JP3499702B2 - Coin depositing and dispensing 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 depositing / dispensing machine which is mounted on, for example, an ATM used in a bank or the like and deposits and dispenses coins.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of coin depositing / dispensing machine, depositing coins to be deposited in a depositing receiving portion formed in the front part of a machine body are received in a hopper, and the depositing coins in this hopper are fed one by one by a feeding means. Withdraw and send to the coin identification passage, temporarily hold the received coins identified in this coin identification passage by denomination or collectively, and at the same time, deposit coins that can be used for withdrawal at the time of payment approval as denominations for withdrawal. The money is stored in the money section according to the type of money.

Further, at the time of initial replenishment to the withdrawal section by denomination, or during replenishment on the way when the amount of coins for withdrawal at the withdrawal section by denomination decreases due to the withdrawal process, the side of the machine body Parts are ejected from the replenishment coin storage box that is removably arranged from the side of the parts, the replenishment coins are conveyed to the hopper, and the replenishment coins are sent from the hopper to the coin identification passage one by one and the type of gold is determined. I try to replenish the withdrawal department.

In such a coin depositing / dispensing machine, residual coins (residual coins, residual foreign matters (clips, pins, rubber bands) that cannot be dispensed by the dispensing means are used in the hopper that dispenses the deposited coins and the supplementary coins one by one by the dispensing means. , Garbage, imitation coins, metal, etc.) are sometimes collectively referred to as residual coins).

Therefore, when residual coins that cannot be fed out remain in the hopper, the residual coins are returned to the deposit receiving section by a dedicated conveyer conveyor, or the coins are returned to the side of the machine. The foreign matter collection box is detachably arranged from the side portion thereof.

When the replenishment coin storage box or the foreign matter collection box is attached to or detached from the machine body, the machine body is pulled out rearward or forward from, for example, an ATM or the like in which the machine body is incorporated, and the replenishment coin storage box is stored from the side of the machine body. The box and foreign object collection box are attached and detached.

[0007]

However, in the conventional coin depositing / dispensing machine, when a replenishment coin storage box or a foreign matter collection box is attached to or detached from the machine body, for example, an ATM in which the machine body is incorporated is attached to the rear of the machine body. It has to be pulled out to the front, which is troublesome.

Further, in order to collect the residual coins in the foreign matter collection box, it is necessary to provide a dedicated conveyer conveyor even though the usage frequency is low, resulting in high cost and
There is a problem in that it requires a large installation space inside the fuselage and becomes large.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and makes it possible to easily attach and remove a replenishment coin storage box, a foreign matter collection box, and the like without pulling the machine body backward or forward, and to leave residual coins remaining in the hopper. An object of the present invention is to provide a coin depositing / dispensing machine capable of cost reduction and miniaturization by sharing the same type of foreign matter collection box with a conveyor for transporting another supplementary coin.

[0010]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin depositing / dispensing machine which receives a deposit coin into a deposit receiving portion provided at a front portion of a machine body in a storage dispensing portion having a hopper and a dispensing means . The deposited coins of this storage delivery unit are delivered one by one by the delivery means and sent to the coin identification passage, and the received coins identified in this coin identification passage are temporarily held and the receipt coins that can be used for withdrawal at the time of deposit approval are issued. In a coin depositing / dispensing machine which stores as coins for gold in the denomination-type withdrawal part, a backside of the machine body is detachably provided from the back side thereof, and coins for replenishment with the denomination-withdrawal part are stored and refilled. Replenishment coin storage box that ejects coins through the outlet , and this replenishment
A foreign matter collection box provided at a lower position of the coin storage box and detachably provided on the back of the machine body from the back side thereof,
Hopper discharging means for discharging the residual coins remaining in the hopper of the storage and feeding section at the time of refilling , and the hopper discharging means along the bottom of the machine body.
The first conveyor area, which is arranged horizontally, in the front of the machine
A second conveyor area arranged substantially vertically along the first
Arranged in a slanted manner between the conveyor area of the first and the second conveyor area
Has a third conveyor area, which is located after the first conveyor area
The discharge port of the replenishment coin storage box faces above the end area, and the first coin
A foreign matter collection box faces below the rear edge of the Nbeya area,
Enter the back position of the second conveyor area at the upper end of the
A money receiving part is arranged and a second container is provided below the money receiving part.
The back position of Ya zone is arranged pooling and feeding portion, the coins are released from the front <br/> Symbol replenishment coin storage box when replenishing the first con
Received in the rear end area of the bearer area and forwardly rotated to make the first conveyor
Area, the third conveyor area, and the second conveyor area to convey to the deposit receiving section, and at the same time , to receive the residual coins at the time of replenishment discharged from the hopper to reverse the first coin.
A transport conveyor for transporting from the rear end region to the foreign matter collection box through the Nveyer region .

When the replenishment coin storage box and the foreign matter collection box are attached to and detached from the machine body, they can be attached to and detached from the back side of the machine body without pulling the machine body backward or forward. Also, at the time of replenishment, it is released from the replenishment coin storage box.
Replenishment coins are received by a transfer conveyor, and by forward rotation of the transfer conveyor, the coins are transferred to a deposit receiving part, and a deposit receiving part that is a deposit path, a hopper having a hopper and a feeding means , and coin identification. Replenish to the withdrawal section by denomination via the passage.
Further, when the residual coins remain in the hopper of the storing and feeding section, the residual coins discharged from the hopper are received by the transfer conveyor and the reverse coin of the transfer conveyor transfers the residual coins to the foreign matter collection box. Therefore, the transport conveyor is commonly used to transport replenishment coins and residual coins at the time of replenishment.

Examples of the feeding means include an inclined disc, a centrifugal disc, and a feeding conveyor equipped with a separation gate. In addition, when temporarily depositing coins, there are cases where they are classified according to denomination and are held together, and when they are held together, when lump-summed hold, they are categorized according to money type at the time of payment approval and sent to the denomination withdrawal section. Store. In addition, residual coins are residual coins,
Residual foreign matter (clips, pins, rubber bands, dust, imitation coins,
Metal etc.) etc. are collectively called.

A coin depositing / dispensing machine according to a second aspect is the first aspect.
In the coin depositing / dispensing machine described above, the conveyor has a belt on the surface of which projections are provided at predetermined pitches along the transportation direction, and the coins and residual coins are hooked by the projections and conveyed. To do.

A coin depositing / dispensing machine according to claim 3 is the coin depositing / dispensing machine according to claim 1.
Or In 2 coin receiving and dispensing machine according, as well as accept and accommodate overflow coins during deposit authorization, comprising an overflow coin storage box to release scrutiny recovered at the overflow coins that send the overflow coins to coin identifying passage, transport conveyors Receiving the overflow coins discharged from the overflow coin storage box in the first conveyor area and rotating the coins in the forward direction to rotate the first conveyor area and the third conveyor area.
The transfer conveyor is also used to transfer the overflow coins through the transfer area and the second conveyor area .

A coin depositing / dispensing machine according to a fourth aspect is the third aspect.
In the coin receiving and dispensing machine according to the time of dispensing and during examination recovery, comprising a dispensing for coin conveying means for conveying the pooling and feeding portion receives a dispensing for coins thrown from denomination dispensing unit,
The transfer conveyor collects overflow coins during detailed examination and collection.
The overflow coins released from the storage box are
The first conveyor area, the third conveyor area
Transport to the deposit receiving section through the conveyor area and the second conveyor area
However, the storage / delivery section uses a transfer conveyor or
Overflow coins and coins sent through the receiving part
Receiving each gold coin and identifying it by the feeding means
One coin is fed to the aisle, and coins are identified in the aisle at the time of detailed collection.
And the in the overflow coins and dispensing a coin is recognized as normal coins that are provided with a recovery means to recover the replenishment coin storage box, from within the body by all the normal coin replenishment coin storage box in the machine body Take out and collect.

The coin depositing / dispensing machine according to claim 5 is the coin depositing / dispensing machine according to claim 4.
In the coin depositing / dispensing machine described, the back of the machine is detachably provided from the back side thereof, and the machine is provided with a reject box for storing replenishment reject coins and recovery reject coins. When attaching or detaching, the body can be attached to or detached from the back side of the body without pulling the body backward or forward. In addition, the reject box includes a case in which they are separately provided for detachment reject coins and a collection reject coin, and a case in which they are integrally detachably provided.

The coin depositing / dispensing machine according to claim 6 is the coin depositing / dispensing machine.
In the coin depositing / dispensing machine described in any one of 1 to 5, when the residual coins are detected by the detection sensor for detecting the residual coins remaining in the hopper and the detecting sensor at the time of depositing, the residual coins are discharged by the hopper discharging means. with releasing the kind onto conveyor, which and a control section for returning the residual coin by normal rotation conveyor to deposit receiving, sharing the conveyor, the remaining coin return.
It should be noted that the detection of residual coins by the detection sensor includes a case where it is carried out at a predetermined time at the time of deposit, for example, at the time of the temporary suspension of deposit.

