EP0333124B1 - Dispenser for banknotes and printed documents - Google Patents

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EP0333124B1
EP0333124B1 EP89104482A EP89104482A EP0333124B1 EP 0333124 B1 EP0333124 B1 EP 0333124B1 EP 89104482 A EP89104482 A EP 89104482A EP 89104482 A EP89104482 A EP 89104482A EP 0333124 B1 EP0333124 B1 EP 0333124B1
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Günther Dipl.-Ing. Reisacher (FH)
Michael Dipl.-Ing. Schwarzbauer (Fh)
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  • the invention relates to an output device for banknotes and printed receipts according to the features of the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • a voucher is known in which, on the one hand, banknotes and, on the other hand, check forms, account statements or the like are fed from respectively assigned storage units via a common collective transport path to an output station common to all storage units.
  • no measures are provided which, in the event of the banknotes and / or receipts being removed from the output compartment in a timely or incomplete manner, ensure that the bank notes and / or receipts left behind cannot be removed by subsequent persons.
  • the present invention is based on the object of improving an output device of the type mentioned in the preamble of claim 1 in such a way that the output of banknotes on the one hand and printed documents on the other hand can be carried out with as little effort as possible without mutual hindrance and in compliance with increased security requirements.
  • the figure shows a schematic representation of an output device composed of two functional units, the lower of the two functional units arranged one above the other being designed as a banknote safe 1 and the upper one as an output module 2 with an integrated account statement printer 3.
  • the banknote safe 1 contains a plurality of cassettes 4 for banknotes of different values, which are passed via a first transport system 5 to an opening in the top surface of the banknote safe and are transferred there to a second transport system.
  • This second transport system is divided into a first conveyor line 6 for the banknotes arriving from the banknote safe and a second conveyor line 7 running parallel to it for receipts delivered from the account statement printer 3.
  • a common drive M is provided which drives two endless conveyor belts 8, 9 in the same direction.
  • a pressure belt 10 is provided between the two conveyor belts 8, 9 and bears against the two conveyor belts 8, 9 in the region of the two conveyor sections 6, 7 and is driven at the same speed as the conveyor belts 8, 9.
  • the following mode of operation results for the second transport system provided in the output module 2.
  • the drive M for the two conveyor belts 8, 9 takes place counterclockwise and for the pressure belt 10 clockwise, so that the banknotes coming from the banknote safe 1 are fed via the conveyor path 6 to the output slot 11.
  • the other belt 9 is simultaneously moved in the opposite direction.
  • the drive direction takes place in the opposite direction in such a way that the two conveyor belts 8, 9 rotate clockwise and the pressure belt 10 counterclockwise, so that the account statement documents are moved in the conveying path 7 in the direction of the second output slot 12 , while the conveyor belt 8 is moved in the adjacent conveyor section 6 in the opposite direction.
  • the conveyor belts 8, 9, which can be moved alternately in the forward and backward directions, offer the possibility that banknotes or account statement documents not removed from the output slots 11, 12 independently of one another into their respective functional units, that is, into corresponding collecting compartments 13, 14 in the banknote safe 1 or Account statement printer 3 can be transported back.

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For the banknotes or printed documents provided in separate functional units, each unit has its own transport device (8, 10-9, 10) with an associated dispensing slot (11, 12). The two transport devices are controlled via a common drive (M) in such a way that, at any one time, transport to the respective associated dispensing slot (11, 12) takes place in only one of the two transport devices. The two transport devices are designed so as to be moveable in two directions. <IMAGE>

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Ausgabegerät für Banknoten und bedruckte Belege nach den Merkmalen des Oberbegriffs des Patentanspruchs 1.The invention relates to an output device for banknotes and printed receipts according to the features of the preamble of patent claim 1.

Aus der DE-PS 35 14 062 ist ein Wertscheingeber bekannt, bei dem einerseits Banknoten und andererseits Scheckformulare, Kontoauszüge oder dergleichen aus jeweils zugeordneten Speichereinheiten über eine gemeinsame Sammeltransportbahn einer allen Speichereinheiten gemeinsamen Ausgabestation zugeführt werden. Bei dieser bekannten Vorrichtung sind keinerlei Maßnahmen vorgesehen, die im Falle einer nicht rechtzeitigen oder nicht vollständigen Entnahme der Banknoten und/oder Belege aus dem Ausgabefach sicherstellen, daß zurückgelassene Wertscheine und/oder Belege von nachfolgenden Personen nicht entnommen werden können.From DE-PS 35 14 062 a voucher is known in which, on the one hand, banknotes and, on the other hand, check forms, account statements or the like are fed from respectively assigned storage units via a common collective transport path to an output station common to all storage units. In this known device, no measures are provided which, in the event of the banknotes and / or receipts being removed from the output compartment in a timely or incomplete manner, ensure that the bank notes and / or receipts left behind cannot be removed by subsequent persons.

