KR101427900B1 - Device of supplying paper medium - Google Patents

Abstract

A paper medium feeding device capable of improving stability and reliability is disclosed. The paper medium feeding device includes a conveyor belt for conveying a paper medium while circulating a predetermined conveying path, a pulley body including a pulley body defining a movement trajectory of the conveyor belt and a pulley shaft rotatably supporting the pulley body, And includes a side wall for supporting both ends of the pulley shaft, and a bracket having an inclined guide portion formed adjacent to the pulley body on the inner surface of the side wall, wherein the inclined guide portion suppresses the transfer belt from being separated from the pulley body.

A conveyance belt, a pulley body, a pulley shaft, a bracket,

Description

[0001] DEVICE OF SUPPLYING PAPER MEDIUM [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a paper medium supply apparatus, and more particularly, to a paper medium supply apparatus capable of preventing a deviation of a conveyance belt for conveying a paper medium and reducing the damage of the conveyance belt.

Financial automation equipment is an automation device that can provide basic financial services such as cash and check deposits and withdrawals by using cards or bankbooks without regard to time and place and without bank staff.

Financial automation equipment can be divided into cash dispenser and cash dispenser depending on whether or not to deposit or withdraw money. In recent years, the automated teller machine has been used for various purposes such as check deposit / withdrawal, bankbook payment, have.

Generally, in a financial automatic machine, a paper medium can be conveyed by a conveyance belt circulating a predetermined conveyance path, and a movement locus of the conveyance belt can be defined by a plurality of pulleys.

However, in the conventional automated teller machine, if the conveyor belt is abnormally overloaded due to a jam or the like, there is a problem that one side of the conveyor belt is slackened and is easily separated from the pulley. There is a problem in that it can not perform its original mission according to the deviation. In addition, when the conveyance belt is detached, the separated conveyance belt interferes with the peripheral components, which may cause a greater accident in the future.

The present invention provides a paper medium supply apparatus which can prevent the deviation of the conveyance belt and stably maintain the mounting state.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a paper medium supply apparatus including a conveyance belt for conveying a paper medium while circulating a predetermined conveyance path, a pulley body defining a movement trajectory of the conveyance belt, A pulley including a pulley shaft for rotatably supporting the body, a side wall for supporting both ends of the pulley shaft by injection molding with a plastic material, and a bracket formed on the inner surface of the side wall opposite to the pulley body, , The inclined guide portion restrains the conveyance belt from being separated from the pulley body.

In addition, the edge of the side wall can be rounded or chamfered to minimize interference with the conveyance belt and reduce damage to the conveyance belt.

Since the bracket is made of plastic material, when the pulley shaft rotates, the pulley shaft is preferably mounted on the bracket with the rotation restrained, because the bracket may be worn or dust may be generated. The fastening structure of the pulley shaft and the bracket can be applied to various structures according to the required conditions and methods. For example, at least one of the ends of the pulley shaft may be formed in a non-circular shape, and the bracket may be formed with a non-circular fastening groove corresponding to the non-circular end of the pulley shaft. For example, both ends of the pulley shaft may be formed in a D-cut shape, and D-shaped coupling grooves may be formed in the bracket corresponding to both ends of the D-cut of the pulley shaft.

The bracket may be secured on a mounting object disposed adjacent to the conveyance belt via a conventional fastening or bonding method. For example, the bracket can be insert injection-molded integrally with the metal threaded portion, and the bracket can be screwed to the object to be mounted through the screwed portion. As the object to be mounted, a shaft or a frame disposed adjacent to the conveyance belt may be applied. Preferably, a shaft and a frame fixedly installed so as not to rotate or move as the object to be mounted can be applied.

The bracket may include an extension extending from the side wall so as to be placed in contact with the paper media stack on the path of movement of the paper media stack by the temporary stack portion, Lt; / RTI > The shape and structure of such extensions may be varied in various ways depending on the required conditions and design specifications. Preferably, an inclined contact portion, which is the same as or similar to the above-mentioned inclined guide portion, may also be formed on the inner surface facing the extension portion.

According to the paper medium feeding device of the present invention, since the inclined guide portion is provided on the inner surface of the side wall of the bracket for supporting the pulley, even if the conveyance belt is moved in the predetermined direction in the lateral direction of the pulley, And the mounting state can be stably maintained.

