KR20160077908A - Teller cash recycler - Google Patents

Abstract

A banking automation machine is disclosed. A banknote automation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a handling unit including a deposit unit for depositing banknotes and a withdrawal unit for withdrawing banknotes, a safe having at least one storage unit for storing banknotes, A cassette mounting part provided on the outer side of the door, a cassette mounted on the cassette mounting part, and a handle mounted on the handling part or the cassette mounting part, A second conveying unit for conveying the paper currency between the cassette and the first conveyance unit, and a correcting module for guiding the correct position of the cassette when the cassette is connected to the second conveyance unit.

Description

{TELLER CASH RECYCLER}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automated teller machine.

Financial automation equipment is a device that can provide financial services such as deposits or withdrawals without regard to time and place and without the help of bank employees.

In recent years, not only financial automation devices for customers who use financial institutions, but also financial automation devices for tellers to improve the efficiency of business internally and to settle settlement tasks quickly after the end of business .

For example, the automatic teller machine may be disposed under the desk of a taxi driver, may have a storage unit for storing the banknotes therein, and may be deposited or withdrawn by operating the dispatcher, May be possible.

Generally, a banking automatic teller machine includes a safe which is equipped with a handling section for depositing and withdrawing banknotes by the operation of an employee, a storage section for storing banknotes, a transfer section for transferring the banknotes, and a door for selectively opening and closing the safe can do.

However, in the case of the conventional automated teller machine, there has been an inconvenience to open the safe every time when the banknote stored in the storage unit is taken out to the outside or the banknote is replenished from the outside to the storage unit. In particular, since it is necessary to approve the opening of the safe, it is required to obtain the approval of the bank official every time when collecting or replenishing the banknotes. As a result, the operational convenience and accessibility are deteriorated.

Published Patent Publication No. 10-2009-0093698

Embodiments of the present invention are intended to provide a cash dispenser automation machine in which a cassette mounting portion on which a cassette that can be connected to the inside of a cabin automatic teller machine is provided is provided outside the door.

A banknote automation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a handling unit including a deposit unit for depositing banknotes and a withdrawal unit for withdrawing banknotes, a safe having at least one storage unit for storing banknotes, A cassette mounting part provided on the outer side of the door, a cassette mounted on the cassette mounting part, and a handle mounted on the handling part or the cassette mounting part, A second conveying unit for conveying the paper currency between the cassette and the first conveyance unit, and a correcting module for guiding the correct position of the cassette when the cassette is connected to the second conveyance unit.

In addition, the stationary module may support the side of the cassette to center the cassette.

The stationary position module may include a vertically extending bar and a roller connected to one end of the bar and in contact with the cassette with the bar as a rotation axis.

In addition, the fixed position module may further include an elastic member surrounding the outer circumferential surface of the bar.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a cash dispenser automation apparatus in which a cassette mounting section, on which a cassette that can be connected to the inside of a cash dispenser automation apparatus is mounted, is provided outside the door.

1 is a schematic side view of an automatic teller machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a side view schematically showing a cover and a cassette mounting portion fastened to the cover opened.
3 is a side view schematically showing a state in which the cover and the cassette mounting portion are unfastened and the cassette mounting portion is fastened to the door.
FIG. 4 is a side view schematically showing a state in which the cassette is inserted obliquely after the cassette mounting portion is inclined. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a cassette mounting portion of a banking automatic teller machine according to the embodiment of FIG. 1. FIG.
6 is a view showing a state in which a cassette is mounted from the front.

Hereinafter, specific embodiments for implementing the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the subject matter of the present invention.

For reference, the X direction in the drawing may refer to the front direction or the outer direction of the door, the Y direction may mean the vertical direction, and the Z direction may mean the width direction.

1 is a schematic side view of a financial automatic teller machine 1 (hereinafter, referred to as a financial automatic machine) according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the automated teller machine according to the present embodiment includes a handling unit 2, a safe 6, a first transfer unit 9, a second transfer unit 12, a door 8, a cassette loading unit 10 A mounting portion), a cover 11, and the like.