[0018]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 (side view showing the internal mechanism of the coin depositing / dispensing machine) and FIG. 2 (enlarged front view showing the internal mechanism of the coin depositing / dispensing machine), the coin depositing / dispensing machine is used, for example, in a bank or the like. 1 is a machine of a coin depositing / dispensing machine mounted on an ATM. This machine 1 has a large depth dimension in the front-rear direction (horizontal direction in FIG. 1) and a height dimension in the vertical direction, and the left-right direction (FIG. 2 left-right direction). Direction) is formed in a box shape with a small width dimension. At the front part of the upper surface of the machine body 1 (on the right side of the upper surface of FIG. 1), a deposit / withdrawal port 2 for depositing and withdrawing deposit coins is formed. Below the deposit / withdrawal port 2 is a motor (not shown). A shutter 3 that is opened and closed by driving is provided, and a deposit / withdrawal port frame 4 extends downward from the peripheral portion of the deposit / withdrawal port 2.

Below the deposit / withdrawal port 2, there is provided a coin receiving portion 6 as a deposit receiving portion for receiving deposited coins, dispensed coins and the like. The coin receiving portion 6 is formed in a substantially gutter-like shape and is horizontally long along the left-right direction of the machine body 1. The receiving posture shown in FIG. And the upper and lower surfaces are turned so that the discharge posture is reversed. Below the coin receiving portion 6, a chute 8 for receiving coins discharged by reversing the coin receiving portion 6 is arranged. The coin receiving unit 6 is provided with a sensor that detects that a coin has been received.

Below the chute 8, the coin receiving portion 6 is provided.
A storage and delivery section 11 is provided for receiving the coins discharged from the and guided by the chute 8 and delivering the coins one by one. The storing and feeding section 11 has an inclined disk 12 as a feeding means, and a hopper for storing coins between the inclined disk 12 and the inclined disk 12.
Have 13.

The inclined disk 12 is attached to a rotary shaft 15 which is slightly inclined with respect to the horizontal direction, and is driven by a motor (not shown) in the normal direction to drive the rotation of the rotation shaft 15 shown in FIG. 3 (side view of the coin passage) and FIG. Enlarged side view) Rotated in the direction of the arrow.
As shown in FIG. 4, a concave portion 16 having a width wider than the diameter of the maximum diameter coin to be processed is formed in the peripheral edge portion of the inclined disk 12, and a long hole 17 elongated in the rotational direction is formed along the concentric circle in the concave portion 16. Are formed through. The distance between the long holes 17 is set to be larger than the diameter of the maximum diameter coin to be processed.

On the back side of the inclined disk 12, a leaf spring (not shown) is attached to the edge of each elongated hole 17 on the rotation direction side, and the tip side of this leaf spring is projected from the surface of the inclined disk 12 through the elongated hole 17. Pin 18 is attached. This pin 18
Normally, the slot 17 is located closer to the rotation direction and protrudes from the inclined disk 12 by a predetermined amount (a little smaller than the thickness of the minimum thickness coin), but if an unreasonable force is applied in the rotation direction, the leaf spring It is designed to retreat from the surface of the inclined disk 12 against. Then, by the rotation of the inclined disk 12,
Of the coins stored in the hopper 13, the concave part of the inclined disk 12
Coins engaging with 16 are picked up by pin 18 one by one.

In front of the position where the coin passage 31 described later is connected to the upper surface of the inclined disc 12 in the rotation direction, the inclined disc 12 is provided.
A thickness regulating member 19 is arranged so as to project above the surface of the. The thickness regulating member 19 is swingably supported about a support shaft 20 arranged outside the inclined disk 12, and is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 4 by a spring 21 connected to the thickness regulating member 19. Being energized.

A coin passage, which will be described later, on the upper surface of the inclined disk 12.
At the connection position of 31, the pin 16 is engaged with the recess 16 of the inclined disk 12.
A take-in member 22 is provided for taking coins, which are picked up one by one by a coin 18, into a coin passage 31 described later. The take-in member 22 is opposed to the surface of the concave portion 16 of the inclined disk 12 at intervals such that coins cannot pass through, and a passing groove 23 through which the pin 18 passes is formed.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the hopper 13
Is formed with an opening on the upper surface, the peripheral edge is formed in an arc shape along the peripheral edge of the inclined disk 12, and the lower side of the opposing wall portion facing the inclined disk 12 is inclined toward the lower edge of the inclined disk 12. Has been done. A discharge port 26 is formed from a facing wall portion of the hopper 13 to a lower edge portion thereof, and a movable hopper wall 27 as a discharging means is arranged in the discharge port 26 so as to be openable and closable. The movable hopper wall 27 is swingably attached to the hopper 13 about a swing shaft 28 at the upper end as a fulcrum, and is opened and closed by driving a solenoid (not shown). Below the discharge port 26 of the hopper 13, a chute 29 for guiding the residual coins discharged from the discharge port 26 by opening the movable hopper wall 27 to a conveyer conveyor 111 described later.
Is provided.

The hopper 13 has a light emitting / receiving type detection sensor for detecting residual coins such as residual coins and residual foreign matter (clips, pins, rubber bands, dust, imitation coins, metals, etc.) that cannot be fed by the inclined disk 12. S1, S2, S3, S4
Is provided. The detection sensor S1 has a light emitter and a light receiver arranged so as to project and receive detection light in parallel with the inclined disk 12.
The detection sensors S2, S3, S4 are provided with a light projector and a light receiver so as to project and receive detection light along the lower edge of the hopper 13.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a coin passage 31 is connected to the upper part of the inclined disc 12 as a coin identification passage for receiving and conveying coins fed one by one by the inclined disc 12. There is. The coin passage 31 is connected to the upper part of the inclined disc 12 and is inclined upward toward the rear for identifying coins 32, and the coin identifying passage 32 extends substantially horizontally toward the rear for sorting coins. A passage portion 33, a return passage portion 34 that returns upward in an arc shape from the end of the coin sorting passage portion 33, and a delivery passage that extends substantially horizontally from the return passage portion 34 toward the front and reaches the coin receiving portion 6. The portion 35 is formed in order.

In each of the passage portions 32 to 35 of the coin passage 31, a coin passage plate 36 for transporting one side of the coin in contact is arranged in the same inclined state as the inclined disc 12. This coin passage board
At the lower edge of 36, a guide plate for guiding the lower edge of coins by the coin identification passage portion 32, the coin sorting passage portion 33 and the folding passage portion 34.
37 is provided, and a guide plate 38 that guides the lower edge of the coin in the delivery passage portion 35 is provided. As shown in FIG. 4, the tip of the coin passage plate 36 is arranged close to the upper edge of the inclined disk 12, and the tip of the guide plate 37 is continuous with the take-in member 22. Coins fed out one by one can be received in the coin passage 31.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the coin passage 31
An endless conveyor belt 39 for conveying coins is arranged along each of the passage portions 32 to 35. The conveyor belt 39 is provided with a plurality of protrusions 40 at intervals wider than the diameter of the maximum-diameter coin to be processed along the side facing the coin passage plate 36, and is arranged facing the inclined disk 12. It is stretched by a drive pulley 41 and a plurality of other driven pulleys 42.

The drive force of a motor (not shown) is transmitted to the drive pulley 41, and the conveyor belt 39 is rotated in the clockwise direction (arrow direction) in the figure by the normal rotation drive of this motor. The conveyor belt 39 is set to have a minute gap in which the gap between the coin passage plate 36 and the protrusion 40 does not come into contact with each other, and the coin passage plate 36 is also provided.
And the gap between the conveyor belt 39 and the facing surface other than the protrusion 40 is set to be a little smaller than the minimum thickness, so that the coins received between the protrusions 40 before and after the conveying direction are pressed against the coin passage plate 36 and conveyed. It has become. The conveyor belt 39
The coin transport speed due to is slightly higher than the payout speed of the coins dispensed by the inclined disk 12.

Further, the coin identification passage portion 32 of the coin passage 31 is provided with an identification portion 43 composed of a material sensor, an image sensor and the like for identifying whether the conveyed coins are proper, incorrect, denomination or the like. It is set up.

Further, the coin passage plate 36 in the coin sorting passage portion 33 of the coin passage 31 is sequentially spaced from the upstream side to the downstream side by 1 yen, 5 yen, 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen, 50 yen.
A classification hole 44 for classifying 0-yen coins, a classification hole 45 for classifying overflow coins at the time of deposit, a classification hole 46 for classifying overflow coins at the time of replenishment, and a classification hole 47 for classifying reject coins are opened.

