Patent Grant
10521621
This Application is a 35 U.S.C. 371 National Stage Entry of International Application No. PCT/KR2017/012694 filed on Nov. 9, 2017, which claims the benefit of Republic of Korea Patent Application No. 10-2016-0160988, filed on Nov. 30, 2016, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated by reference herein.
The present invention relates to a POS device. In particular, the present invention relates to a POS device 1 provided with a cover 20 coupled to an upper side of a rear surface case 10 in an attachable/detachable manner, which includes:
a saving device attachment/detachment structure 100 including: a saving unit mounting unit 110 formed at a portion of the rear surface case 10 and disposed at an upper side of a main substrate connector 40 mounted to a main substrate 30; a saving unit tray 120 inserted into the saving unit mounting unit 110 and coupled in an attachable/detachable manner; and a saving unit 130 including a saving unit connector 132 coupled to the saving unit tray 120 while being accommodated therein and connected to the main substrate connector 40 when the saving unit tray 120 is inserted and mounted to the saving unit mounting unit 110;
a card reader bidirectional mounting structure 200 including: a mounting bracket 210 installed on at least one of a left side and a right side of a POS device main body 10; a card reader front cover 220 including a front cover slot 221, through which a card passes, formed at a front surface thereof and coupled to the mounting bracket 210 in an attachable/detachable manner; a card reader rear cover 240 coupled to the card reader front cover 220 in a detachable manner; and a card reading assembly 230 installed in the card reader front cover 220 and the card reader rear cover 240 to read information recorded in the card;
an input/output port mounting unit integrated type display frame 300 of the POS device, which includes: a display panel mounting unit 310, in which a display panel 50 is loaded, formed at a front surface thereof; an input/output port mounting unit 320 formed at a rear surface thereof and having an input/output port mounting hole 322, in which an input/output port 31 provided at a main substrate 30 is inserted and coupled, the input/output port mounting unit having a part cut from an input/output port mounting unit perforation 321 and being formed to be bent towards a rear direction so as to be protruded therefrom; and a lower main ventilation hole 330 formed at a lower side of the rear surface thereof; and
a hinge coupling structure 400 of the POS device, which includes: a hinge bracket 410 mounted inside the rear surface case 10 and including a hinge shaft installation part 412 formed with a hinge shaft coupling hole 413 and bent backward from each of both side surface thereof; a hinge shaft 420 including: a flat part 421 inserted and coupled to the hinge shaft coupling hole 413 in a direction from the inside to the outside and formed with a stand coupling screw hole 422 having a diameter greater than that of the hinge shaft coupling hole 413 and coupled to a stand S while both side surfaces thereof are processed to be flat; and a flat screw part 423 passing through the hinge shaft coupling hole 413 to protrude to the outside and formed with a screw thread while both side surfaces thereof are processed to be flat; a disk spring 442 inserted and installed to the flat screw part 423 with the hinge shaft installation part 412 therebetween; and a coupling nut 440 coupled to the flat screw part 413.
A point of sale (POS) system, which represents a point of sale management system, installs a POS terminal at a store to manage overall distribution economy such as market research, stocktaking, point of sale management as well as business transaction of sales.
That is, the POS system automatically collects and records sales management data (which will be used for sales management and stocktaking of products), which is accompanied with product sales, by providing a POS terminal functioning as an electronic cash register and a computer at a counter for selling products of department stores or supermarkets.
While a typical cash register has a main role of rapidly and exactly calculating sales amount of a customer at a site, the current POS system collects and processes information regarding the purchase and sales of products and, on the basis of this, rapidly checks and manages all sorts of product information and accounting information.
The POS terminal has the same function as the typical cash register, a function of temporarily recording data, and a function of transmitting point of sale data to a high-ranked device while connected the same. A product code is entered through a scanner or key input and then transmitted to the high-ranked device.
