Information
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Patent Grant
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6516468
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Patent Number
6,516,468
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Date Filed
Monday, December 18, 200023 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, February 4, 200321 years ago
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Inventors
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Original Assignees
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Examiners
- Frech; Karl D.
- Hess; Daniel A.
Agents
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
- 902 13
- 902 8
- 902 9
- 235 379
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International Classifications
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Abstract
A cash transaction machine having an antitheft mechanism capable of preventing the cash from being seized from a cash storage unit inside a housing through an opening formed in the housing is disclosed. The cash transaction machine having the antitheft mechanism according to the invention includes the housing having a hard outer wall with an opening, and a cash dispensing/receiving unit extending out of the housing through the opening from inside of the housing. At least the portion of the cash dispensing/receiving unit arranged outside of the housing is configured with a metal bottom plate, a transverse structure extending substantially parallel to the plane of the bottom plate, and a pair of metal side plates with the bottom ends thereof fixed to the bottom plate, and the ends of the transverse structure are secured to the side plates at a position above the bottom ends of the side plates.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a cash transaction machine having an antitheft mechanism with at least a portion thereof installed in a housing including a hard outer wall.
2. Description of the Related Art
Recently, transactions including depositing and withdrawal of cash have been often automated so that cash transaction machines for conducting unmanned cash transactions such as ATMs (automatic teller machines) and CDs (cash dispensers) have been increasingly used. These cash transaction machines, which have been installed in great numbers at locations such as manned stores, are now being installed at a multiplicity of disperse places, such as unmanned stores, for the convenience of users.
On the other hand, the dispersion of places for installation increases the number of both installed machines and places of installation, while the cases where the machines are installed in remote places are increasing. The result is an increased number of cases of theft. In such, cases, the cash transaction machines are often destroyed by tools such as hammers and the cash stored in the machine is stolen.
To meet this situation, a method has been used to install a cash transaction machine, or especially, a cash storage unit thereof, in a safe-like housing having a thick, hard outer wall. The term “safe” herein is defined as a box having a reinforced structure such that it cannot be destroyed in a short time. In the case where a cash transaction machine (a cash storage unit thereof, in particular) is arranged in a housing having a hard outer wall, as disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication (Kokai) No. 10-306653, the antitheft effect can be improved, for example, by employing a safe-like housing having an engaging member which does not allow for easy disengagement between the door and the body of the safe even when an attempt is made to forcibly open the door by inserting a crowbar or the like tool into the gap between the body and the door of the safe.
Unlike the cash storage box disclosed in Kokai No. 10-306653, however, the cash transaction machine, which must dispense and receive cash between the interior and exterior of the safe, like housing, is unavoidably required to have an opening formed in the housing from which a customer service unit including an operation interface with customers and a cash gate port (or cash dispensing/receiving port) must protrude out of the housing. In the past, when the cash transacted was still small in amount, the opening of the safe-like housing was reduced in size to minimize the size of the customer service unit protruded out of the housing for preventing the theft of cash from the internal cash storage unit through the opening of the housing.
However, recently, an amount of cash handled in the cash transaction machine is increasing and as a result the cash dispensing/receiving device tends to be enlarged. Also, from the viewpoint of operation, demand has increased for a larger customer interface. This unavoidably increases the size of the cash gate port and the customer service unit including the customer interface, with the result that it is difficult to maintain a small opening of the safe-like housing.
Consequently, once the customer service unit protruded out of the safe-like housing through the opening is destroyed, the cash storage unit arranged inside of the safe-like housing can be attacked through the opening and cash can be brought out of it. It is required, therefore, to improve the antitheft capability of the cash transaction machine.
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication (Kokai) No. 62-184590 discloses a paper money dispenser equipped with an antitheft function in order to improve the antitheft capability of the cash transaction machine arranged in the safe-like housing having an outer wall with an opening. The improved antitheft capability of this paper money dispenser is derived from a security gate provided for closing the connecting space (cash transport passageway) formed between the safe for storing the paper money and the paper money dispense port. However, this requires a complicated mechanism for performing the functions described above and thereby gives rise to another problem that the machine becomes larger as a whole and the equipment is expensive.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the invention is, therefore, to provide a cash transaction machine with an inexpensive, simple structure which includes at least a cash storage unit arranged in a safe-like housing formed with an opening, in order to solve the aforementioned problem, wherein a thief is prevented from stealing the cash, from the cash storage unit and through the opening, by destroying the portion of the housing protruded outwardly from the opening.
