EP2688049A1 - Prepayment device of a payment terminal - Google Patents

Prepayment device of a payment terminal Download PDF

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EP2688049A1
EP2688049A1 EP20130176865 EP13176865A EP2688049A1 EP 2688049 A1 EP2688049 A1 EP 2688049A1 EP 20130176865 EP20130176865 EP 20130176865 EP 13176865 A EP13176865 A EP 13176865A EP 2688049 A1 EP2688049 A1 EP 2688049A1
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Philipp Valleré
Sylvain Braun
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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
    • G07D1/00—Coin dispensers
    • G07D1/02—Coin dispensers giving change
    • G07D1/04—Coin dispensers giving change dispensing change equal to a sum deposited
    • 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
    • G07D11/14—Inlet or outlet ports
    • 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
    • G07F1/041—Coin chutes with means, other than for testing currency, for dealing with inserted foreign matter, e.g. "stuffing", "stringing" or "salting"
    • G07F1/042—Coin chutes with means, other than for testing currency, for dealing with inserted foreign matter, e.g. "stuffing", "stringing" or "salting" the foreign matter being a long flexible member attached to a coin
    • G07F1/043—Cutting or trapping of the flexible member or the attached coin

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  • the present invention relates to a device for depositing coins for a payment terminal, the prepayment device comprising a frame, a bucket having a coin entry opening in the bucket and a coin opening opening. stored in the bucket.
  • a fraudulent method commonly used in payment terminals for payment by coins is to attach the coin to one end of a wire, before introducing it into the payment terminal through the introductory slot provided for this effect.
  • the piece attached to the end of the thread then passes into the coin selector and then falls into the pre-collection bucket.
  • the bucket moves to its collection position, in which the coins it contains are normally evacuated to the piggy bank under the effect of gravity.
  • the part considered being attached to the end of a wire whose opposite end is held by the fraudster it can not be evacuated to the piggy bank and remains in the bucket.
  • the fraudster then makes a second transaction, during which he introduces a new coin and looses the thread.
  • the newly introduced piece, as well as the piece attached to its wire fall to the bottom of the bucket.
  • the fraudster cancels the transaction so that the bucket moves to its position of return of money and evacuates the two pieces to the bowl, where they are recovered by the fraudster.
  • This fraud system thus allows the fraudster to obtain a free parking permit for a period corresponding to the amount of the first coin introduced.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a pre-collection device comprising a system for guaranteeing the collection of coins introduced into the terminal when the transaction is validated, and which is also simple and inexpensive to implement.
  • the subject of the invention is a pre-tapping device as described above, which comprises at least one movable cutting blade with respect to the chassis between a rest position and an active position which can be displaced at least partially through of the inlet opening between the rest position and the active position, and a moving mechanism of the movable cutting blade, able to move the movable cutting blade from its rest position to its active position so to cut an object engaged in the inlet opening of the bucket.
  • the invention also relates to a payment terminal comprising a pre-collection device as defined above.
  • the figure 1 schematically illustrates a portion of a payment terminal 1 comprising a pre-collection device according to the invention.
  • Payment terminal means an apparatus intended to provide a product or a service in exchange for its payment made in particular by means of coins.
  • Said apparatus may for example be a parking meter or a ticket dispenser.
  • the coins are directed to a piggy bank, not shown, in which the coins are stored permanently until the next collection.
  • the pre-emption device 4 according to the invention is illustrated in more detail on the figures 2 and 3 .
  • the bucket 8 has for example a general bell shape comprising two side walls 12 diverging downwards.
  • This inlet opening 14 is configured to receive the parts from the selector 3 and to enter the bucket 8. It is elongate in a longitudinal direction. It has for example a slot shape, including rectangular.
  • the inlet opening 14 comprises, in its upper part, a duct 16 fixed relative to the frame 6 and forming part of a support piece 18 of the bucket 8 integral with the frame 6.
  • coin guiding teeth 20 are distributed along a longitudinal edge 22 of the inlet opening 14. They provide guiding in the inlet opening 14 of the coins from the coin. output aperture 24 of the selector 3. These guide teeth 20 protrude upwardly from the inlet opening 14. They are in particular formed on an upper edge of the duct 16 and extend upwards to from this conduit 16.
  • the bucket 8 In its lower part, the bucket 8 comprises an opening 26 for evacuating parts.
  • the bucket 8 is pivotally mounted relative to the frame 6 about a bucket pivot axis noted A between a pre-settlement position, illustrated on the figure 2 , in which it delimits with the platform 10 a temporary storage volume of the coins and a position of evacuation of the coins through the discharge opening 26 towards the piggy bank, illustrated on the figure 3 .
  • the pivot axis A is a horizontal axis. It is arranged in the upper part of the bucket 8.
  • the pre-collection device 4 further comprises bucket displacement means 8 (not shown), configured to move the bucket 8 between its pre-settlement position and its evacuation position.
  • bucket displacement means 8 are conventional. They will not be described in more detail.
  • the frame 6 comprises a slot 28, for example in an arc, for guiding the bucket 8 during its movement between its different positions.
  • the platform 10 comprises longitudinal ribs 30 on its inwardly facing face of the bucket 8. These ribs 30 delimit between them grooves 32 which cooperate with complementary teeth 34 formed on the bucket 8 so as to driving the pieces stored in the bucket 8 out of the platform 10 during the pivoting of the bucket 8 to its evacuation position.
  • the platform 10 In the pre-paid position illustrated on the figure 2 , the platform 10 completely closes the discharge opening 26 of the bucket 8 and forms with said bucket 8 the temporary storage volume for the coins.
  • This object is more particularly a wire connecting a coin contained in the bucket 8 to the coin introduction slot 2 in the payment terminal 1.
  • the position of the wire in the entry opening 14 is determined by the positions relative to the opening 24 of the coin selector 3 and the inlet opening 14 of the bucket 8.
  • the wire is engaged in the inlet opening 14 at an engagement zone. In the example shown, this engagement zone is located at a longitudinal end of the inlet opening 14.
  • the anti-fraud system is entirely comprised within an outer casing of the payment terminal 1.
  • the movable blade 36 occupies its rest position when the bucket 8 occupies its preventer position. It occupies its active position when the bucket 8 occupies its evacuation position.
  • the displacement mechanism is able to move the movable cutting blade 36 from its rest position to its active position under the action of displacement of the bucket 8 from its pre-settlement position to its discharge position.
  • the bucket 8 by its displacement of its pre-bending position to its discharge position, causes the movable cutting blade 36 to move from its rest position to its active position by means of the movement mechanism.
  • the anti-fraud system also comprises a counterblade 40 fixed relative to the frame 6.
  • the movable blade 36 is movably mounted relative to the counterblade 40.
  • the blade 36 and the counterblade 40 are arranged at the inlet of the bucket 8, at a height greater than that of the inlet opening 14.
  • the blade 36 is configured to cooperate with the counterblade 40 to cut the wire engaged in the inlet opening 14.
  • the blade 36 and the counterblade 40 cooperate in the manner of the blades of a chisel to cut the wire by shearing.
  • the counter blade 40 is arranged such that the blade 36 slides on the counterblade 40 as it moves from its rest position to its active position.
  • the blade 36 and the counterblade 40 are able to shear the wire engaged in the inlet opening 14 when the blade 36 slides on the counterblade 40.
  • the blade 36 is pivotally mounted relative to the frame 6 about a pivot axis marked B between its rest position and its active position.
  • This axis B is vertical.
  • the blade 36 is movable at least partially through the inlet opening 14 between the rest position and the active position. In the example shown, it is configured to scan only one zone of the inlet opening 14, namely the longitudinal end on the side of which is engaged the wire connected to a piece received in the bucket 8.
  • the blade 36 is, in the example shown, substantially flat. It extends in a substantially horizontal plane, in particular at a height greater than that of the inlet opening 14.
  • the counterblade 40 is disposed in a plane substantially normal to the plane of the blade 36. It is arranged on the along an edge 42 of the inlet opening 14.
  • the blade 36 comprises an actuating zone 46 and a cutting zone 48.
  • the actuating zone 46 is pivotally mounted on the frame 6.
  • the cutting zone 48 forms an end of the blade 36 away from the pivoting axis B.
  • the blade 36 comprises, between the cutting zone 48 and the operating zone 46, a recess 49 capable of allowing the passage of the teeth 20 during the displacement of the blade 36 towards its end. active position.
  • the cutting zone 48 carries a cutting surface 50 facing the counterblade 40 and intended to cooperate with a cutting surface 52 of the counterblade 40 to cut the wire engaged in the blade. entrance opening 14.
  • the cutting surface 50 has a length less than the length of the inlet opening 14. Thus, the cutting surface 50 extends only over a portion of the inlet opening 14 .
  • the cutting surface 50 of the blade 36 has a V-shaped or L-shaped shape oriented towards the inlet opening 14. Thanks to this particular shape, the blade 36 is able, during its movement towards its active position, to seize the wire engaged in the inlet opening 14, and to guide against the against-blade 40.
