JPS6327242Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Field of Application) The present invention relates to a coin handling machine used in automatic deposit/withdrawal devices installed in financial institutions.

(Prior Art) As a coin processing machine that totals the inserted coins by denomination, deposits them, and dispenses coins of a predetermined amount, for example, the one described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 60-33691 is known. be.

This conventional coin processing machine is shown in FIG. To process a deposit using this coin processing machine, the depositor must:
Coins to be deposited are inserted all at once through an openable and closable opening 51 provided on the front upper surface of the machine main body case 50. The coin inserted is Hopper 5
2, and then falls onto the rotating disk 53 below in response to an instruction from the depositor to receive the money. The coins on the rotating disk 53 are sent to the transfer path 54 one by one, and during the transfer, the coin identification device 55 identifies fake coins, genuine coins, and denominations, and the coins are sent to the end of the transfer path 54. The coins are temporarily stored in a provided coin temporary storage device 56.
Since the total amount of the inserted coins identified by the coin identification device 55 is displayed on the display device, the depositor confirms it and issues an instruction to approve the deposit. With this directive,
The coins held in the temporary holding device 56 are returned to the hopper 52 via the conveyor 57, and from the hopper 52 via the rotating disk 53 to the transfer path 54.
will be sent again. This transfer path 54 is provided with a sorting passage device 58 for sorting coins by denomination, and a coin storage device 59 is arranged below the sorting passage device 58, so that coins are sorted by sorting passage device 58 by denomination. The coins are stored in the coin storage device 59, and the deposit processing is completed.

In addition, when withdrawing a predetermined amount of money, the drawer can command the amount to be withdrawn from the coin storage device 5.
A predetermined coin is dispensed from the hopper 9, and the coin is dispensed to the hopper 52 via a coin discharging device 60 consisting of a conveyor. The drawer opens the opening 51 and takes out the coins in the hopper 52,
Withdrawal processing is completed.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In the conventional coin processing machine, when depositing money, the coin path is from the opening 51 to the hopper 52.
→ Rotating disk 53 → Transfer path 54 → Temporary holding device 56
→ Conveyor 57 → Hopper 52 → Rotating disk 53 →
The transfer path 54 leads to the coin storage device 59, and the passage route is complicated and long, so there is a problem that the deposit processing time becomes long.

In addition, in the case of a withdrawal process, coins equal to or greater than the withdrawal amount must be stored in the coin storage device 59, and if there is a shortage, new coins must be supplied to the coin storage device 59. In conventional processing machines, coins must be replenished through the opening 51 in the same way as in the deposit process;
Replenishment also required a large amount of time.

Further, the processing machine is inserted into the opening 51 through the partition wall.
When the side faces the customer side floor and the rear side faces the staff side floor, when replenishing coins, the staff must go out to the customer side floor and replenish from the opening 51, making the replenishment work troublesome.

Therefore, the present invention shortens the passage of coins as much as possible during deposit processing to shorten the processing time, and also shortens the replenishment time when replenishing coins. To provide a coin handling machine which can simplify the replenishment work by allowing the replenishment work to be carried out from scratch.

(Means for solving the problems) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention takes the following measures. In other words, the features of this invention are:
A deposit/withdrawal device 3 which temporarily holds the inserted coins and takes them into the interior according to an import command, and accepts paid coins;
A coin identification device that aligns and transfers coins one by one and identifies appropriate, incorrect, and denominations of coins during the transfer, and a coin temporary storage device that temporarily holds appropriate coins from the coin identification device and sends out the coins according to a sending command. a sorting passage device that arranges and transfers the coins from the temporary holding device one by one and sorts them by denomination; and a sorting passage device that is placed below the sorting passage device and stores the sorted coins by denomination, and dispenses the coins by denomination. A coin processing machine comprising a coin storage device that dispenses the coins according to a command, and a coin ejection device that sends the coins dispensed from the coin storage device to the depositing and dispensing device, wherein the depositing and dispensing device The coin identification device is arranged from below to the rear of the coin identification device, the coin temporary holding device is arranged at the rear of the coin identification device, and the sorting passage is arranged in front of the temporary holding device and below the coin identification device. The device is arranged, and a replenishment device for replenishing coins to the temporary holding device is arranged behind the temporary holding device.

