EP3852073B1 - Device for securing access to an assembly of a device for handling banknotes - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to an arrangement for securing access to a structural unit arranged outside a safe of a device for handling notes of value.

In known devices for handling notes of value, when the device is used properly, an operator has access to the outer structural units of the device, for example an input and output compartment for inserting and dispensing notes of value, and has no access to internal structural units blocked by the housing door and housing cover the device. Service personnel of the bank or the operator of the device, on the other hand, have access to internal structural units of the device, in particular access to structural units inside a head module of the device, for example a temporary store, but not access to the inside of a safe of the device. The notes of value inside the safe of the device are thus protected against unauthorized theft by the service personnel.

Nevertheless, the service personnel have access to the temporary store arranged outside the safe in a head module, in which notes of value are temporarily stored outside the safe. If the device is manipulated by the service personnel, the service personnel can illegally steal notes of value from the temporary store of the device even without access to the interior of the safe. Furthermore, it is not possible to promptly determine the unauthorized theft of notes of value from the cache, since unrestricted access to units in the head module of the device cannot be documented.

document DE 36 13 552 A1 discloses a ticket counter for issuing tickets with a coin store, a lockable locking element that locks a housing wall part, and a plug-in module.

document U.S. 10,249,125 B2 discloses an electronic seal that can detect tampering with the seal using a sensing element.

document U.S. 4,313,601A discloses an automated teller machine having a multi-pull detection unit and a sealed container for storing notes of value of the multi-pumps. Parts of the ATM and the container may be sealed with lead seals.

It is the object of the invention to specify an arrangement for securing access to a structural unit arranged outside a safe of a device for handling notes of value.

This object is achieved by an arrangement with the features of claim 1. Advantageous developments are specified in the dependent claims.

An arrangement for securing access to a unit arranged outside a safe of a device for handling notes of value comprises a security element attached to a door of the safe and an indicator for documenting manipulation of the security element connected to the safe door, the security element restricts access to the assembly when the vault door is closed and does not restrict access when the vault door is open. This ensures that the structural unit is protected against unauthorized unrestricted access and manipulation by a service person. In particular, the notes of value that the unit processes and temporarily stores in a buffer are protected. Preferably, the buffer store can temporarily store notes of value that have been paid in and/or that are to be paid out, in particular the buffer store can temporarily store notes of value that are not suitable for the payout and/or that have been paid in and that have been identified as not genuine by a reading unit and/or notes of value that have not been removed from a dispensing compartment.

The arrangement includes an indicator that documents the manipulation of the security element and indicates whether the security element has been tampered with. In particular, the indicator documents a detachment or bending away of a part of the security element or of the entire security element from the safe door.

It is advantageous if the unit processes notes of value and transports notes of value from and/or to the safe, and when the unit temporarily stores notes of value in a buffer of notes of value. Furthermore, the structural unit can be arranged above the safe, preferably in a head module of the device. As a result, the device can issue and/or accept notes of value more quickly, and also store notes of value that have not been identified as authentic and/or notes of value that have not been removed by an operator.

Furthermore, it is advantageous if the security element is welded, screwed and/or glued to the safe door. As a result, the security element is rigidly connected to the safe door and permanently protects the structural unit of the device when the safe door is closed.

It is advantageous if the safe door is arranged in such a way that the safe door with the security element in an open state does not restrict access to the structural unit, in particular allowing the structural unit to be pulled out of the device. This ensures access to the structural unit when accessing the interior of the safe.

The indicator shows the manipulation of the security element and can be, for example, a seal label that is stuck to the security element and the vault door. If the security element is manipulated, the sealing label can be damaged, destroyed and/or removed, which documents the manipulation. Furthermore, the indicator can be a seal which, like the seal label, is connected to the security element and the safe door and documents manipulation in the event of damage, destruction and/or removal.

Alternatively or additionally, the indicator can be an electronic seal. The electronic seal can include a sensor for detecting manipulation of the security element, in particular a monitoring switch. A display unit of the electronic seal displays information about the manipulation of the security element, in particular changes in a switching state of a sensor or the monitoring switch. The electronic seal can also be connected to a central control unit and/or display unit, in particular an alarm system, which reports the manipulation of the security element without delay and then causes the triggering security element to be checked.

