JP5703122B2 - Bar metal storage device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a bar metal storage device that stores bar metal.

  As the bar metal storage device for storing the bar metal, it has a rear conveyance unit that conveys the bar metal packed in the packaging unit 36 to the rear side of the machine body, and a pair of left and right ascending conveyance parts that ascend and convey the upper part of the machine body, A technique is known in which the bar metal is stored from the rear of a bar metal cassette arranged in a multistage shape in the vertical direction (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2010-0661510 A

  However, in the conventional bar metal storage device, since the rear conveyance unit is arranged at the lowermost part of the machine body, when the conveyance abnormality or the like occurs in the rear conveyance unit and the bar metal stays, the remaining part is accessed. For this purpose, it is necessary to pull out the packaging part located in the upper part, and there is a problem that the maintainability is not good.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a bar storage device that can easily access an abnormality occurrence location when an abnormality or the like occurs in a rear conveyance unit.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention described in claim 1 is capable of packaging a rose coin to create a bar, and receiving and storing the bar from the rear end and sending it out from the front end. A plurality of bar metal cassettes of different types are arranged in parallel in the vertical direction, and the bar metal created by the packaging unit disposed opposite to the bar metal storage unit is transported to a predetermined rear transport position. A bar metal transport unit, a rear transport unit that transports the bar metal transported to a predetermined rear transport position by the bar metal transport unit to the rear of the bar metal storage unit, and the rear transport unit of the bar metal storage unit. The ascending conveyance part that selectively raises the bar metal conveyed to the rear to the position of the rear end part of one of the plurality of bar metal cassettes, and the bar metal raised by the ascending conveyance part A bar distribution unit that includes a storage distribution unit that is stored from the rear end of the bar metal cassette. An apparatus, wherein the coin-roll storing portion above the packaging unit is provided, the packaging unit and the rear conveyor section in the middle position between the coin-roll storing portion is provided, at least the rear conveyor section It characterized that you have to be movable with respect to the packaging unit.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the rear conveyance unit, the ascending conveyance unit, the storage distribution unit, and the bar metal storage unit are integrated. Features.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the bar metal packed in the packaging unit is transported to the rear transport position by the bar metal transport unit, and is moved to the rear side of the bar metal cassette of the bar metal storage unit by the rear transport unit. Further, the bar that has been transported and then transported backward can be raised by the ascending transport unit and selectively stored from the rear end of the bar metal cassette of the bar metal storage unit by the storage distribution unit. Further, when dispensing the bar, the bar is removed from the bar cassette of the bar storage unit by the bar extracting unit, and the bar is moved in one direction by the bar transport unit. By rotating, it can be conveyed to a bar outlet. In addition, a rear conveyance unit that conveys the bar metal to the rear side of the bar metal storage unit is provided at a middle position between the packaging unit and the bar metal storage unit, so that abnormalities such as retention of the bar metal are generated in the rear conveyance unit. Even if it occurs, it is possible to easily access the location where the abnormality has occurred in the rear conveyance unit without moving the packaging unit, so that it is possible to improve the maintainability.

  According to the invention described in claim 2, in addition to the effect of claim 1, when an abnormality such as retention of a bar metal occurs in the rear conveyance part or an abnormality occurs in the ascending conveyance part or the storage distribution part Can perform maintenance by moving the integrated rear conveyance unit, ascending conveyance unit, storage distribution unit, and bar metal storage unit at a time, so that further maintainability can be improved. .

It is a perspective view showing roughly a bar metal storage device of one embodiment of the present invention. It is a side view which shows roughly the coin depositing / withdrawing machine attached to the said bar metal storage apparatus. It is a fragmentary sectional side view of the said metal rod storage apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows the back conveyance part of the said metal rod storage apparatus. It is explanatory drawing of delivery of the bar metal of the bar metal conveyance part and back conveyance part in the back conveyance position of the said bar metal storage apparatus. It is explanatory drawing of delivery of the bar metal of the back conveyance part and a raise conveyance part in the raise conveyance position of the said bar metal storage apparatus, and accommodation of the bar metal by a raise conveyance part. It is a side view which shows the metal bar holding | maintenance mechanism and drive mechanism of the said metal bar storage apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows the bar metal detection sensor etc. of the said bar metal storage apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows the open state of the front panel of the said metal rod storage apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows the state which pulled out the housing of the said metal rod storage apparatus forward. It is a perspective view which shows the state which spaced apart the rear wall part of the housing of the said metal rod storage apparatus. It is a side view of the housing shown in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the state which spaced apart the rear wall part of the housing in the state which pulled out the housing of the said metal rod storage apparatus.

  A bar metal storage device 10 according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the bar storage device 10 of the present embodiment is used by being attached to a coin depositing and dispensing machine 11.

First, the coin depositing and dispensing machine 11 will be described.
As schematically shown in FIG. 2, the coin depositing and dispensing machine 11 includes a depositing slot 15 into which loose coins are thrown in, and a separating and feeding unit 16 that separates and feeds the rose coins that are thrown into the depositing slot 15 one by one. A depositing conveyance unit 17 that conveys the loose coins fed out from the separation feeding unit 16, a deposit discrimination unit 18 that counts the coins being conveyed in the depositing conveyance unit 17, and a deposit discrimination unit 18 From the discrimination result, a reject unit 19 that removes non-true rose coins from the deposit transport unit 17, a reject transport unit 20 that guides the rejected coins from the deposit transport unit 17, and guidance by the reject transport unit 20 And a reject port 21 through which the loose coins are discharged so as to be taken out of the machine.

