EP1358119B1 - Dispositif pour empiler des feuilles - Google Patents

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EP1358119B1
EP1358119B1 EP02701188A EP02701188A EP1358119B1 EP 1358119 B1 EP1358119 B1 EP 1358119B1 EP 02701188 A EP02701188 A EP 02701188A EP 02701188 A EP02701188 A EP 02701188A EP 1358119 B1 EP1358119 B1 EP 1358119B1
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Martin Landwehr
Waldemar Jaeger
Heiner Stukenberg
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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
    • B65H29/26—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by dropping the articles
    • B65H29/36—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by dropping the articles from tapes, bands, or rollers rolled from under the articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/60—Other elements in face contact with handled material
    • B65H2404/69—Other means designated for special purpose
    • B65H2404/691—Guiding means extensible in material transport direction
    • B65H2404/6911—Guiding means extensible in material transport direction by unwinding from storage section
    • 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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  • the invention relates to a device for stacking sheets, in particular banknotes or check forms, comprising a housing with a vertically adjustable arranged in this storage area for receiving a sheet stack, a stacking mechanism with two on a roller carriage, parallel to the shelf surface and parallel spaced rollers, wherein the roller carriage is movable from a sheet receiving position near a first end of the depositing surface toward the second end of the depositing surface parallel thereto, and with belts fixed to the casing at one end near the opposite ends of the depositing surface and extending from the first Attachment points parallel to the support surface around the rollers each to a belt storage, consisting of storage rollers, are guided, and sheet guiding means for feeding a sheet to be deposited such that it with its leading end near the first end the shelf meets this or the stack surface.
  • a device of the aforementioned kind is known for example from US-A-5, 282, 612.
  • This document describes a sheet stacking mechanism of a ticket cassette in which the banknotes are stacked into a stack of sheets by means of a roller carriage consisting of a parallel pair of rollers pulled by belts in either one direction or the other on the sheet stack.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a device of the type mentioned above, which provides a simple and inexpensive means a drive solution for trouble-free storage of the individual sheets on the shelf or the stack surface and the retention of the stored sheets on the shelf.
  • roller carriage of the stacking mechanism is guided by belts which are wound on storage rollers (36), respectively are mounted on a take-up shaft (26) that one of the take-up shafts (26) with a drive motor (34) and via a transmission (40, 42) with the other take-up shaft (26) is coupled and that the storage rollers (36) in the respective Winding direction are biased.
  • the respective belt store consists of at least one storage roller on which the belt is wound or unwound when the respective roller of the roller carriage moves over the stack surface. Since in the reciprocating motion of the roller carriage always wound the belt of a storage roll and the belt of the other storage roll is unwound and thus the winding diameter of a storage roll increases, while winding diameter of the other storage roll decreases, the storage rolls must be driven at different speeds, thus each unwound length of a belt corresponding to the wound length of the other belt. However, this would be a relatively expensive solution.
  • the storage rollers are each mounted on a take-up shaft, that one of the take-up shafts with a drive motor and a transmission with the other Winding shaft is coupled and that the storage rollers are biased in the respective Aufwickelides.
  • This offers the possibility to drive both take-up shafts at the same speed with a single drive motor and to compensate for the differences in length occurring during winding or unwinding of the belts via the spring preload of the storage rollers.
  • no drive motor for the roller carriage is needed in this solution.
  • the roller carriage is in each case pulled by the belt which is being wound up.
  • the transmission which couples the two take-up shafts with one another, is preferably a belt drive, for example a toothed belt.
  • the roller carriage is suitably guided on side walls of the housing, wherein the end positions of the roller carriage can be determined by limit switches which control the drive motor.
  • a nip monitoring the sheet sensor which determines whether a sheet to be deposited has entered the nip and with a certain time delay, the drive motor turns on to initiate the deposition process.
  • the time delay is required so that the leading end of the sheet passes after entering the nip to the first end of the tray or the sheet stack, so that the sheets can be placed on the same edge.
  • the light transmitter and the light receiver of the light barrier are arranged fixed to the housing near the first end of the support surface and aligned with a light deflection element, which is arranged on the roll carriage beyond the nip - viewed from the light emitter and the light receiver - from.