Regarding the POS terminal for performing the above-described functions, related arts including below patent document 1 are disclosed. The POS terminal includes a saving unit for storing an operation program and all sorts of data.
A hard disk drive (HDD) has been widely used as a typical saving unit for the POS terminal, and, in recent years, a SSD memory has also been widely used.
The saving unit may be frequently replaced according to various reasons such as operational errors or operation program update. However, since the POS terminal is necessary to be continuously used during business hours, a limitation of unavailability of the POS terminal during a time required for replacing the saving unit may cause a great limitation in which all payment works may not be processed during the time at most of small-sized stores, which use only one POS terminal.
Also, the above-described POS terminal includes a card reader for reading various card information of a credit card or a debit card, which is widely used for payment purposes, and the card reader is typically fixed to at one side of the POS device.
However, in case of a left-handed person of users using the POS device, the ratio of the left-handed persons is especially great in Europe or North America, and the left-handed persons may feel inconvenience when the card reader is fixed to the above-described position.
The above-described typical POS terminal is generally configured such that a main substrate and a display panel for displaying an operation screen are separately mounted to a case such as a main body as disclosed the “POS terminal device” in the below patent document 2 (Korean Patent Publication NO. 10-2016-0052869).
However, the above typical invention has a limitation in manufacturing efficiency and manufacturing costs because a frame for fixing the display panel and a frame for fixing the main substrate are required to be separately manufactured, and furthermore, a process of coupling the display panel and the main substrate is required in an assembly process.
Also, since the POS terminal is turned on and continuously operated during the business hours due to operational characteristics of the POS terminal, a structure of efficiently discharging the heat generated from the display panel and the main substrate is required.
Also, the POS terminal is generally installed on a predetermined stand so as to adjust an installation angle of a display or a touch panel, and a hinge structure for the above-described POS terminal is disclosed in various related inventions including “monitor mounting tool and POS device including the same” of the below patent document 3 (Korean Registered Utility Model NO. 20-0476965).
However, the typical inventions has a limitation in that a display panel, which has gradually increased in size and weight in recent years, may not be effectively supported, and an angle thereof may not be easily adjusted.
The present invention provides a saving device attachment/detachment structure of a POS device, which is an efficient structure capable of detaching and mounting a saving unit such as a hard disk drive within several seconds to remarkably reduce a non-operation time.
The present invention also provides a card reader bidirectional mounting structure of the POS device, which is capable of maximizing usage convenience by freely changing installation directions to install a card reader of the POS device on at least one of a left side and a right side when a user demands.
The present invention also provides an input/output port mounting unit integrated display frame of the POS device, which is manufactured by perforating and bending one frame to sustain a mechanical load, thereby having an extremely efficient single structure in which a display panel and an input/output port of a main substrate are mounted to each other in a mechanically firm manner and also improving efficiency in manufacturing costs and manufacturing process.
The present invention also enables an air current caused by heat generated from a display panel and a main substrate to be generated and then efficiently circulated, thereby efficiently discharging the heat even during long time operation.
The present invention also enables firm mounting to a rear surface frame of the POS device through a hinge bracket, and stable fixing and easy angle adjustment during moving through appropriate friction force.