The handling unit 2 may refer to a portion where banknotes are deposited, banknotes are withdrawn, and banknotes are counted by a user's operation. For example, the banknotes can be deposited into the automated teller machine 1 through the deposit unit 3 and can be withdrawn to the outside of the automated teller machine 1 through the withdrawal unit 4. [ The handling portion 2 can be designed to be relatively movable with respect to the safes 6 (for example, with guide rails and rollers), and can be slid forward against the safes 6 to protrude. In addition, the handling section 2 can be provided on the upper part of the automatic teller machine 1 for user's convenience of operation. The handling unit 2 may be provided with a deposit / withdrawal transfer unit 5 and the deposit / withdrawal transfer unit 5 may include a deposit unit 3, a withdrawal unit 4, and a first transfer unit 9 And the depositing unit 3 and the payout unit 4 can be connected to the second transfer unit 12 to be described later.

The safe 6 provides a space for storing the banknotes and can protect the stored banknotes from external access. At least one storage unit 7 may be provided in the safe 6, and the banknotes may be stored in the respective storage units 7 and stored. At this time, each storage unit 7 can store different kinds of banknotes. The storage unit 7 may be a part of the space inside the safe 6 divided by the plate member or the storage unit 7 may be a separate cassette capable of inserting / . Also, at least one storage unit 7 may be designed to slide forward and project all at once as in the case of the handling unit 2. For example, a cart supporting the plurality of storage units 7 is provided in the safeguard 6, and the cart is moved relative to the safeguard 6 and is stored together with the storage unit 7 from the safe 6 And can be projected forward.

The first transfer unit 9 can transfer paper money between the handling unit 2 and the storage unit 7. To this end, the first transfer part 9 may include a plurality of rollers and a transfer path. Usually, the first transfer part 9 may be provided between the handling part 2 and the storage part 7, but there is no limitation on the specific position in the present invention.

A door 8 for selectively opening and closing the safe 6 may be provided in front of the safe 6. [ A mounting portion 10 and a cover 11 may be provided on the outside of the door 8 in order. As will be described later, the mounting portion 10 can be selectively fastened to the door 8 or the cover 11. In the state of FIG. 1, the mounting portion 10 may be fastened to the cover 11. The cover 11 may cover the door 8 and the mounting portion 10 for the beauty and security of the automated teller machine 1. [ 1, the cover 11 may be fastened to the handling part 2, the safe 6, or the door 8 by fastening means not shown.

The second transfer unit 12 can transfer the paper currency between the cassette mounted on the mounting unit 10 and the handling unit 2. [ Further, the second transfer unit 12 can transfer the paper currency between the cassette mounted on the mounting unit 10 and the first transfer unit 9.

On the other hand, the cassette mounted on the mounting portion 10 can be used for replenishing banknotes. For example, when the user needs to replenish a specific banknote to the storage unit 5, the user operates the door 8 to insert the specific banknote into the cassette without opening the safes 6, can do. The specific banknotes can be stored in the specific storage unit 7 via the second transfer unit 12 and the first transfer unit 9. [ Further, the cassette mounted on the mounting portion 10 can be used for collecting banknotes. For example, when the user needs to collect the banknotes stored in the specific storage unit 7, the user can mount the cassette on the mounting unit 10 and then transfer the banknotes of the specific storage unit 7 to the cassette have. The bill of the specific storage unit 7 may be stored in the cassette through the first transfer unit 9 and the second transfer unit 12. [ As a result, the user can operate the door 8 to recover the banknotes without opening the safes 6. In addition, the handling part 2 may include a bill discriminating device 15 for discriminating an abnormal banknote. When some banknotes are discriminated at the time of withdrawing the banknotes, the abnormal banknotes are not transferred to the receiving part 10, Lt; / RTI > As a result, the user can easily check and recover the abnormal banknote without operating the door 8 and opening the safe 6. (This also applies to banknote depositing). The cassette mounted on the mounting portion 10 can also function as a temporary storage of bank notes deposited through the depositing portion 3. [ Some of the paper money temporarily stored in the cassette can be transferred to the storage section 7 and the remaining part can be returned through the withdrawal section 4. [

Hereinafter, a procedure for mounting a cassette capable of performing the above functions will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4. FIG.

2 is a side view schematically showing a cover 11 and a mounting portion 10 fastened to the cover 11 opened. As described above, the mounting portion 10 can be selectively fastened to the door 8 or the cover 11, and when the mounting portion 10 is fastened to the cover 11 as shown in Fig. 1, The user can open the cover 11. [ When the user opens the cover 11, the mounting portion 10 fastened to the cover 11 can also be opened.

