JP2002024877A - Wristband automatic settlement machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wristband automatic settlement machine, capable of easily maintaining various components from both of the front door side and the rear door side and convenient for a coin hopper. SOLUTION: The coin hopper 60 is disposed, so that at paying off of charge coins, the coins are paid off to a repayment shooter 61, and disposed so that in paying off coins in a coin-collecting work, the coins are paid off a collecting box 53 for the coin hopper.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wristband automatic payment machine, and more particularly, to a wristband automatic payment machine capable of maintaining various components from both a front door side and a rear door side, and particularly improving the usability of a coin hopper. Concerning the payment machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an example of a conventional automatic wristband adjusting machine, an apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei. FIG. 17 is an explanatory view showing a facility use fee payment system to which a conventional wristband automatic payment machine is applied, FIG. 18 is a plan view showing a conventional wristband payment apparatus, and FIG. FIG. 20 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing a part.
Is an explanatory view showing a wristband capturing mechanism, and FIGS.
FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the distribution operation of the wristband temporary holding unit.

As shown in FIG. 17, a user 201 of a use facility 206 first purchases an admission card 203 at an admission card vending machine 202, and purchases a wristband lending gate 20.
At 4, the wristband 205 is lent. This wristband 205 is, as shown in FIG.
In addition to "a", it is formed so that an individual can be identified, and a key for opening and closing the lending locker is also provided.

The user 2 who has finished using the utilization facilities 206
01 indicates that the wrist band 205 is to be
8 to settle the account, obtain exit card 209A, and return card 211A at exit gate 210A.
Get. Wristband lending gate 204, equipment used 2
06, the wristband settlement machine 208 is integratedly managed by the workstation 207, and analyzes and stores the usage status of the user 201 and the like.

Next, the configuration of the wristband settlement machine 208 used in the above system will be described.
As shown in FIG. 19, the wristband input port 20 of the front door
9 is loaded by the wristband loading mechanism 210 and the wristband 205
The bar code information can be read by 11. And
The wristband 205 is put on hold in the temporary holding unit 212 and is returned to the wristband exit 213 when it is returned, and is sorted to the collection box 214 when it is collected.

[0006] The wristband capturing mechanism 210 is shown in FIG.
As indicated by 0, the sensor 210a detects that the wristband 205 has been inserted, and operates the feeding mechanism 210b to feed the wristband 205 to the bulging portion detection sensor 210c. Then, after the detection of the sensor 210a, if the detection by the bulging portion detection sensor 210c is insufficient within a predetermined time or the barcode information is insufficiently read by the scanner 211, re-read, or Feed mechanism 2
10b is reversed and returned from the wristband slot 209.

Further, the temporary holding section 212 is provided with
As shown in FIG. 3, the swinging arm 212a is moved by the movable trays 212b, 212b by a swinging mechanism 212c having a cam.
Is swung to be distributed to the collection box 214 (see FIGS. 19 and 22) or the wristband outlet 213 (see FIGS. 19 and 23). Movable tray 2
The attitude of the movable tray 212b, that is, the open / close state of the movable tray 212b is detected by a sensor 212d.

In order to perform the above-mentioned settlement procedure, the wristband settlement machine 208 includes, for example, a coin hopper that stores change coins and pays out coins when necessary, a bill identification device for identifying paid bills, and a receipt after settlement. , And an exit card issuing unit that issues an exit card after settlement, and these are fixed to a shelf plate or the like in the housing.

Therefore, when performing maintenance work on these devices and the wristband capturing mechanism 210, in order not to hinder the use of the user 201,
Outside the business hours of the utilization facility 206, the front door of the housing was opened.

[0010]

However, in recent years, for example, 24 lands such as a so-called health land have been developed.
Since a time-operated use facility or the like is being established, maintenance of the conventional wristband settlement machine 208 in such a use facility always requires opening the front door and then performing work.

[0011] Therefore, even if the wristband has been settled, a small work such as replenishment and collection of bills and coins for change, and replenishment of roll paper for receipt, etc., can be performed by opening the front door. Therefore, there is a problem that the user 201 cannot use the wristband payment machine 208 during that time.

