KR101408575B1 - Media stack apparatus having multi stack part in horizontal direction and the method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a media stacking apparatus capable of maximizing a space for stacking media while minimizing the volume of an automated teller machine by allowing utilization of an available horizontal space when a vertical available space does not exist in the media stacking apparatus. To this end, the media stacking apparatus comprises: a roller part (110, 120, 130) which is composed of a plurality of rollers rotating to draw in media; a first stacking part (140) which is installed behind the roller part (110, 120, 130) and in which the media having passed the roller part (110, 120, 130) is stacked; a second stacking part (240) which is installed behind the first stacking part (140) and in which the media having passed the roller part (110, 120, 130) is stacked; and a first transfer module (150) which transfers the media having passed the roller part (110, 120, 130) to the second stacking part (240) if the media fully fills the first stacking part (140).

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a media stack apparatus having a plurality of stacked units in a horizontal direction,

The present invention relates to a medium accumulating apparatus having a plurality of accumulating units in the horizontal direction, and more particularly, to a medium accumulating apparatus having a plurality of accumulating units in a horizontal direction, ≪ / RTI >

In general, financial automation equipment, which is a device developed to provide most of the services unattended without regard to time, regardless of the time, regardless of the financial service in general, includes a cash dispenser unit (CDU) And a billing recycling machine (BRM). The bill dispenser is a device that is developed and used from the initial stage for computerization of the financial business, and is a device that can automatically withdraw only bills. The automatic bill dispenser includes a bill dispensing function And a deposit function.

The automated teller machine includes a banknote deposit and withdrawal portion for depositing or receiving banknotes for depositing and withdrawing a banknote, a conveying route for conveying the banknotes deposited and deposited through the banknote deposit and withdrawal portion, a discriminating means for discriminating the presence or absence of an abnormality of the banknote provided on the conveying route And a plurality of paper currency accumulation units for accumulating bank notes.

Also, in recent years, there has been a tendency that a separate check deposit / withdrawal portion is provided so as to deposit / withdraw a check, or a conventional automated bank deposit / withdrawal portion is provided with a deposit / withdrawal function of a check, And a check accumulation unit for accumulating checks is separately provided in the financial automation equipment capable of processing the checks.

A conventional media integrating apparatus for integrating banknotes and checks (hereinafter referred to as " media ") in an integrated unit provided inside a financial automatic machine will be described with reference to FIG.

1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a conventional media integrating apparatus.

The media accumulating apparatus includes an accumulating unit 40 for providing a space in which the media P are accumulated and a driving unit (not shown) for transporting the medium P conveyed along the conveying path into the accumulating unit 40, A pinch roller 20 installed to be in contact with the conveying roller 10 so as to rotate together with the conveying roller 10 due to the rotation of the conveying roller 10, And a stack roller 30 provided coaxially with the roller 10 and having a plurality of stacked sheets stacked radially striking the rear end of the medium P entering the stacking unit 40.

A large number of media P are accumulated in the accumulation unit 40 as necessary. In order to increase the number of media P accumulated in the accumulation unit 40, the length of the accumulation unit 40 .

However, since various components are very complex in the inside of the financial automation equipment, there is a limit to increase the vertical length in order to increase the storage capacity of the integrated unit 40.

In addition, there is no space in the upper part and the lower part of the accumulating part 40 and there is a space in the side part in the horizontal direction of the accumulating part 40. According to the conventional media accumulating device, There is a problem that the space can not be utilized.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to maximize the accumulation space of the media while minimizing the volume of the financial automation equipment by making it possible to utilize the space in the horizontal direction even if there is no space in the up- And to provide a medium integrating apparatus and a medium integrating method which can perform the above-described operations.

In order to achieve the above object, a media accumulating apparatus of the present invention includes: roller units (110, 120, and 130) comprising a plurality of rollers rotating to draw media; A first accumulation unit 140 installed at a rear side of the roller units 110, 120 and 130 to accumulate the media passing through the roller units 110, 120 and 130; A second accumulation unit (240) installed at a rear side of the first accumulation unit (140) and accumulating the medium passing through the roller units (110, 120, 130); And a first transport module 150 for transporting the medium having passed through the roller units 110, 120 and 130 to the second accumulation unit 240 when the first accumulation unit 140 is filled with the medium.

