JP2021068479A - Coin processor - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a coin processor capable of improving workability.SOLUTION: A coin processor includes a device main body 2 for processing a coin, a tray part 3 for receiving a coin from the device main body 2 at a retracted position drawn into the device main body 2 and allowing the coin to be taken out of the device at a projecting position from the device main body 2, and a tray drive part for moving the tray part 3 between the retracted position and the projecting position with respect to the device main body 2. The tray drive part moves the tray part 3 with respect to the device main body 2 between the retracted position where the coin is accepted from the device main body 2 and the projecting position where the coin can be taken out to the outside of the device. Thus, workability can be improved, compared with a case where the tray part 3 is manually inserted and removed with respect to the device main body 2.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

The present invention relates to a coin processing device for processing coins.

There is a coin processing device that discharges coins to a saucer (carton) set in a coin ejection port (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Such a coin processing device is adapted to start a coin ejection operation toward the saucer when the saucer is set in the coin discharge port. The user can easily receive the coins discharged in the coin processing device by pulling out the saucer from the coin discharge port after the coin discharge operation is completed.

Jikkai Sho 54-130498

However, in the above-mentioned coin processing apparatus, it is necessary to manually insert and remove the saucer from the apparatus main body, and there is room for improvement in workability.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a coin processing apparatus capable of improving workability.

In order to achieve the above object, the first aspect of the present invention is to receive coins from the device main body at a device main body for processing coins and a retracted position drawn into the device main body, and to project from the device main body. It is characterized by including a saucer portion that allows coins to be taken out of the device at the protruding position, and a saucer drive unit that moves the saucer portion between the retracted position and the protruding position with respect to the device main body. To do.

According to the first aspect, the saucer drive unit moves the saucer with respect to the device body between a pull-in position for receiving coins from the device body and a protruding position for allowing coins to be taken out of the device. Therefore, workability can be improved as compared with the case where the saucer portion is manually inserted and removed from the apparatus main body.

In the second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, when the saucer driving unit completes the discharge of coins from the apparatus main body to the saucer portion at the retracted position, the saucer portion is released. It is characterized in that it is moved to a protruding position.

According to the second aspect, when the coins are discharged from the apparatus main body to the saucer portion at the retracted position, the saucer drive portion moves the saucer portion to the protruding position, so that the saucer portion is moved from the device main body to the saucer portion. When the coins have been discharged, the saucer is automatically projected from the main body of the device so that the coins can be taken out of the device. As a result, it is possible to prevent forgetting to take coins.

A third aspect according to the present invention has, in the first or second aspect, a residue detection sensor that detects the residue of coins in the saucer portion, and the saucer drive unit is the saucer in the protruding position. When the residual detection sensor no longer detects the residual coins in the portion, the saucer portion is moved to the retracted position.

According to the third aspect, when the residual detection sensor no longer detects the residual coins in the saucer portion at the protruding position, the saucer drive unit moves the saucer portion to the retracted position, so that the coins from the saucer portion When the removal is completed, the saucer is automatically pulled into the main body of the device, and the next coin release operation is possible. As a result, the next coin release operation can be smoothly performed.

A fourth aspect according to the present invention is, in any one of the first to third aspects, the saucer drive unit slides the saucer portion with respect to the device main body from the retracted position to the protruding position. It is slid from the outside in the direction and to the back side in the sliding direction from the protruding position to the retracting position, and the saucer portion is recessed downward to accommodate the coins released from the apparatus main body and the accommodating recess. The device main body is provided in a cover portion facing the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion at the retracting position and an inner range of the cover portion, and is located at the retracting position. It is characterized by having a coin discharge port facing the accommodating recess of the saucer portion and an entry suppressing portion for suppressing the entry of coins between the upper surface forming portion and the cover portion.

According to the fourth aspect, even if a coin tries to enter between the cover portion of the apparatus main body and the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion facing the cover portion, the entry suppressing portion prevents the coin from entering between them. Suppress. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the coin from being forgotten to be removed or the coin from falling out from the saucer portion due to the coin entering between the cover portion of the apparatus main body and the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion.

In a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect, the entry suppressing portion has a back-side downward protrusion that protrudes downward from the back side of the coin ejection port in the cover portion in the slide direction. It is characterized by having.

According to the fifth aspect, the downward protruding portion on the back side as the entry suppressing portion protrudes downward from the back side in the sliding direction of the coin discharge port in the cover portion, so that the coin is discharged from the coin discharge port of the main body of the apparatus. It is possible to prevent coins from entering between the cover portion of the apparatus main body and the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion on the back side of the accommodating recess in the sliding direction.

In a sixth aspect according to the present invention, in the fifth aspect, the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion has a rear groove extending along the slide direction on the back side of the accommodating recess in the slide direction. A plurality of the rearward protrusions are formed side by side in a direction orthogonal to the slide direction, and the rearward downward protrusions are characterized in that they enter each of the plurality of rear grooves.

According to the sixth aspect, since the rear downward protrusions are inserted into each of the plurality of rear grooves formed in the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion, the coins released from the coin ejection port of the main body of the apparatus are stored in the accommodating recess. It is possible to further suppress the entry between the cover portion of the main body of the apparatus and the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion on the back side in the slide direction.

A seventh aspect according to the present invention is, in any one of the fourth to sixth aspects, the entry suppressing portion is provided on both sides of the coin ejection port in the cover portion in the slide orthogonal direction orthogonal to the slide direction. It is characterized by having laterally downward protruding portions protruding downward from each other.

According to the seventh aspect, the lateral downward protruding portion as the entry suppressing portion protrudes downward on both sides in the slide orthogonal direction of the coin discharge port in the cover portion, so that the coin is discharged from the coin discharge port of the main body of the apparatus. It is possible to prevent the coins from entering between the cover portion of the apparatus main body and the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion on the side of the accommodating recess in the direction orthogonal to the slide.

In the eighth aspect of the present invention, in the seventh aspect, the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion has lateral grooves extending along the slide direction on both sides of the accommodating recess in the slide orthogonal direction. Each of them is formed, and the lateral downward protrusions on both sides are characterized in that they enter the lateral grooves, respectively.

According to the eighth aspect, the lateral downward protrusions enter the lateral grooves formed on both sides of the accommodating recess in the slide orthogonal direction in the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion, so that the lateral downward protrusions enter from the coin discharge port of the main body of the apparatus. It is possible to further prevent the released coins from entering between the cover portion of the apparatus main body and the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion on the side of the accommodating recess in the slide orthogonal direction.

A ninth aspect according to the present invention is, in any one of the fourth to eighth aspects, the intrusion suppressing portion is outside the cover portion in the slide direction and in a slide orthogonal direction orthogonal to the slide direction. It is characterized by having outward downward projecting portions projecting downward from both sides of the accommodating recess.

According to the ninth aspect, the outward downward protrusion as the entry suppressing portion protrudes downward from both sides of the accommodating recess in the slide orthogonal direction on the outside in the slide direction of the cover portion, so that the saucer portion in the protruding position It is possible to prevent the coins on the upper surface forming portion of the device from entering between the cover portion of the apparatus main body and the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion due to the movement of the tray portion to the retracting position.

In the tenth aspect of the present invention, in the ninth aspect, the outward downward protrusions on both sides are inclined so as to be located outside the slide direction as the distance from the accommodating recess in the slide orthogonal direction increases. It is characterized by doing.

According to the tenth aspect, the outward downward protrusions on both sides are inclined so as to be located outside in the slide direction as the distance from the accommodating recess in the slide orthogonal direction increases, so that the upper surface of the saucer portion in the protruding position is formed. The coins in the portion can be guided to the accommodating recess side by the outward downward protrusion moving to the retracting position of the saucer portion, and can be dropped into the accommodating recess.

In the eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the tenth aspect, the upper surface forming portion is located outside the outer downward protrusions on both sides in the slide direction, in the slide orthogonal direction from the accommodating recess. It is characterized by having an outwardly upward protruding portion that inclines so as to be located on the back side in the sliding direction as the distance increases.

According to the eleventh aspect, the outward protrusions are inclined to be located on the outer side of each of the outer downward protrusions on both sides in the slide direction so as to be located on the inner side in the slide direction as the distance from the accommodating recess in the slide orthogonal direction increases. Since it has a portion, the coins on the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion at the protruding position are guided to the accommodating recess side by the outer downward protruding portion and the outer upward protruding portion moving to the retracting position of the saucer portion, and the accommodating recess is provided. Can be dropped into.

A twelfth aspect according to the present invention is, in any one of the ninth to eleventh aspects, in the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion, on both sides of the accommodating recess in the slide orthogonal direction, in the slide direction. Side grooves extending along the sides are formed, and the outward downward protrusions on both sides are characterized in that they enter the side grooves, respectively.

According to the twelfth aspect, since the outer downward protrusions enter the gutters formed on both sides of the accommodating recess in the slide orthogonal direction in the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion, the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion at the protruding position is formed. It is possible to further prevent the coins in the above from entering between the cover portion of the apparatus main body and the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion due to the movement of the tray portion to the retracting position.

In a thirteenth aspect according to the present invention, in any one of the fourth to twelfth aspects, the entry suppressing portion slides more than the accommodating recess of the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion at the protruding position. It is characterized by having a covering portion that covers the back side in the direction.

According to the thirteenth aspect, the covering portion of the cover portion covers the back side in the slide direction with respect to the accommodating recess of the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion at the protruding position. The portion can suppress the movement of the coin to the back side in the slide direction from the storage recess.

A fourteenth aspect according to the present invention is, in any one of the first to thirteenth aspects, the saucer drive unit slides the saucer portion with respect to the device main body from the retracted position to the protruding position. It is slid from the outside in the direction and to the back side in the sliding direction from the protruding position to the retracting position, and the saucer portion is recessed downward to accommodate the coins released from the apparatus main body and the accommodating recess. The device main body is provided in a cover portion facing the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion at the retracting position and an inner range of the cover portion, and is located at the retracting position. It is characterized by having a coin discharge port facing the accommodating recess of the saucer portion and a dropout suppressing portion for suppressing the coins from falling out from the saucer portion to the back side in the slide direction.

According to the fourteenth aspect, even if a coin tries to fall backward from the saucer portion, the dropout suppressing portion suppresses the dropout. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the coins from falling out from the saucer portion into the device main body on the rear side.

In a fifteenth aspect according to the present invention, in the fourteenth aspect, the dropout suppressing portion projects upward from the back side in the slide direction with respect to the accommodating recess of the upper surface forming portion. It is characterized by having.

According to the fifteenth aspect, the rearward upward protrusion as the dropout suppressing portion protrudes upward from the back side in the slide direction with respect to the accommodating recess of the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion, so that the upper surface of the saucer portion is formed. It is possible to prevent coins that have entered the rear side of the storage recess in the sliding direction from falling into the device body.

In the 16th aspect according to the present invention, in the 15th aspect, a plurality of ceiling grooves extending along the slide direction are formed in the cover portion side by side in the slide orthogonal direction orthogonal to the slide direction. The back-side upward protrusion is characterized in that it enters each of the plurality of ceiling grooves.

According to the 16th aspect, since the rearward upward protrusions enter each of the ceiling grooves formed in the cover portion, the coins that have entered the back side in the sliding direction from the accommodating recesses in the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion. Can be further suppressed from falling into the main body of the device.

A seventeenth aspect according to the present invention includes, in any one of the first to sixteenth aspects, a lock portion that locks the saucer portion at the retracted position to the apparatus main body, and the lock portion is the apparatus. When a coin is discharged from the main body to the saucer portion, the saucer portion at the retracted position is locked to the apparatus main body.

According to the seventeenth aspect, when the coin is discharged from the device main body to the saucer portion, the lock portion locks the saucer portion at the retracted position to the device main body, so that the coin is discharged from the device main body to the saucer portion. It is possible to prevent the saucer portion from being accidentally pulled out from the main body of the device during the operation. Therefore, the coins can be satisfactorily discharged from the apparatus main body to the saucer portion.

An eighteenth aspect according to the present invention is characterized in that, in the seventeenth aspect, the lock portion locks the saucer portion to the device main body in the energized state, and releases the lock in the energized stop state. ..

According to the eighteenth aspect, since the lock portion is unlocked when the energization is stopped, the saucer portion can be manually pulled out from the device main body in the event of a power failure, and the coins in the saucer portion can be easily taken out. It will be possible.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a coin processing apparatus capable of improving workability.

It is a perspective view of the state in which the saucer portion which shows the money processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention is in a retracting position. It is a perspective view of the state in which the saucer portion which shows the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention is in a protruding position. It is a perspective view which shows the coin processing part of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view of the state in which the tray portion which shows the tray automatic opening / closing unit of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention is in a retracting position. It is a top view of the state in which the saucer part which shows the tray automatic opening / closing unit of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention is in a retracting position. It is a perspective view of the state in which the tray portion which shows the tray automatic opening / closing unit of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention is in a protruding position. It is a top view of the state in which the tray portion which shows the tray automatic opening / closing unit of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention is in a protruding position. It is a top view which shows the tray part of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a front side perspective view which shows the tray part of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a bottom view which shows the tray part of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view of the back side which shows the tray part of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view of the state which the saucer part which shows the tray part and the saucer drive part of the money processing device which is one Embodiment of the coin processing device which concerns on this invention is in a retracting position. It is a perspective view of the state which the saucer part which shows the tray part and the saucer drive part of the money processing device which is one Embodiment of the coin processing device which concerns on this invention is in a protruding position. It is a perspective view of the state in which the advancing / retreating table portion which shows the tray driving part of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention is in a retracting position. It is a perspective view of the state in which the advancing / retreating table portion which shows the tray driving part of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention is in a protruding position. It is a partial perspective view of the state in which the advancing / retreating table portion which shows the tray driving part of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention is in a protruding position. It is a partial perspective view of the state which the saucer part which shows the tray part and the saucer drive part of the money processing device which is one Embodiment of the coin processing device which concerns on this invention is in a protruding position. It is a side view of the locked state which shows the lock part of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a side view of the unlocked state which shows the lock part of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is an exploded perspective view which showed the cover part of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention, and was seen from the upper side. It is an exploded perspective view which showed the cover part of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention, and was seen from the lower side. It is a top view which shows the cover part of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view seen from the upper side which shows the cover part of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a bottom view which shows the cover part of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which showed the cover part of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention, and was seen from the lower side. It is a route diagram which shows the flow of the coin of the coin deposit processing of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention by a thick line. It is a route diagram which shows the flow of the coin of the coin return processing of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention by a thick line. It is a route diagram which shows the flow of the coin of the coin storage processing of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention by a thick line. It is a route diagram which shows the flow of the coin of the coin direct replenishment processing of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention by a thick line. It is a route diagram which shows the flow of the coin of the coin withdrawal processing of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention by a thick line. It is a route diagram which shows the flow of the coin of the coin self-examination processing of a coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention, and the coin withdrawal processing with a thick line. It is a route diagram which shows the flow of the coin of the coin self-examination processing of a coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention, and the coin storage processing with a thick line. It is a route diagram which shows the flow of the coin of the coin cassette collection processing of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention by a thick line. It is a route diagram which shows the flow of the coin of the coin arrangement processing of the coin arrangement counting processing of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention by a thick line. It is a route diagram which shows the flow of the coin of the arrangement return processing of the coin arrangement counting processing of the coin processing apparatus which is one Embodiment of the coin processing apparatus which concerns on this invention by a thick line.

A coin processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the coin processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following description, "front" is the front side in the front-rear direction, that is, the front side when viewed from the operator, "rear" is the rear side in the front-rear direction, that is, the back side when viewed from the operator, and "left" is the back side. It is on the left side when viewed from the operator, and "right" is on the right side when viewed from the operator.

The money processing device of the embodiment performs deposit / withdrawal processing of banknotes in addition to deposit / withdrawal processing of coins, and is installed at a counter of a financial institution and used by a counter operator (teller).

As shown in FIG. 1, the money processing device 1 of the embodiment includes a device main body 2 that processes coins and bills, and a saucer portion 3. The saucer portion 3 is slidable in the front-rear direction with respect to the device main body 2, and can be slid to a predetermined pull-in position in the device main body 2 as shown in FIG. 1 or the device main body as shown in FIG. It protrudes outward from the front surface of 2 to a predetermined protruding position. The saucer portion 3 receives and stores the coins released from the device main body 2 at the retracted position drawn into the device main body 2, and the stored coins are stored at the protruding position protruding from the device main body 2. It can be taken out.

