JPH06176242A - Paper money identifying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the paper money identifying device for preventing liquid inserted from a paper money insert port from flowing into an equipment, on which the paper money identifying device is mounted, and preventing capability for inserting paper moneys from the paper money inserting port from being lowered. CONSTITUTION:Concerning such a paper money identifying device 10, the liquid (an arrow mark A flowing from a paper money insert port 20 is speedily drained through a liquid drain hole 23a, which is formed on a slope surface 22 constituting the bottom of the paper money insert port 20, to the outside of the paper money identifying device 10, and the liquid flowing into a main body 11 of the device is temporarily collected into a liquid collection part 13 arranged downward the bottom of the main body 11 of the device and afterwards speedily drained through a liquid guiding means 14 linked to this liquid collection part 13 to the outside of the equipment where the paper money identifying device 10 is mounted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of a bill validator used in vending machines, currency exchange machines, service equipment and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, some devices such as a vending machine, a money changer, a service device and the like are equipped with a bill validator for discriminating the authenticity of inserted bills.

FIG. 8 is a conceptual sectional view showing a state in which the above-described conventional bill validator 1 is mounted in a device such as an automatic vending machine.

The bill validator 1 is composed of a device body 2 which is generally L-shaped when viewed from the side, and a bill insertion slot 3 is formed at the lower left tip end thereof. Is directly attached to a door 8 that constitutes the front of a device such as a vending machine, and a part of its tip is exposed to the outside.

According to such a bill validator 1, when a bill (not shown) is inserted into the bill insertion slot 3, the bill is not detected by a bill detection sensor (not shown) provided in the bill insertion slot 3. To be detected. When the inserted bill is detected, the first conveyor belt 4 that conveys the bill in the horizontal direction rotates normally (rotates clockwise) based on the detection signal, and the second conveyor belt 5 reverses (counterclockwise). (Rotating in the direction), and the inserted bill is conveyed into the apparatus main body 2. That is, in the bill identifying device 1, a drive motor (not shown) is arranged on the second conveyor belt 5 side, and the first conveyor belt 4 is configured to rotate following the second conveyor belt 5. ing.

As described above, when the inserted bills are horizontally conveyed in the right direction in the drawing by the forward rotation of the first conveyor belt 4, not shown in the drawing is disposed at a substantially intermediate point of the first conveyor belt 4. The bill authenticity detection sensor determines the authenticity of the inserted bill.

When the inserted bill is judged to be a counterfeit coin by the bill authenticity detection sensor, the first conveyor belt 4 is reversed (rotated counterclockwise) and the inserted bill is inserted from the bill insertion slot 3. return.

When the inserted bill is judged to be a genuine coin by the bill authenticity detection sensor, the first bill is detected based on the detection signal.
Since the transport belt 4 of No. 2 and the second transport belt 5 of FIG. After that, they are stacked and stored in the stocker 6 formed at the rear of the apparatus main body 2.

[0009]

By the way, according to the above-described conventional banknote identification device 1, the banknote insertion slot 3 indicates the arrow A.
When water drops such as rainwater or viscous liquids such as detergents are poured in, the liquids flow around the bottom plate 7 forming the bottom surface of the apparatus main body 2 as shown by arrows, and It leaks from the lower side of the apparatus main body 2 and flows into the inside of a device such as a vending machine in which the bill validator 1 is mounted. When such a sticky liquid such as detergent flows into a device such as a vending machine, the liquid will cause various driving devices, printed wiring boards, electronic devices, etc. disposed inside the device. Adheres to the
There is a problem that not only does the function of the device equipped with the banknote recognition device 1 deteriorate, but also the operation of these devices is locked and the function of the device itself equipped with the banknote recognition device 1 is stopped.

On the other hand, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, conventionally, as described in US Pat. No. 5,156,250, the bottom face of the bill insertion slot is formed in a curved shape, and the curved bottom member is formed. A device in which a bill discharge device is formed by forming a liquid discharge means composed of a plurality of slit holes, and discharging the liquid put into the bill insertion slot from the lower surface of the bill insertion slot via this liquid discharge means. It has been proposed to prevent liquids from entering the inside, but in this conventional example, since the liquids discharging means is formed only in the bill insertion slot, liquids should be stored in the bill validator. However, if there is an intrusion, it cannot be discharged.
Further, in this conventional example, since the bottom surface of the bill insertion slot is formed in a curved shape, it is difficult to insert a bill.

In view of the above-mentioned circumstances, the present invention prevents the liquid material that has entered from the bill insertion slot from flowing into the equipment equipped with the bill identification device, and reduces the insertability of the bill from the bill insertion slot. It is an object of the present invention to provide a bill validator that is not allowed to do so.

