JPH0381191B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a coin depositing and dispensing machine with a coin sorting function used in financial institutions such as banks.

(Prior Art) Financial institutions such as banks have come to use machines that allow banknotes to be deposited and withdrawn without human intervention, such as automatic teller machines and banknote deposit and withdrawal machines at counters. However, there is no machine that can deposit and withdraw coins without human intervention.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a money accepting machine capable of depositing a large amount of coins at once, a structure described in, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 7596/1983 has been known. In this method, coins are dropped from a coin receiving opening, and a predetermined coin is introduced into a sorting hole for each coin.

However, with the configuration described in JP-A No. 50-7596, it is not possible to temporarily hold dropped coins, so even if the coin type or quantity is different from the one that the customer recognized, the inserted coin cannot be returned.

In addition, as something that can be temporarily suspended, JP-A-51-
A vending machine described in Publication No. 113797 is known.
This is equipped with a temporary holding section that temporarily holds deposited coins.

However, the configuration disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 51-113797 is for a vending machine, and coins are simply inserted one by one. On the other hand, since a large amount of coins are usually deposited in financial institutions, a configuration in which coins are inserted one by one is time-consuming and impractical.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As mentioned above, the coin described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 50-7596 does not have a temporary storage section, so coins cannot be returned.

Furthermore, in the configuration described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 51-113797, coins must be inserted one by one, which is time-consuming and impractical.

Therefore, a configuration that combines the configuration described in JP-A-50-7596 and the configuration described in JP-A-51-113797 may be considered.

In this system, the coins that have been inserted in bulk are sent one by one into the coin slot, and after the denomination is determined by the coin checking device, the coins are temporarily held in the temporary holding device and can be returned to the coin receiving slot. Then, when the next customer inserts coins, the temporarily held coins are dropped into the sorting and discharging device, rolled through an inclined path having a sorting hole, and sorted and stored by denomination by the sorting device.

However, with the above-mentioned configuration, it is not possible to increase the speed of feeding coins into the coin slot, so it takes a long time to deposit a large amount of coins, and is not suitable for practical use.

In addition, since the coins temporarily stored are sorted by denomination by rolling through an inclined passageway having sorting holes, the processing speed is slow, and furthermore, the coins are likely to be erroneously sorted due to adhesion of foreign matter such as dust.

Furthermore, when returning coins or dispensing money, the coins are ejected to an outlet completely different from the coin input opening, which poses a problem of poor operability.

The present invention was made in view of the above problems, and
It is possible to quickly count and distinguish a large amount of coins that are inserted at once, and also to sort the coins after they have been temporarily stored reliably and quickly.In addition, the withdrawal port and return port can also be used as the deposit receiving section, making it more compact. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a coin depositing and dispensing machine that can be used in a variety of ways.

[Structure of the invention]

