JP3249392B2 - Cash handling automation equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method of handling cash.
The present invention relates to a cash handling automation device such as a TM (automatic depositing / dispensing device) or a CD (cash dispenser).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a cash handling automated machine such as an ATM or a CD, cash to be handled is placed in a cash storage unit provided with a cash handling mechanism, and is disposed in the automated machine. The housing of the automated equipment for storing the cash needs to be formed extremely firmly in order to protect the cash storage unit disposed inside from a disaster such as theft. In order to increase the strength of the housing of the automation equipment, the thickness of the outer plate constituting the housing must be increased, and the joint of the outer plate forming the housing must be specially designed such as a bar return, In addition, it is conceivable to increase the strength of the hinge structure of the opening / closing portion of the housing that is easily damaged. Even if the automated equipment may be destroyed by theft, etc. due to such reinforcement measures for the housing, it is difficult to access the cash storage unit, so that the cash in the cash storage unit can be handed. This makes it difficult to touch, thereby increasing the fracture resistance.

[0003]

However, the idea of making it difficult to access the cash storage unit by taking measures to reinforce the housing of the automation equipment is to make the structure of the housing and its manufacturing process complicated and complicated. Not only incurs higher production costs for automated equipment,
It also makes it difficult to design the housing freely. Therefore, there has been a demand for an automated cash handling machine having excellent fracture resistance without increasing the manufacturing cost of the housing and without hindering the free design of the housing.

[0004]

The present invention adopts the following constitution in order to solve the above points. Cash according to the present invention
Automated handling equipment is a housing with a cash handling slot
And cash collection for payment of cash through the cash handling port.
A cash storage unit provided with a handling mechanism, and the cash storage unit
The cash handling port by the cash handling mechanism of the unit
An opening is provided to allow the receipt and payment of cash through
Safe unit that houses the cash storage unit,
Knit and the safe unit is inserted into the housing.
Wheels are provided to facilitate the loading of
In succession, the bottom of the housing has the safe unit
Position the safe unit in a position where the opening aligns with the cash handling slot.
Positioning means for positioning the knit is provided
And further defining a protrusion on the bottom of the housing and
On both sides of the part, there is a table that defines the track part on which the wheels rest.
In addition, the positioning means corresponds to the track corresponding to the wheel.
From the wheel receiving hole into which the wheel falls.
And the wheel corresponding to the wheel receiving hole is depressed.
In the state, the convex portion of the table is on the bottom of the safe unit.
The abutment allows the safe unit to move within the housing.
It is characterized in that it is held at a predetermined height position.

[0005]

[0006]

[0007]

According to the present invention, a pedestal is provided on the bottom of the housing to define a convex portion and on both sides of the convex portion a wheel track portion, and a wheel receiving hole into which the wheel of the safe unit falls into the track portion. The positioning means is constituted by the wheel receiving holes, and the bottom of the safe unit is held by the convex portion of the placing stand in a state where the wheels are dropped into the wheel receiving holes .
Ri, Ru can be reliably hold the safe unit in a predetermined height position. By seeing the wheels of the safe unit in the direction of movement of the safe unit, for example, in a staggered arrangement, by disposing them with a deviation from each other, it is possible to prevent the wheels in the forward direction of the movement from falling into the corresponding wheel receiving holes. Ru can be prevented from falling into the wheel receiving holes. Also, the safe unit wheels are composed of a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels, and the distance between the front wheels and the distance between the rear wheels are made different from each other to prevent unstable movement due to the tilt during the movement of the safe unit. without incurring it is Ru can <br/> be realized favorably wheel arrangement for preventing a drop of the non-corresponding wheel receiving hole of the wheel.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the illustrated embodiments. <Embodiment 1> FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing an embodiment of a cash handling automation apparatus according to the present invention with its housing and safe unit opened respectively. In the illustrated example, a cash dispenser 10 is shown as an example of a cash handling automation device.

The cash dispenser 10 has a substantially rectangular bottom 1.
1, a housing 14 made of a metal plate such as iron, which includes a peripheral wall portion 12 rising from four sides of a bottom portion and an upper portion 13 closing an upper end opening of the peripheral wall portion 12. In addition, the cash dispenser 10 includes, inside a housing 14, a generally rectangular bill storage unit 15 for storing bills to be handled, and a safe unit 16 for accommodating the bill storage unit 15 in a removable manner.

