JPH06176233A - Coin processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable speedy processing even when wrong sorting is generated by performing money reception processing again after coins on a conveying means and coins in a temporary holding part are temporarily returned when the generation of wrong sorting is detected during the sorting operation. CONSTITUTION:Concerning the coins fed out of a feed-out part 2, the denominations of coins are judged by a coin check part 3. When the coins are sorted, the coins enter a temporary holding part 7 under a sorting shutter 22 but when the coins pass on the shutter 22 without being sorted by the hanging of the shutter, light is shielded at a sensor before the shutter 22 and the sorting error is judged. With the generation of this error, first of all, the drive of the feed-out part is stopped. At such a time, since the other conveying path is driven, the coins are guided by a reject gate 15 and returned through a lateral conveying path 9 and a longitudinal conveying path 11 to a receiving tray 1. Continuously, the temporary holding part 7 is driven to the return side and the held coins are similarly returned to the receiving tray 1. When all the coins are returned to the receiving tray 1, the processing of money reception is performed again.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin processing device, and more particularly to a coin processing device for inspecting and sorting inserted coins.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a coin deposit processing device for inspecting and sorting deposited coins, there are a window system for sorting according to the size of coins and a system for driving by driving a shutter. In some cases, coins are caught in the window and cause erroneous selection, and in the case of the shutter method, erroneous selection may occur due to shutter operation delay, failure, and the like. When such misclassification of coins occurs, it is usually necessary to re-sort the sorted coins, which is a particularly troublesome work in the case of a large number of coins.

By the way, as another device for determining the erroneous selection of coins as described above, there is a device as disclosed in JP-A-55-33208. In this device, the inserted coins are discriminated by the discriminating device, and the coin type is counted based on the discrimination result, and the coin type is counted by the output of the coin detector that detects the selected coins, and the discrimination result The erroneous selection of coins is determined by comparing the counting result of the denomination based on the denomination and the counting result of the denomination based on the selection result.

However, in this apparatus, even if erroneous selection occurs, it is impossible to determine the erroneous selection unless all the inserted coins are selected. Only when all of the above are selected, the user is notified that the selection is incorrect.

For this reason, when sorting again, all the inserted coins are returned to the loading section, and counting and sorting are performed again, which causes a problem that the waiting time of the user becomes very long. .

[0006]

As described above, in the conventional device, the problem that the waiting time of the user becomes very long when misselection occurs is solved, and even when misselection occurs, An object of the present invention is to provide a coin depositing device that can process quickly.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides, in the first invention, an input unit into which a user inserts coins, and a feeding unit for feeding out coins one by one from the input unit. A conveying means for conveying the coins fed out from the feeding means, a discriminating means provided on the conveying means for discriminating the type of coins, and a discriminating means for discriminating the discriminating means provided for each type of coins along the conveying means. A sorting means that sorts based on the result, a temporary holding part that temporarily holds the coins sorted by this sorting means, and a fact that the coin discriminated by the discriminating means has not been sorted by the corresponding coin sorting means is detected. Detecting means and the detecting means, when it is detected that the coins have not been sorted by the sorting means for the corresponding coins, the feeding by the feeding means is stopped and the coins are held in the temporary holding section. And return means for returning the coins and coins on the conveying path in the insertion portion, is obtained by and a recharge unit for sorting out Repetitive the returned coins by the returning unit again.

According to the second aspect of the invention, a user inserts coins into the container, feeding means for feeding the coins one by one from the inserting portion, and conveying means for conveying the coins fed from the feeding means. , A discriminating means provided on the conveying means for discriminating the type of coins, a discriminating means provided along the conveying means for each type of coins for discriminating based on the discrimination result of the discriminating means, and a discriminating means by the discriminating means. A temporary holding unit for temporarily holding the selected coin, a detecting unit for detecting that the coin discriminated by the discriminating unit has not been sorted by the coin sorting unit, and a coin for which the coin corresponds by the detecting unit. When the fact that it has not been sorted by the sorting means is detected, the feeding by the feeding means is stopped and the coins held in the temporary holding section and the coins on the conveying path are returned to the input section. A step, a recharging means for re-feeding and sorting the coins returned by the returning means, and a number of times the detection means detects that the coins have not been sorted by the sorting means for the corresponding coins exceeds a predetermined value. It is provided with a judging means for judging whether or not the coin is returned to the user without performing the re-payment processing by the re-paying means according to the judgment result of the judging means.

