JP3386297B2 - Coin passage 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 depositing machine for receiving deposited coins, a coin depositing / dispensing machine for receiving depositing coins and dispensing dispensed coins, and accepting depositing coins and depositing coins for depositing coins. Regarding a coin passage device used for a circulation type coin depositing and dispensing machine used as
In particular, the present invention relates to a coin passage device that sorts coins according to the coin diameter by transporting the coins on a denomination sorting slot formed on the bottom of the passage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, a coin passage device of this type has a structure known from, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 64-46877. In this coin passage device, the coin fed out by the coin feeding means is fed to the coin discrimination branch passage,
The coins fed into the coin discriminating branch passage by a conveying means such as a belt or a roller provided above the coin discriminating branch passage are conveyed in one-layer one-row state while being pressed against the bottom surface of the coin discriminating branch passage. When the coin is conveyed, the coin discriminating unit discriminates the coin, and an electric driving unit such as a solenoid driven based on the discrimination result by the coin discriminating unit operates a branching member to branch the reject coin. Further, the coins sent out from the coin discrimination branch passage are sent to the coin sorting passage, and the fed coins are conveyed along the sorting reference side edge on one side in the passage width direction, and from the upstream side to the downstream side based on the sorting reference side edge. A structure is adopted in which coins are classified into denominations by each denomination selection slot formed in correspondence with the coin-type coin diameter in order from the small diameter to the large diameter.

As another type of money classification structure,
A denomination-based coin branch for each denomination of the coin classification passage is provided, and at the denomination-based coin branch, an electrical element such as a solenoid driven based on the discrimination result by the coin discriminator is provided in the same manner as the branch of reject coins. There is a structure for categorizing coins into denominations by operating a sorting and branching member by a drive unit to branch corresponding coins of each denomination.

However, in a coin passage device having a structure in which coins conveyed through the coin sorting passage by the denominations of respective denominations are classified into denominations, the categorizing and branching member for each denomination is an identification signal of the coin identifying section. Since all the sorting and branching members do not respond quickly because they are selectively activated by the electric drive unit based on the above, the coin sorting becomes uncertain when the transport speed is increased in the coin sorting passage, and the coin sorting becomes uncertain. There is a problem that the classification process cannot be performed at high speed.

Therefore, as described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 64-46877, a coin passage device having a structure in which classification processing of coins by denomination is carried out by coin diameter according to the pits for selecting coins by denomination is different. It is more preferable than a coin passage device having a structure in which denomination coins are sorted by a sorting and branching member, from the viewpoint of certainty of sorting and speed of sorting processing.

[0006] However, the above-mentioned actual exploitation 64-4687
The coin passage device described in Japanese Patent No. 7 has a problem in classifying coins having similar diameters among coins of each denomination to be classified. For example, the outer diameter of a 1-yen coin is 20 mm, the outer diameter of a 50-yen coin is 21 mm, the diameter difference between both coins is 1 mm, the outer diameter of a 5-yen coin is 22 mm, and the diameter difference with a 50-yen coin is 1 mm.
The outer diameter of a 00-yen coin is 22.6 mm, the difference from a 5-yen coin is 0.6 mm, and the outer diameter of a 10-yen coin is 23.5 mm, which is 10 mm.
The diameter difference with a 0-yen coin is 0.9 mm, the outer diameter of a 500-yen coin is 26.5 mm, and the diameter difference with a 10-yen coin is 3 mm. In this way, the difference in diameter between the 5-yen coin and the 100-yen coin is as small as 0.6 mm, and the outer diameter dimensions are similar. And
The gold-based sorting slot for sorting 5-yen coins has a coin diameter of 22 mm from the sorting reference edge to the sorting outer edge of the gold-based sorting slot.
It is 22.15 mm, which is the sum of the permissible drop size of 0.15 mm. The outer diameter of the 100-yen coin is 22.6 mm with respect to the denomination sorting slot for classifying the 5-yen coin.
If the yen coin is worn, it may fall into the denomination sorting slot of the 5 yen coin.

Therefore, as described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 6-86169, the denomination sorting slot of the five-yen coin in the coin sorting passage is provided with an electric drive section and a branching member for denomination coin branching. Substitutes are being developed. In particular, the denomination-type coin branch portion of this example has a discharge groove hole formed on the bottom surface of the passage through which a 5-yen coin and a coin having a larger diameter can pass to the downstream area of the passage. By moving the 5 yen coin away from the sorting reference edge,
The coin peripheral edge portion on the side of the selection reference edge of the yen coin is configured to be dropped into the discharge groove hole.

[0008]

By the way, recently, it has been desired to shorten the passage lengths of the coin discriminating branch passage and the coin sorting passage. This aims at miniaturization of the coin passage device including those passages.

However, the above-mentioned actual Kaihei 6-86169 is used.
The example described in Japanese Patent Publication cannot cope with such a reduction in passage length.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a coin passage device capable of reliably and rapidly separating coins with a small diameter difference by the coin diameter, and yet shortening the passage length. With the goal.

[0011]

Means for Solving the Problems] coin passage device 請 Motomeko 1 described, a rotating disc for feeding coins by the centrifugal force, this
When it is formed almost tangentially from the periphery of the rotating disk
Coin identifying passage zone together that the coin identification portion is provided in the middle, or in a direction substantially perpendicular from the coin identifying passage area
When formed toward the direction passing through the side position of the rotating disk
In the middle of the process , the rig
Diameter and coin identifying branch passages rejected coin bifurcation with a <br/> branch passage area provided for branching the transfected coins, from the upstream with respect to the selection criteria side edge of the passage one widthwise side along the downstream From the large diameter order to the coin type coin diameter, a classification passage portion area having a plurality of selection groove holes of the classification type is provided, and in the upstream area of the classification passage portion area, one side in the passage width direction is provided. An introduction passage portion having a guiding edge portion from the outside of the sorting reference side edge portion toward the sorting reference side edge portion and feeding the coin fed from the coin identification branch passage along the guiding edge portion to the sorting passage portion area. It is equipped with an area and in this introduction passage area
Is an electric drive unit that is driven based on the identification result of the coin identification unit
And a branch member operated by this electric drive
2 coins with similar coin diameters among coins of each denomination
Small Approximate Small Diameter of Small Seeds Small Approximate Small Diameter for Branching Gold Coins
It is equipped with a denomination coin bifurcation section,
Classifying passage area following the road section area is that made form toward a direction through the side position in the direction a and the rotary disk that is substantially orthogonal to the minute <br/>岐通path portion region of the coin identifying branch passage, classification The coin discriminating passage in which a rotating disc is located between the passage portion area and the coin discriminating passage portion area, the coin discriminating branch passage and the coin discriminating passage are provided, and the coin discriminating branch passage and the coin discriminating passage are provided.
Characterized in that the passage bottom of the road has and a coin conveying means for conveying a single-layer one row state while pressing the coin.

Then, the coins delivered to the coin discriminating branch passage by the rotating disc are conveyed in one-layer one-row state while being pressed against the passage bottom surface of the coin discriminating branch passage by the coin conveying means, and the coin discriminating portion performs discrimination. Be done. Based on the discrimination result by the coin discriminating unit, the reject coin branching unit branches the reject coin from the coin discriminating branch passage.
Further, coins are sent from the coin discrimination branch passage to the introduction passage area of the coin sorting passage, and in this introduction passage area,
Of the two denominations of similar denominations to be classified, the smaller denomination coin of the two denominations is branched at the approximate smaller denomination coin branch section, and the other denomination coins are moved to the classification passage area. It is sent in and sorted by each metal selection slot. Also, the coin identification passage area of the coin identification branch passage is arranged substantially tangentially from the peripheral edge of the rotating disc, and the branch passage area is in a direction substantially orthogonal to the coin identification passage area and at a side position of the rotating disc. The coin sorting passage is arranged in a direction that is substantially orthogonal to the branch passage portion and in a direction that passes through the side position of the rotating disk. The rotating disc is located between the coin discriminating passage area and the space for arranging the rotating disc and each passage becomes small.

The coin passage device according to claim 2 is the coin passage device according to claim 1.
In serial mounting of the coin passage system, the approximate small diameter denomination coin branching section, the discharge groove hole for discharging an approximate small diameter denomination coins in a position to permit passage of respective denomination coin passage bottom surface of the introduction passage region is formed On the side opposite to the guide edge in the passage width direction, the coin is moved by the electric drive unit to move the coin of the approximate small diameter denomination to the guide edge side in the passage width direction and the guide edge of the coin. Is provided with a branching member for dropping the opposite edge into the discharge slot.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, as one embodiment of a coin passage device of the present invention, an embodiment applied to a circulation type coin depositing / dispensing machine will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of the appearance of the circulation type coin depositing / dispensing machine (the front left side in FIG. 4 is the front side, the rear right side is the rear surface,
The left back side is the left side surface, and the right front side is the right side surface).
Reference numeral 1 denotes a machine body. An upper surface cover 2 is attached to a front side of an upper surface of the machine body 1 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge 3, and a coin insertion opening 5 which is opened and closed by a shutter 4 is formed in the upper surface cover 2.

An opening 6 is formed in the lower part of the front surface of the machine body 1, a drawer frame 7 is attached in the opening 6 so as to be able to be drawn out, and a carton insertion for inserting a carton 8 on the lower front side of the drawer frame 7 is made. The part 9 is formed. A reject coin return box 10 is attached to the front right side of the drawing frame body 7 so as to be drawn out.

An operating portion 11 is provided on the upper surface of the top cover 2, and the operating portion 11 has left and right occupied keys 12a and 12b and an occupied display portion 13a at both sides of the coin slot 5.
, 13b are provided respectively, and a lath function key 14 having a group of Kanji keys is provided on the right side of the coin slot 5.

A display unit 15 is provided on the front surface of the top cover 2, and a display panel 16 is provided on the left side of the display unit 15 for displaying the number-of-coins-number-of-coins data, the total amount data, and the coin jam location. Is provided, and a display panel 17 for displaying the last data is provided on the right side.

On both sides of the body 1 are left and right terrorist machines.
18a and 18b can be connected. By operating the left-side dedicated key 12a or the right-side dedicated key 12b, the deposit / withdrawal process can be performed by the left-sided tellers machine 18a or the right-sided tellers machine 18b.

Next, FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the circulation type coin depositing / dispensing machine as viewed from the right side surface, and FIG. 6 is a plan view of a part of the circulation type coin depositing / dispensing machine. The front board 21 is located in the upper front area of the airframe 1.
Is provided on the front side of the substrate 21 and the coin slot 5
A circular storage opening 22 is formed on the lower side of the
A rotary disk 23 as a coin feeding means is rotatably arranged in the same height as the upper surface of the substrate 21 inside the base 22, and a peripheral wall 24 is erected from the edge of the storage opening 22 around the rotary disk 23. .
An unillustrated delivery port is formed in a part of the peripheral wall 24, a thickness regulating member 25 is attached above the rotary disc 23 facing the delivery port, and the coin passage is tangential to the rotary disc 23 facing the delivery port. 26 are lined up. And the motor M1
By rotating the rotary disk 23 (illustrated in FIG. 25), coins on the rotary disk 23 move along the peripheral wall 24,
It passes under the thickness regulating member 25 in a one-layer state and is fed to the coin passage 26 one by one.

In the coin passage 26, the upper surface of the substrate 21 is the coin passage 26.
And has a coin discrimination branch passage 27 formed along the right side from the front side of the substrate 21 and a coin sorting passage 28 formed along the rear side of the substrate 21, and is disposed on the substrate 21. Further, the passage side plates 29 and 30 on both sides are formed in a substantially U shape as a whole. The distance between the passage side plates 29 and 30 on both sides is from the largest coin to the smallest coin (26.5 mm to 20 mm).
All of the coins are formed at intervals such that they can be conveyed in a single row in the radial direction.

