JPH10188075A - Circulating type coin inputting and outputting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To speedily shift to a money inputting and outputting transaction preparing state by reducing a coin replenishing time and replenishing only the required number of coins. SOLUTION: This coin inputting and outputting device sorts coins to use for outputting in inputted coins, houses them in parts for housing and paying out coins by each money kind 73a to 73c and the coins in the parts 73a to 73c are outputted by paying out. In accordance with the parts 73a to 73c, parts for housing replenishing coins by each money kink 75a to 75c are provided in an area adjacent to the parts 73a to 73c. A paying out mechanism 111 paying out the coins in the parts 75a to 75c one by one to replenish directly to the corresponding part 73a to 73c is provided. At the time of replenishing coins, the mechanism 111 pays out the coins in the parts 75a to 75c one by one to replenish directly to the corresponding part 73a to 73c.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention classifies coins used for withdrawal among deposited coins, stores the coins in a coin-type coin storage and dispensing section, and dispenses coins in the coin-type coin storage and dispensing section. The present invention relates to a circulation type coin depositing and dispensing machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional circulation type coin depositing and dispensing machine, for example, as described in JP-A-6-68335,
At the time of deposit processing, the deposit coins which are collectively inputted by the operator are sent one by one to the identification and classification passage for identification and classification, and the coins used for withdrawal among the deposited coins are stored in the coin type coin storage and dispensing section. At the time of withdrawal processing,
The coins thrown out from the coin type coin storing and feeding unit are paid out to the operator side.

[0003] In addition, during the initial replenishment of the denomination-type coin storage and dispensing section, or during the replenishment in the middle when the amount of coins stored in the denomination-type coin storage and dispensing section is reduced due to the dispensing processing, the replenished coin storage section is used. The replenishment coins are sent out, and the replenishment coins are sent one by one to an identification / classification passage to identify and classify the coins and replenish the coins in the denomination-type coin storage / delivery unit.

[0004]

However, in the conventional circulation type coin receiving and dispensing machine, replenishment coins are sent one by one to an identification and classification passage to perform identification and classification, and are replenished to a coin type coin storing and feeding section. There is a problem that replenishment takes time.

[0005] Further, the denomination and the number of refill coins are not known until the identification section of the identification and classification path is reached, and replenishment is performed when the required number of replenishment coins is detected for all the denominations required by the identification section. Even if the supply of replenished coins from the coin storage unit is stopped, there are still replenished coins on the path from the replenished coin storage unit to the identification unit, and extra replenished coins are replenished in excess of the number to be replenished. There's a problem.

Therefore, there is a problem that the processing at the time of initial replenishment or replenishment in the middle takes time, and it is not possible to immediately shift to the deposit / withdrawal transaction preparation state.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is possible to shorten the time for replenishing coins, replenish the required number of coins, and quickly shift to a deposit / withdrawal transaction preparation state. The purpose is to provide a metal machine.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a circulating coin dispensing and dispensing machine which classifies coins used for withdrawal among the deposited coins, stores the coins in a coin-type coin storing and dispensing section, and coins according to the denomination type In a circulation type coin receiving and dispensing machine for paying out coins of the storage and dispensing section and dispensing, a replenishment coin storage section of a denomination type provided in an area adjacent to the denomination coin storage and dispensing section corresponding to the denomination coin storage and dispensing section. And a payout mechanism for feeding out coins in the denomination-type replenishment coin storage section one by one and directly replenishing the coins to the corresponding denomination-type coin storage and feeding section.

At the time of initial replenishment to the coin storing and feeding unit by denomination,
At the time of coin replenishment in the event that the amount of coins stored in the coin type coin storage and dispensing unit has decreased due to the withdrawal process, the coin type coin storage and dispensing unit is provided adjacent to the coin type coin storing and dispensing unit corresponding to the coin type coin storing and dispensing unit. The coins in the denomination-type replenishment coin storage unit are fed out one by one by the feeding mechanism, and are directly replenished to the corresponding denomination-type coin storage and feeding unit. As a result, the replenishment time of coins can be shortened, the required number of coins is replenished, and the state quickly shifts to a deposit / withdrawal transaction preparation state.

[0010] In order to classify coins used for withdrawal among the deposited coins and store them in the coin storing and feeding section by denomination, the deposited coins are denominated by denomination without temporarily holding the deposited coins. Even if the coins are stored in the coin storage / delivery unit and the deposit coins are temporarily stored, they are also temporarily stored by denomination, and if the deposit is approved, the coins are stored in the coin storage / delivery unit and the deposited coins are temporarily stored. This includes a type in which denominations are classified and denominated in a denomination-mixed state and temporarily stored in a denomination-mixed state.

[0011] In order to classify coins used for withdrawal among the deposited coins and store them in the coin-type coin storing and dispensing section, a type is used in which the true deposited money is classified into genuine coins and damaged coins at the time of deposit identification. If you do, the coin storage and delivery unit by denomination will store the genuine money in the received genuine money, and the lost money in the received genuine money will be stored in another storage unit. Including types that are not classified. Furthermore, when the storage amount of the coin-type coin storage and dispensing section reaches the set amount, more coins may be treated as overflow coins, and the denomination classification depends on the specific classification method, but simply denomination classification. It is not limited to this, but also includes the classification of denominations of received genuine coins, and the classification of coins in the received genuine coins before overflow.

[0012] According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a circulating coin dispensing and dispensing machine, wherein the denomination-type replenishment coin storage unit is provided in a mounting frame detachable from the machine body. The feeding mechanism is provided in any one of the machine side, the mounting frame side, and the division on the machine side and the mounting frame side.

The refillable coin storage unit for each denomination can be attached to and detached from the machine by the mounting frame, so that coins can be loaded into the replenishment coin storage unit for each denomination outside the machine, and the replenishment coin storage unit for each denomination can be removed. Also, coins in the denomination-type replenishment coin storage unit can be fed out by a feeding mechanism provided in any one of the machine side, the mounting frame side, and the division on the body side and the mounting frame side.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a circulating coin dispensing / dispensing machine according to the first or second aspect, wherein the dispensing mechanism includes a counting section for counting coins dispensed from the denomination-type replenishment coin storing section. And a pay-out stopping unit for stopping the feeding of coins from the coin-type replenishment coin storage unit when the required number of coins is paid out.

The coins fed from the denomination-type replenishment coin storage unit are counted by the counting unit, and when the required number of coins are fed, the feeding of coins from the denomination-type replenishment coin storage unit is stopped by the feeding stop unit, and the required number of coins are replenished. .

In the first to third aspects, the coin-type coin storing and feeding unit and the coin-type replenishing coin storing unit include:
Includes mini hopper (inclined disk and hopper) type, belt bottom hopper type, cylinder bottom ejection type, cylinder top ejection type.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a circulating coin depositing and dispensing machine according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the coin-type coin storing and feeding unit and the coin-type replenishing coin storing unit store coins. The dispensing mechanism has a dispensing cylinder and a replenishing cylinder that are stored in a vertically stacked state, respectively, and the dispensing mechanism is for dispensing coins of the dispensing cylinder and the replenishing cylinder.

Since the coins stored in the dispensing cylinder and the replenishing cylinder in a stacked state are respectively fed by the feeding mechanism, the coins can be fed one by one without fail.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a circulating coin depositing and dispensing machine according to the fourth aspect, wherein the dispensing mechanism comprises a dispensing cylinder and a lower surface of the stacked coins in the replenishing cylinder. A supporting member that moves up and down while supporting, a supporting member driving unit that lowers the supporting member when storing coins, and raises the supporting member when feeding coins, and dispensing them at the upper part of the dispensing cylinder and the replenishing cylinder. It has a dispensing section for dispensing coins from the top of the dispensing cylinder, which is arranged so as to be movable along the arrangement direction of the gold cylinder and the replenishing cylinder, and has A dispensing unit for dispensing coins to the dispensing cylinder, and dispensing coins from the dispensing cylinder and dispensing coins from the replenishing cylinder by moving the same stroke A member and a projecting section for moving the projecting member by the same stroke In which and a drive means.

By moving one dispensing member having a dispensing dispensing part and a replenishing dispensing part by the same stroke by the dispensing mechanism, the coin dispensing from the dispensing cylinder and the replenishing cylinder are performed. The coin can be paid out to the dispensing cylinder from.

[0021]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a circulation type coin receiving / dispensing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, a first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 20.

As shown in FIG. 4, reference numeral 1 denotes a body of a circulation type coin receiving and dispensing machine. This body 1 is formed in a box shape having a long dimension in the front-rear direction and the vertical direction and a short width dimension in the left-right direction. I have. A cash slot 2 is formed in the front part of the upper surface of the body 1, and a shutter 3 that is opened and closed by driving a motor (not shown) is provided in the cash slot 2. At a position on the right side of the shutter 3, a coin insertion slot 4 is formed, into which a plurality (for example, five) of coins are inserted at one time in a stacked state. On the right side of the body 1, a forgotten box 5 and a collection box 6 are respectively loaded so as to be able to be pulled out, and a door body into which a dispensing cassette 7 and a replenishment cassette 8, which will be described later, loaded in the body 1 are taken in and out. 9 is provided so as to be openable and closable.

This circulation type coin depositing and dispensing machine is installed and shared between two dealers of a financial institution such as a bank, for example. In the case of front operation, the machine 1 is pulled out forward. The left and right boxes 5, the recovery box 6, the refill cassette 8 and the like are attached and detached. In the case of rear operation, the body 1 is pulled out backward and the forgotten box 5, the collection box 6 and the refill cassette 8 are attached and detached. It is.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a deposit hopper 11 for receiving coins inserted into the coin slot 4 is disposed below the coin slot 2 (below the coin slot 4). Has been established. The bottom surface of the depositing hopper 11 is constituted by a belt conveyor 12 arranged rearward and upwardly inclined and arranged in the front-rear direction, and the belt conveyor 12 is rotated by a motor (not shown) so that the upper surface of the belt moves rearward. Is done. Above the belt conveyor 12, a reversing roller 13 is provided which is rotated in a direction opposite to the upper surface of the belt by a motor (not shown) with a gap between the upper surface of the belt and the upper surface of the belt so that one coin can pass therethrough. Have been. Then, the coins in the deposit hopper 11 are moved backward by the belt conveyor 12, and the first-layer coins directly mounted on the belt upper surface and moved by the reversing rollers 13 are allowed to pass therethrough and overlap the first-layer coins. Receiving hopper with coins of 2 or more layers
And coins are fed out of the deposit hopper 11 one by one.

At the lower left side of the depositing / dispensing port 2 (left side of the depositing hopper 11), a dispensing tray 14 for receiving a dispensing coin, a return coin, a reject coin, etc., which will be described later, is provided. The bottom surface of the dispensing tray 14 is constituted by a movable bottom plate 15 which is opened and closed by driving a motor (not shown). Then, when the forgotten coins on the dispensing tray 14 are detected, the movable bottom plate 15 is opened to discharge the forgotten coins to the forgotten box 5.

