KR100425864B1 - Apparatus recovering residual paper money for cash dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a residual money collection device of an automatic teller machine, which is installed between two brackets of the ATM machine main body to be located below the front roller of the banknote conveying means, and a recovery box for collecting unreceived bills; When installed in the path between the front roller of the customer and the customer delivery unit in the delivery step of projecting the bills transferred by the bill transfer means to the customer delivery unit in accordance with the customer's cash withdrawal instructions, and the customer has not received the bills In the recovery step of recovering to the collection box, a banknote delivery and recovery conveyor rotated in the reverse direction, and between the initial standby position, the delivery step and the transporting position of the delivery step centered on an axis point on the banknote delivery and recovery conveyor It is installed to rotate in a certain angle range and bills together with the conveyance and recovery conveyor. Remaining bill collection apparatus of the ATM of the clamp and the conveyor for conveying in a direction or reverse direction, for the banknote take-off sensors, characterized in that the number of bank notes detected comprises a sensor. When the banknotes remain inside due to user's mistake or carelessness, the banknotes are automatically collected by allowing the banknotes to be continuously used without stopping the use of the ATM. By reducing frequent stoppages, the user's satisfaction with the device is not only increased, but the management of the administrator is made easier.

Description

Residual money collection device of automatic teller machine {APPARATUS RECOVERING RESIDUAL PAPER MONEY FOR CASH DISPENSER}

The present invention relates to a remnant bank retrieval device of an automated teller machine, and in particular, if the user's carelessness or accidental bills remain, the ATM is not only collected and stored separately but also the machine can continue to use the machine. The present invention relates to a residual paper money collecting device.

In general, an automatic teller machine is installed at a bank, a convenience store, or a subway station where a lot of people go, and is a system for withdrawing banknotes by a simple operation of a user.

The automatic teller machine inserts the card into the card slot, and then proceeds with the desired processing while operating the operation button according to the guide displayed on the display device provided on the front side. The bill is withdrawn through the bill outlet and the bill is provided through the customer delivery provided in the front.

As shown in FIG. 1, the customer delivery unit provided with the banknote has a predetermined inner space and a casing 100 having an opening H at the upper front, and has a predetermined length and a cross-sectional shape thereof. It is formed to form a bottom surface of the opening (H) is provided in the casing 100 inside the bill holder 110, the hinge shaft 120 is inserted through the back portion of the casing 100 and the casing ( Side portions 220 are formed on both side ends of the curved portion 210 formed in a curved shape larger than the opening portion H so as to cover the opening portion H of the 100, and each side portion 220 is formed to extend in a fan shape. One side of the door is configured to include a door 200 is coupled to both ends of the hinge shaft 120, respectively.

In addition, the locking groove 211 is formed on the inner surface of the curved portion 210 of the door 200 and the sliding surface portion 230 having a predetermined width and length protrudes from the lower end of the inner surface of the one side portion 220.

Then, the motor 300 is mounted on one side of the casing 100, and one side of the lever 320 having a predetermined length is fixedly coupled to the motor shaft 310 of the motor 300. The roller 330 is coupled to the other side and the roller 330 is positioned to be in contact with the sliding surface 230 of the door 200. The motor 300 and the motor shaft 310 is positioned below the front of the casing 100 at a predetermined distance from the hinge shaft 120 so that the lever 320 is perpendicular to the motor shaft 310. The roller 330 is rotatably coupled to the side of the lever 320 and the lever 320 and the roller 330 are the outer surface of the casing 100 and the inner surface of the side portion 220 of the door 200. It is located in between.

The solenoid 400 and the link 410 connected to the solenoid 400 are coupled to the other side of the casing 100, that is, the opposite side on which the motor 300 is mounted. A long hole 411 is formed at one end of the link 410, a fixing pin 420 is inserted into the long hole 411, and one end of the link 410 is a curved surface of the door in a closed state of the door 200. It is located in the locking groove 211 of the portion 210.

And the upper portion of the casing 100, the banknote transfer means 500 for transferring the banknotes stored in the banknote storage unit to drop to the billing seat 110 is located.

And a sensor (S) for detecting the presence or absence of banknotes are mounted on one side of the banknote seating 110 and the casing 100, respectively.

The operation of the customer delivery unit of the automated teller machine as described above is as follows.

First, after the user inserts the card into the card slot and manipulates the operation button to proceed with the desired bill payment processing process, as shown in FIG. 2, the bill requested by the user is transferred by a bill transfer means to settle the bill. Stacked apart on the base (110).

