JPH05225412A - Coin housing and discharge device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To discriminate whether or not a coin pile cylinder is operated normally by housing a coin in a coin temporary holding part in the coin pile cylinder as keeping a piled state, discharging a held coin and a piled coin to the same discharge area, and performing an initialization operation when a cylindrical cassette is set. CONSTITUTION:The piled coin in the coin pile cylinder 41 is supported with a supporting member 71. The supporting member 71 is ascended, and the upper terminal of the piled coin is located at the upper part of the coin pile cylinder 41. The held coin in the coin temporary holding part 21 is received at the upper terminal of the piled coin, and it is housed in the coin pile cylinder 41 by descending the supporting member 71. Also, the held coin not being housed in the coin pile cylinder 41 is discharged from the coin temporary holding part 21 to a conveyer 141. The piled coin located at the uppermost position is discharged from the coin pile cylinder 41 to the conveyer 141. Furthermore, the supporting member 71 is ascended when the cylindrical cassette 81 is set. It is discriminated that abnormality occurs when no coin is detected by an in- cylinder detection sensor 52 until the supporting member 71 is detected by an upper limit sensor 128.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin depositing / dispensing device used in a coin depositing / dispensing machine, a vending machine or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional coin storing and dispensing device is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-175886.
It is equipped with a coin stacking cylinder that stores coins in a stacked state, and at the bottom of this coin stacking cylinder, a support part that supports the lowest coin of the stacked coins is provided, and the lowest coin of the stacked coins is Ejection means for ejecting one by one is provided.

Then, the coins are stored in the coin stacking cylinder section.
Freely drop coins from the top of the coin stacking cylinder into the cylinder,
Stacked coins are stored on top of the stacked coins supported by the bearing.

By the way, when used in a coin depositing / dispensing machine, the depositing coin is stored in the coin stacking cylinder and used as a dispensing coin. In this case, a coin temporary holding section is provided at the top of the coin stacking cylinder section to temporarily hold the deposited coins in a stacking state, and the coins are temporarily held when the deposit is approved and temporarily held when the deposit is not approved. The coins are released to the return passage.

Further, when the coin stacking cylinder portion accommodating stacked coins is detachable from the coin depositing / dispensing machine, the coin stacking cylinder portion is held in the cylinder cassette, and this cylinder cassette is inserted into the coin depositing / dispensing machine. It is designed to be detachably attached to the cassette mounting part.

[0006]

However, as described above, when the temporary holding coins of the coin temporary holding unit are stored in the coin stacking tubular portion, particularly when the coin stacking amount in the coin stacking tubular portion is small. Since the height difference between the discharge height position of the temporarily held coins and the uppermost position of the stacked coins in the coin stacking cylinder part is large, stacking misalignment easily occurs during coin drop, resulting in stacking failure.
Poor coin ejection occurs.

Further, since there is a large difference in height between the coin discharge area from the coin temporary holding section and the coin discharge area from the coin stacking cylinder section, it is necessary to provide the discharge passage and the discharge passage separately. .. Therefore, for example, when trying to send a temporarily held coin and a thrown coin to the same place through the same passage,
The temporarily held coins must be dropped freely from a high position and sent to the passage of the thrown coins, which causes problems such as standing of coins, jamming of coins, and loud noise.

Further, when the cylinder cassette holding the coin stacking cylinder part is set in the coin depositing / dispensing machine, it is not confirmed whether the coin stacking cylinder part is properly mounted or not. Causes defective coin storage and coin ejection.

The present invention has been made in view of the above point, and the stacked coins of the coin temporary storage portion can be stored in the coin stacking cylinder portion without causing the stacking misalignment, and the coins can be stored. When setting the cylinder cassette holding the stacking cylinder part, the initial setting operation for the cylinder cassette is performed in preparation for the coin storing and dispensing operation, and whether or not the coin stacking cylinder part is normal is determined for each coin stacking cylinder part. An object is to provide a coin storage and dispensing device for performing.

[0010]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to a coin temporary holding section 21 for temporarily holding coins in a stacked state, and denominations for receiving and storing the temporarily held coins of the coin temporary holding section 21 in a stacked state. A coin stacking cylinder part 41 provided for each of them, and a temporary holding coin for discharging the temporary holding coin of the coin temporary holding part 21 to either one of the storing side and the non-holding discharging side of the coin stacking cylinder part 41. Discharging means 26 and a discharging member 47 provided at a predetermined height above the coin stacking cylinder portion 41 and for discharging the uppermost coin of the stacked coins to the discharge area on the non-storage discharging side of the temporary holding coins. When,
A ejecting member driving means 50 for driving the ejecting member 47 and a supporting member which is provided for each coin stacking cylinder portion 41 and which vertically moves by supporting the lower surface of the stacked coins in the coin stacking cylinder portion 41. 71, and each coin stacking cylinder part 41 is provided, and when the temporary holding coin is discharged to the coin stacking cylinder part 41, the supporting member 71 is moved down so that the stacking coin upper surface of the coin stacking cylinder part 41. In addition to accommodating the temporarily held coins in the coin, the bearing member driving means 101 for raising the bearing member 71 to position the uppermost coin of the stacked coins at the dispensing position when the coins are dispensed, and the plurality of coin stacking cylinder parts 41 And an upper limit sensor 12 that is provided for each of the coin stacking tubular portions 41 and configured to be removable, and that detects that the bearing member 71 has been raised to an upper limit position when raised.
8, an in-cylinder detection sensor 52 for detecting coins in the coin stacking cylinder 41 when the support member 71 is below the upper limit position of the support member 71, and an initial setting operation of the cylinder cassette 81. When there is a signal, initial operation driving means 153 for driving the supporting member driving means 101 for each coin stacking cylinder portion 41 to raise the supporting member 71, and the upper limit during the operation by the initial operation driving means 153. An initial operation abnormality determining unit 154 that determines an abnormality when the in-cylindrical detection sensor 52 does not detect a coin before the sensor 128 detects the support member 71, and an initial operation abnormality determining unit 154 that determines an abnormality. An abnormality notification unit 155 for notifying an abnormality is provided for each coin stacking cylinder portion 41.

