Automated teller machine with an automatically actuatable locking element for locking cash boxes received in receiving compartments in these receiving compartments

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9745779-B2
Application number	US-201615157433-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 18, 2016
Priority date	May 19, 2015
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

An automated teller machine ( 10 ) has at least one receiving compartment ( 12 to 18 ) for receiving a cash box ( 102 ). At least one locking element ( 24, 26 ) is provided on a wall ( 20, 22 ) of the receiving compartment ( 12 to 18 ) and is movable between a locked and an unlocked position. The locking element ( 24, 26 ) is designed and mounted such that, when a cash box ( 102 ) is inserted the locking element ( 24, 26 ), the locking element ( 24, 26 ) is moved automatically from the unlocked into the locked position by contact with an engagement element ( 104 ) of the cash box ( 102 ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An automated teller machine, comprising:
at least one receiving compartment ( 12 to 18 ) for receiving a cash box ( 102 ), the receiving compartment ( 12 to 18 ) having a wall ( 20 , 22 );
at least one locking element ( 24 , 26 ) having a first leg ( 28 , 30 ), a second leg ( 32 , 34 ) and a third leg ( 36 , 38 ) and being provided on the wall ( 20 , 22 ) of the receiving compartment ( 12 to 18 ) for rotation about an area of intersection of these three legs ( 28 to 38 ), the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) being rotatable between a locked and an unlocked position, the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) being designed and mounted such that when a cash box ( 102 ) is inserted into the receiving compartment ( 12 to 18 ), the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) being moved automatically from the unlocked position into the locked position by means of contact of an engagement element ( 104 ) of the cash box ( 102 ) with the second leg ( 32 , 34 ) and being moved from the locked position into the unlocked position by means of contact of the engagement element ( 104 ) of the cash box ( 102 ) with the third leg ( 36 , 38 ); and
an elastic element ( 52 , 54 ) having a first end mounted to the wall ( 20 , 22 ) and a second end mounted to the first leg ( 28 , 30 ) of the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) at a position remote from the area of intersection of the three legs ( 28 to 38 ), the elastic element ( 52 , 54 ) biasing the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) to the locked position when the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) is in the locked position and biasing the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) to the unlocked position when the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) is in the unlocked position.

2. The automated teller machine ( 10 ) of claim 1 , wherein the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) is configured such that when a cash box ( 102 ) is inserted into the receiving compartment ( 12 to 18 ), the engagement element ( 24 , 26 ) is received in a receiving area ( 62 ) between the second leg ( 32 , 34 ) and the third leg ( 36 , 38 ) of the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) with the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) being in the locked position such that the cash box ( 102 ) cannot be removed from the receiving compartment ( 12 to 18 ) without moving the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) from the locked into the unlocked position during the removal.

3. The automated teller machine ( 10 ) of claim 2 , wherein the first and second ends of the elastic element ( 52 , 54 ) are on opposite respective sides of the receiving area of the locking element ( 24 , 26 ).

4. The automated teller machine ( 10 ) of claim 1 , wherein the elastic element ( 52 , 54 ) comprises a spring.

5. The automated teller machine ( 10 ) of claim 1 , further comprising a circular ring segment-shaped guide slot ( 48 , 50 ) provided in the wall ( 20 , 22 ), and the first leg ( 28 , 30 ) of the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) comprising a projection ( 44 , 46 ) that is guided in the guide slot ( 48 , 50 ) and the engagement of the projection ( 44 , 46 ) in the guide slot ( 48 , 50 ) guides the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) during the movement between the locked and the unlocked position.

6. The automated teller machine ( 10 ) of claim 5 , wherein when the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) is in the unlocked position, the projection ( 44 , 46 ) is arranged at a first end ( 56 ) of the guide slot ( 48 , 50 ) and when the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) is in the locked position, the projection ( 44 , 46 ) is arranged at a second end ( 60 ) of the guide slot ( 48 , 50 ).

