JP2011028315A - Currency storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attain a currency storage device which excels in crime prevention and user-friendly and simply structured to allow a clerk to immediately store the currency of sales after the money is received, while remaining standing, without having to bend forward in a convenience store. <P>SOLUTION: The currency storage device is provided with a currency storage 4; a currency delivery cylinder 7; and a blower 5, and in the currency storage device 4 a long hole 9 is formed, through which currency can pass is formed on a top wall 8 of the currency storage 4, and a base end wall 11 communicates with the blast side of the blower 5, and a currency output port 15 which can be opened/closed by an opening/closing door 17 which can be locked by mechanical lock 2 and electronic key 3 is formed at the top end side of the currency storage 4, and the currency delivery cylinder 7 is formed so as to be erected on the top wall 8 of the currency storage, and the currency inserted from a currency insertion port 35 is conveyed by a conveyance conveyer belt 36, and delivered from the long hole to the currency storage 4. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote storage device, and more particularly to a banknote storage device provided with a crime prevention function installed in a convenience store.

  In recent years, burglaries have entered convenience stores and many cases have been aimed at their sales. In particular, a banknote storage for safely storing banknotes such as 10,000 yen in sales is required.

  Conventionally, a safe itself provided with various mechanical or electronic keys and locks is known. In addition, a safe storage device for sales at a convenience store is known (see Patent Document 1). There is known a crime prevention cash register provided in a convenience store in which cash is automatically stored in a cash storage from a settlement section (see Patent Document 2). In addition, the deposit / withdrawal port and the bill discriminating part are arranged at the top, the bill storage is arranged at the bottom, the bill transport path is configured to be split at the top and bottom, and a device housing is provided that surrounds the entire automatic teller machine. A banknote depositing and dispensing machine is known (see Patent Document 3).

JP-A-6-81542 JP-A-11-185155 JP 2008-171451 A

  Normally, a convenience store has a small number of shop assistants, such as two, at most, and has no room for storing banknotes for sale and storing them slowly in a conventional safe. Yen bills and 5,000 yen bills need to be kept at hand at a cash register to some extent, but 10,000 yen bills are unnecessary as change, and it is not preferable to keep them at hand for crime prevention.

  Therefore, it is preferable that the 10,000 yen bill, which is the sales proceeds, be quickly stored in the banknote storage as soon as it is sold, without leaving the cashier and standing up without bending down. In addition, robberies occurring at convenience stores are characterized by being carried out in a very short time (for example, about 5 minutes). Locks that cannot be locked are necessary, and the bill storage is required to have a strength that prevents it from being opened with a bar or the like.

  From this point of view, conventional safes and the like are not suitable for convenience stores because they must be unlocked and the doors opened one by one. In addition, if a safe is installed in a store, a large safe does not fit well as a convenience store, and a small safe is a target for robbery, which is not preferable for crime prevention.

  In the above Patent Document 1, since the bill storage unit is composed of a housing, if the place to be installed is a floor, the store clerk needs to bend and insert the bills. It is considered that it is not necessarily preferable in terms of crime prevention. Moreover, although the structure which provided the cash storage is described in the said patent documents 2, 3, it is provided with the adjustment part, the discrimination | determination part, etc., and it is simply a banknote for the purpose of the crime prevention required for a convenience store. It is too complicated as a structure of a storage for storing.

  In the present invention, the sales clerk can store the bills of sales proceeds, especially 10,000-yen bills, at the convenience store immediately after standing, without bending down after selling them. It is an object of the present invention to realize a banknote storage device that is easy to use and has an excellent crime prevention property.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is a banknote storage device including a banknote storage, a banknote feeding cylinder, and a blower, and the banknote storage is formed with a long hole through which a banknote can pass. The base end wall communicates with the blower side of the blower so that an air flow is blown, and a banknote take-out port that can be opened and closed by an opening / closing door that can be locked by a locking means is formed at the distal end side. The banknote feeding cylinder is formed so as to stand upright and extend upward on the top wall of the banknote storage, and has a banknote insertion hole at the top and a conveyor belt in the vertical direction. Is provided, the banknote inserted from the banknote insertion hole is transported by a transport conveyor belt, and the banknote storage device is configured to take in the banknote storage from the long hole.

