Patent ID: 11922751
Assignee: DIEBOLD NIXDORF SYSTEMS GMBH
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A device for handling bills comprising:
a bill dispensing unit which includes a dispensing compartment for dispensing bills and a first closure element moveable between a closed position and an open position;
wherein the first closure element in a closed position delimits the dispensing compartment on one side, and wherein the first closure element for opening the dispensing compartment is movable from the closed position to an open position, and for closing the dispensing compartment is movable from the open position to the closed position;
wherein the device further comprises at least one second closure element which is movable between an open position and a closed position; and
wherein the second closure element is disposed such that access to bills provided in the dispensing compartment is possible only when the first closure element and the second closure element are both in the respective open positions,
a first drive unit for selectively moving the first closure element from the closed position to the open position and from the open position to the closed position; and
a second drive unit for selectively moving the second closure element from the closed position to the open position and from the open position to the closed position,
at least one first sensor unit configured to detect one of the open position and the closed position of the first closure element
at least one second sensor unit configured to detect one of the open position and the closed position of the second closure element;
wherein the at least one first sensor unit generates a first sensor signal when the first closure element is in the open position or in the closed position;
wherein the at least one second sensor unit generates a second sensor signal when the second closure element is in the open position or in the closed position;
wherein the at least one first sensor unit and the second sensor unit respectively transmit the first and second sensor signals to a control unit; and
wherein the control unit is configured to actuate the first drive unit and the second drive unit as a function of the transmitted first and second sensor signals,
wherein the control unit is configured to control the first drive unit to move the first closure element to the closed position or keep the first closure element in the closed position when the control unit:
actuates the second drive unit to move the second closure element from the open position to the closed position, and
has not received the second sensor signal from the second sensor unit after a predetermined temporal interval.