(Operation) According to the present invention, the deposit processing is performed in the following steps.

First, the depositor inserts coins to be deposited into the deposit/withdrawal device all at once. The inserted coins are taken into the machine according to the receiving command from the depositor. The captured coins are lined up one by one and transferred to the rear by a coin identification device placed from below to the rear of the deposit/withdrawal device, and during the transfer, the coins are checked for correctness,
The irregularities and denominations are identified and the total amount is displayed.

Coins that have passed through the coin identification device are temporarily held in a coin temporary holding device located at the rear thereof. After the depositor confirms the displayed amount, he or she can issue a withdrawal approval command. In response to this command, the coins in the temporary holding device are sent forward toward the sorting passage device located below the identification device, sorted by denomination by the sorting passage device, and placed in the coin storage device below. Each species is stored and the deposit process is completed.

That is, during the deposit process, coins take the shortest course: deposit/withdrawal device/coin identification device→temporary holding device→sorting passage device→storage device.
Furthermore, since the sorting passage device is disposed below the coin identification device, the overall length of the processing machine can be shortened, and the coin movement path is shortened.

During the withdrawal process, the withdrawer commands a predetermined amount of money, thereby ejecting a predetermined coin from the coin storage device, and the ejected coin is paid out to the depositing and dispensing device via the coin ejecting device. The withdrawer completes the withdrawal process by taking out the coins paid out to the deposit/withdrawal device.

If the coin storage device is low on coins, the staff replenishes the coins to a replenishment device located at the rear of the machine.
The supplied coins are carried to the temporary holding device, sorted by denomination from the temporary holding device by the sorting passage device, and stored in the coin storage device below.

That is, when replenishing coins, the replenisher can replenish coins from the rear replenishment device instead of replenishing them from the depositing and dispensing device, and the supplied coins can be stored in the coin storage device in the shortest course. Ru.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

In Figs. 1 to 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a frame of a coin processing machine, which is formed into a rectangular body elongated in the front-rear direction (the left side in Figs. 1 to 2 is referred to as the front, and the right side is referred to as the rear). An opening 2 is formed on the upper front surface of the frame 1, and a deposit/withdrawal device 3 is provided within the opening 2.

The deposit/withdrawal device 3 includes a lid 4 equipped with a locking device for opening and closing the opening 2, and a lid 4 for opening and closing the opening 2.
The hopper 5 is composed of a hopper 5 facing the hopper 5, a shutter 6 for opening and closing the bottom opening of the hopper 5, and the like. A refund opening 7 is opened at the front of the hopper 5 below the lid 4.

When depositing money, the deposit/withdrawal device 3 opens the lid 4, puts coins into the hopper 5, temporarily holds them, opens the shutter 6 in response to a take-in command, and takes the put-in coins into the processing machine. It is something that When withdrawing money, coins are discharged from the refund opening 7 into the hopper 5, and by unlocking and opening the lid 4, the coins in the hopper 5 can be taken out.

A coin identification device 8 has a rotating disk 9 disposed below the hopper 5 and an identification passage 10 extending horizontally from the rotating disk 9 backward in a tangential direction.

The rotating disk 9 is driven by a motor (not shown), is arranged horizontally, and its outer peripheral area is surrounded by a fixed peripheral wall 11. A notch 12 communicating with the identification passage 10 is formed in a part of this fixed peripheral wall 11 .

The coins stored in the hopper 5 fall onto the rotating disk 9 by opening the shutter 6.
As the rotary disk 9 rotates, the coins on the disk 9 are pressed against the fixed peripheral wall 11 by centrifugal force and moved, and are sent out one by one from the cutout 12 of the peripheral wall 11 to the identification passage 10.

A conveyor belt (not shown) is stretched above the identification passage 10, and coins are held horizontally one by one between the lower surface of the conveyor belt and the upper surface of the identification passage 10, and the coins are continuously transferred to the rear. .

