KR20170110430A

KR20170110430A - A banknote recieving/dispensing cassette with variable stopper

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Publication number: KR20170110430A
Application number: KR1020160034806A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 김종우; 오혜빈
Original assignee: 노틸러스효성 주식회사
Priority date: 2016-03-23
Filing date: 2016-03-23
Publication date: 2017-10-11

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a multi-currency note cassette having variable stoppers, and more particularly, to a multilevel currency note cassette capable of simultaneously accommodating different denomination notes, And a stopper driving means connected to an end of the guide arm for moving the guide arm to guide the incoming banknotes in accordance with the movement of the guide arm provided in the stopper driving means, And when the banknote of a banknote having a relatively small banknote size enters the banknote among the banknotes deposited by the banknote cassette, the variable stopper is moved on the stack guide at a predetermined interval The front end of the incoming banknote is regulated by moving forward, and the size of the banknote is relatively small When the banknote of the denomination enters, the variable stopper is moved backward by a predetermined distance on the stack guide so as to correspond to the banknote so as to regulate the leading end of the banknote to be introduced, whereby the denomination of the banknote It is possible to facilitate the handling of bills of various different denominations in one banknote cassette by increasing the efficiency of taking out the banknotes through the separating and collecting unit when the banknotes are taken out from the banknote cassettes through the arrangement in which they are sorted and integrated regardless of the size The present invention relates to a multi-currency bill cassette provided with a variable stopper.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a multi-currency note cassette having variable stoppers,

In general, an automated teller machine (ATM) is an automated device capable of assisting basic financial services such as depositing or withdrawing without regard to the time and place of the financial service, without bank staff, It is configured so that checks and cash can be automatically withdrawn using a medium such as a passbook or transactions such as deposits can be made.

Such financial automatic machines can be extended and operated even after the closing of the bank window, and can be installed in stores such as department stores, supermarkets, and convenience stores, and can be operated unattended.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] In recent years, refillable financial automation devices configured to refill and withdraw bills deposited by customers' financial transactions have become widespread, thereby increasing the operability of financial automation devices, thereby enhancing the convenience of use of financial automation devices to customers.

[0003] The structure of such a refillable type automatic teller machine includes a deposit / withdrawal portion for receiving a deposited banknote or discharging a banknote to be deposited, a banknote discriminating portion for discriminating whether the banknote is normal or not, and a banknote discriminating portion for temporarily storing the deposited banknote A plurality of banknote cassettes for storing and storing the deposited banknotes for each denomination and separating and discharging the banknotes stored at the time of withdrawal; and a plurality of banknotes stacked from among the banknotes discharged from the plurality of banknote cassettes, A reject box for collecting the severe bills, and a conveyance path for conveying the bank notes to be deposited or withdrawn along a predetermined path.

1, the refill-type bank note cassette according to the related art includes a storage space 11 for accommodating bank notes therein, A cassette body (10) for forming the cassette body (10); A support plate 20 which is provided in the storage space 11 so as to be able to move up and down and supports the banknote 1 to be stacked in the storage space 11; The paper money 1 which is provided on the paper money entrance side of the cassette body 10 so that the paper money 1 to be brought into the cassette body 10 is accumulated in the storage space 11 or the paper money 1 which is taken out from the cassette body 10 is cut A separating / collecting unit 30 for separating and transporting A stack guide 40 for guiding the banknote 1 entering the storage space by the separating and collecting unit 30; Is provided on the opposite wall surface of the cassette body 10 on which the separating and collecting unit 30 is provided so as to regulate the leading end of the banknote guided by the stack guide 40, And a banknote stopper 50 for sorting and accumulating the banknote.

The refill-type banknote cassette having such a structure, when the banknotes are carried, transports the banknotes to the storage space by the separating and collecting unit, and the banknotes entering the storage space are guided through the stack guide, Collides with the banknote stopper provided on the wall and falls into the storage space. In this process, the banknotes are stacked on the support plate of the storage space in an aligned state.

Accordingly, when the banknotes are taken out from the banknote cassettes, the banknotes stacked in the aligned state are separated one by one by the separating / collecting unit and conveyed through the conveying path outside the banknote cassette.

