WO1992002903A1 - Dispositif de manipulation de papier monnaie - Google Patents

Dispositif de manipulation de papier monnaie Download PDF

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WO1992002903A1
WO1992002903A1 PCT/GB1991/001338 GB9101338W WO9202903A1 WO 1992002903 A1 WO1992002903 A1 WO 1992002903A1 GB 9101338 W GB9101338 W GB 9101338W WO 9202903 A1 WO9202903 A1 WO 9202903A1
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paper currency
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Robert Rodwell
John Moore
John Perry
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Timetill Security Limited
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    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
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  • This invention relates to apparatus for handling paper currency, by which is meant a country' s official (non-coinage) currency, such for example as sterling bank notes, U. S. dollar bills, French franc notes, German deutschmark notes, Japanese yen notes, and so on, especially (but not solely) for use in transferring paper currency from a cash-handling location such, for example, as a point-of-sale, possibly a cash till, to a predetermined receiving location, such as a bank or a cash centre.
  • the apparatus may also be able to handle "promissory notes” like bank cheques, bank drafts, I.0. U. ' s ("I owe you's"), credit card vouchers and charge card vouchers, etc.
  • GB-A-2 217 086 discloses a currency handling system wherein a currency storage cassette is loaded with a stack of paper currency, all the currency normally being loaded into the cass ' ette at once, for dispensing piece-by-piece, or item by item, later.
  • the present invention provides a paper currency handling apparatus, a secure cassette for the transfer of paper currency, and the combination of such a cassette with a- loading unit, as claimed respectively in each of the claims, to which reference is directed.
  • FIG. 1 is an isometric view of the loading unit and the two-part cassette embodying the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a sectioned plan view of the rear ends of the two parts of the cassette
  • Fig. 3 is a side elevational sectional view of the loading unit, partly broken away to reveal internal details
  • FIG. 4 is a plan view of the loading unit, without the casing and key pad;
  • FIG. 5 is a scrap view showing r ree eiastomeric cords forming part of a paper-conveyor, the cords running in grooves in a plate and entraining an item of paper currency, such as a sterling bank note;
  • FIG. 6 is an isometric illustration of part of an insertion mechanism, for inserting paper currency into an inner, currency-holding, part of the cassette, inside the loading unit;
  • FIG. 7 is a scrap view of the inner, currency- holding, part of the cassette, in section, and part of the insertion mechanism in the loading unit;
  • FIG. 8 is a similar view to that of Fig. 7, but shows the paper-conveyor, omitting the insertion mechanism
  • FIGS. 9, 10 and 11 are diagrammatic views showing the insertion mechanism inserting an item of paper currency, such as a sterling bank note, into the inner currency-holding part of the cassette;
  • FIGS. 12 and 13 illustrate parts of the loading unit for locating and supporting the inner currency-holding part of the cassette, Fig. 13 being a section on XIII-XIII in Fig. 12;
  • FIG. 14 illustrates one end of a modified cassette, showing a motorised latch;
  • FIG. 15 illustrates a receiving location unit
  • the cassette 10 is in two parts, namely, an inner currency-holding part 12 and a casing 14.
  • the inner currency-holding part 12 is designed to be loaded into the loading unit 16 for the paper currency to be stacked inside it by the loading unit 16.
  • the loading unit 16 contains a microprocessor and an associated memory and the microprocessor is under software control.
  • the microprocessor performs the following tasks: ' -
  • the cassette 10 is provided with a facility to stack paper currency and is also provided with a memory and microprocessor - see below.
  • the cassette is designed so rhat, in use, the whole cassette 10 is initially loaded, empty and inert (i. e. with no memory contents - see later) into the loading unit 16 and then the casing 14 is withdrawn, leaving the inner currency-holding part 12 inside the loading unit 15.
  • the manner in which the inner currency-holding part 12 is located and supported in the loading unit 16 is described hereinafter with reference to Figs. 12 and 13.
  • the casing 14 is provided at its rear end with a first electrical solenoid-operated latch 18 to lock the inner part 12 inside the casing 14.
  • the loading unit 16 is provided with a second electrical solenoid-operated latch 20, engageable with the front end of the inner part 12, to lock the inner part 12 inside the loading unit 16.
