EP1729265A1 - Dispositif de traitement, d'evaluation, de validation et de recyclage d'un ensemble de billets - Google Patents

Dispositif de traitement, d'evaluation, de validation et de recyclage d'un ensemble de billets Download PDF

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EP1729265A1
EP1729265A1 EP05708094A EP05708094A EP1729265A1 EP 1729265 A1 EP1729265 A1 EP 1729265A1 EP 05708094 A EP05708094 A EP 05708094A EP 05708094 A EP05708094 A EP 05708094A EP 1729265 A1 EP1729265 A1 EP 1729265A1
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Jaime Sallen Rosello
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Cash Sallen Business SL
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    • 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
    • G07D11/50—Sorting or counting valuable papers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D7/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
    • G07D7/16—Testing the dimensions
    • G07D7/164—Thickness

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  • the invention is included within the field of security and more specifically in the processing of a group of notes by means of a device for assessing, validating and rejecting notes which must be withdrawn from circulation due to the loss of any of its physical features.
  • desktop counting and assessing devices are mainly devices which automatically count a group or wad of notes, giving as a result the sum of the total value of the processed notes in addition to authenticating the processed notes.
  • These desktop devices are useful for operators who work with notes for example, bank cashiers, because they increase the certainty that the processed notes are legal tender notes in addition to speeding up and allowing the count of notes in time periods that are shorter by tens of units.
  • Most legal tender notes have a substantially rectangular shape having two larger sides extending in a longitudinal direction and two smaller sides extending in a transverse direction substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal direction.
  • Counting and assessing desktop devices existing to date process the note or currency paper with the passage of the note in its transverse direction
  • the classifying devices used by central banks processes the notes in a longitudinal direction. This is so because by means of these devices, an absolute identification and authentication of the note is obtained because the security measures of the note have been designed so as to be correctly identified for the forward movement of the note in its longitudinal direction.
  • the validation must be done by considerably increasing the number of sensors for the identification of the entire note.
  • the security measures provided for a note in order to prevent its counterfeiting have been designed so as to be correctly identified for a forward movement of the note in its longitudinal direction.
  • the note moves in the transverse direction, the multiplication of sensors being necessary at least every centimeter in order to detect all the aforementioned security measures. For this reason, the multiplication of sensors is necessary, forming sensor matrices or detector lines, both emitting and detecting elements, the use of unit sensors not being possible.
  • the invention relates to a device for processing notes, the notes having a substantially rectangular shape with two larger sides extending a longitudinal direction and two smaller sides extending a transverse direction substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal direction, the device comprising:
  • the device for processing notes of the present invention is characterized in that the input means, the unit separation means, the thickness measuring means, the validation means, the first transport means and the collection means are configured such that the note moves in the longitudinal direction from the input means to the collection means.
  • said security measures are located according to independent transverse areas along the entire length of the note such that if the reading occurs in the transverse direction (D2), the reading of the mentioned physical features is less precise and multiple sensors are necessary. However, if the reading occurs in the longitudinal direction (D2), the measurements obtained are more complete and accurate, being able to use unit sensors.
  • the device object of the present invention is designed for its use as a desktop device, i.e. it is a portable device of reduced dimensions with the possibility of transporting it to the place desired by the user and occupying a small space.
  • the collection means of the device for processing notes object of the present invention comprise second transport means which in turn comprise note receiving means in a receiving position, said second transport means being configured to:
  • the device object of the present invention shown in figure 1, comprises
  • the input means 2, the unit separation means 3, the thickness measuring means 4, the validation means 5, the first transport means and the collection means 6 are configured such that the note moves in the longitudinal direction from the input means 2 to the collection means 6.
  • figure 2 shows a note 10 having a substantially rectangular shape with two larger sides extending in a longitudinal direction D1 and two smaller sides extending in a transverse direction D2 substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal direction.
  • the device object of the present invention is designed for its use as a desktop device, i.e. it is a portable device of reduced dimensions with the possibility of transporting it to the place desired by the user, occupying a small space.
  • the input means 2 are associated to a plurality of traction wheels 7 forming part of the first transport means, said traction wheels have a continuous traction surface, i.e., they have a surface arranged along their entire perimeter capable of pulling the note.
  • said input means 2 have a plurality of wheels 8 with free rotation, a presence detector (not shown in the figure) and suction means 9 such that when a group of notes 10 is arranged on the plurality of traction wheels 7, the presence sensor activates the suction means 9 which produce a suction stream on the group of notes 10 causing a contact between the surface of the lower note of the group of notes and the plurality of traction wheels.7, at that time the traction produced by the traction wheels 7 makes the note advance towards the unit separation means 3 arranged immediately afterwards.
  • the unit separation means 3 for the unit separation of each of the notes are associated to at least one traction wheel forming part of the first transport means and they further have a separating reel 12, said separating reel 12 is blocked so that it can rotate in the direction of the forward movement of the note but not in the opposite direction.
  • the traction wheel 11 is formed by a traction area 13 and an area 14 without traction which has a diameter greater than the diameter of the traction area 13. In this way, when the traction wheel, during its rotation, is in a position such that the area 14 without traction is opposite to the separating reel 12, the passage of the note is closed preventing the following note from entering the thickness measuring means 4 too soon.
