KR102395952B1 - Medium stack apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

A media stack device is provided.
The media stack device includes a free stack box provided with a media accommodating space in which media is accumulated, a support roller for guiding the media moved along a transport path to the media accommodating space, and a gate rotatably mounted on the rotation shaft of the support roller. And, it may include an actuator that rotates the gate to determine whether the medium is accommodated in the medium accommodation space.

Description

Media Stack Device {MEDIUM STACK APPARATUS}

The present invention relates to a media stack device.

In general, financial automation devices can provide most services unattended, except for consulting services, quickly and conveniently regardless of time in relation to financial services.

Automated financial devices are widely used in the financial industry by enabling deposits and withdrawals of media such as cash or checks without time restrictions using a cash card or passbook issued by a financial institution.

Inside the financial automation device, the identification unit that determines whether there is an abnormality and the type of media deposited or withdrawn through the deposit and withdrawal department, where the user inputs or receives media for deposit and withdrawal of media, and the media that has been identified by the discrimination part are stored It is composed of a cassette module that is

The cassette module may include a plurality of media stack devices, and each media stack device may be divided into a non-received media storage unit, a counterfeit media storage unit, a recycling medium storage unit, etc. according to the type of media to be accumulated. . And in the case of non-received media, it is generally stored in a free stack box (a storage-only box).

Here, there is a demand for a media stack device capable of intensively disposing components in the media stack device and moving the media smoothly.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a media stack device capable of smoothly moving media with a space-intensive arrangement.

A media accumulating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a free stack box having a media accommodating space in which media is accumulated; a support roller for guiding the media moved along the transport path to the media accommodating space; a gate rotatably mounted to the rotation shaft of the support roller; and an actuator rotating the gate to determine whether the medium is accommodated in the medium accommodation space.

In this case, the support roller may include: a stack roller provided with at least one wing piece along an outer circumferential surface; a first roller provided on the same shaft as the stack roller to support one surface of the medium; and a second roller provided to correspond to the first roller and supporting the other surface of the medium.

In addition, the rotation shaft may include a first rotation shaft including the stack roller and the first roller; and a second rotation shaft disposed in parallel with the first rotation shaft and provided with the second roller.

In addition, the gate may include a guide wing for guiding the moving direction of the medium moving the transfer path; a bearing connecting the guide vane and the rotating shaft so that the guide vane is rotatable on the rotating shaft; a connecting shaft on which a plurality of the guide blades are installed to be spaced apart; and a transmission gear provided on the connection shaft for driving connection with the actuator.

In addition, the guide blade may include a body portion rotatably connected to the rotation shaft through the bearing; a gate part protruding from one end of the body part so as to be able to enter and exit toward the transport path; and a connection part provided at the other end of the body part so as to be fixed to the connection shaft.

The medium accumulating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a stack guide disposed at least in part in the medium accommodation space to press the medium accommodated in the medium accommodation space.

In this case, a slit through which the stack guide can slide may be formed in the stack guide to extend in a longitudinal direction of the stack guide.

The media stack apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention can space-intensively arrange internal components, move media smoothly, and improve media stack performance.

1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a cassette module equipped with a media stack device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a partial perspective view of a media stack apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a partially exploded perspective view of a media stack device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a schematic perspective view of a gate and a support roller according to an embodiment of the present invention;
5 is a front view of a gate and a support roller according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a side view of a gate and a support roller according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is an operational state diagram of a cassette module equipped with a media stack device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is an operation state diagram of the gate and the support roller according to FIG. 7 .
9 is a partially exploded perspective view of a media stack device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
10 is a state diagram illustrating an initial state of a stack of a media stack apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a state diagram illustrating a later state of a stack of a media stack device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Prior to the detailed description of the present invention, the terms or words used in the present specification and claims described below should not be construed as being limited to their ordinary or dictionary meanings, and the inventors should develop their own inventions in the best way. It should be interpreted as meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention based on the principle that it can be appropriately defined as a concept of a term for explanation. Therefore, the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and do not represent all the technical spirit of the present invention, so various equivalents that can replace them at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be water and variations.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this case, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may obscure the gist of the present invention will be omitted. For the same reason, some components are exaggerated, omitted, or schematically illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and the size of each component does not fully reflect the actual size.

