JP5540936B2 - Automatic change machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic change machine connected to a POS register used in a store such as a supermarket or a convenience store.

  The conventional automatic change machine moves rejected banknotes that are not suitable for change due to dirt, etc., and banknotes collected at the time of clearing processing to a collection box, and is movable in the collection box. The partition is divided so that rejected banknotes and banknotes to be collected are distinguished from each other, and such a collection box considers convenience so that an operator operating the device can easily take out the banknotes stored therein. It is arranged on the front side of the apparatus (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2007-34482 A (paragraph “0017” -paragraph “0018”, FIG. 2)

  In recent years, there has been an increasing need for stricter cash management in an automatic change machine connected to a POS register. For reject banknotes where the amount of money in an automatic change machine is uncertain, it can be registered even during the settlement process after the end of work. There is a request to collect and collect at the time of the change of the staff, check it by hand, and conduct a matchup between the high and low.

  However, in the above-described conventional technology, when the banknotes in the denomination banknote storage are full, some banknotes may be moved to and stored in the collection bin. When banknotes moved from are stored, the staff who collect rejected banknotes from the collection box can touch the banknotes transferred from the denomination banknote storage section, and there is a risk that the banknotes may be extracted. There is a problem that cannot guarantee high.

  An object of the present invention is to provide means for solving the above problems.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a discrimination unit that discriminates banknotes inserted into a banknote deposit / withdrawal port, a banknote storage that stores the banknotes identified by the discrimination unit in denominations, and the banknote storage An automatic change machine having a bill collection cassette configured to store bills collected from the banknotes and reject bills identified as unsuitable for change by the discrimination unit and configured to be able to be taken out to the outside. the plate is provided, and a space for stacking one of the rejected bills of partitioned spaces by partition plate, and a space for stacking banknotes and the other partitioned spaces recovered from the bill storage by partition plate, wherein banknote collection cassette constitutes an outer plate part, by the inner plate portion formed so as to open the position corresponding to the space for stacking the rejected bills inside than the skin portion, said When opening the plate portion, the inner plate portion, characterized in that the enabling taken out the rejected bills from the opening is exposed.

  Thereby, as for the present invention, since the clerk can take out only the rejected banknote by opening the front door of the banknote collection cassette and cannot touch the banknotes collected from the banknote storage and stored in the banknote collection cassette, Since it is possible to prevent the clerk from illegally withdrawing cash, an effect that strict cash management can be performed is obtained.

External appearance perspective view which shows the automatic change machine of Example 1 Explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of Example 1. FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of Example 1. FIG. External view of the banknote collection cassette of Example 1 Explanatory drawing which shows a mode that the front door of Example 1 was opened. Explanatory drawing which shows a mode that a banknote is taken out from a banknote collection cassette. The side view which shows the structure of the banknote collection cassette of Example 2. Explanatory drawing which shows a mode that the front door of Example 2 was opened. Explanatory drawing which shows a mode that the inner door of Example 2 was opened.

  Embodiments of an automatic change machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing an automatic change machine according to the first embodiment.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an automatic change machine, which performs banknote and coin deposit / withdrawal processing.

  The automatic change machine 1 is connected to the POS register 15 so as to be communicable with each other. The POS register 15 manages the deposit and withdrawal of bills and coins.

  Moreover, the automatic change machine 1 is comprised by the coin depositing / withdrawing part 2 for performing deposit / withdrawal of a coin, and the banknote depositing / withdrawing part 3 for depositing / withdrawing a banknote.

  Reference numeral 4 denotes a coin deposit slot, which is a deposit slot for inserting coins to be deposited. When coins are inserted from the coin deposit port 4, the coins are drawn into the coin deposit / withdrawal unit 2, sorted according to denomination, and stored in a coin storage (not shown).

  Reference numeral 5 denotes a coin dispensing port, which is a dispensing port for accumulating coins to be dispensed. When coin change is required, the coins stored in the coin deposit / withdrawal unit 2 are paid out to the coin dispensing slot 5.

  6 is a coin reject port. As a result of the coins inserted into the coin deposit / withdrawal unit 4 being drawn into the coin deposit / withdrawal unit 2, any one of 1 yen, 5 yen, 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen, and 500 yen coin However, it is a return port for returning rejected coins that are determined not to be.

  Reference numeral 8 denotes a banknote deposit / withdrawal port, which is a banknote deposit / withdrawal slot for depositing banknotes to be deposited and a withdrawal port for storing banknotes to be dispensed. The banknotes inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 8 are drawn into the banknote deposit / withdrawal part 3 and sorted into denominations and stored in a banknote storage described later.

