EP1299299B1 - Appareil de regulation de roue empileuse et procede mettant en oeuvre une synchronisation arythmique - Google Patents

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EP1299299B1
EP1299299B1 EP01957844A EP01957844A EP1299299B1 EP 1299299 B1 EP1299299 B1 EP 1299299B1 EP 01957844 A EP01957844 A EP 01957844A EP 01957844 A EP01957844 A EP 01957844A EP 1299299 B1 EP1299299 B1 EP 1299299B1
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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
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/38—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by movable piling or advancing arms, frames, plates, or like members with which the articles are maintained in face contact
    • B65H29/40—Members rotated about an axis perpendicular to direction of article movement, e.g. star-wheels formed by S-shaped members
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2511/00—Dimensions; Position; Numbers; Identification; Occurrences
    • B65H2511/20—Location in space
    • B65H2511/21—Angle
    • B65H2511/212—Rotary position
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2511/00—Dimensions; Position; Numbers; Identification; Occurrences
    • B65H2511/50—Occurence
    • B65H2511/515—Absence
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2513/00—Dynamic entities; Timing aspects
    • B65H2513/40—Movement
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2513/00—Dynamic entities; Timing aspects
    • B65H2513/50—Timing
    • B65H2513/512—Starting; Stopping
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/19—Specific article or web
    • B65H2701/1912—Banknotes, bills and cheques or the like

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  • This invention generally relates to apparatus for inspecting or processing sheet materials such as bank notes, and in particular to the stacking or accumulation unit of a sheet material inspecting or processing apparatus.
  • the stacking or accumulation unit includes at least one impeller or stacker wheel to which sheets are selectively fed following inspection or processing, a stepper motor for rotating the stacker wheel in order to accept the sheets and deposit them in a stack, and a stepper motor control circuit for synchronizing movement of the wheel with movement of the sheets by start-stop or intermittent operation of the stepper wheel. Movement of the stacker wheel is timed by the controller so that movement of the wheel occurs solely during the intervals between sheet arrivals, the wheel remaining stationary as individual sheets enter grooves in the wheel so as to prevent collisions between the arriving sheets and edges of the accumulation grooves in the wheel.
  • the invention also relates to a method of accumulating or stacking sheets following inspection or processing and selective diversion to a stacking or accumulation unit of the type which utilizes an impeller or stacker wheel to collect the sheets and deposit them in a stack.
  • the method involves controlling the stacker wheel so that it moves only during the intervals between arrival of the sheets, and is stationary and perfectly positioned upon arrival of each sheet in order to prevent collisions between the arriving sheets and edges of the accumulation grooves in the wheel.
  • the conventional stacker wheel 1 includes a plurality of spiral blades 4 which define accumulation grooves 5.
  • the wheels are rotated so that the grooves 5 successively are presented to a sheet arrival chute 6, the sheets are selectively diverted into the chute by a pivotal gate 7 based on the results of sheet inspection (for example, based on a determination of banknote denomination).
  • the grooves absorb the forward momentum of the sheets so that they can be stacked without causing damage to the sheets.
  • the wheel is operated in a purge mode which deposits the sheets in an accumulation tray or bin 8.
  • the conventional apparatus includes, as shown in Fig. 3, at least one optical sensor 9 positioned upstream of the stacker wheel or accumulation unit and arranged to indicate the arrival of the sheet in the entrance chute 6.
  • the optical sensor or sensors have outputs connected to a microcontroller 10.
  • Microcontroller 10 supplies timing signals to a motor controller 11 to enable the motor controller to determine the arrival time of a sheet for the purpose of adjusting the speed that the stacker wheel is rotated by stepper motor 12, so that a sheet will begin entering one of the grooves 5 of the stacker wheel at the exact moment that the groove is aligned with the incoming sheet.
  • microcontroller 10 synchronizes operation of the gate 7 and/or gate controller 7' so that notes are properly diverted into the accumulation device or sent downstream to another accumulation device or for further processing.