A coin passage 21 for receiving and transporting coins fed one by one from the belt conveyor 12 is provided along the front and rear direction of the coin hopper 11 at the rear end of the belt conveyor 12. This coin passage 21 is a passage bottom plate.
22 and a pair of passage side plates 23 and 24 arranged on the passage bottom plate 22 with a gap through which coins to be processed can pass. On one of the passage side plates 23, a first guide wall 23a whose downstream side inclines and protrudes inward into the passage, a first reference wall 23b continuous with the first guide wall 23a, and a downstream side inclines and protrudes inside the passage. A second guide wall 23c and a second reference wall 23d continuous with the second guide wall 23c are formed. The other passage side plate 24 is formed in a shape corresponding to the shape of one passage side plate 23.

A first guide wall 23 is provided above the passage bottom plate 22.
A first conveyor belt 25 is stretched by a pair of front and rear pulleys 26 and 27 corresponding to a range from a to the first reference wall 23b, and corresponds to a range from the second guide wall 23c to the second reference wall 23d. Then, a second conveyor belt 28 is stretched by a pair of front and rear pulleys 27, 29, and these conveyor belts 25, 28 are rotated by driving a motor (not shown). These conveyor belts 25, 28
A plurality of holding pulleys 30 for pressing the belt portion toward each of classification holes 34 to 38 described later are provided in a belt portion facing the passage bottom plate 22 of the first embodiment. Each of the transport belts 25 and 28 is inclined with respect to the coin transport direction such that the downstream side is close to each of the reference walls 23b and 23d.

Then, coins entering the coin passage 21 are
The first conveyor belt 25 is held below the first conveyor belt 25 and conveyed along the first guide wall 23a along the first reference wall 23b. The coin passing through the first reference wall 23b is held under the second conveyor belt 28, and the second guide wall 23c
Is transported along the second reference wall 23d. The peripheral speeds of the two conveyor belts 25 and 28 are faster than the peripheral speed of the belt conveyor 12, so that the coins conveyed in the passage are spaced apart.

The coin passage 21 is provided with an identification portion 31 corresponding to a position on the upstream side of the first reference wall 23b. The identification unit 31 includes a diameter sensor 32 such as an image sensor and a magnetic sensor 33, and identifies a true coin, a false coin, a denomination, and the like.

An identification unit 31 is provided on the passage bottom plate 22 of the coin passage 21.
After the first reference wall 23b, a classification hole 34 for rejected coins, a five-
Classification holes 35 for 0 yen and 500 yen are respectively formed in order,
Based on the second reference wall 23d, classification holes 36, 37, and 38 for 1 yen, 100 yen, and 10 yen are formed in order.

The classification holes 34 and 35 perform compulsory classification, and compulsory classification means 39 and 40 are provided on the first reference wall 23b side of the classification holes 34 and 35, respectively. Each compulsory classification means 3
9 and 40 are levers 41 and 4 which are supported so as to be able to advance and retreat in the passage.
2 and rotary solenoids 43 and 44 for swinging the levers 41 and 42 to advance and retreat into the passage.
By moving 1,42 into the passage, this lever 4
In steps 1 and 42, the edge of the corresponding coin on the first reference wall 23b side is forcibly dropped into the sorting holes 34 and 35 and dropped.

Each of the classification holes 36 to 38 is used for diameter classification.
Coins larger in diameter than the corresponding denomination pass while being placed on both side edges of the classification holes 36 and 37, and coins of the corresponding denomination have classification holes 36 to 37 opposite to the second reference wall 23d. It falls into 38 and falls.

The timing sensor 45 is provided on the passage bottom plate 22 at a position immediately before the identification unit 31 and at a position immediately before each of the classification holes 35 to 38.
To 49 are provided, respectively, and these timing sensors 45 to
At 49, the timing of the operation of each of the compulsory classification means 39 and 40 is determined, and the classification into the classification holes 35 to 38 is confirmed.

A reject chute 51 is provided below the reject classification hole 34, and the lower end of the reject chute 51 is connected to the lift chute 52. The lift chute 52 is inclined rearward at a position rearward of the dispensing tray 14 so that an upper end thereof communicates with a rear surface of the dispensing tray 14. Inside the lift chute 52, a bucket 53 capable of storing a predetermined number of coins is provided so as to be movable along the inside of the lift chute 52. The bucket 53 is provided at a coin receiving position (FIGS. 2 and 3) for receiving coins discharged from the reject chute 51 and a dispensing conveyor 62 described later.
Is moved by a driving means (not shown) between the coin discharging position (the position indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIGS. 2 and 3) and the coin rising position (the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIGS. 2 and 3). Then, when the bucket 53 moves up to the coin discharging position, the bucket 53 rotates toward the inside of the dispensing tray 14 with the fulcrum 54 as a fulcrum, and discharges the coins in the bucket 53 to the dispensing tray 14.

The lower end of the lift chute 52 is a distribution chute 55
The lower end of the distribution chute 55 is communicated with the collection box 6. Inside the distribution chute 55, the bucket 53
Receives the coin discharged from the dispensing conveyor 62 in a state where the coin is lifted from the receiving position. Coins discharged from the dispensing conveyor 62 to the sorting chute 55 include 5 yen, 50 yen at the time of deposit.
Yen, coins to be stored in 500 yen coins, 1 yen at the time of deposit, 1
There are coins to be stored as overflow coins of 00 yen and 10 yen, abnormal coins dispensed at the time of dispensing (coins when a predetermined amount of money is not dispensed due to clogged coins, etc.), and collected coins at the time of collection. A switching plate for switching the passage in the distribution chute 55 by driving a solenoid (not shown) or the like.
56 are arranged. An operation reject section 6a is formed in the upper portion of the collection box 6, and the received coins and the collected coins are sorted into the collection box 6 (excluding the operation reject section 6a) by the switching plate 56, and abnormally ejected coins are operated. Distribute to the reject unit 6a.

A chute 61 is provided below the classification hole 34, and the lower end of the chute 61 faces the dispensing conveyor 62 and communicates therewith. The dispensing conveyor 62 is disposed horizontally on the left side of the body 1 along the front-rear direction. That is, the front end is communicated with the lift chute 52, and the coin passage 21, the temporary holding units 72a to 72c described later, Storage feeding section
73a to 73c are disposed in the lower side area. The dispensing conveyor 62 is disposed inside the conveyor frame 63, and is rotated by a motor (not shown) so that the upper surface of the belt moves toward the front lift chute 52. Above the end of the dispensing conveyor 62 facing the lift chute 52, a shutter 64 is provided so as to be opened and closed by driving a solenoid (not shown) or the like. The shutter 64 is normally closed, and is opened only when coins are sent from the dispensing conveyor 62.

Below each of the classification holes 36 to 38, chutes 71a to 71c of respective denominations are provided.
Below c, there are provided denomination temporary storage units (denomination temporary storage units) 72a to 72c for temporarily storing coins in a stacked state by denomination. These temporary holding units 72a to 72c are movable between a holding position below the chutes 71a to 71c and a return position on the dispensing conveyor 62.
It accepts coins from a to 71c and temporarily holds them, moves to the return position when returning the temporarily stored coins, and discharges the temporarily stored coins to the dispensing conveyor 62.

Further, at the holding position, each of the temporary holding units 72a to 72c
Dispensing cylinders 74a-74c of 1-yen, 100-yen, and 10-yen denomination coin storage and dispensing sections 73a-73c are respectively disposed below. Feeding section
Corresponding to the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c of 73a to 73c, replenishment cylinders 76a of replenishment coin storage sections 75a to 75c by denomination are provided adjacent thereto.
To 76c. Withdrawal cylinder 74a to 74
c is provided in the dispensing cassette 7, and replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c
Are provided in the replenishment cassette 8 and are detachable from the machine body 1 respectively. The dispensing cassette 7 is maintained,
It should be attached and detached only at the time of inspection.

Further, below the dispensing conveyor 62, support member driving means 77a to 77c for the coin storing and feeding sections 73a to 73c for each denomination are provided.
77c are provided, and the denomination-type replenishment coin storage units 75a to 75c are provided in front of and behind the denomination-type replenishment coin storage units 75a to 75c.
Support member driving means 78a to 78c are provided.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the temporary holding portions 72a to 72c are vertically formed in the holding frame 81 so as to correspond to the classification holes 36 to 38 and the chutes 71a to 71c. The holding cylinder 82 is provided above the ejection member 112 described later. In the holding frame 81, a plurality of guide pieces 83 protruding from both sides are moved along a guide shaft 84 to a holding position or a returning position by a temporarily-held coin discharging means 85. At the holding position, coins are received from the chutes 71a to 71c and temporarily stored, and at the return position, the temporarily stored coins are discharged to the dispensing conveyor 62.

In the temporary holding coin discharging means 85, a cam plate rotated via gears 87 and 88 by forward / reverse driving of a motor 86
The cam plate 89 and the holding frame 81 are connected by a link 90. The holding frame 81 is selectively moved to the holding position or the return position by the forward / reverse driving of the motor 86.

The moving position of the holding frame 81 is detected by a sensor (not shown). Further, the moving position of the holding frame 81 is such that a roller 93 rotatably provided on a lever 92 rotationally urged by a spring 91 is provided on a peripheral surface of the cam plate 89 with a concave portion 94 for holding a holding position or a holding position for holding a discharging position. By fitting into the recess 95, the rotation of the cam plate 89 is regulated and held.

On the lower surface of the holding frame 81, restricting pieces 96 are respectively provided to protrude from the edge of the holding cylinder portion 82 on the side of the payment conveyor 62.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, below the holding frame 81 and above the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c and the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c, a dispensing frame 101 is arranged. Has been established. In the dispensing frame 101, a dispensing port 102 communicating with the upper ends of the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c and a dispensing port 103 communicating with the upper ends of the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c are formed vertically through. . An outlet 102 communicating with each of the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c.
Are located coaxially with the respective storage cylinders 82 of the storage frame 81 located at the storage position, and are capable of receiving the temporarily stored coins of the temporary storage units 72a to 72c in a stacked state.

The upper surface of the ejection frame 101 is provided with an ejection groove 104 which is downwardly inclined and communicates from each ejection port 102 to the dispensing conveyor 62 side.
A discharge groove 105 is formed from each of the outlets 103 to communicate with the outlet 102 in a downwardly inclined manner, and a groove 106 is formed on the opposite side of the outlet 103 from the outlet 103. The widths of the ejection grooves 104 and the ejection grooves 105 are substantially the same as the inner diameters of the ejection ports 102 and the ejection ports 103, and are formed so as to allow the denominations to be processed to pass therethrough. Groove 104
Further, it is formed narrower than the feeding groove 105 so as to prevent the coin from being taken out when the ejection member 112 retreats. Further, a gap is formed between the ejection groove 104 and the lower surface of the holding frame 81 as an ejection gate portion which is slightly larger than the thickness of one coin, and the ejection groove 105 and the lower surface of the ejection member 112 are formed. A gap as a pay-out gate portion, which is slightly larger than the thickness of a single coin, is formed between the gold ejection portion 115 and the lower surface of the thickness portion of the gold ejection portion 115.