  • a light deflection element which is arranged on the roll carriage beyond the nip - viewed from the light emitter and the light receiver - from.
  • the light deflection element may be an optical prism or a U-shaped light guide whose U-legs are aligned in the sheet receiving position of the roller carriage on the light transmitter or the light receiver.
  • the device according to the invention is intended in particular for connection to a scanner for check forms.
  • check forms are scanned and thus read. After reading, they can be stored in an ordered manner by means of the stacking device according to the invention. Whether the check forms can be stored or otherwise processed further, can be decided only after complete scanning of the check form. For reasons of space, the check form is already partly pushed out during the reading through the exit slit of the scanner housing.
  • a sheet guide surface is arranged according to the invention on the housing above the movement path of the roller carriage, between a first position in which they in the Zugarweg a Sheet to the nip of the roller carriage protrudes, and a second position is adjustable, in which it releases the Zugarweg.
  • the sheet guide surface captures the exiting from the scanner housing sheet and prevents the sheet enters the nip of the roller carriage. From the sheet guide surface, the read check form can be fed to another processing. But it can also be retracted back into the scanner to be stored afterwards.
  • the sheet guide surface is then moved to its second position in which the Zugarweg is released to the nip of the roller path, so as to introduce the sheet to be deposited in the nip and trigger the depositing process.
  • the adjustment of the sheet guide surface can be done in a simple manner in that the sheet guide surface is biased in its first position and adjustable by the roller carriage in its second position.
  • the device shown in Figure 1 for depositing sheets such as banknotes or check forms comprises a frame-like housing 10 with side walls 12, end walls 14 and a bottom 18 ( Figures 3 and 4). Within the housing 10, a support surface 20 is arranged parallel to the bottom 18 and guided in a manner not shown height adjustable. The shelf 20 is biased by springs 22 in an upper end position.
  • the side walls 12 each protrude beyond the end walls 14. In the protruding portions of the side walls 12 upwardly open fork-shaped incisions 24 are formed, in each of which a take-up shaft 26 is mounted.
  • the left in the figure 1 take-up shaft is connected via gears 28, 30 with the drive pinion 32 of a drive motor 34.
  • the motor 34 is shown in the figure 1 for reasons of clarity outside the housing 10. In general, however, it will be accommodated within the housing 10.
  • roller carriage 46 In the side walls 12 each directed parallel to the bottom 18 of the housing 10 guide slot 44 is formed.
  • the roller carriage 46 has a frame formed of side walls 48 and connecting rods 50.
  • pins 52 On the respective outer side of the side walls 48, pins 52 are arranged, which engage in the guide slots 44.
  • a first shaft 54 and a radially spaced second shaft 56 are mounted parallel to the connecting rods 50.
  • three belt rollers 58 are mounted, which together form a first roller 60 and a second roller 62, which define a nip 64 between them.
  • Axial between the belt rollers 58 first blade guide elements 66 and second blade guide elements 68 are arranged.
  • first belts 70 are fastened at one end to the end wall 14 at 72. From there they extend first parallel to the storage surface 20 to the roller carriage 46, around a belt roller 58 of the first roller 60 and back to a storage roller 36, on which the other Riemenendablie is wound.
  • second belts 74 are provided (of which only one is shown in FIGS. 2 and 3), which are fastened at one end to the other end wall 14 at 76, from this to a belt roller 58 of the second roller 62 , extend around and back to a storage roll 36 on which the other end portion of the belt 74 is wound.
  • the reels on the storage rollers 36 are formed so that the first belt 70 and the second belt 74 are always tensioned by the torsion springs, which bias the storage rollers 36 in the winding. This bias allows compensation for the difference in length between the first belt 70 and the second belt 74, which occurs as the roller carriage 46 moves, such that the winding diameter on the storage rollers 36 for the first belts 70 and the second belts 74, respectively, are in the opposite direction changes.
  • roller carriage 46 does not require its own drive, but that one take-up shaft 26 which is driven by the motor 34, in turn drives the other take-up shaft 26 in the same direction and at the same speed, wherein the roller carriage 46th is pulled by those belts that are wound up in each case.
