Sheet feeding or delivering – Delivering – To receiver for pack of sheets
Patent
1993-07-30
1995-11-28
Bollinger, David H.
Sheet feeding or delivering
Delivering
To receiver for pack of sheets
271220, B65H 3104
Patent
active
054700531
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a device for collecting successively supplied sheet-like notes, for example printed documents, and for dispensing the collected bundle of notes at the dispensing station of a dispensing machine.
2. Description of the Related Art
Such devices are used, for example, in the case of document printers in which printed documents of various formats are collected and fed to a dispensing station, from which the documents can be taken. Another field of application for such devices is the dispensing of money by automatic cash dispensers.
British published patent application 1,475,178 already discloses a device for collecting successively supplied sheet-like notes, for example printed documents, and for dispensing the collected bundle of notes at the dispensing station of a dispensing machine in which the notes are fed to the collecting cartridge via a side facing the interior of the machine, whereas the side of the collecting cartridge facing away from said interior is directed toward a removal opening and, in the removal position, is facing the remover. Since the notes come to bear against the side wall during collecting, they are flush there with respect to one another. In the case of notes of varying length, accordingly the side of the bundle of notes facing the remover is not flush. As a result, there is the risk that when the notes are removed not all the notes are grasped, so that individual notes remain in the collecting cartridge, which is not permissible for various reasons, in particular also on account of data protection.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is the object of the present invention to provide a device for collecting successively supplied sheet-like notes, for example printed documents, and for dispensing the collected bundle of notes at the dispensing station of a dispensing machine, the device having a collecting cartridge which is arranged in the machine housing such that it can be swivelled between an inclined collecting position, arranged at the end of a note conveyor, and an at least approximately horizontal dispensing position, the collecting cartridge having a bottom and at least one side wall, bounding a bottom side, and this side wall forming in the collecting position a lower limitation of the inclined bottom in which the notes are offered to the remover always in the same position and, in the case of a bundle of notes of various length, always with flush edges.
This object is achieved according to the invention by the collecting cartridge being arranged in such a way that, in the dispensing position of the collecting cartridge, the end thereof assigned to the side wall faces the side from which the notes are removed.
The notes are collected flush at the end of the collecting cartridge which subsequently, in its dispensing position, is facing the remover, so that the notes are offered to the remover always identically and always with flush edges, irrespective of their length; in this way, the risk of individual notes not being grasped upon removal is eliminated to a great extent.
The notes are deposited by the note conveyor of the machine directly in the collecting cartridge; the collecting cartridge is then moved out of its collecting position into a dispensing position, in which access to the notes collected in the cartridge is possible.
The collecting cartridge may be of an extremely simple construction, since there are no particular requirements for the accuracy of its dimensions or of its mounting and guidance. It is regarded as a major advantage of the device according to the invention, in particular when collecting notes of various formats, that the bundle of notes remains in the collecting cartridge until removal and does not have to be removed and passed on by some handling means or other.
According to a further development of the invention, the collecting cartridge is preferably arranged above the note conveyor, conveying essentially vertically upward, so that the notes are introduced into the colle
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patent: 4721229 (1988-01-01), Dempf et al.
"Easily Accessible Bill Dispense Box", IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 31, No. 3, Aug. 1988, pp. 432-433.
"Early Document Gap Error Detection", IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 30, No. 6, Nov. 1987, pp. 4-5.
"Document Issue Reject Box", IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 28, No. 2, Jul. 1985, pp. 565-566.
Baitz Gunter
Kohlhage Hermann
Malke Wolfgang
Bollinger David H.
Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
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