When all the cash, that is, bills or checks requested by the user, is supplied to the bill seating stand 110, as shown in FIG. 3, the motor 300 is driven to rotate the motor shaft 310. As the shaft 310 rotates, the lever 320 rotates about the motor shaft 310. As the lever 320 rotates angularly, the roller 330 coupled to the end of the lever 320 moves along the sliding surface portion 230 of the door 200 and moves the door 200 downward (as shown). The door 200 is angularly rotated with respect to the hinge shaft 120 to move the curved portion 210 of the door 200 downward to open the opening H.

The user withdraws the banknote placed on the banknote seating stand 110 through the open opening (H). And after the user withdraws the bill placed on the bill mounting plate 110, the door 200 is closed after the time set by the detection of the sensor (S).

In the process of closing the door 200, when the motor 300 is reversely rotated, the lever 320 is rotated in the opposite direction to be in the original position, and at the same time, the tension spring coupled to the door 200 (not shown) When the door 200 is rotated with respect to the hinge shaft 120 together, the curved portion 210 moves upward to close the opening H. At this time, the solenoid 400 is operated so that the link 410 moves in the axial direction and is located in the locking groove 211 of the door curved portion 210, thereby fixing the door 200. In the meantime, when the door 200 opens the opening H, the link releases the restraint of the door 200 by the operation of the solenoid 400.

Meanwhile, in the above process, the user does not accidentally take a banknote placed on the banknote seat 110 while the door 200 opens the opening H, or inadvertently puts all of the banknotes placed on the banknote seat 110. If not, the use stops while the opening H is closed by the door 200 after the set time has elapsed in order to prevent people other than the user from taking it. In this case, the manager opens the automatic teller machine and recovers the banknotes remaining in the bill holders 110 and can be used again.

However, the conventional structure as described above, if the user's mistake or carelessness of the bill remaining on the billing stand 110, the use of the ATM is stopped, which leads to the user's dissatisfaction and cumbersome management of the administrator There was a problem. In particular, if the absence period of the manager becomes longer, such as during the holiday period, the use is suspended during the holiday period, which adds to the user's complaints.

The object of the present invention devised in view of the above-mentioned point is to provide a cash dispenser capable of maintaining the use of the device as well as collecting and storing the remaining bills separately if the user's carelessness or accident is left. The present invention provides a residual bill collecting device.

1 is a side view showing a customer delivery portion of a conventional automated teller machine;

2 and 3 are side views showing the operating states of the customer delivery unit of the ATM, respectively,

4 to 6 is a view of the residual bank recovery apparatus of the automatic teller machine according to the present invention,

Figure 4 is a side view of the residual bank recovery apparatus of the ATM.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the residual money recovery device of the automatic teller machine.

Figure 6 is a side view showing the main configuration of the clamping conveyor.

7 to 9 is a view showing the action of the residual money recovery device of the automatic teller machine according to the present invention,

Figure 7 (a) to (d) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing a step in which the bill is projected to the customer delivery portion in the initial stage of the bill delivery process.

8 (a) and 8 (b) are explanatory diagrams of the operation when the customer receives the bill.

9 (a) to 9 (c) are explanatory diagrams of the operation when the customer does not receive the bill.

** Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawings **

1: Bracket 1a: Space

2: cassette 500: cash transfer means

510: front roller 600: recovery box

700: Conveyor for delivery and collection of bills 710, 720: Front and rear rollers

711, 721, 731, 741: Axis 730, 740: Guide roller

750: belt 760: driving means

761: motor 762: gear train

800: Clamp Conveyor 810, 820: Front / Rear Roller

811, 821, 831, 841: shaft 830, 840: guide roller

850: belt 860: driving means

861: motor 862: gear train

870: Rotation lever 900: Drawer detection sensor

910: recovery detection sensor

In order to achieve the object of the present invention as described above is installed in the lower portion of the front roller of the banknote conveying means and the recovery box for collecting unreceived bills, and installed in the path between the front roller and the customer delivery of the banknote conveying means The banknote rotated in the forward direction at the delivery step of protruding the banknote conveyed by the banknote conveying means to the customer delivery unit according to the customer's banknote withdrawal instruction, and the banknote rotated in the reverse direction at the recovery stage in which the banknote is collected by the customer when it is not received Rotates by a certain angle between the delivery and retrieval conveyor, the standby position away from the banknote delivery and retrieval conveyor around an axis point on the banknote delivery and retrieval conveyor, and the transfer position close to the banknote delivery and retrieval conveyor In order to wait for the customer's instructions to withdraw the bill. In the delivery step and the recovery step, the clamp conveyor rotates to the transfer position to transfer the banknotes and transfers the banknotes together with the conveyance and collection conveyor for bills, and is installed at the front side of the conveyance and collection banknotes. It is configured to include a withdrawal detection sensor for detecting that the bill is withdrawn, and a recovery detection sensor is installed in the rear portion of the bill delivery and collection conveyor for detecting the collection of unreceived bills.

