Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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¦ Cash Vault for Tellers Active on Both Sides
The invention relates to a cash vault according to ths
preamble of patent claim 1, a connection according to the
preamble o~ patent claim 8, and a fastener for cable bundles
according to patent claim 14.
Ci~sh vaults are set up in the counter halls of banking
institutions. They are devices in which money can be 6tored with
major security precautions and from which bank employees or even
I bank customers can retrieve an amount o~ money after preliminary
identification and often with input of a security code. Cash -
vaults are designed such that in a bank robbery only an extremely
small amount can be taken. A bank robber cannot get at the
~3q 15 amount of money kept in the money repository within a "useful"
period of time. The cash vault described hereinafter is designed
such that it can sierve two tellers (bank employees).
Based on required safety precautions, known cash vaults are
designed such that manipulations, even to correct a small
mechanical defect cannot be performed on them in public tra~fic,
since during servicing the required security requirements could
not be observed with regard to the stored amount o~ money.
The invention solves the problem of devising a cash vault
which is characterized by ease of ~iervicing and in which the
already in~requ~nt service interventions in the banknote
input/disbursement unit can be undertaken in the counter hall
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while protecting against unauthorizsd access to the amount o~
money stored in the money repository.
By means of a clear structural separation of the banknote
input/disbursement unit from the vault base unit it is possible
to perform the isolation and bundling o~ th2 banknotes which are
not subject to safety precautions. The banknotes must then be
transported only individually ~rom or into the banknote
repository through an opening in the wall of the vault base unit.
By means of adjustment elements the banknote input/disbursement
unit can be arranged with relative accuracy to the opening,
ensuring unencumbered transfer of ~anknotes. By means of the
selected construction of the adjustment banknote
input/disbursement can be removed from the vault base unit. If
at this point, for example, a possible banknote jam or other
defect should arise, service interventions can be undertaken at
any time without security risk, even with public traffic in the
counter hall.
The cash vault, based on its armor, the space ~or the
banknotes to be stored and the assemblies necessary for
operation, has a stipulated minimum volume. In order to
acconunodate this cash vault in a space-saving manner in the
counter room o~ banking institutions, the banknote
inputJdisbursement unit was built such that all assemblies
necessary for banknote input/disbursement were housed
concentrated in a single component area. A stylishly design2d
cover o~ the banknote input/disbursement unit is formed in two
parts, one part covering the upper assemblies and the other part
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continuing only the cover shap o~ the first cover. Thé cash
¦ vault can be set up standing alone, or can be used pushed
partially under the bank counters, then here the second cover
j part (casing part) having been removed.
Pre~erably, the banknote repository unit is arranged in the
vault base unit such that it can be removed. To do this the
banknote repository unit in the vault base unit is moved on guide
elements, especially on rails. Locking in the vault bas~ unit i
executed such that when unlocking the banknote repository unit
circuit is automatically de-energized and the electrical contacts
are automatically decoupled upon removaln The plug connections
thus need not be detached or closed separately by hand any lonqer
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by coupling and uncoupling the plug connections. Tearing out of
, the cable connections i5 thus precluded when the repository unit
is removed from the vault base unit.
Special attention was devoted to easy accessibility to the
individual parts of the cash vault, in which however duxing
servicing of the vault base unit which contains the banknote
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, repository security precautions against unauthorized access must
be undertaken. Easy accessibility is attained especially by a
connection which ls easy to establish and which can be used in
all plates to be attached perpendicularly to one another.
Due to the special configuration of a tension relief,
especially for the power supply and signal cables to the input
terminal, central computer, etc., which leave ~he cash vault it
was possible to increase the ease of servicinq and operating
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security as the result of unencumbered teneion relief of the
cable jacket plu~ shielding.
In the following, embodiments of the cash vault according to
the invention, the connection and fastener for tension relie~ for
a cable bundle are detailed using drawings.
