JP3285965B2 - Banknote recognition and storage 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 bill discriminating and storing apparatus, and more particularly to a bill storing apparatus in which a storing box can be attached to a housing of a bill discriminating apparatus by a simple operation in either an up-stack system or a down-stack system. The present invention relates to a bill discriminating and storing device as described above.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, vending machines and money changing machines are provided with a bill discriminating device for discriminating the authenticity of inserted bills, and a bill stacker device for accumulating and storing only accepted bills. This type of banknote recognition device includes an up-stack system in which a banknote is inserted through a lower insertion slot, is authenticated through the identification device, is conveyed upward, and is transported upward to stack the normal banknotes above the identification unit. There are two methods, a down-stack method of inserting the upper bill into the upper insertion slot, discriminating whether the bill is correct through the discriminating device, guiding the bill downward, and stacking the bill below the discriminating section. Traditionally, users select one of these two methods based on usage at the time of purchase,
It was built into the vending machine and used. The bill stacker device has a bill storage box, and true bills are stacked and stored in the storage box. The storage boxes are engaged with each other by a cooperative action of a latch claw and a stopper pin to which a spring force of a return spring has acted on the bill discriminating storage device. However, it was necessary to move the device against the spring force to unlock the device.

[0003]

However, in the above-described conventional apparatus, it is necessary to attach many parts such as a latch claw, a shaft for pivotally supporting the latch claw, and a return spring to the wall surface of the storage box. In many cases, adjustment work was also required. Also, in order to switch the model of the up-stack specification to the down-stack specification, the banknote recognition and storage device may be turned upside down.In this case, the direction in which the latch claw is pushed in is opposite to the previous method. In addition, the direction in which the bills in the storage box are taken out is reversed, and the bills must be pulled out downward, which is inconvenient. Therefore, an object of the present invention is a bill discriminating and storing apparatus which can be easily adapted to either an up-stack method or a down-stack method, and in which case a bill can be pulled upward in any case. Is to provide.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a bill discriminating and storing apparatus in which a bill storing box is detachably combined with a housing of the bill discriminating apparatus. A pair of bearing hooks are formed at a predetermined distance so as to be axially symmetric with respect to the mounting center axis with respect to the rear side edge, while the storage box is formed of a plastic material, and one of the two side surfaces of the storage box is further formed. A pair of pivot shafts supported by the bearing hooks are protruded from the ends, and a latch claw that can be flexibly deformed by utilizing elasticity of a material is provided at a longitudinal central portion of each side surface of the storage box. A plate is formed, and an engagement shaft engageable with the claw of the latch claw plate is provided inside the housing, and the claw of the latch claw plate and the engagement shaft are connected to the engagement shaft. The direction in which the latch claw plate is deformed and moved in order to release the engagement is arranged such that the direction in which the storage box starts rotating around the pivot shaft coincides with the direction of rotation. It is characterized by the following.

[0005]

According to the bill recognizing and storing apparatus of the present invention, the pivot shaft on the storing box side is hooked on the bearing hook on the housing side and the latch claw plate is bent inward in either the up-stack type or the down-stack type. When the finger is pushed down to a predetermined position while being deformed and then released, the toe of the latch claw plate is hooked on the engagement shaft on the housing side to complete the mounting. When it is necessary to change the stacking method, the housing of the bill validator is turned upside down, the storage box is kept upside down, the pivot of the storage box is hooked on the bearing hook, and the same operation as above is performed. Thus, the storage box can be attached to the housing of the bill validator.

[0006]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bill discriminating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 shows an example of a bill discriminating and storing apparatus of an up-stack type. In the drawing, reference numeral 1 indicates a housing of the bill discriminating apparatus. It is installed. At the rear edge of each side plate 2 of the housing 1, a first
The bearing hook 4 and the second bearing hook 5 project from a predetermined distance. These bearing hooks 4, 5 are formed axially symmetric with respect to the mounting center axis 6-6.

