EP0182137B1 - Safe for a till - Google Patents

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EP0182137B1
EP0182137B1 EP85113436A EP85113436A EP0182137B1 EP 0182137 B1 EP0182137 B1 EP 0182137B1 EP 85113436 A EP85113436 A EP 85113436A EP 85113436 A EP85113436 A EP 85113436A EP 0182137 B1 EP0182137 B1 EP 0182137B1
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Werner Wüthrich
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/62—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles in which the articles are stored in compartments in fixed receptacles
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05G—SAFES OR STRONG-ROOMS FOR VALUABLES; BANK PROTECTION DEVICES; SAFETY TRANSACTION PARTITIONS
    • E05G5/00—Bank protection devices
    • E05G5/006—Cashier's counters or receptables for holding valuables readily accessible for handling, with safeguard mechanisms for the valuables in case of hold-up
    • G—PHYSICS
    • 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
    • G07D11/009—Depositing devices
    • G07D11/0096—Accepting paper currency or other valuables in containers, e.g. in code-marked envelopes
    • G—PHYSICS
    • 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
    • G07D11/40—Device architecture, e.g. modular construction
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/46—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from movable storage containers or supports
    • G07F11/50—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from movable storage containers or supports the storage containers or supports being rotatably mounted
    • G07F11/52—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from movable storage containers or supports the storage containers or supports being rotatably mounted about horizontal axes

