JP5543291B2 - Deposit device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a depositing apparatus that is installed in a store such as a supermarket, a shopping center, or a pachinko parlor, and that performs deposit processing of store sales, change reserve, and the like.

As a conventional depositing apparatus of this type, there is one disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example.
In this depositing apparatus, when coins are inserted into the coin depositing slot in the coin depositing process, coins are fed one by one by the feeding unit provided at the lower part of the coin depositing slot and conveyed to the discrimination unit by the conveying unit. Coins identified as normal in the discrimination section are counted by denomination, temporarily stored in the temporary storage section, stored in the storage safe, and coins identified as rejects in the identification section are sent to the rejection section. It is to be accumulated.

  In such a depositing apparatus, there is an apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 2, for example, as an apparatus for conveying and identifying coins fed out by a feeding unit.

  This device is provided with a plurality of notches on the outer periphery of a disk-shaped transport unit that is rotated by a motor, and the coins fed by the feeding unit are fed one by one to the notch unit and transported by the discrimination unit in the middle of transport. The coins that have been identified and identified as true are sent to the temporary holding part through the coin passage hole, and the coins that have been identified as reject can be sent to the reject part through the reject hole.

JP 2005-141271 A Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 08-229513

However, the conventional techniques described above have the following problems.
For example, if a foreign material such as a clip is mixed into the inserted coin and the foreign material is caught by the foreign material and cannot be fed to the transport unit due to the foreign material, the operation of the device is interrupted and the operator After removing the cause of the feeding failure by opening the top cover and removing the foreign matter, it is possible to resume processing such as depositing, but when the operator opens the top cover, the conveyance part is exposed As a result of the operation error, the conveyance unit rotates and the coins that are not identified and counted are conveyed to the hole for normal coins and accumulated in the temporary storage unit.

  Therefore, in order to eliminate such inconveniences, a structure that can be opened and closed separately from the top cover to cover the unit including the transport unit is provided so that the transport unit is not exposed when the top cover is opened. However, in that case, the unit cover must be openable and closable in order to remove jammed coins when a jam occurs in the transport unit, and even if a jam occurs in the transport unit, if the transport unit is manually rotated In some cases, the jam can be eliminated, and it is also necessary to add an operation knob or the like for manually rotating the transport unit.

In such a structure, if the sensor detects that the unit cover has been opened with the top cover opened due to the occurrence of a feeding failure at the feeding section as described above, an operation error will occur in this state. Open the top cover because the coins that are not counted by the coins may be dropped in the normal coin passage hole, and the denomination and number of coins accumulated in the temporary storage section cannot be determined. If the sensor detects that the unit cover has been opened in the state, treat it as a failure, return all the coins accumulated in the temporary holding part and the reject part, eliminate the cause of the feeding failure and remove the top cover. If the unit cover is not opened until it is closed, the state of the coins in the transport unit at the time of interruption of discrimination and counting is maintained. It may be possible to resume and continue the processing of gold, etc., but if the transport section is manually rotated with the operation knob etc. with the unit cover open and closed, identification and counting are not performed. There is a problem that the coins are carried to the passage hole for normal coins, accumulated in the temporary storage unit, and finally stored in the storage safe, so that the counting result does not match the cash in the safe.
An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem.

Therefore, in the present invention, the coins inserted from the coin insertion unit are fed one by one by the feeding unit, conveyed to the coin discrimination unit by the coin conveyance unit, and after counting the coins identified as true by the coin discrimination unit, A coin depositing machine that temporarily stores in a temporary storage unit and returns a coin that has been identified as reject from the coin reject unit, and a top cover that covers the upper part of the device, and when the coin feeding failure occurs in the feeding unit, the top In the depositing apparatus capable of removing the cause of the feeding failure by opening the cover, a reject hole is provided on the downstream side of the coin discriminating section in the coin transport direction to guide the reject coin to the coin reject section. A coin passage hole is provided on the downstream side for guiding the true coins counted by the coin discriminating unit to the temporary storage unit. However, when eliminating the cause of the defect, if the coin transport unit is not moved between the time when the top cover is opened and the time when the top cover is closed, the counting of the coins is resumed after the top cover is closed. and, when the coins transport unit is moved, characterized in that return all the coins inserted from the coin insertion portion as failure.

