JP2001006016A - Coin receiving/paying machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a coin receiving/paying machine which can prevent a different denomination coin mixed in a storage/pay-out part from being paid out as the coin of a denomination corresponding to a storage/pay-out part and prevents the occurrence of a state where number data for respective denominations, which a machine side manages after a job terminates, is matched with the number of coins in the machine by inspecting and recognizing data on the coin in the storage/pay-out part by means of a machine-side itself. SOLUTION: Storage/pay-out parts 150a to 150g whose number is larger than the number of treated denominations by one are installed. All coins are paid out from one of storage/pay-out, parts 150a to 150g. A payment/discernment part 261 discerns the coins. A return transportation means 154 transports the coins and they are stored in one storage/pay-out part in an idle state among the storage/pay-out part 150a to 150g and counting is executed based on the discernment result of the payment discernment part 261.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recirculating coin depositing and dispensing machine for depositing coins and dispensing them as necessary.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A recirculation type coin depositing and dispensing machine for depositing coins and dispensing them as necessary is disclosed, for example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-97667. This coin depositing and dispensing machine separates coins inserted for depositing one by one and feeds them into the machine, and determines the authenticity of the coins that have been dispensed, whether the coins are determined to be true, whether the coins are true or false, and denomination Is performed by the deposit discrimination unit, and only coins determined to be genuine are sorted and classified by denomination by the coin classification unit. Then, the sorted coins are temporarily stored in the storage unit of the temporary storage unit for each denomination, and when a deposit approval operation is input, the denomination of the denomination provided below the temporary storage unit is input. It is discharged to the storing and feeding section and stored in the storing and feeding section of the denomination for each denomination. This completes the coin deposit. In addition, in the storing and dispensing section of each denomination, a belt conveyor is provided which is inclined and on which stored coins are placed, and at the time of dispensing, the necessary belt conveyor is driven to load on the belt conveyor. The dispensed coins can be dispensed by separating the placed coins one by one by denomination and discharging them outside the machine.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned recycle type coin depositing and dispensing machine, since the depositing and dispensing processes are all performed by the machine, data on the number of coins of the denomination type in the machine, and furthermore, It is necessary to accurately manage the number of remaining coins and the like in the storing and dispensing section storing coins for each denomination. However, coins determined to be genuine at the time of deposit processing are incorrectly sorted by the coin classification unit and are not stored in the storage and dispensing unit corresponding to the denomination, but are stored in the storage and dispensing unit corresponding to other denominations. Sometimes. Even if such a problem occurs, the above-described conventional coin depositing and dispensing machine cannot confirm this, so that the data of the number of coins of the denomination type stored in the storing and feeding part of the denomination is inaccurate. Management will be done. For this reason, coins of different denominations mixed in the storage and dispensing unit are fed out as coins of the denomination corresponding to the storage and dispensing unit, and the number of coins of each denomination managed by the machine after the operation is completed and the number of coins in the machine. There may be a problem that the number of coins does not match. Therefore,
The present invention enables coins of different denomination coins mixed in the storage and dispensing unit to correspond to the storage and dispensing unit by enabling data on coins in the storage and dispensing unit to be scrutinized and checked by the machine itself. To provide a coin depositing and dispensing machine that can prevent a situation in which the number data of each denomination managed by the machine and the number of coins in the machine do not match after the operation is completed. With the goal.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, a coin depositing and dispensing machine according to claim 1 of the present invention discriminates a deposited coin at a deposit discriminating section, and discriminates the discriminated coin at a sorting section. A recirculating coin dispensing and dispensing machine that sorts and sorts and stores the coins in respective storage and dispensing sections, and dispenses the coins from the storage and dispensing section to a dispensing port as necessary. And a transport means for separating and transporting the coins fed from these storage and feeding sections one by one, and withdrawal discrimination for discriminating the denominations of the coins transported by the transport means. And a sorting unit capable of sorting coins conveyed by the conveying unit and discriminated by the dispensing discriminating unit in different first and second directions, and in the first direction by the sorting unit. A dispensing transport unit that transports the sorted coins to the dispensing port, Return transport means capable of selectively transporting the coins sorted in the second direction by the dividing means to each of the storage and dispensing sections; and all the coins from one of the storage and dispensing sections of the storage and dispensing section. The coins are conveyed by the conveying means, discriminated by the dispensing discriminating section, further distributed in the second direction by the sorting means, conveyed by the return conveying means, and And a control means for executing a close inspection process of storing the data in one empty storage / feeding unit which has been empty and counting based on the result of the discrimination by the dispensing discriminating unit.

[0005] With this arrangement, one more denomination is provided than the number of denominations for handling the storage and feeding section, and the empty storage and feeding section is made to exist.
The control means causes all of the coins to be fed to the transport means from one of the storage and delivery sections of the storage and delivery section, and the coins are transported by the transport means, discriminated by the withdrawal discriminating section, and further distributed by the sorting means in the second direction. The coins of the one storage and dispensing section are counted based on the discrimination result of the dispensing discriminating section, while being conveyed by the return conveying means and stored in one of the storage and dispensing sections which was empty. I do. By performing such discrimination and counting for the storage and dispensing units of all denominations, coins of different denominations can be found, and coin data in each of the storage and dispensing units must be inspected and confirmed by the machine itself. Becomes possible.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin depositing and dispensing machine.
Regarding the one according to claim 1, the control means, as the close inspection process, causes all of the coins to be fed to the transport means from one feeding source storage and feeding section of the storage and feeding section,
The coin is discriminated by the dispensing discriminating section while being conveyed by the convey means, and is further sorted in the second direction by the distributing means, and conveyed by the return conveying means. Performing counting based on the discrimination result of the withdrawal discrimination unit while storing it in another spare storage feeding unit,
Thereafter, the scrutiny operation of returning all coins in the preliminary storage and feeding section to the supply source storage and feeding section via the transporting means, the sorting means and the return transporting means, is performed for all storages except for the preliminary storage and feeding section. It is characterized in that the operation is sequentially performed for the feeding section.

[0007] Thereby, the control means causes all the coins to be fed to the transport means from one of the storing and feeding sections of the feeding source storing and feeding section, and the coins are transported by the transport means and discriminated by the payout discriminating section. Based on the discrimination result of the dispensing discriminating unit, the distributing unit transfers the sheet in the second direction by the distributing unit, conveys it in the return conveying unit, and stores it in one of the empty storing and dispensing units of the storing and dispensing unit. Counting is performed on the coins in the feeding and storing unit, and all the coins in the spare storing and feeding unit after the counting are then transferred to the feeding and storing unit via the transfer unit, the sorting unit and the return transfer unit. Return to Department. By sequentially performing such a scrutinizing operation on all the storing and dispensing units except the spare storing and dispensing unit, it is possible to scrutinize and confirm the coin data in each of the storing and dispensing units by the machine itself.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin depositing and dispensing machine.
With respect to the one described in claim 1, the sorting unit has a switching unit that can change a storage and dispensing unit that is a storage destination of each coin of each denomination sorted and classified, and the control unit includes:
As the scrutiny process, all coins are fed to the transport unit from one of the storage and delivery units of the storage and delivery unit,
The coin is discriminated by the dispensing discriminating section while being conveyed by the conveying means, and is further distributed in the second direction by the distributing means, and is conveyed by the return conveying means. The reconciliation operation for storing in one spare storage and feeding unit and counting based on the discrimination result of the withdrawal discriminating unit is performed by moving the storage and dispensing unit emptied by the previous coin dispensing to the next preliminary storage and dispensing unit. And the storage and feeding sections of all denominations are sequentially performed, and after the completion of the scrutiny process, according to the storage denomination of each of the storage and feeding sections, the switching unit uses the switching unit to select each of the denominations classified by the selection unit. The present invention is characterized in that the storing and dispensing section, which is the storing destination of coins, is changed.

Thus, the control means causes all the coins to be delivered to the transport means from one of the storage and delivery sections of the storage and delivery sections, and the coins are transported by the transport means while being discriminated by the payout discriminating section and further distributed. Means for distributing in the second direction, transported by the return transport means, stored in one of the empty storage and delivery sections of the storage and delivery section, and based on the discrimination result of the withdrawal discrimination section, the one storage section A scrutinizing operation for counting the payout portion will be performed, and the one storage / feeding portion emptied by the scrutiny operation will be used as a new preliminary storage / feeding portion, and the other storage / feeding portion will be described. The coins are fed out from one storing and feeding section to the transporting means, and the coins are transported by the transporting means, discriminated by the payout discriminating section, further distributed in the second direction by the sorting means, and transported by the returning transporting means. New reserve A detailed inspection operation for storing the data in the delivery / delivery unit and counting the other one storage / delivery unit based on the identification result of the withdrawal identification unit is executed. This is sequentially performed for the seed feeding and feeding section. Then, in accordance with the storage denomination of each storage and dispensing unit, the switching unit changes the storage and dispensing unit that is the storage destination of the coin of each denomination sorted and sorted by the selection unit.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin depositing and dispensing machine.
4. The denomination according to claim 3, wherein the storage and dispensing sections are arranged in parallel, and the switching means swings to selectively introduce coins into adjacent storage and dispensing sections. And the same number of chutes, and one drive source for swinging these chutes.

As described above, the switching means swings to selectively introduce coins into the adjacent storage and dispensing sections, and swings the chute sections as many as the number of denominations to be handled. Since it is configured with one drive source, it is possible to suppress the complexity of the structure and increase in cost.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin depositing and dispensing machine.
5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the distribution unit distributes coins in a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction in addition to the first direction and the second direction. 6. Is possible, and the third
A withdrawal reject box capable of storing coins sorted in the direction of the arrow, and a transport regulating unit provided downstream of the withdrawal discriminating unit in the transport unit and configured to regulate the movement of coins on the transport unit. Then, the control means, during the close inspection process, if a different denomination coin other than the denomination under inspection is confirmed from the discrimination result of the withdrawal discrimination unit, the transfer of the different denomination coin by the transfer control unit. Stopping the coin feeding from the storage / feeding unit and stopping the feeding, and further moving the coin in the transporting means to the return transporting means side with all the coins downstream of the coin of a different kind being transported to the return transporting means side. The coins remaining on the transporting means including the coins of different denominations are sorted by the dividing means in the third direction.

[0013] Thus, the control means, during the scrutiny process,
When a different denomination coin other than the denomination under examination is confirmed from the discrimination result of the withdrawal discrimination unit, the transfer of the different denomination coin is stopped by the transfer restriction unit and the dispensing of coins from the storage and dispensing unit is stopped, Further, in a state in which all coins downstream of the coins of different kinds in the conveying means are conveyed to the side of the return conveying means, coins remaining on the conveying means including the coins of different kinds are distributed by the distributing means. By sorting the coins in the third direction, coins of different kinds are stored in the dispensing reject box.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin depositing and dispensing machine.
6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the control unit is configured to determine the number of coins of all coins being stored based on the respective discrimination results of the deposit discriminating unit and the dispensing discriminating unit, and the dispensing by the scrutiny process. The number of coins of each coin type stored in the dispensing reject box is calculated from the number of coins of each denomination of each storage and dispensing unit based on the discrimination result of the discriminating unit.

Thus, the control means is currently storing the coins based on the discrimination results of the deposit discrimination unit and the withdrawal discrimination unit corresponding to the number of coins received from outside the machine and the number of coins dispensed outside the machine. The number of coins of each denomination of all coins of each storage type is grasped based on the discrimination result of the withdrawal discrimination unit by the scrutiny process. The number of coins of the denominated coin type is determined.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of a coin depositing and dispensing machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The coin depositing and dispensing machine 11 is of a so-called recirculation type in which deposited coins are stored and dispensed as necessary, and is mainly used in a financial institution such as a bank in combination with another bill depositing and dispensing machine. It is used as a teller machine, and also performs a depositing process or a dispensing process based on a command from a higher-order machine 12 (see FIG. 17) that also configures the teller machine and manages the coin depositing and dispensing machine 11 and the bill depositing and dispensing machine. The processing is performed, and information such as the processing result is sent to the host machine 12. For this reason, the operation input and data display relating to the coin depositing and dispensing machine 11 are performed by an operation unit and a display unit (not shown) provided in the host machine 12.

In the following, the front side of the body, the rear side of the body,
Expressions such as front and rear, front of the aircraft, and rear of the aircraft,
3 are the abbreviations of front side, rear side, front and rear, frontmost part, rearmost part, etc. in the front-rear direction.
These are the abbreviations such as left side, right side, right and left of the body 13 when the body 13 is viewed from the front.

"Overall Appearance" First, the configuration of the exterior of the body 13 will be described mainly with reference to FIG. The coin depositing and dispensing machine 11 takes in the deposited coins, discriminates the authenticity of the coins from the true and false, the damage and the denomination, etc., and sorts and sorts them by denomination. ) 14
The coins classified by denomination in the depositing sorting unit 14 are stored in each denomination, and the coins stored in this manner are used as coins for dispensing based on a dispensing process command from the higher-level machine 12. It has a storage and dispensing unit 15 to be dispensed, and a dispensing lift unit (dispensing transport unit) 16 for transporting coins dispensed from the storage and dispensing unit 15.

The depositing sorting unit 14 and the storing and dispensing unit 15 are placed above the body 13 by the depositing sorting unit 14.
Are arranged so as to overlap with each other so that the storage and dispensing units 15 are respectively located below the fuselage 13.
Is provided so as to be able to be pulled out from the body 13 together with the dispensing lift section 16 provided on the left side of the body.

At the upper part of the machine body 13, there are provided a deposit port 18 capable of receiving loose coins inserted for depositing and a slide shutter 19 capable of opening and closing the deposit port 18 by sliding in the longitudinal direction of the machine body. I have. In addition, a display lamp 20 for lighting the display is provided at a position not covered by the slide shutter 19 in the closed state in the deposit port 18. The display lamp 20 blinks, for example, in a state where the user is prompted to insert coins into the deposit port 18.

A deposit reject box 22, into which false coins determined to be false, including indistinguishable ones among the loose coins inserted into the deposit port 18, are sent to the front side of the machine of the deposit sorting unit 14, and a true reject box. A dirty storage box 23 into which a dirty coin determined to be unsuitable for re-use is sent, and a coin taken in for the deposit processing is sent for return when the deposit processing is canceled. A return box 24 is provided, and these deposit reject box 22, dirty storage box 23
The return box 24 can be withdrawn from the payment sorting unit 14 as needed.

At the front of the body of the depositing selection unit 14, a display lamp 26 for lighting display is arranged adjacent to the deposit reject box 22, and a display lamp 27 for lighting display is located next to the dirty storage box 23. , And a display lamp 28 for lighting display is disposed adjacent to the return box 24. Each of these display lamps 26 to 28 blinks in a state of prompting the removal of a coin from an adjacent box.

On the front side of the storage and dispensing unit 15,
Rejection for storing such coins as machine-managed coins when the counting of coins during withdrawal cannot be determined due to transport failure or inability to discriminate during withdrawal processing A box 30 is provided. The dispensing reject box 30 can also be withdrawn from the storage and dispensing unit 15 as needed. In addition, on the front side of the body of the storage and dispensing unit 15, a display lamp 31 for performing lighting display is disposed adjacent to and above the dispensing reject box 30. The display lamp 31 also flashes in a state where the removal of coins from the dispensing reject box 30 is prompted.

At the upper position on the front side of the machine body 13 adjacent to the depositing and sorting unit 14 and the storing and dispensing unit 15, a dispensing port 32 for allowing dispensing coins conveyed by the dispensing lift unit 16 to be taken out to the outside. And a slide shutter 33 that can open and close the dispensing port 32 by sliding in the vertical direction of the machine.

"Payment selection unit" Next, details of the payment selection unit 14 will be described mainly with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the deposit selection unit 14 includes the above-described deposit port 18, a slide shutter 19 for opening and closing the deposit port 18, and a control unit (control means) 35 (FIG. 1).
7) The forward / reverse rotatable deposit port motor 36 whose drive and stop are controlled to open and close the slide shutter 19
(See FIG. 17), a hopper 37 provided directly below the deposit port 18 for guiding loose coins inserted into the deposit port 18 by the operator, and controlled by the control unit 35 to be guided by the hopper 37 The coins determined to be fake by discriminating the true / false (including falsified indistinguishable), damage, denomination, etc.
A depositing sorting unit 38 that sorts and sorts coins that are determined to be true and dirty and further coins that are determined to be true and positive, and sorts and sorts only coins that are determined to be true and positive by denomination; The deposit reject box 22 for storing coins that are determined to be fake at 38 and sorted and sorted, and the control unit 3
5, a temporary storage unit 39 for temporarily storing coins that are determined to be true and dirty by the deposit sorting unit 38 and sorted and classified until the deposit processing is determined, and temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 39. The coins that have been exchanged by the operator
And the coin storage box 23, which is stored by the input of the depositing process confirmation operation to the coin 2 and which is controlled by the control unit 35, is discriminated as true and correct by the depositing sorting unit 38, and is sorted and classified by denomination. Deposit temporary storage unit 40 to temporarily store by type
The return box 24 for receiving coins from the fouling temporary storage section 39 and the deposit temporary storage section 40 by input of a deposit processing cancellation operation to the host machine 12 by the operator;
It has a denomination storage chute 41 for guiding the denominated coins discharged from the deposit temporary storage unit 40 to the storage and dispensing unit 15 by denomination.

{Payment Selection Unit} The payment selection unit 38 will be described below. As shown in FIG. 4, the depositing discriminator 38 includes a supply disk 4 for receiving loose coins from the hopper 37.
3, a supply disk motor 44 that can be rotated forward and reverse to rotate the supply disk 43, the driving and stopping of which is controlled by the control unit 35.
(See FIG. 17), a rotating disk 45 arranged adjacent to the supply disk 43, and a rotating disk motor 46 (see FIG. 17) which can be rotated forward and reverse to rotate the rotating disk 45 by controlling the driving and stopping by the control unit 35. 17), and a coin passage 47 disposed adjacent to the rotating disk 45. Rotating disk 45
Receives the loose coins fed by the centrifugal force at the time of rotation from the supply disk 43 and feeds the received coins to the coin passage 47 one by one by passing the received coins through a separation unit (not shown) by the centrifugal force at the time of rotation. .

The coin passage 47 guides coins fed from the rotating disk 45 on the passage surface 51 between the higher guides 49 and 50 on both sides, and is arranged horizontally so as to substantially surround the rotating disk 45. The coin passage 47 includes the rotating disc 4
5 and a first linear portion 53 connected to the first linear portion 53.
First bent portion 5 connected to the opposite side to the rotating disc 45
4, a second straight portion 55 connected to the first bent portion 54 on the opposite side of the first straight portion 53, and a second straight portion 55
A second bent portion 56 connected to the opposite side of the first bent portion 54, and a third straight portion 57 connected to the second straight portion 55 of the second bent portion 56 on the opposite side. ing.

Above the coin passage 47, there is provided a transfer section 59 for transferring coins on the coin passage 47 along the coin passage 47. The transport portion 59 is arranged at an interval smaller than the thickness of one coin with respect to the passage surface 51, so that the transport portion 59 comes into contact with the coin unreeled from the rotating disk 45 from above and exerts a frictional force on the coin. A transport belt 60 transported along a part of the first linear portion 53, the first bent portion 54, and a part of the second linear portion 55, and coins transported by the transport belt 60 are similarly converted into a second linear portion 55. And a controllable driving / stopping control unit 35 for driving the transport belts 60 and 61 so as to allow the transport belts 60 and 61 to run forward (see FIG. 17).
In the same manner, the coin conveyed by the conveyance belt 61 is further conveyed by the second bent portion 56 and the third linear portion 57, and the driving and stopping of the conveyance belt 63 are controlled by the control portion 35. And a second payment motor 64 (see FIG. 17) that can be rotated forward and reverse.

Between the rotating disk 45 and the first linear portion 53 of the coin passage 47 and at the position of the leading end of one of the guides 49, coins that collide with and stay at the leading end of the guide 49 are rotated. A rotatable guide roller 65 is provided for returning the disk 45 to the inside of the disk 45 or guiding the coin to the coin passage 47. In the first straight portion 53 of the coin passage 47, a magnetic sensor 66 for detecting a magnetic property of a coin conveyed on the first straight portion 53 is arranged. It should be noted that coin detection sensors 67, 67 for measuring the timing of taking in the detection data by the magnetic sensor 66 are provided on both sides of the magnetic sensor 66.
Is provided. That is, these coin detection sensors 6
At the time when coins are detected at both the points 7 and 67, the magnetic sensor 66
Captures the detection data and outputs it to the control unit 35.

In front of the second straight section 55 of the coin passage 47, an image detecting section 68 for detecting an image of a coin conveyed by the second straight section 55 is arranged. On both sides of the image detecting section 68, coin detecting sensors 69, 69 for measuring the timing of taking in the detection data by the image detecting section 68 are provided. That is, when coins are detected by both of the coin detection sensors 69, 69, the image detection 68 takes in the detection data and outputs it to the control unit 35. The magnetic sensor 66 and the image detecting unit 68 constitute a deposit discriminating unit 70 for discriminating the received coins.

