JP2864186B2 - Prepaid card vending machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a prepaid card vending machine for writing money information corresponding to an inserted bill and paying out the prepaid card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a prepaid card vending machine for dispensing a prepaid card with money information written in accordance with an inserted bill is provided in a casing provided with a bill insertion slot and a card payout slot on the front face of the casing. In addition, the banknote storage unit corresponding to the banknote insertion slot, the banknote identification function unit, and transports only the true banknote inserted into the banknote insertion slot to the banknote storage unit and returns the inserted fake banknote to the banknote insertion slot. Arranged with a bill transport mechanism, activated by a card holding mechanism that holds the card with the written money information corresponding to the card payout slot, and a signal that confirms the transport of the genuine bill to the bill storage unit And a card transport mechanism for transporting one card to the card payout slot.

[0003]

According to the above-mentioned conventional prepaid card vending machine, a bill insertion slot and a card payout slot are separately provided. Inconvenience in use, such as confusing confirmation of the bill insertion slot, and the need to separately provide a bill transport mechanism and a card transport mechanism corresponding to the bill insertion slot and the card payout slot, respectively. Therefore, there is an inconvenience that the entire vending machine becomes large, and furthermore, since a large number of prepaid cards with the amount information written therein are stacked in the card holding mechanism and held, the vending machine is stolen. There were inconveniences such as severe damage.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior art, the present invention discloses a method for storing a bill and a bill in a casing having a common entrance and exit for a card. A transport mechanism provided with a common path for cards, a bill validity discrimination function and a magnetic information reading unit, and a card disposed at an upper position on the path extension of the transport mechanism and having a money information writing unit While holding in a stacked state, a card holding mechanism that operates according to a command signal and feeds one card to the transport mechanism, and a bill that is disposed at a lower position on a path extension of the transport mechanism and passes through the path. A bill storage unit to be stored in a stacked state, and a bill that is normally held downward by an urging force so as to close the card feeding port of the card holding mechanism, is inclined rearward and downward, and has passed through the transport mechanism at the front. The paper Vertical rotation between an inoperative position in which the card is guided toward the storage portion and an operating position in which the upper edge is tilted downward against the repulsive urging force by being pushed out of the card to allow the card to be taken out. And a passage switching mechanism having a tilting plate to be provided, as a specific mode, in a casing having an entrance and exit common to a bill insertion slot and a card payout slot, A common circuit that is continuous with the doorway, a magnetic information reading unit that is located in the passage and has a function of discriminating the authenticity of a bill and a function of writing fixed amount information to a magnetic information writing unit of the card, and a bill and a card. A first-stage detection sensor that detects the entry and exit, a second-stage detection sensor that detects the passage of bills, and a transport mechanism that includes a transport roller, and a drive unit that includes a forward / reverse transport motor that controls driving of the transport roller, The banknote The banknote storage unit to be stored and the card having the money information writing unit are held in a stacked state, and one card is fed out in the passage direction of the transport mechanism by being activated by the passage detection signal of the post-stage detection sensor. And a card holding mechanism having a feeding operation unit, and further, when the preceding stage detection sensor detects insertion of the bill, the transport roller is rotated forward, and the magnetic information reading unit determines that the bill is a regular bill. When maintaining that rotation,
When the rear detection sensor detects the passage of the banknote and when the magnetic information reading unit determines that the banknote is a fake banknote, the transport roller is reversed, and in the reverse rotation state, the front detection sensor detects the discharge of the banknote or card. A signal processing circuit for stopping the operation when the operation is performed, and outputting a signal for writing a fixed amount of money information to a magnetic information writing unit of a card fed out from a card holding mechanism, to the magnetic information reading unit, based on a discrimination signal of a true bill. And a common passage that is continuous with the entrance and exit in a casing having an entrance and exit that share a bill insertion slot and a card payout exit, and a bill validity discrimination function located in the passage. A magnetic information reading unit, a bill and a card having a function of reading the amount of a different genuine banknote and a function of writing the amount information to a magnetic information writing unit of the card in accordance with the amount reading information of the genuine banknote A front-end sensor for detecting the entering / leaving, a rear-stage detection sensor for detecting the passage of bills, and a conveyance mechanism including a conveyance roller, and a drive control unit including a forward / reverse rotation conveyance motor for controlling the driving of the conveyance roller; A banknote storage unit that stores the banknotes at a position rearward of the transport mechanism, and a card that is at a position rearward of the transport mechanism and that has a money information writing unit is stored in a stacked state and the second stage A card holding mechanism having a feed-out operating section that operates in response to a bill passage detection signal of the bill by the detection sensor and draws out one card in the direction of the passage of the transport mechanism, and furthermore, the front-stage detection sensor includes a bill insertion. The transport roller rotates forward when detecting the banknote, and maintains the rotation when the magnetic information reading unit determines that the banknote is a normal banknote. When the notification and the magnetic information reading unit determine that the banknote is a fake banknote, the transport roller is rotated in the reverse direction, and the operation is performed when the preceding stage detection sensor detects the discharge of the banknote or card in the reverse rotation state of the transport roller. At the same time, a signal is written to the magnetic information reading unit, which writes money amount information corresponding to the money amount reading information of the different regular banknotes read by the information reading unit to the magnetic information writing unit of the card fed out from the card holding mechanism. A common passage that is continuous with the entrance and exit, in a casing having an entrance and exit that share a bill insertion slot and a card payout slot, and a bill that is disposed in the passage. A magnetic information reading unit having a function of discriminating the authenticity of a bill, a reading function of a bill of money, and a function of writing money information to a magnetic information writing unit of a card. A counter circuit for adding the amount information based on the amount information and subtracting the amount information written to the magnetic information writing unit of the card by the magnetic information reading unit. A transport mechanism including a selection unit selectable by the amount of money, a front-stage detection sensor for detecting bills and cards entering and leaving, a rear-stage detection sensor for detecting passage of bills, and a conveyance roller, and controls the driving of the conveyance rollers. A driving unit including a transport motor that can be rotated forward and backward, a bill storage unit that stores the banknote at a position rearward from the transport mechanism, and a money information writing unit that is located at a position rearward than the transport mechanism. A feeding operation unit that holds a card having a stack in a stacked state and operates in response to a bill detection signal of a bill by a subsequent detection sensor to feed out one card in a path direction of the transport mechanism. And a paper holding mechanism, and furthermore, rotates the transport roller forward when the preceding stage detection sensor detects the insertion of the bill, and maintains the rotation when the magnetic information reading unit determines that the bill is a regular bill. Then, when the rear detection sensor detects the passage of the bill and when the magnetic information reading unit determines that the bill is a fake bill, the conveyance roller rotates in the reverse direction, and in the reverse rotation state of the conveyance roller, the front detection sensor detects the bill or the bill. When the ejection of the card is detected, the operation is stopped, and the magnetic information reading unit stores the amount information corresponding to the amount selected by the selection unit in the magnetic information writing unit of the card fed out from the card holding mechanism. This configuration includes a signal processing circuit that outputs a signal to be written within the range of the amount information of the counter.