  • the motor controller 11 upon being informed by microcontroller 10 of an incoming sheet (step 1), calculates an arrival time for the sheet at the entrance to the groove based on the output of optical sensor 9 (step 2). Based on the detected position or phase of the stepper motor 12, the stepper motor controller 11 then calculates the deceleration or acceleration necessary to cause the groove to be in the proper position at the time of arrival of the sheet (step 3). The process is repeated for the next sheet.
  • a stacker wheel arrangement according to claim 1 and a start-stop synchronizazion method according to claim 5, in which, rather than continuously rotating the stacker wheel and decelerating or accelerating the wheel to adjust the wheel speed in order to cause the grooves to align with the entrance chute at the same time that sheets arrive at the wheel, the stacker wheel is indexed between aligned positions following a predetermined profile and held stationary at the aligned position until the sheet has arrived, wherein a purge cycle is initiated whenever the arrival of a sheet is not indicated for a predetermined period of time.
  • the invention eliminates the need for real-time calculations of sheet arrival times since the indexing sequence need only be completed at some arbitrary time before the next sheet arrives, and not exactly upon arrival of the sheet at the wheel as in the continuous rotation apparatus and method.
  • the indexing sequence may be started at any time following insertion of the arrival of a sheet in a groove, and thus may be triggered by any signal associated with sheet arrival, including: (i) signals from an optical sensor situated upstream of the stacker wheel or at the entrance to the accumulation device, (ii) synchronization signals provided by or to a main accumulation unit controller for the purpose of operating the gate, or (iii) the occurrence of any other event associated with sheet arrival.
  • the indexing procedure can be started a predetermined period after the trailing edge signal from the optical sensor, or the trailing edge of a "synch" signal based thereon.
  • the apparatus of the invention includes a PIC microcontroller arranged to generate an acceleration and deceleration profile which advances the stacker wheel a predetermined amount, such as 30 degrees, following entry of a sheet into the stacker wheel.
  • a convenient starting point for the indexing procedure is the falling edge of a synchronization pulse generated by a main controller and sent to the PIC microcontroller, as well as to the gate controller, to indicate that a sheet is arriving and that the sheet is to be diverted to the stacker wheel.
  • the leading edge of the synchronization pulse can occur at any time following the previous pulse, but the trailing edge of the synchronization pulse must occur before the trailing edge of the sheet enters the stacker wheel in order to leave enough time to start of a new synchronization pulse before arrival of another bank note.
  • rotation of the stacker wheel may be set to occur 9.5 ms after detection by the optical sensor of the trailing edge of the bank note, i.e., approximately 4 ms before the trailing edge of the banknote enters the stacker wheel, and thus the indexing process can safely be started by waiting 4 ms following an initial synchronization pulse.
  • the control apparatus and method of the preferred embodiment of the invention employs the synchronization pulse to determine when to begin a purge cycle, in which accumulated sheets or notes are removed from the stacker wheel. In particular, if there is no synchronization pulse for a predetermined extended period of time, such as 100 ms, a purge cycle of six consecutive indexes is initiated. If a synchronization pulse arrives during the purge cycle, then there must be enough time for the stacker wheel to move to an aligned position and complete at least the current purge index if not the entire purge cycle. Since an index cycle is approximately 30 seconds, so long as the leading edge of the synchronization pulse arrives at least about 35 ms before arrival at the stacker wheel of the banknote or other sheet, there will be sufficient time to complete the purge index.
  • the stepper motor acceleration and deceleration profile output by the PIC microcontroller to the stepper motor controller may be designed to further minimize forces resulting from sudden acceleration and deceleration of the stacker wheel, by ensuring that the wheel is ramped up to full speed as gradually as possible, and then only gradually decelerated. Further shock protection may be provided by connecting the shaft of the stacker wheel to the motor via a helical spring or other damping device.
  • Figs 1 and 2 are schematic illustrations of the manner in which a banknote enters a conventional stacker wheel.
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a conventional sheet material accumulation unit having a synchronized stacker wheel with continuous speed adjustment.
  • Fig. 4 is a flow chart of the control procedure of a conventional stacker wheel arrangement.
  • Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a sheet material accumulation unit having a synchronized stacker wheel with continuous speed adjustment according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 6 is a timing diagram for the stacker wheel stepper motor controller of the preferred embodiment.
