EP1710757A1 - Cassette de support - Google Patents

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EP1710757A1
EP1710757A1 EP05077771A EP05077771A EP1710757A1 EP 1710757 A1 EP1710757 A1 EP 1710757A1 EP 05077771 A EP05077771 A EP 05077771A EP 05077771 A EP05077771 A EP 05077771A EP 1710757 A1 EP1710757 A1 EP 1710757A1
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cassette
media
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Charles Mcalpine
Kevin Gerald Leeper
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D11/00—Devices accepting coins; Devices accepting, dispensing, sorting or counting valuable papers
    • G07D11/10—Mechanical details
    • G07D11/12—Containers for valuable papers
    • G07D11/13—Containers for valuable papers with internal means for handling valuable papers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D11/00—Devices accepting coins; Devices accepting, dispensing, sorting or counting valuable papers
    • G07D11/10—Mechanical details
    • G07D11/12—Containers for valuable papers
    • G07D11/125—Secure containers

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  • the present invention relates to a media cassette for storing valuable media in sheet form.
  • the invention relates to a media cassette for use in a self-service terminal (SST), such as a currency cassette for use in an Automated Teller Machine (ATM).
  • SST self-service terminal
  • ATM Automated Teller Machine
  • Currency cassettes provide ATMs with a source of banknotes, and are strong metal or plastics boxes comprising a lid releasably coupled to a body.
  • One end of the body includes a covered aperture that is automatically opened when the cassette is inserted into a currency dispenser, and automatically closed when the cassette is removed from the currency dispenser.
  • the opposite end of the body includes a handle for carrying the cassette, and to aid insertion and removal of the cassette. When a cassette is inserted into a currency dispenser, only the handle end of the cassette is visible.
  • Vacuum picking systems are used in automated teller machines for dispensing cash from such cassettes. Most of these include some form of pump mechanism for sucking air through a tube, which tube has a suction cup on its end. The suction cup is located on the end of a movable pick arm. In use, the arm and associated suction cup is moved into contact with a banknote, at the front of a stack of notes in the cassette, so that the suction created by the pump causes the banknote to stick to the cup.
  • gearing or other mechanical means for moving the end of the arm into contact with the banknote, and then towards a dispensing location.
  • This gearing is normally powered by the AC motor.
  • Double picking of notes causes detrimental performance in ATM cash dispensers and results in overfilling of purge bins, to which double picked notes are diverted, requiring intervention by an ATM engineer.
  • a media cassette comprising: urging means for urging a stack of media items to one end of the cassette such that the front most media item in the stack can be picked from the cassette; and a media item separator, located adjacent said one end of the cassette, the separator being adapted to utilise the motion of said stack during the picking of the front most media item to separate each media item from adjacent media items in, at least, a portion of said stack.
  • the item separator has a substantially saw tooth cross-section.
  • each tooth in the item separator has a leading edge which is substantially vertical.
  • each tooth in the item separator has a 45 degree angle to the leading edge of the following tooth.
  • the urging means comprises a pusher plate slidably mounted on a ratchet for urging media items towards said one end of the cassette.
  • a method of picking a media item from a media cassette comprising urging means for urging a stack of media items to one end of the cassette such that the front most media item in the stack can be picked from the cassette and a media item separator, located adjacent said one end of the cassette, the method including the step of utilising the motion of said stack during the picking of the front most media item to pass, at least, a portion of the media items in the stack across the separator so as to separate each media item from adjacent media items in, at least, a portion of said stack.
  • the motion of said stack during the picking of the front most media item is a forward and reverse motion along an axis running the length of the cassette towards said one end of the cassette.
  • an Automated Teller Machine having a pick mechanism including a pick arm; and a media cassette comprising: urging means for urging a stack of media items to one end of the cassette such that the front most media item in the stack can be picked from the cassette by the pick arm being moved into contact with said note stack, the cassette further including a media item separator, located adjacent said one end of the cassette, the separator being adapted to utilise the motion of said stack during the picking of the front most media item, by said pick arm to separate each media item from adjacent media items in, at least, a portion of said stack.
  • ATM Automated Teller Machine
  • media is used herein in a generic sense to denote one or more items, documents, or such like having a generally laminar sheet form, such as but not limited to bank notes.
  • a media cassette 10 in the form of a polycarbonate currency cassette for storing banknotes, has a lid 12 secured to a body 14 by a latch 16.
  • the body 14 has a handle 18 pivotably mounted at a handle end 20, and a pick area 22 at a pick end 24 opposite the handle end 20.
  • a pusher plate 26 is mounted on a linear ratchet 28 extending from the handle end 20 to the pick end 24, and is urged towards the pick end 24 by a resilient member (not shown).
  • the pusher plate 26 is made of metal and is mounted above two lateral guides 30, 32 for guiding opposite short edges of banknotes 34 as the banknotes are urged towards the pick end 24.
  • the body 14 has a roller shutter 36 covering the pick area 22, so that when the cassette 10 is inserted into an ATM (not shown), tines in the ATM engage with recesses (not shown) in the body 14, and the roller shutter 36 is automatically lowered by the tines to allow banknotes 34 to be picked from the pick area 22 by a cash dispenser pick unit 95 in the ATM 100 ( Figure 7)).
  • the tines in the ATM disengage from the recesses (not shown) in the body 14, and the roller shutter 36 is urged upwards to cover the pick area 22 and prevent access to the banknotes 34 in the cassette 10.
  • the underside of the lid 12 includes two banknote long-edge aligners 38 mounted on adjustable spacers 40.
  • the aligners 38 prevent banknotes 34 stored within the cassette 10 from moving towards the lid 12 during transportation.
  • the media cassette 10 comprises urging means in the form of the pusher plate 26 for urging a stack of media items 34 to one end 24 of the cassette 10 such that the front most media item in the stack can be picked from the cassette.
  • the cassette further includes a media item separator 80, located adjacent said one end 24 of the cassette 10, the separator 80 being adapted to utilise the motion of said stack 34 during the picking of the front most media item 35 to separate each media item from adjacent media items in, at least, a portion of said stack 34.
  • the separator 80 has a substantially saw tooth cross-section, the leading edge of which is substantially vertical, if the base of the cassette is taken as the horizontal plane. Also each tooth in the item separator has a 45 degree angle to the leading edge of the following tooth.
  • the cassette 10 minimises double picking of notes by utilising the action of the pick arm 90 (Fig. 7).
  • the pick arm in any cassette, is brought into contact with the front most note 35 in the stack 34 the momentum of the pick arm pushes the note stack back away from the pick end 24 of the cassette 10.
  • the front most note 35 is drawn forward (towards the pick end 24) and ultimately from the cassette 10 and into the pick mechanism 95 (Fig, 7).
  • the action of picking bank notes from the stack 34 therefore causes an oscillating movement of, at least, a portion of the note stack 34 towards and away from pick area 24. In prior art cassettes this motion only adds to the concentration and packing of the notes in the stack 34.
  • the oscillation of the note stack 34 combs the stack backwards and forwards over the note separator 80, which separated adjacent notes in the stack.
  • the pick arm 90 is more likely to pick a single note from the stack instead of double picking the first two (or more) notes.

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EP0994445A2 (fr) * 1998-10-12 2000-04-19 Hitachi, Ltd. Machine de dépôt/retrait de billet de banque
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