Further, on the upper part of the ejection frame 101, a feeding mechanism 11 is provided.
A projecting member 112 constituting a part of 1 is arranged. The projecting member 112 has a base 113 and projecting plates 114 for each of three denominations formed integrally with the projecting base 113. Each projecting plate 114 is provided with a corresponding groove in the projecting frame 101. 106 is movably fitted. At the tip of each dispensing plate 114, there is formed a dispensing portion 115 for dispensing coins from above the corresponding dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c, and each dispensing portion on the lower surface of each dispensing plate 114 is formed. A coin is dispensed from the top of the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c at a position separated from the dispensing section 115 by a predetermined distance.
A replenishing ejection portion 116 that feeds out to 74c protrudes. Then, by the movement of the same stroke of the dispensing member 112, coins are ejected from the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c and coins are dispensed from the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c to the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c. And enable.

A lever 118 which is movable by driving a motor (not shown) of the ejection member driving means 117 is connected to the base 113 of the ejection member 112. The specific structure of the ejection member driving means 117 is the same as that of the above-described temporary coin ejection means 85.
(Shown in FIG. 5), the lever 118 is a lever
Equivalent to 90. The projecting member 112 is integrally moved by the operation of the projecting member driving means 117, and each projecting plate 114 is moved.
Withdrawal section 115 and replenishment section 116
2 and a retracting position (a position shown by a two-dot chain line in FIGS. 1 and 6) withdrawing from the upper side of the feeding port 103 to the groove 106 side. And the discharge position (the position shown by the solid line in FIGS. 1 and 6) that has entered above the outlet 103. When the ejection member 112 moves from the retracted position to the ejection position, the dispensing cylinder 74a to
It is possible to throw out coins from the coins 74c and to pay out coins from the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c to the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c.

Also, at the inner edge of each of the outlets 102 and each of the outlets 103 of the dispensing frame 101, there is provided a pair of coin detecting ports for detecting the positions of the upper ends of coins in the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c and the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c. The coin upper end detection sensors 102s and 103s of the type of light emitter and receiver are provided respectively.

Each ejection groove 104 and each ejection groove of the ejection frame 101
105, a counting unit 11 for counting coins fed from the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c and the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c.
9, 120 are provided. Each of these counting units 119 and 120
The lever 12 projecting into each of the ejection grooves 104 and each of the ejection grooves 105 is provided on one side of each of the ejection grooves 104 and each of the ejection grooves 105.
1 and 122 are provided so as to be swingable, and switches 123 and 124 for counting the number of coins to be ejected are provided so as to face the tips of the levers 121 and 122, respectively. Then, when the coin is fed out by the ejection member 112, the lever is
The switches 121 and 124 are pushed by the levers 121 and 122 to count the number of coins to be dispensed and the number of refill coins.

The counting units 119 and 120 can not only count coins but also check denominations. That is, when the corresponding denomination passes through the ejection groove 104 and the supply groove 105, the switches 123,
The switch 124 is depressed, but when a denomination smaller than the corresponding denomination passes, the swing of the levers 121, 122 is small and the switches 123, 124 cannot be pressed. Therefore, when the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c and the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c are mixed with a smaller-diameter denomination than the corresponding denomination, the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c.
Despite the fact that the throwing-out operation and the feeding operation from 74c and the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c have been performed, the counting units 119, 120
If it is not counted in, it is processed as denomination abnormal. In addition, for the larger diameter denomination than the corresponding denomination, the dispensing cylinder 74a
74c and refill cylinders 76a-76c, so there is no danger of mixing.

If a denomination is abnormal during the dispensing from the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c, the dispensing is stopped, the coins thrown out to the dispensing conveyor 62 are invalidated, and the collection box 6 It is collected by the operation reject unit 6a and the ejection operation is performed again. Also, if a denomination abnormality occurs at the time of replenishment of the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c to the withdrawal cylinders 74a to 74c, the replenishment is stopped, and the withdrawal cylinders 74a to 74c of the corresponding denomination are used. The small-diameter denomination coin is thrown out, the small-diameter denomination coin is collected in the operation reject unit 6a of the collection box 6, and the replenishment operation is performed again.

At the bottom of each delivery groove 105 of the delivery frame 101, during the delivery operation of the delivery member 112 from the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c, when the delivery member 112 is moved backward, the delivery is performed. A pair of stoppers 126 are provided so that coins (coins to be ejected next) located on the lower surface of the member 112 do not move following the backward movement of the ejecting member 112. The pair of stoppers 126 are raised and lowered by driving of a solenoid (not shown), and protrude from the bottom surface of the feeding groove 105 at the time of ascending to prevent coins from following the retreating movement of the ejection member 112. To allow coins to pass from the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c to the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c.

Next, referring to FIGS. 1, 7 to 10,
The dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c and the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c will be described. 7 to 10 show the refill cylinder 76.
The detailed structure of the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c is not shown but is substantially the same as the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c, and is shown together with the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c. The gold cylinders 74a to 74c will be described.

Each of the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c and each of the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c are formed in a tubular shape having a side wall 131 and a bottom plate 132. Arc surface part 13 on one side of side wall part 131
3 is formed, and a flat portion is formed from the arc surface portion 133 toward the other side.
134 are formed in parallel, a closed portion 135 is formed from the tip of the flat portion 134, and an opening 136 is formed between the closed portions 135 along the longitudinal direction of the cylinder. At the top edge, the casting frame 101
A fitting portion 137 detachably fitted to the lower end inner edge of the outlet 102 (for the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c) and the feeding port 103 (replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c). An upper plate 139 having a through hole 138 through which coins pass is provided inside.

The bottom plate 132 and the upper plate 13 face the openings 136 of the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c and the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c.
9 and a cylindrical side wall member 140 is provided.
The peripheral surface of the coin is supported between the arc 140 and the arcuate surface 133 of the side wall 131.

Each of the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74a is attached to the cylinder side wall member 140.
A support member 141, which constitutes a part of a feeding mechanism 111 for supporting the lower surface of the coins in the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c, and 74c, is vertically movably fitted. The bearing member 141 is slidably fitted to the outside of the cylinder side wall member 140 on a base 142 formed so as to conform to the substantially inner cross-sectional shape of the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c and the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c. Guide hole 143
Are formed, and a projection 144 projecting through the opening 136 is formed. On the base 142, a stage 145 for stacking coins on the upper surface is supported via a support shaft 146 that is vertically movably inserted into the base 142, and a spring 147 for urging the stage 145 upward is provided. Have been.

The dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c and the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c are integrally formed as a dispensing cassette 7 and a replenishing cassette 8, respectively. In addition,
Each dispensing cylinder 74a to 74c and each replenishing cylinder 76a to 76c
Is configured to be detachable from the dispensing cassette 7 and the replenishing cassette 8 for each cylindrical portion, and each of the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c and each of the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c while coins are stacked.
Each coin, that is, for each denomination, can be loaded with coins.

The dispensing cassette 7 and the replenishing cassette 8
Each of the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74 has a mounting frame 151 that opens upward.
74c and refill cylinders 76a to 76c are housed in parallel. One side of the mounting frame 151 corresponds to the projection 1 corresponding to the opening 136 of each of the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c and each of the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c.
44 is formed with an opening 152 that protrudes.
A handle 153 for carrying the device 51 is rotatably mounted on the shaft.

The projection 144 of each of the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c projecting from the opening 152 of the dispensing cassette 7 is provided with a connecting pin (not shown) connected to the support member driving means 77a to 77c. I have. Connecting arms 155a to 155c each having a connecting pin 154 connected to the support member driving means 78a to 78c are attached to the protrusion 144 of each of the refilling cylinders 76a to 76c projecting from the opening 152 of the refilling cassette 8. I have.
The connecting arm 155a of the replenishing cylinder 76a extends forward of the replenishing cassette 8, a connecting pin 154 protrudes forward from the tip thereof, and the connecting arm 155a of the replenishing cylinder 76b.
5b is extended to the front position of the dispensing cassette 7 at the time of loading,
A connecting pin 154 protrudes forward from the tip thereof, and a connecting arm 155c of the replenishing cylinder 76c extends to a position rearward of the replenishing cassette 8, and a connecting pin 154 extends rearward from the tip thereof. It is protruding.

The dispensing cassette 7 and the replenishment cassette 8 are provided inside the body 1 at a position inside the door 9 on the side surface of the body 1.
Cassette tables 156 and 157 are provided as cassette mounting sections for removably mounting. These cassette tables 156, 157 have receiving plate portions 158, 158 on which the lower portions of the dispensing cassette 7 and the replenishing cassette 8 are placed, and the edge portion and both edge portions of the receiving plate portion 158 facing the door 9 side. A holding piece 159 for holding the lower peripheral edges of the dispensing cassette 7 and the replenishing cassette 8 is bent upward and is supported so as to be vertically movable with respect to the body 1. Rollers 160 are rotatably provided below both ends of the cassette tables 156 and 157, respectively.

In accordance with the position of each roller 160 of the cassette table 156, a push-up lever 161 that can push up the roller 160 is arranged to move up and down by operating an operation lever (not shown). When the push-up lever 161 is lowered by operating the operation lever, the cassette table 156 is lowered, and the dispensing cassette 7 is mounted between the cassette table 156 and the dispensing frame 101, or the dispensing cassette is inserted between the cassettes. 7
Can be removed. When the push-up lever 161 is raised by operating the operation lever with the dispensing cassette 7 mounted, the push-up lever 161 is moved through the cassette 160 via the roller 160.
The fitting portions 137 protruding from the top of the dispensing cassette 7 by pushing up the 156 are fitted to and held by the lower edges of the respective ejection openings 102 of the ejection frame 101. It should be noted that the dispensing cassette 7 is, in principle, left mounted on the machine body 1 and is removed only during maintenance and inspection.

In accordance with the position of each roller 160 on the cassette table 157, a push-up lever 16 that can push up the roller 160
2 protrudes from the inner wall of the door body 9. Push lever 162
An inclined portion 163 for facilitating the roller 160 to ride on the push-up lever 162 is formed at the tip of the roller. When the door 9 is opened, the lifting lever 162 is
As a result, the cassette table 157 is lowered, and the refill cassette 8 can be mounted between the cassette table 157 and the ejection frame 101, or the refill cassette 8 can be removed from between them. When the door 9 is closed while the replenishment cassette 8 is mounted, the push-up lever 162 pushes up the cassette table 157 via the roller 160, and the respective fitting portions 137 protruding above the replenishment cassette 8 form the ejection frame 101. Are fitted to and held by the lower edges of the respective outlets 103.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, 11 and 12, each of the support member driving means 77a to 77c, 78
a to 78c have a common structure, and include a stepping motor 171 of a metal type for individually moving the support members 141 of the corresponding dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c and the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c vertically. These stepping motors 171 are supported by a support plate 172 attached to the body 1 side.

