JPH09319944A - Reloading preventing structure for safe - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a safe reloading preventing structure, capable of preventing an internal locking mechanism from being damaged due to forced depression of a safe, and when the safe is detached after attaching it once, driving the internal locking mechanism of the safe until a cover for opening the aperture of a safe body is opened to disable to reloading of the safe. SOLUTION: The structure has the safe main body 11A for storing money, the cover 11B for opening/closing the apeture formed on the upper surface of the body 11A and the internal locking mechanism 17, arranged in the cover 11B. When the safe is loaded on a device body and a device body side locking means is locked, a device body side locking piece 16 is engaged with the mechanism 17 to inhibit the drawing of the safe, and when the device body locking means is released and the piece 16 is disengaged from the mechanism 17, a lock inhibition piece formed on the mechanism 17 is projected to the approach route of the piece 16 to inhibit relocking. When the safe is detached from the device body in the relocking inhibited state and the cover 11B is opened, the lock inhibition piece is restored to a retracted position to open the approach route.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to improvement of a re-installation prevention structure for a safe used in a money handling device such as a vending machine, a money depositing / dispensing device, an automatic money changer, etc. The present invention relates to a safe reattachment prevention device which has a merit that the safe can be reattached without operating the internal lock mechanism of the safe even when it is removed afterwards.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a money handling device such as an automatic vending machine, a money deposit / withdrawal device, and an automatic money changer, a safe is provided for storing and storing banknotes inserted by a user. Since the device is detachable, when the manager of the device collects money, the safe is taken out from the main body of the device to collect the money, and an empty safe is attached to the device in exchange. The administrator carries the safes that have been removed from multiple devices to the collection place, unlocks the safes, and takes out the money inside. At the time of exchanging the safe, it was easy to mistake the safe storing the money for an empty safe and mistakenly attach the uncollected safe to the device. When such an error occurs, there is a problem that the safe is full and the operation has to be stopped in a short time after the operation of the apparatus is started.

[0003] Further, there is a risk that an operator who collects and manages the safe makes an illegal act such as taking out the banknotes in the safe without opening the safe lid, and then re-installing them in the safe. There was

In order to prevent the occurrence of such a problem, the conventional money handling apparatus is equipped with a safe-reload preventing mechanism. FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a conventional money handling device,
When mounting the safe 3 in the safe mounting unit 2 of the device body 1,
When the safe 3 is pushed into the b position (the position indicated by the alternate long and short dash line), the pin 4 projecting toward the main body of the apparatus enters into the internal lock mechanism 5 of the safe and operates it. When the internal lock mechanism operates, a prohibiting piece (not shown) that prevents the pin 4 from entering operates. Therefore, even if the safe 3 is once taken out from the mounting portion 2 and then reinstalled, the pin 4 is replaced with the prohibiting piece a.
Can only be installed up to the position. For this reason, even if the person who collects the safe as described above tries to re-install it in the safe after committing fraud, it is impossible to completely install it, and in order to re-install it, the safe lid is opened and the internal lock is applied. The mechanism needs to be released. By prohibiting reattachment in this way, if the safe is in a state where it cannot be reattached and the internal money is insufficient or empty, it is possible that the safe was taken out once for some reason and fraud was performed. I know there is.

By the way, whether or not the internal lock is applied can be determined only after the safe is mounted. Therefore, the clerk must judge the internal lock state when the push-in position is the position b or a when the safe is mounted. Becomes However, since the distance between the position b and the position a is as short as about 10 mm,
It is not easy to determine whether or not it is really installed, and you may push hard into the safe for confirmation, so
The internal locking mechanism may collide strongly with the pin and be damaged. In order to prevent the internal lock mechanism from being damaged during this pushing, it is necessary to have a structure with high strength, and as a result, not only the structure of the apparatus main body including the safe becomes large but also the cost increases. Because of such a configuration, the clerk tends to push the safe strongly, but when it returns to the position a due to the reaction of pushing the safe without pushing the internal lock, the internal lock is activated. There was a problem that I could not reinstall it and I had to open the lid of the safe and unlock it.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has a configuration for clearly indicating to an administrator whether or not the safe is in a mountable state with respect to the apparatus main body, forcing the safe to operate. There is no damage to the internal lock mechanism by pushing it in, and when the safe is attached to the money handling device main body once and then removed, unless the lid that opens and closes the opening of the safe main body is opened, It is an object of the present invention to provide a safe re-installation prevention structure which has the merit that the lock mechanism is activated and the safe cannot be re-installed.

