FR2470416A1 - Cash register drawer for detection of fake banknotes - contains ultraviolet light source with photocells sensing excessive luminosity - Google Patents

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FR2470416A1
FR2470416A1 FR8024695A FR8024695A FR2470416A1 FR 2470416 A1 FR2470416 A1 FR 2470416A1 FR 8024695 A FR8024695 A FR 8024695A FR 8024695 A FR8024695 A FR 8024695A FR 2470416 A1 FR2470416 A1 FR 2470416A1
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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
    • 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
    • G07D7/06—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 using wave or particle radiation
    • G07D7/12—Visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation
    • G07D7/128—Viewing devices
    • 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
    • G07D7/06—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 using wave or particle radiation
    • G07D7/12—Visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F9/00—Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
    • G07F9/06—Coin boxes
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07G—REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS
    • G07G1/00—Cash registers
    • G07G1/0018—Constructional details, e.g. of drawer, printing means, input means
    • G07G1/0027—Details of drawer or money-box
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07G—REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS
    • G07G3/00—Alarm indicators, e.g. bells

Abstract

A cash drawer for a cash register contains an ultraviolet light source so that banknotes can be examined for validity. This allows fake banknotes to be recognised even during busy shop hours. The cash drawer (3) of a cash register (1) is mounted on slides (4) in a drawer housing (5). The drawer has an appropriate opening and locking mechanism. On the upper part of the drawer housing close to the opening (7) is mounted a tube (6) to emit ultraviolet rays. This is orientated across the drawer and is powered from an electrical supply via a pushbutton switch (11,10) which is operated by the drawer to switch it off when closed. Photocells (13) above the drawer opposite the banknote clips detect excessive luminosity to signal presence of a fake banknote at a lamp (14) on the register.

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TIROIR-CAISSE
La présente invention est relative à un tiroir-caisse, notamment à un tiroir-caisse équipant une caisse enregistreuse. Les commerçants sont exposés à recevoir de faux billets qu'il est souvent difficile de reconnaître, d'autant plus que l'écoulement de ces faux billets est fait de préférence pendant les heures d'affluence dans les magasins.CASH DRAWER
The present invention relates to a cash drawer, in particular to a cash drawer fitted to a cash register. Traders are exposed to receiving counterfeit notes which it is often difficult to recognize, especially since the sale of these counterfeit notes is preferably done during peak hours in stores.

On connait des appareils permettant la détection de faux billets, appareils qui sont constitués par une source de rayons ultraviolets. There are known devices for detecting counterfeit notes, devices which are constituted by a source of ultraviolet rays.

Le principe d'utilisation de cet appareil est que les billets officiels qui sont imprimés à l'aide d'encres dont la composition est tenue secrète réagissent différemment aux rayons ultraviolets que les faux billets imprimés avec de l'encre courante, cette dernière étant fluorescente. The principle of use of this device is that the official tickets which are printed using inks of which the composition is kept secret react differently to the ultraviolet rays than the counterfeit notes printed with current ink, the latter being fluorescent .

En particulier, l'encre utilisée pour l'impression de certains billets, notamment les billets français, est insensible aux rayons ultraviolets. In particular, the ink used for printing certain banknotes, in particular French banknotes, is insensitive to ultraviolet rays.

Les faux billets sont donc reconnus grace à leur fluorescence lorsqu'ils sont exposés à des rayons ultraviolets. Counterfeit banknotes are therefore recognized by their fluorescence when exposed to ultraviolet rays.

Les appareils connus sont difficilement utilisables pour un commerçant, car pour être efficaces, ils devraient être manipulés lors de l'encaissement d'une somme d'argent, donc devant la clientèle, ce qui est assez gênant pour le commer çant à l'égard de ses clients.Known devices are difficult to use for a trader, because to be effective, they should be manipulated when collecting a sum of money, so in front of customers, which is quite annoying for the trader with regard of its customers.

Le but de l'invention est de permettre à un commerçant de détecter de faux billets rapidement sans que sa clientèle s'en rende compte. À cet effet, le tiroir-caisse faisant 1'objet de l'invention est caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend des moyens d'émission d'un rayonnement ultraviolet permettant la détection de faux billets. The object of the invention is to allow a merchant to detect false banknotes quickly without his customers realizing it. To this end, the cash drawer object of the invention is characterized in that it comprises means for emitting an ultraviolet radiation allowing the detection of counterfeit notes.

Le dessin annexé représente, schématiquement et à titre d'exemple, une forme d'exécution d'un tiroir-caisse selon l'invention. The accompanying drawing shows schematically and by way of example, an embodiment of a cash drawer according to the invention.

La figure 1 est une vue de côté, en coupe partielle, d'une caisse enregistreuse présentant un tiroir-caisse se lon l'invention. Figure 1 is a side view, in partial section, of a cash register having a cash drawer lon the invention.

