JP5614123B2 - Coin deposit machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a coin depositing machine that can count and temporarily hold coins that have been inserted and store or return the temporarily held coins.

  A conventional coin deposit machine has a plurality of denomination storage units for storing coins in denominations, and a cylindrical denomination holding unit that reciprocally moves and stores coins stored in each denomination storage unit in denominations. A cylinder, a return box that collectively returns coins temporarily held in each denomination type cylinder, regardless of denomination, a bottom plate that can be reciprocated to block the bottom of each denomination type cylinder, and each gold Integrated to the bottom plate, a return chute that guides the coins temporarily held in the type holding cylinder to the return box, a coin type chute that leads the coins temporarily held in each type holding cylinder to the respective denomination storage unit, and the bottom plate A denomination chute part that constitutes a part of the upper side of the denomination chute provided, classifying the coins inserted into the coin slot into denominations in the coin classification passage and holding the denomination in the temporary holding position Temporary hold for each denomination in the cylinder, and after confirmation, , Move each bottom plate forward to each denomination cylinder, and store it in each denomination storage unit via each denomination chute unit and each denomination chute, and store in each denomination storage unit The collected coins are unlocked at the time of collection, each denomination storage unit locked by the electrical lock means when it is attached to the aircraft, on condition that the input of the person-in-charge information is accepted by the ID input means, Each type of money storage unit is withdrawn from the machine body and collected. When returning, the temporarily held coins are moved to the front of each type of money storage cylinder and the bottom plate is moved backwards and stored together in the return box via the return chute. Then, the return box is pulled out from the machine body and the coins stored in the return box are returned (for example, refer to Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-53599 (paragraphs 0050-0053, 0100-0108, FIGS. 1 and 4)

  However, in the conventional technology described above, each denomination holding cylinder and the bottom plate are configured to be reciprocally movable, and coins temporarily held for each denomination in the denomination holding cylinder are opposed to the denomination holding cylinder and the bottom plate. Since it is moved in the direction and stored in each denomination storage unit or return box via the denomination chute or return chute, all denominations (in Japan) 6 denominations), and it is difficult to reduce the size of the coin deposit machine.

  Such a coin deposit machine is necessary for counting and storing sales even in relatively small stores, etc., but the coin deposit machine as described in the above patent document is expensive and large in size, There is an increasing expectation for a simple and simple coin deposit machine that is difficult to introduce due to its high cost and installation space.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to reduce the size of a coin deposit machine and to provide an inexpensive coin deposit machine.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a coin dispensing machine that accepts inserted coins, separates and dispenses the coins one by one, and coins fed from the coin feeding unit. A coin transport unit that transports along the transport path, a coin discriminating unit that discriminates coins transported by the coin transport unit, and a coin that has been differentiated from normal coins by the coin discriminating unit is dropped regardless of the denomination A normal coin dropping hole, a cylindrical temporary holding portion that temporarily holds normal coins dropped from the normal coin dropping hole, a bottom plate that is fixed to the apparatus main body and constitutes a bottom surface of the temporary holding portion, and the temporary A storage for storing normal coins accumulated on the bottom plate of the holding unit, and a return box for returning normal coins accumulated on the bottom plate of the temporary holding unit, wherein the temporary holding unit is The base plate has a lower opening closed. And location, the a storage position to position the lower portion of the opening on the opening of the storage box, to the return position for positioning the lower part of the opening above the opening of the return box, configured to be movable, the housing The cabinet and the return box are arranged adjacent to each other.

  As a result, the present invention can simplify the configuration under the coin transport unit and the temporary storage unit to reduce the size of the coin depositing machine, and can reduce the manufacturing cost of the coin depositing machine. It is done.

Explanatory drawing which shows the external appearance of the coin banknote deposit machine of an Example. Block diagram showing the coin deposit machine of the embodiment Explanatory drawing which shows the structure seen from the side of the coin deposit machine of an Example. Explanatory drawing which shows the structure seen from the upper surface of the coin deposit machine of the Example. Explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the side seen from the left side of FIG. 3 of an Example. Explanatory drawing which shows the taking-in operation | movement of the coin deposit machine of an Example. Explanatory drawing which shows the storing operation | movement of the coin deposit machine of an Example. Explanatory drawing which shows the return operation | movement of the coin deposit machine of an Example. Explanatory drawing which shows the collection | recovery operation | movement of the coin deposit machine of an Example.

