This application is the national phase of International Application No. PCT/CN2013/073930, filed on Apr. 9, 2013, which claims the benefit of priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201210282842.1 titled “AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE AND BANKNOTE STACKING DEVICE THEREOF” and filed with the Chinese State Intellectual Property Office on Aug. 9, 2012, which applications are hereby incorporated by reference to the maximum extent allowable by law.
The present application relates to a financial self-service apparatus, in particular, to a banknote stacking device and an automated teller machine in a Cash Recycling System used by a teller in the financial self-service apparatus.
In the financial apparatus employing a stacking wheel to stack banknotes, as shown in
In the using process of the financial apparatus, the banknote may fly out in cases that the banknote is collided with the end portion of the vane of the stacking wheel, resulting in machine failures such as irregular arrangement of the banknotes and jamming at the entrance of the stacking wheel. It is therefore become a very important task to solve the banknote flying problem.
In order to solve the banknote flying phenomena existed in the stacking wheel in the prior art, it is provided according to the present application a banknote stacking device, with which the banknotes can be inserted in the stacking wheel more deeply, to thereby prevent the banknotes from flying out.
It is further provided according to the present application an automated teller machine having the banknote stacking device, such that the banknotes are stacked and bundled orderly and efficiently.
The banknote stacking device includes at least a transmission assembly for clamping and conveying banknotes to be stacked from a banknote conveying passage to the banknote stacking device, a stacking wheel for conveying the banknotes in a way that the banknotes are rotated together at a high speed, and a guide plate for guiding the banknotes to be stacked into the stacking wheel and guiding the banknotes to be stacked and conveyed by the stacking wheel to a banknote stacking frame. The transmission assembly includes a ratchet wheel assembly and a clamping and conveying wheel assembly. The ratchet wheel assembly includes a first transmission wheel, a ratchet wheel and a first conveyor belt tensioned on the first transmission wheel and the ratchet wheel. The ratchet wheel includes a drum-shaped wheel on which the first conveyor belt is sleeved and a plurality of ratchets distributed on outer peripheral edges at two ends of the drum-shaped wheel. The clamping and conveying wheel assembly includes a second transmission wheel, a clamping and conveying wheel and a second conveyor belt tensioned on the second transmission wheel and the clamping and conveying wheel. The first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt form a clamping and conveying passage, and the ratchets can be in contact with banknotes conveyed out of the clamping and conveying passage.
Preferably, the guide plate is provided with protruding ribs for reducing a contact area between the banknote to be stacked and the guide plate.
Preferably, a portion of a surface of each protruding rib located between the transmission assembly and the stacking wheel has an arc-shaped guide surface, for guiding the banknote to be stacked into the stacking wheel.
Preferably, the banknote stacking device includes three clamping and conveying wheel assemblies and two stacking wheels. Each stacking wheel is disposed at a position corresponded to an interspace between each two adjacent clamping and conveying wheel assemblies and near to the banknote stacking frame, and the protruding ribs are arranged longitudinally at two sides of each stacking wheel.
The automated teller machine includes a banknote sorting module, a banknote identification module, a temporary storage module, cashboxes, and a bundling module. The bundling module includes a banknote stacking device, and the banknote stacking device includes at least a transmission assembly for clamping and conveying banknotes to be stacked from a banknote conveying passage to the banknote stacking device, a stacking wheel for conveying the banknotes in a way that the banknotes are rotated together at a high speed, and a guide plate for guiding the banknotes to be stacked into the stacking wheel and guiding the banknotes to be stacked and conveyed by the stacking wheel to a banknote stacking frame. The transmission assembly includes a ratchet wheel assembly and a clamping and conveying wheel assembly. The ratchet wheel assembly includes a first transmission wheel, a ratchet wheel and a first conveyor belt tensioned on the transmission wheel and the ratchet wheel. The ratchet wheel includes a drum-shaped wheel on which the first conveyor belt is sleeved and a plurality of ratchets distributed on outer peripheral edges at two ends of the drum-shaped wheel. The clamping and conveying wheel assembly includes a second transmission wheel, a clamping and conveying wheel and a second conveyor belt tensioned on the second transmission wheel and the clamping and conveying wheel. The first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt form a clamping and conveying passage, and the ratchets can be in contact with the banknotes conveyed out of the clamping and conveying passage.
Preferably, the guide plate is provided with protruding ribs for reducing a contact area between the banknote to be stacked and the guide plate.
