KR101258345B1 - Medium diverting device and financial device using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a media branch device and a financial device using the same.
According to the media branch device according to one aspect of the present invention, the occurrence of an obstacle is prevented due to unintentional rotation of the diverter by the force applied by the moving medium.

Description

Medium diverting device and financial device using the same}

The present invention relates to a media branch device and a financial device using the same.

Generally, a financial device is a device that automatically handles a financial business desired by a customer. The financial device may deposit or withdraw a medium (eg, a bill, a check, a security, a gift certificate, or the like), or automatically transfer the medium.

The financial device includes a body in which a plurality of parts are embedded. The main body includes an input unit for allowing a user to process financial affairs, a media access unit for depositing and withdrawing media, a bankbook entry and exit for entering and exiting an account, and an IC card (Integrated Circuit Card) for entering and exiting a banking process. It includes an entrance. In addition, the main body may include a media storage module for storing the media deposited through the media access unit. The media access unit may include a temporary accumulation unit for temporarily storing the medium accommodated by the user, a cassette for storing the medium, a recovery unit for storing the abnormal medium, and the like. A transfer path is provided between the medium storage modules as described above, and the medium passing through the transfer path branches at the branch point of the transfer path and moves to the appropriate medium storage module.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a media branching device and a financial device using the same, which prevents the diverter responsible for branching of the medium at the branching point of the conveying path from being rotated by the rigidity of the medium.

According to an aspect, a media branch device includes: a diverter for guiding movement of a medium; A shaft rotating with the diverter; A power provider for transmitting rotational force to the diverter and the shaft; And a diverter adjusting device installed on the shaft, wherein the diverter adjusting device is a torque limiter.

According to one aspect of the present invention, a financial device includes a transport channel having a medium moved and having a plurality of branch points; And a media diverter device for selectively rotating the diverter only when the diverter provided at the branch point guides the moving direction of the medium and the magnitude of the force applied to the diverter is greater than a predetermined value. .

According to the proposed invention, it is possible to prevent the diverter from inadvertently rotating due to the force applied by the moving medium.

1 is a diagram showing the internal configuration of a financial device according to the present invention.
2 is a perspective view showing a diverter according to the present invention.
3 is an operational state diagram showing that the medium is diverged by the media branch device according to the present embodiment.
4 is an operational state diagram showing that the medium is diverged by the media branch device according to the present embodiment.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to exemplary drawings. In adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are assigned to the same components as much as possible even though they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the difference that the embodiments of the present invention are not conclusive.

In addition, in describing the components of the embodiments of the present invention, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), and (b) may be used. These terms are only to distinguish the components from other components, and the nature, order, order, etc. of the components are not limited by the terms. If a component is described as being "connected", "coupled" or "connected" to another component, that component may be directly connected or connected to that other component, but there may be another component between each component. It will be understood that may be "connected", "coupled" or "connected".

The financial device according to an embodiment of the present invention, for example, obtains various media such as banknotes, securities, giro, coins, gift certificates, etc., and processes such as deposit processing, giro storage, gift certificate exchange, and / or withdrawal processing, release of giro, gift certificates. It is a device for performing financial affairs to perform media processing, such as processing such as release. An example of such a financial device may be an ATM (Automated Teller Machine) such as a Cash Dispenser (CD) and a Cash Recycling Device. However, the financial instrument is not limited to the above-described example, and may be a device for automating financial business such as FIS (Financial Information System).

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described on the assumption that the financial instrument is a financial automatic instrument. However, this assumption is for convenience of explanation, and the technical idea of the present invention is not limited to the financial automation equipment.

Hereinafter, a diverter and a financial device using the same according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram showing the internal configuration of a financial device according to the present invention.

As shown in Figure 1, the financial device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided with a media access unit (11). The media access unit 11 has a media storage space accessible by the customer, the storage space is selectively communicated with the outside by a shutter or the like.

In addition, the financial device 100 is provided with a discriminating unit 20. The discriminating unit 20 includes sensing means for identifying the type of the medium or identifying and separating the bad medium when storing or withdrawing the medium.

The financial device 100 may include a temporary accumulation unit 30. The temporary accumulation unit 30 is a space for temporarily storing the media stored through the media access unit 11 when the customer wants to store the media in the financial device 100. The media accumulated in the temporary accumulator 30 is transferred to the media cassette 40 which will be described later when the customer finally decides to receive the media.

The financial device 100 is provided with one or more media cassettes 40. The media cassette 40 stores a normal medium which is not classified as a bad medium by the discriminating unit 20, and serves to provide an integrated medium when a media withdrawal command is input to the financial device 100.

To this end, each of the media cassettes 40 has a media inlet for accommodating the transferred banknotes into the media cassette 40 and a media integrated in the media cassette 40 to be transported to the outside. A media outlet is formed. In general, the media inlet and the media outlet are formed at the top of the box constituting the appearance of the media cassette 40.

In addition, the medium cassette 40 is provided with a medium accumulating means for accumulating the banknotes transferred from the outside side by side, and a medium pick-up means for separating the accumulated media one by one and transferring them to the outside. Since such a specific configuration is already known, it will not be described in detail.

On the other hand, the financial device 100 according to the present invention is provided with a recovery unit (50, 52, 54). The recovery unit (50, 52, 53) is a medium that is determined by the discriminating unit 20 in the process of storing, withdrawing and replenishing the medium, the medium during the media withdrawal command is issued by the user in the medium withdrawal command In the process of recovering the media, which has been withdrawn to the media access unit 11 and the media accumulated in the media cassette 40, when the media drawn out to the media access unit 11 are not received after a predetermined time after input. Media determined as bad media by the discriminating unit 20 are integrated.