  Embodiments of a coin depositing machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a coin banknote deposit machine, which is installed in a retail store or the like, and is used for counting and storing banknotes and coins C for sales.

  Reference numeral 2 denotes a banknote deposit machine, which is arranged on the right side in FIG. 1, and a banknote inserted into a banknote deposit port 3 provided by a manager of the store or a store clerk at the front side of the banknote deposit machine 2 at the time of deposit. It has a function of receiving, discriminating and counting this, and storing it in the storage, and a banknote reject port 4 for discharging rejected banknotes discriminated from counterfeits and denominations at the time of deposit is the upper surface of the banknote deposit machine 2 Is provided on the back side.

  Reference numeral 5 denotes a coin depositing machine, which is arranged on the left side in FIG. 1 and arranged in parallel with the banknote depositing machine 2, accepts a coin C input by a person in charge of the store at the time of depositing, discriminates and counts it, and temporarily holds it. And has the function of returning or storing the temporarily held coin C.

  The coin depositing machine 5 described below will be described as being attached to the coin banknote depositing machine 1.

  In FIG. 2, reference numeral 6 denotes a control unit of the coin depositing machine 5, which has a function of controlling each part in the coin depositing machine 5 to execute a coin C depositing process and the like, and a control board 7 (see FIG. 4). ) Is implemented.

  A storage unit 8 of the coin depositing machine 5 is mounted on the control board 7 and stores a program executed by the control unit 6, various data used therefor, processing results by the control unit 6, and the like.

  Reference numeral 9 denotes an operation display unit, which is composed of a combination of a display screen such as an LCD and an input means such as a numeric keypad and a plurality of instruction buttons. In addition to displaying the processing result and the like, it has a function of accepting an input from the person in charge by the input means, and is provided on the upper surface of the coin banknote deposit machine 1 as shown in FIG.

  Reference numeral 10 denotes a card reading unit, and a clerk ID (clerk identifier) indicating the clerk card owner recorded in the magnetic stripe of the clerk card passed by a clerk who collects the sales money of a sales management company or the like 1 is provided on the upper surface of the coin banknote deposit machine 1, as shown in FIG.

  Reference numeral 11 denotes a receipt printer unit, which has a function of printing and discharging a deposit amount and the like at the time of deposit processing by the coin banknote deposit machine 1, and as shown in FIG. It is provided on the back side.

  The operation display unit 8, the card reading unit 10, and the receipt printer unit 11 also function as the operation display unit 8, the card reading unit 10, and the receipt printer unit 11 of the banknote deposit machine.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 13 denotes a coin deposit port, which is an opening having a guide surface formed of a conical surface (see FIG. 3), and is provided on the front side of the upper surface of the coin deposit machine 5.

  Reference numeral 14 denotes a coin storage, which is a concave portion on the upper surface provided adjacent to the coin receiving port 13 so that it can be used as a storage for the coin C to be deposited and surplus coin C when depositing the coin C. When depositing a number of coins C that exceeds a single processing capacity of the depositing machine 5 (about 50 in the present embodiment), when coins C are placed in the recesses of the coin storage 14, A bank-like raised portion 15 is formed between the coin deposit opening 13 so that C does not flow and exceed the processing capacity.

  In addition, on the concave curved surface (referred to as the bottom surface) of the coin storage 14, a plurality of ribs 16 directed toward the coin deposit port 13, and an end of the rib 16 on the front side of the raised portion 15, the orthogonal direction of the ribs 16. That is, the foreign substance removal rib 17 provided in the L shape of the same height as the rib 16 along the circumferential direction of the coin deposit port 13 is provided.

  The height of the rib 16 is formed to a height (about 2 mm in this embodiment) of the coin C (500 yen coin in this embodiment) having the largest coin thickness among the handled coins C. The distance between the ribs 16 is such that the length of the diagonal line connecting one upper end and the other lower end of adjacent ribs 16 has the smallest coin diameter among the coins handled (in this embodiment, It is formed at intervals (about 19 mm in this embodiment) that are less than one yen coin (φ20).

