JPH10198839A - Paper money insertion port for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve a decorative frame for paper money insertion provided on the front of a door plate so that it can cope as a common part with even a different kind of a paper money selector attached to the outer door of an automatic vending machine. SOLUTION: In a structure, which is provided with a decorative frame 13 for paper money insertion on the front side of an outer door to be confronted to a paper money taking in port 12a of a paper money selector 12 that is incorporated into the rear side of the outer door 1, a paper money guiding plate 14, which can vertically be adjusted in accordance with heights H1 and H2 of the paper money taking in port which are different according to the kinds of paper money selectors is provided on the rear side of the frame 13, both sides of edges of the plate 14 are guided and supported along a pair of left and right guide rails 13c, which are attached to the rear of the frame 13 in a vertically slidable way, and after that, the plate 14 is fixed to a desired adjustment position with a joint screw.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill insertion slot provided in a front outside door of a vending machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 3 is a front view of a vending machine to which the present invention is applied. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an outer door of a vending machine. The outer door 1 has a display room 3 on which a sample 2 of a sold product is displayed, a product selection button 4, a product outlet 5, a coin slot 6, a bill insertion slot. 7, a return lever 8, a liquid crystal display panel 9, a coin return slot 10, a door lock lever 11, and the like. Although not shown, a coin mechanism and a money handling device of a bill sorting machine are mounted on the back side of the outer door 1 in connection with the coin insertion slot 6 and the bill insertion slot 7.

FIGS. 4A and 4B show a conventional structure of a bill insertion slot combined with a bill sorter. That is, the bill sorter 12 has a slit-like bill inlet 12a on the front surface of its main body.
Are opened, and washers 12b and 12 provided on the upper and lower sides of the main body.
c, it is screwed and fixed to a fixed seat 1a provided on the outer door 1. On the other hand, on the front surface of the outer door 1, a decorative frame 13 for inserting a bill by surrounding the bill inlet 12a of the bill sorter 12.
Equipped. The decorative frame 13 is made of a resin molded product, and at the center thereof, a bill insertion guide 13a extending to the bill inlet 12a of the bill sorter 12 projects to the back side. A flapper-type opening / closing lid 13b is provided on the front side to cover the opening surface.

[0004] The operation of inserting bills at the time of purchase of a product in such a configuration is well known, and the opening and closing lid 13 of the decorative frame 13 is viewed from the front.
When b is opened and the bill is pushed in while sliding along the wall surface of the insertion guide 13a, the bill is drawn into the inside of the main body from the bill inlet 12a of the bill sorter 12, and a predetermined bill sorting process is performed. On the other hand, the banknote sorting machine 12 has slightly different external specifications such as the mounting positions of the washers 12b and 12c provided on the upper and lower sides of the main body and the height position H of the banknote inlet 12a opened on the front surface of the main body, depending on the manufacturer and model. . Therefore, a vending machine maker has adopted a bill sorting machine 1
The paper money insertion frame 13 is designed and manufactured in accordance with the model No. 2 and its external specifications, and the insertion guide 13a of the frame 13 is installed in the outer door 1 while the insertion guide 13a of the paper money separator 13 is used.
Of the bill inlet 12a.

[0005]

However, the conventional structure of the above-mentioned bill insertion slot has the following problems in production and use. 1) Regarding the decorative frame for inserting bills, the decorative frame is designed and manufactured in accordance with the external specification of the adopted bill sorter, that is, the opening position H of the bill inlet (see FIG. 4 (b)). This necessitates an increase in the number of types of decorative frames, which makes it difficult to manage parts, and also increases production costs.

[0006] 2) In the case of mass-produced vending machines, the model of the bill sorting machine may be changed according to the user's specification or the like.
The decorative frame 13 may be newly designed and re-manufactured in accordance with the model and external specifications of the bill sorting machine to be changed, or the decorative frame and the bill sorting machine may be attached to the outer door by changing the mounting position of the bill sorting machine. It is necessary to take countermeasures to ensure consistency with the above. However, changing the mounting position of the component to be mounted on the outer door in the middle is often limited in terms of space due to the relationship with other mounted components in the vicinity and cannot be easily handled.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to use a decorative frame for inserting bills in common with various bill sorters having different external specifications. It is an object of the present invention to provide a bill insertion slot of a vending machine which is made possible.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the bill insertion slot of the present invention, a front face of the outer door is opposed to a bill inlet of a bill sorting machine incorporated behind the outer door. On the back side of the decorative frame for inserting the banknotes, which is fixed to the side, a banknote guide member that can be adjusted in the vertical direction by adjusting the height position to the banknote inlet of the banknote sorter is provided.