Another object of the present invention is to make it possible to remount the safe even when the safe is slightly returned due to the reaction of pushing the safe into the main body of the apparatus.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 is a safe configured to be pulled out to the outside of the apparatus from a position mounted inside the apparatus main body, and is provided on the apparatus main body side. In the structure in which the lock is locked by the lock means provided and cannot be pulled out, the safe is a safe main body for storing money, a lid for opening and closing an opening on the upper surface of the safe main body, and an internal portion provided in the lid. Lock mechanism,
When the device body side locking means is locked in a state where the safe is mounted in the device body, the device body side locking piece enters into the internal lock mechanism to prohibit the withdrawal of the safe. When the side lock means is released and the device body side lock piece comes out of the internal lock mechanism, the lock prohibition piece provided in the internal lock mechanism protrudes into the entry path of the device body side lock piece to prohibit re-locking. When the safe is removed from the apparatus main body and then the lid is opened, the lock prohibiting piece returns to the retracted position to open the entrance path.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the internal lock mechanism includes a first actuating piece which is pressed and rotated when the apparatus body side lock piece is inserted and is moved from an initial position to a release position, When the first operating piece is in the initial position, the first operating piece holds the retracted position, and when the first operating piece is moved to the release position by the main body side locking piece, the device main body side locking piece enters. The lock prohibiting piece projecting in the path, and the second actuating piece whose base end is rotatably supported in the up-down direction by the lid and whose other end can project outward from the lower surface of the lid, The base end of the lock prohibition piece is
The lid is rotatably supported in the same direction as the second actuating piece, and a part of the second actuating piece restricts the turning in the direction of projecting to the approach path within a predetermined range. The other end of the second operating piece is pushed into the lid by the upper surface of the safe body when the lid is closed on the safe body, and when the lid is opened from the safe body. As a result of the second actuating piece pivoting in a direction projecting from the lower surface of the lid to the outside, the lock prohibiting piece is forced to return to the initial position by a part of the second actuating piece. As a result, the lock prohibiting piece opens the entrance path of the lock piece on the apparatus body side.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 (a) is a side view showing the overall structure of a money handling apparatus to which the present invention is applied, (b) is an external perspective view of a safe, and FIGS. 2 (a) and (b) are internal lock mechanisms on the safe side. Fig. 3
(a) and (b) are diagrams showing a state of unlocking and a state of removing the safe, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a main part. An opening for attaching and detaching the safe 11 is provided on the back surface of the money handling apparatus main body 10, and the safe 11 is inserted into the safe mounting portion 13 inside the apparatus main body through the opening along the upper surface of the overhanging guide 12. . The lock means 15 is provided above the opening, and the lock piece 15 provided on the lock means 15 is operated by operating the lock means 15 using a key (not shown).
6 rotates to project into the internal lock mechanism 17 provided in the safe 11, and activates the internal lock mechanism to prohibit the remounting of the safe.

Reference numeral 18 is a locking means provided on the safe 11 side, and this safe lock 18 has a lid 11B which is supported to be capable of opening and closing an opening on the safe body 11A.
It is a means to lock to A. There is a money storage unit in the safe main body 11A, and the money can be taken out only when the lid 11B is opened. Also, as described below,
Only when the lid 11B is opened from above the safe body 11A, the re-installation prohibited state of the internal lock mechanism 17 is released.

Reference numeral 19 is a slit for inserting the lock piece 16.

2 (a) and 2 (b) are views showing the internal lock mechanism on the safe side, showing a state in which the safe is completely mounted at the mounting position. The internal lock mechanism 17 is provided with a shaft 21.
A first actuating piece 22 whose intermediate portion is supported by the both ends of which can move up and down, and a shaft 23 which is positioned below the first actuating piece 22.
The second operating piece 24 whose base end is rotatably supported (i.e., loosely fitted) in the vertical direction by the same shaft 23, and the proximal end (lower end) is loosely fitted (relative to the second operating piece 24) by the same shaft 23. And a lock prohibiting piece 25 extending upward. The first actuating piece 22 is biased in the counterclockwise direction (Fa) by the spring S1, and the second actuating piece 24 is biased in the counterclockwise direction (Fb) by the spring S2. The lock prohibiting piece 25 is rotated clockwise (Fc) by the spring S3.
Is urged to.

