EP0280860B1 - Sheet-delivering device - Google Patents

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EP0280860B1
EP0280860B1 EP88100812A EP88100812A EP0280860B1 EP 0280860 B1 EP0280860 B1 EP 0280860B1 EP 88100812 A EP88100812 A EP 88100812A EP 88100812 A EP88100812 A EP 88100812A EP 0280860 B1 EP0280860 B1 EP 0280860B1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/46Supplementary devices or measures to assist separation or prevent double feed
    • B65H3/52Friction retainers acting on under or rear side of article being separated
    • B65H3/5246Driven retainers, i.e. the motion thereof being provided by a dedicated drive
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/02Separating articles from piles using friction forces between articles and separator
    • B65H3/06Rollers or like rotary separators
    • B65H3/0653Rollers or like rotary separators for separating substantially vertically stacked articles
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/10Rollers
    • B65H2404/13Details of longitudinal profile
    • B65H2404/132Details of longitudinal profile arrangement of segments along axis
    • B65H2404/1321Segments juxtaposed along axis
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/10Rollers
    • B65H2404/14Roller pairs
    • B65H2404/141Roller pairs with particular shape of cross profile
    • B65H2404/1414Roller pairs with particular shape of cross profile complementary relief
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/10Rollers
    • B65H2404/14Roller pairs
    • B65H2404/141Roller pairs with particular shape of cross profile
    • B65H2404/1415Roller pairs with particular shape of cross profile with male / female profiles
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/19Specific article or web
    • B65H2701/1912Banknotes, bills and cheques or the like

