KR101527576B1 - Appratus for opening and closing an outer shutter in an automatic teller machine for bundle note - Google Patents

Abstract

Since the bundled banknotes can be picked up by pressing the bundled banknotes, the bundled banknotes can be prevented from being picked up from the pick-up unit during the depositing / dispensing process and picked up in a twisted state. It is possible to reduce the size of the bundled banknote depositing and dispensing machine and increase the space efficiency of the bundled banknote, and it is possible to easily deposit and withdraw the bundled banknotes as the pair of external shutters are opened and closed while being slid leftward and rightward from the upper front face of the bundled banknote depositing and dispensing machine. And an external shutter opening / closing device of the bundled bank note depositing and dispensing machine.

Bundled banknotes, banknotes, external shutters, pick-ups, locks

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to an external shutter opening /

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an external shutter opening / closing apparatus for a bundled banknote depositing and dispensing machine, and more particularly, to a banknote dispensing apparatus capable of depositing and dispensing bundled banknotes, The present invention relates to a bundled bank note depositing and dispensing machine that can be opened and closed in a state in which an external shutter is accurately aligned at a predetermined position and a deposit and withdrawal method thereof.

As is well known, a financial automation device or an unmanned automation device is an automation device capable of providing basic financial services such as deposit or withdrawal without regard to time and place in relation to financial services and without bank staff.

In recent years, not only financial automation devices for customers using financial institutions but also financial institutions have been developed for the purpose of enhancing the efficiency of business internally, Financial automation equipment is also being introduced.

For example, Korean Patent Application No. 10-2005-030838 (Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0659380, registered on Dec. 12, 2006) filed by the present applicant discloses a cash deposit / withdrawal machine capable of withdrawal for bank accounts, This patent only allows withdrawal of cash, and it is not possible to deposit a bundle of cash and there is no separate bundle of bank notes deposits.

In addition, since the bundle bank note transfer portion of the cash dispenser disclosed in this patent always uses a belt that circulates along a predetermined path, there is a problem that the efficiency of the operation is lowered.

As another example, referring to the automatic teller machine disclosed in the applicant's patent application No. 10-2008-0019384 (Korean Patent Laid-open No. 10-2009-63698, published on September 2, 2009), a certain number of cash However, since the number of bundled bills to be withdrawn or deposited depends on the thickness and weight of the bundled bills, it is difficult to deposit or withdraw a large amount of bundled bills.

In addition, in the bundled banknote depositing and dispensing machine, in order to deposit and withdraw the bundled banknotes, it is necessary to transfer the bundled banknotes to be deposited and withdrawn.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for collecting banknotes, And to provide an external shutter opening / closing device of a bundled bank note depositing and dispensing machine which can be opened and closed in a state in which the external shutter is accurately aligned at a predetermined position.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an external shutter opening / closing device for a bundled bank note depositing and dispensing machine, comprising: a case for receiving and dispensing bundled bills; A bundled banknote cassette provided in the case and having a bundled bill insertion slot for storing the bundled bill received and ejected; An inner shutter slidably driven to open and close the bundled bill insertion slot; An external shutter that is openably and closably provided in the case; A pick-up unit for picking up the bundled banknotes to be deposited and withdrawn; And a locking device provided with a pair of locking pins for locking / unlocking the external shutter, wherein each of the external shutters is provided with a locking protrusion, the locking protrusion being provided on the pair of locking pins So that the outer shutter is closed, and the engaging pin is retracted to open the outer shutter.

An external shutter opening and closing motor, and an external shutter opening and closing unit including a gear train for transmitting a driving force of the external shutter opening and closing motor, wherein the external shutter opening and closing motor includes a rack gear on the inner surface of the external shutter, The rack gear of the shutter interlocks with the external shutter to open and close.

In the present invention, it is possible to further include a detection sensor for detecting the opening and closing of the external shutter, wherein the external shutter includes a semicircular seating groove that is brought into close contact with the seating rod to be closed at a predetermined position, The column is provided with a torque limiter.

The locking device includes a locking pin assembly that can be slidably engaged with a pair of locking pins, a sliding bracket to which the locking pin assembly is slidably attached along the sliding bar, a lock motor with a locking lever, And a sliding pin coupled to the pivoting lever and the sliding bracket so that the latching pin assembly slides by the rotation of the latching pin assembly.