[0011]

In the present invention, the stacked coins in the coin stacking cylinder portion 41 are supported on the support member 71, and the uppermost coin of the stacked coins is located at the upper end of the coin stacking cylinder portion 41.

Then, the coins temporarily held in the coin temporary holding section 21 in a stacked state are discharged to the storage side of the coin stacking cylinder section 41 or the non-storage discharging side. The temporarily held coins discharged to the storage side are placed on the uppermost coin of the stacked coins located at the upper end of the coin stacking cylinder part 41, and are stored in the coin stacking cylinder part 41 by the lowering of the support member 71. It

Further, when the coins are dispensed, the uppermost coin of the stacked coins is positioned at the dispensing position due to the lifting of the support member 71, and the dispensing member 47 dispenses the temporary holding coins to the discharge area on the non-storage discharging side. Will be issued.

Further, when there is an initial setting operation signal when the cylinder cassette 81 is set, the bearing member 71 is raised for each coin stacking cylinder portion 41, and the upper limit sensor 128 detects the bearing member 71. When the in-cylinder detection sensor 52 does not detect coins, specifically, when the in-cylinder detection sensor 52 does not operate reliably due to aging, etc., each coin stacking cylinder section 41 is securely set in the cylinder cassette 81. When there is no such coin, for example, when one of the coin stacking cylinder parts 41 is not mounted in the cylinder cassette 81, it is determined to be abnormal, and each coin stacking cylinder part 41 is notified of the abnormality.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The structure of an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

3 and 4 show a coin depositing / dispensing machine to which the coin storing / discharging device of the present invention is applied, wherein 1 is a machine body, and coins are vertically inserted into the upper front portion of the machine body 1 in a vertical posture. An input port 2 is provided. As shown in FIG.
At the same time, a posture conversion unit 3 for converting the inserted coin from a vertical posture to a horizontal posture is provided, and a coin passage 4 for discriminating and selecting the coin while conveying the coin backward is provided.

The coin passage 4 is provided with a passage bottom plate 5 and a pair of passage side plates 6 and 7 arranged with a gap allowing coins to pass therethrough.
And have. A conveyor belt 8 driven by a motor is stretched along the upper side of the passage bottom plate 5. Then, the coins entering the coin passage 4 are conveyed along the edge of the passage side plate 6 by the inclination of the entrance of the passage side plate 6 along with the conveyor belt 8.
Transported by.

An identification unit 9 is provided at the entrance of the coin passage 4. The identification unit 9 includes a material sensor and an image sensor, and identifies genuine coins, counterfeit coins, denominations, and the like.

A reject hole 10 is provided downstream of the identification unit 9, and when a false coin is identified by the identification unit 9, the rotary solenoid 11 is driven to move the lever 12 into the passage. Reject hole at the edge of the counterfeit coin on the side plate 6 side
Drop into 10 or less. A reject chute 13 is provided below the reject hole 10, and the reject chute 13 is returned to the coin outlet 14 provided at the lower front portion of the machine body 1.

A sorting hole 15 for coins of 5, 50, and 500 yen, 1 coin, 100 yen, and 10 yen of overflow coins is provided in the downstream of the reject hole 10, and the corresponding coins are identified in the identifying section 9. Rotary solenoid, if identified
16 is driven and lever 17 enters the passage,
At 17, the edge of the corresponding coin on the passage side plate 6 side is dropped into the selection hole 15. A conveyor 141, which will be described later, is provided below the sorting hole 15.
A lead-out chute 18 leading upward is provided.

In the downstream of the selection hole 15, a selection hole 19 for shape-selecting 1 yen, 100 yen, and 10 yen is sequentially provided. As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 6, below the sorting holes 19,
A coin temporary holding unit 21 for temporarily holding coins in a stacked state is provided.

The coin temporary holding unit 21 has a holding frame 22 in which each sorting hole is provided.
The holding cylinder portion 23 is formed inside in the up-down direction so as to correspond to 19 and is formed above the ejection member 47 described later. The holding frame 22 allows a plurality of guide pieces 24 protruding from both sides to move along a guide shaft 25, and temporarily holds coins on either a storing side or a non-collecting discharging side of a coin stacking cylinder portion 41 described later. The temporary holding coin discharging means 26 moves it to the one-side discharging position.

