402 results about "Bank note" patented technology

A banknote transport system 10 includes: an air blowing tube 100 that forms an air flow path 101; a moving body 200 that travels inside the air blowing tube while receiving an air flow within the air blowing tube; a transport path 401 (a transport tube 400) having at least a portion arranged along the air blowing tube to be adjacent to the air blowing tube; and a transport body 500 configured to be able to retain a banknote and traveling inside the transport path. The moving body includes a moving body magnet 213, and the transport body includes a transport body magnet 523. The banknote transport system moves the transport body in conjunction with movement of the moving body receiving the air flow due to attraction and / or repulsion based on a magnetic force applied between the moving body magnet and the transport body magnet.

The invention relates to the field of the protection of security documents such as for example banknotes and identity documents against counterfeit and illegal reproduction. In particular, the present invention provides methods for producing optical effect layers (OELs) exhibiting one or more indicia (×30) on a substrate (×20), said method comprising a step of exposing a coating layer (×10) comprising non-spherical magnetic or magnetizable pigment particles to a magnetic field of a magnetic-field generating device so as to orient at least a part of the magnetic or magnetizable pigment particles; a step of applying a top coating composition on top of the coating layer (×10) and in the form of one or more indicia (×30), and a step of at least partially curing the coating layer (×10) and the one or more indicia (×30) with a curing unit (×50).

This disclosure reveals a banknote validation device having a rapid replacement panel. It is a device that can replace different front covers based on the installed machine model and a banknote validation device with banknote validation functions. This disclosure includes a front cover and a rear housing. The main purpose of this disclosure is to utilize a hardware design with a manner of interchangeable front cover. It eliminates the need of replacing the entire set of banknote validation devices due to different requirements for banknote insertion height in different machine models. By placing the circuit board in the rear housing, the problem of having to remove the circuit board when performing banknote jam maintenance at the banknote insertion port of the front cover is effectively avoided, therefore saving time on maintenances.

A banknote stack transport arrangement for a cash handling machine may include a first structure presenting a first banknote engagement portion that is displaceable in relation to the first structure, and a second structure presenting a second banknote engagement portion that is displaceable in relation to the second structure. At least one of the first and the second structures may be pivotally arranged at its first end so as to be swingably movable between a closed configuration and an open configuration. A movable banknote engager may be configured to press the banknote stack towards the first and / or the second banknote engagement portion. The banknote stack transport arrangement may be configured to transport the banknote stack out from a temporary banknote receptacle by displacing the first and the second banknote engagement portions and by moving the banknote engager to an active position.

A sensor element for checking the authenticity of a planar data carrier, in particular a banknote, has a spin resonance feature. The sensor element contains a magnetic core having an air gap, into which the planar data carrier can be inserted for authentication and which defines an axial direction extending between the adjoining surfaces of the magnetic core, a polarization device for generating a static magnetic flux in the air gap, a modulation device for generating a time-varying magnetic modulation field in the air gap, and a resonator for exciting the spin resonance feature of the data carrier to be checked. The modulation device is formed by at least one planar coil arranged in the air gap, which planar coil has one or more turns about the axial direction of the air gap in one plane. The disclosure also relates to a checking device having such a sensor element.

The invention relates to the field of the protection of security documents such as for example banknotes and identity documents against counterfeit and illegal reproduction In particular, the present invention provides apparatuses and processes for producing optical effect layers (OELs) comprising magnetically oriented, said optical effect layers (OELs) exhibiting not only a dynamic movement but also an eye- catching relief and / or 3D effect upon tilting and may be used as anti-counterfeit means on security documents or security articles or for decorative purposes.

The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a banknote processing device that may separate and process normal banknotes and rejected banknotes during replenishment / collection and easily confirm the number of replenished or collected normal banknotes. The present invention for implementing this includes: a determination unit that determines whether or not a replenished or collected banknote is normal; a temporary storage unit in which the banknote determined as a normal banknote by the determination unit is temporarily stored; a counterfeit banknote cassette in which a replenished rejected banknote and a collected rejected banknote rejected by the determination unit are stored; a banknote storage unit in which a replenished banknote or a banknote to be collected, which is determined as a normal banknote by the determination unit, is stored; a replenishment / collection cassette in which a banknote to be replenished in the banknote storage unit or a normal banknote collected from the banknote storage unit is stored; and a transport path through which the banknote is transported.

