JPH06139430A - Paper money identifying/storing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a paper money identifying/storing device which can be easily applied to both up-stack and down-stack systems and also can draw out the paper money upward in either system. CONSTITUTION:A pair of bearing hooks 4 and 5 are symmetrically formed around the attachment center axis at the rear edge of each of both side plates 2 of a housing 1. A store box 3 is made of a plastic material. A pair of spindles 11 which are pivotally supported by the hooks 4 and 5 are provided protrusively on the end of one of both side faces of the box 3. Furthermore a latch pawl 12 which can be bent by its elastic material is formed at the center part of each side face of the box 3 in the lengthwise direction, and an engagement shaft 16 which can be engaged with the pawl 12 is provided in the housing 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill discriminating / storing apparatus, and in particular, a storage box can be attached to a housing of the bill discriminating apparatus by a simple operation regardless of whether it is an up stack type or a down stack type. The bill identifying and storing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, an automatic vending machine and a money changer are equipped with a bill validator for identifying the authenticity of inserted bills and a bill stacker device for accumulating and storing only accepted genuine bills. This type of bill validator includes an up-stack system in which bills are inserted from the lower insertion slot, identified as authentic through the discriminator, and then conveyed upward to stack genuine bills above the identifier, and bills. There are two methods, a down-stack method in which an authentic banknote is identified through an identification device after being inserted from an upper insertion slot, and genuine banknotes are guided downward to stack the genuine banknotes below an identification unit. Conventionally, the user selects one of these two methods in consideration of usage at the time of purchase,
It was used by incorporating it into the main body of the vending machine. The bill stacker device has a bill storage box, and genuine bills are stacked and stored in this storage box. The storage box is engaged with each other by the cooperative action of the latch claw and the stop pin that are acted by the spring force of the return spring with respect to the bill identification and storage device. However, it was necessary to move it against the spring force to unlock it.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, it is necessary to mount many parts such as the latch claw, the shaft pivotally supporting the latch claw, and the return spring on the wall surface of the storage box, and the number of constituent parts is reduced. Many required adjustment work. In addition, in order to switch the model of the up stack specification to the down stack specification, the banknote identification storage device may be turned upside down, but in this case, the direction in which the latch claw is pushed is in the opposite direction to the previous method. This is inconvenient because the bills in the storage box are taken out in the opposite direction, and the bills have to be pulled out downward. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to easily adapt to either the up-stack system or the down-stack system, and in any case, the banknote identifying and storing device can draw the banknote upward. To provide.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is a bill identifying and storing device in which a bill storing box is detachably combined with a housing of a bill identifying device. A pair of bearing hooks are formed at a predetermined distance so as to be axially symmetric with respect to the rear side edge with respect to the mounting center axis, while the storage box is formed of a plastic material, and one of both side surfaces of the storage box is formed. A pair of pivot shafts supported by the bearing hooks are projectingly provided at the ends, and the latch claws that can be flexibly deformed by utilizing the elasticity of the material are provided at the longitudinal central portions of the side surfaces of the storage box. It is characterized in that a plate is formed, and an engagement shaft capable of engaging with the claw of the latch claw plate is provided inside the housing.

[0005]

According to the bill discriminating / storing device of the present invention, in either case of the up stack type or the down stack type, the pivot shaft of the storage box is hooked on the bearing hook of the housing to bend the latch claw plate inward. When it is deformed, it is pushed to a predetermined position, and when the hand is released, the tip of the latch claw plate is caught by the engagement shaft on the housing side, and the mounting is completed. Also, when it is necessary to change the stacking method, leave the orientation of the storage box as it is, reverse the housing of the bill validator, and hook the pivot shaft of the storage box on the bearing hook to perform the same operation as above. The storage box can be attached to the housing of the bill validator.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a bill validator according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an example of an up-stack type bill discriminating / storing device. In the figure, reference numeral 1 indicates a housing of the bill discriminating device, and a storage box 3 is provided on both side plates 2 and 2 of the housing 1. It is installed. The rear edge of each side plate 2 of the housing 1 has a first
The bearing hook 4 and the second bearing hook 5 are provided so as to project at a predetermined distance. These bearing hooks 4 and 5 are formed symmetrically with respect to the mounting center axis 6-6.

