JPH06176243A - Coin processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent trouble caused by erroneous operations and to enable processing by a clerk at the time of using an ATM by fixing an attachable/ detachable coffer with a lock means inside the coin processor, discriminating and displaying whether the coffer is set in a detachable state or not. CONSTITUTION:When loading a coffer 13 inside a case, a notch 31 of the coffer 13 is engaged with a hook 37, and the notch 31 and the hook 3 are locked after a lock lever is pushed up. Next, when a solenoid 22 is not electrified in the case of pulling out the coffer 13, a plunger 39 prevents the move of a lever 23. When the solenoid is electrified, the lever 23 can be moved. The solenoid 22 is connected with an indicator lamp 18 and when the lamp is turned on, a lock 17 can be operated. When the indicator lamp is turned off oppositely, the lock 17 can not be operated since the solenoid 22 fixes the lever 23 and even when the clerk tries the operation with the erroneous operations, the lock lever can not be operated to the opening position.

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 having a safe that can be attached and detached by a staff member.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, coin processing devices have been used in ATMs (automatic depositing and dispensing machines), and in these devices, coins are loaded and collected through a safe for staff members. ing.

For example, when trying to store coins in the denomination-specific safe, if the denomination-specific vault is fully distributed, the coins cannot be accommodated. For this reason, an overflow vault is provided and fully-distributed coins are provided. Seed coins are stored in this overflow safe. Then, the clerk needs to collect the overflow safe so that it will not be fully paid.

However, when an ATM accidentally pulls out the overflow safe for recovery processing while the ATM is being traded by a general user, when a coin that needs to be stored in the overflow safe is generated. There is a risk that the coins will be scattered in the overflow safe part due to the fact that it is impossible to make a transaction or the overflow safe operates as if it is set.

In some cases, a clerk safe for loading and collecting is provided separately from the overflow vault, but if the clerk erroneously pulls out while the clerk ATM is being traded by a general user. The same trouble as described above may occur.

In order to solve such a problem, AT
It is considered that the safe cannot be detached when M is used, but in this case, there is a problem that the staff cannot perform processing until the user finishes using the ATM.

[0007]

As described above, in the conventional device, the problem that the rubble occurs due to the erroneous operation by the staff member and the processing by the staff member cannot be performed when the ATM is used, is solved. The purpose is to provide a coin handling device with high operability.

[0008]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides, in a first invention, a coin processing device for depositing or withdrawing coins, wherein a detachment for accommodating coins which is detached by an attendant and collected. A possible safe, lock means for fixing the safe in the coin processing device, discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the removable safe is in a removable state, and the safe can be detached based on the discrimination result of the discriminating means. Display means for displaying whether or not there is, and lock release preventing means for interlocking with this display means for preventing the lock from being released by the lock means so that the safe cannot be removed when the safe cannot be removed. It is equipped with.

[0009]

In the present invention, since whether or not the removable safe is removable can be displayed and displayed, the clerk can easily discriminate whether or not the safe can be removed, and lock the safe when it is impossible to remove it. Since the unlocking means prevents the lock means from being unlocked, it is possible to prevent an employee from accidentally removing the safe.

[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 that detects the diameter of coins and a magnetic sensor that measures the magnetic amount of coins, and determines 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 6 provided for each denomination.
The shutter 22 is driven based on the determination result of the public inspection unit 3 to sort the denominations.

Below the shutter 6, coins selected by the shutter 6 are held in a primary holding unit 7 which temporarily holds the coins. The left end of the temporary holding unit 7 is a temporary holding unit for reject coins, which is sequentially on the right side of 1 yen, 5 yen, 10 yen, 50 yen, 10 yen.
There is a temporary holding section for 0-yen and 500-yen coins.

The coins held in the primary holding unit 7 are stored in the coin-type safe 8 when a transaction is established without any abnormalities such as abnormal counting or misclassification. 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 coin safe 8 so that coins can be paid out from the coin safe 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 transfer section 11 via the reject gate 15 and the horizontal transfer section 9 at the final part of the transfer section 4. , The receiving tray 1 is to be withdrawn. FIG. 2 is a view of a state in which the safe 13 portion is loaded, viewed from the rear. Guides 1 attached to the lower and side surfaces of the housing 16
Along the line 9, the safe 13 has a structure that can be loaded into or taken out of the housing. This safe loading
The take-out is operated by a staff member, and the take-out can be done by operating the lock 17 when taking out.