[0005] In the above, in order to prevent unauthorized use, the transport mechanism is inserted from the inside of the passage by the insertion pressure of the bill into a position where only the bill in the passage passes, and when the insertion pressure of the bill disappears. It is provided with a pull-back preventing lever that is restored by its own weight and protrudes into the passage. In this configuration, a detection sensor that detects the passage of a genuine bill by operating the pull-back preventing lever is provided, and the rear-stage detection sensor is omitted. The magnetic information reading unit detects the amount information written in the magnetic information writing unit of the card, and stops the driving of the drive unit via the signal processing circuit when the detected amount information has an error. A function of erasing the data of the magnetic information writing section before the money information is written to the magnetic information writing section of the card; Each has an exit. Preferably, the bill storage unit has a length substantially equal to the long side of the bill, and a receiving plate for receiving an edge of the bill stacked on the rear end of the rectangular mounting plate inclined rearward and downward. The card holding mechanism has an opening on the upper surface and a depth for accommodating a plurality of cards in a stacked manner, and a lowermost one is provided at a lower edge of the front plate. A fitting hole extending in the front-rear direction is provided on the bottom surface of the bottomed storage case provided with a horizontally elongated card feeding port that allows only a card to pass therethrough. A push rod having a contact step for pressing the trailing edge of one lower card is slidably fitted to the push rod, and a movement converting mechanism for converting rotary movement into linear movement with the push rod; A feeding mechanism consisting of a drive motor is connected, and the transport mechanism is a parallel An upper plate member and a lower plate member are provided, and a pair of upper and lower conveying rollers that are rotationally controlled by a conveying motor are disposed in the passage, and a vertical gap between a front end and a rear end of the upper and lower plate members is widened. At the rear end position of the passage, there is provided a guide vehicle for supporting the horizontal movement of the bill. The passage switching mechanism includes a tilting plate which is vertically rotatably pivoted to the casing and has an elastic plate extending downward from a lower edge at a lower portion, and an upper end of the tilting plate which is a storage case of a card holding mechanism. A coil spring that abuts on the front edge of the body and tilts rearward and downward so as to close the card outlet of the storage case, and that the lower part of the rear surface of the elastic plate in the operating position is used as a feeding operating part of the card holding mechanism. The elastic plate is configured to bend in the rear direction when brought into contact therewith. In the above, the signal processing circuit rotates the transport roller forward when the preceding stage detection sensor detects the insertion of the bill, and when the magnetic information reading unit determines that the bill is a regular bill, the regular rotation is performed. Maintain for a certain period of time required to be stored in the storage unit,
And, after the elapse of the predetermined time or when the magnetic information reading unit determines that the banknote is a fake banknote, the transport roller is switched to reverse rotation, and the preceding stage detection sensor discharges the banknote or card in the reverse rotation state of the transport roller. When detected, when the signal processing circuit to stop the drive, the rear detection sensor is omitted, and the signal processing circuit, while the front detection sensor detects the insertion of the bill, and rotates the transport roller forward,
When the magnetic information reading unit determines that the bill is a genuine bill,
The forward rotation is maintained for a certain period of time, the number of rotations is counted by an encoder pulse oscillator, and after the lapse of the certain period of time or when the magnetic information reading unit determines that the banknote is a false banknote, the transport roller is rotated in the reverse direction. In addition to the switching, the count of the encoder pulse oscillator is subtracted, and the drive unit is stopped when the count value becomes zero, so that the front-stage detection sensor is exclusively used as a sensor for detecting insertion of a bill. The conveying means preferably includes a pair of upper and lower conveying rollers,
Placed on the left and right side of the passage corresponding to the width of the short side of the card,
Further, the front-stage detection sensor is provided at a position in the transport mechanism where only the bill passes. Further, on the inner surface of the upper surface of the casing, there is provided a pressing piece made of a spring plate which is fixed at one end, is curved, and has a free end portion which constantly presses the prepaid card laminated in the storage case downward.

[0006]

According to the configuration of the first aspect of the invention, when a fixed amount of bills is inserted into the entrance in the standby state, the preceding stage detection sensor detects this, and the transport roller is rotated forward by the driving unit, and the bills enter the entrance. From the conveyed to the passage, the conveyed bills are identified by the magnetic information reading unit the authenticity,
When the inserted bill is a regular bill, the transport roller continues to rotate forward, and in this way, the bill deeply enters the casing and is stored in the bill storage unit. In the above, when the regular bill passes through the passage and is stored in the bill storage unit, the subsequent detection sensor detects the passage, the driving unit rotates in reverse by the bill passage signal, and the card holding mechanism by the bill passage signal. Pay out the lowest card stacked on the. Then, the card is guided into the transport mechanism, transported to the entrance by the reversely rotating transport roller, and discharged. In this transport process, a fixed amount of money information is written to the magnetic information writing unit of the card B by the magnetic information reading unit. Then, when the card passes through the preceding detection sensor, the driving unit is stopped by the passing signal and returns to the standby state.
Further, in the second invention of the present application, a plurality of denomination bills, for example, 5,000 yen bill and 1,000 yen bill are allowed to be inserted from the entrance,
The denomination is read by the magnetic information reading unit, and the denomination is identified. The amount information corresponding to the amount of the inserted bill is written to the magnetic information writing unit of the card conveyed from the card holding mechanism to the entrance by the magnetic information reading unit. Written by
Further, in the third invention, when, for example, one card worth 5,000 yen to five cards worth 1,000 yen is required, the user operates, for example, an amount selection switch to select the amount information to be written. Thereby, the selected money amount information is written by the magnetic information reading unit to the magnetic information writing unit of the card conveyed from the card holding mechanism to the entrance, and by the counter circuit, the total amount of the inserted bill is The total amount written on the ejected card is calculated, and when the remaining amount is exhausted, the operation of the signal processing circuit is stopped, and the process returns to the standby state.

When the inserted bill is a fake bill, the drive motor once rotates forward by the first detection sensor, but the drive motor rotates in reverse by the discrimination signal of the fake bill identified by the magnetic information reading unit. Then, the fake bill is returned to the entrance by the reverse rotation of the transport roller, and the first detection sensor detects the passage of the fake bill, the drive motor stops, and the state returns to the standby state. In the above,
When the lever has a pull-out preventing lever, when the original banknote passes through the position of the lever, the lever is restored and protrudes into the passage, so that the original banknote is pulled back in the entrance direction against the forward rotation of the transport roller. However, the retraction is prevented by the lever. Also, when a fake bill is inserted, the conveyance roller is reversed by the fake bill signal of the magnetic information reading unit before the bill passes the lever position, so that the fake bill is returned to the entrance by the reversal.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Reference numeral 1 denotes a casing of a card vending machine of the present invention having a rectangular cross section, and the upper surface of the casing 1 is slightly inclined forward and downward, and The rear surface is inclined slightly forward, the card refilling opening 2 is provided at the upper surface position, and the bill outlet 3 is provided at the center of the back surface, and the refilling opening 2 and the outlet 3 are provided with: Openable and closable cover plates 2a and 3a are respectively attached.
Further, a common entrance 4 for a bill and a card extending in the lateral direction with a width substantially equal to the short side of the bill is provided at the upper front position of the casing 1. Inside the casing 1 configured as described above, a bill storage unit 5 for storing a regular banknote A is provided at a lower rear position thereof, and a card B having a money information writing unit is provided at an upper rear position thereof in a stacked state. A card holding mechanism 6 for holding and confirming the transfer of a genuine banknote to the banknote storage unit 5 and feeding out one card B to a transfer mechanism 8 described later is provided. At the corresponding position, the bill inserted into the entrance 4 is transported to the bill storage unit 5, and one card B from the card holding mechanism 6 is transported to the entrance 4, and the authenticity of the bill A is determined. There is provided a transport mechanism 8 having a magnetic information reading unit 7 comprising a magnetic head having a function and a function of writing money amount information to the card B. Further, at the rear position of the transport mechanism 8, a bill inserted from the entrance 4 is provided. To the bill storage unit 5 and Passage switching mechanism 9 that allows derivation to the entrance 4 of the card B fed from the de-stocking mechanism 6 are equipped.

The bill storage portion 5 has a length substantially equal to the long side of the bill A, and has a rear edge portion of a rectangular mounting plate 10a inclined rearward and downward as shown in FIG. Receiving plate 10 for receiving the edge of banknote A laminated by bending upward at right angles.
The upper edge of the receiving plate 10 b is fixed to the inner surface of the casing 1.

In the card holding mechanism 6, as shown in FIG. 6, the rear portion of the bottom plate 11 is bent in a U-shape to form the intervention recess 12, and the front edge of the card holding mechanism 6 is raised upright to be vertical. A mounting member 15 having a continuous face plate 13 and a ridge 14 extending in the front-rear direction at the center of the bottom plate 11; and a mounting member 15 mounted on the bottom plate 11 of the mounting member 15, A bottomed storage case 17 having a fitting hole 16 that extends in the front-rear direction at the center and fits the ridge 14, and stores therein cards in which money information is not entered in a stacked state.
A sliding groove 18 which extends over the entire length of the central upper surface and slidably fits a pushing rod 27 to be described later, and a longitudinal direction along the central portion of the sliding groove 18. And a narrow slit 19 that penetrates in the vertical direction and opens at the front surface, and the front edge of the bottom surface 20 of the housing 17 slightly projects forward.
A cutout recess 21 is provided in the front edge of the protrusion in a comb shape, and a lower edge of the front plate 22 of the storage housing 17 allows one card B to pass therethrough with the bottom surface 20. The card feeding port 23 has a narrow width, and the lower edge of the rear face plate 24 is provided with a relief portion 25 that allows passage of a contact step portion 26 provided on a pushing rod 27 to be described later. The configured card holding mechanism 6 is configured such that the bottom surface 20 of the storage housing 17 has a passage 3 to be described later.
4 is provided in the casing 1 so as to be directed toward the rear opening.

