JPH05266300A - Coin replenishing method in coin circulation type money receiving/dispensing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To quickly perform the initial start-up of a coin circulation type money receiving/dispensing machine. CONSTITUTION:A replenishing and recovering cassette 72 loaded on a coin circulation type money receiving/dispensing machine body 1 attachably/ detachably houses a coin by dividing into an initial replenishing coin and an additional replenishing coin. Only the initial replenishing coin discharged from the replenishing collection cassette 72 is sent to a coin classification passage 27 system, and the coin is replenished from the coin classification passage 27 system to an output coin housing part 44. The additional replenishing coin is directly replenished from a carrier belt 53 to a recovering box 96. Thereby, since only the initial replenishing coin is sent from the replenishing and recovering cassette 72 to the coin classification passage and it is replenished to the output coin housing part 44, it is possible to manage to reduce the amount of coin for initial replenishment and to shorten a time required for the initial replenishment.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin replenishing method for a coin circulation type depositing / dispensing machine, and a coin circulating type depositing / dispensing machine capable of depositing and withdrawing coins in a financial institution such as a bank. Relates to a method of replenishing initial replenishment coins and additional replenishment coins.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional coin circulation type deposit / withdrawal machine of this type is
For example, as described in JP-A-64-19494, all the replenished coins in the replenishment / recovery cassette are replenished from the coin sorting passage into the withdrawal coin storage unit, and the withdrawal coin storage unit becomes full. Coins of different denominations are stored in the collection box from the coin sorting passage, and when the coins are dispensed from the dispensed coin storage section and it becomes necessary to replenish the coins, the coins are discharged from the collection box The coins are transported to a coin sorting passage, and the coins are replenished in the coin dispenser.

[0003]

In the conventional coin replenishing method in the coin circulating type coin depositing / dispensing machine described above, since the coins for initial replenishment pass through the coin sorting passage, it takes time to replenish the coins, and the time for initial replenishment of coins is long. There was a problem that could not be shortened.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems. A coin circulation type depositing / dispensing machine capable of quickly starting up a coin circulation type depositing / dispensing machine by reducing the amount of initial replenishment coins to shorten the replenishment time of the initial coins. To provide a coin replenishment method.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin replenishing method for a coin circulating type depositing / dispensing machine, wherein a coin recirculating type depositing / dispensing machine body is detachably mounted to separate an initial replenishing coin and an additional replenishing coin. A replenishment / recovery cassette for storing is provided, and only initial replenishment coins discharged from the replenishment / recovery cassette at the time of initial replenishment are sent to the coin sorting passage system to be replenished from the coin sorting passage system to the withdrawal coin storage unit.

A coin replenishing method for a coin circulation type depositing / dispensing machine according to a second aspect of the present invention is a replenishment / recovery cassette that is detachably attached to a coin circulation type depositing / dispensing machine and separately stores an initial replenishment coin and an additional replenishment coin. The initial replenishment coins ejected from the replenishment / recovery cassette are ejected to the conveyor belt, the conveyor belt is raised after the initial replenishment coins are ejected to the conveyor belt, and the conveyor belt is driven in the ascending position to pass the coin sorting passage. The coins are discharged to the system, the coins discharged to the coin sorting passage system are replenished to the dispensed coin storage portion, the conveyor belt that has discharged the initial supplemented coins is lowered, and the coins are moved to the conveyor belt at this lowered position at a predetermined time. The additional replenishment coins are discharged from the replenishment / recovery cassette, and after the additional replenishment coins are discharged to the conveyor belt, the conveyor belt is raised and the conveyor belt is driven at the elevated position to remove the coins. This conveyor belt is directly supplied to the storage box, and when replenishing additional coins, a predetermined amount of coins required for replenishment are discharged from the collection box to the conveyor belt, and the conveyor belt is raised after the supplementary coins are discharged to the conveyor belt. Then, the conveyor belt in the raised position is driven to supply it to the coin sorting passage system, and the coin dispensing passage system is additionally replenished from the coin sorting passage system.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin replenishment method for a coin circulation type coin depositing / dispensing machine in which a replenishment / recovery cassette for detachably mounting an initial replenishment coin and an additional replenishment coin is detachably mounted on the coin circulation type depositing / dispensing machine body. Provided, only the initial replenishment coins discharged from the replenishment / recovery cassette at the time of initial replenishment are sent to the coin sorting passage system to be replenished from the coin sorting passage system to the withdrawal coin storage unit, and at the time of supplementing additional coins from the replenishment / recovery cassette. A predetermined amount of coins required for replenishment are discharged to the conveyor belt, the conveyor belt is raised after supplementing the conveyor belt with supplementary coins, and the conveyor belt at the elevated position is driven to supply to the coin sorting passage system. The coin sorting passage system is additionally replenished into the coin dispenser.

[0008]

The coin replenishing method for the coin circulating type depositing / dispensing machine of the present invention according to claim 1 stores the initial replenishment coin and the additional replenishment coin separately in the replenishment / recovery cassette so that the replenishment / recovery cassette can be used for the initial replenishment. Since only the initial replenishment coins are sent to the coin sorting passage system and are replenished from the coin sorting passage system to the withdrawal coin storage unit, the amount of coins for initial replenishment can be reduced and the time for initial replenishment can be shortened.

The coin replenishing method in the coin circulating type depositing / dispensing machine according to the invention of claim 2 stores the initial replenishment coin and the additional replenishment coin separately in the replenishment / recovery cassette so that at the time of the initial replenishment, the initial operation is started from the replenishment / recovery cassette. Only the replenished coins are sent to the coin sorting passage system by the raising and lowering conveyor belt, replenished into the coin dispenser from the coin sorting passage system, and additional supplementary coins are directly supplied to the collection box from the raising and lowering conveyor belt. The amount of coins to be replenished can be reduced to shorten the time for initial replenishment. Then, when replenishing additional coins, a predetermined amount of coins required for replenishment are discharged from the collection box to the conveyor belt and supplied to the coin sorting passage system, and the coin sorting passage system is additionally replenished into the coin dispenser storing portion.