  In the present invention as described above, when eliminating the cause of coin feeding failure that occurred during coin discrimination and counting, the coin transport unit is not moved between the opening and closing of the top cover. After the top cover is closed, the coin counting and counting is resumed, and when the curing transport unit is moved, all coins inserted from the coin insertion unit as a failure are returned. Therefore, even if the top cover is opened, if the coin transport unit is not moved, the count results up to that point can be used. If the coin transport unit is moved, the count results and The effect that it can solve the problem that cash does not match is obtained.

Schematic showing the internal configuration of the first embodiment The schematic side view which shows the internal structure of the banknote deposit machine in an Example. The principal part top view of the coin deposit machine in an Example Configuration diagram of a deposit system using an embodiment Flow chart showing the operation of the first embodiment Figure showing an example of the menu screen Figure showing an example of the card request screen Figure showing an example of the cash input screen Figure showing an example of the counting screen Figure showing an example of the selection screen The figure which shows the example of the cover opening guidance screen The figure which shows the example of a feeding defect removal screen Flowchart showing the operation of the second embodiment Flowchart showing the operation of the third embodiment

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a depositing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the internal configuration of the first embodiment, FIG. 2 is a schematic side view showing the internal configuration of the banknote depositing machine in the embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the main part of the coin depositing machine in the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a deposit system using the deposit apparatus of the embodiment.
First, the system configuration of FIG. 4 will be described. 1 is a depositing device, 2 is a host computer, and a plurality of depositing devices 1 are connected to the host computer 2 via a communication line 3.

  Each depositing device 1 is installed in an office in a store such as a supermarket, a shopping center, or a pachinko store, etc., and is a device that performs deposit processing, counting processing, and sorting counting processing of store sales and change reserves. Here, the deposit process is the process of discriminating and counting the sales proceeds and change reserves in each store according to the denomination and storing them in the storage safe. After collecting and temporarily collecting the coins and banknotes, the process of returning the coins and banknotes from the coin return section and banknote return section, and the selection counting process are performed by differentially counting the inserted coins and banknotes into denominations and predesignated gold A function used when you want to divide a specific denomination of coins and banknotes into a specified number of coins and banknotes in a process that temporarily accumulates coins and banknotes of seeds and numbers, and returns the coins and banknotes from the coin return section or banknote return section. It is.

The host computer 2 is installed in the cash management center and has a function of exchanging messages with each depositing device 1 to determine whether the deposit process is established and managing deposit data and the like.
Next, the structure of the money_receiving | payment apparatus 1, the banknote depositing machine 6, and the coin depositing machine 7 of a present Example is demonstrated with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the depositing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment includes an operation display unit 4, a card reader unit (card reading unit) 5, a banknote depositing machine 6, and a coin depositing machine 7. Here, the operation display unit 4 includes a display unit such as an LCD and an operation unit such as a touch panel arranged on the display unit. The operation display unit 4 displays operation guidance, counts of banknotes and coins, and the like. The card reader unit 5 has a function of displaying various keys or the like and allowing the apparatus user to input, and the card reader unit 5 has a function of reading card information in a non-contact manner.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the banknote depositing machine 6 includes a banknote insertion unit 11 that collectively inputs banknotes collected from a register (not shown) installed at a store in a store during the depositing process, and the banknote insertion unit 11. A billing unit (not shown) that separates and feeds the bills received one by one, a bill discriminating unit 12 that discriminates the authenticity of banknotes, denominations, etc. A banknote temporary storage section 13 for accumulating and temporarily storing the banknotes identified and counted by the banknote identification section 12, a banknote storage safe 14 for storing the banknotes accumulated in the banknote temporary storage section 13 after payment is confirmed, and banknotes A banknote reject unit 15 that discharges rejected banknotes that have been identified as rejected by the discrimination unit 12 because the denomination is unknown, a transport unit (banknote transport path) 17 that sandwiches and transports banknotes with a transport belt, and banknote detection. Sensor 18 Eteiru.