[0009]

In the present invention, when it is detected that erroneous sorting occurs during the sorting operation, the coins on the transport means and the coins in the temporary holding section are once returned, and the deposit processing is performed again. It is not necessary to carry out the deposit processing for all coins, and the deposit processing time when misselection occurs is greatly reduced.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a circulation type coin processing machine to which the present invention is applied.

The circulating coin processing machine is provided with a tray 1 for receiving coins inserted by a user. The coins inserted in the tray 1 are transferred to the feeding section 2 by the rotation of the tray 1. To fall. The feeding unit 2 feeds coins one by one and conveys them to the coin inspection unit 3.

The coin inspection unit 3 is composed of a CCD line sensor for detecting the diameter of coins and a magnetic sensor for measuring the magnetic amount of coins, and discriminates the coin denomination, authenticity, and the like. The coins inspected by the coin inspection unit 3 are conveyed by the conveying unit 4 and are sorted by denomination by the sorting unit 5 based on the result of the coin inspection.

The selection unit 5 is a shutter 2 provided for each denomination.
2 is configured, and the shutter 22 is driven based on the determination result of the coin prosecution unit 3 to sort the denomination.

Below the shutter 22, coins selected by the shutter 22 are temporarily held by a primary holding unit 7. The left end of the temporary holding unit 7 is a temporary holding unit for reject coins, and is sequentially placed on the right side by 1 yen, 5 yen, 10 yen, 50 yen.
There is a temporary holding unit for yen, 100 yen, and 500 yen coins.

The coins held in the primary holding section 7 are stored in the coin-type safe 8 when a transaction is established without any abnormality such as counting error or misselection. The denomination safe 8 is arranged for each denomination corresponding to each temporary holding unit 7.

A coin payout section (not shown) is provided in the denomination safe 8 so that coins can be paid out from the vault 8 when paying out. The coins paid out from the coin safe 8 are conveyed to the left in the figure by the horizontal conveying unit 10, and further conveyed to the feeding unit 2 by the vertical conveying unit 12.

The coins conveyed to the feeding section 2 are fed one by one, and are passed through the inspection section 3 to the vertical conveying section 11 via the reject gate 15 and the horizontal conveying section 9 at the final portion of the conveying section 4. , The receiving tray 1 is to be withdrawn.

A shutter 6 is provided above the tray 1 so that the shutter 6 can be opened and a user can insert coins into the tray 1 during a deposit transaction. The shutter 6 is opened so that the user can receive coins from the tray 1 during withdrawal.

The denomination safe 8 can be pulled out in the front-rear direction and is locked by a key 18. Therefore, at the time of pulling out, after unlocking with the hook 18, the money safe 8 is pulled out in the front-rear direction.

The conveyor belt support 16 is rotatably provided around a fulcrum 17, and a belt 24 is stretched around the conveyor belt support 16. The coins are transported on the transport path 4 by the transport belt 24. Fig. 2 shows the sorting section 5
Is shown.

The sorting unit 5 is composed of guides 20a and 20b and a shutter 22, and conveys coins by a conveyor belt 24. Immediately before the collective shutter 221, a transfer path plate 37 that forms the coin transfer path 4 with each shutter is disposed, and a reject port 23 is provided at the final stage of the transfer path.

A collective shutter 22 is sequentially provided on the right side of the sorting section 5.
1, 1-yen shutter 222, 5-yen shutter 223, 10-yen shutter 224, 50-yen shutter 225, 100-yen shutter 226, 500-yen shutter 227 are arranged.

The passage sensor 21 is provided in front of the first shutter.
0 is arranged, and passage sensors 211, 212, 213, 214, 21 are provided between the shutters and immediately before the shutters.
5,216,217,218 are arranged. Then, the shutter of the relevant denomination is opened and closed based on the denomination determination result of the coins by the above-mentioned coin inspection section 3 and the detection result by the passage sensor, and the coins are accumulated in the temporary holding section 7 of the relevant denomination. ing. FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the sorting unit 5,
The transport path casing 29 is formed by bending it into a substantially U-shape, and the bearing 28 is fixed to the lower portion thereof.