As shown in FIG. 5 (a cross-sectional view as seen from above the coin sorting passage portion) and FIG. 6 (a perspective view of the coin sorting passage portion), a sorting member for opening and closing the sorting holes 44 to 47, respectively. 48
Each of the distribution members 48 is axially supported by the coin passage plate 36 so that the upstream side of the coin passage 31 is opened by the support shaft 49, and the closing positions and the classification positions for closing the classification holes 44 to 47. Hole 44 ~
The opening 47 is opened and the coin is moved to the advance position where it advances into the coin passage 31. Each sorting member 48 is formed with a cutout portion 50 that avoids abutting against the conveyor belt 39 when it is rotated to the advanced position. A timing sensor for detecting coins is arranged in front of each of the sorting holes 44 to 47.

A rotary solenoid SD is connected to a support shaft 49 of each distributing member 48, and based on the identification signal of the identification section 43 and the detection signal of the timing sensor,
When the corresponding coin passes through the sorting holes 44 to 47, the corresponding sorting member 48 is rotated to the advance position in preparation for the passage, and is forced to the sorting holes 44 to 47 opened through the sorting member 48. Will be dropped.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 7 (a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1), the rear surface side of each classification hole 44 of each gold type is
Chute 51 for each type of coin that guides the sorted coins is arranged in a temporary holding unit 61, which will be described later.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 8 (cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 1), a chute 52 is provided on the back side of the sorting hole 45 for guiding an overflow coin upon receipt into a transfer conveyor 71, which will be described later.
Is provided. In the middle of the chute 52, a chute 53 which constitutes a part of a collecting means for guiding coins at the time of collecting coins is connected to a supplementary coin storage box 77 described later, and a switching gate 54 is arranged at the connecting portion. The switching gate 54 is switched by driving a solenoid (not shown) so as to guide the coins falling from the sorting hole 45 to either the chute 52 or the chute 53.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 9 (C-C sectional view of FIG. 1), a chute 55 for guiding overflow coins at the time of replenishment to an overflow coin storage box 76, which will be described later, is provided on the back side of the sorting hole 46. It is arranged.

1 and 10 (sectional view taken along the line DD in FIG. 1)
As shown in, a chute 56 for guiding reject coins at the time of refilling and collecting to a reject box 75 described later is arranged on the back surface side of the sorting holes 47. A midway of the chute 56 is branched into a chute part 56a for replenishment reject coins and a chute part 56b for recovery reject coins, and a switching gate 57 is arranged at the branch part. The switching gate 57 is
By driving a solenoid (not shown), the coins falling from the sorting hole 47 are switched so as to be guided to either the chute portion 56a or the chute portion 56b.

A chute 58 for guiding the coins discharged from the delivery passage portion 35 to the coin receiving portion 6 is provided at the end of the delivery passage portion 35.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 7, at the lower end of each chute 51, a temporary holding section 61 for temporarily holding coins in a stacked state according to the type of coin is provided. Each of the temporary holding sections 61 is formed by a tubular denomination-based temporary holding frame 62 for stacking and holding coins by denomination. This denomination-based temporary holding frame 62 is a shooter driven by a motor (not shown).
It is moved to a temporary holding position below 51 and a discharging position which moves to the left in FIG. The money type temporary holding frame 62 is formed with a dispensing guide portion 63 located below the chute 51 at the discharging position.

Below the temporary holding section 61, a money type withdrawal section 66
Is detachably attached to the machine body 1 by a cassette method.
The denomination dispense section 66 is provided with a denomination storage cylinder 67 for accumulating and storing coins in a denomination corresponding to the denomination of each sort hole 44,
The ejection plate is provided between each of the money type storage cylinders 67 and each of the temporary holding sections 61.
68 are provided, and the coins for dispensing are replenished and thrown out at the upper part of each coin type storage cylinder 67. Ejection board 68
Is driven by a motor (not shown) to hold each temporary storage unit 61.
7 to the temporary holding position between each denomination-based storage cylinder 67 and the retracted position separated from each temporary holding section 61 and each denomination-based storage cylinder 67 in the right direction of FIG.

A support member 69 for supporting stacked coins is provided in each of the coin-type storage cylinders 67 so as to be vertically movable.
Each of the support members 69 is connected to each driving mechanism 70 of each denomination by the side of each denomination storing cylinder 67 through a guide groove formed along a vertical direction (not shown) of each denomination storing cylinder 67. It is detachably connected and is independently moved up and down by each drive mechanism 70.

The amount of coins in each coin type storage cylinder 67 is determined from the count data of the control unit 155 described later.

Then, in the coin-type withdrawal section 66, the temporary holding section 61 is moved to the ejection position and the ejection plate 68 is moved to the retracted position when the coins are ejected (at the time of withdrawal and withdrawal). In the state, the money type storage cylinder 67 corresponding to the money type to be withdrawn
The coins inside are raised to bring the topmost coin into contact with the ejection guide portion 63 of the temporary holding portion 61 (the coins inside the denomination storing cylinder 67 corresponding to the denominations not to be withdrawn below the ejection plate 68). By moving the ejecting plate 68 from the retracted position to the temporary holding position, one coin of each denomination that abuts the ejecting guide portion 63 is ejected onto the transport conveyor 71 described later. . When a plurality of coins of the same denomination are to be ejected, after the ejection plate 68 moves to the retracted position, the coins of the corresponding denomination are raised again and ejected in the same manner. The ejection plate 68 is continuously reciprocated until the final coin is ejected. For denominations that have been invested,
By stopping the rise of coins, the ejection of coins of that denomination is stopped.

Further, in the coin-type withdrawal section 66, when the coins are stored (during replenishment and withdrawal), the ejection plate 68 is moved to the retracted position with the temporary retention section 61 being in the temporary retention position. Then, the received coins held in the temporary holding unit 61 and the supplementary coins dropped through the temporary holding unit 61 are received in the denomination-based storage cylinder 67 and stacked on the coins in the denomination-based storage cylinder 67. Each time one coin is received in the coin-type storage cylinder 67, one stacked coin is lowered to allow the subsequent coins to be stored.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 7, on one side of the upper portion of the denomination-based withdrawal section 66, from the lower part of the chute 52 to the hopper 13, a transfer conveyor as a coin transfer means for withdrawing coins. 71 are provided. This conveyor 71
Is a belt conveyor that is rotated by the drive of a motor (not shown), and the coins dispensed from the denomination-based dispensing unit 66,
The coins discharged from the temporary holding section 61 and the overflow coins discharged from the sorting hole 45 through the chute 52 are received, and the coins are stored in an overflow coin storage box 76 described later by normal rotation.
To the hopper 13 by reverse rotation. Receiving frames on both sides of the conveyor 71 for receiving coins discharged onto the conveyor
72 is provided, and a guide plate 73 for guiding the coins discharged from the transport conveyor 71 to the overflow coin storage box 76 described later is provided above the end of the transport conveyor 71 on the side of the overflow coin storage box 76 described later. There is.

Further, a reject box 75, an overflow coin storage box 76, a replenishment coin storage box 77, and a foreign matter collection box 78 are arranged in this order from the upper side to the lower side of the machine body 1, and these are arranged on the back side of the machine body 1. By opening the rear door 79 that is arranged so as to be openable and closable, each can be attached and detached from the back side of the machine body 1.

The reject box 75 is shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
As shown in 0, the inside is divided into a supplementary reject coin storage section 81 and a recovery reject coin storage section 82, and is integrally formed. On the upper surface of the supplementary reject coin storage portion 81, there is an inlet for receiving supplementary reject coins from the chute portion 56a.
83 is formed, and a receiving opening 84 for receiving the collected reject coins from the chute portion 56b is formed on the upper surface of the collected reject coin storage unit 82.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 8 and 9, the overflow coin storage box 76 is formed in a box shape and has an upper surface for receiving an overflow coin from the chute 55.
86 is formed, a receiving port 87 for receiving overflow coins from the transfer conveyor 71 is formed, and a discharging port 88 for discharging the stored coins is formed on the front face. On the machine body 1 side facing the discharge port 88, a chute 89 that guides coins discharged from the discharge port 88 to a conveyor 111 to be described later is fixedly arranged.

At the inner bottom of the overflow coin storage box 76, a belt conveyor 90 is arranged along the front-rear direction, and a hopper 91 for collecting coins is arranged on the belt conveyor 90. The front end of the belt conveyor 90 faces the inside of the discharge port 88, and the reverse roller 92 is arranged above the front end of the belt conveyor 90 facing the discharge port 88. The distance between the belt conveyor 90 and the reverse rotation roller 92 is set so that one or several coins can pass in the coin thickness direction.

By driving a motor (not shown), the belt conveyor 90 and the reverse rotation roller 92 are rotated in the clockwise direction in FIG. 1, so that the coins are conveyed toward the discharge port 88 by the belt conveyor 90 and the reverse rotation roller 92 is also conveyed. Then, two or more or several or more overlapping coins are returned into the overflow coin storage box 76, and a predetermined amount of coins are discharged from the discharge port 88.

