JPH05108927A - Coin processor provided with function adjusting repayment output - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve a repayment processing performance by adjusting the carrier output of a repayment carrier path according to the coin repayment processing amount and repaying coins at the optimum repayment carrier speed. CONSTITUTION:A CPU 31 controls each circuit according to the program stored in a ROM 32, and stores the control data in a RAM 33 to read freely. When repaying a number of coins at the repayment processing, the CPU 31 adjusts the carrier output of a temporary holding belt 23 to a gentle carrier output suitable for the repayment of a number of coins. On the other hand, when repaying a small number of coins, it adjusts the carrier output of the temporary holding belt 23 suitable for the repayment of a small number of coins. The CPU 1 controls the coin processing state based on the detection signals of coin detection sensors S1 to S3 provided on each internal coin carrier path and each location letting in and out the coin. Thus, relatively speedy carrier enables an efficient repayment processing.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin processing machine internally constructed in, for example, an automatic teller machine, and more particularly to a coin processing machine having a return output adjusting function with improved return processing performance of coins.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, as shown in FIG. 4, a coin processing machine of this type is provided with an input port 42 at an upper portion of a device body 41,
The coins 43 inserted from the input port 42 are arranged in an inclined manner through the first coin supply mechanism 44 to determine the coin discriminating passage 4
5, the discriminating unit 46 discriminates the authenticity while passing through the coin 5, and guides only the true coins to the temporary holding unit 47 and the second coin supply mechanism 48, and from this, the coin collecting cylinder via the distribution passage 49. 50 ... and the collection safe 51 are stored.
At this time, when a fake coin is detected or when the deposit is canceled, the inserted coins 43 ... Are returned to the original insertion port 42 via the dispensing conveyance path 52.

[0003]

In this return process, if a large number of coins are returned in a lump, it is easy for a coin jam to occur due to a locking phenomenon between coins.
Low-speed transportation is set in consideration of the return processing of this large number of coins. However, even with a small number of coins that can be processed at high speed in such low-speed transfer, they are transferred at low speed,
Generally, the return processing time was long and inefficient. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a coin processing machine with a return output adjusting function, which has a high return processing efficiency of coins and can be returned at an optimal conveying speed according to the number of returned coins.

[0004]

According to the present invention, the inserted coins are discriminated by a discriminating section and temporarily stored in an internal temporary storage section, and the temporarily stored coins are returned through a return transport path during return processing. A coin processing machine for processing, which is a coin processing machine with a return output adjusting function, comprising a control means for adjusting and controlling the transfer output of the return transfer path according to the return processing amount of the coin.

[0005]

According to the present invention, when returning a large number of coins during the process of returning coins, the control means adjusts the conveyance output of the return conveyance path to a low output suitable for returning a large number of coins. When returning a small number of coins, conversely, the control means adjusts the transport output of the return transport path to a high output suitable for the return of a small number of coins and performs the return process.

[0006]

As a result, a large number of coins can be stably conveyed in a low-output conveying state in which coin jamming is avoided, and a small number of coins can be conveyed relatively quickly and efficiently returned in a short time. it can. As a result, it is possible to return the coins at an optimal return transportation speed according to the return processing amount, and improve the return processing efficiency and shorten the return processing time.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. The drawing shows a coin processing machine with a return output adjusting function, and in FIG. 1, this coin processing machine 11 with a returning output adjusting function is a part of the customer service panel 12 on the upper surface, which allows users to insert and withdraw coins. Open the gold mouth 13,
A shutter 14 covers the deposit / withdrawal port 13 so that the deposit / withdrawal port 13 can be opened and closed. At the bottom of the deposit / withdrawal port 13, a C-shaped saucer 15 is provided.
And a feeder 17 with a built-in disc 16 for individual separation
Are provided, and the coins inserted in the tray 15 are sequentially fed to the discrimination section 18 of the next stage through the feeder 17 one by one. The coin guided to the discriminating section 18 is discriminated for authenticity and denomination here, and thereafter, is branched and conveyed to the temporary storage section 20 side and the stacker 21 side below through the individual conveyance path 19. Is provided. The individual transport path 19 individually transports the coins C ... Interposed between the coin feed pins 22, 22 arranged at regular pitches in the transport direction one by one in a standing state, and individually transports the coins C individually transported. The sheets are dropped one by one from the terminal inversion section of the transport path 19 and temporarily stored in the temporary storage section 20 below. This temporary storage unit 20
Sets the belt upper surface of the temporary storage belt 23 as a storage portion and transports the belt 23 in the normal direction to transfer the coin C guided to the upper surface of the temporary storage belt 23 to the lower collection safe 2
4 is configured to be dropped and accommodated. If there is a cancellation of the deposit at the time of this temporary storage, this temporary storage belt 23
Is reversely conveyed, dropped from the temporary storage unit 20, guided to the lower return conveyor belt 25, and the guided coin is returned to the deposit / withdrawal port 13 via the belt 25. Further, a replenishment chute 26 is connected to an intermediate position of the above-described individual conveyance path 19, and the coins C ... Are replenished and supplied to the stacker 21 side through the replenishment chute 26, and at this time, the false coins of the chute 26 are fed. It is dropped from the lower surface, guided to the return conveyor belt 25 below, and then returned to the deposit / withdrawal port 13. In the stacker 21 described above, coin-type storage cylinders are installed in parallel, and the coins supplied to the stacker 21 are transferred,
Coins stored individually in denominations such as 5 yen, 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen, and 500 yen, and coins fed out from the storage cylinder are put in and out via the payout transfer belt 27 and the return transfer belt 25 described above. It is configured to withdraw money to the gold mouth 13. In addition, a collective replenishment conveyor belt 28 is provided from the recovery safe 24 described above.
The coins collected in the safe are delivered to the above-described return transport belt 25 via the depositing / withdrawing port 13 and the replenishing chute 26, and are appropriately replenished into the respective storage cylinders of each denomination. ing. In the figure, 29 is a withdrawal discrimination section, 30
Is a refill cartridge.

