JP3080774B2 - Coin processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recycle-type coin processing apparatus capable of performing coin deposit and withdrawal processing in a financial institution such as a bank.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A financial institution such as a bank is provided with a coin processing device that automatically performs coin deposit and withdrawal processing, and when depositing, accepts deposited coins, discriminates denominations, stores them in a denomination safe, At the time of withdrawal, a recycle type coin processing device configured to throw out required coins from the denomination safe is used.

[0003]

However, a coin processing device mounted on a conventional automatic teller machine (ATM) may have a fractional transaction amount due to the emergence of a consumption tax or a utility fee in the automatic teller machine. As the transfer process becomes possible, the transaction fee for that transaction will also be automatically transferred, and the opportunity for trading coins will increase due to reasons such as payment of change with coins. At present, there is a shortage of capacity.

Accordingly, the present invention can efficiently increase the capacity of coins in a limited space in a limited space. In addition, the present invention mounts a large-capacity cash cassette for attendants, and further deposits and withdraws coins. It is an object of the present invention to provide a coin processing apparatus which has a common mouth and can handle coins at one place, and is easy to understand and easy to operate.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A coin processing apparatus of the present invention is a recirculation type coin processing apparatus that uses deposited coins as dispensed coins. and feeding means for paying out coins that have been deposited into parts separated one by one, a determination unit for performing at least the denomination discrimination Repetitive out coins in this feeding means, on the determination means
Thus, the sorting means transports the discriminated coins and sorts the coins according to denominations based on the discrimination result of the discriminating means.
Provided, and housing means for housing respective coins sorted by the sorting means to denomination, a first transport means for transporting the coins released from the storage means to the entering-dispensing unit, before
Along with the storage means at the end portion of the sorting means,
Or supplemented with coins to said storage means, or a removable rectangular clerk for cash cassette for collecting the coins in the storage means, contact the clerk for cash cassette
And a second transport unit for commonly transporting coins discharged from the storage unit in the horizontal direction, and receiving the coins transported by the second transport unit, and transporting the coins to the payout unit in the vertical direction . A third transporting means, and a loop is formed by the payout means, the distributing means, the staff cash cassette, the second transporting means, and the third transporting means, and the staff cash cassette is vertically arranged. It is characterized by:

A coin processing apparatus according to the present invention is a recirculation type coin processing apparatus that uses deposited coins as dispensed coins. A depositing and dispensing unit for performing the following, a dispensing unit provided below the depositing and dispensing unit, for separating and dispensing coins deposited in the depositing and dispensing unit one by one, and at least one of coins dispensed by the dispensing unit. Discriminating means for performing denomination discrimination, and a coin provided at the upper part of the housing and discriminated by the discriminating means .
Sorting means for transporting and sorting the coins by denomination based on the determination result of the determining means , and coins provided below the sorting means for each denomination and sorted by the sorting means and housing means for housing each denomination, a first transport means for transporting the coins released from the storage means to the entering-dispensing unit, removably mounted to a rear portion of said housing, said distributing means Accept coins released from
And a rectangular cash cashier for the attendant for replenishing coins to the storage means or collecting coins in the storage means, and the cash cassette for the attendant provided at a lower portion of the housing. And a second transporting means for commonly transporting coins discharged from the storage means in a horizontal direction, and a coin provided between the second transporting means and the feeding means, and transported by the second transporting means. Receiving
A third transporting means for transporting vertically to the feeding means; and a loop formed by the feeding means, the sorting means, the cash cassette for attendants, the second transporting means, and the third transporting means, It is characterized in that the cash cassette for staff is arranged vertically.

[0007]

As described above, in processing coins in which the respective functional parts are arranged, a recirculation system can be realized and the cash cassette for attendants can be arranged in a vertically long state, so that a large amount of coins can be stored in the cash cassette for attendants in a narrow space. Can be stored. The reason is that if a large amount of coins are put into a box-shaped object with a low height, the coins will be piled up and coins cannot be collected at the corners of the box. Coins can be accumulated.

Further, according to the arrangement of the respective functional parts as described above, the slot for receiving coins and the slot for receiving coins to be dispensed can be made the same, so that it is easy to understand and the operability can be improved.

[0009]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a coin processing apparatus (for example, a coin depositing and dispensing apparatus) according to the present embodiment. In the figure, reference numeral 2 denotes a housing which forms an outer shell of the apparatus. Reference numeral 3 denotes a deposit / withdrawal unit, which is provided on the upper front side of the housing 2 and into which coins or coins to be dispensed or dispensed are put in or taken out by tellers or customers. Reference numeral 4 denotes a pay-out section, which is disposed below the cash-receipt-and-disbursement section 3, temporarily suspends the coins inserted into the cash-receipt-and-pay-out section 3, and separates and dispenses the coins one by one, or It is released to the forgetting collection unit 16.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a check section, which comprises, for example, a magnetic sensor for identifying the material of the coin and an image sensor for identifying the size of the coin. Is determined. Reference numeral 6 denotes a gate portion, which is provided on the upper part of the housing 2 and sorts the conveyed coins according to the denomination according to the denomination determination result of the check portion 5.

