KR20040089828A - Apparatus for money receipts and payments - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A cash register is provided to enhance performance of a counter and reduce a processing period by classifying coins and bills and discharging correctly the coins. CONSTITUTION: A cash register includes a bill storage part(20), a coin storage part(30), and a housing(10) for covering the bill storage part and the coin storage part. The coin storage part includes one or more hoppers(40), one or more rotary plates(50), one or more support plates, and a plurality of first driving motors. The hoppers include regions for classifying kinds of coins and an inclined lateral portion. The rotary plates are installed on bottoms of the hoppers and include inlets for receiving and discharging coins. A predetermined insertion groove is formed on a center of the bottom of the rotary plate. The support plates are installed on bottoms of the rotary plates and include second discharge holes and through-holes. The driving motor includes a driving shaft which is inserted into the through-hole of the support plate and the insertion groove of the rotary plate.

Description

Cashier {APPARATUS FOR MONEY RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cash dispenser, and more particularly, to an apparatus for storing money received from a customer and paying change, wherein the cash dispenser automatically calculates and discharges coins to be paid.

In the case of a store or a restaurant where customers frequently come and go, payments are frequently used to store and pay money for accuracy of calculation and efficiency of work. These devices not only store money, but also replace the calculation and receipt of change, and the automatic discharge of change.

Accordingly, a number of inventions for devices that can facilitate the calculation and payment of change are emerging. As an example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 06-096360 can be cited. However, in the case of the present invention, the overall process and device for paying change is outlined, but there is a problem in that it is difficult in actual application because the description of the interlocking and action of each member constituting the device is weak. As another example, there is Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 10-040437, which is too complicated in construction to be difficult for a person skilled in the art to easily carry out, and there is a possibility that the accuracy of ejecting coins may be reduced.

The present invention has been presented to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cash dispensing device that can be separately accommodated bills and coins, and can automatically discharge coins as needed.

1 is a state diagram used in the cash machine according to the present invention.

2 is a view showing a state of a coin withdrawal unit according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of the coin withdrawal unit according to the present invention.

Figure 4a is a perspective view showing a state in which the rotating plate, the support plate and the first drive motor coupled to one hopper.

4B is an exploded perspective view of the rotary plate, the support plate and the first drive motor for one hopper;

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10 housing 12 coin opening

20: banknote cashier 22: banknote holder

30: coin outlet 32: coin outlet

34: coin discharge box 40: hopper (Hopper)

50: rotating plate 52: inlet

60: support plate 70: first drive motor

80 belt 84 second drive motor

100: cashier

In order to achieve the above object, a cash dispenser according to the present invention, a bank teller having a plurality of holders to manually withdraw money and checks, a coin teller and a bank teller for automatically ejecting the stored coins and bills and coins A cashier and a cashier having a housing surrounding the outside of the cashier, the coin cashier comprising: one or more hoppers forming a space for classifying and storing coins according to types, wherein the top and bottom surfaces are open and the side is inclined at a predetermined angle; It is mounted on the bottom of each hopper and the coin is discharged while rotating in a certain direction, and has one or more inlets through which the coin is inserted and discharged at least at the same diameter as the diameter of the coin housed in the hopper and inserted and discharged. At least one rotating plate having a groove; At least one support plate mounted on a bottom surface of each rotating plate, and having a second outlet formed on a side surface of the rotary plate and penetrating through the inlet, and having a through hole vertically penetrated between an upper surface and a bottom surface; And a driving shaft mounted on the bottom surface of each supporting plate, the driving shaft being inserted into and fixed to the through hole of the supporting plate and the insertion groove of the rotating plate, and converting an electric force applied from the outside into a driving force and transmitting the driving force to the rotating plate through the driving shaft to rotate the rotating plate. It is characterized by having a drive motor.

