# US 10,872,506 B2 · Automated teller machine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,872,506 B2 - Document ID: US10872506B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/423,273 - Filed: 2019-05-28 - Published: 2020-06-25 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2018-12-19 - Assignees: Hyosung Tns Inc. - Applicants: Hyosung Tns Inc. - Inventors: Jin Young Hwang; Kyoung Soo Kim; Seok Won Kim; Seung Soo Lee; Hye Bin Oh; Young Dae Seo - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10872506B2 ## CPC - G07F 19/203: {Dispensing operations within ATMs (dispensing in general G07D11/00)} - F16H 21/44: for conveying or interconverting oscillating or reciprocating motions - F16H 25/18: for conveying or interconverting oscillating or reciprocating motions - F16H 37/12: Gearings comprising primarily toothed or friction gearing, links or levers, and cams, or members of at least two of these types (gearings with cranks, eccentrics, or like members fixed to one rotary member and guided along tracks on the other F16H21/14; crank or eccentric gearings with cams or additional guides, or with members having rolling contact F16H21/28, F16H21/30) - G07F 19/202: {Depositing operations within ATMs (depositing in general G07D11/00)} - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) - F16H: GEARING ## Abstract An automated teller machine comprises a main body including a customer service unit where a medium is inserted and taken out and a deposit/withdrawal unit where a medium is separated and stacked, and a tray configured to transfer the medium while reciprocating between the deposit/withdrawal unit and the customer service unit. The tray includes a tray body that is movable between the customer service unit and the deposit/withdrawal unit, a clamping plate provided at the tray body to be vertically movable to clamp the medium inserted into the tray body, and a clamping lever configured to move the clamping plate upward so that a medium stacking space into which the medium is inserted is generated in the tray body. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An automated teller machine comprising: a main body including a customer service unit where a medium is inserted and taken out and a deposit/withdrawal unit where a medium is separated and stacked; and a tray configured to transfer the medium while reciprocating between the deposit/withdrawal unit and the customer service unit, wherein the tray includes: a tray body that is movable between the customer service unit and the deposit/withdrawal unit; a clamping plate provided at the tray body to be vertically movable to clamp the medium inserted into the tray body; and a clamping lever configured to move the clamping plate upward so that a medium stacking space into which the medium is inserted is generated in the tray body; and a link unit configured to move the clamping lever, wherein the link unit includes: a link member provided at the main body such that at least a part of the link member selectively supports the clamping lever; and a driving cam configured to lift/lower the link member, wherein the clamping plate includes an elevation protrusion that projects from a side portion thereof to be lifted by the clamping lever. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The automated teller machine of claim 1, wherein the driving cam includes a guide groove formed in a spiral shape toward a center of rotation of the driving cam to guide the lifting/lowering of the link member during the rotation of the driving cam. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The automated teller machine of claim 1, wherein the clamping lever is hinge-coupled to the tray body so that at least a part of the clamping lever supports the elevation protrusion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The automated teller machine of claim 3, wherein the clamping lever includes a lever protrusion that projects from a side portion thereof to be supported by the link member. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The automated teller machine of claim 1, wherein the main body includes a guide bracket projecting on a movement path of the tray body, wherein a height of the clamping plate is restricted to a preset height or less when the tray body is moved by the guide bracket. ### Claim 6 An automated teller machine comprising: a main body including a customer service unit where a medium is inserted and taken out and a deposit/withdrawal unit where a medium is separated and stacked; and a tray configured to transfer the medium while reciprocating between the deposit/withdrawal unit and the customer service unit, wherein the tray includes: a tray body that is movable between the customer service unit and the deposit/withdrawal unit; a clamping plate provided at the tray body to be vertically movable to clamp the medium inserted into the tray body; and a clamping lever having a gripping groove for restricting at least a part of the clamping plate to move the clamping plate upward and downward; and wherein the clamping plate includes an elevation protrusion that projects from a side portion thereof to be lifted by the clamping lever. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The automated teller machine of claim 6, wherein the main body includes a height restriction bracket projecting on a movement path of the tray body to restrict a rotation height of the clamping lever to a preset height or less. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The automated teller machine of claim 6, wherein the clamping lever has one end hinge-coupled to the tray body and the other end having the gripping groove that restricts the elevation protrusion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The automated teller machine of claim 6, wherein the main body further includes an elevation unit configured to operate the clamping lever at the customer service unit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The automated teller machine of claim 9, wherein the elevation unit includes: a link member provided at the main body such that at least a part of the link member selectively supports the clamping lever; a rack piece that is movable in a horizontal direction and provides an inclined surface along which the link member is moved up/down; and a pinion gear configured to move the rack piece. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The automated teller machine of claim 10, wherein the clamping lever includes a lever protrusion that projects from a side portion thereof to be supported by the link member.