JP3260233B2 - Coin deposit device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin processing device incorporated in a financial terminal device or the like, and more particularly to a coin depositing device for receiving inserted coins.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Financial terminal devices used in banks and the like include:
Some have a coin processing device capable of depositing coins. When depositing coins using such a coin processing device, the user first performs a predetermined operation on the operation panel to open a shutter of the coin deposit opening, and then places the coin on a tray in the coin deposit opening. , It is necessary to close the shutter.

A general tray is substantially semi-cylindrical, and is disposed between a coin receiving port and a receiving chute below the coin receiving port. This tray is normally arranged with its inner surface facing upward, so that coins can be held on the inner surface. Also, if you close the shutter after inserting coins,
The tray is turned over and the inner surface faces downward. As a result, the coins on the tray fall from the deposit chute and are sent to the coin processing unit, where the coins are subjected to deposit processing such as discrimination of coins, denominations, and counting.

[0004]

The conventional coin processing apparatus described above handles coins in a loose state (hereinafter, also referred to as "bulk"). However, a cigarette coin, that is, a plurality of coins, is used. Is wrapped in wrapping paper to form a rod-shaped bundle, which may be inserted into the coin receiving slot.

[0005] If such a paper-wound coin is sent from the coin receiving port to the coin processing unit, it causes various troubles. Therefore, conventionally, a plurality of paper-wound coins are provided at the inlet of the receiving chute, that is, at a portion directly below the tray. The wire-shaped fall prevention member is provided to prevent the cigarette coin from being caught by these fall prevention members and falling. When the tray is returned to the normal state, the cigarette coin held by the fall prevention member
Since the coin is transferred from the crossbar to the tray, the coin can be returned to the user by opening the shutter of the coin deposit opening.

However, since a certain gap is provided between the tray and the drop-preventing member to prevent friction, cigarette coins cannot be picked up on the tray, and the tray may stop halfway open. Was. In particular, when the drop prevention member is deformed due to long-term use and the gap with the tray is increased, there is a high possibility that the cigarette coin will not be transferred onto the tray.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a coin depositing apparatus capable of reliably returning a cigarette coin held by a drop prevention member to a tray. is there.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a coin receiving apparatus for temporarily holding coins inserted into a coin receiving port and then dropping the coins. A tray movable between a first position for receiving and holding and a second position for dropping the held coin, and a coin which is disposed immediately below the tray and which is loose from the tray is dropped. A drop preventing means for preventing the cigarette coin from dropping and holding the cigarette coin, and picking up the cigarette coin held by the drop preventing means on the tray when the tray moves from the second position to the first position. as, met projecting piece provided on the edges of the tray
And the protruding piece extending outwardly from the fall prevention means .

The tray has a semi-cylindrical inner surface, which can be rotated in both forward and reverse directions with the center axis of the inner surface as the axis of rotation, and the drop prevention means has a substantially perpendicular axis to the axis of rotation of the tray. In the case of a plurality of elongated drop-preventing members that extend in the direction and are arranged at a certain interval from each other, the protrusion is located on the front side in the moving direction of the tray from the second position to the first position. It is preferable to be provided at the edge, extend in the movement direction and extend outward, and move at a predetermined interval on the side of the drop prevention member.

[0010]

In the above construction, when the cigarette coin is inserted into the coin insertion slot and is held by the drop prevention means, when the tray is moved from the second position to the first position, the coin is dropped by the projection provided on the tray. The cigarette coin on the blocking member is picked up and replaced on the tray.

[0011] Further, when the projecting piece is moved at a predetermined interval on the side of the drop prevention member, there is no possibility that malfunction or wear due to contact between the two pieces may occur.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 to 4 show a coin depositing apparatus according to the present invention. The illustrated coin receiving port device 10 is disposed immediately below a coin receiving port provided in a housing (not illustrated) of the coin processing device, and further below the coin receiving unit (not illustrated), further below the coin receiving port. A deposit chute is arranged.

