JP2000123216A - Coin carrying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the number of staffs, and to reduce the labor by automatically carrying coins between the carry-in port of the examination and calculation work place of coins and a coin computer in a financial institution or the like. SOLUTION: A belt conveyer 37 is positioned at the lower part of an examiner 3, and a shoot conveyer 76 is set at the upper part of a coin computer 87, and a bucket conveyer 56 is set between the belt conveyer 37 and the shoot conveyer 76. The belt conveyer 37 is provided with conveyer troughs partitioned for every denomination, and the bucket of the bucket conveyer 56 is provided with a small chamber corresponding to each conveyer trough, and the shoot conveyer 76 is constituted of a belt conveyer 81 for every denomination corresponding to the small chamber, and the carry-out edge of the belt conveyer 81 is made to face a distributing shoot 85.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin transport device installed in a work place for scrutinizing and calculating coins in a financial institution or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a financial institution or the like, collected coins are carried into a scrutiny / calculation workplace, where the scrutinizer performs a sorting calculation for each denomination and then pays out the coins to a coin container. The coin container is carried out manually, conveyed by a hand or a conveyor to a so-called revisit area for recalculating the coins, and is further manually input into the coin calculator.

[0003]

The weight of a bag containing coins carried into a work place or a coin container containing coins dispensed from a refining machine is considerable, so it is difficult to handle them manually. It takes a lot of people and labor. Even if you use a conveyor, you can put it on that conveyor,
When the coins were to be inserted into the coin calculator from the conveyor, they had to be manually performed, which was insufficient as a labor saving measure.

[0004] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to reduce the number of personnel and labor by automatically transporting a coin from a carry-in entrance of a work place to a coin calculator of a re-fitting place without manual operation.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention relates to a coin transporting device installed between a carry-in port and a coin calculator via a refining machine, and a coin conveying device provided below a payout port of the refining machine. A belt conveyor is installed, a chute conveyor is installed above the coin calculator, and a bucket conveyor is installed with a slope such that the chute conveyor side is higher between a sending end of the belt conveyor and a receiving end of the chute conveyor, A plurality of partition plates are slid in contact with the upper surface of the belt conveyor to form a transport trough for each denomination, and partitions corresponding to the transport trough are provided in each bucket of the bucket conveyor to constitute a small chamber for each denomination. The chute conveyor is composed of a plurality of belt conveyors corresponding to the small chambers, and the plurality of belt conveyors are sent out. The is obtained by a structure in which to face the dispensing chute connected to the coin machine, respectively.

A provisional table is provided at the entrance, and a carry-in conveyor comprising a roller conveyor is provided between the provisional table and the inspection machine, and a take-out device for each of the inspection machines is provided in the middle of the carry-in conveyor. The take-out device, comprising a lifting device provided below the carry-in conveyor, and a take-out member attached to the lift device and moving up and down between rollers of the carry-in conveyor, wherein the take-out member is the inspection device Can be adopted.

The conveyor trough of the belt conveyor can be provided with longitudinal partition grooves at predetermined intervals on the surface of the conveyor belt, and can slide the lower end edge of a partition plate attached to the conveyor frame into the groove. Or a configuration in which the positions of the sending ends of a plurality of belt conveyors constituting the chute conveyor are set to be shifted in the feeding direction.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows the entire coin transport device of the embodiment. This apparatus has a temporary placing table 1 installed at a work entrance, and a loading conveyor 2 connected to the temporary placing table 1. A required number of scrutinizers 3 are mounted along the loading conveyor 2. Work deck 4
Is installed.

As shown in FIG. 2, the temporary placing table 1
Two coin-receiving bags 5 and carry-in conveyor 2
And a roller caster table 6 and a roller conveyor 7.

The carry-in conveyor 2 is constituted by a roller conveyor, and has an inclined portion 8 which is higher from the temporary placing table 1 in the direction of the work deck 4 and a horizontal portion 9 along the side of the work deck 4. On the side of the horizontal portion 9 on the work deck 4 side, a take-out conveyor 11 composed of a short roller conveyor is provided for each of the inspection machines 3 in a direction perpendicular to the carry-in conveyor 2 and inclined downward in the direction of the work deck 4 (FIG. 3, see FIG. 4).

