KR101467704B1 - Apparatus for preventing interference between upper and lower transportation guides when cassettes of automated teller machine are drawn and inserted, and bill storage unit of Automated Teller Machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a financial automation machine. The financial automation machine according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an upper conveying module (22a); and a lower conveying module (22b). The upper conveying module (22a) includes a pair of upper conveying guides (22a-1,22a-2) spaced apart to right and left to form an upper conveying path (22-1) in the space in-between to convey cash bills. The lower conveying module (22a) includes a pair of lower conveying guides (22b-1,22b-2) spaced apart while overlapping an upper conveying path (22-1) in the longitudinal direction to form a lower conveying path (22-2) in the space in-between which is connected to the upper conveying path (22-1) in the vertical direction to convey cash bills.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for preventing interference between upper and lower conveying guides in a cassette of a banking automation apparatus and a bill storage unit for a banking automation apparatus of Automated Teller Machine}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for preventing interference between upper and lower conveying guides in a cassette of a banking automation apparatus and a banknote storage unit of a banking automation apparatus, It is possible to prevent interference between the upper conveyance guide and the lower conveyance guide that connect the upper conveyance path and the lower conveyance path to the inside and outside of the safe, To an apparatus for preventing interference between upper and lower conveying guides and a paper money storage unit of a financial automatic machine.

The automated teller machine can use a cash card or a bankbook issued by a financial institution to deposit and withdraw cash, check, account transfer and inquiry without any restriction on time, It is an unmanned terminal widely used in financial industry.

In the inside of the financial automation machine, there are provided a deposit and withdrawal unit for the user to input or receive the banknote for depositing and withdrawing, a discrimination unit for discriminating the presence or absence of banknotes deposited or withdrawn through the deposit and withdrawal unit, A temporary storage unit for temporarily storing the bill discriminated as a normal bill in the billing section, and a bill storage unit for storing a plurality of cassettes storing the deposited or withdrawn or recovered bill.

The cassettes accommodated in the paper currency storage unit include a reflux cassette in which the paper currency to be deposited is stored and the paper currency to be withdrawn is stored and a reject cassette in which the discriminated paper currency is transported and stored A replenishment / collection cassette in which banknotes to be supplemented with reflux cassettes are stored, or banknotes to be collected are stored in the reflux cassette due to insufficient storage space for banknotes.

FIG. 1 shows a banknote storage unit of a conventional banking automation apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2007-0028058. 1 is installed inside a main frame 90 of a banking automation machine and includes a plurality of banknote cassettes 50 and a box frame 50 in which the banknote cassette 50 is accommodated 60). The paper money storage unit 70 is slidably mounted or detached from one side of the main frame 90.

That is, the box frame 60 is coupled to the main frame 90 by the sliding means 30 and is slid in the horizontal direction. The sliding means 30 includes a rail 31 and a roller bearing 31 which are respectively installed on both side plates 61 and 62 of the box frame 60 and on both side plates 91 and 92 of the main frame 90, 32 on the upper and lower portions of the box frame 60 and the one side plates 61 and 91 of the main frame 90 and below the opposite side plates 62 and 92 of the box frame 60 and the main frame 90, And a roller bearing 32 is provided on the opposite side plate 92 of the main frame 90 so as to be supported on the opposite side plate 62 of the box frame 60 .

According to the structure of the conventional paper currency storage unit 70, since the box frame 60 is slidably mounted or slidably mounted on one side of the main frame 90, when the paper currency cassette 50 is inserted into the main frame 90, The banknote cassette 50 is inserted and removed in the box frame 60 by sliding the box frame 60 to one side of the box frame 60 and discharging the banknote cassette 50 vertically through the opening formed in the upper portion of the box frame 60 .

On the other hand, in recent years, the number of banknotes to be handled by the automated teller machine has been diversified, and a cassette storing a frequently used denomination has been used for a large cassette in consideration of the frequency of use of each denomination of paper money, The cassette in which the lower cassette is stored uses a small cassette.

In addition, the small cassettes are stacked vertically on one side of the space in which the large cassettes are arranged, and the small cassettes are arranged on opposite sides of the vertical conveying path connected to the horizontal main conveying path, And a bill storage portion in which the structure of the conveyance path is simplified is used.

However, according to the structure in which the box frame 60 is slidably moved to one side of the main frame 90 as in the prior art when the small cassettes are vertically stacked, the cassettes are arranged at the top of the small cassettes stacked one above the other However, in the case of a small cassette arranged at the lower side, it can not be taken out due to interference with the conveying path at the time of withdrawing to the upper side, and connected to a small cassette stacked vertically The conveying guides constituting the vertical conveying path are arranged so as to be overlapped with each other in the front-rear direction, so that there is a problem that the conveying guides can not be drawn forward due to interference between the conveying guides.