  Here, the conveyance part 17 is provided from the banknote insertion part 11 through the banknote discrimination part 12 to the banknote temporary storage part 13 and the banknote rejection part 15, and the branch part to the banknote temporary storage part 13 is provided with a banknote. A switching blade for switching the transport direction is provided. Moreover, the banknote temporary storage part 13 is provided above the banknote storage safe 14, and can accumulate | store the banknote accumulated directly in the banknote storage safe 14. FIG. This banknote temporary storage part 13 serves also as a banknote return part which returns the banknote integrated | stacked on the banknote temporary storage part 13 to an operator, when payment is cancelled | released, and the banknote return door for enabling return of a banknote 16 is provided. The banknote detection sensor 18 is provided in front of the banknote temporary storage unit 13, and the banknotes accumulated in the banknote temporary storage unit 13 are detected by the banknote detection sensor 18, whereby the banknote identification unit 12 counts the banknotes. It is to be confirmed.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the coin processor 2 includes a coin insertion unit 21 that collectively inputs coins collected from the register, and a feeding unit 22 provided below the coin insertion unit 21. The coins fed out from the feeding unit 22 are picked up one by one (coin transport unit) 23, and the true / false of the coin, the denomination, etc. are discriminated and the coins discriminated as true are counted for each denomination. Coin discriminating unit 24, coin discriminating unit 25 for accumulating and temporarily retaining the coins discriminated and counted by the coin discriminating unit 24, and coins for storing the coins accumulated in the coin temporary retaining unit 25 after the payment is confirmed. Storage vault 26, coin reject unit 27 for discharging reject coins that have been identified as rejected by the coin discriminating unit 24, coins accumulated in the coin temporary storage unit 25 when the deposit is canceled, etc. Return A coin returning unit 28, a coin detection sensor 29 to determine the count at the coin discriminating section 24.

  Here, the feeding unit 22 is provided so as to rotate counterclockwise as indicated by an arrow by a motor (not shown), and is configured to separate and feed coins one by one from the feeding port by rotation. . The coin insertion part 21 above the feeding part 22 is provided so as to open and close by rotating upward about a fulcrum provided at a predetermined position. By opening the coin insertion part 21, the feeding part 22 is opened. Has become.

  The transport unit 23 is formed in a disc shape, and has a plurality of cutouts 23a on the outer periphery, and is rotated in a clockwise direction indicated by an arrow by a motor. The transport unit 23 transports coins by feeding coins fed by the feed unit 22 one by one into the notch 23a and rotating clockwise. The coin discriminating unit 24 includes a plurality of sensors that detect the shape (size), material, thickness, and the like of the coin, and is provided in a coin transport path by the transport unit 23.

  The coin detection sensor 29 is provided between a reject hole 31 and a coin passage hole 32 located on the rear side (downstream side) of the coin discrimination section 24 in the coin transport path by the transport section 23, and the reject hole 31 and the coin passage hole 32. Are provided on a fixed plate arranged on the lower surface side of the transport unit 23 so that the reject hole 31 is located on the front side (upstream side) of the coin passage hole 32.

  The reject hole 31 is provided with an opening / closing mechanism (not shown). When a coin identified as true by the coin discriminating unit 24 is sent, the reject hole 31 is closed by the opening / closing mechanism, and the coin identified as reject is rejected. Is sent to the coin reject unit 27 by opening the reject hole 31 by the opening / closing mechanism.

  The banknote depositing machine 6 and the coin depositing machine 7 having such a configuration are arranged side by side so as to be adjacent to the housing of the depositing apparatus 1, and the upper surface thereof is covered with the top cover 8 of the depositing apparatus 1 shown in FIG. . The top cover 8 is provided so as to open and close by rotating around a fulcrum 8a on the rear side, and the portions corresponding to the bill insertion unit 11 of the banknote depositing machine 6 and the coin insertion unit 21 of the coin depositing machine 7 are opened. Yes.

