US 11,535,477 B2 · Medium processing device and automatic transaction device

Abstract

A medium processing device includes a conveyance guide that forms first, second and third conveyance paths that intersect, a blade configured to be rotatable around a blade center point, and that switches a conveyance route of the medium by connecting any two of the three conveyance paths with each other, and a first pair, second pair and third pair of conveyance rollers that are rotatable and are configured to hand off the medium between two conveyance paths connected by the blade. The first pair of conveyance rollers includes a first roller and a second roller. The second roller is closer than the first roller to the third pair of conveyance rollers. A radius of the second roller is larger than a radius of the first roller. A first center holding distance is different from one or both of a second center holding distance and a third center holding distance.

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Dependent claims

A medium processing device, comprising:

a conveyance guide that forms first, second and third conveyance paths that intersect, and that guides a medium along each conveyance path;
a blade configured to be rotatable around a blade center point, and that switches a conveyance route of the medium by connecting any two of the three conveyance paths with each other;
a first pair of conveyance rollers in the first conveyance path, the first pair of conveyance rollers including a first roller and a second roller facing the first roller across the first conveyance path;
a second pair of conveyance rollers in the second conveyance path, the second pair of conveyance rollers including a third roller and a fourth roller facing the third roller across the second conveyance path;
and
a third pair of conveyance rollers in the third conveyance path, the third pair of conveyance rollers including a fifth roller and a sixth roller facing the fifth roller across the third conveyance path,
wherein the first, second, and third pairs of conveyance rollers are rotatable and are configured to hand off the medium between two conveyance paths connected by the blade,
wherein the second roller is closer than the first roller to the third pair of conveyance rollers,
wherein the fourth roller is closer than the third roller to the third pair of conveyance rollers,
wherein a radius of the second roller is larger than a radius of the first roller,
wherein a first holding point is a point between the first roller and the second roller where the first pair of conveyance rollers holds the medium,
wherein a second holding point is a point between the third roller and the fourth roller where the second pair of conveyance rollers holds the medium,
wherein a third holding point is a point between the fifth roller and the sixth roller where the third pair of conveyance rollers holds the medium,
wherein a distance from the blade center point to the first holding point defines a first center holding distance,
wherein a distance from the blade center point to the second holding point defines a second center holding distance,
wherein a distance from the blade center point to the third holding point defines a third center holding distance, and
wherein the first center holding distance is different from one or both of the second center holding distance and the third center holding distance.

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An automatic transaction device, comprising:

deposit port that receives a medium from a user;
a first storage box that stores the medium that the deposit port received;
a second storage box that stores the medium that the deposit port received;
a conveyance guide that forms first, second and third conveyance paths that intersect, and that guides a medium-to-be-transacted along each conveyance path;
a blade configured to be rotatable around a blade center point in accordance with a transaction, and that switches a conveyance route of the medium by connecting any two of the three conveyance paths with each other;
a first pair of conveyance rollers in the first conveyance path, the first pair of conveyance rollers including a first roller and a second roller facing the first roller across the first conveyance path;
a second pair of conveyance rollers in the second conveyance path, the second pair of conveyance rollers including a third roller and a fourth roller facing the third roller across the second conveyance path;
and
a third pair of conveyance rollers in the third conveyance path, the third pair of conveyance rollers including a fifth roller and a sixth roller facing the fifth roller across the third conveyance path,
wherein the first, second, and third pairs of rollers are rotatable and are configured to hand off the medium between two conveyance paths connected by the blade,
wherein the first conveyance path is a path connecting between the deposit port and the blade,
wherein the second conveyance path is a path connecting between the blade and the first storage box,
wherein the third conveyance path is a path connecting between the blade and the second storage box,
wherein the second roller is closer than the first roller to the third pair of conveyance rollers,
wherein the fourth roller is closer than the third roller to the third pair of conveyance rollers,
wherein a radius of the second roller is larger than a radius of the first roller,
wherein a first holding point is a point between the first roller and the second roller where the first pair of conveyance rollers holds the medium,
wherein a second holding point is a point between the third roller and the fourth roller where the second pair of conveyance rollers holds the medium,
wherein a third holding point is a point between the fifth roller and the sixth roller where the third pair of conveyance rollers holds the medium,
wherein a distance from the blade center point to the first holding point defines a first center holding distance,
wherein a distance from the blade center point to the second holding point defines a first center holding distance,
wherein a distance from the blade center point to the third holding point defines a first center holding distance, and
wherein the first center holding distance is different from one or both of the second center holding distance and the third center holding distance.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Description19,843 words