Here, the outputs of the magnetic sensor 66 and the image detecting unit 68 are input to the control unit 35. The control unit 35 converts the detection data of the upstream magnetic sensor 66 into, for example, coins of each denomination. Are compared in order with the magnetic reference data for each material. If it is determined that the magnetic detection data does not match the reference data of any coin of any denomination, the coin is determined to be a fake coin at that time. On the other hand, when it is determined that the coin matches the reference data of any one of the denominations, the reference data of the image of the coin of the coincident denomination is read out, and the reference data of this image and the image for the same detected coin are read. The data is compared with the detection data of the detection unit 32 to detect whether or not they match. When it is determined that the reference data and the detection data of these images match, the coin is determined to be a true coin of the detected denomination and counting is performed simultaneously, while the reference data of these images are counted. If it is determined that the coins do not match, the coin is determined to be indistinguishable. Furthermore, when it is determined that the reference data and the detection data of the image match, if the degree of coincidence is higher than a predetermined threshold, the coin is determined to be a reusable genuine coin, and the degree of coincidence is determined. If the value is lower than the threshold value, it is determined that the coin is a non-reusable dirty coin.

At the rear of the second linear portion 55, a magnetic sensor 6 is provided.
6 and a reject hole 72 for removing coins determined to be fake including indiscernibility from the detection results of the image detection unit 68 and coins determined to be dirty coins from the coin passage 47.
Are formed on the passage surface 51. An upstream side of the reject hole 72 in the coin transport direction is provided with a first stopper member 73 that projects independently into the second linear portion 55 to drop coins into the reject hole 72.
The first stopper member 73 is driven by a rotary solenoid 74 (see FIG. 17) controlled by the control unit 35 to switch between protruding and retracting. In addition, at the position facing the first stopper member 73, by independently projecting into the second linear portion 55, the second linear portion 55 is conveyed on the side opposite to the first stopper member 73. A second stopper member 75 for dropping a coin-like foreign matter having a small diameter into the reject hole 72 is provided. This second stopper member 7
5 is a rotary solenoid 76 controlled by the control unit 35
(See FIG. 17) to switch between protruding and retracting.

Since the first stopper member 73 and the second stopper member 75 simultaneously project into the second linear portion 55, coins conveyed through the second linear portion 55 are prevented from passing therethrough. Thereby, the control unit 35 determines whether the coin to be conveyed is a positive coin of any denomination, or
In the case of a coin that cannot be determined to be a fake coin, the passage or rejection of the coin is prevented by simultaneously projecting the first stopper member 73 and the second stopper member 75 into the second linear portion 55. The coins can be returned to the rotating disk 45 for re-determination by reversing the conveyor belts 60, 61. Of course, in the event that only this coin is finally left in a state where it cannot be discriminated, for example, when such a coin is detected continuously for a predetermined number of times, the control unit 35 sets this coin as an indistinguishable coin. It will drop into the reject hole 72.

Further, a coin detection sensor 77 for obtaining timing for driving the first stopper member 73 and the second stopper member 75 is provided upstream of the reject hole 72 in the coin transport direction.

The third linear portion 57 is provided with a denomination sorter 86 for sorting coins determined to be true and correct based on the detection results of the magnetic sensor 66 and the image detector 68 into denominations. The denomination sorter 86 sorts coins to be conveyed into denominations and drops them (specifically, coins distributed in Japan are 1 yen, 5 yen, 10 yen,
There are 6 kinds of yen, 50 yen, 100 yen and 500 yen, so 6
), And the sorting holes 87a to 87f are arranged so as to drop in order from the one having the smallest coin diameter. That is, the sorting hole 87a at the front of the fuselage is a one-yen coin, the sorting hole 87b adjacent to the rear of the fuselage is a 50-yen coin, the sorting hole 87c adjacent to the rear of the fuselage is a five-yen coin, The sorting hole 87d adjacent to the rear side drops a 100-yen coin, the sorting hole 87e adjacent to the rear side of the fuselage drops a 10-yen coin, and the sorting hole 87f at the rear end of the fuselage drops a 500-yen coin. ing.

The counting sensors 88a to 88f are arranged immediately before the sorting holes 87a to 87f, respectively.
In the control unit 35, the difference between the number of coins passing through each of the adjacent sensors before and after the counting sensors 88a to 88f is
The number of the sorting holes 88a to 88f is counted as the number of the sorting holes located therebetween.

Here, as shown in FIG.
A bifurcated branch-shaped chute 82 having a pair of ejection guide portions 80 and 81 formed at a lower portion thereof is disposed below the lower side 8 so as to sort coins dropped in the reject hole 72 in two different directions. Discharge guides 80, 8 in chute 82
A sorting member 83 for selectively guiding coins falling from the reject hole 72 to one of the discharge guides 80 and 81 is provided above the branch point of the first branch point 1.
3 is driven by a distribution solenoid 84 (see FIG. 17) controlled by the control unit 35 to guide coins to the discharge guide unit 80 without guiding the coins to the discharge guide unit 81;
The discharge guide 8 without guiding the coin to the discharge guide 80
1 is switched to a state of guiding coins. A deposit reject box 22 is arranged below one of the discharge guides 80 of the chute 82, and the reject hole 7
In the case of dropping a false coin including an unidentifiable coin from 2, the control unit 35 controls the sorting solenoid 84 so that the coin is guided by the discharge guide unit 80 and stored in the deposit reject box 22. In addition, a contamination temporary storage section 39 is disposed below the other discharge guide section 81. When a true and dirty coin is dropped from the reject hole 72, the control section 35 controls the distribution solenoid 84. Then, the coin is guided by the discharge guide section 81 and stored in the dirty temporary storage section 39.

{Soil Temporary Storage Unit} The stain temporary storage unit 39 will be described below. The fouling temporary storage section 39 is provided with the discharge guide section 8 on one side of the chute 82 communicating with the reject hole 72.
A dirty coin temporary storage box 90 having a shape that receives the coin guided by 1 and opens vertically, a fixed bottom plate 91 that can close the bottom opening of the dirty coin temporary storage box 90, and a bottom plate 91 above the bottom plate 91. A pair of pulleys 92, 93 spaced apart in the lateral direction of the machine body, a drive belt 94 hung on these pulleys 92, 93 and partially fixed to the dirty coin temporary storage box 90, and controlled by the controller 35. A driving motor 94 (see FIG. 17), which rotates the drive belt 94 by moving one of the pulleys 92 and 93 to move the dirty coin temporary storage box 90 in the lateral direction of the machine, and a bottom plate 9.
1 includes a chute 96 disposed on the right side of the fuselage and a chute 97 disposed on the bottom plate 91 on the left side of the fuselage.

Here, a return box 24 is provided immediately below one of the chutes 96, and the other chutes 97 are provided.
A dirty storage box 23 is provided immediately below. Then, the control unit 35 temporarily stores the soiled coins sorted by the money sorting unit 38 until the payment processing is confirmed or canceled by the operation of the host machine 12 by the operator. Are arranged on the bottom plate 91, and the operation of canceling the deposit processing is performed by the host machine 1
2, the dirty coin temporary storage box 90 is moved to the right side of the machine by the dirty movement motor 95, thereby moving the dirty coin temporarily stored in the dirty coin temporary storage box 90 in the deposit processing. It is dropped into the return box 24 through the chute 96. In addition, when the operation for confirming the deposit processing is input to the host machine 12, the control unit 35 moves the dirty coin temporary storage box 90 to the left side of the machine by the soil movement motor 95, and thereby the dirty coin temporary storage box 90. Is moved to the dirty storage box 23 through the chute 97.

{Payment Temporary Storage Unit} Hereinafter, the payment temporary storage unit 40 will be described. The deposit temporary storage unit 40 is disposed below the sorting holes 87a to 87f. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the deposit temporary storage section 40 sequentially arranges the sorting holes 87 a to 87 f in order to guide coins sorted by denomination in sorting holes 87 a to 87 f while sorting the coins by denomination.
A denomination-type chute 100 having a guide portion 99 (only one is shown in FIG. 5) corresponding to 87f and a one-to-one correspondence with each guide portion 99 for accepting coins guided by the denomination-type chute 100 by denomination. Deposit temporary storage box 10 having temporary storage space portions 101a to 101f corresponding to
2, a bottom plate 103, and a partition plate 104. Specifically, the sorting hole 87a is provided in the temporary storage space 101a, the sorting hole 87b is provided in the temporary storage space 101b, and the sorting hole 87c is provided.
Is in the temporary storage space 101c, the selection hole 87d is in the temporary storage space 101d, and the selection hole 87e is in the temporary storage space 10c.
1e, the sorting holes 87f allow the coins to drop into the temporary storage space 101f, respectively. As a result,
Temporary storage space 101a at the forefront of the machine of deposit temporary storage box 102 stores a 1-yen coin, temporary storage space 101b adjacent to the rear of the machine stores a 50-yen coin, and temporary storage space adjacent to the rear of the machine. The portion 101c stores a 5-yen coin, and the temporary storage space portion 101d adjacent to the
The coins are stored in the temporary storage space 10 adjacent to the rear side of the fuselage.
1e temporarily stores 10 yen coins, and the temporary storage space 101f at the rear end of the machine temporarily stores 500 yen coins.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, a pair of wall portions 10 are arranged vertically and along the longitudinal direction of the fuselage.
5 and 106 are fixedly arranged at a distance from each other in the left-right direction, and a pair of guide shafts 107 and 108 are fixed between these wall portions 105 and 106 along the body left-right direction. I have. These guide shafts 107, 108
Are disposed apart from each other in the front and rear of the fuselage.
Are movably supported in the lateral direction of the aircraft.

Here, while being supported by the guide shafts 107 and 108, the deposit temporary storage box 102 has a shape that opens vertically. Temporary deposit box 102
In order to accept coins dropped from the sorting holes 87a to 87f by denomination, the temporary storage spaces 101a to 101f corresponding to the sorting holes 87a to 87f are partitioned so as to be arranged in the longitudinal direction of the machine.

A pair of walls 109 and 110 arranged vertically and along the lateral direction of the fuselage are spaced from each other in the longitudinal direction of the fuselage. And
A pair of pulleys 111 and 112 are disposed on the wall portion 110 side of the wall portion 109 so as to be spaced apart in the left-right direction of the machine body. On the other hand, pulleys 114 and 115 are also arranged on the wall 109 side of the wall 110 so as to be separated from each other in the lateral direction of the fuselage.
Is hung.

The left pulleys 111 and 114 are connected to each other via a drive shaft 117 extending in the longitudinal direction of the fuselage, and a pulley 118 is fixed to the drive shaft 117. The pulley 118 is a pulley 1 fixed to a rotation shaft of a storage box drive motor 119 that can be rotated forward and reverse under the control of the control unit 35.
20 and a belt 121. The deposit temporary storage box 102 is fixed to a part of the belts 113 and 116. Thereby, the storage box drive motor 11
9 is rotated in the normal and reverse directions so that the deposit temporary storage box 10
2 moves in the lateral direction of the machine along the guide shafts 107 and 108.

A detection piece 123 is fixed to the rear part of the deposit temporary storage box 102. When the deposit temporary storage box 102 is located at the first storage box first position on the right side of the machine, the detection piece 123 is detected, and when the storage temporary storage box 102 is separated from the storage box first position, the detection piece 123 is no longer detected. One position detection sensor 124 is provided. Also, when the deposit temporary storage box 102 is located at a predetermined storage box second position on the left side of the machine, the detection piece 123 is detected, and when the storage temporary storage box 102 is separated from the storage box second position, the detection piece 123 is no longer detected. A second position detection sensor 125 is provided. Here, when located at the storage box first position, the deposit temporary storage box 102 is provided with each of the sorting holes 87a to 87f.
Coins of each denomination from the temporary storage space portions 101a to 101
Acceptable in the state of being classified by denomination in f.

As shown in FIG. 6, guide grooves (not shown) are formed at predetermined positions of the wall portions 109 and 110 in the left-right direction of the machine body.
3 is supported so as to be able to move the body left and right. The bottom plate 103 can open and close the lower opening of the deposit temporary storage box 102 depending on the relative positional relationship with the deposit temporary storage box 102. And the wall part 1 of the wall part 109
Pulleys 126 and 127 are arranged on the opposite side of the body 10 in the lateral direction of the machine and are separated from each other. A belt 128 is hung on the pulleys 126 and 127. On the other hand, pulleys 129 and 130 are also arranged on the opposite side of the wall 110 from the wall 109 so as to be spaced apart from each other in the lateral direction of the fuselage.
One is hung.

The left pulleys 126 and 129 are connected to each other by a drive shaft 132 extending in the front-rear direction, and a pulley 133 is fixed to the drive shaft 132. The pulley 133 is connected to a pulley 135 fixed to a rotation shaft of a bottom plate drive motor 134 that can be rotated forward and reverse under the control of the control unit 35 by a belt 136. The bottom plate 103 is fixed to a part of the belts 128 and 131. Accordingly, by rotating the bottom plate drive motor 134 forward and reverse,
The bottom plate 103 moves in the lateral direction of the machine.

The detection piece 138 is fixed to the bottom plate 103. And, the bottom plate 103 is a predetermined bottom plate
The bottom plate first position detection sensor 139 is provided at a position where the detection plate 138 is detected when the detection plate 138 is located at the position, and the detection plate 138 is not detected when the detection plate 138 is separated from the bottom plate first position. Further, when the bottom plate 103 is located at a predetermined second position of the bottom plate on the left side of the fuselage, the detection piece 138 is detected, and when the bottom plate 103 is away from the second position of the bottom plate, the detection plate 103 is not detected. A sensor 140 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of partition plates 104 are provided so as to be aligned one-to-one with the respective temporary storage spaces 101a to 101f of the temporary storage box 102 located at the storage box first position. (Only one is shown in FIG. 5)
Coin insertion holes 141 are formed, and a plurality of coin insertion holes 141 are provided so as to be aligned one-on-one with the temporary storage spaces 101a to 101f of the temporary storage box 102 located at the storage box second position (FIG. 5). (Only one is shown in FIG. 2) is formed.

Here, when the bottom plate 103 is located at the first position of the bottom plate, all the coin insertion holes 141 on the right side of the partition plate 104 are closed and all the coin insertion holes 142 on the left side are opened. At this time, the deposit temporary storage box 102
Is located at the right storage box first position, the lower opening thereof is completely closed by the bottom plate 103. From this state, when the deposit temporary storage box 102 is positioned at the left storage box second position, The lower opening is completely opened and communicates with the coin insertion hole 142.

When the bottom plate 103 is located at the second position of the bottom plate, all the coin insertion holes 142 on the left side of the partition plate 104 are closed and all the coin insertion holes 141 on the right side are opened. At this time, if the deposit temporary storage box 102 is located at the left storage box second position, the lower opening is completely closed by the bottom plate 103, and from this state, the deposit temporary storage box 102 is moved to the right storage box. When located at the first position of the box, the lower opening is completely opened and communicated with the coin insertion hole 141.

Below the coin insertion hole 141 of the partition plate 104, the above-mentioned return box 24 for collectively storing coins dropped through the coin insertion hole 141 is provided. In addition, beneath the coin insertion hole 142 of the partition plate 104, chute portions 144a to 144f of respective denominations corresponding one-to-one with the temporary storage spaces 101a to 101f are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the machine. 41 are arranged. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the temporary storage space 101a is provided in the chute 144a and the temporary storage space 10a.
1b is provided in the chute 144b and the temporary storage space 101c.
Can communicate with the chute 144c, the temporary storage space 101d can communicate with the chute 144d, the temporary storage space 101e can communicate with the chute 144e, and the temporary storage space 101f can communicate with the chute 144f.

The control unit 35 sets the deposit temporary storage box 102 at the first storage box position to temporarily store the coins selected by the deposit selection unit 38 until the deposit processing is confirmed or canceled. In addition, the bottom plate 103 is in a state where the bottom plate 103 is at the first position of the bottom plate, and when an operation for canceling the deposit processing is input to the host machine 12, the bottom plate drive motor 134 moves the bottom plate 103 to the left side of the body, that is, the bottom plate
By moving to the position, the deposit temporary storage box 1
By opening the lower opening of the coin 02, the true and positive coins temporarily stored in the deposit temporary storage box 102 in the deposit processing are dropped into the return box 24 collectively.

When an operation for deciding the deposit processing is input to the host machine 12, the control unit 35 transmits the bottom plate driving motor 13
4 and the storage box drive motor 119 are synchronously driven to move the bottom plate 103 and the depositing temporary storage box 102 integrally to the left of the fuselage, that is, to the bottom plate second position and the storage box second position. Is reversed, and only the bottom plate 103 is returned to the bottom plate first position, thereby opening the lower opening of the deposit temporary storage box 102,
The true and positive coins temporarily stored in the deposit temporary storage box 102 in the deposit processing are dropped into the storing and dispensing unit 15 in a state of being classified by denomination via the denomination storing chute 41.

Next, the details of the storage and dispensing unit 15 will be described mainly with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG. The storage and dispensing unit 15 can be broadly divided, as shown in FIG.
The coins dropped through 1 are stored in denominations, and coins stored in accordance with a dispensing processing command or the like are arranged in a fore-and-aft direction in which the stored coins can be fed out to the left of the aircraft as coins for dispensing. A plurality of storage and delivery sections 150a to 150g;
As shown in FIG. 8, a first transporting unit (transporting unit) 15 that separates coins fed from each of the storage / feeding units 150a to 150g one by one and transports the coin toward the front of the machine on the left side of the machine.
2 and the coins conveyed by the first conveying unit 152, and conveys the coins to the right side of the machine at a position on the front side of the machine, discriminates denominations of the coins during the conveyance, and outputs coins based on the discrimination result. A second transport section (transporting means, distribution means) 153 for distributing in two directions different in the direction of gold / collection / withdrawal rejection and the direction of second inspection (second direction); And a third transport unit (return transport unit) 154 for receiving the coins distributed to the rear of the fuselage on the right side of the fuselage, and selectively returning the coins to the storage and dispensing units 150a to 150g again.

As shown in FIG. 3, the storing and dispensing unit 15 receives the coins sorted in the direction of dispensing / collecting / dispensing rejection by the second transport unit 153 and temporarily stores the coins. Dispensing that allows coins temporarily stored by moving in the fore-and-aft direction of the aircraft to be sorted into three different directions: a dispensing direction (first direction), a collecting direction, and a dispensing reject direction (third direction). Temporary storage unit (distribution means) 155 and coins provided below the withdrawal temporary storage unit 155 and distributed in the withdrawal rejection direction in the withdrawal temporary storage unit 155 (withdrawal error, collection error, The above-described withdrawal reject box 30 for storing coins having a scrutiny processing error) and a withdrawal temporary storage unit 155
Is provided at the lower side of the body of the dispensing reject box 30 and at the time of collecting each denomination coin stored in each of the storing and dispensing sections 150a to 150g by denomination.
5, coin-type collecting boxes 156a to 156f capable of storing coins sorted in the collecting direction by denomination.

{Accommodation feeding section} Hereinafter, the accommodation feeding section 150a
A description will be given of about 150 g. Storing and feeding section 150a-1
50g, as shown in FIG.
And a plurality of units arranged in parallel in the longitudinal direction of the aircraft.

Here, the storage and feeding sections 150a to 150g
Are provided one more than the number of denominations to be handled, as shown in FIGS. Specifically, coins distributed in Japan are 1 yen, 5 yen, 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen, and 50 yen.
Because it is six kinds of 0 yen, the storage and feeding parts 150a to 150g
Are provided. And, the storing and feeding part 150g at the rear end of the fuselage is not in communication with the denomination storage chute 41. 144f is communicated one-on-one. That is, the chute 144a
The storage and delivery section 150a is provided on the chute 144b, and the storage and delivery section 150b is provided on the chute 144c.
0c is stored in the chute 144d,
The chute portion 144e and the chute portion 144e communicate with each other, and the chute portion 144f communicates with the storage / extend portion 150f.

As a result, the above-mentioned deposit screening unit 1
No. 4 temporary storage space portions 101a to 101a of the deposit temporary storage portion 40
The coins dropped from 01f through the chute portions 144a to 144f of the respective denominations of the denomination storage chute 41 are stored by denomination in the six storing and feeding sections 150a to 150f on the front side of the machine body. As a result, the storage and dispensing portion 150a at the frontmost portion of the fuselage is a 1-yen coin, the storage and dispensing portion 150b adjacent to the rear of the fuselage is a 50-yen coin, and the storage and dispensing portion 150c adjacent to the rear of the fuselage is a 5-yen coin. The storage extension 150d adjacent to the rear side of the fuselage stores a 100-yen coin, and the storage extension 150e adjacent to the rear side of the fuselage
The storage and feeding unit 150 adjacent to the rear side of the fuselage
f stores 500 yen coins respectively. Note that, in the present embodiment, the storage / feeding portion 150g at the rear end of the machine is used for scrutiny used during scrutiny processing, and is empty except during scrutiny processing.

