JP2596260Y2 - Safe for coin handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine such as an automatic ticket vending machine and an automatic payment machine, various vending machines, and a safe for a coin processing device incorporated in an ATM or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, at the lower part of a main body of an automatic ticket vending machine or the like,
A coin processing device safe (hereinafter, referred to as a safe) for storing coins received by the coin processing device main body is provided.

[0003] This safe is shaped like a box with an open top, and coins inserted into the coin processing device body are stored in the safe from the top through a check section and a temporary storage section. Have been.

[0004] The coins in the safe, when the tally time arrives,
Or, when it is full, move the coin processing device out of the coin processing device main body along the frame of the coin processing device main body, and the attendant lifts the safe with both hands and transfers it to a transport container, a so-called bucket, where the counter is installed. After being transported and counted
Has been taken over by financial institutions.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional safe, when coins in the safe are transferred to a bucket, there is a risk that the coins spread widely, fall, and are scattered without entering the bucket. In addition, when the clerk lifts the safe with both hands and transfers it to a bucket, he or she has to lift the safe with a large weight, which is disadvantageous in that the physical burden is large.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and its purpose is to make it possible to transfer coins in a safe to a bucket without fail, and to easily transfer coins with a single touch. To provide a safe that can be used.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a safe according to the present invention comprises a box-shaped safe main body having an open top and one side, and a box-shaped safe main body on the one side. A shaft portion rotatably supporting an upper portion of the safe main body on a frame forming the coin processing device main body, and, when the safe main body is kept in a horizontal state, abutting on one side of the safe main body, and Close the closure plate, the inside of the one side portion of the left and right side walls,
Or inside one of the left and right side walls
Provided, the guide plate toward its one side portion is made of an elastic member that tapers, the protrusion provided on the bottom wall upper surface of the one side portion, as a feature that you have a I have.

[0008]

[Action] In the above structure, the other side wall of the safe body, when rotated upward direction around the stem portion, the coin in the safe body is moved to the side portion of the one which is open, discharged from the safe main body I do . At the time of discharge, a guide made of an elastic member
Guided by a plate, and the projection prevents bridging.
It is.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a cross section of a part of a safe main body 1 of a safe according to one embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

The safe main body 1 is formed of a rectangular box having an opening 2 at an upper part, and one side (a left side in the illustrated example) 1a in the longitudinal direction is opened, and the side thereof is opened. A handle 3 is provided on the side opposite to the portion 1a.

A shaft 4 made of a well-known hinge is provided on the upper part of the side part 1a. And one end 4 of the shaft 4
a is fixed to the safe body 1 and the other end 4b is the side 1a.
Is fixed to a movable closing plate 5 large enough to cover the opening.

On the outside of the closing plate 5 (on the opposite side of the safe main body 1), there is provided a locking piece 6 into which the tip of a vertically provided plate-like frame F of a coin processing device main body (not shown) can be inserted. At the same time, a handle 3 ′ facing the handle is attached to the outside of the locking piece 6.

Guide plates 7a and 7b formed of L-shaped spring plates are provided inside the left and right side walls on the side 1a side, and the side 1a is tapered.

In the figure, reference numeral 8 denotes a protrusion, which is formed sufficiently smaller than the diameter of a coin to be inserted into the safe main body 1 and slightly higher than the thickness of the coin, and has a bottom wall 1b on the side 1a side.
It is provided above. In the figure, F 'is the safe body 1
Is a frame provided in the coin processing device main body for maintaining the horizontal state (the state shown by the solid line in FIG. 1).

In order to eject coins from the safe main body 1 having the above structure, the handle 3 is lifted in the direction of arrow A.
As shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 1, the coin rotates around the shaft portion 4 and coins are discharged from the opened side portion 1a to a bucket (not shown) with one touch.

At the time of this ejection, the coin is removed from both guide plates 7a, 7
b guides a small flow to be surely guided into the bucket.

When the coin is ejected and a bridge is formed by the coin and the ejection of the coin is hindered, the guide plates 7a and 7b are opened to the left and right side walls by the force of the bridge, and a bridge phenomenon is caused. It is possible to effectively eliminate the coins and enable smooth coin ejection.

In addition, when the bridging phenomenon occurs when coins are continuously arranged on the bottom wall 1b and the coins on the convexity 8 do not become flush with the coins on the left and right and front and rear, the bridging phenomenon is not effective. And the coin can be discharged smoothly.

In the above embodiment, the closing plate 5 is provided on the side portion 1a. However, the frame F may be omitted according to the size of the closing plate 5. Therefore, in this case, the frame F corresponds to the closing plate of the present invention.

Although the handle 3 'is provided outside the locking piece 6, it may be provided inside the locking piece 6. In this case, there is an advantage that the closing plate 5 is automatically brought into contact with the side portion 1a when the safe main body 1 is detached from the coin processing machine main body with the two handles 3, 3 '.

Further, the guide plates 7a and 7b are provided at two places on the left and right side walls, but may be provided on either one of the side walls. However, when provided at two locations as in the present embodiment, the guideability of the discharged coin can be further improved.

Although only one protrusion 8 is provided, a plurality of protrusions 8 may be provided with a gap larger than the diameter of a coin.

[0023]

A safe according to the present invention forms a box-shaped safe main body having an open top and one side, and an upper part of the safe main body on the one side forms a coin processing device main body. Since it is composed of a shaft portion rotatably supported by a frame and a closing plate which abuts on the one side and closes the side when the safe main body is kept in a horizontal state, the safe main body can be operated with one touch. The coins can be discharged from the inside, and the work of the staff can be reduced. Also, inside the left and right side walls on one side,
Or on the inside of one side wall of its left and right side walls, so towards its one side portion is only set a guide plate made of an elastic member that tapers, guiding coins to be discharged
Performance can be improved. In addition, one side
Because the bottom wall has a projection on the upper surface, the coin
Smooth discharge while effectively preventing ridge phenomena
Can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a part of a safe main body according to an embodiment of the present invention in cross section.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Safe body for coin processing apparatus (safe body) 1a Side part 2 Opening 3, 3 'Handle 4 Shaft part 5 Closing plate F Frame of coin processing apparatus body

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-62-256097 (JP, A) JP-A-6-33257 (JP, U) JP-A-58-150173 (JP, U) JP-A-6-33 13571 (JP, U) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G07D 9/00-9/06

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A box-shaped coin processing apparatus safe main body having an upper part and one side part opened, and a coin processing apparatus main body formed by the one side part of the coin processing apparatus safe main body. a shaft portion rotatably supporting the frame, when maintaining the safe body for coin processing apparatus in the horizontal state, a closure plate for closing the side in contact with said one side portion, the one Inside the left and right side walls on one side, or both sides
Provided inside one of the side walls,
It is made of an elastic member whose one side is tapered
A coin processing device safe comprising: a guide plate; and a protrusion provided on an upper surface of the bottom wall on the one side .