  • This V-shape also ensures the maintenance of the wire in contact with the against-blade 40 and the blade 36 to ensure the cutting of this wire by shearing when the movable cutting surface 50 crosses the fixed cutting surface 52 by sliding on it during its movement to its active position.
  • the cutting surface 50 of the blade 36 comprises a movable cutting edge 56 intended to cooperate with a fixed cutting edge 58 of the counter blade 40 in order to cut the wire.
  • the movable cutting edge 56 is configured to slide on the fixed cutting edge 58 as the blade 36 moves to its active position. This crossing causes the cutting of the wire trapped between the fixed cutting edge 58 and the movable cutting edge 56. Thus, the movable cutting edge 56 slides on the fixed cutting edge 58 while being in contact with it. this.
  • the blade 36 and against the blade 40 are for example made of metal, especially stainless steel.
  • the blade 36 and the counterblade 40 are sharpened.
  • the fixed and movable cutting edges 58, 56 are sharp.
  • the movable cutting edge 56 extends substantially in the plane of displacement of the blade 36, that is to say in the plane of the inlet opening 14.
  • the length of the movable cutting edge 56 is less than the length of the inlet opening 14.
  • the fixed cutting surface 52 is formed on an upper surface of the counterblade 40.
  • the fixed cutting edge 58 is formed by the intersection between the fixed cutting surface 52 and a substantially vertical surface of the counterblade 40 on the side of the entrance opening.
  • the fixed cutting surface 52 is inclined downwards away from the blade 36. It forms an angle less than 90 °, more particularly about 80 ° with a horizontal plane passing through the fixed cutting edge 58.
  • the fixed cutting edge 58 extends substantially parallel to the longitudinal edge 42. It is substantially rectilinear in the example shown. It has, in the example shown, a length less than that of the inlet opening 14.
  • the blade 36 In the rest position, the blade 36 is disposed away from the counter blade 40 at least at its cutting edge 56 so as to allow the passage of the wire between the blade 36 and against the blade 40, more particularly between the cutting edges 56, 58.
  • the movable cutting blade 36 extends on the side of an edge 22 of the inlet opening 14, opposite to the longitudinal edge 42 along which extends the counter blade 40.
  • the cutting edges 56, 58 of the blade 36 and the counterblade 40 are spaced from each other when the blade 36 is in its rest position. In particular, they extend on either side of the inlet opening 14.
  • the blade 36 In the active position, the blade 36 overlaps against blade 40 over at least a part of its length. In the example shown, in the active position, the blade 36 bears against the guide teeth 20. More particularly, the cutting zone 48 of the blade 36 extends at least partially in line with the counter blade 40. The lower surface of the blade 36 contacts the fixed cutting edge 58.
  • the movement mechanism of the blade 36 comprises a cam 60 integral with the bucket 8 and a counter cam 62 integral with the blade 36.
  • the pivoting of the cam 60 around the pivot axis A of the bucket 8 causes the counter-cam 62 to pivot about the pivot axis B of the blade 36.
  • the cam comprises a pin 60 projecting outwardly of the bucket 8 from a side wall 12 of the bucket 8.
  • the cam follower 40 comprises an inclined ramp 62 projecting downwardly from of the blade 36, in particular from the actuating zone 46 of the blade 36.
  • the ramp 62 is inclined so that the pivoting of the bucket 8, and thus the pin 60, around the pivot axis A towards the evacuation position generates the pivoting of the blade 36 to the active position.
  • Elastic return means 66 formed, in the example shown, by a compression spring, are configured to return the blade 36 from its active position to its rest position when the bucket 8 moves from its evacuation position to its precautionary position.
  • the compression spring is fixed to the blade 36, more particularly to the actuating zone 46, at one of its ends and to the frame 6, in particular to the support piece 18 of the cup 8, by the other its ends. It is compressed in the active position of the blade 36.
  • the anti-fraud system comprises prestressing means capable of prestressing the movable cutting blade 36 against the counterblade 40 in a direction normal to the plane of movement of the blade 36.
  • the prestressing means comprise the compression spring. More particularly, the compression spring extends along an axis inclined with respect to the plane of displacement of the blade 36 so as to urge the blade 36 towards the counterblade 40.
  • the prestressing means further comprise an additional pressure member capable of biasing the counterblade 40 towards the blade 36 in the direction normal to the plane of displacement of the blade 36.
  • This additional pressure member is secured to the frame 6 It is in the form of a resilient lug 70 bearing on the blade 36 so as to press the blade 36 against the counterblade 40.
  • the elastic lug 70 is more particularly formed on an intermediate support plate 68. extending between the blade 36 and the support piece 18.
  • the bucket 8 occupies its pre-settlement position.
  • the blade 36 occupies its rest position.
  • the coin passes through the selector 3 and is evacuated through the exit opening 24 of selector 3 to fall in bucket 8 under the effect of gravity.
  • the wire then extends into the payment terminal 1 between the introduction slot 2 and the coin. It is engaged in the inlet opening 14 of the bucket 8. It extends in particular in the engagement zone.
  • the moving means moves the bucket 8 from its pre-collection position to its position of evacuation of the coins towards the piggy bank. More particularly, they rotate the bucket 8 around the pivot axis A.
  • the movement mechanism moves the blade 36 from its rest position to its active position under the action of the movement of the bucket 8. More particularly, the pivoting of the cam, in particular the pin 60 around the A-axis causes the pivoting of the counter-cam 62, and thus of the blade 36 about the axis B to the active position.
  • the blade 36 sweeps the inlet opening 14, in particular the engagement zone of the inlet opening 14. It grasps the engaged wire by its cutting surface 50 in the inlet opening 14 and moves it up to the counterblade 40. The yarn is then wedged between the counter-blade 40 and the blade 36. The blade 36 then crosses against the blade 40 by sliding on the blade in order to cut the wire by shearing between the counter-blade 40 and the blade 36.
  • the blade 36 Due to the inclination of the fixed cutting surface 52, the blade 36 only contacts the cutting edge 58 of the counterblade 40 as it moves over the counterblade 40.
  • the coin falls through the bucket 8 and can be recovered in the piggy bank.
  • the pre-collection device 4 is then returned to its initial configuration in which the bucket 8 occupies its pre-bending position and the blade 36 occupies its rest position.
  • the anti-fraud system of the pre-emption device 4 according to the invention is particularly advantageous.
  • the blade 36 is automatically moved to its active position generating the section of an object possibly engaged in the inlet opening 14
  • the displacement of the blade 36 towards its active position does not depend on any detection of an object engaged in the opening 14. It is implemented systematically, that an object is engaged in the opening 14 or not.
  • the blade 36 is further capable of cutting the wires irrespective of their state of tension or their rigidity. It is particularly capable of cutting untensioned and / or non-rigid son.
  • the anti-fraud system is advantageously fully included inside the payment terminal 1. It is not visible or accessible from outside the payment terminal 1, which makes its neutralization or bypassing by a difficult user. In addition, its operation is transparent to the user of the payment terminal that can not notice its presence since the system is not visible from the outside and furthermore does not lead to an increase in the transaction processing time.
  • the anti-fraud system is also inexpensive, compact and particularly simple to implement, especially on an existing payment terminal. Indeed, it is sufficient to report on an existing 53encatician device 4 the movable blade and against the blade, and the movement mechanism.
  • the addition of the displacement mechanism simply involves reporting on the bucket 8 a pin 60 forming the cam of this movement mechanism.
  • the other parts of the movement mechanism are provided on the blade 36.
  • Providing a fixed cutting surface 52 inclined downward away from the blade 36 is advantageous. Indeed, the passage of the blade 36 on the counterblade 40 generates a linear contact between the fixed cutting edge 58 and the blade 36. Thus, during its displacement, the blade 36 rubs, by its lower surface, on the fixed cutting edge 58. This friction causes a sharpening of the fixed cutting edge 58 at each movement of the blade 36, so at each pivoting of the bucket 8.
  • the system is self-sharpening which is advantageous for a maintenance point of view, since it avoids having to extract the anti-fraud system from the housing of the payment terminal 1 for the purpose of sharpening the blades 36, 40.
  • the cutting surface 50 of the blade 36, and therefore the movable cutting edge 56 extends over only a portion of the length of the inlet opening 14. In particular they extend on one side of the guide teeth 20 in the longitudinal direction of the opening 14.
  • the movable cutting surface 50 and thus the movable cutting edge 56 extend over substantially the entire length of the inlet opening. In this case, it has for example a slot for each guide tooth 20.

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The device (4) has a cutting blade moved with respect to a frame (6) partially through an entry opening (14) between a rest position and an active position. A displacement mechanism displaces the blade to cut an object engaged in an opening of a cup (8). The cup is swiveled with respect to the frame around a swiveling axis (A). The displacement mechanism moves the blade from the rest position to the active position due to displacement of the cup from a pre collection position toward an evacuation position.

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif de préencaissement de pièces de monnaie pour un terminal de paiement, le dispositif de préencaissement comprenant un châssis, un godet présentant une ouverture d'entrée de pièces de monnaie dans le godet et une ouverture de sortie de pièces de monnaie stockées dans le godet.The present invention relates to a device for depositing coins for a payment terminal, the prepayment device comprising a frame, a bucket having a coin entry opening in the bucket and a coin opening opening. stored in the bucket.