A take-out device 12 is provided on the carry-in conveyor 2 corresponding to the take-out conveyor 11 described above. The take-out device 12 includes a bracket 1 attached to the work deck 4 with a slight downward inclination below the carry-in conveyor 2.
3. Elevating device 14 installed on bracket 13
And a take-out member 15 that moves up and down the gap between the rollers 16 of the carry-in conveyor 2.

As shown in FIG. 4, the lifting device 14 includes an air cylinder 18, a guide 19, and a frame 21 attached to the air cylinder 18, and a pair of take-out members 15 mounted on the frame 21 to the upstream side of the carry-in conveyor 2. It is divided into the downstream side and provided in parallel with the roller 16 at a required interval. The take-out member 15 includes two adjacent rollers 1
A large number of tops 23 are rotatably mounted on a channel member 22 narrower than 6, and are mounted in an inclined state such that the work deck 4 side is lowered as a whole.

As shown in FIG. 5, an air cylinder 28 and a guide 29 (see FIG. 3) are provided adjacent to the downstream side of the downstream take-out member 15, and a stop plate 31 attached thereto is provided with a roller. It moves up and down between 16.

The stop plate 31 is automatically driven when the operator on the work deck 4 operates a switch as appropriate or when the bag approaches the take-out device 12 by an appropriate sensor. 12 rollers 16
Stop on top. Subsequently, the lifting device 1 of the take-out device 12
When the roller 4 is driven, the take-out member 15 moves up onto the roller 16 (see the dashed line in FIG. 4). As a result, the bag moves on the top 27 of the take-out member 15 by its own weight, and moves onto the take-out conveyor 11. The operator receives the bag on the take-out conveyor 11 and opens the coins in the bag to the inspection device 3.

In addition, below the above-mentioned carry-in conveyor 2,
A return conveyor 32, which is a roller conveyor for returning empty bags, is provided.

As shown in FIG. 6, the work deck 4 has an opening 33 provided in the work deck 4 corresponding to the inspection device 3.
In addition, a guide grid 34 partitioned by denomination is provided. A coin container 35 is built in the inner bottom of the inspector 3, and a payout port 36 at the lower end of the coin container 35 (see FIG. 2) is provided.
Through the above-mentioned guide lattice 34, it faces on a belt conveyor 37 for conveying coins installed therebelow. The belt conveyor 37 is supported by a conveyor frame 38 installed on the floor below the work deck 4.

The above-mentioned belt conveyor 37 is a flat belt as shown in FIG. 6, and seven partition grooves 39 are formed on its surface at a predetermined interval in the length direction. The lower edge 42 of the partition plate 41 is slidably inserted into each of the partition grooves 39 described above. The partition plate 41 is supported by a support shaft 43 penetrated therethrough. The support shaft 43 is provided at a required interval in the length direction of the belt conveyor 37, and is provided at the conveyor frame 3.
8 is supported by a supporting member 44 attached to the supporting member 8.

The lower end edge 42 of the partition plate 41 is formed in a circular cross section, thereby reducing the friction with the partition groove 39 and eliminating the gap with the partition groove 39 so that coins can be separated from the partition groove 3.
9 and the partition plate 41 are prevented from biting. Denomination (1 yen, 5 yen, 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen, 500 yen) on the upper surface of the belt conveyor 37 by the above-mentioned partition plate 41
Another six transport troughs 45 are formed.

Instead of inserting the lower edge 42 of the partition plate 41 forming each transport trough 45 into the partition groove 39 of the belt conveyor 37, the lower edge 42 and the partition groove 39 are simply provided without providing the lower edge 42 and the partition groove 39. A configuration in which a sliding member for the belt conveyor 37 is attached to the lower end is conceivable. However, since the width of the belt conveyor 37 is relatively large because six transport troughs 45 are required, the flatness in the width direction is reduced. Cannot be taken high enough. For this reason, a gap is easily generated between the sliding contact member and the belt conveyor 37, so that coins may bite into the gap, or the adjacent transport trough 4
5 may not be adopted.

