PAPER SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[ O O O I ]
5 This application claims the benefit of priority from the
prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2012-123600 filed on May
30, 2012, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein
by reference.
10 FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[O 0 0 21
The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing
apparatus which stores a plurality of paper sheets in a storing unit.
15 BACKGROUND ART
[0003]
Hitherto, there is known a banknote processing apparatus
that includes a banknote reversing unit with a short edge reversing
unit capable of turning over a transported banknote in a short edge
20 direction and a long edge reversing unit capable of turning over a
transported banknote in a long edge direction (see WO
2010/097954). According to the banknote processing apparatus,
a plurality of banknotes may be stacked on a stacking unit while
the face/back sides and the orientations thereof are uniformly
25 arranged.
[0004]
However, even in a case where the banknote processing
apparatus disclosed in WO 2010/097954 is used, all facelback
sides and all orientations of the plurality of banknotes placed on a
30 placing unit may be uniformly arranged. Accordingly, for example,
when there is a need to uniformly arrange the facelback sides and
the orientations of the banknotes by the unit of one hundred sheets,
there is a need to employ a configuration in which the
transportation of the banknote is stopped at the time point when
35 one hundred banknotes are stacked on the stacking unit so as to
change the facelback sides and the orientations of the stacked
banknotes and the transportation thereof is started again so as to
stack the banknotes on the stacking unit. Alternatively, there is a
need to employ a configuration in which the plurality of stacking
units are respectively set to stack the banknotes having different
facelback sides or different orientations, the transportation of the
banknote is stopped at the time point when one hundred
banknotes are stacked on the stacking unit, and an operator takes
the banknotes by one hundred sheets out of the stacking unit using
his or her hand.
[0005]
Incidentally, in a case where a paper sheet having a security
thread or raised printing is stored in a storing unit, when the paper
sheets are stored while the facelback sides and the orientations
thereof are uniformly arranged, the security threads or the raised
printings of the respective paper sheets overlap in the storing unit.
As a result, the thicknesses of the paper sheets stored in the
storing unit are partially increased, so that various problems arise.
For example, in a case where the storing unit is configured as a
stacking unit that stacks the paper sheets thereon, the paper
sheets are stacked on the stacking unit while the thicknesses
thereof are partially increased. When such paper sheets are
directly loaded inside a paper sheet delivering device such as ATM,
there is a case in which the paper sheets may not be smoothly fed
from the paper sheet delivering device such as ATM. Further, in a
case where the storing unit is configured as a tape reel type storing
unit, a tape portion of the tape reel type storing unit that holds the
paper sheet is partially thickened in the width direction.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0 0 0 61
In order to solve the above-described problem, an object of
the invention is to provide a paper sheet processing apparatus
capable of automatically changing facelback sides or orientations of
paper sheets (or a facelback or an orientation of a paper sheet)
stored in a storing unit by a predetermined number.
[0 0 0 71
A paper sheet processing apparatus according to the
present invention comprises:
a taking-in unit configured to take therein paper sheets
one by one;
a transport unit configured to transport the paper sheets
taken in by the taking-in unit;
a storing unit configured to store a plurality of paper
sheets transported by the transport unit; and
a control unit configured to control the transport unit so
as to transport into the storing unit the paper sheets of a first
category determined based on the facelback or the orientation
of each of the paper sheet, and to transport into the storing unit
the paper sheets of a second category determined based on the
facelback or the orientation of each of the paper sheets when
the number of the paper sheet or sheets of the first category
stored in the storing unit reaches a predetermined number.
[0008]
The paper sheet processing apparatus according to the
present invention may further comprise a recognition sensor
configured to acquire information on the facelback or the
orientation of each of the paper sheets transported by the
transport unit,
wherein the control unit may be configured to control the
transport unit based on the information acquired by the
recognition sensor so as to transport into the storing unit the
paper sheets of the first category and the paper sheets of the
second category.
[0009]
In the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the
present invention,
the control unit may be configured to control the
transport unit so as to transport into the storing unit the paper
sheets of the first category determined based on the facelback
of the paper sheet, and to transport into the storing unit the
paper sheets of the second category determined based on the
facelback of the paper sheet when the number of the paper
sheet or sheets of the first category stored in the storing unit
reaches the predetermined number.
[OOIO]
In the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the
present invention,
the control unit may be configured to control the
transport unit so as to transport into the storing unit the paper
sheets of the first category determined based on the orientation
of the paper sheet, and to transport into the storing unit the
paper sheets of the second category determined based on the
orientation of the paper sheet when the number of the paper
sheet or sheets of the first category stored in the storing unit
reaches the predetermined number.
[OO Ill
In the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the
present invention,
the control unit may be configured to control the
transport unit so as to transport into the storing unit the paper
sheets of the first category determined based on the face/back
and the orientation of the paper sheet, and to transport into the
storing unit the paper sheets of the second category determined
based on the face/back and the orientation of the paper sheet
when the number of the paper sheet or sheets of the first
category stored in the s t ~ r i n g unit reaches the predetermined
number.
[OO 121
In the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the
present invention,
the paper sheet processing apparatus may be configured
to process a paper sheet having a security thread, and
the paper sheets of the first category and the paper
sheets of the second category may be stored in the storing unit
so that the positions of the security threads of the paper sheets
of each of the first and second categories do not overlap each
other.
[00 131
In the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the
present invention,
the paper sheet processing apparatus may be configured
to process a paper sheet having a raised printing, and
the paper sheets of the first category and the paper
sheets of the second category may be stored in the storing unit
so that the positions of the raised printings of the paper sheets
of each of the first and second categories do not overlap each
other.
[00 141
In the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the
present invention,
the storing unit may be a tape-reel-type storing unit
configured to store the respective paper sheets so as to be held
between tapes.
[0015]
In the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the
present invention,
the storing unit may be a stacking unit configured to
stack the respective paper sheets.
[0016]
In the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the
present invention,
the stacking unit may be a to-be-bundled paper sheets
stacking unit configured to stack paper sheets to be bundled.
[0017]
A paper sheet processing apparatus according to another
aspect of the present invention comprises:
a bundling unit configured to make a paper sheet bundle
by bundling paper sheets uniformly arranged by at least
face/back or orientation;
a post- bundling transport unit configured to transport the
paper sheet bundles made by the bundling unit;
a paper sheet bundle stacking unit configured to store
the paper sheet bundles transported by the post- bundling
transport unit; and
a control unit configured to control the post-bundling
transport unit so as to transport into the paper sheet bundle
stacking unit the paper sheet bundles of a first category
determined based on the facelback or the orientation of the
paper sheets, and to transport into the paper sheet bundle
stacking unit the paper sheet bundles of a second category
determined based on the facelback or the orientation of the
paper sheets when the number of the paper sheet bundle or
bundles of the first category stored in the paper sheet bundle
stacking unit reaches a predetermined number.
