EP0615215A1 - Station de comptage pour compter des papiers de valeurs en particulier des billets, dans des liasses de billets, les billets étant liés entre eux - Google Patents

Station de comptage pour compter des papiers de valeurs en particulier des billets, dans des liasses de billets, les billets étant liés entre eux Download PDF

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EP0615215A1
EP0615215A1 EP94810062A EP94810062A EP0615215A1 EP 0615215 A1 EP0615215 A1 EP 0615215A1 EP 94810062 A EP94810062 A EP 94810062A EP 94810062 A EP94810062 A EP 94810062A EP 0615215 A1 EP0615215 A1 EP 0615215A1
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    • G—PHYSICS
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    • G06M—COUNTING MECHANISMS; COUNTING OF OBJECTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06M7/00—Counting of objects carried by a conveyor
    • G06M7/02—Counting of objects carried by a conveyor wherein objects ahead of the sensing element are separated to produce a distinct gap between successive objects
    • G06M7/06—Counting of flat articles, e.g. of sheets of paper
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D3/00—Sorting a mixed bulk of coins into denominations
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06M—COUNTING MECHANISMS; COUNTING OF OBJECTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06M9/00—Counting of objects in a stack thereof
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D11/00—Devices accepting coins; Devices accepting, dispensing, sorting or counting valuable papers
    • G07D11/50—Sorting or counting valuable papers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D3/00—Sorting a mixed bulk of coins into denominations
    • G07D3/16—Sorting a mixed bulk of coins into denominations in combination with coin-counting

