Abstract:
Receipting and dispensing module ( 32 - 1 ) for equipments of automatic deposit and withdrawal of banknotes including a banknote seat ( 234 ) for storing banknotes ( 32 ) with arrangement in superimposition and subdivision in two banknote stacks ( 238   f  and  238   r ) and a couple of insertion and extraction devices ( 241   f  and  241   r ) for the insertion and the extraction of the banknotes. The banknote seat ( 234 ) is usable by each banknote stack and the insertion and extraction devices are arranged at the ends of the banknote seat. The module ( 32 - i ) comprises an input-output passage ( 82 ) and a diverting member ( 246 ) controllable for causing the banknotes to transit between the input-output passage ( 82 ) and one or the other insertion and extraction device. Guiding and moving elements ( 247 ) are provided for guiding and moving the banknotes between the diverting member ( 246 ) and one ( 241   r ) of the insertion and extraction devices ( 241   f  and  241   r ).

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
       [0001]    The present invention relates to a banknote receipting and dispensing module for an equipment of automatic deposit and withdrawal of banknotes. 
         [0002]    More specifically, the invention relates to a banknote receipting and dispensing module or box for equipments of automatic deposit and withdrawal of banknotes and a respective equipment of automatic deposit and withdrawal of banknotes according to the introductory portions of the main claims. 
       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0003]    Equipments for the automatic deposit and withdrawal of banknotes are used in banking sites, as help for tellers or as “self service” equipments operable by customers, for banking transactions comprising the deposit and the withdrawal of cash. These equipments provide banknote receipting and dispensing modules or boxes, having function of recycling, mountable with possibility of replacing in respective housings, and in which each module or box is provided of a seat associated to a given typology of banknotes. For high storing capacity, modules or boxes are often preferred in which the banknotes are arranged as a stack with horizontal extension and support on a longer edge. 
         [0004]    The number of employed housings and modules or boxes determines denominations and/or typologies of the banknotes to be handled, as well as dimensions and cost of the equipment. Therefore, in the case of vertically overlapped boxes, the number of the housings affects the overall height of the equipment. As an example, an equipment which proposes to recycle banknotes of the EURO system should provide seven modules or boxes, respectively, for the denominations of: 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 Euro, and seven respective housings. 
         [0005]    In the use, the boxes associated with the denominations or typologies of banknotes of reduced circulation, for instance the boxes for banknotes of 200 and 500 Euro, are generally subject to a limited number of storage and dispensing operations, for small quantities and reduced occupation of the seats. On the contrary, the boxes lodging the denominations of banknotes of greater circulation, for instance banknotes of 20 and 50 Euro, should satisfy high requests of storage and dispensing, often varying in the time. 
         [0006]    The room provided in the equipment for the deposit of banknotes is therefore used in a non optimal way. Moreover, the boxes for the banknotes of greater circulation can easily reach the conditions of full box or empty box and blocking of the equipment: The emptying and recharging operations of the boxes should be frequent with increasing of the overheads. On the other hand, the addition of housings for the boxes of banknotes with greater circulation is expensive and it is often impracticable in view of current rules on the limits of height of the equipments. 
         [0007]    Banknote processing equipments are known which use double modules for the deposit and the automatic withdrawal of banknotes, with function of recycling. These modules include a banknote seat with arrangement of the banknotes in superimposition and subdivision in two banknote stacks, and a couple of insertion and extraction devices. The stacks occupy together the banknote seat; the insertion and extraction devices are adjacent to terminal sections of the seat and insert and extract the banknotes by means of the transport mechanisms of the equipment. The room of the banknote seat is used in optimized way, but the equipment should provide, by opposite sides of the housings, two transport mechanisms for the two stacks of banknotes of the common seat. It creates problems of access in one or in both transport mechanisms, when an inspection is necessary or in the case of jam of the banknotes in movement. 
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0008]    An object of this invention is to accomplish a receipting or dispensing module or box for equipments of automatic deposit and withdrawal of banknotes which allows to process two different typologies of banknotes, which results reliable, of relatively contained cost, and in which the operations on the modules or boxes are easy. 
