Sheet medium stacking and bundling device and self service equipment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9475599-B2
Application number	US-201213883996-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 9, 2012
Priority date	Sep 21, 2011
Publication date	Oct 25, 2016
Grant date	Oct 25, 2016

Abstract

A processing device of sheet mediums, in particular, a full-automatic stacking and bundling device of notes and the like. The bundling device mainly includes a sheet medium stacking mechanism, a bundling mechanism and a pinching mechanism, the bundling mechanism mainly including a paper belt looping mechanism, a hot-pressing and bonding mechanism and a paper belt cutting-off mechanism. The paper belt looping mechanism includes a guide groove for guiding the paper belt; the head and the tail of the guide groove are connected to form a conveying loop; an opening of the guide groove faces an inner side of the conveying loop; a bottom part of the guide groove is provided with a paper-belt inserting port and at least one paper-belt conveying wheel; and an opening end of a side wall of the guide groove is provided with an elastic guide piece parallel to the bottom part of the guide groove. The stacking and bundling device also includes a pressing mechanism in bundling and a leveling mechanism after bundling. The invention effectively solves the unreliability for forming the loop by the paper belts, the bundling effect is improved, and the notes are bundled tightly and level.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sheet-like medium stacking and bundling device, comprising:
a sheet-like medium stacking mechanism, adapted to stack and tidy sheet-like mediums conveyed one by one;
a bundling mechanism, adapted to bundle a whole stack of stacked and tidied sheet-like mediums; and
a clamping and conveying mechanism, adapted to clamp and convey the whole stack of sheet-like mediums stacked and tidied by the sheet-like medium stacking mechanism to the bundling mechanism to be bundled, and clamp a bundled sheet-like mediums bundle out of the bundling mechanism;
wherein the bundling mechanism comprises a paper tape loop-forming mechanism, a heat and pressure bonding mechanism and a paper tape cutting-off mechanism; the paper tape loop-forming mechanism comprises a guiding groove for guiding the paper tape, and a head and a tail of the guiding groove are connected to form a conveying loop; the guiding groove comprises a bottom portion, an opening corresponding to the bottom portion, and two corresponding groove side walls extending between the bottom portion and the opening, and the opening faces an inner side of the conveying loop; a paper tape inserting port and at least one paper tape conveying wheel are provided at the bottom portion of the guiding groove; the heat and pressure bonding mechanism and the paper tape cutting-off mechanism are located at the bottom portion of the guiding groove close to the paper tape inserting port; and a guiding member, having elasticity and parallel to the bottom portion of the guiding groove, is provided at an opening end of the groove side walls; and
wherein the bundling mechanism further comprises a pressing mechanism, which is located at a side of the guiding groove opposite to the clamping and conveying mechanism, and comprises a pressing tongue and a pressing plate assembly arranged at opposite sides of sheet-like mediums to be bundled respectively; wherein the pressing tongue extends into the guiding groove, a bonding portion of the loop-forming paper tape is clamped between the pressing tongue and the heat and pressure bonding mechanism, and the pressing plate assembly is driven by a crank and connecting rod mechanism to move towards the pressing tongue to perform a pressing action or move away from the pressing tongue to perform a releasing action.

2. The sheet-like medium stacking and bundling device according to claim 1 , wherein the guiding groove is of an annular track shape.

3. The sheet-like medium stacking and bundling device according to claim 2 , wherein there are four paper tape conveying wheels respectively distributed at four corners of the guiding groove having the annular track shape.

4. The sheet-like medium stacking and bundling device according to claim 1 , wherein the pressing plate assembly comprises a driving plate driven by a crank and connecting rod mechanism, and an elastic pressing plate is provided on a side of the driving plate facing the pressing tongue.

5. The sheet-like medium stacking and bundling device according to claim 4 , wherein the pressing tongue is of a substantially triangular shape, the elastic pressing plate is of a substantially “ ” shape, and the sheet-like mediums between the pressing tongue and the elastic pressing plate are pressed tightly by the pressing tongue and the elastic pressing plate to form deformation.