  Further, the coin depositing / dispensing machine 11 includes a denomination sorting unit 22 that sorts rose coins, which are discriminated as true by the deposit discrimination unit 18 and are further transported downstream by the depositing transport unit 17, and a denomination sorting unit 22. Temporary denomination storage unit 23 for temporarily storing rose coins sorted by denomination in denomination, return transport unit 24 for guiding the rose coins temporarily stored in denomination temporary storage unit 23 for return, and return transport It has a return withdrawal port 25 from which the loose coins guided by the section 24 are discharged so as to be able to be taken out of the machine.

  Further, the coin depositing and dispensing machine 11 stores the loose coins temporarily stored in the temporary denomination storage unit 23 by denomination and counts out the stored coins, and can be withdrawn. And a withdrawal conveyance path 28 for guiding the rose coins withdrawn from the denomination storage / withdrawal unit 27 to the return / withdrawal port 25, and a rose coin withdrawn from the denomination storage / withdrawal unit 27 into the bar. It has a bar-making and conveying unit 29 that conveys toward the apparatus 10. The coin depositing / dispensing machine 11 has a control unit 31 shared with the bar metal storage device 10.

Here, when the above-described coin depositing / dispensing machine 11 receives a coin for depositing into the deposit port 15 and inputs a start operation to an operation unit (not shown), the control unit 31 causes the deposit port to The coins 15 are fed one by one to the depositing and conveying unit 17 by the separating and feeding unit 16 and conveyed by the depositing and conveying unit 17.
The control unit 31 sends the coins identified as other than true by the deposit discrimination unit 18 while being transported by the deposit transport unit 17 to the reject port 21 by the reject transport unit 20, and sorts the coins while counting the coins identified as true. Sorted by the unit 22 and temporarily stored in the denomination temporary storage unit 23. When all the rose coins inserted into the deposit port 15 are sent to the reject port 21 or the denomination temporary storage unit 23, the control unit 31 outputs a discrimination result to a display unit (not shown). When the operator inputs a cancel operation to the operation unit (not shown) by looking at the discrimination result, the control unit 31 returns the coins temporarily stored in the denomination temporary storage unit 23 via the return transport unit 24. Return to the withdrawal port 25. On the other hand, when the operator sees the discrimination result and inputs an approval operation to the operation unit (not shown), the control unit 31 stores the coins temporarily stored in the denomination temporary storage unit 23 in the denomination storage and withdrawal unit 27. To store.

  Further, when a withdrawal operation is input to the operation unit (not shown), the control unit 31 sends the denomination and number of loose coins corresponding to the input from the denomination storage withdrawal unit 27 to the withdrawal transport path 28. The withdrawal is made to be withdrawn to the return withdrawal port 25 through the withdrawal conveyance path 28.

  Further, in order to wrap the coins being stored in the denomination storage / withdrawal unit 27, the control unit 31 takes the loose coins from the denomination storage / withdrawal unit 27 by the bar metal creation / conveyance unit 29 at an appropriate timing. It is conveyed to the storage device 10.

  The bar metal storage device 10 of the present embodiment shown in FIG. 3 accepts the rose coins conveyed by the bar metal creation and conveyance unit 29 from the denomination storage and withdrawal unit 27, temporarily stores them, and stores the stored rose coins one by one. A lower portion of the machine body has a packaging portion 36 that separates the sheets one by one, accumulates a predetermined number of the fed coins, winds the wrapping paper, and crimps both ends of the wrapping paper to form a barb B.

  Above the packaging part 36, a bar metal storage part 30 is arranged in which bar metal cassettes 50 that can store a plurality of bar metals B in a posture along the left-right direction are arranged in multi-stages in the vertical direction. All the bar metal cassettes 50 are inclined such that the front end side on the front side of the fuselage is lower than the rear end side on the rear side of the fuselage. Each bar metal cassette 50 is of a denomination, and only the bar B of the same denomination is stored in the same bar metal cassette 50. For example, the uppermost cassette has a 1-yen coin bar, the second cassette from the top has a 5-yen coin bar, the third cassette from the top has a 10-yen bar, The fourth cassette stores 50 yen coin bars, the fifth cassette from the top stores 100 yen coin bars, and the bottom cassette stores 500 yen coin bars.

  On the front side of the machine body of the bar metal cassette 50, there is provided a bar metal take-out portion 53 that moves up and down along the guide 52 and selectively takes out one bar B from the plurality of bar metal cassettes 50 one by one. Yes. The bar metal extraction part 53 selectively lifts and extracts the bar B from the front end part of the bar metal cassette 50 by a lifting member (not shown) that can be advanced and retracted. Here, the bar metal extraction unit 53 has a detection unit (not shown) that detects the position of the bar metal cassette 50 from which the bar B is to be extracted. For example, by detecting and counting a slit (not shown) formed in the front end portion of the bar metal cassette 50 by the detection unit, it is possible to determine the number of the front end position of the bar metal cassette 50 from the top. Can be detected.

