Device for stacking notes of value

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10793386-B2
Application number	US-201916257813-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 25, 2019
Priority date	Jan 25, 2018
Publication date	Oct 6, 2020
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020

Abstract

A device for stacking notes of value includes at least one circulating belt arrangement including an endless belt guided over rollers serving as deflecting elements. The circumferential surface of the belt has at least one transport tongue into which at least a section of a note of value is insertable. The device includes at least one strip-off element that contacts the note for the removal from the transport tongue. The device includes a contact element which is arranged and configured such that during the transport in the transport tongue the note moves the contact element into a first position. The contact element contacts an area of the note at least after the removal of the note of value from the transport tongue up to the arrival of this note on the deposit surface or on the upper note of value of a value note stack deposited on the deposit surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for stacking notes of value, comprising:
at least one circulating belt arrangement including an endless belt guided over rollers for serving as deflecting elements, where a circumferential surface of the endless belt includes at least one transport tongue into which at least a section of a note of value is insertable,
at least one strip-off element for contacting the note of value for removal from the transport tongue to, after removal from the transport tongue, move the note of value in a deposit direction until the note reaches a deposit surface or until it reaches an upper note of value of a value note stack present on the deposit surface, and
a contact element arranged and configured such that during the transport in the transport tongue the note of value moves the contact element into a first position, and the contact element contacts an area of the note of value at least after the removal of the note of value from the transport tongue up to the arrival of the note of value on the deposit surface or on the upper note of value of a value note stack deposited on the deposit surface.

2. The device according to claim 1 , where after the removal of the note of value from the transport tongue, up to the arrival of the note of value on the deposit surface or on the upper note of value of the value note stack, the contact element and the note of value move in the deposit direction with the aid of gravity.

3. The device according to claim 1 , where the contact element is pivotably mounted about an axis of rotation and that the contact element is pivotable by an angle between 15° and 30°, from the first position in the deposit direction and opposite to the deposit direction.

4. The device according to claim 3 , where the contact element is pivotable by an angle of 20°.

5. The device according to claim 4 , where the contact element is pivoted by an angle of 1° in deposit direction.

6. The device according to claim 5 , where the notes of value can be deposited on the first deposit element and on the second deposit element when the first deposit element and the second deposit element are in non-pivoted deposit positions, and that the distance between the transport tongues and the non-pivoted deposited elements, or the transport tongues and the notes of value deposited on the first and on the second deposit element defines a free space.

7. The device according to claim 1 , where the contact element includes at least one friction element configured and arranged such that the friction element contacts the note of value when the note of value removed from the transport tongue moves in the deposit direction, and the contact element is pivoted by an angle between 0.5° and 3° in deposit direction.

8. The device according to claim 7 , where the at least one sliding element is a longitudinal rib.

9. The device according to claim 8 , where the first sensor unit includes a first detecting element, where the first detecting element generates the first sensor signal and transfers it to the control unit.

10. The device according to claim 9 , where the contact element is connected to the press-on element so as to be pivotable about an axis of rotation.

11. The device according to claim 9 , where the control unit determines, based on the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal, whether notes of value can be stacked in the free space and that the control unit moves the press-on element by a predetermined distance in the deposit direction as soon as it determines based on the first sensor signal and/or the second sensor signal that no further notes of value can be stacked in the free space.

12. The device according to claim 9 , where the device further comprises a counter-pressure unit which dependent on the movement of the press-on element is movable in the deposit direction with the aid of the control unit.

13. The device according to claim 8 , where the device further comprises at least a second sensor unit comprising a second detecting element, where the second sensor unit outputs a second sensor signal when the second detecting element detects an edge of the note of value in a feeding area of the device.

14. The device according to claim 13 , where the notes of value during the movement of the press-on element in the deposit direction pivot the deposit elements about their axes of rotation so that they are pushed through between the deposit elements by the press-on element.

15. The device according to claim 8 , where the device further comprises at least a press-on element, and a drive unit for driving the press-on element being controllable with the aid of the control unit such that the drive unit moves the press-on element in the deposit direction.

16. The device according to claim 1 , where the contact element includes at least one sliding element.

17. The device according to claim 1 , where the deposit surface includes a first deposit element and a second deposit element, on which the note of value or the value note stack rests, each of the first and second deposit elements being pivotable about an axis of rotation parallel to a respective longitudinal axis of each of the first and second deposit elements.

18. The device according to claim 17 , where the first detecting element is a light barrier or a double light barrier.

19. The device according to claim 1 , where the device further comprises at least one control unit and at least a first sensor unit, where the first sensor unit outputs a first sensor signal dependent on the position of the contact element and that a feeding of the note of value into the device is at least not possible when the contact element is in the first position.

Assignees

• Wincor Nixdorf Int Gmbh

Inventors

• Amen Benedikt
• Berendes Elmar

Classifications

• B65H29/04 Primary

  the grippers being carried by endless chains or bands · CPC title

• B65H2701/1912

  Banknotes, bills and cheques or the like · CPC title

• B65H29/001

  Adaptations of counting devices (to feeding of articles to machines B65H5/002) · CPC title

• B65H29/28

  from mechanical grippers (grippers engaging the leading edge only B65H29/02) · CPC title

• B65H29/54

  Article strippers, e.g. for stripping from advancing elements · CPC title