As shown in FIG. 8, each of the storage and delivery sections 150a
To 150 g have the same configuration as each other, and a storage unit 158 for storing coins,
Provided on the side of the first transport section 152 of the first transport section 1
And a feed-out portion 159 for feeding-out to the position 52.

As shown in FIG. 9, the storage portions 158 of the storage feeding portions 150a to 150g have the storage space 1 for storing coins inside the housing 160 itself.
61 are formed. In addition, in the upper part of the storage section 158,
Shoot parts 144a to 144 of the money type storage chute 41
A receiving slot 162 for receiving coins from the one corresponding to f into the storage space 161 is formed (however, in the first embodiment, payment of the storage and feeding portion 150g at the rearmost portion of the machine body in the first embodiment). No such coins are received in the inlet 162), the first of the deposit inlets 162.
A supply port 163 for feeding coins in the storage space 161 to the feeding unit 159 is provided on the side of the transport unit 152 (the left side of the machine). Further, on the third transport unit 154 side (right side of the machine body) of the deposit inlet 162, a close-up inlet 164 for taking coins into the storage space 161 from the third transport unit 154.
Is provided.

On the supply port 163 side of the storage section 158, a supply belt mechanism 166 for transporting coins in the storage space 161 toward the supply port 163 is provided. The supply belt mechanism 166 includes a pair of pulleys 167, 168 disposed above and below the storage unit 158,
7 and 168, a supply belt 169 that defines a part of the storage space 161, a gear 171 fixed to a shaft 170 that fixedly supports the lower pulley 168, and a gear 171. Gear 172, a bevel gear 174 fixed to a shaft 173 fixedly supporting the gear 172, a bevel gear 175 arranged at a position meshing with the bevel gear 174, and a forward / reverse rotation for fixing the bevel gear 175 to its drive shaft. And a supply motor 176 that can be driven in a fixed direction under the control of the control unit 35 to thereby control the supply belt 1.
69 is rotated in a direction in which the storage space 161 moves upward from below (counterclockwise direction in FIG. 9). In addition, depending on the arrangement of the pulleys 167 and 168,
The supply belt 169 is inclined so as to be positioned closer to the supply port 163 in the horizontal direction as it is located on the upper side.

A plurality of projections 17 for picking up coins in the storage space 161 are provided outside the supply belt 169.
Are provided at predetermined intervals, and when the supply belt 169 rotates, the projections 177, 177,.
7,... Scoop up the coin, raise it, and send it out from the supply port 163 to the feeding section 159. On the opposite side of the storage section 158 with respect to the supply belt 169, an inclined surface 178 that is inclined so as to be positioned lower on the supply belt 169 side in the horizontal direction and that defines a part of the storage space 161. The inclined surface 178 is formed.
The coin in the storage space 161 is guided to the supply belt 169 side by its own weight by moving along.

Below the inclined surface 178, a fixed shaft 17 is provided.
A pressing member 180 is provided so as to be rotatable around the pressing member 9. The pressing member 180 is turned on / off so that a pressing surface 181 on an upper portion of the pressing member 180 is provided.
A pressing solenoid 182 for switching between a state where is positioned on the same plane as the inclined surface 178 and a state where it is projected upward from an extension of the inclined surface 178 is connected.
The pressing solenoid 182 is provided with
It is provided according to 150 g, and drives only the pressing member 180 of the storage and feeding sections 150 a to 150 g when supplying coins. The control unit 35 controls the pressing solenoid 1 every predetermined time after the supply of coins is started.
82 is turned on / off, the pressing member 180 whose pressing surface 181 is aligned with the extension of the inclined surface 178 is protruded upward, and then returned to the original state, thereby supplying the supply belt 169.
Forcibly lift coins that are not easily picked up by the projections 177 and change their postures. As a result, coins are efficiently supplied to the payout unit 159 by the supply belt 169.

The feeding portion 159 of each of the storage and feeding portions 150a to 150g is, as shown in FIG.
0 g of coins are provided in a one-to-one correspondence with the accommodating portions 158 constituting the same, and as shown in FIGS. 9 to 12, coins discharged from the accommodating space 161 through the supply port 163 are placed on the upper surface. A rotating disk 185 mounted on the mounting surface 184,
The rotating disk 185 extends in a tangential direction of the rotating disk 185.
A coin passage 186 for guiding coins sent out by centrifugal force due to rotation of the coin and a passage of coins sent from the rotating disk 185 to the coin passage 186 in a state where a plurality of coins are overlapped are regulated to separate the coins one by one. A thickness regulating member 187 for allowing the coin to pass therethrough;
And a rotating disk 185 for transporting the coin toward the second coin.
Drive mechanism 189 that drives both the coin transport unit 188
The coin passage 18 is provided in the middle of the coin passage 186.
A coin counting unit 190 for detecting the passage of coins conveyed by the counter 6 and counting the number of coins;
And a delivery control unit 191 that is provided closer to the first transport unit 152 and that controls the delivery of coins from the coin passage 186 to the first transport unit 152 as necessary. A guide member 192 for guiding to one transport unit 152, a full detection sensor 193 for detecting whether or not coins on the rotating disk 185 are in a full state, and detecting whether or not coins are present on the rotating disk 185. And a residual sensor 194.

As shown in FIG. 12, the coin passage 186
Upper surface 196 having the same height as mounting surface 184 of rotating disk 185
And a transport bottom member 195 for transporting coins fed from the rotating disk 185 on the upper surface 196, and as shown in FIG. 10, the transport bottom member 195 which is disposed on both sides of the transport bottom member 195. It is formed by guide members 197 and 198 for guiding the conveyance of coins fed out on the upper surface 196 from both sides. Here, as shown in FIG. 11, the thickness regulating member 187 is
97 and 198 define a pay-out port 199 for paying out coins one by one. In addition, the height of the feeding port 199 is set so that coins of all denominations to be handled can be passed only one by one.
The passage width 86, that is, the interval between the guide members 197 and 198, is set to a width capable of carrying coins of all denominations to be handled.

As shown in FIG. 12, the coin transport section 188 projects the upper portion of the outer peripheral surface thereof from the notch 201 formed in the transport bottom member 195 so that
5 and a transport roller 202 which feeds the coins in the direction of the first transport section 152, and is provided at an upper position facing the transport roller 202 as shown in FIGS. Roller 203 for guiding the attitude of the coin to be used, and a guide roller 203 rotatably supporting guide roller 203 and transporting roller 202
And a leaf spring 204 that urges to maintain a predetermined interval. The guide roller 203 and the transport roller 2
The interval with 02 is smaller than the thickness of coins passing between them and is an interval that does not abut each other. Further, the center axis of the guide roller 203 and the center axis of the transport roller 202 are arranged in a horizontal plane parallel to each other and are not parallel but have a slight angle, and furthermore, a center point in the axial direction on the center axis of the guide roller 203. The transport roller 202 is arranged so that a line connecting the center point of the transport roller 202 in the axial direction extends vertically and passes through the center position of the passage width.

As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the drive mechanism section 189 is provided below the rotary disk 185 and has a forward and reverse rotatable feed motor 206 fixedly supporting the rotary disk 185 directly on its drive shaft. A bevel gear 207 fixed to the bottom of the rotating disk 185 and rotating integrally with the rotating disk 185;
A rotating shaft 208 supported by the body frame;
08, a bevel gear 209 fixed to one end of the rotating shaft 208 and meshing with the bevel gear 207; a gear 210 fixed to the other end of the rotating shaft 208; A rotating shaft 211 to which the rotating shaft 202 is fixed, a gear 212 fixed to the rotating shaft 211, and a drive transmission belt 213 stretched between the gear 210 and the gear 212. 35 drives the feeding motor 206, thereby rotating the rotating disk 185 and moving the transport roller 2.
02 rotates. Here, the rotating disk 185 is a coin passage 1
In a state where the coin is driven in the direction of feeding coins 86, the transport roller 202 is driven in a direction of feeding coins toward the first transport unit 152, and conversely, the transport roller 202 is driven in a direction of returning coins to the rotating disk 185. Rotating disk 1
85 is driven in a direction to receive coins from the coin passage 186.

The coin counting section 190 includes two sensor holes 214 and 215 formed substantially in alignment with the end of the notch 201 of the conveying bottom member 195 on the side of the first conveying section 152, and the sensor holes 214 and 215. It has two coin detection sensors 216 and 217 for respectively detecting the presence or absence of coins passing above. Here, the coin detection sensors 216, 217
Is capable of detecting coins of all denominations conveyed in the coin passage 186 at any position in the direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction. The control unit 35 counts the coins fed to the first transporting unit 152 based on the detection results of the coin detection sensors 216 and 217. In addition, the control unit 35 also controls the delivery control unit 191 based on the detection results. The timing for regulating the transport of coins is also taken.

As shown in FIGS. 10 and 12, the delivery restricting portion 191 is provided between the transport bottom member 195 and the guide member 192 so as to be movable up and down, and rises upward to the upper surface 196 of the transport bottom member 195. And a pair of restricting pieces 219, 219, which descend below the upper surface 196 of the transport bottom member 195 and allow the coin to pass therethrough, while having a pair of restricting pieces 219, 219 at the top. Stopper 22
0 and a stopper 2 so that such a vertical movement is possible.
And a regulating solenoid 222 for moving the stopper 220 up and down by ON / OFF.
And Here, the restriction pieces 219 of the stopper 220 have a width capable of restricting the movement of coins of all denominations to be handled (that is, a width smaller than a coin having the smallest diameter to be handled). They are arranged in symmetrical positions.

The drive timing of the regulating solenoid 222 by the control unit 35 when regulating the transport of coins is such that after the coin detection sensors 216 and 217 have detected a coin, each of the coin detection sensors 216 and 217 detects the coin. A predetermined time has elapsed after the disappearance (the timing at which the coin is located at the position of the coin C1 shown in FIG. 13), and when the regulating solenoid 222 is driven at this timing, the regulating piece 2
19 and 219 protrude from the transport bottom member 195 so as to regulate the movement of coins (coin C2 shown in FIGS. 13 and 14) subsequent to the detected and undetected coins with good timing. Here, since the diameter of the coin varies depending on the denomination of the timing for driving the regulating solenoid 222, that is, the predetermined time, the control unit 35 stores the optimal predetermined time corresponding to the denomination for all denominations in the ROM in advance. Each of the feeding sections 159, 159,
.. Read out the optimum predetermined times of the coins to be fed out, and drive the respective regulating solenoids 222 based on these.

As shown in FIG. 14, when the transport roller 202 attempts to transport coins while the stopper 220 regulates the transport of coins, as shown in FIG.
Stopper 2 with the front of the coin to be conveyed facing upward
The guide roller 203, the transport roller 202, and the stopper 220 are positioned in such a manner that the guide roller 20 is inserted when a coin is taken in between the guide roller 203 and the transport roller 202.
3 is set so that the coin is not hindered and the coin is held horizontally between the guide roller 203 and the transport roller 202, and the stopper 220 regulates the movement of the coin. ing. As a result, the coin does not move beyond the stopper 220 as described above, and the movement of the coin can be reliably restricted.

{First Transport Unit} The first transport unit 152 will be described below. As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, and 8, the first transport unit 152 includes a pair of rotating units provided on both ends of the storage and delivery units 150 a to 150 g and on opposite sides of the storage unit 158 of the delivery unit 159. A shaft 224 and a driven shaft 225;
A pair of pulleys 226, 227 fixed to the rotating shaft 224 and the driven shaft 225;
27, all the feeding portions 159, 1
The transport belt 22 is arranged to extend along the direction of arrangement of the feeding portions 159, 159,.
8, a bevel gear 229 fixed to the rotating shaft 224,
It has a bevel gear 230 that meshes with the bevel gear 229, and a first transport motor 231 that can rotate forward and reverse with the bevel gear 230 fixed to its drive shaft. The transport belt 228 is rotated by the rotation of the first transport motor 231. Rotate.

Here, the transport belt 228 has
The coins fed from all the feeding sections 159, 159,... Can be placed thereon, and the transport belt 228 is moved by rotating the first transport motor 231 in one direction, and the loaded coins are moved forward of the machine body. Will be rotated as follows. Note that guide frames 232 and 233 are provided on both sides of the conveyor belt 228 to guide the movement of coins placed on the conveyor belt 228 due to the rotation of the conveyor belt 228. The rotation shaft 224 and the driven shaft 225 are , And are rotatably supported by the guide frames 232 and 233.

The feeding and unrolling sections 150a to 150d of the conveyor belt 228
A separation roller 234 is provided above the transport belt 228 with a gap through which only one coin can pass, on the front side of the fuselage with respect to 150 g. The separation roller 234 is fixed to a support shaft 235, and a pulley 236 is fixed to the support shaft 235. In addition, the above-described driven shaft 22
5, a pulley 237 is fixed.
A drive transmission belt 238 is stretched between the pulley 236 and the pulley 236.

When the control unit 35 rotates the transport belt 228 by rotating the first transport motor 231 in one direction so as to move the loaded coins forward of the fuselage, the separation roller 234 causes the transport belt 228 to rotate. The conveyor belt 228 rotates so as to move the side opposite to the conveyor belt 228 in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the conveyor belt 228. As a result, this separation roller 2
At 34, the passage of coins stacked on the coins in contact with the conveyor belt 228 is restricted, and only coins in contact with the conveyor belt 228 are passed through the gap between the separation roller 234 and the conveyor belt 228. Therefore, the first transport unit 152 separates and transports the coins fed from the storage / feed units 150a to 150g one by one.

At the most downstream position in the transport direction of the transport belt 228, the inclined surface 24 for guiding the coins separated and transported one by one by the separation roller 234 to the second transport portion 153.
A guide member 241 having 0 is provided.

{Second Transport Unit} The second transport unit 153 will be described below. As shown in FIG. 8, the second transport unit 153
Has a top surface 243 having the same height as the conveyance belt 228 of the first conveyance section 152, and a conveyance bottom member 24 for conveying coins fed from the conveyance belt 228 on the top surface 243.
And guide members 245, 24 for guiding the coins fed to the upper surface 243 of the transport bottom member 244 from both sides by being disposed on both sides of the transport bottom member 244.
6 and a coin passage 247 composed of The coin passage 247 extends in the left-right direction of the fuselage on the front side of the fuselage with respect to the storage and feeding portion 150a closest to the fuselage front side. Also, the second
The transport section 153 includes a coin transport section 248 that transports the coins on the coin path 247 to the third transport section 154, and a drive mechanism section 249 that drives the coin transport section 248.

The coin transport section 248 includes a pair of pulleys 250 and 251 disposed above both ends of the coin passage 247,
A pulley 252 provided between the pulleys 250 and 251, a transport belt 253 stretched between the pulleys 250 and 251, a pulley 251 and a pulley 252.
And a transport belt 254 that is stretched between the two. Note that the transport belts 253 and 254 and the upper surface 243 of the transport bottom member 244 have an interval smaller than the thickness of one coin, so that the transport belts 253 and 254 It comes into contact with the upper side and is conveyed by frictional force.

The driving mechanism 249 is provided with an intermediate pulley 252.
Bevel gear 2 fixed to a rotating shaft 256 for fixedly supporting the
57 and the bevel gear 2 meshing with the bevel gear 257
58, and a second transport motor 259 capable of rotating forward and reverse with the bevel gear 258 fixed to the drive shaft. , 254 rotate.

The second transport section 153 is provided with a withdrawal discriminating section 261 for discriminating a denomination of coins during transport. Hereinafter, the withdrawal discrimination unit 261 will be described. The withdrawal discriminating unit 261 is located in the first coin passage 247 of the second transport unit 153.
The magnetic sensor 262 includes a magnetic sensor 262 and a line sensor 263 provided on the side of the transport unit 152. The magnetic sensor 262 detects magnetic properties according to the material of the coin to determine the denomination of the coin. The diameter and the like of the coin are determined. Based on the detection results of the magnetic sensor 262 and the line sensor 263, the authenticity of the coin is determined, and the true or false of the coin determined to be true and the denomination are discriminated. Specifically, for example,
If the denomination determined by magnetic properties of one coin matches the denomination determined by diameter, and the amount of difference from the diameter reference data is small, the coin is determined to be a true and positive coin of the denomination. . If the denomination determined by magnetic properties of one coin matches the denomination determined by diameter, and the difference from the reference data of the diameter is slightly larger, the true and lost coin of the denomination is considered. Is determined. Further, when the denomination determined by the magnetic property of one coin does not match the denomination determined by the diameter, and when there is no corresponding denomination, it is determined to be a fake coin.

The second transport unit 153 includes a withdrawal discrimination unit 261
A sorting unit (sorting means) 264 for sorting coins into two different directions of dispensing / collecting / dispensing rejection and scrutinizing based on the discrimination result of (i). Hereinafter, the distribution unit 264 will be described. As shown in FIG. 8, the distribution unit 264 includes a transport bottom member 244 of the second transport unit 153.
, The downstream side of the withdrawal discrimination section 261, that is, the third transport section 1
A distribution groove 265 formed on the 54 side along the body longitudinal direction, and slides in the distribution groove 265 in the extending direction of the distribution groove 265 within the distribution groove 265 while being arranged on the same plane as the transport bottom member 244. It has a distributing member 266 provided so as to be capable of sliding and an opening / closing drive unit 267 for sliding the distributing member 266.

The opening / closing drive section 267 includes a drive arm 268 rotatably supported at one end by a distribution member 266, and a forward / reverse rotatable distribution motor having the other end of the drive arm 268 fixed to a drive shaft. 269 (see FIG. 17), and the distribution arm 266 is moved in the distribution groove 265 in the longitudinal direction of the machine by rotating the drive arm 268 by the distribution motor 269. Then, when the control unit 35 causes the distribution motor 269 to position the distribution member 266 to the front of the fuselage in the distribution groove 265 (the state of the distribution member 266 indicated by a solid line in FIG. 8), the coins in the distribution groove 265 are changed. Passage 24
7 will be closed. As a result,
The coin moves in the direction of the third transport unit 154 beyond the sorting member 266. This state is a standby state of the distribution unit 264.
On the other hand, the control unit 35 uses the distribution motor 269 to control the distribution member 266.
Is positioned most rearward of the fuselage in the distribution groove portion 265 (the state of the distribution member 266 indicated by a dashed line in FIG. 8).
Then, the portion of the distribution groove 265 located in the coin passage 247 is opened, and as a result, the coins are
Fall from 5.

The direction of the third transport section 154 is the direction for close inspection, and the direction of falling from the distribution groove 265 is the direction for withdrawal, collection, and rejection. And the distribution groove 26
As shown in FIG. 2, a chute 270 for guiding coins dropped from the distribution groove 265 to the lower withdrawal temporary storage 155 at a time is provided on the lower side of the coin 5.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the second transport section 153 is provided with a transport regulating section 272 for stopping the coins discriminated by the dispensing discriminating section 261 during transport as necessary. Hereinafter, the transport regulating unit 272 will be described. The transport regulating unit 272 is a distributing unit 2 of the second transport unit 153.
A stopper 273 provided so as to be able to protrude and retract toward the coin passage 247 by rotating on the downstream side, that is, on the third transport section 154 side from the side 64, and a rotary solenoid 274 for rotating the stopper 273 (see FIG. 17); It has timing sensors 275 and 275 for confirming passage of coins conveyed in the coin passage 247 and measuring the drive timing of the rotary solenoid 274.
Here, the control unit 35 controls the timing sensors 275 and 275
When the stopper 273 is made to protrude into the coin passage 247 by the rotary solenoid 274 after a predetermined time has passed since the coin was detected by the, the coin detected by the timing sensors 275 and 275 and the coin upstream of the coin are detected. Will be regulated downstream,
The control unit 35 uses the rotary solenoid 274 to stop the stopper 27.
3 is pulled out from the coin passage 247, the stopper 27
No. 3 permits the movement of coins upstream of the coin to the downstream. Note that, when a coin of a denomination that is not a processing target is confirmed from the discrimination result of the withdrawal discriminating unit 261 during the close inspection processing, the transfer regulating unit 272 moves the coin further downstream in the transport direction. Is to stop.

{Third Transport Unit} The third transport unit 154 will be described below. As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG.
g and a pair of shafts 277 and 278 provided on opposite sides of the feeding portion 159 of the storage portion 158 and a pair of pulleys 279 and 2 fixed to the shafts 277 and 278, respectively.
80 and the pulleys 279 and 280, the conveyor belt 281 is arranged to extend along the direction of arrangement of the storage and feeding portions 150a to 150g beside the storage and feeding portions 150a to 150g. And a pulley 2 fixed to a shaft 278 supporting one pulley 280.
83 and a third rotatable forward / reverse drive for driving the pulley 283.
A transfer motor 284 (see FIG. 17);
The conveyance belt 281 is rotated by the rotation of the conveyance motor 284.

