EP0290731B1 - Storage device - Google Patents

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EP0290731B1
EP0290731B1 EP88103427A EP88103427A EP0290731B1 EP 0290731 B1 EP0290731 B1 EP 0290731B1 EP 88103427 A EP88103427 A EP 88103427A EP 88103427 A EP88103427 A EP 88103427A EP 0290731 B1 EP0290731 B1 EP 0290731B1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H5/00Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
    • B65H5/28Feeding articles stored in rolled or folded bands
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/006Winding articles into rolls
    • GPHYSICS
    • G07CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07DHANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D11/00Devices accepting coins; Devices accepting, dispensing, sorting or counting valuable papers
    • G07D11/10Mechanical details
    • G07D11/12Containers for valuable papers
    • GPHYSICS
    • G07CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07FCOIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/68Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles in which the articles are torn or severed from strips or sheets
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65H2301/00Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/41Winding, unwinding
    • B65H2301/419Winding, unwinding from or to storage, i.e. the storage integrating winding or unwinding means
    • B65H2301/4191Winding, unwinding from or to storage, i.e. the storage integrating winding or unwinding means for handling articles of limited length, e.g. AO format, arranged at intervals from each other
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
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    • B65H2301/40Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/41Winding, unwinding
    • B65H2301/419Winding, unwinding from or to storage, i.e. the storage integrating winding or unwinding means
    • B65H2301/4191Winding, unwinding from or to storage, i.e. the storage integrating winding or unwinding means for handling articles of limited length, e.g. AO format, arranged at intervals from each other
    • B65H2301/41912Winding, unwinding from or to storage, i.e. the storage integrating winding or unwinding means for handling articles of limited length, e.g. AO format, arranged at intervals from each other between two belt like members
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
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    • B65H2301/40Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/41Winding, unwinding
    • B65H2301/419Winding, unwinding from or to storage, i.e. the storage integrating winding or unwinding means
    • B65H2301/4192Winding, unwinding from or to storage, i.e. the storage integrating winding or unwinding means for handling articles of limited length in shingled formation
    • B65H2301/41922Winding, unwinding from or to storage, i.e. the storage integrating winding or unwinding means for handling articles of limited length in shingled formation and wound together with single belt like members
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2403/00Power transmission; Driving means
    • B65H2403/80Transmissions, i.e. for changing speed
    • B65H2403/82Variable speed drive units
    • B65H2403/821Variable speed drive units friction
    • B65H2403/8211Variable speed drive units friction frontal
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/19Specific article or web
    • B65H2701/1912Banknotes, bills and cheques or the like

