributing member 106 located at the standby / reverse pushing position (the position shown in FIG. 5).
06 as it is, the motor 95 of the first distribution unit 42
The first distributing member 85 is raised by driving the rotating member 99 to rotate the rotating member 99 to raise the pin 98, and when the detecting piece 100 is detected by the retreat position sensor 102, the motor 9 is rotated.
Stop 5 As a result, as shown in FIG. 10, the first sorting member 85 is located at the most retracted position, and in this state, the placing plate portion 87 and the guide member 90 are located above the transport guide plate 45. And the upper side of the fraction storage portion 23 is opened.

Here, when there is a fractional banknote S3 already stored in the fraction storage section 23, the fractional banknote S3 is located at the retracted position, especially if it has been circulated. When the member 85 is lifted and the pressing by the first sorting member 85 is released, a swelling occurs, but the bundle / fraction bill sending unit 41 has the pushing members 51, 51.
And the pressing piece 52 and the like are located at the standby position,
The fraction bill holding members 77, 77 are in a state of protruding into the fraction storage portion 23. Therefore, when the first sorting member 85 rises beyond the fraction bill holding members 77, 77, the stored fraction bills. S1 is the fraction bill holding member 77,
77, the further upward swelling is regulated.

After the detection piece 100 is detected by the retreat position sensor 102 as described above, the control unit 40
Drives the motor 50 of the bundle / fraction bill sending unit 41,
The extruding members 51, 51 are moved in the direction of the fraction storage section 23, and the motor 50 is stopped when the detection piece 53 is detected by the second delivery position sensor 56. As a result, the pushing members 51, 51 move from the standby position to the second delivery position where the contact surfaces 51a, 51a coincide with the end of the transport guide plate 45 on the side of the fraction storage portion 23. Therefore, the pushing member 51,
51 abuts the fractional bill S3 of the chuck members 31 and 32 on the contact surfaces 51a and 51a thereof, places the fractional bill S3 on the transport guide plate 45, and further moves on the transport guide plate 45; As shown in FIG.
It is transferred to the fraction storage section 23 through a gap between the fraction bill and the first sorting member 85, and is accumulated on the elevator 65 or on the fractional banknote S3 already stored in the elevator 65.

Here, the pushing piece 52 also moves integrally with the movement of the pushing members 51, 51, and as shown in FIG. 7, abuts against the pins 81, 81 of the fraction bill holding members 77, 77 to press these fraction bill holding members. The members 77, 77 are rotated against the biasing force of the tension spring 79, and when the pushing members 51, 51 reach the second delivery position, the fraction bill pressing members 77, 77 are completely removed from the fraction storage section 23. Fractional bill S3 that was pulled in and sent out
Are accumulated on the elevator 65 or on the upper side of the already stored fractional banknote S3.

Before the pushing members 51, 51 reach the second delivery position, that is, the pressing piece 52 presses the fraction bill holding member 7
Even if there is a fractional banknote S3 already stored in the fractional storage section 23 without pulling in 7, 77, the fractional banknote S3 sent out by the pushing members 51, 51 is a fractional banknote in a state where the swelling is surely suppressed. A part is reliably placed on the upper side of the holding members 77, 77 and the already stored fractional banknote S3, and the fractional banknote pressing members 77, 7 are provided at a subsequent timing.
The positional relationship and the like between the pressing piece 52 and the pins 81, 81 are set so that the swelling regulation of the fractional banknote S3 by 7 is released. This prevents a jam between the already stored fractional banknote S3 and the newly stored fractional banknote S3.

When the detection piece 53 is detected by the second delivery position sensor 56 as described above, the control unit 40 drives the motor 95 of the first distribution unit 42 again, as shown in FIG. The first distributing member 85 is lowered by rotating the moving member 99 to lower the pin 98, and the standby position sensor 10
When the detection piece 100 is detected in step 1, the motor 95 is stopped. As a result, the first distribution member 85 is located at the standby position (the position shown in FIG. 17) at which it is most lowered.
In this state, the mounting plate portion 87 holds the fractional banknote S3 between itself and the elevator 65.