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  • the invention relates to a cash vault, in particular for use at cash desks of financial institutions, for. B. banks.
  • Such cash vaults (with mechanized receipt and dispensing of banknotes) not only automate the activity of the cashier, they also make it possible to monitor and register the transactions.
  • the likelihood and amount of damage of robberies are reduced because the individually entered banknotes can only be issued individually, so that the amount that the perpetrator can get during the time in which he can still count on the possibility of escape is limited , the perpetrator knows that this is due to technical reasons, and neither he nor the cashier he threatens can change anything, so that he will consider whether a robbery is worthwhile under these circumstances.
  • such a cash vault should hold an amount of money that is subdivided into numerous monetary values and currencies and is so large that it is sufficient even with larger withdrawals of cash, and the capacity should not be exceeded with larger withdrawals of money.
  • a "refilling" or partial “emptying" of the cash safe is undesirable during the cash hours, because of the inevitable waiting time of the customer and not least because then a larger amount of money is temporarily available as a whole, with a risk of robbery.
  • the cash register safe should not take up much space and should be structurally simple.
  • the object is achieved to provide a cash vault, in which the likelihood and risk of robberies is reduced, which can hold a larger amount of money divided into banknotes of numerous values and currencies, one in Relative to its capacity has a small footprint and is structurally simple.
  • Particular embodiments of this invention are specified in the dependent claims.
  • the advantages achieved by the invention are essentially to be seen in the fact that the space required by the banknote storage according to the invention is not much, namely only by the space occupied by the shroud conveyor, greater than the total volume of the storage units. This ensures the greatest possible ratio of storage capacity to space requirements.
  • the storage units can be arranged on both sides of the shroud conveyor, which leads to a compact arrangement.
  • the shroud conveyor can also run vertically, with the banknote storage z. B. expediently can be carried out as a body with two rows of storage units each arranged on one side of the shroud conveyor.
  • the banknote conveyor is structurally simple, the swiveling guide members of the banknote switches have a low mass inertia and can therefore be moved quickly enough without complex design means so that banknotes can be quickly distributed to different storage units and banknotes stored in different storage units can be quickly dispensed.
  • a vending machine with banknote storage units in which two storage tapes between which the banknotes are received, each of a supply roll, are guided individually around one of the rolls of a pair of rolls, placed one on top of the other in the roll gap, guided one above the other to a storage drum and wound thereon (FR-A-1 359 115).
  • a reversible belt conveyor runs at right angles to a sliding path on which the storage units which are firmly connected to one another can be moved into positions in which a storage unit can take banknotes to be stored from the belt conveyor or stored banknotes can be transferred to it.
  • the bank conveyor has two conveyor belts running one above the other, each of which runs at the end of the bank conveyor facing the sliding path around a roller of a pair of rollers which is directly adjacent to the pair of rollers of the relevant storage unit when the banknotes are transferred or received.
  • the lower conveyor belt runs horizontally.
  • the upper conveyor belt is pivotable about the axis of the upper roller of the pair of rollers of the belt conveyor for transferring banknotes to be stored to the relevant storage unit in an inclined position and for transferring stored banknotes from the relevant storage unit into a horizontal position in which the conveying strands of both belts run against one another .
  • a banknote to be stored is pushed onto a plate and together with the plate between the two conveyor belts above the conveyor belt of the lower belt, at its end facing the sliding track is stripped from the plate of the conveyor belt of the upper belt approaching the conveyor belt of the lower belt, taken between the two conveyor strands to the pair of rollers of the conveyor belts and taken over by the adjacent pair of rollers of the storage unit concerned.
  • a banknote to be issued is transferred from the pair of rollers of the relevant storage unit to the pair of rollers of the conveyor belts, taken along between their conveying strands and then falls into a banknote return container.
  • This known arrangement of the storage units and the conveyor belts is structurally complex, it takes up a comparatively very large space because the belt conveyor runs transversely to the transfer path, and this takes up a space which corresponds to almost twice the total volume of the storage units.
  • the shifting drive must be precise in order to ensure reliable banknote transfer and acceptance from the relevant storage unit, and it should work quickly so that as little time as possible is lost by moving the storage units when distributing banknotes of different values to the storage units assigned to them or be removed from them. Given the comparatively large inertia of the storage units which are firmly connected to one another, these requirements can be met less, the greater the number thereof.
  • the cash vault according to the invention is, as mentioned, expediently designed in the form of a body, the shroud conveyor running vertically and the banknote entry and withdrawal point being at the top.
  • the body has a relatively small footprint and corresponding table surface, which occupies only part of the work area available to the cashier to the side of the cash desk.
  • a cassette store in the cash box safe next to the banknote store in which storage spaces for coins, documents that cannot be wound up in the banknote store and also banknotes are arranged on one or both sides of a vertical movement path for a cassette holder, which is attached to a top by means of a drive device the banknote entry and exit point arranged money entry and exit point and is displaceable in positions in which it is next to one of the storage spaces, so that a cassette carried by it is pushed onto the storage space or vice versa from the storage space onto the cassette holder by means of a displacement device can.
  • the cassette storage has a larger storage capacity than the banknote storage for a given volume. It is therefore, apart from the possibility of storing coins and other documents that cannot be rolled up in the banknote store, as a practically very useful addition to the banknote store in order to take banknotes from the banknote store if it becomes overfilled and to deliver it to the banknote store if its banknote stock becomes too small . It is crucial for the risk of robbery that with this type of (partial) emptying and refilling of the banknote store, a larger amount of money than a whole is never available, but only smaller amounts could be obtained one after the other through violence or threat.
  • the speed of the shroud conveyor and / or the drive device for the cassette holder for entering banknotes or money can be greater and smaller for withdrawing and, especially if the cash safe is controlled by a microprocessor, can be slower for taking larger values than for taking smaller values. to reduce the likelihood and harm of robberies. Since the number of cassettes will generally be greater than that of the storage units, currencies which are less common and for which the use of a storage unit is not worthwhile will also be stored in the cassette memory.
  • a storage location 9 is provided in the cassette memory 2 (FIGS. 1, 2 and 3) for each cassette 1.
  • the storage locations 9 are formed in two frames 10.
  • the storage spaces 9 are arranged one above the other in two rows 11 and 12 arranged next to one another, each of which is accessible on one of two opposing rack sides 13 and 14 for pushing the cassettes 1 into and out of the rack 10.
  • the racks 10 are arranged on both sides of the vertical movement path 16 of a cassette carrier 17 (FIG. 3) such that one of the accessible sides 13 and 14 of a rack 10 is opposite one of the accessible sides of the other rack 10.
  • Each frame 10 can be rotated through 180 ° about a central, vertical axis 19, so that each of the accessible sides 13 and 14 of each frame 10 can be rotated on the movement path 16 of the cassette carrier 17.
  • the cassette holder 17 is connected to two vertical guides 21 (FIGS. 2 and 3) by means of a drive device (not shown) in the upper position shown in FIG. 3, in which a cassette 1a carried by it on the money input and - is removal point 6, and displaceable (not shown) in which it is next to one of the storage locations 9 accessible next to its path of movement 16.
  • a cassette shifting device (not shown) provided on the cassette carrier 17, a cassette 1 can be pulled onto it from its storage location 9, next to which the cassette carrier 17 is pushed, or a cassette 1 carried by it can be pushed onto its storage location 9.
  • the cassette displacement device can be equipped with an electromagnet which, in the excited state, acts on a magnetic armature attached to the cassette or directly on the cassette 1 made of sheet iron in order to put it on the To pull cassette holder 17.
  • the cassettes 1 have different capacities due to different heights with the same base area.
  • the speed of the cassette carrier 17 can be controlled in such a way that cassettes 1 with a higher value content are conveyed more slowly.
  • the cash entry and withdrawal point 6 arranged on top of the cash vault is separated from the space (movement path 16) in which the cassette carrier 17 can be displaced by a wall 23 which is provided with an opening 24. In its position shown in FIG. 3, the cassette carrier 17 closes the opening 24. In order to keep the opening 24 closed and to prevent access to the uppermost cassettes, if the cassette carrier 17 is further below the wall 23, a (not shown) Slider can be provided which closes the opening 24 as long as the cassette carrier 17 is below the wall 23. At the cash entry and withdrawal point 6, a device (not shown) can be provided which automatically opens the respectively arrived cassette and closes again automatically before the downward movement of the cassette carrier 17.
  • each of the frames 10 is arranged close to the front or rear wall 26 of the cash vault adjacent to it (FIG. 2).
  • the circumference 27 of the frame floor plan projects beyond the wall 26.
  • the rotatability of the frames 10 about their axis 19 is ensured in that each of these axes 19 can be moved away from the wall 26 into a position in which the circumference (27 a) of the frame floor plan is tight runs on the inside of the wall 26.
  • the upper and lower ends of each axis 19 can be mounted on one of two crank arms (not shown) which can be rotated about a common axis.
  • the cassette carrier 17 is not in the way of a rotation of the frames 10, it is raised higher than the frames 10 (FIG. 3) or lowered lower than the frames 10.
  • the frames 10 could be provided with a recess into which the cassette carrier 17 projects in this position during the rack rotation.
  • banknote store 5 In the banknote store 5 (FIGS. 1, 2 and 4) three of the six storage units 4 are arranged one above the other on each of the two sides of the vertical conveyor path of a banknote conveyor (30, 31) (FIG. 4).
  • the banknote conveyor is a shroud conveyor, between the conveyor belts 30 and 31 which run together, the banknotes are held non-positively and are thereby taken along.
  • Each of these conveyor belts 30 and 31 is divided into two belts running side by side (FIG. 1), which run around correspondingly divided deflection rollers 33 and 34, respectively.
  • Each storage unit 4 works with two storage belts 36 and 37 (FIG. 4), each of which, like the conveyor belts 30 and 31, is divided into two belts running side by side.
  • Each storage tape 36 or 37 divided in this way is fastened at one end to a flanged supply roll 38 or 39 and, depending on the operating state, is wound more or less onto it.
  • the storage belt 37 is guided over a deflection roller 41 and around a roller 44 of a pair of rollers 43, 44 in its roller gap.
  • the other storage belt 36 is also guided around the other roller 43 into the nip.
  • the two storage belts 36 and 37 run against one another, and then, like the two belts 30 and 31 of the shroud conveyor, they run together to a storage drum 46, to which they are jointly fastened and to which they jointly, depending on the operating state of the storage unit 4, are more or less wound up.
  • the storage drum 46 is driven in the winding direction.
  • banknotes introduced into the nip are held in a force-fitting manner between the mutually running storage belts 36 and 37 which leave the nip, are taken along and are wound together with them onto the winding drum 46 (banknotes 3 in FIGS. 1 and 2).
  • the supply rolls 38 and 39 are driven in the winding direction, the storage tapes 36 and 37 being unwound together with the banknotes from the storage drum 46, running to the nip of the pair of rollers 43, 44, and the banknotes being conveyed out of the nip .
  • the storage drum 46 is braked. Both can be achieved simply by providing an electric motor for driving each supply roll 38, 39 and a further electric motor to drive the storage drum 46, and these motors are each weakly excited to produce the braking effect.
  • the motors (not shown) are expediently external rotor motors.
  • Each of the conveyor belts 30, 31 of the deck belt conveyor has consecutive in the conveying direction, each deflected by two deflecting belt sections, z. B. 30a, 31 and 31 b.
  • a switch is assigned to each storage unit 4, cf. Fig. 6.
  • banknotes conveyed between the belt sections 30a and 31 are routed to the immediately adjoining conveyor section formed by the belt sections 30a and 31b or vice versa.
  • banknotes held and conveyed between the belt sections 30a and 31 are guided into the nip of the pair of rollers 43, 44 or vice versa from the nip between the belt sections 30a and 31a.
  • the switch has jointly pivotable guide members, which are designed in triplicate and arranged such that two ends of the banknotes projecting laterally at the ends of the band sections 30a, 31a and 31b, and the third the banknotes in the middle by dividing these bands lead formed band gap.
  • the guide surface of a first guide member 51 leads in the first switch position in the plane of the (conveyor dreams of) the belt sections 31a and 31b, in the second switch position it cuts this plane at a distance from the deflection roller 34a, part of the triple guide member 51 in one
  • the circumferential groove of the deflecting roller 34b engages the subdivision corresponding to the subdivision of the conveyor belts 30, 31 or 31 a, 31 b into belts running side by side.
  • a second part of the third guide member 53 which is curved with a radius slightly exceeding the radius of the deflection roller 34a, in this position extends coaxially to the deflection roller 34a and guides the banknotes around this deflection roller 34a.
  • the first guide member 51 connects to the free end of the second part of the third guide member 53, it is expediently formed in one piece with the latter.
  • the second and third guide members 52 and 53 are pivotally mounted near the nip of the pair of rollers 43, 44 and, in the first switch position, partially engage in a circumferential groove of the deflection roller 34a, which is formed by the division thereof, that of the division of the belts 30, 30a , 31, 31 a, 31b corresponds to bands running side by side.
  • the guide surfaces of the guide members 51, 52 and 53 are made as smooth as possible and the axial distance of the roller 43 from the deflecting roller 34a or 44 of 34b and also the mutual axial distance of the deflecting rollers 34a and 34b is so much smaller than the dimension of the bank notes in the conveying direction of the smallest format to be saved, so that its promotion in the area of the switch is ensured.
  • the bank notes in the guide area of the switch must always be held reliably either non-positively (with static friction) between the belt sections 30a and 34a or (in the first switch position) between the belt sections 30a and 34b or (in the second switch position) between the storage belts 36 and 37 be.
  • the storage units 4 of the same size can also be of different sizes for the purpose of different capacities.
  • the running speed of the tapes 30, 30a, 31, 31a, 31 is greater in the direction leading away from the banknote entry and withdrawal point 7 or leading to the storage drum 46 than in the opposite direction.
  • banknotes entered as a bundle 55 are pressed by a tappet 56 onto a conveyor roller 57, from which it is conveyed to a singling device 58, 59, which is followed by a thickness control device 60, 61 which the individual banknotes reach the shroud conveyor 30, 31.
  • the separating device consists of a fixed roller 58, for. B. from ceramic, and a driven transport wheel 59.
  • the roller 58 is rotated slightly from time to time so that a new lateral surface part comes in the place of a worn one.
  • the thickness control device has two driven metal rollers 60, 61 which touch one another outside of a roller gap.
  • the length of the nip is somewhat larger than the dimension of the banknotes transverse to their conveying direction, and the gap width is adapted to the banknote thickness.
  • the rollers 60 and 61 are lifted somewhat apart from one another by means of a banknote of greater thickness. This will break a control circuit.
  • a plurality of such roller pairs 60, 61 can be used.
  • light barriers (not shown) can be provided for counting and differentiating banknotes of different formats.
  • the banknote switches 51, 52, 53 can be controlled by a banknote entry and withdrawal point 7 equipped in such a way that input banknotes are automatically distributed to storage units 4 assigned to specific amounts and currencies.
  • the cash vault works expediently with a computer, in particular with a microprocessor assigned to it, which automatically saves and dispenses Controls banknotes and stores them together with the money entry and withdrawal processes to be entered at a terminal (each with a cassette name), so that the stock of each banknote storage unit 4 and each cassette 1 can be queried.
  • a signal device can be provided which indicates that a certain minimum stock is undershot and the "overflow" of a storage unit 4 is imminent.
  • the microprocessor can be set up in such a way that - when the currency, the amount to be input or output and the denomination are entered at the terminal - it itself searches for the suitable storage units 4 and controls their switches and, if necessary, controls the cassette carrier drive in order to actuate the suitable cassette to bring the money entry and withdrawal point 6.
  • the cash register can be set up between two cash desks and used by the two employees of these two cash desks.
  • a terminal is provided for each, with which only memory units and memory locations assigned to it can be controlled.
  • the storage units on one side of the shroud conveyor 30, 31 and the storage spaces 9 of one of the two frames 10 could be one and the storage units on the other side of the shroud conveyor 30, 31 and the storage spaces 9 of the other frame could be the other Cash registers can be assigned. Any other assignment can be made by the microprocessor program. Assignments can be selected or changed as required.