Reference numerals 7a to 7f denote temporary holding units, which are arranged below the gate unit 6, and temporarily store coins sorted by the gate unit 6 by denomination. Numeral 8 denotes a setting gate, which is provided at the end of the gate unit 6 and which is used to transfer coins passing through the gate unit 6 to the cash cassette 1 for the attendant to be described later.
1 to the reject collection unit 9 or the cash unit 10 of the cash cassette 11 for the attendant.

Numerals 12a to 12f are denomination-type stackers, which are respectively arranged below the denomination-specific temporary holding units 7a to 7f, and store coins by denomination. Reference numeral 13 denotes a first transport unit, which is disposed below the denomination stackers 12a to 12f, and is used by the clerk cash cassette 11 for replenishing or collecting coins, or the denomination stackers 12a to 12f.
The coin released from 2f is conveyed to the payout unit 4 as needed.

Numeral 14 denotes an overflow stacker temporary storage unit, which is disposed below the gate unit 6 between the checkout unit 5 and the denomination temporary storage unit 7a. For example, the denomination stackers 12a to 12f are coins. When the coin is full, the coin is stored, and the coin is discharged to the overflow stacker 15 or the second transport unit 17 described later. Reference numeral 15 denotes an overflow stacker.
And has a function of storing coins from the overflow stacker temporary holding unit 14 and transporting the coins to the first transport unit 13.

Numeral 16 denotes a forgotten collecting unit, which is disposed below the payout unit 4 at any time, and stores coins that the teller or customer has left behind in the depositing / dispensing unit 3. Reference numeral 17 denotes a second transport unit, which is disposed below the denomination temporary holding units 7a to 7f, and coins passing through the checkout unit 5 and the gate unit 6, or denomination temporary storage units 7a to 7f. Transports coins released from.

A control section 18 having a function of controlling the entire apparatus and a communication function of exchanging information with the outside is provided in an upper portion of the housing 2. At the rear of the housing 2, a cash cassette 11 for a staff for a staff to replenish or collect coins is detachably installed. Further, an operation unit (not shown) is provided at a predetermined portion of the housing 2 for a staff member to perform various operations and to display various coin count data and the like.

The deposit / withdrawal unit 3 is, for example, shown in FIGS.
As shown in the figure, the receiving drum 19 and the receiving drum 19, which have a vertically long cylindrical shape and receive an upper surface opened receiving coins which are collectively inserted in a multi-denomination mixed state or receiving coins dispensed from the inside of the machine, are rotatable. , A motor M1 for rotating the receiving drum 19, a side wall 70 for guiding coins to the receiving drum 19, and a detector 71 comprising, for example, a light emitting diode and a photodiode for detecting the presence or absence of coins. .

The coins inserted into the deposit / withdrawal section 3 are
Is collected at the bottom of the receiving drum 19 by gravity while being guided by the detector 71, and it is detected by the detector 71 that it has been thrown.
At the time of discharging coins, the receiving drum 19 is driven and rotated by a motor M1 via a belt, a gear, or the like, and the opening of the receiving drum 19 faces downward. It is released to the feeding section 4 as needed.

The unwinding section 4 is provided with a transport belt 20 for transporting coins to the lower surface as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, for example.
Are stretched over the pulleys 21 and 22. Conveyor belt 2
0 means one for the gate section 6 and forgets the other for the collection section 1
6 is provided. Receiving drum 1 of deposit / withdrawal section 3
The coin 9 rotates, and the coin that has fallen due to gravity is accumulated at the bottom of the feeding unit 4 as needed.

In this case, if the inserted coin is a coin that has been forgotten by the deposit / withdrawal unit 3, the conveyor belt 20 is rotated by a motor M2 via a gear or the like, and the coin is conveyed to the gate 23 side. And the gate 23 is connected to the solenoid S
Open by energizing 1. As a result, the coins are discharged to the forgotten collection section 16.

The coins are separated and supplied by feeding the coins to the conveyor belt 20.
The coin 1 is transported between the transport belt 20 which is transported in the direction of the gate section 6 and supported by the reference roller 26, and the forced reverse gate roller 25 which can rotate only in the direction opposite to the transport direction.
By passing through a gap wider than the thickness of the coin and narrower than the thickness of two coins, the overlapping of coins is eliminated,
The arranged coins are conveyed.

