JP2822340B2 - Money dispensing machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention not only allows a large amount of bill bundles or wrapped coins to be dispensed by a single elevator means, but also mixes a bill bundle and wrapped coins for dispensing. The present invention relates to a money dispensing machine that can be obtained.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a money dispensing machine that pays out a bill bundle bundled every 100 sheets or a wrapped coin packaged every 50 sheets based on a dispensing command is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-131.
No. 983 (known example) has been proposed.

[0003] The above-described known money dispensing machine is provided with an elevator configured to be capable of storing a bill bundle or a wrapped coin separately by a partition plate. A plurality of cassettes stored for each denomination are loaded, and a bundle of bills and wrapping coins are thrown out of the cassettes one by one into an elevator that moves for each cassette one by one according to a dispensing instruction, and bills corresponding to the amount of money to be dispensed When a bundle or wrapped coins are thrown out, the elevator is raised to the upper outlet and paid out.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned known example, when dispensing a relatively small amount of bill bundles or wrapped coins alone or in combination, there is no problem.
Withdrawal processing was possible.

However, in actuality, when dispensing, it is not always necessary to dispense both the banknote bundle and the wrapped coins, and often a large amount of only the banknote bundle or only the wrapped coins is dispensed. Was sometimes required.

On the other hand, in the known example, since the inside of the elevator is divided into a banknote bundle and a packaged coin by a partition plate, only one of the banknote bundle and the packaged coin is dispensed in large quantities. In the case where it is necessary to do so, this partition plate becomes a hindrance, and a large amount of money cannot be stored in the elevator in one withdrawal operation, and eventually the withdrawal operation must be repeated several times. Did not.

[0007] It is also possible to expand the accommodation volume of the elevator to cope with the dispensing process as described above.
In this case, as a result, the size and cost of the entire cash dispensing machine will be increased, so such a measure is not practical. There has been a demand for a money dispensing machine capable of selectively dispensing only a banknote bundle or a wrapped coin.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a device which can sufficiently satisfy such user needs, and the features of the configuration are as follows.

(1) A money dispensing machine provided with an elevator means capable of receiving a bill bundle, wrapped coins and the like and transferring them to a dispensing port, wherein the size of the hopper portion in the elevator means is a plurality of rows. And a movable bottom is provided to receive both the banknote bundle and the wrapped coins, and a full state is detected to detect that the number of banknote bundles or wrapped coins accumulated on the movable bottom has reached a predetermined number. A money dispensing machine provided with a detecting means and a means for making full use of the movable bottom part, wherein the movable bottom part can be moved based on detection information from the detecting means.

(2) The money dispensing machine according to the above (1), wherein the full detecting means is configured to detect an accumulation height position of a banknote bundle or a packaged coin accumulated in the hopper.

(3) The full state detecting means is configured to compare the input quantity value actually input into the hopper with the preset full quantity value, and detect a match of the comparison result. The money dispensing machine according to the above (1).

[0012]

The configuration of the present invention is as described above, and when the fullness detecting means detects that a predetermined number of bill bundles or wrapped coins have been accumulated in the hopper of the elevator means, the bill bundle or the temporary bill bundles are detected. After the ejection of the wrapped coins is interrupted and the movable bottom of the elevator means is propelled to move the stored bill bundle or the wrapped coins, the subsequent bill bundle or the wrapped coins are ejected again to resume the large amount of the bill bundles. Alternatively, wrapped coins are stored in a hopper, and a large amount of money can be dispensed by a single dispensing operation.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the money dispensing machine (1), either a bill bundle (B) or a wrapped coin (C) discharged from a storage means (not shown) is provided on an inclined guide path (1).
1) and (12) are flowed down, thrown into a hopper section (21) of an elevator means (20) arranged thereunder, and accumulated on a movable bottom section (22).

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the elevator means (20) has a movable bottom which can reciprocate at a bottom position in a box-shaped hopper (21) having an open top. (22) is provided, and as shown in FIG. 2, the inside of this hopper (21) is a bill bundle (B).
Is formed in a size capable of accommodating up to twelve pieces in two rows at, for example, six rows, and a bill bundle (B) or a wrapped coin (C) put into the hopper (21) is formed on the top thereof. A full sensor means (70) constituted by a photosensor or a proximity switch or other detection device for detecting the limit of the accumulation height of (1) is provided.

The transport belt (22a) constituting the movable bottom part (22) is endless and is carried by a large number of support rolls (22b).
The reciprocating motor (22d) is provided so as to be able to reciprocate by interposing c).

The elevator means (20) can be moved up and down by the elevator elevating means (30), and is configured to be able to transport the stored money to a dispensing port (not shown).

As for the other structure of this embodiment, as shown in the functional block diagram of FIG.
The elevator elevating means (3
0) can be driven, and a selective dispensing means (60) capable of discharging a bundle of bills (B) or wrapped coins (C) from the storage means to an arbitrary quantity is included. .

Next, the operation of this embodiment will now be described, for example, when a withdrawal command (arrow) for eight bundles of bills is issued to the control means (50) by the operation unit (80) operated by the operator. Explain the processing procedure of
It is as follows.