Here, the sliding direction of the saucer portion 3 with respect to the device main body 2 coincides with the front-rear direction of the money processing device 1, and the saucer portion 3 projects forward from the device main body 2. Therefore, the outside of the tray portion 3 with respect to the apparatus main body 2 in the slide direction from the retracted position to the protruding position is the front side of the money processing device 1, and the back side in the sliding direction from the protruding position to the retracted position is the rear side of the money processing device 1. It becomes. Hereinafter, the slide direction of the saucer portion 3 with respect to the device main body 2 is referred to as a slide direction, and the horizontal direction orthogonal to the slide direction is referred to as a slide orthogonal direction. The slide direction is the front-back direction, and the slide orthogonal direction is the left-right direction.

A coin depositing portion 5 is provided on the front portion of the apparatus main body 2 so that coins deposited from outside the apparatus are collectively inserted in a mixed denomination state so as to face the upper surface. The coin deposit unit 5 is provided with a shutter 6 that opens and closes, and when the shutter 6 changes from the closed state, which is the standby state, to the open state, coins that are collectively inserted from outside the apparatus are received. Further, the coin depositing unit 5 separates the received coins one by one after the shutter 6 is closed and feeds them into the apparatus.

The apparatus main body 2 is provided with a storage recess 8 having an opening 7 on the front surface and recessing horizontally and rearward from the front surface at an intermediate position in the height direction. The saucer portion 3 moves forward and backward with respect to the device main body 2 by partially projecting forward from the storage recess 8 or being pulled into the storage recess 8. The portion between the upper surface of the apparatus main body 2 and the storage recess 8 is a coin processing unit 9 that processes coins.

The device main body 2 has a banknote deposit / withdrawal port 10 on the front surface below the storage recess 8 in which deposit banknotes are collectively inserted from outside the device in a mixed denomination state and the banknotes are taken out of the device so that they can be taken out. It is provided. The bill deposit / withdrawal port 10 changes from the closed state, which is the standby state, to the open state, so that the bills that are collectively inserted from outside the device in the accumulated state are received, and the received bills are closed. Separate one by one and feed it into the device. When the bill deposit / withdrawal port 10 is in the closed state, which is the standby state, the bills carried in the device are accumulated one by one, and when the bill is opened, the accumulated bills are taken out of the device. It will be possible.

The device main body 2 is provided with a bill reject port 11 on the front surface below the bill deposit / withdrawal port 10 so that the deposit reject bills identified as unacceptable can be taken out of the device. When the bill reject port 11 is in the closed state, which is the standby state, the bills carried in the device are accumulated one by one, and when the bill is opened, the accumulated bills can be taken out of the device. It becomes. The portion of the device main body 2 below the storage recess 8 is a bill processing unit 12 including a bill deposit / withdrawal port 10 and a bill reject port 11.

The device main body 2 is provided with LED lights 13 at the upper edge portion and both side edge portions of the opening 7 of the storage recess 8. The LED light 13 lights up when the saucer portion 3 is opened and closed. In addition, LED lights 14 are also provided on the lower edge portion and both side edge portions of the bill deposit / withdrawal port 10. The LED light 14 lights up when the bill deposit / withdrawal port 10 is opened / closed.

As shown in FIG. 3, the coin processing unit 9 of the apparatus main body 2 has a deposit side transport unit 15 behind the coin deposit unit 5. The deposit-side transport unit 15 extends in the front-rear direction, and transports the coins paid out from the coin deposit unit 5 toward the rear.

The coin processing unit 9 is located at the position of the deposit side transport unit 15, in order from the front, the identification unit 18, the release guide unit 20, the cassette guide unit 21, the intermediate pool guide unit 22, the recirculation guide unit 23 for 100-yen coins, 1 It has a recirculation guide unit 24 for yen coins, a recirculation guide unit 25 for 50 yen coins 25, a recirculation guide unit 26 for 5 yen coins, a recirculation guide unit 27 for 10 yen coins, and a recirculation guide unit 28 for 500 yen coins. doing.

The identification unit 18 counts while identifying the authenticity and denomination of the coins being fed from the coin deposit unit 5 and being transported by the deposit side transport unit 15. The release guide unit 20, the cassette guide unit 21, the intermediate pool guide unit 22, and the return guide units 23 to 28 transfer the coins being transported by the deposit side transport unit 15 to the deposit side transport unit 15 based on the identification result of the identification unit 18. I will guide you to separate from.

The coin processing unit 9 has a coin cassette 31, a batch intermediate pool 32, a recirculation unit 33 for 100-yen coins, and 1 yen in this order from the front on the lower side of the deposit-side transport unit 15 and on the rear side of the tray 3. It has a recirculation unit 34 for coins, a recirculation unit 35 for 50-yen coins, a recirculation unit 36 for 5-yen coins, a recirculation unit 37 for 10-yen coins, and a recirculation unit 38 for 500-yen coins. ing.

The release guide unit 20 guides coins from the deposit side transport unit 15 to the saucer unit 3 located at the retracted position. For example, the release guide unit 20 guides an unacceptable reject coin that could not be determined as a true coin from the identification result of the identification unit 18 from the deposit side transport unit 15 to the saucer unit 3.

The cassette guide unit 21 guides, for example, an acceptable coin determined by the identification unit 18 to be a true coin from the deposit side transport unit 15 to the coin cassette 31. The coin cassette 31 is removable from the device main body 2 and stores coins in a denomination mixture. The coin cassette 31 only stores coins and does not pay out the stored coins.

The intermediate pool guide unit 22 guides acceptable coins determined to be true coins by the identification unit 18 from the deposit side transport unit 15 to the collective intermediate pool 32. The batch intermediate pool 32 is provided in the apparatus main body 2 in a non-detachable manner, and coins can be fed and stored by mixing denominations. The batch intermediate pool 32 has a payout unit 42 that separates and counts the stored coins one by one.

The recirculation guide unit 23 for 100-yen coins guides only 100-yen coins out of the acceptable coins determined by the identification unit 18 to be true coins from the deposit-side transport unit 15 to the recirculation unit 33 for 100-yen coins. The return section 33 for 100-yen coins is provided on the device main body 2 so as not to be removable, and only 100-yen coins can be fed out and stored. The return unit 33 for 100-yen coins has a payout unit 43 that separates and counts the stored coins one by one.

The recirculation guide unit 24 for 1-yen coins guides only 1-yen coins out of the acceptable coins determined to be true coins by the identification unit 18 from the deposit side transport unit 15 to the recirculation unit 34 for 1-yen coins. The return section 34 for 1-yen coins is provided on the device main body 2 so as not to be detachable, and only 1-yen coins can be fed out and stored. The recirculation unit 34 for 1-yen coins has a feeding unit 44 that separates and counts the stored coins one by one.

The recirculation guide unit 25 for 50-yen coins guides only 50-yen coins out of the acceptable coins determined by the identification unit 18 to be true coins from the deposit-side transport unit 15 to the recirculation unit 35 for 50-yen coins. The return section 35 for 50-yen coins is provided on the device main body 2 in a non-detachable manner, and only 50-yen coins can be fed out and stored. The recirculation unit 35 for 50-yen coins has a feeding unit 45 that separates and counts the stored coins one by one.

The recirculation guide unit 26 for 5-yen coins guides only 5-yen coins out of the acceptable coins determined by the identification unit 18 to be true coins from the deposit side transport unit 15 to the recirculation unit 36 for 5-yen coins. The return section 36 for 5-yen coins is provided on the device main body 2 so as not to be detachable, and only 5-yen coins can be fed out and stored. The return section 36 for 5-yen coins has a payout section 46 that separates and counts the stored coins one by one.

The recirculation guide unit 27 for 10-yen coins guides only 10-yen coins out of the acceptable coins determined by the identification unit 18 to be true coins from the deposit-side transport unit 15 to the recirculation unit 37 for 10-yen coins. The return section 37 for 10-yen coins is provided on the device main body 2 so as not to be detachable, and only 10-yen coins can be fed out and stored. The return section 37 for 10-yen coins has a payout section 47 that separates and counts the stored coins one by one.

The recirculation guide unit 28 for 500-yen coins guides only 500-yen coins out of the acceptable coins determined by the identification unit 18 to be true coins from the deposit-side transport unit 15 to the recirculation unit 38 for 500-yen coins. The return section 38 for 500-yen coins is provided on the device main body 2 so as not to be removable, and only 500-yen coins can be fed out and stored. The recirculation unit 38 for 500-yen coins has a feeding unit 48 that separates and counts the stored coins one by one. The distribution of denominations of the reflux guides 23 to 28 and the reflux guides 33 to 38 is not limited to the above, and a desired setting is possible.

In the coin cassette 31, the storage capacity of coins, in other words, the amount of coins in a full state, is the batch intermediate pool 32, the recirculation unit for 100 yen coins 33, the recirculation unit for 1 yen coins 34, and the recirculation unit for 50 yen coins. It is larger than the storage capacity of each of the recirculation unit 36 for 35, 5 yen coins, the recirculation unit 37 for 10 yen coins, and the recirculation unit 38 for 500 yen coins.

The coin processing unit 9 has a withdrawal side transport unit 55 along with the deposit side transport unit 15. The withdrawal side transport unit 55 extends in the front-rear direction, and transports the coins paid out from the payout units 42 to 48 to the coin deposit unit 5.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the apparatus main body 2 has a touch panel type operation display unit 61 that displays on the screen and accepts operation input behind the coin deposit unit 5 on the upper surface, and a voice output that outputs voice. A unit 62 is provided, and a control unit 63 that controls the entire money processing device 1 is provided inside. The control unit 63 includes a coin deposit unit 5, a deposit side transport unit 15, an identification unit 18, a release guide unit 20, a cassette guide unit 21, an intermediate pool guide unit 22, a reflux guide unit 23 to 28, and a feeding unit 42, as shown in FIG. ~ 48 and the withdrawal side transport unit 55 are controlled, and the advance / retreat of the tray unit 3 is controlled.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the money processing device 1 has a saucer automatic opening / closing unit 65 that automatically opens / closes the saucer portion 3. The saucer automatic opening / closing unit 65 constitutes a saucer portion 3, a cover portion 66 that constitutes the apparatus main body 2 and covers the saucer portion 3 on the upper side, and a plate portion 3 with respect to the apparatus main body 2 in FIG. It has a saucer drive unit 67 that moves between the retracting position shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 and the protruding position shown in FIGS. 2, 6 and 7. The cover portion 66 is arranged immediately above the saucer portion 3 and constitutes the ceiling portion of the storage recess 8 of the apparatus main body 2. The saucer drive unit 67 constitutes a side wall portion and a floor portion of the storage recess 8 of the apparatus main body 2.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the saucer portion 3 has a storage recess 71 having a shape recessed downward to store coins, and a plate-shaped upper surface forming portion 72 surrounding the storage recess 71 over the entire circumference. A pair of plate-shaped side surface forming portions 73 extending downward from the left and right both end edges of the upper surface forming portion 72, and a plate-shaped front forming portion 74 extending downward from the front edge portion of the upper surface forming portion 72. Have.

The accommodating recess 71 has a substantially oval-shaped bottom 81 that is in the inner range in the horizontal direction and is slightly long in the front-rear direction, and a wall portion 82 that extends upward and horizontally outward from the entire peripheral edge of the bottom 81 in a cone shape. Have. Therefore, the accommodating recess 71 has a shape that narrows downward. Each of the pair of side surface forming portions 73 extends in the front-rear direction and extends in the vertical direction. The front surface forming portion 74 extends in the left-right direction, and is inclined and spreads so as to be located on the front side toward the lower side.

The upper surface forming portion 72 includes a rear upper surface forming portion 91 extending horizontally rearward from the upper end edge portion on the rear side of the wall portion 82, and a pair of lateral surfaces extending horizontally from the upper end edges on both the left and right sides of the wall portion 82 to the left and right sides. A pair of connecting upper surface forming portions 92 connecting the upper surface forming portion 92, the front upper surface forming portion 93 extending horizontally forward from the upper end edge portion on the front side of the wall portion 82, and the pair of side upper surface forming portions 92 and the front upper surface forming portion 93. It has a part 94 and. Therefore, the rear upper surface forming portion 91 extends horizontally behind the accommodating recess 71 by aligning the height position with the rear upper end edge portion of the wall portion 82, and the pair of side upper surface forming portions 92 is the wall portion. The height positions are aligned with the upper end edges on both the left and right sides of the 82, and the housing recesses 71 are horizontally spread on the left and right sides. The pair of lateral upper surface forming portions 92 also extends behind the accommodating recess 71. The front upper surface forming portion 93 extends horizontally in front of the accommodating recess 71 so as to align the height position with the upper end edge portion on the front side of the wall portion 82. The front upper surface forming portion 93 also extends in front of the pair of side upper surface forming portions 92.

Here, the rear upper surface forming portion 91 and the pair of side upper surface forming portions 92 align the height positions of the upper surfaces, and the front upper surface forming portion 93 has the height position of the upper surface one step higher than these. .. Therefore, the pair of connecting upper surface forming portions 94 connecting the pair of lateral upper surface forming portions 92 and the front upper surface forming portion 93 are inclined so that the upper surface is located on the upper side toward the front side. The pair of side surface forming portions 73 extend downward from the opposite end edges of the pair of side surface forming portions 92. The front surface forming portion 74 extends downward from the front end edge portion of the front upper surface forming portion 93.

The rear upper surface forming portion 91 is formed with a plurality of rear grooves 101, which are recessed downward from the flat and horizontally extending main upper surface and extend in the front-rear direction, arranged in the left-right direction, specifically, at eight locations. .. In other words, the upper surface forming portion 72 of the saucer portion 3 has a rear groove 101 that is recessed below the flat main upper surface of the upper surface forming portion 72 and extends along the sliding direction on the inner side of the accommodating recess 71 in the sliding direction. , A plurality of slides are formed side by side in the orthogonal direction.

These rear grooves 101 have the same width and the same depth, and are arranged at equal intervals. In each of these rear grooves 101, the front end portion penetrates the upper end portion of the wall portion 82 of the accommodating recess 71 and opens into the accommodating recess 71, and the rear end portion is the rear end portion of the rear upper surface forming portion 91. It extends to and opens rearward from the saucer portion 3. The width of the rear groove 101 is narrower than the diameter of the minimum diameter 1-yen coin, and the distance between the adjacent rear groove 101 and the rear groove 101 is also narrower than the diameter of the minimum diameter 1-yen coin.

At the rear end of the rear upper surface forming portion 91, a rear upward protrusion 102 (falling prevention portion) that protrudes upward from the main upper surface of the rear upper surface forming portion 91 at a position between all the rear grooves 101 adjacent to the left and right. ) Is formed. Therefore, a plurality of rearward upward protrusions 102 are formed side by side in the left-right direction, specifically, seven positions. In other words, a plurality of back-side upward protrusions 102 projecting upward from the back side in the slide direction with respect to the accommodating recess 71 are formed in the upper surface forming portion 72 of the saucer portion 3 side by side in the slide orthogonal direction.

The back side upward protrusions 102 have the same width and the same height, and are arranged at equal intervals. The gap between the adjacent back-side upward protrusions 102 and the back-side upward protrusions 102 is narrower than the diameter of the minimum diameter 1-yen coin. These back-side upward protrusions 102 form a back-side upward protrusion 103 that protrudes upward from the main upper surface of the rear upper surface forming portion 91, and the back-side upward protrusion 103 intermittently extends in the left-right direction. It extends linearly.

The pair of lateral upper surface forming portions 92 have a mirror-symmetrical shape, and each flat main upper surface is arranged on the same plane as the main upper surface of the rear upper surface forming portion 91. Each of the pair of lateral upper surface forming portions 92 is recessed downward from the main upper surface, and a plurality of lateral grooves 105 (side grooves) extending in the front-rear direction are formed side by side in the left-right direction, specifically, three locations each. Has been done. In other words, the upper surface forming portion 72 of the saucer portion 3 has lateral grooves 105 recessed downward from the main upper surface of the upper surface forming portion 72 on both sides of the accommodating recess 71 in the slide orthogonal direction and extending along the slide direction. It is formed. These lateral grooves 105 have the same width and the same depth, and are arranged at equal intervals. Both the width and the depth of these side grooves 105 are the same as those of the rear groove 101, and the arrangement interval is narrower than that of the rear groove 101.

The lateral groove 105 formed in one of the lateral upper surface forming portions 92 has a front end located on the front side as the distance from the accommodating recess 71 in the left-right direction increases, and the rear end portion of each side upper surface forming portion 92 is located on the front side. It extends to the rear end and opens rearward from the saucer 3. The same applies to the lateral groove 105 formed in the other lateral upper surface forming portion 92.

