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AssigneeIng. C. Olivetti & C., S.p.A.
InventorsLucio Simonotti, Carlo Motta
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The apparatus comprises a reversible conveyor disposed between a deflection station and an access slot. The deflection station allows the dispensing of an empty envelope from a magazine 11 towards the conveyor and the deposition of an envelope containing valuables from the conveyor into a drawer. The apparatus further comprises a printing device at an intermediate position along the length of the conveyor for printing data serially on the envelope during its transfer to the drawer. This is disposed in a safe and is of the sealed type, including two motor driven rollers for inserting the envelope into the drawer. The rollers can be locked in such a way as to close the access to the drawer when the drawer is open. The apparatus is controlled by a microprocessor in two way communication with a central control unit of the apparatus.
An apparatus for depositing valuables in envelopes, with automatic dispensing of envelopes, in which the envelopes to be deposited are inserted into a slot of the apparatus and conveyed into an internal drawer of the apparatus, comprising a magazine within the apparatus containing the empty envelopes, a conveyor for individually moving the envelopes, said conveyor including at least one pair of belts in contact with one another along a predetermined path between the slot and an internal deflection station, a reversible electric motor operable for selectively driving the belts in a first direction to dispense an envelope from the magazine to the slot and in a second direction to convey an envelope inserted in the slot toward the drawer, said magazine including a duct leading to the deflection station, the duct being disposed in such a way that an envelope coming from the conveyor does not enter it.
An unattended bank apparatus for depositing bank notes inserted into envelopes, including a front panel carrying a command keyboard and a slot for inserting into the apparatus an envelope to be deposited, a drawer internal to the apparatus and associated with access means for receiving the deposited envelopes, a magazine internal to the apparatus for containing a stack of empty envelopes, exit means on said magazine adjacent said access means for allowing the dispensing of the empty envelopes from the magazine, and a conveyor for said envelopes including at least one pair of belts in contact with each other along a predetermined path between said slot and a position substantially intermediate to said access means and said exit means, said belts being selectively operable in response to a first command from said keyboard for being driven in a first direction to convey the dispensed envelope from said exit means to said slot and in response to another command from said keyboard for being driven in a second direction to convey an envelope inserted into said slot toward said access means, said exit means being so shaped that an envelope coming from the conveyor does not enter it.
An unattended bank apparatus for depositing banknotes inserted into envelopes, including a front panel carrying a command keyboard and an insertion slot for inserting into the apparatus an envelope to be deposited, an armoured housing internal to the apparatus and provided with an access aperture, a closed drawer removably housed in said housing an operable cover on said drawer provided with an entrance slot in correspondence with said access aperture, a conveyor operable in response to a command from said keyboard for conveying an envelope inserted into said insertion slot toward said aperture, drive means mounted on said drawer over said entrance slot and including a pair of rollers rotatable in mutually opposite directions, said rollers being yieldably in contact to each other for preventing access into said drawer, said drive means including also an electric motor disposed in the housing and engageable with a drive shaft for the rollers projecting out from the drawer, said electric motor being operable when an envelope arrives from said conveyor for causing said rollers to force said envelope into said drawer, one of said rollers being displaceable with respect to the other parallel to itself, and a locking mechanism operable to lock the displaceable roller in contact with the other roller when the drawer is removed from the housing.
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