Une méthode de fraude couramment utilisée dans des terminaux de paiement autorisant le paiement par des pièces de monnaie consiste à attacher la pièce à une extrémité d'un fil, avant de l'introduire dans le terminal de paiement par la fente d'introduction prévue à cet effet. La pièce attachée à l'extrémité du fil passe alors dans le sélecteur de monnaie, puis tombe dans le godet de préencaissement. Lorsque la transaction est validée, le godet se déplace jusqu'à sa position d'encaissement, dans laquelle les pièces qu'il contient sont normalement évacuées vers la tirelire sous l'effet de la gravité. Cependant, la pièce considérée étant attachée à l'extrémité d'un fil dont l'extrémité opposée est tenue par le fraudeur, elle ne peut être évacuée vers la tirelire et reste dans le godet. Le fraudeur effectue ensuite une deuxième transaction, au cours de laquelle il introduit une nouvelle pièce de monnaie et lâche le fil. La pièce nouvellement introduite, ainsi que la pièce attachée à son fil tombent au fond du godet. Le fraudeur annule alors la transaction de manière à ce que le godet se déplace jusqu'à sa position de rendu de monnaie et évacue les deux pièces jusqu'à la sébile, où elles sont récupérées par le fraudeur.A fraudulent method commonly used in payment terminals for payment by coins is to attach the coin to one end of a wire, before introducing it into the payment terminal through the introductory slot provided for this effect. The piece attached to the end of the thread then passes into the coin selector and then falls into the pre-collection bucket. When the transaction is validated, the bucket moves to its collection position, in which the coins it contains are normally evacuated to the piggy bank under the effect of gravity. However, the part considered being attached to the end of a wire whose opposite end is held by the fraudster, it can not be evacuated to the piggy bank and remains in the bucket. The fraudster then makes a second transaction, during which he introduces a new coin and looses the thread. The newly introduced piece, as well as the piece attached to its wire fall to the bottom of the bucket. The fraudster then cancels the transaction so that the bucket moves to its position of return of money and evacuates the two pieces to the bowl, where they are recovered by the fraudster.

Ce système de fraude permet ainsi au fraudeur d'obtenir gratuitement une autorisation de stationnement pour une durée correspondant au montant de la première pièce introduite.This fraud system thus allows the fraudster to obtain a free parking permit for a period corresponding to the amount of the first coin introduced.

Il est possible de détecter une telle fraude en prévoyant dans les terminaux de paiement des capteurs opto-mécaniques propres à détecter la présence du fil. Cependant, un tel système de détection ne donne pas entière satisfaction. En effet, son efficacité est limitée aux fils rigides et/ou maintenus en tension.It is possible to detect such fraud by providing in the payment terminals opto-mechanical sensors suitable for detecting the presence of the wire. However, such a detection system is not entirely satisfactory. Indeed, its effectiveness is limited to the rigid son and / or maintained in tension.

Il est également possible de mettre en place des volets au niveau de la fente d'introduction de pièces de monnaie dans le terminal de paiement. Ces volets sont destinés à empêcher le passage d'un fil dans la fente. Un tel système anti-fraude n'est pas non plus entièrement satisfaisant. En effet, il est visible et accessible depuis l'extérieur du terminal, ce qui facilite son contournement ou sa neutralisation par une personne ayant l'intention de commettre une fraude.It is also possible to set up flaps at the slot for introducing coins into the payment terminal. These flaps are intended to prevent the passage of a wire in the slot. Such an anti-fraud system is not entirely satisfactory either. Indeed, it is visible and accessible from outside the terminal, which facilitates its circumvention or its neutralization by a person intending to commit fraud.

Un but de l'invention est de proposer un dispositif de préencaissement comprenant un système permettant de garantir l'encaissement des pièces introduites dans le terminal de paiement lorsque la transaction est validée, et qui soit en outre simple et peu coûteux à mettre en oeuvre.An object of the invention is to provide a pre-collection device comprising a system for guaranteeing the collection of coins introduced into the terminal when the transaction is validated, and which is also simple and inexpensive to implement.

A cet effet, l'invention a pour objet un dispositif de préencaissement tel que décrit ci-dessus, lequel comprend au moins une lame de coupe mobile par rapport au châssis entre une position de repos et une position active et déplaçable au moins partiellement au travers de l'ouverture d'entrée entre la position de repos et la position active, et un mécanisme de déplacement de la lame de coupe mobile, propre à déplacer la lame de coupe mobile de sa position de repos jusqu'à sa position active de sorte à couper un objet engagé dans l'ouverture d'entrée du godet.To this end, the subject of the invention is a pre-tapping device as described above, which comprises at least one movable cutting blade with respect to the chassis between a rest position and an active position which can be displaced at least partially through of the inlet opening between the rest position and the active position, and a moving mechanism of the movable cutting blade, able to move the movable cutting blade from its rest position to its active position so to cut an object engaged in the inlet opening of the bucket.

L'invention peut également comprendre l'une ou plusieurs des caractéristiques suivantes, prise(s) isolément ou suivant toute(s) combinaison(s) techniquement possible(s) :

  • la lame de coupe mobile est configurée pour se déplacer dans le plan de l'ouverture d'entrée du godet,
  • la lame de coupe mobile est configurée pour balayer seulement une extrémité de l'ouverture d'entrée lors de son déplacement entre sa position de repos et sa position active,
  • le godet est monté pivotant par rapport au châssis autour d'un axe de pivotement de godet entre une position de préencaissement, dans laquelle il délimite un volume de stockage temporaire des pièces de monnaie et une position d'évacuation des pièces de monnaie à travers l'ouverture de sortie vers une tirelire du terminal de paiement, le mécanisme de déplacement de la lame de coupe mobile étant propre à déplacer la lame de coupe mobile de sa position de repos jusqu'à sa position active sous l'action du déplacement du godet de sa position de préencaissement vers sa position d'évacuation,
  • la lame de coupe mobile est montée pivotante par rapport au châssis autour d'un axe de pivotement entre sa position de repos et sa position active,
  • le mécanisme de déplacement comprend une came solidaire du godet et une contre-came solidaire de la lame de coupe mobile, le pivotement de la came autour de l'axe de pivotement du godet étant propre à engendrer le pivotement de la contre-came autour de l'axe de pivotement de la lame mobile,
  • le dispositif de préencaissement comprend en outre un organe de rappel élastique propre à déplacer la lame de coupe mobile de sa position active jusqu'à sa position de repos,
  • le dispositif de préencaissement comprend en outre une contre-lame fixe par rapport au châssis agencée pour un cisaillement de l'objet entre la contre-lame et la lame de coupe mobile, et
  • le dispositif de préencaissement comprend en outre des moyens de précontrainte, propres à presser la lame de coupe mobile contre la contre-lame selon une direction normale au plan de déplacement de la lame de coupe mobile.
The invention may also include one or more of the following features, taken in isolation or in any technically possible combination (s):
  • the movable cutting blade is configured to move in the plane of the bucket entrance opening,
  • the movable cutting blade is configured to scan only one end of the inlet opening when moving between its rest position and its active position,
  • the bucket is pivotally mounted relative to the frame about a bucket pivot axis between a depositing position, in which it delimits a temporary coin storage volume and a coin evacuation position through the bucket exit opening to a piggy bank of the payment terminal, the moving mechanism of the movable cutting blade being adapted to move the movable cutting blade from its rest position to its active position under the action of displacement of the bucket from its precleaning position to its evacuation position,
  • the movable cutting blade is pivotally mounted relative to the frame about a pivot axis between its rest position and its active position,
  • the displacement mechanism comprises a cam integral with the bucket and a counter-cam integral with the movable cutting blade, the pivoting of the cam about the pivot axis of the bucket being adapted to cause the counter cam to pivot about the pivot axis of the movable blade,
  • the precoating device further comprises an elastic return member able to move the movable cutting blade from its active position to its rest position,
  • the precoating device further comprises a fixed counter-blade relative to the chassis arranged for shearing the object between the counter-blade and the movable cutting blade, and
  • the precoating device further comprises preloading means adapted to press the movable cutting blade against the counterblade in a direction normal to the moving plane of the movable cutting blade.

L'invention a également pour objet un terminal de paiement comprenant un dispositif de préencaissement tel que défini ci-dessus.The invention also relates to a payment terminal comprising a pre-collection device as defined above.

L'invention sera mieux comprise à la lecture de la description qui va suivre, donnée uniquement à titre d'exemple et faite en se référant aux dessins annexés sur lesquels :

  • la figure 1 est une vue schématique en coupe d'une partie d'un terminal de paiement comprenant un dispositif de préencaissement selon l'invention, le godet étant en position d'évacuation des pièces de monnaie vers la tirelire, c'est-à-dire en position d'encaissement de monnaie ;
  • la figure 2 est une vue schématique en perspective du dispositif de préencaissement selon l'invention, le godet occupant sa position de préencaissement ; et
  • la figure 3 est une vue schématique analogue à la figure 2, le godet occupant sa position d'évacuation vers la tirelire.
The invention will be better understood on reading the description which follows, given solely by way of example and with reference to the appended drawings in which:
  • the figure 1 is a schematic sectional view of a portion of a payment terminal comprising a pre-collection device according to the invention, the bucket being in the position of evacuation of the coins towards the piggy bank, that is to say in money collection position;
  • the figure 2 is a schematic perspective view of the pre-collection device according to the invention, the bucket occupying its pre-settlement position; and
  • the figure 3 is a schematic view similar to the figure 2 , the bucket occupying its evacuation position to the piggy bank.

La figure 1 illustre de manière schématique une partie d'un terminal de paiement 1 comprenant un dispositif de préencaissement selon l'invention.The figure 1 schematically illustrates a portion of a payment terminal 1 comprising a pre-collection device according to the invention.

