EP2913801A1 - Money box with adjustable belt support - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a cash box (10) having a receiving area (24) delimited by a floor unit (26) for receiving a value note stack. The floor unit (26) comprises at least one belt (28, 30) on which the notes of value accommodated in the receiving area (24) stand with their edges. Further, at least one strap support (50, 52) is provided which is adjustable between a first and a second position, wherein the strap support (50, 52) the strap (28, 30) in the second position relative to the first position in the direction of the receiving area (24) raises.

Description

The invention relates to a cashbox comprising a receiving area for receiving a value note stack and an opening for the mechanical feeding and / or removal of notes of value to or from the receiving area, which can be closed by a closure unit. Furthermore, the cashbox has a bottom unit which limits the receiving area in the direction of a cassette bottom, this bottom unit comprising at least one belt on which the notes of value accommodated in the receiving area stand with their edges.

Known money cassettes have a first opening, can be mechanically fed and removed by the notes of value, for example, when the cashbox is received in an ATM. The recorded in the cashbox banknotes are hereby arranged in the form of a banknote stack and contact with their edges the belt of the ground unit, which are movable in the feed direction of the banknotes and against the feeding direction of the notes, so that on the ruling between the notes and the belt friction forces also the banknotes can be moved within the receiving area.

Furthermore, the known cash boxes have a closable via a lid second opening through which the notes of value can be manually fed, for example, in a cash center, and / or removed. When manually feeding the notes of value, the problem often arises that individual Vouchers protrude a little from the rest of the note stack. When inserting this banknote stack into the receiving area, it may happen that due to the relatively large friction between the belt and the notes these protruding banknotes are pulled when pushing the bill of stock on the belt under the other notes of the value note stack. The banknotes are then not arranged according to plan within the value note stack, so that there may be problems with the automatic payment of the banknotes.

Such cash boxes are for example from the documents DE 10 2008 018 975 A1 and DE 10 2009 058 519 A1 known.

It is an object of the invention to provide a cashbox, can be supplied to the notes of value both mechanically and manually safely a receiving area.

This object is achieved by a cashbox having the features of the claim. Advantageous developments of the invention are specified in the dependent claims.

According to the invention, the cash box comprises a belt support which is adjustable between a first and a second position, wherein the belt support lifts the belt in the second position relative to the first position in the direction of the receiving area. Thus, the belt is also moved during the adjustment of the belt support between the first and the second position, namely raised in such a way, that it projects further into the receiving area of the cash box, so that when the belt support is arranged in the second position, greater frictional force between the belt and the recorded in the receiving area banknotes prevails, as when the belt support is arranged in the first position.

This ensures that the prevailing between the belt and the notes friction forces can be easily adjusted and thus adapted to the particular situation. In particular, in situations where a large frictional force is needed, for example, when mechanically paying in banknotes, the belt supports may be arranged in the second position, so that a large frictional force acts. Conversely, the belt support is arranged in the first position, in particular, when a low frictional force between the belts and the notes of value is advantageous, for example when the notes of value are fed manually.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the bottom unit has at least two belts, which are preferably arranged parallel to one another. In this case, in particular, a further belt support is provided, wherein in each case a belt support is associated with a belt and serves to lift this belt by being moved from a first to a second position in each case.

By providing multiple straps which can be raised appropriately over their respective strap support secure storage and more reliable transport of the notes of value achieved.

In an alternative embodiment, more than two belts may be provided.

The belts are in particular arranged symmetrically to a center axis of the cashbox. Accordingly, the belt supports are preferably arranged correspondingly symmetrical.

Furthermore, it is advantageous if the two belts and / or the two belt supports are each formed identically, so that as few different types of components are needed and cost-effective mass production is possible.

The belts are preferably guided over deflecting elements, for example rollers or toothed wheels, wherein at least one of these deflecting elements can be driven via a drive unit, so that it is possible to drive via the driving of the deflecting element and also the corresponding belt, whereby the notes of value received in the receiving area are transmitted via the frictional force the belt and the notes of value can also be moved within the receiving area in the direction of the opening or away from the opening. Thus, a secure deposit and withdrawal of notes of value is achieved.