Abstract

A cashier's safe for banks is disclosed in which money cassettes in vertical columns are held in storage spaces on rotatable racks disposed on opposite sides of the vertical traveling path of a cassette carrier. Each cassette selectively can be brought up to a money receiving and withdrawal point at the top of the safe and returned to its proper storage space by the cassette carrier. Cassettes containing larger sums of money are moved more slowly to the withdrawal point than those containing lesser sums to reduce the probability of robbery. Storage units in the safe for bank notes include bank note storage belts wound on storage drums. The storage units are located on opposite sides of a vertical covered belt conveyor for bank notes which transfer them from the storage units to a bank note receiving and withdrawal point at the top of the safe. Bank note switches associated with the storage units are provided along the covered belt conveyor. The cashier's safe may be automated and a microprocessor may be employed to control the receiving or issuance of money in specified denominations and amounts.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf einen Kassentresor, insbesondere zur Verwendung an Kassenschaltern von Geldinstituten, z. B. Banken. Durch solche Kassentresore (mit mechanisierter Banknoteneinnahme und -ausgabe) wird die Tätigkeit des Kassierers nicht nur automatisiert, sondern die Vorgänge werden auch überwachbar und registrierbar. Darüberhinaus werden auch die Wahrscheinlichkeit und die Schadenhöhe von Raubüberfällen herabgesetzt, weil die einzeln eingegebenen Banknoten nur einzeln ausgegeben werden können, so dass der Betrag, den der Täter während der Zeit, in der er noch mit einer Fluchtmöglichkeit rechnen kann, erlangen kann, begrenzt ist, der Täter weiss, dass dies technisch bedingt ist, woran weder er noch der von ihm bedrohte Kassierer etwas ändern kann, so dass er sich überlegen wird, ob ein Überfall unter diesen Umständen lohnend ist.The invention relates to a cash vault, in particular for use at cash desks of financial institutions, for. B. banks. Such cash vaults (with mechanized receipt and dispensing of banknotes) not only automate the activity of the cashier, they also make it possible to monitor and register the transactions. In addition, the likelihood and amount of damage of robberies are reduced because the individually entered banknotes can only be issued individually, so that the amount that the perpetrator can get during the time in which he can still count on the possibility of escape is limited , the perpetrator knows that this is due to technical reasons, and neither he nor the cashier he threatens can change anything, so that he will consider whether a robbery is worthwhile under these circumstances.

Um den Anforderungen der Praxis zu genügen, soll ein solcher Kassentresor einen Geldbetrag aufnehmen, der nach zahlreichen Geldwerten und -währungen unterteilt und so gross ist, dass er auch bei grösseren Geldentnahmen ausreicht, auch soll das Fassungsvermögen bei grösseren Geldeinnahmen nicht überschritten werden. Ein "Nachfüllen" oder teilweises "Entleeren" des Kassentresors ist während der Kassenstunden unerwünscht, wegen der unvermeidlichen Wartezeit des Kunden und nicht zuletzt deshalb, weil dann ein grösserer Geldbetrag vorübergehend als Ganzes greifbar ist, wobei ein Überfallrisiko besteht. Dabei soll der Kassentresor trotz des grossen Fassungsvermögens nicht viel Raum beanspruchen und konstruktiv einfach sein.In order to meet the requirements of practice, such a cash vault should hold an amount of money that is subdivided into numerous monetary values and currencies and is so large that it is sufficient even with larger withdrawals of cash, and the capacity should not be exceeded with larger withdrawals of money. A "refilling" or partial "emptying" of the cash safe is undesirable during the cash hours, because of the inevitable waiting time of the customer and not least because then a larger amount of money is temporarily available as a whole, with a risk of robbery. Despite the large capacity, the cash register safe should not take up much space and should be structurally simple.

Durch die Erfindung, wie sie im Patentanspruch 1 gekennzeichnet ist, wird die Aufgabe gelöst, einen Kassentresor zu schaffen, bei dem die Wahrscheinlichkeit und das Risiko von Raubüberfällen herabgesetzt ist, der einen grösseren Geldbetrag in Banknoten zahlreicher Werte und Währungen unterteilt aufnehmen kann, einen im Verhältnis zu seinem Fassungsvermögen kleinen Raumbedarf hat und dabei konstruktiv einfach ist. In den abhängigen Patentansprüchen sind besondere Ausführungsarten dieser Erfindung angegeben.By the invention, as characterized in claim 1, the object is achieved to provide a cash vault, in which the likelihood and risk of robberies is reduced, which can hold a larger amount of money divided into banknotes of numerous values and currencies, one in Relative to its capacity has a small footprint and is structurally simple. Particular embodiments of this invention are specified in the dependent claims.

Die durch die Erfindung erreichten Vorteile sind im wesentlichen darin zu sehen, dass der vom erfindungsgemässen Banknotenspeicher beanspruchte Raum nicht viel, nämlich nur um den vom Deckbandförderer eingenommenen Raum grösser ist als das Gesamtvolumen der Speichereinheiten. Dadurch wird das grösstmögliche Verhältnis der Speicherkapazität zum Raumbedarf erreicht. Die Speichereinheiten können zu beiden Seiten des Deckbandförderers angeordnet werden, was zu einer kompakten Anordnung führt. Der Deckbandförderer kann auch vertikal verlaufen, wobei der Banknotenspeicher z. B. zweckmässig als Korpus mit zwei je an einer Seite des Deckbandförderers angeordneten Reihen Speichereinheiten ausgeführt werden kann. Der Banknotenförderer ist konstruktiv einfach, die schwenkbaren Führungsglieder der Banknotenweichen haben eine geringe Massenträgheit und können deshalb ohne aufwendige, konstruktive Mittel schnell genau genug bewegt werden, so dass Banknoten schnell auf verschiedene Speichereinheiten verteilt, und in verschiedenen Speichereinheiten gespeicherte Banknoten schnell ausgegeben werden können.The advantages achieved by the invention are essentially to be seen in the fact that the space required by the banknote storage according to the invention is not much, namely only by the space occupied by the shroud conveyor, greater than the total volume of the storage units. This ensures the greatest possible ratio of storage capacity to space requirements. The storage units can be arranged on both sides of the shroud conveyor, which leads to a compact arrangement. The shroud conveyor can also run vertically, with the banknote storage z. B. expediently can be carried out as a body with two rows of storage units each arranged on one side of the shroud conveyor. The banknote conveyor is structurally simple, the swiveling guide members of the banknote switches have a low mass inertia and can therefore be moved quickly enough without complex design means so that banknotes can be quickly distributed to different storage units and banknotes stored in different storage units can be quickly dispensed.

Es ist ein Verkaufautomat mit Banknoten-Speichereinheiten bekannt, in denen zwei Speicherbänder zwischen denen die Banknoten aufgenommen werden, von je einer Vorratsrolle einzeln je um eine der Walzen eines Walzenpaares geführt, in dessen Walzenspalt aufeinander gelegt, aufeinanderliegend zu einer Speichertrommel geführt und auf diese gewickelt sind (FR-A-1 359 115). Dabei verläuft ein reversierbarer Bandförderer rechtwinklig zu einer Verschiebebahn, an der die fest miteinander verbundenen Speichereinheiten in Stellungen verschiebbar sind, in denen jeweils eine Speichereinheit zu speichernde Banknoten vom Bandförderer übernehmen oder gespeicherte Banknoten ihm übergeben kann. Der Bankförderer hat zwei übereinander verlaufende Förderbänder, die am der Verschiebebahn zugewandten Ende des Bankförderers je um eine Walze eines Walzenpaares laufen, das bei der Banknotenübergabe oder -übernahme dem Walzenpaar der betreffenden Speichereinheit unmittelbar benachbart ist. Das untere Förderband verläuft horizontal. Das obere Förderband ist um die Achse der oberen Walze des Walzenpaares des Bandförderers zur Übergabe zu speichernder Banknoten an die betreffende Speichereinheit in eine Schräglage und zur Übernahme gespeicherter Banknoten von der betreffenden Speichereinheit in eine horizontale Lage, in der die Fördertrume beider Bänder aneinander laufen, schwenkbar. Eine zu speichernde Banknote wird auf eine Platte und zusammen mit der Platte zwischen die beiden Förderbänder über dem Fördertrum des unteren Bandes geschoben, an ihrem der Verschiebebahn zugewandten Ende von dem sich dort dem Fördertrum des unteren Bandes nähernden Fördertrum des oberen Bandes von der Platte abgestreift, zwischen den beiden Fördertrumen zum Walzenpaar der Förderbänder mitgenommen und vom benachbarten Walzenpaar der betreffenden Speichereinheit übernommen. Eine auszugebende Banknote wird vom Walzenpaar der betreffenden Speichereinheit an das Walzenpaar der Förderbänder übergeben, zwischen deren Fördertrumen mitgenommen und fällt dann in einen Banknotenrückgabebehälter.A vending machine with banknote storage units is known, in which two storage tapes between which the banknotes are received, each of a supply roll, are guided individually around one of the rolls of a pair of rolls, placed one on top of the other in the roll gap, guided one above the other to a storage drum and wound thereon (FR-A-1 359 115). In this case, a reversible belt conveyor runs at right angles to a sliding path on which the storage units which are firmly connected to one another can be moved into positions in which a storage unit can take banknotes to be stored from the belt conveyor or stored banknotes can be transferred to it. The bank conveyor has two conveyor belts running one above the other, each of which runs at the end of the bank conveyor facing the sliding path around a roller of a pair of rollers which is directly adjacent to the pair of rollers of the relevant storage unit when the banknotes are transferred or received. The lower conveyor belt runs horizontally. The upper conveyor belt is pivotable about the axis of the upper roller of the pair of rollers of the belt conveyor for transferring banknotes to be stored to the relevant storage unit in an inclined position and for transferring stored banknotes from the relevant storage unit into a horizontal position in which the conveying strands of both belts run against one another . A banknote to be stored is pushed onto a plate and together with the plate between the two conveyor belts above the conveyor belt of the lower belt, at its end facing the sliding track is stripped from the plate of the conveyor belt of the upper belt approaching the conveyor belt of the lower belt, taken between the two conveyor strands to the pair of rollers of the conveyor belts and taken over by the adjacent pair of rollers of the storage unit concerned. A banknote to be issued is transferred from the pair of rollers of the relevant storage unit to the pair of rollers of the conveyor belts, taken along between their conveying strands and then falls into a banknote return container.

