Patent ID: 8540143
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: B65H,G07D,G07F

Abstract:
1. A cassette for an automatic teller machine (ATM), removably connected to a cassette receiving portion placed at a main body of the ATM, the cassette comprising: a cassette body connected and separated with respect to the cassette receiving portion and configured to receive a paper medium, including an entrance disposed at one side for entry of the paper medium; a movable shutter placed at the cassette body to open and close the entrance according to connection and separation of the cassette body with respect to the cassette receiving portion; a movable first medium support portion placed in the cassette body to push the paper medium toward the entrance; a movable second medium support portion movably placed at the entrance so that the paper medium is disposed between the first medium support portion and the second medium support portion; a movable connection portion connected to each of opposite ends of the second medium support portion and placed at opposite lateral sides of the cassette body; and a rotatable medium return gear portion placed at each of the opposite lateral sides of the cassette body so as to be connected to a connection portion gear connected to the connection portion and to a shutter gear placed at the shutter, the medium return gear portion configured to forcibly move the connection portion in a first direction away from the entrance by a moving force of the shutter when the entrance is closed.