JP3679743B2 - Coin dispenser - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a coin dispensing device suitable for use by connecting to a POS (Point Of Sales) terminal or an ECR (Electronic Cash Register), and more particularly to a coin dispensing device including a drawer device.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, it has a built-in coin storage unit that stores coins of 1 yen, 5 yen, 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen, 500 yen, etc. for each denomination, and stores coins by issuing change instructions from POS terminals and ECRs. 2. Description of the Related Art Coin dispensing devices that pay out the coins in the department to the coin dispensing outlet by the change amount are becoming widespread.
[0003]
Further, as shown in FIG. 7, such a coin dispensing device 101 is modularized together with a bill depositing / dispensing device (not shown), a drawer device 102, etc., and one of them is selected according to the store operation of the user. In some cases, the POS terminal 103 or the like is placed on the upper surface of the two, which are arranged side by side and made flush with each other.
[0004]
That is, when the cashier sequentially executes the merchandise sales process using the POS terminal 103 and declares the closing process when the merchandise sales process is completed, a drawer release signal is output from the POS terminal 103 to the drawer device 102. At the same time, after the tightening process is completed, change data calculated by the tightening process is output from the POS terminal 103 to the coin dispensing apparatus 101. Then, as illustrated in FIG. 8, in the drawer device 102 that has received the drawer opening signal, the drawer 104 protrudes outward from the drawer case 105. Further, the coin dispensing device 101 that has received the change data pays out coins according to the change data to the coin payout exit 106. That is, the bill storage unit 107 of the drawer 104 is exposed, and bills can be taken in and out, and coins corresponding to change can be taken out from the coin payout exit 106.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, when the coin dispensing device 101 and the drawer device 102 are combined and arranged in parallel as shown in FIG. 7 and the POS terminal 103 is placed on the upper surface of the coin dispensing device 101 and the drawer device 102, the following problems occur. .
[0006]
At the time of payment, as shown in FIG. 8, the cashier moves the coin deposited from the customer into the coin slot 108, picks up the banknote in the banknote storage unit 107, and then pays the coin payout outlet onto the banknote. 106 coins are placed and the bills and coins are put together and handed to the customer. When performing such an operation, the coin insertion slot 108, the coin dispensing outlet 106 located below the coin insertion slot 108, and the drawer device 102 protruding from the coin dispensing slot 106 are released. If the banknote storage portions 107 of the drawer 104 are scattered, the distance between the portions becomes long, and the movement of the cashier's hand is wasted. For this reason, it is not possible to smoothly perform the operation of inserting coins and taking out of coins, and it takes time to give and receive money with customers, and as a result, it also causes a customer's traffic jam at the checkout location. .
[0007]
An object of the present invention is to provide a coin dispensing device capable of shortening the time required for exchange of money with a customer and facilitating the work.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to the first aspect of the present invention, a coin inserted into a coin slot is stored in a coin storage portion inside the housing, and the coins stored in the coin storage portion are selectively conveyed by denomination to selectively transfer the coins. In the coin dispensing device which is to be paid out to the coin dispensing outlet provided in the drawer, a drawer which can be opened and stored with respect to the housing and stores bills is arranged in parallel to either the left or right of the coin dispensing outlet. The stop position of the drawer opened from the housing is a position where the coin payout exit exists on an extension line of the front face of the drawer, and the coin insertion port is opposite to the drawer side of the coin payout exit Compared with the drawer in the closed state, the coin payout outlet protrudes toward the front side of the apparatus, and at the time of payment, the coin insertion opening, the coin payout outlet, and the opened drawer are I arranged them in order.
[0009]
Therefore, at the time of payment, a drawer for storing banknotes and a coin payout outlet from which coins are paid out are close to each other, and a coin insertion slot, a coin payout outlet, and a drawer are arranged in order. . As a result, the cashier moves the coin deposited from the customer into the coin slot, picks up the banknote from the drawer, places the coin taken from the coin payout outlet on the banknote, and puts the banknote and the coin together. Thus, the operation of handing over to the customer can be performed at almost the same place without waste, so that the time required for exchange of money with the customer can be shortened and the operation can be facilitated.
