(19)
(11) EP 1 544 806 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
05.04.2006 Bulletin 2006/14

(43) Date of publication A2:
22.06.2005 Bulletin 2005/25

(21) Application number: 04029436.5

(22) Date of filing: 13.12.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G07D 11/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR LV MK YU

(30) Priority: 16.12.2003 IT TO20031011

(71) Applicant: CTS Cashpro S.p.A.
10012 Bollengo (TO) (IT)

(72) Inventors:
  • Ugo, Franco
    10012 Bollegno (TO) (IT)
  • Genisio, Guido
    10082 Cuorgnè (TO) (IT)
  • Maglione, Stefano
    10010 Cossano (TO) (IT)
  • Ciampi, Paolo
    10010 Salerano (TO) (IT)

(74) Representative: Nola, Eduardo 
c/o Ing. E. Nola & Associati, Via C. Olivetti 7
10015 Ivrea (To)
10015 Ivrea (To) (IT)

   


(54) Equipment for the automatic deposit of banknotes


(57) An equipment (22) for the automatic deposit of banknotes (23) comprising a transaction port (33) for receiving a stack (24) of banknotes, a separating device (36) for separating the constituting sheets of the stack (24), a validation device (37) for discriminating the constituting sheets as recognized banknotes and constituting sheets not recognized, a transport mechanism (38, 39) servo-dependent on the validation device to drag said constituting sheets along differentiated paths (72, 73) for the recognized banknotes and the constituting sheets not recognized, and a box assembly (51) adjacent to the transaction port. The box assembly (51) includes two storage boxes (53, 54) and is shiftable among at least three different positions. The three positions are associated with predetermined conditions of communication of the storage boxes (53, 54) with the transaction port (33), the separating device (36) and the transport mechanism (38, 39) to receive the stack, transfer the stack to the separating device, temporarily store as banknote sub-stack and as discard sub-stack the recognized banknotes and, respectively, the constituting sheets not recognized and to return, by request, the discard sub-stack and the banknote sub-stack.










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