Self-service device

• US 8,561,886 B2
• Filed: 02/18/2009
• Issued: 10/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Diebold Nixdorf Systems GmbH (Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH (Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated)
• Inventors: Bleck, Frank, Golueke, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Thien M
• Assistant Examiner(s): TAYLOR, APRIL ALICIA
• Application Number:
  US12/919,556
• Publication Number:
  US 20100328867A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,707 Days
• Field of Search: 235379-381, 705/35, 705/39, 705/43
• US Class Current: 235/379
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/20 Automatic teller machines [ATMs]
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/201 Accessories of ATMs
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/205 Housing aspects of ATMs

Abstract

A self-service device, particularly an automated cash machine, having an operating unit with an operating panel for entering alphanumeric characters and/or control data, and having a cover surface having a plurality of edges bounding a recess, whereby the operating panel is encompassed, wherein at least one first edge of the cover surface is disposed at a distance from a first edge of the operating panel, forming an intermediate space, wherein a functional strip is disposed, the functional strip being mounted on a mounting frame encompassing the operating panel, said frame being connected to the cover surface by mounting elements.

Claims

1. Self-service device, particularly an automated cash machine, having an operating unit comprising an operating panel for entering alphanumeric characters and/or control data and having a cover surface having a plurality of edges bounding a recess, whereby the operating panel is encompassed, characterized in that:

at least one first edge of the cover surface is disposed at a distance from a first edge of the operating panel, forming an intermediate space, wherein a functional strip is disposed, and in that the functional strip is mounted on a mounting frame encompassing the operating panel, said frame being connected to the cover surface by mounting elements;

wherein the at least one first edge of the cover surface is opposite to and faces the first edge of the operating panel.

2. Self-service device from claim 1, wherein the functional strip has retainers to retain a visual protection element that rises in the manner of a dome from an operating panel plane of the operating panel.

3. Self-service device from claim 2, wherein the retainers are configured as mounts that are disposed on an underside of the functional strip facing away from the plane of the operating panel.

4. Self-service device from claim 1, wherein an upper side of the functional strip is disposed elevated relative to an adjacent upper side of the cover surface and/or an upper side of the operating panel.

5. Self-service device from claim 1, wherein the functional strip rises in a bead shape from a plane of the operating panel, where at least one partial area of an edge of the functional strip lies directly against the first edge of the cover surface and/or the first edge of the operating panel.

6. Self-service device from claim 1, wherein the functional strip at least partially has a width (B1) that is greater than a width (B2) of the intermediate space such that a section of the functional strip overlaps one edge of the cover surface.

7. Self-service device from claim 1, wherein the functional strip includes an angled step on a side facing the cover surface, a first cover surface that lies flat against the first edge of the cover surface and a second cover surface that lies flat against an upper side of the cover surface.

8. Self-service device from claim 1, wherein an upper side of the functional strip is configured in cross-section as an arcuate shape.

9. Self-service device from claim 1, wherein an upper side of the functional strip tapers constantly towards an upper side of the cover surface, wherein an edge of the upper side of the functional strip comes to rest on the upper side of the cover surface.

10. Self-service device from claim 1, wherein additional edges of the operating panel not facing the functional strip lie directly against edges of the cover surface, wherein the adjacent upper sides of the operating panel or the cover surface run flush with one another.

11. Self-service device from claim 1, wherein the mounting frame is solidly attached to the operating unit.

12. Self-service device from claim 1, wherein the operating panel of the operating unit runs substantially above the mounting frame and a base body adjoins the operating panel, said body running substantially below the mounting frame.

13. Self-service device from claim 1, wherein an electronic module is integrated in a base body of the operating unit to encode the data entered by means of the operating panel.

14. An automated cash machine comprising:

a cover surface including a plurality of cover edges defining an opening;

an operating panel for entering data, the operating panel seated within the opening such that the operating panel is surrounded by the cover surface, the operating panel including a plurality of operating panel edges;

an intermediate space defined between a first cover edge of the plurality of cover edges and a first operating panel edge of the plurality of operating panel edges, the first cover edge is spaced apart from the first operating panel edge, the first cover edge is opposite to and faces the first operating panel edge;

a functional strip disposed within the intermediate space; and

a mounting frame encompassing the operating panel and connected to the cover surface by mounting elements, the functional strip is mounted on the mounting frame.

15. The automated cash machine of claim 14, wherein other than the first cover edge and the first operating panel edge, each one of the plurality of cover edges lie directly against a different one of the plurality of operating panel edges;

and

wherein an upper surface of the cover surface and an upper surface of the operating panel run flush with one another and extend in a common plane.

16. The automated cash machine of claim 14, wherein an upper side of the functional strip that is opposite to the cover surface tapers constantly towards an upper side of the cover surface;

and

wherein an edge of the upper side of the functional strip abuts the upper side of the cover surface.

17. The automated cash machine of claim 14, wherein the functional strip includes retainers to retain a visual protection element including a dome that is configured to extend across at least a portion of the operating panel.

18. The automated cash machine of claim 14, wherein an upper surface of the functional strip extends in a plane that is spaced apart from, and is above, an operating surface of the operating panel.

19. An automated cash machine comprising:

a cover surface defining an opening;

an operating panel for entering data, the operating panel seated within the opening; and

a mounting strip arranged in an intermediate space between the cover surface and the operating panel, the mounting strip includes retainers to retain a visual protection element including a dome that extends across at least a portion of the operating panel.

20. The automated cash machine of claim 19, wherein:

the cover surface includes a plurality of cover edges defining the opening;

the operating panel includes a plurality of operating panel edges;

the intermediate space is defined between a first cover edge of the plurality of cover edges and a first operating panel edge of the plurality of operating panel edges, the first cover edge is spaced apart from the first operating panel edge;

other than the first cover edge and the first operating panel edge, each one of the plurality of cover edges lie directly against a different one of the plurality of operating panel edges; and

an upper surface of the cover surface and an upper surface of the operating panel run flush with one another and extend in a common plane.