In the above-mentioned construction, the bill guide member is formed as a guide plate bent in an inverted L-shape, and both side edges of the guide plate are vertically arranged along a pair of left and right guide rails provided on the back side of the decorative frame. After supporting the guide so that it can slide,
Position and fix via fastening screws. According to the above configuration, the positioning of the bill guide member with respect to the decorative frame can be adjusted in the vertical direction. Therefore, by adjusting the fixed position of the bill guide member up and down without changing the installation position of the bill sorter and the decorative frame with respect to the outer door, the bill sorter of various specifications in which the opening position of the bill inlet is different can be obtained. It is possible to cope with and to make parts of the decorative frame common. Further, even when the bill sorting machine mounted on the vending machine is changed or replaced with another model on the way, it can be easily handled by using the existing makeup frame as it is.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 (a) and 2 (b). In the drawings of the embodiment, the same members corresponding to FIG. 4 are denoted by the same reference numerals. In this embodiment, a decorative frame 13 for inserting bills fixedly arranged on the front side of the outer door opposite to the bill sorter 12 incorporated at a fixed position on the back side of the outer door 1 is provided on the back side thereof. A bill guide plate 14 is mounted so that the bill guide plate 14 can be moved up and down with its upper end facing a bill insertion window (square hole) opened at the center of the frame. The bill guide plate 14 is made of a metal or resin plate bent in an inverted L-shape.
The left and right side edges are fitted into a pair of left and right guide rails (rails having an L-shaped cross section) 13c provided on the back surface of the decorative frame 13 so as to be vertically guided and supported.
The fixing screw (stepped screw) 15 which is inserted into the long groove 13d formed in the longitudinal direction of c and screwed to the guide plate 14 is fixed at a desired height position.

A bill sorter 12 mounted on the outer door 1
When the bill inlet 12a is open at the height position H1 in FIG. 1, the bill guide plate 14 is pulled upward in accordance with the position H1 (by pinching the screw head of the fastening screw 15 with a fingertip). The guide plate 14 can be easily fixed in this position by tightening the fastening screw 15 at this position. Further, when a model in which the bill inlet 12a is opened at the height position H2 in FIG. 1 is adopted as the bill sorter 12, the bill guide plate 14 is moved downward so as to be indicated by a chain line in accordance with the height position H2. Adjust by pulling down and tightening screw 15
Fix in this position with.

Thus, with the decorative frame 13 having the adjustable bill guide plate 15 provided therein as a common component, the guide plate 15 is fixed to the outer door 1 while the bill sorter 12 and the decorative frame 13 are installed in fixed positions. With a simple operation of moving and adjusting the paper money in the vertical direction, it is possible to correspond to a bill sorter of each model having different external specifications. Note that the bill guide plate 1
The adjusting and moving means 4 is not limited to the illustrated structure.

[0013]

As described above, according to the configuration of the present invention, even if the height position of the bill inlet differs depending on the model and external specifications of the bill sorter mounted on the vending machine, A bill attached to a decorative frame without using a decorative frame for insertion as a common part, without having to change the installation position of the banknote sorter and decorative frame with respect to the outer door, or to newly design and recreate the decorative frame. By adjusting the guide plate in the vertical direction, it can be easily handled.

[0014] This makes it possible to standardize the components mounted on the vending machine, and to change the bill sorting machine to another model on the way.
It is possible to provide a bill insertion slot of a vending machine which is advantageous in terms of production and parts management, for example, it is possible to easily use the existing decorative frame as it is even in the case of replacement.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration sectional view of a bill insertion slot of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are diagrams illustrating a detailed structure of a decorative frame for inserting bills in FIG. 1, wherein FIG. 2A is a rear view, and FIG. 2B is a partially enlarged view of an adjusting mechanism of the bill guide plate in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the entire vending machine to which the present invention is applied;

4A and 4B are diagrams showing a conventional structure of a bill insertion slot provided on the outer door of FIG. 3, wherein FIG. 4A is a cross-sectional view of a decorative frame combined with a bill separator, and FIG. 4B is an external view of the bill separator.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Outer door of vending machine 7 Bill insertion slot 12 Bill sorter 12a Bill intake slot 13 Decorative frame for bill insertion 13c Guide rail 14 Bill guide plate 15 Fastening screw

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A bill insertion device for a vending machine having a decorative frame for inserting bills on the front side of the outer door, facing a bill inlet opening on the front side of the bill separator mounted on the back side of the outer door. In the mouth, a bill guide for a vending machine characterized in that a bill guide member that can be adjusted in the vertical direction by adjusting the height position to the bill intake port of the bill sorter is provided on the back side of the decorative frame. Insertion opening. 2. The bill insertion slot according to claim 1, wherein the bill guide member is a guide plate bent in an inverted L-shape, and a pair of left and right guide rails having both side edges of the guide plate provided on the back side of the decorative frame. A bill insertion slot of a vending machine characterized by being guided and supported so as to be slidable in the vertical direction along with and positioned and fixed via a fastening screw.