It is advantageous if the securing element has a predetermined breaking point. A portion of the securing element is then separated from the vault door at a predetermined force on the securing element. Furthermore, the predetermined breaking point can be arranged between the security element and the vault door, so that the security element is separated from the vault door when a predetermined force is applied to the security element. In addition, the severed predetermined breaking point serve as an indicator of manipulation of the security element. The predetermined breaking point prevents other units of the device from being damaged or destroyed in the event of violent manipulation of the security element in order to access the structural unit.

In an advantageous embodiment of the arrangement, the security element has a first part, which is arranged below the structural unit when the safe door is closed, and a second part, which is arranged vertically in front of the structural unit when the safe door is closed, the first part preventing the security element from bending away from the structural unit and of the vault door and the second part restricts access to the unit, in particular preventing the unit from being pulled out of the device. This makes manipulation of the security element more difficult and increases the security of the security element.

It is advantageous to minimize the distance between the structural unit arranged above the safe and the safe to a value in the range of two to five times, preferably two to three times, the material thickness of the security element, in particular the material thickness of the first part of the security element. This makes it more difficult or impossible for the securing element to bend away.

Further features and advantages result from the following description, which explains exemplary embodiments in more detail in conjunction with the attached figures.

Fig. 1

eine schematische Seitenansicht einer Vorrichtung zur Handhabung von Wertscheinen in einem ersten Betriebszustand gemäß einer ersten Ausführungsform,

Fig. 2

eine schematische Seitenansicht der Vorrichtung zur Handhabung von Wertscheinen nach Figur 1 in einem zweiten Betriebszustand,

Fig. 3

eine schematische Vorderansicht der Vorrichtung zur Handhabung von Wertscheinen nach den vorhergehenden Figuren in einem dritten Betriebszustand,

Fig. 4

eine schematische Vorderansicht der Vorrichtung zur Handhabung von Wertscheinen nach den vorhergehenden Figuren in dem zweiten Betriebszustand, und

Fig. 5

eine Detailansicht einer Vorrichtung zur Handhabung von Wertscheinen gemäß einer zweiten Ausführungsform.

Show it:

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a schematic side view of a device for handling notes of value in a first operating state according to a first embodiment,

2

a schematic side view of the device for handling notes of value figure 1 in a second operating state,

3

a schematic front view of the device for handling notes of value according to the preceding figures in a third operating state,

4

a schematic front view of the device for handling notes of value according to the preceding figures in the second operating state, and

figure 5

a detailed view of a device for handling notes of value according to a second embodiment.

In figure 1 a schematic side view of a device 100 for handling notes of value in a first operating state according to a first embodiment is shown. The device 100 is used both for the deposit of notes of value by an operator and for the payment of notes of value to an operator and is also referred to as a recycling ATM. Alternatively, the device 100 can also be used exclusively for the payment of notes of value or the deposit of notes of value. Furthermore, the device 100 can be a device for Handling of notes of value, in particular an automatic cash register system or a so-called automatic cash register.

The device 100 comprises a safe 10 in which four cash cassettes 12a to 12d are arranged and which protects the cash cassettes 12a to 12d from unauthorized access, in particular from theft and from attempts at manipulation. The safe 10 has a safe door 34 which can be opened and closed via a locking unit 36 . The money cassettes 12a to 12d are each arranged in a receiving compartment 42a to 42d in the safe 10.

Furthermore, the device 100 has a front housing flap 15 and a front housing door 18. The housing flap 15 is linked to the rest of the housing of the device 100 via a hinge 17 and can be pivoted upwards via this hinge 17 in order to gain access to structural units 26, 28, 30, 40 in a head module 11 of the device 100 arranged above the safe 10. With the safe door 34, housing door 18 and housing flap 15 closed, as in figure 1 shown, the device 100 is in the first operating state.

The money cassettes 12a to 12d are used to store and transport notes of value, such as banknotes and/or checks. The notes of value are stored in the cash cassettes 12a to 12d in the form of a stack. One of these stacks is indicated in the first cash box 12a, for example. One of the notes of value of this stack of notes of value is denoted by the reference number 13, for example. in the in figure 1 shown operating position of the cash cassettes 12a to 12d are the notes of value 13 in the cash cassettes 12a to 12d arranged standing on one of their edges, preferably on one of their longitudinal edges.