[0010]
The invention according to claim 2 stores the coins inserted into the coin insertion slot in the coin storage part inside the first housing, and selectively conveys the coins stored in the coin storage part by denomination. In the coin dispensing device that is arranged to be dispensed to a coin dispensing outlet provided on the front surface of the first housing, the drawer that can be opened and stored with respect to the second housing and stores bills is provided in the coin dispensing outlet. The coin insertion port is provided on the opposite side of the drawer side of the coin dispensing outlet, and the coin dispensing outlet protrudes toward the front of the device compared to the drawer in the closed state. The coin input port, the coin payout port, and the opened drawer are arranged in order at the time of settlement.
[0011]
Therefore, at the time of payment, a drawer for storing banknotes and a coin payout outlet from which coins are paid out are close to each other, and a coin insertion slot, a coin payout outlet, and a drawer are arranged in order. . As a result, the cashier moves the coin deposited from the customer into the coin slot, picks up the banknote from the drawer, places the coin taken from the coin payout outlet on the banknote, and puts the banknote and the coin together. Thus, the operation of handing over to the customer can be performed at almost the same place without waste, so that the time required for exchange of money with the customer can be shortened and the operation can be facilitated.
[0012]
In the invention of claim 1 wherein, prior to the stop position of opened the drawer from Kikatami body and a position front is present in the an extension of the front face of the drawer coin payout opening.
[0013]
Accordingly, the drawer is released from the housing at the time of payment, but the cashier can remove the banknote from the drawer because the stop position of the drawer is a position where the coin payout exit exists on the extension line of the front of the drawer. The coins taken from the coin payout exit are placed on the bills, and the bills and the coins are handed over to the customer together at almost the same place without waste.
[0014]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the coin dispensing device according to the first or second aspect , the drawer opened from the housing and the coin dispensing outlet are positioned at substantially the same height.
[0015]
Therefore, it is possible to smoothly perform the operation of picking up the banknote from the drawer, placing the coin taken from the coin payment outlet on the banknote, and handing the banknote and the coin together to the customer. It is extremely efficient.
[0018]
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the coin dispensing device according to any one of the first to third aspects, an opening amount of the drawer from the housing is equal to or less than a length in a longitudinal direction of a bill stored in the drawer. And it is more than half of the length of the bill in the longitudinal direction stored in the drawer.
[0019]
Accordingly, if the drawer opening amount is equal to or less than the longitudinal length of the banknotes to be stored and is one half or more of the longitudinal length of the banknotes to be stored, the banknotes can be taken out from the drawer. Easy.
[0020]
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the coin dispensing device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the drawers are stacked in two upper and lower stages, and transmitted from a merchandise sales data processing apparatus that executes merchandise sales processing. Only the upper drawer or the lower drawer is opened according to the received signal.
[0021]
Accordingly, since only one drawer can be opened, for example, when only the lower drawer storing the 5,000 yen bill and the thousand yen bill is opened, the 10,000 yen bill and the 2,000 bill The upper drawer for storing the yen bills may be manually opened and closed, and it becomes easy to exchange banknotes associated with merchandise transactions.
[0022]
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the coin dispensing device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the drawers are stacked in two upper and lower stages, and are transmitted from a merchandise sales data processing apparatus that executes merchandise sales processing. Both the upper and lower drawers were opened in response to the received signal.
[0023]
Therefore, both drawers can be opened. For example, a drawer placed at the top stores a 5,000 yen bill and a thousand yen bill, and a drawer placed below has a 10,000 yen bill and If a 2000-yen bill is stored, banknotes associated with the transaction of goods can be easily exchanged.
[0024]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The coin dispensing device of the present embodiment is applied to a coin dispensing device with a drawer function that is used by being connected to a POS terminal (not shown).
