Storage Bag Holder for Banknote Stacking Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional banknote handling apparatuses face issues with unstable stacking of banknotes in storage bags, leading to reduced storage capacity and potential seal failures when heating is used to seal the bag.
Innovation Solution
A sheet handling apparatus with a mounting unit, holder, and driving unit that stabilizes the bottom of the storage bag by moving the holder to sandwich and flatten the bag before storing sheets, ensuring a flat base for stable stacking and preventing banknotes from being sandwiched during sealing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the storage bag is mounted without a holder to simplify the structure, then the device complexity is reduced, but the stacked state of banknotes becomes unstable and storage capacity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The holder is positioned in advance to support the storage bag before banknotes are inserted. This preliminary positioning action ensures that the bottom of the storage bag is held at the correct height and angle, creating a stable base for stacking banknotes before they are placed inside.
Solution Approach 2:
The holder acts as an intermediary component between the mounting unit and the storage bag. It provides a stable support structure that maintains the storage bag in the correct position, thereby stabilizing the stacked state of banknotes without requiring complex mechanisms.
2Reliability
If heating members are used to seal the storage bag opening, then the sealing function is achieved, but banknotes may be sandwiched between heating members causing seal failure
Solution Approach 1:
The holder is positioned in advance to support the storage bag before the sealing operation. This ensures that the storage bag is held at the correct position and angle, preventing banknotes from being sandwiched between the heating members during the sealing process while still allowing effective sealing.
3Ease of operation
If the storage bag bottom is allowed to be oblique to simplify the mounting process, then the ease of operation is improved, but the stacked state of banknotes becomes unstable
Solution Approach 1:
The holder serves as an intermediary that maintains the storage bag at the correct angle and position. It simplifies the mounting process by providing a stable support structure, while simultaneously ensuring that the bottom of the storage bag remains horizontal to stabilize the stacked state of banknotes.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The apparatus stabilizes the stacked state of banknotes within the storage bag, enhancing storage capacity and ensuring a successful seal by maintaining a flat bottom and preventing banknotes from being pinched during the sealing process.
Implementation Method 1
a portion of the storage bag near the opening thereof is heated by the heating member, and the opening of the storage bag is sealed by heat
Data Source
AI summary
A sheet handling apparatus includes a mounting unit configured to mount a storage bag, a holder configured to support a first part of the storage bag mounted to the mounting unit on the holder and hold a second part being lower than the first part of the storage bag, the holder being capable of moving along an first direction in which the sheets are sent from the opening into inside storage bag and a second direction opposite to the first direction. The holder approaches the mounting unit in the second direction opposite to the first direction in a state where the second part of the storage bag is held by the holder before the sheet is stored in the storage bag mounted to the mounting unit.