In the front portion of one side upper surface forming portion 92, the main upper surface of the lateral upper surface forming portion 92 is located further outside the lateral grooves 105 located between all the lateral grooves 105 adjacent to the left and right and on both the left and right outer sides. The outer upward protrusion 106 is formed so as to project upward. Therefore, a plurality of outer upward protrusions 106 are formed side by side in the left-right direction, specifically, four locations. These outer upward protrusions 106 form an outer upward protrusion 107 that protrudes upward from the main upper surface of the lateral upper surface forming portion 92.

The outer upward protrusions 106 have the same width and are arranged at equal intervals. The gap between the adjacent outer upward protrusions 106 and the outer upward protrusion 106 is narrower than the diameter of the minimum diameter 1-yen coin. The front end of each of the outer upward protrusions 106 is connected to the connecting upper surface forming portion 94, and the farther the outer upward projection 106 is from the accommodating recess 71 in the left-right direction, the more the rear end is located on the rear side. In other words, the outward upward protrusion 107 is arranged intermittently and is inclined so that the rear end portion is located on the rear side as the distance from the accommodating recess 71 increases. An outer upward protrusion 107 composed of a plurality of similar outer upward protrusions 106 is also formed on the front portion of the other lateral upper surface forming portion 92.

As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the saucer portion 3 has a plurality of engaging claw portions 112 projecting downward from the side upper surface forming portions 92 on both sides, specifically, a plurality of mounting boss portions. It has 113 and.

As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the saucer drive unit 67 moves the saucer portion 3 between the retracted position shown in FIG. 12 and the protruding position shown in FIG.

The saucer portion 3 is attached to the advancing / retreating base portion 135 that moves between the retracting position shown in FIG. 14 and the protruding position shown in FIG. 15, and moves integrally with the advancing / retreating base portion 135. As shown in FIG. 15, the saucer drive unit 67 includes a base portion 132, a pair of slide rails 133 and 134 attached to the base portion 132, and the above-mentioned advance / retreat base portion attached to the pair of slide rails 133 and 134. It has 135 and.

The base portion 132 includes a substantially flat base member 141 arranged so as to spread horizontally, a main support member 142 fixed to the upper surface of the base member 141, a pair of pulley support members 143, 144, and a sensor support. It has a member 145 and a lock portion support member 146. The base member 141, the main support member 142, the pair of pulley support members 143 and 144, the sensor support member 145, and the lock portion support member 146 are all formed of sheet metal.

The main support member 142 includes a base portion 151 fixed to the upper surface of the base member 141 in a horizontally spread state, and a pair of support wall portions 152 and 153 rising upward from the left and right side edge portions of the base portion 151. Have. The base portion 151 has a notch portion 154 that is recessed rearward from the front end edge portion in the central portion in the left-right direction, and has a concave shape. The pair of support wall portions 152 and 153 extend in the front-rear direction and extend in the vertical direction.

The main support member 142 is formed with a pair of left and right stopper mounting portions 155 that rise upward from the base portion 151 at the rear end position of the notch portion 154. A stopper 156 made of an elastic member is attached to each of the pair of stopper attachment portions 155. The base portion 151 of the main support member 142 and the base member 141 provided at the position of the notch portion 154 form the bottom portion of the storage recess 8 of the apparatus main body 2, and the pair of support wall portions 152 and 153 of the main support member 142 form. It constitutes a side wall portion of the storage recess 8.

As shown in FIGS. 16 and 17, each of the pair of slide rails 133 and 134 has a rail member 158 on one side, a rail member 159 on the middle side, and a rail member 160 on the other side. On the other hand, the rail member 159 slides, and the rail member 160 slides with respect to the rail member 159, so that the rail member 159 expands and contracts linearly. As shown in FIG. 15, the rail member 158 of one slide rail 133 is fixed to the main support member 142 on the facing surface of one support wall portion 152 facing the other support wall portion 153, and the other. The rail member 158 of the other slide rail 134 is fixed to the facing surface facing one of the support wall portions 152 of the support wall portion 153. Then, as shown in FIG. 16, each rail member 160 of these slide rails 133 and 134 is fixed to the advancing / retreating base portion 135. As a result, the advancing / retreating base portion 135 is supported by a pair of slide rails 133 and 134 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction with respect to the device main body 2.

As shown in FIG. 15, the advancing / retreating base portion 135 has a base member 161 and a pair of mirror-symmetrical side wall members 162 and 163. The underlay member 161 and the pair of side wall members 162 and 163 are both formed of sheet metal. The basement member 161 has a basement bottom portion 165 that extends horizontally and a front wall portion 166 that rises upward from the front end edge portion of the basement bottom portion 165. The pair of side wall members 162 and 163 are fixed to the upper surfaces on both the left and right sides of the base bottom portion 165 of the base bottom member 161. The pair of side wall members 162 and 163 have a fixing portion 171 fixed to the upper surface of the base bottom portion 165, a side wall portion 172 rising upward from the lateral outer edge portion of the fixing portion 171 in the left-right direction, and an upper end of the side wall portion 172, respectively. It has an engaging portion 173 that horizontally extends outward in the left-right direction from the edge portion, and an extending piece portion 174 that extends horizontally outward in the left-right direction from the rear end portion of the engaging portion 173.

As shown in FIG. 16, the advancing / retreating base portion 135 is fixed to the rail member 160 of one slide rail 133 on the surface of the side wall portion 172 of one side wall member 162 opposite to the other side wall member 163. The other side wall member 163 is fixed to the rail member 160 of the other slide rail 134 on the surface opposite to one side wall member 162 of the side wall portion 172.

As shown in FIG. 15, the advancing / retreating base portion 135 has rectangular engaging holes 176 provided in front of and behind the engaging portions 173 of the pair of side wall members 162 and 163, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11. The engaging claw portion 112 of the saucer portion 3 is engaged. In this state, the saucer portion 3 is screwed and fixed to the advancing / retreating base portion 135 with a screw screwed into a predetermined mounting boss portion 113.

As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, a residual detection sensor 181 made of a substrate type magnetic sensor is provided on the upper side of the base bottom portion 165. The residual detection sensor 181 is arranged immediately below the accommodating recess 71 of the saucer portion 3 shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, and detects the presence or absence of coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71. As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the front wall portion 166 of the basement member 161 covers the front wall portion 166 in front of the residual detection sensor 181 and covers them in front of the pair of slide rails 133 and 134 as shown in FIG. It spreads in a plane on the top, bottom, left, and right to cover it. Therefore, the front wall portion 166 suppresses the contact of the operator's hand with the residual detection sensor 181 and the pair of slide rails 133, 134 and the like.

As shown in FIG. 14, the pair of pulley support members 143 and 144 are arranged on the left and right sides of the front end portions of the pair of support wall portions 152 and 153 of the main support member 142 and fixed to the base member 141. The pair of pulley support members 143 and 144 have a mirror-symmetrical shape, and are fixed to the upper surface of the base member 141 in a horizontally spread state from the fixing portion 191 and the end edge portion of the fixing portion 191 on the main support member 142 side. It has a side wall portion 192 that rises upward, and a front wall portion 193 that rises upward from the front end edge portion of the fixing portion 191 and spreads horizontally and vertically.

As shown in FIG. 15, the saucer drive unit 67 has a drive main body unit 201 that drives and moves the advancing / retreating base unit 135. The drive main body 201 is fixed and driven by the mounting member 202 and the mounting member 203 mounted on the upper surface of the rear portion of the base portion 151 of the main support member 142 in a posture along the left and right sides of one mounting member 202. The shaft 212 has an electric drive motor 213 rotatably supported by the other mounting member 203, and a gear 214 fixed to a portion outside the mounting member 203 of the drive shaft 212 of the drive motor 213. The drive main body 201 includes a rotation shaft 221 extending in the left-right direction behind the drive motor 213 and rotatably supported by a pair of support wall portions 152 and 153 of the main support member 142, and a rotation shaft. It has a gear 222 that is fixed to 221 and meshes with the gear 214, and a pair of toothed pulleys 223 and 224 that are fixed to both ends of the rotating shaft 221 in the axial direction. The gears 214 and 222 are close to one support wall portion 152 of the main support member 142 and separated from the other support wall portion 153.

As shown in FIG. 14, the drive main body 201 further includes a pair of toothed pulleys 231 and 232 and a pair of endless timing belts 233 and 234. One toothed pulley 231 is rotatably supported by a side wall portion 192 of one pulley support member 143, and is aligned with one toothed pulley 223 of the rotating shaft 221 in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction. There is. One of the timing belts 233 is hung on these toothed pulleys 223 and 231. The other toothed pulley 232 is rotatably supported by the side wall portion 192 of the other pulley support member 144, and is aligned with the other toothed pulley 224 of the rotating shaft 221 in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction. There is. The other timing belt 234 is hung on these toothed pulleys 224 and 232.

An extension piece portion 174 of one side wall member 162 of the advancing / retreating base portion 135 is fixed to the upper side portion of one timing belt 233 by a connecting member 237 screwed to the connecting member 237, and the upper side portion of the other timing belt 234. The extending piece portion 174 of the other side wall member 163 of the advancing / retreating base portion 135 is fixed by the connecting member 237 screwed to the extending piece portion 174.

In the drive main body 201, when the drive motor 213 rotates in the normal direction, the gear 214 fixed to the drive shaft 212 rotates the gear 222 that meshes with the drive motor 213 and the rotation shaft 221 to which the gear 222 is fixed in the normal direction. The toothed pulleys 223 and 224 at both ends fixed to the above are rotated in the normal direction. Then, the pair of toothed pulleys 223 and 224, the pair of timing belts 233 and 234, and the pair of toothed pulleys 231 and 232 rotate in the normal direction, and the advancing / retreating base portion connected to the pair of timing belts 233 and 234. The 135 slides with respect to the base portion 132 while extending the slide rails 133 and 134 and advances as shown in FIG.

When the drive motor 213 is reversed, the drive shaft 212 and the gear 214 reverse the gear 222 and the rotary shaft 221 that mesh with the gear 214, and reverse the toothed pulleys 223 and 224 at both ends of the rotary shaft 221. .. Then, the pair of toothed pulleys 223 and 224, the pair of timing belts 233 and 234, and the pair of toothed pulleys 231 and 232 are reversed, and the advancing / retreating base portion 135 connected to the pair of timing belts 233 and 234. Slides with respect to the base portion 132 while contracting the slide rails 133 and 134 and retracts as shown in FIG.

Here, the front wall portion 193 of one pulley support member 143 is planarized vertically and horizontally so as to cover the front end portion of one toothed pulley 231 and one timing belt 233 hung on the pulley 231. It is widened and suppresses the contact of the operator's hand with the front ends of the toothed pulley 231 and the timing belt 233. The front wall portion 193 of the other pulley support member 144 extends vertically and horizontally so as to cover the front end portion of the other toothed pulley 232 and the other timing belt 234 hung on the pulley 232. , The contact of the operator's hand with the front ends of the toothed pulley 232 and the timing belt 234 is suppressed.

That is, as shown in FIG. 17, when the saucer portion 3 and the advance / retreat base portion 135 are in the protruding position and the saucer portion 3 is in the open state, the lower side of the saucer portion 3 and the advance / retreat base portion 135 is closer to the base portion 132 than the base portion 132. Although it is located on the front side and is exposed, as shown in FIG. 14, the front wall portions 193 of the pair of pulley support members 143 and 144 spread in a plane shape in the vertical and horizontal directions, and the toothed pulleys 231,232 And the contact of the operator with the timing belts 233 and 234 is suppressed.

The sensor support member 145 is fixed to the base member 141 on the side opposite to the support wall portion 152 with respect to the support wall portion 153 of the main support member 142. The sensor support member 145 is provided with a pull-in position detection sensor 241 and a protrusion position detection sensor 242 at the rear portion and the front portion, respectively. The retractable position detection sensor 241 and the protrusion position detection sensor 242 also constitute the saucer drive unit 67.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, the retractable position detection sensor 241 and the protrusion position detection sensor 242 have a detection member 243 fixed to the rear end of the saucer 3 so as to project laterally from the saucer 3. Detect. The retractable position detection sensor 241 and the protrusion position detection sensor 242 are optical sensors, and detect the detection member 243 by blocking the optical path by the detection member 243. The retracted position detection sensor 241 on the rear side detects the detection member 243 when the saucer portion 3 is in the retracted position as shown in FIG. In other words, the retracting position detection sensor 241 detects whether or not the saucer portion 3 and the advancing / retreating base portion 135 that moves integrally with the saucer portion 3 are in the retracting position. As shown in FIG. 7, the protrusion position detection sensor 242 on the front side detects the detection member 243 when the saucer portion 3 is in the protrusion position. In other words, the protrusion position detection sensor 242 detects whether or not the saucer portion 3 and the advancing / retreating base portion 135 that moves integrally with the saucer portion 3 are in the protrusion position.

The control unit 63 controls the saucer drive unit 67 to slide the saucer portion 3 with respect to the apparatus main body 2 outward in the sliding direction from the closed state at the retracted position toward the protruding position, as shown in FIG. When the protrusion position detection sensor 242 detects that the saucer portion 3 is located at the protrusion position, the saucer drive portion 67 is stopped to stop the saucer portion 3 at the protrusion position. Further, the saucer portion 3 is slid with respect to the apparatus main body 2 in the slide direction from the open state in the protruding position toward the retracted position, and the saucer portion 3 is retracted by the retracting position detection sensor 241 as shown in FIG. When it is detected that it is located at the position, the saucer drive unit 67 is stopped and the saucer unit 3 is stopped at the retracted position. In other words, the saucer drive unit 67 slides the saucer portion 3 with respect to the apparatus main body 2 to the outside in the slide direction from the retracted position to the protruding position and to the back side in the slide direction from the protruding position to the retracted position. As shown in FIG. 14, the stopper 156 abuts on the advancing / retreating base 135 at the retracted position to restrict the movement of the advancing / retreating base 135 further backward.

The lock portion support member 146 is fixed to the side opposite to the sensor support member 145 with respect to the main support member 142 in the base member 141. The lock portion support member 146 constitutes a lock portion 251 that immovably locks the saucer portion 3 at the retracted position to the base portion 132 of the apparatus main body 2. The lock unit 251 also constitutes the saucer drive unit 67.

A lock gear 235 is fixed to the rotating shaft 221 at an end of the toothed pulley 223 opposite to the gear 222, as shown in FIG. The lock portion 251 is attached to the lock gear 235, a support shaft 252 attached to the lock portion support member 146, a lock member 253 rotatably supported by the support shaft 252, and a lock portion support member 146. A stopper pin 254 that limits the rotation range of the lock member 253, a solenoid 255 that is attached to the lock member 146 to rotate the lock member 253, and an interposition between the lock member 146 and the lock member 253. It has a spring 256 that urges the lock member 253.

The lock member 253 extends in the front-rear direction and extends downward from the front-rear extending portion 261 supported by the support shaft 252 in the intermediate portion in the length direction and the support position of the front-rear extending portion 261 by the support shaft 252. It has a downward extending portion 262 to be extended. A rack gear 263 that meshes with the lock gear 235 is formed on the lower side of the rear end portion of the front-rear extending portion 261. An elongated hole 264 long in the vertical direction is formed between the rack gear 263 of the front-rear extending portion 261 and the support shaft 252. A stopper pin 254 is arranged in the elongated hole 264.

The solenoid 255 is arranged on the front side of the downward extending portion 262, and is fixed to the lock portion supporting member 146 in the main body portion 276. The solenoid 255 projects a plunger 277 capable of advancing and retreating with respect to the main body 276 rearward from the main body 276, and the plunger 277 is connected to the downward extension 262. The spring 256 is arranged behind the downward extension portion 262 and pulls the downward extension portion 262 rearward.

As shown in FIG. 18, when energized, the solenoid 255 pulls the downward extending portion 262 of the lock member 253 forward against the urging force of the spring 256. As a result, the lock member 253 rotates about the support shaft 252 to lower the rack gear 263 at the rear end. Then, the rack gear 263 meshes with the lock gear 235. When the rack gear 263 meshes with the lock gear 235, the rotation of the lock gear 235 and the rotating shaft 221 fixed to the lock gear 235 is restricted, so that the forward / backward movement of the advancing / retreating base portion 135 and the tray portion 3 is restricted. Become. The lock position of the lock member 253 is a position where the rack gear 263 meshes with the lock gear 235. When the lock member 253 is in the locked position, the upper end portion of the elongated hole 264 is brought into contact with the stopper pin 254 to stop.

