US2810575A - Apparatus for the counting of sheets of paper, especially bank notes - Google Patents

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US2810575A
US2810575A US512106A US51210655A US2810575A US 2810575 A US2810575 A US 2810575A US 512106 A US512106 A US 512106A US 51210655 A US51210655 A US 51210655A US 2810575 A US2810575 A US 2810575A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/42—Separating articles from piles by two or more separators mounted for movement with, or relative to, rotary or oscillating bodies
    • 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
    • G06M9/02—Counting of objects in a stack thereof by using a rotating separator incorporating pneumatic suction nozzles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
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  • a rotary gripper which carries a number of symmetrically arranged suction organs, which besides rotating on the axis of the gripper rotate individually in the opposite direction on their own axis parallel to the axis of the gripper, and which are caused to rest one at a time against a sheet (bank note) near one of the edges of this, and by suction force to draw this along with it.
  • a sheet bank note
  • suction force to draw this along with it.
  • the apparatus according to the present invention works in such a manner that the bank note is released after such a brief angular movement of the suction organ that the sheet is practically only swung round the edge which is turned away from the suction organ, without being moved in its plane.
  • the distance between the suction organs is suitably made so small that when a note is released from a suction organ the following suction organ will prevent it from Swinging back.
  • Figure 1 shows in diagrammatic form a gripper for an apparatus, viewed from the end, with a suction organ resting against the first note in a bundle of notes to be counted, I i
  • Figure Z shows the gripper after rotating through about 36
  • Figure 3 shows the gripper after a further rotation of approximately 108
  • Figure 4 is a vertical section through one of the suction organs and the apparatus on which it is mounted.
  • A1-A5 denote five individually rotatable cylindrical suction organs arranged on a rotating gripper, which in Figures 1 to 3 is only indicated by the hollow axle B. It will be sufficient to state that the gripper rotates anticlockwise, as indicated by the arrowb, while the suction organs revolve in the opposite'direction, as indicated by the arrows a.
  • the gripper includes a central spindle 1 to which is secured by a nut 2 a gear member 3 provided with internal teeth 4.
  • the gear member '3 is bored to receive a suction tube 5 secured in the spindle 1, which tube 5 communicates with a source of suction (not shown) and is in permanent communication with an axial bore 6 in the spindle 1, which bore extends to' a point near the top of the spindle to communicate with a transverse bore 7, which itself communicates with each rotary suction organ when the latter is in operative position for counting a bank note.
  • a pulley 9 Rotatably mounted about the spindle 1 on a bush 8 is a pulley 9.
  • the husband pulley are bored as at 10 and 11 respectively, to establish communication between the bore 7 in'the spindle 1 and each rotary suction organ when in operative position for counting a bank note.
  • the pulley 9 is also provided with five bores, each of which receives I a rotary suction spindle 12 (only one of which is shown in Figure 4) which spindle rotates in a bush 13 fast with the pulley 9, each bush 13 and spindle 12 being bored at 14, 15 respectively, to establish connection between the source of vacuum and a central bore 16 in the suction spindle.
  • This central bore communicates with the suction head 17 which is secured thereto by a grub screw 18, the'suction head 17 itself being bored at 19 to communicate with the central bore 16 and also with the suction orifice 20, the surface of the suction head, adjacent the suction orifice 20, being flattened to present a plain surface to facilitate adhesion of a bank note thereto.
  • Each suction spindle 12 includes a cylinder 21 and a light piston 22 slidably mounted therein, which piston is under bias of a spring 23, to urge it towards the left, as
  • the piston rod 24 has a reduced end projection passing through the outer end wall of the cylinder.
  • the said reduced end portion of the piston rod 24 is adapted, when the piston 22 is moved to the right, as will hereinafter be described, to force an electric contact member 25' into contact with a further contact 26 to complete an electric circuit, to operate an electro-magnetic counting device, which is not shown, and which is of known construction, and forms no part of the present invention.
  • a pinion 28 Coupled to the suction organ spindle 12 by means of a grub screw 27 is a pinion 28, which meshes with the teeth 4 on the gear member 3.
  • the apparatus functions in the following manner:
  • the suction tube 5 is first connected to the source of suction, forexample'a pump, and the pulley 9 is connected by a driving belt (not shown) to the pulley of an electric motor (also not shown) which can be set in motion when desired.
  • the motor drives through the belt the pulley 9, which rotates with its bush 8 around e p n le Ro a n of e p l y causes simul aner ously rotation of the suction organs around the spindle 1, and hence, by means of intermeshing between the p nion 2.8 a d the eeth 4,, auses t e u on pindl s. 1.
  • the duration of. suction onthe suction orifice at is the period Of time, during which the. bore 15: isin communication with. the bores 14,11 and 10. when these, bores in turn, are in communication with the, bore 7 n. t e. cent al sp ndl 1- a a suction is established. at the suction. orifice 20, air is first, sucked therethrough momentarily before a ban not adheres to the surface of the suction head. As the suction spindle 12. revolves, with the bank note .at-.
  • suction spindle 12 continues to rotate, communication between the bores 15 and 16 and the lgores 1,4, 1 1; and 10 110 longer exists; furthermore the bores 14,11 and 111- are no longer in communication with the bore as the pulley 9 continues to rotate.
  • the effect is thus that the piston 2 2, is returned to its normal POSl? tion by the spring 2 3 andthe bank note is released from h su tion entice 2Q- Refetti s ew ain to gur s 1 to 3 i w l be an:
  • the right lfigure 3. shows how. the counted notes are grade l yassemb ed in a ew bu e lt will be clear from the above description and with reference to Figures 1 to 3 that the notes are not sub-. jected to any significant movement in their own plane, but are only leafed over in the same way as the leaves of a book I t has been found that by this means it is 7 possible to perform the counting at substantially greater speed than with other known construction.
  • an apparatus comprising a rotary gripper, means providing a fixed axis, means for rotating said gripper in one direction about said fixed axis, a plurality of suction devices arranged symmetrically around said fixed axis, means providing individual axes for said suction devices, said individual axes being equidistantly spaced around said fixed axis, means forconnecting said suction devices to said rotary gripper for rotation on said individual axes, means operative by rotation of said gripper for constantly rotating said suction devices about their axes in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of said gripper, each suction device having a suction opening, the rotation of said gripper moving said suction devices successively into proximity with the sheets in one direction and the reverse rotation of said suction devices moving said suction openings relatively to a sheet of the pile adjacent said gripper in the opposite direction, means for connecting the suction opening of each successive
  • said means for connecting each suction device to a source of vacuum comprisesavacu-um duct formed in said rotary gripper, an axial passage formed in each gripping device and communicating the one endwith the associated suction opening, and means operative incident to rotation ofiieach suc tion device-on its-axis for connecting said ductand the passage of such suction device to each other solely when the suction opening of such suction device is adjacent the pile of sheets.

