Large storage capacity storing and issuing module

1. A storing and issuing module ( 10 ) provided at its front side with an input port and comprising:

a) a storage roller ( 50 ) having an axis ( 55 ) and configured to store a group of flexible documents,

b) at least one transport-tape ( 52 ) configured to wrap alternatively around the storage roller ( 50 ) and a feeding-roller ( 51 ), wherein said at least one transport-tape ( 52 ) is placed along an entry-exit path interposed between said input port and an outer diameter of the storage roller ( 50 ),

c) at least one bottom lever arm ( 75 ) and at least one top front lever arm ( 78 ) which are integrally coupled to each other and pivoted on a front axis ( 32 ) parallel to a top surface of the storing and issuing module ( 10 ), wherein said at least one bottom lever arm ( 75 ) and said at least one top front lever arm ( 78 ) are spaced from each other by a front gap defining a front banknote conveying channel therebetween through which the flexible documents are configured to move along said entry-exit path, wherein said at least one bottom lever arm ( 75 ) is provided with an end roller ( 74 ) rotatably connected to an end of said at least one bottom lever arm ( 75 ), and

d) at least one top rear lever arm ( 70 ) that is pivoted on a top rear axis ( 71 ), wherein the top rear axis ( 71 ) is parallel to said top surface of the storing and issuing module ( 10 ), wherein said at least one top rear lever arm ( 70 ) includes a front portion ( 70 a ), that extends from the top rear axis ( 71 ) to an intermediate area of said at least one top rear lever arm ( 70 ), and a rear portion ( 70 b ), that extends from said intermediate area to a free end of said at least one top rear lever arm ( 70 ) that is provided with a separating blade ( 77 ),

e) wherein the top rear axis ( 71 ) is located closer to said top surface of the storing and issuing module ( 10 ) than the front axis ( 32 ),

f) wherein the top rear axis ( 71 ) is located closer to an intermediate plane orthogonal to said top surface of the storing and issuing module ( 10 ) and passing through the axis ( 55 ) of the storage roller ( 50 ) than the front axis ( 32 ),

g) wherein said at least one bottom lever arm ( 75 ), said at least one top front lever arm ( 78 ) and said at least one top rear lever arm ( 70 ) are elastically pushed upwards so that both the end roller ( 74 ) and the separating blade ( 77 ) are configured to follow said outer diameter of the storage roller ( 50 ),

h) wherein shape and size of the front portion ( 70 a ) and of said at least one bottom lever arm ( 75 ), a distance of a bottom surface of the rear portion ( 70 b ) from the top rear axis ( 71 ), shape and size of the rear portion ( 70 b ), distances of the top rear axis ( 71 ) and the front axis ( 32 ) from said top surface of the storing and issuing module ( 10 ), a distance of the axis ( 55 ) of the storage roller ( 50 ) from said top surface of the storing and issuing module ( 10 ), and distances of the top rear axis ( 71 ) and the front axis ( 32 ) from said intermediate plane orthogonal to said top surface of the storing and issuing module ( 10 ) and passing through the axis ( 55 ) of the storage roller ( 50 ) are configured to cause, in any possible storage condition of the storage roller ( 50 ),

i) the separating blade ( 77 ) to touch an external surface of the storage roller ( 50 ), and

j) the bottom surface of the rear portion ( 70 b ) to be spaced apart from a top surface of said at least one bottom lever arm ( 75 ) by a rear gap defining a rear banknote conveying channel therebetween through which the flexible documents are configured to move along said entry-exit path, wherein said rear banknote conveying channel is substantially aligned to said front banknote conveying channel.

2. The storing and issuing module ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the front axis is an axis ( 32 ) of an input transport roller ( 31 ).

3. The storing and issuing module ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein said front banknote conveying channel has a height ranging from 1.5 millimetres to 3.5 millimetres, optionally ranging from 2 millimetres to 3 millimetres.

4. The storing and issuing module ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein said rear banknote conveying channel has a height ranging from 1.5 millimetres to 3.5 millimetres, optionally ranging from 2 millimetres to 3 millimetres.

5. The storing and issuing module ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein said rear banknote conveying channel is at least partially overlapped with the front banknote conveying channel.

6. The storing and issuing module ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one top rear lever arm ( 70 ) at least partially interpenetrates said at least one top front lever arm ( 78 ).

7. The storing and issuing module ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the front portion ( 70 a ) is curved.

8. The storing and issuing module ( 10 ) as in any one of claims 1-7 , in which said rear banknote conveying channel extends from said intermediate area of said at least one top rear lever arm ( 70 ) to the separating blade ( 77 ).

9. The storing and issuing module ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one bottom lever arm ( 75 ) has a substantially planar top surface, said at least one top front lever arm ( 78 ) has a substantially planar bottom surface, and the rear portion ( 70 b ) of said at least one top rear lever arm ( 70 ) has a substantially planar bottom surface.

10. The storing and issuing module ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the separating blade ( 77 ) is pivoted on a blade axis coupled to the rear portion ( 70 b ) and elastically pushed upwards.

11. The storing and issuing module ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , further including at least one pair of pinch-rollers ( 53 ; 54 ), including a bottom pinch-roller ( 53 ) and a top pinch-roller ( 54 ), which are configured to mutually shift between an engagement configuration at which they are configured to drag the flexible documents and a disengagement configuration at which they are spaced apart from each other, wherein said at least one transport-tape ( 52 ) is configured to be supported by the bottom pinch-roller ( 53 ) of said at least one pair of pinch-rollers ( 53 ; 54 ), that is configured to act as return roller, and wherein said at least one transport-tape ( 52 ) is placed between the bottom pinch-roller ( 53 ) and the top pinch-roller ( 54 ) of said at least one pair of pinch-rollers ( 53 ; 54 ).

12. The storing and issuing module ( 10 ) according to claim 11 , wherein the bottom pinch-roller ( 53 ) and the top pinch-roller ( 54 ) are rotatably connected to said at least one bottom lever arm ( 75 ) and said at least one top front lever arm ( 78 ), respectively.

13. The storing and issuing module ( 10 ) according to claim 11 , wherein the top pinch-roller ( 54 ) is elastically pushed against the bottom pinch-roller ( 53 ) and is configured to be moved upwards away from the bottom pinch-roller ( 53 ) under control of an electromagnet ( 79 ).

14. The storing and issuing module ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one diverter ( 42 ) at the input port configured to allow the flexible documents to enter or exit from the storing and issuing module ( 10 ), whereby said entry-exit path is interposed between said at least one diverter ( 42 ) and said outer diameter of the storage roller ( 50 ).

15. A flexible document receiving and dispensing device comprising:

a) a top body assembly for receiving and dispensing flexible documents,

b) a bottom body assembly for storing flexible documents, the bottom body assembly comprising a safe having one or more housings and a transport mechanism for storing and issuing flexible documents, and,

c) wherein at least one of said one or more housings includes a storing and issuing module ( 10 ) according to claim 1 .