A screw shaft 174 is non-rotatably connected to a rotating shaft 173 projecting upward from the stepping motor 171.
4 is rotatably supported by a bearing member 176 fitted to a support plate 175 attached to the body 1 side.

An elevating member 177 is screwed to the screw shaft 174. The elevating member 177 has a screw hole 178 that is screwed to the screw shaft 174, and a guide hole 179 formed in an elongated shape with respect to the screw hole 178.

A connecting member 180 is disposed on one side of the elevating member 177, and a mounting piece protruding from the upper and lower edges of the connecting member 180 is provided.
181 is rotatably mounted on the upper and lower surfaces of the elevating member 177. The connecting member 180 is rotationally biased in a direction in which the connecting member 180 is joined to one side of the elevating member 177. At the tip of the connecting member 180, a connecting piece 182 is formed to be bent in a substantially L-shape.
A connecting groove 183 is formed on the connecting piece 182 so as to be engageable with the connecting pin 154.
Are formed. A detection plate 185 is attached to the other side of the elevating member 177.

A swing frame 186 is attached to the screw shaft 174. In the swing frame 186, support plate portions 187, 188 are bent from the upper edge portion and the lower edge portion, and the upper support plate portion 18 is formed.
7 is rotatably fitted to the outside of the bearing member 176, and the lower support plate portion 188 is a bearing member 189 attached to the lower end of the screw shaft 174.
Is rotatably fitted to the outside. This support plate 187
, 188, a rotation regulating shaft 190 is inserted through the guide hole 179 of the lifting member 177.

The swing frame 186 has the detection plate 18 of the elevating member 177 mounted thereon.
5, a near empty sensor 191 for detecting that the amount of stored coins is very small,
7 is provided with a lower limit sensor 192 for detecting the lower limit position. Further, a full sensor 193 for detecting a full state of coins and an upper limit sensor 194 for detecting an upper limit position of the lifting member 177 are provided in a rising area of the detection plate 185 of the lifting member 177.

Next, as shown in FIG. 13, at a position above the replenishment cassette 8, the interlocking member 201 is slidably provided by the slide receiving member 202 along the arrangement direction of the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c. ing. Each support member driving means 78a, 78
An interlocking link 203 is rotatably connected to a top surface of each swing frame 186 by a support shaft 204. The interlocking link 203 is provided with a roller 205 rotatably abutting on a side surface of the interlocking member 201, and is provided with a swing frame 18 of the support member driving means 78c.
6 has a roller 206 rotatably provided in contact with the side surface of the interlocking member 201. Each roller 205 of the interlocking member 201,
Guide portions 207, 208 for pushing the rollers 205, 206 are formed on the side surface on which the 206 contacts. Roller 20
5 is urged against the interlocking member 201 by a spring 209 stretched over the interlocking link 203, and the roller 206 is urged against the interlocking member 201 by a spring (not shown).

Therefore, by the sliding of the interlocking member 201, the respective swing frames 186 of the respective support member driving means 78 a to 78 c are integrally formed about the screw shaft 174 via the rollers 205 and 206 abutting on the interlocking member 201. It swings in conjunction with it. Then, each swing frame 186 swings to the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG.
The engagement between the connecting member 180 of 78c and the connecting pin 154 is released, and the replenishment cassette 8 can be attached and detached. Further, when each swing frame 186 swings to the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 13, the connecting members 180 of the support member driving means 78a to 78c and the connecting pins 15 are rotated.
4 can be engaged.

One end of the interlocking member 201 is connected to a long hole 212 of one end of a swing lever 211 that is swingably provided with a support shaft 210 as a fulcrum.
The pin 213a is fitted to and connected to. Swing lever 211
One end is tensioned and biased by a spring 213, the swing caused by the bias is regulated by a stopper 214, and a roller 215 is rotatably attached to the other end.

An operating member 216 protrudes from the inner wall of the door body 9 corresponding to the position of the roller 215 of the swing lever 211. When the door body 9 is opened, the swing lever 211 is biased by the spring 213. It swings as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG.
When the door 9 is closed, the roller 215 is pressed by the operating member 216, and the swing lever 211 swings as shown by a solid line in FIG. This swing lever 211
As a result, the swing frames 186 of the support member driving means 78a to 78c swing integrally via the interlocking member 201 and the interlocking link 203.

The swing frames 186 of the support member driving means 77a to 77c are integrally swung by an operating lever for operating the push-up lever 161. The raising and lowering of the lever 161 and the swinging movement of each swinging frame 186 of each support member driving means 77a to 77c are performed in conjunction with each other.

Next, FIG. 14 shows a control unit 221 for controlling the circulation type coin depositing and dispensing machine. This control unit 221 includes a sensor group 222 including various sensors 191, 192, 193, 194 and the like.
, Coin upper end detection sensors 102s, 103s, cassettes 7, 8
The detection signal is input from a cassette detection sensor 223 or the like for detecting that is mounted on each of the cassette tables 156 and 157, and the driving of the support member driving means 77a to 77c, 78a to 78c and the ejection member driving means 117 is controlled. I do.

The control unit 221 includes a cassette detection sensor
When there is an initial setting operation signal as a detection signal from 223, each dispensing cylinder 74a to 74c and each replenishing cylinder 76a to
Initial operation driving means for driving the supporting member driving means 77a to 77c and 78a to 78c for every 76c to raise the supporting member 141
During the operation of the initial operation driving means 234, the initial operation abnormality determining means determines that the coin upper end detection sensors 102s and 103s do not detect a coin by the time the upper limit sensor 194 detects the support member 141. It has 235 functions.

When the initial operation abnormality determining means 235 determines that there is an abnormality, the control section 221 controls each of the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74a.
An abnormality notifying unit 236, which is constituted by a display or the like, for notifying an abnormality for each of the cylinders c and each of the supplementary cylinders 76a to 76c is controlled.

The control unit 221 has an interface 237
The terminal 238 is connected to a teller terminal 238 via a terminal, and performs a coin ejection operation and performs an initial setting operation in accordance with a command from the teller terminal 238. In the case of an ATM, instead of the teller terminal 238, the operation is performed by an operation input unit provided on the circulation type coin receiving and dispensing machine side.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.

First, an initial setting operation when the refill cassette 8 is loaded into the machine body 1 will be described with reference to a flowchart (partially omitted) of FIG. Here, the replenishment cassette 8 will be described, but the same applies to the dispensing cassette 7. However, the dispensing cassette 7 is not attached or detached in principle.
The operation lever can be operated and detached with the replenishment cassette 8 on the side removed.

The storage of coins in the replenishment cassette 8 is performed by using a mounting frame.
By operating the connecting arms 155a to 155c protruding from 151, the support member 141 located at the lowermost portion of the cylinder is raised by its own weight and lowered every time coins are supplied. This makes it possible to easily store coins in a stacked state.

When the door 9 is opened, the cassette table
157 descends and the refill cassette 8
Is placed, and the door body 9 is closed. As the door 9 closes, the cassette table 157 rises, and the fitting portions 137 protruding above the refill cassette 8 fit into the lower edges of the feeding openings 103 of the ejection frame 101. The connecting pin 154 of each bearing member 141
Oppose the corresponding support member driving means 78a to 78c.
Each elevating member 177 is located above the position of the connecting pin 154. Further, each swing frame 186 is moved to the position indicated by the solid line in FIG.
The connecting members 180 of 78a to 78c and the connecting pins 154 for each of the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c swing to positions where they can be engaged in the vertical direction.

The cassette detecting sensor 223 detects that the replenishment cassette 8 has been loaded, and an initial setting operation signal is input to the control unit 221.
With the function of 234, the initial setting operation of each of the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c is started in parallel (steps 1 and 2).

FIG. 15 shows the flow of the initial setting operation for one circle.
The same applies to the initial setting operation of 0 yen, and the flow is omitted.

In the initial setting operation, first, the stepping motor 171 is driven, the elevating member 177 is once lowered, and the connecting piece 182 of the connecting member 180 comes into contact with the connecting pin 154. At this time, since the arc-shaped introduction portion 184 provided on the lower edge of the connecting piece 182 abuts on the peripheral surface of the connecting pin 154, the connecting piece 182 rotates so as to escape, and the connecting groove 183 of the connecting piece 182 is The connecting pin 154 is engaged.

At this time, the lowering position of the elevating member 177 is detected by the lower limit sensor 192, and the driving of the stepping motor 171 is reversed, so that the supporting member 141 and the coin are raised together with the elevating member 177 (step 3).

Then, it is determined whether the coin upper end detection sensor 103s has detected the upper end of the stacked coin, whether a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the initial setting operation, and whether the upper limit sensor 194 has detected the support member 141 (step 4). , 5, 6).

If the coin stacking state in the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c, the connection state between the support member 141 and the elevating member 177, and the elevation of the support member 141 driven by the stepping motor 171 are all normal. Within a predetermined time, the coin upper end detection sensor 103s detects the upper end of the stacked coin. Based on this detection, the drive of the stepping motor 171 is stopped after being reversed for a predetermined time, and stopped at a standby position (the position shown in FIGS. 18 and 19) in which the upper end of the stacked coins has fallen by a predetermined distance from the coin upper end detection sensor 103s. (Step 7).

Further, when the coin upper end detecting sensor 103s does not detect the coin even after a predetermined time has elapsed due to defective coin stacking in the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c or defective lifting of the support member 141 driven by the stepping motor 171. , Bearing member 141
When only the lifting member 177 rises due to a poor connection between the lifting member 177 and the upper limit sensor 194, the control unit 22
An abnormality is determined by the function of the initial operation abnormality determining means 235 of FIG.

At the time of this abnormality determination, an error code for one yen is displayed by the abnormality notification means 236 to notify the defective setting of the refill cassette 8 (steps 8 and 9).

The initial setting operations shown in steps 3 to 9 are performed in parallel for each denomination other than 1 yen.

Also, when an instruction for an initial setting operation is issued from the teller terminal 238, the initial setting operation is performed.

Next, the coin deposit processing will be described with reference to a flowchart (partially omitted) of FIG.

In the standby state, as shown in FIG. 18, the ejection member 112 is located at the ejection position, and closes the lower surfaces of the respective temporary holding portions 72a to 72c of the holding frame 81 located at the holding position. (Step 11).

For example, five coins are put into the coin insertion slot 4 all at once. The coins inserted into the coin insertion slot 4 fall onto the belt conveyor 12 of the deposit hopper 11, and are fed out one by one into the coin passage 21 by the operation of the belt conveyor 12 and the reverse rotation roller 13. The coins delivered to the coin passage 21 are spaced apart by the peripheral speed difference between the belt conveyor 12 and the conveyor belts 25 and 28, are transported along the first reference wall 23b, and are identified by the identification unit 31.