  A pair of guide plates are provided on the base end side in the banknote storage so as to expand from the base end side toward the front end side, and a pair of banknotes taken into the banknote storage from the long hole is provided. It is preferable that it is comprised so that it may be conveyed between the guide plates to the front end side by the airflow from an air blower.

  The locking means includes a mechanical lock and an electronic lock, the electronic lock includes an electronic lock driver and an electronic lock opening / closing control device, and the electronic lock driver is connected to a locking piece. The electronic lock opening and closing control device has a lock switch and a password input switch, and is provided with a lock control signal based on the operation of the lock switch or the password input switch. Alternatively, an unlocking control signal is generated, and the electromagnetic coil is driven by the locking control signal or the unlocking control signal so that the locking rod is locked to the locking piece or the locking is released. It is preferable.

  The banknote storage, banknote feeding cylinder and blower are installed in a convenience store, and the electronic lock opening and closing control device is installed at a location remote from the electronic lock driver, and is connected wirelessly or by wire. Preferably there is.

  The banknote storage device according to the present invention is provided near the cash register of a convenience store, so that the clerk can insert and store the sold banknotes in a standing natural posture without bending. The blower provided at the lower part does not clog at the entrance of the bill storage. Since the mechanical lock and the electronic lock are provided, it is difficult to unlock for a short time and the crime prevention effect can be enhanced. Moreover, since the banknote storage apparatus according to the present invention has a very simple configuration, handling and the like are also easy.

  If the store owner (manager) has a key for the lock and has obtained the PIN code for the electronic lock, and the store clerk does not have the key and does not know the PIN code, then the store owner (unless the store owner is in charge) Those who try to snatch banknotes have to give up because they are difficult to unlock and break in a short time even if they try to unlock or break the storage. If such a banknote storage device is widely installed in a convenience store, the crime prevention effect is exceptional in that the number of people who go into the convenience store and try to seize sales is reduced.

It is a figure which shows the vertical sectional view explaining the Example of this invention. 1A is a plan view of FIG. 1, FIG. 2B is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1C, and FIG. It is a figure explaining the electronic lock of the Example of this invention. It is a figure explaining the effect | action of the Example of this invention.

  EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION The form for implementing the banknote storage apparatus which concerns on this invention is demonstrated below with reference to drawings based on an Example.

  1-4 is a figure explaining the banknote storage apparatus of this invention of the Example of this invention. 1 and 2, a banknote storage device 1 includes a banknote storage 4 having a normal lock 2 and a pair of left and right electronic locks 3, a fan 5, and an electronic lock opening / closing control device 6 (see FIG. 3). A bill feeding cylinder 7. Note that one electronic lock 3 may be provided instead of the left and right pair.

  The banknote storage 4 is formed of a steel plate cage having strength, and as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 (c), on the upper surface of the base end side (right side in the figure) of the banknote storage 4 The banknote feeding cylinder 7 is provided to stand up and extend upward, and the lower end of the banknote feeding cylinder 7 communicates with the inside of the banknote storage 4 through a long hole 9 formed in the top wall 8 of the banknote storage 4. It is provided as follows.

  As shown in FIG. 2B, a pair of guides for guiding an air flow that expands toward the front end side (left side in the figure) in a plan view on the bottom wall 45 on the base end side in the bill storage 4 A plate 10 is suspended. And the ventilation port 12 which receives the ventilation from the air blower 5 in the base end wall 11 of the banknote storage 4 is formed.

  The blower 5 includes a blower motor 13. The blower 5 may be provided in the banknote storage 4, but is provided separately from the banknote storage 4 in this embodiment. The blower 5 communicates with the blower opening 12 of the banknote storage 4 through a pipe 14 and is configured to send an air flow from the blower 5 into the banknote storage 4 through the blower opening 12.

  On the front end side (left side in the figure) of the banknote storage 4, the top wall 8 has a banknote outlet 15 for taking out banknotes. The banknote outlet 15 can be opened and closed by an upper door 17 pivotally attached by a hinge 16 (see an imaginary line in FIG. 4). The gap between the door 17 and the bill outlet 15 is formed to be as small as possible so that a tool such as a bar cannot be inserted. An air passage hole (lattice hole) 19 is formed on the tip wall 18 of the banknote storage 4.