  • a bent sheet guide plate 80 is disposed above the storage rollers 36, which rests on the upper edges of the side walls 12 and downwardly bent lateral extensions 82, to each of which a respective guide slot 44 engaging pin 84 is attached.
  • the sheet guide plate 80 is biased by a spring, not shown in the direction of arrow A in the position shown in Figure 3 and can be moved against the spring bias by the roller carriage 46 from the end position shown in Figure 3 in the end position shown in Figure 4.
  • the nip 64 of the roller carriage 46 is monitored by a light barrier, by which it can be determined whether a sheet to be deposited has entered the nip 64.
  • the light barrier comprises a light-emitting diode 86 and a photoreceiver 88, both of which are arranged in a manner not shown on a housing-fixed carrier so that the light emitting direction or the light receiving direction are directed substantially parallel to the direction of movement of the roller carriage 46.
  • a Lichtumlenkelement in the form of an optical prism 90, which is directed by the light emitting diode 86 and passing through the nip 64 light from the prism 90 by two times 90 ° back through the nip 64 back to the photoreceptor 88.
  • This double optical path is interrupted by a sheet inserted into the nip 64, so that the sheet sensor formed by the photocell 86, 88, 90 can respond to a sheet in the nip 64.
  • a device 92 which outputs sheets to be deposited at an output gap 94.
  • the device 92 may be, for example, a scanner for reading check forms. If a check form is initially only to be read in the device 92, it is once pushed completely under the reading head, whereby it emerges from the exit slot 94 and slides along the sheet guide plate 80, which is in the position shown in FIG. If the check form is then subsequently stored in the housing 10, the roller carriage 46 is transported from the position shown in FIG. 3 into the sheet receiving position shown in FIG. 4, in which the nip 64 is aligned with the exit slot 94 of the device 92.
  • This position is defined by a forked light barrier 96, which is interrupted in the sheet receiving position of the roller carriage 46 by a flag 98 connected to the roller carriage ( Figure 2).
  • the intermediately drawn check form is then discharged through the exit slot 94 of the device 92 and inserted into the nip 64, being guided by the Blatt Resultselemte 66, 68. In this case, it interrupts the light path of the light barrier 86, 88, 90.
  • the roller carriage 46th 1 wherein the sheet to be deposited is rolled by the first belt 70 onto the depositing surface 20 or the top of the sheet stack thereon, while at the same time the second belt 74 from the storage surface or the stack top are lifted. If the roller carriage 46 reaches its left end position in FIG. 1, which is defined by another fork light barrier 100, then the drive motor 34 reverses its drive direction. The roller carriage 46 is withdrawn back into the position shown in Figure 3, with the Untertrume the second belt 74 lie on the surface of the newly deposited sheet and thus hold the leaves of the stack 78 on the shelf surface 20.
  • the housing 10 may be divided into a housing lower part 102 and a housing upper part 104, which are interconnected by a hinge 106, so that the lower housing part 102 pivoted together with the support surface 20 and the stored sheets down can be as is contemplated in Figure 4 by dashed lines.
  • the rollers 60, 62, the belt 70, 74 and the belt storage 36 remain stationary with the upper housing part 104.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif pour empiler des feuilles, dont le boîtier comprend les éléments suivants : une surface réceptrice (20) réglable en hauteur pour réceptionner une pile de feuilles (78) ; un mécanisme d'empilement doté d'un cylindre (60) parallèle à la surface réceptrice (20), ce cylindre étant mobile parallèlement à cette surface entre une première extrémité et une deuxième extrémité de ladite surface réceptrice (20) ; au moins une courroie (70), dont une extrémité proche de la première extrémité de la surface réceptrice (20) est fixée au boîtier et qui, partant de ce point de fixation (72), est guidée parallèlement à la surface réceptrice (20) en passant autour du cylindre (60) jusqu'au porte-courroie (36) ; un deuxième cylindre (62), disposé parallèle au premier (60) avec un espacement radial par rapport à celui-ci, ce deuxième et le premier cylindre (60) étant mobiles parallèlement à la surface réceptrice (20) ; au moins une deuxième courroie (74), dont une extrémité proche de la deuxième extrémité de la surface réceptrice (20) est fixée au boîtier et qui, partant de ce point de fixation (76), est guidée parallèlement à la surface réceptrice (20) en passant autour du deuxième cylindre (62) jusqu'à un deuxième porte-courroie (36). Dans l'espacement (64) entre les rouleaux se trouvent des surfaces de guidage (66, 68) pour les feuilles à empiler.

