JPH06266963A - Sales money receiving machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To receive sales money at any time while staying inside a shop and to smoothly exchange the sales money and change with a coin money collecting/ distributing person by identifying simultaneously inserted coins and housing them in a coin money cassette attachable and detachable to a main body. CONSTITUTION:Coin moneys inserted to a coin money inserting part 101 and paper moneys inserted to a paper money inserting part 102 are identified one by one and housed in a coin money cassette (change preserving box) 130 and a paper money cassette 131 by prescribed operations. First of all, a guardman coming to collect the coin moneys turns on a coffin take-out key switch with a key for guardman and collects data stored in the memory of a control part 140 by loading an electronic notebook to a connector 142 for electronic notebook connected to a communication part 141. After the data are collected, the control part 140 cancels a lock part 134 and the guardman or the like pulls out the coin money cassette 130 and the paper money cassette 131. Therefore, the side of the shop can receive the sales money at any time while staying inside the shop and can be free from responsibility to manage the large amount of cash.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sales deposit machine which is installed in a retail store such as a convenience store and which deposits and processes sales proceeds from those stores.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, convenience stores have been installed all over the street corners, and most of these stores are chain stores. By introducing a POS system, the stores are online and connected to chain store headquarters. The inventory management and sales amount information management are transmitted to the chain store headquarters in real time at the time of sale. As for the products to be sold at the store, the specified product supplier delivers the products according to instructions from the headquarters.

On the other hand, the money (banknotes, coins) that is the sales money of the store itself is stored in the cash drawer of the register,
When the store is closed, it is put into a night safe such as a bank, or when a collector such as a security company who is entrusted to collect the sales comes to collect the sales, the sales are handed over directly. It was Also, regarding the change used on the next day, in the case of the operation in which the proceeds are put into the night safe, the change is left in the drawer and the rest is put into the night safe as proceeds, and the collector collects it. In the case of the coming operation, the collection staff would bring the change and hand it in exchange for the sales.

[0004]

In the above-described conventional system, the sales staff must store the sales money until the store is closed or until the collection staff arrives, which requires a great deal of labor to manage the money. It was In particular, as the amount of money increased, the responsibility for its management became heavier, which put great pressure on the clerk. Further, if a store robbery enters, and if the store clerk manages a large amount of money, there is a problem that the damage is large as it is stolen. In addition, the salesclerk calculated the sales money by hand and put it in the night safe or handed it to the collection staff.Therefore, when checking it later, there was a calculation error, and the actual money and the slip with the currency breakdown were recorded. There was a problem that they did not match. Furthermore,
Since the sales staff and the collection staff handed the sales and change by hand, there was also a problem that the collection staff waited for a long time when the shop with many customers was busy.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems. For the store side, it is possible to deposit the sales money at any time even in the store, thereby avoiding the responsibility of managing a large amount of cash, and at the same time, collecting money. (Collector)
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a sales money depositing machine that can exchange sales money and change with and without delay.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is installed in a store such as a retail store and takes in one coin at a time into a predetermined unit and identifies them, and deposits only normal coins into a storage unit. The present invention relates to the above-mentioned object of the present invention, in which the storage section is composed of a money cassette that can be attached to and detached from the main body, and is commonly used for storing received coins and storing change coins. A locking unit that prohibits or permits the removal of the cassette, a first operation unit that is operated by a money collector and allows the removal of the money cassette containing the deposited money and the mounting of the currency cassette containing the change currency.
A second operation unit that is operated by a store clerk to perform a change operation from the currency cassette, and is connected to the first and second operation units to control the operation of the locking unit. This is achieved by providing a control unit that allows only the withdrawal of the currency cassette under the change withdrawal permission condition during the operation by the second operation unit.

[0007]

[Operation] The sales money depositing machine of the present invention is installed in a retail store such as a convenience store, and the sales money (banknote, bill,
(Coins) and store them in a money cassette, and exchange information about the money cassette containing cash and sales from the chain store headquarters (cash processing center) with the money collector and the sales money and change. It is designed to smoothly and surely give and receive. Since the cash cassette is taken out and stored by managing the safe take-out key, and the cash in the store is managed by the closing work key, it is possible to perform safe and reliable work for depositing and collecting sales proceeds.