The coin replenishing method in the coin circulating type coin depositing / dispensing machine according to the third aspect of the present invention stores the initial replenishment coin and the additional replenishment coin separately in the replenishment / recovery cassette, so that the initial stage of the replenishment / recovery cassette is initially stored during the initial replenishment. Only the replenishment coins are sent to the coin sorting passage system by the conveyor belt, and only the initial replenishment coins discharged from the supplement collection cassette are sent to the coin sorting passage system, and the coin sorting passage system is replenished to the withdrawal coin storage section. , When replenishing additional coins, a predetermined amount of coins required for replenishment are supplied from the replenishment / recovery cassette to the coin sorting passage system by the raising and lowering conveyor belt, and additional coins can be supplemented to the dispensed coin storage section from this coin sorting passage system. The amount of coins to be replenished can be reduced to shorten the time for initial replenishment.

[0011]

[Embodiment] Next, the construction of an embodiment of the present invention will be described. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a machine body, and a coin receiving port 2 is opened in an upper front portion of the machine body 1, and the coin receiving port 2 is provided with a shutter 3.
It is designed to be opened and closed at. A substantially gutter-shaped coin receiving portion 4 having an open upper surface is provided inside the coin receiving opening 2, and a discharge opening 6 opened and closed by a shutter 5 is opened at a lower portion of the coin receiving portion 4. A receiving port 7 is opened on the side.

A receiving coin transport belt 9 for transporting the coins discharged from the discharge port 6 to the coin discriminating and classifying device 23 described later is disposed below the coin receiving portion 4 with its discharge side inclined upward. There is. Further, a coin delivery belt 10 for inserting coins into the receiving port 7 of the coin receiving unit 4 is provided rotatably in the vertical direction around the outside of the receiving port 7.

As shown in FIG. 4, the discharging coin carrying belt 10 is supported by a supporting frame 12 having side plates 11 on both sides, and one end side of the supporting frame 12 is near the outside of the receiving port 7 of the coin receiving portion 4. Is vertically rotatably supported by a drive shaft 13 which is rotatably supported by a rotary shaft 14, and a rotary shaft 14 is rotatably supported by the other end of the support frame 12. The rotary coin and the discharge coin are attached to the rotary shaft 14 and the drive shaft 13. Conveyor belt 10
Has been suspended. A restriction plate 15 for preventing the outflow of coins is provided at the opening of the other end of the support frame 12, and the opening and closing is controlled by a solenoid (not shown) fixed to the outer surface of the side plate 11 of the support frame 12. It

The support frame 12 is rotatably connected to an interlocking lever 18 pivotally mounted at an eccentric position of a cam 17 rotated by an electric motor 16. The rotation of the cam 17 drives the support frame 12 to rotate. This support frame is rotated about the shaft 13 in the vertical direction.
The rotation of 12 in the vertical direction causes the discharge coin transport belt 10 to rotate in the vertical direction about the drive shaft. The discharge coin transport belt 10 is driven by a drive shaft 13 which is rotated via a drive belt 19 driven by an electric motor (not shown).

Further, the electric motor 16 is controlled to be driven and stopped by the switches 21 and 22 which are opened and closed by the cam 17 and the cam 20 which is superposed on the cam 17 and rotated by the electric motor 16, respectively. At the other end of the conveyor belt 10, the electric motor 16 is stopped at a predetermined raised position and a predetermined lowered position, respectively.

Next, in FIG. 1, reference numeral 23 is a coin discriminating and classifying device which discriminates and sorts the coins conveyed by the received coin conveying belt 9. As shown in FIG. 5, the coin discriminating and classifying device 23 includes a passage substrate 24 and passage side plates 25 and 26 arranged on both sides of the passage substrate 24 with a gap allowing coins to pass therethrough. A conveyor belt 28 that is formed and is driven by a motor is stretched above the coin sorting passage 27. In the coin sorting passage 27, the incoming coins are guided along the passage side plate 25 on one side by the inclined step portion 29 formed by the passage side plates 25 and 26, and the conveying belt 28 is maintained while the contact state with the passage side plate 25 is maintained. It is transported by.

Further, on the carry-in side of the coin sorting passage 27, a discrimination unit 30 formed by a material sensor, an image sensor or the like for discriminating the suitability, suitability, denomination and the like of the carried-in coins.
Are arranged.

Further, in the coin sorting passage 27, a reject hole 31 for discharging coins discriminated as unsuitable coins by the discriminating unit 30 at the downstream side of the discriminating unit 30 is opened, and the reject hole 31 is formed. One side is always retracted from the coin sorting passage 27, and a rotary solenoid 32 driven by a signal discriminated as an unsuitable coin by the discriminating unit 30 drops into the reject hole 31 coins that advance and pass during the depositing process. A reject lever 33 is provided. This reject hole
As shown in FIG. 7, below the 31 is a guide tube that is open on the top surface.
34 is provided, and a reject opening 36 that is opened / closed by a reject switching plate 35 is formed in the middle of the guide cylinder 34, and the lower part of the reject switching plate 35 is attached to the shaft 35a so as to be rotated by a solenoid. And is rotatably supported.

Then, the solenoid is driven by the discrimination signal of the inappropriate coins from the discriminating section 30 to cause the reject switching plate 35.
Closes the middle part of the guide tube 34, guides the coins dropped from the reject hole 31 along the reject switching plate 35 onto the discharged coin transport belt 10, and the discharged coin transport belt 10
The unsuitable coins are returned to the coin receiving portion 4 by the driving. At this time, the regulation plate at the end of the discharge coin transport belt 10
15 is closed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, in the coin sorting passage 27, 1 yen, 5 yen, 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen, 500 are sequentially arranged at the downstream side of the reject hole 31. A selection hole 37 for yen coins and a selection hole 38 for overflow coins are opened.

