KR102269334B1 - Paper Money Sterilizer - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a banknote sterilizer capable of sterilizing banknotes. To this end, the banknote sterilizer according to the present invention comprises: a case (110); a banknote sterilization box (120) mounted inside the case for accommodating banknotes; a first ultraviolet sterilizer (130) mounted on a first surface of the case and irradiating ultraviolet rays in a direction of the first surface of the banknote sterilization box (120); a first blower (140) mounted on a second surface of the case and transmitting wind in the direction of the second surface of the banknote sterilization box (120); a cleaner sprayer (150) for spraying a cleaner in the direction of the first blower (140); and a control unit (190) for controlling the operations of the first UV sterilizer (130), the first blower (140), and the cleaner sprayer (150).

Description

Paper Money Sterilizer

The present invention relates to a banknote sterilizer.

Since banknotes are used by various users and used in various places, they are contaminated by various pollutants without the user's knowledge.

Among the various pollutants, some pollutants may cause direct damage to users, and there may be pollutants that cause indirect damage to users.

Therefore, it is preferable to use the banknotes after disinfection as much as possible, but a device capable of simply sterilizing the banknotes is not provided.

1. Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10-2014-0068499 (published on June 6, 2014): Disinfector for small bills 2. Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0007701 (published on January 25, 2012): Banknote deposit and withdrawal device and banknote deposit and withdrawal method

It is an object of the present invention, which has been proposed to solve the above-described problems, to provide a banknote sterilizer capable of sterilizing banknotes.

Banknote sterilizer according to the present invention for achieving the above-described technical problem, the case 110; The bill disinfection box 120 is mounted inside the case, the bills are accommodated; a first ultraviolet sterilizer 130 mounted on the first surface of the case and irradiating ultraviolet rays in the direction of the first surface of the banknote disinfection box 120; a first blower 140 mounted on the second surface of the case and transmitting wind in the direction of the second surface of the banknote sterilization box 120; a cleaner sprayer 150 for spraying the cleaner in the direction of the first blower 140; and a control unit 190 for controlling the operations of the first ultraviolet sterilizer 130 , the first blower 140 , and the cleaner sprayer 150 .

Advantageous Effects of Invention According to the present invention, there is an effect that can provide bills that are easily disinfected and sterilized in large quantities efficiently.

1 is an exemplary view showing the configuration of a banknote sterilizer according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is a front view of the banknote sterilizer shown in Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a plan view of the banknote sterilization box shown in Figure 1;
Figure 4 is a perspective view of the banknote sterilization box shown in Figure 1.
5 is an exemplary view showing various states of banknotes to be sterilized by the banknote sterilizer according to the present invention.

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

1 is an exemplary view showing the configuration of a banknote sterilizer according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of the banknote sterilizer shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a plan view of the banknote sterilizer shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is FIG. It is a perspective view of the banknote sterilizer shown in Fig. 5 is an exemplary view showing various states of the banknotes sterilized by the banknote sterilizer according to the present invention.

The banknote sterilizer according to the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 , a case 110 , mounted inside the case, and a banknote sterilizer 120 in which banknotes are accommodated, mounted on the first surface of the case and a first ultraviolet sterilizer 130 that irradiates ultraviolet rays in the direction of the first side of the banknote sterilizer 120 in the direction of the second side of the banknote sterilizer 120, which is mounted on the second side of the case. The first blower 140 to deliver, the cleaner sprayer 150 and the first ultraviolet sterilizer 130 for spraying the cleaner in the direction of the first blower 140, the first blower 140, and the cleaner sprayer 150 ) includes a control unit 190 for controlling the operation. In addition, the banknote sterilizer according to the present invention is mounted on the third surface of the case, the second blower 180 for passing the wind to the bottom surface of the banknote sterilization box 120, the third surface of the case The second ultraviolet sterilizer 170 for irradiating ultraviolet rays in the direction of the third side of the banknote sterilization box 120 and the bottom side of the banknote sterilization box 120 are mounted, and by the control unit 190 The control unit may further include a vibrator 160 for vibrating the banknote disinfection box 120 .