In the present invention, each of the engaging pins includes a spring fitted to the outer periphery thereof, and an engaging member provided at an end portion provided with an inclined surface, wherein the engaging pin assembly is attached with the pair of engaging pins, The sliding bracket includes a pair of fastening holes formed in the longitudinal direction so as to correspond to the first coupling holes of the moving member, and a pair of fastening holes The sliding bar is inserted into the first engaging hole of the moving member and both ends thereof are coupled to the engaging hole of the sliding bracket, and the locking lever of the locking motor is provided with a locking groove The sliding pin is inserted into the guide hole of the lower surface of the sliding bracket and protrudes from the guide hole of the lower surface of the sliding bracket, It is inserted into the second coupling hole East material, both ends thereof are respectively located in the sliding hole of the sliding bracket.

It is preferable that a spring is fitted to the sliding bar between the moving member and the first engaging hole facing the engaging pin.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above, according to the present invention, bundled banknotes can be picked up by being pressed, so that the bundled banknotes can be prevented from being picked up from the pick-up unit in a state of being separated or twisted during the depositing / dispensing processing.

Since the pick-up operation can be performed by the pick-up unit without the configuration of the pick-up unit transfer unit, the size of the bundled bank note depositing and dispensing machine can be reduced and the spatial efficiency of the surroundings can be increased.

According to the present invention, since a pair of external shutters are opened and closed while being slid leftward and rightward from the upper front surface of the bundled bank note depositing and dispensing machine, the bundled bank notes can be easily withdrawn and withdrawn.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a configuration and operation according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The following description is one of many aspects of the claimed invention and the following description forms part of a detailed description of the present invention.

In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail for the sake of clarity and conciseness.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a bundled bank note depositing and dispensing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view illustrating an internal structure of the bundled bank note depositing and dispensing machine according to FIG.

1, a case 102 forming an outer appearance of a bundled bank note depositing and dispensing machine 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a pair of outer sides for depositing or withdrawing bundled bank notes at corners of an upper front face, Since the bundle banknotes are deposited or withdrawn by opening and closing the outer shutter 110, the bundle banknotes can be deposited at an oblique angle, preferably at an angle of 45 degrees, instead of horizontally or vertically, Deposit and withdrawal becomes convenient.

Referring to FIG. 2, a bundle banknote cassette 150 is provided in the longitudinal direction of the inside of the case 102 to store bundled banknotes. In the bundled banknote cassette 150, a push plate (not shown) is provided for raising or lowering bundled banknotes for depositing or withdrawing money, and a bundle banknote input opening 152 is formed at the upper part.

An inner shutter drive unit 170 for selectively opening and closing the bundled bill insertion slot 152 is attached to an upper portion of the bundled banknote cassette 150 as the inner shutter 162 slides, An external shutter opening and closing unit 300 for opening and closing the external shutter 110 and a pickup unit 200 provided inside the external shutter 110 for picking up the bundled banknotes and a lock device 400 of the external shutter 110 Are attached to each other.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a lock device of an external shutter opening / closing unit, a pickup unit and an external shutter according to FIG. 2 are combined, FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing the back surface of FIG. 3, Fig.

3 to 5, the pickup unit 200 and the outer shutter 110 are mounted on a base plate 204 attached to the inner rear of the outer shutter 110, that is, the rear upper portions of the left and right side brackets 202. [ Each of the pair of external shutter opening and closing units 300 is installed in the front of the pick-up unit 200, that is, in front of the base plate 204 in the interior of the external shutter 110 A guide rail 112 is attached to a front surface of the side bracket 202 and a guide rail 114 is attached to an upper bracket 208 attached to an upper portion of a vertical bracket 206 attached to the middle of the side bracket 202. [ Respectively. Accordingly, the upper surface and the front surface of each of the outer shutter 110, which is in the shape of a letter "A" with the upper and the front surfaces folded, slide along guide rails 112, 114 attached to the front and top surfaces of the pick- . Alternatively, it may be formed to have a hinge type, that is, to be opened and closed while being pushed along the conveying direction of the bundled bill, or may be formed in various other forms.

The opened state and the closed state of the external shutter 110 correspond to four sensors 370 installed on the upper bracket 208 and an external shutter 110 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, As shown in FIG. When the outer cutter 110 is opened, the two outer sensing sensors 370 and the sensing plate 372 of the outer shutter 110 are positioned in a straight line to sense the opening of the outer shutter 110, The two inner sensing sensors 370 and the sensing plate 372 of the outer shutter 110 are positioned in a straight line to sense the closing of the outer shutter 110. [ Of course, it is possible to arrange various configurations so as to detect opening and closing of the external shutter 110.