Preferably, the coin withdrawal unit is disposed in the lower side of the side of each support plate on which the second outlet is formed, and each coin discharged to the second outlet while rotating in a predetermined direction while wound in a band shape between the front and rear fixing means. A belt for conveying to the body; And further comprising a coin outlet for discharging each coin transported by the belt to the outside,

At this time, the second drive motor made of a predetermined shaft shape as the rear fixing means of the belt, one end of which is exposed to the side of the belt, converts an external electric force into a rotational force and has a drive shaft; And a belt for transmitting the rotational force of the second drive motor to the induction gear by interlocking the exposed end of the induction gear with the drive shaft of the second drive motor.

The exposed end of the induction gear and the drive shaft of the second drive motor are serrated, and it is preferable to use a timing belt having an inner surface serrated as the timing belt.

To the side of the rotating plate further comprises a first outlet formed through the inlet and the second outlet, in particular the first outlet is to be formed in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the rotating plate from the inlet,

The upper surface of the support plate is inserted into the inlet to take a coin that rotates along the rotating plate to further include a stopper protruding to prevent the progress of the coin.

In addition, at least one coin inlet for injecting coins for each position where the hopper is disposed at the bottom of the upper plate of the housing; One side is bound to each coin inlet is moved up and down, the inlet cap is formed so that at least one end on the bottom of the upper plate; And each end supports a bottom of the inlet lid and an inner side of the housing, so that the spring pushes the inlet lid up.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the advantages, features and preferred salicyle of the present invention.

1 is a state diagram used in the cash machine according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the cashier 100 according to the present invention is provided with a bank teller 20 for accommodating bills or checks and a coin cashier 30 for accommodating coins, and includes a banknote receptacle. The housing 10 is covered with the outside of the coin 20 and the coin storage unit 30 to protect the internal device. The cashier 100 according to the present invention allows the cashier or the like to manually withdraw the cashier from the banknote teller 20 in the case of banknotes or checks, and in the case of coins, the coin teller 30 can automatically discharge the calculated change. do. In addition, the cashier may be provided with a separate coin box 24 in the bank teller 20 to temporarily store and withdraw coins manually. For example, if the customer has to pay 4,500 won and the customer gives 10,000 won, he must pay 5,500 won as change. At this time, 5,000 won is taken out directly by the cashier from the bank teller and 500 won is automatically discharged from the coin teller. In addition, when responding to a large number of guests waiting to be stored using a coin box 24 to temporarily store the change.

Calculation and display of the customer's purchase price and change, a display unit for outputting the receipt, a keyboard, a control means and a receipt output unit to be provided separately, and may be integrated with the cashier.

Banknotes and cash registers 20 according to the present invention is provided with a plurality of bill holders 22 to accommodate a variety of bills or checks, and provided with a key hole 26 to lock the banknotes to prevent theft. Do it.

The coin withdrawal unit 30 according to the present invention automatically discharges coins out of the change to be paid to the customer, and the change of the change and the number of coins to be discharged are controlled by separate control means. The front side of the coin outlet 30 is provided with a coin outlet 32 for discharging coins, and a coin discharge box 34 for storing the discharged coins below the coin outlet. In addition, the front of the coin withdrawal unit 30 may further include a display unit 36 for displaying the amount of coins to be discharged. A plurality of hoppers 40 (hoppers) formed in the shape of a funnel are mounted inside the coin storage unit, and the coins are classified and stored for each hopper. Preferably, the individual hoppers 40 are manufactured separately from each other, and then the entire hoppers are integrally manufactured instead of being mutually coupled.

The housing 10 according to the present invention is equipped with a banknote cashier 20 and a coin cashier 30 in the inside, and protects the internal device from external shocks and the like. In addition, a plurality of coin inlets 12 for injecting coins may be provided at a position where the coin outlet 30 is disposed at the lower side of the upper surface of the housing 10. The coin inlet 12 is provided for each hopper 40 of the coin outlet, so that when a coin lacks in a specific hopper or the customer pays a coin, the coin can be stored in the hopper.