Par terminal de paiement, on entend un appareil destiné à fournir un produit ou un service en échange de son paiement effectué notamment au moyen de pièces de monnaie. Ledit appareil peut être par exemple un horodateur de stationnement ou un distributeur de titres de transport.Payment terminal means an apparatus intended to provide a product or a service in exchange for its payment made in particular by means of coins. Said apparatus may for example be a parking meter or a ticket dispenser.

Comme illustré sur la figure 1, le terminal de paiement 1 comprend successivement, en suivant le trajet de la pièce de monnaie dans le terminal de paiement 1 :

  • une fente 2 d'introduction de pièces de monnaie dans le terminal de paiement 1 ;
  • un sélecteur de monnaie 3, disposé en aval de la fente d'introduction 2, et configuré pour éliminer les pièces non conformes et acheminer les pièces acceptées vers le dispositif de préencaissement 4 ; et
  • le dispositif de préencaissement 4, dans lequel les pièces de monnaie sont stockées temporairement en attente d'un ordre de l'utilisateur indiquant s'il désire ou non poursuivre la transaction, et qui sera décrit plus en détail par la suite.
As illustrated on the figure 1 , the payment terminal 1 successively comprises, following the path of the coin in the payment terminal 1:
  • a slot 2 for introducing coins into the payment terminal 1;
  • a coin selector 3, disposed downstream of the insertion slot 2, and configured to remove the non-conforming coins and route the accepted coins to the debiting device 4; and
  • the pre-collection device 4, in which the coins are temporarily stored waiting for a user's order indicating whether or not to continue the transaction, which will be described in more detail later.

Si la transaction est validée, les pièces de monnaie sont dirigées vers une tirelire, non représentée, dans laquelle les pièces sont stockées définitivement jusqu'à la prochaine collecte.If the transaction is validated, the coins are directed to a piggy bank, not shown, in which the coins are stored permanently until the next collection.

Si au contraire la transaction est annulée, les pièces de monnaie sont restituées à l'utilisateur au travers d'un compartiment de rendu non représenté.If instead the transaction is canceled, the coins are returned to the user through a rendering compartment not shown.

Le dispositif de préencaissement 4 selon l'invention est illustré plus en détail sur les figures 2 et 3.The pre-emption device 4 according to the invention is illustrated in more detail on the figures 2 and 3 .

Il comprend :

  • un châssis 6 fixé dans le terminal de paiement 1 ;
  • un godet 8 destiné à stocker temporairement les pièces de monnaie provenant du sélecteur 3 avant la réception de l'ordre de validation ou d'annulation de la transaction provenant de l'utilisateur ; et
  • une plate-forme de stockage temporaire 10 sur laquelle reposent les pièces de monnaie contenues dans le godet 8.
He understands :
  • a chassis 6 fixed in the payment terminal 1;
  • a bucket 8 for temporarily storing the coins from the selector 3 before receiving the order of validation or cancellation of the transaction from the user; and
  • a temporary storage platform 10 on which the coins contained in the bucket 8 rest.

Comme illustré sur la figure 2, le godet 8 a par exemple une forme générale de cloche comprenant deux parois latérales 12 divergeant vers le bas.As illustrated on the figure 2 , the bucket 8 has for example a general bell shape comprising two side walls 12 diverging downwards.

Il comprend, dans sa partie supérieure, une ouverture 14 d'entrée de pièces. Cette ouverture d'entrée 14 est configurée pour recevoir les pièces provenant du sélecteur 3 et les faire entrer dans le godet 8. Elle est allongée selon une direction longitudinale. Elle a par exemple une forme de fente, notamment rectangulaire.It comprises, in its upper part, an opening 14 for coin entry. This inlet opening 14 is configured to receive the parts from the selector 3 and to enter the bucket 8. It is elongate in a longitudinal direction. It has for example a slot shape, including rectangular.

Dans l'exemple représenté, l'ouverture d'entrée 14 comprend, dans sa partie supérieure, un conduit 16 fixe par rapport au châssis 6 et formant une partie d'une pièce de support 18 du godet 8 solidaire du châssis 6.In the example shown, the inlet opening 14 comprises, in its upper part, a duct 16 fixed relative to the frame 6 and forming part of a support piece 18 of the bucket 8 integral with the frame 6.

En option, des dents 20 de guidage des pièces de monnaie sont distribuées le long d'un bord longitudinal 22 de l'ouverture d'entrée 14. Elles assurent le guidage dans l'ouverture d'entrée 14 des pièces de monnaie provenant de l'ouverture de sortie 24 du sélecteur 3. Ces dents de guidage 20 font saillie vers le haut à partir de l'ouverture d'entrée 14. Elles sont en particulier formées sur un bord supérieur du conduit 16 et s'étendent vers le haut à partir de ce conduit 16.Optionally, coin guiding teeth 20 are distributed along a longitudinal edge 22 of the inlet opening 14. They provide guiding in the inlet opening 14 of the coins from the coin. output aperture 24 of the selector 3. These guide teeth 20 protrude upwardly from the inlet opening 14. They are in particular formed on an upper edge of the duct 16 and extend upwards to from this conduit 16.

Dans sa partie inférieure, le godet 8 comprend une ouverture 26 d'évacuation des pièces.In its lower part, the bucket 8 comprises an opening 26 for evacuating parts.

Le godet 8 est monté pivotant par rapport au châssis 6 autour d'un axe de pivotement de godet noté A entre une position de préencaissement, illustrée sur la figure 2, dans laquelle il délimite avec la plate-forme 10 un volume de stockage temporaire des pièces de monnaie et une position d'évacuation des pièces de monnaie à travers l'ouverture d'évacuation 26 en direction de la tirelire, illustrée sur la figure 3. Dans l'exemple représenté sur les figures, l'axe de pivotement A est un axe horizontal. Il est disposé dans la partie supérieure du godet 8.The bucket 8 is pivotally mounted relative to the frame 6 about a bucket pivot axis noted A between a pre-settlement position, illustrated on the figure 2 , in which it delimits with the platform 10 a temporary storage volume of the coins and a position of evacuation of the coins through the discharge opening 26 towards the piggy bank, illustrated on the figure 3 . In the example shown in the figures, the pivot axis A is a horizontal axis. It is arranged in the upper part of the bucket 8.

Le dispositif de préencaissement 4 comprend en outre des moyens de déplacement du godet 8 (non représentés), configurés pour déplacer le godet 8 entre sa position de préencaissement et sa position d'évacuation. Ces moyens de déplacement sont classiques. Ils ne seront donc pas décrits plus en détail.The pre-collection device 4 further comprises bucket displacement means 8 (not shown), configured to move the bucket 8 between its pre-settlement position and its evacuation position. These moving means are conventional. They will not be described in more detail.

Dans l'exemple représenté, le châssis 6 comprend une fente 28, par exemple en arc de cercle, de guidage du godet 8 lors de son déplacement entre ses différentes positions.In the example shown, the frame 6 comprises a slot 28, for example in an arc, for guiding the bucket 8 during its movement between its different positions.

Dans l'exemple représenté, la plateforme 10 comprend des nervures longitudinales 30 sur sa face orientée vers l'intérieur du godet 8. Ces nervures 30 délimitent entre elles des rainures 32 qui coopèrent avec des dents complémentaires 34 formées sur le godet 8 de manière à entraîner les pièces stockées dans le godet 8 hors de la plateforme 10 lors du pivotement du godet 8 vers sa position d'évacuation.In the example shown, the platform 10 comprises longitudinal ribs 30 on its inwardly facing face of the bucket 8. These ribs 30 delimit between them grooves 32 which cooperate with complementary teeth 34 formed on the bucket 8 so as to driving the pieces stored in the bucket 8 out of the platform 10 during the pivoting of the bucket 8 to its evacuation position.

Dans la position de préencaissement illustrée sur la figure 2, la plate-forme 10 obture totalement l'ouverture d'évacuation 26 du godet 8 et forme avec ledit godet 8 le volume de stockage temporaire pour les pièces de monnaie.In the pre-paid position illustrated on the figure 2 , the platform 10 completely closes the discharge opening 26 of the bucket 8 and forms with said bucket 8 the temporary storage volume for the coins.

Dans la position d'évacuation des pièces de monnaie vers la tirelire, c'est-à-dire dans la position d'encaissement, illustrée sur la figure 3, l'ouverture d'évacuation 26 du godet 8 est complètement dégagée. Dans cette position, les pièces contenues dans le volume de stockage temporaire, entraînées hors de la plate-forme 10 du fait du déplacement du godet 8 vers sa position d'évacuation, sont libérées par gravité à travers l'ouverture d'évacuation 26 vers la tirelire. La position d'évacuation correspond, sur les figures, à une position du godet 8 pivotée vers la droite par rapport à la position de préencaissement.In the position of evacuation of the coins towards the piggy bank, that is to say in the position of encaissement, illustrated on the figure 3 , the discharge opening 26 of the bucket 8 is completely disengaged. In this position, the parts contained in the temporary storage volume, driven out of the platform 10 by the displacement of the bucket 8 towards its discharge position, are released by gravity through the discharge opening 26 towards the piggy bank. The evacuation position corresponds, in the figures, to a position of the bucket 8 pivoted to the right with respect to the pre-settlement position.