An extruding rod 27 having a contact step 26 for pushing out only the lowest card B among the cards B stacked in the housing 17 slides in the sliding groove 18. The upper surface of the push rod 27, the upper surface of the ridge 14, and the upper surface of the bottom surface 20 of the housing 17 are formed flush with each other. A drive motor 29 with a speed reduction mechanism covered by a motor cover 28 that rotates once upon receiving a signal;
A reciprocating motion in the sliding groove 18 is performed by a feeding operation portion 31 including a motion conversion mechanism portion 30 that converts the rotational motion of the card into a linear motion, and the lowermost card stacked in the housing 17 in the process. The trailing edge of B is pressed by the contact step 26, and only the lowest card B is led out from the card outlet 23.

In the figure, reference numeral 32 denotes one end of the casing 1.
Storage case 1 fixed to the inner surface of a replenishing port 2 provided on the upper surface of
7 and its leading end is bent upward to press the pressing portion 32a.
And a pressing rod made of a spring plate that constantly presses the card B in the housing 17 downward by the pressing portion 32a.

The transport mechanism 8 extends horizontally in the casing 1 from the horizontal surface of the upward U-shaped receiving portion 33 which projects horizontally forward of the entrance 4 and receives the bills A and the cards B from the horizontal plane to the rear. A pair of upper and lower plate members 35 and 36 that extend to allow passage of one of the bills A and B, and form a passage 34 in which the front and rear portions diverge in the vertical direction.
A pair of upper and lower transport rollers 39a and 39b rotated forward and backward by a drive unit 38 having a transport motor 37 controlled by a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as a CPU); A first front-stage detection sensor 42 including a light-emitting element 40 and a light-receiving element 41 for detecting the entering and passing of the false banknote and the card B, and a light emission for detecting the completion of passage of the banknote A at the rear end of the passage 34. A second post-detection sensor 45 comprising an element 43 and a light-receiving element 44; an erasing magnetic head 46, a writing magnetic head 47, and a reading magnetic head 48 in the middle of the passage 34 along the ejection direction of the card B; And a magnetic information reading unit 7 having a pressing roller unit 49 for pressing the banknote A and the card B on the upper surface of the magnetic heads 46, 47, and 48. Said The leaving magnetic head 46 erases unnecessary data remaining in the magnetic information writing section of the card B which has entered the passage 34 from the card holding mechanism 6, and the writing magnetic head 47 has the magnetic information of the card B. Amount information is written in the recording unit, and a read magnetic head 48 reads magnetic information for authenticity discrimination of the bills that have entered the passage 34 from the entrance 4 and the card B written by the write magnetic head 47. It reads the price information of the magnetic information recording unit.

Further, a passage 3 is provided at a position rearward of the passage 34.
4 is provided with an impeller-shaped guide wheel 51 for guiding the banknote A after passing through the transport roller 4, and one of the transport rollers 39a, 39b on the drive side disposed at the position of the lower plate member 36.
Are provided at left and right positions at an interval corresponding to the width of the short side of the card B, and the transport rollers 39a and 39b are forwarded by the transport motor 37 when the advance detection sensor 42 detects the entry of the bill via the drive unit 38. In this state, when the reading magnetic head 48 of the magnetic information reading unit 7 detects a true banknote, the normal rotation is maintained, and when the magnetic head 48 detects a false banknote, or the subsequent stage detection sensor 45 Banknote A
When the detection of the passage of the banknote A or the card B is detected by the preceding stage detection sensor 42 or when the reading magnetic head 48 of the magnetic information reading unit 7 detects that the banknote A or the card B has been discharged, The rotation is stopped by the transport motor 37 when the erroneous description is detected.

Further, the passage switching mechanism 9 is provided between the guide wheel 51 of the transport mechanism 8 and the bottom surface 20 of the housing 17.
Between the front end portion of the casing 1 and the passage 34 and the card outlet 23, and a middle portion of the rear surface is vertically rotatably pivoted to the casing 1 and extends downward from its lower edge at the lower portion to allow play. A tilting plate 54 extending an elastic plate 53 having a tongue piece 52 bent upward at an end thereof, and a convex portion 55 provided with the tilting plate 54 at the upper edge in a normal state intervene in the cutout concave portion 21 to perform card processing. The bill A that has entered the passage 34 of the transport mechanism 8 has a lower surface, and the lower surface of the bill A has a weak elasticity.
The tip of the banknote is contacted with the blade of the guide wheel 51, and the tip of the banknote travels horizontally with the rotation of the guide wheel 51, and its tip abuts against the front surface of the tilting plate 54, thereby bending downward and being guided by the elastic plate 53. A is guided toward the bill storage unit 5. On the other hand, when the lowermost card B held in a stacked state in the card holding mechanism 6 is pushed out by the pushing rod 27, the upper edge of the tilting plate 54 is pressed by the tip thereof, and the tilting plate 54 is coiled. The card B falls down against the spring 56 and enters the passage 34, and when the card B passes from the upper edge of the tilting plate 54, the tilting plate 54 is restored to the normal state by the coil spring 56.

In this embodiment, the tilting plate 54 is connected to the card B
FIG. 5 illustrates a case where the elastic plate 53 and the motor cover 28 are set to have a positional relationship such that the elastic plate 53 abuts on the motor cover 28 and curves when it falls down. Inputs the signals of the magnetic information reading unit 7, the front detection sensor 42, and the rear detection sensor 45 to the CPU via the input / output interface, and after processing the signals, the driving unit 38, the motor 29, the magnetic information reading unit 7
Is provided with a signal processing circuit for outputting each required command signal, and the sales processing of the card B is controlled by this signal processing circuit. FIG. 7 shows a card sales processing procedure by the signal processing circuit. In FIG. 7, reference numerals 100 to 123 denote each step of the sales processing procedure.
4 indicates that the banknote that has entered the passage 34 is
YES when it is determined that the banknote is a genuine banknote based on the signal, and NO when it is determined that the banknote is a fake banknote,
Further, in the judging step 111, the amount information of the magnetic information recording portion of the card B written by the writing magnetic head 47 is read by the reading magnetic head 48, and the amount information is correctly written based on the read signal. YES if determined to be present, NO if determined to be erroneously written, and NO in determination step 122 if the end of sales is selected by operating the main switch, and YES in the normal state. Become.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Turn on the main switch (Step 100)
Then, the apparatus enters a standby state (step 101), and when a bill A of, for example, 1,000 yen is inserted into the entrance 4 from this state, the upstream detection sensor 42 detects this (step 10).
2) The transport motor 37 rotates forward (step 103), whereby the transport rollers 39a, 39a and 39b, 39b also rotate forward, so that the banknote A is transported from the tray 33 to the passage 34, and the transported banknote A Is true or false by the magnetic head 48 for reading in the magnetic information reading section 7, and when the inserted bill is a regular bill (Y in step 104).
ES), transport rollers 39a, 39a and 39b, 39b
Continues normal rotation (step 105), and the bill is further conveyed inward to come into contact with the upper surface of the guide wheel 51, whereby the guide wheel 51 moves the bill A backward while rotating. When the bill A penetrates deeply into the casing 1 in this manner, FIG.
As shown by, the front end of the bill abuts against the front surface of the tilting plate 54, where the bill A is bent downward and guided obliquely downward along the elastic plate 53 and stored in the bill storage unit 5.

In the case described above, when the regular banknote A passes the downstream detection sensor 45 (step 106), the transport motor 37
Through the transport rollers 39a, 39a and 39b, 39b
After the rotation of the motors is temporarily stopped, the rotation is switched to the reverse rotation (step 107), and the drive motor 29 is operated (step 108). Accordingly, as described above, the pushing rod 27 of the card holding mechanism 6 makes one reciprocating operation in the front-rear direction, and in the process, one lowermost card B in the housing 17 is fed out from the card feeding port 23. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the card B presses the upper edge of the tilting plate 54 against the coil spring 56, so that the tilting plate 54 is largely tilted, and the lower part of the elastic plate 53 is pressed against the lower end of the cover 28. Bend. Therefore, for example, when the bill A after passing through the passage 34 is in close contact with the inner surface of the elastic plate 53 due to static electricity or the like, the bill A is forcibly separated from the elastic plate 53 and falls into the bill storage unit 5. .

