JP4626705B2 - Bill recognition device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote recognition apparatus, and more particularly to a banknote identification apparatus that performs processing for identifying and storing a banknote inserted in a vending machine or the like.

  In the vending machine, a bill validator is attached to the back side of the front door. A banknote identification device includes a banknote inlet guide section that takes in a banknote inserted therein, a banknote identification section that identifies a banknote that has been taken in, a banknote storage section that stores the identified banknote, and an identified banknote And a pusher portion to be pushed into the bill storage portion. The banknote inlet guide part is attached to the front side end of the rectangular main body frame, and the banknote identification part is attached to the back side of the main body frame corresponding to the banknote inlet guide part. The pusher part is attached to the back side of the main body frame adjacent to the banknote recognition part, and the banknote storage part is detachably attached to the pusher part. The banknote storage unit and the pusher unit are arranged in an overlapping state, and the banknote identified by the banknote identification unit is sent between the banknote storage unit and the pusher unit, and the fed banknote is stored in the banknote by the pusher unit. It is configured to be pushed into the unit and stacked and stored therein (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Such a banknote identification apparatus may receive the destructive action for the purpose of theft of the banknote accommodated in the banknote accommodating part. For this reason, a banknote storage part is attached to the back side of a strong metal main body frame, and is protected so as not to receive a vandalism directly from the front side of the vending machine. Moreover, the main body frame to which the banknote storage unit is attached has a slit formed at a position where the banknote entrance guide unit and the banknote recognition unit are attached, and transports the banknote drawn by the banknote entrance guide unit to the banknote recognition unit. Therefore, the opening that can be accessed from the front side to the back side where the banknote storage unit is located is made to be a minimum size.
Japanese Patent No. 4136605

  Still, if the banknote entrance guide part is destroyed by an attack by a bar or the like, and the banknote recognition part is pierced by a bar or the like through the slit, the banknote recognition part comes off from the main body frame and falls off, and the Then, since the banknote storage part attached to the back side of the main body frame can be directly seen, there is a problem in that the stored banknote is extracted from the banknote storage part.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a point, and it aims at providing the banknote identification device which improved anti-theft performance.

In the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a bill inlet guide part that takes in a bill inserted and inserted into the front side of the main body frame, and a back side of the main body frame corresponding to the bill inlet guide portion are provided. A banknote identification unit for identifying a banknote attached and taken in by the banknote entrance guide unit, a pusher unit attached to the back side of the main body frame adjacent to the banknote identification unit, and attached to the pusher unit In the banknote discriminating apparatus provided with the banknote storage part by which the banknote conveyed between the banknote identification part and the said pusher part is pushed in by the said pusher part, and stored inside, the said banknote identification part is the above-mentioned The pusher portion side frame has a lock release operation portion for detachably attaching the banknote recognition portion to the main body frame, and And the banker part is installed in the frame of the pusher part at a position where the edge part of the unlocking operation part is pressed when it is attached to the main body frame to which the banknote recognition part is attached. A rib that is adapted to receive the external pressure by the frame of the pusher part when the part receives an external pressure such that the part is removed from the main body frame, and the banknote recognition part falls off the main body frame When receiving the external pressure, there is provided a bill discriminating device characterized in that the pusher portion on which the bill storage portion is mounted is also detached from the main body frame .

According to such a bill recognition device, when the pusher portion is attached to the main body frame while holding the bill recognition portion with its rib, the bill recognition portion is struck by a bar or the like through the slit of the main body frame. The pusher portion that is mounted with the bill storage portion together with the bill recognition portion is also detached from the main body frame. Thereby, since a banknote storage part will leave | separate from the slit of a main body frame, it is impossible to extract a banknote from a banknote storage part via a slit.

The banknote identification device having the above configuration is configured such that when the pusher portion is attached to the main body frame while holding the banknote identification portion with its ribs and receives an external force such that the banknote identification portion drops off from the main body frame due to a vandalism, Since the pusher part to which the card is attached is also dropped together, there is an advantage that the banknote storage part can be evacuated away from the position where the vandalism has been received and the anti-theft performance can be improved.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings, taking as an example the case of application to a vending machine.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the banknote recognition apparatus.

  The banknote identification device has a rectangular main frame 10 that is elongated in the vertical direction of the figure, and is configured by attaching various functional units made for each unit to the main frame 10. On the front side of the main body frame 10, there is provided a bill entrance guide portion 20 that draws the inserted bill and feeds it into the inside. When the banknote identification device is attached to the front door of the vending machine from the inside, the banknote entrance guide part 20 is exposed to the outside through at least the opening of the banknote entrance 21.