The first accumulation unit 140 may further include media detection sensors 161 and 162 for detecting the fullness of the medium.

The first conveyance module 150 includes a belt 151 rotated to convey the medium to the second accumulation unit 240 side and a rearward pulley 153 connected to the rear of the belt 151, , And a front pulley 154 connected to the front of the belt 151; The first conveying module 150 may be such that the front pulley 154 side is turned downward with the rear pulley 153 as a turning center when the first accumulation unit 140 is filled with the medium.

A plurality of sheets 152 may be attached to the surface of the belt 151 at regular intervals. In this case, the medium may be sandwiched between the sheet 152 and the lower surface of the outer cover 101 provided on the belt 151 and transferred to the second stacking unit 240.

A cover 155 may be provided at a position spaced from the lower side of the belt 151 by a predetermined distance so as to contact the seat 152 positioned on the lower side of the belt 151 in a bent state.

A stack roller 156 having a sheet for striking the rear end of the medium integrated in the second stacking unit 240 may be coupled to the hinge unit 153 on the same axis.

A plurality of belts 151 are provided in the transverse direction of the medium and the stack roller 156 is coupled to the rotational shaft 157 of the rear pulley 153 and disposed between the plurality of belts 151 .

A third accumulation unit (340) installed at the rear of the second accumulation unit (240) and accumulating the media passing through the roller units (110, 120, 130); The first and second collecting units 140 and 240 may further include a second conveying module 250 for conveying the medium to the third collecting unit 340 when the medium is filled .

The second transfer module 250 may be installed at a higher position than the first transfer module 150.

The second conveyance module 250 includes a belt 251 rotated to convey the medium to the third accumulation unit 340 side, a rearward pulley 253 connected to the rear of the belt 251, And a front pulley 254 connected to the front of the belt 251. The first conveying module 150 is pivoted around the rear pulley 153 and the second conveying module 250 The upper side of the belt 151 of the first conveying module 150 and the upper side of the belt 251 of the second conveying module 250 are pivotally moved about the pivot 253, Plane may be located on the same plane.

The medium aggregation method of the present invention is a medium aggregation method for accumulating media transferred from a transport path onto an accumulation unit, comprising: accumulating media in a first accumulation unit (140); Detecting that the medium is filled in the first accumulation unit (140); The first conveyance module 150 installed on the first accumulation unit 140 is pivoted downward and the medium is conveyed by the first conveyance module 150 to the second conveyance unit 150 installed on the rear side of the first accumulation unit 140, And integrated into the integration unit 240.

When the medium detection sensors 161 and 162 provided in the first accumulation unit 140 detect the upper end of the medium integrated in the first accumulation unit 140, it can be determined that the medium is full.

The number of media is input to the control unit before entering the roller units 110, 120, and 130, and the control unit causes the first accumulation unit to record media Can be judged to be full.

According to the medium accumulation apparatus and the medium accumulation method of the present invention, a plurality of accumulation units of the medium accumulation apparatuses are provided in the horizontal direction, and the mediums can be distributed and accumulated in a plurality of accumulation units in the horizontal direction, Can be efficiently used and the number of media that can be integrated without increasing the size of the apparatus can be increased.

1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a conventional media integrating apparatus,
FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a media integrating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a state in which media are integrated in the first accumulation unit in the medium accumulation device shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a state in which media are integrated in the second accumulation unit in the medium accumulation device shown in FIG. 2;
5 (a) and 5 (b) are a front view and a plan view showing an embodiment in which a stacking roller is provided in a first conveying module,
6 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a state in which a cover for covering a sheet is coupled to the first conveying module,
7 to 9 are schematic cross-sectional views showing a media accumulating apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a media accumulating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The media accumulating apparatus of the present embodiment includes roller units 110, 120 and 130 composed of a plurality of rollers rotating to draw media into the first accumulation unit 140, and roller units 110, 120 and 130 installed at the rear of the roller units 110, A second accumulation unit 140 installed at a rear side of the first accumulation unit 140 to accumulate the medium having passed through the roller units 110, 120 and 130, And a first transport module 150 for transporting the medium having passed through the roller units 110, 120 and 130 to the second accumulation unit 240 when the first accumulation unit 140 is filled with the medium .