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  • the invention relates to a storage device according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • a device of this type intended for storing banknotes is known, in which, depending on the embodiment, the banknotes onto a tape unwound from a reel or between two tapes unwound from a common reel or reel Storage coil is wound.
  • the drive arrangement has a drive device (not described in more detail) with a speed-controllable motor, which drives the storage reel in the winding or unwinding direction and at the same time the tape reels in the unwinding or unwinding direction.
  • a storage device for banknotes is known from WO 82/00025.
  • the banknotes are glued on a tape, which is rolled up into a storage roll.
  • the tape is unwound from a first spool to a second.
  • a drive device engages both on the belt and on the second spool that receives the empty belt.
  • the coils are mounted so that they can rotate in an output device.
  • This storage device also has the disadvantages described above.
  • the object is achieved to create a storage device for sheet-shaped, flexible objects, in particular banknotes, in which the belt speed and the belt tension are independent of the respective operating state, ie independently of the oppositely changing Diameters of the storage roll and the tape roll or tapes.
  • the drive arrangement does not primarily act on the spools, but rather on the tape or tapes, a constant peripheral speed of the winding can be easily and reliably achieved, although the diameter of the winding or rolls rotating in the winding direction increases and the diameter of the winding rotating simultaneously in the unwinding direction decreases.
  • the number, the thickness and the mutual distance of the objects stored in the respective operating state also have no influence on the belt tension.
  • the driven rollers on the circumference of the windings engage the belt or belts.
  • the rollers can be stationary support rollers for the coils of the coils, which are displaceable perpendicular to their axis.
  • Another embodiment has a pair of rollers which can be driven to pull the tape or tapes from the tape reel in one direction and to pull the tape or tapes from the storage reel in the opposite direction, and a gear arrangement which controls the rotation of the reel or turns rotating in the unwinding direction transmits the other winding (s) in their winding direction in such a way that their circumferential speeds at least approximately match to maintain the tape tension.
  • the above-mentioned object can also be achieved in that one of the wheels of the gear arrangement is driven.
  • the drive arrangement of the storage device according to the invention can be designed such that the peripheral speed of the roll or rolls rotating in the winding direction is slightly greater than that of the roll or rolls rotating simultaneously in the unwinding direction, expediently one absorbing the tensioning force of the tape or tapes torsionally flexible coupling and a torque transmission with slip limiting the belt tension is to be provided, in particular if the elasticity of stretch of the belt or belts is very small.
  • the bank notes 1 (or other sheet-like, flexible objects) are wound onto a storage reel 3 while resting on a tape 2.
  • the tape 2 is unwound from a tape reel 5 on a tape reel 6 and a storage reel 7 is formed on the storage reel 3.
  • the tape 2 runs around a roll 9 of a pair of rolls 9, 10, between the rolls of which the banknotes 1 are fed to the tape 2.
  • the storage reel 3 has a larger diameter than the reel 6.
  • the tape 2 together with the stored banknotes 1a is withdrawn from the storage reel 7 and wound onto the tape reel 6 after the banknotes have detached from the tape 2 when leaving the pair of rolls 9, 10.
  • Fig. 1 shows the state in which the tape 2 has not yet been used for storage and the tape reel 5 is wound on the tape reel 6 forming almost its entire length.
  • Fig. 2 shows the state in which the tape 2 is wound almost over its entire length forming the storage coil 7 on the storage reel 3. As can be seen, the diameters of the coils 5 and 7 change considerably during operation.
  • the storage reel 3 or its storage reel 7 is supported on a stationary support roller 12, the tape reel 6 or its reel 5 is supported on a support roller 13 which is also stationary. To do this with the changing diameters of the winding 5 and 7 to enable the coils 3 and 5 to be displaceable perpendicular to their axes 15 and 16. It is thereby achieved that the axis 15 of the storage reel 3, as the diameter of the storage reel 7 increases, moves farther away from the support roller 12 on which the band 2 with the banknotes runs onto and runs off the storage reel 7, and this enables a short path of the tape 2, on which the banknotes lie, between the pair of rollers 9, 10 and the point at which the tape runs next to the support roller 12 on the reel or from it.
  • each banknote must be held in this way between the rollers 9 and 10 on the belt 2 and / or must be held somewhat protruding into the storage roll 7 in order to reliably convey the banknote in this way. If the storage coil axis 15 were mounted in a stationary manner, as usual, this path would have to be longer in view of the largest diameter of the storage coil 7, and the path would change its position depending on the diameter of the storage coil 7, which would not be possible or at least would be considerably more complicated. to arrange a stripper 18 which ensures the detachment of the banknotes when unwinding the tape 2 from the storage roll 7.
  • one of the respective outer diameter of the two coils achieved independent tape length on the way from one reel to another. This is essential for a constant belt tension.
  • the tape 2 runs in an S-shape. This ensures that the coils 3 and 6 and also their support rollers 12 and 13 always rotate in the same direction. This simplifies the design of the gear arrangement described below.
  • the basic design of the other embodiment of the storage device differs from that described in connection with FIGS. 1 and 2 in that a second tape is arranged around the roll 10 of the pair of rollers is guided and the two tapes are either wound together one above the other on a reel or each on a reel. Because the banknotes are kept on the way from the pair of rolls to the storage reel and vice versa between the two bands, its length plays a smaller role.
  • the support of the storage reel or the storage reel and the support of the tape reel or reels or reel on support rollers is also advantageous in this embodiment, because it achieves a length of the tape between the reels that is independent of the diameter of the reel, and also the further gear arrangement described below with the transmission ratio dependent on the diameter of the winding is easier to carry out. Even if, as also described further below, rollers acting on the belt or bands on the outside of the winding are used, their drive is easier if these rollers are fixedly mounted support rollers which are displaceably guided windings.
  • the band 2 consists of two steel bands of e.g. 0.05 mm thick and 6 mm wide, with which, given the dimensions of the device, a very long belt length and high storage density and great abrasion resistance are achieved on the rollers 9, 10 and support rollers 12 and 13 and on the wiper 18. Both steel strips run together, are wound up and unwound together and act together, as described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the rollers 9 and 10, the coils 3 and 6 and the support rollers 12 and 13 each consist of two parts. These parts of the roller 10 sit on a common shaft 22, this applies correspondingly to the roller 9.
  • the parts of the storage coil 3 are rotatably connected to one another by a rod 23, are rotatably mounted together on a hollow shaft 24 and are connected to this by a torsion spring 25 in a torsionally elastic manner .
  • the hollow shaft 24 is rotatably mounted on the axis 15.
  • the reel parts of the reel 6 are each connected to one of the two sun gears of a differential 28 (differential gear), the planet gear carrier of which is seated on a hollow shaft 29 which is rotatably mounted on the axis 16 of the reel 6.
  • rollers 9 and 10 of the pair of rollers are connected to one another by a gear pair (not shown) and by a reversible drive motor 40 in one Direction for storing banknotes and in the opposite direction for the output of previously stored banknotes. 3 and 4, the directions of rotation of the individual parts and the running direction of the tape are indicated by solid arrows when storing banknotes, by dashed arrows when dispensing previously stored banknotes.
  • the hollow shaft 24 of the storage coil 3 which can be displaced along the displacement line 20, there is a face wheel 42 on which an impeller 43 runs, which is seated on a shaft 44 which is mounted in a fixed manner in the direction of the line 20 and is arranged such that it is on a circle of the The face wheel 42 runs, the diameter of which corresponds to the diameter of the storage roll 7 on the storage spool 3.
  • the plane of the impeller 43 is perpendicular to the direction of displacement 20 of the coil 3 at or near the line on which the support roller 12 touches the winding 7. It is thereby achieved that the peripheral speed of the impeller 43 corresponds to the peripheral speed of the storage roll 7 and thus the belt speed.
  • the impeller shafts 44 and 48 are connected to one another by two belt drives 51 to 54 and 57 to 60.
  • One pulley 51 of the first belt drive is fixed on the shaft 44, the other 52 is placed on the shaft 48 by means of a one-way clutch 53 which only rotates the shaft 48 in the direction of the winding direction corresponds to the coil 6, transmits to the disk 52.
  • the pulley 51 has a somewhat smaller diameter than the pulley 52.
  • the belt 54 is expediently a toothed belt.
  • the pulley 57 is firmly seated on the shaft 48, the other pulley 58 is placed on the shaft 44 by means of a one-way clutch 59, which transmits only the rotation of the shaft 44, which corresponds to the winding direction of the spool 3, through the belt 60 to the pulley 57.
  • the diameter of the disk 57 is slightly smaller than the diameter of the disk 58.
  • the roller pair 9, 10 is driven by the motor 40 in the direction shown by the solid arrows.
  • the tape 2 is pulled off the tape roll 5.
  • the gear arrangement which consists of the two friction gear 42, 43 and 46, 47 and the two belt drives 51 to 54 and 57 to 60, transmits the rotation of the tape reel 6 to the storage reel 3, around the unwound tape 2 together with between the rollers 9 and 10 fed banknotes onto the storage reel 3 or the storage reel 7.
  • the circumferential speed of the storage reel 3 rotating in the winding direction or of the storage reel 7 is somewhat greater than the circumferential speed of the tape reel 5 rotating in the unwinding direction, as a result of which the band 2 is held taut.
  • the difference between the winding and the unwinding speed is absorbed by the torsion spring 25, in the event of excessive belt tension, the limit of the frictional adhesion of one or both impellers 43 and 47 on the face wheels 42 and 46 is exceeded, so that there is a slip which Band tension limited.
  • This static friction is determined by compression springs 62 and 63, one of which between one of the gears 37 and the hollow shaft 24 and the other engages between one of the gears 38 and the hollow shaft 29 to press the face gear 42 against the impeller 43 and the face gear 46 against the impeller 47.
  • a sliding ring is arranged between the gearwheels 37 and 38 and the spring 62 and 63, respectively.
  • the impeller 47 is driven by the face plate 46 at a peripheral speed corresponding to the peripheral speed of the tape reel 5 in the direction associated with the unwinding rotation of the tape reel 5. With the corresponding rotation of the shaft 48, the one-way clutch 53 engages, so that the belt pulley 52 transmits the rotation of the shaft 48 through the belt 54 to the belt pulley 51 which is firmly seated on the shaft 44. Because of the different diameters of the disks 52 and 51, the speed of the shaft 44 and thus the peripheral speed of the impeller 43 is somewhat greater than that of the impeller 47, and the peripheral speed of the storage reel 7 (in its winding direction) is somewhat greater than that of the tape reel 5, so that the tape 2 is kept taut.
  • the pulley 57 fixed on the shaft 48 drives the pulley 58 via the belt 60, which, because of the different diameters of the pulleys 57 and 58 and 51 and 52, rotates slower than the pulley 51 or shaft 44. With the corresponding speed difference in the respective one Direction of rotation, the one-way clutch 59 runs idle, and the second belt drive 57 to 60 has no effect.
  • the pair of rollers 9, 10 is driven by the motor 40 in the direction of the arrows shown in broken lines. Doing so the tape 2, which forms the storage roll 7 and forms the storage roll 7 on the storage reel 3, is pulled off the storage roll 7, releasing previously stored bank notes upon leaving the pair of rolls 9, 10.
  • the removal of the tape 2 from the storage reel 7 causes a rotation of the storage reel 3, which is transmitted to the tape reel 6 by the gear arrangement in order to wind the drawn tape onto the tape reel 6 or the tape reel 5.
  • the peripheral speed of the spool 6 driven by the gear arrangement is somewhat greater than that of the driving spool 3 in order to keep the belt tensioned, as mentioned.
  • the friction gear units work analogously, as described for the storage process.
  • the one-way clutch 59 engages, and the pulley 58 of the second belt drive drives the pulley 57 fixed on the shaft 48, the speed of which is somewhat greater than that of the pulley 58.
  • the pulley 51 of the first belt drive which is firmly seated on the shaft 44, drives the pulley 52 via the belt 54, the speed of which is lower than that of the pulley 51 and thus also less than that of the pulley 57 and the shaft 48.
  • the one-way clutch 53 runs idle and the transmission of the belt drive 51-54 is ineffective.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 differs from that described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 in that the banknotes are wound between two bands 2 and 68 on the storage reel 3, forming the storage reel 66. Accordingly, in addition to Tape reel 6 with the tape reel 5, a second tape reel 67 is provided, on which the second tape 68 is wound into a second tape reel 69.
  • the second reel 67 is designed in accordance with the reel 6 and equipped with a differential 72.
  • the second reel 67 is assigned a friction wheel gear corresponding to the friction wheel gear 46, 47 with a face gear 74 and an impeller 75.
  • the shaft 77 of the impeller 75 is connected to the shaft 48 of the impeller 47 by a belt drive 78 with a speed ratio of 1: 1.
  • the pair of rollers 9, 10 and the wheels 43, 47 or 43, 47 and 75 inevitably rotate at almost the same peripheral speed
  • the pair of rollers 9, 10 can also be used instead Shaft 44 or 48 or 77 are driven. Accordingly, a reversible motor for driving one of these shafts could also be provided instead of the motor 40.
  • the support rollers 12 and 13 or 12, 13 and 81 rotate at almost the same circumferential speed corresponding to the running speed of the belt 2 or the belts 2 and 68, the support rollers can also be driven with the same circumferential speed, with the same roller diameter and with the same speed are, especially since they are stationary, which simplifies their drive.
  • the drive arrangement is particularly simple. However, when the tapes are divided into two narrow sub-tapes, their friction on the support rollers is low, and if the support roll of the storage roll is made so long that it rests on the entire roll, its friction on the roll is greater than its friction on the sub-tapes. This is inconvenient for winding up and unwinding the storage roll.
  • a drive of the support rollers is mainly considered when the tape or tapes are not subdivided and their width corresponds to the length of the storage reel and thus also the tape reel or reels.
  • the friction gear 42, 43 and 46, 47 or 74, 75 is not required
  • the support roller 12, 13 or 81 is to be arranged directly on the shaft 44 or 48 or 77 and that for the belt drives 51 to 54 , 57 to 60 and 78 said applies if the support rollers 12 and 13 and possibly 81 have the same diameter, wherein instead of the motor 40 a reversible motor for driving one of the shafts 44, 48 and 77 is to be provided, and the belt drives cause that the winding speed both when storing banknotes and when dispensing previously stored banknotes is somewhat higher than the unwinding speed in order to keep the tape or tapes taut.
  • FIG. 7 and 8 show a conveyor track with a conveyor path 84 for banknotes to be stored, to be fed to the roller pair 9, 10 and a conveyor path 85 for previously stored banknotes to be released and released from the belt 2 when leaving the roller pair 9, 10.
  • This conveyor track consists of guide walls 87, 88, 89 with pairs of conveyor rollers, only two of which are shown and designated 91, 92, and is equipped with a switch with switch heart pieces 94.
  • the guide wall 87 forms the conveyor path 84 with the guide wall 88 and the roller pairs 91 and the conveyor path 85 with the guide wall 89 and the conveyor roller pair 92.
  • the guide walls 88 and 89 have parts that converge to the line of contact of the roller pair 9, 10.
  • the switch heart pieces 94 can be moved in two positions by an electromagnet 96 with a lever linkage 97, 98.
  • the frogs 94 with the curved part of the guide wall 89 delimit a connection path leading from the roller pair to the conveyor path 85, in the position shown in broken lines they limit with the curved part of the guide wall 88 a connection path to the roller pair 9 connected to the conveyor path 84, 10.
  • the conveyor roller pairs 91 and 92 are driven at a peripheral speed corresponding to the running speed of the belt, when the conveyor track leads to the roller pair 9, 10, at its peripheral speed. This makes perfect cooperation in a simple manner, i.e. a correspondence of the storage speed or output speed of the storage device with the conveying speed of its conveying path is ensured.
  • the friction gear wheels and the rollers acting on the belt can be provided with a friction lining in all types.

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Objects (1) to be stored are fed between two rollers (9, 10) to a belt (2) taken off from a belt coil (5) of a belt reel (6) and wound up therewith (2), forming a storage coil (7), onto a storage reel (3). For the delivery of previously stored objects (1a), the belt (2) is taken off therewith (1a) from the storage coil (7), the objects separate from the belt (2) upon leaving the roller pair (9, 10), the belt (2) being rewound onto the belt coil (b 5). The reels (3, 6) are displaceably mounted; their coils (5, 7) are each supported on a fixedly mounted backing roller (12, 13). For driving the device, the backing rollers (12, 13) can be rotated at coincident peripheral speeds, or respectively one backing roller (12, 13) can be rotated by pulling off the belt (2) from the coil (5, 7) carrying same and the rotation of that backing roller can be transmitted to the other backing roller, or respectively one of the reels (3, 6) can be rotated by pulling off the belt (2) from its coil (5, 7) and the rotation of such reel can be transmitted to the other reel by means of an infinitely variable gear system (42, 43, 46, 47, 51-54, 57-60) in such a way that the peripheral speeds of both coils coincide. In this way, a belt, storage, and delivery speed at constant belt speed is attained which is independent of the respective diameters of the coils.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine Speichereinrichtung nach dem Oberbegriff des Patentanspruchs 1.The invention relates to a storage device according to the preamble of patent claim 1.