Further, a unit cover 19 that covers the transport unit 17 of the banknote depositing machine 6 shown in FIG. 2 is provided on the inner side (lower side) of the top cover 8 so as to rotate around a fulcrum 19a, and similarly, a coin depositing machine. An openable and closable unit cover (not shown) is provided to cover the seven transport units 23.
In addition, the conveyance part 17 of the banknote depositing machine 6 and the conveyance part 23 of the coin depositing machine 7 can be moved by operating means such as an operation knob (not shown) in a state where the top cover 8 is opened for removing jammed banknotes and jammed coins. It is like that.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment, which will be described according to the step indicated by S in the figure. Note that the operation of each unit described below is controlled by a control unit (not shown) based on a program stored in a storage unit (not shown).

S1: The operator selects a process (transaction) on the operation display unit 4. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a menu screen displayed on the operation display unit 4 for selecting a process, and buttons for “deposit”, “count”, and “selection count” are displayed. It is assumed that the “payment” button is pressed and the deposit process is selected.

S2: A screen requesting the card presentation is displayed on the operation display unit 4. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the card request screen at this time. For example, together with a message such as “please place a card”, an illustration showing the position where the card is placed is displayed. A card to be used is placed on the card lead unit 5.
S3: The card read unit 5 reads card information from the placed card.

S4: The card information read by the card reading unit 5 is sent to the host computer 2, and the host computer 2 determines whether it is a registered card, that is, whether it is a valid card, and the determination result is sent to the depositing apparatus 1. Will be returned. In addition, it is also possible to make the deposit apparatus 1 have card registration information and determine whether the card is a registered card by the control unit of the deposit apparatus 1.

S5: If the card is not a registered card, a card error screen with a message indicating that the card is invalid is displayed on the operation display unit 4, and the process ends.
S6: If the card is a registered valid card, a cash insertion screen is displayed on the operation display unit 4. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a cash input screen. For example, a message such as “Please insert cash into the input section and press the start button”, an illustration showing the position where the bills and coins are to be inserted, and a “Start” button, “ Cancel button is displayed.

S7: According to the cash insertion screen, the operator inserts bills and coins into the bill insertion unit 11 and the coin insertion unit 21.
S8: Further, the operator presses the “Start” button.

S9: When the operator presses the “start” button, the operations of the bill depositing machine 6 and the coin depositing machine 7 are started, the bills and coins are discriminated and counted, and the bills inserted into the bill insertion unit 11 are not shown. The paper is fed one by one to the transport unit 17 by the feed unit and transported to the banknote discrimination unit 12. The bill discriminating unit 12 discriminates authenticity, denomination, etc., and the bill discriminated as rejected due to false or denomination is conveyed to the bill rejecting unit 15 and returned to the operator, and discriminated from true. After the counted banknotes are counted for each denomination, the banknotes are transported and accumulated and temporarily held in the banknote temporary storage unit 13 which also serves as a banknote return unit. Passage is detected by the detection sensor 18, and the count in the banknote discrimination part 12 is decided.

  On the other hand, the coins inserted into the coin insertion unit 21 are fed one by one to the conveyance unit 23 by the feeding unit 22 and conveyed to the coin discrimination unit 24. The coin discriminating section 24 discriminates the authenticity, denomination, etc., and the coin discriminated as being rejected due to false or denomination etc. is conveyed to the position of the coin reject hole 31, and the coin reject open at this time. It is guided to the coin reject unit 27 through the hole 31 and returned from the coin reject unit 27 to the operator. The coins discriminated as true are counted for each denomination and then transported to the position of the coin passage hole 32. The coin passage hole 32 guides the coins to the coin temporary storage unit 25, accumulates them, and temporarily holds them. However, the passage of the coin is detected by the coin detection sensor 29 in front of the coin passage hole 32, and the count in the coin discrimination unit 24 is finalized.

S10: When discrimination and counting are started as described above, a counting screen is displayed on the operation display unit 4. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the counting screen, in which the number of bills and coins for each denomination is displayed, and the counted number is updated every time the counting is confirmed. On this screen, a “canceled” button is displayed. When this “canceled” button is pressed, feeding and discrimination of bills and coins, discrimination and counting are stopped, and the bill temporary holding unit 13 which also serves as a bill returning unit is displayed. The temporarily held banknote is returned to the operator by opening the banknote return door 16, and the coin temporarily held in the coin temporary holding section 25 is sent to the coin returning section 28 and returned to the operator.

