JP2000020789A - Coin processing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a coin processing machine capable of shortening time to the check a received amount. SOLUTION: In the coin processing machine, coins charged into a charging means 11 are discriminated by a discriminating means 18 arranged on a coin carrying means 16 arranged from the means 11 up to the back of a machine body 10 and the discriminated coins are rejected by a rejection means 21 arranged on the means 16 or selected by a selection means 27 connected to the downstream end of the means 16 and stored in a temporarily storing means 28 based on the discriminated result. Since the discrimination, rejection and selection of charged coins are executed by the coin carrying means 16 arranged from the charging means 11 to the back of the machine body 10 and the selection means 27 connected to the downstream end of the means 16, time required for the end of selection of charged coins can be shortened.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin processing machine for storing true coins after discriminating and counting inserted coins and using the stored coins at the time of dispensing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional coin processing machine for storing true coins after discriminating and counting inserted coins and using the stored coins at the time of dispensing, for example,
There is one disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 2-38661.
In this coin processing machine, coins inserted into the transaction port are dropped into a deposit transfer section arranged below the transaction port,
The coin is transported to the coin supply mechanism by the deposit transport unit. The coin conveyed to the coin supply mechanism is fed out to a discrimination passage, and discrimination is performed by the discrimination mechanism in the discrimination passage. After the discrimination, the unacceptable coin is kicked out of the discrimination path, sent to the payout conveyance path via the reject chute, and returned to the transaction port. On the other hand, the acceptable coins are dropped from the discrimination passage onto the stopped inclined conveyor and temporarily stored. After the selection of all the inserted coins is completed, the customer confirms the amount of the deposit, and the coin is inserted into the second coin supply mechanism or returned to the transaction port at the discretion of the customer. The coins inserted into the second coin supply mechanism are discriminated by the denomination discriminating mechanism transferred by the transfer chain, and are stored in the coin storage cylinder for each denomination.

[0003]

At present, information terminals for flowing various information in convenience stores and the like are being arranged. This information terminal not only provides information only, but also allows the purchase of a product. By the way, it is naturally better to shorten the time for purchasing goods, but if the conventional coin processing machine as described above is configured to deposit and withdraw coins for purchasing goods, It takes a long time to confirm the amount of money to be paid after the completion of the sorting, and the time required to purchase the product becomes long. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a coin processing machine capable of shortening the time until the payment amount is confirmed.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin processing machine provided at an upper part of a machine body, wherein coins are inserted one by one from outside the machine body. A coin transporting unit that is arranged toward the rear of the machine body from the loading unit and transports coins loaded into the loading unit,
A discriminator disposed on the coin transporter and discriminating a conveyed coin, and a coin and a non-discriminable coin disposed on the coin transporter and discriminated as a fake coin by the discriminator are transmitted from the coin transporter. Elimination means for eliminating as an excluded coin, connected to the downstream end of the coin transport means, the coins transported by the coin transport means, collectively stored coins and dispensed coins, and sorted by denomination storage coin, Further, coins stored by denomination are sorting means for sorting denominations, temporary storage means disposed below the sorting means and temporarily storing coins denominated by the sorting means by denomination, and temporary storage means. A storage unit disposed on the lower side for storing coins of the temporary storage unit from the upper side and dispensing from the lower side according to denomination, and disposed from the lower side of the storage unit toward the coin transporting unit and unreeled from the storage unit; Was A dispensing and transporting means for transporting gold coins and coins unreeled from the temporary storage means upstream of the discriminating means of the coin transporting means, and disposed below the sorting means and unreeled by the sorting means. Temporary storage means for temporarily storing the collectively stored coins and withdrawal coins,
A collection safe unit disposed below the temporary storage unit and collecting coins temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit, and a dispensed coin from the temporary storage unit and a removed coin from the rejection unit, which are outside the machine body. Dispensing means for dispensing. Thereby, the coins inserted into the input means are determined by the determining means disposed on the coin transport means disposed toward the rear of the machine from the input means, and based on the result of the determination, the coins are disposed on the coin transport means. The coins are removed by the removed rejecting means or are sorted by the sorting means connected to the downstream end of the coin transporting means and stored in the temporary storage means. In this way, the discrimination, elimination and sorting of the inserted coins are performed by the coin transporting means arranged rearward from the inserting means and the sorting means connected to the downstream end thereof, until the sorting of the inserted coins is completed. Time can be shortened.