An embodiment of the present invention provides a POS device provided with a cover 20 coupled to an upper side of a rear surface case 10 in an attachable/detachable manner, the POS device including:
a saving device attachment/detachment structure 100 including: a saving unit mounting unit 110 formed at a portion of the rear surface case 10 and disposed at an upper side of a main substrate connector 40 mounted to a main substrate 30; a saving unit tray 120 inserted into the saving unit mounting unit 110 and coupled in an attachable/detachable manner; and a saving unit 130 including a saving unit connector 132 coupled to the saving unit tray 120 while being accommodated therein and connected to the main substrate connector 40 when the saving unit tray 120 is inserted and mounted to the saving unit mounting unit 110;
a card reader bidirectional mounting structure 200 including: a mounting bracket 210 installed on at least one of a left side and a right side of a POS device main body 10; a card reader front cover 220 including a front cover slot 221, through which a card passes, formed at a front surface thereof and coupled to the mounting bracket 210 in an attachable/detachable manner; a card reader rear cover 240 coupled to the card reader front cover 220 in a detachable manner; and a card reading assembly 230 installed in the card reader front cover 220 and the card reader rear cover 240 to read information recorded in the card;
an input/output port mounting unit integrated type display frame 300 of the POS device, which includes: a display panel mounting unit 310, in which a display panel 50 is loaded, formed at a front surface thereof; an input/output port mounting unit 320 formed at a rear surface thereof and having an input/output port mounting hole 322, to which an input/output port 31 provided at a main substrate 30 is inserted and coupled, the input/output port mounting unit having a part cut from an input/output port mounting unit perforation 321 and being formed to be bent towards a rear direction so as to be protruded therefrom; and a lower main ventilation hole 330 formed at a lower side of the rear surface thereof; and
a hinge coupling structure 400 of the POS device, which includes: a hinge bracket 410 mounted inside the rear surface case 10 and including a hinge shaft installation part 412 formed with a hinge shaft coupling hole 413 and bent backward from each of both side surface thereof; a hinge shaft 420 including: a flat part 421 inserted and coupled to the hinge shaft coupling hole 413 in a direction from the inside to the outside and formed with a stand coupling screw hole 422 having a diameter greater than that of the hinge shaft coupling hole 413 and coupled to a stand S while both side surfaces thereof are processed to be flat; and a flat screw part 423 passing through the hinge shaft coupling hole 413 to protrude to the outside and formed with a screw thread while both side surfaces thereof are processed to be flat; a disk spring 44 inserted and installed to the flat screw part 423 with the hinge shaft installation part 412 therebetween; and a coupling nut 440 coupled to the flat screw part 413.
In an embodiment, the saving unit mounting unit 110 may further include: a mounting guide wall 111 configured to support and guide the saving unit tray 120 while contacting both side surfaces thereof; and a stopper coupling groove 112 formed at an upper side of each of both side surfaces of the mounting guide wall 111, and the saving unit tray 120 may further include a mounting curved elastic part 126 disposed on an upper side of each of both side surfaces of the saving unit tray 120 and formed with a mounting stopper 127 inserted into the stopper coupling groove 112 in an elastic manner when the saving unit tray 120 is inserted and mounted to the saving unit mounting unit 110.
Here, the saving unit tray 120 may further include: a saving unit coupling part 121 formed to be accommodated in the saving unit 130; and a saving unit connector opening 125 formed at a bottom surface so as to expose the saving unit connector 132 of the saving unit 130, and the saving unit 130 may further include a coupling groove 131 formed at one portion or more of both side surfaces of the saving unit 130.
Here, the saving unit tray 120 may further include an elastic coupling mounting part 122 configured to provide elasticity to a saving unit coupling projection 124 inserted into the coupling groove 131 by a cut groove.
In an embodiment, the POS device may further include: a front cover attachment/detachment fixing part 211 formed at two portions or more of a front surface of the mounting bracket 210 and including a side wall part 212 and a stopper 213 to form a “L” shape; a fixing part through-hole 222 formed at the card reader front cover 220 so that the front cover attachment/detachment fixing part 211 passes therethrough; a coupling side wall part 223 formed consecutively to the fixing part through-hole 222 and inserted and coupled to the side wall part 212 and the stopper 213;
a rear cover coupling projection 226 formed at each of an upper side and a lower side of an inward side of the inside of the card reader front cover 220; a coupling groove 227 formed at each of two portions or more of an outward direction of the inside of the card reader front cover 220; a first coupling projection 242 formed at each of an upper side and a lower side of an inward direction of the inside of the card reader rear cover 240 so as to be coupled to the rear cover coupling projection 226 in an attachable/detachable manner; and a second coupling projection 243 formed at each of an upper side and a lower side of an outer direction of the inside of the card reader rear cover so as to be inserted and coupled to the coupling groove 227 in an attachable/detachable manner.
