JPH0620215Y2 - Coin storage device for circulation type coin depositing / dispensing machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial field of application) The present invention is a coin of a circulation type coin depositing / dispensing machine that stores incoming coins in a coin-type coin storage cylinder and circulates and uses them as outgoing coins. Regarding storage device.

(Prior Art) As a coin storage device of a conventional circulation type coin depositing / dispensing machine, for example, a structure described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 48-2896 is known.

Such a coin storage device is, for example, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, a slanted coin guiding passage 2 below a coin sorting passage 1 for sorting coins of a circulation type coin depositing / dispensing machine into denominations.
And a coin-type coin storage cylinder 4 for storing coins classified by denomination below the receiving port 3 provided in the lower inclined region of the coin guide passage 2. And coin passage 1
The coins that are classified by and fall down and slide on the coin guide passage 2 are received in the coin-type coin storage cylinder 4 through the receiving port 3 and stored in a stack. Further, coins stored in the coin-type coin storage cylinder 4 are full, and coins that cannot be stored in the coin-type coin storage cylinder 4 are discharged as overflow coins from the lower end of the coin guide passage 2 to another receiving place. .

However, as shown in FIG. 6, when the coins C are piled up from the coin-type coin storage cylinder 4 to above the receiving port 3, the succeeding overflow coins may not be discharged. Even if the type coin storage cylinder 4 is full of coins, there is no guarantee that the coins after that will be reliably removed, and a coin jam may occur.

When the coin storage device is detachably attached to the coin depositing / dispensing machine main body and can be carried, the upper end opening of the coin-type coin storage cylinder 4, that is, the receiving opening 3 is closed by the shutter 5 so that the coins can be easily transported. Although it can be prevented from falling, as described above, the upper end opening of the coin-type coin storage cylinder 4, that is, the receiving port 3
If the coins C are piled up even above, the shutter 5 cannot be closed.

Further, as described in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 59-58880 or Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 61-94973, the classified coins are normally stored in the coin-type coin storage cylinders, and There is a structure provided with a coin passage switching plate that discharges coins after that to another receiving place when the coins are full. However, when this coin passage switching plate is applied to a portable coin storage device, the coin passage switching plate may rattle during transportation, and the coin passage switching plate itself or the mounting portion and its peripheral portion may be damaged. .

(Problems to be solved by the invention) As described above, in the conventional structure, when the coin storage device is detachably attached to the depositing / dispensing machine main body and can be carried around, the coins are extended above the upper end opening of the coin-type coin storage cylinder. If the coins are piled up, the shutter cannot be closed to the upper end opening of the coin type coin storage cylinder, and even if the coin passage switching plate is used, the coin passage switching plate rattles during transportation, and the coin passage switching plate itself. The mounting part and its surrounding parts may be damaged.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and in a coin storage device of a circulation type coin depositing / dispensing machine which can be detachably attached to a main body of a depositing / dispensing machine, a coin passage switching member can switch a passage of coins. If the coin-type coin storage cylinder becomes full, the coins after that can be reliably excluded as overflow coins, and the shutter can be closed to the top opening of the coin-type coin storage cylinder during transportation. The object is to make it possible and to prevent the coin passage switching plate from rattling.

[Constitution of device]

