JPS6310294A - Coin discharger - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (A) Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin discharging device such as that installed in a circulating coin processing machine built into an automatic teller machine, for example.

(0) Background of the Invention In general, in a circulation type coin processing machine such as the above example, when a coin is inserted into the deposit/withdrawal port 141, the coin is transferred to the first The coins are led to the first coin verification section 143 via the feeder 142, where the coins are judged for authenticity, and the counterfeit coins are returned to the original deposit/withdrawal unit 0141, while the genuine coins are taken into the internal temporary slot section 144. It will be done.

If the transaction is canceled in this temporary stock unit 144, the coins are returned to the deposit/withdrawal port 141, and if the transaction is completed, the coins are taken in and transferred from the coin replenishment unit 145. The coins are guided to the second verification section 147 via the second feeder 146, which is commonly used for transporting replenishment coins, where the denomination is determined and stored in the denomination-specific storage section 148.
Alternatively, it will be stored in either Collection III 49.

When withdrawing money, a specific coin is dispensed from the denomination storage section 148 and used as a withdrawal coin from the deposit/withdrawal port 1 in a circulating manner.
It is released on 41.

In this case, each denomination storage section 148 is removably provided with storage cylinders for storing deposited coins and replenishment coins according to denomination.
Two sensors must be installed: a storage cylinder detection sensor that detects the presence or absence of a storage cylinder, and a coin detection sensor that detects that coins have been released from the storage cylinder, which is uneconomical and difficult to install. In addition to being limited by space, it is difficult to downsize and requires time and effort to install.

(C) Purpose of the Invention The purpose of the present invention is to provide a coin ejecting device with high detection efficiency and performance that can detect both the presence or absence of a coin storage cylinder and the coin ejection operation with one sensor. .

(D) Summary of the Invention The present invention provides a coin storage cylinder made of a magnetic material having a coin ejection opening at the bottom thereof, which is removably attached to a predetermined mounting position of the coin storage part, and a coin passing position of the coin ejection opening; The coin ejecting device is characterized in that a detection area is set and a detection sensor is disposed at a position straddling the mounting position of the storage cylinder.

(E) Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, since the detection sensor is provided to detect the overlap between the attachment/detachment position of the coin storage cylinder and the ejection position at which coins are ejected from the inside of the cylinder, these two detection sensors are provided. A sensor can simultaneously detect the presence or absence of a storage cylinder and confirmation of coin release.

Therefore, since it is a single sensor that can detect both types, it has an efficient detection structure, is compact based on space saving, and is easy to install, ensuring cost reduction. can do.

(f) Examples of the invention An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below based on the drawings.

The drawing shows a circulating coin handling machine with a coin ejection device,
In FIG. 2, on the customer service panel 12 of the processing machine main body 11,
An opening 13 through which a customer inserts and takes out coins is formed, and a first shutter 14 is provided below the opening 13 to cover the opening 13 in an openable/closable manner, and the lower part of the first shutter 14 is provided as a deposit/withdrawal port 15. It is set.

A saucer 18 is provided at the bottom of the deposit/withdrawal port 15 and is rotatably controlled by driving the first solenoid 17 about the fulcrum 16. At the bottom of the saucer 18, a cylinder 19 is provided.
A first feeder 22 equipped with an f-ask 20 and a first motor 21 is provided, and the coins placed on the tray 18 are passed through the first feeder 22 to the first coin verification section 23 at the next stage. It is configured to release one sheet in sequence.

The coins guided to the first coin verification section 23 are verified to be genuine or false, and as a result, the fake coins are sent via the fake coin chute 24 onto the first conveyor belt 25 for conveying the fake coins.

On the other hand, genuine coins are guided from this point through a genuine coin chute 26 to a temporary storage section 27 located below, where they are taken in and temporarily stored so that they can be returned.

This temporary storage section 27 has a second conveyance belt 29 driven by a second motor 28 for forward and reverse rotation, and is provided with a conveyance function of this belt and a store function when the conveyance is stopped. On the upper surface of the second conveyor belt 29,
It is configured to fall and accommodate coins sent through the real coin chute 26.

The above-mentioned second conveyor belt 29 has a lower end side of the obliquely arranged belt extending to a position where it is conveyed and supplied to the above-mentioned first conveyor belt 25, and an upper end side as a second conveyor belt as a hard street discharge section to be described later.
This second conveyor belt 2 extends to the feeder 30 portion.
9, the coins are transported either in the return direction on the first transport belt 25 side or on the second feeder 30 side to be taken inside.

The second feeder 30 described above includes a cylinder 31 and a disk 32.
, a third motor 33 for driving a disk, and a first sensor 34 for detecting remaining coins, and the coins inputted from the second conveyor belt 29 and the coin replenishing device described later are transferred to the next stage. It is configured to sequentially dispense one coin to the second coin validation section 35.

