Abstract: An apparatus for feeding banknotes from an infeed opening 61, 66 along a transport path to a storage space comprises a detector 121 for detecting and controlling the transportation of the banknotes, a plurality of mutually separate storage locations 26, 27 in the storage space, a collecting location 22, a further transport path leading from the collecting location 22 to an outfeed opening 62, and a command input device 64. The infeed opening acommodates the manual insertion of a bundle of banknotes, or the insertion of a cassette 26' containing banknotes. The storage space accommodates the cassettes. Located between the infeed opening and the cassettes is a first transport route 201-202, 205, 22, 260-270 which includes the collecting location 22, and a second transport route 202-202, 205',260-270 which bypasses it. A choice can be made between the first and second transport routes and the second transport path with the aid of the command input device 64.

Abstract: An arrangement for feeding banknotes detects sequentially transported banknotes and controls their transport to a plurality of storage locations each having an additional infeed, which together form part of a transport path. The arrangement consists of one part (11 . . . 133) which incorporates an infeed opening (61), a detector (121) and a part of the transport path, along which the banknotes are fed in the direction of their longitudinal axes, and another part (201-2705) which incorporates modular storage locations (26,27) which house cassettes (26',27'), and the remaining part of the transport part, along which the banknotes are fed in the direction of the transverse axes. The length of each banknote is established with the aid of a measuring device (14-16) and therewith the location of the midway point of the banknote.

Abstract: An automatic banknote depositing apparatus has a housing (1) and a mechanism for transporting banknotes from an infeed opening to a cassette (11). The infeed opening is covered by one (14) of a plurality of insert devices when the apparatus is complete. The housing has a recess located adjacent the infeed opening to accommodate the insert device, which is provided with a plate (21) for bringing pressure to bear mechanically against banknotes, and a keyboard for controlling the apparatus. One of the insert devices forms, together with the housing an externally accessible opening (10c) for the manual insertion of banknotes. The insert device has a vertically displaceable bottom member (22) which, when occupying its upwardly displaced position, forms an inclined surface which extends down to the infeed opening.

Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing and/or feeding banknotes comprises two part cabinets each placed on a respective side of a wall. Arranged between the part cabinets is a part of a transport device whose cross-sectional area is substantially smaller than that of either part cabinet as seen perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the transport device through the wall. In the longitudinal direction of the transport device, the extension of one part cabinet is substantially smaller than the extension of the other part cabinet. To enable the one part cabinet to be mounted to the wall, a plate is provided whose cross-sectional area is of the same magnitude as that of the part cabinet. The one part cabinet has a large, rectangular opening, which is closed by a sheet of transparent material, and a small slot-like opening. The part of the transport device is arranged telescopically, so that it can be adjusted to the thickness of the wall.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating back ailments includes patient support table (10) for supporting a patient in a horizontal, lying position; a first tension take-up belt (12) arranged to pass around the pelvis area of a patient; a second tension take-up belt (14) arranged to pass around the chest of a patient; tensioning belts (131, 131'; 132, 132') arranged for connection to a selected one of the first and the second tension take-up belt (12, 14); carriage (11) which are intended to support the pelvis region or the chest region of the patient, and which can be readily moved relative to the patient support table (10); a movably arranged and vertically adjustable lumbar support (15) mounted on the patient support table; and drives (141, 142, 143, 145) for activating the tensioning belts, and the readily movable carriage.

Abstract: An arrangement for dispensing sheets from a store (10) to a withdrawal station (11), including first transport means (13-14) for transporting sheets from the store (10) to a collecting station (15), and second transport means (16-17) for transporting a bundle of sheets from the collecting station (15) to the withdrawal station (11). The collecting station (15) includes two mutually opposing walls between which the bundle of sheets is clamped during the initial stage of transportation from the collecting station.The walls are provided with wheels or rollers which are rotatable about shafts and which co-act with each other, two and two, one on each wall. The shafts of all wheels on each wall have mutually the same rotation direction, which is dependent upon the desired direction of transportation of the bundle of sheets, and the shafts of all wheels can be simultaneously pivoted in one and the same plane, depending upon the desired transport direction.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating back ailments includes a support for supporting a patient in a horizontal, lying position on the patient's back. A first tension force take up belt passes about the pelvis of the patient, while a second such belt passes around the chest of the patient. A pulling or tension device is connected to one of the belts so as to move relative to the support. A carriage moves with the support but with slight friction and carries either the pelvis or chest of the patient to exhibit a high degree of friction against the tension device. The small of the back is supported by a moveable member, and the carriage executed simultaneously with or independently of translatory movement relative to the support, rotary movement substantially in the horizontal plane or a skewing or distorting movement about an axis extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the carriage in accordance with a predetermined program.

Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing bank notes, comprising a cabinet housing, a bank note store, electronic components, and a base assembly which forms a base for the cabinet and which can be attached to a wall or a floor of a room in which the apparatus is to be used. The base assembly comprises a support plate arranged to permit limited rotation of the cabinet relative to the support assembly. Arranged on the undersurface of the cabinet is a number of balls on which the cabinet rolls as it is rotated and four rest pads against which four runners mounted in respective corners of the support plate rest when the cabinet is located in its customer serving position or its refilling and servicing position. Arranged in the cabinet is a locking arrangement which can be caused to cooperate with locking grooves arranged in the support base when the cabinet is located in its customer serving position or its refilling position.

Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing valuable papers and other documents, such as banknotes, checks, receipts, vouchers etc., from a plurality of cassettes (11-13) to an outfeed opening (10) includes a plurality of separate feed devices, one for each cassette, which separate feed devices are incorporated in series in a feed means from the cassette (13) located farthest away from the outfeed opening to the outfeed opening (10), common for all cassettes. For initiating the outfeed of valuable papers and other documents, there is provided an intitiating means (15) which can be actuated by a customer or a clerk.

Abstract: A dual-purpose automatic apparatus for dispensing and depositing valuable papers and other documents comprises a feed means (10) for dispensing documents from an internal store (11) to an outfeed opening (12) or to a storage chamber (13) intended for documents whose transportation or handling has deviated from a pre-determined program. The feed means (10) is arranged to feed documents posted externally through the opening (12), from the opening (12) to a separate storage chamber (14), i.e. the opening (12) functions as an outfeed opening and also as an infeed opening. The function of the feed means (10) as an infeed means is dependent on the correct activation of an identifying means (15), located adjacent the outfeed/infeed opening (12).

Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing banknotes from a store (10) of banknotes to a receipt opening (11) accessible to a customer comprises first conveying means (13-14) for conveying banknotes to a magazine or collecting space (15), and second conveying means (16-17) for conveying the collected banknotes to the receipt opening (11).The apparatus also comprises a first keyboard (21) into which an order for the number of banknotes desired or the sum required can be inserted; a card reader (23) located adjacent the first keyboard (21); a second keyboard (22) located adjacent the card reader (23) at a location considerably further from the first keyboard (21) than the card reader (23), the individual code of the customer being entered through this second keyboard; and an electronic unit (24) for controlling the outfeed of banknotes in response to activation of the two keyboards (21,22) and activation of the card reader (23) by the customer.

Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing sheet-like elements from a store (10) of such elements to one (11) of a plurality of receipt openings (11,12) accessible to a cashier or a customer comprises conveying means (131-134') for conveying the sheet-like elements from the store (10) to a collecting means (15), and from there to the receipt opening (11). The conveying means (131-134') is electronically controlled in a manner to convey, in response to an order for dispensing sheet-like elements, the sheet-like elements dispensed from the store (10) and collected in the collecting means (15), in the form of a bundle, to the receipt opening (11) to which the order has been made.A conveying means includes a retaining or holding means (16) for each receipt opening (11) and individually alloted thereto, this retaining means being intended to hold the bundle of sheet-like elements for a period of time determined by the electronic control means.

Abstract: A cassette for banknotes and like valuable articles is provided with a displaceable lid (6) and locking means (10) for latching the lid of the cassette when the cassette is located outside a housing (25) in which it is intended to be placed. An operating means (8) is arranged to co-act with the locking means and with a latching element (15). The latching element is arranged to be released in dependence upon a pre-set program. A signal circuit is arranged to send a code signal to a detector circuit (23) when electrical contact elements on the cassette and the housing co-act with one another, which detector circuit, when the signal coincides with the signal program in the detector circuit, causes a signal to be sent for moving the latching means to a non-latching position.

Abstract: A device for feeding bank notes, receipts, tickets or similar items from a bundle of such items. This device includes a wheel, roller or belt arranged at one end of the bundle for dispensing, during operation, the outer most bank note ticket or like item from the bundle. The machine is characterized by a lifting mechanism arranged to lift the bundle towards the wheel, roller or similar device, depending on the distance between sequentially dispensed bank notes, tickets or similar items.

Abstract: Apparatus for removing sheets one at a time from a face of a stack of sheets wherein a flow-line is established between a primary feed roller or belt and sheet seizing means downstream thereof defining a nip, a lever system downstream of the nip for creating relative separation between the face and the feed roller or belt, the lever system including first and second levers each having first and second portions and first and second fixed pivots, the first portion of the first lever being disposed downstream of the nip and located normally to obstruct the flow-line but being movable from the flow-line by the passage of a sheet therealong, the first portion of the second lever being effective for effecting relative separation between the face and the feed roller or belt, and the second portion of the first lever controlling pivoting of the second lever about the second fixed pivot in direct mechanical repsonse to the movement of the first lever first portion by a sheet moving downstream of the nip.

Abstract: Apparatus for removing sheets from a stack of sheets and feeding the sheets one at a time to an output flow-path, said apparatus comprising a feeding nip formed by a frictional drive adapted to engage and propel a sheet in a forward direction in combination with a pressure member adapted to press a sheet against the drive means, a stripper adapted to restrain plural sheets from being fed along the flow-path and a traction nip comprising a roller disposed downstream of the feeding nip, the roller being biased to obstruct said flow-path but being movable by the passage of a sheet and adapted, upon such movement, to open the feeding nip.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a machine for dispensing a predetermined number of banknotes in bundle form with the banknotes being removed from a stack in sequence and there being counting apparatus for counting banknotes passing along a flow-path and a double note detector for detecting the simultaneous passage of plural banknotes along the same flow-path. The banknotes, as they are dispensed, are collected in a collecting compartment and if the proper number is dispensed without double notes being detected, the collected banknotes are delivered to a customer. However, if double banknotes are detected or there is an error in counting, the dispensing of notes from the stack ceases and all notes in the collecting department are diverted into a storage compartment and the machine is recycled.