IP Library Granted Patent US 12,240,721
Granted Patent B2
US 12,240,721 · App. 17/690,529 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Device for handling notes of value

Inventors: Richard Düsterhus (Paderborn, DE); Karl-Heinz Seroka (Salzkotten, DE); Dennis Mols (Paderborn, DE)
Assignee: Wincor Nixdorf International GbmH
B65H29/60G07D11/23G07D11/50B65H2404/1114B65H2701/1912G07D11/18G07D11/40
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,240,721
App. No.
17/690,529
Filed
Mar 9, 2022
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3619
USPC
194/206
Abstract

A device for handling notes of value comprises a sensor unit for detecting at least one feature of a least one note of value to be dispensed. A control unit distinguishes depending on the feature detected by the sensor unit whether the at least one note of value is a first note of value that is approved for withdrawal or a second note of value that is not approved for withdrawal and activates a switch unit such that the at least one note of value is fed to an intermediate storage when it is a second note of value. The intermediate storage comprises a transport unit which is drivable in a first direction for feeding the second note of value and which is drivable into a second direction such that the second note of value can be conveyed out of the intermediate storage.

Claims (21)

1. A device for handling notes of value comprising:

an intermediate storage configured to receive notes of value in a first rectilinear direction and having a deposit surface, a wall, and a cover element, wherein the cover element is arranged pivotably above the deposit surface about an axis of rotation transverse to the first rectilinear direction, wherein the cover element defines a downwardly facing surface, and wherein the wall and the deposit surface and the downwardly facing surface are three sides of a volume defined by the intermediate storage for holding the notes of value;

a transport unit drivable in a first rotational direction to move the notes of value in the first rectilinear direction into the intermediate storage and drivable in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction to convey the notes of value out of the intermediate storage, wherein the transport unit includes a first shaft and at least one vane wheel with at least one vane arranged on the first shaft in a rotationally fixed manner, wherein the at least one vane of the at least one vane wheel is configured to exert a press-on force toward the deposit surface and on the notes of value fed into the intermediate storage and stored in the intermediate storage when the at least one vane wheel is rotated in the first rotational direction, wherein the at least one vane of the at least one vane wheel is configured to lift the notes of value fed into the intermediate storage away from said deposit surface when the at least one vane wheel is rotated in the second rotational direction; and

wherein, in a first plane normal to a first central longitudinal axis of the first shaft, in the first rectilinear direction, the deposit surface extends from a first edge away from the first central longitudinal axis to a second edge at the wall, wherein the downwardly facing surface extends in the first plane between a third edge and a fourth edge in the first rectilinear direction, the downwardly facing surface confronting the deposit surface between the first edge and the second edge along the first rectilinear direction, and wherein the at least one vane passes through the volume when the first shaft rotates.

2. The device of claim 1 further comprising a sensor unit arranged along a transport path of at least one note of value to be dispensed and configured to detect at least one feature of the at least one note of value to be dispensed.

3. The device of claim 2 further comprising a control unit configured to distinguish depending on the at least one feature detected and transmitted by the sensor unit whether the at least one note of value is a first note of value approved for withdrawal or a second note of value not approved for withdrawal.

4. The device of claim 3 further comprising a switch unit where the control unit controls the switch unit such that upon distinguishing that the at least one is a note of value is a second note of value not approved for withdrawal, the at least one note of value is fed to the intermediate storage.

5. The device of claim 4 where the intermediate storage comprises a deposit element with a deposit surface and at least one press-on element which is configured to exert a press-on force toward the deposit surface on the at least one note of value fed to the intermediate storage.

6. The device of claim 5 where the at least one press-on element is connected pivotably to the cover element.

7. The device of claim 5 where the at least one note of value is fed to the intermediate storage by the transport unit.

8. The device of claim 4 further comprising at least one drive unit for driving the first shaft where when upon distinguishing that the at least one note of value is a second note of value not approved for withdrawal, the control unit activates the at least one drive unit to drive the first shaft.

9. The device of claim 1 further comprising at least one first transport roller, and at least one second transport roller, where the at least one first transport roller and the at least one vane wheel are arranged on a first shaft in a rotationally fixed manner and the at least one second transport roller is arranged on a second shaft in a rotationally fixed manner.