The coin depositing apparatus 10 is provided with a tray 1 for receiving and temporarily holding coins inserted into the coin depositing port.
Two. The tray 12 is preferably made of stainless steel and, as best shown in FIG.
4 and an end plate portion 16 integrally provided at each of both ends thereof. A rotating shaft 18 is integrally attached to the outer surface of each end plate portion 16, and is arranged coaxially with the center axis A of the cylindrical surface of which the inner surface 15 of the semi-cylindrical portion 14 is a part. Have been.

The tray 12 is rotatably supported by a frame 20 fixed to a housing of the coin processing device.
More specifically, the frame 20 includes a pair of plates 21 and 22 arranged parallel to each other, and a pair of parallel plates 23 and 24 mounted between the plates 21 and 22. The tray 12 is arranged in a space surrounded by these plates 21, 22, 23 and 24. A bearing 26 is provided on one pair of plates 21 and 22, and the rotation shaft 18 of the tray 12 is provided.
Is rotatably supported by the bearing 26. One of the rotating shafts 18 is connected to a driving device 28 such as a stepping motor fixed to the plate 21 via a suitable connecting mechanism 30. Accordingly, by controlling the driving device 28, the first position (the position shown in FIG. 1) where the inner surface 15 of the semi-cylindrical portion 14 faces upward and the second position (the position shown in FIG. 3) where the inner surface 15 faces downward Position) and tray 1
2 can be rotated in both forward and reverse directions.

Between the other pair of plates 23 and 24, a plurality of wire-shaped drop preventing members 32 for preventing the cigarette coin 100 from dropping are provided directly below the tray 12 at the first position. In the illustrated embodiment, three are laid horizontally.
The fall prevention members 32 are arranged in parallel at an appropriate distance from each other so that the coins can pass therethrough, but the horizontally wound paper coins 100 can be held thereon. Further, the drop prevention member 32 is disposed as close as possible to the tray 12 and is curved so as to be concave downward along the semi-cylindrical portion 14 of the tray 12, but interferes with the tray 12 and is curved. A certain gap is provided so as not to hinder movement. The fall prevention member 32 needs to have durability so as not to be deformed even when used for a long period of time, and is preferably made of, for example, spring steel because of its resilience.

Further, according to the present invention, one edge 34 of the semi-cylindrical portion 14 of the tray 12, more specifically, the rotation direction when the tray 12 is rotated from the second position to the first position (FIG. A plurality of protrusions 36 are integrally formed on the front edge 34 (in the direction of arrow B in FIG. 2). These protrusions 36
Is an extension of the edge portion 34 of the semi-cylindrical portion 14 obliquely outward, and is positioned so that the side of each drop prevention member 32 moves without contacting it when the tray rotates. The protruding piece 36 is formed such that its tip passes below the lowermost part of the drop prevention member 32.

As for the dimensions of the tray 12, the distance D1 between the edges of the semi-cylindrical portion 14 is shorter than the length of the smallest cigarette coin consisting of 50 1-yen coins. It is preferable that the interval D2 is sufficiently longer than the largest cigarette coin consisting of 50 500-yen coins. In such a case, since the paper-wound coin 100 is inserted into the coin receiving port in the direction shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, even if the tray 12 is turned over and dropped, it is securely held by the drop prevention member 32. You.

1 to 4, reference numeral 38 denotes
A cover for covering the edge portion 34 and the projecting piece 36 of the tray 12 when the tray 12 is located at the first position, and is fixed to the plate 24 by welding or the like.

Next, the operation of the coin depositing apparatus according to the present invention in the above-described configuration will be described.

First, when coins are inserted, the tray 12
Coin at the first position of
It is held on the inner surface 15 of the semi-cylindrical part 14 of the tray 12.

Thereafter, when the shutter (not shown) of the coin slot is closed, the drive device 28 is driven by a suitable control means such as a microcomputer, and the tray 12 is rotated from the first position to the second position ( 1 and 2). As a result, the coin held on the tray 12 slides on the inner surface 15 of the tray 12 by its own weight and falls from the edge 34. If the inserted coin is a coin, the coin is sent to the coin processing unit via the lower deposit chute through between the drop prevention members 32, and a predetermined process is executed.

