JP3410327B2 - Drawer device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is for making money in and out in connection with product sales registration processing by a product sales registration data processing device such as an ECR (electronic cash register) or POS (point of sale information management) terminal. Regarding the drawer device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a drawer device 1 of this type is integrated with an ECR main body 2 as shown in FIG. 9, and a money case 3 for storing money is provided in a drawer housing 4 with respect to a drawer housing 4. It is housed so that it can be pulled out and stored freely, and is structured to open the money case 3 in conjunction with the tightening process on the ECR main body 2 side. Here, the money case 3 has a coin storage unit 5 that is divided into a plurality and stores coins on the front side, and has a banknote storage unit 6 that is divided into a plurality and stores the banknotes on the back side.

Here, the basic structure of the drawer case 4 with respect to the drawer case 4 and the like will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. First, rails 7 are formed on the inner walls on both the left and right sides of the drawer housing 4 along the front-rear direction.
A pair of rollers 8 rolling over the top of the money case 3
It is rotatably attached to both sides of the rear side. Rails (not shown) are formed on both sides of the money case 3 side, and a pair of rollers (not shown) holding the rails are rotatably attached to the inner walls of the drawer housing 4 on the left and right sides. Has been. With such a mechanism, the money case 3 can be slid out and stored in the drawer housing 4 in the front-rear direction.

A lock mechanism 9 for a money case and a release mechanism 10 for the money case are provided at the inner part of the drawer housing 4. That is, the locking claw 11 is provided at the innermost part of the money case 3.
Is provided upright, and a locking body 12 that hooks and locks the locking claw 11 at a position where the money case 3 is stored in the drawer housing 4 is provided. The locking body 12 is rotatably supported around a fulcrum 13 attached to the drawer housing 4, and is locked by a torsion spring or the like (not shown).
It is urged in the direction in which it is locked at 1. These locking claws 1
A lock mechanism 9 is configured by 1 and the locking body 12. Further, a solenoid 14 forcibly rotating the locking body 12 in the releasing direction is connected to a part of the locking body 12. The solenoid 14 constitutes the release mechanism 10. Further, when the drawer case 4 is held in a compressed state with the innermost part of the money case 3 locked and locked in the stored state and the lock is released, the money case 3 is moved to the front side. An opening spring 15 is attached as an urging means for pulling it open.

Therefore, when the solenoid 14 is energized to rotate the locking body 12 in the clockwise direction, the locking with respect to the locking claw 11 is released, and the money case 3 receives the biasing force of the opening spring 15 to draw the drawer housing 4. When the money case 3 is pushed into the drawer housing 4 so as to be pulled out to the front side, the locking claw 11 is locked to the locking body 12 again and locked in the stored state.

The solenoid 14 is energized in conjunction with the tightening operation, but in addition to this, a connecting rod (not shown) for forcibly rotating the locking body 12 clockwise by a key operation is also provided. It is provided on the bottom of the drawer housing 4 in the front-rear direction.

In this way, the mechanism for pulling out and opening the money case 3 is generally in a half-open state in which it is temporarily stopped at a half-open position where only the coin storage section 5 located on the front side is exposed as shown in FIG. 9 (a). A half-open position stop mechanism 16 is provided. This half-open position stop mechanism 16 is, for example, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, an elastic stopper 17 formed by a convex leaf spring or the like formed at a predetermined position on the bottom of the drawer housing 4.
And a stopper piece 18 which is formed at a predetermined position on the bottom surface of the money case 3 and can be locked to the stopper 17, and the stopper piece 18 can pass over the stopper 17 by manual operation or the like. Such a half-open position stop mechanism 1
Reference numeral 6 denotes a mechanism for preventing the money case 3 from being opened so that the banknotes stored in the banknote storage unit 6 are exposed when the money case 3 is opened, and plays an important role in theft prevention. Then, when it is necessary to take in and out the bills, the cashier manually pulls out the money case 3 in the half-opened state to the fully opened position as shown in FIG. Fully open when possible. That is, it is a two-stage open system in which the money case 3 is opened to a half open state or a full open state.