  A bill recognition unit 30 is provided on the back side of the main body frame 10 at a position corresponding to the bill entrance guide unit 20. The banknote recognition unit 30 has a rotating shaft 31 protruding from the upper end side of the side view, and a lock release operation portion that can be deformed inwardly on the lower end side of the drawing. A hook portion 32 is formed on the front side. The bill recognition unit 30 is detachably attached to the main body frame 10 by a rotating shaft 31 and a hook portion 32 that is locked to the locking hole 11 of the main body frame 10.

  On the back side of the main body frame 10, a pusher unit 40 is provided adjacent to the bill identifying unit 30. A guide pin 41 protrudes from the outer surface of the side wall of the pusher portion 40, and a hook portion 42 is formed on the mounting surface side of the main body frame 10. The pusher portion 40 moves the guide pin 41 along an L-shaped notch guide 12 formed on the side wall of the main body frame 10, so that the hook portion 42 is formed in the locking hole 13 formed in the main body frame 10. Thus, the pusher portion 40 is detachably attached to the main body frame 10. At this time, when the side wall 43 of the frame of the pusher part 40 is positioned so as to cover the unlocking operation part having the hook part 32 of the banknote recognition part 30, the banknote recognition part 30 is detached from the main body frame 10 due to an erroneous operation. There is no such thing.

  In the pusher portion 40 attached to the main body frame 10 in this way, a bill storage portion described later is mounted. The banknote storage unit is inserted from the banknote inlet 21 of the banknote inlet guide unit 20, and is stored when the banknote identified by the banknote identification unit 30 is pushed in by the pusher unit 40.

  2A and 2B are explanatory diagrams showing the connecting operation of the bill recognition unit and the pusher unit, in which FIG. 2A shows a state before connection, FIG. 2B shows a state immediately before connection, and FIG. 2C shows after connection. FIG. 3 is a partial enlarged view showing details around the connecting portion of the bill identifying unit and the pusher unit, (A) shows a state before connection, and (B) shows after connection. It is a figure which shows the state of.

  The connection between the banknote recognition unit 30 and the pusher unit 40 is achieved by changing the mounting order of the banknote recognition unit 30 and the pusher unit 40 to the main body frame 10 and the shape of the adjacent portion. That is, the attachment to the back surface side of the main body frame 10 attaches the banknote identification part 30 first, then attaches the pusher part 40. At this time, the pusher unit 40 is attached so as to press down the bill identifying unit 30.

  As shown in FIG. 3A, the banknote recognition unit 30 has a lock release operation unit 33 that is deformably formed on the frame adjacent to the pusher unit 40, and picks it from both sides. The hook portion 32 protruding from the outer surface is configured to be displaced inward. Accordingly, the banknote recognition unit 30 is rotated toward the main body frame 10 around the rotation shaft 31 in a state where the rotation shaft 31 is hooked on a recess (see FIG. 1) formed on the side wall edge of the main body frame 10. First, the hook portion 32 of the unlocking operation portion 33 comes into contact with the side wall edge of the main body frame 10. Subsequently, when the bill recognition unit 30 is pushed into the main body frame 10, the hook portion 32 gets over the side wall edge of the main body frame 10 and the unlocking operation portion 33 is deformed, and the hook portion 32 is formed on the side wall of the main body frame 10. The banknote recognition part 30 is attached to the main body frame 10 by entering the inner side and finally fitting the hook part 32 into the locking hole 11 of the main body frame 10 and being locked. When removing the banknote recognition part 30 from the main body frame 10, the hook release part 32 is detached from the locking hole 11 of the main body frame 10 by picking the unlocking operation part 33 from both sides and deforming it inside, and in that state the banknote recognition part 30 may be caused from the main body frame 10. The unlocking operation unit 33 has a side edge 34 on the side away from the main body frame 10, and the side edge 34 is parallel to the attachment surface of the main body frame 10.

  When the pusher unit 40 is attached to the main body frame 10, ribs 44 are provided in the side wall 43 of the frame so as to be positioned and pressed on the edge portion 34 of the unlocking operation unit 33 of the bill recognition unit 30. Yes. For this reason, the rib 44 has a function of receiving the external force and transmitting it to the frame of the pusher unit 40 when receiving an external force that causes the banknote recognition unit 30 to move away from the main body frame 10. The ribs 44 are also extended in parallel to the mounting surface of the main body frame 10.

  When attaching the pusher portion 40 to the main body frame 10, first, the pusher portion 40 is pushed into the main body frame 10 with the guide pins 41 of the pusher portion 40 fitted in the notch guides 12 of the main body frame 10. At this time, the hook portion 42 of the pusher portion 40 is pushed by the main body frame 10 and displaced inward. Subsequently, when the pusher portion 40 is slid in the direction of the bill recognition portion 30 while being guided by the notch guide 12 while being pushed, the hook portion 42 is engaged with the locking hole of the main body frame 10. 13 is locked. Thereby, the movement of the pusher part 40 is restricted by the guide pin 41 in the direction away from the main body frame 10, and the movement of the pusher part 40 is restricted by the hook part 42 in the direction away from the banknote recognition part 30. .

