JP2002095512A - Money discrimination structure - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a money discrimination structure, which makes it easy to discriminate kinds of moneys received by installing discrimination tappets in several money-housing sections. SOLUTION: Several housing sections for housing coins, bills and cards are allocated, and at each housing section, tappets for discriminating kinds of moneys are set up so that the discrimination of money received can be easily done.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure for discriminating coins which is provided with a plurality of discriminating protrusions in a plurality of coin storages to facilitate discrimination of the stored coins.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Identification for taking out money stored in a money storage section provided on a wallet depends solely on the shape and arrangement of the storage section. There was a drawback that it was difficult to take out. Particularly for visually impaired persons, the identification mark on the bill can be used in the case of a new ticket, but it has been difficult to identify it with a used bill. Also, for coins, for example, it is difficult to distinguish between 10 yen and 100 yen only by touch, so
If both were mixed in the same storage section, they could not be sorted out. Similarly, in cards,
For the visually impaired, it was difficult to identify them.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its main problem is to provide a discriminating protrusion in a money storage section and store it in the storage section. It is an object of the present invention to provide a structure for identifying coins, which makes it possible to identify the kind of coins that have just been touched by touching a spike.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of storage sections for storing coins, bills, or cards are provided, and each of the storage sections is identified. There is provided a technical means that a protrusion is protruded to facilitate identification of stored money.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a plurality of flat pocket-shaped storage portions for storing banknotes are provided in a stepwise manner in the vertical or horizontal direction, and all or a part of the plurality of storage portions are used for other storage. There is a technical measure in which a protrusion for identification is protruded from a portion protruding from the portion to facilitate identification of stored bills.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a plurality of flat pocket-shaped storage portions for storing cards and the like are provided stepwise in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction, and all or some of the plurality of storage portions are used as other storage portions. Technical measures are taken to protrude an identification protrusion from a portion protruding from the storage portion to facilitate identification of stored cards and the like.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a technique in which a discriminating projection is protruded above a plurality of storage sections for storing coins, thereby facilitating identification of the stored coins. Have taken strategic steps.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a technical means in which the protruding member is a braille protruding member, and is disposed along the edge of the front wall of the storage portion.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment in which the coin storage structure of the present invention is applied to a wallet will be described below with reference to the drawings. The wallet 1 is made of a wallet having a two-fold structure. One wall (the right side in the figure) is a flat pocket portion 1b as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. In this state, a plurality of banknote storage units 4 formed continuously on one side and formed over the entirety thereof, and card storage units 5 and 6 formed vertically or horizontally on the left and right sides respectively are formed. The structure is made. Reference numerals 7 and 7 denote snap buttons for folding and connecting the pocket portion 1b in two.

On the other hand, the other side (left side in the figure) of the center bent portion is a housing 1a as shown in FIG. 1, and when opened, it is continuous on one side and continuously on three sides. It has a structure that opens and closes. A plurality of coin storage units 3 are provided inside the housing 1a with the fastener F opened.
Is provided.

The banknote storage unit 4 is provided with a plurality of flat pocket-shaped storage units (four stages in the illustrated example) that are vertically stepped. Here, the storage section 4 of the banknotes has the same bottom portion as each storage section 4 (referred to as 41 to 44 for convenience of description), and the front wall 4a (41 for convenience of description).
a to 44a) are set so as to gradually increase in a stepwise manner.

In the case of the illustrated example, the front wall 42a of the second-stage storage section 42 is connected to the front wall 4a of the first-stage storage section 41.
A protruding portion (one protruding portion in the illustrated example) 15 for identifying bills stored in the first-stage storing portion is protruded from a portion protruding from 1a.

Similarly, the front wall portion 43 of the third-stage storage portion 43
a, a protruding part (in the illustrated example, along the longitudinal direction) for identifying bills stored in the second-stage storage portion 42 at a portion protruding from the front wall portion 42a of the second-stage storage portion 42. Two protrusions 15 are provided to protrude.

Further, a front wall portion 44a of the fourth-stage storage portion 44 is provided.
In a portion protruding from the front wall portion 43a of the third storage section 43, a protrusion (3 in the illustrated example along the longitudinal direction) for identifying bills stored in the third storage section 43 is provided. ) Are provided. In this embodiment, the projections for identification are not provided in the fourth storage section 44, but are arranged at the top, so that they can be distinguished from other storage sections without the above identification. can do.

In the illustrated example, a braille projection is used as the projection 15, and when a plurality of projections are arranged, they are arranged so as to be arranged along the longitudinal direction. By arranging the protrusions 15 in the longitudinal direction of the storage section 4 in this manner, a large number of the protrusions can be arranged, and the visually impaired person holds the wallet 1 in the longitudinal direction by opening the wallet 1 and performs the above-described operation in the same manner as Braille. This is preferable because the protrusion 15 can be read.

