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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2015
Glory Ltd., Himeji-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Kiyoaki Kobayashi, Hyogo, JP;
Toshihiko Kobayashi, Hyogo, JP;
Yoshikatsu Mizushima, Hyogo, JP;
Hitoshi Kobayashi, Hyogo, JP;
Takahiko Taguchi, Hyogo, JP;
Masao Okamura, Hyogo, JP;
Atsushi Nagase, Hyogo, JP;
GLORY LTD., Himeji-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A paper sheet bundling apparatus includes: a reel unit, in which a tape roll is set, configured to rotate the tape roll in a direction in which the tape is fed, and a direction in which the tape is wound; a tape transport unit, having a transport path provided between the reel unit and a tape bundling unit, configured to transport the tape, along the transport path, to supply the tape to the tape bundling unit when the tape bundling unit performs bundling, and to cause, when the tape bundling unit does not perform bundling, the tape to be in a stand-by state in which the tape is arranged continuously along the transport path; and specific operation execution means for executing, at a predetermined time, a specific operation of reducing tensile force in the tape arranged continuously along the transport path, when the tape bundling unit does not perform bundling.