Banknote terminal

Abstract

To provide a bill binding device which can be miniaturized more.SOLUTION: A bill binding device 10A, 10B for binding a prescribed number of bills 21 by a tape 6 comprises: a collection part 100 that collects a prescribed number of bills to form a bill lump; a binding part 400 that binds the bill lump by a tape; and a transfer part that moves the bill lump collected by the collection in the short direction of the bill lump to transfer it to the binding part. The binding part includes a holding part 401 that holds the bill lump transferred by the transfer part, and a tape guide 330 that is provided to surround the holding part and guides the tape rolled out on a tape conveyance part so as to be wound in the short direction of the bill lump. The tape guide has a movable part 333 positioned between the holding part and the transfer part to be opened / closed. The movable part is opened when the bill lump is transferred to the holding part by the transfer part, and the movable part is closed when the bill lump in the holding part is bound by winding the tape thereon.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a banknote bundling device. [Background technology]

[0002] In facilities that handle large amounts of banknotes, such as banks and cash centers, banknote bundling devices are installed that sort and count banknotes brought in according to predetermined rules and bundle and bind multiple banknotes. A conventional device of this type is described in Japanese Patent No. 6026291 (Patent Document 1). Patent Document 1 discloses a bundling device that transports and accumulates banknotes to be bundled in the short edge direction of the banknotes and has a tape guide that forms a bundling tape into a ring shape. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Patent No. 6026291 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] In the bundle winding device described in Patent Document 1, when the banknote block stacked in the stacking section is transported into the tape guide, the banknotes are moved in their longitudinal direction so as to be inserted into the ring-shaped tape guide. Therefore, in addition to moving the banknote block to be bundled in the transverse direction, it is also necessary to move it in the longitudinal direction. Therefore, the conventional technology requires a mechanism for moving the banknote block in two directions, the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction, and an area for the operation, which increases the size of the banknote bundling device.

[0005] SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT EMBODIMENT An object of the present invention is to provide a banknote bundling device that can be made more compact. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] In order to solve the above problems, a banknote bundling device according to the present invention is a banknote bundling device that bundles a predetermined number of banknotes with tape, and includes an accumulation unit that forms a banknote block by stacking a predetermined number of banknotes, a bundling unit that bundles the banknote block with tape, and a transport unit that transports the banknote block accumulated by the accumulation unit to the bundling unit by moving the banknote block accumulated by the accumulation unit in the short direction of the banknote block, the bundling unit includes a holding unit that holds the banknote block transported by the transport unit, and a tape guide unit that surrounds the holding unit and guides the tape sent out from the tape transport unit so that it is wound in the short direction of the banknote block, the tape guide unit has a movable unit that is located between the holding unit and the transport unit and opens and closes, the movable unit is in an open state when the transport unit transports the banknote block to the holding unit, and the movable unit is in a closed state when the banknote block in the holding unit is bundled by wrapping tape around it. Effect of the Invention

[0007] According to the present invention, the banknote block can be bundled to form a bundle of banknotes by simply transferring the banknote block from the stacking unit to the bundling unit in the direction of its short edges. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0008] [Figure 1] FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram of a bundle winding device. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration in which a bundle winding device and a banknote sorting device are connected to each other. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the bundle winding device as seen from the side. [Figure 4] FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a bundle winding processing unit serving as a "banknote bundling device." [Diagram 5] FIG. 13 illustrates the banknote carrier transporting the banknote stack to the bundling station. [Figure 6] This is a continuation of Figure 5. [Figure 7] This is a continuation of Figure 6. [Figure 8] FIG. [Figure 9] 13A to 13C are diagrams illustrating the operation of the bundling unit winding a tape around a stack of banknotes. [Figure 10]FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an initial state of the operation of the binding unit. [Figure 11] This is a continuation of Figure 10. [Figure 12] This is a continuation of Figure 11. [Figure 13] 10 is an explanatory diagram showing how the tape guide guides the tape. FIG. [Figure 14] 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which the tape guide releases the tape. FIG. [Figure 15] FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the binding portion. [Figure 16] FIG. 13 is a diagram of the bundling section showing a state in which a stack of banknotes is compressed. [Figure 17] FIG. 17 is a perspective view of FIG. 16 as seen obliquely from above on the left. [Figure 18] FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the bundling unit showing how the tape is wound around the banknote stack. [Figure 19] FIG. 19 is an enlarged perspective view of a part of FIG. 18. [Figure 20] 11 is a perspective view of the bundling unit showing how the tape wound around a banknote stack is fused and then cut, and the stack is pushed out toward the bundled banknote outlet. FIG. [Figure 21] FIG. 21 is an enlarged perspective view of a part of FIG. 20. [Figure 22] FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing how a banknote block wrapped with tape is pushed out to form a banknote bundle. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0009] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. A banknote bundling device according to the present embodiment bundles and ties a predetermined number of valuable media such as banknotes.