In an embodiment, the input/output port mounting unit integrated type display frame 300 may further include: a main substrate mounting unit 360, which further includes a recessed kernel 350 recessed inward between the input/output port mounting unit perforation 321 and the lower main ventilation hole 330 and to which the main substrate 30 is mounted and fixed; an upper first ventilation hole 340 formed at an upper side of the input/output port mounting unit perforation 321; a plurality of upper second ventilation holes 341 formed at the upper side of the input/output port mounting unit perforation 321; and a plurality of lower auxiliary ventilation holes 331 formed at a lower side of the lower main ventilation hole 330.
Also, the hinge coupling structure 400 may further include: a hinge bracket coupling through-hole 411 formed at the hinge bracket 410 so that a coupling unit is coupled to the hinge bracket mounting through-hole 12 formed at the rear surface case 10 while passing therethrough; a protruding stopper 414 formed to protrude inward the hinge shaft installation part 412; and a hinge stopper 430 formed with a flat screw coupling hole 431 coupled to the flat screw part 423 and including a stopper arm 432 formed to restrict rotation of the hinge shaft 420 while contacting the protruding stopper 414.
According to the present invention, since the saving unit such as the hard disk drive may be detached or mounted through the efficient structure, the saving device attachment/detachment structure of the POS device, which may remarkably reduce the service unavailable time, may be provided.
Also, since the card reader of the POS device may be easily and freely changed and installed on one of the left and right sides according to necessity of the user, the usage convenience may be maximized.
Also, the present invention provides the input/output port mounting unit integrated display frame of the POS device, which is manufactured by perforating and bending one frame to sustain a mechanical load, thereby having the extremely efficient single structure in which the display panel and the input/output port of the main substrate are mounted to each other in a mechanically firm manner and also improving efficiency in manufacturing costs and manufacturing process.
Also, the present invention enables an air current caused by heat generated from a display panel and a main substrate to be generated and then efficiently circulated, thereby efficiently discharging the heat even during long time operation.
Also, the firm mounting to the rear surface frame of the POS device may be performed through the hinge bracket, and stable fixing and easy angle adjustment may be performed through the appropriate friction force at the same time.
Hereinafter, a POS device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is also noted that like reference numerals denote like elements in appreciating the drawings. Moreover, detailed descriptions related to well-known functions or configurations will be ruled out in order not to unnecessarily obscure subject matters of the present invention.
The POS device according to an embodiment of the present invention has improved characteristics by largely including: a saving device attachment/detachment structure 100; a card reader bidirectional mounting structure 200; a display frame 300 integrally formed with an input/output port mounting portion; and a hinge-coupling structure 400.
Firstly, the saving device attachment/detachment structure 100 will be described. As illustrated in
Firstly, the saving unit mounting unit 110 will be described. As illustrated in
The above-described saving unit mounting unit 110 may be embodied in various forms. In an embodiment, as illustrated in
Next, the saving unit tray 120 will be described. As illustrated in
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The above-described saving unit tray 120 may be may be embodied in various forms. In an embodiment, as illustrated in
When the saving unit tray 120 is detached from the saving unit mounting unit 110, as illustrated in
Through the above-described configuration, a time for detaching the saving unit tray 120 from the saving unit mounting unit 110 and then inserting and mounting another saving unit tray 120 for replacement (or upgrade) takes only several seconds to tens seconds or more. Accordingly, a service unavailable time of the POS device according to the saving unit replacement may be remarkably reduced.
