JP3010176B2 - 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 paying out a single prepaid card in which information such as the amount, frequency or the number of times has been written in accordance with a fixed amount of inserted bill.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a prepaid card vending machine for paying out a single prepaid card in which the amount information has been written in accordance with a fixed amount of inserted bills has a bill insertion slot and a card payout slot on the front face. In a separately provided casing, a banknote storage unit corresponding to the banknote insertion slot, a banknote identification function, and a counterfeit banknote inserted and transported only to the banknote storage unit with a fixed amount of fixed banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion slot. A bill transfer mechanism for returning to the bill insertion slot is provided, and a card holding mechanism for holding the card with the written amount information corresponding to the payout slot of the card and confirmation of the transfer of the genuine bill to the bill storage unit And a card transport mechanism that operates in response to the input of the received signal and transports one card of the card holding mechanism 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 having to separately equip the bill transport mechanism and the card transport mechanism corresponding to the bill insertion slot and the card payout slot respectively Therefore, there is a disadvantage that the entire vending machine becomes large.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior art, the present invention discloses a method in which a casing having an entrance and exit common to a bill insertion slot and a card payout slot is provided. A transport mechanism having a continuous path to the transport mechanism, and a card arranged above the path extension of the transport mechanism and holding the information-written card in a stacked state,
A card holding mechanism that operates in response to a command signal and feeds one card in the direction of the path of the transport mechanism; and a card storage mechanism that is disposed below the path extension of the transport mechanism and that stores banknotes that have passed through the path. A banknote storage unit, and a guide unit for guiding banknotes passing through the passage to the banknote storage unit, wherein the guide unit is inclined rearward and downward in a normal state by biasing force to a rear position of the transport mechanism. Section is arranged so as to close the card feeding port of the card holding mechanism across the path extension, and an inoperative position for guiding the bill toward the bill storage section, and is pressed by the feeding of the card to the elastic force. It is characterized in that it comprises a passage switching mechanism provided with a guide plate capable of vertically pivoting between an operating position in which the front portion is tilted downward and the card is allowed to be taken out.
In the above, preferably, a card replenishment port is provided at a position facing the card holding mechanism on the rear upper surface of the casing provided with an entrance at a front position, and a bill outlet is provided at a position facing the bill storage unit on the rear surface of the casing. Are provided, and the width of the entrance is set to a width into which the short side of the bill can be inserted. In addition, the bill storage unit has a length substantially equal to the long side of the bill, and at the rear end of a square mounting plate that is inclined rearward and downward,
The receiving plate for receiving the edge of the stacked paper sheets is vertically erected, and the card holding mechanism has an opening at the upper surface, and has a depth for accommodating a plurality of cards in a stacked manner. ,
At the lower edge of the front plate, a fitting hole extending in the front-rear direction is provided on the bottom surface of a bottomed storage housing provided with a horizontally long card feeding port that allows only the lowest card to pass therethrough. A push rod provided on the upper surface of the fitting hole and provided with a contact step portion which is stacked on the housing and presses the trailing edge of the lowest card is slidably fitted to the push rod. The rod is connected to a motion converting mechanism for converting a rotational motion of a drive motor to be described later into a linear motion, and a dispensing operation unit including a drive motor that operates according to a command signal, and also for guiding bills smoothly. In addition, the transport mechanism includes a guide wheel provided at the rear end position of the passage to support the horizontal movement of the bill. Further, a passage switching mechanism is rotatably pivoted to the casing in a vertically rotatable manner, and a guide plate having an elastic plate extending downward from a lower edge at a lower portion, and an upper end portion of the guide plate for accommodating the card holding mechanism. A coil spring that abuts on a front edge of the housing and holds the card feeding port of the storage housing in a rearwardly downwardly inclined state so as to close the card feeding port, and a lower portion of the back of the elastic plate in the operating position of the card holding mechanism. A prepaid card in which the elastic plate is configured to bend in the rear direction by abutting against a part thereof, and one end is fixed to the inner surface of the upper surface of the casing and bent, and the free end portion is laminated in the storage housing. Is always provided in the downward direction. In addition, the present invention is based on the fact that the transport mechanism controls whether the bill in the passage is true or false, in order to control the insertion detection of the bill, the discrimination of the bill, the feeding operation of the card, and the drive of the carrying roller for carrying the bill and the card. An identification unit for determination, a first detection sensor for detecting the passage of a bill and a card, a second detection sensor for detecting passage of a bill, and a transport roller are provided. A drive control unit having a forward / reverse transport motor for controlling the drive of the transport roller is provided, and the drive control unit identifies the drive control unit by rotating the transport roller forward when the first detection sensor detects insertion of a bill. When the section is determined to be a true banknote, the rotation is maintained, and when the second detection sensor detects passage of the banknote or when the identification section determines that the banknote is a fake banknote, the transport roller is rotated in the reverse direction. To In other words, when the first detection sensor detects the discharge and passage of the false banknote or the card in the reverse rotation state of the transport roller, a signal circuit for stopping the drive control operation is included. , A first detection sensor positioned at the front stage of the passage to detect insertion of a bill, a transport roller, and a card inserted at a position deviated from the passage position of the card and normally protruded into the passage to insert the bill. A lever for preventing withdrawal that is retracted from the inside of the passage by the pressing force and is returned by the disappearance of the insertion pressing force of the bill, and a second detection sensor that is located at the rear end of the passage and outputs a passage signal of the true bill; And a drive control unit provided with a forward / reversely rotatable transport motor for controlling the drive of the transport roller is provided in the casing, and the drive control unit is provided with a first detection sensor for the bill. Insert While detecting the rotation of the transport roller in the forward direction, and maintaining the rotation when the identification unit determines that the bill is a true bill, when the second detection sensor detects the passage of the bill or the identification unit is a fake bill. In the case of a signal circuit that switches the transport roller to reverse rotation when it is determined that the first control sensor detects the discharge and passage of a false banknote or a card in the reverse rotation state of the transport roller, the drive control operation is stopped. In the former, there is a parallel upper plate member and a lower plate member that form a passage continuously at the entrance and exit, and a pair of upper and lower conveyance rollers that are rotationally controlled by a conveyance motor in this passage. At the same time, a first detection sensor is provided at a front end of the passage, a second detection sensor is provided at a rear end of the passage, and a banknote identification unit is provided at an intermediate portion of the passage. In the above, the signal circuit controls the drive control unit to rotate the transport roller forward when the first detection sensor detects the insertion of the bill, and the bill rotates when the discriminating unit determines that the bill is a regular bill. The conveyance roller is switched to reverse rotation for a predetermined time until the bill is stored in the bill storage unit, and after the lapse of the predetermined time or when the identification unit determines that the banknote is a fake bill, the reverse rotation state of the conveyance roller is set to the first rotation. A signal circuit for stopping the driving operation after maintaining the time corresponding to the predetermined time or the time corresponding to the time when the fake bill enters the passage after the detection sensor detects the insertion of the bill, and And a detection sensor that outputs a bill passage signal when the lever is moved up from the retracted state by the passage of the bill and stands up. Further, the first detection sensor is arranged at a position where only the bill at the entrance and exit passes, and the identification unit detects the ejection and passage of the card, and the conveying roller corresponds to the width of the short piece of the card. And the levers are respectively arranged at the left and right outer positions deviated from the width of the short piece of the card.