[00 181
According to the invention, the control unit controls the
transport unit so that the paper sheets are stored in the storing
unit in a posture included in the first category determined by the
condition of the facelback or the orientation of the paper sheet,
and that the paper sheets are stored in the storing unit in a
posture included in the second category determined by the
condition of the facelback or the orientation of the paper sheet
when the number of the paper sheet or sheets stored in the storing
unit in the posture included in the first category becomes a
predetermined number. For this reason, it is possible to
automatically change the facelback sides or the orientations of the
paper sheets (or the facelback or the orientation of the paper
sheet) to be stored in the storing unit by a predetermined number.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0019]
FIG. I is a perspective view of a paper sheet processing
apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating a
configuration of the paper sheet processing apparatus according to
the embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the paper sheet
processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the
invention;
FIG. 4 is cross-sectional views illustrating a structure
provided with an extruding unit in the paper sheet processing
apparatus according to the embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 5 is diagrams illustrating a category when processing a
paper sheet having a linear security thread in a short edge
5 direction;
FIG. 6 is diagrams illustrating a category when processing a
paper sheet having a linear security thread in a long edge
direction;
FIG. 7 is side views illustrating a state where paper sheets
10 having security threads are stacked by the paper sheet processing
apparatus according to the embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 8 is a side view illustrating a state where paper sheets
having security threads are stacked by a paper sheet processing
apparatus of the related art;
15 FIG. 9 is a plan view illustrating the inside of a tape reel
type storing unit which may be used as the paper sheet processing
apparatus according to the embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 10 is a side view illustrating the inside of the tape reel
type storing unit which may be used as the paper sheet processing
20 apparatus according to the embodiment of the invention; and
FIG. 11 is a main perspective view of the tape reel type
storing unit which may be used as the paper sheet processing
apparatus according to the embodiment of the invention.
25 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0020]
Embodiments
< >
Hereinafter, embodiments of a paper sheet processing
apparatus according to the invention will be described with
reference to the drawings. Here, FIGS. 1 to 11 are diagrams for
describing the embodiments of the invention. Incidentally, the
"paper sheet" in the present application indicates a banknote, a
check, a coupon, and the like, but typically indicates the banknote.
[0021]
As illustrated in FIG. 2, a paper sheet processing apparatus
100 of the embodiment includes a casing 1, a placing unit 11 which
is provided in the casing 1 so as to place a plurality of paper sheets
thereon, a taking-in unit 10 which takes therein the paper sheets
placed on the placing unit 11 one by one, a transport unit 70 which
transports the respective paper sheets received by the taking-in
unit 10 into the casing 1, a plurality of stacking units 60a to 60d
which stack the paper sheets transported by the transport unit 70,
and rejecting units 61a and 61b which reject the paper sheets that
are not stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d. Furthermore, in
the embodiment, a structure will be described in which the storing
unit is configured as the stacking units 60a to 60d that store the
respective paper sheets in a stacked state.
[0022]
Further, as illustrated in FIG. 2, the transport unit 70 is
provided with a plurality of dividing members 71 that appropriately
divide the paper sheets transported by the transport unit 70.
Further, the transport unit 70 is provided with a plurality of tracking
sensors 72 which detect the paper sheets passing through the
transport unit 70.
[0023]
The paper sheet processing apparatus 100 of the
embodiment also includes paper sheet reversing units 90 and 95
that reverse the paper sheet. In the paper sheet reversing units
90 and 95, the short edge reversing unit 95 reverses the face and
back sides of the transported paper sheet so that the short edge
direction thereof is reversed when the paper sheet is transported in
the short edge direction by the transport unit 70, and the long
edge reversing unit 90 reverses the face and back sides of the
paper sheet transported by the transport unit 70 so that the long
edge direction thereof is reversed. Furthermore, since the specific
method of reversing the paper sheet by the short edge reversing
unit 95 and the long edge reversing unit 90 is disclosed in WO
2010/097954, the specific description thereof will not be repeated
here.
[0024]
Further, the paper sheet processing apparatus 100 of the
embodiment also includes a paper sheet bundling device 200. The
paper sheet bundling device 200 includes to-be-bundled paper
sheets stacking units 210a to 210c which stacks paper sheets to be
bundled transported by the transport unit 70, a bundling unit 250
which bundles the paper sheets to be bundled so as to make a
paper sheet bundle, a pre-bundling transport unit 220 which
transports the paper sheets to be bundled from the to-be-bundled
paper sheets stacking units 210a to 210c to the bundling unit 250,
a paper sheet bundle stacking unit 260 which stores the paper
sheet bundle, and a post-bundling transport unit 270 which
transports the paper sheet bundle from the bundling unit 250 to
the paper sheet bundle stacking unit 260. Furthermore, the paper
sheet bundle which is stored in the paper sheet bundle stacking
unit 260 may be dispensed to a bundle discharging port 280 to be
described later by the paper sheet bundle stacking unit 260.
[0025]
As illustrated in FIG. I, the paper sheet bundling device 200
includes the bundle discharging port 280 which dispenses the paper
sheet bundle toward an operator and a fraction returning port 285
which dispenses the fractional paper sheets stacked on the
to-be-bundled paper sheets stacking units 210a to 210c to the
operator when ending the deal.
[O 0 2 61
As illustrated in FIG. 2, the pre-bundling transport unit 220
includes a hand portion 221 which grips the paper sheets stacked
on the to-be-bundled paper sheets stacking units 210a to 210c, a
horizontal moving mechanism 222 which moves the hand portion
221 in the front to rear direction (the horizontal direction), and a
vertical moving mechanism 223 which moves the hand portion in
the up to down direction (the vertical direction).
[0027]
The post-bundling transport unit 270 includes a gripping and
transporting unit 271 which grips and transports the paper sheet
bundle made by the bundling unit 250, a paper sheet bundle lifting
unit 272 which transports the paper sheet bundle gripped and
transported by the gripping and transporting unit 271 upward, and
an extruding mechanism 275 which extrudes the paper sheet
bundle transported by the paper sheet bundle lifting unit 272 in a
direction toward the bundle discharging port 280 (a direction
toward the front surface of the apparatus).
[0028]
The bundling unit 250 wraps, for example, one hundred
paper sheets gripped by the gripping and transporting unit 271 by
a bundling band and ties up the bundling band, so that the paper
sheet is bundled as the paper sheet bundle.
