KR20060081022A - Cash dispense machine with security mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a banknote dispensing device for an automatic teller machine, and more particularly, to a banknote dispensing device having a banknote theft prevention function that prevents a person who is not an administrator from withdrawing a banknote from a banknote collection box or a banknote stacker separated from the main body. .

One aspect of the present invention includes a bill collecting box in which the banknotes for withdrawal are stored, and a bill collecting box in which the bills recovered in the process of discharging the bills from the bill stacking box are put and stored. A bill dispensing device provided on the main body and detachably mounted to the main body, comprising: a shutter for opening and closing a bill input slot formed at one side of the bill collecting box; It characterized in that it comprises a shutter operation unit for automatically opening the shutter when the banknote collection box is mounted, and automatically closing and fixing the shutter when detaching.

Banknote collection box, banknote loading box, intermittent member, shutter

Description

Banknote discharging device with banknote theft prevention function {CASH DISPENSE MACHINE WITH SECURITY MECHANISM}

1 is a cross-sectional view showing a banknote release device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 shows the collection of bills in Figure 1,

   Figure 2a, b is a perspective view and a cross-sectional view showing a closed state of the shutter.

   Figure 2c, d is a perspective view and a cross-sectional view showing an open state of the shutter.

3 is a perspective view showing the banknote loading of FIG.

4A and 4B are perspective views of main parts of FIG. 3.

5 is a cross-sectional view showing a banknote release device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a cross-sectional view showing a bill collecting box of FIG.

※ Explanation of codes for main parts of drawing

10: main body 11: branch

12: first operating member 13: second operating member

14, 15: gear drive 140: first drive gear

141: second drive gear 142: rotating shaft

143: rotating member 150: third drive gear

151: fourth drive gear

20: Banknote collection box 21: Banknote opening

22: door 220: locking part

23: shutter 24: block

240: guide ball 25: fixed pin

26: guide block 260: guide surface

27: turning 28: idle roller

29: feed roller 290: transmission gear

30: Banknotes loaded 31: Door

310: locking portion 32: pressing plate

33: pickup roller 34: transmission gear

35: intermittent member 36: idle gear

37 connector 38 fixing member

S1, S2, S3: Spring M: Motor

The present invention relates to a banknote dispensing apparatus provided in an automatic teller machine to provide a banknote of the correct quantity to a user who wants to withdraw the banknote.

In recent years, each bank has installed and operated various kinds of unmanned automated devices such as cash dispenser, automatic teller machine, and bankbook organizer to improve work efficiency and user convenience. In particular, the ATM is designed to allow the user to withdraw a desired amount of bills quickly and easily without going through a bank window.

The cash dispenser as described above is provided with a bill dispensing device for discharging the bill according to the user's instructions. The bill dispensing apparatus is provided with a bill storage box for storing a large amount of bills, and is provided with a bill collection box for recovering the damaged banknotes or bills classified into two sheets in the process of bills are discharged from the bill stack.

Accordingly, when the user selects the desired amount by operating the automatic dispenser, the bills stored in the bill stack are sequentially released one by one, and in the process, the sensor detects damaged bills or two bills simultaneously released and transfers them to the bill collection box. .

When the manager releases all the bills, the bank withdraws the banknotes and recharges the bills, and withdraws the banknotes, separates the damaged bank and the normal banks, and then charges the normal banks again.

Banknote loading box is formed of a rectangular steel box, the door is equipped with a lock device is configured so that only the manager with a key to withdraw the banknotes. Further, a bill taking-out hole through which the bill is drawn out is formed at the rear of the bill stacking box, and a pickup roller for drawing out the bill by frictional force is provided.

However, when the conventional banknote loading box as described above is separated from the banknote dispensing apparatus, the banknote may be withdrawn by forcibly rotating the pickup roller from the outside. Accordingly, there is a problem that can steal the bill stored in the bill holder even without the key.

On the other hand, the bill collection box has a problem that can be easily withdrawn from the inside of the bill through the bill inlet, because the bill inlet is formed in the back is inserted into the bill, the bill ejection device.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in order to solve the conventional problems as described above, the purpose is to release the banknotes having a banknote theft prevention function so that a person who is not a manager can not withdraw the bills stored in the banknote collection to the outside In providing a device.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a bill dispensing apparatus having a bill-theft prevention function so that a person who is not a manager cannot withdraw a bill stored in the bill stacker to the outside.

One aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object includes a banknote storage box for storing the withdrawal banknotes, and a banknote collection box that is put and stored banknotes recovered in the process of discharging the banknotes from the banknote loading, A bill dispensing device having a stacking box and a bill collecting box mounted on and detachable from a main body, respectively, comprising: a shutter for opening and closing a bill input slot formed at one side of the bill collecting box; It characterized in that it comprises a shutter operation unit for automatically opening the shutter when the banknote collection box is mounted, and automatically closing and fixing the shutter when detaching.

One aspect of the shutter operation unit is installed on the inside of the bill collecting box, the block is formed with a guide hole in the horizontal direction on one side; A fixing pin slidably provided in the guide hole and supporting a lower end thereof when the rear of the guide is elastically supported by a spring; A guide block provided integrally with the shutter and having a guide surface; A first operating member for releasing the fixed state of the shutter by operating the fixing pin when the banknote collection box is mounted; A second operating member which presses the guide surface to open the shutter when the banknote collection box is mounted; It characterized in that it comprises a spring for automatically closing the shutter upon removal of the bill collection box.

Another aspect of the present invention, the banknote storage box is provided with a pickup roller for storing the withdrawal banknotes and release the banknotes, and the banknote collection box that the banknotes recovered in the process of ejecting the banknotes from the banknote loading is put and stored; In the banknote dispensing apparatus provided in the main body and the banknote collection box removably attached to the main body, the transmission gear is provided on the rotating shaft of the pickup roller and rotated by the gear driving unit provided in the main body, and An intermittent member for regulating the rotational force of the transmission gear to be transmitted to the rotating shaft; The intermittent member may be operated by a signal that is interrupted when the banknote stacker is mounted or removed.

One aspect of the gear driving unit includes a first drive gear driven by a motor mounted to the main body; A rotation member provided to be rotatable up and down on a rotation shaft of the first drive gear and elastically supported by a spring; Rotation is freely installed on the rotation member, and is meshed with the first drive gear, characterized in that it comprises a second drive gear for transmitting a rotational force to the transfer gear side when the banknote loading.

At this time, the bill box is characterized in that the control unit for controlling the operation of the control member according to the signal input of the main body side is provided.

Still another aspect of the present invention includes a banknote storage box in which a banknote for withdrawal is stored, and a banknote collection box in which the banknotes recovered in the process of releasing the banknotes from the banknote loading box are inserted and stored. In the banknote dispensing apparatus provided in the main body so as to be detachable from each other, the idler roller is installed on the upper side of the banknote opening formed on one side of the bill collecting box, the feed roller is in close contact with the idler roller below the banknote opening. It is installed, the transmission gear is integrally provided on the central axis of the feed roller, it is installed on the inside of the main body is characterized in that it is provided with a gear driving unit for transmitting power to the transmission gear when mounting the bill collection box.

An aspect of the gear driving unit includes a third drive gear driven by a motor mounted to the main body, and a fourth drive gear meshed with the third drive gear and engaged with the drive gear when the banknote collection box is mounted. It is characterized by.

Aspects of the present invention described above will become more apparent through preferred embodiments described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail so that those skilled in the art can easily understand and reproduce the present invention.

1 is a cross-sectional view showing a banknote release device of the present invention. As shown, in the main body 10 of the bill dispensing apparatus, a bill storage box 30 in which a banknote for withdrawal is stored, and a bill collection box in which the bills recovered in the process of discharging the bills from the bill stack are inserted and stored (20). ) Are mounted and detachable respectively.

The inside of the main body 10 is provided with a motor (M), a plurality of feed rollers (unsigned) that are interlocked by the power of the motor is provided, and transfers the bills released from the bill holder (30). When the sensor (not shown) detects damaged banknotes or banknotes in which two sheets are released at the same time, the branch 11 is operated to switch the transfer path (PATH) of the banknotes and transfer them to the banknote collection box 20.

The banknote stacker 30 is provided with a pickup roller 33 for pulling out banknotes by frictional force, the pickup roller is an idle gear 35 meshed with a drive gear driven by the motor when the banknote stacker is mounted, and a transmission gear And the intermittent member 35 is rotated.