  A mechanical lock 2 that can be engaged with the top wall 8 of the banknote storage 4 is provided on the upper surface of the door 17 and can be locked and unlocked by inserting a key. As this mechanical lock 2, a normal lock is used. Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (c), a pair of left and right electronic locks 3 is attached to the banknote storage 4 for locking the door 17. As shown in FIG. 3, the electronic lock 3 includes an electronic lock driver 20 and an electronic lock opening / closing control device 6 that are electrically connected to each other wirelessly or by wire. In this embodiment, a configuration example in which the electronic lock driver 20 and the electronic lock opening / closing control device 6 are connected wirelessly will be described. In addition, although the two electronic locks 3 which become a left-right pair each have the electronic lock driver 20, what is necessary is just to provide the one common electronic lock opening / closing control apparatus 6. FIG.

  The electronic lock driver 20 is a part to be locked and unlocked, and is attached to the lower surface of the top wall 8 of the banknote storage 4 as shown in FIG. 2C, and includes an electromagnetic coil 21 and an electromagnetic coil 21. , A retractable locking rod 22 driven by a magnetic field, an electromagnetic coil drive controller 33, and a receiver 34. The locking rod 22 is driven by the electromagnetic coil 21 and is detachably engaged with the engagement hole 24 of the locking piece 23 fixed to the lower surface of the door 17.

  The electronic lock opening / closing control device 6 is a part that controls locking and unlocking of the electronic lock driver 20. In the present invention, the electronic lock opening / closing control device 6 may be attached to the banknote storage 4 or the banknote feeding cylinder 7 or the vicinity of the cash register of the convenience store and connected to the electronic lock driver 20 by wire (electric wire). It may be installed in the store away from the cash register or in another location outside the store (for example, the office in the store, the store owner's home, etc.) and connected wirelessly or wiredly as described above. In this embodiment, the electronic lock opening / closing control device 6 will be described on the premise of a configuration in which the electronic lock opening / closing control device 6 is provided at another location away from the cash register and connected to the electronic lock driver 20 wirelessly.

  In FIG. 3, the electronic lock opening / closing control device 6 includes a lock switch 25, a password input switch 26, a control signal generator 27, and a transmitter 28. The control signal generator 27 receives the lock signal or the password input signal generated by the operation of the lock switch 25 or the password input switch 26, generates a lock control signal or an unlock control signal, and the electronic lock driver 20 It is a device that controls.

  The control signal generator 27 shown in FIG. 3 has the same function as a microcomputer or personal computer including a CPU 29, a storage unit 30, an input unit 31, and an output unit 32. The input unit 31 receives the lock input signal or the password input signal generated by the operation of the lock switch 25 or the password input switch 26, and the CPU 29 operates based on the electronic lock opening / closing control software installed in the storage unit 30, A lock control signal or an unlock control signal is generated. The locking control signal or the unlocking control signal is transmitted to the receiver 34 by the transmitter 28 and input to the electromagnetic coil drive controller 33.

  Specifically, when the store owner operates the lock switch 25, the control signal generator 27 generates a lock control signal, which is driven by the electromagnetic coil drive of the electronic lock driver 20 via the transmitter 28 and the receiver 34. The controller 33 is sent to drive the electromagnetic coil 21 so that the locking rod 22 is inserted into the engagement hole 24 of the locking piece 23.

  Further, by operating the personal identification number switch 26 and inputting a personal identification number known only to the store owner, the control signal generator 27 generates an unlocking control signal, which is transmitted via the transmitter 28 and the receiver 34. Then, it is sent to the electromagnetic coil drive controller 33 of the electronic lock driver 20 to drive the electromagnetic coil 21 so that the locking rod 22 is moved out of the engagement hole 24 of the locking piece 23.

  The bill feeding cylinder 7 is made of an iron plate and has a horizontal cross section and a quadrangular shape, but its front and rear faces are open for manufacturing and maintenance. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2A, the bill insertion cylinder 7 has a bill insertion slot 35 formed on the top thereof. The banknote delivery cylinder 7 is formed to a height that allows a bank clerk to insert the banknote into the banknote insertion slot 35 without bending too much. Therefore, according to the installation mode of the case where the banknote storage 4 is installed and installed on the floor 47 (see FIG. 4) and the case where the banknote storage 4 is embedded and installed below the floor (not shown), It is necessary to design with different heights.

