Device and method for filling a transport container with notes of pecuniary value

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9745093-B2
Application number	US-201414204575-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 11, 2014
Priority date	Mar 11, 2013
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

A device ( 10 ) for filling a transport container ( 12 ) with notes of pecuniary value, has a displacement unit ( 700 ) that conveys the notes of pecuniary value into the transport container ( 12 ) through a movable frame ( 16 ). When the transport container ( 12 ) is closed, the displacement unit ( 700 ) is in a second operating state in which its cross sectional area is reduced so far that it passes through the partially closed frame ( 16 ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device ( 10 ) for filling a transport container ( 12 ) with notes of pecuniary value, the device comprising:
a receiving unit ( 400 ) for receiving the transport container ( 12 ) of flexible material,
a displacement unit ( 700 ) for conveying the stacked notes of pecuniary value into the transport container ( 12 ),
the displacement unit ( 700 ) assuming a first operating state when the displacement unit ( 700 ) conveys the stacked notes of pecuniary value into the transport container ( 12 ) by way of a conveying face ( 718 ) that abuts against the stack of notes of pecuniary value to be conveyed, and
a closure unit ( 600 ) for closing the transport container ( 12 ) after the transport container ( 12 ) has been filled,
the closure unit ( 600 ) having a movable frame ( 16 ) that surrounds the transport container ( 12 ) and has a frame opening ( 742 ), said movable frame is fully open during filling and is closed after the transport container has been filled,
wherein,
at the start of a closing operation, the frame ( 16 ) is only closed in part,
and the displacement unit ( 700 ) assumes a second operating state in which a cross sectional area of the displacement unit ( 700 ) is reduced sufficiently for the displacement unit ( 700 ) to pass through the partially closed frame ( 16 ) when the displacement unit ( 700 ) is moved out.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the displacement unit ( 700 ) includes a conveying element ( 710 ) that establishes the conveying face ( 718 ), in the first operating state, the conveying element ( 710 ) is arranged substantially transversely with respect to an elongated pushing element ( 730 ) that is connected to the conveying element ( 710 ) at a first end ( 732 ), and wherein, in the second operating state of the closure unit ( 600 ), the conveying element ( 710 ) is folded away such that its conveying face extends substantially in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the pushing element ( 730 ).

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the conveying element ( 710 ) includes at least two individual elements ( 712 to 716 ), each of the individual elements ( 712 to 716 ) having a part conveying face ( 720 to 724 ), wherein in the first operating state all the part conveying faces ( 720 to 724 ) together form the conveying face ( 718 ).

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein, in the second operating state, at least two part conveying faces ( 720 to 724 ) of adjacently arranged individual elements ( 712 to 716 ) are pivoted toward one another.

5. The device of claim 2 , wherein the pushing element ( 730 ) includes at least two longitudinal elements ( 736 , 738 ), the longitudinal elements ( 736 , 738 ) are connected together so as to be pivotable at a second end ( 734 ) of the pushing element ( 730 ), which is located opposite the first end ( 732 ), and, in the first operating state, the longitudinal elements ( 736 , 738 ) are spread away from one another and, in the second operating state, the longitudinal elements ( 736 , 738 ) are brought together in order to reduce the cross sectional area of the displacement unit ( 700 ).

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the conveying element ( 710 ) includes at least three individual elements ( 712 to 716 ), and at least one individual element ( 714 ) is arranged on the first end ( 732 ) of the pushing element ( 730 ) in the space between the longitudinal elements ( 736 , 738 ).

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the frame of the closure unit ( 600 ) moves the displacement unit ( 700 ) from the first operating state into the second operating state when the displacement unit closes in part.

Assignees

• Wincor Nixdorf Int Gmbh

Inventors

• Duchstein Mirko
• Hupe Gerhard
• Rybaczyk Marek

Classifications

• B65H2701/1912

  Banknotes, bills and cheques or the like · CPC title

• B65H31/22

  removable or interchangeable · CPC title

• B65B25/14 Primary

  Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form · CPC title

• B65B5/06

  Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles · CPC title

• B65H2405/311

  and serving also as package · CPC title