The following features described for one belt and one belt support may in particular also be realized for the other belt or the other belt support or the other belt and / or the other belt support or the other belt supports.

The strap support is placed over the aperture in the second position when mechanically delivering notes of value, so that when fed mechanically there is a correspondingly large friction between the notes and the strap so that they can be reliably transported further away from the opening into the receiving area. The cashbox preferably has a further opening, which can be closed by a lid and can be manually fed and / or removed via the notes of value. The strap support is arranged in the manual feed and / or removal of notes on this further opening, in particular in the first position, so that when manually feeding only a lower frictional force between the belt and the notes prevails, so that it is prevented from protruding from a bill of material Notes of value are drawn under the other notes of the note stack due to the prevailing frictional forces. This ensures that the notes of value are always aligned in the intended position and safe feeding and removal is possible.

The two openings are arranged in particular on different sides of the cashbox. The opening for machine feeding is in particular at one end face and the opening for manual feeding at the top of the Cashbox arranged so that the two openings are arranged offset by 90 ° to each other.

In particular, an adjusting unit is provided for moving the belt support from the first to the second position. This adjustment unit can be, for example, a drive unit. Alternatively, the adjustment can also, as described in more detail below, take place via the closure unit.

The belt support is biased in particular via an elastic element in the first position and is moved via the adjusting unit against a restoring force of this elastic element from the first to the second position. The movement back from the second to the first position then takes place in particular due to the restoring force of the elastic element, so that the adjustment unit only has to accomplish an adjustment in one direction.

The elastic element may in particular be a spring. Alternatively or additionally, the elastic element may also be the belt itself, which is correspondingly elastic and is correspondingly deformed during the lifting of the belt support, ie during adjustment of the belt support from the first to the second position and thus exerts a restoring force on the belt support.

Alternatively, the belt support may also be moved back by gravity from the second position to the first position as soon as it is no longer in the second position by the adjustment unit.

In a particularly preferred embodiment, when the strap support is located in the first position, the strap is disposed parallel to the bottom of the cassette. In particular, that surface of the belt on which the notes of value stand with their edges is arranged parallel to the base of the cassette. When the belt is lifted by the belt support, the plane determined by its surface no longer runs parallel to the bottom of the cassette. In particular, the belt at the point at which the belt support is arranged, correspondingly curved upward.

Furthermore, it is advantageous if the belt support contacts the belt in both the first and in the second position, which has the advantage that the belt is guided in the first position by the belt support. In an alternative embodiment, the belt support may contact the belt only in the second position and be disposed in the first position at a predetermined distance from the belt.

The strap support is particularly designed such that a frictional force prevailing between it and the belt is minimized, so that the belt, even if it is lifted over the belt support, can be easily moved.

In particular, the closure unit comprises a plurality of hingedly interconnected elements, wherein these elements are in particular shaped such that overall a louver-shaped construction of the closure unit is achieved, so that it is as articulated as possible and can be easily moved from the open to a closed position.

The closure unit is arranged in particular in a closed position such that it closes the opening, and in an open position such that it does not close the opening. The belt support is arranged in the second position when the closure unit is arranged in the open position, and then arranged in the first position when the closure unit is arranged in the closed position.

A machine feeding or removal of notes of value takes place only when the closure unit is arranged in the open position, that is, whenever the belt support is arranged in the second position. On the other hand, if the closure unit is arranged in the closed position, there is no machine feeding or removal of banknotes, so that the belt support does not have to be arranged in the second position but can be arranged in the first position, so as to ensure that a possible feeding and / or removal of notes of value over the further opening, the belt support is arranged in the first position and thus the lowest possible frictional force acts.

In a particularly preferred embodiment, the closure unit automatically moves the strap support from the first to the second position as it moves from the closed to the open position. This ensures that no own adjustment for adjusting the belt support, in particular no drive unit, is necessary, but the adjustment is done automatically via the locking unit. In particular, therefore, only minimal structural changes to the cashbox are necessary and it can be used the existing cassette mechanism. In addition, this has the advantage that the adjustment of the belt support can not be forgotten and it is ensured that the belt support, in fact, whenever the lock unit is in the open position, so if any bills can be mechanically fed and removed, actually is arranged in the second position.