Le dispositif de préencaissement 4 est équipé d'un système anti-fraude comprenant :

  • au moins une lame de coupe 36 mobile par rapport au châssis 6 entre une position de repos et une position active, et
  • un mécanisme de déplacement de la lame de coupe mobile 36, propre à déplacer cette lame 36 de sa position de repos vers sa position active de sorte à couper un objet engagé dans l'ouverture d'entrée 14 du godet 8.
The pre-emption device 4 is equipped with an anti-fraud system comprising:
  • at least one cutting blade 36 movable relative to the frame 6 between a rest position and an active position, and
  • a mechanism for moving the movable cutting blade 36, able to move this blade 36 from its rest position to its active position so as to cut an object engaged in the inlet opening 14 of the bucket 8.

Cet objet est plus particulièrement un fil reliant une pièce de monnaie contenue dans le godet 8 à la fente 2 d'introduction de pièces dans le terminal de paiement 1. La position du fil dans l'ouverture d'entrée 14 est déterminée par les positions relatives de l'ouverture 24 de sortie de pièces du sélecteur 3 et de l'ouverture d'entrée 14 du godet 8. Le fil est engagé dans l'ouverture d'entrée 14 au niveau d'une zone d'engagement. Dans l'exemple représenté, cette zone d'engagement est située à une extrémité longitudinale de l'ouverture d'entrée 14.This object is more particularly a wire connecting a coin contained in the bucket 8 to the coin introduction slot 2 in the payment terminal 1. The position of the wire in the entry opening 14 is determined by the positions relative to the opening 24 of the coin selector 3 and the inlet opening 14 of the bucket 8. The wire is engaged in the inlet opening 14 at an engagement zone. In the example shown, this engagement zone is located at a longitudinal end of the inlet opening 14.

Dans l'exemple représenté, le système anti-fraude est entièrement compris à l'intérieur d'un boîtier extérieur du terminal de paiement 1.In the example shown, the anti-fraud system is entirely comprised within an outer casing of the payment terminal 1.

La lame mobile 36 occupe sa position de repos lorsque le godet 8 occupe sa positon de préencaissement. Elle occupe sa position active lorsque le godet 8 occupe sa position d'évacuation.The movable blade 36 occupies its rest position when the bucket 8 occupies its preventer position. It occupies its active position when the bucket 8 occupies its evacuation position.

Dans l'exemple représenté, le mécanisme de déplacement est propre à déplacer la lame de coupe mobile 36 de sa position de repos vers sa position active sous l'action du déplacement du godet 8 de sa position de préencaissement vers sa position d'évacuation. Ainsi, le godet 8, par son déplacement de sa position de préencaissement vers sa position d'évacuation, engendre le déplacement de la lame de coupe mobile 36 de sa position de repos vers sa position active par l'intermédiaire du mécanisme de déplacement.In the example shown, the displacement mechanism is able to move the movable cutting blade 36 from its rest position to its active position under the action of displacement of the bucket 8 from its pre-settlement position to its discharge position. Thus, the bucket 8, by its displacement of its pre-bending position to its discharge position, causes the movable cutting blade 36 to move from its rest position to its active position by means of the movement mechanism.

Comme cela est illustré sur les figures 2 et 3, le système anti-fraude comprend également une contre-lame 40 fixe par rapport au châssis 6. La lame mobile 36 est montée déplaçable par rapport à la contre-lame 40. La lame 36 et la contre-lame 40 sont agencées à l'entrée du godet 8, à une hauteur supérieure à celle de l'ouverture d'entrée 14.As illustrated on the figures 2 and 3 , the anti-fraud system also comprises a counterblade 40 fixed relative to the frame 6. The movable blade 36 is movably mounted relative to the counterblade 40. The blade 36 and the counterblade 40 are arranged at the inlet of the bucket 8, at a height greater than that of the inlet opening 14.

La lame 36 est configurée pour coopérer avec la contre-lame 40 pour couper le fil engagé dans l'ouverture d'entrée 14. La lame 36 et la contre-lame 40 coopèrent à la manière des lames d'un ciseau pour couper le fil par cisaillement.The blade 36 is configured to cooperate with the counterblade 40 to cut the wire engaged in the inlet opening 14. The blade 36 and the counterblade 40 cooperate in the manner of the blades of a chisel to cut the wire by shearing.

La contre-lame 40 est agencée de telle sorte que la lame 36 glisse sur la contre-lame 40 lorsqu'elle se déplace de sa position de repos vers sa position active. La lame 36 et la contre-lame 40 sont propres à cisailler entre elles le fil engagé dans l'ouverture d'entrée 14 lorsque la lame 36 glisse sur la contre-lame 40.The counter blade 40 is arranged such that the blade 36 slides on the counterblade 40 as it moves from its rest position to its active position. The blade 36 and the counterblade 40 are able to shear the wire engaged in the inlet opening 14 when the blade 36 slides on the counterblade 40.

Dans l'exemple représenté, la lame 36 est montée pivotante par rapport au châssis 6 autour d'un axe de pivotement noté B entre sa position de repos et sa position active. Cet axe B est vertical.In the example shown, the blade 36 is pivotally mounted relative to the frame 6 about a pivot axis marked B between its rest position and its active position. This axis B is vertical.

La lame 36 est déplaçable au moins partiellement au travers de l'ouverture d'entrée 14 entre la position de repos et la position active. Dans l'exemple représenté, elle est configurée pour ne balayer qu'une zone de l'ouverture d'entrée 14, à savoir l'extrémité longitudinale du côté de laquelle est engagé le fil relié à une pièce reçue dans le godet 8.The blade 36 is movable at least partially through the inlet opening 14 between the rest position and the active position. In the example shown, it is configured to scan only one zone of the inlet opening 14, namely the longitudinal end on the side of which is engaged the wire connected to a piece received in the bucket 8.

La lame 36 et la contre-lame 40 seront maintenant décrites plus en détail en référence aux figures 2 et 3.The blade 36 and the counterblade 40 will now be described in more detail with reference to the figures 2 and 3 .

La lame 36 est, dans l'exemple représenté, sensiblement plane. Elle s'étend dans un plan sensiblement horizontal, en particulier à une hauteur supérieure à celle de l'ouverture d'entrée 14. La contre-lame 40 est disposée suivant un plan sensiblement normal au plan de la lame 36. Elle est disposée le long d'un bord 42 de l'ouverture d'entrée 14.The blade 36 is, in the example shown, substantially flat. It extends in a substantially horizontal plane, in particular at a height greater than that of the inlet opening 14. The counterblade 40 is disposed in a plane substantially normal to the plane of the blade 36. It is arranged on the along an edge 42 of the inlet opening 14.

La lame 36 comprend une zone d'actionnement 46 et une zone de coupe 48. La zone d'actionnement 46 est montée pivotante sur le châssis 6. La zone de coupe 48 forme une extrémité de la lame 36 à l'écart de l'axe de pivotement B. Dans l'exemple représenté, la lame 36 comprend, entre la zone de coupe 48 et la zone d'actionnement 46, un dégagement 49 propre à autoriser le passage des dents 20 lors du déplacement de la lame 36 vers sa position active.The blade 36 comprises an actuating zone 46 and a cutting zone 48. The actuating zone 46 is pivotally mounted on the frame 6. The cutting zone 48 forms an end of the blade 36 away from the pivoting axis B. In the example shown, the blade 36 comprises, between the cutting zone 48 and the operating zone 46, a recess 49 capable of allowing the passage of the teeth 20 during the displacement of the blade 36 towards its end. active position.

Plus particulièrement, dans l'exemple représenté, la zone de coupe 48 porte une surface de coupe 50 orientée vers la contre-lame 40 et destinée à coopérer avec une surface de coupe 52 de la contre-lame 40 pour couper le fil engagé dans l'ouverture d'entrée 14.More particularly, in the example shown, the cutting zone 48 carries a cutting surface 50 facing the counterblade 40 and intended to cooperate with a cutting surface 52 of the counterblade 40 to cut the wire engaged in the blade. entrance opening 14.

Dans l'exemple représenté, la surface de coupe 50 présente une longueur inférieure à la longueur de l'ouverture d'entrée 14. Ainsi, la surface de coupe 50 ne s'étend que sur une partie de l'ouverture d'entrée 14.In the example shown, the cutting surface 50 has a length less than the length of the inlet opening 14. Thus, the cutting surface 50 extends only over a portion of the inlet opening 14 .

Dans l'exemple représenté, la surface de coupe 50 de la lame 36 présente une forme en V ou en L orienté vers l'ouverture d'entrée 14. Grâce à cette forme particulière, la lame 36 est apte, lors de son déplacement vers sa position active, à saisir le fil engagé dans l'ouverture d'entrée 14, et à le guider contre la contre-lame 40. Cette forme en V assure également le maintien du fil en contact avec la contre-lame 40 et la lame 36 pour garantir le sectionnement de ce fil par cisaillement lorsque la surface de coupe mobile 50 franchit la surface de coupe fixe 52 en glissant sur celle-ci au cours de son déplacement vers sa position active.In the example shown, the cutting surface 50 of the blade 36 has a V-shaped or L-shaped shape oriented towards the inlet opening 14. Thanks to this particular shape, the blade 36 is able, during its movement towards its active position, to seize the wire engaged in the inlet opening 14, and to guide against the against-blade 40. This V-shape also ensures the maintenance of the wire in contact with the against-blade 40 and the blade 36 to ensure the cutting of this wire by shearing when the movable cutting surface 50 crosses the fixed cutting surface 52 by sliding on it during its movement to its active position.