(Means for Solving the Problem) The present invention has a coin-type coin storage cylinder 42 that is detachably provided in the coin depositing / dispensing machine main body 12 and stores coins classified by the coin sorting passage 19 by denomination. When the amount of coins of a predetermined denomination in the denomination-based coin storage cylinder 42 is full, the subsequent categorized coins of the denomination are used as overflow coins and the coin-based coin storage cylinder 42
In the coin storage device 41 of the circulation type coin depositing / dispensing machine that discharges to the receiving place 73 other than the above, a coin guide passage formed of an inclined surface for guiding the classified coins classified by the coin classification passage 19 to the coin classification coin storage cylinder 42. 50 and the coin-type coin storage cylinder 42
First guide surface 52 for guiding coins to and the receiving point 73
Has a second guide surface 53 for guiding the coins, and one of the guide surfaces 52, 53 is selectively sent into the coin guide portion 54 facing the coin guide passage 50 and the coin type coin storage cylinder 42. Coin passage switching plate 51 integrally provided with a coin contact portion 55 pressed by a coin, and when the coin contact portion 55 of the coin passage switching plate 51 is not in contact with the coin, the first guide surface 52 is a coin. The second guide surface when facing the guide passage 50 and when the coin contact portion 55 contacts the coin and is pressed by the coin.
The support means 56 for swingably supporting the coin passage switching plate 51 by its own weight so that the coin 53 faces the coin guide passage 50, and the second means of the coin passage switching plate 51 formed in the coin guide passage 50. When the guide surface 53 swings in a posture facing the coin guide passage 50, a recessed portion 49a into which a part of the coin guide portion 54 enters, and a coin-filling line of the coin-type coin storage cylinder 42 can be inserted into a position above the coin full line. , And a shutter 65 that contacts the coin passage switching plate at the time of insertion and restricts swinging.

(Operation) In the present invention, when the coin contact portion 55 of the coin passage switching plate 51 is not in contact with the coin, the first guide surface 52 causes the coin guide passage 50 to move.
The coins which are sorted by the coin sorting passage 19 and guided by the inclined surface of the coin guiding passage 50 are the coin passage switching plates.
It is guided by the first guiding surface 52 of 51 and is stored in the coin-type coin storage cylinder 42. When a coin is fed into the coin-type coin accommodating cylinder 42, the coin contact portion 55 of the coin passage switching plate 51 is pressed by the coin, and the second guide surface 53 causes the coin guide passage.
The coin passage switching plate 51 swings in a posture facing 50. After the coin passage switching plate 51 swings, when coins are stored in the lower region of the coin-type coin storage cylinder 42, the coin passage switching plate 51 returns to the state before the swing by its own weight, while the coins When the coin contact portion 55 is in contact with the coin in the state where it is stored in the coin-type coin storage cylinder 42, the coin passage switching plate 51 is held with the second guide surface 53 facing the coin guide passage 50. After that, the coins sorted in the coin sorting passage 50 are guided to the second guiding surface 53 and stored in the receiving place 73 other than the coin-type coin storing cylinder 42.

When removing the coin storage device 21 from the deposit / withdrawal machine main body 12,
The shutter 65 is inserted into the coin-type coin storage cylinder 42, and the coin-type coin storage cylinder 42 is closed. At this time, the shutter 65 comes into contact with the coin passage switching plate 51 to regulate the swing of the coin passage switching plate 51.

(Embodiment) The construction of an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

In FIGS. 4 and 5, reference numeral 11 denotes a circulation type coin depositing / dispensing machine, which is opened and closed by a shutter 13 on the upper part of the front surface (left side in FIG. 4) of the depositing / dispensing machine body 12 of the circulation type coin depositing / dispensing machine 11. A pay-out opening 14 is formed in the receiving and pay-out opening 14, and a horizontally long cylindrical receiving drum 15 is provided inside the receiving and paying exit 14 for receiving deposit coins and the like that are collectively inserted in a multi-denomination mixed state and dispense coins dispensed from the machine. The shutter 16 is provided so as to open and close by opening the lower surface opening 15a of the receiving drum 15 along the outer periphery of the receiving drum 15.

A coin feeding unit 17 is disposed below the receiving drum 15, and receives coins discharged from the receiving drum 15 and coins discharged from a feeding conveyor 72 described later,
The received coins are separated one by one and continuously fed downward.

A pair of conveyor belts 18a and 18b are installed from the lower position of the coin feeding section 17 to the upper position of the coin depositing / dispensing machine main body 12, and the coin fed out from the coin feeding section 17 is received by the conveyor belt 18a and both It is designed to be sandwiched by the conveyor belts 18a and 18b and conveyed to the coin sorting passage 19 provided in the upper region of the depositing / dispensing machine main body 12.