When the sorting lever 40 is driven by the rotary solenoid 39 driven by the signal discriminated by the discriminating section 30, when passing through the sorting hole 37 for each coin and the sorting hole 38 for overflow coins. Corresponding coins are dropped into the sorting holes 37, 38. The passage side plate 26 is recessed at positions corresponding to the reject hole 31 and the selection holes 37, 38.
26a is formed so that one end of the coin pressed by the levers 33 and 40 is surely dropped into the reject hole 31 and the sorting holes 37 and 38.

Further, the coins discharged from the passage end side of the coin sorting passage 27 are discharged to the reject guide cylinder 41 shown in FIG.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a temporary holding portion 42 for temporarily holding coins in a stacked state is formed below the sorting hole 37 for each coin. Each of the temporary holding portions 42 is formed in the temporary holding frame 43 by a through hole that is opened vertically corresponding to each of the selection holes 37.
Is driven by a drive means (not shown) in a direction orthogonal to the coin transport direction of the coin sorting passage 27.

Below the temporary holding frame 43, a withdrawal coin storage unit 44 is detachably attached to the machine body 1 by a cassette system, and the withdrawal coin storage unit 44 is provided with the coin selection hole 37.
Corresponding to the above, there is provided a cylindrical portion 45 for accommodating various coins in piles for each denomination. Above the dispensing coin storage portion 44, there are provided respective ejection plates 46 for closing the upper openings of the respective tubular portions 45, and the temporary holding frame 43 is advanced to the right in FIG. While the uppermost coin of 45 is received by the lower surface of the temporary holding frame 43, the uppermost coin of the tubular portion 45 is discharged by driving the ejection plate 46.

A support member 47 for supporting stacked coins is provided in each cylinder 45 of the dispensing coin storage unit 44 so as to be vertically movable, and a stage for stacking coins is stacked on each support member 47. 48
Is supported so that it can move up and down, and this support member 47 and stage 48
A coil spring 50 is interposed between and so that the stage 48 is biased upward. Each supporting member 47 has a connecting pin 51 projecting outward from a vertical guide groove (not shown) of the tubular portion 45 and is detachably connected to a drive mechanism 52 so as to move up and down. As a result, the uppermost coin of the tubular portion 45 at the time of withdrawal is guaranteed to be pressed against the lower surface of the temporary holding frame 43, and the coin held in the temporary holding portion 42 is lowered into the tubular portion 45 at the time of deposit approval. It can be stored.

Further, in FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 53 is a conveyor belt which is arranged laterally of the coin dispenser 44 so as to be vertically movable. As shown in FIG. 3, the transport belt 53 has a support frame 55 having side plates 54 on both sides, and a transport belt is supported by a drive shaft 56 and a rotary shaft 57 which are pivotally supported by the support frame 55.
53 is suspended horizontally, and the conveyor belt 53 is mounted on a supporting frame 55 by a rotationally drivable electric motor 58 via a belt 59.
And is driven by a drive shaft 56 which is rotated counterclockwise in FIG.

The support frame 55 of the conveyor belt 53 is moved up and down by a lift drive mechanism 60. The lift drive mechanism 60 is moved up and down by a plurality of drive ropes 62 such as chains driven by an electric motor 61 in the vertical direction. The drive rope 62 is suspended by a drive shaft 63 provided at a lower portion driven by an electric motor 61 and pulleys 65 and 66 provided on a rotating shaft 64 pivotally supported above, and the drive rope 62 is supported by the drive rope 62. The frame 55 is attached and the drive rope is
The conveyor belt 53 supported by the support frame 55 is moved up and down by driving 62.

The stop position of the conveyor belt 53 includes a position A for supplying coins onto the discharge coin conveyor belt 10, a position B for receiving coins discharged by the temporary holding frame 43 and the ejection plate 46, and a lower end. Position C is to receive the supplementary coins of
When the conveyor belt 53 is located at the planned stop positions A, B, and C, the detection pins 67 provided on the support frame 55 are moved to the respective positions A, B, and C.
The sensor 68 provided corresponding to B and C detects and controls the electric motor 61 so that the conveyance belt 53 is stopped at a predetermined position of any of positions A, B, and C.

The conveyor belt 53 is attached to the support frame 55.
Opening / closing plates 70, 71 which are operated by respective solenoids (not shown) are rotatably provided at both ends of the.

Next, in FIG. 1, reference numeral 72 denotes a replenishment / recovery cassette, and the replenishment / recovery cassette 72 is detachably mounted in the machine body 1 as shown in FIG. An opening 73a of a reject coin storage portion 73 for storing the reject coins discharged from the reject guide cylinder 41 in the mounted state is formed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, a recovery port 74a for coins dropped from the overflow coin selection hole 38 of the coin sorting passage 27 is opened on the upper surface of the replenishment / recovery cassette 72. The replenishment / recovery cassette 72 is provided with a replenishment / recovery coin storage 74 communicating with the recovery port 74a.
An inclined partition plate 75 with one side opening downward is provided in the middle part of the storage part 74, and an upper part of an opening / closing plate 77 for opening / closing the opening part 76 of the partition plate 75 is rotatable by a shaft 78. The lower part of the opening / closing plate 77 is supported by the partition plate by the urging force of the spring 79.
The openings 75 are pressed against the edges of the openings 76 to close the openings. Further, the opening / closing plate 77 is rotated by a rotating plate 83 which is pressed and rotated by a plunger 82 of a solenoid 81 protruding from the window hole 80 to open the opening 76. Then, the lower side of the partition plate 75 of the replenishment and recovery coin storage unit 74 is used as an initial replenishment coin storage unit, and the upper side of the partition plate 75 is used as an additional replenishment coin storage unit to separately store coins.

Further, the replenishment / recovery cassette 72 is provided with a hopper 84 which constitutes the bottom of the replenishment / recovery coin storage section 74 below the partition plate 75, and a coin replenishment conveyor belt 85 is disposed below the hopper 84. The coin replenishing and conveying belt 85 is suspended between rollers fixed to a drive shaft 86 and a rotating shaft 87, respectively. A gear 89 provided on the drive shaft 86 faces a window 88 of the replenishment / recovery cassette 72, and the gear 89 is driven by an electric motor (not shown) provided in the machine body 1 when the replenishment / recovery cassette 72 is mounted. It is meshed with the gear 90.