  In the banknote feeding cylinder 7, a banknote conveyor belt 36 composed of an endless belt is supported by a driving roller 37 at the lower end, supported by a guide roller 38 at the upper end, and further intermediate in the vertical direction so as to extend in the vertical direction. In the position, it is supported and arranged by a tension roller 40 urged by a tension force by a spring 39.

  The drive roller 37 is configured to be driven via a speed reducer by a conveyance motor 41 provided at the lower part of the banknote feeding cylinder 7. An opening on the base end side of the banknote feeding cylinder 7 in which the conveyance motor 41 is disposed is configured to be appropriately closed by a cover plate (not shown).

  On the front side (the left side in FIG. 1) of the banknote transporting conveyor belt 36, a plurality of (for example, 3) endless cords 42 extending in the vertical direction along the banknote transporting conveyor belt 36 are spaced in the width direction. It is stretched. The endless cord 42 is rotatably provided in accordance with the movement of the banknote transporting conveyor belt 36 by a plurality of driven rollers 42 ′ provided at intervals in the vertical direction on the front surface of the banknote transporting conveyor belt 36. It has been. In addition, it is preferable to cover suitably the front opening of the banknote feeding cylinder 7 with the transparent or through-hole cover etc. which can be seen when a banknote is jammed.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the banknote transporting conveyor belt 36 and the endless cord 42 are arranged such that the gap at the upper end therebetween is directly below the banknote insertion slot 35 of the banknote feeding cylinder 7. Further, in the banknote feeding cylinder 7, a banknote detection switch 43 (proximity switch such as an optical switch or a micro switch) is provided immediately below the banknote insertion slot 35.

  When the banknote detection switch 43 detects the insertion of the banknote 48 (see FIG. 4), a conveyance motor drive signal is sent to the conveyance motor 41 via the control panel 44 so that the conveyance motor 41 is rotated for a predetermined time. Control. Similarly, when the banknote detection switch 43 detects insertion of a banknote, a blower motor drive signal is sent to the blower motor 13 via the control panel 44, and the blower motor 13 is controlled to rotate for a certain period of time. Although not shown, the control panel 44 and the blower motor 13 are electrically connected by wire (electric wires) or wirelessly.

(Function)
The operation of the bill storage device 1 having the above configuration will be described below. The banknote storage 4, the banknote feeding cylinder 7, and the blower 5 are installed in the vicinity of a cash register of a convenience store. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, this installation is performed by fixing the bottom wall 45 of the banknote storage 4 to the floor 47 with installation bolts 46. Alternatively, if possible, a hole is dug below the floor 47, that is, under the floor, the banknote storage 4 is embedded in the hole, and the banknote 48 is inserted into the banknote feeding cylinder 7 without causing the store clerk to bend too much. It is provided so as to extend to a height at which it can be inserted into the mouth 35.

  In use, the door 17 of the banknote storage 4 is closed, and the mechanical lock 2 and the electronic lock 3 are locked. The sales clerk inserts 10,000 yen banknotes among the sales proceeds from the banknote insertion slot 35 of the banknote storage device 1. At this time, since the clerk can insert the banknote into the banknote insertion slot 35 of the banknote storage device 1 while standing without bending down, it is very convenient for a busy clerk.

  In this way, when a banknote is inserted into the banknote insertion slot 35 of the banknote storage device 1, the banknote detection switch 43 detects the banknote 48, sends a transport motor drive signal to the transport motor 41 via the control panel 44, and transports it. The motor 41 is rotated. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 4, the bill 48 inserted from the bill insertion slot 35 digs into the gap between the upper end of the bill conveyor belt 36 and the endless cord 42 and is transported downward. It is taken into the storage 4.

  When the banknote 48 is detected by the banknote detection switch 43, a blower motor drive signal is sent to the blower motor 13 via the control panel 44, and the blower motor 13 rotates. Thereby, the air blower 5 sends an air flow into the banknote storage 4 through the pipe 14 and the air outlet 12, and blows air between the pair of guide plates 10 to the front end side of the storage. In this state, when the banknote 48 is taken into the banknote storage 4 from the long hole 9, it is immediately conveyed to the front end side of the banknote storage 4 by an air flow. Therefore, the banknote 48 taken into the banknote storage 4 under the long hole 9 stays so that two or more sheets may overlap, and it does not clog.