  As a result, the 1-yen coin placed on the coin storage 14 can be smoothly dropped to the coin deposit port 13 when counting the coin C without being sandwiched between the ribs 16, and foreign substances such as clips can be moved. In this process, the foreign matter removing rib 17 can remove the foreign matter.

  In FIG. 3, reference numeral 19 denotes a disk rotating type coin feeding unit which has a function of collectively receiving coins C inserted from the coin deposit port 13, separating them one by one and feeding them to the coin transport unit 20. And a disk that is rotationally driven by a drive mechanism 19b (see FIG. 4) using a motor 19a as a drive source.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the coin transport unit 20 is disposed on the base 21 so as to face the Z-shaped protrusion 22 protruding from the base 21 and the upper surface of the protrusion 22. One conveying belt 23 is provided, and the ridge 22 and the conveying belt 23 form a conveying path for coins C. The coin C sandwiched between the ridge 22 and the conveying belt 23 is placed on the upper surface of the ridge 22. Are conveyed toward the direction opposite to the coin feeding portion 19.

  In addition, a delivery roller 24 is provided on the ridge 22 closest to the coin feeding unit 19, and has a function of delivering the interval between the coins C fed from the coin feeding unit 19 to the conveyor belt 23 with a predetermined pitch. Have.

  26 is a coin discriminating section (see FIG. 2), and during the taking-in process in the coin C depositing process, the authenticity of the coin C separated by the coin feeding section 19 and fed to the coin transport section 20; Although it has a function of performing various discriminations regarding the coin C such as damage, denomination, etc., and abnormal conveyance conditions such as double feeding, chaining, etc., the illustration of FIG. It is arranged on the upstream side of the reject coin dropping port 27 on the downstream side in the conveying direction of the pulley on the part 19 side.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the reject coin dropping hole 27 is a rectangular hole penetrating the protrusion 22 and the base 21, and has a width (coin smaller than the diameter of the smallest diameter coin C among the coins C to be handled. The length in the direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction of C.), and has a length in the conveyance direction that is longer than the diameter of the largest diameter coin C (in this embodiment, 500 yen coin). The coin C identified as fake or of unknown denomination, or the coin C identified as a transport abnormality, that is, one end in the direction perpendicular to the transport direction of reject coins other than genuine normal coins whose denomination is identified A reject blade 27a configured to be able to appear and retract from the reject coin drop hole 27 for stopping the movement and shifting one end thereof in the direction of the reject coin drop hole 27 to release the support by the protrusion 22 and dropping it. Is provided That.

  Reference numeral 28 denotes a normal coin drop hole, which is a rectangular hole penetrating the ridge 22 and the base 21 and has a width wider than the diameter of the maximum diameter coin C and a length in the transport direction longer than the diameter of the maximum diameter coin C. It is a hole for dropping the coin C that has been identified as a normal coin by the coin discrimination unit 26 regardless of the denomination.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the reject coin drop hole 27 and the normal coin drop hole 28 of the present embodiment have the reject coin drop hole 27 on the front side (left side in FIGS. 3 and 4) and the normal coin drop hole 28 on the back side. It is arranged linearly along one conveyor belt 23 on the side (right side in FIGS. 3 and 4).

  In FIG. 3, reference numeral 30 denotes a temporary storage unit, which is a part that accumulates and temporarily stores normal coins that have fallen from the normal coin drop hole 28 through the guide duct 28b during the take-in process.

  The temporary storage unit 30 of the present embodiment is a cylindrical member that is provided between the bottom plate 31 and the guide duct 28 b and does not have an upper surface and a bottom surface. The normal coin that has fallen is separated from the temporary storage unit 30. It accumulates on the baseplate 31 which comprises the bottom face of the temporary storage part 30 installed as a body.

  Moreover, the temporary storage part 30 is configured to slide on the upper surface of the bottom plate 31 so as to be reciprocally movable along the upper surface to the front side and the back side.

  Reference numeral 33 denotes a normal coin storage, which stores the coins C accumulated in the temporary storage unit 30 regardless of the denomination after confirmation, and a shutter 34 that opens and closes an opening 33a above the storage. Is provided.