The coin sorting passage 19 is formed between the guide side plates 21 arranged on both sides of the passage at a distance wider than the diameter of the maximum diameter denomination coin to be processed on the passage bottom plate 20, and the coin sorting passage 19 is provided. A pair of conveyor belts 22a and 22b stretched above press the coins fed one by one by the conveyor belts 18a and 18b against the upper surface of the passage bottom plate 20 to sort coins.
It is designed to be transported in the downstream direction.

An identification unit 23 is provided at the starting position of the coin sorting passage 19, and the identification unit 23 is composed of a magnetic sensor to identify the material of the coin sent to the coin sorting passage 19, and the denomination, authenticity, etc. It is designed to identify.

A counterfeit coin excluding portion 24 is provided at a position downstream of the identifying portion 23, and the counterfeit coin excluding portion 24 has a counterfeit coin excluding hole 25 formed in the passage bottom plate 20. It is designed to be opened and closed by a shutter (not shown) that is slid by means of the shutter. The closed state of the false coin exclusion hole 25 by the shutter allows passage of true coins to the downstream side of the passage and the open state of the false coin exclusion hole 25. The counterfeit coins are dropped and removed from the counterfeit coin exclusion hole 25 at. In addition, at the belt portion of the conveyor belt 22a facing the false coin exclusion hole 25, a roller for urging and supporting the belt portion to the false coin exclusion hole 25 to surely drop the false coin into the false coin exclusion hole 25. 26 are provided.

Further, a reject chute 27 is arranged below the counterfeit coin removal hole 25 to guide counterfeit coins to the payout conveyor 28. The feeding conveyor 28 has a lower end on one end located below the reject chute 27 and an upper end on the other end inserted into the receiving drum 15, and a plurality of projections provided on the surface of the belt cause the reject chute.
The false coins discharged from 27 and the true coins discharged from a temporary holding unit 34 described later are hooked and delivered to the receiving drum 15. In the lower area of the feeding conveyor 28,
A receiving space 29 for receiving coins discharged from the reject chute 27 and the temporary holding unit 34 is formed.

A true coin removing unit 30 is provided downstream of the false coin removing unit 24. The true coin removing unit 30 has a true coin removing hole 31 formed in the passage bottom plate 20. It is designed to be opened and closed by a shutter that is slidably moved by a solenoid or the like, and while the true coin excluding hole 31 is closed by the shutter, the true coin excluding hole 31 is allowed to pass downstream while the true coin excluding hole 31 is closed. In the opened state, the true coin is dropped and removed from the true coin removing hole 31. In addition, at the belt portion of the conveyor belts 22a and 22b which faces the upper portion of the true coin exclusion hole 31, the belt portion is biased and supported by the true coin exclusion hole 31 to surely drop the true coin into the true coin exclusion hole 31. A roller 32 is provided for this purpose.

Further, at the bottom of the true coin removal hole 31, a conveyor 33 is arranged along the direction orthogonal to the coin sorting passage 19, and this conveyor
The coin 33 is configured to convey the coins rejected through the true coin rejecting hole 31 to the temporary holding unit 34.

The temporary holding unit 34 is provided in the shape of a box frame that opens vertically through, and at the position facing below the carry-out end of the conveyor 33, the lower part is closed by the bottom frame member 35 and the coins discharged from the conveyor 33 are collectively held. However, it is also possible to move in the front-rear direction by a driving means (not shown), and the coins that have been held are collectively discharged to the feeding conveyor 28 by the forward and subsequent, and the held coins are transferred by moving to the rear. It is designed to be collectively discharged to a receiving place (a coin storage cassette 73 described later).