Further, an outlet 91 is opened in the replenishment / recovery cassette 72 so as to face the carry-out end of the coin replenishment / conveyance belt 85, and the coin replenishment / conveyance belt 85 allows the coins at the position C where the replenishment coins are received. It is adapted to be supplied to the conveyor belt 53.

The opening 73a, the recovery port 74a, and the carry-out port of the reject coin storage unit 73 of the replenishment / recovery cassette 72 are described.
91 is opened and closed by shutters 92 and 93, respectively. In particular, the carry-out port 91 is closed by the shutter 93 so that the coins do not spill out from the discharge port 91 except when the coin is carried out by driving the coin replenishing and conveying belt 85.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, between the overflow coin sorting hole 38 in the coin sorting passage 27 and the mounted replenishment / recovery cassette 72, a coin switching guide plate 94 operated by a solenoid (not shown). Is provided rotatably, and this coin switching guide plate 94 is a temporary holding frame 43 and a dispensing plate.
Conveyor belt 53 at position B for receiving coins discharged at 46
The coins are switched and guided between the upper part and the recovery port 74a of the replenishment and recovery cassette 72.

When the coin switching guide plate 94 guides the coins to the conveyor belt 53, the opening / closing plate 71 is in a vertical posture as shown in FIG. 3, and the coin switching guide plate 94 is located above the opening / closing plate 71. Will be guided onto the conveyor belt 53. further,
A guide plate 95 operated by a solenoid (not shown) that guides coins toward the recovery port 74a of the coin replenishment / recovery cassette 72.
Is rotatably provided in the machine body 1. The guide plate 95 is normally located at a solid line position that does not hinder the vertical movement of the conveyor belt 53.

Further, 96 is a recovery box for recovering replenished coins, which is disposed in the machine body 1. As shown in FIG. 7, the upper surface of the collection box 96 is located at a position B which communicates with the lower opening of the guide tube 34 and receives coins discharged by the temporary holding frame 43 and the ejection plate 46. An inlet 98 communicating with a chute 97 for receiving coins discharged from the conveyor belt 53.
Is opened, and the inlet 98 is opened and closed by a shutter 99.

Further, a hopper 100 is provided below the inside of the collection box 96, and a coin replenishing / conveying belt 101 is arranged below the hopper 100.
Are suspended between the rollers fixed to the drive shaft 102 and the rotary shaft 103, respectively. And this drive shaft 102 is a belt
It is rotated by an electric motor (not shown) provided in the machine body 1 via 104.

Further, the coin replenishing and conveying belt 10 is provided with a carrying-out port 105 which is opened and closed by a shutter (not shown) so as to face the carrying-out end of the coin replenishing and conveying belt 101.
By 1, the coins are supplied to the conveyor belt 53 at the position C for receiving supplementary coins. The carry-out port 105 is closed by a shutter except when this coin is being supplied.

FIG. 22 is a control block diagram of the up / down electric motor 61 for the conveyor belt 53, the electric motor 58 for driving the belt 53, the up / down electric motor 16 for the discharging coin conveying belt 10, and the electric motor 107 for driving the belt 10. The control unit 106 that controls these includes a coin presence / absence sensor 108 for the replenishment / recovery cassette 72, a coin presence / absence sensor 109 for the collection box 96, a coin identification unit 30, a discrimination unit 110, and a sensor.
68, 68, 68, each coin shortage detection sensor 111 of each tube portion 45, ...
... 111, the position detection sensor 112, and the operation part 113 are received, and drive control of each electric motor 61,58,16,107 is performed. In addition,
An electromagnetic brake (not shown) is applied to each of the electric motors 61, 58, 16 and 107 when they stop.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described including FIG. First, in the case of initial coin replenishment, as shown in FIG.
The replenishment / recovery cassette 72 is mounted in the machine body 1. Then, the conveyor belt 53 is lowered to the position C for receiving the supplementary coins at the lower end and stopped. Then, the window hole 88 of the replenishment / recovery cassette 72
The gear 89 facing the gear meshes with a drive gear 90 provided in the machine body 1. Then, the shutter 93 of the carry-out port 91 is released. When the coin replenishing and conveying belt 85 is driven by an electric motor (not shown), all coins stored below the partition plate 75 of the replenishment / recovery cassette 72, for example, 1 yen, 5
10 yen, 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen and 500 yen coins, respectively
The coins are conveyed one by one onto the conveyor belt 53 by the coin replenishment conveyor belt 85.

When the coin presence sensor 108 for detecting the presence or absence of coins stored in the storage portion below the partition plate 75 of the replenishment / recovery cassette 72 detects the absence of coins due to the removal of coins, the control unit 106 controls the electric motor 61. When driven, as shown in FIG. 9, the conveyor belt 53 is raised to a position A where coins are supplied onto the discharge coin conveyor belt 10 and then stopped. Next, the electric motor 16 is rotated to rotate the discharging coin transfer belt 10 upward to hold the coin discharged from the transfer belt 53 at a position where the coins can be received, and the electric motor 58 is rotated by switching the switches 21 and 22, The conveyor belt 53 is driven to discharge the coins and is carried out onto the coin conveyor belt 10 (at this time, the opening / closing plate 70 is in the open posture due to the excitation of the solenoid), and the discharged coin conveyor belt 10 receives the coins from the receiving port 7. The coins sent to the unit 4 and sent to the coin receiving unit 4 are discharged onto the receiving coin transport belt 9 from the discharge port 6 in which the shutter 5 is opened. Then
The coins are supplied onto the coin sorting passage 27 by driving the receiving coin transport belt 9.

Then, the coins supplied to the coin sorting passage 27 are conveyed by the conveyor belt 28 and the discriminating section 30 discriminates the inadequate coins and the denominations, and the yen is 1, 5 yen, 10 yen, 50 yen, 100
Yen and 500-yen coins are dropped into the corresponding sorting holes 37 by the sorting lever 40 driven by the rotary solenoid 39, and are stacked and stored on the stage 48 in each cylinder portion 45 of the dispensing coin storage portion 44. .. At this time, in FIG. 2, each ejection plate 46 is retracted to the left, and the upper surface of the stacked coins in each tube portion 45 is maintained at a position slightly lower than the height position of the ejection plate 46. The descent of the stage 48 is drive-controlled in response to the coin feeding.