The backward movement of the belt support from the second to the first position occurs in particular automatically due to the gravity of the belt support and / or restoring forces of elastic elements when the closure unit is moved from the open to the closed position and thus no longer holds the belt support in the second position. Alternatively, the backward movement of the belt support from the second to the first position can also take place actively via the closure unit.

The closure unit preferably has at least one, preferably at least two projections, over which the strap support, when the closure unit is arranged in the open position, is raised to the second position is. The projections are in particular ramp-shaped, ie they have bevelled side edges, so that when moving the closure unit from the closed to the open position, the belt support slowly, in particular continuously, runs onto the ramp-shaped projections and is thus raised. In particular, the belt support also has projections which contact the projections of the closure unit when the closure unit is arranged in the open position.

In the embodiment with a plurality of belt supports for a plurality of belts, in particular for each belt support, at least one, preferably two, projections are provided, which are preferably also in the form of a ramp.

The closure unit is in the open position preferably at least partially, in particular completely, accommodated in a gap between the bottom unit and the cassette bottom, so that the closure unit can be accommodated to save space and there are no contacts with the notes of value, so that disturbances are avoided.

The floor unit in particular has a cover element which delimits the gap from the receiving area. In particular, recesses are provided in this bottom unit, through which the belt support protrudes at least partially within the gap located below the bottom unit, so that the contact with the closure unit for adjusting the belt support is possible from the first to the second position.

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.

Figur 1

eine schematische, perspektivische Darstellung einer Geldkassette;

Figur 2

einen Ausschnitt der Geldkassette nach Figur 1;

Figur 3

einen weiteren Ausschnitt der Geldkassette nach Figur 1; und

Figur 4

einen weiteren Ausschnitt der Geldkassette nach Figur 1.

Show it:

FIG. 1

a schematic, perspective view of a cashbox;

FIG. 2

a section of the cashbox after FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3

another section of the cashbox after FIG. 1 ; and

FIG. 4

another section of the cashbox after FIG. 1 ,

In FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a cashbox 10 is shown. The cash box 10 has a housing 12, which comprises a cassette bottom 14 which, when the cash box is in the intended orientation, that is to say in particular in the orientation which the cashbox 10 has, when it is accommodated in a device for handling notes of value, for example an ATM, arranged horizontally.

Furthermore, the cash box 10 has a first opening 18 which can be closed by means of a closing unit 16 and a second opening 22 which can be closed by a cover 20. The first opening 18 serves, in particular, for automatically feeding and / or removing notes of value to or from a receiving area 24 for receiving security papers. The mechanical feeding and / or unloading takes place, in particular, via separating and stacking modules of devices for handling banknotes, for example cash machines, automatic cash register systems and / or automatic cash deposit boxes.

The second opening 22, on the other hand, is used for the manual feeding of notes of value, as is the case, for example, in a cash center. The banknotes are received in the receiving area 24 in the form of a banknote stack and stand with their edges on belt 28, 30 of a bottom unit 26, which limits the receiving area 24 in the direction of the cartridge bottom 14. The belts 28, 30 are designed as endless belts and each guided over two deflection elements 32, 34, which may be formed, for example, as gears. At least one of these deflecting elements 32, 34 is drivable via a drive unit, not shown, so that the belts 28, 30 can be driven accordingly, so that standing with their edges on the belt 28, 30 notes of value by moving the belt 28, 30th within of the receiving region 24 can be transported away from the first opening 18 or towards the first opening 18.

Further, the receiving area 24 is limited by a Andruckwagen 36, which biases the recorded in the receiving area 24 notes of value in the direction of the first opening 18 and thus holds under the necessary pressure, so that the notes of value can not fall over and can be well taken and fed.

The closure unit 16 comprises a plurality of subregions 38 to 46, which are each connected to one another in an articulated manner, so that the overall result is a louver-like structure. In FIG. 1 the closure unit 16 is arranged in a closed position in which it closes the first opening 18. The closure unit 16 is movable from this closed position into an open position in the direction of the arrow P1, wherein the closure unit 16 in the open position does not close the first opening 18, so that notes of value can be supplied and / or removed therefrom.