The above-mentioned second coin verification section 35 accepts the coins supplied from the second feeder 30, for example, 1 yen, 5 yen, 10 yen, 50 yen, 1 yen, etc.
A denomination type determination unit 35a that determines six denominations of 00 yen and 500 yen, and a flat base 36 that also serves as a feeder board.
, a 3111th conveyance belt 37 for coin sorting, and a 4th tlff! conveyance belt 38 for hard (1 collection), and each hard circle is divided into six denominations between the base 36 and the third conveyance belt 37. The sorted coins are separated into different diameter sorting holes 39.
... are stored in the lower storage section 40 by denomination.

Here, a fifth conveyor belt 41 is disposed at the end of the feed of the fourth conveyor belt 38 described above, and the denomination type determiner 35a detects fake coins that cannot be verified and genuine coins at the time of coin collection using the same belt 41.
It is configured to be transported to gold s42 via.

Further, at the openings of the aforementioned sorting holes 39 through which the six types of coins pass through, each denomination is a second shutter 39a, which is opened and closed by a drive solenoid (not shown).
A second sensor 39b is disposed below the second sensor 39b for confirming that a coin is stored.

Further, the storage section 40 described above has storage cylinders 43 of different diameters for storing six types of coins according to their denominations, and a drive solenoid is installed at the lower end opening of each storage cylinder 43. (not shown) The third shutter 44 is opened and closed by a
...is installed.

A sixth conveyor belt 45 for conveying the coins to be dispensed to the deposit/withdrawal port 15 is disposed at the bottom of the storage a840, and between this belt 45 and the third shutter 44, there is a A third sensor 46 for confirming the release of gold coins by denomination.
...is installed.

A withdrawal slot 47 that communicates with the feed end of the sixth Wi transport belt 45 described above and the deposit/withdrawal port 15 in the customer service panel 12 described above.
A seventh conveyor belt 48 and an eighth conveyor belt 49 are disposed at 1n of the conveyor belt 49, and these belts 45, 48, 49 separate the coins from the storage section 40 and the counterfeit coins from the first conveyor belt 25. Deposit/withdrawal port 1 via the withdrawal slot 47
The system is configured to perform release and return processing in 5 minutes.

Each of the above-mentioned conveyor belts 45, 48, and 49 is interlocked with a fourth motor 5o as a belt drive source, while a motor for counting the number of coins to be dispensed is provided above the eighth conveyor belt 49 in front of the dispensing input slot 47. In addition, a fifth sensor 52 for confirming the withdrawal of money is disposed within the deposit/withdrawal port 15 below the end of the feed of the 81st #2 conveying belt 49.
In addition, a coin replenishing device 53 for loading replenishment coins is disposed in front of the second feeder 30, and this replenishing device 5
3, the replenishment coins are configured to be replenished all at once into the storage section 40 via the second feeder 30 described above.

The above-mentioned coin replenishing device 53 stores replenishing coins on one side (in the drawing,
On the conveyance direction side of the ninth conveyor belt 54 conveying to the left side),
A partial pool section 55 is provided for -H pooling the supplementary coins,
This #flf5J was once installed at the bottom of the pool part 55
By controlling the opening and closing of the flapper 56, supply of supplementary coins is controlled.

The second feeder 30 described above is disposed downstream of the opening/closing flapper 56 via the drop chute 57, and the coin passage 58 of the drop chute 57 is provided with a coin passage 58 that detects the passing of the coin through the passage 58. A sixth sensor 59 for detecting coins is provided.

Then, by rotating the opening/closing flapper 56 to the opening side as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. Then, it is supplied to the second feeder 30.

The ninth conveyance belt 54 described above is an endless belt stretched between the drive roller 60 and the driven roller 61, and is driven by the fifth motor 62 that drives the drive roller 60.

On this ninth conveyor belt 54, a replenishment safe cassette 64 that can be attached to and detached from a cassette stand 63 is arranged, and the replenishment coins in this cassette 64 are configured to fall onto the above-mentioned ninth Wi conveyor belt 54. There is.

Then, on the entrance side of the above-mentioned partial pool section 55, supplementary coins conveyed from the ninth conveyor belt 54 are detected.
71st as H Boolean sensor? A sensor 65 is provided.

By the way, the above-mentioned storage cylinders 43 for each denomination are detachably arranged in parallel at fixed positions in the storage section 40, and the bottom is usually closed by a third shutter 44 so that coins can be stored therein. is in a state of

A coin discharge passage 68 formed by a receiving plate 66 made of a non-magnetic material such as resin and a guide chute 67 supported on the processing machine main body 11 side is located below the third door 17 and the ivy 44. is formed, and this coin discharge passage 68 is formed on the upper side through which coins 6 are discharged from the storage cylinder 43 onto the receiving plate 66.
A pusher p 70 for ejecting a single coin 9 is disposed oppositely, and the coin 69 ejected by the pushing action of the pusher 70 is passed through a guide chute 67 to a sixth conveyor belt located at the lower side of the coin ejecting passage 68. 45.

