Equipment for the automatic deposit of banknotes

An equipment for the automatic deposit of banknotes comprising a transaction port for receiving a stack of banknotes, a separating device for separating the constituting sheets of the stack, a validation device for discriminating the constituting sheets as recognized banknotes and as constituting sheets not recognized, a transport mechanism servo-dependent on the validation device to drag said constituting sheets along differentiated paths for the recognized banknotes and, respectively, for the constituting sheets not recognized, a box assembly with a frame, and a shifting mechanism for vertically moving, in the use, said frame among three different positions in a passage space between the transaction port by one side and the separating device and the transport mechanism by another side;

• wherein the separating device has lower separation conveyer belts, upper separation conveyer belts and a contrast mechanism for moving the upper separation conveyer belts toward and away said lower separation conveyer belt, said lower separation conveyer belts being substantially at the same level of the transaction port, whilst the differentiated paths provide, below the lower separation conveyer belts, an upper output for the recognized banknotes and a lower output for the constituting sheets not recognized;
• wherein said box assembly further comprises upper endless conveyer belts supported by an upper portion of the frame, intermediate endless conveyer belts fixedly supported by an intermediate portion of said frame, and lower endless conveyer belts supported by a lower portion of the frame;
• the upper belts and the intermediate belts defining a banknote box and the intermediate belts and the lower belts defining a discard box;
• wherein, at a first position of the box assembly, the banknote box is in communication with the transaction port and the separating device with an upper branch of the intermediate belts substantially at the same level of the transaction port to receive the stack, and transfer the stack to the separating device;
• at a second position of the box assembly, said banknote box is in communication with the upper output of the differentiated paths to temporarily store the recognized banknotes as a banknote sub-stack, whilst the discard box is in communication with the lower output to temporarily store the constituting sheets not recognized as a discard sub-stack;
• and at a third position of the frame, the discard box is in communication with the transaction port and the separating device to return, by request, the discard sub-stack or transfer the discard sub-stack to the separating device;
• said stack and the banknote sub-stack being engageable between the upper belts and the intermediate belts, and said discard sub-stack being engageable between the intermediate belts and the lower belts;
• said box assembly further supporting a moving mechanism for the actuation of said belts, a first holding mechanism and a second holding mechanism operatively connected, respectively, with the upper belts and the lower belts and selectively actuatable to move the upper belts toward the intermediate belts and the lower belts toward the intermediate belts to make integral in the movement the sheets constituting the stack or the sub-stacks of the two boxes with said conveyer belts, and to allow said moving mechanism to shift said stack or said sub-stacks through said belts;
• said banknote box being provided to receive said stack on the upper branch of the intermediate belts with a lower branch of the upper belts spaced apart from the upper branch of the intermediate belts and transfer said stack to the lower separation conveyer belt of the separating device at the first position with the lower branch of the upper belts engaged with the stack, and to receive the recognized banknotes on said upper branch of the intermediate belts and constitute the banknote sub-stack at the second position with the lower branch of the upper belts spaced apart from the upper branch of the intermediate belts.

An equipment for the automatic deposit of banknotes comprising a transaction port for receiving a stack of banknotes, a separating device for separating the constituting sheets of the stack, a validation device for discriminating the constituting sheets as recognized banknotes and as constituting sheets not recognized, a transport mechanism servo-dependent on the validation device to drag said constituting sheets along differentiated paths for the recognized banknotes and, respectively, for the constituting sheets not recognized, a box assembly including a frame, and vertically moveable, in the use, among three different positions with respect to the transaction port;

• wherein said frame supports upper endless conveyer belts, intermediate endless conveyer belts and lower endless conveyer belts defining an upper banknote box and a lower discard box;
• wherein said three positions are associated with predetermined conditions of communication of the banknote box and the discard box with the transaction port, the separating device and the transport mechanism to receive the stack, transfer the stack to the separating device, temporarily store, respectively, the recognized banknotes as a banknote sub-stack and the constituting sheets not recognized as a discard sub-stack and to return, by request, the discard sub-stack and the banknote sub-stack;
• wherein the conveyer belts are provided for cooperating with the sheets constituting the stack or the sub-stacks, wherein the upper belts are arranged in an upper portion of the box assembly, the intermediate belts are in an intermediate portion, and the lower belts are in a lower portion of the box assembly,
• wherein said upper belts and said lower belts are movably supported by said frame and a respective holding mechanism is provided for selectively moving the upper belts and the lower belts toward and away with respect to the intermediate belts, said stack and the banknote sub-stack being provided for engagement between the upper belts and the intermediate belts, and said discard sub-stack being provided for engagement between the intermediate belts and
• wherein a moving mechanism actuates said upper belts, said intermediate belts, and said lower belts for the shifting of the stack and sub-stack;
• said equipment further comprising, at said transaction port, a window with a shutter door and a reference plane of access toward the inside to receive said stack,
• wherein, at a first position of the box assembly, the banknote box is in communication with the transaction port and the separating device with an upper branch of the intermediate belts coplanar with said reference plane and a lower branch of the upper belts spaced apart from the upper branch of the intermediate belts to receive a portion of said stack across said window, and, at a second position of the box assembly, said banknote box is in communication with the transport mechanism;
• and
• wherein the respective holding mechanism is provided to move the upper belts toward the intermediate belts, at the first position of the box assembly, to make integral in the movement the sheets constituting the stack with said upper belts and said intermediate belts for following actuation of the moving mechanism with shifting of said stack up to be completely received in the banknote box, and the shutter closing said window for the further process of the stack of banknotes.