  • Fig. 7 is a flowchart of a motor control program for the sheet material accumulation unit illustrated in Fig. 5.
  • the accumulation unit of a high speed sheet material processing and/or inspection apparatus constructed in accordance with the principles of the preferred embodiment of the invention includes a stacker wheel 20 made up of a plurality of spiral blades 21 defining grooves 22 for collecting sheets such as U.S. or Canadian banknotes and separator cards following inspection and/or processing of the sheet.
  • a conveyor made of drive belts 23 and 24 rapidly conveys the sheets through the accumulation unit to a gate 25 controlled by gate controller 26 for diverting or separating out selected sheets based on the results of tests, such as a determination of banknote denomination.
  • the selected sheets are fed to an entrance chute 27, which may include rollers 28,29, and then to the stacker wheel 20, which transfers the sheets to an accumulation tray, bin, or other device 30 for removal or further processing.
  • the stacker wheel is driven by a stepper motor 31 via a shaft 32 under control of a stepper motor controller 33.
  • Overall operation of at least the accumulation portion of the inspection apparatus is provided by a main controller 34, which is connected via an isolating optical interface to PIC microcontroller 35, which in turn is connected to stepper motor controller 33.
  • the PIC microcontroller has two functions:
  • a synchronization signal SYNCH which is initiated by the main controller and may be related to control of the gate 26. Initiation of the synchronization signal depends on the results of upstream inspection and/or processing, i . e ., on whether a sheet has completed processing and is on its way to the accumulation unit, and on whether the sheet should be diverted to the stacker wheel (those skilled in the art will appreciate that each apparatus or accumulation unit will normally have multiple stacker wheels arranged serially, although only one is shown herein).
  • the synchronization signal it is necessary that the synchronization signal be maintained long enough to ensure passage of a note that has actually reached the accumulation unit, and thus at least the trailing edge of the synchronization signal is dependent on the output of a sheet position sensor 36 that detects passage of a sheet towards the gate 25.
  • a synchronization signal SYNCH is sent to the PIC controller (step 101), and the leading edge of a sheet passes the optical sensor 36 (whose output is indicated by the letters PDE in Fig. 6), followed 4 ms later by arrival of the sheet at the stacker wheel (step 102).
  • the trailing edge of the sheet then passes the sensor 36, followed 4 ms later by entry of the trailing edge of the sheet into the stacker wheel and tum-off of the synchronization pulse SYNCH (step 103).
  • PIC microcontroller 35 Upon detecting the trailing edge of the synchronization pulse, PIC microcontroller 35 initiates a new index cycle, which begins with a 6 ms stationary period followed over a total period in motion of at most 30 ms, a ramp up in shaft angular velocity to peak (step 104) and a ramp down to stop (step 105). The stacker wheel then remains stationary, in position to receive the next incoming sheet, until the next sheet has arrived and another synchronization pulse trailing edge is detected or a purge cycle is initiated.
  • a purge cycle is initiated, whenever a synch pulse, indicating the arrival of a sheet, is not received for a predetermined period of time.
  • the predetermined period of time is selected to be 100 ms, and the purge cycle consists of six consecutive indexes, although these numbers may be varied as desired.
  • a new synchronization pulse could be received at any time during a purge cycle, in which case the current purge index is completed.
  • stepper motor control may be facilitated by the inclusion on the stepper motor shaft of a shaft encoder or encoder wheel marked, notched, or otherwise arranged to provide an indication of shaft position, as well as a counter for determining how far the shaft has been rotated during the indexing procedure.
  • a shaft encoder or encoder wheel marked, notched, or otherwise arranged to provide an indication of shaft position, as well as a counter for determining how far the shaft has been rotated during the indexing procedure Details of the stepper motor and of circuitry that enables a stepper motor to step to a predetermined position are well-known to those skilled in the art and form no part of the present invention.
  • main controller 34 PIC microcontroller 35, and stepper motor controller 33 may be implemented as a single computing device, discrete circuit elements, multiple controllers, and so forth.
  • timing at which the index cycle and/or the purge cycle is started may be varied in numerous ways, and that the invention is not to be limited to a particular starting signal, and in particular is not to be limited to starting based on the synchronization pulse.
