KR20220079290A - Teller cash recycler - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a financial automation device for cashiers that can easily perform jam removal and maintenance of banknotes.
The present invention for realizing this is stacked up and down and stacked up and down between the upper and lower cassettes for storing banknotes, the upper and lower horizontal conveying parts and the lower horizontal conveying part stacked up and down between the upper and lower cassettes to form a horizontal conveying path However, one side of the upper cassette and one side of the lower cassette are connected by a first hinge part, and one side of the upper horizontal transport part and one side of the lower horizontal transport part are connected by a second hinge part.

Description

Financial automation device for cashiers {TELLER CASH RECYCLER}

The present invention relates to an automated financial machine for cashiers, and more particularly, to an automated financial machine for cashiers that can remove jams from banknotes and facilitate maintenance.

Automated financial devices are devices that can provide financial services such as deposits or withdrawals regardless of time and place, without the help of bank employees.

In recent years, not only automated financial devices for customers using financial institutions, but also automated financial devices for tellers have been developed to improve work efficiency inside financial institutions and to expedite settlement tasks after business completion. is being introduced

The automated financial device for cashiers may be disposed under the cashier's desk, may include a plurality of cassettes for storing bills therein, and may deposit or withdraw money by the cashier's operation, and count bills in real time work can be done.

In general, automated financial devices for cashiers include an upper module for depositing and withdrawing bills by manipulation of a cashier, a lower module for storing a cassette storing bills, a transport path for transporting bills, and a door for opening and closing the lower module. may include

For example, in the lower module, a plurality of cassettes are stacked up and down in consideration of the banknote type or frequency of use, and are provided in a plurality of rows at predetermined intervals in the front and rear directions, and between the cassette provided in the upper part and the cassette provided in the lower part. A financial automation machine for cashiers having a horizontal conveying path for conveying banknotes in the horizontal direction is used.

In case banknote jam occurs or other maintenance is required in the horizontal conveyance path of the automated financial instrument for cashiers having such a structure, the horizontal conveyance path is moved to the outside to remove jammed banknotes and maintain the device. It requires the work of separating and assembling the constituent parts of the cassette stacked up and down so that the exposed state of the inside of the horizontal conveyance path can be visually checked, but the work is not easy and takes a lot of time.

The prior art related to the automated financial device for Kaywon is disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2016-0105038.

The present invention has been devised to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a financial automation device for cashiers that can easily perform jam removal and maintenance of banknotes.

The financial automation device for cashiers of the present invention for realizing the above-described object is stacked up and down and stacked up and down between the upper and lower cassettes for storing banknotes, and the upper and lower cassettes to form a horizontal conveying path. It comprises an upper horizontal conveying unit and a lower horizontal conveying unit to form, wherein one side of the upper cassette and one side of the lower cassette are connected by a first hinge, and one side of the upper horizontal conveying unit and one side of the lower horizontal conveying unit are first It is characterized in that it is connected by two hinges.

The upper cassette may be provided rotatably up and down around the first hinge part, and the upper horizontal conveyance part may be provided rotatably up and down around the second hinge part.

After the upper cassette is rotated upward around the first hinge part, when the upper horizontal transport part rotates upward around the second hinge part, the horizontal transport path may be exposed to the outside.

The first hinge portion, a portion extending downward from one lower side of the upper cassette, and a portion extending upward from the upper one side of the lower cassette and extending downward from the lower one side of the upper cassette overlaps the portion are connected to each other so as to be rotatable relative to each other, and the second hinge portion includes a portion extending downward from one lower side of the upper horizontal conveying unit, and extending upward from an upper side of the lower horizontal conveying unit to the lower portion of the upper horizontal conveying unit. A portion extending downward from one side and a portion overlapping may be interconnected to be rotatable relative to each other.

The first hinge part may be provided at a position spaced apart from the position where the second hinge part is provided.

A cassette receiving unit on which the lower cassette is seated, and a lower module accommodating the upper cassette, the lower cassette, the upper horizontal conveying unit, and the lower horizontal conveying unit, wherein the cassette receiving unit is moved in the horizontal direction to move the lower It may be provided so as to be withdrawable to the outside of the module.

According to the financial automation device for cashiers according to the present invention, the upper horizontal conveyance is provided by having a hinge structure of two stages that connects the upper cassette and the lower cassette by a first hinge part, and connects the upper horizontal conveying part and the lower horizontal conveying part by a second hinge part. It is possible to conveniently perform jam removal of banknotes generated in the horizontal conveying path formed between the lower horizontal conveying unit and the lower horizontal conveying unit and maintenance of the apparatus.