S11: When discrimination and counting are started as described above, the feeding state of coins is monitored by a sensor (not shown) provided in the feeding unit 22, and a feeding failure occurs in which coins cannot be fed to the transport unit 23. If it is determined by the control unit that it is determined that a feeding failure has occurred, the process proceeds to S17. If it is determined that no feeding failure has occurred, the process proceeds to the next S12.

S12: It is determined whether the discrimination and counting are finished by the control unit. If the discrimination and counting are not finished, the discrimination and counting are continued. If the discrimination and counting are finished, the process proceeds to the next S13.
S13: A selection screen is displayed on the operation display unit 4. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the selection screen, in which the number of bills and coins for each denomination is displayed, and a “confirm” button, a “return” button, and an “additional input” button are displayed.

S14: Looking at this screen, when the operator presses any of the “Confirm” button, “Return” button, and “Additional input” button, the control unit determines which button has been pressed. If the “additional input” button is pressed, the processing from S6 is repeated. If the “confirmation” button is pressed, the process proceeds to S15. If the “return” button is pressed, the process proceeds to S16. .

S15: When the “confirm” button is pressed, the banknote temporarily held in the banknote temporary storage unit 13 is stored in the banknote storage safe 14, and the coin temporarily stored in the coin temporary storage unit 25 is stored in the coin storage safe 26. The process ends.
S16: When the “return” button is pressed, the banknote temporarily held in the banknote temporary storage unit 13 is returned to the operator by opening the banknote return door 16, and the coin temporarily stored in the coin temporary storage unit 25 is a banknote. It is sent to the return unit 16 and the coin return unit 28 and returned to the operator, and the processing is completed.

S17: When it is determined in S11 that a feeding failure has occurred, the feeding, conveying, discrimination, and counting operations of the banknote depositing machine 6 and the coin depositing machine 7 are interrupted, and the cover opening guidance screen is displayed on the operation display unit 4. The FIG. 11 shows an example of a cover opening guidance screen. For example, a message prompting an operation such as “coin is jammed, please grab the lever to open the top cover”, the state of opening the top cover and the position of the lever A message indicating a specific operation method such as “release the lever and lift the top cover” is displayed along with an illustration showing “”.

S18: According to this screen, the operator grasps the lever to open the top cover 8. At this time, whether or not the top cover 8 has been opened is determined by the control unit based on the output of a sensor (not shown).

S19: When the top cover 8 is opened, the feeding defect removal screen is displayed on the operation display unit 4. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a feeding failure removal screen. For example, a message prompting an operation for removing the cause of feeding failure, such as “Open the coin insertion part and remove any foreign matter or deformed coins”, coins A message prompting you to close the coin insertion part and the top cover, such as “Close coin insertion part and close the top cover after removal”, and a “Confirm” button are displayed along with an illustration showing how to open the insertion part The

S20: According to this screen, the operator opens the coin insertion part 21 and opens the feeding part 22, and after removing the cause of feeding failure by removing foreign matter or deformed coins etc. from the feeding part 22, the coin feeding part 21 is closed. Then, the top cover 8 is closed. At this time, the control unit determines whether or not the top cover 8 is closed depending on whether or not the “confirm” button is pressed.

S21: When the top cover 8 is closed, the unit cover 19 of the banknote depositing machine 6 and the unit cover (not shown) of the coin depositing machine 7 cannot be opened until the top cover 8 is closed and the coin is detected. The control unit determines whether or not the output of the sensor 29 has changed. When there is no change in the output of the coin detection sensor 29, the control unit determines that the conveyance unit 23 is not moved and the state of the coins of the conveyance unit 23 at the time of interruption of discrimination and counting is maintained. In order to make use of the counting result, the process returns to S9 to restart the discrimination and counting process.