The coin inlet 12 has an inlet cap 14 having the same size and shape as the inlet, and the inlet cap 14 moves up and down with one side bound to the upper surface of the housing and opens and closes the coin inlet 12. As far as possible, it should be possible to climb up to the same line as the upper surface of the housing. In addition, the bottom surface of the inlet cap 14 is provided with a spring 16 for supporting the inlet cap in order to keep the inlet lid closed. The spring 16 has both ends extending at a predetermined angle and the center portion is formed in a circular wound shape, and both ends are respectively bonded to the bottom of the inlet cap 14 and the inner side of the housing 10 to be mutually supported. . Therefore, the clerk presses the inlet cap 14 down to inject the coin into the hopper 40, and then inserts the coin. If the external force is not applied, the inlet cap 14 is connected to the spring 16. Is supported and is in a closed state.

Figure 2 is a view showing a state of the coin withdrawal unit according to the present invention, Figures 2a and 2b is a perspective view of the coin withdrawal from the opposite direction, Figure 2c is a plan view of the coin withdrawal, Figure 2d is a bottom view of the coin withdrawal. . 3 is an exploded perspective view of the coin withdrawal unit according to the present invention. The configuration and operation of the coin withdrawal unit according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 as follows.

One or more hoppers 40 arranged in a line are arranged in a line on the upper portion of the coin withdrawal unit 30 according to the present invention. The lower plate of each hopper 40 has a rotary plate 50 having one or more inlets 52 for discharging coins, a second outlet 62 on one side to discharge the coins discharged through the inlet 52 The first drive motor 70 for rotating the support plate 60 and the rotating plate 50 is formed. The rotating plate 50, the supporting plate 60, and the first driving motor 70 are provided for each hopper 40, and are sequentially arranged below the respective hoppers.

In addition, in the lateral direction of each hopper 40, the belt 80 is provided at the lower portion of the second outlet 62 of the support plate 60, the belt 80 is a coin discharged to the second outlet of the support plate Transfer to the coin outlet (32). A second driving motor 84 for driving the belt 80 is provided under the back of the coin storage unit 30.

Therefore, the coins stored in each hopper 40 is inserted into the inlet 52 while the rotary plate 50 is rotated by the operation of the first drive motor 70 and then discharged into the second outlet 62 on the side of the support plate 60. Is discharged to the belt 80, and is transported by the belt to be finally discharged to the coin outlet (32).

Each component is described in detail as follows.

The hopper 40 according to the present invention forms a space for storing coins classified by types, and forms the entire storage space as an integrated hopper as described above. Each hopper 40 is formed to be inclined in an oblique shape to form a side so that the coin is smoothly lowered to the bottom and the bottom is formed in an open form.

In addition, the inner side of the hopper 40 to be provided with a locking jaw 42 to allow the coin to be rotated by the rotation of the rotating plate 50 to fall over. Since the coins accommodated in the hopper 40 are randomly entangled with each other, the coins are smoothly inserted into the inlet 52 by filtering through the catching jaw 42.

An open bottom surface of each hopper 40 is provided with a rotating plate 50 which is driven by the first drive motor 70 and rotates in one direction. Rotating plate 50 is provided with one or more inlet port 52 penetrated up and down so that the coin of the hopper 40 can be inserted and discharged, the size of the inlet is formed differently according to the type of coins accommodated in each hopper 40 Do it. That is, the diameter of the inlet 52 should be at least equal to the diameter of the coin to be stored in the hopper, preferably to be slightly larger than the diameter of the coin.

In the center of the upper surface of the rotating plate 50 is provided with a rotary column 54 to prevent the coins from tangling each other. Rotating column 54 is to be formed in a cylindrical shape, the top of the hopper 40 is preferably formed so that the top is pointed like a cone so as to slide. In addition, in order to prevent the coin from being stopped on the rotary plate 50, between the inlet 52 of the upper surface of the rotary plate to have one or more protrusions 56 protruding sharply so that the coin can slide.

The lower portion of the rotating plate 50 is provided with a support plate 60 and a first drive motor 70 for rotating the rotating plate, in particular, the side of the support plate 60 is connected to the inlet port 52 and discharged one by one from the inlet port A second outlet 62 is formed for discharging coins to be used. In addition, a counter 66 for checking the number of coins to be discharged is provided at a position opposite to the second outlet 62. The counter 66 is provided at a position spaced apart from the second outlet 62 by a predetermined distance in a direction opposite to the direction in which the coins are discharged to the second outlet 62, so that each time the coin is discharged, the counter 66 hits the counter 66. The quantity of coins discharged from the hopper 40 can be checked.