[0010] The banknote bundling devices 10A and 10B of the present embodiment include a stacking unit 100 that stacks a plurality of banknotes 21 to be bundled, a bundling unit 400 that bundles a banknote block 2 consisting of a plurality of banknotes with a tape 6, and a transport unit 200 that clamps the banknote block and transports it from the stacking unit to the bundling unit. The bundling unit 400 includes a holding unit 401 that holds the banknote block, an annular tape guide 330 that surrounds the holding unit and whose upper portion 333 is formed so as to be rotatable and openable and that feeds the tape around the banknote block, a compression unit 410 that compresses the banknote block on the holding unit, a tape processing unit 300 that feeds the tape from its tip side into the tape guide and pulls the tape in a direction opposite to the tip while keeping the tip of the tape fixed, thereby winding the tape around the banknote block, and a fusing unit 440 that heat-fuse the tip of the tape wrapped around the banknote block with the other part of the tape that overlaps the tip of the tape. The tape guide 330 then opens its upper portion 333 to allow the banknote block to be taken into the holder. EXAMPLES

[0011] The first embodiment will be described with reference to Figs. 1 to 22. Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the overall configuration of a bundle winding device 10 serving as a banknote bundling device. A banknote processing device 50 is connected to the upstream side of the bundle winding device 10, and banknotes processed by the banknote connection device 50 are sent to the bundle winding device 10 via a transport unit connection port 12. Another banknote processing device can also be connected downstream of the bundle winding device 10 via an external connection port 13.

[0012] The bundling device 10 has a plurality of bundling processing units 10A, 10B, and each of the bundling processing units 10A, 10B has an outlet 11A, 11B for taking out bundled banknotes. As described later, banknotes are fed from a banknote transport section 600 to each of the bundling processing units 10A, 10B, and the bundling processing units 10A, 10B alternately produce bundled banknotes. In FIG. 1, an example is shown in which the bundling device 10 has two bundling processing units 10A, 10B built in, but the present invention is not limited to this and three or more bundling processing units may be built in.

[0013] Although details will be described later, the bundling section 400 of each of the bundling processing units 10A, 10B includes a tape guide 330, and the upper side of the tape guide 330 forms an openable and closable, generally arch-shaped opening and closing section 333.

[0014] For example, as shown in the lower left of Fig. 1, the banknote block 2 formed by stacking a predetermined number of banknotes 21 in the stacking unit 100 is transferred to the holding unit 401 by the clamper 210 constituting the "transfer unit". At this time, the opening / closing unit 333 is in an open state, allowing the banknote block 2 to move between the holding unit 401 and the stacking unit 100. The banknote block 2 moves from the upper side of the holding unit 401 in the direction of its short side, and is stored in the holding unit 401.

[0015] 1, the banknote block 2 is pressed to one side in the holder 401 and compressed, and then wound with the tape 6. The banknote block 2 is wound with the tape 6 together with the fixed part 412, and after the tape 6 is fused and cut from the other tapes, it is pushed out towards the outlets 11A and 11B.

[0016] 2 shows a configuration in which the bundling winding device 10 and a banknote sorting device 50, which is an example of a banknote processing device, are connected. Loose banknotes placed on a hopper 51 of the banknote sorting device 50 are taken into the device 50, and a banknote validator (not shown) sorts the banknotes according to predetermined sorting rules, such as denomination and banknote state. Some banknotes are then stacked in the form of loose banknotes in pockets 52A to 52D of the banknote sorting device 50. Banknotes that are determined to be bundled are transported from the banknote sorting device 50 to the bundling winding device 100, bundled by the bundling winding device 10, and then discharged as bundled banknotes to the outlet 11A or 11B.