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 small cassette for storing multi-currency notes and a small cassette stacked vertically, And it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for preventing interference between upper and lower conveying guides and a banknote storage unit for a banking automation apparatus when a cassette of a financial automatic machine is made to be easily put in and taken out.

The apparatus for preventing interference between the upper and lower conveying guides when inserting a cassette of a financial automatic machine of the present invention for realizing the above object comprises an upper conveying path 22-1 The first small cassette 121 and the second small cassette 122, which are connected to the upper conveying path 22-1, include a pair of upper conveying guides 22a-1 and 22a-2, An upper conveying module 22a disposed opposite to both sides; And upper and lower conveying guides 22a-1 and 22a-2 are vertically spaced apart from each other so as to overlap with each other in the front-rear direction and are vertically connected to the upper conveying path 22-1 in the space therebetween, And a pair of lower conveying guides 22b-1 and 22b-2 that form the conveying path 22-2 and are stacked on the lower side of the first small cassette 121 and the second small cassette 122 And a lower conveying module (22b) in which a third small cassette (123) connected to the lower conveying path (22-2) and a fourth small cassette (124) are arranged on both sides, 3 When the small cassette 123, the fourth small cassette 124 and the lower transport module 22b are separated and drawn out forward of the upper transport module 22a, the pair of lower transport guides 22b-1 and 22b -2) are interlocked and rotated so as to be spaced apart from each other, thereby releasing the overlap state with the upper transport guides 22a-1 and 22a-2 do.

The lower ends of the lower conveying guides 22b-1 and 22b-2 are coupled to the first rotary shaft 178a and the second rotary shaft 179a, respectively, The first gear 178 and the second gear 179, which are coupled to rotate by receiving power from the driving source and interlocking with each other,

The driving source may include a solenoid 171 that provides power to either the first gear 178 or the second gear 179.

A fourth link member 177 provided at one end of the slide bar 177a is coupled to the second rotation shaft 179a and the slide bar 177a receives the power of the solenoid 171, And is slidably inserted into a slide groove 175b formed in one end of a third link member 175 which rotates around the support portion 175a so as to be slidably engaged with the slide groove 175b, The member 177 may be rotated about the second rotation shaft 179a so that the second gear 179 and the first gear 178 meshing with the second gear 179 are rotated.

One end of a first link member 172 rotated about the first hinge portion 172b is connected to the solenoid 171 and the other end of the first link member 172 is horizontally movable left and right The second link member 173 may be connected to one end of the second link member 173 and the other end of the second link member 173 may be connected to the other end of the third link member 175.

The second hinge portion 175a is coupled to the fixed frame 174 and the second link member 173 and the fixed frame 174 are coupled to each other to guide the horizontal movement of the second link member 173 Guide holes 173c and 173d formed in the horizontal direction and guide protrusions 174a and 174b inserted into the guide holes 173c and 173d may be formed at positions corresponding to each other.

The third link member 175 is provided at the other end with an elastic force so that the lower conveying guides 22b-1 and 22b-2 are rotated in a direction in which the lower conveying guides 22b-1 and 22a-2 are disengaged from the upper conveying guides 22a-1 and 22a-2. An elastic member 176 may be connected.

The paper money storage unit of the financial automatic machine according to the present invention includes a plurality of paper cassettes for storing paper currency, and a plurality of cassettes (110, 111, 112, 113) A plurality of small cassettes 120 (121, 122, 123, 124) formed at a lower height than the large cassettes 110 and arranged in a vertical stacked structure on one side of the large cassettes 110; A storage space partitioned to store the large cassette 110 and the small cassette 120 is provided in the cassette frame 100 and a cassette frame 130); And a cassette module 150 housed in the lower part of the small cassette 120 and accommodated in the front side of the cassette frame 130 by a second sliding unit 160, And the cassette module 150 is provided with the interference preventing device so that the overlapping of the upper and lower conveying guides 22a-1 and 22a-2 and the lower conveying guides 22b-1 and 22b- The cassette module 150 is inserted into and disengaged from the cassette frame 130 after the state is released.

The small cassettes 121 and 122 disposed at the upper portions of the large cassettes 110 and 111 and the small cassettes 120 and 121 and 122 and 123 are arranged in the cassette frame 130 after the cassette frame 130 is moved to one side of the safe 20, The small cassettes 123 and 124 which are drawn out to the upper side of the frame 130 and are disposed below the small cassettes 120,122,123,124 move in a state where the cassette frame 130 is moved to one side of the safe 20, And the cassette module 150 may be pulled out from the cassette module 150 after the cassette module 150 is moved to the front side of the cassette frame 130.