The relative rotatable range of the lock prohibiting piece 25 with respect to the first actuating piece 22 is limited to a predetermined range. That is, the position shown in FIG.
The angle θ of the lock inhibiting piece 25 with respect to 2 is the smallest, the angle θ1 of FIG. 2 (b) is the intermediate state, and the angle θ2 of FIG. 3 (a) is the most expanded state. Therefore, Fig. 3 (a)
Depending on the state, the angle between the two cannot be expanded.
That is, the stopper 24A shown in FIG. 4 prevents the lock inhibiting piece 25 from independently rotating in the expanding direction beyond the angle θ2 shown in FIG. 3 (a).

At the position shown in FIG. 2 (a), the lock prohibiting piece 25 is locked by the recess 22a of the first operating piece 22 in the locked hole 2.
5a is locked to open the entry path 16a of the lock piece 16. Then, when the lock means 15 is rotated by using the key, the tip of the first operating piece 22 is pushed down by the lock piece 16 as shown in FIG.
The upper part of is in contact with the lock piece 16. That is, since the lock inhibiting piece 25 is constantly urged in the clockwise direction (Fc) by the spring S3, the locking of the locked hole 25a by the recess 22a is released, and the locking prohibiting piece 25 moves to the upper recess 22b. The state is as shown in (b).

In this state, the safe is mounted and locked.

Next, FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b) show a state in which the lock is released and the safe is removed. As shown in FIG.
When the lock piece 16 is pulled up, the lock prohibition piece 25, which has been in contact with the lock piece 16 until then, projects into the forward / backward path of the lock piece 16 and prohibits the re-entry of the lock piece 16. Therefore, even if the user tries to lock with the key again in this state, the lock becomes impossible. This is a remounting prohibited state.

FIG. 3 (b) is a view showing a state in which the safe 11 is pulled out from the money handling apparatus main body and the lid 11B is opened from the safe main body 11A. The second operating piece 24 is pushed into the lid. Since the pressing force from the upper surface of the safe main body that is already present disappears, the second operating piece 24 rotates counterclockwise, and the lock inhibiting piece 25 opens the forward / backward path of the lock piece 16.

The unlocking and safe removing operations will be described in more detail.

As shown in FIG. 3 (a), the lower part of the safe lid 11B is
When in contact with the upper surface of the safe body of the safe body 11A, the other end of the second actuating piece 24 is pushed up into the lid by the upper surface of the safe body, but as shown in FIG. When it is pulled up from the upper surface of the safe body, the second operating piece 2
4 is rotated counterclockwise by the force of the spring S2 to project the end portion downward. As a result, the second operating piece 24
Stopper 24A tries to return the lock prohibiting piece 25 in the counterclockwise direction against the spring. Lock prohibition piece 25
In the process of returning in the counterclockwise direction, the upper portion of the locked hole 25a of the lock prohibiting piece 25 slides along the lower end surface 22b located to the right of the recess 22a of the first operating piece while moving to the left. And finally fit into the recess 22a as shown in FIG. 2 (a).

The force of the spring S2 is set to be sufficiently larger than the force of the spring for urging the lock prohibiting piece 25 in the clockwise direction, but the force for projecting the second operating piece 22 downward is set to the safe. The lid 11B should not be strong enough to be lifted from the main body 11A.

When the lid 11B in the state shown in FIG. 3 (b) is closed on the safe body 11A, the second operating piece 2
4 is pushed into the position shown in Fig. 2 (a), but at this time,
Since the lock inhibiting piece 25 remains locked in the recess 22a of the first actuating piece 22, the approach path 16a remains open. Therefore, unless the locking piece 15 is operated to push the locking piece 16 from the approach path 16a and the first operating piece 22 is pushed down, the relocking prohibition state is not entered. Therefore, as long as the lock piece 16 does not enter the entrance route 16a, the safe 11 can be repeatedly taken in and out.

