JPS61248189A - Coin paying equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] "Industrial Application Field" The present invention relates to a coin depositing device, and in particular, it performs a differential counting process for deposited coins and a storage process for coins that have already undergone differential counting process in parallel. The present invention relates to a coin depositing device.

"Prior art and its problems" Conventionally, a coin depositing device in a coin depositing machine, coin depositing and dispensing machine, etc. has, for example, a coin supply mechanism that accepts a large number of deposited coins and delivers them one by one, and a coin supply mechanism that receives coins from the coin supply mechanism. a differential counting section that performs differential counting of the coins received in the coin feeding mechanism; A switching and discharging mechanism is provided that selectively discharges coins toward a storage section or a return section according to an instruction from an operator as to whether or not the transaction is approved based on the result. In coin depositing machines, it is desirable to classify and store deposited coins from the standpoint of post-processing, and in circulating coin depositing and dispensing machines, it is necessary to reuse deposited coins as disbursed coins, so it is desirable to We have developed a coin depositing device that is equipped with a second coin supply mechanism and a deposit distribution path that feeds out the coins to be stored in the coins one by one again and distributes and stores them by denomination.

In this case, if the coins are fed all at once from the switching and discharging mechanism to the second coin feeding mechanism, the second coin feeding mechanism will not be able to feed out the coins one by one smoothly, resulting in longer processing times and coin jams. There is a problem that it may cause

Therefore, if the switching and discharging mechanism is configured with a belt conveyor and the speed is controlled so that the amount of coins sent to the second coin supply mechanism is an appropriate amount, the above problem will be solved, but this time the deposit approval If there are a large number of coins, a problem arises in that it takes a long time for the coins in the switching and discharging mechanism to run out.

This problem occurs even though the previous transaction has been approved and completed, until the deposited coins for the previous transaction disappear from the switching and ejection mechanism, even if the deposited coins for the next transaction are transferred to the first transaction. Even if the coins are fed into the coin supply mechanism, a problem arises in that differential counting cannot be performed.

Therefore, there is a problem in that processing time is long when a plurality of transactions are processed continuously, resulting in poor efficiency.

[Objects of the present invention and means for achieving the same] The present invention effectively solves the above-mentioned problems, and can improve efficiency and shorten processing time when processing multiple transactions in succession. The purpose is to provide a coin depositing device, and the switching and discharging mechanism is composed of a belt conveyor having a horizontal conveyance section that can temporarily store coins, and a belt conveyor is provided between the discrimination and counting section and the switching and discharging mechanism. The differential counting system is characterized by having a temporary storage section having a chute structure that temporarily stores coins and allows the temporarily stored coins to be dropped and released in bulk to the switching and release mechanism by opening the release gate. By making it possible to interrupt the switching and discharging mechanism with the temporary storage section, the differential counting process of storing the coins in the temporary storage section while differentially counting the coins, and the storing process of the coins after the differential counting process are performed. This allows them to be run in parallel.

"Example" Hereinafter, a description will be given based on an example in which the coin depositing device of the present invention is applied to a circulating coin depositing and dispensing machine.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, and the circulating coin depositing and dispensing machine of this embodiment has a transaction port 1 on the top of the machine for transferring coins to and from an operator. is provided, and the upper part thereof is closed by a shutter 1a which can be opened and closed. The transaction port 1 is provided with an inlet 2 for taking in deposited coins into the machine, and an inlet 3 for receiving coins sent out from the machine. is provided with a deposit gate 4 that can be opened and closed.

A deposit transport path 5 is provided below the intake port 2 for transporting coins dropped when the deposit gate 4 is opened. The deposit conveyance path 5 includes a conveyor belt 6 having a roll 6a that conveys coins loaded thereon from right to left in FIG. 1 and separates the coins one by one; The chute 7 is provided with a sensor 7a for detecting passage of coins and counting the number of coins passing through the chute 7. A first coin supply mechanism 8 is provided below the chute 7 to once receive deposited coins and feed them out one by one. This coin supply mechanism 8 is, for example, a hopper, a rotary disk, a deformed coin removal mechanism, etc., which was applied to "Removal mechanism for deformed coins, etc. in a coin supply device" of Utility Application No. 195104/1987, which the present applicant previously filed. 9, etc., and the coins received by the hopper are scooped up one by one by a rotating disk and sent to the discrimination and counting section IO.