The automatic teller machine includes an upper unit 1 having a deposit / withdrawal unit 11, a discrimination unit 12 and a temporary storage unit 13, And the cassette frame 130 is slidably movable to a position where the cassette frame 130 does not interfere with the upper unit 1 in the vertical direction, And may be configured to be slidable to a position that does not interfere with the frame 130 in the vertical direction.

The first sliding means 140 is formed in a shape corresponding to the front and rear surfaces of the cassette frame 130 and the inner surface of the safe 20 and is formed along the moving direction of the cassette frame 130. [ The first slide rail 160 includes a first arm rail 140a and a first water rail 140b and the second sliding unit 160 is configured to correspond to an outer surface of the cassette module 150 and an inner surface of the cassette frame 130 And first and second arm rails 161a, 162a and 163a and second water rails 161b, 162b and 163b formed along the direction in which the cassette module 150 is moved.

According to the apparatus for preventing interference between the upper and lower conveying guides and the banknote storage unit of the automatic teller machine of the present invention, the cassette frame housing the large cassette and the small cassette is slid to one side of the safe , The large cassette and the small cassette disposed on the upper side are pulled out to the upper side, and after the overlap prevention between the upper conveyance guide and the lower conveyance guide is released by using the interference prevention device, the small cassettes arranged on the lower side, The cassette is slid to the front side of the frame and pulled out, thereby facilitating insertion and removal of the large and small cassettes.

1 is a perspective view illustrating a paper money storage unit of a conventional automated teller machine;
FIG. 2 is a view schematically showing a configuration of a financial automatic machine according to the present invention,
3 is a perspective view of a banknote storage unit of a banking automation apparatus according to the present invention,
4 is a perspective view showing a state in which a cassette frame in which a large cassette and a small cassette are accommodated is drawn out to one side of the safe,
5 is a perspective view showing a cassette module in which a cassette is housed in a cassette frame in a state in which the cassette frame is drawn out to one side of the safe,
6 is a perspective view showing a state in which a large cassette and a small cassette are pulled out from a cassette frame and a cassette module,
7 is a perspective view showing the installation structure of the second sliding means,
FIG. 8 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which an upper conveying guide and a lower conveying guide are installed in a state where the upper conveying guide and the lower conveying guide, which connect the upper conveying path and the lower conveying path,
9 and 10 are a perspective view and a front view showing an operation state of the interference preventing device in a case where the upper transport guide and the lower transport guide are arranged in a superposed state,
11 and 12 are a perspective view and a front view showing an operation state of the interference preventing device when the superimposition between the upper transport guide and the lower transport guide is released.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 2 is a view schematically showing a configuration of a financial automatic machine according to the present invention. A financial automatic machine according to the present invention comprises an upper unit (1) and a lower unit (2) provided below the upper unit (1).

The upper unit 1 is provided with a deposit and withdrawal unit 11 for depositing and receiving banknotes at the time of deposit and withdrawal, a discrimination unit 12 for discriminating the abnormality of the banknote and the denomination, A counterfeit money storage unit 14 provided in a laminated structure below the temporary storage unit 13, an uncollected money storage unit 15, And a conveying path 16 for conveying banknotes.

The lower unit 2 is provided with a paper currency storage unit 100 formed of a plurality of cassettes for taking out the banknotes stored therein in case the deposited banknotes are stored and there is a request for withdrawal, A safe 20 for preventing theft is installed.

The plurality of cassettes provided in the cash cassette storage unit 100 in the safe 20 include a plurality of large cassettes 110 and 111 and 112 and 113 and a plurality of small cassettes 110 formed at a lower height than the large cassettes 110, (120, 121, 122, 123, and 124) arranged in a vertical stacked structure on one side of the cassette.

The first large cassette 111 and the second large cassette 112 and the third large cassette 113 constituting the large cassette 110 are arranged in the order of size corresponding to the size of the denomination to be handled And it is possible to set the banknotes of a denomination having a high frequency of use to be accommodated.

The small cassette 120 can be configured to have a height of about half the size of the large cassette 110, and can be configured to store bills of low usage frequency. The small cassette 120 comprises a first small cassette 121 and a second small cassette 122 located at the upper portion, a third small cassette 123 and a fourth small cassette 124 located at the bottom . The first small cassette 121 and the second small cassette 122 may be arranged symmetrically apart from each other in the left and right direction and the third small cassette 123 and the fourth small cassette 124 may be arranged in a first small cassette 121 and the second small cassette 122, and can be arranged in a symmetrical structure spaced laterally.