  The bills 48 are stored in such a manner that they are stacked on the tip side in the bill storage 4 in this way. Persons other than the shop owner cannot take out banknotes from the banknote storage 4 because they are locked. When the store owner takes out the banknote 48, which is the sales proceeds, from the banknote storage 4, the lock 2 is unlocked and the password is input to the password input switch 26 of the electronic lock opening / closing control device 6 so that the electronic The locking rod 22 of the lock 3 is extracted from the engagement hole 24 of the locking piece 23 and unlocked. Thereby, it becomes possible to take out the banknote 48 accommodated by opening the door 17.

  As mentioned above, although the form for implementing the banknote storage apparatus which concerns on this invention was demonstrated based on the Example, this invention is not limited to such an Example, The technique described in the claim It goes without saying that there are various embodiments within the scope of the subject matter.

  Since the banknote storage device according to the present invention is configured as described above, it is optimal for storing banknotes in convenience stores, but it can also be used for crime prevention purposes in small stores and other retailers.

1 Bill storage device
2 locks
3 Electronic lock
4 banknote storage
5 Blower
6 Electronic lock opening and closing control device
7 Banknote transfer cylinder
8 Top wall of banknote storage
9 Long holes formed in the top wall
10 Guide plate
11 Base wall
12 Blower
13 Blower motor
14 Pipe
15 banknote outlet
16 Hinge 17 Door
18 Tip wall
19 Air passage hole (lattice hole)
20 Electronic lock driver
21 Electromagnetic coil
22 Locking rod
23 Locking piece
24 engagement hole
25 Locking switch
26 PIN code input switch
27 Control signal generator
28 Transmitter
29 CPU
30 storage unit
31 Input section
32 Output section
33 Electromagnetic coil drive controller
34 Receiver
35 bill insertion slot
36 Conveyor belt for banknote conveyance
37 Drive roller
38 Guide roller
39 Tension force bias spring
40 Tension Roller with Tension
41 Conveyor motor 42 Endless code
42 'driven roller
43 bill detection switch
44 Control panel
45 Bottom wall of bill storage
46 Installation bolt
47 floor 48 banknotes

Claims (4)

A banknote storage device including a banknote storage, a banknote feeding cylinder and a blower,
The banknote storage is formed with a long hole through which the banknote can pass on its top wall, and its base end wall communicates with the blower side of the blower so that airflow is blown, A bill outlet that can be opened and closed by an opening and closing door that can be locked by a locking means is formed,
The bill feeding cylinder is formed so as to stand upright on the top wall of the bill storage and extend upward. A bill insertion hole is provided in the upper portion, and a conveyor belt is arranged in the vertical direction. The banknote storage device is configured to transport a banknote inserted from a banknote insertion hole by a transport conveyor belt and to take it into the banknote storage from the long hole.   A pair of guide plates are provided on the base end side in the banknote storage so as to expand from the base end side toward the front end side, and a pair of banknotes taken into the banknote storage from the long hole is provided. The bill storage device according to claim 1, wherein the bill storage device is configured to be conveyed between the guide plates to the front end side by an air flow from a blower. The locking means comprises a mechanical lock and an electronic lock,
The electronic lock includes an electronic lock driver and an electronic lock opening / closing control device,
The electronic lock driver has a locking rod that can be inserted and removed with an electromagnetic coil with respect to the locking piece,
The electronic lock opening and closing control device has a lock switch and a password input switch, and generates a lock control signal or an unlock control signal based on the operation of the lock switch or the password input switch,
3. The structure according to claim 2, wherein the electromagnetic coil is driven by the locking control signal or the unlocking control signal to lock the locking rod with the locking piece or release the locking. Banknote storage device.   The banknote storage, banknote feeding cylinder and blower are installed in a convenience store, and the electronic lock opening and closing control device is installed at a location remote from the electronic lock driver, and is connected wirelessly or by wire. The banknote storage device according to claim 3, wherein the banknote storage device is provided.

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