In the coin discriminating branch passage 27, a coin discriminating passage area 31 is formed substantially tangentially from the peripheral edge of the rotating disc 23, and in the direction substantially orthogonal to the coin discriminating passage area 31 and the rotating disc 23. A branch passage area 32 is formed in a direction passing through the right side position of the. In the coin sorting passageway 28, a sorting passageway area 34 is formed through the introduction passageway area 33 in a direction substantially orthogonal to the branching passageway area 32 and in a direction passing through the rear side position of the rotating disk 23. There is.

Above the coin passage 26, an upstream conveyor belt 41 and a downstream conveyor belt 42, which serve as coin conveying means for conveying coins, are stretched. The upstream conveyor belt 41 is
It is stretched over a pulley 43 above the entrance of the coin identification passage area 31, pulleys 44 and 45 above both corners of the branch passage area 32, and a pulley 46 above the introduction passage area 33. .
The downstream conveyor belt 42 is stretched around a pulley 46 above the introduction passage area 33 and a pulley 47 above the downstream portion of the sorting passage area 34. Then, the pulley 47 is rotated by the motor M2, and the conveyor belts 41 and 42 are rotated.

Above the entrance of the coin passage 26, the rotary disk 23
A roller 48 is arranged to take the above coin into the passage. The peripheral speeds of the conveyor belts 41 and 42 are higher than the peripheral speed of the roller 48, and the difference in peripheral speed is used to space the coins in the coin passage 26.

The coin discriminating passage area 31 includes a passage side plate on one side.
A guide edge portion 29a protruding inward from the passage and a reference edge portion 29b are formed following the guide edge portion 29a, and the diameter of the coin and the presence / absence of a hole are determined according to the position of the reference edge portion 29b. A coin identifying unit 53 having an image sensor 51 for detecting and a magnetic sensor 52 for detecting the material of the coin is provided.

A reject coin branch 55 and an overflow coin branch 56 are formed in the branch passage area 32. Branch holes 57 and 58 are formed in the substrate 21 at the branch portions 55 and 56, respectively, and gate members 59 and 60 that are movable to the outside of the passage are arranged in the branch holes 57 and 58, respectively. The upper surfaces of the gate members 59 and 60 are located on the same plane as the upper surface of the substrate 21, and even when the gate members 59 and 60 are moved to the outside of the passage, they are horizontally moved while maintaining the positional relationship on the same plane. And
Normally, the gate members 59 and 60 close the branch holes 57 and 58 to allow the passage of coins, and when the coins are removed, the solenoid SD1
, SD2 (shown in FIG. 25), the gate members 59, 60 are retracted to the outside of the passage so that the coins fall from one side edge of the coin into the branch holes 57, 58 and are eliminated.

In the introduction passage area 33, as shown in FIG.
A guide edge portion 61 that projects inward in the passage width direction with respect to the passage side wall 30a (side wall in the direction orthogonal to the branch passage portion area 32) of the passage side plate 30 on one side is formed following the passage side wall 30a, and Side passage side plate 29 on the substrate 21 on the other side, the reference edge of the other side passage side plate 29
29 c (parallel to the passage side wall 30 a), a plate-shaped guide plate 62 having a thickness of about 0.5 mm, which is thinner than the thickness of the coin and has an edge portion 62 a facing substantially parallel to the guiding edge portion 61, is provided. The distance between the passage side wall 30a and the reference edge portion 29c and the distance between the guide edge portion 61 and the edge portion 62a are the same, and all coins from the maximum diameter coin to the minimum diameter coin (26.5 mm to 20 mm) are radially moved. They are formed at intervals such that they can be conveyed in a single row.

In the introduction passage area 33, among the denomination coins to be sorted, the coin diameters are similar to each other, the coin diameter is approximately 5 yen and 100 yen coins. A coin branch portion 63 of a small denomination with an approximate diameter for branching a yen coin is formed. In addition, the outer diameter of a 1-yen coin is 20 mm, the outer diameter of a 50-yen coin is 21 mm, the diameter difference between both coins is 1 mm, the outer diameter of a 5-yen coin is 22 mm, and the diameter difference with a 50-yen coin is 1 mm.
The outer diameter of the yen coin is 22.6 mm, and the diameter difference from the 5 yen coin is 0.6.
mm, the outer diameter of a 10-yen coin is 23.5 mm, the diameter difference from a 100-yen coin is 0.9 mm, and the outer diameter of a 500-yen coin is 2
At 6.5 mm, the diameter difference from a 10-yen coin is 3 mm. In this way, the diameter difference between a 5-yen coin and a 100-yen coin is 0.6 mm.
And the outside diameter dimensions are similar.

Approximate diameter small denomination coin branch portion 63 has a reference edge portion.
A discharge groove hole 64 is formed at the bottom of the passage that allows passage of coins of each denomination based on 29c, and the guide edge 61 of the 5-yen coin is located above the side of the discharge groove hole 64 on the guide plate 62 side. A pair of branching rollers 65 is provided as a branching member for dropping the opposite edge portion into the discharge groove hole 64.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the pair of branch rollers 65 are horizontally rotatably supported by a shaft 65a at the lower end of one end of an elevating plate 66, and the elevating plate 66 is a slide formed on the elevating plate 66. The hole 67 is fitted into one leg portion 69 of the pair of leg portions 69 of the support member 68 and is supported so as to be able to move up and down. The edge portion of the branch roller 65 on the upstream side of the passage facing the discharge groove hole 64 is located on the bottom surface of the passage, and the discharge groove hole of the branch roller 65 on the downstream side of the passage is formed.
An edge portion facing the 64 projects above the discharge slot 64. The supporting member 68 is erected on the substrate 21 by a pair of legs 69 via a fixing plate (not shown), a solenoid SD3 as an electric drive unit is attached to the upper surface of the supporting member 68, and protrudes below the solenoid SD3. The lower end of the plunger 71 is connected to the other end of the lift plate 66. At the upper end of the plunger 71 protruding above the solenoid SD3, there is a stopper that regulates the lowered position of the plunger 71, that is, the lowered position of the branch roller 65.
72 is installed. The lower surface of the lifting plate 66
A spring 73 for urging the above is provided.

The belt portion of the conveyor belt 41, which faces the discharge groove 64, is urged and supported downward by a pressing pulley 74. The pressing pulley 74 is rotatably supported and is urged downward, and the flange 74 is provided only on one side so as to allow the transfer belt 41 to move in the direction opposite to the branch roller 65.
a is formed.

As shown in FIG. 2 (b), when the 5-yen coin is not branched, the solenoid SD3 is de-energized and the spring 73 biases the branch roller 65 to move the coin (symbol C in the drawing).
, Which is omitted below) is retracted to a position higher than the thickness height (thickness height of the maximum thickness denomination coin), and the side edges of the coin being conveyed have passage bottom surfaces on both sides of the discharge slot 64. It is passed over the discharge slot 64 in the state of being mounted on. Further, as shown in FIG. 2 (c), when the 5-yen coin is branched, the solenoid SD3 is excited to resist the spring 73 and the branch roller 65 is lower than the thickness of the 5-yen coin and does not come into contact with the guide plate 62. It descends and the edge portion of the 5-yen coin opposite to the guide edge portion 61 is dropped into the discharge slot 64 and branched. Therefore, in FIG. 1, the dimensions of the passage side wall 30a and the peripheral edge of the branch roller 65 on the downstream side of the passage on the side facing the passage side wall 30a, and the guide edge 61 and the guide edge 61 of the branch roller 65 are opposite. The size of the peripheral edge on the side of the coin is set to be larger than the diameter (22 mm) of the 5-yen coin.

In the sorting passage area 34, a sorting reference side edge 75 is formed on one of the passage side plates 30 following the guiding edge 61, and the sorting reference side edge 75 is used as a reference of 1 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen, 1
The denomination sorting slot 76 for each denomination is formed in order from the small diameter to the large diameter of 0 yen and 500 yen corresponding to each coin diameter.

It is to be noted that each denomination sorting groove hole 76 of the conveyor belt 42 is selected.
The belt part facing up is the press roller 77 and the press pulley 78.
Is urged downward by. This presser roller 77
The pressing pulley 78 is rotatably supported and is urged downward.

Then, when the coin is conveyed along the sorting reference side edge portion 75 through the guiding edge portion 61 and passes through the denomination sorting slot 76 of a certain denomination, another coin having a diameter larger than that denomination is used. The seed coin passes over the gold classification groove 76 while both sides are placed on both sides of the gold classification groove 76, and the relevant coin has an edge on the opposite side of the selection reference side edge 75 from the gold classification groove. It is configured to fall down to 76 and fall.

Incidentally, as shown in FIG. 6, in the periphery of the rotary disk 23, there is a light emitting and receiving type 1 for detecting coins on the rotary disk 23.
A set of sensors S1 is provided. On the coin passage 26, before the reject coin branch portion 55, before the overflow coin branch portion 56, before the approximate diameter small denomination coin branch portion 63,
Sensors S3-1 to S3-8 that detect the position of coins on the passage are arranged in front of each denomination sorting slot 76.

As shown in FIG. 5, the reject coin branch section
Below the branch hole 57 of 55, a chute 80 for guiding the branched reject coins to the reject coin return box 10 is arranged.

As shown in FIG. 6, below the branch hole 58 of the overflow coin branching portion 56, the overflow coins to be branched are arranged below the rotary disk 23. A conveyor 81 is provided as a delivery means for leading to 86. This conveyor 81 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 11A and FIG. 11B, a conveyor belt 83 is stretched between the rollers 82 at both ends, the upstream end in the transport direction faces the lower side of the branch hole 58, and the downstream end in the transport direction is located. The coins are introduced into the overflow coin batch temporary holding section 86, and the coins are placed on the belt surface by the drive of the motor M3 connected to the roller 82 and conveyed to the overflow coin batch temporary holding section 86. A guide plate 84 for preventing coins from falling in the belt width direction is arranged along both sides of the belt surface, and an end plate for preventing coins from falling from the belt end portion on the end face side on the upstream side in the conveying direction. 85 are provided.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the overflow coin batch temporary holding section 86 includes a drive shaft 87 of the rotary disk 23.
It has a temporary holding disk 88 fixed to the lower side of the. Drive shaft to which this rotating disk 23 and temporary holding disk 88 are fixed
87 is a bearing 90 on a support plate 89 arranged below the rotating disk 23.
A pulley 87a that is rotatably supported by a pulley and has a drive transmission belt stretched between it and a drive pulley (not shown) at the lower end.
Is fixed and is rotationally driven by a motor M1 connected to a drive pulley.

A peripheral wall 91 is provided so as to surround the entire upper area of the position near the periphery of the temporary storage disk 88, and the end of the conveyor 81 on the downstream side in the transport direction is provided on the right side (lower side in FIG. 9) of the peripheral wall 91. A notch 92 is formed to enter, and a movable wall portion 93 that functions as a part of the peripheral wall 91 is provided on the rear surface side (right side in FIG. 9) of the peripheral wall 91 so as to be opened and closed.

A leaf spring 94 is disposed above the downstream end of the conveyor 81 in the transport direction. The leaf spring 94 has an end corresponding to the downstream side in the carrying direction attached to a lower portion of the support plate 89, and an end corresponding to the upstream side in the carrying direction projects on the conveyor 81. And the conveyor 81
When a plurality of coins are conveyed in a stack at, the overlapping coins enter the lower side of the leaf spring 94 to restrict the coins from being collectively discharged at one time to the temporary holding disk 88, Coins can be prevented from being piled up on the holding disk 88. The support plate facing the tip of the leaf spring 94
An opening 95 is formed in 89 to allow the leaf spring 94 to move upward.

The movable wall portion 93 is attached to the swing member 96,
The left and right ends of the swinging member 96 are swingably supported by mounting pieces 97 on both the left and right sides attached to the support plate 89 side through a support shaft 98, and the movable wall portion 93 is opened and closed by the swinging member 96. The opening / closing mechanism 99 is engaged. The support plate 89 facing the upper end of the movable wall portion 93 is formed with an opening 100 that allows the movable wall portion 93 to rotate upward.