A horizontal conveying path 21 for connecting the conveying path 16 provided in the upper unit 1 and the upper portion of the large cassettes 110, 111, 112 and 113, A vertical transport path 22 for connecting the small cassettes 120 (121, 122, 123, and 124) is provided.

The vertical conveying path 22 is provided in a space provided between the first small cassette 121 and the third small cassette 123 and the second small cassette 122 and the fourth small cassette 124, Direction.

As described above, a plurality of cassettes constituting the paper currency storage unit 100 may be configured to have different sizes in consideration of the type of banknotes and frequency of use, and the cassettes of a small size may be arranged in a vertically stacked structure to diversify the storage capacity of the banknotes have.

In the present embodiment, the large cassette 110 is composed of three cassettes 111, 112 and 113 arranged on the left and right, and the small cassette 120 is composed of four cassettes 121, 122, 123 and 124 stacked vertically and horizontally symmetrical It is apparent that the number of the large cassettes 110 and the small cassettes 120 may be different depending on the type and number of bills to be handled.

Hereinafter, a receipt and pay-out structure for withdrawing the large cassette 110 and the small cassette 120 housed in the banknote storage unit 100 to the outside of the safe 20 or storing the small cassette 120 in the safe 20 will be described.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a paper money storage unit of a banking automation apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a cassette frame drawn out to one side of a safe, FIG. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state in which a large cassette and a small cassette are pulled out from a cassette frame and a cassette module, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the installation structure of the second sliding means It is a perspective view.

The paper money storage unit 100 according to the present invention includes the storage spaces 111a, 112a, 113a, 121a, and 122a partitioned by the partition members 131 and 132 so as to accommodate the large cassette 110 and the small cassette 120, A cassette frame 130 slidably moved to one side of the safe 20 by the first sliding means 140 and small cassettes 123 and 124 disposed at the bottom of the small cassettes 120 And a cassette module 150 slidably moved toward the front side of the cassette frame 130 by the second sliding means 160 (see FIG. 7).

The cassette frame 130 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape having an open upper portion and is partitioned by a first partitioning member 131 and a second partitioning member 132 which are arranged in the left- And the small cassette 120 are accommodated. The large cassettes 110, 111, 112, and 113 are installed in the storage spaces 111a, 112a, and 113a partitioned by the partitioning members 131 disposed on one side of the cassette frame 130 in the left- Respectively.

In one embodiment, the first partitioning member 131 is composed of three partitioning members 131a, 131b and 131c and is spaced apart from the right side 130a of the cassette frame 130 by a predetermined distance, And the large cassettes 110 111 111 and 112 are connected to three storage spaces 111a and 112a provided between the right side surface 130a of the cassette frame 130 and the three first partition members 131 131a 131b and 131c And 113a.

The second partitioning member 132 includes two partitioning members 132a and 132b spaced laterally from the middle between the first partitioning member 131c disposed on the left side and the left side surface 130b of the cassette frame 130 And the above-described vertical transport path 22 is provided in a space separated between the two second partition members 132 (132a, 132b).

The first small cassette 121 is accommodated in the storage space 121a between the left side face 130b of the cassette frame 130 and the second partition member 132a located on the left side, The second small cassette 122 is accommodated in the storage space 122a between the member 132b and the first partition member 131c located on the left side. That is, the first small cassette 121 and the second small cassette 122 are accommodated in the storage spaces 121a and 122b provided at the upper left side of the cassette frame 130.

Unlike the first small cassette 121 and the second small cassette 122, the third small cassette 123 and the fourth small cassette 124 are held by the second sliding means 160 (see FIG. 7) And is accommodated in a cassette module 150 provided slidably to the front side of the cassette module 130. This is because the third small cassette 123 and the fourth small cassette 124 are located at the upper side of the cassette frame 130 and the lower side of the cassette frame 130, unlike the first small cassette 121 and the second small cassette 122, The cassette module 130 is configured so as to be housed inside the cassette module 150 provided so as to be movable toward the front side of the cassette frame 130, .

The first sliding means 140 is for slidably moving the cassette frame 130 containing the large cassette 110 and the small cassette 120 and the cassette module 150 out of one side of the safe 20, The front and rear surfaces 130c and 130d of the frame 130 and the inner side surfaces of the safes 20 facing the front and rear surfaces 130c and 130d are coupled to each other to have a shape corresponding to each other and the cassette frame 130 is moved A first arm rail 140a and a first water rail 140b formed along the direction of the first arm 140a.