1 is a schematic side view of an automated financial machine for cashiers according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a view showing a process in which banknotes are deposited in the automated financial machine for cashiers according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a view showing a process in which banknotes are withdrawn from the automated financial machine for cashiers according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a view showing a process in which banknotes are replenished in the automated financial machine for cashiers according to an embodiment of the present invention;
5 is a view showing a process in which banknotes are collected from the automated financial machine for cashiers according to an embodiment of the present invention;
6 is a front view showing a stacked structure of cassettes forming a horizontal conveyance path of an automated financial machine for cashiers according to an embodiment of the present invention;
7 is a front view showing a state in which the upper cassette and the upper horizontal conveying unit are rotated upward in the state of FIG. 6 to open the horizontal conveying path.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In referring to the direction in the present specification, the right direction is referred to as the front, and the left direction is referred to as the rear with reference to FIG. 1 .

Referring to FIG. 1 , a financial automation machine 1 for cashiers according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an upper module 10 and a lower module 20 provided at a lower side thereof.

The upper module 10 is provided with a deposit unit 110, withdrawal units 120; 121, 122, and a discrimination unit 130, and the lower module 20 stores bills and an upper cassette 210 stacked up and down; 210a, 210b, 210c, 210d) and lower cassettes 220; 220a, 220b, 220c, 220d, and an abnormal note storage cassette in which the banknotes distinguished as abnormal by the discrimination unit 130 when withdrawing or collecting banknotes are stored ( 300) is provided.

In addition, in the outer front of the lower module 20, the upper cassette (210; 210a, 210b, 210c, 210d) and the lower cassette (220; 220a, 220b, 220c, 220d) to supplement bills, or the upper cassette (210; 210a, 210b, 210c, 210d) and the lower cassette (220; 220a, 220b, 220c, 220d) for collecting the bills from the replenishment / recovery cassette 400 may be provided.

In addition, a conveying path 500; 501 to 511 for conveying banknotes according to various transaction patterns such as deposit, withdrawal, replenishment, and collection of banknotes in the inside of the automated financial machine 1 for cashiers, and a conveyance direction of banknotes is configured to include a plurality of gates 601 to 605 for switching in a set direction.

Banknotes are deposited into the automated teller machine 1 through the depositing unit 100, and the banknotes can be withdrawn to the outside of the cashier's automated financial machine 1 through the withdrawing units 120; 121, 122. have.

The withdrawal units 120 ; 121 and 122 may be divided into a first withdrawal unit 121 and a second withdrawal unit 122 . The first withdrawal unit 121 is, when depositing or replenishing banknotes, circulating banknotes among the banknotes discriminated as abnormal by the discrimination unit 130 or banknotes discriminated as normal bills by the discrimination unit 130 at the time of withdrawal. It can be used as a space for withdrawals. The second withdrawal unit 122 may be used as a space in which counterfeit notes that cannot be circulated among banknotes classified as abnormal by the discrimination unit 130 when depositing or replenishing banknotes are withdrawn.

The discrimination unit 130 discriminates the existence of abnormalities and the type of bills conveyed along the conveying paths 502 and 500, and includes a conveying path in which the banknotes are conveyed, and the banknotes are bidirectional in the conveying path. A driving mechanism driven so as to be transportable is provided.

The discrimination unit 130 may be provided with a sensor for detecting whether the bill is skewed to one side with respect to the conveying direction, an image sensor, and sensing means such as a two-sheet sensing unit, and a conveying path ( 502; 500), and at the same time, scans the image of the banknote to detect the authenticity of the conveyed banknote, the type of bill, and whether the banknote is damaged.

The discrimination unit 130 discriminates between normal and abnormal regions. The abnormal bill includes bills that may cause transport difficulties, such as skew bills tilted to one side, long bills conveyed by overlapping two sheets, and banknotes in which the distance between the front and rear bills is smaller than the set interval, and counterfeit bills. It may include a volume and the like.

The stacked structure of the upper cassettes 210 (210a, 210b, 210c, 210d) and the lower cassettes 220 (220a, 220b, 220c, 220d) provided in the lower module 20 will be described.

The upper cassette (210; 210a, 210b, 210c, 210d) and the lower cassette (220; 220a, 220b, 220c, 220d) have bills stored therein, and the upper cassette (210; 210a, 210b, 210c, 210d) and An upper horizontal conveying unit 230 and a lower horizontal conveying unit 240 are provided between the lower cassettes 220 (220a, 220b, 220c, and 220d) to form a horizontal conveying path 509 by being vertically stacked.