  • Both solenoid-operated latches 18, 20 may have well-known "over-centre spring” mechanisms or magnetic locks, not shown, to make them bistable, to be self-holding in either the locked positions or the unlocked positions to which they are driven by their respective solenoids, 18a and 20a.
  • latch 18 is not solenoid-operated, but is instead motor-driven through a threaded lead screw drive which is much less, ⁇ if at all, susceptible to inadvertent or fraudulent release.
  • Latch 20 may be similarly modified - not shown.
  • Both latches 18, 20 hook onto, or otherwise latch onto, respective parts of the inner currency-holding part 12 of the cassette 10, at the rear end and at the front end, respectively, of the inner part 12 of the cassette 10.
  • the latch solenoid 18a in the cassette 10 is externally powered, through contacts on the casing 14 (described below) and corresponding contacts of the • loading unit 16.
  • the inner currency-holding part 12 and the casing 14 are adapted and arranged for the inner part 12 to be loaded into and withdrawn through an opening 22 at the front end of the casing 14.
  • the casing 14 is provided with a spring-loaded button 24, operating a micro ⁇ witch 25 in the casing 14 to provide an electrical signal (see below) when the inner currency-holding part 12 is pushed fully home into the casing 14.
  • the signal is also used to ensure that neither the first latch 18 nor the second latch 20 is operated - either to lock or unlock the inner part 12 - except when the inner part 12 is fully pushed home into the casing 14.
  • the signal is also used to cause the microprocessor and memory in the loading unit to record the date and time that the cassette was inserted into the loading unit, and prior to removal of the cassette from the loading unit this signal initiates the transfer of data from the microprocessor and memory in the loading unit to the memory of the cassette.
  • the first latch 18 is counter-balanced about its pivot 18' , so that it cannot be unlatched by application of a knock or jolt to the casing 14.
  • At the rear end of the casing 14 there are two internal compression springs 27, which have to be compressed when the inner part 12 is pushed fully home, the springs 27 being mounted on two posts 27a.
  • the inner currency-holding part 12 of the cassette 10 comprises a frame 28 with walls 30a, 30b, 30c, 30d extending downwardly from opposite sides of a fixed plate-like element 34 which is at the top of the inner part 12 of the cassette 10 when placed inside the loading unit 16.
  • the fixed plate-like element 34 has a rectangular aperture 36 which is smaller in width than the narrowest bank-note or other piece of paper expected to be inserted into the cassette 10, but longer than the longest one.
  • a resiliently-biased holding element 38 which is mounted on a linkage 40, so that the holding element 38 can be moved up and down, and which is normally urged upwardly by means of a spring 42 towards the underside of the plate-like element 34 to hold the paper currency or other paper between the holding element 38 and the underside of the piate-like element 34.
  • the linkage 40 is - formed by a pair of arms 44, 44 which are pivotally mounted on a shaft 46. carrying the spring 42, the shaft 46 being mounted between the pair of side walls 30c, 30d at the front end of the inner part 12, with the pair of arms 44, 44 extending towards the middle of the inner part 12, where they are pivoted at 44a to the holding element 3-8.
  • the holding element 38 When a bank-note or other piece of paper such as a cheque, credit card voucher or charge card voucher, bank draft or the like is pushed through the aperture 36, the holding element 38 can be pushed a considerable distance below the plate-like element 34, so that the bank-note or other piece of paper' can be pushed completely through the aperture 36, after which the holding element 38 is allowed to return upwardly towards the plate-like element 34, spreading the bank-note or other paper piece out in the process and holding it - and any other previously inserted paper currency, cheques or credit card vouchers or the like - in a stack between the holding element 38 and the underside of the plate-like element 34.
  • the holding element 38 can be moved much further below the plate-like element 34 than the casing 14 would allow, if the inner currency-holding part 12 of the cassette 10 had been inside the casing 14. However, during the insertion of paper currency and any other paper by means of the loading unit 16, the inner part 12 cf the cassette 10 is not inside its casing 14, which will have been removed, see above.
  • holding element 38 As the stack of paper grows, the holding element 38 is displaced progressively downwards.
  • the microprocessor of the loading unit counts the number of pieces of paper inserted and this information is used to indicate how full the cassette is.