However, in the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and when the protruding length of the front wall portion 4a of each of the storage portions 4 of banknotes arranged stepwise is long, The protrusions 15 may be arranged (not shown). In the above-described embodiment, the protrusion 15 for identifying the bill stored in the storage unit 4 is used.
Is provided on the front wall portion 4a of the next (upper) storage portion 4, but may be provided on the front wall portion 4a of the same storage portion 4. In this case, the protrusions 15 for identification can be provided for all the storage sections 4.

Next, such a projection 15 can be provided in the card storage sections 5 and 6 so that the similarly stored cards can be identified. In the illustrated example, a plurality of (four in the illustrated example) flat pocket-shaped storage units 5 are provided in the right half in the double-page spread state in a stepwise manner in the lateral direction, and a flat pocket is provided in the left half. A plurality (in the illustrated example, two stages) of stepped storage portions 6 are provided in the vertical direction, and a plurality of (in the illustrated example, two stages) are provided in the depth direction.

In the storage sections 5 and 6, similarly to the above-described embodiment, if the protrusion 15 is provided on the front wall of the storage section, the stored cards can be identified. First, the former storage section 5 (referred to as 51 to 54 for convenience of description) will be described with reference to the drawings, with respect to the structure in which the protrusions 15 are provided.

Here, in the storage section 5, the three pockets have the same depth except for the top row, and the bottom section is set to be gradually shallower, and only the top pocket is the same as the bottom pocket. Set to depth.

In the case of the illustrated example, the front wall 52a of the storage section 52 for the cards and the like in the second tier forms the storage section 51 in the first tier.
A protrusion (one protrusion in the illustrated example) 15 for identifying cards stored in the first-stage storage portion 51 is protruded from a portion protruding from the front wall portion 51a.

Similarly, in the front wall portion 53a of the storage section 53 for cards of the third tier, the portion protruding from the front wall section 52a of the storage section 52 of the second tier is stored in the second storage section 52. A protrusion (two protrusions along the longitudinal direction in the illustrated example) 15 for identifying the inserted cards is protruded.

Further, in the front wall portion 54a of the storage section 54 for cards in the fourth tier, a portion protruding from the front wall 53a of the storage section 53 in the third tier is stored in the third storage section 53. A protruding member (three protruding members along the longitudinal direction in the illustrated example) 15 for protruding cards is provided. In this embodiment, the projecting part 15 for identification is not provided in the storage part 54 of the fourth stage, but since it is arranged at the uppermost stage, it can be distinguished without such identification. . Also in the illustrated example, a braille projection is used as the projection 15, and when a plurality of projections are arranged, they are arranged so as to be arranged along the longitudinal direction of the front wall portion. I have.

Similarly, a protrusion 15 may also be provided on each front wall of the card storage section 6 disposed on the left side of the latter, so that the stored cards can be identified. This configuration is the same as that of the above embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the plurality of coin storage sections 3 have a pocket 8 at the center in the thickness direction.
Before and after the pocket 8, the storage part is divided into two parts by the partition wall 11 in the left and right direction (lateral width direction).
Are provided in a pair in the front-rear direction in the thickness direction, and a total of four coin storage units 3 are provided.

The coin storage section 3 includes a pair of peripheral wall portions 12 and 12 ′ opposed in the thickness direction, and a pair of the peripheral wall portions 12 and 12 ′.
A pair of opposed bellows-shaped side walls 13 which are fixed between the ends facing each other in the thickness direction of 12 ′ and block the side faces are formed in a pair, and the upper side is enlarged in a fan shape when the opening is opened. At the center in the width direction. In the illustrated example, the pocket 8 is formed so as to cover the space between the inner peripheral wall portions 12 'and 12' with a side wall portion 13 'having one folded portion. Further, in the case of the illustrated example, the side wall portions 13 and 13 ′ that are continuous in the thickness direction use a leather fabric that is bent in a series of bellows.

On the other hand, the partition wall 11 is
It is thicker and stronger, and is formed in a bellows shape folded more than the side wall portion 13. As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the side wall portion 13 is made of one piece of leather whose upper end is folded back and adhered and trimmed, whereas the partition wall 1 is made of one piece of leather.
Reference numeral 1 denotes a leather having the same thickness, which is folded in two and bonded, and the folded portion 11a is arranged so as to be an upper edge.

This partition wall 11 is formed in a bellows shape by providing a large number (eight in the illustrated example) of fold portions 11b in the longitudinal direction. It is fixed (adhered) and built in. As the core member 14, paper, synthetic paper, plastic sheet, or the like having flexibility and strength is used.

In the present embodiment, the core member 14 is composed of nine divided pieces of a size excluding the fold portion so as not to overlap with the eight fold portions 11b of the partition wall 11, and is fixed inside the partition wall 11 ( (Adhesion) so that the fold portion 11b can be easily bent. The partition wall 11 has a bellows shape in which eight fold portions 11b are alternately repeated in a mountain fold and a valley fold, and in the above-described embodiment, the core material 14 is incorporated to increase the strength of the partition wall 11. In the present invention, the thickness of the partition wall material may be increased, or the strength may be increased by using a strong material.

