JPH0498387A - Cash box - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent from generating the theft of paper money by automatically performing fouling processing on the paper money when trying to open the cash box to take out the paper money stored in it with unfair and illegal means to make the reuse of the paper money impossible. CONSTITUTION:The unfair means, for example, to destruct a locking means L to forcibly open a lid body 3, since a projected piece 5A is restrained by a lock rod L3, enormous moment indicated by the direction shown by the arrow II is acted in a restraint pin 5 to be finally fractured as a weak part 5B can not withstand the moment. As this result, a parallel part 44 is released, an oscillation rod 4 is turned in the direction shown by an arrow IV by the elasticity of a spring 6 as taking an axis supporting part 41 as a support, and a needle rod 43 pierces an ink bag 7 to puncture this bag 7, so the ink is spouting out from the inside at a stroke to foul a paper money C instantly. Thus, the paper money is fouled and the circulation of the paper money is made impossible.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application J This invention relates to a cash box equipped with a crime prevention function that can be loaded into an automatic cash handling machine or the like.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, automatic cash handling machines of this type have been configured such that a cash box containing a predetermined number of banknotes can be loaded into the machine in the form of a cassette so as to be automatically taken out. Each of these has been detected.

By the way, in the case of such a cash box, in order to prevent banknotes from being stolen, the box itself is made of strong material, and the lid that closes the opening for loading banknotes is equipped with a strong and safe locking mechanism. Measures were taken to lock it up.

[Problem to be solved by the invention 1 Even with the cash box according to the above-mentioned prior art,
Needless to say, this is useful for preventing banknote theft.

However, such cash boxes are frequently loaded into or taken out from automatic cash processing machines, and in order to reduce labor, they are small,
We had to try to make it lighter.

However, if the cash box is made to be durable, such as a safe, it will of course improve safety, but the cash box will become larger and heavier, requiring hard labor to handle. The related problems of making it sufficiently strong and difficult to destroy remain unresolved, and it is lighter and more compact than banks and other financial institutions. There has been a great need for a cash box that does not have the risk of banknotes being stolen.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides a revolutionary and safe cash box that satisfies such user needs.
Its structural features are as described in the claims, but the main point is that if an attempt is made to open the cash box by fraudulent or illegal means, the banknotes stored inside the box will be lost. The point is that it is automatically made unusable.

Therefore, it is lightweight and compact and can be easily applied to automatic cash handling machines, etc., and even if the cash box is damaged, the circulation of the banknotes will be blocked, so it has a crime prevention effect. The results were extremely high, and the user's concerns were allayed in one fell swoop.

[Example] Next, the content of this invention will be explained based on the drawings showing the example.

The main feature of the cash box of this embodiment is that it can be loaded into a cash handling machine etc. in the form of a cartridge.
If an attempt is made to retrieve banknotes that have been forcibly opened and housed through fraudulent means, the banknotes will be stained with special ink, and
The point is that it can be automatically processed to make it undistributable.

The top of the cash box in the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape;
As shown in the figure, a lid body 3 is pivotally attached to a housing 2 in which banknotes C are arranged vertically and biased forward by a biasing means P so as to be openable and closable, and a locking means is provided. The housing 2 can be closed without being opened by the
The front wall 2A is equipped with a friction roller R that feeds out banknotes.
An engagement hole 2B is opened at the front of the lid body 3, and a slot S for feeding out the banknote C is opened at the front of the lid body 3. It is designed to be detachable.

Next, the internal structure of this cash box 1 will be explained.

The shaft support 41 of the abbreviated swinging rod 4 is tilted by a bearing 45 between the intermediate wall 31 and the rear wall 31' of the lid 3, which are pivotally connected by a hinge H so as to be openable and closable in the longitudinal direction of the casing 2. A large number of needle rods 43 are arranged in parallel at the central portion 42 with their shaft ends facing upward, while the swing rods 4
The spring 6 is inserted between the top wall 32 of the lid body 3 and the parallel part 44 so that one open end of the parallel part 44 engages with a locking pin 5 separately provided inwardly projecting on the middle wall 31. Further, on the inner surface of the top wall 32 facing the needle rod 43, an ink bag 7 filled with a special ink for stain treatment of banknotes C is attached by a fixed frame 8. It is something.

Next, the locking means for the housing 2 and the lid 3 will be explained.

As for the lock Ll, various types of locking means can be adopted, but in this embodiment, a rotary type is adopted, and this lock Ll is mounted on the side wall 21 of the housing 2. , the locking rod L is attached to the shaft L2 rotated by the key K.
3 are connected to each other, and the engaging portion L3' thereof can be freely engaged with and detached from the protrusion 5A of the locking pin 5.