On the other hand, the card B fed out from the card feeding port 23 is guided into the transport mechanism 8 from the rear end of the passage 34 while the lower surface thereof is in sliding contact with the upper edge between the tilting plates, and the transport roller is rotated in the reverse direction. It is conveyed to the entrance 4 by 39a, 39a and 39b, 39b. In the process of transporting the card B to the entrance 4, the magnetic information writing section of the card B first erases unnecessary data remaining at the position of the erasing magnetic head 46 (step 109). The head 47 writes fixed amount information of, for example, one thousand yen into the magnetic information writing section of the card B based on the instruction of the CPU (step 11).
0) Further, if the correctness of the amount information written by the read magnetic head 48 is detected and the written amount information is correct (YES in step 111), the card B
Is transported, the card B passes through the upstream detection sensor 42 (YES in step 112), and is discharged onto the tray section 33, and the transport motor 37 is stopped by the discharge signal of the upstream detection sensor 42 (step 113). To return to the standby state (step 101).

If the banknote inserted in the above process is a fake banknote, the transport motor 37 which is rotating forward (step 103) by the detection of the preceding stage detection sensor 42 (step 103) is turned on by the magnetic information reading unit. 7 (NO in step 104), the operation is temporarily stopped (step 114), and then switched to reverse rotation (step 115), whereby the transport rollers 39a, 39a, and 39 are rotated.
b and 39b are also reversed and the false banknote is returned to the receiving tray 33, and the preceding stage detection sensor 42 detects the discharge of the false banknote A (Step 116), and the transport motor 37 stops (Step 117). Return to the standby state (Step 10
1).

When the write magnetic head 47 detects that the amount information written in the magnetic information writing portion of the card B is incorrect by the read magnetic head 48 (NO in step 111). Then, the transport motor 37 stops (step 118), and the abnormality display lamp is lit (step 119) to indicate this. If the cause of the abnormality is removed from this state (step 120), the abnormality display lamp goes off. (Step 121) Return to the standby state (Step 101).

The normal banknotes inserted in the entrance 4 and stacked in the banknote storage unit 5 in this manner are taken out from the takeout slot 3, and the card B before the amount information writing is stored in the replenishment port 2. The case 17 is refilled. Then, in the standby state (step 101), the main switch is turned off (step 122 is NO), and the series of sales steps is completed (step 123).

In the first embodiment, a fixed amount of money, for example, a thousand yen bill is inserted from the entrance 4 and the money information corresponding to the amount of 1,000 yen is written in correspondence with the bill. 8 and 9 have been described in detail, and FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 show a plurality of denomination bills (5,000 yen bill and 1,000 yen bill in this example) from the entrance 4. The denomination is read by the reading magnetic head 48 of the magnetic information reading unit 7 to identify the denomination, and the identification signal is output to the magnetic information reading unit 7. 9 shows a second embodiment in which the amount information corresponding to the amount of the inserted bill is written into the magnetic information writing section of the card B to be conveyed by the writing magnetic head 47 of the magnetic information reading section 7. And the second
The mechanical configuration of the second embodiment is basically the same as that of the first embodiment.

That is, in FIGS. 8 and 9, 200 to 232 indicate the steps of the sales processing procedure in the second embodiment, and the judgment step 204 is based on the signal from the magnetic head 48 for reading the bill inserted in the passage. If it is determined that the banknote is a genuine banknote, it is determined that the banknote is a fake banknote. If the banknote is determined to be a fake banknote, the determination is 208. Y if it is determined to be a 5,000 yen bill based on
If the banknote is ES or a one-hundred-yen bill, the result is NO, and the judgment steps 213 and 220) read the money amount information of the magnetic information recording portion of the card B written by the writing magnetic head 47 by the reading magnetic head 48. YES if it is determined that the money information has been correctly written based on the money information, and NO if it has been determined that the money information has been erroneously written. N is selected when
O, YES under normal conditions.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9 in terms of parts different from those of the first embodiment. When the main switch is turned on (step 200), the apparatus enters a standby state (step 200). Step 201). In this state, when purchasing a card equivalent to one thousand yen per one thousand yen banknote, inserting the 1,000 yen banknote into the entrance 4 in the standby state (step 201), the front stage detection sensor 42 detects this (step 202) and rotates the transport motor 37 forward (step 203). When the forward rotation is identified by the read magnetic head 48 of the magnetic information reading unit 7 as a regular banknote (step 204). YES) is maintained (step 205),
Next, the rotation is temporarily stopped (step 207) by the passage detection of the banknote by the rear detection sensor 45 (step 206). When the read magnetic head 48 determines that the inserted bill is a 1,000-yen bill (NO in step 208), the transport motor 37 rotates in the reverse direction (step 209 of the first system) and is driven. Motor 29
(Step 210), one card B is fed out of the storage case 17 of the card holding mechanism 6 into the passage 34, and the magnetic information writing portion of the card B is used as the erasing magnetic head 46.
Deletes unnecessary data remaining (step 21).
1) Subsequently, the amount information corresponding to 1,000 yen is written by the write magnetic head 47 based on the instruction of the CPU (step 21).
2) Further, the correctness of the written amount information is detected by the read magnetic head 48, and if the written information is correct (YES in step 213), the transport motor 3
The conveyance of the card B is maintained by the reverse rotation of 7, and the card B passes through the front detection sensor 42 (YES in step 214), is paid out to the tray section 33, and the conveyance motor 37 is stopped by the payout signal of the front detection sensor 42 ( Step 21
5). In this way, a series of writing processing X for a 1,000 yen card
After performing (Steps 209 to 215), the process returns to the standby state (Step 201).

Next, in the case where one 5,000-yen banknote is to be purchased and one 5,000-yen card B is to be purchased, the 5,000-yen banknote is inserted into the doorway 4 in the standby state (step 201), and read out. It is determined that the inserted banknote is a 5,000-yen banknote (YES in step 208), the transport motor 37 rotates in reverse (step 216 of the second system), and the operation of the drive motor 29 (step 208). 217), one card B is fed out of the storage case 17 of the card holding mechanism 6 to the passage 34, and the magnetic information writing section of the card B is left unused by the erasing magnetic head 46 by the erasing magnetic head 46. Then, the necessary data is erased (step 218). Then, the write magnetic head 47 writes the amount information corresponding to 5,000 yen based on the command of the CPU (step 219). If the written money information is correct (YES in step 220), the transport of the card B is maintained, and the card B is passed through the preceding detection sensor 42 (step 220). (YES at 221) The paper is paid out onto the receiving tray 33, and the conveyance motor 37 is stopped by the payment signal of the preceding stage detection sensor 42 (step 222). In this manner, a series of write processing Y of the 5,000 yen card (step 216)
To 222), and then wait state (step 20)
Return to 1).

If the inserted banknote is a fake banknote in the above process, the transport motor 37 (step 203) rotating forward by the insertion detection of the preceding sensor 22 (step 202) reads the magnetic information. After being stopped by the discrimination of the fake bill by the unit 7 (NO in step 204) (step 223), it is switched to reverse (step 2).
24), whereby the transport rollers 39a, 39b and 3
9a and 39b are reversed, the false banknote is returned to the receiving tray 33, and the front-stage detection sensor 22 detects the discharge of the false banknote (Step 225), and the transport motor stops and returns to the standby state (Step 201). . Then, in the write processing X of the 1,000 yen card (steps 209 to 215 or the write processing Y of the 5,000 yen card (steps 216 to 222)), the magnetic information writing unit of the card B is written by the write magnetic head 47. The information on the amount of money written in the read magnetic head 48
Is detected as an error (step 21)
In the case of NO in Step 3 or NO in Step 220), the drive of the transport motor 37 is stopped (Step 227 in the fourth system), and the abnormality indicator lamp is turned on (Step 228). When the cause of the abnormality is removed from this state (Step 229), the abnormality display lamp is turned off (Step 230), and the apparatus returns to the standby state (Step 201). Then, by turning off the main switch in the standby state (step 201) (step 231), a series of sales processing steps is completed (step 232).

