WO2018159408A1 - Unité de positionnement de pièces pour machine de traitement d'espèces et dispositif de règlement automatique équipé de ladite unité de positionnement de pièces - Google Patents

Unité de positionnement de pièces pour machine de traitement d'espèces et dispositif de règlement automatique équipé de ladite unité de positionnement de pièces Download PDF

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WO2018159408A1
WO2018159408A1 PCT/JP2018/006190 JP2018006190W WO2018159408A1 WO 2018159408 A1 WO2018159408 A1 WO 2018159408A1 JP 2018006190 W JP2018006190 W JP 2018006190W WO 2018159408 A1 WO2018159408 A1 WO 2018159408A1
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孝志 中嶋
夏樹 萩原
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Ｎｅｃプラットフォームズ株式会社
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Priority to US16/485,313 priority Critical patent/US10930106B2/en
Priority to CN201880015076.8A priority patent/CN110383353B/zh
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  • the present invention relates to a coin placement unit for a money handling machine and a self-settlement apparatus including the same.
  • POS Point of Sales
  • a POS terminal device and a self-settlement device are provided, and the store clerk registers the product that the customer intends to purchase using the POS terminal device.
  • the self-settlement device includes a bill insertion slot and a coin insertion slot.
  • Patent Document 1 discloses a settlement apparatus that is applied to settlement processing by a customer after product registration by the customer himself (sometimes a store clerk).
  • This settlement apparatus is also provided with a money (especially coin) placement unit, and can take out coins in the wallet and spread them on the money placement unit, and put a desired coin into the coin slot.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a coin placement section that allows a desired coin to be easily inserted into a coin slot and a remaining coin to be easily taken out during self-settlement.
  • the present invention is also intended to provide a self-settlement apparatus provided with the above-described coin placement unit.
  • a coin placement unit for a money handling machine, and includes two vertical wall surfaces and a bowl-shaped recess extending between the two wall surfaces in a direction perpendicular to the wall surfaces.
  • a coin expanding portion having a concave surface, a coin inserting portion having a coin insertion slot, and a ridge portion provided so as to partition the coin expanding portion and the coin inserting portion.
  • the coin placement unit is provided such that the part, the ridge line part, and the coin insertion part have the same width and continue in the direction of going to the back side.
  • a coin placement unit capable of easily inserting a desired coin into a coin slot and taking out a remaining coin easily and a self-settlement apparatus including the same.
  • FIGS. 5A to 5F are a rear view (inverted upside down), a top view, a front view, a left side view, a right side view, and a bottom view of the coin placement unit shown in FIG. .
  • FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line CC as viewed from below in FIG. (A), (b), (c) is a figure which shows a mode that the coin thrown into the coin insertion part of FIG. 4 is guided to a coin insertion slot.
  • FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b) are a perspective view and a front view of a self-checkout apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • 2A, 2B, and 2C are a top view, a front view, and a right side view of the self-accounting apparatus of FIG. 1
  • FIGS. 3A and 3B are FIGS. It is an enlarged view of the coin mounting part in the top view of FIG. 2, and an enlarged view of the coin mounting part in the right side view of FIG.
  • the self-settlement apparatus described below is merely an example, and it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the following self-settlement apparatus.
  • the left-right direction when the self-checkout apparatus is viewed from the front may be referred to as the width direction
  • the front-rear direction may be referred to as the depth direction.
  • the width direction and the depth direction are indicated by arrows W and D, respectively.
  • the self-checkout device is used when a store clerk registers a product to be purchased by a customer using a POS terminal device (not shown), and the customer checks out the product after the product registration is completed.
  • the self-settlement device has a control unit (not shown) and a communication unit (not shown), communicates with the POS terminal device in a wired manner, and receives product registration data registered by the store clerk from the POS terminal device.
  • the self-settlement device may communicate with the POS terminal device wirelessly.
  • the self-accounting device accepts banknotes and coins individually in its housing, and changes such as a change machine that dispenses change as needed, a barcode reader for membership card, a code reader that reads a two-dimensional code, data such as a credit card, etc. It incorporates a card reader, a receipt printer that prints and discharges receipts, and a human sensor that detects people.