The temporary holding coin discharging means 26 is a cam plate 30 which is rotated by gears 28 and 29 when the motor 27 is driven in forward and reverse directions.
The cam plate 30 and the holding frame 22 are connected by a link 31. Then, by the forward / reverse drive of the motor 27, the holding frame
Reference numeral 22 denotes a storage side above the coin stacking cylinder portion 41 and a discharge port described later.
It is selectively moved to the non-containment discharge side above 44. The temporary holding coin discharging means 26 also includes a discharging member driving means 50 for the discharging member 47.

Further, the movement position of the holding frame 22 is detected by the sensor 33 for detecting the storage side position and the sensor 34 for detecting the non-storage discharge side position of the detection piece 32 protruding from the storage frame 22. Further, at the moving position of the holding frame 22, the roller 37 rotatably provided on the lever 36 urged by the spring 35 to rotate the cam plate 30
The cam plate 30 is fitted into the recess 38 for holding the storage side position or the recess 39 for holding the non-storage release side position on the peripheral surface of the cam plate 30.
Regulates and holds the rotation of.

Next, 41 is 1 yen, 100 yen, 10 yen, 5 yen, 50 yen, 50 along the direction from upstream to downstream of the coin passage 4.
It is a coin stacking cylinder unit that stores coins of 0 yen in a stacking state for each denomination.

A dispensing frame 42 is arranged above the coin stacking cylinder portion 41. The ejection frame 42 has an ejection port 43 that communicates with the upper end of each coin stacking cylinder 41 and an ejection port 44 that faces above the conveyor 141, which will be described later. In addition,
The 1-yen, 100-yen, and 10-yen coin stacking cylinder section 41 communicates with the outlet 43, which is located coaxially with the sorting hole 19 and the storage cylinder section 23 of the storage frame 22 located on the storage side. It is possible to receive the temporary holding coins of the part 21 in a stacked state.

As shown in FIG. 7, an ejection groove 45 is formed on the upper surface of the ejection frame 42 to connect the ejection opening 43 and the ejection opening 44, and the ejection groove of the ejection opening 43 is formed. A groove portion 46 in which the ejection member 47 is arranged is formed on the opposite side of the groove 45.

The ejection member 47 has an ejection plate 49 for each denomination integrally provided on a base portion 48, and each ejection plate 49 has a groove portion of the ejection frame 42.
It is movably fitted to 46. A lever 51, which is moved by a motor (not shown) of the ejection member driving means 50, is connected to the base portion 48. And this ejection member
47 is integrally movable by the operation of the ejection member driving means 50,
At the retracted position where the tip of the ejection plate 49 is located closer to the groove 46 than the ejection port 43, and at the ejection position where the tip of the ejection plate 49 passes over the ejection port 43 and faces the ejection port 44. Moving. Its throwing plate 49
It is possible to push out the uppermost coin of the stacked coins to the ejection port 44 and eject the coin when the coin is moved from the retracted position to the ejection position.

At the edge of each outlet 43 of the throwing frame 42,
A coin upper end detection sensor 52 as a pair of light emitter / receiver type inner cylinder detection sensors for detecting the upper end position of the coin in the coin stacking cylinder portion 41 is provided. A lever 54 having a pin 53 protruding into the ejection groove 45 is swingably provided on one side of each ejection groove 45 of the ejection frame 42, and the lever
Switch for counting the number of coins ejected facing the tip of 54
55 is provided, when the coin is pushed out to the discharge port 44 by the ejection member 47, the coin abuts the pin 53 and the lever 54 swings,
The switch 55 is pressed and the number of coins thrown out is counted.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 8 and 9, the coin stacking tubular portion 41 is formed in a tubular shape having a side wall portion 61 and a bottom plate portion 62. A circular arc surface portion 63 is formed on one side of the side wall portion 61, a flat surface portion 64 is formed in parallel with the circular arc surface portion 63 in the other side direction, a closing portion 65 is formed from the tip of the flat surface portion 64, and the closing portion 65 is formed. An opening 66 is formed therebetween along the longitudinal direction of the cylinder. An upper plate 69 having a fitting portion 67 that is detachably fitted to the inner edge of the lower end of the dispensing opening 43 of the dispensing frame 42 and a through hole 68 through which a coin passes inside the fitting portion 67 is provided at the upper end. ing.

A cylinder side wall member 70 is installed between the bottom plate 62 and the upper plate 69 so as to face the opening 66 in the coin stacking cylinder 41, and the cylinder side wall member 70 and the arcuate surface 63 of the side wall 61 are formed. Supports the peripheral surface of the stacked coins.

A supporting member 71 for supporting the lower surface of the stacked coins in the coin stacking cylinder portion 41 is fitted to the cylinder side wall member 70 so as to be vertically movable. The support member 71 includes a cylindrical side wall member 70 and a base portion 72 which is formed in conformity with the substantially inner cross-sectional shape of the coin stacking cylinder portion 41.
A guide hole 73 that is slidably fitted to the outside is provided. On the base 72, a stage for stacking coins on top
The base 74 is supported via a support shaft 75 that is vertically movably inserted through the base 72, and a spring 76 that biases the stage 74 upward is provided. A manual operation part 77 is projected from the base part 72 through the opening 66, and the manual operation part 77 is formed from a rectangular projection 78 integrated with the base part 72 and a connecting pin 79 projecting from the tip of the projection 78. It is configured.

The coin stacking cylinder portion 41 for each denomination is integrally configured as a cylinder cassette 81. The coin stacking cylinder portion 41 is configured to be detachable from the cylinder cassette 81 for each cylinder portion, and coins are exchanged for each coin stacking cylinder portion 41, that is, for each denomination, in a stacked state. By doing so, coins can be replenished.