  • holding element 38 operates a icroswit ⁇ h 47 (or similar electrical contact) which causes a "FULL" signal to be displayed and prevents any more currency being inserted by switching off a motor (see below).
  • the casing 14 has an upper wall 48 and a lower wall 50 inter ⁇ oined by two side walls 52, 52 and closed at its rear end by one end wall 54.
  • the inner currency-holding part 12 of the cassette 10 is inserted into the casing 14 through the opening 22 at the front end of the casing 14 and the two parts 12, 14 are locked together as described above.
  • a combined electronic memory and microprocessor is provided within the casing 14 and an. external electrical connection can be made to the memory-and- processor via two external electrical contacts 56, 56 on the casing -14, for information to be entered into the memory-and-processor.
  • These external contacts 56, 56 on the casing 14 also serve to conduct the electrical signal to the loading unit 16 from the mi ⁇ roswit ⁇ h 25, operated by the button 24, see above, when the inner currency-holding part 12 is pushed fully home into the casing 14.
  • the external casing 14 contacts 56 are engageable by corresponding electrical contacts 57 (Fig.3) in the loading unit 16 when the casing 14 is fully inserted into the loading unit 16.
  • These contacts- 56, 57 also serve to conduct power to the latch solenoid 18a in the cassette 10.
  • the loading unit 16 comprises a conventional keypad (or alternatively a customised keypad) 60, with ten digit keys 62_ and a small number of program keys 62 p , for a person authorized to use the loading unit 16 to input predetermined identifying data to be transmitted eventually into the memory-and-processor of the cassette 10.
  • the loading unir 16 also has an LCD (liquid crystal display) panel 54 for message read-out purposes. Program and digit keys are also used to enable the operator to send commands to the loading unit 16.
  • the display panel can be any type, and is not limited to an LCD display.
  • the loading unit 16 is provided with an opening for the cassette 10, the opening normally being closed by a shutter 65 which is pivoted at 65a, and which has to be manually opened by pivoting the shutter 65 downwardly, in the direction of arrow 65b, to insert the cassette 10. More particularly, the loading unit 16 is adapted to receive both parts 12, 14 of the cassette 10, locked together, the loading unit 16 being adapted to retain the inner currency-holding part 12 of the cassette 10 and to allow the casing 14 to be withdrawn in order for the paper currency to be loaded into the inner part 12 of the cassette 10.
  • the illustrated loading unit 16 is a stand-alone unit which is separate from any cash till with which it is to be used.
  • the loading unit 16 could be designed to be integral with a cash till, or be connected to it physically and/or by electrical means to allow interchange of data and/or information, so that the loading unit can be controlled by the till.
  • it could be connected to other external apparatus, for example, a computer, for the same purpose or reasons.
  • the loading unit 16 In addition to the opening, closed and opened by shutter 65, for the insertion of the cassette 10, the loading unit 16 also has a place for the reception, piece-by-piece or item-by-item, of paper currency.
  • An elastomeric cord conveyor system is provided for automatically conveying the paper currency from the reception place to a location whereat the paper currency is put into inner part 12 of the cassette 10.
  • elastomeric (polyurethane) cord Cl runs from the underside of a horizontal drive pulley PI, near the rear of the loading unit 16, forwards to the underside of a horizontal idler pulley P2 near the front of the loading unit 16, round the top of pulley P2, then back towards the rear of the loading unit 16 again, dipping down to go under another horizontal idler pulley P3, then rising to go over another horizontal idler pulley P4 and on to the top of the drive pulley PI, in the direction of drive, its lower reach travelling forward from pulley PI to pulley P2, its upper reach travelling back from pulley P2 via pulleys P3 and P4 to pulley PI.
  • Adjacent elastomeric cord C2 extends around the horizontal drive pulley PI and then, from the bottom of pulley PI, forwards towards the inside of an inner vertical idler pulley P5 and then the outside of an outer vertical idler pulley P6 at the front of the loading unit 16, then back to a horizontal idler pulley P7, independently rotatable but coaxial with drive pulley PI, travelling from the bottom to the top of pulley P7, then around an outer vertical idler pulley P8 and inner vertical idler pulley ?9, which are just above and slightly to the rear of pulley P4, and then around drive pulley PI again.
