Cash dispenser with reject dump means
AssigneeDe La Rue Systems Limited
InventorsStuart M. Jenkins, John Wood, David Martin
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Abstract
In automatic banknote dispensing apparatus, a banknote access module comprises an enclosure which can be fixed in the outer wall of a bank and within which is a platform mounted to pivot about a fixed axis between a first position, in which it receives banknotes from an inlet aperture in the enclosure and is accessible to a customer when a door of the enclosure is unlocked following a correct delivery of notes to the platform, and a second position in which it ejects notes from the enclosure through a reject outlet aperture, for example following an incorrect delivery of notes. A shroud formed integrally with the door blocks the banknote delivery inlet aperture when the door is open.
Claims10
A banknote access station for an automatic banknote dispenser having a banknote delivering device, the banknote access station comprising:
- an enclosure formed with an inlet aperture and a reject outlet aperture;
- means within the enclosure for receiving banknotes from the delivery device through the inlet aperture, the banknote receiving means being formed by a platform pivotable between a first position, in which the platform receives and supports banknotes fed from the inlet aperture and also is accessible to the user when the door is open, and a second position in which banknotes are ejected from the platform through the reject outlet aperture, in the case of an incorrect delivery;
- a door to the enclosure giving a user access to the platform;
- locking means to secure the door in a closed position;
- control means for controlling the movement of the platform and the operation of the locking means, the control means operating after each dispensing operation either to release the locking means to allow the user to open the door and remove the banknotes or to cause the platform to pivot so as to eject any banknotes thereon along a reject path and thereafter to return the platform to its first position;
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- an inlet aperture cover formed integrally with the door and moving with the door to block the inlet aperture when the door is moved to its open position and to unblock the inlet aperture when the door is returned to its closed position.
In an automatic banknote dispenser for dispensing to a user a predetermined sum of money and having counting and incorrect feed detection means;
- the improvement comprising:
- banknote delivery means;
- a cash access station, adjacent the banknote delivering means, including an enclosure having an inlet aperture positioned to permit the entry of banknotes from the banknote delivering means, a door providing access to the enclosure, an inlet aperture cover formed integrally with the door and moving with the door to block the inlet aperture when the door is moved to its open position and to unblock the inlet aperture when the door is returned to its closed position, and a reject outlet aperture;
- a platform mounted within the enclosure for reciprocating pivotal movement about a fixed axis between a first position, and a second position, at a location such that in its first position the platform receives and supports banknotes fed from the inlet and is accessible to a user when a door is open for removal of the banknotes from the platform, and in its second position banknotes are ejected from the platform through the reject outlet aperture;
- locking means to secure the door in a closed position;
- and control means for releasing the locking means to allow opening of the door in response to a signal indicative of the completion of a correct delivery of banknotes to the platform and relocking the door after removal of the banknotes by the user, the control means being responsive to a signal indicating an incorrect delivery of banknotes to the platform to cause the platform to pivot from the first position to the second position to eject the banknotes and thereafter to return to the first position, and means mounted adjacent the reject outlet aperture for receiving banknotes ejected from the cash access station when the platform is pivoted to its second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.