The upper portion 13 of the housing 14 is pivotally connected to the peripheral wall 12 via a pivot (not shown) similar to the conventional one so that it can be opened and closed. In the upper part 13, for example, a card handling port for a well-known cash card or the like,
An operation panel 13A incorporating a display operation unit for displaying touch keys, operation guidance, and the like is provided. The operation panel 13A includes a bill storage unit 15
Cash handling port 1 for taking out banknotes paid out from
7 are provided. The front portion 12A of the peripheral wall portion 12 of the housing 14 is connected to the banknote storage unit 15 and a safe unit 16 for storing the banknote storage unit 15 through a pivot (not shown) similar to that at the upper portion 13 for taking in and out. The upper portion 13 and the front portion 12A can be locked in the closed position.

The banknote storage unit 15 housed in the housing 14 is provided with a conventionally well-known banknote handling mechanism 18 for taking out a desired number of banknotes of a desired type stored therein. An opening 19 is formed at the top of the bill storage unit 15 to allow the delivery of the bill.

The safe unit 16 for receiving the bill storage unit 15 is provided with a door 21 for opening and closing an opening 20 for inserting and removing the bill storage unit 15. The door 21 can incorporate a locking mechanism as applied to a general safe door. In addition, it is desirable to apply a heat insulating structure to the safe unit 16 to enhance fire resistance. At the top of the safe unit 16 is a bill storage unit 1
An opening 22 that can be aligned with the opening 19 is formed.
The opening 22 allows the lid member 2 to be opened from above and normally held in the normally closed position by a spring force.
3 can be provided.

The bill storage unit 15 housed in the safe unit 16 is relatively heavy. For this reason, it is desirable to provide a loading / unloading unit 24 for facilitating the loading and unloading of the heavy bill storage unit 15 into and out of the safe unit 16. In the illustrated example, a pair of guide members 25 slidably supported on inner wall surfaces on both sides of the safe unit 16 so as to protrude from the opening 20 on the inner wall surfaces of the safe unit 16, and a pair of guide members 25 25, which is fixed to the front end portion of the receiving tray 26 and receives the bill storage unit 15.
And With the bill storage unit 15 placed on the receiving tray 26 pulled out of the safe unit 16, the receiving tray 2
6, the banknote storage unit 15 in the safe unit 16 can be taken out by pulling down the banknote storage unit 15 from the tray 26 pulled out. In addition, the work of putting the bill storage unit 15 in and out of the safe unit 16 can be performed relatively easily. As the loading / unloading means 24 for facilitating the loading / unloading of the bill storage unit 15, various configurations can be applied without being limited to the illustrated example.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the automatic teller machine 10. The safe unit 16 is held in the housing 14 at a position where the opening 22 is aligned with the cash handling port 17 of the operation panel 13A in a state where the banknote storage unit 15 is housed therein. As shown in FIG. 2, the safe unit 16 is mounted on the caster 1 so as not to be taken away by theft or the like.
The floor 2 on which the cash dispenser 10 is installed is fixed by the anchor bolts 27 together with the bottom 11 of the housing 14 provided with 1A.
8 is desirably fixed.

In the cash dispenser 10, after confirming the transaction person using a cash card or the like, under the control of a control unit (not shown) based on input information by operating touch keys or the like and information from a host computer (not shown). As is well known in the art, the bill handling mechanism 18 of the bill storage unit 15 pays out a desired number of bills of a desired type stored in the bill storage unit 15 toward the cash handling port 17. The dispensing of the banknote by the banknote handling mechanism 18 is performed through the opening 22 provided in the safe unit 16, and therefore, the safe unit 16 uses the banknote handling mechanism 1.
8, the banknote storage unit 15 in which the banknotes are stored is firmly protected in the housing 14 without hindering the operation of the banknote storage unit 8. Therefore, even if the housing 14 is damaged by theft or the like,
Since the banknote storage unit 15 is not disposed in the housing 14 in a state where the banknote storage unit 15 is exposed, and the banknote storage unit 15 is stored in the housing 14 while being protected by the strong safe unit 16, The banknote storage unit 15 cannot be immediately touched with the hand, and the breaking strength is increased.