Further, according to the present invention, since the bracket is made of a plastic material, damage of the conveyance belt due to contact between the conveyance belt and the bracket can be minimized. In addition, wear and damage of the conveyance belt can be minimized as the edges of the side walls are rounded or chamfered. Therefore, the present invention can improve stability and reliability, and can prevent a secondary accident caused by separation or breakage of the conveyance belt.

In addition, according to the present invention, as the pulley shaft is mounted in a state where rotation is restrained on the bracket, abrasion and dust generation of the bracket, which can be generated when the pulley shaft rotates, can be prevented in advance.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments. For reference, the same numbers in this description refer to substantially the same elements and can be described with reference to the contents described in the other drawings under the above-mentioned rules, and the contents which are judged to be obvious to the person skilled in the art or repeated can be omitted.

2 is a perspective view showing a structure of a paper medium supply apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the structure of a paper money supply apparatus according to the present invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a structure of a paper medium feeding apparatus according to the present invention. 4 is a view schematically showing an alignment state of the paper medium stack by the extension portion, according to the present invention.

As shown in these drawings, the paper medium supply device according to the present invention is configured to prevent the deviation of the conveyance belt and stably maintain the state of the conveyance belt. A financial automatic machine to which the paper medium supplying apparatus according to the present invention is applied includes a main body 100, a storage unit 110, a temporary stack unit 130, a first transfer unit 120, a withdrawal unit 140, A conveying unit 150, and a collection box 160 will be described.

The storage unit 110 is mounted in the main body 100 and the paper media are loaded in the storage unit 110. The paper media loaded in correspondence with the rotation of the pickup roller And can be discharged to the outside. The discharged paper medium can be conveyed to the temporary stacking unit 130 by the first conveying unit 120.

The first conveying means 120 is provided for conveying paper media to the temporary stacking portion 130 in the inside of the storage portion 110. The feeding system and the structure of the first feeding means 120 can be variously changed according to required conditions and design specifications. For example, the first conveying unit 120 includes a plurality of conveying belts 122 and 122 'for conveying a paper medium while circulating through a predetermined conveying path, and a plurality of pulleys (for example, 124, 124 '). The paper media can be transported upwardly from the lower portion of the dispensing apparatus along the transport path provided by the first transport means 120 and can be transported on the temporary stack portion 130 disposed on the outlet side of the first transport means 120 The paper medium can be discharged.

In addition, any one of the conveyance belts 122 and 122 'and the pulleys 124 and 124' may be operated by receiving the driving force of a driving motor (not shown) directly, and the conveyance belts 122 and 122 ' And the other one of the pulleys 124 and 124 'can be operated in an idle state by indirectly receiving the driving force of the driving motor.

The temporary stack unit 130 is provided on the exit side of the first conveying unit 120 and can be rotated around the rotation center 138 by the cam rotating body 134. The other end portion of the temporary stack portion 130 can be vertically transferred as the temporary stack portion 130 rotates around the rotation center 138 formed at one end, The paper medium can be moved to the second conveying means 150 side.

The dispensing unit 140 is formed on the outside of the dispensing apparatus to deliver the paper medium to the customer and receives the paper medium loaded on the temporary stacking unit 130 by the second conveying unit 150. The dispensing unit 140 is formed of a normal shutter structure to prevent the paper medium from being taken out from the outside compulsorily.

The second conveying unit 150 operates when the temporarily stacked part 130 moved upward is positioned in parallel with the second conveying unit 150 and is rotated toward the withdrawal unit 140. The second conveying unit 150 may also include a conveyance belt and a pulley. In some cases, the paper conveying unit may be configured to convey the paper medium by a conveying system using a roller and a guide plate. The second conveying unit 150 has a function of conveying the paper medium transferred on the conveying path by the temporary stacking unit 130 in units of stacks and can operate independently of the first conveying unit 120 have.

In addition, the portion of the second conveying unit 150 adjacent to the dispensing unit 140 can move backward. Accordingly, when the customer does not receive the cash, the second conveying means 150 moves backward to provide the collection space when the paper medium not received in the withdrawal portion 140 is moved to the collection box 160, And the paper medium is recovered into the collection space by rotating the rollers in the withdrawal unit 140 in the reverse direction.