  Reference numeral 35 denotes a return box, which is a box-like member having an upper surface with an opening 35a and having no upper surface, and stores the coins C accumulated in the temporary storage unit 30 regardless of the denomination when returning them. It is a storage for returning to the factory.

  The storage 33 and the return box 35 are adjacent to the storage tray 38 that can be pushed and pulled out from a coin return port 37 (see FIG. 1) provided on the front side, with the return box 35 on the front side. It is detachably mounted in a state and is arranged at the lower part of the coin depositing machine 5.

  Reference numeral 40 denotes a reject guiding portion which is integrally provided on the front side upper portion of the temporary holding portion 30 and is configured to move together with the temporary holding portion 30. As shown in FIG. An inclined surface 40a is provided that is inclined in a direction downward toward the reject chute 41 in order to receive the reject coin that has fallen through 27b and to guide the reject coin to the reject chute 41.

  Thereby, the reject coin that has fallen from the reject coin dropping hole 27 is guided to the reject chute 41 by its own weight by the inclined surface 40a of the reject guiding portion 40, and further, the front of the coin depositing machine 5 by the inclination of the reject chute 41. Is paid out to a coin reject port 42 (see FIG. 1).

Incidentally, the reject chute 41, as can accept Forward that coins C by the inclined surfaces 40a of the reject guiding portion 40, the inlet opening of the reject guiding portion 40 side than the outlet of the reject guiding portion 40 The opening is large (see FIG. 5).

  A power supply unit 44 supplies power supplied from the outside to each unit of the coin depositing machine 5 and the banknote depositing machine 2.

The bottom plate 31 of the present embodiment is fixed to the apparatus main body of the coin depositing machine 5 and arranged at a position close to the upper surface of the storage case 33, and one end on the back side of the temporary storage unit 30 is It is provided so as to be located on the front side end of the opening 33a of the storage 33, and the other end on the front side which is the opposite side extends to the back side end of the opening 35a of the return box 35. It is provided so that it may exist.

  The temporary holding unit 30 is controlled to stop at the three positions by the control unit 6 by position detection by a position detection sensor 45 (see FIG. 2) such as a photo interrupter. The closed position (referred to as the original position; see FIG. 6) is stopped while being detected by the position detection sensor 45a, accepts the coin C falling from the normal coin drop hole 28, temporarily holds it, and temporarily holds the normal coin. When the position detection sensor 45b detects that the position detection sensor 45b has moved to the rear side to the storage position (see FIG. 7) on the opening 33a of the storage 33, the lower opening is placed on the opening 33a of the storage 33. When the coin C on the bottom plate 31 is dropped and stored in the storage 33 from the lower opening opened by the bottom plate 31 and the normal coins temporarily suspended are returned. When the position detection sensor 45c detects the position returned to the return position (see FIG. 8) on the opening 35a of the return box 35 and detects the position, the lower opening is opened on the opening 35a of the return box 35. The coin C on the bottom plate 31 is controlled to drop into the return box 35 and stored from the lower opening that has been closed by the bottom plate 31.

  When the storage tray 38 of this embodiment is pushed into the coin depositing machine 5, the shutter 34 of the mounted storage 33 is mechanically opened by fitting with a release key (not shown) provided in the apparatus main body. The coin C falling from the temporary storage unit 30 can be received, and when the storage tray 38 is pulled out, the opening 33a of the storage 33 is mechanically formed by the shutter 34 released from the engagement with the release key. The shutter 34 and the storage 33 are closed by a mechanical key (not shown) so that the coin C in the storage 33 cannot be touched (see FIG. 9).

  The mechanical key that locks the shutter 34 and the storage 33 is unlocked by a key possessed by a manager of a sales management company or the like.

  The storage tray 38 can be controlled by a tray electromagnetic lock 47 to be in a drawable state and a non-drawable state, and is locked when the tray electromagnetic lock 47 is in an OFF state including when the power supply unit 44 is shut off and during a power failure. Thus, the control unit 6 controls to be in an undrawable state and unlocked when the tray electromagnetic lock 47 is in an ON state to be in an extractable state.

  Further, the storage tray 38 can detect whether or not the storage tray 38 is mounted on the apparatus main body by a tray mounting detection sensor 48.