Next, the saving unit 130 will be described. The saving unit 130 typically includes a hard disk driver (HDD). As illustrated in
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As described above, the saving unit 130 may include various kinds of saving media such as HDD or SSD memory as well as widely used saving media according to various saving capacities and standards. To this end, as illustrated in
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Next, a card reader bidirectional mounting structure 200 of the POS device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. Hereinafter, for clarity of description, a direction toward the POS device main body 10 indicates an ‘inward direction’, and the opposite direction indicates an ‘outward direction’.
As illustrated in
Firstly, the mounting bracket 210 will be described. As illustrated in
When the mounting bracket 210 is installed on at least one of the left side or the right side of the POS device main body 10 in a detachable manner, as illustrated in
Next, the card reader front cover 220 will be described. As illustrated in
In this case, a configuration in which the card reader front cover 220 is coupled to the mounting bracket 210 in the attachable/detachable manner may be embodied in various forms. As one embodiment, as illustrated in
Next, the card reader rear cover 240 will be described. As illustrated in
Next, the card reading assembly 230 will be described. As illustrated in
When the card reader bidirectional mounting structure 200 of the POS device is mounted to a left side or a right side of the POS device main body 10 on the basis of characteristics of the card reader bidirectional mounting structure of the POS device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the top and bottom of the card reader bidirectional mounting structure 200 of the POS device may be converted according to a mounding direction. Even in this case, the card reading assembly 230 may desirably be the bidirectional card reading assembly, which may read information recorded in the card even when the card passes in any direction, for easy usage by unifying a direction in which the card passes into a downward direction for convenience of the user.
Next, the input/output port (hereinafter, referred to as an I/O port) mounting unit integrated type display frame 300 of the POS device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
As illustrated in
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Also, as the I/O port mounting unit perforation 321 is configured to have a cut unit, which serves as a ventilation hole for a unit constituting the I/O port mounting unit 320, an ascending air current, which is generated due to heat generation of the display panel 50 or the main substrate 30, is smoothly flown and circulated with a lower main ventilation hole 330, which will be described later, efficient heat discharge may be performed even during a long time operation without an additional circulation unit.
As illustrated in
Also, as a recessed kernel 350, which is recessed inward, is formed between the I/O port mounting unit perforation 321 and the lower main ventilation hole 330, an effective area of a fluid passage, through which a fluid is circulated while discharging heat generated from the main substrate 30, increases, and the air circulation for heat discharge is desirably further smoothly performed.
In this case, for more smooth air circulation, as illustrated in
Through the above-described structure, the I/O port mounting unit integrated type display frame 300 of the POS device according to an embodiment of the present invention may allow the ascending air current generated by the heat generation of the display panel 50 or the main substrate 30 to be smoothly circulated as illustrated by an arrow in
Also, as illustrated in
Also, as described above, when the POS device 1 is characterized by including the cover 20 that is coupled to the upper side of the rear case 10 and exposes the I/O port mounting unit 320 when detached, as illustrated in
Next, the hinge coupling structure 400 of the POS device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
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In this case, a configuration in which the hinge bracket 410 is mounted inside the rear surface case 10 may be embodied in various forms. In an embodiment, as illustrated in
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In this case, the coupling nut 440 may be a nylon nut so as to provide proper elasticity and simultaneously prevent the coupling nut from being loose. Also, the appropriate number of washer 441 may be additionally inserted and installed at appropriate positions between the disk spring 442 and the coupling nut 440 when necessary.
The rotation of the hinge shaft 420 is sometimes required to be restricted within a predetermined range (that is, an angle of the display of the POS device is necessarily greater than a predetermined range). To this end, as illustrated in
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Hereinabove, the preferred embodiments are disclosed in the drawings and specification. While specific terms were used, they were not used to limit the meaning or the scope of the present invention described in claims, but merely used to explain the present invention. Accordingly, a person having ordinary skill in the art will understand from the above that various modifications and other equivalent embodiments are also possible. Hence, the real protective scope of the present invention shall be determined by the technical scope of the accompanying claims.
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