The coins discriminated by the identification unit 30 as unsuitable coins are discharged from the most downstream of the coin sorting passage 27 to the reject guide cylinder 41 and stored in the reject coin storage unit 73 of the replenishment / recovery cassette 72. ..

Further, this operation is repeated to convey the conveyor belt 53.
All the upper coins (all the coins under the partition plate 75 of the replenishment / recovery cassette 72) are stacked and stored in the respective cylinder parts 45 of the dispensing coin storage part 44, and the reject coins are reject coin storage parts.
After the coins are stored in the disc 73, the discriminating means 110 discriminates that no coins are left on the conveyor belt 53 because the coins have not passed through the discriminating portion 30 for a predetermined time.
53 is lowered and stopped at the position C, and then, as shown in FIG. 10, the opening / closing plate 77 of the replenishment / recovery cassette 72 is opened, and, for example, 1,000 coins on the partition plate 75 are supplied to the coin replenishment / conveyance belt 85. Then, similarly, all the coins are replenished onto the conveyor belt 53 by the conveyor belt 85. The breakdown of 1,000 coins is 1 yen, 5
Yen, 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen and 500 yen coins are mixed in proportions according to the degree of withdrawal.

Then, the conveyor belt 53 is raised to an intermediate position B for receiving coins and stopped, and the conveyor belt 53 is driven to be stored in the recovery box 96 from the chute 97. By this operation, all the coins (excluding reject coins) in the supplementary recovery coin storage unit 74 of the supplementary recovery cassette 72 are stored in the recovery box 96.

Next, the case of supplementing additional coins will be described.

When there is a shortage of coins in each cylinder portion 45 of the dispensed coin storage portion 44, the coin shortage detection sensors 111, ...
By detecting the shortage of 111, the conveyor belt 53 is positioned at the position C, the coin replenishing conveyor belt 101 of the collection box 96 is driven, and the coins in the collection box 96 are supplied from the carry-out port 105 to the conveyor belt 53. Raise the conveyor belt 53 to the upper position A,
As described above, as in FIG. 9, the coins on the conveyor belt 53 are discharged onto the discharge coin conveyor belt 10, and the coins are sent from the receiving port 7 to the coin receiving portion 4 by driving the discharge coin conveyor belt 10.
Further, the coins are discharged from the discharge port 6 onto the received coin transport belt 9.

Next, by driving the receiving coin transport belt 9, coins are supplied onto the coin sorting passage 27, the discrimination unit 30 discriminates the coins, and the coins of the deficient denomination are stored in the dispensed coin storage unit 44. Supply into each tube portion 45. In FIG. 2, the supply is performed while the temporary holding frame 43 is in the solid line position and the ejection plate 46 is retracted to the left. Then, the coins of the type in which the cylinder portion 45 of the dispensed coin storage portion 44 is full are collected in the collection box 96 through the vertical postures of the reject hole 31, the guide cylinder 34, and the reject switching plate 35.

Further, when the coins stored in the respective cylinder parts 45 of the dispensing coin storage part 44 and the recovery box 96 are to be recovered, a recovery command from the operation part 113 is inputted to the control part 106, and this control part is controlled. As shown in FIG. 11, the conveyor belt 53 is ejected by the ejector plate 106.
At 46, the coin is ejected at a position B for receiving coins, and then the temporary holding frame 43 is advanced to the right in FIG. When the coins are sequentially ejected onto the conveyor belt 53 by the plate 46 and all the coins are ejected, the temporary holding frame 43 is moved to the solid line position in FIG. 2, and the position is detected by the position detection sensor 112 and the control unit 106. The conveyor belt 53 is lifted up and stopped at the position A by means of which the conveyor belt 53 is then driven to rotate so that coins are discharged onto the coin discharging belt 10 and the coin discharging belt 10 is driven to receive the coins. The coins are sent from the inlet 7 to the coin receiving unit 4, and are further discharged from the discharge port 6 onto the received coin transport belt 9.

Then, the coins are fed onto the coin sorting passage 27 by driving the receiving coin conveying belt 9, the identifying unit 30 discriminates the coins, the appropriate coins are counted for each denomination, and the overflow coin selecting hole 38 is provided. Drop it on. At this time, the coin switching guide plate
94 is a collection port 74a of the collection cassette 72 for supplementing the discharged coins.
The guide plate 95 is also in a tilted guiding posture so that the coins are stored in the replenishment / recovery cassette 72. Inappropriate coins are stored in the reject coin storage portion 73 of the replenishment / recovery cassette 72 from the carry-out end of the coin sorting passage 27. By this operation, all the coins stored in the dispensed coin storage unit 44 are stored in the replenishment / recovery cassette 72.

Next, the conveyor belt 53 is lowered to the lowermost position C and stopped, and the coin replenishment conveyor belt 10 of the collection box 96 is stopped.
Drive 1 to transfer all coins from exit port 105 to the conveyor belt.
53, then raises the conveyor belt 53 to the upper position A, discharges it onto the discharge coin conveyor belt 10 as described above, and drives the discharge coin conveyor belt 10 to receive coins. The coins are sent from the inlet 7 to the coin receiving unit 4, and are further discharged from the discharge port 6 onto the received coin transport belt 9.

Next, by driving the receiving coin conveying belt 9, coins are supplied onto the coin sorting passage 27, the identifying unit 30 discriminates the coins, the suitable coins are counted for each denomination, and the overflow coin selecting hole 38 is provided. Drop it on. Inappropriate coins are stored in the reject coin storage portion 73 from the end of the coin sorting passage 27. In this way, all the coins in the machine body 1 are collected and stored in the replenishment / collection cassette 72, and the number and amount and total amount of all coins (excluding reject coins) to be collected and stored are calculated and revealed. The replenishment and collection cassette 72 of the octopus is taken out from the machine body 1.