La figure 2 est une vue partielle en coupe selon II-II de la figure 1. FIG. 2 is a partial sectional view along II-II of FIG. 1.

En référence au dessin, une caisse enregistreuse 1 présente un tiroir-caisse 2 dont le tiroir 3 est monté coulissant dans des glissières 4 d'un logement 5. Ce tiroir-caisse 2 est muni d'un mécanisme d'ouverture et d'un dispositif de verrouillage, bien connus en eux-mêmes, et qui de ce fait ne sont ni représentés, ni décrits. With reference to the drawing, a cash register 1 has a cash drawer 2 whose drawer 3 is slidably mounted in slides 4 of a housing 5. This cash drawer 2 is provided with an opening mechanism and a locking device, well known in themselves, and which therefore are neither shown nor described.

La face supérieure du logement 5 porte, en regard du tiroir 3, un tube électro-luminescent 6 émettant un rayonnement ultraviolet. Ce tube 6 est disposé à proximité de l'ouverture 7 du logement 5, est orienté transversalement à la direction des glissières 4 et est d'une longueur sensiblement égale à la largeur du tiroir 3. De façon connue, le fond du tiroir 3 présente des pinces 8 permettant de retenir des billets empilés et un casier à monnaie 9. The upper face of the housing 5 carries, opposite the drawer 3, an electro-luminescent tube 6 emitting ultraviolet radiation. This tube 6 is disposed near the opening 7 of the housing 5, is oriented transversely to the direction of the slides 4 and is of a length substantially equal to the width of the drawer 3. In known manner, the bottom of the drawer 3 has clips 8 for retaining stacked banknotes and a coin locker 9.

Le tube 6 est alimenté en courant électrique par l'intermédiaire d'un interrupteur 10 disposé au fond du logement 5, L'interrupteur 10 présente un poussoir 11 susceptible de coopérer avec le bord 12 du tiroir 3 de façon à couper lla- limentation du tube 6 lorsque le tiroir est fermé. The tube 6 is supplied with electric current by means of a switch 10 disposed at the bottom of the housing 5. The switch 10 has a pusher 11 capable of cooperating with the edge 12 of the drawer 3 so as to cut off the supply of the tube 6 when the drawer is closed.

La face supérieure du logement 5 est en outre munie de cellules photoélectriques 13 disposées chacune en regard d'une pince 8 lorsque le tirqir 3 est ouvert. Chaque cellule 13 est raccordée à une lampe-témoin 14 qui s'allume lorsque la cellule 13 détecte une luminosité excessive, indice d'un faux billet. The upper face of the housing 5 is further provided with photoelectric cells 13 each arranged opposite a clamp 8 when the tirqir 3 is open. Each cell 13 is connected to a control lamp 14 which lights up when cell 13 detects excessive brightness, an indication of a counterfeit bill.

L'utilisateur de la caisse enregistreuse décrite ci-dessus est à même de détecter la présence d'un faux billet dans son tiroir-caisse 2 pàr la fluorescence de ce billet exposé aux rayons ultraviolets émis par le tube 6. The user of the cash register described above is able to detect the presence of a counterfeit bill in his cash drawer 2 by the fluorescence of this bill exposed to the ultraviolet rays emitted by the tube 6.

Si l'utilisateur introduit sans y prendre garde un faux billet dans son tiroir-caisse, la cellule photoélectrique 13 située en regard de la pile comportant ce faux billet détecte la luminosité due à la fluorescence du billet et la lam pe-témoin 14 correspondante s'allume. If the user introduces a counterfeit note into his cash drawer without taking care of it, the photoelectric cell 13 located opposite the stack containing this counterfeit note detects the luminosity due to the fluorescence of the ticket and the corresponding lam pe-witness 14 s 'alight.

On peut prévoir des moyens pour mémoriser le signal donné par la cellule photoélectrique de façon que la lampe-témoin 14 reste allumée même si le faux billet est ensuite recouvert par un billet officiel ou si le tiroir est fermé, l'alimentation électrique du tube 6 étant alors coupée par l'interrupteur. Il faut également prévoir une commande permettant à l'utilisateur d'éteindre la lampe-témoin 14 après le contrôle de sa caisse. Les cellules électriques 13 pourraient commander un dispositif d'alarme sonore s'ajoutant aux alarmes optiques constituées par la lampe-témoin 14. Means can be provided for memorizing the signal given by the photoelectric cell so that the indicator lamp 14 remains on even if the counterfeit note is then covered by an official note or if the drawer is closed, the power supply of the tube 6 then being cut off by the switch. It is also necessary to provide a command allowing the user to switch off the warning lamp 14 after checking his cash register. The electrical cells 13 could control an audible alarm device in addition to the optical alarms constituted by the indicator lamp 14.

