KR20170031365A - Storing bill apparatus in cash transaction machine - Google Patents

Abstract

A bill sorting device of an automated teller machine is introduced. The bill sorting device of an automated teller machine may include a main body for providing a storage space and a stack space, a switching gate for guiding bills to the storage space or the stack space, a detection sensor for detecting normal bills and bad bills among the bills to be supplied into the main body, and a controller for controlling the switching gate so as to guide the bad bills to the storage space and guide the normal bills to the stack space. So, a lateral space in the stack space can be used as the storage space for the bills.

Description

{STORING BILL APPARATUS IN CASH TRANSACTION MACHINE}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper currency storage device for a financial automatic machine, and more particularly, to a paper money storage device of a financial automatic machine that can utilize a vacant space in a reject box as a storage space for paper currency.

Generally, a financial automation device can use a cash card or a bankbook issued by a financial institution to deposit and withdraw cash or checks, transfer money, and check transactions without any restriction on time, It is an unattended terminal that processes quickly.

The automatic teller machine includes a control unit for controlling the entire machine including banknotes receipt and withdrawal, a deposit and withdrawal unit for depositing or receiving banknotes for deposit and withdrawal, a conveyance path for conveying the banknotes deposited and deposited through the depository and withdrawal unit, A plurality of recycle boxes for performing a reflux function by dispensing banknotes on which the banknotes deposited from the banknote are stacked and deposited, and a banknote discriminated from the abnormal banknotes by the discriminating unit, Is provided.

In the reject box, the bills determined to be abnormal by the discrimination unit are stored, or the bills returned from the recycle box by the customer requesting withdrawal are loaded on the deposit and withdrawal unit, have.

As a related art related to this, refer to "a paper currency detection structure of a reject box (Patent Publication No. 10-2011-0079121) ".

Conventionally, on one side of the reject box, a conveying roller such as a guide roller and a sheet roller for accommodating bills in the stack space along the conveying path is provided. For example, when the banknotes are conveyed to the reject box along the conveying path, the banknotes are conveyed to the stack space by rotation of the guide rollers and the sheet rollers, and are pressed by the plurality of stack sheets and aligned in the stack space.

However, in the case of such a reject box, the lower space of the conveying roller remains as an unused space, which is inefficient in terms of layout in which a large number of parts must be intensively installed in a small space in a financial automation apparatus .

Therefore, there is a demand for a method for efficiently utilizing an unused space in the reject box.

Patent Publication No. 10-2011-0079121 (July 7, 2011)

Embodiments of the present invention provide a banknote storage device for a banking automation device that can utilize a lateral space of an empty stack space in a reject box as a storage space for banknotes.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a banknote storage device for a banking automation apparatus, the banknote storing device comprising: a body for providing a storage space and a stack space; A switching gate for guiding the bill into the stacking space or the stack space; A detection sensor for detecting normal bills and bad bills among the bills brought into the main body; And a controller for controlling the switching gate to guide the faulty banknote to the storage space and guide the normal banknote to the stack space.

At this time, the storage space and the stack space may be provided in parallel with one side portion and the other side portion of the main body with the partition wall therebetween.

Also, the detection sensor measures the damage, wrinkle state, and size of the bill, and detects the bills outside the preset range as a bad bill.

The main body is provided with a first conveying path that provides a path of movement of the banknote carried on the entrance side, a second conveying path that provides a path of movement of the banknote that branches from the first conveying path to the storage space, And a third conveying path for providing a path of movement of the banknote that branches from the first conveying path to the stack space.

The paper currency storage device may further include a transfer roller for transferring the normal paper currency into the stack space.

Further, the storage space may be located under the switching gate so that the lateral space of the stack space is utilized, and the defective banknote can be received in a downward direction of the main body.

The embodiments of the present invention have an advantage in that the space in the financial automatic machine can be used in a space-intensive manner by utilizing the lateral space of the empty stack space in the reject box as a storage space for banknotes.

In addition, the embodiments of the present invention can prevent the jam in the reject box due to the defective banknote from being detected before the banknotes are stored in the reject box by preliminarily selecting the defective banknotes that can cause the jam in the reject box And the rate of occurrence of the jam can be lowered, so that the utilization ratio of the automated teller machine can be improved.