In order to achieve the aforementioned object, according to this invention, there is provided a cash transaction machine having an antitheft mechanism which includes a housing including a hard outer wall with an opening, and a cash dispensing/receiving unit extending out of the housing from the inside of the housing through the opening, wherein at least the portion of the cash dispensing/receiving unit arranged outside of the housing includes an antitheft mechanism having a metal bottom plate, a transverse structure extending substantially parallel to the plane of the bottom plate, and a pair of metal side plates with the bottom ends thereof fixed to the bottom plate, the ends of the transverse structure secured to the side plates at a position above the bottom ends of the side plates.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the transverse structure of the cash transaction machine having the antitheft mechanism described above can include a cash carrying device.
According to another embodiment, the transverse structure can include a beam member.
Preferably, the bottom plate extends over a cash storage unit arranged inside the housing. Also, the transverse structure is preferably secured to the side plates by fastening means having a portion engaging the outer surfaces of the side plates.
In view of the fact that at least the portion of the cash dispensing/receiving unit arranged outside of the housing includes the bottom plate, a pair of the side plates fixed on the bottom plate and the transverse structure with the ends thereof fixedly secured to the side plates, when the portion arranged outside of the housing is destroyed in attempt to attack the internal cash storage unit through the opening of the housing, the side plates will be deformed inwardly (toward the portion between the side plates) and fall on the bottom plate by the transverse structure such as the beam member and the cash carrying devices secured to the side plates. The side plates are fixedly mounted on the bottom plate, and therefore the side plates and the transverse structure such as the beam member and the cash carrying devices are stacked on the bottom plate and block the opening.
In this way, the side plates and the transverse structure secured to the side plates perform the function of shutting out the access route through the opening of the housing to the cash storage unit arranged inside the housing, thereby making it possible to prevent the cash storage unit from being attacked through the opening of the housing to seize the cash from the cash storage unit.
On the other hand, the bottom plate and a pair of the side plates are the only main parts newly added to the cash transaction machine according to the invention as compared with the conventional cash transaction machine, and therefore, the structure for improving the antitheft capability according to the invention is simple and accompanied by no substantial increase in cost.
The bottom plate, if it extends over the cash storage unit and covers its upper part, is required to be destroyed to attack the cash storage unit directly through the opening. Since the side plates stacked thereon play the role of reinforcing the bottom plate, the attack against the cash storage unit arranged inside the housing becomes more difficult, thereby improving its antitheft capability.
Also, in the case where the transverse structure is secured to the side plates using fastening means having a portion engaging the surface of the outer portion (outside of the portion between the opposed side plates) of the side plates, it is not easy for the transverse structure to come off the side plates inwardly when an external force is exerted on the transverse structure. Thus, the inward deformation of the side plates is guaranteed.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will be made more apparent from the following description of the preferred embodiments thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1
is a perspective view of a cash transaction machine having an antitheft mechanism according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2
is a side view of the cash transaction machine having the antitheft mechanism shown in
FIG. 1
illustrating the internal structures thereof;
FIG. 3
is a diagrammatic view illustrating carrying devices arranged along the cash receiving route and the cash dispensing route of the cash dispensing/receiving device of the cash transaction machine shown in
FIG. 2
;
FIG. 4
is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a support frame structure of the cash dispensing/receiving device shown in
FIG. 3
;
FIG. 5
is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a support frame structure of the cash dispensing/receiving device shown in
FIG. 3
;
FIG. 6
is a diagrammatic view illustrating an embodiment of a structure for mounting the carrying devices on side plates of the machine, in which the drive mechanism and the belt for power transmission are not shown for simplification;
FIG. 7
is a diagrammatic view illustrating the normal state of the cash transaction machine having the antitheft mechanism according to the invention;
FIG. 8
is a front view of a cash transaction machine having an antitheft mechanism according to the invention with the portion thereof outside of the housing destroyed; and
FIG. 9
is a side view of a cash transaction machine having an antitheft mechanism according to the invention with the portion thereof outside of the housing destroyed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
A cash transaction machine having an antitheft mechanism according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1
is a perspective view of an automatic teller machine (ATM) as an example of a cash transaction machine
10
having an antitheft mechanism according to the invention, and
FIG. 2
is a side view illustrating the internal structure of the cash transaction machine
10
. In addition to the ATM, which is only an illustrative example and is not restrictive, the invention is applicable with equal effect to the other cash transaction machines which can handle cash for transactions with an unspecified number of customers, including those having only the function of cash withdrawal such as the cash dispenser (CD), only the function of cash depositing, only the function of money transfer or the function of both depositing and withdrawal.