[0005] A coin processing machine according to a second aspect of the present invention is the coin processing machine according to the first aspect, wherein the collecting safe means is capable of feeding coins to the dispensing and conveying means. Thereby, coins are paid out from the collection safe means to the dispensing / transporting means, the coins are conveyed by the dispensing / transporting means upstream from the discriminating means of the coin conveying means, discriminated by the discriminating means, and discriminated by the sorting means. The seeds can be sorted and refilled into the storage means via the temporary storage means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin processing machine according to the first or second aspect, wherein the collecting safe means is detachably mounted on the machine body. Thus, coins in the machine can be collected by storing the coins in the machine in the collecting safe and removing the collecting safe from the machine.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The coin processor according to the present embodiment discriminates and counts inserted coins, stores true coins, and uses the stored coins at the time of dispensing. Note that the left side of FIG. 1 to FIG.
0 is the front side, and the front and rear in the following is the front and rear in the body 10.

An insertion slot (insertion means) 11 into which coins are inserted from outside the aircraft 10 is formed at an upper portion and a front end of the aircraft 10. The insertion slot 11 has a size that allows only one coin to pass through, and thus allows a user to insert coins one by one.

At the front end of the body 10 below the insertion slot 11, a dispensing port (dispensing means) 12 for dispensing coins to the outside of the machine 10 is provided. A discriminating and conveying unit (coin conveying means) 16 is provided at the lower rear side of the insertion slot 11 and is arranged along the front-rear direction, and conveys the coins inserted into the insertion slot 11 one by one in a line. ing. The discrimination transporting section 16 is provided with a deposited coin separating / dispensing section 14 which is disposed immediately below the insertion port 11 and reliably separates and feeds coins inserted into the insertion port 11 one by one.

[0010] The deposited coin separating and feeding section 14 of the discriminating conveying section 16
On the rear side, for example, by detecting at least one of the magnetic property and the outer diameter of the coin being transported,
A discriminating unit (discriminating means) 18 for discriminating any one of true, false, and indistinguishable and counting only coins discriminated as true for each denomination is provided.

Behind the discriminating section 18 of the discriminating transport section 16, among the coins conveyed by the discriminating transport section 16, a fake coin determined to be false by the discriminating section 18 and a discrimination determined to be indistinguishable An elimination unit 21 is provided to eliminate impossible coins from the discrimination transporting unit 16 as rejected coins in the reject port 20 and to further transport true coins determined as true from the discrimination transporting unit 16 to the reject port 20 without removing them. I have. Note that a reject chute 22 is provided below the reject port 20 to guide coins falling from the reject port 20 to guide the coin to the dispensing port 12.

At the downstream end of the discriminating / conveying section 16, the coins conveyed by the discriminating / conveying section 16 are received and conveyed further rearward, and the received coins are collectively stored and a stack described later. Parts 24, 24,
The coins to be dispensed from the dispensing coins to be dispensed from the coins and the coins for denomination to be stored by denomination are sorted, and the coins to be collectively stored and the dispensed coins are inserted into the dispensing outlet 26 in the front part, and the coins for denomination are stored. Is transported further rearward without being fed into the dispensing outlet 26. Below the dispensing outlet 26, a guide chute 29 for guiding coins from the dispensing outlet 26 to guide the coin to the dispensing port 12 is provided.

The sorting / conveying section 27 further includes a dispensing outlet 26
, Coins are sorted by denomination, and the coin-type temporary storage units (temporary storage means) 28, 28,... The corresponding items are stored by denomination. These temporary storage units 2
, 28,... Can store true coins which are sorted and inserted by denomination in the sorting / conveying section 27 from the upper portion, temporarily store the coins, and can pay out the coins from the lower portion. Temporary storage unit 2
Each of 8, 28,... Is provided with a full detection sensor (not shown) for determining whether or not the coins inside are full.