To drive the belt conveyor 90 and the reverse rotation roller 92 of the overflow coin storage box 76, a motor is arranged in the overflow coin storage box 76, and the overflow coin storage box 76 is mounted on the machine body 1 from the machine body 1 side. The electric power may be supplied to the motor, or the motor may be arranged on the side of the machine body 1 and connected to the drive transmission system of the motor by mounting the overflow coin storage box 76 on the machine body 1.

The replenishment coin storage box 77 is also used as a recovery box and has the same structure as the overflow coin storage box 76. That is, as shown in FIGS. 1, 8 and 9, the replenishment coin storage box 77 is formed in a box shape, and the receiving port 96 for receiving coins from the chute 53 is formed on the upper surface thereof. Entrance 97 adjacent to 96
Is formed, and a discharge port 98 for discharging the stored coins to a transfer conveyor 111 described later is formed on the front surface.

At the inner bottom of the replenishment coin storage box 77, a belt conveyor 100 is arranged along the front-rear direction, and a hopper 10 for collecting coins on the belt conveyor 100.
1 is provided. A front end of the belt conveyor 100 faces the inside of the discharge port 98, and a reverse roller 102 is arranged above the front end of the belt conveyor 100 facing the discharge port 98. The distance between the belt conveyor 100 and the reversing roller 102 is set so that one or several coins can pass in the thickness direction of the coin.

By driving a motor (not shown), the belt conveyor 100 and the reversing roller 102 are rotated in the clockwise direction in FIG. 1, and the coin is conveyed by the belt conveyor 100 toward the discharging port 98, and the reversing roller 102 is also rotated. Then, two or more or several or more overlapping coins are returned into the replenished coin storage box 77, and a predetermined amount of coins are discharged from the discharge port 98.

A belt conveyor for the replenishment coin storage box 77
For driving the 90 and the reversing roller 92, a motor may be arranged in the replenishment coin storage box 77, and the replenishment coin storage box 77 may be attached to the machine body 1 to supply power to the motor from the machine body 1 side. A motor may be arranged on the first side and the supplementary coin storage box 77 may be attached to the machine body 1 so as to be coupled to the drive transmission system of the motor.

The foreign matter collection box 78 is formed in a box shape having an open upper surface.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a conveyor conveyor 111 is arranged from the bottom area of the machine body 1 to the front area of the machine body 1, and the coins and residual coins discharged from the respective parts are provided on both sides of the conveyor conveyor 111. A guide member 112 for receiving the coins and the like and guiding the conveyance of the coins and the residual coins along the conveyer conveyor 111 is arranged.

The transport conveyor 111 includes a first conveyor area 115 arranged substantially horizontally along the bottom of the machine body 1 and a second conveyor area 116 arranged substantially vertically along the front part of the machine body 1. , The first conveyor area 115 and the second conveyor area 11
6 has a third conveyor zone 117 which is arranged in an inclined manner.

The transfer conveyor 111 includes an endless belt 121.
The belt 121 includes a driving roller 122 arranged on the front side of the bottom of the machine body 1, a driven roller 123 arranged on the rear side of the bottom of the machine body 1, and a driven roller 124 arranged on the front side of the upper part of the machine body 1. The plurality of guide rollers 125 and the third conveyor area 117 which are stretched by the second conveyor area 116 and engage with both side edges of the upper surface of the second conveyor area 116 which faces the coin receiving portion 6.
A plurality of guide rollers 126 that engage both side edges of the surface at
The first to third conveyor areas 115-
117 are formed. The forward / reverse driving force from the motor M is transmitted to the driving roller 122, and the normal rotation of the belt 121 conveys replenishment coins and residual coins to the coin receiving portion 6, and the reverse rotation of the belt 121 causes replenishment coins and residual coins. And the like are transported to the foreign matter collection box 78.

The belt 121 is shown in FIG. 11 ((a) is a plan view of the first conveyor region, (b) is a sectional view taken along line EE of FIG. 11 (a)),
Fig. 12 ((a) is a rear view of the second conveyor area, (b) is Fig. 1)
2 (a) FF sectional view, (c) side view of the second conveyor area) and FIG. 13 ((a) side view of the third conveyor area,
As shown in (b) the rear view of the third conveyor area), the flat belt has a width wider than the diameter of the largest coin to be processed. On the surface of the belt 121, a plurality of protrusions 12 are provided at predetermined pitches that are wider than the diameter of the maximum-diameter coin to be processed along the conveying direction and do not include two coins of the minimum diameter in the radial direction.
7 are formed. The protrusions 127 have a rectangular cross section, and three protrusions 127 are arranged in the belt width direction.
There is also a case where two coins are projected at a distance of about mm and are engaged and conveyed at the same time.

As shown in FIG. 11, the first conveyor area 11
In Fig. 5, the guide members 112 on both sides have a substantially vertical wall portion 131, and a guide portion 132 that advances to the surface edge of the belt 121 is formed at the lower end of this wall portion 131, and the guide member 112 from the inner surface of the wall portion 131 An inclined portion 133 is formed so as to extend to the tip of the guide portion 132. The distance between the tips of the guide portions 132 of the guide members 112 on both sides is formed to be slightly larger than the diameter of the maximum-diameter coin to be processed. The inclined portion 133 functions as a relief for coins, that is, a prevention.

As shown in FIG. 12, the second conveyor area 11
6, the guide members 112 on both sides are provided with guide portions 132 that extend to the surface edge of the belt 121, as in the first conveyor area 115, except that the wall portions 131 are not formed. An inclined portion 133 is formed from the inner surface of 131 to the tip of the guide portion 132.

As shown in FIG. 13, the third conveyor area 11
7, the guide members 112 on both sides are formed with a wall portion 131, similarly to the first conveyor area 115, and formed with a guide portion 132 that advances to the surface edge of the belt 121.
An inclined portion 133 is formed from the inner surface of the to the tip of the guide portion 132.

As shown in FIG. 1, a shutter 135 is provided at the end of the first conveyor area 115 facing the foreign matter collection box 78, and the shutter 135 is opened and closed by driving a solenoid (not shown). It is normally closed and is opened when the residual coins are collected in the foreign matter collection box 78.

Further, as shown in FIG. 12, guide plates 141 are arranged so as to face almost the entire surface of the second conveyor area 116. A guide surface 142 facing the surface of the second conveyor area 116 is formed on the guide plate 141, and three groove portions 143 are formed on the guide surface 142 facing the moving areas of the protrusions 127. Guide surface 142 and belt 121
Is set to be approximately the same as or smaller than the protrusion amount of the protrusion 127, and the relative gap between the guide surface 142 and the tip of the protrusion 127 is minimized or eliminated. . Even if the relative gap between the guide surface 142 and the tip of the projection 127 is minimized or eliminated, the projection 127 does not come into contact with the groove portion 143 formed in the guide surface 142.

Further, as shown in FIG. 13, among the coins placed on the protrusions 127 of the belt 121 and scraped up while facing the surface of the third conveyor area 117, the coins are overlapped in a state of protruding from the tips of the protrusions 127. A regulating means 146 for dropping the coin from the protrusion 127 is provided. The restricting means 146 has a roller 147 formed to have a width substantially equal to that of three protrusions 127 arranged in the belt width direction. The roller 147 has a pair of levers.
A lever 148 is rotatably supported at one end of 148, and this lever 148 is swingably supported about a support shaft 149. lever
A spring 150 for urging the lever 148 clockwise so that the roller 147 approaches the belt 121 is connected to the other end of 148. The spring 150 urges the spring 150 to rotate the lever 148 in a predetermined manner. A stopper 151 that regulates the position is provided. When the lever 148 contacts the stopper 151, the distance between the roller 147 and the surface of the belt 121 is substantially equal to the protrusion height of the protrusion 127.

FIG. 14 shows a schematic control block diagram of the coin depositing / dispensing machine. The control unit 155 controls the entire coin depositing / dispensing machine, and a detection signal is input from the sensor group 156 to the control unit 155. The control unit 155 controls the motor group 157 and the solenoid group 158.

The sensor group 156 includes an identification section 43 and a coin receiving section 6
Sensor, detection sensors S1 to S4 of the hopper 13, each timing sensor of the coin sorting passage portion 33, and the like.

The motor group 157 includes a motor for opening / closing the shutter 3, a motor for rotating the coin receiving portion 6, a motor for rotating the inclined disk 12 and the conveyor belt 39, and a motor for moving the temporary holding portion 61. Motor for moving the ejection plate 68, conveyor
71 rotation motor, overflow coin storage box 76 belt conveyor 90 and reverse rotation roller 92 rotation motor,
A motor for rotating the belt conveyor 100 and the reversing roller 102 of the replenishment coin storage box 77, a motor M for rotating the transport conveyor 111, and the like are included.