  The storage 33 is mounted so as to be vertically inserted from above the storage tray 38 by a retractable handle 50 (see FIG. 9), and the storage 33 detection sensor 52 can detect the presence or absence of the storage 33. It has become.

  Note that the storage 33 has no mechanism for controlling extraction by an electromagnetic lock or the like. That is, in the state where the storage tray 38 is pulled out, the storage case 33 can always be removed while the shutter 34 is closed.

  The return box 35 is mounted so as to be inserted horizontally from the front side of the storage tray 38, and the presence or absence of the return box 35 can be detected by the return box mounting detection sensor 54.

  In addition, the return box 35 is provided with a return box electromagnetic lock 55, which is unlocked and removable when the return box electromagnetic lock 55 is in an OFF state, including when the power supply unit 44 is shut off and during a power failure. Thus, when the return box electromagnetic lock 55 is in the ON state, the control is performed by the control unit 6 so that the return box electromagnetic lock 55 is locked and cannot be removed. That is, the return box electromagnetic lock 55 is controlled in a state opposite to the tray electromagnetic lock 47 of the storage tray 38 described above.

  In the storage unit 8 of the coin depositing machine 5 described above, normal coins are taken in, stored in, and stored in the storage unit 8 by transporting and discriminating the inserted coins C, accumulation in the temporary storage unit 30, storage in the storage 33, and the like. A coin processing program including an application program having a function of executing a coin process such as a deposit process such as a return process of the inserted coin C and a collection process of sales proceeds is stored in advance, and a coin executed by the control unit 6 Each function means as hardware of the coin depositing machine 5 of the present embodiment is formed by the steps of the processing program.

  The storage unit 8 has a storage number counting area for counting the number of stored coins C stored in the storage 33 by denomination, and is accumulated in the temporary storage unit 30 in the capture process in the deposit process. An accumulated number counting area for counting the number of accumulated coins C by denomination is secured.

  Hereinafter, the depositing process and the collecting process by the coin depositing machine according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  When the person in charge at the store turns on the coin depositing machine 5, power is supplied from the power supply unit 44 to each part of the coin depositing machine 5, and the coin processing program stored in the storage unit 8 of the coin depositing machine 5 is automatically executed. Will be launched.

  When the coin processing program is activated, the control unit 6 initializes each part of the coin depositing machine 5, and in the initialization completed state, the temporary holding unit 30 waits in a state detected by the position detection sensor 45a at the original position (see FIG. 6). In this state, the coin C can be received.

  In this case, the tray mounting detection sensor 48 is controlled so that the depositing operation cannot be started unless the mounting of the storage tray 38 to the coin depositing and dispensing machine 1 is detected, and the storage tray 38 is locked by the tray electromagnetic lock 47. During the deposit, it is controlled so that it cannot be withdrawn.

  In addition, if the storage attachment detection sensor 52 and the return box attachment detection sensor 54 do not detect the attachment of the storage case 33 and the return box 35 to the storage tray 38, it is controlled so that the depositing operation cannot be started, and returned in the middle of the deposit. When the box 35 is extracted, the depositing operation is stopped.

  Furthermore, the number of stored moneys in the storage number counting area of the storage 33 of the storage unit 8 is maintained as it was in the previous process.

  The control unit 6 that has recognized the completion of initialization waits for detection of an insertion monitoring sensor (not shown) of the coin carry-out unit 19 that the coin C has been inserted from the coin deposit port 13.

  The person in charge puts the coins C he brought on the coin storage 14 and receives the coins corresponding to one processing capacity (about 50 in this embodiment) while moving over the raised portions 15 while receiving coins. Move to 13 and load.

  On the other hand, when the insertion monitoring sensor detects the insertion of the coin C, the control unit 6 waits for the end of the insertion of the coin C by the person in charge, and after the elapse of a predetermined time after detecting the completion of the insertion of the coin C, The taking-in process of the coin C put into the coin feeding part 19 from the coin deposit port 13 is started.

  The control unit 6 that has started the take-in process resets the count number of the money type in the accumulated number counting area of the storage unit 8 to “0”, and the coins C separated and fed out by the coin feeding unit 19. Is conveyed to the coin discriminating unit 26 by the delivery roller 24 and the conveyor belt 23 of the coin conveying unit 20, and the coin discriminating unit 26 discriminates the denomination, the conveyance state, etc. of the coin and recognizes the discrimination result.