  • Cords Cl and C2 are close together, to grip paper currency firmly between them, from pulley P4 to pulley PI and then to pulley P2, in the case of cord Cl, and from pulley P9 to pulley PI and then to pulley P5 in the case of cord C2.
  • cords Cl' and C2' correspond to the above-mentioned cords Cl and C2
  • pulleys PI' to P5' , P7' and P9' correspond to pulleys PI to P5, P7 and P9.
  • pulleys P6 and P8 There are no pulleys on the left-hand side of the loading unit 16 corresponding to pulleys P6 and P8.
  • cord C2' runs from the outside of pulley P5' directly back to pulley P7' , then directly to the outside of pulley P9' , then' from the inside of pulley P9' directly to the topside of drive pulley PI' and then from the underside of drive pulley PI' forward to pulley P5' .
  • the loading unit 16 does not snatch the currency, but initially entrains it only gently, in case the operator should wish to straighten it out, and to avoid ' tearing.
  • the drive pulleys PI, PI' and PI which are co-axial and of equal diameter, are all driven by a motor Ml, via a toothed belt BI running round a pulley P j ,. on the motor shaft and a pulley P1 M which is fast with pulleys PI, PI' and PI".
  • Idler pulleys P7 and P7' are rotatable independantly of drive pulleys PI, PI' and PI".
  • Motor Ml is normally off and is only switched on when the note entry sensor detects the presence of a note and when the switch 47 does not indicate that the cassette is full.
  • the casing 69 of the loading unit 16 has a relatively large flat surface 70 for the operator to place individual pieces, or items, of paper money upon, to be loaded into the inner currency-holding part 12 of the cassette 10.
  • a superstructure 74 carrying the keypad 60.
  • a sensor 76a to detect the presence of a note.
  • the sensor 76a may be photo-electric, mechanical or may use any other suitable technique.
  • the sensor causes the motor Ml to rotate in such a direction as to draw the note further into the slot 75 so that it becomes fully entrained by the elastomeric cords Cl, C2, Cl' and C2 f .
  • the loading unit 16 is provided with an insertion mechanism 80, comprising a vertically reciprocable pusher member 82 which is driven downwardly by operation of the insertion mechanism 80, to push each piece of paper currency right through the aperture 36 in the plate-like element 34, depressing the resiliently-biased holding element 38 against the spring bias, moving successively from the position shown in Fig. 9 to that of Fig. 10 and then that of Fig. 11.
  • the paper currency is stacked between the underside of the plate-like element 34 and the top of the holding element 38, which returns upwardly under its spring-bias when the pusher member 82 is retracted upwardly by the pusher member drive in the loading unit 16.
  • the pusher member 82 is a flat plate, shown best in Fig. 6, connected by a "scissor linkage" 84 to a fixed plate 85 above the pusher member.
  • This scissor linkage 84 comprises a drive shaft 86 extending through flanges 82a, 82b depending downwardly from the fixed plate 85.
  • Welded, or otherwise fixed to the drive shaft 86 are top ends 88a, 88a of a first pair of parallel arms 88, 88 of the scissor linkage 84.
  • Bottom ends 88b, 88b of these arms 88 are interconnected by a shaft 90 which extends through elongate slots 92 in a first bracket 94 welded to the pusher member 82.
  • Shaft 90 carries rollers 90a, 90b, see Fig. 6.
  • Top ends 96a of a second pair of parallel arms 96, 96 of the scissor linkage 84 are interconnected by another shaft 98 which extends through elongate slots 100 in a second bracket 102 which is welded to the fixed plate 85, above the first pair of brackets 94.
  • Rollers or a sliding block may also be connected to shaft 98.
  • the second pair of parallel arms 96 cross over the first pair of parallel arms 88 as shown, being pivoted thereto by another shaft 104, and the bottom ends 96b, 96b of the second pair of parallel arms 96 are interconneceted by a shaft 106 which extends through elongate slots 108, 108 in a third bracket 110, welded to the pusher member 82 beneath the drive shaft 86, and carries a roller 109.
  • the loading unit 16 is provided with three photo electric cells 118 fitted with respectively different colour filters for detecting the denomination, that is, the nominal value, of each bank-note as it passes the photo electric cells 118, the bank-note being illuminated by a lamp 120 via a mask 122 which directs a narrow beam of light onto the currency, for sensing by the three photo electric cells 118.