When the rejected coin is identified by the identification unit 31,
The forcible sorting means 39 is operated, the rejected coin is forcibly dropped and eliminated in the sorting hole 34, and the bucket 53 located at the coin receiving position of the lift chute 52 through the reject chute 51.
Housed within.

5 yen, 50 not used for withdrawal by the identification unit 31
Yen, 500 yen denomination coin, or 1 used for withdrawal
Even if denomination coins of yen, 100 yen and 10 yen are recognized as full coins by the full sensor 193,
The forcible sorting means 40 is operated, the corresponding coin is forcibly dropped out of the sorting hole 35 and is temporarily held on the dispensing conveyor 62 through the chute 61.

1 yen, 100 used for withdrawal by the identification unit 31
The denomination coins of which the fullness is not detected with the denomination coins of yen and 10 yen pass through the positions of the compulsory classification means 39 and 40 and the coin passage 21
Is transported along the second reference wall 23d in the downstream area, falls into the classification holes 36 to 38 of the corresponding size, and falls into the temporary holding portions 72a to 72c of the holding frame 81 as shown in FIG. Then, the lower surfaces of the temporary holding sections 72a to 72c are temporarily held in a stacked state on the ejection member 112 in the closed state (step 12).

Since the discriminating unit 31 does not detect a coin for a certain period of time, it is determined that all the deposited coins are temporarily held (step 13). At this time, when the rejected coin is identified and stored in the bucket 53, the bucket 53 is raised through the control unit 221 because the control unit 221 stores the rejected coin identification result by the identification unit 31. The rejected coins into the withdrawal tray 14
The shutter 3 is opened by being discharged into the inside, and the rejected coins in the dispensing tray 14 can be taken out.
After the bucket 53 returns to the original posture, the bucket 53 descends, returns to the original home position, and stops.

If it is detected by a sensor (not shown) that foreign matter that cannot be fed out remains on the belt conveyor 12, the shutter 3 is opened automatically by the control unit 221 or by operating a button (not shown). An operator takes out the foreign matter on the belt conveyor 12. Thereby, the deposit processing is restarted.

If the deposit is approved after the temporary holding of the coins is completed, the temporarily stored coins on the dispensing conveyor 62 are re-opened while the bucket 53 is moved upward from the coin receiving position again. Is opened and the dispensing conveyor 62 is driven, guided to the collection box 6 through the lift chute 52 and the distribution chute 55, and stored collectively. After a lapse of a predetermined time sufficient for coins on the dispensing conveyor 62 to be discharged, the bucket 53 descends, returns to the home position, and stops.

On the other hand, of the denomination coins of 1 yen, 100 yen, and 10 yen, coin storage operations are performed in parallel for the denomination coins that have been deposited and temporarily stored in the holding frame 81. FIG. 16 shows the flow of the 1-yen coin storing operation. The same applies to the 100-yen and 10-yen coin storing operations to be performed in parallel, and the flow is omitted.

Out of the denomination coins of 1 yen, 100 yen, and 10 yen, the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c corresponding to the denomination coins which have been deposited.
The stepping motor 171 of the support member driving means 77a to 77c of the 74c is driven, and the storage position of the lower surface of the ejection member 112 from a fixed position (see FIG. 20) in which the upper end of the stacked coin is slightly below the coin upper end detection sensor 102s. (Step
14, 15).

The ejection member 112 moves to the retracted position (the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 18), the lower surface of each of the storage cylinder portions 82 is opened, and the stacking of the temporarily stored coins on the support member 141 is continued. Transfer onto coins (step 16). The pair of stoppers 12
6 is in the raised position except during the coin replenishment operation, and also guides the user when the temporarily stored coins are stored.

Out of the denomination coins of 1 yen, 100 yen, and 10 yen, the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c corresponding to the denomination coins which have been deposited.
The stepping motor 171 of the support member driving means 77a to 77c (see FIGS. 3 and 1) of 74c is driven in reverse rotation, and the support member 141 is lowered (steps 17, 18). Accordingly, the coins are lowered and stored in the corresponding dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c, and the upper end of the coins is detected by the coin upper end detection sensor.
When the detection is stopped at 102s, the lowering of the support member 141 is temporarily stopped (steps 19 and 20).

The ejecting member 112 is moved to the ejecting position (step 21), and the temporarily stopped support member driving means 77a to 77b are stopped.
When the stepping motor 171 of 77c is driven to rotate in the reverse direction and the upper end of the stacked coin is moved to a standby position (the position shown in FIG. 20) lowered a predetermined distance from the coin upper end detection sensor 102s, the stepping motor 171 is stopped (step 22). .

On the other hand, when the return of the coin is commanded after the coin is temporarily held, the motor 86 of the temporarily-held coin discharging means 85 is driven, and the holding frame 81 moves to the return position (the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 18). Then, the temporarily held coins are discharged onto the dispensing conveyor 62. After the release, the holding frame 81 is returned to the storage position before the movement.

When the bucket 53 is located at the coin receiving position, the shutter 64 is opened and the dispensing conveyor 62 is driven, and the coins temporarily stored on the dispensing conveyor 62 and the dispensing conveyor 81 are moved from the holding frame 81. The coin discharged on 62 is put into the bucket 53 of the lift chute 52. The bucket 53 containing the returned coins is raised and the withdrawal tray 14
When the return coin is discharged into the dispensing tray 14, the shutter 3 is opened and the returned coin in the dispensing tray 14 can be taken out. Note that the bucket 53 is lowered to the coin receiving position in the posture in which the rotation has been returned and stopped.

After the returned coins are returned to the dispensing tray 14, if a sensor (not shown) detects that coins (including rejected coins) are present in the dispensing tray 14 even after a predetermined time has elapsed. Judge that you have forgotten the coin, shutter 3
Is closed, the movable bottom plate 15 of the dispensing tray 14 is opened, and the forgotten coins are collected in the forgotten box 5. After the collection, the movable bottom plate 15 is returned to the closed position before the movement.

Next, the coin dispensing process will be described with reference to the flowchart (partially omitted) of FIG. The withdrawal is made by a combination of three kinds of coins of 1 yen, 10 yen and 100 yen.

For example, when a throw-out command (such as a denomination or the number of sheets) is input from a Dellers machine (step 31), first, initial setting is performed (step 32). In this initial setting, the value of the counter of the number of coins to be dispensed is n ₁ = n
₁₀₀ = n ₁₀ = 0, and as shown in FIG. 19, the ejection member 112 is moved to the retreat position, and the holding frame 81 is set.
Is moved to the discharge position, and the lower surface of the holding frame 81 is exposed above each of the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c.

Coin ejection operations are performed in parallel for a plurality of denomination coins for which an ejection command has been issued. FIG. 17 shows the flow of the one-yen coin throwing operation, but the coin throwing operation of other denomination coins to be processed in parallel is the same, and the flow is omitted.

The stepping motor 171 of the support member driving means 77a to 77c corresponding to the denomination for which the dispensing command has been issued is driven, and the top one coin of the stacked coins of each of the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c. Is raised from the position shown in FIG. 20 to the ejection position (position shown in FIG. 19) (steps 33 and 34). At this time, the uppermost coin of the stacked coins is in contact with the lower surface of the holding frame 81. Even if the uppermost coin of the stacked coins abuts on the lower surface of the holding frame 81, the spring 147 of the support member 141 contracts and is absorbed. At this time, the upper surface of the stacked coins of the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c is at the position shown in FIG. 19, and the ejection member 112 does not come into contact with those stacked coins.

The ejection member 112 is driven to reciprocate, and as shown in FIG. 19, one of the top coins is inserted into the ejection groove 104 at the dispensing ejection portion 115 of the ejection plate 114 of the ejection member 112. It is extruded and discharged onto the dispensing conveyor 62 (step 35). At this time, the switch 123 of the counting unit 119 is
Came on, dispensing number n ₁ is counted (Step 3
6). The coins ejected on the dispensing conveyor 62 are temporarily suspended collectively until coins of the designated number of coins are ejected.

If the number n ₁ of ejected coins does not reach the command number of ejected coins, the stacked coins are raised by one coin, and the coins are brought into contact with the lower surface of the holding frame 81, returning to step 35 and ejecting again. (Steps 37 and 38) (see FIG. 19).

When the number n _{1 of} ejected coins counted for a certain denomination coin has reached the number of ejected coins, the stepping motor 171 is driven to rotate in the reverse direction by the control unit 221 and the ejection member
At the time of the next dispensing operation of 112, since the upper surface of the coin of the denomination is located below the lower surface of the ejection member 112, the denomination coin is not ejected. In addition, the stepping motor 171 of the denomination continues to rotate further, and the upper surface of the coin is shown in FIG.
At the time when the predetermined pulse is reversed after passing through the coin upper end detection sensor 102s of No. 9, the control unit 221 stops the operation, and the upper surface of the stacked coin at that time is the position shown in FIG.

With respect to other coins of the denomination, the operation of dispensing coins is continued, and each time the counted number n _{1 of} coins reaches the commanded number of coins, the dispensing operation of the denomination is completed by the above-described operation. Then, when the counted number of ejected coins of the last denomination reaches the number of ejected coins, the supporting member 141 is lowered and stopped by the above-described operation, and the ejecting member 112 is retracted to the retracted position. At this time, it is stopped at that position by the ejection member driving means 117 by the control unit 221 (step 39).

Note that the pair of stoppers 126 provided for each denomination are located at the broken line position (up position) in FIG. 19 except for coin replenishing operation. At the time of return after the throwing operation (reciprocating movement) of 112,
The top coin of the stacked coins contacting the lower surface of the ejection member 112 is prevented from being sent to the feeding groove 105.

If the commanded total number of coins (including the total number of coins calculated from the commanded amount) matches the counted number of coins, the bucket 53 moves to the coin receiving position. In this state, the shutter 64 is opened and the dispensing conveyor 62 is driven, and the dispensed coins temporarily stored on the dispensing conveyor 62 are thrown into the bucket 53 of the lift chute 52. The bucket 53 storing the dispensed coins is lifted and rotated into the dispensing tray 14, and the dispensed coins are discharged into the dispensing tray 14, thereby opening the shutter 3 and dispensing the dispensed tray 14. Gold coins can be taken out. After swinging and rotating into the dispensing tray 14, the bucket 53 assumes a rotation returning posture, descends in that posture, returns to the solid line position (coin receiving position) in FIG. 2, and stops.

After the dispensed coins are returned to the dispensing tray 14, if a sensor (not shown) detects that dispensed coins are present in the dispensing tray 14 even after a predetermined time has elapsed, the coins are collected. After determining that the coin has been forgotten and closing the shutter 3, the movable bottom plate 15 of the dispensing tray 14 is opened, and the forgotten coins are collected in the forgotten box 5. After the collection, the movable bottom plate 15 is returned to the closed position before the movement.