[0029]
The paper sheet processing apparatus of the embodiment
also includes a control unit 50 (see FIG. 3) which controls the
transport unit 70 so that the paper sheets are stacked on the
stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture included in a first category
determined by the condition of the face/back or the orientation of
the paper sheet, and the paper sheets are stacked on the stacking
units 60a to 60d in a posture included in a second category
determined by the condition of the face/back or the orientation of
the paper sheet when the number of the paper sheets stacked on
the stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture included in the first
category becomes a predetermined number (for example, one
hundred sheets).
[0030]
As illustrated in FIG. 2, the paper sheet processing
apparatus of the embodiment further includes a recognition sensor
55 which acquires information on the face/back or the orientation
of the paper sheet transported by the transport unit 70. Then, the
control unit 50 controls the transport unit 70 based on the
information acquired by the recognition sensor 55 so that the paper
sheets are stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture
included in the first category and the paper sheets are stacked on
the stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture included in the second
category. Furthermore, in the embodiment, a structure equipped
with the recognition sensor 55 is described. However, in a case of
the structure in which the paper sheets are stacked on the placing
unit 11 while the face/back and/or the orientation are determined,
I * the recognition sensor 55 is not essentially needed.
[003 11
There are various method of determining the first category
and the second category. However, as a first aspect, the first
5 category and the second category may be determined by the
condition of the "face/backfl of the paper sheet. In this case, the
control unit 50 controls the transport unit 70 so that the paper
I sheets are stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture
(for example, a posture in which the face of the paper sheet faces
10 the upside) included in the first category determined by the
condition of the facelback of the paper sheet, and the paper sheets
are stacked on certain stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture (for
example, a posture in which the back of the paper sheet faces the
upside) included in the second category determined by the
15 condition of the facelback of the paper sheet when the number of
the paper sheets stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d in a
posture included in the first category becomes a predetermined
number (for example, one hundred sheets).
[0032]
20 In such a first aspect, the control unit 50 may control the
transport unit 70 so that the paper sheets are stacked on the
stacking units 60a to 60d again in a posture (for example, a
I posture in which the face of the paper sheet faces the upside)
included in the first category when the number of the paper sheets
25 stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture included in
I the second category becomes a predetermined number, (for
example, one hundred sheets).
[0033]
As a second aspect, the first category and the second
30 category may be determined by the condition of the "orientation"
of the paper sheet. In this case, the control unit 50 controls the
transport unit 70 so that the paper sheets are stacked on the
stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture (for example, a posture in
which the upside of the paper sheet faces the right side in a case
35 where the paper sheets are stacked so that the short edges thereof
become parallel to the left to right direction of the stacking units
60a to 60d) included in the first category determined by the
condition of the orientation of the paper sheet, and the paper
sheets are stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture
(for example, a posture in which the upside of the paper sheet
faces the left side) included in the second category determined by
the condition of the orientation of the paper sheet when the
number of the paper sheets stacked on the stacking units 60a to
60d in a posture included in the first category becomes a
predetermined number (for example, one hundred sheets).
LO0341
In such a second aspect, the control unit 50 may control the
transport unit 70 so that the paper sheets are stacked on the
stacking units 60a to 60d again in a posture (for example, a
posture in which the upside of the paper sheet faces the right side)
included in the first category when the number of the paper sheets
stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture included in
the second category becomes a predetermined number (for
example, one hundred sheets).
[0 0 3 51
As a third aspect, the first category and the second category
may be determined by the condition of the "facelback and the
orientation" of the paper sheet. In this case, the control unit 50
controls the transport unit 70 so that the paper sheets are stacked
on the stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture (for example, a
posture in which the face of the paper sheet faces the upside and
the upside faces the right side) included in the first category
determined by the condition of the facelback and the orientation of
the paper sheet, and the paper sheets are stacked on the stacking
units 60a to 60d in a posture (for example, a posture in which the
back of the paper sheet faces the upside and the upside faces the
left side) included in the second category determined by the
condition of the face/back and the orientation of the paper sheet
when the number of the paper sheets stacked on the stacking units
60a to 60d in a posture included in the first category becomes a
predetermined number (for example, one hundred sheets).
[0036]
In such a third aspect, the control unit 50 may control the
transport unit 70 so that the paper sheets are stacked on the
stacking units 60a to 60d again in a posture (for example, a
posture in which the face of the paper sheet faces the upside and
the upside faces the right side) included in the first category and
may control the transport unit 70 so that the paper sheets are
stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture included in a
different category when the number of the paper sheets stacked on
the stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture included in the second
category becomes a predetermined number (for example, one
hundred sheets).
[0037]
Specifically, the control unit 50 may control the transport
unit 70 so that the paper sheets are stacked on the stacking units
60a to 60d in a posture (for example, a posture in which the face
of the paper sheet faces the upside and the upside faces the left
side) included in the third category when the number of the paper
sheets stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture
included in the second category becomes a predetermined number
(for example, one hundred sheets).
[O 0 3 81
Then, the control unit 50 may control the transport unit 70
so that the paper sheets are stacked on the stacking units 60a to
60d again in a posture included in the first category or in the
second category and may control the transport unit 70 so that the
paper sheets are stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d in a
posture included in the further different category when the number
of the paper sheets stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d in a
posture included in the third category becomes a predetermined
number (for example, one hundred sheets).
[0 0 3 91
Specifically, the control unit 50 may control the transport
unit 70 so that the paper sheets are stacked on the stacking units
60a to 60d in a posture (for example, a posture in which the back
of the paper sheet faces the upside and the upside faces the right
side) included in the fourth category when the number of the paper
sheets stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture
included in the third category becomes a predetermined number
(for example, one hundred sheets).
[0040]
Then, the control unit 50 may control the transport unit 70
so that the paper sheets are stacked on the stacking units 60a to
60d again in a posture included in the first category, the second
category, or the third category when the number of the paper
sheets stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture
included in the fourth category becomes a predetermined number
(for example, one hundred sheets).
[0041]
The paper sheet processing apparatus of the embodiment
may process a paper sheet having a security thread. Then, in a
case where the paper sheet having the security thread is processed
in this way, the first category and the second category may be
determined so that the positions of the security threads of the
paper sheets stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture
included in the first category do not overlap the positions of the
security threads of the paper sheets stacked on the stacking units
60a to 60d in a posture included in the second category.
[0042]
Further, in the paper sheet processing apparatus of the
embodiment, the paper sheet processing apparatus may also
process a paper sheet having a raised printing. Then, in a case
where the paper sheet having the raised printing is processed in
this way, the first category and the second category may be
determined so that the positions of the raised printings of the
paper sheets stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture
included in the first category do not overlap the positions of the
raised printings of the paper sheets stacked on the stacking units
60a to 60d in a posture included in the second category in the
stacking units 60a to 60d.