Further, as shown in FIG. 19, the solenoid 255 loses the force for pulling the downward extension portion 262 forward when the energization is stopped, so that the spring 256 pulls the downward extension portion 262 backward by the urging force. .. As a result, the lock member 253 rotates about the support shaft 252 to raise the rack gear 263. Then, the rack gear 263 releases the meshing with the lock gear 235. When the rack gear 263 is disengaged from the lock gear 235, the lock gear 235 and the rotating shaft 221 are allowed to rotate, and thus the advancing / retreating base portion 135 and the tray portion 3 are allowed to move back and forth. The lock member 253 has a lock release position at a position where the rack gear 263 is disengaged from the lock gear 235. When the lock member 253 is in the unlocked position, the lower end portion of the elongated hole 264 is brought into contact with the stopper pin 254 to stop.

As described above, the lock portion 251 is in a locked state in which the saucer portion 3 is locked to the device main body 2 in the energized state of the solenoid 255, while the lock portion 3 is locked to the device main body 2 in the energized state of the solenoid 255. It will be in the unlocked state.

The lock portion 251 detects at the front end portion of the lock portion support member 146 whether the lock member 253 is in the unlocked position or the locked position, that is, whether the lock portion 251 is in the unlocked state or the locked state. It has a lock state detection sensor 281. The lock state detection sensor 281 is an optical sensor, and as shown in FIG. 19, the lock member 253 is in the unlocked position by blocking the optical path at the front end of the front-rear extending portion 261 of the lock member 253. While detecting that the lock portion 251 is in the unlocked state, as shown in FIG. 18, if the optical path is not blocked at the front end portion of the front-rear extending portion 261, the lock member 253 is in the lock position and the lock portion 251 is located. Detects that is in a locked state. When the coins are discharged from the apparatus main body 2 to the saucer portion 3, the lock portion 251 locks the saucer portion 3 at the retracted position so as not to be movable with respect to the apparatus main body 2.

As shown in FIG. 4, the cover portion 66 of the saucer automatic opening / closing unit 65 is arranged immediately above the saucer portion 3 and faces the saucer portion 3 vertically. In other words, the cover portion 66 covers the saucer portion 3 on the upper side without any intervention between them. As shown in FIGS. 20 to 25, the cover portion 66 has a lower member 302, an upper member 303, and a pair of claw members 304. The lower member 302, the upper member 303, and the pair of claw members 304 are all formed of sheet metal.

As shown in FIGS. 20 and 21, the lower member 302 includes a main plate portion 311 that extends horizontally, a rear plate portion 312 that is bent from the rear end edge portion of the main plate portion 311 and rises upward, and a front end edge of the main plate portion 311. The step plate portion 313 that is bent from the portion and rises upward, the front extension plate portion 314 that is bent forward from the upper end edge portion of the step plate portion 313 and spreads horizontally, and the center of the front extension plate portion 314 in the left-right direction. It has a front plate portion 315 that is bent from the front end edge portion and rises upward.

The front extension plate portion 314 has a central extension portion 321 (covering portion) extending forward from the center in the left-right direction, and a pair of side extension portions 322 extending forward from both sides in the left-right direction. The front plate portion 315 rises upward from the front end edge portion of the central extension portion 321. The pair of side extending portions 322 are inclined so that their respective front end edge portions are located on the front side so as to be separated from the central extending portion 321 in the left-right direction.

A rectangular outlet forming hole 326 that vertically penetrates the main plate portion 311 is formed in the inner range of the main plate portion 311. The outlet forming hole 326 has a rectangular shape, and all the sides are inclined with respect to the front-rear direction. A plurality of slits 327 extending in the front-rear direction are formed in the main plate portion 311 in the left-right direction, specifically, seven places. These slits 327 extend over the entire length of the main plate portion 311 in the front-rear direction, the front end portion is formed up to the step plate portion 313, and the rear end portion is formed up to the lower part of the rear plate portion 312. These slits 327 have the same width and the same length, and are arranged at equal intervals in the left-right direction. In these slits 327, a part, specifically one place, does not pass through the discharge port forming hole 326, and the remaining part, specifically, the remaining six places cross the discharge port forming hole 326 in the front-rear direction.

A pair of slits 331 extending in the front-rear direction are formed in the main plate portion 311 on the left side of the leftmost slit 327 of the plurality of slits 327 and on the right side of the rightmost slit 327. These slits 331 are formed in the front portion of the main plate portion 311 so as to coincide with each other in the front-rear direction.

Through holes 332 are formed in the main plate portion 311 at positions on the left side of the leftmost slit 327 and between all four adjacent slits 327 on the left side. The through hole 332 is arranged on the rear side of the slit 331, and the one on the right side is arranged so as to be located on the rear side.

As shown in FIG. 20, the pair of claw members 304 are attached to the pair of side extending portions 322 of the lower member 302. Each of the pair of claw members 304 extends horizontally and is fixed to the upper surface of the side extending portion 322, and the mounting plate portion 336 extends from the front edge portion of the mounting plate portion 336 to the side extending portion 322. It has a plurality of outward downward projecting pieces 337 extending downward. Each of the pair of claw members 304 is formed with a plurality of outer downward projecting pieces 337 arranged side by side in the left-right direction, specifically, three locations each. The plurality of outer downward projecting pieces 337 form an outer downward projecting portion 338 (entry suppressing portion, falling-out suppressing portion) projecting downward from the lower member 302. The plurality of outer downward projecting pieces 337 have the same width and the same protruding length, and are arranged at equal intervals. The gap between the adjacent outer downward projecting pieces 337 and the outer downward projecting piece 337 is narrower than the diameter of the minimum diameter 1-yen coin.

One claw member 304 is arranged such that a plurality of outer downward projecting pieces 337 constituting the outer downward protrusion 338 are arranged along the front end edge portion of one side extending portion 322. The other claw member 304 is arranged such that a plurality of outer downward projecting pieces 337 constituting the outer downward projecting portion 338 are arranged along the front end edge portion of the other side extending portion 322. Therefore, the outward downward protrusions 338 on both sides are all inclined so as to be located on the front side as they are separated from the central extension portion 321 in the left-right direction. As shown in FIG. 6, the arrangement pitch of the plurality of outer downward projecting pieces 337 in the left-right direction is the same as the arrangement pitch of the side groove 105, and the width in the left-right direction is larger than the width of the side groove 105. It's getting smaller.

As shown in FIGS. 20 and 21, the upper member 303 has the same length as the main plate portion 341 that spreads horizontally and the front portion of the main plate portion 341 that is bent from both left and right edge portions and protrudes downward in the front-rear direction. It has a pair of lateral downward protrusions 342 (entrance suppression portion, dropout suppression portion). The pair of lateral downward protrusions 342 align their positions in the front-rear direction.

A rectangular outlet forming hole 345 that vertically penetrates the main plate portion 341 is formed in the inner range of the main plate portion 341. The outlet forming hole 345 has a rectangular shape, and all the sides are inclined with respect to the front-rear direction. The upper member 303 has a rearward downward projecting piece 346 that is bent from the main plate portion 341 and projects downward at the rear position of the discharge port forming hole 345 and on the left side thereof.

A plurality of downward projecting pieces 346 on the back side are formed side by side in the left-right direction, specifically, at eight locations. The rear downward projecting pieces 346 have the same width and the same protruding length, and are arranged at equal intervals in the left-right direction. The gap between the adjacent back-side downward projecting piece 346 and the back-side downward projecting piece 346 is narrower than the diameter of the minimum diameter 1-yen coin. The gap between the leftmost backward downward protrusion 346 and the left side lateral downward protrusion 342 is narrower than the diameter of the smallest 1-yen coin, and the rightmost rearward downward protrusion 346 and the right side The gap with the lateral downward protrusion 342 is also narrower than the diameter of the minimum diameter 1-yen coin. The rear downward projecting piece 346 is arranged in an arc shape having a concave shape at the rear.

As shown in FIG. 5, the width of each of the pair of lateral downward protrusions 342 in the left-right direction is smaller than the width of the lateral groove 105. The arrangement pitch of the plurality of rearward downward projecting pieces 346 in the left-right direction is the same as the arrangement pitch of the rear groove 101, and the width in the left-right direction is smaller than the width of the rear groove 101.

As shown in FIGS. 20 and 21, the upper member 303 has a pair of claws as shown in FIGS. 22 and 23 so that the discharge port forming hole 345 is aligned with the discharge port forming hole 326 in the horizontal direction. The member 304 is superposed on the fixed lower member 302 and fixed to the lower member 302. In this way, the lower member 302, the upper member 303, and the pair of claw members 304 are integrated to form the cover portion 66.

At that time, as shown in FIGS. 24 and 25, a pair of lateral downward protrusions 342 of the upper member 303 are inserted into the corresponding ones of the pair of slits 331 of the lower member 302, respectively, and a discharge port forming hole is formed. A plurality, specifically four rearward downward projecting pieces 346 provided at the rear position of the 345 are inserted into the rear position of the discharge port forming hole 326 of the lower member 302, and the remaining plurality, specifically 4, 4 The downward projecting pieces 346 on the back side of the portions are inserted one by one into the corresponding through holes 332 of the lower member 302.

As shown in FIG. 25, the pair of lateral downward protrusions 342 and the plurality of rearward downward protrusions 346 project downward from the main plate portion 311 of the lower member 302. The plurality of back-side downward projecting pieces 346 form a back-side downward protrusion 347 (entrance suppression portion, dropout suppression portion) that protrudes downward from the main plate portion 311. The rear downward protrusion 347 has a concave shape toward the rear. The discharge port forming holes 326 and 345 of the cover portion 66 are provided in the inner range of the cover portion 66 to form a coin discharge port 355 for discharging coins.

Here, the left lateral downward protrusion 342 is aligned with the lateral downward protrusion 337 at the right end of the left claw member 304 in the left-right direction, and the gap between them is a 1-yen coin with the minimum diameter. It is narrower than the diameter of. The lateral downward protrusion 342 on the right side is aligned with the outer downward protrusion 337 at the left end of the claw member 304 on the right side in the left-right direction, and the gap between them is smaller than the diameter of the minimum diameter 1-yen coin. Is also getting narrower. All outer downward projecting pieces 337 of the cover portion 66, all lateral downward projecting portions 342, and all back side downward projecting pieces 346 have a gap between adjacent objects smaller than the diameter of a 1-yen coin having the minimum diameter. Is also narrowing, which suppresses the passage of coins between each other.

As shown in FIGS. 22 and 23, the cover portion 66 includes a cover main body portion 348 in which the lower member 302, the main plate portion 341 of the upper member 303, and the mounting plate portion 336 of the pair of claw members 304 spread horizontally. It is configured. As shown in FIG. 25, the outward downward protrusion 338 of the pair of claw members 304, the pair of lateral downward protrusions 342 of the upper member 303, and the backward downward protrusion 347 of the upper member 303 are formed. It constitutes a concave wall portion 349 having a concave shape that protrudes downward from the lower surface of the cover main body portion 348 and opens forward and dents rearward. The concave wall 349 regulates the passage of coins of all denominations between their inside and outside. The coin outlet 355 is arranged inside the concave wall portion 349 in the horizontal direction.

The upper side of each of the plurality of slits 327 of the lower member 302 is covered with the main plate portion 341 of the upper member 303, and the slit 327 and the main plate portion 341 form a ceiling groove 351 recessed upward. The ceiling grooves 351 extend in the front-rear direction, and a plurality of ceiling grooves 351 are formed side by side in the left-right direction, specifically, seven locations.

As shown in FIG. 4, the cover portion 66 constituting the ceiling portion of the storage recess 8 covers the saucer portion 3 that advances and retreats with respect to the storage recess 8 on the upper side. The coin discharge port 355 provided in the inner range of the cover portion 66 is provided at the end of the discharge guide portion 20 shown in FIG. 3 of the apparatus main body 2. The discharge guide portion 20 has a chute 356 that guides coins, and a coin discharge port 355 is arranged so as to be horizontally overlapped with the lower end opening just below the lower end opening of the chute 356.

As shown in FIG. 5, the coin discharge port 355 is arranged so as to be horizontally overlapped with the storage recess 71 of the saucer portion 3 at the retracting position, and faces the storage recess 71 vertically. Therefore, the tray portion 3 accommodates the coins discharged from the device main body 2 through the coin discharge port 355 in the accommodating recess 71. In the horizontal direction, the cover portion 66 overlaps the upper surface forming portion 72 of the saucer portion 3 at the retracted position and faces the upper surface forming portion 72 vertically.

As shown in FIG. 7, three outer downward projecting pieces 337 of the outer downward protrusion 338 on one side in the left-right direction of the cover portion 66 are provided one by one, and three places on one side in the left-right direction of the saucer portion 3. The side grooves 105 are aligned in the left-right direction with different ones and face each other vertically. Similarly, three outer downward projecting pieces 337 of the outer downward protrusion 338 on the other side in the left-right direction of the cover portion 66 are provided one by one, and three lateral grooves 105 on the other side in the left-right direction of the saucer portion 3. Align the left and right positions with different ones and face them up and down. As a result, the outer downward projecting pieces 337 are vertically aligned with each other in the left-right direction with respect to all the lateral grooves 105.

Here, the height position of the lower end portion of the outer downward projecting piece 337 is lower than the height position where the main upper surface of the upper surface forming portion 72 is raised by the thickness of the minimum thickness of a 1-yen coin. Specifically, the lower end portion of the outer downward projecting piece 337 is lower in position than the main upper surface of the upper surface forming portion 72, and all the outer downward projecting pieces 337 enter the corresponding lateral grooves 105, respectively. There is. All the outer downward projecting pieces 337 move while being kept in the corresponding lateral grooves 105 in the entire range in which the saucer portion 3 moves between the retracted position and the protruding position.

The outward downward protrusions 338 on both sides are provided on the outer side of the cover portion 66 in the slide direction, and project downward from both sides of the accommodating recess 71 in the slide orthogonal direction of the cover portion 66. The outward downward protrusions 338 on both sides enter each of the lateral grooves 105. The outward downward protrusions 338 on both sides are inclined so as to be located outside in the slide direction so as to be separated from the accommodating recess 71 in the slide orthogonal direction.

The lateral downward protrusion 338 on one side of the cover portion 66 in the left-right direction is opposed to the front-rear by superimposing the positions in the vertical and horizontal directions with the outward upward protrusion 107 on one side in the left-right direction of the saucer portion 3. .. Similarly, the outer downward protrusion 338 on the other side in the left-right direction of the cover portion 66 faces the front-rear front-rear by superimposing the positions in the up-down direction and the left-right direction on the outer-upward protrusion 107 on the other side in the left-right direction of the saucer portion 3. doing.

Therefore, the upper surface forming portion 72 of the saucer portion 3 overlaps the position of the outer downward protruding portion 338 and the position in the slide orthogonal direction on the outer side of each of the outer downward protruding portions 338 on both sides in the slide direction, and is formed from the accommodating recess 71. It has an outward projecting portion 107 that is inclined so as to be located on the back side in the slide direction as the distance from the slide orthogonal direction increases.

As shown in FIG. 5, the lateral downward protrusion 342 on one side of the cover portion 66 in the left-right direction is located laterally in the lateral groove 105 adjacent to the accommodating recess 71 of the saucer portion 3 in the left-right direction. The lateral downward protrusion 342 on the other side in the left-right direction faces up and down with the lateral groove 105 adjacent to the other side in the left-right direction aligned with the accommodating recess 71. .. Here, the height position of the lower end portion of the lateral downward protrusion 342 is lower than the height position where the main upper surface of the upper surface forming portion 72 is raised by the thickness of the minimum thickness of a 1-yen coin. Specifically, the lower end portion of the lateral downward protrusion 342 is lower in position than the main upper surface of the upper surface forming portion 72, and the lateral downward protrusion 342 is inserted into the lateral groove 105.

Therefore, the lateral downward protrusions 342 on both sides protrude downward from both sides in the slide orthogonal direction of the coin discharge port 355 in the cover portion 66, and enter the lateral grooves 105, respectively.

Further, the eight rearward downward projecting pieces 346 of the cover portion 66 face each other vertically with their positions aligned in the left-right direction with the eight different rear grooves 101 of the saucer portion 3. As a result, the rear downward projecting pieces 346 face each other vertically with respect to all the rear grooves 101 by aligning the positions in the left-right direction one by one. Here, the height position of the lower end portion of the back-side downward projecting piece 346 is lower than the height position where the main upper surface of the upper surface forming portion 72 is raised by the thickness of the minimum-thickness 1-yen coin. Specifically, the lower end portion of the back side downward projecting piece 346 is lower than the main upper surface of the upper surface forming portion 72, and the back side downward projecting piece 346 is inserted into the rear groove 101.