[0025]
Here, FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the coin dispensing device X with a drawer function. The coin dispensing device X with a drawer function is roughly composed of a coin dispensing unit A and a drawer unit B, and these coin dispensing unit A and drawer unit B are arranged side by side. In addition, the housing | casing (1st housing | casing) of the coin delivery part A and the housing | casing (2nd housing | casing) of the drawer part B shall be integrally formed.
[0026]
First, the coin dispensing part A will be described. In front of the right side of the device case 1 which is a housing of the coin dispensing part A, a coin insertion slot 2 opened upward for collectively loading coins is provided. The coin slot 2 is provided with a slot belt 2a for transporting the inserted coins toward the back side (inside the apparatus case 1). The coins inserted into the coin insertion slot 2 are conveyed to a coin storage part (not shown) provided inside the apparatus case 1 via a coin conveyance mechanism (not shown) including the insertion slot belt 2a. Is done. Such a coin storage unit stores coins such as 1 yen, 5 yen, 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen, and 500 yen for each denomination.
[0027]
On the other hand, a housing-like coin payout outlet 3 having an upper surface opened is disposed in front of the apparatus case 1 on the left side. This coin payout outlet 3 is located below the coin payout position (in the present embodiment, the height of the coin payout portion A) where coins corresponding to change changed from the coin storage portion via a coin payout mechanism (not shown) are dropped. It is provided in the vicinity of the approximate center in the vertical direction and deviated to the left side (that is, the drawer part B side). A display 4 and various operation keys 5 are provided above the coin payout exit 3. The coin payout mechanism is connected to data control means (not shown) such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) of the POS terminal, and coins for change according to predetermined output data (change data) of this data control means. To come out.
[0028]
By the way, as shown in FIG. 1, the coin dispensing unit A of the coin dispensing device X with a drawer function of the present embodiment has a coin insertion port 2 and a coin dispensing outlet as compared to the drawer unit B in which the drawer 6 is in the closed state. It is formed so as to protrude by 3 parts. Such a protruding portion 1a is formed to have a length of about 130 mm, which is slightly shorter than the length of a thousand yen bill (about 150 mm).
[0029]
Next, the drawer part B will be described. The drawer part B opens the drawer 6 (see FIG. 2) formed in a flat box shape with an open upper surface for storing banknotes to the device case 1 which is a housing of the drawer part B having a front opening. It can be stored freely. Note that two rectangular openings 8 are formed in the device case 1 of the drawer portion B of the present embodiment, and two drawers 6 are stacked on the two rectangular openings 8. For example, these drawers 6 are used for storing banknotes, the drawer 6 disposed at the top stores 5,000 yen bills and thousand yen bills, and the drawer 6 disposed below has 10,000 yen bills. And two thousand yen bills are stored.
[0030]
More specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, guide rails 9 and 10 and guide rollers 11 and 12 that are slidably engaged are formed on the inner surface of the apparatus case 1 and the outer surface of the drawer 6. The drawer 6 is slidably arranged in the apparatus case 1 from the rectangular opening 8 by the action of the guide rails 9 and 10 and the guide rollers 11 and 12. Further, the drawer 6 of the drawer section B is provided with a money case 13 that can be stored and taken out. The money case 13 is provided with a banknote storage section 14 that is divided into a plurality of sections and stores banknotes.
[0031]
In addition, in the drawer section B, the coil spring 15 that urges the drawer 6 forward in the apparatus case 1 and the drawer 6 that is urged by the coil spring 15 are held in the apparatus case 1 in a closed state. A drawer lock 16 or the like is provided on the rear side inside the apparatus case 1. The drawer lock 16 of the drawer section B is connected to data control means such as a CPU of the POS terminal, and opens the drawer 6 closed to the apparatus case 1 in accordance with predetermined output data of the data control means. Yes.
