EP0023477A1 - Apparatus for dispensing documents from a plurality of magazines of documents - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H7/00—Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles
- B65H7/02—Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors
- B65H7/06—Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors responsive to presence of faulty articles or incorrect separation or feed
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- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
- G07D11/00—Devices accepting coins; Devices accepting, dispensing, sorting or counting valuable papers
- G07D11/20—Controlling or monitoring the operation of devices; Data handling
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- G07D11/237—Means for sensing or detection for monitoring or indicating operating conditions; for detecting malfunctions for detecting transport malfunctions, e.g. jams or misfeeds
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Description
- The present invention relates to an apparatus for dispensing documents from a plurality of stores of documents of differing value, e.g. banknotes from stores of banknotes of different denominations.
- Apparatus are known which in addition to accommodating different kinds of documents also comprise data processing means for controlling the dispensment of documents from said stores, a conveyor path controlled by said processor for conveying documents from said stores to an outfeed compartment, checking means for checking documents at a given location on the conveyor path, and switching means arranged in said conveyor path for switching said path to a selected one of two transport part paths, of which one leads to the outfeed compartment and the other leads to a return compartment. An apparatus of the aforedescribed kind is described and illustrated in the US Patent specification 4 066 253.
- In apparatus of the aforementioned kind it is , of course, important that the documents are dispensed in the manner intended. When the apparatus is intended to dispense banknotes, it is important, for example, that not more than one banknote is dispensed at a time. Further, it is desirable that one and the same apparatus is able to dispense, for example, banknotes of different denomination and therewith, perhaps, of different thickness, and that a given apparatus is capable of dispensing a mixture of foreign banknotes without it being necessary to modify said apparatus to any great extent. An object of the present invention is to simplify the necessary control of the dispensment of documents from an apparatus containing a store of documents of mutually different kind.
- The characteristic features of an apparatus according to the invention are disclosed in the accompanying claims.
- By means of the invention the dispensment of documents, such as banknotes, is controlled in a rapid and positive manner. In addition there is provided an apparatus of simple construction and reliable operation.
- So that the invention will be more readily understood and further features thereof made apparent on exemplary embodiment of the invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying schematic drawing, in which
- Figure 1 illustrates a banknote dispensing apparatus in accordance with the invention, and
- Figures 2 and 3 illustrate mutually different control means for checking the dispensment of banknotes from the apparatus illustrated in Figure 1.
- The apparatus illustrated in the drawing comprises a plurality of
banknote stores feeder data processor 10 for controlling the dispensment of banknotes from said stores; detector means 19 for checking the possible double-feed of banknotes; a collecting )compartment 20 ; a switching means 201-202; anoutfeed compartment 21; and areturn compartment 22. - The
stores store 11, is inserted in the apparatus , information referring to a first signal is automatically transmitted to thedata processor 10, more specifically to amemory store 24 incorporated in the data processor , where the information of said signal is accessible provided that thestore 11 remains in the apparatus. This information may, for example, relate to the mean thickness of a banknote in said store. In a similar manner there is stored in thememory 24 information relating to the banknotes contained in thestore 12 ..... 14. It is assumed that the banknotes in respective stores are of the correct kind. Transmission of inforL mation to the individual addresses of respective stores in thememory 24 is effected, for example, in binary form. - The
individual feeders compartment 20 and the switching means 201-202 , form a conveyor path for banknotes from said stores to said outfeedcompartment 21 or , in the event of two banknotes being dispensed at the same time, to thereturn compartment 22. - The
detecting means 19 is arranged to deliver to acontrol circuit 25, via aline 35, a signal (which is hereinafter referred to as the second signal) whose amplitude is determined by the thickness of a single document, or in an exceptional case to the thickness of several documents, during passage of said document or documents through said means. As will be understood, the detecting or sensing means 19 may be so arranged that the passage of a banknote to the value of, e.g. 5 Swedish crowns may give rise to a signal with an amplitude of 7 volts, while two banknotes of the same denomination which overlap or which are dispensed together may give rise to a signal with an amplitude of 4 volts etc. - When a banknotes passes the detecting or sensing means 19, there is sent to the control circuit 25 a first signal originating from the information which has been supplied to the