In the cylindrical cassette 81, the coin stacking cylindrical portions 41 are accommodated in parallel in the denomination order as described above in a cassette frame 82 which opens upward. A window hole 83 is formed on one side, and an opening 84 through which the manual operation portion 77 projects is formed on the other side so as to correspond to the opening 66 of each coin stacking cylinder portion 41. A handle 85 for carrying the cylindrical cassette 81 is rotatably attached to both end faces.

Inside the machine body 1, there is provided a tubular cassette mounting portion 86 for detachably mounting the tubular cassette 81. The tubular cassette mounting portion 86 is composed of one side of an inner wall plate 87 provided substantially vertically and an upper side of a substantially L-shaped cassette base 88 provided vertically movable on one side of the inner wall plate 87. ing. Inner wall plate 87
An opening 89 through which the protrusion 78 of each support member 71 is inserted is formed in each of the vertical direction. The cassette base 88 is
A holding piece for holding the lower peripheral edge of the tubular cassette 81 at the leading edge portion and both edge portions of the receiving plate portion 92 on which the tubular cassette 81 is placed, which is fastened to the inner wall plate 87 by a pin 91 through a long hole 90 elongated in the vertical direction.
93 is bent upward.

It should be noted that the cylindrical cassette mounting portion 86 has a cylindrical cassette
Cylindrical cassette detection sensor 15 that detects that the 81 is installed
2 (shown in FIG. 1) are provided.

Further, as shown in FIG. 10, a cassette stand
Rollers 94 are rotatably provided on the lower surfaces of both ends of 88, respectively. Corresponding to the position of each roller 94, a lever 96 capable of pushing up the roller 94 is provided on an inner wall of a door body 95 provided on the side surface of the machine body 1 so as to be openable and closable. An inclined portion 96a for facilitating the ride of the roller 94 on the lever 96 is formed at the tip of the lever 96.

When the door 95 is opened, the lever 96
Is disengaged from the roller 94, the cassette base 88 is lowered, and the cylindrical cassette 81 is mounted between the cassette base 88 and the ejection frame 42,
Alternatively, the cylinder cassette 81 can be removed from between them.
Further, when the door body 95 is closed in the mounted state of the tubular cassette 81, the lever 96 pushes up the cassette base 88 via the roller 94, and the fitting portions for three denominations projecting above the tubular cassette 81.
67 is fitted and held at the lower edge of each of the ejection openings 43 of the ejection frame 42.

On the other side of the inner wall plate 87, a bearing member driving means 101 for vertically moving the bearing member 71 is provided.
The supporting member driving means 101 has a stepping motor 102 of a metal type for moving each supporting member 71 up and down individually, and these stepping motors 102 are inner wall plates.
It is supported by a support plate 103 attached to the other side surface of 87.

This support plate 103 is provided with a protrusion 78 of each support member 71.
Openings 104 are formed along the up-down direction, respectively, and an upper support plate portion 105 is formed from the upper edge portion, and a lower support plate portion 106 to which each stepping motor 102 is fixed on the lower surface is formed from the lower edge portion. Each is bent.

Screw shafts 107 are respectively connected to rotation shafts 102a projecting upward of the respective stepping motors 102 in a non-rotating manner, and respective screw shafts 107 are provided by bearing members 108 provided on the upper support plate portion 105 of the support plate 103. The upper end of each is rotatably supported.

An elevating member 111 is screwed onto each screw shaft 107. As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the elevating member 111 has a screw hole 112 screwed into the screw shaft 107, and a guide hole 113 formed in a long hole shape with respect to the screw hole 112. Are formed.

A connecting member 114 is arranged on one side of the elevating member 111, and a mounting piece protruding from the upper and lower edges of the connecting member 114.
115 is rotatably attached to the upper and lower surfaces of the elevating member 111. The connecting member 114 is rotationally biased in the direction of joining to one side of the elevating member 111. A connecting piece 116 is bent and formed in a substantially L shape at the tip of the connecting member 114.
A connecting groove 117 is formed in the connecting piece 116 so that the connecting pin 79 can be engaged with the connecting piece 116.
Are formed. A detection plate 119 is attached to the other side of the elevating member 111.

A swing frame 120 is attached to each screw shaft 107. In the swing frame 120, support plate portions 121 and 122 are bent from the upper edge portion and the lower edge portion, and the upper support plate portion 12 is formed.
1 is rotatably fitted to the outside of the bearing member 108, and the lower support plate portion 122 is rotatably fitted to the outside of the bearing member 123 attached to the lower end of the screw shaft 107. This support plate portion 121, 12
A rotation regulating shaft 124 is installed between the two so as to pass through the guide hole 113 of the elevating member 111.

In the swing frame 120, a full sensor 125 for detecting the full state of coins and a lower limit sensor 126 for detecting the lower limit position of the lifting member 111 corresponding to the descending range of the detection plate 119 of each lifting member 111. Is provided. Also, each lifting member
A near-empty sensor 127 for detecting that the amount of coins stored is very small and an upper limit sensor 128 for detecting the upper limit position of the lifting member 111 are provided in the rising area of the detection plate 119 of the 111.

