KR20030082689A - Coin receipts and disbursements equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An apparatus for depositing and drawing coins is provided to handle various type of coins, to draw various coins and to store various type of coins by classifying the received coins. CONSTITUTION: An apparatus for depositing and drawing coins includes a coin staying device(2), a denomination count discharger(3), an auxiliary count discharger(4), a cash dispenser(5) and a control block(6). In the apparatus, the cash dispenser(5) receives on the transfer belt(54) the coins discharged from the denomination count discharger(3) and the auxiliary count discharger(4) and discharges the coins to the outlet(52) by driving forward the belt driving block(51) at the control block(6). And, the coin dispenser(5) discharges the coins to the auxiliary collection container(53) in response to the control signal. The control block(6) transmits and receives control signal and data by communicating with the main control block(7) and manages the insertion and drawing of the coins by controlling the coin staying device(2), the denomination count discharger(3), the auxiliary count discharger(4) and the cash dispenser(5).

Description

Coin drawer {COIN RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS EQUIPMENT}

The present invention relates to a coin withdrawal device.

Unmanned vending machines are becoming commonplace, and automation of coin withdrawal is critically requested. However, the conventional coin handling apparatus stores coins according to the control command of the main controller, pays change, returns coins put before sale, and handles coins of more than two types (for example, 100 won and 200 won). I could not.

Such a conventional coin handling device is employed in a single item or a simple vending machine, it is not possible to classify the coins stored in the kind, and to use the stored coins as payment resources, to respond to various product prices or price fluctuations It was not possible to pay all the amount of change, and could not be used in a multi-product sales device with various prices, or to sell coins, selling cards, selling old tickets, selling card tickets, selling other tickets, especially large quantities. This was impossible.

An object of the present invention is to provide a coin withdrawal device that can handle multi-volume coins.

An object of the present invention is to provide a coin withdrawal device that can pay various amounts.

An object of the present invention is to provide a coin dispenser that can classify and store stored coins and pay them as change money.

1 is an overall control block diagram of the coin dispenser of the present invention

Figure 2 is a front view of the arrangement of the parts of the present invention coin dispenser

Figure 3 is a rear view of the present invention coin dispenser

Figure 4 is a front view of the present invention retention machine

5 is a side view of the present invention counting machine

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1: Receptor 2: Residual machine 3: Coefficient discharger 4: Auxiliary coefficient discharger 5: Dispenser 6: Control part 7: Main control part

The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The present invention includes a storage coin inlet 10; An outlet 12 for each winding type of the coin, and determining whether the coin is right or wrong; When the true denomination coins are stored, they are classified according to the kind of classification in the classification path and discharged to the kind classification exit 12, and the winding type sensor 16 detects the coins and transmits the denomination code of the stored coins to the control unit 6, and the defective coins or A receiver 1 which controls the path opening unit 13 to detect a false coin and discharges the defective input into the discharge port 11 and transmits a warning code to the control unit 6;

Coins are discharged one by one from the container 1 and collected in the tubular holder 21 for each type until sale or withdrawal, and the path control unit 22 is controlled by the control signal of the controller 6. A coin retainer (2) for releasing the coins held by the counting machines (3), respectively, or on the conveying belt (54) of the payer (5) for return;

A plurality of coins are provided in parallel with each other, and the coins are stored in each volume up to a certain amount, and the control unit 6 controls the path control unit 32 and the coin discharge unit 31 with a control signal to pay coins ( 5) counting discharge machine (3) for each type of discharge to the collection box 8, or discharged to the recovery box (8), and discharges a certain amount of coins to the recovery box (8) according to a control signal when the quantity of coins stored exceeds the holding capacity; ;

When the coin holding amount of the corresponding kind counting emitter 3 is insufficient or exhausted in the process of giving change change by holding the coin provided by the manager in parallel with one or more kinds of windings, the controller controls the path control unit 42 and the coin emitting unit as a control signal. An auxiliary coefficient ejector 4 which controls 41 to release a coin of the designated winding type to the payer, or to discharge the coin to a collecting box when the coin is collected;

Coins discharged from the counting emitter 3 or the auxiliary counting discharger 4 are collected on the transfer belt 54, and the control unit 6 drives the belt drive unit 51 forward as a control signal to discharge the coins to the outlet 52. A payment machine 5 to be delivered to the commodity buyer, and to release the coin to the auxiliary collection container 53 as a control signal when the counting of the coin is necessary;

The control unit communicates with the main control unit 7 of the vending machine to exchange control signals and data, and controls the receiver, the retention unit, the counting dispenser, the auxiliary counting dispenser, and the paying machine in response to the control of the main control unit to control the withdrawal of coins ( 6); It was configured as.