First, the case 110 may be formed in various shapes that may include the above components, for example, may be formed in a hexahedron.

The first surface of the case 110 is the top surface of the case 110 and the banknote disinfection box 120, and the second surface is the front surface of the case 110 and the banknote disinfection box 120, The third surface may be a bottom surface of the case 110 and the banknote sterilization box 120 , and the fourth surface may be the back surface of the case 110 and the banknote disinfection box 120 .

A door may be mounted on the upper surface of the case 110 . Through the door, the banknote disinfection box 120 may be accommodated in the case 110 or discharged from the inside of the case.

In this case, the first UV sterilizer 130 may be mounted on the door.

Second, the first ultraviolet sterilizer 130 is mounted on the first surface of the case and irradiates ultraviolet rays in the direction of the first surface of the banknote disinfection box 120 .

A second UV sterilizer 170 may be further mounted on the third surface of the case. The second ultraviolet sterilizer 170 irradiates ultraviolet rays in the direction of the third surface of the banknote sterilizer 120 .

Third, the first blower 140 is mounted on the second surface of the case 110 and transmits the wind in the direction of the second surface of the banknote sterilization box 120 .

A second blower 180 may be further mounted on the third surface of the case. The second blower 180 transmits the wind in the direction of the third side of the banknote sterilization box 120 .

Fourth, the cleaning agent injector 150 sprays the cleaning agent in the direction of the first blower 140 and the direction of the second blower 180 . That is, the detergent sprayed from the cleaner sprayer 150 may sterilize the bill while moving along the wind generated by the first blower 140 and the second blower 180 .

Fifth, the control unit 190 controls the operations of the first blower 140 , the second blower 180 , the detergent sprayer 150 , the first UV sterilizer 130 , and the second UV sterilizer 170 .

Sixth, the banknote sterilization box 120 is composed of six support frames so that banknotes can be accommodated, the frame 121 forming a hexahedron and the open top surface of the frame, the open end bottom surface of the frame, and the opening of the frame and at least one support bar 123 mounted on each of the front surface, the open rear surface of the frame, the open left side of the frame, and the open right side of the frame.

That is, holes formed by six support frames and support bars 123 are formed on six surfaces of the banknote sterilization box 120 .

In more detail, holes are formed in the six surfaces of the banknote sterilization box 120 to allow the wind generated by the first blower 140 and the second blower 180 to pass therethrough.

As described above, the holes may be formed by the six support frames and the support bars 123 , but may also be formed in the form of holes on the surfaces formed in the plate shape.

For example, six sides of the banknote sterilization box 120 may be formed in a plate shape, and at least one hole may be formed in each of the six sides of the plate shape.

Wind generated by the first blower 140 and the second blower 180 may pass through the holes.

To elaborate, the banknote sterilizer 120 is to be formed by six support frames and support bars 123 forming a hexahedral frame 121 as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 . Can, by the rod-shaped support frames and support bars 123, the wind generated by the first blower 140 and the second blower 180 on the six sides of the banknote sterilization box 120 pass through. Possible holes may be formed. In addition, the banknote disinfection box 120 may be formed in a hexahedron, and each side may be formed in a plate shape, and the wind generated by the first blower 140 and the second blower 180 passes through each side. Possible holes may be formed.

The separator 122 is mounted in the inner space of the frame 121 to separate the inner space of the frame 121 in the direction of bills accommodated in the frame 121 .

That is, when many bills 200 are provided in one space, the space between the bills can be narrowed, so that the space inside the frame 121 can be divided into appropriate sizes by the separator 122 .

In this case, the separator 122 may be mounted on the front and rear surfaces of the frame 121 so as to be movable along the front and rear surfaces of the frame 121 . Separator 122 may be in the form of a rod, or may be in the form of a plate.

The top surface of the banknote disinfection box 120 may be formed in a door shape so that banknotes can be accommodated in the banknote disinfection box 120 . That is, a plate-shaped door may be mounted on the upper surface of the banknote disinfection box 120 . In this case, holes through which the wind generated by the first blower 140 and the second blower 180 can pass may also be formed on the top surface of the banknote sterilization box 120 .

