JP3430640B2 - Bill insertion device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill inserting device for inserting bills in a vending machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a bill inserting device for inserting bills of an automatic vending machine is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 4-12075. This is equipped with a bill insertion slot for inserting bills in the front door of the vending machine, a bill validator provided in the inner door between the main body of the vending machine and the front door, and a bill insertion opening of the front door. It is configured to communicate with each other. A cover door is rotatably attached so as to cover the bill insertion slot.

In such a case, when rain or the like rains, rainwater enters through the gap between the support portion of the cover door and the front door, and rainwater drips from the upper surface of the opening of the bill insertion slot so that the rainwater falls inside the bill insertion slot. The bottom surface was wet. However, by providing a distance between the front surface of the bill insertion slot provided by the bill introduction unit and the bill identification device, the bill identification device is prevented from getting wet with rainwater.

[0004]

In recent years, it has been desired to reduce the depth of the vending machine, and accordingly, it has been necessary to reduce the depth of the bill inserting device. However, in the conventional configuration, rainwater that drips from the upper surface of the opening of the bill insertion slot is provided with a bill introduction unit or the like so as not to fall into the bill insertion slot of the bill identification device, and the front of the bill insertion port and the bill identification device. It was necessary to provide a predetermined distance to the banknote, and it was not possible to make the banknote insertion device thin significantly.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a bill insertion device which has a structure in which rainwater does not drip into a bill insertion slot and can shorten or omit the bill introduction portion and can have a thin depth.

[0006]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a banknote slot provided on a front door of a vending machine, and a banknote slot forming a periphery of the banknote slot.
A cover door that covers the front surface of the bill insertion frame, a support shaft that rotatably supports the cover door at the top of the bill insertion frame, and the support shaft is inserted, and the cover door can be moved up and down. It is a bill insertion device provided with a shaft hole which is long in the vertical direction and an elastic member which pushes up the cover door upward to bring the upper portion of the cover door into contact with the bill insertion frame.

Paper provided on the front door of the vending machine
Banknote insertion slot and banknote insertion that forms the periphery of the banknote insertion slot
A frame, a cover door that covers the front of the bill insertion frame, and the cover.
A support that rotatably supports the bar door above the bill insertion frame.
The supporting shaft is inserted through the holding shaft and the cover door
With a vertically long shaft hole that enables vertical movement of the
Push the door upwards and push the top of the cover door to the banknote.
An elastic member to be brought into contact with the input frame, a drainage groove provided in a vertical direction on a side portion of the banknote input frame, provided between the banknote input port and the support part, and close to the cover door, The bill insertion device is provided with a water droplet guide protrusion that is longer than the width of the bill insertion port and is inclined to the drainage groove.

Paper provided on the front door of the vending machine
Banknote insertion slot and banknote insertion that forms the periphery of the banknote insertion slot
A frame, a cover door that covers the front of the bill insertion frame, and the cover.
A support that rotatably supports the bar door above the bill insertion frame.
The supporting shaft is inserted through the holding shaft and the cover door
With a vertically long shaft hole that enables vertical movement of the
Push the door upwards and push the top of the cover door to the banknote.
An elastic member to be brought into contact with the input frame, provided between the banknote insertion port and the support portion, and close to the cover door, the lower surface of the banknote insertion port side is inclined from the banknote input frame to the cover door. It is a bill insertion device provided with the water drop guide protrusion.

[0009]

Since the cover door is rotatably and vertically movable supported on the upper portion of the bill insertion frame, and the elastic member pushes the cover door upward so that the upper portion of the cover door abuts on the bill insertion frame. It is possible to reduce the intrusion of rainwater by eliminating the gap between the cover door and the bill slot.

Further, the cover door is pivoted to the upper part of the bill insertion frame.
It is supported so that it can move freely and vertically and is covered by an elastic member.
ー Push the door upward and the upper part of the cover door becomes the bill insertion frame
In addition to the contacting structure, the cover door is rotatably supported on the upper part of the bill insertion frame, the drainage groove is provided on the side part of the bill insertion frame, is close to the cover door, and is longer than the width of the bill insertion slot, and Since a water drop guide protrusion with a slope that descends to the drain is provided between the cover door and the bill insertion slot, rainwater that entered from the gap between the support part of the cover door and the bill insertion frame will flow along the water drop guide protrusion. Since it passes through the drainage groove of the bill slot, the bill slot will not get wet with rainwater.

