DE102010036577A1 - Money deposit/withdrawal device e.g. automated teller machine (ATM) has filling and removal unit that is connected to value note transport container for filling and removing value note with respect to value note container - Google Patents

Abstract

The device (10) has safe deposit unit (12) that includes value note containers (14a-14d) for storing value note. An input and output unit (19) arranged outside of safe deposit unit, deposits the input value note and pays the output value note. A filling and removal unit (26) is arranged outside of safe deposit unit and connected to value note transport container (24) for filling and removing the value note with respect to value note container.

Description

The invention relates to a device for depositing and / or paying out notes of value, which includes a safe, in which at least one banknote box for receiving bank notes is receivable. Furthermore, the device has an input and / or output unit arranged outside the vault for input of notes of value to be paid in and / or notes of value to be paid out.

The device is in particular a device into which notes of value can be deposited as well as paid out, for example an ATM, an automatic cash register system or an automatic cash deposit. Known devices include a safe, in which a plurality of cash boxes are receivable, in which the banknotes are kept. If at least one of the cash cassettes is completely filled, d. H. that in her no further bank note can be taken, or the Wertscheinbestand a cashbox has exceeded a preset upper limit, so a Wertverportunternehmen is instructed to remove the cash boxes from the vault and empty and possibly refill for later payouts. Likewise, the cash boxes are removed from a secure transport company and refilled, if at least one cashbox is empty or the Wertscheinbestand at least one cashbox has fallen below a preset lower limit.

The problem with this method for emptying and filling the device is, on the one hand, that for the filling and emptying of the vault must be opened, creating a security risk. On the other hand, each cashbox must be removed and emptied or filled individually or a banknote container must be fed and filled several times to fill and / or empty all stored in the safe banknote container the device and then removed and emptied again, creating a lot of effort and thus high Costs arise.

It is an object of the invention to provide a device for depositing and / or payment of banknotes, in which recorded in a vault banknote can be easily filled and emptied.

This object is achieved by a device having the feature of patent claim 1. Advantageous developments of the inventions are specified in the dependent claims.

By providing a filling and / or removal unit arranged outside the vault, with the aid of which at least one value bank can be connected to notes of value and / or for the removal of banknotes from the at least one banknote container, it is achieved that for filling and discharging / or emptying the at least one banknote box the safe does not have to be opened, but the notes of value can be transported via the filling and / or removal unit of the bill transport container into the at least one banknote box or from the at least one banknote box in the Wertscheintransportbehälter. Furthermore, this ensures that not every banknote container arranged in the vault has to be individually filled and / or emptied, but several, preferably all, stored in the vault banknote container can be filled and / or emptied with the help of the banknote transport container. As a result, the effort is reduced, so that the device can be filled in a short time in a simple manner and / or emptied.

The notes of value are preferably conveyed through a transfer slot of the vault during transport from the filling or / or removal unit to the recorded in the safe banknote vault. It is particularly advantageous if the notes of value are transported through the transfer slot, through which the notes of value paid in or paid out via the input and / or output unit are also transported. This ensures that no further transfer slot is necessary and at least for a part of the transport of the notes of value from the filling and / or removal unit to the at least one value ticket transport container for the transport of notes of value for transport between the input and / or output unit and the Wertscheinbehälter provided transport mechanism can be used.

The banknotes are in particular transported one after the other between the filling and / or removal unit and the banknote box. If a bill of lading transport container in which the banknotes are stored in a stacked form is used as the voucher transport container, the banknotes are separated before being transported to the at least one banknote bank.

In the vault, in particular at least two banknote containers, preferably four banknote containers, can be accommodated. This ensures that a larger number of denominations can be stored sorted and is available for a payout. Furthermore, this results in a larger Aufnahmege the device of notes of value achieved, so that a filling and / or emptying is necessary only at longer intervals.

The banknote containers and / or the banknote transport containers may each comprise a roll store and / or a receiving compartment in which the bank notes are stored in a stacked form. In particular, in the vault and various banknote containers may be included, so z. B. one or more role storage are provided, in which both notes of value can be paid as well as disbursed. Furthermore, cash cassettes may also be included in the vault, to which only notes of value can be added but can not be withdrawn again for a withdrawal. The banknote containers and the banknote transport containers can be designed identically as well as differently. The banknote containers can also be designed as stationary roller storage.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the input and / or output unit is arranged in a head module provided above the vault. In this preferred embodiment, the filling and / or removal unit is arranged between the head module and the vault. This sandwich construction achieves a compact, space-saving design. Furthermore, this ensures that regardless of whether the notes of value are to be transported from the filling and / or removal unit to the safe or input and / or output unit or in the opposite direction only short transport routes are necessary, so that the transport in as short as possible Time can be done.