[0032]
Here, FIG. 3 is an external perspective view showing a state where the drawer 6 of the drawer part B is opened from the state of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a plan view partially showing a state where the drawer 6 of the drawer part B is opened. is there. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the stop position of the drawer 6 opened from the device case 1 of the drawer section B is a position where the coin dispensing outlet 3 of the coin dispensing section A exists on the extension line on the front surface of the drawer 6. It is. As described above, the protruding portion 1a of the coin dispensing part A is formed with a length of about 130 mm, and is slightly shorter than the length of the thousand yen bill (about 150 mm). Since the banknote storage part 14 in the drawer 6 is exposed to some extent even when stopped at the position, it is easy to take out the banknote from the banknote storage part 14. In addition, in this Embodiment, although the protrusion part 1a of the coin dispensing part A was formed in about 130 mm length, the opening amount of the drawer 6 is the banknote storage part 14 of the said drawer 6 of the banknote accommodated. If it is the range which is below the length of a longitudinal direction and becomes 1/2 or more of the length of the longitudinal direction of the banknote accommodated in the banknote accommodating part 14 of the said drawer 6, it will not restrict to this.
[0033]
That is, in the coin dispensing device X with a drawer function of the present embodiment, the coin insertion port 2, the coin dispensing port 3, and the drawer 6 are arranged in order from the right side at the time of payment.
[0034]
In such a configuration, when the cashier sequentially executes the merchandise sales process using the POS terminal and declares the closing process when the merchandise sales process is completed, the data control means such as the CPU of the POS terminal While executing the process, a drawer opening signal is output to the drawer section B. In addition, the data control means such as the CPU of the POS terminal outputs change data calculated by the tightening process to the coin dispensing unit A after the tightening process is completed.
[0035]
Then, the drawer lock 16 of the drawer part B that has received the drawer opening signal releases the closing of the drawer 6 against the spring force of the coil spring 15, so that the drawer 6 is operated by the spring force of the coil spring 15. It will protrude outward from 1. In addition, the coin payout unit A that has received the change data pays out the coins according to the change data to the coin payout exit 3 by the coin payout mechanism.
[0036]
By doing in this way, while the banknote accommodating part 14 of the drawer 6 is exposed and a banknote can be taken in and out freely, it will be in the state which can take out the coin for change from the coin payment outlet 3. FIG.
[0037]
Here, the drawer 6 is opened from the device case 1 at the time of payment. The stop position of the drawer 6 is such that the coin payout outlet 3 of the protruding portion 1a of the coin payout portion A is on the extension line of the front face of the drawer 6. In addition to being located, the coin payout outlet 3 is provided so as to be deviated toward the drawer 6, so that the bill storage unit 14 of the drawer 6 for storing banknotes and the coins to be paid out can be paid out at the time of payment. The payout opening 3 is adjacent, and the coin insertion slot 2, the coin payout opening 3, and the bill storage part 14 of the drawer 6 are arranged in order. As a result, the cashier puts the coin deposited from the customer into the coin slot 2 and picks up the banknote from the banknote storage part 14 of the drawer 6 and picks up the coin taken from the coin payout outlet 3 on the banknote. The operation of loading and handing bills and coins together to customers can be performed at almost the same place without waste, reducing the time required for sending and receiving money with customers and facilitating the work. It becomes possible to do. Thereafter, the received banknote is stored in the banknote storage unit 14 of the drawer 6.
[0038]
In the drawer section B of the present embodiment, the stacked two drawers 6 are opened based on the output signals from the data control means such as the CPU of the POS terminal, but the present invention is not limited to this. Only one of the upper and lower drawers 6 may be opened. In this case, the coil spring 15 and the drawer lock 16 may be provided only on the drawer 6 side to be opened. For example, when only the lower drawer 6 storing the 5,000 yen bill and the thousand yen bill is opened, the upper drawer 6 storing the 10,000 yen bill and the 2000 yen bill is manually opened and closed. You should do it.
[0039]
Further, in the present embodiment, the casing of the coin dispensing unit A and the casing of the drawer unit B are integrally formed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and each casing (first casing, The second casing) may be formed separately.
[0040]
A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, the same part as 1st Embodiment mentioned above is shown with the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omits description.
