JP3386355B2 - Coin processing machine - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin processing machine for discriminating deposited coins and rejecting coins discriminated as unacceptable to a reject box, while accepting and counting coins discriminated as acceptable. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is a coin processing machine that discriminates deposited coins and rejects coins that are determined to be unacceptable to a reject box while receiving and counting coins that are determined to be acceptable. However, for example, as for the control at the time of rejecting coins determined to be unacceptable in such a coin processing machine,
There is one disclosed in JP-A-7-175953.

[0003]

By the way, in the coin processing machine, the processing is often executed in a state where the operator is near the machine body. Therefore, when the reject coin is thrown into the reject box, the operator can recognize the throwing of the reject coin into the reject box by the dropping sound when thrown. Then, when recognizing the insertion of such a reject coin into the reject box, the operator pulls out the reject box from the machine body, and after checking the inserted coin, it may cause the discrimination again if it is not a counterfeit coin. . However, in the conventional coin processing machine, if the reject box is removed from the machine during processing,
The discrimination counting process is completely stopped. For this reason, the time during which the reject box is removed from the machine body is added to the overall discrimination and counting processing time as it is, and as a result, the discrimination and counting processing time becomes long. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a coin processing machine capable of performing the discrimination and counting processing in a short time even if the reject box is pulled out from the machine body.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, a coin processing machine according to claim 1 of the present invention dispenses coins one by one and discriminates them by a discriminating section while conveying the dispensed coins. As a result of the discrimination by the discriminating unit, the coins determined to be unacceptable are guided to the reject box, and at the same time, the discrimination counting process of counting at least the coins determined to be acceptable is performed at a predetermined arrangement position of the machine body. wherein the reject box detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of the arrangement of the reject box, only when unacceptable coins are detected by the determination unit, based on a detection result of the reject box detecting means, the reject box
The presence of the reject box with the detection unit
If it is detected, the discrimination counting process is not stopped, and
The reject box detection means is the reject box
When the absence of the above arrangement is detected, the discrimination counting process is performed.
And a determination counting process control unit for stopping the process. Therefore, the discrimination counting processing control means
Only when the discriminator detects unacceptable coins,
Based on the detection result of the reject box detection means, to control the stop and non-stop of the counting process, even if the reject box is not placed at the predetermined position on the machine, as long as unacceptable coins are not detected, The stop and non-stop of the counting process are not controlled, and thus the discrimination counting process is continued without being stopped.

A coin processing machine according to a second aspect of the present invention relates to the coin processing machine according to the first aspect, wherein an unacceptable coin is detected by the discriminating section to the discriminating / counting processing control means based on an external input. Only based on the detection result of the reject box detection means , the reject box detection
The knowledge means detects the presence of the placement of the reject box.
If it is issued, the discrimination counting process is not stopped and the
The eject box detection means is in front of the reject box.
When it is detected that there is no layout, the discrimination counting process is stopped.
A first mode that causes, based on a detection result of the reject box detecting means or without detection of unacceptable coins by the determination unit, the reject box test
The knowledge means detects the presence of the placement of the reject box.
If it is issued, the discrimination counting process is not stopped and the
The eject box detection means is in front of the reject box.
When it is detected that there is no layout, the discrimination counting process is stopped.
It is characterized by comprising a mode selection means for selecting the second mode to be performed. Therefore, only when the discriminating unit detects unacceptable coins, the first mode in which the stop and non-stop of the discrimination counting process are controlled based on the detection result of the reject box detecting means, and whether or not the discriminating unit detects unacceptable coins Regardless of this, the second mode for controlling the stop and non-stop of the discriminant counting process based on the detection result of the reject box detection means can be selected by the operator's external input, and therefore the first mode can be selected as necessary. And the second mode can be selectively used.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A first embodiment of a coin processing machine of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. This coin processing machine has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and an insertion port 12 into which an individual coin is inserted by an operator is provided on the upper surface of the machine body 11, and below the insertion port 12 is the insertion port. Mouth 1
A supply disc 13 into which loose coins are guided from 2 is provided rotatably around a vertical axis. A rotary disk 14 is provided adjacent to the side of the supply disk 13 so as to be rotatable around a vertical axis. The supply disc 13 and the rotary disc 14 are controlled to be driven and stopped by a control unit (discrimination counting processing control means) not shown, and the rotary disc 14 receives loose coins fed from the supply disc 13 by centrifugal force. At the same time, the received coins are passed through a separating unit (not shown) by centrifugal force during rotation, and are fed one by one into a coin passage 15 described later.