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  • the invention relates to a dispensing device for sheet material, in particular a value dispenser, comprising a storage container for a stack of sheets and a removal and separating device assigned to the storage container with at least one removal roller intended for bearing against the sheet stack, a plurality of transport rollers arranged next to one another with axial spacing and associated with them Counter rollers, which are radially adjustable with respect to the transport rollers and axially offset such that they can each dip between two adjacent transport rollers, the rollers arranged on mutually parallel shafts being drivable in the same direction and the counter rollers and at least one transport roller being made of hard material, while the other transport rollers are made of an elastically resilient material.
  • a device of the type mentioned above is known for example from DE-PS 28 50 185.
  • dispensing devices of this type there is generally the problem of ensuring reliable separation of the sheets.
  • this presents no particular difficulties, provided that one is dealing with a predetermined, constant sheet quality.
  • this requirement is not met, for example, when separating banknotes in two ways.
  • the paper qualities used in the individual currencies differ considerably from one another, on the other hand, the quality of the banknotes changes with their use. New banknotes are generally relatively smooth and stiff, while with use they become rougher and flatter at the same time.
  • dispensers of the type mentioned at the outset should be suitable for all types of banknotes without changing roles.
  • An output device of the type mentioned is also known from GB-A-231 499.
  • the running surfaces of the transport rollers are each wrapped in a rubber band or provided with a rubber coating. Although this increases the grip of the rollers, a reliable separation of the leaves cannot be ensured.
  • a transport roller for transporting paper and office machines which consists of a hard material, and in its tread has an annular groove.
  • a ring made of elastic material is inserted into this ring groove, which protrudes radially beyond the running surface or peripheral surface of the roller.
  • the invention has for its object to further improve an output device of the type mentioned, so that a reliable separation of the sheets is guaranteed even with extremely different paper qualities.
  • the conveying of the sheets entering the nip is carried out primarily by the an elastic, resilient material existing transport rollers.
  • it is precisely these rolls which tend to avoid the counterpressure of the counter-rotating rolls required for the separation, so that sheets or banknotes of certain paper quality repeatedly result in a pack of several sheets simultaneously winding through the nip.
  • This possibility is eliminated by the solution according to the invention, since the soft material with a high coefficient of friction and thus a high entrainment effect is arranged directly in the surface of the hard transport rollers.
  • the height of the radial protrusion of the annular strip over the surface of the hard transport rollers is to a certain extent depend on the type of soft material used, however, a radial projection of approx. 0.1 to 0.2 mm has proven to be expedient.
  • the elastically deformable material of the annular strips should have a Shore hardness of approx. 75.
  • a suitable material is, for example, a polyurethane elastomer sold under the trademark Vulkollan.
  • the hard transport rollers can be made of metal and have a circumferential groove in which the annular strip is inserted.
  • FIG. 1 shows a separating module, generally designated 10, which consists of a cuboid frame into which a cassette 14 containing a sheet stack 12 is inserted.
  • a flap 16 of the cassette 14 is opened, so that pull-off rollers 18 of a pull-off device of the separating module 10 on the foremost sheet in the cassette 14 contained stack 12 abut.
  • the stack 12 is biased by a device, not shown, in the direction of the take-off rollers 18, so that the sheets of the stack 12 are constantly in contact with the take-off rollers 18 with a certain pretension.
  • the take-off rollers 18 are arranged on a shaft 20 which can be driven in the direction of arrow B via a drive device 10, not shown.
  • the take-off rollers 18 convey the sheet of the stack 12 resting against them or, if appropriate, also a plurality of sheets adhering to one another in the direction of a nip between transport rollers 22 and counter-running rollers 24, which are arranged on shafts 26 and 28 parallel to the shaft 20 and in the same direction as the Take-off rollers 18 can be driven counterclockwise.
  • the transport rollers 22 have the task of conveying the sheet lying against them upwards through the nip in FIG. 1, while the counter-rollers are intended to prevent more than one sheet from passing through the nip between the transport rollers 22 and the counter-rollers 24.
  • the counter-rollers 24 can be either in drive connection with the transport rollers or with the take-off rollers 18
  • the transport rollers 22 are combined in three groups, the transport rollers 22 of each group being connected to one another in one piece.
  • the counter-running rollers 24 are combined in three groups of rollers which are integrally connected to one another.
  • the counter-rollers 24 are axially offset relative to the transport rollers 22 in such a way that they lie opposite the gaps between the transport rollers 22.
  • the shaft of the counter rollers 24 is mounted in rockers 30 so that the counter-rollers 24 can dip into the spaces between the transport rollers 22, as indicated by the dash-dotted lines.
  • the fingers 32 of a guide plate 34 which is pivotably supported by a shaft 36 in the side walls 38 of the separating module 10, also engage in the spaces between the transport rollers 22.
  • the two outer groups of transport rollers 22 of the 3 roller groups shown in FIG. 2 each consist of metal, for example aluminum, and are provided with a circumferential annular groove 40 which is narrower than the respective peripheral surface 42 of the transport rollers 22 (FIG. 3).
  • This material with a Shore hardness of approximately 75 has a high coefficient of friction and thus ensures active transport of the sheets that enter the gap between the transport rollers 22 and the counter-rollers 24.
  • the middle group of transport rollers consists of an elastically resilient material, preferably having a cellular or porous surface, e.g. made of cellular polyurethane with a material density of 0.75 g / cm3.
  • each roller group are in one piece with one another, so that they form a transport roller with a comb-like profile.
  • each of these rollers could also consist of individual transport rollers with intermediate rings or of stepped ones individual transport rollers.
  • the distance between the transport rollers 22 and the counter-rollers 24, ie the width of the nip, is adjusted according to the thickness and quality of the sheets to be removed.
  • the setting is made by pivoting the shaft 28 of the counter roller 24 mounted in the rockers 30.
  • a suitable adjustment mechanism is described in DE-PS 28 50 185. The nip is adjusted so that only one sheet can pass at a time.
  • the hard transport rollers have a continuously hard, smooth circumferential surface, there is the possibility in this case that the simultaneous passage of several sheets through the nip is prevented, but that the frictional forces exerted by the transport rollers on the sheet facing them are also insufficient to overcome the static friction between the adjacent sheets and to convey this single sheet through the nip, since the driving forces exerted on the sheets by the transport rollers made of soft material are limited due to the flexibility of the material.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Ausgabevorrichtung für Blattmaterial, insbesondere Wertscheingeber, umfassend einen Speicherbehälter für einen Blattstapel und eine dem Speicherbehälter zugeordnete Abzugs- und Vereinzelungseinrichtung mit mindestens einer zur Anlage an dem Blattstapel bestimmten Abzugsrolle, einer Mehrzahl von mit axialem Abstand nebeneinander angeordneten Transportrollen und mit diesen zugeordneten Gegenlaufrollen, die gegenüber den Transportrollen radial verstellbar und axial derart versetzt sind, daß sie jeweils zwischen zwei benachbarte Transportrollen eintauchen können, wobei die auf zueinander parallelen Wellen angeordneten Rollen gleichsinnig antreibbar sind und wobei die Gegenlaufrollen und mindestens eine Transportrolle aus hartem Material bestehen, während die anderen Transportrollen aus einem elastisch nachgiebigen Material gefertigt sind.The invention relates to a dispensing device for sheet material, in particular a value dispenser, comprising a storage container for a stack of sheets and a removal and separating device assigned to the storage container with at least one removal roller intended for bearing against the sheet stack, a plurality of transport rollers arranged next to one another with axial spacing and associated with them Counter rollers, which are radially adjustable with respect to the transport rollers and axially offset such that they can each dip between two adjacent transport rollers, the rollers arranged on mutually parallel shafts being drivable in the same direction and the counter rollers and at least one transport roller being made of hard material, while the other transport rollers are made of an elastically resilient material.