The coins discharged to the second outlet 62 are dropped to the belt 80 and then transferred to the coin outlet 32 by the belt.

The belt 80 is provided in the lower side of the second outlet 62 in the lateral direction of the hopper, and is wound and fixed between the front and rear fixing means. The belt 80 is preferably a belt made of a rubber material or a rough surface cloth. In order to transfer coins dropped on the belt 80 to the coin outlet 32, the upper surface of the belt should move from the rear to the front, and for this purpose, an induction gear for moving the belt by the rear fixing means of the belt 80 ( 82). The induction gear 82 rotates the belt 80 with a driving force transmitted from the second driving motor in cooperation with the second driving motor 84. More specifically, one end of the induction gear 82 and the drive shaft 86 of the second drive motor 84 is interlocked with the belt 88 to transmit the driving force. Accordingly, the belt 80 is rotated in the front-rear direction while being wound around the guide gear and the front fixing means. At this time, of course, the induction gear 82 may be used instead of the front fixing means. Preferably, one end of the induction gear 82 and the drive shaft 86 of the second drive motor 84 are respectively formed in a sawtooth shape, and the belt 88 uses a timing belt having an inner surface as a sawtooth shape. do.

In addition, when the width of the belt 80 is wider than the width of the coin outlet 32, the coins dropped at any position on the belt should be collected toward the coin outlet. Therefore, the induction part for collecting coins to the coin outlet on the upper portion of the belt 80 adjacent to the coin outlet 32 is to be further provided. The guide portion is formed at a predetermined height from the belt 80, so that the height is at least lower than the thickness of the thinnest coin among the coins stored.

FIG. 4A is a perspective view illustrating a state in which a rotating plate, a supporting plate, and a first driving motor are coupled to one hopper, and FIG. 4B is an exploded perspective view of the rotating plate, the supporting plate, and the first driving motor for one hopper. Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the hopper 40, the rotating plate 50, the support plate 60, and the first driving motor 70 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4A and 4B. However, parts that overlap with the above description will be omitted if possible.

As shown in Figure 4a, the open bottom of each hopper 40 is provided with a rotary plate 50, a support plate 60 and the first drive motor 70, respectively. In addition, a side surface of the rotating plate 50 is provided with a first outlet 58 penetrating from the inlet 52, the first outlet is also penetrated with the second outlet 62 of the support plate 60. Accordingly, the coin inserted into the inlet 52 is discharged to the second outlet 62 through the first outlet 58.

In addition, the first outlet 58 is formed in a direction opposite to the direction in which the rotating plate 50 rotates. Therefore, the direction in which the rotating plate rotates among the inner side surfaces of the inlet port 52 is blocked by the side surface of the inlet port, and the direction opposite to the rotation direction of the rotating plate 50 is opened by the first outlet port 58.

As shown in FIG. 4B, the rotating plate 50 may include an upper plate 50a having one or more inlets 52 penetrated therethrough, a separating plate 50b formed in a pinwheel shape, and a lower plate formed in a hollow shape such as a doughnut. 50c). In addition, the center of the separation plate 50b is formed with a hole through which the upper and lower sides are inserted so that the driving shaft 72 of the first driving motor 70 is inserted, and the center of the bottom surface of the upper plate 50a passes through the hole of the separation plate. A hole (not shown) is formed so that the upper end of the drive shaft 72 can be inserted and fixed.

The upper plate 50a is formed in a circular shape and at least one inlet 52 is formed therethrough, and a screw 55 for fixing the rotary column 54 protrudes from the center of the upper surface. At this time, the side of the inlet 52 is formed to be somewhat inclined so that the coin can be easily slipped in. In addition, the upper surface of the upper plate (50a) is provided with one or more protrusions (56) for slipping the coin is inserted into the inlet, in particular, the periphery of the rotary column 54 is formed to be somewhat inclined so that the coin can slip.