[0043]
Furthermore, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the control unit 50 is
connected with a category setting unit 51 capable of freely setting
the number of the paper sheets assigned to each category or the
content of the category to be set.
[0044]
In the embodiment, the front sides of the stacking units 60a
to 60d are opened. However, as illustrated in FIGs. 4(a) to 4(c),
an extruding unit 65 capable of displacing the positions of the
paper sheets by extruding a predetermined number of the paper
sheets stacked inside the stacking units 60a to 60d toward the
front side may be provided inside the stacking units 60a to 60d.
The extruding unit 65 is positioned at a retraction position in which
the extruding unit is retracted from the paper sheet when the
paper sheets are stacked (see FIGs. 4(a) and 4(c)), and is
positioned at an extrusion position when the paper sheets are
extruded toward the front side (see FIG. 4(b)). In a structure
provided with the extruding unit 65, the positions of the paper
sheets may be displaced in a manner such that the paper sheets
stacked inside the stacking units 60a to 60d are extruded
whenever the category changes. Furthermore, in a case where
the extruding units 65 may be positioned at a plurality of positions
in the horizontal direction, the paper sheets may be stacked in a
stair shape of three stages or more.
COO451
Incidentally, in the embodiment, a structure is described in
which the front sides of the stacking units 60a to 60d are opened,
but the invention is not limited thereto. A structure may be
employed in which the stacking units 60a to 60d are completely
covered by the casing 1 and are not opened.
COO461
Furthermore, the "predetermined number" of the present
application may be plural number such as "one hundred" as
described above, but may be "onef'.
[0047]
< >
Next, an operation and an effect according to the
embodiment with the above-described configuration will be
described.
[0048]
The control unit 50 of the embodiment controls the
transport unit 70 so that the paper sheets are stacked on any one
of the stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture included in the first
category, and the paper sheets are stacked on the stacking units
60a to 60d in a posture included in the second category different
from the first category when the number of the paper sheets
stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture included in
the first category becomes a predetermined number. For this
reason, the facelback or the orientation of the paper sheets
stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d may be automatically
changed by a predetermined number of sheets.
[0049]
That is, in the banknote processing apparatus of the related
art disclosed in WO 2010/097954, all facelback and all orientations
of the plurality of banknotes placed on the placing unit may be
uniformly arranged. Accordingly, for example, in a case where the
facelback and the orientations of the banknotes need to be
uniformly arranged by the unit of one hundred sheets, there is a
need to employ a configuration in which the transportation of the
banknote is stopped at the time point when one hundred
banknotes are stacked on the stacking unit so as to change the
facelback and the orientations of the stacked banknotes and the
transportation is started again so as to stack the banknotes on the
stacking unit or a configuration in which the respective stacking
units are set to stack the banknotes having different facelback or
different orientations thereon, the transportation of the banknote is
stopped at the time point when for example, one hundred
banknotes are stacked on the stacking unit, and the operator takes
out the banknotes from the stacking units by his or her hand so as
to tie up the banknotes.
[0 0 5 01
On the contrary, according to the embodiment, the transport
unit 70 is controlled so that the paper sheets are stacked on the
stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture included in the first category,
and the paper sheets are stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d
* in a posture included in the second category when the number of
the paper sheets stacked on certain stacking units 60a to 60d in a
posture included in the first category becomes a predetermined
number (for example, one hundred sheets). Then, the first
5 category and the second category are determined by the condition
I of the facelback or the orientation of the paper sheet, and
respectively include different contents. For this reason, the
facelback or the orientations of the paper sheets stacked on the
stacking units 60a to 60d may be automatically changed by a
I 10 predetermined number of sheets (for example, one hundred
i sheets).
[0051] I Further, in the embodiment, the recognition sensor 55 is
provided which acquires the information on the facelback or the
I
15 orientation of the paper sheet transported by the transport unit 70.
Then, the control unit 50 controls the transport unit 70 so that the
I
I paper sheets take a posture included in the first category inside
certain stacking units 60a to 60d and controls the transport unit 70
so that the paper sheets take a posture included in the second
20 category inside the stacking units 60a to 60d based on the
information acquired by the recognition sensor 55. For this reason,
according to the embodiment, even in a case where the paper
sheets are placed on the placing unit 11 while the facelback or the
orientations are not uniformly arranged, the paper sheets taking a
25 posture included in the first category may be stacked on certain
stacking units 60a to 60d by a predetermined number and the
paper sheets taking a posture included in the second category may
be stacked on the paper sheets by a predetermined number.
[0 0 5 21
30 Further, in a case where the first category and the second
category are determined by the condition of the facelback of the
paper sheet (in a case of the "first aspect"), the facelback of the
paper sheet may be changed every predetermined number of
sheets, and hence the number of the paper sheets may be easily
35 recognized. Specifically, when a case is considered in which a
predetermined number of sheets are stacked by the same number
of sheets for each of the first category and the second category
(for example, one hundred sheets), for example, the paper sheets
are stacked by a predetermined number of sheets (for example,
one hundred sheets) so that the faces face the upside and are
stacked by one hundred sheets so that the backs face the upside.
For this reason, when the operator takes out only the paper sheets
stacked so that the faces face the upside, one hundred paper
sheets may be taken out. When the paper sheets with the faces
facing the upside and the paper sheets with the backs facing the
upside are all extracted, two hundred paper sheets may be taken
out.
[0053]
Further, in a case where the first category and the second
category are determined by the condition of the orientation of the
paper sheet (in a case of the "second aspect"), the orientation of
the paper sheet may be changed every predetermined number of
sheets. Even in this case, the operator may recognize the number
of the paper sheets easily although in this aspect the recognition is
not so easy as in the "first aspectfr.
[0054]
Further, in a case where the first category and the second
category are determined by the condition of the facelback and the
orientation of the paper sheet (in a case of the 'third aspect"), the
facelback and the orientations of the paper sheets may be changed
by a predetermined number of sheets. Even in this case, the
operator may easily recognize the number of the paper sheets.
[0055]
Further, in the 'third aspect", a method may be employed in
which the paper sheets are stacked in the first category, the paper
sheets are stacked in the second category, and then the paper
sheets are stacked in the first category again by a predetermined
number of sheets. However, the paper sheets may be stacked by
a predetermined number of sheets in the third category different
from the first category and the second category. Furthermore, a
method may be employed in which the paper sheets are stacked by
a predetermined number of sheets in the third category and the
paper sheets are stacked again by a predetermined number of
sheets in the first category or the second category. However, the
paper sheets may be stacked by a predetermined number of sheets
in a fourth category different from the first category, the second
category, and the third category.
[0056]
Furthermore, in the 'first aspect" and the "second aspectff,
the predetermined number of the paper sheets stacked in the first
category and the predetermined number of the paper sheets
stacked in the second category may be equal to or different from
each other.
