Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Banking systems
Patent
1998-03-27
1999-12-28
Lee, Michael G
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
Banking systems
235475, 235477, 235481, 209659, 209534, 902 8, 902 12, G06F 1760
Patent
active
060069899
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an automatic money-receiving and -dispensing machine having a banknote-receiving location, having a banknote-checking and recognition device, having at least one intermediate storage for intermediately storing received banknotes, having a banknote-dispensing location, having a plurality of storage units which are arranged in a secure housing and are intended for keeping, storing and/or dispensing banknotes, and having transporting means which connect the receiving location, the dispensing location, the checking and recognition device and the storage units to one another.
2. Description of the Related Art
An automatic money-receiving and -dispensing machine of the abovementioned type is known, for example, from European Patent Document EP-B-24 704. In the case of these known automatic machines, the storage units contain storage cassettes from which banknotes can be transported to the dispensing location, via a first transporting section, and dispensed. Received banknotes run through an arrangement for checking authenticity and an arrangement for determining the nominal value and, provided the banknotes are authentic, are then deposited, in accordance with their nominal value, in an intermediate storage assigned to the respective storage cassette. From the intermediate storage, they may then be pushed into the cassette with the aid of a pushing device, with the result that they are available again for the purpose of being paid out. Also provided is a supply container, in which the banknotes which have been introduced can be stored irrespective of their nominal value and from which it is also possible for banknotes to be removed again. This storage container, with a relatively large capacity, can be emptied or reloaded as desired. Although, in the case of this automatic machine, it is possible for the availability of the machine to be increased and for the time which elapses before the storage cassettes have to be refilled or emptied again to be extended, this requires a relatively high degree of technical outlay.
A similar automatic machine is described in European Patent Document EP-B-148 310.
Furthermore, German Patent Document DE-A-30 42 566 discloses an automatic banking machine having a winding storage unit which makes it possible for banknotes which have been introduced to be stored one after the other.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the invention is to provide an automatic banking machine of the type mentioned in the introduction which has a high storage capacity, and thus availability, is of a technically straightforward and clear construction and the capacity of which can be changed without a high degree of technical outlay.
This and other objects and advantages are achieved according to the invention in that at least one of the storage units contains an exchangeable storage cassette for banknotes which are to be dispensed, in that at least one storage unit has a winding storage unit for receiving, storing and dispensing banknotes, in that the storage units are connected to a common, first transporting path, which is arranged, together with the storage units, in the secure housing, and in that the checking and recognition device, the intermediate storage and a second transporting path, which connects the units to the receiving and dispensing locations, are arranged in a top part outside the secure housing which accommodates the storage units.
Received banknotes pass to the storage units, via the first transporting path, only when they have been checked for their authenticity and when it has been ensured that the transaction has been successfully completed. If, on the other hand, there is any factor which does not ensure successful completion of the transaction, the received banknotes can be quickly returned again to the customer without coming into any contact with the units accommodated in the secure housing. In the same way, structural changes to the head part, on the one hand, or to the storage units in the
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Ademmer Heinz
Tewes Udo
Weigel Peter
Lee Michael G
Siemens Nixdorf
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