JP2011170514A - Coin separating and carry-out device and money processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid bouncing of coins, when separating two coins put one over the other on a coin support surface of a coin conveying disk and to prevent a fault, including coin jamming, even when reversing the coin-conveying disk. <P>SOLUTION: A coin-separating and conveying device includes: a coin conveying disk 71, which is freely turnably supported in a state of having a coin support surface 71a inclined upward; and a coin-separating means 85, which is brought into contact with an upper coin of two coins put one over the other on a coin conveying disk surface to separate the upper coin from the lower coin. The coin-separating means includes: an arm 81, which has a part journaled by a base member 72 and has the other end part vertically moved in a direction crossing the coin conveying disk surface; and a coin-separating member 85, which is supported at the other part of the arm and is held at such a height position as to be able to come into contact with the upper coin, when the other part of the arm is in the lowest position. The coin-separating member is journaled by the other part of the arm so as to be freely rotatable or disabled of rotation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention is equipped with a money processing device such as a vending machine, a money changer, a money dispenser, etc., and separates and transfers a plurality of coins that have been batch-fitted one by one to a discriminator. About.

Money processing devices such as vending machines, money changers, money dispensers, automatic payment machines, etc., can provide users with various goods and services by performing predetermined operations after the user inserts money. It is configured.
These money processing devices, when multiple coins and medals with different denominations, thicknesses and diameters (hereinafter simply referred to as coins) are randomly inserted from the slot, after separating them one by one, After identifying the denominations one by one at the identification unit located on the downstream side, sort and sort them into denominations and store them in the denomination storehouse located further downstream, or store them in the reject store Alternatively, it is provided with a mechanism for performing various processes such as paying out or returning to the user as change or reject coins.

By the way, in a money processing apparatus having a large-diameter slot capable of batch loading a plurality of coins, there is a mechanism for separating a plurality of coins that are to be conveyed to the identification unit in a stacked state one by one. Needed. In particular, in a money processing apparatus installed outdoors, when coins to which rainwater adheres overlap each other, they are easily adsorbed by moisture and difficult to peel off. If the coins in the overlapped state enter the identification unit, it is judged as NG, but it may cause a jam, so it is preferable to separate the coins before carrying out to the identification unit. In particular, when a light coin such as a 1-yen coin is adsorbed on the upper surface of a coin having a large area such as a 500-yen coin, it is difficult to separate the 1-yen coin using its own weight, and thus forced separation is required.
Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-6020) discloses that a disk base tilted in the vertical direction is rotatably supported and a part of a carriage chain disposed along the outer peripheral edge of the disk base is a disk. Coin processing in which a plurality of coins thrown on the disc base are held by transfer protrusions protruding at a predetermined pitch on the carriage chain and conveyed toward the identification unit by moving in the same direction as the base. An apparatus is disclosed. In this coin processing device, in order to prevent a plurality of coins from being overlapped by the carriage chain and transferred to the identification unit, the coil spring is separated by a predetermined gap from the carriage chain transfer path. A configuration is adopted in which the end portions of these are close to each other. The gap between the carriage chain and the end of the coil spring is set to one coin of the maximum thickness, and the upper coin of the two coins transferred in a stacked manner is pushed back by the end of the coil spring and separated. The

However, in this type of coin separation mechanism, it is difficult to set and adjust the gap between the coil spring end and the carriage chain, and if the gap is excessive, the upper one of the two coins stacked It cannot be effectively removed. Further, when the gap is too small, a situation occurs in which regular coins are dropped from the carriage chain.
In order to eliminate such problems, the applicant of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 6, a coin storage unit 100 that temporarily stores a plurality of coins C inserted from a coin input port, and a coin support in the coin storage unit With the surface 101a inclined upward, the coin transport disk 101 whose center shaft 101b is rotatably supported by the base member 102, and the coin C is received from the coin support surface 101a of the coin transport disk and carried out in the lateral direction. A coin separating / unloading device having a horizontal unloading path 105 for conveying to a coin identifying device (not shown) has been proposed.
A leaf spring 110 having a tip edge 110a separated from the coin support surface of the disc by a predetermined distance is disposed above the coin transport disk 101. The distance between the coin support surface and the leaf spring tip edge 110a is the maximum. The thickness of a regular coin having a thickness is set to α. For this reason, the leaf spring 110 prevents coins exceeding the normal thickness from being carried out to the coin discriminating device, or separates the coins that are stacked two by one and then puts them one by one in the coin discriminating device. Can be carried out. When two stacked coins on the coin support surface try to pass through the gap between the leaf spring tip edge 110a, the upper coin can be peeled off and separated by being hooked on the leaf spring tip edge and scraped off. .