Therefore, the back-side downward protrusion 347 composed of the plurality of back-side downward protrusions 346 protrudes downward from the back side of the coin discharge port 355 of the cover portion 66 in the slide direction, and each of the plurality of rear grooves 101. Get in.

Further, the seven rearward upward protrusions 102 of the saucer portion 3 are vertically opposed to each other by aligning the positions in the left-right direction with the seven different ceiling grooves 351 of the cover portion 66. As a result, the back side upward protrusions 102 are vertically aligned with each other in the left-right direction with respect to all the ceiling grooves 351. Here, the height position of the upper end portion of the rearward upward protrusion 102 is higher than the height position where the lower end opening of the ceiling groove 351 is lowered by the thickness of the minimum thickness of a 1-yen coin. Specifically, the upper end portion of the rear side upward protrusion 102 is higher than the lower end opening of the ceiling groove 351, and the back side upward protrusion 102 is inserted into each of the plurality of ceiling grooves 351.

Therefore, a plurality of ceiling grooves 351 extending in the slide direction are formed in the cover portion 66 side by side in the slide orthogonal direction. Then, the rearward upward protrusion 103 is inserted into each of the plurality of ceiling grooves 351. The back-side upward protrusions 102 of the saucer portion 3 are alternately arranged in the left-right direction so as to be displaced from the back-side downward protrusion 346 of the cover portion 66.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the saucer portion 3 is in the retracted position, all the rearward downward projecting pieces 346 constituting the rearward downward protruding portion 347 of the cover portion 66 are rearward so that their positions in the left-right direction are aligned with each other. It is located at the front end position of the groove 101. As a result, all the back-side downward projecting pieces 346 prevent the coins discharged from the coin discharge port 355 of the apparatus main body 2 into the storage recess 71 from entering between the cover portion 66 and the rear upper surface forming portion 91. To do. In other words, the rear downward protruding portion 347 suppresses the entry of coins between the rear upper surface forming portion 91 of the upper surface forming portion 72 and the cover main body portion 348 of the cover portion 66. When the saucer portion 3 is in the retracted position, all the rear downward projecting pieces 346 of the cover portion 66 are inserted into the front end positions of the rear groove 101 whose positions are aligned in the left-right direction, and the coins are on the storage recess 71 side. It does not enter between the rear upper surface forming portion 91 and the cover portion 66 beyond the rearward downward protruding portion 347.

When the saucer portion 3 is in the retracted position, each of the pair of lateral downward protrusions 342 of the cover portion 66 enters and accommodates the corresponding one of the lateral grooves 105 adjacent to the left and right of the accommodating recess 71. The recess 71 and the position in the front-rear direction are overlapped. As a result, in the pair of lateral downward protrusions 342, coins discharged from the coin discharge port 355 of the apparatus main body 2 into the accommodating recess 71 are formed between the cover main body portion 348 of the cover portion 66 and the side upper surface forming portion 92. Suppress getting in between. In other words, the pair of lateral downward protrusions 342 suppresses the entry of coins between the upper surface forming portion 72 and the cover portion 66. When the saucer portion 3 is in the retracted position, the pair of lateral downward protrusions 342 of the cover portion 66 are inserted into the lateral grooves 105 adjacent to the left and right of the accommodating recess 71, so that the coin is laterally downward. It does not enter between the side upper surface forming portion 92 and the cover portion 66 beyond the protruding portion 342.

When the saucer portion 3 is in the retracted position, all the outer downward projecting pieces 337 of the cover portion 66 enter the side grooves 105 that are aligned in the left-right direction, and the front portion of the accommodating recess 71 of the side groove 105. Located on the side.

Therefore, when the saucer portion 3 is in the retracted position, the concave wall portion 349 composed of the pair of outward downward protrusions 338, the pair of lateral downward protrusions 342, and the back side downward protrusions 347 is the cover main body portion 348. And the upper surface forming portion 72 of the saucer portion 3 restrict the passage of coins from the inside to the outside of the concave wall portion 349.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, all the outer downward projecting pieces 337 of the cover portion 66 are inserted into the lateral grooves 105 that are aligned in the left-right direction even when the saucer portion 3 is in the protruding position. .. As a result, the outer downward projecting portion 338 composed of the plurality of outer downward projecting pieces 337 moves between the coin cover main body portion 348 and the lateral upper surface forming portion 92 protruding from the accommodating recess 71 of the device main body 2. Suppress the ingress of. In other words, the outer downward protruding portion 338 suppresses the entry of coins between the upper surface forming portion 72 and the cover portion 66. Regardless of the position of the saucer 3 from the protruding position to the retracting position, all the outer downward projecting pieces 337 of the outer downward projecting portion 338 of the cover portion 66 are lateral grooves whose positions are aligned in the left-right direction. Since it is always inserted into the 105, the coin never enters between the cover portion 66 and the lateral upper surface forming portion 92 beyond the outer downward protruding portion 338.

Since the outward downward protruding portion 338 of the cover portion 66 is inclined so as to be located on the front side as the distance from the accommodating recess 71 increases in the left-right direction, the side upper surface forming portion is formed when the saucer portion 3 moves to the retracted position. Even if coins remain in 92, the inclination of the coins causes the coins to be moved toward the storage recess 71 and dropped into the storage recess 71. As a result, the coins are prevented from falling forward from the saucer portion 3.

Since the outward upward protrusions 107 provided on the pair of lateral upper surface forming portions 92 are inclined so as to be located on the front side closer to the accommodating recess 71 in the left-right direction, the saucer portion 3 is positioned at the retracted position. Even if a coin remains in the lateral upper surface forming portion 92 when moving and cannot be dropped into the accommodating recess 71 only by the inclination of the outward downward protrusion 338 of the cover portion 66, this coin Is moved toward the accommodation recess 71 by the inclination of the outer downward protrusion 338 and the inclination of the outer upward protrusion 107, and is dropped into the accommodation recess 71. As a result, the falling of coins from the saucer 3 to the front is further suppressed.

When the saucer portion 3 is in the protruding position, the central extending portion 321 of the cover portion 66 covers the rear upper surface forming portion 91 on the rear side of the accommodating recess 71 of the upper surface forming portion 72. As a result, the central extension portion 321 suppresses coins from entering between the cover main body portion 348 of the cover portion 66 and the rear upper surface forming portion 91 of the saucer portion 3 when the saucer portion 3 is in the protruding position. ..

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, regardless of the position between the retracted position and the protruding position, the back-side upward protruding portion 103 formed at the rear end portion of the saucer portion 3. The plurality of rearward upward protrusions 102 of the above are inserted into the ceiling groove 351 of the cover portion 66 whose positions are aligned in the left-right direction. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, even when the saucer portion 3 is in the protruding position, the plurality of rearward upward protrusions 102 of the saucer portion 3 are respectively inserted into the ceiling groove 351 of the cover portion 66. As a result, the rearward upward protruding portion 103 slides more than the saucer portion 3 of the coin that has entered between the rear upper surface forming portion 91 of the saucer portion 3 at the protruding position and the central extending portion 321 of the cover portion 66. Suppresses falling to the back side of the direction. When the saucer portion 3 is in the protruding position, the plurality of outer downward projecting pieces 337 of the outer downward projecting portion 338 of the cover portion 66 are inserted into the lateral grooves 105 that are aligned in the left-right direction, respectively, and a pair of lateral portions. The side-downward protrusions 342 also enter the lateral grooves 105, which are aligned in the left-right direction. Therefore, the back-side upward protrusion 103 is formed by a pair of outward downward protrusions 338 and a pair of lateral downward protrusions 342 to form a coin on the upper surface forming portion 72 of the saucer portion 3 at the protruding position. Suppresses falling to the back side in the slide direction from the saucer portion 3.

Here, when the saucer portion 3 is in the protruding position, the gap between the rear upward protrusion 102 at the left end of the rear upward protrusion 103 and the lateral downward protrusion 342 on the left side is the minimum diameter of a 1-yen coin. It is narrower than the diameter, and the gap between the lateral downward protrusion 342 on the left side and the outer downward protrusion 337 on the right end of the left lateral downward protrusion 338 is also smaller than the diameter of the minimum diameter 1-yen coin. Is also getting narrower. Similarly, the gap between the rear upward protrusion 102 at the right end of the rear upward protrusion 103 and the lateral downward protrusion 342 on the right side is narrower than the diameter of the minimum diameter 1-yen coin, and is on the right side. The gap between the lateral downward protrusion 342 and the outer downward protrusion 337 at the left end of the right lateral downward protrusion 338 is also narrower than the diameter of the minimum diameter 1-yen coin. When the saucer portion 3 is in the protruding position, the plurality of rearward upward protrusions 102 are respectively inserted into the ceiling groove 351 of the cover portion 66, and all the outer downward projecting pieces 337 of the cover portion 66 are lateral to each other. Since the pair of lateral downward protrusions 342 that have entered the groove 105 also enter the lateral groove 105, there are no coins that fall off to the back side in the sliding direction from the saucer portion 3.

Further, at the time of the closing operation in which the saucer portion 3 moves from the protruding position shown in FIG. 7 to the retracting position shown in FIG. And, it will move while maintaining a certain distance narrower than the diameter of the minimum diameter 1-yen coin, and due to these lateral downward protrusions 342 and the outward downward protrusions 338 on both sides, it is larger than the saucer 3. Move with the coins restricted from falling to the back in the sliding direction. After that, the back-side upward protrusion 103 is separated from the side-side downward protrusions 342 on both sides, but at that time, the back-side downward protrusion that has been separated rearward from the saucer portion 3 at that time. The portion 347 overlaps the saucer portion 3 and replaces the back side upward projecting portion 103. As a result, the back side downward protrusion 347, the side side downward protrusions 342 on both sides, and the outer side downward protrusions 338 on both sides restrict the coins from falling out toward the back side in the sliding direction from the saucer portion 3.

Next, the coin processing of the money processing apparatus 1 will be described.

"Coin deposit processing"
When the control unit 63 starts the coin deposit process, first, as shown in FIG. 5, the control unit 63 determines whether or not the retracting position detection sensor 241 has detected that the tray 3 is in the retracted position, and determines whether or not the tray 3 is in the retracted position. Is detected to be in the retracted position, the solenoid 255 of the lock portion 251 is energized to drive the solenoid 255 as shown in FIG.

On the other hand, if the retractable position detection sensor 241 does not detect that the saucer 3 is in the retractable position, the LED lights 13 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are turned on and the LED lights 13 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are turned on to indicate that the closing operation is in progress. The drive motor 213 of the drive main unit 201 shown in FIG. 15 is reversely driven in a state where the operation display unit 61 is made to display a notification to that effect and the voice output unit 62 is generated to that effect. Then, the gear 214 fixed to the drive shaft 212 of the drive motor 213 reverses the gear 222, the rotating shaft 221 and the toothed pulleys 223 and 224, the pair of timing belts 233 and 234, and the pair of toothed pulleys 231 and 232. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 14 and 12, the advancing / retreating base portion 135 and the saucer portion 3 are retracted with respect to the apparatus main body 2.

After that, as shown in FIG. 5, when the retracting position detection sensor 241 detects that the saucer portion 3 is in the retracted position, the control unit 63 turns off the LED light 13 and displays the notification of the operation display unit 61. It ends, and the notification voice of the voice output unit 62 ends. Then, as shown in FIG. 18, the solenoid 255 of the lock portion 251 is energized to drive the solenoid 255.

When the solenoid 255 is energized, the solenoid 255 pulls the downward extending portion 262 of the lock member 253 forward against the urging force of the spring 256 to rotate the lock member 253. Then, the lock member 253 lowers the rack gear 263 and meshes with the lock gear 235 to lock the lock portion 251. When the lock state detection sensor 281 detects that the lock unit 251 is in the locked state, the control unit 63 opens the shutter 6 of the coin deposit unit 5 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

Here, if the lock state detection sensor 281 does not detect that the lock portion 251 is in the locked state even after a lapse of a predetermined time after the solenoid 255 is energized, the rack gear 263 and the lock gear 235 cannot mesh with each other. Therefore, the control unit 63 slightly rotates the drive motor 213 to perform an adjustment operation for engaging the lock gear 235 with the rack gear 263, and then detects that the lock unit 251 is in the locked state. When the sensor 281 detects it, the shutter 6 of the coin deposit unit 5 is opened. Further, if the lock unit 251 does not become locked even after the adjustment operation, the LED lights 13 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are blinked and the operation display unit 61 is notified to that effect in order to notify that an abnormality is occurring. Is displayed, and the voice output unit 62 is made to generate a notification voice to that effect.

After opening the shutter 6 of the coin deposit unit 5, when the sensor (not shown) detects that a coin has been inserted into the coin deposit unit 5, the control unit 63 closes the shutter 6 and ejects the coin from the coin deposit unit 5. Let it go out. Then, as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. 26, the coins paid out from the coin deposit unit 5 are conveyed by the deposit side transport unit 15 and identified and counted by the identification unit 18. Then, the true coins identified as acceptable by the identification unit 18 are transported to the batch intermediate pool 32 by the deposit side transport unit 15 and the intermediate pool guide unit 22 and temporarily stored in the batch intermediate pool 32. On the other hand, the reject coins identified as unacceptable by the identification unit 18 are discharged to the tray 3 at the retracted position by the release guide unit 20, as shown by the thick broken line in FIG. 26. At this time, among the true coins identified as acceptable by the identification unit 18, coins that exceed the storage capacity of the batch intermediate pool 32 are also conveyed to the tray 3 by the release guide unit 20.

The coins from the discharge guide portion 20 fall from the coin discharge port 355 shown in FIG. 5 into the storage recess 71 of the saucer portion 3 at the retracting position, which overlaps the coin discharge port 355 in the horizontal direction. At this time, the coins that bounce off in the accommodating recess 71 after falling may go toward the gap between the rear upper surface forming portion 91 and the cover portion 66 of the saucer portion 3. On the other hand, when the saucer portion 3 is in the retracted position, all the rear downward projecting pieces 346 of the rear downward protrusion 347 of the cover portion 66 enter the rear groove 101 whose positions are aligned in the left-right direction. It is located at the front end position of the rear groove 101 on the accommodating recess 71 side. As a result, the rear downward protruding portion 347 suppresses coins from entering between the cover main body portion 348 of the cover portion 66 and the rear upper surface forming portion 91.

Further, the coins bounced off in the accommodating recess 71 after falling may go toward the gap between the side upper surface forming portion 92 of the saucer portion 3 and the cover portion 66. On the other hand, when the saucer portion 3 is in the retracted position, the pair of lateral downward protrusions 342 long in the front-rear direction of the cover portion 66 enters the lateral grooves 105 adjacent to the left and right of the accommodating recess 71. The position in the front-rear direction is overlapped with the storage recess 71. In addition, the outer downward projecting pieces 337 on the side of each of the outer downward protrusions 338 on both sides of the cover portion 66 enter the lateral grooves 105 adjacent to the left and right of the accommodation recess 71, and form the accommodation recess 71. The positions in the front-back direction are overlapped. Therefore, the pair of lateral downward protrusions 342 and the pair of outward downward protrusions 338 suppress coins from entering between the cover main body portion 348 of the cover portion 66 and the side upper surface forming portion 92.

That is, the concave wall portion 349 composed of the back side downward protrusion 347, the pair of lateral downward protrusions 342, and the pair of outward downward protrusions 338 is formed by the cover main body portion 348 of the cover portion 66 and the upper surface of the saucer portion 3. It suppresses the entry of coins between the forming portion 72 and the forming portion 72. At this time, there are no coins that go beyond the concave wall portion 349 and enter between the cover main body portion 348 and the upper surface forming portion 72. That is, the concave wall portion 349 causes the coins discharged from the coin discharge port 355 toward the storage recess 71 to stay in the storage recess 71.

After the coin deposit process is started, when the coin deposit unit 5 and the deposit side transport unit 15 run out of coins, the control unit 63 determines the total amount of true coins identified as acceptable by the identification unit 18, the number of denominations, and the like. The display is displayed on the operation display unit 61, and as shown in FIG. 19, the energization of the lock unit 251 which has been energized until then to the solenoid 255 is stopped. Then, the spring 256 pulls the downward extending portion 262 of the lock member 253 rearward to rotate the lock member 253. Then, the lock member 253 raises the rack gear 263 to release the engagement with the lock gear 235 and puts the lock portion 251 in the unlocked state. The control unit 63 causes the lock state detection sensor 281 to detect that the lock unit 251 is in the unlocked state. If the lock unit 251 does not become unlocked within a predetermined time after the solenoid 255 is stopped energized, the LED lights 13 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are blinked and the LED lights 13 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are blinked in order to notify that an abnormality is occurring. The operation display unit 61 is made to display a notification to that effect, and the voice output unit 62 is made to generate a notification voice to that effect.

