EP1340202A1 - Secure coin-operated machine - Google Patents

Secure coin-operated machine

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EP1340202A1
EP1340202A1 EP01982667A EP01982667A EP1340202A1 EP 1340202 A1 EP1340202 A1 EP 1340202A1 EP 01982667 A EP01982667 A EP 01982667A EP 01982667 A EP01982667 A EP 01982667A EP 1340202 A1 EP1340202 A1 EP 1340202A1
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hatch
compartment
cassette
passage
channel
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French (fr)
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Thierry Richard
Jean Escalier
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Parkeon SAS
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Schlumberger Systemes SA
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F9/00—Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
    • G07F9/10—Casings or parts thereof, e.g. with means for heating or cooling
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D11/00—Devices accepting coins; Devices accepting, dispensing, sorting or counting valuable papers
    • G07D11/10—Mechanical details
    • G07D11/12—Containers for valuable papers
    • G07D11/125—Secure containers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F1/00—Coin inlet arrangements; Coins specially adapted to operate coin-freed mechanisms
    • G07F1/04—Coin chutes
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F9/00—Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
    • G07F9/06—Coin boxes
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S193/00—Conveyors, chutes, skids, guides, and ways
    • Y10S193/01—Coin chute

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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus triggered by coins and used to deliver products or services, such as, for example, parking meters or public telephones.
  • the present invention relates more particularly to the protection against theft of the parts stored in such devices.
  • a coin-operated device includes a collection mechanism authorizing the delivery of a service or product in return for the payment of a corresponding sum in coins.
  • a mechanism includes a whole path for the pieces which move essentially by gravity between an inlet, formed by the orifice for introducing the pieces and two outlets, in the low position, arranged below said inlet, namely a bowl of returned unused or unfit coins and a cassette or chest for cashed coins. Between the entry and the exits are arranged means of authentication of the coins introduced and means of pre-collection carrying out the temporary storage of the validated coins.
  • such an apparatus comprises two separate compartments closed by separate doors, a first compartment in which is housed the various mechanisms serving for the operation of the apparatus and in particular the means of authentication and pre-collection of coins and a second compartment, more secure than the first, where the cassette is placed.
  • the present invention aims to limit such fraud.
  • the coin-operated apparatus for delivering services and / or products according to the invention comprises a coin collecting device, a coin storage cassette and a downflow passage ensuring the transfer of coins from the collecting device towards the cassette.
  • the coin operated device is characterized in that the lowering passage for the parts cooperates with a shutter device comprising a movable hatch between an open position and a closed position of the passage, this device cooperating with means control capable of triggering the sudden movement of the hatch in its closed position in the event of disassembly of at least part of the cashing device.
  • the shutter device comprises a ratchet locking device, this locking device being adapted to block the hatch in its closed position for the passage for the descent of the parts.
  • the cashing device is housed in a first compartment and the cassette is housed in a second compartment, these compartments being separated by a wall crossed by a channel forming a passage lowering parts.
  • the shutter device is housed in the second compartment.
  • the ratchet locking device cooperates with a manual unlocking mechanism housed in the second compartment.
  • this release mechanism comprises an operating handle extending at the rear of the cassette.
  • the hatch is carried by an arm mounted to rotate at an axial end while the other axial end carries abutment surfaces intended to cooperate with the locking device to pawl, the arm cooperating with elastic return means forcing the hatch into its closed position.
  • the hatch is kept in the open position against the antagonistic action of the elastic return means by the presence of the control means, the withdrawal of these control means causing the sudden movement of the hatch in the closed position.
  • control means triggering the tilting of the hatch in its closed position are formed by a finger carried by the lower part of the cashing device facing the channel down, this finger being adapted to enter the channel when said lower part of the device collection is in position in its compartment, so as to prohibit the movement of the hatch in its closed position.
  • the shutter device is mounted on a support structure surmounting the cassette.
  • Figure 1 is a partial schematic perspective view of a piece-triggered device according to the invention
  • Figure 2 is a top view of the shutter device shown in Figure 1, the shutter being in the "closed” position
  • Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, the shutter being in the "open” position
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the supporting structure of the closure device shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown a coin apparatus provided, in general, to provide a product or service in exchange for payment of a corresponding sum of money, payment made by means of coins.
  • a coin apparatus provided, in general, to provide a product or service in exchange for payment of a corresponding sum of money, payment made by means of coins.
  • Such a device can for example be a public telephone, a vending machine for drinks or a vending machine for tickets.
  • the device referenced 1 is a parking meter intended for the payment of parking spaces.
  • This parking meter 1 has two separate compartments, respectively 2 and 3, arranged one above the other. According to the embodiment shown in Figure 1, each compartment is accessible by means of a corresponding access door, closed by an appropriate lock.
  • the upper compartment 2 houses all of the mechanisms necessary for the operation of the parking meter. These various means are known in themselves and therefore do not require a more complete description. Compartment 2 also houses the coin collecting device 4.
  • the collection device 4 essentially consists of a currency selector 41 and a pre-collection system 42.
  • the currency selector also called CNM (acronym for Coin Validating Mechanism), has an orifice 43 for introducing the coins arranged in the upper part, its role is to determine the authenticity of the coins.
  • This CVM 41 for example capable of recognizing the electromagnetic signatures of circulating coins of the type described in document EP203702, has two outlet orifices for the coins. A first exit where non-conforming or foreign currency coins are directed and a second exit for authentic coins.
  • the first outlet is positioned vertically through an evacuation passage transferring the pieces by gravity to a rendering compartment, not shown, formed in the lower part of the cashing device, to which the user can access by means of a tilting shutter.
  • the pieces judged to be authentic by the CVM 41 fall into a conduit which directs them to the pre-collection device extending under the CVM.
  • the CVM determines the value of each of the pieces passing through it and sends this information in the form of a digital or analog signal to a control device formed by a microcontroller, not shown, comprising in a known manner a central processing unit CPU, a RAM, ROM and EEPROM, analog-to-digital converters and various input and output interfaces.