In this case, such a paper currency cassette may be provided in a plurality of banknote denominations in the financial automation equipment or, in some cases, a multi-currency note can be handled in one banknote cassette. In recent years, The utility of a multi-currency bill cassette capable of simultaneously accommodating and operating different denomination bills for miniaturization is increasing.

At this time, when handling multi-currency notes in one currency note cassette, since the sizes of the notes by the handling ticket type are almost constant in the case of the domestic market, it is not a big problem to handle multi-currency notes in one currency note cassette, In many cases, the size of bills varies greatly depending on the type of denomination. In this case, the conventional bill cassette having the above-described structure has a problem that it is difficult to handle multi-currency bills.

That is, in the conventional paper currency cassette as described above, it is difficult to arrange and store all the bills different in size according to the denomination through one fixed bank note stopper. Accordingly, when dealing with multi-national banknotes of different sizes , Various troubles such as jam may occur when the banknote reflux operation is performed.

For this reason, as disclosed in Korean Patent No. 1,250,657, recently developed multi-currency paper currency cassettes, in order to accommodate two types of different sizes in one cassette, two separate storage spaces are provided in the cassette However, in this case, since two separate storage spaces, a support plate and a separate accumulation unit must be provided in each of the cassettes, the use efficiency of the space in the cassette is lowered and the cost of manufacturing the cassette is increased .

"Media cassette and financial instrument" of Korean Patent No. 1,250,657 (Registered on March 31, 2013)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been conceived to solve the problems as described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a multilevel paper currency cassette capable of accommodating different denominations of bills at the same time, And a guide arm which is connected to an end of the guide arm and which guides the entry banknote in accordance with the movement of the guide arm provided in the stopper driving means, And a variable stopper for moving the variable stopper to move the variable stopper forward at a predetermined interval on the stack guide so as to correspond to the banknote when a banknote having a relatively small banknote size enters the banknote among the banknotes deposited by the banknote cassette, The leading end of the banknote is regulated, and a banknote of a banknote having a relatively large banknote size enters The variable stoppers are moved backward at regular intervals on the stack guide so as to regulate the leading ends of the incoming bills so as to correspond to the respective bills so that the bills deposited in the bills can be sorted A variable stopper capable of facilitating the handling of bills of various different denominations in one banknote cassette by increasing the efficiency of taking out banknotes through the separating and integrating unit when the banknotes are taken out from the banknote cassette The present invention provides a multi-currency bill cassette.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a multiblade type paper currency cassette which is provided in a financial automatic machine and can store bills of different denominations at the same time. The multiblade type paper currency cassette is provided with a paper currency entry / A cassette body in which a storage space for storing banknotes is formed; A separating and collecting unit provided on a paper money exit side of the cassette body for collecting paper money to be carried into the cassette body into the storage space or separating and transporting a paper money taken out from the cassette body to a sheet; A stack guide provided at an upper portion of the storage space and guided by the separation accumulation unit to enter the storage space and having a stopper guide arranged horizontally in the front and rear direction and having a predetermined length; A variable stopper provided movably before and after a predetermined interval along the stopper guide and regulating the leading end of a banknote guided along the stack guide; And stopper driving means provided on the cassette body and having a guide arm connected to the variable stopper to move the variable stopper forward and backward along the stopper guide through an operation of guiding the guide arm; And a control unit.

The multi-currency note cassette having the variable stopper according to the present invention is characterized in that when a banknote of a banknote having a relatively small size of a banknote among the banknotes deposited by the banknote cassette enters the banknote cassette, When the banknote of a denomination having a relatively large banknote size is introduced, the variable stopper is moved backward at regular intervals on the stack guide so as to correspond to the banknote, The efficiency of picking up the bills through the separating and collecting unit when the bills are taken out from the paper currency cassette through the arrangement in which the bills deposited in the paper currency cassette are aligned and accumulated regardless of the type and size of the bank notes to be deposited The handling of the bills of various different kinds of denominations in one paper currency cassette There is an effect that can be facilitated.

In addition, the multi-currency note cassette having variable stoppers according to the present invention is configured such that the bills are aligned and accumulated on one storage space regardless of the type and size of the storage compartment, thereby increasing the space efficiency in the cassette Thus, there is an effect that the financial automation equipment can be miniaturized.