The bar metal B taken out from the bar metal cassette 50 by the bar metal extraction unit 53 is conveyed to the front side of the machine body of the bar metal extraction unit 53, and the bar B created and sent out by the packaging unit 36 is conveyed. A vertical belt conveyor-type bar metal conveying section 55 is provided.
The bar metal transport unit 55 includes a pair of left and right vertical belt conveyors (rotating bodies) 57 having mounting pieces 56 formed in a concave shape with respect to the moving direction at equal intervals in the rotating direction, and the vertical belt conveyor 57. And a conveyance space forming part 58 provided so as to cover the outer side. The pair of left and right vertical belt conveyors 57 are spaced apart from each other in the left-right width direction, and the positions in the width direction of the mounting pieces 56 provided on each vertical belt conveyor 57 are substantially the same. The mounting bar 56 adjacent in the left-right width direction can support the bar B in a posture along the left-right direction.

  Then, the bar B that moves while being rolled toward the front side of the machine body due to the inclination of the lifting member by being lifted to the bar metal cassette 50 side by the lifting member (not shown) of the bar extracting portion 53 in the advanced state. Then, it is received in the transfer space formed by the vertical belt conveyor 57 and the transfer space forming portion 58 through the opening 53a formed in the bar metal take-out portion 53, and is placed on the mounting piece 56 in the transfer space. . Then, the vertical belt conveyor 57 is rotated upward (in one direction) or downward (in the other direction) to move the mounting piece 56, so that the bar B mounted on the mounting piece 56 is moved up and down. .

  The bar metal storage device 10 stores the bar metal more than the middle position between the packaging part 36 and the bar metal storage part 30, more specifically, the intermediate wall part 37 between the packaging part 36 and the bar metal storage part 30. The rear conveyance unit 42 is provided on the unit 30 side. The rear conveyance unit 42 receives the bar B one by one from the bar metal conveyance unit 55 at a predetermined rear conveyance position, and conveys it toward the predetermined ascending conveyance position on the rear side of the machine body while maintaining the posture along the left-right direction. The rear transport unit 42 includes a drive unit 32 having a front end on the front side of the machine body that is inclined lower than a rear end side on the rear side of the machine body, and a motor or the like that drives the rear transport unit 42 on the lower side of the rear end side. Be placed. As shown in FIG. 4, the rear conveying unit 42 receives the bar B from the front end in a posture along the left-right direction and conveys the bar B received from the conveying unit 42 a. An inclined base part 42b that rolls rearward, and a base member 42c that supports the carrier part 42a and the inclined base part 42b from below are provided.

  The base member 42c is provided with guides 42d and guide holes 42e on the left and right sides thereof, and the left and right sides of the transport body 42a are guided by the guides 42d and the guide holes 42e so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. Yes. Further, a belt 42i is wound around the drive unit 32 and a roller 42f provided at the front end portion of the base member 42c, and the belt 42i is fixed to the transport body portion 42a. When the belt 42i is rotated in one direction by the drive unit 32, the belt 42i moves to the front side of the machine body, and when the belt 42i is rotated in the other direction, it moves to the rear side of the machine body.

  In the center of the left and right sides of the transport body 42a, the receiving plate 42g that protrudes in an inclined state toward the upper side of the front side of the machine body and the bar B received by the receiving plate 42g are placed in a posture along the left and right direction. 42h. As shown in FIG. 5, the receiving plate portion 42 g passes between the pair of left and right mounting pieces 56 of the above-described bar metal transport portion 55 when the transport body portion 42 a is moved to the foremost position. When the mounting piece 56 moves downward from above and the receiving plate portion 42g passes between the mounting pieces 56 with the bar B placed on the mounting piece 56, the bar metal B is received by the receiving plate. The bar B is lifted by the portion 42g, and the bar B rolls on the inclined surface of the receiving plate portion 42g and is guided to the mounting portion 42h. The drive unit 32 is driven at a predetermined timing when the bar B fits in the mounting portion 42h, and the transport body portion 42a moves backward. In addition, a sensor is provided for detecting that the bar B is placed on the mounting portion 42h and is stationary, and the transport body 42a is moved backward after the bar B is detected based on the detection result of the sensor. May be.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 6, when the transport body part 42a is moved rearward and approaches the inclined base part 42b, the transport body part 42a moves backward as it moves backward by the guide 42d and the guide hole 42e. As a result, the bar B in the transport body portion 42a rolls rearward and moves onto the inclined base portion 42b. The upper surface of the inclined base part 42b is inclined rearward, and the bar B moved on the inclined base part 42b is rolled to the ascending conveyance part 48 side located behind the rear conveyance part 42. More specifically, it moves from the predetermined ascending conveyance position onto the elevator 49 of the ascending conveyance unit 48 stopped at the lowest position. The elevator 49 of the ascending conveyance unit 48 receives and conveys the bar B, which has been conveyed to the rear side of the machine body by the rear conveyance unit 42, while maintaining the posture along the left-right direction. On the front side of the machine body of the ascending conveyance unit 48, the above-described bar metal cassette 50 arranged in a multi-stage shape is provided, and on the side opposite to the bar metal cassette 50 of the elevator 49, the bar metal conveyed by the elevator 49 is provided. A storage distribution unit 51 is provided that pushes B with a pusher 51a toward one selected from a plurality of bar metal cassettes 50. All the bar metal cassettes 50 have a posture along the left-right direction from the one higher receiving base 54 at the rear end of the rear side of the machine body, one by one for the bar B pushed out from the ascending conveyance unit 48 by the storage distribution unit 51. Accept as it is.

The bar metal conveyance unit 55 rotates the vertical belt conveyor 57 from one direction, more specifically, in the counterclockwise conveyance direction in FIG. It can be transported to a predetermined rear transport position that is transferred to the rear transport unit 42.
Further, the bar metal transport section 55 is moved from the bar metal cassette 50 through the bar metal take-out section 53 by rotating the vertical belt conveyor 57 in one direction, more specifically in the counterclockwise transport direction in FIG. It is possible to transport the extracted bar B one by one toward the bar metal dispensing unit 63.