The solenoid group 158 includes a solenoid for opening / closing the movable hopper wall 27, a solenoid SD for moving each sorting member 48, a solenoid for switching the switching gate 54, and a switching gate.
A solenoid for switching 57 and a solenoid for opening / closing the shutter 135 are included.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

As shown in FIG. 1, the rear door 79 of the machine body 1 is opened, and the reject box 75 and the overflow coin storage box are opened.
76, a replenishment coin storage box 77, and a foreign matter collection box 78 are attached to the back of the machine body 1, and the rear door 79 is closed. At this time, since the back of the machine body 1 is attachable to and detachable from the back side, the machine body 1 can be easily attached and detached without pulling the machine body 1 backward or forward from the ATM. Further, the reject box 75, the overflow coin storage box 76, and the foreign matter collection box 78 are empty, and the replenishment coin storage box 77 stores coins of each denomination in a mixed state.

The coin replenishing process under the control of the control unit 155 will be described.

The replenishment includes an initial replenishment when no coins are stored in the denomination-based withdrawal section 66 and a midway replenishment when the coin storage amount decreases during processing.

Inclined disk 12, conveyor belt 39, conveyor
111, the belt conveyor 100 and the reverse rotation roller 102 of the replenishment coin storage box 77 are respectively rotated in the forward direction, the coin receiving portion 6 is rotated in the inverted posture, and the dispensing plate 68 is moved to the retracted position (rightward in FIG. 7). Then, the switching gate 54 is switched to the chute 53 side to the supplementary coin storage box 77, and the switching gate 57 is switched to the chute portion 56a side to the supplementary reject coin storage unit 81. The shutter 3 of the deposit / withdrawal port 2 and the movable hopper wall 2
7. The shutter 135 for the foreign matter collection box 78 is closed, and the temporary holding unit 61 is located between the chute 51 and the money type dispensing unit 66.

As a result, the coins in the replenished coin storage box 77 are fed out by a predetermined amount onto the first conveyor area 115 of the transfer conveyor 111, and the transfer conveyor 111, the portion of the coin receiving portion 6 which has been reversed and rotated, and the chute. It is sent into the hopper 13 through 8.

First conveyor area 115 of transport conveyor 111
Then, as shown in FIG. 11, a coin is provided on the upper surface of the belt 121 (the coin is indicated by a symbol C in the drawings, and the same applies to other drawings).
It is conveyed horizontally with the mark on it.

Third conveyor area 117 of transport conveyor 111
Then, as shown in FIG. 13, the coins are conveyed obliquely upward while being placed on the protrusions 127 of the belt 121. During the transportation, among the coins carried on the protrusion 127 of the belt 121, the roller 147 of the regulating means 146 comes into contact with the upper edge of the coin that is overlapped while protruding from the tip of the protrusion 127, and the overlapping coin The lower edge rises, falls off the protrusion 127, and falls. Therefore, by passing the position of the regulating means 146, one coin is placed on the protrusion 127, or even if two coins are placed in an overlapping manner, the coins whose overlapping thickness is smaller than the protrusion amount of the protrusion 127. Appears.

Second conveyor area 116 of transport conveyor 111
Then, as shown in FIG. 12, the coin on the protrusion 127 is
It is fed through the surface of the belt 121 and the guide surface 142 of the guide plate 141 and between the guide members 112 on both sides. At this time, the protrusion 127 faces the groove portion 143 of the guide surface 142, and the relative gap between the guide surface 142 and the protrusion 127 is made as small as possible or eliminated, so that the second conveyor area 116 is lifted. The coins will not fall off the protrusion 127 and fall.

It should be noted that foreign matters such as clips (foreign matters such as clips are denoted by reference symbol Z in the figure) mixed in the coins fed from the supplementary coin storage box 77 are also fed to the hopper 13 in the same manner as the coins.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the coins fed into the hopper 13 are fed out into the coin passage 31 by the pins 18 of the inclined disc 12 at intervals one by one as the inclined disc 12 rotates. The coins fed into the coin passage 31 are fed one by one between the adjacent protrusions 40 of the conveyor belt 39, leaned against the coin passage plate 36 while being pushed by the protrusion 40 on the rear side, and the coin identification passage portion 32 and The coins are conveyed to the coin sorting passage portion 33.

The coins conveyed through the coin identification passage portion 32 and the coin classification passage portion 33 of the coin passage 31 are identified by the identification portion 43, and the identification signal of the identification portion 43 and the timing sensor immediately before each classification hole 44 are detected. When the coin reaches the sorting hole 44 of the corresponding denomination based on the detection signal, the coin is dropped into the sorting hole 44 opened through the sorting member 48 which is rotated to the advance position.

The coins dropped into each sorting hole 44 are shot.
It is guided and stored in the denomination storing cylinder 67 of the denomination dispensing section 66 through the 51 and the temporary holding section 61. At this time, the top surface of the bearing member 69 (no coin is placed) in the denomination-specific storage cylinder 67 or the top surface of the stacked coins placed on the support member 69 is positioned near the upper end of the denomination-specific storage tube 67, and the coin drops. Reduce the distance,
It is possible to prevent coins from standing in the denomination-specific storage cylinder 67. Each time one coin is received in the coin-type storage cylinder 67, one stacked coin is lowered to allow the subsequent coins to be stored.

When it is determined from the count data of the control unit 155 that the amount of coins stored in the coin type storage cylinder 67 of a certain denomination is fully distributed by the coin replenishing process as described above, the subsequent denominations are overflowed. As coins, they pass through the classification hole 44 of the corresponding denomination without being dropped, and are dropped at the classification hole 45. The overflow coins dropped into the sorting hole 45 are returned to the refill coin storage box 77 through the switching gate 54 and the chute 53.

When the identifying unit 43 identifies unidentifiable coins, counterfeit coins, deficient coins, etc., they are treated as reject coins, pass through the sorting holes 44, 45, 46, and fall through the sorting hole 47. To be done. The reject coins dropped into the sorting hole 47 are collected and stored in the supplementary reject coin storage portion 81 of the reject box 75 through the switching gate 57 and the chute portion 56a.

When the identification unit 43 does not identify the coins for a predetermined time, or when it is determined that all the denomination denomination storage cylinders 67 are fully delivered, the delivery of the coins from the supplementary coin storage box 77 is stopped. , And after a predetermined time (a time sufficient for the coins on the conveyor 111 to be conveyed to the coin sorting passage 33 to be sorted), the inclined disk 12, the conveyor belt 39,
Transport conveyor 111, belt conveyor for replenishment coin storage box 77
The normal rotation of 100 and the reverse rotation roller 102 is stopped, and the coin receiving portion 6 is rotated reversely to the receiving posture. The ejection plate 68 may be moved to a temporary holding position (leftward in FIG. 7), or may be held at that position without moving. Switching gates 54 and 57
May return to a predetermined fixed position, or may wait at that position without moving.

At the same time when the transfer conveyor 111 is stopped,
The sensors S1 to S4 detect whether or not residual coins remain in the hopper 13. If it is detected that there are no remaining coins, the standby state for waiting for deposit / withdrawal processing is entered.

Residual coins and residual foreign matter (clips, pins, rubber bands, dust, imitation coins, metal, etc.) that cannot be fed by the inclined disk 12 remain in the hopper 13.
When it is detected that there are residual coins, the movable hopper wall 27 is opened, the residual coins remaining in the hopper 13 are discharged from the discharge port 26, and go through the chute 29 onto the first conveyor area 115 of the transport conveyor 111. Be guided. When the residual coins are discharged from the hopper 13, the inclined disc 12 is normally or reversely rotated, or the normal and reverse rotations are repeated several times, so that the residual coins remaining in the hopper 13 can be surely discharged. After the residual coins are discharged, the movable hopper wall 27 is closed and the inclined disc is closed.
12 will also be stopped.

When the presence of residual coins is detected, the shutter is released.
With 135 opened, the conveyor 111 is reversed, and the residual coins discharged from the hopper 13 are conveyed on the first conveyor area 115 of the conveyor 111 and are discharged into the foreign matter collection box 78, and foreign matter is collected. It is collected and stored in the collection box 78.
After the collection and storage of the residual coins, the shutter 135 is closed, the transport conveyor 111 is stopped, and a standby state for waiting for deposit / withdrawal processing is entered.

Next, the deposit process under the control of the control unit 155 will be described.

The shutter 3 of the deposit / withdrawal port 2 is opened based on the deposit operation command from the machine operator. When a machine operator inserts a deposited coin into the coin receiving portion 6 through the deposit / withdrawal port 2, the sensor of the coin receiving portion 6 detects the insertion of the deposited coin, and the shutter 3 is closed. Immediately thereafter, the coin receiving portion is closed. The portion 6 is inverted from the receiving posture to the discharging posture, and the deposited coins in the coin receiving portion 6 are discharged to the hopper 13 through the chute 8.