3 is a side view schematically showing a state in which the engagement between the cover 11 and the mounting portion 10 is released and the mounting portion 10 is fastened to the door 8. The engagement of the cover 11 and the mounting portion 10 can be released by the user's operation and the mounting portion 10 can be fastened to the door 8 by the operation of closing the mounting portion 10 to the door 8 side .

4 is a side view schematically showing a state in which the cassette 13 is inserted obliquely after the mounting portion 10 is inclined. After the mounting portion 10 is fastened to the door 8, the mounting portion 10 can be tilted forward to mount the cassette 13. The cassette 13 can be inserted obliquely from top to bottom on the mounting portion 10. [ When insertion of the cassette 13 is completed, the user can push up the cassette 13 or the mounting portion 10 toward the door 8, so that the upper end of the cassette 13 can be connected to the second transfer portion 12 .

After the use of the cassette 13 is completed, the cassette 13 may be removed from the mounting portion 10, and then the mounting portion 10 may be tilted to make the state as shown in FIG. Thereafter, the fastening of the mounting portion 10 and the door 8 is released, and at the same time, the mounting portion 10 is fastened to the cover 11 and can be in the state shown in Fig. Finally, the user closes the cover 11 to the door 8 side so that the automatic teller machine 1 can return to the state shown in Fig.

As described above, by providing the mounting portion 10 in which the cassette 13 is mounted on the outer side of the door 8, the user can conveniently and quickly perform various operations without opening the safe 6 by operating the door 8 Lt; / RTI > In particular, there is no need to acquire the separate approval of the bank official necessary for opening the safe 6, so that the operational convenience of the automated teller machine 1 and the accessibility from the user can be significantly increased.

Since the mounting portion 10 is inclined frontward only when the use of the cassette 13 is required to make a space necessary for mounting the cassette 13, the automatic teller machine 1 is provided at a time when the cassette 13 is not used It can be made slim as a whole.

4, the mounting portion 10 is inclined forward, but the upper portion of the cassette mounted on the mounting portion 10 and the mounting portion 10 has a handling portion 2 on the upper part of the automatic teller machine 1 So that it does not interfere with the protrusion which slides forward. Therefore, the user can remove the jam by projecting the handling section 2 forward without disassembling the entire banking automation apparatus 1 when a jam occurs in the conveying sections 9, 12. This may be the same for the storage unit 5 as well. In the case where a plurality of storage units 7 can be slid forward and protrude forward, if jams occur in the transfer units 9 and 12, jams can be removed after protruding a plurality of storage units 7 forward .

In addition, the cassette 13 can be temporarily mounted on the mounting portion 10 only when the use of the cassette 13 is required. The user can remove the cassette 13 when the use of the cassette 13 is finished after using the cassette 13 by mounting the cassette 13 to the mounting portion 10 while keeping the cover 11 open And the cover 11 can be closed. In other words, in the case of the automated teller machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the process of closing the opened cover 11 again for use of the cassette 13, and the process of closing the cassette 13 at the end of the use of the cassette 13 It is not necessary to open the cover 11 again for removal, which is convenient in terms of operation.

5 is a perspective view showing a mounting portion 10 of the automatic teller machine 1 according to the present embodiment. The mounting portion 10 may include brackets 100 and 110, a first support portion 120, a second support portion 130, a link member 140, and the like.

The first bracket 100 may be a portion directly contacting the door 8 and the second bracket 110 may be provided outside the first bracket 100 and connected to other structures. However, the two brackets 100 and 110 are not necessarily required, and only one bracket may be provided depending on the design.

A first elongated hole 111 extending in the X direction as a whole may be formed on the upper portion of the second bracket 110. The first long hole 111 can guide the movement of the guide shaft 115 and the rotation of the first support portion 120, which will be described later. The first support portion 120 may include a downward inclined portion because the first support portion 120 is inclined forward and the overall vertical position must be lowered. The downward inclined portion is formed by the first support portion 120, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > curvature < / RTI >

The first support portion 120 can support the door 8 side portion of the cassette 13. [ The first support part 120 can be connected to the guide shaft 115 and the both ends of the guide shaft 115 can move along the first long hole 111. As a result, And can be tilted forward while rotating about the lower portion of the first support portion 120 along the first long hole 111. [ The lower portion of the first support portion 120 may be pierced, for example, by a support shaft 119, which will be described later. In this case, the first support portion 120 may rotate about the support shaft 119.

