US 12,240,721 B2
Device for handling notes of value
Richard Düsterhus, Paderborn (DE); Karl-Heinz Seroka, Salzkotten (DE); and Dennis Mols, Paderborn (DE)
Assigned to Wincor Nixdorf International GbmH, Paderborn (DE)
Filed by Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH, Paderborn (DE)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/690,529.
Application 17/690,529 is a continuation of application No. 16/870,878, filed on May 8, 2020, granted, now 11,276,264.
Claims priority of application No. 19173698 (EP), filed on May 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0194731 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65H 29/60 (2006.01); G07D 11/23 (2019.01); G07D 11/50 (2019.01); G07D 11/18 (2019.01); G07D 11/40 (2019.01)
CPC B65H 29/60 (2013.01) [G07D 11/23 (2019.01); G07D 11/50 (2019.01); B65H 2404/1114 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1912 (2013.01); G07D 11/18 (2019.01); G07D 11/40 (2019.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for handling notes of value comprising:
an intermediate storage configured to receive notes of value in a first rectilinear direction and having a deposit surface, a wall, and a cover element, wherein the cover element is arranged pivotably above the deposit surface about an axis of rotation transverse to the first rectilinear direction, wherein the cover element defines a downwardly facing surface, and wherein the wall and the deposit surface and the downwardly facing surface are three sides of a volume defined by the intermediate storage for holding the notes of value;
a transport unit drivable in a first rotational direction to move the notes of value in the first rectilinear direction into the intermediate storage and drivable in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction to convey the notes of value out of the intermediate storage, wherein the transport unit includes a first shaft and at least one vane wheel with at least one vane arranged on the first shaft in a rotationally fixed manner, wherein the at least one vane of the at least one vane wheel is configured to exert a press-on force toward the deposit surface and on the notes of value fed into the intermediate storage and stored in the intermediate storage when the at least one vane wheel is rotated in the first rotational direction, wherein the at least one vane of the at least one vane wheel is configured to lift the notes of value fed into the intermediate storage away from said deposit surface when the at least one vane wheel is rotated in the second rotational direction; and
wherein, in a first plane normal to a first central longitudinal axis of the first shaft, in the first rectilinear direction, the deposit surface extends from a first edge away from the first central longitudinal axis to a second edge at the wall, wherein the downwardly facing surface extends in the first plane between a third edge and a fourth edge in the first rectilinear direction, the downwardly facing surface confronting the deposit surface between the first edge and the second edge along the first rectilinear direction, and wherein the at least one vane passes through the volume when the first shaft rotates.