The opening / closing mechanism 99, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 12, is a swing lever that is swingable about a support shaft 101.
The swing lever 102 has a pin 103 protruding from one end thereof.
4 is engaged. An operating piece 105 is provided on the swing lever 102 so as to project downward from the support shaft 101, and a plunger of a solenoid SD4 is rotatably connected to the operating piece 105 via a pin 106.

Then, as shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG.
When the solenoid SD4 is not excited, the movable wall portion 93 is in a closed state. Further, as shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 12, when the solenoid SD4 is excited, one end of the swing lever 102 is raised,
Through the engagement of the pin 103 and the long hole 104, the movable wall 93
A part of the peripheral wall 91 is opened by being rotated outward and upward of the temporary storage disk 88 with the fulcrum as a fulcrum. The coin chute 133 arranged below the open area of the movable wall 93 will be described later.

Around the temporary holding disk 88, a pair of light emitting and receiving type sensors for detecting coins on the temporary holding disk 88.
S2 is provided. On the other end side of the swing lever 102, the swing lever 10 corresponding to the closed position and the open position of the movable wall portion 93 is provided.
A light emitting / receiving sensor S7 for detecting the swing position of 2 is provided.

As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, a conveyor 111 is arranged below the discharge groove 64 and each denomination sorting groove 76 along the longitudinal direction of the machine body 1. In each of the conveyors 111, front and rear rollers 112 are stretched with an endless conveyor belt 113 made of a flat belt.
Further, all the rollers 112 on the front side and all the rollers 112 on the rear side are fixed to the roller shafts 112a extending in the width direction of all the conveyor belts 113, and one of the roller shafts 112a is fixed to the motor M4. Is connected to the shaft. Therefore, the conveyor belts 113 of all the conveyors 111 are driven by the motor M4 (shown in FIG. 25), and the upper surface of the conveyor belt 113 is directed backward and the upper surface of the conveyor belt 113 is moved forward. It is rotated in the reverse direction for the coin discharge to go.

Then, as shown in FIGS. 5, 13 and 14, a conveyor belt stretched by front and rear rollers 112.
The upper surface of the horizontal belt portion of 113, the left side of the surface, the outer surface of the arc belt portion of the upper left quarter of the belt portion connected to the front roller 112, and the rear roller that continues to the right side of the upper surface of the horizontal belt portion. Each belt area on the outer surface of the upper right quarter of the belt portion connected to 112 serves as a coin transport surface 113a, and coins are placed and transported on the coin transport surface 113a. The area of the coin carrying surface 113a of the carrying belt 113 in the belt width direction is defined by a first standing wall 114 and a second standing wall 114, which will be described later.
It is the belt area between the standing walls 115, and in particular, the belt area between the first standing wall 114 that is returned to the fixed position and the second standing wall 115 that is fixed in position.

On both sides of each conveyor 111 in the width direction, a first standing wall 114 and a second standing wall 115 for restricting the belt width direction position of coins on the coin conveying surface 113a of the conveyor belt 113 are arranged. . On the rear side of the first standing wall 114 and the second standing wall 115, there are restriction edges 114a, 115a protruding inward in the belt width direction.
Are formed. First standing wall 114 and second standing wall 11
5 is a wide interval to oppose the portions other than the restricting edge portions 114a and 115a so that coins falling from the discharge groove hole 64 and each denomination sorting groove hole 76 can be reliably received. The opposing interval between 114a and 115a is formed to be narrow in order to regulate the belt width direction position of coins sent to the coin-type coin stacking accommodating portion 171 described later.

Each first upright wall 114 is attached to the lower surface of the movable frame 116. The movable frame 116 has a horizontal plate portion 117 that is long in the belt width direction, and an opening 11 that allows coins to fall from above the passage onto the belt surface is provided at the center of the horizontal plate portion 117.
8 is formed, and each first standing wall 114 is attached to the front and rear edges of the opening 118 of the horizontal plate 117. Horizontal plate section 117
At the left end of the, a protruding piece 119 is formed to project forward, and a vertical plate 120 is bent downward,
A detection piece portion 121 is formed so as to project at the rear end of the right end of the horizontal plate portion 117.

The movable frame 116 is supported so as to be movable back and forth in the belt width direction, and is moved forward and backward in the belt width direction by the moving mechanism 122. As a result, each first standing wall 114 is moved back and forth in the belt width direction on each coin transport surface 113a of each transport belt 113. Each first standing wall 114 when moving back and forth
The gap between the lower surface and the upper surface of each coin transporting surface 113a is set to be a minute gap smaller than the thickness of the coin to prevent the coin from being caught in the gap.

The moving mechanism 122 has a spring 123,
The spring 123 is connected to the projecting piece 119 of the movable frame 116, and the movable frame 116 is moved to the right, that is, the first standing wall 114 is moved to the second position.
It urges it toward the standing wall 115. In addition, the protruding piece
It has a cam 124 arranged below the 119 so as to face the vertical plate portion 120. The cam 124 is attached to a rotary shaft 125 rotated by a motor M5 and has an arcuate cam projection on its peripheral surface. The portion 126 is formed in a substantially half circumference area, and the cam concave portion 127 is formed in the remaining half circumference area. The rotary shaft 125 is designed to keep one rotation, and the cam
Reference numeral 124 continues to rotate after the sensor S8 detects the movement of the movable frame 116 and returns to the fixed position. The fixed position of the rotary shaft 125 is detected by a fixed position detection switch (not shown).

Then, as shown by the solid lines in FIGS. 13 and 14, with the cam convex portion 126 in contact with the vertical plate portion 120 of the movable frame 116, the first standing wall 114 and the second standing wall 115 A normal state in which coins can be received on the conveyor 111 between them is set. In addition, as indicated by the chain double-dashed line in FIGS. 13 and 14, when detecting the residual coins on the conveyor 111,
When the cam 124 is rotated and the cam recess 127 faces the vertical plate 120, the movable frame 11 is biased by the spring 123.
6 moves to the right, that is, the first standing wall 114 approaches the second standing wall 115. At this time, when there is no coin remaining, the movable frame 116 moves to a predetermined position and the movable frame 116
The detection piece portion 121 is detected by, for example, a light emitting / receiving sensor S8 as a detection means, and when coins remain, coins are left between the first standing wall 114 and the second standing wall 115. The detection piece 121 of the movable frame 116 is sandwiched and is not detected by the sensor S8.

The second standing wall 115 is a support plate 128 on the side of the fuselage 1.
Fixedly mounted on top.

As shown in FIG. 13, the first standing wall 114 and the second standing wall 115 have the same longitudinal dimension of the conveyor belt 113, and the coin conveyor surface 113a has a longitudinal dimension of the conveyor belt 113. Since it is provided over the entire area, the residual coin detection area is the entire area in the longitudinal direction of the transfer belt 113 on the coin transfer surface 113a. Note that this residual coin detection area may be set only in an area where coin jamming is likely to occur on the coin transport surface 113a, and in that case, the longitudinal dimension of the transport belt 113 of the first standing wall 114 is made small. In that case, the second standing wall 115
It is preferable to provide a portion corresponding to the fixed first standing wall 114 in a region where the movable first standing wall 114 does not exist.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5, a storage box 131 is attached to the rear of the drawer frame 7 below the conveyor 111, and as shown in FIGS.
1 is horizontally elongated in the left-right direction of the machine body 1 and is horizontally long in the upper front part and faces the lower front end of all conveyors 111.
132 is formed, and when the drawer frame body 7 is pulled out from the machine body 1, it can be attached and detached upward.

A coin chute 133 is arranged on the front side of the storage box 131, and the upper opening of the coin chute 133 is formed horizontally long in the left-right direction of the machine body 1 so as to face the open area of the movable wall portion 93. A chute outlet 134 that opens to the carton insertion portion 9 is formed in the center of the lower surface where the left and right side walls are inclined toward the center.

As shown in FIG. 5, a chute switching member 135 is swingably attached to the receiving port 132 of the storage box 131, and this chute switching member 135 is received by a solenoid SD5 (shown in FIG. 25). A position to close the entrance 132,
The coin chute 133 is advanced and swung to a position where the receiving port 132 is opened.

Carton insertion portion 9 on the lower surface side of the drawing frame body 7
As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 8, a square carton 8a and a round carton 8b can be inserted as the carton 8,
A regulating surface 136 is formed on the rear side in the insertion direction so that the rear end edge of the rectangular carton 8a and the corner portions on both sides of the rear edge contact each other and the positioning surface 136 is positioned at a position facing the chute outlet 134 downward.
A round carton 8b is inserted into 6 and a recess 137 is formed for positioning the chute 8b below the chute outlet 134.

As shown in FIGS. 15, 18 and 19, the carton insertion portion 9 is provided with a carton insertion position detection mechanism 141 for detecting the insertion of the carton 8 at a predetermined position of the carton insertion portion 9. Has been done. In this carton insertion position detection mechanism 141, a support shaft 142 is installed along the left-right direction inside the drawer frame 7 above the back side of the carton insertion portion 9.
A pair of left and right detection pieces 143 are independently and rotatably supported near both ends of the support shaft 142. Detection piece 143
As shown in FIG. 16, is a substantially U-shaped base portion 145 having mounting piece portions 144 rotatably inserted in the support shaft 142 at both ends.
And the operating piece 146 is formed so as to project downward from the inner end side of the base 145.
A contact piece portion 147 inclined rearward is formed on the inner edge side of the lower end of the base piece 145, and a detection piece portion 148 is formed so as to project downward on the attachment piece portion 144 on the outer end side of the base portion 145.

Then, as shown in FIG.
The lower part of the operating piece portion 146 of 3 is arranged so as to project into the carton inserting portion 9, and before the insertion of the carton 8, each detecting piece 143 is placed.
Both are swung forward by a spring (not shown) attached to the support shaft 142, for example. As shown in FIG. 19, for example, when the rectangular carton 8a is inserted into the carton insertion portion 9, the edge of the rectangular carton 8a in the insertion direction comes into contact with the actuating piece 146 and swings backward to move the rectangular carton 8a. When the carton 8a is swung up to a predetermined position, the detection piece 148 is detected by, for example, light emitting and receiving sensors S9-1 and S9-2, and the square carton 8a is detected.
Make sure that is inserted in place. At this time, the left and right positions of the rectangular carton 8a are confirmed by the left and right detection pieces 143 and the sensors S9-1 and S9-2. When the round carton 8b is inserted, the edge of the round carton 8b in the insertion direction comes into contact with the contact piece 147 of each detection piece 143 and swings backward as shown in FIG. By doing so, when the round carton 8b is inserted into a predetermined position, as in the case of the square carton 8a, the left and right detection pieces 148 are connected to the sensors S9-1 and S9-2.
Detect with.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 15, 18 and 19, the carton insertion mechanism 9 has a carton locking mechanism 15 for locking the carton 8 inserted in the carton insertion device 9.
1 is provided. The carton lock mechanism 151 has a plate-shaped lock claw member 152 arranged in the drawer frame 7 above the carton insertion portion 9. As shown in FIG. 17, the lock claw member 152 is horizontally long in the left-right direction of the machine body 1 and has a mounting piece 153 formed upward at the left end thereof. The mounting piece 153 is rotatably supported. It is swingably supported by a shaft 154. A link 155 rotatably connected to a plunger of a solenoid SD6 as an electric drive unit is rotatably connected to a front end of the attachment piece 153 by a pin 156. An opening 157 into which the lower part of the coin chute 133 is inserted is formed in the center of the lock claw member 152. A lock claw portion 158 is formed so as to project downwardly in the vicinity of the center of the rear edge of the lock claw member 152.