In the identification passage 10, a small-diameter coin ejection section 13, an inserted coin counting sensor 14, a coin identification sensor 15, and an invalid coin ejection section 16 are arranged in parallel from the front end to the rear end.

The small-diameter coin discharge section 13 has an opening provided in the identification passage 10, and drops and discharges counterfeit coins and foreign objects smaller in diameter than genuine coins from the opening. The discharged small-diameter objects are stored in a small-diameter hopper 18 via a chute 17.

The total number of coins that have passed through the small-diameter coin ejection section 13 without being ejected is counted by an input coin counting sensor 14. Further, when the coin passes through a coin identification sensor 15, the coin is identified as appropriate, inappropriate, and denomination. Coins determined to be inappropriate by this coin identification sensor 15 are transferred to the next inappropriate coin discharging section 16.
is removed from the identification passageway 10 at. The discharge section 16 is composed of a passage switching lever operated by a solenoid, a lid body, etc., which allows an opening provided in the passage 10 to be opened and closed. The rejected coins are sent to the return side via the chute 19.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a coin temporary storage device, which has a rotating disk 21 disposed at the rear end of the identification path 10.
This rotating disk 21 is driven by a motor (not shown), and its outer periphery is surrounded by a fixed peripheral wall 22. A notch 23 is provided in a part of this fixed peripheral wall 22,
This notch 23 can be opened and closed by a cover body 24. When the notch 23 is closed by the cover body 24, the coin on the disk 21 only slides against the peripheral wall 22 and rotates, but by opening the cover body 24, the coin is moved by the centrifugal force of the rotating disk 21. The sheets are fed out from the notch 23 one by one.

25 is a classification passage device, and the classification passage device 2
5 has a classification passage 26 connected to the notch 23 of the temporary storage device 20. This classification passage 26
is arranged below and parallel to the identification passage 10. A transport belt (not shown) is stretched over the sorting path 26, and continuously transports the coins sent from the coin temporary storage device 20 forward one by one.

A branching section 27 is provided at the rear of the classification passage 26, and a sorting section 28 is provided at the front thereof. A coin ejecting chute 29 is provided below the branching portion 27. This branching section 27 is connected to the temporary holding device 20
The passage is switched so that the coins sent from there are sent either to the sorting section 28 in front of it, or to the discharge chute 29 below.

The sorting section 28 sorts suitable coins in order of denomination from small diameter to large diameter, and consists of a plurality of sorting ports 30, 30, . . . opened in the sorting passage 26.

31 is a coin storage device, and each of the sorting ports 3
It has storage cylinders 32, 32... arranged below corresponding to numbers 0, 30.... The storage tube 32 stores coins of each denomination in a stacked manner in one row.

A coin dispensing device (not shown) is provided at the bottom of the storage tube 32, and the coins in the storage tube 32 can be dispensed by the coin dispensing device.

33 is an overflow device, and the classification passage 26
Coins that are interposed between the lower surface of the sorting section 28 and the upper end of the storage tube 32 of the storage device 31 and fall from the sorting port 30 of the sorting section 28 are stored in the storage tube 32 or ejected to the safe side, or the coins are dropped. It is used to switch paths, and is operated independently for each denomination. 34 is an overflow chute, which forms a discharge passage toward the safe side.

Reference numeral 35 denotes a coin discharging device, which consists of a horizontal belt conveyor 36 and a vertical belt conveyor 37. The horizontal belt conveyor 36 is arranged below the coin storage device 31 along the front-rear direction. This horizontal belt conveyor 36 is rotatable in forward and reverse directions.

The horizontal belt conveyor 36 is arranged so as to be able to receive coins dispensed from the coin storage device 31, and its rear upper surface faces the lower end of the coin discharge chute 29 connected to the branch section 27. The rear end of the horizontal belt conveyor 36 faces the safe device 38.

The safe device 38 includes a horizontal belt conveyor 36
By rotating it in the direction of arrow a in the figure, coins on the conveyor 36 and coins from the overflow chute 34 are stored.