(Means for Solving the Problems) The coin depositing and dispensing machine of the present invention has a bottom opening/closing shutter that opens and closes the bottom, and allows deposited coins to be inserted onto the bottom shutter which is in a closed state, and deposited abnormal coins and A deposit receiving section in which withdrawn coins are discharged; a deposited abnormal coin detection means for detecting the presence or absence of deposited abnormal coins in the deposit receiving section; and a deposited coin that is the deposited coin inserted in the deposit receiving section A dispensing section which accepts the deposited coins in the deposit receiving section at once when they are released by opening the bottom opening/closing shutter and feeds out the deposited coins one by one as the primary deposited coins, and the dispensing section. A transport unit that transports the delivered primary deposited coins and secondary deposited coins, and determines whether the primary deposited coins transported by this transport unit are normal deposited coins or abnormal deposited coins, and deposits them. a discriminating unit that discriminates the denomination of normal coins one by one; and a discriminating unit that receives and temporarily holds the primary deposited coins transported by the transport unit and determined by the discriminating unit to be deposited normal coins; At the end of all determinations, the deposited abnormal coin presence detecting means detects the absence of deposited abnormal coins because the deposited abnormal coins are not discharged into the deposited deposit receiving section or because the discharged deposited abnormal coins are taken out. When this occurs, the temporary holding unit releases the temporarily held coins to the deposit receiving unit in which the bottom opening/closing shutter is closed, and the abnormal coins are determined to be deposited abnormal coins by the discriminating unit while the coins are being transported by the transporting unit. During the transport of the deposited secondary receiving coins sent from the temporary holding section to the dispensing section through the deposit receiving section, a separating section separates the coins by denomination based on the discrimination content of the discriminating section; a reject return unit that accepts the deposited abnormal coins that are separated by the separation unit during the transportation of the primary deposited coins by the transport unit and releases them for return; a coin storage section that stores each coin, a coin dispensing section that dispenses the required number of coins from the coin storage section based on separately input withdrawal data; and a coin dispensing section that dispenses the coins ejected by the coin dispensing section. The deposited abnormal coins are transported as withdrawal coins to the deposit receiving section with the bottom opening/closing shutter closed, and the deposited abnormal coins discharged from the reject return section when the transporting section transports the coins that are initially taken in as deposits are transported to the deposit receiving section with the bottom opening/closing shutter closed. A withdrawal transport unit that transports and returns the deposited coins to the deposit receiving unit; and a withdrawal transport unit that enables input of a receiving command or a return command after the primary deposited coins are released from the temporary storage unit to the deposit receiving unit; When a loading command is input, the bottom opening/closing shutter is opened to release the coins to be initially received into the feeding section, the coins are conveyed through the feeding section and the conveying section, and the denomination is discriminated by the discriminating section; Taking in/returning which separates coins by denomination in a separating section, and when a return command is input, keeps the bottom opening/closing shutter in a closed state to enable taking out of the deposited primary taken-in coins from the deposit receiving section. It is equipped with a control section.

(Function) The present invention deposits deposited coins all at once into the deposit receiving section with the bottom opening/closing shutter closed, and then opens the bottom opening/closing shutter and discharges these coins as deposited primary coins into the dispensing section. The coins are conveyed one by one by the feeding unit and are conveyed one by one by the feeding unit, and the determining unit determines whether each coin is a deposited normal coin or a deposited abnormal coin and the denomination of the deposited normal coin. Then, the transported normally deposited coins are received in a temporary holding section and temporarily held. Further, the coins that are determined to be deposited abnormally by the determining section are discharged to the deposit receiving section through the separating section, the redirect return section, and the dispensing conveyance section. In this way, at the time when all the primary received coins have been discriminated, the abnormal deposited coin presence detecting means detects the abnormal deposited coins because the deposited abnormal coins are not discharged into the deposit receiving section or because the discharged deposited abnormal coins are taken out. When it is detected that there are no deposited abnormal coins, the temporarily reserved coins are discharged to the deposit receiving section in which the bottom shutter is closed. Next, when a retrieval command is input, the bottom opening/closing shutter is opened through the retrieval/return control section to release the deposited primary retrieved coins to the dispensing section, and the coins are conveyed through the dispensing section and the conveying section. The discrimination section discriminates the denomination, and the separation section separates the coins by denomination and stores them in the coin storage section. Further, when a return command is input, the bottom opening/closing shutter is held in a closed state through the take-in/return control unit, thereby making it possible to take out the primary deposited coins from the deposit receiving unit. Furthermore, the coin dispensing section dispenses a required number of coins from the coin storage section based on dispensing data input separately, and the coins ejected by the coin dispensing section are transferred to the dispensing conveyance path. The coins are transported as withdrawal coins to the deposit receiving section with the bottom opening/closing shutter closed.

(Embodiment) Hereinafter, one embodiment of the coin depositing and dispensing machine of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, 11, which is indicated by a broken line as a whole, is a housing forming the outer shape of the coin depositing and dispensing machine.The front inclined part of this housing 11 has a customer service area where a data input section, a display section, etc., which will be described later, are arranged. 12 is provided, and an opening 14 that constitutes a part of the coin deposit receiving section 13 is provided. The deposit acceptance section 13 is
It consists of the opening 14 and a hopper 15 provided inside the housing 11 facing the opening 14. Here, the opening 14 has an input shutter 16 for opening and closing, and the hopper 15 also has a hopper shutter 17 at its bottom as a bottom opening/closing shutter.