A paper sheet handling apparatus includes: a partition portion that forms an insertion space into which a paper sheet is inserted from an insertion port with a first opposing portion, and forms a taking-out space from which the paper sheet is taken out from the insertion port with a second opposing portion; and a conveyor that conveys the paper sheet left in the taking-out space in a state of protruding toward the taking-out space from a first opening portion of the first opposing portion and a second opening portion of the partition portion. The partition portion includes a second shutter that openably closes the second opening portion, and a second shutter opening / closing unit that opens the second opening portion by opening the second shutter in conjunction with an operation in which the partition portion moves to the remaining banknote conveyance position.

The utility model discloses a currency detection magnetic head and a currency detector, the currency detection magnetic head comprises a shielding shell, a plurality of magnetic core units and a plurality of first magnetism isolating plates, and one side of the shielding shell is provided with an opening arranged along the length direction of the shielding shell; a plurality of magnetic core units are arranged in the shielding shell at intervals along the length direction of the shielding shell, and one side of each magnetic core unit penetrates through the opening and is used for reading a magnetic characteristic anti-counterfeiting signal on a banknote; a plurality of first magnetism isolating plates are located in the shielding shell and arranged on the two sides of the magnetic core unit. According to the utility model, the two sides of the magnetic core unit are provided with the first magnetism isolating plates so as to isolate a part of electromagnetic field generated by the magnetic core unit, thereby achieving the purpose of noise reduction in the checking process of banknotes.

The invention relates to the field of the protection of security documents such as for example banknotes and identity documents against counterfeit and illegal reproduction In particular, the present invention provides apparatuses and processes for producing optical effect layers (OELs) comprising magnetically oriented, said optical effect layers (OELs) exhibiting not only a dynamic movement but also an eye- catching relief and / or 3D effect upon tilting and may be used as anti-counterfeit means on security documents or security articles or for decorative purposes.

The utility model belongs to the technical field of counter-rotating wheels, particularly relates to an aluminum counter-rotating wheel capable of preventing paper money from inclining, and aims to solve the problems that the paper money is easy to deviate or incline in the transmission process, the paper money counting is not facilitated and the like in the prior art, the following scheme is provided: the aluminum counter-rotating wheel comprises two main frames which are fixedly arranged in a paper money counting machine; a banknote outlet rotating wheel shaft is rotationally arranged between the two main frames and is used for driving banknotes to move; the bank note inclination prevention aluminum contra-rotating wheel further comprises a mounting frame, and a connecting shaft is rotationally connected between the inner walls of the two sides of the mounting frame. According to the bank note inclination prevention aluminum contra-rotating wheel, the bank notes can be better guided in the conveying process through the arrangement of the bevel wheel; in the rotating process of the counter-rotating wheel, the positioning assembly can be driven to stir and position the banknotes about to be in contact with the banknote outlet rotating wheel shaft, it is ensured that the banknotes are not prone to deviation in the conveying process, the banknote counting accuracy is greatly improved, and banknote counting errors caused by banknote inclination are reduced.

The invention relates to a sensor element (30) for inspecting a flat data carrier (10) having a spin resonance feature (12), in particular a banknote. The sensor element comprises a magnetic core (35) having an air gap (32) defined by two pole faces (38) of the magnetic core, into which the planar data carrier (10) can be introduced for inspection; a polarization device (34) for generating a static magnetic flux in the air gap (32); and a resonator device (40) for exciting a spin resonance feature (12) of the data carrier to be inspected in the air gap. According to the invention, the resonator arrangement (40) comprises a signal source (22) and a plurality of stripline resonators (46) which are simultaneously supplied by the signal source (22), and the stripline resonators (46) are designed in a planar manner with a main extension plane (50) which is parallel to the plane of the at least one pole face (38) of the magnetic core.

The invention relates to a security container for storing valuable documents, e.g., banknotes, having the respective valuable document identification numbers marked on them, and a corresponding security system that, after detecting an intrusion, neutralizes the valuable documents and issues in real time via a communication network an alert message containing at least the valuable document identification numbers to the authorities and / or ATMs or the carrier, and prevents any transaction based on said neutralized valuable documents through said ATMs.

The present invention provides a sheet processing device, a sheet processing method, and a program that can improve the inclination of banknotes in a storage section where sheet pieces such as banknotes are stored, and that can efficiently perform the reversal process. [Solution] The banknote processing device 10 comprises a housing 11, a banknote storage cassette provided in the housing 11 and capable of storing multiple banknotes of the same type stacked in the height direction, a direction determination processing unit 111 that determines the direction of the banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette, a reversal processing unit 115 that reverses the direction of the banknotes to be reversed if the difference in the number of banknotes in the first direction and the number of banknotes in the second direction determined by the direction determination processing unit 111 is greater than or equal to a predetermined first threshold, a counting processing unit 112 that counts the number of banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette, and a threshold setting processing unit 113 that sets the first threshold according to the count value obtained by the counting processing unit 112.