Then, as shown in FIG.
When SD6 is not excited, the plunger is descended, and the lock claw member 152 is at the swing position where the lock claw portion 158 moves above the carton insertion portion 9, that is, the unlocked position.
Further, as shown in FIG. 19, when the solenoid SD6 is excited, the plunger is pulled up and the lock claw member
The lock claw portion 158 of the 152 swings to the swing position where it enters the inside of the rectangular carton 8a, that is, the lock position. In this locked position, the tip of the locking pawl 158 has a rectangular carton.
The rectangular carton 8a is restricted from coming out by coming into contact with the inner wall of the 8a. In addition, in the case of the round carton 8b, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, both end portions 158a of the lock claw portion 158 abut the inner peripheral wall of the round carton 8b, and the extraction of the round carton 8b is restricted. In addition, the lock of the carton 8 is
This does not mean only the engagement lock between the lock claw member 152 and the inner wall of the carton 8, but the lock claw member 152 does not mean only when the lock is engaged and when the carton 8 is pulled out.
Includes engaging with the inner wall of the carton 8 to prevent the carton 8 from being pulled out.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, in the upper rear area of the machine body 1, the conveyor 21 is slightly lower than the front substrate 21.
The rear substrate 161 is arranged at a position slightly higher than 111, and the front edge 162 of this substrate 161 is bent upward to form the rear edge.
163 is bent downward.

A coin insertion hole 164 having a diameter that allows coins of each denomination to pass vertically is formed in the vicinity of the front end of the substrate 161, corresponding to the position of the conveyor 111 for each denomination.
The ejection opening from each coin insertion hole 164 to the front edge 162
165 are formed. Draw-out opening 16 of each coin insertion hole 164
A pair of protrusions 166 for restricting the forward movement of the next coin to be thrown out is formed on both side edges connected to 5. The pair of protrusions 166 are formed at a position in the thickness direction on the substrate 161, which does not hinder the ejection of coins to be ejected and prevents the coins from being ejected when the next coin is ejected. A through hole 167 is formed near each coin insertion hole 164.

A coin type coin stacking accommodating portion 171 as a accommodating portion for accommodating coins in a stacked state is provided at a position corresponding to each coin insertion hole 164 of the substrate 161. This coin type coin stacking accommodating unit 171 is composed of an upper cylinder 17 arranged above the substrate 161.
2 and a lower cylinder 173 arranged on the lower side.

The upper cylinder 172 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 5, the upper surface is closed and the lower surface is opened, and the lower surface edge has a coin insertion hole 164.
Mounted on the periphery of the. The upper cylinder 172 is provided with a coin outlet 174 into which a coin can be inserted in the lower part of the front surface and into which a partition member 232 and a dispensing member 212 described later can enter.
An opening 175 into which the partition member 232 and the ejection member 212 can enter is formed in the lower portion of the rear surface so that coins cannot be inserted.

As shown in FIG. 21 and FIG. 26, the lower cylinder 173 is formed in a substantially C-shaped cross section having an upper surface opened, a lower surface closed by a bottom plate 176, and an opening 177 formed along the rear surface. And is attached to the lower surface of the substrate 161 via the upper attachment plate 178. A bulging portion 179 that bulges in both directions is formed on the upper front surface of the lower cylinder 173, and a coin receiving port 180 for receiving coins sent from the conveyor 111 is formed on the upper side of the bulging portion 179. A chute surface 181 that descends toward the inside of the cylinder is formed on the upper surface of the bulging portion 179 below the receiving port 180.

Further, in each coin type coin stack storage portion 171,
Coin support mechanisms 182 for supporting the stacked coins stored and moving them up and down are respectively provided. This coin support mechanism 18
As shown in FIGS. 21 to 24, the reference numeral 2 has a support 183 for supporting the stacked coins stored in the coin-type coin stack storing portion 171 on the upper part and moving up and down. This support 183
Has a pedestal 184 and a support member 185 that are fitted in the lower cylinder 173 so as to be vertically movable.

The pedestal 184 has a guide portion 186 protruding to the outside from the opening 177, and the guide portion 186 is mounted between the bottom plate 176 and the mounting plate 178 in parallel with the lower cylinder 173. It is supported so that it can move up and down along the axis 187. A recess 188 is formed in the upper and lower surfaces at a position closer to one side from the center of the upper surface of the pedestal 184, and a support shaft 190 having a stopper 189 at the lower end that penetrates the recess 188 from below moves up and down. The push-up bar 191 as a push-up member is provided so as to project at a position close to the other side while being arranged so as to be possible. A pin 192 projects from the rear end of the guide portion 186.

The bearing member 185 has a recess 19 formed in the lower surface.
The upper end of the support shaft 190 is fixed to and supported by the 3
Around the 0, the recess 188 of the pedestal 184 and the recess 19 of the bearing member 185
It is urged upward by a spring 194 mounted between 3 and 3. The support member 185 has an escape portion 195 formed on the side surface through which the push-up bar 191 is inserted, a pair of guide protrusions 196 for engaging with the guide shaft 187 and preventing rotation from the rear surface, and an inclined surface on the rear portion of the upper surface. 197 are formed.

As shown in FIGS. 21 and 26, when the support member 185 is located in the lower cylinder 173, the upper surface of the support member 185 is located above the push-up bar 191 and As shown in FIGS. 23 and 24, the guide protrusion 196 of the ascending bearing member 185 comes into contact with the mounting plate 178 and stops, and only the pedestal 184 ascends against the elasticity of the spring 194, and the bearing member 185 rises. The push-up bar 191 is configured to project more than 185.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 22, the coin support mechanism 182 has a screw shaft 198 for each coin type coin stacking accommodating portion 171.
The screw shaft 198 has a through hole 167 (FIG. 6).
And shown in FIG. 7), the upper and lower end portions of the support plate 19
It is rotatably supported by 9 (shown in FIG. 5).
A screw member 200 is screwed onto the screw shaft 198.
Connecting plate 201 attached to 200 has pins 192 on pedestal 184
The support 183 and the screwing member 200 are integrally lifted up and down.

As shown in FIG. 5, a pulley 202 is attached to the lower end of each screw shaft 198, and motors M6-1 to M6-6, which are pulse motors of different denominations, are arranged behind each screw shaft 198. Along with the drive shaft of each motor M6-1 ~ M6-6
203 are attached to each other, and a belt 204 is stretched over both pulleys 202 and 203. And each motor M6-1
~ Each screw shaft 198 is rotated by M6-6, and motor M6-1 ~
Each support 183 moves up when the M6-6 rotates in the forward direction and moves down when it rotates in the reverse direction.

A detection piece 205 is projected from each screw member 200, and as shown in FIG. 23, it is detected at the raised position of the screw member 200 where the guide protrusion 196 of the support member 185 contacts the mounting plate 178. Sensor S4-1 for each gold type at the position to detect piece 205
S4-6 are arranged respectively, and as shown in FIG. 5, gold type sensors S5-1 to S5-6 are arranged at positions where the detection piece 205 is detected at the lowest position of the screwing member 200. Has been done.

As shown in FIG. 21 and FIG. 22, detection holes 206 are formed facing each other on both sides slightly above the chute surface 181 in the vicinity of the upper end of each lower cylinder 173. Light-receiving type sensors S6-1 to S6-6 are provided to detect coins in the lower cylinder 173.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG.
A dispensing member 212 of the coin dispensing mechanism 211 is arranged on the upper surface of 161. The ejection member 212 has a laterally long base portion 213 in the left-right direction, and a ejection portion 214 is provided so as to project from the front edge portion of the base portion 213 so as to correspond to each coin type coin stack storage portion 171. A guide member (not shown) is configured to translate in the front-rear direction. Each ejection unit 214 has an upper tube 17
It is possible to advance into the upper cylinder 172 through the second opening 175.

On the lower surface of the base 213 of the ejection member 212, the substrate 16
A pin 216 penetrating a slot 215 formed along the front-rear direction and projecting downward is attached to 1. Board 16
On the lower surface of 1, the arm 21
8 is attached, one end of this arm 218 is connected to a pin 216 via a rotatable link 219 connected by a pin 219a, and a long hole 220 is formed at the other end of the arm 218.
A pin 222 protruding from an eccentric position on the upper surface of the disc 221 is engaged with the elongated hole 220. The disc 221 is attached to the drive shaft of the motor M7.

Then, by the drive of the motor M7, each ejection portion 214 of the ejection member 212 retracts from the upper cylinder 172 to the retracted position, and each ejection portion 214 advances to advance into each upper cylinder 172. It is moved to the throwing position.

It should be noted that a dispensing member is provided near the coin dispensing port 174.
Light emitting and receiving sensor S10- for detecting coins thrown out by 212
1, S10-6 are installed.

Next, the partitioning mechanism 23 is provided on the upper side of the ejection member 212.
One partition member 232 is arranged. This partition member 232
Has a laterally long base 233 in the left-right direction, and a partition 234 is projected from the front edge of the base 233 to correspond to each coin stack storage unit 171. It is configured to translate in a direction. As shown in FIGS. 20 and 21, the tip of each partition 234 is
The right side in the width direction corresponding to the side of the push-up bar 191 of the support 183 is formed in an edge shape projecting forward more than the left side, and the front end surface is rearward from the lower side in the thickness direction to the upper surface of the partition member 232. It is formed on the taper surface 234a that slopes upward, and through the opening 175 of the upper cylinder 172, the upper cylinder 172
In addition to being able to advance inside, it is possible to advance forward from the coin outlet 174.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the partition member 23
A pin 235 is projected on the upper surface of the base 233 of the second
A long groove 237 at one end of the arm 236 is engaged with 235, and the other end of the arm 236 is fixed to a connecting shaft 238 which vertically penetrates the rear portion of the substrate 161. An arm 239 is fixed to the connecting shaft 238 on the lower side of the substrate 161, and the arm 23
An elongated hole 240 is formed in 9 and a pin 242 protruding from an eccentric position on the upper surface of the disc 241 is engaged with the elongated hole 240. The disc 241 is attached to the drive shaft of the motor M8 (shown in FIG. 25).

Then, by the drive of the motor M8, each partition part 234 of the partition member 232 is retracted from the upper cylinder 172 to the retracted position, and each partition part 234 is advanced to move into each upper cylinder 172. And moved to.

FIG. 25 shows a block diagram of a control unit 251 which controls each mechanism of the circulation type coin depositing / dispensing machine. The control unit 251, the operation unit 11, the coin identification unit 53, each sensor S1, S2, S3-1 ~
S3-8, S4-1 to S4-6, S5-1 to S5-6, S6-1 to S6-6, S7, S8,
S9-1 to S9-6, S10-1 to S10-6, each motor M1 to M8 (M6-1 to
(Including M6-6) and solenoids SD1 to SD6 are connected.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

In FIG. 4, when the tellers machine 18a is connected to the left side of the circulating coin depositing / dispensing machine, when the tellers machine 18b is connected to the right side, the tellers machine is provided on both the left and right sides.
There is a method of use when connecting 18a and 18b.

Of these, when the tellers machine 18a is connected to the left side of the circulation type coin depositing / dispensing machine, after the command operation necessary for depositing or withdrawing is performed from the tellers machine 18a on the left side, the occupancy key 12a on the left side is pressed. When operated, the circulating coin depositing / dispensing machine operates in accordance with the depositing or dispensing command from the terrors machine 18a on the left side. If you connect the tellers machine 18b to the right side of the circulating coin depositing / dispensing machine, you can operate the right occupancy key 12b after performing the command operation required for depositing or withdrawing from the right tellers machine 18b. , The circulating coin depositing / dispensing machine operates in accordance with the depositing / discharging command from the right-side Terras machine 18b. Further, when the tellers machines 18a and 18b are connected to the left and right of the circulation type coin depositing / dispensing machine, command operations necessary for depositing or withdrawing from the left or right tellers machines 18a, 18b (may be operated simultaneously). Then, according to the operation of the left or right occupied keys 12a, 12b, the cyclic type is operated in accordance with the deposit or withdrawal command from the Terras machines 18a, 18b corresponding to the operated occupied keys 12a, 12b. The coin depositing / dispensing machine operates.

In the description of the operation of this embodiment, it is assumed that the terrors machine 18a on the left side is connected.

First, the initial replenishment of coins from the state where no coins are stored in the machine body 1 will be described.