         [0009]    According to a characteristic of the present invention, the banknote receipting and dispensing module is employable in an equipment for the deposit and the withdrawal of banknotes and includes a banknote seat for storing banknotes with arrangement in superimposition and subdivision in two banknote stacks along a given stacking direction and a pair of insertion and extraction devices for the insertion and the extraction of the banknotes. The banknote seat is usable by each one of the stacks and the insertion and extraction devices are arranged at the ends of the seat. The module includes: a single input-output passage for the banknotes regarding the two stacks; and a diverting member controllable for making the banknotes to selectively transit between the input-output passage and the one or the other insertion and extraction device. Guiding and moving elements are provided for guiding and moving the banknotes between the diverting member and at least one of the insertion and extraction devices. 
         [0010]    According to another characteristic, a double box includes a reference surface for the stacks of banknotes in vertical and supporting belts, associated with each one of the two stacks, projecting of a little with respect to the reference surface. The supporting belts of a given stack extend from the pressing element to a respective terminal section of the seat, returning toward the other terminal section and in which each belt has an end fixed to the pressing element and an opposite end arranged underneath the reference surface. Restoring members are provided for maintaining in tension the belts during the movement of the pressing elements. 
         [0011]    Further, according to another characteristic, the banknote stacks have vertical arrangement with support of the banknotes on the longer edges and a double box comprises a pair of pressing elements to push, in independent way, the banknote stacks against the insertion and extraction devices. The pressing elements include respective carriages having a moving member on board and specular configuration for minimum dimensions in condition of maximum filling of the banknote seat. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES 
         [0012]    The characteristics of the invention will become clear from the following description given purely by way of non-limiting example, with reference to the appended drawings in which: 
           [0013]      FIG. 1  represents a schematic lateral view of an equipment for deposit and automatic withdrawal of banknotes and respective receipting or dispensing modules or boxes according to the invention, in condition of use; 
           [0014]      FIG. 2  shows a schematic lateral view, partial, of the equipment and the modules or boxes according to the invention, in a condition of service; 
           [0015]      FIG. 3  is a schematic perspective view of a banknote receipting and dispensing box according to the invention; 
           [0016]      FIG. 4  represents a schematic lateral section of the module or box of the invention in a given operational condition; 
           [0017]      FIG. 5  shows a partial scheme of a device employed by the module or box of the invention in the operational condition of  FIG. 4 ; 
           [0018]      FIG. 6  represents a schematic lateral section of the module or box of  FIG. 4 , in another operational condition; 
           [0019]      FIG. 7  shows a partial scheme of a device employed by the module or box of the invention in the operational condition of  FIG. 6 ; 
           [0020]      FIG. 8  is a schematic perspective view of internal components of the banknote receipting and dispensing box according to the invention; 
           [0021]      FIG. 9  shows a partial schematic lateral section of the module or box of the invention; 
           [0022]      FIG. 10  represents a partial schematic lateral section of some components of the module or box of the invention; 
           [0023]      FIG. 11  is a perspective view from the bottom of some components of the module or box of the invention in a given condition of service; 
           [0024]      FIG. 12  is a perspective view from the top of some components of the module or box in the condition of service of  FIG. 11 ; 
           [0025]      FIG. 13  is a plan view of some components of the module or box of the invention; 
           [0026]      FIG. 14  represents a partial schematic lateral section of further components of the module or box of the invention; and 
           [0027]      FIG. 15  is a view from the bottom of some components shown in  FIG. 14 . 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
       [0028]    The  FIG. 1  represents, in schematic shape, an equipment  31  for the deposit and the automatic withdrawal of banknotes, with a series of receipting or dispensing modules or boxes  32 - 1 ,  32 - 2 , . . . ,  32 - n,  from now onwards defined as receipting and dispensing boxes, of the type described in the Italian Patent Application TO2007A000721, filed on Dec. 10, 2007 in the name of the Applicant CTS Cashpro S.p.A. and whose contents are included, as reference, in the present description. The herein described and represented components maintain the same numeration of the components with identical functionality of the cited application TO2007A000721. 
         [0029]    The equipment  31  includes, vertically overlapped, an upper body  33  and a lower body  34 : The upper body is of interface for the operator, while the lower body is defined by a store-safe  36  in which the boxes  32   1 ,  32   2 , . . . ,  32 - n  are mounted. The equipment  31  can process flexible documents different by the banknotes, as checks and notes. Anyway, from now onwards, the term banknotes will also designate these flexible documents. The boxes include the box  32 - i,  similar to the other boxes  32   1 ,  32   2 ,  32   n  but having components and functions specific of the present invention. 