Diese bekannte Anordnung der Speichereinheiten und der Förderbänder ist konstruktiv aufwendig, sie nimmt einen verhältnismässig sehr grossen Raum in Anspruch, weil der Bandförderer quer zur Verschiebebahn verläuft, und diese einen Raum beansprucht, der nahezu dem Doppelten des Gesamtvolumens der Speichereinheiten entspricht. Das ist besonders nachteilig, wenn die Banknoten auf mehrere, insbesondere zahlreiche, verschiedenen Werten und/oder Währungen zugeordnete Speicher verteilt werden sollen. Ausserdem muss der Verschiebeantrieb genau sein, um eine zuverlässige Banknotenübergabe an und -übernahme von der betreffenden Speichereinheit zu gewährleisten, und er soll schnell arbeiten, damit durch das Verschieben der Speichereinheiten möglichst wenig Zeit verloren geht, wenn Banknoten verschiedener Werte auf die ihnen zugeordneten Speichereinheiten verteilt bzw. diesen entnommen werden. Diese Forderungen sind bei der verhäl!nismässig grossen Massenträgheit der fest miteinander verbundene Speichereinheiten um so weniger zu erfüllen, je grösser deren Anzahl ist.This known arrangement of the storage units and the conveyor belts is structurally complex, it takes up a comparatively very large space because the belt conveyor runs transversely to the transfer path, and this takes up a space which corresponds to almost twice the total volume of the storage units. This is particularly disadvantageous if the banknotes have more than one, in particular a number rich memory associated with different values and / or currencies should be distributed. In addition, the shifting drive must be precise in order to ensure reliable banknote transfer and acceptance from the relevant storage unit, and it should work quickly so that as little time as possible is lost by moving the storage units when distributing banknotes of different values to the storage units assigned to them or be removed from them. Given the comparatively large inertia of the storage units which are firmly connected to one another, these requirements can be met less, the greater the number thereof.

Der erfindungsgemässe Kassentresor wird, wie erwähnt, zweckmässig in Form eines Korpus ausgeführt, wobei der Deckbandförderer vertikal verläuft und die Banknoteneingabe- und -entnahmestelle oben ist. Dabei hat der Korpus eine verhältnismässig kleine Grundfläche und entsprechende Tischfläche, die nur einen Teil des dem Kassierer seitlich vom Kassenschalter zur Verfügung stehenden Arbeitsbereiches einnimmt. Deshalb ist es zweckmässig, im Kassentresor neben dem Banknotenspeicher einen Kassettenspeicher anzuordnen, in dem Speicherplätze für Münzen, nicht im Banknotenspeicher aufwickelbares Schriftgut und auch Banknoten an einer oder beiden Seiten einer vertikalen Bewegungsbahn für einen Kassettenträger angeordnet sind, der mittels einer Antriebsvorrichtung an eine oben neben der Banknoteneingabe- und -entnahmestelle angeordnete Geldeingabe- und -entnahmestelle und in Lagen verschiebbar ist, in denen er jeweils neben einem der Speicherplätze ist, so dass eine von ihm getragende Kassette auf den Speicherplatz oder umgekehrt vom Speicherplatz auf den Kassettenträger mittels einer Verschiebevorrichtung geschoben werden kann.The cash vault according to the invention is, as mentioned, expediently designed in the form of a body, the shroud conveyor running vertically and the banknote entry and withdrawal point being at the top. The body has a relatively small footprint and corresponding table surface, which occupies only part of the work area available to the cashier to the side of the cash desk. It is therefore expedient to arrange a cassette store in the cash box safe next to the banknote store, in which storage spaces for coins, documents that cannot be wound up in the banknote store and also banknotes are arranged on one or both sides of a vertical movement path for a cassette holder, which is attached to a top by means of a drive device the banknote entry and exit point arranged money entry and exit point and is displaceable in positions in which it is next to one of the storage spaces, so that a cassette carried by it is pushed onto the storage space or vice versa from the storage space onto the cassette holder by means of a displacement device can.

Der Kassettenspeicher hat im Vergleich mit dem Banknotenspeicher ein bei gegebenem Volumen grössere Speicherkapazität. Er eignet sich deshalb, abgesehen von der Möglichkeit, Münzen und anderes nicht im Banknotenspeicher aufwikkelbares Schriftgut aufzunehmen, als praktisch sehr zweckmässige Ergänzung zum Banknotenspeicher, um Banknoten vom Banknotenspeicher aufzunehmen, wenn dieser überfüllt würde, und an ihn abzugeben, wenn dessen Banknotenbestand zu klein wird. Dabei ist es für das Risiko eines Raubübertalls entscheidend, dass bei dieser Art des (teilweisen) Entleerens und Nachfüllens des Banknotenspeichers niemals ein grösserer Geldbetrag als ein Ganzes verfügbar ist, sondern immer nur kleinere Beträge zeitlich nacheinander durch Gewalt oder Drohung erhalten werden könnten. Auch kann die Geschwindigkeit des Deckbandförderers und/oder der Antriebsvorrichtung für den Kassettenträger zur Banknoten- bzw. Geldeingabe grösser und zur -entnahme kleiner und, insbesondere wenn der Kassentresor von einem Mikroprozessor gesteuert ist, zur Entnahme grösserer Werte langsamer als zur Entnahme kleinerer Werte sein, um die Wahrscheinlichkeit und das Schadenrisiko von Raubüberfällen herabzusetzen. Da die Anzahl der Kassetten in der Regel grösser als die der Speichereinheiten sein wird, wird man im Kassettenspeicher auch seltener vorkommende Währungen speichern, für die der Einsatz einer Speichereinheit nicht lohnt.The cassette storage has a larger storage capacity than the banknote storage for a given volume. It is therefore, apart from the possibility of storing coins and other documents that cannot be rolled up in the banknote store, as a practically very useful addition to the banknote store in order to take banknotes from the banknote store if it becomes overfilled and to deliver it to the banknote store if its banknote stock becomes too small . It is crucial for the risk of robbery that with this type of (partial) emptying and refilling of the banknote store, a larger amount of money than a whole is never available, but only smaller amounts could be obtained one after the other through violence or threat. The speed of the shroud conveyor and / or the drive device for the cassette holder for entering banknotes or money can be greater and smaller for withdrawing and, especially if the cash safe is controlled by a microprocessor, can be slower for taking larger values than for taking smaller values. to reduce the likelihood and harm of robberies. Since the number of cassettes will generally be greater than that of the storage units, currencies which are less common and for which the use of a storage unit is not worthwhile will also be stored in the cassette memory.

Weitere Vorteile ergeben sich weiter unten im Zusammenhang mit der Beschreibung eines Ausführungsbeispiels des Kassentresors.Further advantages result below in connection with the description of an exemplary embodiment of the cash vault.

Im folgenden wird die Erfindung anhand lediglich ein Ausführungsbeispiel darstellender, schematischer Zeichnungen näher erläutert. Es zeigen:

  • Fig. 1 eine Vorderansicht .eines erfindungsgemässen Kassentresors ohne Vorderwand in Blickrichtung I in Fig. 2 bis 5,
  • Fig. 2 einen Schnitt nach der Linie 11-11 in Fig. 1, 3 und 4,
  • Fig. 3 eine Seitenansicht zu Fig. 1 in Blickrichtung 111 in Fig. 1, 2 und 5, ohne die in dieser Blickrichtung vordere Seitenwand,
  • Fig. 4 eine Seitenansicht zu Fig. 1 in Blickrichtung IV in Fig. 1, 2 und 5, ohne die in dieser Blickrichtung vordere Seitenwand,
  • Fig. 5 eine Draufsicht zu Fig. 1, 3 und 4,
  • Fig. 6 eine Banknotenweiche in grösserem Maßstab.
In the following, the invention will be explained in more detail with the aid of schematic drawings which merely illustrate an exemplary embodiment. Show it:
  • 1 is a front view of a cash vault according to the invention without a front wall in viewing direction I in FIGS. 2 to 5,
  • 2 shows a section along the line 11-11 in FIGS. 1, 3 and 4,
  • 3 shows a side view of FIG. 1 in the direction of view 111 in FIGS. 1, 2 and 5, without the side wall which is at the front in this direction of view,
  • 4 shows a side view of FIG. 1 in viewing direction IV in FIGS. 1, 2 and 5, without the front side wall in this viewing direction,
  • 5 is a plan view of FIGS. 1, 3 and 4,
  • Fig. 6 shows a banknote switch on a larger scale.