A classifying unit 36 is provided downstream of the true coin removing unit 30, and the classifying unit 36 is provided on the passage bottom plate 20 from the upstream side for 1, 50 yen, and 5 yen.
Sorting holes 37 are formed to drop coins from the passage bottom plate 20 in the order of coins having a small diameter of yen, 100 yen, 10 yen, and 500 yen. In addition, in the bolt portion facing the upper portion of each sorting hole 37 of the conveyor belts 22a and 22b, the belt portion is classified into the sorting hole 37.
A sorting roller 38 for urging and supporting the coins to surely drop the coins into the sorting holes 37 is disposed, and each denomination coin is provided on one side of each sorting hole 37 on the passage bottom plate 20. A reference roller 39 for dropping into the corresponding denomination sorting hole 37 is rotatably arranged.

A coin storage device 41 for storing the coins sorted by the sorting unit 36 by denomination is detachably arranged below the sorting unit 36 of the sorting passage 19. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, this coin storage device 41 corresponds to the denomination-based coin storage cylinder 42 for each denomination and the denomination-based coin storage cylinder 42 in order of the denomination of the classification hole 37. Holding block body that is aligned and held integrally
Has 43.

Each of the coin-type coin storage cylinders 42 is provided with an inlet 44 for receiving the coins sorted by the sorter 36 into the cylinder at the upper end thereof, and will be described later in communication with the front of the inlet 44. A notch portion 45 into which the coin contact portion 55 of the coin passage switching plate 51 enters is provided, and at the lower end portion, although not shown, a bottom plate for supporting coins received in the cylinder is provided. An outlet for ejecting coins is provided in the front.

The holding block body 43 has a support plate 46 that is inclined downward toward the front, and an opening 47 for each denomination is provided at a position corresponding to each of the classification holes 37 on the inclined lower side of the support plate 46,
The upper end of each coin-type coin storage cylinder 42 is fixed to the lower part of each opening 47, and the receiving port 44 of the coin-type coin storage cylinder 42 opens through the opening 47 to the upper surface of the support plate 46. Further, on the upper surface of the support plate 46, a plurality of partition plates 48 are provided upright on both sides of each opening 47, and between the partition plates 48 above the position of the opening 47. A guide plate 49 is provided, and coins that are sorted and dropped from the sorting hole 37 slide down on the upper surface of the guide plate 49 while being guided by the partition plates 48 on both sides. A coin guide passage 50 is formed by an inclined surface that guides the classified coins from the upper surface to the coin-type coin storage cylinder 42. In addition, the guide plate 49
A recessed portion 49a is provided at the front end facing the opening 47.

Further, a coin passage switching plate 51 having a substantially L shape facing each opening 47.
The coin passage switching plate 51 has a first guide surface 52 for guiding coins to the coin-type coin storage cylinder 42 at one end facing the coin guide passage 50 and a coin A coin guiding portion 54 having a second glue guiding surface 53 for guiding to a receiving place (a coin storing cassette 73 described later) other than the type coin storing cylinder 42 is provided, and a coin-type coin is provided at the center of the other end. A coin contact portion 55 that enters into the cylinder through the cutout portion 45 of the storage cylinder 42 is provided in a protruding manner, and is further swingably supported around a support shaft 56 as a support means that is installed between the partition plates 48. When the coin contact portion 55 is not in contact with the coin, it swings counterclockwise by its own weight as shown in FIG. 1, and the first guide surface 52 of the coin guide portion 54 faces the coin guide passage 50. Become a posture.