[0012]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention discriminates the authenticity of a bill inserted from a bill insertion slot, and when the bill is judged to be a genuine coin, In the bill identifying device that is stored in the device body and is returned from the device body when it is determined to be a counterfeit coin, the bottom face of the bill insertion slot is formed into an inclined surface that rises along the bill insertion direction. , While forming a plurality of liquid discharge holes at a predetermined pitch along the width direction of the inclined surface,
A liquid material guide is provided below the bottom surface of the apparatus body for disposing a liquid material collecting unit for collecting liquid material falling from the bottom surface, and for guiding the liquid material collected by the liquid material collecting unit to the outside of the apparatus body. The means is connected to the liquid collecting section.

[0013]

According to the above-described bill discriminating apparatus, the liquid matter thrown in from the bill inserting opening is first transferred to the outside of the bill discriminating apparatus through the liquid discharging hole formed on the inclined surface forming the bottom surface of the bill inserting opening. The liquid matter that is quickly discharged and that has entered the apparatus body is once collected by a liquid matter collecting section disposed below the bottom surface of the apparatus body, and then the liquid matter guiding means that is connected to this liquid matter collecting section. The bill validator is quickly discharged to the outside of the device equipped with the bill validator.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the bill validator according to the present invention will be described in detail below.

FIG. 1 is a bill discriminating apparatus 1 according to the present invention.
In the conceptual sectional view of 0, the same parts as those in FIG. 8 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

In this bill validator 10, the bill insertion slot 2
A bottom surface of 0 is formed, and an inclined surface 22 that gradually rises along the inserting direction of the bill is formed on the under plate 21 that forms a part of the bill transport path.

On the other hand, in the inclined surface 22 of the under plate 21, as shown in FIG. 2 which is an enlarged perspective view of an essential portion thereof, a liquid discharge hole having a flat rectangular shape at a predetermined pitch along the width direction of the inclined surface 22. A plurality of 23a and 23b are formed. Of the plurality of liquid material discharge holes 23a and 23b, a cutout 22a is formed in the upper part of the liquid material discharge hole 23b having a small opening area.

Further, a projecting portion 24a having a planar rectangular shape is formed at the tip of a chute 24 which constitutes a part of the banknote transport path following the inclined surface 22, and the projecting portion 24a having a planar rectangular shape.
Bends slightly downward and penetrates into the notch 22a formed in the upper part of the liquid discharge hole 23b. In addition,
The protrusion 24a is formed on the bottom 22 of the cutout 22a as shown.
It does not reach to b, and they face each other with a certain interval.
A gap S is formed there.

When the under plate 21 of FIG. 2 is cut along its CC line, the cross section of the bill insertion slot 20 shown in FIG. 1 is obtained, and when the under plate 21 of FIG. 2 is cut along its DD line, it is shown in FIG. It is a cross section of the bill insertion slot 20.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, the apparatus main body 11 is covered below the apparatus main body 11, that is, below the bottom plate 12 forming the bottom surface of the apparatus main body 11, so as to cover the periphery of the bottom plate 12 without omission. A liquid material collecting unit 13 is provided.

The liquid material collecting section 13 is shown in a side view of FIG. 4 and FIG.
As shown in the front view of FIG. 6 and the bottom view of FIG. 6, the casing is formed of a casing having a substantially square plane and a funnel-shaped cross section, and an opening 13a is formed in the upper part and the lower part is formed in the lower part. A discharge hole 13b is formed. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a tube 15 that constitutes the liquid material guiding means 14 is continuously provided in the discharge hole 13b of the liquid material collecting unit 13, and the banknote recognition device 10 is attached to the downstream end of the tube 15. Exposed to the outside of equipment such as vending machines.

A plurality of holes 12a are formed in the bottom plate 12 forming the bottom surface of the apparatus main body 11 shown in FIG. 1 as shown in the enlarged plan view of FIG.

Further, in the bill discriminating apparatus 10, as shown in FIG. 1, a portion which constitutes a part of the bottom surface of the apparatus main body 11 and which is adjacent to the rear end of the bill insertion slot 20 is
A sheet 16 is provided for guiding the liquid matter (arrow B) falling from the upstream end of the bill insertion slot 20 and the upper surface of the first conveyor belt 4 to the liquid matter collecting section 13 side.

In the bill validator 10 of the embodiment, the height H of the bill insertion slot 20 is smaller than the height H'of the bill insertion slot 3 shown in FIG. 8 (H <H '). Is
Liquid matter such as raindrops is set so as to be more difficult to enter from the bill insertion slot 3.

Next, the liquid discharging operation of the above-described bill discriminating apparatus 10 will be described, and the structure will be described in more detail.

According to the bill validator 10 described above, FIG.
As shown in, the liquid matter (arrow A) such as rainwater and detergent that has entered from the bill insertion slot 20 is first passed through the liquid matter discharge holes 23a and 23b of the inclined surface 22 forming the bottom surface of the bill insertion slot 20 through the arrows. As indicated by A ', it falls below the bill insertion slot 20 and is quickly discharged to the outside of the device such as the vending machine equipped with the bill identification device 10.