However, when a one-yen coin adheres to the upper surface of a 500-yen coin through moisture, the adsorbing force is strong, so peeling is not easy, and one yen is required when two coins pass through the leaf spring tip edge. In some cases, the upper surface of the coin near the trailing edge is restrained by the leaf spring leading edge, the coin leading edge floats and jumps up, and the coin jumps out of the coin storage unit 100. For this purpose, it is necessary to provide a lid on the upper surface opening of the coin storage unit.
Also, when foreign matter other than regular coins is thrown into the coin storage part, it is necessary to reversely rotate the coin transport disk and return it to a return port (not shown) in order to return all the coins in the storage part. The angle of the leading edge 110a of the leaf spring with respect to the surface is such that it easily collides with a double-layered coin on the coin support surface when the coin transport disk is rotated in reverse, so that the upper coin rides on the top surface of the leaf spring. Or the coin is caught on the leading edge of the leaf spring and locked, or the leading edge of the leaf spring is easily damaged by collision with the coin.
Furthermore, when the coins handled by the money processing apparatus are changed and the thickness and size of the coins are changed, it is necessary to change the leaf springs to those having different shapes.

JP 2001-6020 A

In the coin separating / unloading apparatus for separating a plurality of coins inserted as described above one by one by the cooperation of the coin transport disk and the leaf spring, and then transporting them to the identification unit, two overlapping sheets When the coin is strongly adsorbed by moisture or the like, it becomes difficult to separate, and there is a problem that the upper coin jumps up. Also, when the coin transport disk is rotated in the reverse direction, the direction of the edge of the leaf spring is the counter direction that collides with the coin on the disk surface, causing problems such as coin catching and damage to the edge of the leaf spring. It was.
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and when separating coins placed in a stacked state on a coin support surface of a coin transport disk, without flipping up the coins, and when reversing the coin transport disk Another object of the present invention is to provide a coin separating / carrying-out device and a money processing device that do not cause problems such as coin clogging.

In order to achieve the above object, a coin separating and carrying out apparatus according to the invention of claim 1 includes a coin storage part that temporarily stores a plurality of coins inserted therein, and a coin support surface that is inclined upward in the coin storage part. A coin transport disk that is rotatably supported by the base member in a state in which the coin is received, a carry-out path for receiving coins from the upper part of the coin support surface and carrying them out of the coin storage part, and two sheets stacked on the coin transport disk surface. A coin separating / unloading device that contacts an upper coin of the coins and separates it from the lower coin, wherein the coin separating means is partially pivoted by the base member. An arm that is supported to move the other part up and down in a direction intersecting the coin transport disk surface, and is supported by the other part of the arm so that it can contact the upper coin when the other part of the arm is at the lowest position. Comprising a coin separating member held such a height position, and the coin separating member may be freely rotated by the other portion of the arm, or a non-rotatably axially supported by the separation roller.
The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that one or a plurality of grooves extending in the circumferential direction are formed on the peripheral surface of the separation roller.