[0005]

Since the card holding mechanism and the bill storage portion are arranged at the upper and lower positions on the path extension of the transport mechanism, the casing can be downsized, and the user can insert bills and insert the card. I am not worried about the receipt of this. In use, when a fixed amount of banknotes is inserted into the doorway in the standby state, the first detection sensor detects this and the drive motor rotates forward, whereby the transport roller also rotates forward, and the banknotes pass through the doorway from the doorway. Is conveyed to the banknote, and the conveyed banknote is discriminated as to its authenticity by the identification unit. When the inserted bill is a regular bill, the transport roller continues to rotate forward, and when the bill deeply enters the casing, the bill is guided by the passage switching mechanism in the inoperative position and is stored in the bill storage unit. . In the above, the genuine bill passes through the passage,
After the detection sensor detects the passage, the drive motor and the transport roller are respectively rotated in reverse by the bill passage signal, and the delivery operation unit is operated by the bill passage signal to lower the lowermost layer stacked on the holding mechanism. The card is paid out from the payout port. Then, when the card is extended, the passage switching mechanism is switched to the operating position.
It is guided into the transport mechanism and transported to the entrance by the reversely rotating transport roller to be discharged. And the card is number one
, The drive motor is stopped by the passing signal and 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 the reverse direction by the false bill discrimination signal determined by the identification unit. The false banknotes are returned to the entrance by the reverse rotation of the transport roller by switching, and after a predetermined time, the drive motor stops and returns to the standby state.