Here, a line connecting the center of rotation of the supply disk 13 and the center of rotation of the rotary disk 14 is at a predetermined angle with respect to one side surface portion 11A of the machine body 11, and the front rotary disk 14 is the machine body 11
Is inclined so as to be located inside the inner side of the supply disc 13, so that the supply disc 13 is arranged without leaving an unnecessary space between the supply disc 13 and the side face portion 11A, and the rotary disc 14 is arranged between the supply disc 13 and the side face portion 11A. It is arranged so as to leave a space larger than the side surface portion 11A by a predetermined amount.

Then, the coins paid out from the rotary disk 14 are passed through the passage surface 18 between the guides 16 and 17 which are higher on both sides.
The coin passage 15 guided by is the side surface portion 11A of the machine body 11,
Along with the front surface portion 11B and the side surface portion 11C, the rotating disk 1
It is horizontally arranged so as to surround 4. Coin passage 15
With respect to the rotary disc 14 of the first straight line portion 20, which is connected to the rotary disc 14 and is arranged along the side face portion 11A in the space between the rotary disc 14 and the side face portion 11A. A first bent portion 2 connected to the opposite side and bent at a right angle to the direction of the rotary disk 14 with respect to the first straight portion 20.
1, a second straight line portion 22 which is connected to the first straight line portion 20 on the opposite side to the first straight line portion 20 and forms a right angle with the first straight line portion 20, and a second straight line portion 22 of the first straight line portion 22. A second bent portion 23 connected to the opposite side of the first bent portion 21 and bent at a right angle to the direction of the rotary disk 14 with respect to the second straight portion 22.
And a third straight line portion 24 that is perpendicular to the second straight line portion 22 by being connected to the opposite side of the second straight line portion 22 of the second bent portion 23.

Above the coin passage 15, there is provided a conveying section 26 for conveying coins on the coin passage 15 along the coin passage 15. Driving and stopping of the transport unit 26 are controlled by a control unit (not shown), and the coin fed out from the rotary disk 14 is placed in the first straight line portion 20, the first bent portion 21, and the second straight line portion 22. Transport belt 27 for transporting along the section, transport belt 28 for transporting the coins transported by the transport belt 27 to the rear end position of the second linear portion 22, and coins transported by the transport belt 28. Further has a conveyor belt 29 that conveys the sheet through the second bent portion 23 and the third straight portion 24.

Between the rotary disk 14 and the first straight portion 20 of the coin passage 15 and at the position of the tip of one of the guides 16, the coin that collides with the tip of the guide 16 and stays is rotated. A rotatable guide roller 30 is provided so that it can be easily returned to the disk 14 or guided to the coin passage 15. At the first straight line portion 20 on the upstream side of the coin passage 15 in the coin conveying direction, a material detecting sensor 31 for detecting the material of the coin conveyed on the first straight line portion 20 from the magnetic property is provided. Are arranged to form a part of. It should be noted that coin detection sensors 31a and 31b are provided on both sides of the material detection sensor 31 for timing the fetching of detection data by the material detection sensor 31. That is, these coin detection sensors 31a, 3
When the coins are detected in both 1b, the material detection sensor 31
Captures the detection data and outputs it to a control unit (not shown).

An image detection unit (image detection means) 32 for detecting an image of a coin conveyed by the second straight line portion 22 is provided at the front of the second straight line portion 22 on the downstream side of the coin passage 15. It is arranged so as to form a part of the passage surface 18. It should be noted that coin detection sensors 32a and 32b are provided on both sides of the image detection unit 32 to measure the timing of fetching the detection data by the image detection unit 32. That is, when the coins are detected by both the coin detection sensors 32a and 32b, the image detection unit 32 takes in the detection data and outputs it to the control unit (not shown). As a result, the determination unit 3 including the material detection sensor 31 and the image detection unit 32
3 is arranged astride the first straight line portion 20 and the second straight line portion 22 of the coin passage 15.

