JPH08273021A - Coin ejector, coin receiver and coin processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve operability for ejecting/receiving coins and to miniaturize a coin receiving/ejecting port by providing a step part set stepwisely narrower toward a bottom and an inverting part for allowing inversion at the lower part of this bottom in a tray. CONSTITUTION: A tray 15 arranged at a coin receiving/ejecting port 13 is constituted by combining a fixed tray 15a and a movable tray 15b in the state of opening its upper face so as to receive/eject a coin inside the coin receiving/ ejecting port 13. The upper face of this fixed tray 15a is rectangularity opened, a step face 27 set stepwisely narrower from this upper face toward the bottom is provided, and the recessed receiving part of coins is formed. Besides, the movable tray 15b moves the coin, positioned at the lower part of the bottom and guided into the tray 15, to the bottom along the inner face of the fixed tray 15a with its dead weight and this coin moved to the lower part of the bottom is stored in the movable tray 15b. Then, by inverting this movable tray 15b at 180 deg., the bottom part is opened and the coin is dropped downward and taken in.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin take-out device which is internally constructed in a coin processing machine of an automatic transaction machine, for example, and more specifically, a coin take-out device having a deposit / withdrawal port structure suitable for a coin take-in / out operation. The present invention relates to a device, a coin input device, and a coin processing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a depositing / dispensing port of a coin processing machine is provided by allowing a semi-cylindrical tray to be turned upside down, and accepting / discharging coins to / from the tray to allow coin depositing / dispensing operations (for example, JP-A-4-245591 and JP-A-5-89322
No.).

However, in this type of depositing / dispensing port, it is necessary to form a relatively large internal space in the tray in consideration of the operability of coins for putting in and out coins. A large space was required in the vertical direction, and there was a limit to miniaturization of the deposit / withdrawal port. Also, when picking up coins in the saucer with one hand, when you take out the coin so that it wraps the coins by tracing the inner surface of the semi-cylindrical saucer with your fingertips, the thumb and the other four fingers should be grasped in the direction of grasping. Since the position of and the width of the hand of the fingertip portion are different, a gap is likely to be formed, and therefore, there is a case that the grip is left and it cannot be reliably taken out by one time. Furthermore, if foreign matter such as banknotes other than coins is mistakenly inserted,
There is a risk that it may be turned over and dropped down and stored, resulting in an obstruction. Further, since the fixed detection sensor detects coins in the tray, there is a problem that the detection accuracy is poor and the detection reliability is poor depending on the position where the tray stops rotating.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the present invention focuses on a saucer shape that takes into consideration the shape of a hand and the length of a finger so that a coin can be reliably taken out from a saucer at one time. It is an object of the present invention to provide a coin take-out device, a coin input device, and a coin processing device that can achieve operability and downsizing of a deposit / withdrawal port.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A coin take-out device provided with a tray for temporarily receiving ejected coins, wherein the tray has a step surface narrowed stepwise toward the bottom and a bottom lower part of the tray is allowed to be inverted. And an inverting unit.

The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the tray is narrowed toward the front side of the operation for taking out coins.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin inserting device having a tray for temporarily receiving the inserted coins, wherein the tray has a step surface narrowed stepwise toward the bottom and the tray. And a reversing unit for reversing the bottom lower part of the above with a rotating body.

The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that a coin detecting sensor for detecting the presence or absence of coins is provided in the tray and the reversing portion.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a reversing speed control means for controlling the reversing speed of the reversing unit based on the coin detection amount detected by the coin detecting sensor.

The invention according to claim 6 is characterized in that a receiving tray serving as a receiving port for accepting coins and a dispensing port for allowing removal of coins are also used.

The invention according to claim 7 is characterized in that the receiving tray for receiving and accepting coins and the receiving outlet for accepting and removing coins also serve as a tray.

According to an eighth aspect of the invention, there is provided a coin take-out device,
It is a coin processing device provided with any of the coin insertion devices.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin processing device provided with a tray for temporarily receiving inserted coins, wherein the tray is set to be gradually narrowed toward the bottom and the bottom of the tray is provided. When the coin detecting sensor detects the erroneous insertion in the tray and the inverting section, the lower part allows the inversion part to invert, and based on the guide input means, the guide output means is provided.

[0014]

According to the present invention, when a coin received in the tray is taken out, each fingertip follows the step surface which is gradually narrowed toward the bottom of the tray and is closely attached to the inner surface of the tray without any gap. When the coin is taken out and the coin is taken in, the reversing part at the bottom bottom of the tray is inverted to take in the coin.

Similarly, when the coins received in the tray are taken out, the finger tips naturally collect the coins along the shape of the tray narrowed toward the front side where the coins are taken out.