The above-described second embodiment allows a plurality of denominations, for example, bills of 1,000 yen and 5,000 yen to be inserted, and a fixed amount of money corresponding to one inserted fixed amount of bills. The structure in which the amount information is written on the card B by the magnetic information reading unit 7 and paid out is shown. FIGS. 10 to 12 show an insertion amount display unit 60 on the front surface of the casing 1 and a writing amount selection switch 6.
1a and 61b, for example, when requesting one card equivalent to 5,000 yen or five cards equivalent to 1,000 yen by inserting a 5,000 yen bill, this amount selection switch 61
a, 61b is operated by the user to select the amount information to be written on the card B, and the selected amount information, for example, 5,000 yen, is written into the magnetic information writing section of the card B conveyed from the card holding mechanism 6 to the entrance 4. The corresponding amount information or the amount information of one thousand yen is written by the writing magnetic head 47 of the magnetic information reading unit 7, and the total amount of bills inserted by the counter controlled by the CPU and the total amount of discharged cards 13 shows a third embodiment in the case of subjecting an amount to an object.

That is, in FIGS.
Steps 46 to 46 show the steps of the sales processing procedure. In the figure, a determination step 303 is YE when the front sensor 42 detects the insertion of a bill from the entrance 4 into the passage 34.
S, otherwise NO, decision 30
5 is a magnetic head 4 for reading the bill inserted in the passage 34.
If the banknote is judged to be a valid banknote based on the signal from No. 8, the judgment is YES, and if the banknote is judged to be a false banknote, the judgment is NO. YES when it is determined that the regular banknote that has entered the passage 34 based on the signal
When it is determined that the bill is a 1,000-yen bill, the determination is NO. Further, the determination steps 313 and 326 are YES when the selection switch 61b for the 5,000-yen card of the selection switch is selected, and NO otherwise, and The judgment steps 314 and 336 are YES when the selection switch 61a for the 1,000 yen card of the selection switch is selected, and NO at other times, and the judgment step 335 is YES when the numerical value of the counter is 5 or more. NO if
In the judgment step 314, the counter value is 1
If so, the answer is YES; otherwise, the answer is NO. Further, if the write information is determined to be correct based on the signal from the read magnetic head 48, the determination steps 320 and 331 are incorrect. Is determined to be NO.

Next, the operation of the third embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 10 to 12. When the main switch is turned on (step 300), the counter is set to an initial value N = 0 (step 301). The device enters a standby state (step 302). In order to purchase a single 1,000-yen card with one thousand-yen banknote from this state, when the 1,000-yen banknote is inserted into the entrance 4 in the standby state (step 302), the front-stage detection sensor 42 detects this ( Y at step 303
ES), the transport motor 37 rotates forward (step 304), and when the forward rotation is identified as a regular banknote by the reading magnetic head 48 of the magnetic information reading unit 7 (step 3).
05 (YES in step 306), the rotation is temporarily stopped (step 307), and the rotation of the banknote is temporarily stopped by the detection of passage of the bill by the downstream detection sensor 45 (step 307).
08).

When it is determined by the read magnetic head 48 that the inserted bill is a 1,000-yen bill (NO in step 309), 1 is added to the counter, and the output becomes 1 (step 310). Therefore step 31
Since the answer is 1 in YES, the sales process is executed again at step 30.
3 until a new bill is inserted (step 30).
3), (Step 312), (Step 313), (Step 314), (Step 311), (Step 30)
The process loops through the loop V composed of 3), and 1000 yen is displayed on the insertion amount display section 60 (step 312). Here, when the user stops inserting bills and turns on the purchase selection switch 61a for the 1,000-yen card (YES in step 314), the counter output is 1 and the answer is YES in step 315. 37 is reversed (step 316 of the first system), and one card B is fed out of the storage case 17 of the card holding mechanism 6 to the passage 34 by the operation of the drive motor 29 (step 317). As described above, in the magnetic information writing section of the card B, the remaining unnecessary data is erased by the erasing magnetic head 46 (step 318), and subsequently the CP is written by the writing magnetic head 47.
The amount information corresponding to 1,000 yen is written based on the instruction of U (step 319). Further, whether the amount information written by the read magnetic head 48 is correct or incorrect is detected and if the written amount information is correct (step 319). (YES in step 320) The conveyance of the card B is maintained, passed through the front detection sensor 42 (YES in step 321), and is paid out onto the tray section 33, and the conveyance motor 37 is stopped by the payout signal of the front detection sensor 42. (Step 322). In this manner, a series of writing processing X of the 1,000 yen card (steps 316 to 316)
322) is performed, and by the end of this processing, 1 is subtracted from the counter and the output becomes 0 (step 323),
Therefore, the determination in step 311 is NO, and the process returns to the standby state (step 302).

Next, a case where three 1,000-yen bills are inserted into the entrance 4 and then three 1,000-yen equivalent cards are purchased will be described. When the three 1,000-yen bills are inserted, 1 is sequentially added to the counter. The output is 3 (step 310). In this state, until a new bill is inserted or the purchase card selection switch 61a or 61b is selected, the sales processing procedure is a loop V consisting of (Step 303), (Step 312), (Step 313), and (Step 314).
Is displayed, and 3,000 yen is displayed on the insertion amount display section 60 (step 312). When the 1,000 yen card selection button 61a of the selection switch 61 is turned on in this state (YES in step 314), the counter output is 3, so the result is YES in step 315, and the 1,000 yen card writing process X (step 316) To 322) are performed. By the end of this processing, the counter is decremented by 1 and the output becomes 2
(Step 323), and the processing step returns to the loop V
Circulate. Then, the 1,000 yen card selection switch 61a is
By repeatedly operating until the counter output becomes 0, the writing processing X (step 3
16 to 322) are repeated, one card is paid out each time the writing processing X of the 1,000 yen card is performed, and the counter is decremented by one each time. Then, three 1,000 yen cards are paid out. When the counter output becomes 0 (NO in step 311), the standby state (step 3
Return to 02).

Next, when one 5,000-yen card B is to be purchased with one 5,000-yen bill, a standby state is set (step 302).
5,000 yen bill is inserted into the doorway 4 with the magnetic head 4 for reading.
If it is determined in step 309 that the inserted bill is a 5,000-yen bill, YES is determined in step 309, and 5 is added to the counter, and the output becomes 5 (step 32).
4), 5,000 yen is displayed on the insertion amount display section 60 (step 325). Then, when the selection switch 61b for the 5,000 yen card is turned on (YES in step 326),
The transport motor 37 rotates in reverse (step 32 of the second system).
7) And operation of the drive motor 29 (step 328)
As a result, one card B is fed out of the storage housing 17 of the card holding mechanism 6 into the passage 34, and the magnetic information writing section of the card B erases the remaining unnecessary data by the erasing magnetic head 46 (step). 329) Subsequently, the write magnetic head 47 writes the amount information corresponding to 5,000 yen based on the command of the CPU (step 330), and further detects whether the amount information written by the read magnetic head 48 is correct or not. If the written amount information is correct (YES in step 331), the conveyance of the card B is maintained and passes through the front detection sensor 42 (step 332).
(YES in step S 333), the sheet is discharged onto the receiving tray 33, and the conveying motor 37 is stopped by the discharge signal of the preceding stage detection sensor 42 (step 333). In this way, a series of writing processing Y (steps 327 to 333) of the 5,000 yen card is performed,
Upon completion of the writing process Y, the counter is decremented by 5 and the output becomes 0 (step 334), so that the answer is NO in step 311 and the process returns to the standby state (step 302).

Next, when purchasing a 5,000-yen card with five 1,000-yen bills, first inserting five 1,000-yen bills, the counter output becomes 5 as in the case of purchasing three 1,000-yen cards. (Step 310) With the display of 5,000 yen on the amount display unit 60 (Step 325), the switch 61b for selecting the 5,000 yen card is operated (Step 313).
And YES in step 335, so that the 5,000 yen card writing process Y (steps 327 to 333)
Is performed. At the end of the writing process Y, the counter is decremented by 5 and the output becomes 0 (step 334).
Return to 02).

