JP5075487B2 - Mounting structure of banknote identification device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an attachment structure for a bill recognition device used in a vending machine, a money changer, or the like.

Conventionally, as an attachment structure of this kind of banknote recognition device, an attachment member provided between the inner surface of a housing of a device having a banknote recognition function and the banknote recognition device, and provided with a slit-shaped banknote insertion hole, A bill discriminating device comprising a reinforcing plate provided between the mounting member and the bill discriminating device and provided with a slit-shaped bill passage hole, and preventing the mounting member from being broken by a tool such as a bar by the reinforcing plate. There is known one that prevents the banknotes stored in the bank from being stolen (for example, see Patent Document 1).
JP 2005-258699 A

  In the conventional banknote identification device mounting structure, the reinforcing plate is fixed to the mounting member by welding or the like. In this case, since the anti-theft performance against theft of banknotes with tools such as a bar depends on the thickness of the reinforcing plate, increasing the thickness of the reinforcing plate to improve the anti-theft performance, from the housing of the device to the banknote recognition device Increases the distance of the device, leading to an increase in the size of the entire device.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a banknote identification device mounting structure capable of improving the anti-theft performance without increasing the thickness of the reinforcing plate. There is.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an attachment member provided between an inner surface of a housing of a device having a bill recognition function and a bill recognition device, provided with a slit-shaped bill insertion hole, an attachment member, and a bill. In the mounting structure of the bill discriminating device provided between the discriminating device and the reinforcing plate provided with the slit-shaped bill passage hole, the reinforcing plate can be moved in the short direction of the slit of the bill insertion hole. When the tool is inserted into the bill insertion hole and the tool is inserted into the bill insertion hole, the force generated at the tip of the tool acts as a force for moving the reinforcement plate, and consists of the bill insertion hole of the attachment member and the bill passage hole of the reinforcement plate. The entrance of the tool is regulated by reducing the slit width of the opening .

  As a result, when a predetermined force is applied to the reinforcing plate, the reinforcing plate moves in the slit width direction of the bill insertion hole with respect to the attachment member. When the tool is inserted into the bill insertion hole, the force generated at the tip of the tool acts as a force to move the reinforcing plate, and the slit width of the opening made up of the bill insertion hole of the mounting member and the bill passage hole of the reinforcing plate is The tool entry is restricted by being small.

  According to the present invention, when a tool such as a bar is inserted into the bill insertion hole in order to deform around the bill insertion hole of the mounting member, the force generated at the tip of the tool acts as a force for moving the reinforcing plate, Since the entrance of the tool can be restricted by reducing the slit width of the opening made up of the bill insertion hole of the mounting member and the bill passage hole of the reinforcing plate, anti-theft performance can be achieved without increasing the thickness of the reinforcing member. It becomes possible to improve.

  FIG. 1 to FIG. 6 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a vending machine equipped with a bill identification device mounting structure, FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the vending machine, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the main part of the outer door showing the attachment structure of the banknote identification device, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the mounting member, and FIGS. 5 and 6 are side sectional views of the main part of the outer door showing the operation of the reinforcing plate.

  The vending machine provided with the banknote identification device mounting structure is rotatably supported on the vending machine main body 10 whose front surface is opened and one end side in the left-right direction on one end side in the left-right direction of the opening end of the vending machine main body 10. And an outer door 20 that opens and closes the opening of the vending machine main body 10.

