EP0505340B1 - An arrangement in an automatic document-handling machine, for transporting valuable documents, such as banknotes, cheques, etc. - Google Patents
An arrangement in an automatic document-handling machine, for transporting valuable documents, such as banknotes, cheques, etc. Download PDFInfo
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- EP0505340B1 EP0505340B1 EP19920850053 EP92850053A EP0505340B1 EP 0505340 B1 EP0505340 B1 EP 0505340B1 EP 19920850053 EP19920850053 EP 19920850053 EP 92850053 A EP92850053 A EP 92850053A EP 0505340 B1 EP0505340 B1 EP 0505340B1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
- B65H5/06—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by rollers or balls, e.g. between rollers
- B65H5/062—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by rollers or balls, e.g. between rollers between rollers or balls
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
- B65H2301/30—Orientation, displacement, position of the handled material
- B65H2301/34—Modifying, selecting, changing direction of displacement
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- the present invention relates to an arrangement in an automatic document-handling machine for transporting of valuable documents, such as banknotes, cheques, etc.
- the arrangement is of the kind which includes, among other things, a first transportation path for the transportation of valuable documents in a first part of the automatic document-handling machine, a second transportation path for transporting valuable documents in a second part of said machine, and a gripping device for moving valuable documents from the first transportation path to the second transportation path and which includes a firmly mounted but rotating drive device and a moveably mounted, relay-activated device which co-rotates with the drive device when in engagement therewith.
- the gripping device includes a relay (solenoid) which in the transportation of banknotes from the first transportation path to the second transportation path is operative to bring two transportation rollers to a position of mutual coaction such as to change the direction of transportation of a banknote located between the rollers, namely from transportation in the length direction of the banknote (one short side first) to transportation at right angles to the long axis of the banknote (one long side first).
- the relay activation period is adapted so that the rollers will remain active over a period of time of sufficient duration to ensure that the banknote will be transported to the second transportation path.
- DE-A-3 422 739, GB-A-2 195 617, DE-A-1 436 061 and EP-A-0 346 220 relate to arrangements for transporting documents separately along one single path and, hence, fail to show any relay-operated gripping device for transferring documents from one transportation path to another.
- An object of the present invention is to eliminate the aforesaid drawback.
- the relay is constructed to adopt an inactive state at the time when movement of a banknote from the first to the second transportation path takes place, and to return to an active state when the co-rotating device has rotated through one revolution.
- the co-rotating device is arranged to be moved towards the drive device as the relay switches from its active state to its inactive state, such that a predetermined part of the circumference of said co-rotating device will engage the drive device.
- the co-rotating device is arranged to steer movement of the relay armature during the transition of the relay from its inactive to its active state, as said co-rotating device moves and rotates.
- the gripping device illustrated in Figure 1 includes a firmly mounted but rotatable drive device 10, a moveably mounted, relay-activated device 11 which rotates together with the drive device 10 during a working function, a relay 12 having a moveable armature 121 which is attached to one end of a lever arm 111 which carries the co-rotating device 11 and the bottom end of which is actuable by a draw spring 112, and a latching device 13 which includes a moveably mounted and spring-activated latching arm 131.
- banknote S Located between the drive device 10 and the co-rotating device 11 is a banknote S which is held in position between the devices 10 and 11 while being transported in a first transportation path perpendicularly to the plane of the drawing, by means of bands or rollers, not shown.
- Figure 2 illustrates the functional state of the arrangement at precisely that moment when the gripping device illustrated in Figure 1 has received a signal to the effect that the banknote S shall be moved from the first transportation path to a second transportation path in the dispenser.
- supply current to the relay 12 has been interrupted, the lever arm 111 together with the armature 121 and the co-rotating device 11 has been rotated clockwise about the lever arm axis 1110 and clockwise rotation of the drive device 10 has been initiated.
- the banknote S has reached the position in which its centrepoint is located opposite to the devices 10-11, during movement of said banknote at right angles to the plane of the drawing.
- the banknote S will be moved downwards, as a result of the mutual coaction between the devices 10 and 11.
- the drive device 10 has a circular, outer peripheral surface (drive surface), whereas the co-rotating device 11 has an arcuate outer surface which extends through an angle of arc of about 190° of its periphery and an outer surface of continually varying radius around the remaining approximately 170° of its periphery.
- the co-rotating device 11 has just come into contact with the banknote S and the drive device 10 at that part of the outer surface of the co-rotating device which has the smallest centre-radius.
- the device During movement of the co-rotating device 11 from the position shown in Figure 3 to the position shown in Figure 1, the device is out of contact with the drive device 10 during about the last half of its movement; it is the kinetic energy prevailing in said device which ensures completion of this movement.
- Current is again supplied to the coil of the relay 12 (this occurs approximately in the operational state shown in Figure 3), the drive device 10 is stopped and the gripping device is again in its rest position in readiness to receive a further impulse for movement of the next banknote.