[0041]
Here, FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the coin dispensing device Y with a drawer function. As shown in FIG. 5, the coin dispensing outlet 3 of the coin dispensing apparatus X with a drawer function according to the first embodiment is provided near the center of the coin dispensing part A in the height direction. The coin payout outlet 20 of the coin payout device Y with a drawer function is below the coin payout position where coins corresponding to the change paid out from the coin storage part via the coin payout mechanism are dropped, and the height of the coin payout part A Near the lower end of the direction.
[0042]
Further, in the drawer portion B of the coin dispensing device Y with a drawer function, the coil spring 15 and the drawer lock 16 are provided only on the lower drawer 6 side for storing the 5,000 yen bill and the thousand yen bill. As a result, only the lower drawer 6 is opened based on the output signal from the data control means such as the CPU of the POS terminal. Therefore, the upper drawer 6 that accommodates the 10,000 yen bill and the 2000 yen bill is manually opened and closed.
[0043]
Here, FIG. 6 is an external perspective view showing a state in which the drawer 6 of the drawer section B is opened from the state of FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the stop position of the drawer 6 opened from the device case 1 of the drawer portion B is located on the extension line on the front surface of the drawer 6 where the coin payout outlet 20 of the protruding portion 1 a of the coin payout portion A exists. Position. As described above, the protruding portion 1a of the coin dispensing part A is formed with a length of about 130 mm, and is slightly shorter than the length of the thousand yen bill (about 150 mm). Since the banknote storage part 14 in the drawer 6 is exposed to some extent even when stopped at the position, it is easy to take out the banknote from the banknote storage part 14. Moreover, the drawer 6 opened from the device case 1 of the drawer part B and the coin dispensing outlet 20 of the coin dispensing part A are positioned at substantially the same height.
[0044]
That is, in the coin dispensing apparatus X with a drawer function of the present embodiment, the coin insertion port 2, the coin dispensing outlet 20, and the drawer 6 are arranged in order from the right side at the time of payment, and the drawer 6 and the coin of the drawer section B The coin dispensing outlet 20 of the dispensing unit A is positioned at substantially the same height.
[0045]
In such a configuration, when the cashier sequentially executes the merchandise sales process using the POS terminal and declares the closing process when the merchandise sales process is completed, the data control means such as the CPU of the POS terminal While executing the process, a drawer opening signal is output to the drawer section B. In addition, the data control means such as the CPU of the POS terminal outputs change data calculated by the tightening process to the coin dispensing unit A after the tightening process is completed.
[0046]
Then, the drawer lock 16 of the drawer part B that has received the drawer opening signal releases the closing of the drawer 6 against the spring force of the coil spring 15, so that the drawer 6 is operated by the spring force of the coil spring 15. It will protrude outward from 1. Also, the coin dispensing unit A that has received the change data pays out coins corresponding to the change data according to the change data to the coin payout outlet 20 by the coin dispensing mechanism.
[0047]
By doing in this way, while the banknote accommodating part 14 of the drawer 6 is exposed and a banknote can be taken in and out freely, it will be in the state which can take out the coin for change from the coin payment outlet 20. FIG.
[0048]
Here, the drawer 6 is opened from the device case 1 at the time of payment. The stop position of the drawer 6 is substantially the same as the front surface portion of the coin payout exit 3 of the protruding portion 1a of the coin payout portion A. In addition to being a position that forms the same plane, the coin payout outlet 20 is provided so as to be deviated toward the drawer 6, so that the banknote storage unit 14 and coins of the drawer 6 that stores banknotes can be used for settlement. The coin payout outlet 20 to be paid out is adjacent and positioned at substantially the same height, and the coin insertion slot 2, the coin payout outlet 20, and the bill storage part 14 of the drawer 6 are arranged in order. Thereby, the cashier picks up the coins taken from the customer into the coin slot 2 and picks up the banknotes from the banknote storage part 14 of the drawer 6 and picks up the coins taken from the coin payout outlet 20 on the banknotes. The operation of loading and handing bills and coins together to customers can be performed at almost the same place without waste, reducing the time required for sending and receiving money with customers and facilitating the work. It becomes possible to do. Thereafter, the received banknote is stored in the banknote storage unit 14 of the drawer 6.