Here, on the transport belt 281, the coins sent from the second transport section 153 are placed, and the coins on the transport belt 281 are stored in all the storing and feeding sections 150.
It can be sent to the intake port 164 for inspection of a to 150 g. The rotation of the third conveyor motor 284 in one direction causes the conveyor belt 281 to rotate so as to move the placed coins to the rear of the machine. Note that guide frames 285 and 286 are provided on both sides of the conveyor belt 281 to guide the movement of coins placed on the conveyor belt 281 due to the rotation of the conveyor belt 281. A pair of shafts 277 and 278 , Guide frames 285, 28
6 rotatably supported.

In addition, the inspection inlets 164 of all of the storage and feeding sections 150a to 150f except the storage and feeding section 150g at the rear end of the machine have corresponding inspection inlets 164 respectively.
Is provided with a take-in member 288 for feeding coins on the conveyor belt 281 as needed. This intake member 2
Reference numeral 88 is fixed to the support shaft 289 on the rear side of the corresponding inspection inlet 164 for the body, and rotates integrally with the support shaft 289 by the rotation of the support shaft 289. As shown in FIGS. 9 and 15, an input cam 290 for rotating the take-in member 288 is fixed to the support shaft 289.

Then, in the vicinity of the conveyor belt 281, each of the intake members 288, 288,.
64 is closed and along the transport belt 281 so as not to interfere with coins on the transport belt 281, and the inspection port 164 is opened to capture coins on the transport belt 281 into the inspection port 164. So that the conveyor belt 281
And a capture drive section 291 for switching to a capture state in which the projection section obliquely projects in the width direction.

The take-in driving section 291 is provided for
1 and a pair of sliding shafts 292 and 293 arranged along the conveyor belt 281 at the same height as the inner portion of the conveyor belt 281, and a pair of sliding shafts 292 and 293 so as to be located inside the conveyor belt 281. Sliding block 2 slidably supported
94 and the supporting member 2 fixed to the sliding block 294
95 and a pressing roller 29 rotatably supported by the support member 295 and in contact with the input cam 290 to perform input.
6 and storage sections 158 at both ends of the conveyor belt 281.
A pair of rotating shafts 297, 298 provided on the opposite side
And a pair of pulleys 299 and 300 fixed to the rotating shafts 297 and 298, a transport belt 287 stretched over the pulleys 299 and 300 and partially fixed to the sliding block 294, and one pulley 299. And a take-in motor 301 that can be driven forward and reverse.

Then, by driving the take-in drive motor 301, the sliding block 294, that is, the pressing roller 296 is moved in the longitudinal direction of the machine, and the pressing roller 296 presses the adjacent one input cam 290 to be fixed thereto. The take-in member 288 is rotated. Here, as shown in FIG. 15, the sliding block 294 is provided with a detecting piece 302 for detecting the position, that is, the position of the pressing roller 296, and the pressing roller 296 detects each of the capturing members 288. The position detection sensors 303a to 303f and 303 for detecting the detection piece 302 at each position where the capturing state is set and the position where the pressing roller 296 is closest to the machine body and all the capturing members 288 are set in the standby state. (See FIG. 17). Then, the control unit 35
Based on the detection state of the detection piece 302 by each of the position detection sensors 303a to 303f, 303, the take-in drive motor 3
01 is controlled.

Here, specifically, the position detection sensor 30
3a indicates that the pressing roller 296 is at a position where the take-in member 288 of the storage / feeding unit 150a is in the loaded state, and the position detection sensor 303b indicates that the pressing roller 296
The position detection sensor 303c indicates that the capturing member 288 of the storage / feeding unit 150c is in the capturing state by the position detection sensor 303c. The detection sensor 303d detects that the pressing roller 296 is at the position where the taking-in member 288 of the storage / feeding-out part 150d is in the taking-in state.
e indicates that the pressing roller 296 is at a position where the take-in member 288 of the storage / feeding unit 150e is in the loaded state, and the position detection sensor 303f indicates that the pressing roller 296
The position detection sensor 303 detects that the capturing member 288 at the position 0f is in the capturing state, and that the pressing roller 296 is in the standby position in which all the capturing members 288 are in the standby state.

As shown in FIG. 8, in the vicinity of the inspection port 164 of the retrieving and feeding section 150g at the rear end of the machine, the coin on the conveyor belt 281 is fed into the inspection port 164 for inspection. Guide frame 30 having guide surface 305
4 is fixed. That is, when coins are conveyed toward the rear of the machine by the conveyor belt 281 when all of the above-described capturing members 288 are in the standby state, the guide surface 305
As a result, all coins are sent to the inspection port 164 of the storage / feed-out section 150g at the rear end of the machine.

{Payment Temporary Storage Unit} The payment temporary storage unit 155 will be described below. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the coin dropped through the chute 270 is received at a position further below the chute 270 provided below the distribution groove 265 of the distribution unit 264, and is received. A withdrawal temporary storage unit 155 for temporarily storing is provided.

The temporary withdrawal storage unit 155 includes a temporary withdrawal storage box 306 that opens vertically and receives coins dropped through the chute 270 from an upper opening, and a lower part of the temporary withdrawal box 306. A slide shutter 307 for opening and closing the opening; a shutter opening / closing motor 308 for driving the slide shutter 307; a dispensing temporary storage box 306;
07 and a withdrawal temporary storage drive unit 309 for moving the shutter opening / closing motor 308 as a whole.

The withdrawal temporary storage driving unit 309 is a
70, a sliding shaft 310 arranged to extend in the longitudinal direction of the body, a sliding block 311 slidably supported by the sliding shaft 310, and a pair of pulleys arranged in the longitudinal direction of the body. 314, 315, a conveyor belt 316 stretched over the pulleys 314, 315 and partially fixed to the sliding block 311; are doing.

A sliding block 311 is fixed to the right side of the dispensing temporary storage box 306, and a roller 318 rotatably mounted on the left side of the dispensing temporary storage box 306 is supported by a support frame. 319
The upper part can be moved in the longitudinal direction of the aircraft. As a result, the withdrawal temporary storage box 306 is guided by the sliding shaft 310 and the support frame 319 by the forward and reverse rotation of the withdrawal movement motor 317 and moves in the longitudinal direction of the machine.

Here, position detecting sensors 320, 321, 321a to 321f (see FIG. 17) for detecting when the dispensing temporary storage box 306 is located at each predetermined position are provided, and the control unit 35 Based on the detection results of the position detection sensors 320, 321 and 321a to 321f, the dispensing movement motor 317 is drive-controlled to move the dispensing temporary storage box 306 to a target position.
Note that the withdrawal temporary storage box 306 has a predetermined standby position at the position of the foremost part of the machine shown in FIG. 3, and in addition to the standby position, a predetermined reject position, which will be described later, and a predetermined denomination collection position. Will move. The position detection sensor 320 indicates that the withdrawal temporary storage box 306 is located at the standby position, and the position detection sensor 321 indicates that the withdrawal temporary storage box 306 is located at the reject position, and the position detection sensors 321a to 321f. Detects that the withdrawal temporary storage box 306 is located at each money type collection position.

Immediately below the dispensing temporary storage box 306 located at the standby position, the coin dropped from the dispensing temporary storage box 306 by the opening operation of the slide shutter 307 is received and dispensed on the left side of the machine. A lift chute 323 for guiding to the lift section 16 is provided. At this time, the dispensing direction of the coins in the dispensing temporary storage unit 155 is the dispensing direction.

Further, a slide shutter 307 is provided at a position directly below the dispensing temporary storage box 306 located at the reject position at the rear side of the body of the lift chute 323.
The reject chute 3 receives the coin dropped from the withdrawal temporary storage box 306 by the opening operation of the coin and guides the coin to the withdrawal reject box 30 immediately below the reject chute 3.
24 are provided. At this time, the dispensing direction of the coins in the dispensing temporary storage unit 155 is the dispensing reject direction.

{Dispensing Reject Box} The dispensing reject box 30 is used for dispensing coins during the dispensing process when the counting of coins during dispensing cannot be determined due to defective conveyance or inability to discriminate. Is stored as coins managed by the machine side.
The temporarily stored coins dropped by the opening operation of 7 are received via the reject chute 324. The dispensing reject box 30 can be individually pulled out from the storage and dispensing unit 15.

{Collection Box} Collection Box 156a-
156f are provided only in the same number as the number of denominations to be handled, and are arranged in parallel in the moving direction of the dispensing temporary storage box 306, that is, in the longitudinal direction of the machine. The collection boxes 156a to 156f can be individually removed from the storage and dispensing unit 15 in a state where the storage and dispensing unit 15 is pulled out from the machine body 13.
Withdrawal temporary storage box 30 located at the collection position for each denomination
6, collection boxes 156a to 156, respectively.
f, one corresponding collection box is disposed, and the temporarily stored coins dropped by the opening operation of the slide shutter 307 from the dispensing temporary storage box 306 located at any one of the denomination collection positions, Withdrawal temporary storage box 30 among collection boxes 156a to 156f
6 will be received in one collection box located directly below. Note that the distribution direction of the withdrawal temporary storage unit 155 at this time is the collection direction.

Here, the position detection sensor 321a
Means that the withdrawal temporary storage box 306 is the collection box 156
The position detection sensor 321b indicates that the coin is dropped into the collection box 156b, and the position detection sensor 321c indicates that the coin is dropped into the collection box 156b. The position detection sensor 321d indicates that the coin dropping box 306 is located at a position where coins are dropped into the collection box 156d.
21e indicates that the withdrawal temporary storage box 306 is located at a position where coins are dropped into the collection box 156e, and the position detection sensor 321f indicates that the withdrawal temporary storage box 306
Is detected at the position where coins are dropped into the collection box 156f.

“Payment Lifting Section” As shown in FIG. 2, the payout lifting section 16 is arranged on the left side of the body of the depositing selection unit 14 and the storage / payout unit 15 and guided by the lift chute 323. The dispenser has a dispensing box 326 having a shape capable of storing dropped coins and having an opening only at the upper side, and a lifting mechanism 327 for raising and lowering the dispensing box 326.

The elevating mechanism 327 includes a sliding shaft 328 extending in a vertical direction, a pair of upper and lower sliding members 329 329 slidably supported by the sliding shaft 328, and these sliding members 329. , 329 and a lifting member 330 for detachably mounting the dispensing box 326 by surrounding the bottom surface, side surface and back surface thereof, a pair of pulleys 333 and 334 arranged vertically, 33
4 and a lifting / lowering belt 335 partially fixed to the lift member 330, and a forward / reverse rotatable lift motor 336 for driving one pulley 333 (see FIG. 17).
And Thus, the lift member 330 and the dispensing box 326 are guided by the sliding shaft 328 to move up and down by the forward and reverse rotation of the lift motor 336.

Here, when the lift member 330 is at a predetermined lower position and the dispensing box 326 is at a lower standby position where coins can be received from the lift chute 323 shown in FIG. Are located at a predetermined upper position and are located at an upper delivery position at which the dispensing box 326 can be taken out through the dispensing port 32, respectively.
(See FIG. 17). The control unit 35 drives the lift motor 336 based on the detection results of the position detection sensors 337 and 338 to move the lift member 330, that is, the payment box 326.

Note that the withdrawal box 32 is attached to the lift member 330.
Dispensing box presence / absence detection sensor 3 for detecting attachment / detachment state of 6
39 (see FIG. 17) is provided.
From the detection result of the dispensing box presence / absence detection sensor 339, the drive timing of the dispensing port shutter motor 341 (see FIG. 17) for opening and closing the slide shutter 33 provided in the dispensing port 32 and the lift motor 336 are determined. . For example, after the slide shutter 33 is opened and it is detected from the detection result of the dispensing box presence / absence detection sensor 339 that the dispensing box 326 has been removed from the lift member 330, the detection result of the dispensing box presence / absence detection sensor 339 is again used. Withdrawal box 32
When it is detected that 6 is attached to the lift member 330, the control unit 35 causes the slide shutter 33 to close by the outlet shutter motor 341, and then lowers the lift member 330 by the lift motor 336.

Next, each processing in the coin depositing and dispensing machine 11 having the above configuration will be described. "Payment processing" First, the payment processing will be described. When the operator inputs to select payment processing, the host machine 12
Will be output to the control unit 35 from the control unit 35. Upon receiving a deposit processing instruction from the host machine 12, the control unit 35 drives the deposit port motor 36 to move the slide shutter 19 to deposit money. The mouth 18 is opened, and the display lamp 20 flashes to notify the operator that coins to be deposited can be accepted.

In this state, when the operator inserts coins to be deposited into the depositing port 18 and inputs an instruction to start the deposit processing in the host machine 12, a start command of the deposit processing is output from the host machine 12. The control unit 35 drives the supply disk motor 44 and the rotary disk motor 46 to rotate the supply disk 43 and the rotary disk 45 based on the start command, whereby the rotary disk is rotated from the supply disk 43. 45
Then, coins are fed out one by one into the coin passage 47 while passing through the separating section (not shown) from the rotating disk 45. At the same time, the depositing first motor 62 and the depositing second motor 64 are driven to drive the transport belts 60, 61, 63, and the coins fed from the rotary disk 45 are sequentially arranged in series along the coin passage 47. To be transported. The coin conveyed along the coin passage 47 in this way is detected by the magnetic sensor 66 of the deposit discriminating section 70, and then the coin discriminating section 7
The image is detected by the 0 image detection unit 68.

Here, the outputs of the magnetic sensor 66 and the image detection unit 68 are input to the control unit 35, and the control unit 35 performs the determination as described above. That is, coins are classified into fake coins including indistinguishable coins, coins determined as true and dirty, and coins of each denomination determined as true and positive. Then, the rotary solenoid 7 driven at a timing based on the detection of the coin detection sensor 77 is used to convert the fake coin including the indistinguishable one and the coin determined to be true and dirty.
4 and 76, the first and second stopper members 73 and 75 are removed from the coin passage 47 to the reject hole 72. The control unit 35 drives the distribution solenoid 84 to move the distribution member 83. When activated, fake coins, including indistinguishable coins, are dropped into the deposit reject box 22 through the ejection guide portion 80 and stored, while coins determined to be true and dirty are temporarily stored through the ejection guide portion 81. It is dropped into the box 90 and temporarily stored. The control unit 35 counts coins that are determined to be true and dirty by denomination. When coins are stored in the deposit reject box 22, the display lamp 26 is turned on, and the coins are discarded. Deposit reject box 2
2 is informed to the operator.

On the other hand, coins of each denomination determined to be true and correct are counted by denomination, and are selected in the third straight portion 57 of the coin passage 47 by the sorting holes 87a to 87f.
Of the deposit temporary storage box 102 of which the lower portion is closed by the bottom plate 103 via the denomination chute 100 and the temporary storage space 10 of the denomination according to the denomination.
It is dropped into a corresponding one of 1a to 101f and temporarily stored.

As described above, when all of the coins related to the deposit processing which have been inserted from the deposit port 18 disappear from the coin passage 47, the control unit 35 sets the true coin (the true and positive coin) which has performed the deposit processing. And the true and dirty coins) are output to the host machine 12. Then, the host machine 12 displays this data, and the operator confirms this display and performs an operation of confirming or canceling the payment processing.

When the settlement command accompanying the depositing operation by the operator is output from the host machine 12, the control unit 35, when the stained coin is in the stained coin temporary storage box 90, controls the contamination of the stained temporary storage unit 39. By driving the moving motor 95, the dirty coin temporary storage box 90 is moved to the left of the machine body, and all the dirty coins in the dirty coin temporary storage box 90 are stored in the dirty storage box 23 via the chute 97.
At the same time, the control unit 35 synchronously drives the bottom plate drive motor 134 and the storage box drive motor 119 to
03 and the deposit temporary storage box 102 are integrally moved to the left of the fuselage, and thereafter, only the bottom plate drive motor 134 is reversed and only the bottom plate 103 is returned, so that coins of all denominations in the deposit temporary storage box 102 can be removed. The chute portions 144a to 114 of the denomination storage chute 41 of the denomination type
Each of the denominations is stored in each of the denomination storing and feeding sections 150a to 150f via f.

On the other hand, when the return command accompanying the payment cancel operation by the operator is output from the host machine 12, the control unit 3
5, when the dirty coin is in the dirty coin temporary storage box 90, the dirty moving motor 95 of the dirty temporary storage unit 39 is driven to move the dirty coin temporary storage box 90 to the right side of the fuselage to temporarily store the dirty coin. All the dirty coins in the box 90 are stored in the return box 24 via the chute 96. At the same time, the control unit 35 drives the bottom plate drive motor 134 of the deposit temporary storage unit 40, and moves the bottom plate 103 to the left of the machine body while keeping the deposit temporary storage box 102 as it is. Coins of the above denomination are collectively stored in the return box 24. As a result, the coin accepted in the deposit processing is returned from the return box 24 to the operator.

[Payment Processing] Next, the payment processing will be described. When the operator performs an operation of the dispensing process including the input of the total disbursement amount to the host machine 12, a command of the dispensing process according to the operation is output from the host machine 12 to the control unit 35. Then, based on the command data of the withdrawal process including the total withdrawal amount, the control unit 35 first controls the withdrawal unit 159 of each of the storage and withdrawal units 150a to 150f that stores coins of each denomination to be withdrawn. The feeding motor 206 and the first
The transport motor 231 and the second transport motor 259 and the distribution motor 269 of the second transport unit 153 are driven. As a result, the distribution member 266 is moved to open the distribution groove 265 of the coin passage 247 so that coins are dropped from the distribution groove 265, and at the same time, coins of each denomination to be dispensed Each storage and unreeling portion 150a having
The coins are fed out from the rotating disk 185 of ~ 150f to the coin passage 186, and are sent out to the first conveying portion 152 by the conveying roller 202 while being counted by the coin detecting sensors 216 and 217, respectively. Here, the coin detection sensor 216,
At 217, the control unit 35 transfers the coins to the first transport unit 15 after the last coin is detected, in which the last coin of the number of coins detected based on the dispensing processing command is detected.
2 at the timing of regulating the delivery of the next coin to the first transport section 152 and driving the regulating solenoid 222 of the delivery regulating section 191 to stop the stopper 22.
0, protruding the control pieces 219, 219, stopping the feeding motor 206, stopping the rotating disk 185 and the transport roller 202, and moving the first transport section 1 of more coins.
The supply of coins to the coin 52 is stopped.

When coins are being fed from the rotating disk 185 of the feeding section 159 to the coin passage 186 as described above, the coins on the rotating disk 185 are not detected by the full detection sensor 193, and the remaining amount of the coins is not detected. Is determined to be low, the control unit 35 drives the supply motor 176 to rotate the rotating disk 185 from the storage unit 158 by the supply belt 169.
To supply the coins to the full detection sensor 193.
When the full state of the coin is detected again at
6 will be stopped. The control unit 35 controls the supply motor 176 such that a sufficient amount of coins is always obtained on the rotating disk 185 of the feeding unit 159 in this way. Of course,
For example, the control is performed when it is detected that the coins on the storage unit 158 side are empty due to a state in which the full detection sensor 193 does not detect coins for a predetermined time while the rotating disk 185 is in a non-rotating state. The unit 35 stops the supply motor 176. On the other hand, from this state, the payment discriminating unit 70
When it is determined that coins are stored in the storage section 158 based on the discrimination result of the above, the supply motor 176 is driven.

The coins delivered to the first transport section 152 are transported by the transport belt 228 of the first transport section 152 and separated by the separation roller 234 one by one. To the second transport unit 1
It is conveyed while being pressed against the coin passage 247 by the 53 conveyor belts 253 and 254. During the transfer by the transfer belts 253 and 254 of the second transfer section 153, the payment discrimination section 2
The discrimination is performed by the magnetic sensor 262 and the line sensor 263, respectively, and the control unit 35 confirms the authenticity and the denomination of the coin based on the discrimination result. Based on this, the total amount of coins to be dispensed or the number of coins is counted.

The coins discriminated by the dispensing discriminating unit 261 in this manner are all dispensed, collected, and dispensed by the sorting unit 264 downstream of the dispensing discriminating unit 261 of the second transport unit 153. Sorted in the direction for gold reject. In other words, the slide shutter 307 dropped from the distribution groove 265 of the distribution unit 264 into the temporary withdrawal storage box 306 waiting at the standby position of the temporary withdrawal storage unit 155 and closing the lower opening thereof. Will be temporarily stored.

[0120] After all coins to be dispensed from each dispensing unit 159 are dispensed based on the dispensing processing command data, the control unit 35 temporarily stores all of these coins in the dispensing temporary storage box 306. After a sufficient time elapses, in the dispensing process, it is determined whether or not the temporarily stored coins temporarily stored in the dispensing temporary storage box 306 are appropriate based on the discrimination result of the dispensing discriminating unit 261. Will be.

That is, for example, from the discrimination result of the dispensing discriminating unit 261, if the temporarily stored coins temporarily stored in the dispensing temporary storage box 306 include fake coins or dirty coins, the temporarily stored coins are Judge that it is not appropriate. Also,
Provided that the temporarily stored coins do not include fake coins or fouled coins, the amount of the temporarily stored coins temporarily stored in the withdrawal temporary storage box 306 based on the discrimination result of the withdrawal discrimination unit 261; By comparing with the withdrawal amount based on the withdrawal command data from the higher-level device 12, if they match, it is determined that the temporarily stored coins temporarily stored in the withdrawal temporary storage box 306 are appropriate, If they do not match, it is determined that the temporarily stored coins temporarily stored in the dispensing temporary storage box 306 are not appropriate.