Hereinafter, the automatic teller machine residual money retrieval device of the present invention will be described according to the embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings.

4 and 5 are a side view and a plan view, respectively, of a residual money recovery device of an ATM machine, and FIG. 6 is a side view showing a main configuration of a clamping conveyor. Referring to this, first, a pair of parallel brackets will be described. The banknote conveying means 500 is installed at one side of (1) to convey the bills contained in the lower cassette 2, and the unreceived bills are placed at the lower part of the front roller 510 of the bill conveying means 500. A recovery box 600 for collecting is installed, and the conveyance conveyor 700 for banknote delivery and collection is inclined at the front portions of both brackets 1, and the clamp conveyor 800 is inclined thereon.

In addition, a withdrawal detection sensor 900 for detecting the withdrawal of the bill is installed in the front portion of the bill delivery and collection conveyor 700, the bill received and the undelivered bill in the rear portion of the conveyance conveyor 700 Recovery sensor 910 for detecting that the is recovered is installed.

The bill conveying and collecting conveyor 700 is installed on the path between the front roller 510 of the bill conveying means 500 and the customer delivering part, and is conveyed by the bill conveying means 500 according to a cash withdrawal instruction of the customer. It is configured to rotate in the forward direction in the delivery step of projecting the transferred banknotes to the customer delivery unit, and to rotate in the reverse direction in the recovery step of recovering the banknotes to the recovery box 600 when the customer has not received.

The clamp conveyor 800 is installed to rotate by a predetermined angle about the axis point on the banknote delivery and recovery conveyor 700, and the standby position away from the banknote delivery and recovery conveyor 700, and the banknote delivery and In the initial stage of waiting for the cash withdrawal instruction of the customer by rotating between the conveying position 700 and the conveying position close to the collection conveyor 700, the delivery step is rotated to the conveying position in order to convey the banknotes in the delivery step and the collection step. And conveying the bill together with the retrieval conveyor 700.

The conveyer 700 for conveying and collecting bills is rotatably coupled to the front roller 710 and the rear roller 720 to the shafts 711 and 721 on both brackets 1, respectively. Guide rollers 730 and 740 are rotatably coupled to the shafts 731 and 741 between the rollers 710 and 720, respectively, and the front and rear rollers 710 and 720 and the guides. The belt 750 is wound outside the rollers 730 and 740 so as to be driven by the driving means 760.

The driving means 760 includes a motor 761 fixed to the bracket 1, a gear fixed to the shaft ends of the motor 761 and the front roller 710, and a gear disposed therebetween. It consists of a gear train 762 to reduce the rotational force to transmit.

The clamp conveyor 800 is the front roller 810 and the rear roller 820 is rotatably coupled to the shaft 811, 821, respectively, on both brackets (1), the front and rear rollers 810 The guide rollers 830 and 840 are rotatably coupled to the shafts 831 and 841, respectively, between the front and rear rollers 810, 820, and the guide rollers 830. The belt 850 is wound around the outside of the 840 to be driven by the driving means 860.

Both ends of the shaft 811 of the front roller 810 are rotatably coupled to the shaft support interval 801 fixed to both of the brackets 1, and a pair of rotation levers are formed inside both ends of the shaft 811. One end of the 870 is fixed to rotate together, and both ends of the shafts 821, 831, 841 of the rear rollers 820 and the guide rollers 830, 840 are both rotating levers 870. Are each rotatably coupled.

In both of the brackets 1, a space portion 1a is formed so that both rotation levers 870 provided on the same plane can rotate in a predetermined angle range about the shaft 811. Here, the rotation levers 870 may not be installed on the same plane as both of the brackets 1, but may be provided to the inside of both of the brackets 1.

The driving means 860 of the clamp conveyor 800 includes a motor 861 fixed to the bracket 1, a gear fixed to the shaft ends of the motor 861 and the front roller 810, and between them. It comprises a gear train 862 to reduce and transmit the rotational force, including the gear disposed in.

It is preferable to use an optical sensor for the withdrawal detection sensor 900 and the recovery detection sensor 910 which are installed at the front and rear portions of the bill conveyance and recovery conveyor 700.

7 to 9 show the operation of the residual bank recovery device of the ATM machine according to the present invention, Figure 7 (a) ~ (d) is a step of protruding the bill to the customer delivery unit in the initial stage of the bill delivery process 8 (a) and 8 (b) are explanatory views of the operation when the customer receives the bill, and FIGS. 9 (a) to 9 (c) are explanatory views of the operation when the customer has not received the bill. .

