KR20090073736A - Device of supplying paper medium - Google Patents

Abstract

A media feeding mechanism is provided to smoothly progress the pick-up and the exhaustion of the paper medium by pressurizing the paper medium. A media feeding mechanism comprises a receiving part(110), a pick-up separation unit(120) and a presser portion(130). The receiving part accommodates the paper medium. The pick-up separation unit is positioned at the front upper part of the receiving part, and picks up and ejects paper medium to upstream. The presser portion pressurizes the paper medium while moving to the either before or after about the receiving part. The presser portion comprises the plate. The plate is inclined to the lower part of pick-up separation unit.

Description

Media feeder {DEVICE OF SUPPLYING PAPER MEDIUM}

The present invention relates to a media supply apparatus, and more particularly, to a media supply apparatus capable of smoothly withdrawing a paper medium.

Financial automation equipment is an automated equipment that can provide basic financial services without employees, regardless of time and place.

The automated teller machines can be divided into cash dispensers and cash dispensers according to whether they are withdrawn or withdrawn. Recently, the automated teller machines have been used for various purposes such as cash withdrawals, check and withdrawals, and bankbook payments.

Paper automated media such as cash or check can be used for such automated teller machines, and these paper media can be withdrawn through various channels in the device.

In particular, the outlet may be provided in the automated teller machine so that the paper medium may be withdrawn, the outlet may be provided in the external or internal. The external discharge unit may be provided in the machine separately from the cassette or the storage in which the paper medium is stored. However, in the case of the internal type, the discharge unit may be integrally provided in the storage, the cassette in the paper medium and the like.

When the discharge portion is an external type, the direction in which the paper medium is withdrawn is guided so that the discharge portion picks up and discharges the upper portion of the paper medium in an upward direction such as a cassette or a reservoir. In addition, a pressurizing part may be provided to press one side of the paper medium so that the paper medium can be easily discharged to the discharge part, and the upper portion of the paper medium is in close contact with the discharge part to press the paper medium to be discharged more easily. Negative adjustments are required.

The present invention provides a media supply apparatus that can easily withdraw paper media from the automatic teller machine.

The present invention provides a media supply apparatus having an apparatus for efficiently pressing the back side of a paper medium in response to a pickup roller in an automatic teller machine.

According to an embodiment for achieving the above object of the present invention, the media supply device is a receiving portion for receiving the paper medium, the pickup separator and the receiving portion located in the upper front of the receiving portion to pick up and discharge the paper medium in the upward direction It pressurizes the paper medium moving back and forth with respect to, and has a pressing portion including a plate formed to be inclined so as to face the pickup separation portion. Since the pressing portion is formed to be inclined, the paper medium can be inclined to move to the pickup separator so that the pickup separator can easily pick up and separate the upper portion of the paper medium.

The plate of the pressing portion may be formed to be inclined so as to face the lower portion of the pickup separation portion so that the paper medium may be inclinedly loaded into the pickup separation portion. Here, the plate of the pressing unit may be inclined at an angle of 3 ° or more and 7 ° or less with respect to the vertical line, and the paper bundle may also be loaded in an inclined manner as in the inclined direction of the pressing unit.

Since the paper medium is inclined by the pressing unit, the pick-up separating unit may also be provided to be inclined in the inclined direction in order to smoothly pick up the upper end of the paper medium. In particular, the plane defined by each central axis of the feed roller and the gate roller of the pickup separator may be formed to be substantially perpendicular to the plate of the pressing portion, and the angle between the feed roller and the gate roller is similar to the inclined angle of the pressing portion. Can be positioned to be inclined.

When the pressurizing portion presses the paper medium inclined, the paper medium can be easily picked up, so that the paper medium can be easily discharged.

According to the present invention, since the pressurizing unit for pressing the paper medium advances the paper medium in a forward tilted state, the medium picked up by the pickup roller can be easily discharged in the upward direction.

