JPS58112187A - Paper money discrimination/transaction equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a banknote discrimination transaction bag [K] used, for example, in a vending machine for 1 currency exchange M%.

Recently, there has been an increase in the number of automatic vending machines and currency exchange machines that use not only coins but also single banknotes, and multiple banknotes must be inserted into ticket vending machines for trains, buses, etc. Therefore, in this type of device, it is necessary to distinguish the continuously inserted banknotes and ensure that only genuine banknotes are transacted.

A banknote inserted into a conventional banknote verification and transaction device through a banknote input slot 1 having the configuration shown in FIG. Then, the genuine banknotes determined to be "true" are temporarily held in the holding section C via the conveyance path d, and the defective banknotes determined to be "false" are returned to the banknote input terminal. The genuine banknotes held in the above-mentioned holding unit are stored in the amount of 1, 1, 1, or 1,000 yen upon the customer's transaction completion signal, i.e., the purchase button suppression signal, etc., and are returned via the return route g upon the transaction cancellation signal. It is configured to be returned to

However, troubles with customers often occur after the end of the transaction, and in this case, the banknotes...
The a&i1 has a significant amount of time, which is extremely difficult.

The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances, and its purpose is to distinguish banknotes that have been continuously inserted,
To provide a banknote discrimination and transaction device which can reliably transact only genuine banknotes and also easily and reliably verify the banknotes at the time of transaction and after the end of the transaction.

An embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to FIGS.

The number of banknotes inserted into the 1ri banknote slot 2 in the figure is fixed, and if it is determined to be "fake", the defective banknote is returned to the banknote slot JK, and if it is determined to be rXl, this banknote is returned. This is a banknote appraisal conveyance unit that takes in genuine banknotes. Reference numeral 3 denotes a banknote-next storage unit that temporarily holds the banknotes sent from the banknote appraisal conveyance unit 1.

In addition, 4 is a banknote sent from the banknote-next storage unit 3.
It is a secondary banknote holding section that holds...

Reference numeral 5 denotes a confirmation window for visually confirming the banknotes held in the secondary banknote holding section 4.

Next, the banknote appraisal conveyance section 1 will be described in detail.

The banknote input slot 2 is configured to input banknotes in a horizontal state, and a banknote transport path 6 for transporting the inserted banknotes is formed in the banknote insertion direction. This banknote conveyance path g
The mutually opposing surfaces of the endless first conveyor belt 8 stretched across the H-loaf 7 and the endless second conveyor belt 10 stretched through the rollers 9 . It is formed by a contact surface between one conveyor belt 8 and a conveyor roller 11 that rolls into contact with the conveyor belt 8 . A banknote validator 12 is placed in the middle of the banknote transport path 6, and KH second and third banknote detectors 73, 14 are placed in front of and behind the banknote validator 120, respectively. Moreover, the banknote conveyance path 6 is driven by the first conveyance belt 8 or the first motor 15 to run in the forward direction or the reverse direction, so that the banknote Af
j [! The loaded banknotes are returned to the banknote slot 2. Furthermore, the starting end of this banknote conveyance path 6 and the banknote input slot 2
There is a shutter 1 operated by a solenoid 16 between the
1 is carefully arranged, and a first bill detector 18 is also provided in the bill slot 2. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the second banknote detector 11 has a detection portion I J a' facing the edge of the banknote conveyance path 60 on the meat side.

When JJb is placed and a banknote of the correct size is detected, as shown in Figure 8g4, these detectors 13a and 'IJb are simultaneously turned on and turned off simultaneously after a certain period of time. It is designed to check whether

Further, the banknote-next storage section J is configured as follows. That is, a second banknote transport path 1# is formed which communicates with the banknote 1 transport path 6 in the banknote taking and transport direction. This banknote conveyance path 19 is connected to the upper surface of an endless third conveyance belt 21 stretched through triangular first and second gates 20 and 21 and rollers xz and zx, and an upper guide 2.
4 and 4-ra Is, : 25, the fourth gate is stretched across the third conveyor belt 23.
The lower surface of the conveyor belt 26 is formed by a mutually opposing portion of the conveyor belt 26 .

11. A banknote holding mechanism 2r for temporarily holding banknotes is provided on the lower surface side of the second banknote transport path 1g located between the gates go and zx.