         [0030]    The upper body  33  includes, in a conventionally frontal portion, an input port  37  for depositing and introducing the banknotes, an output port  38  for their dispensing, a forgery vane  39 , a deposit rejection vane  41  and a withdrawal rejection vane  42 . The input port  37  and the output port  38  are open and are accessible to the user, while the vanes  39 ,  41  and  42  are accessible through keys. Moreover, are in evidences inside the body  33 : a validation device  43  in a rear portion, an interface transport mechanism  44 , an electronic control unit  46  and an input-output port  47 , of connection with the store-safe  36 . 
         [0031]    The input port  37  and the output port  38  are provided for receiving banknotes introduced by the user as a deposit stack  49  and, respectively, for receiving the banknotes requested by the user as a withdrawal stack  51 . The forgery vane  39  receives the banknotes suspect of forgery, the deposit rejection vane  41  is provided for receiving the components of the stack  49  rejected by the equipment  31  in phase of deposit, while the withdrawal rejection vane  42  normally receives the banknotes discarded by the equipment in the phase of withdrawal. The interface transport mechanism includes passive diverters and controlled diverters to connect the transaction ports and the vanes banknotes with the validation device  48  and with the input-output port  47 . 
         [0032]    The store-safe  36  has a front opening  66 , side walls  67   l  and  67   r,  a rear wall  68 , a door  69  for the opening  66  and a plurality of housings for the boxes  32 - 1 ,  32 - 2 , . . . ,  32 - i,    32 - n.  In the store-safe  36  are mounted a store transport mechanism  72 , a transport moving member for the store transport mechanism and a plurality of stacking moving members  74 - 1 ,  74 - 2 , . . .  74 - n  ( FIG. 2 ) for the boxes  32 - 1 ,  32 - 2 , . . . ,  32 - n.    
         [0033]    In the store-safe, the housings for the boxes are arranged in vertical on a column and lodge each one a respective box  32 . The store transport mechanism  72  has substantially vertical path and comprises diverting members  75  for the boxes  32 . Through the diverting members, the transport mechanism  72  moves the banknotes  48  between the door  47  and the boxes  32 . The door  69  has a safety lock, not shown in the figures, and it makes to access to the transport mechanism  72  and the boxes  32 - 1 ,  32 - 2 , . . . ,  32 - i,    32 - n.    
         [0034]    Respective guides  76  are mounted on the walls  67   l  and  67   r  in the space provided for the housings of the boxes and support the boxes  32 - 1 ,  32 - 2 , . . . ,  32 - i,    32 - n  ( FIG. 2 ) through trays  77  slidable in horizontal between an operational position (boxes  32 - 1 ,  32 - n ) and a position of service (box  32 - i ). The operational position is inside the store-safe  36  and is functional to each box  32  for the reception and withdrawal of the banknotes  48 . The position of service of the boxes is external to the store-safe  36 , for an arrangement of the single boxes  32  countlever through the opening  66  and it is functional to each box for operations on the banknotes  48  associated to the emptying and the recharging and for maintenance. 
         [0035]    The boxes  32 - 1 ,  32 - 2 , . . . ,  32 - i,    32 - n  have dimensions and functionality similar to the dimensions and the functionality of the boxes for deposit and withdrawal of banknotes described in the Italian Patent Application TO2006A00094 filed on Oct. 2, 2006 in the name of the Applicant CTS Cashpro S.p.A. and whose contents are herein included as reference. The boxes  32 - 1 ,  32 - 2 , . . . ,  32 - i,    32 - n  have substantially parallelepiped shape, lengthened in depth, and generically present a seat  78  for the banknotes  48  and an insertion and extraction device  79 . Each box  32  shows a bottom, and a front wall  81  with an opening  82 , adjacent to the bottom, of passage for the banknotes in input or in output. The banknotes  48  are arranged in vertical according to a stack  83 , with extension overposed in horizontal. 
