US 11,981,524 B2
Medium conveyance route switching device for automated teller machine
Hyun Soo Jang, Seoul (KR); and Hye Bin Oh, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to HYOSUNG TNS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYOSUNG TNS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/548,861.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0189022 (KR), filed on Dec. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0204301 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. B65H 29/60 (2006.01); B65H 5/36 (2006.01); B65H 29/58 (2006.01); G07F 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 29/60 (2013.01) [B65H 5/36 (2013.01); B65H 29/58 (2013.01); G07F 19/20 (2013.01); B65H 2301/44822 (2013.01); B65H 2404/7414 (2013.01); B65H 2404/7431 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medium conveyance route switching device for an automated teller machine, comprising:
a support unit located at a branching point where conveyance directions of a medium converge in three directions; and
a gate assembly including a plurality of gates to guide at the branching point the medium to different conveyance paths,
wherein the support unit includes:
a first support piece having a first through-hole portion;
a second support piece having a second through-hole portion and disposed on one side of the first support piece;
a third support piece having a third through-hole portion and disposed on the other side of the first support piece;
a first bending connection portion rotatably connecting one end of the first support piece and the second support piece;
a second bending connection portion rotatably connecting the other end of the first support piece and the third support piece; and
a fixing shaft inserted into the first through-hole portion, the second through-hole portion and the third through-hole portion to prevent the first through-hole portion, the second through-hole portion and the third through-hole portion from being separated from each other in a state in which the first support piece, the second support piece and the third support piece are in contact with each other.