JP2546303B2 - Coin deposit and withdrawal device - Google Patents

Description

Description: FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a coin depositing / dispensing apparatus suitable as an ATM (Automatic Deposit Payment Machine) installed in a financial institution.

<< Summary of the Invention >> The present invention detects whether or not a replenished coin contains a coin of a different denomination when automatically replenishing a replenishment coin for payment of a coin depositing / dispensing device to a storage cylinder of each denomination. However, all coins in the storage cylinder containing different denominations can be distinguished by using the deposit coin discrimination mechanism, and after eliminating different denomination coins, only coins of the same denomination can be collected again in the storage cylinder. It is the one.

《Prior art and its problems》 Conventional coin deposit / withdrawal device (hereinafter referred to as “ATM”) discriminates between a coin tray for receiving deposit / withdrawal coins and coins taken into the device by the ejecting operation of the coin tray. Discriminating mechanism, a reject mechanism that rejects coins that are discriminated as counterfeit coins by the discriminating mechanism, a temporary store that temporarily stores coins that are discriminated as true coins by the discriminating mechanism, and coins that have been ejected by the temporary store ejecting And a sorting mechanism that sorts each denomination
A plurality of storage cylinders for storing each sorted coin for each denomination, a sensor for counting the coins stored in the storage cylinder, and an ejection mechanism for ejecting any number of coins in the storage cylinder And a delivery mechanism for delivering coins discharged from the ejection mechanism to the coin tray, a hopper for receiving supplementary coins for withdrawal, and a delivery mechanism for supplying supplementary coins in the hopper to the sorting mechanism. And a delivery mechanism.

This conventional depositing / dispensing device discriminates the deposit coins in the coin tray by the discriminating mechanism in the deposit mode, and the genuine coins are temporarily stored in the store but are stored in the storing cylinder of each denomination through the sorting mechanism. In addition, the counterfeit coins are discharged by the operation of the reject mechanism and then returned to the coin tray through the withdrawal transfer mechanism for deposit processing, and the coins corresponding to the requested payment amount are stored in the withdrawal mode. From the discharge mechanism, the discharged coins are transported to the coin tray via the dispensing transport mechanism to perform the dispensing process, and the replenishment coins fed into the hopper in the replenishment mode are sorted out. The coins for payment are replenished by storing them in a storage cylinder for each denomination and then refilling them.

However, in the above-mentioned conventional ATM, when the coins to be paid are replenished, the coins fed into the hopper are sorted by the sorting mechanism and stored in the storage cylinder for each denomination. When coins were erroneously sorted into other denominations, different denominations were sometimes stored in the storage cylinder for each denomination. In particular, 1-yen coins are easily deformed and are sometimes mistakenly selected as 50-yen coins and stored in a storage container for 50-yen coins.

Therefore, when coins including coins of different denominations are dispensed at the request of the customer, there is a problem of financial failure that the dispensed amounts are inconsistent.

In addition, in order to avoid such an inconvenience, it is conceivable to perform the withdrawal operation by passing all the withdrawal coins through the discriminating unit at the time of depositing, but this causes a problem that it takes a long time to withdraw the coins. there were.

<Object of the Invention> The present invention makes it possible to automatically exclude a coin of a different denomination type when a coin of each denomination type for withdrawal in this type of ATM contains a coin of a different denomination type. It is in the provision of ATMs that can prevent financial problems at the time of money.

