EP0559992A2 - Verbesserte Zähl- und Nachprüfmaschine für Papiergeld jeder Grösse, sogar übereinanderliegend - Google Patents

Verbesserte Zähl- und Nachprüfmaschine für Papiergeld jeder Grösse, sogar übereinanderliegend Download PDF

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EP0559992A2
EP0559992A2 EP92811028A EP92811028A EP0559992A2 EP 0559992 A2 EP0559992 A2 EP 0559992A2 EP 92811028 A EP92811028 A EP 92811028A EP 92811028 A EP92811028 A EP 92811028A EP 0559992 A2 EP0559992 A2 EP 0559992A2
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
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  • the present invention has as its object a perfected machine for the counting and checking of banknotes of any size, even overlapping. It contains some relative improvements with respect to the machine described by the same applicant in European patent application no. 89810913.7.
  • the object proposed by the present invention is to eliminate the drawbacks indicated above, by designing a perfected machine for the counting and checking of banknotes of any size, even overlapping, which makes it possible to obtain, in a rapid and automatic manner, the identification of the value of each single banknote, as it is counted and checked, and to add up their sum and to transmit the data to a central control unit.
  • a particular purpose of the invention is to design a perfected machine which is extremely compact and structured in such way as to allow for a rapid and accurate selection and feeding of the various banknotes.
  • the present perfected machine makes it possible to offer the greatest guarantees of reliability and safety in use, while also making it possible to remove the counted banknotes inside of a container or box, which is closed, and thus accessible only through suitable means and by authorized persons.
  • the present perfected machine is easily constructed, by using elements and materials that are readily available commercially, and it is competitive, from an economic point of view.
  • Another important aspect of novelty with respect to the machine described in European patent application no. 89810913.7 is that, thanks to the new component parts and the new arrangement and correlation among them, the new machine can be constructed so that its overall dimensions are greatly reduced (1/2 : 1/3) with respect to the preceding type, with all the immediately apparent advantages that result from this.
  • a perfected machine for the counting and checking of banknotes of any size, even overlapping according to the invention, characterized in that it includes a station for the insertion of the banknotes with a maximum of 200 at a time, downstream from which a traction unit operates on each single banknote, along a direction that is essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal development of the banknote itself.
  • the perfected machine for the counting and checking of banknotes of any size, even overlapping includes a bearing frame, generically indicated with the reference number (1), which can exhibit any outer covering deemed to be suitable.
  • the machine includes a station for the insertion of the banknotes, overall indicated with the reference number (2), which exhibits an inclined plane (3), flanked by a pair of lateral walls (4), which convey the banknotes toward a frontal oscillating wall (5).
  • Rollers (3) and (9) are activated by motor (10), of the step-step type, which is equipped with a pair of gears (11), for making insertion rollers (9) rotate and, on the opposite side, of a return unit, indicated with (15), which controls the rotation of the eccentric rollers.
  • Front wall (5) is made to oscillate by a second step-step motor (20), which activates a small friction roller (21), that engages with a semi-cylindrical roller (22) attached to the wall, so as to cause an initial oscillation, which allows for the swinging of the front wall, with the resulting possibility of inserting the banknotes toward a traction unit, indicated overall with reference number (30), and better illustrated in figure (4).
  • a second step-step motor (20) which activates a small friction roller (21), that engages with a semi-cylindrical roller (22) attached to the wall, so as to cause an initial oscillation, which allows for the swinging of the front wall, with the resulting possibility of inserting the banknotes toward a traction unit, indicated overall with reference number (30), and better illustrated in figure (4).
  • Traction unit (30) exhibits a lower traction roller (31), above which there is provided friction roller (32), which has the function of holding back banknotes that may be overlapping, so as to allow for the advance of one banknote at a time.
  • the banknotes in this phase, are moved over a direction essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal development of the banknotes themselves and are inserted onto positioning roller (33), which acts on an inclined collation plane (34), which inserts the banknote against a striking edge (35).
  • rollers are moved by kinematic connections, executed by unit (15), activated by step-step motor (10).
  • the banknote Once the banknote has arrived against striking edge (35), it is picked up by a conveying unit, which executes a movement of the banknote over a direction essentially parallel to its longitudinal direction.
  • the conveying unit exhibits advancing starter shaft (40), with advancing roller (41), which, in practice, carries out a lateral movement of the banknote, over the direction parallel to the longitudinal development, in order to insert it into a belt advancer, made up of upper belts (45) and lower belts (46), which are supported by their respective conveying rollers, (50) and (51), which carry out the programmed conveyance on the belts, so that the banknotes held between the belts are inserted under a counting and checking station, indicated with (55), which can be connected to a centralized processor.
  • the banknote On exiting counting and checking station (55), the banknote is picked up by a pair of tapes, which exhibit superposed sections.