Here, the outputs of the material detection sensor 31 and the image detection unit 32 are input to a discrimination circuit (not shown) of the control unit. In the discrimination circuit, for example, the detection of the material detection sensor 31 on the upstream side is detected. When the data is compared with the reference data of the material of coins of each denomination in order and it is determined that the detection data of the material does not match the reference data of the material of coins of any denomination, it is determined as a fake coin at that time. To do. On the other hand, if it is determined that the coin data of one of the denominations matches the reference data of the coin material, then the reference data of the image of the coin of the matched material is read and the same detection as the reference data of this image is detected. The detection data of the image detection unit 32 for coins is compared to detect whether or not they match. And
When it is determined that the reference data and the detection data of these images match, it is determined that the coin is a true coin of the detected denomination and simultaneously counts, while the reference data and the detection of these images are detected. When it is determined that the data do not match, it is determined that the coin is an unidentifiable coin.

At the rear portion of the second linear portion 22, a reject hole 35 is formed in the passage surface 18 for removing coins determined as false coins by the detection results of the material detection sensor 31 and the image detection unit 32. On the upstream side of the reject hole 35 in the coin transport direction, by independently projecting into the second linear portion 22, the coin is rejected by the second linear portion 22.
On the other hand, a first stopper member 36 is provided to prevent the coin from falling into the reject hole 35 by releasing the protrusion into the second linear portion 22 while being dropped. Further, at the position facing the first stopper member 36, the second linear portion 2 is independently protruded into the second linear portion 22.
In step 2, a small-sized coin-shaped foreign substance or the like conveyed on the side opposite to the first stopper member 36 is dropped into the reject hole 35, while the coin is dropped into the reject hole 35 by the second straight line portion 2
A second stopper member 37 is provided for avoiding the protrusion to the inside.

The first stopper member 36 and the second stopper member 37 project into the second linear portion 22 at the same time, so that the coins conveyed through the second linear portion 22 are prevented from passing through. Thus, the control unit (not shown), by the discrimination circuit, if the coin to be conveyed is an undecidable coin that cannot be discriminated as either a positive coin of any denomination or a false coin, By projecting the first stopper member 36 and the second stopper member 37 into the second linear portion 22 at the same time, it is possible to prevent their passage or rejection, and to reverse the transport belts 27 and 28,
This unidentifiable coin can be returned to the rotary disk 14 for re-identification. Further, a coin detection sensor 38 for obtaining the timing for driving the first stopper member 36 and / or the second stopper member 37 is provided on the upstream side of the reject hole 35 in the coin transport direction. As will be described later, a false coin is detected,
Further, even when it is detected that the reject box 51 is not loaded and arranged in the predetermined arrangement position, the first stopper member 36 and the second stopper member 37 project into the second linear portion 22 at the same time. Thus, the drop processing to the reject hole 35 is prevented.

The coins dropped from the reject hole 35 are taken out from the reject box 51 after being collected in the reject box 51 shown in FIG. 2 arranged in the lower part of the reject hole 35. The reject box 51 is pulled out to the front of the machine body 11 and removed from the machine body 11, while it is inserted in the back and loaded and arranged at a predetermined arrangement position of the machine body 11. Of course, the reject box 51 can receive the dropped coins from the reject hole 35 in a state where the reject box 51 is loaded and arranged at the predetermined arrangement position.

Here, the reject box 5 of the machine body 11
A reject box detection sensor (reject box detection means) 52 that detects whether or not the reject box 51 is arranged at the predetermined arrangement position where 1 is arranged is provided. The reject box detection sensor 52 includes, for example, a light emitting element and a light receiving element.
The optical path is blocked by the reject box 51 when it is loaded in the predetermined placement position of No. 1, and the presence of the placement of the reject box 51 in the predetermined placement position is detected and the detection presence signal is output to the control unit. When the optical paths are communicated with each other, it is detected that the reject box 51 is not arranged at a predetermined arrangement position, and a no-detection signal is output to the control unit.

A material detection sensor 31 is provided on the third straight line portion 24.
Further, a denomination sorting section (denomination sorting means) 40 is provided for sorting the coins, which are discriminated as true by the discrimination circuit based on the detection result of the image detecting section 32, into denominations. The denomination sorting unit 40 has sorting holes 41a to 41f for sorting the coins to be transported according to the denomination and dropping the coins. These sorting holes 41a to 41f are arranged to drop the coins in order from the smallest coin diameter. It is located in. Below the selection holes 41a to 41f, a temporary storage unit 54 provided with a partition (not shown) for each denomination is arranged as shown in FIG.

