WO2006051563A1 - Dispositif de commande de machine a numeroter destinee a numeroter sequentiellement des billets de banques et, generalement, des documents de valeur - Google Patents

Dispositif de commande de machine a numeroter destinee a numeroter sequentiellement des billets de banques et, generalement, des documents de valeur Download PDF

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WO2006051563A1
WO2006051563A1 PCT/IT2004/000624 IT2004000624W WO2006051563A1 WO 2006051563 A1 WO2006051563 A1 WO 2006051563A1 IT 2004000624 W IT2004000624 W IT 2004000624W WO 2006051563 A1 WO2006051563 A1 WO 2006051563A1
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Vittorio Avona
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G.M.P. S.R.L.
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F33/00—Indicating, counting, warning, control or safety devices
    • B41F33/009—Devices for controlling numbering
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F33/00—Indicating, counting, warning, control or safety devices
    • B41F33/0036—Devices for scanning or checking the printed matter for quality control

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  • the present invention relates to a control device for a numbering machine for sequentially numbering banknotes, lottery tickets, government papers, personal identification documents, or tickets and bills of any 0 other nature required to be sequentially numbered.
  • the invention relates to a numbering machine control device characterised by an online vision system, that is to say, a visual inspection device with optical detectors mounted at the cylindrical platen and 5 downstream of the numbering unit.
  • the invention applies to the field of numbering machines for banknotes or sequentially numbered papers.
  • numbering head controls come in two types: the first uses a special device designed to check whether the stop teeth (small reed-like devices for holding in position the wheels on which the individual digits to be printed are engraved) have been fed forward at the right moment.
  • the second device consists of magnets mounted at each of the digits engraved on the wheels of the numbering head.
  • the magnets are ' positioned according to a predetermined pattern. ⁇ . . . . Both these systems can check whether .a numbering unit has ⁇ been fed forward properly but neither of them checks the print quality or the consistency of the numbers printed.
  • the present invention proposes to install in a numbering machine an online vision system that can be applied in the vicinity of the cylindrical platen and downstream of the numbering unit, in such a way as to eliminate or at least reduce the above mentioned drawbacks.
  • Another aim of the invention is to provide a control unit for numbering machines embodied by mounting a special device in an existing space, usually a service compartment. This is accomplished by a control device for numbering machines having the features described in the main claim. •The dependent claims describe advantageous embodiments of the invention.
  • the main -advantages of the invention besides all those deriving from constructional- simplicity, lie .in the fact that it provides a device that is capable of checking the print quality as well as the consistency of the numbers printed.
  • the device according to the invention comprises an - -
  • the inspection unit mounted just downstream of the numbering area and inside the compartment in such a way that its vision system starts reading the numbers as soon as they are printed.
  • the system uses an optical inspection device to perform two types of check: a consistency check and a quality or legibility check.
  • the consistency check is designed to verify whether all the numbers printed on the sheet exactly match those in the set numbering sequence. Alphanumeric sequences can also be checked.
  • the quality or legibility check ensures that all the characters making up the numbers are legible. In the event of a number whose degree of legibility is low but acceptable to within specified parameters, the system accepts it but emits a warning signal.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic representation " of a numbering machine designed to customary standards
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic representation of an optical inspection device according to the invention mounted in the compartment under the cylindrical platen;
  • Figure 3 is a schematic plan view of the optical ' inspection device illustrated in the previous figure
  • FIG. 4 is another view of the optical inspection device
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic enlarged view of a detail of the optical inspection device .
  • the numbering machine for sequentially numbering banknotes , lottery tickets , government papers , personal identification documents , or tickets and bills of any other nature required to be sequentially numbered is made to customary design standards using known components . More specifically, the numbering machine comprises three containment bodies 10 , 11 and 12 .
  • the first containment body 10 houses a sheet feeder 13 , a sheet supervisor and double sheet detector 14 .
  • the second containment body 11 houses a sheet feeder cylinder 15 , a transfer cylinder 16, a cylindrical platen 17 with arc-shaped segments , an upper numbering cylinder 18 and a lower numbering cylinder 19 .
  • the outer casing of the containment body 11 has a door 20 providing access to a service compartment located under the cylindrical platen 17 for maintenance purposes .
  • the third containment body 12 of the numbering machine normally comprises a sheet outfeed chain 21 which makes a first pile 22 of printed sheets and a second pile 23 of printed sheets . Near the outfeed end of the machine , there is a test and/or rej ect sheet outfeed station 24 .
  • the main novelty offered by the invention is the possibility of installing a vision device , labelled 30 in its entirety in ⁇ Figures 2 and 5 , online in the immediate vicinity of the cylindrical platen 17 and downstream of the ' second numbering unit constituted by the cylinder 19 .
  • the online vision device 30 is housed in an existing compartment in the containment body 11 of the machine which can be accessed through a service door 20 equipped with anti-intrusion devices . - -
  • the service door 20 gives access to the following parts of the machine housed in the compartment located under the cylindrical platen 17 :
  • the sheet feed chain 33 can also be accessed.
  • the main components of the optical inspection device are located partly in the service compartment and partly outside.