Further, when the coins loaded into the tray are taken in, the coins are guided to the reversal position of the rotating body at the bottom lower part of the tray along the step surface which is set narrower toward the bottom of the tray. , It is reversed from this and taken in downward.

Further, the coins guided to the tray and the reversing unit are detected and confirmed by the coin detection sensor.

Further, the reversing speed control means controls the reversing speed of the reversing section based on the coin detection amount detected by the coin detecting sensor.

Further, the receiving port of the coin take-out device is also used as the deposit port for accepting coins and the dispense port for allowing coins to be taken out.

Further, the receiving port of the coin insertion device also serves as a receiving port for accepting coins and a dispensing port for allowing removal of coins.

Further, the coin processing device is constituted by including either a coin take-out device or a coin input device.

Further, the lower part of the bottom of the tray set to be gradually narrowed toward the bottom is allowed to be inverted by the reversing part, and when the coin detection sensor detects an erroneous insertion of coins, the coin is detected. Based on this, the guidance output means guides and outputs erroneous insertion information.

[0023]

As a result, when removing coins from the tray,
The coin can be taken out and operated while the shape of the hand and the fingertips are closely adhered to the inner surface of the saucer along the step surface which is gradually narrowed toward the bottom of the saucer. For this reason, there is no remaining ungrassed coin, and the coin can be reliably picked up by one-time gripping operation. Also, if the width is narrowed toward the front side of the coin picking-out operation, the action of collecting coins naturally with one hand works. hand,
The coin gripping operation becomes more stable. In particular, the thumb and the other four fingers differ in the gripping direction of the coin / the position of the fingertip / the width of the hand at the fingertip part, and this is a step surface considering the shape of this hand. At the time, it can be reliably taken out from the feel of the hand, and at the same time, it is possible to obtain clearly that there is no ungripped part at the same time, so that the anxiety is eliminated and the empty grip confirmation operation is omitted.

Further, when the coins are taken in from the saucer, since the reversing portion provided independently at the bottom bottom of the saucer may be inverted, the rotation space of the entire saucer becomes unnecessary,
This can be dealt with by making only the inversion part at the bottom bottom small.
Therefore, it can be formed in a shallow saucer, the interior space in the saucer is not wasted, and the saucer can be surely downsized.

Further, in the case where the coin detection sensor is installed not only on the tray but also the coin detection sensor is integrally attached to the reversing part at the bottom bottom part of the coin reversing part, the coin detecting sensor is reversed together with the reversing part to detect and confirm. The reversing operation can be detected without hindrance, and the detection accuracy can be improved by efficiently incorporating this sensor. Further, if the detection information at the time of erroneous insertion is output as a guide, erroneous insertion of foreign matter other than coins can be reliably detected, and obstacles for taking in foreign matter can be avoided in advance.
Further, when the coin detection amount is large, the reversing unit can be gently reversed to take in stably and reliably, and when the coin detection amount is small, the reversing speed can be increased to take in in a short time.

Further, the saucer can be used as a depositing port or as a dispensing port, and can also be widely applied as a depositing / dispensing port that also serves as these, and can be used not only as a coin dispensing device but also as a coin depositing device. It is also applicable, and it is possible to incorporate either of these devices into a coin processing device.

[0027]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a coin processing machine 11 that is internally configured in an automatic teller machine, and this coin processing machine 11 is a customer service panel 12.
Has a deposit / withdrawal port 13 for allowing the customer to insert and withdraw coins, the deposit / withdrawal port 13 is openably / closably covered by a shutter 14, and a recess for receiving and guiding the coin is provided inside the deposit / withdrawal port 13. A saucer 15 having a shape is provided, a feeder 17 having a disc 16 for individual separation is provided below the saucer 15, and coins inserted into the deposit / withdrawal port 13 are driven by the feeder 17 to move to the next stage. The coins guided one by one to the deposit discriminating unit 18 and guided to the deposit discriminating unit 18 are discriminated as to whether they are true or false and the denomination, and thereafter, one of the temporary holding units 20 is passed through the individual transport path 19. Side and the other stacker 21 side are branched and conveyed.

The temporary holding section 20 temporarily holds the coins guided from the individual conveying path 19, and when the deposit of the held coins is confirmed, the collecting cartridge below the temporary holding section 20 via the temporary holding belt 22. Collected by dropping it in 23 and collecting coins in case of deposit cancellation Return belt 2
It is dropped on four sides and returned.