- the co-rotating device 11 can be provided with an arcuate outer surface which extends around about 40° of its periphery nearest one side of the flat peripheral surface which includes an angle of about 50°, and with an outer surface containing an angle of about 270° with a continuously increasing radius in a region extending from the other side of the flat surface (minimum radius) to the circular surface.
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Description
- The present invention relates to an arrangement in an automatic document-handling machine for transporting of valuable documents, such as banknotes, cheques, etc. The arrangement is of the kind which includes, among other things, a first transportation path for the transportation of valuable documents in a first part of the automatic document-handling machine, a second transportation path for transporting valuable documents in a second part of said machine, and a gripping device for moving valuable documents from the first transportation path to the second transportation path and which includes a firmly mounted but rotating drive device and a moveably mounted, relay-activated device which co-rotates with the drive device when in engagement therewith.
- An arrangement of this kind is known from, e.g., U.S. Patent Specification No. 4,736,852, which corresponds to Swedish Patent Specification No. 446,567. Thus, there is included in a first part of this arrangement a first transportation path by means of which banknotes are transported from an infeed opening to a gripping device, while included in a second part of the arrangement is a second transportation path by means of which banknotes are transported from the gripping device to a cassette-accommodating space, or to an outfeed opening. The gripping device includes a relay (solenoid) which in the transportation of banknotes from the first transportation path to the second transportation path is operative to bring two transportation rollers to a position of mutual coaction such as to change the direction of transportation of a banknote located between the rollers, namely from transportation in the length direction of the banknote (one short side first) to transportation at right angles to the long axis of the banknote (one long side first). The relay activation period is adapted so that the rollers will remain active over a period of time of sufficient duration to ensure that the banknote will be transported to the second transportation path.
- In order to be able to capture a banknote, for instance in an automatic currency dispenser, during its transportation in its length direction and to position the banknote precisely during its transportation at right angles to its length direction, it is necessary to equip the dispenser with relays provided with small magnets and having high power outputs. In the case of automatic dispensers which are used for transactions that include at most about 100 banknotes and with which there is a period of inactivity between consecutive transactions, no problems will normally occur, since the magnets will have time to cool between transactions. In automatic dispensers of greater capacity, in which each transaction may include up to about 2,000 banknotes, there is a danger that the magnets will overheat, resulting in a breakdown in or malfunction of the dispenser.
- DE-A-3 422 739, GB-A-2 195 617, DE-A-1 436 061 and EP-A-0 346 220 relate to arrangements for transporting documents separately along one single path and, hence, fail to show any relay-operated gripping device for transferring documents from one transportation path to another.
- An object of the present invention is to eliminate the aforesaid drawback.
- In an arrangement of the aforesaid kind, comprising two transportation paths and a gripping device mounted between said paths and including a firmly mounted but rotating drive device and a moveably mounted, relay-activated device which co-rotates with the drive device when in engagement therewith, the relay is constructed to adopt an inactive state at the time when movement of a banknote from the first to the second transportation path takes place, and to return to an active state when the co-rotating device has rotated through one revolution. The co-rotating device is arranged to be moved towards the drive device as the relay switches from its active state to its inactive state, such that a predetermined part of the circumference of said co-rotating device will engage the drive device. This arrangement enables the power requirement of the relay to be reduced to only some few percent of the power required for a corresponding relay which is in an active state during operation of the arrangement.
- According to one development of the invention, the co-rotating device is arranged to steer movement of the relay armature during the transition of the relay from its inactive to its active state, as said co-rotating device moves and rotates.
- The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying schematic drawings, in which
- Figure 1
- illustrates a gripping device included in the inventive arrangement or dispenser in a rest position, with its relay in a working state (its active state);
- Figure 2
- illustrates the gripping device of Figure 1 in a working position, with the relay in a rest state (its inactive state);
- Figure 3
- illustrates the gripping device of Figure 1 and shows the relay in its working state (its active state), with the co-rotating device still in coacting engagement with a drive device; and
- Figure 4
- illustrates part of a latching device which coacts with the co-rotating device.
- The gripping device illustrated in Figure 1 includes a firmly mounted but
rotatable drive device 10, a moveably mounted, relay-activateddevice 11 which rotates together with thedrive device 10 during a working function, arelay 12 having amoveable armature 121 which is attached to one end of alever arm 111 which carries theco-rotating device 11 and the bottom end of which is actuable by adraw spring 112, and alatching device 13 which includes a moveably mounted and spring-activatedlatching arm 131. - Located between the
drive device 10 and theco-rotating device 11 is a banknote S which is held in position between thedevices - Figure 2 illustrates the functional state of the arrangement at precisely that moment when the gripping device illustrated in Figure 1 has received a signal to the effect that the banknote S shall be moved from the first transportation path to a second transportation path in the dispenser. In the illustrated case, supply current to the
relay 12 has been interrupted, thelever arm 111 together with thearmature 121 and theco-rotating device 11 has been rotated clockwise about thelever arm axis 1110 and clockwise rotation of thedrive device 10 has been initiated. - The banknote S has reached the position in which its centrepoint is located opposite to the devices 10-11, during movement of said banknote at right angles to the plane of the drawing.