1 is a view showing the structure of a paper currency cassette according to the prior art;
FIG. 2 is a view schematically showing the structure of a financial automatic machine having a multi-currency paper currency cassette according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
3 is a view showing the internal structure of a multi-currency paper currency cassette equipped with a variable stopper according to a first embodiment of the present invention
FIGS. 4 and 5 are diagrams showing an operation process of the multi-currency paper currency cassette having the variable stopper according to the first embodiment of the present invention
6 is a view showing the state of the stopper driving means and the variable stopper upon dispensing paper money from the paper currency cassette in the first embodiment of the present invention
7 is a view showing a multi-currency bill cassette provided with a variable stopper according to a second embodiment of the present invention

Hereinafter, the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail, but the present invention is not limited to the following embodiments unless they depart from the gist of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view illustrating a structure of a financial automatic machine having a multi-currency paper currency cassette according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the automated teller machine equipped with multi-currency paper currency cassettes according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a deposit / withdrawal unit 310 for receiving banknotes to be deposited or for withdrawing banknotes to be deposited; A banknote discrimination unit 320 for discriminating the denomination of the banknote and whether it is normal or not; A temporary storage unit 330 for temporarily storing deposited bank notes until a transaction is established; At least one multiblade banknote cassette (100) configured to simultaneously arrange and accommodate different sized denominated banknotes in one cassette; A reject box 340 for collecting banknotes stacked on the banknotes discharged from the multi-currency banknote cassette 100 or banknotes with severe damage; And a conveying path 350 for conveying the banknotes to be deposited or withdrawn along a predetermined path.

The multifunctional banknote cassette is configured to accommodate multifold banknotes of different sizes at the same time. Thus, it is not necessary to provide a plurality of banknote cassettes for storing banknotes for each denomination, It is possible to reduce the manufacturing cost of the automated teller machine and to make it possible to reduce the size of the automated teller machines and to effectively install them in various places because the banknotes of different denominations can be stored and processed through a single banknote cassette.

In addition, the multi-rolled paper currency cassette as described above is configured to effectively align and collect bills of different sizes on the side of the separation accumulation unit of the internal storage space, even when the deposited bank notes are different in size from each other, There is an advantage that it is possible to effectively discharge the multi-currency bill having a different size at the time of withdrawal without obstacles such as jam occurrence.

FIG. 3 is a view showing an internal structure of a multi-currency paper currency cassette having a variable stopper according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are provided with a variable stopper according to the first embodiment of the present invention Fig. 5 is a view showing an operation process of a cassette cassette.

3 to 5, the multi-currency paper currency cassette 100 having the variable stopper according to the first embodiment of the present invention is provided with a paper currency entry / exit opening / A cassette body 110 on which a storage space 111 is formed; A support plate 120 provided to be able to move up and down in the storage space 111 and to support the banknotes stacked in the storage space 111; The bill accommodated in the cassette body 110 may be integrated into the accommodating space 111 or may be separated from the cassette body 110 by a single sheet A separating and collecting unit 130 for carrying it; The separating and collecting unit 130 is provided at an upper portion of the receiving space 111 to guide the bill entering the receiving space 111. The stopper 121 is horizontally disposed at the end of the receiving space 111, A stack guide 140 having a guide 141; A variable stopper 150 provided movably forward and backward along the stopper guide 141 and regulating a leading end of a banknote guided along the stack guide 140; And a guide arm 167 provided at an upper portion of the cassette body 110 and connected to the variable stopper 150 so as to guide the variable stopper 150 through an operation of guiding the guide arm 167. [ And stopper driving means 160 for moving the stopper guide 141 forward and backward along the stopper guide 141.

That is, the multiblade type paper currency cassette having the variable stopper according to the present invention structured as described above includes stopper driving means including a guide arm which moves in the forward and backward directions in accordance with the driving of the driving motor on the cassette body, And a variable stopper connected to an end of the guide arm and moving back and forth at regular intervals on the stack guide for guiding the incoming banknotes in accordance with the movement of the guide arm provided in the stopper driving means, , When the banknote of a small-sized banknote enters the banknote, the variable stopper is moved forward at regular intervals on the stack guide so as to correspond to the banknote, thereby regulating the leading end of the incoming banknote, When the banknote of the banknote enters the banknote, the variable stopper When the bills are taken out from the paper currency cassette by arranging the bills deposited in the paper currency cassette in a state of being aligned regardless of the type and size of the paper currency to be deposited, It is possible to facilitate the handling of different denomination bills in one bill cassette by enhancing the efficiency of taking out the bills through the separating and collecting unit.