Next, another initial coin replenishment processing method will be described. According to this method, as shown in FIG. 8, after the replenishment / recovery cassette 72 is mounted in the machine body 1, the conveyor belt 53 is stopped to be lowered to the position C, and in this state, the coin replenishment conveyor belt 85.
Drive all the initial supplementary coins stored below the partition plate 75 of the supplementary collection cassette 72 onto the conveyor belt 53. Next, the conveyor belt 53 is raised to the position A and stopped, and the coins discharged by the driving of the conveyor belt 53 are carried out onto the discharge coin conveyor belt 10 and sent to the coin receiving portion 4 by the discharged coin conveyor belt 10. And coin receiving belt 9
Emit on top. Next, by driving the receiving coin transport belt 9, coins are supplied onto the coin sorting passage 27.

The coin supplied to the coin sorting passage 27 is discriminated by the discriminating unit 30, and the proper coins of each denomination are selectively dropped into the corresponding sorting holes 37, and the coin dispenser storing unit.
It is stacked and stored in each cylinder portion 45 of 44. Further, the coins discriminated as inappropriate coins by the identification unit 30 are stored in the reject coin storage unit 73 of the replenishment / recovery cassette 72 from the end of the coin sorting passage 27.

Initial replenishment of coins is completed in this process. On the other hand, when the coin presence sensor 108 detects that all the coins below the partition plate 75 of the replenishment / recovery cassette 72 have been carried out, the shutter 93 is actuated and closed by a solenoid (not shown), and the solenoid 81 also opens and closes the open / close plate 77. Be released. Therefore, when the initial replenishment is completed, the replenishment and collection cassette 72 is
The open / close plate 77 is open, and the additional replenishment coins on the partition plate 75 are supplied on the coin replenishment conveyance belt 85. Then, as shown in FIG. 19, when supplementing additional coins, the conveyor belt 53 is positioned at the position C during the depositing process or the dispensing process based on the shortage detection of the coin shortage detecting sensor 111 of the tubular portion 45, and the shutter 93 is used. 20 and the coin replenishing / conveying belt 85 is driven by the control unit 106 for a predetermined time to carry out a predetermined amount of coins in the replenishment / recovery cassette 72 onto the conveying belt 53, and as shown in FIG. And the coins discharged by the driving of the conveyor belt 53 are carried out onto the discharge coin conveyor belt 10 and sent to the coin receiving portion 4 by the discharged coin conveyor belt 10, and further on the receiving coin conveyor belt 9. To release. Next, by driving the receiving coin transport belt 9, coins are supplied onto the coin sorting passage 27. By driving the receiving coin transport belt 9, coins are supplied onto the coin sorting passage 27, and the identification unit
Coins are discriminated at 30 and the coins of each deficient denomination are supplied into the corresponding tubular parts 45 of the dispensed coin storage part 44. And
Coins of the type in which the tubular portion 45 of the dispensed coin storage portion 44 is full are dropped from the reject hole 31 and stored in the collection box 96.

In the case of this initial replenishment coin processing step,
Prior to the process of collecting the coins stored in the tubular portion 45 of the dispensing coin storage unit 44 and the coins stored in the collection box 96, it is necessary to count the coins stored in the replenishment / recovery cassette 72.

In the processing of the coins stored in the replenishment / recovery cassette 72, as shown in FIG. 21, the conveyor belt 53 is positioned at the position C and remains in the replenishment / recovery coin storage section 74 of the replenishment / recovery cassette 72. The additional supplementary coins that are present are carried out onto the conveyor belt 53. Next, the conveyor belt 53 is raised to the position A and stopped, and the coins discharged by the driving of the conveyor belt 53 are carried out onto the discharge coin conveyor belt 10 and sent to the coin receiving portion 4 by the discharged coin conveyor belt 10. And coin receiving belt 9
Emit on top. Next, by driving the receiving coin transport belt 9, coins are supplied onto the coin sorting passage 27.

The coins supplied to the coin sorting passage 27 are
Appropriate coins are discriminated by the identification unit 30 and counted for each denomination, dropped into the overflow coin selection hole 38, and the appropriate coins are stored in the replenishment / recovery coin storage unit 74 of the replenishment / recovery cassette 72.
Inappropriate coins are stored in the reject coin storage portion 73 of the replenishment / recovery cassette 72 from the carry-out end of the coin sorting passage 27. Then, after this processing is completed, each tubular portion 45 of the dispensed coin storage portion 44
And the coins stored in the collection box 96 are collected. In this recovery process, when a recovery command is input from the operation unit 113 to the control unit 106, first, the conveyor belt 53 is positioned at the position C, and all coins in the recovery box 96 are discharged onto the conveyor belt 53. Next, position the conveyor belt 53 at the position B, and then temporarily hold the frame.
When 43 is moved to the right in FIG. 2, coins are sequentially ejected from the coin dispenser storage unit 44 to the conveyor belt 53 by the ejection plate 46, and all coins in the coin dispenser storage unit 44 are completely dispensed. With a temporary hold
43 is returned to the position shown by the solid line in FIG.
When it is detected by, the control unit 106 raises and stops the conveyor belt 53 to the position A, then drives the conveyor belt 53, discharges the coins onto the discharge coin conveyor belt 10, and discharges the discharged coins. By driving the belt 10, the coins are sent to the coin receiving portion 4, and are further discharged onto the receiving coin transport belt 9.

Next, by driving the receiving coin conveying belt 9, coins are supplied onto the coin sorting passage 27, the discrimination unit 30 discriminates the coins, the suitable coins are counted for each denomination, and the overflow coin selection hole 38 is provided. Drop it on. Inappropriate coins are stored in the reject coin storage portion 73 from the end of the coin sorting passage 27. In this way, when the discriminating unit 110 determines that the identifying unit 30 does not detect the coins for the predetermined time, the control unit 106 determines that the collection is completed and ends the collection process.