  • a code reader not only a code reader but also a magnetic card reader or an IC card reader may be incorporated depending on the type of membership card.
  • a display 120 with a touch panel is provided on the top of the housing 110 of the self-checkout apparatus 100, and a patrol lamp (warning light) 125 is provided on the top surface of the housing 110.
  • a bar code reader placement unit 130 is provided on the left side surface of the housing 110, and a handy type bar code reader 135 is suspended.
  • a pedestal 115 is provided at the lower part of the housing 110.
  • the self-checkout device 100 can also be used as a self-POS terminal device that switches the mode and allows the customer to perform product registration to checkout.
  • the bar code reader 135 is used when the self-checkout apparatus 100 is used as a self-POS terminal apparatus. When the self-adjustment apparatus 100 is used only as a self-adjustment apparatus, the barcode reader 135 and the barcode reader placement unit 130 do not need to be provided.
  • a fixed type barcode reading port 140 On the front side of the self-checkout apparatus 100, a fixed type barcode reading port 140, a speaker sound output hole 145, a card insertion port 150 such as a credit card, a bill insertion port 155, a bill discharge port 160, a receipt discharge port 165, a person
  • a coin placement unit 200 that is a main part of the present invention is provided.
  • the banknote outlet 160, the receipt outlet 165, the coin outlet 175, the defective coin return port 180, and the coin placement unit 200 In the vicinity of the card insertion port 150, the banknote outlet 160, the receipt outlet 165, the coin outlet 175, the defective coin return port 180, and the coin placement unit 200, respectively, according to the progress of the settlement process in the self settlement apparatus 100.
  • LED lamps 185 that are turned on or blinking and extinguished are provided.
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a coin placement unit 200 that can be a main part of the self-settlement apparatus 100 according to the present invention.
  • FIGS. 5A to 5F are rear views of the coin placement unit 200 in FIG. , Top view, front view, left side view, right side view, and bottom view. However, FIG. 5A, which is a rear view, is shown upside down so that the lower surface side is up.
  • FIG. 6 (a), 6 (b) and 6 (c) are longitudinal sectional views taken along line AA as viewed from the right side of FIG. 5 (b), and lateral cross sections along line BB as viewed from below in FIG. 5 (e).
  • FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line CC as viewed from below in FIG. 5 and FIG.
  • FIGS. 7A, 7B, and 7C are views showing a state in which the coins inserted into the coin insertion part of the coin placement unit 200 are guided to the coin insertion slot.
  • the coin placement unit 200 includes a coin unfolding unit 210, a ridge line unit 220, a coin insertion unit 230, and an extension unit 240.
  • the extending portion 240 is connected to the front end portion of the coin unfolding portion 210 without any level difference, and is away from the coin unfolding portion 210 (this embodiment). Then, it extends in the direction toward the opposite side to the back side, that is, the front side.
  • the extending portion 240 is particularly plate-shaped, and its front end has a shape that exhibits a curve such that the extending length decreases as the distance from the center increases when viewed from the front. The reason will be described later.
  • the coin unfolding part 210 has two vertical wall surfaces 211 facing each other on both sides in the width direction, and a shallow bowl-like shape extending between the two wall surfaces 211 and perpendicular to the wall surfaces, that is, in the width direction. It has a concave surface 212 formed by a concave portion.
  • the boundary between the wall surface 211 and the concave surface 212 is not a crossing angle of 90 degrees but is rounded to form a curved surface 213.
  • the concave surface 212 and the curved surface 213 will be described later, simply speaking, it is for facilitating the removal of coins on the concave surface 212.
  • the concave surface 212 has such a curvature that a space can be placed between ten or more coins and a gap is formed between the concave surface 212 and the coins placed there. desirable.
  • the ridge line portion 220 is provided between the coin unfolding portion 210 and the coin throwing portion 230 so as to cover the entire width in the width direction, and partitions the coin unfolding portion 210 and the coin throwing portion 230.
  • the height of the highest point P 210 of the portion is equal to the height of the highest point P 230 of the upper end portion of the coin insertion portion 230.