When the shutter 4 is opened by operating the shutter of the tellers machine 18a, the shutter 4 is opened and the coin slot 5 is opened, and coins for replenishment are put into the rotary disk 23 through the coin slot 5 to start the initial operation of the tellers machine 18a. By operating the replenishment start button, the rotary disk 23, the conveyor belts 41, 42, and the roller 48 are rotated, the conveyor 81 and the temporary storage disk 88 are rotated, and further, the conveyor 111 is rotated in the forward direction for receiving coins. And the replenishment process is started. The shutter 4 is closed and moved by operating the initial replenishment start button, and the coin slot 5 is closed.

The coins for replenishment on the rotary disc 23 are the rotary discs.
By the rotation of 23, it moves along the peripheral wall 24 and the thickness regulating member
It passes under 25 in a single-layer state and is sent out to the coin passage 26 one by one.

The coins sent to the coin passage 26 one by one are separated from each other by a peripheral speed difference between the roller 48 and the conveyor belt 41, and a coin interval is provided between the coin discriminating branch passage 27 and the coin discriminating passage area.
The coins are taken in by the coin discriminating portion 31 and are discriminated by the image sensor 51 and the magnetic sensor 52 of the coin discriminating portion 53 while being conveyed along the reference edge portion 29b in the coin discriminating passage portion area 31.

As a result of the identification, if the coin is not a reject coin or an overflow coin, it passes through the reject coin branch part 55 and the overflow coin branch part 56 of the branch passage part 32 and is conveyed to the introduction passage part 33 of the coin sorting passage 28. To be done.
In this initial replenishment, neither a reject coin nor an overflow coin is assumed, and the processing of those coins will be described later.

In the introduction passage area 33 of the coin sorting passage 28, 5
When the yen coin is conveyed along the reference edge portion 29c, the branch roller 65 is lower than the thickness of the 5 yen coin and does not come into contact with the guide plate 62, and the side opposite to the guide edge portion 61 of the 5 yen coin. The edge portion of the is dropped into the discharge groove hole 64 and branched. The branch roller 65 is retracted to a position higher than the thickness height of the coin except when the 5-yen coin is branched, and the reference edge portion 29c.
Coins of other denominations other than the 5-yen coins that are conveyed along pass through the discharge groove hole 64 with both side edge portions on the bottom surface of the passage on both sides of the discharge groove hole 64.

The coin passing over the discharge slot 64 contacts the guiding edge portion 61 of the introduction passage portion area 33 and conveys the sorting passage portion area 34 from the guiding edge portion 61 along the sorting reference side edge portion 75. To be done. When a coin conveyed in the sorting passage area 34 passes through the denomination sorting slot 76 of a certain denomination, another denomination coin having a diameter larger than that denomination has the denomination sorting slot 76 on both sides. Passing over the denomination sorting slot 76 while remaining on both sides, the relevant denomination is the sorting reference side edge.
The edge portion on the side opposite to 75 falls into the denomination sorting groove 76 and is dropped.

By the way, a coin of a small denomination of approximate diameter provided with a 5-yen coin as a coin of a small denomination of approximate diameter in the introduction passage area 33.
Since the coins are branched at 63 and the other coins are sorted by the sorting slot 76 for each denomination in the sorting passage area 34, coins with a small difference in diameter can be reliably and quickly separated by the coin diameter, and yet 5
By moving the classification of yen coins from the sorting passage area 34 to the introduction passage area 33, the length of the coin sorting passage 28 can be shortened and the device can be downsized. Note that coins with similar denominations and small branches
The configuration of 63 is not limited to this example, and gate members 59 and 60 that slide like the reject coin branch unit 55 and the overflow coin branch unit 56 may be used.

The coins dropped from the discharge groove hole 64 and the denomination classification groove hole 76 are placed on the respective conveyors 111,
The coin stack storage unit is transported backward by 111
It is stored in 171.

As shown in FIG. 26, each coin type coin stacking accommodating unit 171 has sensors S6-1 to S6-6 on which the upper surface of the supporting member 185 of the support 183 is placed when the initial replenishment start button is operated. It is moved to a standby position (solid line position in FIG. 26) for initial replenishment located slightly below. The movement of this support 183
When M6-1 to M6-6 are rotated in the reverse direction to lower the support 183 first, and the detection piece 205 of the support 183 is detected by the sensors S5-1 to S5-6 (two-dot chain line in FIG. 26). Position) motor M6-1 ~
The M6-6 is reversed in the normal rotation direction and then rises, and the motors M6-1 to M6-6 are rotated by a predetermined pulse from the time of the detection, and thus the motor is stopped at the standby position. Alternatively, the motor M6
-1 to M6-6 are rotated in the forward direction to raise the support 183 first, and when the detection piece 205 of the support 183 is detected by the sensors S4-1 to S4-6, the motors M6-1 to M6 -6 is reversed in the reverse direction and then descends.
When M6-1 to M6-6 are rotated, they are stopped at the standby position.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 27, the conveyor
The coins conveyed by 111 are sent from the coin receiving port 180 into the lower cylinder 173 of the coin-type coin stacking storage unit 171 through the chute surface 181 and horizontally supported on the upper surface of the support member 185.

When coins are fed into the lower cylinder 173,
When the sensors S6-1 to S6-6 are interrupted by the coin, a pulse (reverse direction) corresponding to the thickness of one coin is applied to the motors M6-1 to M6-6, and the support 183 receives one coin. Is lowered by the thickness of.

In this way, the support 183 is sequentially lowered every time one coin is fed from the conveyor 111, and for example, about 30 coins are put in the lower cylinder 173 of each coin type coin stacking accommodating unit 171. Is stored.

When the sensors S1 and S3-1 to S3-8 detect that the coins on the rotary disk 23 and the coin passage 26 are exhausted, the coins on the conveyor 111 are fed into the lower cylinder 173. Rotating disc after a predetermined time (t1)
23, the conveyor belts 41 and 42, the roller 48, the conveyor 81, the temporary holding disk 88, and the conveyor 111 are stopped. In addition,
This predetermined time (t1) is after the overflow coin is branched from the coin passage 26 by the overflow coin branching unit 56,
Sufficient time is also provided to be sent from the conveyor 81 to the temporary holding disk 88.

Further, after the replenishment of coins into the coin type coin stacking accommodating portion 171, the remaining coins on the conveyor 111 are detected. That is, by driving the motor M5, the movable frame 116 is moved to the right, that is, the first standing wall 114 is moved to the second standing wall 11.
If the movable frame 116 moves to a predetermined position (the position indicated by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 13) and is detected by the sensor S8, it is determined that there is no coin remaining, and either The coin is sandwiched between the first standing wall 114 and the second standing wall 115 which faces the first standing wall 114, and as a result, the movable frame 116 does not move from the position shown by the solid line to the position shown by the chain double-dashed line and stops halfway. When the detection piece 121 of the movable frame 116 is not detected by the sensor S8, it is determined that coins remain.

If it is determined that there is no coin remaining, the subsequent processing such as the deposit processing and the withdrawal processing by the command of the tellers machine 18a becomes possible. If it is determined that coins remain, the tellers machine 18a notifies the existence of residual coins.

When the coins have been replenished in the coin stack storage unit 171, as shown in FIG. 28, the uppermost surface of the last stored coin, that is, the stacked coin, is in the standby state shown in FIG. It stands by at a height substantially the same as the height of the upper surface of the supporting member 185 at the position.

Next, the processing when a withdrawal command is issued will be described.

The carton 8 for receiving the dispensed coin is inserted into the carton inserting portion 9. At this time, when the carton 8 is inserted to a predetermined position, the detection piece 143 of the carton insertion position detection mechanism 141 swings backward, and the swing of the detection piece 143 is detected by the sensors S9-1 and S9-2.

With the tellers machine 18a, specify the withdrawal mode, input the amount to be withdrawn or the withdrawal type and the number of withdrawal for each type, operate the withdrawal start button, and then operate the machine 1. Part 11
Operate the left exclusive key 12a of.

Then, both the detection signals from the sensors S9-1 and S9-2 and the withdrawal command signal from the tellers machine 18a are input to the control unit 251, thereby the carton lock mechanism is activated.
The solenoid SD6 of 151 is excited, the lock claw member 152 swings to the lock position where it enters the inside of the carton 8, and the extraction of the carton 8 is restricted.

The dispensing operation is started a predetermined time after the carton 8 is locked, and as shown in FIG. 29, first, the partition member 232 is moved forward so that each partition part 234 becomes a coin stack storage part 171 of each coin type. Be advanced to.

In this state, it is judged whether or not the sensors S6-1 to S6-6 are shielded by the stacked coins, and if there are the shielded sensors S6-1 to S6-6, the sensors S6- For motors M6-1 to M6-6 corresponding to 1 to S6-6,
When M6-6 is rotated in the reverse direction and the upper surface of the stacked coins on the supporting member 185 corresponding to the motors M6-1 to M6-6 passes the sensors S6-1 to S6-6 (the stacked coins on the supporting member 185 Top surface and sensor S6-1 to S6
The positional relationship of -6 is the same as in Fig. 28) and the motors M6-1 to M6-6
Is stopped. Further, the sensors S6-1 to S6-6 that are determined not to be shielded by the stacked coins (that is, determined to be in the translucent state)
The motors M6-1 to M6-6 corresponding to are not rotated in reverse and remain stopped.

The operation of determining whether or not the sensors S6-1 to S6-6 are shielded by the stacked coins is performed in addition to the case where the stacked coins shield the sensors S6-1 to S6-6. It should be added that the 185 uses the concept including the case where the sensors S6-1 to S6-6 are shielded from light. Especially, when the number of stacked coins on the support member 185 is decreasing, or when there is no temporarily held coin on the support member 185 at the time of depositing, the support member 185 detects the sensor S6-1.
~ S6-6 will be shielded from light.

Further, in this machine, in the case where the sensors S6-1 to S6-6 are actually judged to be light-shielded by the stacked coins (including the support member 185), the processing mode immediately before that is the withdrawal processing mode. In this case, all sensors S6-1 to S6
-6 will be shielded by stacked coins, and all motors M6
-1 ~ M6-6 will be reversed.

Further, in this machine, when the processing mode immediately before that is the initial replenishment mode (including the midway replenishment mode) and the deposit mode, the upper surfaces of the stacked coins of all denominations are the sensors S6-1 to S6-. It is located below 6 (see FIG. 28), and in this case, all the motors M6-1 to M6-6 are not reversed. Thus, in reality, the sensors S6-1 to S6-6, which are judged to be light-shielded when the sensors S6-1 to S6-6 are used for light-shielding coins
Therefore, it is not divided into the sensors S6-1 to S6-6 which are not judged to be shaded.

Returning to the description of the dispensing operation again, all the motors M6-1 to M6-6 are normally rotated and the sensors S6-1 to S6-6 are shielded by the stacked coins, and then a predetermined pulse is corrected. It is driven and stopped.

As a result, the support 183 rises and the upper surface of the stacked coin contacts and presses against the partition member 232, and the motors M6-1 to M6-6 are stopped in this state. Regarding the error between the timing at which the upper surface of the stacked coin contacts the partition member 232 and the timing at which the motors M6-1 to M6-6 are stopped, the stacked coin, that is, the support member 185.
Even if the rise of the pedestal 184 is regulated, the spring 194 contracts to allow the pedestal 184 to rise and be absorbed. When the spring 19 is in the standby state shown in FIG.
The upper surface of the support member 185 that is urged upward by 4 is the push-up bar.
It is possible because it is located above 191.

Next, a motor corresponding to a denomination that does not withdraw money.
A predetermined pulse (reverse direction) is applied to M6-1 to M6-6, and the support 183 is lowered by the thickness of two coins. As a result, the upper surface of the stacked coin is lowered to a height at which it does not hit the ejection member 212.

When all the motors M6-1 to M6-6 are stopped, the control unit 251 automatically issues a throwing operation start command to move the throwing member 212 forward and backward, and conveyer 111 Is rotated in the reverse direction for coin ejection.