The closure unit 16 has at least one in FIG. 1 non-visible engaging element into which engages when inserting the cashbox 10 into a device for handling banknotes, such as an ATM, a complementary trained engagement element, whereby the closure unit 16 when inserting the cashbox into a device for handling banknotes automatically from the closed in the open one Position and vice versa when removing the cashbox 10 is moved from the open to the closed position, so that no separate drive unit is necessary for this and the opening and closing can not be forgotten. As a result, in particular the susceptibility to errors is reduced.

The open position of the closure unit 16 is shown in FIG. 3, only part of the partial areas 38 to 46 being shown here. In particular, only the partial regions 44, 46 arranged at the front ends of the closure unit 16, as seen in the direction of movement P1, or only the foremost partial region 46 are illustrated.

When mechanically feeding or withdrawing notes of value through the first opening 18, it is important that a sufficiently high frictional force prevails between the belts 28, 30 and the notes of value, so that they can be reliably moved in the feed direction or removal direction.

When manually feeding banknotes on the second opening 22, however, a large frictional force is disadvantageous because this can be drawn from a bill of quantities protruding notes of value when passing on the belt 28, 30 under the other notes of value, so that they are no longer arranged within the stack and there may be errors in the payment of banknotes.

In order to realize a large frictional force and the manual feeding of a correspondingly reduced frictional force for the mechanical feeding, the cash box for each belt 28, 30 comprises a respective belt 28, 30 associated with the belt support 50, 52, between one in the Figures 2 and 4 shown first position and in a FIG. 3 shown second position are adjustable.

In the first position, the belt supports 50, 52 are arranged in recesses of a limiting element 54 of the base unit 26 and do not contact the belts 28, 30. In contrast, in the second position, the belt supports are raised relative to the first position in the direction of the arrow P2 in the direction of the receiving area 24 so that they also the belts 28, 30 in the direction of the receiving area 24, ie in the direction of the arrow P2 relative to the the Figures 2 and 4 lift the position shown. For this purpose, the belt supports 50, 52 in particular contact that side of the belts 28, 30 which are opposite to the side with which the belts 28, 30 contact the bank notes.

By lifting the belts 28, 30 to the second position, it is achieved that, when the belt supports 50, 52 are arranged in the second position, there is a greater frictional force between the belts 28, 30 and the bills received in the receiving area 24 than if the belt supports 50, 52 are arranged in the first position.

When the belt supports 50, 52 are arranged in the first position, the belts 28, 30 extend in particular a plane which is directed parallel to the limiting element 54 and parallel to the cassette bottom 14. On the other hand, if the belt supports 50, 52 are arranged in a second position, the belts 28, 30 bulge in the direction of the receiving area 24. The plane determined by those surfaces of the belts 28, 30 which contact the bank notes is no longer parallel to the bottom of the cassette 14 arranged.

The belt supports 50, 52 are arranged in the second position, in particular, when a mechanical feeding and / or removal of notes of value takes place via the first opening 18. In contrast, the belt supports 50, 52 are then arranged in the first position when a manual feeding of notes of value takes place via the second opening 22. It is thus achieved that during the mechanical feeding a significantly greater frictional force between the belts 28, 30 and the notes of value prevails than with manual feeding.

The adjustment of the belts 28, 30 from the first to the second position takes place, in particular, via the closure unit 16. For this purpose, the closure unit 16 has, for each belt support 50, 52, two ramp-shaped projections 56, 58, via which the respective belt support 50, 52 of FIG first raised to the second position. When the closure unit 16 is moved from the closed to the open position, projections 60, 62 of the belt supports 50, 52 project over chamfered areas 64, 66 of the ramped projections 56, 58 so that the belt supports 50, 52 will open when the closure unit 16 is opened automatically moved from the first to the second position.

This has the advantage that no separate adjustment unit for adjusting the belt supports 50, 52 is necessary, but this is done automatically on the necessarily necessary for the mechanical input or pay-out of banknotes opening of the closure unit 16. In addition, it is ensured that when automatically supplying and / or removing notes of value, the belt supports 50, 52 are always automatically arranged in the second position.