S22: When there is a change in the output of the coin detection sensor 29, the control unit determines that the transport unit 23 has been rotated (moved) by an operation knob (not shown), and in this case, discrimination and counting are performed. There is a possibility that the unpaid coins are conveyed to the coin passage hole 32 and accumulated in the coin temporary storage unit 25 and finally stored in the coin storage safe 26 so that the counting result does not match the cash in the safe. Therefore, a failure occurrence screen for notifying that a failure has occurred is displayed on the operation display unit 4, and all the inserted banknotes and coins are returned to the operator, and the process ends.

  In the state where the top cover 8 is opened, if it is detected by a sensor (not shown) that the unit cover 19 of the banknote depositing machine 6 and the unit cover (not shown) of the coin depositing machine 7 are detected, it is regarded as an obstacle. All banknotes and coins thrown in as invalid are returned to the operator.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, when a coin feeding failure occurs in the feeding unit 22 during the coin discrimination / counting, the discrimination / counting is interrupted, and the top cover 8 is opened and the feeding failure is detected. When the cause is removed and then the top cover 8 is closed, it is determined whether or not the transport unit 23 has been moved between when the top cover 8 is opened and when it is closed. Assuming that the state of the coins of the transport unit 23 at the time of interruption is maintained, discrimination and counting are resumed, and when the transport unit 23 is moved, all banknotes and coins that have been input with the previous counting result invalidated Is returned to the operator, and if the coin feeding failure occurs in the feeding unit 22 and the top cover 8 is opened, the transport unit 23 is not moved. Can take advantage of, and if the transport unit 23 is moved, the effect that can solve the problem of cash in the counting result and safe may not match.

Next, a second embodiment will be described. The configuration of the second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the operation of the second embodiment, and the operation of the above-described configuration will be described according to the step indicated by S in the drawing.
The operation of each unit described below is controlled by a control unit (not shown) based on a program stored in a storage unit (not shown) as in the first embodiment.

  In FIG. 13, processes from S1 to S20 are performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment (S1 to S20 in FIG. 5).

S21: When the top cover 8 is closed after removing the cause of the feeding failure, the unit cover 19 of the banknote depositing machine 6 and the unit cover (not shown) of the coin depositing machine 7 after the top cover 8 is opened and closed. The controller determines whether or not the output of the banknote detection sensor 18 has changed. When there is no change in the output of the banknote detection sensor 18, the control unit determines that the conveyance unit 17 is not moved, and that the banknote state of the conveyance unit 17 is maintained at the time of discrimination and counting interruption. In order to make use of the counting result, the process returns to S9 to restart the discrimination and counting process.

S22: When there is a change in the output of the banknote sensor 18, the control section determines that the transport section 17 has been moved by a manual operation or the like (not shown). In this case, a banknote that has not been identified or counted is temporarily stored in the storage section 13. The operation display unit 4 is reported to be faulty because there is a possibility that the counting result and the cash in the safe will not match. A failure occurrence screen for informing is displayed, and all the inserted bills and coins are returned to the operator, and the processing is completed.

  In the second embodiment, it is detected by a sensor (not shown) that the unit cover 19 of the bill depositing machine 6 and the unit cover (not shown) of the coin depositing machine 7 are opened with the top cover 8 opened. In the case of failure, the bill is returned as an obstacle, and all banknotes and coins that have been inserted are returned to the operator as invalid.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, when a coin feeding failure occurs in the feeding unit 22 during the coin discrimination and counting, the discrimination and counting are interrupted, and the top cover 8 is opened and the feeding failure is detected. When the cause is removed and then the top cover 8 is closed, it is determined whether or not the transport unit 17 has been moved between when the top cover 8 is opened and when it is closed. Assuming that the state of the banknotes of the transport unit 17 at the time of interruption is maintained, discrimination and counting are restarted, and when the transport unit 17 is moved, all banknotes and coins that have been input with the previous counting result invalidated Is returned to the operator, so that even if the coin feeding failure occurs in the feeding unit 22 and the top cover 8 is opened, the transport unit 17 is not moved. Can take advantage of, and if the transport unit 17 is moved, the effect that can solve the problem of cash in the counting result and safe may not match.

  Next, a third embodiment will be described. The configuration of the third embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment. FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the operation of the third embodiment, and the operation of the above-described configuration will be described according to the step indicated by S in the drawing.