Eine Vorrichtung der vorstehend genanten Art ist beispielsweise aus der DE-PS 28 50 185 bekannt. Bei Ausgabevorrichtungen dieser Art besteht ganz allgemein das Problem eine zuverlässige Vereinzelung der Blätter sicherzustellen. Dies bereitet im allgemeinen keine besonderen Schwierigkeiten,sofern man es mit einer vorgegebenen gleichbleibenden Blattqualität zu tun hat. Diese Voraussetzung ist jedoch beispielsweise beim Vereinzeln von Banknoten in zweierlei Hinsicht nicht gegeben. Zum einen unterscheiden sich die in den einzelnen Währungen verwendeten Papierqualitäten erheblich voneinander, zum anderen ändert sich die Qualität der Banknoten mit ihrem Gebrauch. Neue Banknoten sind im allgemeinen relativ glatt und steif, während sie mit zunehmendem Gebrauch eine rauhere Oberfläche bekommen und gleichzeitig flappiger werden. Ausgabevorrichtungen der eingangs genannten Art sollen jedoch ohne das Auswechseln von Rollen für alle Arten von Banknoten geeignet sein.A device of the type mentioned above is known for example from DE-PS 28 50 185. With dispensing devices of this type there is generally the problem of ensuring reliable separation of the sheets. In general, this presents no particular difficulties, provided that one is dealing with a predetermined, constant sheet quality. However, this requirement is not met, for example, when separating banknotes in two ways. On the one hand, the paper qualities used in the individual currencies differ considerably from one another, on the other hand, the quality of the banknotes changes with their use. New banknotes are generally relatively smooth and stiff, while with use they become rougher and flatter at the same time. However, dispensers of the type mentioned at the outset should be suitable for all types of banknotes without changing roles.

Insbesondere bei Blättern, die in Stapeln geschnitten wurden, tritt das Problem auf, daß die Blätter an ihren Schnittkanten zusammenhängen. Somit werden von den Abzugsrollen aus mehreren Blättern bestehende Pakete von dem Stapel in den zwischen Transportrollen und Gegenlaufrollen gebildeten Spalt gefördert. Bestehen die Transportrollen und/oder die Gegenlaufrollen ausschließlich aus weichem Material, so besteht die Gefahr, daß dieses Material ausweicht und das gesamte Bündel durch den Spalt hindurch gefördert wird. Zur Beseitigung dieser Schwierigkeit wurde in der DE-PS 28 50 185 (EP-A-11291) bereits vorgeschlagen, daß die Gegenlaufrollen und mindestens eine der Transportrollen aus einem harten Material mit einer Shore-Härte von 92 bis 95 bestehen sollen. Obwohl diese Lösung gute Ergebnisse erbracht hat, gab es in Einzelfällen mit Banknoten oder Blättern bestimmter Qualität immer wieder Schwierigkeiten bei der Vereinzelung der Blätter.Especially with sheets that have been cut in stacks, the problem arises that the sheets are connected at their cut edges. Thus, packages consisting of several sheets are conveyed from the stack into the gap formed between transport rollers and counter-rollers by the take-off rollers. If the transport rollers and / or the counter-rollers consist exclusively of soft material, there is a risk that this material will dodge and the entire bundle will be conveyed through the gap. To eliminate this difficulty, it has already been proposed in DE-PS 28 50 185 (EP-A-11291) that the counter-rollers and at least one of the transport rollers should consist of a hard material with a Shore hardness of 92 to 95. Although this solution has given good results, there have always been difficulties in separating the sheets in individual cases with banknotes or sheets of certain quality.

Eine Ausgabevorrichtung der eingangs genannten Art ist ferner aus der GB-A-231 499 bekannt. Bei der dort beschriebenen Ausführungsform sind die Laufflächen der Transportrollen jeweils von einem Gummiband umschlungen oder mit einer Gummibeschichtung versehen. Dadurch wird zwar die Griffigkeit der Rollen erhöht, eine zuverlässige Vereinzelung der Blätter kann jedoch nicht sichergestellt werden.An output device of the type mentioned is also known from GB-A-231 499. In the embodiment described there, the running surfaces of the transport rollers are each wrapped in a rubber band or provided with a rubber coating. Although this increases the grip of the rollers, a reliable separation of the leaves cannot be ensured.