  • the height of the highest point P 220 of the ridge line part 220 that is continuous with the inner side end of the concave surface 212 of the coin developing part 210 is the height of the highest point P 210 of the upper end part of the coin developing part 210 and the coin insertion part. It is lower than the height of the highest point P 230 at the upper end of 230 .
  • the coin insertion part 230 includes a substantially rectangular coin insertion part inlet 231 formed in the upper part thereof, a coin insertion port 232 formed in the lower end part (FIGS. 3A and 6A), and a substantially rectangular coin insertion part 232. It has an inclined surface 233 that continues from the coin slot 231 to the coin slot 232. More specifically, as can be understood from FIGS. 5B and 6A, the coin insertion slot 232 is closer to one side (here, left) than the center in the width direction, and is perpendicular to the width direction (depth). In the direction or the front-rear direction), it is provided closer to the ridgeline 220 side (frontward).
  • the coin slot 232 may be provided at the center in the width direction or on the right side of the center.
  • the coin insertion slot 232 has a substantially elliptical shape, and at least one of two substantially semicircular curves facing each other and two line segments between the two substantially semicircular curves (this embodiment). Then, the center part of the line segment on the back side has a shape with a curve bulging outward (back side). Of course, the center part of both of the two line segments may have a shape having a curve that bulges outward (back side and front side).
  • the coin slot 232 is also set to a value sufficiently larger than the diameter and thickness of the largest coin (500 yen coin in Japan) in both the width direction and the depth direction (front-rear direction).
  • the inclined surface 233 has four surfaces from the substantially rectangular coin inlet 231 toward the coin inlet 232. These surfaces are inclined toward the coin insertion slot 232 from the substantially rectangular coin insertion slot 231 so that coins inserted from the coin insertion slot 231 fall into the coin insertion slot 232.
  • the surface forming the depth side in the depth direction among the four surfaces is the inclined surface 233-1 having the smallest inclination angle (angle of the inclined surface with respect to the horizontal plane).
  • one of the two surfaces facing each other with the inclined surface 233-1 in between is an inclined surface 233-2 having a larger inclination angle than the inclined surface 233-1.
  • the remaining two surfaces are inclined surfaces having a larger inclination angle than the inclined surface 233-2.
  • the inclined surface 233-1 is provided with three ribs 235 slightly to the left, and the inclined surface 23-2 is provided with one rib 236. These ribs 235 and 236 are provided at the upper part of the inclined surface so as to follow the inclination, so that the friction between the coin and the inclined surface is reduced at the upper part of the inclined surface, and the coin is easily slid downward. Is provided.
  • FIG. 5B is a longitudinal sectional view taken along line AA. 6 (b) which is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 6 (a) and FIG. 5 (e), and FIG. 6 (c) which is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. 5 (e).
  • these inclined surfaces are continuous curved surfaces, that is, funnel-shaped curved surfaces having no steps and no boundaries in both the vertical direction and the planar direction. As shown in FIGS.
  • the cross section of the inclined surface 233 has a shape closer to the planar shape of the coin insertion slot 232 as it approaches the coin insertion slot 232. Since the inclined surface 233 of the coin insertion unit 230 has the shape described above, for example, as shown in FIG. 7A, the coin 300 inserted so as to be orthogonal to the right side of the coin insertion slot 232 is shown in FIG. ) While sliding down the rounded inclined surface 233-2 above the substantially semicircular curve, as shown in FIG. 7 (c), it becomes almost parallel to the coin slot 232, It falls into the coin slot 232. In addition, in FIG. 7, the figure of the size of a 100 yen coin is illustrated as a coin.
  • the coin insertion slot 232 is located above the coin reception slot (not shown) of the built-in change machine, and the coin insertion slot 232 is The coins that have passed through are taken into the change machine.
  • the widths of the extension part 240, the coin development part 210, and the coin insertion part 230 of the coin placement part 200 are such a size that the back of a standard hand of a Japanese adult male can be easily accommodated.
  • the customer spreads the coins in the wallet to the coin unfolding unit 210 of the self-settlement apparatus 100, and after inserting the desired coins, removes the remaining coins from the coin unfolding unit 210 and returns them to the wallet.
  • the operation up to will be described.