1) The container has one storage coin inlet 10 and four coins outlets 12 for each kind, and detects the coin inserted into the inlet 10 as the input sensor 15, the input is detected After being rolled along the guide to determine whether or not the true winding, and guides the coin to the winding winding branch rolling down if the true winding coin, the winding sensor 16 detects the coin and transmits the winding code to the controller (6). In addition, when the defective coin or false coin is detected in the true winding determination process, the path opening unit 13 is driven to discharge the defective input to the discharge port 11 and transmit a warning code to the control unit 6.

An example of the winding code transmitted by the receiver 1 is shown in Table 1.

Table 1:

Code Meaning

0101h10 Won

0102h50won

10000 won

0104h500 Won

Examples of warning codes for the receiver are shown in Table 2.

Table 2:

Code Meaning

0107h Poor coin input and discharged

0108h Foreign material that was not coin was inserted and discharged

2) the retention period

The coins discharged for each kind by piece through the container 1 are guided to the tubular holder 21 for each kind through the guide 18, and the coin 6 is held by the kind until the sale is established or canceled. It is controlled by a control signal of and discharges coins by count type to the counting emitter (3) or collectively to the dispenser (5) for return.

The tubular holder 21 is supported by the bottom plate 23 belonging to the path controller 22, and the tubular holder 21 and the bottom plate 23 control the path control unit 22 from the control unit 6 to counter the counting emitter 3. Tilt the tubular holder 21 in the direction of opening to open the bottom opening, or tilt the tubular holder 21 in the direction of the dispenser 5 to open the bottom opening to return the coins stored in the selected direction. It was. The control unit 6 detects the state of the holder sensor 25 and the bottom plate sensor 26 of the path controller prior to storing the coin, and determines whether the coin storing holder and the receiving plate are in an initial position to store the coin.

The release control of the receiver 1 will be described.

The control unit 6 receiving the sales establishment signal from the main control unit 7 controls the path control unit 22 until the completion of the path conversion is confirmed by the sensor 27 and tilts the base plate in the direction of the counting emitter 3. . At this time, the bottom of the tubular holder 21 which is mechanically interlocked with the base plate is opened and the coins are separated from the tubular holder and guided to the inclined base plate by the path control, whereby the coins are put into the counting dispenser 3 according to the kind by volume. .

In the storage processing control example, the control flow is shown in Table 3 cited.

Table 3:

Content of line number control

We detect position of 0001 holder and initial posture of base

0002 Poor posture jump to line 0012

0003 Path control unit Drives the motor in the coin storage path

0004 Eject operation completed Detecting the state of the sensor

0005 If motor discharge completes, motor drive stops and jumps to row 0007.

Jump to 00060004

0007 Delay Time (2 sec)

0008 Route control unit motor is driven by return operation

0009 Detects the attitude of the holder and the attitude of the base plate

0010 If the posture is completed, return with completion code after motor stop.

Jump to line 00110009

Return with error code 0012

As a result of the control of Table 3, the coins stored in the staying part are stored in the counting dispenser for each kind in the class within the delay time.

When the control unit 6 receives the sale cancellation signal from the main control unit 7, the control unit 6 controls the route control unit 22 to discharge coins in the direction of the payer 5.

Examples of return processing control are shown in Table 4.

