An apparatus for filling and sealing bags intended for containing banknotes comprises a generally parallelepiped-shaped container (10), with side walls (11), a bottom (12) and an upper lid (13) provided with an opening (14) for allowing entry into the container of a bag (15), made up of flexible plastic film, and of bank- notes (17) intended to be introduced into the same bag. The apparatus further comprises a pair of sealing bars (21a, 21b) arranged at the upper end of the container (10) and a system for controlling and moving the bars between their respective opening and closing positions. The control and movement system of the sealing bars (21a, 21b) comprises a motor (26) for driving a shaft (27) adapted to rotate at least one driving pulley (28) arranged below in correspondence with a vertical edge of the container (10), a kinematic connection for closing the bars comprised of a combination of cables and tension springs (29, 29', 30, 30', 31, 31') connecting the driving pulley (28) to the sealing bars (21a, 21b) and a kinematic connection for opening the bars comprised of a combination of cables and tension springs (33, 33', 35, 35') connecting the sealing bars (21a, 21b) to a respective fixed anchor point (34, 34') of the container (10).
B65H 29/46 - Members reciprocated in rectilinear path
B65H 31/10 - Pile receivers with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates the articles being piled one above another and applied at the top of the pile
A system for the safe coupling of a re-usable bag to a banknote handling and storing machine, comprising a bag container (13), comprised of an upper rigid mouth (15), of a flexible bag (14) permanently fixed to said rigid mouth (15) and of a lid (16) for closing said rigid mouth (15), and a bag-holding frame (17), suitable for being stably fixed to a safe structure of the machine, for supporting and hooking the bag container (13) when placed inside the machine to be filled in with the banknotes, is provided with coupling and hooking electromechanical means between the bag container (13) and the bag-holding frame (17); the lid (16) for closing said rigid mouth (15) is further provided with means suitable to allow, on command, the banknotes passing from the machine to the bag (14) through the closed lid when the bag container (13) is correctly inserted inside the machine.
B65B 5/10 - Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
E05G 1/06 - Safes or strong-rooms for valuables having provision for multiple compartments
E05G 7/00 - Safety transaction partitions, e.g. movable payplates
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
A machine for depositing and dispensing coins comprises a first portion (11) containing devices for reception of the deposited coins and for recognition and sorting of the coins based on the denomination thereof, a second portion (14) containing a plurality of internal hoppers (15) intended to selectively contain the coins sorted by denomination and a third portion (16) containing coin processing means for processing the coins in the dispensing step, a seat (17) being present in said third portion (16) for the temporary housing of a till intended to be filled with predetermined compositions of coins of the various denominations coming from the internal hoppers (15). The machine also comprises coin conveying means adapted to receive, at said seat (17), coins coming from the internal hoppers (15) or from the recognition and sorting devices and to convey them to a higher zone (28) of the machine. A coin path selector (31, 131) is present at the end of said coin conveying means to said higher zone (28) of the machine, the coin path selector being movable between a first position wherein it enables the conveyance of the coins into an internal collection container (32) and a second position wherein it enables the dispensing of the coins outside the machine.
A device for filling and closing disposable bags for containing banknotes comprises an upper container (11) for temporarily housing banknotes (12), provided with a bottom (15) with an opening (19) for the exit of the banknotes (12) from the container (11), a piston (14) for pushing the banknotes (12) towards the opening (19) on the bottom of the container (11), a bag (13) made of flexible plastic film, intended to be filled with the banknotes temporarily housed in the container (11), a support (16) for the bag (13) containing the banknotes, vertically movable through controlled lowering means (17) and placed below the container (11), sealing bars (18) arranged between the upper container (11) and the movable support (16), intended to seal the mouth of the bag (13) upon completing the filling, and an electromagnetic stop element (26) that can be controlled to lock the movable support (16) with respect to the sealing bars (18), said electromagnetic stop element consisting of an electromagnet (27) applied to the movable support (16) and of a fixed element (28) made of ferromagnetic material, adapted to face the electromagnet (27) in operative condition.