  • a microcontroller not shown, comprising in a known manner a central processing unit CPU, a RAM, ROM and EEPROM, analog-to-digital converters and various input and output interfaces.
  • the parking meter 1 issues a parking ticket for a period corresponding to the amount paid and collects the amount due. The coins are then transferred from the pre-collection system 42 to the compartment 3 for storage.
  • the lower compartment 3 which is a secure compartment in particular in that it has reinforced walls, is used to house a cassette 5 in which the collected parts are stored while waiting to be collected.
  • the cassette 5 has an upper wall provided with an opening 6 for introducing the parts. This opening 6 is intended to be positioned under a channel 7 for lowering the pieces coming from the cashing device 4.
  • the channel 7 crosses the wall 9 separating the two compartments 2 and 3 and opens into the upper compartment 2 at the outlet of the collecting device 4.
  • the wall 9 has a corresponding orifice.
  • the outlet zone of the channel 7 opening into the secure compartment 3, above the cassette 5, cooperates with a shutter device 8 mounted on a support structure 10 which is housed in the secure compartment 3.
  • the mounting of the shutter device 8 on a specific support structure 10 is not limiting of the present invention, the shutter device being able to be fixed for example directly on the wall 9.
  • This supporting structure 10 detailed in Figure 4 is intended to substantially match the internal walls of the secure compartment 3 and come to create a false ceiling inside which is housed the shutter device.
  • the shutter device 8 On the upper face of the wall 13, facing the wall 9, is fixed the shutter device 8 as well as the channel 7 for the descent of the parts which protrudes above said wall 13 to which it is fixed for example by welding.
  • the wall 13 has an orifice for the passage of the parts in the extension of the channel 7, an orifice which comes to face the opening 6 for introducing the parts of the cassette 5 when the latter is in place in said obviously parallelepiped.
  • the side walls defining the channel 7 have a slot 14 intended for the passage of a shutter hatch as will be detailed below with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.
  • the shutter device 8 shown in Figures 2 and 3 essentially comprises a flattened arm 80 rotatably mounted at one end about an axis extending perpendicular to the wall 13.
  • This arm obtained by cutting a thick metal plate appropriate, includes two extensions.
  • a first extension 82 forming a hatch is more particularly shaped to penetrate the slot 14 and close off the interior passage of said channel 7 and a second extension 83 forming a crenellated stop intended to cooperate with a ratchet mechanism 85.
  • the arm 80 is therefore able to be rotated against the upper surface of the wall 13.
  • a return spring 81 however tends to bring the arm 80 against the channel 7, the hatch 82 then coming into the slot 14 to close the passage inside said channel.
  • the pre-collection device 42 includes a locking finger
  • the arm 80 is kept locked in this blocking position of the channel 7 thanks to a ratchet mechanism 85 which exerts its action against the crenellated stop end 83 of said arm 80.
  • This ratchet mechanism 85 being inaccessible from compartment 2 , it follows that the arm 80 can not be moved regardless of the forces exerted on it from the upper compartment 2.
  • the end 83 have several abutment surfaces allowing the blocking of the arm 80 at different stages of closure and not not only when the hatch 82 completely closes the internal passage of the channel 7 and this, so as to further increase security vis-à-vis any fraudster.
  • This ratchet system 85 plays the role of a non-return device allowing movement of the arm 80 only in one direction, namely that of closing the channel 7.
  • the ratchet mechanism 85 is formed by a metal part made up of two flat arms 87 and 88 joined in V. This part, positioned in the vicinity of the free end 83 of arm 80 when the latter is in the "closed” position, is rotatably mounted in its middle part around an axis extending perpendicular to the wall 13. A return spring 89 tends to rotate the part so that the arm 88 is located behind the arm 80, in contact with the crenellated abutment surface carried by the end 83 of the arm 80.
  • a reset rod 15 rotatably mounted along one of the side walls of the support structure 10, in this case the wall 12.
  • This rod 15 comprises a rod having two end parts folded substantially at right angles. A lower end forming an operating handle 16 extending inside said parallelepipedal recess and a second control end 17 opening out above the wall 13, substantially above the ratchet mechanism 85 and the free end 83 of the arm 80. In the rest position when the shutter device is in its "open" position in FIG. 2, the handle extends at the rear of the cassette 5.
  • the control end 17 of the rod pivots in the same way and then comes to bear first against a pin 86 projecting by the arm 87 of the ratchet mechanism 85.
  • the action of the end of the rod 17 on the pin 86 has the effect of rotating the arm 87 and therefore the arm 88 which is integral with it, against the antagonistic action of the spring 89.
  • This rotation of the arm 88 is exerted clockwise and tends to move the arm 88 away from the crenellated abutment surface of the extension 83 at the end of arm 80, which is unlocked and can therefore be moved.
  • the channel 7 being free, it is then possible to reposition the collecting device and to insert the finger 40 into the channel 7 up to the slot 14.
  • the locking finger being in the position partially closing the slot 14, it is possible to return the rod in the opposite direction to its initial rest position.
  • the arm 80 then rests in its "open” position, the hatch 82 abuts against the finger 40 under the action of the spring 81.
  • the finger 40 can be elastically retractable, which makes it possible to replace the pre-collection device 42 even when the hatch 82 closes the channel 7 in line with the opening 14.
  • the channel 7 may not be integral with the wall 13, but be fixed directly to the separating wall 9.

Abstract

The invention concerns a service and/or product dispensing apparatus comprising a coin-receiving device, a coin-storage box (5) and said chute (7) transferring coins from the receiving device to the box (5). The invention is characterised in that said chute (7) co-operates with a closing device (8) comprising a trap (82) mobile between a position closing and a position opening said chute (7), said device (8) co-operating with control means (40) adapted to trigger the displacement of the trap (82) into its closing position when at least part of the coin-receiving device (4) is being dismantled.

Description

APPAREIL SECURISE A PIECES DE MONNAIE SECURE APPARATUS WITH COINS
La présente invention concerne un appareil déclenché par des pièces de monnaie et servant à délivrer des produits ou des services, tels que par exemple des horodateurs ou des téléphones publics. La présente invention vise plus particulièrement la protection contre le vol des pièces stockées dans de tels appareils.The present invention relates to an apparatus triggered by coins and used to deliver products or services, such as, for example, parking meters or public telephones. The present invention relates more particularly to the protection against theft of the parts stored in such devices.
