KR100442496B1 - Jam automation eliminating apparatus and method for cash dispenser/automatic teller machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for automatically removing jams of an automated teller machine, in particular, when a cash or check is ejected from the transfer belt when the cash or check is released, the cash or check is automatically recovered and the jam is collected. The purpose is to remove it and restore the dispenser to normal operation. The present invention for this purpose is the first step of driving the BLDC motor 410 in the forward direction to determine whether the jam occurs on the first and second transfer paths (440, 450) when cash or check discharge, and the occurrence of jam If this is confirmed, the second step of intermittently driving the BLDC motor 410 to recover unreleased cash or checks including jammed cash or checks on the first transfer path 440, and When the cash or check is recovered on the first transfer path 440, the gate 480 is transferred to block the second transfer path 450, and the BLDC motor 410 is intermittently driven to intercept unreleased cash or check. And a fourth step of transferring to the recovery path 460 and a fourth step of recovering the unreleased cash or check to the normal operation state.

Description

JAM AUTOMATION ELIMINATING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CASH DISPENSER / AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINE}

The present invention relates to an automated teller machine, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for automatic jam removal in cash and check dispensers.

With the development of information and communication technology, cash dispensers have been developed so that customers who visit financial institutions can see their banking operations, such as deposits and withdrawals more quickly.

Recently, cash and check dispensers have been developed and used universally so that customers can select and withdraw bills and checks.

However, conventionally, when two or more cash or checks are discharged in an overlapped state or a jam that cannot be transferred due to friction with the conveying belt occurs, the automatic dispenser cannot be used until the manager removes the jam. There was this.

As a result, inconvenience such as having to wait for a long time while the card is inserted has a problem of degrading reliability of the automatic dispenser.

Therefore, in order to improve the conventional problem, when the cash or check is released when the cash or check is jammed in the transfer belt, the cash or check is automatically recovered to remove the jam and the automatic dispenser is normal. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for automatically removing jams of a financial automation device, which is invented to recover to an operational state.

1 is a perspective view of a general cash dispenser.

Figure 2 is a block diagram of the automatic jam removing device for an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is an operation flowchart showing an automatic jam removal process in an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is an internal left side view of an atm machine in an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

410: BLDC motor 420: drive roller

430: discharge roller 440,450: transport path

460: recovery path 471 ~ 474: detection sensor

The present invention is to determine whether jam occurs when the cash or check discharge in order to achieve the above object, and when the occurrence of the jam is confirmed by the intermittent reverse drive of the BLDC motor is not released including the jam or cash jam Recovering the cash or check on the first transport path; and when the unreleased cash or check is recovered on the first transport path, the gate is switched to block the second transport path and the BLDC motor is intermittently forward driven. Transferring the unreleased cash or check to the recovery path; and recovering the unreleased cash or check to the normal operation state when the collection of the unreleased cash or check is completed.

In addition, the present invention to achieve the above object, the first transfer path for transferring the cash or check discharged from the cassette containing the cash or check, and the cash or check transferred in the first transfer path to the discharge container A second transfer path for transferring, a recovery path for transferring cash or a check to a collecting container, a BLDC motor for rotating a driving roller to drive the first and second transfer paths and a collecting path, and at the time of withdrawing cash or check The BLDC motor is driven in the forward direction to transfer cash or check to the discharge bin through the first and second transfer paths. When jam is detected during cash or check transfer, the BLDC motor is intermittently reversed to drive the BLDC motor. B after transferring unreleased cash or checks, including cash or checks jammed, from the transfer path to the first transfer path; The LDC motor is intermittently driven in the forward direction to transfer the unreleased cash or check transferred on the first transfer path to the recovery path, and all the unreleased cash or check including the jammed cash or check is transferred to the collecting container. And a control unit for restoring to a normal operating state.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

In the embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of well-known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

Cash dispenser for an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in the perspective view of Figure 1, the operation button 110 in the front center, the menu or transaction history display and the touch screen integrated display window 120 for key input, The card insertion port 130, the receipt discharge port 140, the cash discharge port 150, and the passbook input port 160 is provided.

The cash dispenser of such a configuration, after the customer inserts the card into the card insertion slot 130, pressing the touch screen integrally mounted on the operation button 110 or the display window 120 according to the content displayed on the display window 120 When the transaction is in progress and the transaction is normally completed, the cash outlet 140 may be opened to allow the customer to withdraw cash or check.