  • starting of the indexing cycle could be triggered by the trailing edge of a pulse output by optical sensor 36 ratherthan by the trailing edge of the above-described synchronization pulse, or upon direct detection by suitably placed sensor that the banknote has entered a groove of the stacker wheel.

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  1. Un agencement de synchronisation marche-arrêt de roue d'empilage pour un appareil d'inspection ou de traitement de feuilles, comprenant :
    une roue d'empilage incluant une pluralité de lames en spirale définissant des rainures dans lesquelles des feuilles sont déversées par intermittence ;
    un moteur pas à pas pour faire tourner la roue d'empilage ; et
    un circuit de commande agencé pour :
    a. maintenir ladite roue d'empilage fixe dans une première position pour laquelle une première feuille va pénétrer dans une première rainure sans se coincer, jusqu'à ce que la première feuille ait pénétré dans ladite rainure,
    b. avant qu'une deuxième feuille arrive, indexer la roue d'empilage à une deuxième position pour laquelle une deuxième feuille va pénétrer dans une deuxième rainure sans se coincer, et
    c. maintenir la roue d'empilage fixe à la deuxième position jusqu'à ce que la deuxième feuille pénètre dans la deuxième rainure,
    de sorte à assurer l'arrêt/la synchronisation de la roue d'empilage avec les feuilles arrivantes, caractérisé en ce qu'un cycle de purge est déclenché lorsque l'arrivée d'une feuille n'est pas indiquée pour une période de temps prédéterminée.
  2. Un agencement de synchronisation marche-arrêt de roue d'empilage selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit circuit de commande est agencé pour recevoir un signal de synchronisation en provenance d'un contrôleur principal, et pour commencer à indexer la roue d'empilage à la détection d'un bord arrière du signal de synchronisation.
  3. Un agencement de synchronisation marche-arrêt de roue d'empilage selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit circuit de commande est agencé pour indexer ladite roue d'empilage en accélérant progressivement la roue d'empilage jusqu'à une vitesse maximale et en décélérant progressivement la roue d'empilage jusqu'à une position fixe.
  4. Un agencement de synchronisation marche-arrêt de roue d'empilage selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit appareil d'inspection est un appareil d'inspection de billets de banque.
  5. Un procédé de synchronisation marche-arrêt pour une roue d'empilage dans un appareil d'inspection ou de traitement de feuilles, la roue d'empilage comprenant une pluralité de lames en spirale définissant des rainures dans lesquelles des feuilles sont déversées par intermittence, et la roue d'empilage étant entraínée en rotation par un moteur pas à pas, comprenant les étapes de :
    a. maintien de ladite roue d'empilage fixe dans une première position pour laquelle une première feuille va pénétrer dans une première rainure sans se coincer, jusqu'à ce que la première feuille ait pénétré dans ladite première rainure,
    b. avant qu'une deuxième feuille arrive, indexation de la roue d'empilage à une deuxième position pour laquelle une deuxième feuille va pénétrer dans une deuxième rainure sans se coincer, et
    c. maintien de la roue d'empilage fixe à la deuxième position jusqu'à ce que la deuxième feuille pénètre dans la deuxième rainure,
    de sorte à assurer l'arrêt/la synchronisation de la roue d'empilage avec les feuilles arrivantes, dans lequel un cycle de purge est déclenché lorsque l'arrivée d'une feuille n'est pas indiquée pour une période de temps prédéterminée.
  6. Un procédé de synchronisation marche-arrêt de roue d'empilage selon la revendication 5, dans lequel l'étape b. comprend les étapes de réception d'un signal de synchronisation d'un circuit de commande principal, et de commencer à indexer la roue d'empilage à la détection d'un bord arrière du signal de synchronisation.
  7. Un procédé de synchronisation marche-arrêt de roue d'empilage selon la revendication 5, dans lequel ladite étape d'indexation est réalisée en accélérant progressivement la roue d'empilage jusqu'à une vitesse maximale et à décélérer progressivement la roue d'empilage jusqu'à une position fixe.
  8. Un procédé de synchronisation marche-arrêt de roue d'empilage selon la revendication 5, dans lequel lesdites feuilles sont des billets de banque.
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