Aus der GB-A-2 071 059 ist eine zum Speichern von Banknoten bestimmte Einrichtung dieser Gattung bekannt, bei der die Banknoten je nach Ausführungsart an einem von einer Bandspule abgewickelten Band oder zwischen zwei von einer gemeinsamen Bandspule oder je einer Bandspule abgewickelten Bändern auf die Speicherspule gewickelt wird. Bei der Ausführungsart mit zwei Bändern und zwei Bandspulen hat die Antriebsanordnung eine nicht näher beschriebene Antriebsvorrichtung mit einem drehzahlregelbaren Motor, welche die Speicherspule in Auf- bzw. Abwickelrichtung und gleichzeitig die Bandspulen in Ab-bzw. Aufwickelrichtung so antreiben soll, dass auf die jeweils in Abwickelrichtung drehende Spule bzw. Spulen eine ihre Drehung hemmende Bremskraft wirkt, um die Bänder übereinstimmend gleichmässig gespannt zu halten. Wie dies durch Drehzahlsteuerung des Motors oder mittels der ohne nähere Angaben lediglich erwähnten Antriebsvorrichtung erreicht werden soll, ist diesem Stand der Technik nicht zu entnehmen, zumal sowohl die Laufbewegung als auch die Spannung jedes Bandes nicht nur von den Drehzahlen der Band- und Speicherspule, sondern von der Umfangsgeschwindigkeit der Wickel abhängt, die durch die Drehzahl und den jeweiligen Aussendurchmesser der Wickel bestimmt ist, der beim Aufwickeln zunimmt und beim Abwickeln abnimmt, wobei der Aussendurchmesser des Speicherwickels auch noch je nach der Dicke der Banknoten und dem Abstand, in dem diese aufeinander folgend aufgewickelt sind, verschieden ist.From GB-A-2 071 059 a device of this type intended for storing banknotes is known, in which, depending on the embodiment, the banknotes onto a tape unwound from a reel or between two tapes unwound from a common reel or reel Storage coil is wound. In the embodiment with two tapes and two tape reels, the drive arrangement has a drive device (not described in more detail) with a speed-controllable motor, which drives the storage reel in the winding or unwinding direction and at the same time the tape reels in the unwinding or unwinding direction. Should drive the winding direction so that on the respective spool or spools rotating in the unwinding direction a braking force which inhibits their rotation acts in order to keep the tapes uniformly tensioned. How to do this by controlling the engine speed or by means of The drive device only mentioned without further details is not to be found in this prior art, especially since both the running movement and the tension of each tape depend not only on the speeds of the tape and storage reel, but on the peripheral speed of the winding, which is determined by the speed and the respective outer diameter of the reel, which increases during winding and decreases during unwinding, the outer diameter of the storage reel also depending on the thickness of the banknotes and the distance at which they are wound up consecutively.

Bei einer ebenfalls eine Speicherspule und zwei Bandspulen aufweisenden Speichereinrichtung ähnlicher Gattung (US-A-2 981 492), bei der zum Speichern der Objekte nur die Speicherspule von einem Motor und zur Ausgabe vorher gespeicherter Objekte nur die Bandspulen von Hand angetrieben werden, erfolgt der Antrieb der Bandspulen zur Erzielung gleicher Spannungen der Bänder über ein Ausgleichsgetriebe (Differentialgetriebe). Dabei ist beim Speichern die Drehzahl der Speicherspule konstant, so dass die Bandspannung mit der Zunahme des Durchmessers des Speicherwickels grösser und gleichzeitig das Bremsmoment, welches das dabei leerlaufende Ausgleichsgetriebe auf die Bandwickel ausübt, kleiner wird.In the case of a storage device of a similar type (US-A-2 981 492), which likewise has a storage reel and two reels, in which only the storage reel is driven by a motor to store the objects and only the reels are manually driven to output previously stored objects, this takes place Drive of the tape reels to achieve the same tension of the tapes via a differential (differential gear). When storing, the speed of the storage reel is constant, so that the tape tension increases with the increase in the diameter of the storage reel and, at the same time, the braking torque which the idling differential exerts on the tape reel becomes smaller.

Aus der WO 82/00025 ist eine Speichereinrichtung für Banknoten bekannt. Die Banknoten sind auf einem Band aufgeklebt, welches zu einem Speicherwickel aufgerollt wird. Zum Ausspeichern der Banknoten wird das Band von einer ersten Spule auf eine zweite abgewickelt. Eine Antriebseinrichtung greift sowohl am Band als auch an der zweiten, das leere Band aufnehmenden Spule an. Die Spulen befinden sich ortsfest in einer Ausgabeeinrichtung drehbar gelagert. Auch diese Speichereinrichtung weist die oben beschriebenen Nachteile auf.A storage device for banknotes is known from WO 82/00025. The banknotes are glued on a tape, which is rolled up into a storage roll. To store the banknotes, the tape is unwound from a first spool to a second. A drive device engages both on the belt and on the second spool that receives the empty belt. The coils are mounted so that they can rotate in an output device. This storage device also has the disadvantages described above.

Hier will die Erfindung Abhilfe schaffen. Durch die Erfindung, wie sie in den Patentansprüchen gekennzeichnet ist, wird die Aufgabe gelöst, eine Speichereinrichtung für blattförmige, biegsame Objekte, insbesondere Banknoten, zu schaffen, bei der die Bandgeschwindigkeit und die Bandspannung unabhängig vom jeweiligen Betriebszustand, d.h. unabhängig von den sich entgegengesetzt ändernden Durchmessern des Speicherwickels und des oder der Bandwickel ist.The invention seeks to remedy this. By the invention, as characterized in the claims, the object is achieved to create a storage device for sheet-shaped, flexible objects, in particular banknotes, in which the belt speed and the belt tension are independent of the respective operating state, ie independently of the oppositely changing Diameters of the storage roll and the tape roll or tapes.

Indem die Antriebsordnung primär nicht auf die Spulen, sondern auf das oder die Bänder wirkt, ist eine konstante Umfangsgeschwindigkeit der Wickel einfach und zuverlässig erreichbar, obwohl der Durchmesser des oder der in Aufwickelrichtung drehenden Wickel zunimmt und der Durchmesser der gleichzeitig in Abwickelrichtung drehenden Wickel abnimmt. Dabei hat auch die Anzahl, die Dicke und der gegenseitige Abstand der im jeweiligen Betriebszustand gespeicherten Objekte keinen Einfluss auf die Bandspannung.Since the drive arrangement does not primarily act on the spools, but rather on the tape or tapes, a constant peripheral speed of the winding can be easily and reliably achieved, although the diameter of the winding or rolls rotating in the winding direction increases and the diameter of the winding rotating simultaneously in the unwinding direction decreases. The number, the thickness and the mutual distance of the objects stored in the respective operating state also have no influence on the belt tension.

Bei einer Ausführungsart greifen die angetriebenen Rollen am Umfang der Wickel an dem oder den Bändern an. Dabei können die Rollen zur Vereinfachung ihrer Antriebe ortsfest angeordnete Stützrollen für die Wickel der senkrecht zur ihrer Achse verschiebbar gelagerten Spulen sein.In one embodiment, the driven rollers on the circumference of the windings engage the belt or belts. In order to simplify their drives, the rollers can be stationary support rollers for the coils of the coils, which are displaceable perpendicular to their axis.

Eine andere Ausführungsart hat ein zum Abziehen des oder der Bänder von der oder den Bandspulen in einer Richtung und zum Abziehen des oder der Bänder vom Speicherwickel in der entgegengesetzten Richtung antreibbares Rollenpaar und eine Getriebeanordnung, welche die Drehung des oder der jeweils in Abwickelrichtung drehenden Wickel an den oder die anderen Wickel in deren Aufwickelrichtung so überträgt, dass ihre Umfangsgeschwindigkeiten zur Aufrechterhaltung der Bandspannung wenigstens annähernd übereinstimmen.Another embodiment has a pair of rollers which can be driven to pull the tape or tapes from the tape reel in one direction and to pull the tape or tapes from the storage reel in the opposite direction, and a gear arrangement which controls the rotation of the reel or turns rotating in the unwinding direction transmits the other winding (s) in their winding direction in such a way that their circumferential speeds at least approximately match to maintain the tape tension.

Bei Verwendung dieser Getriebeanordhung kann die oben genannte Aufgabe auch dadurch gelöst werden, dass eines der Laufräder der Getriebeanordnung angetrieben wird. Zur Aufrechterhaltung einer gewünschten Bandspannung kann die Antriebsanordnung der erfindungsgemässen Speichereinrichtung so ausgeführt sein, dass die Umfangsgeschwindigkeit des oder der jeweils in Aufwickelrichtung drehenden Wickel geringfügig grösser als die des oder der gleichzeitig in Abwickelrichtung drehenden Wickel ist, wobei zweckmässig eine die Spannkraft des oder der Bänder aufnehmende drehelastische Kupplung und eine die Bandspannung begrenzende Drehmomentübertragung mit Schlupf vorzusehen ist, insbesondere wenn die Dehnungselastizität des oder der Bänder sehr klein ist.When using this gear arrangement, the above-mentioned object can also be achieved in that one of the wheels of the gear arrangement is driven. In order to maintain a desired tape tension, the drive arrangement of the storage device according to the invention can be designed such that the peripheral speed of the roll or rolls rotating in the winding direction is slightly greater than that of the roll or rolls rotating simultaneously in the unwinding direction, expediently one absorbing the tensioning force of the tape or tapes torsionally flexible coupling and a torque transmission with slip limiting the belt tension is to be provided, in particular if the elasticity of stretch of the belt or belts is very small.