It is advantageous if a receptacle arranged outside the vault is provided, in which the voucher transport container is at least partially accommodated when it is connected to the filling and / or removal unit. It is particularly advantageous if the banknote transport container is completely received in the receiving compartment. This ensures that the banknote transport container during filling and / or emptying of the device does not have to be held by a service employee and the correct positioning relative to the filling and / or removal unit is achieved in a simple manner. Furthermore, it is achieved by the receiving compartment that the banknote transport container is partially or completely protected by a housing of the device while it is connected to the filling and / or removal unit.

After filling the at least one banknote box with notes of value and / or emptying the at least one banknote box, the banknote transport container preferably remains in the receiving compartment and remains connected to the filling and / or removal unit. This ensures that during the regular operation of the device notes of value can be stored in the bill transport container. The recorded in the receptacle Wertscheintransportbehälter is filled in particular during normal operation with banknotes, if at least one of the recorded in the safe banknote container is completely filled and in this banknote box no more banknotes are more receivable. This ensures that the device can continue to be operated even if one of the banknote containers is completely filled.

Additionally or alternatively, after filling and / or emptying the banknote container with the help of a Wertscheintransportbehälters also more notes of value within the receiving compartment remaining Wertscheintransportbehälters be located, which are removed and disbursed, if the banknote container in the vault, in which the banknotes with corresponding denomination are arranged, is empty. This ensures that the filling intervals can be selected larger and. In the remaining in the receptacle Wertheim transport container notes of particular denomination are arranged, which experience has shown that the most demanded. Preferably, notes of value with the smallest denomination in the cash cycle are arranged in the security deposit box. After filling and / or emptying of the device can also that Wertscheintransportbehälter, with the help of which the safe banknote containers have been emptied or filled, are removed, and another Wertscheintransportbehälter, which is either empty or in which more notes of value are included in the receptacle used and connected to the filling and / or removal unit.

The banknote transport containers can be fed to the receiving compartment, in particular via an opening, and can also be removed again via this opening. The opening is in particular regardless of whether a bill transport container is received in the receiving compartment or not, not closed. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the opening can also be closed via a closure unit, for example via a flap or a door. The locking unit may be designed to be lockable, so that when the lock unit is locked access to the receiving compartment is not possible. This increases safety.

In an alternative embodiment of the invention, instead of the receiving compartment and on the outside of a housing of the Device arranged holding unit may be provided with which is held by means of the bill transport container when it is connected to the filling and / or removal unit. In this way, compared to the embodiment with the receiving compartment, a more compact construction is achieved, since the value-money transport container is arranged during filling and / or emptying of the device outside the housing of the device.

It is advantageous if the banknote transport container is designed in such a way that the number of banknotes which can be accommodated therein is greater than the number of banknotes which can be accommodated in one of the banknote boxes disposed within the vault. In this way it is achieved that several banknote containers can be filled and emptied with the help of only one banknote transport container.

In a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention, the banknote transport container is designed such that the number of banknotes that can be accommodated in it is at least as large as the number of banknotes that can be accommodated together in all of the banknote boxes disposed within the vault. This ensures that all recorded in the vault banknote can be filled with the help of only one Wertscheintransportbehälters at a time and / or emptied. As a result, the effort for filling or emptying is minimized.

The filling and / or removal unit is preferably connected via a first transport path for transporting notes of value in the input and / or output compartment and via a second transport path of a transport unit of the vault. This ensures that the banknotes can be transported directly both between the recorded in the vault Wertscheinbehältern and the Wertscheintransportbehälter and between the Wertscheintransportbehälter and the input and / or output unit.

Further features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description, which illustrates the invention with reference to embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying figures.