Aus der US-A-462 058 ist eine Transportrolle zum Transport von Papier- und Büromaschinen bekannt, die aus einem harten Material besteht, und in ihrer Lauffläche eine Ringnut hat. In diese Ringnut ist ein Ring aus elastischem Material eingesetzt, der über die Lauffläche oder Umfangsfläche der Rolle radial übersteht. Ein Zusammenwirken der Transportrolle mit einer Gegenlaufrolle und das Problem der Vereinzelung von Blättern sind in dieser Schrift nicht angesprochen.From US-A-462 058 a transport roller for transporting paper and office machines is known, which consists of a hard material, and in its tread has an annular groove. A ring made of elastic material is inserted into this ring groove, which protrudes radially beyond the running surface or peripheral surface of the roller. An interaction of the transport roller with a counter-rotating roller and the problem of separating sheets are not addressed in this document.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Ausgabevorrichtung der eingangs genannten Art weiter zu verbessern, so daß auch bei extrem unterschiedlichen Papierqualitäten eine zuverlässige Vereinzelung der Blätter gewährleistet ist.The invention has for its object to further improve an output device of the type mentioned, so that a reliable separation of the sheets is guaranteed even with extremely different paper qualities.

Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß durch die im kennzeichnenden Teil des Anspruchs 1 angegebenen Merkmale gelöst.This object is achieved by the features specified in the characterizing part of claim 1.

Bei der bekannten Lösung erfolgt die Förderung der in den Walzenspalt eintretenden Blätter vor allem durch die aus einem elastischen nachgiebigen Material bestehenden Transportrollen. Gerade diese Rollen haben jedoch die Tendenz, dem für die Vereinzelung erforderlichen Gegendruck der Gegenlaufrollen auszuweichen, sodaß es bei Blättern oder Banknoten bestimmter Papierqualität immer wieder dazu kommt, daß sich ein Pack von mehreren Blättern gleichzeitig durch den Walzenspalt schlängelt. Diese Möglichkeit wird durch die erfindungsgemäße Lösung beseitigt, da bei ihr das einen hohen Reibungskoeffizienten und damit einen hohen Mitnahmeeffekt besitzende weiche Material unmittelbar in der Oberfläche der harten Transportrollen angeordnet ist. Versucht ein Bündel von Blättern in den Walzenspalt zwischen Transportrollen und Gegenlaufrollen einzudringen, so wird das weiche Material zwar geringfügig komprimiert, jedoch verhindert dann das nicht ausweichende harte Material der Transportrollen das Eindringen eines mehrere Blätter umfassenden Paketes in den Walzenspalt, wobei jedoch gleichzeitig auch die Mitnahmewirkung des weichen Materials erhalten bleibt. Dadurch wird eine zuverlässige Trennung von auch relativ fest aneinander haftenden Blättern erreicht und sichergestellt, daß nur ein Blatt durch den Walzenspalt in den weiteren Transportweg für die Blätter gegeben wird. Um eine möglichst gleichmässige Vereinzelungswirkung über die gesamte axiale Länge des Walzenspaltes zu erreichen, kann es zweckmässig sein, daß weiche und harte Transportrollen in alternierender Reihenfolge axial nebeneinander angeordnet sind. Aus fertigungstechnischen Gründen ist es jedoch zweckmässig und ohne Nachteile möglich, mehrere Transportrollen gleicher Beschaffenheit gruppenweise zusammenzufassen und die Gruppen weicher Transportrollen und die Gruppen harter Transportrollen in alternierender Reihenfolge axial nebeneinander anzuordnen.In the known solution, the conveying of the sheets entering the nip is carried out primarily by the an elastic, resilient material existing transport rollers. However, it is precisely these rolls which tend to avoid the counterpressure of the counter-rotating rolls required for the separation, so that sheets or banknotes of certain paper quality repeatedly result in a pack of several sheets simultaneously winding through the nip. This possibility is eliminated by the solution according to the invention, since the soft material with a high coefficient of friction and thus a high entrainment effect is arranged directly in the surface of the hard transport rollers. If a bundle of sheets tries to penetrate the nip between the transport rollers and the counter-rollers, the soft material is compressed slightly, but the non-evasive hard material of the transport rollers then prevents a package comprising several sheets from penetrating into the nip, but at the same time the entraining effect of the soft material is preserved. This achieves a reliable separation of sheets which are also relatively firmly adhering to one another and ensures that only one sheet is passed through the nip into the further transport path for the sheets. In order to achieve a separation effect that is as uniform as possible over the entire axial length of the roller gap, it may be expedient for soft and hard transport rollers to be arranged axially next to one another in an alternating sequence. For manufacturing reasons, however, it is expedient and without disadvantages to combine several transport rollers of the same nature in groups and to arrange the groups of soft transport rollers and the groups of hard transport rollers axially next to one another in an alternating sequence.