According to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, whether or not the internal lock mechanism can be operated is not determined by the propriety of the push-in amount of the safe, and the safe is attached to the regular position in the main body of the device. The internal lock mechanism becomes operable (the state shown in Fig. 2 (b)) only by operating the locking means on the main body side. Therefore, it is necessary for the administrator to check whether the safe is ready to be attached to the main body of the device. There is no wrong decision. Therefore, the internal lock mechanism is not damaged by pushing the safe. Moreover, if the safe is once attached to and removed from the money handling apparatus main body, the internal lock mechanism of the safe is in operation unless the lid that opens and closes the opening of the safe main body is opened, and the safe is re-installed. Since it is impossible to install it, even if an administrator who does not have the authority to open and close the lid takes out the safe and then takes out the money inside without opening the lid, it is impossible to reattach it later Therefore, it is easy to find out that the fraudulent act has been performed, and there is an effect of suppressing the fraud by the administrator or the like.

Further, even when the safe is slightly returned from the original mounting position due to the reaction of pushing the safe into the main body of the apparatus when mounting the safe, there is no problem in remounting the safe.
That is, the safe can be mounted regardless of the operation of the internal lock mechanism, and can be remounted as many times as long as the lock piece 16 does not operate the internal lock mechanism.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, since it is possible to clearly indicate to the administrator whether or not the safe is in the mountable state with respect to the apparatus body, the safe is forcibly pushed in. The internal lock mechanism of the safe does not damage the internal lock mechanism, and when the safe is attached to the main body of the money handling device and then removed, unless the lid that opens and closes the opening of the safe main body is opened. Is activated,
It becomes impossible to reattach the safe.

Further, even when the safe is slightly returned by the reaction of pushing the safe into the main body of the apparatus when mounting the safe, it is possible to remount the safe.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 (a) is a side view showing the overall structure of a money handling apparatus to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 1 (b) is an external perspective view.

2 (a) and 2 (b) are views showing an operating state of an internal lock mechanism on the safe side.

3 (a) and 3 (b) are views showing the unlocked state and the safe removal state.

FIG. 4 is an overall perspective view of a safe.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 money handling device body, 11 safe, 11A safe body, 11B lid ,. 2 overhang guide, 13 safe mounting part, 15 locking means, 16 device body side lock piece, 1
7 Internal Lock Mechanism, 18 Safe Lock, 19 Slit, 21 Axis, 22 First Actuating Piece, 23 Axis, 24
2nd actuation piece, 25 Lock prohibition piece,

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A safe that can be pulled out of the apparatus from a position where it is mounted in the apparatus body, and is configured so that it cannot be pulled out by being locked by a locking means provided on the apparatus body side. The safe has a safe main body for storing money, a lid that opens and closes an opening on the upper surface of the safe main body, and an internal lock mechanism provided in the lid, and the safe is mounted in the device main body. Further, when the device body side locking means is locked, the device body side locking piece enters into the internal lock mechanism to prohibit the withdrawal of the safe, the device body side locking means is released, and the device body side locking piece is When it comes out of the lock mechanism, the lock prohibition piece provided on the internal lock mechanism protrudes into the entry path of the lock piece on the device side to prohibit re-locking. When the lid is opened, the lock-prohibiting piece returns to the retracted position to open the entrance path. 2. The internal lock mechanism includes a first operating piece that is pressed and rotated when the apparatus main body side locking piece enters and moves from an initial position to a release position, and the first operating piece. When the first operating piece is held in the retracted position when in the initial position and when the first operating piece is moved to the release position by the main body side locking piece, the apparatus main body side locking piece projects into the entry path. The lock-inhibiting piece includes a lock-inhibiting piece and a second operation piece whose base end is rotatably supported in the up-down direction by the lid, and the other end of which can project outward from the lower surface of the lid. The base end portion is rotatably supported by the lid in the same direction as the second operation piece, and a part of the second operation piece allows the base end portion to rotate in a direction protruding to the entry path. And the other end of the second actuating piece , When the lid is closed on the safe body, it is pushed into the lid by the safe body upper surface, and when the lid is opened from the safe body, the second operating piece projects from the lower surface of the lid to the outside. As a result of the rotation of the lock inhibiting piece toward the initial position, the lock inhibiting piece is forced to return to the initial position by a part of the second actuating piece, and as a result, the lock inhibiting piece enters the entrance path of the device body side lock piece. The remounting prevention structure for the safe according to claim 1, wherein the opening is opened.