  • the customer puts a desired coin on the coin unfolding unit 210 into the coin inserting unit 230 by sliding the bowl-shaped concave surface 212 and the ridgeline portion 220 of the coin unfolding unit 210.
  • the ridgeline portion 220 has a boundary between the rear end portion of the concave surface 212 of the coin unfolding portion 210 and the front end portion of the coin insertion portion inlet 231 of the coin insertion portion 230. It can carry out easily by continuing without a level
  • the height of the highest point P 220 of the ridge line portion 220 that is continuous with the end on the back side of the concave surface 212 of the coin unfolding portion 210 is the height of the highest point P 210 of the upper end portion of the coin unfolding portion 210. lower than the height of the highest point P 230 of the upper end of the coin input unit 230. Therefore, when the coin is moved from the coin unfolding part 210 to the coin insertion part inlet 231, there is no possibility that the coin will spill out from the coin placing part 200.
  • the coins inserted into the coin insertion part entrance 231 slide down on the inclined surface and fall into the coin insertion slot 232. Coins that have passed through the coin slot 232 are taken into a change machine (not shown).
  • the customer brings the coin to the center of the coin developing unit 210 with one finger and pulls it up while holding it along the concave surface 212 of the coin developing unit 210 with a plurality of fingers of one hand. At that time, since there is a gap between the concave surface 212 and the coin, it is easy to pinch with a finger.
  • the customer places his / her palm under the extension 240 so that the coins beyond the extension 240 are not spilled from the hand, and the other finger of the coin developing unit 210
  • the coin is slid along the concave surface 212 and placed on the palm of one hand via the extension 240.
  • This can be easily performed by the extended portion 240 being connected to the front end portion of the concave surface 212 of the coin unfolding portion 210 without any step difference.
  • Such work is usually performed near the center of the extension 240. This is the reason why the extension length of the portion near the center of the extension portion 240 is increased.
  • the extended portion 240 has a rounded shape at both ends, and the extended length of the portion close to the center is a large rounded shape, that is, a shape that is difficult to hinder the operation of the customer's fingers. .
  • the customer easily inserts a desired coin into the coin insertion slot 232, easily takes out the remaining coin and returns it to the wallet. be able to.
  • extension part 240 may be omitted depending on circumstances.
  • the clerk registers the product that the customer intends to purchase using the POS terminal device, and the self-checkout device is described in which the customer performs checkout after the product registration is completed.
  • the self-checkout device may be a self-POS terminal device in which a customer performs from product registration to checkout.
  • the coin placement unit according to the present invention can be applied to all money handling machines, that is, money handling machines (change machines, vending machines, etc.) other than the self-settlement apparatus and the self-POS terminal apparatus as described above.

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L'invention concerne une unité de positionnement de pièces comprenant : une section de mise en place de pièces ayant deux surfaces latérales verticales et une surface évidée comprenant des évidements en forme d'auge s'étendant dans la direction orthogonale par rapport aux surfaces latérales entre les deux surfaces latérales ; une section d'insertion de pièces ayant une ouverture d'insertion de pièces ; et une section de crête disposée entre la section de mise en place de pièces et la section d'insertion de pièces de façon à séparer ces sections. La section de mise en place de pièces, la section de crête et la section d'insertion de pièces ont la même largeur et sont continues dans la direction allant vers l'arrière.
PCT/JP2018/006190 2017-03-02 2018-02-21 Unité de positionnement de pièces pour machine de traitement d'espèces et dispositif de règlement automatique équipé de ladite unité de positionnement de pièces WO2018159408A1 (fr)

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JPH06348957A (ja) * 1993-06-04 1994-12-22 Fuji Electric Co Ltd 硬貨処理機
JP2008130009A (ja) * 2006-11-24 2008-06-05 Toshiba Tec Corp セルフチェックアウト端末
JP2012008810A (ja) * 2010-06-24 2012-01-12 Oki Electric Ind Co Ltd 硬貨入金機
JP6088691B1 (ja) * 2016-01-29 2017-03-01 東芝テック株式会社 決済装置

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JP2012008810A (ja) * 2010-06-24 2012-01-12 Oki Electric Ind Co Ltd 硬貨入金機
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