1 is a block diagram of a financial automatic machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a paper currency storage device of a financial automatic machine according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an enlarged view of the switching gate of the paper currency storage device according to the embodiment of the present invention when the paper currency transported to the paper currency storage device is a normal paper currency.
4 is an enlarged view of the switching gate of the paper currency storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention when the paper currency transported to the paper currency storage device is a defective paper currency.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, configurations and operations according to embodiments 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 may form part of the detailed description of the invention. However, the detailed description of known configurations or functions in describing the present invention may be omitted for clarity.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and its various embodiments, it is intended to illustrate the specific embodiments and the detailed description. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not to be limited to the specific embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

And terms including ordinals such as first, second, etc. may be used to describe various elements, but the constituent elements are not limited by such terms. These terms are used only to distinguish one component from another. It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, . The terminology used in this application is used only to describe a specific embodiment and is not intended to limit the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a financial automatic machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a paper currency storage device of a financial automatic machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2, the banknote storage device of a financial automatic machine according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a body 110, a switching gate 120, a conveying roller 150, a sensing sensor, and a controller (not shown) Not shown). Here, the automatic teller machine 1 includes a deposit / withdrawal unit 10 for inputting and receiving bills for deposit / withdrawal, a conveyance path 20 for conveying banknotes, and a discrimination unit And the paper currency storage device 40 storing the paper money is not limited thereto and the automated teller machine 1 may be a financial automation system that provides the paper currency storage device 40 according to the present embodiment, All devices can be included.

Specifically, the main body 110 can be provided in the form of a reject box in which banknotes requiring a re-charge are stored. In the present embodiment, the main body 110 is a reject box of a financial automatic machine. However, the main body 110 may be a recycle box in which bank notes as a normal bank are stored in addition to a reject box.

A switching gate 120 may be provided on one side of the main body 110 to selectively change the feeding direction of bills. The switching gate 120 may be rotatably mounted on one side of the main body 110 with the gate shaft 121 as a rotation axis. Since the switching gate 120 can be rotated at a predetermined angle through a separate driving means (not shown), the banknote carried into the main body 110 can be guided to the storage space 111 or guided to the stack space 112 have.

In addition, a conveying roller 150 may be provided on one side of the main body 110. The conveying roller 150 may include rollers for stacking the banknotes carried into the main body 110 onto the upper surface of the push plate 160 in the stack space 112. For example, the conveying roller 150 may be constituted by a guide roller and a sheet roller used in a normal reject box. Of course, in addition to the guide roller and the sheet roller, the conveying roller 150 may be composed of various types of rollers for accommodating the banknotes in the stack space.

A storage space 111 and a stack space 112 may be provided in parallel to one side and the other side of the main body 110 with a partition 113 interposed therebetween. Particularly, the storage space 111 is provided at a lower portion of one side of the main body 110, that is, at a lower portion of one side of the main body 110 where the switching gate 120 and the conveyance roller 150 are located, The lateral space of the space 112 can be utilized as a storage space 111 in which banknotes are stored.

In the storage space 111 of the main body 110, a bill determined as a bad banknote by the controller can be received. Here, the defective banknotes are bills of which the degree of damage, wrinkling, and size of the bills measured through the detection sensor is out of a predetermined range, and the degree of damage of the banknotes is large, so that a jam occurs in the conveying path of the main body 110 Can be defined as a bill having a high probability of being paid.

A push plate 160 movable in the height direction may be provided in the stack space 112 of the main body 110. The push plate 160 can be lowered to the lower side of the main body 110 to secure the stacking space of the banknotes in the stack space 112. [

The stack space 112 of the main body 110 can accommodate bills judged as normal bills by the controller among the bills required to be rekeyed. Herein, the normal paper money is a paper currency which is measured by the detection sensor and which satisfies the predetermined range of the damage, the wrinkled state and the size of the paper currency. The normal paper currency is a paper currency which is less likely to be jammed in the conveying path of the main body 110 It can be defined as banknotes.

The detection sensor may be a sensor for measuring the damage of the banknote, the wrinkle condition and the size, and may include a discrimination part 30 provided on the conveying path 20. [ For example, the discrimination unit 30 discriminates the presence or absence of a banknote moving along the conveying path 20, distinguishes a denomination, collectively measures the wrinkled state and size of the banknote, The status information of the banknote can be provided to the controller.