         [0036]    In synthesis, the insertion and extraction device  79  ( FIG. 5 ) of each box  32  includes introduction-extraction rollers  84  for the introduction and the extraction of the banknotes, a separation member  86  for making easier the introduction of the banknotes and a separation roller  87  for the unstacking operation of the banknotes from the stack  83 . The rollers  84  are arranged of few underneath the collecting seat  78  provided for the stack  83 , while the separation member  86  is interposed between the input-output opening  82  and the stack of banknotes  83 . The separation roller  87  is connected in the rotation, in synchronous way, with the introduction-extraction rollers  84 , through a pulley and toothed belt coupling. The separation member  86  is shiftable between an operational position, downstream of the separation roller  87  in the sense of the stacking, for a configuration of deposit of the banknotes and a non-operational position, upstream of the separation roller and as represented for the box  32 - 2  ( FIG. 2 ), in connection with a configuration of dispensing. 
         [0037]    Respective configuration motors  88  ( FIGS. 2 and 5 ) operate on the separation member  86  to motorize the single boxes  32 - 1 ,  32 - 2 , . . . ,  32 - 1 ,  32 - n,  while introduction-extraction motors  89  actuate the rotation of the introduction-extraction rollers  84 . The motors  88  and  89  are mounted on the wall  67   r  of the store safe  36  and comprise respective driving gears  91  and  92  projecting from the wall  67   l  in correspondence of the housings for the boxes. In the operational position of the boxes  32 , the driving gears  91  and  92  engage taking gears  90  and  93  for the separation member  86  and, respectively, for the introduction-extraction rollers  84  and for the separation roller  87 . The introduction of the banknotes  48  is associated to a given sense of motion of the motor  89 , while the extraction is associated to an opposite sense of motion. The stack of banknotes  83  of each box is moved jointly to the introduction and the extraction of the banknotes by means of a pressing element actuated by a respective member of motorization. 
         [0038]    Similarly to what described in the cited Italian Patent Application TO2006A00094, the separation member  86  for each box  32  includes two insertion spiral elements for banknotes, represented with  94   l  and  94   r,  extended in the sense of the stacking, for overposing the banknotes to be deposited on a terminal surface of the stack  83 : The spirals  94   l  and  94   r  are rotated by the driving gear  91  of the respective motor  88 , through the taking gear  90  ( FIG. 5 ) and a kinematic chain comprising pulleys and toothed belts  95 - 1 , a shaft  95 - 2  and conic gears  95 - 3 . 
         [0039]    The spirals  94   l  and  94   r  are mounted on a carriage  95 - 4 , which also supports the conic gears  95 - 3 . The carriage  95 - 4  is moved between the operational position of the spirals  94   l  and  94   r  and the non-operational position ( FIG. 7 ), on control of a cyclic actuation mechanism represented with  100  and described in the cited Patent Application TO2006A00094. The mechanism  100  is sensitive to the change of the sense of rotation of the introduction-extraction motor  89  and is actuated by the same motor  89  and the stacking moving member of the pressing element of the stack  83 . 
         [0040]    In the operational position, the spirals  94   l  and  94   r  ( FIG. 5 ) are in contact with the stacking surface of the stack of banknotes  83  and the insertion of the banknotes  48  occurs from the bottom upwards by means of the introduction-extraction rollers  84 . The spirals  94   l  and  94   r  are rotated by the respective configuration motor  88  in synchronism with the movement of the entering banknotes so that the same banknotes are received, with a pre-defined phase, between the coils and are overlapped on the stacking surface. The stacking of the banknotes is rendered easier by shovel elements  116  rotatable in synchronism with the spirals  94   l  and  94   r.    
         [0041]    In the non-operational position of the spirals  94   l  and  94   r  ( FIG. 7 ), the stacking surface of the stack of banknotes  83  is in contact with the separation roller  87 . The respective introduction-extraction motor  89  make the roller  87  to rotate through the taking gear  93  and a kinematic chain comprising pulleys and toothed belts, extracting the banknotes  48  by the stack  83  from the top downwards. Then, the extracted banknotes are moved toward the diverting member  75  ( FIGS. 2 and 6 ) and the transport mechanism  72 , by means of the introduction-extraction rollers  84 . 
         [0042]    The store transport mechanism  72  ( FIGS. 1 and 2 ) of the equipment  31  has individual sections  96 - 1 ,  96 - 2 ,  96 - i, . . .  96 - n,  associated with the single boxes  32 - 1 ,  32   2 , . . . ,  32 - i,    32 - n,  and mounted on the same boxes. These sections  96 - 1 ,  96 - 2 , . . . ,  96 - i,    96 - n  are moved together with the boxes  32 - 1 ,  32 - 2 , . . . ,  32 - i,    32 - n  in the positions of service and have possibility of access to corresponding fractions of the banknote path between the boxes and the input-output port  47 . The individual sections  96 - 1 ,  96 - 2 , . . . ,  96 - i,    96 - n  take the motion or directly through the member of motorization  73 , or from another of the individual sections. The respective diverting members  75  are also mounted on the boxes  32 , adjacent to the opening  82 . 
