Bill processing apparatus with credit card reader
View Patent ↗A bill processing apparatus with a credit card reader is configured such that a credit card insert slot ( 9 ) for inserting a credit card ( 50 ) therein is formed in the upper surface of a front mask ( 5 ), a credit card guide chute ( 20 ) connected to the credit card insert slot ( 9 ) is formed in the front mask ( 5 ) so as to be connected to a bill guide chute ( 8 ), and the lower surface ( 8 b ) of this bill guide chute ( 8 ) is bent so as to be proximate to the lower surface ( 5 c ) of the front mask, and when the credit card ( 50 ) is inserted into the credit card insert slot ( 9 ), the credit card ( 50 ) enters the bill insert slot ( 8 ) by way of the credit card guide chute ( 20 ) and reaches the lower surface ( 8 b ) of the bill guide chute ( 8 ), whereby credit card data can be stably read inside a front mask without changing the size of a conventional standardized front mask.
1. A bill processing apparatus with a credit card reader, wherein the credit card reader that reads data recorded on a credit card is disposed inside a front mask in which a bill insert slot and a bill guide chute having upper and lower surfaces and connected to the bill insert slot are formed, comprising:
a credit card insert slot formed in an upper surface of the front mask, for inserting the credit card therein; and
a credit card guide chute formed inside the front mask with one end thereof being communicated with the credit card insert slot and another end communicating with the bill guide chute, the credit card guide chute extending in a direction that intersects with a direction in which a bill is guided in the bill guide chutes,
the lower surface of the bill guide chute being bent so as to be proximate to a lower surface of the front mask whereby the credit card reaches the lower surface of the bill guide chute by way of the credit card guide chute when the credit card is inserted in the credit card insert slot.
2. The bill processing apparatus with a credit card reader according to claim 1 , wherein a concave fingerhold is formed on the upper surface of the front mask where the credit card insert slot is formed.
3. A bill processing apparatus with a credit card reader, wherein the credit card reader that reads data recorded on a credit card is disposed inside a front mask in which a bill insert slot and a bill guide chute along a 1st plane having upper and lower surfaces and connected to the bill insert slot are formed, comprising:
a credit card insert slot formed in an upper surface of the front mask along a 2nd plane, for inserting the credit card therein, and
a credit card guide chute formed inside the front mask, with one end thereof communicating with the credit card insert slot and another end communicating with the bill guide chute, the 2nd plane of the credit card guide chute intersecting with the 1st plane of the bill guide chute, whereby the credit card may travel the credit card guide chute to intersect the 1st plane and reach the lower surface of the bill guide chute.
4. A bill processing apparatus with a credit card reader, wherein the credit card reader that reads data recorded on a credit card is disposed inside a front mask in which a bill insert slot and a bill guide chute having upper and lower surfaces and connected to the bill insert slot are formed, comprising:
a credit card insert slot formed in an upper surface of the front mask, for inserting the credit card therein; and
a credit card guide chute formed inside the front mask, with one end thereof communicating with the credit card insert slot and another end communicating with the bill guide chute, the credit card guide chute extending into the bill guide chute, whereby the credit card may extend past the upper surface of the bill guide chute and reach the lower surface of the bill guide chute by way of the credit ear card guide chute when the credit card is inserted in the credit card insert slot.