EP2913802A1 - Money box incorporating a blocking element for closing the gap between a base tray and a retaining element - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a cash box (10) which comprises a receiving area (24) for receiving a value note stack and a bottom unit (26) delimiting the receiving area (24) in the direction of a cassette bottom (14). Further, a retaining element (36) is provided, which retains the recorded in the receiving area (24) notes of value in the receiving area (24) in a retaining position. Between the retaining element (36) and the bottom unit (26), a gap (56) is formed. The cash box (10) has at least one blocking element (60, 62) which, at least when the closing unit (16) is closed, closes the gap (58) at least so far that no bank note can slip into the gap (58).

Description

The invention relates to a cashbox comprising a receiving area for receiving a banknote stack. The cash box has a closable via a closure unit opening for automatically feeding and / or removal of notes of value and a bottom unit which limits the receiving area in the direction of a cassette bottom and stand up on the notes of value, especially with their edges. In the region of the opening, a retaining element is provided which, in a retaining position, retains the banknotes received in the receiving area in the receiving area and which makes it possible to supply and / or remove the banknotes via the opening in a feeding position. Between the retaining element and the bottom unit, a gap is formed.

In known cash boxes, the retaining element between the retaining position and the feed position can be pivoted, so that after the feeding of notes of value through the opening by moving the retaining member into the retaining position, the recorded in the receiving area notes of value are held in this and can not slip out of the receiving area , Due to the design, a gap must be formed between the base unit, on which the notes taken in the receiving area stand with their edges, and the retaining element, since otherwise the deposit and withdrawal of the notes of value through the opening would not be possible. In particular, this gap necessary to achieve sufficient freedom of movement of the retaining element.

Known cash boxes have, in addition to the opening for the automatic feeding and / or removal of banknotes on another closable via a lid opening on the notes of value can be manually fed and / or removed. With this manual feeding of notes of value, it may happen that, in particular in the case of bad note quality, notes of value slip into the gap existing between the retaining element arranged in the retaining position and the base unit. These notes of value may cause problems in subsequent machine feeding or withdrawal of notes of value through the corresponding opening.

Such a cashbox is for example from the document DE 10 2009 058 519 A1 known.

It is an object of the invention to provide a cashbox, with the help of a safe, reliable machine feeding and / or removal of notes to or from a receiving area of the cashbox is possible.

This object is achieved by a cashbox having the features of claim 1. Advantageous developments of the invention are specified in the dependent claims.

According to the invention, the cash box has at least one blocking element which, at least when the closure unit is closed, closes the gap between the base unit and the retaining element so far that no bank note can slip into this gap. Thus, it is prevented over the blocking element that notes of value can slip into the gap and thus problems can occur when feeding and / or removing notes of value via the opening. When the closure unit is closed, that is to say when the closure unit closes the opening for mechanically feeding and / or removing notes of value, the retention element is arranged in particular in the retention position, so that it holds back the notes of value received in the receiving area. The blocking element then at least partially closes the gap between the retaining element arranged in the retaining position and the bottom unit, so that no banknote can slip in here, since the dimensions of the cashbox are adjusted so that almost the entire width of the gap is required, thus a banknote can slip in here.

In particular, the floor unit comprises a plurality of drivable belts on which the notes of value received in the receiving area are located with their edges.

More specifically, the shutter unit is formed so as to be received in a gap between the floor unit and a cassette floor when it is opened. The cassette bottom is formed in particular by a housing of the cashbox.

In a preferred embodiment, at least one further blocking element is provided, which closes the gap between the retaining element and the bottom unit at least so far at least when the closure unit is closed that no bank note can slip into the gap. Alternatively, more than two blocking elements, for example three blocking elements, may be provided.

The more locking elements are provided, the safer the slipping of notes of value is prevented in the gap, since the still remaining gap is narrower. In particular, the distance between the blocking element and the side walls of the cashbox is thus reduced, so that even with tilted or transversely arranged banknotes these can not slip into the gap.

Further, it is advantageous if the two locking elements are formed identically, so that only one type of component has to be manufactured, whereby the manufacturing costs are reduced. In addition, confusion during assembly are avoided.