Further, provided that the temporarily stored coins do not include fake coins or dirty coins, the withdrawal discrimination unit 26
1 and the number of coins of the temporarily stored coin type temporarily stored in the withdrawal temporary storage box 306,
Compare with the number of denominations based on the withdrawal command data from 2 and if they match, the withdrawal temporary storage box 3
While it is determined that the temporarily stored coins temporarily stored at 06 are appropriate, if they do not match, the temporarily stored coins temporarily stored in the dispensing temporary storage box 306 may be determined to be inappropriate.

If the temporarily stored coins temporarily stored in the withdrawal temporary storage box 306 are appropriate from the above determination result, the control unit 35 outputs the temporarily stored coins to the withdrawal temporary storage unit 155 for withdrawal. Let it sort in the direction. That is, while the dispensing temporary storage box 306 is located at the standby position, the shutter opening / closing motor 308 is driven to open the slide shutter 307, and the coins on the slide shutter 307 are discharged downward. The coins thus discharged are all stored in the dispensing box 326 located at the standby position via the lift chute 323.

When a sufficient time has passed for coins to be stored in the dispensing box 326 since the slide shutter 307 was opened after the slide shutter 307 was opened, the shutter opening / closing motor 308
To return the slide shutter 307 to the closed position, and at the same time, drives the lift motor 336 of the dispensing lift unit 16 to raise the dispensing box 326 together with the lift member 330. When it is detected that the delivery position, that is, a position where the dispensing port 32 can be taken out, the lift motor 336 is stopped and the dispensing port shutter motor 341 is driven to close the dispensing port 32. The dispensing port 32 is opened by moving the slide shutter 33 that has been moved. Thereby, the dispensing box 326 can be taken out by the operator through the dispensing port 32.

The control unit 35 includes a withdrawal box presence / absence detection sensor 33.
9, the dispensing box 326 at the standby position is removed from the lift member 330, and then the lift member 3
30 is confirmed, the lift motor 336
Is driven to close the dispensing port 32 with the slide shutter 33, and the dispensing box 326 and the lift member 330 are lowered to the standby position to complete the dispensing process.

On the other hand, the control unit 35 determines that
If the temporarily stored coins temporarily stored in the withdrawal temporary storage box 306 are not appropriate, the temporarily stored coins are sorted in the reject direction by the withdrawal temporary storage unit 155. That is, the dispensing movement motor 317 is driven while the slide shutter 307 is kept closed, and the dispensing temporary storage box 306 is
Is moved to the reject position. In this state, the shutter opening / closing motor 308 is driven to open the slide shutter 307, and the coins on the slide shutter 307 are discharged downward. The coins thus ejected are all stored in the lower dispensing reject box 30 via the reject chute 324. Thereafter, the control unit 35
Returns the slide shutter 307 to the closed position and returns the dispensing temporary storage box 306 to the standby position, and then performs the dispensing process again based on the dispensing command data.

[Recovery Processing] Next, the recovery processing will be described. In this collection process, when it is determined that the amount of coins stored in any of the storage units 158 has increased, the control unit 35 automatically increases the amount of coins in the storage unit 158 in an excessive coin amount state. An automatic full coin collection process that allows the operator to collect coins in the unit, and a coin of a designated denomination is specified based on a collection command output from the higher-level device 12 when the operator inputs an operation to the higher-level device 12 A manual collection process for collecting the number of coins stored in the storage unit 158 based on a collection command output from the host machine 12 when an operator inputs an operation to the host machine 12 at the end of work. There is a collection process at the end of the work to make the operator collect by money type.

Here, in the high-order machine 12, the coin type and the number of coins to be collected can be arbitrarily designated by an operator's input in the manual collecting process or the like, and the coin type and the number designated in this way are included. The collection command data can be output to the control unit 35. That is, the host machine 12 has a "denomination selection key" provided for each denomination for allowing the operator to select and specify the denomination to be collected, and a "numeric keypad" for arbitrarily inputting the number of denominations. The collection command data is created based on these operations.

Further, since most of the collected coins are often made into wrapped coins by a coin wrapping machine, in addition to the above, as the number of collected coins, the number of wrapped units of wrapped coins (Japanese It is also possible to select and specify 50 sheets in Japan). That is, the host machine 12 has a “packing unit number key” that allows the operator to input the number of packaging units as a number with one touch, and operates based on the “denomination selection key” and the “packaging unit number key”. To create collection command data.

When the number of sheets to be collected is limited to the number of packaging units in use, the upper machine 12 is provided with a “denomination selection key”.
If only the "denomination selection key" is operated, the number of collected units may be automatically designated as the number of packaging units.

Thus, the collection command data including the number of collected sheets consisting of the specified number of packaging units can be output to the control unit 35. And the control unit 3
In 5, the control is performed so that the number of collected pieces of the collection command data output from the host machine 12 is collected.

As the number of collected coins in the above-mentioned automatic full coin collection process, the unit number of packaging units is set and stored in the control unit 35 in advance.
The control unit 35 performs control so that coins are automatically collected in a set number of packaging units from the storing and feeding unit of the denomination with an excessive amount of coins.

When the control unit 35 receives the collection command data including the designated denomination and the number of sheets from the host machine 12,
The designated number of coins are fed from the designated one-kind storage / delivery unit among the storage / delivery units 150a to 150f, and the storage / delivery units 150a to 150f are fed.
If any one of the storage and dispensing units is in the state of an excessive amount of coins, the set unit of coins is fed from the storage and dispensing unit of the one denomination.

That is, the control unit 35 controls the storage
A feeding motor 206 of one storing and feeding unit storing coins of one denomination to be collected among 0a to 150f;
The first transport motor 231 of the first transport unit 152, the second transport motor 259 and the distribution motor 26 of the second transport unit 153
9 is driven. As a result, the sorting member 266 is moved to open the sorting groove 265 of the coin passage 247 so that coins are dropped from the sorting groove 265, and at the same time, the coins are collected from the storage and dispensing sections 150a to 150f. The coins are fed out from the rotating disk 185 of one storing and feeding unit storing coins of the one denomination of interest into the coin passage 186 and counted by the coin detection sensors 216 and 217 while the first conveying unit 152 is conveyed by the conveying roller 202. Will be sent out.

As in the case of the dispensing process, the storage and delivery section 15
When the coins are fed out from the rotating disk 185 of one storing and dispensing portion storing coins of one denomination to be collected among the coins 0a to 150f into the coin passage 186, the rotating disk is detected by the full detection sensor 193. 185 coins are not detected,
When it is determined that the remaining amount is low, the control unit 3
5 drives the supply motor 176 to supply coins from the storage unit 158 to the rotating disk 185 by the supply belt 169, and stops the supply motor 176 when the full state of the coin is detected again by the full detection sensor 193. The supply motor 176 is controlled so that a sufficient amount of coins is always obtained on the rotating disk 185.

Here, when a state occurs in which a predetermined time has elapsed since the coin is no longer detected by the residual sensor 194 and the coin detection sensors 216 and 217, the control unit 35 determines that the target storage and delivery unit has no coin. Judge
The control solenoid 222 of the delivery control unit 191 is driven to cause the control pieces 219 and 219 of the stopper 220 to protrude, and the feeding motor 206 is stopped to stop the rotary disk 185 and the transport roller 202.

The coins sent to the first transport section 152 are:
After being transported by the transport belt 228 of the first transport unit 152 and separated by the separation roller 234 one by one,
It is fed into the second transport section 153 and is transported while being pressed against the coin path 247 by the transport belts 253 and 254 of the second transport section 153. The magnetic sensor 262 and the line sensor 263 of the dispensing discriminating unit 261 perform discrimination while the second conveying unit 153 is conveyed by the conveying belt 228, and the control unit 35 determines whether the coin is authentic based on the discrimination result. In addition to checking the denomination and the like, the final counting of the number of coins to be collected is performed.

The coins discriminated by the dispensing discriminating section 261 in this manner are all dispensed, collected, and dispensed by the sorting section 264 downstream of the dispensing discriminating section 261 of the second transport section 153. Sorted in the reject direction. That is, the distribution unit 2
64 is dropped into the dispensing temporary storage box 306 waiting at the standby position of the dispensing temporary storage unit 155 from the 64 distribution grooves 265 and is temporarily stored on the slide shutter 307 closing the lower opening thereof. Will be.

[0139] The control unit 35 includes the storage and feeding units 150a to 150a.
After all coins to be paid out from one storing and feeding unit storing coins of one denomination to be collected out of 0f are paid out, all of these coins are temporarily stored in the pay-off temporary storage box 306. After a sufficient time has elapsed, the driving of the first transport motor 231 of the first transport unit 152 and the second transport motor 259 of the second transport unit 153 are stopped, and in the collection process, the payment discrimination unit 2
Based on the discrimination result of 61, withdrawal temporary storage box 30
It is determined whether or not the temporarily stored coins temporarily stored in 6 are appropriate.

That is, for example, based on the discrimination result of the dispensing discriminating unit 261, when the temporarily stored coins temporarily stored in the dispensing temporary storage box 306 include fake coins or dirty coins, the temporarily stored coins are not used. Judge that it is not appropriate. In the case of the manual collection process in which the collection is performed based on the collection command data received from the higher-level device 12, on the condition that the temporarily stored coins do not include fake coins or dirty coins, the withdrawal discrimination unit 261 further performs The number of temporarily stored coins of a predetermined denomination temporarily stored in the withdrawal temporary storage box 306 based on the discrimination result is compared with the specified number included in the collection command data. Gold temporary storage box 3
It is determined that the temporarily stored coins temporarily stored in 06 are appropriate, while if they do not match, it is determined that the temporarily stored coins temporarily stored in the dispensing temporary storage box 306 are not appropriate.

Further, in the case of the automatic full coin collection process for automatically collecting coins in the storage section 158 with an excessive amount of coins, the condition is that a false coin or a dirty coin is not included in the temporarily stored coins. The number of temporarily stored coins of the predetermined one denomination temporarily stored in the withdrawal temporary storage box 306 based on the identification result of the withdrawal identification unit 261 is compared with a preset number of collected coins. In this case, it is determined that the temporarily stored coins temporarily stored in the withdrawal temporary storage box 306 are appropriate, while if they do not match, the temporarily stored coins temporarily stored in the withdrawal temporary storage box 306 are not appropriate. Is determined.

If the temporarily stored coins temporarily stored in the dispensing temporary storage box 306 are appropriate, the control unit 35 determines that the temporarily stored coins are collected by the dispensing temporary storage unit 155 in the collecting direction. Let it be assigned to. That is, the dispensing movement motor 317 is driven while the slide shutter 307 is kept closed, and the dispensing temporary storage box 306 is
Is located at the denomination collecting position immediately above the collecting box for the predetermined one denomination collected among the collecting boxes 156a to 156f. In this state, the shutter opening / closing motor 308 is driven to open the slide shutter 307. Then, the coin on the slide shutter 307 is discharged downward. The coins thus discharged are collected in a collection box 156.
All are stored in corresponding denominations of a to 156f. Thereafter, the control unit 35 controls the slide shutter 30
7 is returned to the closed position, and the withdrawal temporary storage box 306 is returned to the standby position, and then the next collection process is performed as necessary, or the collection process is terminated.

On the other hand, based on the above determination result, the control unit 35
If the temporarily stored coins temporarily stored in the withdrawal temporary storage box 306 are not appropriate, the temporarily stored coins are sorted in the reject direction by the withdrawal temporary storage unit 155. That is, the dispensing movement motor 317 is driven while the slide shutter 307 is kept closed, and the dispensing temporary storage box 306 is
Is positioned at a reject position just above the reject chute 324, and in this state, the shutter opening / closing motor 30
8 is operated to open the slide shutter 307, and the coins on the slide shutter 307 are discharged downward. The coins thus ejected are all stored in the dispensing reject box 30.

Thereafter, the control unit 35 returns the slide shutter 307 to the closed position, returns the dispensing temporary storage box 306 to the standby position, and then, in the case of a manual collection process, restarts the collection process, thereby executing the automatic full coin collection process. In this case, if the storage / feed-out unit that has been in the excessive coin amount state has escaped from the excessive coin amount state, the collection process is terminated, while if it does not escape from the excessive coin amount state, the collection process is performed again.

When the number of collected pieces exceeds the storage amount of the dispensing temporary storage box 306, the processing is performed as a series of collection processing divided into a plurality of times. Also, if it is detected that the corresponding one of the storage and delivery units 150a to 150f has been emptied before feeding out the collected number,
The drive of the feeding motor 206 of the storing and feeding unit is stopped at the timing when the last fed coin is reliably fed to the first transport unit 152, and the last fed coin is securely stored in the dispensing temporary storage box 306. At this timing, the drive of the first transport motor 231 of the first transport unit 152 and the second transport motor 259 of the second transport unit 153 is stopped, and the collection process is terminated. further,
If there are a plurality of denominations to be collected in the automatic full coin collection process or the like, the above-described collection process is performed for each denomination.

Here, during execution of the above-mentioned collection processing, one of the storage and dispensing sections 150a to 150f is fed from one of the storage and dispensing sections storing coins of a predetermined one denomination to be collected and the first transport section. When one of the coins transported by the second transport unit 152 and the second transport unit 153 is discriminated by the withdrawal discriminating unit 261 from a different denomination coin of a predetermined denomination coin to be collected, the control unit 35 At this time, when the rotating disk 185 is in the state of paying out coins, the coins are detected by the coin detection sensors 216 and 217, and thereafter, the coins are sent out to the first transport section 152, and the coins are sent out. At the timing of restricting the next coin from being sent to the first transport unit 152, the regulating solenoid 222 of the delivery regulating unit 191 is controlled.
Is driven to protrude the regulating pieces 219, 219 of the stopper 220, stop the feeding motor 206, stop the rotating disk 185 and the transport roller 202, and send out more coins to the first transport unit 152. To stop.

When the coins of different denominations are discriminated, the control unit 35 determines that all the coins that have been fed from the storage / feeding unit and are on the first transport unit 152 and the second transport unit 153 are allotted. It is dropped into the dispensing temporary storage box 306 waiting at the standby position of the dispensing temporary storage unit 155 from the distribution groove 265 of the unit 264, and is temporarily stored on the slide shutter 307 closing its lower opening. At this time, the temporarily stored coins including the above-mentioned coins of a different denomination coin temporarily stored in the dispensing temporary storage unit 155 are distributed in the rejection direction. That is, the dispensing movement motor 317 is driven while the slide shutter 307 is closed, and the dispensing temporary storage box 306 is moved to the reject chute 324.
The shutter opening / closing motor 308 is driven in this state to move the slide shutter 3
07 is opened, and coins on the slide shutter 307 are discharged downward. The coins thus ejected are all stored in the dispensing reject box 30.

Thereafter, the control unit 35 returns the slide shutter 307 to the closed position, returns the dispensing temporary storage box 306 to the standby position, and then, in the case of a manual collection process, restarts the collection process, thereby executing the automatic full coin collection process. In this case, if the storage / feed-out unit that has been in the excessive coin amount state has escaped from the excessive coin amount state, the collection process is terminated, while if it does not escape from the excessive coin amount state, the collection process is performed again.

When the operation input for performing the above-mentioned business end recovery processing is made, the host machine 12 moves to the withdrawal temporary storage box 30 whose lower part is closed by the slide shutter 307.
The collection command data in which the maximum storage amount of No. 6 is set to the collection number and the denominations in a predetermined order are selected is automatically output to the control unit 35, and all the storage feeding units 150 are output until the remaining amount is exhausted.
For each of a to 150f, a collection box 156 is provided.
A collection process of sending coins to corresponding ones of a to 156f is performed.

"Scrutiny" Next, the scrutiny will be described. This scrutiny process is performed by the storing and feeding unit 150a of each denomination.
This is a process of confirming the number of stored coins in the range from 150f to 150f. That is, as described above, the payment discriminating unit 7
From the discrimination result of 0 and the discrimination result of the withdrawal discrimination unit 261, the total number of coin types stored in the storage and dispensing units 150a to 150f and the withdrawal reject box 30 can be managed, Storing and feeding section 150a-1
If a dispensing processing error or a collection processing error occurs when a different denomination coin not corresponding to 50f is mixed in, etc., each of the storing and feeding units 150a to 150f and the dispensing reject box 30
It becomes impossible to accurately manage each coin. For this reason, especially in each processing, it is necessary to know the exact number of coins in each of the storage and feeding sections 150a to 150a-1.
The exact number of coins of each of the 50f coins is confirmed by this scrutiny process. The control unit 35 performs this detailed inspection processing on a regular basis, every time a dispensing processing error or a collection processing error occurs, or based on an input by an operator, on the assumption that no other processing is performed. This is performed at a timing when a command from the host machine 12 is received or the like.

When the close inspection process is started at the timing as described above, the control unit 35 controls the first transport motor 231 of the first transport unit 152 and the second transport motor 25 of the second transport unit 153.
9 and the third transport motor 284 of the third transport section 154 are driven. At the start of the detailed inspection process, the distribution unit 264 is in a standby state, that is, a state in which the distribution groove 265 is closed by the distribution member 266, and the second transport unit 15
The coins conveyed at 3 are sorted in the direction of the third conveying section 154, that is, in the direction for close inspection. The scrutiny process includes a plurality of scrutiny operations performed for each of the storage and delivery units 150a to 150f as described below.

After driving the first transport motor 231, the second transport motor 259, and the third transport motor 284, the control unit 35 sets a predetermined one of the storage and delivery units 150 a to 150 f for performing a detailed inspection operation first. The feeding motor 206 of the feeding portion 159 of the feeding portion (feeding source storage feeding portion) is driven. Thus, the rotating disk 18 of one of the storage and dispensing sections 150a to 150f, which performs the scrutiny operation first, is used.
5 is fed to the coin passage 186, the coins are counted by the coin detection sensors 216 and 217, and the first
It is sent to the transport unit 152.

As described above, the storage and feeding sections 150a to 150
When coins are fed out to the coin passage 186 from the rotating disk 185 of one of the storage and feeding sections for which the scrutiny operation is performed first among the f, the coins on the rotating disk 185 are not detected by the full detection sensor 193, and the remaining coins are not detected. When it is determined that the amount is small, the control unit 35 controls the supply motor 1 similarly to the dispensing process.
The coin is supplied from the storage section 158 to the rotating disk 185 by the supply belt 169 by driving the supply belt 169, and when the full state of the coin is detected again by the full detection sensor 193, the supply motor 176 is stopped, and the rotating disk is stopped. 18
The supply motor 176 is controlled so that a sufficient remaining amount of coins is always obtained in 5.

Then, as described above, the storage and delivery section 1
The fact that all coins have been fed to the first transport unit 152 from a predetermined one storage / feeding unit that first performs the scrutiny operation among the 50a to 150f indicates that the residual sensor 194 of the feeding unit 159.
Is detected based on the detection result, the feeding motor 206 of the feeding unit 159 is stopped, and the supply motor of the storage unit 158 which has been maintained in the rotating state since the full state of the coin is not detected by the full detection sensor 193. 176
Is also stopped.

The coin sent to the first transport section 152 is
After being transported by the transport belt 228 of the first transport unit 152 and separated by the separation roller 234 one by one,
It is fed into the second transport section 153 and is transported while being pressed against the coin path 247 by the transport belts 253 and 254 of the second transport section 153. During the conveyance by the conveyance belts 253 and 254 of the second conveyance section 153, discrimination is performed by the magnetic sensor 262 and the line sensor 263 of the payment identification section 261 respectively. The control unit 35 confirms the authenticity and denomination of the coin based on the discrimination result of the withdrawal discrimination unit 261 in the same manner as in the dispensing process, and performs the same operation as that in which the coin is performing the close inspection operation. When it is determined that the coin has passed, the timing sensors 275 and 275 provided on the downstream side in the transport direction further confirm the passage of the coin, and then the coin is determined and added and counted.

Then, the determined coin determined in this way is transferred from the coin passage 247 of the second transport section 153 onto the transport belt 281 of the third transport section 154 as it is, and directed toward the rear of the machine by the transport belt 281. Conveyed.
The coins thus conveyed by the conveyor belt 281 of the third conveyor 154 are guided by the guide surface 305 of the guide frame 304 provided at the most downstream side of the third conveyor 154,
Storage section 158 of 150 g of storage and feeding section (preliminary storage and feeding section) located at the rear end of the machine that was empty before the detailed inspection process.
Through the inspection coin inlet 164. In this way, all the coins stored in one of the storage and dispensing sections 150a to 150f, which is the first to perform the scrutiny operation, are counted.

