JP5121877B2 - Stand-alone billing device structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to the structure of a stand-alone billing apparatus, and more particularly to the structure of the billing apparatus that enables space saving while maintaining the operability of a bill validator accommodated in the billing apparatus.

  A stand-alone billing apparatus installed beside a copying machine, a resident card printing apparatus, or the like is generally composed of a bill discriminating device called a bill validator and a coin discriminating device called a coin mech.

  The shapes of coin mechs and bill burrs are almost similar in shape and dimensions because the designs designed by the manufacturers who created them have been followed up to now. And since a bill burr and a coin mech are normally used in a vending machine, it has the feature in the attachment method. Specifically, a bill burr or coin mech is installed behind the front door of the vending machine. Coins and banknotes are inserted from the dedicated slot on the front door of a vending machine, etc., and the bill burrs and coin mech on the front door collect them for collection and change.

  FIG. 4 shows a conventional example in which a stand-alone billing apparatus is constructed using a bill validator or coin mech having the above-mentioned shape and installation form used in a vending machine or the like. When the bill burrs and coin mech are arranged close to each other in the conventional device shown in FIG. 4, it is difficult to collect bills and coins from the back side. . When it is not desired to provide the cash collection door on the front surface, a space for collecting bills by placing a hand between the bill burr and the coin mech is required to collect bills from the bill burr.

  In the structure of the conventional billing device, in order to collect the bills collected in the bill burr regularly, a cash collection door dedicated to the bill burr is necessary, or to collect the bills between the bill burr and the coin mech. Space was needed.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a structure of a charging apparatus that can reduce the volume occupied by a bill burr and a coin mech in a structure of a stand-alone charging apparatus, and can easily perform a bill removal operation from the bill burr. is there.

  As a result of earnestly examining the above-mentioned problems, the present inventor has found that the problem can be solved by modifying the installation structure of the building burr, and has reached the present invention. That is, the present invention extends to a state in which a bill burr that is slidable in a horizontal direction in a stand-alone billing device casing and a bill burr that is housed in the billing device casing is partially or completely pulled out of the billing device casing. Provided is a structure of a charging device having a slide mechanism that slides in a horizontal direction. According to the structure of the billing device of the present invention, the bill burr can be moved accurately and easily by associating the slide mechanism installed in the billing device casing with the bill burr.

  Preferably, the slide mechanism includes a bill burr drawer guide rail installed horizontally on one inner wall of the billing device casing, and an engagement member installed on the bill burr so as to engage with the guide rail. .

  The slide mechanism is preferably installed above and below the building burr.

  The structure of the billing device of the present invention is advantageous when the coin mech is arranged in a state of being close to the bill removal side of the bill burr.

  The engaging member is made of a rectangular rail, for example.

  According to the structure of the stand-alone billing device of the present invention, when the coin mech is arranged on the bill take-out side of the bill burr, even if the interval between the bill burr and the coin mech is reduced to the minimum, the bill bill of the bill burr as in the past is collected. There is no need to provide a door. Moreover, with the structure of the billing device of the present invention, it is easy to collect banknotes stored in the bill burr.

It is a fragmentary perspective view of the structure of the stand-alone charging device of one Embodiment according to this invention, Comprising: The state where the bill burr was pulled out to the charging device front direction is shown. FIG. 2 is a partial front view of the charging apparatus in FIG. 1, showing the inside of the charging apparatus. 1 is a perspective view (A) and a front view (B) of the charging device of FIG. A front view (A) and a side view (B) of the charging device of the prior art, showing the inside of the charging device.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. However, the present invention is not limited to those described in these drawings. In FIG. 1, a stand-alone billing apparatus 10 includes a billing apparatus housing 11, a bill burr 20 and a coin mech 30 accommodated in the billing apparatus 10, and a slide mechanism 40 for pulling out the bill burr 20 to the front of the billing apparatus. .

  The billing device housing 11 is a dedicated box that houses the bill burr 20 and the coin mech 30. The bill burr 20 and the coin mech 30 are stored close to each other in the upper part of the billing apparatus casing 11, and the billing apparatus control unit 15 is installed in the lower part.

