JPH08273033A - Prepaid card vending machine and exchange machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To safely collect paper moneys without arranging any security staff. CONSTITUTION: Concerning a prepaid card vending machine 21 which is provided with a 5000-yen/10000-yen storage safe 14 for storing 5000-yen and 10000-yen paper moneys and vends a prepaid card for borrowing PACHINKO balls, a paper money conveyance unit 22 is provided to convey the 5000-yen and 10000-yen paper moneys stored in the 5000-yen/10000-yen storage safe 14 to a paper money reception unit while being connected through a pipe 23 for conveyance to the paper money reception unit installed in a control office.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is a prepaid card vending machine which is installed in a store such as a pachinko parlor or a supermarket and which sells a prepaid card for renting pachinko balls or purchasing merchandise in place of cash. The present invention relates to a money changer for converting bills into low-value bills and coins.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 3 shows a conventional prepaid card vending machine 1
It is a schematic diagram showing an example of the composition of. FIG. 3A is a schematic front view of the prepaid card vending machine 1, and FIG. 3B is a schematic front view showing a state in which the front door of the prepaid card vending machine 1 is removed. This prepaid card vending machine 1 stores a plurality of preselected prepaid cards (five kinds in the example shown in the figure) inside the main body, and one of the prepaid cards desired by the purchaser. It is possible to select and purchase a prepaid card.

In FIG. 3A, the customer service display unit 2 is composed of an operation display unit 3 and sample card display units 4, 4, .... Characters such as "on sale" and "released" are displayed on the operation display unit 3 to notify the purchaser of the operation state of the prepaid card vending machine 1. .. are displayed as samples on the sample card display sections 4, 4, ..

The card selection buttons 5, 5, ... Are provided corresponding to the sample card display sections 4, 4 ,.
It is pressed to select the corresponding prepaid card displayed on the corresponding sample card display unit 4. Amount display 6
Displays the total amount and change amount of bills inserted from the bill insertion slot 7. Purchased prepaid cards are ejected from the card outlet 8, and fishing bills or return bills are ejected from the bill outlet 9.

Further, in FIG. 3B, the card stockers 10, 10, ... Show the prepaid card vending machines 1.
The prepaid cards, which are the products, are stored for each type. The card transport unit 11 is a card stocker 1
0, 10, ... Are integrally formed, and a prepaid card delivered from any of the card stockers 10, 10, ... Is provided in the front of the main body of the prepaid card vending machine 1. (See FIG. 3A). A magnetic recording unit (not shown) is provided in the middle of the conveying path, and the code data corresponding to the purchase price and other code data are magnetically recorded in the magnetic recording area provided on the back surface of the prepaid card. .

The banknote block 12 stores banknotes whose authenticity and denomination have been selected by an unillustrated money inspection section for a thousand-yen storage safe 1.
Pre-paid card vending machine 1 stores the 3,500 yen / 10,000 yen storage safe deposit box 14 and also takes out the 1,000 yen banknote stored in the 1,000 yen storage safe 13 as a fishing tag as necessary. It is configured to be discharged from the bill outlet 9 (see FIG. 3A) provided on the front surface of the main body.

A control unit (not shown) is provided inside the prepaid card vending machine 1. This control unit is
CPU (Central Processing Unit), RAM, ROM, CP
U and various interfaces for exchanging data between each unit of the apparatus. The CPU controls each part of the device by using the working area of the RAM in accordance with the control program stored in the ROM, and reads and writes the prepaid card code data, the prepaid card transportation and ejection process, the inserted bill counting process, and the fishing tag. The calculation and release processing of is executed. In the pachinko parlor, a plurality of prepaid card vending machines 1 described above are installed, for example, between pachinko parlors, on the wall, beside the prize exchange counter, or in some cases near the entrance / exit.

Next, the operation of the customer operating the prepaid card vending machine 1 to purchase a prepaid card will be described. First, when the customer inserts 1,000, 5,000, or 10,000 yen bills from the bill insertion slot 7, the control unit of the prepaid card vending machine 1 checks the authenticity and denomination of the inserted bill. Then, the total number of inserted money is calculated by counting the number of bills determined to be genuine bills for each denomination. Next, the control unit displays the total amount of money input on the amount display unit 6, and
Of the plurality of card selection buttons 5, 5, ..., The card selection button 5 of the prepaid card that can be purchased with the total amount of money inserted is lit. On the other hand, among the banknotes inserted from the banknote insertion slot 7, the banknotes determined to be forgery bills by the bill inspection section are returned to the customer from the banknote outlet 9.

