EP0379638B1 - Appareil de réception et de distribution de billets de banque et procédé pour son exploitation - Google Patents

Appareil de réception et de distribution de billets de banque et procédé pour son exploitation Download PDF

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EP0379638B1
EP0379638B1 EP89116251A EP89116251A EP0379638B1 EP 0379638 B1 EP0379638 B1 EP 0379638B1 EP 89116251 A EP89116251 A EP 89116251A EP 89116251 A EP89116251 A EP 89116251A EP 0379638 B1 EP0379638 B1 EP 0379638B1
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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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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
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  • the invention relates to a device for accepting and delivering banknotes.
  • Devices for accepting and delivering banknotes are advantageously used in service machines of all kinds, in particular from the area of banking and exchange offices.
  • a device for accepting and delivering banknotes is known from DE-PS 35 19 607 and has a predetermined number of storage containers for banknotes, each storage container containing only banknotes of a single value level.
  • the banknotes are only checked by a tester when they are accepted. When dispensing, the banknotes are removed from the corresponding storage containers, bundled in a stacking wheel and dispensed in a bundle to a user of the device.
  • a device for accepting and delivering banknotes has a single test device for the acceptance and delivery control of the banknotes, and it has separate cash registers for the acceptance and delivery of banknotes.
  • the dispenser comprises a predetermined number of storage containers, each of which contains only banknotes of a single value level.
  • a relevant device has only a single storage magazine (21) which is designed to accept and deliver banknotes. However, this can only accept or deliver banknotes of a single value level.
  • a test device is known from US Pat. No. 4,319,137 which determines the authenticity and the orientation of a banknote by means of optical scanning of the printed image.
  • the banknote in the reading plane of the test device only has to be oriented according to the outer shape, a certain lateral offset being electronically compensated for.
  • the result of the scan is compared to patterns from a predetermined set of value levels.
  • the banknotes are transported by means of endless belts.
  • the CH application 00 057 / 89-9 describes a device for turning and rotating banknotes in order to bring them into a predetermined orientation for stacking.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a device that automatically takes banknotes of different value levels and dimensions, controls and stores or delivers them to a user, and to specify a method for their operation.
  • 1 means a device for the automatic acceptance and delivery of banknotes 2 of different value levels (different denominations of at least one currency), 3 an input opening, 4 a delivery opening, 5 a return tray, 6 a separator, 7 a straightening section, 8 a test device , 9 a first cash register, 10 a second cash register and 11 a turning device.
  • a control device 12 is connected by means of lines (not shown here for illustrative reasons) to devices of the device 1, for example to the test device 8, to a banknote store described below, to a first and a second checkout switch 13 and 14, with a delivery switch 15 and with a return switch 16.
  • Each switch 13 to 16 has a drive device influenced by the control device 12, such as, for. B. an electric motor, an electric train magnet, etc., which changes the path of the banknote 2 in each of the switches 13 to 16 from the entrance to one of the two branches.
  • the control device 12 selects one of the predetermined routes for the banknote 2 as a function of the signals and information it receives, and for this purpose brings the routes of the switches 13 to 16 into a predetermined position.
  • Sensors (not shown here) of the control device 12 are used to monitor sections of the route and to control drive motors (not shown here) of a transport system of the device 1.
  • the drive motors are switched on or off by the control 12 as required and are in normal operation except in the turning device 11 the direction of rotation cannot be reversed.
  • the control device 12 also exchanges information via a two-way data line 17 with further apparatuses 18, which are represented symbolically with a single rectangle. Some of the apparatuses 18 are either set up separately or are also housed in the same housing as the device 1.
  • the transport system of the device 1 comprises a first conveyor belt 19, a second conveyor belt 20, a conveyor section 21, a transport section 22, a belt conveyor 23, a conveyor 24, a connecting section 25, a delivery section 26, a conveyor belt 27 and a return section 28 Because of the clarity of the drawing, they are only indicated with a broad line. Arrows parallel to these lines indicate where necessary the direction of transport for clarification.
  • the transport system also includes switches 13 to 16 and three junctions 29 to 31.
  • the aforementioned banknote store contains the banknotes 2 of all predetermined value levels, which have been accepted by the device 1 and can be called up for delivery.
  • it is composed of the two cash registers 9 and 10, the cash register switches 13 and 14, the second conveyor belt 20, the belt conveyor 23, the connecting section 25 and the third junction 31.