  The bill validator 20 is a bill validator unit installed in a vending machine or the like, and is also called a bill validator. The bill burr 20 is accommodated in the billing device casing 11 such that a bill insertion slot 22 is provided on one side surface of the billing device casing 11. The bill burr 20 can be taken in and out of the billing apparatus housing 11 in a horizontal direction by a slide mechanism 40 described later. A bill removal hook 21 is attached to the back of the bill burr 20.

  The slide mechanism 40 includes a bill burr drawer guide rail 41 installed horizontally on one inner wall of the billing apparatus housing 11 and an engagement member 42 installed on the bill burr 20 so as to engage with the guide rail. .

  The slide mechanism 40 is installed almost horizontally, but may be slightly inclined forward or backward. When it is almost horizontal, it is easy to work with the bill burr pulled out, when it is tilted forward, it is easy to pull out the bill burr, and when it is tilted back, it is easy to store the bill burr.

  The slide mechanism 40 slides the bill burr 20 in the state accommodated in the billing device casing 11 in the horizontal direction until it is partially or completely pulled out from the billing device casing. In order to open the bill burr bill take-out hook 21 of the bill burr 20 to the coin mech side, the slide mechanism 40 can slide to a state where the bill burr 20 stored in the billing device casing 11 is completely pulled out in the front direction of the billing device casing. Is preferred.

  The bill burr drawer guide rail 41 is for guiding the engaging member 42 associated therewith in a horizontally stable state. The guide rail 41 may be long as long as at least the depth of the building burr. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 1, the guide rail 41 may extend from the billing device housing 11 so as to be extendable and contractible. This can be achieved by slidably connecting another guide rail (hereinafter referred to as an intermediate rail) to one guide rail. The presence of the intermediate rail is advantageous in that the intermediate rail extends like an arm and supports the load of the building burr 20 while the engaging member 42 is pulled out.

  The cross-sectional shape of the guide rail 41 may be a flat plate, an L-shape, a U-shape, a U-shape, or the like, but a cross-section L-shape opened upward in order to ensure the engagement between the guide rail 41 and the engagement member 42 or A rectangle such as a U-shaped cross section is preferred.

  The guide rail 41 is made of a metal having rigidity to withstand the load of the building burr 20, and is made of, for example, stainless steel, iron, aluminum, or the like. The guide rail 41 is fixed to the inner side surface of the charging apparatus housing 11 by appropriate fastening means such as rivets and screws.

  A limit stopper or a lock mechanism (not shown) may be provided near the front end of the bill burr drawer guide rail 41 or on the side surface of the bill burr 20. The end of the bill burr engaging member 42 abuts against a limit stopper or the like, so that the bill burr 20 is not accidentally pulled out or dropped further.

  The engaging member 42 associated with the bill burr drawer guide rail 41 has a function and a shape that allows the bill burr 20 to be firmly held by the guide rail 41 when the bill burr 20 is pulled out from the billing apparatus housing 11 to the front surface. There is no particular limitation. In FIG. 1, a rectangular rail is employed.

  The rectangular rail is horizontally installed on the bill burr 20 main body or the bracket 12 for mounting the bill burr at a position where it engages with the bill burr pull-out guide rail 41. The engaging member 42 is fixed to the bill burr main body or the like by appropriate tightening means such as a rivet or a screw.

  A roller, a bearing (not shown), or the like may be laid on either the guide rail 41 or the engagement member 42 in order to make the sliding between the guide rail 41 for the bill burr drawer and the engagement member 42 smoother. . The friction of the running surface is alleviated by the roller or the like, the force for pulling out the building burr 20 is reduced, and the life of the slide mechanism 40 is extended.