         [0043]    The transport moving member  73  includes a transport motor and a motor pinion, not shown, mounted in the store safe  36 . The individual sections  96 - 1 ,  96 - 2 , . . . ,  96 - i,    96 - n  include each one one a taking gear in an upper portion of the box  32  and, in a lower portion, a transmission gear, which is connected in the rotation with the taking gear. In the operational position of the boxes  32 , the sections  96 - 1 ,  96 - 2 , . . . ,  96 - i,    96 - n  take the motion or by the motor pinion or by the transmission gear of the upper section, while these sections are disengaged by the transport mechanism in the positions of service of the boxes. 
         [0044]    The individual sections  96 - 1 ,  96 - 2 , . . . ,  96 - i,    96 - n  include each one a series of box transport rollers  102  supported in the rotation by the front wall  81 , a frame  103  fulcrumed in correspondence of the passage opening  82  of the box  32  and a series of counter rollers  104  supported in the rotation by the frame  103 . The transport rollers  102  are connected in the rotation with the taking gear of the box. The frame  103  is shiftable between a position of transport, adjacent to the wall  81  and in which the counter-rollers  104  oppose the transport rollers  102  and a position of access in which the counter-rollers  104  are spaced away from the rollers  102 . 
         [0045]    In the position of transport of the frame  103  and for the operational position of the box  32 , the box transport rollers  102  and the counter-rollers  104  define fractions of path and shifting of the banknotes in front of the boxes  32 - 1 ,  32 - 2 , . . . ,  32 - i,    32 - n,  together with corresponding guide elements of known type. Under these conditions, a banknote in movement along this fraction of the section  96 - 1 ,  96   2 , . . . ,  96 - i,    96 - n  can proceed toward the upper or lower box  32  or be deviated toward the banknote seat  78  by means of the member  75 . Likewise, a banknote  48  emerging from the box  32  can be deviated by the member  75  toward the rollers  102  and the counter-rollers  104  along the fraction of the section  96 - 1 ,  96 - 2 , . . . ,  96 - i,    96 - n  and toward the opening  82 . In the position of service of the box  32 , the frame  103  can be moved away from the wall  81  for the possible removal of banknotes clogged in the section  96 - 1 ,  96 - 2 , . . . ,  96 - i,    96 - n  and in condition of liberty of the transport rollers and the diverting member  75 . 
         [0046]    The boxes  32 - 1 ,  32 - 2 , . . . ,  32 - n,  for instance the box  32   n,  can be of removable type, as described in the cited Patent Application TO2007A000721, comprising a base structure  109  and a recycling container  111 . in which is defined the seat  78  for the banknotes  48 . The container  111  is mountable and removable with respect to the structure  109  and it is coupable with respect to the insertion and extraction device  79  of the box. The device  79  interfaces the transport mechanism  72 , while the box  111  is engageable with the stack  83  for entering the banknotes in the box and, in alternative, for singularly extracting the banknotes. The container  111  is removable from the insertion and extraction device  79  and it is coupable with the device  79  in the position of service of the respective box  32 . 
         [0047]    According to the invention, the box  32 - i  comprises an envelope  230  ( FIGS. 3 ,  4  and  6 ), of lengthened substantially parallelepiped shape, which frontally supports the individual section  96 - i  of the transport mechanism store  72  and the diverting member  75  and includes a bottom  231  and the front wall  81 , and in which the opening  82  is arranged on the wall  81 , adjacent to the bottom  231 . The envelope  230  is provided of a cover  232  with lock, and internally has a frame  233  ( FIGS. 3 ,  4 ,  6 ,  8 ,  9 ), with a banknote seat, herein represented with  234 . The seat  234  is of lengthened substantially parallelepiped shape, horizontal in the use, open at the front and back ends, and which is delimited in a lower part by a plate of base  235  and laterally by two walls  236 , and with two terminal sections  237   f  and  237   r.  The plate of base  235  defines a reference surface for the seat  234 , of a little above the diverting member  75  and the opening  82 . 
