JPS6129990A - Cash handler - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a transaction operation device such as an automatic transaction device that is operated by a user to carry out transactions, and in particular, it relates to a transaction operation device such as an automatic transaction device that can be operated by a user to carry out transactions, and in particular, it relates to a transaction operation device such as an automatic transaction device that can be operated by a user to carry out a transaction, and in particular, a cash machine that can easily replenish coins. This relates to handling equipment.

Recently, automatic cash dispensers (CDs), which are transaction operating devices, have been introduced at counters of financial institutions as part of computer banking systems.
and automatic deposit payment machine (Automatic Tel
lerMachine (ATM) etc. are widely used. These devices are normally operated by a customer using a credit card or a bankbook to perform transactions such as cash withdrawals and deposits. Additionally, deposit/withdrawal machines that are operated by tellers to make deposits and withdrawals are becoming popular.

Due to its convenience, its usage is increasing, and devices that handle not only banknotes but also coins have been developed and put into practical use.

The present invention is applied to a device for handling such coins.

For such devices, a method is desired that allows easy replenishment of coins.

[Conventional technology]

Cash handling equipment that handles coins is a special withdrawal machine.

In the case of recycling-type deposit/withdrawal machines, it is necessary to replenish coins. In other words, this occurs due to the storage of cash in the storage box prior to the start of business, the replenishment of the decrease due to withdrawals in the case of a withdrawal-only machine, and the imbalance between deposits and withdrawals in the case of a recycling-type cash withdrawal machine. There is a replenishment in case of coin shortage.

Storage boxes usually come in six denominations (1 yen, 5 yen, and 10 yen).

50 yen, 1100 yen, and 500 yen).
Coins are stored by denomination.

When the number of coins of any denomination decreases as the transaction progresses and is detected by the sensor, the staff member opens the device door, pulls out the storage box of the corresponding denomination from the device, and stacks the coins inside the storage box to replenish the amount. I do.

Alternatively, if the six storage boxes are one Uniso, the unit is pulled out from the device and coins of the corresponding denomination are replenished.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

According to the above method of replenishing coins, it is necessary to unlock the device door with a key and pull out the storage box from the device, and the coins are piled up inside the storage box, which is troublesome and time-consuming. Therefore, the downtime of the device also becomes longer.

(2) Since the coin storage capacity of the storage box is small (for example, about 100 to 120 coins) compared to the case of a banknote handling device, the number of times the coins are replenished increases, which magnifies the problem (2).

■For cash management purposes, it is necessary to keep track of the number of denominations of coins replenished, and there is a problem in that it is troublesome to check this. In order to solve the problem (2), it is possible to increase the coin storage capacity, but this is not preferable because the device is required to be smaller.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention provides a storage unit that stores coins by denomination, a detection unit that detects that the number of coins stored in each storage unit is below a predetermined quantity, a notification unit that notifies the detection unit of the detection unit, and replenishment. A cash handling device comprising a replenishment port into which coins are inserted, and a replenishment operation instruction means for instructing a replenishment operation for a coin inserted from the replenishment port when notified by a notification means, and thereby solving the above problem. points can be resolved.

[Effect]

According to the present invention, instead of the conventional method of opening the device door and pulling out a storage box to replenish coins, a replenishment port into which replenishment coins are inserted and a replenishment operation instruction means for operationally instructing a coin replenishment operation are provided. and detecting a decrease in coins by a detection means,
When the notification means notifies the need for replenishment based on the detection signal, it is necessary to enlarge the storage portion by inserting coins of the corresponding denomination into the replenishment port and operating the replenishment operation instruction means to perform the replenishment operation. There are no coins, making it easy to replenish coins.
Furthermore, cash management can be easily and reliably performed.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. Fig. 1 is a schematic side view of a cash handling device showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a side view showing the discharge section of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the control unit of Fig. 1. be.

The same reference numerals indicate the same objects throughout the figures.

FIG. 1 shows a recycling type cash handling device I that handles coins, in which a magnetic thrower 2 having a shutter 2a is shown.
．． A saucer portion 3 having a shutter 3a at the bottom. Distribution board rotated by motor M14. Identification department that distinguishes the authenticity and denomination of coins 5. 6. A pool section where the identified coins are transported and temporarily pooled. Storage boxes 7a~ in which coins are stored by denomination
7f, discharge units 8a to sr for discharging coins stored in storage boxes 78 to 7f, poorly identified coins, and storage box 7
9. Store the overflowing coins in a to 7f. Refill port for inserting replenishment coins 10. and a conveyor belt mechanism 11 for conveying coins. It consists of a~llf.

At the top of the storage boxes 78-7f and the reject box 9, cages G1-G7 are provided to take in the identified coins.