Die Höhe des radialen Überstandes des ringförmigen Streifens über die Oberfläche der harten Transportrollen wird in gewissem Maße von der Art des verwendeten weichen Materials abhängen Als zweckmässig hat sich jedoch ein radialer Überstand von ca. 0,1 bis 0,2 mm erwiesen Gegenüber dem harten Material der Transportrollen, das eine Shore-Härte von mindestens 92 bis 95 besitzt, sollte das elastisch deformierbare Material der ringförmigen Streifen eine Shore-Härte von ca. 75 besitzen. Ein geeignetes Material ist beispielsweise ein unter dem Warenzeichen Vulkollan vertriebenes Polyurethan-Elastomer.The height of the radial protrusion of the annular strip over the surface of the hard transport rollers is to a certain extent depend on the type of soft material used, however, a radial projection of approx. 0.1 to 0.2 mm has proven to be expedient. Compared to the hard material of the transport rollers, which has a Shore hardness of at least 92 to 95, the elastically deformable material of the annular strips should have a Shore hardness of approx. 75. A suitable material is, for example, a polyurethane elastomer sold under the trademark Vulkollan.

Die harten Transportrollen können aus Metall bestehen und eine Umfangsnut aufweisen, in die der ringförmige Streifen eingelegt ist.The hard transport rollers can be made of metal and have a circumferential groove in which the annular strip is inserted.

Weitere Merkmale und Vorteile der Erfindung ergeben sich aus der folgenden Beschreibung, welche in Verbindung mit den beigefügten Zeichnungen die Erfindung anhand eines Ausführungsbeispieles erläutert. Es zeigen:

Fig. 1
eine schematische Teilseitenansicht eines Vereinzelungsmoduls mit einem Speicherbehälter für einen Blattstapel und den wesentlichen Elementen einer Abzugseinrichtung,
Fig. 2
eine Draufsicht auf die Abzugseinrichtung in Richtung des Pfeiles A in Figur 1 und
Fig. 3
einen Schnitt längs Linie III-III in Figur 2.
Further features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description, which in connection with the accompanying drawings explains the invention using an exemplary embodiment. Show it:
Fig. 1
2 shows a schematic partial side view of a separating module with a storage container for a sheet stack and the essential elements of a take-off device,
Fig. 2
a plan view of the trigger device in the direction of arrow A in Figure 1 and
Fig. 3
a section along line III-III in Figure 2.

In Figur 1 erkennt man einen allgemein mit 10 bezeichneten Vereinzelungsmodul, der aus einem quaderförmigen Rahmen besteht, in den eine einen Blattstapel 12 enthaltende Kassette 14 eingeschoben ist. In diesem Zustand ist eine Klappe 16 der Kassette 14 geöffnet, sodaß Abzugsrollen 18 einer Abzugseinrichtung des Vereinzelungsmoduls 10 an dem vordersten Blatt des in der Kassette 14 enthaltenen Stapels 12 anliegen. Der Stapel 12 wird durch eine nicht dargestellte Vorrichtung in Richtung auf die Abzugsrollen 18 vorgespannt, sodaß die Blätter des Stapels 12 ständig mit einer gewissen Vorspannung an den Abzugsrollen 18 anliegen. Die Abzugsrollen 18 sind auf einer Welle 20 angeordnet, die über eine nicht dargestellte Antriebsvorrichtung 10 in Richtung des Pfeiles B antreibbar ist.1 shows a separating module, generally designated 10, which consists of a cuboid frame into which a cassette 14 containing a sheet stack 12 is inserted. In this state, a flap 16 of the cassette 14 is opened, so that pull-off rollers 18 of a pull-off device of the separating module 10 on the foremost sheet in the cassette 14 contained stack 12 abut. The stack 12 is biased by a device, not shown, in the direction of the take-off rollers 18, so that the sheets of the stack 12 are constantly in contact with the take-off rollers 18 with a certain pretension. The take-off rollers 18 are arranged on a shaft 20 which can be driven in the direction of arrow B via a drive device 10, not shown.