[0017] 3 is a cross-sectional side view of the bundle winding device 10. The bundle winding device 10 has a banknote transport section 600 and a plurality of (for example, two) bundle winding processing units 10A and 10B having the same function.

[0018] The bundling device 10 can perform a bundling process in one bundling processing unit while performing preparatory processing for the bundling process, such as transporting and stacking the bundled banknotes, in the other bundling processing unit. Therefore, the time required to produce bundled banknotes can be shortened compared to a configuration having a single built-in bundling processing unit.

[0019] The banknote transport unit 600 is connected to a banknote transport path (not shown) of an upstream module to which the banknotes 21 are sent. The banknote transport unit 600 transports the banknotes 21 by driven rollers or belts, and distributes the banknotes 21 by a switching gate mechanism 601 to the banknote stacking unit 100 for winding up the bundle.

[0020] 6 is a detailed cross-sectional view of the bundle winding processing units 10A and 10B. The following describes the bundle winding processing unit 10A as an example. The bundle winding processing unit 10A includes, for example, an accumulation section 100, a carrier section 200, a tape processing section 300, a bundling section 400, a release section 700 (described later in FIG. 22) provided next to the bundling section, and a control section 500 that drives and controls the mechanism.

[0021] The stacking unit 100 is a space for temporarily stacking the banknote block 2 to be wound, and the banknotes are stacked one by one by the impeller 111 so that the direction perpendicular to the plane of the drawing corresponds to the longitudinal direction of the banknotes 21. A plurality of impellers 111 (for example, two) are provided, spaced apart in the width direction (short side direction) of the banknotes 21.

[0022] During the stacking process of banknotes 21, the banknote stack 2 is struck by a mechanism 101 that strikes the end faces in the longitudinal direction of the banknotes and a mechanism 102 that strikes the end faces in the transverse direction, and vibration is applied from a vibration mechanism (not shown) to a stopper 110 that supports the banknotes from diagonally below. This applies vibration to the banknote stack 2, and aligns the banknote stack 2 as much as possible into a rectangular parallelepiped.

[0023] When a predetermined number of banknotes 21 are stacked to form the banknote block 2, the stacking process is stopped by the control unit 500. After that, the clamper 210 of the carrier unit 200 grips the banknote block 2 and the stopper 110 opens. Then, the tape guide opening / closing unit 333 rotates to the open state, making it possible to transfer the banknote block 2 from the stacking unit 100 to the bundling unit 400.

[0024] 5 to 7 show the state in which the banknote carrier unit 200, which serves as the "transport unit", transports a banknote block to the bundling unit 400. As shown in Fig. 5, the banknote carrier unit 200 has a clamper 210 that grips the banknotes 21, and during banknote accumulation (Fig. 5), the clamper 210 is moved to a position where it does not come into contact with the banknotes 21.

[0025] As shown in FIG. 6, when the stacking unit 100 has completed stacking a predetermined number of banknotes 21, the control unit 500 causes the clamper 210 to grip the banknote block 2 from both sides in its thickness direction, making it ready for transport.

[0026] 7, the control unit 500 opens the tape guide opening / closing unit 333, and moves the clamper 210 and the banknote block 2 gripped by the clamper 210 into the holding unit 401. The holding unit 401 is a space that accommodates the banknote block 2, and exists within the annular tape running path that is created when the tape guide opening / closing unit 333 is closed, as described below.

[0027] When the banknote block 2 is transported to the holding unit 401, the control unit 500 unlocks the clamper 210 to release the banknote block 2 and drops the banknote block 2 onto a pedestal provided on the bottom surface of the holding unit 401. The control unit 500 then retreats the clamper 210 to the stacking position to prepare for the next banknote stacking.

[0028] Fig. 8 shows details of the bundling unit 400 and the tape processing unit 300 which supplies bundling tape 6 to the bundling unit 400. Fig. 9 is a view of the spool unit 310 and its surroundings, which holds a roll of tape paper (described later), as viewed from the direction of the arrow on the right side of Fig. 8.

[0029] The tape processing section 300 is made up of a spool section 310 that holds a roll of tape 6, a tape feeder 320 that transports the tape with a motor-driven roller, and a tape guide 330.

[0030] As will be described in conjunction with FIGS. 13 and 14, the tape guide 330 includes an outer guide 332 that guides the outer periphery of the tape, and an inner guide 331 that guides the inner periphery of the tape 6. As shown in FIG.