  Further, the bar metal transport unit 55 is taken out from the bar metal cassette 50 by the bar metal take-out unit 53 when the vertical belt conveyor 57 is rotated in the clockwise direction in FIG. Each bar B can be transferred to a predetermined rear transfer position to be transferred to the rear transfer unit 42 one by one.

  Also, the bar metal transport unit 55 receives the bar B guided to the front side of the machine body by the packaging unit 36, and moves the mounting piece 56 from the lower side to the front side, as shown in FIG. The bar B is moved in the storage space by being moved to, and is guided to the discharge port 59 through the opening 58 b and the chute 61 formed in the transport space forming portion 58. The bar B guided to the discharge port 59 is discharged from the discharge port 59 provided on the front surface of the machine body via the chute 61, and stored in a separate receiving box 60 shown in FIG. Is done.

  Here, on the front side of the machine body of the bar metal transport part 55, as shown in FIG. 3, an opening / closing member 62 for opening and closing the opening 58d formed in the transport space forming part 58 along the transport space forming part 58, A bar metal dispensing part 63 for storing the bar B is provided through the opening 58d. When the opening / closing member 62 opens the opening 58d, the mounting piece 56 of the bar metal conveying part 55 is used. When the bar B during the downward conveyance reaches the opening 58d, the bar B moves from the opening 58d toward the bar dispensing part 63 due to the inclination of the mounting piece 56. Note that the bar dispensing part 63 has a box shape that is detachable from the machine body.

  The bar metal storage device 10 having the above-described configuration has the same denomination coins transferred from any one of the money type storage / withdrawal units 27 by the bar metal creation / transfer unit 29 (see FIG. 2) at an appropriate timing. Once received in the storage unit (not shown), the control unit 31 feeds the coins one by one from the storage unit, sends them to the packaging unit 36, accumulates a predetermined number of sheets in the packaging unit 36, winds the wrapping paper and wraps Both ends of the paper are caulked to form a bar B. When the bar B is created, the control unit 31 guides the bar B to, for example, the bar metal transport unit 55 and transports it with the bar metal transport unit 55. That is, after the bar B is guided downward by the placing piece 56 of the vertical belt conveyor 57, it is guided upward on the front side of the machine body. When the bar B mounted on the mounting piece 56 moves to the position of the opening 58 b corresponding to the discharge port 59, it is guided to the discharge port 59 by the inclination of the mounting piece 56 and discharged from the discharge port 59.

  In addition, for example, when the control unit 31 stores the bar B created by the packaging unit 36 in the bar metal storage unit 30, the control unit 31 moves the vertical belt conveyor 57 of the bar metal transport unit 55 upward on the rear side of the machine body. Transport to the rear transport position. The bar B, which has been transported to the rear transport position, is transported to the rear side of the machine body, that is, rearward by the rear transport unit 42, and is transported upward by the lift transport unit 48 and lifted by the storage sorting unit 51 as shown in FIG. It is pushed out from the part 48 and stored in the corresponding denomination bar metal cassette 50.

  Further, for example, when the control unit 31 receives a withdrawal command for the bar metal B, the bar metal extraction unit 53 takes out the corresponding bar metal B from the bar metal cassette 50 and transports it with the bar metal transport unit 55. Withdraw money to the withdrawal unit 63. More specifically, after the bar B is guided upward by the mounting piece 56 of the vertical belt conveyor 57 and then guided downward by the front side of the machine body, the bar B mounted on the mounting piece 56 is It will reach the position of the opening 58d corresponding to the money withdrawal part 63, and the bar B is guided to the bar withdrawal part 63. That is, when the bar B is guided upward by the placing piece 56 of the vertical belt conveyor 57 and then guided downward by the front side of the machine body, the bar B placed on the placing piece 56 is converted into the bar metal dispensing unit. In this case, the opening 58d is opened by the opening / closing member 62, so that the bar B is passed through the opening 58d corresponding to the bar dispensing part 63. To the bar withdrawal unit 63.

  As shown in FIG. 7, on the upper side of each bar metal cassette 50, the barb B received from the rear end of the bar metal cassette 50 is held by the storage distribution unit 51 while maintaining the posture along the left-right direction. A bar holding mechanism 80 for moving the bar metal cassette 50 forward is provided. Each of the bar metal holding mechanisms 80 can be moved up and down, and is connected to a drive mechanism 81 that moves them along the length direction of the bar metal cassette 50.

  The drive mechanism 81 includes a slide shaft 85 extending in parallel with the bar metal cassette 50 below the lowermost bar metal cassette 50, a slide block 86 slidably supported by the slide shaft 85, and a slide. A holding plate 87 extending upward from the block 86, a pair of pulleys 88 disposed below both ends of the slide shaft 85, and a drive disposed parallel to the slide shaft 85 by being hooked on these pulleys 88. A belt 89 and a motor 90 connected to one pulley 88 are included, and a part of the drive belt 89 is fixed to the slide block 86. Thereby, the drive mechanism 81 reciprocates the slide block 86 and the holding plate 87 in the length direction of the bar metal cassette 50 by forward and reverse rotation of the motor 90.