D'une manière générale, un appareil à pièces comporte un mécanisme d'encaissement autorisant la délivrance d'un service ou d'un produit en contrepartie de l'acquittement d'une somme correspondante en pièces de monnaie. Un tel mécanisme comprend tout un parcours pour les pièces qui se déplacent essentiellement par gravité entre une entrée, formée par l'orifice d'introduction des pièces et deux sorties, en position basse, disposées en contrebas de ladite entrée, à savoir une sébile de rendu des pièces inutilisées ou impropres et une cassette ou coffre pour les pièces encaissées. Entre l'entrée et les sorties sont disposées des moyens d'authentification des pièces introduites et des moyens de pré-encaissement réalisant le stockage temporaire des pièces validées. En général, un tel appareil comporte deux compartiments distincts fermés par des portes distinctes, un premier compartiment où est logé les différents mécanismes servant au fonctionnement de l'appareil et en particulier les moyens d'authentification et de préencaissement des pièces et un deuxième compartiment, plus sécurisé que le premier, où est disposée la cassette.In general, a coin-operated device includes a collection mechanism authorizing the delivery of a service or product in return for the payment of a corresponding sum in coins. Such a mechanism includes a whole path for the pieces which move essentially by gravity between an inlet, formed by the orifice for introducing the pieces and two outlets, in the low position, arranged below said inlet, namely a bowl of returned unused or unfit coins and a cassette or chest for cashed coins. Between the entry and the exits are arranged means of authentication of the coins introduced and means of pre-collection carrying out the temporary storage of the validated coins. In general, such an apparatus comprises two separate compartments closed by separate doors, a first compartment in which is housed the various mechanisms serving for the operation of the apparatus and in particular the means of authentication and pre-collection of coins and a second compartment, more secure than the first, where the cassette is placed.
Il est bien connu que les appareils à pièces attirent la convoitise de nombreux fraudeurs qui cherchent par tous les moyens possibles à détourner de l'argent. Une fraude assez fréquente consiste à atteindre les pièces enfermées dans la cassette en ouvrant le premier compartiment et en utilisant le conduit de descente des pièces qui relie les moyens de préencaissement à la cassette, après avoir démonté lesdits moyens de pré- encaissement.It is well known that coin-operated devices attract the lust of many fraudsters who try by all possible means to embezzle money. A fairly frequent fraud consists in reaching the coins enclosed in the cassette by opening the first compartment and by using the coin descent conduit which connects the pre-collection means to the cassette, after having dismantled said pre-collection means.
La présente invention vise à limiter une telle fraude.The present invention aims to limit such fraud.
L'appareil à pièces pour délivrer des services et/ ou des produits selon l'invention comporte un dispositif d'encaissement à pièces de monnaie, une cassette de stockage des pièces et un passage de descente assurant le transfert des pièces du dispositif d'encaissement vers la cassette.The coin-operated apparatus for delivering services and / or products according to the invention comprises a coin collecting device, a coin storage cassette and a downflow passage ensuring the transfer of coins from the collecting device towards the cassette.
Selon l'invention, l'appareil à pièces est caractérisé en ce que le passage de descente des pièces coopère avec un dispositif obturateur comportant une trappe mobile entre une position d'ouverture et une position de fermeture du passage, ce dispositif coopérant avec des moyens de commande aptes à déclencher le déplacement brusque de la trappe dans sa position de fermeture en cas de démontage d'au moins une partie du dispositif d'encaissement.According to the invention, the coin operated device is characterized in that the lowering passage for the parts cooperates with a shutter device comprising a movable hatch between an open position and a closed position of the passage, this device cooperating with means control capable of triggering the sudden movement of the hatch in its closed position in the event of disassembly of at least part of the cashing device.
Selon une autre caractéristique de l'appareil a pièces objet de la présente invention, le dispositif obturateur comporte un dispositif de verrouillage à cliquet, ce dispositif de verrouillage étant adapté pour venir bloquer la trappe dans sa position de fermeture du passage de descente des pièces.According to another characteristic of the coin-operated device which is the subject of the present invention, the shutter device comprises a ratchet locking device, this locking device being adapted to block the hatch in its closed position for the passage for the descent of the parts.
Selon une autre caractéristique de l'appareil à pièces objet de la présente invention, le dispositif d'encaissement est logé dans un premier compartiment et la cassette est logée dans un second compartiment, ces compartiments étant séparés par une paroi traversée par un canal formant passage de descente des pièces. Selon une autre caractéristique de l'appareil à pièces objet de la présente invention, le dispositif obturateur est logé dans le second compartiment.According to another characteristic of the coin-operated object of the present invention, the cashing device is housed in a first compartment and the cassette is housed in a second compartment, these compartments being separated by a wall crossed by a channel forming a passage lowering parts. According to another characteristic of the coin-operated object of the present invention, the shutter device is housed in the second compartment.
Selon une autre caractéristique de l'appareil à pièces objet de la présente invention, le dispositif de verrouillage à cliquet coopère avec un mécanisme de déblocage manuel logé dans le second compartiment.According to another characteristic of the coin-operated object of the present invention, the ratchet locking device cooperates with a manual unlocking mechanism housed in the second compartment.
Selon une autre caractéristique de l'appareil à pièces objet de la présente invention, ce mécanisme de déblocage comporte une poignée de manoeuvre s' étendant à l'arrière de la cassette. Selon une autre caractéristique de l'appareil à pièces objet de la présente invention, la trappe est portée par un bras monté rotatif à une extrémité axiale tandis que l'autre extrémité axiale porte des surfaces de butée destinées à coopérer avec le dispositif de verrouillage à cliquet, le bras coopérant avec des moyens élastiques de rappel forçant la trappe dans sa position de fermeture.According to another characteristic of the coin-operated object of the present invention, this release mechanism comprises an operating handle extending at the rear of the cassette. According to another characteristic of the coin-operated object of the present invention, the hatch is carried by an arm mounted to rotate at an axial end while the other axial end carries abutment surfaces intended to cooperate with the locking device to pawl, the arm cooperating with elastic return means forcing the hatch into its closed position.
