JPH087148A - Paper money discriminating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily change a conveyer belt in a paper money discriminating device mounted on an automatic vending machine or the like. CONSTITUTION:A path 12 consists of an upper surface side 16 and a lower surface side 17, the conveyer belt 13 is provided on the lower surface side 17 and the lower surface side 17 is freely openably and closably attached to the side of a port 11. Thus, at the time of changing the conveyer belt 13, the lower surface side 17 of the path 12 is opened to easily exchange the conveyer belt 13.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill validator mounted on an automatic vending machine or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional bill validator will be described below.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the bill validator, and FIG.
Is a sectional view taken along line AA. 3 and 4,
The conventional bill validator has a bill insertion slot 1 and this insertion slot 1
The banknote path 2 connected to the banknote 2, a conveyor belt 3 as a conveyor means provided in the path 2, and an identification sensor 4 provided on the conveyor belt 3.

In the bill discriminating apparatus, since a large amount of bills pass through the passage 2, it is necessary to periodically replace the conveyor belt 3. In replacing the conveyor belt 3 in the passage 2, the insertion slot 1, the back cover 5, and the side plates 6 on both sides of the bill validator are removed and replaced (note that a technique similar to this is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Sho. 61-278993 is available.)

[0005]

However, in such a conventional configuration, in order to replace the conveyor belt 3, the insertion opening 1, the back cover 5 and the side plates 6 have to be removed, and the replacement work thereof is required. Was hard.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a bill validator in which the conveyor belt can be easily replaced.

[0007]

In order to achieve this object, the passage of the bill discriminating apparatus of the present invention is composed of an upper surface side and a lower surface side, and on the lower surface side, a conveyor belt as a conveying means is provided, and The lower surface side is attached to the insertion opening side so as to be openable and closable.

[0008]

When the conveyor belt is replaced by this structure,
Since the lower surface side of the passage in which the conveyor belt is provided is openable and closable on the insertion port side, the conveyor belt can be easily replaced by opening the lower surface side of this passage.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a bill validator according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the bill identifying apparatus of the present invention includes a bill insertion slot 11, a bill passage 12 connected to the insertion slot 11, a conveyor belt 13 provided in the passage 12 as a conveying unit, and a conveyance belt 13. The identification sensor 14 provided on the belt 13 and the passage 12
The stacker 15 is provided at the end of the.

The insertion port 11 is constructed as described above.
The banknotes inserted from the
When passing through the inside of the banknote 2, the identification sensor 14 identifies the authenticity of the bill. If the bill is true, the conveyance is continued and the bills are stacked and stored in the stacker 15. If the inserted bill is fake, it is returned to the insertion port 11 side by the conveyor belt 13.

The passage 12 has an upper surface 16 and a lower surface 17
The conveyor belt 13 is provided on the lower surface side 17, and the block on the lower surface side 17 is openably and closably attached to the insertion port 11 side (FIG. 2). This bottom side 17
Is rotatable about the support shaft 18.

Therefore, since the lower surface side 17 of the passage 12 in which the conveyor belt 13 is provided is opened and closed on the insertion port 11 side, when the conveyor belt 13 is replaced, the lower surface side 17 of the passage 12 is replaced. The conveyor belt 13 can be easily replaced by opening it.

When the lid 19 provided with the insertion port 11 is attached, the lid 19 is locked so that the lower surface 17 is not opened.

Therefore, no special member for fixing the lower surface 17 is required, which contributes to cost reduction and size reduction.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view when the lower surface 17 of the passage 12 is opened. In FIG. 2, the lower surface side 1 of the passage 12
A drive pulley 20 and a driven pulley 21 are mounted on both side surfaces of the drive pulley 7.
A conveyor belt 13 is installed between them. The conveyor belt 13 is detachably attached together with the drive pulley 20 and the driven pulley 21. Therefore, the conveyor belt 1
Replacing 3 is very easy.

A drive motor 22 is provided on the upper surface side 16 of the passage 12.
And the driving force of the drive motor 22 is transmitted to the conveyor belt 13 on the lower surface side 17 of the passage 12 by a rotary gear (not shown).

Therefore, since the lower surface 17 is miniaturized despite having the conveying means, it can be opened and closed easily.

[0018]

As described above, the passage of the bill discriminating apparatus of the present invention comprises the upper surface side and the lower surface side, the lower surface side is provided with the conveyor belt as the conveying means, and the lower surface side is the insertion opening side. It is configured so that it can be opened and closed freely.

Therefore, when exchanging the conveyor belt, since the lower surface side of the passage in which the conveyor belt is provided is provided openably and closably on the insertion opening side, the lower surface side of this passage is opened to facilitate conveyance. The belt can be replaced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a bill validator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view when the lower surface side of the passage is opened.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a conventional bill validator.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Insertion Port 12 Passage 13 Conveyor Belt 14 Identification Sensor 16 Top Side of Passage 17 Bottom Side of Passage

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A bill insertion slot, a bill passage connected to the insertion slot, a conveyance means provided in the passage, and an identification sensor provided on the conveyance means. A bill discriminating apparatus comprising an upper surface side and a lower surface side, wherein a conveyor belt as the conveying means is provided on the lower surface side, and the lower surface side is openably and closably attached to the insertion opening side. 2. The bill identifying device according to claim 1, wherein the opening provided on the lower surface side of the passage is locked by a lid provided with an insertion opening. 3. The bill identifying device according to claim 1, wherein a conveyor belt is detachably attached to both side surfaces on the lower surface side of the passage. 4. The bill validator according to claim 1, wherein a drive motor is mounted on an upper surface side of the passage, and a driving force of the drive motor is transmitted to a conveyor belt on a lower surface side of the passage by a rotary gear.