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1 a schematic representation of an apparatus for deposit and withdrawal of notes of value according to a first embodiment of the invention;

2 a schematic perspective view of an apparatus for depositing and paying out of notes of value according to a second embodiment of the invention;

3 a further schematic perspective view of the device according to 2 ;

4 a schematic representation of an apparatus for deposit and withdrawal of notes of value according to a third embodiment of the invention;

5 a schematic perspective view of the device according to 4 ; and

6 a side view of the device according to the 4 and 5 ,

In 1 is a schematic representation of a device 10 for the deposit and / or payment of notes of value. In the device 10 it may be, for example, an automatic cash deposit, an automatic cash register system or a recycling machine. Alternatively, it may be in the device 10 For deposit and / or payout, it is also a matter of a pure pay-out machine, from which only banknotes can be paid out but no banknotes can be deposited. Likewise, it may be in the device 10 It can also be a deposit-money machine in which only notes of value can be deposited but can not be paid out.

The device 10 includes a safe 12 in which four cash boxes 14a to 14d are receivable. Every cashbox 14a to 14d includes a roll storage 16a to 16d in which can be rolled up between film strips and thus stored. With such role storages 16a to 16d You can easily create banknotes in both the cashbox 14a to 14d be taken as well as again from the cashbox 14a to 14d be issued.

In an alternative embodiment of the invention, in the vault 12 also more or less than four cash boxes 14a to 14d be included. It is also possible that also cash cassettes 14a to 14d to be used instead of a role repository 16a to 16d include a receptacle by the bills are recorded and stored in the form of a banknote stack. Similarly, at the same time in the vault 12 Both cash cassettes with roll storage and cash cassettes with a receptacle can be used. Additionally or alternatively, stationary reel storage can be arranged in the vault.

Above the vault 12 is a head module 18 arranged in which an input and output unit 19 is arranged, with the help of which banknotes to be paid by an operator in the device 10 entered and paid out notes of value can be issued to an operator. The safe 12 has a transfer slot 20 on, by which the notes of value to be deposited and paid out along a transport path 22 between the cash boxes 14a to 14d and the input and output unit 19 can be transported.

Next to the input and output unit 19 can in the head module 18 also an authenticity checking unit for checking the authenticity of paid-in notes of value and / or a temporary storage for temporarily storing notes of value may be provided. These units are in 1 not shown.

Between the head module 18 and the vault 12 is a filling and / or removal unit 26 arranged, with which a bank note transport container 24 for filling and / or emptying the device 10 is connectable. The banknote transport container 24 is particularly designed in the form of a cashbox, wherein the cashbox may comprise a roll storage and / or a storage compartment in which the banknotes are stored in a stacked form.

At least if at least one of the cash cassettes recorded in the vault 14a to 14d is completely filled with banknotes or the level of at least one of the cash cassettes 14a to 14d has exceeded an upper limit, at least this cashbox must 14a to 14d be emptied, so continue to see more value notes in this cashbox 14a to 14d can be included. To empty the in the vault 12 taken cash cassettes 14a to 14d becomes the banknote transport container 24 , in particular by an employee of a value-transporting company, through an opening 28 in between the head module 18 and the vault 12 arranged receiving compartment 30 used and with the filling and / or removal unit 26 connected. The storage compartment 30 is particularly dimensioned such that the bill transport container 24 can be completely absorbed in it, so that recorded in the receptacle Wertscheintransportbehälter 24 through the storage compartment 30 is protected limiting housing parts.

In the storage compartment 30 in particular guide elements, such as rails, arranged over which the bill transport container 24 when inserted into the storage compartment 30 guided in such a way that it easily a translatory insertion movement with the filling and / or removal unit 26 is connectable. As a result, an easy handling for in the bill transport container 24 attendant service employees and ensures that the bill of lading transport container 24 actually with the filling and / or removal unit 26 connected is.

After the banknote transport container 24 with the filling and / or removal unit 26 is connected, the notes of value to be removed are the corresponding cash boxes 14a to 14d taken and with the help of transport elements along transport paths to the filling and / or removal unit 26 transported and from this in the value ticket transport container 24 transported. For the transport of notes of value from cash cassettes 14a to 14d to the filling and / or removal unit 26 At least in part, the same transport elements and the same transport paths are used, with the help of which the notes of value are also transported when they are paid to the input and output unit 19 be transported.

The notes of value in particular each individually along the transport paths 22 from the cash boxes 14a to 14d to the banknote transport container 24 transported. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the notes of value can also be transported in batches.