A lower end of a vertical conveyor 37 is connected to the front end of the horizontal belt conveyor 36 via a connecting chute 39 . A recess 40 for receiving coins one by one is provided on the surface of the vertical conveyor 38, as shown in FIG. 4. The lower end of the vertical conveyor 37 is arranged so that coins can be easily received in the recess 40.
It is set at a slight incline. The upper end of this vertical conveyor 37 is connected to the refund port 7 of the deposit/withdrawal device 2.
It is connected to the. A coin counting sensor 41 is provided at the upper end of this vertical conveyor 37. The lower end of the invalid coin discharge chute 19 faces above the connection chute 39.

In addition, 42 is a replenishment device, and the temporary holding device 20
a coin receiving hopper 43 located at the rear of the coin receiving hopper 43;
Delivery conveyor 4 located at the bottom of hopper 43
It consists of 4. The coins stored in the hopper 43 are supplied onto the rotating disk 21 of the temporary holding device 20 by a delivery conveyor 44. Note that 45 is a wall that separates the customer floor side from the bank staff room side.

Next, the operation of the coin processing machine having the above configuration will be explained.

First, when depositing money, the lid 4 of the deposit/withdrawal device 3 is opened and coins are dropped into the hopper 5. Next, close the lid 4 and press the operation start button. By this operation, the lid 4 is locked, a take-in command is issued, the shutter 6 at the bottom of the hopper 5 opens, and the coins in the hopper 5 fall onto the rotating disk 9 below. The coins on the rotating disk 9 are sent out one by one onto the identification path 10 of the coin identification device 8 by the centrifugal force of the rotating disk 9.

The coins sent out to the identification path 10 are conveyed rearward by a conveyor belt. At this time, counterfeit coins and the like having a smaller diameter than genuine coins are discharged from the small-diameter coin discharging section 13 and stored in the small-diameter pot 18 via the chute 17.

The coins that have passed through the small-diameter coin ejecting section 13 without being ejected are counted by the counting sensor 14 as the total number A.
is counted, and furthermore, the number B of proper coin denominations is counted by the next identification sensor 15, and the number C of improper coins is counted. The counterfeit coins detected by this identification sensor 15
from there through the chute 19 to the connecting chute 39. This illegal coin is transferred to vertical conveyor 37.
and is discharged from the refund port 7 into the hopper 5 of the deposit/withdrawal device 3. At this time, the coin counting sensor 41 provided on the vertical conveyor 37 counts the number D of coins to be discharged. At this time, A=B
+D or C=D is checked by the control device, and if A>B+D or C>D, a differential abnormality signal is issued and the lid 4 is not unlocked. If A=B+D or C=D, cover 4
The lock will be released and the returned money in the hopper 5 can be collected.

The valid coins that have passed through the invalid coin discharging section 16 without being discharged are stored on the rotating disk 21 of the temporary storage device 20. At this time, the number of appropriate coins counted is displayed on a display panel (not shown), so the depositor confirms the displayed amount and then operates a button to approve or disapprove the deposit.

In the case of disapproval of taking in, when the disapproval button is operated, the cover body 24 opens and the coins on the rotating disk 21 are sent out one by one. At this time, the path of the branching part 27 is switched to the coin discharge side, and the coins sent out pass through the discharge chute 29 and are transferred to the horizontal conveyor 3 below.
6 falls on top. The horizontal conveyor 36 is indicated by the arrow b in the diagram.
The fallen coin moves forward and is transferred to the vertical conveyor 37 via the connecting chute 39.
After being transferred upward by the counting sensor 41 and counting the count B, it is transferred from the refund port 7 to the hopper 5.
Expelled inward.

At this time, if A=D+E or B=E is checked and the above formula is established, the lid 4 is unlocked as a normal refund and the returned coins in the hopper 5 can be taken out. If the above equation does not hold true, the abnormality warning device is activated as a differential error and the lid 4 is not unlocked.

