# US 2014/0150383 A1 · Paper sheet processing apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0150383 A1 - Document ID: US20140150383A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/088,815 - Filed: 2013-11-25 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-11-30 - Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - Inventors: Jun Okamoto - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140150383A1 ## CPC - B65B 27/08: Bundling paper sheets, envelopes, bags, newspapers, or other thin flat articles - B65B 13/12: attached to rotating rings - B65B 35/36: by grippers - B65B 57/00: Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices (registering wrapping or container-forming material fed from rolls B65B41/18) - G07D 11/40: Device architecture, e.g. modular construction - G07D 11/50: Sorting or counting valuable papers - B65B 13/32: by welding, soldering, or heat-sealing; by applying adhesive - B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00) - G07D: HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING ## Abstract According to an embodiment, a paper sheet processing apparatus includes a stacking device which stacks paper sheets and a wrapping device which wraps a stacked paper sheet bundle by winding a band thereon. The wrapping device includes a band winding device, a hand assembly which grasps the stacked paper sheet bundle, a hand assembly drive mechanism which draws the bundle to an arbitrary position by reciprocating the hand assembly, detectors which detect a plurality of drawn-in positions of the hand assembly, and a control unit which stops the hand assembly at an arbitrary drawn-in position detected by the detectors and adjusts a band winding position on the bundle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A paper sheet processing apparatus comprising: a stacking device configured to stack paper sheets by a predetermined number of sheets; and a wrapping device configured to wrap a stacked paper sheet bundle by winding a band thereon, wherein the wrapping device further comprises: a band winding device configured to wind the band on the stacked paper sheet bundle and tighten the band, a hand assembly configured to grasp the stacked paper sheet bundle by holding an end thereof, a hand assembly drive mechanism configured to draw the stacked paper sheet bundle to an arbitrary position with respect to the band winding device by reciprocating the hand assembly in a direction perpendicular to a stacking direction of the paper sheet bundle, detectors configured to detect a plurality of drawn-in positions of the hand assembly, and a control unit configured to stop the hand assembly at an arbitrary drawn-in position detected by the detectors and adjust a band winding position on the paper sheet bundle. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The paper sheet processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the wrapping device further comprises a clamp mechanism configured to curve the stacked paper sheet bundle by pressing both side portions of the stacked paper sheet bundle; and a heater configured to heat-seal an end of the wound wrapper band. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The paper sheet processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the band winding device comprises a ring gear rotatable about an axis parallel to a direction of reciprocation of the hand assembly, a band feeder configured to deliver the wrapper band to the vicinity of the ring gear and pull back the wrapper band, a band catcher mounted on the ring gear so as to be rotatable together with the ring gear and configured to clamp a leading end of the wrapper band delivered from the band feeder, and a band drive mechanism configured to rotate the ring gear and deliver the wrapper band from the band feeder with the leading end of the wrapper band clamped by the band catcher, thereby forming a looped wrapper band along the ring gear in the binding position, and the hand assembly is configured to draw the paper sheet bundle into the looped wrapper band. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The paper sheet processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the band feeder is configured to pull back the wrapper band a certain distance to tighten the paper sheet bundle with pressing the wrapper band and paper sheet bundle at the binding position by the clamp mechanism, and the wrapping device comprises a band retainer configured to press and hold the tightened wrapper band against the paper sheet bundle, and a clamper drive mechanism configured to move the band retainer and the heater in association with each other to a position where the band retainer and the heater abut the wrapper band. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The paper sheet processing apparatus of claim 4, wherein the detectors comprise a plurality of position sensors arranged side by side along a movement path of the hand assembly at intervals, and a detection rib provided on the hand assembly drive mechanism to be movable in association with the hand assembly, and detectable by the plurality of position sensors. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The paper sheet processing apparatus of claim 5, wherein the hand assembly drive mechanism comprises a motor configured to reciprocate the hand assembly and the detectors comprise a rotational position sensors configured to detect a rotational position of the motor. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The paper sheet processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the band winding device comprises a ring gear rotatable about an axis parallel to a direction of reciprocation of the hand assembly, a band feeder configured to deliver the wrapper band to the vicinity of the ring gear and pull back the wrapper band, a band catcher mounted on the ring gear so as to be rotatable together with the ring gear and configured to clamp a leading end of the wrapper band delivered from the band feeder, and a band drive mechanism configured to rotate the ring gear and deliver the wrapper band from the band feeder with the leading end of the wrapper band clamped by the band catcher, thereby forming a looped wrapper band along the ring gear in the binding position, and the hand assembly is configured to draw the paper sheet bundle into the looped wrapper band. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The paper sheet processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the detectors comprise a plurality of position sensors arranged side by side along a movement path of the hand assembly at intervals, and a detection rib provided on the hand assembly drive mechanism to be movable in association with the hand assembly, and detectable by the plurality of position sensors. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The paper sheet processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hand assembly drive mechanism comprises a motor configured to reciprocate the hand assembly and the detectors comprise a rotational position sensors configured to detect a rotational position of the motor.