1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a cassette module equipped with a media stack device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view of the media stack device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an embodiment of the present invention A partially exploded perspective view of a media stack device according to an embodiment.

1 to 3 , the cassette module 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a frame 100 , a media stack device 200 , and a transport roller 110 . Here, the cassette module 1 may refer to a device that is detachably provided inside a financial automation device (not shown) to store or take out media.

Specifically, the frame 100 may form the appearance of the cassette module (1). The media stack device 200 and the media storage unit 300 may be provided inside the frame 100 . The media introduced into the frame 100 may be integrated in the media stack device 200 and the media storage unit 300 . Here, the media stack device 200 may mean a storage-only device in which a medium is introduced and then stored, and the media storage unit 300 may mean a device in which a medium is introduced and stored and then taken out again.

At least one transfer roller 110 may be provided on the frame 100 . The conveying roller 110 may be provided on the conveying path 111 through which the medium is conveyed to convey the medium supplied into the frame 100 to the medium stack apparatus 200 or the medium storage unit 300 .

For example, after the medium is transferred into the frame 100 , the medium may be selectively accommodated in the medium stack apparatus 200 or the medium storage unit 300 by the gate 220 to be integrated. A detailed description of the determination of the transport path of the medium by the gate 220 will be described later.

Hereinafter, a detailed configuration of a media stack device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The media stack apparatus 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a pre-stack box 210 , a gate 220 , a support roller 230 , an actuator 223 , and a stack guide 240 .

The pre-stack box 210 may form the exterior of the media stack device 200 , and a media accommodating space 210s may be provided therein. The media introduced into the pre-stack box 210 may be accumulated in the media accommodating space 210s.

The free stack box 210 may be provided by combining a plurality of components. For example, the pre-stack box 210 includes a lower housing 211 including a bottom surface and sidewalls, and an upper housing 212 coupled to the lower housing 211 to define an upper surface of the pre-stack box 210 . may include

However, it is also possible to make the side wall of the pre-stack box 210 integrally with the upper housing 212 or to separately manufacture and combine the bottom surface, the side wall, and the top surface of the pre-stack box 210 . The manufacturing form of the free stack box 210 is not limited to the proposed embodiment and can be replaced with various structures commonly used in the art.

A stack guide insertion slit 212a may be provided on the upper surface of the pre-stack box 210 , that is, the upper housing 212 of the pre-stack box 210 . At least a portion of the stack guide 240 may be disposed in the stack guide insertion slit 212a. For example, the stack guide 240 may be rotatably disposed in the stack guide insertion slit 212a. To this end, the stack guide insertion slit 212a may be provided with a pivot shaft 213 to which the stack guide 240 is hinged.

4 is a schematic perspective view of a gate and a support roller according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a front view of the gate and a support roller according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is an embodiment of the present invention It is a side view of a gate and a support roller, FIG. 7 is an operation state diagram of a cassette module equipped with a media stack device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is an operation state diagram of the gate and support roller according to FIG. 7 .

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 8 , the gate 220 is rotatably disposed on the transport path 111 through which the media is transported, thereby determining acceptance of the media into the pre-stack box 210 . In other words, the gate 220 can determine whether to accommodate the medium in the medium accommodating space 210s by determining the transport path of the medium flowing into the frame 100 through rotation, and transfer the medium into the medium stack apparatus 200 . Alternatively, any one of the media storage unit 300 may be selectively supplied.

To this end, the gate 220 includes a plurality of guide blades 222 provided to determine the transport path of the medium, a bearing 225 rotatably connected between the guide blades 220 and the rotation shaft 221, and a plurality of The guide blades 222 may include a connecting shaft 226 installed to be spaced apart, and a transmission gear 227 provided on the connecting shaft to be driven and connected to the actuator 223 .

Here, the guide blade 222 includes a body portion 222a rotatably connected to the rotation shaft 221 through a bearing 225 , and a gate portion protruding from one end of the body portion 222a to be able to enter and exit toward the transfer path. It may include a 222b and a connecting portion 222c formed at the other end of the body portion 222a so as to be fixed to the connecting shaft 226 . In addition, the rotation shaft 221 includes a first rotation shaft 221a provided with a stack roller 231 and a first roller 232 , and a second rotation shaft 221a disposed in parallel with the first rotation shaft 221a and provided with a second roller 233 . It may be composed of two rotating shafts (221b).