After the coin receiving portion 6 is reversed to the discharging posture, the coin receiving portion 6 is returned from the discharging posture to the receiving posture and the shutter 3 is opened again. Thereby, as will be described later, the machine operator can always take out the reject coins and the residual coins returned to the coin receiving portion 6.

Also, based on the deposit operation command, the inclined disk
12 and the conveyor belt 39 are respectively rotated in the forward direction, the temporary holding unit 61 and the ejection plate 68 are moved to the temporary holding position (when they are not located at the temporary holding position), and the switching gate
54 is switched to the chute 52 side to the transfer conveyor 71.

The coins fed into the hopper 13 are fed into the coin passage 31 by the pins 18 of the inclined disk 12 one by one at intervals by the rotation of the inclined disk 12 as in the refilling process. The coins fed into the coin passage 31 are fed one by one between the adjacent protrusions 40 of the conveyor belt 39, and the protrusions 40 on the rear side.
The coin is conveyed to the coin identifying passage portion 32 and the coin sorting passage portion 33 while being leaned against the coin passage plate 36 while being pushed by.

The coins conveyed through the coin identification passage portion 32 and the coin classification passage portion 33 of the coin passage 31 are identified by the identification portion 43, and the identification signal of this identification portion 43 and the timing sensor immediately before each classification hole 44 are detected. When the coin reaches the sorting hole 44 of the corresponding denomination based on the detection signal, the coin is dropped into the sorting hole 44 opened through the sorting member 48 which is rotated to the advance position.

The coins dropped in each sorting hole 44 are shot.
It is guided to the temporary holding section 61 through 51, placed on the ejection plate 68 that closes the lower surface of the temporary holding section 61, and temporarily held for each denomination.

When it is determined from the count data of the control unit 155 that the number of coins that can be temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 61 of a certain denomination has been stored by such a deposit process,
The coins corresponding to the following denominations are treated as overflow coins and are passed through the classification holes 44 of the corresponding denominations without being dropped, and dropped through the classification holes 45. The overflow coins dropped in the sorting hole 45 are guided to the transfer conveyor 71 through the switching gate 54 and the chute 52, and are temporarily held on the transfer conveyor 71 collectively.

When the identifying unit 43 identifies unidentifiable coins, counterfeit coins, deficient coins, etc., they are treated as reject coins, passed through the coin sorting passage unit 33, and returned to the return passage unit 34.
Then, the coin is returned to the coin receiving portion 6 through the delivery passage portion 35.
At this time, since the deposit / withdrawal port 2 is open, the machine operator can take out the reject coin.

Then, when the identification unit 43 does not identify the coins for a predetermined time, it is determined that the temporary holding of all the deposited coins inserted into the machine body 1 is completed, and the predetermined time (the regular coin is the coin classification passage). The inclined disc 12 and the conveyor belt 39 are stopped after the elapse of a time sufficient for the reject coins to be returned to the coin receiving unit 6 classified by the unit 33).

When it is judged that the temporary holding of all the deposited coins is completed, the sensors S1 to S4 are used to make the hopper 13
It is detected whether there are residual coins left inside.

Residual coins and residual foreign matters (clips, pins, rubber bands, dust, imitation coins, metals, etc.) that cannot be fed by the inclined disk 12 remain in the hopper 13,
When it is detected that there are residual coins, the movable hopper wall 27 is opened, the residual coins remaining in the hopper 13 are discharged from the discharge port 26, and go through the chute 29 onto the first conveyor area 115 of the transport conveyor 111. Be guided. When the residual coins are discharged from the hopper 13, the inclined disc 12 is normally or reversely rotated, or the normal and reverse rotations are repeated several times, so that the residual coins remaining in the hopper 13 can be surely discharged. After the residual coins are discharged, the movable hopper wall 27 is closed and the inclined disc is closed.
12 will also be stopped.

Upon detection of the presence of residual coins, the transport conveyor 111 is rotated in the normal direction, and the residual coins discharged from the hopper 13 are transferred to the first conveyor area 115 of the transport conveyor 111.
The coins are sequentially conveyed through the third conveyor region 117 and the second conveyor region 116 and discharged to the coin receiving portion 6 (for the conveyance by the conveyer conveyor 111, refer to the replenishing process). After a sufficient time has passed for the residual coins to be transferred to the coin receiving portion 6, the transfer conveyor
111 is stopped.

By taking out rejected coins and residual coins from the coin receiving portion 6, the shutter 3 is closed,
The system goes into the standby state for the deposit approval operation or the deposit disapproval operation.

When it is detected that there are no remaining coins, the shutter 3 is closed, and a standby state for the deposit acceptance operation or the deposit disapproval operation is entered. Further, as in the case where residual coins are present, the movable hopper wall 27 is opened and the inclined disc 12 is
Is rotated. As a result, foreign matter such as rubber bands and dust remaining in the hopper 13 without being detected by the sensors S1 to S4,
From hopper 13 to first conveyor area 115 of conveyor 111
Is released on. In this case, the shutter 135 is opened and the transfer conveyor 111 is reversed, so that the foreign matter is collected and stored in the foreign matter collection box 78. After collecting and storing the foreign matter, the shutter 135 is closed and the transfer conveyor 111 is stopped.

When the deposit approval operation is performed, the dispensing plate 68 is moved to the retracted position (rightward in FIG. 7), and the coins temporarily held by the type of money are dropped in the temporary holding unit 61, The coins are stacked on the upper surface of the supporting member 69 (no coin is placed) or on the upper surface of the stacked coins on the supporting member 69 in the coin type storage cylinder 67. At this time, the bearing member in the storage container 67 by type of gold
The upper surface of 69 (no coin is placed) or the upper surface of the stacked coins placed on the support member 69 is located near the upper end of the denomination-based storage tube 67, and the distance of coins dropped from the temporary holding section 61 is reduced.
It is possible to prevent coins from standing in the denomination-specific storage cylinder 67. When the support member 69 is lowered, the stacked coins
Stored in 67.

The overflow coins on the transfer conveyor 71 are collectively discharged and stored in the overflow coin storage box 76 by the forward rotation of the transfer conveyor 71.

After storing these temporarily held coins, a standby state for waiting for deposit / withdrawal processing is entered.

When the deposit disapproval operation is performed, the temporary holding unit 61 is moved to the discharging position (leftward in FIG. 7), and the coins temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 61 are discharged onto the transport conveyor 71. To be done. Therefore, on the transport conveyor 71, the coins from the temporary holding section 61 are merged with the overflow coins that have already been temporarily held.

By the non-approval operation of depositing, the inclined disk 12 and the conveyor belt 39 are rotated, the shutter 3 is opened, and the conveyor conveyor 71 is reversed toward the hopper 13. As a result, the coins on the transfer conveyor 71 are
The coin is conveyed to the coin passage 31 from the hopper 13 by the inclined disk 12 and is conveyed to the end of the coin passage 31 and returned to the coin receiving portion 6. When the coin returned to the coin receiving portion 6 is taken out by the machine operator, the shutter 3 is closed, and a standby state for waiting the deposit / withdrawal process is set.

Next, the withdrawal process under the control of the control unit 155 will be described.

When the machine operator inputs the amount of money to be dispensed or the denomination and the number of coins to be dispensed, the temporary holding section 61 is moved to the discharging position (left direction in FIG. 7), and the dispensing guide section 63 is moved to the denomination storing cylinder 67. The coin in the denomination storing cylinder 67 corresponding to the denomination to be dispensed is raised to face the uppermost coin while the ejection plate 68 is moved to the retracted position (rightward in FIG. 7). Is brought into contact with the dispensing guide portion 63 of the temporary holding portion 61 (the coins in the denomination storing cylinder 67 corresponding to the denomination not to be dispensed are positioned below the dispensing plate 68), and the dispensing plate 68 By moving from the retracted position to the temporary holding position, one coin of each denomination that contacts the dispensing guide unit 63 is dispensed onto the transport conveyor 71.

When a plurality of coins of the same denomination are to be dispensed, the coins of the corresponding denomination are raised again after the ejector plate 68 has moved to the retracted position, and the reciprocating movement of the ejector plate 68 causes the coins to be similarly ejected. Will be issued. The ejection plate 68 is continuously reciprocated until the final coin of the coins dispensed is completed. With respect to the denomination of which the denomination has been completed, by stopping the rise of the coin, the denomination of the coin of the denomination is stopped.

In response to the withdrawal command, the inclined disk 12 and the conveyor belt 39 are rotated, the switching gate 57 is switched to the chute portion 56b side to the collection reject coin storage portion 82, and the conveyor conveyor 71 is directed to the hopper 13. Is reversed. As a result, the coins thrown out on the conveyor 71 are conveyed to the hopper 13, are fed from the hopper 13 into the coin passage 31 by the inclined disk 12, and are discriminated by the discriminating section 43.