The elevator 65 is provided with a lowering control mechanism 66.
Is lowered according to the amount of the fractional banknote S3. The elevator 65 has a fractional banknote S3 from its height position.
A sensor (not shown) for detecting that the accumulation amount of the fractional banknote S3 is full is provided. When the sensor detects that the accumulation amount of the fractional banknote S3 is full, the control unit 40 sets
This is displayed on a display unit (not shown) provided on the surface of No. 1.

When the detection piece 100 is detected by the standby position sensor 101 as described above, the control unit 40
The motor 50 of the bundle / fraction bill sending unit 41 is driven to move the pushing members 51, 51 toward the standby position.
To stop. Thus, the pushing members 51, 51 stop at the standby position. As described above, the fraction banknote storing process for storing the fraction banknote S3 in the fraction storage unit 23 is completed.

Next, the bundle / fraction bills of the process of transporting the bound banknote S2 by the chuck members 31 and 32 and pushing it out of the machine and the process of transporting the fraction bill S3 by the chuck members 31 and 32 and pushing it out of the machine are shown. The external extrusion process will be described. The bundled banknote S2 or the fractional banknote S3 is transported by the chuck members 31 and 32, and the bundled banknote S2 or the fractional banknote S3 reaches a position where the bundled / fractional banknote delivery unit 41 can send the bundled banknote S2 or the fractional banknote S3 from the position of the chuck members 31 and 32. Is detected, the control unit 40 sets the second distribution member 106 located at the standby position and the second distribution member 106 located at the standby / reverse extrusion position after the previous distribution to the second distribution member 106. FIG. 1 shows the state of the distribution member 106 as it is.
As shown in FIG. 3, the motor 95 of the first distribution unit 85 is driven to rotate the rotation member 99 to raise the pin 98, so that the first distribution member 85 is raised, and the receiving position sensor 10
When the detection piece 100 is detected in step 3, the motor 95 is stopped. Thereby, the first distribution member 85 is moved to the upper surface 85.
a is positioned at the receiving position between the upper surface 45a of the transport guide plate 45 and the fraction bill holding members 77, 77.

Here, since the first sorting member 85 is located above the fraction bill holding members 77, 77, the swelling of the fraction bill S3 stored in the fraction storage section 23 is performed in the same manner as in the fraction bill storage process described above. Are fraction bill holding members 77, 77
Regulated by.

Then, as described above, the receiving position sensor 1
After the detection piece 100 is detected in 03, the control unit 40
By driving the motor 50 of the bundle / fraction bill sending section 41 and moving the pushing members 51, 51 in the direction of the fraction storage section 23,
When the detection piece 53 is detected by the first delivery position sensor 55, the motor 50 is stopped. Thereby, the extrusion member 5
1 and 51 move from the standby position to a first delivery position where the contact surfaces 51a and 51a are located closer to the end of the transport guide plate 45 on the fraction storage unit 23 side. Therefore, the pushing members 51, 51 are connected to the binding banknote S2 of the chuck members 31, 32.
Alternatively, the fractional bill S3 is placed on the transport guide plate 45, and is further moved on the transport guide plate 45 to be transferred onto the upper surface 85a of the first sorting member 85. At this time, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, the bundled banknote S2 or the fractional banknote S3
Is the upper surface 85a of the first distribution member 85 on the downstream side of the delivery.
Transport guide plate 4 placed on the
5 and is inclined.

Here, in the movement from the standby position to the first delivery position, the pressing piece 52 integrated with the pushing members 51, 51 is used.
Does not come into contact with the pins 81, 81 of the fractional banknote holding members 77, 77.
From the fraction storage section 23.

When the detection piece 53 is detected by the first delivery position sensor 55 as described above, the control unit 40 closes the external discharge port 25 as shown in FIG.
9 is driven to swing the shutter 131 to open the external discharge port 25 as shown in FIG. At this time, the shutter 131 is in a state of being substantially continuous with the upper surface 85a of the first distribution member 85 and inclined so that the front side of the fuselage is located slightly below. Control unit 4
0 indicates that the sensor 131 detects that the shutter 131
When the motor 150 is detected to have been opened, the motor 150 is stopped.