  • the photo electric cells 118 can determine whether a bank-note is £5, Mega, £20 or £50 (or any other currency for which it has been programmed).
  • the loading unit 16 may or may not be equipped to detect forgeries or counterfeits. It should be possible to modify the loading unit 16 to incorporate sophisticated devices for this purpose.
  • Bank notes may be fed in oriented any way round, since the apparatus is programmed to recognise a bank note whichever way up the note is oriented when inserted. However, the apparatus may be programmed, if required, to require all bank notes to be inserted oriented all the same way round (for example, with a head facing upwardly). Hence all notes in the stack will face the same way, which is a benefit for the receiving location later. However, speed of use is faster if the apparatus is set up to make it unnecessary to input all the notes oriented all the same way round.
  • Information is not recorded in or input to the memory of the cassette directly. It is recorded in the memory of the loading unit and, prior to the removal of the cassette, the information, together with other data, is transferred to the memory of the cassette. Relevant information, including information pertaining to the loading of currency, vouchers, cheques etc. is transferred to the memory of the cassette immediately prior to removal of the cassette from the loading unit.
  • the loading unit 16 is adapted -under normal automatic operation to reject a piece of paper which is not recognized as a currency note (that is, a unit of paper currency) by the photo electric cells and associated circuitry.
  • keypad 60 of the loading unit 16 has an override control key, not shown, so that the sales assistant can enter the value of the note manually and can cause the loading unit 16 to accept the note for insertion into the cassette 10, despite non-recognition of the note.
  • the use of the override is recorded in the memory of the loading unit.
  • the sales assistant is able to operate the above-mentioned override control so as to cause the loading unit 16 to accept the cheque or voucher for insertion into the cassette 10, despite non-recognition of it.
  • the use of the override is similarly recorded in the memory of the loading unit.
  • the operator is able to use the keypad to input manually the nominal value of the inserted paper, as well as identifying it as a.cheque, credit card voucher or charge card voucher, or whatever.
  • This information is input to the memory of the loading unit.
  • the memory of the loading unit stores information about each individual piece of paper currency or other piece of paper, as to the date and time of insertion, whether bank note or voucher or cheque etc. , its orientation and its value or nominal value.
  • the microprocessor of the loading unit can perform calculations, such as the total (or daily total) amount of paper currency inserted, and/or the total (or daily total) value of vouchers and/or cheques inserted, and/or the total (ox daily total) for each nominal value of currency note.
  • the loading unit 16 which is equipped with a memory and a microprocessor, may be used for accumulating data on the currency inserted into successive cassettes 10.
  • the loading unit 16 may be equipped to transmit to a cash till, to a computer or to other apparatus the accumulating data. Besides reading actual currency notes, the loading unit 16 allows the value of cheques and charge/credit card vouchers to be keyed in as described above.
  • the loading unit 16 has two side frames 124, to the outsides of which two leaf springs 126 are respectively fixed by rivets or screws 126a.
  • a respective wedge 128, of nylon or other, preferably plastics, material, is fixed to a free end portion 126b of each leaf spring 126.
  • the wedges 128 protrude inwardly through openings 124a in side frames ' 124, with the leaf springs 126 lying flat against the side frames 124, when the cassette is not inside the loading unit 16.
  • the front end of the casing 14 of the cassette 10 engages the sloping surfaces 128a of the wedges 128 and pushes the wedges 128 apart, so that the wedges 128 slide along the sides of the casing 14 of the incoming cassette 10.
  • the leaf springs 126 thrust the wedges 128 inwardly until a recess 128b in the top of each wedge 128 is engaged by a downwardly projecting lug 127 at the respective side of the inner currency-holding part 12, thereby locating the inner currency-holding part 12 both laterally and vertically, for supporting it against the considerable force of the insertion mechanism 80 (see above).
  • One or more tapered pegs 129 (Fig. 3) inside, and forming part of, the loading unit 16 each enter a respective hole 131 at the front end of the inner currency-holding part " 12 to help locate and support the latter.
  • the casing 14 is inserted (through the opening 65) into the space in the loading unit 16 so as to slide over the inner currency-holding part 12 of the cassette 10, displacing the wedges 128, until the two parts 12, 14 of the cassette 10 can be locked together by operation of the first latch 18.