FIG. 2 is a coin processing machine 1 with a return output adjusting function.
1 shows a block diagram of a control circuit of the CPU 1, and
Each circuit device is controlled according to the program stored in No. 2, and the control data is stored in the RAM 33 so that it can be read. By the way, when returning a large number of coins during the coin return process, the CPU 31 adjusts the conveyance output of the temporary storage belt 23 to a gentle conveyance output suitable for the return of a large number of coins, and conversely When returning coins, the transfer output of the temporary storage belt 23 is adjusted to a high-speed transfer output suitable for returning a small number of coins, and a return processing is performed with a variable speed transfer function suitable for the return processing amount of coins. It is improving efficiency. Further, the CPU 31 controls and manages the processing state of the coins based on the detection signals of the coin detection sensors S1 ... Equipped at the respective coin transport paths and the positions where coins are put in and taken out, and the return system detection sensor S2 is During the return processing, the presence or absence of coins conveyed one by one on the return conveyor belt 25 is detected, and the temporary storage detection sensor S3 further detects the coins guided to the temporary storage section 20. The monitoring timer T measures the light-shielding time of the above-mentioned return system detection sensor S2, the CPU 31 obtains the coin return processing state based on this light-shielding time, and manages the drive output time of the temporary storage belt 23 corresponding to this. To do. The recovery drive motor M1 drives the temporary storage belt 23 so that it can rotate forward and backward and at a variable speed, and also continuously and intermittently drives the belt 23 based on a control signal from the CPU 31. The return drive motor M2 is used for the return conveyor belt 2
5 is driven in the normal direction at a constant speed.

The return processing operation of the coin processing machine 11 having the return output adjusting function configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Now, when coins are deposited into the deposit / withdrawal port 13, coins C ... Are taken in one by one through the feeder 17 and are identified at the position of the discrimination section 18 as shown by the solid line in FIG. When false discrimination is performed and a false coin is detected at this time, the false coin is transferred through the individual transport path 19 and the return transport belt 25 as shown by the broken line in FIG.
Return processing to step 3 (steps n1 to n2). On the other hand, in the case of true coins, the number of received coins is counted, the coins are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 20, it is confirmed that there is no deposit cancellation signal, and the coins are collectively collected in the collection safe 24 ( Steps n3 to n8). However, when a deposit cancellation signal is input, when the number of deposits stored in the temporary storage unit 20 is small, for example, 20 or less, there is no risk of coin jams even when transported at high speed, so the temporary storage belt Two
3 is continuously rotated twice to guide the return transport belt 25 from above the belt 23 and return it to the deposit / withdrawal port 13 (steps n9 to n10). In addition, when the number of deposits stored at the time of cancellation of deposit is about 20 to 50, which is a medium amount,
The coins to be returned are dispersed and transported from the temporary storage unit 20 to the extent that coin jamming can be avoided. For example, by intermittently rotating the temporary storage belt 23 by 1/3 rotation,
It is guided to the return conveyor belt 25 in three steps while being monitored so that the coins are smoothly delivered one by one, and the coins are returned to the deposit / withdrawal port 13 one by one via the return conveyor belt 25 (step n11-). n15). Furthermore, when the number of deposits stored at the time of the deposit cancellation is large, such as 50 or more, since it is considerably large, these coins to be returned are dispersed and transported so that the jam of coins can be sufficiently avoided. For example, the temporary storage belt 23 is intermittently rotated by ⅕ rotations and guided to the return transport belt 25 in five times while being monitored so as to be smoothly fed out by a fixed amount, and is fed through the return transport belt 25. The coins are returned to the deposit / withdrawal port 13 one by one (steps n16 to n19).

As described above, a large number of coins can be stably conveyed in a low output conveying state in which coin jamming is avoided, and a small number of coins can be conveyed relatively quickly and efficiently returned in a short time. Therefore, it is possible to return the coin at an optimal return transportation speed according to the return processing amount of the coin, thereby improving the return processing efficiency and shortening the return processing time.

In the correspondence between the present invention and the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the return conveyance path of the present invention corresponds to the temporary storage belt 23 of the embodiment, and similarly, the control means is the CP.
Although it corresponds to U31, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a coin processing machine with a return output adjusting function of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control circuit of the coin processing machine with the return output adjusting function of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a coin return processing operation of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of a conventional coin processing machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 ... Coin processor with return output adjustment function 18 ... Discrimination unit 20 ... Temporary storage unit 23 ... Temporary storage belt 25 ... Return transport belt 31 ... CPU C ... Coin

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[Submission date] October 6, 1992

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FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a coin processing machine with a return output adjusting function of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control circuit of the coin processing machine with the return output adjusting function of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a coin return processing operation of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a continuation of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram of a conventional coin processing machine.

[Explanation of Codes] 11 ... Coin Processor with Return Output Adjustment Function 18 ... Discrimination Section 20 ... Temporary Storage Section 23 ... Temporary Storage Belt 25 ... Return Conveying Belt 31 ... CPU C ... Coin

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A coin processing machine for discriminating inserted coins by a discriminating unit, temporarily storing the coins in an internal temporary storage unit, and for returning the temporarily stored coins through a return transport path during return processing. A coin processing machine with a return output adjusting function, comprising control means for adjusting and controlling the transfer output of the return transfer path according to the return processing amount of the coin.