Incidentally, the counting sensors 42a to 42f are arranged correspondingly in front of the selection holes 41a to 41f, respectively.
In the control unit, the difference in the number of coins passing through adjacent ones of the counting sensors 42a to 42f, respectively, is counted as the number of coins sorted by the sorting holes 41a to 41f located therebetween. Has become.

A bottom plate 55 for opening and closing the lower opening of the temporary storage part 54 is arranged below the temporary storage part 54, and the bottom plate 55 is located below the bottom plate 55. A recovery box 56 that receives coins temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 54 is arranged by opening 55. Below the recovery box 56, there is provided a storage safe 57 provided with partitions (not shown) for each type of money.
A coin is inserted into each denomination from the temporary storage unit 54 which is controlled by the control unit and moves in the direction of the side surface portion 11A.

Here, the control unit controls the number of coins of each denomination counted by the material detection sensor 31 and the image detection unit 32,
Counting sensors 42a to 41f arranged in the sorting holes 41a to 41f
If there is a difference in the number of coins of each denomination due to 42f, it is determined that a counting error has occurred, the bottom plate 55 is opened without moving the temporary storage part 54, and the coins temporarily stored are stored. All are put into the collection box 56. On the other hand, the control unit controls the number of coins of each denomination counted by the material detection sensor 31 and the image detection unit 32 and the number of coins of each denomination by the counting sensors 42a to 42f arranged in the sorting holes 41a to 41f. If there is no difference between and, it is determined that the counting is confirmed, the temporary storage part 54 is moved to the side face part 11A with the bottom plate 55 kept closed, and all the coins temporarily stored are classified by denomination. To the storage safe 57.

Next, the discrimination / counting processing of the coin processing machine will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Slot 12
When the start operation is performed in the state where the loose coin is inserted from, the control unit (not shown) starts the discrimination counting process. That is, the supply disk 13, the rotary disk 14, and the transport unit 26 are all in the normal rotation state.

Then, coins are paid out one by one from the rotary disk 14 to the coin passage 15, and the coins paid out to the coin passage 15 are conveyed by the conveying unit 26 in a state where they are sequentially arranged in series. . Then, after the material of the coin being conveyed is detected by the material detecting sensor 31 of the discriminating unit 33, the image is detected by the image detecting unit 32 of the discriminating unit 33.

Here, the outputs of the material detection sensor 31 and the image detection unit 32 are input to a discrimination circuit (not shown) incorporated in the control unit. In the discrimination circuit, for example, the discrimination is performed as follows. To do. First, the detection data of the upstream material detection sensor 31 was sequentially compared with the reference data of the material of coins of each denomination, and it was determined that the detection data of the material did not match the reference data of the material of coins of any denomination. If
This is determined as a fake coin (unacceptable coin).

On the other hand, when it is determined that the coin data of one of the denominations matches the reference data of the coin material, the reference data of the image of the coin of the matched material is read out and the reference data of this image , The image detection unit 32 for the same detected coin
It is detected whether or not they match each other by comparing with the detection data of. When it is determined that the reference data and the detection data of these images match, it is determined that the coin is a true coin (acceptable coin) of the denomination detected. On the other hand, when it is determined that the reference data and the detection data of these images do not match, it is determined that the coin is an unidentifiable coin.

The control unit determines the authenticity of the coin from the detection result of the determination unit 33 as described above (step SA1). Then, when the coin is determined to be true by the detection result of the determination unit 33, the coin is counted and, for the coin,
Do not activate the stoppers 36 and 37. As a result, the coin passes through the reject hole 35. Then, after that, it is conveyed to the third linear portion 24, dropped into the corresponding one of the selection holes 41a to 41f, and stored.

If it is determined in step SA1 that the coin is true, it is determined whether or not there are remaining coins in the supply disc 13, the rotating disc 14, and the coin passage 15 (step SA2). If it is determined in step SA2 that there are remaining coins, the process returns to step SA1, while if it is determined that there are no remaining coins, the discrimination counting process ends.

On the other hand, in step SA1, when the coin is determined to be false by the detection result of the determination unit 33, whether the reject box 51 is in the predetermined arrangement position of the machine body 11 is detected by the detection signal from the reject box detection sensor 52. It is determined whether or not (step SA3).