Therefore, according to the automatic teller machine 10, the bill storage unit 15 is stored in the safe unit 16 in the housing 14.
And is protected by the safe unit 16, without using a thick and heavy special steel plate for the housing 14 housing the safe unit 16, and without taking special reinforcing measures for the housing 14. Thus, the security of the bill storage unit 15 in the safe unit 16 can be improved.
This eliminates the need for special reinforcement measures for the housing 14, thereby simplifying the overall configuration of the housing 14 and reducing the overall weight of the cash dispenser 10 and further reducing the cost. Is possible, and the degree of freedom in designing the housing 14 is increased.

<Embodiment 2> FIG. 3 is a perspective view schematically showing another embodiment of the safe unit 16. The safe unit 16 shown in FIG. 3 has four wheels 2 on its lower surface.
9 (29A and 29B), and the safe unit 1
At the bottom 11 of the housing 14 that receives the 6, a table 30 that receives the safe unit 16 is provided.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the safe unit 16 provided with wheels 29 from below. Wheel 29
The safe unit 16 includes a pair of front wheels 29A positioned forward when the safe unit 16 is loaded into the housing 14, and a pair of rear wheels 29B positioned rearward when the safe unit 16 is loaded. In the illustrated example, each wheel 29
Are fixed brackets 31 fixedly supported on the bottom 11
, The wheels 29 are provided on the safe unit 16, but a caster having a movable bracket can be used as the wheels 29. Wheel spacing W ₁ between the pair of front wheels 29A is set larger than the wheel intervals W ₂ of the pair of rear wheels 29B.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the table 30 shown in FIG. The mounting table 30 is formed with a convex portion 32 whose central portion extends in the front-rear direction of the housing 14 and a track portion 33 on which wheels 29 (29A and 29B) are mounted on both sides of the convex portion 32. ing. The track portion 33 has a convex portion 3
2 so that the wheels 29 (29A
And 29B) for receiving a part of the wheel receiving hole 34
(34A and 34B) are formed. Thus, the wheel receiving holes 34B for the rear wheel of the pair formed at a position near the front portion 12A of the peripheral wall portion 12 is formed at an interval W ₂ corresponding to the rear wheel 29B interval W _2, the front part 1
A pair of front wheel receiving hole 34A which is formed in a position at a distance from the 2A, the interval W ₁ corresponding to the front wheels 29A interval W ₁
It is formed with. The mounting table 30 is desirably fixed to the bottom 11 of the housing 14 as shown in FIG. 3 by fixing means such as welding or bolt and nut fasteners.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a method of loading the safe unit shown in FIG. 3 into the housing. A forklift can be used to carry the safe unit 16 into the housing 14. However, wheels 29 (29
A and 29B), the safe unit 16 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the inclined plate 35 is arranged from the floor surface 28 toward the track portion 33 of the placing table 30, and the safe unit 16 is disposed.
Is pushed along the slope of the inclined plate 35, whereby the safe unit 16 can be manually placed on the table 30.

FIGS. 7 and 8 are schematic diagrams showing the procedure for installing the safe unit 16 on the table 30.
As shown in FIG. 7, the front wheel 2 of the safe unit 16
When 9A is pushed up onto the track portion 33 of the placing table 30,
The projection 32 is received between the front wheels 29A. At this time, the front wheels 29A, the never falling into wheel wheel receiving hole 34B after being provided with a small gap W ₂ than the wheel intervals W _1, the convex portion 32 the top surface of the stand 30 and the bottom surface of the safe unit 16 The interval is maintained between. Also, both front wheels 2
The protrusion 32 located between 9A acts as a guide for the safe unit 16. Therefore, the safe and easy pushing operation of the safe unit 16 is not hindered, and the safe unit 16 and the table 30 are not damaged during the pushing operation of the safe unit 16.

The subsequent pushing operation of the safe unit 16 causes the front wheel 29A to correspond to the front wheel receiving hole 34.
At the same time, the rear wheel 29B reaches the corresponding rear wheel receiving hole 34B. As a result, each wheel 29 falls into the corresponding wheel receiving hole 34. Due to the drop of the wheel 29 into the wheel receiving hole 34, each wheel 2
As shown in FIG. 8, the bottom of the safe unit 16 abuts on the top of the projection 32 of the table 30 because the 9 is partially received in the corresponding wheel receiving hole 34.
Thereby, the safe unit 16 is mounted on the convex portion 32. When the safe unit 16 is placed on the convex portion 32, as shown in FIG. 1, the safe unit 16 has its opening 22 aligned with the cash handling port 17 provided on the operation panel 13A and from the operation panel 13A. At the right position with the right distance,
Positioning is assured.

