JPH0798776A - Automatic ticket vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically collect coins of desired denominations from a coin safe provided in the automatic ticket vending machine by a switch operation. CONSTITUTION:In the lower part of coin safes 11 (11a-11d), a coin discharge means 12 consisting of a discharge belt 12a and a discharge motor 12c is provided in order to discharge coins to the rear of the automatic ticket vending machine. In order to discharge the coins to this coin discharge means 12, a shutter opened and closed by a shutter opening/closing motor is provided on a bottom part of the coin safes 11, and also, a safe coin collection switch which can switch ON these motor 12c, etc., with one operation is provided on the rear face of the automatic ticket vending machine.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic ticket vending machine for selling tickets and the like, and in particular, it is possible to easily collect coins put into the automatic ticket vending machine and stored in an internal coin safe by denomination. Regarding vending machines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, many types and number of automatic ticket vending machines, which are represented by automatic ticket vending machines in the railway industry, are installed at various stations.

Since these are the ones that sell only a single ticket,
Recently, the function has been expanded to the type that sells tickets of all companies that we contact, eliminating the need for a sales window by staff. In addition, the supply of consumables for automatic ticket vending machines has been changed from one roll to two rolls, and spare change is provided from 1000 to 2000 sheets, which greatly contributes to the reduction of staff work and labor saving. In addition, recently, various controls can be remotely controlled, and various types of passengers can be dealt with and troubles can be dealt with without going to a ticket vending machine.

[0004] Among the above, the clerk's work requiring the work of the clerk most, but with little improvement as in the conventional case, is the work of collecting coins from the coin safe in the automatic ticket vending machine.

FIG. 11 shows a conventional automatic ticket vending machine for collecting coins by pulling out a coin safe from the ticket vending machine body. When collecting coins, the coin safe 1 provided at the lower rear portion of the automatic ticket vending machine is used. They were manually pulled out backwards, lifted a heavy safe, and transferred it to a bucket or cloth bag. In addition, in FIG.
Reference numeral 2 is a customer service section on the front of an automatic ticket vending machine equipped with a money slot, a ticket slot, and operating means for designating a target ticket.
3 is a coin unit that sorts coins inserted from the coin slot of the customer service 2 and processes them for change, 4 is a 500 yen coin safe 1a, 10 yen coin safe 1b that processes the coins sorted by the coin unit 3, respectively, 100 yen coin safe 1c, 50
A safe chute to be put in the yen coin safe 1d, 5 is a bill mechanism for processing bills inserted from the customer service section 2, 6 is a ticket issuing mechanism for issuing a designated ticket through the customer service section 2, and 7 is for troubles. A clerk panel for a clerk to operate the automatic ticket vending machine. Further, in the perspective view of the coin safe 1 of FIG. 11C, reference numeral 8 indicates a handle and 9 indicates a manual coin outlet shutter.

[0006]

In an automatic ticket vending machine that requires such coin collection work, the coins are very heavy, which is a heavy labor for the staff.

In order to improve such a coin collecting operation, as shown in FIG. 12, coin safes 1a, 1 are provided.
There is one in which b, 1c, and 1d are placed on one tray 10 and the tray 10 is pulled out to make it easy to take out the safe 1. With regard to this, a lower part of the safe 1 is made a manual pull-out shutter, and a recovery bucket is placed under the safe 1 to pull the shutter so that the safe 1 can be recovered without being lifted up and put into practical use. There is. However, this requires a lot of work such as opening a heavy safe, opening and closing the shutter of each safe.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above point, and an object thereof is to provide an automatic ticket vending machine capable of automatically collecting coins of a desired denomination from an internal coin safe by operating a switch. And

[0009]

That is, the present invention is directed to an automatic ticket vending machine having a coin safe for storing inserted and finally processed coins, and an instruction means for instructing the collection of coins and a lower part of the coin safe. A coin ejecting means provided inside the coin safe for ejecting coins stored in the coin safe according to the instruction of the instruction means, and a coin ejecting means for ejecting coins ejected from the coin safe to the outside. And a means for discharging and delivering coins.

Further, according to the present invention, in an automatic ticket vending machine having a plurality of coin type coin safes for storing inserted and finally processed coins by coin type, an instruction means for instructing the coin type to collect coins and a coin type. A coin-discharging means provided in the lower part of the coin safe for discharging coins stored in the coin-type coin safe according to an instruction of the indicating means, and a coin-discharging machine for discharging coins from the coin-type coin safe by the coin discharging means. And a coin transporting and discharging means for transporting the discharged coins and discharging them to the outside.