[0008]

FIG. 1 is a bird's-eye view showing the relationship between a retail store 1 such as a convenience store to which the present invention is applied, a chain store headquarters 2, a security company 3 and a cash processing center 4 within the retail store 1. A large number of products are displayed by arranging product display shelves 10 on the display, and a POS register 12 is placed on the settlement corner 11. In addition, a sales deposit machine 100 according to the present invention is installed in the retail store 1, and a detection signal such as theft is reported to the security company 3 online. The data in the POS register 12 is transferred online to the chain store headquarters 2, and the chain store headquarters 2, the security company 3, and the cash processing center 4 are mutually connected by a communication line. The money collector managed by the cash processing center 4 rides on the car 5 or the like, brings the empty money cassette 6 (the coin cassette contains the change bag) 6 to the retail store 1, and the money deposit machine 100 From the money cassette 7 in which the sales money is stored, and an empty money cassette 6
The electronic notebook 8 or the receipt 9 receives the information accumulated in the storage unit of the sales deposit machine 100, and returns to the cash processing center 4 to perform a predetermined collation work later. In addition, the money collector / deliverer will travel around each store of his / her chain store installed in many street corners by car 5 or the like.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the construction of the sales money depositing machine 100 according to the present invention as viewed from the side. The top panel portion is provided with a coin insertion portion 101 for inserting coins which are sales proceeds of the store 1. , A bill insertion unit 102 for inserting bills, a printing unit 103 for performing authentication printing, and an operation display unit 1 having switches, an operation unit and a display unit shown in detail in FIGS. 4 and 5.
04 and 04 are provided. The coins inserted into the coin insertion section 101 are fed out one by one from the feeding section 110, and the identification section 1
Authenticity or the like is identified at 11, and the distribution unit 112 distributes it to the temporary storage unit 113 or the reject unit 105 according to the identification result. Further, the bills inserted into the bill insertion unit 102 are fed out one by one from the feeding unit 120, and the authenticating unit 121 discriminates the authenticity or the like, and the sorting unit 122 or the temporary holding unit 123 or the rejecting unit 105 according to the discrimination result. Be assigned to. The coins and bills distributed to the reject unit 105 can be taken out freely from the outside. Temporary holding section 1
The coins temporarily held in 13 are lowered by a predetermined operation to be stored in the coin cassette 130 arranged at the lower part thereof, and the bills temporarily held in the temporary holding section 123 are moved to a lower part thereof by a predetermined operation. It is descended and stored in the provided banknote cassette 131. The temporary holding units 113 and 123 are locked and unlocked by the locking unit 106, and when unlocked, they are pulled out to the one-dot chain line A so that they can be taken out.
The coin cassette 130 and the banknote cassette 131 are the locking unit 1.
It is locked and unlocked by 34, and when unlocked, it is pulled out to the one-dot chain line B and can be taken out. In addition, below the coin cassette 130 and the banknote cassette 131,
A storage box 133 used to store the change after being taken out from the coin cassette 130 is provided, and a lock part 132 that is locked and unlocked by a 2 key for a store, which will be described later, is provided and is in an unlocked state. In, it is possible to draw up to the one-dot chain line C. Furthermore, the coin cassette 130 and the banknote cassette 1
31 is accommodated in the cassette unit 135. The attachment / detachment of the cassette unit 135 is detected by the cassette unit detection sensor 135A, and the coin cassette 13
The presence or absence of a set of 0 and a change bag stored therein is detected by the cassette detection sensor 130A, and the bill cassette 13
The set 1 is detected by the cassette detection sensor 131A. The printing unit 103 and the operation display unit 104 are controlled by the control unit 140 including a CPU and a memory, and the locking units 106 and 134 are also controlled by the control unit 140, and the detection signal of the vibration sensor 145 for detecting theft or the like is transmitted to the control unit 140. Entered in. Electric power is also supplied to the control unit 140 from the power supply unit 144, and the electronic notebook connector 1 is connected via the communication unit 141.
Required information is transmitted from 42 to the electronic notebook 8 and from the line 143 to the security company 3.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the structure of the coin cassette 130 and the cassette unit 135.
Since 1 has the same structure as the coin cassette 130, its explanation is omitted. Coin cassette 130 and banknote cassette 131
Are arranged side by side in the cassette unit 135, and a cassette door 1301 that can be opened / closed by the 3 keys for the store is provided on the front surface of the coin cassette 130. A change bag 1302 is stored in the empty coin cassette 130. On the upper surface of the coin cassette 130, a cassette shutter 1303 having a protrusion 1304 and capable of opening and closing is provided, and in the state shown in the drawing, it is automatically closed by the elastic action of a spring 1305.
An opening / closing arm piece 1310, which is constantly pulled downward by a spring 1312, is provided on the side surface of the pin 0 of the pin 1 attached to the cassette shutter 1303.
A notch that engages 311 is provided in the upper portion. The coin cassette 130 is stored in the storage unit of the cassette unit 135 by descending from above with the cassette door 1301 closed, and according to the descending operation, the lock release attached to the bottom side of the cassette unit 135 is released. The projection 1352 comes into contact with the bottom of the opening / closing arm piece 1310, the opening / closing arm piece 1310 rises as the coin cassette 130 descends, and the pin 1311 is removed from the notch, so that the cassette shutter 1303 can be opened / closed. When the coin cassette 130 is thus housed in the cassette unit 135 and the cassette unit 135 is pushed in along the slide rail 1353 in the direction M in the drawing, the engaging member 1351 provided on the upper portion of the main body side of the cassette shutter 1303. By abutting and pushing the protrusion 1304, the cassette shutter 1303 is opened little by little, and the coin temporarily held from above is transferred to the coin cassette 130.
It is ready to be lowered. When the cassette unit 135 is pulled out in the N direction from this state, the cassette shutter 1303 is closed by the elastic action of the spring 1305 in response to the pulling out, and the cassette shutter 1303 is here.
When the lever is taken out upward, the engagement between the opening / closing arm piece 1310 and the unlocking protrusion 1352 is released, the opening / closing arm piece 1310 is pulled downward by the elastic action of the spring 1312, and the pin 1311 is coupled to the notch. Thus, opening / closing of the cassette shutter 1303 is prohibited.