The stacker 21 side is connected to the individual transport path 19 via a sorting transport path 25 that is branched and connected to the individual transport path 1
The coins on 9 are taken into the sorting / conveying path 25 and stored one by one in the stacker 21 divided into denominations, and the stored coins are fed out from below according to denominations and made ready for reuse so that they can be withdrawn. There is. Then, when paying out the coins from the stacker 21, the designated coins are dropped from the stacker 21 according to the denomination and discharged, and the payout conveying belt 26 facing below the coins.
And the original deposit / withdrawal port 1 via the return belt 24 described above.
It is conveyed to 3 and withdrawal processing is performed.

By the way, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 6, the tray 15 provided in the deposit / withdrawal port 13 is a fixed pan with the upper surface open so that coins can be received and withdrawn inside the deposit / withdrawal port 13. It is configured by combining 15a and the movable saucer 15b.

The fixed tray 15a has an upper surface opened in a quadrangular shape, and has a step surface 27 which is gradually narrowed from the upper surface toward the bottom to form a coin receiving concave portion.
The width at this time is an interval suitable for the width of the hand, and the step surfaces 27, 27 on both sides are formed narrower toward the front side of the customer who takes out and operates the coin.

By forming the stepped surface 27, thumb relief portions 28, 28 corresponding to the right hand and the left hand are formed on both sides of the fixed tray 15a, and four long portions other than the thumb are provided at the bottom portion. The fingers naturally enter and the short thumb does not get in the way, and it becomes the inside of the saucer that matches the shape of the thumb and the other four fingers and the hand, and the thumb and the other four fingers do not need to be inserted deeply. With the step surface 27 that clearly separates the coins from each other, the coins can be taken out and operated while the fingertips are in close contact with the inner surface of the saucer with substantially no gap.

Further, since the step surface 27 is formed narrower toward the front side, when the coin is taken out, the fingertip bends to grasp and operate the coin. The gripping operation of is stable. An arcuate movable tray 15b is provided below the bottom of the fixed tray 15a so as to be freely rotatable by 180 °.

The movable tray 15b is located at the bottom bottom, and the coins introduced into the tray 15 are moved to the bottom along the inner surface of the fixed tray 15a by its own weight, and the coins moved to the bottom bottom are moved. It is stored in the movable tray 15b. Then, by inverting the movable tray 15b by 180 °, the bottom is opened and the coin is dropped downward to take in the coin. In addition, the movable tray 15b is independently arranged in a small size at the bottom of the bottom,
As a reversing part necessary for taking in coins, it can be dealt with by a configuration in which it is rotated in a small part, and therefore, the rotating operation of the entire saucer and the rotating space of the entire saucer are not required.
3 can be certainly reduced in size.

In the reversing drive of the movable tray 15b, the rotary shafts 29 and 30 on both sides of the movable tray are rotatably supported by the side wall of the fixed tray 15a, and the driven pulley 31 fixed to one rotary shaft 29 and the driven pulley 31 are driven. A drive belt 33 is stretched between drive pulleys 32 fixed to the main shaft of the motor M to transmit power, and the movable tray 15b is allowed to rotate freely between a concave position and an inverted concave position. In the figure, 34 is a rotation stopper, 35 is a rotation detection lever, and 36 is an original position detection lever.

For the internal space of the fixed tray 15a, an upper detection sensor S1 for detecting the upper space, an intermediate detection sensor S2 for detecting the intermediate space, and a lower detection sensor for detecting the lower space. S3 ... and movable saucer 15b
With an original position detection sensor S4 for detecting the original position of
The presence / absence of coins introduced into the tray and the reversing operation state of the movable tray 15b are detected and confirmed.

In this case, the upper detecting sensor S1, the intermediate detecting sensor S2, and the original position detecting sensor S4 are the fixed tray 1
5a is fixedly installed on the outside of the side wall, whereas the lower detection sensor S3 ...
It is integrally attached to the rotating shafts 29 and 30 of 5b. For this reason, the lower detection sensor S3 detects the presence or absence of coins while rotating, as well as reversing the movable tray 15b, and accurately detects the rotating state of the movable tray 15b without any hindrance to improve the coin detection accuracy. There is. Therefore, if a bill is mistakenly inserted, the mistaken insertion can be immediately confirmed by the detection information of the sensors S1 to S3 which are different in the height direction, and the full, large, small, etc. state of coins can be accurately detected by the detection information. Can be detected. In the figure, 37 is a detection hole.

FIG. 7 shows a deposit / withdrawal port 1 equipped in a coin processing machine.
3 shows a block diagram of the control circuit of the CPU 3, and the CPU 71 is the ROM 7
Each circuit device is controlled in accordance with the program stored in No. 2, and the control data is stored in the RAM 73 so that it can be read.