In preparation for the case where clips or staples are mixed in the conveyed coins, the gate roller 2
Adjacent to 5 is a removal roller 27 having a one-way clutch and incorporating a permanent magnet. As a result, magnetic foreign substances mixed into coins are adsorbed and removed. The coins transported and aligned on the transport belt 20 are:
The operation is hindered by contacting the arc-shaped stop block 28 which is larger than the radius of the coin, and the coin is stopped by slipping between the coin and the conveyor belt 20. In this stop position, for example, a detector 29 comprising a light emitting diode and a photodiode, which detects that a coin has been conveyed, a knocking lever 30 for hitting the coin from below, a solenoid S2 for driving the knocking lever 30, A coin drive belt 31 is provided at a position in contact with the upper surface of the coin, and conveys the coin by frictional force. In addition, C of FIG. 5 has shown the coin.

After the detector 29 detects that the coins conveyed by the conveyor belt 20 have stopped at the stop position, the knock-up lever 30 is turned on by a solenoid S2 (not shown).
The coins protrude in the direction of the coin drive belt 31 by the action of, hit up the lower surface of the coin, and press the coin against the coin drive belt 31 arranged with a gap on the upper surface of the coin. The coin pressed against the coin drive belt 31 is transported by the frictional force with the coin drive belt 31 operating in the transport direction, passes over the stop block 28, and is transported to the check section 5. The knock-up lever 30 returns to a position lower than the upper surface of the conveyor belt 20 by restoring force of a spring or the like by stopping the energization of the solenoid S2 after knocking up one coin, and knocking up the next coin. State.

The check section 5 is provided in front of the flip-up lever 30 and has a sensor section 32 having a notch at a position corresponding to the coin drive belt 31.
While passing by friction with the coin 1, the coin passes through an image sensor that recognizes the shape (size) of the coin, a magnetic sensor that recognizes the material of the coin, and the like, and recognizes the material and shape of the coin. The denomination and the fitness of the coins passing through 5 are determined.

The gate unit 6 is, as described above, a checkout unit 5
In accordance with the determination result, the conveyed coins are sorted to the denomination temporary storage units 7a to 7f, the overflow stacker temporary storage unit 14, and the like. For example, as shown in FIGS. Coin drive belt 3 to be conveyed
1, one is rotatably supported and the other is a coin drive belt 3
No. 1 has a notch 78, and coins conveyed in the forward direction are passed therethrough, while coins conveyed in the reverse direction are denominated temporary holding units 7a to 7f disposed below, an overflow stacker A plurality of gates 34a to 34h that perform an action of dropping to the temporary holding unit 14, and a plurality of springs 36a to 3 that press the gates 34a to 34h toward the stoppers 35a to 35h.
6h, light shields 74a to 74h operating integrally with the gates 34a to 34h, and a plurality of sensors 3 such as photo interrupters for detecting the operation of the light shields 74a to 74h.
7a-37h, 38a-38h, pulleys 96a-96 for pressing the coin drive belt 31 toward the gates 34a-34h.
h, rotatably supported levers 97a-97h for supporting pulleys 96a-96h, lever stoppers 99a-99h for restricting operation of levers 97a-97h, and lever 9
The springs 98a to 98h press the gates 7a to 97h toward the gates 34a to 34h.

The coin C that has passed through the check section 5 is sandwiched between the pulleys 96a to 96h and the gates 34a to 34h, and the friction between the coin C and the
a to 34h are conveyed while being crushed downward (FIG. 8).
c, b). Gates 34a-34 by passing coin C
h, the light shielding members 74a to 74h are operated by the sensors 37a to 37h.
7h, and is detected by blocking 38a-38h.

The sensors 37a to 37h are connected to gates 34a to 34a.
When 34h is at the initial position, the light shielding bodies 74a to 74
h, the sensors 38a-38h are not blocked. When the gates 34a to 34h operate due to the passage of the coin C, the light shields 74a to 74h
To 38h, and does not block the sensors 37a to 37h. The coin C decreases the rotation of the motor M12 when the sensors 37a to 37h and 38a to 38h detect that the coin C has passed through the gates 34a to 34h corresponding to the discrimination result. And then the motor M
12, the rotation direction of the coin drive belt 31 is reversed, and the conveyance direction of the coin C is reversed with the reversal operation of the coin drive belt 31, for example, the open gate 34a and the gate 34b are opened. (See FIG. 8A), falls, and overflow stacker temporary holding unit 14
Will be released.

The gates 34a to 34h are, for example, from the side close to the checkout unit 5, the overflow stacker holding unit 14, the temporary storage unit 7a for 1-yen coins, and the temporary storage units 7b and 100 for 10-yen coins. The temporary storage unit 7c for denominations of yen coins, the temporary storage unit 7d for 5 yen coins, the temporary storage unit 7e for 50 yen coins, the temporary storage unit 7f for 500 yen coins, and the second transport unit 17 They are arranged so that coins are sorted in order.