Of course, in addition to the sensors constituting the distinguishing unit, the sensing sensors may be various types of sensors capable of measuring the state information of the normal bills and the bad bills in the bills. In addition to the position where the discrimination unit is installed, Can be installed in various positions of the apparatus.

The controller receives the status information of the banknote from the detection sensor, and can determine the banknote as a bad banknote or a normal banknote based on the status information of the received banknote. In addition, the controller can control the switching gate 120 to guide the bad banknote to the receiving space 111 and to guide the normal banknotes to the stack space 112. [

3 is an enlarged view of the switching gate of the paper currency storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention when the paper currency transported to the paper currency storage device is a normal paper currency, And Fig. 8 is an enlarged view of the switching gate of the paper currency storage device according to the embodiment of the present invention when the paper currency is a bad paper currency.

3 to 4, the main body 110 may be provided with a conveying path 114 for guiding the banknote B to the receiving space 111 or the stacking space 112. For example, the main body 110 is provided with a first conveying path 114a for providing a path for moving the banknote B from the entrance side of the main body 110 and a second conveying path 114b for guiding the first conveying path 114a, A second conveying path 114b for providing a path for branching from the first conveying path 114a to the storage space 111 and a path for branching from the first conveying path 114a to the stacking space 112 on the basis of the turning point P A third conveying path 114c may be provided.

3, when the banknote B conveyed to the main body 110 is determined to be a normal banknote, the controller rotates the switching gate 120 counterclockwise in FIG. At this time, since the switching gate 120 guides the banknote B from the first conveying path 114a to the third conveying path 114c, the banknote B conveyed to the main body 110 passes through the stack 110 of the main body 110 And can be accommodated in the space 112.

4, if the banknote B conveyed to the main body 110 is determined to be a bad banknote, the controller rotates the switching gate 120 in the clockwise direction of FIG. At this time, since the switching gate 120 guides the banknote B from the first conveying path 114a to the second conveying path 114b, the banknote B conveyed to the main body 110 is guided to the main body 110 And can be stored in the space 111.

As described above, according to the present invention, by utilizing the lateral space of the empty stack space in the reject box as a storage space for banknotes, the space in the automated teller machine can be used in a space-intensive manner and the banknotes can be stored in the reject box It is possible to prevent the heavy jam in the reject box due to the defective banknote and reduce the jam occurrence rate and improve the operation rate of the financial automation equipment by preliminarily selecting the defective banknotes that can cause the jam in the reject box And the like.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, You will understand. For example, a person skilled in the art can change the material, size and the like of each constituent element depending on the application field or can combine or substitute the embodiments in a form not clearly disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention, Of the range. Therefore, it should be understood that the above-described embodiments are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, and that such modified embodiments are included in the technical idea described in the claims of the present invention.

1: financial automatic machine 10:
20: conveying path 30:
40: paper money storage device 110: main body
111: storage space 112: stack space
113: partition wall 114a: first conveying path
114b: second conveying path 114c: third conveying path
120: switching gate 150: conveying roller

Claims (6)

A body for providing a storage space and a stack space;
A switching gate for guiding the bill into the stacking space or the stack space;
A detection sensor for detecting normal bills and bad bills among the bills brought into the main body; And
And a controller for controlling the switching gate so as to guide the defective banknote to the storage space and guide the normal banknote to the stack space. The method according to claim 1,
The storage space and the stack space
And a banknote storing device of the automated teller machine is provided in parallel with one side portion and the other side portion of the main body with a partition wall therebetween. The method according to claim 1,
The sensing sensor
Wherein the banknote is detected as a bad banknote by measuring whether the banknote is damaged, worn, and size, and detecting a banknote that is out of a predetermined range as a bad banknote. The method according to claim 1,
The main body
A first conveying path for conveying the banknote conveyed from the inlet side, a second conveying path for providing a path for moving the banknote branched from the first conveying path to the accommodating space, And a third conveying path for providing a path for moving the bill to the stack space. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a feed roller for feeding the normal paper money into the stack space. The method according to claim 1,
The storage space
Wherein the banknote is located below the switching gate so that a lateral space of the stack space is utilized, and the banknote is received in a downward direction of the main body.

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