The holding plate 87 extends vertically on the side of the left and right direction of the bar metal cassette 50 that is arranged in a multi-stage above and below, and the bar metal is extended to the bar metal cassette 50 side on the holding plate 87. A holding mechanism 80 is attached.
The bar metal holding mechanism 80 includes a carrier main body 95 fixed to the holding plate 87 so as to extend toward the bar metal cassette 50, and a receiver connected to the carrier main body 95 so as to extend rearward from the carrier main body 95. A block 96 and a holding block 97 connected to the receiving block 96 so as to extend rearward from the receiving block 96 are provided. Since the carrier main body 95 of all the bar metal holding mechanisms 80 is fixed to the holding plate 87, the carrier 91 composed of the holding plate 87 and the plurality of carrier main bodies 95 extends along the length direction of the bar metal cassette 50. It is provided to be movable.

  When the bar holding mechanism 80 is in a predetermined receiving position on the rear end side, the receiving block 96 is moved downward with respect to the carrier main body 95 so as to be lowered in one side, and the holding block 97 is received with respect to the receiving block 96. The other side is swung upward. In this state, when the bar B is released from the storage distribution unit 51 onto the rear end of the bar cassette 50 in a posture along the width direction of the bar cassette 50, the bar B is inclined by the inclination of the bottom surface. It moves to the front side, passes through the lower side of the holding block 97, contacts the receiving block 96, and stops in a posture along the width direction of the bar metal cassette 50. The bar holding mechanism 80 stops at this receiving position when in the standby state. Further, a receiving position sensor (not shown) is provided for detecting from the position of the holding plate 87 that the bar holding mechanism 80 is located at the receiving position.

  When the bar holding mechanism 80 moves to the front end side of the bar cassette 50 from the state in which the bar B is received, the presser block 97 is lowered and contacts the bar B. As a result, the bar holding mechanism 80 is in a state where the receiving block 96 is lowered to one side and the holding block 97 is lowered to the other side, and is lowered, and the bar B on the bottom surface 70a of the bar metal cassette 50 is placed. Is in a state of being held from above. At this time, the bar B is in a three-point support state as viewed in the axial direction in which the front side is in contact with the receiving block 96, the rear side is in contact with the holding block 97, and the lower side is in contact with the bottom surface 70a. When the 80 bar metal cassette 50 is moved to the front end side, it is moved to the front end side in the three-point supported state. In other words, the bar metal B is moved by the bar metal holding mechanism 80 in a posture along the width direction of the bar metal cassette 50 without being staggered, skewed, or delayed with respect to the bar metal holding mechanism 80.

  As described above, the bar holding mechanism 80 holds the receiving block 96 when it is moved to the front end side of the bar metal cassette 50 while holding the bar B while holding the bar B with the holding block 97 in the lowering state on the other side. After the bar B comes into contact with the last one of the bar B already stored in the bar cassette 50, the receiving block 96 is attached to the rear end of the bar B already stored in the bar cassette 50. It abuts on the object and rides on the bar B using the moving force. As a result, the receiving block 96 is swung upward, and the urging force of an urging spring (not shown) is raised to one side. As a result, the receiving block 96 and the holding block 97 are both separated from the bar metal B, and the receiving and pressing of the bar B are released. At this time, the bar B held by the receiving block 96 and the holding block 97 comes into contact with the last bar B before contacting the last bar B, and stops. The holding block 97 on the side is swung upward by the held metal rod B and moves further forward than the metal rod B. When the bar holding mechanism 80 is located at the receiving position, the receiving block 96 and the holding block 97 do not come into contact with the last one of the bar B already stored in the bar cassette 50. In addition, a storage space (full amount) for the bar B is set. That is, the rear end portion of the storage space for storing the bar B of the bar cassette 50 is set in front of the receiving position.

  Magnetic sensors 140 and 141 are attached to the lower and upper sides of the carrier body 95 except for the upper carrier body 95 of the uppermost metal rod cassette 50. The lower magnetic sensor 140 supported by the carrier body 95 scans the bar B stored in the lower bar cassette 50 and detects the magnetic data. The upper magnetic sensor supported by the same carrier body 95 scans the bar B stored in the upper bar metal cassette 50 and forms the magnetic data on the bottom plate portion of the bar metal cassette 50. It detects through the detection groove.

  The magnetic sensor 140 below the carrier body 95 provided just above the bar metal cassette 50 and the magnetic sensor 141 above the carrier body 95 provided just below the same bar metal cassette 50 are mutually connected to the carrier body. The front and rear, right and left positions in the moving direction of 95 are opposed to each other and arranged in a direction orthogonal to the bottom surface of the bar metal cassette 50 between them, and the magnet of the bar B stored in the bar metal cassette 50 A magnetic data detection unit (denomination scrutiny means) for detecting data is configured. That is, the magnetic data detection unit is composed of a pair of magnetic sensors 140 and 141 arranged so as to sandwich the bar B stored in the bar cassette 50 in the diameter direction. Note that only the lower magnetic sensor 140 is attached to the upper carrier body 95 of the uppermost bar metal cassette 50, and the upper magnetic body of the upper carrier body 95 of the second upper bar metal cassette 50 is attached. Opposing the sensor 141, a magnetic data detection unit for detecting the bar B stored in the uppermost bar cassette 50 is configured. A lower carrier body 95A that constitutes the carrier 91 and only supports the magnetic sensor 141 extends from the holding plate 87 below the lowermost bar metal cassette 50, and this lower carrier body 95A. Is attached with a magnetic sensor 141 upward. This magnetic sensor 141 is opposed to the magnetic sensor 140 on the lower side of the carrier body 95 on the upper side of the lowermost bar metal cassette 50, and detects the bar B stored in the lower bar metal cassette 50. A data detection unit is configured.