The roller units 110, 120 and 130 include a conveying roller 110 driven to rotate by a driving unit (not shown) to draw the medium from the conveying path 2 into the first accumulating unit 140, And a stack roller 130 coaxially rotated to be integrally rotated with the transport roller 110 and having a plurality of stack sheets to strike the rear end of the medium.

The pinch roller 120 is rotated together with the conveying roller 110 by a frictional force with the conveying roller 110 without a driving source, although the conveying roller 110 is driven by the driving unit (not shown) .

The stack roller 130 has a plurality of stacked sheets of rubber material or film formed radially and strikes the rear end of the medium when the rear end of the medium passes the conveying roller 110, (Not shown).

Although FIG. 2 illustrates stack sheets formed at regular intervals along the outer circumference of the housing of the stack roller 130, the stack sheet may be formed only in a part of the outer circumference of the housing. In this case, The stack roller 130 can be configured to rotate once.

The first conveying module 150 provided at the upper portion of the accumulating unit 140 may be configured to convey the medium having passed through the roller units 110, 120 and 130 to the second accumulating unit 140 when the medium is filled in the first accumulating unit 140, A plurality of sheets 152 attached to the surface of the belt 151 and a rear pulley 153 provided on the front and rear sides of the belt 151, And a pulley 154.

The belt 151 is rotated by a driving unit so that the medium is transferred through the space between the upper surface of the belt 151 and the lower surface of the outer cover 101 located on the upper side of the belt 151 .

On the surface of the belt 151, a plurality of sheets 152 made of a soft material such as rubber or a film are attached at regular intervals. The upper surface of the medium and the lower surface of the outer cover 101 are in contact with each other at the same time as the sheet 152 is brought into contact with the lower surface of the medium during transportation of the medium, Can be smoothly transferred.

The rear pulley 153 and the front pulley 154 are rotatably driven by a driving unit (not shown), and are fitted to inner circumferential surfaces of opposite ends of the belt 151. The driving unit drives either the rear pulley 153 or the front pulley 154.

Further, the rear pulley 153 becomes a turning center when the first conveying module 150 is turned downward when the first accumulating unit 140 is filled with paper money.

On the other hand, media detection sensors 161 and 162 for detecting whether the medium is filled in the first accumulation unit 140 are provided. The media sensing sensors 161 and 162 include a light emitting unit 161 and a light receiving unit 162. When the uppermost end of the medium integrated in the first integrated unit 140 is detected, In this case, the control unit (not shown) performs the downward turning of the first conveying module 150 and the rotational driving of the belt 151 so that the medium is accumulated in the second accumulating unit 240.

According to the above-described structure, even if there is no space in the vertical direction of the first accumulation unit 140 by locating the second accumulation unit 240 on the side in the horizontal direction of the first accumulation unit 140, Can be utilized.

The operation of the media integrating apparatus of this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a state in which media are integrated in the first accumulation unit in the medium accumulation device shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing a state in which the medium is integrated in the second accumulation unit in the medium accumulation device shown in FIG. Fig.

3, the medium P is sandwiched between the conveying roller 110 and the pinch roller 120, and is drawn from the conveying path 2 by the rotational driving of the conveying roller 110. As shown in FIG. When the medium P passes through the conveying roller 110 and the pinch roller 120, the stack roller 130 rotates in the clockwise direction and strikes the rear end of the medium P, (Not shown).

When the medium P is accumulated in the first accumulation unit 140 and the medium P is filled in the medium detection sensors 161 and 162, the first transport module 150, as shown in FIG. 4, Clockwise direction with the rear pulley 153 as the turning center.

In this case, the lower surface of the belt 151 wound on the front pulley 154 presses the uppermost surface of the accumulated medium P, and the upper surface of the belt 151 is in contact with the medium P can be conveyed on the upper side surface of the belt 151 by the conveying path of the medium P and the upper side surface of the front end portion.

The medium P transported on the upper side surface of the belt 151 is transported rearward with the lower surface in contact with the sheet 152 attached to the belt 151, The sheet is conveyed between the sheet stack 151 and the sheet 152, and then the sheets are stacked on the second stacking unit 240.

5 (a) and 5 (b) are a front view and a plan view showing an embodiment in which the first conveying module is provided with a stacking roller.

