JPH082758Y2 - Bidirectional coin dispenser - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] "Industrial application field" The present invention relates to a coin dispensing machine installed in a store of a financial institution, and more particularly to a bidirectional coin dispensing machine having two coin dispensing ports. .

"Prior Art" As an example of a bidirectional coin dispenser installed and used between two workers at a store of a financial institution such as a bank, a "coin depositing and dispensing machine" (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-60195) Issue). This coin depositing / dispensing machine dispenses the coins inside a plurality of coin storage cylinders of different denominations stored in the machine body one by one onto a conveyor belt below the coin storage cylinder by a dispensing mechanism, and temporarily deposits the dispensed coins on the conveyor belt. After being placed on the carton, the carriage is started to be discharged to one of the cartons set in the payout openings on both sides of the machine body.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] However, in such a conventional coin depositing / dispensing machine, the coins in the coin storage cylinders are transferred one by one onto the conveyor belt below the coin storage cylinders by the feeding mechanism. When an abnormality such as feeding error or counting error is detected during feeding, the processing at that time is stopped and the teller (operator) is notified of the occurrence of the error by an alarm etc. Then, the coins on the conveyor belt must be collected, the error must be cleared, and the original withdrawal command must be input again, resulting in a problem that complicated work is required.

An object of the present invention is to provide a bidirectional coin dispenser that solves the above problems, cancels the error, and can retry the suspended processing.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the present invention, a plurality of coin storage cylinders arranged side by side in the width direction of the machine body and two coin storage cylinders provided at lower portions on both sides of the machine body are provided. A pair of payout units and a payout driving mechanism provided in the machine body are provided so as to be reciprocally movable in the front-rear direction of the machine body, and coins are forwarded one by one from each lower part of the coin storage cylinder. A plurality of payout pieces to be taken out, a plurality of payout sensors provided in the vicinity of each of these payout pieces to detect the reciprocating motion of these payout pieces, and a counting sensor to detect the coins paid out from the coin storage cylinders, respectively. At the lower front of the coin storage cylinder, each of the payout portions is provided with its end facing, and a belt conveyor that receives the coins fed from the coin storage cylinder and conveys the coins to the respective payout portions, A carton detection device that detects whether or not there is a carton in each of the payout units, and based on the detection signals of the payout sensor, the counting sensor, and the carton detection device, controls the payout drive mechanism and the belt conveyor, and And a control device for outputting a withdrawal error based on a determination as to whether or not the number of reciprocating movements of the feeding piece detected by the counting sensor and the number of fed-out coins detected by the counting sensor match. And an error notification device that outputs an error alarm based on the output of a withdrawal error from, the control device, in the withdrawal operation, when the withdrawal counting by the withdrawal drive mechanism is completed without the output of the withdrawal error. , If the carton detector detects that there is a carton on the specified direction side, the belt conveyor is driven to move the carton to the specified direction. When the withdrawal error is output in the withdrawal operation, the ejection control means at the normal time to eject the coins on the belt conveyor,
The belt conveyor is driven to drive the belt conveyor on condition that the carton detector detects that there is a carton on the specified direction side while interrupting the feeding count by the feeding drive mechanism and outputting an error alarm. Discharge control means at the time of abnormal discharge of the above coin, monitoring control means for monitoring the extraction of the carton in the specified direction based on the detection by the carton detection device, and feeding drive after the discharge operation by the discharge control means at abnormal time There is a re-counting control means for causing the mechanism to perform a withdrawal operation again, and there is a carton withdrawal operation by the monitoring control means when the withdrawal counting is completed without any withdrawal error in the withdrawal operation by the re-counting control means. Is detected, and
It is characterized in that it is constituted by discharge control means at the time of retry for re-driving the belt conveyor on condition that the carton detector detects that there is a carton on the specified direction side.

[Operation] In the present invention, (1) In the normal dispensing control means, in the dispensing operation, when the dispensing counting is completed by the dispensing drive mechanism without the output of dispensing error, the carton detector detects the specified direction side. If it is detected that there is a carton in the carton, the belt conveyor is driven to cause the carton to eject coins on the belt conveyor.

(2) In the abnormal discharge control means, when a dispensing error is output in the dispensing operation, the dispensing drive mechanism interrupts the dispensing count and outputs an error alarm, and the carton detector detects the specified direction. If it is detected that there is a carton on the side, the belt conveyor is driven to cause the carton to eject coins on the belt conveyor.