Accordingly, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, when it is desired to convert the transport path of the medium m to the first transport path 111a, by the operation of the actuator 223, the gear part ( When 223b) rotates in one direction (counterclockwise in FIG. 6), the transmission gear 227 is engaged with the gear unit 223b and rotates, thereby rotating the connecting shaft 226 in the other direction (clockwise in FIG. 6). At this time, the plurality of guide blades 222 disposed on the connecting shaft 226 are rotated in the other direction (clockwise in FIG. 6 ) about the rotating shaft 221 , more specifically, the first rotating shaft 221a as an axis. can As a result, as shown in FIG. 1 , the medium m may be transferred to the medium storage unit 300 through the first transfer path 111a.

In addition, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 , when it is desired to convert the transport path of the medium m to the second transport path 111b, by the operation of the actuator 223, the gear part 223b of the actuator 223 ) is rotated in the other direction (clockwise in FIG. 8), the transmission gear 227 is engaged with the gear part 223b and rotates, and the connecting shaft 226 can be rotated in one direction (counterclockwise in FIG. 8). there is. At this time, the plurality of guide blades 222 disposed on the connecting shaft 226 may be rotated in one direction (counterclockwise in FIG. 8 ) with the first rotating shaft 221a as an axis. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 7 , the medium m may be transferred to the media stack apparatus 200 through the second transfer path 111b.

As such, the gate 220 rotates at a predetermined angle to change the path through which the medium is transported from the first transport path 111a to the second transport path 111b, or from the second transport path 111b to the first transport path. (111a) can be changed. As a result, when the gate 220 rotates, the medium may flow into the medium storage unit 300 or into the medium stack device 200 to be accumulated.

The support roller 230 may guide the medium transferred along the transfer path 111 to the medium receiving space 210s. For example, the support roller 230 may be disposed in front of the pre-stack box 210 to guide the medium introduced through the gate 220 to the medium receiving space 210s.

The support roller 230 may include a plurality of rollers. For example, the support roller 230 includes a stack roller 231 provided with at least one wing piece 231a along an outer circumferential surface, and is provided on the same axis as the stack roller 231 so that the stack roller 231 rotates. In this case, it may include a first roller 232 that rotates in conjunction and a second roller 233 provided to correspond to the first roller 232 . However, as long as it corresponds to a structure capable of guiding the media into the free stack box 210 , the number and type of rollers included in the support roller 230 may be variously changed.

The actuator 223 is driven and connected to the gate 220 to determine whether the medium is accommodated in the medium accommodating space 210s. The actuator 223 may include a driving unit 223a provided in the form of a solenoid valve and a gear unit 223b connected to a drive shaft of the driving unit 223a.

9 is a partially exploded perspective view of a media stack device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 10 is a state diagram showing an initial state of a stack of the media stack device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. It is a state diagram illustrating a late stack state of a media stack device according to an embodiment.

9 to 11 , the stack guide 240 may guide the path of the medium accommodated in the medium accommodating space 210s or press the introduced medium.

The stack guide 240 may be rotatably hinged to the upper surface of the pre-stack box 210 , that is, the upper housing 212 of the pre-stack box 210 .

For example, the upper housing 212 of the pre-stack box 210 may include a stack guide insertion slit 212a, and the stack guide insertion slit 212a includes a pivot shaft 213 and a stack guide insertion slit 212a. ) and may be disposed to span the stack guide insertion slit 212a in an alternating direction. In this case, one end of the stack guide 240 is hinged to the pivot shaft 213 to rotate. Accordingly, the stack guide 240 may rotate while passing through the stack guide insertion slit 212a.

At least a portion of the stack guide 240 , specifically, the other end of the stack guide 240 may be disposed in the medium accommodating space 210s. In addition, the stack guide 240 may be provided to be inclined downward from one end of the stack guide 240 to the other end.

Accordingly, the medium introduced into the medium accommodating space 210s may collide with the stack guide 240 and be accumulated under the stack guide 240 , and the stack guide 240 may pressurize the accumulated medium by its own weight. there is.

A slit 240a may be provided in the stack guide 240 in the longitudinal direction of the stack guide 240 so that the stack guide 240 can slide about the pivot shaft 213 . In other words, the stack guide 240 may be provided with a slit 240a extending from one end to the other end of the stack guide 240 , and the pivot shaft 213 may be provided through the slit 240a.