Die Abzugsrollen 18 fördern das jeweils an ihnen anliegende Blatt des Stapels 12 oder gegebenfalls auch mehrere aneinander haftende Blätter in Richtung auf einen Walzenspalt zwischen Transportrollen 22 und Gegenlaufrollen 24, die auf zu der Welle 20 parallelen Wellen 26 bzw. 28 angeordnet sind und gleichsinnig mit den Abzugsrollen 18 im Gegenuhrzeigersinn antreibbar sind. Die Transportrollen 22 haben die Aufgabe, das an ihnen anliegende Blatt durch den Walzenspalt in der Figur 1 nach oben zu fördern, während die Gegenlaufrollen verhindern sollen, daß mehr als ein Blatt durch den Walzenspalt zwischen den Transportrollen 22 und den Gegenlaufrollen 24 hindruchtritt. Die Gegenlaufrollen 24 können entweder mit den Transportrollen oder aber mit den Abzugsrollen 18 in Antriebsverbindung stehenThe take-off rollers 18 convey the sheet of the stack 12 resting against them or, if appropriate, also a plurality of sheets adhering to one another in the direction of a nip between transport rollers 22 and counter-running rollers 24, which are arranged on shafts 26 and 28 parallel to the shaft 20 and in the same direction as the Take-off rollers 18 can be driven counterclockwise. The transport rollers 22 have the task of conveying the sheet lying against them upwards through the nip in FIG. 1, while the counter-rollers are intended to prevent more than one sheet from passing through the nip between the transport rollers 22 and the counter-rollers 24. The counter-rollers 24 can be either in drive connection with the transport rollers or with the take-off rollers 18

Wie die Fig. 2 zeigt, sind bei dem dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiel die Transportrollen 22 in drei Gruppen zusammengefaßt, wobei die Transportrollen 22 jeder Gruppe einstückig miteinander verbunden sind. Ebenso sind die Gegenlaufrollen 24 in drei Gruppen von einstückig miteinander verbundenen Rollen zusammengefaßt. Dabei sind die Gegenlaufrollen 24 gegenüber den Transportrollen 22 derart axial versetzt, daß sie jeweils gegenüber den Zwischenräumen zwischen den Transportrollen 22 liegen. Die Welle der Gegenlaufrollen 24 ist in Schwingen 30 gelagert, sodaß die Gegenlaufrollen 24 in die Zwischenräume zwischen den Transportrollen 22 eintauchen können, wie dies durch die strichpunktierten Linien angedeutet ist. In die Zwischenräume zwischen den Transportrollen 22 greifen ferner jeweils die Finger 32 eines Führungsbleches 34, das mit einer Welle 36 schwenkbar in den Seitenwänden 38 des Vereinzelungsmoduls 10 gelagert ist.As shown in FIG. 2, in the exemplary embodiment shown, the transport rollers 22 are combined in three groups, the transport rollers 22 of each group being connected to one another in one piece. Likewise, the counter-running rollers 24 are combined in three groups of rollers which are integrally connected to one another. The counter-rollers 24 are axially offset relative to the transport rollers 22 in such a way that they lie opposite the gaps between the transport rollers 22. The shaft of the counter rollers 24 is mounted in rockers 30 so that the counter-rollers 24 can dip into the spaces between the transport rollers 22, as indicated by the dash-dotted lines. The fingers 32 of a guide plate 34, which is pivotably supported by a shaft 36 in the side walls 38 of the separating module 10, also engage in the spaces between the transport rollers 22.

Die beiden äußeren Gruppen von Transportrollen 22 der in der Fig. 2 dargestellten 3 Rollengruppen bestehen jeweils aus Metall, beispielsweise Aluminium und sind mit einer umlaufenden Ringnut 40 versehen, die schmaler als die jeweilige Umfangsfläche 42 der Transportrollen 22 ist (Fig.3). In die Ringnut 40 ist jeweils ein ringförmiger Streifen 44 aus einem elastisch deformierbaren Material, wie beispielsweise einem Polyurethan-Elastomer eingebettet, wobei dieser Streifen in unbelastetem Zustand etwa 0,1 bis 0,2 mm über die Umfangsfläche 42 der jeweiligen Transportrolle 22 radial übersteht. Dieses Material mit einer Shore-Härte von etwa 75 hat einen hohen Reibungskoeffizienten und sorgt somit für einen aktiven Transport der Blätter, die in den Spalt zwischen den Transportrollen 22 und den Gegenlaufrollen 24 eintreten.The two outer groups of transport rollers 22 of the 3 roller groups shown in FIG. 2 each consist of metal, for example aluminum, and are provided with a circumferential annular groove 40 which is narrower than the respective peripheral surface 42 of the transport rollers 22 (FIG. 3). An annular strip 44 made of an elastically deformable material, such as a polyurethane elastomer, is embedded in the annular groove 40, this strip protruding radially about 0.1 to 0.2 mm over the peripheral surface 42 of the respective transport roller 22 in the unloaded state. This material with a Shore hardness of approximately 75 has a high coefficient of friction and thus ensures active transport of the sheets that enter the gap between the transport rollers 22 and the counter-rollers 24.