  When the above-described bar metal holding mechanism 80 is moved in the front-rear direction, the bar metal B passes between the pair of magnetic sensors 140 and 141 of the magnetic data detection unit, and the bar sensor 50 is used by the magnetic sensors 140 and 141. The magnetic data of the bar B stored in is detected. Based on the magnetic data detected by all the magnetic data detection units, the control unit 31 includes a different denomination bar that includes an abnormal state in which the presence or absence of a normal bar or a denomination of which denomination cannot be specified. Check for the presence or absence of the bar, the presence or absence of abnormal posture in the loaded state, and the amount of normal bar.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the bar metal transport unit 55 includes two vertical belt conveyors at the front positions of the front end portions of the bar metal cassettes 50, more specifically, the bar metal transport units 55 arranged in parallel. A bar metal detection sensor S1 that detects the bar metal B taken out from each bar metal cassette 50 is disposed between 57 and a front position facing the front end of the bar metal cassette 50. The bar metal detection sensor S1 includes an optical sensor, a magnetic sensor, or the like. The bar metal bar is crossed between the bar metal detection sensor S1 and the bar metal cassette 50 which are taken out by the bar metal extraction unit 53 and arranged to face each other. B is detected.

  Here, the control unit 31 corresponds to one bar metal cassette 50 when the bar metal B is extracted from the one bar metal cassette 50 by the bar metal extraction unit 53 among the plurality of bar metal cassettes 50. When it is determined that the bar metal B is detected by the bar metal detection sensor S1, that is, the bar metal detection sensor S1 disposed in front of the front end of one bar metal cassette 50, the take-out operation is normally performed. Is detected (confirmation means). On the other hand, in spite of the removal operation of the bar B from the one bar metal cassette 50 by the bar bar take-out unit 53, the bar metal detection sensor S1 corresponding to the other bar metal cassette 50, that is, the other bar metal. When it is determined that the bar B is detected by the bar detection sensor S1 disposed in front of the front end of the cassette 50, it detects that the take-out operation is abnormal (abnormal bar detecting means).

  When the above-described normal removal of the bar B is detected, the bar B is transported to the downstream side in the transport direction while being placed on the placing piece 56, and this bar B is transferred to another bar cassette 50. The bar 31 is detected by the bar detection sensor S1, but the control unit 31 is more than the bar detection sensor S1 corresponding to the one bar cassette 50 from which the bar B is taken out. When the bar B is detected by the bar detection sensor S1 on the downstream side in the transport direction, the detected bar B is not the bar B due to an abnormal take-out operation, but by the bar transport unit 55. Recognize that it is a bar B being conveyed (recognition means).

  Further, when it is detected that the above-described operation of taking out the bar B is abnormal, the control unit 31 detects the position of the bar metal cassette 50 corresponding to the bar detection sensor S1 where the abnormal take-out operation is detected, more specifically. The control is performed to specify the position of the bar metal cassette 50 that is disposed opposite to the rear of the bar metal detection sensor S1 that has detected the abnormal take-out operation from among the plurality of bar metal cassettes 50. Further, the control unit 31 stops the remaining bar metal extraction operation by the bar metal extraction unit 53, and conveys the abnormally extracted bar metal B to the lower rear conveyance position by the bar metal conveyance unit 55. The rear conveyance position From the ascending conveyance position to the rear end of the bar metal cassette 50 that has been abnormally taken out by the ascending conveyance unit 48. Control is performed to return the bar B to the bar cassette 50 by the storage distribution unit 51 at the position of the rear end (return control means).

  When the control unit 31 completes the control to return the bar B to the bar cassette 50 by the storage distribution unit 51, the control unit 31 determines the denomination of the bar B stored in the bar cassette 50 by the magnetic data detection unit described above. Control to be detected is executed (execution means). At this time, among the metal bars B stored in the corresponding metal bar cassette 50, the bar B stored in the rearmost part, that is, the denomination of the metal bar B which has been abnormally taken out and returned to the metal bar cassette 50. However, by determining whether or not the denomination should be stored in the bar metal cassette 50, it is confirmed that the bar B that has been abnormally taken out has been returned to the bar metal cassette 50 normally.

  In addition, when the bar B that has undergone an abnormal take-out operation is normally returned to the bar cassette 50, the control unit 31 does not complete the withdrawal to the bar withdrawal unit 63. B is specified. More specifically, when an abnormal take-out operation is detected, the withdrawal operation that has been interrupted is resumed by the control that the bar B that has been taken out abnormally is returned to the bar cassette 50. Therefore, the information on the bar B that has been withdrawn to the bar withdrawal unit 63 before the abnormal withdrawal is detected is read from the storage means (not shown), and the unpaid bar is sent to the bar withdrawal unit 63. Specify the denomination and number of gold B. Then, control is performed to sequentially take out the undrawn bar B from the predetermined bar cassette 50 by the bar take-out part 53 and withdraw it to the bar-withdrawing part 63 by the bar feed part 55 (withdrawing continuation means). .