         [0048]    The box  32 - i  stores, in the seat  234 , banknotes  48  ( FIGS. 3 and 9 ) of two different typologies, arranged in vertical and support on the longer edge. The banknotes are divided in two banknote stacks  238   f  and  238   r,  similar to the stacks  83  of the other boxes  32 , arranged one behind the other along a common horizontal stacking direction  239 . The stacks  238   f  and  238   r  define respective insertion and unstacking surfaces adjacent to the terminal sections  237   f  and  237   r  and have possibility of use of the whole useful space of the seat  234  between the terminal sections  237   f  and  237   r.  The frame  233  supports in the front and the back a pair of insertion and extraction devices  241   f  and  241   r,  and in which the device  241   f  is adjacent to the opening  82 . 
         [0049]    Thus, the insertion and extraction devices  241   f  and  241   r  are arranged in correspondence of the terminal sections  237   f  and  237   r  and provide to the orderly stacking of the banknotes on the insertion and unstacking surfaces of the stacks  238   f  and  238   r  and to the unstacking operation. The devices  241   f  and  241   r  are identical each the other and similar to the above described insertion and extraction device  79 . Specifically, each device  241   f,    241   r  includes the introduction-extraction rollers  84  for moving the entering banknotes and the emerging banknotes, the separation member with the spiral elements  94   l,    94   r  for stacking the entering banknotes, the separation roller  87  for separating the stacked banknotes and the cyclical actuating mechanism  100  (See  FIG. 7 ) for modifying the configuration of the spiral elements  94   l,    94   r  between deposit and dispensing. The shovel elements  116  are also included, in correspondence of the terminal sections  237   f  and  237   r  for making easier the stacking of the banknotes. 
         [0050]    In each stack  238   f,    238   r,  the cyclical actuating mechanism  100  moves the spiral elements  94   l,    94   r  between the operational position, downstream of the separation roller  87  in the sense of the stacking, for the configuration of deposit and a non-operational position, upstream of the separation roller, for the configuration of dispensing. In the condition of deposit ( FIGS. 4 and 5 ), the banknotes enter through the opening  82  and are stored, with stacked arrangement, in the seat  234 . In the condition of dispensing ( FIGS. 6 and 7 ), the stacked banknotes are separated and emerge from the opening  82 . 
         [0051]    Two configuration taking members  243   f  and  243   r,  ( FIGS. 3 ,  11  and  12 ), similar to the gear  90  of the  FIGS. 5 and 7 , control the rotation of the spiral elements  94   l,    94   r,  while two introduction-extraction taking members  244   f  and  244   r,  similar to the gear  93  of the  FIGS. 5 and 7 , actuate the introduction-extraction rollers  84  and the separation roller  87 . The taking members  243   f  and  244   f  are arranged in the front portion of the box  32 - i;  while the taking members  243   r  and  244   r  are arranged in the rear portion, with arrangement inverted with respect to that of the taking members  243   f  and  244   f.  In condition of use, the taking members  243   f  and  244   f  are engageable by the gears  91  and  92  of the configuration control motor  88  and of the introduction-extraction motor  89 . The gear  91  provides to the rotation and the phasing of the spiral elements  94   l,    94   r  of the device  241   f  and of the shovel elements  116 , while the gear  92  provides to the rotations of the separation roller  87  and the introduction-extraction rollers  84  attaining to the stack  238   f  and to the functions regarding the actuation of the mechanism  100 . 
         [0052]    The equipment  31  ( FIGS. 2 and 3 ) comprises, at least for the housing of the box  32 - i,  besides the motors  88  and  89 , a configuration control motor  88   r  and an introduction-extraction motor  89   r,  similar to the motors  88  and  89 . The motors  88   r  and  89   r  have respective driving gears  91   r,    92   r  projecting from the wall  67   r  in proximity of the rear wall and arrangement inverted with respect to the arrangement of the motors  88  and  89  and the gears  91  and  92 . In the operational position of the box  32  the, the driving gear  91   r  of the motor  88   r  engages the taking member  243   r  for the rotation of the spiral elements  94   l,    94   r  of the device  241   r  and of the shovel elements  116  of the terminal sections. In turn, the driving gear  92   r  engages the taking member  244   r  for the rotations of the separation roller  87  and the introduction-extraction rollers  84  and for the actuation of the cyclic actuation mechanism  100  which attains to the stack  238   r.    