According to the present invention, the feed roller and the gate roller of the pickup separation part are also disposed at an inclined angle so that the pressing part corresponds to the inclined direction, so that the paper medium traveling in the inclined direction can easily proceed. Therefore, pickup and discharge of the paper medium can proceed smoothly.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited or limited by the embodiments. For reference, in the present description, the same numbers refer to substantially the same elements, and may be described by quoting the contents described in other drawings under the above rules, and the contents repeated or deemed apparent to those skilled in the art may be omitted.

1 is a configuration diagram of a media supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the pressing portion and the pickup separating portion of Figure 1, Figure 3 is a media supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention 4 is a sectional view showing the paper medium being picked up and separated in the media supply device.

First, referring to FIG. 1, the media supply apparatus 100 of the automatic teller machine includes a receiving unit 110, a pickup separating unit 120, and a cover unit 140. In the present embodiment, the media supply device 100 is for supplying bills, checks, gift certificates, cards, etc. in the apparatus, and may generally be a cassette for storing bills, and in some cases, to load bills in a withdrawal module. It may be a storage for.

Receiving unit 110 provides a space for accommodating a plurality of bills, and can generally support the bottom of the bill received. Within the receiving portion 110, a plurality of banknotes are neatly aligned. In the present embodiment, a plurality of banknotes may be loaded so that the long sides contact the bottom surface, one end of the bill bundle may be pressed by the media pressing unit 130, and the other end may contact the pick-up separating unit 120.

The pickup separation unit 120 is provided at the front of the accommodation unit 110. The pickup separator according to the present embodiment may include both an internal type and an external type. For example, in the case of the built-in type, the pickup separator may include the pickup roller, the feed roller, and the gate roller, and in the case of the external type, the pick-up roller 122, the feed roller 124, and the gate roller 126 may be a media feed device ( 100) can be provided from the outside together. In the present embodiment, a case where the pickup separation unit 120 is an external type will be described as an example, but the present invention is not limited or limited by the pickup separation unit provided. In addition, the pickup separation unit generally includes a pickup roller and a feed roller. Etc., but in addition, various devices capable of picking up and separating bills can be used.

The media presser 130 may be provided to face the pickup separator 120. The media presser 130 may press the paper media bundle toward the pickup separator 120. In this case, the media pressing unit 130 may be formed to be inclined to face the lower portion of the pickup separator 120, and may be formed to be inclined to press the upper end of the paper medium. In this case, the medium pressing unit 130 may be inclined at an angle θ, and the inclined shape of the pressing unit 130 will be described later.

A cover portion 140 may be provided on the upper portion of the receiving portion 110 to cover the upper end of the paper medium. The cover unit 140 guides and aligns the top of the paper medium so that the cover unit 140 can be easily picked up and separated from the pickup separator 120. Here, the cover part 140 may be formed to protrude in the upper direction of the paper medium positioned close to the pickup separator 120, and the paper medium which is twisted by the protruding cover part 140 may be correctly aligned. .

When the pressing unit 130 is formed to be inclined to face the lower portion of the pickup separator 120, the paper media may be inclined toward the pickup separator 120. When the paper medium is inclined, the pick-up separating unit 120 facilitates picking up the paper medium upwards, thereby facilitating separation and movement of the paper medium.

2 to 4, the pressing unit 130 may include a plate 134 capable of pressing the back surface of the paper medium, and further includes a block 132 for fixing and supporting the plate 134. It may include. Here, the plate 134 may be formed to be similar to the longitudinal direction of the paper medium to press the back of the paper medium, the shape of the plate 134 is formed may be changed according to the conditions, design specifications, etc. required in the invention have.

In addition, the plate 134 is fixed to the block 132 may be provided integrally formed with the block 132, and in some cases the plate 134 may be mounted to be adjustable up and down position, In one embodiment it will be described with an example that the plate is provided fixed to the block.

