Adaptable Intermediate Module for Cash Handling Drive Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Automated teller machines require different head modules for varying safe module wall thicknesses, leading to increased costs and maintenance complexities due to the need for multiple components and two-person access for maintenance.
Innovation Solution
An intermediate module is introduced to adaptively transmit drive force between the head module and safe module, allowing the device to accommodate different safe module wall thicknesses without changing the head or safe module, and enabling single-person maintenance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If different head modules are used for different safe module wall thicknesses, then the drive force transmission is adapted to each wall thickness, but the device complexity and production costs increase due to requiring multiple head module variants
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into three independent modules: head module, intermediate module, and safe module. The intermediate module is the segmented component that specifically handles the adaptation to different wall thicknesses, while the head and safe modules remain standardized. This segmentation allows the intermediate module to be varied while keeping other modules constant, reducing overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
An intermediate module is introduced as a mediator between the head module and safe module. This intermediate module absorbs the variability required for different wall thicknesses, preventing the need to create multiple variants of the head module. The intermediate module acts as a buffer that adapts to different conditions while maintaining standardized interfaces with the head and safe modules.
2Ease of repair
If the drive unit is arranged in the head module and transmits force through the safe module wall, then maintenance access to the safe module is required, but this requires two-person access due to safety regulations, reducing maintenance efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The intermediate module serves as an intermediary that provides maintenance access points on the head module side, away from the safe module. This allows maintenance personnel to access and service the drive mechanism without needing to open the safe module, thereby maintaining safety regulations while improving maintenance efficiency by requiring only one person.
Solution Approach 2:
The maintenance access mechanism is changed from requiring physical access through the safe module wall to providing access through the head module. This substitution allows maintenance personnel to service the drive unit from the accessible head module side without compromising the security and integrity of the safe module.
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a device for handling notes of value, comprising a head module and a safe module for accommodating a cash box. Further, the device has an intermediate module for transmitting a drive force of a drive unit of the head module to a cash box mechanism and/or to transport elements of the safe module. The intermediate module is designed such that it is adaptable to at least two different wall thicknesses of a wall of the safe module so that at least for these two wall thicknesses it can transmit the drive force from the drive unit to the cash box mechanism or the transport elements of the safe module.