In the above, when the transport mechanism has a lever for preventing pulling out, when the original bill passes through the position of the lever, the lever is moved back and protrudes into the passage. If the original banknote is to be pulled back in the direction of the doorway, the pullback is prevented by the lever.
Also, when a fake bill is inserted, the conveyance roller rotates in the reverse direction by the signal of the fake bill determined by the identification sensor before the bill passes through the lever.
The fake bill is returned to the doorway.

[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 slightly inclined forward, and a card replenishing port 2 is provided at a position near the rear of the upper surface, and a bill outlet 3 is provided at the center of the rear face. Has openable and closable lid plates 2a and 3a, respectively. Further, at an upper position on the front surface of the casing 1, an entrance 4 common to a bill and a card extending in the lateral direction is provided. Inside the casing 1 configured in this manner, a bill storage unit 5 for storing regular banknotes is provided at a lower rear position on the extension of the cutout 4, and money amount information is written at a rear upper position opposed thereto. Card holding mechanisms 6 for holding the completed cards in a stacked state, and confirming the transport of the genuine bills to the bill storage unit 5, and feeding out one prepaid card B to a transport mechanism 8 to be described later. In the position corresponding to the entrance 4, the bill inserted in the entrance 4 is conveyed to the bill storage unit 5, and one card from the card holding mechanism 6 is inserted into the entrance 4. A transport mechanism 8 provided with a banknote identification unit 7 composed of a magnetic head having a function of discriminating the authenticity of the banknote A is provided. Are arranged as
A passage switching mechanism 9 is provided to guide bills inserted from the entrance 4 to the bill storage unit 5 and to allow a card fed from the card holding mechanism 6 to be guided to the entrance 4.

The bill storage unit 5 has a length substantially equal to the long side of the bill A, and raises the rear edge of the rectangular mounting plate 10a inclined rearward and downward as shown in FIG. Plate 10 which receives the edge of banknote A which is bent at right angles to and stacked on
The upper edge of the receiving plate 10b is fixed to the inner surface of the casing 1.

As shown in FIG. 5, the card holding mechanism 6 bends the rear portion of the bottom plate 11 in a U-shape to form an intervention recess 12 and raises the front edge of the card vertically to form a back. 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 housing 17 having a fitting hole 16 that extends in the front-rear direction at the center and fits the ridge 14, and holds therein cards with money information written therein in a stacked state. The ridge 14 has a sliding groove 18 extending over the entire upper surface thereof and slidably fitted with a pushing rod 27 to be described later, and a longitudinal direction along the center of the sliding groove 18. A slit 19 extending and extending vertically is provided, and A front edge of the bottom surface 20 of the housing 17 is slightly protruded forward, and a cutout recess 21 is provided in the front edge of the protrusion in a comb shape, and a lower edge of a front surface 22 of the storage housing 17. Has a narrow card feeding port 23 for allowing one card B to pass therethrough with the bottom surface 20, and a contact step provided on a pushing rod 27 to be described later on the lower edge of the rear face plate 24. The card holding mechanism 6 configured as described above is provided in the casing 1 such that the bottom surface 20 of the storage housing 17 is directed toward a rear opening of a passage 34 described later. It is equipped with a downward slope.

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 is slidable 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 storage housing 17 are formed flush with each other. A drive motor 29 with a speed reduction mechanism covered by a motor cover 28
A motion conversion mechanism 30 for converting the rotational motion of FIG.
Is reciprocated in the sliding groove 18 by the dispensing operation portion 31 composed of the following. In the process, the rear edge of the lowermost card B stacked in the storage housing 17 is pressed by the contact step portion 26. Only the lowest card B is led out of the card exit 23. The drive of the drive motor 29 is started by a command signal from a drive control unit described later, and the drive is maintained by a carrier switch (not shown), and the drive is stopped by turning off the carrier switch.