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US2915308A (en) * 1957-12-26 1959-12-01 Julius C Matzen Automatic feeding machines
US3074712A (en) * 1963-01-22 -q high speed ballot handler
US3093729A (en) * 1957-01-30 1963-06-11 George Edmond Brackenbury Abel Apparatus for acting in turn on sheets in a pile thereof
US3147007A (en) * 1959-12-28 1964-09-01 Miehle Goss Dexter Inc Signature handling apparatus
US3231264A (en) * 1961-02-27 1966-01-25 Moscovskaya Pechatnaya Fabrica Sheet separating and handling apparatus
US3241757A (en) * 1962-10-20 1966-03-22 Sanko Kikai Kogyo Kabushiki Ka Paper money counting apparatus
US3297316A (en) * 1964-07-02 1967-01-10 Vacuumatic Ltd Sheet separating apparatus
US3436529A (en) * 1965-01-25 1969-04-01 Vacuumatic Ltd Apparatus for counting sheets while maintaining them in a stack
US3779546A (en) * 1972-12-11 1973-12-18 Burroughs Corp Vacuum wheel document direction changing device
US3866828A (en) * 1973-04-13 1975-02-18 Canyon Res Corp Counting devices
US4350466A (en) * 1980-05-08 1982-09-21 Mgs Machine Corporation Apparatus for handling articles
US4501416A (en) * 1981-11-10 1985-02-26 Ncr Corporation Sheet handling apparatus
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US3074712A (en) * 1963-01-22 -q high speed ballot handler
US2911216A (en) * 1955-10-18 1959-11-03 Rue Company Ltd De Apparatus for the counting of sheets of material, for example, bank notes
US2912242A (en) * 1956-10-02 1959-11-10 Rue Company Ltd De Apparatus for counting sheets of paper
US3093729A (en) * 1957-01-30 1963-06-11 George Edmond Brackenbury Abel Apparatus for acting in turn on sheets in a pile thereof
US2915308A (en) * 1957-12-26 1959-12-01 Julius C Matzen Automatic feeding machines
US3147007A (en) * 1959-12-28 1964-09-01 Miehle Goss Dexter Inc Signature handling apparatus
US3231264A (en) * 1961-02-27 1966-01-25 Moscovskaya Pechatnaya Fabrica Sheet separating and handling apparatus
US3241757A (en) * 1962-10-20 1966-03-22 Sanko Kikai Kogyo Kabushiki Ka Paper money counting apparatus
US3297316A (en) * 1964-07-02 1967-01-10 Vacuumatic Ltd Sheet separating apparatus
US3436529A (en) * 1965-01-25 1969-04-01 Vacuumatic Ltd Apparatus for counting sheets while maintaining them in a stack
US3779546A (en) * 1972-12-11 1973-12-18 Burroughs Corp Vacuum wheel document direction changing device
US3866828A (en) * 1973-04-13 1975-02-18 Canyon Res Corp Counting devices
US4350466A (en) * 1980-05-08 1982-09-21 Mgs Machine Corporation Apparatus for handling articles
US4501416A (en) * 1981-11-10 1985-02-26 Ncr Corporation Sheet handling apparatus
US4781368A (en) * 1985-01-29 1988-11-01 Gunter Gammerler Method of and apparatus for changing the conveying speed of shingled paper products

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