A device for the insertion of banknotes into containers in machines suitable for receiving and handling banknotes, comprises a container (18, 18', 18") for the banknotes (11), adapted to be closed and removed from the machine once filled, and a loading path (17), diverting from a circulation path (14) inside the machine and ending at said container (18, 18', 18"), for the insertion of banknotes (11) into the container. The device further comprises at least one scanner (24), placed along the loading path (17), for the optical detection of images of the banknotes entering into the container (18, 18', 18") and a memory (26) connected to the scanner (24) for storing the images detected thereby.
A device for filling and closing disposable bags for containing banknotes, comprises a container (11) for the temporary housing of one or more banknotes (12), having side walls (19) and a bottom (18) with an opening (21) for the exit of said one or more banknotes (12) from the container (11), a pushing piston (14) for pushing said one or more banknotes (12) towards the bottom (18) of the container (11), a bag (13) made of flexible material intended to be filled with the banknotes temporarily housed in the container (11), which is anchored, at the edges of its mouth, to fixing pins (22) placed in proximity of the opening (21) in the bottom (18) of the container (11), a plate (15) which is vertically movable through controlled lowering means (16) and placed below the container (11), the plate (15) having a central slot (23), which is open at the top towards the container (11) and extending vertically through the body of the plate (15) for the insertion of a bottom portion (24) of the bag anchored to the fixing pins (22), and first sealing elements (17) placed between the container (11) and the plate (15).
A device for filling and closing disposable bags for containing banknotes comprises a container (11) for the temporary housing of one or more banknotes (12), provided with side walls (19) and a bottom (18) with an opening (21) for the exit of said one or more banknotes (12) from the container (11), a pushing piston (14) for pushing said one or more banknotes (12) towards the bottom (18) of the container (11), a bag (13) made of flexible material intended to be filled with the banknotes temporarily housed in the container (11), which is wrapped around the side walls (19) and the bottom (18) of the container (11), a plate (15) which is vertically movable through controlled lowering means (16) and placed below the container (11), and sealing elements (17) placed between the container (11) and the plate (15).
A disposable container for valuable items that is suitable for being used in a machine for filling and closing the container, the container (16, 116) being suitable for being anchored to supporting elements (22, 23) of the machine so that a filling mouth (21, 121) of the container is positioned for receiving valuable items coming from the machine, such as banknotes, paper items (tickets, cheques.... ), coins, plastic chips for casinos, etc. With the edge of the mouth of the container there is associated coupling means (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 45, 46, 138, 140, 142, 145) that is movable through the action of closing elements of the machine from a first decoupled position, wherein the mouth is open, to a second coupled position, wherein the mouth is closed, said coupling means being suitable for making an irreversible closure when it is taken to the second coupling position.
B65D 77/12 - Container closures formed after filling by collapsing and flattening the mouth portion of the container and securing without folding, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, heat-sealing, welding or applying separate securing members
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DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STORING AND DISPENSING BANKNOTES
An automatic device for storing and dispensing banknotes of a preset number of denominations comprising an inlet (12) for the banknotes, recognition means (13) for recognizing the denomination of the incoming banknotes, a plurality of LIFO roller magazines (14-16) for storing the banknotes, an outlet for the banknotes (18) , conveying means (17) for conveying the banknotes between the inlet, the magazines and the outlet, control means (20) suitable for controlling the conveying means for transferring the banknotes from the inlet to the magazines during the depositing step and transferring the banknotes from the magazines to the outlet during the dispensing step, characterized in that the magazines (14-16) are smaller in number than said preset number of banknote denominations, the control means (20) comprising means (21-23) for storing the sequence of denominations stored in each magazine and means for controlling the conveying means to transfer the banknotes from one magazine to the other in function of the stored sequences and a dispensing request entered in the device, to enable the banknotes to be dispensed from the magazines to the outlet according to the request.
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