Accordingly, as the medium is accumulated in the medium accommodating space 210s, the stack guide 240 may rotate upward, and the pivot shaft 213 may move from the end of the stack guide 240 to the center. In other words, as the media is accumulated in the media accommodating space 210s, the stack guide 240 may rotate with a reduced rotation radius around the pivot shaft 213 .

In addition, a locking protrusion 241 caught by the stack guide insertion slit 212a may protrude from one end of the stack guide 240 , thereby limiting the rotation angle of the stack guide 240 .

On the other hand, since the stack guide 240 can rotate while rising about the pivot shaft 213 , even when the stack guide 240 rises due to the accumulation of media in the medium accommodating space 210s, the free stack box 210 . The upper space can be used to a minimum, and as a result, there is an advantage in reducing the size of the media stack device 200 .

Hereinafter, a schematic operation process of the media stack device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

As shown in FIG. 10 , the gate 220 may rotate to determine the transport path of the medium m as the second transport path 111b. Accordingly, the medium m introduced into the frame 100 may be transferred to the medium stack apparatus 200 .

The medium m passing through the gate 220 may be introduced into the medium receiving space 210s through the support roller 230 . The introduced medium m collides with the stack guide 240 and is accumulated on the bottom surface of the medium accommodating space 210s.

11 , when the medium m is continuously introduced into the medium accommodating space, the medium m may raise the stack guide 240 to a predetermined height. At this time, since the stack guide 240 is provided with a slit 240a in the longitudinal direction of the stack guide 240 , the stack guide 240 rises and rotates (counterclockwise around the drawing). Accordingly, even when the stack guide 240 rises, the space above the free stack box 210 can be used to a minimum.

As described above, the media accumulating apparatus 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention uses the stack guide 240 that does not require a separate driving source, thereby guiding the movement direction of the introduced medium and simultaneously pressurizing it, This can improve the stack performance in which media can be integrated.

In the above, the configuration and features of the present invention have been described based on the embodiments according to the present invention, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and it is understood that various changes or modifications can be made within the spirit and scope of the present invention. It is apparent to those skilled in the art that such changes or modifications are intended to fall within the scope of the appended claims.

1: Cassette module 100: Frame
200: media stack device 210: pre-stack box
220: gate 230: support roller
240: stack guide 300: media storage unit

Claims (7)

a free stack box having a medium accommodating space in which the medium is accumulated;
a support roller for guiding the media moved along the transport path to the media accommodating space;
a gate rotatably mounted to the rotation shaft of the support roller; and
An actuator for rotating the gate to determine whether the medium is accommodated in the medium receiving space,
the gate is
a guide blade for guiding the moving direction of the medium moving the transport path;
a bearing connecting the guide vane and the rotating shaft so that the guide vane is rotatable on the rotating shaft;
a connecting shaft on which the plurality of guide blades are installed to be spaced apart; and
and a transmission gear provided on the connection shaft for driving connection with the actuator. The method of claim 1,
The support roller is
a stack roller provided with at least one wing piece along an outer circumferential surface;
a first roller provided on the same shaft as the stack roller to support one surface of the medium; and
and a second roller provided to correspond to the first roller and supporting the other surface of the media. 3. The method of claim 2,
The axis of rotation is
a first rotation shaft provided with the stack roller and the first roller; and
and a second rotation shaft disposed parallel to the first rotation shaft and provided with the second roller. delete The method of claim 1,
The guide wing is
a body portion rotatably connected to the rotation shaft through the bearing;
a gate part protruding from one end of the body part so as to be able to enter and exit toward the transport path; and
and a connection part provided at the other end of the body part so as to be fixed to the connection shaft. The method of claim 1,
The media stack apparatus further comprising: a stack guide disposed at least in part in the media accommodating space to press the medium accommodated in the media accommodating space. a free stack box having a medium accommodating space in which the medium is accumulated;
a support roller for guiding the media moved along the transport path to the media accommodating space;
a gate rotatably mounted to the rotation shaft of the support roller;
an actuator for rotating the gate to determine whether the medium is accommodated in the medium receiving space; and
and a stack guide at least partially disposed in the medium receiving space to press the medium accommodated in the medium receiving space,
The stack guide
A media stack device in which a slit through which the stack guide can slide is formed to extend in a longitudinal direction of the stack guide.

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