After the coin deposit process is started, when the coin deposit unit 5 and the deposit side transport unit 15 run out of coins, if there are no coins released to the saucer unit 3 during that time, the control unit 63 performs a confirmation instruction operation to the operation display unit 61. , The coin deposit process is completed in the state of waiting for the return instruction operation.

On the other hand, if there is a coin released into the saucer 3, the control unit 63 turns on the LED lights 13 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and informs the operation display unit 61 to that effect in order to indicate that the opening operation is in progress. As shown in FIG. 15, the drive motor 213 of the drive main body unit 201 is driven in the forward rotation in a state where the notification voice of the above is displayed and the voice output unit 62 generates the notification voice to that effect. Then, the gear 214 fixed to the drive shaft 212 of the drive motor 213 rotates the gear 222, the rotary shaft 221 and the toothed pulleys 223 and 224, the pair of timing belts 233 and 234, and the pair of toothed pulleys 231 and 232 in the forward direction. As shown in FIGS. 15 and 13, the advancing / retreating base portion 135 and the saucer portion 3 are advanced with respect to the device main body 2.

That is, when the tray drive unit 67 completes the discharge of coins from the device main body 2 to the tray unit 3 at the retracted position, the tray drive unit 67 moves the tray unit 3 to the protruding position. After that, as shown in FIG. 7, when the protrusion position detection sensor 242 detects that the saucer portion 3 is in the protrusion position, the control unit 63 sets the drive motor 213 of the drive body unit 201 as shown in FIG. At the same time as stopping, the residual detection sensor 181 detects the presence or absence of coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71 shown in FIG. 13 immediately above the residual detection sensor 181.

As shown in FIG. 2, the saucer portion 3 in the protruding position and protruding from the apparatus main body 2 is in a state in which the accommodating recess 71 is exposed to the outside. The operator takes out the coin from the exposed accommodating recess 71. As shown in FIG. 6, when the saucer portion 3 is in the protruding position, coins spilled from the accommodating recess 71 may go toward the gap between the cover portion 66 and the lateral upper surface forming portion 92 of the saucer portion 3. On the other hand, all the outer downward projecting pieces 337 of the outer downward projecting portion 338 at the front end portion of the cover portion 66 are inserted into the lateral grooves 105 that are aligned in the left-right direction, respectively, and the cover portion 66 It suppresses the entry of coins between the cover main body portion 348 and the side upper surface forming portion 92. At this time, there are no coins that go beyond the outer downward protruding portion 338 and enter between the cover main body portion 348 and the lateral upper surface forming portion 92. The same applies to the lateral upper surface forming portions 92 on both sides.

Further, when the coin is taken out from the accommodating recess 71 of the saucer portion 3 at the protruding position, the coin may try to move onto the rear upper surface forming portion 91 behind the accommodating recess 71 of the upper surface forming portion 72. On the other hand, since the central extending portion 321 of the cover portion 66 covers the rear upper surface forming portion 91, coins can be inserted between the rear upper surface forming portion 91 and the cover main body portion 348 of the cover portion 66. Suppress.

Even if coins may enter between the rear upper surface forming portion 91 and the central extending portion 321, as shown in FIG. 7, when the saucer portion 3 is in the protruding position, the rear end portion of the saucer portion 3 A plurality of back side upward protrusions 102 of the back side upward protrusion 103 formed in the cover portion 66 are respectively inserted into the ceiling groove 351 of the cover portion 66, and a pair of lateral downward protrusions 342 of the cover portion 66 are on each side. Since each of the outer downward projecting pieces 337 of the pair of outer downward protrusions 338 of the cover portion 66 has entered the side groove 105, it has entered the side groove 105, so that it is on the back side in the sliding direction from the saucer portion 3. Suppress the dropping of coins to. At this time, there are no coins that exceed the back side upward protrusion 103, the pair of lateral downward protrusions 342, and the pair of outer downward protrusions 338, and fall out from the saucer 3 toward the back in the sliding direction.

After moving the saucer 3 to the protruding position, when a predetermined time elapses with coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71 by the residual detection sensor 181, the control unit 63 notifies that the coins have been forgotten to be removed, so that the LED light In addition to blinking 13, the operation display unit 61 is made to display a notification to that effect, and the voice output unit 62 is made to generate a notification voice to that effect.

Residual detection is performed when the residual detection sensor 181 detects that there are no more coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71 after moving the saucer 3 to the protruding position and before a predetermined time elapses, and during notification that there is a forgetting to remove the coins. When the sensor 181 detects that there are no more coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71, the control unit 63 indicates that the closing operation is in progress, so that the LED light 13 shown in FIG. 2 is kept lit while maintaining the lighting state. The operation display unit 61 is made to display a notification to that effect, the voice output unit 62 is generated to that effect, and the drive motor 213 of the drive main unit 201 shown in FIG. 14 is reversely driven.

Then, the gear 214 fixed to the drive shaft 212 of the drive motor 213 reverses the gear 222, the rotating shaft 221 and the toothed pulleys 223 and 224, the pair of timing belts 233 and 234, and the pair of toothed pulleys 231 and 232. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 14 and 12, the advancing / retreating base portion 135 and the saucer portion 3 are retracted with respect to the device main body 2 toward the retracted position.

That is, when the residual detection sensor 181 that detects the residual coins in the accommodating recess 71 of the saucer 3 does not detect the residual coins in the accommodating recess 71 of the saucer 3 at the protruding position, the saucer driving unit 67 causes the tray driving unit 67 to detect the residual coins. The part 3 is moved to the retracted position.

After that, as shown in FIG. 5, when the retracting position detection sensor 241 detects that the saucer portion 3 is in the retracted position, the control unit 63 stops the drive motor 213 of the saucer drive unit 67 shown in FIG. , The LED light 13 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is turned off, the notification display of the operation display unit 61 is terminated, and the notification sound of the voice output unit 62 is terminated.

Here, even if coins remain in the side upper surface forming portion 92 when the tray portion 3 is closed from the protruding position to the retracting position, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 4, the front portion of the cover portion 66 All of the outer downward protrusions 337 of the outer downward protrusions 338 on both sides are maintained in a state of being inserted into the lateral grooves 105 that are aligned in the left-right direction, so that the outer downward protrusions 338 are exceeded. There are no coins that enter between the cover body portion 348 and the side surface forming portion 92. Moreover, since the outward downward protrusions 338 on both sides of the cover portion 66 are inclined so as to be located on the front side as they are separated from the accommodating recess 71 in the left-right direction, the side upper surface forming portion 92 is moved by the movement of the saucer portion 3. The coins remaining in the storage recess 71 are moved to the storage recess 71 side and dropped into the storage recess 71.

Even if the coins remaining on the lateral upper surface forming portion 92 cannot be dropped into the accommodating recess 71 only by inclining the outward downward projecting portion 338 of the cover portion 66, the accommodating recess 71 is formed in the left-right direction. The outward upward protrusion 107 of the lateral upper surface forming portion 92, which is arranged so as to be inclined to be located closer to the front side, is the outer downward protrusion 338 whose position is aligned in the left-right direction, and such a coin is inserted. It is moved to the accommodating recess 71 side and dropped into the accommodating recess 71.

Further, even if coins remain between the central extending portion 321 of the cover portion 66 and the rear upper surface forming portion 91 when the tray portion 3 is closed from the protruding position to the retracting position, FIGS. 7 and 5 show. As shown, the back-side upward protrusion 103 of the rear end portion of the saucer portion 3 maintains a state in which the plurality of back-side upward protrusions 102 have entered the ceiling groove 351 of the cover portion 66 until the retracted position. ing. The back side upward protrusion 103 is formed by the outer downward protrusions 338 on both sides of the cover portion 66 and the lateral downward protrusions 342 on both sides until the position in the middle of the closing operation of the saucer 3, and is above the rear upper surface forming portion 91. Suppresses the coins from falling to the back side in the sliding direction from the saucer portion 3.

Further, from the intermediate position of the closing operation of the saucer portion 3 to the retracting position side, the outward downward protrusions 338 on both sides of the cover portion 66, the lateral downward protrusions 342 on both sides, and the back downward protrusion 347 are rearward. It suppresses the coins on the upper surface forming portion 91 from falling out toward the back side in the sliding direction with respect to the saucer portion 3. Moreover, as the tray portion 3 moves from the protruding position to the retracting position, the rearward downward protruding portion 347 of the cover portion 66, which moves relative to the cover portion 66, presses the coin on the rear upper surface forming portion 91 and drops it into the accommodating recess 71. .. At that time, the pair of lateral downward protrusions 342 suppresses the movement of the coin to the lateral upper surface forming portion 92 and guides the coin to the accommodating recess 71.

As described above, the closing operation from the protruding position of the tray portion 3 to the retracting position may cause coins to fall from the upper surface forming portion 72 to the accommodating recess 71. Therefore, the control unit 63 retracts as shown in FIG. After the position detection sensor 241 detects the movement of the tray 3 to the retracted position, when the drive motor 213 of the tray drive 67 shown in FIG. 14 is stopped, the residue detection sensor 181 remains in the accommodating recess 71 of the tray 3. Have the presence or absence of coins detected again. If there is no coin remaining in the accommodating recess 71, the control unit 63 is in a state of waiting for a confirmation instruction operation and a return instruction operation to the operation display unit 61, and ends the coin deposit process.

On the other hand, if there is a coin remaining in the accommodating recess 71, the control unit 63 turns on the LED light 13 shown in FIG. 2 and displays a notification to that effect on the operation display unit 61 in order to indicate that the opening operation is in progress. With the voice output unit 62 generating a notification voice to that effect, the drive motor 213 of the saucer drive unit 67 is driven in the forward direction as shown in FIG. 15, and the saucer unit is driven in the forward direction as shown in FIG. Move 3 to the protruding position.

That is, when the residual detection sensor 181 detects a coin that has fallen into the accommodating recess 71 from either the side upper surface forming portion 92 or the rear upper surface forming portion 91 on both sides when the tray portion 3 is moved from the protruding position to the retracting position. , The control unit 63 automatically opens the saucer 3 again.

When the control unit 63 detects that there are no coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71 by the residual detection sensor 181 before the lapse of a predetermined time after moving the tray unit 3 to the protruding position by the reopening operation, and The LEDs shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 indicate that the closing operation is in progress when the residual detection sensor 181 detects that there are no more coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71 while notifying that the coin has been forgotten to be removed. With the light 13 in the lit state, the operation display unit 61 is made to display a notification to that effect, the sound output unit 62 is generated to that effect, and the drive motor 213 of the saucer drive unit 67 shown in FIG. 14 is generated. As shown in FIGS. 14 and 12, after moving the advancing / retreating base portion 135 and the saucer portion 3 to the retracted position with respect to the device main body 2, the LED light 13 is turned off and the operation display unit is turned off. The notification display of 61 is terminated, and the notification sound of the audio output unit 62 is terminated. Then, the residual detection sensor 181 is made to detect again the presence or absence of coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71. The advancement and retreat of the saucer portion 3 by the saucer drive unit 67 is repeated until no coin residue in the accommodating recess 71 is detected at the retracted position.

"Coin return processing"
After the coin deposit processing is completed, when a return instruction operation is input to the operation display unit 61, the control unit 63 starts the coin return processing. Then, as in the case of coin deposit processing, the control unit 63 locks the lock unit 251 if the suction position detection sensor 241 detects that the saucer unit 3 is in the retracted position. On the other hand, if the control unit 63 does not detect that the tray 3 is in the retract position by the retract position detection sensor 241, the control unit 63 moves the tray 3 to the retract position and then locks the lock unit 251.

When the lock unit 251 is locked, the control unit 63 pays out the coins of the batch intermediate pool 32 by the feeding unit 42, and the coin depositing unit 5 in a state where the shutter 6 is closed, as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. The coin is conveyed by the withdrawal side transport unit 55, is fed from the coin deposit unit 5, is conveyed by the deposit side transport unit 15, and is conveyed to the tray 3 by the release guide unit 20. At this time as well, as in the case of coin deposit processing, the back side downward protrusion 347, the lateral side downward protrusion 342, and the outer downward protrusion 338 of the cover portion 66 are the cover portion 66, the rear upper surface forming portion 91, and the rear upper surface forming portion 91. It suppresses the entry of coins between the side upper surface forming portion 92 and the side surface forming portion 92.

Then, when there are no more coins in the batch intermediate pool 32, the withdrawal side transport unit 55, the coin deposit unit 5, and the deposit side transport unit 15, the control unit 63 unlocks the lock unit 251 as in the coin deposit process. After the saucer drive unit 67 positions the tray portion 3 at the protruding position, the residual detection sensor 181 detects the presence or absence of coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71.

The operator takes out coins from the accommodating recess 71 of the saucer portion 3 protruding from the apparatus main body 2. At this time as well, as in the case of coin deposit processing, the outer downward protruding portion 338 and the central extending portion 321 of the coins are placed between the cover portion 66 and the side upper surface forming portion 92 and the rear upper surface forming portion 91. Suppress intrusion. Further, the back side upward protrusion 103, the lateral downward protrusion 342, and the outer downward protrusion 338 suppress the coins from falling out to the back side in the slide direction from the saucer portion 3.

When the residual detection sensor 181 detects that there are no more coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71, the control unit 63 positions the tray unit 3 in the retracting position by the tray drive unit 67, as in the case of coin deposit processing, after that. The residual detection sensor 181 re-detects the presence or absence of coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71, and if there is no coin remaining in the accommodating recess 71, the coin return process is terminated. In this way, all the coins in the batch intermediate pool 32 are transported to the saucer portion 3 and taken out by the operator.

Here, when the tray portion 3 is moved to the retracted position, the outer downward protruding portion 338, or the outer downward protruding portion 338 and the outer upward protruding portion 107 are laterally upper surface as in the case of coin deposit processing. The coin remaining in the forming portion 92 is dropped into the accommodating recess 71. Regarding the coins remaining between the rear upper surface forming portion 91 and the central extending portion 321, the back side upward protrusion 103 or the back side downward protrusion 347, the lateral downward protrusion 342, and the outer lower side The downward protrusion 347 on the back side and the downward protrusion 342 on the lateral side cause the downward protrusion 347 on the back side and the downward protrusion 342 on the lateral side to drop into the accommodating recess 71 while suppressing the downward protrusion 338 from falling behind the saucer 3.

Similar to the coin deposit processing, the control unit 63 again detects the presence or absence of coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71 of the tray unit 3 by the residue detection sensor 181 after the tray drive unit 67 moves to the retracted position of the tray unit 3. The coins are repeatedly moved back and forth by the saucer drive unit 67 until the remaining coins in the accommodating recess 71 are no longer detected at the retracted position, and when there are no coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71 at the retracted position, the coin return process is performed. finish.

"Coin storage processing"
After the coin deposit process is completed, when the confirmation instruction operation is input to the operation display unit 61, the control unit 63 starts the coin storage process. That is, as shown by the thick solid line in FIG. 28, the coins of the batch intermediate pool 32 are fed out by the feeding section 42, and are conveyed to the coin depositing section 5 in the state where the shutter 6 is closed by the withdrawal side conveying section 55, and the coins are conveyed. It is conveyed from the deposit unit 5 by the pay-out side transport unit 15 and identified by the identification unit 18. Then, based on the identification result of the identification unit 18, the coins of each denomination are stored in the corresponding denominations of the reflux guide units 23 to 28 and the corresponding denominations of the reflux guides 33 to 38. That is, the 100-yen coin is transferred to the 100-yen coin recirculation guide 23 to the 100-yen coin recirculation guide 33, and the 1-yen coin to the 1-yen coin recirculation guide 24 to the 1-yen coin recirculation 34. A 50-yen coin is used as a recirculation guide 25 for a 50-yen coin to a recirculation guide 35 for a 50-yen coin, and a 5-yen coin is used as a recirculation guide 26 for a 5-yen coin to a recirculation guide 36 for a 5-yen coin. The coins are stored in the recirculation guide section 27 for 10-yen coins in the recirculation section 37 for 10-yen coins, and the 500-yen coins are stored in the recirculation section 38 for 500-yen coins in the recirculation guide section 28 for 500-yen coins. Based on the identification result of the identification unit 18, the overflow coins of the return units 33 to 38 are stored in the coin cassette 31 by the cassette guide unit 21 as shown by the thick broken line in FIG. 28. Then, when there are no more coins in the batch intermediate pool 32, the withdrawal side transport unit 55, the coin deposit unit 5, and the deposit side transport unit 15, the coin storage process ends.