When it is determined in step SA3 that the reject box 51 is located at the predetermined position of the machine body 11, the coin detecting sensor 38 detects the coins at the timing without stopping the discrimination counting process. The stopper 36 is projected into the second linear portion 22 and rejected (step SA4). As a result, the coin comes into contact with the stopper 36, the transport path thereof is displaced, and the coin is dropped into the reject hole 35. In addition, when a coin is rejected in step SA4, it is displayed on a display unit (not shown) that a coin has been inserted into the reject box 51.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step SA3 that the reject box 51 is not located at the predetermined position of the machine body 11, the discrimination counting process is stopped. That is, all of the supply disc 13, the rotary disc 14, and the transport unit 26 are stopped, and the coins determined to be false are rejected by the reject hole 3.
The stopper 36 and the stopper 37 are projected into the second linear portion 22 at the timing when the coin detecting sensor 38 detects the false coin so as not to drop the coin from the position 5 (step S).
A5).

After that, the reject box detection sensor 5
Based on the detection signal from 2, it is determined whether or not the reject box 51 is at the predetermined arrangement position of the machine body 11 (step SA6). Reject box 5 at step SA6
When it is determined that 1 is not in the predetermined arrangement position of the machine body 11, while waiting while repeating step SA6, the reject box 51 causes the machine body 1 to move in step SA6.
When it is determined that the position is the predetermined disposition position of 1, the determination counting process is restarted. That is, the supply disk 13, the rotary disk 14, and the transport unit 26 are all re-driven (step SA7). The stopper 37 and the stopper 36 are released in this order from projecting into the second linear portion 22, and the false coin stopped by these is dropped through the reject hole 35 and collected in the reject box 51 (step SA4).

To explain this point in a little more detail, the stopper 36 and the stopper 37 stop the fake coin,
Immediately after the fake coin, it is assumed that the true coin comes into contact with the fake coin and is stopped. When restarting the discrimination / counting process, the supply disc 1
3, with the re-driving of the rotating disk 14 and the transport unit 26,
First, the stopper 37 is released from protruding into the second linear portion 22. As a result, the false coin comes into contact with only the stopper 36, so that the conveyance path is displaced and dropped from the reject hole 35. Since the true coin immediately after the fake coin is detected by the coin detection sensor 38 immediately after being started to be conveyed by the re-driving of the conveying unit 26 together with the fake coin, the stopper 36 moves into the second straight line portion 22 at this timing. Will be released, which allows the reject hole 35 to pass without dropping. When the false coins are continuously detected, the stopper 36 projects into the second linear portion 22 until the true coin is detected.

According to the coin processing machine described above, the control section makes a determination based on the detection result of the reject box detection sensor 52 in step SA3 only when the determination section 33 detects an unacceptable coin in step SA1. Controls whether the counting process is stopped or not stopped. That is, as a result of the detection by the reject box detection sensor 52, when it is determined that the reject box 51 is not in the predetermined arrangement position of the machine body 11, the determination counting process is stopped, while the reject box 51 is arranged in the predetermined arrangement position of the machine body 11. If it is determined to be at the position, control is performed so as not to stop the discrimination counting process. In other words, this makes the determination result prior to the presence or absence of the reject box 51.

Therefore, even if the reject box 51 is not arranged at the predetermined arrangement position of the machine body 11, the discrimination counting process is not stopped unless an unacceptable coin is detected, and therefore the discrimination counting process is continued. Will be done.

Therefore, one unacceptable coin is generated, and the operator confirms that the unacceptable coin is inserted into the reject box 51 by the display and the dropping sound, and rejects the unacceptable coin again. Even if the box 51 is removed from the predetermined arrangement position, the discrimination counting process is continued unless an unacceptable coin is generated next. Therefore, compared with the case where the discrimination counting process is stopped while the reject box 51 is removed from the predetermined arrangement position, the discrimination counting process can be performed in a shorter time.

Here, since the existence ratio of false coins is generally very small, even if the reject box 51 is removed from the machine body 11 to take out one unacceptable coin, the reject box 51 is returned to the machine body 11. The probability that the next unacceptable coin will be detected is low. As a result, even if the unacceptable coin is discriminated again, the discrimination counting process can be performed without substantially stopping.