Es ist deshalb bereits vorgeschlagen worden, im Ausgabefach zurückgelassene Banknoten nach Ablauf einer vorgegebenen Zeitspanne wieder in den Tresorbereich des Geldausgabeautomaten zurückzutransportieren (DE-PS 33 25 181) oder Kontoauszüge in ein von außen nicht mehr zugängliches Sammelfach fallen zu lassen (siehe EP-A 0189 105).It has therefore already been proposed to transport banknotes left in the output compartment back to the safe area of the automated teller machine after a predetermined period of time (DE-PS 33 25 181) or to drop account statements into a collecting compartment that is no longer accessible from the outside (see EP-A 0189 105).

Bei einer Vorrichtung, bei der sowohl Banknoten als auch bedruckte Belege über eine gemeinsame Sammeltransportbahn ausgegeben werden, stößt ein eventueller Rücktransport jedoch auf erhebliche Probleme, weil Banknoten und Belege über die gemeinsame Sammeltransportbahn nur in einem gemeinsamen Ablagefach hinterlegt werden könnten. Dies würde bedeuten, daß Kontoauszüge zusammen mit Banknoten entweder im Tresorbereich verschwinden würden oder daß zurücktransportierte Banknoten relativ ungeschützt lediglich im Sammelfach für Kontoauszüge verwahrt würden.In the case of a device in which both banknotes and printed receipts are output via a common collective transport path, a possible return transport encounters considerable problems because banknotes and documents can only be stored in a common storage compartment via the common collective transport path. This would mean that bank statements together with banknotes would either disappear in the vault area or that banknotes that were transported back would be kept relatively unprotected only in the bank account collection box.

Der vorliegenden Erfindung liegt nun die Aufgabe zugrunde, ein Ausgabegerät der im Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1 genannten Art so zu verbessern, daß die Ausgabe von Banknoten einerseits und bedruckten Belegen andererseits bei möglichst geringem Aufwand ohne gegenseitige Behinderung und unter Einhaltung erhöhter Sicherheitsanforderungen durchführbar ist.The present invention is based on the object of improving an output device of the type mentioned in the preamble of claim 1 in such a way that the output of banknotes on the one hand and printed documents on the other hand can be carried out with as little effort as possible without mutual hindrance and in compliance with increased security requirements.

Die Lösung dieser Aufgabe ergibt sich erfindungsgemäß durch die kennzeichnenden Merkmale des Anspruchs 1. Vorteilhafte Weiterbildungen der Erfindung sind in den Unteransprüchen angegeben.This object is achieved according to the invention by the characterizing features of claim 1. Advantageous developments of the invention are specified in the subclaims.

Ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung wird im folgenden anhand der Zeichnung näher erläutert.An embodiment of the invention is explained below with reference to the drawing.

Die Figur zeigt in schematischer Darstellung ein aus zwei Funktionseinheiten zusammengesetztes Ausgabegerät, wobei die untere der beiden übereinander angeordneten Funktionseinheiten als Banknotentresor 1 und die obere als Ausgabemodul 2 mit integriertem Kontoauszugsdrucker 3 ausgebildet sind. Der Banknotentresor 1 enthält mehrere Kassetten 4 für Banknoten verschiedener Wertigkeit, die über ein erstes Transportsystem 5 an eine Öffnung in der Deckfläche des Banknotentresors geleitet und dort an ein zweites Transportsystem übergeben werden. Dieses zweite Transportsystem ist aufgeteilt in eine erste Förderstrecke 6 für die aus dem Banknotentresor ankommenden Banknoten und in eine parallel dazu verlaufende zweite Förderstrecke 7 für aus dem Kontoauszugsdrucker 3 angelieferte Belege. Für dieses zweite Transportsystem ist ein gemeinsamer Antrieb M vorgesehen, der zwei endlose Förderbänder 8, 9 jeweils gleichsinnig antreibt. Zwischen den beiden Förderbändern 8, 9 ist ein Andruckband 10 vorgesehen, das im Bereich der beiden Förderstrecken 6, 7 an den beiden Förderbändern 8, 9 anliegt und geschwindigkeitssynchron zu den Förderbändern 8, 9 angetrieben wird.The figure shows a schematic representation of an output device composed of two functional units, the lower of the two functional units arranged one above the other being designed as a banknote safe 1 and the upper one as an output module 2 with an integrated account statement printer 3. The banknote safe 1 contains a plurality of cassettes 4 for banknotes of different values, which are passed via a first transport system 5 to an opening in the top surface of the banknote safe and are transferred there to a second transport system. This second transport system is divided into a first conveyor line 6 for the banknotes arriving from the banknote safe and a second conveyor line 7 running parallel to it for receipts delivered from the account statement printer 3. For this second transport system, a common drive M is provided which drives two endless conveyor belts 8, 9 in the same direction. A pressure belt 10 is provided between the two conveyor belts 8, 9 and bears against the two conveyor belts 8, 9 in the region of the two conveyor sections 6, 7 and is driven at the same speed as the conveyor belts 8, 9.