  • Locking together of the two parts 12, 14 of the cassette 10 produces an electrical signal (by means not shown) at the electrical contacts 56 on the outside of the casing 14, the electrical signal being picked up by the contacts 57 of the loading unit 16 and used to enable the inner currency-holding part 12 of the cassette 10 to be unlocked from the loading unit 16, by operation of the second latch 20, so that the inner currency-holding part 12 can be withdrawn, locked to the casing 14, from the loading unit 16 when the casing 14 itself is withdrawn from the loading unit 16.
  • the signal also causes the loading unit 16 to input, into the memory-and-processor of the cassette 10, the date and time of withdrawal of the cassette 10 and also data concerning the paper currency held within the cassette 10, preferably including the valuer of cheques and vouchers (see above) as well as data identifying the loading unit 16 as such and also identifying the person operating the loading unit 16.
  • a person authorized to use the equipment inputs into the loading unit 16, by means of the keypad 60, their ID (identity) and PIN (secret Personal Identity Number).
  • the person concerned is provided with a cassette 10 which is empty of paper and has a cleared memory.
  • the two cassette parts 12, 14 are initially locked together.
  • the cassette 10 is loaded into the loading unit 16 until the cassette contacts 56 engage the loading unit contacts 57 and the inner currency-holding part 12 of the cassette 10 can be locked by means of the second latch 20 to the loading unit 16, allowing the casing 14 to be electrically unlocked by means of the first latch 18 from the inner part 12 so that the casing 14 can be withdrawn from the loading unit 16.
  • the authorized person will have had to enter a "PIN" ("Personal Identification Number” ) code into the loading unit 16 by means of the keypad 60, as mentioned above.
  • the person feeds them into the loading unit 16, which then conveys them (unless rejected) to the point where they are pushed by the pusher member 82 into the inner currency-holding part 12 of the cassette 10 as described above.
  • a procedure for withdrawing the cassette 10 can be carried out, involving re-entry of the "PIN" (see above), reinsertion of the casing 14 until the two cassette parts 12, 14 can be locked together, the inner currency-holding part 12 becoming able to be unlocked from the loading unit 16 and the latter transferring the data concerning contents etc. into the memory-and- processor of the cassette 10, which is then withdrawn for transfer to the bark or other authorized receiving location.
  • the data read into the memory-and-processor of the cassette 10 includes, besides the number of five-pound, ten-pound, twenty-pound and fifty-pound notes in the cassette 10, also data identifying the point-of-sale and/or the commercial establishment in which the loading unit is located, and the sales staff operating the loading unit 16.
  • the system as a whole makes it unnecessary to manually count the currency as the currency is inserted into the cassette 10, thus saving cosiderable time and expense.
  • the cassette 10 provides a reasonably secure means for transferring the currency to the bank, since the cassette 10 is strongly constructed to be highly tamper-resistant.
  • the loading unit 16 issues instructions, causing .or requiring action as appropriate, as follows: -
  • the display on the loading unit 16 displays the date, the time of day, the operator' s identity number, the percentage fullness of the inner part 12 and the value of the last-inserted currency note.
  • a sensor either photo-electric or mechanical or any other type, .senses the presence of a note and causes motor Ml to rotate in such a direction as to cause the note to be drawn into the aperture 76 and to become entrained by the elastomeric cords Cl, C2, Cl' and C2' .
  • the note is then transported past sensors, as described previously, which cause the note to be identified by the microprocessor.
  • the note is then transported further into a position where it can be inserted by the pusher plate 82 into the inner part 12 of the cassette 10.
  • the motor Ml ceases to rotate and does not • start again until the presence of another note is sensed at the receiving aperture of the loading unit.
  • the operator is required to straighten out paper currency, or other paper, before insertion.
  • Non-currency paper can be inserted manually, using the override key as described above, along with other keys (not shown) identifying the paper as currency, cheques, card vouchers or whatever.
  • FIG. 14 there is illustrated part of a modified cassette 10' in which the latch 18' between the inner currency-holding part 12' and the outer casing 14' is motorised, instead of solenoid-operated.
  • the latch 18' is an L-shaped member which is fixed on an internally-screw-threaded tube 202, into one end of which is screwed a lead screw 204 formed by an extension of a rotor-shaft of an electric motor 206, mounted in the casing 14' .