The first conveying module 150 is provided with a plurality of belts 151 having a predetermined length in the traveling direction of the medium P and each of the belts 151 is provided with a rear pulley 153 and a front pulley 154, Respectively.

The shaft 157 coupled to the rear pulley 153 is provided with a pair of belts 151 on both sides of the stack roller 156. The stack roller 156 strikes the rear end of the medium P accumulated in the second stacking unit 240 so that the media P are stacked in an aligned state. The stack roller 156 includes a housing 156a coupled to the shaft 157 and a plurality of stack sheets 156b attached to the outer circumferential surface of the housing 156a, ). Reference numeral 158 denotes an axis 158 coupled to the front roller 154. [

6 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a state in which a cover for covering the sheet is coupled to the first conveying module.

When the medium P passes through the rollers 110, 120 and 130 and enters the inner space of the first accumulation unit 140, the medium P interferes with the sheet 152 attached to the surface of the belt 151, .

In order to prevent such a problem, a cover 155 is provided to contact the lower portion of the seat 152 such that the seat 152 is bent at a position spaced from the lower side of the belt 151 by a predetermined distance.

The sheet P is discharged to the first accumulation unit 140 through the roller units 110, 120 and 130 without being exposed to the inner space of the first accumulation unit 140 due to the cover 155, The interference of the recording medium 152 is prevented and the alignment state of the medium P can be improved.

7 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating a media integrating apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a state in which media are integrated in the first stacking unit 140, FIG. 9 shows a state in which the medium is integrated in the third accumulation unit 340, and FIG.

In this embodiment, the third accumulation unit 340 is provided behind the second accumulation unit 240 and the second transfer module 250 is provided on the second accumulation unit 240.

The second conveying module 250 has the same structure as the first conveying module 150 and includes a belt 251, a plurality of sheets 252 attached to the surface of the belt 251, And a front pulley 254 and a rear pulley 253 coupled to the rear and front sides of the front pulley 253, respectively.

The second conveying module 250 is positioned higher than the first conveying module 150 so that the first conveying module 150 pivots counterclockwise around the rear pulley 153 as the center of rotation, When the conveying module 250 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction about the rear pulley 253 as the center of rotation, the upper surface of the belt 151 of the first conveying module 150 and the upper surface of the belt 251 of the second conveying module 250 And the medium P is sequentially transferred by the first conveying module 150 and the second conveying module 250 and then accumulated in the third accumulating portion 340. [ In this case, the section of the outer cover 101 corresponding to the second stacking unit 240 is positioned higher than the section corresponding to the first stacking unit 140.

Media sensing sensors 261 and 262 for sensing whether the medium P is filled in the second accumulation unit 240 are provided.

7, the first conveying module 150 and the second conveying module 250 are in a horizontal state, and the medium P having passed through the roller units 110, 120 and 130 is accumulated in the first accumulating unit 140 do.

When the media sensing sensor 161 or 162 detects that the medium P is filled in the first accumulation unit 140, the control unit (not shown) controls the first transport module 150 to rotate downward The belt 151 is rotationally driven in the clockwise direction so that the medium P is stacked on the second stacking unit 240 by the first transporting module 150. [

When the medium detection sensor 261 or 262 detects that the medium P is fully loaded in the second accumulation unit 240, the second conveyance module 250 rotates the rear pulley 253 So that the medium P is accumulated on the third accumulation unit 340 by turning the recording medium in the counterclockwise direction.

In the above embodiment, the medium detection sensor is provided. When the upper end of the medium of each accumulation unit is detected by the medium detection sensor, it is determined that the medium is full. However, instead of the medium detection sensor, We can judge whether fullness is full by buyout.

That is, when the medium is inputted to the financial automation equipment, the number of media is inputted to the control unit by the discrimination unit discriminating whether the medium is true or not, and the number of the accumulation units is preset in one accumulation unit in the control unit, It is determined that the number of sheets input by the number of sheets matches the set number of sheets and that the sheets are full.

In addition, although the number of the integrated units is two and three in the above description, the present invention is not limited thereto.

As described above, since the plurality of integrated units 140, 240, and 340 are provided in the horizontal direction, it is possible to utilize the free space in the horizontal direction even when there is no space in the vertical direction.

As described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims. And such modifications are within the scope of the present invention.

