JPH0831167B2 - Coin depositing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial field of application> The present invention relates to a batch depositing type coin depositing device provided in an automatic teller machine or the like of a financial institution.

<Prior Art> FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an automatic teller machine provided with a coin depositing / dispensing machine. A transaction type display section 1, a passbook insertion slot 2 and a card insertion slot 3 are arranged on the front of the deposit / payment device, and touch keys for inputting a customer password number, transaction type, etc. are provided on the upper surface. With a CRT4 for displaying operation guidance that also has,
A banknote deposit / withdrawal port 5 and a coin deposit / withdrawal port 6 of a coin depositing / dispensing machine are arranged.

FIG. 6 is a schematic side view showing the configuration of a conventional coin depositing / dispensing machine provided in the automatic teller machine as described above, and FIG. 7 is a schematic plan view of the same.

As shown in the figure, the coin deposit / withdrawal port 6 has a deposit / withdrawal shutter 7
A receiving portion 8 is continuously provided below the deposit / withdrawal port 6, and a separating portion 10 is continuously provided below the receiving portion 8 in a state of being partitioned by a tray 9 also serving as a partition member. There is. The tray 9 has a semi-cylindrical shape and is rotatably mounted around a central axis 11. Further, the separating section 10 encloses the rotating disk 12 with a peripheral wall 13, and a thickness regulating plate 14 is fixedly provided in a part above the peripheral edge of the rotating disk 12 with a gap of about the thickness of a coin. The rotating disk 12 consists of a gear
It is rotated by a motor 17 connected via 15, 16.

Hereinafter, the operation of the coin depositing / dispensing machine and other configurations will be described.

When the customer selects the deposit transaction, the deposit / withdrawal shutter 7 of the coin deposit / withdrawal port 6 is opened. Then, when the customer collectively inserts coins from the coin deposit / withdrawal port 6 into the receiving section 8 and instructs "shutter close" on the CRT 4, the separation counting operation is started.

First, the depositing / dispensing shutter 7 is closed, and the receiving tray 9 is rotated around the central shaft 11 by a drive mechanism (not shown) to move upward, so that the inserted coins are collectively placed on the rotating disc 12 of the separating unit 10. Move it as if to drop. Next, the rotating disc 12 is rotated by the motor 17, and the rotating disc is rotated by the centrifugal force.
12 Move the coin above to the periphery. Then, the thickness regulating plate 14 separates the coins one by one in the thickness direction, and sends the coins to the conveying path 18. The separation unit 10 is provided with a residual detection sensor 19 composed of a pair of light emitting and receiving elements, and when all coins are sent to the transport path 18, the residual detection sensor 19 is installed.
The end of separation is detected by 19.

The coin sent out to the above-mentioned conveying path 18 is sent to the discriminating section 21 by the belt 20, and it is determined whether the coin is normal or abnormal with the denomination. Then, the coin determined to be normal is further sent to the temporary holding unit 23 by the belt 22. On the other hand, if it is determined to be abnormal, the coin is rejected by the reject game 24
Guided to reject transport path 25, and two more belts
26, 27 holding and pumping, and returning to the receiving tray 9 of the receiving section 8,
The deposit / withdrawal shutter 7 is opened and returned to the customer.

After the transfer to the temporary holding section 23 is finished, the deposit amount is displayed on the CRT 4 to ask the customer for confirmation, and if confirmed, the temporary holding section 23 is moved to a safe 30 by a drive mechanism including a motor 28 and a rack and pinion gear 29. Move it horizontally toward
The coin is dropped from the bottom of 23 into the safe 30 and stored, and the deposit operation is completed.

When the customer cancels the deposit on the way, the temporary holding section 23 is moved to the opposite side of the safe 30, and the two belts 26 and 27 return it to the tray 9 of the receiving section 8 to open the deposit / withdrawal shutter 7. And return it to the customer.