At the end of the gate section 6, as described above,
The coins passing through the gate section 6 are used for the cash cassette 1 for the attendant.
1 reject collection section 9 or setting gate 8 for distribution to safe section 10, solenoid S for driving setting gate 8
3 are provided.

The second transporting unit 17 receives coins sorted and dropped by the gate 34h of the gate unit 6, or
The coins released from the denomination-specific temporary holding units 7a to 7f are transported by the transport belts 40 and 41 driven by the motors M3 and M4, and are sent to the deposit / withdrawal unit 3.
In this case, the transport belt 40 includes the denomination-specific temporary holding units 7a to 7d.
7f. Further, the transport belt 41 is
The transfer belt 40 is inclined at a predetermined angle between the terminal end of the conveyor belt 40 and the depositing / dispensing unit 3.

At the end of the second transport section 17, for detecting the number of transported coins, for example,
Detector 4 consisting of light emitting diode and photodiode
2 are provided.

The gate 3 closest to the checkout unit 5 of the gate unit 6
4a, an overflow stacker temporary holding unit 14 as shown in FIG.
Are passed through the receiving drum 43 of the overflow stacker temporary holding unit 14. The receiving drum 43 rotates by being driven by a motor M5 via a belt or the like, and when discharging coins to the overflow stacker 15, rotates in a clockwise direction to a position indicated by a broken line in the drawing. When coins are discharged to the second transport unit 17, the coins rotate counterclockwise to the position indicated by the dashed line in the figure.

As shown in FIG. 11, for example, as shown in FIG. 11, the denomination-specific temporary holding sections 7a to 7f include a cylindrical drum 44 having an open upper portion, and a rotating shaft 4 disposed at the center of the cylindrical drum 44.
5. A motor M6 for rotating the circular drum 44 via a belt or the like. The coins inserted into the receiving drum 44 are discharged onto the belt 40 of the second transport unit 17 by rotating the receiving drum 44 counterclockwise. When coins are discharged to the denomination stackers 12a to 12f, the receiving drum 44 is rotated clockwise.

The denomination stackers 12a to 12f are arranged below the denomination temporary holding units 7a to 7f. For example, as shown in FIG. 12, a safe 46 for storing coins independent for each denomination, A stir plate 47 for stirring coins accumulated in the safe 46 to reduce the gap between the stored coins and increase the number of stored coins, a link mechanism 48 connected to a motor M7 for driving the stir plate 47, a safe It has a detector 49 for detecting the presence or absence of coins in 46.

At the bottom of the safe 46, an endless belt 50 for separating and transporting the coins in the safe 46 one by one, a motor M7 for driving the belt 50 and a pulley 5 are provided.
1, 52, a reference roller 54, a belt 50 and one or more coins, and a gero toler 53, which is rotatable only in a direction opposite to the coin transport direction and a gate roller 53, which is rotatable only in a direction opposite to the coin transport direction. A detector 56 for detecting the coins is provided.

During the dispensing operation, the motor M7 is driven to
While rotating the belt 50 in the transport direction, the stirring plate 4
By operating 7, only one coin is separated from the coin transported on the belt 50 by contact with the gate roller 53, and the number of coins transported is detected by the detector 56. Then, the coin falls by its own weight and is discharged to the first transport unit 13.

In this case, the money type stackers 12a to 12f
Functions independently for each denomination, so that a desired number of coins of a desired denomination can be discharged to the first transport unit 13 under the control of the control unit 18.

The first transport section 13 includes a transport belt 57, a transport belt 58 having a plurality of protrusions, and transport belts 57,5.
8 comprises pulleys 59, 60, 61, 62 and motors M8, M9, the start of which is in contact with the slot 63 of the cash cassette 11 for the attendant, and the end of which is connected to the feeder 4 as needed. At the same time, it is in contact with the overflow stacker 15 at the center. In this case, the transport belt 57 is located below the denomination stackers 12a to 12f. In addition, the transport belt 58 is positioned at a predetermined angle between the terminal end of the transport belt 57 and the feeding section 4 as needed.

Thus, the coins discharged from the cash cassette 11 for the attendant, the stackers 12a to 12f by denomination, or the overflow stacker 15 are conveyed to the payout section 4 by the first conveying section 13 as needed. ing.

The overflow stacker 15 has an upper part in contact with the overflow stacker temporary holding part 14 and a conveying belt 8 for conveying coins to the bottom part.
1. It has pulleys 64 and 65 for driving the conveyor belt 81 and a motor M10. By driving the motor M10 to drive the conveyor belt 81, coins on the conveyor belt 81 are transferred to the second conveyor 13 To be released.