The present invention further provides an automatic ticket vending machine equipped with a coin safe for storing coins that have been inserted and finally processed,
A coin discharging means provided in the lower part of the coin safe for discharging coins stored in the coin safe, and a coin transferring means for transferring the coins discharged from the coin safe by the coin discharging means to the outside. It is characterized in that it is provided with an ejecting means and an input means for activating the coin ejecting means in the safe and the coin conveying and ejecting means.

Furthermore, the present invention is an automatic ticket vending machine provided with a plurality of coin-type coin safes for storing inserted and finally processed coins by coin-type coin, which is provided below the coin-type coin safe. A coin ejecting means for ejecting coins stored therein, a coin conveying and ejecting means for conveying coins ejected from the coin-type coin safe by the coin ejecting means for ejecting to the outside, and a coin-type coin safe It is characterized by further comprising: a selection means for arbitrarily selecting the above-mentioned means, and an input means for activating the coin carrying / discharging means of the coin type coin safe selected by the selecting means and the coin carrying / discharging means.

[0013]

In the above structure, the coin ejecting means in the safe is, for example, a shutter that can open the bottom of the coin safe, and the shutter is opened by inputting a coin recovery command by the instructing means or the input means, and the coin is opened. The coins in the safe are discharged onto the coin conveying / discharging means. The coin carrying / discharging means such as a carrying belt is driven so as to carry toward a coin discharging port formed on the rear surface of the automatic ticket vending machine in response to a coin collecting command from the instructing means or the input means, whereby the coin carrying / discharging means on the coin carrying / discharging means. Coins are discharged to the outside from the coin outlet. At this time, by installing a collection bucket under the coin outlet, the coins in the coin safe can be automatically and easily recovered without taking out a heavy coin safe.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The same parts as those of the conventional example are designated by the same reference numerals, and the duplicate description will be omitted.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show an embodiment of an automatic ticket vending machine of the present invention, and are a side view and a rear view, respectively. In this embodiment, a coin discharging means 12 for discharging coins to the rear of the automatic ticket vending machine is provided below the coin safe 11.

The coin discharging means 12 is composed of a discharging belt 12
a, a discharge guide 12b that guides both sides of the belt 12a, and a discharge motor 12c that moves the discharge belt 12a. The discharge motor 12c is driven and the discharge belt 12a is provided on the rear surface of the vending machine. The coins discharged from the coin safe 11 onto the belt 12a by being rotated to the discharge port 13 are discharged from the rear surface to the collection bucket 14. Note that FIG. 3 shows an external view of the rear surface of the automatic ticket vending machine.

Further, as shown in detail in FIG. 4, each structure of the coin safe 11 (each of which is composed of four safes 11a, 11b, 11c, and 11d according to denomination) has a coin shape with an open upper part. Coins from the unit 3 can be stored, and the inside is formed in a sliver shape to facilitate the discharge of coins from the main safe 11. Further, an opening / closing safe lower shutter 15 is provided at the bottom of each safe, and the shutter lower shutter opening / closing motor 16 connected to the safe lower shutter 15 is configured to be opened / closed by rotating in the normal / reverse direction. ing. The safe lower shutter 15 and the safe lower shutter opening / closing motor 16 are connected via a shutter opening belt 17 and a pulley 18, and a shutter return spring 19 is attached to the safe lower shutter 15 between the safe lower shutter 15 and the safe inner wall. 15 is usually this spring 1
9 keeps the shutter closed, that is, the coin 20 does not fall.

Here, the safe lower shutter 15 is opened by rotating the safe lower shutter opening / closing motor 16 forward, and the coins 20 in the safe 11 are sent to the coin discharging means 12 through the drop opening 21. Is configured to be closed. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 22 denotes a shutter open detection switch for detecting that the shutter 15 is opened due to contact with the shutter 2.
Similarly, 3 is a shutter close detection switch for detecting that the shutter 15 is closed.

Further, the safe lower shutter opening / closing motor 16 provided for each safe is normally turned on / off until the opening / closing of the shutter 15 is completed by turning on / off the safe coin collecting switch 24 for each safe provided on the staff panel 7. It is configured to be controlled by a main controller (not shown) so as to perform a reverse operation.

FIG. 5 shows a functional configuration of such an automatic ticket vending machine. The functional block added in this embodiment is 2
It is shown in a double frame.