Also, at the time of withdrawal, the withdrawal coin set in the withdrawal coin storage unit 31 is thrown out from the bottom of the storage unit 31 onto the belt 32, sandwiched with the other belt 33, and pressure-fed to the separating unit 10. To do.
After that, the coins for withdrawal on the rotary disk 12 of the separating unit 10 are sent out to the transport path 18 in the same manner as when depositing. Then, it is guided to the reject conveyance path 25 by the reject gate 24 through the discriminating section 21, sandwiched by the two belts 26 and 27, and sent to the tray 9 of the receiving section 8 to open the deposit / withdrawal shutter 7 and hand it to the customer.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, in the coin depositing / dispensing machine, if an inseparable foreign matter, such as a bill, a precious metal, or a waste paper, is mistakenly thrown together with the coin and remains in the separating unit 10, the transaction is canceled. However, it cannot be resumed until a person removes the residual foreign matter. Suppose that the deposit / withdrawal shutter 7 is opened and the tray 9 is rotated to an appropriate position so that the residual foreign matter can be picked up from the coin deposit / withdrawal port 6 by hand, and the customer is urged to receive it by CRT or voice. Even so, if the customer does not receive the residual foreign matter for some reason such as not being able to find the residual foreign matter, the operator must wait for the removal work. Therefore, there is a problem in that the operation rate of the automatic teller machine or the like provided with the coin depositing / dispensing machine is remarkably reduced during the holiday operation when there are no employees.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and includes a receiving unit that receives coins that are collectively inserted from a coin deposit port, and coins that are collectively inserted into this receiving unit. A coin depositing device including a separating part for separating the coins one by one, and a foreign matter collecting part provided adjacent to the separating part, the coin depositing device being openably and closably provided between the receiving part and the separating part. A partition shutter for integrally or separating the space between the reception unit and the separation unit, and when the presence of foreign matter that cannot be separated in the separation unit is detected, the partition shutter is opened, and when foreign matter is not removed from the separation unit. The control unit controls the transfer of the foreign matter from the separating unit to the foreign matter collecting unit.

<Operation> In the coin depositing device having the above structure, the partition shutter is opened by the control of the control unit when foreign matter remains in the separating unit. By opening the partition shutter, the space of the receiving unit and the space of the separating unit are integrated, and the customer can easily receive the foreign matter remaining in the separating unit by inserting his / her hand through the coin receiving port. .

Further, when the customer does not receive the foreign matter, the foreign matter can be transferred from the separating section to the foreign matter collecting section under the control of the control section and the deposit transaction thereafter can be continued.

<Example> An example of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a coin depositing / dispensing machine according to the present embodiment,
FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of the same plane, and FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the same main part. In FIGS. 1 to 3, constituent elements that are not different from the conventional example shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. Further, the other structure of the automatic teller machine provided with this coin depositing / dispensing machine is not different from the conventional one, and therefore, the perspective view of FIG. 5 is referred to.

As shown in the figure, in the coin depositing / dispensing machine of this embodiment, the separating unit 10
An intake gate 52 is provided on a part of a peripheral wall 51 surrounding the rotating disk 12. This intake gate 52 has its left and right ends
It is slidably attached to guides 53 and 54 fixed to the peripheral wall 51, and a rack 55 is fixed to the outer surface in the vertical direction. A pinion 57 fixed to the shaft of the motor 56 is meshed with the rack 55. Therefore the motor 56
By rotating the intake gate 52,
The motor 56 rises along and opens, and when the motor 56 is reversed, it descends and closes.

Further, on the outside of the intake gate 52, there is a box-shaped foreign matter storage section.
58 is provided in a state of being fixed to the peripheral wall 51.

A receiving unit 8 and a separating unit that are continuously provided below the coin deposit / withdrawal port 6.
10 is integrally surrounded by a plate member 59, and the lower end of the plate member 59 is connected to the peripheral wall 51.

Further, a rectangular plate-shaped partition shutter 60 is used as a partition member provided between the reception unit 8 and the separation unit 10.
The partition shutter 60 has a shaft 61 on one side of the plate member 59.
A motor rotatably supported by a shaft and connected to a shaft 61.
Rotate by 62. Then, when the partition shutter 60 is rotated to a substantially vertical state to be in the open state, the reception section 8 and the separation section 10 become an integral space without a partition. By using such a partition shutter 60, when foreign matter remains in the separating portion 10, it is easy to visually check the inside of the separating portion 10 through the coin deposit / withdrawal port 6, and the hand can be easily inserted into the separating portion 10. Then you can remove the foreign matter.

Next, the operation of the coin depositing / dispensing machine at the time of deposit will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When the customer selects the deposit transaction, the deposit / withdrawal shutter 7 of the coin deposit / withdrawal port 6 is opened. The customer collectively inserts coins from the coin deposit / withdrawal port 6 into the reception unit 8 and "Shutter closed" on the CRT4.
, The separation counting operation is started.

First, the depositing / dispensing shutter 7 is closed, and then the partition shutter 60 is rotated to be in an open state, so that the inserted coins are collectively dropped onto the rotating disc 12 of the separating unit 10. Then, as in the conventional case, the normal coins are conveyed to the temporary holding section 23 after being separated and determined, and the abnormal coins are conveyed to the receiving section 8 (S-1), and at the same time, the deposit / withdrawal shutter 7 is opened to open the customer. To return.

After the lapse of a predetermined time, the rotation of the rotating disk 12 is stopped to stop the separation counting operation (S-2). After the stop, the residue detection sensor 19 determines that there is no residue in the separation unit 10, and if there is no rejected abnormal coin in the reception unit 8 as well, the deposit transaction is ended. The presence / absence of reject coins in the receiving unit 8 is detected by the sensor S including a light emitting / receiving element pair and the like as in the residual detection in the separating unit 10.

When there is no residue in the separating unit 10 and there is a reject coin in the receiving unit 8, the deposit / withdrawal shutter 7 is opened (S-
3), CRT4 encourages customers to pick up. When the reject coin is received within the predetermined time, the separation counting operation is ended. If the payment is not received, the deposit / withdrawal shutter 7 is closed (S-4), and the partition shutter 60 is opened / closed (S-5).
By doing so, the reject coin in the receiving unit 8 is transferred onto the rotating disc 12 of the separating unit 10. Then, the take-in gate 52 of the separating unit 10 is opened (S-6), and the rotary disc 12 is rotated in this state, whereby the reject coins on the rotary disc 12 are discharged from the take-in gate 52 by centrifugal force. , Foreign matter storage section 58 (S
-7). When the separating part 10 is free of residue, the rotating disc 12
Stop the intake gate 52 and close (S-8),
The separation counting operation is ended.

On the other hand, after the normal coin is transferred to the temporary holding section 23 and the abnormal coin is transferred to the receiving section 8, inseparable foreign matter remains in the separating section 10 and there is no reject coin in the receiving section 8. In step S9, both the deposit / withdrawal shutter 7 and the partition shutter 60 are opened (S-9), and the customer is prompted by the CRT 4 to receive. When the residual foreign matter is received within the predetermined time, the separation counting operation is ended. If not received, both shutters 7,
60 is closed (S-10), and the storing operation from the intake gate 52 (S-6 to 8) is performed to store the residual foreign matter in the separating section 10 in the foreign matter storing section 58, and the separation counting operation is completed. To do.

Further, when the inseparable foreign matter remains in the separating unit 10 and the receiving unit 8 also has a reject coin, the partition shutter 60 is first opened (S-11) to separate the reject coin.
Then, the deposit / withdrawal shutter 7 is also opened (S-1
2), CRT4 encourages customers to pick up. Then, when the foreign matter and the reject coin in the separation unit 10 are received within the predetermined time, the separation counting operation is ended. When the receiving is not performed, both shutters 7 and 60 are closed (S-10), and the storing operation from the intake gate 52 (S-6 to 8) described above is performed, and the foreign matter remaining in the separating unit 10 is removed. And the reject coin are stored together in the foreign matter storage unit 58, and the separation counting operation is completed. The foreign matter and reject coins stored in the foreign matter storage unit 58 are separately disposed as unnecessary for the customer. By such an operation, the foreign matter does not remain in the separation unit 10 and the subsequent transactions can be continued.

In the present embodiment, the description has been mainly given of the coin depositing / dispensing machine, but the present invention is also applicable to a coin depositing apparatus that does not dispense coins. The coin port 6 may be a coin deposit port and the deposit / withdrawal shutter 7 may be a deposit shutter.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, in the coin depositing device of the present invention, even if an inseparable foreign substance is mistakenly inserted and remains in the separating portion, the customer himself / herself inserts his / her hand without providing a complicated mechanism. The remaining foreign matter can be easily received. In addition, even if the customer never receives the foreign matter, the remaining foreign matter can be stored in the foreign matter storage unit and the transaction can be continued. That is, there is no need to stop the automatic teller machine or the like provided with this coin depositing / dispensing machine to remove foreign matter in the separating section, and the operating rate of the automatic teller machine or the like is not reduced.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of the same, FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the same part, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an automatic teller machine equipped with a coin depositing / dispensing machine, FIG. 6 is a schematic side view of a conventional example, and FIG. 7 is a schematic plan view of the same. 6 …… Coin deposit / withdrawal port, 10 …… Separator, 52 …… Intake gate, 5
8 …… Foreign matter storage section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A receiving unit for receiving coins collectively inserted from a coin receiving port, a separating unit for separating the coins collectively inserted into the receiving unit one by one, and a separating unit provided adjacent to the separating unit. A coin depositing device comprising a foreign matter collecting unit, which is provided to be openable and closable between the receiving unit and the separating unit,
A partition shutter for integrally or separating the space between the reception unit and the separation unit by opening and closing, and when detecting that there is an inseparable foreign matter in the separation unit, the partition shutter is opened and the foreign matter is A coin depositing device, wherein the control unit controls the transfer of the foreign matter from the separating section to the foreign matter collecting section when the foreign matter is not removed from the separating section.