This banknote holding mechanism 21 is located at the upper part of the peripheral surface or at the banknote conveyance path 19.
The drum 28 is placed in contact with the lower surface of the drum 28, and the rollers 29 are stretched between the drum 28 and the rollers 29.
8 and a supporting belt 30 that touches the lower side of the banknote 8 at a ratio of about 273 of the entire circumference, and can hold a plurality of banknotes by sandwiching them between these mutually opposing surfaces. . Further, as shown in FIG.
The width dimension of 8 is the width dimension of the banknote ^ as shown in Figure 6! Narrower than 1! , is set to .

The support belt 30 receives the driving force of the second motor 32 via the clutch brake JJ, and the drum 2
Driving force is transmitted to J from a drive roller 2p that supports the support belt JO through a gear mechanism at (not shown). the above#! The motor J2 of No. 2 is adapted to drive the fourth conveyor belt 2σ, and the motor J2 of No.
! 1. Second gate 10. :Solenoid 34,3 to II
It is activated by j.

Note that 36 is a drum rotation detector that detects the amount of rotation of the drum 28.

First, the banknote secondary storage section 4 is constructed as shown above. That is, a 1g3 banknote conveyance path 11 is formed that communicates with the banknote take-in and conveyance direction of the second banknote conveyance path 1#. This 113 banknote conveyance path 11 has rollers sa and s.
By the mutually opposing portions of the sixth conveyor belt 42 stretched through the fifth conveyor belt 401m-t 41°41 and the movable guide plate 41 provided on the terminal end side of the fifth conveyor belt 401m-t It is formed.

As shown in FIG. 7, the movable guide plate 41 is configured to be rotatable around the axis of the row 241 so that it can be positioned horizontally or in a vertical U position, and has a groove on the free end side. An inclined guide part 43 that guides the tip of the nine banknotes conveyed through the banknote conveyance path 21 of No.3 diagonally upward.
m is formed.

Further, a gold RI/144 is electrically connected to the lower part of the banknote secondary storage section 40 configured in this way, and by rotating the movable guide plate 43t to the position indicated by the two-dot chain line, the banknote secondary storage section 4 It is configured such that banknotes that have been reserved can be stored in the safe 44.

In addition, the confirmation window J for visually checking the banknotes held in the secondary banknote storage unit 4 is constructed by closing a viewing window formed on the rear surface of the housing 45 with a transparent glass 46. There is.

It was. A fourth banknote detector 41 is provided between the transparent glass 46 and the banknote secondary storage section 4 to detect the tip of the banknote protruding from the end of the third banknote transport path 31.

Note that 48 is a banknote A stored in the secondary banknote storage unit 4.
It is a blind plate that covers the internal mechanism to facilitate visual confirmation of...

Outside the mounting body 4j and in the vicinity of the confirmation window 5, the banknotes in the secondary storage section 4 are forcibly stored in the safe 44 as necessary, and the banknotes in the secondary storage section 3... A forced switch 49 for staff operation is provided to forcibly transport the banknotes to the secondary banknote storage section 4.

Note that this is a fifth banknote detector disposed between the second banknote transport path 1g and the third banknote transport path 37.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

When a customer inserts a banknote At-banknote input slot jK, it is detected by the first banknote detector 18, the solenoid 16 is activated, and the shutter 17 is opened.

As shown in Figure 3, the detection unit 1 of the second banknote detection @11 detects the banknote inserted into the banknote input 02! Im, 13b detects the front end and rear end, and as described above, dimensions such as width and length are inspected, and if the ointment does not meet the specifications, the first motor 15 is reversely rotated, and the defective ointment is removed. The bill is returned to the bill slot 2 and returned to the customer. Further, the banknotes 5 that conform to the standard pass through a banknote validator 12 section, and are judged to be genuine or false. If the bill is determined to be "false" at this time, the first motor 15 rotates in the reverse direction and the bill is returned to the bill slot 2. When the authenticity is being determined, the third bill detector 14
When reaching the clutch brake 33 with a constant tie-up,
The clutch is turned on, the drum 28 rotates, and after passing the third bill detection section 14, the first bill is counted and the motor 1s of sll is stopped. In addition, the genuine bill drum determined to be "true" passes through the second gate 21 section which is open while being corrected by the upper guide 24 and the feeding prots 31, and passes through the mutually opposing surface of the drum 28 and the support bell) J (+). I get caught in between.