A rotary disk 20 is provided below the hopper 15. This rotary disk 20 is rotationally driven by a motor 24, and as shown in FIG.
are continuously supplied to the passage 21 one by one while being pressed against the inner circumferential wall as the primary deposited coins. The rotary disk 20 and the motor 24 constitute a feeding section.

Further, 19 is a transport section for depositing money, and this transport section 1
Reference numeral 9 denotes a conveyance passage 21 arranged in the tangential direction of the rotary disk 20, a conveyance belt 22 for coin conveyance provided on the upper surface of this passage 21, and an auxiliary conveyance section provided near the end of the passage 21. It consists of 28 mag. As shown in FIG. 2, the conveyor belt 22 is an endless belt extending along the passage 21, and is driven by a motor 26. Then, the coin 2 located between the upper surface of the passage 21
5 and slide it along the length of the passageway 21. The auxiliary conveyance section 28 includes a conveyor belt 28a that rises obliquely from the upper surface of the end (right end in the figure) of the passage 21 and extends along the passage 21 to near the starting end (left end in the figure);
1 and a conveyor belt 28b rising diagonally from the lower end of the conveyor belt 28a along the conveyor belt 28a. This auxiliary conveyance section 28 is driven by a common motor 29, captures the coin 25 that has passed through the passage 21, holds it between conveyor belts 28a and 28b, conveys it diagonally upward, and then transfers the coin 25 to the conveyor belt 28a.
Transport it to the left in the figure.

Reference numeral 31 denotes a temporary storage section, and this temporary storage section 31 is constituted by a bucket-shaped conveyance belt 32 that reaches above the hopper 15 from the lower end (left end in the figure) of the conveyance belt 28a. This temporary storage section 31 stores coins 25 sent by the conveyor belt 28a.
is received by a bucket-shaped conveyor belt 32 and temporarily held. After that, as the conditions described below are met,
Driven by a motor 33, the temporarily reserved coins 25 are discharged and supplied onto the hopper 15.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 35 denotes a discrimination section, which is disposed near the starting end of the passage 21 and discriminates the type of coins 25 passing through the passage 21 one by one. This determination is performed by detecting the material and diameter of the coin 25 using a magnetic head, an optical image sensor, or the like. That is,
The denomination is determined based on preset materials, diameter dimensions, and their combinations, and these materials,
If an object other than the diameter or a combination thereof is detected, it is determined as an abnormal coin. It also has the ability to identify deformed or worn coins as abnormal coins.

Reference numeral 36 denotes a separating section, which is provided sequentially along the length of the passage 21 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and separates the coins 25 discriminated by the discriminating section 35. Based on the information about the type,
Of the coins 25 passing on the passage 21, the corresponding coins are taken out to the side of the passage 21. That is, this separation part 36 is a branch plate 3 disposed diagonally in the lateral direction to prevent the coin 25 from advancing with respect to the passage 21.
Has 7. As shown in FIG. 3, this branch plate 37 is driven to protrude onto the passage 21 by a solenoid 39 connected via its arm 38, and
A return spring 40 connected to the arm 38 causes a retracting operation from above the passage 21. Further, each separation section 36 is connected to the coin 2 on the passage 21 in the corresponding separation section 36.
5 and a first sensor 41 for detecting the passage 2.
The second sensor 42 is disposed on the side of the coin 25 and detects when the coin 25 comes off the passage 21.
The output of the first sensor 41 is used together with the discrimination information by the discrimination section 35 as a condition signal for exciting the solenoid 39. In contrast, the output of the second sensor 42 is used as a condition signal for demagnetizing the solenoid 39.

Here, the first separating section 36 from the left in the figure is used for abnormal coins, and from above the passage 21, the discriminating section 35
Only the coin 25 determined to be an abnormal coin is taken out to the side. Further, the second and subsequent separating sections 36 are used for separating each denomination. For example, the second setting is for 1 yen coins, the third setting is for 5 yen coins, and so on.

