EP0023477A1
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Apparatus for dispensing documents from a plurality of magazines of documents
Assignee: Cessione inter Innovation AB
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Filing: 1980-06-30
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2000-06-30
Abstract
Abstract For the purpose of dispensing documents from a store (11, 12..14) there is provided a dator processor (10) for controlling said dispensing operation, a document conveyor path (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 201-202) arranged to pass said documents to an outfeed compartment; a detecting means (19) for checking the documents; and switching means for switching the conveyor path to the outfeed compartment (21) or to a return compartment (22). The dator processor is provided with information concerning a first signal which is individual for documents from respective stores, and the detector means (19) is arranged to deliver a second signal in dependence on a document passing said means. The dator processor (10) has a memory (24) to which information concerning the first signal is fed and which is connected either to a control circuit (25) connected between the detecting means (19) and a comparison circuit (23), or to said comparison circuit (23). The comparison circuit compares the second signal with a value in the circuit (23), whereat both the signal and the value in the circuit are dependent on the first signal and control the switching means in response to the result of the comparison made.
Inventors
- 👤 Jan-Olof Ek
- 👤 Leif Lundblad
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 10:43
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65H; B65H7/00; B65H7/02; B65H7/06; B65H7/12; G; G07; G07D; G07D11/00; G07D11/20; G07D11/22; G07D11/235; G07D11/237
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
255 words
An apparatus for dispensing documents from a plurality of stores (11,12 .....14) of documents of mutually different kinds, e.g. documents of different denominations, comprising a dator processor (10) for controlling the dispensment of documents from said stores; a conveyor path (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 201-202) controlled by said dator processor (10) for conveying documents from said stores to an outfeed compartment; a detector means (19) for checking a document at a given location on said conveyor path; and switching means (201-202) incorporated in said conveyor path for switching said path to one of two part paths of which one part path leads to said outfeed compartment (21) and the other leads to a reject compartment ; characterized in that means are -arranged for progressively generating a first signal representative of documents belonging to respective stores; that detector means (19) are arranged to transmit to the data processor (10) a second signal (e.g. via 35,39) in response to a document passing said detector means (19); and in that the data processor (10) includes a comparison circuit (23) arranged firstly to compare , for each document passing said detector means (19), said second signal received from said detector means (19) with a value in the comparison circuit (23), said second signal or said value being dependent upon said first signal , representative of said supply (e.g. 11) from which the document in question arrives, and secondly to deliver a control signal (via 36) dependent on said comparison , for controlling the switching means (201-202).
Claim 2
Independent Claim
255 words
An apparatus for dispensing documents from a plurality of stores (11,12 .....14) of documents of mutually different kinds, e.g. documents of different denominations, comprising a dator processor (10) for controlling the dispensment of documents from said stores; a conveyor path (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 201-202) controlled by said dator processor (10) for conveying documents from said stores to an outfeed compartment; a detector means (19) for checking a document at a given location on said conveyor path; and switching means (201-202) incorporated in said conveyor path for switching said path to one of two part paths of which one part path leads to said outfeed compartment (21) and the other leads to a reject compartment ; characterized in that means are -arranged for progressively generating a first signal representative of documents belonging to respective stores; that detector means (19) are arranged to transmit to the data processor (10) a second signal (e.g. via 35,39) in response to a document passing said detector means (19); and in that the data processor (10) includes a comparison circuit (23) arranged firstly to compare , for each document passing said detector means (19), said second signal received from said detector means (19) with a value in the comparison circuit (23), said second signal or said value being dependent upon said first signal , representative of said supply (e.g. 11) from which the document in question arrives, and secondly to deliver a control signal (via 36) dependent on said comparison , for controlling the switching means (201-202).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said means comprises a sequential arrangement of said stores ( e.g. 11) in combination with circuits in said dator processor (10) in an arrangement such that said first signal is generated when a respective supply (11) is inserted into said apparatus.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
50 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said means comprises an arrangement of said detector means (19) in combination with circuits in said dator processor (10) in an arrangement such that said first signal is generated when a first document is dispensed from a respective store (e.g. 11).
Claim 5
Independent Claim
129 words
An apparatus according to any one of claims 1-3, including a collecting compartment (20) incorporated in said conveyor path, for collecting a number of documents ordered through said data processor (10), which documents are to be conveyed together to said outfeed compartment , characterized in that said switching means (201-202) are incorporated in said conveyor path behind the collecting compartment (20) but in front of the outfeed compartment (21), and in that when the detector means (19) detects that a document has been dispensed incorrectly, e.g. two documents have been dispensed at the same time, the control signal, in addition to switching the switching means (201-202) to the other conveyor path, also causes the documents located in the collecting compartment (20) to be fed to the return department (22).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
100 words
An apparatus according to claim 2 or claim 3, characterized by a memory store (24) incorporated in the dator processor (10) and arranged for storing the first signal when a respective store (e.g. 11) is inserted in the apparatus and when a first document is dispensed from a respective store, said memory being connected to the comparison circuit (23) during the dator control of the dispensment of a document from said stores (11,12 ...14) so that said value in the comparison circuit is dependent on the first signal representative of the store (e.g.11) from which the document in question arrives.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
155 words
An apparatus according to claim 2 or claim 3, characterized by a memory store (24) incorporated in the dator processor and arranged for storing the first signal when a respective store (e.g. 11) is inserted into the apparatus and when a first document is dispensed from a respective store , said memory being connected to a control signal (25) which is connected between the detector means (19) and the comparison circuit (23) and which acts on the signal from the detecting means (19) in conjunction with the control of said dator (10) of the dispensment of a document from said stores (11,12 ...14) and in dependence of from which store (e.g. 11) a document shall arrive, so that the signal from the control circuit (25) is solely dependent on the correct or incorrect dispensment of a document, but independent of from which store (e.g. 11) of said stores (11,12 ...14) a respective document is dispensed.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
54 words
An apparatus according to claim 6, characterized in that in the event of a deviation in the comparison circuit (23) between said value and said second signal, said deviation being small in comparison with deviations caused by incorrect dispensment, the dator (10) is arranged to influence the control circuit (25) for eliminating said deviation.
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