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  1. Dispositif pour empiler des feuilles, notamment des billets de banque ou des chèques, comportant un boîtier (10) ayant une surface (20) de dépose disposée avec possibilité de réglage en hauteur dans ce boîtier et destinée à recevoir une pile (78) de feuilles, comportant un mécanisme d'empilement ayant deux cylindres (60, 62) qui sont mutuellement distants en parallèle et délimitent entre eux une emprise (64), sont orientés parallèlement à la surface (20) de dépose et sont montés sur un chariot (46) à cylindres pouvant être déplacé parallèlement à la surface (20) de dépose, à partir d'une position de réception de feuille proche d'une première extrémité de la surface (20) de dépose, en direction de la deuxième extrémité de la surface (20) de dépose, et comportant au moins une courroie (70), qui est fixée par une extrémité sur le boîtier (10) près de la première extrémité de la surface (20) de dépose et qui, en partant du point (72) de fixation, est guidée parallèlement à la surface (20) de dépose et en passant autour d'un premier (60) des deux cylindres vers un premier magasin de courroie constitué de bobines de stockage, et comportant au moins une deuxième courroie (74), qui est fixée par une extrémité sur le boîtier (10) près de la deuxième extrémité de la surface (20) de dépose et qui, en partant du point (76) de fixation, est guidée parallèlement à la surface (20) de dépose et en passant autour du deuxième (62) des deux cylindres vers un deuxième magasin de courroie constitué de bobines de stockage, et comportant des moyens (66, 68) de guidage de feuille pour apporter une feuille à déposer de telle sorte qu'elle rencontre par son extrémité avant la surface (20) de dépose, ou la surface de la pile, près de la première extrémité de la surface (20) de dépose, les moyens de guidage de feuille comprenant des premières et deuxièmes surfaces directrices pour les feuilles à déposer, surfaces qui sont disposées dans l'emprise (64) des cylindres, et le magasin de courroie respectif étant une bobine (36) de stockage sur laquelle la courroie (70, 74) peut être enroulée, caractérisé en ce que les bobines (36) de stockage sont montées sur un arbre (26) enrouleur respectif, en ce qu'un des arbres (26) enrouleurs est couplé à un moteur (34) d'entraînement, et à l'autre arbre (26) enrouleur par l'intermédiaire d'une transmission (40, 42), et en ce que les bobines (36) de stockage sont précontraintes dans le sens d'enroulement respectif.
  2. Dispositif suivant la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la transmission est une transmission (40, 42) par courroie.
  3. Dispositif suivant la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'une surface (80) de guidage de feuille est disposée sur le boîtier (10) au-dessus de la voie de déplacement du chariot (46) à cylindres, surface qui peut être déplacée entre une première position, dans laquelle elle fait saillie dans le chemin d'alimentation d'une feuille vers l'emprise (64) des cylindres du chariot (46) à cylindres, et une deuxième position dans laquelle elle libère le chemin d'alimentation.
  4. Dispositif suivant la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que la surface (80) de guidage de feuille est précontrainte dans sa première position, et peut être mise dans sa deuxième position par le chariot (46) à cylindres.
  5. Dispositif suivant l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que le boîtier (10) possède une partie (102) inférieure de boîtier contenant la surface (20) de dépose et une partie (104) supérieure de boîtier sur laquelle sont disposés les cylindres (60, 62), les courroies (70, 74) et les bobines (36) de stockage, et en ce que la partie (102) inférieure de boîtier est assemblée à la partie (104) supérieure de boîtier par l'intermédiaire d'une articulation (106).
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