[0008]

In the drawer device of this type, the coin storage portion 5 is disposed on the front side of the bill storage portion 6 mainly in consideration of the operability of change change by the cashier. by. However, in recent years, a POS terminal or the like equipped with a coin withdrawal device (in other words, an automatic drawer device) having a function of an automatic change machine that automatically pays out a change in accordance with a tightening operation has emerged. In some cases,
The necessity of arranging the coin storage unit 5 on the front side of the bill storage unit 6 is reduced. For example, in such a case, if the coin storage unit 5 is simply used as a bar silver storage unit for spare coins, the coin storage unit 5 will be used very rarely, so that the cashier is convenient to use. It is more convenient to dispose the bill storage unit on the front side. In this respect, there is a coin storage unit and a bill storage unit that are formed separately so that the front and rear positions of the money case can be interchanged, which can be said to be possible.

However, when considering the drawer device of the two-stage opening type as described above, since the half-open position is fixed on the assumption that the coin storage portion 5 is arranged on the front side, the coins are fixed. Even if the banknote storage section and the banknote storage section are replaced with each other so that the banknote storage section side is on the front side, only half the banknote storage section is opened at the half-open position and the banknotes cannot be taken in and out, so there is no choice but to fully open it. The meaning of the two-stage opening method and the meaning of replacing the storage section are meaningless. After all, even if the coin storage portion and the bill storage portion are formed separately, when combined with the two-stage opening system, the coin storage portion is uniformly arranged on the front side as in the conventional case.

In view of the above, the present invention provides a drawer device which is easy to use and which is capable of adopting a half-open position corresponding to the coin storage part and the banknote storage part when the coin storage part and the bill storage part are interchanged in the drawer device of the two-stage opening type. With the goal.

[0011]

The invention according to claim 1 is
A drawer housing with an opening on the front side, a money case with an opening on the top that can be pulled out and stored in the drawer housing, an urging means for urging the money case from the back side to the front side, and a drive unit. A lock mechanism that selectively and selectively engages the money case, and temporarily stops the money case that moves in the pulling direction by receiving the urging force of the urging means from a half open state and from the half open position. In a drawer device of a two-stage opening system that opens to a fully open position where it is moved to a fully open position by a manual operation, a coin storage part and a banknote storage part having different lengths in the front and rear direction can be interchanged in the front and rear positions on the money case. And a half-open position switching stop mechanism for switching the half-open position according to the storage unit arranged on the front side of the coin storage unit and the bill storage unit. Therefore, with respect to the coin storage portion and the bill storage portion that are separately provided to be interchangeable in the front-rear position, when the coin storage portion is disposed on the front side, the half-open position switching stop mechanism causes the coin storage portion to be exposed. Since it is temporarily stopped at the half open position, coins can be taken in and out of the coin storage part in the half open state,
When the banknote storage section is arranged on the front side, the half-open position switching stop mechanism temporarily stops the banknote storage section at the half-open position where the banknote storage section is exposed, so that the banknote storage section can take in and out the banknote storage section in the half-open state. Therefore, the coin storage portion and the bill storage portion can be arbitrarily exchanged according to the convenience of the cashier.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the drawer device according to the first aspect, the coin storage portion and the bill storage portion form a part of a half-open position switching stop mechanism and are respectively arranged on the front side. In this case, a stopper piece for restricting the half-open position is integrally provided. Therefore, since the stopper piece forming a part of the half-open position switching stop mechanism is configured by utilizing a part of the coin storage part and the banknote storage part, it is mechanically simple and the coin storage which should be in the half-open state. Since the half-open position is determined by the unit itself and the bill storage unit itself, the half-open position can be properly determined.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the drawer device according to the second aspect, each stopper piece also serves as a locking claw for locking and fixing the coin storing portion and the bill storing portion to the money case. did. Therefore, since the stopper piece also serves as the locking claw for locking and fixing the coin storage unit and the bill storage unit whose front and rear positions can be interchanged with respect to the money case, the configuration is simple and has a small number of parts.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The same parts as those shown in FIGS. 9 to 11 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. First, in the present embodiment, a coin storage unit 22 and a bill storage unit 23 are separately formed in a rectangular box-shaped money case 21. Here, the money case 2
1 is basically similar in shape and structure to the money case 3, and is equipped with a roller 8 for a drawing mechanism. The coin storage 22 is basically similar in shape to the coin storage 5.
It has a structure and is divided into multiple parts for different denominations in the left-right direction. The bill storage unit 23 basically has a shape and structure similar to the bill storage unit 6, and is divided into a plurality of denominations having different left and right directions. Further, the coin storage unit 22 and the bill storage unit 23 are assumed to have different lengths in the front-rear direction as usual due to their functions (the bill storage unit 2
3 is longer), and the total length of the coin storage portion 22 and the bill storage portion 23 is the money case 21.
It is set to a length that fits exactly within the length in the front-back direction. As a result, the coin storage unit 22 and the bill storage unit 23 are configured to be interchangeable in the front-rear position so that either of the coin storage unit 22 and the bill storage unit 23 may be disposed on the front side.