Next, the case of deposit will be described. In FIG. 12, the shutter 3 of the coin receiving port 2 is automatically opened by the control unit 106 by the deposit command operation from the operating unit 113 of the machine operator, and the operator inserts the deposited coin into the coin receiving unit 4 from the coin receiving port 2. To do. Upon detection of the insertion, the shutter 3 is automatically closed, and immediately thereafter, the shutter 5 of the coin receiving portion 4 is automatically opened, and the coin transfer belt 9 for receiving coins from the discharge port 6 is opened.
Emit on top. On the other hand, the conveyor belt 53 is operated by a deposit command operation.
Is moved to position B. Then, by driving the receiving coin transport belt 9, coins are supplied onto the coin sorting passage 27, the discrimination unit 30 discriminates the coins, and the coins of the discriminated denomination are selected.
From 37, it is stacked and stored on the ejection plate 46 of the temporary storage section 42. Further, the denomination in which the tubular portion 45 of the dispensed coin storage portion 44 is full is temporarily held on the conveyor belt 53 by the coin switching guide plate 94 from the overflow coin selection hole 38. When the deposit is accepted, as shown in FIG. 16, the coins held in each temporary holding unit 42 are returned by the withdrawal plate 46 and the lowering control of the stage 48 causes the coins to be stored in the withdrawal coin storage unit 44. The coins that are stacked and stored in the tubular portion 45, and the coins on the transport belt 53 are stored in the collection box 96 when the transport belt 53 is driven.

Further, when the received coin is conveyed through the coin sorting passage 27 and is discriminated as an inappropriate coin by the discriminating portion 30, the coin is dropped into the reject hole 31 by the reject lever 33 as shown in FIG. The coins are discharged from the reject opening 36 by the reject switching plate 35 of the guide cylinder 34 to the discharge coin transport belt 10, and the inappropriate coins are returned to the coin receiving portion 4 by driving the discharge coin transport belt 10. The coin receiving portion 4 is opened again from the shutter 3 immediately after the deposited coin is discharged to the receiving coin transport belt 9, and the improper coin returned to the coin receiving portion 4 is always taken out.

Further, when returning the deposited coin, the deposit return command of the operation unit 113 is input to the control unit 106 so that it is temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 42 as shown in FIG. The coins are discharged to the conveyor belt 53 from the lower part of the opened temporary holding section 42 by advancing the temporary holding frame 43. Immediately after this discharge, the temporary holding frame 43 is retracted to the position shown by the solid line in FIG. Then, as shown in FIG.
The coins discharged from the temporary holding section 42 are conveyed along with the overflow coins held on the conveyor belt 53.
Is moved up to the position A, the conveyor belt 53 is driven at this position to convey the coins onto the discharge coin conveying belt 10, and the discharge coin conveying belt 10 is driven to transfer the coins from the receiving port 7 to the coin receiving portion 4. return. At this time, the shutter 3 is open, and the operator takes out the deposit return coin returned to the coin receiving portion 4.

Next, the case of withdrawal will be described. The conveyor belt 53 is first moved to the position B through the control unit 106 in response to a dispensing operation command from the operation unit 113. Next, in FIG. 17, the coins stacked and stored in the tubular portion 45 of the dispensed coin storing portion 44 are discharged by the discharging plate 46 onto the conveyor belt 53 sequentially arranged at the position B. When the ejection of coins is completed, the conveyor belt 53 is then raised to the position A (shown by the broken line) and stopped, and the discharge coin conveyor belt 10 is also raised to the position shown by the broken line. To drive. The coins are carried onto the coin carrying belt 10 by driving the carrying belt 53, and the coins are dispensed from the receiving port 7 to the coin receiving portion 4 by driving the discharging coin carrying belt 10. The shutter 3 is opened after a predetermined time (after a predetermined time when all the dispensed coins are sent to the coin receiving unit 4) from the end of the dispensing operation of all the dispensed coins, and the dispensed coins can be taken out.

Further, in the case of abnormal dispensing, as shown in FIG. 18, the coins supplied on the conveyor belt 53 at the position B are stored in the collection box 96 by driving the conveyor belt 53 at that position. , The withdrawal operation is performed again.

When supplying coins to the conveyor belt 53, the conveyor belt 53 may be stopped, and the coins are evenly placed on the conveyor belt 53 by being intermittently driven when the coins are supplied. It can also be placed.

Further, in the above embodiment, the coin dispenser storing section 44
The structure in which the coins stacked in the tubular portion 45 of the above are thrown out from above has been described.
It can also be applied to a structure in which the cylindrical portion 45 is discharged from the lower side. In this structure, the conveyor belt 53 that receives the coins discharged from the tubular portion 45 of the coin dispenser storing portion 44 is lowered to the lower position. In that case, the position C in this embodiment may be used also as the coin-receipt position for dispensing coins.

The conveyor belt 53 of the above-described embodiment is provided with a replenishment coin at the time of initial coin replenishment, an additional replenishment coin at the time of additional coin replenishment, an overflow coin in a deposit aptitude coin at the time of deposit processing, and a temporary holding section 42 at the time of deposit return. Coins to be ejected, coins to be ejected from the withdrawal coin storage unit 44 at the time of withdrawal, coins to be ejected from the recovery box 96 at the time of withdrawal, and additional supplementary coins from the replenishment / recovery cassette 72 to be supplied from the cassette 72 It is commonly used for transporting the remaining additional replenished coins that are collected and the coins that are ejected from the withdrawal coin storage unit 44 at the time of collection.

Therefore, the position C where the conveyor belt 53 is stopped is the coin receiving position, and the coin discharging part (corresponding to the carry-out port 91) of the replenishing and collecting cassette 72 and the coin discharging part (the carry-out port 105 of the collecting box 96). It is the position to face).

Further, the position B where the conveyor belt 53 is stopped serves both as a coin receiving position and a coin discharging position, and the coin discharging portion of the coin dispenser 44 (the coin discharging area by the discharging plate 46) is temporarily operated. Coins facing the coin discharging part of the holding part 42 (the coin discharging region in the temporary holding part 42), the sorting hole 38 and the coin discharging part by the coin switching guide plate 94 (the overflow coin discharging region of the lower end region of the coin switching guide plate 94). The coin receiving part (which corresponds to the discharging coin transfer belt 10) and the other coin receiving parts (overflow coin storage at the time of deposit approval) that are in the receiving position and that form part of the withdrawal transfer system and the deposit transfer system It is also the coin ejection position facing the chute 97).