La surface de coupe 50 de la lame 36 comprend une arête de coupe mobile 56 destinée à coopérer avec une arête de coupe fixe 58 de la contre-lame 40 afin de couper le fil. L'arête de coupe mobile 56 est configurée pour glisser sur l'arête de coupe fixe 58 lors du déplacement de la lame 36 vers sa position active. Ce franchissement engendre le sectionnement du fil emprisonné entre l'arête de coupe fixe 58 et l'arête de coupe mobile 56. Ainsi, l'arête de coupe mobile 56 glisse sur l'arête de coupe fixe 58 en étant en contact avec celle-ci.The cutting surface 50 of the blade 36 comprises a movable cutting edge 56 intended to cooperate with a fixed cutting edge 58 of the counter blade 40 in order to cut the wire. The movable cutting edge 56 is configured to slide on the fixed cutting edge 58 as the blade 36 moves to its active position. This crossing causes the cutting of the wire trapped between the fixed cutting edge 58 and the movable cutting edge 56. Thus, the movable cutting edge 56 slides on the fixed cutting edge 58 while being in contact with it. this.

La lame 36 et la contre-lame 40 sont par exemple fabriquées en métal, notamment en inox.The blade 36 and against the blade 40 are for example made of metal, especially stainless steel.

Dans l'exemple représenté, la lame 36 et la contre-lame 40 sont aiguisées. Les arêtes de coupe fixe et mobile 58, 56 sont tranchantes.In the example shown, the blade 36 and the counterblade 40 are sharpened. The fixed and movable cutting edges 58, 56 are sharp.

L'arête de coupe mobile 56 s'étend sensiblement dans le plan de déplacement de la lame 36, c'est-à-dire dans le plan de l'ouverture d'entrée 14.The movable cutting edge 56 extends substantially in the plane of displacement of the blade 36, that is to say in the plane of the inlet opening 14.

Elle est formée par l'intersection entre une surface inférieure plane de la lame de coupe mobile 36 et une partie de la surface de coupe 50 inclinée vers le haut à l'écart de l'ouverture d'entrée 14. Cette surface inclinée forme en particulier un angle supérieur à 90°, en particulier environ égal à 100° avec la sufrace inférieure de la lame de coupe mobile 36. L'arête de coupe mobile 56 forme ainsi le bord d'attaque de la surface de coupe 50 de la lame 36.It is formed by the intersection between a flat lower surface of the movable cutting blade 36 and a portion of the cutting surface 50 inclined upwardly away from the inlet opening 14. This inclined surface forms in particularly an angle greater than 90 °, in particular approximately equal to 100 ° with the lower sufrace of the movable cutting blade 36. The movable cutting edge 56 thus forms the leading edge of the cutting surface 50 of the blade 36.

Dans l'exemple représenté, la longueur de l'arête de coupe mobile 56 est inférieure à la longueur de l'ouverture d'entrée 14.In the example shown, the length of the movable cutting edge 56 is less than the length of the inlet opening 14.

La surface de coupe fixe 52 est formée sur une surface supérieure de la contre-lame 40. L'arête de coupe fixe 58 est formée par l'intersection entre la surface de coupe fixe 52 et une surface sensiblement verticale de la contre-lame 40 du côté de l'ouverture d'entrée. La surface de coupe fixe 52 est inclinée vers le bas à l'écart de la lame 36. Elle forme un angle inférieur à 90°, plus particulièrement environ égal à 80° avec un plan horizontal passant par l'arête de coupe fixe 58.The fixed cutting surface 52 is formed on an upper surface of the counterblade 40. The fixed cutting edge 58 is formed by the intersection between the fixed cutting surface 52 and a substantially vertical surface of the counterblade 40 on the side of the entrance opening. The fixed cutting surface 52 is inclined downwards away from the blade 36. It forms an angle less than 90 °, more particularly about 80 ° with a horizontal plane passing through the fixed cutting edge 58.

L'arête de coupe fixe 58 s'étend sensiblement parallèlement au bord longitudinal 42. Elle est sensiblement rectiligne dans l'exemple représenté. Elle présente, dans l'exemple représenté, une longueur inférieure à celle de l'ouverture d'entrée 14.The fixed cutting edge 58 extends substantially parallel to the longitudinal edge 42. It is substantially rectilinear in the example shown. It has, in the example shown, a length less than that of the inlet opening 14.

Dans la position de repos, la lame 36 est disposée à l'écart de la contre-lame 40 au moins au niveau de son arête de coupe 56 de sorte à autoriser le passage du fil entre la lame 36 et la contre-lame 40, plus particulièrement entre les arêtes de coupe 56, 58. La lame de coupe mobile 36 s'étend du côté d'un bord 22 de l'ouverture d'entrée 14, opposé au bord longitudinal 42 le long duquel s'étend la contre-lame 40.In the rest position, the blade 36 is disposed away from the counter blade 40 at least at its cutting edge 56 so as to allow the passage of the wire between the blade 36 and against the blade 40, more particularly between the cutting edges 56, 58. The movable cutting blade 36 extends on the side of an edge 22 of the inlet opening 14, opposite to the longitudinal edge 42 along which extends the counter blade 40.

Les arêtes de coupe 56, 58 de la lame 36 et de la contre-lame 40 sont espacées l'une de l'autre lorsque la lame 36 occupe sa position de repos. En particulier, elles s'étendent de part et d'autre de l'ouverture d'entrée 14.The cutting edges 56, 58 of the blade 36 and the counterblade 40 are spaced from each other when the blade 36 is in its rest position. In particular, they extend on either side of the inlet opening 14.

Dans la position active, la lame 36 chevauche la contre-lame 40 sur au moins une partie de sa longueur. Dans l'exemple représenté, dans la position active, la lame 36 est en appui contre les dents de guidage 20. Plus particulièrement, la zone de coupe 48 de la lame 36 s'étend au moins partiellement à l'aplomb de la contre-lame 40. La surface inférieure de la lame 36 contacte l'arête de coupe fixe 58.In the active position, the blade 36 overlaps against blade 40 over at least a part of its length. In the example shown, in the active position, the blade 36 bears against the guide teeth 20. More particularly, the cutting zone 48 of the blade 36 extends at least partially in line with the counter blade 40. The lower surface of the blade 36 contacts the fixed cutting edge 58.

Le mécanisme de déplacement de la lame 36 comprend une came 60 solidaire du godet 8 et une contre-came 62 solidaire de la lame 36. Le pivotement de la came 60 autour de l'axe de pivotement A du godet 8 engendre le pivotement de la contre-came 62 autour de l'axe de pivotement B de la lame 36.The movement mechanism of the blade 36 comprises a cam 60 integral with the bucket 8 and a counter cam 62 integral with the blade 36. The pivoting of the cam 60 around the pivot axis A of the bucket 8 causes the counter-cam 62 to pivot about the pivot axis B of the blade 36.

Dans l'exemple représente, la came comprend un pion 60 en saillie vers l'extérieur du godet 8 à partir d'une paroi latérale 12 du godet 8. La contre-came 40 comprend une rampe inclinée 62 en saillie vers le bas à partir de la lame 36, en particulier à partir de la zone d'actionnement 46 de la lame 36. La rampe 62 est inclinée de telle sorte que le pivotement du godet 8, et donc du pion 60, autour de l'axe de pivotement A vers la position d'évacuation engendre le pivotement de la lame 36 vers la position active.In the example shown, the cam comprises a pin 60 projecting outwardly of the bucket 8 from a side wall 12 of the bucket 8. The cam follower 40 comprises an inclined ramp 62 projecting downwardly from of the blade 36, in particular from the actuating zone 46 of the blade 36. The ramp 62 is inclined so that the pivoting of the bucket 8, and thus the pin 60, around the pivot axis A towards the evacuation position generates the pivoting of the blade 36 to the active position.

Des moyens de rappel élastique 66, formés, dans l'exemple représenté, par un ressort de compression, sont configurés pour rappeler la lame 36 de sa position active vers sa position de repos lorsque le godet 8 se déplace de sa position d'évacuation vers sa position de préencaissement. Le ressort de compression est fixé à la lame 36, plus particulièrement à la zone d'actionnement 46, par l'une de ses extrémités et au châssis 6, en particulier à la pièce de support 18 du godet 8, par l'autre de ses extrémités. Il est comprimé dans la position active de la lame 36.Elastic return means 66, formed, in the example shown, by a compression spring, are configured to return the blade 36 from its active position to its rest position when the bucket 8 moves from its evacuation position to its precautionary position. The compression spring is fixed to the blade 36, more particularly to the actuating zone 46, at one of its ends and to the frame 6, in particular to the support piece 18 of the cup 8, by the other its ends. It is compressed in the active position of the blade 36.

Selon un mode de réalisation, le système anti-fraude comprend des moyens de précontrainte, propres à précontraindre la lame de coupe mobile 36 contre la contre-lame 40 selon une direction normale au plan de déplacement de la lame 36.According to one embodiment, the anti-fraud system comprises prestressing means capable of prestressing the movable cutting blade 36 against the counterblade 40 in a direction normal to the plane of movement of the blade 36.

