Patent ID: 8016186

Claim:
An automatic teller machine (ATM) comprising: a storage cassette for being detachably installed in cassette accommodating space located within the ATM, a cheque insertion slot formed in the storage cassette for receiving cheques, wherein the storage cassette includes a transfer unit for transferring the cheques received through the cheque insertion slot to a designated position in the storage cassette, the transfer unit installed within an interior of the storage cassette; a cassette driving unit for driving the transfer unit, the cassette driving unit located in an interior location of the ATM but outside the storage cassette; and a stacking unit for moving the transferred cheques from the designated position to a cheque storage position in the storage cassette, the stacking unit installed outside the storage cassette, the stacking unit comprising: a pulley motor; a vertical plate vertically installed at one side surface of the cassette accommodating space to face a front of the storage cassette, wherein said one side surface is located outside of the storage cassette; a first and a second pulley installed at an upper and a lower portion of the vertical plate, respectively, either one of the first and the second pulley connected to the pulley motor; a belt placed between the first and the second pulley; a guide bar moving vertically on the belt; a take-up bar horizontally installed at a lower end of the guide bar and extending perpendicular to the guide bar, for individually moving the cheques transferred to the designated position to the cheque storage position; a horizontal cutoff portion formed at a bottom surface of the storage cassette, the horizontal cutoff portion facing the designated position; a vertical cutoff portion formed at a front surface of the storage cassette, the vertical cutoff portion facing the vertical plate, wherein the horizontal cutoff portion and the vertical cutoff portion communicate with each other and are oriented perpendicular to each other; a guide rail for guiding the vertical movements of the guide bar, the guide rail installed on the vertical plate; a moving bracket installed on the guide bar and extending perpendicular to the guide bar; and an upper and a lower sensor for detecting position of the moving bracket, the upper and the lower sensor distanced apart from each other on the vertical plate and installed at a first position corresponding to the cheque storage position and a second position corresponding to the designated position; wherein the take-up bar is configured to vertically move inside and outside of the storage cassette through the horizontal cutoff portion while guided by the vertical cutoff portion.