US 12,249,203 B2
Cash dispenser unit and automatic recovery method of the same
Byung Man Ahn, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Ji Youn Cho, Seoul (KR); and Seung Jin Jung, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to HYOSUNG TNS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYOSUNG TNS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/120,052.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0031318 (KR), filed on Mar. 14, 2022; and application No. 10-2022-0034036 (KR), filed on Mar. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0290211 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G07D 11/00 (2019.01); G07D 11/14 (2019.01); G07D 11/18 (2019.01); G07D 11/237 (2019.01); G07D 11/26 (2019.01); G07F 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC G07D 11/18 (2019.01) [G07D 11/14 (2019.01); G07D 11/237 (2019.01); G07D 11/26 (2019.01); G07F 19/203 (2013.01); B65H 2403/942 (2013.01); B65H 2513/412 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1912 (2013.01); G07D 2211/00 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cash dispenser unit (CDU) comprising:
a storage configured to store bills;
a withdrawal part configured to externally discharge bills withdrawn from the storage;
a retrieval part configured to retrieve bills remaining on a bill conveyance path between the storage and the withdrawal part;
a conveyance part configured to provide the bill conveyance path between the storage and the retrieval part and the bill conveyance path between the storage and the withdrawal part and including a first conveyance part connecting an outlet of the storage and a conveyance path connector, a second conveyance part connecting the conveyance path connector and an entry of the retrieval part, and a third conveyance part connecting the entry of the retrieval part and the withdrawal part, wherein the first conveyance part, the second conveyance part, and the third conveyance part are driven by one motor;
a gate provided at the entry of the retrieval part and configured to switch a travel direction of bills passing through the conveyance path toward the retrieval part; and
a controller configured to control an operation of withdrawing or retrieving the bills and restore the CDU to a normal operation state in a case of initialization or recovery from a power failure by retrieving bills remaining on the bill conveyance path of the conveyance part to the retrieval part.