US 12,136,309 B2
Deposit machine having cassette with improved usability
Tae Sung Um, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to HANMEGA CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HANMEGA CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/970,625.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0087190 (KR), filed on Jul. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0021038 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G07D 11/125 (2019.01); G07D 11/237 (2019.01); G07D 11/40 (2019.01); G07D 7/04 (2016.01); G07D 7/12 (2016.01)
CPC G07D 11/125 (2019.01) [G07D 11/237 (2019.01); G07D 11/40 (2019.01); B65H 2402/45 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1912 (2013.01); G07D 7/04 (2013.01); G07D 7/12 (2013.01); G07D 2207/00 (2013.01); G07D 2211/00 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A deposit machine having a cassette with improved usability, comprising:
a body;
a header housing integrally fixed to one side of the body and comprising:
an infrared ray sensor and a magneto resistance sensor mounted thereon to detect whether banknotes are counterfeit banknotes and determine whether the banknotes are accommodated; and
a contact image sensor mounted thereon and a stepping motor as a driving source to transfer the banknotes inserted thereinto;
a header cover openably and closably fixed to the header housing by a first hinge to allow top of the header housing to be open; and
the cassette mounted inside the body to accommodate the banknotes supplied from the header housing and the cassette comprising:
a rectangular box-shaped cassette housing having a given space in which the banknotes are accommodated;
a handle fixed to top of the cassette housing;
banknote transfer gears disposed on one end portion of one longitudinal side thereof in a direction perpendicular to the handle;
a lower plate fixed to an opposite side to a surface on which the banknote transfer gears are disposed; and
a cassette door fixed to the top end of the lower plate by a second hinge to open and close an open portion formed on the cassette housing.