In the following embodiments, the structure of a multi-currency bill cassette including a variable stopper capable of simultaneously storing and accommodating multi-national currency bills of different sizes will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Prior to the explanation, it is assumed that a banknote of a multi-national banknote stored in a banknote cassette 100 to be described later is a banknote of a relatively large size as a first banknote 1a, And a banknote of a denomination is defined as a second denomination banknote 1b.

For convenience of explanation, a description will be made assuming that the side where the separating / collecting unit 130 is provided in the paper currency cassette 100 is forward and the opposite side is rearward.

The cassette body 110 is a box-shaped case for storing banknotes. The cassette body 110 has a banknote entrance and exit opening for receiving and receiving banknotes, and a storage space 111 for accommodating banknotes therein.

At this time, the storage space 111 is formed in the storage space 111 so as to accommodate both the first and second types of banknotes 1a and 1b of different sizes, And can be formed to match the size of the banknote 1a of the denomination.

A support plate 120 is provided at a lower portion of the storage space 111 in which the banknotes are stored. The support plate 120 supports the banknotes stacked in the storage space 111 and can be raised and lowered in the storage space 111.

The separating and collecting unit 130 is disposed on the paper money exit side of the cassette body 110 and collects the paper money to be loaded into the cassette body 110 into the storage space 111 or separates the paper money taken out from the cassette body 110 into sheets And conveyed to a conveying path outside the paper currency cassette 100. [

3, the separating and collecting unit 130 is provided at the paper money entry / exit port side of the cassette body 110 so as to convey the paper money to / from the storage space 111, A feed roller 131 for feeding the paper money to the paper feed roller 131 and a paper feed roller 131 for feeding the paper currency to be opposite to the feed roller 131 and closely contacting the bottom surface of the paper currency fed by the feed roller 131 when the paper currency is removed from the storage space 111 A separating roller 132 for separating the other banknotes to be simultaneously transported and a separating roller 132 provided on the upper side of the accommodating space 111 for picking up the medium loaded in the accommodating space 111 when the banknotes are removed from the accommodating space 111, And a pick-up roller 133 for feeding the pick-up roller 133 to the feed roller 131 side.

That is, when the banknote is carried into the storage space 111 by the configuration of the separating / collecting unit 130, the carried banknotes are fed into the storing space 111 through the feed roller 131 and the separating roller 132 When the banknotes stacked in the storage space 111 are taken out, the banknotes stacked on the uppermost portion of the support plate 120 are conveyed to the support plate 120 The recording medium is picked up sequentially through the pick-up roller 133 and transported out through the feed roller 131. At the same time, through the separation roller 132 disposed opposite to the feed roller 131, The paper currency transported by the feed roller 131 is transported one by one by separating the other paper currency that is brought into close contact with the bottom surface of the paper currency to be transported and transported at the same time.

The stack guide 140 is a guide plate provided on the upper part of the storage space 111 so that the banknotes entering into the storage space 111 can be easily stacked in the storage space 111 by the separation / And serves to guide the bill.

3, the end of the plate body is inclined downward from the upper part of the storage space 111, so that the feed roller 131 of the separation accumulation unit 130 and the separating roller 130 of the separating / And guided to the wall surface of the cassette body 110 through the banknote 132 and into the storage space 111.

A stopper guide 141 having a predetermined length is disposed horizontally in the forward and backward direction at the end of the stack guide 140. The stopper guide 141 is provided with a variable stopper 150 to be described later.

The variable stopper 150 is provided so as to be movable forward and backward along the stopper guide 141 provided in the stack guide 140 at predetermined intervals and protrudes to a lower portion of the stack guide 140. The variable stopper 150 is inserted into the cassette body 110 And serves to regulate the leading end of the banknote guided along the stack guide 140.