Further, it is advantageous if the two locking elements are arranged mirror-symmetrically to a median plane of the cashbox, so that the gap is closed uniformly.

The following features described for the one locking element may additionally or alternatively also for further or the other blocking elements are used analogously.

It is particularly advantageous if a first end of the blocking element is fastened to the closure unit. In a particularly preferred embodiment, both the first end and a second end opposite the first end are each fastened to the closure unit, preferably articulated. Under the articulated fastening is understood that the ends are each rotatably attached to the latter relative to the closure unit.

By attaching the blocking element to the closure unit is achieved that the blocking element is automatically moved with the closure unit, so that it is moved out of the opening of the closure unit with this out of the region of the opening, so that it is a feeding and / or removal of notes on the opening is not obstructed.

The first end and / or the second end of the blocking element is fastened in particular to the closure unit via an elastic element, preferably a spring. This ensures that the blocking element does not hinder the movement of the closure unit, in particular because the closure unit is designed like a jalousie and comprises a plurality of hingedly interconnected partial areas whose rotation would be hindered or completely prevented without the elastic element.

The blocking element is in particular movable between a first position, in which it allows a supply of banknotes on the opening to the receiving area and a second position, wherein the blocking element is arranged in the second position such that it closes the gap and a supply and / or Removing notes of value would prevent over the opening. This ensures that it reliably and reliably closes the gap in the second position and does not impair the function of the cashbox in the first position.

The blocking element is in particular fastened to the closure unit such that it is adjusted between the first and the second position when the closure unit is opened and closed. This ensures that no separate drive unit for adjusting the blocking element is necessary, but this blocking element is automatically adjusted with the opening and closing of the locking unit. Thus, no further structural changes to the cashbox are necessary.

Further, it is advantageous if the closure unit closes the opening in a closed position and does not close the opening in an open position and if the blocking element is arranged in the first position, if the closure unit is arranged in the open position and arranged in the second position is when the closure unit is arranged in the closed position. Thus, the existing kinematics of Cashbox be used so that the function can be implemented inexpensively.

Furthermore, it is advantageous if the cashbox has a closable via a lid further opening for manual feeding of notes of value. Through this opening notes of value can be manually removed and / or fed in a cash center. In this manual feeding and / or removal of notes of value, the closure unit is arranged in the closed position and the retaining element is adjusted to the retaining position. Accordingly, the blocking element is arranged in the second position, so that it prevents a slipping of notes of value into the gap between the retaining element and the bottom unit of the cashbox.

The blocking element is preferably bar-shaped, in particular rod-shaped, formed, so that there is a particularly simple, yet stable shape.

The closure unit is accommodated in the open position at least partially, preferably completely, in a gap formed between the bottom unit and the cassette bottom. By attaching the blocking element to the closure unit, this is also moved into the gap, so that it is not an obstacle when the closure unit is open.

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 mit teilweise ausgeblendetem Gehäuse,

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 with partially hidden housing,

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 comprises a housing 12, which has inter alia a cassette bottom 14, which forms the underside of the cash box 10 when the orientation of the cash box 10 is planned.

The cash box 10 has a first opening 18, which can be closed by means of a closure unit 16, and which serves for mechanically feeding and / or removing notes of value to or from the cash box 10. The mechanical feeding and / or removal of the notes of value takes place, in particular, with the aid of separating and stacking modules of a device for handling notes of value, for example an ATM, an automatic cash register system and / or a cash deposit box.

Furthermore, the cash box 10 has a closable via a lid 20 second opening 22, taken over the notes of value manually from the receiving area 24 and can be supplied in the receiving area 24.

The receiving area 24 is delimited in the direction of the cassette bottom 14 by a base unit 26, which has two belts 30, 32 guided by gears 28, on which the notes of value received in the form of a value note stack are arranged standing on their edges.

At the end opposite the first opening 16, the receiving area 24 is delimited by a movably arranged pressing carriage 34, by which the notes of value of the recorded value note stack are always kept below a necessary minimum pressure so that overturning is avoided. The impression carriage 34 is moved further away from the first opening, the more notes of value are received in the receiving area 24.