Im Folgenden wird die Erfindung anhand der beiliegenden, lediglich Ausführungswege darstellenden, schematischen Zeichnungen näher erläutert. Es zeigen

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das Prinzipschema einer Speichereinrichtung mit einem Band beim Vorgang des Speicherns,
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eine Fig. 1 entsprechende Darstellung bei der Ausgabe der vorher gespeicherten Objekte,
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eine Seitenansicht einer Speichereinrichtung mit einem Band,
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eine schräge Draufsicht in Blickrichtung IV in Fig. 3,
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eine Fig. 3 entsprechende Ansicht einer Speichereinrichtung mit zwei Bändern,
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eine Draufsicht in Blickrichtung VI in Fig. 5,
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eine Vorrichtung zum Zuführen zu speichernder Objekte und zum Wegführen vorher gespeicherter Objekte an der Einrichtung nach Fig. 1 bis 4 oder 5 und 6, im Schnitt nach der Linie VII-VII in Fig. 8,
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The invention is explained in more detail below on the basis of the attached schematic drawings, which only show execution options. Show it
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the basic scheme of a storage device with a tape in the process of storing,
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1 corresponding representation in the output of the previously stored objects,
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a side view of a storage device with a tape,
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3 a view corresponding to FIG. 3 of a storage device with two tapes,
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a device for feeding objects to be stored and for removing previously stored objects on the device according to FIGS. 1 to 4 or 5 and 6, in section along the line VII-VII in FIG. 8,
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Die Banknoten 1 (oder anderen blattförmigen, biegsamen Objekte) werden nach Fig. 1 an einem Band 2 anliegend auf eine Speicherspule 3 gewickelt. Dabei wird das Band 2 von einem Bandwickel 5 auf einer Bandspule 6 abgewickelt und ein Speicherwickel 7 auf der Speicherspule 3 gebildet. Das Band 2 läuft um eine Rolle 9 eines Rollenpaares 9, 10, zwischen dessen Rollen die Banknoten 1 dem Band 2 zugeführt werden. Um das Aufwickeln der Banknoten zu erleichtern, hat die Speicherspule 3 einen grösseren Durchmesser als die Bandspule 6.1, the bank notes 1 (or other sheet-like, flexible objects) are wound onto a storage reel 3 while resting on a tape 2. The tape 2 is unwound from a tape reel 5 on a tape reel 6 and a storage reel 7 is formed on the storage reel 3. The tape 2 runs around a roll 9 of a pair of rolls 9, 10, between the rolls of which the banknotes 1 are fed to the tape 2. In order to facilitate the winding up of the banknotes, the storage reel 3 has a larger diameter than the reel 6.

Zur Ausgabe oder Rückgabe vorher gespeicherter Banknoten 1 wird nach Fig. 2 das Band 2 zusammen mit gespeicherten Banknoten 1a vom Speicherwickel 7 abgezogen und auf die Bandspule 6 gewickelt, nachdem die Banknoten sich beim Verlassen des Rollenpaares 9, 10 vom Band 2 gelöst haben.For issuing or returning previously stored banknotes 1, the tape 2 together with the stored banknotes 1a is withdrawn from the storage reel 7 and wound onto the tape reel 6 after the banknotes have detached from the tape 2 when leaving the pair of rolls 9, 10.

Fig. 1 zeigt den Zustand, in dem das Band 2 noch nicht zum Speichern benutzt und an fast seiner ganzen Länge den Bandwickel 5 bildend auf die Bandspule 6 gewickelt ist. Fig. 2 zeigt den Zustand, in dem das Band 2 fast an seiner ganzen Länge den Speicherwickel 7 bildend auf die Speicherspule 3 gewickelt ist. Wie ersichtlich, ändern sich die Durchmesser der Wickel 5 und 7 während des Betriebes erheblich.Fig. 1 shows the state in which the tape 2 has not yet been used for storage and the tape reel 5 is wound on the tape reel 6 forming almost its entire length. Fig. 2 shows the state in which the tape 2 is wound almost over its entire length forming the storage coil 7 on the storage reel 3. As can be seen, the diameters of the coils 5 and 7 change considerably during operation.

Die Speicherspule 3 bzw. deren Speicherwickel 7 ist auf eine ortsfest gelagerte Stützrolle 12, die Bandspule 6 bzw. deren Bandwickel 5 ist auf eine ebenfalls ortsfest gelagerte Stützrolle 13 abgestützt. Um dies bei den sich im Betrieb ändernden Durchmessern der Wickel 5 und 7 zu ermöglichen, sind die Spulen 3 und 5 senkrecht zu ihren Achsen 15 und 16 verschiebbar gelagert. Dadurch wird erreicht, dass die Achse 15 der Speicherspule 3 sich bei zunehmendem Durchmesser des Speicherwickels 7 weiter von der Stützrolle 12, an der das Band 2 mit den Banknoten auf den Speicherwickel 7 läuft und von diesem abläuft, entfernt, und das ermöglicht einen kurzen Weg des Bandes 2, an dem die Banknoten anliegen, zwischen dem Rollenpaar 9, 10 und der Stelle, an der das Band neben der Stützrolle 12 auf den Wickel läuft oder von diesem abläuft. Das ist wichtig, weil jede Banknote auf diesem Wege zwischen den Rollen 9 und 10 am Band 2 gehalten und/oder etwas in den Speicherwickel 7 hineinragend gehalten werden muss, um die Banknote auf diesem Wege zuverlässig zu fördern. Wäre die Speicherspulenachse 15 wie üblich ortsfest gelagert, so müsste dieser Weg mit Rücksicht auf den grössten Durchmesser des Speicherwickels 7 länger bemessen werden, und der Weg würde seine Lage abhängig vom Durchmesser des Speicherwickels 7 ändern, wobei es nicht möglich oder wenigstens wesentlich umständlicher wäre, einen Abstreifer 18 anzuordnen, der das Ablösen der Banknoten beim Abwickeln des Bandes 2 vom Speicherwickel 7 gewährleistet. Die Zunahme des Abstandes der Achse 15 der Speicherspule vom Rollenpaar 9, 10 bei zunehmendem Durchmesser des Speicherwickels 7 ist noch dadurch vergrössert, dass die Verschiebungslinie 20 dieser Achse mit dem Weg, den das Band zwischen dem Rollenpaar 9, 10 und dem Speicherwickel 7 zurücklegt stumpf ist. Dadurch verändert auch die Stelle, an der das Band auf den Wickel 7 oder von diesem abläuft, weniger ihre Lage.The storage reel 3 or its storage reel 7 is supported on a stationary support roller 12, the tape reel 6 or its reel 5 is supported on a support roller 13 which is also stationary. To do this with the changing diameters of the winding 5 and 7 to enable the coils 3 and 5 to be displaceable perpendicular to their axes 15 and 16. It is thereby achieved that the axis 15 of the storage reel 3, as the diameter of the storage reel 7 increases, moves farther away from the support roller 12 on which the band 2 with the banknotes runs onto and runs off the storage reel 7, and this enables a short path of the tape 2, on which the banknotes lie, between the pair of rollers 9, 10 and the point at which the tape runs next to the support roller 12 on the reel or from it. This is important because each banknote must be held in this way between the rollers 9 and 10 on the belt 2 and / or must be held somewhat protruding into the storage roll 7 in order to reliably convey the banknote in this way. If the storage coil axis 15 were mounted in a stationary manner, as usual, this path would have to be longer in view of the largest diameter of the storage coil 7, and the path would change its position depending on the diameter of the storage coil 7, which would not be possible or at least would be considerably more complicated. to arrange a stripper 18 which ensures the detachment of the banknotes when unwinding the tape 2 from the storage roll 7. The increase in the distance of the axis 15 of the storage reel from the pair of rollers 9, 10 with increasing diameter of the storage reel 7 is further increased by the fact that the line of displacement 20 of this axis becomes blunt with the path that the band travels between the pair of reels 9, 10 and the storage reel 7 is. As a result, the position at which the tape runs onto or from the winding 7 changes less.

Dadurch, dass auch die Bandspule 6 bzw. der Bandwickel 7 auf der ortsfest gelagerten Stützrolle 13 abgestützt ist, wird eine vom jeweiligen Aussendurchmesser der beiden Wickel (auf den Spulen 3 und 5) unabhängige Bandlänge auf dem Wege von einem Wickel zum anderen erzielt. Das ist für eine konstante Bandspannung wesentlich. Am Uebergang zwischen dem Bandwickel auf der Spule 5 und der Stützrolle 13 verläuft das Band 2 S-förmig. Dadurch wird erreicht, dass die Spulen 3 und 6 sowie auch deren Stützrollen 12 und 13 sich stets in derselben Richtung drehen. Das vereinfacht die Ausführung der weiter unten beschriebenen Getriebeanordnung.Because the tape reel 6 or the tape reel 7 is also supported on the stationary supporting roller 13, one of the respective outer diameter of the two coils (on reels 3 and 5) achieved independent tape length on the way from one reel to another. This is essential for a constant belt tension. At the transition between the tape roll on the spool 5 and the support roller 13, the tape 2 runs in an S-shape. This ensures that the coils 3 and 6 and also their support rollers 12 and 13 always rotate in the same direction. This simplifies the design of the gear arrangement described below.