The pick-up unit 200 includes a pick-up unit 240 for picking up the bundle banknotes by pressing both side surfaces of the bundled banknotes to be deposited and withdrawn, a pickup transfer unit 220 for transferring the pickup unit 240, And a pickup motor 210 for driving.

The pick-up unit 240 of the pick-up unit 200 is provided with a plurality of pick-up pins (not shown), and the pair of left and right pressing units The pickup 220 includes a drive belt 224 which is wound around the drive pulley 222 and a gear train 226 coupled to one of the drive pulleys 222, ). An internal shutter drive unit 170 drives the internal shutter drive unit 170 to selectively open and close the bundled bill insertion slot 152 of the bundled banknote cassette 150 between the pair of pushing units 250 and 260 of the pick- 162 can be reduced, the internal space required for deposit and withdrawal can be reduced, and the structure for transferring the pick-up unit 200 is not required, so that the size of the whole bundled bank note depositing and dispensing machine can be reduced.

The pickup motor 210 is coupled to the gear train 226 and the pressing units 250 and 260 are attached to the upper and lower portions of the drive belt 224 at predetermined distances, The driving force of the driving pulley 224 is transmitted to the gear train 226 and the driving pulley 222. When the driving belt 224 is rotated in one direction, the distance between the pressing portions 250 and 260 is narrowed, When the bundle bills are picked up by pushing both side surfaces of the bundled bills and rotated in the opposite direction, the spacing between the bundled bills becomes longer and the pickup of the bundled bills is released. As such, the bundled bank note depositing and dispensing machine of the present invention presses the surface of the bundled bank notes to pick up the bundled bank notes, so that the bundled bank notes can be prevented from being picked up from the pick-up unit 200 in a state of being separated or twisted.

On the other hand, Fig. 6 shows the inside of one external shutter, Fig. 7 shows the external shutter opening / closing unit, and Fig. 8 shows the structure of the locking device.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, each of the external shutters 110 is formed in a shape of a letter "A" in which the upper surface 106 and the front surface 108 are bent, and a plurality of reinforcing ribs 116 are formed on the inner surface as a whole And a rack gear attachment portion 122 to which a rack gear 140 is attached is formed on the inner surface of the upper surface 106. The rack gear attachment portion 122 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape. The side plate 120 is provided with a fastening member 124 and includes a sensing hole 126 for sensing the presence or absence of the bundled banknotes. When each of the external shutters 110 is in contact with and closed, the respective fastening members 124 are correctly closed without any clearance as they are engaged with each other.

Each of the external shutters 110 of the present invention having such a configuration is opened and closed by an external shutter opening / closing unit 300 as shown in Fig. 7, and is locked / unlocked by a locking device 400 as shown in Fig. And are slid along the guide rails 112 and 114 attached to the front and top surfaces of the pickup unit 200, respectively.

3 and 7, each of the external shutter opening and closing units 300 includes an external shutter opening and closing motor 310, a gear train 320 for transmitting the driving force of the external shutter opening and closing motor 310, The gear train bracket 320 includes a mounting bracket 340 attached to the side bracket 202 and a guide bracket 340 attached to the front side of the pickup unit 200 so as to be separated from the pick- 112 mounted on the partition wall bracket 350.

The gear train 320 is engaged with the rack gear 140 attached to the lower portion of the upper surface of the outer shutter 110 so that each of the outer shutters 110 is rotated by the respective outer shutter opening and closing motor 310 As shown in Fig.

The external shutter opening and closing unit 300 is provided with a torque limiter 360 for the gear train 320. When the torque of the external shutter opening and closing motor 310 is detected by the torque limiter 360, (320) is idled, thereby preventing the user from being injured when the external shutter (110) is closed.

6, a fastening protrusion 130 is provided on one side of the upper surface of each of the external shutters 110. The fastening protrusion 130 is provided on the upper surface of the upper bracket 208, A semicircular seating groove 134 that is seated on the outer surface 132 (FIG. 3) and an inclined surface 136 that faces the engaging projection 130 of the other outer shutter 100. Accordingly, when the pair of outer shutters 110 are brought into contact with each other to close the outer shutter 110, the pair of the mounting recesses 134 are formed in a circular shape and the outer surface of the mounting rod 132 is closely contacted, Lt; / RTI > Further, since the inclined surfaces 136 are inclined toward the outside of the protruding surface, locking / unlocking operation with the locking device 400 described later is facilitated.