Then, when the discharging operation by the discharging control means at the time of abnormality is completed, the recounting control means causes the feeding drive mechanism to perform the dispensing operation again, and thereafter, the discharging control means at the time of retry is restarted. When there is no dispensing error in the dispensing operation by the counting control means and the payout counting is completed, it is detected by the monitoring control means that there is a carton extraction operation, and the carton detection device moves the carton to the designated direction side. The belt conveyor is re-driven on the condition that it is detected that there is.

Therefore, the bidirectional coin dispenser of the present invention outputs a dispensing error based on the fact that the number of reciprocating movements of the dispensing piece detected by the dispensing sensor does not match the number of dispensed coins detected by the counting sensor. In such a case, the coins can be dispensed to the carton again and automatically by the control of the discharge control means at the time of abnormality, the recount control means, the monitoring control means, and the discharge control means at the time of retry.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

1 is a front view, FIG. 2 is a side view, and FIG. 3 is a plan view. In the drawings, reference numeral 1 is a machine body, and a step portion 2 is formed in front of the machine body 1. A holder 3 is provided on the step 2.
The six coin storage cylinders 4 are arranged in parallel in the holder 3 along the width direction of the machine body 1. These coin storage cylinders 4 have a cylindrical shape for accumulating and storing coins of each denomination in a stacked state, and can be pulled out upward by the holder 3.

At the bottom of each coin storage cylinder 4, there is provided a coin payout hole 5 for paying out coins one by one from the lower side of the coin storage cylinder 4, and at a position facing the coin payout hole 5,
Feeding piece through hole 6 for inserting a feeding piece 8 to be described later
Is provided. Further, inside the rear portion 1a of the machine body 1, there is provided a feeding mechanism 7 for feeding a set number of coins from the coin storage cylinders 4 one by one.

The payout mechanism 7 is provided with a plurality of payout pieces 8 that can be inserted into the payout piece through holes 6 of the coin storage cylinders 4, and is connected to the payout pieces 8 to selectively select the payout pieces 8. The feeding motor 9 for reciprocating in the direction of arrow X1 and the feeding sensor 10 composed of a photosensor unit for detecting the movement of each feeding piece 8 are provided.

Further, in front of the coin payout hole 5 (on the left side of the machine body 1 in FIG. 2), a light projecting photosensor 11a and a light receiving photosensor 11b which are spaced apart and opposed to each other to detect passage of the payout coin. A counting sensor 11 consisting of is arranged.

The respective detection signals of the feeding sensor 10 and the counting sensor 11 are the control device (CPU) 2 shown in FIG.
This control device 24 outputs the coins to the coins based on the detection signals of the feeding sensor 10 and the counting sensor 11 when both detection signals are output (when the detection signals match each other). The coins fed from the storage cylinder 4 onto the belt conveyor 12 are counted, and when one or both of the detection signals of the feeding sensor 10 and the counting sensor 11 are not output, it is determined that an error has occurred. .

In addition, in the rear part 1a of the machine body 1, a notification device for notifying the occurrence of an error (referred to as an error alarm device) and a notification device for prompting removal of a carton (referred to as a call alarm device)
(All are not shown), error indicator light device (not shown)
Is provided.

Further, below the feeding mechanism 7, a conveyor drive motor 14 for driving a belt conveyor 12 described later is arranged.

On the other hand, inside the stepped portion 2, the belt conveyor 12 wound around a driving pulley 15 and a driven pulley 16 is installed in the machine body 1.
The coins, which are arranged along the width direction of the coin, are fed out from the coin feeding holes 5 of each coin storage cylinder 4,
By the circulation drive of 12, the left side payout opening 17 or the right side payout opening 18, which will be described later, provided on the left and right of the machine body is conveyed to the designated direction side and paid out.

A transmission belt 21 is wound between a drive pulley 19 attached to the drive shaft 14a of the conveyor drive motor 14 and a transmission pulley 20 attached to the drive shaft of the drive pulley 15, The driving force of the conveyor drive motor 14 is transmitted to the drive pulley 15 and the drive shaft of the drive pulley 15 via the transmission belt 21.

Further, the left side payout opening 17 and the right side payout opening 18 are provided below both ends of the belt conveyor 12 in the conveying direction, respectively.
The right side carton 22 and the left side carton 23 for receiving coins paid out from the belt conveyor 12 are inserted under the left side payout opening 17 and the right side payout opening 18, respectively.

The presence or absence of each of the left side carton 22 and the right side carton 23 below the left side payout opening 17 and the right side payout opening 18 is detected by a carton detection device (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 4, the operation unit operated by the teller, the carton detecting device, the feeding sensor 10, the counting sensor 11 are connected to the CPU 24 through the I / O port, and the feeding motor 9 and the conveyor drive. The motor 14 and the alarm display section are also connected to the CPU 24 via the I / O port.

The program input to the ROM 25 and the data input to the RAM 26 are controlled by the CPU 24.

Next, the operation of this embodiment having the above configuration will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. 4 and the flowcharts of FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b).

Withdrawal process (main routine) In this process, the set number of coins delivered from each coin storage cylinder 4 is transferred to the left carton 22 specified by the right or left teller.
Alternatively, it is a process of discharging to the right carton 23.

For example, when one of the tellers performs withdrawal processing, if the denomination, the number, and the payout direction of the coins to be withdrawn by this teller are specified and input from the keyboard (operation unit) (not shown) of the Terras machine Detection device (not shown)
The presence or absence of the left or right carton specified by is determined (SA1).

If there is no carton on the specified direction side, the process returns to step SA1. On the other hand, if there is a carton on the specified direction side, the payout motor 9 is driven to rotate, and the payout piece corresponding to the coin storage cylinder 4 accommodating the specified denomination is stored. 8 is reciprocated in the direction of arrow X1 shown in FIG.

As a result, the payout piece 8 moves into the coin storage cylinder 4 through the payout piece through hole 6 and pays out the stored coins in the coin storage cylinder 4 one by one from the payout hole 5 onto the belt conveyor 12. . At this time, a detection signal of the number of reciprocating movements of the feeding piece 8 by the feeding sensor 10 and a detection signal of coins by the counting sensor 11 are output to the control device 24, and the control device 24 counts the number of fed coins based on this detection signal. Start (SA2).

Then, the control device determines whether or not an error such as a coin jam occurs during the coin dispensing counting operation (SA3).

If there is an error here, the operation shifts to a retry mode described later and the feeding counting operation is stopped (SA10).

When there is no error, the control device 24 determines whether or not the feeding of the coins by the feeding piece 8 and the counting of the number of fed-out coins have been completed (SA4).

If the feeding of coins and the counting of the number of fed coins have not been completed, the process returns to step SA2, while if they have been completed, the presence or absence of the retry flag is determined (SA5).

If there is a retry flag, the process proceeds to the process subsequent to the retry mode, while if there is no retry flag, the presence / absence of a carton on the designated direction side is determined again by the carton detector (SA6).

If there is no carton on the specified direction side, the process returns to step SA6.If there is a carton on the specified direction side, the conveyor drive motor 14 circulates the belt conveyor 12 to the specified direction side, and on this belt conveyor 12. Start to transport the coins that have been delivered (SA7).

Next, the control device 24 is a certain period of time after starting the conveying operation of the belt conveyor 12 (necessary to drop the coins on the belt conveyor 12 to the specified direction side carton, for the belt conveyor 12 to rotate at least half a turn). When the required time) has elapsed (SA8), the drive of the conveyor drive motor 14 is stopped and the carrying operation is stopped (SA9).

 The above is the process of normally ending the withdrawal process.

However, when an error occurs in step SA3 described above, the mode shifts to the retry mode, the feeding counting operation is stopped (SA10), and the presence or absence of the retry flag is determined (SA1
1).

The retry flag described above is set in the next step SA12, and is for notifying the shift to the retry mode.In other words, if there is a retry flag in step SA11, it means that an error occurred again during the retry mode. And ends abnormally.

If there is no retry flag, the retry flag is set in step SA12 described above, an error alarm is activated to notify the occurrence of an error, and the indicator lamp is turned on (SA13).

Then, the control unit 24 determines whether there is a reset signal from the teller via a keyboard (not shown) (SA1
Four).

If there is no reset signal, the process returns to step SA14, while if there is a reset signal, the error alarm is stopped and the indicator lamp is turned off (SA15).