Further, the CPU 71 controls the detection sensors S1 to S
Based on the detection signal of 4, the CPU 71 detects and confirms the receiving / removing state of coins and the presence / absence of coins, and the CPU 71 moves the movable tray 1
When reversing 5b and taking in coins, the reversing speed of the movable tray 15b is controlled according to the detected amount of coins. For example,
When the amount of coins received in the deposit / withdrawal port 13 is large, the movable tray 15b is gently inverted so that a large amount of coins can be stably and reliably taken in. When the amount of coins is small, the movable tray 15b is provided.
The speed of reversing the coins is increased so that a small amount of coins can be taken in in a short period of time, thereby improving the coin taking-up processing performance.

Further, when the CPU 71 detects a foreign object such as a bill other than a coin that has been erroneously inserted based on the detection signals of the detection sensors S1 to S3 having different upper / middle / lower height directions,
Based on this, the incorrect input information is displayed on the display 7 of the customer service panel 12.
4 or guidance output via the voice guidance unit.

The drive motor M controls the drive of the movable tray 15b by reversing the movable tray 15b between the concave position and the reverse concave position based on the control signal of the CPU 71, and the processing mode determination unit 75 causes the deposit / processing.
Determine each processing mode such as deposit cancellation processing / withdrawal processing,
According to this determination mode, the CPU 71 determines the movable tray 15b to be the concave position and the reverse concave position.

The coin processing operation of the coin depositing / dispensing port 13 of the coin processor 11 thus configured will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 8 and 9. As shown in FIG. 6, the receiving tray 15 normally stands by in a concave state in which a fixed receiving tray 15a and a movable receiving tray 15b which is smallly arranged at the bottom of the bottom thereof are allowed to receive coins. Then, the detection sensors S1 to S4 detect the state of storing coins in the tray (step n1).

In this case, the detection sensors S1 to
If S3 does not detect the presence of coins and there is no processing signal from the CPU 71, the system waits for the next coin processing (steps n2 to n6).

Further, when the upper detection sensor S1 detects that the coin is full at the time of the deposit transaction, since coin handling is not appropriate due to excessive insertion, a coin removal guide is displayed on the display 74 to inform the customer (step n7).

Further, when the erroneous insertion operation of the bill is detected from the detection information of these sensors S1 to S3, the customer is also informed through the display device 74 of the erroneous insertion (steps n8 to n9).

On the other hand, when the lower detection sensor S3 ... Detects the presence of coins in the tray 15, it is confirmed whether or not the intermediate portion detection sensor S2 ... Above it simultaneously detects the coins (step n10). If only S3 ... Is detected, it is determined as a small amount of coins, and when the coins are taken in, the CPU 71 accelerates the reversal speed of the movable tray 15b to take in the coins in a short time, and the coins taken in are discriminated by the inward deposit discriminating section 18. And counting control is carried out and it is guided to be stored inward (steps n11 to n).
12).

After the movable tray 15b is taken in by the reversing operation, it is reversed to the original standby position and returned (step n13). At this time, the respective height-direction detection sensors S1 to S3 are moved to the tray 15
If the presence of coins inside is not detected (steps n14 to n1
7), it is determined that all the coins in the receiving tray 15 have been taken in, and the taking-in process ends (step n18).

When the middle portion detection sensor S2 ... Detects a coin, it is determined that the coin is a large amount of coins having a height up to the height of the middle portion of the tray, and the CPU 71 slowly changes the reversing speed of the movable tray 15b when the coin is taken in. The coins are rotated to be stably and reliably taken in, and the coins taken in are discriminated and counted and managed by the inward bill discriminating unit 18 (steps n19 to n20).

At this time, if the detection information from the upper detection sensor S1 is obtained, the CPU 71 determines that the bill has been erroneously inserted, and outputs the guidance for taking out the erroneously inserted bill to the display 74 (step). n21).

When the coin is discharged to the tray 15 during the withdrawal transaction and the coin is taken out from the tray, the shape of the hand and the fingertips follow the step surface 27 which is gradually narrowed toward the bottom of the tray. Since coins can be taken out while closely contacting the inner surface of the saucer without leaving any gaps, the coins can be held unremoved with a single gripping operation, and the width of the coins can be narrowed toward the front side of the operation. Since it is formed, the action of naturally gathering coins with one hand works more stably, and the gripping operation of coins becomes more stable. Especially, the thumb and the other four fingers are the gripping direction of coins / position of fingertips / fingertips. The width of the hands of the part is different,
Since this is a stepped surface that takes into consideration the shape of this hand, you can surely take out the coin from the touch when you take it out.
Moreover, since the fact that there is no ungripped part is obtained clearly at the same time, the anxiety is eliminated, and the empty grip confirmation operation is omitted.