  Here, when the user's withdrawal operation is input from an operation panel (not shown), the above-described bar withdrawal unit 53 is configured to receive one from the bar cassette 50 based on the input information such as the denomination and the number of pieces. The bar B is taken out to the bar metal transport unit 55 one by one. At this time, the control unit 31 causes the bar metal transport unit 55 to transport the vertical belt conveyor 57 more than the one described above. Control for taking out the metal bars B to be withdrawn in order from the metal bar cassette 50 arranged on the downstream side in the direction of transporting the metal bars 63, more specifically, the metal bars B to the metal bar dispensing part 63. (Takeout control means) Thereby, the conveyance speed of the bar metal conveyance part 55 and the movement speed of the bar metal extraction part 53 differ, for example, compared with the conveyance speed of the bar metal conveyance part 55, the movement speed of the bar metal extraction part 53 is relatively. For example, when the speed is high, the bar that has been transported from the upstream side in the transport direction collides with the bar that has been removed from the downstream side in the transport direction, or the order is changed in a different order from the order in which the bar is removed from the bar The conveyance can be prevented without monitoring using a sensor or the like. Note that the above-described confirmation unit, abnormal bar detection unit, recognition unit, return control unit, withdrawal continuation unit, execution unit, and withdrawal control unit are configured by a program executed by the control unit 31.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 9, the bar metal storage device 10 and the coin depositing and dispensing machine 11 are stored in a common box 101. The box 101 is provided with a hinge 103 on the right side wall 102 when viewed from the front side of the machine body, and a front panel 104 is supported on the hinge 103 so as to be freely opened and closed. On the front panel 104, the above-described bar metal transport unit 55, bar metal dispensing unit 63, chute 61, transport space forming unit 58 on the front side of the machine body, and the like are integrally fixed. Therefore, when the front panel 104 is opened as shown in FIG. 9, the bar metal transport unit 55 and the bar metal cassette 50 are separated, and the bar metal transport unit 55 and the packaging unit 36 are separated. . Further, the front panel 104 can be opened to a position along the left-right direction of the machine body shown in FIG. 9, and thereby, the front panel 104 and the bar metal transfer integrated with the front panel 104 are installed on the front side of the machine body of the bar metal cassette 50. A device such as the unit 55 is not arranged.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the above-described bar metal storage unit 30 in which the bar metal cassettes 50 are arranged in a multistage shape in the vertical direction is stored in a housing 105 that opens on the front side of the machine body. In addition to the bar metal storage unit 30, the above-described bar metal take-out unit 53, the rear conveyance unit 42, the ascending conveyance unit 48, and the storage distribution unit 51 are integrally stored in the housing 105. The housing 105 is supported from below by a table 106, and the table 106 is supported so as to be movable in the front-rear direction with respect to the above-described intermediate wall portion 37 that separates the packaging portion 36 and the bar metal storage portion 30. That is, the housing 105 can be pulled forward together with the table 106 from the box 101, and by pulling out the housing 105, the bar metal storage unit 30, the bar metal extraction unit 53, the rear conveyance unit 42, the ascending conveyance unit 48, and the storage distribution. The part 51 is pulled out at a time.

  The table 106 is provided with a rail 108 having a concave groove along the front-rear direction on the lower edge of the side wall 107 of the housing 105. The rail 108 is slidably supported on a protrusion (not shown) formed on the inner surface of the right side wall 109 and the intermediate side wall 110 of the box body 101 on the side of the bar storage part 30. Here, the rear surface of the casing 105 can be drawn forward from the opening edge of the box 101. In this state, the rail 105 is supported by the table 106 without being supported by the box 101. Further, in a state where the rear surface of the casing 105 is in the box 101, the rail 108 is slidably supported by a protrusion (not shown) of the box 101. Furthermore, a handle that protrudes forward is formed on the table 106 at the lower right on the front side of the body from the housing 105. When the user pushes and pulls the handle 111 back and forth, the entire housing 105 can be easily pulled out or stored from the box 101 by the support structure by the table 106 and the rail 108 described above. . In addition, as long as the position of the handle 111 is the front side of the housing 105, it may be provided at a location other than the lower right position, for example, the lower left position or the lower left and right center positions. In this embodiment, the case where the bar metal extraction part 53 is also integrally attached to the housing 105 is shown, but the bar metal extraction part 53 may be provided on the bar metal conveyance part 55 side.

  As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, between the rear wall portion 120 and the side wall 107 constituting the rear wall of the housing 105, there are telescopic rods 130 that can expand and contract along the front-rear direction at the upper and lower portions, respectively. The rear wall 120 can be retracted and separated from the housing main body 121 by extending the telescopic rod 130 as a separation mechanism. The above-described ascending conveyance unit 48 is fixed to the rear wall 120, that is, the ascending conveyance unit 48 is moved backward from the rear edge of the housing 105, so that the ascending conveyance unit 48 is connected to the rear end portion of the bar metal storage unit 30. And it is spaced apart from the rear end portion of the rear conveying section 42.

  Each telescopic rod 130 is fixed to the side surface of the side wall 122 of the rear wall 120, and each telescopic rod 130 has a lock formed in a substantially U-shaped longitudinal section inside the vertical direction of the position of the side wall 122. A part support part 123 is provided. A shaft portion 124 extending in the left-right direction is supported by the lock portion support portion 123, and a lock key member 125 extending in the front-rear direction is pivotally supported by the shaft portion 124. The lock key member 125 is swingable downward from a substantially horizontal state along the front-rear direction while being urged by the elastic member S at the tip side.

