JP3078673B2 - Money handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a money handling apparatus, and more particularly to a money handling apparatus having a safe that can be detached by a person in charge.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, ATMs (automatic teller machines) have used coin processing devices. In these devices, coins are loaded and collected through a safe for staff. ing.

For example, when coins are to be stored in a denomination safe, if the denomination safe is full, coins cannot be stored . For this, it accommodates the denomination of the coins of the full cup overflow safe is provided in the overflow safe. The attendant, as the overflow safe is not a full cup, it is necessary to perform recovery.

[0004] However, if a clerk accidentally pulls out an overflow safe for recovery processing while an ATM is being traded by a general user, coins that need to be stored in the overflow safe are generated. There is a risk that coins may be scattered around the overflow safe by not being able to conduct transactions or operating as if an overflow safe is set.

[0005] In addition, there is a case where a clerk safe for loading and collecting is provided separately from the overflow safe, but if the clerk mistakenly pulls out the clerk safe while a general user is conducting a transaction, The same troubles as described above may occur.

In order to solve such a problem, AT
It is conceivable to prevent the safe from being attached / detached when M is used. However, in this case, there is a problem that a staff member cannot perform processing until the user finishes using the ATM.

[0007]

[SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION] As described above, in the conventional apparatus is to solve or trouble occurs due to erroneous operation by an attendant, a problem that it is impossible to perform the processing by the clerk at the time of ATM use, reliability ， High operability
It is intended to provide a money handling apparatus.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is to solve the above problem, the present invention, coins of performing deposit or withdrawal of money
In the banknote handling machine, coins that are removed and collected by staff
And detachable safe for accommodating a bill, and locking means for securing the safe in the money handling apparatus, a determination unit for determining whether a state whether or not the safe removable, the safe based on the discrimination result of the discriminating means Display means for displaying whether or not the safe can be removed, and interlocking with the display means, so that when the safe cannot be removed, the lock cannot be released by the lock means so that the safe cannot be removed. And lock release preventing means.

[0009]

According to the present invention, since it is determined and displayed whether or not the removable safe can be removed, the attendant can easily identify whether or not the safe can be removed and unlocked when the safe cannot be removed. Since the locking means cannot be unlocked by the blocking means, it is possible to prevent the attendant from accidentally removing the safe.

[0010]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a circulation type coin processing machine to which the present invention is applied.

The circulation type coin processing machine is provided with a receiving tray 1 for receiving coins inserted by a user, and the coins loaded into the receiving tray 1 are fed to the feeding section 2 by rotating the receiving tray 1. Fall. The payout unit 2 pays out coins one by one and conveys it to the checkout unit 3. The check unit 3 includes a CCD line sensor that detects the diameter of a coin and a magnetic sensor that measures the magnetic amount of the coin, and determines the denomination, authenticity, and the like of the coin. The coins checked by the check unit 3 are conveyed by the conveying unit 4 and sorted by denomination by the sorting unit 5 based on the check result.

The sorting unit 5 includes a shutter 6 provided for each denomination.
The shutter 22 is driven on the basis of the determination result of the check unit 3, thereby selecting the denomination.

Below the shutter 6, a primary storage section 7 for temporarily storing coins selected by the shutter 6 is provided.
You . Right end of the temporary holding unit 7 is escrow unit for rejected coins, sequentially one yen to the right from the left end, 5 yen, 10
Temporary holding units for yen, 50 yen, 100 yen, and 500 yen coins are arranged.

The coins held in the primary holding unit 7 are stored in the denomination safe 8 when the transaction is completed without any abnormalities such as counting errors and misselection. The denomination safes 8 are arranged for each denomination corresponding to each temporary holding unit 7.

The coin-type safe 8 is provided with a coin pay-out section (not shown) so that coins can be paid out from the cash-type safe 8 and paid out when dispensing. The coins paid out from the denomination-type safe 8 are transported to the left in the figure by the horizontal transport unit 10, and further transported to the payout unit 2 by the vertical transport unit 12.

The coins conveyed to the feeding section 2 are fed one by one, and are conveyed to the vertical transport section 11 through the check section 3 via the reject gate 15 at the final portion of the transport section 4 and the horizontal transport section 9. The tray 1 is dispensed.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the state where the safe 13 is loaded. The safe 13 is configured to be loaded into the housing or taken out of the housing along a guide 19 attached to a lower portion and a side surface of the housing 16. The loading and unloading of the safe is operated by a staff member, and the safe can be removed by operating the lock 17 when unloading.