The ATM is a machine for conducting money transactions such as cash withdrawal, cash depositing, or transfer to another account, and actually handles cash in many transactions.
Referring to
FIG. 1
, the cash transaction machine
10
includes an upper portion
12
and a lower portion
14
. The upper portion
12
further includes a touch panel
16
for displaying an operating instruction and information to the operator and receiving the input for operation, a passbook insertion hole
18
for inserting the passbook to write a transaction record therein, and a card insertion hole
20
for inserting a card such as a cash card and bank card to identify the operator. The lower portion
14
, on the other hand, includes a cash dispensing/receiving device
22
for performing the function of dispensing or receiving cash to or from the operator and a housing
24
having the cash dispensing/receiving device
22
therein. The housing
24
has an outer wall as hard as that of a safe, and the outer wall is formed with an opening
26
through which a portion of the cash dispensing/receiving device
22
can be protruded out of the housing
24
. The term “safe” herein is defined as a box having a reinforced structure such that it cannot be destroyed in a short time.
As seen from
FIG. 2
, the upper portion
12
further includes a card/passbook processing unit
28
for identifying the card and/or writing a transaction record in the passbook and a control unit
30
, for controlling the operation of the cash transaction machine
10
as a whole, arranged in its interior. The card/passbook processing unit
28
can receive the passbook inserted from the passbook insertion hole
18
or the card inserted from the card insertion hole
20
, and then performs such processes as the identification of the card or the writing of a transaction record in the passbook while communicating with the control unit
30
. Based on the process designated as an instruction from the input unit such as the touch panel
16
, on the other hand, the control unit
30
controls the operation of the cash dispensing/receiving device
22
and the card/passbook processing unit
28
by transmitting operation signals to them.
The communication between the cash dispensing/receiving device
22
, the card/passbook processing unit
28
and the control unit
30
is carried out through a cable
32
. The electrical connection between the control unit
30
arranged outside of the housing
24
in the upper portion
12
of the cash transaction machine
10
and the cash dispensing/receiving device
22
arranged inside of the housing
24
can be accomplished by passing a cable through a small through hole formed in the outer wall of the housing
24
, and therefore never affects the antitheft capability. The whole of the upper portion
12
may of course be accommodated in the housing
24
.
The cash dispensing/receiving device
22
encased in the lower portion
14
of the cash transaction machine
10
includes the portion extending out of the housing
24
through the opening
26
from inside of the housing
24
. A customer service unit
34
for dispensing and receiving the cash directly between the operator and the cash transaction machine
10
is located on this portion arranged outside of the housing
24
. Referring to
FIG. 1
, the customer service unit
34
includes a paper money gate port (or paper money dispensing/receiving port)
36
, a coin gate port (or coin dispensing/receiving port)
38
and a key input unit
40
for inputting a PIN (personal identification number). The paper money gate port
36
and the coin gate port
38
have closing doors
42
,
44
.
The cash dispensing/receiving device
22
arranged in the housing
24
contains a cash storage unit
46
therein as shown in FIG.
3
. The cash is transported by carrying devices
52
arranged along the receiving route
48
and the dispensing route
50
between the paper money gate port
36
and the coin gate port
38
of the customer service unit
34
and the cash storage unit
46
. In
FIG. 3
, for simplification, only several rollers are shown in the carrying device for the paper money. The carrying device for the paper money, however, includes a multiplicity of other rollers and guides as described later. Further, the carrying devices
52
include that for coins (not shown).