Then, the control section 35 controls the storage and feeding section 150.
a-150f, all coins are stored in the storage and dispensing unit 1 at the rearmost part of the machine body for one storage and dispensing unit that performs the close inspection operation first.
Confirm that it was temporarily stored in 50g (this confirmation
Residual sensor 19 of the storage / feeding-out section performing the scrutiny operation
4 and the detection result of the withdrawal discrimination unit 261. More specifically, after the coin is no longer detected by the residual sensor 194, the coin is not detected by the withdrawal discrimination unit 261. Finally, the detection is performed by detecting that a sufficient time has elapsed for the discriminated coin to be stored in the storage and dispensing section 150g), and the coins in the storage and dispensing section 150g are again inspected by the close-out operation among the storage and dispensing sections 150a to 150f. Is returned to the one storage / feeding-out section that was performed first.

That is, the supply motor 176 of the storage and feeding section 150g is driven to send out the coins temporarily stored in the storage section 158 to the feeding section 159,
When the residual sensor 194 detects a coin at 59, the pay-out motor 206 of the pay-out section 159 is driven, and the coin is fed to the first transfer section 152 by the rotating disk 185 and the transfer roller 202 in the same manner as described above. At the same time as the driving of the feeding motor 206 is started, the position detection sensor 3
On the basis of the detection results of 03, 303a to 303f, the take-in drive motor 301 of the third transport section 154 is driven to be attached to one of the storage and feeding sections 150a to 150f which first performed the detailed inspection operation. The capturing member 288 is positioned at a capturing position where the capturing member 288 projects above the conveyor belt 281.

As a result, the coins stored in the storing and feeding section 150g are conveyed by the first conveying section 152, the second conveying section 153, and the third conveying section 154, guided by the take-in member 288, and fed to the storing and feeding section 150a. Among them, they are stored in one storing and feeding unit (original storing and feeding unit) in which the close inspection operation is performed first among the 150 f. Here, the fact that all coins have been fed out to the first transport unit 152 from the storage feeding unit 150g,
When it is detected based on the detection result of the residual sensor 194 of the feeding section 159, the feeding motor 206 of the feeding section 159
Is stopped, and since the full state of the coin is not detected by the full detection sensor 193, the driving of the supply motor 176 of the storage unit 158, which has been maintained in the rotating state, is also stopped.

Then, the control section 35 controls the storage and feeding section 150.
g is confirmed to have returned to the original storage and dispensing section from the detection result of the residual detection 194 sensor and the detection result of the dispensing discrimination section 261 of the storage and dispensing section 150g in the same manner as described above. By controlling the drive of the drive motor 301,
The pressing roller 296 and the sliding block 294 are returned to the standby position, the take-in member 288 is released from the conveyor belt 281, and the operation of inspecting the coin of the first denomination is completed.

Then, the control unit 35 sequentially performs the above-described scrutiny operation on all of the storage and delivery units 150a to 150f except the scrutiny storage and delivery unit 150g to complete the scrutiny process. That is, for example, the storage and delivery unit 1
50f to storage and feeding unit for inspection 150g to original storage and feeding unit 1
Scrutiny operation on the 500-yen coin while moving the coin to 50f (the flow of the coin at this time is indicated by arrows X1 and X2 in FIG. 18), storage and feeding unit 150e to storage and feeding unit for inspection 150g to original storage and feeding Scrutiny operation on the 10-yen coin while moving the coin to the section 150e (coin flow at this time is indicated by arrows X3 and X4 in FIG. 18),
Scrutiny operation for a 100-yen coin while moving coins from the storage and dispensing unit 150d to the storage and dispensing unit for inspection 150g to the original storage and dispensing unit 150d (the flow of coins at this time is shown in FIG. 18).
, The arrows X5 and X6), and the storage and delivery section 150c.
~ Delivery storage and delivery unit 150g ~ Original storage and delivery unit 150c
Inspection operation of the five-yen coin while moving the coin (the flow of the coin at this time is indicated by arrows X7 and X7 in FIG. 18).
8), the storage and delivery unit 150b to the storage and delivery unit 1 for close inspection
Scrutiny operation of the 50-yen coin while moving the coin from 50g to the original storage and dispensing unit 150b (the flow of coins at this time is indicated by arrows X9 and X10 in FIG. 18), the storage and dispensing unit 150a to the storage for dispensing As shown in FIG. 18, a fine inspection operation on a 1-yen coin while moving the coin from the portion 150 g to the original storing and feeding portion 150 a (the flow of the coin at this time is indicated by arrows X11 and X12 in FIG. 18).
The scrutiny operation is performed in order from the rear side of the aircraft at 50a to 150f. Of course, the order can be changed in any way by performing one by one for each of the storage and feeding units 150a to 150f. For example, the order may be changed from the front side of the machine. Then, when the scrutiny operation of all the storage and feeding units 150a to 150f is completed, the control unit 35 sets the first transport motor 231
The driving of the second transport motor 259 and the third transport motor 284 is stopped.

On the other hand, during the detailed inspection operation of each denomination described above,
When coins of a denomination different from the denomination being examined are confirmed from the discrimination result by the withdrawal discrimination unit 261,
When coins of different denominations are mixed in the coins stored in the storage and dispensing unit that performs the close inspection operation among the storage and dispensing units 150a to 150f, and this is confirmed from the discrimination result by the withdrawal discrimination unit 261 When the coins of different denominations are conveyed as they are, the coins of different denominations are mixed in the storage and dispensing part of the storage and dispensing parts 150a to 150f which is performing the scrutiny operation. When the timing sensors 275 and 275 of the second transport unit 153 detect the coins of different kinds, the control unit 35 drives the rotary solenoid 274 of the transport restricting unit 272 because an error occurs. Then, the stopper 273 is protruded into the coin passage 247 to stop the conveyance of the coins of different kinds, and the close inspection operation is performed among the storage and dispensing sections 150a to 150f. After the coin detection sensors 216 and 217 detect the coin immediately after the rotating disk 185 of the feeding section 159, the coin is sent to the first transport section 152, and the first transport of the coin next to this coin is performed. The transmission restricting unit 191 is controlled at the timing of restricting the transmission to the unit 152.
Of the stopper 220 to protrude the regulating pieces 219, 219 of the stopper 220, stop the feeding motor 206, and rotate the rotary disk 185 and the transport roller 20.
2 to stop sending coins to the first transport unit 152 for further coins and to stop the first transport unit 15
The second first transport motor 231 is stopped.

After that, at the timing when all of the determined coins located downstream of the stopper 273, that is, on the side of the third transport section 154 are surely transferred to the third transport section 154, the control section 35 starts the second transport section 153. Second transport motor 259
Then, the third transport motor 284 of the third transport unit 154 is stopped to temporarily suspend the detailed inspection operation. Thus, the coins in the first transport unit 152 are not yet discriminated by the withdrawal discriminating unit 261 and the coins in the third transport unit 154 are only determined coins. Only coins on the coin passage 247 are undetermined coins. In order to resume the scrutiny operation, the coins of unknown status are eliminated as follows.

That is, first, the rotary solenoid 27
4, the stopper 273 is retracted from the coin path 247, and the distribution motor 269 of the distribution unit 264 is driven to move the distribution member 266 to open the distribution groove 265. Then, the second transport motor 2 of the second transport section 153
59 is rotated forward and backward by a predetermined amount so that all the coins left in the second transport section 153 can be reliably dropped into the distribution groove section 265. Thereby, the second transport unit 1
All the undetermined coins on the 53 coin passages 247 are sorted by the sorting unit 264 in the dispensing / collecting / dispensing reject direction. That is, the distribution groove 2 of the distribution unit 264
From 65, it is dropped into the withdrawal temporary storage box 306 waiting at the standby position of the withdrawal temporary storage unit 155, and is temporarily stored on the slide shutter 307 closing the lower opening.

When a sufficient amount of time has elapsed for all of the undetermined coins in the coin passage 247 of the second transport unit 153 to be temporarily stored in the withdrawal temporary storage box 306, the control unit 35 controls the withdrawal temporary. The temporarily stored coins temporarily stored in the storage box 306 are sorted by the dispensing temporary storage unit 155 in the reject direction. That is, the slide shutter 3
07 with the shutter closed, the dispensing movement motor 317 is driven to position the dispensing temporary storage box 306 at the reject position. The coins on the shutter 307 are discharged downward. The coins thus ejected are all stored in the lower dispensing reject box 30 via the reject chute 324. Thereafter, the control unit 35 drives the distribution motor 269 of the distribution unit 264 to move the distribution member 266 to close the distribution groove 265, and to close the slide shutter 3.
07 is returned to the closed position, the dispensing temporary storage box 306 is returned to the standby position, and then the suspended detailed inspection operation is resumed.

When the scrutiny process is completed, the control unit 35 determines the number of coins of all coins being stored based on the respective discrimination results of the deposit discrimination unit 70 and the withdrawal discrimination unit 261 and the number of coins by denomination process. The number of coins of each denomination of coins stored in the dispensing reject box 30 is determined from the number of coins of each denomination of each of the storing and feeding units 150a to 150f based on the discrimination result of the dispensing discrimination unit 261.

According to the first embodiment described above,
At the time of the withdrawal process, the control unit 35 sets the storage and delivery unit 15 for each money type.
0a to 150f, the coin is fed to the first transport section 152, and the coin is fed to the first transport section 152 and the second transport section 153.
The coin is discriminated by the withdrawal discrimination unit 261 while being conveyed, and is temporarily stored as a temporarily stored coin in the withdrawal temporary storage unit 155. Based on the discrimination result of the withdrawal discrimination unit 261, the temporarily stored coin is appropriate. If the temporarily stored coins are appropriate, the temporarily stored coins are sorted in the dispensing direction by the dispensing temporary storage unit 155 and dispensed to the dispensing port 32 via the dispensing lift unit 16. On the other hand, when the temporarily stored coins are not appropriate, the temporarily stored coins are sorted in the reject direction by the dispensing temporary storing unit 155 and stored in the dispensing reject box 30.

As described above, the coins to be dispensed are discriminated and the coins are dispensed to the dispensing port 32 only when the coins are appropriate, and are stored in the dispensing reject box 30 when the coins are not appropriate. In the case where a different denomination coin different from the denomination coin to be stored is mixed in the units 150a to 150f, the different denomination coin is stored in the storage and dispensing unit 150 at the time of dispensing.
Of the coins a to 150f, coins of a denomination corresponding to the storage and dispensing section for dispensing can be prevented from being dispensed to the dispensing port 32 beforehand.

Further, at the time of withdrawal processing, the control unit 35 determines whether or not the temporarily stored coins are appropriate based on the total amount of the temporarily stored coins based on the discrimination result of the withdrawal discrimination unit 261. Therefore, it is possible to easily determine whether the temporarily stored coins are appropriate.

Further, at the time of the collection process, the control unit 35 transfers coins from the storage and delivery unit of the target denomination to the first transport unit 152.
The coins are transported by the first transport unit 152 and the second transport unit 153, are discriminated by the withdrawal discrimination unit 261 and are temporarily stored in the withdrawal temporary storage unit 155 as temporarily stored coins. It is determined whether or not the temporarily stored coin is appropriate based on the discrimination result of the unit 261. If the temporarily stored coin is appropriate, the temporarily stored coin is sorted in the withdrawal temporary storage unit 155 in the collecting direction. If the temporarily stored coins are not appropriate while being stored in the corresponding denominations in the collection boxes 156a to 150f, the temporarily stored coins are sorted in the reject direction by the dispensing temporary storage unit 155 and stored in the dispensing reject box 30. Will be.

In this way, the coins to be collected are discriminated and collected only in the case of appropriate coins of the corresponding denominations in the collection boxes 156a to 150f, and are stored in the dispensing reject box 30 if they are not appropriate. To become
Even if a different denomination coin different from the denomination coin to be stored is mixed in the storage and dispensing units 150a to 150f, the different denomination coin is collected by the storage and dispensing unit 150a to 150f at the time of collection.
Out of the collection boxes 156a to 150f as coins of the denomination corresponding to the storing and feeding section that is performing collection.

In addition, at the time of the collection process, the control unit 35
Since it is determined whether the temporarily stored coins are appropriate based on the number of coins of the temporarily stored coins based on the result of the discrimination by the withdrawal discriminating unit 261, it is determined whether the temporarily stored coins are appropriate. Can be easily performed.

Further, at the time of collection processing, the control unit 35 causes coins to be paid out from the storage / feeding unit of the target one denomination among the storage / feeding units 150a to 150f, and is fed from the storage / feeding unit to the first transport unit 152. When all the coins conveyed by the second conveyance unit 153 are discriminated by the withdrawal discrimination unit 261 from the coins of the one denomination, these coins are dispensed from the withdrawal temporary storage unit 1.
55 is temporarily stored as temporarily stored coins, and the temporarily stored coins are sorted by the dispensing temporary storage unit 155 in the direction of the corresponding denomination among the denomination types, and the corresponding coins in the collection boxes 156a to 156f are collected. While one of the coins is stored in the seed collection box, one of the coins fed from the storage and delivery unit for the one denomination and transported by the first transport unit 152 and the second transport unit 153 is collected by the withdrawal discrimination unit 261. When it is determined that the coin is not a coin of a denomination type, the dispensing of the coin from the storage and dispensing unit for the one denomination is stopped, and the coin already dispensed is temporarily stored in the dispensing temporary storage unit 155 as a temporarily stored coin. Then, the temporarily stored coins are sorted in the reject direction by the dispensing temporary storing section 155 and stored in the dispensing reject box 30. In this way, when the different denomination coins are discriminated by the dispensing discriminating unit 261, the storing and dispensing unit that is collecting among the storing and dispensing units 150 a to 150 f is stopped. It does not increase unnecessarily.

[0174] In addition, in the collection process, coins of the unit number of packaging that are wrapped and made into coins are to be collected. Therefore, when the collected coins are wrapped and made into coins, extra coins are used. There is no end.

Further, the number of storage and feeding sections 150a to 150g and the number of denominations for handling them are increased by one, and an empty spare storage and feeding section 150g is provided. The control section 35 controls the storage and feeding sections 150a to 150f. All coins are fed from one of the storing and feeding sections to the first transport section 152, and the coins are transported by the first transport section 152 and the second transport section 153 while being discriminated by the withdrawal discriminating section 261 and further distributed. 264
Then, the coins are transported by the third transport unit 154 and stored in the spare storage and delivery unit 150g, and the number of coins in the one storage and delivery unit is counted based on the discrimination result of the payout discrimination unit 261. By performing such discrimination and counting for all the denomination storage and dispensing units 150a to 150f, coins of different denominations can be found. This allows scrutiny and confirmation.
Therefore, according to the above-mentioned scrutiny, the storage and delivery unit 150a
It is possible to prevent the coins of different denominations mixed in ~ 150f from being dispensed as coins of the denomination corresponding to the storage and dispensing section, and the number data of each denomination managed by the machine after the work is completed and the number of coins on the machine. It is possible to prevent a situation where the number of coins does not match, which occurs.

In addition, the control unit 35 controls the storage
a to 150f, all coins are fed to the first transport unit 152 from one of the feeding source storage / feeding units, and the coins are fed to the first transporting unit 152.
While being transported by the transport unit 152 and the second transport unit 153, the discrimination is performed by the dispensing discriminating unit 261, the distribution unit 264 distributes it in the direction for inspection, and the third transport unit 154 transports one of the empty spares. Based on the discrimination result of the dispensing discriminating section 261, the coins of the dispensing source storing and dispensing section are counted based on the discrimination result of the dispensing discriminating section 261,
After the counting, all coins in the spare storage / feed-out unit 150g are then transferred to the first transport unit 152 and the second transport unit 15g.
3. Returning to the original feeding and feeding unit via the sorting unit 264 and the third transport unit 154. By sequentially performing such a scrutiny operation on all the storage and feeding units 150a to 150f except the spare storage and feeding unit 150g, coin data in each of the storage and feeding units 150a to 150f is scrutinized and checked by the machine itself. It is possible to do. Therefore, in order to return the coins fed from the storing and feeding units 150a to 150f to the original storing and feeding unit after the scrutiny,
The positions of the storage and dispensing units 150a to 150f of the denominations do not change, so that the depositing and sorting unit 14 that sorts and sorts the received coins and stores the coins in the storage and dispensing units 150a to 150f, the denomination of each of the denominated denominations It is not necessary to change the storage and dispensing section, which is the storage destination of each of the coins, and as a result, the payment sorting unit 14 can have a simple configuration.

Further, when the control unit 35 confirms a different denomination coin other than the denomination being inspected based on the discrimination result of the withdrawal discrimination unit 261 during the close inspection process, the transport regulating unit 272 checks the coin of the different denomination coin. The transport is stopped, and the delivery control section 191 stops the delivery of coins from the storage and delivery sections 150a to 150f that are undergoing close inspection processing. Further, the second transport section 153 is located on the downstream side of the coins of a different kind. In the state where all the coins which have been stored in the second transfer unit 153 are conveyed to the third transfer unit 154, only the coins remaining on the second transfer unit 153 including the coins of different kinds are rejected by the sorting unit 264 and the second transfer unit 153. By distributing the coins in the usage direction, coins of different kinds are stored in the dispensing reject box 30. As a result, only the remaining coins, including the coins of a different kind, which were on the second transport unit 153 at the time of confirmation of the coins of a different kind, are stored in the dispensing reject box 30 on the upstream side of the coins of the different kind. Therefore, the number of coins stored in the dispensing reject box 30 can be reduced.

Further, the control unit 35 determines the current number of coins received from outside the machine and the discrimination results of the deposit discriminating unit 70 and the dispensing discriminating unit 261 corresponding to the number of coins dispensed outside the machine. While the number of coins of each coin type stored in the dispensing / rejecting box 30 is grasped based on the discrimination result of the dispensing discriminating unit 261 by the scrutiny process, each of the storing and feeding units 150a to 150f and the dispensing reject box 30 is grasped.
The number of coins of each denomination of ~ 150f is grasped, and from these,
By performing the subtraction by the denomination, the number of coins of the denomination of the coin stored in the dispensing reject box 30 is determined. Accordingly, each of the storage and feeding sections 150a to 150
0f and the number of coins of each denomination of the coins stored in the dispensing reject box 30 can be grasped.

Next, a coin receiving and dispensing machine according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. 8 and 19 to 21 with a focus on differences from the first embodiment. This will be described below. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. The second embodiment is the first embodiment.
The embodiment differs from that of the first embodiment in the storage chute for the denomination of the deposit selection unit 14. That is, the denomination storage chute (switching means) 350 according to the second embodiment can change the storage and dispensing units 150a to 150g, which are the storage destinations of the coins of each denomination sorted and sorted by the deposit selection unit 38. Has become.

That is, the storage chute 350 by money type
As shown in FIG. 19, a pair of (only one is shown) side plate portions 351 arranged on both sides in the lateral direction of the body, and denominations to be handled, which are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the body with an interval between the side plate portions 351. A plurality of partition plates 35 which is one more than the number
2, 352,... Partition plates 352, 35
, Are all side plates 3 on the upper support shaft 353.
51 and a pair of side plate portions 351
And chute portions 354a to 354 through which coins pass inside between the adjacent partition plates 352 and 352, respectively.
4f will be configured. Such a chute 3
The number of denominations 54a to 354f is the same as the number of denominations, and the adjacent chutes share the partition plate 352.

Then, all the partition plates 352, 352,
... are the connecting shafts 355, 355 provided at the respective intermediate positions.
Are rotatably connected to one connecting member 356 via 355,..., And in this state, the partition plates 352, 352,.
Are all parallel. An attachment member 358 having an elongated hole 357 is provided on the end partition plate 352 with a support shaft 353.
The mounting member 358 is fixed to the lower side
57 is provided with an engagement shaft 3 of a switching solenoid (drive source) 359.
60 are engaged. Thereby, the switching solenoid 3
By the drive of 59, all the partition plates 352, 352,... Are moved back and forth in a state of being parallel to each other via the connecting member 356.

Each of the chute portions 354a to 354f
The upper opening of each is a temporary deposit box 102
The one-to-one correspondence with the temporary storage space portions 101a to 101f of the respective denominations, that is, the sorting holes 87a to 87f of the respective denominations of the depositing sorting unit 38, so that coins are received from the corresponding one of the sorting holes 87a to 87f. Has become. Specifically, the chute 354a at the forefront of the fuselage always passes through the temporary storage space 101a only from the selection hole 87a, and the second chute 354b counted from the forefront of the fuselage always passes through the temporary storage space 101b. Similarly, the third chute portion 354c is always through the temporary storage space 101c only from the selection hole 87b, and the fourth chute portion 354d is always through the temporary storage space 101d. Only the fifth chute 354e is always from the selection hole 87e via the temporary storage space 101e, and the chute 354f is always the temporary storage space 101
The coins are respectively received only from the sorting holes 87f via f.