memory 24 in respect of the store of banknotes in question, and a second signal originating from thesensing means 19 with information about the banknote which has just passed said means. The data process actuates thememory store 24 in conjunction with controlling the outfeed of a banknote from said store. If the banknote dispensed is of the correct denomination and has the correct thickness, thecontrol circuit 25 sends a signal to acomparison circuit 23 , via aline 39, which compares said signal with a given value incorporated in the circuit. When the comparison made agrees with the value of said signal and said given value , a control signal is transmitted to the switching means 201-202 . The switching means are then switched to a position in which the banknote (or optionally a bundle of banknotes collected in the collecting compartment 20) is fed to the outfeedcompartment 21. On the other hand, if the compared signals do not coincide with one another, as the result of two banknotes being dispensed simultaneously for example, the control signal transmitted by the comparison circuit will cause the switching means 201-202 to be moved to a position such that the banknote (or the bundle of banknotes) is passed to thereturn compartment 22. In Figure 1, the reject position of the switching means 201-202 is illustrated in dash lines As will be understood, however, the arrangement may be such that when the correct dispensing sequence takes place the amplitude of the control signal is equal to zero, and that the switching means 201-202xemain in the position shown by full lines. - The dispensment of banknotes, or documents, may be effected in a manner such that subsequent to ordering a given number of banknotes of a certain kind, e.g. by means of a keyboard not shown, the banknotes are dispensed sequentially to the outfeed
compartment 21; in this case thecollecting compartment 20 is thus omitted. One variation is that the ordered banknotes are first collected in the collectingcomportment 20 into a bundle, whereafter the whole bundle is fed to theoutfeed compartment 21. If, subsequent to collecting a bundle of banknotes in thecompartment 20 two banknotes are dispensed instead of one, it may be advantageous not only to reject the double-feed of said banknotes to the reject compartment , but also the bundle of banknotes already present in thecompartment 20. To this end, as illustrated in Figure 1, the circuit includes aline 36 connected to thedata processor 10 and aline 37 which is connected to saidline 36 and to thecollecting compartment 20 . The control signal is sent from theprocessor 10 to theline 36 and is conducted therefrom to thecompartment 20 via theline 37. - Conveniently the data processor may be arranged to control the
control circuit 25 not only in dependence on from which store a banknote arrives but also in dependence upon any small deviation between the given value in the comparison circuit and the value of the second signal, provided that said deviation is small in comparison with those deviations caused by the incorrect dispensment of a banknote. In this way there is obtained a self-regulating system which eliminates any deviations within a narrow predetermined range about the correct value. - The relationship between
data processor 10 and sensing means 19 can be established in different ways. - One way is , as before described, to permit the
data processor 10 to control the outfeed of a banknote fromstores line line 38, to activate the control means 25 in a manner such that said second signal online 38 is independent of the thickness of an individual, correct banknote (providing that said banknote arrives from the correct store ) but dependent upon the correct or incorrect outfeed of a banknote. This means that the control signal online 36 will cause the means 201-202 to switch when two banknotes are dispensed simultaneously from a correct store with respect to the denomination of the banknotes ordered, and also when a single banknote is dispensed from an incorrect store with respect to the denomination of the banknote ordered, namely when the difference in thickness between the two kinds of banknotes is sufficiently great. - With the detecting means 19 connected directly to the
comparison circuit 25 and thememory store 24 connected to the same circuit, while the dispensment of a banknote is controlled by the data processor, another method is to permit said value incorporated in the comparison circuit to be dependent on the value of the first signal, i.e. dependent on from which store a document or banknote shall be dispensed, whereat the control signal from the comparison circuit is thus dependent on the difference between two values which are not constant during the procedure of dispensing two different kinds of banknotes. - When no banknote passes the detecting means 19, said means should operate at a constant basic level so that the signal levels in the case of the dispensment of signle banknotes from different stores, and the signal levels in the possibility of two banknotes being dipensed simultaneously from the same store, have at least approximately the pre-determined values (the set values). Should the aforementioned signal levels be displaced considerably due to aging or other mechanical/electrical phenomena , the data processor is conveniently arranged to compensate for such displacements in levels by controlling the control circuit. If, when dispensing the banknote from a given store , the signal on the
line 35 differs substantially from the expected value, the data processor causes the banknote to be passed to thereturn compartment 22, and that thecontrol circuit 25 is switched to compensate the change occurring in the detecting means 19 (or perhaps the control circuit 25). Immediately thereon there is discharged from the same store a further banknote and if the expected signal level is now obtained this indicates that the first banknote or dispensing operation was in itself correct, and the change (step-up) in thecontrol circuit 25 caused by the data processor is maintained for the subsequent dispensing operations. This implies a considerable expansion in the ability of the system to be self-regulating , thereby avoiding in many cases the provision of a special service on the apparatus. - It has been mentioned previously in the description that the requisite information concerning banknotes contained in an individual store is fed to the data processor as the store is inserted into the apparatus. In connection with a mode in which the data processor compensates possible mechanical/electrical changes another method of obtaining this information will now be described.