De manière avantageuse, les moyens de précontrainte comprennent le ressort de compression. Plus particulièrement, le ressort de compression s'étend selon un axe incliné par rapport au plan de déplacement de la lame 36 de sorte à solliciter la lame 36 vers la contre-lame 40.Advantageously, the prestressing means comprise the compression spring. More particularly, the compression spring extends along an axis inclined with respect to the plane of displacement of the blade 36 so as to urge the blade 36 towards the counterblade 40.

En option, les moyens de précontrainte comprennent en outre un organe de pression supplémentaire propre à solliciter la contre-lame 40 vers la lame 36 selon la direction normale au plan de déplacement de la lame 36. Cet organe de pression supplémentaire est solidaire du châssis 6. Il se présente sous la forme d'une patte élastique 70 prenant appui sur la lame 36 de sorte à plaquer la lame 36 sur la contre-lame 40. La patte élastique 70 est plus particulièrement formée sur une plaque de support intermédiaire 68 s'étendant entre la lame 36 et la pièce de support 18.Optionally, the prestressing means further comprise an additional pressure member capable of biasing the counterblade 40 towards the blade 36 in the direction normal to the plane of displacement of the blade 36. This additional pressure member is secured to the frame 6 It is in the form of a resilient lug 70 bearing on the blade 36 so as to press the blade 36 against the counterblade 40. The elastic lug 70 is more particularly formed on an intermediate support plate 68. extending between the blade 36 and the support piece 18.

Le procédé de récupération dans la tirelire d'une pièce attachée à l'extrémité d'un fil va maintenant être expliqué.The recovery process in the coinbox of a coin attached to the end of a wire will now be explained.

Initialement, le godet 8 occupe sa position de préencaissement. La lame 36 occupe sa position de repos.Initially, the bucket 8 occupies its pre-settlement position. The blade 36 occupies its rest position.

Un utilisateur introduit alors une pièce de monnaie attachée à l'extrémité d'un fil dans le terminal de paiement 1 à travers la fente d'introduction 2. La pièce passe par le sélecteur 3, puis est évacuée à travers l'ouverture de sortie 24 du sélecteur 3 pour tomber dans le godet 8 sous l'effet de la gravité. Le fil s'étend alors dans le terminal de paiement 1 entre la fente d'introduction 2 et la pièce de monnaie. Il est engagé dans l'ouverture d'entrée 14 du godet 8. Il s'étend en particulier dans la zone d'engagement.A user then introduces a coin attached to the end of a thread in the payment terminal 1 through the introduction slot 2. The coin passes through the selector 3 and is evacuated through the exit opening 24 of selector 3 to fall in bucket 8 under the effect of gravity. The wire then extends into the payment terminal 1 between the introduction slot 2 and the coin. It is engaged in the inlet opening 14 of the bucket 8. It extends in particular in the engagement zone.

Lorsque l'utilisateur valide la transaction effectuée au moyen de cette pièce de monnaie, les moyens de déplacement déplacent le godet 8 de sa position de préencaissement jusqu'à sa position d'évacuation des pièces de monnaie vers la tirelire. Plus particulièrement, ils font pivoter le godet 8 autour de l'axe de pivotement A.When the user validates the transaction made with this coin, the moving means moves the bucket 8 from its pre-collection position to its position of evacuation of the coins towards the piggy bank. More particularly, they rotate the bucket 8 around the pivot axis A.

Lors de ce déplacement, le mécanisme de déplacement déplace la lame 36 de sa position de repos jusqu'à sa position active sous l'action du déplacement du godet 8. Plus particulièrement, le pivotement de la came, notamment du pion 60 autour de l'axe A engendre le pivotement de la contre-came 62, et ainsi de la lame 36 autour de l'axe B vers la position active.During this movement, the movement mechanism moves the blade 36 from its rest position to its active position under the action of the movement of the bucket 8. More particularly, the pivoting of the cam, in particular the pin 60 around the A-axis causes the pivoting of the counter-cam 62, and thus of the blade 36 about the axis B to the active position.

Lors de son déplacement vers la contre-lame 40, la lame 36 balaye l'ouverture d'entrée 14, en particulier la zone d'engagement de l'ouverture d'entrée 14. Elle saisit par sa surface de coupe 50 le fil engagé dans l'ouverture d'entrée 14 et le déplace jusqu'à la contre-lame 40. Le fil est alors coincé entre la contre-lame 40 et la lame 36. La lame 36 franchit ensuite la contre-lame 40 en glissant sur celle-ci de sorte à couper le fil par cisaillement entre la contre-lame 40 et la lame 36.During its movement towards the counter-blade 40, the blade 36 sweeps the inlet opening 14, in particular the engagement zone of the inlet opening 14. It grasps the engaged wire by its cutting surface 50 in the inlet opening 14 and moves it up to the counterblade 40. The yarn is then wedged between the counter-blade 40 and the blade 36. The blade 36 then crosses against the blade 40 by sliding on the blade in order to cut the wire by shearing between the counter-blade 40 and the blade 36.

En raison de l'inclinaison de la surface de coupe fixe 52, la lame 36 contacte uniquement l'arête de coupe 58 de la contre-lame 40 lors de son déplacement au-dessus de la contre-lame 40.Due to the inclination of the fixed cutting surface 52, the blade 36 only contacts the cutting edge 58 of the counterblade 40 as it moves over the counterblade 40.

Une fois le fil coupé, la pièce tombe à travers le godet 8 et peut être récupérée dans la tirelire.Once the thread is cut, the coin falls through the bucket 8 and can be recovered in the piggy bank.

Lorsque le godet 8 atteint sa position d'évacuation, la lame 36 atteint sa position active.When the bucket 8 reaches its evacuation position, the blade 36 reaches its active position.

Lorsque le godet 8 revient vers sa position de préencaissement, la came, à savoir le pion 62, cesse d'être en contact avec la lame 36. La lame 36 cesse donc d'être maintenue en position active. Les moyens de rappel élastique ramènent alors la lame 36 vers sa position de repos.When the bucket 8 returns to its presencaissement position, the cam, namely the pin 62, stops being in contact with the blade 36. The blade 36 therefore ceases to be maintained in the active position. The elastic return means then bring the blade 36 back to its rest position.

Le dispositif de préencaissement 4 est alors revenu dans sa configuration initiale dans laquelle le godet 8 occupe sa position de préencaissement et la lame 36 occupe sa position de repos.The pre-collection device 4 is then returned to its initial configuration in which the bucket 8 occupies its pre-bending position and the blade 36 occupies its rest position.

Il est ainsi prêt pour une nouvelle transaction.He is thus ready for a new transaction.

Le système anti-fraude du dispositif de préencaissement 4 selon l'invention est particulièrement avantageux.The anti-fraud system of the pre-emption device 4 according to the invention is particularly advantageous.

Il est particulièrement fiable. A chaque validation d'une transaction, et donc à chaque déplacement du godet 8 vers sa position d'encaissement, la lame 36 est déplacée automatiquement vers sa position active engendrant la coupe d'un objet éventuellement engagé dans l'ouverture d'entrée 14. Ainsi, le déplacement de la lame 36 vers sa position active ne dépend pas d'une éventuelle détection d'un objet engagé dans l'ouverture 14. Il est mis en oeuvre systématiquement, qu'un objet soit engagé dans l'ouverture 14 ou non.It is particularly reliable. At each validation of a transaction, and therefore each movement of the bucket 8 towards its collection position, the blade 36 is automatically moved to its active position generating the section of an object possibly engaged in the inlet opening 14 Thus, the displacement of the blade 36 towards its active position does not depend on any detection of an object engaged in the opening 14. It is implemented systematically, that an object is engaged in the opening 14 or not.

La lame 36 est en outre capable de couper les fils quel que soit leur état de tension ou leur rigidité. Elle est notamment capable de couper des fils non tendus et/ou non rigides.The blade 36 is further capable of cutting the wires irrespective of their state of tension or their rigidity. It is particularly capable of cutting untensioned and / or non-rigid son.

En outre, le système anti-fraude est avantageusement entièrement compris à l'intérieur du terminal de paiement 1. Il n'est pas visible ou accessible depuis l'extérieur du terminal de paiement 1, ce qui rend sa neutralisation ou son contournement par un utilisateur difficile. En outre, son fonctionnement est transparent pour l'utilisateur du terminal de paiement qui ne peut remarquer sa présence puisque le système n'est pas visible depuis l'extérieur et ne conduit en outre pas à une augmentation de la durée de traitement des transactions.In addition, the anti-fraud system is advantageously fully included inside the payment terminal 1. It is not visible or accessible from outside the payment terminal 1, which makes its neutralization or bypassing by a difficult user. In addition, its operation is transparent to the user of the payment terminal that can not notice its presence since the system is not visible from the outside and furthermore does not lead to an increase in the transaction processing time.