Then, when the customer depresses the card selection button 5 of the prepaid card desired to be purchased from among the lit card selection buttons 5, the control section causes the total amount to be inserted and the depressed card selection button. The difference from the amount of the prepaid card corresponding to 5 is calculated. When there is no difference, the control unit controls the card transport unit 11 after feeding out one prepaid card from the card stocker 10 in which the selected prepaid card is stored. The prepaid card is conveyed to the card ejection port 8 and discharged. In that case, the control unit
The magnetic recording unit is controlled to magnetically record the code data corresponding to the purchase amount and other code data in the magnetic recording area provided on the back surface of the prepaid card in the middle of the conveying path. On the other hand, when there is a difference between the total amount inserted and the amount of the prepaid card, the control unit issues the prepaid card and, at the same time, issues the 1,000 yen bills corresponding to the difference as the bill as the bill ejection port 9 To return to the customer.

[0010]

By the way, in the conventional prepaid card vending machine 1 described above, the bill insertion slot 7
Among the banknotes thrown in from, the 1000 yen banknote is stored in the 1000 yen bank safe 13 and, if necessary, is discharged from the banknote outlet 9 as a fishing tag, so the 1000 yen bank safe 13 is full. It never happens. On the other hand, for 5,000 yen and 10,000 yen banknotes,
While it is stored inside, it is a 5,000 yen / 10,000 yen storage safe box 1.
When 4 is full, the control unit puts the prepaid card vending machine 1 in the sale-stopped state.

Therefore, in the past, in order to operate the prepaid card vending machine 1 efficiently, when the prepaid card vending machine 1 is in a sale stop state, that is, 5,000 yen.
When the 10,000-yen storage safe 14 is full, or at regular intervals, a pachinko parlor staff goes to each prepaid card vending machine 1 and opens the front door to open the 5,000-yen / 10,000-yen storage safe 14. I took out 5,000 yen bills and 10,000 yen bills from it, put them in a storage bag, attache case, etc. and carried them to the management office.

However, the prepaid card vending machine 1
As described above, since a plurality of machines are installed between the pachinko machines, near the wall, next to the prize exchange counter, and in some cases near the doorway, while performing banknote collecting work around each prepaid card vending machine 1. , There is a high risk of being attacked by someone who pretends to be a customer. In particular, when the prepaid card vending machine 1 is installed near the entrance / exit of the store, there is a high risk of being attacked not only by the person in the store but also by an intruder from outside. Therefore, it is conceivable to allocate personnel for security, but there is a drawback that the labor cost increases. The problems described above also occur in a money changer that exchanges high-value banknotes into low-value banknotes and coins. The present invention has been made under such a background, and an object of the present invention is to provide a prepaid card vending machine and a money changer that can safely collect banknotes without allocating security personnel.

[0013]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In a prepaid card vending machine that sells prepaid cards that have a high-value banknote storage unit that can store high-value banknotes and that can be used to borrow pachinko balls instead of cash or that can purchase products, at a predetermined distance It is characterized in that it is provided with a bill transporting unit that is connected to the provided bill collecting unit and conveys the high-value bills stored in the high bill storing unit to the bill collecting unit. The invention according to claim 2 is
The invention according to claim 1 is characterized by further comprising a form issuing means for issuing a form in which at least the number of high-value banknotes to be conveyed is printed.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a high-value banknote storage unit for storing high-value banknotes, which is a currency exchange machine for exchanging high-value banknotes into low-value banknotes or coins, and which are provided at predetermined locations at a distance from each other. It is characterized by comprising a bill transporting unit that is connected to the collecting unit and transports high-value banknotes stored in the high-value banknote storing unit to the banknote collecting unit. The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that, in the invention according to claim 3, there is a form issuing means for issuing a form on which at least the number of high-value banknotes to be conveyed is printed.

[0015]

According to the first and third aspects of the present invention, the clerk takes out the high-value banknotes stored in the high-value banknote storage unit, and then transfers the high-value banknotes to the banknote collecting unit by the banknote transfer means. Further, according to the inventions of claims 2 and 4, the clerk causes the form issuing means to issue a form on which at least the number of high-value banknotes to be conveyed is printed, and the form and the high-value banknote are conveyed by the banknote conveying means. The bills are conveyed to the bill collecting section.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a prepaid card vending machine 21 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
1A is a schematic front view showing a state in which a front door of the prepaid card vending machine 21 is removed, and FIG. 1B is a right side view of the prepaid card vending machine 21. In these figures, parts corresponding to the respective parts in FIG.
The description is omitted.

