Paper processing apparatus and header card used therefor
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1. A paper processing apparatus comprising:
- a loading unit loading one or a plurality of batches of medium in a stacked state, each batch including papers stacked for each operation unit and a partition card which is stacked on the papers and includes a card-like base material having two major surfaces and a colored area for card identification provided on at least one major surface of the card-like base material to identify the card;
a pickup mechanism picking up the medium one by one from the loading unit;
a color detection unit detecting a color of the target medium placed at a front end of the loading unit in a pickup direction;
a pickup control unit which controls pickup operation on the basis of detection information from the color detection unit;
a discrimination unit detecting and discriminate a characteristic of the target medium;
a collecting unit collecting the papers on the basis of a discrimination result obtained by the discrimination unit; and
a rejecting unit collecting the paper and the partition card, which are not collected by the collecting unit, on the basis of a discrimination result obtained by the discrimination unit.
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In a paper processing apparatus including a loading unit, pickup mechanism, color detection unit, pickup control unit, discrimination unit, collecting unit, and rejecting unit, partition cards having colored areas and medium are loaded into the loading unit.
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1. A paper processing apparatus comprising:
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a loading unit loading one or a plurality of batches of medium in a stacked state, each batch including papers stacked for each operation unit and a partition card which is stacked on the papers and includes a card-like base material having two major surfaces and a colored area for card identification provided on at least one major surface of the card-like base material to identify the card;
a pickup mechanism picking up the medium one by one from the loading unit;
a color detection unit detecting a color of the target medium placed at a front end of the loading unit in a pickup direction;
a pickup control unit which controls pickup operation on the basis of detection information from the color detection unit;
a discrimination unit detecting and discriminate a characteristic of the target medium;
a collecting unit collecting the papers on the basis of a discrimination result obtained by the discrimination unit; and
a rejecting unit collecting the paper and the partition card, which are not collected by the collecting unit, on the basis of a discrimination result obtained by the discrimination unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A header card placed as a partition card at a front end of an operation unit of stacked papers when papers are loaded into a paper processing apparatus for detecting, discriminating, and stacking the papers, comprising
a card-like base material having two major surfaces, a barcode area provided in a central portion of one major surface and having recorded identification information of a paper, and a colored area provided around the barcode area to identify a type of card.
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