Patent ID: 6024531
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
A manipulator for a device for depositing and withdrawing banknotes, in which the banknotes are conducted in a closed circuit between receiving bins and a dispensing bin, the device including a reciprocable drawer having a plurality of said receiving bins for receiving manually inserted banknotes in respective ones of said receiving bins from which the respective banknotes can be drawn off mechanically, the manipulator being movable in a direction transverse to a direction of the movement of the reciprocable drawer, said manipulator comprising at least one gripping means movable into a position within a respective one of said receiving bins for engaging the banknotes in said receiving bin and for lowering said banknotes from said receiving bin into a position where said banknotes can be transferred to said dispensing bin, and wherein said gripping means includes first and second pripper jaws, and wherein said manipulator further comprises an electric drive motor including a position transmitter connected with said first gripper jaw, said second gripper jaw cooperating with said first gripper jaw to grasp said banknotes, said second gripper jaw maintained in a gripping position via a magnetic overload coupling.