Next, when five 5,000-yen cards are purchased with one 5,000-yen bill, the 5,000-yen bill is inserted into the entrance 4 in the standby state (step 302), and inserted by the magnetic head 48 for reading. When it is determined that the performed bill is a 5,000-yen bill (YES in step 308), 5 is added to the counter, and the output becomes 5 (step 324).
A display of 5,000 yen is made on the insertion amount display section 60 (step 325). Then press the selection button 61a for 1,000 yen card to O
If N (NO in step 326) and (step 33
6) is YES, and the writing processing X (steps 316 to 322) of the 1,000 yen card is performed. Upon completion of this process, the counter is decremented by 1 and the output becomes 4 (step 323). Since the result of step 311 is YES, the process circulates through the loop V. By repeatedly operating the selection switch 61a for the 1,000 yen card until the counter output becomes 0, the writing processing X (steps 316 to 322) of the 1,000 yen card is repeated each time.
One card is paid out each time the 1,000 yen card writing process X is performed, and the counter is decremented by one each time (step 323). Then, when five 1,000 yen cards are paid out, the counter output becomes 0, and (Step 3
(NO at 11) Return to standby state (step 302). After inserting the 5,000-yen banknote in the above, if the user operates the 5,000-yen card selection button 61b with the counter output being 4, for example, purchasing one 5,000-yen card, YES is determined in step 312. However, since the answer is (NO in step 335), the write processing Y of the 5,000 yen card (step 32)
7 to 333) are not performed.

In the above, when one 1,000-yen card is discharged and the counter value is 4, and the user newly inserts one 1,000-yen banknote and purchases a 5,000-yen card, the sale is made. The processing procedure is (Step 303), (Step 3
12), (Step 313), (Step 314),
When a single 1,000-yen banknote is inserted into the entrance 4 in a state where the loop amount V is circulated through the loop V (Step 303) and the insertion amount display unit 60 displays 4,000 yen (Step 312), the front-stage detection sensor 42 Is detected (Y in step 303).
(ES), the transport motor 37 rotates forward (step 304), and the forward rotation is maintained when the reading magnetic head 48 of the magnetic information reading unit 7 identifies that the banknote is a true banknote (YES in step 305) (step 305). (Step 306) Then, the rotation of the banknote is stopped by the passage detection of the banknote by the subsequent stage detection sensor 45 (Step 307) (Step 30).
8). Then, when it is determined that the bill inserted by the read magnetic head 48 is a 1,000-yen bill (step 3).
09, NO), 1 is added to the counter, and the output is 5
(Step 310), and since the answer in Step 311 is NO, the sales process returns to Step 303 again until a new bill is inserted (Step 303), (Step 312), (Step 313), (Step 314),
By circulating through the loop V of (Step 311) and (Step 303), 5,000 yen is displayed on the insertion amount display section 60 (Step 312). In this state, the 5,000 yen card selection button 61b is operated in the same manner as described above (step 3).
13 and YES in step 335, so that the 5,000 yen card writing process Y (steps 327 to 33)
3) is performed. At the end of the writing process Y, the counter is decremented by 5 and the output becomes 0 (step 33).
4) Therefore, it becomes (NO in step 311) and returns to the standby state (step 302).

If the bill inserted in the above process is a fake bill, the bill is rotated forward (step 303) by the detection of the upstream detection sensor 42 (step 303).
4) After the transport motor 37 is stopped once (NO in step 305) by the identification of the fake bill by the magnetic information reading unit 7, it is switched to reverse rotation (step 33).
8), whereby the transport rollers 39a, 39b and 39
a and 39b are also reversed, the false banknote is returned to the receiving tray 33, and the front-stage detection sensor 42 detects the discharge of the false banknote (step 339), and the transport motor 37 stops (step 340). In this case, it is displayed in step 312 that the numerical value has not been added to the counter,
If NO in step 311, the process returns to the standby state (step 302).

In the writing processing X of the 1,000 yen card (steps 316 to 322) and the writing processing Y of the 5,000 yen card (steps 327 to 333), if an error occurs in writing the amount information (step 327). (NO in 320 or NO in step 331), the drive of the transport motor 37 is stopped (step 341), and the abnormal lamp is turned on (step 342). When the cause of the abnormality is removed in this state, the counter is set to N = 0 (step 343), then the abnormal lamp is turned off (step 344), and the apparatus returns to the standby state (step 302). Then, the standby state (step 30)
By turning off the main switch in 2) (step 345), a series of sales processing steps is completed (step 3).
46).

In the first, second and third embodiments,
A post-stage detection sensor 45 that detects the end of passage of the bill A at the rear end position of the passage 34 and converts the conveyance motor 37 into reverse rotation.
Is provided, but the drive control unit 3 of the above embodiment is
In FIG. 8, when the magnetic information reading unit 7 identifies a regular banknote in a state where the preceding stage detection sensor 42 provided at the preceding stage of the passage 34 detects the insertion of the banknote A and rotates the transport motor 37 forward, the normal rotation is detected. A timer circuit is provided for maintaining a fixed time, that is, a time required for the bill A to pass through the passage 34, and for switching the transport motor 37 to the reverse rotation after the lapse of the fixed time or when the magnetic information reading unit 7 detects a fake bill. Thus, the downstream detection sensor 45 may be omitted. The second,
The third embodiment includes a punch hole punching mechanism or a printing mechanism so that the value of the paid-out prepaid card can be visually checked.

Next, in the first, second, and third embodiments described above, a regular bill is inserted into the entrance 4 and its authenticity is determined by the read magnetic head 48, and the inserted bill is a regular bill. Another means is added by adding means for preventing fraudulent attempts to forcibly pull the bill back to the entrance 4 while the bill is further conveyed inward by the forward rotation of the conveying rollers 39a and 39b. FIG. 13 and FIG. 14 show the difference from the previous embodiment in that
A lever 60 for preventing injustice, which protrudes into the inside of the passage 34 due to the insertion pressure of the bill A and which retreats under its own weight when the insertion pressure disappears, is attached to the passage 34 in a vertically rotatable manner. The second detection sensor 45 is omitted, and a second detection sensor 66 that outputs a pass signal of a true banknote in relation to the movement of the lever 65 is provided at the position of the lever 65 in place of the second detection sensor 45. The reverse rotation is controlled by an encoder pulse generator.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 14, the lever 65 is moved from the lower plate member 35 forming the passage 34 to the through hole 3.
An upper portion 65a protruding into the passage 34 through the 5 'and a lower portion 65b extending below the upper portion 65a. The upper portion 65a has a front edge inclined upward and rearward, and is normally held vertically by its own weight. Then, the upper portion 65a rotates clockwise in the figure around the support shaft 65c due to the insertion pressure of the bill and sinks below the lower plate member 35 to allow passage of the bill A. The lever 65 is disposed at a position deviated from the short side of the card B, that is, at a position outside of the transport rollers 39a and 39b so as not to act upon the ejection of the card B. The second detection sensor 66 is composed of a light emitting element and a light receiving element facing each other with the lower portion 65b of the lever 65 in the middle, as shown by a virtual line in FIG.
When 5 has returned from the tilted position to the vertical position, a bill passing signal C is output.

When the main switch is turned on, the apparatus enters a standby state. When the bill A is inserted into the entrance 4 from this state, the preceding stage detection sensor 42 detects this and the transport motor 37 rotates forward, and the rotation thereof is controlled by the encoder. While being counted by the pulse generator, the transport rollers 39a, 39a
And 39b, 39b also rotate forward, and the bill A is conveyed from the tray 33 to the passage 34, and the conveyed bill A is discriminated in the magnetic information reading unit 7 by the reading magnetic head 48, and inserted. If the banknote you have created is a genuine banknote,
The transport motor 37 continues to rotate forward, and the bill is further transported inward and stored in the bill storage unit 5. The conveyance motor 37 maintains the forward rotation for a certain period of time until the storage, and the pulse generator counts. After a certain period of time, the rotation of the conveyance motor 37 and the counting of the pulse generator are temporarily stopped.

On the other hand, when the bill enters the passage 34, the upper pressure 65a of the lever 65 is immersed from the passage 34 by the insertion pressure to allow the passage of the bill, and the bill is discriminated by the read magnetic head 48 as a true bill. And the lever 65
, The lever 65 is automatically restored by its own weight. Thus, in the state where the banknote is discriminated as a legitimate banknote by the magnetic head 48 and the lever 65 is moved beyond the position of the lever 65, even if the banknote is illegally pulled back, the pulling-back action is prevented by the lever 65. . In the above, with the automatic restoration of the lever 65, the passage of the genuine bill is detected by the second detection sensor 66.