Table 4:

Content of line number control

We detect position of 0001 holder and initial posture of base

0002 Poor posture jump to line 0012

0003 Path control part drive the motor in the direction of coin

0004 Path Detected Status of Complete Detection Sensing

0005 If the path change is completed, jump to the line 0007 after stopping the motor drive.

Jump to 00060004

0007 Delay Time (2 sec)

0008 Path control unit Drive motor in return operation direction

0009 Detects the attitude of the holder and the attitude of the base plate

0010 Return position with completion code after motor drive stop

Jump to line 00110009

Return with error code 0012

As a result of the control of Table 4, the coins stored in the retention portion are collectively transferred to the coin ejector 5 within the delay time.

3) The counting dispenser 3 is provided with a plurality of coins of each kind, and each counting emitter detects the overflow of the coin in the coin storage hopper 30 and the coin at the bottom of the hopper End sensor 36, a counting sensor 37 for detecting a discharge coin when the coin is discharged, a coin discharging unit 31 for discharging a coin from the bottom of the hopper with a driving motor, and a changer 5) The controller 6 is configured as a path switching unit 32 for controlling the path so that the coin discharged or stored in the side path 3a is discharged to the path 3b on the side of the recovery container 8.

In the embodiment, the control of the coefficient emitter 3 by the controller 6 is generally

A) Search control

B) Coin release control for change change payment

C) Coin Drawing Control

D) Recovery control.

The search control of row a) is performed when the coin release control is performed but the coin is not detected by the counting sensor. In this case, the coin on the coin ejection disk does not flow into the discharge path. At this time, the controller rotates the coin ejection disk for a predetermined time and then rotates the coin ejection disk forward to perform ejection control.

The control unit 6 performs the change payment control upon receiving the sales establishment code and the change amount data from the main control unit.

The change payment control of row b) of the control unit 6 calculates how many pieces are to be released for each kind of change amount of change money to be paid by the control unit, and then performs a coin release control by specifying a counting dispenser for each kind of coin. In addition, the release of a plurality of coins for the same winding type is performed by repeatedly performing the release control of one coin to the number of coins. For example, if you want to pay 500 won, you can decide whether to pay one 500 won bill, five 100 won bills, two 50 won bills and four 100 won bills, depending on the status of coins. It is to repeat the payment control of one coin as many times as necessary.

An example of the control of one coin for a specific counting machine is shown in Table 5.

Table 5:

Line number control contents

0001 Control of the coin discharge path in the direction of the dispenser

0002 Driving the coin ejector motor in the discharge direction

0003 Coin counting sensor status monitoring

0004 Jump to line 0007 if more than one coin is detected

0005 Motor drive stops when one coin is detected

0006 return with completion code

0007 Return with error code and number of discharge coins

Coin elimination control of the above line c) of the control unit 6 is performed when the following situation is identified by the control unit.

a) The coin dispenser of the present invention coin dispenser has a fixed coin storage capacity. In the embodiment 200 coins can be stored and managed. The control unit 6 that manages the cashier information of the coin grasps the coin holding amount of the counting dispensers for each type, so when the number of coins held by the counting machine reaches 200, the control unit 6 reduces the coin holding amount of the counting machine. Perform slack control. Coins held by coin counting emitters are held to pay change when selling commodities. In the embodiment of the present invention, the amount of coins added during one time control is 5 to 10 pieces.

b) Coin counting dispenser of the present invention is equipped with a pull sensor on the top of the coin hopper. Since coins may overflow from the hopper even if the coins do not reach the coin holding amount of the counter, the present invention performs coin flipping control when the coins of the hopper are detected by the full sensor. In this case, the number of coins added is as described above.

When the two kinds of slack control occur, the control unit 6 repeats the scoop control of one coin in the row loop given the value of the slack capacity (for example, 5 to 10).

An example of the control of one coin drop for a specific counter is shown in Table 6.

Table 6:

Line number control contents

0001 Coin Release Path Controlled to Coin Collector

0002 Driving the coin ejector motor in the discharge direction

0003 Coin counting sensor status monitoring

0004 Jump to line 0007 if more than one coin is detected

0005 Motor drive stops when one coin is detected

0006 return with completion code

0007 Return with error code and number of discharge coins

The coin collection control in the above line d) of the control unit 6 is a control for sending all coins held by the counting dispenser 3 to the recovery container 8.