Then, in a state in which the coin-type coin storage cylinder 42 is not yet full, the coins dropped from the sorting hole 37 and sliding on the upper surface of the guide plate 49 are guided to the first guide surface 52 of the coin passage switching plate 51. The coin-type coin storage cylinder 42 enters through the opening 47 and the receiving port 44 and is stacked and stored in the cylinder. At this time, the coin contact portion 55 of the coin passage switching plate 51 is protruding in the cylinder, but the coin falling into the cylinder is the coin contact portion 55.
By pressing, the coin passage switching plate 51 swings clockwise in the drawing and the coin contact portion 55 moves from the cutout portion 45 toward the outside of the cylinder, so that the coin is securely stored in the cylinder. It
Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the coin C ₁ is in the cylinder at a place where only one coin is left up to the coin full line of the coin-type coin storage cylinder 42 (the position where the coin contact portion 55 contacts the coins stacked in the cylinder). When you enter, as shown in Fig. 2, the coin C that last entered the cylinder
_{Since the} coin contact portion 55 comes into contact with the edge portion of ₁ , the coin passage switching plate 51 is held in a posture in which the coin passage switching plate 51 is swung in the clockwise direction in the figure. With this posture of the coin passage switching plate 51, the tip of the coin guiding portion 54 enters the recess 49a of the guide plate 49, the opening portion 47 is closed by the coin guiding portion 54, and the second guiding surface 53 causes the coins to move. It continuously faces the guide passage 50. Therefore, thereafter, the coins sorted by the sorting hole 37 slide down on the upper surface of the guide plate 49 and the second guide surface 53 of the coin passage switching plate 51 and are discharged to the receiving place. Also, by throwing out the coins in the coin-type coin storage cylinder 42, the stacking position of the coins in the cylinder is lowered, and the regulation of the coin contact portion 55 toward the inside of the cylinder is released, and the swing of FIG. Coin passage switching plate 51 in the moving position
Returns by its own weight.

In addition, the holding block body 43 has side plates 57,
57 is provided, and the both side plates 57, 57 are connected to the guide plate 58 on the rear surface side.

In addition, the first coin on the front of the coin storage cylinder 42 facing the outlet
The shutter member 59 of the first shutter member is arranged.
59 is integrally supported by a bracket 60 vertically movable with respect to the guide plate 58, and a shaft 61 projecting from a bent piece 59a that enters the inside of one side plate 57 is attached to the side plate 57. Guide slot 57a provided in the shape of a slot along the vertical direction
Protruding through. In addition, this first shutter member
A second shutter member 63 is swingably connected to the lower end of 59 via a pair of hinges 62, 62, and
By a spring 64 stretched between 59 and 59, it is constantly urged in a direction in which it fits to the bottom surface of each coin-type coin storage cylinder 42. When the coin storing device 41 is removed from the coin depositing / dispensing machine main body 12 and carried, as shown in FIG. 3, the first and second shutter members 59 and 63 are lowered by their own weight, that is, the first shutter member 59. The shaft 61 is in contact with the lower edge portion of the guide groove hole 57a, and the first shutter member 59 closes the front surface of the outlet of each coin type coin storage cylinder 42,
The second shutter member 63 is rotationally biased by the spring 64 to close the bottom of each coin-type coin storage cylinder 42. Also,
With the coin storage device 41 attached to the depositing / dispensing machine body 12,
The shaft 61 projecting from the side plate 57 is engaged with the depositing / dispensing machine main body 12 side in the mounting process, whereby the first shutter member 59 moves upward with respect to the holding block body 43 and the second shutter member 63. Is opened against the spring 64 and moves upward together with the first shutter member 59 so as to retreat upward from the outlet of the coin-type coin storage cylinder 42.

In addition, below the support plate 46, coin storage cylinders 42 for each denomination
A shutter 65 that integrally closes the receiving port 44 is provided so as to be openable and closable. When the shutter 65 is inserted, it abuts on the coin passage switching plate 51 to regulate the swing.

Further, a handle 66 is rotatably attached between the partition plates 48 on both sides of the holding block body 43.

At the lower position of the coin depositing / dispensing machine main body 12 where the coin storing device 41 is arranged, as shown in FIG.
The ejection means 67 are provided corresponding to the lower positions of the
The ejecting means 67 has an ejecting belt 68 rotated by a motor (not shown), and a projection 69 provided on the surface of the ejecting belt 68 is provided in the front-rear direction on the bottom plate of the coin type coin storage cylinder 42. It enters into the cylinder through a groove provided along it, and pushes out one of the lowest coins in the cylinder and ejects it from the front exit.

A carry-out conveyor 71 is arranged along the side of the discharging means 67 in the coin-discharging direction, and a pay-out conveyor 72 is arranged between the carry-out end of the carry-out conveyor 71 and the coin pay-out section 17. Then, by these conveyors 71 and 72, the coins dispensed from the coin-type coin storage cylinders 42 and the replenishment coins supplied from the coin storage cassette 73, which will be described later, are supplied to the coin delivery unit 17
It is supposed to be sent to.