As shown in FIG. 13 and FIG. 14, for example, the cash cassette 11 for the attendant includes a safe section 10 for storing coins, a reject collection section 9 for storing rejected bad coins, etc., and a stirring rod for stirring coins. 80, stirring rod 80
, A conveyor belt 84 for discharging coins, a pulley 82 around which the conveyor belt 84 is wound,
83, a pulley 82, a motor M11 for driving the link mechanism 85, and a door 63 which is opened by the operation of an operation claw 69 provided on the apparatus side when coins are discharged.

As shown in FIG. 15, for example, the control unit 18 has a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101 for overall control and a ROM (Read Only) for storing a control program for the CPU 101 and the like.
Memory) 102, RAM (random access memory) 103 for storing various data, communication interface 104 for exchanging information with the outside, operation unit interface 105 to which an operation unit (not shown) is connected, motor interface 106 , And a sensor interface 107.

The communication interface 104 is connected to, for example, a teller's machine operated for performing a depositing process and a dispensing process, and a control unit of an automatic teller machine.

The motor interface 106 includes a motor M1 for driving the receiving drum 19 of the depositing / dispensing section 3, a motor M2 for driving the conveying belt 20 of the feeding section 4 as needed, and the conveying belts 40 and 41 of the second conveying section 17. Driven motor M
3, M4, a motor M5 for driving the receiving drum 43 of the overflow stacker temporary storage unit 14, a motor M6 for driving the cylindrical drum 44 of the denomination temporary storage units 7a to 7f,
A motor M7 for driving the conveyor belts 50 of the stackers 12a to 12f by type, a conveyor belt 57 of the first conveyor 13,
Motors M8 and M9 that drive the conveyor belt 81 of the overflow stacker 15, a motor M11 that drives the conveyor belt 84 of the cash cassette 11 for the attendant, and a motor M12 that drives the coin drive belt 31 of the gate unit 6. , A solenoid S1 for driving the gate 23,
A solenoid S2 for driving the striking lever 30 and a solenoid S3 for driving the setting gate 8 are connected to each other.

The sensor interface 107 includes a detector 7 for detecting coins in the check section 5 and the deposit / withdrawal section 3.
1. Detector 8 for detecting coins in feeding section 4 as needed
7, a detector 29 for detecting a coin in the coin stop block 28, detectors 37a to 37h, 38a to 38h for detecting the operation of the gates 34a to 34h, and the second transport unit 17
, A detector 56 for detecting the number of coins to be dispensed from the denomination stackers 12a to 12f, an encoder (not shown) for detecting the rotation speed of the motor M12, and the like.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described. For example, a coin processing device is one in which a teller as a teller at a teller of a financial institution such as a bank operates a teller's machine to perform coin deposit and withdrawal transactions, and that a customer himself operates. And a coin processing unit of an automatic teller machine (ATM) for performing transactions. In the present embodiment, an operation in a case where a customer himself performs deposit and withdrawal processing of coins in a coin processing unit of the automatic teller machine will be described.

First, the processing operation when the customer performs the payment processing will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The customer deposits coins in which various denominations are mixed into the depositing and dispensing section 3 (S1), and the inserted coins accumulate at the bottom of the receiving drum 19 by their own weight. next,
The customer presses a deposit start switch provided on the operation unit of the automatic teller machine (S2), and a lid (not shown) at a position corresponding to the deposit / withdrawal unit 3 provided on the automatic teller machine is opened. It is closed and the customer cannot touch the inserted coin.

When the sensor 71 provided at the bottom of the receiving drum 19 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 3 detects the inserted coin (S
3), the receiving drum 19 is rotated by being driven by the motor M1, and the inserted coins are discharged to the payout unit 4 as needed by its own weight (S4). The coins inserted into the payout unit 4 as needed are conveyed in the direction of the check unit 5 by the conveyance belt 20 driven by the motor M2 (S5). Further, the motor M12 is driven at a low speed in order to sort and convey coins (S
5).

The coins are aligned and conveyed by the conveyor belt 20. When it is confirmed by the sensor 29 that the coins are at the stop position (S6), the coins are beaten up by driving the knocking-up lever 30 by the solenoid S2 (S7). The coin is pressed against the coin drive belt 31 driven by the motor M12. The pressed coin is conveyed by the frictional force with the coin drive belt 31, and the coin
Pass through. At this time, the denomination unit 5 determines the denomination and the fitness of the passing coin (S8).

When the discrimination processing in the check section 5 is completed,
By rotating the motor M12 at high speed (S9), the coin is conveyed at high speed to the gate 34 corresponding to the discriminated denomination of the coin. The detector 37 of the next gate 34 changes from ON to OFF and the detector 38 changes from OFF to ON when the conveyed coin passes over the gate corresponding to the denomination determined in the check section 5. When the detection is performed (S10), the motor M12 is driven at a low speed for a very short time (S11).