Die mittlere Gruppe von Transportrollen besteht aus einem elastisch nachgiebigen, vorzugsweise eine zellige oder porige Oberfläche aufweisenden Material, z.B. aus zelligem Polyurethan mit einer Materialdichte von 0,75 g/cm³.The middle group of transport rollers consists of an elastically resilient material, preferably having a cellular or porous surface, e.g. made of cellular polyurethane with a material density of 0.75 g / cm³.

Im dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiel sind zwar die Transportrollen jeder Rollengruppe einstückig miteinander ausgebildet, sodaß sie eine Transportwalze mit kammartigen Profil bilden. Jede dieser Walzen könnte aber auch aus einzelnen Transportrollen mit Zwischenringen oder aus abgestuften einzelnen Transportrollen zusammengesetzt sein.In the exemplary embodiment shown, the transport rollers of each roller group are in one piece with one another, so that they form a transport roller with a comb-like profile. However, each of these rollers could also consist of individual transport rollers with intermediate rings or of stepped ones individual transport rollers.

Wird der Abzugsmodul in Betrieb genommen, so wird der Abstand zwischen den Transportrollen 22 und den Gegenlaufrollen 24, d.h. die Breite des Walzenspaltes entsprechend der Stärke und Qualität der abzuziehenden Blätter eingestellt. Die Einstellung erfolgt durch ein Verschwenken der in den Schwingen 30 gelagerten Welle 28 der Gegenlaufrolle 24. Ein hierfür geeigneter Verstellmechanismus ist in der DE-PS 28 50 185 beschrieben. Die Einstellung des Walzenspaltes erfolgt so, daß nur ein Blatt auf einmal hindurchtreten kann. Wird ein Pack von mehreren zusammenhängenden Blättern von den Abzugsrollen 18 in Richtung auf den Walzenspalt zwischen den Transportrollen 22 und den Gegenlaufrollen 24 gefördert, so wird nur das den Transportrollen 22 zugewandte Blatt des Packs erfaßt und durch den Walzenspalt gefördert, während die übrigen Blätter von den Gegenlaufrollen 24 zurückgehalten werden. Bei dem Versuch des Packs in den Walzenspalt einzutreten, entsteht ein gewisser radialer Druck auf die Transportrollen 22, unter dem die aus dem elastischen nachgiebigen Material bestehenden mittleren Transportrollen radial ausweichen, nicht dagegen die aus Metall bestehenden äußeren Transportrollen. Weisen die harten Transportrollen eine durchgehend harte, glatte Umfangsfläche auf, so besteht in diesem Falle die Möglichkeit, daß zwar der gleichzeitige Durchtritt von mehreren Blättern durch den Walzenspalt verhindert wird, daß aber auch die von den Transportrollen auf das ihnen zugewandte Blatt ausgeübte Reibungskräfte nicht ausreichen die Haftreibung zwischen den aneinander liegenden Blättern zu überwinden und dieses einzelne Blatt durch den Walzenspalt zu fördern, da die von den aus weichem Material bestehenden Transportrollen auf die Blätter ausgeübten Mitnahmekräfte wegen der Nachgiebigkeit des Materials begrenzt sind.If the take-off module is put into operation, the distance between the transport rollers 22 and the counter-rollers 24, ie the width of the nip, is adjusted according to the thickness and quality of the sheets to be removed. The setting is made by pivoting the shaft 28 of the counter roller 24 mounted in the rockers 30. A suitable adjustment mechanism is described in DE-PS 28 50 185. The nip is adjusted so that only one sheet can pass at a time. If a pack of several contiguous sheets is conveyed by the take-off rollers 18 in the direction of the nip between the transport rollers 22 and the counter-running rollers 24, only the sheet of the pack facing the transport rollers 22 is grasped and conveyed through the nip, while the remaining sheets of the Counter rollers 24 are retained. When the pack tries to enter the nip, there is a certain radial pressure on the transport rollers 22, under which the middle transport rollers made of the resilient, flexible material dodge radially, but not the outer transport rollers made of metal. If the hard transport rollers have a continuously hard, smooth circumferential surface, there is the possibility in this case that the simultaneous passage of several sheets through the nip is prevented, but that the frictional forces exerted by the transport rollers on the sheet facing them are also insufficient to overcome the static friction between the adjacent sheets and to convey this single sheet through the nip, since the driving forces exerted on the sheets by the transport rollers made of soft material are limited due to the flexibility of the material.