  At the front portion of the lock key member 125, a so-called tapered tip portion 126 that is inclined so that the height dimension decreases toward the front, and a concave portion 127 formed at the rear upper portion of the tip portion 126 are provided. On the other hand, a lock pin member 129 that protrudes outward in the left-right direction is formed at the rear edge of the housing 105 facing the lock key member 125. With the configuration of the lock key member 125 and the lock pin member 129, the front end of the lock key member 125 is moved forward from the state in which the rear wall portion 120 is retracted from the housing 105 to the side where the rear wall portion 120 is closed. As the inclined portion 126a of the portion 126 comes into contact with the lower portion of the lock pin member 129 and the rear wall portion 120 is closed, the distal end portion 126 is gradually pushed downward. At the position where the rear portion of the housing 105 is completely closed by the rear wall portion 120, the distal end portion 126 of the lock key member 125 jumps up due to the elastic force of the elastic member S, and the lock pin member 129 is immersed in the recess 127, thereby The member 125 is engaged with the lock pin member 129, and the movement of the rear wall 120 in the front-rear direction is restricted. In addition, release protrusions 131 for releasing the engagement of the lock pin members 129 are formed on the rear portion of the lock key member 125 so as to extend rearward.

  As shown in FIG. 12, a lock release operation member 142 slidable in the vertical direction along the rear surface of the rear wall 120 is attached to the rear surface of the rear wall 120. The unlocking operation member 142 is formed with a flange 132 on the upper portion thereof for bending the user to slide upward, and the upper and lower release protrusions 131 when the sliding operation is further performed. At the same time, a pressing protrusion 133 that pushes upward is formed to protrude outward in the left-right direction. That is, when the lock pin member 129 is engaged with the lock key member 125, the user slides the collar portion 132 of the unlock operation member 142 upward so that the lock projection member 133 locks the lock projection member 129. The release protrusion 131 of the key member 125 is moved upward. As a result, the distal end portion of the lock key member 125 is swung downward, the lock pin member 129 is moved to the outside of the recess 127, and the engagement between the lock pin member 129 and the lock key member 125 is released. As a result, The rear wall 120 can be moved rearward. When the user stops the sliding operation of the collar portion 132, the lock key member 125 tries to return to the horizontal state by the urging force of the elastic member S, and the release protrusion 131 moves the pressing protrusion 133 of the lock release operation member 142 downward. The collar 132 is returned to the initial position before the slide operation. Here, in a state in which the housing 105 is pulled out from the box 101, a clearance is secured between the housing 105 and the opening of the box 101 so that the rear wall 120 moves backward as shown in FIG. Without raising the housing 105 from the box 101, the ascending conveyance unit 48 is moved backward from the rear end of the bar metal storage unit 30 while the housing 105 is pulled out from the box 101. Work is possible.

  Therefore, according to the bar metal storage device 10 of the above-described embodiment, the rear conveyance unit that conveys the metal bar B to the rear of the bar metal storage unit 30 at the middle position between the packaging unit 36 and the bar metal storage unit 30. 42 is arranged, so that even if an abnormality such as staying of the metal bar B occurs in the rear conveyance part 42, the abnormality occurrence part of the rear conveyance part 42 can be easily accessed without moving the packaging part 36. Therefore, it is possible to improve maintainability.

  Furthermore, since the rear conveyance unit 42, the ascending conveyance unit 48, the storage distribution unit 51, and the bar metal storage unit 30 are integrated, an abnormality such as retention of the bar metal B occurs in the rear conveyance unit 42. If the abnormalities occur in the ascending transport unit 48 and the storage sorting unit 51, the integrated rear transport unit 42, the ascending transport unit 48, the storage sorting unit 51, and the bar metal storage unit 30 are Since the maintenance can be performed by moving it at once, the maintainability can be further improved.

In the embodiment described above, the bar metal storage device 10 that is provided in parallel with the coin depositing and dispensing machine 11 and generates the bar metal B from the rose coin and stores it has been described as an example. Of course, the present invention can also be applied to a bar payment machine that is loaded during work and only dispenses money.
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case has been described in which the ascending conveyance unit 48 is separated from the rear end portion of the bar metal cassette 50 of the bar metal storage unit 30 via the telescopic rod 130. The separation by 130 is not limited. In other words, the direction of separation is not limited to the rear, and if the ascending conveyance unit 48 can be separated from the bar metal storage unit 30, for example, it is separated upward or laterally using a slide mechanism using a rail or the like. It may be.

30 Bar metal storage part 36 Packing part 42 Back conveyance part 48 Ascending conveyance part 50 Bar metal cassette 55 Bar metal conveyance part B Bar metal

Claims (2)

A packaging unit that wraps rose coins to create a bar;
A bar metal storage section provided with a plurality of metal bar cassettes of a denomination that can receive and store a bar metal from the rear end and can be taken out from the front end;
A bar metal transport unit that is disposed opposite to the bar metal storage unit and transports the bar metal created by the packaging unit to a predetermined rear transport position;
A rear transport unit that transports the bar metal transported to a predetermined rear transport position by the bar metal transport unit to the rear of the bar metal storage unit;
An ascending conveyance unit that selectively raises the bar metal conveyed to the rear of the bar metal storage unit by the rear conveyance unit to the position of the rear end part of one of the plurality of bar metal cassettes;
A storage and distribution unit for storing the bar metal raised by the ascending conveyance unit from the rear end of the bar metal cassette,
The bar storage part is provided above the packaging part,
The rear conveying unit is provided at a middle position between the packaging unit and the bar metal storage unit ,
A bar metal storage device, wherein at least the rear conveyance unit is movable with respect to the packaging unit .   2. The bar metal storage device according to claim 1, wherein the rear conveyance unit, the ascending conveyance unit, the storage distribution unit, and the bar metal storage unit are integrated.

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