Furthermore, this locking pin 5 has a weakened portion 5B formed in its middle portion, and is configured such that the weakened portion 5B will break if a strong moment exceeding a predetermined value is applied. There is.

Next, its effect will be explained.

(1) In the case of legitimate use Legal use means, for example, when the locking means is unlocked with the key K, and the locking rod L3 provided at the inner end of the locking element L' is moved to the hinge H as shown by the arrow ■ in Figure 2. as supporting voice, as lid body 3
, load the desired banknotes C into the housing 2, and then close the lid 3 again.
is closed, the lock L' is driven by the key K, the lock lever L3 is turned counterclockwise, and the locking means is locked as shown in the second figure, thereby preventing the loss or theft of the banknote C. The cash box 1 containing the banknotes C is inserted into the automatic cash handling machine through the insertion hole D' in the direction of the arrow ■ with the lid 3 made unopenable by the lock 59L. ', and the friction roller R is arranged so as to be partially inserted into the engagement hole 2B of the front wall 2A, and the friction roller R is inserted intermittently according to instructions from the cash processing machine. When the banknotes are rotated, the banknotes C in the front row of the group of banknotes pressed against the friction roller R by the biasing means P are moved upward one by one, and are fed out from the slot S via the guide frame H. When the banknotes C in the cash box become empty,
This will be reported by appropriate notification means (not shown),
An operator can grasp the holding rod G and take out the cash box 1 from the cash processing machine in the direction of the arrow (■), thereby replenishing it with banknotes C.

As can be fully understood from this explanation, in the case of such legitimate use, the swinging rod 4, which is biased by the spring 6, has the tail end of its parallel portion 44 supported by the locking pin 5. Therefore, the ink bag 7 remains stationary without being rotated using the pivot support 41 as a fulcrum, and the ink bag 7 will not be crushed by the needle rod 43, and an unexpected situation such as staining the ink or the banknote C will not occur. It is something.

(2) In the case of unauthorized use Next, the unauthorized use on this cash box will be explained.

In this case, unauthorized use does not mean using the top of the cash box illegally, but rather using the key K when storing banknotes C inside the cash box or when taking out banknotes C stored inside. In contrast to the legitimate procedure of unlocking the locking means and opening the lid 3, this refers to acts other than this, such as breaking the locking means and opening the lid 3.

In the case of this example, as shown in FIG. 1 or 2, the lock lever L is
3 is placed at the position indicated by the solid line, and its engagement portion L3 is placed on the protrusion 5A.
When the lid 3 is closed and locked on the casing 2 of the so-called cash box l, which is in the engaged state,
If an attempt is made to forcibly open the lid body 3 by illegal means, for example by destroying the locking means, the protrusion 5A will be damaged by the locking rod L3.
Since the locking pin 5 is locked by
1 cannot be completed, resulting in breakage.

As a result, the parallel portion 44 is released, and the swinging rod 4 is rotated in the direction of the arrow (■) in FIG. When the bag 7 is passed through, the bag 7 is ruptured, and the ink leaks out from inside, staining the banknote C within 1 g.

As a result, banknotes C become unusable at counters and automated teller machines.

Therefore, for example, a message such as "This cash box is designed so that banknotes will automatically become unusable if it is opened by illegal means" can be written at a desired location in cash box 1! It can be said that if a notice is posted, the crime prevention effect will be more effective.

In addition, in this example, an attempt is made to explain the invention in detail with respect to a banknote C that is defaced with ink so that it cannot be reused if the locking means is destroyed. The aim of the invention is to safely prevent the theft of valuable banknotes C, and it is sufficient to make it impossible to use banknotes obtained by illegal or fraudulent means in case of unauthorized use.

Therefore, as specific means for achieving this, many design examples other than this embodiment can be easily envisioned.

For example, regardless of the locking method, if the cash box is forcibly opened by fusing or other means, C.
Regarding stain treatment, a second embodiment shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 can be cited.

The feature of this embodiment is that the lead wire p extends over almost the entire inside of the casing 2 and lid 3 of the cash box 1.
to prevent the locking means Lx from being opened or closed by illegal means (if the housing 2 or the lid 3 is destroyed while the locking means Lx is locked,
At the same time, the lead wire β is disconnected, ink is ejected, and the banknote C is defaced.

That is, the housing 2 and the lid 3 are hinged at each rear end in the longitudinal direction by hinges H, and the locking rod locks the rear end of the parallel part 44 of the swinging rod 4 in the lid 3. 50 is biased counterclockwise in FIG. 6 by a spring 51 and pivotally mounted 52 in the lid body 3, and the locking rod 50 is actuated clockwise to link the solenoid M2 therewith so as to lock it. The solenoid M2 can be demagnetized by the switch S3, which is opened by the solenoid M, which is energized when the lid body 3 is closed and locked by the means Lx.