[0057]
Further, in the "third aspectff, the predetermined number of
the paper sheets stacked in the first category, the predetermined
number of the paper sheets stacked in the second category, the
predetermined number of the paper sheets stacked in the third
category, and the predetermined number of the paper sheets
stacked in the fourth category may be different from one other.
Also, the predetermined number of the paper sheets in two
categories among these may be equal to each other, the
predetermined number of the paper sheets in three categories
among these may be equal to one another, or the predetermined
number of the paper sheets in all categories may be equal to one
another.
[0058]
According to the embodiment, in a case where the paper
sheet processing apparatus processes the paper sheet having the
security thread, the first category and the second category may be
determined and set so that the positions of the security threads of
the paper sheets stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d in a
posture included in the first category do not overlap the positions
of the security threads of the paper sheets stacked on the stacking
units 60a to 60d in a posture included in the second category inside
the stacking units 60a to 60d.
[0059]
For example, in a case where the linear security thread is
* provided in the short edge direction at a place other than the
center position of the paper sheet, a posture included in the first
I category and a posture included in the second category may be
I determined and set so that the positions of the security threads are
5 different from one another when the paper sheet is viewed in the
long edge direction in the paper sheets stacked on the stacking
units 60a to 60d in a posture included in the first category and the
paper sheets stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture
included in the second category. More specifically, as illustrated in
10 FIGs. 5(a) and 5(b), a posture in which the security thread is
positioned at the right side of the paper sheet in the long edge
direction may be set as the first category. Then, as illustrated in
FIGs. 5(c) and 5(d), a posture in which the security thread is
I
I positioned at the left side of the paper sheet in the long edge
15 direction may be set as the second category. With such sorting,
the security threads of the paper sheets stacked on the stacking
units 60a to 60d in a posture included in the first category do not
I overlap the security threads of the paper sheets stacked on the I
stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture included in the second
20 category.
[0060]
Further, for example, in a case where the linear security
thread is provided in the long edge direction at a place other than
the center position of the paper sheet, a posture included in the
25 first category and a posture included in the second category may
be determined and set so that the positions of the security threads
when the paper sheet is viewed in the short edge direction are
different from one another in the paper sheets stacked on the
stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture included in the first category
30 and the paper sheets stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d in a
posture included in the second category. More specifically, as
illustrated in FIGs. 6(a) and 6(b), a posture in which the security
thread is positioned at the upper side of the paper sheet in the
short edge direction may be set as the first category. Then, as
35 illustrated in FIGs. 6(c) and 6(d), a posture in which the security
thread is positioned at the lower side of the paper sheet in the
short edge direction may be set as the second category. With
such sorting, the security threads of the paper sheets stacked on
the stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture included in the first
category do not overlap the security threads of the paper sheets
stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture included in
the second category.
[0061]
With such sorting, even when the paper sheets stacked on
the stacking units 60a to 60d are loaded inside a paper sheet
delivering device such as ATM, the paper sheets may be smoothly
drawn out of the paper sheet delivering device such as ATM.
[0062]
That is, in a case where the paper sheet having the security
thread is processed, when the paper sheets are stacked so that the
facefback and the orientations thereof are uniformly arranged as in
the paper sheet processing apparatus of the related art, the
security threads of the respective paper sheets overlap each other
inside the stacking units 60a to 60d, so that the thicknesses of the
paper sheets stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d are partially
increased (see FIG. 8). For this reason, when the paper sheets
stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d are directly loaded inside
the paper sheet delivering device such as ATM, a disadvantage
occurs in which the paper sheets may not be smoothly drawn out
of the paper sheet delivering device such as ATM.
[0063]
On the contrary, according to the embodiment, even when
the paper sheet having the security thread is processed, the paper
sheets may not be stacked inside the stacking units 60a to 60d
while the thicknesses thereof are partially increased. That is,
according to the embodiment, the paper sheets are stacked by a
predetermined number of sheets in a posture included in the first
category inside certain stacking units 60a to 60d, and the
thicknesses of the stacked paper sheets are partially increased (see
FIG. 7(a)). However, since the paper sheets are subsequently
stacked inside the stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture included
in the second category, the thicknesses thereof are increased in a
portion different from the above-described portion. Thus, the
thicknesses of the paper sheets stacked inside the stacking units
60a to 60d become uniform on the whole (see FIG. 7(b)).
Accordingly, even when the paper sheets stacked on the stacking
units 60a to 60d are loaded inside the paper sheet delivering
device such as ATM, the paper sheets may be smoothly drawn out
of the paper sheet delivering device such as ATM.
100641
The same applies to the case where the paper sheet having
the raised printing is processed. That is, according to the
embodiment, in a case where the paper sheet processing apparatus
processes the paper sheet having the raised printing, the first
category and the second category may be determined and set so
that the positions of the raised printings of the paper sheets
stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d in a posture included in
the first category do not overlap the positions of the raised
printings of the paper sheets stacked on the stacking units 60a to
60d in a posture included in the second category inside the
stacking units 60a to 60d.
[0065]
Even in this case, the same effect as that of the case of
processing the paper sheet having the security thread may be
obtained. That is, according to the embodiment, even when the
paper sheet having the raised printing is processed, the paper
sheets may not be easily stacked inside the stacking units 60a to
60d while the thicknesses thereof are partially increased, and the
thicknesses of the paper sheets stacked on the stacking units 60a
to 60d become uniform on the whole. For this reason, even when
the paper sheets stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d are
loaded inside the paper sheet delivering device such as ATM, the
paper sheets may be smoothly drawn out of the paper sheet
delivering device such as ATM.
100661
Incidentally, in a case where the paper sheet having the
security thread or the raised printing is processed, it is preferable
that the 'predetermined number" stacked on the stacking units 60a
to 60d in a posture included in the first category and the
'predetermined number" stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d
in a posture included in the second category be stacked by the
same number of sheets. According to such a configuration, the
thicknesses of the paper sheets stacked on the stacking units 60a
to 60d may become further uniform.
COO671
Furthermore, in a case where the paper sheet is the
banknote, the banknotes may be stacked inside the stacking units
60a to 60d depending on the type of denomination. In this case,
regarding the banknotes as various denominations stacked on the
stacking units 60a to 60d, the banknotes may be stacked on the
stacking units 60a to 60d according to the above-described
methods.
[0068]
That is, regarding the banknotes as various denominations
stacked on the stacking units 60a to 60d, the first category and the
second category may be determined by the condition of the
face/back of the banknote, the first category and the second
category may be determined by the condition of the orientation of
the banknote, the first category and the second category may be
determined by the condition of the face/back and the orientation of
the banknote, or the first category and the second category may be
determined so as not to overlap the security threads or the raised
printings.