  • Tapes (60) and (61) move on common pulleys, indicated with (62), in the section in which the two tapes travel superposed, and on respective upper (63) and lower (64) pulleys, corresponding to the return sections of the development of the tape.
  • the tapes in the superposition section, first carry out an ascending movement (70A), a horizontal movement (70B), and a descending movement (70C), which conveys the banknote corresponding to shunter (80) which is positioned in the separation or division area between upper tape (60) and lower tape (61), and is switched, according to the reading made by the counting station, which affords the possibility of inserting the banknotes into a discard collection area, indicated with (81), or into a collection area for the counted banknotes, indicated overall with (85).
  • Shunter controlled by station (55), in the event that a banknote that has been retained does not correspond to the characteristics required, it is shifted, and is placed against lower tape (64) and, in practice, freeing the downward vertical path toward the discard collection area (81).
  • shunter (80) shifts, placing it against the upper tape (60), while leaving free the path in the direction of the lower tape (61), which conveys the banknote to a pick-up belt (90).
  • This latter inserts the banknotes into a pick-up wheel, indicated with (91) and made up of a pair of flanges (92), equipped with seats (93), which move in a spiral and which, in practice, receive the various banknotes.
  • pick-up wheel (91) carries the banknotes to unthreading reference (94), which in practice, removes the banknotes from seats (93) and causes them to fall freely into collection area (85).
  • Collection area (85) is equipped with front wall (95), placed essentially vertically, and back wall (96), which has a horizontal position, when in the closed position.
  • Walls (95) and (96) are oscillating, as diagrammatically illustrated in figure (9), so they can be arranged into a closed position in which the various banknotes accumulate on the back wall (96) or into an open position, in which the front wall rotates toward the inside and the back wall rotates upward, opening communication toward conveyance hopper (97), which inserts the banknotes into a removable collection box (100).
  • Walls (95) and (96) are activated by step-step motors, indicated with (95a) and (96a).
  • Hopper (97), as shown in figures 9 to 11, is connected with "C" runners (101), which receive box (100) in a sliding manner.
  • This box (100) is equipped with an upper shutter (102), which is wound and unwound by winding roller (103), supported on one end of the box.
  • closing roller (110) supported above “C” runners (101), and equipped with eccentric protrusions (11), which engage with closing protrusions (112), defined at the end of the edge of the shutter.
  • This latter in turn exhibits central coupling element (113), placed corresponding to a closing electric valve (114), present on the frame of the box, which has the function of maintaining the shutter in the closed position, once the coupling has been carried out.
  • roller (110), and specifically its protrusions, it is necessary for roller (110), and specifically its protrusions, to disengage from the closing protrusions (112).
  • sensing roller (120) is provided, which engages with one edge of the box, and it is connected, by means of lever (121) to roller (110).
  • roller (120) can rotate, disengaging from the box, and consequently, roller (110) can rotate.
  • protrusions (111) disengage from closing protrusions (112) and it is possible to carry out the complete unthreading of the box.
  • the banknotes are rested on the inclined plane (3), and from there they are inserted toward the traction unit, thanks to the oscillation of the oscillating front wall (5), controlled by the second step-step motor (20), which allows for passage of the individual banknotes, also by the presence of the friction roller, which holds back the banknote on top, and only allows the banknote underneath to pass through, which is thus picked up by positioning roller (33), which acts on the reference inclined plane (34), to insert the banknote against the reference edge.
  • the banknote is initially picked up by advancement shaft (40), which, by means of small roller (31), makes it move in the direction parallel to its longitudinal development until it is inserted under belts (45) and (46), which carry the banknote to the counting station (55), where the banknote is checked and, in the event the banknote does not correspond to the characteristics required, a discard signal is emitted, which provides for orienting the shunter (80), so that the banknote itself that is picked up by tapes (60) and (61), is diverted to the discard area.
  • the banknotes can be accumulated on the back wall (96), which is maintained in a closed position, or else, they can be inserted into box (100), as shown above.
  • the machine is completed subject to electronic means of control, which afford the possibility of regulating the movement and the speed of the banknotes at will, depending on the various operations that need to be carried out.
  • the materials used can be of any kind, depending on the requirements.

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EP92811028A 1992-03-13 1992-12-29 Verbesserte Zähl- und Nachprüfmaschine für Papiergeld jeder Grösse, sogar übereinanderliegend Revoked EP0559992B1 (de)

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CH00814/92A CH687222A5 (it) 1992-03-13 1992-03-13 Macchina per il conteggio ed il controllo di banconote di qualsiasi taglio, comunque accavallate.
CH814/92 1992-03-13

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WO2005081194A1 (es) * 2004-02-23 2005-09-01 Cash Sallen Business, S.L. Dispositivo de tratamiento, valoración, validación y reciclaje de un conjunto de billetes
WO2013086904A1 (zh) * 2011-12-16 2013-06-20 广州广电运通金融电子股份有限公司 清分捆扎一体机及其钞票堆叠及整理模块
CN107424291A (zh) * 2017-06-08 2017-12-01 湘潭大学 一种纸币展开装置

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