Selon une autre caractéristique de l'appareil à pièces objet de la présente invention, la trappe est maintenue en position ouverte contre l'action antagoniste des moyens élastiques de rappel par la présence des moyens de commande, le retrait de ces moyens de commande entraînant le déplacement brusque de la trappe en position de fermeture .According to another characteristic of the coin-operated object of the present invention, the hatch is kept in the open position against the antagonistic action of the elastic return means by the presence of the control means, the withdrawal of these control means causing the sudden movement of the hatch in the closed position.
Selon une autre caractéristique de l'appareil à pièces objet de la présente invention, les moyens de commande déclenchant le basculement de la trappe dans sa position de fermeture sont formés par un doigt porté par la partie inférieure du dispositif d'encaissement faisant face au canal de descente, ce doigt étant adapté pour pénétrer dans le canal lorsque ladite partie inférieure du dispositif d'encaissement est en position dans son compartiment, de façon alors à interdire le déplacement de la trappe dans sa position de fermeture.According to another characteristic of the coin-operated object of the present invention, the control means triggering the tilting of the hatch in its closed position are formed by a finger carried by the lower part of the cashing device facing the channel down, this finger being adapted to enter the channel when said lower part of the device collection is in position in its compartment, so as to prohibit the movement of the hatch in its closed position.
Selon une autre caractéristique de l'appareil à pièces objet de la présente invention, le dispositif obturateur est monté sur une structure porteuse surmontant la cassette.According to another characteristic of the coin-operated object of the present invention, the shutter device is mounted on a support structure surmounting the cassette.
On comprendra mieux les buts, aspects et avantages de la présente invention, d'après la description donnée ci-après d'un mode de réalisation de l'invention, présenté à titre d'exemple non limitatif, en se référant aux dessins annexés, dans lesquels : la figure 1 est une vue partielle schématique en perspective d'un appareil déclenché par pièces selon l'invention ; la figure 2 est une vue de dessus du dispositif d'obturation représenté à la figure 1 , l'obturateur étant en position "fermé" ; la figure 3 est une vue similaire à la figure 2, l'obturateur étant en position "ouvert" ; la figure 4 est une vue en perspective de la structure porteuse du dispositif d'obturation représenté aux figures 2 et 3.The aims, aspects and advantages of the present invention will be better understood from the description given below of an embodiment of the invention, presented by way of non-limiting example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a partial schematic perspective view of a piece-triggered device according to the invention; Figure 2 is a top view of the shutter device shown in Figure 1, the shutter being in the "closed" position; Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, the shutter being in the "open" position; FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the supporting structure of the closure device shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.
Conformément aux dessins, seuls les éléments essentiels à la réalisation de l'invention ont été représentés. Sur la figure 1 on a montré un appareil à pièces de monnaie prévu, de manière générale, poLir fournir un produit ou un service en échange du paiement d'une somme d'argent correspondante, paiement effectué au moyen de pièces de monnaie. Un tel appareil peut par exemple être un téléphone public, un distributeur de boissons ou encore un distributeur de titres de transport.In accordance with the drawings, only the essential elements for carrying out the invention have been shown. In Figure 1 there is shown a coin apparatus provided, in general, to provide a product or service in exchange for payment of a corresponding sum of money, payment made by means of coins. Such a device can for example be a public telephone, a vending machine for drinks or a vending machine for tickets.
Dans la description qui va suivre, l'appareil, référencé 1, est un horodateur destiné au paiement de places de stationnement. Cet horodateur 1 comporte deux compartiments distincts, respectivement 2 et 3, disposés l'un au-dessus de l'autre. Selon l'exemple de réalisation représenté à la figure 1, chaque compartiment est accessible au moyen d'une porte d'accès correspondante, fermée par une serrure appropriée.In the description which follows, the device, referenced 1, is a parking meter intended for the payment of parking spaces. This parking meter 1 has two separate compartments, respectively 2 and 3, arranged one above the other. According to the embodiment shown in Figure 1, each compartment is accessible by means of a corresponding access door, closed by an appropriate lock.
Le compartiment supérieur 2 loge l'ensemble des mécanismes nécessaires au fonctionnement de l'horodateur. Ces différents moyens sont connus en eux-mêmes et ne nécessitent donc pas de description plus complète. Le compartiment 2 loge également le dispositif d'encaissement 4 à pièces de monnaie.The upper compartment 2 houses all of the mechanisms necessary for the operation of the parking meter. These various means are known in themselves and therefore do not require a more complete description. Compartment 2 also houses the coin collecting device 4.
Le dispositif d'encaissement 4 se compose essentiellement d'un sélecteur de monnaie 41 et d'un système de pré-encaissement 42. Le sélecteur de monnaie encore appelé CNM (acronyme de Coin Validating Mechanism), présente un orifice 43 d'introduction des pièces de monnaie disposée en partie supérieure, son rôle est de déterminer l'authenticité des pièces de monnaie.The collection device 4 essentially consists of a currency selector 41 and a pre-collection system 42. The currency selector also called CNM (acronym for Coin Validating Mechanism), has an orifice 43 for introducing the coins arranged in the upper part, its role is to determine the authenticity of the coins.
Ce CVM 41, par exemple apte à reconnaître les signatures électromagnétiques des pièces en circulation du type de celui décrit dans le document EP203702, comporte deux orifices de sorties pour les pièces. Une première sortie où sont dirigées les pièces non conformes ou en monnaie étrangère et une seconde sortie pour les pièces authentiques. La première sortie est positionnée à la verticale d'un passage d'évacuation transférant par gravité les pièces vers un compartiment de rendu, non figuré, ménagé dans la partie inférieure du dispositif d'encaissement, auquel l'usager peut accéder au moyen d'un volet basculant. Les pièces jugées comme authentiques par le CVM 41 tombent, elles, dans un conduit qui les dirige vers le dispositif de préencaissement s'étendant sous le CVM.This CVM 41, for example capable of recognizing the electromagnetic signatures of circulating coins of the type described in document EP203702, has two outlet orifices for the coins. A first exit where non-conforming or foreign currency coins are directed and a second exit for authentic coins. The first outlet is positioned vertically through an evacuation passage transferring the pieces by gravity to a rendering compartment, not shown, formed in the lower part of the cashing device, to which the user can access by means of a tilting shutter. The pieces judged to be authentic by the CVM 41 fall into a conduit which directs them to the pre-collection device extending under the CVM.