<< Structure and Effect of the Invention >> In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention has a coin tray for receiving deposit and withdrawal coins, and a discrimination mechanism for discriminating the coins taken into the apparatus by the discharging operation of the coin tray, Rejection mechanism for rejecting coins discriminated as false coins by the discrimination mechanism, temporary store for temporarily storing coins discriminated as true coins by the discrimination mechanism, and coins ejected by the ejection operation of the temporary store. A sorting mechanism for sorting by denomination, a plurality of storage cylinders for storing the sorted coins for each denomination, a sensor for counting coins stored in the storage cylinder, and the storage cylinder A discharge mechanism for discharging an arbitrary number of coins therein, a delivery mechanism for delivering coins discharged from the discharge mechanism to the coin tray, and a hopper for receiving supplementary coins for dispensing , Replenishment coins in the hopper And a sending mechanism for sending to the sorting mechanism, when in the deposit mode, the depositing coins in the coin tray are identified by the identifying mechanism, and the true coins are stored in the temporary store and then the sorting mechanism is used. The coins are stored in the storage cylinders of the respective denominations through the above, and the false coins are discharged by the operation of the reject mechanism, and then returned to the coin tray through the transfer mechanism for the withdrawal to carry out the deposit processing. In the mode, coins corresponding to the requested payment amount are discharged from the storage cylinder through the discharging mechanism, and the discharged coins are conveyed to the coin tray through the discharging conveying mechanism to perform a withdrawal process. When in the replenishment mode, the replenishment coins supplied in the hopper in a fixed number for each denomination are sorted through the sorting mechanism and stored in the storage cylinder for each denomination to be used for payment coins. A coin deposit / withdrawal device designed to replenish In the replenishment mode, the number of coins stored in each storage cylinder counted by the sensor is compared with a predetermined number of coins supplied in the hopper for each denomination, and the stored coins are compared. When there is a storage cylinder in which the number of sheets is larger than the predetermined number,
All coins in the storage cylinder are conveyed to the coin tray by the withdrawal mode operation, and the conveyed coins are discriminated by the discriminating mechanism by the operation of the deposit mode. It is characterized in that it is adapted to be collected in the storage cylinder in which it was stored.

According to such a configuration, when a storage cylinder storing more than a known number of coins in the storage cylinder storing coins of each denomination is detected, the different denomination coins in the storage cylinder are in the deposit mode. It is eliminated by the operation, and only genuine coins are collected in the storage cylinder. Therefore, there is an effect that it is possible to prevent an inconvenience in which the wrong coin is dispensed and the customer is annoyed.

<< Description of Embodiments >> FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an embodiment of an ATM according to the present invention, and particularly shows a flow of coins of a replenishment mode character.

On the back side of the ATM main body a, a replenishment coin insertion section b is provided.

The replenishment coin input section b is driven by a replenishment safe room or hopper 1 for receiving the replenishment coins supplied by an attendant, and a replenishment motor (not shown) for sending the coins in the hopper 1 to a sorting mechanism described later. And a delivery mechanism formed of a shooter 3'with a replenishment gate 3 attached thereto.

Coins to be replenished to hopper 1 are of each denomination (1 yen, 5 yen, 10 yen, 50
JPY, 100 JPY, 500 JPY), a fixed number of sheets, for example, a total of 50
300 sheets will be put in before the operation of ATM.

Details of the sorting mechanism c are shown in FIG. That is, the sorting feeder 4a for discharging the coins supplied from the hopper 1 one by one, the chain 4b for transporting the coins discharged from this sorting feeder 4a, and the denomination of the coin in the middle of the transportation is judged by the outer diameter. It is composed of a sorter 5 and a solenoid 6 for discharging each sorted coin to a predetermined position.

The sorting feeder 4a is rotated by a sorting motor 4c and is composed of two rectifying plates 7 and 8 and a pin 9 provided inside, and operates so as to discharge coins one by one in the sorting feeder 4a.

The chain 4b is suspended between the two sprockets 9 and 10,
Of these, the sprocket 9 is constituted by meshing with a gear provided on the outer periphery of the selection feeder 4a, so that when the selection feeder 4a rotates, the chain 4b also rotates. A pin (not shown) is planted in the chain 4b so that coins discharged from the sorting feeder 4a are conveyed one by one.

The sorting machine 5 is formed so that the photoelectric sensor 13 is shielded from light by the bearing 11 that can be moved upward by the coins that are moved by the chain 4b and the light shielding plate 12 that rotates by the movement of the bearings 11. The denomination is determined by the amount of light shielding according to the diameter.