44 is a coin storage section, and this coin storage section 44 is
There are coin storage cylinders 45 for each denomination provided on the sides of each separating section 36 other than the separating section 36 for abnormal coins, and the coins 25 separated at the corresponding separating section 36 are stacked. Store it. Each coin storage cylinder 45 is provided with an empty detection sensor 46 at the bottom thereof to detect the presence or absence of coins 25, and a near-end detection sensor 47 immediately above it.
A full detection sensor 48 is provided at the top. Reference numeral 50 denotes a coin ejecting section, and this coin ejecting section 50 is provided for each coin storage cylinder 45, and allows the coins 25 in the corresponding coin storage cylinder 45 to be ejected to the outside one by one. The coin dispensing unit 50 operates a cam, a lever, etc. by the rotation of a motor as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57-6985, and removes the coins 25 one by one from the bottom of the coin storage tube 45. It is sufficient to use something that can be extruded to the outside. 51
is an overflow coin storage box, and this overflow coin storage box 51 is provided corresponding to the separation section 36 at the final end, and because the coin storage cylinder 45 that should originally be stored is in a full state, the overflow coin storage box 51 reaches the final end without being separated. 25 coins are stored.

Reference numeral 53 denotes a dispensing conveyance section, and the dispensing conveyance section 53 is provided along the side of the coin storage tube 45 in order to receive the coins 25 thrown out from each of the coin storage tubes 45.
And after rising diagonally upward, the hopper 1
5, and a conveyor belt 53b provided along the rising portion of the conveyor belt 53a. Note that these conveyor belts 53a and 53b are driven by a common motor 54 that can be operated reversibly. And each coin storage tube 4
The coins 25 thrown out from the hopper 15 are received by the conveyor belt 53a, and after being pinched together with the conveyor belt 53b and conveyed upward, the coins 25 are conveyed into the hopper 15 by the conveyor belt 53a as coins to be dispensed. Further, this dispensing conveyance section 53 works as a collection conveyance section by rotating the motor 54 in the reverse direction. That is, the coins 25 thrown out from each coin storage tube 45 are conveyed by the conveyor belt 53a to a collection box 55 installed at the lower right end in the figure.

Reference numeral 56 denotes a reject return unit, which is provided on the side of the separation unit 36 for removing abnormal coins, which is the first from the left in the passage 21 in the figure, and removes abnormal coins separated by the separation unit 36. coins,
It is guided directly onto the conveyor belt 53a.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 58 denotes a rotary disk coin presence/absence detection sensor, and this rotary disk coin presence/absence detection sensor 58 detects the presence or absence of the coin 25 on the rotary disk 20. This rotary coin presence detection sensor 5
8 has a lever 59 that protrudes near the coin dispensing portion of the rotary disk 20, and this lever 59 has a
A photocoupler or the like may be used to detect when the coin 25 is pushed upward. The hopper 15 is also provided with a sensor (not shown) for detecting the presence or absence of coins on the hopper 15. As this sensor, for example, there is a
It is sufficient to use the equivalent of the number.

Next, the configuration of the control section will be explained with reference to FIG. 6
1 is the central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU), which
The CPU 61 has a function as an import/return control unit, and according to a program stored in a read-only memory (hereinafter referred to as ROM) 62,
Controls the operation of depositing and withdrawing coins 25. 63 is random access memory (hereinafter referred to as RAM),
The RAM 63 stores various data related to coin processing, such as the number of coins and amounts for each denomination, for deposits and withdrawals, and the amount to be withdrawn or the number of coins for each denomination.

The determination unit 35 shown in FIG. 2 is connected to the CPU 61 via a bus 64, and the determination result is sent to the CPU
61.

65 is a data input section;
is attached to the customer service surface 12 of the housing 11 shown in FIG. 1, or provided on a separate operation terminal or the like. Although not shown, the data input section 65 is provided with various keys, switches, etc. as described below. Each of these will be explained below.

Denomination key: For inputting the denomination to be deposited for withdrawal.

Numeric keypad: For entering data related to numbers such as number of sheets and amount.