Le CVM détermine la valeur de chacune des pièces qui le traverse et envoie cette information sous la forme d'un signal numérique ou analogique à un dispositif de commande formé par un micro contrôleur, non figuré, comportant de façon connue une unité centrale CPU, une mémoire vive RAM, des mémoires mortes ROM et EEPROM, des convertisseurs analogiques-numériques et différentes interfaces d'entrées et de sorties.The CVM determines the value of each of the pieces passing through it and sends this information in the form of a digital or analog signal to a control device formed by a microcontroller, not shown, comprising in a known manner a central processing unit CPU, a RAM, ROM and EEPROM, analog-to-digital converters and various input and output interfaces.
En fonction des pièces de monnaie introduites par l'usager et du tarif horaire de stationnement, l'horodateur 1 délivre un ticket de stationnement pour une durée correspondant au montant payé et procède à l'encaissement de la somme due. Les pièces sont alors transférées du système de pré-encaissement 42 vers le compartiment 3 pour stockage.Depending on the coins entered by the user and the hourly parking rate, the parking meter 1 issues a parking ticket for a period corresponding to the amount paid and collects the amount due. The coins are then transferred from the pre-collection system 42 to the compartment 3 for storage.
Le compartiment inférieur 3, qui est un compartiment sécurisé notamment en ce qu'il présente des parois renforcées, sert à loger une cassette 5 dans laquelle sont stockées les pièces encaissées en attendant d'être collectées.The lower compartment 3, which is a secure compartment in particular in that it has reinforced walls, is used to house a cassette 5 in which the collected parts are stored while waiting to be collected.
La cassette 5 présente une paroi supérieure munie d'une ouverture 6 d'introduction des pièces. Cette ouverture 6 est destinée à être positionnée sous un canal 7 de descente des pièces en provenance du dispositif d'encaissement 4. Lé canal 7 traverse la paroi 9 séparant les deux compartiments 2 et 3 et débouche dans le compartiment supérieur 2 à la sortie du dispositif d'encaissement 4. Pour permettre le passage du canal 7, la paroi 9 présente un orifice correspondant. La zone de sortie du canal 7 débouchant dans le compartiment sécurisé 3, au-dessus de la cassette 5, coopère avec un dispositif obturateur 8 monté sur une structure porteuse 10 venant se loger dans le compartiment sécurisé 3. Le montage du dispositif obturateur 8 sur une structure porteuse spécifique 10 n'est pas limitatif de la présente invention, le dispositif obturateur pouvant être fixé par exemple directement sur la paroi 9.The cassette 5 has an upper wall provided with an opening 6 for introducing the parts. This opening 6 is intended to be positioned under a channel 7 for lowering the pieces coming from the cashing device 4. The channel 7 crosses the wall 9 separating the two compartments 2 and 3 and opens into the upper compartment 2 at the outlet of the collecting device 4. To allow passage of the channel 7, the wall 9 has a corresponding orifice. The outlet zone of the channel 7 opening into the secure compartment 3, above the cassette 5, cooperates with a shutter device 8 mounted on a support structure 10 which is housed in the secure compartment 3. The mounting of the shutter device 8 on a specific support structure 10 is not limiting of the present invention, the shutter device being able to be fixed for example directly on the wall 9.
Cette structure porteuse 10 détaillée à la figure 4 est destinée à épouser sensiblement les parois internes du compartiment sécurisé 3 et venir créer un faux plafond à l'intérieur duquel est logé le dispositif obturateur.This supporting structure 10 detailed in Figure 4 is intended to substantially match the internal walls of the secure compartment 3 and come to create a false ceiling inside which is housed the shutter device.
Elle comprend selon l'exemple de réalisation décrit, deux parois latérales verticales 11 et 12 destinées à venir en appui sur la paroi inférieure du compartiment 3 et une paroi supérieure 13 horizontale destinée à s'étendre à une distance prédéterminée de la paroi 9. Cette structure porteuse, formée desdites trois parois soudées en elles, définit un évidemment intérieur parallélépipédique où vient se loger la cassette 5.It comprises according to the described embodiment, two vertical side walls 11 and 12 intended to come to bear on the lower wall of the compartment 3 and a horizontal upper wall 13 intended to extend at a predetermined distance from the wall 9. This supporting structure, formed of said three walls welded in them, defines a rectangular interior recess where the cassette 5 is housed.
Dans le cas où le dispositif obturateur 8 est fixé à la paroi 9, on a plus alors qu'une seule paroi 13 qui est fixée par des goujons à une distance prédéterminée de la paroi 9.In the case where the shutter device 8 is fixed to the wall 9, there is more then a single wall 13 which is fixed by studs at a predetermined distance from the wall 9.
Sur la face supérieure de la paroi 13, en regard de la paroi 9, est fixé le dispositif obturateur 8 ainsi d'ailleurs que le canal 7 de descente des pièces qui s'étend en saillie au-dessus de ladite paroi 13 à laquelle il est fixé par exemple par soudage. Bien évidemment, la paroi 13 présente un orifice de passage des pièces dans le prolongement du canal 7, orifice qui vient faire face à l'ouverture 6. d'introduction des pièces de la cassette 5 lorsque cette dernière est en place dans ledit évidemment parallélépipédique.On the upper face of the wall 13, facing the wall 9, is fixed the shutter device 8 as well as the channel 7 for the descent of the parts which protrudes above said wall 13 to which it is fixed for example by welding. Obviously, the wall 13 has an orifice for the passage of the parts in the extension of the channel 7, an orifice which comes to face the opening 6 for introducing the parts of the cassette 5 when the latter is in place in said obviously parallelepiped.