The stack units (storage means) 24, 24,... Of the denominations connected to the corresponding ones of the temporary storage units 28, 28,.
, And return chutes 31, 31,... Of denominations connected to corresponding ones of the temporary storage units 28, 28,. Then, the temporary storage units 28, 28,.
Is the connected stack unit 24 and the return chute 31
It is possible to pay out coins to either one of them.

The stack portions (storage means) 24, 24,...
Are disposed immediately below the same denominations of the temporary storage units 28, 28,..., And the coins fed from the temporary storage unit 28 immediately above are stored from above and one by one from the bottom as necessary. It is a cylindrical one that can be dispensed while counting separately. Each of the stack units 24, 24,... Is provided with a full detection sensor (not shown) for determining whether or not the internal coins are full and an unillustrated sensor for determining whether or not the internal coins are insufficient. And a shortage detection sensor.

.. Extend below the stack portions 24, 24,... And extend forward toward the discriminating and transporting portion 16 to form the stack portions 24, 24,.
... from the withdrawn coins and the temporary storage unit 28 via the return chute 31 (that is, the stack unit 2
A withdrawal transport unit (withdrawal transport means) for transporting the dispensed coins to the upstream of the discriminating unit 18 of the discriminating and transporting unit 16, specifically, to the deposited coin separation and dispensing unit 14 (without passing through 4, 24,. 3
3 are provided.

At the position between the dispensing outlet 26 of the guide chute 29 and the dispensing port 12 and below the sorting / conveying section 27, the sheet is fed by the sorting / conveying section 27 through the dispensing / exiting port 26. A temporary storage unit (temporary storage means) 35 for temporarily storing the collectively stored coins and the dispensed coins guided by the guide chute 29 is provided. In this temporary storage unit 35,
The dispensing port 12 is connected by the guide chute 29, while the collection chute 36 is connected.

The temporary storage section 35 is capable of selectively feeding out the temporarily stored coins to one of the outlet 12 and the collection chute 36.
A collection safe (collection safe means) 38 for collecting coins dropped from the temporary storage section 35 via the collection chute 36 is disposed below the temporary storage section 35. In the collection safe 38, a replenishing chute 3
9 is connected to the collection safe 38 so that coins in the collection safe 38 can be fed out to the dispensing / transporting section 33 via a replenishing chute 39.

The collection safe 38 is detachably mounted on the machine body 10 and is connected to the collection chute 36 and the replenishment chute 39 while being attached to the machine body 10.

At the dispensing port 12, coins to be dispensed are introduced from the temporary storage section 35 via the guide chute 29, while removed coins are introduced from the rejecting section 21 via the reject chute 22. The dispensing port 12 allows these coins to be dispensed outside the machine body 10. Here, since coins are inserted into the dispensing port 12 through the guide chute 29 and the reject chute 22 by free fall, a shutter for opening and closing the coin is unnecessary, and only a cover for preventing the coin from popping out is provided. Is attached.

Next, the operation of the coin processing machine having the above configuration will be described for each processing. "Payment processing" When the deposit amount is input to a higher-level machine (not shown) such as a multimedia terminal connected to this coin processing machine,
In response to this, a deposit process is performed (see the thick line in FIG. 1). That is, when a coin is inserted into the insertion slot 11 by a user, a control unit (not shown) sets the discrimination transport unit 16 including the deposit separation / delivery unit 14 and the sorting transport unit 27 to a driving state. Then, the coins to be deposited, which have been inserted into the insertion slot 11, are separated one by one by the discriminating conveying section 16 and are conveyed rearward.
During the conveyance by the discrimination conveyance unit 16, the discrimination unit 1 on the upstream side
In step 8, coin discrimination and denomination counting are performed, and based on the discrimination results, the rejection unit 21 on the downstream side causes the rejected coin to be rejected.

More specifically, the control unit causes the rejection unit 21 to drop the rejected coins composed of the false coins and the unrecognizable coins from the recognizing / conveying unit 16 to the reject port 20, and to the reject port 22 via the reject chute 22. The coins are fed out (see a thick broken line in FIG. 1), while the true coins are not dropped from the reject port 20 by the elimination unit 21, are further conveyed by the discrimination conveyance unit 16, and are delivered to the sorting conveyance unit 27 on the downstream side.