In depositing or transferring of money to another account, the paper money or coins are received by the paper money gate port
36
or the coin gate port
38
, and transported by the carrying devices
52
to the cash storage unit
46
through a verification unit
54
located on the money receiving route
48
. In withdrawing money, on the other hand, the money or coins are transported from the cash storage unit
46
by the carrying devices
52
to the paper money gate port
36
or the coin gate port
38
, and delivered to the operator through the paper money gate port
36
or the coin gate port
38
, respectively. As described above, the customer service unit
34
located at the portion of the housing
24
extending outward through the opening
26
is indispensable for a cash transaction machine
10
. Since the customer service unit
34
is exposed to the outside of the housing
24
and is easy to destroy, however, the cash storage unit
46
placed in the housing
24
can be attacked through the opening
26
of the housing
24
by destroying and removing the portion of the device
22
arranged outside of the housing
24
including the customer service unit
34
. In view of this, according to the invention, the portion of the device
22
arranged outside of the housing
24
including the customer service unit
34
of the cash dispensing/receiving device
22
of the cash transaction machine
10
has a particular antitheft mechanism for an improved antitheft capability.
The structure of the cash dispensing/receiving device
22
of the cash transaction machine
10
having the antitheft mechanism according to the invention will be described below.
FIG. 4
is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a support frame structure
56
of the cash dispensing/receiving device
22
. The other portions of the cash dispensing/receiving device
22
including the cash storage unit
46
, the carriers
52
and other mechanisms are not shown in FIG.
4
.
In the cash transaction machine
10
according to the invention, the side portion and the upper portion of the customer service unit
34
are surrounded by a front cover
58
shown in
FIG. 4
, and a bottom plate
60
of a metal such as iron is located beneath the bottom portion of the customer service unit
34
. The bottom plate
60
extends over the bottom portion of the customer service unit
34
protruded out of the housing
24
and further into the housing
24
.
A pair of side plates
62
of a metal such as iron extending from the front side (facing the operator) to the rear side have the bottom ends thereof fixed on the bottom plate
60
. Further, between the pair of the side plates
62
, an operating mechanism for the closing doors
42
,
44
of the paper money gate port
36
and the coin gate port
38
of the customer service unit
34
and the carrying devices
52
for the paper money and coins are fixedly supported, at their ends, on the side plates
62
, thus functioning as transverse structures for the side plates
62
. Each of the side plates
62
has an L-shaped section as shown in FIG.
4
and the lower side portion (bottom end) thereof is fixed on the bottom plate
60
. The side plates
62
are fixed on the bottom plate
60
preferably by using fastening means
64
such as bolts as shown in FIG.
4
. Nevertheless, other joining methods, such as welding, assuring a sufficient coupling strength may alternatively be used. Also, only some of the operating mechanism for the closing door and the carrying devices
52
may be fixedly supported on and transversely of the opposed side plates
62
as transverse structures.
A swing post
66
extending toward the outer side (the portion sandwiched between the opposed side plates
62
is defined as the inner side) of the side plates is arranged on the front side (the side facing the operator) of each of the side plates
62
. The front cover
58
is swingably mounted on the side plates
62
by the engagement between the swing post
66
and the corresponding recesses (not shown) formed in the side walls of the front cover
58
.
As shown in
FIG. 4
, the support frame structure
56
of the cash dispensing/receiving device
22
has a substantially C-shape in a horizontal cross section, and the front portion of the spice between the sides of the support frame structure
56
is wider than the rear portion thereof. The bottom plate
60
with the side plates
62
fixed thereon is mounted on the front wide space portion of the support frame structure
56
. In the shown embodiment, leg portions extend downwardly from the side ends of the bottom plate
60
and form a substantially C-shaped cross section of the bottom plate
60
. The leg portions
68
of the bottom plate
60
rest on protrusions
70
formed on the inner surface of the support frame structure
56
. Further, the bottom plate
60
is fixed on the support frame structure
56
by mounting the leg portions
68
to the support frame structure
56
with fastening means
72
such as bolts. The bottom plate
60
may alternatively be fixedly secured to the support frame structure
56
by welding or the other joining methods.
The cash storage unit
46
is arranged in the wide space portion having the sides thereof defined by the side walls of the support frame structure
56
and the upper portion thereof defined by the bottom plate
60
. The presence of the bottom plate
60
makes it difficult to attack the cash storage unit
46
directly through the opening
26
from the portion arranged outside of the housing
24
including the customer service unit
34
.
The carrying devices
52
for transporting the cash between the cash storage unit
46
and the customer service unit
34
as well as other devices are arranged in the narrow space between the rear portion of the side walls of the support frame structure
56
. Carrying devices
52
are also, of course, arranged between the side plates
62
fixed on the bottom plate
60
. As described above, at least some of the carrying devices
52
arranged between the side plates
62
extend transversely between the side plates
62
and the ends thereof are secured to the side plates
62
.