Le système anti-fraude est en outre peu coûteux, peu encombrant et particulièrement simple à mettre en place, notamment sur un terminal de paiement existant. En effet, il suffit de rapporter sur un dispositif de préencaissement 4 existant la lame mobile et la contre-lame, ainsi que le mécanisme de déplacement. Dans le mode de réalisation décrit en référence aux figures, l'ajout du mécanisme de déplacement implique simplement de rapporter sur le godet 8 un pion 60 formant la came de ce mécanisme de déplacement. Les autres parties du mécanisme de déplacement sont prévues sur la lame 36.The anti-fraud system is also inexpensive, compact and particularly simple to implement, especially on an existing payment terminal. Indeed, it is sufficient to report on an existing préencaissement device 4 the movable blade and against the blade, and the movement mechanism. In the embodiment described with reference to the figures, the addition of the displacement mechanism simply involves reporting on the bucket 8 a pin 60 forming the cam of this movement mechanism. The other parts of the movement mechanism are provided on the blade 36.

Le fait de prévoir une surface de coupe fixe 52 inclinée vers le bas à l'écart de la lame 36 est avantageux. En effet, le passage de la lame 36 sur la contre-lame 40 engendre un contact linéique entre l'arête de coupe fixe 58 et la lame 36. Ainsi, lors de son déplacement, la lame 36 frotte, par sa surface inférieure, sur l'arête de coupe fixe 58. Ce frottement engendre un affûtage de l'arête de coupe fixe 58 à chaque déplacement de la lame 36, donc à chaque pivotement du godet 8. Ainsi, le système est auto-affûtant ce qui est avantageux d'un point de vue de la maintenance, puisque cela évite d'avoir à extraire le système anti-fraude du boîtier du terminal de paiement 1 en vue de l'affûtage des lames 36, 40.Providing a fixed cutting surface 52 inclined downward away from the blade 36 is advantageous. Indeed, the passage of the blade 36 on the counterblade 40 generates a linear contact between the fixed cutting edge 58 and the blade 36. Thus, during its displacement, the blade 36 rubs, by its lower surface, on the fixed cutting edge 58. This friction causes a sharpening of the fixed cutting edge 58 at each movement of the blade 36, so at each pivoting of the bucket 8. Thus, the system is self-sharpening which is advantageous for a maintenance point of view, since it avoids having to extract the anti-fraud system from the housing of the payment terminal 1 for the purpose of sharpening the blades 36, 40.

Bien que cette caractéristique ne soit pas essentielle, il est également avantageux de prévoir des moyens de précontrainte de la lame 36 contre la contre-lame 40, notamment sous la forme de la patte élastique 70 ou de l'axe incliné du ressort 66. En effet, un tel placage augmente la fiabilité de la coupe et réduit la nécessité d'opérations de maintenance dues à un jeu non souhaité entre les lames 36, 40 en cours d'utilisation du terminal de paiement 1.Although this characteristic is not essential, it is also advantageous to provide prestressing means for the blade 36 against the counterblade 40, in particular in the form of the elastic tab 70 or the inclined axis of the spring 66. Indeed, such plating increases the reliability of the cut and reduces the need for maintenance operations due to undesired play between the blades 36, 40 in use of the payment terminal 1.

Dans le mode de réalisation représenté sur les figures, la surface de coupe 50 de la lame 36, et donc l'arête de coupe mobile 56 s'étend sur seulement une partie de la longueur de l'ouverture d'entrée 14. En particulier, elles s'étendent d'un seul côté des dents de guidage 20 selon la direction longitudinale de l'ouverture 14.In the embodiment shown in the figures, the cutting surface 50 of the blade 36, and therefore the movable cutting edge 56 extends over only a portion of the length of the inlet opening 14. In particular they extend on one side of the guide teeth 20 in the longitudinal direction of the opening 14.

En variante (non représentée), la surface de coupe mobile 50 et donc l'arête de coupe mobile 56 s'étendent sur sensiblement toute la longueur de l'ouverture d'entrée. Dans ce cas, elle présente par exemple une fente de passage pour chaque dent de guidage 20.Alternatively (not shown), the movable cutting surface 50 and thus the movable cutting edge 56 extend over substantially the entire length of the inlet opening. In this case, it has for example a slot for each guide tooth 20.

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Dispositif de préencaissement (4) de pièces de monnaie pour un terminal de paiement (1), le dispositif de préencaissement (4) comprenant un châssis (6), un godet (8) présentant une ouverture d'entrée (14) de pièces de monnaie dans le godet (8) et une ouverture de sortie (26) de pièces de monnaie stockées dans le godet (8),
le dispositif de préencaissement (4) étant caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend : au moins une lame de coupe (36) mobile par rapport au châssis (6) entre une position de repos et une position active et déplaçable au moins partiellement au travers de l'ouverture d'entrée (14) entre la position de repos et la position active, et un mécanisme de déplacement de la lame de coupe mobile (36), propre à déplacer la lame de coupe mobile (36) de sa position de repos jusqu'à sa position active de sorte à couper un objet engagé dans l'ouverture d'entrée (14) du godet (8), et en ce que le godet (8) est monté pivotant par rapport au châssis (6) autour d'un axe de pivotement (A) de godet entre une position de préencaissement, dans laquelle il délimite un volume de stockage temporaire des pièces de monnaie et une position d'évacuation des pièces de monnaie à travers l'ouverture de sortie (26) vers une tirelire du terminal de paiement (1), le mécanisme de déplacement de la lame de coupe mobile (36) étant propre à déplacer la lame de coupe mobile (36) de sa position de repos jusqu'à sa position active sous l'action du déplacement du godet (8) de sa position de préencaissement vers sa position d'évacuation. Device for depositing coins (4) for a payment terminal (1), the debiting device (4) comprising a frame (6), a bucket (8) having an inlet opening (14) for coins coin in the bucket (8) and an outlet opening (26) of coins stored in the bucket (8),
the pre-casing device (4) being characterized in that it comprises: at least one cutting blade (36) movable relative to the frame (6) between a rest position and an active position and at least partially displaceable through the inlet opening (14) between the rest position and the active position, and a mechanism for moving the movable cutting blade (36), able to move the movable cutting blade (36) from its rest position to its active position so as to cut an object engaged in the inlet opening (14) of the bucket (8), and in that the bucket (8) is pivotally mounted relative to the frame (6) about a bucket pivot axis (A) between a settling position, in which it delimits a temporary storage volume of the coins and an evacuation position of the coins through the exit opening (26) to a piggy bank of the payment terminal (1), the moving mechanism of the movable cutting blade (36) being adapted to move the blade movable cutter (36) from its rest position to its active position under the action of displacement of the bucket (8) from its pre-collection position to its discharge position. Dispositif de préencaissement (4) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la lame de coupe mobile (36) est configurée pour se déplacer dans le plan de l'ouverture d'entrée (14) du godet (8).The pre-tapping device (4) according to claim 1, wherein the movable cutting blade (36) is configured to move in the plane of the inlet opening (14) of the bucket (8). Dispositif de préencaissement (4) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la lame de coupe mobile (36) est configurée pour balayer seulement une extrémité de l'ouverture d'entrée (14) lors de son déplacement entre sa position de repos et sa position active.A pre-tapping device (4) as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the movable cutting blade (36) is configured to scan only one end of the inlet opening (14) as it moves between its position. rest and its active position. Dispositif de préencaissement (4) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la lame de coupe mobile (36) est montée pivotante par rapport au châssis (6) autour d'un axe de pivotement (B) entre sa position de repos et sa position active.Pre-tipping device (4) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the movable cutting blade (36) is pivotally mounted relative to the frame (6) about a pivot axis (B) between its rest position and its active position. Dispositif de préencaissement (4) selon la revendication 4, dans lequel le mécanisme de déplacement comprend une came (60) solidaire du godet (8) et une contre-came (62) solidaire de la lame de coupe mobile (36), le pivotement de la came (60) autour de l'axe de pivotement (A) du godet (8) étant propre à engendrer le pivotement de la contre-came (62) autour de l'axe de pivotement (B) de la lame mobile (36).Pre-tapping device (4) according to claim 4, wherein the displacement mechanism comprises a cam (60) integral with the bucket (8) and a cam follower (62) integral with the movable cutting blade (36), the pivoting the cam (60) around the pivot axis (A) of the bucket (8) being adapted to cause the cam follower (62) to pivot about the pivot axis (B) of the movable blade ( 36). Dispositif de préencaissement (4) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, lequel comprend en outre un organe de rappel élastique (66) propre à déplacer la lame de coupe mobile (36) de sa position active jusqu'à sa position de repos.Pre-tapping device (4) according to any one of the preceding claims, which further comprises an elastic return member (66) adapted to move the movable cutting blade (36) from its active position to its rest position. Dispositif de préencaissement (4) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, lequel comprend en outre une contre-lame (40) fixe par rapport au châssis (6) agencée pour un cisaillement de l'objet entre la contre-lame (40) et la lame de coupe mobile (36).Pre-tapping device (4) according to any one of the preceding claims, which further comprises a counter blade (40) fixed relative to the frame (6) arranged for shearing the object between the counterblade (40) and the movable cutting blade (36). Dispositif de préencaissement (4) selon la revendication 7, lequel comprend en outre des moyens de précontrainte, propres à presser la lame de coupe mobile (36) contre la contre-lame (40) selon une direction (B) normale au plan de déplacement de la lame de coupe mobile (36).Pre-tipping device (4) according to claim 7, which further comprises prestressing means, adapted to press the movable cutting blade (36) against the counterblade (40) in a direction (B) normal to the plane of displacement the movable cutting blade (36). Terminal de paiement (1) comprenant un dispositif de préencaissement (4) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes.A payment terminal (1) comprising a prepayment device (4) according to any one of the preceding claims.
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