For example, when the number of coins instructed for any one of the denominations (there may be a plurality of denominations) does not match the counted number of coins due to jamming of coins, etc. First, the bucket 53 is moved upward from the coin receiving position and stopped, and the switching plate 56 of the sorting chute 55 is connected to the operation reject section of the collection box 6.
The passage is switched to the side 6a, in this state, the shutter 64 is opened and the dispensing conveyor 62 is driven, and the coins temporarily held on the dispensing conveyor 62 are lifted chute 52,
It is collected by the operation reject part 6a of the collection box 6 through the distribution chute 55 and the switching plate 56.

After the mismatched coins are collected, the withdrawal processing may be performed again, or the coins may be stopped as a withdrawal error.

Next, the process of replenishing the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c will be described.

This replenishment process is performed, for example, when coins are loaded into the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c in the machine 1 not loaded with coins at the start of a financial institution in which the circulation type coin depositing and dispensing machine is installed. In order to start the operation, the user starts the operation by operating the replenishment command button or the like (not shown) with the replenishment cassette 8 attached.
Alternatively, when it is detected by the near empty sensor 193 that the remaining amount of coins is small due to withdrawal from the withdrawal cylinders 74a to 74c, the operation is automatically or by operating a replenishment command button (not shown) or the like. Be started.

As shown in FIG. 20, according to the replenishment command,
The ejection member 112 is moved to the evacuation position while the holding frame 81 remains at the holding position. At this time, the top surface of the stacked coins of the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c is located at the position shown in FIG. 20. not enter. In addition, the pair of stoppers 126 is lowered to the position shown in FIG. 20 by a solenoid (not shown) in response to a replenishment command.

A coin replenishment operation is performed in parallel with the denomination coins for which the replenishment command has been issued. That is, bearing member driving means 78a to 78corresponding to the denomination for which the ejection command has been issued.
The stepping motor 171 is driven to rotate forward, and the topmost coin of the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c rises from the position shown in FIGS. Is done. Even if the uppermost coin of the stacked coins abuts on the lower surface of the ejection member 112, the spring
147 contracts and absorbs.

The ejection member 112 is driven in a reciprocating manner, and the replenishment projection 116 of the ejection plate 114 of the ejection member 112 causes the replenishing cylinder 76 to replenish.
One of the uppermost coins a to 76c is pushed out into the payout groove 105, and slides down the payout groove 105 to dispense the cylinders 74a to 74c.
And is stacked on the upper surface of the stacked coins in the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c. At this time, the switch 124 of the counting unit 120 is turned on by the coin to be thrown out, and the number of refills is counted. In addition, since each restriction piece 96 on the lower surface of the holding frame 81 enters each of the ejection grooves 104 of the ejection frame 101 and coins cannot enter the ejection groove 104, a refill coin is erroneously ejected. It is not thrown out to the gold conveyor 62 side.

At this time, the bearing members 141 of the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c are positioned such that the upper surface of the stacked coins (or the upper surface of the supporting member 141 if there are no stacked coins) is detected by the coin upper end detection sensor 102s. , The stepping motor 171 is stopped in a state in which the pulse is rotated in the reverse direction by a predetermined pulse (see FIG. 20).
When replenished coins enter the coins 74a to 74c and are detected by the coin upper end detection sensor 102s, the bearing member driving means 77 of the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c corresponding to the denominated coins that have been replenished.
The stepping motors 171a to 77c are driven in reverse rotation of the predetermined pulse to lower the support member 141. When the upper end of the stacked coin is no longer detected by the coin upper end detection sensor 102s, the lowering of the support member 141 is stopped, The upper end of the coin is moved to a standby position which is lowered by a predetermined distance from the coin upper end detection sensor 102s.

If the counted number of refills does not reach the predetermined number of replenishment commands, the stacked coins of the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c are raised by one coin, and the highest-order coin is discharged from the ejection member 112. The replenishing operation is performed by being fed again by the ejecting member 112 which comes into contact with the lower surface and reciprocates.

During the replenishment operation, when the counted number of replenishment reaches a predetermined replenishment instruction number for a certain denomination among a plurality of replenishment denominations, the supporting member driving means of the denomination is provided.
78a to 78c are reversely driven by the control unit 221 and the ejection member 1
No coins of that denomination are thrown during the throwing operation of 12. Further, the bearing member driving means 78a to 78c of the denomination continue to rotate further, and after the coin upper end detection sensor 103s detects the passage of the upper surface of the stacked coins, the stepping motor 17a is moved for a predetermined pulse.
1 is driven in reverse, that is, when the upper surface of the coin stack on the support member 141 is located at the position shown in FIGS.

For the denominations whose counted replenishment number does not reach the predetermined replenishment instruction number, the above-described replenishment operation is continued by the control unit 221. For each denomination that has reached the replenishment instruction number, a stepping motor of the denomination is provided. 171 is driven in reverse by the control unit 221 and the support member 141 is moved down to
Stop at 9 positions.

When the replenishment number counted for all the denominations to be replenished reaches the predetermined replenishment command number, the ejection member 112 is moved to the retreat position, that is, the position shown in FIGS. Control unit 221 when located at
And the ejection member driving means 117 is stopped. In the case of replenishment of a single denomination, when the number of replenished coins of the denomination reaches the predetermined replenishment command number and the ejection member 112 is returned to the retracted position, the coin is stopped and the support member driving means is stopped. The coins 78a to 78c are also stopped when the upper surface of the stacked coins on the support member 141 is located in FIGS.

With the above operation, the replenishment operation is completed, and the next deposit and withdrawal processing can be performed.

As described above, the replenishing cylinder 76 is provided in the area adjacent to the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c corresponding to the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c.
a to 76c are provided, and coins of the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c are
Since coins are fed out one by one and are directly replenished to the corresponding dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c, the replenishment time of coins can be reduced,
The required number of coins can be replenished, and the system can quickly shift to a deposit / withdrawal transaction preparation state.

In the present embodiment, the feeding stop unit of the present invention is the control unit 221 and the support member driving means 78a to 78c and / or the ejection member driving means 117, and also serves as coin replenishment means. Further, the counting section of the present invention corresponds to the counting section 120 in the present embodiment.

Next, coin collection processing will be described.

This collection process is performed, for example, at the end of a financial institution in which the circulation type coin depositing and dispensing machine is installed, by collecting all coins in the body 1 and storing them in a safe or the like. It is started by such an operation.

The coins are collected from the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c in the same manner as in the above-described dispensing, and all the coins in the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c are ejected onto the dispensing conveyor 62. After that, with the bucket 53 moved upward from the coin receiving position, the shutter 64 is opened and the dispensing conveyor 62 is driven, so that the lift chute 52 and the distribution chute 55
Through the collection box 6 to be collected.

The coins are collected from the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c in the same manner as in the replenishment described above.
All coins in c are stored in the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c,
After that, all the coins in the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c are thrown out onto the dispensing conveyor 62, and the lift chute 52 and the shaker are collected in a manner similar to the recovery of coins from the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c described above. It is guided to the collection box 6 through the minute chute 55 and collected.

In the case of front operation, the body 1 is pulled out to remove the collection box 6, and in the case of rear operation, the body 1 is pulled back and the collection box 6 is removed. Note that the forgotten box 5 and the refill cassette 8 can also be removed in a state where the machine body 1 is pulled out forward or backward.

Next, the removal of the refill cassette 8 from the machine 1 will be described.

In FIG. 1, when the door 9 is opened, the push-up lever 162 is disengaged from the roller 160, the cassette table 157 and the refill cassette 8 are lowered, and the respective fitting portions 137 projecting above the refill cassette 8 are ejected. It falls down from the lower edge of the outlet 103 of the frame 101.

At the same time, in FIG. 13, the operating member 216 of the door 9 is disengaged from the contact position with the roller 215, and is urged by the spring 213 via the swing lever 211, the interlocking member 201 and the interlocking link 203. And each swing frame 18
6 swings integrally from the solid line position to the two-dot chain line position. Therefore, the lifting member 177 shown in FIG.
11 and 12, the connecting piece 182 of the connecting member 180 shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 is disengaged from the connecting pin 154 of the supporting member 141, and the supporting member 141 and the coin are lowered in each of the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c. .

Therefore, the refill cassette 8 can be taken out of the machine body 1 through the opening where the door 9 is opened.

As described above, the replenishing cylinders 74a to 74c are provided adjacent to the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c.
76a to 76c are provided, and coins in the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c are fed out one by one and directly replenished to the corresponding dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c, so that the replenishment time of coins can be reduced and coins are required. It is possible to replenish by the number of sheets and quickly shift to the deposit / withdrawal transaction preparation state.

The replenishment cassette 8 includes replenishing cylinders 76a to 76a.
76c and a mounting frame 15 on which the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c are mounted.
The mounting frame 151 can be removably mounted on the body 1. By removing the mounting frame 151 from the body 1, the work of loading coins into the replenishing cylinders 76 a to 76 c outside the body 1 can be performed. The coins in the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c can be dispensed by the dispensing mechanism 111 provided on the body 1 side even if the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c are detachable. The feeding mechanism 111 may be provided in any one of the machine body 1 side, the mounting frame 151 side of the refill cassette 8, and the machine body 1 and the mounting frame 151 side.

In the feeding mechanism 111, the replenishing cylinder 76a
The number of coins fed from .about.76c is counted by the counting section 120, and when the required number of coins are fed, the feeding of coins from the replenishing cylinders 76a.about.76c is stopped by the feeding stop section, so that the required number of coins can be replenished.

The dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c for taking coins in and out from the upper part and the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c,
It has a dispensing section 115 for dispensing coins from the upper part of the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c and replenishing coins from the upper part of the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c to the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c. Movement of one dispensing member 112 having the dispensing portion 116 by the same stroke moves coins from the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c and dispenses from the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c to the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c.
And the payout mechanism 111 is used to feed coins.
112 can be simplified by moving the same stroke. Note that coins are replenished from the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c of another denomination to the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c in parallel with the ejection of coins from the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c of one denomination. When replenishment of coins is performed by this method, it is possible to shift more quickly to the deposit / withdrawal transaction preparation state.

The dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c and the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c may have a cylindrical shape, a rectangular tube shape, or a plurality of side wall members that contact a plurality of peripheral edges in the coin radial direction. A portion of the cylindrical peripheral wall may be open as long as the coin can be held. Further, the ejection member 112 may be a separate electric drive unit for each denomination, or may be a separate ejection member for dispensing and replenishment of coins, and separately provided with an electric drive unit. Is also good.

In the above embodiment, the temporary holding section 72a
To 72c were constituted by a holding frame 81 and a projecting member 112 for opening and closing the lower surface of the holding frame 81, but separately from the projecting member 112,
A bottom plate that opens and closes the lower surface of the holding frame 81 may be provided.