As shown in FIG.
7f, and rotates in the direction of arrow A around the camshaft 70. A lever 72 has a slit 72a at one end that engages with a stud 71a of a cam 71 and is rotatably supported on a fulcrum 73. A spring 74 that urges the lever 72 in the direction of arrow C. A delivery plate 75. One end is rotatably attached to the other end of the lever 72, and the other end has a roller R1 and a delivery claw 75a. A slide plate 7 on which the coin pushed by the sending claw 75a slides and is sent out, and the roller R1 is guided on the lower surface.
6, and a guide plate 77 along which the roller R1 is guided when the delivery plate 75 retreats. Sending plate 7
5 is biased in the direction of the arrow by a spring (not shown). Further, the camshaft 71a is connected to a motor (see FIG. 3), which will be described later.

Therefore, due to the rotation of the cam 71, the lever 72 is moved by the arrow B due to the rotation of the cam shaft 71a that is engaged with the slider 72a.

It swings in the direction C, and accordingly the delivery plate 75 moves in the direction of the arrow E, causing the delivery claw 75a to release the lowest coin in the storage boxes 7a to 7f in the direction of the arrow E.

When the cam 71 further rotates, the delivery plate 75 moves in the direction of arrow F, and at this time, the roller R1 is guided by the guide plate 77 and retreats.

Further, in FIG. 3, the main control section 12 controls each section to execute the deposit/withdrawal sequence program, and also controls the deposit/withdrawal sequence program.
At the time of replenishment, the amount is counted based on the discrimination result, and at the time of withdrawal, the combination of denominations and the number of coins of each denomination are calculated according to the requested amount. In addition, sensors S1 to S provided in each of the storage boxes 7a to 7f
6, the corresponding alarm lamp L1
- L6 is turned on, and when the replenishment button 13a of the management operation unit 13 is further operated, the replenishment sequence program is executed, and when a predetermined amount of replenishment is performed, any of the corresponding alarm lamps L1 to L6 is turned on. It has the function of extinguishing the lighting.

The management operation unit 13 includes a replenishment button 13a, and is operated by a staff member.

The discrimination control section 14 has a function of controlling the discrimination section 5 to discriminate the authenticity and denomination of coins and sending the discrimination results to the main control section 12 .

The sensors S1 to S6 are provided in each of the storage boxes 7a to 7f, and are detection means for detecting that the number of stored coins has decreased to a predetermined amount. The predetermined amount is set to, for example, an amount that can correspond to one withdrawal request.

The sensor amplifier 15 amplifies the detection signals of the sensors S1 to S6 and sends the amplified signals to the main control section 12.

The lamp driver 16 selects an alarm lamp 1 which is selectively instructed by the main control unit 12 based on the detection signals of the sensors S1 to S6.
-Controls the lighting and lighting-off signals of L6.

The magnet driver 17 provides a drive signal to the corresponding gate magneto I-GMI to GM7 based on the selection signal from the main control unit 12, and performs switching control of the gates 61 to G7.

The motor driver 18 includes a motor Ml that rotates the distribution board 4 according to a signal from the main control unit 12, and a shack 2a.

Motor M2.3a that drives opening and closing. M3. Emission part 88~
Motor used to drive 8f and transport heald mechanism 1
Motor MI that drives 1a to 11c and 11d to 11f
Controls O, Mll.

With this structure and function, when making a deposit,
When a deposit button (not shown) is operated, the main control unit 12 switches the motor old, M2. The MIO is driven, the shack 2a is opened (and the distribution board 4 is rotated, and the conveyor belt mechanisms 112 to I
Driven by IC.

Then, when coins are inserted through the input slot 2, the coins are received on the tray portion 3. Then, motor M3 is driven and shutter 3 is activated.
a opens and the coins fall onto the rotating distribution board 4.

(The coins are guided to the outer periphery of the distribution board 4 and sent out to the conveyance heald mechanism 11'a, and are checked by the discrimination section 5 for authenticity.

The denomination is identified. The identified coins are conveyed by a conveyor belt and temporarily pooled in a pool section 6.

Coins that are judged to be poorly judged by the judging section 5 are rejected to the reject box 9 by actuating the gate G7 in response to a selection signal from the main control section 12.

On the other hand, the amount is counted based on the discrimination result and displayed on a display (not shown).

When the amount is confirmed and a confirmation stamp (not shown) is pressed, the main control section 12 rotates the motor M11, the conveyor belt mechanisms lid-llf are driven, and the coins are sent to the tray section 3 again. The coin thus falls onto the distribution board 4 and is delivered to the conveyor belt mechanism 11a, where the denomination is discriminated by the discrimination section 5.

The discrimination result is sent to the main control unit 12, and the gates G1 to G6 are operated in response to a selection signal based on the denomination, and the coins are stored in the storage boxes 78 to 7f of the respective denomination.