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

The transport mechanism 8 is projected from the horizontal plane to the rear of the upward U-shaped receiving tray 33 having a width corresponding to the short side of the bill A, which is horizontally projected in front of the entrance 4 and receives the bill A and the card B. A pair of lower and upper plate members 35 that extend horizontally in the casing 1 continuously to allow passage of one of the bills A and B, and form a passage 34 in which the front and rear portions open up and down in a divergent shape. , 36 and a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CP).
U) A pair of upper and lower transport rollers 39 rotated forward and backward by a drive control unit 38 having a transport motor 37 controlled by U)
a, 39b and a light emitting element 40 and a light receiving element 41 which are positioned in front of the passage 34 to detect the entry of a bill and the entry and exit of a fake bill and a card and output a bill insertion signal a and a passing signal b of a fake bill and a card. A light-emitting element 43 and a light-receiving element 44, which are located at the latter stage of the passage 34 and detect the end of passage of the banknote A and output the passage signal c. 45, a magnetic head 46 which is located at the middle of the passage 34 and has a function of determining whether the bill A has entered the passage 34 and has a rotating roller 47 for pressing the bill A against the upper surface thereof. And a discriminating unit 7 that outputs a false banknote signal e, and an impeller-shaped guide wheel 48 that guides the banknote A after passing through the passage 34 in a rearward direction is provided at a position behind the passage 34. The lower plate Conveying roller 39a on the driving side which is disposed at the position of the timber 35, 39 b are provided in left and right positions in the corresponding interval to the width of the short side of the card B, the conveying rollers 39
a and 39b are rotated forward by the bill insertion signal a from the preceding stage detection sensor 42 by the drive of the drive control unit 38, and continue normal rotation by the regular bill detection signal d from the identification unit 7, and in this state, The reverse rotation is performed by the false banknote detection signal e from the identification unit 7 or the passing signal C of the banknote A, and the rotation is stopped after a predetermined time. The transport motor 37 includes:
An encoder pulse generator 37 'for counting the rotation is provided, and the rotation of the transport motor 37 is controlled by a signal from the encoder pulse generator 37'.

Further, the passage switching mechanism 9 is provided between the guide wheel 48 of the transport mechanism 8 and the bottom surface 20 of the housing 17.
Between the passage 34 and the card outlet 23, and a middle portion on the rear surface is vertically pivotally supported by the casing 1 and extends downward from the lower edge thereof. A guide plate 51 provided with an elastic plate 50 having a tongue piece 49 bent upward at its free end portion, and a convex portion 52 provided with an inducing plate 51 at an upper edge in a normal state intervene in the cutout concave portion 21. The bill A which has entered the passage 34 of the transport mechanism 8 is in contact with the blades of the guide wheel 48 while the coil A 53 The bill A travels horizontally rearward and its tip abuts against the front surface of the attracting plate 51, whereby the bill A is bent downward and guided by the elastic plate 50, and the bill A is guided in the bill storage unit 5 direction. . 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 attracting plate 51 is pressed by its tip, and the leading plate 51 is pushed. The card B falls down against the coil spring 53, the card B enters the passage 34, and when the card B passes from the upper edge of the trigger plate 51, the trigger plate 51
3 restores to normal again.

In this embodiment, the attracting plate 51 is a card B
FIG. 4 illustrates a case where the positional relationship between the elastic plate 50 and the motor cover 28 is set such that the elastic plate 50 abuts on the motor cover 28 and curves as shown in FIG. The drive control unit 38 inputs the signals of the identification unit 7 and the front and rear detection sensors 42 and 45 to the CPU via an input / output interface, performs arithmetic processing on the signals, and instructs the drive control unit 38 and the drive motor 29. A signal circuit for outputting a signal is provided, and the selling process of the card B is electronically controlled by the drive control unit 38. The selling process procedure of the card is shown in FIG.

When the bill A is inserted into the entrance 4 in the standby state of the apparatus, the first detection sensor 42 at the preceding stage detects this, and the transport motor 37 is rotated forward by the bill insertion signal a. , Front and rear transport rollers 39a, 39
a and 39b, 39b also rotate forward, and the bill A
Is transported to the passage 34, and the transported banknote A is discriminated by the identification unit 7 as to whether the inserted banknote is a true banknote or not.
a, 39a and 39b, 39b continue normal rotation, and the bill A
Is further conveyed inward and comes into contact with the upper surface of the guide wheel 48, so that the guide wheel 48 guides the bill A backward and horizontally while rotating. In this way, the bill A is
3, the tip of the bill A contacts the front surface of the attracting plate 51 as shown in FIG. 3, where the bill A is bent downward and guided obliquely downward along the elastic plate 50, and the bill storage unit 5 Is stored in.