8, the locking device 400 includes a pair of latching pins 410 for locking the latching protrusions 130 of the respective external shutters 100, A sliding bracket 440 to which the latching pin assembly 420 is slidably attached along the sliding rod 430, a locking motor 450 to which the pivoting lever 442 is attached, And a sliding pin 460 coupled to the pivot lever 442 and the sliding bracket 430 such that the pivot pin assembly 420 is slid by the rotation of the lever 442.

Each of the engaging pin assemblies 420 has a pair of engaging pins 410 to which a spring 412 is fitted and an engaging member 414 is attached to the outer periphery of the engaging pin assembly 420, The sliding bracket 440 includes a movable member 422 having a pair of second engaging holes 418 and a pair of second engaging holes 418 in a direction intersecting the first engaging holes 416. The sliding bracket 440 corresponds to the first engaging hole 416 of the moving member 422 A pair of sliding holes 434 facing the side surface and a guide hole 436 formed on the lower surface thereof. The engaging member 414 is provided with the inclined surface 411. [

The sliding rod 430 is inserted into the first engaging hole 416 of the moving member 422 so that both ends thereof are engaged with the engaging hole 432 of the sliding bracket 440 and the moving member opposed to the engaging pin 410 The latching pin assembly 420 is always urged toward the sliding door 110 as the spring 470 is engaged with the portion between the first engaging hole 422 and the first engaging hole 416.

The locking lever 442 of the lock motor 450 is formed with a locking groove 444 which is inserted into the guide hole 436 of the lower surface of the sliding bracket 440 and protrudes. And the opposite ends thereof are respectively positioned in the sliding holes 434 of the sliding bracket 440. The sliding holes 434 of the sliding bracket 440 are inserted into the second engaging holes 418 of the moving member 422 of the engaging pin assembly 420,

The opening and closing operation of the external shutter of the bundled bank note depositing and dispensing machine of the present invention having such a structure will be described with reference to FIG.

9A, in order to open the sliding door 110 in a closed state in which the fastening protrusion 130 of the external shutter 110 is positioned between the fastening members 414 of the fastening pins 410 Both ends of the sliding pin 460 inserted into the engaging groove 444 of the turning lever 442 are rotated by the operation of the lock motor 450 so that both ends of the sliding pin 460 inserted into the sliding hole 444 of the sliding bracket 440 Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > 434 < / RTI > That is, since the sliding pin 460 is inserted into the second engaging hole 418 of the moving member 422 of the engaging pin assembly 420, the moving member 422 is also engaged with the sliding rod 430 as shown in FIG. The fastening protrusions 130 of the external shutter 110 between the fastening members 414 of the pair of fastening pins 410 are prevented from sliding with the fastening protrusions 130 of the external shutter 110. [ As shown in FIG. At the same time, the external shutter opening / closing motor 310 of the external shutter opening / closing unit 300 is operated in one direction to open the external shutter 110 as shown in FIG. 9C. Then, the compressed state of the spring 470 The movable member 422 in a compressed state is restored to the original position as shown in Fig. 9D.

On the contrary, when the external shutter 110 is closed, the pair of external shutters 110 that are opened when the external shutter opening / closing motor 310 of the external shutter opening / closing unit 300 is operated in the other direction are gradually closed, 9A, each of the fastening protrusions 130 of the external shutter 110 pushes the fastening pins 410 as they are moved along the inclined surface 411 of the fastening member 414, As shown in the figure, the pair of latching pins 410 are positioned between the latching members 414 to close the outer shutter 110.

In the above description, the bundled bank notes used in the bundled bank note depositing and dispensing machine according to the present invention is preferably an at-large bundle bank note, but the present invention is not limited thereto and can be used for depositing and withdrawing bundled bank notes. In addition, it is also possible to arrange a bundle bank note depositing and dispensing machine and a bundled bank note depositing and dispensing machine side by side to form a single bundle bank note depositing and withdrawing system.

In addition, although the bundled bank note depositing and dispensing machine has been described from the viewpoint of a banking automation machine for handling bundled bank notes, it can be applied not only to a paper medium such as a check, but also to a technical idea of the present invention Should be understood as a minimum description of the invention and should not be understood as limiting the invention.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the invention.

1 is a perspective view illustrating a bundled bank note depositing and dispensing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention,

Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the internal structure of the bundled banknote depositing and dispensing machine according to Fig. 1,

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the external shutter opening / closing unit, the pickup unit and the locking device according to FIG.