These coin storage section 22 and bill storage section 23
The stopper pieces 22a and 23a are provided at the center of the rear side of
Are integrally formed so as to be bent toward the lower rear side. These stopper pieces 22a and 23a have the same shape. Further, three locking holes 21a, 21b, 21c are formed on the bottom center line of the money case 21 side. The locking hole 21a is dedicated to the coin storage portion 22 and is positioned at a position where the stopper piece 22a is detachably locked when the coin storage portion 22 is arranged on the front side in the money case 21. In such a locked state,
The stopper piece 22 a is in a state of protruding below the money case 21. The locking hole 21b is dedicated to the bill storage unit 23, and is positioned at a position where the stopper piece 23a is detachably locked when the bill storage unit 23 is arranged on the front side in the money case 21. In such a locked state, the stopper piece 23a is in a state of protruding below the money case 21. The locking hole 21c is shared by the coin storage 22 and the bill storage 23, and the money case 2
The stopper piece 22a or 23a is positioned at a position where the stopper piece 22a or 23a is detachably locked when the coin storage portion 22 or the bill storage portion 23 is arranged on the inner side in the inside of 1. In such a locked state, the stopper piece 22a or 23a is in a state of protruding below the money case 21. Therefore, the stopper pieces 22a and 23a are respectively provided in the coin storage portion 22 and the bill storage portion 2
3 also serves as a locking claw for removably locking and fixing to the money case 21. Further, stopper pieces 23a, 23a are provided at the front center of each of the coin storage section 22 and the banknote storage section 23.
Notches 22b and 23b are formed to avoid 22a.

On the other hand, a stopper 24 is provided at a predetermined position on the center line on the bottom surface of the drawer housing 4 so that stopper pieces 22a and 23a projecting from the lower portion of the money case 21 can be passed over. ing. This stopper 2
Reference numeral 4 is formed by a leaf spring in a convex shape and has elasticity. Here, the position of the stopper 24 is a position where the stopper piece 22a or 23a of the storage section (the coin storage section 22 or the banknote storage section 23) arranged on the front side is locked, and the storage section is the drawer housing 4. It is set at a position that regulates the half-open position so that the half-open state is projected from the half-open state. The stopper pieces 22a, 23a and the stopper 24 constitute a half-open position switching stop mechanism 25.

In such a structure, the coin storage portion 22
FIG. 4 (a) shows a storage state of the money case 21 when the banknote storage section 23 is disposed on the front side and the bill storage section 23 is disposed on the back side.
In this state, the stopper piece 22a is locked in the locking hole 21a and the stopper piece 23a is locked in the locking hole 21c. When the solenoid 14 is energized to rotate the locking body 12 in the clockwise direction in such a state, the locking with respect to the locking claw 11 is released, and the money case 21 receives the biasing force of the opening spring 15 to draw the drawer housing 4. It moves open so that it can be pulled out from the front side. During the opening movement of the money case 21, the stopper piece 22a of the coin storing portion 22 arranged on the front side is locked to the stopper 24 as shown in FIG. 4B, so that it is temporarily stopped at the locking position. . This locking position is a half-open position for the coin storage portion 22, and is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, only the coin storage portion 22 is maintained in the half-open state where it is exposed. As a result, coins can be put into and taken out of the coin storage portion 22. When the bills need to be taken in and out, the cashier manually pulls out the half-opened money case 21 to the fully opened position (at this time, the stopper piece 22a moves over the stopper 24 and moves to the front side). The banknotes are fully opened so that the banknotes can be taken in and out of the banknote storage unit 23. In the fully open state, the stopper piece 23a
Engage with the stopper 24. In this way, it can be used with the specifications according to the conventional method.