The shaft of the rotary solenoid 26 is passed through the bearing 28, and the shutter is fixed to the shaft by a screw or a pin (not shown) to open and close the shutter.

Further, the solenoid 26 is attached to the transport path housing 29 by fixing a retaining pin 32, which is slightly longer than the thickness of the transport path housing 29, to a screw portion provided on the solenoid 26 with a nut 33. There is. Since the pin 32 is slightly longer than the thickness of the transport path housing 29, the solenoid 26 freely moves in the thrust direction of the shaft, and the transport path housing 29
It is possible to absorb the error of the bent portion of the solenoid and smoothly operate the solenoid 26.

The guides 20a and 20b described above are provided on both sides of the shutter 22, and coins are used as guides 20a and 2b.
The left and right movements are restricted by 0b, and the belt 24 conveys the shutter 22.

The passage sensor 21 includes the LED 35 held by the LED holder 30 and the phototransistor holder 3.
The phototransistor holder 34 held at 1 detects the passage of coins at all the ends of the shutter. Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described based on the flowchart of FIG. First, the sorting operation will be described with reference to FIG.

The coins dispensed from the dispensing unit 2 are transferred to the coin inspection unit 3
The type of coin is determined by (ST1). If the result of this determination is, for example, 10 yen, the selection shutter 224 for 10 yen coins must be driven.

When operating the selection shutter 224,
It is detected that the coin determined to be 10 yen has passed through the selection shutter 222, and the passage sensor 213 provided at the front end of the selection shutter 223 one before this is shielded from light (S
T2), by energizing the solenoid SL10 of the sorting shutter 224, the shutter is driven to a position for guiding the coins to the temporary holding portion (ST3).

Then, the coin is conveyed by the conveyor belt, and the next passage sensor 21 is detected by the coin determined to be 10 yen.
4 is detected to be shielded (ST4), and then it is detected that the coin passes and is released from the shield (ST).
5), the energization of the solenoid SL10 of the selection shutter 224 is cut off, and the shutter returns to the original position (ST.
6).

That is, when the coin is passing through the passage sensor 214, it is guided by the selection shutter 224,
After the coins are sorted by the shutter, the shutter starts to close.

Since the solenoid is composed of a coil winding, there is a time delay of about 10 ms before it starts to operate due to disconnection of electric current, and the shutter itself is mechanically operated. There is a time delay of 10 ms. That is,
Since a time delay of 20 ms occurs as a whole, it starts to open after detecting that the passage sensor immediately before the shutter is shielded when energized, and when the shutter closes, the passage sensor at the tip of the shutter changes from dark to bright. By detecting and after starting to close, accurate selection is performed regardless of time delay.

When coins are sorted, they enter the temporary holding section 7 below the sorting shutter. However, the coins are not sorted due to a situation that should not occur, such as the shutter being caught,
If it passes over the shutter, the sensor in front of the shutter 225 for selecting 50 yen is shielded from light (ST7),
At this time, it is determined that a sorting error has occurred (ST8). The above-described sorting operation has been described for the 10-yen coin, but other coins are also sorted by the same process. Normally, the next sorting operation is performed without sorting, but if it is determined that there is a sorting error, processing is performed by the control as described below.

When a sorting error occurs, first, the feeding unit 2
The drive motor (not shown) that drives the
T8). Since the other transport path is being driven, when a coin is present on the transport path, that is, the passage sensor 21.
Every time a coin is detected by 0 to 218 (ST9), the timer continues to be set (ST10). Since the transfer path 4 is being driven, the coins are guided to the reject gate 15 and the tray 1 is passed through the horizontal transfer path 9 and the vertical transfer path 11.
Returned to 01.

The coin is not detected by the passage sensors 210 to 218, and the timer is set to 0 (timeout).
Then (ST11), the timer is set again (S
(T12) Continue driving the transport path until the timer reaches 0 (timeout) to ensure that the final coin 10
Set back to 1.