In the above, after the time required for the original banknote A to pass through the second detection sensor 45 at the subsequent stage and to store the banknote in the banknote storage unit 5, the banknote A is transported via the transport motor 37 by the banknote passing signal c. Rollers 39a, 39a and 39
b and 39b are reversed, respectively, and the drive motor 29 is also operated by the signal c. Therefore, as described above, the pushing rod 27 of the card holding mechanism 6 reciprocates one time in the front-rear direction.
In the process, one lowermost card B in the storage housing 17 is fed from the card feeding port 23. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the card B presses the upper edge of the guide plate 51 against the coil spring 53, so that the guide plate 51 is greatly inclined and the lower part of the elastic plate 50 is pressed against the lower end of the motor cover 28. And bend. Therefore, for example, the bill A after passing through the passage 34
When is attracted to the inner surface of the elastic plate 50 due to static electricity or the like, the bill A is forcibly separated from the elastic plate 50 and falls into the bill storage unit 5. On the other hand, the card B fed from the card feeding port 23 is guided into the transport mechanism 8 from the rear of the passage 34 while the lower surface thereof is in sliding contact with the upper edge of the guide plate 51, and the transport rollers 39a, 39a and 39
When the card B passes through the first detection sensor 42, the drive control unit 38 is stopped by the ejection signal b and returns to the standby state. .

When the inserted bill is a fake bill, the transport motor 37 once rotates forward by the first detection sensor 42. The transport motor 37 rotates in the reverse direction, and the transport rollers 39a, 39a and 39b, 39b also rotate in the reverse direction. As a result, the false banknote is returned to the tray section 33, and the first detection sensor 42 detects the passage of the false banknote A and The transport motor 37 is stopped by the bill discharge signal and returns to the standby state. In this manner, the regular banknotes inserted from the entrance 4 and stacked in the banknote storage unit 5 are taken out from the takeout slot 3, and the prepaid card B is replenished to the storage housing 17 from the replenishment port 2.

In the above embodiment, the bill A
In the above embodiment, the second detection sensor 45 for detecting the completion of the passage of the motor and converting the conveyance motor 37 into the reverse rotation based on the passage signal c is provided.
, The first detection sensor 42 provided at the front end position of the passage 34 detects the insertion of the bill A, and the bill insertion detection signal a
When the discriminating section 7 discriminates a genuine banknote in a state where the transport motor 37 is rotated forward by, it is necessary for the genuine banknote signal d to store the banknote A in the banknote storage section 5 through the passage 34 for a certain period of time. And a circuit for outputting a switching signal for switching the transport motor 37 to the reverse rotation when the discriminating unit 7 discriminates a fake bill and inputs the fake bill signal e after the elapse of the predetermined time or after the elapse of the predetermined time. , The second detection sensor 45
May be omitted.

As a modified example of the above-described embodiment, when the bill A is inserted, the transport motor 37 rotates forward by the bill insertion signal a of the first detection sensor 42 at the preceding stage, and the forward rotation is converted to the regular bill signal. d, the bill A is stored in the bill storage unit 5
After the time required to store the paper money in the bill storage section is maintained, or the transport motor 37 is rotated in reverse by the false banknote signal e, and the reverse rotation operation is performed. 5 (for example, by counting the pulses by the encoder 37 ') or the time from the forward rotation of the transport motor 37 by the bill insertion signal a to the generation of the false bill signal e (for example, By maintaining the pulse count by the encoder 37 '), the first detection sensor 42 may be used exclusively as a sensor for generating only the bill insertion signal a.