That is, an upper horizontal conveying unit 230 is provided at a lower portion of the upper cassettes 210; 210a, 210b, 210c, and 210d, and a lower horizontal conveying unit 230 is provided at an upper portion of the lower cassettes 220; 220a, 220b, 220c, 220d. A unit 240 is provided, and the horizontal conveying path 509 is formed between the bottom surface of the upper horizontal conveying unit 230 and the upper surface of the lower horizontal conveying unit 240 .

The upper cassettes (210; 210a, 210b, 210c, 210d), the upper horizontal conveying unit 230, the lower horizontal conveying unit 240, and the lower cassettes (220; 220a, 220b, 220c, 220d) stacked in the vertical direction are front and rear A plurality may be provided at positions spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance in the direction.

The abnormal bill storage cassette 300 may be provided on the front side of the upper cassette 210a; 210, and when the bill is withdrawn or replenished, the bill discriminated as an irregular bill by the discrimination unit 130 is stored.

The replenishment / recovery cassette 400, the upper cassette (210; 210a, 210b, 210c, 210d) and the lower cassette (220; 220a, 220b, 220c, 220d) to supplement bills, or the upper cassette 210; 210a, 210b, 210c, 210d) and the lower cassette 220 (220a, 220b, 220c, 220d) may be selectively detachable when collecting bills.

In one embodiment, the transport path 500 is a deposit transport path 501 that forms a deposit path of banknotes introduced through the deposit unit 110 , the lower end of the rear side of the deposit transport path 501 to the rear side. An upper conveying path 502 connected horizontally and passing through the discrimination unit 130 , a first vertical conveying path 503 connected in a downward direction from the rear end of the upper conveying path 502 , and the first vertical conveying path A lower conveying path 504 horizontally connected to the front from the lower end of the lower conveying path 504, a second vertical conveying extending upward from the front side end of the lower conveying path 504 and connected to the front side end of the upper conveying path 502 Furnace 505 , the first withdrawal transport path 506 , the upper transport path 502 connected to the first withdrawal unit 121 at a point where the upper transport path 502 and the second vertical transport path 505 are connected ) and the second vertical conveyance path 505 are connected, the second withdrawal conveyance path 507 connected to the second withdrawal unit 122 side, the upper end is connected to the lower conveyance path 504, and is arranged in a vertical downward direction A third vertical conveying path 508 extending into the lower module 20, the horizontal conveying path 509 having a front end connected to the lower end of the third vertical conveying path 508, the lower conveying path ( 504), an abnormal return path 510 connected to the abnormal storage cassette 300, and the replenishment/recovery cassette 400 at the point where the lower conveyance path 504 and the second vertical transport path 505 are connected. It may be configured to include a replenishment / recovery return path 511 connected to.

A first gate 601 provided at a point where the deposit conveying path 501 and the upper conveying path 502 are connected, the lower portion having a configuration for changing the conveying direction of banknotes to a set direction in response to various transaction patterns The second gate 602 is provided at the point where the conveying path 504 and the third vertical conveying path 508 are connected, and the second gate 602 is provided at the point where the lower conveying path 504 and the abnormal conveying path 510 are connected. The third gate 603, the fourth gate 604 provided at the point where the lower conveying path 504, the second vertical conveying path 505, and the replenishment/recovery conveying path 511 are connected, and the upper conveying A fifth gate 605 provided at a point where the furnace 502 and the second vertical conveying path 505 are connected may be included.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5, an operation in which banknotes are conveyed at the time of deposit, withdrawal, replenishment, and collection of banknotes will be described.

Referring to FIG. 2 , when banknotes are deposited, the banknotes put into the depositing unit 110 are conveyed to the discrimination unit 130 along the deposit conveyance path 501 and the upper conveyance path 502 .

The banknotes classified as normal bills by the discrimination unit 130 are, as shown by the thick solid line in FIG. 2 , an upper conveying path 502 , a first vertical conveying path 503 , a lower conveying path 504 , and the second 3 The vertical conveyance path 508 and the horizontal conveyance path 509 are conveyed to and stored in the corresponding cassettes 210 and 220 .

The banknotes classified as abnormal by the discrimination unit 130 are, as shown by the thick dotted line in FIG. 2 , an upper conveying path 502 , a first vertical conveying path 503 , a lower conveying path 504 and After passing through the second vertical conveyance path 505, it is returned to the corresponding withdrawal unit 120; 121, 122.