In addition, the bankbook can be put into the bankbook input port 160 to organize the bankbook.

4 is an internal left side view of a cash dispenser for an embodiment of the present invention, as shown herein, for transferring cash or checks discharged by a release roller 430 to the front of a cassette capable of storing cash or checks. The first conveying path 440 is formed by the conveying belts 441 and 442, and the second conveying path 450 is formed to branch from the first conveying path 440 to discharge cash or check. Formed by 441 and 443, a transfer path 460 is formed by transfer belts 442 and 444 to diverge from the first transfer path 440 to collect cash or checks having jammed therein.

It also has a BLDC motor 410 for rotating the drive roller 420 to forward or reverse rotation the transfer belts 441 to 444 and from the first transfer path 440 to the second transfer path 450 or A gate 480 operated by a solenoid is configured to selectively transfer cash or check to the recovery path 460.

And, equipped with a sensor 471 for detecting the cash or check discharged in front of the discharge roller 430 and a sensor 472 for detecting the cash or check transferred on the first transfer path 440, Equipped with a sensor 473 for detecting the cash or check transferred on the second transfer path 450, and equipped with a sensor 474 for detecting cash or check recovered with the occurrence of jam on the recovery path 460 Configure.

In FIG. 4, only one cassette for storing cash or check is shown for simplicity of description, but it is configured to accommodate a plurality of cassettes.

Figure 2 is a block diagram of an apparatus for an embodiment of the present invention, as shown therein, for transporting cash or checks to a discharge bin or a recovery bin, transfer belts 441 to 444, drive rollers 420, and discharge rollers ( Banknote conveying unit 210 having a plurality of rollers and BLDC motor 410, such as 430, and the first, second conveying path 440, 450 or recovery path 460 by the banknote conveying unit 210 In order to detect the paper money transferred to the image, the transfer bank detecting unit 220 having a sensing sensor (471 to 474), the control of the pressing of the operation button 110, the menu on the display window 120 or display the transaction history After driving the BLDC motor 410 provided in the banknote conveying unit 210 in a forward direction so as to discharge cash or cheques from a cassette, the detection signal from the banknote detecting unit 220 is checked to determine the number of conveyed banknotes. While calculating, check for jam occurrence and jam occurrence If it is determined that stops the operation of the BLDC motor 410 and calculates the number of cash or checks currently released cash and checks, and the intermittent drive of the BLDC motor 410 in the reverse direction cash or jam After recovering the check to the first transfer path 440, the BLDC motor 410 is intermittently driven to recover the unreleased cash or check including the jam or the checked cash through the recovery path 460, and then returns to normal. It is configured to include a control unit 230 to restore to the operating state.

The operation and the effect of the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to the operation flowchart of FIG. 3.

After the customer inserts the card into the card insertion slot 130 and sets the cash / check withdrawal, the number of withdrawals, etc. using the operation button 110, the control unit 230 is the BLDC motor 410 provided in the bill transfer unit 210 By driving the drive roller 420 is rotated.

At this time, according to the rotation of the driving roller 420, a plurality of rollers including the transfer belts 441 to 444 and the discharge roller 430 rotate.

Accordingly, the cash or check stored in the cassette is discharged at regular intervals by the release roller 430 by the number of copies selected by the customer, and upward through the first transfer path 440 formed by the transfer belts 441 and 442. Transferred.

In this case, the cash or check discharged from the cassette by the release roller 430 is detected by the detection sensor 471 and the cash or check transferred through the first transfer path 440 is detected by the detection sensor 472.

Thereafter, the cash or check transferred through the first transfer path 440 is transferred to the second transfer path 450 by the gate 480 blocking the recovery path 460 by the solenoid, and the second transfer path ( Cash or check transferred to 450 is transferred to the discharge bin by transfer belts 441 and 443.

In this case, the detection sensor 473 detects the cash or check transferred from the second transfer path 450 to the discharge bin and notifies the controller 230.