Die andere Ausführungsart der Speichereinrichtung, bei der die Banknoten zwischen zwei Bändern auf die Speicherspule bzw. den Speicherwickel gewickelt werden, unterscheidet sich in ihrem grundsätzlichen Aufbau von dem im Zusammenhang mit Fig. 1 und 2 Beschriebenen dadurch, dass ein zweites Band um die Rolle 10 des Rollenpaares geführt ist und die beiden Bänder entweder gemeinsam übereinander auf eine Bandspule oder je auf eine Bandspule gewickelt sind. Weil die Banknoten dabei auf dem Wege vom Rollenpaar zum Speicherwickel und umgekehrt zwischen den beiden Bändern gehalten sind, spielt dessen Länge eine geringere Rolle. Trotzdem ist die Abstützung der Speicherspule bzw. des Speicherwickels und die Abstützung der Bandspule oder Spulen bzw. Wickel auf Stützrollen auch bei dieser Ausfüh-rungsart vorteilhaft, weil dadurch eine vom Durchmesser der Wickel unabhängige Länge des Bandes zwischen den Wickeln erreicht wird und ausserdem die weiter unten beschriebene Getriebeanordnung mit vom Durchmesser der Wickel abhängigen Uebersetzungsverhältnis einfacher ausführbar ist. Auch wenn, wie ebenfalls weiter unten beschrieben, an dem oder den Bändern an der Aussenseite der Wickel angreifende Rollen verwendet werden, ist deren Antrieb einfacher, wenn diese Rollen ortsfest gelagerte Stützrollen verschiebbar geführter Wickel sind.The basic design of the other embodiment of the storage device, in which the banknotes are wound between two tapes on the storage reel or the storage reel, differs from that described in connection with FIGS. 1 and 2 in that a second tape is arranged around the roll 10 of the pair of rollers is guided and the two tapes are either wound together one above the other on a reel or each on a reel. Because the banknotes are kept on the way from the pair of rolls to the storage reel and vice versa between the two bands, its length plays a smaller role. Nevertheless, the support of the storage reel or the storage reel and the support of the tape reel or reels or reel on support rollers is also advantageous in this embodiment, because it achieves a length of the tape between the reels that is independent of the diameter of the reel, and also the further gear arrangement described below with the transmission ratio dependent on the diameter of the winding is easier to carry out. Even if, as also described further below, rollers acting on the belt or bands on the outside of the winding are used, their drive is easier if these rollers are fixedly mounted support rollers which are displaceably guided windings.

Bei der in Fig. 3 und 4 dargestellten Ausführungsart besteht das Band 2 aus zwei Stahlbändern von z.B. 0,05 mm Dicke und 6 mm Breite, womit bei gegebenen Abmessungen der Einrichtung eine sehr grosse Bandlänge und hohe Speicherdichte und eine grosse Abriebfestigkeit an den Rollen 9, 10 und Stützrollen 12 und 13 sowie am Abstreifer 18 erreicht wird. Beide Stahlbänder laufen gemeinsam, werden gemeinsam auf- und abgewickelt und wirken gemeinsam, wie anhand der Fig. 1 und 2 beschrieben. Entsprechend bestehen auch die Rollen 9 und 10, die Spulen 3 und 6 und die Stützrollen 12 und 13 je aus zwei Teilen. Diese Teile der Rolle 10 sitzen auf einer gemeinsamen Welle 22, dies gilt entsprechend für die Rolle 9. Die Teile der Speicherspule 3 sind durch eine Stange 23 drehfest miteinander verbunden, gemeinsam drehbar auf einer Hohlwelle 24 gelagert und durch eine Torsionsfeder 25 drehelastisch mit dieser verbunden. Die Hohlwelle 24 ist auf der Achse 15 drehbar gelagert. Die Spulenteile der Bandspule 6 sind je mit einem der beiden Sonnenräder eines Ausgleichsgetriebes 28 (Differentialgetriebe) verbunden, dessen Planetenrad-Träger auf einer Hohlwelle 29 sitzt, die auf der Achse 16 der Bandspule 6 drehbar gelagert ist.In the embodiment shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the band 2 consists of two steel bands of e.g. 0.05 mm thick and 6 mm wide, with which, given the dimensions of the device, a very long belt length and high storage density and great abrasion resistance are achieved on the rollers 9, 10 and support rollers 12 and 13 and on the wiper 18. Both steel strips run together, are wound up and unwound together and act together, as described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. Correspondingly, the rollers 9 and 10, the coils 3 and 6 and the support rollers 12 and 13 each consist of two parts. These parts of the roller 10 sit on a common shaft 22, this applies correspondingly to the roller 9. The parts of the storage coil 3 are rotatably connected to one another by a rod 23, are rotatably mounted together on a hollow shaft 24 and are connected to this by a torsion spring 25 in a torsionally elastic manner . The hollow shaft 24 is rotatably mounted on the axis 15. The reel parts of the reel 6 are each connected to one of the two sun gears of a differential 28 (differential gear), the planet gear carrier of which is seated on a hollow shaft 29 which is rotatably mounted on the axis 16 of the reel 6.

Um die Spulen 3 und 6, wie anhand der Fig. 1 und 2 erläutert, verschiebbar zu lagern, sind die Enden ihrer Achsen 15 bzw. 16 in einer Führung 31 bzw. 32 verschiebbar, die mit einer in der Führungsrichtung laufenden Zahnstange 34 bzw. 35 ausgerüstet ist, mit der ein auf dem Achsende sitzendes Zahnrad 37 bzw. 38 kämmt, das eine Parallelführung sicherstellt.In order to slidably support the coils 3 and 6, as explained with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, the ends of their axes 15 and 16 are displaceable in a guide 31 and 32, respectively, which are connected to a rack 34 and 35 is equipped with which meshes a gear 37 or 38 seated on the axle end, which ensures parallel guidance.

Die Rollen 9 und 10 des Rollenpaares sind durch ein (nicht dargestelltes) Zahnradpaar miteinander verbunden und von einem reversierbaren Antriebsmotor 40 in einer Richtung zum Speichern von Banknoten und in der entgegengesetzten Richtung zur Ausgabe vorher gespeicherter Banknoten angetrieben. In Fig. 3 und 4 sind die Drehrichtungen der einzelnen Teile und die Laufrichtung des Bandes beim Speichern von Banknoten durch ausgezogene Pfeile, bei der Ausgabe vorher gespeicherter Banknoten durch gestrichelte Pfeile angegeben.The rollers 9 and 10 of the pair of rollers are connected to one another by a gear pair (not shown) and by a reversible drive motor 40 in one Direction for storing banknotes and in the opposite direction for the output of previously stored banknotes. 3 and 4, the directions of rotation of the individual parts and the running direction of the tape are indicated by solid arrows when storing banknotes, by dashed arrows when dispensing previously stored banknotes.

Auf der längs der Verschiebungslinie 20 verschiebbaren Hohlwelle 24 der Speicherspule 3 sitzt ein Planrad 42, auf dem ein Laufrad 43 läuft, das auf einer in Richtung der Linie 20 verlaufenden, ortsfest gelagerten Welle 44 sitzt und so angeordnet ist, dass es auf einem Kreis des Planrades 42 läuft, dessen Durchmesser dem Durchmesser des Speicherwickels 7 auf der Speicherspule 3 entspricht. Dazu ist die Ebene des Laufrades 43 senkrecht zur Verschiebungsrichtung 20 der Spule 3 an oder nahe der Linie, an der die Stützrolle 12 den Wickel 7 berührt. Dadurch wird erreicht, dass die Umfangsgeschwindigkeit des Laufrades 43 der Umfangsgeschwindigkeit des Speicherwickels 7 und damit der Bandgeschwindigkeit entspricht. Entsprechend sitzt auf der zur Bandspule 6 gehörenden Hohlwelle 29 ein Planrad 46, auf dem ein Laufrad 47, das auf einer ortsfestgelagerten Welle 48 sitzt, mit einer der Umfangsgeschwindigkeit des Bandwickels 5 entsprechenden Umfangsgeschwindigkeit läuft. Die beiden Laufräder haben denselben Durchmesser.On the hollow shaft 24 of the storage coil 3, which can be displaced along the displacement line 20, there is a face wheel 42 on which an impeller 43 runs, which is seated on a shaft 44 which is mounted in a fixed manner in the direction of the line 20 and is arranged such that it is on a circle of the The face wheel 42 runs, the diameter of which corresponds to the diameter of the storage roll 7 on the storage spool 3. For this purpose, the plane of the impeller 43 is perpendicular to the direction of displacement 20 of the coil 3 at or near the line on which the support roller 12 touches the winding 7. It is thereby achieved that the peripheral speed of the impeller 43 corresponds to the peripheral speed of the storage roll 7 and thus the belt speed. Correspondingly, on the hollow shaft 29 belonging to the reel 6, there is a face wheel 46 on which an impeller 47, which is seated on a stationary shaft 48, runs at a circumferential speed corresponding to the circumferential speed of the reel 5. The two impellers have the same diameter.