Seventh, the vibrator 160 is mounted on the lower surface of the banknote sterilization box 120 , and may be controlled by the control unit 190 to vibrate the banknote sterilization box 120 .

In this case, the vibrator 160 may vibrate in a direction perpendicular to the contact surfaces of the banknotes stored in the banknote sterilization box 120 .

Accordingly, a gap may be generated between the bills, and the wind generated by the first blower 140 and the second blower 180 may pass through the gap between the bills.

In addition, contaminants on the surface of the banknotes may be dropped by the vibration of the vibrator 160 . To this end, the vibrator 160 may not vibrate only in one direction, but may vibrate in a random direction. The user may set the vibration direction and vibration intensity of the vibrator 160 through a control button provided in the control unit 190 , and the control unit 190 may vibrate the vibrator 160 according to the set control signal.

A method of sterilizing banknotes using the banknote sterilizer according to the present invention will be described as follows.

First, by the first ultraviolet sterilizer 130 and the second ultraviolet sterilizer 170, ultraviolet rays can be irradiated to the upper and lower surfaces of the banknote sterilizer 120, and thus stored in the banknote sterilizer 120. The bill 200 that has been made can be sterilized.

The UV sterilizer may be further mounted on the front, back, left and right sides of the case 110 so that UV rays can be irradiated to the front, back, left and right sides of the banknote sterilization box 120 .

That is, the UV sterilizer may be mounted on at least one of the front, rear, top, bottom, left, and right sides of the case 110 .

Second, by the first blower 140 and the second blower 180, the wind is transmitted to the front and bottom surfaces of the banknote sterilization box 120, and accordingly, the banknotes ( Contaminants attached to the surface of (a) of FIG.

In detail, when air is put into the bills 200 aligned as shown in FIG. 5 (b) in the space at regular intervals of the bill sterilization box 120, the air passes between the bills and is self-contained. tremor will occur. Accordingly, the gap between the bills 200 is widened, as shown in (c) of FIG. 5 , and accordingly, the fine particles and dust buried in the bills 200 are detached by shaking. can be removed.

Blowers may be further mounted on the top and back surfaces of the case 110 so that the wind can be transmitted to the top and back surfaces of the banknote sterilization box 120 .

That is, the blower may be mounted on at least one of the front, rear, upper, lower, left, and right surfaces of the case 110 .

Third, the detergent sprayed from the detergent sprayer 150 is generated by the first blower 140 and the second blower 180 and delivered together with the wind delivered to the front and bottom surfaces of the banknote disinfection box 120 . , the banknotes stored in the banknote sterilization box 120 may be sterilized by the cleaning agent.

For example, various kinds of disinfectants including a disinfectant in which ethanol and water are mixed may be delivered in the direction of the banknote by the blower, and accordingly, the banknote may be disinfected by the cleaning agent.

In this case, the cleaning agent injector 150 may spray the cleaning agent every preset interval, for example, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 20 seconds, etc., according to the control of the controller 190, or it is operated with a blower to remove the cleaning agent may be continuously sprayed.

The features of the present invention will be described as follows.

First, as well as the top surface of the banknote disinfection box 120, any one of the six sides of the banknote disinfection box 120 may be provided with a door that can open the inside, and the banknote 200 is disinfected through the door The box 120 may be accommodated inside. However, when the banknote disinfection box 120 is formed in an open shape as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 , a door may not be provided.

Next, the banknote disinfection box 120 may be mounted inside the case 110 and may be detached from the inside. That is, the banknote disinfection box 120 may be detachably attached to the inside of the case 110 .

Next, the bill sterilization box 120 may be equipped with counting devices capable of counting the number of bills 200 . Accordingly, the number of banknotes stored in the banknote sterilization box 120 and the number of banknotes that have been disinfected can be counted. The operation of counting the number of bills 200 may be controlled by the controller 190 .

Next, at least one of the six surfaces of the case 110 may be equipped with an air outlet through which the wind generated by the blower may be discharged, for example, a hood. In this case, the air outlet may be equipped with a purifier capable of filtering pollutants generated from the bill 200 . The purification unit may be composed of activated carbon, may be composed of a non-woven fabric, and in addition to this, may be composed of various purification devices.