The control unit 6 manages the coin withdrawal status of the counting dispensers 3, sets a loop for each counting dispenser by designating the number of coin holdings as a repeat value, and sets the coin of the coin of Table 6 in the loop. The release control is repeatedly performed to release all the coins held in the recovery container 8.

4) The auxiliary coefficient discharger (4) is installed for each type of the first and second kinds of winding species that are frequently used in change trading. Each sub-coefficient discharger is a full sensor 45 for detecting the overflow of coins in the coin storage hopper 40, an end sensor 46 for detecting coins at the bottom of the hopper, and the coin coin A counting sensor 47 for detecting the coin, a coin discharging unit 41 having a driving motor for discharging coins in the hopper one by one, and a coin collecting or discharging coins in the dispenser 5 side path 4a (8) It is comprised as the path switch part 42 for controlling a path | route by the control part 6 so that it may discharge | release to the side path 4b.

In the embodiment the control of the auxiliary coefficient emitter 4 by the controller 6 is generally

A) Search control

B) Coin release control for change change payment

C) Coin Drawing Control

D) Recovery control.

The search control of row a) is performed when the coin release control is performed but the coin is not detected by the counting sensor. In this case, the coin on the coin ejection disk does not flow into the discharge path. At this time, the controller rotates the coin ejection disk for a predetermined time and then rotates the coin ejection disk forward to perform ejection control.

The control unit 6 receives the sales establishment code and the change data of the change amount from the main control unit 7 and performs the change change control, which is performed when the change is not possible with only the coin counting dispenser 3.

Specifically, the change payment control of row b) of the control unit 6 calculates the number of change amount to be released by the count dispenser for the amount of change change to be paid by the control unit, and then counts the coin dispenser ( 3) designate coin release control, and if the coin of the corresponding kind is depleted or lacked in the counter, the counter coefficient ejector (4) releases the change as a coin for the shortage, or the counter (3) When the total amount is depleted and the total amount must be paid by the auxiliary coefficient ejector (4), the change is released from the auxiliary coefficient ejector.

When one or more auxiliary emission counters 4 are installed, the control unit 6 calculates the number of pieces and the amount of discharge as in the case of the emission counter and releases coins for the auxiliary emitters 4 of the corresponding types. Iteratively controls the number of to emit one coin in the loop specified by the number of iterations.

An example of the control of one coin for a specific subcoefficient emitter is shown in Table 7.

Table 7:

Line number control contents

0001 Control Coin Emission Path in Payment Direction

0002 Driving the coin ejector motor in the discharge direction

0003 Coin counting sensor status monitoring

0004 Jump to line 0007 if more than one coin is detected

0005 Motor drive stops when one coin is detected

0006 return with completion code

0007 Return with error code and number of discharge coins

Coin elimination control of the above line c) of the control unit 6 is performed when the following situation is identified by the control unit.

a) The coin storage capacity of the coin dispenser of the present invention is determined by the coin storage capacity of the hopper. In the embodiment, it is possible to store and manage 1,000 coins. The control unit 6 which manages the coin entry and exit information receives the coin input amount according to the types of coins when supplying coins to the auxiliary coefficient ejector 4 in the unit of coin supply container 9 so as to grasp the coin holding amount. When the amount of coins held in (4) reaches 1,000, the control unit 6 performs a squeeze control to reduce the amount of coins held by the auxiliary coefficient emitter 4. Coins held by the coin counting emitter are held for returning change when the amount of coins held by the coin counting emitter (3) is insufficient at the time of merchandise sales. In the embodiment of the present invention, the amount of coins added during the control is less than 10 to 20.

b) Coin counting dispenser of the present invention is equipped with a pull sensor on the top of the coin hopper. Since coins may overflow from the hopper even if the coins do not reach the coin holding amount of the counter, the present invention performs coin flipping control when the coins of the hopper are detected by the full sensor. Even in this case, the amount of coins added is as described above.

When the two types of slack control occur, the control unit 6 repeatedly performs one scoop control of the coin of the auxiliary coefficient emitter 4 in a loop for repeatedly executing the value of the slack capacity (for example, 1 to 20).