  • Each till 9 or 10 has a till entrance 32, a till head 33 and the till switch 13 or 14 at the exit.
  • a mechanism (not shown) in each checkout head 33 places the banknote 2 arriving through the checkout entrance 32 on a checkout stack 34.
  • a spring presses the cash register stack 34 against the mechanism in the cash register head 33 so that it can pick up the uppermost bank note 2 from the cash register stack 34 and insert it into the entrance of the cash register switch 13 or 14. Only in the case of the second cash register 10 shown schematically in section is the cash register head 33 and the cash register stack 34 provided with the reference number.
  • the transport system consists of an arrangement of endless, parallel belts, which are guided over rollers, cylinders, guide plates, the drive motors and other elements known from conveyor technology.
  • the cylinders and rollers all rotate about axes that are, for example, perpendicular to the plane of the drawing in FIGS. 1 to 3.
  • the transport system conveys sheet-like goods that have dimensions from a predetermined range, such as. B. banknotes 2 different value levels.
  • the material clamped between pairs of belts or between belts and a cylinder is fed from the input opening 3 via the test device 8 to an input of the banknote store, from an outlet of the banknote store via the test device 8 to the delivery opening 4, from the test device 8 to the return tray 5 or from the exit of the banknote store transported to its entrance.
  • the conveyor section 21 leads from the separator 6, which is arranged directly behind the input opening 3, through the first junction 29 and the straightening section 7 to the test device 8.
  • An output of the test device 8 opens into the input of the return switch 16.
  • the transport path 22 connects a branch of the return switch 16 via the turning device 11 to the one input of the second junction 30, while a second branch of the return switch 16 leads via the return path 28 to the return tray 5 .
  • a branch of each checkout switch 13 or 14 of one checkout 9 or 10 is connected to the checkout entrance 32 of the other checkout 10 or 9 by means of the conveyor belt 20 or by means of the belts 19 and 27.
  • the belt conveyor 23 and the connecting section 25 form the other two branches of the checkouts 13 and 14. They lead through the two entrances into the third mouth 31 to the conveyor 24. It extends from the exit of the third mouth 31 to an entrance of the first mouth 29
  • the first junction 29 enables the banknotes 2 to be introduced from the conveyor 24 into the conveyor section 21, which transports the sheet-like material through the straightening section 7 to the checking device 8.
  • the first conveyor track 19 leads through the second opening 30, where the transport route 22 opens into the first conveyor track 19 in the direction of the first cash register 9.
  • the end of the first conveyor track 19 forms the delivery diverter 15, one branch of which opens as a conveyor belt 27 into the cash register entrance 32 of the first cash register 9 and the other branch, referred to as the delivery section 26, is connected to the delivery opening 4.
  • a user of the device 1 removes z. B. a writing board, which types of banknotes 2 the device 1 recognizes.
  • the user inserts one or more of these banknotes 2 into the return tray 5, which only have to be aligned with the outer shape.
  • the banknotes 2 may be mixed up wildly and, for example, comprise different value levels and / or issues of different banknotes.
  • the device 1 is therefore used as a note changer z. B. in border areas or in international airports and train stations, where notes from other countries are often in circulation.
  • the separator 6 Upon a command from the control device 12, the separator 6 detects, for example, the bottom banknote 2 in the input opening 3 and introduces it into the conveyor path 21.
  • the bank note 2 reaches the straightening section 7 via the first junction 29.
  • the straightening section 7, for example, aligns the long sides of the bank note 2 exactly parallel to the conveying direction of the transport section 21 and forwards the aligned bank note 2 to the checking device 8.
  • the separator 6 also introduces this into the conveyor line 21.
  • the checking device 8 optically and / or magnetically scans a printed image on at least one side of the bank note 2.
  • the recorded pattern is electronically compared with a predetermined set of stored images of the banknotes 2 to be accepted, the checking device 8 determining the value unit, the type of banknote 2 and its orientation.
  • Damaged, unidentifiable or incorrect banknotes 2 as well as value levels not belonging to the predetermined set are classified as unidentifiable goods like unprinted paper of suitable size.
  • the length and the width of the bank note 2 are also advantageously determined, since this information severely limits the number of value levels to be recognized by the device 1 and belonging to the predetermined set, thus accelerating the determination of the type of bank note.
  • a further advantageous shortening of the test time for a bank note 2 succeeds if the test device 8, which scans the bank note 2 by both methods, decides on the basis of these measurements whether only the result of the optical or magnetic scanning is evaluated.