The discrimination and counting section 10 performs authenticity discrimination and counting using a known discrimination and counting mechanism 12 that uses a magnetic sensor, a photo sensor, etc. while rolling the coins along the inclined discrimination and counting path ll. Coins determined to be acceptable as a result of the discrimination are sent out from the tip of the discrimination counting path 11 (the right end in FIG. 1) to the temporary storage section 13. In addition, a reject gate 14 is provided in the middle of the discrimination counting path 11 to allow the rolling coins to fall.
The reject gate 14 operates after a certain period of time (the time required for a coin passing through the discrimination and counting mechanism 12 to reach the reject gate 14) after the discrimination and counting mechanism 12 determines an abnormality, and rejects unacceptable coins. It has the ability to eliminate. Further, below the first coin supplying mechanism 8 and the discrimination and counting section 1O, deformed coins, etc. that have been removed from the first coin supplying mechanism 8 or dropped from the discrimination and counting path 11 by A tilted eject chute 16 is provided for guiding the eject coins to the dispensing conveyance mechanism 15.

On the other hand, the temporary storage section 13 includes an inclined plate 18 on which coins dropped from the tip of the discrimination counting path 11 are placed, and an inclined plate 1
An inclined plate 18 is vertically rotatably provided above the upper end of 8.
A release gate 20 that can open and close a coin release port 19 between
The discharge gate 2 has a chute configuration consisting of
By rotating 0 as shown by the chain line to open the discharge port 19, the coins on the inclined plate 18 are allowed to fall along the slope to the switching and discharging mechanism 21 below.

The switching and discharging mechanism 21 is a belt conveyor having a horizontal conveyance section 22 and an inclined conveyance section 23, and the coins fed from the temporary storage section 13 are placed on the horizontal conveyance section 22 while the belt conveyor is in a stopped state. By selectively switching the rotation direction of the belt conveyor to the forward rotation direction or the reverse rotation direction, coins are transferred from the inclined conveyance section 23 to the second coin supply mechanism 24 on the right side in FIG.
or the dispensing conveyance mechanism 1 on the left side from the horizontal conveyance section 22
It is designed to transport coins at 5. Further, a return gate 26 is vertically rotatably provided above the end of the horizontal conveyance section 22, and the return gate 26 is rotated when discharging coins from the switching discharge mechanism 21 to the dispensing conveyance mechanism 15. When the coins are transferred from the temporary storage section 13 to the switching and discharging mechanism 21 in the stopped state, and when the coins fed into the switching and discharging mechanism 21 are transferred to the second coin supply mechanism 24, the coins are allowed to pass through. During conveyance, the end of the horizontal conveyance section 22 is closed by the return gate 26 to prevent coins from falling into the dispensing conveyance mechanism 15.

Further, the coins fed into the second coin supply mechanism 24 are scooped up one by one by a mechanism substantially similar to the first coin supply mechanism 8 and fed into the horizontal deposit distribution path 28. This deposit distribution path 28 transports coins from the right to the left in FIG. The denominations of the coins are determined automatically, and the sorting gates 30A to 30F thrown along the deposit distribution path 28 are selectively opened and closed. Coins are dropped by denomination into the coin accumulation tubes 31A to 31F, respectively, and stored in a stacked state.

Further, a sorting gate 30G is provided at the front end in the conveyance direction of the deposited money distribution path 28, and by operating the sorting gate 30G, each of the coin accumulation tubes 31A to 31
Coins that could not be collected in F are recycled into box 32.
It is designed to be sent to Furthermore, the deposit distribution route 28
A coin collection box 33 is provided adjacent to the recycling box 32 in front of the transport direction, and coins that have been moved without operating each of the sorting gates 30A to 30G fall from the deposit distribution path 28 and become coins. Collection box 3
It is designed to be accommodated in 3. The recycling box 32 includes a discharge belt 32a and a discharge port 32 for discharging the coins in the box to the dispensing conveyance mechanism 15.
b is provided.

A payout gate 34 for paying out coins one by one based on a payout command is provided at the bottom of each coin accumulation tube 31A to 31F.
The coins dispensed from 4 fall onto the horizontal conveyance section 35 of the dispensing conveyance mechanism 15, pass through the inclined conveyance section 36, and are separated one by one into the dispensing conveyance path 37 at the top of the machine. Sent out. The payout conveyance path 37 is provided with a sensor 37a for detecting passage of coins and counting them. The coins conveyed through the payout conveyance path 37 are dropped into the transaction opening l from the receiving opening 3.