In den Figuren ist ein insbesondere zur Verwendung an Kassenschaltern von Geldinstituten, z. B. Banken, bestimmter Kassentresor dargestellt, in dem Banknoten und/oder Münzen in zahlreichen Kassetten 1 eines Kassettenspeichers 2 und Banknoten 3 in sechs Speichereinheiten 4 eines Banknotenspeichers 5 aufzubewahren sind. Die Kassetten 1 werden an einer Geldeingabe- und -entnahmestelle 6 zugänglich gemacht. Dem Banknotenspeicher 5 ist eine Banknoteneingabe- und -entnahmestelle 7 zugeordnet.In the figures, a particularly for use at cash desks of financial institutions, for. B. banks, certain cash vault shown, in which banknotes and / or coins in numerous cassettes 1 of a cassette memory 2 and banknotes 3 are to be kept in six storage units 4 of a banknote memory 5. The cassettes 1 are made accessible at a cash entry and withdrawal point 6. A banknote entry and withdrawal point 7 is assigned to the banknote store 5.

Im Kassettenspeicher 2 (Fig. 1, 2 und 3) ist für jede Kassette 1 ein Speicherplatz 9 vorgesehen. Die Speicherplätze 9 sind in zwei Gestellen 10 gebildet. In jedem Gestell 10 sind die Speicherplätze 9 übereinander liegend in zwei nebeneinander angeordneten Reihen 11 und 12 angeordnet, deren jede an einer von zwei einander gegenüberliegenden Gestellseiten 13 und 14 zum Hineinschieben und Herausziehen der Kassetten 1 in das bzw. aus dem Gestell 10 zugänglich ist. Die Gestelle 10 sind beiderseits der vertikalen Bewegungsbahn 16 eines Kassettenträgers 17 (Fig. 3) so angeordnet, dass eine der zugänglichen Seiten 13 und 14 eines Gestells 10 einer der zugänglichen Seiten des anderen Gestells 10 gegenüberliegt. Jedes Gestell 10 ist um eine zentrale, vertikale Achse 19 um 180° drehbar, so dass jede der zugänglichen Seiten 13 und 14 jedes Gestells 10 an die Bewegungsbahn 16 des Kassettenträgers 17 gedreht werden kann.A storage location 9 is provided in the cassette memory 2 (FIGS. 1, 2 and 3) for each cassette 1. The storage locations 9 are formed in two frames 10. In each rack 10, the storage spaces 9 are arranged one above the other in two rows 11 and 12 arranged next to one another, each of which is accessible on one of two opposing rack sides 13 and 14 for pushing the cassettes 1 into and out of the rack 10. The racks 10 are arranged on both sides of the vertical movement path 16 of a cassette carrier 17 (FIG. 3) such that one of the accessible sides 13 and 14 of a rack 10 is opposite one of the accessible sides of the other rack 10. Each frame 10 can be rotated through 180 ° about a central, vertical axis 19, so that each of the accessible sides 13 and 14 of each frame 10 can be rotated on the movement path 16 of the cassette carrier 17.

Der Kassettenträger 17 ist an zwei vertikalen Führungen 21 (Fig. 2 uns 3) mittels einer (nicht dargestellten) Antriebsvorrichtung in die in Fig. 3 dargestellte, obere Lage, in der eine von ihm getragene Kassette 1a an der Geldeingabe- und - entnahmestelle 6 ist, und in (nicht dargestellte) Lagen verschiebbar, in denen er jeweils neben einem, neben seiner Bewegungsbahn 16 zugänglichen der Speicherplätze 9 ist. Mittels einer am Kassettenträger 17 vorgesehenen (nicht dargestellten) Kassettenverschiebevorrichtung kann eine Kassette 1 von ihrem Speicherplatz 9, neben dem der Kassettenträger 17 geschoben ist, auf ihn gezogen oder eine von ihm getragene Kassette 1 auf ihren Speicherplatz 9 gestossen werden. Um eine Kassette 1 von ihrem Speicherplatz 9 auf den Kassettenträger 17 zu ziehen, kann die Kassettenverschiebevorrichtung mit einem Elektromagneten ausgerüstet sein, der im erregten Zustand an einem an der Kassette angebrachten Magnetanker oder direkt an der aus Eisenblech bestehenden Kassette 1 angreift, um sie auf den Kassettenträger 17 zu ziehen. Die Kassetten 1 haben bei gleicher Grundfläche unterschiedliche Fassungsvermögen infolge verschiedener Höhen. Die Geschwindigkeit des Kassettenträgers 17 kann so gesteuert sein, dass Kassetten 1 mit wertmässig höherem Inhalt langsamer gefördert werden.The cassette holder 17 is connected to two vertical guides 21 (FIGS. 2 and 3) by means of a drive device (not shown) in the upper position shown in FIG. 3, in which a cassette 1a carried by it on the money input and - is removal point 6, and displaceable (not shown) in which it is next to one of the storage locations 9 accessible next to its path of movement 16. By means of a cassette shifting device (not shown) provided on the cassette carrier 17, a cassette 1 can be pulled onto it from its storage location 9, next to which the cassette carrier 17 is pushed, or a cassette 1 carried by it can be pushed onto its storage location 9. In order to pull a cassette 1 from its storage space 9 onto the cassette carrier 17, the cassette displacement device can be equipped with an electromagnet which, in the excited state, acts on a magnetic armature attached to the cassette or directly on the cassette 1 made of sheet iron in order to put it on the To pull cassette holder 17. The cassettes 1 have different capacities due to different heights with the same base area. The speed of the cassette carrier 17 can be controlled in such a way that cassettes 1 with a higher value content are conveyed more slowly.

Die oben auf dem Kassentresor angeordnete Geldeingabe- und -entnahmestelle 6 ist von dem Raum (Bewegungsbahn 16), in dem der Kassettenträger 17 verschiebbar ist, durch eine Wand 23 getrennt, die mit einer Öffnung 24 versehen ist. In seiner in Fig. 3 dargestellten Lage verschliesst der Kassettenträger 17 die Öffnung 24. Um die Öffnung 24 geschlossen zu halten und den Zugriff zu den obersten Kassetten zu verhindern, wenn der Kassettenträger 17 weiter unterhalb der Wand 23 ist, kann ein (nicht dargestellter) Schieber vorgesehen sein, der die Offnung 24 verschliesst, solange der Kassettenträger 17 unterhalb der Wand 23 ist. An der Geldeingabe- und -entnahmestelle 6 kann eine (nicht dargestellte) Vorrichtung vorgesehen sein, welche die jeweils angekommene Kassette automatisch öffnet und vor der Abwärtsbewegung des Kassettenträgers 17 automatisch wieder schliesst.The cash entry and withdrawal point 6 arranged on top of the cash vault is separated from the space (movement path 16) in which the cassette carrier 17 can be displaced by a wall 23 which is provided with an opening 24. In its position shown in FIG. 3, the cassette carrier 17 closes the opening 24. In order to keep the opening 24 closed and to prevent access to the uppermost cassettes, if the cassette carrier 17 is further below the wall 23, a (not shown) Slider can be provided which closes the opening 24 as long as the cassette carrier 17 is below the wall 23. At the cash entry and withdrawal point 6, a device (not shown) can be provided which automatically opens the respectively arrived cassette and closes again automatically before the downward movement of the cassette carrier 17.

Um den Raum innerhalb des Kassentresors für den Kassettenspeicher 2 gut auszunutzen, ist jedes der Gestelle 10 dicht neben der ihm benachbarten vorderen bzw. hinteren Wand 26 des Kassentresors angeordnet (Fig. 2). Dabei überragt der Umkreis 27 des Gestellgrundrisses die Wand 26. Die Drehbarkeit der Gestelle 10 um ihre Achse 19 ist dadurch gewährleistet, dass jede dieser Achsen 19 von der Wand 26 weg in eine Stellung bewegbar ist, in welcher der Umkreis (27a) des Gestellgrundrisses dicht an der Innenseite der Wand 26 verläuft. Zu diesem Zwecke kann das obere und untere Ende jeder Achse 19 an einem von zwei (nicht dargestellten) Kurbelarmen gelagert sein, die um eine gemeinsame Achse drehbar sind. Damit der Kassettenträger 17 einer Drehung der Gestelle 10 nicht im Wege ist, wird er höher als die Gestelle 10 gehoben (Fig. 3) oder tiefer als die Gestelle 10 gesenkt. Um die Gestelldrehung in einer mittleren Lage des Kassettenträgers 17 zu ermöglichen, könnten die Gestelle 10 mit einer Nische versehen werden, in die der Kassettenträger 17 in dieser Lage bei der Gestelldrehung hineinragt.In order to make good use of the space inside the cash vault for the cassette storage 2, each of the frames 10 is arranged close to the front or rear wall 26 of the cash vault adjacent to it (FIG. 2). The circumference 27 of the frame floor plan projects beyond the wall 26. The rotatability of the frames 10 about their axis 19 is ensured in that each of these axes 19 can be moved away from the wall 26 into a position in which the circumference (27 a) of the frame floor plan is tight runs on the inside of the wall 26. For this purpose, the upper and lower ends of each axis 19 can be mounted on one of two crank arms (not shown) which can be rotated about a common axis. So that the cassette carrier 17 is not in the way of a rotation of the frames 10, it is raised higher than the frames 10 (FIG. 3) or lowered lower than the frames 10. In order to enable the rack rotation in a central position of the cassette carrier 17, the frames 10 could be provided with a recess into which the cassette carrier 17 projects in this position during the rack rotation.

