Automated Banking Machine Movable Housing Panels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Automated banking machines face challenges in design and maintenance, including limited accessibility for servicing, complex manufacturing processes, and space constraints, which hinder efficient operation and maintenance.
Innovation Solution
The design incorporates a modular structure with a top housing and secure enclosure that allows for easy access to internal components through movable fascias and a rollout tray, enhanced ventilation for heat management, and a convertible processor case for service positions, facilitating efficient servicing and manufacturing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If automated banking machines use fixed enclosed housings to protect internal components, then security and protection are improved, but accessibility for servicing and maintenance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by making the housing panels movable rather than fixed. The front panel can be moved to an open position to provide access to internal components for servicing, while returning to a closed position for protection. This dynamic transformation allows the same structure to fulfill both protective and accessible functions at different times.
2Manufacturing precision
If automated banking machines have complex manufacturing processes to ensure precision and durability, then product quality is improved, but ease of manufacture deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the housing into multiple separate panels (front panel, rear panel, side panels) that can be manufactured independently and then assembled. This modular approach simplifies the manufacturing process for each individual panel while maintaining overall precision and durability through standardized connection mechanisms.
3Area of stationary object
If automated banking machines have compact designs to reduce space occupancy, then space efficiency is improved, but accessibility for maintenance and servicing deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by designing the front panel to be movable between closed and open positions. When open for maintenance, the panel provides adequate access to internal components despite the compact overall size. This dynamic feature allows the machine to maintain a compact footprint while still enabling proper servicing when needed.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This design enhances accessibility for maintenance, simplifies manufacturing, and improves operational efficiency by allowing for easier component replacement and serviceability, reducing downtime and costs.
Implementation Method 1
The top housing may further include at least one wall, the at least one wall formed to include one or more housing vents operative to enable air to pass therethrough
Data Source
AI summary
An automated banking machine operates responsive to data bearing records to cause financial transfers. The automated banking machine includes a card reader operative to read card data from user cards. The machine is operative to cause financial transfers responding at least in part to a determination that the read card data corresponds to at least one of an authorized user or an authorized financial account. The machine includes a display and a printer to produce records of financial transfers carried out with the machine. The machine includes a housing including a chest. The chest is supported on a depository safe. The safe includes a depository head that extends upward on the safe and in front of the chest.