FIG. 4 shows the arrangement of the key switches in the operation section of the operation display section 104 and the correspondence of the keys used by the clerk or the like. The key 1040 for the guard used by the guard of the security company 3 is the safe extraction. 1 key for the store, which is used by ON / OFF of the key switch and is used by a salesclerk of the retail store 1
Reference numeral 41 is used to turn ON / OFF the key switch for closing the sales work performed at a predetermined time or when the store is closed. The 2 key for shop 1042 is ON / OF for the change withdrawal key switch.
Used to turn ON / OFF the sensor ON / OFF key switch for the F and vibration sensor 145. Also, 3 keys for store 1
043 is a coin cassette 130 for storing and taking out change bags.
It is used to open and close the cassette door 1301. FIG. 5 shows the display section and switches, and includes a start / stop button 1044, an enter button 1045, and a reset button 10.
46 and a power switch 1047 are provided.

FIG. 6 is a retail store 1 of the sales deposit machine 100.
4 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing operation of a mid-payment in a coin, and the coin of the sales money of the retail store 1
Then, the coins are inserted into the bill insertion unit 102 and set (step S1), and the start / stop button 1044 of the operation display unit 104 is pressed (step S2).
The bills are fed one by one to the identifying unit 111, and the bills are fed one by one from the feeding unit 120 to the identifying unit 121 (step S3). Hardness that is identified as abnormal by the identification unit 111 is rejected by the sorting unit 112 to the reject unit 105, and banknotes that are identified as abnormal by the identification unit 121 are rejected by the sorting unit 122 to the reject unit 105 (step S
5) The coins identified as normal are temporarily held by the sorting unit 112 in the temporary holding unit 113, and the banknotes identified as normal are temporarily held by the sorting unit 122 in the temporary holding unit 123 (step S6). The amount of temporarily held coins or bills is displayed on the display unit of the operation display unit 104 via the control unit 140 (step S7), and after confirming the amount, the confirm button 1045 of the operation display unit 104 is pressed. And (Step S
10), the coins temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 113 are taken into the coin cassette 130, and the banknotes temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 123 are taken into the banknote cassette 131 (step S11). After the currency is taken in, the printing unit 103 prints out the number for checking the deposit amount through the control unit 140 (step S12). An example of the printing is shown in FIG. The same figure (A) shows an example of printing the deposit once.
FIG. 6B shows an example of printing at the time of the third deposit work, in which the details of the deposit amount of the third time (current time) are printed, and the deposit amount of the third time (current time) is printed. The total high is printed. In addition to the amount, the date and time and the store number are also printed.