On the other hand, when the switching solenoid 359 is driven, the lower openings of the chute portions 354a to 354f are moved forward and backward as a whole, as shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, in a state in which the entirety is located on the front side of the fuselage, the chute portion 354a is connected only to the receiving port 162 of the storage / feeding section 150a, and the chute section 354b is connected only to the receiving port 162 of the storage / feed section 150b. , Chute 35
4c is only for the depositing inlet 162 of the storage and dispensing unit 150c, the chute 354d is only for the depositing intake 162 of the storage and dispensing unit 150d, and the chute 354e is only for the depositing intake 162 of the storage and dispensing unit 150e. The chute 35
4f is to drop coins only into the receiving slot 162 of the storage and dispensing section 150f, and the storage and dispensing section 150g is in a state where coins are not dropped from any of the chute sections 354a to 354f. Such a state of the money type storage chute 350 is referred to as a forward guidance state.

On the other hand, by driving the switching solenoid 359, as shown in FIG. 20B, the chute portions 354a to 354
In a state in which the lower opening of f is located on the rear side of the fuselage as a whole, the chute 354a is provided only in the receiving port 162 of the storage / feeding section 150b, and the chute section 354b is provided in the receiving port 162 of the storage / feeding section 150c. Only the chute 35
4c is only for the depositing inlet 162 of the storage and dispensing part 150d, the chute 354d is only for the depositing intake 162 of the storage and dispensing part 150e, and the chute 354e is only for the depositing intake 162 of the storage and dispensing part 150f. The chute 35
4f will drop coins only into the receiving slot 162 of the storage and dispensing unit 150g, and the storage and dispensing unit 150a will be in a state where coins will not be dropped from any of the chute units 354a to 354f. Such a state of the money type storage chute 350 is referred to as a forward guidance state. Such a state of the storage chute 350 by money type is referred to as a rear guidance state.

As described above, according to the denomination storage chute 350 of the second embodiment, the chute portions 354a to 354f of each denomination are driven by the switching solenoid 359 so that the storage and feeding section 150a is one more than the number of denominations handled. And the storage and feeding portions 150a to 150g are all displaced by one from the state corresponding to the remaining one except the one on the one end side.
0g is switched to a state corresponding to the remaining one except for the one on the other end side. That is,
This denomination-type storage chute 350 is configured such that adjacent storage and delivery sections 150a and 150b are adjacent to each other and storage and delivery sections 150b and 150b.
c, storage and delivery sections 150c and 150d, storage and delivery sections 150d and 150e, and storage and delivery sections 150e and 15
0f to each other, and the storage and feeding portions 150f and 150g to each other,
The system includes chute portions 354a to 354f of the same number as denominations for selectively introducing coins, and one switching solenoid 359 for swinging the chute portions 354a to 354f for switching.

Then, such a money-type storage chute 3
With the use of the control unit 50, the control unit 35 mainly performs the scrutiny process in the following manner with respect to the first embodiment.

Here, up to that time, storage chute 3 by money type
If it is assumed that 50 is in the forward guidance state and the dispensing process or the collection process is being performed, a 1-yen coin is stored in the storing and dispensing section 150a, and a 50-yen coin is stored in the storing and dispensing section 150b.
A 5-yen coin is stored at 50c, a 100-yen coin is stored at 150d, a 10-yen coin is stored at 150e, and a 500-yen coin is stored at 150f. The coins are not stored and fed out.

Conversely, assuming that the denomination-specific storage chute 350 is in the rearward guiding state, a 1-yen coin is stored in the storage and dispensing unit 150b, a 50-yen coin is stored in the storage and dispensing unit 150c, and a 5-yen coin is stored in the storage and dispensing unit 150d. 100-yen coins are stored and fed out in the storage and dispensing section 150e, 10-yen coins in the storage and dispensing section 150f, and 500-yen coins in the storage and dispensing section 150g, respectively. You are not in a state. Naturally, the control unit 35 controls the dispensing process or the collection process based on the correspondence between each of the storage and feeding units 150a to 150g and each denomination.

Then, for example, the storage chute 35 by money type
If the dispensing process or the collection process is being performed in a state where 0 is the forward guidance state, and the close-up process is started at the same timing as in the first embodiment, the control unit 35 sets the first transport unit 15
2 the first transport motor 231 and the second transport unit 153
The transport motor 259 and the third transport motor 284 of the third transport section 154 are driven. At the start of the close inspection process, the distribution unit 264 is in a standby state. In addition, the scrutiny process is performed as follows for each of the storage and delivery units 150a to 150a.
It consists of a plurality of scrutiny operations performed every 150f.

After the driving of the first transport motor 231, the second transport motor 259, and the third transport motor 284, the control unit 35 controls the delivery unit 159 of the storage delivery unit 150f (the delivery source storage delivery unit in the detailed inspection operation). Feeding motor 206
Drive. As a result, coins (500-yen coins) are fed out from the rotating disk 185 of the storage / feed-out section 150f to the coin passage 186, and sent out to the first transport section 152 by the transport rollers 202 while being counted by the coin detection sensors 216 and 217. Become.

As described above, when coins are being fed from the rotating disk 185 of the storage and feeding portion 150f to the coin passage 186, the coins on the rotating disk 185 are not detected by the full detection sensor 193, and the remaining amount is small. When it is determined that the storage unit 1 is in the same state as the first embodiment, the control unit 35 drives the supply motor 176 and supplies the storage unit 1 with the supply belt 169.
The coin is supplied to the rotating disk 185 from 58, and when the full state of the coin is detected again by the full detection sensor 193, the supply motor 176 is stopped, so that a sufficient amount of coins is always obtained on the rotating disk 185. Supply motor 17
6 is controlled. As described above, when it is detected based on the detection result of the residual sensor 194 that all the coins have been fed from the storage / feeding section 150f to the first transport section 152, the feeding motor 206 and the supply motor 176 are detected.
Stop driving.

On the other hand, the coins sent to the first transport section 152 as described above are transported by the transport belt 228 of the first transport section 152.
And separated by a separation roller 234 one by one, and then sent to the second transfer unit 153 to be transferred to the second transfer unit 153.
The coin path 2 is formed by the conveying belts 253 and 254 of the conveying section 153.
It is conveyed while being pressed against 47. The magnetic sensor 262 and the line sensor 2 of the withdrawal discrimination unit 261 during the conveyance of the second conveyance unit 153 by the conveyance belts 253 and 254.
At 63, the discrimination is performed. Control unit 35
Confirms the authenticity and denomination of the coin on the basis of the discrimination result of the withdrawal discrimination unit 261 and determines that the coin is the same as that which is performing the close inspection operation.
Further, a timing sensor 2 provided on the downstream side in the transport direction.
After confirming the passage of the coin at 75 and 275, the coin is determined and added and counted.

Then, the determined coin determined in this way is passed from the coin passage 247 of the second transport section 153 onto the transport belt 281 of the third transport section 154, and is directed to the rear of the machine by the transport belt 281. Conveyed.
The coins thus conveyed by the conveyor belt 281 of the third conveyor 154 are guided by the guide surface 305 of the guide frame 304 provided at the most downstream side of the third conveyor 154,
It is put into the storage section 158 of the storage / feeding section 150g (preliminary storage / feeding section in this inspection operation) located at the rearmost portion of the machine that was empty before the inspection operation. In this way,
The counting of all the coins stored in the second storage and dispensing section 150f from the rear end of the machine is performed. The flow of the above coins is indicated by an arrow X13 in FIG.

As described above, the control unit 35 determines that all coins are stored in the storage and delivery unit 150f.
g is confirmed temporarily (this confirmation is performed from the detection result of the residual sensor 194 and the detection result of the withdrawal discriminating unit 261 of the storage / feeding unit 150f, and more specifically, the coin is detected by the residual sensor 194). After the coins are no longer detected, the withdrawal discrimination unit 261 no longer detects the coins, and
The detection is performed by detecting that a sufficient time has elapsed for the last discriminated coin to be stored in the storage feeding unit 150g.)
Then, the close inspection operation of the coin of the storage and dispensing section 150f is terminated.

Next, the control unit 35 sends the storage and delivery unit 150e (a preliminary storage and delivery unit for this detailed operation) to the storage and delivery unit 150e (the source of the fine operation). While transferring the coin of the storage and dispensing section), the coin (10-yen coin) of the storage and dispensing section 150e is inspected. That is, in the same manner as described above, the feeding motor 206 of the storage / feeding unit 150e is driven, coins are fed to the first transport unit 152 by the rotating disk 185 and the transport rollers 202, and simultaneously with the start of driving of the feed motor 206. By driving the take-in drive motor 301 so as to position the slide block 294 at the position where the detection piece 302 is detected by the position detection sensor 303f, the take-in member 288 attached to the storage / feeding portion 150f is taken into the take-up position. Position.

Thus, while the coins in the storage and dispensing section 150e are discriminated and counted in the dispensing discriminating section 261 in the same manner as described above, the first transport section 152 in which the driving state is maintained, The sheet is conveyed by the second conveying section 153 and the third conveying section 154, is guided by the take-in member 288, and is stored in the storing and feeding section 150f that has performed the close inspection operation immediately before. Then, based on the detection results of the residual sensor 194 and the payment discriminating unit 261 of the storage and dispensing unit 150e, it has been determined that sufficient time has elapsed for all coins to be dispensed from the storage and dispensing unit 150e and stored in the storage and dispensing unit 150f. Is confirmed, the close inspection operation of the storage and delivery section 150e is terminated. The flow of the coin is indicated by an arrow X in FIG.
Shown at 14.

Next, the control unit 35 sends the storage and delivery unit 150d (the preliminary storage and delivery unit for this detailed operation) to the storage and delivery unit 150d (the preliminary storage and delivery unit for this detailed operation), While transferring the coin of the storage and dispensing section), the coin (100 yen coin) of the storage and dispensing section 150d is finely inspected. That is, in the same manner as described above, the feeding motor 206 of the storage / feeding unit 150d is driven, coins are fed to the first transport unit 152 by the rotating disk 185 and the transport rollers 202, and simultaneously with the start of driving of the feed motor 206. By driving the take-in drive motor 301 so as to position the slide block 294 at the position where the detection piece 302 is detected by the position detection sensor 303e, the take-in member 288 attached to the storage / feeding portion 150e is taken into the take-up position. Position.

Thus, the coins in the storage and dispensing section 150d are discriminated and counted in the dispensing and discriminating section 261 of the second transport section 153 in the same manner as described above.
Transport section 152, second transport section 153, and third transport section 15
4 and is guided by the take-in member 288, and is stored in the storage and delivery section 150e that has just performed the close inspection operation. Then, the residual sensor 194 of the storage and delivery section 150d is provided.
From the detection result of the withdrawal discriminating section 261, all coins are fed from the storing / feeding section 150 d and stored and fed.
When it is confirmed that a sufficient time has elapsed to be stored in e, the scrutinizing operation of the storing and feeding section 150d is terminated.
The flow of the above coins is indicated by an arrow X15 in FIG.

Next, the control unit 35 sends the storage and delivery unit 150c (the preliminary storage and delivery unit for this detailed operation) to the storage and delivery unit 150c (the source of the fine operation). While transferring the coins of the storage and dispensing section 150, the coins of the storage and dispensing section 150c (5-yen coins) are inspected.
That is, as described above, the feeding motor 206 of the storage / feeding unit 150c is driven, coins are fed to the first transport unit 152 by the rotating disk 185 and the transport rollers 202, and simultaneously with the start of driving of the feed motor 206. ,
The take-in drive motor 301 is driven so that the slide block 294 is located at the position where the detection piece 302 is detected by the position detection sensor 303d, and the take-in member 288 attached to the storage / feeding portion 150d is moved to the take-up position. Position.

[0200] As a result, the coins in the storage and dispensing section 150c are discriminated and counted by the dispensing discriminating section 261 of the second transport section 153 in the same manner as described above.
Transport section 152, second transport section 153, and third transport section 15
4 and is guided by the take-in member 288, and is stored in the storing and feeding section 150d that has just performed the close inspection operation. Then, the residual sensor 194 of the storage and delivery section 150c is provided.
From the detection result of the withdrawal discriminating unit 261, all coins are fed out from the storing and feeding unit 150 c and stored and fed.
When it is confirmed that a sufficient time has elapsed to be stored in the storage unit d, the close inspection operation of the storage and delivery unit 150c is terminated.
The flow of the coin is indicated by an arrow X16 in FIG.

Next, the control unit 35 sends the storage and delivery unit 150c (the preliminary storage and delivery unit for this detailed operation) to the storage and delivery unit 150b (the source of the fine operation). While transferring the coins of the storage and dispensing section), the coins of the storage and dispensing section 150b (50-yen coin) are inspected. That is, in the same manner as described above, the feeding motor 206 of the storage / feeding unit 150b is driven so that coins are fed to the first feeding unit 152 by the rotating disk 185 and the feeding rollers 202, and simultaneously with the start of driving of the feeding motor 206. By driving the take-in drive motor 301 so as to position the slide block 294 at a position where the detection piece 302 is detected by the position detection sensor 303c, the take-in member 288 attached to the storage / unwinding portion 150c is taken into the take-up position. Position.

[0202] As a result, the coins in the storage and dispensing section 150b are discriminated and counted in the dispensing discriminating section 261 of the second transport section 153 in the same manner as described above, while the first coin is discriminated and counted.
Transport section 152, second transport section 153, and third transport section 15
4 and is guided by the take-in member 288, and is stored in the storage and delivery section 150c that has just performed the close inspection operation. Then, the residual sensor 194 of the storage and delivery section 150b is provided.
From the detection result of the withdrawal discriminating unit 261, all coins are fed out from the storing and feeding unit 150 b and stored and fed.
When it is confirmed that a sufficient time has elapsed to be accommodated in c, the scrutiny operation of the accommodating and feeding section 150b is terminated.
The flow of the coin is indicated by an arrow X17 in FIG.

Next, the control unit 35 sends the storage and delivery unit 150a (the preliminary storage and delivery unit for the detailed inspection operation) to the storage and delivery unit 150a (the preliminary storage and delivery unit for this detailed operation), While transferring the coins in the storage and dispensing section 150, the coins (1 yen coin) in the storage and dispensing section 150a are inspected.
That is, as described above, the feeding motor 206 of the storage / feeding unit 150a is driven so that coins are fed to the first feeding unit 152 by the rotating disk 185 and the feeding rollers 202, and the driving of the first feeding motor 231 is started. At the same time, the drive motor 301 is driven so that the slide block 294 is positioned at a position where the detection piece 302 is detected by the position detection sensor 303b, and the capture member 288 attached to the storage / unwinding portion 150b is removed. Position.

As a result, the coins in the storage and dispensing section 150a are discriminated and counted in the dispensing discriminating section 261 of the second transport section 153 in the same manner as described above.
Transport section 152, second transport section 153, and third transport section 15
4 and is guided by the take-in member 288, and is stored in the storage / feed-out section 150b that has just performed the close inspection operation. Then, the residual sensor 194 of the storage and delivery section 150a is provided.
From the detection result of the withdrawal discriminating section 261, all coins are fed out from the storing and feeding section 150 a and stored and fed.
When it is confirmed that a sufficient time has passed to be stored in the storage b, the close-up operation of the storage and delivery section 150a is terminated.
The flow of the above coins is indicated by an arrow X18 in FIG.

[0205] In this way, all the storage and feeding sections 15
When the scrutiny operation of 0a to 150f is completed, the control unit 35
Controls the drive of the take-in drive motor 301 to return the pressing roller 296 and the slide block 294 to the standby position, to release the take-up member 288 from above the carrying belt 281, and to carry out the first carrying motor 231 and the second carrying motor 259 and the third transport motor 284 are stopped, and the switching solenoid 359 is driven to switch the denomination storage chute 350 that was in the front guide state to the rear guide state,
A 1-yen coin for the second storage and feeding section 150b counted from the frontmost side of the fuselage, and 50 for the third storage and feeding section 150c
Yen coins, 5 yen coins for the fourth storage and delivery unit 150d,
A 100-yen coin for the fifth storage and dispensing unit 150e, a 10-yen coin for the sixth storage and dispensing unit 150f, a 500-yen coin for the seventh storage and dispensing unit 150g, and each of the storage and dispensing units 150a to 150g and each gold By changing the correspondence with the seed, the subsequent payment processing or collection processing is controlled.

Conversely, if the fine check processing is started at the same timing as in the first embodiment in a state where the dispensing processing or the collecting processing is being performed with the denomination storing chute 350 being guided backward, the control unit 35 Is the first transport unit 1 as described above.
The first transport motor 231 of the second transport unit 52, the second transport motor 259 of the second transport unit 153, and the third transport motor 284 of the third transport unit 154 are driven. At the start of the close inspection process, the distribution unit 264 is in a standby state. In addition, the scrutiny process includes a plurality of scrutiny operations performed for each storage and delivery unit as described below.

After the driving of the first transport motor 231, the second transport motor 259, and the third transport motor 284, the control unit 35 sends the empty storage and delivery unit 150a (a preliminary storage and delivery unit for the detailed inspection operation) to the storage and delivery unit 150a. The coins of the storage and dispensing section 150b are inspected while transferring the coins (1 yen coins) of the storage and dispensing section 150b (the original storage and dispensing section of the dispensing operation). That is, in the same manner as described above, the feeding motor 206 of the storage / feeding unit 150b is driven so that coins are fed to the first feeding unit 152 by the rotating disk 185 and the feeding rollers 202, and simultaneously with the start of driving of the feeding motor 206. By driving the take-in drive motor 301 so as to position the slide block 294 at the position where the detection piece 302 is detected by the position detection sensor 303a, the take-in member 288 attached to the storage / feeding portion 150a is taken into the take-up position. Position.

As a result, the coins in the storage and dispensing section 150b are discriminated and counted by the dispensing discriminating section 261 in the same manner as described above, while the first transport section 152 and the second
The sheet is conveyed by the conveying section 153 and the third conveying section 154, guided by the take-in member 288, and stored in the storing and feeding section 150a. Then, based on the detection results of the residual sensor 194 of the storage and dispensing unit 150b and the payment discriminating unit 261, it has been determined that sufficient time has elapsed for all coins to be dispensed from the storage and dispensing unit 150b and stored in the storage and dispensing unit 150a. Is confirmed, the scrutiny operation of the storage and delivery section 150b is terminated. The flow of the coin is indicated by an arrow X19 in FIG.

Next, the control unit 35 sends the storage and delivery unit 150c (a preliminary storage and delivery unit for this detailed operation) to the storage and withdrawal unit 150c (the source of the fine operation). While transferring the coin (50-yen coin) of the storage and dispensing section, the coin of the storage and dispensing section 150c is inspected. That is, as described above, the feeding motor 206 of the storage / feeding unit 150c is driven, coins are fed to the first transport unit 152 by the rotating disk 185 and the transport rollers 202, and at the same time as the drive of the feed motor 206 is started. By driving the take-in drive motor 301 so as to position the slide block 294 at the position where the detection piece 302 is detected by the position detection sensor 303b, the take-in member 288 attached to the storage / feeding portion 150b is taken into the take-up position. Position.

As a result, the coins in the storage and dispensing section 150c are discriminated and counted by the dispensing discriminating section 261 in the same manner as described above, while the first transport section 152 and the second
The sheet is conveyed by the conveying section 153 and the third conveying section 154, guided by the take-in member 288, and stored in the storing and feeding section 150b. Then, based on the detection results of the residual sensor 194 of the storage and dispensing unit 150c and the payment discriminating unit 261, it has been determined that sufficient time has elapsed for all coins to be dispensed from the storage and dispensing unit 150c and stored in the storage and dispensing unit 150b. Is confirmed, the close inspection operation of the storage and delivery section 150c is terminated. The flow of the coin is indicated by an arrow X20 in FIG.

Next, the control unit 35 sends the storage and delivery unit 150d (the preliminary storage and delivery unit for this detailed operation) to the storage and delivery unit 150d (the preliminary storage and delivery unit for this detailed operation), While transferring the coin (5-yen coin) of the storage and dispensing section, the coin of the storage and dispensing section 150d is inspected.
That is, in the same manner as described above, the feeding motor 206 of the storage / feeding unit 150d is driven, coins are fed to the first transport unit 152 by the rotating disk 185 and the transport rollers 202, and simultaneously with the start of driving of the feed motor 206. ,
The take-in drive motor 301 is driven so that the slide block 294 is located at the position where the detection piece 302 is detected by the position detection sensor 303c, and the take-in member 288 attached to the storage / feeding portion 150c is moved to the take-up position. Position.

Thus, while the coins in the storage and dispensing section 150d are discriminated and counted in the dispensing discriminating section 261 in the same manner as described above, the first transport section 152 and the second
The sheet is conveyed by the conveying section 153 and the third conveying section 154, guided by the take-in member 288, and stored in the storing and feeding section 150c. Then, based on the detection results of the residual sensor 194 and the payment discriminating unit 261 of the storage and dispensing unit 150d, it has been determined that sufficient time has elapsed for all coins to be dispensed from the storage and dispensing unit 150d and stored in the storage and dispensing unit 150c. Is confirmed, the close inspection operation of the storage and delivery section 150d is terminated. The flow of the coin is indicated by an arrow X21 in FIG.