Hereinafter, the operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9.

In the initial state of waiting for a cash withdrawal instruction by the customer, the bill conveyance and recovery conveyor 700 and the clamp conveyor 800 are separated by the rear rollers 720 and 820 by a predetermined angle as shown in FIG. Wait in the state.

In such a state, when the user inserts the card into the card slot and manipulates the operation button, the desired bill payment processing proceeds, and the cash required by the user, that is, the bill M, is transferred by the bill conveying means 500 and FIG. 7. As shown in (b), it is stacked apart on the conveyance and recovery conveyor 700.

In this way, when all the cash required by the customer is supplied, the clamp conveyor 800 receives the driving force of the motor 861 to the gear train 862 and rotates by a predetermined angle as shown in FIG. 7 (c). The conveyor 800 is brought into close contact with the conveyance 700 for conveying and retrieving the bank notes, and the delivery of the bank notes M can be delivered to the standby state.

Subsequently, when the conveyance and recovery conveyor 700 receives the driving force of the motor 761 from the gear train 762 and rotates in the forward direction, the banknote protrudes to the customer delivery unit as shown in FIG.

Subsequently, when the customer receives the banknote M as shown in FIG. 8 (a) and the banknote reception is completed, the motor 861 is driven in the reverse direction by the detection signal of the withdrawal detecting sensor 900. The clamp conveyor 800 is rotated upward and returned to the initial standby state as shown in FIG. 8 (b).

However, when the customer does not receive the bill in the delivery waiting state of FIG. 7 (d), or receives a portion of the bill, the customer detects the withdrawal detection sensor 900 and passes the banknote delivery and recovery 700 after a predetermined time elapses. ) Reversely rotates with the reverse driving force of the motor 761 to draw the bill (M) inward as shown in FIG. 9 (a), and discharge it to the recovery box 600 as shown in FIG. 9 (b). Banknotes (M) will be put on.

Thereafter, the clamp conveyor 800 is rotated upward by the driving force of the motor 861 driven in the reverse direction by the detection signal of the recovery detecting sensor 910 to return to the initial standby state.

As described above, the residual money retrieval device of the automatic teller machine of the present invention, when the customer does not receive or leave a portion of the bills transferred to the customer delivery unit according to the withdrawal request of the customer, bill conveyance and recovery conveyor 700 And it is to be recovered to the recovery box 600 by the reverse conveying action of the clamp conveyor 800, the customer to use the next time can be used normally without delay.

As described above, the residual money retrieval device of the automatic teller machine according to the present invention can recover the remaining banknotes into the recovery box when the user's mistake or carelessness remains inside, thereby using the automatic teller machine. This can be used continuously without stopping, thereby reducing the frequent use of the ATM machine to increase the satisfaction of the user's device as well as to facilitate the management of the administrator.

Claims (6)

Banknote delivery and collection conveyor for transferring banknotes coming out of the cassette mounted inside the ATM machine body to the customer delivery unit, clamp conveyor which rotates in engagement with the banknote delivery and collection conveyor, and the banknote delivery and collection conveyor Withdrawal detection sensor for detecting banknotes to be delivered to the customer delivery side, recovery detection sensor for detecting the banknotes recovered by the bill delivery and collection conveyor, bills recovered by the delivery and collection of bills Residual money collection device of the automatic teller machine, characterized in that configured to include a collection box to be stored. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the conveyance and collection conveyor for bills is moved in a forward direction and a reverse direction. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the clamp conveyor is rotatably installed at one side as a hinge point and engaged with the conveyer for conveying and collecting the bills during bill transfer. According to claim 1, The bill conveying and collecting conveyor is a front roller and a rear roller are rotatably coupled to each of the brackets on both shafts, and a plurality of guide rollers between the front and rear rollers are rotatably rotated, respectively. Combined, the remaining paper money recovery device of the automatic teller machine, characterized in that the belt is rolled out of the front and rear rollers and the guide roller to be driven by the drive means. The clamp conveyor of claim 1, wherein the front roller and the rear roller are rotatably coupled to the respective shafts on both shafts, and a plurality of guide rollers are rotatably coupled to the shaft between the front and rear rollers, respectively. Residual banknote collection apparatus of the automatic teller machine, characterized in that the belt is wound to the outside of the front and rear rollers and the guide roller is driven by the drive means. 6. The shaft of claim 5, wherein both ends of the front roller are rotatably coupled between shaft supports fixed to both of the brackets, and one ends of the pair of rotation levers are respectively fixed to both ends of the shaft, and the rear roller and the guide. Both ends of the shaft of the roller is a residual money recovery device of the automatic teller machine, characterized in that rotatably coupled to each rotation lever.