  When the identified coin C is a reject coin other than a normal coin, the control unit 6 that has recognized the discrimination result rejects the coin C by the transport belt 23 of the coin transport unit 20 in order to pay the coin C to the person in charge. It is transported to the drop hole 27, the reject blade 27 a is protruded from the upper surface of the protrusion 22, the movement of one end of the conveyed coin C is stopped, and the coin C is returned from the reject coin drop hole 27 to the original position. It is dropped onto the inclined surface 40a of the reject guiding portion 40 of the temporary holding portion 30 that is stopped at the same time, guided to the reject chute 41 by its own weight by the inclined surface 40a, and conveyed to the coin reject port 42 by the reject chute 41 to the person in charge. Pay out.

  In addition, when the identified coin C is a normal coin, the control unit 6 holds both ends of the coin C with the transport belt 23 of the coin transport unit 20 in order to temporarily hold the coin C in preparation for return. The bottom plate 31 is supported by the ridge 22 and passes through the reject coin drop hole 27, transported to the normal coin drop hole 28, and dropped from the normal coin drop hole 28 into the temporary holding unit 30 stopped at the original position. Accumulate on top of any denomination.

  At this time, based on the denomination of the coin C, the control unit 6 adds “1” to the count of the denomination in the accumulated number counting area of the storage unit 8 and accumulates the denomination accumulated in the temporary storage unit 30. Count the number of stacked sheets.

  In this way, as shown in FIG. 6, when all the coins C inserted into the coin feeding unit 19 have been taken into the temporary storage unit 30 and the like, the control unit 6 displays the accumulated number counting area in the storage unit 8. The accumulated number of money types counted in step 1 and the total amount of money are displayed on the display screen of the operation display unit 9 and waits for the instruction input of “confirm” or “return” by the instruction button of the person in charge.

  When the person in charge inputs an instruction for “confirmation”, the control unit 6 that has received the instruction stores the accumulated number of money types in the accumulated number counting area of the storage unit 8 and the total amount thereof in the storage unit 8. At the same time, the return box electromagnetic lock 55 of the return box 35 is turned on and locked, the return box 35 cannot be pulled out, the temporary holding unit 30 is moved from the original position to the storage position, and the position detection sensor 45b is temporarily held. When the position detection sensor 45a detects the temporary storage unit 30 after the fixed time (about 1 to 2 seconds) has elapsed, the temporary storage unit 30 is moved from the storage position to the original position. After that, the return box electromagnetic lock 55 of the return box 35 is turned off and unlocked, and the return box 35 can be removed.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the coin C accumulated on the bottom plate 31 is opened from the end on the back side of the bottom plate 31 to the opening of the storage 33 by moving and stopping the temporary holding unit 30 from the original position to the storage position. It falls into the storage box 33 via 33a and is stored on the bottom surface of the storage box 33 regardless of the denomination.

  At this time, the control unit 6 adds the accumulated number of money types in the accumulated number counting area to the stored number of money types in the accumulated number counting area of the storage unit 33 of the storage unit 8 to determine the money type in the stored number counting area. The number of stored sheets is updated.

  And the control part 6 displays the word of the end of storage on the display screen of the operation display part 9, and when the person in charge inputs the instruction of “continuation counting”, the above operations are repeated, and the person in charge , When the “end” instruction is input, the receipt printer unit 11 stores the total amount of money stored in the storage box 33 and the total amount of money stored in the storage unit 8 and the accumulated number of money types stored in the storage unit 8. The number of stored moneys of the current storage type calculated based on this and the total amount, etc. are printed and discharged, the current depositing process is terminated, and waiting for the insertion of a new coin C is awaited.