In the invention of claim 3, a coin storage part that temporarily stores a plurality of inserted coins, and a coin that is rotatably supported by the base member with the coin support surface inclined upward in the coin storage part A transport disk, a carry-out path for receiving coins from the upper part of the coin support surface and carrying them out of the coin storage part, and an upper coin of two coins stacked on the coin transport disk surface. A coin separating / unloading device comprising: a coin separating means for separating from a lower coin, wherein the coin separating means is partially supported by the base member and crosses another part of the coin conveying disk surface. An arm that is moved up and down in a direction to be moved, and a coin separating member that is supported by another part of the arm and is held at a height position where the arm can come into contact with the upper coin when the other part of the arm is at the lowest position, Be equipped The coin separating member, rotatable by another portion of the arm, or is non-rotatably and axially supported, and opposed surfaces of the coin support surface, characterized in that a separating member that bulges in a curved shape.
In the invention of claim 4, a coin storage part for temporarily storing a plurality of coins inserted, and a coin that is rotatably supported by the base member with the coin support surface inclined upward in the coin storage part A transport disk, a carry-out path for receiving coins from the upper part of the coin support surface and carrying them out of the coin storage part, and an upper coin of two coins stacked on the coin transport disk surface. A coin separating / unloading device comprising: a coin separating means for separating from a lower coin, wherein the coin separating means is partially supported by the base member and crosses another part of the coin conveying disk surface. An arm that is moved up and down in a direction to be moved, and a coin separating member that is supported by another part of the arm and is held at a height position where the arm can come into contact with the upper coin when the other part of the arm is at the lowest position, Be equipped The coin separating member is rotatably or non-rotatably supported by the other part of the arm, and at least a central portion of the surface facing the coin supporting surface is a flat surface, from a side edge of the flat surface. A side wall that widens upward in a tapered shape is provided.
A money processing apparatus according to a fifth aspect of the invention is characterized by including the coin separating and carrying out apparatus according to any one of the first to fourth aspects.

  According to the present invention, since the coin separating member composed of a separation roller, a coil spring and the like is used as a means for effectively separating a plurality of coins in a stacked and adsorbed state, on the coin support surface of the coin transport disk. When the two coins are conveyed in the forward direction, it is possible to reliably contact the upper coin without slipping and efficiently separate it from the lower coin. In addition, the friction separating means is configured to move up and down in the direction intersecting the coin support surface of the coin transport disk according to the fluctuation of the load from the coin, so that when the two-ply coins are transported in the reverse direction, It won't break or lock due to collision.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS (a) is explanatory drawing of the whole structure of the money processing apparatus provided with the coin separation and carrying-out apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, (b) is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure of a money processing apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of a separation conveyance part and its periphery. (A) And (b) is a perspective view which shows the principal part structure of a separation conveyance part, and its side view. (A) And (b) is explanatory drawing which shows the other structural example of a separation roller. (A) And (b) is explanatory drawing which shows the other structural example of a coin separation member. (A) And (b) is a perspective view which shows the structure of the conventional coin separation and carrying-out apparatus, and AA sectional drawing.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.
FIG. 1A is an explanatory diagram of the overall configuration of a money processing apparatus provided with a coin separating and carrying out apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1B is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of the money processing apparatus.
The money processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is used as means for identifying and processing coins, for example, by being installed in an automatic ticket vending machine.
As shown in FIG. 1, the money processing apparatus 1 has a display 2, an operation switch 3, a coin insertion slot 4, a bill insertion slot 5, a change dispensing slot / return slot 6, a reject switch 7, a ticketing slot 8, etc. It has.

  As shown in FIG. 1 (b), the money handling apparatus 1 includes a coin insertion unit 10 including a receiving tray 10 a that can input a plurality of coins of different denominations, and a plurality of coins in the coin insertion unit. Separation and conveyance unit (coin separating / unloading device) 15 for separating and carrying out one by one, discharge path 16 extending from separation and conveyance unit 15 to change dispensing port / return port 6, and one sheet conveyed from the separation and conveyance unit Authenticity of each coin, a first identification unit 20 that determines the denomination, a regular coin conveyance path 25 that carries out coins determined to be regular coins by the first identification unit toward the temporary storage unit, A coin holding device (temporary holding unit) 30 that accepts and temporarily holds regular coins carried out from the regular coin conveyance path, and a reject path that conveys and discharges coins that are determined to be not normal by the first identification unit 20. 50, released from the coin holding device 30 A storage coin sorting device 55 that accepts a plurality of coins received and sorts them one by one, a second identification unit 56 that determines the denomination of the coins sent from the storage coin sorting device 55, and a second The coin storage unit 57 that accommodates the coins that have been carried out after the denomination is determined by the identification unit, and the return coins that have been released from the coin holding device 30 to the change outlet 6 and the return port 6. A payout coin storage unit (return unit) 60 to be paid out, a coin lifter 61 that conveys coins from the return coin storage unit 60 to the return port 6 positioned above, and a control unit that controls these components are schematically configured. .