Next, the control section 40 drives the motor 115 of the second distribution section 43 to rotate the drive belt 118, thereby moving the second distribution member 106 to the body discharge port 25 side. Here, the extrusion from the outside discharge port 25 is performed when the discharge is performed completely from the body discharge port 25 and when the discharge is performed from the outside discharge port 2.
There are two cases in which only a portion is projected from the discharge port 5 and the discharge is not performed. There is a complete discharge setting in which the discharge is performed completely from the body discharge port 25, and a case in which only the part is protruded from the external discharge port 25 and the discharge is not performed. One of the part protrusion settings is set in advance by an operation unit (not shown).

When the complete discharge setting is selected, for example, the control unit 40 controls the pushing / receiving position sensor 12
When the detection piece 119 is detected at 0, the motor 115 is stopped. As a result, as shown in FIG. 16, the second distribution member 106 is pushed by the pushing plate portion 110 and the first distribution member 85
And the bound banknote S2 placed on the transport guide plate 45
Alternatively, it moves to the pushing / receiving position near the machine body discharge port 25 while pressing the fractional bill S3, and discharges the bound bill S2 or the fractional bill S3 from the external discharge port 25.

On the other hand, for example, when the partial projection setting is selected, the control unit 40 stops the motor 115 when the detection piece 119 is detected by the halfway extrusion position sensor 121. As a result, as shown in FIG. 15, the second sorting member 106 presses the bound bill S2 or the fractional bill S3 placed on the first sorting member 85 and the transport guide plate 45 with the pushing plate portion 110 thereof. Then, the bundled banknote S2 or the fractional banknote S3 is protruded from the external discharge port 25 only partially while moving to the intermediate pushing position before the body discharge port 25. In addition, it is preferable that the setting of pushing out from the external discharge port 25 is always set to partially protrude with respect to the fractional banknote S3 to prevent scattering due to complete discharge.

Here, in the vicinity of the outside discharge port 25, the fact that the bound banknote S2 has been discharged from the outside discharge port 25 and the bound banknote S2 pushed out to the position of the outside discharge port 25 are manually taken. A residual sensor (not shown) for detecting that the vehicle has been left is provided.
06 is moved to the pushing / receiving position or the halfway pushing position, when the residual sensor detects that the bound banknote S2 has been released or removed, the motor 150 of the shutter unit 129 is driven, and the shutter 150 is driven. 131, the external discharge port 25 is closed, and the closed state is detected by the sensor 15.
When the detection is made in step 1, the motor 150 is stopped.

At the same time, the control unit 40 drives the motor 115 of the second distribution unit 43 to rotate the drive belt 118, thereby moving the second distribution member 106 to the standby / reverse extrusion position side. When the detection piece 119 is detected by the standby / reverse extrusion position sensor 122, the motor 115 is stopped. Thereby, the second distribution member 106 stops at the standby / reverse extrusion position.

Further, at the same time, the control unit 40 drives the motor 95 of the first distribution unit 42 to rotate the rotation member 99 to lower the pin 98, whereby the first distribution member 8
5, the motor 95 is stopped when the detection piece 100 is detected by the standby position sensor 101. As a result, as shown in FIG. 12, the first sorting member 85 is located at the standby position where it is most lowered. I do.

In addition, at the same time, the control unit 40 drives the motor 50 of the bundle / fraction bill sending unit 41 to move the pushing members 51, 51 in the direction of the standby position. The motor 50 is stopped at the time when is detected. Thus, the pushing members 51, 51 stop at the standby position. As described above, the bundle / fraction bill outside-the-machine extruding process of pushing out the bound bill S2 and the fraction bill S3 outside the machine is completed.

Next, the bundled banknotes S2 are conveyed by the chuck members 31, 32, and are conveyed to the bundled banknote storage and delivery units 22a to 22a.
A description will be given of the binding banknote storing process to be stored in the one corresponding to d.