FIGS. 7 to 9 show a second embodiment in which a means for preventing the act of inserting a regular banknote into the entrance 4 and discriminating it by the identification unit 7 and then returning the regular banknote to the entrance 4 by fraud is added. An example is shown. The difference from the first embodiment is that a lever 60 for preventing the pulling-out of the transport mechanism 8 which normally protrudes into the passage 34 and is immersed in the passage 34 by inserting and pressing the bill A is added. In addition, the second detection sensor 45 at the subsequent stage is omitted, and instead, a second detection sensor 61 that outputs a pass signal of a genuine bill at the position of the lever 60 is provided at the position of the lever 60. ,
Further, the first detection sensor 42 is used exclusively as a sensor for generating only the bill insertion signal a.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, the lever 60 is moved from the lower plate member 35 forming the passage 34 to the through hole 3.
An upper portion 60a protruding into the passage 34 through the 5 'and a lower portion 60b extending below the upper portion 60a. The upper portion 60a has a front edge inclined upward and rearward and is formed almost vertically, and is normally in a standing state by its own weight. The upper portion 60a is rotated clockwise in the figure around the support shaft 60c by insertion and pressing of the bill A, and immerses below the lower plate member 35 to allow passage of the bill A. Lever 6 configured in this way
Numeral 0 is disposed outside the transport rollers 39a and 39b located on the left and right sides with a width larger than the short side of the card B so as not to act upon the ejection of the card B.
Although not shown, the second detection sensor 61 includes a light emitting element and a light receiving element opposed to each other with the lower portion 60b of the lever 60 being in the middle, and outputs a bill passing signal C when the lever 60 is moved back. .

In FIG. 9, when the bill A is inserted, the first detection sensor 42 at the preceding stage detects this, and the transport motor 37 is rotated forward by the bill insertion signal a, whereby the transport rollers 39a, The banknote 39b also rotates forward and the banknote A is conveyed into the passage 34, and the authenticity of the conveyed banknote A is discriminated by the identification unit 7, and when the discrimination outputs a normal banknote signal d, the banknote A is conveyed. Rollers 39a, 39b
Is maintained, and the maintenance of the normal rotation is performed for the length of time required for the bill A to be stored in the bill storage unit 5. This time t is measured by counting the pulses by the encoder pulse generator 37 '. When the count reaches a certain value, the transport motor 37 temporarily stops and then starts reverse rotation, and at the same time, the drive motor 39 rotates. , One card B is fed out from the card feeding port 23, and
Guided inside. The reverse rotation of the transport motor is maintained until the value becomes 0 by subtracting the pulse count by the encoder pulse generator 37 ', and in the course of the reverse rotation, the ejection of the card B is completed. When the card B has passed through the unit 7, the card B is discriminated and confirmed, and when the ejection of the card B is not confirmed, an alarm signal f is output.

In the above description, when the bill A enters the passage 34, the upper part 60a of the lever 60 is pressed by the insertion pressing force.
Enters from the passage 34 to allow the passage of the bill A, and when the bill A is determined by the identification unit 7 and exceeds the position of the lever 60, the lever 60 automatically restores by its own weight. Even if the inserted bill A is illegally pulled back, the pulling-back operation is prevented.

In the above, the inserted bill A is
When the discriminating unit 7 determines that the banknote is a fake banknote, the transport motor 37 rotates in the reverse direction, but the determination is performed at a position that does not exceed the lever 60. Since the reverse rotation of the transport motor 37 is performed by subtracting the pulse count by the encoder pulse generator 37 ', a false bill is generated between the generation of the bill insertion signal a and the generation of the false bill signal e. When the pulse count is reduced to zero by the backward (length) distance that has entered the passage 34, the drive control operation stops and returns to the standby state.

Therefore, according to the second embodiment, the first stage of the first stage
Is exclusively used to detect the insertion or non-insertion of the bill A, and the second detection sensor 61 is used to detect only the passage of the genuine bill.

FIG. 10 shows a modification of the second embodiment, in which the first detection sensor 42 is connected to the passage 3 through which only the bill A passes so as to conveniently output only the bill insertion signal a.
4 shows an embodiment in which the first detection sensor 42 is disposed at a corner position of the front end portion. In the above description, the first detection sensor 42 may of course be disposed at the front end left and right positions of the passage 34. .