Referring to FIG. 3 , when the banknote is withdrawn, the banknotes withdrawn from the cassettes 210 and 220 are a horizontal conveyance path 509 , a third vertical conveyance path 508 , a lower conveyance path 504 , and a first vertical conveyance path It is conveyed to the discrimination part 130 along 503 and the upper conveyance path 502.

The banknotes differentiated as normal bills by the discrimination unit 130 are the first withdrawal unit 121 along the upper conveyance path 502 and the first withdrawal conveyance path 506 as shown by the thick solid line in FIG. 3 . returned to and withdrawn.

The banknotes classified as abnormal by the discrimination unit 130 are, as shown by the thick dotted line in FIG. 3 , an upper conveying path 502 , a second vertical conveying path 505 , a lower conveying path 504 and It is transported to and stored in the abnormal region storage cassette 300 along the abnormal region return path 510 .

Referring to FIG. 4 , when replenishing banknotes, the banknotes taken out from the replenishment/recovery cassette 400 are along the replenishment/recovery conveyance path 511 , the second vertical conveyance path 505 , and the upper conveyance path 502 . It is returned to the discrimination unit 130 .

The banknotes classified as normal bills by the discrimination unit 130 are, as shown by the thick solid line in FIG. 4 , an upper conveying path 502 , a first vertical conveying path 503 , a lower conveying path 504 , and the second 3 The vertical conveyance path 508 and the horizontal conveyance path 509 are conveyed to and stored in the corresponding cassettes 210 and 220 .

The banknotes classified as abnormal by the discrimination unit 130 are, as shown by the thick dotted line in FIG. 4 , an upper conveying path 502 , a first vertical conveying path 503 , a lower conveying path 504 and It is returned to the corresponding withdrawal unit 120; 121, 122 via the second vertical conveyance path 505.

Referring to Figure 5, when collecting the banknotes, the banknotes taken out from the cassettes 210 and 220 are a horizontal conveyance path 509, a third vertical conveyance path 508, a lower conveyance path 504, a first vertical conveyance path ( 503 ) and the upper conveyance path 502 to the discrimination unit 130 .

As shown in the path indicated by the thick solid line in FIG. 5 , the banknotes classified as normal bills by the discrimination unit 130 are the upper conveying path 502 , the second vertical conveying path 505 , and the replenishment/recovery conveying path 511 . It is returned to the replenishment / recovery cassette 400 along with the recovery.

The banknotes classified as abnormal by the discrimination unit 130 are, as shown by the thick dotted line in FIG. 5 , an upper conveying path 502 , a second vertical conveying path 505 , a lower conveying path 504 and It is transported to and stored in the abnormal region storage cassette 300 along the abnormal region return path 510 .

2 to 5, in the process of conveying banknotes through the horizontal conveying path 509 provided in the lower module 20 according to various transaction patterns such as deposit, withdrawal, replenishment, and collection, jam of banknotes ( jam) may occur or may require maintenance of devices around the horizontal conveying path 509 .

In the present invention, in the case of a conveyance failure of banknotes in the horizontal conveyance path 509 as described above, in the present invention, between the above-described upper cassettes 210; 210a, 210b, 210c, 210d and the lower cassettes 220; 220a, 220b, 220c, 220d). It provides a cassette connection structure capable of easily opening the horizontal conveying path 509 to perform jam removal and maintenance of banknotes.

Referring to FIGS. 6 and 7 , the automated financial machine 1 for cashiers according to an embodiment of the present invention is stacked up and down and includes an upper cassette 210 and a lower cassette 220 in which banknotes are stored, and the upper cassette It includes an upper horizontal conveying unit 230 and a lower horizontal conveying unit 240 stacked vertically between the 210 and the lower cassette 220 to form a horizontal conveying path 509 .

One side of the upper cassette 210 and one side of the lower cassette 220 are connected by a first hinge part H1, and one side of the upper horizontal conveying unit 230 and the lower horizontal conveying unit 240 are connected to each other. One side of the is connected to the second hinge portion (H2).

The upper cassette 210 is provided rotatably up and down around the first hinge part H1, and the upper horizontal conveying part 230 is rotatable up and down around the second hinge part H2. is well equipped.

As shown in FIG. 7 , after the upper cassette 210 is rotated upward around the first hinge part H1 , the upper horizontal transport part 230 moves around the second hinge part H2 . When rotated upwards, the horizontal conveyance path 509 may be exposed to the outside.