When the ejection member 212 moves forward, each ejection portion 214 advances into the upper cylinder 172, and one coin pressed against the partition member 232 is ejected from the coin ejection port 174 onto the conveyor 111. . At this time, the second coin, which is in contact with the lower surface of the coin to be ejected, is located in the coin insertion hole 164 of the substrate 161, and tries to move toward the coin ejection port 174 due to friction with the coin to be ejected. Also, the movement is restricted by the protrusions 166 on both sides. The coins thrown out are sensors S10-1 to S10-6
Is detected by and is stored in the withdrawal amount memory of the control unit 251.

Each time one coin is thrown out, the support 183 is raised by the thickness of one coin, and the coin to be thrown out next is pressed against the partition member 232. In this way, the ejection member 21
Coins are sequentially thrown out by 2 forwards and backwards.

When a designated number of coins are dispensed in the coin stack storage unit 171 of a certain denomination, the support 183
Is not raised, and the ejection of coins of this denomination is stopped even if the ejecting member 212 is moving forward and backward.

Then, for example, in the case of throwing out only 100 yen for three pieces, 50 yen for two pieces, and 500 yen for five pieces, the discharging member
The 212 is reciprocated five times and stopped.

Further, the coins thrown from the coin-type coin stacking accommodating section 171 onto the conveyor 111 are discharged from the front end of the conveyor 111 to close the receiving port 132 of the accommodating box 131. Coin shoots through 135 133
It is introduced into the carton 8 through the chute outlet 134.

Then, after the coins are dispensed from the coin-type coin stacking accommodating unit 171 for all the denominations to be dispensed, the partition members 232 are retracted to the outside of each coin-type coin stacking accommodating unit 171. Along with the coin on the conveyor 111, the coin chute 133
The conveyor 111 is stopped after a lapse of time until it is discharged to.

After the ejection of coins from the coin-type coin stack storage unit 171 is completed, the residual coins on the conveyor 111 are detected. That is, by driving the motor M5, the movable frame 116 moves to the right, that is, the first standing wall 114 moves to the second standing wall.
If the movable frame 116 moves to a predetermined position (the position indicated by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 13) and is detected by the sensor S8, it is determined that there is no coin remaining, and one of the The coin is sandwiched between the first standing wall 114 and the second standing wall 115 which faces the first standing wall 114, and as a result, the movable frame 116 does not move from the position indicated by the solid line to the position indicated by the chain double-dashed line, and stops midway. When the detection piece 121 of the movable frame 116 is not detected by the sensor S8, it is determined that coins remain.

When the motor M5 is driven, the rotary shaft 125 is kept for one rotation regardless of whether or not coins remain, so that when the coins remain, the movable frame 116 is stopped at the position where it is locked by coins. If no coin remains, it returns to its original position and stops.

If it is determined that there is no remaining coin, the solenoid SD6 is de-energized, the lock of the carton 8 by the lock claw member 152 is released, and the carton 8 that has received the dispensed coin can be wiped. When the carton 8 is pulled out, the detection signals from the sensors S9-1 and S9-2 accompanying it are input to the tellers machine 18a, it is judged that all the withdrawal processing has been completed, and the next processing is awaited.

If it is determined that there are residual coins, the tellers machine 18a notifies the existence of residual coins. At this time, the lock of the carton 8 is not released, and the carton 8 can be released by an unlock operation from the terrors machine 18a.

At the end of the withdrawal processing mode, the coin-type coin stack storage unit 17 in which the withdrawn coins have been ejected
For 1, the top of the stacked coins on the bearing member 185 is the partition member.
From the height of the bottom surface of the 232 to the lower position with a space of one coin thickness, and for the coin-type coin stack storage 171 in which the dispensed coins were not dispensed, the stack top surface of the bearing member 185. Are located at a lower position with a space of two coin thicknesses from the height of the lower surface of the partition member 232.

Next, the processing at the time of deposit instruction will be described.

First, the teller's machine 18a is used to specify the deposit mode, and the left-side occupation key 12a of the operation unit 11 is operated. As a result, the shutter 4 opens the coin slot 5.

A coin is inserted from the coin insertion slot 5 onto the rotary disk 23, and when the inserted coin is detected by the sensor S1, the deposit process is started.

Note that the shutter 4 is closed through the control unit 251 after a predetermined time has passed after the opening movement to prevent the additional insertion of deposit coins.

Then, it is judged whether or not the coins are detected by the sensors S6-1 to S6-6 of the coin stack storage unit 171 of each coin type.
For coin-type coin stack storage 171 that detects coins, the corresponding motors M6-1 to M6-6 are reversed to lower support 183 and stack coins (supported as described in the withdrawal mode. The motors M6-1 to M6-6 are stopped when the upper end of the concept including the member 185 passes through the sensors S6-1 to S6-6 and is no longer detected, that is, when the light-transmitting state is reached. For the coin-type coin stack storage unit 171 that does not detect coins from the beginning, use the motor M6-1
~ Do not reverse M6-6.

After this, the motors M6-1 to M6-6 rotate in the normal direction, and the sensors S6-1 to S6-6 detect the upper end of each stacked coin on the support 183 and then measure the pulse. Then, pulse measurement is performed until each detection piece 205 of each support 183 is detected by each sensor S4-1 to S4-6. The height of stacked coins of each denomination is calculated from the pulse measurement, and is divided by the thickness of one coin of each denomination to calculate the number of already stored coins in the coin stack storage unit 171 of each denomination, and the control unit 251. It is stored in the memory of the number of already stored coins.

Then, by rotating the motors M6-1 to M6-6 in the forward direction, as shown in FIG. 30, the support body 183 of each coin type coin stacking accommodating portion 171 is raised, and this support is supported. body
During the ascending of 183, the detection piece 205 is connected to the sensor S4-
1 to S4-6, the guide protrusion 196 of the support member 185 contacts the mounting plate 178 at about the same time, and the rise of the support member 185 is restricted. The upper surface of the stopped supporting member 185 is substantially flush with the lower surface of the partition member 232 or at a slightly lower height position.

After that, only the pedestal 184 moves up while the spring 194 is compressed, and the detection piece 205 is moved to the sensors S4-1 to S4.
Motors M6-1 to M6-6 for a specified number of pulses after being detected by -6
Is rotated and stopped, and the pedestal 184 is stopped at the position shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG.

Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 23 and 24, the push-up bar 191 projects above the supporting member 185 and contacts the lower surface of the stacked coin on the supporting member 185 and pushes it up.

Subsequently, the partition member 232 is advanced so that each partition part 234 is advanced into each coin stack storage part 171 of each coin type.
At this time, one side of the tip of the partition 234 is projected,
Since one side of the stacked coin is pushed up by the push-up bar 191, the tip of the partition 234 is a supporting member as shown in FIG.
Be sure to enter between 185 and the bottom of the coin. Moreover,
Since the inclined surface 197 is formed on the rear side of the upper surface of the support member 185 and the support member 185 can be lowered against the spring 194, the tip of the partition 234 is located between the support member 185 and the stack coin. Surely get in.

In this manner, the push-up bar 191 pushes up one side of the stacked coin to form a gap between the upper surface of the support member 185 and the lower surface of the stacked coin, and the edge shape of the partition member 232 is formed in this gap. Since the tip end having the taper surface 234a is inserted to partition the stacked coins to the upper side of the coin-type coin stacking storage portion 171, the partition member 232 can reliably perform the partitioning operation. There are no partitioning defects such as contacting the peripheral surface of the stacked coins and making it impossible to enter the lower surface of the stacked coins, or entering the lowermost coin of the stacked coins on the bearing member 185 and then entering the lower surface of the coins above it. Further, there is an effect that the partition member 232 does not come into contact with the peripheral edge of the stacked coins to deform the coins or the partition member 232 is deformed or damaged.

The motors M6-1 to M6-6 are rotated in the reverse direction from the state where the partition 234 is inserted between the support member 185 and the stacked coins, and the support 183 is lowered. As a result, the push-up bar 191 is lowered, and one side of the stacked coin pushed up by the push-up rod 191 is lowered and placed on the partition section 234. The guide 196 of the support member 185 is kept in contact with the mounting plate 178 by the urging force of the spring 194 until the pedestal 184 is lowered to the position shown by the solid line in FIG. When the pedestal 184 descends to the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 31, the pedestal 184 and the support member 185 are in the farthest state, and thereafter the pedestal 184 and the support member 185 are maintained while maintaining the positional relationship in the state indicated by the solid line in FIG. It descends integrally. After the detection piece 205 of the pedestal 184 shown by the solid line position in FIG. 31 is detected by the sensors S4-1 to S4-6, the motors M6-1 to M6-6 are rotated by a predetermined number of pulses and stopped. The support 183 is stopped at the position shown.

Therefore, the state shown in FIG. 32 is the deposit acceptance preparation state, in which the stacked coins for withdrawal in each coin type coin stacking accommodating portion 171 are accommodated in the upper cylinder 172 and deposited in the lower cylinder 173. Temporary holding space for receiving and temporarily holding coins 17
1a is formed.

When all the motors M6-1 to M6-6 are stopped, the control unit 251 automatically issues a deposit operation start command, and the rotating disk 23, the temporary holding disk 88, the conveyor belt 41, 42, rollers 48, conveyors 81 and 111 are rotated,
The identification and classification operation and the temporary holding operation of the coins deposited on the rotating disk 23 are started.

This identification and classification operation is similar to that at the time of the initial replenishment described above, and the coins on the rotary disk 23 are fed one by one into the coin passage 26 and conveyed in the coin identification passage area 31 of the coin passage 26. When the coin is identified by the coin identifying unit 53, the branch passage area 32
When the coins are conveyed, the reject coins and the overflow coins are branched, and when conveyed through the coin sorting passage 28, they are sorted by the denomination by the discharge groove hole 64 and the denomination classification groove hole 76.

As shown in FIG. 33, coins selected and dropped from the discharge groove hole 64 and the denomination classification groove hole 76 are conveyed by the conveyor.
The coins are sent by 111 to the coin stack storage unit 171. In the coin type coin stacking storage unit 171, the support 183 is sequentially lowered every time one coin is fed from the conveyor 111, and the deposited coins are temporarily stored in the lower cylinder 173 of each coin stacking storage unit 171. Will be put on hold.

Therefore, in the temporary holding space 171a formed in the lower cylinder 173 of the coin type coin stacking accommodating portion 171, the amount of coins that can be held is variable according to the amount of coins of the temporarily holding coins, for example, 5 coins. If the coins of
The support 183 (the pedestal 184 and the support member 185) descends to the position of the two-dot chain line, and a temporary holding space 171a corresponding to the thickness of five coins is formed. The positional relationship between the upper surface of the stacked coin (upper surface of the fifth coin) and the sensors S6-1 to S6-6 at this time is the same as in FIG.

The number of coins temporarily held in the coin-type coin stacking storage unit 171 is counted by the coin discriminating unit 53 to determine the coin denomination, and the corresponding sensors S3-1 to S3-8.
Is counted by passing through.

The operation for temporarily holding the deposited coins in the coin-type coin stacking accommodating portion 171 in this way is referred to as the primary holding operation. The maximum number of coins that can be stored in the coin-type coin stacking storage unit 171 (corresponding to the number of stacking coins that can be stored in the upper cylinder 172 during the next deposit processing) and the temporary stacking of coin-type coin stacking storage unit 171 The maximum number of temporarily held sheets that can be stored in the holding space 171a is set in advance, and the number of sheets that can be temporarily held is the number of sheets that can be temporarily held and the number of sheets that has already been stored is subtracted from the maximum number of stored sheets. Become. In this first temporary holding operation, the temporary holding operation is carried out in the coin-type coin stacking storage portion 171 within the limit of the number of temporarily held sheets that can be stored.

During the first temporary holding operation, when overflow coins exceeding the storable temporary holding number of coins of the coin discriminating unit 53 are identified, the overflow coins are branched by the overflow coin branching unit 56. Are temporarily held in the overflow coin batch holding section 86.
That is, when an overflow coin is conveyed to the overflow coin branching unit 56, the gate member 60 moves to branch the overflow coin from the branch hole 58, the overflow coin is conveyed by the conveyor 81, and the temporary holding disc 88 is placed. And the overflow coins are temporarily held in a lump on the temporary holding disk 88.