The position A at which the conveyor belt 53 is stopped is the coin discharging position, and is a coin receiving portion (corresponding to the discharging coin conveyor belt 10) that constitutes a part of the deposit conveying system and the dispensing conveying system. It is in a position to face.

In this embodiment, the discharging coin carrying belt 10 is stopped and waits at any of the stopped positions A, B, and C. For example, the position C is set as the fixed position and the position B or the position A is moved. After the end of the post-conveying operation, the fixed position C may be returned to the standby position.

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According to the first aspect of the present invention, the replenishment / recovery cassette stores the initial replenishment coins and the additional replenishment coins separately, so that only the initial replenishment coins from the replenishment / recovery cassette are inserted into the coin sorting passage during the initial replenishment. Since the coins are sent to the system and are replenished from the coin sorting passage system to the withdrawal coin storage unit, the amount of coins for initial replenishment can be reduced, the time for initial replenishment can be shortened, and the coin circulation type depositing / dispensing machine can be started up quickly.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, at the time of initial replenishment, only the initially replenished coins are sent from the replenishment / recovery cassette to the coin sorting passage system by the ascending / descending conveyor belt to be replenished from the coin sorting passage system to the dispensed coin storage portion. Since the additional replenishment coins are directly supplied to the collection box from the moving conveyor belt, the initial replenishment coin amount can be reduced and the initial replenishment time can be shortened. When replenishing additional coins, a predetermined amount of coins required for replenishment are discharged from the collection box to the conveyor belt to be supplied to the coin sorting passage system, and additional coins can be replenished from the coin sorting passage system to the withdrawal coin storage unit. Therefore, the time for initial replenishment can be shortened.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, at the time of initial replenishment, only the initial replenishment coins discharged from the replenishment and collection cassette are sent to the coin sorting passage system by the conveyor belt which moves only the initial replenishment coins up and down. The coins are sent to the sorting passage system and the coin sorting passage system is replenished into the coin dispenser,
When replenishing additional coins, a predetermined amount of coins required for replenishment from the replenishment / recovery cassette are supplied to the coin sorting passage system by a conveyor belt that moves up and down, and additional dispensing coins can be replenished from this coin sorting passage system for initial replenishment. The amount of coins can be reduced to shorten the time for initial replenishment.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory right side view showing an embodiment of a coin circulation type depositing / dispensing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional front view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the same conveyor belt.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the same coin receiving belt section.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the same coin passage portion.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the same replenishment / recovery cassette.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the same recovery box.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing the same initial coin replenishing process.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an initial coin replenishing process of the same.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an initial coin replenishing process of the same as above.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a coin collecting process of the same.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory view showing the same deposit processing.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an improper coin return process at the time of deposit process.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing the same deposit coin returning process.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing the same deposit coin returning process.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing a deposit coin storing process of the same.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory view showing the same dispensing process.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing a collection process when a dispensing error is the same as the above.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing another initial coin replenishing process.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram showing an initial coin replenishment / withdrawal process.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram showing a collection process of the same.

FIG. 22 is a control block diagram of the same as above.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Aircraft 27 Coin sorting passage 44 Withdrawal coin storage 53 Conveyor belt 72 Replenishment and collection cassette 96 Collection box

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A coin circulation type depositing / dispensing machine body is detachably mounted and comprises a replenishment / recovery cassette for separately storing an initial replenishment coin and an additional replenishment coin, and an initial replenishment coin discharged from the replenishment / recovery cassette at the time of initial replenishment. A coin replenishing method in a coin circulating type coin depositing / dispensing machine, wherein only coins are sent to a coin sorting passage system and the coins are dispensed from the coin sorting passage system. 2. A coin circulation type depositing / dispensing machine body is detachably mounted, and a replenishment / recovery cassette for separately storing an initial replenishment coin and an additional replenishment coin is provided, and an initial replenishment coin discharged from the replenishment / recovery cassette is conveyed. The coin is discharged to the coin sorting passage system by discharging the initial supplementary coins to the conveyor belt and then raising the conveying belt, driving the conveyor belt in the raised position to discharge the coins into the coin sorting passage system. The coins are replenished into the coin dispenser storage portion, the conveyor belt that has discharged the initial supplemented coins is lowered, and additional supplementary coins are ejected from the supplementary collection cassette to the conveyor belt in this lowered position at a predetermined time, and the conveyor belt is ejected. After discharging additional replenishment coins, raise the conveyor belt and drive this conveyor belt in the raised position to directly supply coins to the collection box from this conveyor belt, and at the time of supplementing additional coins. Ejects a predetermined amount of coins required for replenishment from the collection box to the conveyor belt, raises the conveyor belt after ejecting the supplementary coins onto the conveyor belt, and drives the conveyor belt at this elevated position to drive the coin sorting passage. A coin replenishing method in a coin circulating type coin depositing / dispensing machine, characterized in that the coin is dispensed to the system and is additionally supplemented from the coin sorting passage system to the dispensed coin storage unit. 3. A replenishment / removal cassette detachably mounted on the coin circulation type deposit / withdrawal machine for separately storing an initial replenishment coin and an additional replenishment coin, and an initial replenishment coin discharged from the replenishment / recovery cassette at the time of initial replenishment. Only the coins are sent to the coin sorting passage system to be replenished from the coin sorting passage system to the withdrawal coin storage portion, and when supplementing additional coins, a predetermined amount of coins required for replenishment are discharged from the replenishment / recovery cassette to the conveyor belt. After replenishing coins to the conveyor belt, raise this conveyor belt,
A coin replenishing method in a coin circulating type coin depositing / dispensing machine, characterized in that the conveyor belt in the raised position is driven to supply the coin to the coin sorting passage system, and the coin sorting passage system is additionally replenished to the coin dispenser.