On the side portion of the coin type coin storage cylinder 42 in the coin dispensing direction,
A coin storage cassette 73 is arranged as a receiving place for overflow coins that cannot be fully stored in the coin-type coin storage cylinder 42. The coin storage cassette 73 has upper and lower surfaces opened and the coin-type coin storage cylinder 42 is full of coins. And receives the overflow coins discharged by the coin passage switching plate 51,
It is adapted to be stored on a feeding conveyor 74 installed inside. The feeding conveyor 74 is configured such that the rear end portion is obliquely raised, and the coins stored between the rear end portion and the rear wall of the coin storing cassette 73 are fed out and discharged onto the carry-out conveyor 71. . In addition, on the feeding conveyor 74,
In addition to overflow coins that cannot be stored in the coin-type coin storage cylinder 42, replenishment coins are stored. Further, a replenishment port 75 is provided on the rear wall of the coin storage cassette 73, and a replenishment coin is received from the replenishment port 75 through a coin insertion opening 76 opened on the rear wall of the depositing / dispensing machine main body 12. Has become.

Further, an opening 78 that is opened and closed by a door 77 is provided on the side surface of the depositing / dispensing machine main body 12, and the coin storing device 41 and the coin storing cassette 73 of the depositing / dispensing machine main body 12 are provided through this opening 78. It is designed to be removable inside.

Next, the operation of the circulation type coin depositing / dispensing machine will be described.

Depositing Process At the time of depositing, the shutter 13 is opened to allow a customer or a teller to deposit deposited coins into the receiving drum 15.

After inserting the coin, the shutter 16 of the receiving drum 15 is opened,
The coins in the receiving drum 15 are collectively discharged to the coin feeding unit 17, and the coins are continuously discharged one by one from the coin feeding unit 17 and fed into the coin sorting passage 19 by the conveyor belts 18a and 18b.

The coin fed into the coin sorting passage 19 is discriminated by the discriminating unit 23 such as denomination, authenticity, etc., and if discriminated as a true coin, the shutter for closing the counterfeit coin removing hole 25 of the counterfeit coin excluding unit 24. When passing over and being identified as a false coin, only the false coin is removed from the false coin removing hole 25 opened by opening the shutter. The rejected counterfeit coins are discharged to the delivery conveyor 28 through the reject chute 27, delivered to the receiving drum 15 by the delivery conveyor 28, and returned to the customer or teller. At this time, the shutter 16 of the receiving drum 15 is already closed.

Further, the coins identified as true by the identifying unit 23 are the counterfeit coin excluding unit 24.
And the true coin exclusion hole 31 opened in the true coin exclusion unit 30
Are removed from the coins and discharged to the temporary holding unit 34 by the conveyor 33 below the true coin removing hole 31, and all the coins identified as true in the temporary holding unit 34 are collectively held.

Then, after confirming the display of the identification result (the number of denominations, the total amount, etc.) by the identification unit 23, when the deposit receipt command is issued,
The temporary holding section 34 moves forward and discharges the held coins onto the feeding conveyor 28, and the feeding conveyor 28 feeds the coins to the receiving drum 15, and at the same time, through the coin feeding section 17 and the conveyor belts 18a, 18b, a coin sorting passage. It is sent to 19 again. The coins sent to the coin sorting passage 19 are identified by the identification unit.
23, passing through the counterfeit money removal unit 24 and the true money removal unit 30, the classification unit
It is conveyed to 36 and drops by classification from each classification hole 37 by denomination.

The coins dropped from each sorting hole 37 are stacked and stored in the coin type coin storage cylinder 42 via the coin passage switching plate 51 as described above, and the coin type coin storage cylinder 42 is full from the beginning. If it becomes full during this coin storing operation,
The coins falling and classified by 37 are discharged and stored in the coin storage cassette 73 via the coin passage switching plate 51.