  Reference numeral 9 denotes a banknote collection cassette, which is a cassette for storing banknotes when the banknotes stored in the banknote storage boxes 22a, 22b, and 22c in the banknote depositing / dispensing section 3 are collected. It can be taken out.

  Further, the banknote collection cassette 9 is restricted from being taken out from the apparatus by a lock mechanism (not shown), and is locked by the lock mechanism when a dedicated key is inserted into a cassette extraction key hole 27 described later and the dedicated key is rotated. Can be removed and removed.

  In addition, the banknote collection cassette 9 rejects banknotes that are identified as unsuitable for change due to defects or the like during deposit processing, or banknotes that are identified as unsuitable for change due to abnormal transport such as skew feeding or double feeding in withdrawal processing. Storing.

  Reference numeral 10 denotes a display operation unit, which includes a display unit such as a liquid crystal display and an operation unit such as a touch panel arranged on the display unit, and displays operation guidance for an operator regarding replenishment of cash to the automatic change machine 1. In addition, an input operation by the operator is accepted.

  The POS register 15 includes a barcode reading unit (not shown) that reads the price of a product from a barcode attached to the product, and a register display operation unit 16 that includes a display screen and a touch panel disposed thereon. , Display the input key such as the numeric keypad to enter the total amount of products purchased by the customer and the amount of the product without barcode on the display screen, and press the input key from the touch panel to enter the key The information defined in can be entered.

  Reference numeral 17 denotes a receipt printing unit, which has a function of issuing a receipt that prints the total amount of products purchased by the customer, the cash amount deposited from the customer, and the change paid to the customer.

  FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration of the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit according to the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 8 includes feeding means for separating the inserted banknotes one by one and feeding them to the banknote transport path 20.

  The banknote transport path 20 is a transport path that is configured by rollers or belts arranged opposite to each other, and has a function of holding a banknote fed out from the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 8 and transporting it in the forward / reverse direction. The bills are conveyed to the bill storage units 22a, 22b, 22c and the bill collection cassette 9, and the bills stored in the bill storage units 22a, 22b, 22c are conveyed to the bill collection cassette 9.

  The banknote transport path 20 includes a plurality of sensors (not shown) for detecting the passage of banknotes, and further includes a transport switching blade for switching the banknote transport path.

  The banknote discriminating unit 21 has a function of discriminating the denomination and correctness of the banknotes conveyed from the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 8.

  The banknote storages 22a, 22b, and 22c have a stage (not shown) and are stored by dropping and stacking banknotes on the stage. For example, the banknote storage 22a stores a thousand yen bill, The storage box 22b stores a 5,000 yen ticket, and the banknote storage box 22c stores a 2,000 yen ticket and a 10,000 yen ticket.

  Moreover, the banknote storages 22a, 22b, and 22c are provided with a banknote feeding mechanism (not shown) for feeding the banknotes stacked at the top to the banknote transport path 20.

  Note that the banknote storages 22a and 22b are also used as change banknote storages for storing banknotes used as change for customers, and banknotes, which are change reserves prepared in advance for change, are stored by an attendant. The

  Reference numeral 23 denotes a movable partition plate (partition plate), which is provided in the banknote collection cassette 9, and shows one end portion on the downstream side with respect to the transport direction in which the banknote enters the banknote collection cassette 9 as shown in FIG. By rotating the shaft with a solenoid and a link, the other end portion, that is, the upstream end portion in the transport direction is configured to be movable up and down.

  When the reject banknote is conveyed to the banknote collection cassette 9, the movable partition plate 23 is rotated at one end so that the other end is lowered, and is stored in the banknote storages 22a, 22b, and 22c. When collecting banknotes, one end is rotated so that the other end rises upward.

  Therefore, reject banknotes are accumulated on the upper surface of the movable partition plate 23, and banknotes collected from the banknote storages 22 a, 22 b, 22 c are accumulated below the movable partition plate 23, and therefore moveable in the banknote collection cassette 9. The upper side of the type partition plate 23 is a space for storing rejected banknotes, and the lower side of the movable type partition plate 23 is a space for storing collected banknotes.

  Here, FIG. 3 is explanatory drawing which shows the front part around the banknote collection cassette of an automatic transaction apparatus.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 25 denotes a front door whose lower end portion is rotatably supported, and is a side surface portion exposed to the outside of the banknote collection cassette 9 so as to be substantially flush with the housing surface of the automatic change machine 1. And a locking mechanism (not shown) for unlocking and locking with a dedicated key is provided.
Reference numeral 26 denotes a key hole, which is provided in the front door 25, and an attendant unlocks the locking mechanism of the front door 25 by inserting and turning a dedicated key.