  On the other hand, when the person in charge inputs a “return” instruction, the control unit 6 accepts the instruction input, locks the return box 35 with the return box electromagnetic lock 55 turned on, and removes the return box 35. The temporary holding unit 30 is moved from the original position to the return position and stopped when the position detection sensor 45c detects the temporary holding unit 30. After a certain time (about 1 to 2 seconds) has elapsed, the temporary holding unit 30 is temporarily stopped. Moving the unit 30 from the return position to the original position and stopping when the position detection sensor 45a detects the temporary holding unit 30, and then turning off the return box electromagnetic lock 55 of the return box 35 to unlock it, The return box 35 can be removed. The person in charge removes the return box 35 from the coin return opening 37 and receives the coin C stored in the return box 35.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the coin C accumulated on the bottom plate 31 is opened from the end on the front side of the bottom plate 31 to the opening of the return box 35 by moving and stopping the temporary holding unit 30 from the original position to the return position. It falls into the return box 35 via 35a and is stored on the bottom surface of the return box 35 regardless of the denomination.

  In this way, the depositing process by the coin depositing and dispensing machine 1 of the present embodiment is performed.

  As described above, when a clerk such as a sales management company collects the coin C stored in the storage 33 regardless of the denomination, the clerk card possessed by the clerk is allowed to pass through the card reading unit 10. Then, the control unit 6 reads the clerk information by the card reading unit 10, authenticates the clerk by the clerk ID, and accepts this when the clerk inputs the “collection” instruction by the instruction button of the operation display unit 9. The control unit 6 turns on the tray electromagnetic lock 47 of the storage tray 38 to unlock it, and allows the storage tray 38 to be pulled out.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the clerk pulls out the storage tray 38 from the coin return port 37, and pulls out the storage 33 by the handle 50 to collect sales. At this time, since the shutter 34 of the storage 33 is closed as described above, the coin C in the storage 33 cannot be touched.

  Then, the clerk attaches the empty storage 33 different from the collected storage 33 to the storage tray 38 and pushes the storage tray 38 into the coin depositing machine 5 for installation.

  The control unit 6 that recognizes the mounting of the storage tray 38 based on the output from the tray mounting detection sensor 48 turns off the tray electromagnetic lock 47 of the storage tray 38 and locks it, and disables the drawer of the storage tray 38.

  Further, the control unit 6 prints and discharges the number of coins C stored in the storage 33 and the total amount of the coins C collected by the receipt printer unit 11, and ends the collection process.

  Thus, the collection process by the coin depositing and dispensing machine 1 of the present embodiment is performed.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the temporary storage unit 30 is configured to be reciprocally movable on the bottom plate 31, and the storage 33 for storing the coins C is returned directly below the bottom plate 31 regardless of the denomination. The box 35 is detachably disposed, one end of the bottom plate is disposed above the opening 33a of the storage 33, and the other end is extended above the opening 35a of the return box 35. Since the coins C accumulated on the bottom plate of the temporary storage unit 30 are moved directly and stored in the storage box 33 or the return box 35, the money type chute, return chute, money type storage box, etc. are installed. This makes it possible to reduce the size of the coin depositing machine 5 by simplifying the configuration under the temporary holding unit 30 and providing an inexpensive coin depositing machine 5.

  In addition, since the reject coin guiding part 40 is integrally provided on the upper part of the front side of the temporary storage part 30, even if the reject coin dropping hole 27 is arranged linearly upstream of the normal coin dropping hole 28, The movement of the temporary storage unit 30 to the front side is not hindered, the transport path can be simplified, the coin deposit machine 5 can be reduced in size, and the manufacturing cost of the coin deposit machine 5 can be reduced. Can do.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the coin depositing machine is configured to separate and feed the inserted coins one by one, the coin transporting section transported along the transport path, and the coin transporting section. A coin discriminating section for discriminating coins, a reject coin dropping hole for dropping a coin identified as a reject coin, a reject chute for guiding a reject coin dropped from the reject coin dropping hole to a coin reject port, and a normal coin A normal coin dropping hole provided on the downstream side in the conveying direction of the reject coin dropping hole, and a cylindrical temporary temporary holding the normal coin dropped from the normal coin dropping hole. A holding unit, a bottom plate fixed to the apparatus main body and constituting the bottom surface of the temporary holding unit, a storage for storing normal coins accumulated on the bottom plate of the temporary holding unit, and a return box for returning normal coins And a reject coin guiding portion having an inclined surface that is provided integrally with the temporary holding portion and guides the reject coin dropped from the reject coin dropping hole to the reject chute, and has one end of the bottom plate on the opening of the storage case The other end is positioned on the opening of the return box, the temporary holding portion is positioned on the bottom plate with the lower opening being closed, and the lower opening is positioned on the opening of the storage. Since the storage position and the return position where the lower opening is positioned on the opening of the return box are configured to be movable, the configuration below the coin transport unit and the temporary storage unit is simplified, The size can be reduced and the manufacturing cost of the coin depositing machine can be reduced.