In the prepaid card vending machine 21 shown in FIG. 1, a bill transport unit 22 and a transport pipe 23.
And a recording unit 24 are newly provided. The banknote transport unit 22 and the transport pipe 23 communicate with each other through a hole (not shown) formed in the rear panel 21a of the prepaid card vending machine 21. The hole has a size and shape sufficient for a storage bag described later to pass through.

A cover 22a is attached to a part of the front surface of the banknote transport unit 22 having a substantially cubic shape, and the cover 22a is rotated about 90 degrees forward around a rotation shaft (not shown) provided on the front upper surface of the banknote transport unit 22. ing. A handle 22b that is gripped and operated by an attendant is attached to the lower portion of the cover 22a. The clerk grips the handle 22b and pulls the handle 22b to the front to open the cover 22a,
Further, the inside of the bill transport unit 22 is sealed by holding the handle 22b and pressing the cover 22a against the bill transport unit 22.

Further, a cover lock lock 25, an alarm lamp 26, a sending button 27, and a sending display lamp 28 are provided on the lower front portion of the bill transport unit 22.
The cover lock lock 25 locks / unlocks the cover 22a with a cover lock key carried by a staff member.
The alarm lamp 26 notifies a worker of various abnormalities that have occurred in the bill transport unit 22, and may be used together with a buzzer in some cases. The send button 27 is operated by an attendant when sending a storage bag in which 5,000 yen bills or 10,000 yen bills are stored to the management office, and is sent out while the storage bag is normally sent out. The display lamp 28 is turned on. The configuration and method for delivering the storage bag will be described later.

The transport pipe 23 has a size and shape sufficient for the storage bag to pass through. As in the conventional case, a plurality of prepaid card vending machines 21 are installed between pachinko machines, near a wall, next to the prize exchange counter, or near the entrance / exit, and the transfer pipes 23 are, as shown in FIG. They are connected to each other at each confluence with the transport pipe 23, and finally connected to one hole 30a of the bill receiving unit 30 provided in the management office 29. A blower 32 is connected to the other hole 30b of the bill receiving unit 30 via a suction pipe 31.

Further, in FIG. 1A, the recording unit 24
Has an operation unit and a printing unit, and is connected to the control unit. A staff member appropriately operates the operation unit to receive data from the control unit. For example, the machine number of the prepaid card vending machine 21, It is issued by printing on a form such as 1,000 yen / 10,000 yen, the number of bills, year / month / day / time.

The external appearance and structure of the front surface of the prepaid card vending machine 21 are the same as those in FIG. 3A, and therefore illustration and description thereof will be omitted. Further, the operation of the customer operating the prepaid card vending machine 21 to purchase the prepaid card is the same as the operation of the conventional prepaid card vending machine 1 described above, and therefore the description thereof is omitted.

Next, the operation of collecting 5,000 yen bills and 10,000 yen bills will be described. The clerk, when the prepaid card vending machine 21 is in the sale discontinued state, that is, 5,000 yen
When the 10,000-yen storage safe 14 is full, or at regular intervals, go to each prepaid card vending machine 21 and open the front door of the safe, and from the 5,000-yen / 10,000-yen storage safe 14, first,
Take out the 5,000 yen bill and store it in a storage bag.

Next, when a staff member operates the operation unit of the recording unit 24 in order to issue the form of the 5,000 yen bill, the recording unit 2
4 receives data on the 5,000 yen bill from the control unit, and, for example, "Unit 005, 5,000 yen, 150 sheets, 19
95/03/01; AM 11:25 "is printed and issued by the printing unit. Thereby, the clerk stores the issued form in the storage bag.

Then, the clerk inserts the cover lock key he / she has into the key hole of the cover lock lock 25 of the banknote transport unit 22 and rotates it to unlock the cover 22a, and then grasps the handle 22b to the front side. The cover 22a is opened by pulling. Next, the clerk holds the handle 22b and presses the cover 22a against the banknote transport unit 22. Thereby, the inside of the bill transport unit 22 is sealed.