Figure 1 shows a cash vault in a counter room with two data
input devices for one bank employee each,
Figure 2 shows a longitudinal section through a banknote
disbursement unit of the cash vault,
Figure 3 shows a schematic longitudinal section through the
cash vault,
Figure 4 shows a cross section through a path selection
element of the cash vault in order to route the banknotes from
. the vault base unit of the cash vault into the banknote
15 disbursement unit or from an input unit directly to the banknote
disbursement un~t in the case of defective banknotes,
. Figure 5 show~ a schematic side view of a banknote
. reposltory removed from the vault base unit as the money
. repository unit,
Figure 6 shows a schematic front view of the banknote
repository shown in Figure 3, here the banknote
input/disbursement unit having been removed,
Figure 7 shows a longitudinal section through a detachable
. connetion of cover and partition plates perpendicular to one
another, especially of the cash va.ult,
Figur~ 8 shows a per~pective exploded drawing of elements of
~I the connection shown in Figure 7,
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'l Figure 9 shows a perspective view of a fastener for tension¦ relief of cash vault cable bundle which establishes an electrical
¦ connection with the periphery,
~ Figure 10 shows a cross section through the fastener built
¦ 5 into the vault wall of the vault base unit, and
Figure 11 shows a front view of the fastener ~rom the inside
j of the vault based unit~
Figure 1 shows cash vault 1 to be operated by two bank
~ employees 4a and 4b as tellers. Cash vault 1 is separated from
if lo the bank customers by counter 3. Two bank employees 4a and 4b
! stand to the right and to the left next to cash vault 1. Each oftwo bank employees 4a and 4b has terminal 5a and 5b respectively
~or electronic data control of bank vault 1, for debiting,
banknote disbursement and input, etc.
At the top, cash vault l has banknote inpu~/disbursement
unit 10 which can be removed for servicing purposas and which
;~ together with a casing part 9 forms the upper part of cash vault1. Cash vault 1 can be partially pushed under counter 3 in order
to save space, then casing part 9 which contains no functional
elements having been removed.
on the upper side of banknote input/disbursement unit 10 are
disbursement unit 11 and input unit 39 for banknotes 12.
Disbursement unit 11 can be completely closed with two-part cover
13a and 13b. Right component cover 13a can be opened and closed
independently of left one 13b. In Figure 1, right cover 13a is
shown closed and left component cover 13b open. Bank employee 4b
; standing on the left side of cash vault l has free access from
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top left to banknote bundle 12 made available in disbursement
unit 11 for disbursement. Since right component cover 13a o~
disbursement unit 11 is closed, bank employee 4a standing on the
right side of cash vault 1 has no acce~s into disbursement unit
11.
For ergonomic reasons disbursement unit 11 is formed as a
¦ trapezoidal longitudinal opening which runs transversely
horizontal with open front sides at the top on banknote
input/disbursement unit 10. The cover of banknote
input/disbursement unit 10 and of casing part 9 extends barely
over the upper edge of vault base unit 15 for stylistic reasons.
In vault base unit 15 is money repository unit shown in Figure 3
as banknote repository 35.
Banknote input/disbursement unit 10 is held on vault base
unit 15 with the possibility of removal by means o~ retaining
unit 1 shown in Figur~ 2. The clear distance of retaining unit
17 from one upper wall 23 of the vault base unit 15 depends on
i the thickness of this wall 23. Depending on the required
security conditions of the kanking institution, this ~hickness
l 20 can be varied. Based on these different thicknesses the distance
i~ of retaining unit 17 from inside of wall 23 or from reference
~ plate 24 located at a defined distance to the inside must be set
;¦` exactly when cash vault 1 is being installed, ln order that the
banknotes can be transferred from banknote repository 35 to
banknot~ input/disbursement unit 10 without problems. To adjust
the h~ight of retaining unit 17 four cylinder-shaped mounting
pins 19 (only two are visibIe in Fig. 2) are used in banknote
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jrepository 35 removed from vault base unit 15. Mounting pins 19