  In addition, in the said Example, although the return box was demonstrated as arrange | positioning on the front side of a storage, you may make it arrange | position on the back side of a storage. In short, what is necessary is just to arrange | position suitably according to the installation environment of a coin deposit machine.

  Moreover, in each said Example, although the coin deposit machine demonstrated as having been installed in parallel with the banknote deposit machine of a coin banknote deposit machine, a coin deposit machine may function independently. In this case, the operation display unit, card reading unit, and receipt printer unit may be installed exclusively for the coin depositing machine.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Coin banknote deposit machine 2 Banknote deposit machine 3 Banknote deposit slot 4 Banknote rejection slot 5 Coin deposit machine 6 Control part 7 Control board 8 Memory | storage part 9 Operation display part 10 Card reading part 11 Receipt printer part 13 Coin deposit slot 14 Coin storage place 15 Raised part 16 Rib 17 Foreign object removal rib 19 Coin feeding part 20 Coin conveying part 21 Base 22 Projection 23 Conveying belt 24 Delivery roller 26 Coin discrimination part 27 Reject coin drop port 27a Reject blade 27b, 28b Guide duct 28 Normal coin drop hole DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 30 Temporary storage part 31 Bottom plate 33 Storage 33a, 35a Open 34 Shutter 35 Return box 37 Coin return port 38 Storage tray 40 Reject guidance part 40a Inclined surface 41 Reject chute 42 Coin reject port 44 Power supply part 45, 45a, 45b, 45c Position Detection sensor 47 Tray electromagnetic lock 48 Tray attachment detection sensor 50 Handle 52 Storage case attachment detection sensor 54 Return box attachment detection sensor 55 Return box electromagnetic lock

Claims (4)

A coin feeding unit that receives the inserted coins and separates and feeds the coins one by one;
A coin transport unit that transports coins fed from the coin feed unit along a transport path;
A coin discriminating unit for discriminating the coins conveyed by the coin conveying unit;
A normal coin dropping hole for dropping the coins identified as normal coins in the coin discriminating section, regardless of the denomination,
A cylindrical temporary storage part for temporarily storing normal coins dropped from the normal coin drop hole;
A bottom plate fixed to the apparatus main body and constituting a bottom surface of the temporary storage unit;
A storage for storing normal coins accumulated on the bottom plate of the temporary storage unit;
A return box for returning normal coins accumulated on the bottom plate of the temporary storage unit,
The temporary storage unit includes an original position where the lower opening is closed on the bottom plate, a storage position where the lower opening is positioned on the opening of the storage, and a lower position on the opening of the return box. It is configured to be movable to the return position where the opening is located ,
The coin depositing machine, wherein the storage and the return box are arranged adjacent to each other . In the coin deposit machine according to claim 1,
Said repository and said return box is a storage tray that is removably attached to the main body, the storage case and the rear side, the return box as the positive side, that is detachably mounted respectively Characteristic coin deposit machine. In the coin deposit machine according to claim 2,
The coin storage machine has a shutter that opens and closes its opening, and the shutter is closed when the storage tray is pulled out from the apparatus main body. In the coin deposit machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
Adjacent to the coin deposit slot for inserting coins into the coin feeding section, a raised portion is formed between the coin deposit slot, and a coin place comprising a recess for placing the coins to be loaded is provided.
The coin storage area has a rib that faces the direction of the coin deposit port on the bottom surface of the concave portion, and a foreign substance removal rib that is provided in an orthogonal direction of the rib at an end of the rib on the raised portion side,
The interval between the ribs is such that the length of the diagonal line connecting one upper end and the other lower end of adjacent ribs is less than the diameter of the coin having the smallest coin diameter among the coins to be handled. A coin deposit machine characterized by

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