  • test device 8 monitors the sheet thickness of the transported goods, which is measured, for example, mechanically or by means of an optical determination of the transparency of the bank note 2. Monitoring the sheet thickness prevents two or more banknotes 2 lying on one another from being accepted.
  • Each test result is transmitted to the control device 12 in a value signal.
  • the value signal for the goods determines the route in the transport system of the device 1 and the destination.
  • the non-identifiable goods are passed via the delivery switch 16 into the return section 28, which transports them into the return tray 5.
  • the control device 12 credits the user with a credit corresponding to the value of the accepted banknote 2. For example, this credit can be displayed using one of the apparatuses 18.
  • the control device 12 directs this bank note 2 into the transport path 22 by means of the return switch 16. Under the control of the control device 12, the turning device 11 brings the bank note 2 into the position predetermined for storage. At the end of the transport route 22, the bank note 2 is introduced into the first conveyor belt 19 by means of the second junction 30 and from there it is conveyed by means of the delivery diverter 15 via the conveyor belt 27 through the till entrance 32 into the till head 33 of the first till 9. The mechanism in the cash register head 33 places the bank note 2 on top of the cash stack 34.
  • control device 12 decides on the further procedure in accordance with the instructions received via the two-way data line 17.
  • the device 1 can use one of the apparatuses 18 to give the user a receipt for paid money and the amount paid in according to the display credit his account, the number of which was entered via a keyboard (not shown here) of one of the apparatuses 18.
  • the user can also use the device 1 to withdraw an amount from his account or exchange the banknotes 2 entered through the input opening 3 for others.
  • the device 1 for payment can receive banknotes 2, initiate the service and deliver any note portion of the change.
  • the device 1 is connected to a further apparatus 18, which is designed as a coin dispenser and which transfers the remaining portion of the calculated change to the user.
  • the mechanism in the cash register head 33 of the second cash register 10 inserts the uppermost bank note 2 of the cash register stack 34 into the cash register switch 14.
  • This bank note 2 is fed to the testing device 8 via the connecting section 25 and the conveyor 24.
  • the switches 16 and 15 guide the banknote 2 into the delivery path 26 when it is removed from the test device 8.
  • the banknote 2 does not belong to any of these value levels intended for delivery, the banknote becomes 2 returned to the first cash register 9 by means of the switches 16 and 15. This process of stacking is continued until all the value stages provided for the delivery have been introduced into the delivery section 26.
  • the advantage of this stacking method is shown in a simple and inexpensive embodiment of the device 1, since only a single banknote store is required to store entered banknotes 2 of a predetermined set of value levels and / or to deliver banknotes 2 of predetermined value levels.
  • the value signal and a code number which determines the position of the banknote in the banknote store in relation to the other banknotes 2 of the cash stack 34 are advantageously written into or deleted from a memory part 35 of the control device 12 , as well as the code numbers for all banknotes that remain in the banknote storage.
  • the control device 12 searches the storage part 35 and, based on the registered sequence of the value levels, determines from which till 9 or 10 the banknotes are taken.
  • the uppermost banknote 2 on the cash register stack 34 of the cash register 9 or 10 selected by the control device 12 is unsuitable, then this banknote 2 is returned directly to the cash register stack 34 in the other cash register via the conveyor belt 20 or via the belts 19 and 27 10 or 9 filed. If necessary, after a few repetitions of this process, a bank note 2 predetermined for delivery is exposed as the uppermost one of the cash stack 34, which is fed to the testing device 8. On the other hand, the impossibility of the desired transaction can also be displayed to the user if the cash registers 9 and 10 contain no or too little of the required value levels of the desired bank notes 2.
  • the banknote store has a capacity of a few thousand banknotes 2, which corresponds to the maximum size of a single cash stack 34. In an extreme case, after the entire stack of banknotes 2 has been stacked to expose a suitable value level, the entire contents of the banknote store can be contained in a single cash stack 34.
  • the control device 12 receives for example, the command from one of the apparatuses 18 to pay out a predetermined amount.
  • the control device 12 advantageously optimizes the dispensing in such a way that as few banknotes 2 as possible have to be dispensed from the cash registers 9 and 10, the dispensing being carried out from the cash register 9 or 10 with the least possible banknotes 2 must be moved from one cash register 9 or 10 to another 10 or 9. It is also conceivable to enter the desired denomination of the amount to be dispensed using the keyboard of the apparatus 18.