  The vending machine main body 10 is divided into an upper part and a lower part, and a product storage room 11 is provided at the upper part and a machine room 12 is provided at the lower part. The product storage chamber 11 is surrounded by a heat insulating material 11a on the upper surface side, the back surface side, the bottom surface side, and the left and right side surfaces. The product storage chamber 11 is provided with a plurality of product storage columns 11b for storing products such as canned beverages or plastic bottle beverages stacked one above the other and carrying out the products one by one from the lower end side. In addition, an inclined plate 11c for guiding a product dropped and carried out from each product storage column 11b to the front is provided at a lower portion of the product storage chamber 11 so as to be inclined downward. Below the inclined plate 11c, a cooler 11d and a cooler blower 11e for cooling the product storage chamber 11 are provided. Furthermore, the front surface of the product storage chamber 11 is opened and closed by a heat-insulating inner door 13 whose one end in the left-right direction is rotatably supported by the vending machine main body 10. In the lower part of the inner door 13, a plurality of product outlets 13a communicating with the product storage chamber 11 side and the outer door 20 side are provided in the left-right direction, and the product outlet 13a is opened and closed at the upper end side of each product outlet A carry-out door 13b is rotatably supported. The machine room 12 stores refrigeration equipment such as a compressor 12a, a condenser 12b, and a condenser fan 12c.

  The outer door 20 has a sample display room 21 for displaying product samples of products sold in the vending machine body 10, a product selection switch 22, a coin slot 23, a bill slot 24, a display panel 25, A return lever 26, a handle 27 for opening and closing the outer door, a coin return port 28, and a product outlet 29 are provided.

  The bill insertion slot 24 is provided below the sample display room 21. On the back side of the outer door 20 located on the back side of the bill insertion slot 24, the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot 24 is determined to be true or false. A bill recognition device 30 is provided for storing and storing the above. The banknote recognition device 30 is attached to the back side of the outer door 20 via an attachment member 31.

  The attachment member 31 is formed in a box shape with an open rear side, and the bill recognition device 30 is attached to the inside thereof. Moreover, the banknote insertion slot 24 is comprised in the front surface of the attachment member 31, and the slit-shaped banknote insertion hole 31a extended in the left-right direction through which the inserted banknote passes is provided. On the back side of the bill insertion hole 31a of the attachment member 31, a reinforcing plate 32 for reinforcing the periphery of the bill insertion hole 31a of the attachment member 31 is provided.

  The reinforcing plate 32 is made of a metal plate having a predetermined plate thickness, and is provided with a bill passage hole 32a formed in the same slit shape as the bill insertion hole 31a of the attachment member 31. The reinforcing plate 32 is provided with a fixing piece 32b so that both left and right sides extend rearward. By fastening the side wall 31b and the fixing piece 32b of the attachment member 31 with a screw 33, the bill insertion hole 31a of the attachment member 31 and the reinforcement plate The reinforcing plate 32 is attached to the attachment member 31 so that the 32 bill passage holes 32a are arranged in the front-rear direction. Further, the fixing piece 32 is provided with a screw insertion hole 32c for allowing the screw 33 to pass therethrough in the shape of a long hole extending in the vertical direction, and the mounting member 31 in a state where the screw 33 is positioned at a substantially central portion in the vertical direction of the screw insertion hole 32c. A reinforcing plate 32 is attached to the base plate. That is, when a predetermined force or more is applied to the reinforcing plate 32 in a state where the reinforcing plate 32 is fixed to the mounting member 31, the reinforcing plate 32 moves upward or downward with respect to the mounting member 31. The vertical movement range of the reinforcing plate 32 with respect to the mounting member 31 moves up and down to a position where the reinforcing plate 32 closes the bill insertion hole 31a of the mounting member 31.

  In the vending machine configured as described above, as shown in FIG. 5, a tool A such as a bar is inserted into the bill insertion slot 24 as an illegal act for stealing the bill stored in the bill recognition device 30. Is inserted into the bill insertion hole 31a of the attachment member 31 and the tip of the tool A is moved up and down to enlarge the bill insertion hole 31a, and the tool insertion portion 31a is deformed around the bill insertion hole 31a. Since the force generated at the tip of A is applied to the reinforcing plate 32, the reinforcing plate 32 moves up and down as shown in FIG. Thereby, the force generated at the tip of the tool A acts as a force for moving the reinforcing plate 32 without deforming the attachment member 31. Moreover, since the vertical dimension of the opening part which consists of the banknote insertion hole 31a of the attachment member 31 and the banknote passage hole 32a of the reinforcement board 32 becomes small by the movement of the reinforcement board 32, the front-end | tip of the tool A is further inserted. There is nothing.

