Cash Deposit Machine Displaceable Interior Arrangement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current cash depositing and dispensing machines face challenges with security, ease of service access, and ergonomic considerations due to complex mechanical parts that are prone to wear and tear, requiring improved design for reduced downtime and enhanced accessibility.
Innovation Solution
The cash depositing and dispensing machine features a displaceable arrangement of interior parts, allowing for different access levels, with a rail system and constant force springs for easy movement, enabling service access without compromising security, and integrating with a cash input/output unit that can be accessed from various angles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the machine stores large quantities of cash with secure enclosure, then security is improved, but service access to interior parts becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The machine is divided into separate functional modules: a fixed secure cash storage unit and a displaceable arrangement containing serviceable interior parts. This segmentation allows the cash storage to remain securely enclosed while the serviceable components can be accessed independently through displacement to service positions.
Solution Approach 2:
The arrangement containing interior parts is made dynamically displaceable between a closed position (for security) and a service position (for access). This dynamic capability allows the machine to transition between secure operation mode and service mode, resolving the contradiction between security and service accessibility.
2Extent of automation
If complex mechanical interior parts are used for automatic cash handling, then automation is improved, but wear and tear increases requiring more frequent service
Solution Approach 1:
The displaceable arrangement enables easy access to mechanical parts for maintenance and replacement. By allowing the arrangement to be displaced to a service position, service personnel can efficiently service wear-prone components without compromising the automated cash handling functionality when in closed position.
3Device complexity
If the machine is designed with fixed interior arrangement, then structural simplicity is improved, but service access requires full disassembly increasing downtime
Solution Approach 1:
The machine structure is segmented into fixed and displaceable portions. The displaceable arrangement containing interior parts can be independently moved to service positions without requiring disassembly of the entire machine, thus maintaining structural simplicity while enabling quick service access to reduce downtime.
4Ease of operation
If access points are provided for service personnel, then service accessibility is improved, but security may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The displaceable arrangement provides conditional access: when in closed position, security is maintained; when displaced to service position, access is enabled. This dynamic access mechanism allows service personnel to access interior parts only when needed, without creating permanent security vulnerabilities.
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 reduces the complexity and manufacturing costs of the machine, decreases downtime, and provides improved ergonomics and accessibility for service personnel, while maintaining security by allowing controlled access to the cash handling and storage units.
Implementation Method 1
The cash depositing and dispensing machine features a displaceable arrangement of interior parts, allowing for different access levels, with a rail system and constant force springs for easy movement
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AI summary
The disclosure relates to a cash depositing and dispensing machine (100) comprising:a machine body (105) having outer circumferential walls (106), and an arrangement (110) comprising:a cash input/output unit (120) having an interface (122) for allowing depositing and dispensing of cash, a cash handling unit (130), and a cash storage unit (140), wherein said cash input/output unit (120), said cash handling unit (130), and said cash storage unit (140) being arranged in relation to each other in relation to said machine body (105) between: a closed position (P1) for which the outer circumferential walls (106) of the machine body (105) enclose the cash handling unit (130) and the cash storage unit (140) so as to prevent access thereto, and a service position (P2) and a cash access position (P3) for which at least the cash handling unit (130) protrudes from the machine body (105) so as to allow access thereto.