Rotatable Frame Access for Financial Device Transfer Path Maintenance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing financial devices require extensive maintenance space and pose difficulties for operators due to the need to access and maintain transfer paths, particularly under the lower unit, which complicates the maintenance process.

Innovation Solution

A financial device design featuring a rotatable second frame that exposes the second connection module, allowing for easy access and maintenance of transfer paths without disassembling other modules, reducing the required maintenance space and simplifying operator access.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of repair

If the entire lower unit is withdrawn and modules above the transfer path are separated to maintain the transfer path, then the transfer path can be accessed for maintenance, but a lot of maintenance space is needed and the maintenance process becomes complicated

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemaintenance accessibilityVSAvoidmaintenance procedure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of repairVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The device is divided into an upper unit and a lower unit that can be independently separated. The lower unit can be detached from the upper unit to provide direct access to the transfer path without requiring separation of other modules, thus simplifying the maintenance procedure while maintaining accessibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The lower unit containing the transfer path is extracted as a separate maintainable component. By withdrawing the lower unit from the upper unit, the transfer path becomes directly accessible for maintenance operations without needing to disassemble the entire device or separate multiple modules.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Ease of operation

If the lower unit is kept in place without separation, then the device structure remains compact, but the operator cannot easily access the transfer path for maintenance

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperator access to transfer pathVSAvoiddevice footprint
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The device is segmented into an upper unit and a lower unit that can be independently handled. This segmentation allows the lower unit to be withdrawn for maintenance access while the upper unit remains in place, providing operator access without requiring the entire device to be moved or expanded.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The connection between the upper unit and lower unit is made dynamic rather than fixed. The lower unit can be withdrawn and reconnected as needed, providing flexibility for maintenance operations while maintaining a compact structure during normal operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentEP3089124B1Financial device
Publication Date: 2020.03.25 ATEC AP CO LTD
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AI summary

The financial device comprises a medium depositing and withdrawing module, a discrimination module for discriminating the medium, a first transfer module for guiding the medium of the medium depositing and withdrawing module to the discrimination module, a temporary staking module in which a medium to be withdrawn is temporarily stacked, a first connection module transferring a medium between the discrimination module and the temporary staking module, a medium storage unit for storing a medium to be deposited or to be withdrawn, a second connection module for guiding a medium passing through the first connection module to the medium storage unit, a first frame in which the second connection module is installed, and a second frame in which the first connection module and the discrimination module are installed, and rotatably connected to the first frame. When rotating the second frame with respect to the first frame, the second connection module is exposed.