  • the traction wheel 11 in its traction area 13 has projecting rings 16 which are located, in an alternate manner, opposite to a series of rings arranged on the separating reel 12, said rings are of two types, inner traction rings 15a and outer rings 15b without traction, the function of which is to increase the contact surface in order to carry out the separation. A more effective separation of the notes is achieved with this arrangement.
  • the thickness measuring means 4 for measuring the thickness of the notes are associated to a plurality of traction wheels 17 forming part of the first transport means, a plurality of bearings 18 with great hardness, normally made of steel, is arranged opposite to said traction wheels 17, said bearings having the possibility of moving in a vertical direction once the note 10 passes between said bearings 18 and the traction wheel 17.
  • These bearings 17 are connected to a first arm 19 having a first pivoting point 20 and a second arm 21 such that when a note 10 passes through, the bearings and the second arm 21 move upwards intercepting the beam of rays being transmitted from the emitter to the receiver of a sensor 22, thus determining the thickness of the note.
  • the validation means 5 comprise a plurality of sensors (not shown in the figure) for measuring the physical features of the notes.
  • the physical features determine a series of security measures of the note which are physically located in different bands arranged in the transverse direction of the note, such as for example the magnetic thread 33 and the hologram 34, as can be seen in Figure 2; this means that if the validation of the notes is carried out in the transverse direction (D2), multiplication of sensors is necessary, at least every centimeter, in order to detect all the security measures.
  • the note is also designed for the determination of the spectrum when the note passes through in a longitudinal direction. In the transverse direction, a different spectrum is obtained depending on the place through where the note passes; varying from white if it passes through the watermark, to different colors varying every few centimeters.
  • a transmissive infrared device or two reflexive sensors if both sides are to be analyzed separately a magnetic detector, an ultraviolet detector, a colorimetry sensor are sufficient in the validation means 5 for the analysis of infrared inks, the detection of the security thread and of magnetic ink, the detection of bleaching, the detection of spectrometry of the note.
  • the validation means 5 comprise counting means associated to the analysis means configured to determine the accumulated value of the notes of the group of notes considered to be valid during a time period defined by the user from the measurement of the physical features of the notes.
  • the collection means 6 comprise second transport means 23 which in turn comprise note receiving means 24 in a receiving position 25.
  • the second transport means 23 are configured to:
  • the thickness measuring means 4 for measuring the thickness of each of the notes detect a note 10 the thickness of which is greater than the pre-established threshold corresponding to the maximum thickness of a note, a first error signal is generated.
  • the analysis means generate a second error signal if measurements of the physical features of the note are detected that are different from the corresponding pre-established standards.
  • the receiving means 24 of the collection means 6 are configured such that when the first and/or second error signal is received, they first move the valid note before the detected invalid note by means of a rotation towards the first position 26 and on the other hand, once the invalid note has reached the receiving means 24 said receiving means 24 move together with the invalid note in order to pass to a second position 27 prior to the first position 26 and are stopped in this second position 27. At the same time that the invalid note has been detected, the first transport means remain idle to prevent the following note from reaching the receiving means 24 of the collection means 6.
  • the invalid note is therefore retained in the receiving means 24 in the second position 27 at the same time that the feed of the next note is interrupted, it being possible to manually withdraw the invalid note or notes (in the event that it is a "double note") from the receiving means 24 at that same instant.
  • the receiving means 24 of the collection means 6 comprise an assembly of blades 28 arranged forming at least two groups of blades 28 connected to the axis of rotation and separated by a distance smaller than the length of the smaller side of the note, the blades 28 of each group of blades being arranged in a same plane one after the other, defining a notch 29 of a curved profile between two consecutive blades.
  • the curved profile of the notch 29 of the receiving means 24 has a variable rotation radius configured to allow the complete introduction of the note transported in said notches 29 without the production of feed interferences between the notes from the validation means 5 and the receiving means 24 themselves.
  • the second transport means 23 of the collection means 6 further have a plurality of traction wheels 30 located immediately before the receiving means 24 such that, as can be seen in Figure 6, the end of the blades 28 is overlapped with the exit of the traction wheels 30, preventing the notes from being projected out of the receiving means 24.
  • the number of blades 28 of each group of blades is equal to n, where 2 ⁇ n ⁇ 4.
  • the optimal number of blades 28 is 4, taking into account the limit size that the receiving means 24 and more specifically, the mentioned blades 28 can adopt and taking into account the rotational speed of the blades 28.
  • the device could work with 3 blades 28 in each group of blades but the rotational speed would have to increase too much, the arrival speed of the notes from the validation means 5 not being enough and a phase difference being produced in the feed of the notes.
  • the second transport means 23 comprise stop means 31 located near the first position 26 and opposite to the movement of the notes such that when the notes reach the first position 26, they come up against the stop means 31 and are ejected from the receiving means 24, said stop means 31 being configured with a variable inclination angle along said stop means 31 with respect to the axis of rotation of the receiving means 24.
  • the delivery surface 32 has a certain descending inclination both in the longitudinal and transverse direction of the note near the receiving means 24, the processed notes being located aligned with respect to two of its contiguous sides (one larger and one smaller) although they may be notes of a different value.
  • the movement of the traction wheels 7, 11, 17 forming part of the first transport means and associated to the input means 2, the separation means 3 and the thickness measuring means 4 is independent of the movement of the traction wheels 30 associated to the collection means 6, it being possible to vary the relative speeds so as to maintain the relative distance between two consecutive notes constant.
  • the sensors of the validation means 5 allow knowing the position of the note at all times in addition to knowing when it will enter the collection area 6 and, together with the thickness measuring means 4, they also allow knowing the distance between two contiguous notes, thus being able to conveniently vary the speed ratio between the traction wheels 7, 11, 17 associated to the input means 2, the separation means 3 and the thickness measuring means 4 and the traction wheels 30 associated to the collection means 6.

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