Next, the control unit 35 sends the storage and delivery unit 150d (a spare storage and delivery unit for this detailed operation) to the storage and delivery unit 150e that has been emptied by the immediately preceding fine operation, and the storage and delivery unit 150e (the source of this fine operation). While transferring coins (100-yen coins) of the storage and dispensing unit, the coins of the storage and dispensing unit 150e are inspected. That is, in the same manner as described above, the feeding motor 206 of the storage / feeding unit 150e is driven, coins are fed to the first transport unit 152 by the rotating disk 185 and the transport rollers 202, and simultaneously with the start of driving of the feed motor 206. By driving the take-in drive motor 301 so as to position the slide block 294 at the position where the detection piece 302 is detected by the position detection sensor 303d, the take-in member 288 attached to the storage / feeding portion 150d is taken into the take-up position. Position.

As a result, the coins in the storage and dispensing section 150e are discriminated and counted in the dispensing discriminating section 261 in the same manner as described above, while the first transport section 152 and the second
The sheet is conveyed by the conveying section 153 and the third conveying section 154, guided by the take-in member 288, and stored in the storing and feeding section 150d. Then, based on the detection results of the residual sensor 194 of the storage and dispensing unit 150e and the payment discriminating unit 261, it has been determined that sufficient time has elapsed for all coins to be dispensed from the storage and dispensing unit 150e and stored in the storage and dispensing unit 150d. Is confirmed, the close inspection operation of the storage and delivery section 150e is terminated. The flow of the above coins is indicated by an arrow X22 in FIG.

Next, the control unit 35 sends the storage and delivery unit 150f (a preliminary storage and delivery unit for this detailed inspection operation) to the storage and delivery unit 150f (the source of the detailed inspection operation) which has become empty due to the immediately preceding detailed inspection operation. While transferring the coin (10-yen coin) of the storage and dispensing section, the coin of the storage and dispensing section 150f is finely inspected. That is, as described above, the feeding motor 206 of the storage / feeding unit 150f is driven so that coins are fed to the first conveying unit 152 by the rotating disk 185 and the conveying rollers 202, and simultaneously with the start of driving of the feeding motor 206. By driving the take-in drive motor 301 so as to position the slide block 294 at the position where the detection piece 302 is detected by the position detection sensor 303e, the take-in member 288 attached to the storage / feeding portion 150e is taken into the take-up position. Position.

Thus, while the coins in the storage and dispensing section 150f are discriminated and counted in the dispensing discriminating section 261 in the same manner as described above, the first transport section 152 and the second
The sheet is conveyed by the conveying section 153 and the third conveying section 154, guided by the take-in member 288, and stored in the storing and feeding section 150e. Then, based on the detection results of the residual sensor 194 and the payment discriminating unit 261 of the storage and dispensing unit 150f, it has been determined that sufficient time has elapsed for all coins to be dispensed from the storage and dispensing unit 150f and stored in the storage and dispensing unit 150e. Is confirmed, the scrutinizing operation of the storage and delivery section 150f is terminated. The flow of the above coins is indicated by an arrow X23 in FIG.

Next, the control unit 35 sends the storage and delivery unit 150g (the preliminary storage and delivery unit for this detailed operation) to the empty storage and delivery unit 150f that has been emptied by the immediately preceding detailed operation, and the storage and delivery unit 150g (the source of this detailed operation). While transferring the coin (500-yen coin) of the storage and dispensing unit, the coin of the storage and dispensing unit 150g is finely inspected. That is, in the same manner as described above, the feeding motor 206 of the storage / feeding unit 150g is driven, coins are fed to the first transport unit 152 by the rotating disk 185 and the transport rollers 202, and simultaneously with the start of driving of the feed motor 206. By driving the take-in drive motor 301 so as to position the slide block 294 at the position where the detection piece 302 is detected by the position detection sensor 303f, the take-in member 288 attached to the storage / feeding portion 150f is taken into the take-up position. Position.

As a result, the coins in the storage and dispensing section 150g are discriminated and counted in the dispensing discriminating section 261 in the same manner as described above, while the first transport section 152 and the second
The sheet is conveyed by the conveying section 153 and the third conveying section 154, guided by the take-in member 288, and stored in the storing and feeding section 150f. Then, based on the detection results of the residual sensor 194 and the payment discriminating unit 261 of the storage and dispensing unit 150g, it is determined that sufficient time has elapsed for all coins to be dispensed from the storage and dispensing unit 150g and stored in the storage and dispensing unit 150f. Is confirmed, the scrutinizing operation of the storage and delivery section 150g is terminated. The flow of the coin is indicated by an arrow X24 in FIG.

[0219] Then, all the storage and feeding sections 150b to 150b-1
When the 50 g inspection operation is completed, the control unit 35 controls the drive of the take-in drive motor 301 to return the pressing roller 296 and the sliding block 294 to the standby position, and
8 is released from above the conveyor belt 281, the driving of the first conveyor motor 231, the second conveyor motor 259, and the third conveyor motor 284 is stopped, and the switching solenoid 359 is driven to store the denominations in the front guide state. Shoot 3
50 is switched to the rear guidance state, and a 1-yen coin is counted from the frontmost side of the fuselage with respect to the storage and dispensing section 150a at the frontmost part of the fuselage.
A 50-yen coin for the third storage and delivery unit 150b, a 5-yen coin for the third storage and delivery unit 150c, a 100-yen coin for the fourth storage and delivery unit 150d, and a fifth storage and delivery unit 1
10 yen coin for 50e, 6th storage feeding section 150f
500 yen coin and each of the storage and dispensing sections 150a to 150
By changing the correspondence between g and each denomination, the subsequent payment processing or collection processing is controlled.

On the other hand, also in the second embodiment, coins of a denomination different from the denomination being inspected are determined from the discrimination result by the withdrawal identification unit 261 during the above-described inspection of each denomination. When confirmed, the dispensing unit 264 and the dispensing temporary storage unit 155 reject the dispensed coin to the dispensing reject box 30 in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

According to the second embodiment described above,
The control unit 35 causes all of the coins to be fed out from one of the storage and feeding units 150a to 150g to the first transfer unit 152, and the coins to be transferred by the first and second transfer units 152 and 153. It is discriminated by the withdrawal discriminating unit 261 and further sorted by the sorting unit 264 in the direction for scrutiny.
It is conveyed at 54 and stored in one of the storage and feeding sections 150a to 150g that was in an empty state, and the count for the one storage and feeding section is determined based on the discrimination result of the withdrawal discriminating section 261. The scrutinizing operation to be performed is performed, and then the one storage / feeding unit emptied by the scrutiny operation is set as a new spare storage / feeding unit, and another one of the storage / feeding units 150a to 150g is stored. All coins are fed from the feeding section to the first transport section 152, and the coins are transported by the first transport section 152 and the second transport section 153 while being discriminated by the payout discriminating section 261, and further sorted by the sorting section 264 for the inspection. The third transfer unit 154 transports the sheet and stores it in the new preliminary storage and delivery unit, and counts the other storage and delivery unit based on the identification result of the withdrawal identification unit 261. It is to execute the scrutiny operation performed, such scrutiny operation is sequentially performed for the storage and feed unit of all denominations. Then, each of the storage and delivery sections 150a to 150a
Storage chute 35 according to the denomination according to the denomination of 50g
By switching “0” by the switching solenoid 359, the storing and dispensing unit, which is the storing destination of the coins of each denomination sorted and sorted by the depositing and sorting unit 38, is changed. Therefore, coins that have been paid out from the storage and delivery section for close inspection and stored in the empty storage and delivery section are not returned to the original storage and delivery section after close inspection, so that the time required for close inspection processing can be shortened.

[0222] Further, the denomination-specific storage chute 350 has chute portions 354a to 354f of the same number as the number of denominations for handling coins for selectively introducing coins to the adjacent storage and dispensing portions.
Since it is composed of one switching solenoid 359 that swings these chute portions 354a to 354f, it is possible to suppress the complexity of the structure and increase in cost.

According to the above-described first and second embodiments, in the close inspection processing, if a different denomination coin is confirmed during the processing from the discrimination result of the withdrawal discrimination unit 261, at least the second coin is checked. Although the processing of excluding the denominated coins and the uncountable coins in the transport unit 153 from the dispensing reject box 30 is performed, the control unit 35 removes the denominated coins in order to further shorten the scrutiny processing time. Even if it is confirmed, the coins of different denominations may be stored in the storage unit without being removed and mixed. This allows the coin depositing / dispensing machine to eliminate the coin of the different kind when it is confirmed in the dispensing processing and the collection processing, even if the coin receiving / dispensing machine does not exclude the coin of the different kind during the close inspection processing. This is because you can do it. In this way, it is possible to prioritize time reduction in time-consuming scrutiny processing. In this case, the control unit 35 stores the data of the number of coins by denomination for each storage and feeding unit so that the mixing of different denomination coins can be confirmed later.

Also, in the first and second embodiments, an example is described in which the apparatus is connected to the higher-level device 12.
The coin dispensing and dispensing machine used alone, instead of being connected to the coin dispensing and dispensing machine 2, except that the operating unit and the display unit and other functional units of the host machine 12 are incorporated in this coin dispensing and dispensing machine.
This is the same as the second embodiment.

[0225]

As described in detail above, claim 1 of the present invention
According to the coin dispensing and dispensing machine described above, one more denomination is provided than the number of denominations that handle the storage and dispensing section, and an empty storage and dispensing section is provided, and the control means is configured to control one of the storage and dispensing sections. From the storage means, the coins are fed out to the conveying means, the coins are conveyed by the conveying means, discriminated by the dispensing discriminating section, further sorted in the second direction by the sorting means, and conveyed by the returning conveying means. The coins are stored in the one storage / delivery unit that has been empty, and the coins in the one storage / delivery unit are counted based on the result of discrimination by the withdrawal discrimination unit. By performing such discrimination and counting for the storage and dispensing units of all denominations, coins of different denominations can be found, and coin data in each of the storage and dispensing units must be inspected and confirmed by the machine itself. Becomes possible. Therefore, by the above-described close check, it is possible to prevent the coins of different denominations mixed in the storage and dispensing unit from being dispensed as coins of the denomination corresponding to the storage and dispensing unit, and to control each denomination managed by the machine after the operation is completed. It is possible to prevent a situation where the number data of each coin does not match the number of coins in the machine.

According to the coin depositing and dispensing machine of the second aspect of the present invention, the control means causes all the coins to be delivered to the transport means from one of the storage and delivery sections of the delivery source storage and delivery section, and transports the coins. Is discriminated by the dispensing discriminating section while being conveyed by the means, is sorted in the second direction by the sorting means, is conveyed by the return conveying means, and is stored in one of the storage and dispensing sections which was empty. At the same time, based on the discrimination result of the withdrawal discrimination unit, the coins of the supply source storage and dispensing unit are counted. It is returned to the supply source storage / delivery section via the dividing means and the return conveyance means. By sequentially performing such a scrutinizing operation on all the storing and dispensing units except the spare storing and dispensing unit, it is possible to scrutinize and confirm the coin data in each of the storing and dispensing units by the machine itself. Therefore, since the coins fed from the storage and dispensing section for the close inspection are returned to the original storage and dispensing section after the close inspection, the position of the storage and dispensing section for each denomination does not change.
The sorting unit that sorts and sorts the received coins and stores the coins in the respective storing and feeding units does not need to change the storing and feeding unit that is the storage destination of the sorted and denominated coins. As a result, the sorting is performed. The unit can have a simple configuration.

According to the coin receiving and dispensing machine of the third aspect of the present invention, the control means causes all of the coins to be delivered to the transport means from one of the storage and delivery sections of the storage and delivery section, and the coins are transferred by the transport means. While being conveyed, it is discriminated by the dispensing discriminating unit, further sorted in the second direction by the distributing unit, conveyed by the return conveying unit, and stored in one of the storage and dispensing units in the empty spare dispensing and dispensing unit. Based on the discrimination result of the gold discriminating unit, a scrutiny operation for counting the one storage / feeding unit will be performed. Next, the one storage / feeding unit emptied by this scrutiny operation will be replaced with a new spare. As a storage feeding section,
All coins are fed out from the other one of the storage and dispensing sections to the transporting means, and the coins are transported by the transporting means, discriminated by the dispensing discriminating section, and sorted in the second direction by the distributing means. A detailed inspection operation is performed in which the sheet is conveyed by the return conveyance means and stored in the new preliminary storage and feeding section, and the counting for the other one of the storage and feeding sections is performed based on the discrimination result of the payment discriminating section. Such a scrutinizing operation is sequentially performed for all the denomination storing and feeding sections. Then, in accordance with the storage denomination of each storage and dispensing unit, the switching unit changes the storage and dispensing unit that is the storage destination of the coin of each denomination sorted and sorted by the selection unit. Therefore, coins that have been paid out from the storage and delivery section for close inspection and stored in the empty storage and delivery section are not returned to the original storage and delivery section after close inspection, so that the time required for close inspection processing can be shortened.

According to the coin depositing and dispensing machine of the fourth aspect of the present invention, the switching means causes the coin to be selectively introduced into the adjacent storage and dispensing section by swinging. And a single drive source for swinging these chute portions, it is possible to suppress the complexity of the structure and increase in cost.

According to the coin receiving and dispensing machine of the fifth aspect of the present invention, when the control means confirms a different denomination coin other than the denomination being scrutinized from the discrimination result of the withdrawal discrimination unit during the scrutiny process. Stopping the conveyance of the coins of different kinds by the conveyance regulating part and stopping the feeding of the coins from the storage and dispensing part, and further returning all coins downstream of the coins of the different kind in the conveying means. In the state of being conveyed to the side, coins remaining on the conveying means including the coins of different kinds are distributed in the third direction by the sorting means, so that the coins of different kinds are stored in the dispensing reject box. As a result, at the time of checking the coins of different kinds, only the coins on the upstream side including the coins of different kinds, which were on the transporting means, are stored in the dispensing reject box. In addition, the number of coins stored in the withdrawal reject box can be reduced.

According to the coin dispensing and dispensing machine of the present invention, the control means controls the deposit discriminating unit and the dispensing unit corresponding to the number of coins deposited from outside the machine and the number of coins deposited outside the machine. While grasping the number of coins by denomination of all the coins currently stored based on the discrimination result of each discrimination unit, the number of coins by denomination of each storage dispensing unit based on the discrimination result of the withdrawal discrimination unit by the close inspection process. From these, the number of coins of the denomination of the coins stored in the withdrawal reject box is calculated. Therefore, the number of coins of each denomination of the coin stored in each of the storing and dispensing sections and the dispensing reject box can be grasped.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a coin depositing and dispensing machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front sectional view showing a coin depositing and dispensing machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing a first embodiment of the coin depositing and dispensing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a depositing and sorting unit of the coin depositing and dispensing machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged front sectional view of the depositing and sorting unit of the coin depositing and dispensing machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a bottom plate and the like of the depositing and sorting unit of the first embodiment of the coin depositing and dispensing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a deposit temporary storage box and the like of the depositing and sorting unit of the first embodiment of the coin depositing and dispensing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a storage and dispensing unit according to the first embodiment of the coin dispensing and dispensing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a front sectional view showing a storage and dispensing section of the storage and dispensing unit of the first embodiment of the coin dispensing and dispensing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a pay-out section of the storage and dispensing unit according to the first embodiment of the coin depositing and dispensing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a front view showing a pay-out section of the storage and dispensing unit of the coin depositing and dispensing machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a side view showing a pay-out unit of the storage and dispensing unit according to the first embodiment of the coin dispensing and dispensing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a partially enlarged plan view of a pay-out section of the storage and dispensing unit according to the first embodiment of the coin dispensing and dispensing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a partially enlarged side view of a pay-out section of the storage and dispensing unit according to the first embodiment of the coin dispensing and dispensing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a plan sectional view showing a part of a third transport unit of the storage and dispensing unit according to the first embodiment of the coin dispensing and dispensing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing a flow of coins in the coin depositing and dispensing machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing a control system of the coin depositing and dispensing machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a coin flow at the time of a close inspection process of the coin depositing and dispensing machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a side view showing a denomination-specific storage chute of the depositing and sorting unit of the coin depositing and dispensing machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a side view showing a switching state of a denomination storage chute of the depositing and sorting unit of the coin depositing and dispensing machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a flow of coins during a close inspection process of the coin depositing and dispensing machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 coin depositing and dispensing machine 16 dispensing lift section (dispensing transport section) 30 dispensing reject box 32 dispensing port 35 control section (control means) 70 deposit discriminating section 150a to 150f storage feeding section 152 first transport section (transporting means) ) 153 Second transport unit (transport unit, distribution unit) 154 Third transport unit (return transport unit) 155 Dispensing temporary storage unit (distribution unit) 261 Dispensing discrimination unit 264 Distributing unit (distribution unit) 272 Transport regulation unit 350 Storage chute by type (switching means)

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. The received coins are discriminated by a deposit discriminating section, the discriminated coins are sorted and sorted by a sorting section, and stored in each storing and dispensing section according to denomination, and the coins are stored as required. In the recirculation type coin dispensing machine for dispensing from the dispensing section to the dispensing port, one more than the number of denominations handling the storage and dispensing section is provided, and the coins dispensed from these storage and dispensing sections are separated one by one. Conveying means for conveying, a dispensing discriminating unit for discriminating a denomination of a coin conveyed by the conveying means, and coins conveyed by the conveying means and discriminated by the dispensing discriminating unit in different first and second directions. A dispensing means capable of distributing coins distributed in the first direction by the distributing means to the dispensing port; and Coins sorted in different directions are selectively transported to the storage and unloading units. Returnable transporting means capable of sending, and all coins are fed to the transporting means from one of the storing and feeding sections of the storing and feeding sections, and the coins are discriminated by the dispensing discriminating section while being transported by the conveying means. The distribution means distributes in the second direction, and is conveyed by the return conveyance means to be stored in one of the storage and dispensing sections which was empty, and to the discrimination result of the dispensing discrimination section. And a control unit for performing a close inspection process for performing counting based on the coin. 2. The control means according to claim 1, wherein
All coins are fed from the one feeding source storage feeding unit of the storage feeding unit to the transport unit, and the coins are transported by the transport unit, are discriminated by the dispensing discriminating unit, and are further sorted by the sorting unit. It is distributed in the second direction, transported by the return transport means, stored in one of the empty storage and delivery sections of the storage and delivery section, and counted based on the discrimination result of the withdrawal discrimination section. Then, a scrutiny operation of returning all coins in the preliminary storage and feeding section to the supply source storage and feeding section via the transporting means, the sorting means and the return transporting means is performed on all coins except the preliminary storage and feeding section. 2. The coin receiving and dispensing machine according to claim 1, wherein the operations are sequentially performed for the storage and dispensing section. 3. The sorting unit has a switching unit that can change a storing and dispensing unit that is a storing destination of coins of each denomination that has been sorted and classified, and the control unit performs: All coins are fed from one of the storage and dispensing sections to the transporting means, and the coins are transported by the transporting means, discriminated by the dispensing discriminating section, and the second by the distributing means. A fine inspection operation in which the sheet is transported by the return transport unit and is stored in one of the empty storage and delivery sections of the storage and delivery section which has been empty, and counting is performed based on the identification result of the withdrawal identification section. Is performed sequentially for all the denomination storage and feeding sections while the storage and feeding section emptied by the previous coin feeding is used as the next spare storage and feeding section. Match the storage denomination Allowed by the by the switching means, the sorting unit according to claim 1 coin receiving and dispensing machine, wherein the changing the storage and feed unit are the respective storage destinations of the denomination of coins sorted classified. 4. The storage and dispensing section is arranged in parallel, and the switching means swings to selectively introduce coins to an adjacent storage and dispensing section. The coin dispensing and dispensing machine according to claim 3, further comprising a chute portion and one drive source for swinging the chute portions. 5. The distributing means is capable of distributing coins in a third direction different from these directions in addition to the first direction and the second direction, and the distributing means. And a dispensing reject box capable of storing coins sorted in the third direction, and a transport regulation provided downstream of the dispensing discriminating section in the transporting means to regulate the movement of coins on the transporting means. The control unit, during the scrutiny process, when a different denomination coin other than the denomination being scrutinized is confirmed from the discrimination result of the withdrawal discrimination unit, the transfer restricting unit checks the different denomination coin. A state in which the conveyance of coins is stopped and the feeding of coins from the storage and feeding section is stopped, and all the coins downstream of the coins of a different kind in the conveyance means are conveyed to the return conveyance means side. And the distribution means The coin dispensing and dispensing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein coins remaining on the conveying means including the coins of different kinds are sorted in the third direction. 6. The controller according to claim 6, wherein the control unit is configured to determine the number of coins of all coins being stored based on the discrimination results of the deposit discriminating unit and the dispensing discriminating unit, 6. The coin dispensing and dispensing machine according to claim 5, wherein the number of coins of each denomination of coins stored in the dispensing reject box is calculated from the number of coins of each denomination of each storage and dispensing section based on the discrimination result.