Apparatus for treating securities such as bills, with idle rollers

Apparatus for processing securities, in particular, currency bills, comprising:

• an intake conveyor (1) assuring the translation of one security at a time;
• a bin (6) with a first blank (61) acting as a stop for a bill and allowing to stack it on a second blank (62);
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• at least one means (5) for transferring securities one at a time between the exit of the intake conveyor and this bin, characterized in that these transfer means comprises:
• a central roller (70) rotating at controlled speed;
• a moving element (92) rotating coaxially with the central roller and bearing at least one idle peripheral roller (90) elastically biased (94) toward the central roller and evincing a waiting position wherein the tangent point between the central roller and the idle roller is substantially in line with an outlet of the intake conveyor;
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• control means (MC) reacting to a predetermined advance of a security or currency bill between the central and the peripheral rollers by temporarily driving said moving element in controlled manner at a speed exceeding that of the central roller, whereby the idle roller projects beyond the front end of the security before this security hits the first bin blank,
• wherein the moving element includes, with respect to each idle roller, a support in the overall shape of a prone U of which one end is mounted coaxially with the central roller and rotates independently of the central roller, and wherein the other end supports the idle roller and the U opening faces the conveyor in the waiting position.