First, as shown by an arrow in FIG. 3, the control means (50) drives and controls the selective dispensing means (60) based on a dispensing command from the operation section (80), and the inclined guideway is provided. (11) The banknote bundle (B) is sequentially flowed down, is thrown into the hopper section (21) of the elevator means (20) as shown by a white arrow, and is stacked on the movable bottom section (22). Is done.

Thus, when the six bill bundles (B ₁ ) to (B ₆ ) are placed on the movable bottom portion (22), the fullness detecting means (70) detects this and the information is sent to the control means. (50)
(Arrow), and the selection detecting means (6
0) is stopped to stop the discharge of the bill bundle (B) (arrow), and the reversible motor (22) of the movable bottom (22) is stopped.
d) is driven by a predetermined number of revolutions (arrow).

As a result, the transport belt (22a) is propelled while the _six bill bundles (B ₁ ) to (B ₆ ) are placed thereon, and is stacked in the direction shown by the arrow (〓) in FIG. (B ₁ ) to (B ₆ ) are moved.

Next, in accordance with an instruction from the control means (50), the drive of the selective dispensing means (60) is resumed, and the subsequent bill bundles (B ₇ ) (B ₈ ) are inserted. The instruction for restarting the selective throwing means (60) in the case is:
In connection with the actuation motion of the reversible motor (22 d) of the movable bottom (22) has been configured to implement sequentially, separately, the bill bundle (B ₁₎ ~ moved using, for example, the position sensor of the (B ₆₎ It is also possible for the control means (50) to drive and control the selective ejection means (60) based on the detection signal.

In this state, the bill bundles (B ₇ ) and (B ₇ )
₈₎ is turned, the dispensing of the bill bundle of a predetermined number of the bank-note bundle _{(B 1) ~ (B 8} ) selection detecting unit by a command from the control means and is completed (50) (60) (B ) Is aborted (arrow).

Next, in this state, in response to a command from the control means (50), the elevator elevating means (30) is moved up and down, and the elevator means (20) is made to face a dispensing port (not shown). the bill bundle of eight) (B ₁₎ ~ (B ₈₎ are those which can removed by a single operation (arrow).

In this embodiment, the case where a large amount of wrapped coins (C) are thrown out to the elevator means (20) is almost the same as the case where the bill bundle (B) is inserted. Initially, as shown by the white arrow, the inclined guideway (12)
When the stacking height of the wrapped coins (C) placed on the right side (FIG. 2) of the hopper section (21) from the top reaches the full height, this is detected by the fullness detecting means (70), and the reversible motor is detected. (22d) is started to move the accumulated wrapped coins (C) in the direction of the arrow (に お い て) in FIG. 2, and then the subsequent wrapped coins (C) are placed on the right side of the conveyor (22a). It is only necessary to continue dropping into the vacant place.

Although the hopper portion (21) of this embodiment lacks a partition plate, the selective ejection means (60) is operated while the movable bottom portion (22) is stopped, and FIG. The bill bundle (B) is placed on the left side of the conveyor (22a),
Needless to say, it is possible to throw out the wrapped coin (C) on the right side, and to throw out the coin containing the bill bundle (B) and the wrapped coin (C) into the elevator means (20).

Further, in this embodiment, the insertion amount detecting means (70) detects the stacking height of the banknote bundle (B) or the wrapped coins (C) inserted into the hopper (21) and detects the movable bottom portion. Although the structure configured to drive (22) has been illustrated, in addition to such technical means, for example, a separate storage means is provided, and the bill bundle (B) or the wrapped coin (B) into the hopper (21) is provided. The storage limit of C) is set and stored, and it is compared with the number of bill bundles (B) and wrapped coins (C) actually loaded into the elevator means (20). A configuration that can start (22) is also mentioned as another embodiment of the present invention.

[0029]

According to the present invention, as described above, the hopper portion of the elevator means is configured so as to be able to accommodate banknote bundles or wrapped coins in a double row and is provided with a movable bottom portion. Alternatively, a money dispensing machine that can not only dispense wrapped coins with a single dispensing operation, but also enables picking out of coins including a banknote bundle and wrapped coins, thereby improving the dispensing efficiency. In addition, since the hopper does not need a partitioning means and does not need to increase its storage capacity, a compact and low-cost money dispensing machine can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional front view of the elevator means in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Money dispenser 11, 12 Incline guideway 20 Elevator means 21 Hopper part 22 Movable bottom part 22a Transport belt 22d Reversible motor 30 Elevator elevating means 50 Command control means 60 Selection dispensing means 70 Full detecting means

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A money dispensing machine provided with an elevator means capable of receiving bill bundles, wrapped coins and the like and transferring them to a dispensing port, wherein a size of a hopper portion in the elevator means is arranged in a plurality of rows. receive both the bill bundle and wrapping coins
A movable bottom provided with a movable bottom is formed so as to be removable, a full detecting means for detecting that the number of bill bundles or wrapped coins accumulated on the movable bottom has reached a predetermined quantity, and means for making full use of the movable bottom. A money dispensing machine provided so as to be able to move the movable bottom portion in accordance with detection information from the detection means. 2. The money dispensing machine according to claim 1, wherein said full detecting means is configured to detect an accumulation height position of bill bundles or wrapped coins accumulated in the hopper. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the full state detecting means compares a previously set full amount value with an actual amount input into the hopper, and detects a match between the comparison results. The money dispensing machine according to claim 1.