Mode changeover switch: A key switch that can only be operated by bank staff, and is operated to select one of the replenishment mode, deposit/withdrawal mode, and collection mode. Here, the replenishment mode is a mode selected when the coins 25 are stored in the coin storage section 44 in advance. Further, the deposit/withdrawal mode is a mode selected when a normal customer or staff member performs a deposit or withdrawal operation. Furthermore, the collection mode is a mode selected when all the coins 25 in the coin storage section 44 are collected into the collection box 55.

Deposit key, withdrawal key: Operated by the customer or staff when depositing or withdrawing money.

Deposit OK key: After inserting coins, the amount inserted and the number of coins for each denomination are displayed by the operation described later, and this is operated when the customer or staff member confirms and approves the deposit.

Refund key: Operated when the deposit is not approved as a result of the above display etc.

Cancel key: When operated in the withdrawal mode, the coins 25 are collected into the original coin storage section 44.

Reference numeral 66 denotes a display section, which is provided on the customer service surface 12, etc., and is capable of displaying at least the number of coins by denomination, amount, and total amount based on data from the CPU 61.

67 is a motor drive unit, and this motor drive unit 67
selectively drives and controls each of the aforementioned motors 24, 26, 29, 33, and 54 based on commands from the CPU 61.

68 is a gate sensor circuit, and this gate sensor circuit 68 is a first gate sensor circuit provided in each separation section 36 described above.
Sensor 41 and second sensor 42 (16 total)
The detection output from the CPU 61 is input to the CPU 61.

69 is an empty detection sensor circuit, 70 is a near-end detection sensor circuit, 71 is a full detection sensor circuit, and the corresponding sensors 46,
The detection outputs for each coin storage cylinder 45 from 47 and 48 are input to the CPU 61.

Each coin ejecting unit 50 for each coin storage cylinder 45 shown in FIG.
Have them throw out 5.

Reference numeral 73 designates an input shutter drive unit, and 74 designates a hopper shutter drive unit, each of which opens and closes the corresponding shutters 16 and 17 shown in FIG. 1 in response to commands from the CPU 61.

Reference numeral 75 denotes a solenoid drive unit, which selectively excites the solenoid 39 shown in FIG.
The purpose is to separate the

The detection outputs of the hopper coin presence detection sensor 77 are also used as the rotary disk coin presence detection sensor 58 on the turntable shown in FIG.
It is input to the CPU 61.

Next, the operation will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

(1) In the case of deposit mode If the deposit mode is operated while the clerk has switched the mode switch of the data input section 65 to the deposit/withdrawal mode, the CPU 61 determines that this deposit mode has been selected (step 1). ), then open the input shutter 16 (step 2). In this state, it is determined whether or not the coin 25 has been inserted into the hopper 15 based on information from the hopper coin presence detection sensor 77 (step 3). in this case,
If it is not loaded within a certain period of time, the input port shutter 16 is closed (steps 4 and 5) and the process returns to step 1. If the coin is inserted within a certain period of time, the input port shutter 16 is closed approximately 3 seconds after the coin is inserted (step 6), and then the hopper shutter 17 is opened (step 7), and the coins 25 in the hopper 15 are released. is dropped onto the rotary disk 20, and the receiving operation of the primary deposited coin 25 is performed.
9, 28, 53, motors 24, 2
6, 29, and 54 are activated (step 8). Therefore, the rotary disk 20 rotates, and the coins 25 are aligned along the inner circumference by centrifugal force, and are continuously fed into the passage 21 one by one. The coins 25 fed into the passage 21 are sequentially conveyed along the longitudinal direction by a conveyor belt 22 that is stretched over the coins.