The partition wall 11 is composed of nine pieces which are bent and connected.
Since c ′ is fixed (stitched) 21 to the peripheral wall portion 12 and is continuously provided, as shown in FIG. 7, the lower portions of all the pieces 11c except for the pieces 11c ′ at the both ends are integrally fixed to each other (sewn). ) To increase the strength of the lower part of the partition wall.

The ends 11c 'of both ends of the partitioning piece 11 are fixed (sewed) 20 to the center of the front and rear peripheral wall parts 12 to partition the storage part, and as described above, the lower part of the partitioning wall part 11 is formed. Has a high strength, so that even if a force of a finger or a coin is applied to the partition wall 11, a large gap does not occur between the lower end of the partition wall 11 and the bottom 3 a of the coin storage unit 3. Does not enter the adjacent coin storage unit 3 via the partition wall 11 and coins are not mixed.

Thus, if coins of the same type are stored in the same coin storage unit 3 after being classified in advance by type of coin, four types of coins (for example, 1 yen, 5 yen,
(¥ 10, ¥ 100) can be sorted and stored, and coins are easy to take out without using coins even when used. This is particularly useful for visually impaired persons.

In this embodiment, a structure in which three sides are continuously opened and closed by the fastener F is illustrated.
It may be a mouthpiece structure which is opened and closed by a mouthpiece or three mouthpieces, and may have a structure in which the coin storage part 3 is formed. Further, in this embodiment, the case where the coin is used for the wallet 1 is shown.
May be integrally provided.

Further, each coin storage unit 3 is provided with a protrusion 15 shown in FIG. 1 to identify each coin storage unit, and any coin is stored without touching the coin. The visually impaired person may be able to understand whether or not it is running. In the case of the illustrated example, a projection 15 for identification is protruded from an upper portion of the inner wall surface of the peripheral wall portion 12. In the illustrated example, two coin storage sections 3, 3 are formed in the width direction by being partitioned by the partition wall 11,
The inner wall surface of the peripheral wall portion 12 on which the protrusion 15 is disposed may be either forward or rearward, and even if the protrusion 15 is arranged with both of them aligned on one inner wall surface, the peripheral wall portion 12 which is different from front to back may be used. The protrusion 15 may be arranged. Here, the type of the protrusion 15 is not limited, but it is preferable to use a braille protrusion.

According to this, the type of coins stored in the coin storage section can be identified only by touching the protrusion, which is particularly useful for visually impaired persons. In other words, it goes without saying that various design changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0035]

As described above, according to the present invention,
An identification spike is provided in the storage unit for currency, so that the types of various storage items, such as banknotes, coins, and cards, stored in the storage unit can be understood simply by touching the spike, Of course, it is extremely convenient and useful for visually impaired people.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment in which a wallet is provided on one side of a wallet and a coin storage section is provided in the wallet.

FIG. 2 is a development view of the present embodiment in which a folded wall portion is provided on the other side of the wallet.

FIG. 3 is a development view of the present embodiment in which a protrusion is provided in a storage section for cards and the like.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the housing of FIG. 1 in a state where a fastener is opened.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a developed partition wall.

FIG. 6A is a plan view illustrating a state in which a core material is built in a partition wall, and FIG. 6B is a bottom view illustrating fixation of a lower portion of the partition wall.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a cross section of a coin storage unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 wallet 1a housing 1b flat pocket portion 2 bent portion 3 coin storage portion 4 (41 to 44) banknote storage portion 4a (41a to 44a) front wall portion of banknote storage portion 5 (51 to 54) Card storage section 5a (51a-54a) Card storage section front wall section 6 Card storage section 7 Snap button 8 Pocket 11 Partition wall 11a Folded folded portion 11b Bellows-like fold portion 11c, 11c ' Pieces 12, 12 'peripheral wall portion 13, 13' side wall portion 14 core material 15 protrusion constituting partition wall

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of storage sections for storing coins, bills, or cards are provided, and each storage section is provided with a protrusion for identifying the storage section, and is used to identify stored money. A currency identification structure characterized by being made easier. 2. A plurality of flat pocket-shaped storage portions for storing bills are provided in a stepped manner in a vertical direction or a horizontal direction, and all or some of the plurality of storage portions protrude from other storage portions. 2. The structure for identifying bills according to claim 1, wherein a protrusion for identification is protruded from the portion to facilitate identification of stored bills. 3. A plurality of flat pocket-shaped storage portions for storing cards are provided in a stepwise manner in a vertical direction or a horizontal direction, and all or some of the plurality of storage portions protrude from another storage portion. 2. The structure for identifying coins according to claim 1, wherein a protrusion for identification is protruded from the portion to facilitate identification of the stored cards. 4. The storage device according to claim 1, wherein a discriminating projection is protruded above a plurality of storage sections for storing coins to facilitate identification of the stored coins. Structure for identifying the kind of money described in. 5. The structure for identifying money according to claim 1, wherein the protrusion is a braille protrusion, and is disposed along an edge of a front wall portion of the storage portion. .