[0031] The inner guides 331 are composed of independent members on both sides of the width of the tape 6, and have a mechanism for expanding and contracting in the width direction from the center of tape transport. When the tape 6 forms a ring shape surrounding the outside of the banknote block 2, the inner guides 331 are moved closer to the center of tape transport. This allows the tape 6 to move while being guided by the outer guide 332 and the inner guides 331. When wrapping the tape 6 around the banknote block 2 and tightening it, the inner guides 331 are expanded outward in the width direction of the tape 6 so as not to interfere with the tape winding, and the tape 6 is released.

[0032] The upper portion of tape guide 330, which is annular as a whole, is made into opening / closing section 333 which can be opened and closed by a motor (not shown). Opening / closing section 333, which is substantially arch-shaped and serves as a "movable section", also includes inner guide 331 and outer guide 332, similar to fixed section 334.

[0033] The outer guide of the opening / closing unit 333 operates in conjunction with the outer guide 332 of the fixed unit 334. Similarly, each inner guide of the opening / closing unit 333 operates in conjunction with each inner guide 331 of the fixed unit 334. That is, the control unit 500 synchronizes the fixed unit 334 and the opening / closing unit 333 to form a ring-shaped tape guide (tape running path) surrounding the holding unit 401, and releases the tape 6 when winding the banknote block 2 with the tape 6.

[0034] 10 to 12, the operation of winding the tape 6 around the banknote stack 2 in the bundling unit 400 will be described. For ease of explanation, the tape 6 and the banknote stack 2 are shown diagrammatically in Figs. 10 to 12.

[0035] As explained in Fig. 5 to Fig. 7, the banknote block 2 gripped by the carrier unit 200 is inserted into the holding unit 401 formed inside the annular tape guide 330. After the carrier unit 200 has been retracted, the control unit 500 rotates the opening / closing unit 333 of the tape guide 330 in the closing direction to close the loop, thereby forming the tape guide 330 into a ring shape, as shown in Fig. 10. Then, the control unit 500 feeds the tape 6 into the tape guide 330, and feeds the tape 6 to a position where the leading end 61 of the tape can be overlapped with the succeeding portion of the tape 6.

[0036] 11, the control unit 500 moves a movable part 411 of a compression unit 410 (a "compression unit" to be described later) to the right in the figure while pressing it against the banknote block 2, thereby compressing the banknote block 2 into a fixed part 412 of the compression unit 410. Note that while the movable part 411 and the fixed part 412 are shown as flat plates in Fig. 11, in reality, as described later, the contact surface with the banknote block 2 is not completely flat but has projections and recesses so that the banknote block 2 becomes curved.

[0037] As shown in Figure 12, the control unit 500 presses the banknote block 2 against one side of the holding unit 401, and winds up the tip 61 and the opposite side portion 62 of the tape 6 in the direction of the arrow, thereby winding the tape 6 in the short direction of the banknote block 2.

[0038] 13 and 14 are schematic diagrams of the mechanism by which the tape guide 330 releases the tape 6 so that the tape 6 can be wound around the banknote stack 2, and are views from the right side (front (back) side of the banknote) of FIGS. 10 to 12.

[0039] FIG. 13 shows the tape before it is released, with the tape 6 being guided from both sides by the inner guides 331 and the outer guides 332 of the tape guide 330.

[0040] 14 shows the state after the tape is released, and after the compression unit 410 compresses the banknote block 2, each inner guide 331 moves outward in the width direction of the tape 6, releasing the tape 6. Releasing means that the tape 6 is not guided, and is left in a state in which it can move freely. The control unit 500 winds up (pulls) the tape 6, moving the tape 6 towards the banknote block 2 and wrapping it around the banknote block 2 in the short direction.

[0041] 15 is a perspective view showing the details of the bundling unit 400. The compression unit 410 includes a movable unit 411 and a fixed unit 412, and as described above, in order to prevent the tape 6 from loosening after wrapping the tape 6 around the banknote block 2, the control unit 500 moves the movable unit 411 toward the fixed unit 412 to sandwich the banknote block 2 from both sides in the thickness direction between the movable unit 411 and the fixed unit 412, compressing the banknote block 2, and maintains the compressed state until fusing of the tape 6 is completed.

