Orientation Changing Section for Banknote Transfer Efficiency
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Solution Overview
Problem
Convenience stores and other facilities face inefficiencies in transferring banknotes between sheet processing apparatuses that handle banknotes in short-edge leading orientation and those that handle banknotes in long-edge leading orientation.
Innovation Solution
A sheet processing system that includes a sheet processing apparatus for transporting and storing banknotes in either short-edge or long-edge leading orientation, a sheet housing section for storing in the alternate orientation, and an orientation changing section to facilitate efficient transfer between the two orientations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If banknotes are transferred between sheet processing apparatuses handling different orientations (short-edge leading and long-edge leading), then transfer efficiency deteriorates due to manual intervention requirements
Solution Approach 1:
An orientation changing section is introduced as an intermediary component between the short-edge leading sheet processing apparatus and the long-edge leading sheet processing apparatus. This intermediary automatically changes the transport orientation of banknotes from short-edge leading to long-edge leading (or vice versa), enabling direct automated transfer between apparatuses that would otherwise require manual intervention to reorient the banknotes.
2Adaptability or versatility
If facilities install both short-edge leading and long-edge leading sheet processing apparatuses, then processing versatility improves, but transfer efficiency between them deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The orientation changing section serves as a mediator that enables efficient transfer between apparatuses of different orientations, allowing facilities to install both short-edge leading and long-edge leading apparatuses for processing versatility while maintaining high transfer efficiency through automated orientation conversion.
Solution Approach 2:
The orientation changing section is designed to handle both orientation conversions (short-edge to long-edge and long-edge to short-edge), making it a universal component that can facilitate transfer between any combination of short-edge and long-edge leading apparatuses, thereby supporting processing versatility across different apparatus types.
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AI summary
A sheet processing system A includes a sheet processing apparatus 1 that transports and stores a sheet in one of short-edge leading orientation and long-edge leading orientation; a sheet housing section 3 that stores the sheet in the other of the short-edge leading orientation and the long-edge leading orientation; and an orientation changing section 4 that transports the sheet between the sheet processing apparatus 1 and the sheet housing section 3, changes transport orientation of the sheets which is being transported between the short-edge leading orientation and the long-edge leading orientation.