The banknote transport container 24 In particular, it is dimensioned such that more notes of value can be received in it than in one of the cash boxes 14a to 14d can be included. This ensures that several cash boxes 14a to 14d with the help of a voucher transport container 24 can be emptied without the bill transport container 24 replaced or even emptied. It is particularly advantageous if the banknote transport container 24 dimensioned so that all four in the vault 12 taken cash cassettes 14a to 14d at once with the help of the voucher transport container 24 can be emptied.

To fill the cash boxes 14a to 14d gets into the storage compartment 28 a voucher transport container filled with the corresponding banknotes 24 introduced and with the filling and / or removal unit 26 connected. Subsequently, the notes of value from the bill transport container 24 in the corresponding cash boxes 14a to 14d transported.

The banknote transport container 24 can after emptying the cash boxes 14a to 14d and / or filling the cash boxes 14a to 14d also with the filling and / or removal unit 26 stay connected. The banknote transport container 24 can be both empty and with To be filled. An empty banknote transport container 24 can be used in particular to that deposited banknotes are included in it when the cashbox 14a to 14d , which is intended to hold the notes of the corresponding denomination, is already filled to the maximum. In this way it is achieved that the device 10 can continue to operate, even if one of the cash boxes 14a to 14d already filled to the maximum.

By the whereabouts of a banknote voucher filled with notes of value 24 in the storage compartment 30 is the number of notes available for withdrawals increased, so the distances in which the device 10 can be extended, can be extended. In the voucher transport container 24 Both notes of denomination may be arranged, in at least one of the cash boxes 14a to 14d in the vault 12 Notes of value are arranged, as well as notes of value of a Denomination be arranged, of which in none of the money cassettes 14a to 14d Notes of value are arranged. In particular, in the receptacle 30 remaining banknote transport container 24 Securities of the smallest denomination in circulation stores. According to experience, these notes are the most in demand.

So on the one notes of value between the filling and / or removal unit 26 and the vault 12 as well as other notes of value between the filling and / or removal unit 26 and the input and output unit 19 can be transported, is the filling and / or removal unit 26 via a first transport path 32 with the safe 12 and via a second transport path 34 with the input and output unit 19 connected.

In 2 is a schematic perspective view of a device 40 for the deposit and disbursement of notes of value according to a second embodiment of the invention. Elements with the same structure and the same function have the same reference numerals.

In this second embodiment of the invention, the input and output unit 19 designed such that the input and output of notes of value via two different interfaces 42 . 44 he follows.

The opening 28 of the receiving compartment 30 is not closed by a closure unit in this embodiment. The opening 28 Thus, it remains open, regardless of whether a banknote voucher 24 in the storage compartment 30 is used or not.

In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the opening 28 also be closed by a closure unit, such as a flap and / or a door. This closure unit may be lockable or not lockable.

In 3 is another schematic perspective view of the device 40 to 2 shown. At the in 3 shown state is the value ticket transport container 24 already partially in the direction of the arrow P1 from the receiving compartment 30 moved out and no longer with the filling and / or removal unit 26 connected.

In 4 is a schematic representation of a device 50 for the deposit and disbursement of notes of value according to a third embodiment of the invention. In this third embodiment of the invention, the filling and / or removal unit 26 designed such that the banknote transport container 24 outside the ATM 50 is arranged when he is filling and / or emptying the cash boxes 14a to 14d with the filling and / or removal unit 26 connected is. In this way, a particularly compact design of the device 50 achieved because there is no space for a storage compartment 30 is needed.

In a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention is at the vault 12 and / or a housing part of the device 50 a holding unit is provided, via which the bill transport container 24 held when he with the filling and / or removal unit 26 connected is. Alternatively, the bill transport container 24 for filling and / or emptying also be held by a commissioned service staff.

In 5 is a schematic perspective view of the device 50 to 4 shown. In 6 is a side view of the device 50 after the 4 and 5 shown.

If the apparatus for handling banknotes is a pure payout machine, then the filling and / or removal unit can 26 also be designed such that with their help the bill transport container 24 only notes of value can be taken and these the cash cassettes 14a to 14d or the output unit 19 can be supplied. If the apparatus for depositing and / or paying out notes of value, by contrast, is a purely deposit-payment machine, then the filling and / or removal unit may 26 Also be designed so that with their help only banknotes the value note transport container 24 can be supplied to the cashbox 14a to 14d to be able to empty.