Next, in the case of acceptance, the path of the branching section 27 is switched to the sorting section side, and the coins sent out from the temporary holding device 20 are transferred to the sorting section 28. Since the sorting section 28 has a sorting port 30 from a small diameter to a large diameter, the denominations fall downward from the sorting port 30 and are sorted for each denomination. The sorted coins are stored by denomination in a storage cylinder 32 of a coin storage device 31 arranged below. When the storage tube 32 becomes full, the overflow device 33 switches the path, and only the one that is full changes its fall path to the safe side. Due to this path switching, full coins are directly collected into the safe device 38 via the chute 34.

Further, when all the storage cylinders 32 are full, the branching section 27 is switched to the discharge side, and the coins sent out from the temporary holding device 20 fall onto the horizontal conveyor 36 via the discharge chute 29. At this time, the horizontal conveyor 36 rotates in the direction of arrow a and collects the coins into the safe device 38.

Next, to explain the dispensing operation, by operating the dispensing button of a predetermined amount, the coin dispensing device of the storage device 31 is activated, and the coin dispensing device of the storage device 31 is activated.
2 to a predetermined number F of coins are discharged onto the horizontal conveyor 36. The horizontal conveyor 36 rotates in the direction of arrow b to send the coins forward, and the vertical conveyor 37 transports the coins upward, and the counting sensor 41 counts the number G of coins and discharges them into the hopper 5. and,
If F=G, the lid 4 is unlocked and can be taken out, and if F>G, the differential failure device is activated and the lid 4 is not unlocked.

In addition, 46 is a forgotten pot, and hopper 5
This is a pot for collecting the coins when you forget to take the payout or return money.The damper 47 installed in the middle of the ejection chute 29 switches the passage and stores the coins in the forgotten pot 46. It is said to be recoverable.

Further, the replenishing device 42 operates to replenish coins when the storage tube 32 runs out of coins. This replenishment may be performed either by automatically detecting a decrease in coins and replenishing the coins, or by manually operating a button.

(Effect of the invention) According to the invention, the coin identification device 8 is arranged from the bottom to the rear of the deposit/withdrawal device 3, and the coin temporary holding device 20 is arranged at the rear of the coin identification device 8. The classification passage device 25 is arranged in front of the holding device 20 and below the coin identification device 8, and the replenishing device 42 for replenishing coins to the temporary holding device 20 is arranged behind the temporary holding device 20. Therefore, during deposit processing and replenishment processing, the coin passage path becomes the shortest, and processing time can be shortened.

Furthermore, since the replenishment device is provided at the rear, when installed in a bank or the like, the replenishment device can be installed on the staff side floor, making replenishment work easier.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a sectional view of the same plane, Figure 3 is a right side sectional view of the same, and Figure 4 is a sectional view of the same.
The figure is a front view of a vertical conveyor, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a conventional example. 3...Deposit/withdrawal device, 8...Coin identification device, 20
...Coin temporary holding device, 25...Classification passage device,
31... Coin storage device, 35... Coin ejection device,
42... Supply device.

Claims (1)

[Utility model registration claim] A deposit/withdrawal device 3 that temporarily holds inserted coins and takes them in when a take-in command is issued, and that accepts coins to be paid out. The coins taken in from the deposit/withdrawal device 3 are aligned and transferred one by one, and during the transfer, the coins are checked for proper alignment and
A coin identification device 8 that identifies improper coins and denominations, a coin escrow device 20 that temporarily holds correct coins from the coin identification device 8 and sends out the correct coins in response to a sending command, and a sorting passage device 2 that aligns and transfers the coins from the escrow device 20 one by one and sorts them by denomination.
5, a coin storage device 31 which is arranged below the sorting passage device 25 for storing sorted coins by denomination and dispensing the coins in response to a dispensing command, and a coin discharge device 35 which sends the coins dispensed from the coin storage device 31 to the deposit/withdrawal device 3, wherein the coin identification device 8 is arranged from below to the rear of the deposit/withdrawal device 3, the coin escrow device 20 is arranged at the rear of the coin identification device 8, the sorting passage device 25 is arranged in front of the escrow device 20 and below the coin identification device 8, and a resupply device 42 which resupplies coins to the escrow device 20 is arranged at the rear of the escrow device 20.