  With the above configuration, the banknote recognition unit 30 is first attached to the main body frame 10, and then the pusher unit 40 is attached to assemble the banknote recognition apparatus. The pusher unit 40 is attached by moving the pusher unit 40 toward the bill identifying unit 30 in the order shown in FIGS. 2A, 2B, and 2C. At this time, the banknote recognition part 30 and the pusher part 40 are not firmly connected to each other, but the banknote recognition part 30 is opposite to the main body frame 10 as shown in FIG. When the rib 44 of the pusher unit 40 is located at the edge 34 of the unlocking operation unit 33 and the bill identifying unit 30 moves in a direction away from the main body frame 10, the rib 44 of the pusher unit 40 is moved to the bill identifying unit 30. It is only intended to catch.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state when the bill validator receives a vandalism.
The main body frame 10 is provided with an elongated slit 14 extending in the width direction at the attachment position of the bill inlet guide portion 20 and the bill identification portion 30, and the bill inlet guide portion 20 on the front side of the main body frame 10 through the slit 14. Is passed to the bill recognition unit 30 on the back side of the main body frame 10.

  Accordingly, when the banknote recognition device receives a destructive act for stolen stored banknotes, the banknote entrance guide part 20 is destroyed by a hammer or a bar, and then the banknote recognition part 30 is inserted through the slit 14 of the main body frame 10. You will be attacked by piercing with a bar. Thereby, if the rotating shaft 31 which has fixed the banknote identification part 30 to the main body frame 10 and the hook part 32 of the lock release operation part 33 are destroyed, the banknote identification part 30 will remove | deviate from the main body frame 10. FIG. At this time, the edge part 34 of the unlocking operation part 33 in the banknote recognition part 30 gives a force in a direction to remove the pusher part 40 from the main body frame 10 via the rib 44. As a result, when the guide pin 41 that fixes the pusher unit 40 to the main body frame 10 is broken, the pusher unit 40 is detached from the main body frame 10 together with the banknote recognition unit 30 as shown in FIG. . The banknote recognition part 30 and the pusher part 40 which have come off from the main body frame 10 fall apart on the way and fall. At this time, since the banknote storage part 50 attached to the pusher part 40 also falls together, it moves to a position far from the slit 14 of the main body frame 10. Thereby, since it becomes very difficult to access the banknote accommodated in the banknote storage part 50 from the slit 14, this banknote identification device can improve anti-theft performance more.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of a banknote identification device. It is explanatory drawing which shows connection operation | movement of a banknote identification part and a pusher part, Comprising: (A) is a figure which shows the state before connection, (B) is a figure which shows the state immediately before connection, (C) is the state after connection. FIG. It is the elements on larger scale which show the detail around the connection part of a banknote identification part and a pusher part, Comprising: (A) is a figure which shows the state before connection, (B) is a figure which shows the state after connection. It is a figure which shows a state when a banknote identification device receives the destruction act.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Main body frame 11 Locking hole 12 Notch guide 13 Locking hole 14 Slit 20 Banknote inlet guide part 21 Banknote inlet 30 Banknote identification part 31 Rotating shaft 32 Hook part 33 Unlocking operation part 34 Edge part 40 Pusher part 41 Guide pin 42 hook part 43 side wall 44 rib 50 bill storage part

Claims (1)

A bill entrance guide part that takes in and inserts bills attached to the front side of the main body frame, and a back side of the main body frame that corresponds to the bill entrance guide part and is taken in by the bill entrance guide part. A bill recognition unit that identifies a bill, a pusher unit that is attached to the back side of the main body frame adjacent to the bill recognition unit, and is mounted on the pusher unit and transported between the bill recognition unit and the pusher unit. In the banknote identification apparatus provided with the banknote accommodating part laminated | stacked and accommodated inside by being pushed in by the said pusher part, and the banknote which has been carried out,
The banknote recognition part has a lock release operation part for detachably attaching the banknote recognition part to the body frame on the pusher part side frame,
The pusher part is installed in the frame of the pusher part at a position where the edge part of the unlocking operation part is pressed when the pusher part is attached to the main body frame to which the banknote recognition part is attached. Having a rib adapted to receive the external pressure by the frame of the pusher part when receiving an external pressure such that the identification part is removed from the body frame;
When the banknote recognition part receives the external pressure such that it drops from the main body frame, the pusher part on which the banknote storage part is mounted is also dropped from the main body frame. Banknote recognition device.

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