Im Banknotenspeicher 5 (Fig. 1, 2 und 4) sind an jeder der beiden Seiten der vertikalen Förderbahn eines Banknotenförderers (30, 31) drei der sechs Speichereinheiten 4 übereinander angeordnet (Fig. 4). Am oberen Ende des Banknotenförderers ist die Banknoteneingabe- und -entnahmestelle 7 vorgesehen. Der Banknotenförderer ist ein Deckbandförderer, zwischen dessen miteinander laufenden Förderbändern 30 und 31 die Banknoten kraftschlüssig gehalten sind und dadurch mitgenommen werden. Jedes dieser Förderbänder 30 und 31 ist in zwei nebeneinander laufende Bänder unterteilt (Fig. 1), die um entsprechend geteilte Umlenkrollen 33 bzw. 34 laufen.In the banknote store 5 (FIGS. 1, 2 and 4) three of the six storage units 4 are arranged one above the other on each of the two sides of the vertical conveyor path of a banknote conveyor (30, 31) (FIG. 4). At the upper end of the banknote conveyor, the banknote entry and withdrawal point 7 is provided. The banknote conveyor is a shroud conveyor, between the conveyor belts 30 and 31 which run together, the banknotes are held non-positively and are thereby taken along. Each of these conveyor belts 30 and 31 is divided into two belts running side by side (FIG. 1), which run around correspondingly divided deflection rollers 33 and 34, respectively.

Jede Speichereinheit 4 arbeitet mit zwei Speicherbändern 36 und 37 (Fig. 4), deren jedes, ebenso wie die Förderbänder 30 und 31, in zwei nebeneinander laufende Bänder unterteilt ist. Jedes so unterteilte Speicherband 36 bzw. 37 ist an einem Ende an einer mit Flanschen versehenen Vorratsrolle 38 bzw. 39 befestigt und, je nach Betriebszustand, mehr oder weniger auf diese gewickelt. Das Speicherband 37 ist über eine Umlenkrolle 41 und um eine Walze 44 eines Walzenpaares 43, 44 in dessen Walzenspalt geführt. Das andere Speicherband 36 ist um die andere Walze 43 ebenfalls in den Walzenspalt geführt. Im Walzenspalt laufen die beiden Speicherbänder 36 und 37 aneinander, sie laufen dann, so wie die beiden Bänder 30 und 31 des Deckbandförderers miteinander zu einer Speichertrommel 46, an der sie gemeinsam befestigt und auf die sie gemeinsam, je nach dem Betriebszustand der Speichereinheit 4, mehr oder weniger aufgewickelt sind. Zum Speichern wird die Speichertrommel 46 in Aufwickelrichtung angetrieben. Dabei werden in den Walzenspalt eingeführte Banknoten zwischen den miteinander laufenden Speicherbändern 36 und 37, die den Walzenspalt verlassen, kraftschlüssig gehalten, mitgenommen und zusammen mit diesen auf die Aufwickeltrommel 46 gewickelt (Banknoten 3 in Fig. 1 und 2). Zur Herausgabe gespeicherter Banknoten 3 werden die Vorratsrollen 38 und 39 in Aufwickelrichtung angetrieben, wobei die Speicherbänder 36 und 37 zusammen mit den Banknoten von der Speichertrommel 46 abgewickelt werden, zum Walzenspalt des Walzenpaares 43, 44 laufen, und die Banknoten aus dem Walzenspalt heraus gefördert werden. Beim Speichern werden die Vorratsrollen 38 und 39, bei der Ausgabe von Banknoten wird die Speichertrommel 46 gebremst. Beides kann einfach dadurch erreicht werden, dass zum Antrieb jeder Vorratsrolle 38, 39 ein Elektromotor und zum Antrieb der Speichertrommel 46 ein weiterer Elektromotor vorgesehen wird, und diese Motoren zur Erzeugung der Bremswirkung jeweils schwach erregt werden. Die (nicht dargestellten) Motoren sind zweckmässig Aussenläufermotoren.Each storage unit 4 works with two storage belts 36 and 37 (FIG. 4), each of which, like the conveyor belts 30 and 31, is divided into two belts running side by side. Each storage tape 36 or 37 divided in this way is fastened at one end to a flanged supply roll 38 or 39 and, depending on the operating state, is wound more or less onto it. The storage belt 37 is guided over a deflection roller 41 and around a roller 44 of a pair of rollers 43, 44 in its roller gap. The other storage belt 36 is also guided around the other roller 43 into the nip. In the nip, the two storage belts 36 and 37 run against one another, and then, like the two belts 30 and 31 of the shroud conveyor, they run together to a storage drum 46, to which they are jointly fastened and to which they jointly, depending on the operating state of the storage unit 4, are more or less wound up. For storage, the storage drum 46 is driven in the winding direction. In this case, banknotes introduced into the nip are held in a force-fitting manner between the mutually running storage belts 36 and 37 which leave the nip, are taken along and are wound together with them onto the winding drum 46 (banknotes 3 in FIGS. 1 and 2). To release stored banknotes 3, the supply rolls 38 and 39 are driven in the winding direction, the storage tapes 36 and 37 being unwound together with the banknotes from the storage drum 46, running to the nip of the pair of rollers 43, 44, and the banknotes being conveyed out of the nip . When storing the supply rolls 38 and 39, when storing banknotes, the storage drum 46 is braked. Both can be achieved simply by providing an electric motor for driving each supply roll 38, 39 and a further electric motor to drive the storage drum 46, and these motors are each weakly excited to produce the braking effect. The motors (not shown) are expediently external rotor motors.

