US3652833A - Sheet counter control circuit - Google Patents

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US3652833A
US3652833A US49020A US3652833DA US3652833A US 3652833 A US3652833 A US 3652833A US 49020 A US49020 A US 49020A US 3652833D A US3652833D A US 3652833DA US 3652833 A US3652833 A US 3652833A
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Hideto Shigemori
Akio Yamamoto
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Kokuei Kikai Seisakusho KK
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06M—COUNTING MECHANISMS; COUNTING OF OBJECTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06M3/00—Counters with additional facilities
    • G06M3/02—Counters with additional facilities for performing an operation at a predetermined value of the count, e.g. arresting a machine
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    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06M—COUNTING MECHANISMS; COUNTING OF OBJECTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06M9/00—Counting of objects in a stack thereof
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    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06M—COUNTING MECHANISMS; COUNTING OF OBJECTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06M9/00—Counting of objects in a stack thereof
    • G06M9/02—Counting of objects in a stack thereof by using a rotating separator incorporating pneumatic suction nozzles

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  • This invention relates generally to a control circuits for sheet-counting apparatus and more particularly to a type thereof wherein the counting operation of the sheets is carried out under the control of an electronic circuit.
  • a counting apparatus comprising a holder for securely holding a pack of the sheets, a counting rotor having a plurality of counting heads, a motor for driving the counting rotor, a vacuum device for applying vacuum to the counting heads, and a counting mechanism operating in cooperation with the counting heads for counting and displaying the counted results and thereafter releasing from the holder the pack of the sheets when the counted results coincide with a predetermined value.
  • the sheet counting apparatus of the above described organization has been accompanied by various kinds of difficulties in the production, maintenance, and adjustment thereof for obtaining a fool-proof operation of the apparatus in counting important sheets such as bank notes.
  • a primary object of the present invention is to provide a control device to be employed in a sheet-counting apparatus, whereby all of the above described difficulties in the conventional sheet-counting apparatus can be substantially eliminated.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel control circuit for a sheet-counting apparatus which is simple in production, maintenance, and adjustment, and the operation of which is highly reliable.
  • Still another object of the present invention is to provide a novel control device for the sheet-counting apparatus, wherein the possibility of wear of parts is substantially eliminated, and the operational life of the control device is substantially increased.
  • a novel control device for a sheet-counting apparatus which comprises a proximity switch operable in cooperation with the counting heads of the apparatus, a plurality of digital counter circuits for supplying numerical signals from to 9 to respective digital positions in accordance with the counted numerical values, an electronic comparator circuit for comparing numerical signals supplied from preselected digital counter circuits with preset numerical signals, a first relay energized while the counting operation of the apparatus is in progress, and a second relay operated through a contact of the first relay from the output of the comparator circuit, whereby the energization of the second relay is effected depending on whether the counted numerical value of the sheets is found to be equal or not equal to the preset value after the completion of the counting operation, and the holder of the pack of the sheets is thereby released or not released.
  • FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram showing a control circuit according to the present invention which is employed in a sheetcounting apparatus
  • FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram related to a vacuum switch which is switched over to a position connected to a first relay whenever the sheet-counting apparatus is counting sheets.
  • FIG. 1 there are indicated -a comparator circuit P having input terminals T1 and T2 and an output terminal T3 connected to a power source and having also a plurality of counting circuits CA1, CA2, and CA3 connected together in this sequence, each of said counting circuits including digital elements of 0 to 9.
  • a proximity switch S is connected to the first counting circuit CA1, and in a known manner, the digital elements are stepped from 0 to 9 upon closure of the proximity switch S.
  • the counting circuit CA1 supplies a digit corresponding to the units position of a number displayed in a displaying circuit CD
  • the counting circuit CA2 and CA3 supply digits corresponding to the tens and hundreds positions in the same number displayed in the displaying circuit CD.