Fig. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing the back side of Fig. 3,

5 is an exploded perspective view showing the structure of the pick-up unit,

6 is a perspective view showing the inside of the external shutter,

7 is a perspective view showing an external shutter opening / closing unit,

8 is an exploded perspective view showing the configuration of the locking device,

9 is a schematic view showing the opening and closing operation of the external shutter.

Description of the Related Art

110: external shutter 112, 114: guide rail

150: Bundled banknote cassette 152: Bundled banknote input port

122: rack gear attaching portion 124: fastening member

126: detection hole 130: fastening projection

132: seating rod 134: seating groove

136: slope 140: rack gear

162: inner shutter 170: inner shutter drive unit

200: pick-up unit 202: side bracket

204: base plate 208: upper bracket

210: pickup motor 226: gear train

240: pickup part 242: guide rod

250,260: Pressurizing unit 300: External shutter opening / closing unit

310: External shutter opening / closing motor 320: Gear column

360: torque limiter 370: detection sensor

400: locking device 410: locking pin

411: slope 412: spring

414: latching member 420: latching pin assembly

422: moving member 430: sliding rod

434: Sliding ball 436: Guide ball

440: Sliding bracket 442: Tilting lever

450: lock motor 470: spring

Claims (8)

A case in which the bundled banknotes can be deposited and withdrawn; A bundled banknote cassette provided in the case and having a bundled bill insertion slot for storing the bundled bill received and ejected; An inner shutter slidably driven to open and close the bundled bill insertion slot; A pair of external shutters provided in the case so as to be openable and closable; A pick-up unit for picking up the bundled banknotes to be deposited and withdrawn; And And a locking device provided with a pair of latching pins for locking / unlocking the external shutter, Each of the external shutters is provided with a fastening protrusion, the fastening protrusion is positioned between the pair of fastening pins to close the external shutter, and the fastening pin is retracted to open the external shutter External shutter opening / closing device of bundled bill dispenser. The method according to claim 1, An external shutter opening and closing motor and an external shutter opening and closing unit including a gear train for transmitting a driving force of the external shutter opening and closing motor, Wherein the outer shutter includes a rack gear on the inner surface thereof and the gear train of the outer shutter opening and closing unit and the rack gear of the outer shutter interlock with each other to open and close the outer shutter External shutter opening / closing device of bundled bill dispenser. The method according to claim 1, Wherein the outer shutter includes a semicircular seating groove that is in close contact with the seating rod to be closed at a predetermined position External shutter opening / closing device of bundled bill dispenser. The method according to claim 1, The locking device A pair of latching pins which are assembled and slidable, A sliding bracket in which the latching pin assembly is slidably attached along the sliding bar, A lock motor having a pivotal lever, And a sliding pin coupled to the pivot lever and the sliding bracket such that the pivot pin assembly is slid by rotation of the pivot lever of the lock motor External shutter opening / closing device of bundled bill dispenser. 5. The method of claim 4, Wherein each of the engaging fins includes a spring fitted on an outer periphery thereof and an engaging member provided on an end face thereof provided with an inclined face, Wherein the engaging pin assembly includes a moving member to which the pair of engaging pins are attached and in which a pair of first engaging holes in the longitudinal direction and a pair of second engaging holes in the crossing direction are formed, The sliding bracket includes a pair of fastening holes formed in the longitudinal direction corresponding to the first coupling holes of the moving member, a pair of sliding holes formed to face the side surfaces, and a guide hole formed in the lower surface, The sliding rod is inserted into the first coupling hole of the moving member and both ends thereof are coupled to the coupling hole of the sliding bracket, The locking lever of the lock motor is provided with a locking groove, which is inserted into the guide hole of the lower surface of the sliding bracket, The sliding pin is inserted into the coupling groove of the pivoting lever and the second coupling hole of the moving member of the latching pin assembly and both ends thereof are respectively positioned in the sliding holes of the sliding bracket External shutter opening / closing device of bundled bill dispenser. 6. The method of claim 5, And a spring is fitted to the sliding bar of the moving member and the first engaging work opposite to the engaging pin External shutter opening / closing device of bundled bill dispenser. The method according to claim 1, Further comprising a detection sensor for detecting opening and closing of the external shutter External shutter opening / closing device of bundled bill dispenser. 3. The method of claim 2, And a torque limiter is provided in the gear train of the external shutter opening / External shutter opening / closing device of bundled bill dispenser.

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