On the other hand, when the coin storage unit 22 is provided with an automatic drawer device or the like and the frequency of use of the coin storage unit 22 is low, for example, the banknote storage unit 23 is disposed on the front side and the coin storage unit 22 is disposed on the rear side depending on the convenience of the user. A layout configuration can be adopted in which In this state, the stopper piece 23a is locked in the locking hole 21b and the stopper piece 22a is locked in the locking hole 21c. Further, the coin storage unit 22 is used preliminarily, for example, for storing bar silver for each denomination. The accommodation state of the money case 21 in this case is shown in FIG. When the solenoid 14 is energized to rotate the locking body 12 in the clockwise direction in such a state, the locking with respect to the locking claw 11 is released, and the money case 21 receives the biasing force of the opening spring 15 to draw the drawer housing 4. It moves open so that it can be pulled out from the front side. When the money case 21 is opened, the stopper piece 23a of the banknote storage portion 23 arranged on the front side is locked by the stopper 24 as shown in FIG. . This locking position is a half-open position for the banknote storage part 23, and as shown in FIG. 1B, only the banknote storage part 23 is maintained in a half-opened state. As a result, it is possible to carry out the operation of taking bills in and out of the bill storage unit 23. When the coin storage unit 22 needs to be operated, the cashier can manually pull out the money case 21 in the half-opened state to the fully open position (at this time,
The stopper piece 23a moves over the stopper 24 and moves to the front side), and is fully opened so that the coin storage portion 22 on the back side can be operated. In the fully opened state, the stopper piece 22a is locked to the stopper 24.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, while adopting the two-stage open system, the coin storage section 22 and the banknote storage section 23 can be interchanged back and forth according to the convenience of the cashier, and the replacement can be achieved. A proper half-open position can be automatically taken. Also as a structure for this purpose, the stopper pieces 22a, 23 forming a part of the half-open position switching stop mechanism 25.
Since a is configured by utilizing a part of the coin storage part 22 and the banknote storage part 23, respectively, it is mechanically simple, and by the coin storage part 22 itself and the banknote storage part 23 itself that should be in a half-open state. Since the half open position is determined, the half open position can be properly determined. Furthermore, since the stopper pieces 22a and 23a also serve as locking claws for locking and fixing the coin storage portion 22 and the bill storage portion 23, which can be interchanged in the front-rear position with respect to the money case 21, the number of parts is simple. There are few configurations.

In this embodiment, the stopper piece 22
Although a and 23a are provided with a function of a locking claw for locking and fixing the coin storing unit 22 and the bill storing unit 23 to the money case 21, they are simply stopper pieces having a shape to be able to ride over the stopper 24, and Locking and fixing to the case 21 may be performed by using locking claws 22c and 23c formed on both left and right sides of the coin storage portion 22 and the bill storage portion 23 as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8. These locking claws 22c, 2
3c has the same shape and is elastically locked, and is formed at the same dimension a from the rear side. Also,
Three locking holes 2 are provided on each side of the money case 21.
1d, 21e, 21f are formed. The locking hole 2
1d is dedicated to the coin storage unit 22, and is formed at a position where the locking claw 22c is detachably locked when the coin storage unit 22 is arranged on the front side in the money case 21. The locking hole 21e is exclusively for the banknote storage section 23, and is formed at a position where the locking claw 23c is detachably locked when the banknote storage section 23 is arranged on the front side in the money case 21. . The locking hole 21f is a coin storage 22
And the banknote storage section 23 are commonly used, and when the coin storage section 22 or the banknote storage section 23 is disposed inside the money case 21, the locking claws 22c or 23c are detachably locked. It is formed at the position (the position of the dimension a from the rear side). In addition, when the coin storage 22 and the bill storage 23 are removed and replaced, the locking claw 22
It suffices to push in the c and 23c parts.