have enlarged upper part 20. They are first inserted with their
thin cross-section through continuous hole 18a in wall 23 and
continuous hole 18b in reference plate 24. Mounting pins 19 at
this point on their transition ~rom the thin cross-section to
thicker upper part 20 rest on the edge of the drilled hole of
reference plate 24. At this polnt spacer sleeve 26 is placed
over each upper part 20. The height of spacer sleeve 26 i5 a
measure of the distance of retaining unit 17 from vault wall 23,
3! 10 i.e., from reference plate 24. At the locations labelled with
reference number 25 there are threaded bolts not shown on wall
23. A total of four threaded bolts are used. At this point a
first nut which is likewise not shown is screwed onto these
threaded bolts. Now retaining unit 17 is seated on mounting pins
19. It now rests on the upper front side of spacer sleeves 26.
The first nuts on the threaded bolts at the location with
reference number 25 are screwed upwards from the side of cash
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vault 1 outward with a wrench until the bottom of retaining unit
17 sits on them, without being lifted off of the upper front side ~-
of spaaer sleeves 26. Then retaining unit 17 is again removed,
mounting pins 19 with spacer sleeve 26 in place is removed and
retaining ~nit 17 i5 again seated on the first nuts on the
threaded bolts at locations 25. A second nut shown at location
25 in Fig. 2 is screwed onto the threaded bolts and braced
~ 25 against the first one. Retaining unit 17 is now mounted in the
correct horizontal and vertical position to vault base unit 15.
The correct horizontal position is dictated by the position of
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continuoug holes (not shown) lntended ~or the threaded bolts in
1 the bottom of retaining unit 17. The position of slip-on
Jj banknote input/disbursement unit 10 to retainer unit 17 is ~ixed! via three alignment pins 21, of which only two are shown in Fiq~2. After removing mounting pins 19 t banknote repository 35 can
again be inserted, since they are no longer present in its free
space.
Casing part 9 is squeezed against the cover plates o~ the
j banknote input/disbursement unit 10 in a manner not shown and can
'~ 10 be withdrawn upwards. The cover plates of casing part 9 and
. banknote input/disbursement unit 10 are next to one another in
gap 27 shown in Figure 1.
:I Figure 3 shows a schematic cross-section through entire cashvault 1. From banknote repository 35 located in vault base unit
~ 15 15 the banknotes are transported upward with conveying means 36
¦ to banknote input/di.sbursement unit 10 and are deposited there by
depos:Ltion wheel 37 in di3bursement unit 11 with formation of
bundlei 12. Banknotes which are $nput into input unit 39 in
banknote input/disbursement unit 10 are transported, if they are
defective, after checking by a test unit (not shown) to
disbursement unit 11 and if they are not defective, they are
deposited in banknote repository 35 with conveying means 36. A
banknote repository of this type with the pertinent conveying
means is described for example in EP-A 0 290 731.
Banknote paths are selected with path selection element 41
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shown in Figure 4. Path selection element 41 is a circular
! cylinder which can be turned around its longitudinal axis 43 with
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a drive (not shown). The circular cylinder i5 traversed by two
longitudinal slots 4sa an~ 4sb which run axially. Lonyltudinal
¦ slots 45a and 4~b cut the circular cylinder with formation of
three longitudinal cylindrical egmen~s 47a, 47b and 47c which
are each mechanically held together on ~he cylinder bottom and/or
head in a manner not shown.
Two longitudinal slots 45a and 4sb are brought together at
one point of he cylinder jacket with formation o~ a curved V.
The ends of the V arms of longitudinal slots 45a and 45b are
flared in the shape o~ a funnel in cross-section in order to
! guarantee good entry o~ banknotes.
Figure 4 shows path selection element 41 in a position in
which banknotes originating from input unit 39, marked by an
arrow with referenc~ number 39, guided by guide rollers 49a and
49b and also routed through inlet auxiliary elements ~la and 51b
`I are ~ed into longitudinal slot 45a and then leave the latter in
¦ th~ direction of disbursement unit 11. Guidance to disbursement
unit 11 takes place via guide plate~ 53a and 53b arranged in a
funnel configuration, and a belt conveyor, in which only its
rollers 55a and 55b are shown. ~anknotes are transported again
~rom input unit 39 to disbursement unit 11 if the banknotes are
assessed as not satisfying the standard by a test unit which is
not shown. Linear conveyance of the banknotes is not further
detailed here since linear banknote conveyors are known.
From banknote repository 35 th~ banknotes are transported
with belt conveyor means 36 which is not detailed through ~lot 22
in the upper vault wall of vault base unit 15 and through
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longitudinal slot 4sb in path selection unit 41 likewise to
disbursement unit 11.