In addition, when the return command is issued after the receipt coins are collectively held by the temporary holding unit 34 and the identification result (the number of denominations, the total amount, etc.) of the identification unit 23 is displayed, the temporary holding unit 34 The coin that has been moved forward and retained is discharged onto the feeding conveyor 28, and the receiving drum is driven by the feeding conveyor 28.
The coin is paid out to 15, and the deposited coin is returned.

Withdrawal process Based on the input withdrawal data
A coin is ejected onto the carry-out conveyor 71 by the ejecting means 67 corresponding to, and the coin thus ejected is paid out to the coin pay-out section 17 by the carry-out conveyor 71 and the pay-out conveyor 72, and conveyed from the coin pay-out section 17. The coins are fed into the coin sorting passage 19 through the belts 18a and 18b, are identified by the identifying portion 23 of the coin sorting passage 19 and are passed through the counterfeit coin removing portion 24, and are removed from the true coin removing hole 31 that is opened. It is temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 34 through 33.

Then, if the identification result by the identification unit 23 and the withdrawal data match, the temporary withdrawing unit 34 is moved forward and the withdrawn coins withdrawn are discharged to the payout conveyor 28, and the receiving drum through the payout conveyor 28. Withdrawn to 15. The identification unit
If the identification result of 23 does not match the withdrawal data, the held coins are once stored in each coin-type coin storage cylinder 42, and again according to the withdrawal data from each coin-type coin storage cylinder 42. Try to get out.

Internal replenishment processing When the coins in the coin-type coin storage cylinder 42 are exhausted or reduced, the delivery conveyor 74 of the coin storage cassette 73 is rotated, and the coins previously stored on the delivery conveyor 74. (And the coins stored by the coin-type coin storage cylinder 42 being full) are fed out onto the carry-out conveyor 71, and the fed-out coins are fed from the carry-out conveyor 71 to the feed-out conveyor 72, the coin feed-out section 17, and the conveyor belt 18a. , 18b, and is sent to the coin sorting passage 19 and is replenished and stored in each coin type coin storage cylinder 42 through each sorting hole 37. It should be noted that this internal replenishment process is performed automatically or manually by a teller on condition that no other process is performed.

External replenishment If the amount of coins in each coin-type coin storage cylinder 42 and coin storage cassette 73 decreases after the withdrawal process, coins are replenished from the outside. This external replenishment is carried out by a teller through a coin inserting opening 76 on the rear surface of the depositing / dispensing machine main body 12 and a replenishing port 75 of the coin storing cassette 73, and when a replenishing operation command is issued, a carry-out conveyor is provided. From 71, it is sent to the coin sorting passage 19 through the feeding conveyor 72, the coin feeding portion 17, and the conveyor belts 18a and 18b, and is replenished in each coin type coin storage cylinder 42 through each classification hole 37 and the coin type coin storage cylinder 42. When it is full, it is stored in the coin storage cassette 73.

Collection processing The door 77 of the deposit / withdrawal machine main body 12 is opened, and the coin storage cassette 73 and the coin storage device 41 in which coins are stored are inserted into the deposit / withdrawal machine main body.
It is taken out from 12 as it is and collected, or all the coins in the coin type coin storage cylinder 42 are thrown out, conveyed to the temporary holding section 34 and held, and this temporary holding section 34 is moved to the rear and held. By collecting the coins stored in the coin storage cassette 73, only the coin storage cassette 73 can be taken out and collected from the depositing / dispensing machine main body 12.

In addition, when the shutter 65 is closed on the receiving opening 44 of each coin type coin storage cylinder 42, and then the coin storage device 41 is removed from the coin depositing / dispensing machine main body 12, the first and second shutter members 59 and 63 have their own weights. As shown in FIG. 3, the first shutter member 59 closes the outlet of the coin storing cylinder 42 of each denomination, and the second shutter member 63 is rotated by the spring 64 so that each denomination of each coin. It is joined to the lower surface of the coin storage cylinder 42 and closed. This allows the handle to be used when collecting and installing this coin.
Even if the coin storage device 41 is carried while holding 66, the coins will not drop from the coin storage cylinders 42 of each denomination and will not be illegally pulled out.