The bundled banknote S2 is conveyed by the chuck members 31, 32, and as shown in FIG.
When it is detected that the bundled banknote S2 has reached a position where the bundled / fractional banknote delivery unit 41 can send out the bundled banknote S2 from the position
The controller 40 controls the first distribution member 85 with respect to the first distribution member 85 located at the standby position after the previous distribution and the second distribution member 106 located at the standby / reverse extrusion position as it is. , The motor 1 of the second distribution unit 43
15 to rotate the drive belt 118,
The second distribution member 106 is moved to the body discharge port 26 side.
Then, when the detection piece 119 is detected by the pushing / receiving position sensor 120, the motor 115 is stopped. As a result, as shown in FIG. 18, the second distribution member 106 stops at the push-out / reception position with the transport auxiliary plate 124 in the most extended state.

Then, after the detection piece 119 is detected by the pushing / receiving position sensor 120 as described above, the control unit 4
When the detection piece 53 is detected by the first delivery position sensor 55 by driving the motor 50 of the bundle / fraction bill sending unit 41 to move the pushing members 51, 51 toward the fraction storage unit 23. The motor 50 is stopped. As a result, the pushing members 51, 51 are moved from the standby position to the contact surfaces 51a, 51a.
Is moved to a first delivery position that is located closer to the end of the transport guide plate 45 on the fraction storage unit 23 side. Therefore, the push-out members 51, 51 place the bundled banknotes S2 of the chuck members 31, 32 on the transport guide plate 45, and further move on the transport guide plate 45 to place the second sorting member 106 thereon. It is delivered on the placing plate portion 109 and the transport auxiliary plate 124. At this time, the bound banknote S2 is placed on the placing plate portion 109 and the transport auxiliary plate 124 on the downstream side of the delivery,
Further, it is placed on the transport guide plate 45 on the upstream side of the delivery and is inclined.

As described above, the first delivery position sensor 55
When the detection piece 53 is detected by the control unit 40, the control unit 40 drives the motor 115 of the second distribution unit 43 to rotate the drive belt 118, thereby transporting the second distribution member 106 and the transport auxiliary plate 124 to the subsequent stage. Move toward part 44. When the detection piece 119 is detected by the standby / reverse pushing position sensor 122, the motor 115 is stopped. As a result, as shown in FIG. 19, the second distribution member 106
24 is stopped at the standby / reverse extrusion position in a state where the length is reduced to the maximum. In this state, the bundled banknotes S2 protrude from the contracted conveyance auxiliary plate 124, and are delivered to the rear conveyance unit 44 by the protruding portions. Then, in the rear conveyance section 44,
The bundled banknotes S2 that have been received are stored in the bundled banknote storage and feeding units 22a to 22b.
Store in the corresponding 2d.

When the detection piece 119 is detected by the standby / reverse extrusion position sensor 122 as described above, the control unit 40
Drives the motor 50 of the bundle / fraction bill sending unit 41,
The pushing members 51, 51 are moved in the direction of the standby position, and the motor 50 is stopped when the detection piece 53 is detected by the standby position sensor 54. Thus, the pushing members 51, 51 stop at the standby position. As described above, the bound banknote storing process for storing the bound banknote S2 in the corresponding one of the bundled banknote storage and feeding sections 22a to 22d is completed.

According to the sheet binding machine described above, when the fraction banknote S3 is stored in the fraction storage section 23, the first sorting member 85 is raised and positioned at the retracted position. -Fractional bill S sent out by the fractional bill sending unit 41
3 is allocated to the lower fraction storage section 23 side. Further, when releasing the bound banknote S2 and the fractional banknote S3 from the external discharge port 23, the first sorting member 85 is placed in a receiving position where the first sorting member 85 is lowered with respect to the retracted position.
The second sorting member 106 is positioned at the standby / reverse pushing position on the side of the delivery direction of the bundle / fraction bill sending unit 41, and the bundled banknote S sent out by the bundle / fraction bill sending unit 41 is set.
2 and the fractional banknote S3 are
a, and is pushed out to the opposite side by the second sorting member 106 and sorted to the body discharge port 23 side. Furthermore, when storing the bundled banknote S2 in any of the bundled banknote storage and feeding sections 22a to 22d, the second sorting member 106 is positioned at the pushing / receiving position on the side of the delivery direction by the bundle / fractional banknote delivery section 41. Then, the sent bundled banknotes S2 are placed and moved to the rear-stage transport unit 44 side to sort the bound banknotes S2 to the rear-stage transport unit 44. In this manner, the two operations of the first distributing member 85 and the second distributing member 106 cause the bundled banknotes to be transferred to the second-stage transport unit 44, the external discharge port 25, and the fraction storage unit 23 on the bundle storage and delivery units 22a to 22d. Since S2 and fractional banknote S3 are sorted, it is possible to minimize the size of the entire body.