If the banknotes are to be transported from input unit 39 to
' banknote repository 35, path selection element 41 i5 swivelled
i 5 such that the funnel-~haped opening of longitudinal slot 45b can
accommodate the banknotes originating from input unit 39.
The advantage of path selection element 41 ~ormed compactly
as a circular cylinder lies in its ~imple con~iguration and thus
fault immunity xPlative to path selection elements which are
j 10 composed of a number of deflection plates ~ormed as shunts. Path
¦ selection element 41 can be called a ~three-way valve~' for leaf-
shaped materialO This path selection unit 41 can be used not
only in selection of delivery paths for banknotes, but can also
be used in other leaf-shaped material for selection of different
transport paths. It can be used wherever fast sorting
instructions must be followed. The speed o~ switching depends
only on the moment of inertia of the path selection element which
can be influenced among others by the choice of weight
(especially by the choice of the material used) and the cylinder
diameter. The diameter used d~pends on the one hand on the
sti~fness of the material - stiff sheet materials require a
' greater diameter ~ and on the other by the number of branch
points. Instead of two longitudinal slots, only one individual
one or even several can be used. The longitudinal cylinder
se~ments also be hollow. In addition, only one "frame" of guides
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Banknote repository 35 is shown in Fig. 3 and Fig. 6 inside
cash vault 1 and in Fig. 5 in a schematic side view outside of
cash vault 1. Banknote repository ~5 has three running wheels 59
with which it can be pushed outside cash vault 1 on floor 60. Of
three running wheels 59, one can swivel around a horizontal axis, .:
as illustrated in Fig. 5. On the left side of banknote
repository 35 in Fig. 5 the swivelling running wheel is shown
once in the extended and once in the retracted position. Thu~
here it is not two, but only single front running wheel 59.
Banknote repository 35 moreover has two guide wheels 62b provided
with one guide groove 61 and two flat rollers 62a. Rollers 62a
and guide wheels 62b xun on guide rails 63 in order to be able to
push cash vault 1 precisely onto a "floating" electrical contact
coupling 65. Positioning of banknote repository 35 within cash
vault 1 takes place with locking catch 67 which fits into
corresponding counterpart 69 located inside vault base unit 15.
one end of sheathed cable 73 tensioned via tension roller 71 is
attached on the catch arm of locking catch 67. The other end of
sheathed cable 73 engages switching unit 75 pretensioned by
spring 74 for turning on and turning off the power supply voltage
which can be supplied to banknote repository 35 via contact
coupling 65. I~ ¢atch handle 76 of locking catch 67 with doors
77 of vault base unit 15 opened i5 drawn upward, the circuit is :~
de-energized and the signal lines are interrupted. Banknote
repository 35 can now be moved out without danger of a short
circuit when the contact coupling element of contact coupling 65
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1 is decoupled. Interference pul~ies on the signal lines to be
¦ decoupled are likewise prevented.
Banknote repository unit 35 mus~ be driven into electrical
contack coupling 55 in a positionally accurate manner. To do
1 5 this, guide bars 63 on which rollers 62a and guide wheels 62b
roll, as well as inlet pin 79 which is tapered on its free end
~l are used. Since running wheels and guide wheel~ 59, 62a and 62b
of different diameters are used, dirt adhering to running wheels
63, for example chewing gum picked up from floor 60, cannot cause
~¦ 10 any guidance inaccuraciesO
~3 Cash vault 1 has several cover or partition plates 83a and
83b which are perpendicular to one another and which are not
explicitly shown. Cover plates 83a and 83b must be detachably
connected to one another. To enable ease o~ servicing by prompt
detachability and refixing, the connection described in Figures 7
and 8 and described helow was developed.
Two plates 83a and 83b, in contrast to the plates otherwise
ordinarily used ~or this connection, have no bends as connecting
flanges. Two plates 83a and 83b re~uire simply punchouts 85a and
85b, in which punchout 85b can also be executed a~ a drill hole.
Punchout 85a is composed of two slot-shaped punchouts 87a and 87b
which are perpendicular to one another. Punchout 87a runs
roughly parallel to support edge 86 of plate 83a on which plate
85b lies. Retaining plate 89 as a retaining element can be
partially pushed into ~his punchout 87a. Punchout ~7b leads
perpendicularly into 87a and is open towards supporting edge 86
¦ in order that screw 91 which can be inserted through punchout 85b
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matches the screw thread as a force application element in
retaining plate 89. In order that the screw lengths and plate
, thicknesses need not be especially matched to one another,
punchout 87b has been continued above punchout 87a. The screw
end can then run into the continuation.