A total of 7 solenoids 6 for each denomination and for counterfeit coins are arranged in the moving direction of the chain 4b at predetermined intervals, and are arranged so as to support coins moved by the chain 4b.

The storage cylinder 14 is formed so that coins can be stored for each denomination, and the opening is located directly below the solenoid 6. Therefore, when the solenoid 6 operates and the coin falls, the coin can be stored.

A sensor 15 is provided between the solenoid 6 and the storage cylinder 14. Therefore, the coins stored in the storage cylinder 14 are
Detected by 15, the detection signal is sent to a control unit (not shown) to check the number of stored sheets.

The sorting timing detector 16 is rotated by the chain 4b and operates so as to determine which solenoid 6 is to be actuated depending on the type of coin sorted by the sorting device 5.

FIG. 3 shows a timing chart for storing supplementary coins.

That is, when the replenishment motor, the replenishment gate 3, and the selection motor 4c are activated to start the replenishment operation, the selection timing detector
When the timing is taken at 16 and the selector 5 sorts a predetermined coin, the predetermined solenoid 6 is operated after a predetermined time has elapsed.

For example, when the sorter 5 sorts 500-yen coins, the solenoid 6 for the 500-yen coins is activated at the following timing, and the 500-yen coins are dropped and stored in the 500-yen coin storage cylinder 14.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a flow of coins when discriminating coins in a storage cylinder including different coins by using the operation in the deposit mode.

That is, when the number of coins stored in the storage cylinder 14 does not match the number of coins supplied into the hopper 1, for example, for each denomination
This is performed when, for example, 51 sheets are counted in one of the storage cylinders 14 when 50 sheets are replenished.

This inconsistency phenomenon means that coins of different denominations are present in the storage cylinder 14 (mostly 50 yen coins are mixed with 1 yen coins).

In order to eject the coins of different denominations from the inside of the storage cylinder 14 in which the mismatch occurs, the discharging mechanism 17 provided at the bottom of the storage cylinder 14 is operated.

All coins in the mismatched storage cylinders (hereinafter referred to as 50-yen coin storage cylinders) are dropped onto the dispensing mechanism 18 and the end of the dispensing mechanism 18 is located near the deposit / withdrawal port 19. Since it is located facing the provided coin tray 20, all 50-yen coins including different-denomination coins (hereinafter referred to as 1-yen coins) are accepted by the coin tray 20.

The coins in the coin tray 20 are discharged to the deposit feeder 21,
The deposit feeder 21 supplies each sheet to the discriminator 22 for discrimination.

Here, when the coin is discriminated as a 1-yen coin, the reject solenoid 23 is activated, and the coin transfer tray 18 is again used by the coin receiving tray.
Returned to 20 and collected by staff. Of course, in this case, the 1-yen coin may be stored in the safe in the ATMa.

The coin discriminated from the 50-yen coin by the discriminator 22 is supplied to the sorting feeder 4a of the sorting mechanism c via the temporary store 24 and the conveyor belt 24a.

The coins in the sorting feeder 4a are only 50-yen coins that do not include 1-yen coins, and these coins are the sorting mechanism c as described above.
By the operation of, the coin is stored in the 50-yen coin storage cylinder 14.

The operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Now, when the ATMa is set to the replenishment mode by the staff, the count value of the 50 yen coin counter is cleared (steps 100, 10).
2) A predetermined number of denominations (for example, 300 pieces of 50 pieces in total) are put into the hopper 1 at once.

The supplied coins are sent one by one to the selector 5 by the selection feeder 4a, sorted, and stored in each storage cylinder 14 (step 104).

The number of sheets supplied to the hopper 1 is a fixed and known number, and this number is compared with the actual number of stored sheets detected by the sensor 15 (steps 108 to 112).

If the detected number is larger than the supplied known number (Yes at step 112), for example, if the supplied number is larger, 5
Since the 0-yen coin includes the 1-yen coin, all the coins in the storage cylinder 14 of the 50-yen coin are transferred to the coin tray 20 via the discharging mechanism 17 and the dispensing transfer mechanism 18. Step 114,
116) and then discriminate the coin by the deposit mode operation (step 118).