4, the first water rails 140b fixed to the both sides of the cassette frame 130 are moved in the leftward direction by the operator holding the cassette frame 130, Can slide on the first arm rail (140a) fixed to the safe (20) and can be taken out of one side of the safe (20). In this case, the cassette frame 130 is vertically movable with respect to the upper unit 1 such that the large cassette 100 housed in the cassette frame 130 and the small cassettes 121 and 122 located at the upper portion can be drawn out to the upper side of the cassette frame 130 And is configured to be slidable to a position where it is not interfered.

The second sliding unit 160 is coupled to the outer surface of the cassette module 150 and the inner surface of the cassette frame 130 so as to correspond to each other, The second arm rails 161a, 162a, and 163a and the second male rails 161b, 162b, and 163b formed along the moving direction. In this case, the cassette module 150 is slid to a position where it does not interfere with the cassette frame 130 in the vertical direction so that the lower small cassettes 123 and 124 housed therein can be drawn out to the upper side of the cassette module 150 And is configured to be movable. Reference numeral 151 denotes a handle provided in the cassette module 150.

The second sliding means 160 may be provided on one side of the left side portion 150a of the cassette module 150 and on the bottom surface of the left side portion 150a of the cassette module 150 and on the bottom surface of the right side portion 150b of the cassette module 150. In this embodiment, The second water rails 161b, 162b and 163b are provided on the inner surface of the cassette frame 130 so as to correspond to the second arm rails 161a, 162a and 163a and the second arm rails 161a, 162a and 163a However, it is needless to say that the installation position and the number of the second sliding unit 160 are not limited to this, but may be designed in other forms as long as the cassette module 150 is capable of stable sliding movement.

5, when the cassette frame 130 is slid to one side of the safeguard 20 by the first sliding means 140, the cassette module 150 is slid to the front side of the cassette frame 130 .

Referring to Figure 6, the large cassettes 110, 111, 112, 113 and the small cassettes 121, 122 disposed on top of the small cassettes 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, when pulling out the large cassettes 110 and the small cassettes 120, The frame 130 is drawn to the upper side of the cassette frame 130 after being moved to one side of the safes 20. The small cassettes 123 and 124 disposed at the bottom of the small cassettes 120 (121, 122, 123 and 124) are arranged such that when the cassette frame 130 is moved to one side of the safe 20, the cassette module 150 is moved toward the front side of the cassette frame 130 And can be taken out of the cassette module 150 after it is moved. In this embodiment, the case where the small cassettes 123 and 124 are pulled out from the cassette module 150 is illustrated as an example. However, the pulling direction is not limited to this but may be configured to be pulled out in the lateral direction of the cassette module 150 It is possible.

As described above, according to the paper money storage unit 100 of the present invention, not only the receipt of the large cassettes 110, 111, 112, and 113 and the small cassettes 121 and 122 stacked on the top, but also the small cassettes 123 and 124, It is possible to easily insert and withdraw it into and out of the vehicle.

In the present embodiment, the first sliding means 140 and the second sliding means 160 are configured to have a shape corresponding to each other and are slidably coupled to each other. However, the present invention is not limited to this structure, It can be replaced by other means as far as it is movable in the left-right direction or the back-and-forth direction.

When the cassette module 150 is delivered to the front of the cassette frame 130, the cassette module 130 is moved upward and downward to form the upper conveying path 22-1 and the lower conveying path 22-2 constituting the vertical conveying path 22, The structure and operation of the interference prevention device 170 for preventing interference due to overlapping between the conveyance guides 22a-1 and 22a-2 and the lower conveyance guides 22b-1 and 22b-2 will be described.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which an upper conveying guide and a lower conveying guide, which connect an upper conveying path and a lower conveying path, are installed in a paper currency storage unit of a banking automation apparatus according to the present invention in a state in which they are superimposed.

8, the vertical conveying path 22 includes an upper conveying path 22-1 for conveying banknotes to the first small-size cassette 121 and the second small-size cassette 122, And a lower conveying path 22-2 which is vertically connected to the first small cassette 123 and the fourth small cassette 124 and which transports the banknotes.

The upper conveying path 22-1 is connected to a space between a pair of upper conveying guides 22a-1 and 22a-2 that are disposed to be spaced apart from each other in the left and right direction, and the lower conveying path 22-2 is connected to an upper conveying guide 22a-2, 22a-1, 22a-2, and a pair of lower conveying guides 22b-1, 22b-2 that are overlapped alternately in the front-rear direction.