[0042] Here, the movable part 411 has a recess 411A that is slightly recessed towards the left in the figure on the side that comes into contact with the banknote stack 2. The fixed part 412 has a protrusion 412A that corresponds to the recess 411A on the side that comes into contact with the banknote stack 2. Therefore, when the banknote stack 2 is pressed against the movable part 411 and the fixed part 412, as shown in Figure 16, the banknote stack 2 is pressed against the movable part 411 in a shape that is bent towards the movable part 411 because the approximate centre in the short side direction of the banknote stack 2 is sandwiched between the recess 411A and the protrusion 412A.

[0043] As described above, by pulling the leading end 61 and the opposite end 62 of the tape 6 in the direction of the arrow, the tape 6 can be wound in the short direction of the banknote block 2. At this time, since the tape 6 is located on the opposite side of the fixed part 412 from the banknote block 2, the banknote block 2 and the fixed part 412 are wound together by the tape 6. The tension of the tape 6 is made constant by providing a torque limiter (neither shown) between the roller that pulls the tape 6 and the drive motor.

[0044] Fig. 17 is a perspective view seen from diagonally above and to the left of Fig. 16. Fig. 17 shows a state in which each of the inner guides 331 of the tape guide 330 is displaced outward in the width direction of the banknote bundle 2 and opened, and the tape 6 is wound around the banknote bundle 2.

[0045] As shown in the perspective view of Fig. 18, the control unit 500 cuts off the excess portion of the tape 6 wound around the banknote bundle 2 using the cutter 430. As shown in Fig. 18, the cutter 430 separates the loop-shaped tape portion wound around the banknote bundle 2 from the succeeding portion, thereby forming a loop (band) that wraps around the outer periphery in the short direction of the banknote bundle 2. Fig. 19 is an enlarged perspective view of the cutter 430 in Fig. 18.

[0046] 20 and 21, the control unit 500 moves the pre-heated fusion heater 440 in the direction of arrow F1 to bring it into contact with the overlapped portion of the tape 6. Since the tape 6 is coated in advance with an adhesive that fuses when heated, when the heater 440 comes into contact with the overlapped portion of the tape, the overlapped portion is fused with the adhesive. As a result, the bent banknote block 2 is wound around the tape 6 together with the fixed portion 412 of the pressing member.

[0047] The banknote block 2 wrapped with the tape 6 together with the fixed part 412 is pushed in the longitudinal direction of the banknotes (the direction of the arrow F2 in FIG. 20) by the pushing member of the discharging part 700, and is released from the fixed part 412 and discharged as a banknote bundle to the outlet 11A or 11B in a bundled and wound state. FIG. 21 is an oblique view showing an enlarged portion of FIG. 20.

[0048] Fig. 22 is a schematic diagram showing a state in which bundled and wound bills are dispensed by the dispenser 700. Fig. 22 corresponds to a top view of Fig. 20.

[0049] As shown in FIG. 22(1), the bill block 2 wrapped with the tape 6 together with the fixed part 412 is pushed in the direction of the arrow F2 by the pushing member of the discharge part 700.

[0050] As shown in FIG. 22(2), the pushing member of the discharging unit 700 moves in the direction of the arrow F2 along the surface of the fixed unit 412 on the side of the banknote stack 2. As shown in FIG. 22(3), when the pushing member of the discharging unit 700 reaches the end of the fixed unit 412 (the left end in FIG. 22), the banknote stack 2 and the tape 6 are released from the fixed unit 412. As a result, the banknote stack 2 that was in a bent state while being sandwiched between the recessed portion 411A of the movable unit 411 and the protruding portion 412A of the fixed unit 412 returns to a flat state, and the bent tape 6 is tightened in the direction of the arrow F1. As a result, a bundle of banknotes tightly wound around the tape 6 without slack is generated and discharged to either of the outlets 11A or 11B.

[0051] In the above operations, the banknote stacking operation in the stacking unit 100 and the bundling operation in the bundling unit 400 can be performed independently, so that the banknote block stacked in the stacking unit 100 can be transferred to the bundling unit 400 and bundling processing can be performed in the bundling unit 400 while the stacking processing of the next banknote to be bundled is performed in parallel in the stacking unit 100, thereby shortening the processing time.