Thereafter, the rotation direction of the motor M12 is reversed (S12), the coins are conveyed at a low speed in the reverse direction, and the coins are dropped from the gate 34 where the coins should be dropped to the next gate 34 to the denomination temporary holding unit 7. Depress. When the detector 37 of the gate 34 next to the gate to be dropped is changed from off to on and the detector 38 is changed from on to off, it is confirmed that the coin has been dropped (S13).
The operations after 6 are sequentially performed, and the operation of sorting coins of the payout unit 4 is performed as needed. The above operation is repeated as needed until the detector 87 of the feeding unit 4 confirms that the coins have been used up (S14).

If coins that cannot be discriminated, such as bad coins and foreign coins, are mixed in the inserted coins, the check section 5
Is determined to be a bad coin. Based on this determination result, the final stage gate 34h of the gate unit 6 is operated, and the defective coin is sorted to the second transport unit 17 by the reverse rotation operation of the coin drive belt 31, and the second transport unit 1
7 to the deposit / withdrawal unit 3.

In this case, the deposit / withdrawal unit 3 of the automatic teller machine
Is opened, and a guidance display for confirming coins or instructing removal of coins is performed on the display unit of the automatic teller machine. Here, the customer confirms or removes the coin, and when the customer presses the operation completion key, the door of the deposit / withdrawal unit 3 closes, and the above-described coin receiving operation is performed again.

When the above operation is performed, the amount of the inserted coin is displayed on the display unit of the automatic teller machine, and the customer presses the confirmation key of the amount (S1).
5) The operation is completed. After the operation is completed, the motor M6 is driven (S16), and the denomination temporary storage units 7a to 7f are moved to the shaft 45.
, The deposited coins stored for each denomination in the denomination-specific temporary holding units 7a to 7f are discharged to the denomination stackers 12a to 12f, respectively.

When the customer confirms the amount and finds that the coin does not match the amount of the inserted coin, the customer presses a return key in confirming the amount (S17). In this case, an operation for returning all the inserted coins to the deposit / withdrawal unit 3 is performed. For example, the coins stored in the denomination-specific temporary holding units 7a to 7f are driven by the motor M6 (S18), and the coins are stored in the second transport unit 17 by rotating the denomination-specific temporary holding units 7a to 7f. Release. The coins discharged to the second transport unit 17 are driven by the motors M3 and M4 (S
18) The sheet is transported by the second transport section 17 and returned to the deposit / payment section 3. In this case, the door of the depositing / dispensing unit 3 is opened, coins are taken out by the customer, and the depositing process ends.

Next, the processing operation when the customer performs the dispensing process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The customer inputs a withdrawal amount using a numeric keypad provided on the operation unit of the automatic teller machine (S21), and presses a withdrawal start switch (S22).
7 by driving (S23), the stacker 1 by money type
Denomination and the number of coins specified from 2a to 12f,
The sheet is taken out while being detected by the detector 56, and is discharged to the first transport unit 13.

At this time, by driving the motors M8 and M9 (S23), the stackers 12a to 12f are classified by denomination.
The coins discharged from are transported by the first transport unit 13 to the payout unit 4 as needed, and are stored there. The coins accumulated in the payout unit 4 are separated and conveyed at any time in the same manner as the above-described depositing operation (S24 to S26), and the denomination unit 5 determines the denomination and the damage (S27), and the gate unit. No. 6 is dropped into the final gate 34h and discharged to the second transport unit 17 (S28 to S32).

The detector 8 detects that the feeding section 4 is empty at any time.
7 (S33), it is determined whether or not there is a rejected coin (S34). If there is, the motor M5 is driven, and the rejected coin is stored in the receiving drum 43 of the overflow stacker temporary holding unit 14 (S34). The accumulated reject coins are discharged to the overflow stacker 15 (S35). The coins discharged to the second transport unit 17 are transported to the deposit / withdrawal unit 3 by the second transport unit 17 by driving the motors M3 and M4 (S3).
6).

The motors M3 and M4 determine the number of coins to be dispensed,
It is driven until the number of coins detected by the detector 42 provided at the end of the second transport unit 17 matches (S3).
7). Then, the dispensed number matches the detected number (S3
7) At the time when the dispensed coins are accumulated in the deposit and withdrawal unit 3, the door of the deposit and withdrawal unit 3 is opened, and the customer can take out the coins, and the dispensing process is completed.

However, after the coin of the designated amount has been dispensed to the depositing / dispensing section 3, it is detected from the output of the detector 71 that no coin has been removed from the receiving drum 19 even after a certain period of time has elapsed ( S38) When it is determined that coins are forgotten, the door of the depositing / dispensing unit 3 is closed, and the motor M1 for driving the receiving drum 19 is driven (S39), so that the dispensed coins are discharged to the feeding unit 4 as needed. Then, by driving the motor M2 in the reverse direction (S40), the conveyor belt 20 is driven to the collecting unit 16 side, and the solenoid S1 is driven (S40) to open the gate 23 to collect coins. The data is collected by the unit 16 and the process ends.