[0069]
Further, a case is considered in which the paper sheet is the
banknote having the security thread or the raised printing and the
banknotes stacked inside the stacking units 60a to 60d are loaded
in ATM. According to the embodiment, it is possible to easily
perform an operation in which the banknote is loaded in ATM and
to shorten the time.
[0070]
That is, in the banknote processing apparatus of the related
art disclosed in WO 2010/097954, in order to prevent the
overlapping of the security threads or the raised printings of the
banknotes loaded in the ATM by the unit of, for example, one
hundred sheets, there is a need to employ a configuration in which
the transportation of the banknote is stopped at the time point
when one hundred banknotes are stacked on the stacking unit so
as to change the facelback and/or the orientation of the banknote
so that the security threads or the raised printings of the stacked
banknotes do not overlap and the transportation is started again so
as to stack the banknotes on the stacking unit or a configuration in
which the respective stacking units are set to stack the banknotes
having different facelback and/or different orientations thereon
even when the banknotes are stacked, the transportation of the
banknote is stopped at the time point, for example, when one
hundred banknotes are stacked on the stacking unit, and the
operator takes out the banknotes from the stacking units by his or
her hand so as to tie up the banknotes.
[0071]
Then, two thousand to two thousand five hundred
banknotes are generally loaded in the ATM for one denomination.
For this reason, in a case where the banknotes having the security
thread or the raised printing are loaded in the ATM, there is a need
to perform the above-described operation with respect to two
thousand to two thousand five hundred banknotes only for one
denomination. Thus, in the paper sheet processing apparatus of
the related art, a large amount of operation and much time are
needed.
[0072]
On the contrary, according to the embodiment, the
banknotes may be automatically stacked on the stacking units 60a
to 60d so that the security threads or the raised printings of the
banknotes loaded in the ATM by the unit of, for example, one
hundred sheets do not overlap. For this reason, it is possible to
easily perform an operation of loading the banknote in the ATM and
to shorten the time.
LO0731
Modified example I
In the above-described embodiment, a structure has been
used in which the storing unit is configured as the stacking units
60a to 60d that simply store the respective paper sheets in a
stacked state, but the invention is not limited thereto. For
example, the storing unit may be configured as the to-be-bundled
paper sheets stacking units 210a to 210c for storing the paper
sheets to be bundled. In this case, the paper sheets which are
taken in by the taking-in unit 10 are stacked on the to-be-bundled
paper sheets stacking units 210a to 210c instead of the stacking
units 60a to 60d.
[0074]
That is, when the paper sheets taken in by the taking-in unit
10 are stacked on the to-be-bundled paper sheets stacking units
210a to 210c in a posture included in the first category determined
by the condition of the face/back and/or the orientation of the
paper sheet and the number of the paper sheets stacked on the
to-be-bundled paper sheets stacking units 210a to 210c in a
posture included in the first category becomes a predetermined
number (for example, one hundred sheets), the paper sheets taken
in by the taking-in unit 10 are stacked on the to-be-bundled paper
sheets stacking units 210a to 210c in a posture included in the
second category determined by the condition of the face/back
and/or the orientation of the paper sheet.
[0075]
Modified example 2
Further, as another example, the storing unit may be the
paper sheet bundle stacking unit 260 which stores the paper sheet
bundle. Furthermore, in a case where the storing unit is the paper
sheet bundle stacking unit 260, at least the face/back sides or the
orientations of the paper sheets bundled as the paper sheet bundle
need to be uniformly arranged.
[0076]
In this modified example, the control unit 50 controls the
post-bundling transport unit 270 so that the paper sheet bundle is
stored in the paper sheet bundle stacking unit 260 in a posture
included in the first category determined by the condition of the
face/back sides and/or the orientations of the paper sheets, and
the paper sheet bundle is stored in the paper sheet bundle stacking
unit 260 in a posture included in the second category determined
by the condition of the facelback sides and/or the orientations of
the paper sheets when the number of the paper sheet bundle or
bundles stored in the paper sheet bundle stacking unit 260 in the
posture included in the first category becomes a predetermined
number (for example, one batch).
100771
As in the above-described embodiment, it is possible to
appropriately select whether to store the paper sheet bundle in the
paper sheet bundle stacking unit 260 in a posture included in the
first category or to store the paper sheet bundle in the paper sheet
bundle stacking unit 260 in a different posture included in the third
category or the fourth category after the paper sheet bundle is
stored in the paper sheet bundle stacking unit 260 in a posture
included in the second category.
[0078]
In this modified example, for example, the gripping and
transporting unit 271 may simply move in the horizontal direction,
may be turned over while moving in the horizontal direction, and
may rotate within the horizontal plane and/or the vertical plane.
In a case where the gripping and transporting unit 271 simply
moves in the horizontal direction, the paper sheet bundle which is
gripped by the gripping and transporting unit 271 is placed on the
paper sheet bundle lifting unit 272 without changing the face/back
and the orientation thereof. In a case where the gripping and
transporting unit 271 may be turned over while moving in the
horizontal direction, when the gripping and transporting unit 271 is
turned over while moving in the horizontal direction, the paper
sheet bundle which is gripped by the gripping and transporting unit
271 is placed on the paper sheet bundle lifting unit 272 while only
the face/back thereof is changed. In a case where the gripping
and transporting unit 271 may rotate within the horizontal plane,
when the gripping and transporting unit 271 rotates within the
horizontal plane, the paper sheet bundle which is gripped by the
gripping and transporting unit 271 is placed on the paper sheet
bundle lifting unit 272 while only the orientation thereof is changed.
In a case where the gripping and transporting unit 271 may rotate
within the vertical plane, when the gripping and transporting unit
271 rotates within the vertical plane, the paper sheet bundle which
is gripped by the gripping and transporting unit 271 is placed on
the paper sheet bundle lifting unit 272 while both the facelback
and the orientation thereof are changed.
[0079]
In a case where the facelback sides of the paper sheets
included in the paper sheet bundle are uniformly arranged, when
the gripping and transporting unit 271 is simply slid in the
horizontal direction (the left to right direction of FIG. 2), or the
gripping and transporting unit 271 is turned over while moving in
the horizontal direction or the gripping and transporting unit 271 is
rotated within the vertical plane, the facelback of the paper sheet
bundle stacked inside the paper sheet bundle stacking unit 260 is
changed. Specifically, in a case where the face of the paper sheet
bundle faces the upside, when the paper sheet bundle needs to be
placed on the paper sheet bundle lifting unit 272 while the face
thereof faces the upside, the gripping and transporting unit 271
may be simply slid in the horizontal direction so that the paper
sheet bundle is placed on the paper sheet bundle lifting unit 272.