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, the card holding mechanism and the bill storage portion are arranged at the upper and lower positions on the path extension of the transport mechanism, so that the casing has a small shape with a narrow width. And the bill insertion slot and the card payout slot are configured in common, so the user is not bothered by the bill insertion slot and the card payout slot, and is convenient to use.
In addition, the transport mechanism for bills and cards can also be used in common.Particularly, the guiding means is located at the rear position of the transport mechanism, and is normally inclined backward and downward by biasing force. An inactive position, which is arranged to close the card feeding exit, and guides the bill toward the bill storage unit, and the front part is tilted downward against the resilient biasing force pressed by the feeding of the card, Since it is composed of a passage switching mechanism provided with a guide plate that can be vertically rotated between the operating position that allows the card to be taken out, the guide plate guides the bill to the bill storage unit and guides the card to the payout slot. And the structure can be simplified, which is extremely effective in reducing the size of the vending machine. In addition, according to the configuration of the sixth aspect, the bills passing through the passage are held horizontally, and Guided by the switching mechanism to store bills The accommodation to be able to reliably. Further, according to the configuration of claim 7, the elastic plate is curved when the card is extended, and the bills adsorbed on the elastic plate can be forcibly guided to the bill storage portion by static electricity. According to the configuration described above, the lever is provided with the lever for preventing the bill from being pulled back, so that there is an advantage that illegal sale of the card can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal side view.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view

FIG. 3 is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view of a main part showing a transport state of a bill.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of a main part showing a state in which a prepaid card is extended.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a housing and a mounting member.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional plan view of another embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a partial side view with a lever.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional plan view of still another embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart according to another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Casing 4 Doorway 5 Banknote storage part 6 Card holding mechanism 7 Identification part 8 Transport mechanism 9 Path switching mechanism 10a Mounting plate 10b Receiving plate 17 Storage housing 16 Fitting hole 22 Front plate 23 Card outlet 26 Contact step 27 Extrusion Rod 29 Drive motor 30 Motion conversion mechanism 31 Feeding operation part 32 Push rod 34 Passage 35 Lower plate member 36 Upper plate member 37 Transport motor 38 Drive controller 39 Transport roller 42 First detection sensor 45, 61 Second detection sensor 48 guide car 50 elastic plate 51 guide plate 53 coil spring 60 lever A banknote B card

Continuation of front page (56) References JP-A-1-273193 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07F 7/08 G06K 13/08

Claims (15)