  • the control device 12 decides whether banknotes 2 have to be moved between the checkouts 9 and 10 in such a way that approximately the same number of banknotes in the two checkouts 9 and 10 2 are included.
  • the delivery section 26 therefore ends in a stacker 36. It collects the banknotes 2 arriving and to be issued one after the other and delivers them to the user through the delivery opening 4 in one batch.
  • the initial equipping of the banknote store on banknotes 2 is composed of different portions of the value levels.
  • the control device 12 advantageously maintains statistics on the number and type of banknotes received and dispensed 2. When the device 1 is checked, it can therefore be determined whether the composition of the cash stack 34 is optimal or whether the proportion of certain value levels in the banknote store has to be increased .
  • Another advantage over the prior art is the extension of the time interval between the checks of the device 1, since the banknotes 2 taken are stored in the banknote store and are available again for dispensing, in particular if the dispensing is in this way It is optimized that the value levels disproportionately represented according to the statistics are given preferentially.
  • the return switch 16, the return path 28 and the return tray 5 are missing.
  • the unidentified goods may then only be passed from the control device 12 to the delivery opening 4 when banknotes 2 are entered, but not when they are released from the banknote store.
  • the control device 12 directs the non-identifiable goods via the transport route 22 and the conveyor belt 19 by means of the delivery switch 15 to the delivery opening 4.
  • This embodiment advantageously enables the reasons for rejection to be checked later and relieves the banknote store of non-identifiable goods.
  • the turning device 11 is omitted. This simplification is purchased with a higher expenditure of time when issuing notes, since the test device 4 also has to determine the orientation of the bank note 2 during the delivery.
  • the device 1 in FIG. 2 is equipped with a simplified transport system and another banknote storage device.
  • the transport system of the device 1 comprises only the switches 14 to 16, the conveyor belt 19, the conveyor section 21, the transport section 22, the conveyor 24, the discharge section 26, the conveyor belt 27, the return section 28 and the junctions 29 and 30.
  • the second checkout switch 13 the third Junction 31 and the sections 20, 23 and 25 of the transport system.
  • the banknote store consists of only a single "first in - first out" cash register (FIFO cash register) 37 (FIG. 2).
  • the only stack of cash registers 34 in the FIFO cash register 37 is delimited at the cash register entrance 32 from below by a depositing device 38 and on the upper side by a removal device 39.
  • the removal device 39 has the only checkout switch 14 on the output side.
  • the content of the banknote store, i.e. H. the height of the cash stack 34 determines the distance between the depositing device 38 and the removal device 39.
  • the depositing device 38 is pressed, for example, by spring force onto the cash stack 34 against the removal device 39.
  • the checkout switch 14 is connected to the conveyor belt 19 via one branch.
  • the other branch opens directly into the conveyor 24, which establishes the connection to the test device 8.
  • the delivery switch 15 is connected with one branch to the delivery line 26.
  • the other branch, the conveyor belt 27, leads to the cash register entrance 32 and has a compensating piece at the cash register end. It adapts to the changing position of the cash register entrance 32, which is determined by the different height of the cash register stack 34.
  • a banknote 2 is conveyed into the FIFO cash register 37 via the conveyor belt 27 during the checkout and is deposited as the lowest in the cash register stack 34 by the depositing device 38.
  • the removal device 39 removes the uppermost bank note 2 from the cash stack 34 at a command from the control device 12 and introduces it into the cash gate switch 14.
  • the banknote 2 is sent to the conveyor 24 or via the checkout switch 14 the conveyor belt 19 delivered. If the value level of the uppermost banknote 2 does not match the predetermined value level, the banknotes 2 must be redirected for stacking over the conveyor belt 19 and over the conveyor belt 27 until this requirement is met.
  • the advantage of the simplified and cheaper banknote storage must be bought with a slightly longer delivery time on average, since the entire content of the banknote storage may have to be shifted until the predetermined value level can be released.
  • an additional switch 40 is installed at the end of the transport path 22 after the turning device 11 (FIG. 3), one branch of which opens into a container for banknotes 2, which the checking device 8 recognizes, but the device 1 z. B. does not deliver as a foreign currency, and the other branch leads instead of the transport route 22 via the second junction 30 to the conveyor belt 19.
  • the container is advantageously designed as a sorting device 41 with a plurality of stacking compartments 42 in order to deposit the banknotes 2 in a predetermined orientation, arranged according to value levels.