In the coin depositing and dispensing machine having such a configuration, when a coin is inserted into the transaction port l, the depositing gate 4 is opened and the coin falls into the depositing conveyance path 5, and is counted by the sensor 7a and becomes the first coin. The coins are conveyed to the supply mechanism 8, and fed into the discrimination and counting section 10 while being separated one by one by the first coin supply mechanism 8. The coins whose authenticity has been determined and counted by the discrimination and counting section IO are temporarily stored in the storage section 13 if the coins are judged to be acceptable (in this case, the deposited coins approved in the previous transaction are transferred to the switching and discharging mechanism. 21), and if there is a coin that is determined to be unacceptable, the coin is transferred from the discrimination and counting path 11 to the reject chute. 16 and sent to the dispensing conveyance mechanism 15, and the sensor 3 of the dispensing conveyance path 37
7a and returned to transaction port 1. In this way, after performing the differential counting process, when there are no more coins sent out from the first coin supply mechanism 8 and no passing coins are detected by the differential counting section 10 even after a certain period of time has passed, the deposit conveyance path 5 Then, the first coin supply mechanism 8 is brought to a stopped state, and the discrimination and counting process for deposited coins is completed. In this state, if the removal mechanism 9 of the first coin supply mechanism 8 is activated and deformed coins etc. remain in the coin supply mechanism 8, the deformed coins etc. are discharged to the reject chute 16. The money is sent out to the payout conveyance mechanism 15 and transferred to the payout conveyance path 37.
It is counted by the sensor 37a and returned to the transaction port 1.

When the discrimination and counting process for the deposited coins is completed in this manner, the operator determines whether or not the transaction is approved based on the discrimination and counting result.

If the transaction is approved, the discharge gate 20 of the temporary storage section 13 is rotated for a certain period of time to open the discharge port 19, and the coins on the inclined plate 18 are switched all at once to the discharge mechanism 21.
At the same time, the switching and discharging mechanism 21 is driven in the forward rotation direction (as described above, when the forward rotation has already been performed, the forward rotation is further continued). feed the coins into the second coin supply mechanism 24,
It is possible to perform storage processing in each of the coin accumulation tubes 31A to 31F. In this case, since the temporary storage section 13 has a chute configuration with the inclined plate 18 and the discharge gate 20, the coins can be switched and dropped onto the horizontal conveyance section 22 of the discharge mechanism 21 within a short fixed time of several seconds. .

In addition, if the transaction is not approved due to the occurrence of deformed coins, rejected coins, etc., the temporary storage section 13 release gate 2
0 for a certain period of time to open the discharge port 19, and the inclined plate 1
8 are collectively dropped onto the horizontal conveying section 22 of the switching and discharging mechanism 21, and the coins on the switching and discharging mechanism 21
is driven in the reverse direction, and the coins dropped onto the horizontal conveyance section 22 are discharged to the dispensing conveyance mechanism 15 on the left side in FIG.

Therefore, when performing multiple deposit transactions consecutively, after the discrimination and counting process of the deposited coins inserted in the previous transaction is completed, the discharge port 19 of the temporary storage section 3 is opened and the coins are switched to the discharge mechanism. 21 and closing the discharge gate 20 again, the front and rear of the discharge gate 20, that is, the discrimination and counting section 12 and the switching discharge mechanism 21, can be cut off, so that multiple deposit transactions can be performed continuously. In this case, the deposited coins from the new transaction are stored in the temporary storage section 13 while being differentially counted, and in parallel with the differential counting process of the newly deposited coins, the coins from the previous transaction are switched and the discharging mechanism is activated. 21, the coins can be discharged to the second coin supply mechanism 24 for storage processing.

In addition, the operation at the time of the above-mentioned deposit transaction is that the deposited coins approved in the previous transaction are driven in the forward direction by the switching and discharging mechanism 21.
As described above, when starting a new deposit transaction, all of the deposited coins approved in the previous transaction are transferred to the second coin supply mechanism 24 and the deposit distribution path 28.
If the dispensing mechanism 21 is distributed and stored by the user and is no longer on the switching discharge mechanism 21, the discharge gate 20 of the temporary storage section 13 is opened from the start of this new deposit transaction, and the switching discharge mechanism 21 in the stopped state is used as a temporary storage section. use, and
During a new deposit transaction, if the deposited coins approved in the previous transaction are no longer on the switching and discharging mechanism 21 in the same way as described above, after the switching and discharging mechanism 21 is stopped, the temporary storage section 13 By opening the discharge gate 20, the switching discharge mechanism 21 in the stopped state can be used as a temporary storage section in the same manner as described above.