On the other hand, in step S10, the confirm button 1
When the reset button 1046 is turned on without pressing 045 (step S13), the temporary holding units 113 and 12
The locking unit 106 of No. 3 is unlocked, and the temporary holding units 113 and 1
23 is brought into a state in which it can be drawn out to the one-dot chain line A in FIG. 2 (step S14). Then, by pressing the reset button 1046, the data identified by the identification units 111 and 121 and stored in the control unit 140 is reset (step S15), and then the temporary holding units 113 and 123 are reset.
More coins and bills are taken out (step S16), and the process returns to the initial state.

Next, the tightening work in the retail store 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, for store 1
The key 1041 is used to turn on the tightening operation key switch of the operation display unit 104 (step S20), and the enter button 10
When 45 is pressed (step S21), the total amount up to that point is displayed on the display section of the operation display section 104 (step S21).
22). After that, the printing is performed by the printing unit 103 via the control unit 140 (step S23), and the store 1 key 1041
By turning off the tightening work key in step S24 (step S24), subsequent depositing work is prohibited (step S2).
5). FIG. 9 shows an example of a printed vote at the time of tightening work, and the amount of money for each denomination, the total amount of money, etc. are printed and passed to the store manager or the like.

Next, with reference to FIG. 10, the money collection work of the security company 3 and the cash processing center 4 will be described. A security guard or the like who arrives at a predetermined retail store 1 by car 5 or the like first has a security guard key 1
At 040, the safe extraction key switch of the operation display unit 104 is turned on.
N (step S30), the electronic notebook 8 is loaded into the electronic notebook connector 142 connected to the communication section 141, and the data stored in the memory of the control section 140 is collected (step S31). This data is collected as follows. First, connect the cord of the electronic notebook 8 to the electronic notebook connector 142, and press the designated collection button on the electronic notebook 8 to start data collection. During the collection work, a beep sound is emitted from the main body. When the sound stops, the recovery work is completed. When the receipt 9 is used to collect the data for the guard, the contents are the same as those of the store closing journal as shown in FIG. Control unit 140 after data collection
Unlocks the locking unit 134 (step S32), and the guard or the like inserts the coin cassette 130 and the banknote cassette 131 into FIG.
It is pulled out to the one-dot chain line B and pulled out (step S33).
The withdrawal of the coin cassette 130 and the banknote cassette 131 is detected by the cassette detection sensors 130A and 131A, respectively, and when the coin cassette 130 and the banknote cassette 131 are withdrawn, all the data are cleared (step S34). Then, the empty cassette 6 brought in is set and stored in the cassette unit 135 (step S35). A coin bag 1302 is contained in the coin cassette of the cassette 6. After the cassette 6 is set and stored, the safe take-out key switch is turned off (step S36), so that the locking section 134 is locked via the control section 140 (step S37).

Finally, the operation of taking out the change from the coin cassette will be described with reference to FIG. First, 2 key for store 10
At 42, turn on the change key switch (step S4
0), it is determined whether the cassette has been replaced (step S4)
1). This judgment is made by turning off the safe eject key switch → O
N → OFF, or cassette detection sensor 13
It is performed by detecting whether 0A and 131A are turned ON → OFF → ON. If the cassette has been exchanged, it is judged whether or not there is a cassette ejection flag (step S
42), if there is no cassette ejection flag, the control unit 140
The locking unit 134 is unlocked via (step S43).
After unlocking, the coin cassette is pulled out from the storage part of the cassette unit 135 (step S44), the key of the coin cassette is unlocked with the 3 keys for the store (step S45), and the change bag 1302 is taken out from the coin cassette (step S4).
6) Lock the coin cassette with the 3 keys for the store (step S
47), the coin cassette is reset and stored (step S48). When the coin cassette is set and stored, the cassette detection sensor 130A detects whether or not the inside of the cassette is empty (step S49), and when it is empty, the control unit 140 locks the locking unit 134 (step S50),
The cassette ejection flag is set to "Yes" (step S5).
1). Then, the change-out key switch is the 2 key for store 10
It is turned off at 42 (step S52), and the prohibition of deposit is canceled (step S53).