Coin collection control in the above line d) of the control unit 6 is a control for sending all of the coins held in the auxiliary coefficient discharger (4) to the recovery container (8).

The control unit 6 manages the coin holding amount of the counting dispensers 4, sets a loop in which the number of coin holdings is repeated for each counting emitter, and releases one coin of Table 8 from the loop. The control is repeated to release all the coins held in the recovery container 8.

5) The payer

It is configured to receive the coins discharged from the coin counter (3) or coin auxiliary counter (4) on the transfer belt 54, the control unit 6 controls the belt drive unit 51 to load the coins on the belt Transfer to the discharge port 52 to discharge, or to the secondary recovery vessel 53 is to discharge to the container.

Examples of payment control of the payment machine are shown in Table 8.

Table 8:

Line number control contents

0001 Drive the belt drive toward the coin outlet (52).

0002 5 second delay

0003 return

An example of the number control of the payer is shown in Table 9.

Table 9:

Line number control contents

0001 Drives the belt drive toward the coin auxiliary container (53).

0002 5 second delay

0003 return

6) The control operation of the controller 6 is as follows.

The controller 6 of the present invention communicates with the main controller 7 of the vending machine, and controls the coin counter 3, the auxiliary counter 4 and the coin dispenser 5 in response to the control of the vending machine. Do it.

The control unit 6 records the quantity of coins stored in the two sub-coefficient emitters 4 in the variables S10 and S100, and updates the variable values at the time of coin withdrawal and manages the coin withdrawal.

When the controller receives a coin storage request from the main controller, the controller clears the residence variables C10, C50 C100, and C500, and waits for the coin input from the receiver 1 to receive the coin type code of the coins to be stored. Increment.

In the embodiment of the present invention, C10 is a 10-won winding, C50 is a 50-won winding, C100 is a 100-won winding, C500 is a 500-won stay variable.

Increment control examples are shown in Table 10.

Table 10:

1) Received ring code ----> 0104h

2) Increment code of the variable ----> C500 ++;

The control unit aggregates the amount of coins recorded in the stay variable after the increment and stores the amount in the stay amount aggregation variable C-SUM and transmits the value to the main control unit.

When the controller receives the sale cancellation code from the main controller, the controller clears the values of the residence variables, controls the staying machine 2 to transfer the stored coins to the paying machine 5, and controls the paying machine 5 to store the coins. To the discharge port 52.

When the control unit receives the sales establishment code and the change amount code of the change money from the main control unit, the control unit controls the staying machine and transfers the stored coins to the counting discharger 3 for each type, and transfers the value of the retention variable to the ejector holding coin management variables O10 and O50. To the values of O100 and O500, cree the values of the retention variables C100, C100, C500 and C500, calculate the amount of change as the amount of discharge per volume, and control the corresponding counting machine (3). To the discharger, and discharges the released coins to the discharge port 52, subtracts the discharge quantity from the value of the winding variable that the coins are released from among variables O10, O50, O100 and O500, and changes the payment completion code. Send to the main control.

The control unit calculates the amount of coin payment in the sub-coefficient emitter variables S10 and S100 when the payment is insufficient due to the holding coins of the variables O10, O50, O100 and O500 in the calculation of the amount of change in the change of the change, and then performs the payment. Correct the value of.

The control unit assists the dispenser 5 when it is detected in the release control of the counting emitter 3 and the auxiliary counting emitter 4 that more than the quantity of discharge control performed by inspecting the counting sensors 37 and 47 is detected. The coin released by controlling in the direction of the storage container 53 is recovered, and the coin supply control is performed again.

As described above, the present invention provides a coin dispensing apparatus that can handle multi-volume coins, and provides a coin dispensing apparatus that can pay various amounts, classify and store stored coins and utilize them as a payment resource. .