In the FIGS. 2 to 4 is a schematic perspective view of a section of the cashbox 10 after FIG. 1 shown, wherein in each case the region of the first opening 18 is shown. In this case, different elements of the cashbox 10 are hidden in the various figures to make each of the other elements shown better visible.

In the region of the first opening 18, a retaining element 36 is arranged, which between an in FIG. 2 shown retaining position and a feed position is pivotable. In the retaining position 36, the retaining element is arranged in such a way that it retains the banknotes arranged in the receiving area 24 by pressing against the banknote arranged on the front side of the banknote stack. On the other hand, in the feed position, the retaining element 36 is arranged such that it enables a feeding and / or removal of notes of value into the receiving area 24 or from the receiving area 24.

The retaining element 36 is in particular always arranged in the retaining position when the closure unit 16 is arranged in a closed position, ie is arranged in a position in which the closure unit 16 closes the first opening 18.

If, on the other hand, the closure unit 16 is arranged in an open position, so that a delivery and / or removal of notes of value takes place via the first opening 18, the retaining element 36 is arranged in the delivery position in which it no longer presses against the already recorded notes of value. Only when the feeding and / or removal of banknotes is completed and the closure unit 16 is closed again, the retaining element 36 is pivoted back into the retaining position.

The closure unit 16 has a plurality of portions 38 to 44, which are each hinged together, so that there is a kind of shutter-shaped shutter over which the opening 18 can be closed and can be easily moved in an arc around the lower edge of the cashbox ,

Between the base unit 26 and the cassette bottom 14, a gap 48 is formed, in which the closure unit 16 is at least partially disposed when it is arranged in the open position. Over this, the closure unit 16 can be accommodated to save space.

In the portion 42 engaging elements 50, 52 are provided, can engage in the complementary engagement elements of a device for handling bills, such as an ATM, during insertion of the cashbox 10, so that the closure unit 18 when inserting a cashbox 10 automatically opened in an ATM and when pulling out the cashbox 10 is automatically closed, so that opening and closing of the closure unit 16 without a drive unit, such as a motor, is reliably possible.

As in FIG. 2 As can be readily seen, a gap 58 is formed between the retaining element 36 arranged in the retaining position and the base unit 26, in particular a delimiting element 50 of the base unit 26, which is necessary in order for the mechanical feeding and / or removal of banknotes to be possible.

The problem with this gap 54 is that with the manual feeding of notes of value via the second opening 24, notes of value can easily slip into them, which can then lead to problems in the case of machine entry or withdrawal.

To avoid this, two locking elements 60, 62 are provided, which close the gap 58 at least so far that no bank note can slip into it. The two blocking elements 60, 62 are in particular identically shaped and arranged mirror-symmetrically to a median plane 64 of the cash box 10.

In an alternative embodiment, only one blocking element 60, 62 or more than two blocking elements 60, 62, for example three blocking elements 60, 62, may be provided. Furthermore, it is alternatively also possible that the blocking elements 60, 62 are not arranged symmetrically to the center plane 64. Likewise, it may alternatively be possible that the blocking elements 60, 62 are designed differently.

The first ends 64, 66 of the locking elements 60, 62 are hinged to the locking unit 16 by being hooked into receiving elements 68, 70. For this purpose, the blocking elements 60, 62 each have a respective recess 72, 74, which have an opening 76, 78, whereby the first ends 64, 66 can be hooked into the receiving elements 68, 70, so that a particularly simple assembly is possible.

The second ends 80, 82 of the locking elements 60, 62 are attached to the closure unit 16, wherein this attachment via springs 84, 86 takes place. Alternatively, other elastic elements may be used.

The first ends 64, 66 and the second ends 80, 82 of the blocking elements 60, 62 are fastened in particular to different subareas 38 to 44 of the closure unit 16.

When the closure unit 16 in the in the FIGS. 2 to 4 is arranged in the closed position shown, the locking elements 60, 62 are arranged in the second position in which they close the gap 58 at least so far that no banknote can slip into this.

When the closure unit 16 is moved from the closed to the open position, the blocking elements 60, 62 are automatically moved and thus moved from the second to a first position in which they are no longer disposed within the gap 58 and thus a supply and / or removal of notes of value on the now opened first opening 18 does not hinder.