Each cash cassette 12a to 12d has an opening for feeding in notes of value 13 and for removing notes of value 13. A separating and stacking unit 14a to 14d is arranged in front of the opening of a cash cassette 12a to 12d, with the help of which notes of value 13 are placed in the cash cassettes 12a to 12d can be supplied and, on the other hand, notes of value 13 stored in the cash cassettes 12a to 12d can be individually removed from the stack of notes of value received in the cash cassettes 12a to 12d and can be removed from the cash cassette 12a to 12d. A switch 16a to 16d is arranged in front of each separating and stacking unit 14a to 14d, with the help of which a note of value 13 to be fed to the cash cassettes 12a to 12d is diverted from the transport path 19 and fed to the separating and stacking unit 14a to 14d that is in front of the one Cash box 12a to 12d is arranged, in which the note 13 is to be transported.

The switches 16a to 16d also serve to transport notes of value 13 removed from the cash cassettes 12a to 12d to the transport path 19. The safe 10 also has an opening 20 through which notes of value 13 transported along the transport path 19 enter or leave the safe 10 are transportable out.

Furthermore, the device 100 comprises an input and output compartment 22 via which notes of value 13 to be paid in are input into the device 100 by an operator and notes of value 13 to be paid out are issued to an operator can. In the case of a pure payout ATM, only notes of value 13 are paid out via the input and output compartment 22, in the case of a pure deposit ATM, only the deposit of notes of value 13 takes place via the input and output compartment 22 Transport unit 24 can be transported between the input and output compartment 22 and a reading unit 26 .

The transport of notes of value 13 along the transport path 19 from the reading unit 26 to the cash cassettes 12a to 12d or from the cash cassettes 12a to 12d to the reading unit 26 takes place with the aid of a second transport unit preferably comprising several transport elements. The notes of value 13 deposited via the input and output compartment 22 are separated and fed individually with the aid of the first transport unit 24 to the reading unit 26, with the aid of which the authenticity of the deposited notes of value 13 and/or the nominal value and/or the serial number of each deposited note of value 13 is determined become.

Due to the closed housing door 18 and the closed housing flap 15, an operator has no access to internal structural units of the device 100, in particular not to the safe 10 or other structural units 26, 28, 30, 40 of the head module 11 of the device 100. The above the safe 10 The structural unit 40 arranged in the head module 11 comprises in particular the reading unit 26, the control unit 28 and the buffer store 30.

The buffer store 30 can temporarily store notes of value 13 that have been paid in and/or that are to be paid out; in particular, the buffer store 30 can be unsuitable for the payout Temporarily store notes of value 13 and/or notes of value 13 that have been paid in by the reading unit 26 and are identified as not genuine, or notes of value 13 that have not been removed by an operator. The buffer store 30 is in particular a roller store or an endless transport path.

In the exemplary embodiment of the device 100, a security element 44 is rigidly connected to the safe door 34 in a lower region of the security element 44. The securing element 44 can be welded, screwed and/or glued to the vault door 34 . An upper part of the security element 44 protrudes upwards beyond the safe door 34 and thereby restricts access to the structural unit 40 when the safe door 34 is closed. In addition, the security element 44 is shaped in the upper part in such a way that, starting from the safe door 34, it is first bent horizontally towards the structural unit 40 and then bent vertically upwards in front of the structural unit 40. The fuse element 44 is made of metal, plastic or a composite material. Alternatively, it is possible to use a securing element 44 made from other dimensionally stable materials and/or having a different shape.

figure 2 FIG. 12 shows a schematic side view of the device 100. FIG figure 1 in a second operating state. The device 100 has an open housing door 18 and an open housing flap 15, as well as an open safe door 34. In the second operating state, the structural unit 40 can be pulled out forwards in the direction of arrow P10, since the securing element 44 no longer blocks the pulling out when the safe door 34 is open, ie no longer restricted. With that, a person has access to the interior of the safe 10 also has access to the structural unit 40. In an extracted state, the structural unit 40 can then be serviced, for example.

figure 3 shows a schematic front view of the device 100 according to the preceding figures in a third operating state with the housing flap 15 open, the housing door 18 open and the safe door 34 closed. As in the first operating state in FIG figure 1 , is thus a movement of the unit 40, in particular a withdrawal, blocked by the securing element 44 and thus access to the unit 40 is restricted. In particular, access to notes of value 13, which are stored in the buffer store 30 of the structural unit 40, is not possible as a result.

figure 4 shows a schematic front view 100 according to the previous figures with open housing flap 15, open housing door 18 and open safe door 34 and thus corresponds to the second operating state as in FIG figure 2 shown. Since the securing element 44 does not block the movement of the structural unit 40 here, access to the structural unit 40 is not restricted. The structural unit 40 can be pulled out of the device 100 and then, for example, serviced.