Further, the cover door is rotated to the upper part of the bill insertion frame.
It is supported so that it can move freely and vertically and is covered by an elastic member.
ー Push the door upward and the upper part of the cover door becomes the bill insertion frame
In addition to the abutting structure, the cover door is rotatably supported on the upper part of the bill insertion frame, is close to the cover door, and the lower surface of the bill insertion port side has an inclination that drops from the bill insertion frame to the cover door. Since the portion is provided between the cover door and the bill insertion slot, rainwater dripping from above the water drop guide protrusion can be transmitted to the back surface of the cover door.

[0012]

EXAMPLE An example of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a front view of the vending machine. The front door 1 has a product display section 2,
A product selection button 3 and a product outlet 4 are provided. Reference numeral 5 denotes a bill insertion device provided on the front door 1 so that a customer can insert bills. FIG. 2 is a front view of the bill insertion device 5,
FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the banknote depositing device 5 taken along the chain line AA ′. 6 is a bill validator, and the bill validator 6
The bill insertion slot 7 is attached so as to appear on the front surface of the front door 1. Reference numeral 8 is a bill insertion frame in which an opening is provided in the center and the bill insertion slot 7 is arranged in the opening, and 9 is a cover door which covers the front surface of the bill insertion frame 8. In this embodiment, the bill introducing section that connects the bill inserting frame 8 and the bill identifying device 6 is omitted, and the depth of the bill inserting device is thin.

Reference numeral 10 is a support shaft for attaching the cover door 9 to the bill insertion frame 8, and both ends thereof are inserted into holes provided in the bill insertion frame 8. 11 is provided on the cover door 9,
It is a support portion that holds the support shaft 10, and has a shaft hole 12 through which the support shaft 10 can be inserted, whereby the cover door 9
Is rotatably supported. FIG. 4 is a side view of the support portion 11. As shown in FIG. 4, the shaft hole 12 is a hole that is long in the vertical direction and has a gap even when the support shaft 10 is inserted.

Reference numeral 13 is a spring, which is a support portion 1 of the cover door 9.
The support shaft 10 is inserted between the two. The inner diameter of the spring 13 is larger than the diameter of the support shaft 10, and like the shaft hole 12, there is a gap even when the support shaft 10 is inserted. Further, one end of the spring 13 is inserted and fixed in a hole provided in the cover door 9, and the other end is in contact with the bill insertion frame 8.
A rib 14 is provided on the cover door 9 to prevent the spring 13 from slipping laterally and coming off the cover door 9.

When the cover door 9 is rotated upward to insert a bill, one end which is in contact with the bill insertion frame 8 is held by the bill insertion frame 8 as it is and one end inserted into the cover door 9 is attached. Rotates upward together with the cover door 9, and the spring 13
Adds a twist to. Therefore, when the hand is released, the cover door 9 is pivoted downward and closed by the action of the spring 13. Further, since the spring 13 holds the cover door 9 in a closed state at all times, the cover door 9 is prevented from opening due to wind or the like.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the support portion of the cover door 9 of the sectional view of FIG. When the cover door 9 is normally closed,
The cover door 9 is pushed upward by the spring 13. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the upper surface of the cover door 9 and the bill insertion frame 8 are brought into contact with each other to eliminate the gap between the cover door 9 and the bill insertion frame 8. Therefore, rainwater covers the cover door 9 and the bill insertion frame 8.
I'm trying not to get in through the gap. Further, when the cover door 9 is rotated upward, the cover door 9 is pushed and rotated, so that the upper surface of the cover door 9 does not rotate while being in contact with the bill insertion frame 8, and the cover door 9 rotates smoothly. Can move. In this embodiment, by increasing the inner diameter of the spring 13 for holding the cover door 9 open and closed, the spring 13 also serves as an elastic member that pushes the cover door 9 upward.