By fastening the blocking elements 60, 62 to the closure unit 16, it is achieved that the adjustment of the blocking elements 60, 62 takes place automatically from the second to the first position or vice versa with the opening and closing of the closure unit 16, so that no separate actuators for this purpose , In particular, no drive unit, must be provided, but this is automatically possible with the existing mechanism of the cashbox 10.

By using elastic elements 84, 86 for fastening the second ends 80, 82 of the blocking elements 60, 62 to the closure unit 16, it is achieved that the blocking elements 60, 62 control the movement of the closure unit 16, in particular the rotation of the individual sections 38 to 44 to each other, not hinder.

The blocking elements 60, 62 are preferably received in the gap 48 together with the closure unit 16 when the closure unit 16 is arranged in the open position.

The locking elements 60, 62 are between the ends 64, 66, 80, 82 in particular bar-shaped, so that there is a particularly simple shape.

In particular, projections 90, 92 are formed on the delimiting element 54 of the base unit 56, via which the blocking elements 60, 62 are guided laterally when moving between the first and the second position, so that a safe guided movement takes place.

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

gear

30, 32

belt

34

Andruckwagen

36

Retaining element

38 to 44

subregion

48

gap

50, 52

engaging member

54

limiting element

58

gap

60, 62

blocking element

64, 66, 80, 82

The End

68, 70

receiving element

72, 74

recess

76, 78

opening

84, 86

feather

90, 92

head Start

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 the purpose of automatically feeding and / or removing notes of value to and from the receiving area (24),
a floor unit (26) which bounds the receiving area (24) in the direction of a cassette bottom (14), and
a retaining element (36) which, in a retaining position, retains the banknotes accommodated in the receiving area (24) in the receiving area (24) and which makes it possible to supply and / or remove the banknotes via the opening (18) in a feeding position,
wherein a gap (58) is formed between the retaining element (36) and the base unit (26), characterized in that at least one blocking element (60, 62) is provided, which closes the gap (58) at least so far at least when the closure unit (16) is closed, that no banknote can slip into the gap (58). Cashbox (10) according to claim 1, characterized in that the at least one further blocking element (60, 62) is provided for closing the gap (58). Cashbox (10) according to claim 2, characterized in that the two locking elements (60, 62) are identically shaped. Cashbox (10) according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the two blocking elements (60, 62) are arranged mirror-symmetrically to a median plane (64) of the cashbox (10). Cashbox (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first end (64, 66) of the locking element (60, 62), in particular articulated, is fastened to the closure unit (16). A cash box (10) according to claim 5, characterized in that a first end (64, 66) opposite the second end (80, 82) of the locking element (60,62) also on the closure unit (16), in particular articulated, is attached. Cashbox (10) according to claim 6, characterized in that the first end (64, 66) and / or the second end (80, 82) of the locking element (60, 62) via an elastic element (84, 86), in particular a Spring, is attached to the closure unit (16). A cashbox (10) according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that the closure unit (16) comprises a plurality of hingedly interconnected elements (38 to 44), and that the first and second ends (64, 66, 80, 82) at different these elements (38 to 44) are attached. Cashbox (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the closure unit (16) is designed as a jalousine. A cashbox (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the blocking element (60, 62) is possible between a first position in which it is possible to deliver notes of value through the opening (18) to the receiving area (24) and a second position is movable, and that the blocking element (60, 62) closes at least in the second position, the gap (58) at least so far that no bank note in the gap (58) can slip. The cashbox (10) according to claim 10, characterized in that the blocking element (60, 62) is fixed to the closure unit (18) such that it is adjusted between the first and the second position when the closure unit (16) is opened and closed. A cash box (10) according to claim 11, 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 in that the blocking element (60, 62) the first position is arranged when the closure unit (16) is arranged in the open position, and is arranged in the second position when the closure unit (16) is arranged in the closed position. Cashbox (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cashbox (10) has a cover (20) closable further opening (22) for the manual feeding of notes of value. Cashbox (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the blocking element (60, 62) is bar-shaped. Cashbox (10) according to any 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 (48) between the bottom unit (26) and the cassette bottom (14) is received ,

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