Provision is also made to produce the security element 44 with a predetermined breaking point, so that part of the security element 44 detaches from the safe door 34 when a predetermined force is applied to the security element 44 . Alternatively, it is possible to provide a predetermined breaking point in the connection between the security element 44 and the safe door 34, so that the security element 44 can be at a predetermined Force on the securing element 44 from the vault door 34 solves.

In all embodiments, an indicator for documenting a manipulation is provided, in Figures 1 to 4 no indicator is shown. In the event of a manipulation of the security element 44 and/or a destruction of the security element 44, the indicator makes it possible to prove this manipulation and/or destruction. The indicator can be the predetermined breaking point, a seal label, a lead seal and/or an electronic seal.

A seal label is, for example, a sticker that is attached to the security element 44 and the safe door 34, for example by gluing, and which is severed, destroyed and/or destroyed when the security element 44 is manipulated, for example by bending away, removing and/or destroying the security element 44. or is removed. The severing and/or destruction of the sealing label is irreversible and clearly recognizable and the manipulation of the security element 44 is thus documented. When the sealing label is removed, the sealing label is destroyed and tampering with the security element 44 is documented due to the lack of the sealing label. Seal labels are also referred to as adhesive seals or security tape.

Alternatively, the indicator may be a lead seal connected to the security member 44 and the vault door 34. As with the seal label, manipulation of the security element 44 is documented by irreversibly cutting through, destroying and/or removing the seal.

Furthermore, the indicator can be an electronic seal. The electronic seal has a sensor for detecting manipulation of the security element 44, for example with the aid of a monitoring contact. A change in a switching state of the monitoring contact is caused by manipulation of the security element 44, for example by bending away, removing and/or destroying the security element 44. This change in the switching state is then displayed using a display unit and the manipulation of the security element 44 is documented.

The electronic seal can also be connected to a central control unit and/or display unit, in particular an alarm system, which reports the manipulation of the security element without delay and then causes the triggering security element to be checked.

In all of the embodiments, it is provided that the indicator, in particular a lead seal or a sealing label, is irreversibly destroyed only when the security element 44 is manipulated, thereby documenting a manipulation. With proper operation of the device 100, the seal label or the seal is not destroyed or the switching state of the electronic seal is changed.

figure 5 shows a detailed view of a section of a device 200 for handling notes of value according to a second embodiment. Elements with the same structure and/or the same function have the same reference symbols. In the view shown, the housing door 18 and the housing flap 15 of the device 200 are open and the vault door 34 is closed. For device 200, that is Securing element 45 is shaped in such a way that it has at least a first part 46a and 46b which is arranged below the structural unit 40 when the vault door 34 is closed and at least a second part 48a and 48b which is arranged perpendicularly in front of one side of the structural unit 40, the first part 46a and 46b restricts the securing element 45 from bending away from the structural unit 40 and the safe door 34 and the second part 48a and 48b restricts access to the structural unit 40, in particular preventing the structural unit 40 from being pulled out of the device 200 when the safe door 34 is closed. In figure 5 Securing element 45 has two first parts 46a and 46b and two second parts 48a and 48b, of which a first part 46a and 46b and a second part 48a and 48b are arranged on the left and right on a front side of structural unit 40. The structural unit 40 is preferably arranged above the safe 10 in such a way that the distance between the structural unit 40 and the safe 10 has a value in the range of two to five times, preferably two to three times, the material thickness of the security element 45, in particular the material thickness of the first parts 46a and 46b of the securing element 45.

With the vault door 34 closed, the assembly 40 is also in a stowed position and can be locked in the stowed position by means of a locking mechanism 50a and 50b. When the vault door 34 is open, the securing element 45 is pivoted to the side together with the vault door 34 and allows the structural unit 40 to be pulled out with the aid of pull-out rails 52a and 52b.

figure 5 also shows a hinge 54 of the housing door 18 with the help of which the housing door 18 in an open and/or closed condition and a part of the latch 56 of the housing door 18 by means of which the housing door can be locked in a closed condition. In addition, the case lid 15 can be locked in a closed state by means of locking pins 60a and 60b.

The device 200 has in figure 5 also an indicator for documenting a manipulation. This indicator is in figure 5 designed as a seal label 58 . Alternatively, the indicator can be designed as a lead seal and/or as an electronic seal and/or as a predetermined breaking point.