On pourrait prévoir une forme d'exécution simplifiée du tiroir-caisse 2 dans laquelle il n'existerait que la source de rayons ultraviolets, la détection d'un faux billet étant alors faite par l'utilisateur, par l'examen des billets exposés à la source de rayons ultraviolets au cours de leur mise en place dans le tiroir 3.  One could provide a simplified embodiment of the cash drawer 2 in which there is only the source of ultraviolet rays, the detection of a counterfeit banknote then being made by the user, by examining the banknotes exposed to the source of ultraviolet rays during their placement in the drawer 3.

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REVENDICAT IONION CLAIMS 1. Tiroir-caisse, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend des moyens (6) d'émisssion d'un rayonnement ultraviolet permettant la détection de faux billets. 1. Cash drawer, characterized in that it comprises means (6) for emitting ultraviolet radiation allowing the detection of counterfeit notes. 2. Tiroir-caisse selon la revendication 1, comprenant un tiroir (3) montécoulissant dans un logement (5), caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend une source (6) tubulaire de rayons ultraviolets fixée à la paroi supérieure du logement (5) perpendiculairement à la direction de coulissement du tiroir (3) et s'étendant sensiblement sur toute la largeur de ce dernier. 2. Cash drawer according to claim 1, comprising a drawer (3) mounted in a housing (5), characterized in that it comprises a tubular source (6) of ultraviolet rays fixed to the upper wall of the housing (5) perpendicular to the sliding direction of the drawer (3) and extending substantially over the entire width of the latter. 3. Tiroir-caisse selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend un interrupteur (10) susceptible de coopérer avec le tiroir (3) de façon à couper l'alimentation de la source (6) de raypns ultraviolets lorsque le tiroir (3) est fermé. 3. Cash drawer according to claim 2, characterized in that it comprises a switch (10) capable of cooperating with the drawer (3) so as to cut off the supply of the source (6) of ultraviolet raypns when the drawer (3) is closed. 4. Tiroir-caisse selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend des cellules photoélectriques (13) disposées contre la face supérieure du logement (5) en regard d'emplacements du tiroir (3).destinés à recevoir des billets empilés, chaque cellule (13) commandant un dispositif d'alarme (14) de façon à le rendre actif lorsqu'elle détecte une luminosité excessive, indice de la présence d'un faux billet. 4. Cash drawer according to claim 3, characterized in that it comprises photoelectric cells (13) arranged against the upper face of the housing (5) opposite locations of the drawer (3). Intended to receive stacked tickets , each cell (13) controlling an alarm device (14) so as to make it active when it detects excessive brightness, an indication of the presence of a counterfeit bill. 5. Tiroir-caisse selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que les dispositifs d'alarme sont constitués par des lampes-témoins (14).  5. Cash drawer according to claim 4, characterized in that the alarm devices are constituted by indicator lights (14).
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EP0424342A2 (en) * 1989-10-16 1991-04-24 Sune Eckerstrand Counterfeit document detector
FR2702239A1 (en) * 1993-03-04 1994-09-09 Piscedda Jean Noel Anti-theft device which spoils and marks
US5915518A (en) * 1994-01-04 1999-06-29 Mars, Incorporated Detection of counterfeit objects, for instance counterfeit banknotes
US5918960A (en) * 1994-01-04 1999-07-06 Mars Incorporated Detection of counterfeit objects, for instance counterfeit banknotes
BE1014106A3 (en) * 2001-10-30 2003-04-01 Alami Abdelkader Banknote storage device, contains watermark checking light which is automatically turned on when device is opened
WO2003100734A2 (en) * 2002-05-28 2003-12-04 Know How S.P.A. Cash register drawer

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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EP0424342A2 (en) * 1989-10-16 1991-04-24 Sune Eckerstrand Counterfeit document detector
EP0424342A3 (en) * 1989-10-16 1992-09-30 Sune Eckerstrand Counterfeit document detector
FR2702239A1 (en) * 1993-03-04 1994-09-09 Piscedda Jean Noel Anti-theft device which spoils and marks
US5915518A (en) * 1994-01-04 1999-06-29 Mars, Incorporated Detection of counterfeit objects, for instance counterfeit banknotes
US5918960A (en) * 1994-01-04 1999-07-06 Mars Incorporated Detection of counterfeit objects, for instance counterfeit banknotes
BE1014106A3 (en) * 2001-10-30 2003-04-01 Alami Abdelkader Banknote storage device, contains watermark checking light which is automatically turned on when device is opened
WO2003100734A2 (en) * 2002-05-28 2003-12-04 Know How S.P.A. Cash register drawer
WO2003100734A3 (en) * 2002-05-28 2004-03-18 Know How S P A Cash register drawer

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