         [0053]    According to the invention, the double box  32 - i  ( FIGS. 3 ,  4 ,  6 ,  8  and  9 ) provides introduction and extraction of the banknotes of the two stacks  238   f    238   r  through a common input-output passage, constituted, for instance, by the opening  82 . The double box further comprises a diverting member  246  for making the banknotes to transit between the input-output passages and the insertion and extraction devices  241   f  and  241   r,  and guiding and moving elements  247  for the banknotes arranged between the diverting member  246  and at least one of the insertion and extraction devices  241   f  and  241   r.  The diverting member  246  is controllable by the electronic unit  46  of the equipment  31 , for instance through an electromagnet  245  ( FIG. 13 ). 
         [0054]    In the herein described embodiment, the insertion and extraction device  241   f  is considered as a reference device with respect to the devices  241   f  and  241   r.  The diverting member  246  ( FIGS. 4 ,  6  and  9 ) is arranged in the front portion of the box  32 - i:  Thus, the banknotes in movement toward the device  241   f  or coming from the device  241   f  a direct path between the diverting member  246  and the introduction-extraction rollers  84 . In turn, the guiding and moving elements  247  define an alternative path  249  for the banknotes in transit between the diverting member  246  and the introduction-extraction rollers  84  of the device  241   r,  in the rear portion of the box  32 - i.    
         [0055]    In synthesis, the guiding and moving elements  247  ( FIGS. 9 ,  10 ,  11  and  12 ) include upper guiding plates  251  and upper belts  252   f  and  252   r  mounted on the frame  233  and lower guiding plates  253  and lower belts  254   f  and  254   r  mounted on a counter-frame  256 , of support for the bottom  231 : Two pairs of upper belts  252  and two pairs of lower belts  254  are provided for engaging and shifting the banknotes in transit along the path  249 . The lower belts  254  are mounted through idle pulleys of the counter-frame  256 , while the upper belts  252  are actuated by the introduction-extraction taking member  244   f,  in synchronism with the rollers  84 , through motor pulleys and a kinematic chain. This chain comprises toothed wheels  257  and  258 , a pulley and toothed belt transmission  259 , an intermediate toothed wheel  261  and two toothed wheels  262  and  263 . 
         [0056]    Suitably, the counter-frame  256  is fulcrumed on the frame  233  in proximity of an front end, with possibility of opening for the access to the alternative path 249°, as represented in dots and dashes in  FIG. 9 , as for the elimination of possible jams of the banknotes processed by the box  32 - i,  or for maintenance. In turn, the box is mounted on the tray  77  with possibility of turnover of 90° in its position of service, so as to allow the opening of the guiding and moving elements  247 , as represented in dots and dashes in  FIG. 2 . 
         [0057]    For the moving of the banknote stacks  238   f,    238   r,  the box  32 - i  includes a pair of pressing elements  266   f  and  266   r  ( FIGS. 3 ,  8  and  9 ) mounted on respective carriages  267  to push in independent way the banknote stacks against the respective insertion and extraction devices  241   f,    241   r.  Two pairs of supporting belts  268   f  and  268   r  ( FIGS. 13 ,  14  and  15 ) project of little with respect to the upper surface of the plate of base  235 , with function of support for the lower edges of the stacks  238   f  and  238   r.    
         [0058]    Each belt  268   f,    268   r  extends, with a higher branch, from the carriage  267  of the pressing element  266   f,    266   r  up to a window of the plate of base  235  in a terminal area  269   f  and  269   r,  as represented in  FIG. 12 , and returning with a lower branch toward the opposed terminal area  269   r  and  269   f.  An end  271  of the belt  268   f,    268   r  is fixed to the carriage; the opposite end  272  is arranged underneath the plate  235 , while a restoring member  273  maintains in tension the belt  268   f,    268   r  during the moving of the pressing element  266   f,    266   r.    
         [0059]    Specifically, each belt  268   f,    268   r  is supported between the higher branch and the lower branch by a fixed pulley  274 , rotatable in correspondence of the window of the terminal area  269   f  and  269   r.  The restoring member  273  includes a movable pulley  276  and a respective spring  277  arranged below the plate of base  235 . The pulley  276  engages the lower branch of each belt, while the respective spring  277  is operative on the same pulley  276 . The opposite end  272  of each belt  268   f,    268   r  is fixed to the lower portion of the area  269   f  and  269   r,  while the spring  277 , of rectilinear action, is extended between the pulley  276  and the lower portion of the area  269   r,    269   f.    