101: outer cover 110: conveying roller
120: pinch roller 130: stack roller
140: first accumulation unit 150: first transfer module
151: Belt 152: Sheet
153: rear pulley 154: front pulley
155: Cover 156: Stack roller
161, 162: Media detection sensor 240: Second accumulation unit
250: second conveying module 251: belt
252: Seat 253: Rear pulley
254: front pulley 261,262: medium detection sensor
340: 3rd integrated unit

Claims (14)

Roller portions (110, 120, 130) consisting of a plurality of rollers rotating to draw in the medium;
A first accumulation unit 140 installed at a rear side of the roller units 110, 120 and 130 to accumulate the media passing through the roller units 110, 120 and 130;
A second accumulation unit (240) installed at a rear side of the first accumulation unit (140) and accumulating the medium passing through the roller units (110, 120, 130);
And a first transport module (150) for transporting the medium having passed through the roller units (110, 120, 130) to the second accumulation unit (240) when the first accumulation unit (140)
The first conveying module 150 includes a belt 151 that rotates to convey the medium to the second accumulating unit 240. The first conveying module 150 is disposed at an upper portion of the first accumulating unit 140, . The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first accumulation unit (140) further comprises a medium detection sensor (161, 162) for detecting the fullness of the medium. The method according to claim 1,
The method according to claim 1,
The first conveying module 150 further includes a rear pulley 153 connected to the rear of the belt 151 to be a turning center and a front pulley 154 connected to the front of the belt 151,
The first conveying module 150 is characterized in that the front pulley 154 side is turned downward with the rear pulley 153 as a turning center when the first accumulating part 140 is filled with the medium Media integration device. The method of claim 3,
Wherein a plurality of sheets (152) are attached to the surface of the belt (151) at regular intervals. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the medium is sandwiched between the sheet (152) and a lower surface of an outer cover (101) provided on the belt (151) and transferred to the second stacking unit (240). 5. The method of claim 4,
Characterized in that a cover (155) is provided at a position spaced from the lower side of the belt (151) by a predetermined distance so that the seat (152) . The method of claim 3,
Wherein a stack roller (156) having a sheet for striking a rear end of a medium integrated in the second stacking unit (240) is coupled coaxially with the rear pulley (153). 8. The method of claim 7,
A plurality of belts 151 are provided in the transverse direction of the medium and the stack roller 156 is coupled to the rotating shaft 157 of the rear pulley 153 and is provided between the plurality of belts 151 Characterized in that the media integration device The method according to claim 1,
A third accumulation unit (340) installed at the rear of the second accumulation unit (240) and accumulating the media passing through the roller units (110, 120, 130);
A second transport module (250) for transporting the medium to the third accumulation unit (340) when the first accumulation unit (140) and the second accumulation unit (240) are filled with the medium;
Further comprising: a recording unit for recording information on the media. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the second conveying module (250) is installed at a higher position than the first conveying module (150). 10. The method of claim 9,
The second conveyance module 250 includes a belt 251 rotated to convey the medium to the third accumulation unit 340 side, a rearward pulley 253 connected to the rear of the belt 251, And a front pulley 254 connected to the front of the belt 251,
When the first conveying module 150 is pivoted around the rear pulley 153 as the turning center and the second conveying module 250 is pivoted around the rear pulley 253 as the turning center, Wherein the upper surface of the belt (151) of the module (150) and the upper surface of the belt (251) of the second conveying module (250) are coplanar. A medium accumulation method for accumulating a medium transferred from a transfer path on an accumulation unit,
Integrating the media in the first accumulation unit (140);
Detecting that the medium is filled in the first accumulation unit (140);
The first conveyance module 150 installed on the first accumulation unit 140 is pivoted downward and the medium is conveyed by the first conveyance module 150 to the second conveyance unit 150 installed on the rear side of the first accumulation unit 140, Integrating to the integration section (240);
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When the medium detection sensor (161, 162) provided in the first accumulation unit (140) detects the upper end of the medium integrated in the first accumulation unit (140), it is determined that the medium is full . 13. The method of claim 12,
And roller units (110, 120, 130) comprising a plurality of rollers rotating to draw media into the first accumulation unit (140);
The number of media is input to the control unit before entering the roller units 110, 120, and 130, and the control unit notifies the first accumulation unit of the number of media to be integrated with the first accumulation unit, Is judged to be full.

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