The wiring, etc. are arranged in the outer peripheral region (recess region)
74
located outside of the narrow rear portion of the support frame structure
56
. The support frame structure
56
as well as the wiring and the power mechanism arranged around the support frame structure
56
are surrounded by a substantially rectangular cover (not shown) and the front cover mounted on the side plates
62
are used to protect the customer service unit
34
, thus forming the cash dispensing/receiving device
22
as shown in FIG.
2
.
FIG. 5
is a perspective view a second embodiment of the support frame structure
56
of the cash dispensing/receiving device
22
. Similar to
FIG. 4
, the cash storage unit, the carrying devices and other mechanisms are omitted. The same components as those shown in
FIG. 4
are designated by the same reference numerals.
The side plates of the support frame structure
56
shown in the embodiment of
FIG. 5
are different from those shown in the embodiment of FIG.
4
. Referring to
FIG. 5
, each side plate
62
′ is comprised of an separate L-shaped angle member
78
and a flat plate
80
. The angle member
78
and the flat plate
80
are joined to each other by fastening means
82
such as bolts or by any suitable joining method such as welding. Further, the angle member
78
is formed integrally with the rear portion of the support frame structure
56
and extends forward like an arm. Thus, the bottom plate
60
is held between the protrusions
70
formed on the front portion of the support frame structure
56
and the angle members
78
extending like arms and integrated with the rear portion of the support frame structure
56
, thereby securing the bottom plate
60
even more firmly to the support frame structure
56
. As a result, this configuration makes it difficult to remove the bottom plate
60
from the support frame structure
56
, thereby improving an antitheft capability.
Also, a beam member
84
made of a metal such as iron is arranged as a transverse structure between the side plates
62
′ shown in
FIG. 5
, whereby the inward fall of the side plates
62
′ is more positively guaranteed should the customer service unit
34
be destroyed. The beam member
84
is fixedly secured to the side plates
62
′ by welding or the like method resulting in a sufficiently high coupling strength and will not come easily off the side plates
62
′ under an external force.
The other portions of the support frame structure
56
have the same configuration and are fastened and joined in the same way as in
FIG. 4
, and therefore the description thereof will be omitted here.
FIG. 6
is a diagrammatic view illustrating an embodiment of a structure for mounting the carrying devices
52
on the side plates
62
(
62
′).
Referring to
FIG. 6
, the shaft
86
of the carrying device
52
extends through the side plates
62
and is rotatably mounted on the side plates
62
by flanged bearings
88
. The shaft
86
is made of a metal such as iron. Instead of the flanged bearings
88
, flanged bushings or the like may be used. As seen from
FIG. 6
, the flange portion of the bearings
88
is arranged outside of the side plates
62
. Impellers
90
, rollers
92
and belts (not shown), which are required for transporting the paper money, are arranged inside of the side plates
62
, while timing pulleys
94
, a gear
96
and the like, which are not directly related to the transportation, are arranged outside of the side plates
62
. Retaining rings
98
are mounted in the outermost position. This arrangement prevents the shaft
86
from coming off easily from the side plates
62
under an external force. An external force which may be exerted on the shaft
86
, therefore, is transmitted to the side plates
62
through the shaft
86
and causes the side plates
62
to fall inward.
In the lower part of
FIG. 6
, an iron guide plate
100
is seen to be fixedly secured to the side plates
62
by fastening means
102
, such as screws, from outside of the side plates
62
. Also, a shaft
104
with rollers mounted thereon is supported by and secured to inner plates
106
arranged inside of the side plates
62
. The shaft
104
is mounted in the same way as the shaft
86
is secured to the side plates
62
as described above, so that the external force exerted on the shaft
104
is transmitted to the inner plates
106
thereby to make the inner plates
106
fall inwardly. Though not seen from
FIG. 6
, the inner plates
106
are secured to the side plates
62
. The inner plates
106
, however, may of course be secured alternatively to the bottom plate
60
.
The antitheft function of the cash transaction machine
10
according to the invention will be now described with reference to
FIGS. 7
to
9
.
FIG. 7
is a diagrammatic view illustrating the normal state of the cash transaction machine
10
according to the invention.