  • the additional switch 40 and the sorting device 41 are connected to the control device 12 (FIG. 1) via lines (not shown here).
  • the control device 12 also decides, for example, on the basis of the content of its storage part 35, at which point in time which banknotes 2 are removed from the banknote store and stored in the predetermined stacking compartments 42 (FIG. 3), so that the banknote store is not clogged by too many banknotes of the same value level.
  • the advantages of a device 1 according to FIG. 3 lie in the longer time period between the checks, in a permanently optimized content of the banknote store and in the bundles of banknotes 2 which are stored in the stacking compartments 42 with a predetermined orientation.

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  1. Dispositif de réception et de distribution de billets de banque (2), comportant
       une ouverture d'introduction (3) pour billets de banque,
       une ouverture de distribution (4) pour billets de banque,
       un magasin de billets de banque (9, 10, 37) pour recueillir les billets de banque (2) réceptionnés et à redistribuer,
       un appareil de contrôle (8) destiné à palper le billet de banque (2) et à produire un signal de valeur indiquant la valeur du billet de banque palpé,
       un système de transport (13 - 16, 19 - 28) reliant entre eux l'ouverture d'introduction, l'ouverture de distribution, le magasin de billets de banque et l'appareil de contrôle, et
       un dispositif de commande (12) pour la réception du signal de valeur et la commande du système de transport,
       caractérisé en ce que
       le système de transport (13 - 16, 19 - 28) comporte une voie de transport (21, 22, 19, 27) pour les billets de banque (2) de valeurs différentes, laquelle voie relie l'ouverture d'introduction (3) à une entrée (32) située sur le magasin de billets de banque (9, 10, 37), afin d'empiler ensemble les billets de banque de valeurs différentes dans le magasin de billets de banque, et
       en ce que le dispositif de commande (12) pour la distribution d'un billet de banque (2) d'une valeur prédéfinie provoque le prélèvement d'un billet de banque (2) dans le magasin de billets de banque (9, 10, 37) et commande une première aiguille (15) du système de transport de manière à réacheminer le billet de banque, lorsqu'il ne présente pas la valeur prédéfinie, depuis une sortie du magasin de billets de banque jusqu'à l'entrée (32) de celui-ci, afin de retourner les billets de banque dans le magasin, tandis que, dès lors qu'il présente la valeur prédéfinie, il est acheminé de la sortie du magasin de billets de banque vers l'ouverture de distribution (4).
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le système de transport (13 - 16, 19 - 28) achemine le billet de banque (2) prélevé vers l'appareil de contrôle (8) qui, selon la valeur du billet de banque prélevé, produit un signal de valeur, et dans lequel le dispositif de commande (12) commande la première aiguille (15) en fonction du signal de valeur.
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le système de transport (13 - 16, 19 - 28) achemine un billet de banque (2) qui a été introduit vers l'appareil de contrôle (8) afin de produire un signal de valeur, le dispositif de commande (12) enregistre le signal de valeur produit et un chiffre qui indique la position du billet de banque introduit dans le magasin de billets de banque (9, 10, 37) dans une mémoire de données (35), et le dispositif de commande (12) détermine lors de la distribution des billets de banque la valeur d'un billet de banque prélevé dans le magasin de billets de banque en fonction du contenu de la mémoire de données (35) et commande la première aiguille (15) selon la valeur ainsi déterminée.
  4. Dispositif selon la revendication 3, selon lequel,, lors de la distribution des billets de banque, le dispositif de commande (12), commande une deuxième aiguille (14) du système de transport, de manière à acheminer des billets de banque pour lesquels le dispositif de commande a déterminé la valeur prédéfinie en fonction du contenu de la mémoire de données (35), de la sortie du magasin de billets de banque (9, 10, 37) vers l'appareil de contrôle (8) pour déterminer s'ils sont identifiables, et une troisième aiguille (16, 40), de manière à acheminer un billet de banque identifiable de la valeur prédéfinie vers l'ouverture de distribution (4), tandis qu'un billet de banque non identifiable est acheminé dans un récipient (5,41).
  5. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, dans lequel la sortie de l'appareil de contrôle (8) comporte une aiguille de renvoi (16), qui, pour renvoyer les billets de banque (2) non identifiables, est reliée à un plateau de renvoi (5).