  Moreover, when the said fraudulent act is tried, it will be in the state which the reinforcement board 32 shifted | deviated and a banknote cannot be inserted, but the reinforcement board 32 is used as the banknote insertion hole 31a of the attachment member 31, and the banknote passage hole 32a of the reinforcement board 32. Can be restored by re-attaching them to the attachment member 31 in a line. Further, when the reinforcing plate 32 is broken, it is possible to replace only the reinforcing plate 32.

  Thus, according to the attachment structure of the banknote identification device of this embodiment, since the reinforcing plate 32 is connected to the attachment member 31 so as to be movable in the slit width direction of the banknote insertion hole 31a of the attachment member 31, the banknote of the attachment member 31 is used. When a tool A such as a bar is inserted into the bill insertion hole 31a to deform the surroundings of the insertion hole 31a, the force generated at the tip of the tool A is applied as a force for moving the reinforcing plate 32, and the bill of the mounting member 31 The entrance of the tool A can be restricted by reducing the slit width of the opening made up of the insertion hole 31a and the bill passage hole 32a of the reinforcing plate 32, and anti-theft performance can be achieved without increasing the plate thickness of the reinforcing member 32. It becomes possible to improve.

  Further, since the attachment member 31 and the reinforcing plate 32 are connected by the screw 33 through the long hole-like screw insertion hole 32c, the reinforcing plate 32 is configured to be movable with respect to the attachment member 31 with a simple structure. The reinforcing plate 32 can be easily attached to and detached from the attachment member 31, and the recovery work when the reinforcing plate 32 is broken can be easily performed.

  In the above-described embodiment, the long hole-like screw insertion hole 32 c is provided in the reinforcing plate 32. However, the long hole-like screw insertion hole is provided in the mounting member 31, and the reinforcing plate 32 is arranged in the vertical direction with respect to the mounting member 31. It may be movable.

The whole perspective view of a vending machine provided with the attachment structure of the bill identification device which shows one embodiment of the present invention. Side view of vending machine Side sectional view of the main part of the outer door showing the mounting structure of the bill validator Perspective view of mounting member Side sectional view of the main part of the outer door showing the operation of the reinforcing plate Side sectional view of the main part of the outer door showing the operation of the reinforcing plate

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 ... Outer door, 24 ... Bill insertion slot, 30 ... Bill identification device, 31 ... Mounting member, 31a ... Bill insertion hole, 31b ... Side wall, 32 ... Reinforcement plate, 32a ... Bill passage hole, 32b ... Fixed piece, 32c ... Screw insertion hole, 33 ... screw.

Claims (2)

Provided between the inner surface of the housing of the device having a bill recognition function and the bill recognition device, provided with an attachment member provided with a slit-shaped bill insertion hole, and provided between the attachment member and the bill recognition device, slit In the attachment structure of the bill recognition device provided with a reinforcing plate provided with a shaped bill passage hole,
When the reinforcing plate is connected to the mounting member so as to be movable in the short direction of the slit of the bill insertion hole and the tool is inserted into the bill insertion hole, the force generated at the tip of the tool acts as a force for moving the reinforcing plate. An attachment structure for a bill discriminating apparatus, characterized in that the insertion of a tool is regulated by reducing the slit width of an opening made up of a bill insertion hole of a mounting member and a bill passage hole of a reinforcing plate . A long hole extending in the direction in which the reinforcing plate moves is provided in the mounting member or the reinforcing plate,
The attachment structure of the banknote identification device according to claim 1, wherein the attachment member and the reinforcing plate are connected by a screw through a long hole.

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