  • the inspection device components located inside the compartment are matrix or linear cameras 34, mounted on mobile supports driven by electric motors 35, and two lamps 36.
  • the cameras 34 are mounted on appropriate guides 37 in such a way that they can be moved by the electric motors
  • the movement of the cameras is made possible by a pinion
  • the camera lenses are protected by a special transparent guard 41, which prevents dirt from damaging the inspection device, and a blower 41' keeps dust off the vision system.
  • the entire inspection device is mounted on two telescopic shafts 42 and 43.
  • This mounting assembly also enables the inspection device to be removed when the device itself or the numbering - -
  • the components of the inspection device located outside the service compartment are the following:
  • a processing device (computer with operator interface) to permit overall control of the device and for driving the cameras;
  • a programmable logic controller (PLC) with software for controlling the camera drive motors and processing the image and error signals;
  • the installation of the online vision system does not in any way alter the normal operation of the numbering machine.
  • the operator places a pile of sheets under the margin setting control located under the sheet feeder 13.
  • the sheet is started along its feed path by the sheet feeder 13 and immediately checked by the sheet supervisor 14 which checks that it is correctly positioned and detects double sheets, if any.
  • the sheet feeder 15 then feeds the sheet to the transfer cylinder 16 which delivers it to the grippers of the cylindrical platen 17.
  • the vision device 30 located in the service compartment 20 starts reading the printed numbers.
  • the computer of the optical device which is connected to the control computer, knows exactly what sequence should be printed on the sheet.
  • the system uses the optical inspection device, the system performs two types of check: a consistency check and a quality or legibility check.
  • the consistency check is designed to verify whether all the numbers printed on the sheet exactly match those in the set numbering sequence. Alphanumeric sequences can also be checked.
  • the quality or legibility check ensures that all the characters making up the numbers are legible, that is to say, that the amount of ink is correct. In the event of a number whose degree of legibility is low but acceptable to within specified parameters, the system accepts it but emits a warning signal. If all the digits forming part if the number are correctly printed, the sheet proceeds along its path and is fed by the outfeed chain 21 and placed on the first outfeed pile 22 of printed sheets or on the second outfeed pile 23 of printed sheets. Before checking starts on the first sheet, a second sheet is engaged by the grippers of the cylindrical platen 17. This means that when the check on one sheet has been completed, the upper numbering cylinder 18 has already started numbering the next sheet. During normal operation, some of the numbered sheets are fed out onto the first outfeed pile 22 while others are fed out onto the second outfeed pile 23: the criteria to be followed by the system to place the sheets on one pile or the other are ' selected by the operator.
  • the system uses the optical inspection device to perform two types of check: a consistency check and a quality or legibility check.
  • the consistency check is designed to verify whether all the numbers printed on the sheet exactly match those in the set numbering sequence.
  • the system In the event of one or more incorrect numbers, the system generates an error signal.
  • This error signal is applied to the machine immediately in order to temporarily stop the sheet feeder 13 from feeding other sheets.
  • the incorrectly numbered sheet and all the sheets upstream of it already in the machine are directed to the test and or rejected sheet outfeed station 24.
  • the control computer records the operations performed and, through an operator control panel, displays the reasons for the error and the exact number that each numbering unit must have in order to resume the correct sequence. When the cause of the error has been eliminated and the numbering units correctly reset, the operator can resume normal operation.
  • the quality or legibility check ensures that all the digits making up the numbers are - -
  • legible that is to say, that the amount of ink is correct.
  • the machine accepts it but emits a warning signal.
  • the system If one or more digits in a number have insufficient ink and are therefore illegible, the system generates an error signal. This error signal is applied to the machine immediately in order to temporarily stop the sheet feeder 13 from feeding other sheets.
  • the control computer records the operations performed and, through an operator control panel, displays the reasons for the error and the exact number that each numbering unit must have in order to resume the correct sequence.
  • the system described above eliminates the risk of producing large quantities of sheets with defective numbering either in terms of incorrect sequence or print quality, since the vision system of the inspection device checks the numbering online.
  • the operator is no . longer required to take immediate action and the quality of the finished job no longer depends on the promptness of his/her reaction since the system according to the invention controls all the stages _ _
  • numbering unit in the embodiment described above comprises two cylinders 18 and 19, it might also consist of a single numbering unit or more than two numbering units.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif de commande d'une machine à numéroter destinée à numéroter séquentiellement des billets de banques, des effets publics, des billets de loterie ou autres documents. La machine de l'invention est du type qui comprend: un alimentateur feuille à feuille (13), un contrôleur de feuilles et détecteur de double feuille (14), un cylindre d'alimentation en feuilles (15), un cylindre de transfert (16), une platine cylindrique (17) présentant deux segments arciformes, un cylindre de numérotation supérieur (18) et un cylindre de numérotation inférieur (19). La machine comprend également une chaîne de sortie des feuilles (21) qui crée une première pile (22) de feuilles imprimées et une seconde pile (23) de feuilles imprimées. Le dispositif de commande comprend au moins un dispositif de contrôle optique (30) monté en ligne à proximité de la platine cylindrique (17) et juste en aval de l'unité de numérotation constituée par le cylindre (19).
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