On the other hand, the financial device 100 is provided with a recovery replenishment cassette (60). The recovery supplement cassette 60 is installed side by side on the recovery unit 50. The recovery replenishment cassette 60 is a medium storage means for recovering the media accumulated in the media cassette 40 or replenishing and storing the media in the media cassette 40.

On the transfer path of the medium formed inside the financial device 100, a plurality of branch parts are provided to control the transfer direction of the medium when the transfer path is divided from one path to two or more different paths. Such branching is indicated by dots in FIG. 1. The conveying direction of the fraudulent medium is controlled by a media branch device 200 to be described later provided in the branch portion.

2 is a perspective view showing a diverter according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the media diverter device 200 according to the present invention includes a diverter 210, a shaft 220, a power provider 230, and a resistor 240.

The power provider 230 is a driving source of the media branch device 200. The power providing unit 230 is installed inside the financial device to provide power according to the change in the magnetic field. The shaft 220 is rotatably installed at one side of the power providing unit 230. Therefore, when the power supply unit 230 is driven, the shaft 220 rotates in both directions about the rotation axis connected to the power supply unit 230 so that the diverter 210 to be described later can be rotated. The power supply unit 230 may be any drive source capable of controlling in both directions as well as the solenoid.

The shaft 220 is connected by the power supply unit 230 and the connector 221. The connector 221 and the shaft 220 may be fixed by a screw. The shaft 220 is rotatably installed within a predetermined angle range by the connector 221.

The shaft 220 is provided with a diverter 210. The diverter 210 serves to determine the transport path of the medium M at the branch point of the transport channel 300. A plurality of diverters 210 may be provided on the shaft 220 at predetermined intervals.

A guide part 211 is formed in the diverter 210. The guide part 211 is a part for guiding the transport of the medium M, and is formed to have a narrower width toward the end. The guide portion 211 may have a different shape depending on the position where the diverter 210 is installed. The guide portion 211 is rotated in both directions by the rotation of the shaft 220, and a transport channel is provided. In contact with the sidewall of 300. In detail, an end portion of the guide part 211 is inserted into an avoidance groove (not shown) provided in the side wall of the transport channel 300 to prevent interference with the medium M.

The resistor 240 may be installed in the shaft 220 or the connector 221. The resistor 240 may be a torque limiter. The torque limiter is a torque transmission limiter designed to transmit rotational force to the member connected to the torque limiter only when the magnitude of the load applied to the torque limiter exceeds a predetermined value. That is, when the magnitude of the load applied to the torque limiter is less than or equal to a predetermined value, the rotational force cannot be transmitted to the member connected to the torque limiter. Since the torque limiter is a resistor for a predetermined constant load, in the present invention, the rotation of the shaft 220 may be limited by the torque limiter when a force less than a predetermined rotational force is applied to the shaft 220. The torque value preset in the torque limiter is set to a value smaller than the torque provided by the power providing unit 230 to the shaft 220. As a result, the shaft 220 does not rotate due to external factors other than the power provided by the power providing unit 230. For example, when the medium M passing through the transfer channel 300 rubs or collides with the guide portion 211 of the diverter 210, the diverter 210 may rotate due to the force. To prevent it. The kind of the resistor 240 is not limited to the torque limiter, and any structure may be used as long as it can prevent rotation of the diverter 210 by the medium M. The resistor 250 may also be referred to as a diverter adjusting device.

Hereinafter, the operation of the media branch device 200 of the present invention will be described.

3 is an operational state diagram showing that the medium is diverged by the media branch apparatus according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 4 is an operational state diagram showing that the media is diverged by the media branch apparatus according to another embodiment.

The financial device 100 stores a media storage module in which the media is stored, and the media separated by one sheet from the media storage module are transferred along the transfer channel 300. The transport path of the medium M transported along the transport channel 300 is determined by the diverter 210 at the branch point. As shown in FIG. 3, when the medium M branches from the ② channel to the ① channel, the power supply unit 230 rotates in the A direction to rotate the diverter 210. The resistor 240 may include the diverter 210 and the diverter 210 when the medium M collides with the guide portion 211 of the diverter 210 while the medium M passes through the diverter 210. The shaft 220 is prevented from rotating in the A direction.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the medium M branches into the ① channel, the power supply unit 230 rotates in the B direction to rotate the diverter 210. The resistor 240 prevents the diverter 210 and the shaft 220 from rotating in the B direction by the frictional force between the medium M and the diverter 210.

As a result, the diverter may be inadvertently rotated by the force applied by the moving medium, thereby preventing the diverter or the financial device using the diverter from occurring.

In the above description, it is described that all the components constituting the embodiments of the present invention are combined or operated in one, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to these embodiments. That is, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively coupled to one or more of them. In addition, the terms "comprise", "comprise" or "having" described above mean that a corresponding component may be included unless otherwise stated, and thus, other components are excluded. It should be construed that it may further include other components instead. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art unless otherwise defined. Terms used generally, such as terms defined in a dictionary, should be interpreted to coincide with the contextual meaning of the related art, and shall not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal sense unless explicitly defined in the present invention.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope equivalent thereto should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims (4)

A diverter for guiding the movement of the medium;
A shaft rotating with the diverter;
A power provider for transmitting rotational force to the diverter and the shaft; And
And a diverter adjusting device installed at the shaft.
And said diverter adjusting device is a torque limiter. delete The method of claim 1,
The torque limiter may be a rotational force provided by the power supply unit to the diverter and the shaft, and the force generated by the medium is prevented from being transmitted to the diverter and the shaft. A transport channel in which the medium is moved and having a plurality of branch points; And
A diverter provided at the diverging point to guide the moving direction of the medium, and selectively rotating the diverter only when the magnitude of the force applied to the diverter is greater than a predetermined value. device.

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