10. The device of claim 8 further comprising at least one first transport roller, and at least one second transport roller, where the at least one first transport roller and the at least one vane wheel are arranged on a first shaft in a rotationally fixed manner and the at least one second transport roller is arranged on a second shaft in a rotationally fixed manner where the at least one drive unit drives the first shaft and the second shaft, and where the first shaft and the second shaft are connected to each other via toothed gearing.

11. The device of claim 1 where the intermediate storage is arranged in a safe module.

12. The device of claim 8 where the intermediate storage comprises a deposit element with a deposit surface and at least one press-on element which is configured to exert a press-on force toward the deposit surface on the at least one note of value fed to the intermediate storage.

13. The device of claim 12 where the at least one press-on element is connected pivotably to the cover element.

14. The device of claim 13 further comprising at least one first transport roller, and at least one second transport roller, where the at least one first transport roller and the at least one vane wheel are arranged on a first shaft in a rotationally fixed manner and the at least one second transport roller is arranged on a second shaft in a rotationally fixed manner where the at least one drive unit drives the first shaft and the second shaft, and where the first shaft and the second shaft are connected to each other via toothed gearing.

15. The device of claim 13 where the intermediate storage is arranged in a safe module.

16. The device of claim 12 where the at least one note of value is fed to the intermediate storage by the transport unit.

17. The device of claim 16 further comprising at least one first transport roller, and at least one second transport roller, where the at least one first transport roller and the at least one vane wheel are arranged on a first shaft in a rotationally fixed manner and the at least one second transport roller is arranged on a second shaft in a rotationally fixed manner where the at least one drive unit drives the first shaft and the second shaft, and where the first shaft and the second shaft are connected to each other via toothed gearing.

18. The device of claim 16 where the intermediate storage is arranged in a safe module.

Assignments (10)
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS (2026 NOTES REEL/FRAME 062511/0246) Recorded Aug 18, 2023
From: GLAS AMERICAS LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: WINCOR NIXDORF INTERNATIONAL GMBH; DIEBOLD NIXDORF SYSTEMS GMBH
Reel/Frame 064642/0462 →
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS (NEW TERM LOAN REEL/FRAME 062511/0172) Recorded Aug 18, 2023
From: GLAS AMERICAS LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: WINCOR NIXDORF INTERNATIONAL GMBH; DIEBOLD NIXDORF SYSTEMS GMBH
Reel/Frame 064642/0354 →
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS (R/F 062511/0095) Recorded Jun 13, 2023
From: GLAS AMERICAS LLC
To: WINCOR NIXDORF INTERNATIONAL GMBH; DIEBOLD NIXDORF SYSTEMS GMBH
Reel/Frame 063988/0296 →
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Jun 7, 2023
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: WINCOR NIXDORF INTERNATIONAL GMBH; DIEBOLD NIXDORF SYSTEMS GMBH
Reel/Frame 063908/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2023
From: WINCOR NIXDORF INTERNATIONAL GMBH; DIEBOLD NIXDORF SYSTEMS GMBH
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.. AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 062525/0409 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2023
From: WINCOR NIXDORF INTERNATIONAL GMBH
To: DIEBOLD NIXDORF SYSTEMS GMBH
Reel/Frame 062518/0054 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT - 2026 NOTES Recorded Jan 25, 2023
From: WINCOR NIXDORF INTERNATIONAL GMBH; DIEBOLD NIXDORF SYSTEMS GMBH
To: GLAS AMERICAS LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 062511/0246 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT - TERM LOAN Recorded Jan 25, 2023
From: WINCOR NIXDORF INTERNATIONAL GMBH; DIEBOLD NIXDORF SYSTEMS GMBH
To: GLAS AMERICAS LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 062511/0172 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT - SUPERPRIORITY Recorded Jan 25, 2023
From: WINCOR NIXDORF INTERNATIONAL GMBH; DIEBOLD NIXDORF SYSTEMS GMBH
To: GLAS AMERICAS LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 062511/0095 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2022
From: DUSTERHUS, RICHARD; SEROKA, KARL-HEINZ; MOLS, DENNIS
To: WINCOR NIXDORF INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 059371/0182 →