Even when the coin processing machine is in operation, the coin can be taken out when coins are not put in or taken out from the safe, which is very convenient in operation. Therefore, a display lamp 18 is attached to the upper part of the key as an indicator for indicating that the safe can be pulled out, and is in a lighted state when it can be taken out. FIG. 3 shows a safe 13
It shows a structure for locking and unlocking.

The lock 17 is fixed to the housing 16 with a nut 32, and the lever 21 is fixed to the shaft tip of the lock 17 with nuts 32 and 33. When an unlocking operation is performed using a key (not shown), the shaft 34 rotates and the lever 2
Rotate 1.

In this operation, the lever 23 engaged with the lever 21 is pushed down in the A direction. Lever 23
Has a fulcrum portion 28 fixed to the housing 16 by a pin 27.

At the other end of the lever 23, a joint 25 has a pin 2
6 and the other end of the joint 25 is rotatably fixed to the lock lever 24. The lock lever 24 is rotatably fixed to a lock lever base 29 by a pin 35, and a force is applied in the B direction by a torsion coil spring 30.

The stopper 36 is a stopper for preventing the lock lever 24 from going too far in the B direction, and the tip of the lock lever 24 is formed with a claw-shaped hook 37 as shown in the drawing. The hook 37 has a structure in which it is locked by being hooked on the notch 31 of the safe 13. The solenoid 22 is a solenoid mounting plate 38.
The mounting plate 38 is fixed to the housing with screws 39.

FIG. 4 is a view of the portion of the pin 26 seen from the direction C, and an elliptical hole is formed in the portion of the joint 25 for the pin 26. For this reason, when the safe 13 is loaded from the pulled-out state, the lock lever 24 is pushed up in the anti-B direction due to the relationship between the notch 31 and the hook 37, and the hook 37 enters the notch 31. There is.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the solenoid 22 portion. This solenoid is of a plunger type, and the movable piece inside 39 is always pushed out by a compression spring when the power is cut off. The lever 23 is always fixed when the solenoid 22 is not energized.

The above-mentioned indicator lamp 18 and solenoid 22
Are connected in parallel as shown in FIG. CPU40
Determines whether or not the safe 13 can be withdrawn based on the state data of the coin processing machine stored in the memory 41, and operates the switch 42. Therefore, the display lamp 18 and the solenoid 22 are designed to operate in conjunction with each other. Next, the operation will be described.

When a coin is inserted into the tray 1, the tray is rotationally driven to drop the coin on the feeding section 2 arranged below. The feeding unit 2 feeds coins one by one and supplies the coins to the conveyance path 4, and the coin inspection unit 3 arranged in the middle determines the authenticity and type of the coins, and drives the shutter 6 according to the result. , Are temporarily held in the holding unit 7 for each denomination. Then, when the transaction is completed, the coins of the temporary holding unit 7 are dropped and stored in the denomination safe 8.

At the time of withdrawal, the required number is withdrawn from the money-type safe 8, the amount of withdrawal is confirmed through the horizontal conveying path 10, the vertical conveying path 12, the feeding section 2 and the conveying path 4, and then the reject gate 5 , The horizontal transfer path 9 and the vertical transfer path 11 to the tray 1. The safe 13 is used when loading coins into the coin-type safe 8 and when collecting coins from the coin-type safe.

At the time of loading, the door 10 on the feeding side of the safe 13
1 is opened, and the coins are delivered to the vertical transport path 12 by the built-in belt. Then, similarly to the time of deposit, the money is stored in the money-type safe 8 via the feeding section 2, the transport path 4, and the temporary holding section 7. When the money-type safe 8 is loaded, the door 101 on the payout side of the safe is closed.

At the time of collection, the storage door 102 at the rear of the safe is opened. Then, coins are paid out while the coin safe 8 counts the number of coins. The paid-out coins are conveyed in the D direction in the horizontal conveyance path 10 and stored in the safe 13. When the collecting operation is completed, the storage door 102 is closed.

