JPS6329894A - Residue managing apparatus for coin - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (a) Field of the Invention The present invention is intended for use in automatic cash service machines used in banking operations, ticket vending machines used in station services, or goods vending machines that are built into the processing chambers of The present invention relates to a coin remaining amount management device.

(B) Background of the Invention In general, this type of coin remaining amount management device is equipped with a near-end detection sensor in a hopper that stores coins, and this near-end detection signal detects whether the coins are completely gone from the hopper, for example. , trying to replenish the coins.

However, the coins stored in this hopper are in an unstable storage position, so when the remaining amount becomes low, the near-end detection sensor turns ON/OFF the coins in the unstable storage position.
F is detected and malfunctions, especially if the hopper has a promoting member such as a control piece that promotes the flow of coins. In addition, the coins in the hopper may completely run out, resulting in problems such as a delay in replenishment and a temporary stoppage of the machine.

(c) Purpose of the Invention This invention provides coin remaining m management that accurately grasps the remaining coins in the hopper and performs a replenishment operation at an appropriate time corresponding to the remaining coins. The purpose is to provide equipment.

(D) Summary of the Invention This invention sets the number of end coins at which the remaining amount of coins stored in the hopper is considered as the end from the time when the near end is detected when the remaining amount of coins stored in the hopper becomes low R. The coin remaining amount management device is characterized in that it includes an end detection control means that counts the number of end coins from the near end detection point and outputs an end signal.

(E) Effects of the Invention According to this invention, when the near end is detected, the predetermined number of end coins can be counted and the end value can be accurately determined, so that the amount of coins can be replenished. The timing will be appropriate, there will be no need to temporarily stop the equipment due to running out of coins, as is the case currently, funds can be used effectively, and the near-end and end points can be accurately grasped and the remaining amount managed. .

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

The drawing shows a coin remaining amount management device, and in FIG. 1, a coin input hopper 12 with an open top surface capable of storing a large number of coins 11 at once is provided, and the bottom of this hopper has a conical rotating A disc 13 is rotatably disposed, and this rotary disc 13 has, for example, six coin holes 14 on its peripheral edge.
... are bored at equal intervals in the circumferential direction, and a coin ejecting part (not shown) is set on the lower surface side at one location on the rotation locus of these coin holes 14. As the coin 13 rotates, the coins 11 are discharged one by one from this coin discharge section to the outside of the hopper 12.

Furthermore, an elliptical ball 15 that promotes the flow of coins is placed on the upper surface of the rotating disk 13 at the same time, and as the rotating disk 13 rotates, the elliptical ball 15 performs a complicated rotational movement, and this movement causes a large number of coins to be collected. While stirring the coins 11, the insertion into the coin holes 14 is promoted to shorten the coin ejection time.

In addition, the stored coins 1 are placed on the lower side of the hopper 12.
A near-end detection sensor S is provided to detect the remainder of the coin 1 stored in the hopper 12.
1 of 9! Detects that Aa has become small.

Then, from this near-end detection point, the remaining amount of coins 11 is considered as the end, and the number of end coins is set in advance, and the time when the number of coins is divided by the number of coins from the near-end detection point is defined as the end. I am trying to output the end signal.

As a result, once the near-end is detected, even if the near-end detection sensor S makes a false detection due to the adverse effects caused by the irregular rotational movement of the elliptical sphere 15, the number of sheets ejected after the near-end detection point will be adjusted accordingly. Therefore, the end can be set reliably and accurately at the time when the count value reaches the assumed end number of initial data set in advance.

Figure 2 shows the remaining coins fla 'fl m! A control circuit block diagram of the device is shown. A CPU 16 provided as an end detection control means receives signals from a near end detection sensor S and controls each circuit device according to a program stored in a ROM 17. Then, the control data is RA
Store and read in M18.

The rotating disk drive motor 19 drives the rotating disk 1 described above.
3 is driven and controlled, and thereby the coins 11 guided to the hopper 12 are appropriately taken in.

A flowchart of the coin remaining amount management device configured as described above will be explained with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

First, FIG. 3 shows the discharge processing operation from the hopper. In the first step 31, the rotating disk 13 in the hopper 12
A large number of coins 11 are inserted into the upper surface of the coin.

Then, when the rotating disk 13 is rotated, most of the coins 11 on the rotating disk 13 are removed from the coin hole 14.
...Falls inside. For each fall, in the second step 32, the CPU 16 determines whether the near end has already been set or not.
If the near end is not set,
Next, in a third step 33, it is checked whether the near-end detection sensor S has detected the near-end detection sensor S, and at this time, the remaining m of the coin 11 is checked.
If the near end is detected due to a decrease in the number of sheets ejected, in the fourth step 34, the near end is set based on the near end detected, and in the fifth step 35, the number of sheets ejected at this time is inputted. If it is the specified number of sheets, the ejection process is completed; if it is not the specified number, the ejection process from the first step 31 is repeated until the specified number of sheets is reached.

By the way, if the near end has already been set in the second step 32 described above, the number of ejected sheets from the time when the near end is detected is counted in the sixth step 36, and this counted number of ejected sheets is set in advance in the seventh step 37. When the set number of assumed end sheets is reached, the end is set at an eighth step 38, and the processing from the fifth step 35 described above is performed.

If the number of end sheets is not reached at the seventh step 37, the process jumps to the fifth step 35.

FIG. 4 shows a standby operating state in which the coin storage cassette is not properly installed due to replacement, etc. In step 11 41, the CPU 16 determines whether the near-end detection sensor S has detected the near-end or not. However, if the near end is not detected, it is determined in the 12th step 42 whether the coin storage cassette is set, and if it is set, in the 13th step 43, each of the near end or the assumed end is detected. Clear the set and set it to the initial state.

By the way, if the near-end detection sensor S detects the near-end state in the eleventh step 41 described above, the near-end state is immediately set in the fourteenth step 44.

As mentioned above, when the near-end is detected, it is possible to count the predetermined number of end coins and accurately grasp the end value, so the timing of replenishing coins is appropriate, and as is the case at present. , there is no need to temporarily stop the equipment due to running out of coins, funds can be used effectively, and near-end and end-of-life conditions can be accurately grasped.
The remaining amount can be managed.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a coin remaining amount management device, FIG. 2 is a control circuit block diagram of the coin remaining amount management device, and FIG. Flowchart FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operating state during standby. 11... Coin 12... Hopper 16...
・Cpu s...Near end detection sensor Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A coin remaining amount management device equipped with a near-end detection sensor that detects when the remaining amount of coins stored in a hopper becomes small, the coin remaining amount management device including a near-end detection sensor that detects when the near-end is detected. A remaining amount management device for coins, comprising an end detection control means for setting an assumed end number of coins regarding the remaining amount as an end, and counting the assumed end number from the near-end detection time and outputting an end signal.