The drum 28 rotates once and stops due to a false signal from the drum rotation detector 36. At this time, whether the first motor 1s is positive (b)
This enables the insertion of a second bill.

When the second banknote is inserted into the banknote slot 2, it goes through the same operation as described above and reaches the third banknote detector 14 section.

As a result, the drum 28 rotates simultaneously, and the second bill is superimposed on top of the first bill.

As shown by the two-dot chain line of the string 5s, the front and rear ends are slightly shifted and held by the nine-shaped pin, and the second bill is counted after passing through the bill detector 14 section.

In this way, the front and rear ends of the banknote frame shifted little by little. The banknotes are retained in the banknote-next bullet retaining section 2 in a so-called sashimi alignment state.

At this time, if the return button (not shown) is pressed by the customer for some reason and a transaction cancellation signal is issued, the solenoid J4 operates and the gate xo in Figure 1 is "closed", that is, shifted to the position shown by the two-dot chain line in Figure 2. position, and the clutch of the clutch V, - key J3 is turned on. Next, the dll, the second motor 71.37 rotates in the opposite direction, and the drum 2# and the support belt 30
The banknotes temporarily held in a superposed state between the banknotes and the banknotes are returned to the banknote slot 2 and returned to the customer. drum 2
8, the brake of the clutch brake 3J is turned ON by the signal from the drum rotation detector 1#, the solenoid 34 is turned OFF, and the first gate 2# is in the "lock" position, that is, the position shown by the solid line in FIG. deviate to. Also, return banknotes
. . passes through the third banknote detector 14 section, the count is cleared.

In addition, when the customer approves the transaction and presses a purchase button (not shown), the transaction is assumed to have been completed, and the banknotes that were held in the banknote storage unit S are placed in secondary banknote storage in the state 11. 4).

That is, when the purchase button is pressed, the solenoid 35 is activated, and the second gate 21 is ``closed'', that is, deviated to the position shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 2, and the clutch of the clutch brake J3 is turned on. Next, the second motor 32 rotates forward to rotate the drum 28 counterclockwise, and the bill holding mechanism 27, that is, the bill is held between the drum 28 and the support bell (Jc+) and is temporarily held there. The banknotes are fed into the II3 banknote transport path J1 formed by the fifth and aS transport belts J# and 4ffi via the third and fourth transport belts zs and xtt. A friend banknote sent into the third banknote transport path 11 is a banknote detector 4 whose front end is 114.
For a predetermined period of time after being detected by r, only the rear end of one banknote is conveyed to a position where it is clamped by the conveyor belts 40 and 41 of the iris S and stopper 6, and held in this state.

At this time, the banknotes held as shown in irises 7Ia...
・Is an inclined guide iiB with a movable guide plate 4J at the front end 4
These banknotes are guided obliquely upward by 7s and are in the 9 state, and can be easily visually confirmed from outside the casing 45 through the confirmation window 5.

Therefore, even after the transaction is completed, the banknotes are held in the secondary banknote storage unit 4 until the next customer inserts the banknotes, and since the clerk can visually confirm the contents from the confirmation screen 5, the banknotes will not occur immediately after the transaction ends. Even simple problems can be easily and reliably dealt with.

Also, when the next customer inserts banknotes, the banknotes held in the secondary banknote storage unit 4 are stored in the safe 44, and the banknotes are automatically transferred to the next banknote storage unit 10. The banknotes are then sent to the secondary banknote storage section 4.

On the other hand, when the drum xxH completes one rotation, the brake of the clutch brake JJ is turned on by a signal from the drum rotation detector 36 to stop the drum.

At the same time, the solenoid 35 is turned OFF to open the second gate 21, that is, to deviate it to the position shown by the solid line in FIG. It will be taken in and transported within 6 days.

In addition, if the clerk wants to visually confirm the banknote person in the banknote secondary storage section 1 as necessary, the clerk can press the forced switch 49 for the clerk's operation to visually confirm the banknote banknote in the banknote secondary storage section 4. . . are forcibly stored in the banknote wjt 44, and the banknotes in the next banknote storage section 1 are forcibly conveyed to the banknote secondary storage section 4.