A discriminating section 35 is provided near the starting end of this passage 21, and discriminates the type of coin 25 conveyed on the passage 21 (steps 9 and 10). As a result of this determination, if an abnormal coin is detected that should be excluded,
The first part of the separating section 36 closest to the starting end of the passage 21
On the condition that the sensor 41 has detected a detection operation (step 11), the solenoid 39 is energized (step 12), the branch plate 37 is projected onto the passage 21, and the abnormal coin is removed to the reject return section 56 on the side of the passage. do. As a result of this removal operation, when the second sensor 42 detects that the coin 25 has entered the reject return section 56 (step 13), the solenoid 39 is demagnetized (step 14), and the branch plate 37 is retreated from above the passage 21. Incidentally, the rejected abnormal coins fall from the rejiekuto return unit 56 onto the conveyor belt 53a, and are transported to the hopper 1 by the conveyor belt 53a.
It will be returned within 5 days. Of course, at this time, the hopper shutter 17 is closed, and the abnormal coin is held within the hopper 15.

On the other hand, if the identified coin is normal, a signal corresponding to that denomination is generated, and this is sent to the RAM.
The value is added as +1 to the corresponding counting section of the denomination specific memory in 63 (step 15). This operation is repeatedly executed for all the deposited primary input coins 25 until it is determined that there are no coins 25 on the rotary disk 20 (step 16). In this way, the number of coins of each denomination can be counted for all the coins 25 that have been inserted. The counted contents are displayed on the data display section 66. Also,
At this time, the separating section 36 for removing abnormal coins mentioned above
Since the separation unit 36 for each denomination other than the above does not operate,
The normal coins 25 conveyed on the passage 21 are captured by the auxiliary conveyance section 28 as primary deposited coins 25, and are thereby sequentially supplied onto the bucket-shaped conveyance belt 32 of the temporary storage section 31.

In this way, when all the coins 25 have been distinguished, the feeding section and the conveying section 19, 28, 5
3, the motors 24, 26, 29, and 54 are stopped (step 17).

Next, it is determined whether or not there are abnormal coins among the inserted coins that have been rejected (step 18). In other words, when the coin is rejected, the abnormal coin is returned to the hopper 15 as described above, so the abnormal coin is returned to the hopper 15.
This is detected by the hopper coin presence/absence detection sensor 77 inside the coin. If there is an abnormal coin that has been removed, the input shutter 16 is opened, and after the customer or the staff member has taken out the abnormal coin, it is closed (steps 19, 20, 21).

After taking out the abnormal coin, or when there is no abnormal coin, the motor 3 is activated to drive the temporary storage section 31.
3 (step 22). Through this operation, all the coins 25 on the temporary storage section 31 are transferred to the hopper 15.
released within. The motor 33 is controlled to stop after the elapse of the time required for the discharge (approximately 5 seconds) (steps 23 and 24).

Next, the customer or the staff visually confirms the data such as the number of coins of each denomination displayed on the data display section 66, and if the customer or the staff determines that it is okay to deposit the inserted coins 25, input the data. The user operates the deposit OK key provided in the section 65 to input the import command (step 25). Upon input of this fetching command, the CPU 61, which is also the fetching control unit, opens the hopper shutter 17 again (step 26) and transfers the coins 25 in the hopper 15 to the secondary fetching coin 25.
The sample is supplied onto the rotary disk 20 as a sample. Furthermore, the motors 24 and 26 are activated to drive the feeding section and the conveying section 19 (step 27). With this operation, the coins on the rotary disk 20 are fed out onto the passage 21 again,
It is conveyed on this passage 21. Then, the denomination is again determined in the discriminating section 35 (step 28), and the separation section 36 corresponding to this denomination is operated (step 29), and the coins of the corresponding denomination that are being conveyed on the passage 21 are removed. is separated from above the passage 21 and stored in a coin storage cylinder 45 located on the side. This separation and storage operation is repeated for all coins 25 until it is determined that there are no coins on the rotary disk 20 (step 30). When all the coins 25 have been separated and stored, the motors 24 and 26 are stopped in order to stop the feeding section and the conveying section 19 (step
31), finish the deposit.

On the other hand, if the customer or staff member does not make a deposit after confirming the contents of the data display section 66 described above because the data is different from what he/she recognized (denomination, number of coins, etc.), in other words, the data When the refund key of the input unit 65 is operated, a return command is output and the input port shutter 16 is controlled to open (step 32). After confirming that the customer or staff member has taken out the coin 25 from inside the hopper 15 (step 33), the input shutter 16 is opened.
Close (step 34) and exit.