Next, the operation of collecting coins from the coin safe 11 of the automatic ticket vending machine having the above structure will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. At present, coin collection work is performed at the time of daily closing deadline work. At this time, first, a change collection switch (not shown) provided in the staff panel 7 is turned on to remove all coins in the coin unit 3 from the coin safe. It is recovered to 11 (step 100). Up to this point, the process is the same as the conventional one.

Then, the staff member, as shown in FIG.
The collection bucket 14 is set in the coin outlet 13 (step 101), and the coin-type safe coin collection switch 24 provided on the staff panel 7 is turned on (step 102).

For example, when the 500 yen switch 24a of the recovery switch 24 is turned on, the ON signal is sent to the main control unit 25 shown in FIG. 4, which causes the main control unit 25 to operate the discharge motor 12c of the coin discharging means 12. While turning on
The safe lower shutter opening / closing motor 16 of the corresponding 500-yen safe 11a is turned on in the opening direction (for example, normal rotation). As a result, the lower shutter 15 of the safe opens, and the 500 yen safe 1
The 500-yen coin in 1a falls on the coin discharge belt 12a, is sent to the coin discharge port 13, and is collected in the collection bucket 14.

Now, the shutter opening / closing operation of the coin safe 11 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. When the recovery switch 24 is turned on, the main control unit 25 causes the corresponding safe 1
The shutter lower opening and closing motor 16 of the safe bottom of No. 1 is turned on, and the shutter opening belt 17 fixed to the pulley 18 is wound up. As a result, since the safe lower shutter 15 is connected to the shutter opening belt 17, the shutter 1
5 is open. The main control unit 25 rotates the motor 16 until the shutter open detection switch 22 is turned on, and when the switch is turned on, the rotation is stopped and the motor is held. As a result, the drop port 21 is completely opened, and the coin 20 in the safe 11 can be dropped onto the coin discharge means 2 and discharged to the coin discharge port 13.

Next, when the staff turns off the recovery switch 24 due to the completion of the discharge (step 103), the main controller 25
Rotates the safe lower shutter opening / closing motor 16 in the rewinding direction and stops the rotation when the shutter close detection switch 23 is turned on. As a result, the safe lower shutter 15 is closed.

By this operation, the clerk sets a bucket suitable for the denomination to be collected in the coin outlet 13,
By turning on / off the safe coin recovery switch 24 for each denomination, coins can be sequentially recovered without pulling out the safe 11 to the outside.

The discharging motor 1 of the coin discharging means 12
2c is turned on while one of the safe coin collecting switches 24 is on, and when the switch 24 is turned off, the motor 1
It is controlled so that 2c is also turned off.

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present embodiment, after the bucket of the denomination to be collected is placed in the coin outlet provided at the rear of the safe part of the ticket vending machine body, the coin is recovered from the safe. By turning on the switch for specifying, coins of a desired denomination can be automatically collected, and the collection work can be greatly reduced.

In the above embodiment, the discharge from the safe is explained by opening and closing the shutter provided in the lower part. However, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a coin discharging belt 32 and a roller are provided in the safe 31. It is also possible to provide 33 to discharge the sheet in the lateral direction and then to discharge and convey it to the outside of the machine. That is, this example shows a method in which the coins in the coin safe 31 are discharged from the right side surface, not below the safe, and dropped into the coin discharge means 12. In this case, when the safe coin recovery switch 24 of the staff panel 7 is turned on, the safe exit shutter solenoid 34 of the corresponding safe 31 is excited, and in conjunction with this, the safe exit shutter 35 is lifted and the coin outlet 36 is opened. , Coins can be discharged.
At the same time, the coin discharge motor 37 is driven, and the coin discharge belt 32 is rotated in association with this to the discharge port 36 side, whereby the coins on the belt 32 are continuously sent to the coin discharge means 12, and You can take out coins. When the safe coin recovery switch 24 is turned off after the completion of taking out, the safe exit shutter solenoid 34 and the coin discharge motor 3
7 is turned off to end the operation.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the start and stop of the coin discharge is performed by turning on / off the safe coin recovery switch 24 has been described, but the stop of the coin discharge is performed by the coin discharge port 13 of the coin discharge means 12. A means for detecting the discharge of coins is provided, and the coin outlet 1 is operated by the main control unit 25.
3 The passage of coin 20 is detected and checked, and if the passage of coin 20 is not detected even after the required time, it is judged that the coin has been ejected from the safe, and the motors and solenoids of the safe and the ejector are automatically driven. It can also be configured to stop and end.