Then, the true coins are transported further rearward by the sorting transport section 27. During this transport, the sorting transport unit 27
Sorts the received true coins into collectively stored coins to be collectively stored and denominated stored coins to be stored by denomination, drops the collectively stored coins from the front dispensing outlet 26, and guides the chute 29. Via the temporary storage unit 35. On the other hand, the coins stored by denomination are further transported by the sorting and transporting section 27 without dropping from the dispensing outlet 26, and are sorted and stored in the corresponding temporary storage sections 28, 28,. (See FIG. 1 bold solid line).

Here, the collectively stored coins are determined to be unsuitable as dispensing coins due to fouling or the like by the discrimination unit 18, and are suitable as dispensing coins, but are temporarily stored in units of denominations. , And at least one of the stacks 24, 24,... Corresponding to the denominations are made of overflow coins that cannot be stored quantitatively. .. Of the corresponding denominations among the temporary storage units 28, 28,.
The coins of the denominations corresponding to the denominations of which the fullness is detected by a fullness detection sensor (not shown) are overflow coins. The coins stored by denomination are not dirty coins and can be quantitatively stored in the corresponding ones of the temporary storage units 28, 28,... Of the denominations and in the stacks 24, 24,. It is a denomination coin.

.. And a temporary storage unit 35 based on the discrimination of the denomination of the coin determined as a true coin and the counting result during the current deposit processing. Is calculated and displayed on a display unit (not shown). When a banknote handling machine for depositing and withdrawing banknotes is connected, the display unit displays the deposit amount together with the deposit amount of the banknote handling machine.

The user inputs an operation to approve the deposit amount from the deposit amount displayed on the display unit by using an enter button (not shown) of the operation unit, or cancels the transaction without accepting the deposit amount. An operation is input by a cancel button of an operation unit (not shown), and an input is made to one of the confirmation button and the cancel button. When the input is accepted, the control unit ends the payment processing.

During the above-mentioned deposit processing, the dispensing port 12
When the removed coin is removed, the user causes the removed coin removed from the dispensing port 12 to be re-inserted into the slot 11 as necessary. Note that the coins re-inserted into the insertion slot 11 are discriminated and sorted again during the depositing process before the depositing process is completed.

If the deposit amount output from a higher-level device such as a multimedia terminal is larger than the deposit amount based on the determination result of the determination unit 18, the control unit does not accept the input even if an input is made to the confirm button. The payment processing is not ended (that is, the following storage processing and payment processing are not executed). Then, a display prompting for additional insertion of the deposit coin is made on the display unit. Thereby, the user inserts additional coins into the insertion slot 11 as needed. Since the coins additionally inserted into the insertion slot 11 before the payment processing is finished, the coins are discriminated and sorted during the payment processing.

At the end of the depositing process, when the operation of approving the deposit amount is input with the confirmation button of the operation unit (not shown) and accepted, the control unit sets the temporary storage unit 2
The storage process for storing the coins temporarily stored in the storage units 8, 28,... And the coins temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 35 is executed (see the thick line in FIG. 2).

That is, at the time of execution of the storing process, the control unit stores all the coins temporarily stored in the temporary storage units 28, 28,.
Are stored in the corresponding denominations (just below) of the stack units 24, 24,.
All the coins temporarily stored in the collection box are stored in the collection safe 38 via the collection chute 36.

"Pay-out processing" At the end of the above-mentioned payment processing, when an operation of approving the payment amount is input by a confirmation button of an operation unit (not shown), the payment amount output from the higher-level device 51 such as a multimedia terminal is displayed. Is smaller than the deposit amount based on the determination result of the determination unit 18 at the time of the deposit processing, and if the difference includes the coin portion, the control unit, after the storing process, dispenses the difference coin portion. The gold processing is executed (see the thick line in FIG. 3).

That is, the control unit counts only the required number of coins to be dispensed from the required denominations of the stack units 24, 24,... The discrimination transport unit 16 including the coin separating and feeding unit 14 and the sorting transport unit 27 are driven. Then
The coins dispensed from the stacks 24, 24,... Are conveyed forward by the dispensing and transporting unit 33, are raised obliquely, and are inserted into the deposited coin separating and feeding unit 14. Then, the sheets are separated one by one by the discriminating conveyance unit 16 and conveyed rearward. During the transport by the discriminating transport section 16, the coins are counted by denomination in the upstream discriminating section 18 and then conveyed by the downstream sorting transport section 27. During this transport, the control unit causes the sorting transport unit 27 to drop all the dispensed coins from the front dispensing outlet 26 and temporarily store them in the temporary storage unit 35 via the guide chute 29.