Even when the coin handling machine is in operation, the safe can be taken out when coins are not put in and taken out of the safe, which is very convenient in operation. Therefore, a display lamp 18 is attached to the upper part of the key as a display for indicating that the safe can be pulled out, and is lit when the key can be taken out. FIG.
2 shows a structure for locking and unlocking the lock.

The lock 17 is fixed to the housing 16 by a nut 32, and a lever 21 is fixed to the tip of the shaft by nuts 32 and 33. When an unlocking operation is performed using a key (not shown), the shaft 34 rotates and the lever 2 is rotated.
Rotate 1

In this operation, the lever 23 engaged with the lever 21 is pushed down in the direction A. Lever 23
Has a fulcrum portion 28 fixed to the housing 16 by pins 27.

At the other end of the lever 23, a joint 25 is
6, and the other end of the joint 25 is rotatably fixed to the lock lever 24. The lock lever 24 is rotatably fixed to the lock lever base 29 with a pin 35 and is configured so that a force is applied in the B direction by a torsion coil spring 30.

The stopper 36 is a stopper for the lock lever 24 is such that there is no excessive too go in the direction B, the tip of the lock lever 24, the hook 37 of the claw-like as shown is formed I have. And this hook 37
And it has a structure that is pulling hanging selfish locking the notch 31 of the safe 13. The solenoid 22 is connected to the solenoid mounting plate 3.
8, and the mounting plate 38 is fixed to the housing by screws 39.

FIG. 4 is a view of the portion of the pin 26 viewed from the direction C. The portion of the joint 25 corresponding to the pin 26 has an oval hole. Therefore, when the safe 13 is pulled out and loaded, the lock lever 24 is pushed up in the anti-B direction due to the relationship between the notch 31 and the hook 37 so that the hook 37 enters the notch 31. I have.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the solenoid 22 portion. This solenoid is of a plunger type, and has a structure in which the movable piece inside 39 is always pushed out by a compression spring when power is cut off. Then, the lever 23 is always fixed when the solenoid 22 is not energized.

The above-described display lamp 18 and solenoid 22
, As shown in FIG. 6, it is series connected. CPU40
Determines whether the safe 13 can be pulled out based on the status data of the coin processor stored in the memory 41 and operates the switch 42. Therefore, the display lamp 18 and the solenoid 22 operate in conjunction with each other. Next, the operation will be described.

When coins are put into the receiving tray 1, the receiving tray is driven to rotate to drop the coins to the payout portion 2 arranged below. The payout unit 2 pays out coins one by one, supplies the coins to the transport path 4, and determines the authenticity and type of the coins by the check unit 3 arranged on the way, and drives the shutter 6 according to the result. , And are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 7 for each denomination. Then, when the transaction is completed, the coins in the temporary holding unit 7 are dropped and stored in the denomination safe 8.

At the time of withdrawal, the required number of coins are paid out from the cash-type safe 8, the remittance gate 5 is checked after checking the amount of withdrawal via the horizontal transport path 10, the vertical transport path 12, the payout section 2 and the transport path 4. Is delivered to the tray 1 via the horizontal transport path 9 and the vertical transport path 11. The safe 13 is used when loading coins into the denomination safe 8 and when collecting coins from the denomination safe.

At the time of loading, the door 10 on the payout side of the safe 13 is
1 is opened, and coins are fed to the vertical transport path 12 by the built-in belt. Then, it is stored in the denomination safe 8 via the payout unit 2, the transport path 4, and the temporary holding unit 7 in the same manner as at the time of deposit. When loaded into the denomination safe 8, the door 101 on the payout side of the safe is closed.

At the time of collection, the storage door 102 at the rear of the safe is opened. Then, coins are paid out while the denomination safe 8 counts the number of coins. The fed coin is conveyed in the horizontal conveying path 10 in the direction D and stored in the safe 13. When the collecting operation is completed, the storage door 102 is closed.

The lock lever 24 is attached to a joint 25 in a structure that can be driven to rotate. And lever 23
4, the lever 23 is pushed upwards regardless of the lever 23 when the lock lever 24 is raised in the direction B, so that the lock lever 24 is released. It is structured to be pulled up in the anti-B direction.