Since the discharge and recovery process of the banknote as described above is the same as the conventional banknote dispensing apparatus, those skilled in the art can easily understand and reproduce, detailed description of the configuration and operation associated with it will be omitted.

 Figure 2a, b is a perspective view and a cross-sectional view showing a closed state of the shutter, Figures 2c, d is a perspective view and a cross-sectional view showing an open state of the shutter, when explaining the configuration and operation relationship of the bill collection box shown in FIG. .

As shown, the banknote collection box 20 is formed with a banknote inlet 21 to which the recovered banknotes are put, and is provided with a shutter 23 that operates up and down and opens and closes the banknote inlet. In addition, when the banknote collection box 20 is attached to the main body 10, the shutter 23 is automatically opened, and when the separation is provided, a shutter operation unit is automatically closed and fixed.

The shutter operation unit according to the present embodiment is installed inside the banknote collection box 20, the block 24 is formed with a guide hole 240 in a horizontal direction on one side, and is provided slidably inside the guide hole A fixing pin 25 supporting the lower end of the shutter when closed, a guide block 26 integrally provided on the shutter, and having an inclined guide surface 260, and the fixing pin when the bill collecting box is mounted. A first actuating member 12 which pushes out to release the shutter, a second actuating member 13 which presses the guide surface to open the shutter when the bill collecting box is mounted, and the inside of the guide hole Is installed in the spring (S1) for elastically supporting the rear of the fixing pin, and the spring (S2) for automatically closing the shutter when the banknote collection box is separated.

The first and second actuating members 12 and 13 are installed inside the main body 10, and are inserted into through holes (unsigned) formed in the sidewalls of the bill collecting box 20, and in this embodiment, Each one consists of a pair. In addition, the spring (S2) provided in the shutter 23 is connected to the projection 27 is fixed on one side of the side wall of the bill collection box 20 and the other side is connected to the bottom of the shutter.

That is, when the banknote collection box 20 is mounted on the main body 10, the first operating member 12 pushes the fixing pin 24 to release the shutter 23. Then, the second operating member 13 is inserted to advance in close contact with the guide surface 260 of the guide block 26 to lower the shutter 23 to open the banknote opening 21.

On the contrary, when the banknote collection box 20 is removed from the main body 10, the first and second operating members 12 and 13 are pulled out, so that the shutter 23 is lifted by the attractive force of the spring S2. The banknote opening 21 is closed. In addition, the fixing pin 24 is returned to its original state by the elastic force of the spring S1, so that the lower end of the shutter 23 cannot be opened from the outside.

3 is a perspective view showing a bill loading box of Figure 1, Figure 4a, b is a perspective view of the main portion of Figure 3, when explaining the configuration and operation of the bill loading box shown in FIG.

As shown, the banknote stacking box 30 is provided with a pressing plate 32 for pushing the stored banknotes to one side, and is provided with a pickup roller 33 for pulling out the banknotes pressed by the pressing plate with a frictional force.

In addition, a transmission gear 34 provided on a rotation shaft (unsigned) of the pickup roller 33, and an intermittent member 35 for intermittently transmitting the rotational force of the transmission gear to the rotation shaft are provided.

The intermittent member 35 is to connect or cut off power by supply of power, and in the present embodiment, the intermittent member 35 is composed of a normal automatic clutch which is integrally provided with the transmission gear 34, and the banknote stacker 30 includes the main body 10. It is triggered by a signal that is interrupted when it is mounted on or removed from the system.

In addition, the banknote loading box 30 is provided with a pair of fixing members 38 fixed to the main body 10 to prevent the separation after being mounted, the connector 37 connected to the power supply (not shown) on the main body side ) Is provided to apply power to the intermittent member 35 when the loading box is mounted.

Meanwhile, a gear driving part 14 is provided inside the main body 10, and the gear driving part is disposed on the first driving gear 140 driven by the motor M and the rotation shaft 142 of the first driving gear. The rotating member 143 is provided to be rotatable downwardly and is elastically supported by the spring S3, and the second driving gear 141 is rotatably installed on the rotating member and engaged with the first driving gear. It is composed.

In this case, the second driving gear 141 is engaged with the idle gear 36 when the banknote loading box 30 is mounted, and transmits power to the transmission gear 34 engaged with the idle gear. In the process by absorbing the impact generated during the engagement with the elastic force of the spring (S3), the damage of the second drive gear 141 and the idle gear 36 is not only prevented, but also maintained at the proper pressure.