On the other hand, when the cigarette coin 100 is inserted, as shown in FIGS.
0 is caught on the fall prevention member 32 and is held in that state. The presence of the cigarette 100 on the drop prevention member 32 is detected by a photoelectric sensor (not shown), and the control means switches the coin processing device 10 to the return mode immediately.

In the return mode, the tray 12
Is rotated from the second position to the first position in FIG. 1 (the direction of arrow B in FIGS. 2 and 3). At this time, the protrusions 36 of the tray 12
As shown in FIG. 2, the leading end of the cigarette coin enters the lower side of the cigarette coin 100, and when the tray 12 is further rotated, the cigarette coin 100 is transferred onto the protrusion 36. Since the tip of the projection 36 gradually turns upward with the rotation of the tray 12, the cigarette coin 100 on the projection 36 is finally returned onto the inner surface 15 of the semi-cylindrical portion 14 of the tray 12. During this time, the projections 36 do not come into contact with the fall prevention member 32, so that the rotation of the tray 12 is performed smoothly. Then, when the tray 12 returns to the first position, the shutter of the coin deposit opening is opened and the cigarette coin 10 on the tray 12 is opened.
0 is returned to the user.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For example, in the above embodiment, six relatively small projections 36 are formed integrally with the edge 34 of the tray 12, but the shape and quantity are not limited to those shown in the figure, and one wide plate May be fixed to the tray 12 by welding or the like to form a projection.

As the tray of the coin depositing apparatus 10, a tray having a planar shape that slides in the horizontal direction,
There is a type in which the hinge is tilted by a hinge, and the like. However, it is not deviated from the present invention to provide a projection according to the type of the tray so that the cigarette coin can be picked up when returning to the tray.

Further, the present invention can be applied not only to a coin processing apparatus capable of performing only deposit processing, but also to a coin processing apparatus capable of performing both deposit and withdrawal processing.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the projection is provided on the tray for scooping up the cigarette coin, the cigarette coin held on the drop prevention member can be securely returned to the tray. Can be. Therefore, there is no problem that the cigarette is caught between the edge of the tray and the drop prevention member, and the tray stops halfway open, and the cigarette is securely returned to the user who inserted the cigarette. Becomes possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a coin depositing apparatus according to the present invention;
It is a figure showing the state when the tray is in the 1st position which receives and holds a coin.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a coin depositing device according to the present invention;
It is a figure which shows the moment when the projection piece of a tray picks up a paper-winding coin.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a coin depositing apparatus according to the present invention;
It is a figure showing a state when a tray is in the 2nd position where a coin falls.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a tray of the coin depositing apparatus according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Coin deposit apparatus, 12 ... Tray, 14 ... Semi-cylindrical part, 15 ... Inner surface, 18 ... Rotating shaft, 20 ... Frame, 2
6 ... bearing, 28 ... drive device, 32 ... fall prevention member, 34
... Edges, 36... Protruding pieces, 100.

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A coin receiving port device for temporarily holding and dropping a coin inserted into a coin receiving port, and a first position for receiving and holding the inserted coin and a second position for dropping the held coin. A tray movable between two positions; a tray disposed directly below the tray, which allows loose coins to fall from the tray, but prevents the fall of cigarette coins and holds the cigarettes; Drop prevention means, and a cigarette coin held by the fall prevention means are provided at an edge of the tray so as to be picked up on the tray when the tray moves from the second position to the first position. A projection piece , which is more outward than the drop prevention means.
And a protruding piece extending in the direction of the coin. 2. The tray has a semi-cylindrical inner surface,
The inner surface is configured to be rotated in both forward and reverse directions with a center axis of a cylindrical surface forming a part as a rotation axis, and the fall prevention means extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to the rotation axis of the tray, and A plurality of long drop prevention members arranged at regular intervals, and wherein the protrusions are provided in the first position from the second position of the tray.
The edge is provided on the front side in the moving direction to the position, extends in the moving direction and extends outward, and moves at a predetermined interval on the side of the fall prevention member. The coin depositing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that: