Banknotes processing apparatus and banknotes processing method

Abstract

A banknotes processing apparatus has a banknote discriminator for discriminating banknotes and a reversing portion for reversing the direction of banknotes to be conveyed according to a discrimination result of the banknote discriminator. The conveying direction of banknotes is properly arranged by the reversing portion and furthermore, according to the discrimination result of the banknote discriminator, banknotes for each designated note kind are stacked in a first stacker or a second stacker. Each banknotes in a predetermined number of sheets which are stacked in these stackers are conveyed to a tape winding portion in a batch. The conveyed banknotes, on the basis of the note kind discrimination result by the detector, are banded by the tape winding portion in a batch using tapes whereon attributes including the note kind of the concerned banknotes are color-printed by a printer.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-330268 filed on Sep. 22, 2003; the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to a banknotes processing apparatus in which a banding device for banding paper-like materials such as banknotes with a tape and a printer for printing attributes of banknotes of the note kind to be banded on the concerned tape are arranged and a banknotes processing method. [0004] 2. Description of the Related Art [0005] Conventionally, a processing apparatus for processing paper-like materials to be conveyed such as banknotes takes out a plurality of paper-like materials in different dimensions inputted in a random state of “front and back” and “top and bottom” one by one on a conveying path and the note kind and the direction of b...

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Benefits of technology

[0009] An object of the present invention is to provide a banknotes processing apparatus and a banknotes processing method in which a tape printer is installed in a banding device, and various information (note kind, sum of money, bank name, etc.) concerning banknotes of the banding note kind is printed on tapes in color, thus the labor of an operator to exchange tapes for each note kind can be saved, and the operator is prevented from a failure of use of wrong tapes, and banknotes of a plurality of note kinds can be banded flexibly by one banding device without fixing the note kind and exchanging tapes for each banding device, and the operation rate is improved, and cut-down of cost and space saving are realized, and tapes are standardized to one kind of solid color, and cost reduction, inventory, and ordering management of expendables can be executed easily.

Problems solved by technology

However, in such a conventional constitution, whenever the note kind to be banded is to be changed, an operation of exchanging the previous tapes with tapes printed in the color of the note kind to be banded (hereinafter, referred to as the banding note kind) must be performed by an operator, thus a great deal of time is required for the operator, and a problem arises that due to a mistake of the operator, tapes in a different color are incorrectly used for the banding note kind.

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