In addition, if the first sorting member 85 is the fraction bill S3
Has the fraction bill pressing members 77, 77 for suppressing the swelling of the fraction bill S3 when the fraction bill S3 rises from the state of pressing the first bill member S3. Is raised, the fraction bill pressing members 77, 77 suppress the swelling of the fraction bill S3. Therefore, the fraction banknote S3 already stored in the fraction storage unit 23 changes the new fraction banknote S3 to the fraction storage unit 23.
The first distributing member 85 for storing the first
The pressing by the distribution member 85 is released and the bundle rises.
New fraction bill S3 sent out by fraction bill sending unit 41
Can be prevented from being interfered with.

In addition, when the first sorting member 85 places the bound banknote S2 and the fractional banknote S3 sent out by the bundle / fractional banknote sending unit 41 on the upper surface 85a, the bundle / fractional banknote sending unit 41. And the bundled banknote S2 or the fractional banknote S3 is placed on the lower side of the transport guide plate 45 and the bundled banknote S2 or the fractional banknote S3 over the transport guide plate 45. S2 or the fractional banknote S3 can be in an inclined state, so that the binding banknote S2 or the fractional banknote S3 can be placed in the first sorting member 8.
5 and is pushed out by the second sorting member 106 and distributed to the body discharge port 25 side when guided by the vertical guide plate portion 89 on the inclined lower side, and is kept in a stable posture without lateral displacement. Can be moved. Also, a small fractional banknote S
When the third banknote 3 is placed, the fractional banknote S3 can be curved so as to be hardly deformed by being pushed out by the second sorting member 106. Therefore, when the bound banknote S2 or the fractional banknote S3 is pushed out by the second sorting member 106 and is distributed to the outside discharge port 25 side, it can be reliably pushed out.

Further, when the bundled banknotes S2 sent out by the bundle / fractional banknote sending section 41 are placed on the second sorting member 106 located on the sending direction side, the transport assisting plate 124 is extended and the second banknote S2 is extended. While the binding banknote S2 is securely placed together with the sorting member 106, the transport assist plate 124 is reduced in length when the second sorting member 106 moves to the rear-stage transport unit 44 and is sorted, thereby shortening the transport distance. In addition to this, a space for releasing the transport auxiliary plate 124 is not required.
That is, when the bundled banknote S2 has a length including the transport auxiliary plate 124 in the extended state only by the second sorting member 106 in order to reliably place the bound banknote S2, the space for releasing the bundled banknote S2 to the second-stage transport unit 44 is large. It becomes necessary. Therefore, the bundled banknote S2 can be securely placed and transported without increasing the space.

Note that the above is not limited to banknotes and is suitable for use in binding other various paper sheets.

[0099]

As described in detail above, claim 1 of the present invention
According to the paper sheet binding machine described above, when the fraction paper sheets are stored in the fraction storage unit, the first distribution member is set in the up state, and the fraction paper sheets sent out by the sending unit are moved downward. Distribute to the fraction storage side. Further, when releasing the bundled sheets or fractional sheets from the outside discharge port, the first sorting member is lowered and the second sorting member is moved to the bundle storage portion sorting side. The bundled sheets or fractional sheets sent out by the sending section are placed on the upper surface of the first sorting member and pushed out to the outside discharge port sorting side by the second sorting member. Distribute. Further, when the bundled sheets are stored in the bundle storage unit side, the second sorting member is positioned in the sending direction side so that the sent bundled sheets are placed and the bundle storage unit sorting is performed. Side and sort the bundles to the bundle storage unit side. As described above, in order to sort bundled paper sheets or fraction paper sheets to the bundle storage unit, the outside discharge port and the fraction storage unit by the two operations of the first distribution member and the second distribution member, The overall size can be minimized.

According to the paper sheet binding machine of the second aspect of the present invention, even if the first sorting member is raised to store a new fraction paper sheet in the fraction storage section, the pressing member is already in the raised state. It suppresses the swelling of fractional paper sheets stored. Therefore, fraction paper sheets already stored in the fraction storage unit are
First for storing new fraction papers in fraction storage unit
As a result of the raising of the sorting member, it is possible to prevent the pressing by the first sorting member from being released and rising to interfere with a new fractional sheet sent out by the sending section.

According to the paper sheet binding machine of the third aspect of the present invention, the bundled paper sheets or the fractional paper sheets are inclined in the left-right direction toward the pushing direction by the second sorting member. Therefore, by providing the guide section on the lower side of the slope, the bundled sheets or fractional sheets sent out by the sending section can be transferred to the first sheet.
When placed on the upper surface of the distributing member and pushed out by the second distributing member and distributed to the outside discharge port side, it can be moved in a stable posture without lateral displacement. In addition, when a small number of fractional sheets are placed, the fractional sheets can be curved so as to be hardly deformed by extrusion by the second sorting member. Therefore, when the bundled sheets or fractional sheets sent out by the sending unit are placed on the upper surface of the first sorting member, pushed out by the second sorting member and sorted to the outside discharge port side, It can be pushed out reliably.

According to the sheet binding machine of the fourth aspect of the present invention, when the bundled sheets delivered by the delivery section are placed on the second sorting member located on the delivery direction side, While the transport auxiliary plate is extended to securely place the bundle of sheets together with the second sorting member, the transport auxiliary plate is reduced in length when the sheet is distributed to the bundle storage unit side, so that the transport auxiliary plate is escaped. Space is not required. Therefore, the bundled sheets can be reliably placed and transported without increasing the space.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front sectional view schematically showing an overall configuration of a paper sheet binding machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control system of the paper sheet binding machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a bundle / fraction bill sending unit, a first distribution unit, a second distribution unit, a fraction storage unit, and the like of the paper sheet binding machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a bundle / fraction bill sending unit, a first distribution unit, a second distribution unit, an external discharge port, a fraction storage unit, and the like of the paper sheet binding machine according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 5 is a side view illustrating a bundle / fraction bill sending unit, a first sorting unit, a second sorting unit, an external discharge port, a fraction storage unit, and the like of the paper sheet binding machine according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a bundle / fraction bill sending unit, a first sorting unit, and a fraction storage unit of the paper sheet binding machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a first sorting unit, a fraction storage unit, and the like of the paper sheet binding machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing an elevator and the like of the paper sheet binding machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a lowering control mechanism of the paper sheet binding machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a front view showing a bundle / fraction bill sending unit, a first sorting unit, a fraction storage unit, and the like of the paper sheet binding machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, wherein the pushing member is in a standby state. Yes,
It shows a state in which the first distribution member is in a retracted state.

FIG. 11 is a front view showing a bundle / fraction bill sending unit, a first sorting unit, a fraction storage unit, and the like of the paper sheet binding machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, wherein a pushing member is a second unit. It is in a delivery position and shows a state where the first distribution member is in a retracted state.

FIG. 12 is a front view showing a bundle / fractional bill sending unit, a first sorting unit, a fraction storing unit, and the like of the paper sheet binding machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, in which an extruding member is a second It is in a delivery position and shows a state where the first distribution member is in a standby state.

FIG. 13 is a front view showing a bundle / fraction bill sending unit, a first sorting unit, a fraction storage unit, and the like of the paper sheet binding machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, and the pushing member is in a standby position. Yes,
It shows a state in which the first distribution member is in a receiving state.

FIG. 14 is a front view showing a bundle / fraction bill sending unit, a first sorting unit, a fraction storage unit, and the like of the paper sheet binding machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, in which the pushing member is a first member. It is in a delivery position, and shows a state in which the first distribution member is in a receiving state.