For example, at the timing when all coins fed from the stack units 24, 24,... In this dispensing process surely pass through the discrimination unit 18, the count value of the denomination of the discrimination unit 18 and the stack unit 24 , 24,... Are compared, and if they match, the timing at which all coins fed from the stack units 24, 24,. The control unit guides coins inside the temporary storage unit 35 to the guide chute 2.
All the money is paid out to the withdrawal port 12 through the cashier 9 to make a withdrawal, and the dispensing process is completed. On the other hand, when the count value of the denomination of the discriminating unit 18 does not match the count value of the denomination of the stack units 24, 24,...

The count value of the denomination of the discriminating unit 18 does not match the count value of the denomination of the stack units 24, 24,...
If the number of coins is larger than the counted value of 4,...
, And then the withdrawal may be performed again from the stack units 24, 24,.

The count value of the discrimination unit 18 is
If the number is smaller than the count value of 4, 24,...
When the discriminating section 18 counts the number of insufficient coins during this time while the discriminating transport section 16 and the sorting / conveying section 27 are driven, and the coins for the insufficient number reach the temporary accumulating section 35, the temporary storage is performed. The coins inside the section 35 are all fed out to the dispensing port 12 via the guide chute 29, and when the shortage of coins is not counted by the discriminating section 18 during the predetermined time, the dispensing transfer section 33, the discriminating transport unit 16 including the deposited coin separating and feeding unit 14 and the sorting transport unit 2
7 are driven out of the stack units 24, 24,... From the stack units 24, 24,..., And as a result, if the discriminating unit 18 counts the insufficient coins, At the timing to reach the temporary storage section 35 reliably,
All coins inside the temporary storage section 35 may be fed to the outlet 12 through the guide chute 29.

"Payment return processing" At the end of the above payment processing,
When an operation of not accepting the deposit amount is input by a cancel button of an operation unit (not shown), the control unit causes the temporary storage unit 28,
Coins and temporary storage units 3 temporarily stored in 28, ...
A deposit return process for returning the coins temporarily stored in No. 5 is executed (see a thick line in FIG. 4).

That is, at the time of execution of the deposit return process, the control unit deletes all the coins temporarily stored in the temporary storage units 28, 28,.
, Through the corresponding return chutes 31, 31,... To the dispensing and transporting unit 33, and the discriminating and transporting unit 16 including the dispensing and transporting unit 33 and the deposited coin separation and dispensing unit 14.
Then, the sorting / conveying unit 27 is driven. Then, the returned coins from the temporary storage units 28, 28,... Are conveyed forward by the dispensing / conveying unit 33, are raised obliquely, and are inserted into the deposited coin separating / feeding unit 14.

The returned coins are separated one by one by the discriminating transport unit 16 and the sorting transport unit 27 and transported backward. During this transport, the control unit drops all returned coins from the dispensing outlet 26 at the sorting and transporting unit 27 and, via the guide chute 29, temporarily stores the coins already stored in the collective storage coin 35 in the depositing process. To be stored temporarily. Then, at the timing when all the returned coins from the temporary storage units 28, 28,... Reliably reach the temporary storage unit 35, all coins inside the temporary storage unit 35 are fed out to the outlet 12 through the guide chute 29. To end the deposit return processing.

When one of the stack units 24, 24,... Detects a shortage of coins by the shortage detection sensor, the control unit removes the shortage of coins from the insertion slot 11 or the collection safe 38. (See the bold line in FIG. 5). That is, the control unit determines whether or not coins of a denominated coin type are stored in the collection safe 38 based on the count value of the denomination type such as the deposit processing up to that time.

If coins of a denominated denomination are not stored in the collection safe 38, an alarm prompting a loading process from the slot 11 is displayed on a display unit (not shown).
Thereby, when a coin is inserted from the insertion slot 11, the control unit performs the same processing as the above-described payment processing and storage processing,
While removing the removed coins from the outlet 12, the true coins are stored in the corresponding denominations of the stacks 24, 24,.

On the other hand, coins of a denominated coin type are collected by the collection safe 3
8, the coin is fed from the collection safe 38 to the dispensing / transporting unit 33 via the replenishing chute 39, and the discrimination / conveying unit 16 including the dispensing / conveying unit 33 and the deposited coin separating / dispensing unit 14; The sorting / conveying section 27 is driven. Then, the replenished coins from the collection safe 38 are raised obliquely by the dispensing and transporting unit 33 and are inserted into the deposited coin separating and feeding unit 14.

Then, the replenished coins are separated one by one by the discriminating transport section 16 and the sorting transport section 27 and transported rearward. During this transport, the sorting transport unit 27 sorts the received coins into collectively stored coins that collectively store dirty coins and overflow coins, and denominated coins that need to be stored by denomination to make up for the shortage. The coins are dropped from the front dispensing outlet 26 at the front, and the guide chute 29
The coins are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 35 via the storage unit, and the coins stored by denomination are further conveyed by the sorting / conveying unit 27 without dropping from the dispensing outlet 26 to temporarily store the coins by denomination on the downstream side. , …… are sorted and stored.

Then, at the timing when all coins dispensed from the collection safe 38 are stored in the temporary storage units 28, 28,... And the temporary storage unit 35, the control unit executes the same storage processing as described above. , The coins temporarily stored in the temporary storage units 28, 28,.
Then, the coins temporarily stored in the temporary storage section 35 are stored in the collection safe 38. Note that the collection safe 38 filled with a required denomination may be loaded into the body 10 to perform the loading process.

[Recovery Processing] When an instruction is input to a recovery button of an operation unit (not shown), the control unit executes a recovery processing for recovering all coins in the body 10 (see a thick line in FIG. 6). That is, the control unit controls all the stack units 2
All the coins are fed out one by one from 4, 24,..., And the dispensing / conveying section 33, the discriminating / conveying section 16 including the deposited / coin separating / feeding section 14, and the sorting / conveying section 27 are driven. Then, the coins collected from the stack units 24, 24,... Are conveyed forward by the dispensing and conveying unit 33, are raised obliquely, and are inserted into the deposited coin separating and feeding unit 14.

Then, the collected coins are separated one by one by the discriminating transport section 16 and the sorting transport section 27 and transported rearward. During this transport, the control unit drops all coins from the dispensing outlet 26 at the front of the sorting / transporting unit 27, and guides the chute 29, the temporary storage unit 35, and the collection chute 3
6 and stored in the collection safe 38. When the coins fed from the stack units 24, 24,... Are all securely stored in the collection safe 38, the collection process ends, and the collection safe 38 can be extracted from the machine 10. Thereafter, when the collection safe 38 is pulled out from the body 10, all coins in the body 10 are collected.

According to the coin processing machine described above, coins inserted into the insertion slot 11 are discriminated by the discrimination section 18 disposed on the discrimination transport section 16 disposed rearward of the machine body 10 from the insertion slot 11. Based on the result of this determination, the temporary storage unit is removed by the removal unit 21 disposed in the determination transport unit 16 or sorted by the sorting transport unit 27 connected to the downstream end of the determination transport unit 16. 35 and temporary storage unit 2
8, 28,... In this way, the discrimination, elimination and sorting of the inserted coins are performed by the discriminating and transporting section 16 arranged rearward from the insertion slot 11 and the sorting and transporting section 27 connected to the downstream end thereof. Can be shortened until the end of sorting.

Further, since the collection safe 38 is capable of feeding coins to the dispensing / transporting section 33, coins are fed from the collection safe 38 to the dispensing / conveying section 33, and the coins are transferred to the dispensing / transporting section 33. Are conveyed to the upstream side of the discriminating section 18 of the discriminating and conveying section 16, discriminated by the discriminating section 18, denominated by the sorting and transporting section 27, and are stacked via the temporary storage sections 28, 28,. , ... can be replenished. Therefore,
When the number of coins in the stack units 24, 24,... Decreases, coins can be automatically replenished.