When the ejection member 112 also has the function of opening and closing the lower surface of the holding frame 81, the lower edge of the ejection side of the ejection member 112 can be engaged with one coin at the upper end of the stacked coins. Is provided. At the time of coin ejection, the bearing member
The upper end of the stacked coin raised at 71 is received by the step of the ejection member 47, and one coin is hooked and ejected at this step. In this case, it is possible to receive and support the status of the stacked coins without facing the lower surface of the holding frame 81 above the coin stacked cylinder 41 as in the above-described embodiment.

Also, two ejection plates are provided between the holding frame 81 and the ejection frame 101, and the coins in the holding frame 81 are returned and ejected by the upper ejection plate, and the lower ejection plate is provided. The coins in the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c and the replenishing cylinders 76a to 76c are ejected and fed out, and the coins in the holding frame 81 are ejected by retracting both ejection plates.
You may make it accommodate in 74a-74c. In this case, the holding frame 81 does not need to be moved as in the above embodiment.

Further, the position of the holding frame 81 at the time of waiting for receipt of the deposited coin is arranged on the dispensing conveyor 62, and when returning the reserved coin of the retaining frame 81, the coin is discharged from the retaining frame 81 to the dispensing conveyor 62 as it is and stored. At times, the holding frame 81 may be moved to and stored on the dispensing cylinders 74a to 74c.

It is to be noted that sorting the coins used for withdrawal among the deposited coins and storing them in the denomination-specific coin storing and feeding sections 73a to 73c means that the deposited coins are classified by denomination without temporarily holding the deposited coins. Deposited coins are stored in the coin storage and dispensing units 73a to 73c, and those that temporarily hold deposited coins are also temporarily stored in denominations.
In case of depositing coins and holding coins temporarily, collective temporary holding (temporary holding in a denomination mixed state without denomination classification)
At the time of payment approval, denominations are classified and denominated coin storage and delivery unit 73
a to 73c are included.

The classification of coins to be used for withdrawal among the deposited coins and storage in the coin-type coin storage and dispensing sections 73a to 73c means that, at the time of deposit identification, genuine deposited coins are classified into genuine coins and damaged coins. When the type is adopted, the coin storage and dispensing section 73a to
In 73c, the genuine money in the received money is stored, and the lost money in the received money is stored in a separate storage unit.
Includes types that are not classified as bad. Further, when the storage amount of the coin storage units 73a to 73c reaches the set amount, more coins may be treated as overflow coins. It is not limited to classification, but also includes classification of denominations of deposited genuine coins and classification of coins in the deposited genuine coin before overflow.

First, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

In this embodiment, a coin-type dispensing hopper body 250 is used as the coin-type coin storing and feeding sections 73a to 73c, and a coin-type replenishing hopper body 251 is used as the coin-type replenishing coin storing sections 75a to 75c. A replenishing hopper body 251 for each denomination is incorporated in the mounting frame 151 and is configured as a replenishing cassette 8 that can be attached to and detached from the machine body 1.

Each dispensing hopper body 250 has a hopper 255 for storing coins, and a belt conveyor 256 is disposed on the bottom surface of the hopper 255. The belt conveyor 256 is rotated by driving a motor (not shown) so that the upper surface of the belt moves toward the dispensing conveyor 62. Belt conveyor 25
6, a reversing roller 257 that is rotated in the opposite direction to the belt upper surface by a motor (not shown) with a gap between the upper surface of the belt and the upper surface of the belt so that one coin can pass therethrough.
Are arranged. In the area of the reverse rotation roller 257, one coin can pass in the coin radial direction by side walls (not shown) on both sides in the width direction of the belt conveyor 256. On the dispensing conveyor 62 side of the reversing roller 257, a dispensing roller 258 for discharging coins passing between the belt conveyor 256 and the reversing roller 257 one by one in one layer to the dispensing conveyor 62.
Are arranged.

Then, the coins in the hopper 255 are moved in a line toward the dispensing conveyor 62 by the rotation of the belt conveyor 256, and the coins formed into one layer by the reversing roller 257 are removed. The dispensing roller 258 ejects the coins to the dispensing conveyor 62, and therefore ejects the coins one by one from the dispensing hopper 250 to the dispensing conveyor 62.

In the hopper 255, a coin detecting sensor 259 for detecting the amount of stored coins is provided. An ejection detection sensor 261 for detecting coins ejected to the dispensing conveyor 62 is provided downstream of the ejection roller 258, and is ejected by driving a solenoid (not shown) at the time of ejecting the ejection command number. A stopper 262 that protrudes above the passage 260 and prevents the passage of coins is provided.

The holding frame 81 is movable on the dispensing hopper body 250 and the chute 263 communicating with the dispensing conveyor 62, and a bottom plate 264 is provided on the lower surface of the holding frame 81 so as to be openable and closable.

When the deposit of the denomination-type coins temporarily held in the holding frame 81 is approved for deposit, the bottom plate 264 is opened to release the coins to the dispensing hopper body 250, and when the deposit is not approved, the holding frame 81 is opened. Move and shoot coins 263
Through the withdrawal conveyor 62.

Each refill hopper body 251 has a hopper 271 for storing coins, and a belt conveyor 272 is provided on the bottom surface of the hopper 271. The belt conveyor 272 is rotated by a motor (not shown) so that the upper surface of the belt moves toward the dispensing hopper body 250. Above the belt conveyor 272 and above the replenishment passage 273 communicating from the upper end of the belt conveyor 272 to the dispensing hopper body 250, a gap is formed between the upper surface of the belt and the replenishment passage 273 so that one coin can pass therethrough. A transport belt 274 that is rotated in the forward direction with respect to the upper surface of the belt by driving a motor is provided. In addition, the belt conveyor 272 is regulated to one sheet in the radial direction by side walls (not shown) on both sides in the width direction and is sent out.

[0164] The rotation of the belt conveyor 272 and the conveyor belt 274 causes the coins in the hopper 271 to be moved one by one.
The coins are sent to the replenishment passage 273 in the row state and thrown out to the dispensing hopper body 250. Therefore, coins are ejected from the refilling hopper body 251 one by one to the dispensing hopper body 250.

A coin detecting sensor 275 for detecting the amount of stored coins is provided in the hopper 255. The replenishment passage 273 is provided with a dispensing detection sensor 276 for detecting coins to be dispensed to the dispensing hopper body 250, and protrudes above the dispensing passage 273 by driving a solenoid (not shown) at the time of feeding the required number of replenishment sheets. Stopper 277 that prevents the passage of coins
Are arranged. In this example, the ejection detection sensor 276 and a control unit (not shown) are a counting unit and a stopper 277 of the present invention.
The solenoid and the control unit (not shown) constitute the feeding stop unit of the present invention.

As described above, the coin-type coin storing and feeding sections 73a to 73d are described.
When the dispensing hopper body 250 and the replenishing hopper body 251 for each denomination are used as the denomination-type coin storage units 75a to 75c, the same operation and effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained.

The coin storage / feed-out sections 73a-73c and the replenishment coin storages 75a-75c by denomination include a mini hopper (inclined disk and hopper) type, a belt bottom hopper type (second embodiment), Either the upper projection type (first embodiment) can be used for the cylinder or the lower projection type can be used for the cylinder, and the same operation and effect can be obtained.

Next, a third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

In this embodiment, a coin slot 4 is not formed in the shutter 3 of the first embodiment in FIG. It is configured so that coins are put into the input device 301 at once in a stacked state.

Referring to FIGS. 22 and 23, the coin insertion device 301 has a receiving member 302 for receiving coins which are put together at once in a stacked state, and the receiving member 302 has a coin diameter. A semi-cylindrical portion 303 of the rear half which can be inserted from the direction and hold the periphery of the coin is formed.
A bottom plate portion 304 for receiving the bottom surface of the coin is formed on the bottom surface of the coin. A feeding groove 305 is formed in the semi-cylindrical portion 303 with a gap from the upper surface of the bottom plate 304 slightly larger than the thickness of one coin, that is, a gap allowing only one coin to pass therethrough and a lateral width. Along the front-back direction (semi-cylindrical part 30
A groove 306 is formed (from the side of the radial opening 303a to the feeding groove 305), and chamfers 307 are formed on both sides on the front end side of the groove 306. The chamfered portion 307 allows the finger supporting the lower surface of the coin to be inserted when the coin is inserted.

[0171] A pair of arc-shaped shutter plates 308 along the outer surface of the semi-cylindrical portion 303 are provided on both outer surfaces of the semi-cylindrical portion 303 of the receiving member 302, respectively. A plurality of long holes 309 are formed in the pair of shutter plates 308 along the circumferential direction, and each of the long holes 309 is engaged with a plurality of guide pins 310 protruding from the semi-cylindrical portion 303 so that each A shutter plate 308 is supported movably in the circumferential direction of the semi-cylindrical portion 303.
As a result, the pair of shutter plates 308 move rearward to open the front opening 303a of the semi-cylindrical portion 303 and to close the both side edges of the feeding groove 305, and move forward to form the semi-cylindrical portion. Both sides of the opening 303a on the front surface of the portion 303 are closed, and the opening 303a can be moved to a second position where the feeding groove 305 is opened.

On the outer surface of each shutter plate 308, a support pin 311 is provided.
A spring 312 is stretched between the two support pins 311 via the rear side of the semi-cylindrical portion 303, and a pair of shutter plates 308 are urged in the opening direction by the urging of the spring 312. I have. The projection 31 is provided on the outer surface of each shutter plate 308.
3 are protruding.

At the upper end of the semi-cylindrical portion 303 of the receiving member 302, a swing support shaft 314 that is rotatably supported with respect to the body 1 is mounted horizontally. The receiving member 303 includes the swing support shaft 31.
23, the coin receiving position (2 in FIG. 23) is inclined so that the front opening of the semi-cylindrical portion 303 faces the upper cash slot 2.
The coin can be swung between a dotted line position (the position shown in FIG. 25) and an almost vertical coin feeding position (a solid line position shown in FIG. 23 and a position shown in FIG. 26). A drive lever 315 driven by drive means (not shown) is fixed to the swing support shaft 314, and the receiving member 302 is swung through the drive lever 315.

The receiving member 30 is moved from the coin receiving position to the coin feeding position corresponding to both sides of the coin feeding position of the receiving member 302.
2, the shutter plate 308 is brought into contact with the projection 313 of each shutter plate 308 to lock each shutter plate 308, and the shutter plate 308 is moved backward with respect to the receiving member 302 through the continuous swinging of the receiving member 302. A pair of push pins 316 for moving from the first position to the second position in front is provided.

A feeding belt 321 is stretched from below the receiving member 302 to the entrance of the coin passage 21. The feeding belt 321 is stretched between a pair of front and rear pulleys 322 and 323, and rotated by a motor (not shown) so that the upper surface of the belt moves toward the coin passage 21 at the rear. On the outer surface of the feeding belt 321, a feeding protrusion 324 is protruded at one place.