Diese Schwierigkeit wird durch die eingelegten Streifen 44 in den harten Transportrollen 22 beseitigt. Durch diese Streifen können die Transportrollen 22 gerade in den Bereichen des Walzenspaltes hohe Reibungskräfte auf die durchlaufenden Blätter ausüben, in denen wegen der Unnachgiebigkeit des Rollenmaterials das jeweils durchlaufende Blatt fest gegen die Rollen angedrückt wird. Wie man aus der Figur 2 erkennt, wird ein durchlaufendes Blatt von den jeweils zwischen zwei Transportrollen 22 eintauchenden Gegenlaufrollen 24 förmlich um die Umfangsflächen der Transportrollen 22 gespannt, sodaß ein zuverlässiger Reibschluß zwischen den Streifen 44 und dem zu fördernden Blatt entsteht. Die Tatsache, daß auf diese Weise hohe Förderkräfte auf das zu fördernde Blatt übertragen werden können, erlaubt es wiederum den Walzenspalt relativ eng einzustellen, sodaß auch bei schwierig zu handhabendem Blattmaterial eine Vereinzelung sichergestellt wird.This difficulty is eliminated by the strips 44 inserted in the hard transport rollers 22. Through these strips, the transport rollers 22 can exert high frictional forces on the continuous sheets, particularly in the areas of the nip, in which the respective continuous sheet is pressed firmly against the rollers due to the unreliability of the roller material. As can be seen from FIG. 2, a continuous sheet is literally stretched around the circumferential surfaces of the transport rollers 22 by the counter rollers 24 immersed between two transport rollers 22, so that a reliable frictional connection is created between the strips 44 and the sheet to be conveyed. The fact that high conveying forces can be transmitted to the sheet to be conveyed in this way in turn allows the roller gap to be set relatively narrowly, so that separation is ensured even in the case of sheet material which is difficult to handle.

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  1. Sheet-delivering device, in particular a cash dispenser, comprising a storage container (14) for a pile of sheets (12) and a drawing-off and individually separating means which is assigned to the storage container (14) and has at least one draw-off roller (18), intended to bear against the pile of sheets (12), a plurality of transport rollers (22), arranged next to one another at axial intervals, and having counter rollers (24), which are assigned to the said transport rollers (22) and adjustable radially with respect to them and are offset axially in such a way that they can in each case enter between two neighbouring transport rollers (22), the rollers (18, 22, 24) arranged on mutually parallel shafts (20, 26, 28) being able to be driven in the same sense and the counter running rollers (24) and at least one transport roller (22) consisting of hard material, whereas the other transport rollers (22) are made from an elastically compliant material, characterised in that in the circumferential surface (42) of the transport roller (22) consisting of hard material there is embedded an annular strip (44) which consists of an elastically deformable material, the axial width of which is less than the axial width of the circumferential surface (42) of the transport roller (22) and which projects in the unloaded state radially beyond the circumferential surface (42), and in that, to prevent the simultaneous transport of more than one sheet through the roll nip, the width of the latter is set in such a way that the hardness of the elastic material is selected such that the annular strip (44) can be compressed radially as far as the circumferential surface (42) of the transport roller (22) by a bundle of sheets conveyed into the roll nip.
  2. Delivering device according to Claim 1, characterised in that soft and hard transport rollers (22) are arranged axially next to one another in alternating sequence.
  3. Delivering device according to Claim 1, characterised in that a plurality of transport rollers (22) of the same composition are combined in groups and that groups of soft transport rollers (22) and groups of hard transport rollers (22) are arranged axially next to one another in alternating sequence.
  4. Delivering device according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the radial projection of the annular strips (44) is about 0.1 to 0.2 mm.
  5. Delivering device according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the elastically deformable material of the annular strip (44) has a Shore hardness of about 75.
  6. Delivering device according to Claim 5, characterised in that the annular strip (44) consists of a polyurethane elastomer.
  7. Delivering device according to one of Claims 1 to 6, characterised in that the hard transport roller (22) consists of metal and has a circumferential groove (40) into which the annular strip (44) is inserted.
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