Für das im Ausgabemodul 2 vorgesehene zweite Transportsystem ergibt sich folgende Betriebsweise. Beim Transport von Banknoten erfolgt der Antrieb M für die beiden Förderbänder 8, 9 gegen den Uhrzeigersinn und für das Andruckband 10 im Uhrzeigersinn, so daß die aus dem Banknotentresor 1 kommenden Banknoten über die Förderstrecke 6 dem Ausgabeschlitz 11 zugeführt werden. In der benachbarten Förderstrecke 7 wird gleichzeitig das andere Band 9 in entgegengesetzter Richtung bewegt. Beim Transport von Kontoauszügen aus dem Kontoauszugsdrucker 3 erfolgt die Antriebsrichtung in entgegengesetzter Richtung derart, daß die beiden Förderbänder 8, 9 im Uhrzeigersinn und das Andruckband 10 gegen den Uhrzeigersinn umlaufen, so daß die Kontoauszugsbelege in der Förderstrecke 7 in Richtung des zweiten Ausgabeschlitzes 12 bewegt werden, während das Förderband 8 in der benachbarten Förderstrecke 6 in entgegengesetzter Richtung bewegt wird. Die wechselseitig in Vor- und Rückwärtsrichtung bewegbaren Förderbänder 8, 9 bieten die Möglichkeit, daß aus den Ausgabeschlitzen 11, 12 nicht entnommene Banknoten bzw. Kontoauszugsbelege unabhängig voneinander in ihre jeweils zugehörigen Funktionseinheiten, das heißt in entsprechende Sammelfächer 13, 14 im Banknotentresor 1 bzw. Kontoauszugsdrucker 3 zurücktransportiert werden können.The following mode of operation results for the second transport system provided in the output module 2. When transporting banknotes, the drive M for the two conveyor belts 8, 9 takes place counterclockwise and for the pressure belt 10 clockwise, so that the banknotes coming from the banknote safe 1 are fed via the conveyor path 6 to the output slot 11. In the adjacent conveyor section 7, the other belt 9 is simultaneously moved in the opposite direction. When transporting bank statements from the account statement printer 3, the drive direction takes place in the opposite direction in such a way that the two conveyor belts 8, 9 rotate clockwise and the pressure belt 10 counterclockwise, so that the account statement documents are moved in the conveying path 7 in the direction of the second output slot 12 , while the conveyor belt 8 is moved in the adjacent conveyor section 6 in the opposite direction. The conveyor belts 8, 9, which can be moved alternately in the forward and backward directions, offer the possibility that banknotes or account statement documents not removed from the output slots 11, 12 independently of one another into their respective functional units, that is, into corresponding collecting compartments 13, 14 in the banknote safe 1 or Account statement printer 3 can be transported back.

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  1. Dispenser for banknotes on the one hand and printed documents on the other hand, which are prepared in respective separate function units (1, 3) and by means of conveyor devices (5, 8, 9, 10) can be fed to a dispensing slot (11, 12), characterized in that each function unit (1, 3) is provided with its own conveyor device (8, 9) having an appertaining dispensing slot (11, 12), in that there is assigned to the two conveyor devices a common drive (M) which controls the two conveyor devices in such a manner that transport to the respective appertaining dispensing slot (11, 12) is effected at any one time only in one of the two conveyor devices (8, 9), in that the two conveyor devices are designed for bidirectional movement, and in that each function unit (1, 3) has a collecting compartment (13, 14) intended for banknotes or documents delivered back.
  2. Dispenser according to Claim 1, characterized in that the two conveyor devices (8, 9) are in each case controlled in opposite directions to one another.
  3. Dispenser according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that each of the two conveyor devices (8, 9) consists of an endlessly rotating conveyor belt (8, 9) to which is assigned in the region of the conveying path (6, 7) a pressure belt (10) driven in respect of speed in synchronism with the conveyor belts (8, 9).
  4. Dispenser according to Claim 3, characterized in that for the two conveyor belts (8, 9) a common pressure belt (10) rotating between them is provided.
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