In FIG. 24, the passage bottom plate 22 of the coin passage 21
A concave portion 325 is formed at the front end of the receiving member 302 which swings to the coin feeding position with a rear edge of the bottom plate portion 304 of the receiving member 302, and a belt engaging groove portion in which the feeding belt 321 is disposed.
326 are formed.

When the receiving member 302 swings to the coin feeding position, the upper surface of the bottom plate portion 304 is moved to the passage bottom plate of the coin passage 21.
It is almost the same height as the upper surface of 22. The feeding belt 321 enters the groove portion 306 of the bottom plate portion 304, and the feeding protrusion 324 of the feeding belt 321 can protrude above the upper surface of the bottom plate portion 304 and can pass below the feeding groove 305.

Next, the operation of the third embodiment will be described.

In the standby state of the coin insertion device 301, FIG.
25 and the receiving member 30 as shown in FIG.
2 is located at a coin receiving position which is inclined such that the opening 303a on the front surface of the semi-cylindrical portion 303 faces the cash slot 2 above. In this state, the pair of shutter plates 308 are positioned at the rear first position by the bias of the spring 312, and the opening 303a on the front surface of the semi-cylindrical portion 303 is opened, so that coins can be received. At the same time, both side edges of the feeding groove 305 are closed, so that coins cannot pass.

By operating a deposit button (not shown) or the like,
The shutter 3 of the machine body 1 is opened and the deposit / withdrawal port 2 is opened, and coins are put into the receiving member 302 through the deposit / withdrawal port 2 as shown in FIG. The inserted coin is placed in the semi-cylindrical part 303 or the feeding groove 305.
Is placed on the bottom plate 304 of the receiving member 302 while leaning on the shutter plate 308 that closes the shutter.

When the deposit button (not shown) is operated again to issue a deposit command, the shutter 3 of the body 1 is
Is closed to close the deposit / withdrawal port 2, and as shown in the solid line position in FIG. 23 and FIG. 26, the receiving member 302 is swung to the substantially vertical coin feeding position. When the receiving member 302 is swung to the substantially vertical coin feeding position, the upper surface of the bottom plate portion 304 becomes substantially the same height as the upper surface of the passage bottom plate 22 of the coin passage 21, and the feeding belt 321 moves to the bottom plate portion 304. It enters the groove 306. Further, the projection 313 of each shutter plate 308 is
The pair of shutter plates 308 are moved from the first rear position to the second front position on the receiving member 302 against the urging of the spring 312 by abutting the spring 316. By the movement of the pair of shutter plates 308 to the second position, both side edges of the opening 303a on the front surface of the semi-cylindrical portion 303 are closed to restrict the coin from moving forward, and the feeding groove 305 is opened. Coins can be paid out.

Then, the delivery belt 321 is rotated, and the delivery projection of the delivery belt 321 waiting outside the receiving member 302 is provided.
324 enters the inside of the receiving member 302 through the gap between the pair of shutter plates 308 and through the groove 306, and the feeding protrusion 324 engages with the lowest coin placed on the bottom plate 304 to feed out one coin. The coin is fed to the coin passage 21 through the groove 305. The coin fed to the coin passage 21 is delivered to and conveyed to the conveyor belt 25 on the coin passage 21. At this time, the feeding belt
The transport speed of the transport belt 25 is faster than the pay-out speed of the coins 321, and the coins transported in the coin path 21 are spaced apart.

After the coin feeding from the receiving member 302 is completed (after the coin detecting section 31 of the coin passage 21 does not detect the coin for a predetermined time), the feeding belt 321 is stopped, and the receiving member 302 returns to its original position. The coin is swung to the coin receiving position and returned to a state where the next coin can be received.

[0184]

According to the circulation type coin depositing and dispensing machine of the present invention, a denomination-type replenishment coin storage unit is provided in an area adjacent to the denomination-type coin storage and dispensing unit corresponding to the denomination-type coin storage and dispensing unit. The coins in the denomination replenishment coin storage unit are fed out one by one by the feeding mechanism and are directly replenished to the corresponding denomination coin storage and dispensing unit, so that the replenishment time of coins can be shortened and the required number of coins can be replenished. Quick transition to gold trading ready state.

According to the circulating coin dispensing and dispensing machine of the second aspect, in addition to the effect of the circulating coin dispensing and dispensing machine of the first aspect, the replenishment coin storing section for each denomination is attached to and detached from the body by the mounting frame. It is possible to load coins into the denomination replenishment coin storage unit outside the fuselage easily, and even if the denomination replenishment coin storage unit is removable, it can be mounted on the fuselage side, mounting frame side, fuselage side A coin in the denomination-type replenishment coin storage unit can be paid out by a payout mechanism provided in any one of divisions on the frame side.

According to the circulating coin depositing and dispensing machine of the third aspect, in addition to the effect of the circulating coin dispensing and dispensing machine of the first or second aspect, the dispensing mechanism dispenses the coin from the replenishment coin storing section by denomination. The coins are counted by the counting unit, and when the required number of coins is paid out, the paying out of the coins from the coin type replenishment coin storage unit is stopped by the payout stop unit, so that the required number of coins can be replenished.

According to the circulating coin dispensing and dispensing machine of the fourth aspect, in addition to the effects of the circulating coin dispensing and dispensing machine of any one of the first to third aspects, a coin storing and dispensing unit by denomination and a replenishing coin by denomination are provided. The storage unit has a dispensing cylinder and a replenishing cylinder for storing coins in a stacked state in the vertical direction, respectively, and coins of the dispensing cylinder and the replenishing cylinder are fed out by a feeding mechanism, so that coins are fed. It is possible to feed out one sheet at a time.

According to the circulating coin depositing and dispensing machine of claim 5, in addition to the effect of the circulating coin dispensing and dispensing machine of claim 4, a dispensing cylinder and a replenishing cylinder for inserting and removing coins from above. A dispensing section for dispensing coins from the top of the dispensing cylinder, and a replenishing section for dispensing coins to the dispensing cylinder from the top of the replenishing cylinder. Movement of one dispensing member by the same stroke enables coin dispensing from the dispensing cylinder and coin dispensing from the replenishing cylinder to the dispensing cylinder, and the dispensing mechanism uses the same dispensing member. The movement can be simplified by moving the stroke.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an internal mechanism of a circulating coin depositing and dispensing machine showing an embodiment of the present invention, as viewed from a rear surface side.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing an internal mechanism of the circulation type coin receiving and dispensing machine.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an internal mechanism of the circulation type coin depositing and dispensing machine.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the circulation type coin receiving and dispensing machine.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the holding frame portion.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the projection frame portion.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the refill cassette.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the supplementary cylinder for one yen and the support member driving means.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of a supplementary cylinder for 100 yen and a support member driving means.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view of a supplementary cylinder for 10 yen and a support member driving means.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the support member driving means.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a part of the support member driving unit according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 13 is a plan view showing the vicinity of the replenishment cassette.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram of a control system of the circulation type coin depositing and dispensing machine.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart in which a part of the initial setting operation is omitted.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart in which a part of the deposit operation is omitted.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart in which a part of the dispensing operation is omitted.

FIG. 18 is a cross-sectional view of a part of a dispensing cylinder and a replenishing cylinder corresponding to the deposit processing;

FIG. 19 is a cross-sectional view of a part of a dispensing cylinder and a replenishing cylinder corresponding to the dispensing process.

FIG. 20 is a cross-sectional view of a part of a dispensing cylinder and a replenishing cylinder corresponding to the replenishment process of the embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a cross-sectional view of a coin-type coin storing and feeding unit and a coin-type replenishing coin storing unit according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a perspective view of a coin insertion device showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 23 is a partial side view showing an internal mechanism of the circulation type coin depositing and dispensing machine.

FIG. 24 is a partial plan view showing the internal mechanism of the circulation type coin depositing and dispensing machine.

25 (a) is a plan view of the coin insertion device at the coin receiving position (a view as seen from the direction A in FIG. 25 (b)), and FIG. 25 (b) is a view of the coin insertion device. It is a side view in a coin receiving position.

26 (a) is a plan view of the coin insertion device at the coin feeding position, and FIG. 26 (b) is a side view of the coin insertion device at the coin feeding position.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Airframe 73a-73c Deposit type coin storage and dispensing section 74a-74c Dispensing cylinder 75a-75c Deposit type coin storage section 76a-76c Replenishing cylinder 77a-77c, 78a-78c Bearing used also as a feeding stop section Member driving means 111 Dispensing mechanism 112 Dispensing member 115 Dispensing dispensing part 116 Replenishing dispensing part 117 Discharge member driving means also used as dispensing stop part 120 Counting part 141 Supporting member 151 Mounting frame 276 As counting part Ejection detection sensor 277 Stopper as feeding stop

Claims (5)

[Claims] A circulating coin dispensing machine that sorts coins used for dispensing of deposited coins, stores the coins in a coin storing and dispensing section by denomination, and dispenses coins of the coin storing and dispensing section by denomination. In the above, a denomination-type replenishment coin storage unit provided in an area adjacent to the denomination-type coin storage and dispensing unit corresponding to the denomination-type coin storage and dispensing unit; And a payout mechanism for directly replenishing a coin type payout / delivery section. 2. The denomination replenishment coin storage unit is provided on a mounting frame that is detachable from the body, and the feeding mechanism is any one of a body side, a mounting frame side, and a division into a body side and a mounting frame side. The circulation type coin depositing and dispensing machine according to claim 1, wherein the coin dispensing and dispensing machine is provided. 3. The feeding mechanism has a counting unit for counting coins fed from a denomination-type replenishment coin storage unit and a feeding stop unit for stopping feeding of coins from the denomination-type replenishment coin storage unit when a required number of coins are fed. The circulation type coin depositing and dispensing machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: 4. A denomination-type coin storage and dispensing unit and a denomination-type replenishment coin storage unit each have a dispensing cylinder and a replenishing cylinder for storing coins in a vertically stacked state, and the dispensing mechanism includes: The coins of the dispensing cylinder and the replenishing cylinder are respectively fed out.
A circulating coin depositing and dispensing machine according to any of the above. 5. A dispensing mechanism, comprising: a support member for supporting the lower surface of the coins in the dispensing cylinder and the replenishing cylinder to move up and down; lowering the support member when storing coins; A support member driving means for elevating the member; and a dispensing cylinder disposed above the dispensing cylinder and the replenishing cylinder so as to be movable along an arrangement direction of the dispensing cylinder and the replenishing cylinder. It has a dispensing section for dispensing coins from the top of the cylinder and a replenishing section for feeding coins from the top of the replenishing cylinder to the dispensing cylinder. A dispensing member that enables coins to be ejected from the gold cylinder and coins to be dispensed from the replenishing cylinder to the dispensing cylinder, and a dispensing member driving unit that moves the dispensing member by the same stroke. The circulation type according to claim 4, characterized by comprising:貨入 dispensing machine.