As a result of the discrimination by the discriminating section 43, the coin discriminated as normal is conveyed to the end of the coin passage 31 and is transferred to the coin receiving section 6.
Be withdrawn. Further, the reject coin identified as abnormal is dropped in the sorting hole 47 and stored in the collected reject coin storage unit 82 of the reject box 75 through the chute unit 56b.

When the coin discriminating unit 43 has not discriminated the coin for a predetermined time, if the data discriminated by the discriminating unit 43 and the inputted amount or denomination and the number of coins data match, the shutter 3 is opened, It is possible to take out the coins dispensed to the coin receiving portion 6. At this time, the inclined disk 12, the conveyor belt 39 and the conveyor 71 are stopped. When it is detected that the coin is taken out from the coin receiving portion 6, the shutter 3 is closed, and a standby state for waiting for the deposit / withdrawal process is set.

Further, since rejected coins are identified and collected during the withdrawal process, a shortage occurs in the withdrawn coins, and the data identified by the identification unit 43 and the input amount or the denomination and the number of data are input. If does not match, the required number of coins of the denomination are re-disposed and the conveyor 7
1, the hopper 13 and the inclined disc 12 are fed to the coin passage 31 and identified by the identification unit 43. When the coin is identified as normal, the coin is dispensed to the coin receiving unit 6. Then, if the data identified by the identification unit 43 and the data of the entered amount or denomination and the number of coins match, the shutter 3 is opened and the coin dispensed to the coin receiving unit 6 can be taken out. . At this time, the inclined disk 12, the conveyor belt 39 and the conveyor 71 are stopped. When it is detected that the coin is taken out from the coin receiving portion 6, the shutter 3 is closed, and a standby state for waiting for the deposit / withdrawal process is set.

The reject coins may be collected in the overflow coin storage box 76.

Next, the detailed examination collection process under the control of the control unit 155 will be described.

First, the collection of coins stored in the denomination-based withdrawal section 66 is started.

The conveyer conveyor 71 is reversely rotated toward the hopper 13, the inclined disk 12 and the conveyer belt 39 are normally rotated, the switching gate 54 is switched to the chute 53 side to the replenishment coin storage box 77, and the switching gate 57 is changed. Recovery reject coin storage unit 82
It is switched to the chute part 56b side.

The coins stored in the denomination-based dispensing unit 66 are transferred one by one on the transfer conveyor 71 by the reciprocating movement of the dispensing plate 68 and the raising of the coins in the denomination-based storage cylinder 67, as in the case of dispensing. And is sent to the hopper 13 by the transfer conveyor 71. The coin fed into the hopper 13 is delivered to the coin passage 31 by the inclined disc 12 and identified by the identifying unit 43 of the coin identifying passage unit 32.

As a result of the discrimination by the discriminating section 43, the coin discriminated as normal is dropped from the sorting hole 45 of the coin sorting passage section 33 and collected in the supplementary coin storage box 77 via the chute 53.
Further, the reject coin identified as abnormal is dropped in the sorting hole 47 of the coin sorting passage portion 33 and is collected in the collection reject coin storage portion 82 of the reject box 75 through the chute portion 56b.

Then, based on the storage data of the control unit 155, when the dispensing of all the coins stored in the money type dispensing unit 66 is completed, the dispensing operation is stopped. Further, when the identification unit 43 does not detect the coin for a predetermined time, the collection of the coin stored in the overflow coin storage box 76 is started.

When the coins stored in the overflow coin storage box 76 are collected, the conveyor 71 is stopped, the inclined disk 12 and the conveyor belt 39 are continuously rotated forward, and the switching gates 54 and 57 are switched. In this state, the transport conveyor 111 is further rotated in the normal direction, and the coin receiving portion 6 is rotated reversely to the discharging posture.

The coins stored in the overflow coin storage box 76 are delivered to the first conveyor area 115 of the transfer conveyor 111 through the chute 89 by a predetermined amount by the rotation of the belt conveyor 90 and the reverse rotation roller 92, and the transfer conveyor 111.
The first conveyor area 115, the third conveyor area 117 and the second conveyor area 116 (refer to the replenishing process for the transfer by the transfer conveyor 111), the portion of the coin receiving portion 6 that has been rotated in the reverse direction,
It is sent to the hopper 13 through the chute 8.

The coins sent to the hopper 13 are inclined discs.
The coin is fed to the coin passage 31 by 12 and identified by the identifying unit 43 of the coin identifying passage unit 32. As a result of the identification by the identification unit 43, the coin identified as normal is dropped from the sorting hole 45 of the coin sorting passage unit 33, and is collected in the supplementary coin storage box 77 via the chute 53. Further, the reject coin identified as abnormal is dropped in the sorting hole 47 of the coin sorting passage portion 33, and the chute portion 56b.
The coins are collected in the reject coin storage section 82 of the reject box 75 through.

When all the coins stored in the overflow coin storage box 76 are fed out and the identification unit 43 does not detect the coins for a predetermined time, the belt conveyor 90 and the reverse roller.
92, the conveyer conveyor 111, the inclined disk 12, and the conveyer belt 39 are stopped, and the coin receiving portion 6 is turned and rotated to the receiving posture.

After that, the movable hopper wall 27 is opened (whether or not the residual coins are detected by the sensors S1 to S4). If residual coins remain in the hopper 13, the discharge port
It is discharged from 26 and is conveyed through chute 29 to conveyor 111
Of the first conveyor area 115 of When the residual coins are discharged from the hopper 13, the inclined disc 12 is rotated normally or reversely, or the normal rotation is repeated several times, so that the residual coins remaining in the hopper 13 can be surely discharged. After the residual coins are discharged, the movable hopper wall 27 is closed and the inclined disk 12 is also stopped.

The shutter 135 is opened and the transport conveyor 111 is reversed. The residual coins discharged from the hopper 13 are transported on the first conveyor area 115 of the transport conveyor 111 and discharged to the foreign matter collection box 78. It is collected and stored in the foreign matter collection box 78. After collecting and storing the residual coins, the shutter 13
5 is closed, the transport conveyor 111 is stopped, and the collection is completed.

Then, the machine administrator operates the rear door of the machine body 1.
Open 79, and from the back side of Aircraft 1, reject box
75, the supplementary coin storage box 77, and the foreign matter collection box 78 are taken out. Further, the overflow coin storage box 76 does not normally need to be taken out, but can be taken out at the time of inspection or cleaning.

As described above, since the reject box 75, the overflow coin storage box 76, the replenishment coin storage box 77 and the foreign matter collection box 78 are provided on the back of the machine body 1 from the back side of the machine body 1, the machine body 1 can be, for example, an ATM. The reject box 75, the overflow coin storage box 76, the replenishment coin storage box 77, and the foreign matter collection box 78 can be easily attached and detached without pulling them out backward or forward.

Further, the coins discharged from the replenished coin storage box 77 are received by the transfer conveyor 111 and are transferred to the transfer conveyor 111.
The coins are conveyed to the coin receiving portion 6 by the forward rotation of 111, the residual coins discharged from the hopper 13 are received by the conveying conveyor 111, and the residual coins are conveyed to the foreign matter collection box 78 by the reverse rotation of the conveying conveyor 111. At the same time, the residual coins are conveyed to the coin receiving portion 6 by the normal rotation.
The 111 can be shared, and the cost can be reduced and the size can be reduced.

Further, since the overflow coins discharged from the overflow coin storage box 76 at the time of collection (during detailed collection ) are received by the transfer conveyor 111 and transferred to the coin receiving portion 6 by the forward rotation of the transfer conveyor 111, the transfer conveyor. 11
1 can be shared, cost can be reduced and size can be reduced.

When the detection sensors S1 to S4 detect the residual coins in the hopper 13, the movable hopper wall 27 is opened to discharge the residual coins and the transport conveyor 11
Since 1 is rotated in the normal direction to convey the residual coins to the coin receiving portion 6, the conveyer 111 can be shared and the residual coins can be returned.

Further, the transport conveyor 111 has a projection 127 on its surface.
Belts 12 are provided at predetermined pitches along the transport direction.
Since it has 1, 127 coins and residual coins
It can be hooked with and transported reliably.

Further, at the time of collection (during detailed collection), the coin passage 31
Since the overflow coins and the withdrawal coins identified (scrutinized) in (1) are collected in the replenishment coin storage box 77, all the coins in the machine body 1 can be taken out from the machine body 1 by the replenishment coin storage box 77 and collected.

Further, the guide plate 141 arranged to face the surface of the second conveyor area 116 of the transfer conveyor 111 faces the guide surface 142 and the projection 127 facing the surface of the second conveyor area 116. Since the groove 143 is provided, the guide surface
Even if the relative clearance between the 142 and the projection 127 is made as small as possible or eliminated, the guide surface 142 and the projection 127 do not come into contact with each other, and the relative clearance between the guide surface 142 and the projection 127 is minimized. By reducing or eliminating the coins or residual coins to be lifted in the second conveyor area 116, the coins or residual coins can be efficiently conveyed to the coin receiving portion 6 without coming off the protrusions 127 and dropping. .