Then, when the paper sheet bundle needs to be placed on the
paper sheet bundle lifting unit 272 while the back thereof faces the
upside, the gripping and transporting unit 271 may be turned over
while moving in the horizontal direction or the gripping and
transporting unit 271 may be rotated within the vertical plane so
that the paper sheet bundle is placed on the paper sheet bundle
lifting unit 272.
[0080]
Further, in a case where the orientations of the paper sheets
included in the paper sheet bundle are uniformly arranged, when
the gripping and transporting unit 271 is simply slid in the
horizontal direction (the left to right direction of FIG. 2), or the
gripping and transporting unit 271 rotates within the horizontal
plane or the gripping and transporting unit 271 rotates within the
vertical plane, the orientation of the paper sheet bundle stacked
inside the paper sheet bundle stacking unit 260 is changed.
Specifically, in a case where the paper sheet bundle faces one side,
when the paper sheet bundle needs to be placed on the paper
sheet bundle lifting unit 272 while facing one direction, the gripping
and transporting unit 271 may be simply slid in the horizontal
direction so that the paper sheet bundle is placed on the paper
sheet bundle lifting unit 272. Then, when the paper sheet bundle
needs to be placed on the paper sheet bundle lifting unit 272 while
facing the other direction opposite to the one direction, the
gripping and transporting unit 271 may be rotated within the
horizontal plane or the gripping and transporting unit 271 may be
rotated within the vertical plane so that the paper sheet bundle is
placed on the paper sheet bundle lifting unit 272.
[008 11
Incidentally, in a case where the paper sheets of a posture
included in the first category and the paper sheets of a posture
included in the second category are separately stacked on different
to-be-bundled paper sheets stacking units 210a to 210c, a
configuration is sufficient in which the gripping and transporting
unit 271 may simply move in the horizontal direction. Accordingly,
there is no need to employ a configuration in which the gripping
and transporting unit 271 may be turned over while moving in the
horizontal direction, or may rotate within the horizontal plane or
the vertical plane. In this case, a configuration may be employed
in which the paper sheets of the necessary category are selected
from the to-be-bundled paper sheets stacking units 210a to 210c
and are transported by the pre-bundling transport unit 220 to the
bundling unit 250 so as to make the paper sheet bundle of the
category necessary for the bundling unit 250.
[0082]
Modified example 3
Further, the storing unit may be configured as a tape reel
type storing unit 360 which stores the respective paper sheets
while being held between tapes instead of the stacking units 60a to
60d, the to-be-bundled paper sheets stacking units 210a to 210c,
I * the paper sheet bundle stacking unit 260, and the like that store
the respective paper sheets in a stacked state. Furthermore, the
tape reel type storing unit 360 is adapted to store the paper sheets
one by one by holding the paper sheet between two tapes. This
5 configuration will be described with reference to FIGs. 9 to 11.
Furthermore, since the specific configuration of the tape reel type
storing unit 360 is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application
Laid-Open JP 2008-123093 A, the specific description thereof will
not be repeated here.
10 [0083]
As illustrated in FIGs. 9 and 10, the tape reel type storing
unit 360 includes a first lower tape winding roller 311, an upper
tape winding roller 321, and a second lower tape winding roller 331.
As illustrated in FIG. 9, the upper tape winding roller 321 is
15 disposed between the first lower tape winding roller 311 and the
second lower tape winding roller 331. Furthermore, the first lower
tape winding roller 311, the upper tape winding roller 321, and the
second lower tape winding roller 331 are disposed within a tape
casing 361.
20 [0084]
The first and second lower tape winding rollers 311 and 331
and the upper tape winding roller 321 are rotated together by a
common tape winding shaft 341. As illustrated in FIG. 9, the tape
winding shaft 341 is rotationally driven by a driving shaft MS which
25 is rotationally driven in the forward rotation direction and the
reverse rotation direction by the motor M and various existing
rotational driving and transmitting units G.
[0 0 8 51
The first lower tape winding roller 311 is adapted to feed a
30 first lower tape 310 when the tape winding shaft 341 rotates in the
tape feeding direction (the paper sheet storing direction) and is
adapted to wind the first lower tape 310 when the tape winding
shaft 341 rotates in the tape winding direction (the paper sheet
feeding direction).
35 [0086]
The upper tape winding roller 321 is adapted to .feed an
upper tape 320 when the tape winding shaft 341 rotates in the
tape feeding direction (the paper sheet storing direction) and is
adapted to wind the upper tape 320 when the tape winding shaft
341 rotates in the tape winding direction (the paper sheet feeding
direction).
[0087]
The second lower tape winding roller 331 is adapted to feed
a second lower tape 330 when the tape winding shaft 341 rotates
in the tape feeding direction (the paper sheet storing direction) and
is adapted to wind the second lower tape 330 when the tape
winding shaft 341 rotates in the tape winding direction (the paper
sheet feeding direction).
[0088]
As illustrated in FIG. 10, the tape casing 361 is provided
with a paper sheet entrance and exit port P. Then, the end of the
transport unit 70 is present at a position facing the paper sheet
entrance and exit port P. Further, upper belts 350 and 355 and
lower belts 370 and 375 are provided at a position facing the paper
sheet entrance and exit port P inside the tape casing 361. Then,
the paper sheets may be fed into the tape casing 361 or the paper
sheets may be fed out of the tape casing 361 by the transport unit
70, the upper belts 350 and 355, and the lower belts 370 and 375.
[0089]
As illustrated in FIGS. 9 and 10, the first and second lower
tapes 310 and 330 respectively extend from the peripheral surfaces
of the first and second lower tape winding rollers 311 and 331 to
the peripheral surface of the paper sheet winding roller 314
through the guide rollers 312 and 332 and the final guide rollers
313 and 333. Further, the upper tape 320 extends from the
peripheral surface of the upper tape winding roller 321 to the
peripheral surface of the paper sheet winding roller 314 through
the guide roller 322 and the final guide roller 323. The paper
sheet winding roller 314 is adapted to be rotated by a paper sheet
winding shaft 344. The paper sheet winding shaft 344 is
rotationally driven by the driving shaft MS which is rotationally
driven by the motor M in the forward rotation direction and the
reverse rotation direction and various existing rotational driving
and transmitting units G.
[0090]
In this way, according to the embodiment, in a case where
the storing unit is the tape reel type storing unit 360 and the paper
sheet having the security thread or the raised printing is processed,
it is possible to prevent the winding diameter formed by the tape
(for example, the first lower tape 310) and the winding diameter
formed by the other tape (for example the second lower tape 330)
holding the paper sheet therebetween from being different from
each other.
1009 11
That is, in a case where the paper sheet having the security
thread or the raised printing is stored in the tape reel type storing
unit 360, when the paper sheet is stored without considering the
position of the security thread or the raised printing, there is a case
in which the winding diameter formed by a certain tape (for
example, the first lower tape 310) becomes larger than the winding
diameter formed by the other tape (for example, the second lower
tape 330) (see FIG. 11). That is, when the security threads or the
raised printings of the paper sheets are disposed at the same side
in the width direction of the tape reel type storing unit 360 (see
FIG. 9), the winding diameter formed by a certain tap becomes
larger than the winding diameter formed by the other tape. For
example, the winding diameter formed by the first lower tape 310
becomes larger than the winding diameter formed by the second
lower tape 330. In this way, when the winding diameter formed
by the first lower tape 310 is different from the winding diameter
formed by the second lower tape 330, a difference in the feeding
length or the winding torque occurs between the first lower tape
310 and the second lower tape 330, and hence a problem arises in
that the paper sheet may not be normally wound or the input of
the wound paper sheet is disturbed.
[0092]
On the contrary, in the embodiment, the position of the
security thread of the paper sheet stored in the tape reel type
32 * storing unit 360 in a posture included in the first category and the
position of the security thread of the paper sheet stored in the tape
reel type storing unit 360 in a posture included in the second
category may be determined and set so as not to overlap each
5 other in the width direction of the tape reel type storing unit 360.
Further, the position of the raised printing of the paper sheet stored
in the tape reel type storing unit 360 in a posture included in the
first category and the position of the raised printing of the paper
sheet stored in the tape reel type storing unit 360 in a posture
10 included in the second category may be determined and set so as
not to overlap each other in the width direction of the tape reel
type storing unit 360. For this reason, even in a case where the
paper sheet having the security thread or the raised printing is
processed in this way, it is possible to prevent the winding diameter
15 formed by a certain tape from being different from the winding
diameter formed by the other tape. As a result, according to the
embodiment, it is possible to prevent a problem in which the paper
sheet may not be normally wound on the tape reel type storing
unit 360 or the feeding of the wound paper sheet from the tape
20 reel type storing unit 360 is disturbed.
[0093]
Incidentally, in a case where the paper sheet having the
security thread or the raised printing is processed, it is preferable
that the "predetermined number" stored in the stacking units 60a
25 to 60d in a posture included in the first category be equal to the
"predetermined numberf' stored in the stacking units 60a to 60d in
a posture included in the second category. According to this
configuration, it is possible to further reliably prevent the tapes
holding the paper sheet from being partially thickened.
30 Furthermore, as described above, the "predetermined number" of
the present application may be "one", and the category of the
paper sheet held between the tapes may be alternately changed.
[0094]
Incidentally, the description of the embodiments and the
35 disclosure of the drawings above are merely examples for
explaining the invention described in claims, and the invention
33
# described in claims is not limited to the description of the
embodiment or the disclosure of the drawings above.

* What is claimed is:
1. A paper sheet processing apparatus comprising:
a taking-in unit configured to take therein paper sheets
one by one;
a transport unit configured to transport the paper sheets
taken in by the taking-in unit;
a storing unit configured to store a plurality of paper
sheets transported by the transport unit; and
a control unit configured to control the transport unit so
as to transport into the storing unit the paper sheets of a first
category determined based on the face/back or the orientation
of each of the paper sheet, and to transport into the storing unit
the paper sheets of a second category determined based on the
face/back or the orientation of each of the paper sheets when
the number of the paper sheet or sheets of the first category
stored in the storing unit reaches a predetermined number.
2. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim
1, further comprising:
a recognition sensor configured to acquire information on
the facelback or the orientation of each of the paper sheets
transported by the transport unit,
wherein the control unit is configured to control the
transport unit based on the information acquired by the
recognition sensor so as to transport into the storing unit the
paper sheets of the first category and the paper sheets of the
second category.
3. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim
1 or 2,
wherein the control unit is configured to control the
transport unit so as to transport into the storing unit the paper
sheets of the first category determined based on the face/back
of the paper sheet, and to transport into the storing unit the
paper sheets of the second category determined based on the
facelback of the paper sheet when the number of the paper
sheet or sheets of the first category stored in the storing unit
reaches the predetermined number.
4. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim
1 or 2,
wherein the control unit is configured to control the
transport unit so as to transport into the storing unit the paper
sheets of the first category determined based on the orientation
of the paper sheet, and to transport into the storing unit the
paper sheets of the second category determined based on the
orientation of the paper sheet when the number of the paper
sheet or sheets of the first category stored in the storing unit
reaches the predetermined number.
5. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim
1 or 2,
wherein the control unit is configured to control the
transport unit so as to transport into the storing unit the paper
sheets of the first category determined based on the facelback
and the orientation of the paper sheet, and to transport into the
storing unit the paper sheets of the second category determined
based on the facelback and the orientation of the paper sheet
when the number of the paper sheet or sheets of the first
category stored in the storing unit reaches the predetermined
number.
6. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to any
one of claims 1 to 5,
wherein the paper sheet processing apparatus is
configured to process a paper sheet having a security thread,
and
wherein the paper sheets of the first category and the
paper sheets of the second category are stored in the storing
unit so that the positions of the security threads of the paper
sheets of each of the first and second categories do not overlap
* each other.
7. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to any
one of claims 1 to 6,
wherein the paper sheet processing apparatus is
configured to process a paper sheet having a raised printing,
and
wherein the paper sheets of the first category and the
paper sheets of the second category are stored in the storing
unit so that the positions of the raised printings of the paper
sheets of each of the first and second categories do not overlap
each other.
8. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to any
one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the storing unit is a tape-reel-type
storing unit configured to store the respective paper sheets so
as to be held between tapes.
9. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to any
one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the storing unit is a stacking unit
configured to stack the respective paper sheets.
10. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim
9, wherein the stacking unit is a to-be-bundled paper sheets
stacking unit configured to stack paper sheets to be bundled.
1 1 A paper sheet processing apparatus comprising:
a bundling unit configured to make a paper sheet bundle
by bundling paper sheets uniformly arranged by at least
facelback or orientation;
a post-bundling transport unit configured to transport the
paper sheet bundles made by the bundling unit;
a paper sheet bundle stacking unit configured to store
the paper sheet bundles transported by the post- bundling
transport unit; and
a control unit configured to control the post-bundling
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transport unit so as to transport into the paper sheet bundle
stacking unit the paper sheet bundles of a first category
determined based on the facelback or the orientation of the
paper sheets, and to transport into the paper sheet bundle
stacking unit the paper sheet bundles of a second category
determined based on the facelback or the orientation of the
paper sheets when the number of the paper sheet bundle or
bundles of the first category stored in the paper sheet bundle
stacking unit reaches a predetermined number.