The upper conveying path 22-1 is provided inside the upper conveying module 22a including the upper conveying guides 22a-1 and 22a-2 and the lower conveying path 22-2 is provided inside the lower conveying guide 22b -1, 22b-2) of the lower conveying module 22b.

The upper transport module 22a is coupled to the cassette frame 130 and the lower transport module 22b is coupled to the cassette module 150.

By arranging the upper conveying guides 22a-1 and 22a-2 and the lower conveying guides 22b-1 and 22b-2 so as to be alternately overlapped in the front-rear direction, the upper conveying path 22 -1) and the lower conveying path 22-2 without being interfered with. However, when the cassette module 150 is slid to the front of the cassette frame 130 in order to load / unload the third small cassette 123 and the fourth small cassette 124 disposed below as described above, The upper transport guide 22a-1 and 22a-2 and the lower transport guide 22b-1 and 22b-2, which are arranged in a state in which the lower transport guide 22b-1 and 22b-

Therefore, the interference prevention device 170 of the present invention includes the cassette module 150 in which the third small cassette 123 and the fourth small cassette 124 located below are accommodated, and the lower transport module 22b 2 and the lower conveying guides 22b-1 and 22b-2 so as to be slidable in the forward direction of the cassette frame 130 . That is, in the state where the cassette module 150 is drawn into the cassette frame 130, the interference preventing device 170 is provided with the upper conveying guides 22a-1 and 22a-2 and the lower conveying guides 22b-1 and 22b When the cassette module 150 is drawn out to the front of the cassette frame 130, the upper transport guides 22a-1 and 22a-2 and the lower transport guides 22a-1 and 22a- And the overlapping state between the transport guides 22b-1 and 22b-2 is released.

FIGS. 9 and 10 are a perspective view and a front view showing an operation state of the interference preventing device when the upper conveying guide and the lower conveying guide are arranged in a superimposed state, and FIGS. 11 and 12 show an overlap between the upper conveying guide and the lower conveying guide Fig. 6 is a perspective view and a front view showing the operation state of the interference preventing device when the antenna is released; Fig.

In one embodiment, the interference prevention device 170 includes a pair of lower conveying guides 22b-1 and 22b-2 spaced apart on both sides so as to form a lower conveying path 22-2. A first gear 178 coupled to the first rotary shaft 178a and the second rotary shaft 179a and coupled to the first rotary shaft 178a and the second rotary shaft 179a to receive power from the driving source and to rotate in conjunction therewith, And the second gear 179 are coupled to each other.

In this embodiment, when the second rotation shaft 179a is rotated clockwise or counterclockwise at a predetermined angle by the power transmitted from the driving source, the second gear 179 coupled to the second rotation shaft 179a and the gear 1 gear 178 are rotated in opposite directions to each other so that the left lower conveying guide 22b-1 coupled to the first rotating shaft 178a and the lower right conveying guide 22b-2 are rotated by a predetermined angle around the first rotary shaft 178a and the second rotary shaft 179a, respectively. Therefore, when the second gear 179 is rotated in one direction (counterclockwise), the pair of lower conveying guides 22b-1 and 22b-2 located on both sides are narrowed in parallel with each other, When the second gear 179 is rotated in the other direction (clockwise direction), the pair of lower conveying guides 22b-1 and 22a-2 are overlapped with the upper conveying guides 22a-1 and 22a-2, 1 and 22b-2 are spaced apart from each other, and overlapping with the upper transport guides 22a-1 and 22a-2 is released as shown in Figs.

In this embodiment, the driving source is constituted by a solenoid 171 that provides power to the second gear 179. However, the driving source is not limited to this, and may be replaced by other means such as a step motor, as long as it provides power for rotation to either the first gear 178 or the second gear 179.

In this embodiment, the solenoid 171 includes a body 171a incorporating a coil for generating an electromagnetic force by application of an electric current, and a solenoid 171a connected to the inside and outside of the body 171a according to whether an electromagnetic force is generated, And a lower end 172a of the first link member 172 rotatable about the first hinge portion 172b is connected to an end of the rod 171b. The upper end of the first link member 172 is connected to one end 173a of the second link member 173 disposed horizontally to the left and right and the other end 173b of the second link member 173 is connected to the second end And is connected to the lower end of the third link member 175 rotated about the hinge portion 175a. The respective links between the rod 171b of the solenoid 171 and the first link member 172, the second link member 173 and the third link member 175 are connected in a relatively rotatable state.