Moreover, the belt conveyor of the switching discharge mechanism 21 is
In the case of normal rotation drive for feeding deposited coins into the second coin supply mechanism 24, the second coin supply mechanism 24 and deposit distribution path 2
The system is configured so that the feeding speed can be controlled (increase/decrease the supply speed, intermittent feeding, etc.) so that the amount of coins matches the distribution processing speed in step 8, and in the case of reverse drive to return coins to the dispensing conveyance mechanism 15 , which can be configured to release at high speeds.

Further, FIGS. 2 to 5 show other embodiments of the present invention, and in these embodiments, a tray 41 is provided at the transaction port l, and by vertically rotating the tray 41, Coins are directly fed into the first coin supply mechanism 8 via a funnel-shaped guide section 42. Furthermore, in the examples shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, in addition to the transaction port l in the example shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of coins are provided, for example, six coins are provided for each denomination, and the inserted coins are conveyed to the guide section 42 by a conveyor belt 44 and fed into the first coin supply mechanism 8. When inserting the replenishment coins, the discharge gate 20 of the temporary storage section 13 is opened, and the switching discharge mechanism 21 is operated in the forward rotation direction.
The coins that have passed through the discrimination and counting section 10 are sent to the second coin supply mechanism 24 without being temporarily stored, and storage processing is performed.

In each of the above embodiments, an example was shown in which the coin depositing device of the present invention was applied to a circulating coin depositing and dispensing machine. It can also be applied to machines etc. others,
It is possible to change the detailed configuration without changing the gist of the invention.

"Effects of the Invention" As explained above, according to the coin depositing and dispensing machine of the present invention, the switching and discharging mechanism is constituted by a belt conveyor having a horizontal conveyance section capable of temporarily storing coins, and the discrimination and counting section and the switching and discharging mechanism, a chute that temporarily stores the coins sent out from the discrimination and counting section, and allows the temporarily stored coins to be dropped and discharged all at once to the switching and discharging mechanism by opening the discharging gate. Since the temporary storage section is provided, it is possible to cut off between the discrimination counter and the switching and discharging mechanism, so that after discharging the coins stored in the temporary storage section to the switching and discharging mechanism, During subsequent coin storage processing from the switching and discharging mechanism, it is possible to differentially count the deposited coins from a new transaction and store them in the temporary storage section. The processing after the differential counting processing can be performed in parallel and continuously, resulting in high efficiency and an effect that the processing time can be shortened.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing one embodiment in which the coin depositing device of the present invention is applied to a circulating coin depositing and dispensing machine, and FIGS. 2 to 5 are schematic diagrams showing other embodiments of the present invention, respectively. . l...Transaction port, 5...Deposit conveyance path, 7
a...Sensor, 8...First coin supply mechanism, 9...Removal mechanism, IO...Discrimination and counting section, 11...・Differential counting path, 12...
・Differential counting mechanism, 13...Temporary storage section, 14・
... Reject gate, 15 ... Payment conveyance mechanism, ■6 ... Reject chute, 18.
... Inclined plate, 19 ... Outlet, 20 ...
...Discharge gate, 21...Switching discharge mechanism, 22...Horizontal conveyance section, 23... Inclined conveyance section, 24...Second Coin supply mechanism, 26
...Return gate, 28...Deposit distribution path, 29...Distribution identification mechanism, 31A-31F...
. . . Coin accumulating cylinder, 37 . . . Payout conveyance path, 37a . . . Sensor.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a coin supply mechanism that accepts a large number of deposited coins and feeds them out one by one; a discrimination and counting section that performs discrimination and counting of the coins fed from the coin supply mechanism; After the differential counting process for all coins received in the coin supply mechanism is completed, the coins are selectively sent to the storage section or the return section according to an instruction from the operator as to whether or not to approve the transaction based on the differential counting results. A coin depositing device comprising: a switching discharge mechanism for discharging coins into a storage section according to the transaction approval instruction; a second coin supply mechanism and a deposit distribution path for distributing and storing coins by denomination by again discharging the coins stored in the storage section one by one according to the transaction approval instruction; The switching and discharging mechanism is constituted by a belt conveyor having a horizontal conveyance section that can temporarily store coins, and the coins sent out from the discrimination and counting section are temporarily stored between the discrimination and counting section and the switching and discharging mechanism. The coin depositing device is characterized in that it is provided with a temporary storage section having a chute structure that allows the temporarily stored coins to be dropped and released in a batch to the switching and discharging mechanism by opening the discharging gate.