When withdrawing money, when a withdrawal button (not shown) is operated, the main control unit 12 rotates the motor Mll to drive the transport held mechanisms lid~llf, and then inputs the requested amount of money to be withdrawn using an operation button (not shown). When input, the main control unit 12 calculates the combination of denominations and the number of coins for each denomination according to the requested amount, and based on the results, selects and drives the motors old to M9 to drive the discharge units 88 to 8f. Then, coins are released from the storage boxes 88 to 8f.

The ejected coins are sent to the tray section 3 by the transport held mechanisms 11e and 11f and pooled. When all the requested amounts are pooled, the motor M2 is driven, the shutter 2a is opened, and the coins can be taken out.

Next, the method for replenishing coins will be explained. First, when any of the denominations stored in the storage boxes 7a to 7f decreases due to withdrawal and reaches a predetermined amount, the sensors S1 to S6 of the corresponding denomination are activated. One of them detects this, and a detection signal is sent to the main control section 12.

②Then, the main control unit 12 issues a command, and any of the warning lamps 1 to L6 lights up to indicate the corresponding denomination, and after waiting for the withdrawal operation to be completed, a display (not shown) will appear indicating that the “Stop” is displayed.

■Thereupon, the staff turns on the warning light, inserts the coins of the denominations 1 to L6 into the refill slot 10, and then puts them into the refill box 13a of the management operation section 13.
When you operate the main control unit 12, the motor old, M3. Mll
drive.

(2) Then, the shutter 3a opens, the distribution board 4 rotates, and the conveyor belt mechanisms lid to llf are driven.

■The coins inserted into the replenishment port 10 are transferred to the transport held mechanism 11f.
The transport heald mechanism 11e is sent out by the transport heald mechanism 11e.

11f and rises, and is sent to the saucer section 3.

■The coins thus dropped onto the distribution board 4 are transferred to the conveyor held mechanism 1.
12 and is discriminated by the discrimination section 5. The identified coins are stored in any of the storage boxes 7a to 7f that require replenishment by actuating any of the gates G1 to G6 for the corresponding denomination in response to a selection signal from the main control unit 12. Coins with poor identification are sent to reject box 9 by the operation of gate G7.
will be rejected.

■ Necessary replenishment for any of the corresponding storage boxes 73 to 7f.

That is, when the set number of coins is replenished, the main control unit 12 turns off any one of the alarm lamps L1 to L6. In this case, the set amount is set to, for example, about half of the accommodation capacity, but may also be set to accommodate uneven deposits and withdrawals.

■ Subsequent coins of the corresponding denomination will be sent to the ject box 9.

■If all the coins inserted into the replenishment port 11 are gone and there are other denominations that require replenishment and one of the alarm lamps 1, 1 to L6 remains lit, follow the above procedure for the corresponding denomination. Replenishment is performed repeatedly.

When all warning lamps go out, the attendant will replenish the
Press D13a to end replenishment.

During this time, the number of supplementary coins is counted in the main control section 12 based on the discrimination result and displayed on a display section (not shown).

Further, the cumulative total of replenishment since the start of work is displayed on a cumulative total display section (not shown).

Since it is possible to replenish the coins of the required denomination in this way, there is no need to open the device door and pull out the storage boxes 7a to 7f, which not only simplifies the replenishment work, but also allows the replenishment of coins. Since the quantity can be automatically grasped, cash management can be carried out reliably.

Although the above example describes the case of a recycling-type cash handling device for depositing and withdrawing money, it goes without saying that the same effects can be obtained even if the present invention is applied to a machine exclusively for dispensing money.

In this case, each of the storage boxes 7a to 7f is provided with a sensor for detecting the lack of coins, and the replenishment operation is performed until a detection signal from the sensor is output.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, (1) there is no need to pull out the storage box from the device to replenish coins, and replenishment can be carried out easily and efficiently.

- Since the device automatically counts the number of refills, there is no need for staff to check the replenishment each time, making cash management easy and reliable.

There is an effect.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a cash handling device showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view showing the discharge section of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a control block diagram of FIG. 1. In the figure, l is a cash handling device, 2 is an input slot, 3 is a tray part, 4 is a distribution board, 5 is a discrimination part, 6 is a boolean part, and 78
-7f is a storage part, 8a to 8f is a discharge part, 10 is a refill port,
lla to llf are conveyor belt mechanisms, 12 is main control Gl-
G7 is the gate, L1 to L6 are Keiko Drumf, old to Ml
1 represents a motor, and S1 to S6 represent sensors. English 1 Illustrated? Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] A cash handling device that performs withdrawal processing corresponding to a specified withdrawal amount, and a storage section that stores coins by denomination;
a detecting means for detecting that the number of coins accommodated in each of the accommodating parts is less than a predetermined quantity; a notifying means for notifying the detection by the detecting means; a replenishment port into which replenishment coins are inserted; A cash handling device comprising: a replenishment operation instructing means for instructing a replenishment operation of coins inserted from the replenishment port when notified.