Accordingly, when the bill carrying box 30 is mounted on the main body 10, the second driving gear 141 is engaged with the idle gear 36, and the connector 37 is connected to the power supply of the main body to control the intermittent member 35. ) To the power supply. When the motor M operates in the state, the rotational force transmitted to the transmission gear 34 through the first and second drive gears 140 and 141 and the idle gear 36 is rotated by the operation of the intermittent member 35. By being delivered to, the pickup roller 33 is driven to release the bills to the outside.

On the contrary, when the banknote loading box 30 is separated from the main body 10, the operation of the interruption member 35 is stopped due to the interruption of the power supply, and power transmission between the transmission gear 34 and the rotating shaft is cut off. That is, since the pickup roller 33 cannot be driven by operating the idle gear 36 from the outside, it is impossible to withdraw the banknote without disassembling the banknote loading box 30.

In addition, if a control unit (not shown) for controlling the operation of the intermittent member 35 according to the signal input on the main body 10 side is provided, separate from the main body 10 in a state where power is applied through the connector 37. The intermittent member operates only when the operation signal is input. That is, in the state where the banknote loading box 30 is separated, even if a power is applied through the connector 37, banknotes cannot be withdrawn.

In addition, the doors 22 and the door 31 of the banknote storage box 30 of the banknote collection box 20 is provided with locks 220 and 310, respectively, so that the door cannot be opened except for a manager who holds a key. , The banknote discharging device according to the present invention can effectively prevent theft of banknotes.

5 is a cross-sectional view showing a bill dispensing apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention, Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a bill collecting box of FIG.

As shown, in the main body 10 of the bill dispensing apparatus, a bill storage box 30 in which a banknote for withdrawal is stored, and a bill collection box in which the bills recovered in the process of discharging the bills from the bill stack are inserted and stored (20). ) Are mounted and detachable respectively.

The inside of the main body 10 is provided with a motor (M), a plurality of feed rollers (unsigned) that are interlocked by the power of the motor is provided, and transfers the bills discharged from the bill holder (30). When the sensor (not shown) detects damaged banknotes or banknotes in which two sheets are released at the same time, the branch 11 is operated to switch the transfer path (PATH) of the banknotes and transfer them to the banknote collection box 20.

One side of the bill collecting box 20 is formed with a bank entry hole 21 into which the collected banknotes are put, and an idle roller 28 is installed on the bank entry slot. In addition, the feed roller 29 is installed in close contact with the idle roller in the lower portion of the bank insert 21, the transmission gear 290 is integrally provided on the central axis of the feed roller.

The inner side of the main body 10 is provided with a gear driving unit 15 for transmitting power to the transmission gear 290 when the banknote collection box 20 is mounted. The gear driving unit 15 according to the present embodiment has a third drive gear 150 driven by the motor M mounted on the main body 10, and is mounted to the third drive gear and is fitted with the bill collecting box 20. The fourth drive gear 151 is meshed with the transmission gear 290.

That is, when the banknote collection box 20 is mounted on the main body 10, the fourth driving gear 151 is engaged with the transmission gear 290, thereby rotating the feed roller 29 by the power of the motor M. . When the feed roller 29 is rotated, the idle roller 28 is rotated together by the frictional force, and the banknotes transferred to the banknote inlet 21 by the operation of the branch 11 are introduced between the idle roller and the feed roller and are frictional force. By the inside of the banknote collection box 20.

As described above, since the banknote input port 21 of the banknote collection box 20 is closed by the idle roller 28 and the feed roller 29, when the banknote collection box is separated from the main body, the banknotes except for the manager who holds the key Cannot be withdrawn.

On the other hand, by installing a one-way bearing (oneway bearing) on the central axis of the feed roller 29, the feed roller is configured to rotate only in the inner direction of the bill recovery box 20, artificially rotate the feed roller from the outside The bills cannot be withdrawn.

As described above, the present invention is automatically opened and closed by the shutter when the banknote collection box is mounted and detached, so that a person who is not an administrator cannot withdraw the banknote through the banknote opening, thereby preventing accidental theft. It has an effect that can be done.