(57) [Claims] 1. A transport mechanism having a passage which is continuous with said entrance and exit in a casing having an entrance and exit common to a bill insertion slot and a card payout exit, and a casing extending above the passage extension of said transport mechanism. A card holding mechanism for holding the arranged and information-written cards in a stacked state and operating in response to a command signal to feed one card in the path direction of the transport mechanism; and extending the path of the transport mechanism. Located on the upper and lower,
A banknote storage unit that stores the banknotes that have passed through the passage in a stacked manner, and a guide unit that guides the banknotes that pass through the passage to the banknote storage unit; An inoperative position in which the front part is inclined downward in the normal state by the bias so that the front part crosses the path extension and closes the card feeding port of the card holding mechanism, and guides the bill toward the bill storage part, From the passage switching mechanism provided with a guide plate capable of being vertically rotated between an operation position where the front portion is tilted downward against the resilient biasing force by being pushed out of the card and allowing the card to be taken out. A prepaid card vending machine characterized by comprising. 2. A card replenishing port at a position facing a card holding mechanism on a rear upper surface of a casing provided with an entrance at a front position, and a bill taking-out port at a position facing a bill storing unit on a rear surface of the casing. The prepaid card vending machine according to claim 1, wherein 3. The prepaid card vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the width of the entrance is a width into which the short side of the bill can be inserted. 4. The bill storage portion has a length substantially equal to the long side of the bill, and receives the edge of the laminated paper sheet at the rear end of a square mounting plate inclined backward and downward. 4. A prepaid card vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the receiving plate to be stopped is provided upright. 5. A card holding mechanism having an opening on an upper surface and a depth for accommodating a plurality of cards in a stack, and a lower edge of only one lowermost card is provided at a lower edge 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 passage, and the bottom of the lower end is formed by stacking the storage case on the top surface of the fitting hole. Movement conversion for slidably fitting a push rod provided with a contact step for pressing the trailing edge of one card, and for converting the rotational movement of a drive motor to be described later into a linear movement. 5. A prepaid card vending machine according to claim 1, wherein a pay-out operation section comprising a mechanism section and a drive motor operated by a command signal is connected. 6. The prepaid card vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the transport mechanism includes a guide wheel provided at a rear end position of the passage to support horizontal movement of bills. 7. A guide plate in which a passage switching mechanism is pivotally supported by a casing so as to be vertically rotatable, and an elastic plate extending downward from a lower edge is provided at a lower portion of the guide plate. A coil spring that abuts against a front edge of the storage case of the holding mechanism and holds the card feeding port of the storage case in a rearwardly downwardly inclined state so as to close the card feeding port, and further includes a lower rear surface of the elastic plate in the operating position. The elastic plate is configured to bend in the rear direction by contacting a part of the card holding mechanism.
4. A prepaid card vending machine according to 4, 5 or 6. 8. A pressing piece is provided on the inner surface of the upper surface of the casing, the pressing piece comprising a spring plate which is fixed at one end and has a free end which constantly presses the prepaid card laminated in the storage housing in a downward direction. The prepaid card vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 7, comprising: 9. A transport mechanism, comprising: a discriminating unit for discriminating the authenticity of a bill in the passage;
A drive sensor comprising a detection sensor, a second detection sensor for detecting passage of a bill, and a transport roller, and further comprising a forward / reverse transport motor for controlling the drive of the transport roller in the casing. A control unit is provided, and the drive control unit rotates the transport roller forward when the first detection sensor detects insertion of a bill and maintains the rotation when the identification unit determines that the bill is a regular bill, When the second detection sensor detects the passage of a bill or when the identification unit determines that the bill is a fake bill, the transport roller is switched to reverse rotation, and the first detection sensor detects false in the reverse rotation state of the transport roller. 9. A signal circuit for stopping a drive control operation when detecting the passage of a bill or a card.
A prepaid card vending machine according to any one of the preceding claims. 10. 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 rotationally controlled by a conveying motor in the passage. And a first detection sensor at a front end of the passage, a second detection sensor at a rear end of the passage, and a bill discriminating portion at an intermediate portion of the passage. The prepaid card vending machine described. 11. A transport mechanism comprising: a discriminating unit for discriminating the authenticity of a bill in the passage; a first detection sensor positioned at a front stage of the passage to detect insertion of the bill; a transport roller; A lever for preventing withdrawal, which protrudes into the passageway at a position deviated from the passageway position in a normal state, is immersed from inside the passage by the insertion pressure of the bill, and returns by the disappearance of the insertion pressure of the bill, and A second detection sensor for outputting a pass signal of a normal banknote positioned at an end; and a drive control having a forward / reverse transport motor for controlling the drive of the transport roller in a casing. A portion is provided, and the drive control unit rotates the transport roller forward when the first detection sensor detects insertion of a bill, and maintains the rotation when the identification unit determines that the bill is a regular bill, Second detection sensor When the sensor detects the passage of the bill or when the discriminating unit determines that the bill is a fake bill, the transport roller is switched to reverse rotation, and the first detection sensor passes the discharge of the fake bill or card in the reverse rotation state of the transport roller. The prepaid card vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising a signal circuit for stopping a drive control operation when a pre-paid card is detected. 12. The signal control circuit according to claim 1, wherein the drive control unit rotates the transport roller forward when the first detection sensor detects the insertion of the bill, and when the discriminating unit determines that the bill is a regular bill, the normal rotation is determined. Is maintained for a certain time until the bill is stored in the bill storage unit, and after the lapse of the certain time or after the identification unit determines that the bill is a fake bill, switches the transport roller to reverse rotation,
The driving operation is stopped after the reverse rotation state of the transport roller is maintained for a time corresponding to the predetermined time or a time corresponding to the time when the fake bill enters the passage after the first detection sensor detects the insertion of the bill, respectively. 12. The ninth, tenth or eleventh aspect comprising a signal circuit and omitting the second detection sensor.
Pre-Baid card vending machine described. 13. The prepaid card vending machine according to claim 12, wherein the signal circuit includes a detection sensor for outputting a bill passage signal when the lever is moved up from the immersion state by returning the bill and stands up. 14. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first detection sensor is arranged at a position where only the bill at the entrance and exit passes, and the discrimination unit detects discharge of the card.
14. The prepaid card vending machine according to 2 or 13. 15. A transport roller is disposed at the left and right positions of the entrance corresponding to the width of the short piece of the card, and the levers are respectively disposed at the left and right outer positions deviated from the width of the short piece of the card. The prepaid card vending machine according to claim 12, 13 or 14.