The second support portion 130 can support a portion of the cassette 13 opposite the door 8. [ The second support portion 130 is rotatably engaged with the lower end of the second bracket 110 and can be inclined while rotating forward about the engagement point. For example, as shown in the figure, the second support 130 may be connected to a support shaft 119 having both ends through the lower end of the second bracket 110, can do.

The cassette 13 can be inserted between the first support part 120 and the second support part 130. In order to insert the cassette 13, the first support part 120 and the second support part 130 are fixed by the link member 140, It is necessary to increase the angle between the first electrode 130 and the second electrode 130. When the use of the cassette 13 is completed and the cassette 13 is removed, the angle between the first support part 120 and the second support part 130 needs to be reduced. A second long hole 145 extending from one end of the link member 140 to the center can be formed on one side of the link member 140 and a second side of the link member 140 can be rotated (Not shown). When the link member 140 rotates about the engagement point 147 with respect to the second support portion 130, the binding member 125 inserted into the second long hole 145 while being connected to the first support portion 120, The link member 140 can be moved toward the center of the link member 140 along the two elongated holes 145 (or moved toward one end of the link member 140), thereby changing the angle of the link member 140 itself, 120 and the second support part 130 can be changed.

On the other hand, when the cassette 13 is inserted, the cassette 13 can be supported by the support shaft 119 upward.

6 is a view showing a state in which the cassette 13 is mounted from the front. The present embodiment may include a position module 170 that directs the correct position of the cassette 13, and the position module 170 will be described with reference to FIG.

The cassette 13 can be connected to the second transfer unit 12 while the cassette 13 and the mounting unit 10 are tilted after the cassette 13 is mounted. At this time, matching between the corresponding structures 13a, 151 of the cassette 13 and the structure 150 of the second transfer unit 12 is required to perform various operations related to the cassette 13 smoothly, .

The position module 170 may be installed in the frame 160 of the automated teller machine 1 adjacent to the second transfer part 12 as shown in FIG. Positioning module 170 is provided on both sides to provide centering of cassette 13 by supporting the sides of cassette 13. [

For example, the stationary position module 170 may include a vertically extending bar 171, a roller 172 connected to one end of the bar 171 to contact the cassette 13 with the bar 171 as a rotation axis, An elastic member 173 provided on the outer peripheral surface of the bar 171, and a case 174. Referring to FIG. 6, on the basis of the right position module 170 on the left, the roller 172 may be rotated while contacting the side surface of the case 13, thereby guiding the case 13 to be mounted while being moved to the right. In particular, the elastic member 173 may be provided as a conical spring to provide a lateral elastic force to the cassette 13 in order to prevent the breakage of the bar 171 and to induce smooth centering of the case 13. [

It is to be understood that the embodiments described above are merely illustrative of some examples of the technical idea and the scope of the technical idea is not limited to the described embodiments, It will be understood that various changes, substitutions, and alterations may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

1: automatic teller machine 2: handling part
3: Depositing portion 4: Depositing portion
5: Transport & Money Transfer Section 6: Safes
7: Storage part 8: Door
9: first transfer part 10: cassette mounting part
11: Cover 12: Second conveyance part
13: cassette 15: bill discrimination device
100: first bracket 110: second bracket
112: shaft 115: guide shaft
119: Support shaft 120: First support
125: binding member 130: second supporting portion
135: pin member 140: link member

Claims (4)

A handling portion including a deposit portion for depositing the banknote and a withdrawal portion for withdrawing the banknote;
A safe having at least one storage unit for storing bills;
A door selectively opening and closing the safe;
A first conveying unit for conveying the paper currency between the handling unit and the storage unit;
A cassette mounting portion provided on the outside of the door;
A second conveying unit for conveying the paper currency between the cassette mounted on the cassette mounting part and the handling part or the cassette mounted on the cassette mounting part and the first conveying part; And
And a correcting module for directing the correct position of the cassette when the cassette is connected to the second transferring part. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the correct position module supports the side of the cassette to center the cassette. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the predetermined position module comprises:
A bar extending vertically; And
And a roller which is connected to one end of the bar and serves as a rotation axis of the bar, and which is in contact with the cassette. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the fixed position module further comprises an elastic member surrounding an outer circumferential surface of the bar.

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