In order that retaining plate 89 need not be held during
mounting and dismounting of two plates 83a and 83b, clip 94 is
x~ used which holds retaining plate 89 detachably in punchout 87a.
Clip 94 has two U-shaped arms 96a through 96d of elastic
material, especially plastic, which lie parallel to one another
and which are arranged, two at a time, a distance from one
another. The distance between two arms s6a and s6b as well as
9Sc and 96d is greater by a clearance tolerance than the
thickness of retaining plate 89. On the outside, clip 94 on the
; bottom o~ the U has one extraction bracket 97 each on the right
and left. The ends of U arms 96a through 96d bear catch elements
99. I~ retaining plate 89 is inserted into recess 85a, it lie~
in punchout 87a and arms 96a through 96d o~ clip 94 reach through
punchout 87b and its extension. Catch elements 99a through 99d
catch on the upper side of plate ~3a. To dismount retaining
plate 89 placed in punchout 87a only catch elements 99a through
~¦ 99d are pressed inward using flat-nose pliers and clip 94 is
removed on its extraction bracket 97.
As illustrated in Fig. 8, the ends of extraction brackets 97
are bent against catch elements 99. For retaining plate 89
l secured with clip 94 and pushed in, the ends of extraction
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! result of the elastic tensioning force of extraction brackets 97,
catch elements 99 are drawn against the other surface of plate
83a, by which clip 94 and retaining plate 89 are held without
play in their position.
Retaining plate 89 is structured mirror-symmetrically to its
longitudinal axis 101 and is tapered by two steps at a time 103
and 105 in the insertion direction 10~. Two steps 103 are used
¦ as stops on the surface o~ plate 83a in order that retaining
plate 89 cannot be pushed through punchout 87a. Steps 105 enable
the four U-arm ends to be bent against one another using flat-
nosed pliers in dismounting retaining plate 89 secured with clip
94. If two steps 105 which cause a reduction in width were not
present, the inside surfaces of the jaws would push on retaining
plate 89 and it would not be possible to bend arms 96a through
96d against one another.
Punchout 87b can be abandoned if the attainable joining
forces must be small. In this case then a L-shaped tension
element is used instead of screw 91. The vertical arm of this
tension element is then placed through a punchout analogous to
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punchout 85b, the former however must be offset by at least half
the plate thickness. The L-shaped tension element then has a
thread on its vertical arm onto which a nut for establishing the
connection is screwed.
Instead of threaded hole 93, a continuous hole can also be
provided with a slot in which instead of screw 91 a spring loaded
qu2rter~turn fastener is inserted.
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'~ Cash vault 1 is connected via the cables shown in Fig. 3 to
two terminals 5a and 5b, to a central computer which is not
shown, alarm means, the power supply, etc. Cables 115 emerging
from çash vault 1 are attached on the inside wall of vault base
unit 15 with fastener 109 to relieve their tansion.
Fastener 109 shown in Figures 9 through 11 has a gutter-like
retaining bar 11~ bent in a U-shape in cross-section. The U-shape
gutter of retaining bar 111 is covered by pressure pla~e 113.
This pressure plate 113 presses cahles 115 to be held into
recesses 117a and 117b in arms ll~a and ll9b. Shields 125 are
held by arm ll9a and insulating cable jackets 131 above shielding
125 are held by arm ll9b. Slipping of cable jacket 131 relative
to the stripped jacket site is precluded by tension from the
outside ~n the cables. Grounding of shielding 125 can take place
via arm ll9a.
, Arm ll9b is elongated both laterally and in height relative
to arm ll9a. In these elongated areas it bears continuous holes
121a through 121d which, as shown in Figure 10, are provided for
attachment to vault wall 123. Under pressure plate 113 is a
rubbçr elastic contact plate 125 which presses on the cable
jackets in the installed state. Two arms ll9a and ll9b are, as
shown in Fig. 11, slotted in the manner of a comb. Cables 115
lie in intermediate spaces 117a and 117b.
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