As described above, the coin storage device 41 has a coin passage switching plate.
Since 51 is provided, when the coin type coin storage cylinder 42 is full of coins, the subsequent classification coins are not stored in the coin type coin storage cylinder 42 and are excluded as overflow coins. It is possible to prevent coin clogging in the upper part of 42, and moreover, because the passage switching operation of the coin passage switching plate 51 is performed by the coins stored in the coin type coin storage cylinder 42,
It is not necessary to provide a special drive device or a detector for detecting the amount of stored coins for switching the coin passage switching plate 51,
The structure is simple and inexpensive. Also, the coin-type coin storage cylinder 42
Since coins are not stacked up to the entrance 44 of
The receiving port 44 can be closed by a shutter 65.

[Effect of device]

According to the present invention, in the coin storage device that can be detachably carried to the main body of the coin depositing / dispensing machine, the passage of the coin passage switching plate is switched by the coin stored in the coin storing cylinder of the denomination, and the coin passage switching plate is used. When the coin-type coin storage cylinder becomes full, the coins after that can be reliably excluded as overflow coins, and moreover, a shutter for closing the upper part of the coin-type coin storage cylinder is provided to enable transportation, and the coin passage switching Since the coins are not stacked and stored up to the upper position of the coin-type coin storage cylinder by the plate, the shutter can be inserted and closed at the upper position of the coin-type coin storage cylinder even when it is full,
Moreover, when the shutter is inserted, the shutter comes into contact with the coin passage switching plate to regulate the swing thereof, and the coin passage switching plate can be stabilized during transportation.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 and 2 are partial sectional views showing an embodiment of the coin storing device of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a perspective view thereof, FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a circulating type coin depositing / dispensing machine, and FIG. The drawing is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG. 4, and FIGS. 6 and 7 are sectional views of a part of a conventional coin storage device. 12 …… Payment / Withdrawal machine main body, 19 …… Coin sorting passage, 42 …… Coin-type coin storage cylinder, 49a …… Indented portion, 50 …… Coin guide passage, 5
1-coin passage switching plate, 52-first guiding surface, 53-second guiding surface, 54-coin guiding portion, 55-coin contact portion, 56-supporting shaft as supporting means, 65 …… Shutter, 73
…… A coin storage cassette as a receiving place.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] Claim: What is claimed is: 1. A coin-type coin storage cylinder detachably provided in a coin depositing / dispensing machine main body for storing coins classified by a coin classification passage according to denomination. When the coin amount is full, the coins of the denominations that follow are classified as overflow coins into the coin storage device of the circulation type coin depositing / dispensing machine that discharges to a receiving place other than the coin storing cylinder of the denomination. A coin guide passage formed of an inclined surface for guiding the classified coins to the coin-type coin storage cylinder, a first guide surface for guiding the coin to the coin-type coin storage cylinder, and a second guide surface for guiding the coin to the receiving place. A coin guiding portion having a guiding surface and one of the guiding surfaces selectively facing the coin guiding passage, and a coin contacting portion pressed by a coin fed into a coin storing cylinder of a denomination are integrally provided. Coin exchange And switching plate, a first guide surface when the coin contact portion of the coin passage switching plate is not in contact with the coin faces the coin guide path, and,
Supporting means for swingably supporting the coin passage switching plate using its own weight in a posture in which the second guide surface faces the coin guide passage when the coin contact portion comes into contact with the coin and is pressed by the coin; When the second guide surface of the coin passage switching plate formed in the coin guide passage swings to a posture facing the coin guide passage, a recess portion into which a part of the coin guide portion enters and a coin of the coin-type coin storage cylinder A coin storage device for a circulation type coin depositing / dispensing machine, comprising: a shutter that can be inserted into a position above the full line and that abuts on the coin passage switching plate to restrict swing when inserted.