Large storage capacity storing and issuing module
AssigneeSesami Technologies S.R.L.
InventorFrancesco Paolo Porcari
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Abstract
A storing and issuing module (10) including a storage roller (50), a motor (60) associated with the storage roller (50), at least one transport tape (52) configured to wrap onto the storage roller (50) together with flexible documents, such as banknotes, conveyed in a conveying section provided with holding means (53, 54) actuatable for engaging flexible documents to be stored or issued with the transport tape (52), wherein the storing and issuing module (50) is capable of handling large storage capacity thanks to a mechanical layout that minimizes variations in the conveying section despite the great variations of the outer diameter of the storage roller due to the large capacity thereof.
Claims19
A storing and issuing module (10) comprising:
- a storage roller (50) having an axis (55) and configured to store a group of flexible documents,
- at least one bottom lever arm (75) that is configured to pivot about a front axis (32), wherein said at least one bottom lever arm (75) is provided with an end roller (74) rotatably connected to an end of said at least one bottom lever arm (75), and
- at least one top rear lever arm (70) that is configured to pivot about a top rear axis (71), wherein said at least one top rear lever arm (70) includes:
- (1) a front portion (70a) that extends from the top rear axis (71) to an intermediate area of said at least one top rear lever arm (70), (2) a rear portion (70b), that extends from said intermediate area to a free end of said at least one top rear lever arm (70);
- and (3) a separating blade (77) provided at the free end,
- wherein said at least one bottom lever arm (75) and said at least one top rear lever arm (70) are configured for independent pivoting so that both the end roller (74) and the separating blade (77) are configured to independently follow said an outer diameter of the storage roller (50), and
- wherein a bottom surface of the rear portion (70b) defines a portion of a rear flexible document conveying channel through which the flexible documents are configured to move along, wherein said rear flexible document conveying channel is aligned with a front flexible document conveying channel through which the flexible documents are configured to move along an entry-exit path.
A storing and issuing module (10) provided at its front side with an input port and comprising:
- a storage roller (50) having an axis (55) and configured to store a group of flexible documents,
- at least one bottom lever arm (75) and at least one top front lever arm (78) which are coupled to each other and are configured to pivot about a front axis (32), wherein said at least one bottom lever arm (75) and said at least one top front lever arm (78) are spaced from each other by a front gap defining a front flexible document conveying channel therebetween through which the flexible documents are configured to move along an entry-exit path, wherein said at least one bottom lever arm (75) is provided with an end roller (74) rotatably connected to an end of said at least one bottom lever arm (75), and
- at least one top rear lever arm (70) that is configured to pivot about a top rear axis (71), wherein said at least one top rear lever arm (70) includes:
- a front portion (70a), that extends from the top rear axis (71) to an intermediate area of said at least one top rear lever arm (70),
- a rear portion (70b), that extends from said intermediate area to a free end of said at least one top rear lever arm (70);
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- a separating blade (77) provided at the free end,
- wherein said at least one bottom lever arm (75), said at least one top front lever arm (78) and said at least one top rear lever arm (70) are elastically pushed towards the storage roller (50) so that both the end roller (74) and the separating blade (77) are configured to follow an outer diameter of the storage roller (50),
- wherein in any storage condition of the storage roller (50), the separating blade (77) is configured to touch an external surface of the storage roller (50), and
- wherein a bottom surface of the rear portion (70b) is spaced apart from a top surface of said at least one bottom lever arm (75) by a rear gap defining a rear flexible document conveying channel therebetween through which the flexible documents are configured to move along said entry-exit path, wherein said rear flexible document conveying channel is aligned with said front flexible document conveying channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.