  Reference numeral 27 denotes a cassette removal key hole, which is arranged in the vicinity of the front door 25 and is unlocked by a lock mechanism (not shown) when a dedicated key for removing the banknote collection cassette 9 is inserted and rotated. It is like that.

  FIG. 4 is an external view of the banknote collection cassette according to the first embodiment.

  Reference numeral 24 shown in FIG. 4 denotes an inner plate portion, which is formed on the inner side of the front door 25 and in parallel with the front door 25, and has an opening 24a having an upper part opened.

  The opening 24a is an opening that is at least above the movable partition plate 23 and is large enough to allow the reject banknotes accumulated on the movable partition plate 23 to be pulled out by a human hand, thereby opening the front door 25. When the inner plate portion 24 is exposed, only the reject banknote stored in the banknote collection cassette 9 can be taken out.

  Reference numeral 28 denotes a cassette door, which is formed on one side surface adjacent to the surface on which the opening is provided. By opening the cassette door, it is possible to take out the banknotes collected and stored from the banknote storage units 22a, 22b, and 22c. .

  The cassette door 28 is locked by a door lock mechanism (not shown).

  Reference numeral 29 denotes a cassette key hole, which is provided at the upper part of the banknote collection cassette 9 and is used for unlocking the door lock mechanism of the cassette door 28 by inserting a dedicated key and turning it.

  Note that the dedicated keys to be inserted into the key hole 26, cassette removal key hole 27, and cassette key hole 29 may all be a common key, may be different keys, or may be different keys. More strict cash management.

  The operation of the above configuration will be described.

  Here, FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the front door of the first embodiment is opened.

  The staff member who takes out the reject banknotes stored in the banknote collection cassette 9 inserts a dedicated key into the keyhole 26 and rotates it to unlock the locked front door 25 and open the front door 25.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 5, when the front door 25 is opened, the inner plate portion 24 and the opening 24 a of the banknote collection cassette 9 are exposed, so that the clerk accumulates on the upper surface of the movable partition plate 23 of the banknote collection cassette 9. The rejected banknote can be taken out through the opening 24a.

  In addition, the clerk removes the banknote collection cassette 9 by removing the lock that restricts the withdrawal of the banknote collection cassette 9 by inserting a special key into the cassette removal key hole 27 and turning it in order to remove the banknote collection cassette 9 itself. It becomes possible to take.

  Here, FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the banknote is taken out from the banknote collection cassette.

  The clerk who has taken out the banknote collection cassette 9 inserts a dedicated key into the cassette key hole 29 provided at the top and rotates it to unlock the cassette door 28 and open the cassette door 28 as shown in FIG. It becomes possible to take out the banknote stored inside.

  As described above, this embodiment opens the front door provided on the apparatus side when taking out only the reject banknote from the banknote collection cassette in the apparatus provided with the banknote collection cassette for storing the reject banknote and the collected banknote. When removing the banknotes other than rejected banknotes, the front door is opened, the banknote collection cassette is taken out of the machine, and the cassette door is opened to allow the banknotes to be removed. Can be obtained.

  In addition, when the inside of the banknote storage is full and some banknotes are moved to the banknote collection cassette, banknotes that are partially collected from the banknote storage housed in the banknote collection cassette by a staff member who takes out rejected banknotes It is possible to prevent fraudulent acts such as taking out the card without permission and to perform strict cash management.

  The present embodiment omits the cassette door and the cassette key hole of the banknote collection cassette of the first embodiment, and uses an automatic change machine by providing an inner door instead of a plate located behind the front door of the banknote collection cassette. The point which made the front surface part of the banknote collection cassette seen from the attendant the structure of the double door is different from the said Example 1.

  In addition, the same part as the said Example 1 attaches | subjects the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omits the description.

  FIG. 7 is a side view showing the structure of the banknote collection cassette according to the second embodiment.

  In FIG. 7, reference numeral 30 denotes an inner door, which is provided so as to be parallel to the inner side of the front door 25. The lower end portion is rotatably supported, and the lower end portion rotates around the shaft and opens and closes. It has become.

Further, the inner door 30 forms an upper end portion up to substantially the same height as one end portion that serves as a rotation axis of the movable partition plate 23, thereby providing a gap between the inner door 30 and the upper surface of the banknote collection cassette 9.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the front door of Example 2 is opened.

  In FIG. 8, 31 is a locking piece, which is a protrusion formed on the lower end portion of the inner door 30 and projecting downward when the inner door 30 is closed. When attached to the automatic change machine 1, the automatic change machine 1 protrudes so as to approach the front end of the bottom face.