Next, the vibrator 160 may vibrate in a direction opposite to the longitudinal direction of the banknote in order to increase the vibrating effect of the banknote 200 .

Finally, the size of the banknote sterilization box 120 may be set, for example, to a size that can accommodate 100 banknotes. In this case, the space having the above size may be formed by the separator 122 .

In particular, the size of the banknote sterilization box 120 may be set so that the tilt angle can be 5° to 20° when 100 banknotes are constantly placed. For example, when the inclination angle of the banknote is 20° or more, the banknote is tilted or laid down a lot instead of being erected as shown in FIG. . In this case, the disinfection function by the cleaner, the dust removal function by the blower, and the disinfection function by the ultraviolet disinfector may be halved.

Banknotes that have been disinfected and sterilized through this device can be manually bundled by an operator, and banknotes can be bundled and stored using an automatic bundler.

Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains will understand that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential characteristics thereof. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is indicated by the following claims rather than the above detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalent concepts should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

110: case 120: banknote disinfection box
130, 170: UV sterilizer 140, 180: blower
150: detergent sprayer 160: vibrator
190: control unit 200: banknote

Claims (10)

case 110;
The bill disinfection box 120 is mounted inside the case, the bills are accommodated;
a first ultraviolet sterilizer 130 mounted on the first surface of the case and irradiating ultraviolet rays in the direction of the first surface of the banknote disinfection box 120;
a first blower 140 mounted on the second side of the case and transmitting wind in the direction of the second side of the banknote sterilization box 120;
a cleaner sprayer 150 for spraying the cleaner in the direction of the first blower 140;
a control unit 190 for controlling the operations of the first ultraviolet sterilizer 130 , the first blower 140 , and the cleaner sprayer 150 ;
a second blower 180 that is mounted on the third side of the case and transmits wind in the direction of the third side of the banknote sterilization box 120; and
and a second ultraviolet sterilizer 170 mounted on the third surface of the case and irradiating ultraviolet rays in the direction of the third surface of the banknote sterilization box 120,
The first surface is the upper surface of the case 110 and the banknote disinfection box 120,
The second side is the front of the case 110 and the banknote disinfection box 120,
The third side is the bottom surface of the case 110 and the banknote disinfection box 120,
The fourth side is the back of the case 110 and the banknote disinfection box 120,
The banknote sterilization box 120,
a frame 121 that is composed of six frames so that banknotes can be accommodated to form a hexahedron; and
at least one mounted on each of the open top side of the frame, the open bottom side of the frame, the open front side of the frame, the open back side of the frame, the open left side of the frame and the open right side of the frame including the support bar 123 of
At least one separator 122 mounted in the inner space of the frame 121 separates the inner space of the frame 121 in the direction of bills accommodated in the frame 121,
The separator 122 is mounted on the front surface and the rear surface of the frame 121 so as to be movable along the front surface and the rear surface,
Holes are formed in the six sides of the banknote sterilization box 120 so that the wind generated by the first blower 140 and the second blower 180 can pass through,
The vibrator 160 mounted on the bottom surface of the banknote disinfection box 120 is controlled by the control unit 190 to vibrate the banknote disinfection box 120,
The vibrator 160 vibrates in a direction perpendicular to the close contact surfaces of the banknotes stored in the banknote sterilization box 120 to generate a gap between the banknotes, and the first blower 140 into the gap between the banknotes. ) and the wind generated by the second blower 180 passes through,
The bill disinfection box 120 is equipped with counting devices capable of counting the number of bills 200,
At least one of the six surfaces of the case 110 is equipped with an air outlet through which the wind generated by the first blower 140 and the second blower 180 can be discharged,
A banknote sterilizer equipped with a purification unit capable of filtering out pollutants generated from the banknote 200 at the air outlet. delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete The method of claim 1,
The top surface of the banknote disinfection box is a banknote sterilizer formed in a door shape so that banknotes can be accommodated inside the banknote disinfection box.

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