The process of transferring paper media from financial automation equipment is as follows. The paper medium loaded on the storage unit 110 is transferred onto the temporary stack unit 130 through the first transfer unit 120 and the temporary stack unit 130 on which the paper medium is loaded is transferred And is brought into close contact with the lower portion of the second conveying means 150 by rotation. The paper medium loaded on the temporary stacking unit 130 by the second conveying unit 150 may be conveyed toward the dispensing unit 140 and provided to the customer.

The pulley 124 includes a pulley body 124a that defines a movement locus of the conveyor belt 122 and a pulley shaft 124b that rotatably supports the pulley body 124a. ). The pulley 124 may be supported on both ends of the bracket 200 and the conveyor belt 122 wound around the pulley 124 may be supported by the bracket 200 at a predetermined or more Fluid can be constrained. That is, when the conveyor belt 122 is abnormally overloaded due to jam or the like, one side of the conveyor belt 122 may be slackened and may be separated from the pulley 124. In the present invention, A predetermined or more flow of the conveying belt 122 can be restricted by the conveying belt 200. Hereinafter, an example in which the bracket 200 is disposed for restricting the conveying belt 122 at the exit side of the first conveying means 120 will be described.

The bracket 200 includes a pair of side walls 210 disposed opposite to each other to support both ends of the pulley shaft 124b, and is formed in a substantially "C" shape, and can be injection-molded with a common plastic material. An inclined guide portion 212 for guiding the conveyor belt 122 to the inside of the side wall 210 is formed adjacent to the pulley body 124a on the inner surface of the side wall 210. [ Here, the shape and structure of the side wall 210 may be variously changed according to required conditions and design specifications, and the present invention is not limited or limited by the shape and structure of the side wall 210.

The inclined guide portions 212 are formed on the inner surfaces of the side walls 210 facing each other so as to be inclined toward the direction of widening along the longitudinal direction of the pulley body 124a. The guide portion 212 is guided to the inside of the side wall 210 again and the mounting state can be stably maintained. The inclined guide portion 212 may be configured to be in surface contact or line contact with the conveyance belt 122 according to a required condition.

Furthermore, since the bracket 200 is made of a plastic material other than metal, it is possible to minimize the damage of the conveyance belt 122 due to the contact even if the contact between the conveyance belt 122 and the bracket 200 occurs.

The edge of the side wall 210 corresponding to the outermost portion of the bracket 200 is preferably rounded or chamfered to minimize abrasion and damage of the conveyor belt 122 when the conveyor belt 122 is contacted Do. That is, in some cases, the conveyor belt 122 may extend over the edge of the sidewall 210 of the bracket 200, but the edge of the sidewall 210 may be rounded or chamfered to cause wear of the conveyor belt 122 And damage can be minimized.

When the pulley shaft 124b made of a metal material rotates with respect to the bracket 200 as the bracket 200 is formed of a plastic material, wear or dust may be generated on the fastening portion of the bracket 200 have. Therefore, it is preferable that the pulley shaft 124b is mounted on the bracket 200 while the rotation is restrained. The fastening structure of the pulley shaft 124b and the bracket 200 may have various structures according to required conditions and design specifications. For example, at least one end of the pulley shaft 124b may be formed in a non-circular shape, and the bracket 200 is formed with a noncircular coupling groove 214 corresponding to the non-circular end of the pulley shaft 124b . For example, both ends of the pulley shaft 124b may be formed in a D-cut shape, and D-shaped coupling grooves 214 may be formed in the bracket 200 corresponding to both ends of the D-cut of the pulley shaft 124b .

The bracket 200 may be fixed on a mounting object 300 disposed adjacent to the conveyance belt 122 through a conventional fastening method or a joining method. For example, the bracket 200 may be insert injection-molded integrally with a metal screw portion 230, and the bracket 200 may be screwed to the mounting object 300 through the screw connection portion 230 . As the object to be mounted 300, a shaft or a frame disposed adjacent to the conveyance belt may be applied, and a shaft or a frame fixedly installed so as not to rotate or move may be applied as the object to be mounted.

On the other hand, the deviation of the conveyance belt due to the abnormal overload is likely to occur on the idle conveyance belt 122 side. Particularly, when the paper medium passing through the first conveying means 120 can not perform a normal transaction, there is a high possibility of jamming near the recovering member 125 for switching the conveyance path of the paper medium to the collection side, When the jam occurs near the part 125, there is a high possibility that the idle conveying belt 122 wound around the idle pulley 124, which is disposed at the exit of the first conveying unit 120 and operates in the idle state, is released. Accordingly, the bracket 200 is preferably provided to support an idler pulley 124 that defines a trajectory of movement of the idle conveyor belt 122 operating in an idle state.

