Stacking Unit for Thin-Walled Transport Containers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices for filling thin-walled transport containers with notes of value face challenges such as errors in stacking and difficulty in secure deposition due to differences in speed and distance between the feed unit and stacker wheels, leading to inefficient and unreliable note placement.
Innovation Solution
A device with a stacking unit outside the transport container, utilizing a closure unit and impellers to stack notes securely before feeding them into the container, eliminating the need for stacker wheels and enabling high-speed stacking by using a blind closure mechanism that ensures notes are properly aligned and securely placed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If stacker wheels are used to deposit notes of value, then the notes can be fed into the transport container, but errors occur in stacking and secure deposition is difficult due to speed and distance differences
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the stacking function from the transport container opening area and places it in a separate stacking area outside the container. The closure element separates the stacking area from the container, allowing notes to be stacked reliably outside before being transferred in, eliminating the problems of stacking errors and insecure deposition that occurred when using stacker wheels at the container opening.
Solution Approach 2:
The closure element acts as an intermediary between the stacking area and the transport container. It enables the stacking process to occur in a controlled environment outside the container, then mediates the transfer of the stacked notes into the container, ensuring both reliability and simplicity.
2Device complexity
If notes are stacked directly inside the opening of the transport container, then the stacking process is simplified, but errors easily occur when stacking
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the filling process into two distinct phases: stacking phase (outside the container with closure element closed) and transfer phase (closure element open). This segmentation allows each phase to be optimized independently - stacking can occur in a controlled external area with proper alignment, then the completed stack is transferred as a unit into the container, eliminating stacking errors.
3Productivity
If stacker wheels are used for feeding notes, then notes can be deposited, but time-consuming feeding occurs due to speed and distance synchronization issues
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by completing the entire stacking process outside the transport container before the closure element is opened. Notes are stacked in advance in the external stacking area, forming a complete stack ready for transfer. This eliminates the time-consuming synchronization problems of stacker wheels during the actual container filling process.
Solution Approach 2:
By pre-stacking notes outside the container, the patent skips the time-consuming step-by-step deposition process that would occur if notes were fed individually through the container opening. The pre-formed stack is then transferred as a unit, rushing through the filling process efficiently.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution allows for reliable and efficient stacking and feeding of notes into the transport container, minimizing errors and optimizing the stacking process, while also providing secure and irreversible closure to prevent manipulation.
Implementation Method 1
a closure unit (40) is provided which, in a closed position, closes the opening of the thin-walled transport container (12) at least to the extent that the stack of notes cannot be fed to the thin-walled transport container (12)
Implementation Method 2
the notes of value can be stacked at high speed, in particular with the aid of impellers
Implementation Method 3
The ramps are each spring-mounted in particular, so that a particularly simple assembly of the transport container is possible
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AI summary
The invention relates to an apparatus (10, 100) for feeding notes of value (24) to a thin-walled transport container (12), which comprises a stacking unit (20) by means of which the notes of value (24) which are to be fed are stacked into a note-of-value stack in a stacking region (26). The apparatus (10, 100) also has a closure unit (40), which, in a closed position, is arranged such that it closes the opening of the thin-walled transport container (12) and, in an open position, is arranged such that notes of value (24) can be fed to the thin-walled transport container (12). The invention further relates to a method for feeding notes of value (24) to a thin-walled transport container (12).