As described above, the pressing unit 130 may be inclined to face the lower portion of the pickup separation unit 120. The pressing unit 130 may be formed to be inclined at an angle of 3 ° or more and 7 ° or less, preferably 5 °. In particular, it may be formed so as to press the upper portion of the back of the paper medium in the center. The pressing unit 130 is formed to be inclined, and the paper medium may be tilted and loaded according to the shape of the pressing unit 130. At this time, since the pickup separator 120 picks up and separates the paper medium in the upward direction, the upper end of the paper medium may be guided to the pickup separator 120 to facilitate the discharge. Here, an example in which the pressing unit 130 is formed to be inclined at an angle of 3 ° or more and 7 ° or less will be described, but the shape in which the pressing part is inclined may be changed according to conditions, design specifications, and the like required by the present invention.

In particular, the pickup separation unit 120 includes a pickup roller 122, a feed roller 124, a gate roller 126, and the like, and the pickup separator 120 includes a pickup roller 122, a feed roller 124, a gate roller 126, and a center axis of the gate roller 126. The plane defined by may be formed to be substantially perpendicular to the plate 134. In other words, the central axis of the gate roller 126 may be inclined at an angle from the central axis of the feed roller 124. At this time, between the central axis may be inclined similarly to the pressing unit 130, and when the respective central axis is inclined similar to the pressing unit 130, the upper end of the paper medium inclined by the pressing unit 130 is picked up It is possible to easily pass through the portion 120.

In addition, the fixing plate 112 around the pickup roller of the receiving unit 110 may also be formed to be inclined in a direction similar to the plate of the pressing unit 130. Referring to the drawings, the fixing plate 112 opposite to the pressing unit 130 and to which the pickup roller 122 of the pickup separating unit 120 is coupled may be inclined in the same direction as the direction in which the pressing unit 130 is inclined. In particular, it is preferable to be inclined so as to be in parallel with the pressing unit 130. Since the paper medium moves inclined, the fixing plate 112 may also be inclined to easily support the paper stack.

In order for the paper medium to be discharged upward, the pickup separator 120 may be arranged to pick up the upper end of the paper medium. In this case, in order for the paper medium to be smoothly picked up by the pickup separator 120, the upper end of the paper medium must first reach the pickup separator 120. Here, if the pressing unit 130 for guiding the slide of the paper medium to the pickup separation unit 120 is formed to face the lower portion of the pickup separation unit 120, the upper end of the back of the paper medium toward the pickup separation unit 120 Tilt to move. Therefore, the paper medium can be easily picked up and separated in the upward direction, so that the discharge can be facilitated.

As described above, although described with reference to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art various modifications and variations of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below I can understand that you can.

1 is a block diagram of a media supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the pressing unit and the pickup separation unit of FIG. 1. FIG.

3 is a perspective view showing a media supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a cross-sectional view showing the pickup and separation of the paper medium in the medium supply device.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: medium supply device 110: receiving portion

112: fixing plate 120: pickup separator

130: pressure unit 132: block

134: plate

Claims (4)

In the media supply apparatus for supplying paper media in the automated teller machine, A receptacle for receiving a paper medium; Pick-up separating portion which is located in the upper front of the receiving portion for picking up and ejecting the paper medium in the upward direction; And A pressing part including a plate which is moved forward and backward with respect to the receiving part and pressurizes a paper medium, the plate being inclined so as to face the pickup separating part; A media supply device comprising a. The method of claim 1, And the plate is inclined toward the pick-up separator at an angle of 3 ° or more and 7 ° or less. The method of claim 1, And the pick-up separating portion includes a pick-up roller, a feed roller, and a gate roller, wherein a plane defined by the center axis of the feed roller and the center axis of the gate roller is substantially perpendicular to the plate. The method of claim 1, The pressurizing portion includes a block movable back and forth with respect to the receiving portion, wherein the plate is a media supply device, characterized in that mounted to be fixed or adjustable up and down relative to the block.

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