Although the embodiments of the present invention described above are configured to restrict the flow of the conveyance belt 122 of the first conveying means 120 of the bracket 200 to a predetermined level or more, The bracket 200 may be provided to prevent the deviation of the conveyance belt or other conveyance belt of the second conveyance means.

The bracket 200 may include an extension 220 extending from the side wall so as to be placed in contact with the paper media stack on the path of movement of the paper media stack, The paper media stack may be aligned in side-by-side contact with the extensions 220 as they are transferred to the entry space of the second feeder 150.

4 (a) to 4 (c), the end portion of the side wall of the bracket 200 may be integrally formed so as to be inclined in a direction approaching the temporary stack portion 130 toward the upper portion. A portion of the paper medium stack loaded on the temporary stack unit 130 in a skewed manner or protruded is integrally extended to the bracket 200 as shown in FIG. May be in sliding contact with the formed extensions 220 and aligned in parallel.

As such, the present invention allows the paper media stack loaded on the temporary stack portion 130 to be aligned side by side by the extension portion 220, so that the temporary stack portion 130 on which the paper medium stack is loaded is transferred to the second transfer portion 150, a portion of the paper medium stack is contacted with peripheral interference such as a belt, a pulley, or the like, thereby preventing a jam due to bending, thereby preventing a reduction in reliability I can do it. In addition, such a structure allows paper media stacks to be drawn out in an aligned state, thereby providing satisfaction to customers.

The inclined contact portion 222 may be formed on the inner surface of the extended portion 220 so as to be identical or similar to the inclined guide portion 212. The inclined contact portion 222 may be formed on the inner surface of the conveyor belt 122, Even if the pulley 124 is moved for a predetermined interval in the lateral direction of the pulley 124, the pulley 124 can be guided to the inside of the expanding portion 220 by the inclined contact portion 222 and the mounting state can be stably maintained.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments thereof, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the following claims. It can be understood that

1 is a block diagram showing a structure of a financial automatic machine to which a paper medium supply apparatus according to the present invention is applied.

2 is a perspective view showing a structure of a paper medium supply apparatus according to the present invention.

3 is a cross-sectional view showing a structure of a paper medium supply apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a view schematically showing an alignment state of a paper medium stack by an extension part, according to the present invention.

Description of the Related Art

122: conveying belt 124: pulley

124a: Pulley body 124b: Pulley shaft

200: bracket 210: side wall

212: inclined guide portion 214: fastening groove

220: extension part 222: inclined contact part

230: screw fastening portion

Claims (7)

A conveyance belt for conveying the paper medium while circulating the constant conveyance path; A pulley body including a pulley body defining a movement locus of the conveyance belt and a pulley shaft rotatably supporting the pulley body; And a side wall for supporting both ends of the pulley shaft by injection molding with a plastic material, wherein a bracket having an inclined guide portion formed on an inner surface of the side wall facing the pulley body; And And a temporary stack unit stacking the paper media transported through the transport belt in units of stacks and moving up and down along a predetermined path, The inclined guide portion suppresses the conveyance belt from being separated from the pulley body, The bracket including an extension extending from the sidewall so as to be placed in contact with the paper media stack on a path of travel of the paper media stack, Wherein the extension aligns the paper media stack when the paper media stack is transported. The method according to claim 1, Wherein edges of the side walls are rounded or chamfered. The method according to claim 1, Wherein at least one of both ends of the pulley shaft is formed in a non-circular shape, and a non-circular fastening groove is formed in the bracket in correspondence with the non-circular end of the pulley shaft. The method of claim 3, Wherein both ends of the pulley shaft are formed in a D-cut shape, and a D-shaped coupling groove is formed in the bracket corresponding to both ends of the D-cut of the pulley shaft. The method according to claim 1, The bracket is insert injection-molded integrally with a screw-fastening portion made of metal, Wherein the bracket is screwed to a mounting object disposed adjacent to the conveyance belt through the screw fastening portion. delete The method according to claim 1, Wherein an inclined abutting portion is formed on an inner surface of the extending portion opposite to the abutting surface.

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