An interlocking link 129 is rotatably connected to the upper support plate portion 121 of each swing frame 120 by a support shaft 130, and each swing frame 120 swings integrally around the screw shaft 107 by this interlocking link 129. It is designed to move. One end of the interlocking link 129 is connected by fitting a pin 134 into a long hole 133 at one end of a swing lever 132 provided so as to be swingable about a support shaft 131. The swing lever 132 has one end pulled and biased by a spring 135, the swing due to the bias is restricted by a stopper 136, and a roller 137 is rotatably attached to the other end.

An operating member 138 is projectingly provided on the inner wall of the door body 95 so as to correspond to the position of the roller 137 of the swing lever 132, and when the door body 95 is opened, the swing lever 132 is biased by the spring 135. The rocking lever 132 is rocked as shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 10, and when the door 95 is closed, the inclined surface 139 of the operating member 138 presses the roller 137 to resist the bias of the spring 135 and the rocking lever 132. Is swung as shown by the solid line in FIG. Along with the swing of the swing lever 132, the swing frames 120 swing integrally through the interlocking link 129.

Further, the door 95 is provided with a conveyor 141. In this conveyor 141, a conveyor belt 143 is stretched between the insides of a conveyor frame 142 provided on the door body 95. An upper part of the conveyor frame 142 faces below the discharge chute 18 and each discharge port 44 of the discharging frame 42. On the surface of the conveyor belt 143, projections 144 for hooking coins are provided at predetermined intervals at predetermined intervals in the length direction of the conveyor belt 143.

A chute 145 is provided facing the transport end of the conveyor 141 and communicating with the coin outlet 14. A passage switching member 146 is rotatably provided in the middle of the chute 145. When the passage switching member 146 is in the vertical posture, the discharged coins are guided to the coin take-out port 14 and introduced into the chute 145 of the passage switching member 146. The coins discharged into the chute 145 at the time of projecting are guided to the batch storage section 147. The collective storage section 147 is attachable to and detachable from the machine body 1.

Next, FIG. 1 shows a control unit 151 for controlling the coin storing and dispensing device, and this control unit 151 has an upper limit sensor 128.
, A coin upper end detection sensor 52, a cylinder cassette detection sensor 152 that detects that the cylinder cassette 81 is mounted in the cylinder cassette mounting portion 86, and the like, and inputs the detection signals to the support member driving means 10
1. Control the drive of the ejection member drive means 50 and the like.

Further, when there is an initial setting operation signal as a detection signal from the cylinder cassette detection sensor 152, the control unit 151 drives the support member driving means 101 for each coin stacking cylinder unit 41 to support the support member 71. Initial movement drive means 153
And during the operation by this initial operation drive means 153,
It has a function of an initial operation abnormality determination means 154 that determines an abnormality when the in-cylinder detection sensor 52 does not detect a coin before the upper limit sensor 128 detects the support member 71.

Then, the control unit 151 notifies the abnormality to each coin stacking cylinder unit 41 when the initial operation abnormality determining unit 154 determines the abnormality, for example, an abnormality notifying unit including a display or the like.
Control 155.

Further, the control unit 151 has an interface 156.
It is connected to the teller terminal 157 via the terminal and performs a coin dispensing operation or an initial setting operation of the coin stacking cylinder portion 41 according to a command from the teller terminal 157.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

First, with reference to the flow chart of FIG. 13 (a part of which is omitted), the initial setting operation when the cylinder cassette 81 is set in the machine body 1 will be described.

The coins are stored in the cylinder cassette 81 every time the manual operation portion 77 protruding from the cylinder cassette 81 is operated and the supporting member 71 located at the bottom of the cylinder is raised by its own weight to replenish coins. I will lower it. This allows the coins to be easily stored in a stacked state.

When the door 95 is opened, the cassette stand
88 descends, the cylindrical cassette 81 is placed on the cassette base 88, and the door 95 is closed. As the door 95 is closed, the cassette base 88 rises, and the fitting portions 67 projecting above the tubular cassette 81 fit into the lower edges of the outlets 43 of the ejection frame 42.
In addition, the connecting pin 79 of each supporting member 71 is connected to the supporting member driving means 10
Intrude into 1. Further, each elevating member 111 is located above the position of the connecting pin 79. In addition, each swing frame 120
When the door 95 is closed, the door 95 swings to the position indicated by the solid line in FIG.

The cylinder cassette detection sensor 152 detects that the cylinder cassette 81 has been set, and an initial setting operation signal is input to the control unit 151. By the function of the initial operation drive means 153 of the control unit 151, each money is detected. The initial setting operation of the coin stacking cylinder portion 41 for each type is started in parallel (steps 1 and 2).

Note that FIG. 13 shows the flow of the initial setting operation for 1 yen.
The initial setting operation for 0 yen, 5 yen, 50 yen, and 500 yen is the same, and the flow is omitted.

In the initial setting operation, first, the stepping motor 102 is driven to lower the elevating member 111 once, and the connecting piece 116 of the connecting member 114 contacts the connecting pin 79. At this time, since the arcuate introduction portion 118 provided at the lower edge of the connecting piece 116 contacts the peripheral surface of the connecting pin 79, the connecting piece 116 rotates so as to escape as shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. , Connecting piece 116
When the connecting groove 117 of the connecting piece 116 faces the connecting pin 79, the connecting piece 116 rotates to the solid line position, and the connecting groove 117 of the connecting piece 116 is connected to the connecting pin 117.
Engage with 79.