In an embodiment, the first hinge portion H1 includes a portion 210a extending downward from one lower side of the upper cassette 210 and an upper portion extending upward from one upper side of the lower cassette 220 . It may be provided to interconnect the portion 220a overlapping with the portion 210a extending downward from the lower side of the upper cassette 210 to be relatively rotatable. The second hinge portion H2 includes a portion 230a extending downward from one lower side of the upper horizontal conveying unit 230 and an upper side of the lower horizontal conveying unit 240 extending upwardly. A portion 230a extending downward from one lower side of the upper horizontal conveyance unit 230 and a portion 240a overlapping may be provided to be connected to each other so as to be relatively rotatable.

Also, the first hinge part H1 may be provided at a position spaced apart from the position where the second hinge part H2 is provided.

According to this configuration, when the upper cassette 210 is rotated upward around the first hinge part H1, the upper cassette 210 is smoothly rotated upward without interference with the upper horizontal transport part 230. After the upper cassette 210 is rotated upward, when the upper horizontal conveying unit 230 is rotated upward around the second hinge part H1, the upper horizontal conveying unit 230 is the upper cassette 210 ) can be smoothly rotated upwards without interference.

On the other hand, the lower cassette 220 may be seated in the cassette accommodating part 250, and a guide groove (not shown) formed on the inner surface of the lower module 20 on the outer surface of the cassette accommodating part 250 in a horizontal direction. ) may be provided with a guide rail 251 that slides in the front-rear direction.

In the state in which the door 21 provided on the front side wall of the lower module 20 is opened, the cassette receiving part 250 is moved in the horizontal direction toward the front to be withdrawn to the outside of the lower module 20, , In this state, as described above, after the upper cassette 210 is first rotated upward, and then the upper horizontal transport unit 230 is rotated upward, the horizontal transport path 509 is exposed to the outside to remove the jam of banknotes. and maintenance work can be performed easily.

As described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and obvious modifications can be made by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention as claimed in the claims. It is possible, and such modifications fall within the scope of the present invention.

1: Financial automation device for cashier 10: Upper module
20: lower module 21: door
110: deposit unit 120: withdrawal unit
121: first withdrawal unit 122: second withdrawal unit
130: discrimination unit
210,210a,210b,210c,210d: upper cassette
220,220a,220b,220c,220d: lower cassette
230: upper horizontal conveying unit 240: lower horizontal conveying unit
250: cassette compartment 210: guide rail
300: abnormal ticket storage cassette 400: replenishment/recovery cassette
500: return path 501: deposit return path
502: upper conveying path 503: first vertical conveying path
504: lower conveying path 505: second vertical conveying path
506: first withdrawal return path 507: second withdrawal return path
508: third vertical conveying path 509: horizontal conveying path
510: abnormal area return path 511: replenishment/recovery return path
601: first gate 602: second gate
603: third gate 604: fourth gate
605: fifth gate H1: first hinge part
H2: second hinge part

Claims (6)

an upper and a lower cassette stacked up and down to store bills;
an upper horizontal conveying unit and a lower horizontal conveying unit stacked vertically between the upper cassette and the lower cassette to form a horizontal conveying path;
including,
One side of the upper cassette and one side of the lower cassette are connected by a first hinge,
One side of the upper horizontal carrying unit and one side of the lower horizontal carrying unit are connected to each other by a second hinge. The method of claim 1,
The upper cassette is provided rotatably up and down around the first hinge part,
The upper horizontal carrying unit is a financial automation machine for cashiers, characterized in that it is provided to be rotatable up and down around the second hinge unit. 3. The method of claim 2,
After the upper cassette is rotated upward around the first hinge part, when the upper horizontal transport part rotates upward around the second hinge part, the horizontal transport path is exposed to the outside. automation device. The method of claim 1,
The first hinge portion, a portion extending downward from the lower side of the upper cassette, and a portion extending upward from the upper side of the lower cassette and extending downward from the lower side of the upper cassette overlaps the portion are interconnected so that they can be rotated relative to each other,
The second hinge portion may include a portion extending downward from one lower side of the upper horizontal transfer unit, and a portion extending upward from an upper side of the lower horizontal transfer unit and extending downward from a lower side of the upper horizontal transfer unit and A financial automation device for cashiers, characterized in that the overlapping parts are interconnected so that they can be rotated relative to each other. 5. The method of claim 4,
The financial automation machine for cashiers, characterized in that the first hinge part is provided at a position spaced apart from the position where the second hinge part is provided. The method of claim 1,
and a cassette receiving unit on which the lower cassette is seated;
Further comprising a lower module for accommodating the upper cassette, the lower cassette, the upper horizontal conveying unit, and the lower horizontal conveying unit,
The automated financial machine for cashiers, characterized in that the cassette accommodating part is moved in the horizontal direction to be able to be withdrawn to the outside of the lower module.

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