Next, a second embodiment of the coin processing machine of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5, focusing on the differences from the first embodiment. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

In the second embodiment, the control unit (mode selecting means) first causes the selection key (mode selecting means) (not shown) for external input to be selected when the power of the machine body 11 is turned on. Then, it is determined which of the determination priority mode (first mode) and the box priority mode (second mode) has been selected by the selection key (step SB).
1).

If it is determined in step SB1 that the discrimination priority mode has been selected, the discrimination result of the flowchart shown in FIG. 3, that is, the above-described first embodiment is given priority over the presence or absence of the reject box 51, and the discrimination count is performed. The discrimination counting process for controlling the stop and non-stop of the process is executed (step SB2). The contents are the same as those in the first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted.

On the other hand, when the box priority mode is selected at step SB1, the determination priority mode is reversed as shown in FIG.
The presence / absence of the reject box shown in (2) is given priority over the discrimination result to execute the discrimination counting process for controlling the stop and non-stop of the discrimination counting process (step SB3).

That is, when the start operation is performed, the control unit (not shown) first determines whether or not the reject box 51 is at the predetermined arrangement position of the machine body 11 by the detection signal from the reject box detection sensor 52. Yes (step SC1).

When it is determined in step SC1 that the reject box 51 is located at the predetermined position on the machine body 11, the discrimination / counting process is started. That is, the supply disk 13, the rotary disk 14, and the transport unit 26 are all in the normal rotation state. Then, similarly to the first embodiment, coins are fed one by one from the rotary disc 14 into the coin passage 15 and are conveyed by the conveying unit 26, and the material is detected by the material detecting sensor 31 of the discriminating unit 33. Later, the determination unit 33
The image is detected by the image detecting section 32.

Then, the control unit determines the authenticity of the coin from the detection result of the determination unit 33 as in the first embodiment (step SC2). When the coin is determined to be true by the detection result of the determination unit 33, the stoppers 36 and 37 are not operated for the coin. As a result, the coin
It passes through the reject hole 35. Then, after that, it is conveyed to the third linear portion 24, dropped into the corresponding one of the selection holes 41a to 41f, and stored.

If it is determined in step SC2 that the coin is true, it is determined whether or not there are remaining coins in the supply disc 13, the rotating disc 14, and the coin passage 15 (step SC3). If it is determined in step SC3 that there are remaining coins, the process returns to step SC1, while if it is determined that there are no remaining coins, the discrimination counting process is ended.

On the other hand, when the coin is determined to be false in step SC2, the stopper 36 is projected into the second linear portion 22 at the timing when the coin is detected by the coin detection sensor 38, and the coin is rejected (step SC4). . As a result, the coin comes into contact with the stopper 36, the transport path thereof is displaced, and the coin is dropped into the reject hole 35. And
Execute step SC3.

In step SC1, reject box 5
When it is determined that 1 is not in the predetermined arrangement position of the machine body 11, the discrimination counting process is stopped if it is in the execution state of the discrimination counting process. That is, the supply disc 13, the rotating disc 14, and the transport unit 26 are all stopped, and at the timing when any coins are detected by the coin detection sensor 38 so that all coins do not drop from the reject hole 35. The stopper 36 and the stopper 37 are the second
The linear portion 22 is projected (step SC5).

After that, the reject box detection sensor 5
Based on the detection signal from 2, it is determined whether or not the reject box 51 is at the predetermined arrangement position of the machine body 11 (step SC6). Reject box 5 in step SC6
When it is determined that 1 is not in the predetermined arrangement position of the machine body 11, while waiting while repeating step SC6, in step SC6, the reject box 51 causes the machine body 1 to move.
When it is determined that the position is the predetermined disposition position of 1, the determination counting process is restarted. That is, all of the supply disk 13, the rotary disk 14, and the transport unit 26 are re-driven, and the stopper 36 and the second linear portion 22 of the stopper 37 are driven.
The protrusion to the inside is released, and the coin transport processing stopped by these is restarted (step SC7). Then, step SC1 is executed.

According to the coin processing machine described above, the control section makes a determination based on the detection result of the reject box detection sensor 52 only when the determination section 33 detects an unacceptable coin, as shown in FIG. The determination priority mode shown in FIG. 3 for controlling the stop and non-stop of the counting process and the stop and non-stop of the determination counting process based on the detection result of the reject box detection sensor 52 regardless of whether the determination unit 33 detects an unacceptable coin. Since the box priority mode shown in FIG. 5 for controlling the stop can be selected by an external input from the operator, these discrimination priority mode and box priority mode can be selected and used as needed.

