US 11,987,462 B2
Switch assembly for devices for handling value documents
Heiko Schniedermeyer, Paderborn (DE)
Assigned to WINCOR NIXDORF INTERNATIONAL GMBH, Paderborn (DE)
Appl. No. 16/954,680
Filed by Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH, Paderborn (DE)
PCT Filed Dec. 20, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/086175
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 20, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/122114, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 102017131208.0 (DE), filed on Dec. 22, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0229943 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. B65H 29/58 (2006.01); B65H 3/06 (2006.01); G07D 11/10 (2019.01); G07D 11/18 (2019.01)
CPC B65H 29/58 (2013.01) [B65H 3/0669 (2013.01); G07D 11/10 (2019.01); G07D 11/18 (2019.01); B65H 2403/724 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A switch assembly for a device for handling valuable documents, comprising:
a switch body;
a shaft connected to the switch body for rotation therewith, wherein the switch body is rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the shaft between a first switch body position and a second switch body position;
a switch lever, wherein the shaft is rotatable about its longitudinal axis with the aid of the switch lever;
a solenoid which comprises an armature, wherein the solenoid is configured to be actuated such that the armature can be moved between a first armature position and a second armature position, wherein the switch lever is in engagement with the armature such that the movement of the armature causes the switch lever to rotate about the longitudinal axis of the shaft, wherein the switch assembly comprises an elastically deformable element, wherein the elastically deformable element is deformed at least whenever the switch body has reached the second switch body position and the armature has not yet reached the second armature position;
wherein the elastically deformable element is a torsion bushing which comprises two sleeves which are connected to each other by an elastomer element and are rotatable relative to each other, wherein the first sleeve is connected to the switch lever and the second sleeve is connected to the shaft, and wherein the switch lever is rotatable about an angular range.