Next, the operation of the sales deposit machine 100 of the present invention will be briefly described.

Since the sales money depositing machine 100 can freely take out the sales money only by the key for the security guard as described above, even if the sales money depositing machine 100 is installed in the retail store 1, its management responsibility is the security company. Shall be on the side.

Further, in the sensor ON / OFF key switch of the operation unit, the vibration sensor 145 detects abnormal vibration, and the cassette detection sensors 130A and 131A are connected to the cassettes 130 and 1.
It is a changeover switch for enabling or disabling the function of automatically notifying the security company by detecting the removal of 31 or detecting the drawer of the unit 135 by the cassette unit detection sensor 135A. Turn on only when

The storage 133 is for the store 2 as described above.
Only with the key 1042, the control unit 14 of the sales deposit machine 100
It can be opened and closed regardless of 0, so it can be used as a free storehouse on the store side. For example, if the change is not taken out from the coin cassette 130, the next deposit processing cannot be performed.
Take out 2. By storing the change in the storage box 133 when the store is closed at night, it is safe because the security company is notified when there is an abnormality like the sales amount.

The first operation unit of the present invention corresponds to the security guard key 1040 and the safe extraction key switch, and the second operation unit corresponds to the store 2 key 1042 and the change extraction key switch.

[0022]

[Effects of the Invention] According to the sales money depositing machine of the present invention, it is installed in a retail store such as a convenience store, and the sales money of the store is identified and stored in a storage unit (a currency cassette), and at the same time, the chain store headquarters ( From the cash processing center), the money cassettes are exchanged with the money collector and the information regarding sales is exchanged. For this reason, the store can receive the sales money at any time while in the store, escape from the responsibility of managing a large amount of cash, and smoothly exchange the sales and change with the money collector (collector). Can be done

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a bird's-eye view for explaining an application example of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a sales deposit machine according to the present invention from the side.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a structural example of a coin cassette and a cassette unit.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of arrangement of operation keys and keys.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an arrangement example of a display unit and switches.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a process of mid-payment at a retail store or the like.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of printout in the case of midway payment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation example of tightening work in a store.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of printout of a tightening work.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation example of money collection.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an operation example of taking out change.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Retail Store 2 Chain Store Headquarters 3 Security Company 4 Cash Processing Center 8 Electronic Notebook 100 Sales Deposit Machine 104 Operation Display Unit 130 Coin Cassette 131 Banknote Cassette 135 Cassette Unit 140 Control Unit

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Akio Kawahara 1-3-1, Shimodeno, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture Glory Industry Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A sales deposit machine, which is installed in a store such as a retail store, takes in one coin at a time into a predetermined unit and identifies it, and deposits only normal money into a storage unit. The storage unit is composed of a money cassette that can be attached to and detached from the main body, and is commonly used for storing incoming coins and storing change coins, and a locking unit for prohibiting or allowing removal of the currency cassette, and operated by a currency collector A first operation unit for enabling the taking out of the money cassette containing the received coins and the mounting of the money cassette containing the change coins;
A second operation unit that is operated by a store clerk to perform a change operation from the currency cassette, and is connected to the first and second operation units to control the operation of the locking unit. A sales deposit machine, comprising: a control unit which permits only the taking out of the currency cassette under the change taking-out permissible condition when operated by the second operation unit. 2. The second operating unit, after the first operating unit takes out the money cassette containing the deposited money and mounts the currency cassette containing the change coin, by the first operating unit. 2. The sales money deposit machine according to claim 1, wherein the operation is controlled so as to be permitted only once.