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  • the invention relates to a counting station for counting the banknotes, in particular the banknotes, of a banded bundle of banknotes in a finishing device for freshly printed banknotes, with at least one automatically operating counter with a rotating counter.
  • Counting stations with automatic counting devices which have a rotating counting disc are already known (for example US Pat. No. 3,436,529). With these known counting devices, the banknotes of a package of notes are counted in such a way that the counter with its rotating counter moves uniformly past the fixed or fixed banknote package, the counter engaging in a corner area of the banknote package and when it is turned, the corner of each banknote is sucked in bends a little and moves to the other side of the counter, so that the rotating counter flips through the whole package of notes, so to speak. Counters of this type are on the market under the trade name "Sheetmaster", manufactured by the British company DE LA RUE Instruments, London.
  • bundled packages with 1000 banknotes each are generally counted before these packages are then sealed in plastic.
  • Each package usually contains 10 bundled bundles of banknotes, each with 100 banknotes.
  • the counting process is of great importance, since of course the number of 1000 banknotes per package must be guaranteed.
  • the usual banknote counting devices as mentioned above, are installed, which are only slightly modified for installation in the transfer line. This means that a counter is installed in a fully automatic transfer line, which is actually intended for manual loading. This transfer line, so to speak, replaces the movement of the hand that feeds the package, holds it in place during the counting process and removes it after the counting process, by mechanical means.
  • the ratio of non-productive times to main time is approximately 50% to 50%, so that at least half of the total time required for the operation must be spent on non-productive times, i.e. for feeding and Adjustment of the package, for its removal after the counting process and for the return of the counting device.
  • FIGS 1 to 6 schematically illustrate the operation of previously conventional counting devices, in which the counting disk is guided vertically from top to bottom through a corner of the value package and counts while the value package itself is stationary.
  • the present invention has for its object to reduce the idle times previously required in the counting of value note packages in favor of the main time, that is to say the actual counting time, so that the counting speed of the counting device does not have to be disproportionately high in a modern processing device of high performance.
  • a value packet P is moved on a transport path 2 in the direction of the arrow into a counting position under a counting device, of which only the rotating counting disk la is shown and held in this count position. Then the counting device with its counting disk la is moved vertically downward in the direction of the arrow according to FIG. 2, the counting disk according to FIG. 3 scrolling through the corners of the note packet and according to FIG. 4 a position below the note packet P after the counting has ended occupies. Then, according to FIG. 5, the counted bill of value packet P is moved in the direction of the arrow and, according to FIG. 6, the counting device with its counting disk la is moved upward again into its starting position for counting the next bill of value packet.
  • the counting station according to the present invention is constructed in accordance with FIG. 7, in which part of a transfer road with the transport routes 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d is shown, on which the value parcel P is moved in the direction of the arrows.
  • the straight-line transport route 2b belongs to the counting station, which in the example considered has two counting devices 1 and 1 ', which are arranged offset on the opposite sides of the transport route.
  • the transport path 2b is equipped with a feed system which uniformly moves the packages of notes P past the counting devices 1 and 1 'at a certain distance from one another.
  • this feed system consists of an endless chain or belt conveyor 6, which runs under a fixed transport support 3 and to which, as shown schematically in FIGS. 8 and 9, drivers 4 and front stops 5 are fastened.
  • the front stops 5 are carried by feet 5a, which also protrude through the longitudinal grooves 3a and are fastened to the conveyor 6 are.
  • Each banknote package P consists of ten bundled bundles of banknotes W, each with 100 freshly printed banknotes, so it contains a total of 1000 banknotes.
  • the value-added parcels P fed on the transport route 2a in the direction of the arrows, in which the value-added notes lie one above the other, are guided past a banding station 7, which is only indicated schematically, and provided with a band B there.
  • the value-added packages P are then tilted 90 ° at a tilting station 8, so that the value notes in the value-added package now lie upright, one behind the other in the transport direction, on the transport route.
  • the value package P is tilted in the sense of one or the other curved arrow to one broad side or, as indicated by dash-dotted lines, to the other broad side.
  • the value-added parcels P then arrive on the transport path 2b oriented at right angles to the transport path 2a, where they are taken over by the drivers 4, pressed against the relevant front stops 5 and moved on the transport support 3.
  • the individual notes of value in the parcels lie upright on the long edge and across the direction of transport.
  • the two counting devices 1 and 1 'installed stationary on the transport route 2b are installed with their rotating counting disks 1a and 1a', which are driven by drive wheels 1b and 1b 'and corresponding belts, in such a way that the value-added packages P moving at a uniform speed end at the counting end Edge of the counter la or la 'are passed, while this counter the corners of the individual notes of each package leaf through and count.
  • the axis of rotation of the counting disc is approximately parallel to the direction of transport of the value packages, and the plane of the counting disc is therefore oriented essentially vertically. So that the transport speed of a parcel of notes does not need to be exactly synchronized with the counting speed determined by the speed of the rotating counting disc, i.e. with the speed at which the counting disc scrolls through the package, the drivers 4, as already mentioned, are arranged in an elastically flexible manner so that the package of notes P can yield about elastic if necessary.
  • the feed system of the transport path 2b can also be constructed differently, the only essential thing is that the packages of notes are moved uniformly and that one corner of the notes is freely accessible to the counter.
  • the transport support 3 of the transport path 2b is inclined forward, so that the feed movement is favored by the gravitational force and the value packages P are slidably guided on an inclined plane through the counting edge of the counting disc.
  • each value packet P is also counted twice in succession at different corners on the same transport route, so that there is a so-called redundancy count for security reasons.
  • a single count with just one counter can be sufficient.
  • the value-added parcels P arrive at a switch 9, from which downstream transport routes 2c and 2d branch off in different directions. All packages of notes which have the correct number of notes are moved on the transport route 2c and arrive at a packaging station, while the other transport route 2d receives those packages of notes in which the count resulted in an incorrect number of notes.
  • the transport routes 2a, 2c and 2d can, as indicated in FIG. 7, also be provided with belt or chain conveyors and carriers attached to them, or with any other feed system.
  • a total of 15 seconds are available for a counting operation, so that for counting the 1000 bills of value of a package with a non-productive time of, for example, only 1 or 2 Seconds, a counting time of 13 to 14 seconds is available, that is, 70 to 80 notes / second.
  • the transport path 12, on which the stationary counting device 1 is located is oriented vertically.
  • the feed system which moves the packages of notes vertically upwards past the counting device 1, consists of an endless chain 16 provided with drivers 14, which rotates on the outer circumference of a closed, oval-shaped rail 13 in the direction of the arrows.
  • Each driver 14 has an angle piece 15 with a leg 15a oriented tangentially to the rail 13 and one oriented radially or at right angles thereto Leg 15b on.
  • the leg 15a is provided with two rollers 17 which are rotatably mounted on the chain 16 and roll on the rail 13.
  • an endless belt can also be provided.
  • an outwardly open receptacle 18 is fastened for receiving a banded value packet P, which in the example under consideration contains 100 notes of value.
  • the receiving compartment has two substantially parallel walls 19 and 20, which extend radially to the rail 13 and of which the front wall 20 in the transport direction is somewhat shorter than the rear wall 19 and is bent obliquely away from this rear wall 19 at its free end.
  • the position of a package of notes within a receiving compartment 18 during the counting process is defined by an inner stop 21 which is fastened to the wall 19 and against which the inner end of the package of notes abuts. In this counting position, the wall 19 thus forms the support for the value packet, which is oriented horizontally in the receiving compartment 18 with its value notes and whose outer end region is not covered by the shorter wall 20.
  • a vertical guide rail 22 is provided parallel to the vertical section 13a of the guide rail 13, such that the rollers 17 between the vertical section 13a of the rail 13 and the guide rail 22 are guided.
  • the walls 19 of the receiving compartments 18 are so long that a package of notes lies on this wall 19 as it passes the transport route 12 over its entire length, and the corner area of the package of notes detected by the counting device is supported at the bottom when counting, which is a perfect count is advantageous.
  • the corner region of the wall 19 covered by the counting disk la is designed as a displaceable corner piece 19a which is formed by means of a Guide pin 30 in a guide 31 mounted on the underside of the wall 19 is displaceable against the action of a spring 32, specifically in the direction of the interior of the receiving compartment 18, that is to the right in the illustration according to FIG.
  • a cutout 33 is provided on the relevant side of the wall 19, into which the corner piece 19a engages in the inserted position.
  • the walls 19 of all the receiving compartments 18 are provided in this way with a displaceable corner piece 19a and a guide 30, 31, 32, which for reasons of simplicity is shown in FIGS. 10 and 10a only for the receiving compartments 18, which are just the counting disks pass la or la 'of the counters.
  • a plunger 28 (FIG. 10a) which can be moved longitudinally in a fixed guide 29 is provided immediately below the counting device 1 and is actuated automatically in such a way that it immediately one after the counting of all notes of value Value package temporarily the corner piece 19a 11, so that it lies in the cutout 33 according to FIG. 11 and thus can pass the counting disk la unhindered.
  • the plunger 28 presses against a beveled end face 34 of the corner piece 19a, which due to the dimension of this end face in the transport direction is held by the plunger 28 in the retracted position until it has been moved past the counting disk la.
  • the movement of the endless chain 16 with its receiving compartments and the back and forth movement of the ram 28 are of course synchronized in such a way that the corner pieces 19a are pushed back at the right time.
  • the chain 16 can rotate continuously or can also be controlled intermittently, so that it stops briefly after the counting of a package of notes has ended, while the plunger 28 moves the relevant corner piece 19a.
  • the counting station according to the invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiments described, but rather permits multiple variants with regard to the design and arrangement of the transport routes and the feed systems.

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