At this point, the lower limit sensor 126 detects the lowered position of the elevating member 111, the driving of the stepping motor 102 is reversed, and the supporting member 71 and the coins are raised together with the elevating member 111 (step 3).

Then, it is judged whether the coin upper end detection sensor 52 detects the upper end of the stacked coins, a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of the initial setting operation, or the upper limit sensor 128 detects the support member 71 (step 4). , 5, 6).

If the coin stacking state in the coin stacking cylinder portion 41, the connecting state of the supporting member 71 and the elevating member 111, and the lifting of the supporting member 71 by the driving of the stepping motor 102 are all normal, The coin upper end detection sensor 52 detects the upper end of the stacked coins within a predetermined time. Based on the detection, the driving of the stepping motor 102 is reversed for a predetermined time and then stopped, and the upper end of the stacked coins is the coin upper end detection sensor.
It is stopped at a standby position which is lower than the predetermined distance by 52 (step 7).

In addition, the coin stacking failure in the coin stacking cylinder portion 41 or the supporting member 71 driven by the stepping motor 102 is carried out.
If the coin upper end detection sensor 52 does not detect even after a lapse of a predetermined time due to an improper lifting of the
When only the elevating member 111 rises due to a poor connection with 1, and the upper limit sensor 128 detects it, the function of the initial operation abnormality determining means 154 of the control unit 151 determines that it is abnormal.

At the time of this abnormality determination, the abnormality notifying means 155 displays an error code for one yen and notifies the defective setting of the cylindrical cassette (steps 8 and 9).

The initialization operations shown in steps 3 to 9 are performed in parallel for each denomination other than 1 yen.

Also, when the teller terminal 157 issues a command for the initial setting operation, the initial setting operation is performed.

Next, the coin depositing process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 14 (a part of which is omitted).

In the standby state, the ejecting member 47 is located at the ejecting position and closes the lower surface of the retaining cylinder portion 23 of the retaining frame 22 (step 11).

The coins inserted into the slot 2 are stored in the coin passage 4
Are conveyed and identified by the identification unit 9. At this time, if a counterfeit coin is identified, it is returned from the reject hole 10 through the rotary solenoid 11 and the lever 12 to the coin outlet 14 through the reject chute 13.

Do not store coins in the stacking cylinder section 5
Yen, 50 Yen, 500 Yen denomination coins, or even 1 Yen, 100 Yen, 10 Yen denomination coins that are stored in the coin stacking cylinder unit 41 and whose fullness is detected by the full sensor 125 are Then, it is guided from the selection hole 15 through the discharge chute 18 onto the conveyor 141 and is temporarily held.

1 yen for storing in the coin stacking cylinder portion 41, 1
The denomination coins of 00 yen and 10 yen that have not been detected to be full are sorted by denomination by the corresponding sorting hole 19 through the rotary solenoid 16 and the lever 17, and the holding cylinder portion 23 of the holding frame 22. , And the lower surface of the holding cylinder portion 23 is temporarily held in a stacking state on the ejection member 47 in the closed state (step 1
2).

After the temporary holding of the inserted coins is completed (step 13), if the deposit is approved, the passage switching member 14
When 6 enters the chute 145 and the conveyor 141 is driven, the temporarily stored coins on the conveyor 141
Stored in 147. After that, the passage switching member 146 returns to the pre-switching state.

Further, among the 1-yen, 100-yen, and 10-yen denomination coins, coin storage operations are performed in parallel for the denomination coins that have been deposited and are temporarily held in the holding frame 22. Note that FIG. 14 shows the flow of the coin storing operation for 1 yen, but the coin storing operation for 100 yen and 10 yen to be processed in parallel is the same, and the flow is omitted.

Then, of the 1-yen, 100-yen, and 10-yen denomination coins, the stepping motor 102 corresponding to the denomination coin that has been deposited is driven, and the upper end of the stacked coins is ejected by the ejecting member 47.
It is raised to the storage position on the bottom of the (steps 14 and 15).

Thereafter, the ejecting member 47 is moved to the retracted position, the lower surface of each of the holding cylinder portions 23 is opened, and the temporarily held coins are transferred onto the stacked coins on the support member 71 in the stacked state (step 16).

Then, of the 1-yen, 100-yen, and 10-yen denomination coins, the stepping motor 102 corresponding to the denomination coin that has been deposited is reversely driven, and the support member 71 descends (steps 17 and 18). .. Along with that, the stacked coins are lowered and stored in the coin stacking tubular portion 41, and when the upper end of the stacked coins is no longer detected by the coin upper end detection sensor 52,
The lowering of the support member 71 is stopped (steps 19 and 20).

Then, the ejection member 47 is moved to the ejection position (step 21), and the upper end of the stacked coins is detected by the coin upper end detection sensor.
It is moved to a standby position which is lower than 52 by a predetermined distance (step 22).

On the other hand, when the return is instructed after the coins have been temporarily held, the motor 27 is driven and the holding frame 22 is moved to the non-storage releasing position (the position indicated by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 2) and temporarily held. Coins are discharged onto the conveyor 41 through the discharge port 44 of the throwing frame 42. Therefore, when the conveyor 41 is driven, the coins temporarily held on the conveyor 41 and the coins discharged on the conveyor 41 pass through the chute 145 and the coin outlet.
Returned to 14. The holding frame 22 returns to the storage position before the movement.