Au voisinage de la face supérieure de la paroi 13, les parois latérales définissant le canal 7 présentent une fente 14 destinée au passage d'une trappe obturatrice comme cela sera détaillé ci-après en regard des figures 2 et 3.In the vicinity of the upper face of the wall 13, the side walls defining the channel 7 have a slot 14 intended for the passage of a shutter hatch as will be detailed below with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.
Le dispositif obturateur 8 représenté sur les figures 2 et 3 comprend essentiellement un bras aplati 80 monté rotatif à une extrémité autour d'un axe s'étendant perpendiculairement à la paroi 13. Ce bras, obtenu par découpage d'une plaque métallique d'épaisseur appropriée, comprend deux prolongements. Un premier prolongement 82 formant trappe est plus particulièrement conformé pour pénétrer dans la fente 14 et obturer le passage intérieur dudit canal 7 et un second prolongement 83 formant une butée crénelée destinée à coopérer avec un mécanisme à cliquet 85.The shutter device 8 shown in Figures 2 and 3 essentially comprises a flattened arm 80 rotatably mounted at one end about an axis extending perpendicular to the wall 13. This arm, obtained by cutting a thick metal plate appropriate, includes two extensions. A first extension 82 forming a hatch is more particularly shaped to penetrate the slot 14 and close off the interior passage of said channel 7 and a second extension 83 forming a crenellated stop intended to cooperate with a ratchet mechanism 85.
Le bras 80 est donc apte à être déplacé rotativement contre la surface supérieure de la paroi 13. Un ressort de rappel 81 tend toutefois à ramener le bras 80 contre le canal 7, la trappe 82 venant alors pénétrer dans la fente 14 pour obturer le passage intérieur dudit canal. Le dispositif de pré-encaissement 42 comporte un doigt de blocageThe arm 80 is therefore able to be rotated against the upper surface of the wall 13. A return spring 81 however tends to bring the arm 80 against the channel 7, the hatch 82 then coming into the slot 14 to close the passage inside said channel. The pre-collection device 42 includes a locking finger
40, représenté en coupe à la figure 3, qui s'étend depuis l'extrémité inférieure du dispositif 42 pour pénétrer dans le canal 7 le long de la paroi intérieure jusqu'à la fente 14 qu'il vient obturer au moins partiellement. Lorsque le dispositif de pré-encaissement est en place, le doigt 40 se trouve donc dans le canal 7 en arrière de la fente 14 empêchant la trappe 82 de pénétrer à l'intérieur du canal 7. Le dispositif obturateur est alors en position "ouvert". Le retrait du dispositif de pré-encaissement hors de sa position normale de fonctionnement entraîne le retrait du doigt 40 hors du canal 7 et donc la pleine ouverture de la fente 14. La trappe 82 n'ayant plus d'obstacle empêchant sa progression et soumise à l'action du ressort de rappel 81 par l'intermédiaire du bras 80, pénètre alors dans cette fente 14 et obture le passage intérieur du canal 7 interdisant tout accès à l'orifice 6 de la cassette 5 depuis le compartiment 2.40, shown in section in FIG. 3, which extends from the lower end of the device 42 to penetrate the channel 7 along the interior wall as far as the slot 14 which it comes to close at least partially. When the pre-collection device is in place, the finger 40 is therefore in the channel 7 behind the slot 14 preventing the hatch 82 from penetrating inside the channel 7. The shutter device is then in the "open" position. The withdrawal of the pre-collection device from its normal operating position results in the withdrawal of the finger 40 from the channel 7 and therefore the full opening of the slot 14. The hatch 82 no longer having an obstacle preventing its progression and subject when the return spring 81 acts through the arm 80, then enters this slot 14 and closes the internal passage of the channel 7 preventing any access to the orifice 6 of the cassette 5 from the compartment 2.
Le bras 80 est maintenu verrouillé dans cette position de blocage du canal 7 grâce à un mécanisme à cliquet 85 qui vient exercer son action contre l'extrémité formant butée crénelée 83 dudit bras 80. Ce mécanisme à cliquet 85 étant non accessible depuis le compartiment 2, il en résulte que le bras 80 ne peut être déplacé quels que soient les efforts exercés sur celui-ci depuis le compartiment supérieur 2. L'extrémité 83 présentent plusieurs surfaces de butée permettant le blocage du bras 80 à différents stades de fermeture et non pas seulement lorsque la trappe 82 obture totalement le passage intérieur du canal 7 et ce, de façon à augmenter encore la sécurité vis-à-vis d'éventuel fraudeur. Ce système à cliquet 85 joue le rôle d'un dispositif anti-retour n'autorisant le déplacement du bras 80 que dans un seul sens, à savoir celui d'obturation du canal 7.The arm 80 is kept locked in this blocking position of the channel 7 thanks to a ratchet mechanism 85 which exerts its action against the crenellated stop end 83 of said arm 80. This ratchet mechanism 85 being inaccessible from compartment 2 , it follows that the arm 80 can not be moved regardless of the forces exerted on it from the upper compartment 2. The end 83 have several abutment surfaces allowing the blocking of the arm 80 at different stages of closure and not not only when the hatch 82 completely closes the internal passage of the channel 7 and this, so as to further increase security vis-à-vis any fraudster. This ratchet system 85 plays the role of a non-return device allowing movement of the arm 80 only in one direction, namely that of closing the channel 7.
Le mécanisme à cliquet 85 est formé d'une pièce métallique constituée de deux bras aplatis 87 et 88 réunis en V. Cette pièce, positionnée au voisinage de l'extrémité libre 83 du bras 80 quand ce dernier est en position "fermé", est montée de façon rotative dans sa partie médiane autour d'un axe s'étendant perpendiculairement à la paroi 13. Un ressort de rappel 89 tend à faire pivoter la pièce de façon que le bras 88 se trouve en arrière du bras 80, au contact de la surface de butée crénelée portée par l'extrémité 83 du bras 80.The ratchet mechanism 85 is formed by a metal part made up of two flat arms 87 and 88 joined in V. This part, positioned in the vicinity of the free end 83 of arm 80 when the latter is in the "closed" position, is rotatably mounted in its middle part around an axis extending perpendicular to the wall 13. A return spring 89 tends to rotate the part so that the arm 88 is located behind the arm 80, in contact with the crenellated abutment surface carried by the end 83 of the arm 80.