Further, the third shutter 44 described above is formed of a magnetic material made of metal that can detect magnetism, and is excited in a downward direction that straddles one side of the shutter 44 extending in the horizontal direction and the coin ejection passage 68. A magnetic detection sensor 73 is provided in which a coil 71 and a detection coil 72 are arranged opposite each other to set a magnetic detection area.

As a result, one sensor 73 can efficiently detect and grasp the presence or absence of the storage cylinder 43 based on the detection of the third shutter 44 and the confirmation of coin release due to the disturbance of the magnetic field when the coin passes. can do.

Note that the upper excitation coil 71 side is allowed to rotate around one end as a fulcrum so that there is no problem in attaching and detaching the storage tube 43.

Figure 3 shows a control circuit block diagram of the magnetic detection sensor,
A constant current from an AC power source 76 is guided to the excitation coil 71 via a resistor 74 and a capacitor 75.
A hard Ti detection area is set between the opposing parts of the sensing coil 72 and the opposing part, and when magnetism and disturbance of the magnetic field are detected between the opposing parts, the preamplifier 77 amplifies the detection signal and outputs the amplified signal. After being rectified by the rectifier circuit 78, the waveform is shaped by the waveform shaping circuit 79, and the presence or absence of the storage cylinder 43 is detected via the third shutter 44 based on the degree of the static level of the signal.

Further, the signal rectified by the above-mentioned rectifier circuit 78 is differentiated by a differentiating circuit 80, this differential signal is waveform-shaped by a waveform shaping circuit 81, and the presence or absence of disturbance in the magnetic field is detected from the change level of the signal. It is possible to detect the passage of coins.

Deposits, withdrawals, and
First, each operation such as collection will be briefly explained using flow lines. The transport route of genuine coins deposited through the opening 13 of the customer service panel 12 is as follows.

15 → 22 → 23 → 26 → 27 → 30 → 35 → 40 Further, the try closed transport route for the fake coins mixed in with the real coins is as follows.

...15→22→23→24→25→48→49→4
7→...Furthermore, the recovery route for counterfeit coins 0 that cannot be verified in the second coin verification section 35 is as follows.

15 → 22 → 23 → 26 → 27 → 30 → 35 → 38 → 4
1→42 On the other hand, the transport route for the withdrawal coins corresponding to the payment is as follows.

40 → 45 → 48 → 49 → 47 → 15 Further, the transport route for collecting all the coins in the storage section 40 into the safe 42 is as follows.

40→45→48→49→47→15→22→23→2
6 → 27 → 30 → 38 → 41 → 42 Furthermore, the transportation route for replenishment coins, in which the replenishment coins are stored in the storage unit 40 as a reserve before starting business, is as follows.

64→54→56→57→30→35→Next, the above-described dispensing coin dispensing operation flow will be described in detail.

The coins stored in each storage tube 43 of the storage section 40 are
From this, with the opening operation of the third shutter 44, this storage fi4
The coins are dropped onto the receiving plate 66 from the bottom of the coin, and the released coins are further pushed out through the pusher 70 and released onto the upper surface of the sixth conveyor belt 45 for dispensing money.

At this time, the hard L1 released through the coin release passage 68
69 is a magnetic detection sensor 7 when passing through the coin detection area.
3 is detected and the coin release process is confirmed. Also,
If necessary, this storage tube 43 is removed to perform operations such as arranging the stored coins and performing maintenance and inspection.If this storage tube 43 is not installed in the fixed position,
The magnetic detection sensor 73 detects that the storage cylinder 43 is in a detached state, and at this time, the storage/discharge operation is temporarily stopped, and the storage/discharge process becomes possible again by attaching the storage cylinder 43.

As mentioned above, since a magnetic detection sensor is installed to detect the overlap between the attachment/detachment position of the storage cylinder and the position of the coin ejection passage that releases coins from inside the cylinder, this single magnetic detection sensor can be used to detect the storage It is possible to simultaneously detect the presence or absence of a cylinder and confirmation of coin release.

In the correspondence between the structure of this invention and the above-described embodiments, the coin storage section of this invention corresponds to the storage section 40 of the embodiment, and the coin storage tube corresponds to the storage tube 43, and the coin storage tube corresponds to the storage tube 43. Although the passing position corresponds to the coin discharge passage 68 and the detection sensor corresponds to the magnetic detection sensor 73, the present invention
The present invention is not limited to the configuration of the embodiment described above.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a side view of a coin discharging device, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a circulating coin processing machine, and FIG. 3 is a control circuit block diagram showing coin discharging processing operations. , FIG. 4 is a control block diagram showing a conventional coin processing state. 40... Storage section 43... Storage cylinder 68...
・Coin discharge passage 69...Coin 73...Magnetic detection sensor

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A coin storage cylinder made of a magnetic material and having a coin ejection opening at the bottom is removably attached to a predetermined mounting position of the coin storage part, and the coin passing position of the coin ejection opening and the storage cylinder A coin ejecting device in which a detection area is set and a detection sensor is arranged at a position that straddles the mounting position of the coin.