The second hinge portion 175a is coupled to the fixed frame 174 mounted on the cassette module 150 and the second link member 173 and the fixed frame 174 are connected to the horizontal Guide holes 173c and 173d formed in the horizontal direction and guide protrusions 174a and 174b inserted into the guide holes 173c and 173d are formed at positions corresponding to each other to guide the movement.

A fourth link member 177 having a slide bar 177a at its lower end is coupled to the second rotation shaft 179a and the slide bar 177a is coupled to the upper end of the third link member 175 in a vertical direction And is slidably inserted into the slide groove 175b having a predetermined length. The fourth link member 177 is rotated about the second rotation shaft 179a by the relative movement of the slide bar 177a and the slide groove 175b in conjunction with the rotation of the third link member 175. [ The second gear 179 and the first gear 178 meshed with the second gear 179 are rotated and the lower conveying guide 22b-2 coupled to the second rotary shaft 179a and the first rotary shaft 178a, 22b-1 rotate in opposite directions to each other.

The lower linking guides 22b-1 and 22b-2 are provided on one side of the lower end of the third link member 175 so as to be elastically rotated so as to be disengaged from the upper transporting guides 22a-1 and 22a-2 The elastic member 176 can be connected. 11 and 12, when the cassette module 150 is moved forward of the cassette frame 130, the rod 171b of the solenoid 171 protrudes outward from the body 171a The elastic force of the elastic member 176 is transmitted to the first link member 172, the second link member 173, the third link member 175 and the fourth link member 177, The pair of lower conveying guides 22b-1 and 22b-2 are quickly rotated in the direction in which they are spaced apart from each other to release the overlapping state with the upper conveying guides 22a-1 and 22a-2 in the longitudinal direction, The cassette module 150 can be slid forward without interference to the front of the cassette frame 130. [

9 and 10, when the cassette module 150 is accommodated in the cassette frame 130, the cassette module 150 is moved to the inside of the cassette frame 130, The first link member 172, the second link member 173, the third link member 175, and the second link member 173 connected to the rod 171b of the solenoid 171 are drawn into the body 171a, The lower conveying guides 22b-1 and 22b-2 are connected to the upper conveying guides 22a-1 and 22a-2 by the interlocking of the fourth link member 177, the second gear 179 and the first gear 178, So that the banknotes can be smoothly conveyed.

As described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims. And such modifications are within the scope of the present invention.

1: upper unit 2: lower unit
11: deposit and withdrawal unit 12:
13: Temporary storage section 16: Transport path 20: Safe box 21: Horizontal transport path
22: vertical conveying path 22-1: upper conveying path
22-2: Lower conveying path 22a: Upper conveying module
22a-1 and 22a-2: upper transport guide 22b: lower transport module
22b-1, 22b-2: Lower conveying guide 30: Sliding means
50: Paper currency cassette 60: Box frame
70: banknote storage part 90: main frame
100: paper currency storage unit 110, 111, 112, 113: large cassette
111a, 112a, 113a, 121a, 122a: storage spaces 120, 121, 122, 123, 124:
130: cassette frame 131, 132:
140: first sliding means 150: cassette module
151: handle 160, 161, 162, 163: second sliding means
170: interference prevention device 171: solenoid
172: first link member 172b: first hinge part
173: second link member 173c, 173d: guide hole
174: fixed frame 174a, 174b: guide projection
175: third link member 175a: second hinge part
175b: slide groove 176: elastic member
177: fourth link member 177a: slide rod
178: first gear 179: second gear