Pour ouvrir le mécanisme obturateur 8, on utilise une tringle de réarmement 15 montée rotative le long de l'une des parois latérales de la structure porteuse 10, en l'occurrence la paroi 12.To open the shutter mechanism 8, use is made of a reset rod 15 rotatably mounted along one of the side walls of the support structure 10, in this case the wall 12.
Bien évidemment, lorsque ladite structure porteuse se limite à une paroi 13 fixée à la paroi de séparation 9, la tringle 15, n'est plus alors fixée qu'à la paroi 13.Obviously, when said supporting structure is limited to a wall 13 fixed to the partition wall 9, the rod 15, is then no longer fixed except to the wall 13.
Cette tringle 15 comporte une tige présentant deux parties d'extrémité repliées sensiblement à angle droit. Une extrémité inférieure formant poignée de manœuvre 16 s'étendant à l'intérieur dudit évidemment parallélépipédique et une seconde extrémité de commande 17 débouchant au-dessus de la paroi 13, sensiblement au-dessus du mécanisme à cliquet 85 et de l'extrémité libre 83 du bras 80. En position de repos lorsque le dispositif obturateur est dans sa position "ouvert" de la figure 2, la poignée s'étend à l'arrière de la cassette 5.This rod 15 comprises a rod having two end parts folded substantially at right angles. A lower end forming an operating handle 16 extending inside said parallelepipedal recess and a second control end 17 opening out above the wall 13, substantially above the ratchet mechanism 85 and the free end 83 of the arm 80. In the rest position when the shutter device is in its "open" position in FIG. 2, the handle extends at the rear of the cassette 5.
Pour réarmer le mécanisme on retire la cassette 5, et on fait pivoter la poignée de manoeuvre 16 vers soi de façon à faire pivoter la tringle 15 dans le sens contraire des aiguilles d'une montre, c'est-à-dire dans le sens opposé au sens de fermeture du bras 80.To reset the mechanism, the cassette 5 is removed, and the operating handle 16 is pivoted towards you so as to rotate the rod 15 anticlockwise, that is to say in the direction opposite to the closing direction of the arm 80.
L'extrémité de commande 17 de la tringle pivote pareillement et vient alors appuyer d'abord contre un pion 86 porté en saillie par le bras 87 du mécanisme à cliquet 85. L'action de l'extrémité de la tringle 17 sur le pion 86 a pour effet d'entraîner en rotation le bras 87 et donc le bras 88 qui lui est solidaire, contre l'action antagoniste du ressort 89. Cette rotation du bras 88 s'exerce dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre et tend à éloigner le bras 88 de la surface de butée crénelée du prolongement 83 à l'extrémité du bras 80, lequel se trouve déverrouillé et peut donc alors être déplacé.The control end 17 of the rod pivots in the same way and then comes to bear first against a pin 86 projecting by the arm 87 of the ratchet mechanism 85. The action of the end of the rod 17 on the pin 86 has the effect of rotating the arm 87 and therefore the arm 88 which is integral with it, against the antagonistic action of the spring 89. This rotation of the arm 88 is exerted clockwise and tends to move the arm 88 away from the crenellated abutment surface of the extension 83 at the end of arm 80, which is unlocked and can therefore be moved.
L'extrémité de commande 17 de la tringle poursuivant sa rotation vient ensuite alors au contact d'un second pion 84 porté en saillie par l'extrémité du bras 80 et entraîne alors ce dernier en rotation contre la force antagoniste du ressort de rappel 81. Ce déplacement du bras 80 entraîne celui de la trappe 82 qui se retire alors de la fente 14 libérant le passage intérieur du canal 7.The control end 17 of the rod continuing its rotation then then comes into contact with a second pin 84 projecting from the end of the arm 80 and then drives the latter in rotation against the antagonistic force of the return spring 81. This movement of the arm 80 causes that of the hatch 82 which then withdraws from the slot 14 freeing the interior passage of the channel 7.
Le canal 7 étant libre, il est alors possible de repositionner le dispositif d'encaissement et d'enfoncer le doigt 40 dans le canal 7 jusqu'à la fente 14. Le doigt de blocage étant en position obturant partiellement la fente 14, on peut ramener la tringle en sens inverse jusqu'à sa position initiale de repos. Le bras 80 repose alors dans sa position "ouvert", la trappe 82 en butée contre le doigt 40 sous l'action du ressort 81.The channel 7 being free, it is then possible to reposition the collecting device and to insert the finger 40 into the channel 7 up to the slot 14. The locking finger being in the position partially closing the slot 14, it is possible to return the rod in the opposite direction to its initial rest position. The arm 80 then rests in its "open" position, the hatch 82 abuts against the finger 40 under the action of the spring 81.
La tringle étant replacée dans sa position de repos, on peut alors remettre en place la cassette 5. La cassette 5 en place, il n'est alors plus possible d'agir sur la tringle 15 et donc d'agir sur le mécanisme obturateur 8. Ce blocage de la tringle 15 par la cassette 5, renforce la sécurité du dispositif vis-à-vis d'éventuel fraudeur.The rod being returned to its rest position, we can then replace the cassette 5. The cassette 5 in place, it is then no longer possible to act on the rod 15 and therefore to act on the shutter mechanism 8 This blocking of the rod 15 by the cassette 5 reinforces the security of the device vis-à-vis potential fraudsters.
Bien entendu, l'invention n'est nullement limitée au mode de réalisation décrit et illustré qui n'a été donné qu'à titre d'exemple.Of course, the invention is in no way limited to the embodiment described and illustrated, which has been given only by way of example.