Next, the coin dispensing process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 15 (a part of which is omitted).

When the denomination, the number of coins, and the like are input by the dispensing command (step 31), first, the initial setting is performed (step 32). In this initial setting, the numerical value of the counter for the number of coins of each denomination is n ₁ = n ₁₀₀ = n ₁₀ = n ₅ = n ₅₀ =
n ₅₀₀ = 0 is set, and the ejection member 47 is moved to the retracted position. Further, the holding frame 22 is moved to the non-storage storing / discharging position, and the lower surface of the holding frame 22 is exposed above the coin stacking tubular portion 41.

Then, the coin dispensing operation for the denomination-type coin for which the dispensing command is issued is performed in parallel. Note that FIG.
Shows the flow for the operation of throwing a 1-yen coin.
The coin dispensing operation for other denomination-type coins processed in parallel is similar, and the flow is omitted.

Then, the stepping motor 102 of the denomination for which the dispensing command has been issued is driven, and the one coin at the top of the stacked coins is raised to the dispensing position (steps 33 and 34). Even if the highest coin of the stacked coins comes into contact with the lower surface of the holding frame 22, the spring 76 of the support member 71 contracts and absorbs it.

The ejection member 47 is rocked back and forth,
One of the top coins is pushed out by the ejection plate 49 of 47, and the ejection frame
It is discharged onto the conveyor 41 through the discharge port 44 of 42 (step 35). At this time, the coins thrown out switch
55 is entered and the number n _{1 of} ejected coins is counted (step 3
6).

When the number n ₁ of coins to be ejected does not reach the number of coins to be ejected, the stacked coins are raised by one coin, and the process returns to step 35 and the coins are ejected again (steps 37 and 38).

When the number n ₁ of coins to be ejected has reached the number of coins to be ejected, the stepping motor 102 is driven in the reverse direction, and the stacked coins are lowered to the standby position (step 39). When it is confirmed that the stacked coins have dropped to the standby position, the next dispensing operation becomes possible.

When the commanded denomination coin count and the counted denomination coin count match, the conveyor 141 is driven, and the dispensed coins discharged and retained on the conveyor 141 are passed through the chute 145. The coin is withdrawn at the coin outlet 14.

If there is no match, shoot.
The passage switching member 146 enters the inside of 145, and collects the coins discharged from the conveyor 141 to the chute 145 into the batch storage unit 147.

Next, the removal of the tubular cassette 81 from the machine body 1 will be described.

When the door body 95 is opened, the lever 96 moves the roller 94.
And the cassette base 88 and the cylinder cassette 81 descend,
Each fitting portion 67 protruding to the upper part of the tubular cassette 81 is dropped downward from the lower edge portion of the ejection port 43 of the ejection frame 42.

At the same time, the actuating member 138 is disengaged from the roller 137, and the interlocking link 129 is pulled by the urging force of the spring 135 to move, so that each rocking frame 120 is moved as indicated by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. Swing together. Therefore, the elevating member 111 swings integrally with the swing frame 120, the connecting piece 116 of the connecting member 114 is disengaged from the connecting pin 79 of the supporting member 71, and the supporting member 71 and the stacking member are stacked in each coin stacking cylinder portion 41. Coins descend.

Therefore, the cylindrical cassette 81 can be taken out from the inside of the machine body 1 through the opening portion where the door body 95 is opened.

The coin stacking cylinder portion 41 may be formed in a cylindrical shape, a rectangular cylinder shape, or a plurality of side wall members that come into contact with a plurality of peripheral edges in the radial direction of the coin, and if the stacked coins can be held. A part of the cylindrical wall may be open.

16 and 17 show another embodiment of the coin stacking cylinder portion 41. First, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 16, the closing portion 65 is not provided at the tip of the flat surface portion 64 of the side wall portion 61,
The cylindrical side wall member 70 is provided with an arcuate recess into which a coin is fitted, and the edge portion of the cylindrical side wall member 70 facing the side wall portion 61 is caused to enter the coin stacking space side, whereby the cylindrical side wall member 70 and the side wall portion 61 are inserted. Set so that coins do not enter between and. In addition, FIG.
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, the closing portion 65 is not provided at the tip of the flat surface portion 64 of the side wall portion 61, but is provided at the edge portion of the opening 84 of the cassette frame 82.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the coin temporary holding portion 21 is composed of the holding frame 22 and the ejecting member 47 for opening and closing the lower surface of the retaining frame 22, but in addition to the ejecting member 47, the holding frame is provided. A bottom plate that opens and closes the lower surface of 22 may be provided.

When the ejecting member 47 also has the function of opening and closing the lower surface of the holding frame 22, it is possible to engage one coin at the upper end of the stacked coin at the ejecting side lower surface edge portion of the ejecting member 47. To provide a step. Then, at the time of coin ejection, the upper end of the stacked coins raised by the support member 71 is received by the step portion of the ejection member 47,
At this step, one coin is hooked and thrown out. In this case, the state of stacked coins can be received and supported without exposing the lower surface of the holding frame 22 above the coin stacking cylinder portion 41 as in the above-described embodiment.