Jedes der Förderbänder 30, 31 des Deckbandförderers weist in Förderrichtung aufeinanderfolgende, je um zwei Umlenkrollen umgelenkte Bandabschnitte, z. B. 30a, 31 und 31 b auf. Dabei ist jeweils neben einer Walze 43 des Walzenpaares einer Speichereinheit 4 eine Umlenkrolle 34a eines Bandabschnitts 31a und neben der anderen Walze 44 eine Umlenkrolle 34b des an diesen Bandabschnitt 31 a unmittelbar anschliessenden Bandabschnitts 31 b desjenigen, der miteinander laufenden Förderbänder 30 und 31, z. B. des Förderbandes 30 des Deckbandförderers angeordnet, das der betreffenden Speichereinheit 4 benachbart ist (Fig. 4). Jeder Speichereinheit 4 ist eine Weiche zugeordnet, vgl. Fig. 6. In einer ersten, strichpunktiert dargestellten Weichenstellung werden zwischen den Bandabschnitten 30a und 31 geförderte Banknoten zum unmittelbar anschliessenden, durch die Bandabschnitte 30a und 31 b gebildeten Förderabschnitts oder umgekehrt geleitet. In einer zweiten, ausgezogen dargestellten Weichenstellung werden zwischen dem Bandabschnitt 30a und 31 gehaltene und geförderte Banknoten in den Walzenspalt des Walzenpaares 43, 44 oder umgekehrt vom Walzenspalt zwischen die Bandabschnitte 30a und 31 a geführt. Die Weiche hat gemeinsam schwenkbare Führungsglieder, die dreifach ausgeführt und so angeordnet sind, dass deren zwei die Banknoten an ihren die Bandabschnitte 30a, 31 a bzw. 31 b seitlich überragenden Enden und das dritte die Banknoten in ihrer Mitte in dem durch die Unterteilung dieser Bänder gebildeten Bandzwischenraum führen. Die Führungsfläche eines ersten Führungsgliedes 51 führt in der ersten Weichenstellung in der Ebene der (Fördertrume der) Bandabschnitte 31 a und 31b, in der zweiten Weichenstellung schneidet sie diese Ebene in einem Abstand von der Umlenkrolle 34a, wobei ein Teil des dreifachen Führungsgliedes 51 in eine Umfangsnut der Umlenkrolle 34b greift die durch deren, der Unterteilung der Förderbänder 30, 31 bzw. 31 a, 31 b in nebeneinander laufende Bänder entsprechende Unterteilung gebildet ist. In der zweiten Weichenstellung bildet ein zweites Führungsglied 52 und ein zu diesem paralleler, erster Abschnitt eines dritten Führungsgliedes 53 eine die Banknoten aus dem Zwischenraum zwischen den Umlenkrollen 34a und 34b in den Walzenspalt des Walzenpaares 43, 44 oder umgekehrt führende Führung, wobei ein zweiter Teil des dritten Führungsgliedes 53, der mit einem den Radius der Umlenkrolle 34a etwas überschreitenden Radius gekrümmt ist, in dieser Stellung koaxial zur Umlenkrolle 34a verläuft und die Banknoten um diese Umlenkrolle 34a herum führt. Das erste Führungsglied 51 schliesst an das freie Ende des zweiten Teiles des dritten Führungsgliedes 53 an, es ist zweckmässig einstückig mit diesem gebildet. Das zweite und das dritte Führungsglied 52 und 53 sind nahe dem Walzenspalt des Walzenpaares 43, 44 schwenkbar gelagert und greifen in der ersten Weichenstellung teilweise in eine Umfangsnut der Umlenkrolle 34a hinein, die durch deren Unterteilung gebildet ist, die der Unterteilung der Bänder 30, 30a, 31, 31 a, 31b in nebeneinander laufende Bänder entspricht. Die Führungsflächen der Führungsglieder 51, 52 und 53 sind möglichst glatt ausgeführt und der Achsenabstand der Walze 43 von der Umlenkrolle 34a bzw. 44 von 34b und ebenso der gegenseitige Achsenabstand der Umlenkrollen 34a und 34b ist so viel kleiner als die in Förderrichtung liegende Abmessung der Banknoten des kleinsten zu speichernden Formates, dass deren Förderung im Bereich der Weiche sichergestellt ist. Dazu müssen die Banknoten im Führungsbereich der Weiche immer entweder zwischen den Bandabschnitten 30a und 34a oder (in der ersten Weichenstellung) zwischen den Bandabschnitten 30a und 34b bzw. (in der zweiten Weichenstellung) zwischen den Speicherbändern 36 und 37 zuverlässig kraftschlüssig (mit Haftreibung) gehalten sein.Each of the conveyor belts 30, 31 of the deck belt conveyor has consecutive in the conveying direction, each deflected by two deflecting belt sections, z. B. 30a, 31 and 31 b. In each case, in addition to a roller 43 of the pair of rollers of a storage unit 4, a deflecting roller 34a of a belt section 31a and next to the other roller 44 a deflecting roller 34b of the belt section 31b directly adjoining this belt section 31a of the conveyor belt 30 and 31 running together, e.g. B. the conveyor belt 30 of the shroud conveyor, which is adjacent to the relevant storage unit 4 (Fig. 4). A switch is assigned to each storage unit 4, cf. Fig. 6. In a first switch position shown in broken lines, banknotes conveyed between the belt sections 30a and 31 are routed to the immediately adjoining conveyor section formed by the belt sections 30a and 31b or vice versa. In a second switch position shown in solid lines, banknotes held and conveyed between the belt sections 30a and 31 are guided into the nip of the pair of rollers 43, 44 or vice versa from the nip between the belt sections 30a and 31a. The switch has jointly pivotable guide members, which are designed in triplicate and arranged such that two ends of the banknotes projecting laterally at the ends of the band sections 30a, 31a and 31b, and the third the banknotes in the middle by dividing these bands lead formed band gap. The guide surface of a first guide member 51 leads in the first switch position in the plane of the (conveyor dreams of) the belt sections 31a and 31b, in the second switch position it cuts this plane at a distance from the deflection roller 34a, part of the triple guide member 51 in one The circumferential groove of the deflecting roller 34b engages the subdivision corresponding to the subdivision of the conveyor belts 30, 31 or 31 a, 31 b into belts running side by side. In the second switch position, a second guide member 52 and a first section of a third guide member 53 parallel to this form a guide which guides the banknotes from the space between the deflecting rollers 34a and 34b into the nip of the pair of rollers 43, 44 or vice versa, a second part of the third guide member 53, which is curved with a radius slightly exceeding the radius of the deflection roller 34a, in this position extends coaxially to the deflection roller 34a and guides the banknotes around this deflection roller 34a. The first guide member 51 connects to the free end of the second part of the third guide member 53, it is expediently formed in one piece with the latter. The second and third guide members 52 and 53 are pivotally mounted near the nip of the pair of rollers 43, 44 and, in the first switch position, partially engage in a circumferential groove of the deflection roller 34a, which is formed by the division thereof, that of the division of the belts 30, 30a , 31, 31 a, 31b corresponds to bands running side by side. The guide surfaces of the guide members 51, 52 and 53 are made as smooth as possible and the axial distance of the roller 43 from the deflecting roller 34a or 44 of 34b and also the mutual axial distance of the deflecting rollers 34a and 34b is so much smaller than the dimension of the bank notes in the conveying direction of the smallest format to be saved, so that its promotion in the area of the switch is ensured. For this purpose, the bank notes in the guide area of the switch must always be held reliably either non-positively (with static friction) between the belt sections 30a and 34a or (in the first switch position) between the belt sections 30a and 34b or (in the second switch position) between the storage belts 36 and 37 be.

Die gleich gross gezeichneten Speichereinheiten 4 können zwecks unterschiedlicher Fassungsvermögen auch verschieden gross sein. Die Laufgeschwindigkeit der Bänder 30, 30a, 31, 31a, 31 ist in der von der Banknoteneingabe-und -entnahmestelle 7 wegführenden bzw. zur Speichertrommel 46 führenden Richtung grösser als in der Gegenrichtung.The storage units 4 of the same size can also be of different sizes for the purpose of different capacities. The running speed of the tapes 30, 30a, 31, 31a, 31 is greater in the direction leading away from the banknote entry and withdrawal point 7 or leading to the storage drum 46 than in the opposite direction.

An der Banknoteneingabe- und -entnahmestelle 7 werden als ein Bündel 55 eingegebene Banknoten (Fig. 4) von einem Stössel 56 an eine Förderrolle 57 gedrückt, von dieser zu einer Vereinzelungsvorrichtung 58, 59 gefördert, auf die eine Dickenkontrollvorrichtung 60, 61 folgt, von der die einzelnen Banknoten zum Deckbandförderer 30, 31 gelangen. Die Vereinzelungsvorrichtung besteht aus einer feststehenden Walze 58, z. B. aus Keramik, und einem angetriebenen Transportrad 59. Die Walze 58 wird von Zeit zu Zeit etwas weiter gedreht, damit ein neuer Mantelflächenteil an die Stelle eines abgenutzten kommt. Die Dickenkontrollvorrichtung hat zwei angetriebene Metallwalzen 60, 61, die einander ausserhalb eines Walzenspaltes berühren. Die Länge des Walzenspaltes ist etwas grösser als die Abmessung der Banknoten quer zu ihrer Förderrichtung, und die Spaltweite ist der Banknotendicke angepasst. Durch eine Banknote grösserer Dicke werden die Walzen 60 und 61 etwas voneinander abgehoben. Dadurch wird ein Kontrollstromkreis unterbrochen. Um Banknoten verschiedener Dicke voneinander zu unterscheiden, können mehrere solche Walzenpaare 60, 61 verwendet werden. Zusätzlich können (nicht dargestellte) Lichtschranken zum Zählen und zur Unterscheidung von Banknoten verschiedener Formate vorgesehen sein.At the banknote entry and withdrawal point 7, banknotes entered as a bundle 55 (FIG. 4) are pressed by a tappet 56 onto a conveyor roller 57, from which it is conveyed to a singling device 58, 59, which is followed by a thickness control device 60, 61 which the individual banknotes reach the shroud conveyor 30, 31. The separating device consists of a fixed roller 58, for. B. from ceramic, and a driven transport wheel 59. The roller 58 is rotated slightly from time to time so that a new lateral surface part comes in the place of a worn one. The thickness control device has two driven metal rollers 60, 61 which touch one another outside of a roller gap. The length of the nip is somewhat larger than the dimension of the banknotes transverse to their conveying direction, and the gap width is adapted to the banknote thickness. The rollers 60 and 61 are lifted somewhat apart from one another by means of a banknote of greater thickness. This will break a control circuit. In order to distinguish banknotes of different thicknesses from one another, a plurality of such roller pairs 60, 61 can be used. In addition, light barriers (not shown) can be provided for counting and differentiating banknotes of different formats.

Von einer so ausgerüsteten Banknoteneingabe- und -entnahmestelle 7 können die Banknotenweichen 51, 52, 53 so gesteuert werden, dass eingegebene Banknoten automatisch auf bestimmten Beträgen und Währungen zugeordnete Speichereinheiten 4 verteilt werden.The banknote switches 51, 52, 53 can be controlled by a banknote entry and withdrawal point 7 equipped in such a way that input banknotes are automatically distributed to storage units 4 assigned to specific amounts and currencies.