In addition, the present invention can not withdraw the banknotes stored by driving the pickup roller during the separation of the banknote stacker, it is possible to remove the banknotes by non-administrators, it has the effect of preventing accidental theft accident.

In addition, the present invention by closing the banknote opening of the bill collecting box with a roller, a person who is not a manager can not withdraw the bill through the banknote opening, it has the effect of preventing accidental theft accident.

On the other hand, the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, but this is only exemplary, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible from this. . Therefore, such improvements and modifications will fall within the protection scope of the present invention as long as it will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

Claims (7)

A banknote stacker 30 in which banknotes for withdrawal are stored, and a banknote collection box 20 in which banknotes recovered in the process of releasing banknotes from the banknote stacker are inserted and stored; In the banknote dispensing apparatus provided in the main body 10 to be mounted and detachable, A shutter 23 for opening and closing a banknote input port 21 formed at one side of the banknote collection box; The banknote release device having a bill anti-theft function, characterized in that it comprises a shutter operation unit for automatically opening the shutter when the banknote collection box is mounted, and automatically closing and fixing the shutter when detaching. The method of claim 1, wherein the shutter operation unit, A block 24 installed inside the banknote collection box 20 and having a guide hole 240 formed in a horizontal direction on one side thereof; A fixing pin 25 that is slidably provided in the guide hole and supports a lower end thereof when the rear of the guide is elastically supported by a spring S1 to close the shutter; A guide block 26 provided integrally with the shutter and having a guide surface 260 formed therein; A first operating member 12 for releasing the fixed state of the shutter by operating the fixing pin when the banknote collection box is mounted; A second actuating member 13 for pressing the guide surface to open the shutter when the bill collecting box is mounted; Banknote release device having a bill anti-theft function, characterized in that it comprises a spring (S2) for automatically closing the shutter when the banknote collection box is separated. Withdrawal banknotes are stored and the banknote storage box 30 is provided with a pickup roller 33 for releasing the banknotes, and the banknote collection box 20 that the banknotes recovered in the process of discharging the banknotes are put and stored In the banknote dispensing apparatus including, and the banknote loading box and the banknote collection box is provided to be detachable and mounted on the main body 10, A transmission gear 34 provided on the rotation shaft of the pickup roller and rotated by the gear driving unit 14 provided in the main body, and an intermittent member 35 for intermittently transmitting the rotational force of the transmission gear to the rotation shaft. Configured; The intermittent member is a banknote release device having a banknote theft prevention function, characterized in that operated by a signal that is intermittent when mounting or detaching the banknote stacker. The method of claim 3, wherein the gear drive unit 14, A first drive gear 140 driven by a motor M mounted on the main body 10; A rotating member 143 provided on the rotating shaft 142 of the first drive gear so as to be rotatable up and down and elastically supported by a spring S3; Rotation is freely installed on the rotating member, is engaged with the first drive gear, and includes a second drive gear 141 for transmitting a rotational force to the transfer gear 34 side when the banknote holder 30 is mounted. Banknote discharge device having a bill anti-theft function, characterized in that. The method according to claim 3 or 4, The banknote dispensing device having a banknote theft prevention function, characterized in that it further comprises a control unit which is provided in the banknote box 30, and controls the operation of the control member 35 in accordance with the signal input of the main body 10 side. . A banknote stacker 30 in which banknotes for withdrawal are stored, and a banknote collection box 20 in which banknotes recovered in the process of releasing banknotes from the banknote stacker are inserted and stored; In the banknote dispensing apparatus provided in the main body 10 to be mounted and detachable, An idle roller 28 is installed at an upper portion of the banknote inlet 21 formed at one side of the bill collecting box, and a feed roller 29 is installed in close contact with the idler roller at a lower portion of the banknote inlet. Transfer gear 290 is integrally provided on the shaft, the banknote anti-theft function is provided on the inside of the main body is provided with a gear drive unit 15 for transmitting power to the transmission gear when the banknote collection box is mounted Banknote emitting device having a. The method of claim 6, wherein the gear drive unit 15, The third drive gear 150 driven by the motor (M) mounted on the main body 10 and the third drive gear is meshed with the transfer gear 290 when the bill collecting box 20 is mounted. Banknote discharging device having a banknote theft prevention function, characterized in that consisting of a fourth drive gear (151).

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