The means for detecting such coin discharge is
For example, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, a coin detection LED 41 is provided above the coin ejection port 13, and a sensor transmission hole 43 is provided in the coin ejection port lower guide 42. This can be achieved by arranging the detection sensors 44 (for example, phototransistors are used) at predetermined intervals.

By providing a sensor for detecting the completion of such discharge and automatically ending the detection, it becomes possible to proceed with the recovery work more efficiently.

Although the automatic ticket vending machine is shown as an example in the above embodiment, it is needless to say that the automatic ticket vending machine can be applied to various automatic vending machines having a coin safe in the product body such as other automatic settlement machines and vending machines.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the safe coin recovery switch 24 is provided on the staff panel 7, but it is also possible to dispose it in the vicinity of the coin outlet 13.

[0035]

As described above, in the past, when collecting coins in an automatic ticket vending machine, it was necessary to pull out a heavy safe to the outside and transfer it to a bucket for collecting the coins. It is possible to automatically collect coins of a desired denomination by placing a bucket of denominations to be provided in the coin outlet provided and then turning on a switch designating collection from the safe. Therefore, the recovery work can be significantly reduced, and the work time can be shortened.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of an automatic ticket vending machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the automatic ticket vending machine of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the automatic ticket vending machine of FIG. 1 seen from the rear surface.

FIG. 4 is a plan view (a) and a side view (b) showing a structural example of a coin safe.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an automatic ticket vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a coin collecting operation of the automatic ticket vending machine of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a plan view (a) and a side view (b) showing another structural example of the coin safe.

FIG. 8 is a front view of the coin safe of FIG. 7.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing a coin discharge detecting means of a coin discharge port.

FIG. 10 is a front view showing the coin discharge detection means of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a side view (a) and a rear view (b) showing a conventional example of an automatic ticket vending machine.

FIG. 12 is a side view (a) and a rear view (b) showing another conventional example of an automatic ticket vending machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 11, 31 ……… Coin safe 3 ……… Coin unit 5 ……… Banknote mechanism 6 ……… Ticket issuing mechanism 7 ……… Staff panel 12 ……… Coin ejecting means 12 a ……… Discharging belt 12 b …… … Ejection guide 12c ……… Ejection motor 13 ……… Coin ejection port 15 ……… Safe lower shutter 16 ……… Safe lower shutter opening / closing motor 19… Shutter return spring 22 ……… Shutter open detection switch 23 …… … Shutter close detection switch 24 ……… Safe coin recovery switch 32 ……… Coin ejection belt 35 ……… Safe exit shutter 41 ……… Coin detection LED 43 ……… Sensor transmission hole 44 ……… Coin detection sensor

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An automatic ticket vending machine equipped with a coin safe for storing inserted and finally processed coins, an instruction means for instructing collection of the coin, and an instruction of the instruction means provided at a lower portion of the coin safe. A coin ejecting means for ejecting coins stored in the coin safe based on the above, and a coin conveying and ejecting means for conveying coins ejected from the coin safe by the coin ejecting means for ejecting to the outside. An automatic ticket vending machine characterized by having. 2. An automatic ticket vending machine comprising a plurality of coin-type coin safes for storing inserted and finally processed coins by coin type, and an instruction means for instructing the coin type to collect the coins, and the coin-type coins. The coin-type coin ejecting means, which is provided at the bottom of the safe and discharges the coins stored in the coin-type coin safe according to the instruction of the instruction means, and the coin-type coin safe from the coin-type coin safe by the coin-discharging means. An automatic ticket vending machine, comprising: a coin transport discharging unit that transports discharged coins and discharges them to the outside. 3. An automatic ticket vending machine equipped with a coin safe for storing coins that have been inserted and finally processed, wherein coins in a safe are provided below the coin safe and discharge coins stored in the coin safe. Means for transporting coins discharged from the coin safe by the coin discharging means in the safe and discharging the coins to the outside, and input means for activating the coin discharging means in the safe and the coin carrying discharge means An automatic ticket vending machine characterized by that. 4. An automatic ticket vending machine comprising a plurality of coin-type coin safes for storing inserted and finally processed coins by coin type, wherein the coin-type coin safe is provided below the coin-type coin safe and stored in the coin-type coin safe. A coin discharging means for discharging coins stored in the safe, a coin conveying discharging means for discharging the coins discharged from the coin safe by coins to the outside by the coin discharging means in the safe, and the coin safe for coins. An automatic system comprising: a selection unit that arbitrarily selects, and an input unit that activates the coin transport discharge unit of the denomination-type coin safe selected by the selection unit and activates the coin transport discharge unit. Ticket-vending machine.