[0049]
In each of the embodiments, the coin insertion slot 2, the coin payout outlets 3, 20 and the bill storage part 14 of the drawer 6 are arranged in order from the right side at the time of payment. However, a left-handed operator (casher) is arranged. In consideration of this, the coin insertion slot 2, the coin payout outlets 3, 20 and the bill storage part 14 of the drawer 6 may be arranged in order from the left side.
[0050]
【The invention's effect】
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the coins inserted into the coin insertion slot are stored in the coin storage part inside the casing, and the coins stored in the coin storage part are selectively conveyed by denomination and are stored in the casing. In a coin dispensing apparatus for dispensing to a coin dispensing outlet provided on the front of the body, a drawer that can be opened and stored with respect to the housing and stores bills is arranged on either the left or right side of the coin dispensing outlet. The drawer stop position opened from the housing is defined as a position where the coin payout exit exists on an extension line of the front face of the drawer, and the coin input port is the drawer side of the coin payout exit. Compared to the drawer provided on the opposite side and in the closed state, the coin payout outlet is arranged so as to protrude toward the front side of the apparatus, and at the time of payment, the coin input port and the coin payout outlet are opened. Are arranged in order, In this case, since the drawer for storing banknotes and the coin payout outlet from which coins are paid out can be placed closer to each other and the coin insertion slot, coin payout outlet, and drawer can be arranged in order, the cashier Picks up the coins deposited from the customer into the coin slot, picks up the banknote from the drawer, puts the coin taken from the coin payment outlet on the banknote, and puts the banknote and the coin together to the customer The handing operation can be performed at almost the same place without waste, and the time required for exchange of money with the customer can be shortened and the operation can be facilitated.
[0051]
The invention according to claim 2 stores the coins inserted into the coin insertion slot in the coin storage part inside the first housing, and selectively conveys the coins stored in the coin storage part by denomination. In the coin dispensing device that is arranged to be dispensed to a coin dispensing outlet provided on the front surface of the first housing, the drawer that can be opened and stored with respect to the second housing and stores bills is provided in the coin dispensing outlet. The coin insertion port is provided on the opposite side of the drawer side of the coin dispensing outlet, and the coin dispensing outlet protrudes toward the front of the device compared to the drawer in the closed state. The coin insertion slot, the coin payout exit, and the opened drawer are arranged in order at the time of settlement, and the drawer and coin for storing bills are paid out at the time of settlement. The coin outlet is closer to the conventional device, and Since the coin insertion slot, coin outlet and drawer can be arranged in order, the cashier moves the coin deposited from the customer into the coin insertion slot, picks up the banknote from the drawer and puts the coin on the banknote. Putting the coins taken out from the payout opening and handing the bills and coins together and handing them to the customer can be done without waste in almost the same place, reducing the time required for sending and receiving money with customers. At the same time, the work can be facilitated.
[0052]
According to the invention of claim 1, wherein the stop position of the drawer which is opened before Kikatami body, by which the position where the front is present in the an extension of the front face of the drawer coin payout opening, The cashier picks up the banknote from the drawer, places the coin taken from the coin payout outlet on the banknote, and performs the operation of handing the banknote and the coin together to the customer without waste in almost the same place. it can.
[0053]
According to the invention described in claim 3, in the coin dispensing device according to claim 1 or 2 , the drawer opened from the housing and the coin dispensing outlet are positioned at substantially the same height. Can take the banknote from the drawer, put the coin taken from the coin payment outlet on the banknote, and more smoothly perform the operation of handing the banknote and coin together to the customer. Efficient.
[0055]
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the coin dispensing device according to any one of the first to third aspects, the opening amount of the drawer from the housing is a length in a longitudinal direction of a bill stored in the drawer. The bill can be easily taken out of the drawer by being at least half the length of the bill stored in the drawer in the longitudinal direction.