Note that the operation of each unit described below is controlled by a control unit (not shown) based on a program stored in a storage unit (not shown) as in the first embodiment.
In FIG. 14, processes from S1 to S16 are performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment (S1 to S16 in FIG. 5).

S17: When it is determined that a feeding failure has occurred in S11, the feeding, transport, discrimination, and counting operations of the banknote depositing machine 6 and the coin depositing machine 7 are interrupted, and the reject hole 31 is opened by an opening / closing mechanism (not shown). Moreover, also about a banknote, the conveyance direction of the switching blade provided in the conveyance part 17 is switched so that a banknote may be guide | induced to the banknote reject 15. FIG.

S18: The cover opening guidance screen shown in FIG. As in the first embodiment, the cover opening guidance screen displays, for example, a message prompting an operation such as “the coin is jammed, please grab the lever to open the top cover”, the state that the top cover is opened, A message is displayed along with an illustration showing the position of the lever, instructing a specific operation method such as “release the lever and lift the top cover”.

S19: The operator grasps the lever and opens the top cover 8 according to this screen. At this time, the controller determines whether or not the top cover 8 has been opened based on the output of a sensor (not shown).

S20: When the top cover 8 is opened, the feed defect removal screen shown in FIG. As in the first embodiment, the removal failure removal screen prompts an operation for removing the cause of the failure such as “open the coin insertion part and remove any foreign matter or deformed coins”. A message, an illustration showing how to open the coin insertion part, a message prompting closing the coin insertion part and top cover, such as "Close coin insertion part and close top cover after removal", and "Confirm" button Is displayed.

S21: According to this screen, the operator opens the coin insertion part 21 and opens the feeding part 22, and after removing the cause of the feeding failure by removing foreign matter or deformed coins etc. from the feeding part 22, closes the coin feeding part 21. Then, the top cover 8 is closed. At this time, the control unit determines whether or not the top cover 8 is closed depending on whether or not the “confirm” button is pressed.

S21: When the top cover 8 is closed, the process returns to S9 and the discrimination and counting process is resumed.
In this case, if the unit cover 19 of the banknote depositing machine 6 and the unit cover (not shown) of the coin depositing machine 7 cannot be opened between the time when the top cover 8 is opened and the time when the top cover 8 is closed, the transport unit 17 is operated by an operation knob or the like (not shown). , 23 is rotated (moved), the bill whose count is not fixed is sent to the banknote reject unit 15 and falls into the reject hole 31 and is guided to the coin reject unit 27. Coins whose count has not been determined fall into the reject hole 31 and are guided to the coin reject unit 27.

  Further, since the true coin that has already passed through the reject hole 31 is detected by the coin detection sensor 29 and the count is fixed, the coin falls from the coin passage hole 32 due to the rotation of the transport unit 23, and the coin temporary storage unit 25. However, the counting result and the cash in the safe do not become inconsistent, and it is possible to restart the discrimination and counting process by using the counting result up to the time of interruption. The same applies to banknotes.

  In the third embodiment, it is detected by a sensor (not shown) that the unit cover 19 of the bill depositing machine 6 and the unit cover (not shown) of the coin depositing machine 7 are opened with the top cover 8 opened. In the case of failure, the bill is returned as an obstacle, and all banknotes and coins that have been inserted are returned to the operator as invalid.

  As described above, in the third embodiment, when a coin feeding failure occurs in the feeding unit 22 during the coin discrimination and counting, the discrimination and counting are interrupted, the reject hole 31 is opened, and the banknote is inserted. When the conveyance direction of the switching blade provided in the conveyance unit 17 is switched so as to be guided to the banknote reject 15, the top cover 8 is opened in this state to remove the cause of the feeding failure, and then the top cover 8 is closed. Since counting is resumed, even if the transport unit 17 is moved, coins and banknotes for which counting has not been determined can be excluded to the coin rejecting unit 27 and the banknote rejecting unit 15, so that discrimination and counting are possible. It is possible to make use of the counting result up to the time of the interruption, and to solve the problem that the counting result does not match the cash in the safe.