In this embodiment, two water drop guide projections are provided, 15 is a first water drop guide projection provided below the support of the cover door 9, and 16 is a first water drop guide projection. It is a second water droplet guide protrusion provided below the portion. The first water droplet guide protrusion 15 and the second water droplet guide protrusion 16 are close to the cover door 9 with a slight gap. This slight gap is a gap in which surface tension is exerted when a water drop enters between the cover door 9 and the water drop guide projections 15 and 16, and is about 0.3 mm in the embodiment. The reason why the cover door 9 is not in contact with the first water droplet guiding protrusion 15 and the second water droplet guiding protrusion 16 is that the cover door 9 hits the water droplet guiding protrusion.
Is to prevent the cover door 9 from floating, the gap should be as small as possible, and the cover door 9 may be in contact as long as it does not float.

The first water drop guide projection 15 is inclined so as to gradually descend from the central portion to the side of the bill insertion frame 8, and the width thereof is longer than the width of the bill insertion slot 7. Drainage grooves 17 are provided on both sides of the bill insertion frame 8 in the vertical direction, and both ends of the first water droplet guide protrusion 15 extend to the drainage grooves 17. Therefore, even if rainwater enters from the abutting portion of the cover door 9 and the bill insertion frame 8 and moves downward as it is, the rainwater temporarily stops on the upper surface of the first water droplet guide protrusion 15. Since the gap between the first water droplet guide protrusion 15 and the cover door 9 is small, surface tension acts between the cover door 9 and the side surface of the first water droplet guide protrusion 15 so that rainwater does not move downward. It flows into the drain groove 17 along the upper surface and the side surface of the first water droplet guide protrusion 15, and flows downward along the drain groove 17.
Because of the drainage groove 17, the rainwater that has moved to both ends of the first water droplet guide protrusion 15 does not return to the bill insertion slot 7 side.

The upper part of the second water drop guide projection 16 is inclined from the central part to the side of the bill insertion frame 8, and the vertical width of the central part is wide. Therefore, the rainwater that has passed over the first water droplet guide protrusion 15 flows to the side of the bill insertion frame 8 by the second water droplet guide protrusion 16 and does not flow in the central portion. Moreover, the lateral width of the second water droplet guide protrusion 16 is shorter than the lateral width of the first water droplet guide protrusion 15, and the rainwater that reaches the side edge of the first water droplet guide protrusion 15 becomes the second water droplet guide protrusion 15.
It is prevented from being transmitted to the water drop guide protrusion 16.

Since the rainwater passes through the side portions of the bill insertion frame 8 as described above, almost no rainwater is attached to the central portion of the back surface of the cover door 9. Therefore, the bill discriminating device 6 is prevented from getting wet even if the cover door 9 is rotated and the rainwater on the back surface is blown out by the impact when the cover door 9 is closed. The lower surface of the second water drop guide protrusion 16 is inclined from the bill validator 6 toward the cover door 9 so that even if rainwater passes over the second water drop guide protrusion 16, it passes through the back surface of the cover door 9. Therefore, the bill validator 6 is not exposed to rainwater. Since one side of the lower part of the opening of the bill insertion frame 8 is also inclined from the bill identification device 6 to the cover door 9,
Even when the rainwater that has passed through the back surface of the cover door 9 also moves to the lower part of the banknote input frame 8, the rainwater does not move to the banknote identification device 6 and directly moves downward through the lower part of the banknote input frame 8.

In the present embodiment, since a recess is provided in the upper portion of the bill insertion frame 8 so that the support portion 11 of the cover door 9 fits in, the upper portion of the cover door 9 is pushed upward by pushing the cover door 9 upward. Although it contacts the input frame 8, the present invention only needs to be configured so that the upper part of the cover door 9 can contact the banknote insertion frame 8 when the cover door 9 is pushed upward, so that the banknote insertion is performed on the upper part of the cover door 9. The configuration may be such that a protrusion that contacts the frame 8 is provided, or that the bill insertion frame 8 is provided with a protrusion that contacts the cover door 9.

Further, in the structure for supporting the cover door 9, a convex portion which serves as a support shaft is provided on the upper portion of the cover door 9, and a vertically long axial hole through which the support shaft can be inserted is provided in the bill insertion frame 8 to cover the cover door 9. An elastic member that pushes up 9 may be brought into contact with the cover door 9. In this embodiment, the bill introducing unit is omitted. However, even when the bill introducing unit is shortened, the configurations of the bill insertion frame 8 and the cover door 9 are the same as those in the present embodiment. A bill introducing unit is provided between the bill inserting frame 8 and the bill identifying device 6.