The variable stopper 150 is driven by the stopper driving means 160 to stop the stopper guide 141 of the stack guide 140 in correspondence with the bank notes 1a and 1b of the first and second types, The front end of the banknote 1a or 1b of the first or second type when the banknote arrives into the cassette body 110 by regulating the front end or the rear end of the stopper guide 141, And the banknotes 1a and 1b of the second class can be stacked in a state aligned with the storage space 111. [

That is, the variable stopper 150 operates in accordance with the bill information discriminated by the stopper driving means 160 in the banknote discriminating portion 160. When the banknote deposit is received, the variable stopper 150 moves the first and second denominations When the banknote 1a of the first denomination enters the banknote cassette 100 out of the banknotes 1a and 1b of the banknote bundle 1a and 1b, 1a of the banknote cassette 100 and the banknote 1b of the second type having a relatively smaller size than the banknote 1a of the first country enters the banknote cassette 100, The rear ends of the banknotes 1a and 1b of the first and second types of coins are moved by the repulsive force to the front end of the banknote 1b of the second- And is aligned and integrated with the storage space wall surface 111a.

The stopper driving means 160 is provided at an upper portion of the cassette body 110 and includes a guide arm 167 connected to the variable stopper 150 so that the guide arm 167 is guided by a stopper guide 141 to move the variable stopper 150 forward and backward.

As shown in FIG. 3, the stopper driving unit 160 includes a driving motor 161 mounted on the cassette body 110 and having a driving shaft; A driving arm 162 connected to the driving shaft of the driving motor 161 and having a variable length; A horizontal guide 166 installed horizontally in the longitudinal direction on the side wall of the cassette body 110 at a lower portion of the driving motor 161 and guiding the end of the driving arm 162; And a guide arm 167 having one end connected to the end of the driving arm 162 and the other end connected to the variable stopper 150.

The driving arm 162 is configured to be variable in length. The driving arm 162 is fixed to the driving shaft of the driving motor 161 at one end thereof and has an opening at the other end thereof. (163); An auxiliary arm 164 partially inserted into the opening of the arm body 163 and having an end fixedly guided by the horizontal guide 166; And a tension spring 165 provided inside the arm body 163 and connecting the one end of the arm body 163 to the auxiliary arm 164.

With this structure, when the driving motor 161 is driven and the driving shaft rotates or reverses by a certain amount, the arm body 163 fixed to the driving shaft rotates along the driving shaft, 163 are protruded from the arm body 163 or inserted into the arm body 163 and are guided along the horizontal guide 166 in the forward and backward directions to constitute a structure in which the length of the arm is variable have.

In addition, the horizontal guide 166 may be formed to have the same length as the stopper guide 141 provided in the stack guide 140.

The stopper driving means 160 may be configured such that the variable stopper 150 is disposed on the front end of the stopper guide 141 provided on the stack guide 140, 4, when the first banknote 1a enters the banknote cassette 100, the driving shaft of the driving motor 161 rotates clockwise. In this case, The driving arm 162 is rotated to move the end of the driving arm 162 toward the rear end of the horizontal guide 166 and at the same time to the end of the driving arm 162 The guide arm 167 moving along the drive arm 162 moves the variable stopper 150 toward the rear end of the stopper guide 141 of the stack guide 140 so that the variable stopper 150 moves in the direction ( 130 of the banknote cassette 100. In this process, the banknote 1a of the first type, which is introduced into the banknote cassette 100, is guided along the stack guide 140, The front end of the banknote is regulated by the variable stopper 150 disposed at the end and is aligned and accumulated on the wall space 111a of the storage space of the separation accumulation unit 130 side.

5, when the bill 2b of a second type having a size smaller than the bill 1a of the first denomination enters the bill cassette 100, the process of FIG. 4 and the process of FIG. The drive shaft of the drive motor 161 rotates in the counterclockwise direction and the drive arm 162 connected to the drive shaft is rotated to move the end of the drive arm 162 toward the front end of the horizontal guide 166. At the same time, The variable stopper 150 is moved to the front end portion of the stopper guide 141 of the stack guide 140 through the guide arm 167 moving along the drive arm 162 and thereby enters the paper currency cassette 100 The front end of the banknote is regulated by the variable stopper 150 disposed at the front end of the stopper guide 141 while the second banknote 1b is guided along the stack guide 140, And are aligned and accumulated on the wall space 111a of the storage space.

The banknotes 1a and 1b of the first and second types guided along the stack guide 140 are guided by the variable stopper 150 disposed at the front end or the rear end of the stopper guide 141, At this time, the variable stopper 150 alleviates the speed of the collided paper money and corrects the skew state of the paper money, so that the first and second types of paper money 1a and 1b falling are safely and safely aligned And can be stacked on the support plate 120 of the storage space 111.