- The banknote S will be moved downwards, as a result of the mutual coaction between the
devices drive device 10 has a circular, outer peripheral surface (drive surface), whereas theco-rotating device 11 has an arcuate outer surface which extends through an angle of arc of about 190° of its periphery and an outer surface of continually varying radius around the remaining approximately 170° of its periphery. - In the operational state of the arrangement shown in Figure 2, the
co-rotating device 11 has just come into contact with the banknote S and thedrive device 10 at that part of the outer surface of the co-rotating device which has the smallest centre-radius. Apin 113 provided on theco-rotating device 11, said pin in the Figure 1 illustration being latched in thelatching device 13, is located roughly opposite the contact point (the surface) with the banknote S. - In the operational state illustrated in Figure 3, the
co-rotating device 11 has been rotated clockwise through an angle of about 270°, while its coaction with thedrive device 10 has resulted in displacement of the device to the left, thereby bringing thearmature 121 into close proximity with the magnet of therelay 12, and the banknote S has been moved downwards some distance by rotation of the devices 10-11. - Further rotational movement of the devices 10-11 causes the banknote S to move further downwards and the
pin 113 will strike against themoveable latching arm 131 of thelatching device 13, see Figure 4, causing the latching arm to be moved successively to one side as the pin approaches the position illustrated in Figure 1. When thepin 113 releases its contact with thelatching arm 131, the pin strikes against asurface 40 on the latching device and thearm 131 is rotated by aspring 132 to the position shown in Figures 1 to 3. Thepin 113 is therewith unable to move upwards or downwards, and theco-rotating device 11 is located in a well-defined home position. During movement of theco-rotating device 11 from the position shown in Figure 3 to the position shown in Figure 1, the device is out of contact with thedrive device 10 during about the last half of its movement; it is the kinetic energy prevailing in said device which ensures completion of this movement. Current is again supplied to the coil of the relay 12 (this occurs approximately in the operational state shown in Figure 3), thedrive device 10 is stopped and the gripping device is again in its rest position in readiness to receive a further impulse for movement of the next banknote. - It will be understood that many modifications are conceivable within the scope of the inventive concept defined in Claim 1. For example, the
co-rotating device 11 can be provided with an arcuate outer surface which extends around about 40° of its periphery nearest one side of the flat peripheral surface which includes an angle of about 50°, and with an outer surface containing an angle of about 270° with a continuously increasing radius in a region extending from the other side of the flat surface (minimum radius) to the circular surface.
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- An arrangement in an automatic document-handling machine for transporting valuable documents, such as banknotes, cheques, etc., in said machine, said arrangement comprising a first transportation path for transporting of valuable documents in a first part of the machine; a second transportation path for transporting valuable documents in a second part of the machine; and a gripping device (10-11-12-13) for moving valuable documents from the first transportation path to the second transportation path, said gripping device including a firmly mounted but rotatable drive device (10) and a moveable mounted device (11) which is activated by a relay (12) and co-rotates with the drive device (10) when in engagement therewith, characterized in that the relay (12) is arranged to adopt an inactive state at the time of moving a valuable document from the first transportation path to the second transportation path, and to return to an active state subsequent to one complete revolution of the co-rotating device (11); and in that the co-rotating device (11) is arranged to be moved into engagement with the drive device (10) when the relay (12) switches from its active to its inactive state, such that a predetermined part of the periphery of said co-rotating device (11) will be in engagement with said drive device (10).
- An arrangement according to Claim 1, characterized in that the co-rotating device (11) is adapted to steer the armature of the relay (12) from an inactive position to an active position during rotation of the co-rotating device.
- An arrangement according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized by a latching device (13) which functions to ensure that the co-rotating device (11) will return to one and the same home position subsequent to the transportation of each valuable document.
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SE9100834A SE466624B (en) | 1991-03-19 | 1991-03-19 | DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING SECURITIES IN AN AUTOMATICALLY LIKE banknotes, CHECK ETC |
SE9100834 | 1991-12-05 |
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EP0505340A1 EP0505340A1 (en) | 1992-09-23 |
EP0505340B1 true EP0505340B1 (en) | 1995-06-28 |
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JP (1) | JPH0585640A (en) |
DE (1) | DE69203122T2 (en) |
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SE (1) | SE466624B (en) |
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CN100397425C (en) * | 1999-02-02 | 2008-06-25 | 卡施科德公司 | Banknote centering device for validator |
JP2017159999A (en) * | 2016-03-09 | 2017-09-14 | 富士通フロンテック株式会社 | Paper sheet handling apparatus and paper sheet handling method |
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US4753432A (en) * | 1986-09-19 | 1988-06-28 | Pitney Bowes Inc. | Feeder module |
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