Next, the operation of internal replenishment of coins when the number of coins in the stackers 12a to 12f by denomination decreases will be described. First, the coins mixed with various denominations stored in the overflow stacker 15 are discharged to the first transport unit 13 by the transport belt 81 by driving the motor M10. The coins discharged to the first transport unit 13 are transported to the payout unit 4 by the first transport unit 13 as needed by driving the motors M8 and M9.

The coins conveyed to the dispensing section 4 at any time are separated and dispensed one by one by the same operation as described above, and the check section 5
The denomination of the denomination is performed, and the sorting operation in the gate unit 6 described above causes the denomination temporary storage unit 7 corresponding to the denomination of each coin to be stored.
a to 7f. Deposit type temporary holding section 7
The coins stored in a to 7f are discharged to the denomination stackers 12a to 12f by driving the motor M6, and the internal replenishment is completed.

Next, an external replenishment operation in which a clerk replenishes coins with the valet cash cassette 11 will be described. First, the attendant loads the attendant cash cassette 11 in which a number of coins are mixed, into the attendant cash cassette loading unit 68 formed at the rear of the housing 2. By being loaded, the door 63 of the safe section 10 of the cash cassette 11 for the attendant,
An operation claw 69 provided on the loading section 68 side is engaged. When the coins in the cash cassette 11 for the attendant are taken into the apparatus, the operating claws 69 are driven by a motor (not shown) or the like,
By lifting it up, the door 63 opens, and coins can be taken inside.

In this state, the cash cassette 1 for the attendant is
By driving the transport belt 84 provided on the bottom of the first unit by the motor M11, the coins in the cash cashier 11 for the attendant are transferred onto the transport belt 57 of the first transport unit 13. The transferred coins are conveyed to the payout unit 4 as needed by the first conveying unit 13 by driving the motors M8 and M9. By the same operation as described above, separation and conveyance and denomination are performed, the amount of money replenished from the cash cassette 11 for the attendant is confirmed, and the denomination temporary storage units 7a to 7a corresponding to each denomination are checked in the gate unit 6. Stored at 7f.

The coins stored in the denomination temporary holding units 7a to 7f are discharged to the denomination stackers 12a to 12f by driving the motor M6, and the replenishment is completed. When the denomination stackers 12a to 12f are full, the coins that have passed through the checkout unit 5 from the payout unit 4 at any time are discharged from the gate 34a near the checkout unit 5, and are stored in the overflow stacker temporary holding unit 14. . The coins stored in the overflow stacker temporary holding unit 14 are
Is driven to rotate the receiving drum 43 to be discharged to the overflow stacker 15. The above operation is performed until the cash unit 10 of the cash cassette 11 for the staff is empty, thereby completing the external replenishment.

When all coins in the present apparatus are collected and so-called tightening is performed, coins are stacked one by one from the denomination stackers 12a to 12f in accordance with the instruction of the control unit 18 in the same manner as when dispensing. Is taken out and discharged to the first transport unit 13. Then, the coins are conveyed to the payout unit 4 as needed by the first conveyance unit 13, are temporarily accumulated there, are fed out one by one, and coins determined to be genuine by the check unit 5 pass through the gate unit 6. Then, the money is collected in the safe section 10 of the cash cassette 11 for the attendant. In this process, if the coin is judged to be a reject coin by the check unit 5, the coin is collected by the gate 8 by the reject collection unit 9 of the cash cassette 11 for the attendant.

By repeating the above operation for each denomination, the tightening of the denomination stackers 12a to 12f is completed, and the number of coins of each denomination and the number of rejected coins are stored in the control unit 18. Further, the coins in the overflow stacker 15 are discharged to the first transport unit 13 by the transport belt 81, and are accumulated at the payout unit 4 as needed via the first transport unit 13; 6. At the gate 8, the same processing as described above is performed on the denomination stackers 12a to 12f. Note that the coins in the forgotten collection unit 16 are not customer coins because they are originally coins of the customer.

According to the configuration and the arrangement of the functional parts as described above, it is possible to realize a recirculation type in which a deposited coin is used as a dispensed coin, and the cash cassette for the attendant can be arranged in a vertically long state. A large amount of coins can be stored in the cash cassette for attendants in the space. The reason is that if a large amount of coins are put into a box-shaped object with a low height, the coins will be piled up and coins cannot be collected at the corners of the box. Coins can be accumulated. In addition, since the coin slot for depositing coins and the coin receiving slot for coins to be dispensed can be made the same, it is easy to understand and operability can be improved.