The invention relates to an arrangement for aligning at least one value document along a transport route, comprising at least one banknote reader, which has at least one scan line, which has a plurality of detection regions along the scan line for scanning value documents. Each detection area scans a scanning area in a transport plane of the transport section, wherein the scanning area is arranged along a line orthogonal to a central axis of the transport section. The first transport element and the at least one second transport element are used for transporting the value documents in at least one transport direction along the transport path. The transport elements each contact the value document in a contact region. The at least one alignment device is used for aligning the value documents. The alignment device is arranged between the first transport element and the second transport element and forms part of the transport section. The banknote reader detects the rear edge of the value document in the first scanning area and in the second scanning area.

To prevent transaction suspensions and processing interruptions caused when banknote storage units become full, and to enable more efficient collection of old banknotes.SOLUTION: An automatic transaction device includes: a first stacker in which banknotes of a specific denomination are stored and new banknotes are preferentially stored; a second stacker in which banknotes of the specific denomination are stored and where old banknotes are preferentially stored; and a control unit that controls handling of the banknotes. When the deposited banknotes include the old banknotes of the specific denominations and all of the old banknotes cannot be stored in the second stacker, the control unit performs control so as to store the old banknotes in the second stacker as many as storable in the second stacker, and store the remaining old banknotes in the first stacker.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

An automatic teller machine and associated methods are disclosed. In one example, a device may include a pusher plate, wherein the pusher plate is moveable up and down within the pocket in the range of motion, wherein the pusher plate is integrally formed, and includes a cutout in a front portion to accommodate grasping stacked bank notes from below the cutout. A device may include a stacking lever in a front portion of a top compartment, the stacking lever including a plurality of integrally formed fingers connected at an integrally formed lower edge.

The utility model relates to a kind of point counting and checking machine, it includes two side wallboards and controller, two sides the wallboard between sequentially be equipped with counting mechanism, checking mechanism and receiving mechanism along longitudinal direction, the checking mechanism includes dispensing wheel and pass currency platform, the dispensing wheel is along the axial interval arrangement of second mounting shaft, the second mounting shaft rotation is arranged, the dispensing wheel and the pass currency platform between form pass currency passageway, wherein, the checking mechanism further includes optical detection component, the dispensing wheel between form checking gap, the optical detection component is configured at the checking gap, the optical detection component includes light source emission lamp and first receiver, light signal emitted by light source emission lamp reaches first receiver at checking gap at banknote surface, banknote is exposed at checking gap at banknote surface longitudinal direction when banknote passes through dispensing wheel when banknote passes through dispensing wheel, identification is accurate.

To facilitate a depositing operation.SOLUTION: Provided is a bill processing device 1 that when a bill is deposited through a depositing port 10 in a manner that a longitudinal direction of the bill is a lateral direction, stores a bill having a predetermined condition in a corresponding storage 18. The depositing port 10 is formed such that an upper edge portion 31 constituting an upper edge thereof extends at an inclination gradually to a rear side toward left and right with respect to a central portion 311 in the lateral direction and such that a lower surface 313 of the upper edge portion 31 is inclined gradually downward toward the rear side. The depositing port 10 preferably has formed therein a cutout 311a curved rearward in the central portion 311 in the lateral direction of the upper edge portion 31.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

The utility model relates to the technical field of currency detectors, in particular to portable currency detection equipment, an auxiliary device comprises two sockets, inserting plates are movably inserted in the two sockets, a rotating shaft is rotatably connected between the two inserting plates, a bracket is fixedly mounted on the surface of the outer wall of the rotating shaft, a hand wheel is fixedly mounted at a port at one end of the rotating shaft, and a handle is fixedly mounted at the port at the other end of the rotating shaft. A U-shaped plate is fixedly installed on the surface of one side of the shell, a threaded rod is rotationally connected between the inner walls of the two ends of the U-shaped plate, a rotating wheel is fixedly installed at a port of one end of the threaded rod, a sliding groove is formed in the surface of the inner wall of the U-shaped plate, the surface of the threaded rod is in threaded connection with a movable plate, and a limiting plate is fixedly installed on the surface of the movable plate. The utility model relates to a currency detector, in particular to a currency detector, which solves the problem that the existing small portable handheld currency detector is not provided with a currency outlet support and is only provided with a currency outlet, so that the currency is disordered when being discharged from the currency outlet after being verified, and the currency is inconvenient to store.

A tape connecting device (1) and a method for connecting a first tape to a second tape for providing a tape string. In the tape connecting device (1) when continuously conveying the first tape an end section of the first tape is connected to a start section of the second tape by an adhesive connection by a liquid (in particular water) arranged in a connecting section. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for connecting two tapes, a processing system and a use of a method. The inventive tape connecting device (1) and the method can in particular be used for a continuous provision of a security tape for a security document as a banknote.