  6. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, dans lequel la sortie de l'appareil de contrôle (8) est reliée à un dispositif de retournement (11) qui met les billets de banque (2) introduits dans une position prédéterminée permettant l'emmagasinage.
  7. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, dans lequel le système de transport comporte un empileur (36) pour les billets de banque (2) qui sont acheminés vers l'ouverture de distribution (4).
  8. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, dans lequel le magasin de billets de banque (37) comporte un seul compartiment d'empilage pour billets de banque (2), qui est limité sur le côté de l'entrée (32) du magasin de billets de banque par un dispositif de réception (38) et sur le côté de la sortie (14) du magasin de billets de banque par un dispositif de prélèvement (39).
  9. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, dans lequel le magasin de billets de banque comporte deux compartiments d'empilage (9, 10) de billets de banque (2), et le système de transport comporte un dispositif d'acheminement (13, 14, 19, 20, 27) destiné à acheminer les billets de banque de l'un (9, 10) des compartiments d'empilage vers l'autre (10; 9) en les retournant.
  10. Procédé d'exploitation d'un dispositif de réception et de distribution de billets de banque (2), dans lequel le dispositif est pourvu d'un appareil de contrôle (8) pour déterminer la valeur des billets de banque, d'un magasin de billets de banque (9, 10, 37) pour réceptionner les billets de banque et d'un système de transport (13 - 16, 19 - 28) pour transporter les billets de banque, lequel procédé comporte les procédures suivantes:
    lors de la réception de billets de banque: transport d'un billet de banque (2) introduit d'une ouverture d'entrée (3) du dispositif dans le magasin de billets de banque (9, 10, 37),
    lors de la distribution de billets de banque: sélection d'un billet de banque (2) à distribuer ayant une valeur prédéfinie, et transport du billet de banque sélectionné vers une ouverture de distribution (4) du dispositif, caractérisé en ce que, lors de la réception de billets de banque, les billets de banque (2) de valeurs différentes sont empilés ensemble dans le magasin de billets de banque (9, 10, 37), et que lors de la sélection du billet de banque (2) à distribuer, les procédures suivantes sont effectuées:
    a) prélever un billet de banque (2) dans le magasin de billets de banque (9, 10, 37),
    b) décider si le billet de banque (2) prélevé a la valeur prédéfinie,
    c) réacheminer un billet de banque (2) prélevé qui n'a pas la valeur prédéfinie, par l'intermédiaire d'un système de transport (13 - 16, 19 - 28) vers une entrée (32) du magasin de billets de banque, pour retourner les billets de banque dans le magasin de billets, et
    d) acheminer un billet de banque (2) prélevé ayant la valeur prédéfinie par l'intermédiaire du système de transport (13 - 16, 19 - 28) à l'ouverture de distribution (4) du dispositif.
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 10, dans lequel, dans la procédure b), le billet de banque (2) prélevé est acheminé vers l'appareil de contrôle (8) qui selon la valeur du billet de banque (2) produit un signal de valeur, et un dispositif de commande (12) commande le système de transport (13 - 16, 19 - 28) en fonction du signal de valeur, de manière à transporter le billet de banque (2) prélevé chaque fois soit selon la procédure c) ou la procédure d).
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 10, dans lequel, lors de la réception de billets de banque, un billet de banque introduit est acheminé vers l'appareil de contrôle (8) qui, selon la valeur du billet de banque, produit un signal de valeur,
    le signal de valeur et un chiffre indiquant la position du billet de banque (2) qui a été introduit dans le magasin de billets (9, 10, 37) sont enregistrés dans une mémoire de données (35), et
    dans lequel un dispositif de commande (12) détermine dans la procédure b) la valeur du billet de banque (2) prélevé dans le magasin de billets en fonction du contenu de la mémoire de données (35) et commande le système de transport (13 - 16, 19 - 28) de manière à acheminer chaque fois le billet de banque prélevé soit selon la procédure c) soit selon la procédure d).
  13. Procédé selon la revendication 12, dans lequel un billet de banque (2) pour lequel le dispositif de commande (12) a déterminé la valeur prédéfinie en fonction du contenu de la mémoire de données (35) est acheminé vers l'appareil de contrôle (8) pour déterminer s'il est identifiable, et seul un billet de banque identifiable est acheminé selon la procédure d).
  14. Procédé selon la revendication 13, selon lequel un billet de banque (2) non identifiable est acheminé dans un récipient (5, 41) destiné à recueillir les billets de banque non identifiables.
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