A stopper sensor 170 may be provided on the rotation path of the driving arm 162 to detect that the variable stopper 150 is positioned in the cassette body 110. In this embodiment, The state in which the stopper 150 is disposed at the front end of the stopper guide 141 is set to a predetermined position and the stopper 150 is sensed through the stopper sensor 170. [

6 is a diagram showing the state of the stopper driving means and the variable stopper when the banknote is dispensed from the banknote cassette in the first embodiment of the present invention. When the banknote is withdrawn, the power of the driving motor 161 is turned off The driving shaft of the motor 161 is idly rotatable so that the stack guide 140 is lifted up by the banknote stacked on the support plate 120 in the process of lifting the support plate 120, A guide arm 167 connected to the end of the driving arm 162 is disposed at the front end of the horizontal guide 166 and the cassette body 167 together with the stack guide 140. [ 110 so as not to interfere with the paper money to be withdrawn by the separating and collecting unit 130, the paper is withdrawn to the upper portion of the cassette body 110.

With this configuration, the multiblade type paper currency cassette equipped with the variable stopper according to the present embodiment is provided with the variable stopper which can correspond to the first and second types of coins different in size from each other in the cassette body, And the banknotes of the second-class denominations can be aligned and integrated at the same time in one receiving space, whereby when the banknotes are taken out from the banknote cassette, the banknotes of the first and second denominations, which are different in size, It is possible to handle different types of denominated banknotes through a single banknote cassette.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a multi-currency bill cassette provided with a variable stopper according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

7, the multi-rolled paper currency cassette 200 having the variable stopper according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes the multi-rolled paper currency cassette 100 (see FIG. 7) provided with the variable stopper according to the first embodiment, The separation cassette 130 and the stopper driving means 160 are constructed in the same manner and are connected to the stack guide 240 and the stack guide 240 in the same manner as the cassette body 110, the support plate 120, There is a difference in the structure of the variable stopper 250.

The length of the stopper can be varied in the process of moving the variable stopper 250 along the stopper guide 241 of the stack guide 240 by the stopper driving means 160, It is possible to prevent the end of the stopper from interfering with a bill stacked on the uppermost portion of the storage space 111 in the process of moving the stopper 250.

7, the stack guide 240 according to the present embodiment is provided with a stopper guide 241 having a predetermined length horizontally arranged in the front and rear direction at its end portion, and the stopper guide 241, And an auxiliary stopper guide 242 formed in a curved shape at a lower portion of the main stopper guide 242.

The variable stopper 250 includes a stopper rod 251 connected to the guide arm 167 of the stopper driving means 160 and movable along the stopper guide 241 of the stack guide 140; A stopper case 252 provided with an opening at an upper portion thereof and partially received in the stopper rod 251 through an opening and movable along the auxiliary stopper guide 242; And an auxiliary tension spring 253 provided in the stopper case 252 to connect the stopper rod 251 and the stopper case 252. [

At this time, in the present embodiment, the auxiliary stopper guide 242 is formed in an arcuate curved shape so that the variable stopper 250 is moved from the front end portion to the rear end portion of the stopper guide 241 by the stopper driving means 160, Or the stopper case 252 coupled to the stopper rod 251 in the process of moving from the rear end of the stopper guide 241 to the front end of the stopper guide 241. As a result, So that the end of the variable stopper 250 can be prevented from interfering with the banknote stacked on the uppermost portion of the storage space 111.

7, when the variable stopper 250 moves from the front end portion to the rear end portion of the stopper guide 241, the stopper rod 251 moves in the horizontal direction along the stopper guide 241, The stopper case 252 coupled to the lower portion of the stopper rod 251 moves along the auxiliary stopper guide 242 in a curved line so that the end of the stopper case 252 moves in the direction in which the banknote As shown in Fig.

As described above, in the multi-currency note cassette provided with the variable stopper according to the present invention, when a banknote of a small-sized denomination having relatively small bills enters among the bills deposited in the banknote cassette, The variable stopper is moved forward by a predetermined distance on the guide to regulate the leading end of the incoming banknote and when the banknote having a relatively large banknote size enters the banknote, The bill collecting unit is configured so as to regulate the front end of the incoming bill so that the bill accumulated in the bill cassette is aligned and accumulated regardless of the type and size of the bill to be deposited, By increasing the efficiency of taking-out of banknotes through one banknote cassette, It is possible to facilitate the handling of bills of various denominations.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. .