To downsize a curved transport route through which a transport target is transported without being deformed.A transport path 401 includes a first curved transport tubular-body unit 415B having a first curved shape in which a bottom surface 411B located beside an air blowing tube 100 bulges into a convex shape toward the air blowing tube. The first curved transport tubular-body unit is configured to increase a distance H between the bottom surface and a top surface 413B opposite to the bottom surface from each end portion toward an intermediate portion in a transport direction x to prevent a banknote P retained by a transport body 500 from coming into contact with the top surface.

The utility model relates to the technical field of banknote detection, and discloses a simple and controllable banknote short edge feeding mechanism, which comprises a machine body bottom plate, and a stepping motor is arranged at the front part of the machine body bottom plate; the ball bearings are inserted into the left side and the right side of the interior of the side plate, a first rotating shaft is inserted into an inner ring of the ball bearing on the right side, an overrun clutch is arranged on the front portion of the first rotating shaft, and a second rotating shaft is inserted into an inner ring of the ball bearing on the left side; the left side and the right side of the exterior of the first rotating shaft are sleeved with the banknote twisting wheels, and the rear ends of the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft are coaxially provided with second synchronous belt wheels. According to the simple and controllable banknote short-edge feeding mechanism, the first rotating shaft is driven to rotate through the additionally-arranged stepping motor and the overrunning clutch in the stepping motor, so that the lowest banknote can be brought in through the rotating banknote twisting wheel, due to the fact that the overrunning clutch has the one-way transmission characteristic, the banknotes can be continuously fed in the banknote feeding process, new banknotes can be added at any time, and the banknote feeding efficiency is improved. The problem that banknotes cannot be added midway is solved.

The utility model relates to the technical field of sorters, and discloses a sorter banknote separating structure and a sorter, the sorter banknote separating structure comprises a pedestal, a banknote inlet channel, a first banknote outlet channel, a second banknote outlet channel, a third banknote outlet channel and a banknote separating assembly, the banknote inlet channel is arranged in the pedestal and is suitable for inputting banknotes, and the banknote outlet channel is arranged in the pedestal. The first banknote outlet channel, the second banknote outlet channel and the third banknote outlet channel are all arranged in the base, and the banknote separating assembly is movably installed in the base. The banknote separating assembly has a first state for communicating the banknote inlet channel and the first banknote outlet channel, a second state for communicating the banknote inlet channel and the second banknote outlet channel, and a third state for communicating the banknote inlet channel and the third banknote outlet channel. According to the utility model, the currency sorting assembly is respectively communicated with the currency inlet channel and any one of the first currency outlet channel, the second currency outlet channel and the third currency outlet channel, so that currency sorting in multiple selection directions can be realized, and the currency counting and sorting efficiency is improved.

An optical security device for a valuable document, such as a banknote, has several in-coupling structures, such as gratings, each for coupling incident light into a respective waveguide. The waveguides convey the light to an out-coupling structure provided on the valuable document, spatially separated from the in-coupling structures, for emitting light from the device. In one example, the incident light is ambient white light, and each in-coupling structure comprises a grating of different periodicity from the other in-coupling structures to couple different wavelengths of light. Masking one or more of the in-coupling structures from incident light produces an optical effect in the light emitted from the out-coupling structure, such as a change in colour or change in pattern of the emitted light.

To detect foreign object entrapment.SOLUTION: A banknote deposit / withdrawal device includes: a change control unit that moves a shutter; a first sensor light emitter unit positioned to the left of the shutter, emitting detection light L1 to the right; a second sensor light emitter unit positioned to the right of the shutter, emitting detection light L2 to the left; a first sensor prism positioned to the left of the shutter, transmitting detection light L1; a second sensor prism positioned to the right of shutter 34, allowing the detection light L2 to pass through; a first sensor second light receiving unit that receives the detection light L1 after passing through the first sensor prism; and a second sensor second light receiving unit that receives the detection light L2 after passing through the second sensor prism. The change control unit determines that the shutter is in the closed state when obtaining the detection result where the first sensor second light receiving unit received the detection light L1 and the detection result where the second sensor second light receiving unit received the detection light L2.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

A method for generating synthetic banknotes requires that a multispectral image be generated from a sample banknote. The multispectral image is processed to create a training image in a two-dimensional space. A generative adversarial network is trained using the training image. Synthetic banknotes are generated by seeding the trained generative adversarial network with random data. The synthetic banknotes may then be used to generate a banknote template for a currency validator.