  In addition, although each Example mentioned above demonstrated and demonstrated the money_receiving | payment process of a banknote and a coin, it can control similarly about a counting process and a selection counting process, and the same effect is acquired.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Depositing apparatus 2 Host computer 3 Communication line 4 Operation display part 5 Card reader part 6 Banknote deposit machine 7 Coin depositing machine 8 Top cover 11 Banknote insertion part 12 Banknote discrimination part 13 Banknote temporary storage part 14 Banknote storage safe 15 Banknote rejection part 16 Banknote return door 17 Transport unit 18 Banknote detection sensor 19 Unit cover 21 Coin insertion unit 22 Feeding unit 23 Transport unit 23a Notch unit 24 Coin discrimination unit 25 Coin temporary storage unit 26 Coin storage safe 27 Coin reject unit 28 Coin return unit 29 Coin detection Sensor 31 Reject hole 32 Coin passage hole

Claims (4)

The coins inserted from the coin insertion unit are fed one by one by the feeding unit, transported to the coin discrimination unit by the coin transport unit, and after counting the coins identified as true by the coin discrimination unit, temporarily stored in the coin temporary storage unit A coin depositing machine that returns coins identified as reject from the coin reject unit, and a top cover that covers the upper part of the device. If a coin feeding failure occurs in the feeding unit, the top cover is opened and the feeding failure occurs. In the depositing device that can eliminate the cause of
A reject hole is provided on the downstream side of the coin discriminating portion in the coin transport direction to guide rejected coins to the coin reject portion, and the true coins counted by the coin discriminating portion are further downstream of the reject hole. A coin passage hole leading to
When eliminating the cause of coin feeding failure that occurred during coin identification and counting, the top cover is closed if the coin transport unit is not moved between the opening and closing of the top cover. was then resumes differential counting of the coin, when the coins transport unit is moved, the deposit apparatus characterized by returning all coins inserted from the coin insertion portion as failure. The depositing apparatus according to claim 1,
The banknotes inserted from the banknote insertion part are fed one by one by the feeding part, transported to the banknote discrimination part by the banknote transport part, counted after the banknotes identified as true by the banknote discrimination part, and temporarily stored in the banknote temporary storage part And having a banknote deposit machine for returning the banknotes identified as reject from the banknote reject section,
When eliminating the cause of the coin feeding failure, if the banknote transport unit is not moved between the time when the top cover is opened and the time when the top cover is closed, the banknote identification is performed after the top cover is closed. When the counting is resumed and the banknote transport unit is moved, all banknotes inserted from the banknote insertion unit as a failure occurrence are returned. The coins inserted from the coin insertion unit are fed one by one by the feeding unit, transported to the coin discrimination unit by the coin transport unit, and after counting the coins identified as true by the coin discrimination unit, temporarily stored in the coin temporary storage unit A coin depositing machine that returns coins identified as reject from the coin reject unit, and a top cover that covers the upper part of the device. If a coin feeding failure occurs in the feeding unit, the top cover is opened and the feeding failure occurs. In the depositing device that can eliminate the cause of
An openable and closable reject hole is provided on the downstream side of the coin discriminating portion in the coin conveying direction, and the true coins counted by the coin discriminating portion are further downstream of the reject hole. Provide a coin passage hole leading to the temporary storage part,
When a coin feeding failure occurs during coin discrimination and counting, if the coin transport unit is moved between opening the reject hole and closing the top cover, the coins transported by the coin transport unit are moved. Is introduced to the coin reject part by the reject hole. The deposit apparatus according to claim 3,
The banknotes inserted from the banknote insertion part are fed one by one by the feeding part, transported to the banknote discrimination part by the banknote transport part, counted after the banknotes identified as true by the banknote discrimination part, and temporarily stored in the banknote temporary storage part And having a banknote deposit machine for returning the banknotes identified as reject from the banknote reject section,
When a coin feeding failure occurs at the time of coin discrimination and counting, when the banknote transport unit is moved from when the top cover is opened until it is closed, the banknotes transported thereby are transferred to the banknote reject unit. A depositing device characterized by guiding.

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