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.

1 . A banknotes processing apparatus comprising: 
 a stacker configured to stack banknotes arranged properly by unifying a note kind, a front and back, and a direction;    a printer configured to print attribute information of the stacked banknotes on a tape in color; and    a banding portion configured to band the banknotes stacked on the stacker with the tape.    
   
   
       2 . The banknotes processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the attribute information includes at least one of the note kinds, a sum of money, and a bank name.  
   
   
       3 . The banknotes processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 a supply portion configured to supply a plurality of banknotes in a batch;    a conveying means for conveying the banknotes supplied from the supply portion;    a discriminator installed on the conveying means configured to discriminate the note kind and the conveying direction of the banknotes; and    a reversing portion configured to change the conveying direction of the banknotes conveyed according to a discrimination result of the discriminator and properly arranging in a unified conveying direction.    
   
   
       4 . The banknotes processing apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the stacker includes a first stacker and a second stacker and further includes, when the number of the banknotes stacked in the first stacker reaches a predetermined number of sheets, a sorting gate configured to sort conveyance of the banknotes so as to stack the banknotes in the second stacker.  
   
   
       5 . A banknotes processing apparatus comprising: 
 a supply portion configured to supplying a plurality of banknotes in a batch;    a conveying means for conveying the banknotes supplied from the supply portion;    a banknote discriminator, provided on the conveying means, configured to discriminate a note kind and a conveying direction of the banknotes;    a reverse processing unit configured to change the conveying direction of the banknotes conveyed according to a discrimination result of the discriminator and properly arranging in the same conveying direction;    a stacker configured to stack the banknotes for each note kind according to the discrimination result of the banknote discriminator;    a banding portion configured to band the banknotes in a predetermined number stacked in the stacker with a tape; and    a printer configured to print attribute information including the note kind of the banknotes banded in the banding portion according to the discrimination result of the banknote discriminator on the tape in color corresponding to the note kind.    
   
   
       6 . The banknotes processing apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein a plurality of the stackers are installed and by a sorting gate at a banknote supply port of the stackers, when the number of the banknotes stacked in one stacker reaches a predetermined number of sheets, conveyance is sorted so as to stack the banknotes in the other stacker.  
   
   
       7 . The banknotes processing apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein the banding portion includes: 
 a banknote holding mechanism configured to hold banknotes in a predetermined number stacked in the stacker in a batch;    a vertical conveying means for conveying vertically the banknote holding mechanism;    a conveyor carrier configured to receive the banknotes conveyed to a lower stop position of the vertical conveying means;    a horizontal conveying means for moving the conveyor carrier right and left; and    a tape winding portion configured to wind the tape round the banknotes conveyed to a stop position of the horizontal conveying means, wherein:    the banknotes of the banding note kind are stacked on the conveyor carrier, are conveyed to the horizontal conveying means, and are transferred to the tape winding portion in a batch.    
   
   
       8 . The banknotes processing apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein the reverse processing unit includes: 
 a switchback reversing portion arranged on a downstream side of the banknote discriminator in the conveying direction configured to reverse a front and a back and the conveying direction of the banknotes; and    a front/back reversing portion arranged on the downstream side of the banknote discriminator in the conveying direction configured to reverse the front and the back of the banknotes, wherein:    by at least one of the switchback reversing process by the switchback reversing portion and the front/back reversing process by the front/back reversing portion, the conveying direction of the banknotes is properly arranged in one direction and the banknotes are stacked in the stacker.    
   
   
       9 . A banknotes processing method comprising: 
 supplying a plurality of banknotes in a batch;    conveying the banknotes to be supplied;    discriminating a note kind and a conveying direction of the banknotes to be conveyed;    changing the conveying directions of the banknotes to be conveyed so as to properly arrange them in the same conveying direction on the basis of the discrimination results;    stacking the banknotes arranged properly in the same direction;    printing attribute information including the note kind of the banknotes on a tape in color on the basis of the discrimination results; and    banding the stacked banknotes with the color-printed tape.    
   
   
       10 . The banknotes processing method according to  claim 9 , wherein the printed attribute information includes at least one of the note kind, a sum of money, and a bank name.