  • the motor 206 operates to move the latch 18' on tube 202 from the unlocked position shown in solid lines to the locked position shown in dotted lines, and vice versa.
  • Latch 18' operates two limit switches 210, 212 to switch off motor 206 at the two limits of the travel of latch 18' .
  • the cassette 10' comprises two plungers 214, 216 carrying compression springs 217, 218, for biassing the inner part 12' outwardly of the casing.14', against the retention of the latch 18' .
  • Plunger 214 operates a switch 220 (corresponding to switch 25 in Fig. 2) on a circuit board 222, inside casing 14' , when inner part 12' is fully home in casing 14' .
  • the circuit board 222 carries the memory and processor, not shown as such.
  • the cassette 10' has a stacker frame 28' , corresponding to frame 28 (with walls 30a-d) of cassette 10 in Fig.1.
  • the bank is provided with equipment, referred to as a receiving location unit, for reading the data in the memory-and-processor of the cassette 10 (10' ) and for unlocking the two cassette parts 12, 14 so that the inner currency-holding part 12 can be withdrawn from the casing 14 and the currency can be extracted.
  • equipment referred to as a receiving location unit
  • Fig. 15 shows a receiving location unit 300 which may be either an "interrogation unit", to be installed in the cash office of a shop, or a “management unit” to be installed in a bank or cash centre. If it is a management unit, it is adapted to open and close a cassette 10 or 10', that is, to unlock the inner, part 12 or 12' from the casing 14 or 14' . If it is an interrogation unit, it cannot do this.
  • the unit 300 comprises a housing 302 with a display panel 304, printer 306, keypad 308 and cassette ⁇ s ' receiving cavity 310, the latter having spring-loaded contacts 312 to make electrical contact with the corresponding contacts on the cassette, analogously to what was described earlier.
  • the electronics of receiving location unit 300 may display a "menu" of options, such for example as follows: -
  • IDENTIFY this means, identify the loading unit 16 from which the cassette being interrogated was filled; hence, operation of a first key causes the receiving location unit to read and display data identifying the loading unit 16;
  • PRINT - operation of a fourth key causes the receiving location unit to print-out the data on printer 306;
  • the apparatus could be adapted to operate with other paper currency than pounds sterling. Indeed, the apparatus could be programmed to accept several different paper currencies simultaneously, which would be useful at airports, seaports and currency-changing establishments.
  • the loading unit 16 includes photoelectric cell means, not shown, for measuring the length and width of each piece of paper currency, in known manner, for use in identification purposes. Given that the paper currency notes are fed lengthwise, the length may be determined from the product of multiplying the rate of feed by the time that the photoelectric cell means senses the paper. The width would have to be determined by a transverse array of photoelectric cells.
  • the loading unit 16 may have an electronic or optical link with an associated cash till and/or other " apparatus, such as a receiving location unit, see above, for one-way or two-way flow of information and/or commands.
  • An information and/or command link between a loading unit and other apparatus may be direct or may be indirect (via a cash till).
  • the loading unit may be adjacent to, or remote from, an associated cash till. It does not have to be immediately adjacent a cash till. However, a modified loading unit, not shown, may be physically integrated with a cash till if desired.

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Dispositif servant à transférer des billets de banque d'un poste de manipulation à un poste de réception, tel qu'une banque, qui comprend une cassette de sécurité en deux parties (10) et un système de chargement (16) qui introduit les billets de banque dans la cassette (10), un par un. La cassette (10) est chargée dans le système de chargement (16) qui se verrouille sur une partie intérieure (12) de la cassette (10) pour permettre le retrait du boîter (14) de la cassette (10). Le système de chargement (16) détecte la valeur des billets pénétrant dans la partie intérieure (12) de la cassette (10) et entre cette valeur dans la mémoire vive interne de celle-ci, laquelle valeur s'affichera au poste de réception. Pendant le transfert, le boîter (14) de la cassette se verrouille sur la partie intérieure (12).
PCT/GB1991/001338 1990-08-03 1991-08-05 Dispositif de manipulation de papier monnaie WO1992002903A1 (fr)

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GB9017107A GB2246656A (en) 1990-08-03 1990-08-03 Cassette for the transfer of paper currency.
GB9017107.5 1990-08-03

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