Therefore, when loading the safe 13 into the housing, the notch 31 of the safe 13 is engaged with the hook 37 by pushing the safe 13 into the housing, and the lock lever 24 is pushed up. The notch 31 and the hook 37 are locked. Next action Nitsu There will be described pull out the safe in. The plunger of the solenoid 22 is configured to engage with the lever 23.

When the power is not supplied to the sonolide 22 , the plunger prevents the lever 23 from moving in the direction A. When the power is supplied, the plunger is sucked and the lever 23 is movable in the direction A.

The above-mentioned sonolide 22 is provided with a display lamp 18.
When the display lamps are connected in series it is lit and,
The operation of the lock 17 is enabled. This is when the safe 13 is not operated.

That is, when a transaction is not being performed, and coins are not being taken in and out of the safe 13 even if the coin processing machine is operating during a transaction (when the feeding door 101 and the storage door 102 are closed). Is turned on), the display lamp 18 is turned on, and the lock 1 is turned on.
7 is enabled.

When the display lamp 18 is lit, the lock 1
7 can be operated and the clerk can pull out the safe. On the other hand, when the display lamp is turned off, the solenoid 22 fixes the lever 23.
The lock cannot be operated, and the lock lever 24 cannot be operated to the open position even if the lock is operated by an erroneous operation.

That is, the display lamp 18 is turned on when coins are put in and out of the safe 13 (when the feeding door 101 and the storage door 102 are open) and when coins are put in and taken out (collection / loading). The light is turned off so that the lock lever 24 cannot be operated to the open position. As described above, since the safe cannot be withdrawn carelessly, an accident due to an erroneous operation can be prevented.

As described above , conventionally, when the payout door 101 and the storage door 102 are open, the clerk pulls out the safe 13 and opens the key 17 and pulls out the safe 13, so that the coins are fed or stored. The machine will not work properly. In addition, the stored coins are spilled, and even the coins stored therein are lost. However, according to the present invention, an accident due to an erroneous operation can be prevented beforehand because the safe cannot be pulled out carelessly.

[0038] Figure 7, Ru der shows another configuration of the solenoid 22. In the above embodiment, the lever 23 is released from the locked state by energizing the solenoid. On the other hand, FIG. 7 shows that the lever is turned off when the solenoid is not energized by changing the direction of the compression spring. 23. Therefore, according to the solenoid of FIG. 7, the safe can be pulled out even when a power failure occurs, for example.

[0039]

As described above, according to the present invention, whether or not a removable safe can be removed is determined and displayed, so that the attendant can easily identify whether or not the safe can be removed, and can also remove the safe. When the lock is not possible, the lock of the lock means cannot be released by the lock release prevention means, so that the attendant can be prevented from accidentally removing the safe.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a circulation type coin processing machine.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a setting state of a safe.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a locked state of the safe.

FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged view of a lock mechanism.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a mechanism of a solenoid.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a solenoid and an indicator lamp.

FIG. 7 is a view for explaining another example of the mechanism of the solenoid.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 2 Feeding-out section 3 Checking section 4 Transport section 5 Sorting section 6 Shutter 7 Primary storage section 8 Deposit safe 9 Horizontal transport section 10 Horizontal transport section 11 Vertical transport section 12 Vertical transport section DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13 ... Safe 14 ... Overflow safe 16 ... Housing 17 ... Lock 18 ... Indicator lamp 19 ... Guide 21 ... Lever 23 ... Lever 25 ... Joint 26 ... Pin 27 ... Pin 24 ... Lock lever 29 ... Lock lever base 30 ... Torsion coil spring 31 ... Notch 32 ... Nut 34 ... Shaft 35 ... Pin 36 ... Stopper 37 ... Hook

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A money handling apparatus for performing money deposit or withdrawal, a detachable safe for storing money that is being removable by attendant recovery, and locking means for securing the safe in the money handling apparatus, wherein a determining means for safe it is determined whether the state or not <br/> that removable, display means for displaying whether it is possible to remove the safe based on the determination result of the determination means, in conjunction with the display means and, money <br/> processing apparatus characterized by comprising a lock release preventing means that prevents the release of the lock by said lock means so as not to remove the safe when it is impossible to remove the safe .