The separating plate 50b is configured to have a pinwheel shape having one or more wings, and preferably has the same number of wings as the number of the inlets 52. The first outlet 58 formed on the side of the rotating plate 50 is formed by the empty space between the wings of the separating plate 50b. At this time, since the empty space is formed toward the rear of the inlet 52, that is, the opposite direction in which the rotating plate 50 rotates, the first outlet 58 also rotates the rotating plate 50 with respect to each inlet 52. It is formed in the opposite direction.

The support plate 60 is attached to and fixed to the bottom of the rotating plate 50 and has a second outlet 62 penetratingly connected to the first outlet 58 on the side. In addition, a hole is formed in the center of the support plate 60 to penetrate up and down to insert the drive shaft 72 of the first drive motor 70, and the stopper 64 is formed to protrude upwardly at a predetermined position on the upper surface. It is provided.

The stopper 64 is a part which catches a coin rotating along the rotating plate 50 while being inserted into the inlet port 52. The stopper 64 is provided at a position more advanced than the second outlet 62 with respect to the rotation direction of the rotating plate 50. do. That is, when based on the rotational direction of the rotary plate to be arranged somewhat later than the second outlet. Accordingly, when the coin inserted in the inlet 52 rotates along the rotating plate 50, the coin is caught by the stopper 64, and the movement is prevented by the stopper, so that the coin moves in the opposite direction to the rotation direction of the rotating plate 50. Will be. More precisely, the coin remains the same while the rotating plate 50 continues to rotate so that it moves relatively in the opposite direction of rotation. Since the opposite side to the rotation direction of the rotating plate 50 of the side of the inlet 52 is connected to the first outlet 58 through, the coin is discharged to the first outlet and then discharged to the second outlet 62 again.

Referring to the operation of the cashier 100 according to the present invention.

First, when the amount of money paid by the customer and the amount to be settled are input for the calculation of the price, the change is calculated by the control means. The clerk and the like out of the calculated change bills are taken out from the bank teller 20 and paid to the customer, coins are automatically discharged through the coin teller 30.

The control means transmits a control signal according to a coin (for example, an amount less than 1,000 won) in change, and operates each first driving motor 70 provided for each hopper 40 of the coin depositor 30. To be discharged. At this time, the clerk may input and operate the amount of money or coins to be randomly discharged. For example, if you need to discharge 750 won, you can take one from hopper A, which holds 500 won coins, two from hopper B, which holds 100 won coins, and one from hopper C, which holds 50 won coins. Each can be discharged. Therefore, the control signal is transmitted to drive each of the first driving motors of the hoppers A, B, and C.

When the first driving motor 70 is operated, the driving force is transmitted to the rotating plate 50 of the hopper 40 through the driving shaft 72 so that the rotating plate rotates in a predetermined direction. As the rotating plate 50 rotates, coins stacked in the hopper 40 are inserted into the inlet 52 one by one, rotated along the rotating plate 50, and are caught by the stopper 64 to prevent progression. Accordingly, the coin moves relatively in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the rotation plate 50, so that the first outlet 58 and the second plate of the support plate 60 penetrated from the inlet side opposite to the rotation direction to the side of the rotation plate. It is discharged through the outlet 62 to fall on the belt (80). At this time, the discharged coins hit the counter 66 provided to face the second discharge port 62, the number of coins discharged is counted. The number counted by the counter 66 is transmitted to the control means. If the discharge amount of the coin for the hopper 40 is reached, the control means transmits a control signal to drive the first hopper 40. The operation of the motor 70 will stop.

The control means operates the first drive motor 70 and simultaneously the second drive motor 84. The driving force of the second driving motor 84 is transmitted to the rotary gear 82 through the belt 88 to rotate the belt 80 in a predetermined direction, that is, the upper surface is moved from the rear to the front. Accordingly, each coin dropped on the belt 80 is transferred to the coin outlet 32 and finally discharged to the coin outlet 32 and put in the coin outlet 34.

When all coins to be discharged from each hopper 40 have been discharged, the control means transmits a control signal to the first driving motor 70 and the second driving motor 84 which are in operation to stop the operation. Specifically, the power supply is stopped by transmitting a control signal to a power supply unit supplying power to the first and second driving motors.