[0021]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in the drawer device of the two-stage opening type, the coin storage portion and the bill storage portion having different lengths in the front-rear direction are provided on the money case so that the front-rear position can be interchanged. Since a half-open position switching stop mechanism for switching the half-open position according to the storage unit arranged on the front side of the coin storage unit and the bill storage unit is provided, the front and rear positions can be interchangeably divided and provided. With respect to the coin storage unit and the bill storage unit, when the coin storage unit is arranged on the front side, the half-open position switching stop mechanism temporarily stops the coin storage unit at the half-open position where the coin storage unit is exposed. Coins can be taken in and out of the storage part, and when the banknote storage part is arranged on the front side, the half-open position switching stop mechanism temporarily stops at the half-open position where the banknote storage part is exposed. In the department Bill out is possible, the coin storing section and the bill accommodating unit can take a half-open position accordingly be switched back and forth depending on the usability of the cashier in the drawer unit of the two-stage open type.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the drawer device according to the first aspect, the coin storage portion and the bill storage portion form a part of a half-open position switching stop mechanism and are respectively disposed on the front side. Since it integrally has a stopper piece that regulates the half-open position when it is opened, the stopper piece that forms a part of the half-open position switching stop mechanism is configured by using a part of the coin storage portion and the bill storage portion. Since it is mechanically simple, the half-open position can be properly determined because the half-open position is determined by the coin storage unit itself and the bill storage unit itself which should be in the half-open state.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the drawer device according to the second aspect, each stopper piece also serves as a locking claw for locking and fixing the coin storing portion and the bill storing portion to the money case. Since this is done, it can be realized with a configuration that is simple and has a small number of parts.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a different half-opened state showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a money case, a coin storage unit, and a bill storage unit.

FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view showing a coin storage portion.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional side view showing a case where the coin storage portion is arranged on the front side.

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional side view showing a case where a bill storage unit is arranged on the front side.

FIG. 6 is a horizontal sectional view of the drawer device.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a money case, a coin storage unit, and a bill storage unit of a modified example.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing a locked state.

FIG. 9 is an external perspective view showing a conventional example in a half open state / full open state.

FIG. 10 is a horizontal sectional view of the drawer device.

FIG. 11 is a vertical sectional side view showing a stored state / a half-open state.

[Explanation of symbols]

4 drawer housing 9 Lock mechanism 15 Biasing means 21 Money Case 22 coin storage 22a Stopper piece 23 Banknote storage 23a Stopper piece 25 Half open position switching stop mechanism

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── --Continued front page (56) Reference JP-A-4-266197 (JP, A) JP-A-63-187391 (JP, A) JP-A-7-29064 (JP, A) JP-A-8- 124023 (JP, A) JP-A-3-218598 (JP, A) JP-A-2-217996 (JP, A) Actual development 4-93367 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07G 1/00

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A drawer housing with a front opening, a money case with an upper opening that can be pulled out and stored in the drawer housing, and a biasing means for biasing the money case from the back side to the front side. And a lock mechanism that is driven by a drive unit and selectively engages with the money case, and a half-open state in which the money case that is moved in the pull-out direction by receiving the urging force of the urging means is temporarily stopped at the half-open position. A two-stage open type drawer device that opens to a fully open position in which it is moved to a fully open position by a manual operation from the half open position, wherein a coin storage unit and a banknote storage unit having different lengths in the front-rear direction are provided on the money case. The front and rear positions can be exchanged freely, and a half-open position switching stop mechanism that switches the half-open position according to the storage unit arranged on the front side of the coin storage unit and the bill storage unit is provided. Drawer and wherein the. 2. The coin storage unit and the bill storage unit form a part of a half-open position switching stop mechanism, and each integrally has a stopper piece that restricts the half-open position when it is disposed on the front side. The drawer device according to claim 1, which is characterized in that. 3. The drawer device according to claim 2, wherein each stopper piece also serves as a locking claw for locking and fixing the coin storage portion and the bill storage portion to the money case.