FIG. 8
is a front view of the cash transaction machine
10
according to the invention with the portion thereof outside of the housing
24
destroyed, and
FIG. 9
is a side view of the cash transaction machine
10
according to the invention with the portion thereof outside of the housing
24
destroyed.
The bottom plate
60
is located at the bottom of the portion of the machine arranged outside of the housing
24
including the customer service unit
34
which extends outwardly through the opening
26
from inside of the housing
24
, and the side plates
62
are fixed in opposed relation to each other on the bottom plate
60
. Also, the ends of the carrying devices
52
and other structures shown by dashed line are fixedly secured to the side plates
62
. The carrying devices
52
and the other structures thus extend transversely between the side plates
62
and block the opening
26
. As a result, the interior of the housing cannot be normally accessed from outside of the housing
24
through the opening
26
.
Suppose that an external force is applied by a hammer or the like to the structures of the customer unit
34
including the carrying devices
52
which block the opening
26
, in an attempt to access the interior of the housing
24
, and that the structures are destroyed. The external force is transmitted to the side plates
62
through the transverse members including the beam member and the shaft of the carrying devices
52
. As a result, as shown in
FIG. 8
, the side plates
62
fall inwardly, and together with the carrying devices
52
, form a mass on the bottom plate
60
and block the opening
26
. Further, since the side plates
62
are fixed on the support frame structure
56
of the cash dispensing/receiving device
22
via the bottom plate
60
, the side plates
62
and other structures blocking the opening
26
cannot be easily removed from the opening
26
. It is, therefore, very difficult for the attacker to access the cash storage unit
46
in the housing
24
through the opening
26
. Also, in order to attack the cash storage unit
46
through the opening
26
, the bottom plate
60
extending over the cash storage unit
46
must be broken through. However, in view of the fact that the side plates
62
and the carrying devices
52
stacked on the bottom plate
60
reinforce the bottom plate
60
, it is not easy to break through the bottom plate
60
.
The antitheft capability of the cash transaction machine
10
according to the invention is improved by the aforementioned arrangement, and therefore both the structural complication and the increase in cost can be suppressed.
It will thus be understood from the foregoing description that according to the invention, there is provided a cash transaction machine having an antitheft mechanism, in which, should that portion of the housing having a hard outer wall with an opening which extends outwardly through the opening be destroyed, the side plates are stacked together with the destroyed carrying devices, etc. on the bottom plate located at the bottom of the portion of the machine arranged outside of the housing, thus blocking the opening. Even in the case where the portion arranged outside of the housing including the customer service unit is destroyed, therefore, it is difficult to bring out the cash through the opening from the cash storage unit arranged inside of the housing. Also, the newly required main members are limited to the bottom plate and the side plates, and therefore both the structural complication and the increase in cost are avoided.
Consequently, the antitheft capability can be improved without complicating the structure or increasing the cost.
Although the cash transaction machine according to embodiments of the invention has been described above taking the ATM as an example, the embodiments described above are only illustrative but not limitative. The present invention, therefore, can be variously modified without departing from the scope of the claims appended hereto.
Claims
- 1. A cash transaction machine having an antitheft mechanism, comprising:a housing including a hard outer wall an opening; and a cash dispensing/receiving unit extending out of said housing from the inside of said housing through said opening; wherein at least the portion of said cash dispensing/receiving unit arranged outside of said housing includes an antitheft mechanism having a metal bottom plate, a transverse structure extending substantially parallel to the plane with the bottom ends thereof fixed on said bottom plate, the ends of said transverse structure secured to said side plates at an intermediate position between the top ends and the bottom ends of said side plates.
- 2. The cash transaction machine having an antitheft mechanism according to claim 1, wherein said transverse structure includes a cash carrying device.
- 3. The cash transaction machine having an antitheft mechanism according to claim 1, wherein said transverse structure includes a beam member.
- 4. The cash transaction machine having an antitheft mechanism according to claim 1, wherein said bottom plate extends over a cash storage unit arranged inside said housing.
- 5. The cash transaction machine having an antitheft mechanism according to claim 1, wherein said transverse structure is secured to said side plates by fastening means having a portion engaging the outer surfaces of said side plates.
Priority Claims (1)
Number |
Date |
Country |
Kind |
2000-038540 |
Feb 2000 |
JP |
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