Further, two ejection plates are provided between the holding frame 22 and the ejection frame 42, the upper ejection plate causes the coins in the retaining frame 22 to be returned and ejected, and the lower ejection plate. The coins in the coin stacking cylinder part 41 may be thrown out, and the holding coins of the holding frame 22 may be stored in the coin stacking cylinder part 41 by retracting both of the discharging plates. in this case,
It is not necessary to move the holding frame 22 as in the above embodiment.

Further, the predetermined upper position of the coin stacking cylinder portion 41 in the claims is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment above the coin stacking cylinder portion 41, and the upper predetermined position in the coin stacking cylinder 41 is not limited. It may be at the height position.

Further, the coin stacking cylinder portion 41 is arranged at the side position with respect to the lower position of the holding frame 22 during standby, and when the holding coins of the holding frame 22 are returned, the coins are discharged from the holding frame 22 to the conveyor 141 etc. as they are. However, the storage frame 22 may be moved to the top of the coin stacking tubular portion 41 for storage during storage.

In the present embodiment, the coins are deposited one by one, but a batch insertion unit for a plurality of coins may be provided, and the coins may be dispensed one by one from the insertion unit and delivered to the coin passage 4. ..

[0101]

According to the present invention, the stacking coins of the coin stacking tube portion are supported by the supporting member, and the supporting member is raised to move the uppermost coin of the stacking coins from the upper portion of the coin stacking tube portion. When depositing coins that have been temporarily stacked in the coin temporary storage section for ejection, from the upper part of the coin stacking cylinder part, the temporarily held coins are located above the stacking coin part of the coin stacking cylinder part. Piled up on
The support member is lowered to be stored in the coin stacking tubular portion. Therefore, it is possible to store the stacked coins in the coin temporary storage unit in the coin stacking cylinder unit without causing a stacking failure.

Further, the coins thrown out from the coin stacking cylinder portion can be thrown out to the discharge area on the non-container discharge side of the temporarily held coins. Therefore, the processing of temporary holding coins and throwing coins is
It can be easily performed using the same passage or the like.

Furthermore, when the cylinder cassette holding the coin stacking cylinder portion is set, an initial setting operation for the cylinder cassette is performed in preparation for the coin storing / discharging operation to determine whether or not the coin stacking cylinder portion is normal. Can be performed for each coin stacking cylinder part.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a coin storage and dispensing device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view of a coin depositing / dispensing machine to which a coin storing / discharging device is applied.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a coin depositing / dispensing machine.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the coin depositing / dispensing machine as viewed from the back side (right side of FIG. 3).

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a coin passage.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a holding frame portion.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a projecting frame portion.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a tube cassette.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of a coin stacking cylinder portion.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of a cylindrical cassette portion.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the supporting member driving means portion as viewed from the plane side.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a support member driving means portion.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart diagram in which a part of the initial setting operation is omitted.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart in which a part of the deposit operation is omitted.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart diagram in which a part of the dispensing operation is omitted.

FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view of a coin stacking cylinder portion showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view of a coin stacking tubular portion showing still another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols] 21 Coin temporary holding section 26 Temporary holding coin discharging means 41 Coin stacking cylinder section 47 Discharging member 50 Discharging member driving means 52 Detecting sensor inside cylinder section 71 Bearing member 81 Cylindrical cassette 101 Bearing member driving means 128 Upper limit Sensor 153 Initial operation drive means 154 Initial operation abnormality determination means 155 Abnormality notification means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A coin temporary holding unit for temporarily holding coins in a stacking state, and a coin stacking cylinder unit provided for each denomination that receives and stores the temporarily held coins of the coin temporary holding unit in a stacking state. A temporary holding coin discharging means for discharging the temporarily holding coins of the coin temporary holding unit to one of the storing side and the non-holding discharging side of the coin stacking cylinder, and a predetermined upper portion of the coin stacking cylinder. A ejecting member which is provided at a height position and which ejects the highest coin of the stacked coins to the ejection area on the non-storage ejecting side of the temporary holding coin, and ejecting member driving means for driving the ejecting member, A support member that is provided for each coin stacking cylinder part and that vertically moves by supporting the bottom surface of the stacking coins in the coin stacking cylinder part, and is provided for each coin stacking cylinder part, When the coin stacking cylinder part is discharged, the supporting member is lowered to stack the coin stacking cylinder part. Supporting member driving means for accommodating the temporarily held coins on the upper surface of the coins and raising the supporting member when the coins are thrown out to position the uppermost coin of the stacked coins at the dispensing position, and the plurality of coin stacking cylinder parts. A cylindrical cassette that is configured to be held and detachable, an upper limit sensor that is provided for each of the coin stacking cylindrical parts, and that detects when the supporting member is raised to an upper limit position, and an upper limit of the supporting member. When there is an in-cylinder detection sensor that detects coins in the coin stacking cylinder when the support member is below the position, and there is an initial setting operation signal of the cylinder cassette, the coin stacking cylinder is used for each coin stacking cylinder. Initial operation drive means for driving the support member drive means to raise the support member, and during the operation by the initial operation drive means, the in-cylindrical detection sensor detects a coin before the upper limit sensor detects the support member. It is characterized by comprising an initial operation abnormality determining means for determining an abnormality when not knowing, and an abnormality notifying means for notifying an abnormality of each coin stacking tubular portion when the initial operation abnormality determining means determines an abnormality. Coin storage and ejection device.