Die Laufradwellen 44 und 48 sind durch zwei Riementriebe 51 bis 54 und 57 bis 60 miteinander verbunden. Eine Riemenscheibe 51 des ersten Riementriebes sitzt fest auf der Welle 44, die andere 52 ist auf die Welle 48 mittels einer Freilaufkupplung 53 gesetzt, welche nur eine Drehung der Welle 48 in der Richtung, die der Aufwickelrichtung der Spule 6 entspricht, an die Scheibe 52 überträgt. Die Scheibe 51 hat einen etwas kleineren Durchmesser als die Scheibe 52. Der Riemen 54 ist zweckmässig ein Zahnriemen. Die Riemenscheibe 57 sitzt fest auf der Welle 48, die andere Riemenscheibe 58 ist auf die Welle 44 mittels einer Freilaufkupplung 59 gesetzt, welche nur die Drehung der Welle 44 die der Aufwickelrichtung der Spule 3 entspricht, durch den Riemen 60 an die Scheibe 57 überträgt. Der Durchmesser der Scheibe 57 ist etwas kleiner als der Durchmesser der Scheibe 58.The impeller shafts 44 and 48 are connected to one another by two belt drives 51 to 54 and 57 to 60. One pulley 51 of the first belt drive is fixed on the shaft 44, the other 52 is placed on the shaft 48 by means of a one-way clutch 53 which only rotates the shaft 48 in the direction of the winding direction corresponds to the coil 6, transmits to the disk 52. The pulley 51 has a somewhat smaller diameter than the pulley 52. The belt 54 is expediently a toothed belt. The pulley 57 is firmly seated on the shaft 48, the other pulley 58 is placed on the shaft 44 by means of a one-way clutch 59, which transmits only the rotation of the shaft 44, which corresponds to the winding direction of the spool 3, through the belt 60 to the pulley 57. The diameter of the disk 57 is slightly smaller than the diameter of the disk 58.

Zum Speichern von Banknoten wird das Rollenpaar 9, 10 in der durch die ausgezogenen Pfeile dargestellten Richtung vom Motor 40 angetrieben. Dabei wird das Band 2 vom Bandwickel 5 abgezogen. Die Getriebeanordnung, die aus den beiden Reibradgetrieben 42, 43 und 46, 47 und den beiden Riementrieben 51 bis 54 und 57 bis 60 besteht, überträgt die Drehung der Bandspule 6 an die Speicherspule 3, um das abgewickelte Band 2 zusammen mit zwischen den Rollen 9 und 10 zugeführten Banknoten auf die Speicherspule 3 bzw. den Speicherwickel 7 aufzuwickeln. Dabei ist - wie im folgenden näher erläutert - die Umfangsgeschwindigkeit der in Aufwickelrichtung drehenden Speicherspule 3 bzw. des Speicherwickels 7 etwas grösser als die Umfangsgeschwindigkeit des in Abwickelrichtung drehenden Bandwickels 5, wodurch das Band 2 gespannt gehalten wird. Die Differenz zwischen der Aufwickel- und der Abwickelgeschwindigkeit wird von der Torsionsfeder 25 aufgenommen, bei einer übermässigen Bandspannung wird die Grenze der Reibungshaftung eines oder beider Laufräder 43 und 47 an den Planrädern 42 und 46 überschritten, so dass es zu einem Schlupf kommt, der die Bandspannung begrenzt. Diese Haftreibung wird durch Druckfedern 62 und 63 bestimmt, deren eine zwischen einem der Zahnräder 37 und der Hohlwelle 24 und deren andere zwischen einem der Zahnräder 38 und der Hohlwelle 29 angreift, um das Planrad 42 an das Laufrad 43 bzw. das Planrad 46 an das Laufrad 47 zu drücken. Dabei ist zwischen dem Zahnrad 37 bzw. 38 und der Feder 62 bzw. 63 ein nicht dargestellter Gleitring angeordnet.To store banknotes, the roller pair 9, 10 is driven by the motor 40 in the direction shown by the solid arrows. The tape 2 is pulled off the tape roll 5. The gear arrangement, which consists of the two friction gear 42, 43 and 46, 47 and the two belt drives 51 to 54 and 57 to 60, transmits the rotation of the tape reel 6 to the storage reel 3, around the unwound tape 2 together with between the rollers 9 and 10 fed banknotes onto the storage reel 3 or the storage reel 7. As explained in more detail below, the circumferential speed of the storage reel 3 rotating in the winding direction or of the storage reel 7 is somewhat greater than the circumferential speed of the tape reel 5 rotating in the unwinding direction, as a result of which the band 2 is held taut. The difference between the winding and the unwinding speed is absorbed by the torsion spring 25, in the event of excessive belt tension, the limit of the frictional adhesion of one or both impellers 43 and 47 on the face wheels 42 and 46 is exceeded, so that there is a slip which Band tension limited. This static friction is determined by compression springs 62 and 63, one of which between one of the gears 37 and the hollow shaft 24 and the other engages between one of the gears 38 and the hollow shaft 29 to press the face gear 42 against the impeller 43 and the face gear 46 against the impeller 47. A sliding ring, not shown, is arranged between the gearwheels 37 and 38 and the spring 62 and 63, respectively.

Das Laufrad 47 wird von der Planscheibe 46 mit einer der Umfangsgeschwindigkeit des Bandwickels 5 entsprechenden Umfangsgeschwindigkeit in der Richtung angetrieben, die der Abwickeldrehung des Bandwickels 5 zugeordnet ist. Bei der entsprechenden Drehung der Welle 48 kommt die Freilaufkupplung 53 zum Eingriff, so dass die Riemenscheibe 52 die Drehung der Welle 48 durch den Riemen 54 an die fest auf der Welle 44 sitzende Riemenscheibe 51 überträgt. Dabei ist wegen der unterschiedlichen Durchmesser der Scheiben 52 und 51 die Drehzahl der Welle 44 und damit die Umfangsgeschwindigkeit des Laufrades 43 etwas grösser als die des Laufrades 47, und die Umfangsgeschwindigkeit des Speicherwickels 7 (in dessen Aufwickelrichtung) etwas grösser als die des Bandwickels 5, so dass das Band 2 gespannt gehalten wird. Die auf der Welle 48 feste Riemenscheibe 57 treibt über den Riemen 60 die Riemenscheibe 58 an, die wegen der unterschiedlichen Durchmesser der Riemenscheiben 57 und 58 sowie 51 und 52 langsamer dreht als die Riemenscheibe 51 bzw. Welle 44. Bei dem entsprechenden Drehzahlunterschied in der betreffenden Drehrichtung läuft die Freilaufkupplung 59 leer, und der zweite Riementrieb 57 bis 60 ist wirkungslos.The impeller 47 is driven by the face plate 46 at a peripheral speed corresponding to the peripheral speed of the tape reel 5 in the direction associated with the unwinding rotation of the tape reel 5. With the corresponding rotation of the shaft 48, the one-way clutch 53 engages, so that the belt pulley 52 transmits the rotation of the shaft 48 through the belt 54 to the belt pulley 51 which is firmly seated on the shaft 44. Because of the different diameters of the disks 52 and 51, the speed of the shaft 44 and thus the peripheral speed of the impeller 43 is somewhat greater than that of the impeller 47, and the peripheral speed of the storage reel 7 (in its winding direction) is somewhat greater than that of the tape reel 5, so that the tape 2 is kept taut. The pulley 57 fixed on the shaft 48 drives the pulley 58 via the belt 60, which, because of the different diameters of the pulleys 57 and 58 and 51 and 52, rotates slower than the pulley 51 or shaft 44. With the corresponding speed difference in the respective one Direction of rotation, the one-way clutch 59 runs idle, and the second belt drive 57 to 60 has no effect.

Zur Ausgabe vorher gespeicherter Banknoten wird das Rollenpaar 9, 10 von dem Motor 40 in Richtung der gestrichelt dargestellten Pfeile angetrieben. Dabei wird das zusammen mit Banknoten 1a den Speicherwickel 7 bildend auf die Speicherspule 3 gewickelte Band 2 vom Speicherwickel 7 abgezogen, wobei es beim Verlassen des Rollenpaares 9, 10 vorher gespeicherte Banknoten freigibt. Das Abziehen des Bandes 2 vom Speicherwickel 7 bewirkt eine Drehung der Speicherspule 3, die durch die Getriebeanordnung an die Bandspule 6 übertragen wird, um das abgezogene Band auf die Bandspule 6 bzw. den Bandwickel 5 zu wickeln. Auch in diesem Falle ist die Umfangsgeschwindigkeit der durch die Gebriebeanordnung angetriebenen Spule 6 etwas grösser als die der antreibenden Spule 3, um das Band, wie erwähnt, gespannt zu halten. Dabei arbeiten die Reibradgetriebe, abgesehen von der anderen Drehrichtung, sinngemäss, wie für den Speichervorgang beschrieben. Bei der durch den gestrichelten Pfeil dargestellten Drehrichtung der Welle 44 greift die Freilaufkupplung 59 ein, und die Riemenscheibe 58 des zweiten Riementriebes treibt die fest auf der Welle 48 sitzende Riemenscheibe 57 an, wobei deren Drehzahl etwas grösser als die der Riemenscheibe 58 ist. Die fest auf der Welle 44 sitzende Riemenscheibe 51 des ersten Riementriebes treibt über den Riemen 54 die Riemenscheibe 52 an, wobei deren Drehzahl kleiner als die der Riemenscheibe 51 und somit auch kleiner als die der Riemenscheibe 57 und der Welle 48 ist. Bei der Differenz der Drehzahlen der Welle 48 und der Riemenscheibe 53 und der betreffenden Drehrichtung läuft die Freilaufkupplung 53 leer und das Getriebe der Riementrieb 51-54 ist wirkungslos.To output previously stored banknotes, the pair of rollers 9, 10 is driven by the motor 40 in the direction of the arrows shown in broken lines. Doing so the tape 2, which forms the storage roll 7 and forms the storage roll 7 on the storage reel 3, is pulled off the storage roll 7, releasing previously stored bank notes upon leaving the pair of rolls 9, 10. The removal of the tape 2 from the storage reel 7 causes a rotation of the storage reel 3, which is transmitted to the tape reel 6 by the gear arrangement in order to wind the drawn tape onto the tape reel 6 or the tape reel 5. In this case too, the peripheral speed of the spool 6 driven by the gear arrangement is somewhat greater than that of the driving spool 3 in order to keep the belt tensioned, as mentioned. Apart from the other direction of rotation, the friction gear units work analogously, as described for the storage process. In the direction of rotation of the shaft 44 shown by the dashed arrow, the one-way clutch 59 engages, and the pulley 58 of the second belt drive drives the pulley 57 fixed on the shaft 48, the speed of which is somewhat greater than that of the pulley 58. The pulley 51 of the first belt drive, which is firmly seated on the shaft 44, drives the pulley 52 via the belt 54, the speed of which is lower than that of the pulley 51 and thus also less than that of the pulley 57 and the shaft 48. At the difference in the speeds of the shaft 48 and the pulley 53 and the direction of rotation in question, the one-way clutch 53 runs idle and the transmission of the belt drive 51-54 is ineffective.