Der Kassentresor arbeitet zweckmässig mit einem Computer, insbesondere mit einem ihm zugeordneten Mikroprozessor, zusammen, der das automatische Speichern und Ausgeben von Banknoten steuert und zusammen mit den an einem Terminal (jeweils mit Kassettenbezeichnung) einzugebenden Geldeingabe- und -entnahmevorgängen speichert, so dass der Bestand jeder Banknotenspeichereinheit 4 und jeder Kassette 1 abgefragt werden kann. Dabei kann eine Signalvorrichtung vorgesehen sein, die das Unterschreiten eines bestimmten Minimalbestandes und das bevorstehende "Überlaufen" einer Speichereinheit 4 anzeigt. Der Mikroprozessor kann so eingerichtet sein, dass er - wenn am Terminal die Währung, der ein- oder auszugebende Betrag und die Stückelung eingegeben werden - selbst die geeigneten Speichereinheiten 4 sucht und deren Weichen steuert und ggf. den Kassettenträgerantrieb steuert, um die geeignete Kassette an die Geldeingabe- und -entnahmestelle 6 zu bringen.The cash vault works expediently with a computer, in particular with a microprocessor assigned to it, which automatically saves and dispenses Controls banknotes and stores them together with the money entry and withdrawal processes to be entered at a terminal (each with a cassette name), so that the stock of each banknote storage unit 4 and each cassette 1 can be queried. In this case, a signal device can be provided which indicates that a certain minimum stock is undershot and the "overflow" of a storage unit 4 is imminent. The microprocessor can be set up in such a way that - when the currency, the amount to be input or output and the denomination are entered at the terminal - it itself searches for the suitable storage units 4 and controls their switches and, if necessary, controls the cassette carrier drive in order to actuate the suitable cassette to bring the money entry and withdrawal point 6.

Der Kassentresor kann zwischen zwei Kassenschaltern aufgestellt und von den beiden Bediensteten dieser beiden Kassenschaltern benutzt werden. Dabei ist für jeden ein Terminal vorgesehen, mit dem nur ihm zugeordnete Speichereinheiten und Speicherplätze ansteuerbar sind. Bei dem als Ausführungsbeispiel dargestellten Kassentresor könnten beispielsweise die Speichereinheiten an einer Seite des Deckbandförderers 30, 31 und die Speicherplätze 9 eines der beiden Gestelle 10 dem einen und die Speichereinheiten an der anderen Seite des Deckbandförderers 30, 31 sowie die Speicherplätze 9 des anderen Gestells dem anderen Kassenschalter zugeordnet werden. Jede andere Zuordnung kann durch das Programm des Mikroprozessors verwirklicht werden. Dabei sind auch nach Bedarf wählbare oder änderbare Zuordnungen möglich.The cash register can be set up between two cash desks and used by the two employees of these two cash desks. A terminal is provided for each, with which only memory units and memory locations assigned to it can be controlled. In the case of the cash register safe shown as an exemplary embodiment, for example, the storage units on one side of the shroud conveyor 30, 31 and the storage spaces 9 of one of the two frames 10 could be one and the storage units on the other side of the shroud conveyor 30, 31 and the storage spaces 9 of the other frame could be the other Cash registers can be assigned. Any other assignment can be made by the microprocessor program. Assignments can be selected or changed as required.

Selbstverständlich können im Kassettenspeicher und im Banknotenspeicher Wertpapiere ebenso wie Banknoten gespeichert werden.Of course, securities as well as banknotes can be stored in the cassette store and in the banknote store.

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1. Cash strongbox, characterized in that it comprises a banknote store (5), in which store units (4) are disposed on at least one side of the conveying path of a banknote conveyor (30, 31), and that a banknote insertion and extraction point (7) is provided at one end of said conveying path; that the banknote conveyor (30, 31) is a cover belt conveyor comprising belt portions (30a, 31 a, 31 b) following one another and guided in each case by two respective return rollers (34a, 34b); that in each store unit (4) two storage belts (36, 37) are each individually guided from a stock roller (38, 39) around one of the rollers of a pair of rollers (43, 44), in the opening between which they are laid one on the other and are guided, while lying one on the other, to a storage drum (46) and wound onto the latter; and that at the side of a roller (43) of the pair of rollers (43, 44) of each store unit (4) there is disposed a return roller (34a) of a belt portion (31 a), and at the side of the other roller (44) there is disposed a return roller (34b) of a belt portion (31 b), directly following said belt portion (31 a), of that one (31) of the corotating belts (30, 31) of the cover belt conveyor which extends on that side of the cover belt conveyor which faces the pair of rollers (43, 44); that a deflector (Figure 6) is associated with the two return rollers (34a, 34b) and with the pair of rollers (43, 44), the guide members (51, 52, 53) of which deflector engage between the return rollers (34a, 34b) and the rollers (43, 44) and are so constructed that banknotes conveyed between the belt portions of the cover belt conveyor and projecting beyond said portions are guided by said guide members, in a first deflector position, from the one belt portion (30a/31 a) to the immediately following belt portion (30a/31 b), or vice versa, and in a second deflector position are guided from the one belt portion (30a/31 a) to the opening between the rollers, or vice versa; and that for the insertion or extraction of banknotes the cover belt conveyor (30, 31) is adapted to be driven in the direction leading away from the banknote insertion and extraction point (7), or vice versa respectively, and the storage drum (46) or the two stock drums (38, 39) of a selectable store unit (4) are each adapted to be driven in the wind-on direction, and in its second podriven in the wind-on direction, and the deflector (51, 52, 53) associated with this store unit (4) is adapted to be moved to its second position and the deflectors disposed between it and the banknote insertion and extraction point (7) are adapted to be moved to their first position.
2. Cash strongbox according to Claim 1, characterized in that the to conveyor belts (30, 30a, 31, 31 a, 31 b) of the cover belt conveyor and the storage belts (36, 37) are subdivided into belts running side by side, that at least in the region of the deflectors (Figure 6) the return rollers (33, 34, 34a, 34b) and preferably also the rollers (43, 44) are correspondingly subdivided, and that the deflectors are provided with guide members (1, 52, 53) adapted to be moved into the gaps formed by this subdivision of the conveyor belts (30, 30a, 31,31 a, 31 b), storage belts (36, 37), return rollers (33, 34, 34a, 34b) and rollers (43, 44).
3. Cash strongbox according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that in the first deflector position at least a first guide member (51) of the deflectors (Figure 6) is in the plane of the conveying sides of the belt portions (31 a, 31 b) immediately following one another in the store unit (4), and in the second deflector position is outside the return path thereof; that in the second deflector position at least a second guide member (52) and a first portion of at least a third guide member (53) of the deflectors form a guide guiding between the gap between the return rollers (34a, 34b) and the opening between the pair of rollers (43, 44), and a second portion of the third guide member (53), which portion is curved with a radius slightly exceeding the radius of the return roller (34a) located nearer the banknote insertion and extraction point (7), is coaxial to said return roller (34a); that the first guide member (51) is fixed at the free end of the second portion of the third guide member (53), and that the guide members (51, 52, 53) are adapted to be pivoted, about axes located near the opening between the pair of rollers (43, 44), into the first and second deflector positions.
4. Cash strongbox according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the speed of the cover belt conveyor (30, 31) is higher in the direction leading away from the banknote insertion and extraction point (7) than in the direction towards the banknote insertion and extraction point (7).
5. Cash strongbox according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the cover belt conveyor (30, 31) extends at least approximately vertically, that the banknote insertion and extraction point (7) is located at the top end of the cover belt conveyor (30, 31), and that at the side of the banknote store (5) there is disposed a cashbox store (2) for banknotes and/or coins, in which storage spaces (9) for cashboxes (1) receiving banknotes and/or coins are disposed on at least one side of an at least approximately vertical movement path (16) for a cashbox carrier (17), which (17) is adapted to be moved by means of a drive device into a position in which a cashbox (1 a) carried by it is located at a coin insertion and extraction point (6) disposed at the top end of the movement path (16), and into positions in which it (17) is at the side of one of the storage spaces (9); and that a cashbox displacement device is provided by which a cashbox (1) can be moved from a storage space (9), at the side of which the cashbox carrier (17) is positioned, onto the cashbox carrier (17) or a cashbox (1) carried by said cashbox carrier can be moved into the storage space (9).
6. Cash strongbox according to Claim 5, characterized in that the coin insertion and extraction point (6) is separated from the space in which the cashbox carrier can be moved to positions in front of the storage spaces (9) by a wall (23) provided with an opening (24); that the cashbox carrier (17) closes the opening (24) in the position in which it holds a cashbox (1 a) for the insertion or extraction of cash; that a closure means, for example a slide, is provided which keeps the opening (24) closed when the cashbox carrier (17) is under the wall (23); and that the driving speed of the cashbox carrier (17) is adapted to delayed delivery of larger sums.
7. Cash strongbox according to Claim 5 or 6, characterized in that a rack (10) is provided with storage spaces (9) accessible on one side (13) and with storage spaces (9) accessible on the opposite side (14), and when the cashbox carrier (17) is raised above the top storage space or lowered below the bottom storage space said rack is rotatable about a vertical axis (19), so that the storage spaces (9) accessible on one side (13) of the rack or the storages space (9) accessible on the opposite side (14) of the rack are selectively brought to a position facing the path of movement of the cashbox carrier (17).
8. Cash strongbox according to Claim 7, characterized in that that side (14) of the rack (10) which is remote from the path of movement of the cashbox carrier (17) closely adjoins the inner side of a wall (26) of the cash strongbox, and that the axis (19) about which the rack (10) is rotatable can be brought into a position in which the cir- cumcircle (27a) of the contour of the rack (10) closely adjoins said wall (26).
9. Cash strongbox according to one of Claims 5 to 8, characterized in that the speed of the cashbox carrier drive is higher in the direction leading away from the coin insertion and extraction point (6) than in the direction leading to the coin insertion and extraction point (6).
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