As described above, among the received coins, the coins overflowing from the storable temporary storage number temporarily stored in the coin type coin stacking storage unit 171 in the first temporary holding operation are temporarily stored in the overflow coin batch temporary storage unit 86. The holding operation is called the second temporary holding operation. The maximum batch temporary holding number that can be stored in the overflow coin batch temporary holding unit 86 is set in advance. In the second temporary holding operation, the batch holding operation is performed within the maximum batch holding number.

[0150] It should be noted that the rotary disk 23 is provided below the rotary disk 23.
Since the temporary holding disk 88 is fixed to the drive shaft 87 of 23, the temporary holding disk 88 rotates integrally with the rotating disk 23, and overflow coins sent by the conveyor 81 during the temporary holding are included in the temporary holding disk 88. Prevents pile-ups in places, evens out the overflow coins evenly over the entire circumference of the temporary storage disk 88 in the circumferential direction, and can temporarily hold a large amount of overflow coins in a small space, and without using a dedicated drive means. The temporary holding disk 88 can be rotated.

During the second temporary holding operation, when the coin discriminating unit 53 discriminates the overflow coins exceeding the maximum batch holding number of the overflow coin batch holding unit 86, the subsequent overflow coins are overflow coins. Without branching at the branching unit 56, similarly to the first temporary holding operation, the coins are sent to the corresponding coin-type coin stack storage unit 171 and temporarily held on the coins already held.
This is because the number of temporarily stored coins that have already been temporarily stored is 17
This is because the temporary holding space 171a that can be formed in the lower cylinder 173 is less than the maximum temporarily holding number that can be stored in 1a.

As described above, in the secondary temporary holding operation, the overflow coins exceeding the maximum batch temporary holding number of the overflow coin batch temporary holding unit 86 are accumulated by the coin type coin stack storage unit 17
The operation of storing in 1 is called the third temporary holding operation. In this third temporary holding operation, the coin-type coin stack storage unit 17
The temporary holding operation is performed within the limit of the maximum number of temporarily held sheets that can be stored in the first temporary holding space 171a. In addition, this temporary holding operation (moving coins into the temporary holding space)
Is performed in the same operation as the first temporary holding operation. Further, the overflow coins temporarily held in the third temporary holding operation are the temporarily collected coins for the collected amount that are collected from the coin type coin stacking storage unit 171 into the storage box 131 at the time of deposit approval described later.

When the reject coin is identified by the coin identifying unit 53, the reject coin branch unit 55 branches the reject coin. That is, when the reject coin is conveyed to the reject coin branching unit 55, the gate member 59 moves, the reject coin is branched into the branch hole 57, and is returned to the reject coin return box 10 through the chute 80.

When the sensors S1 and S3-1 to S3-8 detect that the coins have disappeared on the rotary disk 23 and the coin passage 26, the rotary disk 23, the temporary disk 23 is temporarily stopped after a predetermined time (t1) has elapsed. Reserving disk 88, conveyor belts 41, 42, rollers 48, conveyor 81,
111 is stopped. During this predetermined time (t1), the coins on the conveyor 111 are fed into the lower cylinder 173, and the overflow coins are branched from the coin passage 26 at the overflow coin branching portion 56, and then temporarily moved from the conveyor 81. Sufficient time is available to be sent to the holding disk 88.

After that, a residual coin detecting operation on the conveyor 111 is performed. This is performed in the same way as the above-mentioned initial replenishment and withdrawal, and if the residual coins are not detected, the deposit approval operation or the deposit disapproval operation by the tellers machine 18a can be performed. The machine 18a and the display panel 16 of the display unit 15 notify the presence of residual coins.

The identification result is displayed on the display panel 16 of the display unit 15 as coin type number data and total amount data, and after confirming the displayed contents, the deposit approval button or deposit disapproval button is operated by the tellers machine 18a. . Alternatively, the deposit amount may be input in advance, the deposit amount may be compared with the identification result, and a deposit acceptance signal may be automatically output from the control unit 251 when the deposits do not match, and a deposit disapproval signal may be automatically issued when the deposits do not match.

33. When there is any operation or signal indicating that the deposit is approved or the deposit is not approved, the completion state of the deposit temporary holding operation (for example, when the number of temporarily holding sheets is 5 is 2 in FIG. 33).
28. With the support member 185 and the pedestal 184 positioned at the position indicated by the dashed line, the top of the temporary holding coin is in the same position as in FIG. 28), and a predetermined pulse in the forward direction is applied to all the motors M6-1 to M6-6. 34, the support 183 is lifted up, and as shown in FIG. 34, the upper surface of the stacked coin is pressed against the partition member 232 (the pedestal 184 and the support member 185 are stopped at the positions shown by the solid lines). It In addition, the upper surface of the stacked coin is the partition member 23.
As for the difference between the timing of contact with 2 and the timing of stopping the motors M6-1 to M6-6, the spring 194 contracts even when the stacking coin, that is, the support member 185 is restrained from rising, so that the pedestal 184 Rise is allowed and absorbed. The upper surface of the bearing member 185 without temporary holding coins comes into contact with the partition member 232 and stops.

At the time of deposit approval, when only the number of temporarily held coins that can be stored in the coin stacking storage unit 171 is temporarily held only by the first temporary holding operation, that is, the second temporary holding is performed. If there is no denomination for which the operation and the third temporary holding operation are performed, from the state of FIG. 34,
The partition member 232 is retracted, and the coins placed on the partition part 234 fall on the temporarily reserved coins and are piled up together. As for the coin-type coin stacking storage unit 171, which does not send in temporarily held coins, the partition member 232 is placed directly on the support member 185.
The coins on top are dropped and stored. Next, the support 183 is lowered, the motors M6-1 to M6-6 are rotated by a predetermined pulse after the upper surface of the stacked coin passes the sensors S6-1 to S6-6,
The upper surface of the stacked coin is stopped at the height position shown in FIG. At this time, the conveyor 111 is not driven and the conveyor
Coin residual detection on 111 is also not performed.

When there is a denomination in which overflow coins are temporarily held in the overflow coin batch temporary holding unit 86 by the second temporary holding operation (note that there is no denomination for which the third temporary holding operation is performed). However, after the chute switching member 135 has advanced over the coin chute 133 to open the receiving port 132 of the storage box 131, the movable wall 93 is opened and the temporary holding disk 88 is rotated. Pending disc
Overflow coins temporarily held on 88 movable wall 93
From the open area of the storage box 131 through the chute switching member 135
It is stored inside. Then, when the sensor S2 detects that the coins on the temporary storage disk 88 are exhausted, the rotation of the temporary storage disk 88 is stopped and the movable wall portion 93 is closed.

Further, the coin stack storage unit for each denomination of the denomination temporarily held only by the first temporary holding operation, the denomination for which the second temporary holding operation is performed, and the denomination without the temporarily holding coins. The temporary holding coins in 171 are stored by the same operation as the storing operation of the temporary holding coins only for the primary holding operation, and the upper surface of the stacked coins on the bearing member 185 of the coin stack storing unit 171 of each denomination is It is lowered to the height position shown in FIG. 28 and stopped. At this time as well, the conveyor 111 is not driven and the coin residual detection on the conveyor 111 is not performed.

Further, when there is a denomination in which coins for the collection of overflow coins due to the third temporary holding operation are temporarily held in the coin-type coin stacking accommodating unit 171, there is no coin for the collection temporary holding. Only the motors M6-1 to M6-6 of denominations are reversed by a predetermined pulse, and a space of two coin thicknesses is provided between the upper surface of the stacked coins on the bearing members 185 of those denominations and the partition member 232. . For denominations without coins temporarily stored, at this time, a gap of two coin thickness is provided between the upper surface of the support member 185 and the lower surface of the partition member 232. In this state, with respect to the denomination for which the third temporary holding operation is performed, the upper surface of the temporarily holding coin remains in contact with the lower surface of the partition member 232.

Then, from the state of FIG. 34, similarly to the above-described withdrawal, the dispensing member 212 is advanced and retracted to dispense the collected temporary holding coin, and at the same time, the collected temporary holding coin is thrown. Each time the coin is taken out, the support 183 is raised by the thickness of one coin, and all the collected temporary holding coins are thrown out.

Assuming that there are a plurality of denominations for which this third temporary holding operation has been performed, for denominations with a small number of coins to be collected, coins for the number of coins to be collected are repeated while the ejecting operation of the ejecting member 212 is repeated. Has already been ejected, and the supporting member for that denomination 185
Does not rise at the end of throwing out, and a gap of one coin thickness is formed between the partition member 232 and the upper surface of the temporarily holding coin (temporary holding coin by the first temporary holding operation) on the supporting member 185 of the denomination. Retained. Similarly for other denominations, one coin is placed between the upper surface of the temporary holding coin on the support member 185 and the partition member 232 at the end of the casting for all denominations (the denominations for which the third temporary holding operation has been performed). A gap of thickness is formed and maintained.

The thrown coins are sent to the coin chute 13 by the conveyor 111 which is rotated in the reverse direction for discharging coins.
3 is discharged to the storage box 13 through the chute switching member 135.
Stored in 1.

In this way, when all the overflow coins due to the third temporary holding operation have been thrown out by the throwing member 212, the motors M6-1 to M6-6 are respectively rotated forward by a predetermined pulse (throwing of the collected temporary holding coins). For the motors M6-1 to M6-6 that have been ejected, the pulse corresponding to the thickness of one coin, the other motors M6
-1 to M6-6 are rotated normally by a pulse corresponding to the thickness of two coins, and the upper surface of the temporarily holding coins on the supporting member 185 (the upper surface of the supporting member 185 for the supporting member 185 without the temporarily holding coins) is separated by the partition member 232. Abut. Next, the partition member 232 is retracted to the outside of the coin-type coin stack storage unit 171. Thereby,
The stacked coins on the partition member 232 transfer to the upper surface of the temporarily reserved coins on the bearing member 185 (the upper surface of the bearing member 185 for the bearing member 185 without the temporarily reserved coins). Then all motors M6
-1 to M6-6 are reversed, and when the upper surface of the stacked coins on the support member 185 passes the sensors S6-1 to S6-6, the reverse rotation is continued for a predetermined number of pulses and then stopped. The positional relationship between the upper surface of the stacked coin and the sensors S6-1 to S6-6 at that time is the same as in FIG. Further, coin residual detection on the conveyor 111 is performed at a predetermined time after all the collected temporary holding coins have been ejected, and if no residual coins are detected, it is determined that the deposit is completed,
Prepare for the next deposit or withdrawal process. Further, when the residual coin is detected, the deposit approval operation becomes abnormal.

If there is this third temporary holding operation, the second
The next temporary holding operation is always performed, and the overflow coins on the temporary holding disk 88 by the second temporary holding operation are stored in the storage box 131 by the storing operation described above.

It should be noted that although the overflow coins due to the third temporary holding operation and the overflow coins due to the second temporary holding operation are simultaneously stored in the storage box 131, the occurrence of jamming of coins in the coin chute 133 is prevented. The operation timing of both storage operations may be shifted from the intention.

On the other hand, when the deposit is not approved, regardless of whether there is a denomination with the third temporary holding operation or not,
From the state of FIG. 34, a bearing member of a denomination without temporary holding coins
After the coin 185 is lowered by the thickness of two coins and stopped, the ejecting member 212 is advanced and retracted to eject coins as in the above-described withdrawal, and is supported for each coin ejected. body
183 is lifted by the thickness of one coin, and coins are temporarily withdrawn. The ejected coins are rotated in the reverse direction for discharging coins by the conveyor 111.
Is discharged to the carton 8 inserted in the carton insertion portion 9 from the chute outlet 134 of the coin chute 133 through the chute switching member 135 that closes the receiving port 132 of the storage box 131. In addition, coin type coin stacking storage 171
The temporarily held coins thrown out from the corresponding sensor S10-1 ~
Detected in S10-6.