6. The sheet-like medium stacking and bundling device according to claim 1 , wherein the bundling mechanism further comprises a flattening mechanism, which is located at a side of the guiding groove close to the clamping and conveying mechanism, and comprises a supporting mechanism and a flapping mechanism arranged at opposite sides of the sheet-like mediums to be bundled.

7. The sheet-like medium stacking and bundling device according to claim 6 , wherein the supporting mechanism is driven by a scissor-type mechanism to form a high position and a low position.

8. The sheet-like medium stacking and bundling device according to claim 6 , wherein the flapping mechanism is driven by a crank-slider mechanism to perform reciprocating movement towards the supporting mechanism, so as to flap and flatten the sheet-like mediums.

9. A self-service apparatus, comprising a user operating portion, a sheet-like medium receiving portion, a sheet-like medium conveying portion and a sheet-like medium stacking and bundling device, wherein sheet-like medium stacking and bundling device comprises:
a sheet-like medium stacking mechanism, adapted to stack and tidy sheet-like mediums conveyed one by one;
a bundling mechanism, adapted to bundle a whole stack of stacked and tidied sheet-like mediums; and
a clamping and conveying mechanism, adapted to clamp and convey the whole stack of sheet-like mediums stacked and tidied by the sheet-like medium stacking mechanism to the bundling mechanism to be bundled, and clamp a bundled sheet-like mediums bundle out of the bundling mechanism;
wherein the bundling mechanism comprises a paper tape loop-forming mechanism, a heat and pressure bonding mechanism and a paper tape cutting-off mechanism; the paper tape loop-forming mechanism comprises a guiding groove for guiding the paper tape, and a head and a tail of the guiding groove are connected to form a conveying loop; the guiding groove comprises a bottom portion, an opening corresponding to the bottom portion, and two corresponding groove side walls extending between the bottom portion and the opening, and the opening faces an inner side of the conveying loop; a paper tape inserting port and at least one paper tape conveying wheel are provided at the bottom portion of the guiding groove; the heat and pressure bonding mechanism and the paper tape cutting-off mechanism are located at the bottom portion of the guiding groove close to the paper tape inserting port; and a guiding member, having elasticity and parallel to the bottom portion of the guiding groove, is provided at an opening end of the groove side walls; and
wherein the bundling mechanism further comprises a pressing mechanism, which is located at a side of the guiding groove opposite to the clamping and conveying mechanism, and comprises a pressing tongue and a pressing plate assembly arranged at opposite sides of sheet-like mediums to be bundled respectively; wherein the pressing tongue extends into the guiding groove, a bonding portion of the loop-forming paper tape is clamped between the pressing tongue and the heat and pressure bonding mechanism, and the pressing plate assembly is driven by a crank and connecting rod mechanism to move towards the pressing tongue to perform a pressing action or move away from the pressing tongue to perform a releasing action.

10. The self-service apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the guiding groove is of an annular track shape.

11. The self-service apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein there are four paper tape conveying wheels respectively distributed at four corners of the guiding groove having the annular track shape.

12. The self-service apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the pressing plate assembly comprises a driving plate driven by a crank and connecting rod mechanism, and an elastic pressing plate is provided on a side of the driving plate facing the pressing tongue.

13. The self-service apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the pressing tongue is of a substantially triangular shape, the elastic pressing plate is of a substantially “ ” shape, and the sheet-like mediums between the pressing tongue and the elastic pressing plate are pressed tightly by the pressing tongue and the elastic pressing plate to form deformation.

14. The self-service appara

Assignees

• Liu Heng
• Tan Dong
• Wu En
• Grg Banking Equipment Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Heng
• Tan Dong
• Wu En

Classifications

• B65B13/02 Primary

  Applying and securing binding material around articles or groups of articles, e.g. using strings, wires, strips, bands or tapes · CPC title

• B65B35/36

  by grippers · CPC title

• B65B13/20

  Means for compressing or compacting bundles prior to bundling · CPC title

• B65B27/08

  Bundling paper sheets, envelopes, bags, newspapers, or other thin flat articles · CPC title

• B65B13/32

  by welding, soldering, or heat-sealing; by applying adhesive · CPC title