Claims (2)

A storage coin inlet; An outlet for each winding type of the coin, and determining whether the coin is true or not; When the coins are stored, they are sorted by category in the classification route and released to the outlets by category.The coins are detected by the sensor, and the token code of the stored coins is transmitted to the controller.If the defective coins or false coins are detected, the path opening part is controlled. In order to discharge the defective input to the discharge port and at the same time through the receiver for transmitting the warning code to the control unit to control the storage of coins and to communicate with the main control unit, Coins to be discharged one by one by each type in the container 1 is stored and held in the tubular holder 21 for each type until the sale or withdrawal of sales, and the control unit 6 controls the path control unit 22 to hold Coin retainer (2) is discharged to the counting dispenser (3), or discharged to the conveying belt 54 of the payer (5) for return; A plurality of coins are provided for each kind of coins, and the coins to be stored are held for each kind up to a certain amount, and the control unit 6 controls the path control unit 32 and the coin discharge unit 31 to pay coins for paying change. (5) Counting type discharger (3) which discharges to the collection box (8) or discharges to the collection box (8) and releases and collects a certain amount to the collection box (8) according to a control signal when the quantity of coins stored exceeds the holding capacity. Wow; When the coin holding capacity of the corresponding counting counting dispenser 3 is insufficient or exhausted in the process of giving a change and holding coins provided by the manager by adding one or more kinds of coins, the controller controls the path controller 42 and the coin ejecting unit 41. Sub-coefficient discharger (4) for controlling to release the coin of the specified winding type in the specified quantity by controlling the control unit, or to discharge to the recovery box when the coin is collected; The coin discharged from the counting emitter 3 or the auxiliary counting discharger 4 is stored on the conveying belt 54, and the belt drive unit 51 is driven forward by the controller 6 to release the coin to the outlet 52. A payer (5) capable of being delivered to the purchaser and discharging the coins to the auxiliary collection vessel (53) in accordance with a control signal if re-counting of coins is necessary; A control unit which communicates with the main control unit 7 of the vending machine to exchange control signals and data, and controls the depositor, the retainer, the counting dispenser, the auxiliary counting dispenser, and the paying machine in response to the control of the main control unit ( 6); Coin depositor characterized in that configured as. 2. The control unit (6) according to claim 1, wherein the control unit (6) communicates with the main control unit (7) of the vending machine and controls the coin counter (3), the auxiliary counter (4), and the coin dispenser (5) in response to the control of the vending machine. In the cycle control, the number of coins stored in the two sub-coefficient emitter (4) in the variable, and the variable value at the time of coin withdrawal to manage the cashier; When receiving a coin deposit request from the main control unit, each stay variable is cleared, and when a coin type code of a coin stored waiting to be put in the receiver 1 is received, the value of the stay variable is incremented; Collecting the amount of coins recorded in the stay variable after the increment and storing the amount of coins in the stay amount aggregation variable and transmitting the value to the main controller; When the sales cancellation code is received from the main control unit, the value of the residence variables are cleared, the stayer 2 is controlled to transfer the stored coins to the payer 5, and the payer 5 is controlled to store the stored coins. Discharge to outlet 52; When the sales control code and the change payment code of the change are received from the main controller, the holder is controlled to transfer the stored coins to the counting dispenser 3 for each type, and the value of the staying variable is added to the value of the ejector holding coin management variable. The value of the retention variable is cleared, the amount of change is calculated by the amount of discharge for each kind, the counter is discharged to the dispenser 5 by controlling the counter discharge machine 3, and the discharged coin 52 is discharged by controlling the dispenser. (B), subtract the discharge amount from the value of the volatility variable in which the coin is released from the emitter holding coin management variable, and transmit the change payment completion code to the main controller; The control unit calculates the amount of coins paid in the sub-coefficient emitter variable when the payment is insufficient due to the holding coins of the variable in the calculation of the change amount of each change of the change of the change money, and performs the payment, and corrects the value of the variable; In the discharge control of the counting discharger 3 and the auxiliary counting discharger 4, if it is detected that the quantity of the discharge amount is larger than the quantity of the discharge control by inspecting the counting sensors 37 and 47, the dispenser 5 is stored in the auxiliary storage container. And a coin dispensing device, characterized in that the coin dispensing control is performed again after collecting the coins released by controlling in the direction of 53.