Again, the presence or absence of the carton on the designated direction side is judged by the carton detector (SA16).

If there is no carton on the specified side, step SA16
On the other hand, when there is a carton on the specified direction side, the conveyor drive motor 14 cyclically drives the belt conveyor 12 to the specified direction side, and starts the transportation of the coins fed on the belt conveyor 12 (SA17). .

Next, the control device 24 stops driving the conveyor drive motor 14 and stops the carrying operation (SA1) when a predetermined time has passed since the carrying operation of the belt conveyor 12 was started (SA18).
9).

Furthermore, when an error occurs, a call alarm is activated to notify the teller that the coins paid out on the belt conveyor 12 have been paid to the specified direction carton, and at the same time, the specified direction carton extraction check routine is started (SA20). .

In the designated direction side carton removal check routine, the presence or absence of the designated direction side carton removal is determined by the carton detection device (SB1).

If the carton is not extracted, the process returns to step SB1, while if the carton is extracted, the extraction flag is set (SB2) and the call alarm is stopped (SB
3) End this check routine.

On the other hand, after starting the specified direction side carton extraction check routine (SA20), the process returns to steps SA2, SA3, and SA4 again to perform the payout counting operation based on the original specified input.

When the feeding of coins and the counting of the number of fed coins are completed, the presence or absence of a retry flag is determined (SA5), and if there is a retry flag (in the current process, step SA12
And the retry flag is set. ), The presence or absence of the extraction flag is determined (SA21).

That is, in the specified direction side carton removal check routine, the fact that the coins paid out to the specified direction side carton (the coins that had been fed out on the belt conveyor 12 at the time when the error occurred) was collected is set as the removal flag. It is judged according to the presence or absence of. When there is no extraction flag, the process returns to step SA21, while when there is an extraction flag, the presence / absence of a carton on the designated direction side is determined again by the carton detection device (SA6).

If there is no carton on the specified direction side, the process returns to step SA6.If there is a carton on the specified direction side, the conveyor drive motor 14 circulates the belt conveyor 12 to the specified direction side, and on this belt conveyor 12. Start to transport the coins that have been delivered (SA7).

Next, the control device 24 stops the driving of the conveyor drive motor 14 and stops the carrying operation (SA8) when a predetermined time has elapsed after starting the carrying operation of the belt conveyor 12 (SA8).
9).

The above is the process of normal termination through the retry mode due to the occurrence of an error.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the coins to be collected (those that were fed out on the belt conveyor 12 when the error occurred) were
Although it is paid out to the original designated direction side carton, it may be paid out to the non-designated direction side carton, and in that case, after paying out to the non designated direction side carton (immediately after the end of the transport operation), The payout counting and payout operation may be performed based on the original designated input.

According to this embodiment, when an error such as an excess or deficiency of coins occurs, which is sufficient for the error process of collecting coins paid out from the coin storage cylinder, an error occurrence notification is given together with the withdrawal process interruption, and the coin of the teller By the recovery command, the error coin is paid out to the carton under the specified direction side payout port, the payout process is retried at the end of the payout, the payout coin is made to stand by on the belt conveyor 12, and the carton under the payout port is taken out, Since coins can be paid out to the carton newly set in this payout port, there is no need for the teller to manually collect the coins on the belt conveyor and to input the withdrawal command again, and the operation can be performed. The work can be significantly reduced.

In addition, "SA1 to SA9" in the above flowchart constitutes "a normal release control means" described in the scope of claims for utility model registration, and also "SA1 to SA3" and "SA11 to SA9".
"20" constitutes "release control means at abnormal time" described in the scope of utility model registration claim.

In addition, "SB1 to SB3" in the above flow chart constitutes the "monitoring and control means" described in the scope of utility model registration claim, and "SA2 to SA4 (however, after SA20)" the scope of utility model registration request The "re-counting control means" described in 1) is configured, and "SA5, SA21, SA6 to SA9" configures "release control means during retry" described in the scope of claims for utility model registration.

[Advantage of Device] As described in detail above, in the bidirectional coin dispenser of the present invention, (1) the normal discharge control means has no dispensing error output in dispensing operation and dispensing by the dispensing drive mechanism. At the end of counting, the belt conveyor is driven to eject the coins on the belt conveyor on condition that the carton detector detects that there is a carton on the specified direction side.