- The apparatus is adapted to dispense banknotes from a particular country, e.g. , American dollars. The various banknote stores are inserted into the apparatus and a first banknote from one of said stores is fed to the conveyor path, e.g. by ordering said banknote through a keyboard or by dispensing said banknote manually. If the correct (expected) level is obtained on the
line 35 and in thecircuit 25, the adjustment made to the apparatus is correct , and a first banknote is then dispensed from one of the remaining stores . This process is then repeated. If, however, the signal level is not that which is expected , or deviates outside the limits of the aforementioned "small deviation" , the apparatus will return the banknote to thereturn compartment 22 and the obtained signal level is stored and a further banknote from the same store is dispensed. If the same signal level is again obtained, this means that the signal level is representative of banknotes from said store , and this reference value is retained in the data processor for future dispensing operations from that particular store. - The system can be made even more sophisticated by providing the detecting means/control circuit with a very wide working range, and by programming the data processor in a manner such that said processor itself establishes and stores the levels for correct dispensment of banknotes from the different stores and for the rejection of said banknotes in the case of two banknotes being dispensed simultaneously. In this way the apparatus is updated, suitably by means of special standard banknotes.
- Figure 2 illustrates the mutual co-operation between the
detector 19, thecontrol circuit 25, thecomparison circuit 23 and thememory 24 in a more detailed manner. When inserting , for example, acassette 11 into the apparatus a value (e.g. 8) representative of an address associated with said cassette is read into the memory. The address may be read in binary code. When ordering a banknote from thecassette 11 , via a keyboard for example, the aforementioned value 8 is fed to thecontrol circuit 25 , via theline 38, as "the first signal". When the banknote passes thedetector 19, said detector transmits a signal , via theline 35, to thecontrol circuit 25 , on whose output there is obtained a signal which, via theline 39, is applied to thecomparison circuit 23, and there compared with a pre-determined value. If said signal lies within a given range around the pre-determined value, said signal is read into thememory 24, via theline 40, and the value for thecassette 11 is adjusted on its address in the memory. The adjusted value (the value 8. has been adjusted to, for example, 7 or 9) is then the basis of "the first signal" on theline 38. If, on the other hand, the signal lies outside said interval, this is understood as a dispensing error and a signal passes on theline 36 to the switching means 201-202. In this case the value (8) is, of course, not changed. - Figure 3 illustrates in more detail the mutual corporation of the
detector 19, thecomparison circuit 23 and thememory 24 in a modified apparatus. A banknote is fed, optionally by hand, past thedetector 19 and a signal is sent to thecomparison circuit 23 and, via aclosed contact 45, to thememory 24 at an address similar to the cassette which contains the banknotes from which said banknote was dispensed. When the next banknote in line is dispensed, "the first" signal is fed , vialine 46, to thecomparison circuit 23, to which is also sent a signal from thedetector 19 vialine 47. A comparison is made , and normally the resultant signal lies within a pre-determined range about a pre-determined value. A certain percentage (e.g. 5 %) of any difference is re-fed to thememory 24 vialine 48 and is permitted to influence the infed value on the address in question in thememory 24. If the resultant signal, on the other hand, lies outside the pre-determined range, this is understood as an error in dispensment, i.e. some adjustment of the value in thememory 24 must be made.
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SE7906377A SE430547B (en) | 1979-07-26 | 1979-07-26 | DEFINITION OF DOCUMENT OUTPUT |
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US4462506A (en) * | 1981-08-18 | 1984-07-31 | Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha | Bill packet discharging apparatus |
EP0074374B1 (en) * | 1981-03-20 | 1987-08-26 | De La Rue Systems Limited | Cash dispensing apparatus |
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FR2089733A5 (en) * | 1970-04-06 | 1972-01-07 | Xerox Corp | |
DE2319349A1 (en) * | 1972-04-18 | 1973-11-08 | Data Recognition Ltd | CONTROL FOR THE SHEET FEEDER |
US3778051A (en) * | 1971-10-21 | 1973-12-11 | J Allen | Superposed sheet detector |
GB2001038A (en) * | 1977-07-15 | 1979-01-24 | Diebold Inc | Currency dispensers |
WO1979001055A1 (en) * | 1978-05-11 | 1979-12-13 | Ncr Co | Document dispensing system and method |
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AT355845B (en) * | 1976-02-10 | 1980-03-25 | Gao Ges Automation Org | DISPENSER FOR BANKNOTE PACKAGES |
DE2653777A1 (en) * | 1976-11-26 | 1978-06-01 | Licentia Gmbh | Refuse compactor with electric motor driven ram - has storage relay and microswitches for reversing polarity of motor when press ram is fully raised |
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FR2089733A5 (en) * | 1970-04-06 | 1972-01-07 | Xerox Corp | |
US3778051A (en) * | 1971-10-21 | 1973-12-11 | J Allen | Superposed sheet detector |
DE2319349A1 (en) * | 1972-04-18 | 1973-11-08 | Data Recognition Ltd | CONTROL FOR THE SHEET FEEDER |
GB2001038A (en) * | 1977-07-15 | 1979-01-24 | Diebold Inc | Currency dispensers |
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EP0074374B1 (en) * | 1981-03-20 | 1987-08-26 | De La Rue Systems Limited | Cash dispensing apparatus |
US4462506A (en) * | 1981-08-18 | 1984-07-31 | Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha | Bill packet discharging apparatus |
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