On the other hand, since the liquid material collecting section 13 is arranged below the bottom plate 12 which constitutes the bottom surface of the apparatus main body 11, the liquid material introduced (arrow A) as shown in FIG.
Part of the liquid (arrow B ') that has passed over the liquid discharge hole 23b of the bill insertion slot 20 is formed between the chute 24 and the notch 22a formed above the liquid discharge hole 23b. It flows into the liquid material collecting section 13 through the gap S and the sheet 16.

The liquid (arrow B) directly entering the main body 11 of the apparatus also flows into the liquid collecting section 13 via the sheet 16, and further behind the main body 11, that is, the bill insertion slot 2
The liquid material (arrow C) that has entered a portion far from 0 also flows into the liquid material collecting portion 13 through the holes 12a of the bottom plate 12 and the like, and is collected in the liquid material collecting portion 13, respectively.

Further, the liquid matter that has flowed into and collected in the liquid matter collecting section 13 then flows into the tube 15 which is the liquid matter guiding means 14 connected to the discharge hole 13b of the liquid matter collecting section 13, From the downstream end of the tube 15, the bill identifying device 10 is quickly discharged to the outside of the device such as an automatic vending machine.

Even when a large amount of liquid is suddenly poured into the apparatus main body 11, the bottom plate 12 having the above-mentioned holes 12a controls the flow rate of the liquid flowing into the liquid collecting section 13. Since it functions as a weir for limiting, there is no risk that the liquid matter collected in the liquid matter collecting unit 13 overflows from the liquid matter collecting unit 13 and overflows to the surroundings.

In the above embodiment, the liquid material collecting section 13 having a funnel-shaped cross section is formed separately from the apparatus main body 11. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and the liquid material having a funnel-shaped cross section is used. The collecting unit 13 and the device body 11 may be integrally formed, and the liquid material collecting unit 13 itself may be formed as the bottom surface of the device body 11.

[0032]

As described above, according to the bill discriminating apparatus of the present invention, even if water drops such as rainwater or sticky liquid such as detergent is poured from the bill insertion slot, the liquid is first billed. Quickly discharged to the outside of the bill validator through the liquid discharge hole formed on the inclined surface that constitutes the bottom surface of the insertion slot,
Further, the liquid matter that has entered the bill validator is quickly mounted on the bill validator through a liquid matter collecting section arranged on the bottom surface of the apparatus main body and a liquid matter guiding means connected to the liquid matter collecting section. Since it is discharged to the outside of the device, liquids poured from the bill insertion slot will adhere to various devices such as drive members installed inside the device equipped with the bill validator and cause its operation to be defective. In addition, the device equipped with the bill validator can be effectively protected against a malicious mischief in which a liquid such as detergent is poured, and the deterioration of the function can be prevented as much as possible. Moreover, since the bottom surface of the coin insertion slot is a simple inclined surface, the insertability of the bill from the coin insertion slot is not deteriorated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing a state in which a bill validator of the present invention is attached to a device.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway enlarged perspective view of an under plate forming a bill insertion slot.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing a state in which the bill validator of the present invention is attached to a device.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a liquid material collecting unit.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a liquid material collecting unit.

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the liquid material collecting unit.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a bottom plate.

FIG. 8 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing a state in which a conventional bill validator is attached to a device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Banknote identification device 11 ... Device main body 12 ... Bottom plate 13 ... Liquid collection part 14 ... Liquid guide means 15 ... Tube 20 ... Banknote insertion port 21 ... Bottom surface (underplate) 22 ... Inclined surface 23a, 23b ... Liquid product Discharge hole

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A bill inserted from a bill insertion slot is discriminated as to whether it is true or false, and if the bill is judged to be a true coin, it is stored in the main body of the device, and if it is judged to be a false coin, the device In the bill identifying device adapted to be returned from the main body, the bottom surface of the bill insertion slot is formed into an inclined surface that rises along the insertion direction of the bill, and a plurality of predetermined pitches are provided along the width direction of the inclined surface. A liquid material discharge hole is formed, and a liquid material collecting portion for collecting liquid material falling from the bottom surface is provided below the bottom surface of the apparatus body, and the liquid material collected by the liquid material collecting portion is provided in the device. A bill identifying device characterized in that a liquid guide means for guiding the outside of the main body is connected to the liquid collecting section. 2. The bill discriminating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a notch for guiding the liquid is formed in an upper portion of the plurality of liquid discharge holes. 3. The liquid collecting part is formed by a casing having a funnel-shaped cross section, an opening for collecting the liquid is formed in an upper part thereof, and a discharge hole for discharging the collected liquid is formed in a lower part thereof. The bill validator according to claim 1, wherein the bill validator is formed. 4. The bill discriminating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the liquid guide means is a tube connected to the discharge hole. 5. The bill discriminating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the bottom surface of the apparatus main body is formed by a bottom plate. 6. The bill validator according to claim 5, wherein the bottom plate has a plurality of holes formed therein.