At the time when all of the temporarily held coins have been thrown out, there is one coin thickness gap between the supporting member 185 and the partition member 232 of the denomination for which the throwing operation has been performed, and the money that is not thrown out. There is a gap of two coin thicknesses between the bearing member 185 of the seed and the partition member 232, and the motors M6-1 to M6-6 are rotated forward by a predetermined pulse (the motor M6-of the denomination in which the dispensing operation is performed). 1
〜M6-6 for one coin thickness, motors of denominations that have not been ejected M6-1〜M6-6 for normal rotation by the pulse corresponding to two coin thickness), and support member 185 upper surface Partition member
Abut the 232. Next, the partition member 232 is retracted to the outside of the coin-type coin stack storage unit 171. Thereby, the stacked coins on the partition member 232 are transferred onto the support member 185. Next, all the motors M6-1 to M6-6 are reversed and the supporting member 185
It is stopped when the upper surface of the upper stacked coin passes the sensors S6-1 to S6-6 and then continues to rotate in reverse for a predetermined number of pulses. The positional relationship between the upper surface of the stacked coin and the sensors S6-1 to S6-6 at that time is the same as in FIG.

If there is a denomination for which the secondary temporary holding operation has been performed, the movable wall portion 93 is opened and the temporary holding disk 88 is rotated, and the overflow coins temporarily held on the temporary holding disk 88. Is discharged from the open area of the movable wall portion 93 through the chute switching member 135 to the carton 8 inserted in the carton insertion portion 9 from the chute outlet 134 of the coin chute 133. The movable wall portion 93 is closed when the sensor S2 detects that there is no coin on the temporary storage disk 88.

The number of coins temporarily stored in the coin stack storage unit 171 for each denomination, the number of temporarily stored coins,
The number of temporarily retained coins for each collected amount is stored. When returning and ejecting the temporarily retained coins when the deposit is not approved, the number of temporarily retained coins for each denomination is the number of coins for each denomination.
The maximum number of denominations among those stored,
The ejecting member 212 is reciprocated (note that when collecting and temporarily depositing collected coins at the time of deposit approval, the number of temporarily collected coins for each denomination becomes the number of coins ejected for each denomination).

[0172] Residual coins are detected on the conveyor 111 at a predetermined time after all the temporarily held coins have been dispensed. If no residual coins are detected, it is determined that the deposit process is completed, and the next deposit or withdrawal process is performed. Prepare for In addition, when residual coins are detected, the payment disapproval operation becomes abnormal.

Next, when the amount of coins stored in the coin-type coin stack storing unit 171 is slightly reduced or disappeared due to continuous withdrawal, coins are replenished midway. This mid-replenishment is performed in the same manner as the above-mentioned temporary holding of deposit coins and deposit approval operation.

Next, the coin collecting button is operated on the tellers machine 18a to carry out the collecting process. During this collection process, coins are sequentially ejected from the coin stack storage unit 171 of each coin type onto the conveyor 111 in the same manner as the above-described ejection operation, and the coins are ejected from the conveyor 111 to be the chute switching member.
It is stored in the storage box 131 via 135.

After all coins of the coin type coin stacking accommodating portion 171 are accommodated in the accommodating box 131, the drawer frame 7 is pulled out from the machine body 1 forward, and the accommodating box 131 is removed from the drawer frame 7 upward. Collect.

In the above embodiment, the fixed position of the ejecting member 212 is the retracted position from the coin-type coin stacking accommodating section 171, but the advancing position to the coin-type coin stacking accommodating section 171 is the fixed position. At the time of dispensing, the dispensing member 212 is retracted to the outside of the coin-type coin stack storage 171 and then the coin-type coin stack storage
One coin may be thrown out by advancing into the 171, and the ejected state (the state of advancing into the coin-accumulated coin stacking storage portion 171) may be set as a fixed position and stopped. In this case, when the partition member 232 is advanced, the ejection member 212 is also advanced into the coin-type coin stacking storage portion 171 together, and the raised position of the support 183 at the time of coin ejection is at the bottom surface of the ejection member 212. The height position is such that the upper surface of the stacked coins on the support member 185 contacts.

[0177]

Effects of the Invention According to the coin passage device 請 Motomeko 1,
Among the denomination coins to be classified, the denomination of two denominations whose diameters are similar to each other is set to an electric drive unit and a branch member provided in the introduction passage area of the coin sorting passage. branches at approximate smaller diameter denomination coins worth Kibe having, coins other denominations coins for classifying each denomination sorting groove hole of the classifying passage area of the coin classification passages, at reliably and faster with less coins of diameter difference It is possible to separate the coins according to their diameters, and yet, by moving the classification of coins of small denomination of approximate diameter from the classification passage area to the introduction passage area, the length of the coin classification passage can be shortened and the apparatus can be downsized. Moreover, the coin discriminating passage portion area of the coin discriminating branch passage is formed substantially tangentially from the peripheral edge of the rotating disc, and the branch passage portion area passes in a direction substantially orthogonal to the coin discriminating passage portion area and at a side position of the rotating disc. Forming towards the direction,
In addition, the classification passage area of the coin classification passage is formed in a direction substantially orthogonal to the branch passage area and a direction passing through the side position of the rotating disc, and is formed between the classification passage area and the coin identification passage area. Since the rotating disk is located at, the installation space for the rotating disk and each passage can be reduced.

[0178] According to the coin passage device according to claim 2, in addition to the effects of claim 1 Symbol placement of the coin passage system, the approximate small diameter denomination coin branching section, the passage bottom of the introduction passage area each gold A coin with a small diameter is formed at a position that allows the passage of seed coins.A discharge slot for discharging coins is formed.It is operated by an electric drive unit on the side opposite to the guide edge in the passage width direction, and a coin with a small diameter. Since there is a branching member that moves the coin to the guide edge side in the passage width direction and drops the edge of the coin on the side opposite to the guide edge to the discharge slot, coins of similar size The denomination coins can be reliably branched and classified.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a coin passage showing an embodiment in which a coin passage device of the present invention is applied to a circulation type coin depositing / dispensing machine.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the coin of a similar small denomination type coin branch according to the above embodiment, (b) is an explanatory diagram when a coin passes, and (c) is an explanatory diagram when a coin is branched.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a coin portion with a small denomination of approximate diameter according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the circulation type coin depositing / dispensing machine according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the circulating-type coin depositing / dispensing machine according to the embodiment as viewed from the right side surface direction.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a part of the circulation type coin depositing / dispensing machine according to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a partial plan view showing a drawer frame body of the circulation type coin depositing / dispensing machine according to the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of a drawer frame of the circulation type coin depositing / dispensing machine according to the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of the overflow coin batch temporary holding unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view of an overflow coin batch temporary holding unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a partial cross-sectional view of the overflow coin batch temporary holding unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a side view of an opening / closing mechanism for opening / closing a movable wall portion of the overflow coin batch temporary holding unit according to the above embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a plan view of the residual coin detecting mechanism of the above embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a front view of a part of the residual coin detecting mechanism of the above embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a plan view of a carton insertion position detection mechanism and a carton lock mechanism according to the above embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view of a carton insertion position detection mechanism according to the above embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a perspective view of the carton lock mechanism according to the above embodiment.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing a state before the carton is inserted into the carton insertion position detection mechanism and the carton lock mechanism according to the embodiment.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing a state after the carton is inserted into the carton insertion position detection mechanism and the carton lock mechanism according to the above embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a perspective view of the upper cylinder of the coin type coin stack accommodating portion according to the embodiment, (a) is a perspective view seen from the front side, and (b) is a perspective view seen from the rear side.

FIG. 21 is a perspective view showing a lower cylinder of a coin type coin stacking accommodating portion according to the embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a plan view of the coin support mechanism of the above embodiment.

FIG. 23 is a partial cross-sectional view of the coin-type coin stack storage portion of the above embodiment viewed from the right side.

FIG. 24 is a partial cross-sectional view of the coin-type coin stacking storage portion of the above embodiment viewed from the front side.

FIG. 25 is a block diagram of a control system of the above embodiment.

FIG. 26 is a cross-sectional view of a part of the coin-type coin stacking storage portion when the coins according to the embodiment are not stored.

FIG. 27 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of the coin-type coin stacking storage portion at the time of initial replenishment in the same embodiment.

FIG. 28 is a cross-sectional view of a part of the coin-type coin stacking storage portion in the coin storage state of the above embodiment.

FIG. 29 is a cross-sectional view of a part of the coin-type coin stack storage portion when a coin is thrown out in the same embodiment.

FIG. 30 is a cross-sectional view of a part of a coin-type coin stack storage unit when depositing coins according to the embodiment.

FIG. 31 is a cross-sectional view of a part of the coin-type coin stacking storage portion when depositing coins according to the embodiment.

FIG. 32 is a cross-sectional view of a part of the coin-type coin stacking accommodating portion in which a temporary holding space is formed during coin deposit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 33 is a cross-sectional view of a part of the coin-type coin stacking storage unit in a temporarily held state at the time of depositing coins according to the same embodiment.

FIG. 34 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of the coin-type coin stacking accommodating portion in a state in which the temporary holding coins are stored or returned when coins are deposited in the same embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

23 Rotating disk 27 coin identifying branch passage 28 coin classifying passage 31 coin identifying passage area 32 the conveyor belt 53 the coin identification section 55 rejected as branch passage zone 33 introducing passage zone 34 classification passage area 41 coin conveying means Coin branch part 61 Induction edge part 63 Approximate diameter small denomination coin branch part 64 Discharge groove hole 65 Branch roller as branch member 75 Selection reference side edge part 76 Gold type selection groove hole SD3 Solenoid as electric drive part

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A rotating disk for feeding coins by centrifugal force.
And is formed almost tangentially from the periphery of this rotating disk.
Rutotomoni coin identifying passage area that the coin identification portion is provided in the middle, a direction substantially perpendicular from the coin identifying passage area
And is formed in a direction passing through the side position of the rotating disk.
Rutotomoni Li based on the identification result of the coin recognition unit in the middle
A reject coin branching unit that branches the eject coins is provided.
And a coin identification branch passage having a branch passage portion area , and is formed in order from the small diameter to the large diameter along the upstream and the downstream with reference to the sorting reference side edge on one side in the passage width direction, corresponding to the coin diameter of each coin. And a sorting passage portion area having a plurality of sorting slots according to the type of gold , and in the upstream portion of the sorting passage portion area, the passage width direction outer side than the sorting reference side edge on one side in the passage width direction. with the introduction passage zone for feeding in and along the coin induction edge to the classifying passage area fed from the coin identification branch passage has an inductive edge towards the screening criteria side edges from and the introduction
In the aisle area, the electric power driven based on the identification result of the coin identification section
Pneumatic drive and branch operated by this electric drive
Among the denomination coins that have members and are classified, the coin diameter is
Forks a coin with an approximate small diameter of two similar denominations
It is equipped with a coin branch with a small denomination of approx.
The classification passage area following this introduction passage area is the coin identification portion.
岐通path made form toward a direction through the side position in the direction a and the rotary disc is substantially orthogonal to the branch passage area of the rotating disk is positioned between the classification passage area and said coin identification passage region A coin sorting passage, and the coin identifying branch passage and the coin sorting passage,
Coin passage and wherein in that it comprises a coin conveying means for conveying the passage bottom of the coin identification branch passage and the coin classifying passage layer 1 row state while pressing the coin. The method according to claim 2 approximation small diameter denomination coin branching section, the discharge groove hole for discharging an approximate small diameter denomination coins in a position to permit passage of respective denomination coin passage bottom surface of the introduction passage area is formed, the passage Opposite to the guide edge in the width direction, the coin is driven by an electric drive unit to move the coins of a small-sized denomination to the guide edge side in the width direction of the passage and the side opposite to the guide edge of the coin. claim 1 Symbol placement of the coin passage device, characterized in that the dividing member is provided to drop the edge to the discharge groove hole of.