With such a configuration, the bill validator 6
Even if the banknote input port 5 is a banknote input device 5 provided on the front surface of the front door 1, rainwater treatment can be performed without thickening the banknote input frame 8.

[0024]

The cover door is supported so as to be movable up and down, and when the cover door is closed, it is pushed upward by the elastic member so that the upper portion of the cover door comes into contact with the bill insertion frame. It is possible to reduce the intrusion of rainwater by eliminating the gap between the input frame and the cover door.

The cover door is supported so that it can be moved up and down.
Hold it up, and when the cover door is closed,
Push it up and bring the top of the cover door into contact with the bill slot.
In addition to the configuration, between the support part of the cover door and the bill slot,
Since the water drop guide protrusion close to the cover door has a shape that slopes down from the central part to the drainage groove on the side, rainwater that invades from the contact part of the cover door and the bill throwing frame is inserted into both sides of the bill throwing frame. It can be moved down through and can prevent the bill slot from getting wet. Also, move the cover door up and down
Supported so that it is elastic when the cover door is closed
A member pushes it upwards, and the top of the cover door is billed.
In addition to the structure that abuts on the input frame, a water drop guide protrusion is provided between the cover door and the banknote input port, in addition to being close to the cover door and having a lower surface on the banknote input port side inclined from the banknote input frame to the cover door. Therefore, rainwater hanging from above the water drop guide protrusion can be transmitted to the back side of the cover door,
It is possible to prevent the bill slot from getting wet.

Further, with the above-mentioned structure, rainwater can be prevented from dripping from above the bill insertion slot into the bill insertion slot, so that the bill introduction part or the like can be shortened or omitted, and the depth of the bill insertion device can be increased. Can be thinned.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a vending machine.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the bill insertion device.

FIG. 3 is a side cross-sectional view of the banknote depositing device taken along a chain line AA ′.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a support portion of the cover door.

FIG. 5 is a side cross-sectional view taken along the chain line A-A ′ of the hinge portion.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 front door 5 banknote input device 6 bill validator 7 banknote slot 8 bill slot 9 cover door 10 Support shaft 11 Support 12 shaft holes 13 spring 15 First water drop guide protrusion 16 Second water drop guide protrusion 17 drainage

Continuation of the front page (56) Bibliographic references Hei 2-130069 (JP, A) Actual development Sho 59-84673 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07D 1 / 00,3 / 00,9 / 00 G07D 9 / 04,11 / 00,13 / 00 G07F 1 / 02,5 / 00-9/10

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A banknote slot provided on a front door of a vending machine, a banknote slot forming a periphery of the banknote slot, a cover door covering the front of the banknote slot, and the cover door. A support shaft that rotatably supports the upper part of the bill insertion frame, a vertically long shaft hole that allows the support shaft to pass therethrough, and vertically moves the cover door, and pushes the cover door upward. A bill insertion device, characterized in that an elastic member for contacting an upper portion of the cover door with the bill insertion frame is provided. 2. A bill insertion provided on a front door of a vending machine.
A mouth, a bill insertion frame forming the periphery of the bill insertion opening,
A cover door for covering the front of the bill insertion frame, and the cover door
Support shaft for rotatably supporting the above-mentioned bill insertion frame
When the support shaft is inserted and the cover door is
The vertically long shaft hole that allows downward movement and the cover door
Push it upwards and insert the bill into the top of the cover door
An elastic member to be brought into contact with the frame, a drainage groove provided in a vertical direction on a side portion of the bill insertion frame, provided between the bill insertion slot and the support portion, and close to the cover door, and A bill insertion device having a water drop guide protrusion that is longer than the width of the bill insertion opening and is inclined to the drainage groove. 3. A bill insertion provided on a front door of a vending machine.
A mouth, a bill insertion frame forming the periphery of the bill insertion opening,
A cover door for covering the front of the bill insertion frame, and the cover door
Support shaft for rotatably supporting the above-mentioned bill insertion frame
When the support shaft is inserted and the cover door is
The vertically long shaft hole that allows downward movement and the cover door
Push it upwards and insert the bill into the top of the cover door
An elastic member to be brought into contact with the frame, provided between the bill insertion slot and the support portion, and close to the cover door,
A bill insertion device, wherein a lower surface on the side of the bill insertion port is provided with a water drop guide protrusion having an inclination from the bill insertion frame to the cover door.