When the hand is released from the first forced switch 4g after visual confirmation, the banknotes are sent back from the banknote secondary storage section 4 to the banknote secondary storage section 1 and are held there again.

In addition, according to the above-mentioned example, since the banknote transport path 1# of the banknote-next bullet storage unit 1 and the banknote transport path 31 of the banknote secondary storage unit 4 are separate transport systems, even if the banknote storage operation is performed There is no hindrance to the subsequent pinning operation of the inserted banknotes at the time of production.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, all banknotes that are returned due to defective banknotes and the customer's transaction cancellation signal are returned to the customer by being returned to the banknote slot, and the banknotes are returned to the banknote return slot provided separately. may be used, other
It goes without saying that the present invention can be modified in various ways without departing from the gist of the invention.

As explained in more than one aspect of the present invention, the banknotes inserted through the banknote slot are authenticated, and if the banknotes are determined to be "false", the defective banknotes are returned to the customer, and if the banknotes are determined to be "true", the banknotes are returned to the customer. a banknote appraisal conveyance unit that takes in genuine banknotes;
It has a banknote holding mechanism that temporarily holds the genuine banknotes sent from the banknote appraisal conveyance unit, and a banknote-next banknote part that allows the banknotes to be returned in response to a customer's transaction cancellation signal, and transactions from this banknote-next bankboard unit. There is a secondary banknote holding section which temporarily holds the genuine banknotes automatically fed in after the end of the transaction and stores the held banknotes in a safe when the next customer starts a transaction, and a secondary banknote holding section is provided corresponding to this secondary banknote holding section to hold the banknotes. A confirmation window is provided for visually confirming the banknotes stored in the banknote, and the banknotes in the secondary banknote storage section are forcibly stored in the safe as necessary, and the banknotes in the 1st and 2nd banknote storage sections are forcibly conveyed to the secondary banknote storage section. Therefore, it is possible to separate the consecutively inserted banknotes and to reliably transact only genuine banknotes.

In addition, while the transaction continues, the banknote is held in the banknote-next storage section,
Even after the transaction is completed, the banknotes are retained in the secondary banknote storage unit until the next customer inserts the banknotes, so it is possible to easily deal with troubles with the customer that tend to occur immediately after the transaction is completed. An attendant can visually check the banknotes stored in the secondary banknote storage section from the outside through the confirmation window, making it extremely easy to check the stored banknotes. Furthermore, by operating the first forced switch, the banknotes in the banknote-next storage section are forcibly conveyed to the secondary banknote storage section, where they can be visually checked, making it easy to check the status of the transaction participants. play.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a schematic side view showing the configuration of a conventional device, Fig. 2 is a schematic side view showing an embodiment of the inventive device, and Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the second banknote detection section of the same embodiment. , FIG. 84 is a tie-setting chart of the same detection unit, FIG. 5 is a side view showing the banknote holding form 111 of the banknote-next clipping part of the same embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a banknote-
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating the positional relationship between the drum of the next bullet retention section and the banknote during temporary retention, and FIG. 7 is a side view showing the banknote retention state of the banknote secondary retention section of the same embodiment. A: Banknote, 1: Banknote appraisal conveyance section, 2: Banknote input slot, 3: Banknote-next storage section, 4: Banknote secondary storage section, 5: Confirmation window , 44...Safe, 49...Forced switch. Figure 1 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 550-

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Nine banknotes are inserted through the banknote slot, and if the banknotes are determined to be "false" and rejected, the defective banknotes are returned to the customer, and if the banknotes are determined to be "true", the genuine banknotes are taken away. It has a banknote holding mechanism that temporarily holds the nine or more genuine banknotes sent from the banknote appraisal transport unit, and a banknote retainer that allows the banknotes to be returned in response to a transaction cancellation signal from a customer. There is a secondary banknote storage unit that temporarily holds genuine banknotes that are automatically fed in from the next storage unit after a transaction ends, and stores the banknotes in a safe when the next customer starts a transaction. A confirmation window is provided for two-visually confirming the stored banknotes, and the banknotes in the secondary banknote storage section are forcibly stored in the safe as necessary, and the banknotes in the 1st banknote - 2nd banknote storage section are stored in the banknote 2nd banknote bank. A banknote discrimination device comprising a forced switch for operation by an attendant to forcefully transport the banknotes to the next holding section.