The sealing label 58 is attached in such a way that bending away and/or removing the security element 45 from the safe door 34 destroys the sealing label 58 and thus documents manipulation of the security element 45 .

Reference List

100

1. Device for handling notes of value

200

2. Device for handling notes of value

10

safe

11

head module

12a-12d

cash box

13

note of value

14a-14d

Stacking/separating unit

15

housing flap

16a-16d

soft

17

case flap hinge

18

housing door

19

transport path

20

opening in the vault

22

input/output tray

24

transport unit

26

reading unit

28

control unit

30

cache

34

vault door

36

locking unit

40

assembly

42a-42d

receiving compartment

44

fuse element

45

Securing element of the device 200

46a-46b

First part of the fuse element

48a-48b

Second part of the fuse element

50a-50b

locking of the unit

52a-52b

Pull-out rails of the assembly

54

Case door hinge

56

Enclosure door lock

58

seal label

60a-60b

Housing flap locking pin

P10

direction of movement of the unit

Claims (15)

1. Arrangement for securing access to a modular unit (40) arranged outside a safe (10) of a device (100) for handling notes of value,

   having a security element (44, 45), which is fastened to a door (34) of the safe (10),

   wherein the door (34) can be opened and closed by a closing unit (36),

   wherein the security element (44, 45) restricts access to the modular unit (40) when the safe door (34) is closed and does not restrict access when the safe door (34) is open, and

   having an indicator for recording tampering with the security element (44, 45) connected to the safe door (34) .
2. Arrangement according to Claim 1, characterized in that the modular unit (40) processes notes of value (13) and transports notes of value (13) from and/or to the safe (10), and in that the modular unit (40) temporarily stores notes of value (13) in a note buffer store (30).
3. Arrangement according to either of the preceding claims, characterized in that the security element (44, 45) is welded, screwed and/or adhesively bonded to the safe door (34).
4. Arrangement according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the indicator indicates the tampering with the security element (44, 45) .
5. Arrangement according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the indicator is a seal label (58), a lead seal and/or an electronic seal.
6. Arrangement according to Claim 5, characterized in that the electronic seal has a sensor for detecting the tampering with the security element (44, 45).
7. Arrangement according to Claim 6, characterized in that the sensor for detecting the tampering is a monitoring switch.
8. Arrangement according to any of the preceding Claims 5 to 7, characterized in that the electronic seal has an indicating unit and the indicating unit indicates information about the tampering with the security element (44, 45) and/or a change in a switching state of a sensor or of the monitoring switch.
9. Arrangement according to any of the preceding Claims 5 to 7, characterized in that the electronic seal is connected to a central indicating unit, in particular an alarm system, which indicates the tampering with the security element (44, 45) and/or a change in a switching state of a sensor or of the monitoring switch.
10. Arrangement according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the safe door (34) is arranged and designed in such a way that the safe door (34) with the security element (44, 45) does not restrict access to the modular unit (40) in an open state, in particular allows the modular unit (40) to be pulled out of the device (100) for handling notes of value.
11. Arrangement according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the security element (44, 45) has a predetermined breaking point, with the result that a part of the security element (44, 45) is separated from the safe door (34) at a predetermined force on the security element (44, 45), and in that the severed predetermined breaking point serves as an indicator of tampering with the security element (44, 45).
12. Arrangement according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the security element (44, 45) has a first part (46a, 46b) which, when the safe door (34) is closed, is arranged below the modular unit (40) and has a second part (48a, 48b) which, when the safe door (34) is closed, is arranged vertically in front of the modular unit (40), wherein the first part (46a, 46b) restricts bending away of the security element (44, 45) from the modular unit (40) and the safe door (34), and the second part (48a, 48b) restricts access to the modular unit (40), in particular prevents the modular unit (40) from being pulled out of the device (100) for handling notes of value.
13. Arrangement according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the indicator is designed and arranged in such a way that it is destroyed or damaged by tampering with the security element (44, 45), and the tampering can be detected thereby.
14. Arrangement according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the modular unit (40) is arranged above the safe (10), preferably in a head module (11) of the device (100) for handling notes of value.
15. Arrangement according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the indicator is designed and arranged in such a way that it indicates detachment or bending away of a part of the security element (44, 45) or of the entire security element (44, 45) from the safe door (34).

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