  Reference numeral 35 denotes a bottom surface portion of the housing of the automatic change machine 1.

  The operation of the above configuration will be described.

    When the clerk opens the front door 25, the inner door 30 is exposed to the outside as shown in FIG. 8, so the clerk stores the reject banknotes stored on the upper surface of the movable partition plate 23 with the upper end of the inner door 30. It becomes possible to take out through the gap with the upper surface of the banknote collection cassette 9.

  Moreover, when taking out the banknote accommodated in the downward direction of the movable partition plate 23 of the banknote collection cassette 9, it is necessary to first draw out the banknote collection cassette 9 as in the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 8, since the locking piece 31 is located at the front end portion of the bottom surface portion 35, when the inner door 30 is rotated as it is, the locking piece 31 is attached to the bottom surface portion 35. Abutting prevents rotation.

  Here, FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the inner door of the second embodiment is opened.

  As shown in FIG. 9, when the banknote collection cassette 9 is taken out, even if the inner door 30 is opened, the locking piece 31 does not come into contact with the bottom surface portion 35 of the automatic change machine 1, so the inner door 30 is completely opened. This makes it possible for the attendant to take out the banknotes stored below the movable partition plate 23.

  As described above, in addition to the effects of the first embodiment, this embodiment opens the inner door when the banknote collection cassette is taken out to the outside. Since the cassette keyhole and the like can be omitted, the structure becomes simple and it can be manufactured at low cost.

  In each of the embodiments described above, the automatic change machine connected to the POS register has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the same effect can be obtained even when applied to a cash handling apparatus connected to a counter terminal in a bank. Can do.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automatic change machine 2 Coin depositing / withdrawing part 3 Banknote depositing / withdrawing part 4 Coin depositing slot 5 Coin dispensing slot 6 Coin rejection slot 8 Banknote depositing / withdrawing slot 9 Banknote collection cassette 10 Display operation part 15 POS register 16 Register display operation part 17 Receipt Printing part 20 Bill conveyance path 21 Bill identification part 22a, 22b, 22c Bill storage part 23 Movable partition plate 24 Inner plate part 24a Opening part 25 Front door 26 Key hole 27 Cassette removal key hole 28 Cassette door 29 Cassette key hole 30 Inner door 31 Locking piece 35 Bottom

Claims (4)

A discriminating unit for discriminating banknotes inserted into a banknote deposit / withdrawal port, a banknote storage for storing banknotes identified by the discrimination unit in denominations,
An automatic change machine having a banknote collection cassette configured to store banknotes collected from the banknote storage and reject banknotes identified as unsuitable for change by the discrimination unit, and configured to be able to be taken out to the outside.
A partition plate installed inside the banknote collecting cassette, bills and space for integrated either the reject banknotes of partitioned spaces by partition plate, to recover the other spaces partitioned by the partition plate from the bill housing and space to integrate,
The bill collection cassette constitutes an outer plate part, by the inner plate portion formed so as to open the position corresponding to the space for stacking the rejected bills inside than the skin portion,
Automatic change machine, characterized in that said when opening the skin portion, and can be taken out of the rejected bills from said opening said plate portion is exposed. Before Symbol banknote collecting cassette, the door portion is provided in a position different from the skin portion, according to claim 1, characterized in that to allow extraction of bills recovered from the bill storage by opening the door portion of automatic change machine. A discriminating unit for discriminating banknotes inserted into a banknote deposit / withdrawal port, a banknote storage for storing banknotes identified by the discrimination unit in denominations,
An automatic change machine having a banknote collection cassette configured to store banknotes collected from the banknote storage and reject banknotes identified as unsuitable for change by the discrimination unit, and configured to be able to be taken out to the outside.
A partition plate installed inside the banknote collecting cassette, bills and space for integrated either the reject banknotes of partitioned spaces by partition plate, to recover the other spaces partitioned by the partition plate from the bill housing Partition the interior so that
The banknote collection cassette includes an outer plate part, and an inner plate part configured to be opened and closed inside the outer plate part and restricting removal of banknotes collected from the banknote storage,
The inner plate portion is formed so as to open a portion corresponding to a space for collecting reject banknotes,
It said outer plate portion when open, automatic change machine, characterized in that said inner plate portion and the reject banknote take-out City available-from the opening is exposed. The inner plate portion has a locking piece that prevents the closed inner plate portion from being opened,
4. When the banknote collection cassette is mounted on the apparatus, when the inner plate portion is rotated to open, the locking piece prevents the inner plate portion from being opened. Automatic change machine.

Images