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US 12,534,950 · App. 17/658,040 · Granted Jan 27, 2026

Drawer for banknotes and values for ATM, Bancomat and the like

Inventor: Giuseppe Ezio Fumanelli (Melzo, IT)
Assignee: M.I.B. S.R.L.
E05G1/12E05G1/14G07D11/125
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Patent No.
US 12,534,950
App. No.
17/658,040
Granted
Jan 27, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drawer for ATM, Bancomat and the like, for banknotes and valuables, including: a base support suitable to support the banknotes along a support plane on a first side, a marking device including: a tank including marking fluid, a distribution device, in fluid passage connection with the tank and suitable for conveying the marking fluid from the tank to the banknotes for marking, transfer device suitable for transferring, on command, the marking fluid from the tank to the banknotes via the distribution device, wherein the tank is arranged, with respect to the base support, on a second side, opposite the first side, and wherein the distribution device is suitable for transferring the marking fluid to the first side in the direction of the banknotes.

Claims (34)

1 . A drawer for ATM, Bancomat and like, for banknotes and valuables, comprising:

a base support having opposed first and second sides, said first side facing away from said second side, said first side separated from said second side,

said first side being a top wall and said second side being a bottom wall such that the first side overlays the second side,

the first side for supporting the banknotes, wherein said first side comprises a support plane for supporting the banknotes on the support plane,

wherein the base support is a substantially flat structure defining a support and separation plane, wherein the support and separation plane is coinciding with the support plane,

wherein the support plane is separated from said second side,

wherein said first side defines a support surface along said support plane and said base support is capable of supporting said banknotes along the support surface on said first side,

wherein said base support defines a longitudinal direction lying on the support plane and extending along the support plane,

wherein said base support defines a transversal direction lying on the support plane and perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and extending along the support plane,

wherein said base support defines a normal direction perpendicular to the support plane, wherein the normal direction is perpendicular to the first side, and wherein the normal direction is perpendicular to the second side,

side walls perpendicular to the support plane, the side walls and first side bordering an internal volume of the drawer,

a marking device comprising:

a tank including marking fluid,

a distribution device in fluid passage connection with said tank and capable of conveying said marking fluid from said tank to said banknotes for the marking,

transfer means capable of transferring, on command, said marking fluid from said tank to said banknotes through said distribution device,

wherein said tank is arranged, with respect to said base support, on said second side of said base support, opposite to said first side,

wherein said distribution device is able to transfer said marking fluid to said first side in the direction of said banknotes, and

wherein the distribution means comprises channelling connected to said tank on the second side to extend from the tank and ascend towards the first side in a normal direction.

2 . The drawer according to claim 1 , wherein said distribution device comprises a conduit partially disposed in said first side, above said banknotes, with respect to said base support, and comprising a plurality of nozzles capable of spraying said banknotes.

3 . The drawer according to claim 2 , wherein said tank is directly constrained to said base support.

4 . The drawer according to claim 1 , wherein said transfer means comprise a container of pressurized fluid, a funnel capable of connecting, in fluid flow connection, said container of pressurized fluid with said tank, a closing valve which is openable on command, designed to interrupt or allow the fluid passage connection between said pressurized fluid container and said tank.

5 . The drawer according to claim 4 , wherein said tank is directly constrained to said base support.

6 . The drawer according to claim 1 , wherein said transfer means are arranged, with respect to said base support, on said second side.

7 . The drawer according to claim 1 , defining said normal direction, perpendicular to said support surface, and in which said marking device has a dimension, in said normal direction along said second side, not exceeding the overall dimensions, in said normal direction along said second side, conferred by elements of said drawer not constituted by said marking device.

8 . The drawer according to claim 1 , wherein said marking device comprising a sacrificial diaphragm capable of preventing, when integral, the connection of fluid passage from said tank to said distribution device and adapted to free the passage when the pressure inside said tank exceeds a threshold value.

9 . The drawer according to claim 1 , comprising an electronic board placed on said second side with respect to said support plane and not in correspondence with an edge along said second side, and in which said marking device is substantially arranged around said electronic board.

10 . The drawer according to claim 1 , comprising a second marking device disposed in said first side and comprising:

a first container arranged in a vicinity of said bank notes,

said first container having an internal volume separated from said external portion of said safety container drawer by at least one separating wall,

said first container being able to contain marking fluid.

11 . The drawer according to claim 10 , wherein said separating wall comprises passage windows or weakened portions.

12 . The drawer according to claim 10 , comprising a second container for marking fluid, fluid-tight, contained in said first container and type of yielding and easily breakable in the event of an explosion or pressurization similar.

13 . The drawer according to claim 1 , wherein said tank is directly constrained to said base support.

14 . The drawer according to claim 1 , wherein said distribution device comprises a conduit partially disposed in said first side.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2022
From: FUMANELLI, GIUSEPPE EZIO
To: M.I.B. S.R.L.
Reel/Frame 059506/0452 →
Priority Claims (1)
IT 102021000009449 · Apr 14, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220333430A1 · Oct 20, 2022
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