Subsequently, the temporary holding section 7 is driven to the return side (ST12), and the temporarily held coins are transferred to the tray 101 via the horizontal conveying path 9 and the vertical conveying path 11 in the same manner as described above. Will be returned. Note that this time is also managed by the timer so that the final coin can be surely returned to the tray 101.

When all coins are returned to the tray 101,
It is determined whether the sorting error is the first one (ST1
3) If it is the first time, the deposit process is executed again (ST14).

However, erroneous selection occurs when the shutter operation is delayed due to some reason, and the shutter operation delay is due to a mechanical or electrical abnormality of the device itself. In this case, misselection may occur again.

Therefore, when the abnormality is detected for the second time, all the coins are fed out without stopping the feeding belt, and all the coins are fed through the reject port and the lateral transport path 9 and the vertical transport path 11. The coin is returned to the tray 101. Similarly, the coins held in the temporary holding unit are similarly returned to the receiving tray 101, and after all the coins have been returned to the receiving tray 101, the deposit opening shutter is opened to notify the abnormality.

Furthermore, while notifying the user of the abnormality,
By opening the shutter on the upper part of the tray 101, the user can receive the coin and process it by another device.

According to the above-described embodiment, when it is detected that erroneous sorting occurs during the sorting operation, the coins on the conveying path are once returned to the tray and the deposit processing is performed again. Need not be done for all coins.
For this reason, the deposit processing time when misclassification occurs is significantly shortened.

Further, instead of repeating the re-payment process forever, the deposit opening shutter is opened to notify the abnormality for the second erroneous selection. Therefore, the erroneous selection based on the abnormality of the apparatus itself is performed. I can tell you for sure.

[0043]

As described above, according to the present invention, when it is detected that erroneous sorting occurs during the sorting operation, the coins on the conveying path are once returned and the deposit processing is performed again. Since it is not necessary to perform the re-depositing process for all coins, the depositing processing time when misselection occurs is greatly reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a circulation type coin processing machine.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a sorting unit.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a configuration of a selection shutter.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining a sorting operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Delivery section 3 Money inspection section 4 Conveying section 5 Sorting section 6 Shutter 7 Primary holding section 8 Kind safe 9 Lateral transfer section 10 Horizontal transfer section 11 Vertical transfer section 12 Vertical transfer section 13 Safe box 14 Overflow safe 18 Control section

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An input unit into which a user inserts coins, a feeding unit for feeding coins one by one from the input unit, a conveying unit for conveying the coins fed out from the feeding unit, and a conveying unit. Discriminating means for discriminating the type of coins provided in
Sorting means provided along the transport means for each type of coin and sorting based on the determination result of the determination means, a temporary holding unit for temporarily holding the coins selected by the sorting means, and the determination means Detecting means for detecting that the coin has not been sorted by the corresponding coin sorting means, and the above-mentioned feeding means when it is detected by this detecting means that the coin has not been sorted by the corresponding coin sorting means. It was equipped with a returning means for stopping the feeding and returning the coins held in the temporary holding section and the coins on the conveying path to the inserting section, and a re-charging means for re-feeding and sorting the coins returned by the returning means. A coin processing device characterized by that. 2. An input unit into which a user inserts coins, feeding means for feeding coins one by one from the input unit, conveying means for conveying coins fed out from the feeding means, and on the conveying means. Discriminating means for discriminating the type of coins provided in
Sorting means provided along the transport means for each type of coin and sorting based on the determination result of the determination means, a temporary holding unit for temporarily holding the coins selected by the sorting means, and the determination means Detecting means for detecting that the coin has not been sorted by the corresponding coin sorting means, and the above-mentioned feeding means when it is detected by this detecting means that the coin has not been sorted by the corresponding coin sorting means. Returning means for stopping the feeding and returning the coins held in the temporary holding section and the coins on the conveying path to the inserting section, a re-charging means for re-feeding and sorting the coins returned by the returning means, and the above detection Determining means for determining whether or not the number of times the means detects that the coin has not been sorted by the corresponding coin sorting means exceeds a predetermined value; The determination result coin processing apparatus characterized by comprising a means for returning to the user the coins without recharge process by recharging means by.