"Coin direct replenishment process"
When the control unit 63 starts the coin direct replenishment process, first, as in the case of the coin deposit process, the saucer drive unit 67 positions the saucer portion 3 in the retractable position, and then the saucer portion 3 is located in the retractable position. In the closed state, the lock portion 251 is locked. Next, the control unit 63 opens the shutter 6 of the coin deposit unit 5, and when it detects that a coin has been inserted into the coin deposit unit 5 with a sensor (not shown), it closes the shutter 6 and starts from the coin deposit unit 5. Let the coins pay out. Then, as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. 29, the coins paid out from the coin deposit unit 5 are transported by the deposit side transport unit 15, and the coins of each denomination are returned to the reflux guide unit 23 based on the identification result of the identification unit 18. It is stored in the corresponding denominations of ~ 28 and the corresponding denominations of the reflux parts 33 to 38. The reject coins identified as unacceptable based on the identification result of the identification unit 18 are conveyed to the saucer unit 3 by the release guide unit 20 as shown by the thick broken line in FIG. 29. At this time as well, as in the case of coin deposit processing, the back side downward protrusion 347, the lateral downward protrusion 342, and the outer downward protrusion 338 form the cover portion 66, the rear upper surface forming portion 91, and the lateral upper surface forming portion. Suppresses the entry of coins between the parts 92.

Then, when the coin deposit unit 5 and the deposit side transport unit 15 run out of coins, if there are no coins released to the saucer unit 3 during that time, the control unit 63 sets the lock unit 251 to the unlocked state and ends the coin direct replenishment process. To do.

On the other hand, if there is a coin released into the saucer 3, the control unit 63 releases the lock portion 251 as in the case of coin deposit processing, and then causes the saucer drive unit 67 to position the saucer portion 3 at the protruding position. Then, the residual detection sensor 181 detects the presence or absence of coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71.

The operator takes out coins from the accommodating recess 71 of the saucer portion 3 protruding from the apparatus main body 2. At that time, as in the case of coin deposit processing, the outer downward protruding portion 338 and the central extending portion 321 insert the coin between the cover portion 66 and the side upper surface forming portion 92 and the rear upper surface forming portion 91. Suppress. Further, the back side upward protrusion 103, the lateral downward protrusion 342, and the outer downward protrusion 338 suppress the coins from falling out to the back side in the slide direction from the saucer portion 3.

When the residual detection sensor 181 detects that there are no more coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71, the control unit 63 positions the tray unit 3 in the retracting position by the tray drive unit 67, as in the case of coin deposit processing, and then positions the tray unit 3 in the retracted position. The residual detection sensor 181 re-detects the presence or absence of coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71 of the saucer portion 3, and if there is no coin remaining in the accommodating recess 71, the coin direct replenishment process ends.

Here, as in the case of coin deposit processing, when the saucer drive unit 67 moves the saucer portion 3 to the retracted position, the outer downward protrusion 338, or the outer downward protrusion 338 and the outer upward protrusion 107 However, the coins remaining in the lateral upper surface forming portion 92 are dropped into the accommodating recess 71. Further, regarding the coins remaining between the rear upper surface forming portion 91 and the central extending portion 321 of the cover portion 66, the back side upward protruding portion 103 or the back side downward protruding portion 347 and the lateral downward protruding portion 347. The 342 and the outer downward protruding portion 338 suppress the dropout to the rear of the saucer portion 3, and the back side downward protruding portion 347 and the lateral downward protruding portion 342 drop into the accommodating recess 71.

Similar to the coin deposit processing, the control unit 63 again detects the presence or absence of coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71 of the tray unit 3 by the residue detection sensor 181 after the tray drive unit 67 moves to the retracted position of the tray unit 3. The coins are repeatedly moved forward and backward by the saucer drive unit 67 until the remaining coins in the accommodating recess 71 are no longer detected at the retracted position. To finish.

"Coin withdrawal processing"
When the coin withdrawal process is started, first, the control unit 63 locks the saucer unit 3 in the retracted position in the closed state where the tray unit 3 is located in the retracted position, as in the case of the coin deposit process. The unit 251 is locked. Next, based on the input withdrawal data, the control unit 63 pays out from the corresponding denominations of the recirculation units 33 to 38 provided for each denomination, as shown by the thick solid line in FIG. Coins are fed to the withdrawal side transport unit 55 while counting according to the corresponding denominations of 43 to 48, and are conveyed to the coin deposit unit 5 with the shutter 6 closed by the withdrawal side transport unit 55. The coin is paid out from the coin deposit unit 5 and conveyed by the deposit side transport unit 15, and is discharged to the tray 3 by the release guide unit 20 while being identified and counted by the identification unit 18. At this time as well, as in the case of coin deposit processing, the back side downward protrusion 347, the lateral downward protrusion 342, and the outer downward protrusion 338 form the cover portion 66, the rear upper surface forming portion 91, and the lateral upper surface forming portion. Suppresses the entry of coins between the parts 92.

Then, after all the coins of the withdrawal data have been paid out from the corresponding denominations of the recirculation units 33 to 38, when the withdrawal side transport unit 55, the coin deposit unit 5 and the deposit side transport unit 15 have no coins. After the lock portion 251 is unlocked, the control unit 63 positions the saucer portion 3 in the protruding position by the saucer drive unit 67 and remains in the accommodating recess 71 by the residue detection sensor 181. Detect the presence or absence of coins to be used. Here, when a different denomination coin that does not correspond to the withdrawal data is detected from the identification and counting results of the identification unit 18, the different denomination coin corresponds to the deposit side transport unit 15 and the recirculation guide units 23 to 28. It is stored in the corresponding denomination of the reflux parts 33 to 38.

The operator takes out coins from the accommodating recess 71 of the saucer portion 3 protruding from the apparatus main body 2. At this time as well, as in the case of coin deposit processing, the outer downward protruding portion 338 and the central extending portion 321 of the coins are placed between the cover portion 66 and the side upper surface forming portion 92 and the rear upper surface forming portion 91. Suppress intrusion. Further, the back side upward protrusion 103, the lateral downward protrusion 342, and the outer downward protrusion 338 suppress the coins from falling out to the back side in the slide direction from the saucer portion 3.

When the residual detection sensor 181 detects that there are no more coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71, the control unit 63 positions the tray unit 3 in the retracting position by the tray drive unit 67, as in the case of coin deposit processing, and then positions the tray unit 3 in the retracted position. The residual detection sensor 181 re-detects the presence or absence of coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71 of the saucer portion 3, and if there is no coin remaining in the accommodating recess 71, the coin withdrawal process ends.

When the saucer drive unit 67 moves the tray portion 3 to the retracted position, the outer downward protrusion 338, or the outer downward protrusion 338 and the outer upward protrusion 107 are laterally as in the case of coin deposit processing. The coins remaining in the upper surface forming portion 92 are dropped into the accommodating recess 71. Regarding the coins remaining between the rear upper surface forming portion 91 and the central extending portion 321, the back side upward protrusion 103 or the back side downward protrusion 347, the lateral downward protrusion 342, and the outer lower side The direction protruding portion 338 suppresses the dropout to the rear of the saucer portion 3, and the back side downward protrusion 347 and the lateral side downward protrusion 342 drop into the accommodating recess 71.

Similar to the coin deposit processing, the control unit 63 causes the tray drive unit 67 to move the tray unit 3 to the retracted position, and then causes the residual detection sensor 181 to detect again the presence or absence of coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71, and at the retracted position. The advancement and retreat of the saucer portion 3 by the saucer drive unit 67 is repeated until no coin residue in the storage recess 71 is detected, and when there is no coin residue in the storage recess 71 at the retracted position, the coin withdrawal process ends.

"Coin self-examination process"
In the coin self-examination process, as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. 31, all coins are once paid out from one of the scrutiny targets 33 to 38 (reflux unit 33 in the illustrated example), and the withdrawal side transport unit. 55, the coin deposit unit 5 and the deposit side transfer unit 15 in the closed state of the shutter 6 convey the coins, and the intermediate pool guide unit 22 performs a scrutiny coin withdrawal process to be stored in the batch intermediate pool 32. After that, as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. 32, coins are fed out from the batch intermediate pool 32 by the payout section 42, and the withdrawal side transport section 55, the coin deposit section 5 in the shutter 6 closed state, and the deposit side transport section 15 Scrutinized coin storage that is transported, identified and counted by the identification unit 18, and stored in the corresponding denominations of the reflux guides 23 to 28 and the corresponding denominations of the reflux units 33 to 38 based on the identification result. Perform processing.

For example, when the scrutiny coin withdrawal process of the coin self-scrutiny process of the recirculation unit 33 for 100-yen coins is started, the control unit 63 pays out all the coins of the recirculation unit 33 for 100-yen coins with the recirculation unit 43. Empty 33. In parallel with this, all the coins drawn out from the recirculation unit 33 are conveyed by the withdrawal side transport unit 55, the coin deposit unit 5 with the shutter 6 closed, and the deposit side transport unit 15, and are conveyed by the intermediate pool guide unit 22. It is stored in the batch intermediate pool 32. Here, the amount of coins that can be stored in the batch intermediate pool 32 is set in advance, and coins that exceed this amount are stored in the coin cassette 31 instead of the batch intermediate pool 32.

When there are no more coins in the return unit 33, the withdrawal side transport unit 55, the coin deposit unit 5, and the deposit side transport unit 15, the control unit 63 ends the scrutiny coin withdrawal process and then starts the scrutiny coin storage process. .. That is, coins are fed out from the batch intermediate pool 32 by the feeding section 42, transported by the coin depositing section 5 and the depositing side transporting section 15 in which the withdrawal side transporting section 55 and the shutter 6 are closed, and identified and counted by the identifying section 18. However, based on the identification result, the 100-yen coin is stored in the recirculation section 33 by the recirculation guide section 23. The coins identified by the identification unit 18 as coins of different denominations other than 100-yen coins are stored in the corresponding denominations of the recirculation guides 24 to 28 and the recirculation parts 34 to 38. To do. When there are no more coins in the batch intermediate pool 32, the withdrawal side transport unit 55, the coin deposit unit 5 and the deposit side transport unit 15, the coin self-examination process is similarly performed on one of the following scrutiny units among the recirculation units 34 to 38. In this way, the coin self-examination process is performed on all of the recirculation portions 33 to 38 in the preset order.

"Coin cassette collection process"
In the coin cassette collection process, as shown by the thick solid line in FIG. 33, coins are simultaneously fed from the recirculation sections 33 to 38 by the payout sections 43 to 48, and the withdrawal side transport section 55 and the shutter 6 are closed. The coin is transported by the deposit-side transport unit 15, and is stored in the coin cassette 31 by the cassette guide 21. When there are no more coins in the recirculation units 33 to 38, the withdrawal side transport unit 55, the coin deposit unit 5, and the deposit side transport unit 15, the coin cassette collection process ends.

"Coin rearranging counting process"
The coin consolidation counting process is a process that is not related to deposit / withdrawal transactions, and is used when you want to check how much cash you have on hand, and is a process that only counts. When the control unit 63 starts the coin rearranging counting process, the receiving unit 3 is positioned at the retracting position as necessary, and then the receiving unit 3 is located at the retracting position in the closed state, as in the case of the coin deposit processing, and the lock unit 251 is in a closed state. Is locked. Next, the control unit 63 opens the shutter 6 of the coin deposit unit 5, and when it detects that a coin has been inserted into the coin deposit unit 5 by a sensor (not shown), the shutter 6 is closed and the coin is deposited from the coin deposit unit 5. To pay out. Then, as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. 34, the coins drawn out from the coin deposit unit 5 are conveyed by the deposit side transport unit 15, identified and counted by the identification unit 18, and are true based on the identification result of the identification unit 18. The intermediate pool guide unit 22 transports the coins to the batch intermediate pool 32 for the rearrangement and storage process. At that time, based on the identification result of the identification unit 18, the reject coin is conveyed to the saucer unit 3 by the release guide unit 20 as shown by the thick broken line in FIG. 34. At this time as well, as in the case of coin deposit processing, the back side downward protrusion 347, the lateral downward protrusion 342, and the outer downward protrusion 338 form the cover portion 66, the rear upper surface forming portion 91, and the lateral upper surface forming portion. Suppresses the entry of coins between the parts 92.

When the coin deposit unit 5 and the deposit side transport unit 15 run out of coins, the control unit 63 causes the operation display unit 61 to display the total amount, the number of denominations, and the like based on the identification result of the identification unit 18. When there is a rejected coin, the control unit 63 releases the lock unit 251 in the same manner as in the coin deposit process, and then positions the tray unit 3 in the protruding position by the tray drive unit 67 to position the tray unit 3 in the protruding position, and the residual detection sensor 181. Detects the presence or absence of coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71.

In this state, when the operator takes out the coin from the accommodating recess 71, the outer downward protruding portion 338 and the central extending portion 321 are the cover portion 66, the side upper surface forming portion 92, and the side upper surface forming portion 92, as in the case of the coin deposit processing. Suppresses coins from entering between the rear upper surface forming portion 91. Further, the back side upward protrusion 103, the lateral downward protrusion 342, and the outer downward protrusion 338 suppress the coins from falling behind the saucer 3.

When the residual detection sensor 181 detects that there are no more coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71, the control unit 63 positions the tray unit 3 in the retracting position by the tray drive unit 67 as in the case of coin deposit processing, and then retains the coins. The detection sensor 181 re-detects the presence or absence of coins remaining in the storage recess 71, and if there is no coin remaining in the storage recess 71, the return operation is possible.

Similar to the coin deposit processing, when the saucer portion 3 is moved to the retracted position, the outer downward protruding portion 338, or the outer downward protruding portion 338 and the outer upward protruding portion 107 are formed by the lateral upper surface forming portion 92. The coins remaining in the storage recess 71 are dropped into the storage recess 71. Regarding the coins remaining between the rear upper surface forming portion 91 and the central extending portion 321, the back side upward protrusion 103 or the back side downward protrusion 347, the lateral downward protrusion 342, and the outer lower side The direction protruding portion 338 suppresses the dropout to the rear of the saucer portion 3, and the back side downward protrusion 347 and the lateral side downward protrusion 342 drop into the accommodating recess 71.

Similar to the coin deposit processing, the control unit 63 again detects the presence or absence of coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71 by the residual detection sensor 181 after the tray drive unit 67 moves the tray unit 3 to the retracted position, and at the retracted position. The above-mentioned advancement and retreat of the saucer portion 3 by the saucer drive unit 67 is repeated until no coin residue in the storage recess 71 is detected, and when there is no coin residue in the storage recess 71 at the retracted position, the return operation is possible.

When the return operation is input to the operation display unit 61 in a state where the return operation is possible, the control unit 63 locks the lock unit 251 with the saucer unit 3 in the retracted position, as shown in FIG. 35. , The coins are fed out from the batch intermediate pool 32 by the feeding section 42, transported by the coin depositing section 5 and the depositing side transporting section 15 in which the withdrawal side transporting section 55 and the shutter 6 are closed, and after being identified and counted by the identifying section 18. , The release guide unit 20 performs a rearranging and returning process for discharging to the saucer unit 3. At this time as well, as in the case of coin deposit processing, the back side downward protrusion 347, the lateral downward protrusion 342, and the outer downward protrusion 338 form the cover portion 66, the rear upper surface forming portion 91, and the lateral upper surface forming portion. Suppresses the entry of coins between the parts 92.

After that, when there are no more coins in the batch intermediate pool 32, the withdrawal side transport unit 55, the coin deposit unit 5, and the deposit side transport unit 15, the control unit 63 puts the lock unit 251 in the unlocked state as in the coin deposit process. After that, the saucer drive unit 67 positions the saucer portion 3 at the protruding position, and the residue detection sensor 181 detects the presence or absence of coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71.

In this state, when the operator takes out the coin from the accommodating recess 71, the outer downward protruding portion 338 and the central extending portion 321 are the cover portion 66, the side upper surface forming portion 92, and the side upper surface forming portion 92, as in the case of the coin deposit processing. Suppresses coins from entering between the rear upper surface forming portion 91. Further, the back side upward protrusion 103, the lateral downward protrusion 342, and the outer downward protrusion 338 suppress the coins from falling out to the back side in the slide direction from the saucer portion 3.

When the residual detection sensor 181 detects that there are no more coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71, the control unit 63 positions the tray unit 3 in the retracting position by the tray drive unit 67 as in the case of coin deposit processing, and then retains the coins. The detection sensor 181 again detects the presence or absence of coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71, and if there is no coin remaining in the accommodating recess 71, the coin rearranging counting process consisting of the rearranging storage process and the rearranging return process is completed.