Die in Fig. 5 und 6 dargestellte Ausführungsform unterscheidet sich von der anhand der Fig. 3 und 4 beschriebenen dadurch, dass die Banknoten zwischen zwei Bändern 2 und 68 auf die Speicherspule 3, den Speicherwickel 66 bildend, gewickelt werden. Demgemäss ist zusätzlich zur Bandspule 6 mit dem Bandwickel 5 eine zweite Bandspule 67 vorgesehen, auf den das zweite Band 68 zu einem zweiten Bandwickel 69 aufgewickelt ist. Die zweite Bandspule 67 ist entsprechend der Bandspule 6 ausgeführt und mit einem Ausgleichsgetriebe 72 ausgerüstet. Der zweiten Bandspule 67 ist ein dem Reibradgetriebe 46, 47 entsprechendes Reibradgetriebe mit einem Planrad 74 und einem Laufrad 75 zugeordnet. Die Welle 77 des Laufrades 75 ist durch einen Riementrieb 78 mit einem Drehzahlverhältnis 1:1 mit der Welle 48 des Laufrades 47 verbunden. Bei dieser Ausführungsart mit zwei Bändern 2 und 68 könnten Unterschiede der Spannungen der beiden Bänder mittels eines Ausgleichsgetriebes ausgeglichen werden, wie aus der Speichereinrichtung nach der oben erwähnten US-A-2 981 492 bekannt. Zu diesem Zwecke wäre ein drittes Ausgleichsgetriebe (nicht dargestellt) vorzusehen, dessen eines Sonnenrad mit der Hohlwelle 29 der einen Bandspule 6, dessen anderes Sonnenrad mit der entsprechenden Hohlwelle 80 der zweiten Bandspule 67 und dessen Planetenradträger mit den Riemenscheiben 52 (mit Freilaufkupplung 53) und 57 zu verbinden wäre. Die drehelastische Kupplung (Torsionsfeder 25) kann bei der Ausführungsart mit einem Band (Fig. 3 und 4) statt an der Speicherspule 3 auch an der Bandspule 6 vorgesehen und bei der Ausführungsart mit zwei Bändern (Fig. 5 und 6) kann entsprechend jede der beiden Bandspulen 6 und 67 mit einer drehelastischen Kupplung ausgerüstet werden.The embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 differs from that described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 in that the banknotes are wound between two bands 2 and 68 on the storage reel 3, forming the storage reel 66. Accordingly, in addition to Tape reel 6 with the tape reel 5, a second tape reel 67 is provided, on which the second tape 68 is wound into a second tape reel 69. The second reel 67 is designed in accordance with the reel 6 and equipped with a differential 72. The second reel 67 is assigned a friction wheel gear corresponding to the friction wheel gear 46, 47 with a face gear 74 and an impeller 75. The shaft 77 of the impeller 75 is connected to the shaft 48 of the impeller 47 by a belt drive 78 with a speed ratio of 1: 1. In this embodiment with two belts 2 and 68, differences in the voltages of the two belts could be compensated for by means of a differential gear, as is known from the storage device according to the above-mentioned US Pat. No. 2,981,492. For this purpose, a third differential gear (not shown) would be provided, one of which has a sun gear with the hollow shaft 29 of a reel 6, the other sun gear with the corresponding hollow shaft 80 of the second reel 67 and its planet carrier with the pulleys 52 (with overrunning clutch 53) and 57 would be connected. The torsionally flexible coupling (torsion spring 25) can also be provided on the tape reel 6 instead of on the storage reel 3 in the embodiment with a tape (FIGS. 3 and 4) and in the embodiment with two tapes (FIGS. 5 and 6) each can accordingly two reels 6 and 67 can be equipped with a torsionally flexible coupling.

Da bei den anhand der Figuren 3 und 4 bzw. 5 und 6 beschriebenen Ausführungsarten das Rollenpaar 9, 10 und die Laufräder 43, 47 bzw. 43, 47 und 75 zwangsläufig mit fast gleicher Umfangsgeschwindigkeit rotieren, kann statt des Rollenpaares 9, 10 auch die Welle 44 oder 48 oder 77 angetrieben werden. Demgemäss könnte statt des Motors 40 auch ein reversierbarer Motor zum Antrieb einer dieser Wellen vorgesehen werden.Since, in the embodiments described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 or 5 and 6, the pair of rollers 9, 10 and the wheels 43, 47 or 43, 47 and 75 inevitably rotate at almost the same peripheral speed, the pair of rollers 9, 10 can also be used instead Shaft 44 or 48 or 77 are driven. Accordingly, a reversible motor for driving one of these shafts could also be provided instead of the motor 40.

Da auch die Stützrollen 12 und 13 bzw. 12, 13 und 81 mit fast derselben, der Laufgeschwindigkeit des Bandes 2 bzw. der Bänder 2 und 68 entsprechenden Umfangsgeschwindigkeit rotieren, können auch die Stützrollen mit übereinstimmender Umfangsgeschwindigkeit, bei gleichem Rollendurchmesser mit übereinstimmender Drehzahl, angetrieben werden, zumal sie ortsfest gelagert sind, was ihren Antrieb vereinfacht. Bei dieser Antriebsart ist die Antriebsanordnung besonders einfach. Allerdings ist bei Unterteilung des oder der Bänder in zwei schmale Teilbänder deren Reibung an den Stützrollen gering, und wenn die Stützrolle des Speicherwickels so lang ausgeführt ist, dass sie am ganzen Wickel anliegt, ist ihre Reibung am Wickel grösser als ihre Reibung an den Teilbändern. Das ist für das Auf- und Abwickeln des Speicherwickels ungünstig. Deshalb kommt ein Antrieb der Stützrollen hauptsächlich dann in Frage, wenn das oder die Bänder nicht unterteilt und seine oder ihre Breite der Länge der Speicherspule und damit auch der Bandspule oder -spulen entspricht. In diesem Falle bedarf es der Reibradgetriebe 42, 43 und 46, 47 bzw. 74, 75 nicht, die Stützrolle 12, 13 bzw. 81 ist direkt auf der Welle 44 bzw. 48 bzw. 77 anzuordnen und das für die Riementriebe 51 bis 54, 57 bis 60 und 78 Gesagte gilt, wenn die Stützrollen 12 und 13 sowie gegebenenfalls 81 gleiche Durchmesser haben, wobei anstelle des Motors 40 ein reversierbarer Motor zum Antrieb einer der Wellen 44, 48 bzw. 77 vorzusehen ist, und die Riementriebe bewirken, dass die Aufwickelgeschwindigkeit sowohl beim Speichern von Bankoten als auch bei der Ausgabe vorher gespeicherter Banknoten etwas grösser als die Abwickelgeschwindigkeit ist, um das oder die Bänder gespannt zu halten.Since the support rollers 12 and 13 or 12, 13 and 81 rotate at almost the same circumferential speed corresponding to the running speed of the belt 2 or the belts 2 and 68, the support rollers can also be driven with the same circumferential speed, with the same roller diameter and with the same speed are, especially since they are stationary, which simplifies their drive. With this type of drive, the drive arrangement is particularly simple. However, when the tapes are divided into two narrow sub-tapes, their friction on the support rollers is low, and if the support roll of the storage roll is made so long that it rests on the entire roll, its friction on the roll is greater than its friction on the sub-tapes. This is inconvenient for winding up and unwinding the storage roll. Therefore, a drive of the support rollers is mainly considered when the tape or tapes are not subdivided and their width corresponds to the length of the storage reel and thus also the tape reel or reels. In this case, the friction gear 42, 43 and 46, 47 or 74, 75 is not required, the support roller 12, 13 or 81 is to be arranged directly on the shaft 44 or 48 or 77 and that for the belt drives 51 to 54 , 57 to 60 and 78 said applies if the support rollers 12 and 13 and possibly 81 have the same diameter, wherein instead of the motor 40 a reversible motor for driving one of the shafts 44, 48 and 77 is to be provided, and the belt drives cause that the winding speed both when storing banknotes and when dispensing previously stored banknotes is somewhat higher than the unwinding speed in order to keep the tape or tapes taut.