On the other hand, the storage box 3 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape with one surface open, and is molded from a plastic material such as polycarbonate resin. The storage box 3 has a front plate 7, a pair of left and right side plates 8, 8, upper and lower top plates 9 and a bottom plate 10. A pivot shaft 11 is formed to project laterally at the central position of the lower end of the side plate 8. The diameter of the pivot shaft 11 is set so that it can fit into the bearing hooks 4 and 5 without any gap.

A latch claw plate 12 which can be flexibly deformed by utilizing the elasticity of the material is cantilevered and supported at the center of the side plate 8 of the storage box 3. The base end of the latch claw plate 12 is integrally connected to the side plate 8, and a claw 13 is formed on the outer surface of the free end thereof. In addition, an oblong hand-holding portion 14 is formed on the outer surface of the base end portion of the latch claw plate 12, and a mountain-shaped notch is formed on the surface thereof to prevent slipping of a finger on the hand. You can do it.

On the other hand, an elongated hole 15 is formed along the longitudinal direction near the center of the rear edge of the side plate 2 of the housing 1.
An engagement shaft 16 is formed between the longitudinal edge of the slot 15 and the rear edge of the side plate. As shown most clearly in FIG. 5, the claw 13 at the tip of the latch claw plate 12 enters into the elongated hole 15 so that the tip of the claw 13 engages with the engaging shaft 16. Incidentally, a stacker plate 17 in the form of a thin plate is arranged inside the storage box 3,
A coil spring 18 is incorporated between the stacker plate 17 and the front plate 7, and comes into contact with the stopper rail 19 at the most advanced position of the stacker plate 17.

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, when it is used in the up-stack system, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the housing 1 is so arranged that the bill identifying portion 20 is located downward. Mounted upright, insert the pivot shaft 11 of the storage box 3 into the bearing hook 4, and push in clockwise from the position shown in the figure with the pivot shaft 11 as the center of rotation to engage the pawl 13 of the latch pawl plate 12. It is used at the position indicated by the imaginary line hooked on the shaft 16. On the other hand, when using the down-stack method, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the housing 1 is provided upright so that the identification portion 20 is on the upper side, and the pivot shaft 11 of the storage box 3 is attached to the bearing hook 5.
And pivot it about the pivot 11 in the clockwise direction.

[0011]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, a flexible deformable latch claw plate is integrally formed on a part of the side plate of the storage box by utilizing the elasticity of the material. The claws, coil springs, and shafts used in the device are unnecessary, and the structure can be simplified. Further, the banknotes can always be pulled out upward by keeping the orientation of the storage box constant and turning the main body of the identification machine upside down.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a state in which a storage box according to the present invention is attached to a housing of a bill validator.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a storage box according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the storage box.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the latch claw is flexibly deformed inward.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the storage box showing a state where the latch claw is engaged with the engagement shaft.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing a state where the storage box is pulled out in the up-stack method.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the storage box.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing a state where the storage box is pulled out in the down stack method.

FIG. 9 is a front view of the storage box.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Housing 3 Storage Box 4 First Bearing Hook 5 Second Bearing Hook 8 Side Plate 11 Pivot Shaft 12 Latch Claw Plate 13 Claw 16 Engagement Shaft

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A bill identifying and storing device in which a bill storing box is detachably combined with a housing of a bill identifying device, wherein the bill storing box is axisymmetric with respect to a mounting central axis with respect to rear edges of both side plates of the housing. A pair of bearing hooks are formed at a predetermined distance, while the storage box is formed of a plastic material, and a pair of pivot shafts supported by the bearing hooks are formed on one end of each side of the storage box. And a latch claw plate that can be flexibly deformed by utilizing the elasticity of the material is formed at the center of each side surface of the storage box in the longitudinal direction, and the latch claw plate is formed inside the housing. A bill identifying and storing device, characterized in that an engagement shaft capable of engaging with the claw is provided.