On the other hand, the storage box 3 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape with one surface opened, and is formed by molding with a plastic material, for example, a polycarbonate resin. The storage box 3 has a front plate 7, a pair of left and right side plates 8, 8, a top plate 9 and a bottom plate 10. A pivot 11 is formed at the center of the lower end of the side plate 8 so as to protrude laterally. The diameter of the pivot shaft 11 is set to a size that can be fitted into the bearing hooks 4 and 5 without any gap.

At the center of the side plate 8 of the storage box 3, a latch claw plate 12 that can be bent and deformed by utilizing the elasticity of the material is cantilevered. A base end of the latch claw plate 12 is integrally connected to the side plate 8, and a claw 13 is formed on an outer surface of a free end thereof. On the outer surface of the base end of the latch claw plate 12, an elliptical handle 14 is formed, and a mountain-shaped notch is formed on the surface to prevent slippage of the finger on which the hand is hooked. I can do it.

On the other hand, a long hole 15 is formed near the center of the rear edge of the side plate 2 of the housing 1 along the longitudinal direction.
An engagement shaft 16 is formed at a portion between the longitudinal edge of the elongated hole 15 and the rear edge of the side plate. As shown most clearly in FIG. 5, the claw 13 at the tip of the latch claw plate 12 enters the elongated hole 15 so that the tip of the claw 13 is engaged with the engagement shaft 16. Incidentally, a thin plate-like stacker plate 17 is arranged inside the storage box 3,
A coil spring 18 is incorporated between the stacker plate 17 and the front plate 7, and comes into contact with a stopper rail 19 at the most advanced position of the stacker plate 17.

Since the present invention is configured as described above, when used in the up-stack system, the housing 1 is so positioned that the bill identification portion 20 is located downward as shown in FIGS. It is mounted upright, the pivot shaft 11 of the storage box 3 is inserted into the bearing hook 4 and pushed clockwise about the pivot shaft 11 from the position shown in the figure and the pawl 13 of the latch pawl plate 12 is engaged. It is used at the position shown by the imaginary line hooked on the shaft 16. On the other hand, when using the down-stack method, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the housing 1 is provided upright so that the identification unit 20 is located above, and the pivot shaft 11 of the storage box 3 is connected to the bearing hook 5.
And rotated clockwise about the pivot shaft 11.

[0011]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, the latch claw plate which can be bent and deformed by utilizing the elasticity of the material is formed integrally with a part of the side plate of the storage box. Claws, coil springs and shafts used in the device are not required, and the configuration can be simplified. In addition, the banknote can always be pulled upward by setting the direction of the storage box constant and turning the main body of the identification device upside down.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a state where a storage box according to the present invention is attached to a housing of a bill validator.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a storage box according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the storage box.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where a latch claw is bent inward and deformed.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the storage box showing a state where the latch claw is engaged with the engagement shaft.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing a state in which the storage box is drawn out in the up-stack method.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the storage box.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing a state in which the storage box is pulled out in the down-stack method.

FIG. 9 is a front view of the storage box.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 housing 3 storage box 4 first bearing hook 5 second bearing hook 8 side plate 11 pivot shaft 12 latch claw plate 13 claw 16 engaging shaft

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A bill discriminating and storing apparatus in which a bill storing box is removably combined with a housing of a bill discriminating apparatus. The storage box is formed of a plastic material, and a pair of pivot shafts supported by the bearing hooks are provided at one end of both sides of the storage box. A latch claw plate is formed at the center of each side surface of the storage box in the longitudinal direction and can be bent and deformed by utilizing elasticity of the material. The latch claw plate is provided inside the housing. An engagement shaft capable of engaging with the claw is provided , and the claw of the latch claw plate and the engagement shaft are configured to release the latch claw plate to release the engagement with the engagement shaft.
The moving direction to move by deforming the storage box is
Matches the direction of rotation that starts rotating around the pivot
A bill discriminating and storing device, wherein the bill is stored in such a manner that