As a material of the belt conveyor 37, synthetic leather is suitable as a material from which coins are unlikely to repel.

At the rear end of the belt conveyor 37 (the end opposite to the conveying direction), a plate-like stopper 46 is attached between the partition plates 41 at both ends (see FIG. 7). The rear end is closed to prevent coins from moving backwards.

Further, a landslide bar 47 is provided downstream of the inspection device 3 for each of the transport troughs 45 described above. The landslide bar 47 is formed by fixing the upper end of a resilient plastic or rubber rod to a mounting shaft 48 penetrating through each partition plate 41, and the lower end is free near the bottom surface of the transport trough 45. . The crushing bar 47 elastically contacts a pile of coins carried in the transport trough 45, and has a function of crushing the pile to both sides and averaging the pile.

The guide lattice 34 provided on the work deck 4 is provided at the same interval as the partition plate 41 as shown in FIG. The upper end of the guide lattice 34 is fitted into a chevron groove 51 at the lower end of a partition wall 49 that forms a payout port 36 for each denomination of the coin container 35 of the fine scrutiny machine 3. Also,
An angled groove 52 is also formed at the lower end of each guide lattice 34, and the upper edge of the partition plate 41 is fitted into the angled groove 52.

The coins 50 (see FIG. 7) bite into or out of the butted portions of the partition wall 49 and the guide grid 34, and the guide grid 34 and the partition plate 41, respectively. This is to prevent the trouble that occurs.

Since the inspection device 3 uses a conventionally used inspection device, the coin container 35 is provided with a caster 53 so that the coin container 35 can be transported manually. In such a case, the coin container 35 is not transported, so that the casters 53 may be omitted.
The payout port 36 is always open. In addition, in FIG. 6, reference numeral 54 denotes a drive motor of the belt conveyor 37.

The tip of the belt conveyor 37 is shown in FIG.
A chute 55 is provided as shown in FIG.
The lower end of 5 faces on the receiving end of bucket conveyor 56. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the chute 55 includes a chute partition plate 57 abutted on the tip of each partition plate 41 of the belt conveyor 37, an inclined sliding plate 58 provided at the lower end of each chute partition plate 57, and A lower end of the chute partition plate 57 and a sliding plate 58.
The portion surrounded by the lower end and the front end closing plate 59 is the discharge port 61.
And faces the bucket conveyor 56.

The above-mentioned chute partition plate 57 is overlapped with the tip of the partition plate 41 of the belt conveyor 37 and is bent at a portion along the slide plate 58 into a C-shape. The guide portion 6 extends forward and in parallel.
2 is formed, and the distal end of the guide portion 62 is integrated with the distal end closing plate 59.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, a support member 63 is provided at the upper end of the conveyor frame 38, and a support arm 64 is fixed to the end of the support member 63. A spacer 65 is interposed between the guide portions 62 of the chute partition plates 57, and the mounting shaft 66 is inserted through the chute partition plate 57 and the spacer 65. The mounting shaft 66 is connected to the support arm 6.
Fixed to 4.

Each of the guide portions 62 formed by the two chute partition plates 57 has a width which is in sliding contact with the cover sheet 69 on the upper surface of the partition wall 68 in each bucket 67 of the bucket conveyor 56, and is adjacent to other guides. In cooperation with the part 62,
The space between the chute partition plates 57 is narrowed to match the opening of the small chamber 71 between the partition walls 68.

As shown in FIG. 1, the bucket conveyor 56 is inclined so that the receiving end side is low and the sending end side is high, and the sending end side is a chute conveyor 76.
Standing on top. As shown in FIG. 8, the bucket conveyor 56 includes a number of buckets 6 attached to a chain 72.
7, each bucket 67 has a pair of flanges 70, 70 'formed on the front and rear edges thereof overlapping each other (see FIG. 10) so that no gap is formed in the front and rear direction.

The interior of each bucket 67 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 10B and FIG. 10, the partition 68 is divided into six small chambers 71 of different denominations. The upper end of the partition 68 is bent into a Y shape to prevent the coins in the small chamber 71 from deviating. I have. The cover sheet 69 is provided along the upper end surface of the partition wall 68 formed in the Y shape.

The above-mentioned cover sheet 69 covers the Y-shaped upper end face of the partition wall 68 and the cover sheet 69.
By sliding the lower ends of the guide portions 62 on both sides (see FIG. 9B), deviation of coins is prevented.

A chute 7 is provided at the tip of the bucket conveyor 56.
3 are provided (see FIGS. 1 and 11). This shoot 7
As shown in FIG. 12, the inside 3 is partitioned by denomination inside by a chute partition plate 74, and forms a discharge passage 75 independent from the middle. Each discharge passage 75 extends so as to have an appropriate interval, and the lower end thereof faces the chute conveyor 76.

The above-mentioned chute 73 is attached to a conveyor frame 78 of the bucket conveyor 56 by a bracket 77 shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 12, the chute conveyor 76 is provided with six independent belt conveyors 81 on a conveyor frame 82 for each denomination. The receiving ends of the belt conveyors 81 are arranged at the same position below the chute 73 (see FIG. 14). However, the sending ends of the belt conveyors 81 are shifted in the feeding direction depending on the denominations. Is not concentrated in one place. In FIG. 14, the longest belt conveyor 81 is shown.
Is 500 yen, and the next two long belt conveyors 81 are 10
The following three belt conveyors 81 correspond to 10 yen, 5 yen, and 1 yen, respectively.

Side walls 83 along both sides of each belt conveyor 81 are provided on a conveyor frame 82 (FIG. 1).
2). A sliding contact member 84 is attached to the lower end of each side wall 83, and the sliding contact member 84 contacts the upper surface of a portion near each side of each belt conveyor 81. In this case, the belt conveyor 81 is a belt conveyor 37 below the above-described inspection device 3.
Since the width is narrower (approximately 1/6) as compared with the above, sufficiently high flatness can be obtained. For this reason, there is no gap in the sliding contact portion of the sliding contact member 84, and therefore, there is no risk of coins getting stuck.

As shown in FIG. 15, the delivery end of each of the belt conveyors 81 is inserted into an open portion on the side of the upper end of the distribution chute 85.

Each distribution chute 85 is supported on a conveyor frame 82 by a bracket 86. This conveyor frame 82 is, as shown in FIG.
7 is installed inside, and the coin calculator 87 is connected to the lower end of the distribution chute 85 so as to be erected at a required height.

As shown in FIG. 14, the coin calculators 87 are installed at predetermined intervals in two rows in the length direction of the conveyor frame 82 on the floor surface. In the case shown, 500
The two leftmost left and right coin calculators 87 are assigned for yen coins, and the next three coin calculators 87 in line are assigned for 100 yen and 50 yen coins. Below 10 yen, 5 yen, 1 yen coin for left and right 2
Each car is assigned in turn.

In the case of 500 yen, 10 yen, 5 yen, and 1 yen, the distribution chute 85 branches into two branches in the lower left direction in accordance with the number of coin calculators 87 allocated.
In the case of a circle, it is branched into three branches in the vertical direction.

As shown in FIGS. 16 (a) and 16 (b), a switching plate 88 is provided at the above-mentioned branching portion so as to be switchable, and is operated in a state of a broken line or a dashed line to make a coin calculator 87. Adjust the amount of coins to be distributed.

The coin transport device of the embodiment is as described above, and the operation thereof will be described below.

The collected coins are stored in a bag, and FIG.
Are temporarily placed on the temporary placing table 1 from the receiving port 5 shown in FIG. 1 and further transferred to the carry-in conveyor 2 and transported to the work deck 4. When the operator on the work deck 4 arranged for each of the inspection machines 3 operates a switch as appropriate, the stop plate 31 rises to stop the bag on the carry-in conveyor 2, and further drives the unloading device 12. As a result, the take-out member 15 is raised and the bag is taken out and transferred onto the conveyor 11.

An operator picks up the above-mentioned bag and opens a coin into the inspection device 3. The inspector 3 automatically sorts the coins 50 for each denomination, performs calculations, and pays out the coins 35 to the transport trough 45 for each denomination of the belt conveyor 37 through the coin container 35. At this time, since the joint between the coin container 35 and the guide lattice 34 has a butted structure of the angled grooves 51 and 52 as shown in FIG. 6, the coin 50 is not caught or mixed. It falls on the belt conveyor 37 constituting the transport trough 45. Since the belt conveyor 37 is made of synthetic leather, it is difficult for coins to rebound, and even if there is a coin that rolls backward,
(See FIG. 3) to prevent deviation. Further, the coins piled up in the transport trough 45 are broken down by the crushing bar 47 and averaged, and are transported toward the sending-out end.

When the coin 50 reaches the feed end of the belt conveyor 37, the coin 50 slides on the slide plate 58 and falls into each small chamber 71 of the bucket 67 (see FIG. 10). At this time, the coin 50 that has fallen on the flanges 70, 70 'between the front and rear buckets 67 slides on the coin 50,
Fall into one. In this case, the coins 50 that have fallen on the slide plate 58 are brought inward at the portion of the chute partition plate 57 bent in a C shape, so that the coins 50 are reliably guided into the small chamber 71 from the discharge port 61 of the chute 55. Also, even if the coin 50 may jump up due to the vibration of the machine while being conveyed to the sending end side, the coin 50 is prevented by the Y-shaped bent portion at the upper end of the partition wall 68 of the small chamber 71, and jumps to another small chamber 71. To prevent. The gap between the buckets 67 is closed by the overlapping of the brims 70 and 70 ′ to prevent the coin from deviating.

When the bucket 67 is inverted at the upper end of the bucket conveyor 56, the coins 50 are discharged to the chute 73 (see FIG. 11), and pass through the discharge passages 75 for each denomination, on each belt conveyor 81 of the chute conveyor 76. (See FIG. 12). The coins 50 on each belt conveyor 81 are prevented from slipping out of the belt conveyor 81 by the sliding contact member 84, and are sent out to the distribution chute 85 when reaching the sending end thereof. It falls to the coin calculator 87 after being determined. The coin calculator 87 performs the calculation again.

[0047]

As described above, according to the present invention, a large amount of coins can be automatically transported from the receiving port to the coin calculator at the re-establishment site via the reconciliation machine. This has the effect of reducing the burden on the operator and the burden on the worker.

Further, in the transport, the effects of the denominations sorted by the refining machine can be transported to the coin calculator reliably without deviating or catching in parallel.

The belt conveyor installed below the refining machine has a width wider than a certain width because it is necessary to form a required number of transport troughs corresponding to all denominations, so it is difficult to obtain high flatness. By inserting the lower edge of the partition plate into the partition groove of the belt conveyor in a slidable manner as in the invention of claim 3,
Even when the flatness is low, it is possible to reliably prevent the coin from deviating or catching.

Further, the chute conveyor is constituted by an independent belt conveyor for each denomination, the position of the feed end is shifted in the feed direction, and the chute is distributed to each coin computer by the distribution chute. By doing so, each coin calculator can be dispersedly arranged throughout the inside of the conveyor frame.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view showing the entire embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a partial plan view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a partial plan view of the carry-in conveyor according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line VV in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a partly omitted line VI-VI of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a partially omitted cross-sectional view taken along the line VII-VII of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a longitudinal sectional front view showing a part of the embodiment.

9 (a) is a partially omitted plan view of the portion of FIG. 8; FIG. 9 (b) is a sectional view taken along line bb in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a partial perspective view of a bucket according to the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a longitudinal sectional front view showing a part of the embodiment;

FIG. 12 is a sectional view taken along line XII-XII of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a front view of a chute conveyor of the embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a plan view of a chute conveyor of the above.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of a chute conveyor of the above.