  The coin insertion unit 10 includes a receiving tray 10a that can receive a plurality of coins C that are collectively input from the coin insertion slot 4, and the separation transport unit 15 receives the coins in the receiving tray and separates them one by one. It is conveyed to the identification unit 20. The first identification unit 20 discriminates the authenticity and denomination of the coins C conveyed one by one, and if they are not regular coins, they are discharged to the change dispensing port / return port 6 via the reject path 50. On the other hand, if it is a regular coin, it is sequentially discharged from the regular coin transport path 25 to the coin holding device 30.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the separation and conveyance unit and its periphery, and FIGS. 3A and 3B are a perspective view and a side view showing the main configuration of the separation and conveyance unit.
The separation conveyance unit (coin separation / conveying device) 15 includes a coin storage unit 70 that temporarily stores a plurality of coins C that have been input from the coin input unit 10 and conveyed via the deposit conveyance belt 11, and a coin storage unit. A coin transport disk 71 rotatably supported by a base member 72 in a state where a flat coin support surface 71a is inclined upward at a required angle in the section 70, a motor (not shown) for rotationally driving the coin transport disk, and a coin support A carry-out path 73 that receives coins from the upper part of the surface 71a and transfers them to the first identification unit 20 (outside the coin storage unit), an outer peripheral wall 74 that is erected so as to surround the outer periphery of the coin transport disk 71, and coins Coin separating means 80 for contacting the upper coin of the coins C lying on the support surface 71a in a stacked state and separating it from the lower coin is provided.

As shown in the drawing, the rotation axis of the coin transport disc 71 is inclined obliquely upward so that the flat coin support surface 71a is inclined upward. The coin is placed on an annular conveyance surface 71b excluding the disk-shaped protrusion at the center of the coin conveyance disk 71, and from below to above as the disk rotates in the clockwise direction (forward rotation). Be transported. Coin locking projections 71c are projected on the upper surface of the conveyance surface 71b at a predetermined pitch in the circumferential direction, and the coins are held between the coin locking projections 71c to be conveyed upward and carried out to the carry-out path 73. It is configured.
An unillustrated discharge port (not shown) is provided below the coin transport disk 71. When it is necessary to return the coin group on the coin transport disk to the user, the control means reverses the coin transport disk. The discharge port is opened while rotating, and the coin is returned to the return port 6 via the discharge path 16.
The coin separating means 80 includes an arm 81 that is partially supported (one end) by the base member 72 and moves the other end up and down in a direction intersecting (orthogonal) with the coin support surface 71a of the coin transport disk. A coin separating member 85 held at a height position that can be in contact with the upper coin of the two-layered coins when the other part of the arm is in the lowest lowered position supported by the other part (the other end); It has.
The coin separating member 85 is rotatably supported by other parts of the arm 81.

The coin separation member 85 according to the embodiment of FIG. 3 is a separation roller having a flat outer peripheral surface made of a resin material such as polyacetal resin, and is supported by a bearing portion provided on the arm 81 so as to be freely rotatable in forward and reverse directions. ing. In addition to resin, the separation roller 85 can be made of a material such as rubber that can separate the upper coin from the lower coin because of its high frictional resistance.
The arm 81 has its base end fixed at a position near one end of the bracket 82, and the bracket 82 is pivotable by a pivot shaft 83 (supported by the base member 72) provided near the other end. It moves up and down in a direction intersecting (orthogonal) with the coin support surface 71a of the disk. Further, one end of the bracket 82 is urged in a direction (a direction toward the base member 72) to be lowered by an elastic member (coil spring) 84 supported by the base member 72.
The coin separating member (separating roller) 85 is configured such that the gap value between the coin separating member (separating roller) 85 and the coin supporting surface 71a can be adjusted. The gap adjusting portion 86 is screwed into a protruding portion 86a protruding from the bottom of the bracket 82 closer to the center portion of the coin transport disc than the rotating shaft 83, and a hole provided in a portion of the base member 72 facing the protruding portion 86a. Screw and nut 86b. By adjusting the amount by which the screw head protrudes from the upper surface of the base member with the nut (contact position with the overhang portion 86a), the lowest lowered position of the overhang portion 86a can be set. The value of the gap between the lower surface of the coin separating member 85 and the coin support surface 71a can be easily finely adjusted according to the lowest position of the overhanging portion 86a.