  • the counting circuits CA1 and CA2 in this embodiment of the invention are connected respectively to the input terminals T1 and T2, and each of the counting circuits supplies a low-level voltage when the digit counted coincides with a preset digit, which is in this embodiment set at 0, and supplies a high-level voltage when the digit counted does not coincide with the preset digit of 0. Accordingly, the comparator circuit P does not operate to give an output will not be operated when the input voltages supplied through the input terminals T1 and T2 are both at low level and will operate when either one of the input voltages is at high level.
  • a relay RL7 (second relay) will be energized if normally closed contact RL4-b of a relay RL4 (first relay) remains closed.
  • the energization of the second relay RL7 under the operation of the comparator circuit as described above will interrupt a releasing circuit of a holder (not shown) holding a pack of the sheets in the sheet-counting apparatus, and the operator of the apparatus will thereby be informed of the fact that the count, for instance, of the bank notes, does not coincide with the preset value of, for instance, 100.
  • the input terminals T1 and T2 of the comparator circuit P are connected respectively to the terminals of the counting circuits CA1 and CA2 related to the digits 0s, and for this reason, the comparator circuit P does not operate when the digits corresponding to the units position and the tens position of the displayed number are coincident with the preset values of 0s, and the delivered voltages at the input terminals T1 and T2 of the comparator circuit P are both at low level.
  • the preset values in the counting circuits CA1 and CA2 correspond to numbers whose units position and tens position are all zero as in the numerals 100, 200, 300,
  • V designates a vacuum switch provided in a vacuum device of the apparatus for supplying a vacuum to a plurality of counting heads of the counting rotor of the apparatus, said switch being constructed and arranged so that it istransferred to the A side while the counting operation of the sheet counter is in progress, the relay RL4 is energized, and the normally closed contact RL4-b thereof opens a circuit between the relay RL7 and a power source terminal T3, which is in this case maintained at+l4 v.
  • the relay RL7 is not operated, and when the counting operation of the sheet counter has been completed, the vacuum switch Vs is thrown to the B side as shown in FIG. 2. Because the relay RL4 is not energized any more, the normally closed contact RL4-b remains closed, and the energization or deenergization of the relay RL7 is merely determined by the voltage applied to the input terminals T1 and T2.
  • the comparator circuit is operated only after the completion of the counting operation of the sheet counter, and advantageous features such as the result of the comparison between the set value and the counted value being detected by the release or non-release of the holding device of the sheets can be obtained.
  • a sheet-counting apparatus which includes: a device for clamping a pack of sheets to be counted, a counting device having a plurality of counting heads, a vacuum device for applying vacuum to the counting heads, and an electrical control circuit, the control circuit comprising: a plurality of counting circuits each including digital elements; a comparator circuit having inputs which are connected to outputs of said plurality of counting circuits, the comparator being adapted to compare counted results of said counting circuits with preset respective count-values and to give out an output only if at least one of the counted results differs from its corresponding preset count-value; a first relay provided with a switch means which is closed to energize the relay while sheets are being counted and opened to deenergize the relay when a counting operation is completed, said first relay having a contact means which is normally closed; a second relay connected between an output of the comparator and said contact means of the first relay, to be energized by an output of the comparator circuit, the contact means being further connected to a power
  • a control circuit as claimed in claim 1 in which outputs of said plurality of counting circuits comprise voltages, and wherein the counting circuits are adapted to deliver higher voltage levels when the counts of the counted sheets do not coincide with preset respective count values, compared to voltage levels the counting circuits deliver when the counts of the counted sheets coincide with preset respective count values.

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US3800253A (en) * 1972-09-01 1974-03-26 Nasa Digital controller for a baum folding machine
US3983367A (en) * 1974-02-14 1976-09-28 Glory Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Sheet counting machine
US3988874A (en) * 1975-04-22 1976-11-02 Altenpohl W F Poultry weighing and packing apparatus
US4227074A (en) * 1978-02-08 1980-10-07 Laurel Bank Machine Co., Ltd. Counting section shielding device for paper sheet counting machine
US5384301A (en) * 1991-11-12 1995-01-24 Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Catalyst for elemental sulfur recovery process

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US3800253A (en) * 1972-09-01 1974-03-26 Nasa Digital controller for a baum folding machine
US3983367A (en) * 1974-02-14 1976-09-28 Glory Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Sheet counting machine
US3988874A (en) * 1975-04-22 1976-11-02 Altenpohl W F Poultry weighing and packing apparatus
US4227074A (en) * 1978-02-08 1980-10-07 Laurel Bank Machine Co., Ltd. Counting section shielding device for paper sheet counting machine
US5384301A (en) * 1991-11-12 1995-01-24 Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Catalyst for elemental sulfur recovery process

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