Supply module and method for supplying value documents to a value document preparation device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10109135-B2
Application number	US-201515304003-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 23, 2015
Priority date	Apr 25, 2014
Publication date	Oct 23, 2018
Grant date	Oct 23, 2018

Abstract

A feed module for feeding value documents, in particular bank notes, to a value-document processing apparatus, has a receiving device in which one or more value documents to be processed can be inserted. The receiving device includes a first aligning element which the value documents lying in the receiving device are aligned to with a first edge of the value documents when the receiving device is in a first state, and a second aligning element which the value documents lying in the receiving device are aligned to with a second edge of the value documents when the receiving device is in a second state. A positioning device through which the receiving device is brought from the first state to the second state.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A feed module for feeding value documents to a value-document processing apparatus, comprising:
a receiving device in which one or more of the value documents to be processed can be inserted, and which has a first aligning element, which respective first edges of the value documents lying in the receiving device are aligned to when the receiving device is in a first state, and which has a second aligning element, which respective second edges of the value documents lying in the receiving device are aligned to when the receiving device is in a second state, and
a positioning device through which the receiving device can be brought from the first state to the second state;
wherein the second edges of the value documents lying in the receiving device are adjacent to the first edges of the value documents;
wherein the receiving device comprises a bottom surface on which the value documents rest, the bottom surface comprising first and second edges adjacent and extending perpendicular to each other, the first aligning element extending upwardly from the first edge relative to the bottom surface, and the second aligning element extending upwardly from the second edge relative to the bottom surface, and the bottom surface is inclined at a first angle of inclination relative to a horizontal plane such that the first aligning element is lower than the second aligning element when the receiving device is in the first state, and the bottom surface is inclined at a second angle of inclination relative to the horizontal plane such that the second aligning element is lower than the first aligning element when the receiving device is in the second state;
wherein the second edges of the value documents lying in the receiving device extend perpendicular to the first edges; and
wherein the positioning device is so configured for moving the receiving device through a translation relative to the value-document processing apparatus, wherein the receiving device is moved into an input pocket of the value-document processing apparatus.

2. The feed module according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving device in the first state and/or in the second state is inclined by an angle of inclination (α) relative to the horizontal plane.

3. The feed module according to claim 2 , wherein the angle of inclination (α) is at least 10°.

4. The feed module according to claim 2 , wherein the angle of inclination (α) of the receiving device in the first state and the second state is substantially identical.

5. The feed module according to claim 4 , wherein the angle of inclination (α) is at least 20°.

6. The feed module according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning device is configured for bringing the receiving device located in the first state to the second state through a rotation of the receiving device by an angle of rotation.

7. The feed module according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning device is so configured that the rotation and the translation of the receiving device are effected simultaneously.

8. The feed module according to claim 6 , wherein the angle of rotation is between about 80° and 100°.

9. The feed module according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning device is so disposed and configured that the value documents located in the receiving device are fed to the value-document processing apparatus, and to the input pocket of the value-document processing apparatus after the receiving device has been brought from the first state to the second state.

10. An input module for feeding value documents to at least one value-document processing apparatus having
a removal device for removing the value documents from a container in which the value documents are supplied, and for feeding the value documents removed from the container to the value-document processing apparatus, and to the input pocket of the value-document processing apparatus, and
a feed module according to claim 1 .

11. A value-document processing apparatus for processing value documents which has a feed module according to claim 1 .

12. The feed module according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning device is configured for bringing the receiving device located in the first state to the second state through a rotation of the receiving device by an angle of rotation, the positioning device is configured to be moved into the input pocket of the value-document processing apparatus by a direction of insertion, the plane of rotation being on a plane with the direction of insertion.

13. The feed module according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second angles of inclination are the same.

14. The feed module according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning device is so configured for moving the receiving device through a translation relative to the value-document processing apparatus, wherein the receiving device is moved into the input pocket of the value-document processing apparatus;
wherein the positioning device is configured for bringing the receiving device located in the first state to the second state through a rotation of the receiving device by an angle of rotation;

wherein the positioning device is configured so that the translation and the rotation of the receiving device are effected simultaneously.

15. The feed module according to claim 1 , wherein the first state of the receiving device has a first spatial orientation different from a second spatial orientation in the second state, wherein the different orientation is achieved through a simple rotation in a plane around an axis of rotation.

16. The feed module according to claim 15 , wherein the axis of rotation extends perpendicular to the plane of the bottom surface of the receiving device, which is inclined to the horizontal.

17. A method for feeding value documents to a value-document processing apparatus having the following steps:
a) inserting one or more value documents to be processed into a receiving device,
b) aligning first edges of the value documents inserted in the receiving device to a first aligning element when the receiving device is in a first state,
c) shifting the receiving device from the first state to a second state,
d) aligning second edges of the value documents inserted in the receiving device to a second aligning element when the receiving device is in the second state, and
e) moving the receiving device into an input pocket of the value-document processing apparatus;
wherein the second edges of the value documents lying in the receiving device are adjacent to the first edges of the value documents;
wherein the receiving device comprises a bottom surface on which the value documents rest, the bottom surface comprising first and second edges adjacent and extending perpendicular to each other, the first aligning element extending upwardly from the first edge relative to the bottom surface, and the second aligning element extending upwardly from the second edge relative to the bottom surface, and the bottom surface is inclined at a first angle of inclination relative to a horizontal plane such that the first aligning element is lower than the second aligning element when the receiving device is in the first state, and the bottom surface is inclined at a second angle of inclination relative to the horizontal plane such that the second aligning element is lower than the first aligning element when the receiving device is in the second state;
wherein the second edges of the value documents lying in the receiving device extend perpendicular to the first edges; and
wherein the step of moving the receiving device into the

Assignees

• Giesecke & Devrient Gmbh
• Giesecke & Devrient Currency Technology Gmbh

Inventors

• Sperl Markus
• Dopfer Peter

Classifications

• B65H1/266

  Support fully or partially removable from the handling machine, e.g. cassette, drawer (B65H1/027 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G07D2211/00

  Paper-money handling devices · CPC title

• G07D11/0003

  Physics · mapped topic

• G07D11/0018 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• B65H2301/4222

  Squaring-up piles · CPC title