[0056]
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the coin dispensing device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the drawer is stacked in two upper and lower stages, and a merchandise sales data processing apparatus that executes merchandise sales processing Since only one of the upper drawer or the lower drawer is opened according to the signal transmitted from the first drawer, only one drawer can be opened. If only the lower drawer that stores the yen bill is opened, the upper drawer that stores the 10,000 yen bill and the 2000 yen bill may be opened and closed manually. It is possible to easily send and receive banknotes associated with.
[0057]
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the coin dispensing apparatus according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the drawer is stacked in two upper and lower stages, and a merchandise sales data processing apparatus that executes merchandise sales processing Since both the upper and lower drawers are opened according to the signal transmitted from, both drawers can be opened. If you store a thousand yen bill and a thousand yen bill and store a 10,000 yen bill and a 2000 yen bill in the drawer placed below, you can easily exchange banknotes associated with the transaction of goods. it can.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a coin dispensing device with a drawer function according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view illustrating the internal structure of the drawer device.
FIG. 3 is an external perspective view showing a state in which the drawer of the drawer device is opened from the state of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a plan view partially showing a state in which the drawer of the drawer device is opened.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a coin dispensing device with a drawer function according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
6 is an external perspective view showing a state in which the drawer of the drawer device is opened from the state of FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is an external perspective view showing a state in which a conventional coin dispensing device and a drawer device are arranged in parallel and a POS terminal is placed thereon.
8 is an external perspective view showing a state in which the drawer of the drawer device is opened from the state of FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Case 2 Coin insertion slot 3,20 Coin dispensing exit 6 Drawer X, Y Coin dispensing apparatus

Claims (6)

The coins inserted into the coin insertion slot are stored in a coin storage part inside the casing, and the coins stored in the coin storage part are selectively conveyed by denomination to a coin payout opening provided on the front face of the casing. In the coin dispensing device designed to dispense,
A drawer that can be opened and stored with respect to the housing and stores banknotes, is arranged in parallel on either the left or right side of the coin payout exit,
Providing the coin insertion port on the side opposite to the drawer side of the coin payout exit;
Compared to the drawer in the closed state, the coin dispensing outlet is arranged to protrude to the front side of the device,
The stop position of the drawer opened from the housing is a position where the front face of the coin payout exit exists on an extension line of the front face of the drawer,
The coin dispensing apparatus, wherein the coin insertion port, the coin dispensing outlet, and the opened drawer are arranged in order at the time of payment. The coins inserted into the coin slot are stored in the coin storage part inside the first casing, and the coins stored in the coin storage part are selectively conveyed by denomination and provided on the front surface of the first casing. In the coin dispensing device adapted to dispense to the coin dispensing outlet provided,
A drawer that can be opened and stored with respect to the second housing and stores banknotes is arranged in parallel on either the left or right side of the coin payout exit,
Providing the coin insertion port on the side opposite to the drawer side of the coin payout exit;
Compared to the drawer in the closed state, the coin dispensing outlet is arranged to protrude to the front side of the device,
The stop position of the drawer opened from the housing is a position where the front face of the coin payout exit exists on an extension line of the front face of the drawer,
The coin dispensing apparatus, wherein the coin insertion port, the coin dispensing outlet, and the opened drawer are arranged in order at the time of payment. The coin dispensing device according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the drawer opened from the housing and the coin dispensing outlet are positioned at substantially the same height. The opening amount of the drawer from the housing is equal to or less than the length in the longitudinal direction of the banknote stored in the drawer, and is equal to or more than one half of the length in the longitudinal direction of the banknote stored in the drawer. The coin dispensing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the coin dispensing device is provided. The drawers are stacked in two upper and lower stages, and only the upper or lower drawer is opened according to a signal transmitted from a merchandise sales data processing apparatus that executes merchandise sales processing. The coin dispensing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 . The drawers are stacked in two upper and lower stages, and both the upper and lower drawers are opened according to a signal transmitted from a merchandise sales data processing apparatus that executes merchandise sales processing. The coin dispensing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 .

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