Summary1,861 words

#The present disclosure relates to a medium processing device and an automatic transaction device, and is suitably applied to, for example, an automatic teller machine (ATM) that performs a desired transaction by inserting a sheet-shaped medium such as a banknote.

#ATMs widely employed in financial institutions and the like allow a user to deposit cash in the form of banknotes or coins, or allow a user to withdraw cash, according to the content of transactions with the user (financial institution customers, etc.). ATM's include, for example, a banknote deposit/withdrawal device that performs processing relating a deposit/withdrawal of banknotes, a coin deposit/withdrawal device that performs processing relating a deposit/withdrawal of coins, or a passbook processing device that handles a passbook.

#The banknote deposit/withdrawal device includes, for example, a customer interface that gives banknotes to a user and receives banknotes from a user, a conveyance section that conveys banknotes, a classification section that classifies the denomination, authenticity, and other characteristics of the inserted banknotes, a temporary holding section that temporarily holds the inserted banknotes, and banknote storage boxes that store banknotes. The conveyance section includes, for example, a conveyance guide that guides banknotes to advance along a conveyance route, a conveyance roller that transmits driving force to banknotes, and a switching unit that switches the conveyance route of banknotes.

Brief description of the drawings23 figures

#FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view illustrating an external configuration of an ATM.

#FIG. 2 is a schematic view illustrating a configuration of a banknote deposit/withdrawal device.

#FIG. 3A is a schematic view illustrating a state of pulling out an upper unit in the banknote deposit/withdrawal device.

Detailed description17,622 words

#Hereinafter, an embodiment carrying out the invention (hereinafter, referred to as an exemplary embodiment) will be described with reference to the drawings.

#As illustrated in the external view of FIG. 1, an ATM 1 as an automatic transaction device is configured mainly by a box shaped casing 2, and is, for example, installed in a financial institution, various commercial facilities or the like to perform cash transactions such as deposit transactions and withdrawal transactions with a user (that is, a customer of the financial institution or the commercial facilities).

#The casing 2 is provided with an interface section 3 at a location enabling easy banknote insertion, touch panel operation, and so on by the customer who is facing the front side of the casing 2. The interface section 3 is provided with a card insertion/removal port 4, a deposit/withdrawal port 5, an operation display section 6, a ten-key 7, and a receipt issue port 8. Cash, cards, and the like are passed between the interface section 3 and the user directly, and the interface section 3 notifies transaction information and receives operation instructions.

Facts

Application

16/762,127Filed 24 Oct 2018

Priority

JP JP2018-01192126 Jan 2018

Published

US 2020/0361737 A119 Nov 2020

Granted

27 Dec 2022

Term ends

25 Oct 2039

Estimated · how

20 years from earliest known nonprovisional domestic filing plus recorded patent term adjustment, including 366 days of adjustment. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination.

Classification21 codes

B65H 5/062
By rollers or balls, e.g. between rollers: between rollers or balls
B65H 29/60
Article switches or diverters: diverting the stream into alternative paths
B65H 5/06
Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines: by rollers or balls, e.g. between rollers
B65H 5/26
Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines: duplicate, alternate, selective, or coacting feeds

Timeline

26 Jan 2018Priority claimedJP JP2018-011921
24 Oct 2018Application filedUS 16/762,127
6 May 2020Assigned to Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.assignment of assignor's interest
19 Nov 2020PublishedUS 2020/0361737 A1
27 Dec 2022GrantedUS 11,535,477 B2
12 Oct 2026TodayWithin its term
25 Oct 2039Term endsEstimated, includes 366 days of adjustment

Medium processing device and automatic transaction device

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