JPH07334734A - Bill and coin insertion slot structure of fare box, vending machine or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce a flurry at coin insertion slot for exchange of the fare box of a conductorless bus and to reduce the size. CONSTITUTION:A bill insertion guide passage 12 for exchange is provided at one end of the top surface of a housing 11 and the coin insertion slot 13 for exchange is provided on the passage. Further, a fare insertion slot 13 is formed on the top surface of the housing on its lengthwise extension, and a card processing part 17 which processes a bus ticket card is provided at its one side part. The bill insertion guide passage 12 and an exchanged coin reception opening 23 are provided, side by side, in the width direction.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fare box used for a one-man bus, a one-man train, etc., and a loading slot structure for freight and purchase in various automatic vending machines, or for inserting coins and bills for exchange.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional bill and coin slot structure of this type will be described by taking a fare box as an example. As shown in FIG. 3, a bill insertion guide passage 12 for exchange and a coin slot 13 for exchange are provided side by side in the width direction at one end of the upper surface of the fare box housing 11, and a return button 14 is further provided. As a result, a fare input port 15 is provided on the extension of the bill insertion guide passage 12 side by side in the longitudinal direction of the upper surface of the housing 11, and a monitoring window 16 for monitoring the input fare is provided below the fare input port 15. A card processing unit 17 is provided side by side in the longitudinal direction of the upper surface of the housing on the coin insertion port 13 side, and the ticket card inserted into the card insertion port 13 at one end of the card processing unit 17 is cleared in the card processing unit 17 and the card ejection port is opened. It is discharged from 19. The upper surface of the card processing unit 17 is a display unit 21. An operation plate 22 is provided on the side of the housing 11 on the side where the monitoring window 16 is formed.

When a banknote is to be exchanged for coins, the banknote is discriminated inside the banknote when the banknote is flatly inserted into the banknote insertion guide passage 12 and inserted while being guided. ) 23. Similarly, when exchanging a large amount of coin for a small amount of coin, when the coin is inserted into the coin slot 13, the amount of money is detected by the internal money sensor and the corresponding small amount of coin is discharged to the exchange coin receiving port 23. To be done. The currency exchange coin receiving port 23 is provided on the side surface at one end of the casing 11 in the longitudinal direction on the side where the currency exchange bill insertion guide passage 12 is provided.

[0004]

As shown in FIG. 3, in the conventional case, the bill insertion guide passage 12 and the coin slot 13 are provided.
And are separately provided, and it may be confusing which of these bills and coins should be inserted and inserted. In particular, in the fare box shown in FIG. 3, there are many entrances such as the fare entrance 15, the card insertion opening 18 and the card ejection opening 19 in the card processing section, or a portion that can be seen as an insertion opening. Often confused about insertion.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a coin slot is provided on the bill insertion guide passage.

[0006]

1 shows an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a fare box, and parts corresponding to those in FIG. 3 are designated by the same reference numerals. In this embodiment, a coin insertion slot 13 is provided on the bill insertion guide passage 12. As schematically shown in FIG. 1B, when the banknote 31 is inserted on the surface of the banknote insertion guide passage 12 while being in contact with each other, it is taken in by the take-in roller 32 and inserted in the bill discriminator 33, and the amount of the bill is The coins are identified and the corresponding amount is discharged to the exchange coin receiving port 23. The bill 31 is stored in the safe. On the other hand, the coin inserted into the coin insertion slot 13 on the bill insertion guide passage 12 enters into the coin sensor 34 provided on the lower side of the bill insertion guide passage 12, whereby the amount of the coin is detected. A small coin corresponding to this is a coin receiving slot 2
The coins fed into the coin slot 12 while being supplied to the coins 3 are stored in the coin storage for exchange or the safe.

In the present invention, since the coin insertion slot 13 is provided on the bill insertion guide passage 12, as shown in FIG. 2 by attaching the same reference numerals to the portions corresponding to FIG. It is possible to reduce the size by providing an exchange coin receiving port 23 on the upper surface side of the body 11. Further, although not shown in the figure, in general various automatic vending machines, ticket vending machines, etc., it is possible to reduce the size by providing a coin insertion slot on the insertion guide passage of the banknote, and to eliminate confusion at the insertion slot. .

[0008]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the coin insertion slot is provided on the bill insertion guide passage,
When inserting a bill, the location can be immediately known without being confused when inserting a coin. Moreover, since both sides of the bill insertion guide passage are high, the coin insertion slot 13
Even if you fail to insert the coin, the walls on both sides are less likely to drop the coin. The present invention is particularly effective in the case where there are various insertion openings or confusing parts such as a fare box. Further, since the coin insertion opening is provided on the bill insertion guide passage, it is possible to make the size smaller than the case where these are provided separately.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1A is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1B is a view schematically showing a portion related to the present invention in an internal state thereof.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a conventional fare box.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A banknote / coin slot structure for a fare box, a vending machine, etc., wherein a coin slot is provided on the banknote insertion guide passage.