[0052] According to this embodiment configured as described above, the tape guide unit 330 has a movable unit 333 located between the holding unit 401 and the carrier unit 200 and opens and closes, and when the carrier unit 200 transfers the banknote block 2 to the holding unit 401, the movable unit 333 is in an open state, and when the banknote block 2 in the holding unit 401 is wrapped with the tape 6 to be bundled, the movable unit 333 is in a closed state. Therefore, in this embodiment, the banknote block 2 is carried from the stacking unit 100 into the holding unit 401 of the bundling unit 400 from the short-edge direction, and the movable unit 333 of the tape guide unit 330 is closed to guide the tape 6, so that the banknote block 2 can be surrounded by the tape 6. In this embodiment, when the banknote block 2 is wrapped with the tape 6, it is only necessary to move the banknote block 2 in the short-edge direction, and therefore the entire device can be made smaller than the conventional technology.

[0053] In this embodiment, the banknote block 2 including the fixed part 412 is wound with the tape 6 and pushed out by the pushing member of the discharge part 700, thereby returning the warped banknote block 2 to its original flat plate shape and eliminating the slack in the tape 6. This makes it possible to produce a tightly wound bundle of banknotes.

[0054] The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. A person skilled in the art can make various additions and modifications within the scope of the present invention. The features described in the embodiment can be appropriately combined. [Explanation of symbols]

[0055] 2: banknote block, 10: bundle winding device, 10A, 10B: bundle winding processing unit, 11A, 11B: take-out port, 21: banknote, 50: banknote processing device, 100: stacking section, 200: carrier section, 300: tape processing section, 400: bundling section

Claims

1. A banknote bundling device that bundles a predetermined number of banknotes with tape, a stacking unit for stacking a predetermined number of banknotes to form a banknote stack; a bundling section located below the stacking section and bundling the stack of banknotes with a tape; a transport unit that transports the banknote block stacked by the stacking unit to the bundling unit by moving the banknote block in a short edge direction of the banknote block, The binding portion is a holding section for holding the banknote block transferred from above in a short-edge direction of the banknote block by the transfer section; a tape guide unit that is provided to surround the holding unit and guides the tape fed from the tape transport unit so that the tape is wound in the short-edge direction of the banknote block, the tape guide unit has a movable unit at an upper portion, the movable unit being located between the holding unit and the transport unit and adapted to open and close, the movable unit being in an open state when the transport unit transports the banknote block to the holding unit, and the movable unit being in a closed state when the tape is wrapped around the banknote block in the holding unit to bind it, When the movable portion rotates from the open state to the closed state, the holding portion side of the tape guide portion becomes ring-shaped. Banknote binding device.

2. The binding portion further includes: a compression unit that compresses the banknote block transferred from the transfer unit to the holding unit by pressing the banknote block in a thickness direction; a fusion unit that heat-fuses and fixes a tip of the tape wound in the short-side direction of the banknote stack to another portion of the tape overlapping the tip of the tape; a cutting section for cutting off the fused portion of the tape from the tape transport section; The banknote bundling device of claim 1 .

3. The banknote bundling device according to claim 2 , wherein the bundling unit further comprises a push-out unit that pushes out the banknote block to which the tape is fused, to a bundled banknote outlet.

4. The compression unit includes a fixed portion that is fixed to one side of the banknote block, and a movable portion that is located on the other side of the banknote block and is movable in a thickness direction of the banknote block, the fixed portion having a convex portion on a side that contacts the one side of the banknote block, and the movable portion having a concave portion corresponding to the convex portion on a side that contacts the other banknote of the banknote block.

4. The banknote bundling device according to claim 3.

5. The binding portion is The fixed portion and the movable portion sandwich the banknote block from both sides in a thickness direction, the banknote block is deformed in a thickness direction, and the banknote block and the fixed portion are wrapped around the tape; The pushing unit pushes out only the banknote block to the bundled banknote outlet.

5. The banknote bundling device according to claim 4.

6. the tape guide unit includes a first guide that contacts and supports a surface of the tape opposite the banknote stack, and a second guide that is located on the surface of the tape facing the banknote stack, and is provided so as to be movable in a width direction of the tape; When the tape fed from the tape transport unit surrounds the outside of the banknote stack, each of the second guides supports the tape from the surface of the banknote stack side, and when the tape is wound in close contact with the banknote stack, each of the second guides moves to the outside in the width direction of the tape to release support of the tape.

6. The banknote bundling device according to claim 5.

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