The lock lever 24 is attached to the joint 25 so as to be rotatable. And the lever 23
4 is attached by a pin 26 and an elongated hole as shown in FIG. 4, the lever 23 is pushed upward regardless of the lever 23 when the lock lever 24 is raised in the anti-B direction, and the lock lever 24 is pushed up. The structure is such that it is pulled up in the anti-B direction.

Therefore, when the safe 13 is loaded into the housing, the safe 13 is pushed into the housing so that the notch 31 of the safe 13 engages with the 37 hook to push up the lock lever 24, The notch and 3 hooks are locked. I will explain about the next time I pull out the safe. The plunger of the solenoid 22 is structured to engage with the lever 23.

When the solenoid is not energized, the plunger is prevented from moving the lever 23 in the A direction. When energized, the plunger is sucked and lever 23
Is configured to be movable in the A direction.

The above-mentioned Sonorade 22 is a display lamp 18
When connected in parallel with and the indicator lamp is lit,
The lock 17 can be operated. This is when the safe 13 is not operated.

That is, when a transaction is not being carried out, and coins are not being put in or taken out of the safe 13 even if the coin processing machine is operating during a transaction (the feeding door 101 and the storage door 102 are closed, Display lamp 18 is turned on and the lock 1
Allows 7 operations.

When the indicator lamp 18 is on, the lock 1
7 can be operated and the clerk can pull out the safe. On the other hand, when the display lamp is off, the solenoid 22 fixes the lever 23,
The lock lever 24 cannot be operated, and the lock lever 24 cannot be operated to the open position even if the lock lever 24 is operated by mistake.

That is, the display lamp 18 is turned on when a coin is put in or taken out of the safe 13 (when the feeding door 101 and the storage door 102 are opened) or when the coin is put in or taken out (collection / loading) operation mode. The lock lever 24 cannot be operated to the open position by turning off the light. As described above, since the safe cannot be pulled out carelessly, accidents due to erroneous operations can be prevented.

When the above-mentioned payout door 101 and storage door 102 are opened, the clerk performs an operation of pulling out the safe 13, and an operation of opening the key 17 and pulling out the safe 13, the coins are not paid out or stored, and the machine is opened. Does not work properly. In addition, when storing, the stored coins may spill and even lose the stored coins. However, according to the present invention, since the safe cannot be pulled out carelessly, accidents due to erroneous operations can be prevented.

FIG. 7 shows another structure of the solenoid 22. In the above embodiment, the lever 23 is released from the locked state by energizing the solenoid. 6, the lever 23 can be rotated when the solenoid is not energized by changing the direction of the compression spring. Therefore, according to the solenoid of FIG. 6, the safe can be withdrawn even when, for example, a power failure occurs.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention, whether or not a removable safe can be removed is displayed so that a clerk can easily identify whether or not the safe can be removed and the safe can be removed. When it is impossible to remove the lock, the lock release preventing means prevents the lock means from being unlocked, so that it is possible to prevent an employee from accidentally removing the safe.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a set state of a safe.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a locked state of the safe.

FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged view of a lock mechanism.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a mechanism of a solenoid.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a solenoid and an indicator lamp.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating another mechanism example of a solenoid.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 ... Feeding section 3 ... Money inspection section 4 ... Conveying section 5 ... Sorting section 6 ... Shutter 7 ... Primary holding section 8 ... Kind safe 9 ... Horizontal conveying section 10 ... Horizontal conveying section 11 ... Vertical conveying section 12 ... Vertical conveying section Reference numeral 13 ... Safe box 14 ... Overflow safe box 16 ... Housing 17 ... Lock 18 ... Indicator lamp 19 ... Guide 21 ... Lever 23 ... Lever 25 ... Joint 26 ... Pin 27 ... Pin 24 ... Lock lever 29 ... Lock lever base 30 ... Torsion coil spring 31 Notch 32 ... Nut 34 ... Shaft 35 ... Pin 36 ... Stopper 37 ... Hook

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A coin processing device for depositing and withdrawing coins, wherein a detachable safe for storing coins which is detached and collected by an attendant, a locking means for fixing the safe in the coin processing device, and a detachable mount. Discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the possible safe is removable, display means for displaying whether or not the safe can be removed based on the discrimination result of this discriminating means, and safe removal in conjunction with this display means When it is impossible, the coin processing device comprising lock release preventing means for preventing the lock from being released by the lock means so that the safe cannot be removed.