Fig. 7 und 8 zeigen eine Förderbahn mit einem Förderweg 84 für zu speichernde, dem Rollenpaar 9, 10 zuzuführende Banknoten und einem Förderweg 85 für vorher gespeicherte, abzugebende, beim Verlassen des Rollenpaares 9, 10 vom Band 2 gelöste Banknoten. Diese Förderbahn besteht aus Leitwänden 87, 88, 89 mit Förderrollenpaaren, von denen nur zwei dargestellt und mit 91, 92 bezeichnet sind, und ist mit einer Weiche mit Weichenherzstücken 94 ausgerüstet. Die Leitwand 87 bildet mit der Leitwand 88 und den Rollenpaaren 91 den Förderweg 84 und mit der Leitwand 89 und dem Förderrollenpaar 92 den Förderweg 85. Die Leitwände 88 und 89 haben gekrümmt zur Berührungslinie des Rollenpaares 9, 10 konvergierend verlaufende Teile. Die Weichenherzstücke 94 sind von einem Elektromagneten 96 mit einem Hebelgestänge 97, 98 in zwei Stellungen bewegbar. In der ausgezogen dargestellten Stellung begrenzen die Herzstücke 94 mit dem gekrümmten Teil der Leitwand 89 einen vom Rollenpaar zum Förderweg 85 führenden Verbindungsweg, in der strichpunktiert dargestellen Stellung begrenzen sie mit dem gekrümmten Teil der Leitwand 88 einen an den Förderweg 84 anschliessenden Verbindungsweg zum Rollenpaar 9, 10. Die Förderrollenpaare 91 und 92 werden mit einer der Laufgeschwindigkeit des Bandes entsprechenden Umfangsgeschwindigkeit, wenn die Förderbahn zum Rollenpaar 9, 10 führt, mit dessen Umfangsgeschwindigkeit angetrieben. Dadurch ist auf einfache Weise eine einwandfreie Zusammenarbeit, d.h. eine Uebereinstimmung der Speichergeschwindigkeit bzw. Ausgabegeschwindigkeit der Speichereinrichtung mit der Fördergeschwindigkeit deren Förderbahn sichergestellt. Die Reibradgetrieberäder und die am Band angreifenden Rollen können bei allen Ausführungsarten mit einem Reibbelag versehen sein.7 and 8 show a conveyor track with a conveyor path 84 for banknotes to be stored, to be fed to the roller pair 9, 10 and a conveyor path 85 for previously stored banknotes to be released and released from the belt 2 when leaving the roller pair 9, 10. This conveyor track consists of guide walls 87, 88, 89 with pairs of conveyor rollers, only two of which are shown and designated 91, 92, and is equipped with a switch with switch heart pieces 94. The guide wall 87 forms the conveyor path 84 with the guide wall 88 and the roller pairs 91 and the conveyor path 85 with the guide wall 89 and the conveyor roller pair 92. The guide walls 88 and 89 have parts that converge to the line of contact of the roller pair 9, 10. The switch heart pieces 94 can be moved in two positions by an electromagnet 96 with a lever linkage 97, 98. In the position shown in the solid line, the frogs 94 with the curved part of the guide wall 89 delimit a connection path leading from the roller pair to the conveyor path 85, in the position shown in broken lines they limit with the curved part of the guide wall 88 a connection path to the roller pair 9 connected to the conveyor path 84, 10. The conveyor roller pairs 91 and 92 are driven at a peripheral speed corresponding to the running speed of the belt, when the conveyor track leads to the roller pair 9, 10, at its peripheral speed. This makes perfect cooperation in a simple manner, i.e. a correspondence of the storage speed or output speed of the storage device with the conveying speed of its conveying path is ensured. The friction gear wheels and the rollers acting on the belt can be provided with a friction lining in all types.

Claims (13)

  1. Storage device for lamellar, flexible objects, in particular bank notes, in which the objects (1) to be stored are wound on a strip (2) or between two strips (2, 68) onto a storage spool (3) in order to form a storage winding (7; 66) and previously stored objects (1a) are unwound from the storage winding (7; 66) for discharge together with the strip (2) or the strips (2, 68) wherein, in order to store the objects (1), the strip (2) is unwound from one or both strips (2, 68) of a common strip winding (5) or from each strip winding (5, 69) of a strip spool (6; 67); and a drive arrangement is provided for simultaneously rotating the storage spool (3) with the storage winding (7; 66) and the strip spool (6) or spools (6, 67) with the strip windings (5; 5, 69), wherein the strip spool (6) or spools (6, 67) and the storage spool (3) can be driven at at least approximately coinciding peripheral velocities of the windings (5, 7; 5, 69, 66) supported thereby, characterised in that at least one of the spools (3, 6, 67) is guided such that it can be displaced perpendicular to its axis and its winding (5, 7, 66) is supported on a rigidly mounted support roller (12, 13, 81).
  2. Device according to Claim 1, characterised in that rollers (9, 10; 12, 13) which act on the strip (2) or strips (2, 68) can be reversibly driven by the drive arrangement (40, 42-44, 46-48, 51-54, 57-60; 51-54, 57-60) at at least approximately identical peripheral velocities.
  3. Device according to Claim 2, characterised in that the spindle (15, 16) of the displaceably guided spool or spools (3, 6, 67) is rigidly connected at each end to a pinion (37, 38) which meshes with a rack (34, 35) extending along a guide (31, 32) displaceably guiding the spindle.
  4. Device according to either of Claims 2 or 3, characterised in that the rollers or support rollers acting on a strip on the generated surface of the winding can be reversibly driven by the drive arrangement in such a way that, when the roller diameters are the same, the speed of the roller or rollers, which act on the winding or each winding in the winding-up direction thereof, slightly exceeds the speed of the roller or rollers which simultaneously act on the or each winding in the unwinding direction thereof, in order to tension the strip or strips, wherein a torsionally elastic coupling and torque transmission suitable for slip are advantageously provided.
  5. Device according to any one of Claims 1 to 4, characterised by two rollers or support rollers of which, in a first drive direction, the first acts on one winding in the winding-up direction thereof and the second acts on the other winding in the unwinding direction thereof, and, in the opposite drive direction, the first acts on one winding in the unwinding direction thereof and the second acts on the second winding in the winding-up direction thereof; and by two gear units, for example belt drives, which are each provided with an overriding clutch and of which the first gear unit transmits the rotation of the first roller rotating one winding in the winding-up direction to the second roller in order to rotate the second winding in the unwinding direction, and of which the second gear unit transmits the rotation of the second roller rotating the second winding in the winding-up direction thereof to the first roller in order to rotate one winding in the unwinding direction; wherein when the roller diameters are the same the output velocity of these gear units slightly exceeds the drive velocity for tensioning the strips, and one of the rollers or a pair of rollers acting on the strip or strips can be driven reversibly.
  6. Device according to any one of Claims 1 to 3, characterised by a gear arrangement having two gear units, of which the first (46, 47, 51-54) transmits the rotation occurring when the strip or strips (2) is/are withdrawn from the strip winding or windings (5) on the strip spool (6) thereof in the unwinding direction to the storage spool (3) in the winding-up direction thereof, and of which the second gear unit (42, 43, 57-60) transmits the rotation occurring when the strip or strips (1) is/are withdrawn from the storage spool (3) in the unwinding direction thereof to the strip spool or spools (6) in the winding-up direction thereof, wherein the gear transmission ratio of the first and second gear units relative to the peripheral velocities of the windings (5 and 7) is advantageously such that the output rotation slightly exceeds the drive rotation in order to tension the strip or strips (2), and a torsionally elastic coupling (25) and a limited-slip force transmission device are provided in the transmission path of the gear units.
  7. Device according to Claim 6, characterised in that the strip spool (6) is connected to a crown wheel (46) of a first friction gear (46, 47) and the storage spool (3) is connected to a crown wheel (43) of a second friction gear (43, 44); in that a wheel (43, 47) runs on each crown wheel (42, 46) on or closely adjacent the line on which the strip or storage winding (5 or 7 respectively) is supported on a support roller (12 or 13 respectively); in that there is connected downstream of the first friction gear (46, 47) a gear unit (51-54) which transmits a rotation of the wheel (47) corresponding to a rotation of the strip spool (6) in the unwinding direction to the wheel (43) of the second friction gear (43, 44) in order to rotate the storage spool (6) in the winding-up direction; in that there is connected downstream of the second friction gear (42, 43) a gear unit (57-60) which transmits the rotation of the wheel (43) corresponding to a rotation of the storage spool (3) in the winding-up direction to the wheel (47) of the first friction gear in order to rotate the strip spool (6) in the winding-up direction; wherein the output velocity of each of the gears (51-53, 57-60) connected downstream slightly exceeds their drive velocity for tensioning the strip (1).
  8. Device according to Claim 7, characterised in that the shaft (44, 48) of one of the wheels (43, 47) can be driven reversibly or optionally a wheel shaft can be driven in one or other of the opposite directions.
  9. Device according to Claim 6 or 7, characterised by a pair of rollers (9, 10) which can be driven in one direction for withdrawing the strip or strips (1; 1, 68) from the strip winding or windings (5; 5, 69) and in the opposite direction for withdrawing the strip or strips (1; 1, 68) from the storage winding (7; 66).
  10. Device according to Claim 9, characterised in that the strip (1) forms an obtuse angle with the displacement line (20) of the storage winding (3) between the pair of rollers (9, 10) and the storage winding (7).
  11. Device according to at least one of Claims 1 to 10, characterised by at least one holding-down and stripping device (18) for holding down the objects running to the storage winding (7) and stripping the objects to he unwound therefrom.
  12. Device according to any one of Claims 1 to 11, characterised by a conveyor track having a conveyor path (84) for the supply and a conveying path (85) for the removal of the objects (1) to and from a pair of rollers (9, 10) at which the strip (1) or each strip (1, 68) is deflected, and a deflector with guide walls (88, 89) converging in a curved manner towards the pair of rollers and a core member (94) which delimits the supply path in a first position with one (88) of the guide walls and the removal path in a second position with the other guide wall (89).
  13. Device according to any one of Claims 1 to 12, characterised in that at least one strip is divided into (1) two strips extending parallel at a distance from one another, the strip spool (6) or spools is/are divided accordingly into coaxial spool parts, and are connected by means of a differential gear (28) to a shaft (29) which drives both spool parts.
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