As described above, the inside of the saucer should have a saucer shape that takes into consideration the shape of the hand, the width of the hand, the gripping direction, the length of the finger, etc. so that the coins in the saucer can be taken out with one hand. Since it is possible to improve the operability of taking out coins, and when taking coins from the tray, it is only necessary to reverse the movable saucer provided independently at the bottom bottom of the tray, so that the entire tray can rotate. No space is required, and only the movable pan at the bottom of the bottom can be formed to be small so that it can be taken in. Therefore, the pan becomes shallow, and the internal space in the pan is not wasted, and the pan can be surely downsized.

Further, since the detection sensor is not only installed on the pan, but the detection sensor is integrally attached to the movable pan at the bottom lower part of the pan so that the detection can be confirmed by reversing it together with the movable pan. The reversing operation can be detected without any hindrance, and the detection accuracy of the sensor can be accurately increased by this movable detection configuration. Further, since the detection information at the time of erroneous insertion is guided and output by the display device, it is possible to reliably detect the erroneous insertion of foreign matter other than coins and avoid obstacles for taking in foreign matter. Further, when the coin detection amount is large, the movable tray can be gently inverted to take it in stably, and when it is small, the reversing speed can be increased and the coins can be taken in in a short time.

Further, the saucer can be used not only for the deposit / withdrawal port, but also for the deposit / withdrawal port only or with the dedicated dispensing / dispensing port, and can be widely used for various automatic transaction machines.

In the correspondence between the present invention and the configuration of the above-described one embodiment, the coin take-out device and the coin inserting device of the present invention correspond to the deposit / withdrawal port 13 of the embodiment, and the like below.
The coin handling device corresponds to the coin handling machine 11, the saucer corresponds to the fixed saucer 15a and the movable saucer 15b, the reversing unit and the rotating body correspond to the movable saucer 15b, and the narrow portion of the saucer is the thumb. Corresponding to the escape portions 28, 28, the coin detecting sensor includes an upper detecting sensor S1, an intermediate detecting sensor S2,
Corresponding to the lower detection sensor S3, the reversing speed control means,
The guidance output means corresponds to the CPU 71 and corresponds to the display 74 and the voice guidance section, but the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an internal configuration diagram of a coin processing machine having a deposit / withdrawal port according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the main part of the deposit / withdrawal port of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of an essential part of a movable tray according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a main part of the movable tray according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional front view of the movable tray of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional side view of the movable tray of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a deposit / withdrawal port control circuit according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the coin processing operation of the deposit / withdrawal port of the coin processing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart following FIG. 8 of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 ... Coin processing machine 13 ... Deposit / withdrawal port 15 ... Receiving tray 15a ... Fixed receiving tray 15b ... Movable receiving tray 27 ... Step surface 28 ... Thumb escape area 71 ... CPU 74 ... Indicator S1 to S3 ... Detection sensor

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A coin take-out device having a tray for temporarily receiving ejected coins, wherein the tray has a step surface narrowed stepwise toward the bottom and a bottom of the tray. A coin takeout device having a reversing unit that allows the lower part to be reversed. 2. The coin take-out device according to claim 1, wherein the tray is narrowed toward the front side of the coin pick-up operation. 3. A coin insertion device provided with a tray for temporarily receiving inserted coins, wherein said tray has a step surface narrowed stepwise toward the bottom and a lower bottom portion of the tray is rotated. A coin insertion device having a reversing unit which is reversed by the body. 4. The coin insertion device according to claim 3, wherein a coin detection sensor for detecting the presence or absence of coins is provided in the tray and the reversing unit. 5. The coin insertion device according to claim 4, further comprising reversing speed control means for controlling a reversing speed of the reversing unit based on a coin detection amount detected by the coin detecting sensor. 6. The coin take-out device according to claim 1, wherein the tray is also used as a deposit port for accepting coins and a deposit port for accepting coins. 7. The coin inserting device according to claim 3, 4 or 5, wherein the tray is also used as a deposit opening for accepting coins and a deposit opening for accepting coins. 8. A coin processing device comprising the coin take-out device according to claim 1 or 2, and the coin depositing device according to claim 3, 4 or 5. 9. A coin processing device having a tray for temporarily receiving inserted coins, wherein the tray is set to be gradually narrowed toward the bottom, and the lower bottom portion of the tray is inverted by an inversion unit. A coin processing device provided with a guide output means for permitting and outputting erroneous insertion information based on this when a coin detection sensor for detecting the presence or absence of coins in the tray and the reversing unit detects erroneous insertion.