(2) In case of withdrawal mode If the withdrawal key is operated while the staff member has switched the mode switch of the data input section 65 to the deposit/withdrawal mode, and the withdrawal amount is entered using the denomination key, numeric keypad, etc. When you enter the number of denominations and denominations, the CPU
61 determines that a withdrawal command has been input (step 35), and then operates the coin dispensing unit 50 provided for each coin storage tube 45 that corresponds to the input denomination (step 35). 36). This throwing motion is
It is determined that the number of coins 25 of each denomination dispensed matches the input output data (step
37) is executed repeatedly. That is, the above determination is made by detecting and counting the coins 25 that have been thrown out, and comparing the value with the withdrawal data for each denomination. Note that the coins 25 thrown out are received on the conveyance belt 53a of the dispensing conveyance section 53.

If the dispensed coin matches the dispensing data by the above operation, then to drive the dispensing conveyance section 53,
The motor 54 is rotated in the normal direction (step 38). For this reason, the coins 2 that had been thrown onto the conveyor belt 53a
5 is conveyed into the hopper 15 by the same conveyor belt 53a. Note that the dispensing conveyance unit 53 takes the time (approximately) to convey the coins 25 to the hopper 15.
15 seconds), it is controlled to stop (step 39,
40).

Next, it is determined whether or not the above-mentioned throwing motion was normal (step 41). In other words, although the specific detection device is not shown, due to accidents during dispensing, etc.
If this detection device operates and it is determined that the dispensing operation is not normal, or if the cancel key of the data input section 65 is operated, the hopper shutter 17 is opened (step 26) and the hopper shutter 17 is opened (step 26). The coins 25 that were being conveyed into the rotary disk 2
Drop it onto 0. Then, the coins are collected again into the coin storage tubes 45 corresponding to each denomination (steps 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31), and the control ends.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the dispensing is normal and the cancel key is not operated, the inlet shutter 16 is controlled to open (step 42). Then, the customer or staff member receives the coins 25 in the hopper 15.
After confirming that all have been taken out (step 43), close the input port shutter 16 (step 44),
End control.

(3) In the case of replenishment mode Coins 2 are placed in each coin storage tube 45 of the coin storage section 44.
5, the mode changeover switch of the data input section 65 is switched to the replenishment mode. CPU6
1, upon determining that the replenishment mode has been designated (step 45), the input port shutter 16 is activated.
(step 46). When the clerk inserts 25 coins to be replenished into the hopper 15, the CPU
61 confirms this (step 47) and then controls the input port shutter 16 to close (step 48). After this, open the hopper shutter 17 (step
26), the coin 25 put into the hopper 15 is dropped onto the rotary disk 20, and is stored in the coin storage tube 45 corresponding to each denomination (step 27,
28, 29, 30, 31), end replenishment.