If the closure unit 16 is moved again from the open to the closed position, then the belt supports 50, 52 preferably move automatically back to the first position. This retraction can be done by the gravity of the belt supports 50, 52 and / or a restoring force of an elastic member. In particular, the belts 28, 30 themselves exert a restoring force on the belt supports 50, 52 by virtue of their upward bulging, so that the return movement from the second to the first position during closing of the closure unit 16 also takes place automatically.

Thus, no own adjustment mechanism for the belt supports 50, 52 must be provided so that in particular only very few changes to the cash box mechanism are necessary.

In an alternative embodiment of the invention, only one strap support 50, 52 can be provided, which is designed so wide that it raises both straps 28, 30, when moving from the first to the second position.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

10

cashbox

12

casing

14

cartridge bottom

16

shutter unit

18, 22

opening

20

cover

24

reception area

26

ground unit

28, 30

belt

32, 34

deflecting

36

Andruckwagen

38 to 46

subregion

50, 52

belt support

54

limiting element

56, 58

head Start

60, 62

head Start

64, 66

side flank

P1, P2

direction

Claims (15)

Cashbox,
with a receiving area (24) for receiving a value note stack,
an opening (18), which can be closed by means of a closure unit (16), for automatically feeding and / or removing notes of value from the receiving area (24), and
a floor unit (26) which delimits the receiving area (24) in the direction of a cassette bottom (14),
the floor unit (26) comprising at least one belt (28, 30) on which the notes of value received in the receiving area (24) are located with their edges,
characterized in that at least one strap support (50, 52) is provided, which is adjustable between a first and a second position, and in that the belt support (50, 52) lifts the belt (28, 30) in the second position relative to the first position in the direction (P2) of the receiving region (24). The cashbox (10) according to claim 1, characterized in that the bottom unit (26) comprises at least two straps (28, 30), and that for each strap (28, 30) a respective strap support (50, 52) is provided which supports the respective belt (28, 30) in the second position relative to the first position in the direction (P2) of the receiving area (24) lifts. Cashbox (10) according to claim 2, characterized in that the two belts (28,30) and / or the two belt supports (50, 52) are formed identically. Cashbox (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the belt (28, 30) via deflecting elements (32, 34), in particular rollers is guided, of which at least one is drivable. The cashbox (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the belt support (50, 52) is arranged in the second position during the automatic feeding and / or removal of notes of value via the opening (18). The cashbox (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cashbox (10) has a further opening (22) which can be closed by a cover (20) for the manual feeding and / or removal of notes of value, and in that the strap support (50, FIG. 52) is arranged on the manual feed and / or removal of notes of value via the further opening (22) in the first position. Cashbox (10) according to claim 6, characterized in that the opening (18) and the further opening (20) at different, offset by 90 ° to each other sides of the cashbox (10) are arranged. Money cassette (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that an adjusting unit (16) for moving the belt support (50, 52) is provided from the first to the second position. The cashbox (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the belt support (50, 52) is biased in the first position via an elastic element, in particular the belt (28, 30) itself, and against a restoring force of the elastic element of the first is movable to the second position. Cash box (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the belt (28, 30), when the belt support (50, 52) is arranged in the first position, is arranged parallel to the cassette bottom (14). The cashbox (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the belt support (50, 52) only contacts the belt (28, 30) in the second position. The cashbox (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the closure unit (16) closes the opening (18) in a closed position and does not close the opening (18) in an open position, and that the strap support (50) 52) is disposed in the second position when the closure unit (16) is disposed in the open position and is located in the first position when the closure unit (16) is disposed in the closed position. A cashbox (10) according to claim 12, characterized in that the shutter unit (16) automatically moves the belt support (50, 52) from the first to the second position as it moves from the closed position to the open position. The cashbox (10) according to claim 13, characterized in that the closure unit (16) has a projection (56, 58), preferably two projections (56, 58), in particular one or two ramp-shaped projections (56, 58) for lifting the strap support (50, 52) from the first to the second position. Cashbox (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the closure unit (16) in the open position at least partially, preferably almost completely, in a gap between the bottom unit (26) and the cassette bottom (14) is received.

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