Further, when the coins are sorted by denomination, the coins are conveyed by a coin drive belt according to the discrimination result of the denomination at the check section, and after the coins pass through the gate to be dropped, are detected. By reversing the transport direction of the coin drive belt and discharging coins to a predetermined gate, the sorting operation of coins can be forcibly performed, so the reliability and processing speed are significantly higher than with conventional coin processing equipment. To improve.

[0070]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, a shortage of coins can be efficiently increased in a limited space, and a cash cassette for a clerk having an increased capacity can be provided. In addition to the above, a coin processing apparatus that can handle coins at a single place and that is easy to understand and has good operability can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional side view schematically showing a configuration of a coin processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional side view showing a configuration of a deposit and withdrawal unit.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional front view showing a structure of a deposit and withdrawal unit.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional side view showing a configuration of a pay-out section as needed.

FIG. 5 is a top view schematically showing a coin separating unit.

FIG. 6 is a side view schematically showing a configuration of a gate unit.

FIG. 7 is a top view schematically showing a gate.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an operation of a gate.

FIG. 9 is a side view illustrating a configuration of a detector that detects an operation of a gate.

FIG. 10 is a vertical sectional side view showing a configuration of an overflow stacker temporary holding unit.

FIG. 11 is a vertical sectional side view showing a configuration of a denomination-specific temporary holding unit.

FIG. 12 is a vertical sectional side view showing a configuration of a stacker by type of money.

FIG. 13 is a vertical sectional side view showing a configuration of a cash cassette for attendants.

FIG. 14 is a longitudinal sectional front view showing a configuration of a cash cassette for attendants.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a control unit.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the deposit processing;

FIG. 17 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the dispensing process.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 housing, 3 depositing / dispensing section, 4 payout section at any time, 5 check section (determining means), 6 gate section (distributing means), 7a to 7f
... Temporary holding unit by money, 11 ... Cash cassette for staff, 12
a to 12f: denomination stacker, 13: first transport unit, 1
7: second transport unit, 18: control unit.

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Kenichi Johara 70, Yanagicho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Toshiba Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07D 9 / 00 G07D 1/00

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] take advantage of the payment has been coins as withdrawal coins
That at reflux type coin processing device, a depositing and dispensing unit for performing withdrawal of the coin, and feeding means for paying out and separated one by one the coins are credited to the depositing and dispensing unit, fed out by the feeding means coin Discriminating means for discriminating at least the denomination of the coin, and transporting the coin determined by the discriminating means
Sorting means for sorting the coins by denomination based on the determination result of the determining means , and provided below the sorting means for each denomination,
Storing means for storing the coins sorted by the sorting means in denominations; first transferring means for transferring the coins discharged from the storing means to the depositing / dispensing section; and a terminating end of the sorting means. Provided alongside the storage means
It is, the can replenish the coin relative containing means, or a removable rectangular clerk for cash cassette for collecting the coins in the storage means, released from the clerk for the cash cassette and the housing means A second conveying means for commonly conveying the coins to be transported in the horizontal direction, and a third conveying means for receiving the coins conveyed by the second conveying means and conveying the coins to the feeding means in the vertical direction, A coin processing device, wherein a loop is formed by a feeding unit, a distributing unit, an attendant cash cassette, a second transport unit, and a third transport unit, and the attendant cash cassette is vertically arranged. 2. The deposited coin is used as a withdrawal coin .
In a recirculation type coin processing device, a housing, a cash-in / pay-out part provided in the front part of the housing and for depositing / dispensing coins, and a lower part of the cash-in / pay-out part are provided. A feeding unit that separates and deposits the received coins one by one, a discriminating unit that discriminates at least a denomination of the coin fed by the dispensing unit, a discriminating unit that is provided at an upper portion of the housing, and is discriminated by the discriminating unit .
Sorting means for transporting the coins and sorting the coins by denomination based on the result of the judgment by the discriminating means , provided below the sorting means for each denomination , Storing means for storing the sorted coins by denomination, first transporting means for transporting coins discharged from the storing means to the depositing / dispensing unit, and detachably provided at a rear portion of the housing; The distribution means
Receiving coins discharged from the storage means and replenishing the storage means with coins, or a rectangular cash cash cassette for attendants for collecting coins in the storage means, provided at the lower part of the housing , the clerk for cash cassette you
And a second transporting means for transporting coins discharged from the storage means in the horizontal direction in common; provided between the second transporting means and the feeding means, and transported by the second transporting means. receive coins that have been said; and a third conveying means for conveying in the longitudinal direction to the feeding means, the feeding means, sorting means, clerk for cash cassette, the second conveying means, and, by the third conveying means A coin processing apparatus, wherein a loop is formed, and the cash cassette for the attendant is arranged vertically.