(4) In the case of collection mode When the coins stored in each coin storage cylinder 45 are to be collected in the collection box 55, the mode changeover switch of the data input section 65 is switched to the collection mode. The CPU 61 determines that the collection mode has been instructed (step 49).
After that, the motor 54 is reversed in order to use the dispensing transport section 53 for collection (step 50). Next, all coin dispensing units 50 are operated (step
51), the coin 25 is thrown out from inside each coin storage tube 45. This dispensing operation is continued until the empty detection sensor 46 provided in each coin storage cylinder 45 determines that all dispensing has been completed (step 52). The ejected coin 25 is transferred to the conveyor belt 53
It is transported into the collection box 55 by a. After the dispensing of all coins 25 is detected, each coin dispensing section 50
After the time (approximately 10 seconds) required to stop the operation of the coin 25 (step 53) and transport the coin 25 thrown out most to the left in the figure to the collection box 55, the transport section 5
3 motor 54 is stopped (step 54),
Finish collection.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, even if a large amount of coins are input into the deposit receiving section all at once, these can be automatically deposited. Coin classification can also be processed reliably and quickly. In addition, since the inserted coins are temporarily held after counting, it is possible to return them after checking the counting contents, which effectively prevents troubles such as mistakes in deposits. Commonly used for input/reception, discharging of deposited abnormal coins, and discharging of withdrawn coins, identification, separation, and transportation of primary deposited coins to the temporary storage section, and determination and separation of secondary deposited coins.
By using a common discriminating section and conveying section, and discharging abnormally deposited coins using a dispensing conveyance path, the device can be made smaller.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a coin depositing and dispensing machine according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a plan view showing an enlarged main part of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a separation section shown in Fig. 2. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a control section according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the present invention. 13...Deposit receiving part, 17...Hopper shutter as a bottom opening/closing shutter, 19...Transporting part, 20...Rotary plate constituting the feeding part, 24...
Motor constituting the feeding section, 25... Coin, 31...
... Temporary storage section, 35 ... Discrimination section, 36 ... Separation section, 44 ... Coin storage section, 50 ... Coin dispensing section,
53...Dispensing transport unit, 56...Reject return unit, 61...Central processing unit (CPU) having a function as an intake/return control unit, 77...Detecting the presence or absence of hopper coins as a means for detecting the presence or absence of deposited abnormal coins. detection sensor.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Has a bottom opening/closing shutter that opens and closes the bottom,
A deposit receiving section where deposited coins are inserted into the bottom opening/closing shutter which is in a closed state, and abnormal deposited coins and withdrawn coins are discharged; and a deposited abnormal coin presence/absence section which detects the presence or absence of deposited abnormal coins in this deposit receiving section. a detection means; a detecting means for receiving the deposited coins in the deposit receiving section all at once when the deposited coins, which are the deposited coins inserted in the deposit receiving section, are released by opening the bottom opening/closing shutter; and the deposited coins; a feeding section that feeds out the coins one by one as primary deposited coins; a conveyance section that conveys the primary deposited coins and secondary deposited coins dispensed by the feeding section; a discriminating unit that determines whether the primary received coin is a normal deposited coin or a deposited abnormal coin, and determines the denomination of the normally deposited coin, one by one; The primary received coins that are determined to be coins are received and temporarily held, and when all the primary received coins have been identified, the abnormal deposited coins are not released into the deposit receiving section or the abnormal deposited coins that have been released are a temporary holding unit that releases the temporarily held coins to the deposit receiving unit in which the bottom opening/closing shutter is closed when the deposited abnormal coin presence/absence detecting means detects that there are no abnormal deposited coins due to the withdrawal; During the transport of the primary deposited coins, the discrimination section separates abnormal coins that are determined to be deposited abnormal coins, and during the transportation of the secondary deposited coins sent from the temporary holding section to the dispensing section through the deposit receiving section. , a separating unit that separates coins by denomination based on the discrimination content of the discriminating unit; and receiving abnormally deposited coins that are separated by the separating unit during transport of the primary deposited coins by the transport unit;
A reject return unit that releases coins for return, a coin storage unit that stores the deposited secondary input coins separated by denomination in the separation unit, and a coin storage unit that stores the coins that are required from the coin storage unit based on separately input withdrawal data. a coin dispensing section for dispensing a number of coins; and a coin dispensing section for dispensing the coins ejected by the coin dispensing section as dispensing coins to the deposit receiving section in which the bottom opening/closing shutter is closed; a withdrawal transport section that transports and returns deposited abnormal coins discharged from the reject return section when transporting the deposited primary received coins to the deposit receiving section in which the bottom opening/closing shutter is closed; It is possible to input an instruction for receiving a receiving command or a return command after the primary receiving coins are discharged to the feeding section, and when the receiving command is input, the bottom opening/closing shutter is opened and the primary receiving coins are delivered to the feeding section. the coins are discharged, the coins are conveyed through the feeding section and the conveying section, the denomination is discriminated by the discriminating section, the coins are separated by denomination at the separating section, and when a return command is input, the bottom opening/closing shutter is activated. A coin depositing and dispensing machine characterized by comprising: a receiving/returning control section that maintains the coin in a closed state and makes it possible to take out the primary deposited coins from the deposit receiving section.