Preferably, a portion of a surface of each protruding rib located between the transmission assembly and the stacking wheel has an arc-shaped guide surface, for guiding the banknotes to be stacked into the stacking wheel.
Preferably, the banknote stacking device includes three clamping and conveying wheel assemblies and two stacking wheels. Each stacking wheel is disposed at a position corresponded to an interspace between each two adjacent clamping and conveying wheel assemblies and near to the banknote stacking frame, and the protruding ribs are arranged longitudinally at two sides of each stacking wheel.
With the arrangement of the ratchet wheel assembly, the ratchets of the ratchet wheel can be in contact with the banknote to be stacked and conveyed from the clamping and conveying passage further, exerting a pushing force to the banknote such that the point at which the banknote to be stacked is actually free from the power of the ratchet wheel gets closer to the stacking wheel. In addition, the contact area between the ratchet and the banknote is small, and thus the resistance is small, which facilitates the insertion of banknotes in the stacking wheel, and thus the depth by which the banknote is inserted in the stacking wheel is increased. Thereby the banknote flying phenomena is reduced. Furthermore, with the arrangement of the protruding ribs on the guide plate, the contact area between the banknote and the guide plate is reduced, and thus the frictional force is correspondingly reduced and the depth by which the banknote is inserted is increased, therefore the banknotes are arranged more smoothly. Meanwhile, with the arrangement of the arc-shaped guide surface on the surface of the protruding rib, the angle at which the banknote is inserted in the stacking wheel is changed, therefore the banknote is directly guided in the interspace between the vanes of the stacking wheel, which can further prevent the banknotes from flying, and therefore the banknotes are stacked orderly and efficiently.
Technical solutions in embodiments of the present application will be clearly and fully described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Apparently, the described embodiments are only a part, but not all, of the embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments obtained by those ordinary skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present application without any creative efforts fall within the protection scope of the present application.
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When a customer wants to withdraw banknotes by bundles, banknotes are moved to the passage from corresponding RC cashbox 130, and then are conveyed to the banknote identification module 120 in sequence. Then banknotes identified to be unqualified (oblique, torn, or the like) are moved to the temporary storage module 110 under the action of the reversing block; while banknotes identified to be qualified are moved into the bundling module 200. After the bundling process is completed, the unqualified banknotes on the temporary storage module 110 are conveyed to the AC cashbox 140.
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The banknote stacking device 100 includes at least a transmission assembly for clamping and conveying banknotes 6 to be stacked from the banknote conveying passage into the banknote stacking device, a stacking wheel 4 for conveying the banknotes in a way that the banknotes are rotated together at a high speed, and a guide plate 11. The guide plate 11 is configured for guiding the banknotes 6 to be stacked into the stacking wheel 4 and guiding the banknotes to be stacked and conveyed by the stacking wheel to a banknote stacking frame 7.
The transmission assembly is arranged at the entrance of the banknote stacking device 100, and includes a ratchet wheel assembly 90 and a clamping and conveying wheel assembly 92. The ratchet wheel assembly 90 includes a first transmission wheel 91, a ratchet wheel 13 and a first conveyor belt 2 tensioned on the first transmission wheel 91 and the ratchet wheel 13. The clamping and conveying wheel assembly 92 includes a second transmission wheel 921 (shown in
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With the arrangement of the ratchet wheel assembly 90, the ratchets 132 of the ratchet wheel 13 can be in contact with the banknote to be stacked and conveyed from the clamping and conveying passage further, exerting a pushing force on the banknote such that the point at which the banknote to be stacked is actually free from the power of the ratchet wheel gets closer to the stacking wheel. In addition, the contact area between the ratchet and the banknote is small, and thus the resistance is small, which facilitates the insertion of banknotes in the stacking wheel, and thus the depth by which the banknote is inserted in the stacking wheel is increased. Thereby the banknote flying phenomena is reduced. Furthermore, with the arrangement of the protruding ribs 112 on the guide plate 11, the contact area between the banknote and the guide plate is reduced, and thus the frictional force is reduced and the depth by which the banknote is inserted is increased, therefore the banknotes are arranged more smoothly. Meanwhile, with the arrangement of the arc-shaped guide surface 114 on the surface of the protruding rib 112, the angle at which the banknote is inserted in the stacking wheel is changed, and therefore the banknote is directly guided in the interspace between the vanes of the stacking wheel, which can further prevent the banknotes from flying.
The above are only preferable embodiments of the present application and are not intended to limit the protection scope of the present application. Any equivalent variations made based on the specification and drawings of the present application should be deemed to fall into the protection scope of the present application.
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