Likewise, it is alternatively possible that the transport paths within the device for the deposit and / or payment of value are designed such that only notes of value between the vault 12 and the filling and / or removal unit 26 can be transported, but no notes of value directly between the input and / or output unit 19 and the filling and / or removal unit 26 are transportable. In this case, with the help of the filling and / or removal unit 26 only the cash boxes 14a to 14d be filled and emptied.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

10, 40, 50

contraption

12

safe

14a to 14d

cashbox

16a to 16d

roll storage

18

head module

19

Input and / or output unit

20

Transfer slot

22

transport path

24

Banknote transport containers

26

Filling and / or removal unit

28

opening

30

receiving compartment

32, 34

transport path

42, 44

interface

P1

direction

Claims (11)

Device for depositing and / or paying out notes of value, with a safe (129, in which at least one banknote container ( 14a to 14d ) is receivable for the receipt of banknotes, and with one outside the vault ( 12 ) arranged input and / or output unit ( 19 ) for entering notes of value to be deposited and / or for issuing notes of value to be paid out, characterized in that one outside the safe ( 12 ) arranged filling and / or removal unit ( 26 ) is provided, with the aid of which for filling the at least one banknote container ( 14a to 14d ) with notes of value and / or for taking notes of value from the at least one banknote box ( 14a to 14d ) a voucher transport container ( 24 ) is connectable. Contraption ( 10 . 40 . 50 ) according to claim 1, characterized in that in the vault ( 12 ) at least two banknote containers ( 14a to 14d ), preferably four banknote containers ( 14a to 14d ), are receivable. Contraption ( 10 . 40 . 50 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the banknote containers ( 14a to 14d ) and / or the voucher transport container ( 24 ) each have a roll storage ( 16a to 16d ) and / or a storage compartment in which the banknotes are stored in a stacked form. Contraption ( 10 . 40 . 50 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the input and / or output unit ( 19 ) in one above the vault ( 12 ) head module ( 18 ) is arranged, and that the filling and / or removal unit ( 26 ) between the head module ( 18 ) and the vault ( 12 ) is arranged. Contraption ( 10 . 40 . 50 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that one outside the vault ( 12 ) arranged receiving compartment ( 30 ) is provided, in which the banknote transport container ( 24 ) is received at least partially, preferably completely, when the bill of lading transport container ( 24 ) with the filling and / or removal unit ( 26 ) connected is. Contraption ( 10 . 40 . 50 ) according to claim 5, characterized in that the banknote transport container ( 24 ) or another voucher transport container ( 24 ) after filling the at least one banknote box ( 14a to 14d ) and / or the removal of the notes of value from the at least one banknote container ( 14a to 14d ) for the receipt of paid-in banknotes and / or for the payment of cash in the bill of lading transport container ( 24 ) recorded notes in the receiving compartment ( 30 ) remains. Contraption ( 10 . 40 . 50 ) according to one of the claims, characterized in that an opening ( 28 ) for inserting the bill transport container ( 24 ) in the receiving compartment ( 30 ) and for removing the security transport container ( 24 ) from the storage compartment ( 30 ) and that the opening ( 28 ) regardless of whether a banknote voucher ( 24 ) in the receiving compartment ( 30 ) or not, is not closed. Contraption ( 10 . 40 . 50 ) according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that on a housing of the device ( 10 . 40 . 50 ) a holding unit is arranged, via which the banknote transport container ( 24 ) is held on the outside of the housing when the bill of lading transport container ( 24 ) with the filling and / or removal unit ( 26 ) connected is. Contraption ( 10 . 40 . 50 ) according to one of claims 2 to 8, characterized in that the number of notes of value contained in the banknote transport container ( 24 ) is maximum absorbable, is greater as the number of banknotes present in one of the banknote containers ( 14a to 14d ) is maximum absorbable. Contraption ( 10 . 40 . 50 ) according to claim 9, characterized in that the number of notes of value contained in the banknote transport container ( 24 ) is at least as large as the number of banknotes present in all of the vault ( 12 ) arranged value note container ( 14a to 14d ) together is maximum absorbable. Contraption ( 10 . 40 . 50 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the filling and / or removal unit ( 26 ) via a first transport path ( 34 ) for transporting notes of value with the input and / or output unit ( 19 ) and via a second transport path ( 32 ) for the transport of banknotes with a transport unit of the vault ( 12 ) for the transport of notes of value within the vault ( 12 ) connected is.

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