(2) In the abnormal discharge control means, when a dispensing error is output in the dispensing operation, the dispensing drive mechanism interrupts the dispensing count and outputs an error alarm, and the carton detector detects the specified direction. If it is detected that there is a carton on the side, the belt conveyor is driven to cause the carton to eject coins on the belt conveyor.

Then, when the discharging operation by the discharging control means at the time of abnormality is completed, the recounting control means causes the feeding drive mechanism to perform the dispensing operation again, and thereafter, the discharging control means at the time of retry is restarted. When there is no dispensing error in the dispensing operation by the counting control means and the payout counting is completed, it is detected by the monitoring control means that there is a carton extraction operation, and the carton detection device moves the carton to the designated direction side. The belt conveyor is re-driven on the condition that it is detected that there is.

Therefore, the bidirectional coin dispenser of the present invention outputs a dispensing error based on the fact that the number of reciprocating movements of the dispensing piece detected by the dispensing sensor does not match the number of dispensed coins detected by the counting sensor. In this case, the coins can be dispensed to the carton again and automatically by the control of the discharge control means at the time of abnormality, the recounting means, the monitoring control means, and the discharge control means at the time of retry. The teller does not need to collect the coins on the belt conveyor that caused the withdrawal error, nor need to input the withdrawal command again, which can significantly reduce the work when the withdrawal error occurs. It will be possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 5 show an embodiment of the present invention.
1 is a front view, FIG. 2 is a side view, FIG. 3 is a plan view, FIG. 4 is a block diagram, and FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b) are flowcharts. 1 ... machine, 4 ... coin storage cylinder, 7 ... feeding mechanism, 8
…… Supply piece, 10 …… Supply sensor, 11 …… Count sensor, 12 …… Belt conveyor, 17 …… Left side payout opening, 18
…… Right side payout port, 22 …… Left side carton, 23 …… Right side carton, 24 …… CPU (control unit).

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A plurality of coin storage cylinders arranged side by side along a width direction of a machine body, two sets of payout portions respectively provided on lower portions on both sides of the machine body, and a feeding drive mechanism provided on the machine body. A plurality of feeding pieces connected to each other and reciprocally movable in the front-rear direction of the machine body and feeding coins one by one from the respective lower portions of the coin storage cylinder to the front side of the machine body, and provided in the vicinity of these feeding pieces. A plurality of payout sensors for detecting the reciprocating movement of these payout pieces, a counting sensor for detecting the coins paid out from each of the coin storage cylinders, a front end of the lower part of the coin storage cylinder, and an end for each of the payout parts. A belt conveyor that is provided so as to face each other and receives coins fed from the coin storage cylinder and conveys the coins to the respective payout units; and detects whether or not there is a carton in each payout unit. Based on the detection signals of the carton detection device, the feeding sensor, the counting sensor, and the carton detection device, the feeding drive mechanism and the belt conveyor are controlled, and the number of reciprocating movements of the feeding piece detected by the feeding sensor and the counting sensor are controlled. The control device that outputs a withdrawal error based on the determination as to whether or not the number of coins that have been detected is matched, and an error alarm is output based on the output of the withdrawal error from the control device. The control device may include an error notification device, and in the dispensing operation, when there is no output of the dispensing error and the dispensing counting by the dispensing driving mechanism is completed, the carton detection device may have a carton on the specified direction side. Under normal conditions, the belt conveyor is driven to discharge the coins on the belt conveyor to the carton under normal conditions. , In the dispensing operation, when a dispensing error is output, the dispensing drive mechanism interrupts the dispensing count and outputs an error alarm, and the carton detector detects that there is a carton on the specified direction side. On the condition that the belt conveyor is driven to discharge the coins on the belt conveyor to the carton, the discharge control means at the time of abnormality and the monitoring control for monitoring the extraction of the carton on the specified direction side based on the detection by the carton detection device Means and the recounting control means for causing the feeding drive mechanism to perform the withdrawal operation again after the ejection operation by the ejection control means at the time of abnormality, and the withdrawal counting without the withdrawal error in the withdrawal operation by the recounting control means. When finished, the monitoring control means detects that there was a carton extraction operation, and the carton detection device specifies it. On condition that that there is a carton on the side is detected, bidirectional coin dispenser, characterized in that it is configured and controlled release means upon retry to re driving the belt conveyor, the.