Next, when the clerk operates the send button 27, the send display lamp 28 is turned on and the blower 32 shown in FIG. 2 operates to start sucking, so that the storage of the 5,000 yen bill and the form is stored. The bag is a bill transport unit 22
After being transported in the transport pipe 23, it reaches the banknote receiving unit 30 provided in the management office 29.

When the storage bag reaches the bill receiving unit 30, the delivery indicator lamp 28 of the bill transport unit 22 is turned off.
The 10,000-yen bill is taken out, stored in a storage bag, and the form of the 10,000-yen bill is issued by operating the operation unit of the recording unit 24. The subsequent operations are the same as in the case of the 5,000 yen bill, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

Upon completion of the above-described processing of collecting the 5,000 yen bills and the 10,000 yen bills, the clerk is in the banknote transport unit 2
After rotating the cover lock key inserted into the key hole of the cover lock lock 25 of No. 2 to lock the cover 22a and remove the cover 22a from the key hole, the front door of the prepaid card vending machine 21 is closed. The clerk performs such collection processing of the 5000-yen banknote and the 10,000-yen banknote for each prepaid card vending machine 21.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above with reference to the drawings, the specific structure is not limited to this embodiment, and the design is changed without departing from the scope of the present invention. Even so, it is included in the present invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the bill transport unit 22 and the transport pipe 23 are attached to the upper part of the prepaid card vending machine 21. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Yes.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, an example in which the method of sucking by the blower 32 is adopted as the method of transporting the storage bag is not limited to this, and the storage bag is, for example, by a linear motor or a belt. May be transported. Further, in the above-described embodiment, an example has been shown in which a staff member goes to each prepaid card vending machine 21 to collect the 5000-yen bill and the 10,000-yen bill, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the 5000 yen / 10,000 yen storage safe 14 and the banknote transport unit 22 are directly connected to each other, and the 5000 yen banknotes and the 10,000 yen banknotes are fully automatically collected according to an instruction from a control device provided in the management office 29. It may be configured to perform processing.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the present invention is applied to the prepaid card vending machine 21 installed in a pachinko parlor, but the present invention is not limited to this, and is installed in a supermarket or the like. Of course, it can be applied to prepaid card vending machines that sell prepaid cards that can be purchased, and not only prepaid card vending machines, but also currency exchange machines and stand-alone ticket vending machines, or prepaid card and ticket sales functions. It may also be applied to a dual-purpose machine having the function of exchanging money and money.

[0032]

As described above, claims 1 and 3
According to the described invention, there is an effect that the banknotes can be safely collected without arranging security personnel. Therefore, theft can be prevented. Further, according to the inventions of claims 2 and 4, since the form is conveyed together with the bill,
The sales amount of each prepaid card vending machine and money changer at the time of banknote collection can be grasped, and the amount of banknotes conveyed can be confirmed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a prepaid card vending machine 21 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of a prepaid card vending system using the prepaid card vending machine 21 shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a configuration of a conventional prepaid card vending machine 1.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,21 Prepaid Card Vending Machine 14 5,000 Yen / 10,000 Yen Storage Safe 22 Banknote Transport Unit 22a Cover 22b Handle 23 Transport Pipe 24 Recorder 25 Cover Lock Lock 26 Warning Lamp 27 Send Button 28 Send Indicator Lamp 29 Management Office 30 banknote receiving unit 31 suction pipe 32 blower

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yukio Okuda 4-9-25 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo Shibaura Square Building 6F Shinko Electric Co., Ltd. Card Equipment Business Department

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A prepaid card vending machine that has a high-value banknote storage unit for storing high-value banknotes, sells prepaid cards for which pachinko balls can be borrowed or goods can be purchased in place of cash. A prepaid card vending machine, which is connected to a banknote collecting unit provided at a distance from the banknote conveying unit and conveys high-value banknotes stored in the high-value banknote storing unit to the banknote collecting unit. 2. The prepaid card vending machine according to claim 1, further comprising a form issuing means for issuing a form in which at least the number of high-value banknotes to be conveyed is printed. 3. A money changer, which has a high-value banknote storage unit for storing high-value banknotes, and which exchanges high-value banknotes into low-value banknotes or coins, is connected to a banknote collecting section provided at a predetermined location at a distance, A currency exchange machine, comprising: a banknote transport unit that transports high-value banknotes stored in the high-value banknote storage unit to the banknote collecting unit. 4. The money changer according to claim 3, further comprising a form issuing means for issuing a form in which at least the number of high-value banknotes to be conveyed is printed.