# US 9,437,067 B2 · Financial self-service equipment and banknote separation apparatus and separation method thereof

> Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt

- Number: US 9,437,067 B2
- Document ID: US9437067B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/416,624
- Filed: 2013-03-22
- Published: 2015-07-02
- Granted: 2016-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2012-09-21
- Assignees: GRG Banking Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: GRG Banking Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Guangjun Yin; En Wu; Zhe Li
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9437067B2

## CPC

- G07D 11/16: Handling of valuable papers (within containers G07D11/13)
- B65H 3/063: {separating from the bottom of pile (B65H3/0615, B65H3/0623 take precedence)}
- B65H 3/54: Pressing or holding devices
- G07D 11/40: Device architecture, e.g. modular construction
- B65H 2511/15: Height, e.g. of stack
- B65H 2515/34: Pressure, e.g. fluid pressure
- B65H 2701/1912: Banknotes, bills and cheques or the like
- G07D: HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
- B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES

## Abstract

Disclosed is a banknote separation apparatus, comprising a banknote support plate used for bearing banknotes to be separated, a reference plate used for laying and ordering banknotes, a banknote pressing plate used for supplying compression on banknotes to be separated, a banknote separating wheel formed with a high friction part and exposed at the outside of the banknote support plate and arranged facing the banknote pressing plate, a feeding wheel and a reverse wheel arranged facing the feeding wheel, wherein the banknote separating apparatus further comprises a pressure compensation apparatus used to provide a variable compression compensation force to the banknote separating wheel so as to make the total positive pressure to which the banknote separating wheel is subjected constant. That is to say, the provision of a pressure compensation apparatus makes the frictional force for separating banknotes of the banknote separation apparatus constant.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A banknote separating device, comprising:
a banknote supporting plate for carrying banknotes to be separated;
a reference plate for aligning the banknotes;
a banknote pressing plate for providing a pressing force to the banknotes to be separated;
a banknote separating wheel and a feeding wheel which are both formed with a high frictional portion and are exposed outside the banknote supporting plate and arranged opposite to the banknote pressing plate; and
a reverse wheel arranged opposite to the feeding wheel;
wherein, the banknote separating device further comprises a pressure compensating device for providing a variable pressing compensating force to the banknote separating wheel, such that a total normal pressure applied on the banknote separating wheel is constant; and
wherein the banknote separating device further comprises a stress collecting device for collecting a stress value on the banknote supporting plate, and a distance collecting device for collecting a current thickness of a stack of banknotes, and the stress collecting device and the distance collecting device provide a calculation parameter for timely adjusting the pressing compensating force to the pressure compensating device.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The banknote separating device according to claim 1, wherein the pressure compensating device comprises a control unit, an electromagnet fixedly mounted on the banknote supporting plate, and a magnet fixedly mounted on the banknote pressing plate and attracted to the electromagnet or the banknote pressing plate itself having a function of being attracted to the electromagnet; and the control unit is configured to output an electric current value to the electromagnet based on the stress value on the banknote supporting plate collected by the stress collecting device and the current thickness value of the stack of banknotes collected by the distance collecting device, so as to provide the variable pressing compensating force.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The banknote separating device according to claim 2, wherein the control unit comprises:
a pressure compensation calculating unit for calculating a pressure loss value based on a stress collected by a stress sensor;
an electric current output controlling unit for outputting a corresponding electric current value to the electromagnet based on information of the pressure loss value and the thickness of the banknotes, so as to control the electromagnet to output a corresponding pressing compensating force; and
a storage unit for storing information of the electric current output value corresponding to the information of various pressure loss values and distances, and gravities of the banknote supporting plate and the banknote pressing plate.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The banknote separating device according to claim 3, wherein a relationship among the electric current value, the pressure loss value and the thickness of the banknotes is as follow: Y3==k1x+k2H; in which Y3 is the pressure loss value, x is the electric current value, k1 is a proportional constant between the electric current and a generated electromagnetic force, H is the thickness of the stack of banknotes to be separated, and k2 is a proportional constant between the thickness and a magnetic attractive force.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The banknote separating device according to claim 2, wherein the stress collecting device is a stress sensor fixedly mounted at a bottom of the banknote supporting plate.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The banknote separating device according to claim 2, wherein the distance collecting device is a distance sensor mounted on a surface of the banknote supporting plate outside a banknotes stacking zone.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

A financial self-service equipment, comprising a banknote separating device, an identification module, a temporary storage module, a banknote withdrawal module and a cashbox, wherein the banknote separating device is the banknote separating device according to claim 1.

### Claim 8

A method for separating banknotes, comprising the following steps:
step 1: obtaining a preset normal pressure value Y1 generating a frictional force for separating banknotes according to a design principle of frictional-type banknotes separation for a banknote separating device, and storing the preset normal pressure value Y1, a gravity Yt of a banknote supporting plate and a gravity Y2 of a banknote pressing plate into a storage unit;
step 2: detecting a current thickness H0 of a stack of banknotes and a stress value Yy on the banknote supporting plate, and calculating a gravity Y0 of the stack of banknotes based on an equation of Y0=Yy−Yt−Y2;
step 3: calculating a pressure loss value Y3 according to an equation of Y3=Y1−Y0−Y2;
step 4: calculating an electric current value required for an electromagnet in a pressure compensating device based on the current thickness H0 of the stack of banknotes and the pressure loss value Y3, and controlling the electromagnet to output a corresponding pressing compensating force; and
step 5: repeating steps 2 to 4 in cycles, and maintaining a normal pressure value generating the frictional force for separating banknotes during banknotes separating process at an optimum level around the preset normal pressure value.

### Claim 9 (depends on 2)

A financial self-service equipment, comprising a banknote separating device, an identification module, a temporary storage module, a banknote withdrawal module and a cashbox, wherein the banknote separating device is the banknote separating device according to claim 2.

### Claim 10 (depends on 3)

A financial self-service equipment, comprising a banknote separating device, an identification module, a temporary storage module, a banknote withdrawal module and a cashbox, wherein the banknote separating device is the banknote separating device according to claim 3.

### Claim 11 (depends on 4)

A financial self-service equipment, comprising a banknote separating device, an identification module, a temporary storage module, a banknote withdrawal module and a cashbox, wherein the banknote separating device is the banknote separating device according to claim 4.

### Claim 12 (depends on 5)

A financial self-service equipment, comprising a banknote separating device, an identification module, a temporary storage module, a banknote withdrawal module and a cashbox, wherein the banknote separating device is the banknote separating device according to claim 5.

### Claim 13 (depends on 6)

A financial self-service equipment, comprising a banknote separating device, an identification module, a temporary storage module, a banknote withdrawal module and a cashbox, wherein the banknote separating device is the banknote separating device according to claim 6.