Further, since the collection safe 38 is disposed so as to be detachable from the body 10, the collection safe 38 is attached to the collection safe 38.
By storing the coins in the box 0 and removing the collection safe 38 from the machine 10, the coins in the machine 10 can be collected. Therefore, the coins in the body 10 can be easily collected.

[0049]

As described in detail above, claim 1 of the present invention
According to the coin processing machine described, the coins inserted into the insertion means are determined by the determination means disposed on the coin transport means disposed toward the rear of the machine from the insertion means, based on the determination result, The coins are removed by the elimination means arranged in the coin transport means, or are sorted by the sorting means connected to the downstream end of the coin transport means and stored in the temporary storage means. In this way, the discrimination, elimination and sorting of the inserted coins are performed by the coin transporting means arranged rearward from the inserting means and the sorting means connected to the downstream end thereof, until the sorting of the inserted coins is completed. Time can be shortened.

According to the coin processing machine of the second aspect of the present invention, coins are paid out from the collection safe means to the dispensing / transporting means,
The coin is conveyed upstream from the discriminating means of the coin conveying means by the dispensing conveying means, discriminated by the discriminating means, denominated by the sorting means, and refilled into the storage means via the temporary storage means. Can be. Therefore, when the number of coins in the storage means decreases, it can be automatically replenished.

According to the coin processing machine of the third aspect of the present invention, the coins in the machine can be collected by storing the coins in the machine in the collecting safe and removing the collecting safe from the machine. Therefore, coins in the machine can be easily collected.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view schematically showing a coin processing machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, in which a route of a depositing process is indicated by a thick line.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view schematically showing a coin processing machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, in which a storage processing route is indicated by a thick line.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view schematically showing a coin processing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a payout processing route is indicated by a thick line.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view schematically showing a coin processing machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, in which a route of a deposit return process is indicated by a thick line.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view schematically showing a coin processing machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, in which a route of a loading process is indicated by a bold line.

FIG. 6 is a side sectional view schematically showing a coin processing machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, in which a route of a collection process is indicated by a bold line.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Airframe 11 Injection port (injection means) 12 Dispensing port (injection means) 16 Discrimination conveyance part (coin conveyance means) 18 Discrimination part (discrimination means) 21 Elimination part (exclusion means) 24 Stack part (storage means) 27 Sorting Transport section (sorting means) 28 Temporary storage section (temporary storage means) 33 Dispensing transport section (dispensing transport means) 35 Temporary storage section (temporary storage means) 38 Collection safe (collection safe means)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A loading means provided at an upper part of a fuselage for receiving coins one by one from outside the fuselage, and disposed toward the rear of the fuselage from the loading means to convey the coins loaded into the loading means. Coin transporting means, discriminating means disposed on the coin transporting means for discriminating coins to be transported, coins which are disposed on the coin transporting means and which are discriminated as fake coins by the discriminating means, and coins which cannot be distinguished. An elimination means for eliminating the removed coin from the coin transport means, and a coin connected to the downstream end of the coin transport means and transported by the coin transport means, collectively stored coins and dispensed coins, and denominated storage coins Sorting means for sorting denomination-stored coins by denomination, and temporary storage means arranged below the sorting means and temporarily storing coins denominated by the sorting means by denomination, The temporary storage Storing means disposed below the pipe means for storing the coins of the temporary storage means from above and dispensing them from the lower part by denomination; and disposing from the lower side of the storing means toward the coin transport means, A dispensing transporting means for transporting the dispensed coins dispensed from the means and coins dispensed from the temporary storage means upstream of the discriminating means of the coin transporting means, and disposed below the sorting means, Temporary storage means for temporarily storing the collectively stored coins and dispensed coins fed out by the selection means; and a collection safe means disposed below the temporary storage means for collecting coins temporarily stored in the temporary storage means. A coin dispensing unit having a dispensing unit for dispensing a coin dispensed from the temporary storage unit and a rejected coin from the rejecting unit to the outside of the machine body. 2. The coin processing machine according to claim 1, wherein said collecting safe means is capable of paying out coins to said dispensing and conveying means. 3. The collection safe means according to claim 1, wherein the collection safe means is detachably mounted on the body.
The coin processing machine as described.