16A is a front view showing an example of a distribution chute. FIG. 16B is a front view showing another example of a distribution chute.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Temporary placing table 2 Carry-in conveyor 3 Inspection machine 4 Work deck 5 Reception port 6 Ball caster table 7 Roller conveyor 8 Inclined part 9 Horizontal part 11 Take-out conveyor 12 Take-out device 13 Bracket 14 Lifting device 15 Take-out member 16 Roller 18 Air cylinder 19 Guide 21 Frame 22 Channel material 27 Frame 28 Air cylinder 29 Guide 31 Stop plate 32 Return conveyor 33 Opening 34 Guide lattice 35 Coin container 36 Payout port 37 Belt conveyor 38 Conveyor frame 39 Partition groove 41 Partition plate 42 Lower edge 43 Support shaft 44 Support member 45 Conveyance trough 46 Stopper 47 Settlement rod 48 Mounting shaft 49 Partition wall 50 Coin 51 Angled groove 52 Angled groove 53 Caster 54 Drive motor 55 Chute 56 Bucket conveyor 5 7 Chute partitioning plate 58 Sliding plate 59 Tip closing plate 61 Discharge port 62 Guide part 63 Support member 64 Support arm 65 Spacer 66 Mounting shaft 67 Bucket 68 Partition wall 69 Cover sheet 70, 70 'collar 71 Small chamber 72 Chain 73 Chute 74 Chute partition plate 75 discharge passage 76 chute conveyor 77 bracket 78 conveyor frame 81 belt conveyor 82 conveyor frame 83 side wall 84 sliding contact member 85 distribution chute 86 bracket 87 coin calculator 88 switching plate

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Shoji Kawashima 1-6-6 Moto-Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo Inside Sogo Police Security Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hisao Morikawa 1-1-1, Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Ltd. In the Toshiba head office (72) Inventor Katsura Ogura 2-2-1-17 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo Sumitomo Electric Corporation Tokyo Branch (72) Inventor Hiroshi Higashihama 2-4-1 Awaza, Nishi-ku, Osaka Sumitomo Electric F-term (for reference) in Established Co., Ltd. 3E001 AA01 AA03 AB03 BA01 CA04 FA22 FA23

Claims (4)

[Claims] In a coin transport device installed between a carry-in port and a coin calculator via a refining machine, a belt conveyor is installed below a payout port of the refining machine, and a chute conveyor is provided above the coin calculator. A bucket conveyor is installed between the sending end of the belt conveyor and the receiving end of the chute conveyor with a slope such that the chute conveyor side becomes higher, and a plurality of partition plates are slid on the upper surface of the belt conveyor to make a metal contact. A transport trough of each type is configured, partitions corresponding to the transport trough are provided in each bucket of the bucket conveyor to form a small chamber of a denomination type, and the chute conveyor is configured by a plurality of belt conveyors corresponding to the small chamber. The delivery ends of the plurality of belt conveyors face the distribution chutes connected to the coin calculator, respectively. A coin transport device characterized in that: 2. A provisional table is provided at the carry-in entrance, and a carry-in conveyor comprising a roller conveyor is provided between the provisional-place table and the inspection machine, and each of the inspection machines is taken out in the middle of the carry-in conveyor. Device, the take-out device is constituted by an elevating device provided below the carry-in conveyor, and a take-out member attached to the elevating device and moving up and down between the rollers of the carry-in conveyor, wherein the take-out member is The coin transporting device according to claim 1, wherein the coin transporting device is mounted to be inclined downward in the direction of the inspector. 3. The conveyor trough of the belt conveyor is provided with longitudinal partition grooves at predetermined intervals on the surface of the conveyor belt, and a lower end edge of a partition plate attached to a conveyor frame can be slid into the groove. The coin transport device according to claim 1, wherein the coin transport device is configured to be inserted into the coin transport device. 4. The coin transport device according to claim 1, wherein the feed ends of the plurality of belt conveyors constituting the chute conveyor are set so as to be shifted in the feed direction. .