By arranging the wheels 29 of the safe unit 16 in a staggered manner, it is possible to give a mutual shift when viewed in the front-back direction along the moving direction of the safe unit 16, and the front wheels and the rear wheels are aligned in a straight line. And it is possible to prevent the front wheel from falling into the rear wheel receiving hole. Although the example of the wheel receiving hole 34 provided in the track portion 33 is shown as a positioning means of the safe unit 16, a lock mechanism can be provided for each wheel 29 instead. However, in order to simplify the structure, secure stable movement of the safe unit 16 and enable secure holding of the safe unit 16, FIGS.
As has been described with reference to, the four wheels 29 with different wheel spacing W ₁ and the rear wheel spacing W ₂ disposed at four corners of the bottom of the safe unit 16, the wheel receiving hole 34 for receiving the wheels 29 and the positioning means Is desirable.

In the above description, an example in which the present invention is applied to a cash dispenser in which the cash storage unit is composed of only a banknote unit has been described. However, an automatic depositing and dispensing apparatus having a cash storage unit composed of a banknote unit and a coin unit has been described. The present invention can be applied to such various cash handling apparatuses.

[0026]

As described above, in the cash handling automation device according to the present invention, the cash storage unit is located within the housing.
It is housed in a safe unit that does not hinder the handling of cash in the cash handling slot of this housing. And the like. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to simplify the configuration of the housing without impairing the fracture resistance, and to achieve a reduction in the overall weight and manufacturing cost of the automation equipment, In addition, it is possible to increase the degree of freedom in designing the housing without sacrificing the fracture resistance.

Further, according to the present invention, by providing the safe unit with wheels, handling of the safe unit including loading into the safe unit is facilitated, and proper positioning of the safe unit is achieved by the positioning means cooperating with the wheels. Since the positioning operation at the position is easy, the safe unit can be easily handled and installed in the housing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing a specific example of a cash handling automation apparatus according to the present invention with its housing and safe unit opened respectively.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the automated cash handling apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view schematically showing another specific example of the safe unit arranged in the housing of the cash handling automation apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the safe unit shown in FIG. 3 as viewed from below.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the table shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing an example of a method of loading the safe unit shown in FIG. 3 into a housing.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram (part 1) showing a procedure for installing the safe unit shown in FIG. 3 on a table.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram (part 2) showing a procedure for installing the safe unit shown in FIG. 3 on a table.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 cash handling automation equipment (cash dispenser) 14 housing 15 cash storage unit (bill storage unit) 16 safe unit 17 cash handling port 18 bill handling mechanism (cash handling mechanism) 22 opening 29 wheels 34 positioning means (wheel receiving hole) )

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A housing provided with a cash handling port, a cash storage unit provided with a cash handling mechanism for receiving and paying cash passing through the cash handling port, and a cash handling mechanism of the cash storage unit. An opening for allowing receipt and payment of cash through the cash handling port is provided and arranged in the housing, and a safe unit for housing the cash storage unit, wherein the safe unit has a carry-in operation into the housing. A wheel is provided for facilitation, and in connection with the wheel,
Positioning means for positioning the safe unit at a position where the opening of the safe unit is aligned with the cash handling port is provided at the bottom of the safe, and further, a convex portion is provided at the bottom of the housing. And a pedestal that defines a track portion on which the wheel is mounted on both sides of the convex portion, and the positioning means is provided on the track portion corresponding to the wheel, and from a wheel receiving hole into which the wheel falls. When the wheel corresponding to the wheel receiving hole is lowered, the convex portion of the table abuts against the bottom surface of the safe unit, thereby holding the safe unit at a predetermined height position in the housing. A cash handling automation device characterized by being performed. 2. The automatic cash handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the wheels are arranged so as to be shifted from each other when viewed in the front-back direction along the moving direction of the safe unit. 3. The automatic cash handling apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said wheels comprise a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels, and a mutual interval between said front wheels and a mutual interval between said rear wheels are different.