Since the gap adjustment unit 86 can arbitrarily adjust the gap value in this way, if the coin thickness and size change by changing the coin handled by the money processing apparatus, the gap value can be adjusted. Well, there is no need to replace the coin separation member with another one.
The thickness of a regular coin (for example, a 500-yen coin) whose gap between the separation roller as the coin separation member 85 and the coin support surface 71a of the disk has the maximum thickness + α (the value of α is the minimum thickness) The lowermost position of the other end of the arm 81 is set so that it is smaller than the thickness of the coin.
That is, the gap does not come into contact with the separation roller 85 when the maximum thickness regular coin passes due to the rotation of the coin transport disk, while the minimum thickness regular coin is on the upper surface of the maximum thickness regular coin. When the coins (for example, 1-yen coins) pass in an overlapped state, the separation roller peripheral surface is brought into contact with only the upper coins and is pushed back to the upstream side in the conveying direction for separation.

The separation roller 85 supported by the vertically movable arm 81 is constantly elastically biased downward (toward the coin support surface) by the elastic member 84, so that it floats up and down in accordance with the total thickness of the coin passing therethrough. As long as the gap value exceeds the thickness of the regular coin of the maximum thickness, even if the value of α is not exact, it can be pushed back in contact with the upper coin .
The separation roller 85 is pivotally supported at the end of the arm so as to be able to rotate forward and backward. When the coin transport disk rotates in the reverse direction, the separation roller rotates in the reverse direction so that the coins can be smoothly smoothed as in the forward rotation. Can be passed through.
The separation roller of the above embodiment has a flat outer peripheral surface, but it may have a shape in which the central portion in the width direction of the outer peripheral surface bulges in an arc shape as shown in FIG. As described above, at least one groove 87 (or protrusion) extending in the circumferential direction may be formed on the flat outer peripheral surface. Alternatively, grooves (or ridges) extending in the width direction of the flat outer peripheral surface may be provided at a predetermined circumferential pitch.
In the above-described embodiment, the separation roller 85 is pivotally supported at the end of the arm, but may be fixed so as not to rotate. For example, if the circumferential surface of the separation roller 85 facing the coin support surface 71a is a curved surface, it can be expected that the two-layered coins can be stably separated even when the rotation is not performed.
According to the coin separating member 85 according to this embodiment, when the coin transport disk 71 rotates in the forward direction, the uppermost coin of two or more separated rollers stacked is brought into contact with the lowermost coin. Can be disengaged from. Further, when the coin transport disk is reversed, even if a coin having an excessive thickness on the coin support surface and the coin separating member 85 come into contact with each other, it floats against the urging force of the elastic member 84, and is locked or damaged. It is possible to pass coins and the like without doing so.