Next, the conveyance motor 37 starts reverse rotation after a lapse of a predetermined time, and the count is subtracted by the encoder pulse generator.
Is fed into the transport mechanism 8, where the unnecessary data is erased, the amount information is written, and whether the information is correct or incorrect is detected.
The transport rollers 39a and 39b are discharged to the entrance 4 by the ports a and 39b, and the reverse rotation of the transport rollers 39a and 39b stops when the count value of the encoder pulse generator becomes 0.

In the above, when the banknote inserted into the entrance 4 is determined to be a false banknote by the reading magnetic head 48, the transport motor 37 reversely rotates before the false banknote exceeds the position of the lever 65 by the determination signal. Start, the reverse rotation, until the front stage detection sensor 42 detects the entry of the bill, the transport motor 37 rotates forward, the magnetic head 48 for reading is determined to be a fake bill, and the transport motor 37 rotates in the reverse direction. The process is performed until the count value performed by the encoder pulse generator is reduced to zero.

FIG. 15 shows a modification of the embodiment shown in FIGS.
To the banknote A so that only the banknote insertion signal a is output.
This shows an embodiment in which only the first front-stage detection sensor 42 is disposed at the left and right positions of the front end of the passage 34 in the above case. Of course it is good.

[0047]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the bill insertion slot and the card payout slot are configured in common, the user is not bothered by the bill insertion slot and the card payout port, and is convenient for use. In addition, since the transport mechanism for banknotes and cards can be shared, the configuration can be simplified, and since the configuration is to hold the blank card before writing the money amount information in the card holding mechanism, damage due to theft etc. In particular, the guide plate can reliably guide the bills to the bill storage unit and the card to the payout slot, and the structure can be simplified, which is extremely effective in miniaturizing a vending machine. Having. Further, according to the configuration of the third aspect, by using bills having different amounts, it is possible to automatically pay out the prepaid card in which the amount information corresponding to the amount is written. According to this configuration, a prepaid card having different amount information can be purchased by the user, and according to the configuration of the eighth aspect, since the passage switching mechanism is provided, the transport mechanism and the card holding mechanism can be connected. The vending machine can be provided close to the vending machine, and is effective in reducing the size of the vending machine. Further, according to the configuration of the sixth aspect, since the vending machine is provided with the pull-back lever, it is possible to prevent the illegal operation of bills,
Further, according to the present invention, when the card is extended, the elastic plate is curved, and the bills which are overlaid on the elastic plate can be forcibly guided to the bill storing portion by static electricity.
According to the configuration of the eighth aspect, the front detection sensor can be used exclusively as a sensor for detecting insertion of a bill, and according to the configuration of the twentieth aspect, the front detection sensor does not respond to insertion of a card, so that the detection sensor is not used. According to the configuration of the twenty-first aspect, there is an advantage that the card can be reliably fed out.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1. Overall front view

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional side view.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional plan view

FIG. 4 is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional side view of a main part showing a state in which bills are conveyed.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged vertical sectional side view of a main part showing a state in which a prepaid card is extended.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a housing and a mounting member.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a flowchart of an operation.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a part of a flowchart of another embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing another part of the flowchart of the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an overall front view of still another embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a part of a flowchart of the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing another portion of the flowchart of the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional plan view corresponding to FIG. 3 in still another embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a partial side view of a main part in the embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional plan view corresponding to FIG. 13 in still another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Casing 4 Doorway 5 Banknote storage part 6 Card holding mechanism 7 Magnetic information reading part 8 Transport mechanism 9 Path switching mechanism 10a Mounting plate 10b Receiving plate 16 Fitting hole 17 Storage housing 22 Front plate 23 Card feeding opening 26 Contact stage Part 27 Pushing rod 29 Drive motor 30 Motion conversion mechanism part 31 Feeding operation part 32 Pressing rod 34 Passage 35 Lower plate member 36 Upper plate member 37 Transport motor 38 Drive controller 39 Transport roller 42 Previous stage detection sensor 45 Rear stage detection sensor 46 Erase Magnetic head for writing 47 Magnetic head for writing 48 Magnetic head for reading 49 Rotating roller unit 51 Guide wheel 53 Elastic plate 54 Tilting plate 56 Coil spring 60 Insertion amount display unit 61 Write amount selection switch 65 Lever 66 Detection sensor A Banknote B card

Claims (22)