That is, the discriminator 22 discriminates the coin, and when the 1-yen coin is discriminated, it is ejected by the reject solenoid 23 and returned to the coin tray 19 (No at step 120, 122, 124).

On the other hand, after the 50 yen coin is sent to the sorting feeder 4a again,
It is collected in the 50-yen coin storage cylinder 14 again and the process ends (step
120 affirmation, 124, 126).

In the above description, only the 50-yen coin is detected, but of course, other coins may be detected.

As described above, according to this embodiment, when the number of coins stored in the storage cylinder of each denomination is larger than the number of replenishment supply, all the coins in the storage cylinder are used in the deposit mode operation. Since the discrimination processing is performed to eliminate the coins of different denominations, it is possible to prevent the inconvenience that a wrong amount is paid when the customer withdraws money.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view showing the flow of coins in a replenishment mode of the device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a sorting mechanism, FIG. 3 is a timing chart diagram showing coin sorting timing, and FIG.
The figure is a schematic sectional view showing the flow of coins in the deposit mode, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation. a: Coin depositing / withdrawing device (ATM) main body b ... Replenishment coin input section c ... Sorting mechanism d ... Identification mechanism 1 ... Replenishment safe room (hopper) 4a ... Sorting feeder 5 ... Sorter 6 ... Solenoid 13,15 …… Sensor 14 …… Storage cylinder 16 …… Sorting timing detector 17 …… Discharging mechanism 18 …… Payment transfer mechanism 20 …… Coin tray 22 …… Identifier 23 …… Reject solenoid 24 …… Temporary store 24a …… Conveyor belt

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] Claim: What is claimed is: 1. A coin tray for receiving deposit and withdrawal coins, a discrimination mechanism for discriminating the coins taken into the device by the discharging operation of the coin tray, and a coin discriminated as a false coin by the discrimination mechanism. A reject mechanism for rejecting, a temporary store for temporarily storing coins discriminated as true coins by the discriminating mechanism, a sorting mechanism for sorting the coins discharged by the discharging operation of the temporary store for each denomination, and the sorting A plurality of storage cylinders for storing the stored coins for each denomination, a sensor for counting the coins stored in the storage cylinder, and a discharge mechanism for discharging an arbitrary number of coins in the storage cylinder A delivery mechanism for delivering coins discharged from the discharge mechanism to the coin tray, a hopper for receiving supplementary coins for dispensing, and a supplementary hard in the hopper to the sorting mechanism. And a delivery mechanism for delivering In the deposit mode, the deposited coins in the coin tray are discriminated by the discrimination mechanism, and the true coins are stored in the temporary store and then stored in the storage cylinder of each denomination through the sorting mechanism. And, after the counterfeit coins are discharged by the operation of the reject mechanism, they are returned to the coin tray through the withdrawal transport mechanism to perform the deposit process.In the withdrawal mode, the coins according to the requested payment amount are collected. The coins discharged from the storage cylinder via the discharge mechanism are transferred to the coin tray via the discharging transfer mechanism to perform coin dispensing processing, and in the replenishment mode, for each denomination A coin depositing / dispensing device configured to sort replenishment coins supplied in the hopper with a fixed number of sheets through the sorting mechanism and store the replenishment coins in the storage cylinder of each denomination to replenish the coins for payment. When in the replenishment mode, The number of coins stored in each storage cylinder is compared with the fixed number of coins supplied into the hopper, and there is a storage cylinder in which the number of coins stored by the comparison is greater than the predetermined number. At this time, all coins in the storage cylinder are conveyed to the coin tray by the withdrawal mode operation, and the conveyed coins are discriminated by the discrimination mechanism by the operation of the deposit mode, and only genuine coins from the known number A coin depositing / dispensing device characterized in that a large number of coins are collected into a storage cylinder.