Next, FIGS. 5A and 5B are explanatory views showing another configuration example of the coin separating member.
The coin separating member 85 in FIG. 5A is composed of a separating member 90 made of a high friction material such as resin or rubber having a curved surface 90a only on the surface (lower surface) facing the coin support surface 71a. The separating member 90 is fixed to the arm end or supported so as to be swingable. By setting the value of the gap G between the curved surface 90a of the separating member 90 and the coin support surface 71a to the thickness of the normal coin having the maximum thickness + α, Only the upper coin can be contacted and separated from the lower coin.
Next, in the coin separating member 85 in FIG. 5B, at least a central portion of the surface facing the coin support surface 71a is a flat surface 92a, and side walls 92b widening upward in a tapered shape from both side edges of the flat surface are provided. The separation member 92 is formed, and the separation member 92 is fixed to the arm end portion or supported so as to be swingable. The separation member 92 is made of a high friction material such as resin or rubber.
By setting the value of the gap G between the lower surface of the separating member 92 and the coin support surface 71a to the thickness of the normal coin having the maximum thickness + α, the upper side of the two coins overlapped as shown in the figure. It can be separated only by coins.
Since the separating member 90 according to each embodiment of FIG. 5 can float in the vertical direction from the coin support surface in cooperation with the elastic member 84, when the coin transport disk rotates in the reverse direction, When an excessively thick coin or the like passes through the separating member, it is possible to avoid a strong collision. For this reason, it does not lock or the separating member is damaged.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Money processing apparatus, 4 ... Coin insertion port, 6 ... Return port, 10 ... Coin insertion part, 10a ... Receptacle, 11 ... Deposit conveyance belt, 15 ... Separation conveyance part, 16 ... Discharge path, 20 ... Identification part, 25 ... regular coin transport path, 30 ... coin holding device, 50 ... reject path, 56 ... identification section, 57 ... coin storage section, 60 ... return coin storage section, 61 ... coin lifter, 70 ... coin storage section, 71 ... coin transport Disc, 71a ... Coin support surface, 71b ... Conveying surface, 71c ... Coin locking projection, 72 ... Base member, 73 ... Unloading path, 74 ... Outer peripheral wall, 80 ... Coin separating means, 81 ... Arm, 82 ... Bracket, 83 Rotating shaft 84 Elastic member 85 Coin separating member 85 Coin separating member (separating roller) 86 Gap adjusting unit 86a Overhanging part 86b Nut 87 Groove 90 Separating member 90a ... curved surface 92 ... separation member, 92a ... flat surface, 92b ... side wall

Claims (5)

A coin storage part for temporarily storing a plurality of inserted coins, a coin transport disk rotatably supported by a base member with the coin support surface inclined upward in the coin storage part, and the coin support An unloading path for receiving coins from the upper part of the surface and transporting them out of the coin storage part, and an upper coin of two coins stacked on the surface of the coin transport disk, and coming out of the lower coin A coin separating and carrying out device comprising coin separating means,
The coin separating means includes an arm that is partially supported by the base member and moves up and down in a direction intersecting the coin transport disk surface, and another part of the arm supported by the other part of the arm. A coin separating member held at a height position where it can come into contact with the upper coin when it is in the lowest position,
The coin separation / conveying device, wherein the coin separation member is a separation roller that is supported by another part of the arm so as to be rotatable or non-rotatable.   The coin separating and carrying out apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one or more grooves extending in the circumferential direction are formed on a circumferential surface of the separating roller. A coin storage part for temporarily storing a plurality of inserted coins, a coin transport disk rotatably supported by a base member with the coin support surface inclined upward in the coin storage part, and the coin support An unloading path for receiving coins from the upper part of the surface and transporting them out of the coin storage part, and an upper coin of two coins stacked on the surface of the coin transport disk, and coming out of the lower coin A coin separating and carrying out device comprising coin separating means,
The coin separating means includes an arm that is partially supported by the base member and moves up and down in a direction intersecting the coin transport disk surface, and another part of the arm supported by the other part of the arm. A coin separating member held at a height position where it can come into contact with the upper coin when it is in the lowest position,
The coin separation member is a separation member that is pivotally or non-rotatably supported by another part of the arm, and is a separation member in which a surface facing the coin support surface bulges in a curved shape. Unloading device. A coin storage part for temporarily storing a plurality of inserted coins, a coin transport disk rotatably supported by a base member with the coin support surface inclined upward in the coin storage part, and the coin support An unloading path for receiving coins from the upper part of the surface and transporting them out of the coin storage part, and an upper coin of two coins stacked on the surface of the coin transport disk, and coming out of the lower coin A coin separating and carrying out device comprising coin separating means,
The coin separating means includes an arm that is partially supported by the base member and moves up and down in a direction intersecting the coin transport disk surface, and another part of the arm supported by the other part of the arm. A coin separating member held at a height position where it can come into contact with the upper coin when it is in the lowest position,
The coin separating member is rotatably or non-rotatably supported by another part of the arm, and at least a central portion of the surface facing the coin supporting surface is a flat surface, and is tapered from a side edge of the flat surface. A coin separating and carrying out device comprising a side wall that widens upward in a shape.   A money processing apparatus comprising the coin separating and carrying out apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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