Therefore, the cashier or the like may pay the customer the coin contained in the coin discharge box 34.

As described above, the cash dispensing apparatus according to the present invention has the advantage that it is possible to improve the work efficiency of the counter and shorten the work time by automatically discharging coins.

In other words, the cashier according to the present invention,

First, the salesman can calculate the change and solve the inconvenience of manually paying the changed change, especially the coin, to prevent the mistakes that may occur during the work, thereby improving the speed and accuracy of the counter work.

Secondly, it is easy to apply and apply because it only needs to adjust the inlet size of the rotary plate according to the type of coins stored,

Third, by placing the belt to the side of the support plate can reduce the height of the cashier,

Fourth, the internal structure of the coin storage unit is simple by providing the first drive motor for each rotating plate,

Finally, a coin inlet is provided so that coins can be inserted into each hopper so that coins can be conveniently sorted and stored.

While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described using specific terms, such descriptions are for illustrative purposes only, and it is understood that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the following claims. Should be done.

Claims (7)

Claims [1] A cashier having a bill acceptor having a plurality of storage boxes for manually depositing and receiving bills and checks, a coin depositor for automatically discharging stored coins, and a housing surrounding the outside of the banknote and the coin dispenser. The coin withdrawal unit, At least one hopper which forms a space for classifying and storing the coins according to types, and has an upper surface and a bottom surface open and the side surfaces of which are inclined at an angle; It is mounted on the bottom of each hopper and the coin is discharged while rotating in a predetermined direction, and is formed through the upper and lower through at least the diameter of the coin accommodated in the hopper has one or more inlet through which the coin is inserted and discharged and the bottom center At least one rotating plate having a predetermined insertion groove therein; At least one support plate mounted on a bottom surface of each of the rotating plates, and having a second outlet formed on a side surface of the rotary plate and penetrating through the inlet, and having a through hole vertically penetrated between an upper surface and a bottom surface; And It is mounted on the bottom surface of each support plate, and has a drive shaft inserted into and fixed to the through hole of the support plate and the insertion groove of the rotating plate, and converts the electric force applied from the outside into a driving force transmitted to the rotating plate through the drive shaft to the rotating plate At least one first driving motor for rotating the cashier, characterized in that it comprises. The method of claim 1, The coin withdrawal unit, A belt disposed below the side surface of each of the supporting plates on which the second outlets are formed, and transferring the coins discharged to the second outlets to the front while rotating in a predetermined direction while being wound in a band shape between the front and rear fixing means; And And a coin outlet for discharging the coins transferred by the belt to the outside. The method of claim 2, The rear fixing means is formed in a predetermined shaft shape, one end of which uses an induction gear formed to be exposed to the side of the belt, A second drive motor converting an external electric force into a rotational force and having a drive shaft; And And a belt for transmitting the rotational force of the second driving motor to the induction gear by interlocking the exposed end of the induction gear with the driving shaft of the second driving motor. The method of claim 3, wherein Exposed one end of the induction gear and the drive shaft of the second drive motor is made of a sawtooth shape, A cash drawer according to claim 1, wherein the timing belt is a timing belt having an inner surface having a sawtooth shape. The method of claim 1, And a first outlet formed through the side of the rotating plate between the inlet and the second outlet. The first cash dispensing apparatus, characterized in that formed in the direction opposite to the rotation direction of the rotating plate from the inlet. The method of claim 1, On the upper surface of the support plate, The cashier according to claim 1, further comprising a stopper formed to protrude so that the coin is rotated along the rotating plate while being inserted into the inlet. The method of claim 1, The cashier, For each position where each hopper is disposed at the bottom of the upper plate of the housing, One or more coin inlets for injecting the coins; One side is bound to each coin inlet is moved up and down, the inlet cap is formed so that at least one end is caught on the bottom of the top plate; And The cashier according to claim 1, further comprising a spring for supporting the bottom face of the inlet lid and the inner side surface of the housing to push up the inlet lid.