(57) [Claims] 1. A transport having a common passage for a bill and a card, a bill validity discrimination function, and a magnetic information reading unit provided in a casing having an entrance and exit, which share a bill insertion slot and a card payout opening. A mechanism and a card arranged at an upper position on the path extension of the transport mechanism and having a money information writing section are held in a stacked state, and operated by a command signal to transfer one card to the transport mechanism. And a card holding mechanism to be fed to a lower position on a path extension of the transport mechanism,
A banknote storage unit that stores the banknotes that have passed through the passage in a stacked manner, and an upper edge part is normally held downward by a pressing force so as to close a card feeding port of the card holding mechanism, and is inclined rearward and downward, and has a front surface. The inactive position for guiding the banknotes passing through the transport mechanism in the direction of the banknote storage unit, and the upper edge is tilted downward against the repulsive urging force by being pushed out of the card to allow the card to be ejected. A prepaid card vending machine, comprising: a passage switching mechanism having a tilting plate that vertically rotates between an operating position. 2. A card is disposed so as to cross between a rear end of a passage of a transport mechanism and a card outlet of the card holding mechanism, closes the card outlet of the card holding mechanism, and moves bills toward the bill storage unit. 2. The prepaid device according to claim 1, further comprising an automatic restorable passage switching mechanism vertically rotating between an inoperative position for guiding and an operating position where the card is pushed out and tilted by being pulled out to allow the card to be ejected. Card vending machine. 3. A common passage which is continuous with the entrance and exit in a casing having an entrance and exit which share a bill insertion opening and a card payout opening, a bill validity discrimination function located in the passage and a card. A magnetic information reading and writing unit having a function of writing fixed amount information to the magnetic information writing unit, a front detection sensor for detecting the passage of bills and cards, a rear detection sensor for detecting passage of bills, and a transport roller. A transport mechanism including a transport mechanism that controls the driving of the transport roller, a drive unit that includes a forward / reversely rotatable transport motor, a bill storage unit that stores the bill, and a card having a money information writing unit are stacked in a stacked state. And a card holding mechanism having a feed-out operation section that operates in response to a passage detection signal of the rear-stage detection sensor and feeds out one card in the path direction of the transport mechanism. When the step detection sensor detects the insertion of the bill, the transport roller rotates forward and when the magnetic information reading unit determines that the bill is a regular bill, the rotation is maintained, and the subsequent detection sensor detects the passage of the bill. When the banknote is a fake banknote and when the magnetic information reading unit determines that the banknote is a fake banknote, the transport roller is rotated in the reverse direction. A prepaid card comprising a signal processing circuit for outputting a signal for writing a fixed amount of money information to a magnetic information writing section of a card fed out from a card holding mechanism in the magnetic information reading section in accordance with a bill discrimination signal. Vending machine. 4. In a casing having an entrance and exit common to a bill insertion slot and a card payout slot, a common passage continuous with the entrance and exit, a bill discrimination function located in the passage and having different functions. A magnetic information reading unit having a function of reading the amount of the genuine bill and a function of writing the amount information to the magnetic information writing unit of the card in accordance with the amount reading information of the genuine banknote, a front-stage sensor for detecting the insertion and exit of the bill and the card, the bill A conveyance mechanism comprising a rear detection sensor and a conveyance roller each for detecting the passage of a conveyance roller, a drive control unit including a forward / reverse rotation conveyance motor for controlling the drive of the conveyance roller, and a position rearward of the conveyance mechanism. And a banknote storage unit for storing the banknotes, and a card which is located at a position rearward of the transport mechanism and which has a card having an amount information writing unit in a stacked state and which is held by the second-stage detection sensor. A card holding mechanism having a feeding operation section that operates in response to a passage detection signal of the bill and feeds one card in a passage direction of the transport mechanism, and further,
When the front detection sensor detects the insertion of a bill, the transport roller rotates forward and when the magnetic information reading unit determines that the bill is a regular bill, the rotation is maintained, and the rear detection sensor detects the passage of the bill. When the magnetic information reading unit determines that the banknote is a fake banknote, the transport roller is rotated in the reverse direction, and the operation is stopped when the upstream detection sensor detects the ejection of the banknote or card in the reverse rotation state of the transport roller. At the same time, the magnetic information reading unit outputs a signal for writing money amount information corresponding to the money amount reading information of the different regular banknotes read by the information reading unit to the magnetic information writing unit of the card that can be pulled out from the card holding mechanism. A prepaid card vending machine characterized by comprising a signal processing circuit that performs the following. 5. A common passage which is continuous with the entrance and exit in a casing having an entrance and exit which share a bill insertion slot and a card payout exit, wherein the common passage is located in the passage and a bill validity discrimination function is provided. A magnetic information reading unit having a function of reading the amount of the original banknote and a function of writing the amount information to the magnetic information writing unit of the card, and adding the amount of the inserted normal banknote based on the amount information from the magnetic information reading unit. A counter circuit for subtracting the amount of money information written to the magnetic information writing unit of the card by the magnetic information reading unit, a selection means by which a user can select the amount of money to be written to the magnetic information writing unit of the card by amount, a bill, and A transport mechanism including a front-stage detection sensor for detecting the insertion / removal of a card, a rear-stage detection sensor for detecting the passage of a bill, and a transport roller, and a transport motor capable of rotating forward and reverse to control driving of the transport roller. A drive unit including a bill storage unit that stores the bill at a position rearward of the transport mechanism,
A card which is located at a position rearward from the transport mechanism and has a money amount information writing unit is held in a stacked state, and is activated by a bill detection signal of a bill by a subsequent stage detection sensor to move one card in a passage direction of the transport mechanism. And a card holding mechanism having a feeding operation section for feeding out the card, and furthermore, when the preceding stage detection sensor detects the insertion of the bill, the transport roller is rotated forward, and the bill is read by the magnetic information reading section into a regular bill. When it is determined that the rotation is maintained, when the subsequent detection sensor detects the passage of the bill and when the magnetic information reading unit determines that the bill is a fake bill, the transport roller is rotated in the reverse direction,
When the front-stage detection sensor detects the ejection of a bill or a card in the reverse rotation state of the transport roller, the operation is stopped, and the magnetic information reading unit and the magnetic information writing unit of the card fed out from the card holding mechanism are selected by the magnetic information reading unit. A prepaid card vending machine having a signal processing circuit for outputting a signal for writing money information corresponding to the money selected by the means within the range of the money information of the counter. 6. A prepaid card vending machine according to claim 5, further comprising an amount display section for displaying a writable amount based on a count value of a counter circuit, and a writing amount selection means on a front surface of the casing. 7. A transfer mechanism, wherein a bill is inserted from a passage into a position where only a bill in the passage passes by the insertion pressure of the bill,
7. The prepaid card vending machine according to claim 1, further comprising a pullback preventing lever which is restored by its own weight and protrudes into the passage when the insertion pressure of the bill disappears. 8. The prepaid card vending machine according to claim 7, further comprising a detection sensor for detecting the passage of a genuine bill by operating the pullback prevention lever, and omitting a rear detection sensor. 9. A card holding mechanism is disposed at an upper position on the path extension of the transport mechanism, and a bill storage unit is disposed at a position below the card holding mechanism. A rear end of the path of the transport mechanism and a card feeding port of the card holding mechanism are provided. The card holding mechanism 1 is arranged so as to traverse the card dispensing exit, and the inactive position for guiding the bill toward the bill storage unit, and the dispensing of the card by being pushed by the dispensing of the card to allow the dispensing of the card is allowed. 9. A prepaid card vending machine according to claim 3, further comprising an automatic restoring passage switching mechanism vertically rotating between said operating positions. 10. A magnetic information reading unit detects money amount information written in a magnetic information writing unit of a card, and stops driving of a driving unit via a signal processing circuit when the detected money amount information has an error. Claims 4, 5, 6, and 6 provided with a function to perform
7. A prepaid card vending machine according to 7, 8, or 9. 11. The magnetic information reading unit has a function of erasing data in the magnetic information writing unit before the amount information is written in the magnetic information writing unit of the card.
3. A pre-bayed card vending machine according to 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10. 12. The prepaid card according to claim 1, wherein a card replenishing port is provided on a rear upper surface of the casing, and a bill outlet is provided on a rear surface of the casing. Vending machine. 13. A bill storage portion having a length substantially equal to the long side of the bill and receiving an edge of the bill stacked on the rear end of the rectangular mounting plate inclined rearward and downward. 2. The receiving plate according to claim 1, wherein said receiving plate is provided upright.
A prepaid card vending machine described in 0, 11 or 12. 14. A card holding mechanism having an opening at an upper surface, a depth for accommodating a plurality of cards in a stack, and a passage of only one lowermost card at a lower edge portion of a front plate. A fitting hole extending in the front-rear direction is provided on the bottom surface of the bottomed storage case provided with a horizontally elongated card feeding port that allows A push rod having a contact step for pressing the trailing edge of the card is slidably fitted to the push rod, and the push rod comprises a movement converting mechanism for converting rotational movement into linear movement and a drive motor. Claims 1,2,6,7,8,9,10,10 which are connected with a feeding operation part.
A prepaid card vending machine according to 11, 12, or 13. 15. A conveying mechanism having a parallel upper plate member and a lower plate member continuously forming a passage at an entrance, and a pair of upper and lower conveying rollers which are rotationally controlled by a conveying motor in the passage. And the vertical gap between the front and rear ends of the upper and lower plate members is formed to be divergent.
A prepaid card vending machine according to any one of the preceding claims. 16. A transport mechanism comprising a guide wheel provided at a rear end position of a passage and supporting a horizontal movement of bills. , 12,1
A prepaid card vending machine according to 3, 14, or 15. 17. A tilting plate in which a passage switching mechanism is pivotally supported by a casing so as to be vertically rotatable, and a lower end of which is provided with an elastic plate extending downward from a lower edge; A coil spring that abuts the front edge of the storage case of the holding mechanism and tilts downward and backward so as to close the card outlet of the storage case. The prevailing card vending machine according to claim 2 or 9, wherein the elastic plate is configured to bend in a rearward direction by being brought into contact with the feeding operation section of (1). 18. The signal processing circuit according to claim 1, further comprising: rotating the transport roller forward when the preceding stage detection sensor detects insertion of the bill; and detecting the forward rotation when the magnetic information reading unit determines that the bill is a regular bill. Is maintained for a certain time required to be stored in the bill storage unit, and after the lapse of the certain time or when the magnetic information reading unit determines that the bill is a fake bill, the transport roller is switched to reverse rotation, and the transport roller is rotated. 10. A signal processing circuit for stopping driving of a bill or a card when the preceding stage detecting sensor detects the discharge of a bill or a card in the reverse rotation state of the second stage, omitting the latter stage detecting sensor.
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The described paid card vending machine. 19. The signal processing circuit according to claim 1, further comprising: rotating the transport roller forward when the preceding stage detection sensor detects insertion of the bill, and keeping the forward rotation constant when the magnetic information reading unit determines that the bill is a regular bill. The number of rotations is counted by an encoder pulse generator while maintaining the time, and after the lapse of the predetermined time or in the magnetic information reading unit, when the banknote is determined to be a false banknote, the transport roller is switched to reverse rotation, and the encoder pulse is output. The prepaid card vending machine according to any one of claims 3 to 17, wherein a count of the oscillator is subtracted, and the drive unit is stopped when the count value becomes zero. 20. The prepaid card vending machine according to claim 3, wherein a pair of upper and lower conveying rollers are arranged at left and right positions of a passage corresponding to a width of a short side of the card. 21. The prepaid card vending machine according to claim 19, wherein the pre-stage detection sensor is provided at a position in the transport mechanism where only bills pass. 22. A pressing rod made of a spring plate, which is fixed at one end and curved at its inner end on the upper surface of the casing, and whose free end presses a prepaid card laminated in the storage case constantly downward. Claims 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 1
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The prepaid card vending machine according to 8, 19, 20 or 21.