1a: 1st class 1b: 2nd class
100,200: Paper currency cassette 110: Cassette body
111: storage space 111a: storage space wall surface
120: supporting plate 130: separating and collecting unit
131: feed roller 132: separation roller
133: pickup roller 140, 240: stack guide
141, 241: Stopper guide 150, 250: Variable stopper
160: stopper drive means 161: drive motor
162: drive arm 163: arm body
164: auxiliary arm 165: tension spring
166: horizontal guide 167: guide arm
170: Stopper detection sensor 242: Auxiliary stopper guide
251: Stopper rod 252: Stopper case
253: auxiliary tension spring 310:
320: banknote discrimination unit 330: temporary storage unit
340: Reject box 350:

Claims

A multi-currency bill cassette provided in a financial automatic machine and capable of accommodating different denominated bank notes at the same time,
A cassette body in which a banknote entrance and exit opening and closing opening and closing opening and closing opening and closing opening and closing opening are formed;
A separating and collecting unit provided on a paper money exit side of the cassette body for collecting paper money to be carried into the cassette body into the storage space or separating and transporting a paper money taken out from the cassette body to a sheet;
A stack guide provided at an upper portion of the storage space for guiding banknotes entering the storage space by the separation accumulation unit and having a stopper guide arranged horizontally in the front and rear direction and having a predetermined length;
A variable stopper provided movably before and after a predetermined interval along the stopper guide and regulating the leading end of a banknote guided along the stack guide; And
Stopper driving means provided on the cassette body and having a guide arm connected to the variable stopper to move the variable stopper forward and backward along the stopper guide through an operation of guiding the guide arm;
And the variable stopper is provided with a variable stopper.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the stopper driving means comprises:
When the banknote entering the storage space is a banknote of a relatively small size, the variable stopper is moved from the stack guide to the front end of the stopper guide,
The variable stopper is moved from the stack guide to the rear end portion of the stopper guide so that the leading end of the banknote entering through the variable stopper is regulated when the banknote entering the storage space is a banknote of a relatively large size ,
And a plurality of banknotes of different sizes having different sizes are aligned and integrated in the storage space.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the stopper driving means comprises:
The variable stopper is moved from the stack guide to the front end portion or the rear end portion of the stopper guide on the basis of the paper currency discrimination information of the paper currency discriminating portion provided in the financial automatic machine, A multi-currency bill cassette equipped with a variable stopper.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the stopper driving means comprises:
A driving motor provided on the cassette body and having a driving shaft;
A driving arm connected to the driving shaft of the driving motor and having a variable length;
A horizontal guide installed horizontally in the longitudinal direction on the side wall of the cassette body at a lower portion of the driving motor and guiding an end of the driving arm; And
A guide arm having one end connected to an end of the driving arm and the variable stopper connected to the other end;
And the variable stopper is provided with a variable stopper.

5. The method of claim 4,
The drive arm
An arm body having one end fixed to the drive shaft of the drive motor and having an opening at the other end;
An auxiliary arm partially inserted into the opening of the arm body and guided and fixed to an end of the horizontal guide; And
A tension spring provided inside the arm body and connecting the one end of the arm body to the auxiliary arm;
And the variable stopper is provided with a variable stopper.

The method according to claim 1,
In the stack guide,
And an auxiliary stopper guide formed in a curved shape at a lower portion of the stopper guide,
The variable stopper
A stopper rod connected to the guide arm of the stopper driving means and movable along the stopper guide;
A stopper case provided with an opening at an upper portion thereof, partially engaged with the stopper rod through an opening, and movable along the auxiliary stopper guide; And
An auxiliary tension spring provided within the stopper case and connecting the stopper rod and the stopper case;
And the variable stopper is provided with a variable stopper.

The method according to claim 6,
The auxiliary stopper guide
Wherein the stopper case is formed in an arcuate curve shape so that the stopper case coupled to the stopper rod is lifted and lowered when the variable stopper moves along the stopper guide by the stopper driving means. Banknote cassette.

The method according to claim 1,
In the cassette body,
And a stopper detection sensor for detecting a state in which the variable stopper is disposed at the front end of the stopper guide is provided on a rotating path of the drive arm.