In the above description, a coin processing machine for storing coins by denomination is used as an example.
A coin wrapping machine for wrapping coins can be provided by connecting a coin wrapping section for wrapping coins instead of the third linear portion 24 on the downstream side of 2.

[0049]

As described in detail above, the first aspect of the present invention
According to the described coin processing machine, the distinction counting processing control means is
Only when the discriminator detects unacceptable coins,
Based on the detection result of the reject box detection means, to control the stop and non-stop of the counting process, even if the reject box is not placed at the predetermined position on the machine, as long as unacceptable coins are not detected, The stop and non-stop of the counting process are not controlled, and thus the discrimination counting process is continued without being stopped. Therefore,
Even if one unacceptable coin is generated and the reject box is removed from the predetermined position to re-determine this unacceptable coin, the discrimination and counting process continues until the next unacceptable coin occurs. Will be done. Therefore, the discrimination / counting process can be performed in a shorter time than in the case where the discrimination / counting process is stopped while the reject box is removed from the predetermined arrangement position.
As a result, even if the unacceptable coin is discriminated again, the discrimination counting process can be performed without substantially stopping.

According to the coin processing machine of the second aspect of the present invention, the stop and non-stop of the discrimination counting process are controlled based on the detection result of the reject box detection means only when the discrimination unit detects the unacceptable coin. The first mode for performing the operation and the second mode for controlling the stop and non-stop of the discrimination counting process based on the detection result of the reject box detection unit regardless of whether the discriminating unit detects unacceptable coins are externally input by the operator. Since they can be selected, the first mode and the second mode can be selected and used as needed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a partial configuration of a first embodiment of a coin processing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a partial configuration of the first embodiment of the coin processing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the control contents of the first embodiment of the coin processing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the control content of mode selection of the second embodiment of the coin processing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing control contents of a box priority mode of a second embodiment of the coin processing machine of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 Airframe 33 Discrimination Unit 51 Reject Box 52 Reject Box Detection Sensor (Reject Box Detection Means)

(72) Inventor Kohei Sato 2-5-31 Tagawa, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture Laurel Machine Co., Ltd. Osaka 2nd Research Center (72) Inventor Kenki Yoshida 2-chome, Tagawa, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture No. 5/31 Laurel Machinery Co., Ltd. Osaka 2nd Research Center (56) Reference JP-A-8-44924 (JP, A) JP-A-3-15997 (JP, A) JP-A-3-91887 (JP, A) ) Actual Kaihei 2-10209 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07F 5/22 G07D 5/00 G07F 9/04

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A coin is fed out one by one, and the discriminating unit discriminates while the fed coins are being conveyed. As a result of the discrimination by the discriminating unit, the coin discriminated as unacceptable is guided to a reject box while being accepted. In a coin processing machine that performs a discrimination / counting process for counting at least the coins that have been discriminated as, a reject box detection unit that detects whether or not the reject box is arranged at a predetermined arrangement position of the machine body, and a coin that cannot be accepted by the discrimination unit Only when it is detected, based on the detection result of the reject box detection means , the reject box detection means
When it is detected that the box is arranged, the discriminator
The number processing is not stopped, and the reject box detection means
Detected the absence of the placement of the reject box
In this case, a discriminant counting process control means for stopping the discriminative counting process is provided. 2. The reject box detecting means is provided to the discriminating / counting processing control means on the basis of an external input, based on the detection result of the reject box detecting means only when an unacceptable coin is detected by the discriminating portion. Previous
If it is detected that the reject box has the above-mentioned arrangement,
If the judgment count process is not stopped,
Means for detecting the position of the reject box.
When the absence box is detected, the reject box detection means is based on the first mode for stopping the discrimination counting process and the detection result of the reject box detection means regardless of whether or not the discrimination unit detects unacceptable coins.
When the presence of the placement of the reject box is detected
If the judgment count process is not stopped,
Means for detecting the position of the reject box.
The coin processing machine according to claim 1, further comprising a mode selection unit that selects a second mode for stopping the discrimination counting process when the absence is detected .