Further, in the case of a component such as a coin hopper which requires maintenance from the rear side, the component must be removed from the housing of the wristband settlement machine 208 for maintenance, which requires a great deal of maintenance. There was a problem that time and labor were required.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and is capable of easily maintaining various components from both the front door side and the rear door side, and in particular, a wristband automatic payment machine capable of improving the usability of a coin hopper. The purpose is to provide.

[0014]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a wristband automatic payment machine according to a first aspect of the present invention includes a coin hopper for storing change coins and paying out coins when necessary, and a coin insertion slot. An inserted coin collection box for collecting coins that have been inserted and passed through the coin identification device, a coin hopper collection box for collecting coins paid out from the coin hopper at the time of coin collecting work, and a coin paid out from the coin hopper at the time of dispensing change coins. The coin hopper is formed so as to be slidable at the time of paying out change coins and at the time of paying out coins in a coin collecting operation, and the coin hopper is used to pay out the change coins when paying out change coins. Is paid to the refund shooter Uni arranged, during coin payout in coin recovery operation, in which the coin is placed so be paid out to the collection box for the coin hopper. Thereby, the payout operation of the coin is facilitated, and the usability of the coin hopper is improved.

The wristband automatic payment machine according to a second aspect of the present invention is provided with a position detection sensor for detecting a coin hopper arrangement position at the time of paying out change coins and at the time of paying out coins in a coin collecting operation. Things. Thereby, positioning can be performed reliably, and erroneous payout can be prevented.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wrist band automatic payment machine which is slidably disposed on a rail on a base and is disposed via a guide member for regulating a sliding direction. A coin hopper is erected on a plate. Therefore, the coin hopper can be slid with a simple configuration.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wristband automatic payment machine, comprising: an acceptor serving as a coin identification unit;
The coin discriminating apparatus provided with a change coin storage / discharge unit disposed below the acceptor for storing and discharging change coins, the change coin storage / discharge unit is excluded, and only the acceptor is connected between the coin insertion slot and the refund shooter. And a coin hopper, a coin hopper collection box, a coin collection box, a refund shooter, and a coin return slot are arranged above the position where the change coin storage / ejection unit was arranged before removal. This facilitates the coin removal operation.

[0018]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. The present invention is not limited by the embodiment.

Embodiment 1 First, the overall configuration of the present invention will be described. Here, FIG. 6 is a rear perspective view showing the wristband automatic payment machine, FIG. 7 is a front perspective view showing the wristband automatic payment machine, FIG. 8 is a front view showing the wristband automatic payment machine, and FIG. FIG. 10 is a side view showing the wristband automatic payment machine, FIG. 10 is a rear view showing the wristband automatic payment machine, and FIG. 11 is a plan view showing the wristband.

The main body case 1 for accommodating the respective components includes a front door 2, a rear door 3 and a shelf 4 which are provided to be freely opened and closed. The opening 3a provided in the rear door 3 is
The wristband collection box 35 can be taken out of the main body case 1 even when the rear door 3 is closed.

The wristband 5 includes a tag portion 5a, a band portion 5b, and a key 5c. The tag portion 5a has a built-in ID tag memory made of a battery-free EEPROM. That is, personal information (for example, a locker number or the like) of the facility user is written in the tag section 5a.

The wristband collecting unit 10 is for collecting the wristband 5 inserted at the time of settlement, and is formed so as to be slidable in both directions of the front door 2 side and the rear door 3 side. It is formed so that maintenance work can be performed from both the rear door 3 side.

The wristband temporary holding unit 40 provided on the inner surface of the rear door 3 is
This is for temporarily holding the wristband 5 collected by the “0” when the wristband is returned to the wristband return port 96 or the wristband collection box 35. The coin mechanism 90 and the coin hopper 60 can be maintained even when the front door 2 is kept closed by providing it on the inner surface of the rear door 3.

The bill recognizing device 70 is for recognizing bills paid from the bill insertion slot 93, and includes a front door 2
The front door 2 and the rear door 3 are formed so as to be slidable in both directions, so that maintenance work can be performed from both the front door 2 and the rear door 3. The bill validator 70 is formed to be rotatable by a predetermined angle about a vertical direction.

The receipt issuing unit 80 is for issuing a receipt after settlement, is formed to be slidable in both directions of the front door 2 side and the back door 3 side, and has a front portion of the main body. Is formed so that the rear part can be lifted with the fulcrum as a fulcrum.