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And a pair of upper conveying guides 22a-1 and 22a-2 that are disposed spaced apart from each other to form an upper conveying path 22-1 in which banknotes are conveyed in a space therebetween. The upper conveying path 22- An upper conveying module 22a in which a first small cassette 121 and a second small cassette 122 are disposed opposite to each other, the first small cassette 121 and the second small cassette 122 being connected to each other; And
The upper conveying path 22-1 and the upper conveying path 22-1 are vertically arranged so as to partially overlap with the upper conveying guides 22a-1 and 22a-2 in the front-rear direction, And a pair of lower conveying guides 22b-1 and 22b-2 that form the first small cassette 121 and the second small cassette 122, And a lower conveying module (22b) in which a third small cassette (123) connected to the lower conveying path (22-2) and a fourth small cassette (124) are arranged on both sides,
When the third small cassette 123, the fourth small cassette 124 and the lower transport module 22b are separated and withdrawn forward of the upper transport module 22a, the pair of lower transport guides 22b-1 And 22b-2 are interlocked and rotated to be separated from each other on both sides to release the superimposed state with the upper conveying guides 22a-1 and 22a-2. . The method according to claim 1,
The lower ends of the lower conveying guides 22b-1 and 22b-2 are coupled to the first rotary shaft 178a and the second rotary shaft 179a, respectively, Wherein the first gear (178) and the second gear (179) are coupled to each other to receive power from the drive source and to rotate in conjunction with each other, and a second gear (179) are coupled to the drive gear. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the drive source is a solenoid (171) that provides power to one of the first gear (178) and the second gear (179). Device. The method of claim 3,
A fourth link member 177 provided at one end of the slide bar 177a is coupled to the second rotation shaft 179a and the slide bar 177a receives the power of the solenoid 171, Is slidably inserted into a slide groove (175b) formed at one end of a third link member (175) that rotates about a support portion (175a)
The fourth link member 177 is rotated about the second rotation shaft 179a in conjunction with the rotation of the third link member 175 so that the second gear 179 and the first gear 178 engaged thereto ) Is rotated when the cassette is inserted into or withdrawn from the cassette of the automated teller machine. 5. The method of claim 4,
One end of a first link member 172, which is rotated about the first hinge portion 172b, is connected to the solenoid 171,
The other end of the first link member 172 is connected to one end of a second link member 173 disposed horizontally to the left and right and the other end of the second link member 173 is connected to the third link member 175 The apparatus for preventing interference between the upper and lower conveying guides in and from the cassette of the automated teller machine. 6. The method of claim 5,
The second hinge portion 175a is coupled to the fixed frame 174,
The second link member 173 and the fixed frame 174 are provided with guide holes 173c and 173d formed horizontally to guide the horizontal movement of the second link member 173, And 173d are formed at positions where the guide protrusions 174a and 174b are inserted into the guide rails 173a and 173d. 5. The method of claim 4,
The third link member 175 is provided at the other end with an elastic force so that the lower conveying guides 22b-1 and 22b-2 are rotated in a direction in which the lower conveying guides 22b-1 and 22a-2 are disengaged from the upper conveying guides 22a-1 and 22a-2. Wherein the elastic member (176) is connected to the upper and lower conveying guides. A bill storage unit of a banking automation apparatus including a plurality of banknote cassettes for storing banknotes,
The plurality of cassettes include a plurality of large cassettes 110, 111, 112 and 113 and a plurality of small cassettes 120 arranged at a lower height than the large cassettes 110 and arranged in a vertical stacked structure on one side of the large cassettes 110 121, 122, 123, 124);
A storage space partitioned to store the large cassette 110 and the small cassette 120 is provided in the cassette frame 100 and a cassette frame 130); And
And a cassette module 150 accommodated in the lower portion of the small cassette 120 and accommodated in the cassette frame 130 by the second sliding means 160 and,
The cassette module 150 is provided with the interference prevention device according to any one of items 1 to 7 so that the upper transport guide 22a-1, 22a-2 and the lower transport guide 22b-1 And the cassette module (150) is inserted into and disengaged from the cassette frame (130) after the overlapping state of the cassette (150) and the cassette module (22b-2) in the back and forth direction is canceled. 9. The method of claim 8,
The small cassettes 121 and 122 disposed at the upper portions of the large cassettes 110 and 111 and the small cassettes 120 and 121 and 122 and 123 are arranged in the cassette frame 130 after the cassette frame 130 is moved to one side of the safe 20, Drawn out to the upper side of the frame 130,
The cassettes 123 and 124 disposed below the small cassettes 120 and 121 and 122 and 123 and 124 are arranged in a state in which the cassette module 150 is moved to one side of the cassette frame 130 130), and then is withdrawn from the cassette module (150). 10. The method of claim 9,
The automatic teller machine includes an upper unit 1 having a deposit / withdrawal unit 11, a discrimination unit 12 and a temporary storage unit 13, And a lower unit (2)
The cassette frame 130 is slidably movable up and down with respect to the upper unit 1,
Wherein the cassette module (150) is slidably movable to a position not interfering with the cassette frame (130) in a vertical direction. 9. The method of claim 8,
The first sliding means 140 is formed in a shape corresponding to the front and rear surfaces of the cassette frame 130 and the inner surface of the safe 20 and is formed along the moving direction of the cassette frame 130. [ A first arm rail 140a and a first water rail 140b,
The second sliding means 160 is formed in a shape corresponding to the outer surface of the cassette module 150 and the inner surface of the cassette frame 130 and is formed along the direction in which the cassette module 150 is moved Wherein the banknote storage portion comprises banknote banknotes, banknote banknotes, banknote banknotes, banknote banknotes, and banknote banknotes.

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