Similar to the coin deposit processing, when the saucer drive unit 67 moves the saucer portion 3 to the retracted position, the outer downward protrusion 338, or the outer downward protrusion 338 and the outer upward protrusion 107 are on the side. The coins remaining in the upper surface forming portion 92 are dropped into the accommodating recess 71. Regarding the coins remaining between the rear upper surface forming portion 91 and the central extending portion 321, the back side upward protrusion 103 or the back side downward protrusion 347, the lateral downward protrusion 342, and the outer lower side The direction protruding portion 338 suppresses the dropout to the rear of the saucer portion 3, and the back side downward protrusion 347 and the lateral side downward protrusion 342 drop into the accommodating recess 71.

Similar to the coin deposit processing, the control unit 63 again detects the presence or absence of coins remaining in the accommodating recess 71 by the residue detection sensor 181 after the tray drive unit 67 moves the tray unit 3 to the retracted position, and at the retracted position. The advancement and retreat of the saucer portion 3 by the saucer drive unit 67 is repeated until no coin residue in the storage recess 71 is detected, and when there is no coin residue in the storage recess 71 at the retracted position, the coin rearranging counting process is completed.

According to the money processing device 1 described above, the saucer drive unit 67 has a saucer unit 3 with respect to the device main body 2, a pull-in position for receiving coins from the device main body 2, and a protruding position for taking out coins to the outside of the device. Move between and. Therefore, workability can be improved as compared with the case where the saucer portion 3 is manually inserted and removed from the apparatus main body 2.

When the tray drive unit 67 completes the discharge of coins from the device body 2 to the tray 3 at the retracted position, the tray drive unit 67 moves the tray 3 to the protruding position, so that the coins are discharged from the device body 2 to the tray 3. When this is completed, the saucer portion 3 is automatically projected from the device main body 2 so that coins can be taken out of the device. As a result, it is possible to suppress forgetting to take out the coin that occurs after the coin release operation is completed.

When the residual detection sensor 181 no longer detects the residual coins in the tray 3 in the protruding position, the tray drive unit 67 moves the tray 3 to the retracted position. Therefore, when the removal of coins from the tray 3 is completed. , The saucer portion 3 is automatically pulled into the device main body 2, and the next coin discharging operation becomes possible. As a result, it is possible to suppress forgetting to pick up coins, and it is possible to smoothly perform the next coin discharging operation. That is, if the saucer that can be pulled out from the main body of the device is forgotten to be set in the main body of the device after being pulled out, the next coin discharging operation cannot be performed, which may take time for the work. Never.

Even if a coin tries to enter between the cover portion 66 of the apparatus main body 2 and the upper surface forming portion 72 of the saucer portion 3 facing the cover portion 66, the outer downward protruding portion 338, the lateral downward protruding portion 342, and the back side lower The directed protrusion 347 suppresses the entry of coins between them. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the coins from being forgotten to be removed or the coins from falling off from the tray portion 3 due to the coins entering between the cover portion 66 of the apparatus main body 2 and the upper surface forming portion 72 of the tray portion 3.

Since the back side downward protrusion 347 projects downward from the back side in the slide direction of the coin discharge port 355 in the cover portion 66, the coins discharged from the coin discharge port 355 of the apparatus main body 2 are in the slide direction of the storage recess 71. On the back side, it is possible to prevent the device from entering between the cover portion 66 of the main body 2 and the upper surface forming portion 72 of the saucer portion 3.

Since the rear downward protrusions 347 are inserted into each of the plurality of rear grooves 101 formed in the upper surface forming portion 72 of the saucer portion 3, the coins discharged from the coin discharge port 355 of the apparatus main body 2 slide in the storage recess 71. On the far side in the direction, it is possible to further suppress the entry between the cover portion 66 of the apparatus main body 2 and the upper surface forming portion 72 of the saucer portion 3. Further, when the tray portion 3 is in the protruding position, coins located on the back side in the slide direction from the accommodating recess 71 of the upper surface forming portion 72 are accommodated by the back side downward protrusion 347 when the tray portion 3 is moved to the retracted position. It can be moved toward the recess 71.

Since the lateral downward protrusion 342 projects downward on both sides of the cover portion 66 in the direction orthogonal to the slide of the coin discharge port 355, the coins released from the coin discharge port 355 of the device main body 2 slide in the storage recess 71. It is possible to prevent the device main body 2 from entering between the cover portion 66 and the upper surface forming portion 72 of the saucer portion 3 on the side in the orthogonal direction.

Since the lateral downward protrusions 342 enter the lateral grooves 105 formed on both sides of the storage recess 71 in the slide orthogonal direction in the upper surface forming portion 72 of the saucer portion 3, the coins are discharged from the coin discharge port 355 of the apparatus main body 2. It is possible to further prevent the coins from entering between the cover portion 66 of the apparatus main body 2 and the upper surface forming portion 72 of the saucer portion 3 on the side of the accommodating recess 71 in the direction orthogonal to the slide.

Since the outer downward protruding portion 338 protrudes downward from both sides of the accommodating recess 71 in the slide orthogonal direction on the outside in the sliding direction of the cover portion 66, the coins on the upper surface forming portion 72 of the saucer portion 3 at the protruding position are present. By moving the saucer portion 3 to the retracting position, it is possible to prevent the device main body 2 from entering between the cover portion 66 and the upper surface forming portion 72 of the saucer portion 3.

Since the outer downward protrusions 338 on both sides are inclined so as to be located outside in the slide direction as they move away from the accommodating recess 71 in the slide orthogonal direction, the coins on the upper surface forming portion 72 of the saucer portion 3 in the protruding position are placed. The outward downward protruding portion 338 can be guided to the accommodating recess 71 side by moving to the retracting position of the saucer portion 3 and can be dropped into the accommodating recess 71.

On the outer side of each of the outer downward protrusions 338 on both sides in the slide direction, there is an outer upward protrusion 107 that is inclined so as to be located on the back side in the slide direction as the distance from the accommodating recess 71 in the slide orthogonal direction increases. The coins on the upper surface forming portion 72 of the saucer portion 3 are guided to the accommodating recess 71 side by the outer downward protruding portion 338 and the outer upward protruding portion 107 by moving to the retracting position of the saucer portion 3, and become the accommodating recess 71. Can be dropped.

Since the outer downward protruding portions 338 enter the lateral grooves 105 formed on both sides of the accommodating recess 71 in the slide orthogonal direction in the upper surface forming portion 72 of the saucer portion 3, the upper surface forming portion 72 of the saucer portion 3 at the protruding position It is possible to further prevent the coins in the above from entering between the cover portion 66 of the apparatus main body 2 and the upper surface forming portion 72 of the saucer portion 3 due to the movement of the tray portion 3 to the retracting position.

Since the central extending portion 321 of the cover portion 66 covers the back side in the slide direction of the accommodating recess 71 of the upper surface forming portion 72 of the saucer portion 3 at the protruding position, the cover portion 66 is accommodated by the central extending portion 321. It is possible to suppress the movement of coins to the back side in the slide direction from the recess 71.

Even if a coin tries to fall backward from the saucer 3, the back side upward protrusion 103 or the back side downward protrusion 347, the lateral downward protrusion 342, and the outer downward protrusion 338 will fall off. Suppress. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the coins from falling out from the saucer portion 3 into the apparatus main body 2 on the rear side.

Since the back side upward projecting portion 103 projects upward from the back side in the sliding direction from the accommodating recess 71 of the upper surface forming portion 72 of the saucer portion 3, it slides from the accommodating recess 71 of the upper surface forming portion 72 of the saucer portion 3. It is possible to prevent the coins that have entered the back side of the direction from falling into the device main body 2.

Since the back side upward protrusion 103 enters each of the ceiling grooves 351 formed in the cover portion 66, the coin device that has entered the back side in the sliding direction from the storage recess 71 of the upper surface forming portion 72 of the saucer portion 3. It is possible to further suppress the dropout into the main body 2.

When the coins are discharged from the device main body 2 to the saucer portion 3, the lock portion 251 locks the saucer portion 3 at the retracted position so as not to be movable, so that the coins are discharged from the device main body 2 to the saucer portion 3. It is possible to prevent the saucer portion 3 from being accidentally pulled out from the apparatus main body 2 during the operation. Therefore, the coins can be satisfactorily discharged from the apparatus main body 2 to the saucer portion 3.

Since the lock portion 251 is unlocked when the energization is stopped, the saucer portion 3 can be manually pulled out from the device main body 2 in the event of a power failure, and the coins of the saucer portion 3 can be easily taken out.

The above embodiment can be changed as in the following modification.

[Modification 1]
When the saucer 3 is opened from the retracted position to the protruding position while the coins are packed and stayed in the vicinity of the coin discharge port 355 at the end of the cassette guide portion 21, the coins stayed in the coin discharge port 355 are released. , The saucer portion 3 may collapse and fall during or after the movement. In this case, the coins that collapse and fall may fall to the saucer drive unit 67 located behind the saucer portion 3. In order to suppress the retention of coins in the coin discharge port 355, the discharge guide portion 20 may be provided with a shutter at the end position of the coin discharge port 355 or at the tip end port of the lower end of the chute 356 shown in FIG. 3 above the coin discharge port 355. good.

[Modification 2]
A swelling detection sensor is provided on the horizontal side at a height near the coin discharge port 355 to detect the presence or absence of a swelled coin in the saucer 3 at the retracted position, and the swelling detection sensor can be used to detect coins. When it is detected, the tray drive unit 67 may be driven to slightly vibrate the tray unit 3 back and forth to eliminate the swelling of coins. In this case, by vibrating the saucer portion 3 for a predetermined time, the saucer portion 3 is opened and operated on the condition that the coins are no longer detected by the swelling detection sensor. On the other hand, even if the saucer portion 3 is vibrated for a predetermined time, if the coin is detected by the swelling detection sensor, an alarm is generated without opening the saucer portion 3.

1 ... Coin processing device (coin processing device), 2 ... Device body, 3 ... Dish part, 66 ... Cover part, 67 ... Dish drive part, 71 ... Storage recess, 72 ... Top surface forming part, 101 ... Rear groove, 103 ... Back side upward protrusion (fall-out suppression part), 105 ... Side groove (side groove), 181 ... Residual detection sensor, 251 ... Lock part, 321 ... Central extension part (covering part), 338 ... Outer downward protrusion (Entry suppression part, dropout suppression part), 342 ... Lateral downward protrusion (entry suppression part, dropout suppression part), 347 ... Back side downward protrusion (entry suppression part, dropout suppression part), 351 ... Ceiling groove 3,355 ... Coin outlet.

In order to achieve the above object, the first aspect according to the present invention is to receive coins from the device main body at a device main body for processing coins and a retracted position drawn into the device main body, and to project from the device main body. A saucer portion that allows coins to be taken out of the device at the protruding position, a saucer drive unit that moves the saucer portion between the retracted position and the protruding position with respect to the device main body, and coins in the saucer portion. The saucer driving unit is provided with a residual detection sensor for detecting the residual amount of coins, and when the discharge of coins from the apparatus main body to the saucer portion at the retracted position is completed, the saucer portion is moved to the protruding position. After that, when the residual detection sensor no longer detects the residual coins in the saucer portion at the protruding position, the saucer portion is moved to the retracted position .

Receiving pan driving unit, the coin release from the apparatus main body to the saucer portion which in the retracted position is completed, for moving the pan portion to the projecting position, the release of the coin from the apparatus main body to the pan section is completed, automatic The tray is projected from the main body of the device so that coins can be taken out of the device. As a result, it is possible to prevent forgetting to take coins.

Receiving pan driving unit, when the residual of the coin saucer section in the projecting position residue detection sensor no longer detects, for moving the pan portion in the retracted position, when complete coin removal from pan portion, automatically The saucer is pulled into the main body of the device, and the next coin discharge operation becomes possible. As a result, the next coin release operation can be smoothly performed.

Claims (18)

The main body of the device that processes coins and
A saucer portion that accepts coins from the device body at a retracted position drawn into the device body and allows coins to be taken out of the device at a protruding position protruding from the device body.
A coin processing device including a saucer driving unit that moves the saucer portion between the retracted position and the protruding position with respect to the apparatus main body. The coin processing according to claim 1, wherein the saucer driving unit moves the tray portion to the protruding position when the discharge of coins from the apparatus main body to the tray portion at the retracted position is completed. apparatus. It has a residue detection sensor that detects the residue of coins in the saucer.
The first or second aspect of the present invention, wherein the saucer driving unit moves the saucer portion to the retracted position when the residual detection sensor no longer detects the residual coins in the saucer portion at the protruding position. Coin processing equipment. The saucer drive unit slides the saucer portion with respect to the apparatus main body to the outside in the slide direction from the retracted position to the protruding position and to the back side in the slide direction from the protruding position to the retracted position.
The saucer is
A storage recess that dents downward to store coins released from the device body,
It has an upper surface forming portion that surrounds the accommodating recess.
The device body
A cover portion facing the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion at the retracted position, and a cover portion facing the upper surface forming portion.
A coin discharge port provided in the inner range of the cover portion and facing the accommodating recess of the saucer portion at the retracted position.
The coin processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising an entry suppressing portion that suppresses the entry of coins between the upper surface forming portion and the cover portion. The coin processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the entry suppressing portion has a back-side downward protrusion that protrudes downward from the back side of the coin discharge port in the cover portion in the slide direction. A plurality of rear grooves extending along the slide direction are formed in the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion on the inner side of the accommodating recess in the slide direction, arranged in a direction orthogonal to the slide direction.
The coin processing device according to claim 5, wherein the back-side downward protrusion is inserted into each of the plurality of rear grooves. According to claim 4, the entry suppressing portion has laterally downward protruding portions of the coin ejection port in the cover portion, which protrude downward from both sides in the slide orthogonal direction orthogonal to the slide direction. The coin processing apparatus according to any one of 6. Lateral grooves extending along the slide direction are formed on both sides of the accommodating recess in the slide orthogonal direction in the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion.
The coin processing device according to claim 7, wherein the lateral downward protrusions on both sides enter the lateral grooves, respectively. The entry suppressing portion is characterized by having an outer downward protruding portion protruding downward from both sides of the accommodating recess in the slide orthogonal direction orthogonal to the slide direction, on the outer side of the cover portion in the slide direction. The coin processing apparatus according to any one of claims 4 to 8. The coin processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the outward downward protrusions on both sides are inclined so as to be located outside the slide direction as the distance from the storage recess in the slide orthogonal direction increases. The upper surface forming portion is inclined so as to be located on the outer side in the slide direction of each of the outer downward protrusions on both sides so as to be located on the inner side in the slide direction as the distance from the accommodating recess in the slide orthogonal direction increases. The coin processing apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a directed protrusion. In the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion, gutters extending along the slide direction are formed on both sides of the accommodating recess in the slide orthogonal direction.
The coin processing apparatus according to any one of claims 9 to 11, wherein the outward downward protrusions on both sides each enter the gutter. Any of claims 4 to 12, wherein the entry suppressing portion has a covering portion that covers the inner side of the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion at the protruding position in the slide direction with respect to the accommodating recess. The coin processing device according to the first paragraph. The saucer drive unit slides the saucer portion with respect to the apparatus main body to the outside in the slide direction from the retracted position to the protruding position and to the back side in the slide direction from the protruding position to the retracted position.
The saucer is
A storage recess that dents downward to store coins released from the device body,
It has an upper surface forming portion that surrounds the accommodating recess.
The device body
A cover portion facing the upper surface forming portion of the saucer portion at the retracted position, and a cover portion facing the upper surface forming portion.
A coin discharge port provided in the inner range of the cover portion and facing the accommodating recess of the saucer portion at the retracted position.
The coin processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 13, further comprising a dropout suppressing portion that suppresses the dropout of coins from the saucer portion to the back side in the slide direction. The coin processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the dropout suppressing portion has a back-side upward protrusion that protrudes upward from the back side in the slide direction with respect to the storage recess of the upper surface forming portion. A plurality of ceiling grooves extending along the slide direction are formed in the cover portion side by side in the slide orthogonal direction orthogonal to the slide direction.
The coin processing device according to claim 15, wherein the back-side upward protrusion is inserted into each of the plurality of ceiling grooves. A lock portion for locking the saucer portion at the retracted position to the apparatus main body is provided.
One of claims 1 to 16, wherein the lock portion locks the saucer portion at the retracted position to the device main body when coins are discharged from the device main body to the saucer portion. The coin processing device described. The coin processing device according to claim 17, wherein the lock portion locks the saucer portion to the device main body in an energized state, and releases the lock in an energized state.

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