As the feeding means, in addition to using the inclined disk 12 as in the above-mentioned embodiment, a centrifugal disk, a feeding conveyor equipped with a single separating gate, or the like can be used to obtain the same effect.

Further, the temporary holding of deposited coins may be carried out in batches in addition to the case of classifying and holding the coins as in the above-mentioned embodiment. The money is sorted according to the type and stored in the withdrawal section for the type of money.

Further, although the reject box 75 can be easily attached and detached by integrally providing the replenishment reject coin storage section 81 and the recovery reject coin storage section 82 as in the above-described embodiment, it can be easily attached and detached. Separate reject boxes may be used for the reject coins, and the reject boxes may be detachably provided.

[0143]

According to the coin depositing / dispensing machine of claim 1,
Since the replenishment coin storage box and foreign matter collection box are detachably installed on the back of the machine from the back side, the replenishment coin storage box and foreign matter collection box can be easily installed and removed without pulling the machine backward or forward. Supplement released from storage box
The coins are received by the transfer conveyor, and the coins are forwarded to the deposit receiving section by forward rotation of the transfer conveyor.
For conveying the residual coin during replenishment released from the hopper distillate feeding unit accepts the conveyor residue coin by the reverse rotation of the conveyor to the foreign object collection box, replenishment coins and remaining time replenish conveyor It can be used for transporting coins and can be reduced in cost and downsized.

According to the coin depositing / dispensing machine of the second aspect, in addition to the effect of the coin depositing / dispensing machine of the first aspect, projections are provided on the surface of the transport conveyor along the transport direction at predetermined pitches. Since it has a belt, coins and residual coins can be reliably conveyed by being hooked by the protrusions.

According to the coin depositing / dispensing machine of the third aspect, in addition to the effect of the coin depositing / dispensing machine of the first or second aspect, overflow coins discharged from the overflow coin storage box at the time of close examination and collection are transferred to the conveyor. Since it is received and conveyed to the deposit receiving part by normal rotation of this conveyor , supplementary coins and residual coins at the time of supplementing the conveyor , detailed collection
It can be used for transporting overflow coins at any time, reducing cost and downsizing.

According to the coin depositing / dispensing machine of the fourth aspect, in addition to the effect of the coin depositing / dispensing machine of the third aspect, the coin for dispensing and the overflow coin which is discriminated as the normal coin in the coin discriminating passage at the time of detailed collection. Since the coins are collected in the supplementary coin storage box, all normal coins in the fuselage can be taken out from the fuselage and collected by the supplemental coin storage box.

According to the coin depositing / dispensing machine of the fifth aspect, in addition to the effect of the coin depositing / dispensing machine of the fourth aspect, the reject box is detachably provided on the back of the machine from the back side thereof. You can easily attach and remove the reject box without pulling it backward or forward.

According to the coin depositing / dispensing machine according to claim 6, in addition to the effect of the coin depositing / dispensing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, when the residual coins are detected by the detection sensor at the time of depositing , the hopper is discharged. Conveyor for residual coins by means
Together emit upward, because then return the remaining coin by normal rotation conveyor to deposit receiving, the conveyor
Replenishment coins and residual coins when replenishing, residual coins when depositing
You can return coins remaining at the time of deposit by sharing it with other items.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an internal mechanism of a coin depositing / dispensing machine showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view showing the internal mechanism of the coin depositing / dispensing machine.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the same coin passage.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged side view of the same storage feeding section.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view seen from above the coin sorting passage portion.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the same coin sorting passage portion.

7 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

8 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 1 above.

9 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG.

10 is a cross-sectional view taken along line DD of FIG.

FIG. 11 shows a first conveyor area of the above conveyor, (a) is a plan view of the first conveyor area, and (b) is a plan view of FIG.
It is an EE sectional view of (a).

FIG. 12 shows a second conveyor area of the same conveyor as above, (a) is a rear view of the second conveyor area, and (b) is FIG.
(a) FF sectional drawing, (c) is a side view of a 2nd conveyor area.

FIG. 13 shows a third conveyor area of the same conveyor, (a) is a side view of the third conveyor area, and (b) is a rear view of the third conveyor area.

FIG. 14 is a schematic control block diagram of the same coin depositing / dispensing machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Aircraft 6 Coin receiving part as a deposit receiving part 11 Storage feeding part 12 Inclined disk as a feeding means 13 Hopper 27 Movable hopper wall as a hopper discharging means 31 Coin passage as a coin discriminating passage 53 Part of a collecting means Chute 66 Withdrawal section by type of coin 71 Conveyor conveyor as means for conveying coins for withdrawal 75 Reject box 76 Overflow coin storage box 77 Replenishment coin storage box 78 Foreign object collection box 98 Discharge port 111 Conveyor conveyor 115 First conveyor area 116 Second Conveyor area 117 Third conveyor area 121 Belt 127 Projection 155 Control section S1 to S4 Detection sensor

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Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. A storage reel having a hopper and a feeding means for depositing coins to be deposited in a deposit receiving portion provided at the front of the machine body.
Received to the outlet , dispense the deposited coins from the storage dispenser one by one by the dispenser and send them to the coin identification passage, and temporarily hold the deposit coins identified in this coin identification passage and can be used for withdrawal when deposit is approved. In a coin depositing / dispensing machine that stores a deposit coin as a coin for dispensing into a coin-dispensing part, provided on the back of the machine body detachably from its back side,
A replenishment coin storage box to release through outlet its coin during refill accommodating the coins to be recruited to the denomination dispensing unit, provided in the lower position of the replenishment coin storage box, and the back to the back of the machine body Side, a foreign matter collection box detachably provided from the side, a hopper discharging means for discharging residual coins remaining in the hopper of the storing and feeding section at the time of replenishment, and a first horizontally arranged along the bottom of the machine body.
Conveyor area, located almost vertically along the front of the machine
Second conveyor area, first conveyor area and second conveyor area
Has a third conveyor area that is arranged in an inclined shape between the
However, a replenishment coin storage box is located above the rear end area of the first conveyor area.
The discharge port of the first conveyor area
The object collection box faces and the second conveyor is located at the upper end of the second conveyor area.
A deposit receiving part is located at the back of the NBEA area.
Storage and delivery to the back position of the second conveyor area below the receiving part
Parts are arranged to receive coins discharged from the replenishment coin storage box at the time of replenishment into the rear end region of the first conveyor region, and forwardly rotate the first conveyor region, the third conveyor region, the second conveyor region, and the second conveyor region.
The rear end through the conveys to the payment receiving through the conveyor band, the first conveyor zone by reversing accept residual coin during replenishment emitted from the hopper
A coin depositing / dispensing machine, comprising: a conveyor for conveying the foreign matter to the foreign matter collection box. 2. The coin depositing / dispensing machine according to claim 1, wherein the transport conveyor has a belt on the surface of which projections are projected at a predetermined pitch along the transport direction. 3. A well as accept and accommodate overflow coins during deposit authorization, comprising an overflow coin storage box to release scrutiny recovered at the overflow coins that send the overflow coins to coin identifying passage, conveyor, the overflow coin storage box The overflow coins discharged from the first conveyor area are forwarded to the first conveyor area, the third conveyor area, the third conveyor area,
The coin depositing / dispensing machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the coin depositing / dispensing machine conveys the coin to / from the deposit receiving section through the second conveyor area . At 4. A dispensing time and scrutiny recovery, accept payment for coins thrown from denomination dispensing unit comprises a dispensing for coin conveying means for conveying the pooling and feeding portion, conveyance conveyor scrutiny Overflow coins collected at the time of collection
The overflow coins released from the storage box are
The first conveyor area, the third conveyor area
Transport to the deposit receiving section through the conveyor area and the second conveyor area
However , the storage / delivery unit uses a conveyor and a deposit receiving unit during detailed examination and collection.
For overflow coins and withdrawals sent through
Each coin is accepted, and the coin identification passage is provided by the feeding means.
Feeding one by one, the claims at the time of examination recovery, characterized in that it comprises recovery means to recover the overflow coins and dispensing a coin that is identified as normal coins by the coin identifying passage to replenish the coin storage box The coin depositing / dispensing machine described in 3. 5. The coin depositing / dispensing machine according to claim 4, further comprising a reject box which is detachably provided on a back portion of the machine body from a back side thereof and which stores a refill reject coin and a collect reject coin. . 6. A detection sensor for detecting residual coins remaining in a hopper, and, when the residual coins are detected by this detection sensor when depositing money , the hopper discharging means transfers the residual coins on a conveyor.
Causes released into, claims 1 to 5 or the coin receiving and dispensing machine according to characterized in that it comprises a control unit for returning the residual coin by normal rotation conveyor to deposit receiving.