The exit card issuing unit 88 is for issuing an exit card after settlement, and is slidably formed in both directions of the front door 2 and the rear door 3. The coin mechanism 90 is for identifying a coin inserted from the coin insertion slot 92.

The front door 2 has a wristband insertion slot 91, a coin insertion slot 92, a bill insertion slot 93, a bill return slot 94, a coin return slot 95, a wristband return slot 96, a touch panel display 97 as an operation section, A speaker 98 that utters operation instructions, a credit card slot 99,
Exit card exit 100, receipt exit 101, human body sensor 1 for detecting the user and putting the payment procedure on standby
02, a credit card reader 105 and the like.

In the main body case 1, a control box 103 for controlling the entire apparatus, a keyboard 104 for performing various input operations on the control box 10,
An uninterruptible power supply 106, door switch 107, anti-theft buzzer switch 108, and the like are provided.

Next, the coin hopper 6 which is a main part of the present invention will be described.
0 will be described in detail. Here, FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow of coins by the coin hopper according to the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a base, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing an operation of the switch unit, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a positioning operation by the switch unit.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing the inserted coin collection box, FIG. 13 is a sectional side view showing the flow of coins and the positional relationship of each collection box, and FIG. It is a front view which shows the positional relationship with a collection box.

The coin hopper 60 is, as shown in FIG.
It is for storing change coins and paying them out when necessary. The coins are formed so as to be slidable in both directions of the front door 2 side and the rear door 3 side, and maintenance work can be performed from both the front door 2 side and the rear door 3 side. It is formed so that it can be done.

The coin hopper 60 is slid in each of the two directions to return change coins (during normal use) and to collectively pay out stored coins during coin collection. It has become available.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the coin hopper 60 includes a base 62, a rail 63, a slide base 64,
A guide piece 65, a nylon rivet 66, a switch unit 67, a pressing piece 68, a ball catching device 69 and the like are provided. The operation principle of the switch unit 67 is shown in FIG.
And FIG.

The coins inserted from the coin insertion slot 92 are collected in the inserted coin collection box 52, and the coins paid out during the coin collection operation are collected in the coin hopper collection box 53.

The coin mechanism 90 includes an acceptor 90a as a coin identification unit, and a change coin storage / discharge unit 90b arranged below the acceptor 90a for storing and discharging change coins, and is used in a vending machine. The cost reduction is achieved by using commonly used items.

As described above, according to the wristband automatic payment machine according to the first embodiment, the usability of the coin hopper 60 can be improved with a simple configuration.

Embodiment 2 FIG. 15 is a side sectional view showing a configuration according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 16 is a front view showing a wristband automatic payment machine. As shown in the figure, according to the second embodiment, the coin return slot 95 is
Since the change coin storage / discharge unit 90b is disposed above the position where the change coin storage / discharge unit 90b was disposed before the removal, the coin removal operation is facilitated.

[0038]

As described above, according to the wristband automatic payment machine (Claim 1) of the present invention, a coin hopper that stores change coins and pays out coins when necessary, and a coin identification that is inserted from a coin insertion slot. A coin collection box for collecting coins passed through the device, a coin hopper collection box for collecting coins paid out from the coin hopper during coin collection work, and a coin paid out from the coin hopper when paying change coins are guided to a coin return slot. The coin hopper is formed such that the coin hopper can be slid in the arrangement position at the time of paying out change coins and at the time of paying out coins in the coin collecting operation, and the coin hopper is moved at the time of paying out change coins. To be paid out to When the coin payout in in recovery operations, since the coin is arranged to be paid out to the collection box for the coin hopper, payout operations of coins is facilitated, usability of the coin hopper is improved.

Further, according to the wristband automatic payment machine according to the present invention (claim 2), a position detecting sensor is provided to detect the arrangement positions of the coin hoppers at the time of paying out change coins and paying out coins in coin collecting operation. Is provided, the positioning can be reliably performed, and erroneous payout can be prevented.

According to the wrist band automatic payment machine of the present invention (claim 3), the wrist band automatic payment machine is slidably disposed on the rail on the base and disposed via the guide member for regulating the sliding direction. Since the coin hopper is erected on the slide plate thus set, the coin hopper can be slid with a simple configuration.