FIG. 15 is a side view showing a first sorting unit, a second sorting unit, and the like of the paper sheet binding machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, wherein the first sorting member is at a receiving position; It shows a state where the second distribution member is at the halfway pushing position.

FIG. 16 is a side view showing a first sorting unit, a second sorting unit, and the like of the paper sheet binding machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, wherein the first sorting member is at a receiving position; It shows a state where the second distribution member is at the pushing / receiving position.

FIG. 17 is a front view showing a bundle / fraction bill sending unit, a first sorting unit, a second sorting unit, and the like of the paper sheet binding machine according to the embodiment of the present invention, wherein the pushing member is the second sorting unit. 1, the first distribution member is at the standby position, and the second distribution member is at the push-out / reception position.

FIG. 18 is a side view showing a second sorting unit and the like of the paper sheet binding machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, and shows a state where the second sorting member is at a pushing / receiving position. is there.

FIG. 19 is a side view showing a second sorting unit and the like of the paper sheet binding machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, showing a state where the second sorting member is at a standby / reverse pushing position. Things.

FIG. 20 is a side view showing a shutter unit of the paper sheet binding machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, showing a state where an external discharge port is closed.

FIG. 21 is a side view showing a shutter unit of the paper sheet binding machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, showing a state where an external discharge port is opened.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 19 Bundling part 22a-22d Bundle storing and feeding part (bundle storing part) 23 Fraction storing part 25 Outside machine outlet 41 Bundle / fractional bill sending part (Sending part) 77 Fraction bill holding member (holding member) 85 First sorting member 106 Second sorting member 124 Conveyance auxiliary plate S2 Bundled banknotes (Bundled paper sheets) S3 Fractional banknotes (Fractionary banknotes)

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] A bundling unit for bundling a predetermined number of sheets, a sending unit for sending a bundled bundle of sheets and a fractional number of unbundled sheets from the binding unit, and A bundle storage unit for storing the bundled paper sheets, an outside discharge port for discharging the bundled paper sheets or fractional sheets sent out by the sending unit to the outside of the machine, and the fraction paper sent by the sending unit. A sheet binding machine having a fraction storage section for storing leaves, wherein one side of the bundle in the sending direction of the bundled sheet and the fractional sheet by the sending section is sent to the outside discharge port. Minute direction,
The side opposite to the sending direction is the sorting direction to the bundle storage unit, and the lower side with respect to the sending direction is the sorting direction to the fraction storage unit. When the paper sheet or the fractional paper sheet is sent out, it is lowered and the sent bundled paper sheet or the fractional paper sheet is placed on the upper surface thereof, and the fraction paper sheet is sent out by the sending unit. 1 to sort the sent-out fraction papers toward the fraction storage unit
And a distributing member, which is located on the delivery direction side when the bundles are sent out by the delivery unit, and on which the delivered bundles are placed and moved to the opposite side to bundle the bundles. While the sheets are sorted to the bundle storage unit side, when the bundles or fractional sheets are sent out by the sending unit, the sheets are positioned on the opposite side to the sending direction and sent out. A second sorting member that pushes the bundled sheets or fractional sheets placed on the first sorting member toward the one side and sorts the bundle to the outside discharge port side. Characteristic paper binding machine. 2. The first sorting member lowers and presses downwardly fraction papers sorted and stored in the fraction storage section, and the first storage member includes the first storage section in the fraction storage section. 2. A holding member which suppresses a swelling of a fractional sheet when the sorting member rises from a state of pressing the fractional sheet.
The paper sheet binding machine as described. 3. The first distributing member, when placing the bundles or fractional sheets sent out by the sending section on the upper surface thereof, moves the lower side from the sending position of the sending section. The sheet binding machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the bundled sheets or the fractional sheets are placed over the delivery section and the delivery section. 4. The second sorting member further includes a transport assist that extends toward the opposite side when located in the sending direction side and contracts when moving toward the opposite side. The sheet binding machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a plate.