7. The automated teller machine ( 10 ) of claim 6 , wherein the guide slot ( 48 , 50 ) further has a peak ( 58 ) disposed centrally between the first and second ends ( 56 , 60 ), the elastic element ( 52 , 54 ) being arranged such that when the projection ( 44 , 46 ) is arranged towards the first end ( 56 ) with respect to the peak ( 58 ) of the guide slot ( 48 , 50 ) the elastic element ( 52 , 54 ) moves the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) into the unlocked position, and when the projection ( 44 , 46 ) is arranged towards the second end ( 60 ) with respect to the peak ( 58 ) of the guide slot ( 48 , 50 ), the elastic element ( 52 , 54 ) moves the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) into the locked position.

8. The automated teller machine ( 10 ) of claim 6 , wherein the peak ( 58 ) of the guide slot ( 48 , 50 ) and the mounting point at which the elastic element ( 48 , 50 ) is mounted to the wall ( 20 , 22 ) lie on a straight line and that the axis of rotation ( 40 , 42 ) about which the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) is rotatable intersects this straight line.

9. The automated teller machine ( 10 ) of claim 1 , wherein the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) is Y-shaped.

10. The automated teller machine ( 10 ) of claim 1 , wherein the wall ( 20 , 22 ) of the receiving compartment ( 12 to 18 ) has a further locking element ( 24 , 26 ) and the further locking element ( 24 , 26 ) being designed and mounted such that, when a cash box ( 102 ) is inserted into the receiving compartment ( 12 to 18 ), the further locking element ( 24 , 26 ) is moved from the unlocked position into the locked position by means of contact with a further engagement element ( 104 ) of the cash box ( 102 ).

11. The automated teller machine ( 10 ) of claim 10 , wherein the two locking elements ( 24 , 26 ) are formed identically.

12. An arrangement ( 100 ), comprising:
the automated teller machine ( 10 ) of claim 1 , and
a cash box ( 102 ) received in the receiving compartment ( 12 to 18 ) of the automated teller machine ( 10 ).

13. An automated teller machine, comprising:
at least one receiving compartment ( 12 to 18 ) for receiving a cash box ( 102 ), the receiving compartment ( 12 to 18 ) having a wall ( 20 , 22 ), a circular ring segment-shaped guide slot ( 48 , 50 ) provided in the wall ( 20 , 22 ), the guide slot ( 48 , 50 ) having a first end ( 56 ), a second end ( 60 ) and a peak ( 58 ) centrally between the first and second ends ( 56 , 60 );
at least one locking element ( 24 , 26 ) provided on the wall ( 20 , 22 ) of the receiving compartment ( 12 to 18 ), the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) being rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position, the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) comprising a projection ( 44 , 46 ) that is guided in the guide slot ( 48 , 50 ), the projection ( 44 , 46 ) being at the first end ( 56 ) of the guide slot ( 48 , 50 ) when the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) is in the unlocked position, and being at the second end ( 60 ) of the guide slot ( 48 , 50 ) when the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) is in the locked position, the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) being configured and mounted so that an engagement element ( 104 ) of the cash box ( 102 ) contacts the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) when the cash box ( 102 ) is inserted into or removed from the receiving compartment ( 12 to 18 ) for moving the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) between the unlocked position and the locked position; and
an elastic element ( 52 , 54 ) having a first end mounted to the wall ( 20 , 22 ) and a second end mounted to a portion of the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) in proximity to the projection ( 44 , 46 ), the elastic element ( 52 , 54 ) biasing the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) to the locked position when the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) is in the locked position and biasing the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) to the unlocked position when the locking element ( 24 , 26 ) is in the unlocked position, the peak ( 58 ) of the guide slot ( 48 , 50 ) and a mounting point at which the elastic element ( 48 , 50 ) is mounted to the wall ( 20 , 22 ) lie on a straight

Assignees

• Wincor Nixdorf Int Gmbh

Inventors

• Go Florante
• Hidalgo Ronald

Classifications

• G07D11/12

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• A47B88/467

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• G07F19/205

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• E05B65/461 Primary

  for cash drawers · CPC title

• G07F9/06

  Coin boxes · CPC title