The circuit configuration at this point is as shown in FIG.
The first switch S is simultaneously opened and closed by a cam body 60 that is rotated by 90 degrees by x.

The circuit is composed of a first circuit C equipped with a second switch S2, and a second circuit C2. , and the second circuit C2
, only when the second switch S2 is closed and the third switch S3 is closed due to the emotion of the solenoid M, the solenoid M2 is closed by the power from the power source 2.
The first circuit C
The lead wire β of No. 1 is extended and buried over substantially the entire surface of the casing 2 and the lid 3, as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. Note that the configuration of the second embodiment other than the above is not different from the first embodiment, so a description thereof will be omitted.

Next, its action is as follows.

fl) In case of legitimate use, arrange the banknotes C and close the lid 3 on the internal housing 2,
When the key Kx provided on the lid body 3 is placed in the closed state, the locking rod L3/ engages with the pin 70 protruding from the housing 2, and the lid body 3 is closed.
is locked, and the cam body 60 is placed at the position shown by the solid line in FIG. As a result, switches S1 and 82 are closed simultaneously, solenoid M1 is energized, and switch S3 is energized.
Since the solenoid M2 is opened, the solenoid M2 is not energized, and the latch rod 50 remains at the solid line position in FIG.
A situation in which the ink is smudged by ink does not occur.

Next, when it becomes necessary to replenish banknotes C, press the key Kx
If you release , the locking rod Ly will release the bottle 70, so
The lid body 3 can be opened freely, and at the same time the cam body 6
0 is moved to the dotted line position in FIG. 6, and the switches S, , S2 are opened.

As a result, the solenoid M is energized and the switch S3 is closed, but the switch S2 is opened, so the solenoid M2 is still energized and the banknote C is safe because it will not be defaced. This is to replenish banknotes C.

(2) In the case of unauthorized use Next, when the cam body 60 is in the solid line position in FIG. 6, that is, when the lid body 3 is closed and the switch S82 is closed, a Then, destroy the casing 2 or the lid 3 and remove the banknotes C inside.
When an attempt is made to take out the lead wire β, the lead wire β is cut at that position, and the current to the solenoid M is immediately cut off, so that the solenoid M1 is energized and the switch S3 is closed. Since the switch S2 is closed, the solenoid M2 is energized, and the locking rod 50 is rotated clockwise against the spring 51 to release the parallel portion 44 of the swinging rod 4. The moving rod 4 rotates,
As in the first embodiment, the ink bag 7 is destroyed and ink is ejected, staining the banknotes C.

As described above in the first and second embodiments, when an attempt is made to take out the banknotes C from the cash box 1 by illegal means such as damaging the locking means, the housing, or the lid, the banknotes C are automatically soiled. It is considered to be uncircumcisable.

As for the means for supplying ink to treat defacement of banknotes C, it is possible to easily design an inkjet system that activates electrical or mechanical means to eject ink, and it is also possible to use Regarding the type of ink to be used, it is sufficient whether it is visible or invisible, as long as the stain can be confirmed. Since this is a matter that can be easily agreed upon by those skilled in the art, a detailed explanation thereof will be omitted.

[Effects of the Invention 1 As can be fully understood from the above explanation, according to the present invention, banknotes stored in the cash box can be
If you attempt to open and take out banknotes by unfair or illegal means, the banknotes will be automatically defaced and cannot be used again, so criminal acts such as stealing banknotes from a cash box are prohibited. The occurrence of this can be completely prevented, and its effects can be said to be truly remarkable.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional side view of a first embodiment of the cash box according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partial vertical cross-sectional view showing the locking means, and FIG. 3 is a state in which the lid is opened. FIG. 4 is a plan view of the second embodiment with the lid opened, FIG. 5 is a partial vertical sectional view of the locking means, and FIG. 6 is its electric circuit diagram. , FIG. 7 is a schematic side view of a state in which a cash box is loaded into an automatic cash handling machine. l...-cash box 2--lid body 3--casing 4--swinging lever, Lx--locking means 5--locking pin 7---ink bag 43---needle Rod C, C2...1st. Second circuit 50--Latching rod 60--Cam body M, M2--Solenoid β--Lead wire

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a cash box that is loaded into an automatic cash handling machine or the like and configured to allow stored banknotes to be fed out and used, the cash box may be opened without legitimate means such as unlocking. A cash box configured to automatically deface the banknotes stored therein, rendering them unusable. 2. The cash box according to claim 1, wherein when the cash box is opened by means other than legitimate means such as unlocking, ink is ejected from the ink storage means and the banknotes are automatically stained by the ink. .