According to the wristband automatic payment machine of the present invention (claim 4), the acceptor serving as a coin identification unit and the change coin storage / discharge unit disposed below the acceptor for storing and transporting change coins are provided. Of the coin identification device provided with
While only the acceptor was arranged between the coin slot and the refund shooter, the coin hopper, the collection box for the coin hopper, the inserted coin collection box, the refund shooter, and the coin return slot were arranged before the change coin storage and unloading section was removed. Since it is arranged above the position, the coin removal operation becomes easy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of coins by a coin hopper according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a base.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a slide mechanism of the coin hopper.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of the switch unit.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a positioning operation by a switch unit.

FIG. 6 is a rear perspective view showing the wristband automatic payment machine.

FIG. 7 is a front perspective view showing a wristband automatic payment machine.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a wristband automatic payment machine.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing a wristband automatic payment machine.

FIG. 10 is a rear view showing the wristband automatic payment machine.

FIG. 11 is a plan view showing a wristband.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a inserted coin collection box.

FIG. 13 is a side sectional view showing a flow of coins and a positional relationship between each collection box.

FIG. 14 is a front view showing a positional relationship among a coin mechanism, a coin return slot, and each collection box.

FIG. 15 is a side sectional view showing a positional relationship between an acceptor and a coin return slot according to the second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 16 is a front view showing a wristband automatic payment machine in which a coin return opening is formed high.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing a facility usage fee payment system to which a conventional wristband automatic payment machine is applied.

FIG. 18 is a plan view showing a conventional wristband.

FIG. 19 is a side sectional view schematically showing a main part of a conventional wristband automatic payment machine.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram showing a wristband capturing mechanism.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram showing a distribution operation of a wristband temporary holding unit.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram showing a distribution operation of a wristband temporary holding unit.

FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram showing a distribution operation of a wristband temporary holding unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body case 2 Front door 3 Rear door 5 Wrist band 10 Wrist band collection unit 35 Wrist band collection box 40 Wrist band temporary holding unit 52 Inserted coin collection box 52a, 52b hole 53 Coin hopper collection box 60 Coin hopper 61 Refund shooter 62 Base 63 Rail 64 Slide base 65 Guide piece 66 Nylon rivet 67 Switch unit 68 Pressing piece 69 Ball catching device 70 Bill identifying device 80 Receipt issuing unit 88 Exit card issuing unit 90 Coin mechanism 92 Coin slot 95 Coin return slot

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Minoru Yoneshima 1-1 1-1 Tanabe Nitta, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hiroaki Saito 1st Tanabe-Nitta, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa No. 1 Inside Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Motoshi Yasuda 1-1, Tanabe-Nitta, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture F-term inside Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. 3E027 EA05 EC06

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A coin hopper for storing change coins and paying out coins when needed, a coin collecting box for collecting coins inserted from a coin insertion slot and passing through a coin identification device, and coins paid out from said coin hopper during coin collecting work. A collection box for a coin hopper to be collected, and a refund shooter for guiding a coin paid out from the coin hopper to a coin return slot at the time of paying out change coins. The coin hopper is formed so as to be slidable at the disposition position, and the coin hopper is arranged so that the coin is paid out to the refund shooter when paying out change coins, and the coin hopper is collected when paying out coins in a coin collecting operation. Wristband automatic checkout machine, characterized in that arranged as paid out box. 2. The wristband automatic payment machine according to claim 1, further comprising a position detection sensor for detecting a disposition position of the coin hopper at the time of paying out change coins and paying out coins in a coin collecting operation. . 3. A slidably disposed rail on a base,
The wristband automatic payment machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a coin hopper is erected on a slide plate arranged via a guide member for regulating a sliding direction. 4. A coin discriminating apparatus comprising: an acceptor serving as a coin discriminating portion; and a change coin storing / discharging portion disposed below the acceptor for storing and transporting change coins. In addition, only the acceptor is arranged between the coin insertion slot and the refund shooter, and the coin hopper, the collection box for the coin hopper, the inserted coin collection box, the refund shooter, and the coin return slot are arranged before the change coin storage / ejection unit is removed. The automatic wristband adjusting machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the automatic wristband adjusting machine is arranged above a position where the wristband is set.