         [0060]    With this structure, the belts  268   f,  and  268   r  can support and follow, without mutual interferences, the movement of the stacks  238   f,    238   r  of different extensions through the useful space of the seat  234 . The corresponding stroke of the movable pulley  276  and the deformation of the spring are the half of the stroke of the carriages  267 . 
         [0061]    The upper branches of the pairs of belts  268   f  and the upper branches of the pairs of belts  268   r  are lodged in a pair of common sliding seats  278  ( FIGS. 13 and 14 ). The seats  278  are obtained in the upper portion of the plate  235  between the windows of the terminal areas  269   f  and  269   r,  with axes parallel to the sense of movement of the pressing elements  266   f  and  267   r.  In turn, as shown in  FIG. 14 , the lower branches of the pairs of belts  268   f  and  268   r  and the springs  277  are slightly tilted in opposite sense, with respect to the upper branches. Thus, the dimensions in height requested for the two pairs of belts  268   f,  and  268   r  are substantially equal to the dimensions of the supporting belts of a box  32  for a single type of banknotes. 
         [0062]    Moreover, the movement of the banknote stacks  238   f,    238   r  is made easier by feeding rollers  279   f  and  279   r  ( FIGS. 10 and 13 ), projecting of few from the plate of base  235  and interposed between the windows of the areas  269   f  and  269   r  and the ends of the plate  235 , adjacent to the area of engagement between the rollers  84 . 
         [0063]    In the double box  32 - i,  the walls  236  ( FIGS. 8 ,  9  and  12 ) are provided each one with an upper rack  281   h,  a lower rack  281   l  and a guide  280  between the racks, extended parallel to the sense of stacking  239 . Each carriage  267  laterally supports, in the rotation, two pairs of identical gears  282  and  283 , in mutual engagement and in engagement with the two racks  281   h  and  281   l.  The gears  282  and  283  are arranged one above the other, with the gears  283  of each carriage keyed on a common shaft  285 . The shaft  285  has ends projecting from the gears  283  and slidably engaged in the guide  280 . 
         [0064]    A motor  284  is mounted on board of each carriage  267  and actuates the pairs of gears  282  and  283  through a return group  286  and the shaft  285 . Thus the carriages  267  advance in view of the rotation of the gears with respect to the racks  281   h  and  281   l.  Such structure ensures a balanced moving, devoid of jams, also in the case of banknote stacks  238   f,    238   r  in condition of maximum extension. 
         [0065]    Conveniently, the components mounted on the carriages  267  have a specular configuration for minimum dimensions in condition of maximum filling of the banknote seat. In detail, as shown in the plan view of  FIG. 13 , the motor  284  and the return group  286  for the pressing element  266   f  are mounted on a side of the carriage  267 , while the motor  284  and the group  286  for the pressing element  266   r  are mounted on the opposite side of the other carriage  267 . 
         [0066]    The condition of full box for the stack of banknotes  238   f,    238   r  is recognized by sensors  287   f,    287   r  mounted on the respective carriages  267 , which are actuatable by corresponding actuating elements  288   f,    288   r.  The active components of the carriages  267  are connected with a connector of the box (not shown) through cables carried in symmetrical way by corresponding chain supports (also not shown) adjacent to the walls  236 . Other sensors (not numbered in the figures) are arranged along the paths of the banknotes for verifying the transit thereof in predetermined sections of the guiding and moving elements  247 . 
         [0067]    A double box with this arrangement can be used in an equipment for the automatic deposit and withdrawal of banknotes, having a general structure with frontal door store safe and vertically overlapped housings for the boxes. The respective store transport mechanism is unique for the two stacks of banknotes of the box and has substantially vertical path, adjacent to the door safe and is easily accessible for inspections and for the elimination of possible jams. 
         [0068]    Naturally, the principle of the invention remaining the same, the embodiments and the details of construction of the equipment for the automatic deposit and withdrawal of banknotes and the relative receipting and dispensing boxes can broadly be varied with respect to what has been described and illustrated, by way of non-limitative example, without departing from the ambit of the invention.