Thereafter, the controller 230 checks the detection signals of the detection sensors 471 to 473 to indicate that the cash or check for the number of pieces selected by the customer is transferred to the discharge container through the first and second transfer paths 440 and 450. If it is confirmed, the customer stops the operation of the BLDC motor 410 for cash or check transfer and releases the card inserted in the card insertion slot 130 while releasing the receipt printed with the transaction details to the receipt discharge port 140, and then the customer cashes. Or open the cash outlet 150 to withdraw the check.

However, the cash or check discharged to the cassette is transferred in the state where two or more sheets are overlapped during the transfer on the first and second transfer paths or the transfer of the cash or check is not carried out normally due to the imbalance of frictional force with the transfer belts 441 to 443. When jams are generated in the belts 441 to 443, the controller 230 stops driving of the BLDC motor 410 and calculates the number of sheets emitted and the number of unreleased sheets.

That is, the control unit 230 calculates the number of cash or checks transferred on each path by calculating the detection signals of the detection sensors 471 to 473, and after the jam is generated, the positions where the detection sensors 471 to 473 are installed. If the cash or check is not detected at the time that the cash or check to be transferred in the jam is determined to have occurred (jam) and will stop the drive of the BLDC motor 410.

Thereafter, the controller 230 intermittently rotates the BLDC motor 410 to transfer the jam or the cash jam from the second transfer path 450 to the first transfer path 440.

At this time, the control unit 230 is driven by the reverse rotation of the BLDC motor 410, the transfer belt (441 ~ 443) is driven back to the untransmitted cash or check, including the cash or check caught in the first transfer path 440 The detection signals of the detection sensors 473 and 472 are checked to see if they are all transferred to the phase.

Subsequently, when it is confirmed that all of the cash or check not released due to the jam has been transferred on the first transfer path 440, the controller 230 alternates the gate 480 driven by the solenoid to transfer the second transfer path 450. ) And the BLDC motor 410 intermittently forward to transfer the cash or check on the first transfer path 440 to the recovery path 460.

At this time, the number of unreleased cash or checks transferred from the recovery path 460 by the transfer belts 441, 442, and 444 is detected by the detection sensor 474, and the control unit 230 that receives the detection signal is transferred to the recovery container. Or check the number of checks.

Then, if all of the unreleased cash or checks, including jammed cash or checks, are transferred to a collection bin mounted on the rear of the ATM, the control unit 230 transfers the cash or check released before the jam is placed at the bottom of the discharge container. After returning to the equipped recovery container, the ATM will be restarted to normal state.

As described in detail above, the present invention automatically removes the jam or cash generated by collecting the jam after removing the jam by rotating the BLDC motor intermittently when the jam occurs in the transfer belt while the cash or the check is discharged and transferred. And restarting the ATM for smooth financial transactions.

Claims (2)

In a method for removing jams in a automated teller machine comprising a first and a second transfer path for transferring cash or checks to a discharge bin, and a recovery path for transferring jams or checks to a recovery bin, a jam is generated when the cash or check is discharged. A first step of judging whether or not the occurrence of jam is confirmed, and a second step of intermittently reversing the BLDC motor to recover unreleased cash or check including jammed cash or check to the first transfer path; When the unreleased cash or check is recovered on the first transport path, the gate is switched to block the second transport path, and the BLDC motor is intermittently rotated to transfer the unreleased cash or check to the recovery path. And a fourth step of restoring the normal operation state when the collection of the unreleased cash or check is completed. How to automatically remove jams in the automatic teller machine. First transfer path means for transferring the cash or check discharged from the cassette in which the cash or check is stored, second transfer path means for transferring the cash or check transferred from the first transfer path means to the discharge container, and cash or A recovery path means for transferring a check to a collection container, a BLDC motor for driving the first and second transfer path means and a recovery path means, and the BLDC motor when the cash or check is withdrawn in a forward direction to store the cash or check; 1, the second transfer path means transfer to the discharge bin and when jam is detected, the BLDC motor is intermittently driven in the reverse direction to transfer the unreleased cash or check, including the jam or cash checks in the first transfer path After discharging by means, the BLDC motor is intermittently driven in the forward direction and is not discharged by the first conveying path means. The cash or checks sent through the collection channel to the collecting bin at the end of the dispenser, and the cash or check released prior to the jam is collected into the collecting bin at the bottom of the discharge bin; Automatic jam removal device of the automated teller machine, characterized in that it comprises a control means for restoring to the normal operating state when the check is recovered.