Au contraire, l'invention comprend tous les équivalents techniques des moyens décrits ainsi que leurs combinaisons si celles-ci sont effectuées suivant son esprit.On the contrary, the invention includes all the technical equivalents of the means described and their combinations if these are carried out according to the spirit.
Ainsi en variante, le doigt 40 peut être élastiquement rétractable, ce qui permet de remettre en place le dispositif de pré-encaissement 42 même lorsque la trappe 82 obture le canal 7 au droit de l'ouverture 14. Ainsi, le canal 7 peut ne pas être solidaire de la paroi 13, mais être fixée directement à la paroi séparatrice 9. Thus in a variant, the finger 40 can be elastically retractable, which makes it possible to replace the pre-collection device 42 even when the hatch 82 closes the channel 7 in line with the opening 14. Thus, the channel 7 may not be integral with the wall 13, but be fixed directly to the separating wall 9.

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[1] Appareil pour délivrer des services et/ou des produits comportant un dispositif d'encaissement (4) à pièces de monnaie, une cassette de stockage des pièces (5) et un passage (7) de descente assurant le transfert des pièces du dispositif d'encaissement (4) vers la cassette (5), caractérisé en ce que ledit passage (7) coopère avec un dispositif obturateur (8) comportant une trappe (82) mobile entre une position d'ouverture et une position de fermeture dudit passage (7), ledit dispositif (8) coopérant avec des moyens de commande (40) aptes à déclencher le déplacement brusque de ladite trappe (82) dans sa position de fermeture en cas de démontage d'au moins une partie du dispositif d'encaissement (4).[1] Apparatus for delivering services and/or products comprising a coin collection device (4), a coin storage cassette (5) and a descent passage (7) ensuring the transfer of coins from the collection device (4) towards the cassette (5), characterized in that said passage (7) cooperates with a shutter device (8) comprising a flap (82) movable between an open position and a closed position of said passage (7), said device (8) cooperating with control means (40) capable of triggering the sudden movement of said hatch (82) into its closed position in the event of dismantling of at least part of the device collection (4).
[2] Appareil selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit dispositif obturateur (8) comporte un dispositif de verrouillage à cliquet (85), ledit dispositif de verrouillage (85) étant adapté pour venir bloquer la trappe (82) dans sa position de fermeture du passage (7) .[2] Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said shutter device (8) comprises a ratchet locking device (85), said locking device (85) being adapted to block the hatch (82) in its position closing the passage (7).
[3] Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 2, caractérisé en ce que ledit dispositif d'encaissement (4) est logé dans un premier compartiment (2) et en ce que ladite cassette (5) est logée dans un second compartiment (3), lesdits premier (2) et second (3) compartiments étant séparés par une paroi (9) traversée par un canal de descente (7) formant ledit passage.[3] Apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 2, characterized in that said collection device (4) is housed in a first compartment (2) and in that said cassette (5) is housed in a second compartment (3), said first (2) and second (3) compartments being separated by a wall (9) crossed by a descent channel (7) forming said passage.
[4] Appareil selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que ledit dispositif obturateur (8) est logé dans ledit! second compartiment (3) . [4] Apparatus according to claim 3, characterized in that said shutter device (8) is housed in said! second compartment (3).
[5] Appareil selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que ledit dispositif de verrouillage à cliquet (85) coopère avec un mécanisme de déblocage manuel (15) logé dans ledit second compartiment (3).[5] Apparatus according to claim 4, characterized in that said ratchet locking device (85) cooperates with a manual unlocking mechanism (15) housed in said second compartment (3).
[6] Appareil selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que ledit mécanisme de déblocage comporte une poignée de manœuvre (16) s'étendant à l'arrière de ladite cassette (5).[6] Apparatus according to claim 5, characterized in that said unlocking mechanism comprises an operating handle (16) extending at the rear of said cassette (5).
[7] Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications 4 à 6, caractérisé en ce que ladite trappe (82) est portée par un bras (80) monté rotatif à une extrémité axiale tandis que l'autre extrémité axiale (83) porte des surfaces de butée destinées à coopérer avec ledit dispositif de verrouillage à cliquet (85), ledit bras (80) coopérant avec des moyens élastiques de rappel (81) forçant ladite trappe (82) dans sa position de fermeture.[7] Apparatus according to any one of claims 4 to 6, characterized in that said hatch (82) is carried by an arm (80) rotatably mounted at one axial end while the other axial end (83) carries stop surfaces intended to cooperate with said ratchet locking device (85), said arm (80) cooperating with elastic return means (81) forcing said hatch (82) into its closed position.
[8] Appareil selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que ladite trappe (82) est maintenue en position ouverte contre l'action antagoniste desdits moyens élastiques de rappel (81) par la présence desdits moyens de commande (40), le retrait desdits moyens de commande (40) entraînant le déplacement brusque de ladite trappe (82) en position de fermeture.[8] Apparatus according to claim 7, characterized in that said hatch (82) is held in the open position against the antagonistic action of said elastic return means (81) by the presence of said control means (40), the withdrawal of said control means (40) causing the sudden movement of said hatch (82) into the closed position.
[9] Appareil selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens de commande sont formés par un doigt (40) porté par la partie inférieure (42) du dispositif d'encaissement (4) faisant face au canal de descente (7), ledit doigt étant adapté pour pénétrer dans ledit canal (7) lorsque ladite partie inférieure du dispositif d'encaissement est en position dans ledit premier compartiment (2), de façon à interdire le déplacement de ladite trappe (82) dans sa position de fermeture.[9] Apparatus according to claim 8, characterized in that said control means are formed by a finger (40) carried by the lower part (42) of the collection device (4) facing the descent channel (7) , said finger being adapted to penetrate said channel (7) when said lower part of the collection device is in position in said first compartment (2), so as to prevent the movement of said trapdoor (82) in its closed position.
[10] Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications 4 à 9, caractérisé en ce que ledit dispositif obturateur est monté sur une structure porteuse (10) surmontant la cassette (5). [10] Apparatus according to any one of claims 4 to 9, characterized in that said shutter device is mounted on a supporting structure (10) surmounting the cassette (5).
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