  The installation position of the slide mechanism 40 is not limited as long as it is one or a plurality of places where the building burr 20 and the inner surface of the charging apparatus housing 11 are in contact with each other. As shown in FIG. 1, it is preferable to be above and below the building burr 20. By holding the bill burr 20 by the upper and lower slide mechanisms 40, the stability of the bill burr is further secured. The upper and lower slide mechanisms 40 may be the same or different types. In FIG. 1, the upper and lower engaging means 42 are rectangular rails, but the lower part may be a roller.

  In the structure of the stand-alone billing device of the present invention, the coin mech 30 can be arranged on the front surface of the bill take-out hook of the bill burr 20 (the back side of the bill burr 20) in a state of being close to the bill burr 20. The direction of the coin mech is not particularly limited. The coin mech 30 is a coin circulation type selector with a built-in change function. A coin mech is also called a coin changer or a coin mechanism. An electronic coin sorter is used for a coin sorting unit such as 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen, and 500 yen. This electronic coin sorting machine does not mechanically inspect the authenticity of coins, but determines whether or not it is a genuine coin by using a sensor and an electronic circuit.

  Coins are inserted from a coin insertion slot 31 installed on the top plate of the charging apparatus 10 and enter the coin mech 30 through a coin insertion passage 32. The coins are sorted by the coin mech 30 and stored in a change cassette tube (not shown) in the coin mech such as 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen, 500 yen or the like. The cassette is opened by pulling the change cassette tube take-out hook 33 forward, and the coins stored in the change cassette tube are collected. Coins that cannot be stored in the change cassette tube are accommodated in the safe 36. On the other hand, when a return is desired by the coin return lever 34 installed on the top of the charging apparatus 10, the inserted coin is turned to the coin return port 35. And when change is required, the coin for change is taken out to the coin return port 35 by a motor (not shown). These mechanisms are the same as the conventional one.

  The coin mech 30 is fixed in the billing apparatus housing 11 using fixing means such as screws and screws. Alternatively, the slide mechanism 40 may be laid on the coin mech side so that the coin mech 30 itself is pulled out to the front surface of the charging apparatus. As a result, there is no need to provide a cash collection door dedicated to the coin mech.

  A method of operating the structure of the stand-alone billing apparatus of the present invention will be described below. First, a bill is inserted from the bill insertion slot 20 of the billing apparatus 10 and stored in the bill burr 20. At the stage where bills are accumulated, the key 14 of the door 13 of the billing device housing 11 is opened, and the bill burr 20 is completely pulled out to the door opening side. Next, the bill removal hook 21 of the bill burr 20 is tilted to the coin mech side, and the bill storage box of the bill burr 20 is opened. After the banknotes in the bill burr 20 are collected, the operations are performed in the reverse order.

  The structure of the stand-alone charging device of the present invention can be used for various charging devices including a bill validator and a coin mech. Specifically, it will be installed next to a photocopier, a resident's card, a certified copy, a printing certificate such as a seal certificate and a tax payment certificate, an automatic draft beer server, and an entertainment device. The structure of the charging device of the present invention is particularly suitable for a place where a minimum volume design is required.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Billing device 11 Billing device housing 12 Bill burr fixing bracket 13 Billing device door 14 Door key 15 Billing device control unit 20 Bill burr 21 Bill picking hook 22 Bill loading slot 30 Coin mech 31 Coin loading slot 32 Coin loading passage 33 Change Cassette tube take-out hook 34 coin return lever 35 coin return slot 36 safe 40 slide mechanism 41 guide rail 42 for bill burr drawer engaging member

Claims (3)

A bill burr that is slidable horizontally in the billing device casing, and a slide mechanism that slides the bill burrs stored in the billing device casing in a horizontal direction until the bill burrs are partially or completely pulled out of the billing device casing , The slide mechanism comprises a bill burr drawer guide rail installed horizontally on one inner wall of the billing device casing, and an engagement member installed on the bill burr so as to engage with the guide rail. The structure of a stand-alone billing apparatus in which a coin mech is arranged in a state of being close to the banknote taking-out side .   The structure of the stand-alone charging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the slide mechanism is installed above and below the building burr. The structure of the stand-alone charging device according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the engaging member is formed of a rectangular rail.